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PROTEST HEAVEN 5/10: AAT + Bitney/Daniel/Loving/Tanaka05/10/2008 - 10:00pm PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series We are very pleased to host drummer Nori Tanaka for the second time during his Chicago visit from Japan. This show starts promptly at 10pm! AAT Josh Abrams, bass + Dan Bitney, bass/synthesizer From the Chicago Reader: http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/post-no-bills/2008/04/30/nori-tanakas-bac... Heaven Gallery PROTEST HEAVEN 5/3: Ben Boye Band + Hartsaw/Davis/Labycz/Zarzutski05/03/2008 - 10:00pm Saturday, May 3rd Ben Boye Band Ben Boye - piano/harmonium, compositions + Paul Hartsaw, saxophones 10pm at Heaven Gallery Patterns of Affect, Jonathan Chen (solo electronics), Jamie Kempkers (solo cello)05/07/2008 - 9:00pm Patterns of Affect consists of Jonathan Chen (banjo, electronics, guitar), Jamie Kempkers (cello), Joe Mills (hurdy-gurdy), and Peter Rosenbloom (violin). The group will perform two works: Patterns of Affect & To Be Continued. Plus opening sets by Chen (solo electronics) and Kempkers (solo cello).
Ajemian / Haldeman / Tanaka's SMOKELESS HEAT:::::CD RELEASE SHOW04/30/2008 - 8:30pm DELMARK RECORDS IS RELEASING SMOKELESS HEAT'S FIRST ALBUM ON APRIL 22ND (EARTH DAY): PROTEST HEAVEN: CHICAGO SOUNDMAP 200804/12/2008 - 10:00pm 04/12/2008 - 11:59pm Chicago Sound Map 2008 Compositions from D Bayne and Kevin Davis The Ensemble: Dudley Bayne - piano, keys also part of the series Compositions from Olivia Block and Ernst Karel PROTEST HEAVEN: AUDREY CHEN (BALTIMORE)/FREDERIC BLONDY (PARIS) + ZEROPOINT (JASON SOLIDAY + ROBB DRINKWATER)04/04/2008 - 10:21pm On completing his studies in Mathematics and Physics at Bordeaux University, Frédéric Blondy dedicated himself full time to the piano, firstly as a jazz pianist and subsequently as a student at the Bordeaux National Conservatory. Since moving to Paris he has worked with Marie-Christine Calvet at the "International Piano Center", refining a body-based approach to the instrument. As an improviser, Frédéric Blondy has performed in many festivals and venues in Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia, working with, amongst others Paul Lovens, Rhodri Davies, Lê Quan Ninh, Michel Doneda, Joëlle Léandre, Urs Leimgruber, Thomas Lehn, Daunik Lazro, Radu Malfatti, John Tilbury, Otomo Yoshihide, Mats Gustafsson,.... and developed a thorough work with ensembles like Hubbub, Ethos. audrey chen is a chinese-american musician and performance artist born outside of chicago in 1976. using the cello, voice and analog electronics, chen's work focuses on the combination and layering of traditional and extended techniques. a large component of her music is improvised and her approach to this is often extremely personal and visceral. her performance work incorporates sound, movement and visual/sculptural concepts. chen performs solo and in collaboration with a wide number of musicians and dancers. among musicians, she has worked with phil minton, elliott sharp, aki onda, phill niblock, alessandro bosetti, mike cooper, mats gustafsson, frederic blondy, roger turner, nate wooley, sten sandell, mazen kerbaj, gunda gottschalk, michael zerang, tatsuya nakatani, assif tsahar, scott rosenberg, le quan ninh, joe mcphee, susan alcorn, michele doneda, paolo angeli, gianni gebbia, and many others... chen has performed in eastern and western europe, russia, australia, new zealand, china, japan, taiwan and the USA. She is currently based in Baltimore, MD USA where she is member of the red room and high zero collective, an on-going series and international festival devoted to experimental improvised music. Zeropoint Rocks. PROTEST HEAVEN: Robin Boudreaux's New Symphonics03/29/2008 - 10:00pm **CD RELEASE** ROBIN BOUDREAUX'S NEW SYMPHONICS This show will be a celebration of the release of Robin's "New Symphonics For Jeremy" on his own Tipping Heaven Gallery Ginga Bossa- Brazilian bossa duo04/12/2008 - 7:00pm 04/12/2008 - 9:00pm Brazilian bossa music with gutsy lyrics- good stuff. Check them out here:
PROTEST HEAVEN: FLY TRAP feat. Fred Lonberg-Holm + Josh Sinton's HOLUS BOLUS03/22/2008 - 10:00pm PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series presents: FLY TRAP (featuring Fred Lonberg-Holm) Jaimie Branch, trumpet Treat restaurant hosts this trio each Thursday in Humboldt Park -- Saturday night at Heaven Gallery they'll explore new territory with the addition of FLH! www.myspace.com/fredlonbergholm + Josh Sinton's HOLUS BOLUS (Brooklyn) Josh Sinton, baritone saxophone/bass clarinet Josh Sinton performed an extraordinary solo set at Heaven Gallery during Harold Fest in January -- now he returns with his Brooklyn-based quartet, Holus Bolus! The ensemble performs originals by Sinton, as well as covers by The Beatles and Radiohead. Read a review of their debut CD here: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=27514 10pm at Heaven Gallery PROTEST HEAVEN: Jackson/Stein/Kimmel/Labycz + Kimmel/Schneider/Daisy03/15/2008 - 10:00pm three bass clarinetists walk into a bar... the bartender says, "where's the electronics guy?" PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series presents: Keefe Jackson, bass clarinet compositions by Keefe Jackson and others + Jeff Kimmel, bass clarinet 10pm at Heaven Gallery |