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Equal Time

Equal Time makes creative improvised music. Sometimes we call it “free jazz” or “avant garde jazz”, but it doesn’t always come out sounding like jazz, since we bring our other influences to the table too (classic rock, electronic music, death metal, blues, prog rock, modern classical, etc.). But we all have deep roots in jazz and improvised music. Most times when we perform we do it without too much of a plan. Sometimes we’ll bring a composition, or cover a tune, but often we’ll go up on stage with no idea what’s going to happen from one moment to the next, until we get there. We like it that way, and it’s pretty fun for the audience too. We’re based primarily in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire, though our members actually live in three different states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. Saxophonist Thom Keith and I (Tim Webb, I’m the bass player) met in 2006 when we both participated in a local community music project called the RPM Challenge

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra

Active since: 1999

When trumpeter, arranger and composer Vance Thompson called the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra’s first rehearsal in August of 1999, he had no way of knowing the extent to which this experience would shape the next two decades of his life. Thompson had just returned home to East Tennessee after a four year stint in Chicago, and was anxious to find a way to continue writing for and playing in a pro-caliber big band. Bands of this type had been plentiful in Chicago, but there was no such outlet in Knoxville at the time. “When I looked around and thought about the players that were in the area, I realized we had enough guys to have a high quality band,” said Thompson

Doors Wide Open

Doors Wide Open is a Jazz Ensemble with over 20 years of combined musical experience. Our range is vast, from Hampton to Hendrix! We are like no other!!

The Folk Songs Trio

Cinco Cidades in a cross-disciplinary project documenting the cultures and sounds of five cities across Portugal. The project culminates in a live tour across Portugal in May 2007 with musicians William Parker, Victor Gama, and Guillermo Brown (“The Folk Songs Trio”). In each city, The Folk Songs Project will create an ambient backdrop of sounds from that city, against which the musicians will create an improvised performance. The work began with field trips to five cities in March 2007, working with local communities to record local musicians, residents and ambient sounds that represent their city. The results of this work have been used to create interactive soundmaps for each city �" where visitors can remix sounds and voices to create their own compositions

The Big Easy

The Big Easy are a Midlands based 5-piece jazz/blues band. Comprising; Dave Lines--lead vox, sax, guitar... Carl Sinclair--lead vox, keyboards... Rod Boatswain--lead vox, sax... Steve Sage--bass, percussion... Ed Franklin--drums, percussion. The popular outfit covers the very best of "good time" jazz, blues and rhythm & blues--from Louis Prima to Van Morrison, Ray Charles to Jamie Cullum. Whilst also composing some pretty smart material of their own. Indeed, they feel comfortable in declaring that they have “something for everyone”. The in-demand band burn rubber up and down the length and breadth of the UK

Kartet

Active since: November 9, 1989

Apparently, an unsignificant formula. Usual orchestration. But then, surprise, as early as the first few bars, a freshness of inspiration which one believed to be condemned. To say simply, it's been a long time since a "jazz quartet" had sounded in a such an unorthodox way. Play-along with structure, tireless exploration of all possible combinations, independence of lines, poly-speeds, mobile architecture of the compositions... A shape of music in continuous metamorphosis as it pivots around the four players, and results in many simultaneous and complementary points of view on the same reality

The Jazz Explorers

George Cables As a leader and a sideman, George Cables defines mainstream jazz piano. When he was 18 he worked with Steve Grossman and Billy Cobham. He quickly gained recognition and worked with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson and Freddie Hubbard . He was on piano with Dexter Gordon during the tenor's successful return to the United States from 1976 to 1978. George was Art Pepper's favorite pianist and did work with Bebop and Beyond, as well. Mr. Cables has played countless sessions and concerts and has recorded frequently as a leader for the Contemporary label, including the 1979 classic Cables Vision, as well as for Concord, and SteepleChase

George Lesiw Band

Thousands of fans of in your face, honest to goodness, rockin' jazz fusion better get ready for an explosive earful now that The George Lesiw Band is exploding from its East Coast cocoon and hitting the national circuit. Over the past five years, the progressive trio --electric guitarist/composer Lesiw, acoustic bassist Preston Murphy and drummer Gil Hawkins, Jr.-- have forged a wild, off the beaten path sound Hawkins likes to say is "slightly out of the mainstream, but burns like crazy." Based alternately in Connecticut and Boston, they've developed a loyal following with hundreds of gigs throughout the Northeast at a unique array of hotspots, ranging from famed clubs like Toad's Place in New Haven to Café 9 (also in New Haven), The Middle East in Cambridge, Mass., and Acme Underground In New York. Ask any of their legion of fans--there's nothing like hearing The George Lesiw Band live

Carolina Moon Jazz Group

Active since: July 15, 1961

The Carolina Moon Jazz Group are an exciting group of superbly talented jazz artists which features the dynamic partnership of vocalist Carolina Moon and Roger Manins on tenor saxophone.

Playing fresh arrangements from an eclectic and versatile songlist of over 300 songs, their program includes classic jazz standards and soul searching love songs from the American Songbook, flavours of elegant French chanson and earthy Spanish and Latin American rhythms, to cutting edge contemporary jazz repertoire.

A native UK-er, Carolina (aka Caroline Lynn) first began singing on the London jazz scene of the early 90s

9th + Lincoln Orchestra

Active since: January

The 9th and Lincoln Orchestra is a musical project aiming to marry Denver's finest jazz players with new streams in the world of big band composition; to combine the shapes and textures of the new generation's aesthetic with the standard jazz ensemble. Its repertoire bridges the gap between jazz tradition and modern musical forms. The band features the finest performers in Colorado's music scene including members of Future Jazz Project, The Czars, Hamster Theatre, and Jazz Faculty from all of the fine jazz college programs in the region. Performing in the band will be Greg Harris, Peter Sommer, Dave Devine, Brad Goode, Mark Harris, Art Bouton, Tom Ball, Wil Swindler, and many more