ALL presents the trio Father Sky, featuring Milwaukee-based singer/pianist/composer Anthony Deutsch, bassist John Christensen, and drummer Devin Drobka. Father Sky’s simple and beautiful lyric-based songs are composed by Deutsch in a “bluesy-gospel” style. The trio’s music deals with human nature and Nature itself, conveying both wisdom and vulnerability.
Devin Drobka’s Bell Dance Songs
On Saturday, August 5, Devin Drobka returns to ALL with a new program. Bell Dance Songs is this drummer/composer’s outlet for his original compositions. Inspired by the works of Keith Jarret, Paul Motian, and rubato time, Bell Dance Songs offers a new sonic landscape in which song and improvisation blend and dance with the ever […]
HASSLES: KEN VANDERMARK, TERRIE EX, PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE & NORWEGIAN ...
On Friday, January 12, 2018, at 8pm, Ken Vandermark returns to ALL with an exciting new ensemble. HASSLES is a brand new quartet built around a long list of histories: Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) and Ken (reeds) have been playing together as a duo for 15 years; Paal, Ken, and Terrie Ex (guitar) have been playing […]
SFYRIA TRIO: SAM DECKER, CHARLIE KIRCHEN, MATT CARROLL
The Sfyria Trio, made up of Chicago improvisers Sam Decker (sax), Charlie Kirchen (bass), and Matt Carroll (drums), performs at Arts + Literature Laboratory on Friday, December 15, 2017, at 8pm (doors at 7:30pm). Tickets $8 in advance at https://sfyria.bpt.me or $10 at the door. Sfyria Trio is a free-improvising band comprised of Sam Decker […]
Nineteen Thirteen at ALL
Took some time to chat with Janet Schiff and Victor DeLorenzo of Nineteen Thirteen as they prepare to put on two sets this coming Friday, October 28th at Arts & Literature Laboratory. As Halloween approaches, it will be quite the thrill to have the mystery and surprise of cello and percussion to hold your hand […]
