solo acoustic guitar
7-9 pm
$10
glenn jones & chuck anastasio ~ solo acoustic guitars
a night of guitar w/glenn jones (cul de sac) and charles anastasiou (freedom for gus) + very special guest! solo instrumental guitar in the style of john fahey, leo kottke, etc.
production: chuck anastasio - gusanddean@yahoo.com, www.freedomforgus.com
blues/roots
9p - mid
$10 sugg. don.
- Blind Water
- Riff Gallagher and A Murder of Crow
(feat. members of Apollo Sunshine)
- Michael Melendez
w/ photo exhibit by R.G. Gallagher
production: R.G. Gallagher and K. Corzett
kevincorzett@hotmail.com
classical
1-2 pm
$10
a classical appetizer
production : sakiko mori - sakicco@hotmail.com,
production: sylvain bouix - sbouix@gmail.com
Experimental/Breakbeat/Jazz
7-9pm
$10 Donation
ColorAndTalea
Summer Residency
EVERY SATURDAY at 7pm in JULY and AUGUST
http://www.colorandtalea.com/
http://www.myspace.com/colorandtalea
ColorAndTalea’s unique style of experimental/breakbeat/jazz improvisation has been called “one of the most frenetic live acts in Boston,” and for good reason. Although their shows are highly spontaneous, and rooted in free improv, the energy level of the players rivals that of a punk band, rather than that of a jazz trio. The sparse instrumentation (only saxophone, bass, and drums) is complemented by a barrage of electronic gadgets, a laptop computer, beatboxing, screaming, and the occasional display of manic acrobatics. They are clearly not your average jazz trio.
Production: BadBread
Anthony@BadBread.com
908.451.7093
Ominous Collective Presents:
Kabarett 16-Bit
9:30 - Midnight
$6 donation
w/
What Time is it Mr Fox (EP release party)
“Cherry” (a short film by Mocaz and John Cotter)
Imo’an Performance Troupe (silent theater project)
Jutta (mistress of ceremonies)
production: info@ominouscollective.com www.ominouscollective.com
improv & composed
2 – 3 pm
$ 5 donation
the mad hatter’s tea party
hold onto your hats folks! mad usicians of all genres coming together every sunday to propel music into the 21st century. improvisations and written music from the minds of composers and madmen. this is what you’ve been waiting for! sunday is when you want it! plus! 2th sunday of every month, bring your won bongos (audience participation day). “the only way to get mad, is to drink more tea!” –tim leary
jazz/improv
6:30-8:30 PM
$8 donation
JAZZ IN FIVE
Isaac Young - saxophones
Jason Yeager - piano/keys
Kevin Moy - bass
Bennet Perez - drums/percussion
Jazz In Five is an experimental quartet that mixes elements of many
different styles of music, with an emphasis on group improvisation. The
band has performed throughout the Boston area, at venues such as Ryles
Jazz Club and the Center for the Arts in Natick. Listen to recordings of
the band at www.soundclick.com/jazzinv.
Contact for more info: Jason_Yeager@milton.edu
acoustic jazz
8:30pm and 10pm
$10 donation
hey rim jeon returns to the zeigeist gallery, with her acoustic trio, for the first time since her september main stage performance at the jarasum international jazz festival in south korea. hey rim will be joined by local favorite, eugene lee on bass and j. curtis warner jr. on drums, for a contemporary mix of originals and standards where east meets west.
www.heyrimjeon.com
produced by take note music and entertainment
contact j. curtis warner jr. e-mail: cwarner@berklee.edu
jazz
10:00 – 12:30
$10
the zeitgeist residency of the fringe ! jazz combo deluxe
george garzone – tenor sax / john lockwood – bass / bob gullotti –drums
production: bob gullotti – 781.899.9382
perf-po
7-9pm
$5
michael brown poetry theatre
production: michael brown - michaelbrown2@verizon.net
poetry open mic
9:30 – 12am
$?
zenarchy ~ a poetry and performance open mic
production – al nidle – alanidel@hotmail.com
electronica
7-10 pm
$7
godmode_on: an evening of bizzare electronica
wednesday, july 6th 7-11p
$7 suggested donation
featuring boston’s finest underground glitch, idm,
trip-hop, drum n bass, industrial, and ambient acts.
with the music of…
-soup
-2-bit vision
-aliens at home
-soup improvisational baroque idm, with laptop and piano (http://www.soundclick.com/whatthehellissoup )
-aliens at home - otherworldly potent drum n bass, with laptop and turntables
(http://www.aliensathome.com )
-two-bit vision - intense post-gabber deathbeats, with laptop (www.modeofproof.com/mp3s/twobitvision/ )
plus: live video art and improv painting.
godmode_on is a bi-monthly electronica show featuring live underground techno and contemporary electronica on the first and last wednesday of every month. different artists will be featured at every show, ranging from local artists to big names from the underground.
production: ben cantil - theundergroundorchestra@yahoo.com
jazz
10pm
$7 donation
OVERLAP: AN UNCOMMON DIALOGUE
Gill Aharon keys
Alec Spiegelman alto sax
Blake Newman bass
Dave Coniglio drums
VS
Eric Hofbauer guitar
Jorge Roeder bass
Nat Mugavero drums
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A guardian of Boston’s jazz piano scene, Gill Aharon
will be hosting an unconventional night of music at
the Zeitgeist Gallery on Wednesday, 7/6. The evening
will take the format of a fluid dialogue between two
formations of musicians, oscillating between
structured songs (initiated by Aharon’s quartet) and
free improvisation as a trio (Eric Hofbauer, Jorge
Roeder, Nat Mugavero) gradually coalesces and then
separates with the quartet. In this unique display of
musical discourse, the two groups cycle between order
and chaos, creation and destruction, as they pass the
songs back and forth. Aharon’s formation will be
fresh off the heels of a Southern tour so there should
be some nice homecoming energy. You can listen to
some of their tracks before the show at
www.gillaharon.com.
