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SUMMARY:Luke Fowler and David Grubbs
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present Luke Fowler and David Grubbs in a duo performance featuring films about and sonic work by Brunhild Ferrari. \nPROGRAM: \nTwo films by Luke Fowler:\n     N’Importe Quoi (for Brunhild) (2023\, 9 min.)\n     N’Importe Quoi (Extérieur-Jour) (2024\, 11 min.) \nErrant Ear\, Brunhild Ferrari (fixed media) \nJ’ai pensé sans paroles\, duo performance by Luke Fowler and David Grubbs\, sound material provided by Brunhild Ferrari \n(note: Brunhild Ferrari will not be present for the concert)
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/luke-fowler-and-david-grubbs/
LOCATION:University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251017T200000
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SUMMARY:Don Slepian with Saapato
DESCRIPTION:Don Slepian\, a composer\, performer\, and music technologist\, is celebrated as a pioneer in the ambient and new age music movement\, blending classical influences with cutting-edge electronic techniques. From serving as artist-in-residence at Bell Laboratories and Synthesizer Soloist with the Honolulu Symphony to performing at esteemed venues like Lincoln Center\, WNYC’s New Sounds\, and the Centre Pompidou\, his career spans decades of innovation and acclaim. Recently\, he has sold out shows at the Philosophical Research Society\, accompanied therapeutic psychedelic ceremonies\, lectured at Stanford University\, appeared on Dublab radio\, and is preparing a tour celebrating the forty-fifth anniversary of his seminal record Sea of Bliss. Now based in the Pocono Mountains\, Slepian continues to compose\, perform\, and build innovative instruments\, cementing his legacy as a visionary in the field.\ndonslepian.com\nSea of Bliss \nSaapato is the music project of upstate NY based sound artist Brendan Principato. His work focuses on the intersection of ecology and music\, using a distinct blend of manipulated field recordings and lush electronic soundscapes to encourage listeners to reconsider their place within nature. He spent August 2023 in residence with the Alaska State Park Service recording bird migrations and the salmon run outside of Juneau. In September of 2022 he was in residence with the National Park Service on Fire Island\, NY documenting “shoulder season” in rare and rapidly disappearing swale and dune habitats.\nsaapato.com
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/don-slepian-with-saapato/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artifacts Trio AACM 60th Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:All three members of the Artifacts Trio have long been recognized as torchbearers of Chicago’s innovative jazz scene\, as well as the most prominent performer-educators in the third generation of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM)\, the historically vital\, leading-edge Chicago arts organization. Their music advances the organization’s motto\, “Ancient to the Future\,” celebrating African-American culture while reaching across genres and integrating new\, progressive ideas into the legacy of jazz and composition. \nTheir first album\, Artifacts\, was released a decade ago\, showcasing classic compositions by such AACM composers as Henry Threadgill\, Roscoe Mitchell\, Fred Hopkins\, Leroy Jenkins\, Amina Claudie Meyers\, Steve McCall\, Anthony Braxton and Muhal Richard Abrams. The album placed in lists of top albums for 2015 on NPR as well as in The New York Times and All About Jazz. Subsequent releases have placed the trio’s own intriguing compositions on deservedly equal footing with those of their forebears.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/artifacts-trio-aacm-60th-anniversary/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T230000
DTSTAMP:20251011T142534Z
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SUMMARY:Dave McDonnell's 5th World\, Iama/Iama
DESCRIPTION:Trepanation series- 6 Thursdays of experimental jazz and chill vibes at the Century Bar.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/dave-mcdonnells-5th-world-iama-iama/
LOCATION:Century Bar\, 1350 S. 29th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19146\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T200000
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DTSTAMP:20250921T224246Z
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SUMMARY:CHRIS WILLIAMS & APOLOGIST
DESCRIPTION:Chris Williams: \nChris Williams is an interdisciplinary artist and musician based in Brooklyn\, NY and is most at home collaborating with contemporary improvisers and experimentalists. He has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe. His work explores the dyad of ancestral trauma and power existing in all Black Americans. Williams has been commissioned by WasteLAnd and International Contemporary Ensemble and has been in residence or with BANFF Centre for the Arts\, Foundation of Contemporary Arts\, Atlantic Center for the Arts\, Musik Installationen Nürnberg and others. He has collaborated with creators including Eyvind Kang\, Joanna Mattrey\, Miriam Parker\, Patrick Shiroishi\, Bennie Maupin\, Nicole Mitchell\, Fay Victor\, Wendy Eisenberg\, Luke Stewart\, Pink Siifu\, and Marjani Forte-Saunders. He is a member of History Dog\, HxH and other experimental ensembles. \nApologist: \nApologist is Rose Actor-Engle\, a native Philadelphian making music with synthesizers and field recordings. “Apologist exists as a strong presence\, but with a whole different demeanor. The strength exists like a knot in your throat\, wrenching your insides and keeping you from speaking. It’s more like an ugly-crying sorry than it is a hole punched in drywall. There is an odd comfort in bawling ones eyes out to the point of feeling physical pain that is so much stronger than the stupidity of physical anger and damage. It’s beautiful and it’s hurt\, like walking out on to your steps barefoot to see a first snow. You know it’s cold\, but you are willing to face the consequences.”- David Coccagna \naccessibility: two steps from street to venue.  \nPlease note\, entrance is via the side door on Arizona Street.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/chris-williams-apologist/
LOCATION:The Perch\, 2321 Emerald St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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SUMMARY:Upstairs at Abbyssinia: Kari Watson\, Sam Wenc\, Misses\, Jason Calhoun
