alankin Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Posted April 30, 2011 This coming Friday: Reptet Friday, May 6th Chris’ Jazz Café - Philadelphia, PA Quote
Chalupa Posted May 3, 2011 Report Posted May 3, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqCOTZYi3hw&feature=uploademail Quote
Chalupa Posted May 11, 2011 Report Posted May 11, 2011 From Twitter just moments ago.... Ars Nova Workshop Just locked in June dates with Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Henry Threadgill and more! :party: :party: Quote
Chalupa Posted May 11, 2011 Report Posted May 11, 2011 Threadgill June 5 An evening of chamber works by Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble Quote
alankin Posted May 11, 2011 Author Report Posted May 11, 2011 Threadgill June 5 An evening of chamber works by Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble Quote
Peter Johnson Posted May 11, 2011 Report Posted May 11, 2011 Threadgill June 5 An evening of chamber works by Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble Incredible!!! Quote
alankin Posted May 11, 2011 Author Report Posted May 11, 2011 (edited) This isn't jazz, but might be of interest to some: A Morton Feldman Festival: Bowerbird is proud to present AMERICAN SUBLIME, the first major festival in Philadelphia devoted to the singular music of Morton Feldman (1926-87), Saturday, June 4 - Sunday, June 12. The festival is includes seven concerts at venues throughout the city, with performances by some of the leading Feldman interpreters of our time. AMERICAN SUBLIME focuses on music from the last years of Feldman's life, all of it heard for the first time in Philadelphia. The centerpiece is an extremely rare performance of his monumental, six-hour String Quartet No. 2, which concludes the festival at the Philadelphia Cathedral on June 12. Music critic Kyle Gann remarks that "in the current Babel of musical styles, Feldman is almost the only composer whose music appeals across stylistic boundaries, among minimalists, postserialists, 12-tone holdouts, electronic composers, academics, Downtowners, MAX programmers, DJ artists, and other miscellaneous wastrels." Feldman's utterly unique musical language, abstract yet deeply personal, leaves an indelible impression. AMERICAN SUBLIME takes its name from the title of an essay by critic/author Alex Ross on Feldman's music, capturing two essential qualities of Feldman's music: the vital place it occupies in the American experimental tradition, and the numinous, otherworldly quality of the music itself, akin to the paintings of the composer's close friend, Mark Rothko. More information is available at: http://www.americansublime.org Tickets are now on sale: http://www.eventbrite.com/org/1129087673 Edited May 11, 2011 by alankin Quote
Chalupa Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 This is going to be insanely great!!!! AACM | Great Black Music | June 4 – June 13 | Philadelphia, PA, USA Saturday, June 4 at Philadelphia Art Alliance (251 S. 18th Street) 6pm | A public discussion with Wadada Leo Smith and music scholar John Szwed 8pm | A solo performance by WADADA LEO SMITH Sunday, June 5 at Christ Church Neighborhood House (20 N. American Street) 6pm | A public discussion with Henry Threadgill and Francis Davis 8pm | A performance by HENRY THREADGILL'S ZOOID Saturday, June 11 at German Society of Pennsylvania (611 Spring Garden St.) Composer Portrait: Roscoe Mitchell 8pm | Chamber works by ROSCOE MITCHELL performed by the S.E.M ENSEMBLE, THOMAS BUCKER, and JOSEPH KUBERA + ROSCOE MITCHELL/EVAN PARKER DUO Sunday, June 12 at Settlement Music School (416 Queen Street) Composer Portrait: Roscoe Mitchell 6pm | A public discussion with Roscoe Mitchell and music writer Nate Chinen 8pm | A performance by ROSCOE MITCHELL AND THE SOUND ENSEMBLE Monday, June 13 at The Maas Building (1325 Randolph Street) 8pm | A performance by the MIKE REED/JEFF PARKER DUO, A public discussion with music writer David Adler, and THE COLLIDE QUARTET perform HENRY THREADGILL'S "BACKGROUND" http://arsnovaworkshop.org Quote
Peter Johnson Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Ars Nova is KILLING IT this season! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Wish I had seen this last Thursday... Cool! Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 5, 2011 Report Posted June 5, 2011 I am seriously toying with the idea of driving to Philly for Roscoe's events. Maybe I can convince Skid to ride along. Quote
alankin Posted June 6, 2011 Author Report Posted June 6, 2011 (edited) I hope to get to at least one of the Roscoe concerts. Not sure of my schedule yet. I can't use the travel time as an excuse. Edited June 6, 2011 by alankin Quote
Chalupa Posted June 8, 2011 Report Posted June 8, 2011 Just a reminder... AACM | GREAT BLACK MUSIC A festival presented by Ars Nova Workshop Saturday, June 11, 8pm AN EVENING OF CHAMBER WORKS BY ROSCOE MITCHELL performed by the S.E.M ENSEMBLE, THOMAS BUCKER, JOSEPH KUBERA, and ROSCOE MITCHELL-EVAN PARKER DUO German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden Street $15 General Admission “Even in the jazz avant-garde, Roscoe Mitchell qualifies as an iconoclast. He uses ideas from Western and non-Western classical music, as well as the jazz tradition, to write music that swings like mad or, deliberately, doesn't swing at all.” -The New York Times In celebration of Roscoe Mitchell's 70th birthday, please join Ars Nova Workshop for night one of our Composer Portrait: Roscoe Mitchell series featuring various chamber works written throughout his career including "Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City" and "NONAAH" (for chamber ensemble), "three poems by e.e. cummings (for piano and voice)," and "8-8-88" (for piano). Tonight will also feature a very special duo performance by Roscoe Mitchell and British saxophonist Evan Parker. http://arsnovaworkshop.org/events/evening-chamber-works-roscoe-mitchell-06-11-2011 Supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Music Project. