Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble
Seattle, St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 Tenth Av E, 8 pm, $18 in advance, $20 at the door, students and seniors pay as able.
"Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble presents "All Northwest" concert. This innovative annual event features world premieres and encore performances of music written exclusively by prestigious Northwest composers, as well as the winners of our Fifth-Annual Student Choral Composition Awards. This year Opus 7 features two world premieres: Oregon composer John Paul's ³None Other Lamb" and Opus 7 composer-in-residence John Muehleisen's Batter my heart three person'd God. We invite you to attend a special pre-concert discussion with the featured composers. Loren Ponten conducts."
Sunday, May 2nd
Project W and many others!
Seattle, New Orleans Cafe, Pioneer Square, 8 pm, $7 (joint admission), ages unknown.
"Project W makes its first ever appearance at the venerable trad jazz venue - the New Orleans - as part of an evening-long showcase for avant-garde/experimental groups. Seattle Weekly is showcasing 70 groups from 6PM to 11PM throughout Pioneer Square. Tentacle readers - come support the avant-garde!"
Monday, May 3rd
Sound of the Underbrush presents
Mike Marlin and Mark Collins
Seattle, Chamber Theater, Odd Fellows Hall, 915 E Pine, fourth floor, 8:30 pm, donation, all ages.
"Mike Marlin is an illegally blind musician ensconsed in Seattle since 1990. Though his former lives include stints as a Rock guitarist, Fusion bassist, and folk protest troubadour, Mike presently applies unconventional methodologies to the 5-string banjo. Using prepared objects such as egg beater, broom, and slinky, as well as his fingers, Mike creates unusual patterns and sounds that defy preconceived Bluegrassian notions and perplex seasoned banjo antagonists causing them to proclaim Bela Fleck as his wayward uncle who went mainstream.. Mike has played in notable groups such as Plutopolis, The Global Warmers, and recently Pulp Ensemble.Mark Collins has played in various improvised settings in the northwest, and with a good number of the folks known for also doing that sort of thing. Those others include Mr. Marlin, Matt Sperry, Angelina Baldoz, Doug Theriault, Tari Nelson Zagar, and Jesse Canterbury, among others. He's also played a long time with Aiko Shimada, and at times performs with latin duo Correo Aereo, when they need a bass player. Banjo 'n bass, mmmm..."
Thursday, May 6th
Polestar Music Gallery presents
Second Anniversary Festival of Creative Music
OTB Sextet / Gust Burns, Reuben Radding & Greg Campbell
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Avenue (at East Union), 8 pm, $10, all ages.
"Seattle pianist, improvisor, and composer Gust Burns opens Polestar's Second Anniversary Festival in a sextet and trio featuring some of the area's most accomplished creative musicians. New York-based bassist Reuben Radding, a Seattle favorite, returns for the premiere of a killer new improvising trio with Burns and mesmerizing percussionist Greg Campbell. This trio moves deftly from the hottest free jazz to extended-language free improvising to Third Stream tributaries - a tour de force to be sure.OTB is a cooperatively run sextet working to develop a repertoire utilizing both composition and improvisation in a mid-sized ensemble context. The unique instrumentation of violin, euphonium, piano, tenor saxophones, clarinets, and percussion gives OTB a unique sound among such ensembles, as do the diverse compositional styles of the group's members. For this performance, OTB will perform pieces by Adam Diller, Tom Swafford, Gust Burns, and John DePalatis."
Friday, May 7th
Polestar Music Gallery & Nonsequitur present
Second Anniversary Festival of Creative Music
John Butcher & Gino Robair / Zen Widow
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Avenue (at East Union), 8 pm, $10, all ages.
