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Present
The Ex + Brass Unbound
Featuring Mats Gustafsson (baritone saxophone), Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone), Roy Paci (trumpet) and Wolter Wierbos (trombone)
+ Zun Zun Egui
Sunday February 7
Button Factory
Doors 8pm
Tickets €16 from City Discs, Road records, Sound Cellar, Sentinel, Spin Dizzy & online at www.tickets.ie/umack
We're delighted to announce that Dutch legends The Ex, will be bringing making an appearance in Dublin as part of a very special one off tour "The Ex + Brass Unbound". The show will see the band cut loose with a rhythmic and propulsive set, enlisting four world-class horn players to make up Brass Unbound: Swedish force of nature Mats Gustafsson (baritone saxophone), Chicago jazz heavyweight Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone), Italian wild card Roy Paci (trumpet) and boundary busting classical futurist Wolter Wierbos (trombone).
As players, improvisers and entertainers this group should nothing short of phenomenal. The music will be a mixture of completely new material and some recent Ex 4-piece songs rearranged to incorporate a wild brass section. The emphasis will be on playing a full-on set of energetic dance music with wide open structures and plenty of free improvisation. Expect fireworks! Support on the night comes from Zun Zun Egui.
Mats Gustafsson (baritone saxophone)
Legendary Swdish Sax player, improviser and composer. Solo artist and international tours and projects with a.o. Peter Brötzmann, Sonic Youth, Merzbow, Jim O´Rourke, Barry Guy, Otomo Yoshihide, Yoshimi and in working groups The Thing, Sonore, Gush, Boots Brown, Swedish Azz and Nash Kontroll. Large ensemble work with Barry Guy New Orchestra, Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet and the NU – ensemble.1500 concerts and over 140 recordproductions in Europe, North America and Asia.
Collaborations with contemporary dance, theater, art as well as projects with noise, electronica, contemporary rock and free jazz.
Producer of international festivals and concert tours as well as work with own record labels Slottet, OlofBright Editions and Blue Tower Records.
Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone)
For the past 20 years, Ken Vandermark has been working to expand the possibilities of improvised and composed music in North America and Europe, both as a performer and organizer.
Since moving to Chicago from Boston in 1989, he's played and recorded in a variety of contexts, and with many internationally renowned musicians. Past groups of significance include the NRG Ensemble, the DKV Trio, AALY, FME, the Vandermark Quartet, Spaceways Inc., School Days, Cinghiale, Steam, and Caffeine. Currently, the majority of his work as a composer and improviser has been directed toward the Vandermark 5, Powerhouse Sound, the Frame Quartet, the Territory Band, Free Fall, and the Resonance Ensemble. In addition, he performs on a regular basis with the total improvisation units Sonore, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, separate duos with the percussionists Paal Nilssen-Love and Tim Daisy, Lean Left, and iTi. In December of 2008 he recorded his first soundtrack, for the documentary film, Roads of Water, directed by Augusto Contento.
Ken has made many significant and highly respected contributions to both the local and international jazz/improvised music scenes. In 1996, he and writer John Corbett began organizing the Empty Bottle "Wednesday Night Jazz Series," concerts that brought musicians from Chicago, North America, and Europe to audiences on a weekly basis for nearly a decade.
Both his performances and recordings have been critically acclaimed by the international music community:
-Was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 1999.
-One of the "Chicagoans of the Year in the Arts, 1994" (Chicago Tribune, January 1, 1995) for the Vandermark Quartet.
-Selected as one of the "25 For The Future," the most significant improvising musicians under the age of 40 by Down Beat Magazine, June 1998.
-In 2004, was named one of the "Musicians Of The Year" by All About Jazz, New York.
-Picked as one of Chicago’s 40 Cultural Heroes by Time Out magazine in September 2008.
