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jeez....I look a little nuts in that photo.... :-) thanks, jason, it was great to meet you and Jim. That is a great venue, and we had a blast. Also: a big thanks for housing Tom that night.... best regards, Jeff Jeff Kaiser http://www.jeffkaisermusic.com pfMENTUM.com • AngryVegan.com On May 25, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Jason Fink wrote: > Greeting Loopers, > > Last Tuesday night California musicians Jeff Kaiser (trumpet & lap > top), Tom McNalley (guitar) > and locals Mark Weaver (tuba) & a Dave Wayne (drums) played at a coffee > house in my neighborhood (www.myspace.com/thebluedragoncoffeeshop). > Although my > little looping duo (Acids and Bases) has played there a few times, it > is usually > an acoustic-folk oriented place where those not old enough to buy a > beer hang-out in droves. > It is a nice little venue, but I must admit it is not a scene in which > experimental music is > completely accepted by the patrons (the mgt is very cool with many > different genera). > > > Because of the venue, and the fact that a Wayne Horvitz ensemble was > appearing at the > local Jazz venue that same night, the show was sparsely attended. > Undaunted, > Jeff and Co. played 2 fine sets of improvised music. Jeff processes > his trumpet with a Mac > powerbook, a MOTU UltraLight thingy, and several CC pedals & midi > keyboard... > he loops, slices, dices and creates everything from an uproarious din > to tiny little sounds > (even the looping little spit bubble sounds from deep within those > coils of brass!). > > Tom's guitar, a Fender Jazzmaster and Peavey Classic 30, had a raw > organic sound and was super. > A small arsenal of effects, (EH Freq Analyzer, Tech 21 comp, Zvex SHO > & Fuzz > Factory, Boss DD20) helped modify his sound, but he did great things > with even > clean settings. I think there is certainly a lot of Nels Cline > influence in his style, but > he has his own thing going. Often noisy, jazzy stuff, he is all over > the fretboard > and he also grooves. As a guitar player, I couldn't help but go ga-ga > over what Tom was doing. > > All the musicians were great on stage that night, showing their chops > at the appropriate times > and sitting out at other times (I know I should take note of this, as > I often feel like > I should be doing something on my guitar all-the-time). > > > Talked a little bit with them after the show, bought a couple CD's (to > which I am now listening) > and had a great time. It was a pleasure meeting them, and I think > Jeff is a real asset to our > looping community. Catch those guys if they come anywhere near your > town, I am lucky that > they showed up practically next door! > > > Here is a picture of Tom & Jeff that night: > http://gisweb.cabq.gov/new/kaiser/IMG_0016.JPG > > > -jas > Albuquerque > dimbulb.org > >
