SOME SERIOUS NEW DISCS from THE EVAN PARKER OCTET, THE ICP ORCHESTRA, BILL LASWELL'S ASANA, MAKIGAMI SANTACHI TRIO,

CONFERENCE CALL [GEBHARD ULLMANN-MICHEAL JEFRY STEVENS-JOE FONDA-GERRY HEMINGWAY], SILO [AUDREY CHEN/LEONEL KAPLAN/NATE WOOLEY]

SCELSI DVD, JOHN TCHICAI-CHARLIE KOHLHASE-GARRISON FEWELL, REUBEN RADDING QT, AKI TAKASE/LAUREN NEWTON, PETER MADSEN,

SAADET TURKOZ, RUDI MAHALL, MARCO CAPPELLI, REUBEN RADDING & JACK WRIGHT, LOOSE FUR, BATTLES, JACOB GARCHIK, MIKE REED, MIKE ELLIS

HISTORIC DISCS from TERRY DAY, GAMELAN SON OF LION, JACKIE-O MOTHERF*CKER, SPOOKY TOOTH/PIERRE HENRY, THE DEVIANTS, F/I, PHILLIP WERREN, & EILIFF!


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Und Now for the New Things:


EVAN PARKER OCTET - Crossing the River (PSI 06.02/UK) "Groups in the range septet to tentet are increasingly possible, given the long term commitment to free improvisation from London-based musicians. This CD features two extended octet improvisations by Neil Metcalfe (flute), John Rangecroft (clarinet), Evan Parker (tenor saxophone), Philipp Wachsmann (violin), Marcio Mattos (cello), John Edwards (bass), John Russell (guitar), and Agusti Fernandez (piano) -- plus a string quintet, and some short trios and duos."
CD for $20


ICP ORCHESTRA [MISHA MENGELBERG/HAN BENNINK/TRISTAN HONSINGER/MICHAEL MOORE] - Weer Is Een Dag Voorbij [1000 copies ltd #'d] (ICP 43; Netherlands) The wonderful ICP Orchestra from Holland played two marvelous sets at Tonic last night (3/21/06) and left us with their new live & limited disc. It was recorded in Plus-Etage, Baarle Nassau in June of 2005. Six of the eight pieces here are originals by band-members Misha Mengelberg, Mary Oliver, Tristan Honsinger, Ab Baars, Tobias Delius & Michael Moore plus covers of Ellington's "Perdido" and Monk's "Criss Cross". This disc captures their manic, creative spirit and sly humor just right. It opens with some swirling, free antics but soon breaks into the Duke's swell riff-driven "Perdido", which is bent slightly out of shape with fine solos from Thomas Herberer on trumpet, Ernst Glerum on bass & Misha on piano, plus whistling and cheering from an enthusiastic audience. One of the things I dig about the ten-member ICP ensemble is that they give sections of the band, string or horn section, a chance to perform by themselves within a larger piece. Two pieces on this disc also feature either the violin, cello & piano or the three reeds players, doing more avant-classical type of material. ICP often sound as if they are on the verge of spinning apart, yet quickly bounce back into tighter areas. Their often-rambunctious drummer, Han Bennink, is usually the central figure here as he holds things together and accompanies soloists in his own wacky and most creative way. Piano wiz, Misha Mengelberg, often lays out, marvels at the band and plays the occasional solo in his own Monk-like way. Right now we have only ten copies, so those who aren't quick, will have to wait until our distributor (hopefully) gets copies in stock at the end of the current ICP tour. - BLG
CD $22


ASANA [V.A. With BILL LASWELL et al] - Vol 4: OHM Shanti (MetaStation 20) With Bill Laswell, Ustad Sultan Khan, Karsh Kale, Asha Puthli, Kiran Ahluwalia... "Weaving a beautiful tapestry of styles, OHM Shanti combines the worlds of ghazal, Hindustani classical tradition and electronica from light, downtempo beats to full-on dance-floor grooves with remarkable levity." - Derek Beres, Global Rhythm
CD $14


TERRY DAY- Interruptions (Emanem 4125/UK) "Terry Day was a founding member of the People Band and its precursors in the 1960s. He subsequently worked with several leading improvisers such as Maarten Altena, Derek Bailey, Fred van Hove, Maggie Nicols, John Russell and John Stevens. He was a member of numerous groups including the Four Pullovers, Alterations, the Promenaders, Company, Kahondo Style and the Loverly Band. His activities have been curtailed since the late 1980s due to ill health. Before that he was a compelling force on a wide variety of instruments, as can be heard on this collection recorded from 1978 to 1981. This CD contains 29 solo improvisations and multi-tracks performed by Terry Day on piano, keyboards, alto & soprano saxophones, bamboo pipes, drums, percussion, cello, mandolin, home made instruments, balloons, toys (blowers, whackers & pluckers), African thumb piano, voice, Chinese flutes, plastic trumpet, and a Michel Waisvisz crackle box. (There are also cameo appearances by Peter Cusack and Davey Payne on three punk rock songs.)"
CD for $20


RUDI MAHALL - Solo (PSI 06.01CD). The first solo record by the Berlin based master of the bass clarinet. Rudi Mahall is also the incredible clarinetist who was featured on that amazing 'Complete Monk' triple CD from Schlippenbach's Quartet on Intakt. He can also be heard with Ake Takasi in duos and her groups performing Eric Dolphy & Fats Waller.
CD for $20