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE🔸WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15\, 8PM!@upstairsabyss solo sets by Kari Watson\, Sam Wenc\, Misses & Jason Calhoun. Philly friends get to this gig! \n~About the artists~\nMisses (Maya Weber) is a venture in resonance\, picking up the lever harp to converse with God’s cantus firmus\, reaching towards polyphony. Misses is a practice of receiving grace. \n‘The hallmark of jason calhoun’s music—either under his given name or under the naps alias—is an emotional resonance that allows fragility and perseverance to occupy the same space. Though humble in his approach\, calhoun has done something quietly extraordinary in building a body of work that\, unlike so much music that seeks to transport you elsewhere\, instead asks you to check in with yourself.’ \nSam Wenc is a composer\, improviser\, and interdisciplinary artist working with sound\, text\, performance and installation. He has released music on Longform Editions\, Where to Now\, Moone Records\, Noumenal Loom\, Sweet Wreath\, and Obsolete Staircases\, amongst others. His work has been supported by Elektronmusikstudion (Stockholm\, Sweden)\, Art OMI (Ghent\, NY)\, Foundation for Contemporary Arts and has performed throughout the US\, Canada\, Peru\, and Japan. \nKari Watson (they/them) is a composer\, performer\, and intermedia artist whose work explores the intersections of contemporary concert music\, electroacoustic composition\, live performance\, and interactive installation. Their composition practice is cross-disciplinary and deeply collaborative\, often involving workshop-driven processes that prioritize collective exploration and exchange. As a performer playing analog synthesizers\, they engage a customizable spatialization software built in MaxMSP with spatial speaker arrays to further explore issues of tactility and drama in immersive sonic environments. \nPhilly friends come on out it’s gonna be a great show💥
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/upstairs-at-abbyssinia-kari-watson-sam-wenc-misses-jason-calhoun/
LOCATION:Upstairs at Abbyssinia\, 229 S 45th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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SUMMARY:Katalyst Conversation AACM 60th Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:Katalyst Conversation is a powerful new ensemble rooted in the visionary spirit of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM)\, uniting four singular voices in exploratory jazz: saxophonists Ari Brown and Ed Wilkerson\, percussionist Vincent Davis\, and marimbist Preyas Roy. Steeped in the legacy of Chicago’s avant-garde\, the group weaves a dynamic tapestry of improvisation and structure—Brown’s tenure with Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner linking him directly to the lineage of John Coltrane\, while Wilkerson\, a founding member of 8 Bold Souls\, brings decades of compositional brilliance shaped by AACM’s ethos. Davis and Roy add deep rhythmic fluency and shimmering textural nuance\, rounding out a quartet that is as searching as it is grounded. Following their performance at London’s Soul on Ice Festival\, the ensemble’s fierce synergy is captured on their new album\, The Katalyst Conversation: Live in Brussels\, out this March.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/katalyst-conversation-aacm-60th-anniversary/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T193000
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SUMMARY:DEEPAK KUMAR PAREEK (HINDUSTANI/GHAZAL VOCAL PERFORMANCE)
DESCRIPTION:Deepak Kumar Pareek is a light classical singer and composer from the state of Rajasthan\, India. His music covers a wide spectrum of styles: ghazals (romantic poetry)\, bhajans (devotional songs)\, kirtan and classic film songs. Deepak first studied with his father\, Shri P.N. Vyas\, and later with Ustad R.F. Dagar\, Ustad Moinuddin Khan and Shri Mohinderjit Singh. He has also been studying with Khayal classical singer Mrs. Kankana Banerjee\, disciple of the legendary vocalist Ustad Amir Khan. Deepak is accomplished on several musical instruments including harmonium\, tamboura\, guitar and keyboard. He is co-director of the East-West School of Music at Ananda Ashram. \nvenue is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/deepak-kumar-pareek-hindustani-ghazal-vocal-performance/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T220000
DTSTAMP:20250921T223123Z
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SUMMARY:MARSHALL ALLEN TRIO WITH THE ADE ILU ENSEMBLE - RECORD RELEASE SHOW
DESCRIPTION:Marshall Allen trio with the Ade Ilu Ensemble: \nMarshall Allen Trio: \nMarshall Allen: Leader\, EVI\, Casio keyboard\, alto saxophone\, vibrations \nDave Hotep: Guitar with effects & synths \nElliot Levin: Tenor Saxophone & Flute \nAde Ilu Ensemble: \nKevin Diehl: Leader\, Itotele bata\, Lucumi chorus \nJoseph Toledo: Lead Lucumi vocals \nSam Poplar: bata\, Lucumi chorus \nBaba Joe Bryant: bata\, Lucumi chorus \nThe Omniverse Oriki (High Two Records) record release show \n“Beautiful space\, wild chaos\, fire lotus– we now embark on the future-ever present\, the conjuring of the past in non-linear chronospace\, we present narratives in African/Afro-Cuban dreamtime! This is The Omniverse Oriki\, legendary Sun Ra bandleader Marshall Allen Trio’s collaboration with the Ade Ilu Ensemble\, an explosive macrocosmic reach into the residual ethers of the past to birth a new future\, right here the now! Marshall Allen’s trio and Philly’s Ade Ilu Ensemble channel and churn indelible musical spirits in extended “oriki”\, Yoruba narratives set to explore omniversal wavelengths\, to unmoor the patterns of universal control through Afro-Cuban-Futurist diagrams. \nThe result is a righteous din\, a mythological cacophony\, a joyful noise. Swirling notes of Afro-cuban entrancing Lucumi\, shocked and fragmented Afro rhythms\, and vibrant flourishes of rhapsodic free jazz– we are here at the sonic temple! We are the beautiful space!” -Alex Smith \naccessibility: street level entrance to venue but two steps to restroom.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/marshall-allen-trio-with-the-ade-ilu-ensemble-record-release-show/
LOCATION:The Perch\, 2321 Emerald St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T190000
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SUMMARY:Natural Information Society
DESCRIPTION:  \nNatural Information Society (NIS) represents a convergence of musicians and artists to create sonic harbor\, meditative space\, and kinetic momentum music. Realizing compositions by composer Joshua Abrams\, the group’s core quartet includes Abrams\, Lisa Alvarado\, Mikel Patrick Avery\, and Jason Stein. Working the seams between minimalism\, jazz\, and experimental practice\, the band has become a reference for contemporary non-idiomatic creative music. They have recorded seven albums for Eremite Records as well as collaborations with Bitchin Bajas for Drag City Records. Their next record\, Perseverance Flow\, will be released on Eremite Records this fall.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/natural-information-society-2/
LOCATION:Fabric Workshop and Museum\, 1214 Arch Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T170000
DTSTAMP:20250921T222728Z
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SUMMARY:Natural Information Society
DESCRIPTION:Natural Information Society (NIS) represents a convergence of musicians and artists to create sonic harbor\, meditative space\, and kinetic momentum music. Realizing compositions by composer Joshua Abrams\, the group’s core quartet includes Abrams\, Lisa Alvarado\, Mikel Patrick Avery\, and Jason Stein. Working the seams between minimalism\, jazz\, and experimental practice\, the band has become a reference for contemporary non-idiomatic creative music. They have recorded seven albums for Eremite Records as well as collaborations with Bitchin Bajas for Drag City Records. Their next record\, Perseverance Flow\, will be released on Eremite Records this fall.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/natural-information-society/
