Thing with Joe McPhee, FREE JAZZ November 17, 2005

.:. Epistrophy Arts presents .:.
.:. .:. The Thing with Joe McPhee .:. .:.

Thursday, November 17 8PM
Victory Grill (1104 E. 11th Street)
http://www.historicvictorygrill.com

$13 advance Tickets available now at
Waterloo Records, End of An Ear, and Victory Grill
$15 Door.

All Ages Welcome
www.epistrophyarts.org

Mats Gustafsson (Sweden) ? baritone and tenor sax
Joe McPhee (Poughkeepsie NY) ? tenor sax and trumpet
Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten (Norway) ? bass
Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway) ? drums

* ?Tapping into rock?s most primal forces with a fire and fury that?s
something to behold? MOJO

* ?The Thing Convert nouveau punk and vintage garage-rock into a roaring
scream up, but the sheer energy and love of the music keep gimmickry at bay?
UNCUT

* ?The sheer power they can generate from wood, metal, breath and muscle is
stunning? BBC

* "Absurdly cool." DJ Magazine

Free Jazz ecstasy meets the intensity of Garage Rock. The Thing blends the
spontaneity and imagination of classic free jazz with the emotional
immediacy of underground garage rock. With acoustic traditional jazz
instrumentation, the three young Scandinavians can match the power of the
fiercest rock band. The Thing's repertoire consists of 60's era new-jazz
(Don Cherry, Ayler, James Blood Ulmer, David Murray) and reinterpretations
of underground rock classics (PJ Harvey, White Stripes, Sonics). This is no
watered down jazz-rock. The Thing take the most uncompromising aspects of
both genres and turn up the heat.

The Thing are joined by living legend Joe McPhee. The American
multi-instrumentalist is a veteran of the 60's New York "Fire Music" that is
at the heart of The Thing. In his lyrical and soulful playing lies the true
cry of the blues. McPhee is one of the most in-demand artists in Jazz and an
authentic and vital messenger of its radical avant-garde.

Epistrophy Arts is proud to collaborate with Austin?s historic Victory Grill
for this exciting event. The Victory Grill is Austin's original home for
blues and jazz. Opened in 1945, this historic venue has hosted performances
by some of the most important figures in American music. In addition to
concerts by R&B and blues legends like Chuck Berry, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, B.B.
King, and others, the Victory featured appearances by new jazz luminaries
like Ornette Coleman, Bobby Bradford, Dewey Redman, Prince Lasha, Charles
Moffett, among others.
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About the artists.

Mats Gustafsson - Sonic Youth?s Thurston Moore once described Mats as ?the
most modern of players where the genre tags of jazz, noise, experimental,
avant-whatever are finally transcended to a new millennium?where
compositional concepts are at once in check with open improvisation and a
super-modernism what we always wanted: rock & roll?. Mats is currently
Sweden's and perhaps Europe's most well-known artist within free improvised
music. He has established himself as a saxophonist with a broad repertoire
of extended techniques on level with Evan Parker and John Butcher. Mats?
list of collaborators is impressive; Jim O?Rourke, Barry Guy, Paul Lovens,
Han Bennink, The Ex, Fugazi?s Guy Picciotto, Peter Brotzmann, David Grubbs,
Hamid Drake, Ken Vandermark and many more. In addition to the Thing, Mats
is a regular member of GUSH, The Peter Brotzmann Tentet, Aaly Trio,
Diskaholics Anonymous etc.

Bassist Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen Love are considered
to be Norway?s heaviest rhythm section. Both are graduates of Norway?s
prestigious Trondheim Musical Conservatory. They have played in numerous
settings and have performed and recorded with the likes of Pat Metheny, Evan
Parker, Wibutee, Peter Brotzmann, and many others. Both are members of
School Days with Ken Vandermark, the Scorch Trio and Atomic who won last
years Norwegian Grammy award for best jazz album.

JOE MCPHEE - The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD calls Joe McPhee "one of the
most consistently impressive and adventurous composer/instrumentalists in
the music industry." McPhee, as with many visionary American artists, enjoys
wide acclaim in Europe. A Jazz renegade whose visions were forged in the
fires of the 1960's free-jazz underground and honed by a lifetime of
experiences, Joe is featured on numerous recordings on a wide assortment of
prestigious labels such as Hat Art, Atavistic, CIMP, Deep Listening, OKKA,
Leo and many others.

* http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/mgustafs.html
* http://www.ingebrigtflaten.com/
* http://www.paalnilssen-love.com/news.php
* http://www.joemcphee.com/

About Epistrophy Arts:
http://www.epistrophyarts.org

Epistrophy Arts is a grass roots cultural organization dedicated to
presenting the finest in adventurous music in Austin Texas. Since 1998 we
have organized over 50 concerts with internationally renowned figures in
improvised and experimental music. The music we present is on the cutting
edge of world culture. Our aim is to widen the cultural horizons of the
'Live Music Capital of The World' by bringing the most daring and
uncompromising artists in the world to Austin.