Brown Rice

4432 N Kedzie Ave
Chicago IL 60625

Doors open 30 minutes before the show begins. Brown Rice is a half block north of the Montrose / Kedzie intersection, close to the Kedzie station on the CTA brown line. The entrance is below a sign that reads "Perfect".

August 2008

Thursday, August 7, 9 p.m.

Eric Glick Rieman — prepared Fender Rhodes
Jayve Montgomery — reeds, percussion
Dan Godston — trumpet, small instruments

$5 suggested donation

Friday, August 22, 9 p.m.

Martha Stahl — compositions & vocals
Avreeayl Ra — percussion & wooden flutes
Ben Boye — piano & percussion
Bill MacKay — guitar
Dan Godston — trumpet
Jayve Montgomery — electronics & saxophones

$8 suggested donation

Sunday, August 24, 7 p.m.

1st set : Los Cuatro Demonios
Carol Genetti — voice
Guillermo Gregorio — clarinet & saxophone
Eric Leonardson — springboard
Dan Godston — trumpet & small instruments

2nd set : Electric Junkyard Gamelan


$10 suggested donation

Monday, August 25

Jeff Marx — tenor saxophone
Dan Godston — trumpet & small instruments
Alex Wing — upright bass
Steve Maxwell Jr. — drums

$5 suggested donation

September 2008

Monday, September 1, 9 p.m.

1st set
Daniel Burke — guitar
Chris Block — bass

2nd set: See-Sound
Toru Hironaka — saxophones
Jamie Kempkers — cello
Steve Ivan — trumpets

$5 suggested donation

Past Concerts

February 2008

Monday, February 11, 9:30 p.m.

Guillermo Gregorio — clarinet, alto saxophone
Dan Godston — trumpet, percussion
Jerome Bryerton — percussion
Joel Wanek — upright bass

experimental / improvised music
$3 suggested donation

Monday, February 18, 9 p.m.

Paul Hartsaw — tenor saxophone
Joel Wanek — upright bass
Dan Godston — trumpet, small instruments
Brahm Fetterman — drums

experimental / improvised music
$3 suggested donation

Saturday, February 23, 6 p.m.

Flautist/composer Nicole Mitchell does a lecture/demonstration on her creative work.

Saturday, February 23, 10 p.m.

Forbes Graham — trumpet, electronics
Jayve Montgomery — reeds, electronics

experimental / improvised music
$5 suggested donation

Monday, February 25, 9 p.m.

Carol Genetti — voice
Patrick Scott — electronics

experimental / improvised music
$3 suggested donation

March 2008

Saturday, March 1, 9 p.m.

Forward Energy
Jim Ryan — saxophones, flute, percussion
Alicia Mangan — tenor saxophone
Dan Godston — trumpet, small instruments
Joel Wanek — upright bass
Steve Hirsh — drums

experimental / improvised music
$6 suggested donation

Monday, March 3, 8 p.m.

Osama Zeadan — nay
Vahi Zakarian — daf, tabla
Adel Fadel — oud

traditional music from Iraq and Egypt
$8 suggested donation

Wednesday, March 5, 9 p.m.

Jayve Montgomery
Renée Baker

experimental percussion and strings
$5 suggested donation

Friday, March 7, 9 p.m.

Brown Rice screens a film of The David Boykin Outed performing live in concert on September 23, 1998 (John Coltrane's birthday and the autumnal equinox) on the rooftop of Truckstop recording studios. Directed by Emil Harris. After the film is shown, David will answer questions.

David Boykin — saxophone
Nicole Mitchell — flute
Josh Abrams — bass
Glenda Baker — vocals
Johnny Herndon — drumset

$5 suggested donation

Sunday, March 9, 9 p.m.

Renée Baker with FAQ

Tony Porter
Phyllis Sanders
Karl Siegfried
others TBA

experimental music
$5 suggested donation

Wednesday, March 12, 9 p.m.

Renée Baker
Bruce Nelson
Karl Siegfried

comprovisation
$5 suggested donation

Monday, March 17, 8 p.m.

Son Caribeño
Tony Del Valle — guitar, cuatro, backup vocals
Silo Landor — percussion
Hector Del Valle — vocals
Gene Rodriguez — electric bass

Fandanguero
Carlos Bueno — cajon
Juan Hernandez — electric bass
Jesus Rojas — jarana, guitarra
Emiliano Rojas — requinto jarocho, tres cubano
www.fandanguero.net, www.myspace.com/fandanguero

$5 suggested donation

Friday, March 21, 9 p.m.

Standing Wave
Sarah Weaver — trombone
Asimina Chremos — dance

$10 suggested donation

Friday, March 21, 11 p.m.

Ausfegen
Paul Hartsaw — saxes
Jerome Bryerton — prepared drum set
Kristian Aspelin — guitar
Andrew Scott Young — double bass

$5 suggested donation

Monday, March 24, 9 p.m.

Darts and Arrows
Bill MacKay — guitar
Charles Rumback — drums
Lili Wosko — cello
Matt Golombisky — upright bass

$3 suggested donation

Wednesday, March 26, 9 p.m.

