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Upcoming Concerts

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http://timdaisyrelayrecords.bandcamp.com/

2013

01 JUN – 05 JUN :: REMPIS PERCUSSION QUARTET – TEXAS!!
01 JUN :: San Antonio | The Warehouse
02 JUN :: Dallas | Rubber Gloves
03 JUN :: Austin | The Owl
04 JUN :: Austin | School workshop/concert
05 JUN :: Austin | Epistrophy Arts

Saturday June 8th :: The Russ Johnson Quartet @ The Jazz Estate 2423N Murray Ave Milwaukee WI 9:30

Saturday June 15th :: Mallettopia :: Jason Adaisewicz/Michael Zerang/Tim Daisy @ Experimental Sound Studio  http://www.experimentalsoundstudio.org/

Thursday June 20th :: Nate Wooley + Paul Lytton + Tim Daisy @ Elastic Arts Foundation 2830N Milwaukee Ave 9pm

Friday June 21st :: Dave Rempis + Terrie Ex + Tim Daisy Trio @ Okka Fest 5  The Sugar Maple 441E Lincoln Ave, Milwaukee WI

Sunday June 23rd :: Oscar Noriega :: alto sax/bass clarinet  Jeff Parker :: guitar  Tim Daisy :: drums  @ The Hungry Brain 2319W Belmont Ave  10pm

Tim Daisy Solo Tour :: June 29th – July 7

Saturday June 29th :: Solo Concert @ The KCAC Art Center, Kalamazoo, MI

Sunday June 30th :: Solo Concert @ Robinwood Concert House,  Toledo, OH   http://toledobellows.wordpress.com/robinwood-concert-house/

Monday July 1st :: Solo Concert @ The Comet 4579 Hamilton Ave Cininnati, OH  (with guest David McDonnel)

Wednesday July 3rd :: Solo Concert @ Raleigh, NC  With Guests Jeb Bishop + Carrie Shull  (details tba)

Friday July 5th :: Solo Concert @ Columbia, SC  Conundrum Music Hall 626 Meeting Street

Saturday Juy 6th :: Solo Concert @ Knoxville, TN  (details tba)

Sunday July 7th :: Solo Concert @ Griffin’s Modern Motel  199E Loudon Ave – Lexington, KY

Wednesday July 17 :: Jason Stein + Tim Daisy  (special guest Tomeka Reid on cello for the 2nd set! ) @ The Hideout 1354 W Wabansia Ave

Thursday July 18th :: Peter Maunu -guitar + Jim Baker – ARP synthesizer, piano Tim Daisy :: drums @ The Comfort Station 2579N Milwaukee Ave 7:30pm

Sunday July 21st :: Solo Concert @ Woodland Pattern Books  720E  Locust Street MIlwaukee WI  7pm

July 24th – 27th Kyle Bruckmann’s Wrack — West Coast Tour

www.kylebruckmann.com

Saturday July 27th – San Francisco, CA| premiere of …Awaits Silent Tristero’s Empire, made possible by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation through Chamber Music America‘s New Jazz Works program | Outsound New Music Summit | Community Music Center, 544 Capp St SF | 8:00

Sunday July 28th – Los Angeles, CA (details soon)

Monday July 29th -  Sacramento, CA | …Awaits Silent Tristero’s Empire, made possible by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation through Chamber Music America‘s New Jazz Works program | Nebraska Mondays Creative Music & Jazz Series | Luna’s Cafe, 1414 16th St, Sacramento | 7:30

Saturday August 17th :: The Margots  CD Release Concert @ The Sugar Maple – Milwaukee, WI

Sunday August 18th :: The Margots   CD Release Concert @ The Hideout 1354W Wabansia Ave Chicagio, IL

Thursday August 22 :: Cameron Pfiffner’s Marco Polo @ Millenium Park Chicago

Thursday August 29th :: The Aram Shelton Quartet @ Elastic Arts 2830N Milwaukee Ave 9pm

Saturday August 31 :: The Engines @ The Chicago Jazz Festival  (details soon)

Sunday September 1 :: The Rempis Percussion Quartet @ The Hungry Brain 2319W Belmont Ave 10pm

September 5-7 :: Ken Vandermark + Tim Daisy Duo @ Hopscotch Festival – Raleigh, NC (details soon)

September 9-19th  Rempis Percussion Quartet EU Tour
November 11 – 24 Resonance Ensemble EU Tour

Now Available Vox Arcana “Soft Focus” (relay records 005)

Third release by Chiago’s experimental music trio Vox Arcana. Featuring James Falzone on clarinet, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello. and Tim Daisy on drums and marimba

Recorded by Nick Broste at Strobe Studios Chicago – Mastered by Alex Inglizian at Experimenal Sound Studio – Artwork by Paul Grant

Vox Arcana curiously merges different threads of the composing-for-improvisers axis, bringing together modernist mobiles with a crisp and informed, freewheeling élan.

