CMG Blue Butler SERIES
Nomad Trio / Alany.Peake.Jones
WED 6.29.2022

Venue: Blue Butler Studios
Cover Charge: $15-30 suggested
Vaxx Pass Required for entry/ Or recent negative test

Gordon Grdina has managed to place a finger in every corner of the jazz/world fusion room. —Pop Matters

Complex, intricate, idiosyncratic, and rockin’—those are the adjectives that best describe this cross-border collaboration between Vancouver guitarist Gordon Grdina, and New York’s Matt Mitchell piano, and Jim Black drums. Juno Award winner Grdina’s compositions give the nod to 20th century classical composition, rock, free jazz, and third stream, and this trio promises to explore those ideas at their highest levels.

Gordon Grdina is known for his incredible versatility and ability to bring a fresh and edgy vibe to any ensemble he joins or forms. His musical output is diverse, including 10-piece Arabic/avant-garde ensemble Haram, the intricate Square Peg feat. Mat Maneri, Shahzad Ismaily and Christian Lillinger, chamber improv trio Grdina/Helias/Shipp, and contemporary Persian-influenced ensemble The Marrow.

Jim Black is a legend in the downtown New York jazz and improv scene and a world-renowned drummer. He has been part of legendary groups Endangered Blood, Tim Berne’s Bloodcount, and Human Feel as well as leading his own groups the Jim Black Trio, Alas No Axis, and Malamute.

Matt Mitchell is a mainstay on the New York jazz scene playing with internationally acclaimed ensembles like the Dave Douglas Quintet, John Hollenbeck’s Large Ensemble and Tim Berne’s Snakeoil. He also leads his own Quartet, Phalanx Ambassadors and Friction duo with Ches Smith.

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