THAT FALL CHILL SETS IN WITH 3 NEW DISCS FROM TZADIK (EYAL MAOZ, BRAD LUBMAN & TOBY DRIVER), MAT MANERI, DAVID SHEA, STEVE LEHMAN, BEN MONDER, QUARTET NOIR (w/ MARILYN CRISPELL & JOELLE LEANDRE), ROSCOE MITCHELL & TATSU AOKI, THE COSMOSAMATICS (SONNY SIMMONS & MICHAEL MARCUS), THE TERRITORY BAND, KOENJIHYAKKEI, EARTH PEOPLE, MAX NAGL, THEO JORGENSMANN 6, THE LAPPETITES, IMAGINATIONAL ANTHEM ACOUSTIC GUITAR COMP, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, MADE IN MEXICO, JOHN LUTHER ADAMS, STEVE REID plus HISTORIC DISCS from TUBBY HAYES, SONNY ROLLINS, IANNIS XENAKIS, MOONDOG!


FIRST SOME IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:


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A FEW SPECIAL DMG IN-STORE PERFORANCES WILL TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK:

This Sunday October 23rd AT 6pm for free:
ANDERS NILSSON & EVAN GALLAGHER!
Electric guitar & electric piano duo, downtowners from two generations!


This Monday, October 24th at 6pm for free:
EDDIE GALE & DICK GRIFFIN - DYNAMIC TRUMPET & TROMBONE DUO!
Two incredible legends of the horn will grace the DMG room - don't miss it!


This Tuesday October 25th at 7pm for free:
GAIL BRAND & STEVE SWELL - TROMBONE SOLO & DUOS!
Ms. Brand is an incredible British trombonist from Hubbub and will play solo and duo with our very own local trombone hero - Steve Swell!


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NEWS FROM BILL LASWELL, JOHN ZORN, THE STONE & TZADIK RECORDS...

BILL LASWELL has curated and will play at The Stone from October 25th - 30th, "6 Nights of Iconoclast Drum N' Bass". The schedule is below. Mr. Laswell has recently recorded a new Drum n Bass epic for the Sanctuary label, which will be released next Spring along with that delayed Praxis and/or Material disc.
The November and December schedule for The Stone is now listed on their WEBSITE and looks pretty exciting. Jim O'Rourke curates November and December features four of (y)our favorite Japanese musicians for 5 - 7 days each: Makigami Koichi (12/4-12/11), Haino Keiji (12/13-12/17), Tatsuya Yoshida (12/15-12/24) and Otomo Yoshihide (12/25-12/12/30). These dates include 2 more Laswell sets: December 15th - Purple Trap with Haino Keiji, Bill Laswell & Rashied Ali and December 25th - (think Soup) with Otomo, Laswell and Yoshida. As all of us Laswell fans know, his performances in NY are very rare, so book those flights now!
There are no advance tickets at The Stone, no reservations, no phone, first come, first served.


10/25 Tuesday - 8 & 10 pm
Submerged, Bill Laswell and Guy Licata

10/26 Wednesday - 8 & 10 pm
Submerged, Kain and special guests

10/27 Thursday - 8 & 10 pm
Corrupt Souls and Submerged

10/28 Friday - 8 & 10 pm
End.user and Submerged

10/29 Saturday - 8 & 10 pm
Submerged, Bill Laswell and special guests

10/30 Sunday - 8 & 10 pm
Submerged, Bill Laswell and Guy Licata


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JOHN ZORN tells us that The Stone benefit CD has been recorded and will hopefully be out in a month or so. The personnel include Mr. Zorn, Dave Douglas, Bill Laswell and Mike Patton. It is a limited edition, but there is no need to pre-order just yet. We will let know as soon as we have a definite date.
November will hopefully see a double CD of Electric Masada live in Europe from last year, 'At The Mountains of Madness', Masada String Trio's 'Book of Angels, Vol. 2' and another Zorn classical disc called 'Mysterium'. Once again, no reason to pre-order, just in case any of them are delayed. So please wait until they are announced before you order. Thanks.


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On a sad note, an old friend and amazing saxist from Philly, GEORGE BISHOP, has passed away, due a long illness, last Thursday. I heard George play with TAKA-IKI while I was going to college at Glassboro State in South Jersey from '72-'76. They were the first avant-jazz group I heard live that really blew my mind. Their members included saxists Elliott Levin & Steve Buchanan and guitarist Rick Iannicone. I remember George playing a soprano sax solo at a happening organized by local poet/artist/shaman Jonh Emmons and astonishing all the folks in attendance with that solo. Turns out that George was also a member of a few earlier Philly avant/jazz bands like Olduvai Iltar & Good God. George was in the second version of Good God, the original version had an amazing early fusion record out on Atlantic. The second version of that band included John Blake and George Johnson and recorded an unreleased second effort. Taka-Iki played at the historic Zu Manifestival in November of 1978 at the Entermedia Theatre in NYC, which included nearly 20 bands over 15 hours. The Zu Fest featured the first US appearances of members of Gong, Henry Cow & Magma, as well as numerous early downtown groups. Taka-Iki was one of the festival's highlights. George was also a member of New York Gong, who closed the fest and whose other players soon became Material. George moved to NY during the early 80's and played with Noise-R-Us, Microscopic Septet (when Zorn was in the band), Syzygy and many others. We became friends during those years and he played at a solo sax fest at Soundscape with John Zorn, Ned Rothenberg & Gary Windo that I put together. George Bishop was a most gifted saxist, a gentle spirit and one of my favorite musicians ever. He is sadly under-recorded, but can be found on a handful of discs by Daevid Allen (N'exist Pas), Joe Gallivan, Abbey Rader and even a rare album or two by Olduvai and Iltar. He moved to Germany in the nineties and we lost contact. George is survived by his wife Susan, who is also a saxist. There will be a memorial for him on October 30th at 1pm at the Friends Meeting House in Woodstown, NJ. Let's have a good thought for him. - BLG


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Three new discs from Tzadik:

