I have copies of the Fred Anderson Trio recording “Staying In The Game” with Harrison Bankhead on bass and myself on drums. Send me an email if your interested in getting a copy. timothydaisy@warpmail.net
Speaking of the Fred Anderson Trio…we’ll be perfor
ming this Wednesday night at the Hideout. 1354 W Wabansia Ave at 10pm. See you there!!
Fred Anderson Trio!
Posted in Current News on December 14, 2009 by Tim DaisyInterview at Chicago Arts Press
Posted in Current News on December 7, 2009 by Tim DaisyClick the link to read an interview that I did for Chicago Arts Press:
http://chicagoartspress.com/2009/12/06/timothy-daisy-drummerpercussionistcomposer/
ALSO!
I will soon have copies of me and Ken Vandermark’s new Double LP “Light On The Wall” on Lawrence Family Records. Send me an email at: timothydaisy@warpmail.net if your interested in getting one.
More news soon!
Tim
Solo Set at Danny’s Tavern (Benefit for the Seldoms!)
Posted in Current News, Uncategorized with tags danny's tavern, seldoms, solo percussion, to russia with love on November 30, 2009 by Tim DaisyOn Sunday December 6th, I will perform a solo set at Danny’s Tavern as part of a benefit for the Seldoms, A fantastic modern dance ensemble that I have the honor of working with this winter. More info can be found at www.theseldoms.org
Danny’s is at 1951W Dickens. The performance begins at 9pm and is open to the public. See you there!!!
More info below:
“To Russia With Love” Benefit at Danny’s
Join us at Chicago’s coolest neighborhood bar and help fly us to Russia! The Seldoms are headed to the “Isadora” International Festival of Modern Dance in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia in April 2010 and we’d like your help to get there. Danny’s is donating a percentage of the ring on December 6 to our To Russia With Love fund! (Another reason to love Danny’s!)
Special Musical Guest
Percussionist Tim Daisy (Marchland collaborator) performs a short solo set in support of our tour! Showtime is at 9pm!
“(Tim Daisy is)… consistently solid yet markedly versatile”, says Kurt Gottschalk – All About Jazz.
Come when you can, stay as long as you want! Never been to Danny’s? It’s tucked away in Bucktown, just off Damen, south of Webster. A house turned into a bar!
Zaparozhye!
Posted in Current News on November 25, 2009 by Tim DaisyDrum Lessons
Posted in Current News with tags drum lessons, improvisation, jazz drumming, music lessons on November 23, 2009 by Tim DaisyRecordings Available
Posted in Current News with tags klang, Rempis Percussion Quartet, Vandermak 5 on November 23, 2009 by Tim DaisyI have copies of the following recordings, please send a message to: timothydaisy@warpmail.net if you are interested. Thanks!
Vandermark 5 – Annular Gift – not two records
Klang – Tea Music – allos documents
The Rempis Percussion Quartet – The Disappointment Of Parsley - not two
Vaslav Zimpel/Tim Daisy – Four Walls – multi kulti records
Vandermark 5 – Four Sides To The Story – (double vinyl ) - not two records
Klang On Tour!
Posted in Current News on November 10, 2009 by Tim Daisy
Klang will embark on a 6 date tour of the midwest starting on November 17th and will end with a concert at the Hungry Brain here in Chicago on the 22nd.
If you live, or know anybody, who lives in or near these cities, send them out!
Tuesday November 17th Al’s Bar Lexington, KY 8pm
Wednesday November 18th Thomas More College Covington, KY : 12:30 workshop and 7pm concert.
Thursday November 19th Bela Dubby Cleveland OH 9pm
Friday November 20th Robinwood Concert House Toledo OH
Saturday November 21st The Sugar Maple Milwaukee WI 9pm
Sunday November 22nd The Hungry Brain Chicago Il 10pm
Klang is: James Falzone; clarinet Jason Adaisewicz; vibraphone Jason Roebke; bass Tim Daisy; drums
4th Annual Umbrella Fest!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 2, 2009 by Tim DaisyTHE FOURTH annual Umbrella Music Festival BEGINS THIS WEEK!!!
