Drummers Lead Edgefest 2017
The theme of this year’s Edgefest, October 18 – 21 at Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, is new music created by drummers/percussionists. Several of the drummers are also composers and leaders of edgy/avant garde ensembles from New York City and elsewhere.
Some of the bigger names are multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, trombonist Steve Swell, tubaist Joseph Daley, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, saxophonist Larry Ochs, pianist Dave Burrell, and a long line of drummers/percussionists: Andrew Drury, Pheeroan akLaff, Hamid Drake, Allison Miller, Tom Rainey, Tomas Fujiwara, Adam Rudolph, Gerald Cleaver, and Gayelynn McKinney. The festival kicks off with a free performance at Encore Records on Tuesday, October 17.
Please go to the Kerrytown Concert House website for more details, including ticket information.
TOP: Hamid Drake and Adam Rudolph
Edgefest 2017 Schedule
Venues
- ER Encore Records | 417 East Liberty St.
- KCH Kerrytown Concert House | 407 North Fifth Ave.
- KMS Kerrytown Market and Shops | 407 North Fifth Ave.
- BUC Bethlehem United Church of Christ | 423 South Fourth Ave.
- AR Amadeus Restaurant | 122 East Washington St.
- SCT Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea | Kerrytown Market & Shops | 407 North Fifth Ave.
Tuesday, October 17 |
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| 8:00 | ER | Joe McPhee (valve trombone, pocket trumpet), Andrew Drury (drums), Piotr Michalowski (bass clarinet, sopranino and soprano saxophones) |
Wednesday, October 18 |
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| 6:00 | KCH | Remember Me – poems by Ken Mikolowski, music and artwork by Michael Gould. With Gould (percussion), Deanna Relyea (vocals), Katri Ervamaa (cello) |
| 7:00 | KCH | Trombone Insurgency – with trombonists Steve Swell, Joe McPhee, Dick Griffin |
| 9:00 | KCH | Pheeroan akLaff:aRT Trio – Scott Robinson (reeds), Julian Thayer (bass), Pheeroan akLaff (percussion) |
Thursday, October 19 |
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| 6:00 | KCH | Jonathan Taylor Quintet: Mover – Marcus Elliot (saxophone), Molly Jones (violin, saxophone), Michael Malis (piano), Jaribu Shahid (bass), Jonathan Taylor (drums) |
| 7:00 | KCH | William Hooker Duo featuring Mike Malis – William Hooker (drums), Malis (piano) |
| 8:00 | KCH | Joseph Daley Tuba Trio – Daley (tuba), Scott Robinson (reeds), Warren Smith (percussion) |
| 9:00 | KCH | Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom – Jenny Scheinman (violin), Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Jeff Lederer (clarinet), Carmen Staaf (piano), Todd Sickafoose (bass), Miller (drums) |
Friday, October 20 |
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| 6:00 | KCH | Ben Goldberg’s Invisible Guy – Goldberg (clarinet), Michael Coleman (piano), Hamir Atwal (drums) |
| 7:00 | KCH | Tom Rainey Trio – Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Rainey (drums) |
| 8:00 | KCH | Andrew Drury’s Content Provider – Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax), Briggan Kraus (saxes), Brandon Seabrock (guitar), Drury (drums) |
| 9:00 | KCH | Larry Ochs Fictive Five – Ochs (tenor & sopranino saxes), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Ken Filiano (bass), Harris Eisenstadt (drums) |
| 9:30 | SCT | Fringe at the Edge Tristan Cappel Trio – Cappel (multi-instrumentalist), ADam Shead (drums), Peter Formenak (saxophone) |
Saturday, October 21 |
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| Noon | KMS | Edgefest Parade |
| 2:00 | KCH | Gayelynn McKinney & Ken Kozora – McKinney (drums), Kozora (multi-instruments) Oluyemi Thomas Trio – Thomas (bass clarinet), Djallo Djakate (drums), Kurt Prisbe (drums) |
| 4:00 | KCH | Tomas Fujiwara Triple Double Trio – Brandon Seabrock (guitar), Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), David Ballou (trumpet), Mary Halvarson (guitar), Gerald Cleaver (drums), Fujiwara (drums) |
| 5:30 | AR | Fringe at the Edge Matt Daher Trio – Daher (drums), Alex Lombre (piano), Josef Deas (bass) |
| 7:30 | BUC | Andrew Drury leads Edgefest Large Ensembles – Mark Kirschenmann (director), Drury (drums, composer), Creative Arts Orchestra, Edgefest artists, University of Michigan faculty and students |
| 9:00 | KCH | Adam Rudolph’s Moving Picture with Hamid Drake – Rudolph (percussion, vocals), Drake (percussion, vocals), Ralph Jones (reeds), Kenny Wessel (guitar, banjo), Alexis Marcelo (Fender Rhodes, piano) |
| 10:00 | KCH | Steve Swell’s Soul Travelers – Swell (trombone), Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Dave Burrell (piano), William Parker (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums) |