CUNEIFORM ARTISTS ON TOUR
2023 CALENDAR
IMPORTANT COVID REMINDER:
In an evolving COVID-19 world, these dates are ALL tentative. Please check with venues, close to the concert date, to confirm. We're ecstatic that live concerts are happening worldwide, but we remain aware that emergent variants - as well as winter weather - can unexpectedly affect schedules.
See also the Tours Page at Cuneiform Records.
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"The music here walks a wide loop around Soft Machine and Magma, Univers Zero and Henry Cow, Miles Davis and Miriodor, Van Der Graaf Generator and Art Zoyd. It's impeccably assembled and played, while freely indulging the more insane aspects of progressive rock, avant-garde chamber music, and electric jazz....Despite the musical sophistication and adventure on Live at Yoshiwara, this music is extremely accessible to a wide swathe of listeners. Its release signals the magnificent arrival of Ghost Rhythms on American shores. Get it now." – AllMusic
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December 8 - Le 34 - 34 rue Léon, Paris, France
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March 22 - Studio L'Ermitage - 8 rue de l’ermitage - 75020 Paris, France
May 12 - Pan Piper - 2-4 impasse Lamier - Paris, 75011, France [performing with Andy Emler MegaOctet!]
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A composer and cellist who’s honed a singular synthesis of composition, orchestration and improvisation, Janel Leppin is one of DC's leading avant-music stars. Besides performing as half of the experimental duo Janel and Anthony, which she co-leads with her husband guitarist Anthony Pirog, she leads the seven-piece chamber-jazz Ensemble Volcanic Ash, as well as performing and recording with other jazz, rock, and experimental groups.
"An Absolute Virtuoso - 4 Stars" - Downbeat Magazine
"Leppin is a rarity..ahhh-vant garde at its finest." - Capital Bop
January 15 - Winter JazzFest 2022 - Nublu - 151 Ave C - New York, NY [a night honoring Jaimie Branch]
Listen to & buy:
Janel Leppin Ensemble Volcanic Ash
Janel & Anthony, Where Is Home
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Grammy winner Henry Kaiser is widely recognized as one of the most creative and innovative guitarists, improvisers, and producers in the fields of rock, jazz, world, and contemporary experimental musics.
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THE HENRY KAISER MONTHLY SOLO SERIES, presented exclusively on the CUNEIFORM RECORDS YouTube Channel
When Covid pandemic lockdowns began in 2020, Henry Kaiser began curating & presenting a weekly series of pre-recorded music videos exclusively on Cuneiform's YouTube Channel for music lovers isolating at home. These "live" concerts are taped beforehand and not streamed - Henry discusses the process in a Guitar Moderne interview, "The New "Live"". Many videos in the series depict duets and larger bands, despite the program being called the "Henry Kaiser Weekly Solo Series". While many depict new or recent performances, other videos in this series are vintage footage of performances not available elsewhere (The Valentines' 1994 concert in the Fukuoka Dome).
After lockdowns began to lift In April 2021, the series celebrated its one-year anniversary and converted to a monthly format, which continues! All 52 videos from the Henry Kaiser's Weekly Series and everything in the current Monthly Series are archived & available on Cuneiform's YouTube Channel.
We invite you to visit and follow Cuneiform Record's YouTube Channel to see the videos that Henry presents on the first of every month. The January 1, 2023 video is HENRY KAISER SHOW #22 - Rock and Blues Favorites - Set Two.
Most recently, in addition to his monthly video series, Kaiser occasionally presents videos with free guitar lessons, focusing on tunes associated with legendary guitarists. His September 2022 guitar lesson video, focusing on the whole tone scale and Sonny Sharrock, is titled The Whole Tone Scale! Sonny Sharrock’s DICK DOGS lesson with Henry Kaiser.
Besides his work as a musician, Kaiser is also a scientific diver and underwater videographer in the U.S. Antarctic program. Several of his Solo Series videos on the Cuneiform channel feature Henry's stunning underwater videography in addition to his guitar playing, as in this stunning video from May 2020: HENRY KAISER : Cuneiform Weekly Solo #2 : Under The Ice Again .
Because all videos are archived on the Cuneiform Records' YouTube Channel, you can watch anything in the series at any time.
Listen to & buy:
Albums by Henry Kaiser & Friends on Cuneiform
A Love Supreme Electric [Vinny Golia / John Hanrahan / Henry Kaiser / Wayne Peet / Mike Watt]:
A Love Supreme Electric: A Love Supreme and Meditations
Yo Miles!: Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith: Sky Garden & Upriver
 
Five Times Surprise [Henry Kaiser / Anthony Pirog / Tracy Silverman / Jeff Sipe / Andy West]:
Five Times Surprise
Henry Kaiser & Ray Russell:
The Celestial Squid
Henry Kaiser: Lemon Fish Tweezer;
Fred Frith & Henry Kaiser: Friends & Enemies
 
Healing Force [Vinny Golia • Aurora Josephson • Henry Kaiser • Mike Keneally • Joe Morris • Damon Smith • Weasel Walter]:
Healing Force: The Songs of Albert Ayler
V.A.: 156 Strings: Nineteen Totally Original Acoustic Guitarists
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"Twenty-first century big-band music doesn’t get more exciting
and impressive than this."
– Jazz Times
An astounding 18 piece jazz ensemble of five woodwind players, four trumpeters, three trombonists, two keyboardists, guitar, violin, bass and drums, led by arranger, composer & saxophonist Ed Palermo, one of America's most singular arrangers who draws on jazz, pop and rock tunes for his top-notch band. There are a number of ensembles performing the music of Frank Zappa, one of the greatest American composers of the 20th century, but no one does it with the ease, skill and originality that Ed and his band do!
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Don't miss seeing the ED PALERMO BIG BAND live!
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January 30 - The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY
February 25 - The Falcon - 1348 Rte 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
February 27 - The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY
March 20 - The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY
April 29 - The Falcon - 1348 Rte 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
June 24 - The Falcon - 1348 Rte 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
August 26 - The Falcon - 1348 Rte 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
October 28 - The Falcon - 1348 Rte 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
December 23 - The Falcon - 1348 Rte 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
Listen to & buy:
Ed Palermo Big Band albums on Cuneiform:
The Adventures of Zoyd Zundgren //
The Great Un-American Songbook Vols. 1&2 //
One Child Left Behind //
Oh No! Not Jazz!! //
Eddy Loves Frank. //
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
     