Stay tuned for the jam session after the performance,
where Boston’s most creative and open-minded musicians
create and explore new sonic territories weekly.
www.gillaharon.com
www.zeitgeist-gallery.org
Press contact: Rachel Koppelman
zachel_the_mediatrix@yahoo.com 617 909 9027
jazz
7pm
$8 donation
TREE-OH
featuring:
Bruno Raberg-acoustic bass
Brooke Sofferman-drums and cymbals
Daniel Ian Smith-saxophones and flutes
This new trio comprised of 3 of New England’s busiest jazzmen and bandleaders in their own right. The group delivers an inspiring blend of world influences through their original compositions and group explorations. Look for our new CD before years end!!!
Original acoustic jazz and improvised music
Www.danieliansmith.com
Www.orbismusic.com
Www.skangadang.com
b3 jazz
9pm
$8 donation
Back at the Chicken Shack:
An Evening of the Hammond Organ
Featuring:
The Rusty Scott Trio
Rusty Scott - Hammond Organ
Mike Mele - guitar
Dave Brophy - drums
Playing original compositions of Rusty Scott and some of the music of Jimmy Smith, Don Patterson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Hank Marr, and Wes Montgomery.
Suggested Donation $8
italian folk
7pm
Newpoli
Angela Rossi: vocals
Carmen Marsico: vocals
Emiliano Loconsolo: vocals
Björn Wennås: guitar
Fabio Pirozzolo: percussions
Mishal Alomar: percussions
Special Guest
Roberto Cassan: accordion
The roots of Italian Folk Music
As everybody knows Italy has a very old and
prestigious classical tradition. How many people are
familiar with the Folk songs played by the farmers in
the Neapolitans suburbs while Giacomo Puccini or
Giuseppe Verdi were performing their operas for the
Italian high society? How many people have heard
traditional instruments such as Tamorra or Putipu?
Newpoli is an Italian Folk Group with two
percussionists, two guitars and three singers, all
swathed in rich colors of the past, whose purpose is
to rediscover all the wonderfully “uneducated” music
played on the rhythms of Tammurriata, Tarantella or
Pizzica.
jazz
9:30 – 12am
$12
free range rat:
john carlson - trumpet, pocket trumpet
eric hipp - tenor sax
shawn mcgloin - bass
george schuller - drums & things you shake
free range rat plays “cosmosonic jazz”, paying homage to the rich tradition of improvisational exploration in american music including conceptual nods to sun ra, james blood ulmer, bob marley, ornette coleman as well as newer works from members of the band.
production: rob chalfen - robchalfen@hotmail.com
7/9 (sat) 1pm, $7 *LA FONTEGARA ~early music from the 14th to 17th century~ NATALIE PALME, recorders, viol, voice BRIAN WARNOCK, recorders, voice JANE WILSON, recorders, voice
Members of the early music trio LA FONTEGARA will perform music ranging from the 14th to the 17th century using recorders, viol and voices.
[Program] French canons by Machaut and Busnoys; songs by HenryVIII and Thomas Crecquillon; Fantasias by Gibbons, Bassano, Lupo and Tomkins; and instrumental selections by Hassler, Scheidt and Corelli.
[Contact] Natalie Palme (hmaboston@verizon.net)
Experimental/Breakbeat/Jazz
7-9pm
$10 Donation
ColorAndTalea
Summer Residency
EVERY SATURDAY at 7pm in JULY and AUGUST
http://www.colorandtalea.com/
http://www.myspace.com/colorandtalea
ColorAndTalea’s unique style of experimental/breakbeat/jazz improvisation has been called “one of the most frenetic live acts in Boston,” and for good reason. Although their shows are highly spontaneous, and rooted in free improv, the energy level of the players rivals that of a punk band, rather than that of a jazz trio. The sparse instrumentation (only saxophone, bass, and drums) is complemented by a barrage of electronic gadgets, a laptop computer, beatboxing, screaming, and the occasional display of manic acrobatics. They are clearly not your average jazz trio.
