November 2011
Saturday, Nov 5th, 2011: Waltham, MA 8:00-11:00pm, Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University
Session X blends funk classics and funky free improvisation into a mashup that will have your body, mind, and soul dancing.
With April Hall - vocals, Amadee Castenell & Tom Hall- saxophones Kevin Barry - guitar, Thomas Hebb - bass, Mark Purrington - drums
Tickets: $20 general public, $15 Brandeis Community and Seniors, $5 students, Free with SCA pass
Friday, Nov 11th, 2011: ImprovLive 365 Fundraiser Ends
For more info or to find out more about ImprovLive 365
Session X blends funk classics and funky free improvisation into a mashup that will have your body, mind, and soul dancing.
With April Hall - vocals, Amadee Castenell & Tom Hall- saxophones Kevin Barry - guitar, Thomas Hebb - bass, Mark Purrington - drums
Tickets: $20 general public, $15 Brandeis Community and Seniors, $5 students, Free with SCA pass
Friday, Nov 11th, 2011: ImprovLive 365 Fundraiser Ends
For more info or to find out more about ImprovLive 365
July 2011
July, 14 2011 • Giant Kings
Precinct Bar • 70 Union Square
Somerville, MA • 10 pm
Tom returns to the Precinct to play some vintage soul, country soul, and R&B with the Giant Kings.
Featuring Chris Cote (vocals), Paul Ahlstrand (Tenor Sax), Tom Hall (Baritone Sax)
Duke Levine (Guitar), Kevin Barry (Lap Steel and Guitar), Marty Ballou (Bass)
Andy Plaisted (Drums)
More info: $10 • www.precinctbar.com
July, 27 2011 • Un-Think It! (The Arts of the Flow)
St. Mary’s Parish Center • 329 Hanover Street
Hanover, MA • 8 pm
Artist Lennie Peterson creates a 6' X 3' portrait of composer and jazz legend Miles Davis in front of a live audience accompanied by the improvised music of guitarist Mark Campbell and saxophonist Tom Hall.
For audience members of all ages and all walks of life, the program also intertwines an informal, interactive and open discussion of the spontaneous creative process, useing the metaphor of art and music to discuss practical applications for improvisation and spontaneous creativity in school, the workplace and in daily life.
Concluding the event, Peterson, who is a trombonist, joins Campbell and Hall to perform a composition by Miles Davis.
More Info: Free, with refreshments following
Contact Ellen McDonough • Phone:781-826-4303 • Email: emcdonough@stmaryshanover.com
Precinct Bar • 70 Union Square
Somerville, MA • 10 pm
Tom returns to the Precinct to play some vintage soul, country soul, and R&B with the Giant Kings.
Featuring Chris Cote (vocals), Paul Ahlstrand (Tenor Sax), Tom Hall (Baritone Sax)
Duke Levine (Guitar), Kevin Barry (Lap Steel and Guitar), Marty Ballou (Bass)
Andy Plaisted (Drums)
More info: $10 • www.precinctbar.com
July, 27 2011 • Un-Think It! (The Arts of the Flow)
St. Mary’s Parish Center • 329 Hanover Street
Hanover, MA • 8 pm
Artist Lennie Peterson creates a 6' X 3' portrait of composer and jazz legend Miles Davis in front of a live audience accompanied by the improvised music of guitarist Mark Campbell and saxophonist Tom Hall.
For audience members of all ages and all walks of life, the program also intertwines an informal, interactive and open discussion of the spontaneous creative process, useing the metaphor of art and music to discuss practical applications for improvisation and spontaneous creativity in school, the workplace and in daily life.
Concluding the event, Peterson, who is a trombonist, joins Campbell and Hall to perform a composition by Miles Davis.
More Info: Free, with refreshments following
Contact Ellen McDonough • Phone:781-826-4303 • Email: emcdonough@stmaryshanover.com
June
June 7, 2011 • Hans Poppel's Brief Return: Duos, Trios and Beyond
Outpost 186 • 186 ½ Hampshire St.
Inman Square • Cambridge, MA • 9 pm
Pianist Hans Poppel, who lived in the Boston area for many years, moved back to his native Munich in 2008. Hans is back in town in early June; this performance will feature rotating small-group improvisations with some of his frequent local collaborators and others less familiar.
with Hans Poppel (piano), Curt Newton (drums), Jeff Song (cello), Neil Leonard (saxophones), Tom Hall (saxophones), and others TBD
More Info: www.outpost186.com • $10 donation
June 12, 2011 • Jacob William Group
Outpost 186 • 186 ½ Hampshire St.
Inman Square • Cambridge, MA • 8 pm
Allan Chase (saxes), Tom Hall (saxes), Jacob William (bass), Luther Gray (drums)
More Info: www.outpost186.com • $10 donation
June 24, 2011 • Plunge!
Outpost 186 • 186 ½ Hampshire St.
