May 7-22
Jazz/New Music
jazz / new music
 

 

 


Ed McClary presents
Ed McClary, musician and music producer, presents two evenings of contemporary jazz and new music.

 

Thursday - May 13, 2004
8pm
Terry Disley - Del Sol String Quartet


Terry DisleyTerry Disley
Prolific musician and accomplished jazz pianist Terry Disley has worked with a wide range of artists, from Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger, to Brian Wilson and Bon Jovi. His exhilarating jazz quintet opens the show.


Del Sol String Quartet

The spirited, intense sounds of Del Sol String Quartet explore order and chaos, weaving textures of sound into a musical tapestry of modern life. Tonight’s performance features pieces by Earle Brown, George Antheil, Astor Piazzolla, Lou Harrison, and Gabriella Ortiz
. The quartet features Charlton Lee, violist; Kate Stenberg, violinist; Monica Scott, cellist; and Rick Shinozaki, violinist.

 


Del Sol String Quartet

Saturday - May 15, 2004
8pm
Mike Wollenberg & Julian Smedley - Magnetic Poets


Mike Wollenberg & Julian SmedleyMike Wollenberg & Julian Smedley
Jazz guitarist Mike Wollenberg’s music brings a deceptive simplicity to a simultaneous mix of bass, inner chord voices, and melody. Julian Smedley’s melodic lines and background composition suggest a complexity well beyond his violin.

 

 

Magnetic Poets

Magnetic Poets
Using the tools of movie production, Magnetic Poets create compelling live audiovisual events—in real time, before your eyes. They premiere Compassion by Paul Horn, and From the Lake, aerial observations on polluting the earth, by David Maisel. Magnetic Poets are Christopher Hedge, Julian Smedley, Ed McClary, and Scott Dewar.

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