SIX FANTASTIC SEMINAL DISCS FROM THE AMAZING JAZZ IN BRITAIN LABEL, All Limited Edition!
LOL COXHILL / MICHAEL GARRICK / BRUCE TURNER / DAVE GREEN / ALAN TURNER - The Complete Fingers Remember Mingus (Jazz in Britain; UK) Co-produced by Jazz In Britain with Dave Green, who formed and led the Fingers quartet and who provided most of the recordings from his own tape archive and wrote new notes to complement the 24 page booklet which compiles contemporary reviews and articles about Fingers, as well as many previously unseen photographs and other Fingers memorabilia.
“I have always felt that an important part of the process of making music is the social interaction of the members within the group. I conceived the idea of Fingers with that thought in mind. Both Bruce Turner and Lol Coxhill were totally unique and highly individual players and although they had never met musically or socially I knew that Lol had a deep respect for Bruce and I had an instinctive feeling that getting them together would work - I'm glad to say I was right.” - Dave Green, March 2024
3 CD Set $21
RAY RUSSELL QUARTET with ROY FRY / PETER LEMER / DAVE HOLLAND / RON MATHEWSON / ALAN RUSHTON - The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967 - 1969 (Jazz in Britain; UK) This tracks on this album were recorded between 1967 and 1969 and include all the tracks on the five sessions Ray Russell’s Quartet recorded ‘live’ for Jazz Club in that period. Those sessions included compositions from Ray’s first two albums he made as leader for CBS – Turn Circle and Dragon Hill. Just six tracks from these sessions were previously released on very limited edition vinyl as Spontaneous Event by Jazz In Britain in 2000. That album attracted particular interest on its release, it received great reviews and quite high prices are now being asked for second-hand copies… if you can find one! We have regularly been asked if we plan to re-press that album or re-issue it on CD. So, in response to those requests, we have decided to release all the music on a double CD.
This tracks on this album were recorded between 1967 and 1969 and include all the tracks on the five sessions Ray Russell’s Quartet recorded ‘live’ for Jazz Club in that period. Those sessions included compositions from Ray’s first two albums he made as leader for CBS – Turn Circle and Dragon Hill. Just six tracks from these sessions were previously released on very limited edition vinyl as Spontaneous Event by Jazz In Britain in 2000. That album attracted particular interest on its release, it received great reviews and quite high prices are now being asked for second-hand copies… if you can find one! We have regularly been asked if we plan to re-press that album or re-issue it on CD. So, in response to those requests, we have decided to release all the music on a double CD.
Ray Russell was/still is one of the best British jazz/rock electric guitarists and he has had a long, immensely diverse music career. His early works was freer and more adventurous, check out his 'Live at the ICA' 2 CD set. I can't wait to hear this unreleased session also from his early days. - BLG at DMG
2 CD Set $18
TREVOR WATTS with MARCUS CUMMINS / GABRIEL KEENE / GEOFF SAPFORD / COLIN McKENZIE / GREG LEPPARD / ALI LAAZANE plus AMY & RON LEAKE - The Lantern Tree (Jazz in Britain; UK) The Lantern Tree was commissioned by the Brighton based Community Theatre group Same Sky and premiered in 1999. It proved so popular that more performances took place in 2000 and the recording we are releasing was made at St. Mary’s-in-the-Castle, Hastings in January of that year. The piece clocks in at just under an hour and consists of a suite of 11 composed pieces which display Watts’s compositional skills superbly. The work is performed by a very tight 9-piece band which produces a very ‘big’ sound. Led by Watts the ensemble features 4 horn players, guitar, piano, bass guitar and drums/percussion. The Lantern Tree is an important addition to the Trevor Watts canon and is such a significant work that we felt it should stand alone, rather than be augmented by ‘additional’ material.
