{"id":192,"date":"2009-05-21T06:05:24","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T10:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2009\/05\/taking_an_outside_chance_on_mu\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T16:34:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:34:04","slug":"taking_an_outside_chance_on_mu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2009\/05\/taking_an_outside_chance_on_mu.html","title":{"rendered":"Take an &#8220;outside&#8221; chance on musical experimentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My<a href=\"http:\/\/npaper-wehaa.com\/nypress;see-RaVErIF7HpsVIxu5#vw-1;dblpg;page-12\"> column<\/a> in May&#8217;s <i>City Arts NY<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0urges Adam Rudolph&#8217;s conducted Go: Organic Orchestra improvs and the Mixology Fest (both at Roulette) and the 14th annual Vision Festival as ways to break out of conventions and celebrate spring. (In order to read the column, you have to zoom in on &#8220;Jazz&#8221;).\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I should have also mentioned guitarist Marc Ribot&#8217;s concerts all over town inspired by his 55th birthday, alto saxophonist Roy Nathanson&#8217;s <i>Subway Moon<\/i> cd-book release party (which was May 15) at Joe&#8217;s Pub. There&#8217;s just so much to do here in the big city. . . . <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\/\" target=\"blank\">howardmandel.com<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1102712&amp;loc=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by Email <\/a>  |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by  RSS<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\" target=\"_blank\">Follow on Twitter <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\"> All JBJ posts <\/a> |<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My column in May&#8217;s City Arts NY\u00c2\u00a0urges Adam Rudolph&#8217;s conducted Go: Organic Orchestra improvs and the Mixology Fest (both at Roulette) and the 14th annual Vision Festival as ways to break out of conventions and celebrate spring. (In order to read the column, you have to zoom in on &#8220;Jazz&#8221;).\u00c2\u00a0 I should have also mentioned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[273,272,274,276,84,275,236],"class_list":{"0":"post-192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"tag-adam-rudolph","8":"tag-city-arts-ny","9":"tag-go-organic-orchestra","10":"tag-mixology-fest","11":"tag-roulette","12":"tag-roy-nathanson","13":"tag-vision-festival","14":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-36","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":657,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2011\/11\/orchestrating-improvisation.html","url_meta":{"origin":192,"position":0},"title":"Orchestrating improvisation","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"November 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"My new\u00c2\u00a0CityArts column is about the wave of conducted orchestral improvisation currently sweeping New York City \u00c2\u00a0-- with Karl Berger's Stone Workshop Orchestra and Lawrence Douglas \"Butch\" Morris's Lucky Cheng Orchestra wrapping up\u00c2\u00a0their lengthy Monday night runs, Elliott Sharp reconvening\u00c2\u00a0Carbon at Roulette, Greg Tate's Burnt Sugar: The Arkestra Chamber\u00c2\u00a0at Tammany\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;main&quot;","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":351,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/11\/aacm_at_45_creative_musicians.html","url_meta":{"origin":192,"position":1},"title":"AACM at 45: &#8220;Creative Musicians&#8221; span generations, U.S., globe","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"November 12, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The AACM -- Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians -- continues after 45 years to encourage highly original, edgy and exciting artists -- as I detail in my new City Arts column.\u00a0Examples in New York City: reedist\/composer\u00a0Henry Threadgill's Zooid performs tonight and tomorrow at Roulette; trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;main&quot;","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":931,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2012\/06\/jazz-andor-free-new-york-city-summer-music-festivals.html","url_meta":{"origin":192,"position":2},"title":"Jazz and\/or free New York City summer music festivals","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"June 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I love the conjunction of \"free,\" \"jazz,\" \"festivals,\" \"summer\" and \"New York City\" \u00c2\u00a0-- though not all free fests are jazz, and not all jazz fests are free (in either of two senses of the word). 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