monktail creative music concern

The Monktail Creative Music Concern presents
SOUNDS OUTSIDE 2008
Cal Anderson Park, Capitol Hill
1635 11th Ave, Seattle, WA 98102
July 19 & August 23, 1-8 PM, Free!

The third annual Sounds Outside festival, a celebration of adventurous music and community, presented by the Monktail Creative Music Concern.

JULY 19
1:00 Paul Harding & the Juju Detective Agency
2:30 The Owcharuk Sextet
4:00 Bill Horist
5:30 Cuong Vu featuring SPEAK
7:00 Blue Cranes

AUGUST 23
1:00 Floss featuring Zachary Watkins
2:30 Reptet
4:00 Aram Shelton + Special O.P.S.
5:30 Ahamefule J. Oluo and the New Seattle Brass Ensemble featuring Okanomodé
7:00 The Wally Shoup Free Three

Visit  http://soundsoutside.com/ for more information about artists, events, and how to get involved!

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Monktail Creative Music Concern presents

THE MUSIC OF BLACK SABBATH

Performed by BLACK OPS

A fundraiser for Sounds Outside 2008

July 10, 2008

Rendezvous Jewel Box Theater

2322 2nd Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 441-5823

Music from 10PM – 1AM

August 7, 2008

Slim’s Last Chance Chili Shack & Watering Hole

5606 First Ave S

Seattle, WA 98108

(206) 762-7900

The heaviest music in the world arranged and executed by a band of jazz and noise specialists with surgical precision and deranged humor. Two sets, including new arrangements of rare album cuts among the classic Sabbath canon. The second set will be a special rendition of an entire album, with special guests and surprises. Proceeds benefit Sounds Outside!

With Jody McKane as OZZY
Justin Knott and Stephen Parris - guitars
John Seman - bass
Mark Ostrowski - drums

 

 BLACK OPS - 6/6/06 - Symptom of the Universe [6:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (35)

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JULY 15, 9PM-12AM

FLOSS

at ToST

513 N. 36th St.
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 547-0240

zombienutt

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Reptet - Chicken or Beef on sale NOW! 

Buy Chicken or Beef here!

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Classical Pianist Stephen Fandrich, and Classical Guitarist Sean Owen Present: A Shared Recital
Sunday, June 15 2:00p
at Town Hall, Seattle, WA

Guitarist Sean Owen and Pianist Stephen Fandrich will present a shared recital featuring the guitar etudes of local composer Mark Ostrowski, Scarlatti the vihuelistas of the Spanish Renaissance, Frank Zappa, Chopin, Fandrich, and Scriabin. $20/$15.

Phone: (206) 652-4255
Age Suitability: All Ages

Guitarist Sean Owen and Pianist Stephen Fandrich will present a shared recital featuring the guitar etudes of local composer Mark Ostrowski, Scarlatti the vihuelistas of the Spanish Renaissance, Frank Zappa, Chopin, Fandrich, and Scriabin. $20/$15

Who is Stephen Fandrich? Quietly, word of this passionate performer, interpreter, improviser and composer at the piano has spread throughout the Northwest in classical and jazz circles though his appearances have been scarce. Stephen will be playing the works of Chopin (ballade no.2), Scriabin (Verse la Flamme), and Frank Zappa (Sleep Dirt), amid his own works. To see video of Fandrich in concert last Fall go to http://vroomjournal.com/video/StephenFandrich.php.

Classical guitarist Sean V. Owen, a student of Eliot Fisk, David Leisner, Michael Lewin and Steven Novacek, is an emerging northwest treasure. Sean will be featuring Vihuela music of the spanish Renaissance, Yocoh (Sakura Variations), and the guitar etudes of local composer Mark Ostrowski. To see streaming video of Sean in concert last fall go to http://vroomjournal.com/video/SeanOwen.php.

As a special feature to this concert, the net proceeds will go to ensure the continuation of Sounds Outside. Sounds Outside, staged in Capitol Hill’s brand new Cal Anderson park and produced by the Monktail Creative Music Concern, is is Seattle’s only free summertime outdoor music festival of local and national artistic forces. Go to Soundsoutside.com for more info about Sounds Outside.

