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Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble: Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler
by Troy Collins
The most important jazz flutist of her generation, Nicole Mitchell reveals another facet of her diverse musical persona on Xenogenesis Suite. Inspired by the work of Hugo award winning Afro-Futurist science fiction author Octavia Butler (1947-2006), Mitchell transposes Butler's words into an abstract sonic travelogue. Breathlessly vivacious and boldly creative, it is Mitchell's most experimental and ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Brotzmann/Bennink Duo This Friday 4/18
On Friday, April 18th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present two of the founding fathers of European free jazz, Peter Brotzmann and Han Bennink. First heard together on late- 1960's recordings such as Brotzmann's seminal Machine Gun (FMP), these frequent collaborators have been making music for more than 40 years and working as a duo since ...
Tickets for Vision Festival XIII on Sale Today
NEW YORK, NY -- Tickets for the 13th annual Vision Festival, coming June 10th through June 15th to Manhattan's Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center, are now available online and by phone at 1- 800-838-3006. Tickets are $30/night in advance, $35/night at the door and $20 for students and seniors with ID. A festival pass is available ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Joe Morris Quartet This Friday 4/11
On Friday, April 11th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will welcome back acclaimed guitarist/composer and New Haven native Joe Morris to its Spring Jazz Series for a two-set performance with his quartet. This will be be Morris' sixth appearance at Firehouse 12 and his second as a leader. His quartet, which can be heard on the 2006 ...
Vision Festival XIII Performers Announced
Arts for Art, Inc. has announced the line-up for the 13th annual Vision Festival, New York's premier multidisciplinary celebration of avantjazz music, poetry, dance and art, which will run from Tuesday, June 10th through Sunday, June 15th at Manhattan's Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center. Vision Festival XIII will present more than 50 events, including music and ...
Aaron Goldberg Trio at Firehouse 12 This Friday, April 4
On Friday, April 4th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will bring New York-based pianist/composer Aaron Goldberg and his trio to town for a two-set performance as part of the venue's ongoing 2008 Spring Jazz Series. The group, featuring bassist Reuben Rogers (Jimmy Greene, Joshua Redman, Dianne Reeves) and drummer Eric Harland (Terence Blanchard, Charles Lloyd, SFJAZZ Collective), ...
World Premiere of Taylor Ho Bynum's "Madeleine Dreams" This Sunday 3/30 at Roulette
This Sunday night at 8:30 p.m., cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum will lead his improvising chamber ensemble SpiderMonkey Strings, with special guest vocalist Kyoko Kitamura, in the world premiere performance of his secular oratorio, Madeleine Dreams, at New York's Roulette. This event is part of a full month of New York performances by Bynum, including a March ...
Dezron Douglas Quintet at Firehouse 12 This Friday 3/28
Firehouse 12's 2008 Spring Jazz Series continues on Friday, March 28th with a two-set performance by emerging bassist/composer, and Hartford native, Dezron Douglas and his quintet. The group is a subset of the Hartford-based collective, The New Jazz Workshop, and features longtime Douglas collaborators Josh Evans, Lummie Spann, David Bryant and Curtis Torian. This performance will ...
Garrison Fewell/ Eric Hofbauer: The Lady of Khartoum
by Mark F. Turner
It's best to throw out any preconceived notions of the “guitar duo" before listening to The Lady Of Khartoum CD by composers/guitarists Garrison Fewell and Eric Hofbauer. These fifteen, mostly short snippets, are aural conversations that transcend the common conventions of typical fret-board picking melodies. Both performers have works that have spanned genres from mainstream to ...
AUM Fidelity Partners with Improvised Communications to Promote Its Forthcoming 2008 Releases
BROOKLYN, NY -- AUM Fidelity is pleased to announce it has secured the services of Improvised Communications to promote its 2008 releases to press and radio. In addition to three new recordings (from Roy Campbell, Bill Dixon and William Parker, respectively) being released in partnership with Arts for Arts, Inc., this collaboration will also include the ...
