Bob Weston does Free Jazz
NEW ON OKKADISC AND ATAVISTIC...
PETER BROTZMANN CHICAGO TENTET - Be Music, Night (Okka 059) Featuring Mike Pearson: A Homage to Kenneth Patchen. Peter Brÿtzmann, Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark: reeds; Joe McPhee: trumpet/alto sax; Jeb Bishop: trombone; Fred Lonberg-Holm: cello; Kent Kessler: bass; Paal Nilssen-Love, Michael Zerang: drums; Mike Person: voice. Recorded by Bob Weston Nov. 5&6 2004. This fantastic all-star ensemble is currently on the road and word is that they are astounding live. Don't miss them at Tonic next week (May 18th, 8 & 10pm) or at the Victoriaville Festival (May 22nd), in Quebec.
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Peter Brotzmann et. al make their way to Northampton MA next Friday night and I can hardly wait!
(What a week: star Wars, Brotzman/Vandermark, and most importantly, Maddie's first B-Day)
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic have a few dates coming up. I'm really posting this because of the blurb at the end of the email-->
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:52:04 -0400 To: Birdsongs Boston area friends: ; Subject: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic upcoming performances! Friends- Birdsongs of the Mesozoic will be making a few rare live appearances in the next few months. We hope you can come out to see us at one or more of them! http://www.birdsongsofthemesozoic.org Sat 21 May, 8pm Sun 22 May, 7pm Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Central Square, Cambridge, 8pm The Essential Dancesongs A Dance Complex faculty concert with live music from Birdsongs of the Mesozoic 617-547-9363 http://www.dancecomplex.org Sat 4 Jun, Erik Lindgren 50th Birthday Concert, 8pm, free Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA Performances by Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Sonare Wind Trio, Erik Lindgren, Oral Moses, others http://www.arfarfrecords.com/sfz/index.html Sun 5 Jun, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic and the legendary Happy the Man Lowell Brewery Exchange 205 Cabot Street, Lowell, MA 918-937-2690 presented by NewEARS http://www.newears.org/ http://www.happytheman.com/ Tue 12 Jul, Berklee Performance Center, Mass Ave, Boston, 7:30pm, free Macworld/Berklee Music Festival http://www.macworldexpo.com/dev/20/events/20BOS05A/SN287250 ------- "[Birdsongs of the Mesozoic] would make both Mingus and Schoenberg smile...It's as if Ornette Coleman was in a no-rock band with Bill Frisell and Pat Metheny, and the Kronos Quartet suddenly stopped by to get drunk with them on Teleman's grave...a purely new scale and dimension of boggling sound." Performer Magazine ------- -Ken -- ------ Ken Field * ken@kenfield.org * http://kenfield.org