Production: BadBread
Anthony@BadBread.com
908.451.7093
world
9:30 – 12am
$10
munera
drums
keyboard
bass
guitar
production: munera – mun_era@hotmail.com
drawing session
10:30 – 1 pm
$10
life drawing
every sunday @ zeitgeist
production: alan nidle – alanidle@hotmail.com
improv & composed
2 – 3 pm
$ 5
the mad hatter’s tea party
hold onto your hats folks! mad usicians of all genres coming together every sunday to propel music into the 21st century. improvisations and written music from the minds of composers and madmen. this is what you’ve been waiting for! sunday is when you want it! plus! 2th sunday of every month, bring your won bongos (audience participation day). “the only way to get mad, is to drink more tea!” –tim leary
s/s, folk, rock, jazz, funk
6-9
$5
audrey ryan presents
boston singer-songwriter series
featuring
check the bbq outside the zeitgeist before around 4/5pm!
featuring:
say hay www.sayheymusic.com
audrey ryan www.audreyryan.org
jordan carp
david francis
monthly singer-songwriter series featuring local, regional, and national musicians playing 30 minute solo acoustic sets. intimate and lots of fun. free coffee and snacks for audience.
production: audrey ryan – audreyryan79@yahoo.com, www.audreyryan.org
experimental jazz
9pm
Double Bill:
John Decarlo and
A.C. Unit w/ Brian Zegeer’s “Dance, Millepede” SHADOW THEATER
A.C Unit is an experimental jazz trio based out of NYC. The members consist of Ben B. Lee (guitar/banjo), Jonathan Moritz (saxophones/bass clarinet), and Mike Pride (percussion).
“Expect stream-of-consciousness improvisations.” - The Village Voice
“An interesting trio showcase of mixed playing concepts.” - All About Jazz
“Dance, Millipede” is a low-tech performative animation inspired by the music of A.C. Unit. Borrowing from the traditions of Indonesian Shadow Theatre and American Vaudeville theatre set design, “Dance, Millipede” consists of five vignettes of cataclysmic events ravaging an urban colony, the violence taking on the guise of a Godzilla-type monster, government beaurocrat, breathing cavern. Imagery, sourced from television news, becomes mythified, a low-fi fetishizing of the cathode ray tube and an organic embodiment of the fear culture propagated by the American News media.
“Dance, Millipede” is a production of Brian Zegeer and Siovahn McBride, they operate out of Philadelphia.
www.acunitmusic.com
www.brianzegeer.com
singer-songwriters
7:30 – 9:30 pm
$5
gabrielle louise, jem martin and jamie garamella present a night of original song
guitar & vocals, piano, bass
three songwriters present their creations with various settings, and will all join together at the end of the night. jem martin with piano driven melodies and strong, gutsy vocals. jamie garamella sings a stretch of styles from country to comedy, all backed by his developed guitar work, and gabrielle louise woos the audience with the contrast of her folky roots and innovative lyric and vocal. please join to hear their fresh, original music
production: gabrielle louise – gabriellelouise@hotmail.com
jazz
10:00 – 12:30
$10
the zeitgeist residency of the fringe ! jazz combo deluxe
george garzone – tenor sax / john lockwood – bass / bob gullotti –drums
production: bob gullotti – 781.899.9382
perf-po
7-9pm
$5
michael brown poetry theatre
production: michael brown - michaelbrown2@verizon.net
poetry open mic
9:30 – 12am
$?
zenarchy ~ a poetry and performance open mic
production – al nidle – alanidel@hotmail.com
southamerican jazz
7-10 pm
$10
sofia koutsovitis group
sofia koutsovitis – vocals / jason palmer - trumpet / adam schneit - alto sax / felipe salles - tenor and soprano sax / leo genovese – piano / jorge roeder- bass / pablo bencid – drums / jorge perez albela - percussion
“sofia koutsovitis group is grounded in the percussive revolutions of traditional south american rhythms like the chacarera and zamba from argentina, afro-peruvian festejo and lando and various brazilian genres. alternately singing in spanish, portuguese and english, sofia’s voice here seems to simultaneously employ stylistic codes drawn from multiple sources, bouncing them off her original compositions or select material by eminent musical poets such as silvio rodriguez, astor piazzolla, paulinho da viola and raul carnota. and far from settling from the monolithic familiarity of standard orchestrational conventions, this ensemble puts forth a textural range that’s as diverse as the home addresses of its international cast of members would suggest. thus perhaps the only thing predictable remains its leader’s search for change and surprise- a sonic discovery leading the listener to a very different place in each song.”
production: sofia koutsovitis – sofikoutso@yahoo.com
jazz
10–12am
$5
gill’s wednesday night jam
an evening with 3 parts: an opening ½ hour of material prepared by guest musicians, a jam invitational with the house band and guests (10 - 11:30) and a post-midnight free for all jam.
those interested in being guest artists should contact gill aharon, 617.584.2218.
wednesday night house band:
gill aharon – piano / blake newman - bass / eric hoffbauer – guitar / alex speigelman – sax / & our famed rotating drummers: nat mugavro, dave coniglio, will buchanan & jason nazary
production: gill aharon – fish.lung@verizon.net
jazz
7pm
$10 donation
The Charles Bubeck Quintet
Featuring:
Charles Bubeck-vibraphone
Daniel Ian Smith-saxophones
John Baboian-guitar
Victor Belanger-acoustic bass
Brooke Sofferman-drums and cymbals
Washington DC based vibraphonist Bubeck comes to Boston and Zeitgeist to finish his new CD with Smith and friends. He offers a great array of original compostions from straight ahead swing to harmonically rich ballads and ECM influenced straight eighth note grooves. Not to be missed.
Www.charlesbubeck.com
Www.danieliansmith.com
b3 jazz organ
9:30 – 12am
$7
“night of the living hammond b3’s”
featuring sam gilman ~ organ
2 hammond-based bands! a funky & soulful evening.
production: al nidle – alanidle@hotmail.com
avant-improv
7-9 pm
$10
Odd Instruments Night
Curated by saxophonist and lyricon player Jorrit Dijkstra, critically
acclaimed improvisers from the Boston and New York area play solo, duo
and ensemble improvisations on rare electronic and acoustic
instruments.
