Third Annual Festival of New Trumpet Music

[Dennis Gonzalez]

The Festival of New Trumpet Music, August 2-27, 2005:

FONT Music: For Lester Bowie, at The Jazz Standard-August 2 - 7
116 East 27th street. For more information and reservations call 212 576 2232 or click on www.jazzstandard.net.

August 2

7:30 PM Bill Dixon Trio - www.bill-dixon.com. The Festival of New Trumpet Music is proud to present Bill Dixon for the second year. This performance provides a rare opportunity to hear Bill Dixon in New York City!

9:30 PM Herb Robertson and Bromelain - www.herbrobertson.com. Herb Robertson-trumpet, cornet, trumpenet, flugelhorn, slide trumpet, toys, etc., Okkyung Lee-cello, Gerry Hemingway-drums, percussion. Herb Robertson has been one of the most active musicians on the scene for several years. This trio refuses to play into stereotypes.

August 3

7:30 PM Graham Haynes Electric Church - Trumpeter/cornetist Graham Haynes, son of the legendary Roy Haynes, brings his band Electric Church to Festival of New Trumpet Music in celebration of Lester Bowie.

9:30 PM Cuong Vu Trio - www.cuongvu.com. Cuong Vu-trumpet, Stomu Takeishi-bass, Ted Poor-drums. Presenting music from Cuong's latest recording, "It's Mostly Residual," available only through ArtistShare at the trumpeter's website. Cuong Vu is currently on tour with The Pat Metheny Group.

August 4

7:30 PM Dave Douglas Brass Ecstasy - www.davedouglas.com. Dave Douglas-trumpet, Clark Gayton-trombone, Marcus Rojas-tuba, Gene Lake-drums, and special guests. Brass Ecstasy will be playing compositions by Dave Douglas, Otis Redding, Martha Wainwright, John Mayer, Missy Elliott, and old brass band tunes.

9:30 PM Corey Wilkes Abstrakt Pulse - www.coreywilkes.com. After studies at Berklee, Chicago trumpeter Corey Wilkes once lived in Louisiana in an effort to absorb the very essence of jazz. Corey is currently traveling the world with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, filling in for the late, great Lester Bowie in this world-renowned group of jazz legends.

August 5
7:30 PM Bobby Bradford's Tete-a-Tete - featuring: Marty Ehrlich-reeds, Mark Dresser-bass and Ken Filiano-bass. One of the best trumpeters to emerge from the avant-garde, Bradford moved to Los Angeles in 1953 where he met and played with Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy.

9:30 PM Dennis Gonzalez Pirate Radio- dennisgonzalez.com-Dallas trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez has spent twenty plus years at the forefront of the experimental jazz scene, playing with many of jazz's luminaries, including Cecil Taylor, Roy Hargrove, Oliver Lake, Charles Brackeen, and many others. His group Pirate Radio is made up of Matt Lavelle - trumpet, Steve Swell - trombone, Mark Taylor - French horn, Andrew Lamb - tenor sax, Joe Daley - tuba, Mike Thompson - drums.

11:30 PM Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber featuring Flip Barnes - http://burntsugarindex.com. Renen Akan, Thom Loubet-guitar, Jared Nickerson, Jason di Matteo-bass, Avrem Fefer-bass clarinet, Lewis "Flip" Barnes-trumpet, Matana Roberts-alto saxophone, Petra Radu-Scafaru-tenor saxophone, Jesse Dulman-tuba, Bruce Mack-keyboards, Qasim Naqvi, Trevor Holder-drums, Justice Dilla-x, Lisala Beatty, Mikel Banks, Jermiah Griffin-voices, Satch Hoyt-flute/percussion, Julia Kent-cello, Omega Moon, D-MAXX-lyricists, Greg Tate-conductor. Lester Bowie once said, 'the tradition is innovation'. Burnt Sugar aims to be the living embodiment of that idea at The Festival of New Trumpet Music.

August 6
7:30 PM Baikida Carroll Quartet - www.baikida.com. Baikida Carroll-trumpet, Tim Berne-alto saxophone, Michael Formanek-bass, Tom Rainey-drums. Baikida Carroll is a highly pivotal figure in the music world as both a composer and trumpeter. His latest recording is "Marionettes On A High Wire," on Omnitone.

