Jason Mears woodwinds Kris Tiner trumpets Ivan Johnson bass Paul Kikuchi drumset/electronics
Influences
Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Braxton, Milford Graves, Ken Wilber, Ornette Coleman, Vinny Golia, Ralph Nader, Aurobindo, minivans, Aristotle, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Patchen, John Carter, Bobby Bradford, royal court music of Uganda, Osho, Bob Marley, Duke Ellington, Jim Jarmusch, Albert Ayler, Igor Stravinsky, Bob Dylan, Javanese gamelan, Fred Meyer, Nick Drake, Charles Ives, Billie Holiday, Ewe traditional music, Beethoven, Booker Little, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Charlie Haden, Sudanese trumpet music, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Karlheinz Stockhausen, coffee, Iannis Xenakis, Neil Young, Umberto Eco, Thelonious Monk, Skip James, John Coltrane, Morton Feldman, Charles Mingus, Aikido, Devendra Banhart, fish tacos, Robert Johnson, The Feardom Press, Joachim-Ernst Berendt, Harry Partch, Eric Dolphy, Hank Williams, C.G. Jung, Erik Satie, Doug Davis, Jelly Roll Morton, John Steinbeck, Herman Hesse, J.D. Salinger, William Faulkner, Sun Ra, Koichi Tohei, Quentin Tolimieri, John Irving, Kurt Vonnegut, Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Andrea Tarkovsky, pizza, Leroy Jenkins, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Buddy T. Fish, Maurice Andre, Radiohead, Nels Cline, Beck, David Suzuki, Gyorgi Ligeti, Lao Tsu, Frank Zappa, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Son House, Matt Groening, Amy Mears, Bubber Miley, Kraig Grady, Don Cherry, Samuel Beckett, Jean Giono, vanwiches, Woody Guthrie, Brian Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Soul Coughing, Olivier Messiaen...
"One of the best things in jazz to emerge in the new millennium."
-Brian Marley, The Wire
"One of the most powerful and appealing jazz units currently active."
-Rex Butters, All About Jazz Los Angeles
"What a fine young quartet this is... they follow many different musical paths, all the while maintaining a pretty stimulating group voice."
-Jason Bivins, Cadence Magazine
"One of the left coast's most underexposed treasures."
-Troy Collins, One Final Note
"Not your typical background jazz music, this local group is in your face, angular, fresh, and assertively spontaneous."
-Zach Behrens, LAist
"Wildly eclectic..."
-Adam McLean, The Santa Fe Reporter
"Of interest... a time-worn context has proven itself with new blood via the work of MTKJ."
-Clifford Allen, All About Jazz
"The MTKJ Quartet's music is the shit..."
-Gene Armstrong, Tucson Weekly
My self-produced upcoming 7-song EP, "B Sides from B Street" is set to hit shelves June 30th. Come take a listen to a handful of the tracks and see what you think! Influences span the likes of: John Prine, Chris Smither, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Jackie Greene, Josh Ritter, Wilco, Redbird, and other singer/songwriters keeping the craft alive.
I'm booking shows throughout California right now if any other musicians are looking to cobill.
THE PHARAOHS DEN May 23rd 2009 Sun Ra.....Space Is The Place..More TBA Special Guest...
The Pharaohs Den Cultural Space Center is run entirely on donations and on the talents of volunteers. There is no cover charge - we simply ask you to fill out a membership form and pay a nominal fee ($5) and then donate to help support the Den. الفراعنة دن الثقافية ويدير مركز
Empty Cage Quartet Experimental / Progressive / Jazz ..
On May 25th, we are celebrating the birth of Miles Davis, an innovator of sound and style. Very few artists have paved the way for new compelling heights as much as Miles Davis has. We will have live improv art, musical performances, rare video footage of Miles Davis and various album covers from Miles and his many bands will be displayed on our walls. For a one night only exprerience, please join us as we give thanks to a being who influenced the entire landscape of music culture.
If you are influenced by the music of Miles Davis and you paint, perform music, dance, write poetry or act out in any form creatively and would like to give thanks to Miles Davis through your art on this day, please contacts us so we can add you to the list of artists for our Miles Davis celebration day.
Also, if you have some time, check out this blog that we created for Miles Davis, lots of youtube stuff and a really well written review on the career of Miles, check it out!
Miles Davis is more than a jazz musician: he is a cultural icon, known even to people who can't tell bebop from fusion. That may seem strange considering that Davis made a career of defying the expectations of critics and audience alike, but it is just one more paradox associated with this mercurial artist.
TeleMagica Art and Music Festival is an annual event in the pristine natural landscape of Jacumba CA, 1 hour East of San Diego.
TELEMAGICA 2009, "ALIGNMENT: The Joining of The Tribes" June 5-7 3 days/2 nights TICKETS ON-LINE ONLY: $45 by June 5, by popular demand, recession special a gathering for the Evolution of human perception.
The Promised Land: a landscape without limitations, where you can hear and discover music and performance art on stages, as well as in a mountain cave or on a high peak. A pristine sand-wash where your campsite is part of an entire tribal village celebrating each other, the expansive fresh air, as well as the moon & stars at night. This land enhances magic, and your silent understanding! Within the sounds, the sculptures, the pyramid and the water monument, you awaken your senses.... you will find answers to questions that have gone un-answered..... This is more than a festival gathering, this is about creating a new you, and a new community in a new time.