CD $12
GRAVITY with TREVOR WATTS / VERYAN WESTON / JAMIE HARRIS - Eternal Triangle (Jazz in Britain; UK) Featuring Trevor Watts on alto & soprano saxes, Veryan Weston on Nord keyboard and Jame Harris on cpngas & percussion. This was the first release on Jazz In Britain's ‘new music’ imprint label Jazz Now and is now available in our main catalogue. It's Eternal Triangle’s first studio recording 'Gravity' and is available as a download and on CD which includes liner notes from all 3 band members, Trevor Watts, Jamie Harris and Veryan Weston. The album features 10 new compositions by Trevor, all of which have been honed on the live circuit in recent months, so this album has a very much ‘tried and tested’ vibe.
CD $16
BOBBY WELLINS SEXTET with PETE JACOBSON / ADRIAN KENDON / SPIKE WEKKS plus LOL COXHILL / BRYAN SPRING - Live 1979 (Jazz in Britain; UK) On download, streaming and CD for the first time ever, the Bobby Wellins Sextet performing The Culloden Moor Suite and other favourites. Recorded live in the autumn of 1979, this CD features performances by Bobby’s augmented Quartet as well as a stunning solo improvisation by pianist Pete Jacobsen.
Compiled from recordings of the first two concerts of the autumn 1979 tour by Bobby’s regular quartet augmented by Lol Coxhill and Bryan Spring, the CD includes the only complete ‘small ensemble’ recording of the Culloden Moor Suite released to date, alongside a selection of favorite tunes from the tour.
CD $16
KEVIN FIGES with PETE JUDGE / RAPHAEL CLARKSON / JIM BLOMFIELD / RIAAN VOSLOO / TONY ORRELL - You Are Here (Jazz in Britain; UK) KEVIN FIGES’ new sextet YOU ARE HERE released their debut CD, which features Kevin’s new arrangements of five pieces by Keith Tippett, plus compositions by Elton Dean, Harry Miller, Dudu Pukwana, Soft Machine, “Catfood” by King Crimson, earlier this year on our Jazz Now imprint label.
YOU ARE HERE is a loving tribute to friends, mentors and collaborators no longer with us. Featuring new arrangements of compositions by Keith Tippett, Elton Dean, Harry Miller and others, the album's 14 tracks are a worthy monument to some of the greatest composers in British modern jazz.
CD $16
ROB MAZUREK QUARTET with ANGELICA SANCHEZ / TOMEKA REID / CHAD TAYLOR - Color Systems (Rogue Art 0138; France) Featuring Rob Mazurek on trumpet, piccolo trumpet, bells, electronics & compositions, Angelica Sanchez on piano, Tomeka Reid on cello and Chad Taylor on drums. Recorded in Studio Sextan in La Fonderie, France in January of 2022. I’ve got to hand it to Rob Mazurek, the Chicago-based trumpeter who leads a number of different ensembles like Chicago & Sao Paulo Underground(s), the Exploding Star Orchestra & several more. Downtown pianist, Angelica Sanchez has worked with Mazurek in the Exploding Star Orchestra as well as in a quartet led by Mazurek. Chicago cellist, Tomeka Reid, was also a member of the Exploding Star Orchestra while Chad Taylor was a constant member of the Chicago Underground as well as with as several other Mazurek projects.
According to the liner notes (by John Corbett), each piece was inspired by a different visual artist (six in total) and referred to as a different “color system”. I looked up each of the six artists and realized how each artists’ works and stories made for stimulating ideas about how their art was an inspiration for each piece. The first piece is for Louise Nevelson whose long story I found most fascinating. The piece itself is sparse and filled with suspense. The sound of haunting muted trumpet, skeletal piano and cello with Chad taylor’s masterful mallet-work is a winning combination. The second piece was inspired by Frank Bowling, another fascinating artist. The music sounds free yet focused, solemn with an agitated underflow. Each piece explores different, often subtle textures just as the artwork by each artist deals with different visual textures and ideas. The six pieces work well together, all are somewhat different yet sounded connected. Plus thinking about and checking out the artwork by each artists gives us some food for thought was we listen and contemplate the layers of connections that are revealed with each listen. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $16
* BEN GOLDBERG / TODD SICKAFOOSE / SCOTT AMENDOLA - Here to There (Secret Hatch Records SH055; USA) Featuring Ben Goldberg on clarinets, Todd Sickafoose on acoustic bass and Scott Amendola on drums & electronics. Bay Area clarinet master, Ben Goldberg, generally releases one disc per year and often with different personnel on each of his releases. Mr. Goldberg also works with other leaders/composers like John Zorn, Allison Miller, Angelica Sanchez and Todd Sickafoose. For this date Goldberg organized a fine trio with bassist Todd Sickafoose and drummer Scott Amendola. Both Goldberg and Sickafoose have recorded together with pianist Allison Miller while Goldberg & Amendola have recorded with Steve Bernstein, Graham Connah and Nels Cline.