Violin Trio
Renée Baker
Todd Matthews
Phyllis Sanders

original compositions
$5 suggested donation

April 2008

Thursday, April 3, 9 p.m.

set 1
Steve Cohn — shakuhachi & keyboards
Jayve Montgomery — electronics

set 2
Mo(ve)ment

set 3
Combined Groups

An evening of improvised music/free jazz, with painting and dance.

$10 suggested donation

www.veemvloer.nl
www.thestevecohn.com
www.jayvejohnmontgomery.com

You can purchase tickets in advance at:
www.bno-productions.nl/shop

Monday, April 7, 9 p.m.

set 1 : Mofoe Orisa
Mofoe Orisa plays Cuban Rumba and Palo, Dominican Salve, and Puerto Rican Bomba. Its members are Jona Gaster, Charly Barbera, Jessica Rodriguez, Jamie Topper, Isabelino Lano, and Jorge Koidde. The instruments they play are the congas, kata, maraca, bells, and cajons.

set 2 : Kaben Kafö
Kaben Kafö translates into "let's play together" in the Malinké language, spoken in West Africa. Created by Taylor, Kaben Kafö strives to represent the tradition of the songs, rhythms and music connected to the West African djembe drum. With this comes the oral history of each piece they do. This is ancient dance music, so feel free to let your primal self be free and dance!!!

$5 suggested donation

Friday, April 11, 9 p.m.

set 1 : Auris
Eric Leonardson — springboard
Julia Miller — guitars, plucked instruments, electronics
Chris Preissing — flute, voice

set 2
Aurora Josephson — voice
Guillermo Gregorio — clarinet and alto saxophone
Jerome Bryerton — percussion

$6 suggested donation

www.ericleonardson.com
www.chicagocomposers.org
www.myspace.com/aurorarising

Monday, April 14, 9 p.m.

Brian Jones + J.C. Kuhl
plus special guests

improvised music / free jazz

$3 suggested donation

Wednesday, April 16, 9 p.m.

Nicole Mitchell solo

$10 suggested donation

Saturday, April 19, 9 p.m.

Jeff Albert Quartet
Jeff Albert — trombone
Greg Ward — alto saxophone
Quin Kirchner — drums
Matt Golombisky — bass

improvised music/free jazz
$8 suggested donation

www.jeffalbert.com

Saturday, April 21, 9 p.m.

1st set
Marco Eneidi — alto saxophone
Jerome Bryerton — drumset and selected cymbals
Andrew Scott Young — double bass
Mike Forbes — tenor saxophone

2nd set
with guest Dan Godston

$6 suggested donation

Monday, April 28, 8 p.m.

Magic Squares
Abe Gibson — electric guitar, voice
P. Michael Grego — multi instruments
Travis — voice
Jayve Montgomery — reeds, voice
Alex Wing — contrabass, voice
Ben Billington — drums
Mayjabeen Karim — violin
Brian Klein — electronics

$10 suggested donation

Wednesday, April 30, 9 p.m.

Renée Baker, with:

Poemusici (spoken word collage)
Phyllis Sanders
Todd Matthews

$5 suggested donation

May 2008

Monday, May 12, 9 p.m.

1st set
Charlie Newman — poetry
Dan Godston — trumpet, small instruments

2nd set : Graham Stephenson Quartet Graham Stephenson — amplified trumpet
Daniel Fandino — turntable
Brian Labycz — electronics
Aaron Zarzutzki — no-output turntable

$3 suggested donation

Wednesday, May 14, 9 p.m.

Renée Baker
Chuck Bontrager
(electric violins)

experimental
$5 suggested donation

Saturday, May 17, 9 p.m.

Vizitors
Dushun Mosley — percussion
Mwata Bowden — reeds

$12 suggested donation, $8 for students

Monday, May 19, 9 p.m.

1st set
Dan Godston — trumpet, small instruments
Jayve Montgomery — reeds, electronics
Clifton Ingram — guitar
Ritwik Banerji — saxophone

2nd set
Jeff Marx — tenor sax
Dylan Ryan — drums

$8 suggested donation, $6 for students

Monday, May 26

1st set : Roundtable Collective
Saalik Ziyad — vocals
Shaun Johnson — trumpet
Jerome Croswell — trumpet
Fred Jackson — saxophones
Willerm Delisfort — piano
Shirazette Tinnin — drums
Jeffery Harris — bass

2nd set : The Ancestral Resurrection Ensemble
Dervain Ternoir — trumpet
Ray Mosley — guitar
Ben Montgomery — drums
C. Siddha — poetic vocals

www.the5after7project.com

$8 suggested donation, $6 for students

Friday, May 30, 9 p.m.

1st set : Traces
Christopher Bruce — percussion
Laura Emelianoff — open harp, open piano
Alex Wing — upright bass
Dan Godston — trumpet, small instruments

2nd set
Will Soderberg — guitar, electronics, field recordings
James Cornish — trumpet / electric violin / flute

white-rose.net/wills

$6 suggested donation

Saturday, May 31, 7 p.m.

