Mars Williams presents an Ayler xmas

[cliffpeterson]

Mars Williams Presents An Ayler Xmas in December

Grammy-nominated saxophonist, composer and bandleader Mars Williams presents An Ayler Xmas — The Music of Albert Ayler & Songs of Christmas on Saturday, December 2 at 8 PM at Atlas Studios, located at 11 Spring Street in Newburgh, NY. This concert will be a co-production of Elysium Furnace Works in collaboration with Jazz at Atlas. General admission will be $20 at the door. Ample onsite parking is available.

For the last two of years, along with the annual Chicago performances, Williams has experimented by performing “An Ayler Xmas” in New Orleans, using local musicians. Building on their success this year, Williams expands his project by bringing it to select cities in the US and Europe featuring local improvisers from each host city. The tour will include the following citiies:

Dec. 1 – Holyoke, MA
Dec. 2 – Newburgh, NY
Dec. 4 – New York
Dec. 8 – New Orleans
Dec.10 – Chicago
Dec.15 – Vienna
Dec.16 – Wells, Austria
Dec.17 – Paris
Dec.20 – Antwerp
Dec.23 – Amsterdam

For the Newburgh performance (and Holyoke -see link below), the musicians performing will include:

Mars Williams – Saxophones, Toy Instruments
Joe McPhee – Trumpets, Saxophones
Joe Morris – Guitar
Hilliard Greene – Bass
Chris Corsano – Drums

 

More information about the Holyoke concert:

http://jazzshares.org/?p=977#more-977

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Wow - my old hometown of Holyoke, MA makes the list? That's pretty amazing considering the non-existent Jazz scene there.

Edited November 15, 2017 by Kevin Bresnahan

[mjazzg]

I'm just hoping the gaps between Paris, Antwerp and Amsterdam allow for a visit to London

[relyles]

3 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Wow - my old hometown of Holyoke, MA makes the list? That's pretty amazing considering the non-existent Jazz scene there.

It's part of the Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares series which presents a lot of concerts in Western, MA.

I may catch the Holyoke or Newburgh show.

[Steve Reynolds]

I’ll should be at the Newburgh show. Nice venue. I was at the Tim Berne Snakeoil

show a couple of months ago.

[Chuck Nessa]

We caught the Chicago event last year. It was a blast.

[OliverM]

Thanks for the notice, will be looking out for info on the Paris date.

[jlhoots]

I'd go to that - BUT they'll never even get close to where I am.

[David Ayers]

16 hours ago, jlhoots said:

I'd go to that - BUT they'll never even get close to where I am.

You need to grow your carbon footprint!

[Late]

Man, I wish Ayler would have recorded a Christmas album! Just imagine his rendition of "Silent Night."

I'd go to Williams' show ... if he came to the West Coast.

[jlhoots]

There's a CD of this stuff. Just ordered.

[Late]

On 11/16/2017 at 3:46 PM, jlhoots said:

There's a CD of this stuff.

Sound samples here. Christmas melodies and Ayler are actually a very logical fit! In places, Williams sounds amazingly close to Ayler.

[cliffpeterson]

Went to the Holyoke concert last night.  one 90 minute set.  Great show. the first 40 minutes or so followed in order the tunes on the cd.  Everybody sight reading the material (other than Williams).  Probably better later in the tour but last night was more than pretty good.