NEWS
10/3/2023
I have a new LP coming out November 10 on Unheard of Hope. You can listen to the first single here, "Se Siente Como." This song features Mabe Fratti on vocals and the only lyrics are se siente como (it feels like). Everything else is syllabic improvisation
I have a new LP coming out November 10 on Unheard of Hope. You can listen to the first single here, "Se Siente Como." This song features Mabe Fratti on vocals and the only lyrics are se siente como (it feels like). Everything else is syllabic improvisation
7/7/2023
I have a new album out today! Gilgore/Treut's Breakfast of Champions with Tony Malaby, Dave Ballou, and Michael Formanek
I have a new album out today! Gilgore/Treut's Breakfast of Champions with Tony Malaby, Dave Ballou, and Michael Formanek
‘Breakfast of Champions’ is a record that came together from a joke that was shared one evening when Jarrett Gilgore and Dave Treut were hanging out after a gig at writer Cisco Bradley’s house. Kilgore Trout being the main character of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel ‘Breakfast of Champions’ We decided we should start a band called Gilgore/Treut’s ‘Breakfast of Champions’ We played a gig at the now defunct WindUp Space in Baltimore, as Formanek, Ballou and Gilgore lived there, Malaby and Treut drove down from NYC to make the date. They had so much fun the first outing, they decided to do another and record it!
The relationships and the shared collaborations run deep in this crew of master improvisers. Malaby, Formanek and Ballou have clocked years together as collaborators. Treut was 19 when he started working with Malaby some 25 years ago. Jarrett Gilgore had just graduated from Peabody Conservatory and was a musical catalyst and spark of the Baltimore experimental music scene. The record is an edited version of the two sets we played at the WindUp Space in April of 2017.
‘Breakfast of Champions’ straddles many lines of group improvisation stemming from Free Jazz and Improvised Music, all nodding to the avant garde. But if you listen closely the chordless quintet has an uncanny knack for creating melodies and making an improvisation sound like a composition. That’s what you get when you sign up these titans of improv. A democratic process, knowing when to support, when to go against the grain, when to lay out, when to push the soloist or whether the soloist prefers to stay inside the sound, all aesthetic decisions made in the moment to further the larger compositional framework teetering in the balance.
The relationships and the shared collaborations run deep in this crew of master improvisers. Malaby, Formanek and Ballou have clocked years together as collaborators. Treut was 19 when he started working with Malaby some 25 years ago. Jarrett Gilgore had just graduated from Peabody Conservatory and was a musical catalyst and spark of the Baltimore experimental music scene. The record is an edited version of the two sets we played at the WindUp Space in April of 2017.
‘Breakfast of Champions’ straddles many lines of group improvisation stemming from Free Jazz and Improvised Music, all nodding to the avant garde. But if you listen closely the chordless quintet has an uncanny knack for creating melodies and making an improvisation sound like a composition. That’s what you get when you sign up these titans of improv. A democratic process, knowing when to support, when to go against the grain, when to lay out, when to push the soloist or whether the soloist prefers to stay inside the sound, all aesthetic decisions made in the moment to further the larger compositional framework teetering in the balance.
5/20/2023
Europe tour with Mabe Fratti starts soon...
May 24 Madrid, SP at La Hipoteca
May 25 Lisbon, PO at Musicbox
May 26 Aveiro, PO at GrETUA May 27 Braga, PO at GNRation
June 2 Stockholm, SE at Blivande
June 4 Berlin, DEU at West Germany
June 6 Jena, DEU at Trafo
June 8 Marina di Ravenna, IT at Beaches Brew Festival
June 9 Torino, IT at Jazz Is Dead Festival
June 10 Rome, IT at Ekstasis
June 11 Guastalla, IT at Handmade Festival
June 17 Bytča, SK at Festival Hviezdne Noci
June 19 Amsterdam, NL at Koninklijk Theater Carré w/ Ben Howard
June 20 Amsterdam, NL at Koninklijk Theater Carré w/ Ben Howard
June 21 Haarlem, NL at Philharmonie Haarlem w/ Ben Howard
June 22 Ghent, BE at Theresia
June 28 Rotterdam, NL at WORM
June 29 Amsterdam, NL at Paradiso
July 1 Barcelona, SP at El Pumarejo
July 2 Toulouse, FR at Les Siestes
July 4 Lausanne, CH at Festival de la Cite
July 6 Vienna, AU at Vienna Open Air w/ Ben Howard
July 7 Bolzano, IT at Sud Tirol Jazz Festival
July 8 Bolzano, IT at Sud Tirol Jazz Festival
Europe tour with Mabe Fratti starts soon...
May 24 Madrid, SP at La Hipoteca
May 25 Lisbon, PO at Musicbox
May 26 Aveiro, PO at GrETUA May 27 Braga, PO at GNRation
June 2 Stockholm, SE at Blivande
June 4 Berlin, DEU at West Germany
June 6 Jena, DEU at Trafo
June 8 Marina di Ravenna, IT at Beaches Brew Festival
June 9 Torino, IT at Jazz Is Dead Festival
June 10 Rome, IT at Ekstasis
June 11 Guastalla, IT at Handmade Festival
June 17 Bytča, SK at Festival Hviezdne Noci
June 19 Amsterdam, NL at Koninklijk Theater Carré w/ Ben Howard
June 20 Amsterdam, NL at Koninklijk Theater Carré w/ Ben Howard
June 21 Haarlem, NL at Philharmonie Haarlem w/ Ben Howard
June 22 Ghent, BE at Theresia
June 28 Rotterdam, NL at WORM
June 29 Amsterdam, NL at Paradiso
July 1 Barcelona, SP at El Pumarejo
July 2 Toulouse, FR at Les Siestes
July 4 Lausanne, CH at Festival de la Cite
July 6 Vienna, AU at Vienna Open Air w/ Ben Howard
July 7 Bolzano, IT at Sud Tirol Jazz Festival
July 8 Bolzano, IT at Sud Tirol Jazz Festival
10/14/2022
Mabe Fratti's new record "No Se Ve Desde Aquí" is out today! I played saxophone on a few songs
Mabe Fratti's new record "No Se Ve Desde Aquí" is out today! I played saxophone on a few songs
2/12/2022
Next Friday in Mexico City
6/17/2021
Here is a recent improvised soundtrack to some films by Harry Smith. It was recorded live on a rooftop in Mexico City earlier this month.
Band is: Gibran Andrade (drums), Concepcion Huerta (electronics), Hector Tosta (guitar), JG (alto saxophone) Enjoy!
Here is a recent improvised soundtrack to some films by Harry Smith. It was recorded live on a rooftop in Mexico City earlier this month.
Band is: Gibran Andrade (drums), Concepcion Huerta (electronics), Hector Tosta (guitar), JG (alto saxophone) Enjoy!
4/17/2021
Here is a recent collaboration with my friend No Land. Last minute small offering for High Zero Foundation. Enjoy
Here is a recent collaboration with my friend No Land. Last minute small offering for High Zero Foundation. Enjoy