Inman Square • Cambridge, MA • 8 pm
A combination of open improvisations and Plunge compositions by Mark McGrain.
Mark McGrain (trombone), Tom Hall (saxophones), Marty Ballou (bass)
More Info: www.outpost186.com
www.plunge.com • $10 donation
Outpost 186 • 186 ½ Hampshire St.
Inman Square • Cambridge, MA • 9 pm
Pianist Hans Poppel, who lived in the Boston area for many years, moved back to his native Munich in 2008. Hans is back in town in early June; this performance will feature rotating small-group improvisations with some of his frequent local collaborators and others less familiar.
with Hans Poppel (piano), Curt Newton (drums), Jeff Song (cello), Neil Leonard (saxophones), Tom Hall (saxophones), and others TBD
More Info: www.outpost186.com • $10 donation
June 12, 2011 • Jacob William Group
Outpost 186 • 186 ½ Hampshire St.
Inman Square • Cambridge, MA • 8 pm
Allan Chase (saxes), Tom Hall (saxes), Jacob William (bass), Luther Gray (drums)
More Info: www.outpost186.com • $10 donation
June 24, 2011 • Plunge!
Outpost 186 • 186 ½ Hampshire St.
Inman Square • Cambridge, MA • 8 pm
A combination of open improvisations and Plunge compositions by Mark McGrain.
Mark McGrain (trombone), Tom Hall (saxophones), Marty Ballou (bass)
More Info: www.outpost186.com
www.plunge.com • $10 donation
May
May 2, 2011 • Dave Bryant Septet
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church
1555 Massachusetts Avenue • Cambridge, MA • 8pm
Keyboardist and composer, Dave Bryant is best known for his work as a member of Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time group. Bryant’s addition to the group marked Ornette Coleman’s first extended work with a keyboard instrument in decades. Starting in 1990, Bryant toured as part of the group and performed on the Prime Time “Tone Dialing” CD. During Bryant’s tenure with Prime Time, the band also performed with Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson, and numerous symphony orchestras throughout the world, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Kurt Mazur.
With: Dave Bryant (keyboards), Tom Hall (tenor saxophone), Neil Leonard (saxophones and electronics), Curt Newton (drums), Eric Rosenthal (drums), Jeff Song (cello), John Turner (bass)
More Info: $10 or donation
May 4, 2011• Jazz Week
On the Edge: Exploring the Creative Music Scene
Boston Public Library Main Library • Boston Room
700 Boylston St.• Boston• 6 pm
Jazz Week '11 marks the fifth year that the Greater Boston jazz community has come together to celebrate a music that defies definition and recognizes no boundaries. Wearing different faces and going by different names, jazz will be everywhere in and around the city between April 29 and May 8.
Four of Boston's most creative musicians, Dave Bryant, Tom Hall, John Kordalewski, and Neil Leonard, talk about current trends, which they demonstrate with live performances.
More info: http://www.bpl.org/ • Free
http://www.jazzboston.org/about/jazzweek2011.asp
May 7, 2011 • Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet
SoWa Arts District • Corner of Thayer Street and Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 4 - 6 pm
YNSQ launches the Thayer Street Outdoor Concert Series
with saxophonists Allan Chase, Cercie Miller, Joel Springer, Tom Hall
More info: Free
May 27, 2011 * Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet
The Lily Pad • 1353 Cambridge Street
Inman Square, Cambridge, MA • 9 pm
With: Allan Chase, Cercie Miller, Joel Springer, Tom Hall
More Info: $10 donation
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church
1555 Massachusetts Avenue • Cambridge, MA • 8pm
Keyboardist and composer, Dave Bryant is best known for his work as a member of Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time group. Bryant’s addition to the group marked Ornette Coleman’s first extended work with a keyboard instrument in decades. Starting in 1990, Bryant toured as part of the group and performed on the Prime Time “Tone Dialing” CD. During Bryant’s tenure with Prime Time, the band also performed with Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson, and numerous symphony orchestras throughout the world, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Kurt Mazur.
With: Dave Bryant (keyboards), Tom Hall (tenor saxophone), Neil Leonard (saxophones and electronics), Curt Newton (drums), Eric Rosenthal (drums), Jeff Song (cello), John Turner (bass)
More Info: $10 or donation
May 4, 2011• Jazz Week
On the Edge: Exploring the Creative Music Scene
Boston Public Library Main Library • Boston Room
700 Boylston St.• Boston• 6 pm
Jazz Week '11 marks the fifth year that the Greater Boston jazz community has come together to celebrate a music that defies definition and recognizes no boundaries. Wearing different faces and going by different names, jazz will be everywhere in and around the city between April 29 and May 8.
Four of Boston's most creative musicians, Dave Bryant, Tom Hall, John Kordalewski, and Neil Leonard, talk about current trends, which they demonstrate with live performances.
