In the last few weeks, IMOO has descended on youtube like the Black Plague on 14th Century Europe. Now you can follow improvisedmoo and see videos like this one:
or this one!
You can also follow linseywellman and see videos like this one:
It’s a veritable smorgasbord of incredible improvised music!
Also, don’t forget about the kick-off to our 2011/2012 season this Sunday, September 18th. We will be celebrating our first anniversary with a CD release and cake! See you on Sunday!
In celebration of one year of shows, we will be releasing a compilation disc featuring a number of the performers who have played the series over the past year.
An evening of quiet improvisations.
Set 1:
Set 2:
A quick reminder that all our shows take place at the Umi Café (610 Somerset W) from 7-9pm, and there’s a $5 suggested donation.
Many of you will remember Jesse from the stellar show he played with guitarist Wayne Eagles in an earlier IMOO show. This time, he is joined by IMOO co-founder Linsey Wellman.
Some new ideas from one of Ottawa’s most creative musicians – IMOO co-founder Craig Pedersen.
Mike is a very creative electronic musician who is well known for his work with the
Hilotrons, the Empiricals and for heading up the Silents is Golden series at the Mayfair Theatre, offering live accompaniment to silent movies (and also memorably: Night of the Living Dead).
This Sunday we have a couple of visitors from New York City. Each artist will play one set.
Quentin Tolimieri is a composer who has, most recently, been focused on the production of complex, large scale works for fairly rudimentary electronic media, particularly simple instrumental sounds. His music has been performed throughout Europe and North America at a variety of venues. Currently based in New York City, he has had recent performances at The Stone, The Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Listen/Space, New York Theatre Workshop, and Columbia University. He holds an MA in composition from the University of Southampton (UK) and a BFA in composition and piano from California Institute of the Arts. His primary teachers include Michael Finnissy, Michael Pisaro, and Joe Maneri. More information is available at.
Jason Mears, from Alaska, is a saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, improviser, and educator who is currently living in New York City. He holds a BFA in Music Education from Boston University and a MFA in African-American Improvisational Music from California Institute of the Arts. Jason has studied with Wadada Leo Smith, Leroy Jenkins, Harvey Pittel, Donald Sinta, John Sampen, and Vinny Golia. As well as leading the highly acclaimed Empty Cage Quartet, Jason’s most recent projects include Anthony Braxton’s Trillium E Orchestra, Wadada Leo Smith’s Silver Orchestra, and Harris Eisenstadt’s Woodblock Prints. He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Vinny Golia, Frank Gratkowski, Phillip Greenlief, Jack Wright, Leroy Jenkins, Nate Wooley, Ken Filliano, Jeb Bishop, Jason Roebke, Jeff Parker, Mike Pride, Harris Eisenstadt, and Reuben Radding among many others. Jason has recorded on the Clean Feed, Nine Winds, 482, No Business, and pfMENTUM labels.
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Three Ottawa musicians who bring a large range of influences and musical experience into play. The performance might include elements of lower case improv, electronic drones, South Asian percussion, dub, and AACM skronk. Solo, duo and trio performances.
David Broscoe has played in Uzumaki, Rake, Rakestar, Generator, and the Ayler Christmas Project.
Jamie Gullikson is leader of Gamelan Semara Winangun, a member of The Flaps, and has played in improv ensembles Generator and Rake.
Mark Molnar has played strings and electronics with Generator and Kingdom Shore ( “a kind of ‘Being John Malkovich’ exercise put onto disc” Ottawa Citizen). He has played erhu and rebab in Gamelan Semara Winangun, and has composed and recorded music for numerous theatre and film productions.
Quick reminder – shows take place most Sundays from 7:00-9:00 at the Umi Café (610 Somerset W). There is a $5 suggested donation.
Trombonist/composer Ryan purchase leads a fine group of musicians through some of his compositions and improvisational ideas.
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Mille Bayous is the latest offering from the collaborative team of Horvey, Goldschneider and Morton. Their work references free jazz traditions and mistakes, contemporary/experimental composition, and other modes of improvised and found music to create an actuelle-folk-electroacoustic sound. It is cute, patient, noisy, brash, cheeky, epic, and proficient. Mille Bayous is their first release, although some of their work has also appeared on two solo albums by Amy Horvey, as well as in numerous live performances in Montreal, Stratford, across Saskatchewan, and other locations in Canada.
http://www.notype.com/drones/cat.e/pan_055/
Club SAW (67 Nicholas Street) – 10pm – $5 suggested donation
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The resurrection of an Ottawa favourite – an evening of original compositions – mostly by Rory Magill, as well as some Sun Ra tunes.
Hello all,
We’re not in the habit of publicizing shows that we’re not presenting, but we’ll make an exception for this one. Evan Parker is a legendary improvising saxophone player from England. If you’ve never heard him before, take my word for it, it’s a show not to be missed. He will be joined on the gig by Ottawa bassist John Geggie and Toronto drummer Jean Martin. Here are the details:
Evan Parker – saxophones
Jean Martin – drums
John Geggie – double bass
Sunday, 10 April, 8pm
Gallerie SAW Gallery (http://www.galeriesawgallery.com)
67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa
$20 at the door
The Kyle Brenders Quartet is one of Toronto’s newest groups exploring the spaces between the stylistic cracks of Jazz and Improvised music. Brenders, a former student of Anthony Braxton and Alvin Lucier, has brought together some of the most talented young players that are currently working in the Toronto scene. These players, Mark Segger on drums, Steve Ward on Trombone and Tomas Bouda on bass, tap into their own creative instrumental vocabulary to communicate through Brenders’ distinctive compositional output. The energy of this group is balanced by technique and creative expression allowing the music to ebb and flow through extremely dynamic textures and forms.
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We’re excited to welcome some of our city’s finest music students under the direction of one of the bright lights of the Ottawa music community.
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We’re joined by two great Ottawa based musicians
