(2006-10-02) Microscopic Septet Nyc Gig New Albums

The Microscopic Septet has a couple new albums (re-issues?) coming out. And they'll be playing at Joes Pub (Live Performance) on Dec2.

• here they are on YouTube.

And their Baritone Sax player Dave Sewelson is playing in the East Village Oct29.

• Update: Free Jazz. Not my favorite genre, but not bad. Total audience = 4; I was the only 1 who wasn't a friend of the band.

Band-Geek find Of The Day: A couple of them also play in Fast N Bulbous, a group that takes Captain Beefheart tunes and turns them into something more like free-jazz. They're playing in Europe this November. The idea is to use the compositions of Don Van Vliet as a vehicle for improvisation and arranging. The band consists of a steady crew of seasoned improvisers from both the worlds of avant-garde jazz and rock, who will render the music in both a tribute and a creative adventure in improvising. We use the horn section to take the place of the vocals, as well as transmute this guitar-based music into ensemble interplay, between horns and guitar and rhythm section.