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On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Patrick McManus <
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> This sounds almost as exciting as me reading tonight
> Bests P
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> Sent: 03 May 2008 15:46
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> Subject: "HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE - EXPERIMENTAL JAZZ IN JERSEY CITY" - YEAR
> 2!
> (Every Friday in May)
>
> "HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE - EXPERIMENTAL JAZZ IN JERSEY CITY" - YEAR 2! (Every
> Friday in May)
>
>
> For the second year in a row, "Home Field Advantage - Experimental Jazz in
> Jersey City" will present Jersey City-based musicians performing
> cutting-edge improvised music in their hometown every Friday in May. The
> festival -- organized by Jersey City resident and musician James Keepnews
> --
> will take place at Toy Eaters Studio (one flight downstairs from the
> festival's venue last year, Lex Leonard Gallery), located at 143
> Christopher
> Columbus Drive in Jersey City, one block west of the Grove St. PATH
> station.
> The concerts will begin each night at 8 PM. Tickets will be $12 general
> admission and $10 students and seniors, available the door each
> performance
> evening.
> The festival's concert schedule this year will be:
> 5/9 - People's Revolutionary Party -- debut of an avant-garde big band
> organized by James Keepnews, with Daniel Carter, Ras Moshe, Matt Lavelle,
> Tomchess and many others
> 5/16 - Bryan Beninghove -- featuring Eyal Maoz and special guests
> 5/23 - Damian Catera -- with Michael Lopez and G. E. Schwartz
> 5/30 - Nate Wooley -- with Chris Speed, Reuben Radding and Harris
> Eisenstadt
> More details about each group and performance follow below. For further
> information regarding "Home Field Advantage," please contact James
> Keepnews
> at 212.353.6971, or at [log in to unmask] For more information about
> Toy Eaters Studio, go to http://www.myspace.com/toyeaters.
>
>
>
> 5/9 - People's Revolutionary Party -- debut of an avant-garde big band
> organized by JC resident James Keepnews, with Daniel Carter on saxophones,
> clarinet, flute and trumpet; Ras Moshe on saxophones and flute; Matt
> Lavelle
> on trumpet and bass clarinet; Tom Chess on saxophones, flute and Turkish
> ney; Nick Gianni on saxophones; Welf Dorr on saxophones; James Keepnews on
> guitar, laptop and electronics; Todd Nicholson on upright bass; and
> Michael
> Golub on drums
> Described by band organizer James Keepnews as performing
> "late-post-ambient
> dub Ascension funk", this evening's concert as part of "Home Field
> Advantage" will present the debut of People's Revolutionary Party. An
> avant-garde big band featuring many of New York's most accomplished
> cutting-edge jazz musicians, PRP improvises entire sets of dynamic variety
> and towering intensity. This promises to be an unforgettable evening of
> music.
> James Keepnews is a musician, writer and multimedia artist, often blurring
> each of these roles in his work. He has performed with dozens of bands and
> performing artists over the course of two decades, including Daniel
> Carter,
> George Lewis, Holland Hopson, Joe Giardullo, Linda Montano, Damian Catera
> and many others, with whom he has performed in multiple venues and
> broadcasters throughout the world. Keepnews received his B.A. in English
> at
> Hamilton College in 1988 and attended the Interactive Electronic Arts
> program (iEAR) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, receiving his MFA from
> there in 1998. He served as both public relations and jazz/experimental
> music director at WRPI-FM, in addition to hosting several programs for the
> station. Also while a student, he collaborated as an actor, writer and
> video
> artist with fellow iEAR student, Johnny DeKam, in an early streaming media
> performance/virtual installation, Ethereal/Corporeal, in 1996. With fellow
> iEAR student Hopson, he also collaborated with pioneering interactive
> improviser -- and Macarthur Foundation "genius grant" awardee -- George
> Lewis on a software-based computer video sampler for Lewis' performance,
> Following the Northstar Bugaloo. In 1998, he performed ADM Sonata at New
> York City's The Kitchen with a computer video sampler system he controlled
> in real-time with his guitar. With Hopson, Keepnews recorded the duo album
> "hunting and gathering,"  for Keepnews' label Metaharmonic Records which
> received wide acclaim. His writing has appeared in the New Haven Advocate,
> the Fairfield Weekly, The Squid's Ear, Reign of Toads and Metroland
> Magazine.
> Daniel Carter: One of the legendary masters of creative music.  Born in
> Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania in 1945. He has performed or recorded over the
> past three decades with such artists as: Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Billy Bang,
> William Parker, Roy Campbell, Sabir Mateen, Sonic Youth, Simone Forti,
> Joan
> Miller, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Nayo Takasaki, Earl Freeman, Dewey
> Johnson, Nami Yamamoto, Matthew Shipp, Billy Martin, John Medeski, Wilber
> Morris, Denis Charles, MMW (Medeski, Martin, & Wood), Vernon Reid (Living
> Colour), Options,  Spring Heel Jack, Yo La Tengo, Federico Ughi, Raphé
> Malik, Sam Rivers, Sunny Murray, Hamiet Bluiett, Bob Moses, Jaco
> Pastorius,
> Enrico Rava, David S. Ware, Steve Swell, Matt Lavelle, Karl Berger, Don
> Pate, Gunter Hampel, David Grubbs, the No Kneck Blues Band, Alan Silva,
> Susie Ibarra, Steve Dalachinsky, D.J. Logic, Margaret Beals, Douglas
> Elliot,
> Butch Morris, TEST, Other Dimensions In Music, One World Ensemble,
> Saturnalia String Trio, Levitation Unit, Wet Paint.