More info: http://www.bpl.org/ • Free
http://www.jazzboston.org/about/jazzweek2011.asp
May 7, 2011 • Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet
SoWa Arts District • Corner of Thayer Street and Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 4 - 6 pm
YNSQ launches the Thayer Street Outdoor Concert Series
with saxophonists Allan Chase, Cercie Miller, Joel Springer, Tom Hall
More info: Free
May 27, 2011 * Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet
The Lily Pad • 1353 Cambridge Street
Inman Square, Cambridge, MA • 9 pm
With: Allan Chase, Cercie Miller, Joel Springer, Tom Hall
More Info: $10 donation
April
April 8th, 2011, First Congregational Church • 8pm
Cambridge, MA Improvisation
Youre Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet 31st Anniversary Reunion
Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet (YNSQ) celebrates its thirty-first anniversary with a concert on April 8, 2011 at the First Congregational Church, Cambridge, 8:00 pm. This concert will reunite current and past members of the quartet to play new compositions and to revisit music from throughout the group’s history.
Founded in 1980 during the height of the improvising sax quartet craze, YNSQ went on to release six recordings and to perform hundreds of concerts throughout the United States and Europe, including nine European tours. This concert will bring together current YNSQ members Allan Chase, Cercie Miller, Joel Springer, and Tom Hall with former members Danny Bittker and Steve Adams (now with ROVA Saxophone Quartet).
Event Details:
YNSQ 31st Anniversary Reunion Concert
April 8, 2011 8:00 p.m. Suggested Donation: $10
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(near the Sheraton Commander hotel)
Directions: http://www.firstchurchcambridge.org/pages/about/directions/
April 10, 2011 • The Stone
Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet 31st Reunion
The Stone, New York, NY • 8pm
This concert will reunite current and past members of the quartet to play new compositions and to revisit music from throughout the group’s history. Featuring saxophonists Steve Adams, Allan Chase, Doug Yates, Cercie Miller, Joel springer, and Tom Hall
More Info: The Corner of Avenue C and Second St., NY, NY
http://www.thestonenyc.com/ • Tickets: $10
April 14, 2011 Un-Think It! (The Art of The Flow)
Chelmsford Elementary School • Chelmsford, MA
Private Event• 9am
Artist Lennie Peterson creates a 6' X 3' portrait of composer Beethoven, accompanied by the improvised music of guitarist Mark Campbell and saxophonist Tom Hall.
April 22, 2011 Club d'Elf CD Release Party
Lizard Lounge, 1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
2 shows: 8:00 p.m and 11:00 p.m.
Celebrating the release of the new double CD "Electric Morrocoland"
John Medeski (keyboards & melodica), Brahim Fribgane (oud, vocals & percussion), Dave Tronzo (slide guitar), Mister Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (bass, sintir & bass kalimba), Dean Johnston (drums), Tom Hall (sax), Yaure Muniz (trumpet), Jerry Leake (tablas & gungon), Paul Schultheis & Alain Mallet (melodica & keys).
More Info: www.lizardloungeclub.com • 21+ • Tickets: $18
Cambridge, MA Improvisation
Youre Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet 31st Anniversary Reunion
Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet (YNSQ) celebrates its thirty-first anniversary with a concert on April 8, 2011 at the First Congregational Church, Cambridge, 8:00 pm. This concert will reunite current and past members of the quartet to play new compositions and to revisit music from throughout the group’s history.
Founded in 1980 during the height of the improvising sax quartet craze, YNSQ went on to release six recordings and to perform hundreds of concerts throughout the United States and Europe, including nine European tours. This concert will bring together current YNSQ members Allan Chase, Cercie Miller, Joel Springer, and Tom Hall with former members Danny Bittker and Steve Adams (now with ROVA Saxophone Quartet).
Event Details:
YNSQ 31st Anniversary Reunion Concert
April 8, 2011 8:00 p.m. Suggested Donation: $10
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(near the Sheraton Commander hotel)
Directions: http://www.firstchurchcambridge.org/pages/about/directions/
April 10, 2011 • The Stone
Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet 31st Reunion
The Stone, New York, NY • 8pm
This concert will reunite current and past members of the quartet to play new compositions and to revisit music from throughout the group’s history. Featuring saxophonists Steve Adams, Allan Chase, Doug Yates, Cercie Miller, Joel springer, and Tom Hall
More Info: The Corner of Avenue C and Second St., NY, NY
http://www.thestonenyc.com/ • Tickets: $10
April 14, 2011 Un-Think It! (The Art of The Flow)
Chelmsford Elementary School • Chelmsford, MA
Private Event• 9am
Artist Lennie Peterson creates a 6' X 3' portrait of composer Beethoven, accompanied by the improvised music of guitarist Mark Campbell and saxophonist Tom Hall.
April 22, 2011 Club d'Elf CD Release Party
Lizard Lounge, 1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
2 shows: 8:00 p.m and 11:00 p.m.
