Vinny Golia Sextet @ ASTO Museum of Art

Vinny Golia Sextet @ ASTO Museum of Art Saturday, June 5, 2010
7:30pm - 9:30pm

This will be a great night of music featuring Vinny Golia and his outstanding ensemble.

Vinny Golia (baritone & soprano saxophones, piccolo)
Gavin Templeton (alto saxophone)
Dan Rosenboom (trumpet & flugelhorn)
Alex Noice (guitar)
Jon Armstrong (bass)
Andrew Lessman (drums)


ASTO Museum of Art
4505 Huntington Dr. South
Los Angeles, CA
$7
BYOB or coffee and rose tea at their cafe

The Vinny Golia Sextet tonight 4/30 and tomorrow night 5/1

Very late notice, but worth it:

The Vinny Golia Sextet will be rocking your face off on two seperate occasions this weekend. Please come support.


Friday the 30th :: 8pm at the South Pasadena Music Center. $5 cover, the proceeds will help pay for our trip to Sacramento for this year's "In the Flow Festival". 1509 Mission Street 91030


Saturday May 1st :: 10pm at Arts District May Day
It's a *free* community art/music/theater event at a warehouse space downtown. Cash bar. We'll share the stage with the Bagg/Ferber Project.
100 N Santa Fe Ave 90012. Just north of the 1st St Bridge

The Sextet is:

Vinny Golia: woodwinds (mostly baritone, tenor sax, soprano, sopranino, piccolo)
Gavin Templeton: alto sax
Dan Rosenboom: trumpet, cornet
Alex Noice: guitar and pedals
Jon Armstrong: electric bass
Andrew Lessman: drums

Accordionist Guy Klucevsek Solo Concert @ Royal/T

Rare appearance of world renowned accordionist, Guy Klucevsek @ Royal/T. Fair price, great place, out of this world music.

$12 general admission / $8 students

Thursday, March 18, 2010
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Royal-T
8910 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA

GUY KLUCEVSEK has created a unique repertoire for accordion through his own composing and by commissioning over 50 works from composers including John Zorn, Fred Frith, Lois V Vierk, Alvin Lucier, and many others.

Solo performances include Serious Fun! at Lincoln Center, Bang on a Can, Spoleto Festival/USA, and children's TV show Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. He has performed at festivals throughout Europe, and has worked with such artists as Laurie Anderson, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Coleman, Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, Robin Holcomb, the Kronos Quartet, Natalie Merchant, Pauline Oliveros, Present Music, Bobby Previte, Relâche, Jubilant Sykes, and John Zorn. He was an original member of Dave Douglas’s band, Charms of the Night Sky, with whom he recorded three albums and toured throughout North America and Europe.

GUY KLUCEVSEK has created a unique repertoire for accordion through his own composing and by commissioning over 50 works from composers including John Zorn, Fred Frith, Lois V Vierk, Alvin Lucier, and many others.

Tickets are available at the door
General Admission $12
Students: $8

http://www.guyklucevsek.com

http://www.royal-t.org

Simplexity Extreme Measures CD Release Concert @ RESBOX

West Coast electronic jazz group Simplexity (http://www.myspace.com/simplexitymusic) will be releasing their debut album Extreme Measures worldwide on Tuesday February 2, 2010.

The release event for Extreme Measures will be a live performance by Simplexity taking place at Los Angeles’ home for experimental instrumental music, ResBox on January 21 at 8pm. ResBox is a monthly event featuring the world's best experimental music, curated by musician and filmmaker Hans Fjellestad. The event takes place at the Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry West, 4773 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027. Tickets for the event can be purchased online at http://steveallentheater.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=217119 or by calling 800-595-4TIX(4849).

Simplexity is a hyper-dimensional electronic jazz project formed by producer, noted computer musician and bassist John von Seggern with some of the most innovative and respected jazz players on the West Coast -- Los Angeles sound designer and top studio musician Steve Tavaglione, keys player John Beasley, and drummer Gary Novak. The album also contains some of the last recordings of bassist Dave Carpenter, to whom Extreme Measures is dedicated, as well as trumpet by Walt Fowler and EVI stylings by Judd Miller.

Extreme Measures was recorded over a couple days of jam sessions and overdubs at drummer Gary Novak's Kronos Recording studio in Burbank. Sax, drums, keyboards, and bass were mixed and combined with computer beats and grooves in live session, then later edited and remixed into compositions by John von Seggern, nicknamed John von Badass by the players, although he typically just goes by John von.

