so, the latest breaking news is that I, Weasel Walter, am leaving sunny
Oakland, California for the New York City hustle on December 1st. I'll be
loading up a one-way rental with a bunch of gear and socks and taking up
a sublet in Brooklyn. Lots of new things are in the works and I feel good
about the change.

I will be joining the tech metal band Behold . . . The Arctopus! on drums
and we'll be writing new, more extreme material from scratch. I'll also
be working with the power trio with Peter Evans and Mary Halvorson, as
well as investigating the extremes of expression with my group co-led by
master drummer Marc Edwards. Who knows . . . maybe the luttenbachers will
once again rear it's mechanical head. let's find out!

To celebrate, i have a new release and a ridiculous sale . . .

first up:

ug 40 Weasel Walter - "Large Group Performances 2007-2009" deluxe
mini-gatefold cd-r, ltd to 100 copies
12.00 postage paid in the US/13.00 Canada/15.00 europe/17.00 japan

Almost 80 minutes in length, these three epic large group pieces
encompass composition and improvisation with the modernistic ugEXPLODE
take you have come to know and love. This is not your grandparents' big
band music!!!!
Featuring the creme of the Bay Area avant garde including Henry Kaiser,
William Winant, Aram Shelton, Jon Raskin, John Gruntfest, Devin Hoff,
Aram Shelton, David Slusser, Darren Johnston, Kristian Hoffman, John
Ingle, Aaron Bennett, Ava Mendoza, Randy Hunt, Damon Smith, Andrew
Strain, Liz Allbee and Tim Perkis. A mix of abstract composition and
mind-melting improvisation, this release takes things up a notch into
unknown territory. Massive, furious and monolithic new music at its best.


SALE:

if you purchase the new ug 40 cd-r today at full price, you can add ONE
of the below CD titles to your order for only FIVE DOLLARS! i don't care
where you are ordering from - add five more bucks and it's yours! this
offer expires on NOVEMBER 29th, so act now and save big. This is our most
ridiculous sale yet and it's too stupid to last. act now.

The Flying Luttenbachers - Destroy All Music Revisited
The Flying Luttenbachers - "... the truth is a fucking lie..."
The Flying Luttenbachers - Trauma
The Flying Luttenbachers - The Void
Weasel Walter - Revolt Music
To Live and Shave in L.A. 2 - The 300 Dollar Silk Shirt
Weasel Walter Quartet and Double Trio - Firestorm
The Flying Luttenbachers - Incarceration By Abstraction
Nondor Nevai - Wooden Machine Music
Mary Halvorson and Weasel Walter - Opulence
Toy Killers - The Unlistenable Years
Henry Kaiser/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter - Plane Crash
Weasel Walter - Early Recordings 1988-1991
Lindsay/Mendoza/Smith/Walter - Jus
XBXRX - Sixth in Sixes
XBXRX - Wars
Miss High Heel - The Family's Hot Daughter
Hatewave
Total Shutdown

paypal = weaselw@...

http://www.ugEXPLODE.com
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Umbrella Music Presents:

The IMMEDIATE SOUND series @ The Hideout
Every Wednesday Night.

Please come out this Wednesday, November 25th for two sets with a fantastic
quartet that features two of jazz's finest emerging voices on saxophone, backed
by one of Chicago's hardest hitting rhythm sections:

Rempis/Ward/McBride/Reed
Dave Rempis - saxophones
Greg Ward - alto saxophone
Nate McBride - bass
Mike Reed - drums
 
*DJ Sets: Tomeka Reid spins Songs of Thanks

 
$6 cover charge 
DJ starts at 9pm, live music begins promptly at 10pm.
 



