This should be quite a night at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Music At The Bridge Welcomes Park Slope’s ISSUE Project Room on Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008 from 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM. This has been such a fun series. Music at the Bridge invited various venues to curate one summer evening. A great shout-out to places like Zebulon, Barbes, Issue Project Room and Jalopy. IPR is a raw exhibition space showcasing innovative performances and exhibitions in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood.

Wednesday night, Join them in the park under the tent in the historic Tobacco Warehouse with the following sets;

Set times:
           John Zorn/Cobra                    6:45pm
           Theremin Society                   7:45pm
           Jonathan Kane/February       8:45pm

John Zorn’s Cobra
Composer and saxophone player, John Zorn is hard to fit into just one
genre. He blurs the lines between numerous influences of jazz ensembles,
rock, and symphony orchestras, while creating a unique experimental sound
all his own. Written and premiered in 1984, Cobra is a classic in the
circles of new music, having been performed innumerable times. In fact,
composer and "prompter" John Zorn says it is his most-often-performed
composition — no mean feat considering his prolific output. It is no
wonder, though: There is a mischievous, cartoonish quality to the sound of
Cobra that epitomizes Zorn’s style but also makes for continually
fascinating listening. Based on the composer’s secretive "game pieces,"
Cobra is “a fun-filled, mystical, blindfolded ride down a dark alley that
circles back every few yards.” – Steve Loewy, All Music Guide. Read more
about John Zorn’s Cobra at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zorn

Jim Staley/trombone
Sylvie Courvoisier/piano
David Weinstein/keyboard
Annie Gosfield/keyboard
Anthony Coleman/keyboard
Eyal Maoz/guitar
Mark Fekdman/violin
Okkyung Lee/cello
Shanir Blumenkranz/bass
Ikue Mori/electronics
Cyro Baptista/percussion
Kenny Wollesen/drums
John Zorn/prompter

Theremin SocietyTheremin Society (Dorit Chrysler, David Simons, Rob
Schwimmer, & special guests)
For those of us left out in the dark, the theremin is one of the earliest
electronic musical instrument and is played without being touched. The
Theremin Society was founded in December 2005 by ISSUE Project Room’s
Artistic Director Suzanne Fiol and thereminist Dorit Chrysler. The project
focuses on the contribution of the theremin to 21st century musical
culture and to the musicians who have devoted their careers to this
instrument. It is sure to be a night of abstract artists experimenting
with a wide range of musical language. Hear their music and more at:
http://www.doritchrysler.com/ThereminSociety.html

Jonathan Kane 200pxJonathan Kane’s February
Jonathan Kane is a Downtown NYC legend — as co-founder of the no-wave
behemoth Swans, and the rhythmic thunder behind the massed-guitar armies
of Rhys Chatham and the rock excursions of La Monte Young — and one of
the hardest-hitting drummers on the planet. With his solo work, Kane
summons Swans’ concussive wallop, Chatham’s dense guitarstrata, and the
perpetual propulsion of 70s krautrockers Neu, then steers it all head-on
into… the blues. Make no mistake about it: Kane is a bluesman, and
beneath the high-decible bombast, he’s powering guitar-driven minimalism
into the blues, and the blues into guitar-driven harmonic maximalism. So
roll with Jonathan Kane down his Highway 61 of the mind — it’s the shape
of blues to come. For more information, visit:
http://www.myspace.com/jonathankane