Although Extreme Measures is the group's first release under the Simplexity name, the members of this illustrious group are each well-known in their own right as giants of the West Coast music scene. Between them, they have amassed hundreds of recording credits for albums, film and television.

Simplexity is:

John von Seggern -Bass
John Beasley-Keys
Steve Tavaglione-Woodwinds
Gary Novak-Drums

Thursday, January 21, 2010
ResBox at the Steve Allen Theater
4773 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA

Daniel Rosenboom Quartet and Slumgum @ ASTO Museum of Art

This Friday night it looks like another great performance at the ASTO Museum of Art

Daniel Rosenboom Quartet featuring:

Daniel Rosenboom, trumpet and flugelhorn
Brian Walsh, clarinet and bass clarinet
David Tranchina, bass
Trevor Anderies, drums

...and of course one of LA's most compelling jazz groups, Slumgum, featuring:

Jon Armstrong, saxophone
Rory Cowal, piano
David Tranchina, bass
Trevor Anderies, drums

Friday, December 4, 2009
7:30pm - 11:00pm

ASTO Museum of Art

4505 Huntington Dr. South

Los Angeles, CA

Mike Dubin w/ Michael Fortunato & Friends!

This sounds like a great concert coming up on Saturday w/ a great line-up.

Jazz Concert w/Michael Fortunato & Friends!
Mike Dubin drums, Shea Welsh guitar, Evan Calbi bass, DJ Bonebrake (X) vibes, & Michael Fortunato trumpet! W/special guest vocalist Michelle Coltrane!!!


Saturday, Nov. 21st6:30-9:30pm $10.00 donation.

True Yoga in Thousand Oaks!!!
Wine & Refreshments w/a boutique!

3625 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, #322
Westlake Village, CA 91362

Interviews to come.....

I am going to start holding interviews with musicians based in the Southern California area. I need to start constructing questions and I have a list of people I would like to start with:

Wadada Leo Smith, Vinny Golia, Shin Kawasaki, Ulrich Krieger, Hans Fjellstad, Steuart Liebig, Wayne Peet, GE Stinson, Nels Cline, Mike Watt, Rocco Somazzi, Titus Levi, Jeff Kaiser, Mark Trayle, Jeff Gauthier, David Witham, Bobby Bradford, Michael Sessions, and many, many, more. I would like to interview a lot of the not so well known composers/players as well, but ones who are playing out often and keeping the music fresh. The previous list is just off the top of my head. I would like to dig deeper.

Will start soon maybe have the first up by next month, will have to see how it goes. Need to figure out how to do....I'm a musician not an interviewer. Would like them to be kind of like Anil Prasad's highly successful interviews on his Innerviews site.

Midtones in Chinatown

Midtones is an open event hosted by the great guitarist Shin Kawasaki on the 1st and 3rd wednesdays of the month and is, well...eclectic to say the least. Revolving musicians sit in, as well as rappers, DJ's, poets, dancers, and whatever walks through the door that night. Shin has been hosting this event at the Grand Star in Chinatown for well over a year now and you really never know what is going to happen. I have seen them actually pull the party from the upstairs room because it was way more happening in the Midtones domain.

Also be sure to check out the blue haired funkiness of the alluring and equally creepy, Madeleines

From Midtones site:

"MidTones is an eclectic/experimental open jam that takes place @ Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month. if you play any musical instrument, use devices and machines that make noise, sing, rap, beatbox, write poems, dance, do stand-up, or like to hang out and meet people, have conversation with people, AND you're looking for something that is different, experimental, in the moment, no expectation, no categorization, no limitation (except for the midnight cut-out time) - this is the venue for you.


Shin Kawasaki website

1st and 3rd Wednesdays
9:30PM-12:30AM

Grand Star Jazz Club
943 N. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA

Sarah Ann, Emily Hay, Kat Knockels @ Cafe Muse

Fantastic LA musicians: Sarah Phillips - piano, Emily Hay - flute, & Kat Knockels - bassoon will be performing at Cafe Muse in Hollywood tonight in a improvised set. These three women play at the top of their game and are not to be missed!

Friday, November 13, 2009
10:30pm - 11:45pm
Cafe Muse
6547 Santa Monica Blvd
Hollywood, CA

OC Creative Music Collective Concert Series: Steuart Liebig/Seconda Parttica Quintet

Seconda Prattica

This exciting, but rarely seen quintet, features bassist Steuart Liebig’s wonderful compositions and is formed by some of the Los Angeles areas greatest players. Seconda Prattica is comprised of LA’s Michael Vlatkovich (trombone), Bill Plake (Tenor Sax), Dan Clucas (Trumpet) and Alex Cline (drums)

and, the crazy part. . . it's FREE!!!