EYAL MAOZ - Edom (Tzadik 8105) A breakthrough release from this young Israeli guitarist who has been living in New York since 1999. It featuries Eyal Maoz on electric guitar and all compositions, John Medeski on organ, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz on electric & acoustic basses and Ben Perowsky on drums. I've been checking out the Israeli guitar wiz Eyal Maoz since he moved here from his school years in Boston and played here at DMG in a trio with Okkyung Lee and Daniel Kelly. He is/was a member of the Lemon Juice Quartet, who had a couple of fine self-produced discs out. 'Edom' is his first effort as a leader and he has put together a marvelous downtown all-star quartet. In a number of ways Eyal's quartet sound like Electric Masada and of course does include three players who have all worked with John Zorn in different versions of Masada. Even Eyal's great, groovy melodies are along the same lines of middle-eastern jazz/rock. The quartet often sound like they are picking up where the original Tony Williams Lifetime left off (w/ John McLaughlin & Larry Young). Both Eyal's guitar and Medeski's organ sound superb wailing together, fat, funky and rocking hard. Eyal has also picked the perfect rhythm team to hold it down just right. From the sly, sublime and haunting melody of "Deep", with an enchanting acoustic bass solo from Shanir to grand jazz/rocking blast of "Chita" with an inspired solo Medeski on organ, these guys mean business. Turn it up and get down! Over an hour long and righteous throughout! - BLG
TZADIK RADICAL JEWISH CULTURE SERIES
CD $14

BRAD LUBMAN - Insomniac (Tzadik 8017) One of the premier conductors of New Music, Brad Lubman has worked closely with some of the greatest contemporary composers (Berio, Boulez, Reich, Wuorinen, Lachenmann) and has appeared with some of the world's most illustrious ensembles (Ensemble Modern, ASKO Ensemble, London Sinfonietta). Here he steps out as a composer with a wild debut CD of radical electronic compositions. Everything in Lubman's life finds a way into this eclectic mix, from exotic melodies to recordings of his dog barking, messages off his phone machine and more. Four modern electronic gems and an extreme composition for electronics and string quartet by a young composer Oliver Knussen has called "one of the most gifted musicians I have ever had the pleasure of working with." TZADIK COMPOSER SERIES
CD $14

TOBY DRIVER - In The L..L..Library Loft (Tzadik 8019) A bizarre collection of modern compositions by the brilliant young mastermind of Maudlin of the Well/Kayo Dot, a cutting edge band combining a classical ear for structure and orchestration with the power and immediacy of heavy and black metal. Featuring several of his band mates in key roles, and a number of special guests, this is music of great detail and searing passion. Years in the making, this is a CD that will surely catapult Toby into the eyes and ears of an exciting new audience. Four moody masterpieces of magic and horror. TZADIK COMPOSER SERIES
CD $14



QUARTET NOIR [CRISPELL/LEIMGRUBER/LEANDRE/HAUSER] - Lugano (Victo 096/Canada) Second outstanding disc from this wonderful international collaboration featuring Urs Leimgruber on tenor & soprano saxes, Marilyn Crispell on piano & percussion, Joelle Leandre on contrabass and Fritz Hauser on drums. Four master improvisers and sonic explorers who have worked together in different combinations in the past, although this is only their second disc as a quartet. Beautifully recorded for Swiss radio just one year ago in October of 2004. Extremely well crafted and cautious in the way it unfolds. Leimgruber and Hauser's duo/trio explorations go back many years and you can tell by the way they work in similar sonic terrain, with minute fractures and exquisitely placed sounds. This work often sounds like minimal modern classical music with the same attention to detail and scientific structure. Thoughtful, delicate and quietly explosive in spots. A consistent dialogue and a story-like turn of events. An extraordinary effort from all parties involved. - BLG
CD $15

FRITZ HAUSER With PAULINE OLIVEROS/DAVID GAMPER/URS LEIMGRUBER - Deep Time [2 CD set] (Deep Listening 32; USA) The Deep Listening Band commissioned works from ten different composers; this is the latest entry in the series.
CD $17

MAT MANERI With JOE MANERI/CRAIG TABORN/JAMIE SAFT/TOM RAINEY - Pentagon (Blue Series/Thirsty Ear 57163) Featuring Mat Maneri on electric & acoustic violins & viola, Ben Gerstein on trombone, Joe Maneri on keyboards & alto sax, Craig Taborn & Jamie Saft on electric piano, laptop & mellotron, John Hebert on bass, T.K. Ramakrishnan on mridungdum, Sonja & Joe Maneri on voice and John McLellan & Tom Rainey on drums. Whenever microtonal string wizard, Mat Maneri, makes a disc for the Thirsty Ear Blue Series, he does something quite serious, it is not just another improv date. On 'Pentagon', he has assembled a larger ensemble than usual, with ten pieces and a more electric one at that. Mat himself is playing mostly electric violin or viola and putting through some devices, distortion and perhaps wah-wah, giving it more of an electric edge, sounding like Miles Davis' electric trumpet. Craig Taborn, Jamie Saft and even Joe Maneri play electric piano or organ here, adding some bent and suspenseful sounds to the mix. I am often reminded of that swirling free jungle voodoo of those classic electric Miles discs from the early 70's or perhaps, that recently reissued ECM gem from Julian Priester called, 'Love, Love'. On "inslut" they get down to that twisted funk with some odd keyboards from the Sun Ra dimension. The direction at times changes suddenly, yet the flow continues with one drummer swirling freely (McLellan) and the other (Rainey) adding some of his distinctive earthy groove, helping to add some focus to the events unfolding. The strings sound like they are mutating at times, shifting sideways. The last three pieces are entitled, "pentagon", "the war room" and "america", perhaps this has some sort-of political significance? The overall feeling is one of dread, worry about an uncertain future?!? Oddly mesmerizing. - BLG
CD $15

STEVE LEHMAN With VIJAY IYER/MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO - Demian As Posthuman (Pi Recordings17) Featuring Steve Lehman on alto & sopranino saxes & sequencing, Vijay Iyer on piano, Tyshawn Sorey & Eric McPherson on drums, Meshell Ndegeocello on bass and Jahi Lake on turntable & electronics. Fifth fabulous disc from local alto sax great Steve Lehman and again he has reinvented his sound/approach. 'Demian as Posthuman' features a series of solos, numerous duos with the rambunctious drummer Tyshawn Sorey and three extraordinary quintet pieces with Vijay Iyer (both he & Steve are in Fieldwork), Jahi Lake (son of Oliver), pop/jazz/funk bass great Meshell Ndegeocello (!?!) and another fine new drummer, Eric McPherson. Co-produced by Scotty Hard.
The opening piece, "Vapors", is for the quintet, and it is a great M-Base-like piece, with Ms. Ndegegocello's assertive bass at the center of this dense construction. Even on many of the duos with Steve and Tyshawn, Mr. Lehman has set up some great drum n' bass grooves to work with on his sequencer, as the alto sax and drums dance around the beat. On both of the two solo pieces, Steve samples, manipulates and layers his sax into a weird, new blend. He loves to mess with the drum samples, turning them inside-out on occasion as Tyshawn adds snippets of acoustic drums beats or fragments. Steve does a magical job of layering his sax and playing hypnotic harmonies with himself. Sometimes Steve will take one line, slow it down and then turn it sideways as he plays around with it. This entire work is suite-like with the three quintet pieces strategically placed at the beginning middle and the end, each signals a new theme to be explored and manipulated. M-Base once proved that there was a connection between funk and bop structures. Steve Lehman shows here that there is still some fresh explorations to be made in a similar realm. - BLG
CD $15

