TONE COLLECTOR

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Tone Collector 2006 East Coast Tour
Press Release
Tone Collector is a collective trio from New York City
Tony Malaby plays tenor saxophone, Eivind Opsvik is on the upright bass and on drums, Jeff Davis.
The three members are equal voices and by exploring the outer reaches of their instruments and musical imagination they strive to reach their goal; to improvise great music.
Tony , Eivind and Jeff have spent countless hours playing together in different groups and settings, this trio; Tone Collector: has existed since early 2004. In August of that same year Tone Collector had the pleasure of playing two nights at the intimate Stockholm venue; Glenn Miller Café. A mix of free improvisations and compositions were performed for an enthusiastic audience. These concerts were captured to tape and released by a small but steadily growing Norwegian Label called JazzAway, The CD: Tone Collector (jarcd 012) triggered reviews like this:
"Malaby, Davis and Opsvik are deeply sympathetic partners, and their interaction often reaches the highest levels of cohesion"
Nate Chinen, JazzTimes
"With tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby and drummer Jeff Davis in tow, Opsvik and company make a formidable group. .....Without falling into the predictable game of cat and mouse, these three are capable of a varied and inspired set of improvisational call and response. A recommendable document from an up and coming group of musicians, Tone Collector is the sort of creative improvised music that stands out in the crowd."
Troy Collins, One Final Note, Cadence Magazine
"It's important to note that this album is far removed from energy jazz or a skronk fest. Rather, it is one of those gems that truly reveals more of itself with each listen as these men mine the sonic possibilities of their instruments. What at first seems like a muddy mesh of noise reveals a melody being buried, extrapolated, and stretchedbut never broken."
Michael McCaw, All About Jazz
Tone Collector is very excited to launch on their first East Coast Tour and to perform their take on music to receptive and open-minded audiences along the East Coast. They have even printed up exclusive t-shirts to be sold at the venues and their CD will of course also be available.
Here is the Tour Schedule:
Saturday Sept 30, 8pm: An die Musik Live
409 North Charles Street, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD
Wednesday Oct 4, 9pm: Array Music
60 Atlantic Ave. Suite 218, Toronto, Canada
Thursday Oct 5, 8pm: The Bop Shop
274 N. Goodman St., Rochester, NY
Friday Oct 6, 8m: Metropolis Book Shoppe
615-C South Main Street, Syracuse, NY
Tuesday Oct 17, 8pm: Sangha
7014 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, MD
Wednesday Oct 18, 8pm: Virginia Tech, Squires Haymarket Theater
255 College Ave Blacksburg, VA
Thursday Oct 19, 8pm: Ars Nova,
The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PN
Sunday Oct 22 8:30pm: Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street, New York City, NY
Tony Malaby was named Musician of the Year 2004 by All About Jazz: his mastery of tonal nuance integrates subtle turns of sound into long, swinging lines,
Malaby is in the front-line of Charlie Hadens revived Liberation Music Orchestra. Ben Ratliff/NY Times says Malabys signature is a sort of muscular lyricism that elbows its way into the room.
Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Malabys been based in New York for the last decade, playing in bands led by Paul Motian,Mark Helias, Fred Hersch, Mat Maneri, Tim Berne, Marty Ehrlich and others. Motians championing of Malaby extends also to playing drums in Tonys trio.
Eivind Opsvik is from Oslo, Norway, and started out playing the drums at a very early age. In his teens he gradually switched to bass while also spending lots of time experimenting with recording on a 4 track tape recorder.
In 1998 Eivind moved to New York City to be a part of the rich music scene. He currently plays in a number of cutting-edge New York groups like Opsvik & Jennings, Kris Davis Quartet, David Binneys Out of Airplanes with Bill Frisell, Tone Collector, UP, Hari Honzu and Ben Gerstein Collective. He recently also did a recording with pianist Jacob Sacks, Mat Maneri on viola and drum legend Paul Motian. Eivinds own group OVERSEAS is playing NYC clubs like 55Bar, Barbes and Zebulon and last toured Europe in May this year. Fresh Sound Records released his first CD as a leader "Overseas" and it was very well received in the New York Times and Downbeat (listed "Best CD's of 2003" ). In 2005 "Overseas II" was released and was along with "Tone Collector" and "Opsvik & Jennings; Floyel Files" described by JazzTimes as "The Most Imaginative album trilogy of 2005"
Jeff Davis, born in Colorado, began playing marimba at the age of nine and later studied classical percussion at the University of Northern Colorado.
Jeff then moved to New York in 1999 to pursue a Masters degree at the Manhattan School of Music and has become increasing active in the music community. Jeff performs with a number of creative ensembles in New York, including the Kris Davis Quartet, Eivind Opsvik's Overseas, the Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra, the Peter Van Huffel Quintet, Tone Collector, and the RIDD Quartet.
Jeff has performed with such artists as Chris Speed, Art Lande, Brad Shepik, Reggie Workman and Chris Potter. Jeff has toured Europe and China and has performed at several prominent jazz festivals, including the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Oslo Jazz Festival, and the Ear Shot Jazz Festival. Jeff has been featured on a number of recordings including Eivind Opsvik's Overseas and Overseas II, Tone Collector, Kris Davis' Lifespan and The Slightest Shift, and recently with Jostein Gulbrandsen and Peter Van Huffel.
"Davis creates a foundation that effortlessly moves between defined groove and a more textural approach..." -All About Jazz."...drummer, Jeff Davis, is a force of nature!" -Graciela Carriquí - CD BABY
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www.tonymalaby.com
www.eivindopsvik.com
www.JazzAway.com