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April 2015 at the Stone 
curated by Lukas Ligeti / Scott Amendola / Otomo Yoshihide / Wadada Leo Smith / Ben Goldberg

4/1 Wednesday (KR)
8 pm
Crispell-Makarski-Ligeti trio
Michelle Makarski (violin) Marilyn Crispell (piano) Lukas Ligeti (drums)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
Dick-Radding-Ligeti trio
Robert Dick (flute) Ken Filiano (bass) Lukas Ligeti (drums)


4/2 Thursday (JA)
8 pm
Lukas Ligeti New Trio
Daniel Blake (sax) Lukas Ligeti (drums) Ricardo Gallo (piano, synth)

10 pm
No-Net trio
Ken Thomson (sax, bass clarinet) Eyal Maoz (guitar) Lukas Ligeti (drums)


4/3 Friday (ICS)
8 and 10 pm
Hypercolor
Eyal Maoz (guitar) James Ilgenfritz (bass) Lukas Ligeti (drums)


4/4 Saturday (RK)
8 and 10 pm
Lukas Ligeti Quintet
Thomas Bergeron (trumpet) Travis Sullivan (sax) Shoko Nagai (piano) Michael Bates (bass) Lukas Ligeti (drums)


4/5 Sunday (AV)
8 pm
Lukas Ligeti New Group
Guillermo Gregorio (clarinet) Vincent Chancey (french horn) Miya Masaoka (koto) Daniel Levin (cello) Lukas Ligeti (drums, percussion)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
Ibarra-Ligeti Duo
Susie Ibarra, Lukas Ligeti (drums, percussion)


THE STONE RESIDENCIES
SCOTT AMENDOLA
ALL SHOWS ARE TWENTY DOLLARS
APR 7—12

4/7 Tuesday (MJC)
8 pm
Charlie Hunter/Scott Amendola Duo
Charlie Hunter (7-string guitar) Scott Amendola (drums, percussion, electronics)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
Charlie Hunter/Scott Amendola Duo with Special Guest Jim Campilongo
Charlie Hunter (7-string guitar) Scott Amendola (drums, percussion, electronics) Jim Campilongo (electric guitar)
TWENTY DOLLARS


4/8 Wednesday (ICS)
8 pm
Comedies For The Young: with Special Guests Charlie Hunter and Mocean Worker (aka Adam Dorn)
Matthias Bossi (percussion) Scott Amendola (drums, percussion, electronics) Charlie Hunter (7-string guitar) Adam Dorn (DJ)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
Comedies For The Young: with Special Guests Charlie Hunter and Mocean Worker (aka Adam Dorn) and Guests
Matthias Bossi (percussion) Scott Amendola (drums, percussion, electronics) Charlie Hunter (7-string guitar) Adam Dorn (DJ)
TWENTY DOLLARS


4/9 Thursday (SV)
8 and 10 pm
Scott Amendola Quartet with Jeff Parker, Regina Carter and Jerome Harris
Jeff Parker (electric guitar) Regina Carter (violin) Jerome Harris (electric bass) Scott Amendola (drums, percussion, electronics)
TWENTY DOLLARS


4/10 Friday (DDT)
8 pm
Amendola vs. Blades
Wil Blades (Hammond B3, keys) Scott Amendola (drums, percussion, electronics)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
Amendola vs. Blades with Jeff Parker
Wil Blades (Hammond B3, keys) Scott Amendola (drums, percussion, electronics) Jeff Parker (electric guitar)
TWENTY DOLLARS


4/11 Saturday (EP)
8 pm
The Nels Cline Singers play Amendola
Nels Cline (electric guitar) Trevor Dunn (electric bass) Cyro Baptista (percussion) Scott Amendola (drums, percussion, electronics)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
The Nels Cline Singers play Amendola with Jeff Parker
Nels Cline, Jeff Parker (electric guitars) Trevor Dunn (electric bass) Cyro Baptista (percussion) Scott Amendola (drums, percussion, electronics)
TWENTY DOLLARS


4/12 Sunday (SK)
8 and 10 pm
The ABC Trio with Special Guest Nels Cline
Michael Coleman (piano, keys) Nate Brenner (electric bass) Scott Amendola (drums, percussion, electronics) Nels Cline (electric guitar)
TWENTY DOLLARS


THE STONE RESIDENCIES
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE
APR 14—19

4/14 Tuesday (LC)
8 pm
Otomo Yoshihide + Sachiko M / Filament
Otomo Yoshihide (electronics) Sachiko M (electronics)

10 pm
Otomo Yoshihide + Sachiko M + Secret Guest
Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, Secret Guest (electronics)


4/15 Wednesday (KR)
8 pm
David Grubbs + Otomo Yoshihide duo
David Grubbs (guitar, voice) Otomo Yoshihide (guitar)

10 pm
Nels Cline + Otomo Yoshihide duo
Nels Cline, Otomo Yoshihide (guitars)


4/16 Thursday (LC)
8 pm
Kahimi Karie + Otomo Yoshihide + Sachiko M
Kahimi Karie (voice) Otomo Yoshihide(guitar) Sachiko M (sine waves)