Kurt Iselt's Astral-Terra Trapeze Unit
Billy Brimfield — trumpet
Kurt Iselt — saxophones
Stu Greenspan — guitar
Dan McNaughton — bass
Tim Keenan — drums

$10 suggested donation, or pay what you can

June 2008

Monday, June 2, 9 p.m.

1st set : The Sissy-Eared Mollycoddles
Brian Baxter — percussion, keys
Ben Hjertmann — voice, bağlama, guitar, laptop
Eric Malmquist — basses, auxiliary percussion

2nd set : The Deep End Ensemble
Bruce Eisenbeil — guitar
Wilbo Wright — upright bass
Ian Ash — percussion

www.hjertmann.com/semc/index.html

$5 suggested donation

Wednesday, June 4, 9 p.m.

Red Chai
Tony Porter
Karl Seigfried
Todd Matthews
Katherine Stubbins
Larry Bowen
Bruce Nelson
Renée Baker

original compositions
$10 suggested donation

Thursday, June 5, 9 p.m.

1st set
Jordan Paul — drums + electronics

2nd set
Jordan Paul — drums + electronics
Ritwik Banerji — saxophone
Jayve Montgomery — winds, percussion, electronics

Monday, June 9, 9 p.m.

1st set
Joe Roarty — poetry
Dan Godston — trumpet & small instruments

2nd set : Jimmy Bennington's Colour and Sound
Tomeka Reid — cello
Fred Jackson — alto sax
Brian Sandstrom — bass
Jimmy Bennington — drums
guest Dan Godston — trumpet

$5 suggested donation

Saturday, June 14, 9 p.m.

Jeff Chan — winds
Donna Kwon — vocals and Korean percussion
Tatsu Aoki — bass and shamisen

two sets
$5-$10 suggested donation

Monday, June 16, 9 p.m.

1st set
A screening of Tampico, a documentary directed by Suree Towfighnia. Tampico performs music. Tampico and Suree, in conversation.

2nd set : Chicago Phonography
Joshua Manchester — field recordings
Robert Pleshar — field recordings
Michael Hartman — field recordings
Eric Leonardson — field recordings
Chad Clark — field recordings

$6 suggested donation, $4 for students

Wednesday, June 18, 9:30 p.m.

Wrinkled Linen
Nicole Mitchell — flutes
Jayve Montgomery — percussion, sax, toys
Renée Baker — violin

experimental/free jazz
$10 suggested donation

Monday, June 23, 9 p.m.

1st set
Ronnie Kuller — accordion & speakerhelmet
Paul Brannon — percussion & other instruments
Dan Godston — trumpet & small instruments

2nd set : Plumbers & Painters
Joe Vajarsky — tenor sax
Jerome Bryerton — percussion
Rob Pleshar — tuba
Charley Shallcross — tuba

$5 suggested donation

Wednesday, June 25, 9:30 p.m.

Red Chai
Katherine Stubbins — trombone
Larry Bowen — trumpet
Aaron Getsug — saxes
Karl E H Seigfried — bass
Bruce Nelson — vibes
Todd Matthews, James Sanders — violins
Renée Baker — violin/leader

original compositions
$10 suggested donation

Thursday, June 26, 9 p.m.

1st set
Josh Sinton — reeds
solo performance of Steve Lacy's "Book of 'H'"

2nd set
Josh Sinton — reeds
Julia Mayer — dance
Marc Riordan — kit

3rd set
Josh Sinton — reeds
Julia Mayer — dance
Marc Riordan — kit
Jayve Montgomery — reeds, percussion, laptop

Monday, June 30, 9 p.m.

1st set
Elizabeth Marino — poetry
Dan Godston — trumpet, small instruments

2nd set
Dawoud — sitar
Jayve Montgomery — reeds & percussion
Ritwik Banerji — reeds & strings
Dan Godston — trumpet & small instruments

$5 suggested donation

July 2008

Monday, July 7, 8 p.m.

1st set
Guillermo Gregorio — clarinets and saxophones
Eric Leonardson — springboard
Dan Godston — trumpet, small instruments

2nd set : Altamira
Ricardo Lagomasima — drums
John Deblase — electric bass
Nick Millevoi — guitar

$5 suggested donation

Thursday, July 17, 10 p.m.

The Love Songs of J. Johns present
'The 42nd funeral procession of John Coltrane'
on this day marking 41 years without Trane.

J. John Glidden
J. John Montgomery
Ritwik Banerji
Drury Brennan

Monday, July 21, 8 p.m.

1st set
Larry Sawyer — poetry
Dan Godston — trumpet, small instruments

2nd set
Laura Emelianoff — open harp
Eric Leonardson — springboard

Wednesday, July 23, 9 p.m.

Dohee Lee — percussion, voice
Francis Wong — reeds, flutes
Jonathan Chen — violin
Tatsu Aoki — upright bass

$5-$10 suggested donation

Monday, July 28, 9 p.m.

Renee Baker — violin
Osama Zeadan — oud
Saalik Ziyad — voice
Dan Godston — trumpet & small instruments

$5 suggested donation