TeleMagica provides a stage for painters, sculptors, musicians, poets, photographers, film makers, performance artists, neo-vaudville, graffiti artists and creative ritualists to come together for exchange of ideas and talent
Brian Walsh Live At The P. Den May 16th 2009 more TBA - BRIAN WALSH IS A GRADUATE OF THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS(MFA,BFA) AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS. HE HAS STUDIED CLARINET WITH WILLIAM POWELL, GARY BOVYER, DEBRAH KANTER, AND VAL GRAYSON. HE HAS STUDIED IMPROVISATION WITH BOBBY BRADFORD, VINNY GOLIA, AND BEN GOLDBERG.
- BRIAN PERFORMS WITH: THE INDUSTRIAL JAZZ GROUP, PLOTZ!, THE VINNY GOLIA LARGE ENSEMBLE, THE DOUG MCDONALD BRASS AND WOODWIND COALITION, AND CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES THE NIGHT WANDERERS, INAUTHENTICA, AND THE KAIROS ENSEMBLE.
- PAST COLLABORATIONS HAVE INCLUDED: BOBBY BRADFORD, VINNY GOLIA, NELS CLINE, ALEX CLINE, HARRIS EISENSTADT, KRIS TINER, PETER EPSTEIN, MONEY MARK, BRIGHT EYES, JOSH RITTER, LORNA LUFT, THE KREATIVE ORCHESTRA OF LOS ANGELES, DAN CLUCAS, PETER MAXWELL DAVIES, MARK APPLEBAUM, MARK MENZIES, JAMES NEWTON, LARRY KOONSE, MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS, BUTCH MORRIS,LEO WADADA SMITH, JOHN OSWALD, GAVIN BRYARS, LYNN JOHNSTON, EUGENE CHADBOURNE, ENSEMBLE GREEN, THE NEW CENTURY PLAYERS, THE ARGENTO CHAMBER ENSEMBLE(MONDAY EVENING CONCERTS), THE HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA, THE SAN BERNARDINO SYMPHONY, THE SANTA CECELIA ORCHESTRA, AND THE RIVERSIDE PHILHARMONIC.
- BRIAN IS ALSO AN ACTIVE PRIVATE INSTRUCTOR AND CLINICIAN. HE HAS TAUGHT CLARINET AND CHAMBER MUSIC AT THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS. HE ALSO TEACHES AT BAXTER-NORTHUP MUSIC IN SHERMAN OAKS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S OLDEST MUSIC STORE, AND HAS NUMEROUS TALENTED AND HARD WORKING STUDENTS IN VALENCIA. HE ALSO TEACHES AT THE OAKWOOD SCHOOL AND AT THEIR FANTASTIC SUMMER PROGRAM: THE ACADEMY OF CREATIVE EDUCATION. www.myspace.com/walshsettrio www.brianwalshclarinet.org
TeleMagica Art and Music Festival is an annual event in the pristine natural landscape of Jacumba CA, 1 hour East of San Diego.
TELEMAGICA 2009, "ALIGNMENT: The Joining of The Tribes" June 5-7 3 days/2 nights TICKETS ON-LINE ONLY: $45 by June 5, by popular demand, recession special a gathering for the Evolution of human perception.
The Promised Land: a landscape without limitations, where you can hear and discover music and performance art on stages, as well as in a mountain cave or on a high peak. A pristine sand-wash where your campsite is part of an entire tribal village celebrating each other, the expansive fresh air, as well as the moon & stars at night. This land enhances magic, and your silent understanding! Within the sounds, the sculptures, the pyramid and the water monument, you awaken your senses.... you will find answers to questions that have gone un-answered..... This is more than a festival gathering, this is about creating a new you, and a new community in a new time.
TeleMagica provides a stage for painters, sculptors, musicians, poets, photographers, film makers, performance artists, neo-vaudville, graffiti artists and creative ritualists to come together for exchange of ideas and talents, for connectivity and collaboration on projects, and for rejuvenation in a world where the support for the arts has been evaporating. This is our 6th annual... We are in Alignment...
INDIE BANDS PLAYING ON THE BORDER BY THE OLD TRAIN YARD, DJS, NEOVAUDVILLE, EARTH & STAR ACTIVATION CEREMONIES, INDIE FILMS, POOLS, DRUM CIRCLES, PERCEPTUAL ART, HOTSPRINGS, C
Who wants to donate toys for the Circuit Bending Workshop? Can you Donate your time, skills, toys or accessories? Donate your toys and get in on the fun....We need toys and accessories to get the workshop on the run...We have toys and we need more so, we can have some more fun...
We have 10 people registered has a circuit Bender student ....
So, now we need five more people to sign up for the greatest toy bending workshop we had ....this is actually the first one. So, come one, come all and be part of a circuit bend workshop. No experience necessary or required. Classes start at 3pm-7pm(coming anytime after 3pm-7pm) at The Pharaohs Den 3579 University Ave. Riverside,Ca. 92501. We will have a performance after the workshop with circuit benders and Sounds Masters. Let us know if your interested or just show up tomorrow but try to hit us up so, we know how many people are really interested in this workshop and we can have enough toys and accessories for everyone....And if you bring stuff the class will be cheaper for you depending in the stuff your bring and what you need for your project toy bending experiment. Thanks for the support. All of us from The Pharaohs Den and XDUGEF...
The Nate LaPointe Band is celebrating Barack Obama's victory, in conjunction with MoveOn.org, with a show next Thursday 11/20 at The Derby 4500 Los Feliz Blvd. Hollywood, California 90027 $8 advance, $12 door 18+ OPEN BAR from 8-9. NLB at 10pm
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