jazz
8 – 10 pm
$10 donation
Eric Zinman – piano
Sabir Mateen – altosax (nyc)
Glynis Lomon – cello
Laurence Cook - drums
Pianist Eric Zinman, along with Laurence Cook on drums and Glynis Lomon on
cello, heighten their layers of musical contrast by engaging saxophonist
Sabir Mateen in an evening of bracing harmonic exploration. Mateen, a jazz
luminary in New York City’s improvised music underground, has gained
notoriety as a player who is “like a lizard on a wall, finding new cavities
that glisten with gems, new harmonic zones to bask in.” (Hi-Fi News & Record
Review) Mateen’s work with TEST, a collective creative improvising quartet
dedicated to performing in the streets and subway stations of NYC, has
resulted in discovering exciting twists in musical language and methodology.
(A sample of TEST’s work can be heard at
http://www.aumfidelity.com/aum012.html.)
At the Zeitgeist Gallery, Sabir Mateen will match wits with Eric Zinman,
Laurence Cook and Glynis Lomon, who are not strangers to Boston’s improvised
music scene. Zinman founded and produced the Playground new music series
that was based at the Zeitgeist Gallery for many years. Laurence Cook has
been a major figure in the jazz avant-garde since the 1960’s, playing with
the likes of Paul Bley, Alan Silva, Joe Morris, Jemeel Moondoc and … Sabir
Mateen. Glynis Lomon has been praised as an extraordinary cellist and
exemplary musical leader who is “the perfect match for a searching,
adventurous audience.” (Cadence Magazine)
(Background) Sabir Mateen (alto/tenor sax, bass clarinet, flute) began
playing with Horace Tapscott’s Pan African People’s Arkestra almost three
decades ago. Although he played with Sun Ra, he did not join the Arkestra,
in favor of going his own way. He has played all over the US and around the
world and is a big participant in the improv music scene, performing and
recording with TEST, the One World Ensemble, Tenor Rising (all with fellow
Earth Person Daniel Carter), Sunny Murray’s bands, the Raphe Malik Quartet,
Alan Silva, Kali Fasteau, Butch Morris, Bill Dixon, William Hooker, and many
others. When in New York and not playing venues such as the Knitting Factory
and the Cooler, Mateen has performed with TEST on subway platforms and at
various underground happenings. He is frequently featured in jazz magazines
such as Coda and JAZZIZ and his work with Daniel Carter and TEST is the
subject of a chapter in Phil Freeman’s recent book “New York Is Now! The New
Wave of Free Jazz.” He has numerous CDs to his credit, and forthcoming
releases including a duet with Hamid Drake, a TEST album, a solo album on
Eremite and a quintet on Bleu Regard.
(http://64.227.12.188/EarthPeopleSite/players/sabir.jsp)
In 1995, Eric Zinman (piano) founded and produced the Playground new music
series at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1999, he
established Studio 234, which has enabled him to continue to work with many
fine musicians from all over the world, including Craig Schildhauer,
Laurence Cook, John Voigt, Raphe Malik, Sabir Mateen, Blaise Siwula, Glenn
Spearman, Tatsuya Nakatani, Luther Grey, Glynis Lomon, Mike Lopez, Greg
Kelley, Christoph Irmer and Libba Villavechia. He has also collaborated with
Raphe Malik and Chris Allen on several orchestra projects, some of which are
designed for large ensembles that feature Boston improvisers. He has
composed music for dance and theater using verbal directives as well as
graphical scores. Currently, Zinman performs regularly with bassist John
Voigt and drummer Laurence Cook. (http://www.ericzinman.com/index2.html)
Laurence Cook studied painting at the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston
and later learned to play piano, vibraphone, and drums. Since the 1960’s,
his unique rhythmic approach has been on display on twenty-two recordings,
including Revenge and Dual Unity with Paul Bley; Skillfullnes with Alan
Silva; Ritti with Joe Morris; “Fuzzagainst Junk” from Vision 1997 Festival
with Thurston Moore; Tri-p-let and Fire in the Valley with Jemeel Moondoc;
Divine Mad Love with Sabir Mateen; November 1981, Thoughts and Son of
Sisyphus with Bill Dixon. He has worked with Sam Rivers, Alan Silva, The
Brecker Brothers, Robin Kenyatta, Mark Whitecage and Barre Phillips among
many others.
Glynis Lomon began her improvisational career performing in the ensembles of
Bill Dixon and Arthur Brooks, which also included percussionist Syd Smart.
Lomon has received wide acclaim for her ability to make the cello “sing”
within the modern ensemble setting of winds, bass and percussion. She
produces an extraordinary variety of colors far beyond the vibrato pitches
of most string players and has become among the few essential cellists in
this genre. She has traveled throughout the United States, also performing
in the ensembles of Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons and Butch Morris.