3/1 Tuesday (CB)
8 pm
MERCE
Shelley Burgon (harp, electronics) Maria Chavez (turntable)
10 pm
Tom Carter
Tom Carter (electric guitar)
looped guitar drones of bottomless grit and beauty. FIVE DOLLARS
3/2 Wednesday (DDT)
8 pm
Nate Wooley / Laul Pytton
Laul Pytton (drums) Nate Wooley (acoustic and amplified trumpet)
A rare appearance in the States by this legendary British improviser in duo with our own trumpet hero Nate Wooley.
10 pm
Nate Wooley / Laul Pytton / Ikue Mori
Laul Pytton (drums) Nate Wooley (acoustic and amplified trumpet) Ikue Mori (laptop)
Their first US concert since the release of their sophomore record, Creak Above 33, on Evan Parker's Psi Label. Lytton and Wooley ride a fine line between tradition and abstraction, process and result. The 10 pm set finds them together with electronicist Ikue Mori, who Lytton's worked with in Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble.
3/3 Thursday (YT)
8 pm
Lisle Ellis & The Remote Viewers
Brian Groder (trumpet) Kirk Knuffke (cornet) Bob Feldman, Mike McGinnis (saxes) Nassif Salim Zakak (piano) Lisle Ellis (acoustic bass guitar, bass violin)
Future antiquities in music: negotiating processes to fully engage non-engagement. Original compositions forged by way of a series of mistakes, corrections and adjustments; modulating chaos and order; interpreting interiors, and sub-modalities. Texts by David Markson, Jean Genet and David Mitchell.
10 pm
Ikue Mori/Sylvie Courvoisier/Ned Rothenburg
Ikue Mori (laptop) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ned Rothenburg (sax)
3/4 Friday (DS)
8 pm
Magik Markers
Elisa Ambrogio (guitar) Pete Nolan (drums) John Shaw (bass)
10 pm
Six Organs of Admittance
Ben Chasny (guitars, voice)
3/5 Saturday (DDT)
8 pm
Dave Burrell Solo
Dave Burrell (piano)
10 pm
Dave Burrell Plays His Songs
Leena Conquest (vocals)
Lyrics by Monika Larsson.
3/6 Sunday (YT)
8 pm
Class Reunion
Dave Liebman (reeds) Steve Dalachinsky (poetry)
Legendary saxophonist Dave Liebman (Miles Davis, Elvin Jones, etc.) reunites with his 1960 PS99 classmate Steve Dalachinsky for an evening of music and poetry.
10 pm
Mikko Innanen Trio
Mikko Innanen (alto sax) Lou Grassi (drums) Joe Fonda (bass)
3/8 Tuesday (TD)
8 pm
Joe McPhee / Chris Corsano Duo
Joe McPhee (brass, reeds) Chris Corsano (drums)
Tonight's performance coincides with the release of Under a Double Moon on Roaratorio, recorded during the duo's 2009 European tour. With a career now spanning over 40 years and more than 100 recordings, Joe McPhee has shown that emotional content and theoretical underpinnings are thoroughly compatible — and in fact, a critically important pairing — in the world of creative improvised music. Since recording The Hated Music with Paul Flaherty in 2000, Chris Corsano has been hyper-active in far-reaching corners of the free improvised world.
10 pm
Chris Corsano / Tom Surgal / William Winant
Chris Corsano, Tom Surgal, William Winant (drums)
Corsano and Surgal are joined by famed West Coast percussionist William Winant who has worked with everyone from John Cage to Lou Harrison to Thurston Moore to John Zorn.