9:30 PM Roy Campbell & Tazz - www.roycampbelllmusic.com. Roy Campbell-trumpet, Andrew Bemkey, Chris Sullivan, and Michael Thompson. Drummer Billy Higgins nicknamed Campbell "Tazz" and for good reason. Tazz is hot!

11:30 PM Steven Bernstein & Spanish Fly - www.stevenbernstein.net. A ubiquitous figure in New York's downtown jazz scene, Bernstein has been the musical director/leader for John Lurie's Lounge Lizards, the Kansas City Band (from Robert Altman's film Kansas City), Jim Thirwell's Steriod Maximus, and Hal Wilner's Leonard Cohen and Doc Pomus Projects. He has performed with Roswell Rudd, Don Byron, and Medeski Martin & Wood, as well as artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed, Linda Ronstadt, Sting and Courtney Love.

August 7
7:30 PM Randy Sandke and the Metatonal Band - www.randysandke.com. Randy Sandke-trumpet, Scott Robinson-saxes, Ted Rosenthal-piano, Steve LaSpina-bass, John Riley-drums. Sandke and company will be performing "The Mystic Trumpeter," which is a six-part suite from the album of the same name that was released this past May.

9:30 PM Mac Gollehon's Smokin Section, a tribute to Lester Bowie - Mac Gollehon-trumpet, trombone, double-bell euphonium, misc. brass, Adam Snyder-drums, Guillermo Edgehill-bass, Alex Kolpaki-woodwinds.

3rd Festival of New Trumpet Music presents: Other Music at Tonic-August 12-15,107 Norfolk St., between Delancey & Rivington, www.tonicnyc.com, tel 212 358 7501

August 12
8:00 PM Ted Daniel - Daniel began his professional career playing local gigs with his childhood friend, the legendary guitarist, Sonny Sharrock, eventually appearing on Sharrock's first album "Black Woman." This trio was conceived as a flexible and expandable creative music performance group, which utilizes instruments from the brass and membrane instrument families.

9:30 PM Ahmed Abdullah - www.ahmedian.com. Ahmed Abdullah is a trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, organizer and bandleader who has led his own ensembles since 1972. In the last year Abdullah's CD releases have included "NAM Live at the Vision Festival," "AA's Dispersions of the Spirit of Ra," "Traveling the Spaceways," and "Ebonic Tones" and "Tara's Song," all of which can be purchased from this website.

11:00 PM Roy Campbell, Jr. - www.roycampbellmusic.com. Roy Campbell appearing with the Pyramid Trio featuring Mike Thompson on drums and William Parker on bass.

August 13
8:00 PM Dave Douglas Keystone - www.davedouglas.com. Dave Douglas-trumpet, Jamie Saft-Wurlitzer, Gene Lake-drums, Marcus Strickland-saxophones, Brad Jones-bass, DJ Olive-turntables. On September 20, 2005 Greenleaf Music will release Douglas' new studio recording, Keystone, the trumpeter's musical encomium to the unjustly maligned silent film star, Roscoe Arbuckle. Douglas, a recent recipient of a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship, and Keystone will launch an international multi-media tour on October 1, 2005 at The Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill, NY.

9:30 PM Shane Endsley and Kneebody - www.greenleafmusic.com, Adam Benjamin-keyboards, Shane Endsley-trumpet, Kaveh Rastegar-bass, Ben Wendel-saxophone, Nate Wood-drums, with special guest Jonathan Finlayson. To see Kneebody play live is a unique experience, featuring a huge variety of sounds and textures.

11:00 PM Jonathan Finlayson - "Common Thread" featuring Jonathan Finlayson-trumpet, Shane Endsley-trumpet, Tim Albright-trombone, Tyshawn Sorey-drums, Thomas Morgan-bass.

