Dave King Trucking Company
Dave King, one of the most prolific jazz/rock percussionists of his generation and founder of Happy Apple, takes the stage with his latest band, Dave King Trucking Company.

Comprised of King on percussion, New York-based artist Chris Speed as reedist and Happy Apple’s Erik Fratzke on guitar, King says the group sounds as “if the great Nashville bands of the '60s and '70s could improvise and were Coltrane fanatics.”

Andrew Broder with George Cartwright
Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Broder began making eccentric turntablist music as Fog and hooked up with the British label Ninja Tune. Born in Minneapolis, MN, where he continued to reside, Broder turned to music as an escape from the outside world. He confined himself to his basement and learned several instruments while simultaneously taking an interest in the escapist aspects of hip-hop.

Second set: Andrew Broder (turntable) with George Cartwright (saxophones)

JOAN GRIFFITH and CLEA GALHANO
Joan Griffith is known in the Midwest as a teacher, performer and composer. She has toured and recorded extensively as a classical and jazz guitarist, a bassist and a mandolinist. Her jazz CD, Enter You, Enter Love, featuring many of her own compositions, was chosen as one of the top ten best recordings for 1996 by KBEM. Her choral composition Sweet Noel won the 1998 Christmas Carol Contest sponsored by the American Composers Forum and the Plymouth Music Series.

Brazilian recorder player Clea Galhano is an Internationally-renowned performer of early, contemporary and Brazilian music. Galhano has performed in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe as a chamber musician. As a featured soloist, Galhano has worked with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christopher Hogwood, Nicholas McGegan and Emmanuelle Haim, World Symphony, Milwaukee Baroque and Lyra Baroque Orchestra.

Wednesday, Oct 5, 9-11 pm

Douglas Ewart
Perhaps best known as a composer, improviser, sculptor and maker of masks and instruments, Douglas R. Ewart is also an educator, lecturer, arts organization consultant and all around visionary. In projects done in diverse media throughout an award-winning and widely-acclaimed 40-year career, Mr. Ewart has woven his remarkably broad gifts into a single sensibility that encourages and celebrates--as an antidote to the divisions and compartmentalization afflicting modern life-the wholeness of individuals in culturally active communities.

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Not Charcoal Minus One
Milo Fine: electric piano (electronics), drum set, marimba, B flat clarinet
Paul Metzger: guitar


Recognition over fame -- Publicity over hype -- Support over worship
- milo fine
(from the liner notes to IMPROVISATIONS [BEING FREE]).

Milo's website - Paul's website

MIRA & TOM KEHOE with KEVIN DALEY
Multi-instrumentalists Mira and Tom Kehoe met in New York City. Since the mid-1980's they have been teaching and performing throughout the United States and Brazil from intimate clubs to concert stages in a collaboration which includes jazz, world music, original compositions, theater and movement. They are a creative and versatile duo, playing and improvising in a broad range of styles. Kevin Daley, jazz guitarist, has been playing with Mira & Tom for almost 20 years. Currently on the faculty of McNally-Smith College of Music in St. Paul, MN, he is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and author of a series of instructional books for the guitar published by the Neil A. KJOS Music Company. Awards include the West Bank School of Music Jazz Composer award, and the Minnesota Music Awards best jazz-fusion guitarist. As a freelance guitarist, Kevin has worked in a variety of styles ranging from Broadway shows at the Ordway to performances with the New Music Theatre Ensemble and Zeitgeist, including a variety of jazz and pop groups.

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James Diers (vox and keys)
James Buckley (bass and keys)
JT Bates (drums and electronics)
Dave King (drums)

Jelloslave (Jacqueline Ultan, Michelle Kinney, Carnage the Executioner and Gary Waryan)
Jelloslave, which originally formed as a duo in 2003 by cellists Jacqueline Ultan and Michelle Kinney, has since become an established quartet with the addition of drummer Greg Schutte and Gary Waryan on tablas. Known for their dynamic improvisational compositions, the foursome pours heart and soul into an eclectic original repertoire ranging from mesmerizing fusions of jazz, Afro-Caribbean, Middle Eastern and Indian rhythms, to surprising pop music interpretations. Jelloslave's two critically acclaimed CD's, Touch It, released in 2006, and Purple Orange, released in April 2010 feature original compositions by cellists Michelle Kinney and Jacqueline Ultan, as well as arrangements of compositions by other artists such as Leonard Cohen and Astor Piazolla. Jelloslave has been a featured act at some of the Twin Cities most prominent festivals and venues, including St. Paul's Concrete and Grass and Sur Seine Festivals, The Northrop Summer Music Series, Macy's Day of Music, Mill City Live Summer Concert Series, Walker Art Center, Cedar Cultural Center, Southern Theater, and many more.

Carnage the Executioner, beat boxing: Carnage The Executioner is widely recognized for his mind-numbing lyrical dexterity, boundless energy on stage, and uncanny ability to compose musical symphonies with his mouth through beat boxing. His unwavering work ethic and kind heart have earned him the respect of many of independent & commercial music's most reputable artists. He teaches both private and group beatboxing lessons in community and school settings, extensively covering the fundamentals of beatboxing while adding in components of basic rhyme/rap-writing structure.

Gary Waryan, tablas: Gary Waryan has studied and played tablas for over 30 years. His focus is on the lighter folk rhythms of India. His East meets West approach to his classical tabla training puts him in demand among several prominent Twin Cities artists.

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