New Ghosts

18/07/2024

If you follow this page, this show might be of interest. Noisy NYC jazz at the corner bar.

14/07/2024

Hey folks, New Ghosts has a few copies of a BEAUTIFUL print of one of Cleveland artist RA Washington's (founder of Mourning [a] BLKstar) recent paintings of Albert Ayler. These are excellent, high-quality prints. The prints are for sale, and will be available at the next few New Ghosts shows. We are stunned by these beauties and want to help get them out into the world. Hit us up by email, text, FB or Instagram message for details/price. I can ship.

11/07/2024

Cleveland heads might consider making the trip to Toledo for this.

Next up

14/05/2024

I hope that all of us know about the stunning run of shows CUSP has lined up this weekend.

26/04/2024

Disc six with Akira Sakata. HOLY COW. Oh, planning on a killer fall and winter season of shows for Cleveland. Some essential dates are lining up. Fall season starts in July, by the way.

24/04/2024

Great band from New York in town tonight!

And RA Washington and Jah Nada's project (with a record on Astral Spirits)!

THE GHOST is a free jazz trio working with pre-composed structures, melodies, samples, and improvisation as a means of bringing a q***r perspective to the sax-bass-drums tradition. The Ghost released its new record “Vanished Pleasures” on Relative Pitch in 2023.

Michael Foster is a NYC-based saxophonist and curator whose work focuses on the radical q***r potential in improvisation. His current projects include The New York Review of Co*******ng (duo with Richard Kamerman), duos with Ben Bennett, Leila Bordreuil, Ted Byrnes, and Lydia Lunch. Additionally, he often works with Brandon Lopez, Nate Wooley, Weasel Walter, Sarah Hennies, Marina Rosenfeld, Sean Meehan, William Parker, and many others.

John Moran is a Philadelphia-based bassist and multi-instrumentalist whose projects include Bark Culture, The Ghost, Ceiba, and many others. He often works with Ben Hall, Webb Crawford, James McKain, and many others.

Joey Sullivan is a drummer and organizer based in Philadelphia focusing on free improvisation. He plays drums in groups like Bark Culture, The Ghost, Florry, Violet Salon III, and often works with improvisers such as Victor Vieira-Branco, Brandon Lopez, TJ Borden, James McKain, Sandy Ewen, Michael Foster, and countless others.

//

RA Washington & Jah Nada

Performing works from their debut release, “In Search For Our Father's Gardens,” out now on Astral Spirits. This project runs the gamut of sounds from the reverent, to soulful emissions, the meditative drones and rhythms, and more.

RA Washington is a polymath living on Cleveland's West Side. Washington's work spans two decades and several genres, most recently the novels, CITI, FOUR INTERIORS (Outlandish Press 2017, 2018); a collection of poems, BLACK EU**CH (Outlandish Press 2018) and two memoirs, BODY, and BALDWIN NOTES (Outlandish Press 2018, 2019). He is the founder/composer of the Afrofuturist music collective Mourning [A] BLKstar and is the co-curator of the longstanding futurist record label, CLEVELAND TAPES.

Jah Nada is a Columbus based bassist and multi-instrumentalist. Nada is a member of Bloody Show, Obnox, JZNZ, Mourning [A] BLKstar, among other projects.

09/04/2024

Tonight!!

A transatlantic group in Cleveland!

Archer is:
Dave Rempis - saxophones
Terrie Ex - guitar
Jon Rune Strøm - bass
Tollef Østvang - drums

At The Treelawn! 15335 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, OH 44110

7pm doors. 8pm Show. $20
No opener. No one turned away for lack of funds.

20/02/2024

"For the 10 years-plus I got to work with him, he didn’t just talk about doing things, he did them." Ken Vandermark on Peter Brötzmann

Edition Redux is coming to the CLE/BOP STOP at The Music Settlement on Feb. 27. Come on by and here folks working at the highest levels of new music.

Edition Redux. From left, Lily Finnegan, Ken Vandermark, Erez Dessel and Beth McDonald. Photo by Lily Finnegan. To get a sense of Ken Vandermark’s fascination with – and devotion to – the world of …

16/02/2024

Just back to Chicago and about to leave again, this time for a tour in the States with Edition Redux, in support of our new album, "Better A Rook Than A Pawn," selected as on of "The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, January 2024," and called "Essential New Music," by Magnet Magazine (thanks Bill Meyer!).

This group with Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan, and Beth McDonald has been working hard since December, rehearsing 14 new compositions I've written for the band that will be further developed on the road as we prepare for a recording session in Chicago at the conclusion of the trip. New music, new strategies, new gigs, new recording- never ever stop.

EDITION REDUX U.S. TOUR:
-Monday, Feb. 19: Indianapolis IN, State Street Pub, with the Caldwell/Funkhouser/Munson Trio, 9pm
Concert ink: https://www.facebook.com/events/685974157070178

-Tuesday, Feb. 20: Lexington KY, Singletary Center for the Arts, 7:30pm
Concert link: https://finearts.uky.edu/singletary-center/events/scfa-expansive-sounds-series-2-edition-redux

-Wednesday, Feb. 21: Knoxville TN, The Pilot Light, with Matt Nelson, 8pm
Concert link: https://www.freshtix.com/events/edition-redux

-Thursday, Feb. 22: Columbia SC, SC Progressive Network, 8:30pm
Concert link: https://www.facebook.com/events/405930658559076/?ti=ls

-Friday, Feb. 23: Carrboro NC, The Cat's Cradle Backstage, with The Paul Swest, 8pm
Concert link: https://catscradle.com/event/ken-vandermarks-edition-redux/cats-cradle-back-room/carrboro-north-carolina/

-Saturday, Feb. 24: Washington D.C., Rhizome, with Nik Francis, 7pm
Concert link: https://www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2024/2/24/ken-vandermarks-edition-redux

-Sunday, Feb. 25: Charlottesville VA, The Front Porch, EARLY SHOW: 4pm
Concert link: https://cvillejazz.org/events-in-town/

-Monday, February. 26: State College PA, 3 Dots Downtown, with Moth Bucket, 7pm
Concert link: https://3dotsdowntown.com/event/3-dots-gorinto-present-secret-planet-ken-vanermarks-edition-redux-chicago-experimental-jazz/

-Tuesday, Feb. 27: Cleveland OH, The Bop Stop, 8pm
Concert link: https://www.themusicsettlement.org/events/2024/02/27/vandermarks-edition-redux-bop-stop

-Friday, March 1: Chicago IL, Constellation, 8:30pm
Concert link: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/edition-redux/585395?afflky=ConstellationChicago

[photo set up by Lily Finnegan]

07/02/2024

Lots of friends and heroes in this write-up. Some shows coming to Clevo in the next year too!

Our guide to the month’s crucial jazz LPs.

07/02/2024

This mind-blowing lineup of tributes to Peter Brötzmann is going to be streaming. Just a perfect run of performances in London over the next few days. We sure miss the maestro.

Very pleased to say that we'll be live-streaming all four of our concerts dedicated to Peter Brötzmann this week! Streaming tickets for some pretty incredible line-ups now bookable on the website (free for OTO members) - https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/3-days-of-music-dedicated-to-peter-brotzmann/

Photo by Dawid Laskowski