{"id":16,"date":"2011-09-09T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2015-05-27T18:05:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T18:05:29","slug":"lasqo-simm-series-sf-11-dec-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/09\/lasqo-simm-series-sf-11-dec-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Dec — \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1-\u0930\u093e\u0917\u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e\u093e (Birth of a Meta-R\u0101ga):\u30fb\u30fb\u30fbLasqo + Romus \/ Marsh @SIMM\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb"},"content":{"rendered":"

A special solo show coming up @ SIMM Series<\/strong> this Sun 11 Dec<\/strong> !<\/p>\n

This series in the Musicians Union Hall, 116 9th St @ Mission, SF, reminds me of cozy parties among friends at my favorite yakitori joint, nestled under the Shimbashi Bridge in Tokyo in the night rain\u2026 from the outside a few hints of warm light and laughter, on the inside a serious wild time. The difference is that, unlike the yakitori joint, the SIMM Series<\/strong> is a spaceship that travels to other musical dimensions.<\/p>\n

An acoustic-centered sister of the Luggage Store Series, SIMM has brought the best cutting-edge acoustic jazz and avant-garde musicians in and out of the Bay Area to SF audiences and delivered one musical adventure after another. It’s my honor to return to this series.<\/p>\n

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My set (#2) for piano, percussion, and an undisclosed instrument, will include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– A composition + improv in one of the warmest and most serene r\u0101gas of North Indian music, \u0930\u093e\u0917<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0906\u0938\u093e\u0935\u0930\u0940<\/strong> (R\u0101ga \u0100s\u0101var\u012b), <\/strong>from my new album “Turquoise Sessions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>“<\/strong>, which will be available at the show.<\/p>\n

– A very unique interpretation of “So What<\/strong>” by trumpet master Miles Davis, deconstructed and reconstructed according to various linguistic theories.<\/p>\n

– By request, an extended version of \ud53c\uc544\ub178 <\/strong>\uc0b0\uc870 \u2014 <\/strong>\uc774\uc0dd\uac15\ub958 (Piano Sanjo, after Yi Saenggang)<\/strong>, with a new interlude refracting this traditional Korean improv form through the prisms of French piano music & jazz<\/p>\n

– The first public performance of a new meta-r\u0101ga, \u0930\u093e\u0917<\/strong> <\/strong>\u092e\u094d\u092f\u0949\u092c\u093f\u0909\u0938<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0915\u0941\u0902\u0921\u0932\u093f\u0924<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0935\u0915\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u092c\u094b\u0927\u093f\u091a\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0924<\/strong> (R\u0101ga\u00a0M\u00f6bius Helix Bodhicitta)<\/strong>. An al\u0101p to a larger piece, “Not Sudden. Not Gradual<\/strong>” in a meta-r\u0101ga whose serial scale steps trace a spiral in multiple dimensions of musical sound. Like an array of linear algebra variables, the\u00a0meta-r\u0101ga’s\u00a0scale steps may contain functions or procedures as well as values.<\/p>\n

– Naturally there will be some surprises…<\/p>\n

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Set 1 will be Bob Marsh and Rent Romus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bob Marsh, is a mad cellist\/bassist\/pianist\/guitarist\/found-instrumentist\/vocalist\/+++ (& tap-dancer), inventor of many sonic suits & personae (Butoh Bob, Dr. Bob, Mr. Mercury, etc.), and curator of Music in Motion series<\/p>\n

Rent Romus is a titan of wildly expressionist free jazz sax, leader of Lords of Outland, and a principal conspirator in the Luggage Store Series, SIMM, Outsound.org, and Edgetone Records.<\/p>\n

Little is certain about the encounter between these two except that Bob will play the piano and the fabric of space-time will be altered due to the high sonic energies released.<\/p>\n

Some quotes from Bob Marsh<\/strong> may\/may not shed light into the quantum box:<\/p>\n

“\u2026The only thing I really liked was the Hannon Finger Exercises. It was a finger dance on the keys\u2026 Steve Reich realized that the piano was an interesting series of tuned drums. So the notes boil down to: My approach to playing the piano is that it is a percussive finger\/hand\/arm dance\u2026.<\/p>\n

Basically, I am a “body player”\u2026. A little theory is in my head\u2026 I am a modal player, akin to the raga approach. [However] my mode currently employs all 88 notes of the piano, all notes in between and all other sounds that are possible.”<\/p>\n

More Bob: Bob Marsh – Artist Detail<\/a><\/p>\n

Rent Romus is mathematically impossible to describe, but here’s an attempt:<\/p>\n

“Romus’ sax rekindles that flame egregiously, thematic sketches becoming instant excuses for the instruments to coalesce into a gruelling mass of Pollockian sonic painting that plumps on the brain and self-adjusts until your synapses are completely disjointed.” Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes<\/p>\n

More Rent:<\/p>\n

Rent Romus<\/a><\/p>\n

Rent Romus – Artist Detail<\/a><\/p>\n

More on the show:<\/p>\n

SIMM Series – Venue Detail<\/a><\/p>\n

I don’t believe Bob Marsh will be in persona for this show, but don’t miss him another time when he is. For example, as in one of his Sonic Suits:<\/p>\n

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Bob Marsh & Brenda Hutchinson @ Outsound Music Festival 2011 (Photo: Peter B. Kaars, http:\/\/www.peterbkaars.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

(That’s Bob on the right, performing with Brenda Hutchinson. Photo: PeterBKaars.com, http:\/\/www.peterbkaars.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

$10.\u00a0Set 1 starts at 7:30pm on Sun 11 Dec<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Hope to see you at this premiere of R\u0101ga<\/strong> M\u00f6bius Helix Bodhicitta!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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