On the evening of Tuesday, April 22, we are proudly hosting avant-garde multi-instrumentalist Danny Kamins (HOU), experimental electronic musician Casey Cooper’s solo project Coastal Dives (CMH), and multi-instrumentalist improviser Gerard Cox (CMH). Doors 7:30pm, show begins at 8:00pm sharp. $8.00 prepaid, $10 at the door.
About the artists:
Danny Kamins is an improvising saxophonist based out of Houston, TX. His current musical endeavors include playing in various ensembles such as Sleeping Beast, El Mantis, Dennis Gonzalez Legacy Band, FireLife Trio, and Relative Dissonance as well as directing the jazz program at Rice University. Musicians he has performed/recorded with include Tatsuya Nakatani, Alvin Fielder, Ra Kalam Bob Moses, LaDonna Smith, Aaron Gonzalez, Stefan Gonzalez, Susan Alcorn, Jamison Williams, Thomas Helton, Lisa Cameron, Adam Goodwin, Vinny Golia, Antonio Borghini, David Leon, Jeb Bishop, Taylor Rouss, Sandy Ewen, Alexander Von Schlippenbach, Damon Smith, Luke Stewart, Kamila Drabek, Marc Edwards, Vincent Davis, Natan Kryszk, Paulina Owczarek.
Casey Cooper composes music for film, dream prog group The Receiver, and his solo project Coastal Dives. Coastal dives guides us on a meditative journey through use of ambient soundscapes, asymmetrical time signatures, and analog synthesis. Graceful movements guide your head space to an entirely new coast where the water is perfect and welcomes a deep dive.
Gerard is a pianist, trumpeter, and percussionist from Columbus with a keen interest in musical surrealism and the percussive nature of the piano. Born to a piano teacher Mom and a jazz saxophone hobbyist father, clear “rockstar” inclinations were shown at age 8 in an appearance as J.S. Bach at an OMTA music festival and at 10 as Billy Idol in a look-a-like contest for the national pop/rock magazine Star Hits. Cox developed a love for jazz in high school on through college, studying both jazz piano and B3 organ. While initially taken with the straight-ahead jazz of Art Blakey and Clifford Brown, he followed John Coltrane’s discography into his later period music and this proved to be the gateway for a fascination with free jazz and all kinds of other outsider/experimental music.