"Europe meets the Bay Area in both sets of this performance co-presented by longtime adventurous music presenter Nonsequitur. Scintillating London soprano and tenor saxophonist John Butcher is one of the leading innovators in creative music - or any other kind. His free-improvising duo with inventive Bay Area percussionist Gino Robair (Anthony Braxton, Splatter Trio) is simply not to be missed. Butcher and Robair use improvisation to explore the extreme ranges of their instruments while avoiding the stereotypical elements found in jazz-based sax/drum duos. Butcher's extended techniques include a full range of multiphonics; Robair uses bows and motorized implements to get unusual textures out of ordinary percussion instruments and found objects.Blessed with real character, Zen Widow is always just the next moment away from creating more delicious riddles. This trio of Italian reed man Gianni Gebbia, pianist Matthew Goodheart, and percussionist Garth Powell marshals an incredible diversity of sounds into tightly focused gems that are never less than fascinating and strangely fitting. Possessed of a natural fire and remarkable sense of intuition, they are a testament to the virtues of deep listening and the practice of instant composition by three master improvising musicians."
S.U. High Wire Performing Arts Series presents
Aono Jikken Ensemble & "A Page Of Madness"
Seattle, Seattle University (Broadway & Madison), Fine Arts Building, 7:30 pm, $8, all ages.
"Aono Jikken Ensemble revives their acclaimed live score for the 1926 Japanese silent film "A Page Of Madness (Kurutta Ippeiji)." This rarely-seen, avant-garde classic by Teinosuke Kinugasa has been cited by film historian James Card as "A mind-boggling masterpiece. Set in an insane asylum the film is an intriguing cross between (The Cabinet Of Dr.) Caligari" and "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." AJE, using a structured improvisational approach, employs a wide range of instrumentation that includes traditional Asian, Western and world instruments, found objects, children's toys, and specially created sound devices made of metal, bamboo, kelp and other materials. AJE will open the evening with a short set of music and dance featuring choreographer Yoko Murao. Copies of the group's lavish, and now hard-to-find, soundtrack CD for "A Page Of Madness" will be available for purchase at the shows.[ Note: Venue seating is limited - reservations are strongly recommended.] Contact/Reservations: (206) 296-5360. "William Satake Blauvelt (taiko, percussion) Susie Kozawa (sound objects, toys) Yoko Murao (voice, sound objects, dance) Michael Shannon (erhu, dilruba, reeds) Esther Sugai (flutes, reeds) Stan Shikuma (taiko, percussion)."
Saturday, May 8th
Polestar Music Gallery presents
Second Anniversary Festival of Creative Music
Ursel Schlicht & Reuben Radding
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Avenue (at East Union), 8 pm, $10, all ages.
"For this special performance, Polestar welcomes back from New York one of Seattle's favorite creative musicians, bassist Reuben Radding, in duo with probing German-born pianist Ursel Schlicht. The duo of Schlicht and Radding promises an exciting evening of wide-ranging creative interplay: new music-influenced improvisations; Schlicht's traditional-and-prepared piano explorations; Radding's warm contrabass tone and engaging extended techniques; and much more. Sure to be one of the highlights of the festival."S.U. High Wire Performing Arts Series presents
Aono Jikken Ensemble & "A Page Of Madness"
Seattle, Seattle University (Broadway & Madison), Fine Arts Building, 7:30 pm, $8, all ages.
(see description 5/7)
Sunday, May 9th
Polestar Music Gallery and the Washington Composers Forum presents
Second Anniversary Festival of Creative Music
Julie Ives
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Avenue (at East Union), 8 pm, $10, all ages.
"Washington Composers Forum joins Polestar to present Julie Ives in a dazzling program of 20th- and 21st-Century piano repertoire. Ives is an active Seattle soloist, accompanist, teacher, and chamber musician. She graced our stage with the ensemble Sorelle during last year's anniversary celebration, and we're very pleased to welcome her back. For Charles Ives's "Tom Sails Away," she'll be joined by guest vocalist Mike Coffey. On the program for this evening are pieces by Toru Takemitsu, Gyorgy Ligeti, Paul Swenson, Sarah Bassingthwaighte, and last but definitly not least, Charles Ives Piano Sonata No. 2."
Monday, May 10th
Music of Remembrance
Seattle, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 3rd and Union, 7:30 pm, $25.