DAVID SHEA - The Book of Scenes (Sub Rosa 224; Belgium) "New York to Australia expat-turntablist-sampler wizard/composer David Shea returns to Sub Rosa with his seventh release for the label, Book of Scenes. Throughout his career, David Shea has collaborated on projects with the likes of such experimental-new music luminaries as John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Zeena Parkins, Jim Pugliese, Ikue Mori and Anthony Coleman. This new release consists of specific atmospheric tracks; a kind of open book, an open music film... a true composed work of high-level classical sampler music!
'The Book of Scenes' is a collection of pieces for viola and piano. Each piece is a single scene, scored on a single page, placing the players and the instruments in different situations and relationships to each other. Incorporated within this framework, the players experiment with sampled recordings of themselves as well as the electronic environment they perform in. The work can be played in any order and the sequence is chosen beforehand by the players. The scenes explore solo and duo playing, with musical roles placed inside of shifting contexts, many related to visual references, films and iconic memories. This record presents Book I -- the first 29 pieces performed live with some scenes constructed electronically from samples and memories of other scenes. Many of the sections are visual in nature, for example -- the alto player bows his instrument while the pianist places his hands on the viola neck and chooses the notes to be played, followed by the alto player placing his hands inside the piano to mute the pianist's notes as well as a scene where the players are blindfolded. These scenes have been replaced by electronic manipulations of the live performance. The result is a flow of relationships and scored or scripted scenes living between the orchestration of the acoustic instruments and the electronic characters they engage with."
CD for $15

THE COSMOSAMATICS [w/ SONNY SIMMONS/MICHAEL MARCUS] - Zetrons (Not Two 764; Poland) Featuring Sonny Simmons on alto sax & English horn, Michael Marcus on tenor sax & B-flat clarinet, Masa Kamaguchi on acoustic bass and Jay Rosen on drums. This is the 7th disc from the fabulous Cosmosamatics in less than five years and again, they deliver the gold. This was recorded live and in the studio while on tour at three locations in Poland, (The Bimhuis) Amsterdam and in Vienna in November of 2004. All of the pieces were composed by co-leaders Michael Marcus (6 pieces) or Sonny Simmons (2 pieces), with one cover by Eric Dolphy, someone who Sonny worked with in the early sixties. On the sublime opening piece, "Crossroads Out!", Sonny plays that double reed, the English horn, while Michael plays he B-flat clarinet. It has a wonderful, middle-eastern sort-of theme and both Sonny and Michael blend their sound perfect and take superb solos each. The rhythm team sounds just right as well. Both reeds players have written strong pieces that show off their playing, writing and combination of saxes, English horn or clarinet supremely. Although there is big different in age between Sonny and Michael, both are master players who love to toss ideas back and forth, you can tell they both respect each other's prowess at the horn. Eric Dolphy's sublime "Serene" is lovely ballad with a great Dolpy-esque solo by Mr. Simmons. Hats off to Michael Marcus, who wrote 6 of the 8 tunes here and produced this fine gem. The Cosmosamatics are about to embark yet another European tour as I type this up. You best not miss them, if you have the opportunity to do so. For all of us other hipsters, you can grab this gem for your own. - BLG
CD $17

TERRITORY BAND-4 [KEN VANDERMARK/AXEL DORNER/PAUL LYTTON] - Company Switch [2 CD set] (Okka Disk 12070) "This is the forth studio release from Ken Vandermark's evolving Territory Band with five new compositions (two different versions of 'Reverse')." Brass: Jeb Bishop, Axel Doerner; Electronics: Lasse Marhaug; Percussion: Paul Lytton, Paal Nilssen-Love; Piano: Jim Baker; Reeds: Fredrik Ljungkvist, Dave Rempis, Ken Vandermark; Strings: Kent Kessler, Fred Lonberg-Holm.
2 CD set for $17

FIRST LOOK [ROSCOE MITCHELL/TATSU AOKI] - Chicago Duos (Southport 111) Featuring the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago leader on reeds and longtime AEOC collaborator Tatsu Aoki on contrabass. Tatsu has recorded a duo disc with Malachi Favors and a quartet disc with Don Moye in the past.
CD $14

BEN MONDER - Oceana (Sunnyside 1146) This is by far the finest jazz/progressive guitar disc I've heard this year! It features Ben Monder on electric & acoustic guitars, Theo Bleckmann on voice, Kermit Driscoll & Skuli Sverrisson on basses and Ted Poor on drums. Two of the seven tracks are solo guitar pieces and they are equally astonishing. "Still Motion" is for solo acoustic guitar and Ben plays with amazing harp-like flourishes, layers of notes sailing by. It sounds as if there are few guitars in there, but it difficult to tell. If I didn't know better, I would think that this was an early acoustic offering from Ralph Towner. Theo Bleckman's ever-enchanting voice is featured on "Light", sounding more like a chorus. The title track, "Oceana" is an epic-length work for a trio of Ben's magical, hushed and haunting electric guitar, Kermit Driscoll's majestic electric bass and Ted Poor's exquisite brushes. It sounds similar to that first great album by Pat Metheny (w/ Jaco & Bob Moses), no small feat. "Double Sun" is for solo electric guitars and we have droning bass notes below and dreamy notes drifting on top, slow and mysterious, with occasional waves of harp-like tapestry. Quite stunning. On "Rooms of Light", Ben takes things further out with some dark and strange sounds from his guitar, closer to progressive/jazz/rock territory and something fans of the Cuneiform label would certainly love. Pachora's electric bass wiz, Skuli Sverrisson, sounds superb playing those complex lines along with Ben's masterful playing. Perhaps the best "fusion" disc I've heard in a decade, just forget I used that ridiculous "f" word and buy this amazing offering nonetheless. - BLG
CD $16

