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by Andrew Frisicano

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Dave Douglas...

FONT (Festival of New Trumpet music) hosts Forward Flight, a four-night fest of diverse cross-genre jazz, chamber pop and classical, at Abrons Arts Center from Wednesday, January 13th to Saturday, January 16th. Last night was the opening benefit night which featured brass innovator and composer Dave Douglas, trumpeter and fest honoree Wilmer Wise and "a gathering of special surprise guests."

Tonight (1/14) Wise leads new chamber arrangements of Ornette Coleman works. Then Friday (1/15), the fest hosts an eclectic bill: chamber pop group Opsvik & Jennings pairs with electro-acoustic trumpeters Ignite a Noise Trumpet Trio (who also use iPhones, Wiimotes and more), Thrill Jockey jazz from Chicago Underground Duo (Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor, whose new album Boca Negra , just came out on the label), and folk group The Low Anthem with special appearance by Dave Douglas. Full fest passes and individual tickets are on sale.

The tracks above are from Opsvik & Jennings's latest, A Dream I Used to Remember, which came out on the Loyal labelin 2009. A stop-motion video of Low Anthem's song "Charlie Darwin" is below.

Drummer Chad Taylor and another of his groups, Circle Down (with pianist Angelica Sanchez and bassist Chris Lightcap), will be at Jazz Gallery for two sets on January 14th. Tickets are on sale. The band plays again at The Stone on January 29th.

A full schedule and videos are below...

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posted at 10:38 AM on January 14, 2010 in music | tour dates | Comments (7)

Ornette Coleman

[Ornette] Coleman calls his approach harmolodics: "a theory, not a style." But it's not even a theory, really, it's more of a philosophy, emphasizing equality of voices, freedom, spontaneity and participation -- not just for the musicians, for the audience, too.

Though Coleman's doors are always open, not everyone is inclined to walk in. In the beginning, his music was called noise. The radical turn jazz took in the '60s, inspired largely by Coleman's innovations, chafed beboppers and swing devotees alike. Throughout his career, frequent changes in his sound, from quasi-bop to total freedom to chamber music to symphony to electric double quartet, have made it hard for him to build a wide following. His relations with record labels have been brief and stormy, so there have been long spells with no "product." [LA Weekly, 1996]

Tickets are on sale for a Saturday, Sepember 26th Ornette Coleman show at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater.

The gig is part of Jazz at Lincoln Center's upcoming schedule, which has some other notable gigs as well, like pianist Monty Alexander on October 2nd and 3rd and of course plenty of Wynton.

Ornette appeared on stage with the Roots at their show at London's Royal Festival Hall in June. Video from that gig, with other clips, below...

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posted at 1:49 PM on August 27, 2009 in music | tour dates | video | Comments (11)