"Letter to Warsaw" world premiere, composed by Thomas Pasatieri for Jane Eaglen. This 70-minute work for chamber orchestra and soprano is based on six poems by Pola Braun, who was an acclaimed cabaret songwriter and performer in prewar Poland. She continued to create songs and poetry even after her incarceration during the Holocaust. For this extraordinary work, composer Pasatieri used texts written by Braun in the Warsaw Ghetto and at the Majdanek concentration camp, where she where she was one of approximately 18,000 Jewish prisoners executed on November 3, 1943. Jane Eaglen, soprano. Gerard Schwarz, conductor. Joined by the Music of Remembrance chamber orchestra."Sound of the Underbrush presents
Crane & Swafford Duo / Tamara Weikel's 66 Strings
Seattle, Chamber Theater, Odd Fellows Hall 915 E Pine, fourth floor, 8:30 pm, donation, all ages.
"The Crane/Swafford duo features Matt Crane (drums) and Tom Swafford (violin) banging the shit out of their instruments. Contemporary music for tomorrow. Set Two will feature Tamara Weikel and her 66 Strings. This ensemble utilizes the voice and string orchestra with an utterly bombastic zest for life. As always, set three is open to others sitting in with the fetured performers."
Polestar Music Gallery presents
Second Anniversary Festival of Creative Music Phonographers Union Perri Lynch, Heather Perkins, Steve Barsotti, Jonathan Way, Toby Paddock, Mark Griswold, Christopher Delaurenti, Robert Millis & Doug Haire
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Avenue (at East Union), 8 pm, $10, all ages.
"What is phonography? The simple answer is that phonography (literally "sound-writing") refers to field recording. This entails the capture of any event that can be reproduced and represented as sound. It is distinct from recording in general only to the extent that the capture of sound is privileged over its production. This bias reflects an attempt to discover rather than invent.Tonight's performance by Puget Sound region phonographers will consist entirely of live mixing of recordings of environmental sounds: e.g. a toaster, elephant seals, luggage being dragged through an airport, ambience inside a stairwell, wasps, trees in wind, heat vents, hippos, radiator pipes, hinges, water under a dock, screaming crowds, and so on. None of the sounds will be processed in any way except for occasional equalization. The entire event will be completely improvisational."
The Dead Science / Open City / Burning Star Core / Sharon Cheslow / Deacon Yellow Swans
Seattle, Drone Hill, 2711 14th Ave S, 7:30 pm, donation, age unknown.
"The Dead Science(sometimes members of Degenerate Art Ensemble & Xiu Xiu-sad art songs on guitar, upright bass, voice, et al.) Open City(Los Angeles improv trio featuring Andrew Maxwell of the Curtains) Burning Star Core (Cincinnati noise mang; Terry Riley vs. Cock ESP) Sharon Cheslow(Oaklad punk rock sound/performance artist) Deacon Yellow Swans(from Portland-Throbbing proto-future noise)."
Thursday, May 13th
Polestar Music Gallery presents
Second Anniversary Festival of Creative Music Wally Shoup Trio / Gregory Reynolds
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Avenue (at East Union), 8 pm, $10, all ages. "For our second anniversary, we're thrilled to welcome back the Wally Shoup Trio [Wally Shoup (alto sax) Reuben Radding (bass) Bob Rees (drums)] the group that launched the musical adventure that is Polestar Music Gallery on opening night: May 15, 2002. Since that time the trio has released a critically acclaimed recording on Leo Records (Fusillades and Lamentations), and despite bassist Reuben Radding's relocation to New York, they continue to occasionally thrill audiences with their special amalgamation of creative jazz and free improvisation.The opening set features one of the most accomplished and distinctive young creative musicians in Seattle, alto saxophonist Gregory Reynolds. Gregory will present what is sure to be a stellar solo set, creating a special sonic space in what he calls "the singing confines of Polestar.
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Seattle, Sand Point Building 67, 7400 Sand Point Way, 8 pm, $15, all ages.