The most here was mostly improvised by the trio with a Thelonious Monk cover as well. Starting with “In Walked”, the trio is exquisitely recorded, the balance perfect. The trio take the theme from Monk’s “In Walked Bud” and stretch it out. The clarinet & drums are bathed in tasty reverb with the bass playing the pulse, giving the trio a rich, larger than life sound. The pieces often begin with one member (usually Goldberg) spinning out a line, repeating it as the rhythm team comes in, adding their own counterpoint. On “Lions Heart”, Goldberg’s clarinet uses reverb to give the clarinet a filler more majestic sound. Sickafoose’s wonderful pulse like contrabass is at the center of “Sad Trophy”, a throbbing line pulsating over and over with Goldberg’s clarinet taking an extraordinary solo as Amendola stretching out time with his great mallet playing. Since this a trio with just one lead instrument, Goldberg often gives the bass and drums a chance to stretch beyond any normal rhythm team roles. On “Porch Concert Material 2”, the trio speed up with Sickafoose pushing the tempo into a near frenzy for a short section before all but the clarinet drop out, with Goldberg taking another incredible solo. It sounds like Golberg’s clarinet is dancing with some ghost-like electronics on “Interospection”, as Goldberg solos he is being followed by a distant spirit sound. Todd Sickafoose’s bass is featured on “Lions Heart 2” and it has a rich, expressive sound. Although this is a trio, the way it was produced gives the trio a full, thoughtful, rich sound, much deeper than one might imagine. A superb date all around. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $14
* BEN GOLDBERG with be playing here at DMG on Monday, January 13th with Spencer Hoefert, Luke Bergman & Hamir Atwal at 8:30. Not to be missed if you can make it.
AVA MENDOZA - The Circular Train (Palilalia PAL 087CD; USA) "Ava Mendoza has never made an album quite as personal as her second solo full-length, The Circular Train. Through her decades of collaborations with Nels Cline, Carla Bozulich, William Parker, Fred Frith, Matana Roberts, and Mick Barr -- plus years leading her power trio Unnatural Ways and playing in Bill Orcutt's quartet -- the guitarist's name has become synonymous with virtuoso technique, raw passion, and visceral resonance, a player pushing the edges of the guitar's possibilities. Along the way, from 2007 to 2023, Mendoza was writing these slow-burning, incandescent songs. The Circular Train is comprised solely of her single-tracked guitar playing and, on two songs, her corporeal singing. Her first solo LP of original material since relocating from California to New York City a decade ago, much of The Circular Train was honed amid pandemic years that clarified the virtues of slowing down. This expressive avant-rock is a definitive introduction to one of the most uncompromising and inquisitive visions in creative music. Mendoza's thrilling melange of free jazz, blues, noise, classical training, and blazing experimental rock'n'roll all coheres with ecstatic feedback, with picking and solos that crest with shimmer. Sometimes she sounds like a one-woman Sonic Youth with guttural and poised vocals that equally evoke Patti Smith and blues greats like Jessie Mae Hemphill.
