October 16 -- SHOT X SHOT with special guest MATT MITCHELL

[bowerbird.org]

October 16th
(friday)

SHOT X SHOT
with special guest MATT MITCHELL

Bowerbird Presents GATE
@ The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street
8pm; FREE

Shot x Shot is a Philadelphia quartet that has forged a distinctive
sound through five years of steady collaboration. Their work is based
in collective improvisational compositions that run the gamut from
delicate to ruthless. The band was formed in 2004 while the members
were students at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. They
began performing at local venues and gradually extended their range to
include New York, Boston, Chicago, Montreal and other major cities.
Shot × Shot has performed alongside Peter Br0tzmann, Jeb Bishop,
Chicago Luzern Exchange, Peter Evans, Jack Wright and Pete Robbins
among others. In 2007, the band showcased at South by Southwest. Shot
× Shot's self-titled live debut (High Two, 2006) was heralded in the
pages of Downbeat, The Wire, Signal to Noise, All About Jazz-NY, and
other publications. The Village Voice and All About Jazz-NY listed the
album among the top debuts of 2006.

"…a true collaborative quartet, with each continuously listening,
adjusting, leading and following. What is startling to realize is that
even in the densest sections, when all four players are letting fly,
each line can be heard as being in an almost contrapuntal relationship
with the others. Let Nature Square is a remarkable achievement." -Budd
Kopman, All About Jazz

Since moving to Philadelphia in 1999, Matt Mitchell has pursued an
interest in the intersections of both composed and improvised music
and of 'classical', 'jazz', and electronic music, performing
consistently throughout the United States and Europe. In addition to
his solo activities he has been a member of the long standing
Philadelphia-area groups Kaktus and Feigner, both of which groups have
explored new areas of non-idiomatic group improvisation and released
several acclaimed albums on Scrapple Records. Matt's most recent
recording, the large-scale electroacoustic piece 'vapor squint,
antique chromatic', was released on Scrapple in 2007 to uniformly
positive reviews. In addition to being a current member of Tim Berne's
Adobe Probe, he has performed with a number of musicians including
Ralph Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, Brad Shepik, Shane Endsley, Drew Gress,
Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Jim Black, Ari Hoenig, Josh Roseman, and John
Swana, as well as being a former member of the avant-rock band
Thinking Plague. Matt is also a faculty member with the Brooklyn, NY
based School for Improvisational Music [SIM].

For more information visit: http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/091016/
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Wednesday, October 21, 8pm @ Vox Populi, 319 North 11th Street, 3rd
Floor
- PHANTOM LIMB + WOOLEY
- SHARKS WITH WINGS
- SANGUINE VESSEL

Friday, October 23, 8pm @ Plays and Players Theater,
- OVER-NITE SENSATION: Autumn Edition

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