On the Edge of DarkNew works about desert planets, novi, space, and interstellar sonic mind travel with Rent Romus and the Lords of Outland featuring multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia
The Lords of Outland:
CJ Borosque electronics/trumpet, Philip Everett drums/electric autoharp, Ray Scheaffer electric bass/effects, Rent Romus saxophones
opening set Aram Shelton, alto saxophone, Michael Coleman, wurlitzer, Alex Vittum, drums
On the Edge of Dark is a series of original compositions and improvisations inspired by the writings of Frank Herbert's epic Dune series of books, Phil K. Dick's rantings and H.P. Lovecraft's darkest fears.
Vinny Golia, the internationally noted multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader has become an important contributor to the vanguard of creative music.
As a composer he fuses the rich heritage of jazz, contemporary classical and world music into his own unique compositions.
As a performer, Golia has presented his music to concert audiences in Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States in ensembles varying dramatically in size and instrumentation. Putting down the paint brushes of a visual artist in 1971, Golia devoted himself full-time to music and has since evolved into one of the world's most celebrated creative jazz artists. At the forefront of improvised music, he plays twenty different woodwinds, plus various ethnic aerophones.
Since 1994 Rent Romus' ongoing free jazz/experiment project Lords of Outland has had many incarnations. But most recently included collaborations with drummer Philip Everett, bassist Ray Schaeffer (of Tri-Cornered-Tent-Show), and noise artist CJ Borosque.
Aram Shelton is a multi-instrumentalist on saxophones & clarinet, improviser and composer. Originally from southeast Florida, Shelton spent several productive years in Chicago and currently lives in Oakland, California. While the music he makes is spread across a variety of aesthetic lines, it is grounded in and influenced by the rich history of avant-jazz and free improvisation in America and Europe since the 1950s. Shelton was recently featured in Downbeat due to his active ties to the creative music scenes in the Bay Area and Chicago. In California the groups Cylinder, Ton Trio, and Marches represent his music
Cost: $10/8