Open Gate Theatre & Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock present

Sunday Evening Concert Series feat.
Andrew Pask/Wayne Peet/Steuart Liebig/Alex Cline

&

Tom McNalley/Jeff Kaiser/Michael Vlatkovich

August 7, 2011
7:00pm

General Admission: $10

Students, Seniors, and Series Performers: $5

Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
2225 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041

Gifted and multifaceted saxophonist-clarinetist Andrew Pask assembled a quartet of veteran local musicians who, like him, were strongly inspired and influenced by the classic 1976 ECM recording by bassist Barre Phillips called Mountainscapes in order to pay tribute to this work by playing some of the music from it together.  Pask, employing tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, and electronics, along with keyboardist Wayne Peet, contrabassguitarist Steuart Liebig, and drummer Alex Cline, uses many of the record’s composed themes as well as its sonic and improvisational approach and aesthetic as points of departure for the group’s collective musical manifestations.  Having played together in various settings over a number of years, the quartet draws on its own unique and well-developed chemistry as well as its shared appreciation for Phillips’ landmark recording to create a dynamic context for some expansive music-making.  The music, far from dated, is presented with a personal stamp of freshness and creativity, making for a memorable playing and listening experience.
 
Opening the evening is a trio of musicians whose mere combined talents should bode well for any fan of accomplished and creative improvised music-making, electric guitarist Tom McNalley, trumpeter Jeff Kaiser, and trombonist Michael Vlatkovich.  McNalley, often heard in a trio context with rhythm section, presents for himself, the musicians, and the listeners, a musical context overflowing with potential for free, open-ended melodic invention and sonic exploration.  Having worked with both Kaiser and Vlatkovich many times over the years, both of whom are world-class players in any situation, McNalley creates an opportunity for a set of sensitive, sophisticated, spirited, and witty musical adventures.

We're on 2nd. I'm bringing along the modular

CARMINA ESCOBAR + CAROLE KIM
http://carminaescobar.com/
http://carolekim.com/

THE CHOIR BOYS
feat. JEFF KAISER + ANDREW PASK + JOACHIM GOßMANN
http://trippyhorns.com/

CREPUSCULE TRIO
feat. ALAN COOK + KEN KAWAMURA + ANTHONY SHADDUCK
http://circumventionmusic.com/releases/unveil.html

Thursday, June 16, 8PM
ResBox @ Steve Allen Theater
The Center for Inquiry
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90027

$10 at the door or reservations at: (800) 595-4849
more info: (323) 666-4268

all ages + free parking in lot

http://steveallentheater.com/resbox
http://myspace.com/resboxmusic
http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=50827566387

ResBox presents an eclectic roster of experimental music luminaries and emerging artists on stage every third Thursday of the month at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood.

Video Show next week with Jim.

I'm bringing out my new synth. It's gonna be very fun.

ANDREW PASK & JIM McAULEY live on Ear Meal Webcast

Collage Ensemble Inc. presents EAR MEAL, a sound art webcast

www.laartstream.com

Wednesday night:

ANDREW PASK & JIM McAULEY

June 15, 2011

Andrew Pask is a clarinet and saxophone player originally from New Zealand. He has lived in the Los Angeles since 1999, and works during the day for audio and video software developers Cycling '74, and in the evening as a contributer to the varied creative music scene in LA. He has released and appeared on albums from LA labels pfMENTUM and Nine Winds.

Jim McAuley is a veteran improv and session guitarist based in Los Angeles. He's recorded with everyone from Pat Boone and Frank Sinatra to John Carter and The Acoustic Guitar Trio with Nels Cline and the late Rod Poole.

9:30 PM PST