[NewMusicEvents] Forward Energy Weekend! April 7 & 8, 2007 Oakland & San Francisco, CD Release Performances

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Outsound Presents...

Free Jazz Master Jim Ryan’s Forward Energy Trio CD
Release Performances

"The world needs more people like Jim Ryan. This
incessantly active poet, musician, conscience agitator
and visionary sax player is one of those artists who
render subdivisions and classifications meaningless,
in the name of a single torrential flood of creativity
that mixes exuberance, enthusiasm and meditative
portions of extraterritorial improvisation, the whole
reinforced by a technical knowledge that only many
years of playing at the forefront and on the fringes
of convention can develop." 
- Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes

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Saturday April 7th, 2007
Jim Ryan’s FE3 Oakland Performance
With Scott R Looney, piano & Stephen Flinn, drums
1510 Performance Space
1510 8th St. Oakland CA
8pm 
Also performing Dave Sewelson and Friends Jam 
[bring your axe and participate in a free jazz jam
session]

More Information, mp3 download:
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/catalog/4048.html

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Sunday, April 8th, 2007
Jim Ryan’s FE3 Portland performance
With Bob Jones, double bass & Andrew Wilshusen, drums
(OR)
SIMM Music Series
116 9th St. @ Mission, San Francisco, CA
7:30pm  $10, $8, $5
AND SBTG-Quartet David Sewelson sax (NY) / Carolyn
Torrente  sax/ Antony Bichon bass / Nicolai Gvatua
drums

More Information, mp3 download:
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/catalog/4049.html
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 Jim Ryan, the Bay Area's grand master of free jazz
founded Forward Energy ten years ago playing with
various bay area musicians using the free jazz improv
style he learned during a year-long participation in
Steve Lacy’s weekly open sessions in Paris during the
early 1970’s. He has honed his style to a sharp
precision and will present his trio performing sound
from their new CD FE3.

Robert Jones learned to play the double bass from
Winston Budrow at Michigan State University. He
received his BA in contrabass performance and worked
as an extra in several Midwest symphonic groups before
moving to Portland, Oregon where he works with many
improvisational ensembles including The Evolutionary
Jass Band, Thee Oregon Artificial Limb Co. and Eternal
Tapestry.

Andrew Wilshusen started drumming at ten but it got
serious when he heard a Max Roach recording. He then
listened intensely to late 40’s & 60’s jazz. He
practiced the drums obsessively while obtaining his
BA. He played in rock bands but was captured by
avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical music. In
2000 he moved from the Midwest and immersed himself in
the free jazz & improv music scenes of the San
Francisco bay area. In 2005 he relocated to Portland
expanding his work to accompany dancers and to cull
new sounds from drums and found objects.

Dave Sewelson baritone-sax
I was born in Oakland, California, in 1952. There was
a half-size
violin kept in the closet in case I wanted to be a
concert violinist. I played trumpet at the age of
nine, moving to baritone horn at the age of eleven,
followed by a stint on
drums until I settled on electric bass at thirteen,
adding upright bass to the mix until the switch to
saxophone at the age of twenty-one. I have specialized
in the baritone saxophone since the early seventies. I
arrived in New York City
in the summer of 1978, settled in the East Village,
played in many bands in the area including the 25
O'Clock Band, Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra,
Noise R Us, Mofungo, Freedomland and Fast 'n Bulbous..
I was a founding member of the
Microscopic Septet. Lifetime member of William
Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra. Musical
Director of The Daves.

Carolyn Torrente-alto sax
Carolyn Torrente plays alto sax and has performed with
Polly
Bradfield, Lesli Dalaba, Robin Holcomb, Vicki Trent,
Syble Glebow, ChuchEazy, Dave Sewelson, W. Horvitz,
Spirit & Jim Ryan in NYC & SF Bay Area.

Antony Bichon-Bass
Transplanted from "old Europe" to the San Francisco
Bay Area, I
discovered that it is a great place for wine, food and
sun... even for a Frenchman! Eventually my bass
playing resurfaced and I have never looked back...
except for good bread...

Nicolai Gvatua-drums was born and raised in Tbilisi,
Georgia, currently lives in US since 1992. Started
music education while
attending Tbilisi Choreography college. At age of 14
replaced a drummer in the school band and hasn't
giving up the drum sticks since. Co-founder and
lifetime member of the group Oazis (Road to Home, Live
in SF) In 1998, together with Igor Abuladze (Oazis,
Drug) started project Zarb'zan (Zarb'zan, Zarbzan2)
that involves mostly studio work and occasional live
performances. Played percussion with Foothill Brass
band (Dave Adams-conductor)
for 2 seasons.Founding member and drummer of BTG Trio
with Carolyn Torrente and Antony Bichon.



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