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rumors have it that Broken Shadows (Berne,Speed,King,Anderson) are playing in San Antonio (April 28) and Fort Worth (April 29) I don't have the details yet, but will post here when I do....

"The greatest trio on Earth" -- Geoff Dyer, The New York Times Magazine (My Obsession With the Necks) “The Necks and vortex of sound that makes the jazz trio among the world’s greatest forces in music.” -- Sasha Frere-Jones, Los Angeles Times Legendary Australian avant-jazz trio The Necks will be making their much anticipated return to the western hemisphere and appearing in your area this coming spring. In addition to Big Ears Festival in March, they will be playing dates across the U.S. THE NECKS U.S. DATES 2020 March 24 Portsmouth, NH @ The Press Room March 26 New York, NY @ (Le) Poisson Rouge - 2 shows - 7:30 & 10:00 March 26-29 Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears Festival April 1 Bellefontaine, OH @ Holland Theatre April 2 Iowa City, IA @ Mission Creek festival April 6 Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon April 7 Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon April 9 Austin, TX @ Epistrophy Arts April 10 Chicago, IL @ Constellation April 11 Chicago, IL @ Constellation

save the date! Epistrophy Arts presents Andrew Cyrille/Billy Harper duo at North Door - April 19. Nameless Sound and Project Rowhouses will present the duo on April 18 at the El Dorado Ballroom! more details to come Austin and Houston above...

Broken Shadows (Berne,King,Speed,Anderson) in Austin, Texas https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epistrophy-arts-presents-broken-shadows-bernekingandersonspeed-tickets-60416450229

Sonic Transmission 2019 April 11th Gerry Hemingway & Samuel Blaser Harris Eisenstadt Old Growth Forest (Sahara Lounge, 1413 Webberville Rd) June 13th Ryley Walker & Charles Rumback The Hatch (Beerland, 711 Red River St) July 5th Lisa Harris Dave Dove & Jawwaad Taylor Ground Floor Theatre (979 Springdale Rd) August 15th James Brandon Lewis Trio Steve Backzowski, Bill Nace & Chris Corsano (Beerland, 711 Red River St) Sept 5th Nels Cline, Joe McPhee & Tom Rainey Sarah Hennies (The North Door, 501 Brushy St) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sonic-transmissions-2019-festival-pass-tickets-55233994364

Fire! are touring the states Mats Gustafsson Johan Berthling Andreas Werliin 22.03.2019Fire!Big Ears, Knoxville, United Statesinfo 24.03.2019Fire!Hungry Brain, Chicago, United Statesinfo 25.03.2019Fire!Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, United Statesinfo 26.03.2019Fire!Rhizome, Washington, United Statesinfo 27.03.2019Fire!Boot & Saddle, Philadelphia, United Statesinfo 28.03.2019Fire!Blank Forms, New York, United Statesinfo 30.03.2019Fire!Epistrophy Arts, Austin, United Statesinfo http://earthwindand.com/wp/tour-dates/

Brötzmann/Leigh May 23 Austin, Texas The North Door (502 Brushy St.) Austin, Texas more details soon. as well as info about concerts in San Antonio, Dallas and Houston

Epistrophy Arts presents Fire! (Mats Gustafsson,Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin) Sat. March 30, 8PM The North Door (502 Brushy St.) Austin, Texas https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epistrophy-arts-presents-fire-gustafssonberthling-werliin-tickets-55238871953

An Die Musik

and for the 1 that can make it down 5 months from now.... Ches Smith/Craig Taborn/Mat Maneri North Door, Austin Texas Oct. 3. presented by Epistrophy Arts

I'm probably only talking to 3 people here, but don't miss this..... Thursday June 14th. Austin, Texas Jaime Branch's 'Fly or Die' and Jeff Parker and the New Breed https://www.sonictransmissions.com/june-14

