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06/01 Sunday
4:30 PM Seventh Seal
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7:00 PM Pandelis Karayorgis Quartet
Daniel Levin, cello
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
Jef Charland, bass
Curt Newton, drums
http://karayorgis.com
$10 suggested donation
New York-based cellist Daniel Levin from, joins one of Boston's most adventurous trios for two sets of improvised/jazz music. The first set will feature the full quartet, while the second set will be a trio, without the bass. Levin and Karayorgis recently collaborated in a group featuring Ken Vandermark, Frank Rosaly and Nate McBride in Chicago, while Charland and Newton are regular members of the Pandelis Karayorgis Trio. Newton and Karayorgis are also two-thirds of the mi3, a trio that has just released a new CD on Clean Feed and has one more coming up on HatOlogy this summer.
Bios:
Daniel Levin:
Daniel Levin was born in 1974 in Burlington, Vermont. He began playing the cello at age six. He has performed and/or recorded with Billy Bang, Borah Bergman, Tim Berne, Anthony Braxton, Rob Brown, Whit Dickey, Mark Dresser, Joe Morris, Joe McPhee, William Parker, Warren Smith, and others. Daniel has recorded as a sideman for Clean Feed, EMANEM, Not Two, and RogueART, and as a leader, for Riti Records, HatHut, and Clean Feed.
"Levin has a sound that ranges from subtle and understated to aggressive; with admirable technique as a performer and a compositional concept that blends structure with freewheeling exploration, he deserves to have his name added to the short list of cellists who are making a mark in improvisational music."
--John Kelman, All About Jazz Magazine
http://www.daniel-levin.com
Pandelis Karayorgis:
Born in Athens, Greece in 1962. Prior to moving to the U.S. in 1985, performed in small jazz groups while pursuing a degree in Economics. Earned BM and MM degrees in music from Boston's New England Conservatory while studying with Paul Bley, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Dave Holland and Joe Maneri (composition) among others. Studied and performed extensively the music of Thelonious Monk and Lennie Tristano and in 1991 compiled a collection of all of Monk's compositions.
In the last twenty years mostly led or co-led groups whose recordings have often been voted into reviewers' top-10 lists in magazines such as Coda, Cadence, Jazz Times and Jazziz. Performed and recorded with Mat Maneri, Joe Maneri, Ken Vandermark, Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek, John Lockwood, Randy Peterson and Guillermo Gregorio among many others. Numerous performances at festivals and clubs in Europe and the United States. Recordings appear on labels such as Leo Records, Hat Art, Clean Feed, Nuscope, Boxholder, Okkadisk, Cadence, Accurate, Leo Lab, Ayler and HatOLOGY among others.
In the nineties worked closely with violinist Mat Maneri producing several recordings on Leo Records mostly in duo format, but also featuring Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek, Joe Maneri, John Lockwood and Randy Peterson. During the same time also co-led a group featuring much of the Tristano repertoire and originals with which two CDs were made and a trip to Europe in 1997 as well. Also, in 1998 released first trio CD "Heart And Sack" to wide critical acclaim (among others it was featured on National Public Radio's program Fresh Air).
In the past couple of years toured and recorded in duo format with Ken Vandermark (there is also a 2001 trio CD with Vandermark and McBride) and also with Guillermo Gregorio (with whom there are two previous HatArt collaborations). Performed recently with Dave Rempis, Josh Abrams, Jeff Parker, Jeb Bishop, Tim Daisy, Jason Stein, Mike Reed, Josh Berman, Keefe Jackson, Nori Tanaka, Daniel Levin, Frank Rosaly, Charlie Kohlase, Luther Gray, Jef Charland, Forbes Graham, Matt Langley, Jeff Galindo, Charles Waters and the TILT Brass band.
Lately working on composing and arranging for a quintet formation. Presented two such concerts in Chicago and one in Boston during the last year. The latest CD is "Free Advice" (Clean Feed, 2007) with Curt Newton and Nate McBride and “Betwixt” with the same group is expected to be released by HatOLOGY in June 2008.
"Over the course of nearly 20 years and approximately that many recordings, Karayorgis has established himself as one of the singular, and significant, pianists of his generation."
Art Lange
" ... by this stage, Karayorgis has developed a powerful piano language of his own and this is its definitive statement to date."
The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings, (8th Edition) in reference to solo piano CD "Seventeen Pieces" (2004).
Discography: http://karayorgis.com/Pages/recordings.html
Jef Charland:
A native of Gardner MA., Jef’s first instrument was trumpet. Later he studied guitar at Berklee with Jon Damian and played in the house band at Wally’s in Boston. After graduating from Berklee he picked up the bass and has become a fixture on the jazz scene playing regularly with the Masked Marvels, the Andy Voelker Trio, Gypsy Schaeffer and at jazz jams at the Center for Arts in Natick, Costello’s and Matt Murphy’s Pub.
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Curt Newton:
Boston-based drummer and percussionist Curt Newton has been playing uncompromising original music since 1986. A highly versatile ensemble player and soloist, he integrates innovative sounds and extended techniques with the jazz and rock drumset traditions. He has worked with Ken Vandermark, Joe Morris, Nate McBride, Pandelis Karayorgis, Charlie Kohlhase, and Debris; performed across the United States, Canada, and Europe; and appears on CDs released by leading independent labels like Okkadisk, Boxholder, Soul Note, Music and Arts, Buzz, and Rastascan.
"Newton dazzles...he exhibited breathtaking restraint, breaking down time with a subtle hand, tapping out painterly splashes of sound... A large reserve of free floating power."
Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
http://www.curtnewton.com/
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