[NewMusicEvents] John Butcher w Gino Robair & John Shiurba at Tom's Place, Tue Oct 13

[Tom Duff]

On Tuesday, October 13 at 7:30pm, First Tuesdays at Tom's Place presents
an evening with John Butcher (sax), with Gino Robair (pno, perc) and
John Shiurba (gtr).

John Butcher is one of the world's best improvising saxophonists.
Wikipedia says: He has taken the concern with the manipulation of
multiphonics (split tones and false notes) bequeathed by earlier
improvisers such as Evan Parker in new directions: though his earlier
albums could be busy at times, he has come increasingly to focus on
creating rich, slowly-changing strata of sounds (layers of hums, buzzes
and brittle metallic noises).  That said, he is also capable of playing
quite lyrically: on soprano, especially, he will sometimes leaven a
passage of abstraction with bursts of pennywhistle-like melody.

About his freely improvised playing he says "Some of the best bits
come when you're playing near the edge of your control and knowledge.
On the saxophone there's quite a thin line, physically, between getting
a miserable squeak or a fabulous chord. When the music's working, I think
it creates its own connections and shapes that are more interesting than
ones you might have tried to consciously impose."

Recordings: http://www.johnbutcher.org.uk/Listen.html

Tom's Place
3111 Deakin Street, Berkeley CA
Directions: http://4-33.com/directions.html
Information: http://4-33.com/tuesday/index.html

Admission: donation.  All proceeds go directly to the musicians.
Doors open at 7:00.