From Point of Departure:

Issue 27 – February 2010

Page One: a column by Bill Shoemaker

Jemeel Moondoc + Muntu: a history by Ed Hazell

A Fickle Sonance: a column by Art Lange

The Book Cooks: Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II
by Jason Berry, Jonathan Foose and Tad Jones (The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press; Lafayette, Louisiana)
&
Creative Life: Music, Politics, People and Machines by Bob Ostertag (University of Illinois Press; Champaign, Illinois)

Far Cry: a column by Brian Morton

Moment’s Notice: Reviews of Recent Recordings

Ezz-thetics: a column by Stuart Broomer

Travellin’ Light: Michael Zerang

It has been a while since we’ve covered Matchless Recordings, and here is a list of recent releases:

Music for Piano and Strings by Morton Feldman
John Tilbury | Morton Feldman | The Smith Quartet

Memories for the Future
Eddie Prévost | Harrison Smith | Paul Rutherford | Tony Moore

invenio ergo / sum
Eddie Prévost | Ross Lambert | Seymour Wright

dazwischen
Improvisation | CDs | Sebastian Lexer

Blackheath
Alexander von Schlippenbach | CDs | Eddie Prévost

Related articles by Zemanta

• Coming Up Next :: 29 January :: Morton Feldman (netnewmusic.net)
• Poll: We Didn’t Start the Fire (though we certainly enjoy stoking it) (netnewmusic.net)

From New York’s Rise Up Creative Music & Arts:

February 8

7PM
Sara Serpa Group
Sara Serpa – Vocals
Ted Poor – Drums / Andre Matos – Guitar
Kris Davis – Fender Rhodes / Joe Martin – Bass

8PM
Marco Capelli Trio
Marco Capelli – Guitar
Ken Filiano -Bass / Satoshi Takeishi – Drums

9PM
Pete Robbins Quartet
Pete Robbins – Alto Sax / Nate Wooley – Trumpet
Daniel Levin – Cello / Jeff Davis – Drums

10PM
Club d’Elf
Brahim Fribgane – Oud & percussions
Mat Maneri – Viola / Matt Kilmer – Hand percussions
Mike Rivard – Bass & Sintir/ Dean Johnston – Drums

February 15

7PM
Ken Filiano Quartet
Ken Filiano -Bass / Tony Malaby – Saxes
Michael Attias – Saxes / Michael TA Thompson – Drums

8PM
Theo Bleckmann Solo
Theo Bleckmann – Vocals, loops & toys

9PM
Mycale (John Zorn’s Book of Angels Vocal Project)
Sofia Koutsovitis, Malika Zarra, Basya Schechter – Vocals

10PM
Rucma Orchestra Debut
Sarah Bernstein – violin
Angelo Branford – guitar
Dikko Faust – trombone
Darryl Foster – soprano saxophone
Francois Grillot – bass
Jessica Jones – tenor saxophone
James Keepnews – guitar
Matt Lavelle – trumpet, bass and alto clarinets
Dave Miller – drums
Javier Moreno – bass
Ras Moshe – tenor saxophone, flute
Jean-Carla Rodea – vocals
Lex Samu – trumpet
Dave Sewelson – baritone saxophone
Diana Wayburn – flute

Related articles by Zemanta

• Helping the Sax Find a Classical Home (nytimes.com)
• Thelema Trio: Neither From Nor Towards (netnewmusic.net)
• Alexandre Pierrepont & Mike Ladd – Maison Hantée (netnewmusic.net)

This year’s seattle improvised music festival starts soon:

2010 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Seattle Improvised Music Festival (SIMF) with two consecutive weekends in February. SIMF is an annual meeting place for improvisers at the forefront of the music from around the world. This year, the festival will include performers from Germany, Argentina, Switzerland, NYC, New England, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Vancouver, Portland, and of course, Seattle.

