OC Avant-garde Jazz Collective

Music:

Member Since: 1/22/2006
Band Members: Great online Creative Music/Free Jazz Show!

www.taransfreejazzhour.com

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OC AvantGarde Jazz Collective Concert Series

All shows are in the basement of the
Episcopal Church of the Messiah:
614 N. Bush St.
Santa Ana, California 92701

Time: 6:30pm

Donation: $10; Kids under 18 free.

May 24:

Vinny Golia Group:

Vinny Golia - woodwinds, Anthony Shadduck - contrabass, Alan Cook - drums/percussion "The Vinny Golia Trio is a project I started in 1978. Personel and instrumentation has changed through the years, but I still truly enjoy performing in the trio configuration. I think it's the most ideal form for improvisation. The need for writing is very minimal when you have strong personalities in the ensemble that are sensitive and adventuresome. Tonite's version of the trio with Anthony and Alan is no exception." - Vinny
www.mypace.com/vinnygolia
www.ninewinds.com

Matt Otto/Jason Harnell Experimental Duo:

Matt Otto - saxophones, electronics, and voice, Jason Harnell - "found object" drumset. The Matt Otto/Jason Harnell Duo Project is a saxophone/drum exploration of sounds and musical landscapes. With a focus on original music that ranges from quirky freebop, to Zen-like drones to the occasional jazz standard, the duo has forged a distinctly modern and original sound that is truly a joy to be heard....
Matt Otto has performed with a variety of artists, including Reggie Workman, Charlie Haden , Larry Koonse, Rashid Bakr, Ben Monder, Wada Leo Smith, Alan Ferber, Tom Harrell, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Joe La Barbera, and others. He currently plays and has recorded with the Anthony Wilson Nonet as well as leading his own groups and appearing on 15 CDs as a side man. Jason Harnell has been very active as a performer and has become one of the most sought after jazz drummers on the West Coast. He has collaborated with Kei Akagi, John Beasley, Keith Ganz, David Goldblatt, MOSS (Theo Bleckman, Lauren Kinhan, Peter Eldridge), Darek Oles, Jack Reilly, Jack Sheldon, Bob Sheppard, Ron Stout, Steve Tavaglione, Ben Wendel and others. He was toured and recorded with Maynard Ferguson. Currently, Jason is leading his own trio featuring Larry Koonse and Joe Bagg and is member “Joe-Less Shoe” (with Matt Otto and Jamie Rosenn). www.joelessshoe.com/myspace

June 21st:

Call and Response with Rich West

Dottie Grossman - poetry, Michael Vlatkovich - trombone, Rich West -drums The duo, plus drums, Call & Response will present a set of original poetry with improvised trombone music. The format appeals to both music and poetry lovers, exploring the intersection of improvised music and spoken word in ways that have been described as "innovative" and "unique."

The Michael Vlatkovich Trio

Michael Vlatkovich-trombone, Anders Swanson-bass, Rich West -drums Michael Vlatkovich, trombonist, composer and arranger, is based in Los Angeles, CA, and also tours extensively in the United States, Canada, and Europe. In addition to leading his own ensembles, Vlatkovich has performed and recorded with a variety of singers and instrumentalists, including ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Bryan Adams, Bobby Bradford, Gerry Hemingway, and Rob Blakeslee.
The magazine, "JAZZIS" has called Vlatkovich, "...one of the most extraordinary improvising trombonists in this country as well as overseas. Also a gifted composer and arranger, Vlatkovich is one of the leading talents among Los Angeles improvisational players.

July 19th

The Bill Plake Ensemble

Bill Plake - tenor saxophone, John Fumo - trumpet and flugelhorn, David Tranchina - bass, Christopher Garcia - percussion. The music: a program of original compositions by Bill Plake. This music has been described as “angularly melodic”, drawing from many traditions.: twentieth century classical music (particularly Bartok and Ives) , American folk music, early country and western music, Balkan folk music, Tango and the quartet music of Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker. It is also firmly rooted in the modern jazz tradition. The pieces are open ended and closed ended forms that allow for a broad improvisational context. Bill Plake began playing music at the age of seventeen after being moved by the music of Albert Ayler and Charles Parker. Entirely self taught as a musician, Bill performs on saxophone and flute, composes, and teaches music. As a performer, he as toured all over the United States, Canada and Europe. He has appeared on numerous recordings as a soloist. Some of the creative musicians of note he has performed with are James Newton, Vinny Golia, Nels and Alex Cline, Steuart Liebig, Michael Vlatkovich, Dan Clucas, David Mott, William Roper, and Steve Adams of the ROVA Quartet.

The Jason Robinson Solo Saxophone Project

American saxophonist and scholar Jason Robinson is fascinated by the relationship between improvised music, experimentalism, and cultural identity. His current performance interests include the intersection of improvisation and composition, new electro-acoustic processing and interaction enabled through software-based technologies, and the relationship between popular music and experimentalism. He performs regularly as a soloist (acoustically and with electronics), with groups he co-leads (Cosmologic and the Cross Border Trio), as a leader of varying ensembles performing his original music, and in a variety of collaborative contexts. He has performed or recorded with Peter Kowald, George Lewis, Anthony Davis, Eugene Chadbourne, Earl Howard, Emily Hay, Jeff Kaiser, Toots and the Maytals, Groundation, Elijah Emanuel and the Revelations, Bertram Turetzky, Mark Dresser, John Russell, Roger Turner, Gerry Hemingway, Kei Akagi, Mel Graves, Liberty Ellman, Babatunde Olatunji, Mel Martin, Marco Eneidi, Lisle Ellis, Raphe Malik, Mike Wofford, Philip Gelb, J.D. Parran, Dana Reason, David Borgo, Nathan Hubbard, Michael Dessen, Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (at Pearl's, San Francisco), the La Jolla Symphony, SONOR (UCSD), and the San Francisco Mime Troupe, among others.
Music: www.circumventionmusic.com/releases/cerberusrising.htm
www.jasonrobinson.com
www.myspace.com/jasonrobinsonmusic
Influences: Vinny Golia Ensemble

Crepuscule TRIO @ Pharaoh's Den

Matt Otto/Jason Harnell Experimental Duo

Derek Bailey & Min Tanaka
Keiji Haino Yamatsuka Eye John Zorn

Type of Label: Unsigned