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Gravitas Quartet: 21st century chamber jazz

Wayne Horvitz‘s San Fran performance is previewed.

Wayne Horvitz knows that if he still lived in New York, his Gravitas Quartet, which performs at the San Francisco Jazz Festival on Sunday, Nov. 9, might be a bigger deal.

But the pianist/keyboardist/composer moved to Seattle with his wife, Robin Holcomb, 20 years ago, and besides distancing himself from such long-standing musical friends as John Zorn, Marty Ehrlich, Butch Morris and Doug Wieselman, the migration removed Horvitz from the media limelight that shines on Manhattan musicians, even those in the avant-garde Downtown scene of which he was a key player.

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DMG Newsletter October 24th, 2008

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From DMG:

Four New Tzadiks incl. Zorn Film XXI, and Brown Wing Overdrive! Pavone/Malby Double Tenor Qnt! Wayne Horvitz Festival and Rarities! Ochs/Masaoka/Lee!

Clean Feeds incl Nilssen-Love/Evan Parker Townhouseorchestra, Angela Sanchez, Daniel Levin, Morris/Phillips! Peter Delano/Dewey Redman! Paul Bley Barrage! Arthur Russell!

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DMG Newsletter September 19th, 2008

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From DMG:

Another Groovy Fall Week w/ 6 New Discs from CLEAN FEED, PAUL DUNMALL & TONY BIANCO, ROBERT FRIPP & THEO TRAVIS, 4 from Porter: KHAN JAMAL, ODEON POPE, INTERPLAY w/ ELLIOTT LEVIN & RICK IANNICONE & ANDREW RAFFO DEWAR,

2 from WEASEL WALTER & PETER EVANS, CARLA BLEY BIG BAND, McCOY TYNER w/ MARC RIBOT, BILL FRISELL, JOHN SCOFIELD & other guitar heroes, Alex Maguire Sextet, Marc Copland & John Abercrombie, Tim Hagans & Achim Kaufmann w/ Jim Black, Kenny Garrett & Pharoah Sanders, Acid Mothers Temple, Merzbow Rarity,

Plus Historic Discs & Restocks from: Morton Feldman, John Cage, Wayne Horvitz, Charles Bukowski Blue Note RVG Reissues, Anne Briggs, Charlie Louvan and High Quality vinyl from Fairport Convention & Funkadelic!

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