Re: Arkestra in Austin Nov. 18 [off-topic]
Re: Arkestra in Austin Nov. 18 [off-topic]
With apologies for the lack of Sun Ra connection, but for those who love this music, Pedro Moreno at llpgm@utxdp.its.utexas.edu mentioned Joe McPhee and The Thing, and their concert at Austin is part of a tour that starts tonight, as follows:
WEDNESDAY, 11/ 16-TUESDAY, 11/ 29/ O5: JOE McPHEE w/ MATS GUSTAFSSON/ PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE/ INGEBRIGT HAKER FLATEN (group called The Thing), U.S. tour:
WEDNESDAY, 11/ 16: The Empty Bottle, 1O35 N. Western Ave., Chicago, Illinois, 9:3O p.m., (773) 276-36OO, www.emptybottle.com;
THURSDAY, 11/ 17: Victory Grill, 11O4 East 11th St., Austin, Texas, 8 p.m., (512) 391-O174, www.historicvictorygrill.com, info@historicvictorygrill.com;
FRIDAY, 11/ 18: Diverse Works, 1117 East Freeway, Houston, Texas, (713) 223-8346, (713) 335-3445, www.diverseworks.org, sara@diverseworks.org;
SUNDAY, 11/ 2O: Madame Walker Theatre, 617 Indiana Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana, (317) 236-2O99, www.walkertheatre.com, mmewalker@aol.com, www.mythopeic.org, admin@mythopeic.org;
MONDAY, 11/ 21: Underlying Theme, 11O South Upper, Lexington, Kentucky, informationactivists@yahoo.com;
TUESDAY, 11/22: Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Rd., Cleveland, Ohio, 9 p.m., (216) 383-1124, www.beachlandballroom.com, www.ticketweb.com;
WEDNESDAY, 11/ 23: Sangha Cafe, Takoma Park, Maryland, (2O2) 882-8828, 8 p.m., www.sangha.ws, mail@sangha.ws;
FRIDAY, 11 /25: Community Education Center (CEC), Meeting House Theatre, 35OO Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, 8 p.m., (215) 387-1911, www.cecarts.org, cec@cecarts.org;
SATURDAY, 11/ 26: Soundlab, 11O Pearl St., Buffalo, New York, 8 p.m., free!, (716) 883-32O9, www.hallwalls.org, bastazine@hotmail.com, steve@hallwalls.org, www.bigorbitgallery.org/soundlab;
SUNDAY, 11 /27: Jazz Central, 441 East Washington St., Syracuse, New York, (315) 569-4529, MHentz@hotmail.com;
TUESDAY, 11/ 29: the Stone, northwest corner of Ave. C & 2nd St., New York City, 8 & 1O p.m., www.thestonenyc.com, mwelchmusic@yahoo.com.
Band publicity [not written by me]:
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Joe McPhee (saxophones, trumpet) [www.joemcphee.com] Mats Gustafsson (tenor/baritone saxophones) [www.mats.olofbright.com] (which may be down at the moment) Ingebrigt Haker Flaten (contrabass) [www.ingebrigtflaten.com] Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) [www.paalnilssen-love.com]
The trio of Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, and Paal Nilssen-Love was established in February 2000 during a series of concerts and a recording in Stockholm. The recordings were released in Sweden by the label Crazy Wisdom/ Universal. This trio is a long wanted collaboration where the German, British and American tradition of free music is melded together in this Swedish-Norwegian trio where the energy is at its peak. The repertoire is collected from the music of legendary trumpeter Don Cherry who spent many of his years living in Stockholm. These are tunes that are rarely played and represent a period in Cherry's life that was to inspire the Swedish jazz scene. Cherry's son, Eagle Eye, wrote the liner notes for the CD (Gustafsson/ Flaten/ Nilssen-Love, "The Thing", Crazy Wisdom) that was released in Europe in Spring 2001. The trio toured Sweden and Norway in February 2001 with American multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee who rarely appears in Scandinavia. The band recorded their next CD with Joe McPhee which was released in August at Oslo Jazzfestival 2001. The repertoire consists of compositions by James Blood Ulmer, Frank Lowe, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, White Stripes and Joe McPhee. The Thing with Joe McPhee, "She Knows." was released on Crazy Wisdom/ Universal.
Joe McPhee is a legend within modern jazz music. With many recordings on different labels with musicians from the world, he has established himself as a contemporary, improvising musician above all. Today he is active in several groups including Trio X and the Peter Br