Celebrating the release of the new double CD "Electric Morrocoland"
John Medeski (keyboards & melodica), Brahim Fribgane (oud, vocals & percussion), Dave Tronzo (slide guitar), Mister Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (bass, sintir & bass kalimba), Dean Johnston (drums), Tom Hall (sax), Yaure Muniz (trumpet), Jerry Leake (tablas & gungon), Paul Schultheis & Alain Mallet (melodica & keys).
More Info: www.lizardloungeclub.com • 21+ • Tickets: $18
March
March 19th, College Music Society Conference
Improvisation Workshop: Free Improvisation,
Jam Bands and Teaching the Groove
Lafayette College • Easton, PA• 2:30 PM
The College Music Society promotes music teaching and learning, musical creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and diversity and interdisciplinary interaction. A consortium of college, conservatory, university, and independent musicians and scholars interested in all disciplines of music, the Society provides leadership and serves as an agent of change by addressing concerns facing music in higher education.
More info: www.music.org
March 28th • Dave Bryant Quartet
Outpost 186
186 1/2 Hampshire St • Cambridge MA •8 pm
Keyboardist and composer, Dave Bryant is best known for his work as a member of Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time group. Bryant’s addition to the group marked Ornette Coleman’s first extended work with a keyboard instrument in decades. Starting in 1990, Bryant toured as part of the group and performed on the Prime Time “Tone Dialing” CD. During Bryant’s tenure with Prime Time, the band also performed with Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson, and numerous symphony orchestras throughout the world, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Kurt Mazur.
With: Dave Bryant (keys), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Jacob William (bass), Eric Rosenthal (drums)
More info: $10
Improvisation Workshop: Free Improvisation,
Jam Bands and Teaching the Groove
Lafayette College • Easton, PA• 2:30 PM
The College Music Society promotes music teaching and learning, musical creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and diversity and interdisciplinary interaction. A consortium of college, conservatory, university, and independent musicians and scholars interested in all disciplines of music, the Society provides leadership and serves as an agent of change by addressing concerns facing music in higher education.
More info: www.music.org
March 28th • Dave Bryant Quartet
Outpost 186
186 1/2 Hampshire St • Cambridge MA •8 pm
Keyboardist and composer, Dave Bryant is best known for his work as a member of Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time group. Bryant’s addition to the group marked Ornette Coleman’s first extended work with a keyboard instrument in decades. Starting in 1990, Bryant toured as part of the group and performed on the Prime Time “Tone Dialing” CD. During Bryant’s tenure with Prime Time, the band also performed with Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson, and numerous symphony orchestras throughout the world, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Kurt Mazur.
With: Dave Bryant (keys), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Jacob William (bass), Eric Rosenthal (drums)
More info: $10
February
February 13, 2011 Un-Think It! (The Art of The Flow)
Scitutate Library
85 Branch Street • Scituate, MA • 2:30 PM
Artist Lennie Peterson creates a 6' X 3' portrait of composer and jazz legend Duke Ellington in front of a live audience accompanied by the improvised music of guitarist Mark Campbell and saxophonist Tom Hall.
For audience members of all ages and all walks of life, the program also intertwines an informal, interactive and open discussion of the spontaneous creative process, useing the metaphor of art and music to discuss practical applications for improvisation and spontaneous creativity in school, the workplace and in daily life.
Concluding the event, Peterson, who is a trombonist, joins Campbell and Hall to perform a composition by Duke Ellington.
February 27, 2011 Un-Think It! (The Art of The Flow)
Hingham Library
66 Leavitt Street • Hingham, MA • 3:00 PM
Artist Lennie Peterson creates a 6' X 3' portrait of composer and jazz legend Miles Davis in front of a live audience accompanied by the improvised music of guitarist Mark Campbell and saxophonist Tom Hall.
For audience members of all ages and all walks of life, the program also intertwines an informal, interactive and open discussion of the spontaneous creative process, useing the metaphor of art and music to discuss practical applications for improvisation and spontaneous creativity in school, the workplace and in daily life.
Concluding the event, Peterson, who is a trombonist, joins Campbell and Hall to perform a composition by Miles Davis.
Scitutate Library
85 Branch Street • Scituate, MA • 2:30 PM
Artist Lennie Peterson creates a 6' X 3' portrait of composer and jazz legend Duke Ellington in front of a live audience accompanied by the improvised music of guitarist Mark Campbell and saxophonist Tom Hall.
For audience members of all ages and all walks of life, the program also intertwines an informal, interactive and open discussion of the spontaneous creative process, useing the metaphor of art and music to discuss practical applications for improvisation and spontaneous creativity in school, the workplace and in daily life.
Concluding the event, Peterson, who is a trombonist, joins Campbell and Hall to perform a composition by Duke Ellington.
February 27, 2011 Un-Think It! (The Art of The Flow)
Hingham Library
66 Leavitt Street • Hingham, MA • 3:00 PM
Artist Lennie Peterson creates a 6' X 3' portrait of composer and jazz legend Miles Davis in front of a live audience accompanied by the improvised music of guitarist Mark Campbell and saxophonist Tom Hall.
