Just got this from Larry Ochs. --N
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4 BIG NIGHTS with 3 SPECIAL GUESTS!!!
What We Live: The Strings Attached Series at the JAZZ
HOUSE
February 25 - 28, 2004.
with Special Guests John Schott (Thurs., 26th), Fred
Frith (Fri., 27th), Nels Cline (Sat., 28th)
Doors @ 7:30 PM
Show @ 8:00 PM
$10 Donation per Show
About What We Live and the Strings Attached Series:
The long-standing trio, What We Live, will make a rare Bay
Area appearance at Berkeley's Jazz House. W.W.L.
presents a four day series beginning on Wednesday
February 25th with the core trio of Lisle Ellis,
Lawrence Ochs, and Donald Robinson and a guest
guitarist on each subsequent night. The guest
guitarists, John Schott, Fred Frith and Nels Cline are
at the forefront of contemporary improvised music and
among the most respected and sought after
instrumentalists and creators in their field. This event promises
to be one the highlights in music for 2004 in the Bay
Area.
>The musicians of What We Live are veterans in the
>fields of improvised and new music.
>Originally from Canada, Lisle Ellis was the first
>recipient of the prestigious Fred Stone Award in 1990,
>given annually in Canada to a musician who
>demonstrated innovation and integrity in their field.
>He has performed with the Cecil Taylor Unit and with
>Paul Bley among many, many others.
>As a member of Rova, the saxophone quartet, Lawrence
>Ochs has made more than two dozen CDs and 30 tours to
>Western and Eastern Europe. Compositions for Rova
>and other ensembles have been commissioned by
>festivals and by Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest
>Commissioning Fund as well as Chamber Music America.
>He has performed with Terry Riley, Kronos Quartet,
>John Zorn, Steve Lacy, Anthony Braxton, Fred Frith,
>Wadada Leo Smith and many others.
>Since 1971, drummer Donald Robinson has worked with
>many of the well - known leaders in contemporary jazz
>including Oliver Lake, Cecil Taylor, John Tchicai,
>Raphe Malik, Anthony Braxton and Glenn Spearman. In
>the early seventies he studied in Paris with Kenny
>Clarke and Alan Silva. Robinson, as well as Ochs and
>Ellis, was a member of the Glenn Spearman Double Trio
>from 1992 until the leader’s death in 1998.
Location
The Jazz House is located at 3192 Adeline Street in
Berkeley, a half block southwest of the Ashby BART.
(Please note there is an incorrect Adeline Street in
Oakland.)
2639 Russell Street
Berkeley, California
94705-2131 USA
phone: 510.548.1817
fax: 510.704.8350
for Rova:
www.rova.org
for all other bands:
http://www.ochs.cc
2639 Russell Street
Berkeley, California
94705-2131 USA
phone: 510.548.1817
fax: 510.704.8350
for Rova:
www.rova.org
for all other bands:
http://www.ochs.cc
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