One night only!
Join the legendary father-and-son improvised music duo of Jack & Ben Wright for their first and only Missoula performance.
Also playing is Bells, a new ensemble exploring unity, time, and evolution in hypnotic long-form improvisations.
Opening the evening are violinist Aria Peters and cellist Bethany Joyce.
Located in Free Cycle’s Street-Side space, just down the sidewalk from the main shop door (right at the corner by the gravel lot)
Doors at 6:30
Show at 7:00
$10 per person suggested donation at the door
7:00 p.m. – Aria Peters & Bethany Joyce (violin & cello)
7:45 p.m. – Bells
Jeremy Drake, guitar
Cooper Godfrey, guitar
Bill Kautz, trumpet/cornet
Graeme Pletscher, saxophones
8:30 p.m. – Jack & Ben Wright (saxophones & upright bass)
Jack Wright is a veteran saxophone improviser based mainly in Philadelphia, regularly touring North America and Europe the past four decades and well known to improvisers. Continually seeking out interesting partners and playing situations, Wright is one of the originals of American free improv, and now at 83 he is still the "Johnny Appleseed of Free Improvisation," as the late Davey Williams (guitarist) called him in the 80s. His partners are mostly outside of music school careerdom, unknown to the music press, and selected for their ability to interconnect musically with each other (Discography) . His influence has extended through his book, The Free Musics. published in 2017. As for his playing, he's said to have the widest vocabulary of any, an expert at leaping pitches, punchy, precise timing, sharp and intrusive multiphonics, surprising gaps of silence, and sounds that range from the animalistic to electronic. A reviewer for the Washington Post said, "In the rarefied, underground world of experimental free improvisation, saxophonist Jack Wright is king." For more info--bio, writings, discography and sounds--go to Spring Garden Music. See also: Cadence Magazine Interview, July 2017, p. 55-73
Ben Wright from Dixon, New Mexico plays double bass. He cut his teeth in Philadelphia punk rock, and has since been working the double bass for 30 odd years, bolstered by intense spats of incidental formal training. A lover of the lowest frequencies, Ben has explored many disparate forms of music through the bass, yet always returns to the wellspring of improvisation. Currently, Ben plays with Irksome, Wind Up Birds, Radio Free Bassanda, poet John Biscello, Jack Wright, Dave Wayne, and assorted eclectic partners locally and nationally.
"I play music for the bliss of that instant when I lose consciousness of my surroundings, my instrument, and myself… there is only music. That is the crux where spontaneous creation between performers and audience is conceived."
More info about Jack & Ben Wright: Spring Garden Music