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The Dana Reason Trio's
Angle of Vision tour beings today (Wednesday, July
21) with a concert at The Old Church in Portland.
Tomorrow they will perform in Olympia, Friday in
Seattle, and Saturday in
Bellingham.
Bastyr University
Chapel, Seattle (Kenmore)
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The
venue selections for this tour were made
specifically for their special acoustic properties
and outstanding pianos, so seating is limited.
Praise for The
Dana Reason Trio's recent release,
'Revealed:
"Dana Reason can
play. This jazz album's opening
track, Transition, seems to delight
in teetering on the edge of rhythmic and melodic
chaos; the classically-trained pianist and
composer attacks the piano with playful bite and
vigor, never fearing to employ tasty dissonance or
explosive runs when they serve her improvisations.
With chops and creativity that bring to mind Jacky
Terrasson, John Medeski, Vijay Iyer, and Satoko
Fujii, Dana is a formidable
talent."
-Michael Gallant - Keyboard
Magazine
From what I've been
hearing from the rehearsals at Wild Rose Studios, this will
be a spectacular evening of music. Reason's compositions
demonstrate her rich versatility from Transition,
mentioned above, to her classical conversation: Moments with Clara (Schumann)
and her expansion of Billie Holiday's God Bless the
Child. The trio includes renowned "Oregon"
bassist Glen Moore.
Glen Moore and
his 18th-Century Bass
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If you can make the show,
you're in for a treat. If you can't make the trip
to Portland Wednesday evening, please forward this
email reminder to people you know in the Portland
area and anyone in the Northwest that won't want
to miss this rare opportunity to see Dana Reason,
Glen Moore, and Peter Valsamis. Here's the full
tour schedule:
Glen
Moore is a jazz bassist and founding member
of the group "Oregon" with Ralph Towner, Paul
McCandless and Collin Walcott. In 1999, he
completed work on the group's 23rd album called,
Oregon In Moscow, which features his bass playing
and compositions with the Moscow Tchaikovsky
Symphony Orchestra. He has toured Eastern and
Western Europe, Northern Africa, India, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka, Australia and throughout the United
States in major clubs, concert halls and festivals
with that band. His formal bass instruction
started after college with Jerome Magil in
Portland, James Harnett in Seattle, Gary Karr in
New York, Plough Christenson in Copenhagen, Ludwig
Streicher in Vienna and Francois Rabbath in
Hawaii. Moore has worked with many great jazz
artists including pianists Paul Bley, Larry
Karush, Jan Hammer, Bill Evans, and John Taylor;
saxophonists, Zoot Sims, Benny Wallace, Lew
Tabakin, Sonny Fortune, Nick Brignola, Rob Scheps,
Charlie Mariano and Michael Brecker; flutist
Jeremy Steig; violinists Stuff Smith, Zbigniew
Seifert, Rob Thomas, Hollis Taylor and Jim Nolet;
vibraphonists Gary Burton and Michael Mainieri;
drummers Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Beaver
Harris, Peter LaRoca and Jimmy Cobb, Barrie
Altschul, Elliot Zigmund; bassists Anthony Cox,
Charlie Haden, Gary Peacock, Dave Holland, Jamie
Faunt, Steve Swallow, David Friesen, Mark Dresser
and Barre Phillips; and tap dancer Peg Leg Bates.
Full Glen Moore bio.
Dana Reason on
piano
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Reason is a leading figure in the new
generation of pianists who are equally comfortable
on both the jazz and classical concert stages. She
has been featured on NPR, the CBC and Radio Canada
and has performed on some of the major
international concert stages throughout the United
States, Canada and Europe. She has performed with
many of today's jazz masters including George E.
Lewis, Cecil Taylor, Joelle Leandre, Barre
Philips, Dominic Duval, and Joe McPhee. Full Dana Reason
bio.
Peter Valsamis on
drums
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a drummer, Peter Valsamis
has presented his music to concert
audiences in Europe, Asia and North America,
performing with Cecil Taylor, Steve
Lacy, Lisle Ellis (Canadian Bass Player), and
Marco Eneidi. Peter creates, engineers, and
produces music for films, games, and other
media. He recently won best sound design in
the 2010 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work for
the short "Channels of Recognition" and is
currently filming a documentary. Peter also plays
Greek-American Rembetika music in LA and is
an accomplished dumbek player, performing
frequently with various Middle Eastern ensembles
in the bay area and Los Angeles. Valsamis' studio
endeavors include soundtracks for films, music
production and engineering. Valsamis received his
M.F.A. in Electronic Music and Recording Media
from Mills College. While at Mills Peter studied
with Pauline Oliveros, Alvin Curran, William
Winant, and Leo Smith.
Thank
you for forwarding this message to your friends in
these areas (use the link right below this message
to forward it). We hope to see you at one of these
shows.
Sincerely,
Kira Wadman,
Producer
Wild Rose
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