For audience members of all ages and all walks of life, the program also intertwines an informal, interactive and open discussion of the spontaneous creative process, useing the metaphor of art and music to discuss practical applications for improvisation and spontaneous creativity in school, the workplace and in daily life.
Concluding the event, Peterson, who is a trombonist, joins Campbell and Hall to perform a composition by Miles Davis.
January
January 2, 2011 Pandelis Karayorgis Quartet • The Lilypad
1353 Cambridge Street • Cambridge, MA • 9 PM
Pandelis Karayorgis (piano), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Jacob William (bass) & Curt Newton (drums)
January 7, 2011 Club d'Elf • Lizard Lounge
1667 Mass. Avenue
Cambridge, MA • 10 PM
The first d'Elf gig of 2011!
Paul Schultheis (Fender Rhodes & Moog), Tom Hall (tenor & Baritone sax), Randy Roos (guitar), Mr. Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (bass, sintir & bass kalimba), Jerry Leake (percussion) & Dean Johnston (drums)
January 11, 2011 Improvisation Workshop
Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School
80 Gerry's Landing Road • Cambridge, MA • 7 PM
Improvisation Workshop with BB&N Jazz Ensemble
January 21, 2011 Tom Hall Trio
Advent Library Concert Series • Church of the Advent
30 Brimmer Street • Boston, MA • 8 PM
Tom Hall (saxophones), Eric Hofbauer (guitar), Marty Ballou (bass)
More Info: $10 donation
Also appearing:
Duck That! (w/Steve Norton Reeds, game calls, small percussion; Joshua Jefferson Saxophone, game calls, etc;Angela Sawyer Electronics, game calls, etc)
Paul Erlich Quartet
Ken Field's Alto Army (w/Ken Field alto sax, Sagit Zilberman alto sax, Steve Norton alto sax, Jorrit Dijkstra alto sax, Joshua Jefferson alto sax)
Directions to the Advent Library:
http://www.theadvent.org/geninfo/direct.htm
More info:
http://shoebei.wordpress.com
January 25-27, 2011 April Hall Quintet • Top of the Hub
800 Boylston Street • Boston, MA • 8 PM
Tom Hall (saxophone), Tim Ray, Sonny Barbado (piano), Marty Ballou (bass)
January 29, 2011 April Hall Quintet • Top of the Hub
800 Boylston Street • Boston, MA • 9 PM
April Hall (vocals), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Sonny Barbado (piano), Marty Ballou (bass), Les Harris, Jr. (drums)
1353 Cambridge Street • Cambridge, MA • 9 PM
Pandelis Karayorgis (piano), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Jacob William (bass) & Curt Newton (drums)
January 7, 2011 Club d'Elf • Lizard Lounge
1667 Mass. Avenue
Cambridge, MA • 10 PM
The first d'Elf gig of 2011!
Paul Schultheis (Fender Rhodes & Moog), Tom Hall (tenor & Baritone sax), Randy Roos (guitar), Mr. Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (bass, sintir & bass kalimba), Jerry Leake (percussion) & Dean Johnston (drums)
January 11, 2011 Improvisation Workshop
Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School
80 Gerry's Landing Road • Cambridge, MA • 7 PM
Improvisation Workshop with BB&N Jazz Ensemble
January 21, 2011 Tom Hall Trio
Advent Library Concert Series • Church of the Advent
30 Brimmer Street • Boston, MA • 8 PM
Tom Hall (saxophones), Eric Hofbauer (guitar), Marty Ballou (bass)
More Info: $10 donation
Also appearing:
Duck That! (w/Steve Norton Reeds, game calls, small percussion; Joshua Jefferson Saxophone, game calls, etc;Angela Sawyer Electronics, game calls, etc)
Paul Erlich Quartet
Ken Field's Alto Army (w/Ken Field alto sax, Sagit Zilberman alto sax, Steve Norton alto sax, Jorrit Dijkstra alto sax, Joshua Jefferson alto sax)
Directions to the Advent Library:
http://www.theadvent.org/geninfo/direct.htm
More info:
http://shoebei.wordpress.com
January 25-27, 2011 April Hall Quintet • Top of the Hub
800 Boylston Street • Boston, MA • 8 PM
Tom Hall (saxophone), Tim Ray, Sonny Barbado (piano), Marty Ballou (bass)
January 29, 2011 April Hall Quintet • Top of the Hub
800 Boylston Street • Boston, MA • 9 PM
April Hall (vocals), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Sonny Barbado (piano), Marty Ballou (bass), Les Harris, Jr. (drums)
December
December 2-5, 2010 • ISIM Conference
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Tom will be featured presenter, giving a lecture and workshop titled Free Improvisation: A Practical Approach at this years International Society for Improvised Music 5th Annual Conference. Tom will be lecturing about Improvisation and Cross-Cultural Creativity: Fostering Connections Through Spontaneous Musical Art.
