Featuring: 
Weasel Walter (drums)
Elliott Sharp (guitar)
Chris Welcome (guitar)
Michael Foster (saxophones)
Chris Pitsiokos (saxophone)
Matt Nelson (saxophone)
Peter Evans (trumpet)
Jaimie Branch (trumpet)
Steve Swell (trombone)
Leila Bordreuil (cello)
Tim Dahl (bass)
Brandon Lopez (bass)

$12 for both sets, cash only at the door

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Weasel Walter presents a concert of works for large ensemble. Harnessing volcanic Free Jazz virtuosity with deliberate structural control and variation, this performance will feature Downtown NYC icon Elliott Sharp as soloist. The hulking, multi-generational 12-piece group (featuring multiple reeds, brass, guitars, double basses, and the leader himself on drums) typically delivers an outrageous assault of ceaseless momentum and musical surprise with orchestration ranging from unaccompanied solos to the full-bore apocalypse of the full orchestra, and everything in between. Building off the traditions of John Coltrane's legendary "Ascension", Globe Unity Orchestra's various works and the complex sonics of modern composers like Xenakis, Penderecki, and Stockhausen, the Weasel Walter Large Ensemble conjures a high-energy atmosphere where instrumental extremity rules. For this occasion, a brand new cd release of the April 2015 JACK performance including guest guitarist Henry Kaiser will be available.