CD $17 / LP $28
ADAM RUDOLPH / THE CHINESE CRICKETS ROSARY ENSEMBLE - Autumn Moon Meditation (Meta Records 029; USA) Featuring Adam Rudolph on thumb pianos, electronic keyboards, slit drums, gongs, bells, glockenspiel, hindehoo, percussion & composition with the Chinese Crickets Rosary Ensemble. “Autumn Moon Meditation” was commissioned by the Aga Khan Museum for the opening of an exhibition by Shazad Dawood and inspired by Yusef Lateef’s novella, “Night in the Garden of Love”. The Chinese Cricket Rosary Ensemble consists of 108 singing crickets of different species, which are led by Fung Liao a/k/a Lars Fredriksson. Since crickets only live one year, a new cricket ensemble is organized every year.
I have long been fascinated by the sound of crickets, growing up and still living in suburbia, I would often sit my backyard or go into the woods just to listen to Nature’s organic symphony. I had never heard of the Chinese Crickets Rosary Ensemble until this disc arrived so I was quite surprised to find out an ensemble of singing crickets. As this piece begins, we can hear the unique buzzing/drone of the crickets in the distance. Mr. Rudolph adds layers of mysterious sounds: thumb pianos, assorted hand percussion, subtle electronics, a hindehoo (flute-like instrument) and some electronic keyboards, layering each instrument or sound carefully. The overall sound has a precious, meditative, drone-like sound. I ma often reminded of those Jon Hassell records from the 1970’s in which Adam Rudolph was an occasional member. You can tell that Mr. Rudolph put a good deal of time into producing this disc as the music/the sounds unfold in a most organic, magical fashion. Although my refrigerator buzzes a bit more loudly than the music on this disc, I found this 46 minute offering to be both transcendent and fascinating throughout. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $14
FRANCISCO MORA CATLETT - Cosmic Link (AACE; USA) Featuring Francisco Mora Catlett on all electronics, compositions and production. Francisco Mora Catlett played drums & percussion for the Sun Ra Arkestra for nearly a decade in the 1970’s and 80’s. Since the mid 1980’s, Mr. Catlett has been composing, recording and releasing his own Spirit/Jazz music mostly for his own AACE label, a dozen or so releases all strong and spirited on several levels. Around 2015, Catlett organized a band called Afro Horn, their three discs are masterworks of Free/Spirit/Music at its best, using great guests like Sam Newsome, Alex Harding, Ahmed Abdullah, Aruan Ortiz and other Latin jazz greats. Catlett lived in Detroit for a period and collaborated with techno producer Carl Craig. A few years back Catlett decided that he wanted to create his own electronic music and went back to school. He studied this music at length and released his first album of electronic music in 2022, called ‘Electric Worlds’. It was pretty great but took me some time to fully absorb.
A few weeks ago, Mr. Catlett left us with his album of electronic music called, ‘Cosmic Link’. Catlett plays or samples percussion while adding layers of electronic sounds & beats. Is this some sort of dance music, not really although it does have a great groove. Each piece has a different vibe due to whatever Catlett is working with or sampling. The title track, “Cosmic Link”, utilizes (samples of?) congas, a marimba, synths and more sly beats to groove (or dance) to. Catlett likes to add several layers of interlocked percussion, keep a groove at the center and add a variety of contemporary samples as sonic spice. Although this music does sound like it was meant for the dancefloor, Catlett keeps adding a variety of samples to keep attention peaked. Some of the samples sound like alien voices which are speaking to us in a language that we don’t completely understand yet it does make sense somehow. On “Cosmic Walk”, the beats are turned down so that synth can solo a bit and add some different colors. “D and B for GC Coleman” is dedicated to sax giant George Coleman who played with