August 14
8:00 PM Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band - Belle Birchfield-baritone truba, Morgan Clark-baritone truba, Marian Eines-alto saxophone, vocals, Sarah Ferholt-truba, Catherine Foster-clarinet, alto saxophone, truba, vocals, Michael Ginsburg-truba, Tamberlaine Harris-truba, Emerson Hawley-bass truba, Jerry Kisslinger-snare drum, tupan, Seido Salifoski-snare drum, tupan, Matthew Smith-baritone truba

9:30 PM Avishai Cohen - www.avishaimusic.com. Israeli trumpeter/composer Avishai Cohen is a member of the groundbreaking band Third World Love,, which also features bassist Omer Avital and drummer Daniel Freedman. Cohen has racked up experience performing with James Moody, Dave Liebman, Jimmy Heath, George Garzone, Bobby Watson, Clark Terry, Donald Harrison, Roy Hargrove and many many others.

August 15
8:00 PM Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quintet - www.cyberjaz.com/vega, Ray Vega-trumpet, percussion, Chembo Corniel-Congas, Chris Haney-acoustic bass, Peter Retzlaff-drums, James Shipp-vibes. The RVJQ will be performing a set of new music including the New York Premiere of "Raices: 3 Movements for Latin Jazz Ensemble." This piece was commissioned by the City Folk Organization (Dayton, Ohio) as part of its Jazz Residency program.

9:30 PM Jacob Wick & THROE - Jacob Wick-trumpet, Rob Mosher-saxes, Todd Neufeld-guitar, Mike Lavall-electric bass, Andrew Greenwald-drums. Trumpeter Jacob Wick is beginning to make his presence known in the New York and Chicago jazz and creative music scenes. Wick has shared the stage with such luminaries as George Lewis and Mark Turner.

3rd Festival of New Trumpet Music presents: New Bands at Spark-August 16-20, 161 W. 22nd Street

August 16
8:00 PM Matt Lavelle & Eye-Contact - Matt Lavell-trumpet, Ryan Sawyer-drums, Matt Heyner-bass

9:00 PM Jesse Selengut - www.jesseselengut.com. Selengut is a Brooklyn-based trumpeter, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Recently, he has been splitting time between the Williamsburg Jazz Festival (which he founded) and Noir, a quartet blending electronica and jazz.

10:00 PM Peck Allmond - www.peckallmond.com. Trumpeter/saxophonist/flutist Peck Allmond is best known for his work with Me'Shell NdegeOcello, Oliver Lake, Peter Apfelbaum and Don Cherry. The group features drumming great Kenny Wollesen on vibes, drums and bass kalimba; innovator Rufus Cappadocia on electric 5-string cello; master Haitian Vodou drummers Bonga and Tiga Jean-Baptiste (father and son) on Haitian drums, percussion, kalimba and mbira; and keyboard virtuoso Gary Fisher.

August 17
8:00 PM Keyon Harrold

9:00 PM Diego Urcola Quartet - www.diegourcola.com. The Grammy nominated trumpeter will be performing music from his newest recording "Soundances."

10:00 PM Nabate Isles - A mix of diverse musical styles with melodic clarity and rhythmic intensity.

August 19
8:00 PM Jesse Neuman and the Bruce Lee Band - www.bruceleeband.com. Jesse Neuman-acoustic and processed trumpet/laptop, Oscar Rodriguez-guitar/bass guitar/loops, Aaron Jennings-guitar/electronics/laptop, Liam Hurley-drums. As improvisers, the group members use tones and technology to gradually sculpt silence and vibrations into complete musical statements.

9:00 PM Sarah Wilson - www.sarahwilsonmusic.com. Sarah Wilson's music is an "improviser's dream," says internationally acclaimed composer/pianist Myra Melford. Her music is "rich with suggestion and possibility: ebullient and tender, poignant and humorous." Grammy Award nominee Dave Douglas, composer/trumpet player, commends Wilson's development of a "new music," which evokes the theatrical.

10:00 PM Matt Shulman Trio - www.mattshulman.com. Matt Shulman will be appearing in support of his new recording "So It Goes," currently available at the trumpeter's website. Hailed by The New York Times as "a new voice from jazz's emerging generation," by fans as "Miles Davis meets Radiohead.

August 20
8:00 PM Greg Kelley - www.geocities.com/greyelkgel. Greg Kelley has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Argentina at numerous festivals, in clubs, outdoors, in living rooms, in a bank, and at least once on a vibrating floor. He constantly seeks to push the boundaries of the trumpet and of 'music'.

