J.A. Deane’s Harmonograph 2 X2 / Mark Weaver’s UFO Ensemble

J.A. Deane’s (Dino) latest project, HARMONOGRAPH2x2 refers to a simple scientific instrument that employs pendulums to create geometric images of frequencies. Musical intervals, like geometric proportions, always involve two elements in a certain ratio: two string lengths, two periods (lengths of time), or two frequencies (beats per length of time). “For some time now,” says Dino, “I have been exploring the idea of a nonlinear multidimensional approach to music (Taiji Pole, Out of Context, Grand Cross Eclipse) and this double duo of drums and strings is the next step in the exploration. It is also my first ensemble employing the LapSteel Dulcimer.”  The ensemble of master improvisers features Al Faaet, drums; Joseph Sabella, drums; Yozo Suzuki, guitar; and J.A. Deane, LapSteel Dulcimer.

The UFO Ensemble is one of the many projects of Albuquerque tuba player and composer Mark Weaver. An acoustic quartet featuring Weaver on tuba, Bill Clark on trumpet and flugelhorn, Christian Pincock on trombone/valve trombone, and Jason Aspeslet on drums, the group’s repertoire of tunes written by Weaver, was described by Jazz Weekly as “replete with unexpected twists and turns, space for extended improvisations, and opportunities for all sorts of musical zingers.” Tonight, they will be performing their latest project, Ligeia –a tone poem, based on one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most gripping stories from 1838.  Featuring a suite of new compositions for quartet, the piece is performed in conjunction with projected photographic still images created and choreographed by Weaver’s son Mark Jackson-Weaver.

$15/$10 Members & Students.
Available in advance, by phone or in person, at the Outpost Performance Space (268-0044)