11 celebration of

conternporarr jazz and
irnprO\·iscd music

TIME FLIES

THANKSI

TIME FllfS is a five day
celebration of contemporary jazz
and improvised music. A
celebration which brings together
musicians from our community and
from around the world to interact
and participate with local
audiences; a chance for people
with "big ears" to hear fresh and
exciting music that draws from
many different sources for
inspiration. The emphasis is on
originality and improvisation, the
quicksilver creations that ore
achieved by accomplished artists
still hungry for adventure.
As well as expanding established
concepts, the artists presented
here ore breaking new musical
ground. The majority of the
participants ore Vancouver
musicians, members of a vibrant
local music community bursting at
the seams to express itself. These
Vancouver musicians ore presented
alongside the world's finest and in
concert together.
TIME FllfS is about development;
recognizing the treasures in our
own bock yard and encouraging
them to toke their places in the
notional and international scenes.
This development extends further
to our musical youth, the
students, tomorrow's players. To
whet their oppetities for musical
adventure TIME FUES presents
free workshops, instructed by the
participating artists to help
generate awareness and
enthusiasm for the creative
potential of improvised music
among students.

TIME FUES is produced by Coastal
Jan ad Blues Society with the
assistance of New Orchestra
Worksllop Society.
We thank the following for their
invaluable support of this
inaugural event:
Touring Office of the Canada
Council
Cultural Services Branch, B.C.
Ministry of Municipal Affairs,
Recreation and Culture
The Georgia Straight
Vancouver Community College
King Edward Campus

Vancouver East Cultural Centre
Commodore Ballroom
grunt gallery
Tom Lee Music
Ideographic
Coastal Jazz and Blues Society
staff and volunteers
New Orchestra Workshop Society
members
Morgon Jensen, Hot Jazz Society
Produced By

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Presented By

FREE STUDENT WORKSHOPS

TIMf fUfS presents a unique opportunity for students enrolled in high school, college
and university music classes to learn directly from contemporary jazz and improvising
musicians.
Students will gain invaluable knowledge into the art of jazz improvisation and learn
techniques for improving their own musicianship. Worttrhops will be held at , - . . ,
Co■•nlty Collp, 11i11t Edwanl Clnpn luclltofflllll, 3 PM-5 PM dally, Non■Nr 2-5.
Pre-nalatntlon Is required.

Workshops are free of charge to mualc 1tuclent1. For lnfo.-lon and reglatntlon,
call 612-0706.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Now..,. 2 - New Ordleltn Worbliep
.......... 3 -

.,_.._.,Quartet

No....... 4 - ....,. Crispell
Nove■Nr 5 - Tom Cora and

H•• lelchel

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Commodore Ballroom
870 Granville Street
Tuesday, November 1 • 9 PM• $18

MICHAEL BRECKEi BAND
LUNAR ADVENTURES

plus

grunt gallery
209 East 6th Avenue
Wednesday, November 2 • 8 PM • $5
(door only)

KATE HAMMETI-VAUGHAN
plus CHIEF FEATURE
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
1895 Venables Street
Thursday, November 3 • 8 PM • $12

JEAN BEAUDET QUAR'-ET
plus

PAUL PLIMLEY

Friday, November 4 • 8 PM • $12

TOM CORA/ HANS REICH Et
plus

UNITY

Saturday, November 5 • 8 PM • $12

MARILYN CRISt!ELL
plus

N.O.W. ORCHESTRA

TICKET

INFORMATION

Tickets on sale at all Ticketmaster/VTC outlets (located in major
malls, Eaton's and Woodward's stores), at Black Swan Records
(2936 West Fourth Avenue) and at Highlife Records (1319
Commercial Drive) . Charge by Phone: (604) 280-4444.
D11count Pa1111 are available for $30 for admission to the three
Vancouver East Cultural Centre concerts only, on sale at all
ticket outlets.

JAZZ

HOTLINE:

(604) 682-0706

Michael Brecker
Band
The man is revered by his peers
and idolized by music students
who painstakingly pour over
transcriptions of his incandescent
solos. And they've got plenty of
material to draw from. His
prodigious output over the past
two decades is astounding. As his
bio puts it:
"His appearance on nearly 400
albums (Freclclle Hublaard and
Kenny Wh11ler to Dire Straits and
Bruce Sprlng1t11n) con1tltut11 a
virtual panth1Dn of popular
sound."
Michael Brecker' s distinctive,
emotionally charged tenor sax first
made its presence felt worldwide
in the context of Dl'Hllls, an
adventurous fusion outfit he
formed in 1970 with older brother
Randy on trumpet, Billy Cobham
on drums, Will Lee on bass and
John Abercrombie on guitar. They
recorded two albums (that still
hold up today) for Columbia before
disbanding in 1973 .
From 1975 to 'BO, Michael and
Randy teamed up as the Bracker
Brothers, releasing six slick and
very popular albums on Arista.
Steps Ahead was barn in 1979
with Michael Mainieri, Don
Grolnick, Steve Gadd and Eddie
Gomez.
The recently formed Michael
Bracker Band is the saxophonist's
latest project. This group features

