SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2008
11-12: Steve Lehman (NYC)
9:30-10:30 DC Improvisers Collective (DC)
($10, doors at 8pm, show at 9:30, 18+)
11-12: Steve Lehman (NYC)
9:30-10:30 DC Improvisers Collective (DC)
($10, doors at 8pm, show at 9:30, 18+)
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008
12:30-1:30: Jaimie Branch/Marc Riordan (Chicago)
11:30-12:10: Blaise Siwula/David Wilson/Toshi Makihara (NYC/VA/PA)
10:30-11:10: Elliott Sharp (NYC)
9:30-10:10: Thus (Baltimore)
8:30-9:10: Nate Scheible & Matt Wascovich (Cleveland)
($15, doors at 8pm, show at 8:30, 18+)
*set times are approximate
12:30-1:30: Jaimie Branch/Marc Riordan (Chicago)
11:30-12:10: Blaise Siwula/David Wilson/Toshi Makihara (NYC/VA/PA)
10:30-11:10: Elliott Sharp (NYC)
9:30-10:10: Thus (Baltimore)
8:30-9:10: Nate Scheible & Matt Wascovich (Cleveland)
($15, doors at 8pm, show at 8:30, 18+)
*set times are approximate
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008
12:30-1:30: Marshall Allen & Elliott Levin (Philly)
11:30-12:10: Sabir Mateen & Michiko (NYC)
10:30-11:10: Matthias Muller/Christian Marien (Germany)
9:30-10:10: Uri Caine (NYC)
8:30-9:10: PRV Trio (DC)
($15, doors at 8pm, show at 8:30, 18+)
*set times are approximate
12:30-1:30: Marshall Allen & Elliott Levin (Philly)
11:30-12:10: Sabir Mateen & Michiko (NYC)
10:30-11:10: Matthias Muller/Christian Marien (Germany)
9:30-10:10: Uri Caine (NYC)
8:30-9:10: PRV Trio (DC)
($15, doors at 8pm, show at 8:30, 18+)
*set times are approximate

Saturday, March 29
11:30-12:10pm
Sabir Mateen: Tenor, alto saxophonist, Bb clarinetist, alto clarinetist, flutist, composer, Sabir Mateen, born in Philadelphia, has been a musician most of his life. Starting in the Philadelphia area as a percussionist, he started playing flute as a teenager. Gradually evovling from alto to tenor saxophone, he has been through a number of musical transformations. He started out playing rhythm and blues in the early '70s which led him to the tenor saxophone chair of the Horace Tapscott Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. From there he has or is performing with Cecil Taylor, Sunny Murray, William Parker, Alan Silva, Butch & Wilber Morris, Raphe Malik, Steve Swell, Mark Whitecage, Roy Campbell, Matthew Shipp, Marc Edwards, Jemeel Moondoc, William Hooker, Henry Grimes, Rashid Bakr, Kali Fasteau and numerous others. He also is a member of the cooperative band TEST. Sabir also performs with, Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, William Parker's Inside The Music Of Curtis Mayfield, Earth People, the Downtown Horns and The East 3rd Street Ensemble. He is the leader of "The Sabir Mateen Quintet", Shapes Textures & Sound Ensemble, TRIO SABIR, and other bands*.