Roy Paci (trumpet)
Italian virtuoso, a superstar in his home country as band leader of ska legends Roy Paci & Aretuska, Roy has collaborated with Vinicio Capossela, Pelù, Brusco, Samuele Bersani, Luca Barbarossa, Teresa De Sio, Giorgio Conte, Nicola Arigliano, Cesare Basile, 99 Posse , Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters, Mau Mau, Subsonica, Manu Chao, Eric Mingus, Carlo Actis Dato, Sean Bergin, Ned Rothemberg, John Edwards, Amy Denio, Han Bennink, Walter Weibous, Flying Luttembachers, New York Ska Jazz Ensemble, Zap Mama, Trilok Gurtu, Tony Levin, Macaco, Mike Patton, Zu, Cor Veleno, Persian Jones, Radici Nel Cemento, Harpoons, Negrita, Jovanotti, Caparezza, line 77, Sud Sound System
Wolter Wierbos (trombone)
Wolter Wierbos is considered one of the world’s leading trombone players. He has played throughout Europe, Canada, USA and Asia. Wierbos has many awards to his name, including the Podiumprijs for Jazz and Improvised music and the most important Dutch jazz award, the VPRO Boy Edgar Prize.
Like many Dutch brass players Wierbos started out in a ‘fanfare’ (brass band), switching from trumpet to trombone when he was 17. “It looked good, and the trombones walk in front....” His interests range from precise chamber jazz to throbbing post punk and contemporary composed and improvised music.
He led his own band Celebration of Difference, and has been involved in theater, dance, television and film projects. He has been invited to play with the EX, Sonic Youth, Gruppo Sportivo and the Nieuw Ensemble (led by Ed Spanjaard).
He has also played with Henry Threadgill, The Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (led by Alexander von Schlippenbach), the European Big Band (led by Cecil Taylor), the John Carter Project, Mingus Big Band (Epitaph, directed by Gunther Schuller).
He is currently active with Misha Mengelberg’s ICP (Downbeat Poll winner 2002, Talent Deserving Wider Recognition), Gerry Hemingway Quintet, Franky Douglas’ Sunchild, Bik Bent Braam, Albrecht Maurer Trio Works, Nocando, Carl Ludwig Hübsch’s Longrun Development of the Universe, Frank Gratkowski Quartet, Available Jelly and Sean Bergin’s MOB
Present
The Ex + Brass Unbound
Featuring Mats Gustafsson (baritone saxophone), Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone), Roy Paci (trumpet) and Wolter Wierbos (trombone)
+ Zun Zun Egui
Sunday February 7
Button Factory
Doors 8pm
Tickets €16 from City Discs, Road records, Sound Cellar, Sentinel, Spin Dizzy & online at www.tickets.ie/umack
We're delighted to announce that Dutch legends The Ex, will be bringing making an appearance in Dublin as part of a very special one off tour "The Ex + Brass Unbound". The show will see the band cut loose with a rhythmic and propulsive set, enlisting four world-class horn players to make up Brass Unbound: Swedish force of nature Mats Gustafsson (baritone saxophone), Chicago jazz heavyweight Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone), Italian wild card Roy Paci (trumpet) and boundary busting classical futurist Wolter Wierbos (trombone).
As players, improvisers and entertainers this group should nothing short of phenomenal. The music will be a mixture of completely new material and some recent Ex 4-piece songs rearranged to incorporate a wild brass section. The emphasis will be on playing a full-on set of energetic dance music with wide open structures and plenty of free improvisation. Expect fireworks! Support on the night comes from Zun Zun Egui.
Mats Gustafsson (baritone saxophone)
Legendary Swdish Sax player, improviser and composer. Solo artist and international tours and projects with a.o. Peter Brötzmann, Sonic Youth, Merzbow, Jim O´Rourke, Barry Guy, Otomo Yoshihide, Yoshimi and in working groups The Thing, Sonore, Gush, Boots Brown, Swedish Azz and Nash Kontroll. Large ensemble work with Barry Guy New Orchestra, Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet and the NU – ensemble.1500 concerts and over 140 recordproductions in Europe, North America and Asia.
Collaborations with contemporary dance, theater, art as well as projects with noise, electronica, contemporary rock and free jazz.
Producer of international festivals and concert tours as well as work with own record labels Slottet, OlofBright Editions and Blue Tower Records.
Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone)
For the past 20 years, Ken Vandermark has been working to expand the possibilities of improvised and composed music in North America and Europe, both as a performer and organizer.
Since moving to Chicago from Boston in 1989, he's played and recorded in a variety of contexts, and with many internationally renowned musicians. Past groups of significance include the NRG Ensemble, the DKV Trio, AALY, FME, the Vandermark Quartet, Spaceways Inc., School Days, Cinghiale, Steam, and Caffeine. Currently, the majority of his work as a composer and improviser has been directed toward the Vandermark 5, Powerhouse Sound, the Frame Quartet, the Territory Band, Free Fall, and the Resonance Ensemble. In addition, he performs on a regular basis with the total improvisation units Sonore, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, separate duos with the percussionists Paal Nilssen-Love and Tim Daisy, Lean Left, and iTi. In December of 2008 he recorded his first soundtrack, for the documentary film, Roads of Water, directed by Augusto Contento.
Ken has made many significant and highly respected contributions to both the local and international jazz/improvised music scenes. In 1996, he and writer John Corbett began organizing the Empty Bottle "Wednesday Night Jazz Series," concerts that brought musicians from Chicago, North America, and Europe to audiences on a weekly basis for nearly a decade.
Both his performances and recordings have been critically acclaimed by the international music community:
-Was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 1999.
-One of the "Chicagoans of the Year in the Arts, 1994" (Chicago Tribune, January 1, 1995) for the Vandermark Quartet.
-Selected as one of the "25 For The Future," the most significant improvising musicians under the age of 40 by Down Beat Magazine, June 1998.
-In 2004, was named one of the "Musicians Of The Year" by All About Jazz, New York.
-Picked as one of Chicago’s 40 Cultural Heroes by Time Out magazine in September 2008.
Roy Paci (trumpet)
Italian virtuoso, a superstar in his home country as band leader of ska legends Roy Paci & Aretuska, Roy has collaborated with Vinicio Capossela, Pelù, Brusco, Samuele Bersani, Luca Barbarossa, Teresa De Sio, Giorgio Conte, Nicola Arigliano, Cesare Basile, 99 Posse , Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters, Mau Mau, Subsonica, Manu Chao, Eric Mingus, Carlo Actis Dato, Sean Bergin, Ned Rothemberg, John Edwards, Amy Denio, Han Bennink, Walter Weibous, Flying Luttembachers, New York Ska Jazz Ensemble, Zap Mama, Trilok Gurtu, Tony Levin, Macaco, Mike Patton, Zu, Cor Veleno, Persian Jones, Radici Nel Cemento, Harpoons, Negrita, Jovanotti, Caparezza, line 77, Sud Sound System
Wolter Wierbos (trombone)
Wolter Wierbos is considered one of the world’s leading trombone players. He has played throughout Europe, Canada, USA and Asia. Wierbos has many awards to his name, including the Podiumprijs for Jazz and Improvised music and the most important Dutch jazz award, the VPRO Boy Edgar Prize.
Like many Dutch brass players Wierbos started out in a ‘fanfare’ (brass band), switching from trumpet to trombone when he was 17. “It looked good, and the trombones walk in front....” His interests range from precise chamber jazz to throbbing post punk and contemporary composed and improvised music.
He led his own band Celebration of Difference, and has been involved in theater, dance, television and film projects. He has been invited to play with the EX, Sonic Youth, Gruppo Sportivo and the Nieuw Ensemble (led by Ed Spanjaard).
He has also played with Henry Threadgill, The Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (led by Alexander von Schlippenbach), the European Big Band (led by Cecil Taylor), the John Carter Project, Mingus Big Band (Epitaph, directed by Gunther Schuller).
He is currently active with Misha Mengelberg’s ICP (Downbeat Poll winner 2002, Talent Deserving Wider Recognition), Gerry Hemingway Quintet, Franky Douglas’ Sunchild, Bik Bent Braam, Albrecht Maurer Trio Works, Nocando, Carl Ludwig Hübsch’s Longrun Development of the Universe, Frank Gratkowski Quartet, Available Jelly and Sean Bergin’s MOB