Don’t miss out on what the Chicago Reader calls “perhaps the most important jazz festival in Chicago.”
The festival opens this Thursday, November 5th with a special evening dubbed “European Jazz Meets Chicago,” co-presented by Umbrella Music, the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and several European consulates and cultural organizations. Tonight’s FREE concerts will feature some of the best improvising musicians on the European scene.
The concerts continue this weekend at the regular Umbrella Music venues, and this year will feature three elder statesman of the improvised music world: legendary trumpeter Bobby Bradford, renowned multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, and the Chicago debut of Japanese alto-saxophone legend Akira Sakata.
The complete schedule is listed below, and can also be found at www.umbrellamusic.org.
UMBRELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009 SCHEDULE AND LINEUPS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH @ THE
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER
78 E. Washington St. / FREE!! / www.chicagoculturalcenter.org / 312-744-6630
“EUROPEAN JAZZ MEETS CHICAGO”
Produced in partnership with The Austrian Consulate General, The Goethe Institut Chicago, The Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in Chicago, The Consulate General of The Netherlands, The Consulate General of Sweden, The Consulate General of Switzerland, and The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
6:00 PM : Liudas Mockunas Quartet
LITHUaNIA
Liudas Mockunas – saxophones
Jim Baker – piano
Brian Sandstrom – bass
Steve Hunt – drums
Claudia Cassidy Theater
6:45 PM : Martin Brandlmayr Solo
AUSTRIA
Martin Brandlmayr – solo percussion and electronics
Preston-Bradley Hall
7:30 PM: David StackenAs TRIO
SWEDEN
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
David Stackenas – guitar
Josh Abrams – bass
Claudia Cassidy Theater
8:15 PM : Gratkowski/Kaufmann/De Joode
GERMANY
Frank Gratkowski – reeds
Achim Kaufmann – piano
Wilbert De Joode – bass
Preston-Bradley Hall
9 PM : Hans Koch Quartet
SWITZERLAND
Hans Koch – reeds
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Brian Labycz – electronics
Marc Riordan – drums
Claudia Cassidy Theater
10 PM : Guus Janssen Trio
THE NETHERLANDS
Guus Janssen – piano
Anton Hatwich – bass
Wim Janssen – drums
Preston-Bradley Hall
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH @ ELASTIC
2830 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Floor / $15 COVER
www.elasticarts.org / 773-772-3616
9 PM : NEW HORIZONS QUARTET
Ernest Khabeer Dawkins – saxophones and percussion
Steve Berry – trombone
Junius Paul – bass
Isaiah Spencer – drums
10 PM : MATTHEW SHIPP SOLO
Matthew Shipp – piano
11 PM : THE BOBBY BRADFORD QUARTET
Bobby Bradford – trumpet
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Junius Paul – bass
Frank Rosaly – drums
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH @ THE HIDEOUT
1354 W. Wabansia / $15 COVER
www.hideoutchicago.com / 773-227-4433
9 PM : VOX ARCANA
James Falzone – clarinet
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Tim Daisy – drums
10 PM : People Places and Things w/Bobby Bradford
Bobby Bradford – trumpet
Greg Ward – alto saxophone
Tim Haldeman – tenor saxophone
Jason Roebke – bass
Mike Reed – drums
11 PM : SAKATA/PARKER/MCBRIDE/HERNDON
Akira Sakata – alto saxophone
Jeff Parker – guitar
Nate McBride – bass
John Herndon – drums
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH @ THE HUNGRY BRAIN
2319 W. Belmont / $15 suggested donation
www.emergingimprovisers.org / 773-935-2118
9 PM : HEAD WITH WINGS
Elliot Bergman – reeds
Charles Gorczynski – reeds
Jake Vinsel – bass
Quin Kirchner – drums
10 PM : AKIRA SAKATA & CHIKAMORACHI
Akira Sakata – alto saxophone
Darin Gray – bass
Chris Corsano – drums
11 PM : TOPOLOGY “The compositions of Joe McPhee, arranged
by Ken Vandermark for nonet, featuring special guest Joe McPhee”
Joe McPhee – pocket trumpet, flugelhorn
Josh Berman – cornet
Jeb Bishop – trombone
Ken Vandermark – reeds
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Jason Adasiewicz – vibes
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Kent Kessler – bass
Tim Daisy – drums
FIND MORE INFORMATION AND UPDATES ONLINE AT :
WWW.UMBRELLAMUSIC.ORG
UMBRELLA MUSIC is a group of Chicago musicians and presenters working to provide performance opportunities for creative and improvising musicians. Umbrella members book weekly concert series on Wednesdays at The Hideout, Thursdays at Elastic, and Sundays at The Hungry Brain. More information on the group and on the events they coordinate is available at WWW.UMBRELLAMUSIC.ORG.
