Event Description
We are very excited to announce the October 22nd performance of renowned Chicago-based saxophonist/clarinettist/composer/improviser Ken Vandermark in performance with Vancouver musicians James Meger on bass and Kenton Loewen on drums. This event will take place at The Orange Light. This performance is a coproduction with fifty fifty arts collective.
Vandermark is a MacArthur Fellowship winner who has been active internationally since the 1990s, performing and recording around the world with such notable improvisers as Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love and Terry Ex and Andy Moor of The Ex.
James Meger has performed with many notable improvisers, including Darius Jones, Wayne Horvitz and Kris Davis.
Kenton Loewen's work crosses many boundaries and has performed with many notable musicians, including Gord Grdina, Michael Moore, François Houle, Mother Mother and Dan Mangan.
Allotropes is the post-bop trio of saxophonist/clarinetist/composer Shane Krause, bassist Trav Short and drummer Miles Fuller. Their music draws inspiration from free jazz, post-bop jazz, free improvisation and avant-garde composition. They perform largely Krause's compositions, mixed with some free improvisations and compositions by inspirational composers including Carla Bley, Ornette Coleman and Steve Lacy.
$20 in advance, $25 at the door.
This part is made possible thanks to kind support from CRD.
In-Person Event
Thu. October 22nd + Add to Calendar
The Orange Light
8:30pm Doors at: 8:00pm