The Hideout
1354 W. Wabansia Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
773.227.4433
www.hideoutchicago.com
 
 

The Immediate Sound Series is pleased to welcome back DAVE REMPIS
(saxophones) and his quartet, which features three of Chicago’s most
distinct voices: GREG WARD (alto sax), NATE McBRIDE (bass) and MIKE REED
(drums).  Of particular interest is the front-line pairing of REMPIS and WARD
in a small group setting.  It is fair to say that these two are at the
forefront of the next generation of saxophonists working in jazz, with special
attention to their work on alto sax.  The group will be performing compositions
penned by Rempis, as well as some covers of classic tunes by the likes of
CHARLES DAVIS, JOHNNY DYANI, and JULIUS HEMPHILL.  REMPIS’ fiery playing can
be heard in many critically acclaimed ensembles, including THE ENGINES, REMPIS
PERCUSSION QUARET and the VANDERMARK 5.  This Quartet's infrequent
performances have become even more rare due to Ward's recent relocation to New
York, so do not miss their return to The Hideout stage!
 

 


***OTHER UPCOMING IMMEDIATE SOUND SERIES SHOWS***   


 


*Wednesday, December 2 -
***Special Double Record Release Concert***
Set I - Jason Stein - solo bass clarinet
Release for "In Exchange For A Process" on Leo Records
 
Set II - Locksmith Isidore
Release for "Three Less Than Between" on Clean Feed
           Jason Stein - bass clarinet
           Jason Roebke - bass
           Mike Pride - drums
 
*DJ Sets: Cocanig vs. Jablonski spin The Second Annual Classic Rock-Off
 
 
*Wednesday, December 9 -
"A Night of First-Time Duos"
Set I - Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
          Nate Lepine - tenor saxophone
 
Set II - Jason Adasiewicz - vibraphone
          Michael Zerang - percussion
 
Set III - Mars Williams - woodwinds
           Mike Reed - drums
 
*DJ Sets: Kent Kessler spins Brazil
 
 
*Wednesday, December 16 -
Fred Anderson Trio
 
*DJ Sets: Dave Rempis spins Easy Living
 
 
*Wednesday, December 23 -
Drake/Bishop/Parker/Abrams
Hamid Drake - drums
Jeb Bishop - trombone
Jeff Parker - guitar
Joshua Abrams - bass
 
*DJ Sets by John Herndon
 
 
*Wednesday, December 30 -
Josh Berman's Old Idea
Josh Berman - cornet
Keefe Jackson - tenor sax
Jason Adasiewicz - vibraphone
Anton Hatwich - bass
Marc Riordan - drums
 
*DJ Sets: Peter Margasak Gets Random
 
 
*Wednesday, January 6 -
DKV Trio
Ken Vandermark - reeds
Kent Kessler - bass
Hamid Drake - drums
 
 
*Wednesday, January 27 -
Rempis Percussion Quartet
Dave Rempis - saxophones
Ingebrigt HÃ¥ker Flaten - bass
Tim Daisy - drums
Frank Rosaly - drums
 
 
Hope to see you there!
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UMBRELLA MUSIC is a group of Chicago-based
musicians and presenters working together
to provide concert opportunities for creative
and improvising musicians. Their goal is to
pool resources in order to reach a larger
audience for the music, and to provide better
performance situations for artists. Umbrella
members curate weekly concert series' at Elastic,
the Hideout, and the Hungry Brain, and work together
to produce an annual festival in the fall that features local,
domestic, and international musicians. They include Josh Berman,
Mitch Cocanig, Mike Reed, Dave Rempis, Ken Vandermark,
special adviser Mike Orlove, and web developer
Tushar Samant. Their website, complete with venue and
concert information, is www.umbrellamusic.org




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Interested in working on your free improvising? Meeting some new musicians? Come
to Cafe Mestizo's improvised music jam every Sunday from 5 to 7. We're talking
about complete free improvisation - no charts, no tunes, no keys... nothing!
Open to all instruments, electronicists, noise people - anything that makes
sound. Hosted by most of Undertow: Josh Beatty (reeds) and Henry Mayer (drums,
electronics).

Cafe Mestizo has moved to a new location! It is now located at 1738 W. 18th,
Chicago, 1/2 block west of the 18th Street on the Pink Line - about a block west
of its old location. Cafe Mestizo has a piano and PA for anyone that needs one.
Come on out!

For more information, call Cafe Mestizo at 773-425-5724, or see
http://www.cafemestizo.com or http://www.myspace.com/undertowtheband

NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO JAM SESSION NEXT WEEK (NOVEMBER 29).  The jam session
will be on the week after.

ROCKPILE at the Hideout



Thursday, November 21 (8 p.m.)



