2013-05-27 to 06-1
Four Jaap Blonk Concets in Texas 2013
Video of Jaap in Texas last time They, Who Sound happens every Monday at Avant Garden 411 Westheimer from 7:30 to 9:30pm

On Monday, May 27 2013, They, Who Sound will feature Dutch improvisational vocalist and sound poet Jaap Blonk
in two ensembles.

Jaap Blonk/Lisa Harris/Ivette Roman-Roberto/Alauna Rubin &
Jaap Blonk/David Dove/Damon Smith

Jaap Blonk (Netherlands) - voice
Lisa Harris (Houston) - voice
Ivette Roman-Roberto (Houston) - voice
Alauna Rubin (Houston) - voice
David Dove (Houston) - trombone
Damon Smith (Houston) - double bass

$5-$10 suggested donation.

Wed. May 29th 6- 8pm Diverse Works on Wed. 6-8pm Free admission and free beer! 4102 Fannin, Suite 200 Houston, Texas 77004 (entrance on Cleburne between Fannin and Main)

“Flight Out of Time: an Introduction to the Life and Work of Hugo Ball” Melissa Venator PhD student, Rice University, Department of Art History A 20-minute (or less) lecture on Hugo Ball accompanied by a slide show.

Then:
BABA-OE MF
Hugo Ball Six Sound Poems
Jaap Blonk (NL) - Voice
Damon Smith - Double bass

Austin & San Antonio:

Jaap Blonk -- vocals, electronics (Netherlands)

Solo and in quartet with:
Jaap Blonk -- vocals (Netherlands)
Damon Smith -- double bass (Houston)
Sandy Ewen -- guitar (Houston)
Chris Cogburn -- percussion (Austin)

Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 8pm
High Wire Arts
326 W Josephine San Antonio, TX 78212 (210) 827-7652
http://highwirearts.com/
$10 admission

&

Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 8pm
Carousel Lounge
1110 E 52nd St Austin, TX 78723
(512) 452-6790
$10 admission

2013-05-11
Menil Collection
Vivian L. Smith Foundation Fellowship Symposium The Menil Collection, Houston

May 10 & 11, 2013

Friday, May 10 - 6:30 p.m.
Menil Collection Lawn
1515 Sul Ross St, Houston, TX 77006
Line Upon Line (Austin, TX) - performing Reich, Snowden and Xenakis

Saturday, May 11 - 5pm
Former Byzantine Fresco Chapel
4011 Yupon St, Houston, TX 77006
Lectures and Performances:
Dr. Liz Kotz - “Convergence of Music, Dance and Sculpture c. 1961”
Craig Hauschildt - "Karlheinz Stockhausen"
Dr. Leo G. Mazow - “Archive, Anthology, and the Later Career of Thomas Hart Benton”
Craig Hauschildt and Brandon Bell - "Fluxus Set", works by Ben Vautier, Robert Bozzi, Ken Friedman, Emmett Williams, George Brecht, Milan Knizak,Yoko Ono, Alison Knowles, and Peter Frank
Damon Smith - Benjamin Patterson, "Variations for Double Bass"
Prof. Simon Shaw-Miller - “Nam June Paik and Marcel Duchamp: An Ontology of Music”
David Dove/Abel Cisneros/Ryan Edwards/Jason Jackson/Ivette Roman-Roberto/Damon Smith - Cornelius Cardew, "Treatise" Benjamin Patterson's Variations for Double Bass, 1961 video

2013-03-13-18
New Mexico & Colorado tour
Improvised music

Wed. Mar.13 Rio Bravo Fine Art, Truth or Consequences NM http://www.riobravofineart.net/
Thu. Mar.14 Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque NM http://outpostspace.org/
Fri. Mar.15 West Side Books, Denver CO http://www.westsidebooks.com/
Sat. Mar.16 The Modbo, Colorado Springs CO http://themodbo.wordpress.com/
Sun. Mar.17 in Pueblo CO at the Main Library, 3:30 pm
Mon. Mar.18 Benildus Hall, Santa Fe University of Art & Design

Biggi Vinkeloe - alto sax, flute (from Sweden)
Mark Weaver - tuba (Albuquerque NM)
Damon Smith - dbl-bass (Houston TX)
Video: Desert Sweets Tour Video

