Karl Evangelista +
Francis Wong +
Jordan Glenn Kyle Bruckmann +
Ben Davis + NIKITA MANIN
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe,
Ben Davis, cello, and NIKITA MANIN, clarinet are musicians sitting in the gap between the notated and improvised music worlds. In this smooth/scratchy trio of acoustic wooden instruments they collaborate in the spontaneous construction of rich musical forms. Their sonic world is dense, multidimensional and filled with holes. They invite the listener to get stuck within.
Filipino-American guitarist/composer
Karl Evangelista ranks among the vanguard of musicians pushing the traditions of jazz and experimental music into the future. Synthesizing the heavy legacy of contemporary improvised music with popular song and 20th century composition, Evangelista explores multicultural concepts with sonic intensity and political fervor. Signal to Noise magazine hails Evangelista as "one of the most original instrumentalists and composers of his generation," and as the creative force behind boundary-breaking group Grex, Evangelista's music has been called an "otherworldly experience" (Eugene Weekly) and "a near-seamless blend of modern jazz, contemporary structuralist composition, indie rock, and blues rock" (Tiny Mix Tapes). He is joined by local stalwarts
Francis Wong (saxophone) and
Jordan Glenn (drums) in a trio of free improvisations.
Cost: $10-$25 sliding scale
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
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