Toshimaru Nakamura, Tokyo’s experimental music artist, is visiting the United States for a week of performances with Many Arms.
Nakamura was joined by a collection of Archer Spade musicians for his first show:
Keir Neuringer
Amy Cimini
Julius Masri
Jesse Kudler
Ian Fraser
Nick Millevoi
and
Dan Blacksberg
Nakamaru and Many Arms’ show schedule is shown on the band’s website.
Aidan Baker and Dana Schechter played a set of their music(solo and duet) at Philadelphia’s First Unitarian Church.
Aidan Baker’s Already Drowning and Dana Schechter’s Long Arms are now available at Bandcamp and various other stores.
Archer Spade Performance Series presented three big names in the Jazz scene:
Joe Morris, guitar
William Parker, double bass
and
Marco Eneidi, alto saxophone
Archer Spade Performance Series presented an outstanding ensemble with musicians belonging to two groups:
Dan Blacksberg Trio and Transitional Objects.
The lineup included:
Dan Blacksberg, trombone
Matt Engle, double bass
Nick Millevoi, guitar
and
Mike Szekely, drums
Balmorhea’s performance at Johnny Brenda’s. Philadelphia, PA.
Eliza Jones opened the set.
Zaid Nasser – Alto Sax
Chris Byars – Tenor Sax
Ari Roland – Bass
Keith Balla – Drums
hosted performances by three acts from Philly and New Haven this Friday
part of the Archer Spade Performance Series.
The night started with 3 Philly Guitars playing a set of music composed by Travis Woodson, Carl Testa and Eric Slick:
“Lesbians With Victorian Sensibilities” (Travis Woodson)
“Slope II” (Cart Testa; written for bass and cello, arranged for three guitars)
“Gary & Monty” (Eric Slick; written for solo guitar, arranged for three guitars by Travis Woodson)
“Personality Donor (A Donor for 3)” (Travis Woodson; arranged for three guitars)
“Free” (Ornette Coleman)
Next, Carl Testa took the stage and played two of his pieces for solo String Bass and Electronics.
And finally, Broadcloth, New Haven’s trio known for playing Avant garde chamber music, took the stage and played three of their newer pieces including an Operetta composed by Adam Matlock.
Broadcloth is: Anne Rhodes,
Adam Matlock
And
Nathan Bontrager
yMusic ensemble is a sextet of classically trained, highly talented & genre defying musicians.
They debuted their latest brain child: beautiful mechanical at rockwood musical hall on Allen street in the big apple.
yMusic is
// rob moose on violin and guitar
performer, arranger and conductor.// cj camerieri on trumpet and horn
freelance multi-instrumentalist// clarice jensen on cello
cellist// alex sopp on flute
flutist// hideaki aomori on clarinet
freelance performer and educator// nadia sirota on viola
one of New York’s brightest, busiest violists
Update on February 3rd 2012: NYTimes featured 4 pictures from this post in their newspaper and on the web.
In the usually quiet Rose Main Reading Room in New York’s public library, Ben Frost took command of his console and crafted along with Tim Hecker, Shahzad Ismaily, Paul Corley, Sarah Lipstate, Sarah Register, Daniel Rejmer and a brass sextet waves of electronic noise that were sky high.
A sign, just outside the main reading room, read: Making unreasonable noise is not allowed at The New York Public Library!
July’s uncertainty music series featured Ben Shilrley(guitar) and the Scrimshaw Ensemble:
Nathan Bontrager on cello,
Adam Matlock on accordion,
Anne Rhodes voice,
& Carl Testa on bass.
The group performed a set of Ben’s original music followed by improvisational sets for duets. The group concluded the night by a piece for quintet written by Ben.
The Uncertainty music series is a regular event that takes place in Never Ending Books store on State Street in New Haven, CT.
For more information, please check their Facebook page or website.