2013-02-22
No Idea 2013: The Museum Of Human Achievement
2/22 Austin 8pm - 12am / $8 - $15 sliding scale The Museum Of Human Achievement

First set
Bonnie Jones

Second set
Sandy Ewen
Damon Smith

Third set
Catherine Lamb
Bryan Eubanks

Fourth set Alvin Fielder Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Milo Tamez Misha Marks

2013-02-21
The Performance Loft
8pm - 12am / $8 - $15 sliding scale
The Performance Loft
805 Congress Ave (map)

First set
Jonathan Horne
Misha Marks

Second set Catherine Lamb and Bryan Eubanks present a series of pieces commissioned especially for No Idea 2013 featuring Austin ensemble Lunch Money -- Bob Hoffnar, Aaron Allen, Chris Cogburn.

Third set Alvin Fielder
Damon Smith
Remi Álvarez

The opening night in Austin places focus on gradations in composition and improvisation with sets ranging from commissioned compositions to first-time freely improvised meetings. Come celebrate our 10th year anniversary in the special ambiance of The Performance Loft in downtown Austin. Libations and catered hors d’œuvres provided by Tito’s Vodka, Saint Arnold Brewery, id soda, Emily’s Catering, East Side Pies, and others...

2013-02-21
No Idea 2013: The Performance Loft
No Idea Festival 2013:

8pm - 12am / $8 - $15 sliding scale
The Performance Loft
805 Congress Ave (map)

First set
Jonathan Horne
Misha Marks

Second set Catherine Lamb and Bryan Eubanks present a series of pieces commissioned especially for No Idea 2013 featuring Austin ensemble Lunch Money -- Bob Hoffnar, Aaron Allen, Chris Cogburn.

Third set Alvin Fielder
Damon Smith
Remi Álvarez

The opening night in Austin places focus on gradations in composition and improvisation with sets ranging from commissioned compositions to first-time freely improvised meetings. Come celebrate our 10th year anniversary in the special ambiance of The Performance Loft in downtown Austin. Libations and catered hors d’œuvres provided by Tito’s Vodka, Saint Arnold Brewery, id soda, Emily’s Catering, East Side Pies, and others...

2013-02-17
KTRU.org
This Sunday, 7-9pm Texas time, Pete Gershon's KTRU show:

Live:
Damon Smith - double bass
Alvin Fielder - snare drum

Recorded:
The new Wilbur Ware album & unreleased music from Alvin's personal archive.
Listen live at: KTRU

2013-02-02
DIverse Works
2pm Sat. Feb. 2nd Music for Tony Feher's Installation Diverse Works Art Space 4102 Fannin St. Houston, TX

Untitled Sound collage, 2012 by Sandy Ewen

My original idea was commission a sound collage from Sandy Ewen about specific ideas behind Tony's work. In conversations about it with Tony, he said there are no ideas behind his work (+ everything he has ever experienced). However, He loved the Idea and thought the audience should be in the installation, as if in a crowded train station. This is her first work in this medium. Her technique involves layering internet based sources. The audience should be in main space for this.

Installation Suite for trombone

The inspiration for this came from an incredible solo Mr. Dove did in Richmond Hall where he made subtle movement in the space. This piece involves him moving to all three distinct part of the installation - starting outside with the door open and the audience inside - and using it as a graphic score.

David Dove - trombone

Mild intervention I & II

This set of works is my second project under the influence of Ben Patterson. I also took into account the working methods of text based sculptor Lawrence Weiner and the composers of the Wandelweiser collective (www.timescraper.de). In the end it was Ben's work that exists in the psychological realm that seemed to fit best.

Both scores ask the performers to hold specific thoughts while carrying out the task of improvising music - as opposed to trying to express the ideas through sound.