Like” Clifford Allen (Ni Kantu)

“If it offered nothing more than three of Chicago’s most accomplished and versatile improvisers, Vox Arcana would still have plenty to offer; as a showcase for Daisy’s approach to composition, it goes above and beyond. Smartly conceived and perfectly executed, Aerial Age lives up to its title, combining science and art to create streamlined, adventurous flight.” Neil Tesser/ The Chicago Jazz Examiner

http://timdaisyrelayrecords.bandcamp.com/music

Vox Arcana US Tour :: September 25th – October 2nd 2012

Tuesday September 25th :: Thomas More College – Crestview Hills, KY
Wednesday September 26th :: Barking Legs Theater – Chattanooga, TN
Thursday September 27th :: The Stone Fox – Nashville, TN
Friday September 28th :: The University Of Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL
Saturday September 29th :: Conundrum Music Hall, Columbia, SC
Monday October 1st :: Now That’s Class, Cleveland, OH
Tuesday October 2nd :: Elastic Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL

Upcoming Gigs


September 25th – October 2nd. Vox Arcana North American Tour
Vox Arcana: James Falzone – clarinet/Fred Lonberg-Holm -cello/electronics Tim Daisy – marimba/percussion

Tuesday September 25th :: Thomas More College – Crestview Hills, KY
Wednesday September 26th :: Barking Legs Theater – Chattanooga, TN
Thursday September 27th :: The Stone Fox – Nashville, TN
Friday September 28th :: The University Of Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL
Saturday September 29th :: Conundrum Music Hall, Columbia, SC
Monday October 1st :: Now That’s Class, Cleveland, OH
Tuesday October 2nd :: Elastic Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL

Friday October 5th :: Klang @ Covenant Church, Chicago
Saturday October 6th :: Klang @ The Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI 9pm
Sunday October 7th :: Klang @ The Hungry Brain 2319W Belmont Ave 10pm

Wednesday October 10th :: Depaul Art Musuem w/ Ken Vandermark/Tomeka Reid/James Falzone/Lou Mollozzi/Jeb Bishop/Tim Daisy + Visuals by Richard Hull

Wednesday October 17th :: Engines Trio @ The Hideout 1354W Wabansia Ave 10pm

Sunday October 21st :: Solo Performance drums + marimba @ The Hungry Brain 2319W Belmont Ave 10pm

Sunday October 21st :: Nick Mazzerella Trio w/  @ The Hungry Brain 2319 W Belmont Ave 11pm

Monday October 22 – Wednesday October 24th
Marc Riordan Trio Residency at the Whistler 2421N Milwaukee Ave 10pm
Marc Riordan – piano
Daniel Thatcher -bass
Tim Daisy -drums

Tuesday October 30th :: Solo Concert at Alchemia. Krakow, Poland

Wednesday November 7th :: Clementine Gasser/cello + Tim Daisy/drums @ The Umbrella Music Festival Chicago

Thursday November 15th :: Steve Swell/ trombone Matt Bauder/ T. Saxophone Tim Daisy/percussion @ The Stone (Ave C & 2nd Street) NY, NY

Saturday November 17th :: Russ Johnson Quartet  w/ Jason Stein, Anton Hatwich, Tim Daisy @ The Sugar Maple Milwaukee, WI 9pm

Wednesday November 21st :: Russ Johnson Quartet  w/ Jason Stein, Anton Hatwich, Tim Daisy @ The Hideout 2319W Wabansia Ave 10pm

Thursday November 29th :: James Falzone’s Early Music Convention @ Elastic Arts 2830N MIlwaukee Ave 9pm

2013

Jan 18 – 20 Kyle Bruckmann’s WRACK NYC (details tba)
Feb 28 – March 10 Ken Vandermark’s Made To Break EU Tour
March 11 – 19 KLANG US Tour
March 22 & 23 Ken Vandermark’s Music of the Midwest School @ The Green Mill 4802N Broadway Ave Chicago
April 5 -19 Engines US Tour
September 4 -15 Rempis Percussion Quartet EU Tour
November 11 – 24 Resonance Ensemble EU Tour

Now Available


Ken Vandermark/Tim Daisy “The Conversation” (Multikulti Records) $15

AND

Daniel Levin. Cello/Tim Daisy. Drums (Relay Records 003; limited ed. 200)
$15

If you are interested in either of these titles, please send an email to: timothydaisy@warpmail.net and type
which recording (or both)you would like in the subject line. I’ll send a Paypal invoice out to you ASAP

Thanks for your support!