MARCO CAPPELLI - Extreme Guitar Project: Music from Downtown New York (mode 157) Mr. Cappelli plays an amplified classical guitar, modified with an additional 8 sympathetic strings and enriched by live-electronics. For this project, he performs 12 compositions by 9 of downtown's most challenging composers: Marc Ribot, Ikue Mori, Elliott Sharp, Anthony Coleman, Nick Didkovsky, Erik Friedlander, David Shea, Mark Stewart & Annie Gosfield, as well as Otomo Yoshihide (Japanese composer/player who is associated with this scene). Produced with care by Elliott Sharp, who also provided some illuminating liner notes. I've had the good fortune to here/see Marco play live and watch him play this odd-looking guitar. Each piece is quite unique in its approach and sound and each composer gets a chance to explain just what is behind their work. ON Ikue's "Bird Chant" is designed to play with 6 sound files triggered by aspects of the guitar. Eerie buzzing sounds float around the pluckings. E. Sharp's "Amygdala" features a long, fascinating, banging-on-the-strings excursion, with a couple of layers of mysterious guitar sounds. There is a most informative article on Anthony Coleman in the current edition of Signal to Noise, one of downtown's most enigmatic and overlooked composers. His work here, "The Buzzing in my Head", deals with the buzzing that musicians get from tinnitus and it is a cautious, thoughtful piece that uses the space between the notes as well as the notes themselves. Nick Didkovsky's great three-part suite has a few intersecting parts going on simultaneously, yet it is handled most delicately in the middle section and is more dense in the first and last sections. Otomo's "Pi-Anode" deals with the element of surprise due to accidental phenomena. It does have a random, yet focused thread running through. For Ms. Gosfield's "Marked by a Hat", Annie created a micro- tuning for the sympathetic strings of Marco's guitar, using only the open strings and it sounds like a warped harpsichord, somewhat disorienting. Mark Stewart gave Marco his own "Uboigee" or "Springs Guitar" to play for his piece "Uboingee Etude #1", a rather twisted work for a strange sounding hybrid-guitar. Erik Friedlander's "Iron Blue" is a powerful, challenging piece inspired some of the rock guitar gods of the sixties & seventies, something that wouldn't sound out-of-place on an old Yes record. David Shea's "Terra" spins both acoustic and electronic layers into a hypnotic blend. A successful smorgasbord of adventurous guitar playing from one of finest figures for the future of the guitar's possibilities. - BLG
CD $15


CONFERENCE CALL [GEBHARD ULLMANN/MICHEAL JEFRY STEVENS/JOE FONDA/GERRY HEMINGWAY] - Live At The Outpost Performance Space (482 Music 1045) Conference Call is Gebhard Ullman on soprano & tenor saxes & bass clarinet, Michael J. Stevens on piano, Joe Fonda on bass and Gerry Hemingway on drums. This is the fourth Conference Call disc and each one has had a different drummer. Previous drummers include Han Bennink, Matt Wilson and George Schuller and each one brings something different to the sound of this feisty quartet. This disc is live from the Outpost in Albuquerque, New Mexico in November of 2003. Gebhard's "29 Shoes" opens and features Gerry erupting around the repeating groove. Joe Fonda sings along with has propulsive bass as Gebhard takes a strong soprano solo while Mr. Stevens fans the flames with his spirited piano. It is hard to tell that this is the first recording with Hemingway on drums, since he plays so marvelously, the pulse moving tightly in waves speeding up and slowing down organically. "Liquid Cage" begins with Mr. Stevens' spacious and haunting piano, then some contemplative bass clarinet from Gebhard and one of those magical, exquisite bass solos from Mr. Fonda as Gerry adds some eerie percussion sounds, until the quartet slowly ascend together like ghosts in a graveyard. Stevens' "Circle Dance" is a lovely ballad with sublime tenor, a delicate rhythm team bubbling underneath. "Mala Dr'ole" is an odd, quirky piece keeps starting and stopping, fluttering duos that move together freely, connecting is they move. Joe Fonda's "As I Wait", brings things to close with slow moving, dreamscapes that simmer and sizzle and build to an enchanting, hypnotic groove. Conference Call does it again, brings us together with them for a great ride. - BLG
CD $15


MAKIGAMI SANTACHI [MAKIGAMI KOICHI/FREEMAN/SAKAIDE] - Tompal (Makigami 01; Japan) Our good friend and immensely charming vocalist, Makigami Koichi, was in town this week and left us with his new trio disc on his very own label. His new trio features Makigami on voice & theremin, Freeman on Guitar & sampler and Sakaide on bass & laptop. No matter where you get a chance to hear the wonderful and wacky vocalist, Makigami (3 CDs on Tzadik, David Moss vocal projects like 'Five Men Singing' or a duo disk on Long Arms), his unique and diverse vocals never fail to charm and amaze his audience. This trio is much more electronic sounding than his usual excursions with mostly theremin, sampler and laptop. The guitar, bass and voice are used selectively and fit well with the well-crafted electronic sounds. They get down with a funky dance groove on "Cactus Hat" as Makigami plays a wicked theremin solo. This is a particularly strong improv date, where Makigami's vocals are not featured nearly as much as the entire trio who work together as one solid force/sound, filled with lots of surprising twists and turns. Sometimes subtle, mostly fun and often quietly fascinating. - BLG
CD $16


JOHN TCHICAI/CHARLIE KOHLHASE/GARRISON FEWELL - Good Night Songs [2 CD set] (Boxholder 050/051) Featuring the legendary John Tchicai on tenor sax, bass clarinet & voice, Charlie Kohlhase on tenor, alto & bari sax and Garrison Fewell on guitar & percussion. Ever since the early days of the New York fee jazz scene when Tchicai was a member of the great New York Art Quartet as well as playing on historic dates with Trane, Ayler, Archie Shepp & Don Cherry, this Danish sax great has wandered around the globe and played with other kindred spirits from all over. After teaching in California for a decade, he moved to France and most recently can be found on recordings with Pierre Dorge, Adam Lane and co-leading an Italian quintet on Black Saint with Boston-based guitarist Garrison Fewell. Charlie Kohlhase is another Boston-area based sax great who has played with the Either Orchestra as well as having a half dozen discs under his own name. Three leaders in their own right, is what makes this trio so special. This long and inspired double disc was recorded live at the Meetinghouse in Amherst, Mass in December of 2004. The trio begins with a spacious piece called "Floating", with both saxists taking their time to float together. "The Queen of Ra" is an exquisitely haunting work with both saxists playing dreamy harmonies with Garrison's mysterious guitar. Tchicai's "Thriftshopping" is a lovely piece for hushed bass clarinet, guitar and tenor sax. This is not a free/jazz blowfest, this trio plays some fine tunes, both saxists have strong, warm tones and the guitarist is always tasty and creative. - BLG
2 CD set for $20


