Triage in Kalamazoo

[Lazaro Vega]

BLACK JACK PRODUCTIONS presents

 

TRIAGE

(Okkadisk/Chicago, IL/free jazz & improvised music/members of the VANDERMARK 5)

http://www.okkadisk.com/

 

From the press release:

Triage is one of the most active young bands on the improvised music scene in Chicago today.  Initially conceived by Dave Rempis on saxophones, with Jason Ajemian on bass and Tim Daisy on drums, the group has been key to defining the sound of a new generation of Chicago improvisers.  With regular work over the last five years at Chicago venues such as the Empty Bottle, the Velvet Lounge, 3030, the Hothouse, the Nervous Center, and the Hungry

Brain, the group has fine-tuned their approach to a music which is currently undergoing a great renaissance in this city. They’ve also toured extensively in the US, completing four lengthy tours in as many years, with an inaugural tour of Europe in November of 2004.  With such frequent performances, the band has established itself as one of the few working groups in an era of “project” bands.

As a trio, these three combine to create wide-ranging forms of musical _expression. Performing original compositions almost exclusively, the band moves through quiet textural pieces,grooving jazz-oriented tunes, and wailing, expressionistic romps with equal ability.  Using these compositions as a springboard for their improvisations, they manage to combine the rhythmic sensibilities of the American jazz and free jazz tradition with the more abstract spaces frequently associated with European improvisers. The reconstitution of stylistic elements from these disparate traditions sheds light on both of them in a unique and powerful way.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005

9PM Doors 10PM Show  $5.00

Performing Two Sets!!

 

KRAFTBRAU BREWERY

402 E Kalamazoo Ave

Kalamazoo, MI

(269) 384-0288

www.kraftbraubrewery.com

 

[ghost of miles]

Anybody in the area should check 'em out--you won't regret it.