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Video Performance @ Zeitgeist 12.21.02



Hi folks,

I'll be doing video improvisations at the Zeitgeist Gallery in 
Cambridge, this Saturday night as part of the following event.

rob chalfen presents


subconsciouscafe new chamber music series


@ ZEITGEIST GALLERY
1353 Cambridge St. Inman Sq. Cambridge
69 Bus from Harvard Gate
Doors @ 8pm (exc. where noted)
All shows $10 (exc. where noted)
All ages
PHONE: 617.876.6060
<http://www.zeitgeist-gallery.org>



Saturday, 21 December
-JAMES MERENDA TRIO
-SMART LEONARD FIELD

10:00
JAMES MERENDA TRIO
James Merenda - alto sax
John Voigt - bass
William Buchanan - batterie

8:30
WILL KEN NEIL
Neil Leonard (alto saxophone)
Ken Field (alto saxophone)
Will Buchanan - drums

ABOUT THE MUSICIANS:
JOHN VOIGT has played with Billy Bang, Borah Bergman,
Peter Brotzmann, Roy Campbell, Denis Charles, Marilyn Crispell, Andrew
Cyrille, Stu Dempster, Bill Dixon, Paul Flaherty, Bill Frisell, Malcolm
Goldstein, Milford Graves, Joseph Jarman, Keith Jarrett, Oliver Lake, 
Jeanne
Lee, Joe McPhee, Jemeel Moondoc, Thurston Moore, Joe Morris, Lawrence
"Butch" Morris, Paul Motian, Bern Nix, and Zenna Parkins. He has recorded
for Aum Fidelity, Ayler Records, Eremite, Box Holder, and RRRecords (a 
video
with T. Moore). Played at Bell Atlantic, Sound Unity, Fire In The Valley,
and Vision Festivals. Many gigs at the Knitting Factory. He has published
articles on Henry Grimes, Charles Mingus, Don Cherry, Morton Feldman. Voigt
has lectured at the Institute of Jazz Studies; and taught at Berklee
College, Boston Arts Academy and Massachusetts College of Art.

Drummer and percussionist WILL BUCHANAN (b. 1976) has toured the US, 
Canada,Spain, Greece, and Russia to perform both serious and popular 
music concerts.
Most recently, he has established himself as an active freelance 
player in the Boston area. His improvisational playing style has been 
described as a conjunctive synthesis of jazz, indie rock, african 
drumming, parade music, and minimalism.

Alto saxophonist JAMES MERENDA  - born in Brooklyn,NY,James has been
performing in Boston for over 10 years -co-leading an original trio
"Perilous Foil" .He has played with Joe Hunt,Barry Reis,Ran Blake,George
Schuller,Ed Schuller,Mike Rivard,George Garzone,John McNeil,The Either
Orchestra,The Ardvark Orchestra,Eric Rosenthal,John Voigt,Luther
Gray.Recorded with Ran Blake on Hatology and has three independent
recordings.Performing currently with Brandon Seabrook/Phantom Power Supply
and leading an ongoing project performing compositions of Charles Mingus
(the Masked Marvels).


James brings these three musicians together for the first time  -  a must
see - the second meeting of John Voigt and James -
a further development in our longing for creative music.

NEIL LEONARD has performed internationally, including in Spain, Cuba,
Canada, Puerto Rico, Poland, Russia, and at New York's Carnegie
Hall.  He has worked with Don Byron, and has released his own experiments
combining acoustic saxophones with computer-based processing systems.
Leonard currently teaches at Berklee College of Music.

KEN FIELD is a member of the group Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, and
has released several CDs of his layered saxophone compositions and
improvisations.  He leads the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, and also
performs with the Board of Education and other groups.  Field is
in the process of preparing a masterclass CD for the Saxophone Journal.


@ THE ZEITGEIST GALLERY
1353 Cambridge St. Inman Sq. Cambridge
69 Bus from Harvard Gate
all shows 8 pm
all shows $10 or b/o
all ages
NEW PHONE: 617.876.6060

http://www.zeitgeist-gallery.org/