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Project Website: http://slought.org/content/11293/
Please join us on Monday, April 25, 2005 from 8-10pm at Slought Foundation for a live concert with Gianni Gebbia (alto sax), Massimo Pupillo (electronic bass), and Lukas Ligeti (drums).
Gianni Gebbia (alto saxophone) is one of most innovative improvisers in Europe today. His collaborations include work with Pina Bausch and the Japanese butoh dancer Tadashi Endo as well Fred Frith, Jim O'Rourke, Lee Renaldo, Instabile Orchestra, Noel Akchote, and Evan Parker. His playing is as much reminiscent of the music of the Mediterranean islands (such as his native Sicily) as it is of European free jazz. The New York Times review of his appearance at the Victoriaville Festival described him as "a nimble, melodic player, and his set was equivalent to the thrill of seeing excellent draftsmanship in a post-modern painting."
Massimo Pupillo (el. bass) is best know as a member of Intalian experimental trio ZU. He has collaborated with Dogon, Damo Suzuki Network, and International Silence with Terrie Ex, Guy Picciotto (Fugazi), Mats Gustafsson, Han Bennick and DJ Olive.
Lukas Ligeti (drums), son of 20th century composer György Ligeti, studied composition with Erich Urbanner, jazz drumming with Fritz Ozmec at Vienna University, and computer music at Stanford University. Arriving in San Francisco in 1994, he became increasingly active as an improviser, forging an ongoing musical relationship with guitarist Henry Kaiser and other California musicians, documented, among others, on 'Heavy Meta' with the Goodman-Kaiser-Ligeti trio (Ecstatic Yod e#76) and on Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith¹s 'Yo Miles!' (Shanachie 5046). After moving to New York, he worked with Elliott Sharp, Ned Rothenberg, Daniel Carter, and others; he has also played with Gianni Gebbia, Benoît Delbecq, John Tchicai, Michael Manring and Chis Cutler, with electronic musicians Rupert Huber and Pyrolator Kurt Dahlke and with many others. Still, his main focus as a performer throughout the late 1990s was probably on solo concerts using electronic percussion. Since 2003, he co-curates 'Freezone New York', a weekly series for improvised music, with guitarist Ty Cumbie. Recordings featuring Ligeti as a composer or improviser can also be found on Staubgold, Starkland, Naïve, Lotus Records, ORF Zeit-Ton, Ocho and a number of other labels.
This program is made possible in part through the generous sponsorship or support of ars nova workshop
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