LOCATION:Fabric Workshop and Museum\, 1214 Arch Street\, Philadelphia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T220000
DTSTAMP:20251008T133349Z
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SUMMARY:Prism Quartet - Tarnish
DESCRIPTION:PRISM Quartet presents a far reaching concert of new music by several of America’s most revered composers. The program\, named after Nina C. Young’s otherworldly composition\, Tarnish\, features a series of seminal works composed just for PRISM\, including Yarn by Marcos Balter\, Graffiti II by Roberto Sierra\, Keen by Roshanne Etezady\, and select movements from Fair and Balanced by Frank J. Oteri.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/prism-quartet-tarnish/
LOCATION:Settlement Music School\, Germantown branch\, 612B Germantown Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T193000
DTSTAMP:20251011T033334Z
CREATED:20251011T033334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251011T033334Z
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SUMMARY:Jungwoong Kim: Beyond Vision and Sound
DESCRIPTION:Beyond Vision and Sound is a one-hour performance that begins with the act of leaving home and walks a path that imagines the experience of those who cannot see or hear. \nMoving beyond sight and sound\, Jungwoong Kim explores alternative ways of sensing while confronting life as a journey of suffering and resilience. Through slow\, embodied movement\, the work becomes a meditation on perception\, empathy\, and the courage to face pain moment by moment\, inviting audiences to reflect on new ways of understanding both the body and the human experience. \nPerformance & Concept by Jungwoong Kim \nSound Design by Bhob Rainey
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/jungwoong-kim-beyond-vision-and-sound/
LOCATION:Studio 34\, 4522 Baltimore Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T203000
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SUMMARY:John Levis and Co.
DESCRIPTION:Tonight is a celebration and a maze\, density arrays\, the goals are visual sonic navigations centered around the genius of John Levis. It is a showcase of improvisatory genius and the infinite joys of sound\, a return to ritual truth. Dance\, Music\, You. Musicians \nJohn Levis- Synthesizers \nJulius Masri- Drums/Electronics \nAndy Thierauf- Percussion \nTom Kraines- Cello \nJohn Levis (he/him) is a composer\, pianist\, and synthesist who has been involved with the Philadelphia dance community since 1971. A graduate of the University of the Arts\, he has worked with Philadelphia schools and companies including Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center\, Philadanco\, Temple University\, The Rock School of Dance Education\, and The University of the Arts\, where he is Accompanist Coordinator for the School of Dance. In 1995\, he composed and performed the musical score for two videos/DVDs on Lester Horton technique\, with staff and dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. John collaborated with Thang Dao in Folded Prism for Philadanco’s 2016 Spring Season at the Kimmel Center. He has composed several scores for Milton Myers\, both for the University of the Arts and Philadanco. The first collaboration\, Song of Glory\, was presented in 1991 at the University of the Arts. The latest\, Waves\, was performed in November of 2018 by Philadanco at the Kimmel Center. Levis has collaborated as Musical Composer with Roni Koresh\, director of the Koresh Dance Company\, in a number of ballets; the latest ballet Muse was premiered in the spring of 2022 at the Suzanne Roberts Theater in Philadelphia. \nJulius Masri is a Philadelphia based multi instrumentalist\, and performer/composer for the city’s  dance  community at large. His  music focuses on improvisatory methods and syncretic / linguistic  exchanges  within  various  musical languages including Jazz\, Metal\, AfroCuban\, Experimental Noise\, and Arabic music. Born in Tripoli\, Lebanon\, he moved to the States in 1990 and picked  up drumming a year later. He studied with Philadelphia instructors Carl Mottola\, Elaine Hoffman-Watts\, and as an  undergraduate  at Bard College\, with AACM’s Thurman Barker\, Richard Teitelbaum\, and Joan Tower. Julius plays drums\, circuit modified Casio keyboards\, Oud\, Kamancheh  (aka Rabab\, Spike Fiddle)\, and various other instruments. \nAndy Thierauf is a Philadelphia based percussionist who specializes in the creation and performance of contemporary music. He is particularly interested in combining percussion with theater\, dance\, and technology.  He performs with `Arcana New Music Ensemble\, NakedEye Ensemble\, Orchestra 2001\, among other ensembles in the Philadelphia area. Andy teaches at Settlement Music School and is an adjunct professor of percussion at Kutztown University. \nThomas Kraines\, a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School\, has gained renown as a versatile cellist\, composer\, and teacher. In addition to the Daedalus Quartet\, he performs often with his wife\, violinist Juliette Kang\, with the Philadelphia-based Network for New Music\, the Arcana Ensemble\, and the improvisatory ensembles Great Blue Heron and Basquiat Blues. Kraines’ solo cello and chamber compositions have been heard around the country. He has performed his own works in collaboration with artists such as Awadagin Pratt\, Mimi Stillman\, Maria Jette\, Ilana Davidson\, and Kinan Abou-afach. Kraines has served on the faculty of the Longy School of Music\, Princeton University\, Peabody Conservatory\, Phillips Academy Andover\, and Yellow Barn. He currently teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. He has performed chamber music at the Moab Music Festival\, Festival dei Due Mondi (Spoleto\, Italy)\, Bravo! Vail\, Caramoor Summer Music Festival\, Next Generation Festival\, Portland Chamber Festival\, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival\, Mostly Mozart Festival\, and Bard Music Festival. Kraines studied cello with Frederic Raimi\, Orlando Cole\, and Joel Krosnick\, and composition with Tom Benjamin. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife Juliette\, and daughters Rosalie and Clarissa.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/john-levis-and-co/