NYC avant-jazz stalwarts join forces with The Bad Plus rhythm section in tribute to legendary Texas composers Ornette, Dewey Redman, Julius Hemphill and more Tim Berne - alto sax Dave King - drums Chris Speed - tenor sax Reid Anderson - bass Broken Shadows is a quartet of kindred spirits communing over shared loves and common inspirations, radiating not only homage but aspiration – to make music with deep roots reach out into the present moment, alive and attuned and moving through our air now. These four musicians hailing from the urban northern half of America – Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Reid Anderson and Dave King – have banded together to reinterpret the timeless sounds conjured by great men from the rural South and heartland of the country: Ornette Coleman, Julius Hemphill, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden. These iconic figures created an ever-resonant avant-garde out of the folk-art influences of their early surroundings, a canon that comprises the hard blues and deep lament, keening celebration and hollering protest. Wound through the DNA of such avant-jazz classics as “Dogon A.D.,” “Lonely Woman,” “Civilization Day,” “Walls- Bridges” and “Song for Ché” are the age-old sounds of back-alley bars and carnival midways, funeral processions and holiday parades, the rave-ups of Saturday night shading into the hymns of Sunday morning. The way saxophonists Berne and Speed perform this music with the bass-and-drum team of Anderson and King has a rocking, roughhewn harmonic convergence wholly in keeping with the source materials, even as their improvisations have a searching, burning modernism of their own. To channel the cultural history of this music, the players of Broken Shadows can rely on their personal history as friends and collaborators; among various associations, Speed played in Berne’s Bloodcount band in the 1990s, while Anderson and King are two-thirds of the genre defying band The Bad Plus. This foursome is onto something special here – the emotive breath and beat of this music being undeniable, infectious; these are players known for their ability to take it out, but Broken Shadows gives them a vehicle to get down. — Bradley Bambarger US Tour Dates and Cities May 15/16 jazz standard nyc 17/Portland,Maine 18/Regatta bar boston 19/Newburgh ny 23/Baltimore 24/Johnny Brenda Philly June 12/blue whale LA 13/Kuumbwa santa cruz 14/SF jazz 15/The Old Church Portland 16/Royal Room Seattle 17/madison,Wi 18/Icehouse Minneapolis 19/Chicago 20/Austin - North Door

http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/breaking-news/14861-jaimie-branch-moor-mother-and-jeff-parker-among-the-acts-at-austin-s-sonic-transmissions-fest "Texan Templars of outlier audio releases, Astral Spirits, have combined forces with fellow Austinite and double-bass phenomenon Ingebrigt Håker Flaten to help him curate and orchestrate his Sonic Transmissions Festival, which this year runs as a series of monthly performances. The five shows, which take place at Austin's Beerland, Sahara Lounge and Barracuda venues, are scheduled for 1 March, 19 April, 14 June, 16 August and 14 September and will feature touring acts alongside local musicians, with names already confirmed including Rob Mazurek, Jaimie Branch (pictured), Matthew Lux's Communication Arts Quartet, Moor Mother, Jeff Parker,Daniel Carter and Dave Rempis. – Spencer Grady " https://www.sonictransmissions.com/

Epistrophy Arts presents Broken Shadows(Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Dave King, Reid Anderson) Wed. June 20, 2018 8PM The North Door (502 Brushy St., Austin, Texas 78702) $20 advance tickets Only Texas Date on this tour Tim Berne - alto sax Dave King - drums Chris Speed - tenor sax Reid Anderson - bass Broken Shadows is a quartet of kindred spirits communing over shared loves and common inspirations, radiating not only homage but aspiration – to make music with deep roots reach out into the present moment, alive and attuned and moving through our air now. These four musicians hailing from the urban northern half of America – Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Reid Anderson and Dave King – have banded together to reinterpret the timeless sounds conjured by great men from the rural South and heartland of the country: Ornette Coleman, Julius Hemphill, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden. These iconic figures created an ever-resonant avant-garde out of the folk-art influences of their early surroundings, a canon that comprises the hard blues and deep lament, keening celebration and hollering protest. Wound through the DNA of such avant-jazz classics as “Dogon A.D.,” “Lonely Woman,” “Civilization Day,” “Walls- Bridges” and “Song for Ché” are the age-old sounds of back-alley bars and carnival midways, funeral processions and holiday parades, the rave-ups of Saturday night shading into the hymns of Sunday morning. The way saxophonists Berne and Speed perform this music with the bass-and-drum team of Anderson and King has a rocking, roughhewn harmonic convergence wholly in keeping with the source materials, even as their improvisations have a searching, burning modernism of their own. To channel the cultural history of this music, the players of Broken Shadows can rely on their personal history as friends and collaborators; among various associations, Speed played in Berne’s Bloodcount band in the 1990s, while Anderson and King are two-thirds of the genre defying band The Bad Plus. This foursome is onto something special here – the emotive breath and beat of this music being undeniable, infectious; these are players known for their ability to take it out, but Broken Shadows gives them a vehicle to get down. — Bradley Bambarger Epistrophy Arts is supported by individual contributions and by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division of the Economic Development Department photo credit: Wes Orshoski Epistrophy Arts is a grass-roots, community organization dedicated to presenting the finest in improvised music and avant-garde jazz in Austin, Texas. Since January of 1998 we have presented over 90 concerts and many public school workshops with major figures in new music throughout Austin.

Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten's Sonic Transmissions Festival Sept. 14-16 https://www.sonictransmissions.com/ ILOG · JAWWAAD · ANTELOPER · JOE MCPHEE · RODENTICIDE · LUNG LETTERS · SUSAN ALCORN · JAIMIE BRANCH · CARMELO TORRES · DJ GALA GALEANO · STEFAN GONZALEZ · KEN VANDERMARK· DJ MUTARRANCHO · BRANDON SEABROOK · BLACK UNITY ENSEMBLE · DJ PEDRITO Y SU TUMBAO · EIVIND OPSVIK'S 'OVERSEAS' · CHARALAMBIDES · CARMELO TORRES + LOS TOSCOS · INGEBRIGT HAKER FLATEN'S 'TIME MACHINE' · MATT BUTLER'S 'THE END OF THE WORLD ORCHESTRA' · COUNTER EXCHANGE with HENNA CHOU, JAIMIE BRANCH, CARL SMITH and TARIK AOSSEY

The official date for the Henry Threadgill and Zooid reschedule in Austin is August 12! https://threadgillatx.ticketleap.com/henry-threadgill/

David Murray and Kahil El Zabar in Austin 4/15 http://do512.com/events/2017/4/15/kahil-el-zabar-david-murray-duo

Presented by Epistrophy Arts and Liminal Sound seriesHenry Threadgill’s Zooid April 8th 2017 8:00 pmScottish Rite Theater Austin, TxMaster Class with Henry ThreadgillApril 7th 8:00 pmUT campus: MRH (Music Recital Hall)The Henry Threadgill Master Class will be a Q&A session. It is an open form session that can go where ever the questions lead. TICKETS AND INFORMATION -------------------- For over forty years, Henry Threadgill has been celebrated as one of the most forward-thinking composers and multi-instrumentalists in American music. The New York Times has called him “perhaps the most important jazz composer of his generation.” Born in 1944 in Chicago, Threadgill was an early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). The jazz avant-garde has produced dozens of notable improvisers (not surprisingly, since improvisation is arguably the music’s defining element) but relatively few great composers. Henry Threadgill is a member of that exclusive club. With his fellow Chicagoans Anthony Braxton and Muhal Richard Abrams, he’s one of the most original jazz composers of his generation. Threadgill’s art transcends stylistic boundaries. He embraces the world of music in its entirety, from ragtime to circus marches to classical to bop, free jazz, and beyond. Such might sound merely eclectic in the telling, but in truth, Threadgil always sounds like Threadgill. In for a Penny, In for a Pound by Henry Threadgill was named the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for “distinguished musical composition by an American.” In awarding the prize, the Pulitzer committee call the release “a highly original work in which notated music and improvisation mesh in a sonic tapestry that seems the very expression of modern American life.” We could not be more ecstatic for Henry and are honored to have been able to help document his work these last 15 years. This project is supported by individual contributions, and the City of Austin Cultural Arts program

AUSTIN TX OCT26 8pm @ THE NORTH DOOR http://do512.com/events/2016/10/26/nohband-berne-king-torn ANN ARBOR MI OCT 27 10PM w/special guest CRAIG TABORN @ CLUB ABOVE at THE HEIDELBERG RESTAURANT http://www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com/…/david_torns_nohband…/ MILWAUKEE WI OCT 28 8pm @ SUGAR MAPLE http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2589398 APPLETON WI OCT 29 @LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY CHICAGO IL OCT 30 730pm @CONSTELLATION http://heyevent.com/…/david-torn-tim-berne-dave-king-at-con… MINNEAPOLIS MN OCT 31 930pm @ICEHOUSE http://www.icehousempls.com/events/31oct16/jazzimplosion/noh

