Wed 10.23 TurnTurnTurn Xylyn’s Congregation / Mike Lockwood’s Safe Travels/ Ryan Miller & Grant Pierce $15 8pm

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“Xylyn Hathaway has become a conduit of vulgar-beauty-jazz music that sinks teeth into the space it fills. They paint canvas into composition and wield an upright bass like bazookas, exploding hearts open peeled backwards into one bouquet of manic laughter from the pit of your chest.
Xylyn is a cherished figure and friend in our jazz community; born on Earth, one stone’s throw west from the palpitating heart of downtown Portland, Oregon.
A forager for chanterelles, they were raised on the farm in Newberg with Grandma. When Grandma died, they lost the old farmhouse, red and white and alive in the decaying cherry walnut orchards. Grandma lives in Noble Pioneer Cemetery now, Xylyn in Northeast Portland.
As a band leader, Xy’s musical visions unfold and sprout behemoth architecture dimly lit, oozing spirits from the gills as it gasps for its first breath beneath thumps quantized in fractals. They propel a soloist or a broken poet off cliffs into Jupiter’s hurricane eye.
They play with cats like George Colligan, like Ron Steen, like anybody making big nasty music to be hurt and healed by in this wet-crow city. Xylyn Hathaway’s heart and music exude peace and play and oozing spirits, dancing between us, around us, below the violent ocean dismembered by big old stones.”

This will be a showcase of fresh improvisation-heavy music that comes from the Black American
tradition. Original compositions and jazz standards approached in an unorthodox manner,
casting spells of laughter, darkness, love, and spiritual-togetherness. Major influences include
titans like Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Coltrane, and Henry Threadgill. Come and join the
Congregation!
Wyck Malloy – saxophone
Paul Moyer – piano
Xylyn Hathaway – bass
George Colligan – drums

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Drummer/Composer Mike Lockwood will be debuting an original cyclical drone piece after years of conceptualization, musician wrangling and many attempts to wrest the time away from the flow of life. The band includes Noah Bernstein on alto sax, Mike Gamble on guitar, Andrew Jones on upright bass, Ryan Miller on guitar, Noah Simpson on trumpet, and Barry Walker on pedal stee

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Ryan “Ry” Albert Miller is a forward-thinking guitarist, composer, and improviser with a captivating new sound. Ryan is an active member of Portland’s thriving creative music scene; uniquely fusing through-composition and improvisation. 

Ryan “Ry” actively performs and composes music for solo guitar and for the longstanding trio U Sco. PRESS: 

“Whoever thought prog and punk would be so suited for each other? Certainly the possibility of a compromise occurred to Robert Fripp (look no further than Red-era King Crimson for an example of early prog-punk-rock, which was one of his better ideas). Ryan Miller, guitarist in the Portland-based progressive, experimental, post-whatever band U Sco, has also combined the two almost contradictory styles with ambiguous and riveting results. It’s essentially aggressive progressive rock, but stripped of (most) of the unpleasant excesses and regurgitated medieval allusions associated with the genre. In other words, it’s restless and exciting as hell, while still containing elements that will stimulate your classically trained friend’s ears.” 

-Morgan Troper, The Portland Mercury 

“Ryan Miller’s conception of technique and musical structure is wholly unique. The intensity in his performances moves in tandem with the humility and lyricism that actually propel the soul of his work.” -Sam Adams, Musician

“…I hate referencing Don Caballero twice in one week but there it is; also Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (old solo stuff), Upsilon Acrux; you know, the regulars. I figured Mick Barr would be a good call as a reference, guitar-wise, though Miller plays his six-string closer to the vest, investing in linear riffs and breaks while fulfilling his rhythmic duties aptly.” 

-Grant Purdum, Tiny Mix Tapes 

“Ryan Miller’s interpretation of the guitar fretboard is boundless and exhilarating, and drummer Phil Cleary commands the kit with both restraint and frenzy. Treffpunkt teeters on the edge of chaos, tip-toeing on the brink of abstraction, while keeping rooted in its composition. Their creativity is tireless and the tracks pass too quickly, a difficult feat considering their intricacies. While every song on Treffpunkt is unique, they blend into the same style, which makes it difficult to single out a favorite, although “Iguana House” is notably scathing. Simply put, every track has something fantastic to offer.” -Aaron Maltz, Invisible Oranges 

“It’s not all that hard to be different, but different with a purpose and a lot of contemplation and musicianship behind it is almost always a rare treat. Ryan A. Miller’s Atrophy Torque Fly thrives in its uniqueness.” 

-Victor Aaron, Something Else!

Grant Pierce is a drummer and songwriter living in Portland, Oregon. His music explores jazz, folk song, and heavier noise. He is a member of Halfbird, Young Hunter, June Rose, Stalwart Young, SPCJMRZ, and Not Bitter. Thank you!