THEO JORGENMANN 6 - Fellowship (Hatology 616/Switzerland) Featuring Charlie Mariano on alto sax, Petras Vysiauskas on soprano sax, Theo Jorgensmann on clarinet, Karl Berger on vibes & piano, Kent Carter on contrabass and Klaus Kugel on drums. Review next week.
CD for $20

MAX NAGL ENSEMBLE - Quartier Du Faisan (Hatology 621/Switzerland) The ambitious Austrian composer and alto saxist Max Nagl never rests and seems to have another project in mind whenever we hear from him. With upwards of a dozen discs as a leader on labels like Hat, Leo, November and his own Rude Noises, we never know what to expect, except for something interesting. On 'Quartier Du Faisan" Max uses some ten musicians, only a few of whom we know: Franz Hautzinger on quarter-tone trumpet, Josef Novotny on piano & electronics and Achim Tang on double bass. Mr. Nagl is a gifted and pretty diverse composer, his music involves the different worlds of jazz, from older to more modern styles. He keeps the five horn players (2 alto saxes, 2 trumpets and 1 trombone) here on the toes by writing tight, swinging lines with adventurous harmonies. "Bycykell" has an infectious drunken swagger, with some groovy organ and a great bluesy alto solo from Clemens Salesny. The band had the good fortune to develop during their six-month stay at the Porgy & Bess Jazz Club in Vienna, you can hear this in their tight and spirited tunes. All of these fine horn players get a chance to stretch out and pull off some fine solos throughout. One of the highlights is getting a chance to hear microtonal trumpet hero, Franz Hautzinger, play some astonishing more normal jazz solos. Jozef Novotny's electronics add just the right amount of eeriness to keep things from getting too normal. The thing that stands out most is Nagl's great writing and arrangements, which are excellent from beginning to the end. - BLG
CD for $20

EARTH PEOPLE - Now Is Rising (Undivided Vision 004) [Ltd ed of 250 copies] Now Is Rising is the 4th Earth People album and the first Earth People studio album in two years. The album blends the band's signature free sound with beats and genres from all over the world, including jazz, latin, soul, old school R&B, classical, funk, hard rock, and Gregorian chants. Recorded last October, Now Is Rising almost never saw the light of day. The band was called in to track the session at an audio school, and after 2 sessions, the school decided to cancel the band's verbal contract. When asked for the session tapes, the school refused, and a battle for the music ensued. Ultimately, the school allowed two mix sessions to complete as much as possible, and the results are documented on this album. We think you'll agree it was worth the fight and the wait. French documentary video crew Lucie Hardoin & Ronan Cabon captured the sessions on videotape as part of their massive project to show the current jazz scene in New York City, and we'll soon offer you a glimpse of Earth People in the studio at these historic sessions.
"This album will take you on an incredible journey. And it's even more precious knowing that it was snatched from destruction through the determined dedication of band members and their passion for this music. We listeners are blessed indeed to hear this, the next evolution of Earth People." - Chris Forbes, Cosmik Debris Magazine
CD $15 [Ltd ed of 250 copies]

IMAGINATIONAL ANTHEM [V.A. With JOHN FAHEY/SANDY BULL/BERN NIX et al] - The Acoustic Guitar (Tompkins Square 531) This outstanding collection brings together pioneering acoustic guitar heroes of the '60s and '70s alongside a new generation of amazing players. Nearly 70 minutes of archival, live and newly recorded studio tracks -- some by artists who haven't released any music in decades. Plus a deluxe booklet with producer's notes and never before seen photographs. A solo guitar extravaganza! Imaginational Anthem features 16 tracks, 14 of which are previously unreleased, and nine of which were recorded specifically for the project. As evidenced by the recent success of experimental neo-folk troubadours like Six Organs, Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom, there's a strong interest in psychedelic folk sounds, both old and new. This compilation of solo acoustic gems spans 40 years and bridges two generations of guitar masters, from legends Sandy Bull and John Fahey to modern practitioners like Jack Rose and Kaki King." Artists: Max Ochs, Jack Rose, Glenn Jones, Sean Smith, Bern Nix, Harris Newman, Brad Barr, Jesse Sparhawk,Sandy Bull, John Fahey, Bob Hadley, Kaki King, Steve Mann, Suni McGrath, Gyan Riley, Janet Smith and Harry Taussig.
Bern Nix celebrates the release of this disc by playing here at DMG on October 30th at 7pm!
CD for $14

STEVE REID ENSEMBLE - Spirit Walk (Soul Jazz 122; UK) "After a number of ground-breaking live shows between Kieran Hebden (Fourtet) and legendary New York drummer Steve Reid, these two artists have embarked on two amazing new recording projects. The first release is the Steve Reid Ensemble (featuring Kieran Hebden) Spirit Walk. This will be followed by a second album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid which will be released by Domino. Both albums blend electronic experimentation within the frame-work of Steve Reid's musical heritage. Steve Reid is a true pioneer of boundary-breaking music. This latest project/collaboration is a continuation of a musical path that stretches back to the late 1960s. A self-taught master jazz drummer Steve Reid played in Sun Ra's Arkestra as well as being a session musician at both Motown Records (he plays on for instance Martha and The Vandella's 'Heatwave') and in James Brown's in-house band at the legendary Harlem Apollo. In the mid-'60s Reid went to West Africa, playing and learning the music of Ghana, Nigeria (playing with Fela Kuti), Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal. On returning to New York he joined Sun Ra's The Science Myth Solar Arkestra. In 1968 as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam war he was sentenced to 4 years in prison where he then taught a Black history course to his fellow inmates. In the 1970s Reid formed the Legendary Master Brotherhood as well as running his own record company, Mustevic Sound, which released a series of his albums (2 of which have earlier been released by Soul Jazz Records). In a career now spanning over 40 years Steve Reid has worked with artists such as Lester Bowie, Miles Davis, Charles Tyler, Arthur Blythe, Ornette Coleman, Gary Bartz, Chief Bey, Archie Shepp, Sam Rivers, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Leon Thomas and more. This new project is the latest part in Steve Reid's musical odyssey."
CD $19

