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Ben Grossman
11/17/2009 11:00 PM at TRANZAC Club
292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Cost: 6
The 416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Festival is a yearly showcase for the vibrant Toronto improvised music scene. The 416 area code’s finest improvising musicians, and sometimes visitors from farther afield, play in a wide variety of styles in 3 or 4 sets over each of the festival’s 4 nights. Their improvisations take the form of completely free-form spontaneous compositions, created entirely "in the moment, at the moment of performance, by the performers". At other times, a drawing, graphic, object, original musical chart or just the audience ’vibe’, are used to inspire the music. The 416 is a celebration of music-making on a tightrope.
Tuesday, Nov. 17
9 pm
Lori Freedman solo- bass clarinet
and duo with guest Martin Tétreault
10 pm
Martin Tétreault solo - turntable
and duo with guest Lori Freedman
11 pm
Gordon Allen - trumpet
Rob Clutton - bass
Tomasz Krakowiac - percussion
Ben Grossman - hurdy gurdy
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