discover jazz fest

this year burlingtons discover jazz festival is bringing two free-jazz shows i'm really excited about- ornette coleman on 6/7 at the flynn main stage & trio 3 (oliver lake, reggie workman & andrew cyrille) 6/2 at the flynn space. full schedule here. ornette coleman is a legend and i'm so glad to be able to see him live- in a band with three bassists and a drummer no less!

tick tick presents

Some Chicago free jazz coming up on Dec 9. It should be excellent! Some members of Vandermark 5, whom Greg booked last winter at the Firehouse, and they were awesome.



Tick Tick Presents:

THE ENGINES
Sunday, December 9th
The Firehouse Gallery
135 Church St, Burlington, VT
Doors at 7:30 pm
First set at 8pm, second set at 9:15
$7 advance tickets, $10 day of.

Call 802.540.0088 or email dale@ticktick.org for will call tickets.

THE ENGINES, one of Chicago's strongest improvising bands, announces a 13-date North American tour for December 2007, to coincide with the release of their self-titled debut on the Okkadisk imprint ( www.okkadisk.com). This collaborative band features four mainstays of the Chicago jazz and improvised music scene, with Jeb Bishop on trombone (Jeb Bishop Trio, Brotzmann Tentet, School Days), Dave Rempis on saxophones (Rempis Percussion Quartet, Triage, Vandermark Five), Nate McBride on bass (FME, Powerhouse Sound, Pandelis Karayorgis Trio), and Tim Daisy on drums (Festival Quartet, Dragons 1976, Vandermark Five).

The Engines started as a trio with a residency at Chicago's Empty Bottle in the summer of 2005. Bishop was added as a regular member after he joined them for one concert in May of 2006, since the dynamic of the group as a quartet worked so well. Since then, they've been working regularly in Chicago at many of the venues associated with creative music including The Hideout, Elastic, The Hungry Brain, and The Velvet Lounge.

All of these musicians have distinguished themselves as both leaders and sidemen, but formed this band as a collaborative meeting of minds and talents. Each member contributes original compositions, producing a wide set of expressive possibilities ranging from high-energy jousting over driving bass vamps to quieter moments of melodic exploration. With McBride on both acoustic and electric bass, the band can explore some of the sonic textures associated with the early AACM, or launch into hard-hitting Zeppelin-like grooves, and they use this range of possibilities to its fullest.

MORE INFORMATION ON THE ENGINES AND THEIR MUSIC IS ONLINE @ WWW.THEENGINES.NET

bennink in montreal

tomorrow jay (spitting out teeth) and I are going to the festival international de jazz de montreal to see han bennink, a dutch drummer who is quickly becoming one of my favorite musician. I used to try to get to montreal jazz fest every year- but its been probably 4 years since i've made it. the first time was an accident, i went up with my brother and some of his friends to see edgefest, which was a rock fest featuring collective soul, our lady peace, and the tea party (you stay silent, knowing, always in time- see how this love stays divine) but there was awesome street jazz everywhere and rush was playing at the spectrum and i stood in front listening to a good 10 minutes of neil pearts drum solo in awe (i was 16)

but i digress

han bennink is playing in a duet with the pianist anthony coleman, whom allmusic.com describes as '(a) talented standout of the avant-garde and klezmer-oriented jazz coming out of N.Y.C.'s downtown throughout the '80s and '90s" it should be an awesome show!

hopefully I'll see everyone tonight at the superfun place...bring beer, hoola hoops, and squirt guns.

JB

European Free Improvisation

an amazingly detailed website i found about the european free improv scene. with bio's and discographies and even mp3 samples. man, those europeans love their free music! link