Michael Rothenberg -- poetry



David Meltzer -- poetry



Ed Roberson -- poetry



Art Lange -- poetry



Calligraphy

    Renee Baker -- violin

    Satya Gummuluri -- vocals

    Dan Godston -- trumpet

    Jimmy Bennington -- drums



Bob Malone -- piano



Francesco Levato -- poetry



Spider Trio

    Bryan Pardo -- tenor saxophone

    Tim Keenan -- drums

    Dan McNaughton -- bass



ROCKPILE is a collaboration between David Meltzer, poet, musician, essayist
and more, and Michael Rothenberg of Big Bridge Press. ROCKPILE is a road
trip project through 8 cities in the U.S. to perform poetry/prose, composed
while on the road, with local musicians and artists in each city. It will
serve to educate and to preserve, as well as create, a history of
collaboration and help to reinforce the tradition of the troubadour of all
generations, central to the cultural upheaval and identity politics that
reawakened poets, artists, musicians, and songwriters in the mid 1960s
through the 1970s.The project will end with a final multimedia performance
in San Francisco.



The Hideout

1354 W. Wabansia Ave.

Chicago, IL 60642



$8 admission



http://www.bigbridg.org/rockpile/

http://www.hideoutchicago.com

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72289992264



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"KLANG released their second album, Tea Music, this summer, and this
week they've undertaken a small tour to support it. The album is on my
short list of top Chicago jazz discs for 2009. Like Goodman and Hampton
before them, Falzone and Adasiewicz exploit the shared sonorities of
their instruments, but to wildly different ends, with a gauntlet of
post-modern strategies and tonal extremes. It's a captivating disc from
start to finish."

http://bit.ly/2xF5vd


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Umbrella Music Presents:

The IMMEDIATE SOUND series @ The Hideout
Every Wednesday Night.

Please come out this Wednesday, November 18th for an ultra-rare solo set and the
debut of a new quintet, both featuring one of the most distinct reedists to
emerge from Chicago in the last thirty years:

Set I - Mars Williams - solo woodwinds
 
Set II - Williams/Kessler/Sandstrom/Hunt/Zerang
           Mars Williams - woodwinds
           Kent Kessler - bass
           Brian Sandstrom - bass & guitar
           Steve Hunt - percussion
           Michael Zerang - percussion
 
*DJ Sets: Kevin Drumm spins The Music of Akos Rozmann

 
$6 cover charge 
DJ starts at 9pm, live music begins promptly at 10pm.
 



The Hideout
1354 W. Wabansia Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
773.227.4433
www.hideoutchicago.com
 
 

The Immediate Sound Series is honored to present an evening that will feature
Chicago-based reed master Mars Williams in two very different contexts.  The
first set will feature an ultra-rare solo set by Williams that is sure to be a
revelation to audience members familiar with him from his many projects, or
first-time listeners alike.  A student of both Anthony Braxton and Roscoe
Mitchell, as well as the long-time foil and protege of the legendary Hal
Russell, Mars has truly carved out his own language and sound on all of the
instruments in his arsenal.  To hear him in this most intimate of settings is an
event three years in the making, and destined to be a highlight of the fall
concert series.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, the second set will find Williams
surrounded by some familiar company in a first time grouping.  Comprised of the
dual basses of Kent Kessler and Brian Sandstrom, and the unique percussion
attack of Steve Hunt and Michael Zerang; this quintet is sure to explore areas
both familiar and new to their shared group history in countless ensembles over
the years.  In short, a five piece band that features two of the finest bass &
drum rhythm sections simultaneously, led by one of Chicago's most ferocious reed
players of the last thirty years.  Not to be missed!
 