EVAN PARKER & PETER A SCHMID [SEPTEMBER WINDS] - September Duos (Creative Works 1036; EEC) Featuring Evan parker on soprano & tenor saxes and Peter A. Schmid on e-flat clarinet, bass and contrabass clarinets. In the past year I reviewed two superb reeds duo discs with Peter Schmid: one with Ned Rothenberg and the other with Vinny Golia. I had just discovered Mr. Schmid, a virtuoso musician who plays a wide variety of reeds, known and unknown, and who is member of the September Winds, with one disc on this label and two on Leo. This is the first September disc and it is from 2001. It was recorded in an empty underground water cistern above Zurich. The sound of the two reeds resonates with warm, enchanting echoes. It feels as if we are drifting in someone's liquid dream, suspended from time. Rich resonant tones wash over us like warm, soothing water. Since each note is bathed in this thick haze, the duo takes their time to concentrate on a few notes at time. Evan often refrains from circular breathing except in short bits, since it would be too much. It some ways this sounds like a trio, since a third sound or ghost note appears in between the other notes we hear in the echoes of the other notes. The warm and intoxicating sound of the two (or three) reeds has quite a magical quality that allows us to float along with it, creating wakeful dream-states. We recently took in most of the discs on this wonderful label, which has had little US distribution. The more I hear, the more I realize what an amazing label it is. I'll do more reviews in the near future as time allows. - BLG
CD $17

NILS WOGRAM & SIMON NABATOV - The Move (Between the Lines 71205; EEC) Nils Wogram plays trombone and Simon Nabatov plays piano. Nils Wogram is on some 15 discs as a leader or as a collaborator on labels like Enja, CIMP, Intakt (four w/ Lucas Niggli) and he has two newer discs with Gunter Hampel. Simon Nabatov has seven discs as a leader (five on Leo) and he ahs worked with Perry Robinson, Alfred Harth and Ed Schuller. 'The Move' is a superb duo disc with all of the pieces composed by either musician. "Fall" is an elegant song with warm toned trombone and soft, majestic piano. It builds beautifully with intricate parts for both musicians to play in unison. Simon's "Lay Low" is more animated and further out with some odd call and response sections. The title piece, "The Move", is a well-written work for great two-handed Latin-tinged piano with difficult, tightly played trombone woven into the layered lines. "Ballooning" is an eloquent, minimalist piece, which evokes soft, dreamy memories with just a handful of notes. "Itapo" has one of those warm melodies that you can remember instantly, yet the piano breaks into fragments in the middle section and then unexpectedly speeds up into a ragtime section later on. Simon's "Herbie and Pierre" is another piece featuring his majestic and powerful piano, with some deep pedal work and heavy low-end reverberations for the first five minutes, finally slowing down to nothingness and eventually building back to a strong piano and 'bone boogie with a feisty solo from Nils on his dynamic trombone. An extremely satisfying duo date from two great musicians. - BLG
CD $16

YITZHAK YEDID - Passions And Prayers: Sextet In Hommage To Jerusalem (Between the Lines 71207; EEC) Mr. Yedid's sextet features Alon Reuven on French horn, Orit Orbach on clarinets, Yaron Ouzana on trombone, Gaila Hai on viola, Ora Boasson Horev on double bass and Yitzak Yedid on piano & all compositions. I had the good fortune to hear Israeli pianist and composer Yitzhak Yedid and his fine trio at the Guelph Jazz Festival recently and was knocked out by his composing and their playing. 'Sextet in Hommage to Jerusalem" is a five-part suite broken into smaller sections. This is a unique sextet with three horns (French horn, clarinets & trombone), two strings (viola & bass) and Yitzhak's piano. It opens with haunting bowed strings, slow and mysterious. The piano and horns gradually enter and add to the mystery. It remains tight and connected, with strong playing from all members of this fine sextet. This is an astonishing and serious work that is in between the modern jazz and classical worlds, the mature writing putting demands on the entire sextet who rise to the occasion and remain ever enchanting and provocative throughout all five parts, an evocative story unwinding as it tentatively unfolds. - BLG
CD $16

HASEGAWA/SHIZUO - Gene Packs (PSF 163; Japan) Debut album by a new improvisation group consisting of Hirotomo Hasegawa and Shizuo Uchida. Both have a leather-bound folder full of underground back-story - Hasegawa was the lead singer of seminal early eighties Japanese punk/hardcore group Aburadako (Greasy Octopus), while Uchida was a long-term member of Haino's Nijiumu medieval dream-drone unit. The group's instrumentation is highly unorthodox, placing Uchida's mysterious bass textures against the wet skirl of Hasegawa's hichiriki, an ancient double-reed wind instrument whose haunting upper register tones are an unmistakable feature of gagaku court music. Hasegawa brings a bucketful of phlegm to his approach to the instrument, out-honking Zorn's duckcall work by a marshy mile. Uchida also contributes some striking ichigen (single-string) koto. Deliriously psychedelic, fully immersive drone and oriental wind works in the grand tradition of Taj Mahal Travellers, Nijiumu, Marginal Consort and too few others." - Alan Cummings.
CD $20

KOENJIHYAKKEI - Angherr Shisspa (Skin Graft 78; USA) I'm going to lay some heavy truths about the universe on you right now, no ceremony. Tatsuya Yoshida is the drumkit virtuoso and composer of the Ruins and so many other bands he probably can't even keep track of them himself. He's appeared on upwards of 150 albums so far dating back to the early 80s, about equally split between work as a leader/co-leader and a sideman. By far the greatest achievement of his career is this group, Koenjihyakkei, and this album is at least as astonishing, religiously transfixing, and potentially life-changing as the previous three studio albums and live DVD released by the group, none of which were released in America. Alongside PAK's Motel and Orthrelm's Ov, this album is the most important avant-rock release of 2005. As for specifics, the music is so incredibly similar to classic Magma that it often sounds like they're quoting exact passages. This project is essentially Yoshida's forum for paying homage to Magma and synthesizing that unmistakable sound with his own spazz-core innovations. His Symphonica release on Tzadik as a Ruins album is a key precursor, but Koenjihyakkei takes it to extremes never reached under the Ruins banner. The throbbing bass, manic vamps, and operatic chanting in an invented phonetic system of Magma are all present here, but everything is faster, freakier, and fiercer. This is music to simulate drinking a gallon of coffee at once while being forcefully initiated into the ecstatic, frenzied tribal rituals of invading aliens. The excitement is so intense it's almost traumatic. In the way it fixates on very specific aspects of Zeuhl aesthetics and pushes them to extremes, it's really closer to Eskaton than Magma, and there's an analogy in the Canterbury realm with the way Supersister took a narrow slice of the Soft Machine sound and pushed its pedal to the floor. Speaking of Canterbury, the obvious radical difference between this new Koenjihyakkei album and the earlier ones is the absence of guitar, the presence of saxophone, and a good many passages that demonstrate Yoshida's encyclopedic uber-prog-ness extends well beyond Zeuhl and into the Canterbury (and Crucis) zone. Anyone who drools over the legendary synthesis of Zeuhl and Canterbury achieved by Sweden's Kultivator on 1981's Barndomens Stigar and enjoys the manic extremes of Yoshida's herkyjerky rhythmic fixations will drool yet gallons more over this sick platter. With female vocals reaching hysterical levels of freaky bliss on top of 70s jazz-rock rhythm-section sprinting and electric piano jabbing, there's a trace of Urszula Dudziak's hyper-scat. Plenty of surprises I haven't hinted at, but consider yourself hereby initiated to the inner sanctum of the emperor of prog. -Michael Anton Parker
CD $13

