Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish)
Bassist and composer
Lisa Mezzacappa premieres a new set of music at the Lab with the latest incarnation of her stellar improvising ensemble (
Aaron Bennett,
Kyle Bruckmann,
Mark Clifford,
Brett Carson, and
Jordan Glenn), exploring the concept of worldbuilding as a way to envision new kinds of musical interaction, storytelling, structure and play.
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
avantNOIR, a suite of compositions for jazz quartet plus guests, is a musical companion to the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. All music by Lisa Mezzacappa.
The premiere, at the 2013 Outsound New Music Summit, of Wrack ...Awaits Silent Tristero's Empire (made possible by the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works commissioning program).
Fred Frith, Guitar; Jordan Glenn, Drums; Jason Hoopes, bass