SILO [AUDREY CHEN/LEONEL KAPLAN/NATE WOOLEY] With JAMES WEBSTER - Silo [ltd edition of 200; #'d copies] (Utech 033) Featuring Audrey Chen on cello & voice, Leonel Kaplan on trumpet, Nate Wooley on trumpet and James Webster on aotearoa (a traditional Maori instrument from New Zealand) & voice. Nate Wooley tells us that this trio just got back from a European tour so perhaps some of you were lucky enough to check them out. Audrey Chen is one of this best and furtherest out improvisers to emerge from the Baltimore (High Zero Fest) scene in recent years. Her vocalizations are in a world of their own. I am unfamiliar with Leonel Kaplan and James Webster, but Nate Wooley is one of downtown's most distinctive (often lower case) trumpeters. This disc is filled with suspense and scary sounds. Varied breath-sounds, twisted vocal stuff and minimal percussion. Michael Parker will do a good job of dissecting this gem at length and comparing it to modern classical composers of note sometime soon. In the meantime, why not take a chance on these challenging sounds. - BLG
CD $12


REUBEN RADDING With MATT BAUDER/ANDREW DRURY/NATE WOOLEY - Fugitive Pieces (Pine Ear 02) Featuring Reuben Radding on contrabass, Matt Bauder on tenor sax & clarinet, Nate Wooley on trumpet and Andrew Drury on drums. Local bass great, Reuben Radding seems to keep pretty busy in a variety of projects, from duos to trios to quartet. New reeds-man, Matt Bauder, co-led a quartet with Anthony Braxton last year (Cd on 482 Music), as well as leading a couple of other bands. Former Seattle-based drummer/composer, Andrew Drury has two fine discs out on Innova & Red Toucan, as well as a duo disc with Jessica Lurie. Nate Wooley remains one of downtown's most distinctive trumpet players. 'Fugitive Pieces' is a fine, mysterious sounding quartet date. Heavy low-end drones, breath-like mouthpiece wisps, minimal percussion, ships passing in the distance is what we hear in "The Stone Carriers". "Phosphorus" is a strong quartet improv, quite focused, fascinating and free. I love this way this disc is recorded, closed miked, so that every sound is of equal weight. Often the sounds shimmer and the textures slowly mutate, difficult to tell who is doing what, yet it all remains strangely evocative and most successful. - BLG
CD $13

JACK WRIGHT/REUBEN RADDING - This is Not an Exit (Sachimay Interventions 23) Featuring Jack Wright on alto & soprano saxes and Reuben Radding on double bass and recorded live on tour in Chapel Hill, NC and Richmond, VA. Jack Wright remains one of godfathers of free/improv sax playing, his long and winding journey reaches back to early improvisations with Italian percussionist, Andrea Centazzo, who also recorded with early downtown folks like Zorn, Chadbourne, Cora & Bradfield at about the same time (late seventies). Jack Wright lives to tour and travel, performing with like-minded improvisers from around the US, Europe and Japan. What I love about Jack is that he has worked long and hard on developing his own sound and approach and continues to astonish those who give him a chance. Here he works with one of downtown's busiest and best bassists, Reuben Radding. Three long pieces clocking in at 53 1/2 minutes and a strong give and take situation, where each note/sounds counts. Jack has created a vocabulary of sounds without resorting to screams or extreme blasting. His is a more cautious, playful tone, with a variety of tongue-slapping tactics and lots of mildly bent notes. Reuben appears to be a perfect partner, bowing, rubbing, plucking and manipulating the strings in a variety of ways that match Jack for the never-ending quest for the perfect balance of focused sounds. Jack occasionally sounds like Zorn in the early days without the bird-calls, as well as like Evan Parker in the way he shapes his notes to express so much within a small range. He should be afforded some due respect. So "Give some credit, where credit is due or the same thing will happen to you," so said Sun Ra. - BLG
CD-R for $3


PETER MADSEN - prevue of tomorrow (Playscape 61705) This is an outstanding solo piano offering by the extraordinary Peter Madsen, longtime cohort of Mario Pavone. Each of the ten pieces here was written by another master pianist from long history of modern jazz including Sun Ra, (the legendary) Hasaan Ibn Ali, Cecil Taylor, Randy Weston, Lennie Tristano, Mal Waldron, Andrew Hill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Herbie Nichols, and Dick Twardzik. The only one missing is Thelonius Monk one would think, however for Madsen's first solo disc, that's just who he covered. A literal who's who of modern jazz piano, each pianist quite distinctive, as is Peter's approach to each piece. Mal Waldron's "Boo" is a most impressive opening piece, stark and dark and filled with well-placed eruptions. I love that see-sawing undertow of Andrew Hill's "Subterfuge", the left hand providing the slow waves as the right hand weaves those majestic chords hypnotically. Few folks know of the Legendary Hasaan (Ibn Ali), who made one amazing record with Max Roach in the mid-sixties and then disappeared. Hasaan's "Three-Four Vs. Six-Eight Four-Four Ways" is an odd piece that shifts between varied sections in an unpredictable ways, drawn from older and newer styles, from Monk to somewhere out-there. Muhal's "The Bird Song" deals mostly with sounds plucked from inside the piano, spacious and mysterious. I love the way Peter takes Herbie Nichols' "The Third World" and expands it and turns it inside-out with different flourishes. It is rare to hear someone cover a song by Cecil Taylor, one of the most unique and idiosyncratic of all pianists. Madsen takes Cecil's "Rick Kick Shaw" and opens up to a less dense, less dark reading, while still allowing it to be quite intense and almost as explosive. The quietly mesmerizing "A Portrait of the Living Sky" by Sun Ra is an exquisite, contemplative work with somber waves washing over us. Randy Weston's "Blues for Africa" deconstructs the blues and presents the fragments in earthly fashion. Dick Twardzik was a great yet little known pianist from the bebop era who died very young and had just a handful of records. Peter plays Twardzik's obscure "The Girl from Greenland" and swirls lines of notes around the sad and lovely melody. The most influential pianist to emerge and merge the cool and bebop scenes was Lennie Tristano. Madsen erupts on Tristano and Billy Bauer's "Leave Me", with more of those amazing two-handed excursions. This is simply a brilliant overview of modern jazz piano reaching back over the last half century. - BLG
CD for $15


