Hello, everyone.
I have many fun and interesting performances coming this month, the details of which I want to share with you.
The backbone of my activity this month is the ‘Invasion of Privacy’ tour with Tim Berne’s Los Totopos [which also includes Oscar Noriega and Ches Smith]. Specifics are below, and you can also find them at www.screwgunrecords.com, along with 3 10-14 minute live recordings of Los Totopos from last fall.
All gigs are in NYC unless otherwise noted.
June 8 – 10 pm at the Stone
Oscar Noriega
also with Ingrid Laubrock, John Hebert, and Tom Rainey
I’ve been playing a lot with Oscar both in Los Totopos and my band [which also includes John], but this will be my first time with him as the leader. Very excited.
June 11 – 9 pm in Philadelphia at Moonstone, presented by Lucky Old Souls
Waveform Razorback with Doug Hirlinger and Ben Gerstein
Doug, Ben and I play together from time to time and this time we’re playing a set of Doug’s forward-looking compositions. Love playing with these guys. I’ll be playing keyboard/electronics.
June 13 – at Le Poisson Rouge – part of the Undead Jazz Fest
10:20pm – with John Hollenbeck’s Large Ensemble
11:20pm – with Tim Berne’s Los Totopos
I’ll be playing two sets in a row as part of the first ever Undead Jazz Fest. Very convenient!
June 14 – 10 pm at 45 Bleecker
with John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet
We’ll also be playing at WBGO earlier that day. I went to Europe and Australia with Claudia the past few months and I’m certainly looking forward to playing more with them.
June 15 – 8 pm at IBeam
with Tim Berne’s Los Totopos
Brian Drye’s Bizingas plays after us.
June 16 – 8 pm at the Stone
with Tim Berne’s Los Totopos
June 21 – 9:30 pm at Local 269 – part of Vision Festival XV
with Tim Berne’s Lowest Common Denominator
This will include Herb Robertson and Dan Weiss. I’ll be playing electronics/laptop on this gig [NOT guitar as was posted on the interwebs several weeks back…]. This will be my first time playing with Herb and I’m pumped.
June 22 – 9:30 at Korzo
2 sets with Tim Berne’s Los Totopos
June 24 – 8 pm at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, presented by Ars Nova Workshop
2 sets with Tim Berne’s Los Totopos
June 25 – 8/9:30 pm in Baltimore at An Die Musik
2 sets with Tim Berne’s Los Totopos.
and finally…
June 30 – 9 pm at IBeam
duo with Tim Berne
Craig Taborn will play solo at 8 pm – I highly recommend coming to see his set as well.
That should do it. I just want to add that the debut gig of Central Chain on April 13 went incredibly well and was extremely well received. I had a great time and am super grateful for my band: Tim Berne, Oscar Noriega, Mary Halvorson, John Hebert and Tomas Fujiwara. We’ll definitely be playing more and I’ll definitely be writing a lot more for the band. You’ll of course be the first to hear about any new performances…
Thanks and I hope to see you at one or more of the above gigs this month!
best wishes,
-mm