ESPERS - The Weed Tree (Locust 73; USA) It's safe to say of the Espers that if their albums were recorded 30 years ago and released in a small vinyl edition they'd trade hands among collectors for absurd sums and be heralded as lost masterpieces. Their astonishing 2004 debut has been taken as an instant classic among connoisseurs of yesteryear's creative folk music. As torchbearers nursing timeless traditions of melody, harmony, mood, and wistful words, it's almost necessary for their artistic health to balance their own songwriting with interpretations of masterworks from the traditions they can trace themselves back to. So all is right with the universe now that we have Espers album no. 2 with 6 stunning cover songs from Bert Jansch ("Rosemary Lane"), Durutti Column ("Tomorrow"), The Famous Jug Band ("Black is the Color"), Nico ("Afraid"), Michael Hurley ("Blue Mountain"), and Blue Oyster Cult ("Flaming Telepaths"), topped off with a new gem from the group's own songbook that hints of extraordinary things to come on their next album of originals currently being created. Having expanded their lineup and mastered their craft from extensive touring, Espers has become an exquisite organism ready to gracefully dance through such a diverse program as if it were simply blissful-and-tender-business-as-usual. It's fitting they've chosen not only a Nico tune to reinvent, but one of Nico's prettiest; Espers often hovers at the edge of Nico's fatalistic melancholy, but rarely sink into its depths. Meg Baird's angelic vocals strike a perfect balance between the wafts of afternoon bloom and the cold dewdrops of late-night wilt. Instead of sparse piano and distant viola, Espers have layered acoustic guitar, cello, harmonium, tuned percussion, and faint harmony vocals to amplify both the lush optimism and the acquiescent sadness of the Nico/Cale creation. Just like their self-titled debut, the range of emotions and musical intensities througout The Weed Tree create an immersive and complete experience of exiting the cold banalities of everyday life and entering an idyllic plane of languor, and exquisitely slow, but blistering guitar, cello, and synth solos erupt in the Blue Oyser Cult tune to give the album a passionate climax that sets the delicate acoustic guitar and vocals of the final track in breathtaking relief. The spacy 70s vibe and analog synth of this 10-minute excursion and other pieces here reveal the essence of Espers as an inclusive and expansive band (now a sextet with a bit more percussion and keyboards compared to the original core trio of Baird, Brooke Sietinsons, and Greg Weeks) rooted in vintage dreamy prog and psychedelia as much as the hazy, taciturn, lilting acoustic folk sound that permeates the musical surface. I was completely enraptured by this disc from the first listen and I've barely been able to take it out of my CD player since! Another instant classic for Espers that will nourish gentle and patient souls for decades. I trust that someday a few inspired young people will wind up pooling their instrumental and vocal crafts to make an album of special cover songs that will honor an Espers original the way Espers have honored these artists and the infinite circle will remain unbroken. -Michael Anton Parker
CD $14

MADE IN MEXICO - Zodiac Zoo (Skin Graft 77; USA) Wow, this is a brilliant album of raw, edgy post-punk SONGS. That's right, songs. Every noise-riff-laden track on this potent platter has gotten way under my skin and I get a gnawing urge to play the album at least a few times per week. That's the mark of an album that will both make an immediate splash in the avant-rock world and stand up over time. With Jeff Schneider in the group, this album inherits the diamond-sharp chainsaw guitar sound he developed in Arab on Radar, so fans of that defunct unit will get all giggly over this worthy successor. With the unnerving, very un-sing-songy female voice of Rebecca Mitchell in the mix, it also loosely hearkens to early days of Arab on Radar with Andrea Fisset's bass and vocals. Mitchell's stubborn and fragmentary interjections create a feeling of seething ferocity barely held at bay as the band chisels through angular, heavy, odd-metered grooves worth of the Jesus Lizard, Fugazi, or Shellac with the sassy splinter-in-your-eardrum exuberance of Brainiac (yeah!!!) or Sonic Youth. The bass guitar sound is brutal and mixed up front, and there's even a Locust-esque gesture of static synthy shrieking to be found here and there, but the real prize on this album is Schneider's fine balance between experimental timbral exploration and whip-'em-to-a-frenzy pulsing repetition magnificently amplified by the post-punk tribalism of the drumkit and bass guitar. He's gotta be one of the most skilled zookeepers of electric guitar beastiness around these days. Zodiac Zoo is gonna be my avant-ugly/tight/edgy riff-song-drug of choice for a good while until the next "post- Arab on Radar sweepstakes award winner" comes along. -Michael Anton Parker
CD $13

LP available for $14



FLYING LUTTENBACHERS [WEASEL WALTER/CHUCK FALZONE/WILLIAM PISARRI] - Gods Of Chaos (Skin Graft 46; USA)
CD $13

FLYING LUTTENBACHERS [WEASEL WALTER/CHUCK FALZONE/WILLIAM PISARRI] - Revenge (Skin Graft 37; USA)
CD $13

THE LAPPETITES [ELIANE RADIGUE/KAFFE MATTHEWS/ANTYE GREIE/RYOKO KUWAJIMA] - Before the Libretto (Quecksilber 010; Germany) "The Lappetites is Eliane Radigue (France), Kaffe Matthews (U.K.), Antye Greie/AGF (Germany) and Ryoko Kuwajima (Japan). Before the Libretto is The Lappetites' first release. The Lappetites is a forum, a meeting place, a concept within which to make and exchange new music via digital and sonic linking games in remote and local places within a multispeaker playground. The Lappetites was spawned from an evening Kaffe Matthews curated at Tonic, New York, April 2001 where o-blaat, Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins, Marina Rosenfeld and herself played a 45-minute set. Matthews saw such a performance as an opportunity to gather together women from different backgrounds and different generations to check out ways of live sharing and poaching sound and data from each other as a means of composition. With other commitments, distance, travel costs and schedules, it was soon realized, that The Lappetites would be a forum within which to explore these ways of playing, and that different members would come and go in rotation over time."
CD $15

