Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom and Creative Music Works present
Bottesini Project takes on ambitious New production
Local saxophonist Paul Riola brings together heavy hitters in Chicago’s underground and New York’s downtown in most adventurous outing yet.
The Bottesini Project is back with the most ambitious production yet, collaborating with a wide array of national and local musicians who have played with bands such as Sonic Youth, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Tortoise, Charlie Hunter, and Bill Frisell.
The Bottesini Project will perform on Friday, August 3rd, 8 p.m. at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver. Tickets are $18 for Creative Music Works members and $20 for general admission.
“This performance is historic in breadth and scope for the Bottesini Project,” said band leader and saxophonist Paul Riola. “We’re bringing together Chicago’s underground, New York’s downtown, and San Francisco’s progressive jazz with Denver’s burgeoning free improvisation scene.”
“The guiding principle behind Bottesini has always been to create a collective of Denver-area musicians dedicated to free improvisation,” continued Riola. “We’re helping to put Denver on the map as a thriving city for improvisation and innovation. This production creates a space where local musicians perform with internationally renowned musicians.”
The performance features Riola on saxophones and electronics, DJ Olive (Medeski, Martin, & Wood, Uri Caine, Sonic Youth) on turntables, Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Isotope 217) on guitar, Scott Amendola (Nels Cline Singers, TJ Kirk, Charlie Hunter) on drums, Ron Miles (Bill Frisell, Ron Miles Group) on cornet, Glenn Taylor (Ginger Baker, County Road X) on pedal steel, and Doug Anderson (County Road X, Art Lande) on bass.
Riola said that each Bottesini performance is a unique musical experience which draws upon a multitude of musical genres and landscapes. Various instrumentation and personnel changes are the norm, and Riola always works to include some of the most talented and proficient musicians in the Denver-area for all performances.
Riola always focuses strongly on a programmatic approach to free improvisation. The intent is to create musical landscapes with inherent form and structure; thus, lending the impression of composed, rehearsed music.
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Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom and Creative Music Works present
Bottesini Project takes on ambitious New production
Local saxophonist Paul Riola brings together heavy hitters in Chicago’s underground and New York’s downtown in most adventurous outing yet.
The Bottesini Project is back with the most ambitious production yet, collaborating with a wide array of national and local musicians who have played with bands such as Sonic Youth, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Tortoise, Charlie Hunter, and Bill Frisell.
The Bottesini Project will perform on Friday, August 3rd, 8 p.m. at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver. Tickets are $18 for Creative Music Works members and $20 for general admission.
“This performance is historic in breadth and scope for the Bottesini Project,” said band leader and saxophonist Paul Riola. “We’re bringing together Chicago’s underground, New York’s downtown, and San Francisco’s progressive jazz with Denver’s burgeoning free improvisation scene.”
“The guiding principle behind Bottesini has always been to create a collective of Denver-area musicians dedicated to free improvisation,” continued Riola. “We’re helping to put Denver on the map as a thriving city for improvisation and innovation. This production creates a space where local musicians perform with internationally renowned musicians.”
The performance features Riola on saxophones and electronics, DJ Olive (Medeski, Martin, & Wood, Uri Caine, Sonic Youth) on turntables, Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Isotope 217) on guitar, Scott Amendola (Nels Cline Singers, TJ Kirk, Charlie Hunter) on drums, Ron Miles (Bill Frisell, Ron Miles Group) on cornet, Glenn Taylor (Ginger Baker, County Road X) on pedal steel, and Doug Anderson (County Road X, Art Lande) on bass.
Riola said that each Bottesini performance is a unique musical experience which draws upon a multitude of musical genres and landscapes. Various instrumentation and personnel changes are the norm, and Riola always works to include some of the most talented and proficient musicians in the Denver-area for all performances.
Riola always focuses strongly on a programmatic approach to free improvisation. The intent is to create musical landscapes with inherent form and structure; thus, lending the impression of composed, rehearsed music.
For high resolution photos, visit:
http://www.creativemusicworks.org/PR/08.03.2007_Bottesini_Project/
For more information about Paul Riola’s Bottesini Project, visit:
http://www.myspace.com/paulriola