7:30pm Rob Price - guitar and David Grollman - drums (NY)
8:30pm
Bruce Anderson - solo acoustic guitar
Bruce's archtop style reflects his obsession with
Morton Feldman who he considers the greatest composer of the twentieth century.
He'll throw in his love for wind chimes and Japanese koto music with a unique system of modular note cells.
In terms of contemporary improvisation there has to be an alternative to jazz and European free style - "Although Morty would probably roll over in his grave to hear himself linked to any concept of improv I think he is the key to a very fertile kingdom of aesthetic permission." Bruce Anderson
Guitarist Bruce Anderson is a founder of art-rockers MX-80 Sound, who later changed its name to MX-80. He was also a member of that group's offshoots, O-Type and the Gizzards. Anderson co-founded MX-80 Sound in Indiana in the mid-'70s, along with bassist Dale Sophiea and drummer Jeff Armour. Flying the banner of Beefheartean weirdness, the group put out several releases during the remainder of the '70s and into the early '80s. When MX-80 dissolved for a time, Anderson kept busy with O-Type and the Gizzards, ventures in which Sophiea joined him. Sophiea also played a valuable role in Anderson's solo work, producing Anderson's albums of densely layered guitar experimentation and Robert Fripp-like improvisation. Anderson's 1995 full-length album Brutality collected tracks from his two late-'80s cassette releases and also featured some new material. Meanwhile, the members of MX-80 had reunited in 1987, remaining active well into the '90s. ~ Erik Hage, All Music Guide
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Rob Price - guitar) and David Grollman - drums (NY)
"eerie yet thunderous" and "droning, near silence" we take on "gradually building constructs that allow for sparkling tension and release, such as on tracks like 'Decomposing' that whispers and progressively boils."
- Signal to Noise
"Rob Price takes to altering his guitar sound with electronic effects, but not with rock and roll fire. Through the use of reverb and loops, he creates a controlled series of pieces in duet with David Grollman's drum kit. The pattern is to start with delicacy, even near silence and then let the music develop ominously into a grander scheme, sometimes a bit industrial, often with a bit of a soundtrack feel. But PriceÕs effects are always harnessed to an understandable esthetic structure, so the music feels controlled, meditative, and never rambling, even when it gets loud. Grollman does not alter his drum kit, so we are anchored too by recognizable percussion sounds. All of this makes [the CD] a rewarding experience." - Cadence
Cost: $10/8/5