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sunday, June 12, 8pm ROSCOE MITCHELL AND THE SOUND ENSEMBLE Roscoe Mitchell, saxophones Hugh Ragin, trumpet Spencer Barefield, guitar Jaribu Shahid, double-bass Tani Tabbal, drums [6pm | A free public discussion with Roscoe Mitchell and Nate Chinen] Settlement Music School, 416 Queen Street $15 General Admission Please join Ars Nova Workshop for night two of our Composer Portrait: Roscoe Mitchell series featuring a performance by Mitchell's Sound Ensemble, a quintet with Hugh Ragin, Spencer Barefield, Tani Tabbal, and Jaribu Shahid. A free pre-concert public discussion will be held at 6pm with New York Times music writer Nate Chinen and Mitchell: they will discuss the AACM's legacy and future, as well as Mitchell's current work. A leader in the field of avant-garde jazz and contemporary music, composer-performer Roscoe Mitchell is a founding member of the world renowned Art Ensemble of Chicago, the AACM, and the Trio Space. His role in the resurrection of long neglected woodwind instruments of extreme register, his innovation as a solo woodwind performer, and his reassertion of the jazz composer into what has traditionally been an improvisational form have placed him at the forefront of contemporary music for over four decades. He has recorded over 90 albums and has written over 250 compositions, which range from classical to contemporary, wild and forceful, and free jazz to ornate chamber music. He is currently a faculty member at Mills College, and has recently worked with Vijay Iyer, Dave Burrell, Muhal Richard Abrams, Craig Taborn, the Janåcek Philharmonic, and the S.E.M. Ensemble. http://arsnovaworkshop.org/events/roscoe-mitchell-and-sound-ensemble-06-12-2011 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Monday, June 13, 8pm HENRY THREADGILL'S "BACKGROUND" (for saxophone quartet) + MIKE REED-JEFF PARKER DUO [plus a public discussion with David Adler, Mike Reed and Jeff Parker] The Maas Building, 1325 Randolph Street $10 General Admission Please join Ars Nova Workshop for a special double-header featuring New York City's Collide Saxophone Quartet performing early AACM member Henry Threadgill's work, "Background," and a duo performance by young AACM members and Chicagoans Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Brian Blade, Joshua Redman) and Mike Reed (Rob Mazurek, Bill Dixon, Roscoe Mitchell). Between sets there will be a public discussion led by jazz writer and educator David Adler, who will talk with tonight's musicians about ther involvement with the AACM. http://arsnovaworkshop.org/events/henry-threadgill’s-“background”-saxophone-quartet-jeff-parkermike-reed-duo-06-13-2011 Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 8, 2011 Report Posted June 8, 2011 Spoke with Roscoe about an hour ago. He's in great spirits and looking forward to his concerts. Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted June 8, 2011 Report Posted June 8, 2011 Wow, Roscoe and Evan...phenomenal... And the Sound Ensemble too... You know, I'd almost jump on a plane from the UK Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 15, 2011 Report Posted June 15, 2011 Did anyone go? I spoke with Roscoe yesterday and he was really pleased. Quote
Chalupa Posted June 16, 2011 Report Posted June 16, 2011 I went to both nights. Unfortunately I missed the first half of Saturday's concert - including Roscoe playing a improvised duet w/ Evan Parker. I heard that the show opened up w/ "8-8-88" that was played on a Bosendorfer by the S.E.M.'s pianist. This was followed by a duet w/ the pianist and Thomas Buckner and then the Roscoe/EP duet. The Saturday night show was in a big room that easily sat 250 and it was packed! Sunday's show was at a smaller venue and was very well attended. Both night's performances were great. Unfortunately Saturday night went unrecorded. Alas. Sunday's performance was recorded w/ Roscoe's blessing, however. I enjoyed the two pieces that the Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble performed on Saturday, with Nonaah being the highlight. Come to think of it that performance was really incredible w/ the expanded orchestra. Roscoe looked to be in a great mood all weekend and played his socks off on Sunday night. Hard to believe that he's 70. Quote
Peter Johnson Posted June 16, 2011 Report Posted June 16, 2011 Incredible and awe-inspiring. Kirby, I was looking for you--sorry we didn't connect! It's going to take me some time to process what I heard. Completely unreal. Chuck, you weren't able to cover the miles, I assume. A long way. I feel so fortunate and lucky to have ARS-NOVA making this stuff happen in my back yard. Quote
Chalupa Posted January 2, 2012 Report Posted January 2, 2012 Dave Burrell / Han Bennink - Monday 1/30 http://www.arsnovaworkshop.org/events/dave-burrell-han-bennink-01-30-2012 Quote
Leeway Posted January 3, 2012 Report Posted January 3, 2012 I'm pretty excited by the Nate Wooley concert on the 19th! Not sure I can make it up there due to work, but will see what can be done: Nate Wooley Quote
Chalupa Posted January 24, 2012 Report Posted January 24, 2012 Bobby Zankel will be performing a world premiere of a new Muhal Richard Abrams piece in April @ Montgomery County Community College. Have a look at this. Quote
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