Jorrit Dijkstra – lyricon (http://www.jorritdijkstra.com)
James Coleman – theremin (http://www.zuihitsu.net)
Matt Samolis – steel cello (http://www.mattsamolis.com)
Katie Down – glass instruments, flute, voice
Onda:
Tim Feeney – various percussion
Ken Ueno – extended voice, electronics
(http://www.minimumsecurity.org/ken.html)
Hillary Zipper – amplified violin
(http://www.radiusensemble.org/cir.htm)
Dutch saxophonist and composer Jorrit Dijkstra has been an active
member of Amsterdam’s vivid jazz and improvisation scene since 1985,
before moving to Boston early 2002. The critical press compares his
clear, flexible sound and lyrical improvisation to Ornette Coleman,
Paul Desmond and John Zorn, showing the broad spectrum of his saxophone
style. Besides the alto saxophone he plays the Lyricon and uses
electronics to process his saxophone sounds live on stage. Jorrit
Dijkstra studied improvisation and composition with Misha Mengelberg,
Steve Coleman, Steve Lacy and Lee Hyla. He has performed extensively in
Europe and North America, and he has released five CDs of his own music
on the Songlines, BVHaast, and Trytone labels. He has worked with
Anthony Braxton, Gerry Hemingway, Marty Ehrlich, Herb Robertson, Jim
Black, Barre Phillips, Marc Ducret, John Butcher, Willem Breuker, and
Guus Janssen. In 1995 he received the prestigious Podium Prize from the
Dutch Jazz Foundation, and in 1998 a Fulbright grant to study and teach
at the New England Conservatory in Boston. In Amsterdam Jorrit is
currently co-leading the cool-jazz Quartet Sound-Lee!, and in Boston he
is active with Curt Newton, James Coleman, Charlie Kohlhase and Stephen
Drury. He has scored several documentary films, as well as music for
theatre and dance.
James Coleman is one of the most astounding living players of the
Theremin, a touch-less early electronic instrument invented by Russian
Emegree Leon Theremin originally intended for the performance of
Classical music. Known for his work with extremely quiet sounds, James
is one of the loudest voices and most consistent organizers in the
Boston improvised music scene. He is also the moderator of “Lowercase
Sound,” an internet discussion group dedicated to very quiet
experimental music.
Matt Samolis has been working in sonic and visual mediums since 1987.
He began studying flute, and later composition and tenor banjo. He has
worked with ensembles at New England Conservatory, Brandeis University,
Berklee, and Tufts, as well as Open Hand Theatre, Pilgrim Research
Collaborative, Mobius, Roy Hart Theatre, and numerous other projects.
Currently, his primary work is with Peter Warren, Vic Rawlings, and as
old time songster, Uncle Shoe.
Katie Down, composer, sound artist, and multi-instrumentalist has
created and performed numerous sound scores for theatre and dance
companies and international festivals as well as galleries, clubs,
pubs, streets, alleyways, and beaches throughout the U.S. and Eastern
and Western Europe. She is a collaborator at heart and works regularly
with theatre and film directors, choreographers, writers, painters,
dancers, and of course other musicians. Long sound walks are a hobby
that enable the collection of sounds that often find their way into her
recorded work. A classically trained flutist, she is also frequently
seen/heard playing many different instruments including ukulele, steel
cello, glass harmonica, Middle Eastern percussion, and a variety of
unusual and homemade instruments and found objects. She is resident
composer and designer for New York based companies Ripe Time and Tap
Fusion, and Boston’s Pilgrim Theatre Performance Research
Collaborative. Katie performs in many different genres including free
improvisation, Sephardic songs from the Balkans with her ensemble
Adelantre, music from the 20s and 30s with ukulele trio The Ukuladies,
and traditional Bulgarian songs with Yasna Voices. Residencies include
Music/Omi Arts Colony, chashama’s AREA grant, The Composer Librettist
Studio at New Dramatists. Katie has toured with chashama’s
international program where she has conducted theatre and voice
workshops at festivals including the Ohrid Summer Festival in
Macedonia, Trn Festival in Slovenia, and Hvar UpBeat Festival in
Croatia.
Ken Ueno is a composer who actively involves himself in a wide range of
activities in order to evangelize for modern music. Informed by his
experience as an electric guitarist and overtone singer, his music
fuses the culture of Japanese underground electronic music with an
awareness of European modernism. In an effort to feature inherent
qualities of sound such as beatings, overtones, and artifacts of
production noise, Ken’s music is often amplified and uses electronics.
The dramatic discourse of his music is based on the juxtaposition of
extremes: visceral energy versus contemplative repose, hyperactivity
versus stillness. As a vocalist, he has developed a technique for
singing multiphonics and overtones.
Ensembles and performers who have played Ken’s music include the Bang
on a Can All-Stars, Frances-Marie Uitti, the Pro Arte Chamber
Orchestra, Dogs of Desire, the American Composers Orchestra (Whitaker
Reading Session), the New York New Music Ensemble, and the Hilliard
Ensemble. Ken has received awards and grants from the Fromm Music
Foundation, the Aaron Copland House, Meet the Composer (3), the
Belgian-American Education Foundation, Sonic Circuits X, First Prize in
the 25th “Luigi Russolo” competition, and Harvard University. He
received composition commissions from the Radius Ensemble, the Boston
Modern Orchestra Project (a concerto for sho and orchestra), the Rosa
Ensemble (Holland), the Relâche Ensemble (Philadelphia, in cooperation
with WHYY Radio and the Rosenbach Museum), and a piece for the Prism
Quartet’s 20th anniversary.