LOCATION:Christ Church\, 20 North American Street\, Philadelphia\, PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Ravi Coltrane Trio: John Coltrane 99th Birthday Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join Coltrane House Philadelphia & Ars Nova Workshop for an extraordinary evening as the Ravi Coltrane Trio honors the 99th birthday of saxophone giant John Coltrane. This performance is the centerpiece of a full-day celebration and serves as a benefit for the urgent preservation needs of the Coltrane House in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. \nLocated at 1511 North 33rd Street\, the modest rowhome where Coltrane lived from 1952–1958 is a National Historic Landmark and a site of profound artistic and spiritual transformation. Within its walls\, Coltrane practiced with relentless devotion\, welcomed fellow musicians\, and endured both personal struggle and renewal—culminating in his breakthrough masterpiece Blue Train (1957). From this North Philadelphia home\, Coltrane rose from an itinerant sideman to a visionary artist whose music reshaped the course of modern jazz. \nOn October 10\, his son Ravi Coltrane—himself a celebrated saxophonist\, bandleader\, and torchbearer of his father’s legacy—brings his trio to Solar Myth to honor this history and propel it forward. \nProceeds from this event directly support the stabilization and restoration of the Coltrane House\, ensuring that this vital landmark remains a source of inspiration for future generations.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/ravi-coltrane-trio-john-coltrane-99th-birthday-celebration/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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SUMMARY:John Coltrane 99th Birthday Celebration
DESCRIPTION:On October 10\, the Coltrane family and Ars Nova Workshop\, with support from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation\, will host a public celebration at the John Coltrane House at 1511 North 33rd Street in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. \nThe event marks the launch of a long-awaited restoration and revitalization project for the National Historic Landmark\, where Coltrane lived from 1952 to 1958. During these years\, Coltrane studied with Philadelphia teacher Dennis Sandole\, toured with Earl Bostic and Johnny Hodges\, and joined Miles Davis’s “First Great Quintet.” In 1957\, he returned to the house to overcome addiction and experienced a spiritual awakening that gave rise to his first masterpiece\, Blue Train. \nThe October 10 event will feature live music\, tributes from cultural leaders\, and a public unveiling of plans to restore the house as a center for education\, community\, and creative programming. \nThat evening\, Ravi Coltrane joins us at Solar Myth with his trio\, featuring Grammy-awarded multi-instrumentalist\, bassist and educator\, Anthony Tidd and the incomparable drummer/composer Timothy Angulo.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/john-coltrane-99th-birthday-celebration/
LOCATION:John Coltrane House\, 1511 North 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19121\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T220000
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SUMMARY:Rafiq Bhatia
DESCRIPTION:The New York Times proclaims\, “Rafiq Bhatia is writing his own musical language\,” heralding him as “one of the most intriguing figures in music today.” A guitarist\, producer\, and Academy Award-nominated composer “who refuses to be pinned to one genre\, culture or instrument\,” Bhatia makes sculptural\, meticulously crafted music that finds common ground among ecstatic avant-garde jazz\, mournful soul\, fractured beats and building-shaking electronics. A voracious collaborator working across musical communities and artistic disciplines\, Bhatia has created with Arooj Aftab\, Holland Andrews\, Teju Cole\, Billy Hart\, Marcus Gilmore\, Vijay Iyer\, Glenn Kotche\, Okkyung Lee\, Helado Negro\, Cécile McLorin Salvant\, Moses Sumney\, and others. His latest album\, the evocative Environments\, will be released by ANTI- in September.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/rafiq-bhatia/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T213000
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CREATED:20250921T222709Z
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SUMMARY:JON MUELLER + TOM LECKY: ALL COLORS PRESENT\, ERIK RUIN'S OMINOUS CLOUD ENSEMBLE & CHRISTINA GESUALDI/JESSE KUDLER DUO
DESCRIPTION:JON MUELLER + TOM LECKY: ALL COLORS PRESENT A sound and visual meditation \nJon Mueller’s singular performance idiom is an awe-inspiring display of elegant athleticism\, preternatural focus\, brute restraint\, and ecstatic\, monastic reverie. Paired with Tom Lecky’s photographs\, it becomes a deliberate focus on form\, shape and detail. It requires and demands a state of inner quietude from witnesses. Yet\, from this seemingly metronomic exercise blossoms every possible tint and hue of infinite spectral sound. \nMueller studied jazz drumming with Hal Russell at Columbia College in Chicago\, and singing with La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela at the Kirana Center for Indian Classical Music in New York. A prolific performer\, he tours extensively and has appeared at festivals and venues throughout the United States\, Canada\, England\, Europe and Japan. \nTom Lecky has worked in photography\, music (as Hallock Hill)\, the book arts\, prose and poetry writing\, and literary criticism. His creative work concentrates on memory\, place\, and environment\, the work of the imagination\, perception\, and the intersections of abstraction and representation. He often interweaves appropriated texts and images with his own\, evoking a conversation with the history of book design and illustration. \nThe relaunched Table of the Elements label will be releasing a physical document of “All Colors Present” \nErik Ruin’s Ominous Cloud Ensemble: \nErik Ruin’s Ominous Cloud Ensemble is an ever-evolving\, collectively-improvising large ensemble for projections and music\, led by visual artist Erik Ruin\, recently lauded by the New York Times for his “spell-binding cut-paper animations.” Erik manipulates intricate paper-cuts and painted films on overhead projectors to create abstract landscapes and fragmentary scenes that are nonetheless charged with meaning\, merging with music that ranges from dark atmospherics to ecstatic peaks of dissonance. Members of the ensemble include a rotating cast of Philly’s finest musicians\, who have collaborated with everyone from Anthony Braxton to the Sun Ra Arkestra to Bardo Pond. For this show Ominous Cloud are DM Hotep (Sun Ra Arkestra etc) guitar\, Matt Engle (Feeler Gauge etc) bass\, Myles Donovan (A Stick and A Stoneetc) viola & harp\, Scott Verrastro (Kohoutek etc) drums & Julius Masri (Spectral Forces etc) electronics. \nChristina Gesualdi & Jesse Kudler: \nThe duo of Christina Gesualdi and Jesse Kudler explores the inter-dependence of movement and sound\, with the boundaries between dancer and accompanist deliberately troubled; hierarchies between audio and visual constantly shift as byproducts of either medium become examined or picked up for elaboration in the other. The duo has been performing in art galleries\, dance spaces\, and concert venues since 2018. Christina Gesualdi is a Philadelphia-based dancer\, choreographer\, improviser and teacher. She has danced in projects of Annie Wilson\, Dawn Pratson\, Megan Bridge\, Curt Haworth\, and Nicole Bindler. All into the process soup: attending to sensation\, gentleness\, listening\, failing/flailing\, queering\, patience\, indirectness and collaboration. Christina is a past member of Mascher Space and a community member at The Art Room Studio. Jesse Kudler is a musician\, composer\, performer\, and sound artist who plays and works with guitar\, electronics\, pipe organ\, recordings\, synthesizers\, radios\, tapes\, movement\, and text. His work is based in listening\, improvisation\, and collaboration (with people\, devices\, sites\, and spaces) to explore ambiguous affects\, perception\, time\, authorship\, intention\, agency\, and modes and practices of listening. \naccessibility: space is on the second floor up a flight of stairs.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/jon-mueller-tom-lecky-all-colors-present-erik-ruins-ominous-cloud-ensemble-christina-gesualdi-jesse-kudler-duo/
