#11: 1996 by SIMF

The 11th Seattle Improvised Music Festival took place on June 19-22, 25-29, 1996, at the Speakeasy Cafe, OK Hotel, Dance Center of Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, KCMU, Cornish College of the Arts, Duwamish River, Tractor Tavern, Lighthouse Roasters, and Lake Union Pub. It was co-presented by Other Sounds and Earshot Jazz, and organized by Paul Hoskin, recently returned after a long tenure in New York City.

"[The festival] included a mass gathering of horn players at the "Sonic Wharf," an abandoned boardwalk fronting the Duwamish River in the heart of Seattle's port district. This event was curated by Doug Haire, producer of the Sonarchy live radio concert series, which broadcasts a festival event each year. The highlight of the eleventh festival was a solo performance by British saxophone virtuoso John Butcher, one of the most arresting players on the European improvised music scene." (Dennis Rea)

Participating artists:
Brent Arnold's ABC Music Hospital (members ?)
Christian Asplund, viola
Bob Barraza, ?
Rob Blakeslee, trumpet (Portland)
John Butcher, saxophone (UK)
Greg Campbell, percussion
Lara Candland, voice
Ed Chang, clarinet
Mark Collins, contrabass
Cory Dace, drums (Portland)
Lesli Dalaba, trumpet
Arrington DeDionysio, ?
Stuart Dempster, trombone
Amy Denio, ?
Jason Dumars, alto sax
Lisa Haglund, ?
Duwamish Horns - mass improvisation by 30+ brass and reed players on a disused boardwalk fronting the Duwamish River in Seattle's port district; conceived and curated by Doug Haire/I.O.T.A.
Steve Feld, trombone (Santa Fe)
Festival Drum Quartet (Greg Campbell, Andrew Drury, Erik Major, Sean Meehan)
Festival String Quartet plus Jessica Lurie
Mark France, guitar (Portland)
Mike Galligan, drums
Lori Goldston, cello
Jeff Greinke, ?
Adam and Michael Griffen, ?
Tom Guralnick, saxophones (Albuquerque)
Sue Ann Harkey, guitar
Geoffrey Harper, contrabass
Robert Hinrix, ?
Al Hood and Tari Nelson-Zagar
Paul Hoskin, reeds
Francois Houle, clarinet
HUUS (members ?)
KAGEL
Jim Knodle, trumpet
Dave Knott, guitar
Susie Kozawa, homemades/objects
Joan Laage, butoh dance
Pete Leinonen, contrabass
Jack Magai, dance
Maxim Mahoney-Flake, ?
Mike Marlin and Company
Sean Meehan, snare drum (NYC)
Neal Meyer, ?
David Milford, violin
Jeffrey Morgan and Harlan Mark Vale
Ed Pias, percussion
Greg Powers, trombone
Dennis Rea, guitar
Charley Rowan, piano
Caryn Schwartz, ?
Gina Scollard, ?
Wally Shoup, alto sax
Matthew Sperry, contrabass
Troy Swanson, ?
Christian Swenson, dance
Doug Theriault, guitar (Portland)
Anna Vinten-Johansen, voice
Jefferson Voorhees, drums (Albuquerque)
Ted Wald, Scott Larsen, and Dan Davis
Sabra Weber, flute

Wednesday, June 19 (Speakeasy):
Solo - John Butcher

Thursday, June 20 (OK Hotel):
Duo - Sue Ann Harkey, Jim Knodle
Quartet - Greg Campbell, Andrew Drury, Erik Major, Sean Meehan
Trio - Dan Davis, Scott Larson, Ted Wald
Mike Marlin & Co.
Duo - Stuart Dempster (?), Greg Powers
Duo - Jeffrey Morgan, Pete Leinonen

Friday, June 21 (Dance Center Seattle):
Quartet - Joan Laage, Arrington de Dionyso, Matthew Sperry, Troy Swanson
Duo - Lori Goldston, Jack Magai
Trio - Jeff Greinke, Susie Kozawa, Christian Swenson

Saturday, June 22 (SAM):
Duo - Christian Asplund, Maxim Mahoney-Flake
Quartet - Lesli Dalaba, Stuart Dempster, Wally Shoup, Sabra Weber
Duo - Al Hood, Tari Nelson-Zagar

Saturday, June 22 (Sonarchy on KCMU-FM):
Quartet - John Butcher, Paul Hoskin, Matthew Sperry, Sean Meehan
Phil Woodruff's Outer Limits

Sunday, June 23 (Cornish):
Workshop - John Zorn's "Cobra", led by Brent Arnold + Christian Wolff's "Edges", led by Paul Hoskin

Wednesday, June 26 (Tractor Tavern):
TG3 (Steve Feld, Tom Guralnick, Jefferson Voorhees)
Festival String Quartet w/ Jessica Lurie

Thursday, June 27 (OK Hotel):
Trio - Rob Blakeslee, Cory Dace, Mark France
Brent Arnold's ABC Music Hospital
Trio - Francois Houle, Ed Pias, Phil Woodruff
Exquisite Corpse ensembles

Friday, June 28 (Lighthouse Roasters):
Duo - Geoff Harper, Dennis Rea
Quintet - Amy Denio, Lisa Haglund, Dave Knott, Neal Meyer, David Milford
Quartet - Bob Barazza, Robert Hinrix, Karyn Schwartz, Gina Scollard
Quartet - Ed Chang, Marc Collins, Jason Dumars, Doug Theriault

Saturday, June 29 (SAM):
Duo - Lara Canland, Anna Vinten-Johansen
Duo - Mike Galligan, Charley Rowan
Duo - Paul Hoskin, Sean Meehan
Huus (members ?)

Initiated in 1986 by Paul Hoskin, the Seattle Improvised Music Festival is perhaps the longest running festival of free improvised music in North America.

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