September 24, 2004
To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES
GARY LUCAS PLAYS SOLO ACOUSTIC AT THE GERSHWIN HOTEL, TUESDAY SEPT. 28TH AT 8PM 7 East 27th Street, NYC Curated by Neke Carson and Michael Wiener
The “Guitarist of 1000 Ideas" (New York Times) and Grammy-nominated songwriter plays an all-acoustic program on his National steel guitar and Gibson J-45, including selections from his new album (review below), plus music that spans his career from Beefheart to Buckley and beyond, including originals, Chinese pop classics from the 1930's, and arrangements of Dvorak, Wagner, Grainger, and Groucho.
“Without a doubt, the most interesting and challenging guitarist playing today". --Folk Roots (UK)
“His playing lends new meaning to the term tour de force...awesome fingerpicking skills". --The Japan Times
Review from Het Parool (Holland), 9/2004:
GARY LUCAS AND JOZEF VAN WISSEM, “THE UNIVERSE OF ABSENCE" (BvHaast) 4 Stars
The pieces on “The Universe of Absence" are truly hypnotizing, such as “Screw Your Courage to the Sticking Place". The duo of Jozef van
Wissem on Lute, and Gary Lucas, former Guitarist with Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley, on Steel Guitar, create a psychedelic universe of electronic soundscapes and strumming on medieval lute strings. They produce a delirium of sound. However, the sound does not get on the nerves, the duo know too much what to do. They don't lose control for a moment. Even the ecstasy is controlled. Lucas is a virtuoso, Van Wissem a modest and intelligent lute player. And both are open to experiment. Van Wissem is a master of structure, beautiful patterns are eloping from his lute. Lucas rules in free space, setting out heavy lines. Together they build musical castles in the air, where, once entered through the door, one can freely fantasize.
UPCOMING GARY LUCAS APPEARANCES:
9/23-10/9--Gary contributes music to Big Dance Theater's “Plan B", choreographed and directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street, NYC, 7:30pm
9/25--Gary plays solo acoustic as part of “Democracy", an installation of plays, music, and performance, Naked Angels Theater Company, The Cultural Project, 45 Bleecker Street, NYC, 7pm
9/28--solo acoustic, The Gershwin Hotel, details above
10/1--solo acoustic, The Borderline, 157 Charing Cross Road, London, 9:30pm
10/2--Gary is a guest on Charlie Gillett's BBC London show 'The Sound of the World', 94.9 FM, 8-10pm GMT, www.thesoundoftheworld.com and will play solo acoustic and Radio Ping Pong with Charlie
10/3--solo acoustic, Paradiso, Amsterdam, w/ special guest Jozef Van Wissem
10/4-- acoustic duo w/ Jozef Van Wissem, Paradox, Tilburg, Holland
10/7--solo acoustic w/ special guest Jozef Van Wissem, De Kikker Theatre, Utrecht, Holland
10/12--Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jason Candler (sax), Ernie Brooks (bass), Richard Barone (vocals) and Billy Ficca (drums), Benefit for Concerts for Change/ John Kerry, Knitting Factory Main Space, 74 Leonard Street, NYC, 8:30om, with Yale Strom, David Krakauer, Alicia Svigals, and What I Like About Jew
10/20--GL performs as part of “Becoming an American Writer: The Life and Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer", a Singer Centennial Tribute featuring readings by Judd Hirsch and others, Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1Battery Park Plaza, NYC, 7pm
10/24--Fast 'n Bulbous, the Captain Beefheart Project , featuring Gary Lucas, arranged by Phillip Johnston, Hessicher Rundfunk Jazz Festival, Frankfurt Germany, www.hr-online.de/jazzfestival
11/5--Gary Lucas solo & with Gods and Monsters, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC, 10pm
12/11--GL solo, Tribute to John Lennon, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC
more shows t/b/a
www.garylucas.com
To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES
GARY LUCAS PLAYS SOLO ACOUSTIC AT THE GERSHWIN HOTEL, TUESDAY SEPT. 28TH AT 8PM 7 East 27th Street, NYC Curated by Neke Carson and Michael Wiener
The “Guitarist of 1000 Ideas" (New York Times) and Grammy-nominated songwriter plays an all-acoustic program on his National steel guitar and Gibson J-45, including selections from his new album (review below), plus music that spans his career from Beefheart to Buckley and beyond, including originals, Chinese pop classics from the 1930's, and arrangements of Dvorak, Wagner, Grainger, and Groucho.
“Without a doubt, the most interesting and challenging guitarist playing today". --Folk Roots (UK)
“His playing lends new meaning to the term tour de force...awesome fingerpicking skills". --The Japan Times
Review from Het Parool (Holland), 9/2004:
GARY LUCAS AND JOZEF VAN WISSEM, “THE UNIVERSE OF ABSENCE" (BvHaast) 4 Stars
The pieces on “The Universe of Absence" are truly hypnotizing, such as “Screw Your Courage to the Sticking Place". The duo of Jozef van
Wissem on Lute, and Gary Lucas, former Guitarist with Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley, on Steel Guitar, create a psychedelic universe of electronic soundscapes and strumming on medieval lute strings. They produce a delirium of sound. However, the sound does not get on the nerves, the duo know too much what to do. They don't lose control for a moment. Even the ecstasy is controlled. Lucas is a virtuoso, Van Wissem a modest and intelligent lute player. And both are open to experiment. Van Wissem is a master of structure, beautiful patterns are eloping from his lute. Lucas rules in free space, setting out heavy lines. Together they build musical castles in the air, where, once entered through the door, one can freely fantasize.
UPCOMING GARY LUCAS APPEARANCES:
9/23-10/9--Gary contributes music to Big Dance Theater's “Plan B", choreographed and directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street, NYC, 7:30pm
9/25--Gary plays solo acoustic as part of “Democracy", an installation of plays, music, and performance, Naked Angels Theater Company, The Cultural Project, 45 Bleecker Street, NYC, 7pm
9/28--solo acoustic, The Gershwin Hotel, details above
10/1--solo acoustic, The Borderline, 157 Charing Cross Road, London, 9:30pm
10/2--Gary is a guest on Charlie Gillett's BBC London show 'The Sound of the World', 94.9 FM, 8-10pm GMT, www.thesoundoftheworld.com and will play solo acoustic and Radio Ping Pong with Charlie
10/3--solo acoustic, Paradiso, Amsterdam, w/ special guest Jozef Van Wissem
10/4-- acoustic duo w/ Jozef Van Wissem, Paradox, Tilburg, Holland
10/7--solo acoustic w/ special guest Jozef Van Wissem, De Kikker Theatre, Utrecht, Holland
10/12--Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jason Candler (sax), Ernie Brooks (bass), Richard Barone (vocals) and Billy Ficca (drums), Benefit for Concerts for Change/ John Kerry, Knitting Factory Main Space, 74 Leonard Street, NYC, 8:30om, with Yale Strom, David Krakauer, Alicia Svigals, and What I Like About Jew
10/20--GL performs as part of “Becoming an American Writer: The Life and Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer", a Singer Centennial Tribute featuring readings by Judd Hirsch and others, Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1Battery Park Plaza, NYC, 7pm
10/24--Fast 'n Bulbous, the Captain Beefheart Project , featuring Gary Lucas, arranged by Phillip Johnston, Hessicher Rundfunk Jazz Festival, Frankfurt Germany, www.hr-online.de/jazzfestival
11/5--Gary Lucas solo & with Gods and Monsters, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC, 10pm
12/11--GL solo, Tribute to John Lennon, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC
more shows t/b/a
www.garylucas.com
For more information contact All About Jazz.