LOCATION:Maas Building\, 1325 N Randolph St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T220000
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CREATED:20250921T221734Z
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SUMMARY:Tom Skinner
DESCRIPTION:An original member of the award-winning ensemble Sons of Kemet\, Skinner has long collaborated with bandleader Shabaka Hutchings\, helping to define a new era of British jazz. He’s also one-third of The Smile\, the critically acclaimed trio with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead. \nIn 2022\, Skinner released his first solo album under his own name\, Voices of Bishara\, a deeply expressive and rhythmically rich recording issued by International Anthem\, in collaboration with Brownswood Recordings and Nonesuch Records. The album showcases his compositional voice—fluid\, emotive\, and harmonically layered. Over the years\, Skinner has lent his versatility and creative vision to collaborations with artists across genres\, including Meshell Ndegeocello\, David Byrne\, Grace Jones\, Jarvis Cocker\, Kano\, Matthew Herbert\, Mulatu Astatke\, Floating Points\, Beth Orton\, Alabaster DePlume\, and Zero 7.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/tom-skinner/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T220000
DTSTAMP:20250921T221523Z
CREATED:20250921T221523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250921T221523Z
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SUMMARY:Makaya McCraven
DESCRIPTION:Makaya McCraven can best be described as a beat scientist. The cutting-edge drummer\, producer\, and sonic collagist is a multi-talented force whose inventive process and intuitive style of performance defy categorization. Called “a sound visionary” (jazzinchicago.org) who is “not your everyday jazz drummer” (thewordisbond.com)\, McCraven brilliantly moves between genres and pushes the boundaries of jazz and rhythm to create forms of his own. French-born but raised in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts by expatriate musician parents\, McCraven went on to develop his chops in Chicago and now represents a rising generation of globally-minded\, genre-bending music makers as an artist as well as band leader. Through his unique\, rarified performances and collaborations he unapologetically affirms our right to re-think and re-write the rules\, any rules\, and affirms other artists in their own exploratory evolutions.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/makaya-mccraven-4/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T220000
DTSTAMP:20250921T214144Z
CREATED:20250921T214144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250921T214144Z
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SUMMARY:KATH BLOOM + DAVID SHAPIRO with Cara Beth Satalino & Loveraisin
DESCRIPTION:Kath Bloom is a quietly legendary artist: producing what are now thought of as forgotten masterpieces of folk since the late 70s. Her recent collaboration with David Shapiro (also known as Alexander) has brought her music to a wider audience – and now she’s back in Philly. \nAlso up are local folk-rocker Cara Beth Satalino\, and a rare performance from Loveraisin (aka mirra of psych-folk collective Wrinkle). A perfect Fall evening.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/kath-bloom-david-shapiro-with-cara-beth-satalino-loveraisin/
LOCATION:Maas Building\, 1325 N Randolph St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T220000
DTSTAMP:20250921T222321Z
CREATED:20250921T222321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250921T222321Z
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SUMMARY:LUCIAN BAN & MAT MANERI: TRANSYLVANIAN DANCE (A MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE) + JAIR-RÔHM PARKER WELLS
DESCRIPTION:Lucian Ban & Matt Maneri: Transylvanian Dance (A multimedia performance) \nDrawing from their acclaimed 2024 ECM Records duo release Transylvanian Dance\, pianist Lucian Ban and violist Mat Maneri will re-imagine live through improvisation the Béla Bartók Field Recordings of early 20th Century folk songs from Transylvania bringing back to life century old songs using video projections featuring rare archival footage\, audio from the original Edison wax cylinder recordings\, handwritten manuscripts and photographs taken by Bartók himself in his field trips. \nThe 20th century Hungarian composer Béla Bartók loved the folk music of Transylvania in western Romania. He famously experienced an epiphany in 1904 when he heard an 18-year-old woman singing songs from her Transylvanian village and was soon on the road in search of more music. Between 1909 and 1917 he transcribed thousands of melodies\, recording hundreds of folk musicians on wax cylinders and would call the completion of his research into Transylvanian folk music\, as “my life’s goal”. The profound knowledge and beauty of these ancient folk songs will change forever his compositional vision. \nA century later\, two outstanding improvisers – violist Mat Maneri and pianist Lucian Ban – draw fresh inspiration from the music that fired Bartók’s imagination\, looking again at carols\, lamentations\, love songs\, dowry songs and more through their unique duo sound and improvisatory concept. \nCalled “A name to watch” by The Guardian and “one of the most gifted pianists to move to New York” (B. Gallanter\, Downtown Music Gallery)\, Lucian Ban is a Transylvanian born\, NYC based pianist & composer known for his amalgamations of Transylvanian folk with improvisation\, for his mining of 20th Century European classical music with jazz\, and for his pursue of a modern chamber jazz ideal. His music has been described as “emotionally ravishing” (Nate Chinen\, New York Times/WBGO)\, a “triumph of emotional and musical communication” (All About Jazz)\, “Unorthodox but mesmeringly beautiful” (The Guardian) and as holding an “alluring timelessness and strong life-force” (Downbeat Magazine). Lucian Ban has released 20 albums under his name for labels such as ECM\, Sunnyside Records\, CIMP\, Clean Feed featuring a wide array of ensembles and some of the most important jazz musicians of today. \nViolist and composer Mat Maneri is a master of improvisation. He follows in the footsteps of stellar improvisers Paul Bley and Paul Motian with a sound that is distinctly his own and developed over years of discovery and practice. Considered as one of the original and compelling musicians of exploratory music\, Maneri has collaborated with countless musicians including Cecil Taylor\, Evan Parker\, Lucian Ban\, and Craig Taborn\, among others. Pianist Matt Shipp called him “one of the five greatest improvisers on the planet.” \nThe evolution of Maneri’s remarkable and individual sound began with his initial forays into classical violin. His discovery of Baroque music and his explorations of modern classical and improvisation led him to develop his own practices. Through the influence of his father\, woodwind player and educator Joe Maneri\, he was able to find a way of vocalizing on the violin or viola in his own unique manner\, channeling Ben Webster and Miles Davis. \nJair-Rôhm Parker Wells : \nJair-Rohm Parker Wells is an American bassist and sound sculptor with a career spanning over four decades. He played with the influential German band Embryo and has collaborated with artists like Bob Belden\, Tony Scott\, and Karl Berger. A founding member of Machine Gun and creator of the Meeting Interdisciplinary Arts Festival in Stockholm. Born in Tacoma\, WA\, and raised in Germany\, Wells has had a profound influence on free jazz and experimental music. \naccessibility: street level entrance to venue but two steps to restroom.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/lucian-ban-mat-maneri-transylvanian-dance-a-multimedia-performance-jair-rohm-parker-wells/
