November 25th, No In-store, Bruce in Florida for his Mom’s 90th Birthday!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!
No in-store performance this week

Sunday, December 2nd: 6pm: GUILLERMO GREGORIO OMAR TAMEZ - Clarinet & Guitar 7pm: GUILLERMO GREGORIO / OMAR TAMEZ / RAYMON LOPEZ - Clarinet / Guitar / Drums

Our favorite local Clarinet hero, GUILLERMO GREGORIO, is back and has put together an amazing double bill: the Duo of GG & OMAR TAMEZ on guitar at 6pm and a Trio with GG, OMAR TAMEZ and RAYMON LOPEZ on drums. Mexican guitarist OMAR TAMEZ is a rather mysterious figure, a sort of Shaman who has played here in a duo with Angelica Sanchez. Spanish drummer RAYMON LOPEZ rarely if ever comes to these shores so it is great to have him play his US debut here at DMG! Check any of his discs on Leo or Intakt, especially his trio with Barry Guy and Agusti Fernandez.

Rare Monday, December 3rd Gathering: Reading and Book Signing! 6:30pm: ELLIOTT SHARP will read from his new book: ‘IrRational Music’

On Dec. 3, 630pm, at Downtown Music Gallery, composer and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp will read from his new book IrRational Music, a mix of memoir, music theory,and ruminations on culture, art, and philosophy. Speaking of IrRational Music, author Jonathan Lethem states “Elliott Sharp’s writing, like his music, recombines the scrupulously discursive with the deeply humane and reflective. What a joy it is to be informed by this remarkable account of the coming-of-age of his psyche, his curiosity, and his methodology. Sharp paints a picture of lost kingdoms of the avant-garde which aren’t really lost, but continuous in our present if we’re inclined to notice them. With this book, a reader joins Sharp in the step-by-step reinvigoration of intentional sound itself – sound as culture, as science, as art -- a process that can never be finished.”  From composer and electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick: "Sharp is of the first generation of composers to come of age in a musical environment when everything seemed connected; Gregorian Chant to John Cage's chance. His book, IrRational Music, is a fascinating window into that moment in time when music opened up to everyone and all things became possible.”
‘IrRational Music’ is published by TerraNova Books and distributed by MIT Press. There will be copies available for purchase and signing.

Sunday, December 9th: 6pm: FACKPAMP: ANDERS NILSSON / HAMPUS OHMAN-FROLUND SARAH BERNSTEIN - Guitar / Drums / Violin // 7pm: AXIS: JON IRABAGON / JOHN HEGRE / NILS DRONEN - Saxes // 8pm: GIACOMO MEREGA / KENT O’DOHERTY - Bass Guitar / Alto Sax