Events

« March 05, 2008 - April 04, 2008 »
 
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
04 / 1
04 / 2
04 / 3
04 / 4
Start: 10:21 pm

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.

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