> Tomchess is a Multi-instrumentalist/Improviser/Composer. He plays Reeds,
> Western Flute, Arabic/Turkish Ney flute, Oud, Morsing, Husuli and Guitar.
> He
> also has a history of using electronics /sampling/live-sampling/loops/fx.
> He
> has performed with Drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society,
> Butch
> Morris's Sheng Skyscraper, recorded with Tenor players Dewey Redman,
> Pharoah
> Sanders, Morrocan Sintarist Hassan Hakmoun and Butch Morris. He has also
> led
> a guitar trio with Drummer Phil Haynes and bassist Drew Gress called Seven
> Times a Year. He has studied Middle/Near Eastern and West African musics,
> spending time in West Africa playing and performing. He has studied with
> Bassam Saba, Tidiani Bangoura, Abdul Aziz Tourè and Mohammad Camarra. He
> currently lives in NYC where he performs with his different ensembles and
> works as a freelance musician. He has performed at the Turkish Embassy,
> the
> Pakastani Embassy and the Asian Society among countless other venues in
> NYC
> and the United States. He has also performed in Africa, Canada, Holland,
> and
> Italy. His latest cd releases are: 2007-Tomchess & The Lovedogs-In The
> Beautiful Future (Footjumbo records), 2008-Continuance (Footjumbo
> records),
> The World Is Dust The World Is Gold (Footjumbo records), The Celebrant
> (Ruby
> Red Editora) www.myspace.com/tomchess www.cdbaby.com/cd/tomchess
> On his steady search for the right balance between "free" and "groove"
> Welf
> Dorr's composing and (alto) playing are mixing influences from the jazz of
> the 60's (from free jazz in general to Miles' band with Wayne Shorter in
> particular) with contemporary elements from hip hop, drum&bass and world
> music. Originally from Munich (Germany) he studied at Berklee before he
> moved 1995 to New York. Here he played and recorded a.o. with Frank Lacy,
> Sonny Simmons, Sabir Mateen, Jeffrey Shurdut, Lukas Ligeti, Vernon Ried
>  and
> participated in many conductions by Butch Morris as a member of the Nublu
> Orchestra. In 2005 he recorded a concert with a quintet including Kenny
> Wollesen on drums (no unfamiliar name in the NYC downtown jazz and
> avantgarde scene, who has played with all kinds of musicians from John
> Zorn
> to John Scofield) and Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet (long time member of
> Steve Coleman's Five Elements). Besides playing in different jazz clubs in
> the US, Europe and Mexico he performed at festivals such as Willisau
> (Switzerland) or Celebrate Brooklyn as well as places as City Hall of New
> York.
> Bassist and composer Todd Nicholson is a mainstay of the downtown New York
> hardjazz scene. He has performed with Billy Bang, Roy Campbell, Eddie
> Gale,
> Frank Lowe, William Parker, James Spaulding, and Steve Swell, among
> others.
> His work with the legendary violinist, Mr. Bang, is especially notable for
> its longevity: Nicholson has been a core member of Bang's ensembles for
> the
> past seven years. He has appeared in a variety of settings throughout the
> U.S., Europe and Japan, including the Vision Festival (NYC), the Rochester
> Jazz Festival, the Other Minds Festival (San Francisco), Tampere Jazz
> Happening (Tampere, Finland), Sons d'Hiver (Paris), the Ottawa Jazz
> Festival, and the Full Moon Festival (Mangetsu sai) in Miyajima, Japan
> (the
> island off the coast of Hiroshima). He has collaborated with numerous
> dancers, most recently Carmen deLavallade and Gus Solomons jr. at Symphony
> Space. He also leads his own group, the Otic Band/Ensemble. Recent
> recorded
> appearances include "Long Hidden: The Olmec Series" by William Parker (AUM
> Fidelity), "First, Keep Quiet" by the Gauci Trio (CIMP Records), and a
> live
> recording by the Billy Bang Quintet entitled "Above and Beyond" (Justin
> Time).
>
> Michael Golub is a drummer, guitarist, socialist, devoted husband and
> father
> of two very musical girls. He has composed music for the classic upstate
> ny
> ensemble, Kuru, who were briefly signed to Knitting Factory records, and
> for
> his current band, The Red Hook Project.
>
>
> 5/16 - JC resident and saxophonist Bryan Beninghove - featuring Eyal Maoz
> on
> guitar and special guests
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> Bryan Beninghove is a tireless bandleader whose innovative projects span
> numerous genres. Originally hailing from Westminster, MD, a rural suburb
> of
> Baltimore, Bryan brings a blue collar earthiness to the world of jazz.