Mild Intervention I for vibraphone & electric guitar
Nick Hennies - Vibraphone
Sandy Ewen - guitar

Mild Intervention I! for glass & percussion
Rebecca Novak & Chris Cogburn - glass & percussion

2012-11-6 & 7
Spring St. Studios, Houston
November 6 and 7, 2012, 8pm Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston

David Dove -trombone
Sandy Ewen -guitar, objects
Damon Smith - double bass
Juanjose Rivae - electronics
Carmina Escobar - voice
Remi Álverez - saxophone

2012-10-28
Cine Tonalá: Tonalá 231, Col. Roma (Entre Aguascal
Damon Smith / Sandy Ewen duo
+
Dafne Vicent-Sandova / Xavier López duo

Desbordamientos
Aproximaciones a la música improvisada

México / Alemania / Austria / E.U. / Francia / España

Ciclo internacional de música improvisada que expone distintas lecturas y aproximaciones a nuevas prácticas sonoras, a partir de la proyección de la serie documental "On The Edge: Improvisation In Music", basada en la investigación del guitarrista Derek Bailey.

Domingo 28 de Octubre

Proyección de "On The Edge: Improvisation In Music" 18hrs / Entrada Libre

Concierto: 19hrs (2 sets distintos por fecha) / $80 pesos

Cine Tonalá: Tonalá 231, Col. Roma (Entre Aguascalientes y Tlaxcala), México, D.F.

2012-10-26 & 27
Sala Xochipilli, Mexico City
‎"II FREE MUSIC AGREEMENT/ACUERDO DE MÚSICA LIBRE" próxima semana 26 y 27 de Oct. conciertos y clases magistrales a cargo de:

David Dove -trombone
Sandy Ewen -guitar, objects
Damon Smith - double bass
Juanjose Rivae - electronics
Carmina Escobar - voice
Remi Álverez - saxophone

2012-10-18, 20, 21
Houston Contemporary Art Fair
Mitchell Center Booth: 7:30 pm Thurs., 7-9 Sat. 5-7 Sun. 2-2:20
Damon Smith (double bass, sticks, stones) plays Christian Wolf and John Cage.

Program:
Ryoanii, for solo double bass to Joelle Leandre, 1983 John Cage 1912-1992

Stones (1968-1971)

Sticks (1968-1971)
Christian Wolff, b. 1934

2012-10-10
14 Pews
Keith Rowe / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith
Oct. 10th 8pm. $10-20 sliding scale
14 Pews 800 Aurora Street
Houston, TX 77009

Keith Rowe - guitar, electronics
Sandy Ewen - guitar, objects
Damon Smith - double bass, laptop, field recordings

Keith Rowe will also stage historic Scratch orchestra works with Gooseberry Marmalade.

Scratch Orchestra recordings:
http://ubu.com/sound/scratch.html.

Scratch Orchestra short history:
http://www.stefan-szczelkun.org.uk/phd102.htm

Keith Rowe Bio: Keith Rowe was in the forefront of the initial wave of European free improvisation, co-founding the AMM collective in 1965 and originating the tabletop guitar. The tabletop guitar has remained at the center of his ever-evolving table of electronics and gadgets ever since, becoming increasingly stripped down and minimal in recent years. Having mostly performed within AMM until the late 90's, he's since been involved in a wide range of projects, including a slew of the most prominent Erstwhile releases. He's the cornerstone musician of the label, and his wide range of releases over the last decade stands with the strongest bodies of work of the last century in improvised music.

Sandy Ewen plays electric guitar. Born in Toronto, Canada in 1985, Sandy Ewen received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. Since then she has resided in Houston, TX where she pursues her musical and visual projects and her architecture license. Ewen has performed music throughout North America as a collaborative improviser and as a member the Weird Weeds. Lately, Ewen has been focusing on her visual art, frequently presenting it alongside experimental music. Ewen's visual art currently centers around projections. Ewen utilizes numerous slide projectors & countless handmade slides to shape and create space. These portable installations have been integrated into film, music and dance. The multimedia space 14 Pews has invited Ewen to be their 2012 artist in residence, allowing Ewen to present her visual art and musical performances. Sandy Ewen is a well known member of Houston's experimental music community. She is a regular contributor to the They Who Sound & Binarium concert series'. In 2012, Ewen will release at least four albums, which will include a duo with guitarist Tom Carter, a trio with bassist Damon Smith & drummer Weasel Walter, a duo with Damon Smith, and a rock album with Austin's Weird Weeds.

