Featuring: Fast 'n' Bulbous 'The Captain Beefheart Project', Sxip Shirey with Adam Matta
Event Information: 212-505-FISH
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Fast 'n' Bulbous 'The Captain Beefheart Project' w/
Gary Lucas - guitar
Jesse Krakow - bass
Richard Dworkin - drums
Phillip Johnston - alto saxophone
Rob Henke - trumpet
Jacob Garchik- trombone
Dave Sewelson - baritone saxophone
Bio:
Fast 'N' Bulbous is a Captain Beefheart tribute project led by two innovators of the new music scene: rock guitarist and improvisor Gary Lucas, who was guitarist for Captain Beefheart's Magic Band in its latter years (1980-82), and composer, jazz saxophonist and improvisor Philip Johnston, who co-led (with Joel Forrester) the renowned Microscopic Septet widely regarded one of the most unique bands of the 1980s. Lucas and Johnston formed the project to expose Beefheart's compositions as major contributions to the American songbook which should be revived, reviewed, re-interpreted and – above all – played and experienced live.
In 2005, Fast 'N' Bulbous released Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind (Cuneiform) and has subsequently toured Europe and the US, to rave reviews in Rolling Stone, The NY Times, the Village Voice and others.. Troy Collins wrote, "Hearing Beefheart's signature, counterpoint-laden, psychelic Blues tunes arranged for an instrumental Jazz band reveals the intricacies at the heart of Beefheart's writing. The polyrhythmic shuffle and crazed counterpoint provide the perfect structural platform for a group of seasoned improvising musicians to launch from. At once joyous and challenging, Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind is that rare tribute album that reaches beyond its source material to create something new and even greater than the sum of its parts."
"... Led by saxophonist Phillip Johnston and featuring ex-Magic Band guitarist Gary Lucas, Fast 'n Bulbous proved that Beefheart's songs deserve to be played in his absence and are, for all their knotty logic, quite PLAYABLE. It was odd to see four hornmen reading charts as they tore through the messy ecstasy of "When Big Joan Sets Up," from 1969's "Trout Mask Replica." But Johnston's brass scores hit the R&B meat and twisted swing that Beefheart embedded in spidery guitars. "Pachuco Cadaver," also from "Trout Mask", became a New Orleans marching-band romp. A power-trio medley of "Click Clack" and "Ice Cream for Crow" with Lucas on searing bottleneck guitar celebrated the rock in Beefheart's extremes. Beefheart never became the star he felt he should be. Yet on nights like this, it still seems possible--if he'd just come back.
- David Fricke, The Rolling Stone.
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A real life circus composer, Sxip Shirey has appeared at The Sydney Opera House, The Kennedy Center, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Adelaide Festival in Australia and at Bonnaroo. In New York City he has performed at The Knitting Factory, Tonic and many underground parties in Brooklyn.
"I've heard Sxip crank out gypsy-thrash tunes on his Mutant Harmonicas that would prompt the contents of your bowels to wriggle out of your colon and cut a goddamn rug"
--Cadmus Onesie, Arts Journal
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Fast 'n' Bulbous
Sxip Shirey
18+ or accompanied by legal guardian. This show is General Admission, first come, first serve. Seating is Limited. A purchased ticket does not guarantee you a seat. There is a two item minimum for all seated performances.
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