> Before becoming a full time professional musician, he worked for different
> steel shops, carpenters, & he bartended. Drawing from these diverse
> experiences, Bryan has always played with an urgent grittiness, a sense of
> humor, & a strong foundation in the blues. Bryan has performed with such
> jazz luminaries as Eddie Henderson, Rufus Reid, Ron Affif, & Jamey Haddad
> as
> well as young guns like Mark Guiliana, Sam Barsh, Duane Eubanks, Rick
> Parker, & Josh Dion. Bryan has also performed with the hard rock group
> Clutch, the indie band Lake Trout, & beatbox extraordinaire Taylor
> McFerrin.
> Music education has always been a priority in Bryan's life. Since
> receiving
> a bachelor's degree in music from William Paterson University, he has
> spent
> countless hours teaching privately, running ensembles for all ages,
> putting
> on clinics, and running a jazz camp for kids each summer.
> Guitarist Eyal Maoz is a composer and guitarist based in New York City.
> Eyal
> was recently hosted at WNYC "Ear To Ear" radio program, presenting some of
> his music and ensembles. His latest CD Edom (Tzadik Records) with John
> Medeski on organ, Shanir Blumenkranz on bass and Ben Perowsky on drums is
> available now. His group Hypercolor just performed at the 2008 NYC Winter
> Jazzfest. Eyal's ensemble Edom performed at the 2006 Montreal Jazz
> Festival,
> 2007 BAM Next Festival and at the 2007 Winter JazzFest. His ensembles
> performed at the Verizon Jazz festival, Jewish Music and Heritage, The Red
> Sea International Jazz Festival and many others.
> http://www.eyalmaozmusic.com/
>
>
> 5/23 - JC resident and interactive guitarist Damian Catera - with Michael
> Lopez on drums and spoken-word artist G. E. Schwartz on poetry and vocals
>
> "Call it dark space music or experimental drones, this music rattles the
> soul -- and the windows."
>                                                -- François Couture,
> allmusic.com
> Damian Catera is an electroacoustic composer/improviser, sound
> installation
> and media artist. Catera's work reflects interests in experimental
> composition/ improvisation, transmission and sociopolitical critique. He
> has
> toured and exhibited his work the US, Europe and Asia. His primary mission
> as an artist is to blur disciplinary boundaries often utilizing
> appropriated
> material and algorithmic processing. In recent years, Catera has performed
> solo improvised "decompositions" using computer manipulated live radios as
> instrumentation in such venues as the New Museum of Contemporary Art and
> The
> Kitchen in New York City , the ZKM institute in Germany and the Institute
> for Contemporary Art in Prague. He is represented by the Hogar Collection
> Gallery in Brooklyn, NY and is the recipient of a 2008 Fellowship from the
> New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
>
> Writer, poet and vocalist G. E. Schwartz, frozen by the mad love of John
> Montague and Joseph Brodsky and Joey Heatherton, and the immense teaching
> of
> their spring of broken symbols, has turned and twisted in the circles of
> SOLOMONS RAMADA, FAKING TRAINS and EONCHS OF RUBY. He forfeited the divine
> nameless by putting out the book Only Other Are: Poems (LEGIBLE PRESS),
> all
> the while his little finger plumbing the dark moist sepal of new terrain.
> The Bellingham Dance Company has just choreographed his "House of Silver
> Windows" out in the Seattle area).
>
>
> 5/30 - JC resident and trumpeter Nate Wooley -- with Chris Speed on tenor
> saxophone and clarinet, Reuben Radding on bass and JC resident Harris
> Eisenstadt on drums
> "Local trumpet ace Nate Wooley (is) one of the few cats who is working
> hard
> at redefining the vocabulary and sound of the trumpet."
>                               -- Bruce Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
>
> Nate Wooley grew up in a small fishing town in Oregon.  He grew up in his
> father's big band, beginning his professional career at age 13. After a
> period of study, Nate landed in Jersey City.  He has made a name for
> himself
> as a sideman, working with such improvisors as Paul Lytton, Anthony
> Braxton,
> John Butcher, Steve Beresford, Joe Morris, and Daniel Levin. His
> experimentation on the trumpet has led to him being labeled "exquisitely
> hostile" by the Italian magazine, Touching Extremes.  His solo work,
> acoustic and with unprocessed amplification, has led him to work in fields
> left and right of the jazz world as well, with bands such as Akron/Family,
> Wolf Eyes, Burning Star Core, and David Grubbs. The quartet will perform
> pieces of Nate's worked to a wonderful frayed edge over the past 5 years.
>
> The group, featuring two of the leading lights of the Brooklyn/downtown
> scene, Reuben Radding and Harris Eisenstadt (a JC resident who
> participated
> in last year's "HFA" festival), welcomes special guest Chris Speed tonight
> for a reading of this music as well as some of Nate's new Christian Wolff
> inspired "exercises".
>
>
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