Epistrophy Arts presents Nohband David Torn - electric guitar Tim Berne - alto saxophone David King - drums Wednesday, October 26 8PM The North Door (502 Brushy) Austin,Texas https://www.artful.ly/epistrophy-arts David Torn's Nohband is a sonic voyage that defies categories and blurs boundaries, featuring three of the most recognizable names in experimental jazz with Tim Berne, and Dave King. The music has all of the David Torn trademarks: multi-layered textures, thick chords, disruptions, distortions and hypnotic loops. Torn wraps his sounds around those of his band mates, often taking apart their improvisations and reassembling them. www.screwgunrecords.com daveking.net www.davidtorn.net http://www.thebadplus.com/ “Torn, with his loops and sheer psychedelic abandon, is able to create dense textures, screaming intervallic leaps and dark-hued washes of sound that are as ingenious as they are impossible to imitate.” Downbeat “His (Torn's) work is very spiritual, and has an ephemeral quality that I adore.” David Bowie “Few musicians working in or around jazz over the past 30 years have developed an idiomatic signature more distinctive than Tim Berne.” New York Times

Epistrophy Arts presents Nohband David Torn - electric guitar Tim Berne - alto saxophone David King - drums Wednesday, October 26 8PM The North Door (502 Brushy) Austin,Texas https://www.artful.ly/epistrophy-arts David Torn's Nohband is a sonic voyage that defies categories and blurs boundaries, featuring three of the most recognizable names in experimental jazz with Tim Berne, and Dave King. The music has all of the David Torn trademarks: multi-layered textures, thick chords, disruptions, distortions and hypnotic loops. Torn wraps his sounds around those of his band mates, often taking apart their improvisations and reassembling them. www.screwgunrecords.com daveking.net www.davidtorn.net http://www.thebadplus.com/ “Torn, with his loops and sheer psychedelic abandon, is able to create dense textures, screaming intervallic leaps and dark-hued washes of sound that are as ingenious as they are impossible to imitate.” Downbeat “His (Torn's) work is very spiritual, and has an ephemeral quality that I adore.” David Bowie “Few musicians working in or around jazz over the past 30 years have developed an idiomatic signature more distinctive than Tim Berne.” New York Times

courtesy of Eremite MAY 2016 BRÖTZMANN NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 4tet with jason adasiewicz / john edwards / steve noble duo with heather leigh 10 V orlando timucua white house 4tet 11 V montreal casa del popolo 4tet 13 V louisville dreamland 4tet 14 V austin private event 4tet 15 V austin the north door 4tet 16 V los angeles the echoplex 4tet 17 V ojai oyes theater 4tet 18 V san francisco the chapel 4tet (with patrick wolff 6tet) 19 V portland mississippi studios 4tet 21 V chicago art institute of chicago 4tet & duo 22 V detroit trinosophes duo 23 V cleveland beachland ballroom duo 24 V cincinnati urban artifact duo 25 V philadelphia fringe arts duo 27 V toronto velvet underground duo

Peter Brötzmann Quartet presented by Epistrophy Arts The North Door 502 Brushy St, Austin, Texas 78702 Sunday, May 15 at 8 PM tickets From Germany, UK and ChicagoPeter Brötzmann - winds / Jason Adasiewicz - vibraphoneJohn Edwards - bass / Steve Noble - drums This project is supported in part by individual contributors, Ruby's BBQ and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department

The Thing are touring the US in support of their new release on Thing Records, Mats Gustafsson Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Paal Nilssen-Love They will be joined by James Blood Ulmer on Oct. 7 in Austin, Texas!! http://www.oosterop.com/2015/08/the-thing-us-tour-autumn-2015/ 27.09.2015Washington DCBohemian CavernsUnited StatesAdd 28.09.2015Philadelphia PAFringeArtsUnited StatesAdd 29.09.2015New York City NYRouletteUnited StatesAdd 30.09.2015Cleveland OHBop StopUnited StatesAdd 02.10.2015Chicago ILConstellationUnited StatesAdd 03.10.2015Detroit MITrinosophesUnited StatesAdd 04.10.2015Ann Arbour MIKerrytown ConcertUnited StatesAdd 05.10.2015New Orleans LAGasa GasaUnited StatesAdd 06.10.2015Austin TXThe Center SpotUnited StatesAdd 07.10.2015Austin TXNorth DoorUnited StatesAdd 08.10.2015Orlando FLTimucua White HouseUnited States