LOCATION:The Perch\, 2321 Emerald St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T220000
DTSTAMP:20250921T221031Z
CREATED:20250921T221031Z
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SUMMARY:Makaya McCraven
DESCRIPTION:Makaya McCraven can best be described as a beat scientist. The cutting-edge drummer\, producer\, and sonic collagist is a multi-talented force whose inventive process and intuitive style of performance defy categorization. Called “a sound visionary” (jazzinchicago.org) who is “not your everyday jazz drummer” (thewordisbond.com)\, McCraven brilliantly moves between genres and pushes the boundaries of jazz and rhythm to create forms of his own. French-born but raised in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts by expatriate musician parents\, McCraven went on to develop his chops in Chicago and now represents a rising generation of globally-minded\, genre-bending music makers as an artist as well as band leader. Through his unique\, rarified performances and collaborations he unapologetically affirms our right to re-think and re-write the rules\, any rules\, and affirms other artists in their own exploratory evolutions.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/makaya-mccraven-3/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T220000
DTSTAMP:20250921T220812Z
CREATED:20250921T220812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250921T220812Z
UID:121-1759608000-1759615200@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Makaya McCraven
DESCRIPTION:Makaya McCraven can best be described as a beat scientist. The cutting-edge drummer\, producer\, and sonic collagist is a multi-talented force whose inventive process and intuitive style of performance defy categorization. Called “a sound visionary” (jazzinchicago.org) who is “not your everyday jazz drummer” (thewordisbond.com)\, McCraven brilliantly moves between genres and pushes the boundaries of jazz and rhythm to create forms of his own. French-born but raised in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts by expatriate musician parents\, McCraven went on to develop his chops in Chicago and now represents a rising generation of globally-minded\, genre-bending music makers as an artist as well as band leader. Through his unique\, rarified performances and collaborations he unapologetically affirms our right to re-think and re-write the rules\, any rules\, and affirms other artists in their own exploratory evolutions.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/makaya-mccraven-2/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T213000
DTSTAMP:20250921T221757Z
CREATED:20250921T221757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250921T221757Z
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SUMMARY:NETI - NETI (AMIRTHA KIDAMBI & MATT EVANS)\, STRIDER (JOANNA MATTREY & STEVEN LONG) & THE EARLY
DESCRIPTION:Neti-Neti (Amirtha Kidambi & Matt Evans) \nNeti-Neti is the lo-fi ritual music duo of Matt Evans (drums/electronics) and Amirtha Kidambi (vocals/electronics) that formed amidst their mutual experiences surrounding grief after the death of loved ones. Neti-Neti\, translated as “It is not this\, it is not that” from Sanskrit\, is a contemplation on the nature of reality\, life\, death\, birth and rebirth extracted from the Hindu text of rituals The Upanishads. The duo has performed at Skanu Mezs Festival\, Latvia\, Suoni Per il Popolo Festival\, Montreal\, and Tone Festival\, Toronto amongst others. Their debut album Impermanence was released with Dinzu Artefacts in 2022. Their new recording\, Echo of Being / Grace in Rot channels the weight of modern atrocities—from systemic violence to the relentless barrage of traumatic imagery in digital spaces. The record challenges listeners to confront these overwhelming realities\, transforming mourning into a shared act of resistance and healing. It reclaims humanity amidst the unimaginable\, offering a space for reflection and resilience. The music weaves syncopated grooves\, cathartic outbursts\, and meditative drones\, blending South Asian vocal traditions with textured\, treated percussion to create a devotional\, ritualistic sonic space. \nMatt Evans is a drummer and composer known for his collaborative projects in the new music sphere with bands Tigue and Bearthoven\, and as an occasional collaborator with Deerhoof\, OHYUNG\, and Ayano Elson. His solo-work presents concept driven embodied improvisational performance through an eco-fictional lens and is the basis for his large ensemble Big Spin featuring Amirtha Kidambi on vocals and saxophone. This duo is Evans’ first fully free improvised foray\, finding a natural partner in Kidambi who is deeply immersed in the world of free improv and free jazz. \nAmirtha Kidambi is the bandleader of incendiary protest group Elder Ones\, and has duos with improvisers including Luke Stewart\, Darius Jones\, Matteo Liberatore and Maria Grand\, and is a performer and collaborator in Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl\, various projects with William Parker and in Robert Ashley’s “New Band”. \nStrider (Joanna Mattrey & Steven Long): \nJoanna Mattrey is a violist working in free improvisation\, new music\, and classical music. She uses extended techniques\, modern compositional approaches\, and electronic alterations to challenge the conventions of the viola. Joanna creates an embodied performance practice centered on ceremony and ritual. Recent and upcoming releases include\, ‘Soulcaster’ (Notice Recordings\, 2023) ‘Strider’ (Dear Life Recs\, 2023) ‘Oracle’ (Relative Pitch Records\, 2022) ‘Dirge’ (Dear Life Recs 2021). Mattrey is a current Roulette Resident\, and past residencies include ISSUE Project Room\, Banff’s Creative Gesture for Composers and Choreographers\, 14th Street Y\, Wild Project\, and MoMa PS1’s ALLGOLD. Mattrey has performed with icons Tyshawn Sorey\, Henry Threadgill\, Marc Ribot\, John Zorn\, Mary Halvorson\, Billy Martin\, Elliott Sharpe\, Miya Masaoka\, and the International Contemporary Ensemble. \nSteven Long\, a lifelong New Yorker from Canarsie\, Brooklyn\, is an artist and organizer working with sound\, language\, and space. His interest in music began at age 11 when a derelict piece of furniture\, formerly known as a piano\, was moved into his family’s home. He studied composition at the Manhattan School of Music before receiving his BA in linguistics from the American University of Rome. He received an MMA in contemporary improvisation from the New England Conservatory of Music. \nThe Early: \nFormed in North Jersey in 2004\, The Early spans two decades\, two coastlines\, and an evolving lineup of multi- instrumentalists\, metabolizing the textural grandeur of post-rock\, the communicational intimacy of jazz improvisation\, and the patient grooves of minimalism\, refining a two decade-long extrasensory correspondence. The Early is currently Alex Lewis (guitars\, synthesizers) and Jake Nussbaum (drums\, electronics) \nAccessibility statement: Located on the 2nd floor up a steep flight of stairs.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/neti-neti-amirtha-kidambi-matt-evans-strider-joanna-mattrey-steven-long-the-early/
