5 THU I Anfiteatro ao Ar Livre - 21 :30 Frangois Houle's work has been described as musical plurality, in which the enigmas flow together. This clarinet player and leading musician on the Vancouver scene has worked consistently on the path mapped out by John Carter, the late but exponential clarinet player, including an electro-acoustic aspect to complex but dazzling effect. 3 TUE I Anfiteatro ao Ar Livre - 21 :30 • • • directed by GeorgeLewis Fran~oisHoule(clarinet, electronics) RonSamworth(guitar) ChrisTarry(bass) Dylanvan derSchyff(drums, electronics) Founded in 1987, this orchestra from Vancouver, Canada, has continuously transformed itself over its 25 years of existence, reaching one of its high points in The Shadowgraph Series, dedicated to the compositions of the virtuoso trombone player and composer George Lewis, a Chicago legend who started out at the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM). support: British Columbia Art Council; The Canada Council for the Arts; Coat Cooke (artistic director, saxophones/clarinet & flute) Ron Samworth ((guitar) Peggy Lee (cello) Andre Lachance ( electric bass) Clyde Reed (acoustic bass) Kevin Elaschuk(trumpet) John Korsrud(trumpet) Dylanvan der Schyff(drums) Saul Berson(alto saxophone, clarinet & flute) GrahamOrd (soprano & tenor saxophone, flute) Bruce Freedman (alto saxophone) Brad Muirhead (bass trombone) Rod Murray (trombone) Kate Hammett-Vaughan (voice) PaulPlimley(piano) Well established as one of the top drummers on the European circuit, with few rivals in free improvisation thanks to his audacity, humour and virtuoso style. In a solo concert surrounded by unexpected instrumental accessories, allowing for expression, fun and subversion, with a strong poetic sense. support: British Columbia Art Council; The Canada Council for the Arts; 6 FRI IAnfiteatroaoArlivre- Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Canadian Embassy Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Canadian Embassy 6 FRI I Audit6rio 2 - 18:30 • (assorted percussion ) 21:30 4 WED I Anfiteatro ao Ar Livre - 21 :30 An active cellist on the Vancouver scene, Peggy Lee is also a talented composer, whose work is performed with rate balance by her recent group, confirming the creativity and vitality of her music, pushing back boundaries and skilfully combining composition and improvisation. In his most successful incursion into jazz, the experimental guitarist and turntablist from Japan, founder of the Ground Zero collective and protagonist of varied musical adventures, Otomo Yoshihide here turns his attention on an abrasive collection of modern jazz standards from Dolphy to Ayler, giving them a new and inventive reading. Otomo Yoshihide(guitar) Kenta Tsugami(soprano/alto saxophone) Hiroaki Mizutani (bass) Yasuhiro Yoshigaki(drums, trumpet) MatsGustafsson(tenor saxophone) PeggyLee (cello) Brad Turner (trumpet) Jeremy Berkman (trombone) Ron Samworth (guitar) Andre Lachance (electric bass) Dylan van der Schyff (drums) support: British Columbia Art Council; The Canada Council for the Arts; Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Canadian Embassy 5 THU I Audit6rio2-18:30 A radical trio travelling the contemporary free jazz road, inspired by the multi-faceted legacy of the legendary trumpet player Don Cherry. Music which is organic, spontaneous and goes right to the heart. Mats Gustafsson(tenor saxophone) lngebrigt Haker Flaten (bass) Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) support: Norwegian Department of Foreign Affairs; Federation; Arts Council Norway. Norwegian Jazz 7 SATI Sala Polivalente - 15:30 Lead player in Supersilent, the Norwegian group which performed at Jazz em Agosto 2000, The trumpet player Arve Henriksen here performs solo, combining electronics as a process of extending his technique and expression, something which makes this one of the most original paths being explored today. 7 SATIAudit6rio 2 - 18:30 Two well-known turntablists, continuing an established partnership, making expressive use of complex collages in which their deepest influences can be detected, from musique concrete through to psychedelic rock. 7 SATIAnfiteatro ao Ar Livre - 21 :30 A revelation at the Saalfelden festival in Austria, in 2003, this Austrian trumpet player and original improviser presents a group including the celebrated Christian Fennez, contemporary electronics artist and the bass player, Lux Ex, eloquently establishing new parameters in the field of combining jazz and electronics. FranzHautzinger(trumpet) ChristianFennesz(electronics,laptop) HelgeHinteregger (sampler)KarlRitter(guitar) LucEx(acousticbass)AlexDeutsch(drums) support:Austria Embassy 8 SUN ISala Polivalente- 15:30 • The debut by a duo of promising Iberian musicians, both with credits to their names, on electric guitar and tenor sax, in a new approach to what they have produced before, experimenting with the use of electronics in their musical language. NunoFerreira(guitar)JesusSantandreu(electronics) 8 SUN IAudit6rio 2 - 18:30 A founding member of the NOW Orchestra, Plimley in this duo turns to a combination drenched in lyricism, creating music of deep commitment, as both musicians individually and together reveal the magical possibilities of sound. PaulPlimley(piano) LisleEllis(bass) support:British ColumbiaArt Council; The CanadaCouncilfor the Arts; Departmentof ForeignAffairs and internationalTrade;CanadianEmbassy 8 SUN IAnfiteatro ao Ar Livre - 21 :30 The Canadian Paul Cram, prolific composer, arranger, clarinet and sax player who started out with the NOW Orchestra, expanding directions at the head of his ten-piece ensemble, featuring a multiplicity of references, combined with constant subtlety of humour, ingenious arrangements and creative intelligence, producing totally communicative music to close Jazz em Agosto 2004. Paul Cram (composer,tenor saxophone,clarinet) Don Palmer(alto/soprano saxophone,flute) Jeff Reilly(bass clarinet, clarinet) JohnScott (cello) Rick Waychesko(trumpet) TomWalsh (trombone) StevenNaylor(piano, keyboards)John Gzowski(guitar) Alan Baculis(electric bass) David Burton(drums) support:The CanadaCouncil for the Arts; Canadian Embassy