Ken Vandermark/Tim Daisy North American Tour 2011!

On July 23rd, Multi-reedist/composer Ken Vandermark and percussionist Tim Daisy will embark on a 14 day tour of the United States in support of their new release, “The Conversation” available in early July on Multi Kulti Records. This will be Ken and Tim’s 3rd tour as a duo and will also mark their 3rd release following 2007′s self release “August Music” and 2008′s double LP “Light On The Wall” on Laurence Family Records.

Tim Daisy/Ken Vandermark Duo Tour 2011

Sat July 23 Lexington,KY – Downtown Arts Center 141E Main Street 7:30pm
Sun July 24 Ashville,NC – Bobo Gallery 22 Lexington Ave 8pm
Tue July 26 New Orleans – The Blue Nile 532 Frenchman Street 10pm
Wed July 27 Birmingham, Al – New Forest Center 2805 2nd Ave South Suite A 7pm
Thu July 28 Tuscaloosa,Al – Alabama Art Kitchen 2626 University Blvd 7pm
Fri July 29 Athens,GA – Cine Theater 234 W Hancock Ave 8pm
Sat July 30 Columbia,SC – Conundrum 626 Meeting Street West Columbia,SC 9pm
Sun July 31 Orlando,FL – Park Avenue CD’s 2916 Corrine Dr 7:30pm
Tue Aug 2 Wilmington, NC – Squidco Records 1003N 4th Street 8pm
Wed Aug 3 Washington DC – Twins Jazz 1344 U Street NW 8pm/10pm
Thu Aug 4 Cleveland – Now That’s Class 11213 Detroit Ave 9pm
Fri Aug 5 Detroit – Bohemian In Exile (venue tba)
Sat Aug 6 Milwaukee – Sugar Maple 441 E Lincoln Ave 9pm
Sun Aug 7 Chicago – Hungry Brain (confirmed) 10pm 2319W Belmont Ave 10pm

More info at:
www.timdaisy.com
www.kenvandermark.com

Vox Arcana Aerial Age To Be Released August 3rd


Allos Documents To Release Vox Arcana’s Aerial Age August 3rd

(May 6, 2010)

On August 3rd, Allos Documents will release Aerial Age, the second recording by the Chicago-based trio, Vox Arcana. Led by prolific drummer/composer Tim Daisy, this unusual two-year old working band features cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and clarinetist James Falzone, Daisy’s collaborators in such other prominent ensembles as KLANG and the Vandermark 5. Aerial Age documents a series of new Daisy compositions that juxtapose the structure of contemporary chamber music with the highly attuned, open-ended improvisation that distinguishes Chicago’s storied jazz scene.

“Much of the inspiration for this music comes from three different schools of experimental music that forged new paths in the sonic arts during the mid-to-late 20th century,” writes Daisy in the liner notes. “These include the New York school of composers (led by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, and Christian Wolff), the pioneers of the minimalist movement (including Terry Riley and La Monte Young), and the early innovators of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (including violinist/violist Leroy Jenkins and multi-reed player/composer Anthony Braxton).”

“Adding to these musical influences,” he continues, “a great deal of inspiration comes from the world of visual art. This includes the kinetic sculptural machines of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely, American Robert Rauschenberg’s ‘combine’ paintings and his use of non traditional materials in innovative combinations, and the wall drawings of American Sol Lewitt, whose work straddled the line between minimalism and conceptualism and whose focused use of line and shape correlates with my own sense of rhythm and melody.”

“Commingling abstract expressionism with minimalism, open improvisation with thorny contemporary composition—it’s all in a day’s work for a musician as sensitive and catholic as Tim Daisy,” writes the Columbia Free Times‘ Logan K. Young. Known primarily for his drumming in more than a dozen active ensembles, Daisy founded Vox Arcana in the spring of 2008 as an outlet for his own original compositions. Since then, the group has self-released a limited edition debut and performed at venues around Chicago, including last year’s Umbrella Music Festival, as well as on tour dates across the Southeastern U.S.

www.improvisedcommunications.com

Excerpts From Marchland

I was fortunate to collaborate with and build a live percussion score for the Seldoms, an amazing contemporary dance ensemble based in Chicago led by choreographer Carrie Hanson. The work, titled “Marchland” was performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art on March 12th-14th 2010

Check out some excerpts from the work below

For more information about the Seldoms, visit:
www.theseldoms.org

Solo Set at Danny’s Tavern (Benefit for the Seldoms!)

On 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!

4th Annual Umbrella Fest!

THE 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 http://www.umbrellamusic.org.

UMBRELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009 SCHEDULE AND LINEUPS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH @ THE

CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER

78 E. Washington St. / FREE!! / http://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

http://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

http://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

http://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.