Mike Stem on guitar and has been
praised by critics and fans around
the world. During the 1917 •
Marier International Jan F11tival
Vancouver the band gave a
sensational performance.
Michael Brecker-tenor saxophone
Joey Calderauo-piano
Jeff Andrews-bass
Adam Nussbaum-drums
Mike Stern-guitar

Lunar Adventures
Formed in 1985, the Vancouver
quartet lunar Adventur11 includes
Coat Cooke, tenor and alto
saxophones; Ron Samworth,
electric guitar; Clyde Reed,
"Oregon Bass" ; Gren Simpson,
drums, percussion, sound collages.
The group takes its name from a
composition by Coat Cooke, who
together with Simpson compose all
of the material for the group.
The music of lunar Adventures
reflects a variety of sources and
influences from Jazz and
Harmolodic Funk, to Celtic and
other World Music traditions. Their
solo and collective improvisations
are rooted in both free jazz and
the blues. Writing in Earshot
Magazine in Seattle, Paul de
Barros calls Lunar Adventures
"one of the most accessible, and
well-thought out units working the
area."
Since forming in 1985, l Adventur11 has played the du
Maurier International Jazz Festival
three times, opened for Ornette
Coleman's Prime Time in 1988 and
played the Edmonton Jazz Festival.

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Kate
Hammett-Vaughan

Chief Feature
Qltf FNture' s music is a

marriage of traditional and avantgarde elements; slightly off-centre
tunes that you can't stop
humming. Original compositions
inspired by Ornette Colemon and
Albert Ayler ployed by on exciting
quartet of Vancouver's best.
Recent appearances for Chief
FNtur1 include Vancouver's du
Mawler lnt1l'Mllonll J111
F1at1,■1, the OttlW■ Jn1 Festlv■I
and the SNttl■ , New Jnz New
Oty concert series.
Ince Fretd--tenor saxophone
Oyde ••-boss
1111 Cl■rk-trumpet
St■n T■ylor-drums

Jazz vocalist 1111 llemmlttV■... is well known in
Vancouver for her performances of
mainstream jazz and standards.
In recent times Kate hos been
exploring extended vocal
techniques in free improvisation
and original contemporary jazz.
Kate's 1988 concert appearances
with her group Tum■n1und include
New Orchestra Workshop's Hear It
N.O.W. series of concerts, the du
lntelNlloNI Jn1 FeatlY■I
v-uver and the West Coast
Semi-Finals of the Alc■n N■tlon■ I
Jn1 Compethlon.
Turnaround hos been featured on
CIC l■dlo' s Morningside and Hot
Air.
The TIMf FllfS concert series will
present Ille H•-1t-V1119h■n
with a new quintet featuring
saxophonist loy Styfft and
guitarist Ron S■mworth and
legendary drummer Clod, Ringer.

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Jan Party at the grunt gallery
November 2 enjoy the creative music of Ill• H1mm1tt-V111gM11
and Qltf FHturt in the midst of creative visual art.
Featuring a group production - The Fourth Annu■I Mask Show

Paul Plimley
Jean Beaudet
Quartet
This powerful ensemble of young
Montreal musicians led by pianist
IHudtt is recognized as one of
the most dynamic.bonds in
Canada.
They perform mostly original
compositions reminiscent of McCoy
Tyner and Cecil Taylor. Rhythmic
strength abounds with the team of
drummer Michel Roite, bassist
Normand Guilbeault and Coltraneinspired saxophonist Yonnick Rieu.
Their performance at the 1917 du
Maurier lnttrn■tlonal Ja11 Festlv■I
revealed a very tight bond capable
of great dynamic range and
spirited improvisation.
,, ... IHMtt has a pertlculariy
hypnotic ny with rhythm, and It
tum• his lyridsm hard lndnd.
Such solo• come In an Industrial
strtntfli Ollly; others ■rt
tt-,.nd lly his avowed French
lmprenlonlat lnflHMe thll finds
him aolHfhlng of a roaantlc. His
solo perfol'IIIIIIICI wu I tangled
garden of dtlltllifs - colourful
flourlah■ a, ,..., ■Id lrr19ul■r
p■tttru ■nd dnp NH1t1, Ill
fr■mtd by petcllts of blue."
-Mork Miller,
Glob, ■nd Mall