Tim Feeney seeks to explore and examine the timbral possibilites
inherent in everyday found and built objects. He treats his percussion
set-up as a friction instrument, using bows, scrapers, and rosined
drumheads as implements and sympathetic resonators to capture and
amplify frequencies that go unheard when an object is struck with a
mallet. He supplements this “natural” console with a virtual instrument
activated from a laptop, which synthesizes and alters the spectral
characteristics of sounds from pure sine tones to speaker pops and
white noise.
Tim works with such Boston artists as thereminist James Coleman,
cellist/cracked electronics artist Vic Rawlings, and the
electro-acoustic improvising trio ONDA. Tim is a regular collaborator
with composer and violist Padma Newsome’s group Clogs, who have
appeared at New York venues Tonic and the Makor Center, and appears on
the group’s Stick Music CD, released on Brassland Records in August
2004. As an interpreter, Tim has appeared at venues such as the
Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival with
the So Percussion Group, and his work has been heard on WNYC radio’s
“New Sounds.” With violist Wendy Richman, he gave the American premiere
of Luciano Berio’s theater work Naturale with the International
Contemporary Ensemble. A member of Boston’s Callithumpian Consort, he
has performed with pianist Stephen Drury at the New York venue Tonic,
as part of its John Zorn 50th Birthday Month series, as well as on the
new music series at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany. A co-founder of
the duo Non Zero, with saxophonist Brian Sacawa,
Hillary Zipper is a composer and violinist whose acoustic and
electroacoustic compositions reflect her fascination with sound. The
delicately complex landscape of Hillary’s original works is influenced
by her experience with extended violin techniques, and she continues to
explore the unusual sonic possibilities of every instrument for which
she composes. Her music has been performed internationally, in such
venues as Miller Theater in New York; the American Conservatory in
Fontainebleau, France; Padua, Italy; Jordan Hall in Boston; as well as
at Harvard, Stanford, and Brandeis Universities. Performers that have
commissioned Hillary and played her music include Odd Appetite, the
AUROS Group for New Music, InterEnsemble, Dinosaur Annex, saxophonist
Brian Sacawa, and the Claremont Trio, winners of the 2001 Young Concert
Artists International Auditions. This season’s projects include
performances by Non-Zero, Duo X, and Radius Ensemble, as well as a duo
with cellist Joshua Gordon. Hillary has attended June in Buffalo, the
Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, the summer course at the American
Conservatory in Fontainebleau, and the Wellesley Composers Conference,
where she was a fellow in 2003. This year she was featured in Dinosaur
Annex’s ‘Salute to Young Composers’ and was selected to be the 2004-05
Composer-in-Residence with Radius Ensemble.
jazz
9:30 – 12am
$
bob nell trio
bob nell – piano / mike bisio – bass / brad edwards - drums
for nearly 25 years, bob nell has been recording and performing some of the most enriching piano-based jazz compositions of the last two decades. winner of the prestigious dewar’s profiles performance arts award for jazz piano in new york, his work is all about flow, motion and liquidity.
in an age of pop music, which can be predictably repetitious,” jazz is like hanging off the edge of a cliff.” in 1991 he won the dewar’s profile performance art award for jazz piano in new york city. he would later say it was as nervous as he’s ever been. he only gave himself seven out of ten for his performance. it was enough, however, to earn the award and stake a claim to the title as one of the west’s best kept secrets.
bob nell is no secret anymore. for those who still appreciate traditional jazz piano, nell’s innovative and unpredictable music will only strengthen it. “music is always going through my head. sometimes it writes itself.”
“bob nell is a musical wizard. this isn’t news to anyone with even passing exposure to bob’s fabled piano pyrotechnics.”
lively times– missoula, montana
production: bob nell - bnellpianist@yahoo.com, bobnellmusic.com
classical
1-2 pm
$10
a classical appetizer ~
saturdays 1pm@ zeitgeist
Experimental/Breakbeat/Jazz
7-9pm
$10 Donation
ColorAndTalea
Summer Residency
EVERY SATURDAY at 7pm in JULY and AUGUST
http://www.colorandtalea.com/
http://www.myspace.com/colorandtalea
ColorAndTalea’s unique style of experimental/breakbeat/jazz improvisation has been called “one of the most frenetic live acts in Boston,” and for good reason. Although their shows are highly spontaneous, and rooted in free improv, the energy level of the players rivals that of a punk band, rather than that of a jazz trio. The sparse instrumentation (only saxophone, bass, and drums) is complemented by a barrage of electronic gadgets, a laptop computer, beatboxing, screaming, and the occasional display of manic acrobatics. They are clearly not your average jazz trio.