"A new blistering dance work-in-progress with the earth shaking live sounds of "panthrastic harp zither", the ³spike² and the "broken ribs", Cuckoo Crow, Now in a two week run at the Sand Point Naval Station as part of "Industrioal Performance Project", a five group site-specific performance festival."
Friday, May 14th
Polestar Music Gallery presents
Second Anniversary Festival of Creative Music Kaffe Matthews
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Avenue (at East Union), 8 pm, $10, all ages.
"London-based electronics artist Kaffe Matthews last visited Seattle in 1998, not long after she began touring utilizing an electronically restructured violin and processed environmental sounds via remote microphones. No longer playing violin, Matthews improvises the performance space in the dark through a quadrophonic speaker system, exploiting a theremin, microphones, and feedback via live sampling and processing, now making beautifully clear and more minimal works."
Corrie Befort and Tom Baker "what remains"
Seattle, Velocity MainSpace Theater, 914 Pine Street, 2nd Floor, 8 pm, $14 door, $12 reservation, $10 groups + students, all ages.
"What is intimacy? Are we ever truly able to see someone else's uncertainty, grace, or rage and understand it? If the layers and barriers are peeled away, what remains? Collaborators choreographer Corrie Befort and composer Tom Baker create a hyper-physical and darkly riveting fantasy world that reveals the complexity of being alone. Baker has crafted a viscerally tangible electronic score that weaves through Befort's strangely humorous and unsettlingly violent choreography. A ³coffee hour" turned wild careening amidst tables of pies, and red gore dissolving into rose petals are just a few of the bizarre turns in this dance/theater piece. Seattle dance phenoms John Dixon, Beth Graczyk, and Trez McBean, star in "what remains", an evening length piece about the solitary human and the desires of the heart. The full cast features Emily Stone, Amelia Reeber, Dorienne Gantar, Andrew Hudak, Stephen Hando, Marisha Doan, Elizabeth Cortez, Sebastian Lange, Vanessa De Wolf, and Ricki Mason. Reservations and general info: 206 324-6780."Rik Wright's Zen Tornad
Seattle, Old Pequliar (Ballard), 1722 NW Market Street, 9 pm, free, 21+.
"The sonic voyages of Rik Wright's Zen Tornado are built on a foundation of classic jazz, but the quintet of Rik¹s guitar joined by saxophone, violin, double bass and drums, quickly sidesteps the confines of genres."Degenerate Art Ensemble
Seattle, Sand Point Building 67, 7400 Sand Point Way, 8 pm, $15, all ages.
see description 5/13
Saturday, May 15th
Polestar Music Gallery presents
Second Anniversary Festival of Creative Music Wolfgang Fuchs / Anne LeBaron / Torsten Müller & Ronit Kirchman
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Avenue (at East Union), 8 pm, $10, all ages.
"A great evening of solos, duos, and other combinations of this international array of fantastic improvisors, all of whom have played together at one time or another. Celebrated German reed virtuoso Wolfgang Fuchs played Polestar during both our opening week in May 2002, and our 2003 first anniversary celebration; we're proud to have him back for a solo set during this special time for our concert venue.Anne LeBaron, the internationally renowned composer, harpist, and teacher (California Institute of the Arts), will also play a solo set comprising compositions and improvisations. Among her many accomplishments as a composer, instrumentalist, and lecturer, LeBaron is known for pioneering extended techniques and electronic enhancements for the harp.
Finally, the great German improvising bassist Torsten Müller, now living up in Vancouver, B.C., will perform in duo with excellent young Los Angeles violinist Ronit Kirchman, who along with LeBaron, played at last year's Total Music Meeting in Berlin - organized by none other than Wolfgang Fuchs. Don't miss this wonderful evening of diverse, high-level creative music with artists who are thrilled to be resuming their musical relationships on Polestar's stage."
Corrie Befort and Tom Baker "what remains"
Seattle, Velocity MainSpace Theater, 914 Pine Street, 2nd Floor, 8 pm, $14 door, $12 reservation, $10 groups + students, all ages.
see 5/14 description above.Degenerate Art Ensemble
Seattle, Sand Point Building 67, 7400 Sand Point Way, 8 pm, $15, all ages.
see description 5/13.
