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Sorry for the kind of Off Topic post, but this is a show not to be missed
if
you are in the Seattle area, and maybe an excuse to visit.
Subject: NELS CLINE & GREGG BENDIAN - INTERSTELLAR SPACE: THE MUSIC
OF JOHN COLTRANE *[ SEATTLE SHOW ADDED! ]*
******** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ********
A VERY SPECIAL CONCERT IS ON THE WAY:
(right around the corner!)
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NELS CLINE / GREGG BENDIAN - INTERSTELLAR SPACE REVISITED:
THE MUSIC OF JOHN COLTRANE
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APPEARING FEBRUARY 26th at THE RAINBOW
*** With Special Guests: PROJECT W ***
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COST: $7 DOS (no advance tickets)
TIME: 9:30pm sharp - PROJECT W opens the show)
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FROM: THE RAINBOW, 722 NE 45th St. (in Seattle's U-District)
(206) 634-1761 / BOOKING: Pete @ 206-706-9087
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MEDIA CONTACT: Jim @ 206-322-1783 FOR MORE INFO/ETC
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The Rainbow is pleased to welcome two incredibly talented & versatile
musicians to our fine city:
Electric guitarist *NELS CLINE* (of GERALDINE
FIBBERS, SCARNELLA, BANYAN, MIKE WATT, THURSTON MOORE, and NELS CLINE TRIO
fame, among others)
*and* drummer *GREGG BENDIAN* (of SIGN OF FOUR - w/PAT METHENY, INTERZONE,
TRIO PIANISSIMO, CECIL TAYLOR, DEREK BAILEY, and PETER BROTZMANN fame,
etc.)
for what promises to be a truly ~SPECIAL~ night of music.
Nels & Greg are touring behind their *HIGHLY ACCLAIMED* album "Interstellar
Space Revisited: The Music of John Coltrane" (Atavistic Records -
http://www.atavistic.com <http://www.atavistic.com> )
* which recently made WIRE (UK) Magazine's TOP TEN JAZZ CD's OF 1999
LIST *and* is praised by none other than RASHIED ALI HIMSELF in a four-page
cover-story spread currently found in the February issue of JAZZIZ
Magazine!
This performance will, like their above-mentioned live CD, find them
COVERING John Coltrane & Rashied Ali's CLASSIC duo album "Interstellar
Space" (rec. in 1967, just before John's death) in its ENTIRETY. They'll
offer up their own rendition, an HOMAGE if you will, of this landmark
session. (along with some other choice late-era Coltrane selections!)
Nels Cline, who's improvisational imagination is nothing but amazing, has
worked with a variety of rock and jazz musicians - including Mike Watt of
Firehose/Minutemen fame, as noted above. Bendian has pounded the skins with
such legendary jazz artists as Cecil Taylor, arguably the greatest "free"
piano player of all time. The two of them use the songs from Coltrane's
album as springboards to new - and totally innovative, musical worlds.
Whether you choose to call their creations free jazz, space
music, avant-garde exploration, experimental improvisation,
* or what have you -
one thing's for SURE: THIS IS PASSIONATE *SOUL* MUSIC.
= For more on Nels Cline, there are a couple of interesting
articles linked up via his "unofficial" homepage:
http://people.we.mediaone.net/dbeihoff/NCAS/index.html
<http://people.we.mediaone.net/dbeihoff/NCAS/index.html>
Openers PROJECT W are a fiery trio featuring saxophonist
WALLY SHOUP alongside cellist BRENT ARNOLD & drummer GREG
CAMPBELL. More on this great band of local improvisers
can be found via: http://www.speakeasy.org/wshoup/
<http://www.speakeasy.org/wshoup/>
They are led by Wally, a longtime Seattle-based and world renowned
saxophone
adventurer, who has also recorded with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, as a
matter of fact (as Nels Cline once did). In the fall of 1999, Wally toured
with Thurston Moore & the great Philadelphia-based percussionist Toshi
Makihara. Their 9/20/99 Boston show was recorded and will be released on
the
Sublingual Label this Spring. Also out is a limited edition LP recording of
PROJECT W's excellent opening performance for SONIC YOUTH at Seattle's
Moore
Theatre in 1998 - on Shrat Field Recordings. No doubt highly impressed by
Wally's wide-open abilities, Thurston sought him out for a collaboration,
and more will most probably follow. In the meantime, remember that:
++++ A SHOW LIKE THIS DOESN'T COME AROUND VERY OFTEN!! ++++
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