Production: BadBread
Anthony@BadBread.com
908.451.7093
electronica, multi- media
9:30 – 12am
$7
theta state productions presents…
“a dadaist circus of sound and light” with
-minimalist orchestra - samplers / percussion / vocals
-theta state’s “mediate” – video & sound
and special guests…
multimedia art, dream dub hop, and experimental sound and light organization
www.thetastate.tv
www.minimalistorchestra.com
production: brian knoth - brian_knoth@emerson.edu
drawing session
10:30 – 1 pm
$10
life drawing
every sunday @ zeitgeist
production: alan nidle – alanidle@hotmail.com
improv & composed
2 – 3 pm
$ 5
the mad hatter’s tea party
hold onto your hats folks! mad usicians of all genres coming together every sunday to propel music into the 21st century. improvisations and written music from the minds of composers and madmen. this is what you’ve been waiting for! sunday is when you want it! plus! 2th sunday of every month, bring your won bongos (audience participation day). “the only way to get mad, is to drink more tea!” –tim leary
film
7, 9:30 pm
$
film: voices in wartime – 2 shows, 7 pm & 9:30pm
poets speak out in wartime.
there will be a discussion following each screening.
jazz
7:30 PM
$8 donation
3play+ with Phil Grenadier and Adam Sturtevant
Phil Grenadier, trumpet
Josh Rosen, piano
Lello Molinari, bass
Adam Sturtevant, drums
3play+ returns to the Zeitgeist with its unique brand of space-jazz, where
freedom and interplay rule. Tonight we are proud to feature special guests
Phil Grenadier and Adam Sturtevant.
Phil, known for his ³luminous free-flowing constructs², has a unique trumpet
style which merges classic jazz influences with avant-garde musings. His
openness and great ears make for a perfect 3play match. Some of his credits
include performances with Chris Potter, Freddie Hubbard, and Kurt
Rosenwinkel.
Adam is an amazing young drummer, providing the ³lightening fast² grooves
for Color and Talea, a punk jazz trio currently touring behind its new
release, ³Project Mayhem². The band is receiving rave reviews for its unique
improvisational energy.
Phil and Adam will be joined by 3play regulars Josh Rosen, piano, and Lello
Molinari, bass, for an evening of free improvisation, original compositions,
deconstructed standards and a cover tune or two.
jazz
10:00 – 12:30
$10
the zeitgeist residency of the fringe ! jazz combo deluxe
george garzone – tenor sax / john lockwood – bass / bob gullotti –drums
production: bob gullotti – 781.899.9382
perf-po
7-9pm
$5
michael brown poetry theatre
production: michael brown - michaelbrown2@verizon.net
poetry open mic
9:30 – 12am
$?
zenarchy ~ a poetry and performance open mic
production – al nidle – alanidel@hotmail.com
lounge
7-10 pm
$7
gretchen & trudy stone : piano & vocals
production : ginyact@aol.com
jazz
10–12am
$5
gill’s wednesday night jam
an evening with 3 parts: an opening ½ hour of material prepared by guest musicians, a jam invitational with the house band and guests (10 - 11:30) and a post-midnight free for all jam.
those interested in being guest artists should contact gill aharon, 617.584.2218.
wednesday night house band:
gill aharon – piano / blake newman - bass / eric hoffbauer – guitar / alex speigelman – sax
& our famed rotating drummers: nat mugavro, dave coniglio, will buchanan & jason nazary
production: gill aharon – fish.lung@verizon.net
jazz, world, contemp class
7-9 pm
$10
Hankus Netsky, Linda Chase and Friends
An evening of original compositions, conversational improvisations, jazz, world music, and poetry.
Linda Chase, flute/ Hankus Netsky, piano/ Tanya Jacobs, vocals
Production: Hankus Netsky: hnetsky@aol.com
b3 jazz organ
9:30 – 12am
$7
“night of the living hammond b3’s”
featuring sam gilman ~ organ
2 hammond-based bands! a funky & soulful evening.
production: al nidle – alanidle@hotmail.com
african universal sun music
7-9 pm
$10
raqib hassan presents
african universal sun music
with
the interdimensional science research orchestra
raqib hassan – tenor sax, reeds / glynnis loman – cello / jane wang – double bass / andrei matorin – violin / forbes graham – trumpet, euphonium / dennis warren – trap drums / ryan mcguire – bass viol / eric zinman – piano / luther gray – traps / tony owens – alto sax
production: raqib hassan – www.haorecords.com/info/raqibinter.htm 617.436.8637
indie & improv
9:30 – 12am
$5
david gross presents
mike tamburo - psychedelic folk guitar improvisations www.miketamburo.com
cin cin - indie-rock for you and your pet bird www.cin-cin.net
david gross (gdg) solo saxophone free improvisation. cd release for ‘things i found to be true’ (sedimental) www.gdgsite.com
production: david gross – gdavidgross@yahoo.com
classical
1-2 pm
$10
a classical appetizer ~
saturdays 1pm@ zeitgeist
“HANGED”
July 19 - August 1, 2005
Opening reception: July 23, 2005; 3-6pm
Part of a two-gallery group exhibition produced and curated by John Nikolai
featuring the artwork of rocker/artists. Exhibiting artists showing in
“HANGED,” include:
Arturo Vega (Artistic Director of the Ramones; www.Ramonesworld.com)
Bunni (Boston’s greatest pinup photographer)
Cynthia Plaster Caster (Cynthia’s plaster casts of rock royalty’s penises
and breasts are known worldwide. Although her cast of Jimi Hendrix’s axe is