The fourth annual Umbrella Music Festival is presented in conjunction with THE EMERGING IMPROVISERS ORGANIZATION and THE ELASTIC ARTS FOUNDATION.
Bon Voyage!
Posted in Current News on September 24, 2009 by Tim Daisy9/24/09
Tonight I leave for a 5 week trip touring across Europe. I’ll be performing with three different groups: my own New Fracture Quartet; Gebhard Ullmann’s Basement Research; and Ken Vandermark’s Resonance Project. If you live, or know anybody, who lives in or near any of these cities (see below) send them out! Au Revoir!!

Krakow-Wavel Castle
New Fracture Quartet
Tim Daisy. Drums/Composer
Nate Wooley.Trumpet
Jake Vinsel.Bass
Dave Miller. Guitar
Sep 28. 2009 Centrum Kultury, Lublin Poland
Sep 29. 2009 Powiekszenie, Warsaw Poland
Sep 30. 2009 Dragon Klub, Poznan Poland
Oct 1. 2009 Alchemia, Krakow Poland
Gebhard Ullmann’s Basement Research
Gebhard Ullmann. Tenor Sax & Bass Clarinet
Steve Swell. Trombone
Julian Arguelles. Baritone and Soprano Sax
John Hebert. Bass
Tim Daisy. Drums
Oct 4. 2009 Alchemia, Krakow Poland
Oct 6. 2009 B Flat, Berlin Germany
Oct 7. 2009 Sunset 60, Paris, France
Oct 8. 2009 Le Petit Faucheux, Tours France
Oct 9. 2009 Paradox,Tilburg Netherlands
Oct 10. 2009 De Werf, Brugge, Belgium
Oct 11. 2009 Speicher Wilhelminengang, Leer Germany
Oct 12. 2009 Grand Theatre, Groningen, Netherlands
Oct 13. 2009 Centre Culturel Opderschmelz, Dudelange, Luxemburg
Oct 14. 2009 Schauspielhaus, Bergneustadt, Germany
Oct 16. 2009 Bessunger Knabenschule,Darmstadt Germany
Oct 17.2009 Jazzclub, Bamberg,Germany
Oct 18.2009 Hot Jazz Club, Munster
Ken Vandermark’s Resonance Project
Ken Vandermark. Reeds
Dave Rempis. Reeds
Mikolaj Trzaska. Alto Sax. Bass Clarinet
Waclaw Zimpel.Bass Clarinet
Mark Tokar.Bass
Steve Swell.Trombone
Per Ake Holmlander.Tuba
Magnus Broo. Trumpet
Tim Daisy.Drums
Michael Zerang. Drums
Oct 19-20. 2009 Alchemia, Krakow Poland
Oct 21. 2009 Manggha Hall, Krakow, Poland
Oct 23. 2009 Cormons, Italy
Oct 24. 2009 Szekesfehervar,Hungary
Oct 25. 2009 Lublin, Poland
Oct 30. 2009 Torun, Poland
Oct 31. 2009 Gdansk, Poland