Miles Davis in the early 1960’s and is still playing today, sixty years later. Catlett speeds up the beats/rhythm so it sounds more like that popular Drums’N Bass sound. “On a Rainy Day” has a more laid back groove and if music is medicine that this music makes me feel better. Not only is the groove trance-inducing but the synth solo have an ancient charm/vibe. The groove here is so enchanting that I was smiling and nodding my head up and down throughout. In the mid-seventies, before disco cheapened music and made it more predictable, there was still assorted funk and soul music which not just dance music but it had a way of making us feel better by bringing us together and enhancing our good moods. The music on this disc is similar, it is not just dance music but something else somewhat deeper. You might not think that former Sun Ra Arkestra free/jazz drummer wouldn’t be capable of producing intelligent dance music but you would indeed be wrong. The proof is in the pudding so here is a taste. Pucker up, buttercup and get down on the dance-floor in your mind!. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $14
SZILARD MEZEI FLUTE & STRINGS TRIO with SVETLANA NOVAKOVIC / MAJA REDOVANLIJA - To Whom It May Concern (FMR 684; UK) Featuring Szilard Mezei on viola & compositions, Svetlana Novakovic on flutes and Maja Radovanlija acoustic guitar. This disc was recorded in August of 2021 in Zenta, Serbia. Hungarian violist, composer & multi-bandleader, Szilard Mezei, is one the most prolific of all eastern European Creative Musicians, with more than 50 CD’s since his first disc in in 2003. On practically all of his CD’s, from solo of his large ensembles, he changes personnel yet still works with a handful of his own select stable of fine musicians. This is the second disc from this trio, the first one being released on Slam in 2016. Ms. Svetlana plays flute on four of Mezei’s previous discs.
This is an all acoustic trio and their sound is sublime, fragile, nuanced, they sound like they are breathing together as one unit. Mr. Mezei always does a wonderful job of balancing composing for and improvising with whomever is in his band at the time. “Then and When” has a series of connected episodes. The acoustic guitar plays some complex written parts while the flute and viola also play their parts with improv detours in unexpected places. The music is more chamber-like, orchestral in sound, creating an enticing warm web. The disc ends with “It Was May”, which sounds like ancient jazz song, cartoon-like. After listening to so much electric music, it felt great to check out an acoustic trio, an incredible acoustic trio at that! - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $14
INTERSTELLAR NAO QUARTET with JUAN CASTANON / RICK COUNTRYMAN / ITZAM CANO / GABRIEL LAUBER - Odisea (FMR 679; UK) Featuring Juan Castanon on guitar, Rick Countryman on alto sax, Itzam Cano on acoustic bass and Gabriel Lauber on drums. Recorded in Mexico City in March of 2023. In a better world, free/form/jazz/whatever improvisers would get together to play, exchange ideas and communicate in their own shared language. Free Improv is indeed its own language and it crosses all the barriers that humans have constructed for whatever their reasons are. Case in point, this very disc. American-born, Philippines-based alto saxist, Rick Countryman, has help to create his own scene by working with local players, Japanese musicians (like Sabu Toyozumi), Mexican musicians and other expats. After helping to nurture a scene in the Philippines, Mr. Countryman went to Mexico City for a visit and to work with some of Mexico’s best free/improv musicians. The rhythm team here, Itzam Cano & Gabriel Lauber have recorded with other Free/Jazz sax giants like Marco Eneidi, Elliott Levin & Frode Gjerstad. The trio with Countryman, Cano & Lauber is now called Interstellar Nao and has added guitarist Juan Castanon to their line-up. La Nao was an ancient ship that sailed between Acapulco, Mexico and Manilla in the Philippines in the 1500’s.