banned from the Club Passim exhibit by the management, The Zeitgeist Gallery
has no problems with displaying Cynthia’s cast of Peaches’ breasts. Visit
Ms. Plaster Caster online at www.CynthiaPlasterCaster.com))
David Fair (New papercutouts from the founding member of Half Japanese and
other essential musical outlets who wrote the definitive essay on how to
play guitar)
Dee Dee Ramone (His paintings are punk rock on canvas)
Godlis (Legendary photographer of the NY scene; www.Godlis.com)
Jad Fair (New papercutouts and paintings from the prolific Mr. Fair, founder
of Half Japanese and countless other crucial musical collaborations and
projects, www.jadfair.com)
Jayne County (The legendary Ms. County exhibits her paintings and drawings
for the first time anywhere ever! www.jaynecounty.com)
John Holmstrom (Head honcho and founder of PUNK Magazine)
John Nikolai (The Curator and the disease behind “HANGED” and chief
photographer of PUNK magazine shows some new paintings and photos;
www.Official-John-Nikolai.com)
Jon Langford (Paintings of country music icons and more from the frontman of
The Mekons and The Waco Brothers; http://www.mekons.de/yarddog/index.htm)
Jon Strymish (Veteran photographer of Boston’s music scene;
www.Strymish.com)
Josie Montserrat (Giving Canadian rock photography a good name;
www.blackmoonphotography.com)
Knox (The frontman of The Vibrators shows his paintings in the USA for the
first time ever; www.knox76.com/Kpaintings1.html )
Niagara (Paintings never before exhibited in Boston by the frontwoman of
Destroy and Monsters and Dark Carnival, www.Niagaradetroit.com)
Winston Smith (The controversial collage artist will exhibit a classic piece
of punk history; www.winstonsmith.com)
@ The Zeitgeist Gallery
July 19 - August 1, 2005
Opening reception: July 23, 2005; 3-6pm
Be sure to catch “HUNG,” HANGED’s sister exhibition at the gallery of Club
Passim in Harvard Square at 47 Palmer Street, hanging until September 24.
The opening reception for “HUNG,” curated by John Nikolai, takes place on
July 25th from 5-9pm with special guest appearances by legendary
photographer Godlis (www.Godlis.com), John Holmstrom (of PUNK magazine,
www.punkmagazine.com) and artistic director of The Ramones, Arturo Vega
(www.officialramones.com)! Also appearing at the reception are Cynthia
Plaster Caster’s cast of Jimi Hendrix’s penis (banned from the regular HUNG
exhibition! See www.cynthiaplastercaster.com) and oldschool Boston punk
heroes Unnatural Axe!
Experimental/Breakbeat/Jazz
7-9pm
$10 Donation
ColorAndTalea
Summer Residency
EVERY SATURDAY at 7pm in JULY and AUGUST
http://www.colorandtalea.com/
http://www.myspace.com/colorandtalea
ColorAndTalea’s unique style of experimental/breakbeat/jazz improvisation has been called “one of the most frenetic live acts in Boston,” and for good reason. Although their shows are highly spontaneous, and rooted in free improv, the energy level of the players rivals that of a punk band, rather than that of a jazz trio. The sparse instrumentation (only saxophone, bass, and drums) is complemented by a barrage of electronic gadgets, a laptop computer, beatboxing, screaming, and the occasional display of manic acrobatics. They are clearly not your average jazz trio.
Production: BadBread
Anthony@BadBread.com
908.451.7093
drawing session
10:30 – 1 pm
$10
life drawing
every sunday @ zeitgeist
production : alan nidle – alanidle@hotmail.com
improv & composed
2 – 3 pm
$ 5
the mad hatter’s tea party
hold onto your hats folks! mad usicians of all genres coming together every sunday to propel music into the 21st century. improvisations and written music from the minds of composers and madmen. this is what you’ve been waiting for! sunday is when you want it! plus! 2th sunday of every month, bring your won bongos (audience participation day). “the only way to get mad, is to drink more tea!” –tim leary
Guitarist/composer Björn Wennås’ Static Coming July 12th Posted by: eJazzNews Readeron Thursday, June 16, 2005 - 07:48 PM
BOSTON, MA — On July 12th, Swedish-born guitarist/composer Björn Wennås will release Static (Beartones 003), featuring fellow Boston scene veterans Carmen Marsico (vocals), Phil Grenadier (trumpet), Michel Reis (piano), Bruno Råberg (bass), and Ziv Ravitz (drums). Static’s eight tracks are performed by combinations of musicians ranging from duo to sextet, and feature both original music and unusual arrangements of seminal pieces by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane. Wennås will celebrate the CD’s release live July 24th at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge, MA.
Influenced as a child by the open, organic music of Pink Floyd and early David Bowie, Wennås began his professional career at 12 as a classical guitarist, but soon joined a variety of rock bands. He didn’t begin studying jazz until he was in college and therefore his eclectic original music as a professional jazz musician has always included rock and pop sensibilities. The music on Static still shows those influences, and the like-minded strengths of frequent collaborator Marsico’s voice, but also more deeply investigates a variety of tone colors and creative improvisation.