Sunday, May 16th
Earshot Jazz presents
Tin Hat Trio with Zeena Parkins
Seattle, Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave, 8 pm, $12, 21+.
"One of the most delightfully accomplished, and eccentric, ensembles in modern music. Joining the trio is electronics artist, and concert harpist, Zeena Parkins. The "profoundly charming" Bay-area chamber-jazz trio includes Karla Kihlstedt on violin, Rob Burger on accordion and harmonica, and Mark Orton on guitar and dobro. Their engaging music evokes Astor Piazzolla as much as Tom Waits, and country blues as much as Parisian cafe music. The friendly charm of the Tractor Tavern provides the perfect compliment to this rare musical experience."Polestar Music Gallery presents
Second Anniversary Festival of Creative Music Seattle Chamber PLayers / Cipher
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Avenue (at East Union), 8 pm, $10, all ages.
"Hailed for their daring and intelligent programming with uncompromising artistic and spirited performances, the Seattle Chamber Players enjoy a growing international reputation. For fourteen years, SCP's four core members - Laura DeLuca, clarinet, David Sabee, cello, Mikhail Shmidt, violin, and Paul Taub, flute - have been passionately dedicated to introducing a wide range of composers whose styles and influences broaden the language of contemporary chamber music. Tonight, sans the vacationing Paul Taub, SCP will perform a program of solos, duos and trios chosen from their vast, intriguing repertoire.Performing original compositions and free and structured improvisations, Cipher is comprised of some of our favorite Seattle adventurous musicians. Premiered at Polestar last October, the quartet draws on its members' (Tari Nelson Zagar, Tom Swafford, Jesse Canterbury, Greg Sinibaldi) diverse musical backgrounds as they explore the many timbral possibilities of their novel instrumental combination. Their work ranges from delicate chamber explorations to highly charged, rollicking improvisations. Not to be missed."
Corrie Befort and Tom Baker "what remains"
Seattle, Velocity MainSpace Theater, 914 Pine Street, 2nd Floor, 8 pm, $14 door, $12 reservation, $10 groups + students, all ages.
see 5/14 description above.Prospettiva Plural XIV - Low Winds
Seattle, CoCA, 410 Dexter Ave N, 4 pm, $8/$5 CoCA members, all ages.
"Featuring 3 30-minute solo piano performances by: Arrington De Dionyso - bass clarinet Craig Flory - baritone sax, bass clarinet Scott Granlund - bass saxophone "Prospettiva Plural is a monthly series of music that presents diverse perspectives and approaches to performing on a single given instrument at each concert. Practitioners of improvised and composed music working from jazz, new music, and improvised music backgrounds are billed alongside each other, encouraging a dialogue between these areas of music-making. Prospettiva Plural takes place every third Sunday at CoCA and is sponsored by CoCA(center on contemporary art) & Earshot Jazz and made possible by funding from the City of Seattle office of Arts & Cultural Affairs"
Monday, May 17th
Sound of the Underbrush presents
The UWTB Quartet
Seattle, Chamber Theater, Odd Fellows Hall 915 E Pine, fourth floor, 8:30 pm, donation, all ages.
"The UWTB Quartet explores free improvisation through a series of originally conceived musical games. Each game acts as a set of "rules" used to inspire communication and interaction between the musicians. The musicians are all members of the Monktail Creative Music Concern, and include: Ryan Murtfeldt (saxophone and flute), Stephen Parris (electric guitar), Mark Ostrowski (percussion), and Julie Baldridge (violin). The second set will be organized around a series of rotating duets and trios. As always, the last set will be opened up to participation by any interested audience members."QUAKE presents
"Voyage of Discovery"
Seattle, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 7:30 pm, $20, $10 for students and seniors.
