04/18 @ 8:00pm - Tim Hodgkinson, Chris Cochrane and Jim Pugliese trio + Ne(x)tworks with Tim Hodgekinson

An evening of guitar, saxophone, drums everywhere, mbira, lap steel, clarinet, trumpet, voice and electronics. Three people, endless variation. Clutter, partial tunes, recognizable and unrecognizable stuff. This is semi reunion and premiere all at once. Tim and Chris have not played together since 1985 and they will be joined by Jim who has been collaborating with Chris for many years, but who has not played with Tim before.

Tim Hodgkinson: I started on alto saxophone with a free-jazz and happenings group at school. Then from 68 to 78 I was a full-time member of Henry Cow on alto, clarinet, electric organ. This band played both fully scored compositions and free collective improvisations in concert. First solo improv gig was ’79 at London Musicians’ Collective, playing a set-up with varied sound sources and processors such as ring modulators, tape delay etc. Released Splutter, album of solo improvisations in 85, and first tour of USA in duo with Fred Frith in same year; also played with Zorn, Sharp, Staley and toured with a trio with Chris Cochrane and Pippin Barnett. Gave up improvising on keyboards in early 90′s, when I began to focus exclusively on reeds and lap steel guitar. Around the same time began a series of study trips to Siberia, playing with Siberian musicians,working with percussionist Ken Hyder. Toured and recorded with Ossatura electro-acoustic improvising group in late 90′s.

Current ongoing projects include: K-Space with Hyder and Tuvan musician Gendos Chamzyryn. Konk Pack with Roger Turner and Thomas Lehn, many tours and festivals, fourth CD soon on Grob. ZINC trio with Roger and Hannah Marshall. Le Pecore di Dante, duo with Elio Martusciello. DACH quartet with Anna Maria Avram, Iancu Dumitrescu, Chris Cutler. Black Paintings with vocalist Nick Hobbs. RAZ-3 with Lu Edmunds (currently with PIL) and Ken Hyder. I’m also a member of the Hyperion Ensemble in which I play bass clarinet. And of course all kinds of occasional duos and larger groups, clarinet solo gigs, improvising workshops, site-specific performances etc. In addition there is my work as a composer, and also as a part-time anthropologist, all of which feeds into my improvisation.Latest recordings:Teshuvah- Milo Fine + Tim Hodgkinson (2009, Rossbin) RS028 – Italy Klarnt – Tim Hodgkinson clarinet solos – (2009, ZR Records) ZRTH3, ReR – UK Hums – AMP2 (Domenico Sciajno et al) + Tim Hodgkinson – (2009, Bowindo) bw13 – Italy

Chris Cochrane has performed regularly in bands and improvised with hundreds of players. In addition to his rare solo recordings and work with a number of bands, including the legendary, groundbreaking unit No Safety, which he co-founded with harpist Zeena Parkins and Curlew he has played live and/or recorded with an array of musicians (John Zorn, Fred Frith, Mike Patton, Marc Ribot, Eszter Balint, Kato Hideki, Ikue Mori, Roy Campbell, JD Foster…) visual artists, and choreographers. He is currently working with writer, Dennis Cooper and Choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones to re-work a theater/dance piece entitled “Them” from the mid 80’s

Jim Pugliese is a recognized unrepentant shaker of the conventional. His artistic approach hovers between rhythmic cataclysm and spiritual inoculation. His latest, exceedingly riotous CD PHASE III Live @ Issue Project Room won Best New Release of 2008 in All About Jazz New York.

Ne(x)tworks +

Tim Hodgekinson

9:15 (second set)

Jon Gibson: Multiples

Tim Hodgekinson: Jo-Ha-Qui

Miguel Frasconi: Ne(x)traits