Cryptonight & MONA Present
TOM MCNALLEY TRIO
Friday, February 5th - 8PM
Museum of Neon Art
136 W. 4th St., LA 90013
Tel. (213) 489-9918
Tickets are $10 at the Door; Free parking is available on the street, and cheap parking in a lot right behind the Museum
Tom McNalley - guitars
Michael Vlatkovich - trombones
Rich West - drums, percussion
Cryptonight and MONA present Tom McNalley's Trio featuring longstanding cohorts Michael Vlatkovich on trombone and Rich West on drums performing all new music. The past year saw Tom playing with Ornette Coleman and studying music in Haiti. Recently relocated to Los Angeles, guitarist Tom McNalley has been recognized as a major force on the creative music scene, working as a sideman and a leader. He has performed with a wide variety of musicians, including Rob Blakeslee, Rich Halley, Nels Cline, Bert Turetzky, Mark Dresser, Jeff Kaiser, Alex Cline, Bert Wilson, Adam Diller, Tad Weed, John Stowell, John Gross, Jason Mears and John Zorn.
Open Gate Theatre Presents
MOTOKO HONDA BAND / KEN ROSSER'S SHADOW LANGUAGE
Sunday February 7 - 7PM
Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, CA 90041
$10 General / Students, Seniors, and Series Performers $5
For more info contact Artistic Director Will Salmon
at ogtwills@hotmail.com or 626.795.4989
MOTOKO HONDA BAND
Motoko Honda - Keyboards
Jeff Gauthier - violin
Maggie Parkins - cello
Originally from Yokohama, Japan, keyboardist Motoko Honda has emerged as one of the most distinctive voices on the Los Angeles area’s new music scene. After graduating from CalArts after studying extensively with such notables as Wadada Leo Smith, Honda immediately made her presence known, bringing a refined classical touch, a broad and sophisticated musical vocabulary (which often includes prepared piano and electronics), and a sensitive and collaborative sensibility to a decidedly improvisatory approach to music-making. Along with Smith, Honda has been involved in notable collaborations with such artists as Vinny Golia, Nels Cline, Oguri, Emily Hay, Kris Tiner, Steuart Liebig, Carole Kim, Sara Schoenbeck, and many others. For this concert, Honda will appear with a frequent collaborator, violinist Jeff Gauthier (who at this point needs no introduction), and cellist Maggie Parkins (an outstandingly gifted musician heard with the likes of the Eclipse Quartet, the Zeena Parkins Group, Guy Klusevsek, Alex Cline’s Continuation Quintet, Elliott Sharp, and countless major figures in the classical music world) for a set of adventurous, multidirectional chamber-prov. (Please note that due to schedule conflicts the originally stated billing of Honda with Steuart Liebig and Joseph Berardi will not appear.)
KEN ROSSER'S SHADOW LANGUAGE GUITAR QUARTET
Ken Rosser - electric guitar
Ken Lasaine - electric guitar
Andre LaFosse - electric guitar
Kevin Tieman - electric guitar
Opening the evening will be the debut performance by Ken Rosser’s Shadow Language Guitar Quartet. Rosser himself, a supremely accomplished guitarist best known for his involvement with such artists as Bobby Bradford, Wayne Peet, Brad Dutz, and the Grandmothers, assembled, leads, and plays with this unique ensemble comprised of four electric guitars, the other guitarists being Ken Lasaine, Andre LaFosse, and Kevin Tieman. Drawing on a wide and varied repertoire of modern compositions Rosser selected and arranged for the group, the sound alone is sure to be spectacular. It’s another first in Eagle Rock!
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Brick Wahl's Live Picks of the Week (Feb. 3-10)
L.A. New Music Events (Feb. 5-June 3)
