an evening of improvisation with 8pm
Nava Dunkelman (percussion),
Fred Frith (guitar) and
gabby fluke-mogul (violin) and 9pm joelle leandre (contrabass) and
Phillip Greenlief (tenor saxophone)
French double bass player, improviser and composer, Joëlle Léandre is one of the dominant figures of the new European music. Trained in orchestral as well as contemporary music, she has played with l’Itinéraire, 2e2m and Pierre Boulez’s Ensemble Intercontemporain. Joëlle Léandre has also worked with Merce Cunningham and with John Cage, who has composed especially for her – as have Scelsi, Fénelon, Hersant, Lacy, Campana, Jolas, Clementi and about 40 composers. As well as working in contemporary music, Léandre has played with some of the great names in jazz and improvisation, such as Derek Bailey, Anthony Braxton, George Lewis, Evan Parker, Irene Schweizer, William Parker, Barre Phillips, Pascal Contet, Steve Lacy, Lauren Newton, Peter Kowald, Urs Leimgruber, Mat Maneri, Roy Campbell,
Fred Frith, John Zorn, Mark Naussef, Marilyn Crispell, India Cooke and so many others. From 1981 to 2009, Joëlle Léandre has about 150 recordings to her credit. joelle-leandre.com
Cost: $10 - $15 sliding scale
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Fred Frith and Nava Dunkelman