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Feels (Fat Cat 011) "Following last year's widely acclaimed Sung Tongs album and more than a year of snowballing momentum, Animal Collective return with an eagerly-anticipated new album - a truly stunning, inviting, often heart-warming experience. Feels is the band's seventh album to date - their sophomore effort for Fat Cat - and sees them again kicking off from their previous release to explore another different direction. Where Sung Tongs was largely acoustic-based and the product of just two members of the Collective (Avey Tare and Panda), Feels is in contrast a full group effort (also including Geologist and Deakin). Moving further away from the suggestion of folkish affinities; it is electrified, rhythmically more urgent, and overall a considerably denser work. Those sweet melodies and big catchy hooks remain intact, and the songwriting is once again bold, brave and adventurous, as ever indelibly stamped with their own unique personality. Hugely inventive and tightly focused, Feels simply sounds like nothing else right now."
CD $14

IANNIS XENAKIS - Vol. 6: Works for Strings (Mode 152) This CD brings together all of Xenakis' chamber music for strings for the first time (with the exception of the string quartets). The music spans almost 30 years. These visceral, sonically bold works explore the many possibilities of writing for strings, including howling glissandi, clustered pizzicatos and tremelos, the clatter of bouncing bows, and a rich palette of dynamics and color. The anarchic character of Syrmos alienated Xenakis from the traditional as well as the Darmstadt avant-garde of the 1950s, where it was felt that this music paid no heed to conventional harmony, counterpoint and musical theories -- and even required players to "do violence" to their instruments! Performances are by Ensemble Resonanz, one of Germany's leading string ensembles. They are devoted to works of the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as juxtaposing these with a specialty to early music.
CD $15

JOHN LUTHER ADAMS - Strange and Sacred Noise (Mode 153) "Performed by Percussion Group Cincinnati. "John Luther Adams is an Alaskan composer. For Adams, Alaska is not a catalog of ideas and sounds, instead, Alaska is a provocation. For all of its enormity, Alaska leans inward towards essential qualities and purified forces. In Adams' music we find this same sense of space and the same tendency inward towards the purified. His is an intimate and focused music that reverberates in a large space. Strange and Sacred Noise is a monumental work for percussion quartet in nine movements."
CD for $15

CHRISTOPHER GALLIO With MATTHEW OSTROWSKI/ALFRED ZIMMERLIN - Certainty Sympathy (Percasso 05; EEC) This disc features Christoph Gallio on soprano sax, Matthew Ostrowki on electronics and Alfred Zimmerlin on cello & electronics. Although this odd trio disc is from way back (1988), Mr. Gallio just recently left us some copies. Turns out that Gallio has some ten discs out on the Percaso and Unit labels, leads the band Day & Taxi and has worked with Lindsay Cooper. Mr. Zimmerlin was in Oscura Liminosa with Robert Dick when Mr. Dick was still living in Switzerland. Matt Ostrowski is an early downtown synth player that I recall from some improv situations, a Cobra or two and a fine solo disc on Pogus. 'Certain Sympathy' is an adventurous 40-minute, one-piece work that sounds more charted than improvised. The soprano sax and cello are obviously playing charts, tight and thoughtfully laid out. Matt also works his bird samples and other odd electronic sounds into a tightly woven, yet sparse piece. It sounds like a good deal of craft and care has gone into this work. It is rather story-like, with one episode at a time. The vibe is often playful, the sax and cello are a perfect match. I dig the way Matt uses samples (water running, a woman having an orgasm...) to add some humor or as punctuation. An impressive soundtrack for a nice fairy tale and rarely too weird. - BLG
CD $14 (3 copies only)



HISTORIC RECORDINGS, REISSUES & RESTOCKS:

MOONDOG - The Viking of Sixth Avenue [2 LP set] (Honest Jon's Records 118/UK) "This new release from Honest Jon's is the first overview of Moondog's amazing artistic life -- including recordings spanning from 1949 till 1995, with numerous 78s and various other vanished records revived for the first time (not to mention a couple of Weegee photographs!). Though the compilation is rooted in the decades Moondog regularly lived rough in New York City, performing on street corners -- The Viking Of Sixth Avenue -- at the same time it lays the music's claim to the future. It makes vivid sense of his inspiration of fans from Igor Stravinsky to Bob Dylan, Mr. Scruff to Frank Zappa, Charlie Parker to Elvis Costello, Janis Joplin to Anthony And The Johnsons. As Moondog put it himself in 1989 -- 'I still love horned helmets and swords and spears. I like to feel that I'm loyal to my past. I wouldn't want to be on the street anymore. But, you know, that led to a lot of things.' Moondog was born Louis Thomas Hardin on May 26, 1916, in Marysville, Kansas. Noting the five-year-old's interest in percussion, his father -- an Episcopal minister -- took him to see an Arapaho Sun Dance. During the ritual the budding musician was allowed to sit on Chief Yellow Calf's lap and play the tom-tom. This experience -- and later playing tom-tom and flute with the Blackfoot tribe in Idaho at another Sun Dance -- would have a profound and lasting effect on the development of his own music and ideas. 'The American Indians have this basic beat,' Moondog said in 1995, 'a heartbeat in two speeds -- a walking beat (in twos) and a running beat (in four). I use those rhythms to this day. In fact it just came to me recently that American Indian music is just so syncopated that any jazz musician -- especially in the swing era -- would see a clear connection between jazz and Indian music. Those songs are not improvised -- they've been handed down from generation to generation -- they're extremely old. I think of America as an 'Old World' too, maybe older culturally than Europe.' And elsewhere: 'Harmonically, my music is the same as Bach, Beethoven and Brahms; rhythmically, it goes back to the past -- the swing rhythms of the Indians. You really couldn't find anything more syncopated.'."
2 LP set for $24 (CD version is a few weeks)


SONNY ROLLINS QUARTET With STAN TRACEY/RICK LAIRD - Live in London 1966 Vol 2 (Harkit 8107; EEC) Featuring Sonny Rollins on tenor sax, Stan Tracey on piano, Rick Laird on bass and Ronnie Stephenson on drums. Live at Ronnie Scott's from January of 1965. A phenomenal 78-minute long performance!
CD $16

[Vol. 1 with the same lineup of the above also available, on CD as well, for $16]


TUBBY HAYES - Tette-a-Tet (Harkit 8114/UK) Featuring Tubby Hayes on tenor sax, Tony Coe on reeds, Frank Evans and Les Condon. Review next week, but still Tubby Hayes is the most celebrated and influential of all British jazz sax legends.
CD for $16