Gooseberry Marmalade is an evolving music and ensemble that performs improvisation, graphic scores, performance pieces and occasionally more traditional forms of composition. Sandy Ewen founded the all female group in 2009 as a way to capitalize on the under-utilized resource of creative women in experimental music.The group has changed its name to a different fruit flavor for every performance. Memorable moments of the ensemble include: the Pawpaw Pomelo show atop the Mekong Plaza on July 4th, 2010, wherein the band accompanied live fireworks with an amplified vocal perfomance; the Pina Colada show at NMAS in Austin, Texas wherein the band collaborated with video artist Rebecca Carlisle-Healy; the Durian Durian show at the Menil, which showcased site specific performance pieces. The group has a CDr release, but all the copies have gone missing. The CDr was fondly referred to as the "touchy-feely" album because of the fake fur that was glued on the covers.

2012-05-30 + 31
Spring St. Studios (+ 14 Pews)
John Butcher, Thomas Lehn and Gino Robair

John Butcher (London): tenor and soprano saxophones
Thomas Lehn (Köln): analogue synthesizer
Gino Robair (San Francisco): drums, percussion

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

at: Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios
1824 Spring Street Houston, TX 77007

with the Nameless Sound Ensemble:
Abel Cisneros - drums, percussion
David Dove - trombone
Ryan Edwards - guitar
Sandy Ewen - guitar, objects
Thomas Helton - double bass
Jason Jackson - saxophone
Alauna Rubin - clarinet, voice
Damon Smith - double bass
Michelle Yom - flute

and

Thursday, May 31, 2012 at: 14 Pews 800 Aurora Street, Houston 77009
trio performance

each night: $13 General Admission / $10 Students both nights: $20 Everyone under 18 gets in for free

For information call 713-928-5653 Or go to www.namelesssound.org

Nameless Sound presents the return of two favorite guests, saxophonist John Butcher and analogue synthesist Thomas Lehn, and welcomes percussionist Gino Robair for his Nameless Sound debut. John Butcher's work ranges through improvisation, his own compositions, multitracked saxophone pieces and explorations with feedback and extreme acoustics, and as a solo performer who attempts to engage with a sense of place. solos are a study in subtle detail, nuanced acoustics, brilliant overtones, and powerful abstraction.

Since the early 1980s Thomas Lehn has developed an individual language of electronic music, rooted in his experience as an interpreting and improvising pianist in classical, contemporary and jazz music. The electronic equipment he uses consists of analogue synthesizers of the late 1960s, in particular the EMS Synthi A. Besides the substantial characteristics of its analogue sound synthesis, the facilities of this modular instrument allow him to act and react spontaneously to various structural elements of the music.

Gino Robair's unconventional approach to percussion puts a greater focus on melody and sound generation than on rhythm and timekeeping. It's typical for Robair to arrive at concerts with as few instruments as possible, challenging himself to make music from styrofoam cups, toys, electric motors, even his bare hands. He has performed and recorded with artists ranging from Tom Waits to John Zorn to Anthony Braxton, and is the proprietor of Rastascan Records, a label devoted to creative music.

The Nameless Sound Ensemble brings together the leading lights of Houston's community of creative improvisation, many of whom have had long-term associations with the organization as educators or students.

For information on Nameless Sound or directions go to www.namelesssound.org,

or call 713-928-5653

2012-05-13
Alabama Art Kitchen, Tuscaloosa, AL
7pm $10The Alabama Art Kitchen · 2626 University Blvd. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 alabamaartkitchen@gmail.com

Alvin Fielder Quartet:

Jason Jackson - saxophones
David Dove - trombone
Damon Smith - double bass
Alvin Fielder - drums

2012-05-11 & 12
Secret Stages Birmingham, AL
Friday 9pm: Alvin Fielder Houston quartet
Jason Jackson - saxophones
David Dove - trombone
Damon Smith -double bass

Saturday 9pm David Dove / Damon Smith duo
David Dove - trombone
Damon Smith -double bass
Info, directions Etc.: http://secretstages2012.sched.org/

2012-05-!0
Mudlark, New Orleans, LA
Mudlark 1200 Port Street (corner of Marais) 8pm
Houston trio:
Jason jackson - saxophones
David Dove - trombone
Damon Smith -double bass

&

Donald Miller / Rob Cambre duo

2012-03-20
Rice University
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7pm
Location Rice University
Keith-Weiss Geology Building, Room 100