LOCATION:Studio 34\, 4522 Baltimore Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T190000
DTSTAMP:20250930T013908Z
CREATED:20250930T013908Z
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SUMMARY:New Thread Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present the New Thread Quartet performing their program Explorations. The ensemble invites the audience to a reception following the performance. \nNew Thread Quartet presents Explorations\, Vol. 8: Energy Flows\, featuring music by Marilyn Shrude\, Georg Friedrich Haas\, Hannah Kendall\, James Tenney\, and a world premiere by Hong-Da Chin. The quartet’s annual Explorations Series\, now in its 8th iteration\, is dedicated to programming important works of our time. The unifying element that brings these works together is the undulation of sonorities. \nWishing doesn’t make it so was inspired by the same phrase from Stephen King’s Heart of Atlantis. Hong-Da Chin is intrigued by these words\, because they point to how our “minds can run like a child in a world full of winter\,” but it’s not until we take action that our ideas become real and hold meaning. This transfers to the action a composer takes when they engrave the ideas they have in their mind. Chin takes the trill\, a standard technique used for centuries\, to a whole new level. \nenergy flows nervously . . . in search of stillness is seeped in the chromatic motion and harmony typical of Marilyn Shrude’s music. Pulsating\, churning\, and thickly layered\, the intensity waxes to its loudest\, most dissonant sonorities\, finally waning to calmness and silence. \nHannah Kendall’s Gilt was inspired by Hew Locke’s 2022-2023 Facade Commission of the same name\, created for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Kendall represents Locke’s four shimmering\, golden sculptures with each voice in the quartet. The extreme saturation of sound and layered texture mirrors the meaning and symbolism behind Locke’s piece. \nSaxophonquartett is a spectral motor of microtones\, swelling and rubbing against each other until they explode into wailing overtones. The piece is a masterful display of Georg Friedrich Haas’ ability to take musicians to the edges of their instruments. \nJames Tenney\, American music theorist and composer\, included Swell Piece in his collection entitled Postal Pieces\, short works that could fit on a postcard. Instrumentation is not specified and the instructions are simple. Players swell from nothing to as loud as they can play and return to nothing with as little timbre and intonation shift as possible. The piece demonstrates Tenney’s interest in harmonic perception\, minimal material\, meditation\, among other parameters.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/new-thread-quartet/
LOCATION:University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T170000
DTSTAMP:20250921T221258Z
CREATED:20250921T220506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250921T221258Z
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SUMMARY:Makaya McCraven
DESCRIPTION:Makaya McCraven can best be described as a beat scientist. The cutting-edge drummer\, producer\, and sonic collagist is a multi-talented force whose inventive process and intuitive style of performance defy categorization. Called “a sound visionary” (jazzinchicago.org) who is “not your everyday jazz drummer” (thewordisbond.com)\, McCraven brilliantly moves between genres and pushes the boundaries of jazz and rhythm to create forms of his own. French-born but raised in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts by expatriate musician parents\, McCraven went on to develop his chops in Chicago and now represents a rising generation of globally-minded\, genre-bending music makers as an artist as well as band leader. Through his unique\, rarified performances and collaborations he unapologetically affirms our right to re-think and re-write the rules\, any rules\, and affirms other artists in their own exploratory evolutions.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/makaya-mccraven/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T220000
DTSTAMP:20250922T031958Z
CREATED:20250922T031958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T031958Z
UID:183-1759518000-1759528800@www.avantphilly.com
SUMMARY:Inverse & Obverse\, Yova\, Holden L\, Text Rich Ali\,
DESCRIPTION:Some songs\, some freaks\, something we don’t know and your old friends.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/inverse-obverse-yova-holden-l-text-rich-ali/
LOCATION:Ruba Club\, 416 Green Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19123\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Peoples Music Supply":MAILTO:PeoplesMusicSupply@gmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T220000
DTSTAMP:20250921T215828Z
CREATED:20250921T215828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250921T215828Z
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SUMMARY:Camila Niebla Trio
DESCRIPTION:  \nCamila Niebla is a Berlin-based saxophonist\, composer\, improviser\, visual artist\, and curator originally from Buenos Aires\, hailed by Jazz.pt as “an essential saxophonist of our time.” Her multidisciplinary practice forms a powerful constellation of music\, film\, and performance that explores identity\, migration\, and the erasures and hauntings of memory. Through both composition and improvisation\, she constructs emotionally charged sound worlds—such as on her acclaimed solo album una ofrenda a la ausencia (Relative Pitch Records)\, described by The New York City Jazz Record as “innately human and personal.” A dynamic presence in international scenes\, Niebla has collaborated with artists like Marilyn Crispell\, Angelica Sanchez\, Michael Formanek\, and Patrick Shiroishi\, and performed at festivals including Jazz Fest Berlin\, Saalfelden\, Ultima Oslo\, and the Winter Jazz Festival. She is co-founder of the Lilaila record label (with Marta Sanchez and Maria Grand) and an active curator\, leading experimental series such as “Disfigured Rivers” in Berlin and “Guillotina” in Buenos Aires. Her current projects include duos and trios with Downes\, Lisle\, Sanchez\, and Formanek\, as well as her sextet The Hanged One. She is a 2024 and 2025 German Jazz Prize nominee in the Woodwinds category.