Program:

Sean Owen, guitar

featuring the music of:

Anon (El Testamen de Amilia),
Barios (Prelude, las Abejas),
Domenico Scarlatti (sonata K. 291 L. 352),
Tarrega (Capricio Arabe),
Mudarra (Fantasia),
Narvaez (Guardame las Vacas),
Ostrowski (etude #1, #8),
Yocoh (sakura Variations).

See Sean Owen in concert last fall
http://vroomjournal.com/video/SeanOwen.php

Stephen Fandrich piano

featuring the music of:

F. Chopin (Berceuse, Ballad no.2),
A. Scriabin (Prelude C major op. 11 no.1, Mazurka op.25 no.3, Ver la Flamme op. 72)
Frank Zappa (Sleep Dirt, transcription for piano by Stephen Fandrich),
Mark Ostrowski (Some Morning Glorious)
S. Fandrich (Variations on an Elegy by John Seman, Etude #1 "Water Lace")

to see video of Fandrich in concert last Fall go to
http://vroomjournal.com/video/StephenFandrich

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Paul Harding and the JuJu Detective Agency - 9 pm

Special O.P.S. - 11 pm

Egan’s Ballard Jam House

1707 NW Market St

Seattle, WA 98107

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REPTET

May 18th, 2008
Chicken or Beef? CD Release Party
The Seattle Asian Art Museum
1400 E Prospect Street
Volunteer Park
Seattle, WA 98112
2:00PM - All Ages
FREE!!!
 **There will be a pre-concert discussion at 1:30pm

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Two Sunday evening concerts this spring at the Blue Moon as part of their ongoing new music series.

Sunday April 20
SPECIAL O.P.S. - 8 PM
The Blue Moon
712 NE 45th St
Seattle, WA

Sunday May 11
MOTHER’S DAY
NON GRATA - 8 PM
The Blue Moon
712 NE 45th St
Seattle, WA

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April 11

Blue Cranes - 9 PM
Deal’s Number - 11 PM

Egan’s Ballard Jam House

1707 NW Market Street
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: 206-789-1621

$6, 21+

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March 29th 

90.3 KEXP-FM - SONARCHY RADIO

Sonarchy presents The Monktail Raymond Scott Project.

A set of this remarkable composer’s music delivered with the creative stamp of seven members of the Monktail Creative Music Concern. 

Download the complete Sonarchy broadcast below. Thanks to Doug Haire and Jack Straw.

 

 Monktail Raymond Scott Project on Sonarchy Radio [60:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (71)

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Monktail Raymond Scott Project at Seattle Art Museum and with Scott’s cousin Michael.

Recordings by Jim Wilke.

 

 Toy Trumpet, SAM 8NOV07 [4:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (172)

 

 Boy Scout In Switzerland, SAM 8NOV07 [8:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (137)

 

 War Dance for Wooden Indians, SAM 8NOV07 [5:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (127)

 

 Penguin, SAM 8NOV07 [9:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (146)

 

 Powerhouse, SAM 8NOV07 [6:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (143)

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FLOSS LIVE ON STAGE

Fri Nov 23, 11 PM
Floss and Russell (PK, Matt Norman, Matt Crane)
Egan’s Ballard Jam House
1707 NW Market St
Seattle, WA 98107

Two clips from Floss at the 21 Grand in Oakland, CA, 30 SEPT 2007.

With Zachary Watkins on electronics.

 

 The Road 7 Dirt House [7:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (155)

 

 Merry X-mas Mom [5:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (146)

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MCMC Benefit Concert featuring

Wayne Horvitz, Paul Rucker

Wednesday, November 14^th 2007

Gallery 1412
1412 18^th Ave (at 18^th and Union)
$10-$25 donation / All Ages / 7 PM

The Monktail Creative Music Concern will be holding a benefit concert featuring internationally acclaimed pianist and composer Wayne Horvitz performing a rare set of solo piano music.  The concert will be held at Gallery 1412 on Capitol Hill, November 14^th at 7pm. The evening will also feature cellist, composer and installation artist Paul Rucker and pianist/vocalist Stephen Fandrich.