Program:
Introduction to Dada sound poetry
Kurt Schwitters' "Ursonate" Jaap Blonk, voice
question-and-answer session to follow

2012-03-19
Avant Garden, Houston
They, Who Sound Presents:
March 19th 7pm Avant Garden 411 Westheimer Houston $5-10

Mixed improvised groupings with:
Jaap Blonk (NL) - voice
Jack Wright (PA) - saxophones
David Dove - trombone
Sandy Ewen - guitar, objects
Damon Smith - double bass

2011-11-19
English Kills Gallery, NYC
9pm Nov. 19th, 114 Forrest St. Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Jim Sauter (Borbetomagus) - saxophones
Sandy Ewen - guitar, objects
Damon Smith - 7 string electric upright, laptop
Weasel Walter - percussion

Part of a live action by artist Peter Dobil at English Kills Gallery more info here: http://www.peterdobillactionist.com/ &

http://www.englishkillsartgallery.com/

Map & Subway:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=114+Forrest+St+%231,+Brooklyn+NY,+11206&hl=en&sll=40.719024,-73.959452&sspn=0.016719,0.021007&vpsrc=0&hnear=114+Forrest+St,+Brooklyn,+Kings,+New+York+11206&t=m&z=17&source=gplus-ogsb

2011-10-26
Allways Lounge, New Orleans
WED. OCT. 26
Anxious Sound presents: Weasel Walter/Damon Smith/Donald Miller/Rob Cambre (quartet)
10pm
@the AllWays Lounge
2240 St.Claude Avenue, New Orelans, LA
http://theallwayslounge.net/the-lounge

2011-10-25
The Blue Nile, New Orleans
TUES OCT. 25
Open Ears Music Series presents:
Weasel Walter / Damon Smith / Donald Miller (trio)
Simon Berz / Simon Lott / Bruce Golden / Justin Peake
10pm
@the Blue Nile (upstairs) 532 Frenchmen Street, New Orleans, LA

2011-10-03
Avant Garden
Avant Garden 411 Westheimer 7 to 9pm

Monday, October 3
Quartet:
Annette Krebs (Berlin) - guitar
Chris Cogburn (Austin) - drums, percussion
Sandy Ewen (Houston) - guitar
Damon Smith (Houston) - double bass
with an opening set by
Ryan Edwards (Houston) - guitar, voice

2011-08-07
Super Happy Funland
8pm Aug 7th @ Super Happy Fun Land 3801 Polk Street, Houston TX 77003 (713)880-2100 $7

The Weird Weeds http://www.weirdweeds.com/

Weasel Walter Ensemble

Weasel Walter (drums), Seth Paynter (saxophones), David Dove (trombone), Thomas Helton (tuba), Sandy Ewen (guitar), Damon Smith (amplified double bass), Nick Hennies (vibraphone) http://nowave.pair.com/wea​sel_walter/

Lucas Gorham (Grandfather Child) solo guitar

http://www.superhappyfunla​nd.com/

2011-08-05
Skinny's Ballroom, Austin
8pm Aug 5th @ Skinny's Ballroom (115 San Jacinto) $5

Weasel Walter Quintet featuring: Weasel Walter (drums), Carl Smith (saxophone), Jonathan Horne (guitar), Sandy Ewen (guitar), Damon Smith (amplified double bass) Weasel Walter is a composer and instrumentalist who founded the band The Flying Luttenbachers in Chicago in 1991 with late jazz cult figure Hal Russell and is a current member of Cellular Chaos and Behold...The Arctopus. Over the years, The Flying Luttenbachers included noted Chicago musicians such as Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Dylan Posa, and Michael Colligan, while creating an uncompromising and mercurial body of abstract music drawing equally from no wave, death metal, free jazz, gamelan, noise music, hardcore punk and modern classical. Walter moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003, where he formed the latest of many Luttenbachers lineups, remaining on percussion with the addition of bassist Mike Green (Burmese), and virtuoso guitarist Ed Rodriguez (ex-Colossamite, Gorge Trio). Singular guitar phenomenon Mick Barr (Octis, Orthrelm) joined the group in 2005. The Flying Luttenbachers ceased to operate in late 2007. In addition to leading various free jazz ensembles under his own name, currently he is a member of Burmese. On November 25, 2009, Weasel Walter announced that he was moving to New York City to join the band Behold... The Arctopus on drums and will be writing "new, more extreme material from scratch." Since moving back to New York, he has also formed Cellular Chaos with Marc Edwards (drummer) and Ceci Moss.