GIACINTO SCELSI//AKI TAKAHASHI - Vol. 5: The Piano Works 3 (mode 143; USA) Aki Takahashi, piano. The program Ms Takahashi has selected for this recital is largely made up of works which she prepared with the composer; pieces include: Aitsi for amplified piano; Suite No. 3 "Ka"; Sonate No 3; Quattro Illustrazione; Cinque Incantesmi; Un Adieu
DVD $20


LOOSE FUR - Born Again In the USA (Drag City 309) "Rising from the undead three years after their debut is Loose Fur with an album of all new, all-American rock and roll called Born Again In the USA. The Loose Fur II sound is irreverently all over the place. Twinned electric guitarmonies and stop-on-a-dime rhythms give way to breezy acoustics and melodious whistling, which in turn fades into an ominous well of vibes, percussion and distant thunder. Throughout 'Born Again In the USA', Loose Fur keep the changes (and the chuckles) coming, crafting a complete album of classic and questing pop music that threatens to satisfy fans of Wilco, O'Rourke, On Fillmore and even Godpsell all at once. It's just that all-encompassing - a populist entertainment that takes no prisoners. Loose Fur is a super group/power trio comprised of Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Glenn Kotche (Wilco and On Fillmore) and Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth)."
CD for $14
LP version for $15


BATTLES - EP C/B EP [2 CD set] (Warp Records 141/UK) "Battles are Tyondai Braxton, who previously collaborated with Prefuse 73 on vocals, keyboardist, guitar and electronics, John Stanier on drums, ex Helmet and member of Mike Patton's Tomahawk, Ian Williams on guitar and keyboard, ex Don Caballero and Dave Konopka on guitar and bass, previously in Lynx. Battles describe their music as 'somewhere between electronic and rock... we don't have to play garage music the way you might if all the members had only been in garage bands. Battles can do what it wants.' Battles should appeal to fans of Fugazi, Tortoise, Godspeed, Mars Volta, Comets On Fire, Black Mountain, Explosions In The Sky, Lightning Bolt, Mogwai etc."
2 CD set $20

AKI TAKASE/LAUREN NEWTON - Spring In Bangkok (Intakt 110; Switzerland) Aki Takase and Lauren Newton correspond to and contradict one another with sounds, tones, vocalizations, words. They converse in fantasy languages, plunge into areas of deep emotion and fly off into the abstract realm of sounds. And, not forgetting: they have something which has become rare, not only in improvised music, but in the world of art in general, because it defies reckoning: they have a sense of humour. It is almost amazing that they did not meet earlier. Despite the different emphases they have quite some things in common: both are familiar with Jazz and the kind of improvised music that has grown out of it. Both have always been interested in extended sounds that push back the borders of established genres, also brushing with the areas of New Music. The actual dimensions of the musical conversations between Lauren Newton and Aki Takase are the sounds in the spectrum from creative expressiveness through to artistic molding. - Bert Noglik
CD $16

SAADET TURKOZ - Urumchi (Intakt 109; Switzerland) "I remember the searing heat in Tashkent, shadowy tea houses, colorful markets, the gigantic apple plantations around the Kazakh capital of Alma-Ata, varied faces under varied hats and headscarves, and the music that cast a spell on my ears. Its melancholy monotony opened the spaces of my longing. And suddenly, decades later, the voice of Saadet Turkoz. Even voices can hit home, deep inside, and be so touching that worlds open up. Yes, there it is again, the Kazakh lullaby, the love song, the dirge. There it is, but new, different. Saadet sings lushly and gently, with girlish whimsy and womanly warmth, with long breath and a timbre that touches on all moods. Exhilaration becomes sorrow, and even sometimes an abyss; the voice - full and sustaining a moment ago - sinks away, and out of the confident, extended and vibrating thirds comes a descending, unfathomable glissando.
One wonders how Saadet Turkoz conjures up such richness out of the almost childish simplicity of some melodies. The answer can only be this: she trusts her voice. And the many voices around her. She is consciously part of the Kazakh folk-music tradition, from which she also gets her improvisational talent (which is not at all a paradox). And nobody would dare to claim that she flirts with ethno-sounds. For her, her background is an obligation and at the same time a code for longing - homeland as unending search. Saadet comes from a Kazakh family from eastern Turkistan, which was annexed by China (along with its capital Urumchi) and now belongs to the province of Sinkiang. Her parents fled to Istanbul, where Saadet was born. She has been living in Zurich for a long time now. The paths of her musical self-discovery are as complex as the geographical and cultural coordinates of her origin. In her sensitive move "back to the roots," Saadet Turkoz keeps getting closer and closer to herself.
Some of the songs on this CD were recorded in Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), others in Beijing, always accompanied by Kazakh musicians. Stillness comes from this music, as if it were touching timeless, archaic feelings. Nothing seems feigned, pretentious, or forced. No technical embellishment is involved; what counts is the pure voice, the voice with its astonishing expressiveness.
There cannot be anything more exciting, or anything more moving. The steppe has long since begun to appear before us, a bride has long since begun to cry, and the bird of happiness is moving into the distance. We are in the middle of life and its mysteries, in the universe of Saadet Turkoz."- Ilma Rakusa, Zurich, 2006
CD $16


MIKE ELLIS with JEFF BEER/RYAN SHULTZ/LARRY KOHUT/DAMON SHORT - Chicago Spontaneous Combustion Suite (Alpha Pocket 004) Featuring Mike Ellis on soprano, sopranino & bari saxes, Jeff Beer on trumpet, Ryan Shultz on bass trumpet, Larry Kohut on contrabass and Damon Short on drums. According to the liner notes of this fine disc, all members of this quintet have played with heavy folks like Alan Silva's Orchestra, Roscoe Mitchell and Anthony Braxton. However, the only cat I can recall from earlier is their drummer, Damon Short, who has a fine disc out on Nine Winds and works with Fred Hess. This disc has a strong Art Ensemble meets Anthony Braxton sort of vibe. Mysterious cymbals and bowed bass, swirling soprano sax and strange (Lester Bowie-like) trumpets. None of the 19 parts of this suite have names, just numbers 1-19, yet each piece explores different terrain, textures and combinations of instruments. Although this is studio date, it often sounds live as the trumpets often sail in the distance, giving it more natural organic sound. I dig the way the different combinations of players give them a chance to stretch out and blend their talents into some strong sub-group streams. Over 73 minutes and pretty f*cking amazing throughout and that's a great thing considering I had only heard of one member of this quintet before this disc appeared. - BLG
CD $10

