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04/14 Wednesday

9:30 PM Notrio prepares the room for Lawrence Cook

9:30pm Notrio

Nat Mugavero - drums, Gill Aharon - bass and piano, Eric Hofbauer - guitar

10:30pm Lawrence Cook and friends

10:30 PM Laurence Cook's band

Laurence Cook - drums & electronics
Vic Rawlings - cello & electronics
Greg Kelley - trumpet
Jim Hobbs - alto saxophone

Laurence Cook went from being a student at MassArt to being a longshoreman in NYC to playing drums in the burgeoning ESP/free jazz/loft scene, playing with the likes of The Godz, Alan Silva and Paul Bley. Relocating back north, he began playing in Bill Dixon's bands and with such Boston stalwarts as Lowell Davidson, Joe Morris, John Voigt and others. This carried on throughout the 80s, continuing on to the Eremite era of the late 90s which found him playing with Jemeel Moondoc, Daniel Carter and Thurston Moore. Tonight he's back with his Disaster Unit bandmates Rawlings and Kelley (also both of the BSC and the undr quartet) and recent collaborator Jim Hobbs (who in addition to being known for his work in the Fully Celebrated Orchestra, also has some history with Siege, Nightstick and the Death's Head Quartet, which featured Robert Williams from Siege and Nightstick and Seth Putnam from A.C.)