Detroit Institute of Art - Diego Rivera Mural Court - April 17, 2009

Upcoming Concerts

Mar. 24 (15:00 EST) at ToBeContinued/StazioneTopolò Internet Broadcast

Previous Concerts

Detroit Institute Of Art Detroit, Kerrytown Concert House Ann Arbor
Hungry Brain Emerging Improvisers Series Chicago, Cliff Bells Detroit
Hallwalls Buffalo, Garfield Art Works Pittsburgh, PA
The High Wire Philadelphia, Cornell University Ithaca
The Knight Library Providence, The Lily pad Boston
Vaudeville Park Brooklyn, Iron Post Urbana Creative Music Forum Springfield, IL Earth House Collective Indianapolis Tap Room St. Louis

mp3s:
One For Now
Other For Now

Skeeter C.R. Shelton is one of the most under-recognized saxophonists in
free jazz/creative music. His father, drummer Ajaramu Shelton, was a
charter member of the AACM who played with Roscoe Mitchell, Muhal
Abrahms, Kalaparusha, Fred Anderson, Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons.
Skeeter grew-up around these influences and absorbed a whole lot of tenor
playing. His status as a leading figure in Detroit’s creative music community
is undisputed and his obscure national status is due to reticence, not talent.
But he hasn’t completely escaped notice by notable peers- Skeeter has
worked with musicians like James Blood Ulmer, Fred Anderson, Faruq Z.
Bey, Hakim Jami, Dennis Gonzales and The North Woods Improvisers.

Also based in Detroit, multi-instrumentalist Joel Peterson has performed
a wide array of music as a member of groups like Immigrant Suns, The
Scavenger Quartet (with Frank Pahl), Odu Afrobeat Orchestra (with
Adeboye Adegbenro, Lac LaBelle, Xenharmonic Gamelan, ECFA and in
trios and quartets with Faruq Z Bey, Kenneth Green and Michael Carey.
As an improviser, he has performed with people like Tatsuya Nakatani,
Steve Cohn, Amy Denio, Luk Houtkamp, Eugene Chadbourne, Rhys
Chatham, Jason Stein, Carl Smith, Damo Suzuki and many others.
Besides the double-bass, his primary gigging instrument, Joel also
performs on clarinet, oud, qyteli, guitar and more. From 2005-2008 he
ran Bohemian National Home, Detroit’s primary venue for creative arts.
He was recently awarded a fellow of the Kresge Foundation.

Thollem tours perpetually as a solo pianist, vocalist and collaborator
regularly covering much of North America and Europe playing free
music and free free music. In the past 6 years, he has added 23
albums to his discography on 10 different vanguard record labels
in 4 different countries. His musical experiences are extremely
diverse and his ever-expanding variety of approaches to making
music result in dramatically new and different outcomes. He plays
in punk clubs, museums, concert halls and riots. He works
regularly with film makers, dancers, poets and painters as well
as a wide array of divergent musicians. He has won numerous
awards and is the founding director of Estamos Ensemble, a
Mexican-American cross border ensemble for musical exchange..

(Photos - Marc Andren)