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/camila-niebla-trio/
LOCATION:Solar Myth\, 1131 S Broad St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19147\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T213000
DTSTAMP:20250922T233040Z
CREATED:20250921T220343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T233040Z
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SUMMARY:JOE MCPHEE & THE GHOST\, THE HUMANOSITY PROJECT & MADAM DATA/PHILLIP PRICE DUO
DESCRIPTION:Joe McPhee & Michael Foster’s The Ghost: \nJoe McPhee grew up in New York\, is a multi-instrumentalist and plays since the late 60s within the creative and free jazz music world. His play is energetic\, demanding and breathtaking sensitive – still with over 80 years! He learnt to play trumpet as a kid and – inspired by John Coltrane\, Albert Ayler and Ornette Coleman – he taught himself saxophone in his thirties. McPhee’s first recording was with Clifford Thornton in 1967 on the album “Freedom and Unity”. He became involved and known in Europe in the mid 70ties and since the 90ties he also plays with a younger generation from Chicago and New York. He played/plays regular for example with Ken Vandermark\, Peter Brötzmann\, Evan Parker\, Mats Gustafsson\, Dominic Duval\, Jay Rosen\, Jeb Bishop\, The Thing\, Clifton Hyde\, Jérôme Bourdellon\, Raymond Boni\, Joe Giardullo. \nMichael Foster’s The Ghost is a trio that celebrates and ruthlessly probes the free jazz tradition’s queer feelings\, drawing inspiration from noise\, reductionism\, and the leather culture to unpack the masculinist aesthetics of musical catharsis. The Ghost is Michael Foster (tenor/soprano saxophones\, samples\, compositions)\, John Moran (bass)\, Joey Sullivan (drums). \nThe Humanosity Project: \nThe Humanosity Project is a quartet of four monster improvisors operating in the extreme regions of Jazz. They first got together under a tree by a river in Philadelphia and have since performed in NYC\, Baltimore and Washington DC. \nMatt Lavelle is a flugelhorn\, bass and alto clarinet player\, and composer now based in Philadelphia. He began his music career with Hildred Humphries\, a swing era veteran who played with Count Basie and Billie Holiday. He has played in ensembles led by Sabir Mateen since 2002. In 2005\, Lavelle began study with Ornette Coleman. Lavelle was a member of the Bern Nix quartet from 2010-2017. In 2011 Lavelle created the 12 Houses Orchestra. Lavelle has played and collaborated with Ornette Coleman\, William Parker\, Warren Smith\, Henry Grimes\, Eric Mingus\, Sabir Mateen\, Roy Campbell\, Daniel Carter\, Jemeel Moondoc\, Mat Maneri\, Ras Moshe\, Hilliard Greene\, Steve Swell\, Matana Roberts\, Bern Nix\, Jack DeSalvo\, Charles Downs\, Tom Cabrera\, Francois Grillot\, Giuseppi Logan\, William Hooker and many others. Lavelle published his first book\, New York City Subway Drama and Beyond\, in 2011. In 2013 he published a second book called The Jazz Musician’s Tarot Deck. Lavelle is also the author of the blog No Sound Left Behind. \nDave Ross (guitar) is the recipient of a Boston Music award and has performed at Lincoln Center\, Vision festival and The Kennedy Center. He has recorded and performed extensively as a leader and side man with Henry Grimes\, Marshall Allen\, William Parker\, William Hooker\, Ras Moshe\, Charles Downs\, Larry Roland\, Sabir Mateen\, Jason Hwang\, Albey Balgochian\, and many others. \nJulius Masri is a Philadelphia based multi instrumentalist\, and performer/composer for the city’s dance community at large. His music focuses on improvisatory methods and syncretic / linguistic exchanges within various musical languages including Jazz\, Metal\, AfroCuban\, Experimental Noise\, and Arabic music. Born in Tripoli\, Lebanon\, he moved to the States in 1990 and picked up drumming a year later. He studied with Philadelphia instructors Carl Mottola\, Elaine Hoffman-Watts\, and as an undergraduate at Bard College\, with AACM’s Thurman Barker\, Richard Teitelbaum\, and Joan Tower. Julius plays drums\, circuit modified Casio keyboards\, Oud\, Kamancheh (aka Rabab\, Spike Fiddle)\, and various other instruments. He currently performs in groups such as grind/crust metal bands Night Raids\, Nomad War Machine\, free jazz groups Bruxer\, Spectral Forces\, Humanosity Project\, Dromedaries\, trombone and synth duo Superlith\, and more. He has performed with Henry Grimes\, Jamaaladeen Tacuma\, Bobby Zankel\, Thurman Barker\, Jaap Blonk\, Randi Potoppidan\, members of the Sun Ra Arkestra. \nPete Dennis (they/he) is a musician\, improviser\, composer\, visual artist\, and teacher. Living in West Philadelphia\, Dennis is inspired by their beautiful community and the future. Other ever present inspirations include William Parker\, the works of Octavia E. Butler\, their partner Abigail\, and the knowledge that all vibrations carry the potential to transmit the truths of life and death. Dennis’s recorded creations are released using the project name Search for the Infinite Light and include but are not limited to Killing a Dixie Hummingbird (2019)\, World’s End Welcoming Committee (2021)\, and pastē (2022). Their most current projects and collaborations include 99 Futures\, Oarsman\, Mitamu\, St. John’s Wort\, and an ongoing poetry/bass duet performance with Abigail Swoboda. They believe that sound is the foundation of healing and would like to acknowledge all master improvisers of the past\,present\, and future. \nmadam data & Phillip Price duo: \nmadam data is an audio repair technician based in Singapore\, work that is always a struggle. In other parallel histories they are a musician living across the subjectivity-obliterating assault of noise\, the transcendent structuralism of jazz\, and the ceaseless insurgency of punk. This music is also a struggle. They have sought distance from any other artistic practice\, but are keen to show up\, in some fragmented way\, in moving realities\, cosmic realities\, realities broken and repaired. They will be performing in a duo with Philadelphia based drummer Phillip Price. \naccessibility: ramp into lobby\, then 7 stairs into theater
URL:https://www.avantphilly.com/event/joe-mcphee-the-ghost-the-humanosity-project-madam-data-phillip-price-duo/
LOCATION:2223 Fish\, 2223 E Dauphin\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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