[NewMusicEvents] 5/7 - Colin Stetson, Zoyres, Tobin Summerfield quartet - at 21 Grand

[Sarah - 21 Grand]

Wednesday, May 7 Zoyres + Colin Stetson (solo) + Tobin Summerfield Group
8pm, $6-10
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21 Grand
416 25th St.
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 444-7263
http://www.21grand.org


 San Francisco¹s Zoyres <http://oxhouse.org/%7Ezoyres/>  performs original
and Eastern European traditional music (klezmer, Balkan, etc.), often in
quite untraditional ways, with new arrangements and an improvising/
experimental bent. An acoustic band with a big sound (trombone, tuba,
saxophone, clarinet, and percussion), their repertoire is both booty-shaking
and beautiful. 

Colin Stetson <http://www.colinstetson.com/home.html>  was born and raised
in Ann Arbor, MI, where he became proficient on assorted saxophones,
clarinet, and flute. While still in college, he co-founded Transmission
(which later became Transmission Trio), and in 1998 they relocated to San
Francisco. Stetson also branched out to play live with the likes of Fred
Frith, Peter Kowald, Ned Rothenberg, and Kenny Wollesen. Since relocating to
NYC in 2004, Stetson has performed regularly with the Antibalas Afrobeat
Orchestra, Anthony Braxton and TV On the Radio. He is currently touring with
the band, Arcade Fire, playing clarinet, bass clarinet, french horn, cornet
and bass saxophone.

Also performing are Chicago improvisers, Tobin Summerfield (guitar) and
Jaimie Branch (trumpet), in town with large ensemble, Never Enough Hope,
alongside locals Aram Shelton and Dina Maccabee.