9:00 PM Nate Wooley - www.natewooley.com. Wooley grew up in a Finnish-American fishing village in Oregon. His tenure with Jack Wright began to break Nate out of self-imposed molds and into the sound world that he has embraced as his own.

10:00 PM Peter Evans - An improviser who plays in a bold, extroverted manner. One of the new trumpeters expanding the music with his singular, highly unique playing.

FONT Music Presents SEMINAR Week-A Week of Masterclasses and Concerts At The Yamaha Artist Services Center-August 22-27
Masterclasses begin at 1:00 PM; concerts begin at 8:00 PM. Single masterclass or concert - $10, masterclass & concert - $15
689 Fifth Avenue, New York City

August 22
Masterclass: Lew Soloff - The Aesthetic of Music, "an improvised masterclass."
Concert: Manhattan Brass Quintet, The new MBQ with Lew Soloff, Wayne DuMaine, Ann Ellsworth,
Mike Seltzer, and Dave Taylor play music by David Dzubay, Derek Bermel, Wynton Marsalis.
Ivan Guck, Retro-futurist post-jazz with Peter Evans, Mary Halvorson, Moppa Elliott, Kevin Shea.

August 23
Masterclass: Dave Douglas - The New Trumpet in Context, "a look at various strategies for expanding the role and vocabulary of the trumpet in new music."
Concert: Dave Douglas, with his latest touring project Nomad, performing works from "Mountain Passages."
New York Trumpet Ensemble, Mark Gould (Director), Peter Evans, C.J. Camereri, David Taylor, Moppa Elliot

August 24
Masterclass: Kevin Cobb - Solo Repertoire Today, "preparation and performance of modern trumpet music"
Concert: Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble with Mark Gould, Jeff Lang, and Jim Pugh, performing music by
Pugh, Schnyder, Ashton, Edwards, Davies, Webern
Jeremy Pelt, premiere of a new work by Max Siegel, with Jeremy Pelt, and an ensemble of brass and percussion

August 25
Masterclass: Kevin Cobb and Brian McWhorter, Integral Trumpet Seminar, "The Form of Practice"
Concert: Eric Biondo, Small / Medium for electric trumpet / drums with Chris Vatalaro
Pink Baby Monster, Mark Gould, Brian McWhorter, Kyle Sanna. Gould's funk/ rap/ jazz/ opera/ rock/ political, genre-busting aggregation.

August 26
Concert: Bliggidy Blam, featuring Brian McWhorter and Nate Wooley, announcing the release of their new album "formal i."
Meridian Arts Ensemble, featuring Jon Nelson, performing commissioned works by Sanford, Sharp, Didkovsky, and Zappa - announcing the release of their new album "Brink."

August 27 - final day of FONT Music 2005!
Concert: Butch Morris - Conduction, jazz legend Butch Morris leads a legion of trumpets through a uniquely enthralling new piece in the concluding FONT event!

[Pete C]

August 5 is a no-brainer, but is the Jazz Standard going to follow their usual policy of charging a separate admission per set?

[Fred K]

I'm going to try to make it up for the 5th if I can. Eskelin/Parkins/Black is scheduled for The Stone on the 6th, so I would try to stay over for that as well.

[Jesse]

Dennis,

Cheered to see you've been invited back, as it should be.

Jeebus, what a gaggle of brass players! Overwhelming, really.

Again, your set in there makes the roster read correctly...

Good on the curator for including the genres/frames of both Lew Soloff & Greg

Kelley, I dig them both!

Jesse

[Jon Abbey]

yeah, Dave Douglas invited Greg last year also, and Franz Hautzinger the year before that. he's also tried to get Axel Dorner for this festival, but it never seems to work out, not sure if it's financial or scheduling problems or both.

[bluenoter]

Dennis--

Yow! Congratulations!

It's doubtful that my doctor will "let me" attend a show in NYC on the 5th, but we'll see.

[Dennis Gonzalez]

Originally Posted by Jesse

Dennis...your set in there makes the roster read correctly...

Bless you, Jesse. Very kind of you. I look forward to it.

And Pete C, I hope they relax the 1 cover / 1 set rule for this, but I couldn't tell ya.

[Uli]

Good to see that they invite young cats like Corey Wilkes!

[Pete C]

It looks like the cover is for the whole evening, at $25.

