On Tuesday, June 4 at 7:30pm, Tom's Place presents
Anthony Coleman (solo piano),
Tim Duff (cb), Joshua Allen (tenor) duo
I first became aware of Anthony Coleman from John Zorn's Big Gundown CD and several Cobra recordings. He was all over the New York downtown music scene when we lived back there ('80s and '90s).
Wayne Horvitz writes about Coleman:
I don't actually remember the first time I met Anthony, but for a while it seemed like we were joined at the hips. We probably first came together through John Zorn, and Anthony was around on all the scenes at that time, with his brilliant playing - and eccentric commentaries. Zorn often used us together, especially in larger configurations like Cobra... Some of my first touring in Europe was with Cobra, and besides Anthony we had quite a band including Zeena Parkins, Bill Frisell, Christain Marclay, and many many more.
Anthony came from a wild background. His parents were involved in the early days of the Village Voice, and as a kid Anthony used to follow the Duke Ellington band around, and they loved him, and they allowed him backstage! He is a true scholar of music, of all sorts, and as brilliant an intellectual as he is an iconoclast. He played in a million projects, including Marc Ribot's Los Postizos Cubanos, and now teaches improvisation and composition at the New England Conservatory, from which he graduated in the 70s.
Opening the program will be the Tim Duff/Joshua Allen duo.
Joshua Allen has created his own personal language on the tenor saxophone, with an emphasis on polytonal and asymmetrical phrasing, as well as extending the range and sonic ability of the instrument. His association with saxophonist Marco Eneidi led to working relationships with musicians such as Glen Spearmann, Matthew Goodheart, Damon Smith, and eventually Cecil Taylor.
Tim Duff is a songwriter, bass player and pianist whose interests run from energy music to Tin Pan Alley. He plays in the energy quartet Stone Raft, and a host of other bay area groupings.
Tom's Place
3111 Deakin Street, Berkeley CA
Directions: http://4-33.com/directions.html
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Admission: donation. All proceeds go directly to the musicians.
Doors open at 7:00. Wheelchair accessible.
Cost: Free, donations accepted.