jazz/improv
9:30-11:30
$12 or b/o
rob chalfen & subconsciouscafe new chamber music presents
MIKE PERLMUTTER GROUP
Mike Perlmutter - reeds
Michael McLaughlin - accordion
Lee Todd Lacks - clarinet and spoken word
Geoff Bucknum - guitar and electronics
Mike Perlmutter performs on saxophones, clarinet, and tiny instruments. His music integrates unconventional woodwind techniques within formalized and improvised melodic and rhythmic structures. His performance repertoire and inspiration draws from disparate sources: modern improvisatory and unusual compositional forms, natural and synthetic ambient sounds (from bird calls and bicycle bells to the whisper of the wind) and Eastern European instrumental folk music (klezmer and Balkan mostly). Mike’s compositions and performances are equally concerned with mellifluence as well as sounds and moments that challenge musical expectations and preconceptions (“that sound/noise came from a saxophone?”).
Hailing from the Boston, MA area, Mike made his entrée into new and experimental music performing with NME, the new music ensemble of Tufts University in 1997. In 1998 Mike migrated to San Francisco, CA, where he performed with new music and improvising ensembles Ø24c, Radiolaria, and the Brown Bunny Ensemble. Currently he performs solo and leads Zoyres Eastern European Wild Ferment (a klezmer / Balkan / jazz / improv band of reeds, brass, and percussion).
On April 22nd Mike will perform solo works for alto saxophone and clarinet, and be accompanied by former Boston musical cohorts Michael McLaughlin (accordion), Lee Todd Lacks (clarinet and spoken word), and Geoff Bucknum (guitar and electronics). Mike and the group will present an evening of new compositions and improvisations, as well as a few old world klezmer and Balkan standards. After over a six year departure, Mike is grateful to share his music with the Boston community.
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PRODUCTION: ROB CHALFEN robchalfen@hotmail.com