PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT, ALONG WITH THE NEXT AFTERNOON AND EVENING, HAS BECOME A COLLABORATION WITH SUPERCRAWL ON THE BAY
This second to last in person sliver of a festival day (6th this fall, 9th this year) of our 2021 Something Else! Festival Series at the Bay, was a last minute addition of two marvellously potent bands, one from New York City and the other from Southern Ontario. Enjoy!
Friday, October 8
WEST — PAVILLION STAGE
19:00 SAM NEWSOME QUARTET
20:30 SAM NEWSOME QUARTET
22:15 THE WOODSHED ORCHESTRA
In accordance with provincial legislation, all ticket holders ages 12 and up will be required to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19, as well as matching government-issued ID.
RESERVE TICKETS VIA EVENTBRITE LINKS BELOW
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS (FREE) – Limit 2 Tickets Per Individual
WEST STAGE SEATING AND TABLES — FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED
MAIN STAGE VIP RESERVED SEATING ($19.99 + SC & HST) – Limit 1 Table Per Household, 1 Household Per Table
SAM NEWSOME QUARTET
SAM NEWSOME soprano saxophone
ANGELICA SANCHEZ Fender Rhodes
WILLIAM PARKER double bass
REGGIE NICHOLSON drums
Hailing from New York City for only the one special Hamilton concert, this modern jazz / experimental quartet features Sam Newsome’s original compositions, as well as the re-imagining of commonly known jazz classics.
Nominated in 2018 as Soprano Saxophonist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists’ Association, SAM NEWSOME experiments to acclaim with the prepared saxophone, wedding it with an already-prodigious knowledge of the instrument’s sonic anatomy. Newsome’s dazzling deployment of multiphonics, slap tonguing, circular breathing and other alternative means of activating the instrument, displays an urgency, insight and dexterity that’s both peerless and wholly personal.
Pianist, composer, educator ANGELICA SANCHEZ moved to New York from Arizona in 1994. Since moving to the East Coast Sanchez has collaborated with such notable artists as Wadada Leo Smith, Paul Motian, Richard Davis, Jamaladeen Tacuma, Nicole Mitchell, Rob Mazurek, Tim Berne, Mario Pavone, Ben Monder amongst others. Sanchez leads numerous groups, the most recent being her Nonet which features Chris Speed, Michael Attias, Thomas Heberer, Kenny Warren, Ben Goldberg, John Hebert, Omar Tamez, and Sam Ospavot.
WILLIAM PARKER is a bassist, improviser, composer, writer, and educator from New York City, heralded by The Village Voice as, “the most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time.” In addition to recording over 150 albums, he has published six books and taught and mentored hundreds of young musicians and artists.
Parker’s current bands include the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, In Order to Survive, Raining on the Moon, Stan’s Hat Flapping in the Wind, and the Cosmic Mountain Quartet with Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, and Cooper-Moore. Throughout his career he has performed with Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Milford Graves, and David S. Ware, among others.
Born in Chicago, REGGIE NICHOLSON’s drum concept fitted perfectly the needs of many extraordinary Chicago musicians. An active member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) since 1979, Nicholson has absorbed the musical influences of each AACM member learning the skills to compose and improvise original music.
Since relocating to New York City in 1987, Nicholson has performed and recorded with a wide variety of jazz and new music luminaries such as Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Amina Claudine Myers, Leroy Jenkins, Anthony Braxton, Sam Newsome, Myra Melford, Wilber Morris, Elektra Kurtis, Billy Bang, Butch Morris, James Spaulding, Yuko Fujiyama, Oliver Lake, Fay Victor, Roy Campbell, just to name a few. In addition, Reggie has toured throughout Europe and Japan.
THE WOODSHED ORCHESTRA
DAVE CLARK drums, vocals
MICHAEL HERRING bass, vocals
TANIA GILL keyboards, vocals
KEVIN BREIT guitar
TOM RICHARDS trombone, vocals
REBECCA HENNESSY trumpet, vocals
JULIA HAMBLETON clarinet, vocals
THE WOODSHED ORCHESTRA is a multi-headed celebration emancipation experience. Legendary Toronto drummer DAVE CLARK (Rheostatics, Gord Downie, Charles Spearin) pilots the band through numerous classic dance music styles including New Orleans Funk and Jazz, R&B, Ska, Soul, Reggae, Punk, Rock, Blues, Country, Surf Rock, Neo-Greek, Ranchero, Polka, Disco, Samba, Afro-Pop, Waltz, New Wave, Cajun, Tex-Mex, Power Pop, Klezmer, Torch Ballads, Tango and Calypso, in an extraordinary celebration. With a five-piece horn section and full-ensemble vocals, this is not your everyday bar-band. It is a funky, uplifting, joyful ride every time.
The Woodshed Orchestra was founded in 2005 by Dave Clark in order to celebrate friendship and love through music. Clark called upon some of the finest folks he knew from Toronto, Montreal and St. Catharines to make the gumbo boil and the people dance. The band plays Clark’s 200 strong original songbook as a full on electric band; drums, bass, guitars, horns and keys as well as in brass band formation a la the New Orleans 2nd line band tradition depending on the occasion. The players learn the tunes on the gig in front of the crowd, hence the name “Woodshed” in the title. They’ve created their own on stage language to navigate from song to song and to shift gears on a dime to awestruck audiences.
This event was made possible with kind support from Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, City of Hamilton, and Ontario Trillium Foundation. Partnerships include Supercrawl, The Hamilton Spectator, Musicworks, and The Whole Note.
