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Start: 8:00 pm

Sunday, March 2nd - 8pm

Never Enough Hope: Small Group Improvisations

After two consecutive shows at AV-aerie (Friday and Saturday night Feb. 29th and March 1st), Toby Summerfield's Never Enough Hope will break down into small groups and perform ad hoc improvisations at Heaven Gallery!

Never Enough Hope is a very large ensemble put together every so often by Toby Summerfield. The first never enough hope performances were in 2005, at Open End and at The hungry brain. The piece, also titled "never enough hope" is their debut recording. Their hope is to be able to perform more regularly than every two years. The inspiration and motiviation behind this band is to celebrate the friendship and community particular to musicians and music lovers. It is the sound of a bunch of friends singing together, happy to be around each other, doing what they love.

Featuring Dina Maccabee, Sara Jo Zaharako, Amy Cimini, Kevin Davis, Eric Perney, Jaimie Branch, Brian Lipson, Aram Shelton, Dave Rempis, Keefe Jackson, Tim Haldeman, Dan Bennett, Colin Stetson, Tim Brown, Dan Sylvester, Nathaniel Braddock, Josh Tillinghast, Marc Riordan, Frank Rosaly, Tim Strand, Toby Summerfield.

www.myspace.com/neverenoughhope

1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd fl.
Chicago
suggested donation

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03 / 4
03 / 5
03 / 6
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

a rehearsal

03 / 7
03 / 8
Start: 10:00 pm

Saturday, March 8th at Heaven Gallery ...

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series presents:

Marc Riordan's PHELT + WOLTER WIERBOS solo

PHELT

Jaimie Branch, trumpet
Keefe Jackson, bass clarinet
Kevin Davis, cello
Marc Riordan, piano and compositions

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WOLTER WIERBOS (Amsterdam)

solo trombone

Wolter Wierbos is considered one of the world’s leading trombone players. He has played throughout Europe, Canada, USA and Asia. Wierbos has many awards to his name, including the Podiumprijs for Jazz and Improvised music and the most important Dutch jazz award, the VPRO Boy Edgar Prize.
Like many Dutch brass players Wierbos started out in a ‘fanfare’ (brass band), switching from trumpet to trombone when he was 17. “It looked good, and the trombones walk in front....” His interests range from precise chamber jazz to throbbing post punk and contemporary composed and improvised music.

http://www.wolterwierbos.nl/

10pm at Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Fl.
Chicago (Blue Line to Damen)
$10 suggested donation

03 / 9
03 / 10
03 / 11
03 / 12
03 / 13
03 / 14
03 / 15
Start: 10:00 pm

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
Jason Stein, bass clarinet
Jeff Kimmel, bass clarinet
Brian Labycz, electronics

compositions by Keefe Jackson and others

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Jeff Kimmel, bass clarinet
Matt Schneider, guitar
Tim Daisy, drums

10pm at Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Fl.
Chicago, IL 60622
(Blue Line to Damen)
$5 donation

03 / 16
Start: 5:00 pm

Arizona based duo: Michael Lich, guitar and banjo and Robert Matheson, double bass

About the Ironwood Duo:

Internationally recognized performers and composers, Michael Lich and Robert Matheson both have strong backgrounds in classical and jazz music, while each brings with him musical tastes of several other styles. Their performances range from Bach harpsichord preludes to the bebop sounds of Thelonious Monk, to the funk and bluegrass influenced grooves found in their ground breaking original compositions.

Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Arizona based duo: Michael Lich, guitar and banjo and Robert Matheson, double bass

About the Ironwood Duo:

Internationally recognized performers and composers, Michael Lich and Robert Matheson both have strong backgrounds in classical and jazz music, while each brings with him musical tastes of several other styles. Their performances range from Bach harpsichord preludes to the bebop sounds of Thelonious Monk, to the funk and bluegrass influenced grooves found in their ground breaking original compositions.

http://ironwoodduo.com

03 / 17
03 / 18
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Private

03 / 19
03 / 20
03 / 21
03 / 22
Start: 10:00 pm

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series presents:

FLY TRAP (featuring Fred Lonberg-Holm)

Jaimie Branch, trumpet
Anton Hatwich, bass
Marc Riordan, drums
Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello

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
www.myspace.com/jaimiebranch
www.myspace.com/marcriordantrio

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Josh Sinton's HOLUS BOLUS (Brooklyn)

Josh Sinton, baritone saxophone/bass clarinet
Jeremy Udden, alto sax
Peter Bitenc, bass
Mike Pride, drums

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

www.myspace.com/joshsinton

10pm at Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Fl.
Chicago
(Blue Line to Damen)
$5-10 suggested donation

03 / 23
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Jason Roebke - Bass
Josh Berman - Cornet
Ayako Kato - Dance

$10

03 / 24
03 / 25
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Private

03 / 26
03 / 27
03 / 28
03 / 29
Start: 10:00 pm

**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
Point label. The performance will include several sets featuring a combination of small groups made up
of local improvisers.

Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee, 2nd floor
10 pm, donation

03 / 30
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

all this, and food and drink!

Parable- Vincent Persichetti
Alicia Poot, flute

Arc-en-ciel- Gyorgy Ligeti
Mabel Kwan, piano

Bridge- Sarah J Ritch
Jennifer Swanson, flute; Jonathan Schang, turang; Sarah J Ritch, laptop

INTERMISSION

Solo for Vibraphone, Mallets, and Bow- Nomi Epstein
Eric Derr, percussion

“Apres un Reve” and “Dans un Foret”- Gabriel Faure
and one more “mystery song”….
Leon Shernoff, voice and piano

Sonata for Solo Violin- Sarah J. Ritch
Aurelien Pederzoli

03 / 31
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