"In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Lewis and Clark's journey to the Pacific Northwest, Quake presents "Voyage of Discovery". The final performance of Quakes 2003-2004 season is an exploration of music, history, and the idea of discovery. In addition to the programmed music, Quake will present a narrative-musical journey westward through time.Beginning with Beethovens Romance in G major, the concert then moves westward and forward to the end, where a work by a composer from Hoquiam will be featured as the last of the Quake-arranged interludes. The first half will conclude with Peter Schickele's 1982 Quartet for Violin, Clarinet, 'Cello, and Piano. The second half is comprised of two pieces based on North American indigenous peoples' music: Alfred Reed's Serenade, and John Thow's Chumash Songs (Kapúmi Xucu).
Quake includes current and former members of such divergent groups as the Kronos Quartet, Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the "Jazz Talk" Octet, the University of Washington faculty, and the rock band Relative Sight. Hailed in the Tacoma Reporter for "...creating entirely new and amazing performance experiences," Quake continues to engage audiences with their rich and varied repertoire, superior musicianship, and sense of humor."
Thursday, May 20th
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Seattle, Sand Point Building 67, 7400 Sand Point Way, 8 pm, $15, all ages.
"A new blistering dance work-in-progress with the earth shaking live sounds of "panthrastic harp zither", the ³spike² and the "broken ribs", Cuckoo Crow, Now in a two week run at the Sand Point Naval Station as part of "Industrioal Performance Project", a five group site-specific performance festival."
Corrie Befort and Tom Baker "what remains"
Seattle, Velocity MainSpace Theater, 914 Pine Street, 2nd Floor, 8 pm, $14 door, $12 reservation, $10 groups + students, all ages.
see 5/14 description above.Rik Wright's Zen Tornado
Seattle, Floyd's Place, 521 1st Avenue N, 9 pm, $5, 21+.
"The Seattle-based troupe invigorates the improv jam ethos by incorporating touches of electronica and ambient textures, giving the tunes an angularity that is the aural equivalent of curling smoke."Kumbha Mela Sonic Travelogue
Seattle, Travelers, 501 E Pine St, 8 pm, price unknown, age unknown.
"Featuring Doug Haire (sound recordist), James R. Cobb III (composer/quietist), and David Brunn (location sound recordings and tabla). In 2001 a group of people most from the northwest and the Seattle area traveled to India to participate in the Maha Kumbha Mela, a huge religious festival and the largest gathering of humanity ever on this planet. Now they are returning to Travelers to guide you on a journey through sound, a sonic travelogue to the Kumbha Mela at Allahabad. Come and experience the sounds of the magical, spiritual and transformative event that is the Kumbha Mela."Degenerate Art Ensemble
Seattle, Sand Point Building 67, 7400 Sand Point Way, 8 pm, $15, all ages.
see description 5/20.
Saturday, May 22nd
Corrie Befort and Tom Baker "what remains"
Seattle, Velocity MainSpace Theater, 914 Pine Street, 2nd Floor, 8 pm, $14 door, $12 reservation, $10 groups + students, all ages.
see 5/14 description above.Rik Wright's Zen Tornado
Chehalis, The Matrix Coffeehouse, 434 NW Prindle St, 8 pm, $5, all ages.
"By blending traditional rock and folk instrumentation with impressionistic modern jazz influences, Zen Tornado¹s innovative soundscapes are a case study in 21st century composition."Degenerate Art Ensemble
Seattle, Sand Point Building 67, 7400 Sand Point Way, 8 pm, $15, all ages.
see description 5/20.
Sunday, May 23rd
Corrie Befort and Tom Baker "what remains"
Seattle, Velocity MainSpace Theater, 914 Pine Street, 2nd Floor, 8 pm, $14 door, $12 reservation, $10 groups + students, all ages.
see 5/14 description above.
Wednesday, May 26th
Seattle Noise Festival (free kick off show) Nth / subduction (xaxis wye & bios+a+ic) / Shinshuke
Seattle, Coffee Messiah, 1554 E Olive Way, 7 pm, free, all ages.
"The First annual Seattle Noise Festival showcases some of the best West Coast noise artists currently performing live. Expect extreme sonic textures that will challenge your mind and body. This ain¹t your mama¹s Punk Rock, or Heavy Metal. Earplugs will be provided."