 


***OTHER UPCOMING IMMEDIATE SOUND SERIES SHOWS***   


 


*Wednesday, November 25 -
Rempis/Ward/McBride/Reed
Dave Rempis - saxophones
Greg Ward - alto saxophone
Nate McBride - bass
Mike Reed - drums
 
*DJ Sets: Tomeka Reid spins Songs of Thanks
 
 
*Wednesday, December 2 -
***Special Double Record Release Concert***
Set I - Jason Stein - solo bass clarinet
Release for "In Exchange For A Process" on Leo Records
 
Set II - Locksmith Isidore
Release for "Three Less Than Between" on Clean Feed
           Jason Stein - bass clarinet
           Jason Roebke - bass
           Mike Pride - drums
 
*DJ Sets: Cocanig vs. Jablonski spin The Second Annual Classic Rock-Off
 
 
*Wednesday, December 9 -
"A Night of First-Time Duos"
Set I - Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
          Nate Lepine - tenor saxophone
 
Set II - Jason Adasiewicz - vibraphone
          Michael Zerang - percussion
 
Set III - Mars Williams - woodwinds
           Mike Reed - drums
 
 
*Wednesday, December 16 -
Fred Anderson Trio
 
*DJ Sets: Dave Rempis spins Easy Living
 
 
*Wednesday, December 23 -
Drake/Bishop/Parker/Abrams
Hamid Drake - drums
Jeb Bishop - trombone
Jeff Parker - guitar
Joshua Abrams - bass
 
 
*Wednesday, December 30 -
Josh Berman's Old Idea
Josh Berman - cornet
Keefe Jackson - tenor sax
Jason Adasiewicz - vibraphone
Anton Hatwich - bass
Marc Riordan - drums
 
 
*Wednesday, January 6 -
DKV Trio
Ken Vandermark - reeds
Kent Kessler - bass
Hamid Drake - drums
 
 
Hope to see you there!
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----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
UMBRELLA MUSIC is a group of Chicago-based
musicians and presenters working together
to provide concert opportunities for creative
and improvising musicians. Their goal is to
pool resources in order to reach a larger
audience for the music, and to provide better
performance situations for artists. Umbrella
members curate weekly concert series' at Elastic,
the Hideout, and the Hungry Brain, and work together
to produce an annual festival in the fall that features local,
domestic, and international musicians. They include Josh Berman,
Mitch Cocanig, Mike Reed, Dave Rempis, Ken Vandermark,
special adviser Mike Orlove, and web developer
Tushar Samant. Their website, complete with venue and
concert information, is www.umbrellamusic.org




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part of the delusion may involve whether or not i will be participating,
but, on the presumption of a 'yes' to that, here are expected participants;
 
mars williams - woodwinds
brian sandstrom - bass & guitar
steve hunt - percussion
jim baker - keyboards
 
probably starting 8:40 pm or thereabouts; probably not playing very late.
no later set tonight.  no cover.  hotti biscotti is located at 3545 w fullerton




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TONIGHT - Saturday November 14th - 10pm


PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series

   with


THE GREEN PASTURE HAPPINESS

      Daniel Fandino - electronics
      Brian Labycz - electronics
      Aaron Zarzutzki - electronics

           http://www.koura.us/thegreenpasturehappiness.html


   and


DANIELL/SUMMERFIELD/ROSALY

      David Daniell - guitar
           http://www.daviddaniell.com
      Toby Summerfield - guitar
           http://www.myspace.com/tobinsamuelsummerfield
      Frank Rosaly - drums
           http://www.frankrosaly.com


at HEAVEN GALLERY
      1550 N Milwaukee, 2nd fl
      Blue line to Damen
           http://www.heavengallery.com




--
david daniell + dwd@...
http://www.daviddaniell.com + http://www.antiopic.com

Interested in working on your free improvising? Meeting some new musicians? Come
to Cafe Mestizo's improvised music jam every Sunday from 5 to 7. We're talking
about complete free improvisation - no charts, no tunes, no keys... nothing!
Open to all instruments, electronicists, noise people - anything that makes
sound. Hosted by Henry Mayer (electronics, and maybe drums), and maybe Josh
Beatty (reeds).

Cafe Mestizo has moved to a new location! It is now located at 1738 W. 18th,
Chicago, 1/2 block west of the 18th Street on the Pink Line - about a block west
of its old location. Cafe Mestizo has a piano and PA for anyone that needs one.
Come on out!

For more information, call Cafe Mestizo at 773-425-5724, or see
http://www.cafemestizo.com or http://www.myspace.com/undertowtheband

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/uforika
http://www.somethingnew.info/will-soderberg/