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Warriors of the Wonderful Sound Play Hemphill!
by Bryan Rogers on 02.17.09
Thursday February 26, 7:30pm at World Cafe Live, Big Ears member Bobby Zankel and his Warriors of the Wonderful Sound will be playing the music of Julius Hemphill. This concert is presented by Ars Nova Workshop and will feature special guest saxophonist Marty Ehrlich, an original member of Hemphill’s Sextet. Since 1997, Ehrlich has been [...]
Read moreShot x Shot and Tintinabulus @ The Tritone 2/19
by Bryan Rogers on 02.17.09
On Thursday 2/19, 10pm Big Ears members Anio Soderhielm and Bryan Rogers will be playing at the Tritone.
$5
Tintinabulus
Scott McDonald -Drums
David Bath -Guitar
Aino Soderhielm -Saxophone
Shot x Shot
Dan Capecchi -Drums
Matt Engle -Bass
Bryan Rogers -Tenor Saxophone
Dan Scofield -Alto Saxophone
Tritone
1508 South St
Philadelphia, PA 19146
(215) 545-0475
Thoughts on my Giuffre Concert
by Bart Miltenberger on 02.17.09
So last week I took my group The Chance Trio (w/fellow Big Ears participant Matt Davis on guitar and Michael Taylor on bass) to the Philadelphia Art Alliance for an Ars Nova Workshop concert that paid tribute to the late, great reedsman, composer, bandleader Jimmy Giuffre. Before going any further I must say thanks for [...]
Read moreMore Thoughts and Answers
by Gabe Globus-Hoenich on 02.16.09
-How has the residency related to your outside work? Has it reinforced parts of it? Does it hint at any new directions?
The residency relates directly to my outside work. First of all, Patty and I play in a percussion quartet with two of our dear friends. Playing with two other percussionists at the residency feels [...]
Relationship to my outside work
by Patricia Franceschy on 02.15.09
The residency has definitely related to my outside work and it has definitely reinforced most of it. I think I mentioned on a past blog that usually when I improvise in general I think a lot about what I’m going to play. Even in my daily life, I have a hard time doing things by [...]
Read moreThoughts on the first week
by Patricia Franceschy on 02.14.09
The flash cards exercise was one of my favorites. Everything started when John Hollenbeck asked us to write a phrase, word that inspired us. We didn’t have a clue of what was the purpose of that. So, we all brought our phrases and that was the end of it at that [...]
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