THE DOLLS [VLADISLAV DELAY/ANTYE GREIE/CRAIG ARMSTRONG] - The Dolls (Huume 06; Germany) The Dolls are Vladislav Delay aka Luomo (Finland), Antye Greie aka AGF (Germany) and Craig Armstrong (Scotland). Huume Recordings are happy sponsors of this collaboration between three solo musicians, admirers and explorers. Craig Armstrong (Massive Attack, Moulin Rouge soundtrack) had heard AGF's (Antye Greie) music and became a fan. He invited Antye to sing on his second solo album, As If To Nothing, and they performed a few successful shows together, with Vladislav Delay as central groupie and sometime performer. Armstrong later recorded a few of the songs off his solo piano album Piano Works in Berlin at AGF/Delay's home studio, dipping into idea-sharing and collaboration. They recorded hours of piano played by Armstrong, bringing in their computers and various studio toys. And at times when the machines didn't do their thing anymore, then the piano itself became a platform for something new, going well beyond "treated piano." The Dolls believe in the soothing qualities in music, both as a catalyst for themselves while making it as well as for soothing frayed nerves for the modern condition. But this trio of authors also believe in the child-like catharsis of music-making, even to the point of nonsense. Using drums, piano and vocals, The Dolls take on character-roles, tell stories, and share intimate personal memory, transforming the pieces into multi-layered musical fantasy. Different generations with various backgrounds, musical ideas and visions meet here and mix-and-match there, leaving behind something you haven't heard before. This is an archive recording of a surprising and uncompromised musical event. Bliss.
CD $16



BLG & MAP REVIEWS...

HOWARD STELZER/GIUSEPPE IELASI - Night Life (Korm Plastics BROM 08; EEC) "The concept of virtuosity is not readily applicable to improvisation based on esoteric uses of electro-acoustic devices, because the path between concept and physical manipulation is an arbitrary side-effect of technological conditions and each musician freely defines their own parametric space for sound materials far removed from conventionalized parameters of melody, pulse, phrasal narrative, etc. Howard Stelzer and Giuseppe Ielasi are titans of contemporary music (musically and curatorially) whose virtuosity is nevertheless jaw-dropping and immediately clear to anyone who listens to this recording carefully enough to recognize the huge range of sounds they differentiate and control with as much precision as the most advanced traditional instrumentalist. This is prototypical lowercase improv in its allowance for tiny details to be savored instead of being masked by dense or crude gestures, so this microscopic precision and complexity assumes center stage. Faint hums, crackles, hisses, clicks, and slurs feel like revelations. The sound palette comes from Stelzer's deconstruction of analog cassette machines and Ielasi's electronically manipulated prepared guitar. The sounds are mostly non-referential and grey, universes of hidden detail that come into view. An exception are several passages where Ielasi uses the naked ordinary sound of a plucked electric guitar, but these passages are gently glitched and fragmented a la Fennesz and not brittle a la Sugimoto. To hear these warm ringing notes amidst such intensely abstract textures is achingly beautiful.
This is music of quasi-repetition where loops are approximated mechanically instead of being lazily unleashed by computer software. The fragile continuity they achieve here is an especially tangible reflection of their virtuosity. Despite the torrents of irregular sound events that reward hyper-attentive listening, this is gentle, slow, dreamy, textural, ambient music on the surface. The difference between this and Fennesz, Takemura, Ash Ra, etc is the difference between Morton Feldman and George Winston; it requires much more attention and patience from the listener, but the resulting beauty is an exponential reward. Several passages on here are like blissful perpetual motion machines I find myself craving to hear looped for hours. This is certainly the most accessible and conventionally pretty recording to come from Stelzer, whose radical concepts often elude even connoissuers. It's a spellbinding, nearly perfect suite that goes much deeper than Ielasi's experimental ambient masterpiece on Erstwhile with Domenico Sciajno. Highest recommendation and a sure thing for my year-end top ten. (Heck, it even comes in the clever and beautiful folded-paper packaging that's the signature of the Brombrom edition.)" - Michael Anton Parker
CD $18

ACID MOTHERS GONG - Live in Nagoya (Vivo; EEC) A live collaboration between legendary psychedelic-space-rock band GONG & not less respectable Japanese ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE. Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Josh Pollock, Kawabata Makoto, Higashi Hiroshi, Tsuyama Atsushi, Yoshida Tatsuya. Together they form Acid Mothers Gong. Recorded at Nagoya TOKUZO on 9th april 2003. Essential.
"Featuring Daevid Allen (Gong founder), Gilli Smyth (Mother Gong), Josh Pollock (University of Errors), Kawabata Makoto, Higashi Hiroshi, Tsuyama Atushi (3 Acid Mothers) and Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins mainman). Although, you got to admit that Acid Mothers Temple & Makoto Kawabata have way too many discs out (30+), as well as does Daevid Allen & Gilli Smyth and their myriad of projects-bands-solo efforts, certain gems are still worth their weight in gold. This is the second Gong/Acid Mother collaboration and it is another treat. It is live, space-rockin' epic. "HoHoHo!" is an epic length, hard-rocking space journey, somewhere between early Gong and Hawkwind. Tatsuya's master drumming kicks the force up a notch as the swirling guitars, synth, throbbing bass and sly/silly vocals sail into space. "Glissade Gillisade" features Daevid's glissando guitar and Gili's space whispers and is quite Gong-like. The four long space-rockin' epics are followed by three fine shorter pieces, some taken from previous Gong song cycles, however mutated. Loads of fun for Space Cadets worldwide. If only they would tour the world together and make the planet earth safer for all of us, then we could smile as we float down-stream." - BLG
CD $15

HISTORIC RECORDINGS, REISSUES & RESTOCK DISCS:

