Saturday, September 20 at 4:00 pm
Buffalo's Outer Harbor
Terminal B 11am - 11pm
Hallwalls is pleased to partner with Buffalo's massive celebration of the art of music, the annual Music Is Art Festival. Hallwalls will present three fantastic Buffalo ensembles whose work focuses on improvisation, original composition, and experimental creative expression. Come for the day and explore this extravaganza of regional music and visit Hallwalls at the Refringe World Stage from 4:00 - 7:00pm and experience some of the most adventurous music you'll hear anywhere!
Hallwalls presents at the Refringe World Stage:
4:00pm
Kyle McGinty - trumpet
Katie Weissman - cello
Evan Kaderbeck - guitar
Ed Klavoon - bass
Bill Conroy - drums
Root Cellar is an experimental music project from Buffalo. The chamber quintet formed in 2017, bringing together a diverse group of musicians with backgrounds in jazz, rock, classical, and the avant garde. The juxtaposition and cohesion of these styles can be heard in both the ensemble's original compositions and their exploratory improvisations: angular hard bop figurations which melt into hypnotically motorik grooves, poignant post-rock textures erupting into cacophonous free jazz convulsions; and cannily polished ensemble arrangements flowering into atmospheric spaces, always emphasizing each player's idiosyncratic improvisational voices.
https://infrasonicpress.com/artist/root-cellar/
5:00pm
Martin Freeman - synthesizers, electronics
Lihuen Sirvent - flute, electronics
Lihuen Sirvent is a composer and flutist from Argentina. Martin Freeman is an improviser, tinkerer, and instrument builder from Rochester. Together they perform blending their approaches to music as well as a shared interest in audio visual improvisation with cobbled together systems of LED lights, cameras, synthesizers, and computer hardware.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLtGFQ2HCLE
6:00pm
Steve Baczkowski - saxophones, winds
Ravi Padmanabha - drums, percussion
Brian DeJesus - contrabass
BPD Trio plays visceral free improvised music and original compositions rooted in the traditions of American & European avant-garde jazz and influenced by myriad global folk traditions, with elements of drone, noise, and textural sonic explorations.
