SATURDAY, JANUARY 27th 2018
9PM
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ALEX ZHANG HUNGTAI
(THE) HANDBAG FACTORY
9PM
CHRIS CORSANO
LAY/HAUGALEX ZHANG HUNGTAI
(THE) HANDBAG FACTORY
CHRIS CORSANO
As a solo performer, Chris Corsano certainly drops jaws with his physical abilities and aesthetic agilities behind the drum kit. But along with the rolls and flurry of percussion are other angles of invention and expression; perhaps a circular breathe through a melodica or reed, and most definitely metallic klang and ring. And dig this, he can go even further inward, using the kit itself as a matrix for expanding the palette, bridging strings atop and pressing winds against skins, bowing and blowing waaay beyond a drum solo into a sort of "ensemble of one." This sensibility is no surprise, as his path over two decades has been couched in duo exchange and group action. Corsano is a singular and dynamic figure in improvised music, continually gigging internationally with a epic list of comrades, moving fluidly from fiery collaborations that continue to unfurl the Free Jazz flag – such as his core duos with Paul Flaherty and Joe McPhee – to latter-day post-genre articulations and obliterations – as with a his projects with Okkyung Lee, Bill Nace, and Bill Orcutt. This is his first full solo performance in Los Angeles since April 2010 at Echo Curio.
LAY/HAUG
Totally in-the-zone, Lay/Haug is the ongoing duo project of violinist Pauline Lay and drummer Kern Haug. Since joining forces a couple of years back, they've performed in town regularly, their vibe taking flight with Lay's drenchly textured string play and deftly dialed electronics. Haug sustains the tension with sparse, proximate rhythms that reminisce the Arkestra's looser excursions. Together they invent a novel terrain, steering sound to a single point of focus, or embracing dissolution with chaotic crumble.
ALEX ZHANG HUNGTAI
Since Last Lizard, Alex Zhang Hungtai has continued to explore freer forms and pursue the out-there – all around the world, literally, actually. In the past year, he's focused on saxophone and – increasingly – drums, playing both in a trio with the Portuguese players David Maranha and Gabriel Ferrandini during a sojourn in Lisbon and at gigs across Europe. An itinerant soul, he continues his quest here as an Angeleno and will perform a solo improvised set at this show.
Flyer and descriptions by Tim Leanse
show pulled prior to UPEND
As a solo performer, Chris Corsano certainly drops jaws with his physical abilities and aesthetic agilities behind the drum kit. But along with the rolls and flurry of percussion are other angles of invention and expression; perhaps a circular breathe through a melodica or reed, and most definitely metallic klang and ring. And dig this, he can go even further inward, using the kit itself as a matrix for expanding the palette, bridging strings atop and pressing winds against skins, bowing and blowing waaay beyond a drum solo into a sort of "ensemble of one." This sensibility is no surprise, as his path over two decades has been couched in duo exchange and group action. Corsano is a singular and dynamic figure in improvised music, continually gigging internationally with a epic list of comrades, moving fluidly from fiery collaborations that continue to unfurl the Free Jazz flag – such as his core duos with Paul Flaherty and Joe McPhee – to latter-day post-genre articulations and obliterations – as with a his projects with Okkyung Lee, Bill Nace, and Bill Orcutt. This is his first full solo performance in Los Angeles since April 2010 at Echo Curio.
LAY/HAUG
Totally in-the-zone, Lay/Haug is the ongoing duo project of violinist Pauline Lay and drummer Kern Haug. Since joining forces a couple of years back, they've performed in town regularly, their vibe taking flight with Lay's drenchly textured string play and deftly dialed electronics. Haug sustains the tension with sparse, proximate rhythms that reminisce the Arkestra's looser excursions. Together they invent a novel terrain, steering sound to a single point of focus, or embracing dissolution with chaotic crumble.
ALEX ZHANG HUNGTAI
Since Last Lizard, Alex Zhang Hungtai has continued to explore freer forms and pursue the out-there – all around the world, literally, actually. In the past year, he's focused on saxophone and – increasingly – drums, playing both in a trio with the Portuguese players David Maranha and Gabriel Ferrandini during a sojourn in Lisbon and at gigs across Europe. An itinerant soul, he continues his quest here as an Angeleno and will perform a solo improvised set at this show.
Flyer and descriptions by Tim Leanse
show pulled prior to UPEND