3/9 Wednesday (DS)
8 pm
Loren Mazzacane Connors
Loren Connors (guitar)
10 pm
Marc Orleans / Jon Keay
Marc Orleans (guitar) Jon Keay (bass)
FIVE DOLLARS
3/10 Thursday (JS)
8 pm
Ches Smith / Tom Surgal
Ches Smith, Tom Surgal (drums)
10 pm
Mountains
Brendon Anderegg, Koen Holtkamp (acoustic guitar, synth, electronics, objects)
3/11 Friday (JM)
8 and 10 pm
JOHN ZORN IMPROV NIGHT—A STONE BENEFIT
John Zorn, Ned Rothenberg (saxes) Lin Culbertson (synth, autoharp) Ches Smith, Tom Surgal (drums) Ikue Mori (laptop) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Jim Staley (trombone) and many special guests
COME ON DOWN AND EXPERIENCE THE TIME HONORED TRADITION OF THE EAST VILLAGE RENT PARTY! HELP SUPPORT THE STONE!
3/12 Saturday (YHNY)
8 and 10 pm
No Neck Blues Band
3/13 Sunday (SK)
8 pm
Sonny Simmons Trio
Sonny Simmons (alto sax, english horn) John Austria (piano) Rashaan Carter (bass)
10 pm
The Cosmosamatics
Sonny Simmons (alto sax, english horn) Michael Marcus (clarinets) John Austria (piano) Rashaan Carter (bass) Taru Alexander (drums)
3/15 Tuesday (SK)
8 pm
Alvin Curran
Alvin Curran (solo keyboard, sampler, small instruments)
10 pm
Alvin Curran and Elliott Sharp
Alvin Curran (solo keyboard, sampler, small instruments) Elliott Sharp (saxes guitar, electronics)
3/16 Wednesday (JM)
8 pm
Noveller
Sarah Lipstate (guitar, film projections)
10 pm
Carlos Giffoni / Spencer Yeh Duo
Carlos Giffoni, Spencer Yeh (electronics, amplified objects)
3/17 Thursday (CB)
8 pm
David Linton
David Linton (bicameral research sound & projection system)
Presenting: the Cortical Degausser Kit
10 pm
David Watson / Ignaz Schick
David Watson (bagpipes) Ignaz Schick (turntables)
Using extended techniques to sculpt sound and space, Highland Bagpiper Watson here in a first time collaboration with Berlin's wunder kid Ignaz Schick. Turntablist Schick eschews vinyl in favor of spinning chosen objects to create a unique sound palette.
3/18 Friday (KR)
8 pm
Joe McPhee / Ken Vandermark Duo
Joe McPhee (reeds, brass) Ken Vandermark (reeds)
10 pm
Paul Lytton / Nate Wooley / Ken Vandermark Trio
Paul Lytton (drums) Nate Wooley (trumpet/electronics) Ken Vandermark (reeds)
3/19 Saturday (KR)
8 pm
Joe Morris / Ken Vandermark Duo
Joe Morris (guitar) Ken Vandermark (reeds)
10 pm
Joe Morris / Nate Wooley / Ken Vandermark Trio
Joe Morris (bass) Nate Wooley (trumpet/electronics) Ken Vandermark (reeds)
3/20 Sunday (YH)
8 pm
Metal Mountains
Helen Rush (guitar, voice) Samara Lubelski (violin) Pat Gubler (guitar)
FIVE DOLLARS.
10 pm
Sanaton
Mark Maloof (guitar, electronic devices) Pat James Longo (drums)
FIVE DOLLARS
3/22 Tuesday (CL)
8 pm
Bill Nace/MV Carbon
Bill Nace (electric guitar) MV Carbon (cello, electronics)
FIVE DOLLARS
10 pm
Andrea Parkins
Andrea Parkins (electric accordion, objects, electronics) Nate Wooley (trumpet, amplifier) Ches Smith (drums)
3/23 Wednesday (DS)
8 pm
Elliott Sharp: Sharp Plays Monk
Elliott Sharp (guitar)
Interpretations of the music of Thelonious Monk performed solo on acoustic guitar. Documented on the Cleanfeed CD "Sharp? Monk? Sharp! Monk!"
