Coastal Jazz offers a concert of sonic exploration via Ken Vandermark and Not for Proper
Alvaro Rojas’s Music for 22 opens the highly anticipated show at The Ironworks
Ken Vandermark. Photo by Cristina Marx
Coastal Jazz has an evening of sonic exploration coming up that’s not to be missed.
Renowned Chicago-based composer and improviser Ken Vandermark joins local duo Not for Proper for an evening of artful adventurous collaboration. Opening the concert is Music for 22, a project by the restlessly inventive Alvaro Rojas.
The performance takes place on Friday, November 25 at 8:30 pm at The Ironworks.
A modern master and ardent sound explorer, Vandermark, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient, returns on sax and clarinets. Pianist Lisa Cay Miller (NOW Orchestra) and drummer Kenton Loewen (Haram) are the forces behind Not for Proper, which juxtaposes polyrhythmic free din, raw cracked tone, and wild open peace.
Music for 22 began as a solo-composition project for Rojas in the early stages of the pandemic. As the days wore on, he began arranging the pieces for string quartet alongside his adept guitar playing. With the guitar and string section sometimes working together, sometimes in opposition, Music for 22 ranges from contemplative beauty to turbulent rage. The group’s co-conspirators are Meredith Bates (violin), Josh Zubot (violin), Parmela Attariwala (viola), and Peggy Lee (cello). This evening celebrates the group’s new self-titled album release, with cameos by American vocalist/producer Georgia Anne Muldrow and members of Vancouver’s vibrant music community.
Tickets, $25, and more details are at Coastal Jazz.
Post sponsored by Coastal Jazz.