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"[Palo Colorado Dream] covers a sprawling musical terrain–avant jazz, atmospheric soundscapes, earthy Americana, math-rock...with an arsenal of effects hardware and studio production techniques..."
– JazzTimes
"One of jazz’s most reliable conduits to a living, breathing audience is electric-guitar heroism, and Anthony Pirog, from Washington...seems poised to become a hero of the instrument."
– The New York Times
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January 15 - Winter JazzFest 2022 - Nublu - 151 Ave C - New York, NY [a night honoring Jaimie Branch]
February 22 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Casbah - 2501 Kettner Blvd. -
San Diego, CA 92101
February 23 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Zebulon - 2478 Fletcher Drive - Los Angeles, CA
February 24 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Bottom Of The Hill - 1233 17th Street (17th @ Missouri) - San Francisco, CA 94107
February 25 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Volcanic Theater Pub - 70 SW Century Dr - Bend, OR
February 26 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Mississippi Studios - 3939 N. Mississippi Ave - Portland OR 97227
February 27 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Madame Lou's - 2505 1st Ave - Seattle, WA
March 8 - featured with Dave Chappell - Blues Alley - 1073 REAR Wisconsin Ave NW - Washington, DC 20007
March 12 - - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Tubby's - 566 Broadway - Kingston, NY
March 13 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Drake Hotel - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
March 14 -- featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - JazzErie - Erie, PA
March 15 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Constellation - 3111 N Western Ave - Chicago, IL
March 17 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Club Cafe - 56 S 12th St # 58, - Pittsburgh, PA
March 18 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Black Cat - 1811 14th St. NW - Washington, DC 20009
March 19 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Johnny Brenda's - 1201 Frankford Ave - Philadelphia, PA
March 20 - featured with The Messthetics + James Brandon Lewis - Le Poisson Rouge - 158 Bleecker Street - NYC, NY
Listen to & buy:
Anthony Pirog:
Pocket Poem; Palo Colorado Dream
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Janel & Anthony, Where Is Home
in other groupings:
Five Times Surprise
The Spellcasters, Music from the Anacostia Delta
Janel Leppin Ensemble Volcanic Ash
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"The Best Music of 2015: A Banner Year for the Bold: …here are a dozen albums released in 2015 that I savored repeatedly for their musicality, clarity of statement and courage. …“X” by Schnellertollermeier marries brutality to avant-garde rock and jazz. A classic power trio from Switzerland, the band plays with punk fury and dazzling technical dexterity to create booming, bone-rattling music that stalks, confronts and astonishes.”
–The Wall Street Journal
Schnellertollermeier's clear-cut approach burns itself into one's memory; audiences who have seen the trio (bassist Andi Schnellmann/ guitarist ManuelTroller / percussionist David Meier) live describe their music as “stunning”, “minimalist”, “brutal”, “decisive”, “monumental”, “angry”, “controlled”, “captivating” or “radical”. Simply fantastic.
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2023 shows
January 20 - AMR - Rue des Alpes 10 - Genève, Switzerland
January 21 - Gaswerk - Untere Schöntalstrasse 19 - Winterthur, Switzerland
January 25 - Teater Momentum - Ny Vestergade 18 - Odense, Denmark
January 26 - Northern Winter Beat Festival 2023 - Gammeltorv 10 - Aalborg, Denmark
January 27 - Inkonst - Bergsgatan 20 - Malmö, Sweden
January 28 - Bubblan - Fiskhamnsgatan 41 - Göteborg, Sweden
January 29 - Hallarna - Tunnbindaregatan 37 - Norrköping, Sweden
March 3 - TapTab Musikraum - Baumgartenstrasse 19 - Schaffhausen, Switzerland
March 4 - L'Échandole - Rue du Casino 9 - Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
March 11 - Cuadro 22 - Ringstrasse 22 - Chur, Switzerland
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Thumbscrew is the all-star collaborative trio of Mary Halvorson (guitar), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), and Michael Formanek (acoustic bass). Thumbscrew's critically acclaimed albums, all on Cuneiform Records, have appeared on Best of Year lists worldwide. Thumbscrew perform frequently at festivals and served numerous residencies at art centers and prominent venues in the US and abroad. I September 2022, in celebration of their 10th Anniversary, Thumbscrew will release their 7th album on Cuneiform Records: Multicolored Midnight.
“Made up of three highly distinctive voices in the world of jazz and avant-garde music, Thumbscrew should probably collapse under the weight of its own star power but Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Mary Halvorson (electric guitar) and Michael Formanek (acoustic bass) are just too aware of the potential of this supertrio to let that happen.” – Something Else!
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April 29 - Weinberg Center For The Arts - 20 West Patrick Street - Frederick, MD, 21701
Listen to & buy:
Multicolored Midnight //
Never Is Enough //
The Anthony Braxton Project //
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Ours // Theirs //
 
Convallaria // Thumbscrew //
 
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