This quartet brings together four musicians from creative musicians from Mexico, Philippines and the US. The three pieces here are named after the different shipped that sailed the seas during this long ago era. “Espiritu Santo” begins with spirited, fractured, sustained guitar and soon Mr. Countryman’s equally rambunctious alto sax blasts join him. They are soon joined by the all powerful rhythm team. All four members join forces, erupting intensely together. It often sounds like the sax and guitar are exchanging lines with heated interplay or ideas flowing back and forth. The piece ends with solemn bowed bass which seems like a good way to conclude the previous firestorm. “Galeon de Manila” begins quietly with hushed bowed bass, sly, eerie, slightly bent alto sax, sparse guitar and an undertow/cushion of mallet-work on the drums. This piece builds in tempo and intensity with all four members reaching for the skies, soaring together. The closer I listen, the more I hear the varied layers of interplay. Midway there is a great unaccompanied bass solo which erupts with more angular guitar added to the stream. I like the way each piece flows, organically from section to section. The last piece, “Sacra Familia” is calmer and more restrained and it shows a more relaxed version of free playing. It sounds dreamy, somber and hypnotic. It is a righteous way to bring this disc to a fine conclusion. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
CD $14
ALVIN CURRAN - Archeology // Archeologia (Room40 RM 4206CD; Australia) A note from Alvin: "It has taken me over 50 years to write these words. Since my initial successes in the 1970s, many have urged me to 'release' unpublished works from the same period, pieces that featured the VCS3 synths or the amazing Serge (which I regret not having used enough) or pieces featuring soundscapes from my classic environmental composition style. For reasons of persistence and empathy, Lawrence English at Room 40 was the most persuasive; now, nearly three years after our agreement, a new publication composed with materials from that inceptive period has come to fruition. While I'm condemned to live evermore in the past, it is the future where I continue to put my remaining creative energies. Nonetheless, in the creation of these two 'new' works I did all I could to avoid sentimentalism or get buried by my own history and the musical riches of the late 20th Century. Relistening to these forgotten fragments of old tapes included inspiring and useful surprises."
CD $19
MOONDOG - H’art Songs (Managarm Musikverlag 001CD; Earth) "Moondog's jovial H'art Songs was the first release not to incorporate his name in the title, but the record that forever proved his genius. A rare vocal album recorded by Moondog when he was in his sixties, these ten art songs blur the boundaries between classical and pop music. Moondog called this series of art songs 'H'art songs' -- Hardin's art songs. The musical content is on a higher level than most popular music, but has an appeal to a wide range of tastes, from the pop to the classical listener. This collection of piano pop songs written and recorded in 1977 made Moondogs' stunningly eclectic discography even more chaotic musically, it also featured some of his most mesmerizing wordplay. Telling tales that can be interpreted as metaphors for how to live -- sometimes political, sometimes autobiographical, sometimes nature loving - they are always intriguingly poetic, and helped push this album to the very top of all Moondog's releases."
CD $16
SIMON JOYNER - Coyote Butterfly (Grapefruit/BB Island GY14 009CD; EEC) "Coyote Butterfly is the first album of new songs in two years from singer-songwriter, Simon Joyner, following the overdose death of his son, Owen, in August of 2022. Drawing on the kaleidoscopic nature of grief, Joyner explores his loss through a series of imagined dialogues and raw confessions. The album is a tribute to Owen, but what Joyner generously delivers is an intimate glimpse at his attempt to comprehend the incomprehensible. The album is bookended by field recordings overlaid with minimalist guitar laments. The first, a spring thrum of sparrows and red-winged blackbirds, functions as an invitation to the elegies which follow, while the last, the late-August drone of cicadas returns us to a life of sweat on the skin, sirens in the distance, and the things we cannot change but must somehow accept. In between these instrumentals, Joyner grapples with regret and fear, shame and love. From the opening song, 'I'm Taking You With Me' to the gut-wrenching remorse of 'My Lament,' Joyner lays bare the struggles of those left in the wake of personal devastation. On the title track, we hear Joyner perform an elemental incantation, a heartbroken ode infused with forgiveness. The final song of the album, 'There Will be a Time,' is a meditation on a future where such suffering, both personal and universal, might be softened by understanding. The musicians playing alongside Simon on Coyote Butterfly are among his closest friends; David Nance, James Schroeder, Kevin Donahue, Ben Brodin, and Michael Krassner. It's thanks to their sensitive arrangements and loving support that the songs on Coyote Butterfly could be performed and documented."
CD $17
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ATTENTION ALL CREATIVE MUSICIANS OUT THERE, Around the world.
