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Audiopollination #30.2 Ft. KAZE

Wednesday May 20th Audiopollination #30.2 Featuring Satoko Fuji, Natsuki Tamura, Peter Orins and Christine Pruvost

event art for audiopollination 30.2 by Jamie Thompson

event art for audiopollination 30.2 by Jamie Thompson

Audiiopollination in association with Somewhere There and Array Space presents Audiopollination #30.2
$10

1. Natsuki Tamura (trumpet), Peter Orins (drums), Chris Adriaanse (bass), and Steve Ward (Trombone)
2. Christine Pruvost (Trumpet), Satoko Fujii (piano), Cheryl O (Cello), and Tiina Kiik (accordion)
3. Christine Pruvost (Trumpet), Peter Orins (drums), Andy yue (synth), and Rob Piilonen (flute)
4. Satoko Fujii (piano), Natsuki Tamura( trumpet), Michael Lynn (bass), Jay Hay (sax) and Karen Ng (sax)

5. KAZE = Satoko Fujii (piano), Natsuki Tamura( trumpet),  Christine Pruvost (Trumpet), Peter Orins (drums)

Each set goes for around 20min
Improvisuals by John Creson and Adam Rosen
Event art by Jamie Thompson

Kaze brings together two of Japan’s foremost improviser-composers – trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and pianist Satoko Fujii – and French improvisers from the Muzzix collective – trumpeter Christian Pruvost and drummer Peter Orins. Melodic, abstract, mysterious, beautiful, and confrontational, Kaze plays free jazz at its most creative and powerful. The members of this international quartet share an insatiable appetite for sonic experimentation, boundless energy and enthusiasm, and the disciplined intelligence of accomplished spontaneous composers. The group has released three acclaimed recordings – 2011’s “Rafale”, 2013’s “Tornado”, and a brand new CD to be released during the group’s current tour. The nominal leader of the group, pianist Satoko Fujii, is hailed as one of the most original voices in jazz today. She’s “a virtuoso piano improviser, an original composer and a band-leader who gets the best collaborators to deliver,” says The Guardian. In concert and on some 75 albums as a leader or co-leader, the Japanese native synthesizes jazz, contemporary classical, avant-rock and Japanese folk music into an innovative music instantly recognizable as hers alone.

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Audiopollination #18.2 Focus on Voice

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Recordings by Ted Phillips

1. Diane Roblin (piano) and Corry Sobol (voice)

2. Paul Newman (Sax) and Tena Palmer (voice)

3. Bill Gilliam (Piano), Michael Lynn (bass), Adam Rosen (Voice) and John Creson (voice)

4. Zoë Alexis-Abrams (voice) and Rob Piilonen (flute)

Improvisuals by John Creson and Adam Rosen

Audiopollination #17.2

Friday April 11th Audiopollination #17.2 Value Village Special

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1. James Bailey/ Alan Bloor / Brenda Joy Lem / Dominque Banoun / Guy Leblanc

2. Rob Piilonen/ Germaine Liu/  Mark Zurawinski

3. Michael Lynn / James Bailey / Michelangelo Iaffaldano / Guy Leblanc

4. James Bailey / Dominque Banoun / Rob Piilonen / Germaine Liu / Mark Zurawinski / Michael Lynn/ Grant Smales