THOMAS MAPFUMO - Spirits To Bite Our Ears: The Singles Collection 1977-1986 (DBK 522; USA) "When Mapfumo started to develop his Chimurenga style, he did something revolutionary by Zimbabwe standards: he wrote his own tunes to his songs. Until then, pop songs were based on traditional melodies. This set brings together Mapfumo's first (and some say best) singles that were released in Zimbabwe before he gained major label international success in the late '80s. Seventeen tracks including 'Tombi Wachena.'
CD $15



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DMG RECOMMENDED PERFORMANCE CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 21ST & BEYOND:




The last two days - 10/21 and 10/23 - of the DON CHERRY CELEBRATION will take place at The Stone this week:

10/21 Friday at 8 pm
Closing Invocation: Mu
Joseph Jarman (poetry, woodwinds) Adam Rudolph (handrumset, percussion) 10 pm - Flutists of Fula Flute
Bailo Bah & Sylvan Leroux

10/22 Saturday at 8 pm & 10 pm
John Zorn Improv Party w/ Many Special Guests - A Stone benefit

10/23 Sunday at 8 pm
Basya Schecter and Queens Dominion
10 pm - "Desireless"
Steve Gorn (bansuri bamboo flute, soprano saxophone) Adam Rudolph (handrumset, percussion, voice) & others




Tuesday- Sunday, October 25th-30th is curated by BILL LASWELL & includes:


10/25 Tuesday - 8 & 10 pm
Submerged, Bill Laswell and Guy Licata

10/26 Wednesday - 8 & 10 pm
Submerged, Kain and special guests

10/27 Thursday - 8 & 10 pm
Corrupt Souls and Submerged

10/28 Friday - 8 & 10 pm
End.user and Submerged

10/29 Saturday - 8 & 10 pm
Submerged, Bill Laswell and special guests

10/30 Sunday - 8 & 10 pm
Submerged, Bill Laswell and Guy Licata


The Stone is located at the NW corner of Avenue C & 2nd Street Performances take place at 8 & 10pm from Tuesday - Sunday nights There are no advance tickets, first come, first served, there is no phone There is no food or beverage served, just a serious listening environment Admission for each set is $10, unless otherwise indicated Check out the website for The Stone at thestonenyc.com


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DEE POP 'LISTEN LOUD' SERIES AT '5C' AND AT 'JIMMY'S RESTAURANT'...

Now on to the really great news of the week. I found an amazing space on E.7th street to present yet another series. This will start on Thursday Nov 3 from 8pm till midnight (or so) with Freedomland and Steve Lehman Quartet. The space is part of Jimmy's Restaurant. It is a separate room from the dining area and bar. It has a stage and holds about 30 or 40 tops. It's wonderful. I can't say enough about this space. Last but not least i will be presenting a show at CBGB'S Lounge on Oct 19 with Hanuman Sextet, Noistet, Mostly Others Do the Killing, Jon Lunbom and Big Five Chord. CBGB'S is looking for people to play in the gallery and lounge space. anyone wanting to organize some stuff should call Micheline 212-677-0455.
Thanks for reading - Dee Pop

Listen Loud @ 5C (every Sunday)
oct 23 - Dan Dechellis, Dee Pop, Reuben Radding
oct 30 - Judith Berkson, Dee Pop, Reuben Radding
nov 6 - Dom Minasi & Borah Bergman
nov 13 - Dom Minasi, Thomas Ulrich, Ken Filiano
nov 20 - Dom Minasi, Jackson Krall, Ken Filiano
nov 27 - Dom Minasi & Borah Bergman


JAZZ @ JIMMYS (every Thursday)
E.7th street between 2nd & Bowery
NOV 3 - FREEDOMLAND & STEVEL LEHMAN QUARTET
NOV 10 - RADIO I-CHING & JAMES FINN TRIO
NOV 17 - TBA
NOV 24 - CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING
NOV 29 - TBA



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TONIC is located at 107 Norfolk St. (bet. Rivington & Delancey Sts.), around the corner from the F train at Delancey. Here are some recommended sets for this week:


Sat Oct 22nd- at 8pm
CUONG VU TRIO w/STOMU TAKEISHI & TED POOR!


Sun Oct 23rd - 8pm
Paul Smoker Trio w/ Phil Haynes (drums) & Michael McNeill (bass)!


Tues Oct 25th- amazing triple-header!
8pm - Church of the Blood: Gary Lucas, Lukas Ligeti & James Ilgenfritz
9:30 - Sylvie Courvoisier & Fritz Hauser
11pm - Peter Evans, Mary Halvorson, Moppa Elliott & Kevin Shea


Fri Oct 28th-
8pm - PAUL FLAHERTY-CHRIS CORSANO DUO, JACKIE O MOTHERFUCKER & MARISSA NADLER!


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Fri & Sat, October 21 & 22 at 8pm:
Jeff Arnal, Michael Evans, Clyde Forth, Anders Nilsson, Jane Rigler, Tomas Ulrich, Jonathan Vincent, Elizabeth Ward, Estelle Woodward
At The Chocolate Factory - 5-49 49th Ave, Long Island City
7 train to Vernon/Jackson Ave - 5 minutes from Grand Central
*Come early on Friday for a reception in the gallery for Mark Bouthilette's exhibit Postcards from the Mesozoic from 5:30-7:30pm


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October 19-23 at The Jazz Standard: THE CHARLES TOLLIVER BIG BAND! Charles Tolliver - Trumpet Billy Harper and Bill Saxton - Tenor sax Craig Handy and Todd Bashore - Alto sax Howard Johnson - Baritone sax Earl Gardner, David Weiss, Chris Albert, Keyon Harrold- Trumpet Clark Gayton, Joe Fiedler, Aaron Johnson- Trombone John Hicks - Piano Cecil McBee - Bass Greg Hutcherson - Drums The Jazz Standard - 116 East 27th Street (between Park & Lexington Aves) - 212-576-2232


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COOPER-MOORE & ASSIF TSAHAR U.S. Tour - OCTOBER 2005
22 - Baltimore, MD @ Red Room
23 - Washington, DC @ Sangha
24 - Pittsburgh, PA
25 - Buffalo, NY
26 - Columbus, OH @ ACME Art Company
27 - Champaign, IL @ Krannert Art Museum
28 - Chicago, IL @ Hot House
29 - Detroit, MI @ Bohemian National Home
30 - Milwaukee, WI @ Woodland Pattern Book Center


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