If you have a link for some music that you are working on and want to share it with the folks who read the DMG Newsletter, please send the link to DMG at DMG@Downtownmusicgallery.com
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THE STONE RESIDENCIES / THURSTON MOORE / DEC 4-7
A Stone regular from the early days of Avenue C, guitar wizard Thurston Moore returns to The Stone for a super special week of improvisation! PLEASE NOTE THAT ADMISSION IS THIRTY DOLLARS EACH NIGHT. FIRST COME FIRST SERVED—SO COME EARLY!
12/4 Wednesday
8:30 pm - QUARTET - Zoh Amba (saxophone) Jon Leidecker (electronics) Ryan Sawyer (percussion) Thurston Moore (guitar) THIRTY DOLLARS
12/5 Thursday
8:30 pm - DUO - Fred Frith (guitar) Thurston Moore (guitar) - THIRTY DOLLARS
12/6 Friday
8:30 pm - DUO - Lee Ranaldo (guitar) Thurston Moore (guitar) THIRTY DOLLARS
12/7 Saturday
8:30 pm - TRIO - William Winant (percussion) Tom Surgal (percussion) Thurston Moore (guitar) - THIRTY DOLLARS
THE STONE RESIDENCIES - IKUE MORI - DEC 11-14
12/11 Wednesday
8:30 pm - DUOS, TRIOS, AND QUARTET - Ikue Mori (electronics) Zeena Parkins (harp) Charmaine Lee (voice) Lotte Anker (sax)
12/12 Thursday
8:30 pm - QUARTET - Ikue Mori (electronics) Hans Koch (sax) Florian Stoffner (guitar) Nate Wooley (trumpet)
12/13 Friday
8:30 pm - TRIO - Ikue Mori (electronics) Ingrid Laubrock (sax) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) special guest Lotte Anker (sax)
12/14 Saturday
8:30 pm - HIGHSMITH Ikue Mori (electronics) Craig Taborn (piano) Tomeka Reid (cello)
THE STONE is located in
The New School at the Glass Box Theatre
55 West 13th Street - near 6th ave
LIVE MUSIC
wed-sat - music at 8:30pm
ADMISSION - $20 per set
unless otherwise noted
cash only payment
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ROULETTE has been and remains the best place to experience experimental music and arts since 1978. I’ve attended concerts at Roulette since it began in Tribeca and I still go as often as I can. Founder Jim Staley stepped down earlier this year and a new music director named Matt Mehlan has taken his place. Here is the most of the September calendar below, it looks most impressive…
Wednesday, December 4, 2024. 8:00 pm
Wadada Leo Smith and Amina Claudine Myers: Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens; Two legends perform a reflective, meditative, and sonic odyssey concerning nature.
Friday, December 6, 2024. 8:00 pm
Fred Frith Solo
New, solo work for the guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser's 75th birthday celebration.
Saturday, December 7, 2024. 8:00 pm
Normal Give or Take with Fred Frith, Sudhu Tewari and Lotte Anker
Part two of the guitarist's 75th birthday celebration: a trio with long-time collaborators and friends from very different worlds.
Roulette is located at:
509 Atlantic Avenue (Corner of Third Avenue)
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Telephone: (917) 267-0363
Web: https://roulette.org
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NEW VIDEOS from GUITAR MASTER HENRY KAISER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-6p_Q2Dwxc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWJ20KEHAdQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuKk7GFtGls
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CHRIS CUTLER
Formerly of HENRY COW, THE ART BEARS, NEWS FOR BABEL & RECOMMENDED RECORDS (ReR) has been creating an ongoing series of podcasts called the Probes series. I am often fascinated at listening to each of these as Mr. Cutler does an incredible job of showing a deep history of Creative Music in the 20th century & beyond. I usually listen to these on the train to NYC that I take to get to work each day. The most recent Probes (#37) was released earlier this year, here are the links:
https://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/probes-37
https://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/probes-36
https://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/probes-362-auxiliaries
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