EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC & AVANT-JAZZ AT ROULETTE: MARY HALVORSON/JESSICA PAVONE & TAYLOR HO BYNUM SEXTET PLUS

  • Type: event
  • Starts: Dec 6 2005 at 12:00AM
*Tuesday, December 6th*
MARY HALVORSON
Mary Halvorson (guitar) and Jessica Pavone (viola) have been collaborating for over three years to create a unique body of duo music. The pair combines lush melodies with textural improvisation and jagged rhythms to create concise, enigmatic musical episodes. Their collaboration makes use of a variety of timbres, achieved through amplification and electronic effects as well as acoustic presentation. Pavone has studied improvisation with Leroy Jenkins, viola with Victoria Chiang and Midhat Serbagi, and is to be a composition student of Tania Leon this coming fall at Brooklyn College. Most recently, she has been touring Europe with The Anthony Braxton Sextet, and performing with Peter Evans's Imaginary Folk, Jason Cady and the Artificials, and Mix Tape. She has worked with composers and improvisers such as Butch Morris, Glen Branca, Sabir Mateen, Daniel Carter, Matthew Welch, Evan Hause, James Fei, Kevin O'Neil, Matt Bauder and Andrew D'Angelo. Her compositions are documented on Peacock Recordings (www.peacock-recordings.com/jessicapavone.htm.) Halvorson leads the rock band People with drummer Kevin Shea (their first CD was released this spring on I & Ear Records) and is a member of Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, touring the US and the world in support of the Melvins and Fantomas. She has performed with Anthony Braxton, Joe Morris, Jane Ira Bloom, Mike Pride's MP3, Jason Cady and the Artificials, Matthew Welch's Blarvuster, and many others. Halvorson and Pavone, each of whom contributed original compositions to the project, have developed a constantly expanding repertoire comprised of over 50 pieces. This concert celebrates the release of their first album on the Lucky Kitchen label.

TAYLOR HO BYNUM SEXTET PLUS
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet Plus: THB (cornet, compositions,) Matt Bauder (tenor sax, clarinet,) Mary Halvorson (electric guitar,) Evan O'Reilly (electric guitar,) Jessica Pavone (viola, electric bass,) Loren Kiyoshi Dempster (cello,) Tomas Fujiwara (drums.)
The THB Ensemble is a small ensemble committed to the further exploration of the extensions of composition and improvisation pioneered by masters like Ellington, Ives and members of the AACM. Led by cornettist/composer Bynum (best known for his work with Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, and the Fully Celebrated Orchestra,) the group features some of New York's most outstanding young musicians, all established as leaders and composers in their own right, with the skills to navigate through many styles and genres in the search for something else. Taylor Ho Bynum is a performer on cornet and various brass instruments, composer and bandleader. His projects cover a diverse range of artistic expression – from ensembles in the jazz tradition, to work with DJs, contemporary classical composers and world music ensembles, to composing for film and theater, to collaborations with dancers and visual artists. He presently leads his Sextet and the nine-piece ensemble SpiderMonkey Strings, and works with many of the leading figures in creative music. Bynum's work with Anthony Braxton has spanned ten years and projects ranging from duo to orchestra, most recently touring Europe with Braxton's new Sextet and Trio, and co-conducting Braxton's European Creative Orchestra. Their CD "Duets (Wesleyan) 2002" has received wide critical acclaim. Bynum's next CD as a leader, "Other Stories (Three Suites,)" with SpiderMonkey Strings, will be released on 482 Music this fall. Check out www.taylorhobynum.com for more info.