The Weird Weeds http://www.weirdweeds.com/

The Plutonium Farmers http://blog.plutoniumfarme​rs.com/

2011-01-29
Fair Grinds Coffee House (upstairs), New Orleans
Anxious Sound presents:
DAMON SMITH (houston,TX) = bass
solo + with Bhob Rainey (soprano saxophone), Donald Miller (electric guitar), & Rob Cambre (electric guitar)
SAT. JANUARY 29, 2011
@Fair Grinds Coffee House (upstairs)
http://www.fairgrinds.com/
3133 Ponce de Leon
(Mid City/Faubourg St. John)
New Orleans, LA 70119
doors: 7:30 / showtime: 8pm

2011-01-28
No Idea Festival, Austin
No Idea Festival Austin Trio with, Sandy Ewen - guitar, Chris Cogburn - pecussion
More info: http://noideafestival.com/

2011-01-27
Flight Gallery, San Antonio
No Idea Festival, San Antonio
Duo with Thomas Helton - Double Bass
more info: http://noideafestival.com/

2011-01-13
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Damon Smith performs Ben Patterson's "Variations for Double Bass" followed by a trio with Sandy Ewen & Jerome Bryerton. 6:30pm, free.
Pre-Concert music: "Polishing" by George Brecht

2010-10-30
KTRU
Radio broacast on KTRU in Houston 6-7 pm central time

Sandy Ewen - prepared guitar

Damon Smith - 7 string electric upright bass, laptop

Listen live at http://ktru.org/

2010-09-24
Cy Twombly Pavillion, Menil Collection Houston
Bass duos with Thomas Helton in the Renzo Piano Desgined Cy Twombly Annex at the Menil Collection in Houston, TX

Premiering the graphic score: Six collages to Cy Twombly for two double basses

Performance Notes:

The primary concept behind these scores is simply to generate contemporary work out of great works from the past and to work across art forms with similar ideas. Which is very much in line with Twombly’s practice.

The collages contain a brass ensemble reduction of one of Twombly’s favorite works, Händel’s “Water Music”, referencing both classical double bassists often having to resort to transcriptions to engage with great music as well Twombly himself working from various translations of ancient texts to generate paintings. As well as poems from three of his favorite poets: Catullus, Rilke & Pessoa. They also contain plates from a small Braque book (who has a neighboring ceiling work to Twombly’s in the Louvre), as well as my own graphite lines (often “crossing out” notes or text), gouache marks & photos from the Mediterranean world and one from Oakland, California

Just as the graphite lines can be read as pure music, both the poems and written music can read as gestural or just as importantly any of the material can be read silently by the performers to create “active” silences between their own material. The pitches from Water Music could also be combined with the gestures of the graphic material.

The scores can be played in any order or any direction and can be used as self-contained compositions or as a framework for improvisational material.

Damon Smith 8/2010

2010-09-04
Tex Gallery, Denton TX
Lou Mallozzi - objects
Damon Smith - double bass

2010-08-22
inarium sound Series at Mekong Underground
Sunday Aug. 22nd 8pm. Binarium sound Series at Mekong Underground 2808 Milam st.

Double bass duo:

Thomas Helton/Damon Smith – double basses

2009-12-07
1510 8th st.
Monday, Dec 7 2009 8:00 PM Studio 1510 1510 8th Street Oakland $6-10

Set 1 Gianni Mimmo - saxophone Scott R. Looney - piano Gino Robair - percussion

Set 2 RECIPROCAL UNCLES (Italy) Gianni Mimmo - saxophones Gianni Lenoci - piano

Set 3 Gianni Mimmo - saxophones Gianni Lenoci - piano Damon Smith - double bass Kjell Nordeson, Gino Robair - percussion

http://www.amiranirecords.com/gianni.html http://www.amiranirecords.com/gianni_lenoci.html http://www.balancepointacoustics.com http://myspace.com/smithdamon http://www.myspace.com/damonsmithsolo

2009-11-08
21 Grand
Sunday, Nov 8 2009 8:00 PM 21 Grand 416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland $6-10

Hans Koch (CH) - reeds
Damon Smith - double bass
Kjell Nordeson (SE) - percussion

Hans Koch: 1948, Biel, Switzerland; bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, electronics.

