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Bonnie Kane

BONNIE KANE is a NYC based improviser, bandleader, and pioneer in extended saxophone and flute technique with electronics.

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BONNIE KANE (saxophone, flute, electronics) is a NYC based improviser, bandleader, and pioneer in extended saxophone and flute technique with electronics. Her dedication to improvisation was formed by an unusually early and constant exposure to Sun Ra, blessings from June Tyson (in the women's bathroom at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F., Cal), a background of equal parts: Hendrix, Ayler and Zappa - and studies with Sonny Simmons, Paul McCandless, Glenn Moore, Ralph Towner (Oregon), and Jon Raskin (ROVA Saxophone Quartet). A stint in the original Club Foot Orchestra (with Snakefinger (The Residents) and Eric Drew Feldman (Capt Beefheart), introduced her to electronic processing for horns, and brief study at Mills College under Anthony Braxton solidified her direction.

Bonnie has been touring internationally and recording since the late 1980's. Her band projects are and have been W.O.O.: Mambo Mantis, W.O.O., W.O.O. Revelator, World of Tomorrow and D-I.S.K. Her major duo projects are and have been with Kevin Shea, Federico Ughi, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, and Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut. Within NYC, she has performed at The Knitting Factory, CBGB's, ABC No Rio, The Brecht Forum, The Bowery Poetry Club, and other venues. She has opened for both Nik Turner and Hawkwind at major festivals and performed with Paul Winter, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Dee Popp, 99Hooker, and Tatsuya Nakatani, along with a long list of musicians in her bands.

There are over 30 releases to Bonnie Kane's credit. Recordings of these groups have been released on the Sachimay Interventions, No Labels, Pax Recordings, Evolving Ear, Sweetstuff Media, Bottomfeeder, and Funky Mushroom labels, and have received radio play and press acclaim worldwide. Also in demand as a soloist, she has recorded with John Spencer Blues Explosion, The Brian Wilson Shock Treatment, Friends of Mescalito, Thundering Lizards, and Casey Scott.

For more info go to www.bonniekane.com