GAMELAN SON OF LION - Metal Notes (Locust 078) "Metal Notes resuscitates a long-lost, decades-old cassette-only release by the great New York collective Gamelan Son of Lion and brings to the fore the incredible metallic drones of a group whose innovative minimal music has rightfully earned them a place among the likes of La Monte Young, Tony Conrad, Steve Reich & Charlemagne Palestine - to name a few. At almost 80 minutes, this collection of eight songs is nothing if not totally spellbinding & hypnotic. Features founding members Barbara Benary (early collab w/ Philip Glass), Fluxus pioneer Philip Corner, David Demnitz, Daniel Goode, Peter Griggs, Michael Byron, and half a dozen other composer/performers."
CD for $14

JACKIE-O MOTHERFUCKER - Europe 2002 [2 CD set](Cast Exotic Archives 002/Canada) Originally released in 2003. "Double CD from this NYC/Portland/Vancouver collective of out-there ambient skronk space explorers. Recorded on their breakout European tour from the fall of 2002, this set shimmers and builds, masterfully weaving tension with ease. All the best tracks and improvisations boiled down to 2 CDs of tripped-out bliss. This release is a jump from Jackie-O's recent release, Change on the French Label Textile. Covering a wide array of the sonic land, from psychedelic space rock, sax freak-outs, and layers of sound decaying & blooming."
2 CD set for $18

PHILLIP WERREN - Electronic Music (1968-1971) [2 CD set] (Cast Exotic Archives 003/Canada) "Brand new reissue of an impossible-to-find early Canadian electronic 4LP box by composer Phillip Werren. Only 100 copies were ever pressed of his early electronic work. It was recorded at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver), McGill University (Montreal) & Radio Warzawa (Poland). It was recorded between 1967 and 1971. The LP has heavy elements of tape collage, Modular Synthesis, voice, and experimental thought. Some of the pieces were conceived by psychedelic and occult influences. Much of the record was done with a Buchla System 100, the first of their modular synthesizers. Original cover artwork was created by local Vancouver artist JAS Felter. This album is a nugget of Canadian psychedelic avant-garde history, up there with the early works of Bill Bissett, The Nihilist Spasm Band, and Intersystems. Also in line with early American works by Robert Ashley, Tod Dockstader, and Gordon Mumma. More currently, this would sit nicely with an oddball release by Wolf Eyes, Double Leopards or Excepter."
2 CD set for $18

F/I - A Question for the Somnambulist (Strange Attractors 040) "Along with Die Kreuzen, Boy Dirt Car and sister band Vocokesh, Milwaukee psychedelic rock-and-sound legends F/i spawned a space-rock scene in the '80s unlike any other around. By harnessing the ghosts of Hawkwind and Blue Cheer, extracting the German avant rock scene from the early 1970s as defined by Guru Guru, Ash Ra Tempel and Agitation Free, and sifting it through industrial sounds and analog electronics, over time it has become evident that F/i have quietly influenced a whole new generation of exploratory instrumental freakers. A mini event in its own right, A Question for the Somnambulist marks the return of original member Richard Franecki, who left in 1990 to pursue the way-out trajectories that his band Vocokesh continue to explore. Originally issued in a miniscule run in 2003, A Question For The Somnambulist traverses dark and hazy landscapes, hypnotic textures laced with electronics and exploratory guitar riffs dripping with effects. Resuscitated from the annals of uber-obscurity for another suckerpunch to your third eye, this reissue includes one bonus track from the sessions and comes in a limited edition of 1000 housed in a deluxe letter-pressed and recycled paperboard package."
CD for $14

SPOOKY TOOTH/PIERRE HENRY - Ceremony (Minority 271/Germany) "There are some albums out there that completely defy genre categorization. But every once in a blue moon, an album comes along that manages to completely defy all rational explanation. This would be one of those albums. Spooky Tooth was one of the heavier hard rock acts of its day, driven by Gary Wright (later of 'Dream Weaver' fame) and Mike Harrison's dual, bluesy wails set against Luther Grosvenor's searing guitar leads. They were on the ascent, having just released Spooky Two, an overlooked classic of late '60s British rock. One day, they were approached in the studio by avant-garde composer Pierre Henry for what they thought would be session work, involving a concept album setting the text of the Catholic liturgy to music. Their record label, however, decided to market this as Spooky Three. And thus endeth the ballgame. What music lies behind an album cover that would have made Barry Godber proud? Well, imagine Jesus Christ Superstar, with its performers straining to hold together ill-fitting text with music. Now, mix over this foundation, with complete disregard, something like Frank Zappa's 'The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny' and you have yourself a fair approximation. Like Ed Wood or The Shaggs, Ceremony is a failure, but one of those spectacular failures that continues to compel by virtue of its sincerity and sheer incongruity."
Cd for $18

THE DEVIANTS - Ptoof! & Disposable (Mason Records 56445/Germany) Two albums in one, originally released in 1967/1968, respectably. "From the depths of London's secret underground headquarters, fully equipped with complex electronic machinery, a 20th century Bohemia illicitly recorded, furtively edited at great cost to one and all, deviously distributed and designed, you are holding in your hands a prime over-ripe example of a gratuitously obscene, rockin' stompin', post-psychedelic, neo rock n' roll, underground freak record. Mix Dylan with the British Art-School scene of Pretty Things, The Who, early Stones, Eel Pie Island, pilled up Mods rioting, an the emergence from the cocoon of the incredible Chelsea Loon."
CD for $18

EILIFF - Eiliff & Girlrls! (Mason Records 56444) "On their two predominantly instrumental albums, Eiliff destroyed barriers between rock and jazz and established progressive genres, with lengthy intensive compositions that twist and turn with startling complexity, or riff with amazing power and stability. In their unique concoction songs were rarely used, and only then to counterpoint the instrumentals, and when necessary get over an idea that couldn't be achieved without words. Eiliff just seemed to do everything right. They had the power of Mahavishnu Orchestra, the invention of Guru Guru, the diversity of Out Of Focus, and really they were purely excessive, with diverse elements blended together as only experienced in Krautrock. Intense chopping piano and organ, along with excellent drums and firm bass guitar providing a structure for a wealth of superb guitar from virtuoso HouschØng Nejadepour, and lots of smooth 'Mothers styled'electric sax. Eiliff itself is remarkable as one of the most complexly instrumental of Krautrock albums, not least the 20 minute side-long 'Suite,' whereas Girlrls! came close, but was shorter, more condensed and added a touch of hard-rock and psychedelia."
CD for $18



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DMG RECOMMENDED NYC GIGS FOR MARCH 17TH & BEYOND:



DMG's Free Weekly In-Store Music Series Continues Every Sunday at 6pm With:

This Sunday, March 26th at 6pm:
NATE WOOLEY & ADAM LANE!
Amazing trumpet & contrabass duo!