About the workshop:
Improvisation seems mysterious because it’s a process, not a product; a way of doing something, not a thing we do. Like thinking, or remembering, or feeling, it’s both the most incredible magic and the most pedestrian exercise of a basic human faculty. It’s the core of every creative flight of fancy, but it’s also a natural, practical part of life, that can be explored using language we all know and intuitively understand
This workshop demonstrates a practical way for any group of people (no matter what their style of music or level of musicianship) to learn about improvising together, covering everything from creating a set of agreements that allow maximum openness and room for exploration to practicing group improvisation through a combination of free improvisation and the creative use of improvisational exercises.
December 16, 2010 April Hall Quintet • Vernissage
1627 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA • 8 PM
Tom joins the April Hall Quintet for a night of swinging jazz.
April Hall (vocals), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Ben Cook (piano), Thomas Hebb (bass), Steve Langone (drums)
December 31, 2010 April Hall Quintet • Acton Jazz Cafe
452 Great Road• Acton, MA • 9 PM
New Year's Eve with the April Hall Quintet
April Hall (vocals), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Bill Brinkley (guitar), Mark Poniatowski (bass), Les Harris, Jr. (drums)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Tom will be featured presenter, giving a lecture and workshop titled Free Improvisation: A Practical Approach at this years International Society for Improvised Music 5th Annual Conference. Tom will be lecturing about Improvisation and Cross-Cultural Creativity: Fostering Connections Through Spontaneous Musical Art.
About the workshop:
Improvisation seems mysterious because it’s a process, not a product; a way of doing something, not a thing we do. Like thinking, or remembering, or feeling, it’s both the most incredible magic and the most pedestrian exercise of a basic human faculty. It’s the core of every creative flight of fancy, but it’s also a natural, practical part of life, that can be explored using language we all know and intuitively understand
This workshop demonstrates a practical way for any group of people (no matter what their style of music or level of musicianship) to learn about improvising together, covering everything from creating a set of agreements that allow maximum openness and room for exploration to practicing group improvisation through a combination of free improvisation and the creative use of improvisational exercises.
December 16, 2010 April Hall Quintet • Vernissage
1627 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA • 8 PM
Tom joins the April Hall Quintet for a night of swinging jazz.
April Hall (vocals), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Ben Cook (piano), Thomas Hebb (bass), Steve Langone (drums)
December 31, 2010 April Hall Quintet • Acton Jazz Cafe
452 Great Road• Acton, MA • 9 PM
New Year's Eve with the April Hall Quintet
April Hall (vocals), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Bill Brinkley (guitar), Mark Poniatowski (bass), Les Harris, Jr. (drums)
November
November 24th • April Hall Quintet
WICN's Live Broadcast • Jazz Series
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA 12-1
Tom will be joining April Hall and her Quintet for this live concert broadcast from the infamous and beautiful Mechanics Hall sponsored and broadcast by WICN Radio Station. This is part of WICN's brown bag lunch series and is open and free for the public. The live show starts at 12 pm and will be followed by a live interview with April Hall and her band at 2pm.
For more info: www.aprilhall.com
November 26, 2010 Dave Bryant Group
Outpost 186 •186 ½ Hampshire Street
Inman Sq. Cambridge, MA • 8 PM
Tom joins Dave Bryant Group at the Outpost for a night of Free Improvisation. This is a great room for getting up close with the musicians.
WICN's Live Broadcast • Jazz Series
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA 12-1
Tom will be joining April Hall and her Quintet for this live concert broadcast from the infamous and beautiful Mechanics Hall sponsored and broadcast by WICN Radio Station. This is part of WICN's brown bag lunch series and is open and free for the public. The live show starts at 12 pm and will be followed by a live interview with April Hall and her band at 2pm.
For more info: www.aprilhall.com
November 26, 2010 Dave Bryant Group
Outpost 186 •186 ½ Hampshire Street
Inman Sq. Cambridge, MA • 8 PM
Tom joins Dave Bryant Group at the Outpost for a night of Free Improvisation. This is a great room for getting up close with the musicians.
October
October 15th, 2010 • Club d'Elf
Lizard Lounge,1667 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA • Midnight
Tom Joins Club D'Elf 12:00 - 1:30 (w/ Paul Schultheis (Fender Rhodes & Moog), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Yaure Muniz (trumpet), Vicente Lebron (congas, perc), Mike Rivard (bass, sintir & bass kalimba) & Dean Johnston (drums).
For more info: www.clubdelf.com
October 23rd, 2010 • April Hall Quintet
The Stone Soup • Ipswich, MA 7-10
Tom joins April Hall and her quartet for a night of jazz and blues. Come check out this great local spot, which is quickly becoming a real jazz listening room. The food is fantastic and so is the staff. For more info: www.aprilhall.com
Lizard Lounge,1667 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA • Midnight
Tom Joins Club D'Elf 12:00 - 1:30 (w/ Paul Schultheis (Fender Rhodes & Moog), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Yaure Muniz (trumpet), Vicente Lebron (congas, perc), Mike Rivard (bass, sintir & bass kalimba) & Dean Johnston (drums).