OC Creative Music Collective

Episcopal Church of the Messiah:
614 N. Bush St.
Santa Ana, California 92701

6:30PM

Monte Carlo 76 playing the new Gold line opening

Los Angeles based guitarist/composer/improviser, Jeremy Keller is a member of the fantastic band Monte Carlo 76 and they will be playing a free show on Sunday 11/15 for the opening of the brand new Gold Line in East LA.

BIO: Monte Carlo 76 was born in 2003 from the remains of keyboardist Gomez Comes Alive and guitarist Jeremy Keller’s former group Slowrider. Rooted in Chicano soul but inspired by the mellow electronica of Air and Stereolab, their debut album, The Monte Carlo Fantasy (TMCF), was critically acclaimed and garnered them an L.A. Weekly Music Awards nomination as Best Latin Alternative Band.

Much of the material for TMCF came from stories of people and experiences in Gardena, CA. Likewise, Marisela was influenced in part by the time the band spent rehearsing in an East L.A. neighborhood called City Terrace – a barrio so full of characters that stories just wafted in through the alleyway beyond the open doors of their studio. With the combined talents of co-producer Martha Gonzalez and luminous vocalist Marisa Ronstadt (second cousin of Linda), Marisela has a definitive feminine perspective, providing a subtle yet distinct departure from the previous album.

Marisa is a South Phoenix native trained as a mariachi singer with a love for R&B, while Martha is a veteran of the East Los scene as a founding member of seminal band Quetzal. The addition of seasoned producer Quetzal Flores, also of Quetzal, lends the new album a fresh sound. Harmonica player Tex Nakamura (formerly of funk band, WAR) further solidifies the slow and low sound of Monte Carlo 76 without typecasting the band into the oldie but goodie set.

Resbox 2009 Season Finale

ResBox season finale is happening this month on Thurs Nov 19 at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood featuring solo sets by sound artists Steve Roden and Yann Novak, plus synth & blues harp duo Ice Cream debuts with live visuals by Vj Fader... Hope you can join us!

STEVE RODEN
http://inbetweennoise.com

YANN NOVAK
http://yannnovak.com

ICE CREAM (Hans Fjellestad + Amit Itelman) w/ VJ FADER


Thursday, November 19, 8PM
ResBox @ Steve Allen Theater
The Center for Inquiry
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90027

$10 at the door or reservations at: (800) 595-4849
more info: (323) 666-4268

all ages + free parking in lot

http://www.steveallentheater.com/resbox
http://www.myspace.com/resboxmusic
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50827566387

ResBox presents an eclectic roster of experimental music luminaries and emerging artists on stage every third Thursday of the month at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood.

Nearing its second year mark, series alumni include Lukas Ligeti, Carl Stone, Z'EV, Soriah, Laetitia Sonami, Tatsuya Nakatani, Vinny Golia, Motoko Honda, Ezra Buchla, Lisle Ellis, Steamboat Switzerland, Leticia Castaneda, David Scott Stone, G.E. Stinson, Jim McAuley, Daedeuls, Baseck, Urban Electronic Music, Kadet Kuhne, Becca Mhalek, among many others.

"The only place in town to tap the really freaky brew." - MetalJazz.com

Video Archive Playlist:
http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=08919219DEF98018

Alan Cook and the Crepuscule Trio CD release/performance in San Diego

Crepuscule Trio, just released "Unveil", their first major release on the Circumvention Music label.

The Crepuscule Trio is:
Alan Cook (drums/percussion), Ken Kawamura (saxophone), Anthony Shadduck (contrabass)

From the circumvention site:

Unveil is the result of a three year collaboration by the members of the Crepuscule Trio, saxophonist Ken Kawamura, contrabassist Anthony Shadduck, and drummer/percussionist Alan Cook. This recording marks the group's first full-length recording, as well as their debut on Circumvention Music. Inspired by a wide range of music including, but not limited to, jazz, avantgarde, modern classical music, experimental rock, indigenous world music, and creative spontaneous improvisation, Crepuscule Trio presents ten original pieces with compositional elements as varied as their influences. Each composition features both group and individual improvisational approaches which the trio has developed over their long association. Music made in the moment, but informed by years of study and experience, lies at the heart of the Crepuscule Trio’s first major release.

They will also be playing at the Kava Lounge in San Diego on Sunday, Nov. 8th, show starts at 7pm and the trio takes the stage around 8pm.

Kava Lounge
2812 Kettner Blvd
San Diego, CA 92101-1223
(619) 543-0933