Next Sunday, April 2nd at 6pm:
ANDREW BARKER/WELF DOOR/HARRIS EISENSTADT!
New cello/sax/drums trio makes its DMG debut!


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GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!...

The Tzadik Label New Music Series
Presents "New Voices from Japan"
Curated by John Zorn and featuring

HAINO KEIJI, MAKIGAMI KOICHI, YAMATAKA EYE, MIKE PATTON, JIM O'ROURKE, IKUE MORI & JOHN ZORN

Friday & Saturday, May 12th & 13th, at 7:30pm
at The Japan Society - 333 East 47th St. in NY, NY
Box Office: 212-715-1258 (M-F, 10am - 4:45pm)
Website: www.japansociety.org


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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

March at The Stone is curated by Butch Morris

3/24 Friday
8 pm - Wayne Horvitz (piano) Doug Wieselman (clarinet) Guy Klucesvek (accordion) Erik Friedlander (cello)
10 pm - Wayne Horvitz (piano) and Marty Ehrlich (reeds) Duo

3/25 Saturday - 8 and 10 pm

Robin Holcomb's "Larks, They Crazy" w/ Marty Ehrlich (clarinets), Doug Wieselman (clarinet), David Hofstra (bass) & Kenny Wollesen (drums) - Robin Holcomb piano mostly, maybe singing a little.

3/26 Sunday - 8 and 10 pm
Butch Morris Phantom Station

3/28 Tuesday
8 pm - Briggan Krauss, Kenny Wollesen & Robin Holcomb (piano)
10 pm - Briggan Krauss (sax), Kenny Wollesen (drums ) & Wayne Horvitz (electronics)

3/29 Wednesday - 8 and 10 pm
For Living Lovers: Brandon Ross (guitars, banjo, vocal) Stomu Takeishi (acoustic bass guitar)

3/30 Thursday - 8 and 10 pm
Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra! w/ Jon Brumit (percussion) George Cremaschi (contrabass) Michael Evans (percussion, electronics) Tony Maimone (bass) Rebecca Moore, Meredith Yayanos, Jean Cook (violin) Matthew Ostrowski (electronics) Steve Silverstein (guitar) Pinky Weitzman, Karen Waltuch (viola) Moe! Staiano (conduction)

3/31 Friday - 8 and 10 pm
Okkyung Lee (cello)


April 2006 at The Stone is curated by Eyvind Kang and Jessika Kenney

4/1 Saturday
8 pm - William Parker (bass, etc.) Federico Ughi (drums) Daniel Carter (piano, alto and tenor saxophones, flute, trumpet, clarinet)
10 pm - Eri Yamamoto (piano) William Parker (bass) Anders Nilsson (electric guitar) Federico Ughi (drums) Daniel Carter (alto and tenor saxophones, flute, trumpet, clarinet)

4/2 Sunday
8 pm - Brent Arnold (cello) Noriaki Watanabe (software synthesizers)
10 pm - Kato Hideki (bass, electronics) James Fei (electronics)


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Tonic is located at 107 Norfolk Street between Delancey and Rivington Streets in Manhattan's Lower East Side, around the corner from Delancey F train stop
Here's some recommended gigs for the upcoming weeks-

Fri March 24th-
SIR RICHARD BISHOP & JACKIE O-MOTHERFUCKER!

Sun March 26th-
8pm - Domenico Sciajno with Alvin Curran, Matt Ostrowski & Gene Coleman!

Tues March 28th-
8pm - FREE ZONE MUSIC SERIES FUNDRAISER:
JOHN ZORN With LUKAS LIGETI
THE REFUSENIKS With JOHN HOLLENBECK
and the ANDREW BARKER SEXTET!



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Dee Pop presents: FREESTYLE JAZZ Every Thursday @ Jimmy's 43 Restaurant
43 East 7th Street - NYC - 212-982-3006
WWW.FREESTYLEJAZZ.COM

March 30
8pm Sabir Mateen, Jane Wang, Warren Smith
10pm Carnival Skin: Bruce Eisenbeil, Perry Robinson, Peter Evans, Hill Greene, Klaus Kugel


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Saturday, March 25,

1-2 P.M. - Matt Lavelle Quintet

Matt Lavelle - trumpet & bass clarinet; Ras Moshe - tenor & alto sax; Anders Nilsson - guitar; Francois Grillot - bass; Lou Grassi - drums

FREE!!!
at Tower Records 1961 Broadway (at Lincoln Center)


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Sound Infusion Spring Mini-Festival, April 6/7/8
curated by James Ilgenfritz - www.jamesilgenfritz.com
Ath the Elixir Juice Bar - 95 West Broadway
123 A, C or E train to Chambers

April 6th, Thursday, 8PM
8PM James Ilgenfritz / Jon Moniaci / Chris Peck
8:45 Anthony Burr solo
9:30 Christmas Decorations
10:15 John O'Brien / Evan Mazunik / Christian Pincock

April 7th, Friday

8PM Aaron Siegel / Sam Amidon Duo
8:45 Jonathan Goldberger
9:30 James Ilgenfritz / Harris Eisenstadt / Michael Attias
10:15 Kresten Osgood / Michael Gregory Jackson

April 8th, Saturday
8PM Shayna Dulberger / Chris Welcome / John McLellan
8:40 Adam Lane Duo
9:20 Ty Cumbie Trio
10PM James Ilgenfritz Solo
10:40 Anders Nilsson / Ken Filiano Duo


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World Music Played by Neighbors

Hell's Kitchen Cultural Center, Inc.
A Tax-Exempt Not-For-Profit Community Group

A new Manhattan music festival is giving a new meaning to roots music.

