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Michael Bisio Live |
Previous appearances, 2003-2004:
A Winter Storm of Improvised Jazz!
Charles Gayle (saxophones & piano)Michael Bisio (bass)
D'Vonne Lewis (drums)
Sunday, January 11th, 8pm at
the Tractor Tavern, 5013 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle
Tickets ($14. General - $12 Earshot members) available HERE and at the door night of show.
Reunited for the first time since their legendary mid-nineties concert tour, free jazz master Charles Gayle and the singular bassist Michael Bisio deliver an evening of soulful, improvised music in the warmth of the Tractor Tavern this Sunday night. They'll be joined by the young drumming sensation D'Vonne Lewis.
Presented by Earshot Jazz, this is a concert Seattle will remember!
Saturday, December 6 at 8pm, $7
Michael Bisio Trio
Rob Blakeslee, brass
Greg Campbell, percussion/French horn
Presented by the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, the CityArtist Program, and the Polestar Music Gallery
Polestar Music Gallery1412 18th Avenue, Seattle (corner of 18th and Union St.)
206-329-4224
Three rehearsals will be open to the public:
- December 3 at 7PM, Jack Straw Studios, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle -- 206-634-0919
- December 4 at 12:30PM, Ballard High School, 1418 NW 65th St, Seattle (check-in at office)
- December 5 at Noon, Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Avenue, Seattle -- 206-329-4224 (www.polestarmusic.org)
"Part early Ornette mixed with a Mingus sensibility, Bisio's versatile band swings, floats and stirs things up...In the end, while influences are heard, the sound and approach are clearly Bisio's own." --John Ephland, Downbeat
Michael Bisio/Gary Hammon Duo
Gary Hammon, tenor
Michael Bisio, bass
Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at 7PM
Brad's Swingside Cafe
4212 Fremont Avenue North
Seattle, (206) 633-4057
Great food and music
Mike's Piano Trio
John Hanson, piano
Greg Campbell, drums
Michael Bisio, bass
Sunday, August 17, 2003 from 7:30 - 10:30 PM
The New Orleans Restaurant
114 1st Avenue South (just south of Yesler Way, in Pioneer Square)
Seattle, (206) 622-2563 for Reservations
The Michael Bisio Quartet
Michael is very happy and proud to be able to bring these artists together for the first time. Their individual and collective abilities bring depth, beauty and sincerity to any project.
Joe Giardullo: winds; under his leadership the landmark recording Shadow and Light (Drimala), was realized, recorded on September 11th, only hours after the terrorist attack. The Wire describes the event, "To have worked through numbness to this subdued affirmation is really quite extraordinary... and his playing brings to mind Albert Ayler at his most beatific."
Rob Blakeslee: brass; Rob has consistently been recognized by critics and jazz polls as a primary force in this music, rightfully so...
"The northwest's best progressive trumpet player." Village Voice
"His sound is clear, his conception lyric, his technique precise." Downbeat
Billy Mintz: drums; Earshot Jazz has described Billy as a shape shifter; this is certainly true. Read on: "The ever-so-subtle and magnificent Billy Mintz on drums." R.A. Roberts, L.A. Jazz Scene
"...like a mix of Motian and Elvin, he sneaks up on one in a very poetic way." Jason Macnie, Village Voice
Michael Bisio: bass; this quartet represents Michael’s return to a leadership role. His last outing as a leader, Undulations (OmniTone) received a four-star review in Downbeat Magazine. "Part early Ornette mixed with a Mingus sensibility, Bisio's versatile band swings, floats and stirs things up...in the end, while influences are heard, the sound and approach are clearly Bisio's own." -- John Ephland. Frank Rubolino in Cadence writes that "his playing appears to be produced by sorcery."
4tet Appearances:
Sam Bond's Garage
Eugene, OR
April 24th
Disjecta
Portland, OR
April 25th
April 26th
Polestar Music Gallery
Seattle, WA
April 27th -- Sponsored by Earshot Jazz
Sonarchy Radio, Jack Straw Studios
Seattle, WA
ALSO:
Brian Kent/Mike Bisio duo
Wednesday, April 30th, 7pm
The Swingside Cafe
4212 Fremont Ave N
Seattle, WA 206-633-4057
Wednesday, March 5, 2003: Brad's Swingside Cafe, 4212 Fremont Ave N., Seattle, the Michael Bisio/Gary Hammon Duo -- Mike: "Gary is a wonderful tenor player and friend who has lived on the east coast for years, where he was a mainstay in Big John Patton’s band. Years ago we were band mates in a group led by the great trumpeter Barbara Donald. I’m very glad he has returned to the northwest and hope you’ll make time to come hear him and enjoy Brad’s fabulous food!" For more information: 206-633-4057
Michael Bisio East Coast tour, March, 2003:
with the Joe Giardullo Quartet: Joe Giardullo, winds; Joe McPhee, winds and brass; Tani Tabal, percussion; Michael Bisio, bass
March 11, 2003: SUNY, New Paltz, New York
March 13, 2003: Merkin Hall, New York, New York
March 14, 2003: Sala Rosa, 4848 boul. St. Laurent, Montreal, Ontario, Canada
March 15, 2003: The Uptown, Kingston, New York
March 16, 2003: (Joe Giardullo/Michael Bisio Duo) CBGB's, New York, New York
Every Thursday evening at The Pink Door, 1919 Post Alley, in Seattle's historic Pike Place Market (206-443-3241) The Michael Bisio Trio Michael Bisio, bass; Bernie Jacobs, flute; Paul Sawyer, guitar From 8:00 to 10:30 PM -- No cover -- Excellent food and full bar
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