Headache NYC downtown scene improv rock

2007-12-12T22:45:00.001-08:00

Headache: instrumental improvised rock/jazz featuring the cream of the NY Downtown scene.

Friday December 21 Le Rideau 1/F Hilltop Plaza, 49 Hollywood Rd., Central
$150 2850 8833 reservations recommended

Saturday December 22 Le Rideau 1/F Hilltop Plaza, 49 Hollywood Rd., Central
$150 2850 8833 reservations recommended

Headache is bassist Peter Scherr’s musical brainchild. He writes music for this project with a very special set of circumstances and musicians in mind. Headache’s music uses elemental rhythmic and melodic building blocks which fuse Pan-American and African aspects in a furnace of electric guitar and drums. These strange miniatures, stated forcefully and spun out of control in a thousand different directions, contrast with moments of exquisite tenderness. The band’s melodic focus is in the hands of saxophonist Briggan Krauss, whose entrances guide the music to striking peaks. Guitarist Tony Scherr deploys a huge expressive range, from delicate strings of passing chords to blaring, splintery rackets, at once dramatic and quite beautiful. The music rides on a wave of explosive rhythmic interplay. Jim Black, one of the five most interesting drummers working in creative music today, is an essential part of this group. A compact, elfin presence, Mr. Black fearlessly embodies the demonic and angelic, drawing a huge range of effects from his instruments and colleagues.

Jim Black has been playing drums for twenty-eight years. Born in 1967, he grew up in Seattle, WA, playing music ranging from garage rock to big band swing. In 1985 he went to Boston, MA to attend the Berklee College of Music. During this time he recorded numerous albums, performed in Europe and taught summer classes at Berklee. In 1991 he moved to Brooklyn, NY, and has since become one of the most in demand drummers in the jazz/new music scene today. In addition to co-leading and composing for the groups Pachora and Human feel, Jim records and tours extensively with diverse groups, including Ellery Eskelin, Chris Speed's Yeah No, Tim Berne's Bloodcount, Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio, Uri Caine's Mahler, Bach, and Berio Projects, and Laurie Anderson.

Briggan Krauss attended Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in music performance in 1992. In 1994 Briggan moved to Brooklyn, New York where he still lives today.  Briggan has performed and recorded with musicians such as John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Bill Frisell, Eyvind Kang, Robin Holcomb, Anthony Coleman, Steven Bernstein's "Sex Mob", Madeski Martin and Wood, Bobby Previte, Jim Black, Hal Willner, Joey Baron, the New York Composer’s Orchestra and many others.

Peter Scherr is an American double bassist/composer living in Hong Kong. He has over 20 years professional experience ranging from positions with symphony orchestras through jazz and avant-garde music performance and composition. He has performed and recorded with leading creative musicians such as his brother Tony Scherr, drummers Kenny Wollesson, Jim Black and Anton Fier, Bruce Huron, John Carlson, Matt McMahon and Simon Barker among many others. Mr. Scherr pursues musical excellence and inspiration in areas of unique interest. His current focus is the realization of creative music concepts. One of his long-term goals is the establishment of a common practice of creative music in China, drawing on the talent of the most interesting improvisers from around the world.

Since coming to New York in the 80s, Tony Scherr has become one of the city's most prolific and in-demand sidemen, playing integral roles in the music of such notable artists as Willie Nelson, Bill Frisell, John Lurie (Lounge Lizards), Steve Bernstein (Sex Mob), and Norah Jones, as well as some of New York's better-kept secrets, such as Jesse Harris and the Ferdinandos, The Wollesens, Ursa Minor, and Slowpoke. Tony has recorded most of these latter artists at his Brooklyn home studio, helping to foster and document a tight-knit, intimate scene of players who are as skilled and daring as they are broadminded and modest.

Headache：纽约音乐界精华奉献的即兴摇滚／爵士器乐

Headache 是低音提琴手 Peter Scherr 构思的音乐项目。他针对一组很特殊的场景和音乐家来为这个项目编写音乐。Headache 的音乐使用一些基本的节奏和旋律模块，这些模块通过电吉他和鼓把泛美与非洲特色融合在一起。这些奇异的小片段以强有力的方式演奏出来并狂野变幻，与精致的温柔片刻形成强烈对比。乐队的旋律主要由萨克斯手 Briggan Krauss 演绎，他的加入引导音乐攀上令人震撼的高峰。吉他手 Tony Scherr 的演奏酣畅淋漓，范围广阔，从精巧的经过和弦曲调到轰鸣撕裂的喧嚣，在富有戏剧性的同时又非常优美。乐手之间的配合使音乐呈现出波浪式、爆炸性和富有节奏的变幻。作为当今创意音乐界最让人感兴趣的五位鼓手之一，Jim Black 是这个乐队的重要组成部分。Black先生身材矮小，像个小精灵一样，无畏地集魔鬼与天使于一身，通过他的乐器和同事，制造出千变万化的效果。