Pianist/ vibraphonist Paul Pllmlty
is among the most creative
musicians working in Canada
today.
A graduate of the Royal
Conservatory of Toronto, he
studied piano at the University of
British Columbia and with Cecil
Taylor. In 1976 he formed the
Vancouver Sound En11mlllt with
drummer Gregg Simpson. He next
joined the New Orchestra Qunltet
and recorded on album with that
group in 1979 .
Plimley toured across Canada in
1979, 1980 and 1986 while
leading on octet that performed at
both the Ea nton and du M■uriar
lntelNlloNI Jn1 F1stlval1. He is
an exciting pianist and
accomplished composer who is
equally at home with popular
songs, jazz standards, and original
works and hos performed in a
wide variety of musical settings
over ~he years.
" .. . unparalleled rhythmic ■culty,
k1po■rd lrflcul■tlon of crystallln1
llrilllanc1 and enough melodic wit
and varH to trigger 11nral
s ~ • gasps and bursts of
amntd hilarity. M■gnlflcentl" :
Alex Varty, GN,fia Straitlit
Don't miss a rare solo piano
performance by Poul Plimley

Tom Cora
& Hans Reichel

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These two international artists
combine rhythmic flexibility with
technical virtuosity to create a
maximum amount of music from a
minumum number of people.
Coni brings a four-limbed approach
to the cello, employing various
electronic devices triggered by
foot pedals. He has toured the
world extensively as a solo artist,
in duet with Eugene Chadbourne,
Fred Frith (as Skeleton Crew), as a
member of Curlew and gave
stunning performances during the
1911 clu Maurt,r International
Jazz F11tlval.
Musician Magazine," ... He has no
prolll1m1 conlurtng aunil
approximations of Porky Pit, the
Psycho shower scene ancl ortental
folk music.''
Hana Reichel has been playing in
international improvisiflg circles
since 1970. Whether it's Manila or
Zagreb, Paris or Tokyo, the
unassuming guitarist from
Wuppertal is an enthralling
performer.
His instruments themselves exert
a special fascination. Reichel is
never satisfied, and constantly
reinvents his guitars, acoustic and
electric, to ever more demanding
specifications. As a master
craftsman he has produced some
astonishing variations, but they
are built with specific goals in
minds, mostly _to accommodate a
highly original right-hand technique
which enables the creation of a
quite different timbral range.
In a way, the logical place for
Hana Reichel' s music would be in

the New Age Department; but this
is no vacuous background music,
no sanitized droning. This is New
Age with guts, lyrical but
engaged, hypnotic but laced with
wry humour, spontaneous and full
of heart.

N. 0. W. Orchestra

UNITY
(u nite) n state of oneness,
combination of separate parts into
connected whole, or of different people
·
with common aim.

Marilyn Crispell
UNITY was founded in October
1987 as a vehicle of expression
for each member as composer and
improvisor. The magic that
resulted from this combination of
musicians is in no way ordinary.
The music has turned out to be
much greater than the
components.
Each performance is unique, an
expression of the musicians' lives
at that particular time. The solos
can be tentative and searching or
brazen and demanding. The
instruments sometimes challenge
their traditional roles taking the
music to new and different
heights; a heartfelt experience
that transcends intellect.
UNITY has been enthusiastically
received at every concert by
audiences and critics alike.
Graha Orel-flute, saxes,
percussion
Daniel Lapp-trumpet, violin
Roger lalrcl-drums
Paul Blaney-bass

Pianist Martlyn Crtapall has been
described as a brilliant virtuoso,
someone whose speed and clarity
of touch astonishes listeners. Yet
her technique is always at the
service of her musical sensibility,
the energy shaped by the
requirements of the form. She is
leading piano music into the
1990's.
A graduate of both the New
England Conservatory and Karl
Berger's Creative Music Studio,
she has performed with Anthony
Braxton, Oliver Lake, Roscoe
Mitchell and Cecil Taylor during
the 70's and 80's. Braxton says
of Crispell that " ... Cecil Taylor
.,..-t, she' 1 the 1tro11911t pianllt I
know of. She hu the klncl of
fadlhy that's really aw...m,."
Marilyn Crispell will perform a set
of solo piano music and then will
perform as featured guest with
the 17 piece N.O.W. Orcheatni
playing original compositions.

The New Orch11tni Workshop was
formed in 1977 by a group of
Vancouver musicians to fulfill a
need in the local creative music
community for workshop,
rehearsal and performance space.
The organization has gone on to
provide a focus for the creation of
an original West Coast Canadian
musical idiom.
Some achievements over the years
include the organization of three
creative music f11tlvala In 1979,
1910 ancl 1911, various album
releases by local musicians
including "Blue TIies In Tl■•" by
Paul Cram and the N.O.W. Bancl
which was nominated for a Juno
Award as Best Jazz Album of
1982, performances at various
jazz festivals across Canada,
including the clv MNrtar
International Jazz Featlval
Vancouver, and so on.
The present day 17-piece N.O. W.
Orch11tni brings together
Vancouver's finest and most
adventurous musicians in a concert
of new compositions featuring our
unique West Coast music ...
" ... '1111 Cl'Ntlve music acene In
British Colu■ IIII hua't looked IO
IOOcl In a long time. '1111 focus
re■-11 the revived New
Orcheltro Worbhop.''
-Scott Lewis, Coda M.,.11n,
(Toronto)
August/September, 1988

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