[jazzy mary]

I'll be going to Dennis' gig! I can't wait!! Who else will be there???

[Steve Reynolds]

I am trying to make it, JM

If I do, I will probably stay for the first two bands

anyone know if Bradford's band will have a drummer?

not that the trio would be bad, but I would love the hear those boys with a kick ass drummer

[Mike Schwartz]

Originally Posted by Steve Reynolds

I am trying to make it, JM

If I do, I will probably stay for the first two bands

anyone know if Bradford's band will have a drummer?

not that the trio would be bad, but I would love the hear those boys with a kick ass drummer

Tryin' is dyin' Steve [BE THERE!]...who more than you could use some live music therapy????

[jazzy mary]

Yes, Steve, please come!!! I haven't seen you in ages!! I will personally save you a seat!! You'll be happy you came!!

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by Steve Reynolds

anyone know if Bradford's band will have a drummer?

not that the trio would be bad, but I would love the hear those boys with a kick ass drummer

8/5 at 7:30 Bobby Bradford's Tete-a-Tete (featuring: Marty Ehrlich-reeds, Mark Dresser-bass and Ken Filiano-bass.)

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by Pete C

It looks like the cover is for the whole evening, at $25.

I stand corrected: they actually plan to charge $25 PER SET--though usually an additional set the same evening is half cover.

All these guys deserve the bucks, but I find it hard to believe they'll fill the club at those prices for "non-mainstream" acts.

[Steve Reynolds]

I can't afford a $50 cover - sorry

[gonzo]

night after night of excellent groups. damn you east coast guys have it good!!
would love see graham haynes group.

[Pete C]

Up. Who's coming on the 5th?

Reynolds, did you get my PM?

[Steve Reynolds]

yes - thanks, Pete

will let you know if I can make it - looking for someone to drive me in - I should know by early next week

[jazzy mary]

Pete, are you sure about that!!! That's fricking ridiculous! That just doesn't sound right. Steve, come. I'm sure they won't make you pay more than$25.00---are you coming for more than just Dennis' show?

[Pete C]

That's what the guy at the club told me last week.

[jazzy mary]

There's gonna be an uprising then! Essentially, these are 3 SETS on one night. At the most, JS should do their stupid policy of charging one-half cover after you've paid the initial freight.


I bet they don't adhere to that when the gig is really going on.

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by jazzy mary

There's gonna be an uprising then! Essentially, these are 3 SETS on one night. At the most, JS should do their stupid policy of charging one-half cover after you've paid the initial freight.

I think they will do that.

[Dennis Gonzalez]

Hey dudes and dudettes, I'm working on getting myself together musically and travel-ly for the great gig at Jazz Standard. I asked Dave Douglas last night by e-mail what the policy was going to be at the festival. This is what he said: $25 per set. However, I'm pretty sure they let folks stay for the next show. And there's no minimum for drinks, food, etc. (No maximum either)
Also - three shows for $60. I hope some of your fans would be interested to hear some of the others as well.

There ya have it!

[jazzy mary]

who's coming out to hear Dennis on Friday?? I'll be there!!!! Hope to see a lot of folks!!

[Jon Abbey]

forwarded from Greg Kelley's mailing list, this night is $10 admission for the three sets combined, all money to the musicians. the first set should be very beautiful and a rare opportunity to see Sean in a slightly more formal setting (as opposed to the Municipal Salt Flat near 125th St. and 1st Avenue where I saw him with Tamio Shiraishi last weekend, for instance), primo taomud right here. I'm curious about the second also, seems like a nice match.

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Saturday August 20th:

As part of the Festival Of New Trumpet music
fontmusic.org::

"When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?"
Amos 3:5-7

"I appointed watchmen over you and said, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But you said, 'We will not listen.'"
Jeremiah 6:16-18

"The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up."
Revelation 8:6-8

"I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to." -Elvis Presley

8:00 PM
Greg Kelley, trumpet
Sean Meehan, drum

www.geocities.com/greyelkgel
home.earthlink.net/~overturnedbowl

9:00 PM
Nate Wooley, trumpet
Vic Rawlings, adapted cello, open circuit electronics

www.natewooley.com

10:00 PM
Peter Evans, trumpet
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Spark
161 W. 22nd Street
NYC, NY