Trevor Dunn / Karen Ng / Nick Fraser + Colin Fisher / Will Hunt / Jack Johnston / Cal Adam

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Event type: All Ages / Licensed

Super psyched to have bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, various John Zorn projects, etc) in town to play trio with Karen Ng and Nick Fraser on October 29th as Burn Down The Capital celebrates 21 years of weird music in Toronto with a throw back line up to one of our first gigs! New avant jazz quartet of Colin Fisher, Will Hunt, Jack Johnston & Cal Adam open the night! It all happens at Standard Time. Details below!

TREVOR DUNN / KAREN NG / NICK FRASER (Dunn bandcamp / Ng bandcamp / Fraser bandcamp)

NYC avant garde bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, John Zorn, etc.) arrives in Toronto playing a special trio set with improvising saxophonist Karen Ng and local drum legend Nick Fraser. A seasoned ingredient of the New York improvised music and experimental rock world, Dunn's playing balances frenetic insect-like note clusters, twisting squeaks and cracks with passages of meandering notes punctuated by thoughtful breaths. Bowed tones stretch out as a backbone to plucked jittering strings. Ng’s inquisitive horn phrases flourish with creaking tones and sputtering whispers. Saxophone notes tie themselves in intricate knots. Fraser, a frequent collaborator with the likes of Tony Malaby, John Kameel-Farah, and of course the Tranzac avant jazz ménage, is a true master of moods, building landscapes with careful brush movements, subtle skin and metal vibrations. He pulls out the full avant swing mode when required, just to carefully deconstruct it into a mutated hobble beat. Come see three heavy improvisers at play. 

COLIN FISHER / WILL HUNT / JACK JOHNSTON / CAL ADAM (youtube)

Guitar maverick Colin Fisher’s new quartet with pianist Will Hunt, bassist Jack Johnston, and percussionist Cal Adam sees them embrace the electric jazz sound. Fisher’s composition style is evident under the built in improvisational flourishes. His wandering psych jazz guitar passages feel matched by Hunt’s investigative key work. The rhythm section keeps the band cooking as they navigate from electric rippers to more languid cosmic explorations.

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