October Revolution in Jazz 60th Anniversary  Celebration  



October Revolution
 in Jazz 
60th Anniversary Celebration 
Los Angeles, CA

October 1-4 @ CalArts
October 5 @2220 Arts + Archives 



Standard $20
Students $10


"As we became involved in that October Revolution in Jazz something beautiful began to happen. First, those of us in the movement began to realize that as musicians we were not isolated. And then the recognition came that as people we need not be alienated from each other”


—Cecil Taylor


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2220 Arts+ Archives

Saturday, October 5


Venue:
2220 Arts + Archives
2220 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90057

TICKETS
OCTOBER REVOLUTION IN JAZZ 60TH ANNIVERSARY + BILL DIXON BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Screening | 3:30-4:00
Film Premiere | BILL DIXON: A Personal Portrait, (1979, 23.5 mn) by Bill Dixon and his student Steve Albahari. Features a Dixon quartet with Lawrence Cook (drums), John Voight (bass), Mario Pavone (bass).

Spinning | 4:00- 5:00 | Triple Point Records | Rare Cuts from the Dixon Archive with Ben Young

Conversation | 5:00-6:00
Revolution in Context with Bobby Bradford, Hamza Walker + Ben Young  

Performance | 6:30-10:30
Catherine Sikora (tenor saxophone) Trio with Nick Skrowaczewski (percussion) and Stanley J. Zappa (reeds)

Grace Dashnaw (cello), Elif Dinçer (harp), M A Harms (percussion) Trio

Bobby Bradford (trumpet) + Vinny Golia (reeds) Duo

T. J. Borden (cello), Kyle Motl (bass), Vinny Golia (reeds), Catherine Sikora (tenor saxophone) Quartet

You, Me + the Whales Arkestra with Special Guests

Devin Burgenbauch (double bass, bells)
Zac Burgenbauch (conduction, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, bells)
Levy Barlevy (trombone, bells)
Ivan Cunningham (alto saxophone, bells)
Grace Dashnaw (cello, bells)
Elif Dinçer (harp, bells)
Vinny Golia (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, bells)
Alex Grant (double bass, bells)
M A Harms (vibraphone, percussion, bells)
Lucas Lenny (drumset, bells)
Mason Moy (tuba, bells)
David Otis (alto saxophone, bells)
Marc Perez (trombone, bells)
Brody Scott (baritone saxophone, bells)
Drew Sensue-Weinstein (field recordings, oscillators, bells)
Nick Skrowaczewski (percussion, bells)
Brandon "Grump" Smith (flute, bells)
Simone Summers (trumpet, bells)
Shane Vincent (trumpet, bells)
Stanley Jason Zappa (soprano saxophone, bells)



Past CalArts Events

Tuesday, October 1


Venue:
CalArts
24700 McBean Pkwy
Valencia, CA 91355
 
DEEP CUTS FROM THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION ARCHIVE

Listening | 7:00 pm | Room G201
Listen to deep cuts from the improvised music archive moderated by music historian and record producer Ben Young and guests

Screening | 8:00 pm | Room G201
William Roper introduces his film Sidelining the Sidemen and Women, and Stanley J. Zappa shares deep cuts from the improvised music video archive 



Wednesday, October 2


Venue:
CalArts
24700 McBean Pkwy
Valencia, CA 91355 
AN EVENING OF IMPROVISED MUSIC | QUARTETS

Performance | 8:00 pm | Roy O. Disney Concert Hall
Part I: Intangible | Tim Feeney (percussion), gamin (piri), Robert Reigle (tenor saxophone), Jeff Schwartz (bass)

Part II: High Desert Sounding’s T.J. Borden (cello) + UMN professor Kyle Motl (bass) with the powerful reeds duo Vinny Golia + Catherine Sikora 


Thursday, October 3


Venue:
CalArts
24700 McBean Pkwy
Valencia, CA 91355 
MAKING SPACE IN ART AND PEDAGOGY

Hot Sounds Broadcast #1 | 12:30pm to 4:30  
Live from CalArts, Host Ben Young brings WPI’s Jazz History Database hot listening session on Zoom
with Mara Purl on Bill Dixon circa 1972–73

Zoom LINK

Hot Sounds Broadcast #2 | 4:30- 10:30
Live from CalArts: Making Space in Art and Pedagogy (details below) + Open Rehersal (details below

Zoom LINK

Panel Discussion | 4:30 pm | F200
Paul Brach Lecture Series | Panel discussion moderated by Michael Ned Holte (Art) with REDCAT Deputy Director and Chief Curator of Performing Arts Katy Dammers, and fellow CalArts faculty members Eyvind Kang (Music), Ariel Osterweis (Dance), and Def Sound (Music)

Open Rehearsal | 8:00 pm | Location TBA
Open rehearsal with You, Me + the Whales Arkestra


Friday, October 4


Venue:
CalArts
24700 McBean Pkwy
Valencia, CA 91355


CRITICAL STUDIES AND IMPROVISATION

Presentation | 1:00 pm | Cafe B
ORJ 60 music director and Critical Studies MA2 
Stanley J. Zappa presents a slideshow and talk on 
Free Jazz Social Network Analysis

Lecture | 4:00 pm | Langley Hall
Music historian Ben Young presents Bill Dixon and the October Revolution in Jazz with special guest Mara Purl 

Talk | 6:30 pm | Langley Hall
Open discussion on Black Music aesthetics

Performance | 7:30 pm | Langley Hall
Catherine Sikora Trio open rehearsal with 
Nick Skrowaczewski (percussion, bells) and 
Stanley J. Zappa (reeds) with special guests



Presented by Black Editions and Zero Productions, in partnership with CalArts Schools of Art, Music, Dance and Critical Studies.



ORJ 60 | ABOUT


The October Revolution in Jazz 60th Anniversary (ORJ 60) is a celebration of the life and legacy of visionary musician-composer, artist, and educator Bill Dixon (1925–2010). It is also a reflection upon the cultural impact of the original October Revolution in Jazz, which Dixon organized at NYC’s Cellar Cafe in 1964.  


The original was blessed with unforeseen successes: four days of packed performances by the second wave of a contemporary musical avant-garde emerging out of the jazz continuum; heated debates about the exploitative commodification of musicians’ labor; and implicit protest of the limiting aesthetic constraints of traditional jazz. The October Revolution in Jazz had an energizing impact on the social and political aims of artists of all kinds, and led to a whirlwind of artist-driven initiatives, including the Jazz Composer’s Guild and the NYC loft scene. 

Like the original, ORJ 60 is simultaneously a summit, a call to action, and an imagining of new futures. ORJ 60 will explore the profound impact of improvisation on culture from the 1960s onward, as well as its influence on various artistic modes beyond music, including pedagogy, collectivity, artist-driven organizing, and creative ways of being. 

Through a multivalent program of workshops, symposia, and performances, ORJ 60 aims to foster a deeper understanding of improvisation as a critical and creative practice, and to contemplate a vivid way forward. It also aims to reinvigorate awareness of Bill Dixon’s enormous contributions to improvised music, and the cultural impact of his pedagogies. 



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