A collective of composers, musicians and artists based out of Seattle, WA, the Monktail Creative Music Concern have been the driving force behind a surge in creative, uncompromising original music from the Pacific Northwest in recent years.  They won a 2006 Earshot Golden Ear Award for Concert of the Year for their performance of music by innovator Raymond Scott at last year’s Earshot Jazz Festival.  They hosted the blockbuster free concert series Sounds Outside throughout the summer of 2007 at the newly refurbished Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill.  And in the past year MCMC have released four new CD’s on their Monktail Records label.

The proceeds from this event will go toward maintaining the administrative side of the collective’s current and future activities.  MCMC have tirelessly propagated, promoted, produced and preserved creative/experimental music in the Seattle area for over 10 years.  This is an opportunity for the arts community to show their support by helping to sustain the collective’s vital activities.

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2006 Concert of the Year award winner The Monktail Raymond Scott Project will perform a set of Raymond Scott compositions at the Seattle Art Museum as a part of the Earshot Art of Jazz series Nov 8 at 5 PM. Non Grata, the MCMC big band, performs the first set of the evening.

Special Thanks to Jim Wilke. This concert was broadcast on 88.5 KPLU-FM Sunday 18 Nov 2007, 1 PM. Podcast available below.

Thursday November 8, 5PM
Monktail Raymond Scott Project
Seattle Art Museum - Free!
1300 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101-2003
www.seattleartmuseum.org

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 KPLU Raymond Scott Podcast [60:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (135)

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Someday Lounge in PDX is hosting a new Sunday night jazz/experimental series. Great stage in a great venue for great music. Lots of huge couches up in the balcony, wonderful people, and good on them for opening a night up to "music from the other side of the fence."

Floss recently played a night there with The Blue Cranes. Here is a portion of the Floss set from 23 September 2007.

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 Floss - Floss: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (141)

 

 Floss - Vitamin A: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (131)

 

 Floss - I Bought A Lizard Costume In Guam: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (137)

 

 Floss - Dronehydrated: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (123)

 

 Floss - Apple Hash Pipe: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (129)

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Audio remnants from the MCMC death-jazz trio Special O.P.S. (Ostrowski-Parris-Seman).

 

 Special O.P.S. - Lucky Cat Dub, Rendezvous 17 Oct 2007 [13:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (127)

 

 Special O.P.S. - Asbestos, Coffee Messiah 11 SEPT 2003 [20:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (117)

 

 Special O.P.S. - Turnpike Tag, Coffee Messiah 11 SEPT 2003 [8:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (109)

 

 Special O.P.S. - Epilogue, Coffee Messiah 11 SEPT 2003 [8:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (128)

 

 Special O.P.S. - Proof, 2nd Ave Pizza 2002, with Izaak Mills and Adam Weiss [7:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (111)

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Deal’s Number in the Quintet fashion: Bill Monto, Stephen Fandrich, Stephen Parris, John Seman, Mark

Ostrowski.

 

 Deal's Number - Mr. Rainey, Egan's 22 June 2007 [8:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (109)

 

 Deal's Number, Ft George Brewery, Astoria OR, 7 Oct 2007 [11:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (117)

 

 Deal's Number - Show Me What Ya Workin With, Sounds Outside 2007 [10:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (125)

 

 Deal's Number - Spikey's Tune, Sounds Outside 2007 [7:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (116)

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Jam! Reptet at Sounds Outside 2007.

 

 Reptet - The Eve of Threve, Sounds Outside 2007 [7:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (110)

 

 Reptet - Danger Notes, Sounds Outside 2007 [7:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (116)

 

 Reptet - Chicken or Beef, Sounds Outside 2007 [7:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (122)

 

 Reptet - Fish Market, Sounds Outside 2007 [10:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (114)

 

 Reptet - Do This!, Sounds Outside 2007 [10:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (120)

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Interesting audio artifacts from the history of the MCMC big band.

 

 Non Grata - Seattle Art Museum, 9 Nov 2007 [7:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (116)

 

 Non Grata - Rotture, Portland OR, 8 Oct 2007 [17:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2)

 

 Non Grata - Eat Some Watermelon And Let It All Hang Out, Sounds Outside 2007 [13:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2)

 

 Non Grata - LG, Earshot Jazz Fest 2003 [6:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2)

 

 Non Grata - 12 Step, The Blue Moon, 23 March 2003 [15:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (115)

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