The 'Rhythm in the Kitchen' line-up:

Thursday March 30
8 p.m. Sean Meehan (percussionist and W. 51st Street resident)
9 p.m. Francois Grillot (bass player and W. 54th Street resident)/Jackson Krall/Louis Belogenis/Daniel Levin
10 p.m. Elise Wood (flute player, lives on W. 43rd Street)/Edy Martinez

Friday March 31st
8 p.m. Neal Kirkwood (pianist/band-leader, lives on 9th Avenue)
9 p.m. Ellery Eskelin (saxophonist/composer, lives on W. 43rd)/Sylvie Courvousier
10 p.m. Jack Walrath (trumpeter and 43rd Street resident)/Boris Kozluv
11 p.m. Brian Smith (Hell's Kitchen resident)/Kali. Z. Fasteau/Abdoulaye Alhassane

Saturday April 1st
8 p.m. Tom Hamilton (electric sound artist/synth player, lives on 8th Avenue)/Lisle Ellis
9 p.m. Sonny Simmons (saxophonist and Hell's Kitchen resident) duo
10 p.m. The Gift: William Hooker (drummer and W. 52nd Street resident)/Roy Campbell/Jason Hwang
11 p.m. Scott Wilson (oud player who lives on 8th Avenue) & group

'Rhythm in the Kitchen,' an unusually eclectic and avant garde festival that will run from March 30 to April 1 at Metro Baptist Church at 410 W. 40th Street, features 11 combos led by musicians who live in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. 'Rhythm in the Kitchen, the product of an unlikely collaboration between a jazz musician and a housing organizer, is the city's first music festival devoted entirely to musicians who live in a single neighborhood.
"While most of the city's music spots highlight music and musicians from all over the globe, our festival is going local," said William Hooker, a free-jazz drummer and one of the founding members of the Hell's Kitchen Cultural Center, which has organized 'Rhythm in the Kitchen.'

Hell's Kitchen, on the west side between 34th Street and 59th Street, had a long history as the city's tenderloin district, a place where criminals ruled the roost. In recent years, though, the neighborhood was one of the last bastions of reasonable rents in Midtown, and a wide variety of creative artists were lured by its affordable apartments and unpretentious atmosphere.
Now, as the neighborhood is becoming prohibitively expensive, Bob Kalin, a tenant organizer in Hell's Kitchen for 27 years and co-founder of Hell's Kitchen Cultural Center, says it is important to highlight the importance of affordable rents to New York's arts and music scene. Said Kalin, "The fact that Hell's Kitchen was affordable attracted innovative people to the neighborhood. We want to celebrate the incredible artistic diversity of the community."
'Rhythm in the Kitchen' is the opening act for the Hell's Kitchen Cultural Council. The group also plans an ambitious ongoing series of events featuring Hells Kitchen residents who are working in the visual arts, dance, literature, spoken word, and other art fields.

For information contact: Bob Kalin - 212 765-8446 - bobkalin@yahoo.com


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Here's some gigs with Lukas Ligeti;

Wednesdays, MARCH 29 & APRIL 5, at 10 pm at the HIGH ROAD CAFE (11 Edward Morgan Place near 157th&Broadway, Washington Heights, NYC, subway: 1 to 157th St.):

Jazz standards: NICK PORCARO (piano), STEVE WAXMAN (bass), LUKAS LIGETI (drums)

The High Road is an extremely pleasant and laid-back neighborhood bar/hang where I've been doing a regular Wed. night gig playing jazz standards for a while now. The house band, mentioned above, is often joined by other musicians as well. Often, we play straight ahead; sometimes, we go way out...but it's always fun, and there's no cover.
We usually play until about 1 am. Come one of the next two Wednesdays to catch this band, as I'll be out of town for 6 weeks from the middle of April.


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Saturday, APRIL 1, 10 pm, FREEZONE Series
at CAFE GRUMPY (193 Meserole Ave. @ Diamond St., Greenpoint, Brooklyn, subway: G to Greenpoint or Nassau):

DOMENICO SCIAJNO (electronics)/LUKAS LIGETI (drums) DUO

Domenico is a rare guest from Italy who works with Alvin Curran and many other excellent musicians and has developed a very individual language with Max/MSP.

The evening starts at 8 pm with Kurt Heyl & Ravi Padmanabha; at 9 pm is a Sachimay Interventions showcase with Chris Welcome and Shayna Dulberger; Domeinco and I are on at 10. But come early and listen to more music! https://www.freezoneny.org
https://www.cafegrumpy.com


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Thursday, APRIL 6, 8 pm, FREESTYLE JAZZ Series at JIMMY'S RESTAURANT (43 East 7th St. between 2nd&3rd Aves., East Village, NYC, subway: F to 2nd Ave. or L to 3rd Ave.):

DANIEL KELLY TRIO: DANIEL KELLY (piano), BRIGGAN KRAUSS (sax), LUKAS LIGETI (drums)

This should be a great group - great musicians & great fun.

Also on the bill: James Finn Ensemble @ 10, Eastern Seaboard @ 11

https://www.freestylejazz.com


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Sunday, APRIL 9, SHARE at MUNDIAL (505 East 12th St. between Aves. A&B, East Village, NYC, subway: L to 1st Ave.):

MARTIN PHILADELPHY'S PAINT

Philadelphy (his real name!) is a very cool and entertaining guitarist from Austria with whom I occasionally tour. The lineup for his group Paint changes, but this time may (or may not) include Christian Martinek (turntables), Marty McCavitt (keys/electronics), and Tom Abbs (bass). The group will also perform in Washington, D.C. (see below).
Share events usually start at about 7 pm and go on until 1 pm. I think (maybe double-check the website to make sure) that Paint will play at 10:30 pm. Before and after, there will be various electronic music. https://www.share.dj - https://www.philadelphy.at


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Neues Kabarett Music Series presents

JOE MCPHEE - APRIL RESIDENCY

Friday, April 14 and Saturday, April 15, 2006
at The Brecht Forum - 451 West Street
between Bank and Bethune
and at Inwood Hill Park/Indian Caves
www.brechtforum.org - 212-242-4201

TRIO X WITH JOE MCPHEE, DOMINIC DUVALL AND JAY ROSEN!

Friday, April 14 - 9 pm at The Brecht Forum
Saturday, April 15 (RAIN DATE: April 16) - 1:30 pm
Free / donations accepted
Co-sponsor "April is the Coolest Month" at Inwood Hill Park


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