For more info: www.clubdelf.com
October 23rd, 2010 • April Hall Quintet
The Stone Soup • Ipswich, MA 7-10
Tom joins April Hall and her quartet for a night of jazz and blues. Come check out this great local spot, which is quickly becoming a real jazz listening room. The food is fantastic and so is the staff. For more info: www.aprilhall.com
September
September Calendar: TBA
August
August 6th, 2010 • Vortex Other Dimension Ensemble
Outpost 186 •186 ½ Hampshire St., Inman Sq. Cambridge, MA • 8pm
The Vortex is a concert series that brings new and improvised music every first Friday of the month to Outpost 186. The shows span diverse musical styles and artistic disciplines, but the common factors remain experimentation and spontaneity. While most performers have a strong affinity for improvisation, this is not required. They may have a background in jazz, or classical training, or be completely self-taught. We actively seek performers from as diverse backgrounds as possible. We only ask one thing: be open.
The Vortex varies greatly from month to month. Listeners expect the unexpected. The shows are rarely rehearsed, and combinations of performers who have never performed together before are the norm. Often the show takes a natural form based on who is playing, and it is never set in stone. For example, two separate bands may play two distinct sets, or they may play separately and then together. The “band” of the night could also be a guitarist, a dancer and a painter. It could sound like modern jazz, electronic music, beat poetry, or something less easily definable.The vibe of the shows is relaxed and casual. The intimate size of the space allows audience members to talk to the performers throughout the show.
With: Tom Hall (saxes), Todd Brunel (clarinets), Matt Samolis (flute), Rob Bethel (cello), John Mclellan (drums), Yael Bat-Shimon (violin)
More Info: Tickets: Donation $10 or b/o clarinetconspiracy.com or http://improvortex.blogspot.com/ or http://zeitgeist-outpost.blogspot.com/
August 8th, 2010 • Session X
Outpost 186 •186 ½ Hampshire St., Inman Sq. Cambridge, MA • 7pm
The Sessions, a series of performances hosted by saxophonist Tom Hall, brings creative musicians together and turns them loose in a free improvisatory setting. Session X is all about the groove. It's free improv, and it's funky, and what more could you ask for on a hot summer's night?
With: April Hall (voice), Tom Hall (saxes) , Kevin Barry (guitar) , Marty Ballou (bass),Dean Johnston (drums)
More Info: Tickets: Donation $10 or b/o
Friday, August 13th, 2010 • Aurora Gallery
Life and the Arts of Improvisation
Aurora Gallery • 660 Main Street
Worcester, MA • 6-8 pm
Lennie Peterson, Tom Hall and Mark Campbell bring their improvisations to life at ARTSWorcester’s Aurora Gallery. Join us for an exciting evening of live art and music creation presented by Lennie Peterson, Tom Hall and Mark Campbell
Artist/Musicians Lennie Peterson, Saxophonist/Educator Tom Hall and Guitarist/Composer Mark Campbell will present “Life and the Art(s) of Improvisation”, a live demonstration and discussion of the creative process and improvisation in the Arts as well as in daily life. During the 90 minute presentation and discussion, Peterson will render one of his large 3’ X 6’ composer portraits for the audience, while live, improvised music will be created by guitarist Mark Campbell and Tom Hall.
For more info: www.lenniepeterson.com or www.artsworcester.org
The event is free and open to the public and features refreshments.
August 25th • Dave Bryant Quartet
Outpost 186 • 186 ½ Hampshire St., Inman Sq.
Cambridge • 8pm
Join Tom and the Dave Bryant Quartet for a night of Free Improvisation. The Band: Dave Bryant; piano, Tom Hall; tenor sax, John Voigt;bass and Eric Rosenthall; drums. Door: $10
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 • April Hall Quintet
The Stone Soup Cafe • 141 High Street,
Ipswich MA • 7pm
Tom will be joining and her quintet for a night of Jazz Standards and Swinging Blues at this fabulous local hot spot. The Stone Soup has reaving up it's Jazz series, loaded with the very best of New England's Jazz musicians each week, great food and great atmosphere! This is a real musicians room, supported by the great staff at the Stone Soup. April will be appearing at the Stone Soup throughout the summer and fall, so come help support this artistic scene. Located at:, Phone: 978 356 4222 Info: Stone Soup Cafe
With: April Hall, vocals, Consuelo Candelaria, Piano, Marty Ballou, Upright Bass, Tom Hall, Saxes, Dave Fox, Drums
More info: www.aprilhall.com
Outpost 186 •186 ½ Hampshire St., Inman Sq. Cambridge, MA • 8pm
The Vortex is a concert series that brings new and improvised music every first Friday of the month to Outpost 186. The shows span diverse musical styles and artistic disciplines, but the common factors remain experimentation and spontaneity. While most performers have a strong affinity for improvisation, this is not required. They may have a background in jazz, or classical training, or be completely self-taught. We actively seek performers from as diverse backgrounds as possible. We only ask one thing: be open.