10 pm
Melissa Grey—New works for ensemble and pre-recorded sound
Melissa Grey (composer) Marge Fitts (harp) David Byrd-Marrow (horn) Mioi Takeda (violin) Kris Saebo (double bass) Robert Kirkbride (siren) Jonathan Ori (siren) Nathan Thompson (siren)
3/24 Thursday (KR)
8 pm
Wally Shoup Trio
Wally Shoup (saxes) Ben Hall (drums) C. Spencer Yeh (violin, voice)
10 pm
Wally Shoup Quartet
Wally Shoup (alto sax) Paul Flaherty (alto, tenor sax) Reuben Radding (bass) Andrew Drury (drums, percussion)
Veteran free sax fire-brands Wally Shoup and Paul Flaherty team up with ace NYC improvisers Radding and Drury for an evening of scalding, sun and moon-seeking explorative free jazz. Both Shoup and Flaherty are known for their uncompromising vision and allegiance to the tenets of freedom in music. Both possess rich, seasoned tones plus a fierce commitment to rough-hewn beauty. Reuben Radding combines a big sound with extreme facility to make him the preferred choice for both improvisers and composers of all stripes. Andrew Drury is a composer, educator and improviser of the first order. His versatility and chops make him an in-demand drummer for numerous NYC configurations.
3/25 Friday (JS)
8 pm
White Out with Thurston Moore
Tom Surgal (drums) Lin Culbertson (electronics) Thurston Moore (guitar)
10 pm
Nymph
Matty McDermott (guitar, organ, voice, percussion) Eri Shoji (voice, percussion) James McHugh (guitar, drone) Jason Robira (drums) Nickle Emmet (bass, percussion) Jessica Stathos (congas, percussion)
NYMPH is a Brooklyn-based psychedelic-shred/avant-garde outfit whose tempestuously transcendent music has received critical acclaim with their breakthrough debut release on The Social Registry. NYMPH's compositional pallette encompasses an ebullient kaleidoscope of sound: imagine 13th Floor Elevators essaying a Rahsaan Roland Kirk jam and you begin to get the picture. The blissful spirit and luxuriant execution of NYMPH's showering riffage is combined with intuitive vocal expression largely free from the semantic bounds of lyric & finds form in a cavalcade of orgasmic yelps, howls & piercing screams, all atop an orgiastic din of swirling polyrhythmic bedlam.
3/26 Saturday (RK)
8 and 10 pm
Eugene Chadbourne (aka Doc Chad) Solo
Eugene Chadbourne (vocals, modified electric dobro, deering goodtime 5-string banjo)
In this period Doc Chad is presenting a retrospective of original songs and compositions, included are many old favorites as well as pieces from the new CDs "Reason" and "Treason".
3/27 Sunday (AC)
8 and 10 pm
White Out with Nels Cline
Nels Cline (guitar) Lin Culbertson (synth, autoharp) Tom Surgal (drums)
3/29 Tuesday (JI)
8 pm
Soundtrack Without a Movie
Ikue Mori (electronics) Billy Martin (percussion) DJ Olive (vinyl)
Ikue Mori (DNA), Billy Martin (MMW), DJ Olive (WE™). An electroacoustic trio. A rare opportunity to hear this incredible trio. TEN DOLLARS.
10 pm
The Vinyl Score
DJ Olive (turntables)
DJ Olive plays his "vinyl score" project. Absurd concrete turntable shit for a sitdown audience. Palettes of sound pressed on vinyl. Paint with sound. What you mix and what I mix will always be different but the sounds remain the same. The vinyl score. DJ Olive will play selections from his various vinyl scores. http://www.djolive.com/vinylscore.html TEN DOLLARS.
3/30 Wednesday (NL)
8 pm
Damned Revolutions I
Michael Morley (guitar, electronics)
10 pm
Damned Revolutions II
Michael Morley (guitar, electronics)
3/31 Thursday (CL)
8 pm
Damned Revolutions III
Michael Morley (guitar, electronics)
10 pm
Damned Revolutions IV
Michael Morley (guitar, electronics)