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Andrew Jamieson's Trouble Ensemble at Musicians Union Hall
Courtesy of Rent Romus | Posted on October 12, 2017
Where
Musicians Union Hall
116 9th St.
San Francisco, CA
Map
(415) 575-0777
When
Sun, October 22, 2017
7:30 pm
At Door
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Musicians
Rent Romus
saxophone, altoJoshua Marshall
saxophone, tenorJakob Pek
guitarTim DeCillis
vibraphoneMia Bella DAugelli
violinAbout
Looking to the tradition of composers and experimenters like Sun Ra, Charles Ives and Pauline Oliveros, contemporary musicians “trouble” the musical establishment and its conventions as they envisioned radical new ways of making and listening to sound. Their traditions are a separate musical “voice” from African American spirituality and the two voices cannot merge into one. They can, however, have a conversation in a musical setting. Trouble Ensemble creates large group conversation. They perform arrangements of spirituals, where they present a melody, rhythm and text derived from the tradition, along with jagged harmonies, unusual timbres and free improvising....