Having studied at the Conservatory in Biel and Zurich, Hans Koch began his musical career as a classical clarinetist, working from 1973 to 1980 at the Music College of Winterthur. In 1978, he met Martin Schütz, also at the Conservatory, and they formed a jazz trio at the beginning of the 1980s, finally settling with the drummer Marco Käppeli. Performances eventually led to a recording of the trio on ECM and then a second disc the following year (1988) on Sound Aspects. In 1985 he won the best soloist award at the Jazzfestival Lugano and in 1986 was awarded the "Kulturpreis from the city of Biel". During the same period, Koch was also a member of Werner Lüdi's Sunnymoon, along with Martin Schütz, Stephan Wittwer and Paul Lovens. In 1987 he undertook a 6-month residence in New York and played in a wide variety of situations: with Andrew Cyrille, Butch Morris, Shelley Hirsch and David Moss & many others. This resulted in regular performances at Willisau and Nickelsdorf and a recording for FMP of X-Communication (Morris, Hirsch, Schütz, Lovens, Hans Reichel, Jason Hwang and J.A. Dean). In 1988, Koch was a member of the Cecil Taylor European Orchestra, the recording of which was released in the much-prized In Berlin box set from FMP, as well as the ground breaking all reed trio Holz Fur Europa with Wolfgang Fuchs and Peter Van Bergan

Hans Koch's solo CD, Uluru was recorded in 1989 and at the end of 1991 CHOCKSHUT (a near anagram of Koch and Schütz) was recorded, a sextet that included Fredy Studer. This was the beginning of the trio "Koch-Schütz-Studer", though their first recording with the descriptive and provocative title of Hardcore chamber music was not recorded for another three years, by which time Koch was working with electronics as an extension of his reeds, as well as with sampling/sequencing. In the ten years that have followed, the trio has recorded frequently and collaborated with a wide variety of musicians: from Egypt, from Cuba, with DJs, and with poetry/spoken word.

2009-10-27
Zebulon, Brooklyn
Zebulon 258 Wythe Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211-3914 (718) 218-6934

10/27/2009 8:00 PM

Jack Wright - saxophone

Mike Pride - drums

Damon Smith - double bass

2009-10-25
Moonstone Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Lucky Old Souls Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:30pm - 11:00pm Moonstone Arts Center (aka Robin's Books) 110 S. 13th St., 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA Lucky Old Souls and Dan Peterson present... a special Sunday dinner concert at Moonstone Arts Center with music from... TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCE TRIO Dan Peterson, reeds Matt Stein, bass Doug Hirlinger, drums JASON STEIN solo bass clarinet JACK WRIGHT Quartet Jack Wright, sax Jason Stein, bass clarinet Damon Smith, double bass Mike Szekely, drums

2009-10-23
Venue: Plays and Players Theater, Philadelphia
OVER-NITE SENSATION:

Autumn Edition

Venue: Plays and Players Theater, 3rd Floor 1714 Delancey Place

presented with Plays and Players

Friday, October 23, 8pm Damon Smith - solo double bass + many other short sets

2009-09-19
Heaven Gallery Chicago 1510 N. Mil
For the 2007 release Ausfegen (Balance Point Acoustics), this transcontinental quartet—bassist Damon Smith and guitarist Kristian Aspelin from the Bay Area and saxophonist Paul Hartsaw and drummer Jerome Bryerton from Chicago—set out to pay homage to German conceptual artist Joseph Beuys. But as Smith explains in the liner notes, they weren’t sure it was worthwhile to simply claim they were inspired by Beuys, so they decided to make the connection more explicit. For the art piece he called Ausfegen, Beuys swept Berlin’s Marx-Engels-Platz, then encased the broom and all the detritus he’d collected in a vitrine. On the album Ausfegen, the cuts have titles like “Garbage,” “Sand,” and “Paper,” and for one track Aspelin laid his guitar flat and played it with a broom. Of course that’s not to say the listener needs to know any of this to appreciate the group’s tensile and tactile free improvisation. The clanging and clattering commotion is daubed with terse, fluid phrases—a postbop gesture by Hartsaw, a rumbling arco flurry by Smith—and each player manipulates fast-flying extended technique in carefully calibrated communication. —Peter Margasak

2009-01-13
21 Grand
Two Sets with Legendary Bassist John Lindberg Tuesday Jan. 13th @ 21 Grand $6-10 416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland

Set 1: JazzHopRevolution Featuring John Lindberg & Rahman Jamaal

"The compelling ensemble dynamically creating a cross-genre marriage of jazz and hip-hop."

Playing selections from their recent album: Tha Sound of Truth (Planet Arts/LindyEditions)

Set 2: Vinny Golia reeds John Lindberg & Damon Smith Double basses Weasel Walter Drums

www.johnlindberg.com www.jazzhorevolution.com www.myspace.com/rahmanjamaal www.myspace.com/johnlindberg www.balancepointacoutics.com www.ninewinds.com http://nowave.pair.com/weasel_walter/ www.21grand.com

2008-06-10
21 Grand
Tuesday, Jun 10 2008 8:00 PM 21 Grand 416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland

John Butcher - soprano & tenor saxophones
Damon Smith - double bass, laptop
Weasel Walter - percussion

John Butcher (UK) is one of the most innovative and original saxophonists of any era. He is Joined at this concert of free improvised music by the prolific Oakland rhythm section Weasel Walter and Damon Smith.

http://www.johnbutcher.org.uk
http://nowave.pair.com/weasel_walter/
http://www.balancepointacoustics.com
http://myspace.com/smithdamon

2008-06-03
The Empty Bottle
Tuesday 06/03/08
9:00 PM
Empty Bottle Chicago, IL

Guillermo Gregorio - alto saxophone, clarinets
Damon Smith - double bass
Jerome Bryerton - percussion

2008-03-29
Westwerk
29-3-08, 9pm
Westwerk, Admiralitätstr.74, Hamburg
Lise-Lotte Norelius, live-electronics (Stockholm)
Damon Smith, double bass (Oakland, CA)
+ Nordzucker:
Birgit Ulher, trumpet
Lars Scherzberg, saxofon
Michael Maierhof, cellos

2008-03-23
Archiduc
March 23 Archiduc Brussels, Belgium 9pm.

Fred Van Hove - Piano
Peter Jacquemyn, Damon Smith - double basses
Changed from 5 to 9pm

2008-03-20
Blue Tomato
March, 20 2008 at ITCHYSCRATCHY AUDIODAZE
damon smith - bass, tom zlabinger - bass, andreas menrath - drums, hans falb - turntables, martin siewert - guitar, marco eneidi - alto saxophone Blue Tomato - Vienna

2008-03-13
HaTeiva
13-3-08, 8pm
HaTeiva, corner of Salame/Yerushalaim, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
Damon Smith - double bass
Birgit Ulher - trumpet
+
24Limbs Orchestra:
Ariel Shibolet - soprano sax
Yoni Silver - bass clarinet
Roni Brenner - guitar
Michel Mayer - guitar
Shmil Frenkle - doublebass
Ofer Bymel - drums

2008-03-08
Pyramida
8-3-08, 8pm
Pyramida, Madregot Miller 6, Haifa, Israel
Damon Smith - double bass
Birgit Ulher - trumpet
+
Tanaka:
Adi Snir - soprano & tenor sax, clarinet
Roni Brenner - guitar
Michel Mayer - guitar
Ofer Bymel - drums

2008-03-01
H7_Club für improvisierte Musik, Blinzelbar
1-3-08, 9 pm
H7_Club für improvisierte Musik, Blinzelbar
Gr. Bergstr.158, Hamburg

Liz Albee, trumpet, electronics (Oakland, CA)
Birgit Ulher, trumpet
Heiner Metzger, soundtable
Raed Yassin, electronics (Beirut)
Michael Maierhof, cello
Damon Smith, double bass (Oakland, CA)

2008-02-09
Hagada Hasmalit
14-3-08
Tel Aviv Improvised Music Meeting
Hagada Hasmalit, Echad Ha'am 70, Tel Aviv, Israel
with Tanaka, Ariel Shibolet, Damon Smith and Birgit Ulher amongst others