Active Music Series at the Uptown
Stratic + Jon Raskin’s ”The Long Table” + Zachary Watkins
Stratic creates avant-jazz / post-rock / experimental / improvised music that rejects traditional structure and combines acoustics & electronics into three distinct layers of sound with MSP-extended saxophone, polytonal keyboard melodies and textures, grounded and propelled by drums and percussion. With Michael Coleman, keyboards & electronics; Aram Shelton, saxophone & processing via MSP; Alex Vittum, drums & buchla synthesizer. http://www.straticmusic.com
Zachary James Watkins has received commissions from Cornish College of The Arts, The Microscores Project, The Beam Foundation, Somnubutone Radio Series, the sfSoundGroup and the Seattle Chamber Players. Zachary has participated in numerous festivals including the Second Biennial SJ01, the 2009 Klankunstfest in Berlin, Germany, the 14th Annual 23Five Activating the Medium Festival and the 12th Annual SFEMF. He is a co-organizer of the Annual Music For People and Thingamajigs Festival and currently lectures in the Music Department at the University of California Santa Cruz. http://www.zacharyjameswatkins.com
Performing the premier of “The Long Table ” composed by Jon Raskin with several musical main courses, some palate cleansers, conversation and possibly an Amuse-Bouche. With Phillip Greenlief, alto sax; Jon Raskin, baritone sax; Dan Seamans, bass; John Shiurba e. guitar;Tom Hasset, drums. http://www.jonraskin.com/
Music at 9
No cover, donations accepted.
