Chris Bowman's Manix/Joe Fiedler Trio 9/29 in Kingston, New York

[clifford_thornton]

The fall season of "So, What Do You Think?" is upon us at Tubby's in Kingston, New York. Ten days from now, on Sunday, September 29, we are pleased to present an evening concert consisting of two trios that range from the far-flung burgs of New Paltz, Kingston, Peekskill, and New York City. 

 

Headlining the evening will be drummer Chris Bowman's Manix with guitarist John Bruschini and trumpeter John Mulkerin. An electric convergence of Downtown NYC post-no wave, free funk, and related structures, the trio's individual collaborators have included Wadada Leo Smith, Paul Bley, Annette Peacock, George Garzone, Cecil Taylor, William Parker, James Chance, Luther Thomas, Charles "Bobo" Shaw, Jamaladeen Tacuma, Butch Morris, and Makanda Ken McIntyre –– some of the deepest figures in modern creative music, and that depth will be carried through to Tubby's. Bowman is also a drum shop owner in New Paltz, and in 2023 provided "So, What Do You Think?" with a set of congas that were imbued with a lot of history and fire.

 

Manix in a quartet version can be heard here: https://bruschinimulkerinbowmanpeskoff.bandcamp.com/album/manix

 

Bruschini's solo music can be heard to recent advantage here: https://johnbruschini.bandcamp.com/album/cecil-ensorcelled-2

 

The opening salvos of the evening will come from trombonist Joe Fiedler and his trio with longtime collaborators guitarist Pete McCann (Dave Liebman, Lee Konitz, Maria Schneider) and drummer Michael Sarin (Dave Douglas, Myra Melford, Mario Pavone). These three, augmented by saxophonist Jeff Lederer and bassist Rob Jost, recorded Like, Strange in 2017 and they'll be going into the studio again before the year's end. Fiedler is a trombonist, composer, and arranger who has had an extensive career in both avant-garde jazz and Latin music circles, as well as being the musical director for Sesame Street since ~2009. He has worked with, among others, Anthony Braxton, Maria Schneider, Andrew Hill, Sakoto Fujii, and Cecil Taylor, in addition to an extensive study and arrangement of trombonist and multiphonic pioneer Albert Mangelsdorff's music. His quartet Big Sackbut (consisting of three trombones and tuba) has reimagined the small brass ensemble for contemporary ears pitched toward rousing interplay. The Fiedler-McCann-Sarin trio is certainly something to look forward to.

 

Tickets can be purchased in advance at this link for $10 (plus a small service fee) or at the door for $15.