BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1992552:Event:404600 DTSTAMP:20260412T102500Z SUMMARY:Avram Fefer & Michael Bisio DESCRIPTION:Sat Apr 22 8 pm $15 at the door all ages welcome Palanzo's (2nd Floor) 4614 Liberty Ave. Bloomfield\nThe Consortium presents the incredible progressive jazz improvisational duo of AVRAM FEFER (saxop hone) http://www.avramfefer.com/\nand MICHAEL BISIO (bass) http://mich aelbisio.com/\nwith special guests Caleb Gamble & Joel Kennedy (of Ho ming & Lungs Face Feet)\n--------------------------------------------- ------------\nAvram Fefer is an American saxophonist, composer, teache r, and bandleader. He has recorded eleven albums as a leader and many more as a sideman. He has performed in clubs and festivals throughout Europe, Japan, Africa, and the Middle East and plays regularly in New York City.\nAvram enjoys collaborations of all sorts, including with p oets, dancers, painters, filmmakers, theater directors, and digital so und designers. He is the creator and sole performer of the Resonant Sc ulpture Project, an international series of solo musical interactions with the large-scale works of iconic sculptor Richard Serra.\nHe is ac tively involved in ensembles comprised of anywhere from two to thirty musicians, playing music that ranges from classic jazz to original and avant-garde composition, free improvisation, conducted orchestral mus ic, and a variety of North and West African music.\nAvram also maintai ns a presence in the world of jazz fusion, dance, afro-beat, funk, and hip-hop, including collaborations with DJ's and members of the house music scene. As a bandleader, he is at the helm of two electric groups --- Big Picture Holiday, Rivers on Mars; and several acoustic groups ---the Avram Fefer Trio, the Fefer-Keiper Connection, and the Nuju 4te t. He is also a long-term member of Greg Tate's Burnt Sugar Arkestra, and Adam Rudolph's Go:Organic Orchestra.\n---------------------------- -------------------------\nMichael Bisio, bassist/composer, has eighty five recordings in his discography. Twenty four of these are split ev enly between leader/co-leader, and ten of them document his extraordin ary association with modern piano icon Matthew Shipp.\nMichael has bee n called a poet, a wonder and one of the most virtuosic and imaginativ e performers on the double bass. Nate Chinen in the New York Times wri tes :\"The physicality of Mr. Bisio's bass playing puts him in touch w ith numerous predecessors in the avant-garde, but his expressive touch is distinctive;...\"\nAs a composer Michael has been awarded nine gra nts and an Artist Trust Fellowship. Collaborators include Matthew Ship p, Joe McPhee, Charles Gayle, Connie Crothers, Whit Dickey, Ivo Perelm an, Barbara Donald, Newman Taylor Baker, Rob Brown, Sonny Simmons and Sabir Mateen.\n\"Like Shipp, bassist Bisio projected a larger-than-lif e sound that nonetheless conveyed a dark tonal beauty. His bowed solos , particularly one that quoted \"My One and Only Love,\" suggested a b urnished lyricism one sooner associates with the cello.\" Howard Reich , Chicago Tribune\n\"His distinctive approach features an enormous sou nd, warm and woody; impeccable classical bowing technique; a soulful, moody feel for the blues and swing; and a bevy of extended techniques. \" Paul DeBarros, Seattle Times\n\nFor more information visit https:// jazzburgher.ning.com/events/avram-fefer-michael-bisio DTSTART:20170422T190000Z DTEND:20170422T210000Z CATEGORIES:concert LOCATION:Palanzo's WEBSITE:https://www.facebook.com/events/1360630733994317/ URL:https://www.facebook.com/events/1360630733994317/ CONTACT:412-682-0591 ORGANIZER;CN="Manny Theiner":https://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/Mann yTheiner ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/1045050768?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Manny Th einer":https://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/MannyTheiner END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR