8/1 Tuesday (SK)
8:30 pm
MZM
Zeena Parkins (harp) Miya Masaoka (koto) Myra Melford (piano)
Celebrating their premiere release this month on Infrequent Seams.
8/2 Wednesday (SK)
8:30 pm
Duo
Zeena Parkins (harp) Brian Chase (drums)
8/3 Thursday (JT)
8:30 pm
Captiva
Zeena Parkins (harp, piano)
Captiva solo project for acoustic harp and live electronic processing and Impossible Tasks for transducer activated piano and electric harp.
8/4 Friday (HWXX)
8:30 pm
Trio
Zeena Parkins (electric harp) Devin Hoff (bass) Michael TA Thompson (drums)
New Trio.
8/5 Saturday (XXFM)
8:30 pm
Trio
George Lewis (trombone, electronics) IIkue Mori (electronics)
Trio with George Lewis and long time duo partner Ikue Mori.
8/6 Sunday (FM)
8:30 pm
Green Dome
Ryan Sawyer (drums) Ryan Ross Smith (prepared piano, electronics) Zeena Parkins (acoustic harp)
Performing the Shetland Lace Set.
8/8 Tuesday (VP)
8:30 pm
Bill Frisell Solo 1
Bill Frisell (guitar)
8/9 Wednesday (DT)
8:30 pm
Bill Frisell Solo 2
Bill Frisell (guitar)
8/10 Thursday (DT)
8:30 pm
Bill Frisell Solo 3
Bill Frisell (guitar)
8/11 Friday (XXDT)
8:30 pm
Bill Frisell Solo 4
Bill Frisell (guitar)
8/12 Saturday (XXAV)
8:30 pm
Bill Frisell Solo 5
Bill Frisell (guitar)
8/13 Sunday (VP)
8:30 pm
Bill Frisell Solo 5
Bill Frisell (guitar)
8/15 Tuesday (NH)
8:30 pm
Unbroken
Louie Belogenis (tenor and soprano saxes) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (upright bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
8/16 Wednesday (MJC)
8:30 pm
War Paint
Briggan Krauss (sax) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (upright bass) Brian Chase (drums)
8/17 Thursday (AP)
8:30 pm
Theatre of Operations (TOO)
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (electric bass) Brian Marsella (synth) Kenny Grohowski (drums)
Electronic Spirit Music — “We shall overcome...”
8/18 Friday (XXIS)
8:30 pm
The Fugu Plan — Folktales from Japan — 昔話
Yuka (voice, taishogoto, ukulele, electronics) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (electric bass) Eyal Maoz (guitar) Aram Bajakian (guitar) Brian Marsella (keyboards) Yoni Halevy (percussion) Yuval Lion (percussion)
Based on deep traditions of ritual, tribal, and spiritual music from Sado Island. “Featuring big drums, surf bass, electro-acoustic machinery, traditional noise makers, and otherworldly vocals, THE FUGU PLAN walks the fine line between sacred music and the avant-garde.” 佐渡ヶ島出身音楽家ユカを取り囲むダウンタウンアヴァンギャルドミュージシャンがお送りする昔話な夜会です。皆様ぜひお立ち寄りくださいマセ。
8/19 Saturday (HMAP)
8:30 pm
Abraxas — Masada: Book of Angels Vol. 19
Aram Bajakian (guitar) Eyal Maoz (guitar) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (gimbri) Kenny Grohowski (drums)
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz steps out on his own to make one of the most primal and tribal installments in the “Book of Angels”’ series. Drawing on his Sephardic roots, Shanir plays gimbri throughout, giving the music a primeval Moroccan edge. Featuring the intense guitar pyrotechnics of Eyal Maoz and Aram Bajakian (who recently has been tearing it up in Lou Reed’s new band) and the atavistic drumming of Kenny Grohowski, this is Ritualistic Jewish Rock for the 21st century by a brilliant young lion from the East Village via Brooklyn/Israel!
8/20 Sunday (NH)
8:30 pm
Abraxas — Psychomagia
Aram Bajakian (guitar) Eyal Maoz (guitar) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (electric bass) Kenny Grohowski (drums)
Psychomagia is a complex new suite of music written expressly for ABRAXAS by Downtown alchemist John Zorn. Drawing inspiration from the magical writings of Giordano Bruno and Alejandro Jodorowski and others, Zorn has written a bold collection of compositions that challenge the musicians to the breaking point. With a program ranging from some of the most intense ritualistic sounds you are likely to hear to tender minimalistic odes, this is a surprising new volume in Zorn’s mystic series that matches the intensity and power of Moonchild, PainKiller and Naked City. MAJORI FORSAN CUM TIMORE SENTENTIAM IN ME FERTIS QUAM EGO ACCIPIAM—your fear in pronouncing this sentence over me is probably greater than mine who is receiving it.
8/22 Tuesday (AR)
8:30 pm
Nearer the Spheres: Friedlander/Honda/Mori/Cline
Erik Friedlander (cello) Yuka C Honda (electronics, keys) Ikue Mori (laptop) Nels Cline (electric guitar)
8/23 Wednesday (NM)
8:30 pm
Nels Cline and Zeena Parkins
Nels Cline (acoustic and electric guitars) Zeena Parkins (concert harp, electric harp)
8/24 Thursday (AV)
8:30 pm
Trio Teeth: Okkyung Lee/Booker Stardrum/Nels Cline
Okkyung Lee (cello) Booker Stardrum (drums, percussion) Nels Cline (electric guitar)
8/25 Friday (XXHW)
8:30 pm
The Ring Nebula Project
Dave Rempis (alto sax) Taylor Ho Bynum (trumpet, assorted brass) Michael TA Thompson (drums) Chris Lightcap (bass) Nels Cline (electric guitar)
8/26 Saturday (XXAR)
8:30 pm
Bando Bro Jo—resonator guitar and banjo sextet
Elliott Sharp (resonator guitar, banjo) Brandon Seabrook (banjo) Mary Halvorson, Julian Lage, Ava Mendoza, Nels Cline (resonator guitars)
8/27 Sunday (HM)
8:30 pm
Nels Cline and Julian Lage
Nels Cline, Julian Lage (electric and acoustic guitars)
8/29 Tuesday (NM)
8:30 pm
Trevor Dunn Solo
Trevor Dunn (solo bass)
8/30 Wednesday (RK)
8:30 pm
SpermChurch
Trevor Dunn (bass) Sannety (electronics) Brian Chase (drums)
8/31 Thursday (JA)
8:30 pm
Chamber Music
Jennifer Choi (violin) Carla Kihlstedt (violin) William Hakim (viola) Andrea Lee (cello) Vicki Chow (piano)
“String Quartet no 1” and Nocturnes for piano.