Jazz Fables 30th Anniversary Concert - Tribute to Sonny Rollins
The 30th Anniversary celebration concert for the Jazz Fables Concert Series in Bloomington, Indiana.
A tribute to the music of Sonny Rollins.
David Miller - trumpet Tom Walsh - alto, tenor saxophones Luke Gillespie - piano Jeremy Allen - bass Cami Mennittee Pererya - drums
Jazz Fables Quintet + 1
David Miller - trumpet Tom Walsh - tenor and alto saxophones Luke Gillespie - piano Jeremy Allen - bass Cami Mennittee Pererya - drums
Contemporary/postminimalism/"world music" jazz.
Michael Eaton - tenor and soprano saxes Brad Whiteley - piano Daniel Ori - bass Shareef Taher - drums
A set in honor of the late Bern Nix's birthday on Sept 21.
Cheryl Pyle - C flute, alto flute Michael Eaton - soprano sax Reggie Sylvester - drums
Playing music by and in honor of the late Bern Nix. Compositions to include "Acuity" (Nix) and "Blues for Bern" (Eaton).
Michael Eaton - saxophones Enrique Haneine - piano Daniel Ori - bass Shareef Taher - drums
Beyond Group:
Cheryl Pyle - C flute, alto flute Michael Eaton - soprano sax Francois Grillot - bass Reggie Sylvester - drums + TBA
Since its inception in 2006, the Dissident Arts Festival has been a powerful vehicle to bridge radical arts to progressive socio-political activism. Increasingly, the Festival has gained media attention over the course of its decade-long history as evidenced by press in TimeOut NY, the Indypendent, the Villager, Downtown Express, Peoples World, Chronogram and others. In 2013, noted jazz journalist Howard Mandel offered kudos in his remarks on social media. Over the years the Dissident Arts Festival has been endorsed by the Rosenberg Fund for Children, the Len Ragozin Foundation, Local 802's Justice for Jazz Artists campaign, Occupy Musicians, the Howland Cultural Center and DooBeeDooBeeDoo music blog.
Originally based in the Hudson Valley city of Beacon NY and moving to New York City in 2010, the Festival’s performers and speakers over the years included actor/raconteur Malachy McCourt, late great trumpet player Roy Campbell, folk legend Pete Seeger, filmmaker Kevin Keating, spoken word artists Steve Dalachinsky and the late Louis Reyes Rivera, the late reeds player/composer Will Connell, political satirist/activist Randy Credico , multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, hip hop ensemble ReadNex Poetry Squad, labor leader Henry Foner, punk-folk artist Lach and many more. Films screened included ‘Giuliani Time’, ‘Cultures of Resistance’, ‘Salt of the Earth’, ‘Battleship Potemkin’ and ‘Metropolis’. Other special features were tributes to Paul Robeson, Bertolt Brecht, Woody Guthrie, and Phil Ochs. The Dissident Arts Festival has also offered a voice to progressive political candidates, the Occupy movement and radical labor organizations.
Improvised set with:
Michael Eaton - saxophones Judi Silvano - voice Cheryl Pyle - flute TBA - bass Joe Hertenstein - drums
Second Nature performed at Kansas City's Westport Coffee House with special guest pianist and composer Dorian Wallace from NYC. The band played music by Seth Davis, Michael Eaton, Dorian Wallace, Charlie Haden ("Song for Che"), and Peter Brotzmann ("Alarm"). Photo credit: Monty Davis.
Photo by Tom Ptacek.
The Orne-tette played for the Jazz Fables series in Bloomington, Indiana on Thursday, July 11. The concert focused on music by Ornette Coleman as well as his associates Don Cherry and Charlie Haden, plus a composition by Cheryl Pyle in honor of Bern Nix (guitarist in Coleman's Prime Time band), and originals by Michael Eaton and David Miller. (Photo: Rob Ambrose)
From L to R: Elena Escudero, David Miller, Jeremy Allen, Michael Eaton, Kyle Quass, Rocky Martin. (Photo: Rob Ambrose)
(Photo: Joan Hawkins)
Tenor Triage debuts its first album on Ropeadope Records on September 13, 2019 with Michael Eaton (tenor sax, soprano sax), Sean Sonderegger (tenor sax, bass clarinet), James Brandon Lewis (tenor sax), Brad Jones (bass, and Calvin Weston (drums).
Cover art by Will Hooper.