Joe Baiza - guitar Brian Christopherson - drums Dan Clucas - cornet Mike Ibarra - acoustic bass
Immediately:
Dan Clucas - cornet
Brian Walsh - Bb Clarinet and tenor saxophone
Noah Phillips - electric guitar
Michael Ibarra - contrabass
Rich West - drums Occasionally this group somewhat resurfaces as my collective, The Lost Iguana.
"Exile" is available at: www.pfmentum.com (see friend link), or at www.bookcrazy.us/.
The Klookwartet is my version of a standard free jazz quartet which involves a revolving cast of musicians. The "Velvet Bar-rag" gig was recorded by Mike Geiser at Mr. T's Bowl in Highland Park and included: Vince Meghrouni - tenor sax, flute Dave Cullwell - double bass Brian Christopherson - drums
Joe Baiza's Congress is:
Baiza - guitar Dan Clucas - trumpet Wayne Griffin - drums Richie Hass* - vibes Pat Hoed - bass Tracy Wannomae - woodwinds *The great R.H. has departed from our midst but is always with us in spirit, even (especially) on the gig.
Multiple Now Syndrome is: Dennis Cruz - words/palabras Warde Randall - electronics, keyboards Dan Clucas - trumpet, flutes, electronics
Influences
Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, Charlie Patton, John Coltrane, Clyfford Still, my mom, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, James Ellroy, Anthony Braxton, Luciano Berio, X, Edgard Varese, Teiji Ito, Charles Mingus, Herbie Nichols, Astor Piazzolla, Max Roach, Julius Hemphill, Henry Threadgill, Toru Takemitsu, Bobby Bradford, Joe Henderson, Andrew Hill, the Minutemen, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix, Art Pepper, Steve Lacy, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sun City Girls, James Brown, Horace Tapscott, Ralph Nader, Leroy Jenkins, Jacques Coursil, AC/DC, Washboard Shakey, Flux of Pink Indians, Alexander Calder, Joseph Cornell, Richard Wood, Giorgio Gaslini, Witold Lutoslawski, Silvestre Revueltas, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Misha Mengelberg, Pharaoh Sanders, Roy Haynes, Booker Little, Eric Dolphy, Raphe Malik, Charlie Haden, Dewey Redman, Ed Blackwell, Billy Higgins, Subhumans, Keiji Haino, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, Nels Cline, David Lynch, Guillermo Gregorio, Michel de Montaigne, Akira Kurosawa, Jules Dassin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Brian Christopherson, Los Lobos, Joe McPhee, Joe Coleman, Jackie McLean, Tom Waits, Bern Nix, Don Cherry, Joe Baiza, Francis Bacon, Werner Herzog, Blue Mitchell, Donald Byrd, Howard McGhee, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Honeyboy Edwards, Son House, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Jimmie Lunceford, Jelly Roll Morton, James Blood Ulmer, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Soren Kierkegaard, The Ramones, Dee Dee Ramone, Meat Puppets, Jimmy Lyons, The Ex, Milford Graves, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Famoudou Don Moye, Mark Twain, Ralph Ellison, Townes Van Zandt, Charles Ives, Blind Willie McTell, the Band, Edith Piaf, Vladimir Nabokov, Carlos Fuentes, my dad, Wadada Leo Smith, Johnny Griffin, Frank Wright, Freddie Redd, Henry Red Allen, Pee Wee Russell, Freddie Hubbard, Fred Wesley, Freddie Fender, Barbara Boxer, The Clash, Maxine Waters, Amy Goodman, Muhal Richard Abrams, Talking Heads, Elvin Jones, Revolutionary Ensemble, Skip James, Fred Anderson, Sunny Murray, John Carter, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Martin Johnson Heade, Peter Brotzmann, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Black Sabbath, Rufino Tamayo, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, the Rain Forest Pygmies, Luigi Nono, Louis Moholo-Nagy, Blind James Campbell, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Sidney Bechet, Herbie Hancock, Sam Rivers, Vinny Golia, Michael Vlatkovich, Steuart Liebig, Lynn Johnston, Rich West, Duke Ellington, ....
I play cornet and trumpet mainly, with a few other instruments thrown in for pepper. I'm in about ten bands with Joe Baiza (well, let's see, there's J.B.'s Congress, Scrappers, the Cardovas, and the occasional sit-in with Saccharine Trust, that's app. 3.2). I sometimes compose and lead bands, but I also like improvising with people who just like to play. I drive trucks full of art for a living and that's all the driving I do. Off the clock I walk/bike/busride. I prefer it to the motorcultural inferno we've made for ourselves.
What I'm listening to right now: The Complete Tape Music of Dick Raaijmakers
Raaijmakers is a pioneer in magnetic tape music and electronic music in general. Check him out.
The new piece "Inspire and Disappear" makes use of the HighC graphic composition tool by Thomas Baudel, and is dedicated to Sam Rodia, architect of the Watts Towers, who famously disappeared after finishing(?) them. My apologies to all my real violist friends.
#7 in Neil Tesser’s Top Ten Chicago Jazz Discs of 2009 2009 Grammy nominating ballot for Best Instrumental Jazz Album #12 in JazzChicagonet’s Top Chicago Recordings of 2009 3 ½ Stars! (3=Good, 4=Excellent) Downbeat Magazine
“The emphasis is on group interplay, with active basslines and lively arrangements.” - John Ephland, Downbeat, December 2009.
Click Here to Purchase "Falling Together Falling Apart"
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it. Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums
71 minutes of experimental noise jazz.
More info here.
Listen on last.fm.
|˟˟| (pronounced 'gate') is a Tokyo-based experiment in solo improvisation on multiple instruments simultaneously. The project’s music is influenced by among others free jazz, noise, drone, industrial, and Mongolian and Japanese traditional music. See profile page for more information and links.
Check out sample tracks from our new album, Falling Together Falling Apart, on our Myspace Page.
"All in all, Aaron Koppel and company...have produced a lovely, lively collection marked by intelligent writing, emotional depth, and sterling musicianship." -Neil Tesser
You really should::::::::::::: THIS SATURDAY APRIL 11th 8PM sharp FREE @ the TRIBAL CAFE 1651 w. Temple, Echo Park, LA 90026 PERFORMANCE/ ART/ LIGHT AND SOUND An amazing night of sonic performers and video projections.
Come have a great time, share some great food and take in the Happeningz.
Please support the artists with donations and the Cafe with a purchase.
starting@ 8PM: DIVINEBRICK RESEARCH SOUND PROJECT LIBYTHTH BOW+ARROW ANIMENTAL (nyc) NAOMI ELIZABETH
TUESDAY march 31st @8PM sharp 129 e. 3rd st downtown LA $5 all ages a premiere mix of sounds and Projections! WHALESOUND (1st show in LA) BAND OF OUTSIDERS BOW+ARROW YUKOxCHINO(of murmur/Sasqrotch) KILLKILLKILL and DJ MY ACID TRIP WITH GILBERT GODFREY
