Sunday, March 24th: 6pm: ALEX WARD / AMI YAMASAKI / JOSH SINTON - Clarinet / Voice / Bass Clarinet! // 7pm: MARTIN PHILADELPHY / BRADFORD REED / JANE LE CROY Special Guest!

This is a first-time collaboration featuring ALEX WARD on clarinet, AMI YAMAZAKI on vocal and JOSH SINTON on bass clarinet! UK clarinetist & guitarist, is one of the leading lights of the London Creative Music Underground. Originally championed by Derek Bailey, Mr. Ward loves to challenge himself with a diverse cast of great players: Duck Baker Trio, Eugene Chadbourne, Lol Coxhill & Joe Morris! I've caught vocalist AMI YAMAZAKI on several occasions and she has consistently knocked me out! She played here at DMG with Craig Flanagan, was most enchanting although I wasn't familiar with her at that time. She also played at The Stone and in a trio with Ned Rothenberg & Erik Friedlander, which was again, superb!


Austrian guitarist MARTIN PHILADELPHY has played here more than a half dozen times and always surprises me, often using different musicians for each set: Kresten Osgood, Jeremy Carlstedt... the music always crafty, rocking and inspired. Again Mr. Philadelphy has chosen a unusual cast: BRADFORD REED on drums & electronics and JANE LeCROY on vocals. Bradford Reed invented an instrument known as the pencilina and was once a member of King Missile (Shimmy Disc stars). Vocalist JANE LeCROY fronts the avant-pop band, The Icebergs (with Tom Abbs on cello and David Rogers-Berry on drums). This will be her first performance at DMG! Can't to see how this will work, great surprises are in store!