The Vortex varies greatly from month to month. Listeners expect the unexpected. The shows are rarely rehearsed, and combinations of performers who have never performed together before are the norm. Often the show takes a natural form based on who is playing, and it is never set in stone. For example, two separate bands may play two distinct sets, or they may play separately and then together. The “band” of the night could also be a guitarist, a dancer and a painter. It could sound like modern jazz, electronic music, beat poetry, or something less easily definable.The vibe of the shows is relaxed and casual. The intimate size of the space allows audience members to talk to the performers throughout the show.
With: Tom Hall (saxes), Todd Brunel (clarinets), Matt Samolis (flute), Rob Bethel (cello), John Mclellan (drums), Yael Bat-Shimon (violin)
More Info: Tickets: Donation $10 or b/o clarinetconspiracy.com or http://improvortex.blogspot.com/ or http://zeitgeist-outpost.blogspot.com/
August 8th, 2010 • Session X
Outpost 186 •186 ½ Hampshire St., Inman Sq. Cambridge, MA • 7pm
The Sessions, a series of performances hosted by saxophonist Tom Hall, brings creative musicians together and turns them loose in a free improvisatory setting. Session X is all about the groove. It's free improv, and it's funky, and what more could you ask for on a hot summer's night?
With: April Hall (voice), Tom Hall (saxes) , Kevin Barry (guitar) , Marty Ballou (bass),Dean Johnston (drums)
More Info: Tickets: Donation $10 or b/o
Friday, August 13th, 2010 • Aurora Gallery
Life and the Arts of Improvisation
Aurora Gallery • 660 Main Street
Worcester, MA • 6-8 pm
Lennie Peterson, Tom Hall and Mark Campbell bring their improvisations to life at ARTSWorcester’s Aurora Gallery. Join us for an exciting evening of live art and music creation presented by Lennie Peterson, Tom Hall and Mark Campbell
Artist/Musicians Lennie Peterson, Saxophonist/Educator Tom Hall and Guitarist/Composer Mark Campbell will present “Life and the Art(s) of Improvisation”, a live demonstration and discussion of the creative process and improvisation in the Arts as well as in daily life. During the 90 minute presentation and discussion, Peterson will render one of his large 3’ X 6’ composer portraits for the audience, while live, improvised music will be created by guitarist Mark Campbell and Tom Hall.
For more info: www.lenniepeterson.com or www.artsworcester.org
The event is free and open to the public and features refreshments.
August 25th • Dave Bryant Quartet
Outpost 186 • 186 ½ Hampshire St., Inman Sq.
Cambridge • 8pm
Join Tom and the Dave Bryant Quartet for a night of Free Improvisation. The Band: Dave Bryant; piano, Tom Hall; tenor sax, John Voigt;bass and Eric Rosenthall; drums. Door: $10
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 • April Hall Quintet
The Stone Soup Cafe • 141 High Street,
Ipswich MA • 7pm
Tom will be joining and her quintet for a night of Jazz Standards and Swinging Blues at this fabulous local hot spot. The Stone Soup has reaving up it's Jazz series, loaded with the very best of New England's Jazz musicians each week, great food and great atmosphere! This is a real musicians room, supported by the great staff at the Stone Soup. April will be appearing at the Stone Soup throughout the summer and fall, so come help support this artistic scene. Located at:, Phone: 978 356 4222 Info: Stone Soup Cafe
With: April Hall, vocals, Consuelo Candelaria, Piano, Marty Ballou, Upright Bass, Tom Hall, Saxes, Dave Fox, Drums
More info: www.aprilhall.com
July
July 22nd , 2010• VOD Festival, Workshops and Concert
YMCA • 820 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
VOD Festival: Workshops all day and a concert at 7:00 with Tom Hall/ Eric Hofbauer Duo, The Jeff Platz Group, David Maxwell, Kevin Frenette, and The Vortex Other Dimension Ensemble.
11:45-12:30: Master Class for Saxophone
4:15-5:00: Mixed Ensemble Coaching
7:00-10:00: VOD Faculty and Artist Concert
For more info: clarinetconspiracy.com
YMCA • 820 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
VOD Festival: Workshops all day and a concert at 7:00 with Tom Hall/ Eric Hofbauer Duo, The Jeff Platz Group, David Maxwell, Kevin Frenette, and The Vortex Other Dimension Ensemble.
11:45-12:30: Master Class for Saxophone
4:15-5:00: Mixed Ensemble Coaching
7:00-10:00: VOD Faculty and Artist Concert
For more info: clarinetconspiracy.com