The son and brother of accomplished pianists, Wennås studied musicology and anthropology at Sweden’s Uppsala University, where he developed an interest in jazz and researched improvisation from an anthropological perspective. His transition to jazz led him to performing with various large and small ensembles at his country’s most distinguished jazz clubs before leaving his native Sweden to accept a scholarship to Boston’s Berklee College of Music in 1999, where he studied with Mick Goodrick, Hal Crook, Jon Damian, Ed Tomassi, Dave Santoro, Greg Hopkins and Tim Miller. Since then he has performed around Boston with his own groups and in collaboration with a variety of others. His debut CD as a leader, Early Summer Sketch (Beartones 001), was released in 2003.
Static will be distributed both physically and in digital form through The Orchard, and be available online at CDBaby.com and TowerRecords.com
Media Contact for Björn Wennås:
Scott Menhinick, Improvised Communications
(617) 489-6561
jazz originals
7-9 pm
$7
andrew kim group: “new york-seoul crossing project”
all original compositions, contemporary ethnic jazz
andrew kim - piano / hiroya tsukamoto - guitars / motohito fukushima - e.bass /
franco pinna - drums
production: andrw kim – andrewbcm@hotmail.com, 917.657.8003
jazz
10:00 – 12:30
$10
the zeitgeist residency of the fringe ! jazz combo deluxe
george garzone – tenor sax / john lockwood – bass / bob gullotti –drums
production: bob gullotti – 781.899.9382
perf-po
7-9pm
$5
michael brown poetry theatre
production: michael brown - michaelbrown2@verizon.net
tango lesson / dancing
9pm
$5 dontation
argentine tango dancing
mini introductory lesson from 9-9:30
dancing from 9:30 till 12:30
for more info contact kirill at 617.309.8228
excision benefit
7-10 pm
$ 8
jamie mclaughlin presents a benefit for
stop excision (www.stopexcision.org)
– an evening of electronic and otherwise sound performances
-susan mclucas = folk
-kore - guitar & vocals
-free will
-jamie mclaughlin – electronica, poetry, dove
susan mclucas has written a pledge for excisors to sign swearing that they will not excise anymore. she travels through west africa and we are raising funds for he project
see film shorts and the new popular video getting televsion exposure in west africa
production: jamie mclaughlin - experimental_radio@hotmail.com
jazz
10–12am
$5
gill’s wednesday night jam
an evening with 3 parts: an opening ½ hour of material prepared by guest musicians, a jam invitational with the house band and guests (10 - 11:30) and a post-midnight free for all jam.
those interested in being guest artists should contact gill aharon, 617.584.2218.
wednesday night house band:
gill aharon – piano / blake newman - bass / eric hoffbauer – guitar / alex speigelman – sax
& our famed rotating drummers: nat mugavro, dave coniglio, will buchanan & jason nazary
production: gill aharon – fish.lung@verizon.net
b3 jazz organ
9:30 – 12am
$7
“night of the living hammond b3’s”
featuring sam gilman ~ organ
2 hammond-based bands! a funky & soulful evening.
production: al nidle – alanidle@hotmail.com
performance art
7pm
$5
The Present Tense’s “Activate: an evening of
occurrence”
to happen on Friday, July 29th, 2005
at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge, MA.
Featuring the actions of:
- Dirk Adams
- Sandy Huckleberry
- Bryce Kauffman
- Mari Novotny-Jones
- Emily Putnam
- Sandra Schaefer
- Paul Waddell
contact ThePresentTense@hotmail.com with questions, comments, and curiosities.
classical
1-2 pm
$10
a classical appetizer ~
saturdays 1pm@ zeitgeist
indie rock
3-6pm
$5
soltero - http://www.solterosongs.com
w/ lewis & clarke - http://www.lewisandclarkemusic.com
Experimental/Breakbeat/Jazz
7-9pm
$10 Donation
ColorAndTalea
Summer Residency
EVERY SATURDAY at 7pm in JULY and AUGUST
http://www.colorandtalea.com/
http://www.myspace.com/colorandtalea
ColorAndTalea’s unique style of experimental/breakbeat/jazz improvisation has been called “one of the most frenetic live acts in Boston,” and for good reason. Although their shows are highly spontaneous, and rooted in free improv, the energy level of the players rivals that of a punk band, rather than that of a jazz trio. The sparse instrumentation (only saxophone, bass, and drums) is complemented by a barrage of electronic gadgets, a laptop computer, beatboxing, screaming, and the occasional display of manic acrobatics. They are clearly not your average jazz trio.
Production: BadBread
Anthony@BadBread.com
908.451.7093
jazz
9:30 – 12am
$
charlie kohlhase & his gang
production: rick floriano – 617. 570.8402
drawing session
10:30 – 1 pm
$10
life drawing
every sunday @ zeitgeist
production: alan nidle – alanidle@hotmail.com
improv & composed
2 – 3 pm
$ 5
the mad hatter’s tea party
hold onto your hats folks! mad usicians of all genres coming together every sunday to propel music into the 21st century. improvisations and written music from the minds of composers and madmen. this is what you’ve been waiting for! sunday is when you want it! plus! 2th sunday of every month, bring your won bongos (audience participation day). “the only way to get mad, is to drink more tea!” –tim leary
pagan revel
7-9 pm
$5
“angelica paganni”
feature: the fairy king ~ poet & ecstatic dancer
a new monthly night for pagans to talk magic, poetry & performance
contact: buddha: 781.642.0557
perf-cabaret
9:30 – 12am
$5
whimsy
production: clara neelands – rahzzi@gmail.com, 617.877.0448