Thursday, May 27th
FAB Trio: Joe Fonda, Barry Altschul & Billy Bang
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at East Union), 8 pm, $10, all ages.
"Although Polestar is on break between our Spring and Summer Seasons, we couldn't say no to presenting a special performance featuring this trio of creative jazz legends. Drummer Barry Altschul anchored the seminal 1970s quartet Circle, along with Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton, and Dave Holland. Violinist Billy Bang's exciting work with String Trio of New York blazed new trails for the violin in jazz. Bassist Joe Fonda has performed with a who's who of creative jazz artists, including a very long stint with Anthony Braxton. Their FAB Trio has released its first CD, Transforming the Space, on CIMP Records. We invite you to join us for a rare opportunity to hear this powerful trio in such an intimate setting as tiny Polestar. It should be quite a treat. Doors at 7:45. ARRIVE EARLY!"
Friday, May 28th
The Acoustic Reign Project / Monktail's Non Grata
Seattle, The Blue Moon, I-5 and NE 45th St, 9:30 pm, $5, 21+.
"Free-form improvised jazz group the Acoustic Reign Project, featuring saxophonist Brian Kent (PK & What Army), saxophonist Michael Monhart (Stinkhorn), trumpeter Jim Knodle (Anansi), acoustic bassist Michael Bisio (Joe Giardullo, Charles Gayle), and drummer Jack Gold (Power Source, Axcraft), will be performing on Friday May 28th at the venerable Blue Moon in Seattle¹s University District. Described by Cadence Magazine as ³brooding free-jazzŠabsorbing and engaging collective music making of the first order,² this rare performance will feature a tribute to the late saxophonist Albert Ayler, one of the founding fathers of avant-garde jazz, with a performance of his classic ³Ghosts.² The group will also celebrate the release of the new CD on Sol Disk by the Jack Gold Quartet, entitled ³Daylight,² which features performances by Monhart, Knodle, and Bisio. Also performing will be the Monktail Creative Music Concern's Non Grata, who shouldn't be missed when playing at one of their favorite stomping grounds."Seattle Noise Festival
BrokenHuman Machine / Fetal Distress / Noggin / Intonarumori w/Vance Galloway / Daniel Menche
Seattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at East Union), 7 pm, $7, all agesThe Seattle Composers' Salon
Seattle, Soundbridge Seattle Symphony Music Discovery Center, Benaroya Hall, Union & 2nd, 8 pm, $5 suggested donation.
"The Seattle Composers' Salon is a semi-monthly, informal presentation of new music by Seattle composers. The salon features finished works, previews and works-in-progress, and brings together composers, performers and audience members in a casual setting that allows for discussion and experimentation. May Composers: Brian Cobb, Ben Hogue, Mike Min, Vu Nguyen, and Lynette Westendorf. This Seattle Composers¹ Salon event is funded in part by the City of Seattle, Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs."
Saturday, May 29th
Seattle Noise Festival
XISIX / Black : Japan / P.A.N. / Democriy / entropic advance with inBOIL & Otis Fodder (cd release, Mad cow BBQ) / Mutant Data Orchestra / Tokomak
Seattle, The Hanta House, 4750 Airport way S, 7 pm, $7, all ages.
Monday, May 31st
Sound of the Underbrush presents
John Krausbauer, Bryan Eubanks, Caryl Kientz, Kathleen Keogh
Searattle, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave (at East Union), 8:30 pm, donation, all ages.
"The newly named Sound of the Underbrush series returns to the newly painted Polestar Music Gallery with the great musical adventurers from Portland John Krausbauer (guitar, preparations) Bryan Eubanks (soprano and tape deck) Caryl Kientz (violin) and Kathleen Keogh (voice, movement). This subset of Portland's 411 Collective will bring subtle and thought provoking sounds and movement to the Polestar stage. Eubanks uses a unique method of sound production that involves an old reel to reel tape recorder and hundreds of individual pieces of recording tape of various lengths. As usual, we will open up the second set for audience members to join featured performers in spontaneous music making."