Jim Black 从事鼓乐演奏已经28年。他出生于1967年，在华盛顿州西雅图市长大，其间演奏过各种音乐，从车房摇滚到大乐队摇摆乐。1985年，他到位于马萨诸塞州波士顿市的伯克利音乐学院上学，其间灌制了无数专辑，赴欧洲演出，并在伯克利教暑期班。1991年，他搬到纽约布鲁克林，并自此成为当今爵士／新音乐界最多人请的鼓手之一。除了共同领衔 Pachora 和 Human feel 这两个乐队并为之作曲外，Jim 还广泛地与各种各样的乐队灌制唱片和巡回演出。这些乐队包括Ellery Eskelin、Chris Speed 的 Yeah No、Tim Berne 的 Bloodcount、Dave Douglas 的 Tiny Bell Trio、Uri Caine 的 Mahler、Bach 和 Berio 项目、以及 Laurie Anderson。

Briggan Krauss 就读于华盛顿西雅图市的 Cornish 艺术学院，1992年获音乐表演学士学位。1994年 Briggan 搬到纽约布鲁克林并一直居住在那里。Briggan 与之合作表演和录制过唱片的音乐家包括John Zorn、Wayne Horvitz、Bill Frisell、Eyvind Kang、Robin Holcomb、Anthony Coleman、Steven Bernstein 的 "Sex Mob"、Madeski Martin 和 Wood、Bobby Previte、Jim Black、Hal Willner、Joey Baron、纽约作曲家管弦乐队，等等。

Peter Scherr 是一位旅居香港的美国低音提琴手和作曲家，拥有20多年专业经验，从交响乐演奏一直到爵士与先锋音乐的表演和作曲。他曾与众多一流创意音乐家同台演出和录制唱片，其中包括他兄弟Tony Scherr、鼓手 Kenny Wollesson、Jim Black 和 Anton Fier、Bruce Huron、John Carlson、Matt McMahon 和 Simon Barker 等。Shcerr 先生追求在独特兴趣领域里音乐的出神入化和启迪。他目前的焦点是创意音乐概念的表现。他的长期目标之一，是利用世界各地最引人注意的即兴音乐家的才能，在中国实现创意音乐的普及。

自80年代来到纽约，Tony Scherr 就成为城中演出最频繁和最受欢迎的伴奏之一，在众多著名艺术家的音乐中担当不可或缺的角色。这些艺术家中包括Bill Frisell、John Lurie（Lounge Lizards）、Steve Bernstein（Sex Mob）和 Norah Jones，以及纽约一些尚处闺阁的乐队，比如 Jesse Harris and the Ferdinandos、The Wollesens、Ursa Minor 以及 Slowpoke。Tony 在自己位于布鲁克林的家庭录音棚中为后面这些艺术家中的大多数都录过音，帮助培养和记录一个关系密切的乐手圈子的成长。这些人不但才艺出众、大胆创新，同时也心态开放和谦虚。

More China gigs:

Headache China Tour venue info巡演场地资料:

Saturday, December 15 无锡市北仓门37号北仓门生活艺术中心(保利广场家乐福一侧的巷子尽头) BCM Art Center, 37 Beicangmen, Wuxi , Jiangsu province.

Sunday, December 16 深圳市福田区华强南上步路1019号根据地酒吧 755-8363 3533
The Base Bar, 1019 Shangbu Road, Huaqiang South, Futian District, Shenzhen

Monday, December 17 广州市水荫路城市会副大堂喜涡
1st Floor, Chengshi Hui, Shuiyin Road, Guangzhou

Tuesday, December 18 青岛电视塔顶楼，青島市中心櫸林公園內
Qingdao TV Tower, Julin Park, Qingdao.

Wednesday, December 19 南京路100号创意100产业园 3号楼401室
Room 401, Building 3, Creative 100, Nanjing Lu 100 Qingdao

Thursday December 20 Shanghai JZ club 46 Fu Xing Xi Lu 10:00 pm start

Friday December 21 Le Rideau 1/F Hilltop Plaza, 49 Hollywood Rd., Central
$150/$350 with dinner 2850 8833

Saturday December 22 Le Rideau 1/F Hilltop Plaza, 49 Hollywood Rd., Central
$150/$350 with dinner 2850 8833

Sunday December 23 重庆江北区观音桥步行街新世纪百货2楼芭莎酒吧
Bossa Nova Bar, 2/F New Century Department Store, Guanyin Bridge Foot Street, Jiangbei District, Chongqing

Tuesday December 25 北京东城区张自忠路3-2号愚公移山 010-6404 2711
Yuyongyishan, West Courtyard Duanqi Rui Former Government,3-2 Zhang Zizhong Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing.

Creative Music in China/Peter Scherr's projects

Headache NYC downtown scene improv rock