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Weasel Walter - 3 NYC shows, tour dates, new xbxrx

By Andrew Frisicano

DOWNLOAD: Mary Halvorson & Weasel Walter – Lapis Lazuli Nights (MP3)

Weasal Walter(Former) Flying Luttenbacher Weasel Walter has been busy since the project’s disbandment last November: from sessions with Sun Ra saxist Marshall Allen to 88BOADRUM and xbxrx gigs earlier this year to a neverending flow of free-jazz projects and one-offs, the Oakland drummer/multi-instrumentalist is constantly moving. This week he’s coming to the East Coast for a string of improv dates with a rotating cast of collaborators.

Tonight, Wed Sept 17, Weasel Walter Trio – Weasel Walter (drums), Perry Robinson (clarinet), Reuben Radding (bass) – plays the Dabora Gallery in Greenpoint, with Zs, MV Carbon, Skeletons, Symbol and Dome Theatre.

Friday, Sept 19, he’s at Zebulon, as a quartet with Lisle Ellis (bass), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon) and Nate Wooley (trumpet).

Then, Monday, Sept 22, the Delancey in Manhattan hosts the Peter Evans-Weasel Walter duo, Jeff Gretz Group, and double-drummer act Marc Edwards-Weasel Walter group (Weasel Walter (drums), Marc Edwards (drums), Tom Blancarte (bass), Peter Evans (trumpet), Paul Flaherty (saxophones), Darius Jones (alto saxophone). Doors at 7:30pm, $7.

Earlier in September, Walter’s label UgExplode Records released the vinyl-only Oculus ex Abyssus, a quartet recording with Walter and NYC trumpeter Peter Evans who appears Monday. Also released this month was a Peter Evans/James Fei/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter CD-R, and last April saw Weasel Walter and NYC guitarist Mary Halvorson (who appears on some of the out-of-town dates listed below) join on a CD called Opulence.

Walter also pulls drum duties with Polyvinyl thrash-punk band xbxrx, which is currently writing and recording a new full-length for spring 2009 release, as well as putting together a singles collection for January 2009. xbxrx.com on the new record: “[it] may be a good mix of ‘real’ sixth in sixes/wars type songs, experimental improvisation ala ‘sounds’, and some totally new craziness we have never tried before.”

Check out the video Weasel Walter w/ saxist Aram Shelton below for a taste of his improv stuff. All dates are down there too…

Weasel Walter/Aram Shelton Duo Part 3

(P.S. download Luttenbachers’ second album Constructive Destruction here)

Weasel Walter – 2008 Tour Dates
Sep 17 – Weasel Walter Trio @ Dabora Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 18 – Walter/Halvorson/Evans @ Ars Nova Jazz, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 19 – Walter/Schoenbeck/Ellis/Wooley @ Zebulon, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 20 – Walter/Halvorson/Evans @ Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY
Sep 21 – Walter/Halvorson/Evans @ Bug Jar, Rochester, NY
Sep 22 – Edwards-Walter Group @ The Delancey, New York, NY
Oct 09 – Elliott Levin Quartet @ 21 Grand, Oakland, CA