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Upcoming at Metro Galleries

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This Sunday will be the last Epigraph Records-sponsored concert of the year at Metro Galleries. Superb Sacramento guitarist Ross Hammond is bringing his trio (featuring Steuart Liebig on bass and Trevor Anderies on drums), and I’ll play in the opening set with the trio version of my new trumpet-synth project Not Twice (check here for a recap of our San Francisco performance back in August). Both sets will be recorded live. More info at this link.

Here’s a preview of the music I’ve written for our set:

 

Not Twice in San Francisco

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Sadness Variations (after Ornette Coleman)

NOT TWICE

Kris Tiner – trumpet, compositions
Phillip Greenlief – tenor saxophone
Motoko Honda – keyboard and electronics
Jordan Aguirre – keyboard and electronics
Andrew Koeth – keyboard and electronics
Allen D. Glass – 16mm film projection

Thursday, August 2, 2012
Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series
San Francisco, CA

Montalvo, Week One

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Some images above from the first week of my three-week residency at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, CA. It’s been a productive time — while doing my best to soak in the glorious stillness and natural beauty of this area, I’ve finished several composition projects that will be featured at two performances in San Francisco next week.

One is a set of variations on Ornette Coleman’s “Sadness” – no doubt one of his most poignant and alluring melodies – which will be performed on August 2 at The Luggage Store Gallery with a new ensemble I’m calling Not Twice, featuring Phillip Greenlief on saxophones, myself on trumpet, and Motoko Honda, Jordan Aguirre, and Andrew Koeth on keyboards and electronics. We will be accompanying the silent 16mm film projections of Los Angeles film artist Allen D. Glass.

Another project is a long overdue tribute to my former composition teacher and mentor Leroy Jenkins, who left this world in 2007. I’ll be playing this and several other recent compositions with my new trio that includes bassist Scott Walton and drummer Donald Robinson at the SIMM Series on August 5.

More info at my events page.