More video from our friend Charles Smith, this is my trio (with Scott Walton on bass and Donald Robinson on drums) at the 2013 In The Flow Festival in Sacramento last week. The concert is complete in three parts:
1. Mongezi – Leroy – Suffering
2. Faithful
3. The All-Consuming Light
2 + 2 + 2
Phillip Greenlief – alto & tenor saxophones, composer
Jon Raskin – alto & baritone saxophones, composer
Nate Wooley – trumpet
Kris Tiner – trumpet
Miya Masaoka – koto
Zeena Parkins – harp
Berkeley Arts Festival, March 6, 2013
(photo by Justin Smith)
Our good friend Charles Smith has posted video from a performance by my trio (with Scott Walton on bass and Donald Robinson on drums) at the SIMM Series in San Francisco last August. The concert is complete in four parts, embedded below for your pleasure…
1. Mongezi
2. Leroy
3. Suffering & Beyoo
4. Inanga
Here are some video excerpts from last October’s Empty Cage Quartet LP release show at The Stone in NYC, courtesy of our label Prefecture Music.
Thanks to Connor O’Brien for this excerpt from a recent performance by Not Twice at Dagny’s, performing Jordan Aguirre’s composition “Theme on Our Beloved” with guest Christian Pincock on valve trombone.
On Sunday night I joined the brilliant pianist Cathlene Pineda and her trio with Ivan Johnson on bass and Tina Raymond on drums at Art Share in downtown LA. This is a really fantastic new space, and it was a great night of music that also featured new works by saxophonist Beth Schenck and composer Jodie Landau.
Thanks to Lisa Dee for the photo.
Sorry for the last-minute notice, but this is happening tonight. More info on FB.
Tin/Bag with poet Mark Weber, UNM Albuquerque
I’ll be hitting the road again with NYC guitarist Mike Baggetta next week for a series of concerts and workshops in Bakersfield, Phoenix, Albuquerque, and Los Angeles. Full schedule below, and more info at our new website: tinbag.net
The Bakersfield College Department of Performing Arts will present a Fireside Jazz concert featuring the music of Sun Ra on Thursday, November 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room at the BC Campus Center. Admission to this event is $8 general and $5 for students, staff, and seniors. Tickets are available at the door.
The composer/pianist/bandleader Herman “Sonny” Blount (1914-1993), widely known as Sun Ra, was recognized for his pioneering musical experimentation, outer-space philosophy (he claimed to be from the planet Saturn), outrageous costumes and the earliest incorporation of electronic instruments in jazz. His music both encapsulated and influenced the popular music of the twentieth century, from swing-era big band roots through bebop, avant-garde jazz, even funk and disco. Artists ranging from John Coltrane to MC5 to George Clinton all professed a deep connection with Ra’s music.
Director Kris Tiner and the Bakersfield College Jazz Ensemble have prepared a dozen classic Sun Ra compositions for their performance, ranging from his very first recording session in 1956 to his “postmodern” Arkestra of the 1980s.
More info at bcjazz.org