#25: 2010 by SIMF

The 25th Seattle Improvised Music Festival took place in multiple venues over two weekends in February 2010, co-presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur with funding assistance from 4Culture and Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs. Curators were Gust Burns, Paul Hoskin, Wilson Shook, Wally Shoup, and Tyler Wilcox.

For now we have only found recordings of the final night. Anyone having other recordings, photos, or written recollections of the 2010 festival is encouraged to share, and they will be added to this album.

Participating artists:
Gust Burns, piano
Fred Chalenor, electric bass (Portland) [included on poster but did not play]
Chris Cochrane, electric guitar (Brooklyn)
Chris Corsano, drums (New England)
Jaime Fennelly, electronics (Waldron Island)
Evan Gallagher, keyboards (NYC)
Bill Horist, electric guitar
Paul Hoskin, contrabass clarinet
Jeph Jerman, drums/percussion (Cottonwood, AZ)
Michael Johnsen, homemade electronics/bowed saw (Pennsylvania) Leonel Kaplan, trumpet (Argentina)
Mark Kaylor, drums (Portland) [no record of when he played]
Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello (Chicago)
Jeffrey McGrath, trumpet
Paul Neidhardt, percussion (Baltimore)
Robert Pedersen, electronics (Vancouver, BC)
Kelvin Pittman, saxophones [not included on poster]
Greg Powers, trombone/tuba
Mara Sedlins, viola
Wilson Shook, alto sax
Wally Shoup, alto sax
Birgit Ulher, trumpet (Germany)
Rachael Wadham, electronics (Vancouver, BC)
Jack Wright, saxophones (Pennsylvania)
C. Spencer Yeh, violin/voice/electronics (Cincinnati)

Thursday, February 11 (Skinner Auditorium):
Curated by Gust Burns, Wilson Shook & Tyler Wilcox
Exact line-up currently unknown.

Friday, February 12 (Good Shepherd Center Chapel):
Curated by Gust Burns, Wilson Shook & Tyler Wilcox
Trio - Jaime Fennelly, Leonel Kaplan, Birgit Ulher
Duo - Mara Sedlins, Rachael Wadham
Duo - Paul Hoskin, Fred Lonberg-Holm
Duo - Gust Burns, Jack Wright

Saturday, February 13 (Chapel):
Curated by Gust Burns, Wilson Shook & Tyler Wilcox
Quartet - Paul Neidhardt, Robert Pedersen, Wilson Shook, Jack Wright
Quartet - Gust Burns, Birgit Ulher, Rachael Waldham, Tyler Wilcox
Quartet - Gust Burns, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Paul Neidhardt, Tyler Wilcox Large Group - All of the above

Sunday, February 14 (Gallery 1412):
Curated by Gust Burns, Wilson Shook & Tyler Wilcox
Exact line-up currently unknown.

Thursday, February 18 (Sunset Tavern):
Curated by Wally Shoup
Quartet - Chris Corsano, Bill Horist, Wally Shoup, C. Spencer Yeh

Friday, February 19 (Chapel):
Curated by Gust Burns, Wilson Shook & Tyler Wilcox
(blog review: http://www.spiralcage.com/blog/?p=1545)
Duo - Michael Johnsen, Kelvin Pittman
Trio - Gust Burns, Mara Sedlins, Tyler Wilcox
Quintet - Gust Burns, Michael Johnsen, Kelvin Pittman, Mara Sedlins, Tyler Wilcox

Saturday, February 20 (Chapel):
Curated by Paul Hoskin
Trio - Jeffrey McGrath, Jeph Jerman, Greg Powers
Duo - Evan Gallagher, Greg Powers
Duo - Chris Cochrane, Jeffrey McGrath
Trio - Chris Cochrane, Evan Gallagher, Jeph Jerman
Sextet - Chris Cochrane, Evan Gallagher, Paul Hoskin, Jeph Jerman, Jeffrey McGrath, Greg Powers

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

More material will be added here as it emerges. We welcome contributions.

Artists wishing to have their recordings removed will be accommodated upon request.