Loyal Label Nights January 16th & 17th at I-beam

WHAT:
Loyal Label Nights

WHEN:
January 16th & 17th 2009

WHERE:
I-beam
168 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215

COST:
Friday January 16th 8pm ($10)

WHO:
JEFF DAVIS - SOLO
Jeff Davis - drums and percussion.
“Drummer Jeff Davis has a steady profile in left-of-center New York jazz circles...” - Nate Chinen, The New York Times “Jeff Davis plays his kit with alert responsiveness, less a traditional rhythm section accompanist, than a creative soloist and spry agitator...” -Troy Collins, All About Jazz

ROLETTA FYNN
Rolletta Fynn - voice and guitar.
“I was born in tampa florida under the oldest oak tree in the contiguous united states. making for and itchy childhood, i was covered in powder and boot straps but i flew here, on a plane all the way to new york and now i sleep with my head facing north. my mom shelved books and my dad killed bugs but we made it. we made it ours" RF

RICH JOHNSON'S UP THE TURRET MIL with Opsvik & Jennings.
Rich Johnson - trumpet/laptop
Eivind Opsvik - lapsteel/bass guitar
Aaron Jennings - guitar
On his first solo recording, Rich Johnson’s “Up the Turret Mil” explores a mix of trumpets, guitars, and pianos with laptop glitch, sampling, and musique concrète. Many of the songs began as experiments with laptop and electronic-acoustic treatments on the trumpet, and bridge Johnson’s many influences – from free jazz to folk music. Based in NYC, Johnson has toured in the US and China, and has appeared at some of NY's best music venues including the Cornelia Street Cafe, Knitting Factory, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and The Bitter End. Johnson enjoys playing in a wide variety of groups from British style brass bands, laptop duos, big bands, Brazilian music, brass quintet, and free jazz freak-outs. “ 'Up The Turret Mill', I suppose, could be likened to Terry Riley meets Stockhausen; take the more melodic, trance-like Riley and shake in some of Karlheinz's angular and spiky outpourings and you'll start to get a little closer to where Rich Johnson is going... “ ToxicPete.co.uk

Saturday January 17th 8pm ($10):

JON IRABAGON - I DON'T HEAR NOTHING BUT THE BLUES
Jon Irabagon - tenor sax
Mike Pride - drums
Winner of the 2008 Thelonius Monk Competition, Jon Irabagon, plays the blues with his drummer friend Mike Pride. A continuous additive duo, last instrument to be added is the bass and it probably wont be heard. “It sounds like a mentally disturbed Sonny Rollins with a guy soundchecking on drums" Anonymous CD to be released on loyal label early 2009

EIVIND OPSVIK - SOLO
Eivind Opsvik - upright bass
Eivind did his first solo performance at Copenhagen Jazz Festival in the summer of 2008, his second solo show was at the Kennedy Center in december of 08, this will be his third solo show. “Opsvik's bass has an aching sound, with his lines plumbing the depths to find almost folk-song-like melodies" All Music.com

SEABROOK POWERPLANT
Brandon Seabrook - guitar
Tom Blancarte - bass
Jared Seabrook - drums
“guitarist–banjo player Brandon Seabrook has made a name for himself applying the latter ax to avant-jazz and experimental contexts. His rousing trio Power Plant combines those aesthetics with gleeful rock bombast" Time Out debut record to be released on loyal label, spring 2009 more