Guided and organized by Gust Burns since 2001, the 2010 SIMF will also include special evenings curated by musicians/ former organizors Wally Shoup and Paul Hoskin. It is only fitting that Hoskin, the founder of the Festival, is back in Seattle to help organize the 25th anniversary Festival.

SIMF 2010 performers will include:

February 11, Skinner Auditorium 1245 10th Ave. E. (adjacent to Brightwater School and Gage Academy of Art, next to Saint Mark’s Cathedral)
February 12, Chapel Performance Space
February 13, Chapel Performance Space
February 14, Gallery 1412
all perfromances at 8 pm
SIMF director Gust Burns, with the help of Tyler Wilcox and Wilson Shook, curates a weekend of Improvised Music from multiple global perspectives.

BIRGIT ULHER – germany – trumpet – http://www.birgit-ulher.de/
LEONEL KAPLAN – argentina – trumpet – http://leonelkaplan.wordpress.com/
JACK WRIGHT – pennsylvania – saxophones – http://www.springgardenmusic.com/
PAUL NEIDHARDT – baltimore – percussion
MARK KAYLOR – portland – drums
TYLER WILCOX – seattle – reeds
JAIME FENNELLY – waldron island – electronics – http://www.sswilloughby.com/
WILSON SHOOK – seattle – alto saxophone – http://www.gallery1412.org/wilsonshook.html
ROBERT PEDERSEN – vancouver – electronics
RACHAEL WADHAM – vancouver – electronics
PAUL HOSKIN – seattle – reeds
FRED LONBERG-HOLM – chicago – cello – http://www.myspace.com/fredlonbergholm

February 18, Sunset Tavern, 9pm
Longtime Seattle Innovator Wally Shoup curates a night of hard-edged improvised music.

C SPENCER YEH – cincinnati – voice, violin, electronics, other – http://www.myspace.com/cspenceryeh
CHRIS CORSANO – new england – drums – http://www.myspace.com/chriscorsano
BILL HORIST – seattle – guitar – http://www.myspace.com/billhorist
WALLY SHOUP – seattle – alto saxophone – http://www.speakeasy.org/~wallyshp/wshoup/

February 19, Chapel Performance Space, 8pm

MICHAEL JOHNSEN – pennsylvania – electronic devices of his construction

February 20, Chapel Performance Space, 7pm

Curator Paul Hoskin purposefully presents an evening of music where the artists share aural memories of improvisation. Yet, the immediacy of improvisation is the constant, if not the given.
FRED CHALENOR – portland – bass – http://www.myspace.com/fredchalenor
JEFFREY McGRATH – seattle – trumpet
GREG POWERS – seattle – trombone – http://www.myspace.com/dhurpadtrombone
CHRIS COCHRANE – brooklyn – guitar – http://www.myspace.com/chriscochrane
EVAN GALLAGHER – new york city – piano, keyboards
JEPH JERMAN – cottonwood, az – percussion – http://www.jerman.littleenjoyer.com

Related articles by Zemanta

• Tuesday Series for Improvised Music @ Art Of This (morecowbell.net)
• The Senate convenes for a one-of-a-kind show at Triple Door (seattletimes.nwsource.com)

From AllAboutJazz.com:

Henry Threadgill
This Brings Us To, Vol. 1 (Pi Recordings)
Reviewed by Russ Musto

Don Cherry
Hear And Now (Warner Jazz)
Reviewed by Chris May

Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn: A Study in Contrasts
Reviewed by Tom Greenland

Gunter Baby Sommer / Manfred Schoof / Gianluigi Trovesi / Barre Phillips
Peitzer Grand Mit Vieren (Jazzwerkstatt – Germany)
Reviewed by Andrey Henkin

Multiple Artists
Mingus Tributes: Normand Guilbeault & Dok Wallach
Reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

Multiple Artists
Burton Greene and Perry Robinson: Two Voices in the Desert; Groder&Greene; The Spirits at Belle’s
Reviewed by Clifford Allen

Multiple Artists
Globe Unity: Russia
Reviewed by Andrey Henkin

Joe McPhee
Joe McPhee: Live in Vilnius & The Damage is Done
Reviewed by Marc Medwin

Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith: Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

Matthew Shipp
4D (Thirsty Ear Recordings)
Reviewed by Robert Iannapollo

Related articles by Zemanta

• D:O’s Fave Jazz Jamz of 2009 (destination-out.com)
• Craig Taborn | Jazz review (guardian.co.uk)

From the ISSUE Project Room, this week’s shows:

02/09 @ 8pm – Unsound Festival New York: Zavoloka + Bora Yoon + Zenial
Zenial Zenial is Lukasz Szalankiewicz, a long-time feature on Poland’s experimental and electronic music scene, as both musician and curator. In terms of his own productions, he remains a fiercely independent figure, working in genres from noise to ambient. He has played around the world, in countries in Europe, Asia, South America. He is also [...]

02/10 @ 8pm – Original Music for TILT Brass [Part 2]
The Brooklyn-based 10-piece group TILT Creative Brass Band (tiltbrass.org), directed by trombonist Chris McIntyre, presents a full evening of adventurous and unconventional brass music. This concert is the second installment of TILT’s on-going series “To TILT: Original Music for TILT Brass” which focuses solely on repertoire written for its distinctive ensembles (CBB and 6-piece SIXtet). Though [...]

02/12 @ 8pm – David Daniell + Xavier van Wersch + Nadja
David Daniell is a composer and performer working in the intersections of acoustic and electronic instrumentation and of composition and improvisation. His music focuses on two primary areas of concern: perception and listening at the margins of audibility, through repetition, drone, and a gradual and lateral development of timbre; and the [...]

Related articles by Zemanta

• Music Review | Unsound Festival New York: The Beauty of Pulses, the Glory of Drones (nytimes.com)
• The European Sambassadeur (obscuresound.com)
• ‘Bring Out Your Brass,’ a benefit concert/auction (seattletimes.nwsource.com)

From Chicago’s Umbrella Music:

Sunday, 7 February 2010
The Hungry Brain
10:00PM | Frankenstein
Frank Rosaly – drums
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
11:00PM | Face Time
Tony Barba – tenor sax, bansuri, melodica, fx and tunes
Patrick Mulcahy – electric bass
Cory Healey – drums

Wednesday, 10 February 2010
The Hideout
10:00PM | Matt Schneider Solo
Matt Schneider – guitar
11:00PM | My Silence
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
Nick Butcher – analog electronics, guitar
Mike Reed – drums
$6 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets : WHPK’s Richton Thomas spins From New Orleans to Chicago

Thursday, 11 February 2010
Elastic
10:00PM | Devin Hoff Solo
Devin Hoff – bass
11:00PM | Devin Hoff Quartet
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
Devin Hoff – bass
John Herndon – drums

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Elastic
9:00PM | The Engines
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Jeb Bishop – trombone
Nate McBride – bass
Tim Daisy – drums

Wednesday, 17 February 2010
The Hideout
10:00PM | OverOva
Fred Lonberg-Holm – motor cello
Jason Roebke – electric bass
Jason Adasiewicz – drums
11:00PM | Halo Defect
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Nate McBride – electric bass
Michael Zerang – drums
$7 cover
PLUS | DJ Sets : : Anton Hatwich spins Dusty Tracks and Guilty Pleasures

Thursday, 18 February 2010
Elastic
10:00PM | Charles Rumback Group
Tyler Beach – guitar
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Liz Payne – bass
Charles Rumback – drums
11:00PM | Jason Steele Quartet
James Davis – trumpet
Jason Steele – guitar
Patrick Mulcahy – bass
Charles Rumback – drums

Related articles by Zemanta

• Late notice: songs from Miles Davis’ electric period performed tonight (Friday, Feb. 5) at the Electric Tea Garden in Cap Hill (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• Photos Just In! Bernard Purdie and Friends Midnight Showcase Winter NAMM Show Courtesy of Bernie Capicchiano (lockergnome.com)