10 pm
Tim Keiper + Otomo Yoshihide duo
Tim Keiper (drums) Otomo Yoshihide (guitar)


4/17 Friday (DDT)
8 pm
Yasunao Tone + Otomo Yoshihide + Sachiko M
Yasunao Tone (electronics) Otomo Yoshihide (turntables) Sachiko M (sine waves)

10 pm
Otomo Yoshihide, Yuko Mori, Yan Jun, Sachiko M
Otomo Yoshihide (guitar) Yuko Mohri (objects) Yan Jun (electromics) Sachiko M (sine waves)


4/18 Saturday (RK)
8 pm
Dither guitar trio + Otomo Yoshihide—compositions and improvisations
Otomo Yoshihide, James Moore, Taylor Levine, Joshua Lopes (guitars)

10 pm
Otomo Yoshihide + Hideki Kato + Billy Martin
Otomo Yoshihide (guitar) Hideki Kato (bass) Billy Martin (drums)


4/19 Sunday (LC)
8 pm
Pet Bottle Ningen + Otomo Yoshihide
David Scanlon, Otomo Yoshihide (guitars) Nonoko Yoshida (sax) David Miller (drums) Chuck Bettis (electronics)

10 pm
Otomo Yoshihide Guitar Solo
Otomo Yoshihide (guitar)


THE STONE RESIDENCIES
WADADA LEO SMITH—44 Years: Retrospective A.A.C.M. 50th Anniversary Creative music is the oldest music on the planet. It doesn’t need to be revolutionized or updated. Twelve Ensembles and Video
ALL SHOWS TWENTY DOLLARS / wadadaleosmith.com
APR 21—26



STRUCTURE A
Art has known properties and unknown properties, but the unknown properties must be bigger than the known properties. It’s a monstrous world for those people who want to be artists but are afraid to be so.

4/21 Tuesday (EP)
8 pm
Creative Music 1: Solo Trumpet and Sonic River
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) John Zorn (alto sax) George Lewis (trombone)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
Procession of The Great Ancestry
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Bobby Naughton (vibraharp) Dwight Andrews (reeds)
TWENTY DOLLARS


You have to radicalize your art at every stage of your life, in every stage of your development.

4/22 Wednesday (ICS)
7 pm
Wadada Leo Smith Talks… about his Music Philosophy and Language
Wadada Leo Smith
FREE

8 pm
The Nile
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Hardedge (sound design)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
Tastalun
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Graham Haynes (cornet) Ted Daniel (trumpet)
TWENTY DOLLARS


STRUCTURE B
Art is about humanism, not about protectionism.

4/23 Thursday (HM)
8 pm
Taif: Prayer In The Garden of The Hijaz, String Quartet No. 6
The Secret Quartet: Jennifer Choi (violin) Neil Dufallo (violin) Okkyung Lee (cello) Lev Zhurbin (viola) and Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Aruán Ortiz (piano)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
The Black Hole / Silence
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Yuko Fujiyama (piano) Bill Laswell (electric bass) Henry Kaiser (electric guitar) Hardedge (sound design)
TWENTY DOLLARS


Art is about people who have something inside them that’s greater
than the outside world, and by getting their art out of themselves they make the outside world greater.

4/24 Friday (HM)
8 pm
Mbira: Dark Lady of the Sonnets
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Min Xiao Fen (pipa) Pheeroan akLaff (drums)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
Celebratory: Ornette - Coltrane - Shannon
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Brandon Ross (electric guitar) Lamar Smith (electric guitar) Bill Laswell (electric bass) Pheeroan akLaff (drums)
TWENTY DOLLARS


STRUCTURE C
When artists want to be accepted, they’ve already lost their art.

4/25 Saturday (HM)
8 pm
The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Mauro Refosco (percussion)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
Ten Freedom Summers
The Golden Quartet: Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Anthony Davis (piano) John Lindberg (bass) Pheeroan akLaff (drums) Jesse Gilbert (video)
TWENTY DOLLARS


Art is not for everybody, although it’s made to be for everybody. It celebrates uniqueness, nothing else.

4/26 Sunday (SK)
7 pm
Wadada Leo Smith Talks... about his Music Philosophy and Language
Wadada Leo Smith
FREE

8 pm
The Bell
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Adam Rudolph (percussion) Aruán Ortiz (piano) William Parker (bass)
TWENTY DOLLARS

10 pm
America’s Third Century Spiritual Awakening / The Year of The Elephant: The Golden Quintet—15 Year Retrospective
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) Anthony Davis (piano) John Lindberg (bass) Pheeroan akLaff (drums) Adam Rudolph (percussion) Jesse Gilbert (video)
TWENTY DOLLARS


THE STONE RESIDENCIES
BEN GOLDBERG
DUE TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY BEN GOLDBERG HAS HAD TO CANCEL HIS WEEK AT THE STONE. THE STONE STAFF SENDS LOVE AND STRENGTH TO BEN AND HIS FAMILY AT THIS CRITICAL TIME.
APR 28—MAY 3