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10/30/2019

Jeremy Carlstedt, Anders Nilsson, Brian Settles | November 3 Preview

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Jeremy Carlstedt, Vincent Chancey, Joe Fonda at the 2019 Vision Festival. By Ken Weiss.
Sound Escapes
Jeremy Carlstedt, Anders Nilsson, Brian Settles
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November 3, 2019 3:00pm
The Clemente, Room 203
​107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002

​Free Admission


Drummer Jeremy Carlstedt presents his group Sound Escapes, with saxophonist Brian Settles and guitarist Anders Nilsson on November 3 at the Clemente. These free performances are a great opportunity to introduce friends and family to improvisation!

Read a review of the group's forthcoming album from the New York City Jazz Record below.

Jeremy Carlstedt, Brian Settles, Anders Nilsson, Sean Conly, Vincent Chancey at AFA's 2017 Evolving Series. By Don Mount.
Most of the free jazz scene is pretty raucous, populated by rambunctious players eager to break barriers and boundaries, which often include volume, consonance and decorum, as well as tempo and time. Drummer Jeremy Carlstedt’s approach to free jazz is more subtle and sonically refined. You have to perk up your ears even to hear some of these tracks, especially the often very sotto voce beginnings.

This is an ensemble where Danton Boller’s acoustic bass can be the loudest instrument in the mix. And although tenor saxophonist Brian Settles can shout and wail, he is more likely to murmur and purr. Central to the group’s sound is Anders Nilsson’s guitar, but it is rarely amped much or electronically enhanced, relying largely on the resonance of its steel strings. Carlstedt eschews flashy drum gestures, favoring stately rolling toms to crashing cymbals. With the exception of the roughly hot minute of driving uptempo free improv titled “A Walk in Astoria Park”, Sound Escapes offers a series of moods and sonic experiments in variation. Bird songs intrude on “Moments of Harmony”, ironically titled, while dynamics are explored in “Starting From Today”, from shimmering guitar descents to rummaging saxophone whiffles before volume builds to guitar clusters and fluttering saxophone over increasing rhythmic chatter.

​Two duets are highlights of this free jazz approach: “Duet (How Much Do You Change)”, between saxophone and drums, moves from a slow rumble and yearning tenor to a tense, speedy climax; and “The Preacher, The Teacher” has spare, finger-picked guitar creating patterns picked up and amplified by highly attuned drumming. One track, “Other Places”, suggests mid 20th century forays into free jazz by Sonny Rollins in Settles’ phrasing and the leader’s more vigorous drive. Closing the album is a surprise, an affectionately lyrical ballad/lullaby for Carlstedt’s infant daughter: “Lily’s Theme”. Her fetal heartbeats are heard earlier in his solo drum track “Baby Carlstedt”. - George Kanzler

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These free Sunday afternoon concerts are designed to give audience members an inside look into how performers approach improvisation.  The final 15 minutes of each performance encourage audience participation, building off of themes introduced by the artists.  Children are welcome and will be provided with simple drawing materials.
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    • Studio Rivbea Revisited 2023
    • Jo Wood-Brown's 'Dreaming Woman'
    • MARSHALL ALLEN & NYC ALL-STARS
    • THE MUSIC OF BRANDON LOPEZ AND FRIENDS
    • Connie Crothers Tribute
    • ARTIST DIARIES
    • EVENTS ARCHIVE >
      • Special Events >
        • Vision Festival 2022, New York City
        • InGardens 2022, FREE Outdoor Concert Series in NYC
        • FreeJazz on a Saturday Afternoon
        • No Joke! Record Release
        • Jazz Libre! Celebration
        • Outdoor Concerts
        • Vision Festival Healing Soul
        • Amina Claudine Myers Birthday Celebration
        • Bringing on the Hallelujah: Kidd Jordan Film
        • Artists for a Free World Protest Concerts
        • Earth Arrival Day Celebration
        • Arts for Art at The Town Hall | March 4
        • Patricia Nicholson Birthday Benefit
        • Steve Cannon Tribute
        • Arts for Art at Weeksville
        • AFA at H0L0 Xennial
        • OPEN DOORS / OPEN STUDIOS
        • Arts for Art at the Kitchen
        • Cecil Taylor Memorial
        • FreeJazz at Weeksville
        • Vision at Tufts
        • Sonny Simmons Tribute Concert
        • Tribute to Hamiet Bluiett
      • Vision Festival Archive
      • On_Line Salons
      • Under_Line Salons >
        • Amina Claudine Myers Salon 1/07
        • Jemeel Moondoc Salon 4/18
        • Andrew Cyrille Salon 1/9
        • Under_Line Salon w/ Dave Burrell March 8, 2018
        • AFA Fundraiser Honoring Cecil Taylor
        • Under_Line Salon December 6
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Eric Revis & Alvin Fielder
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Cooper-Moore
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Alvin Fielder
        • Holiday Salon at the LOWLINE Lab
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Marshall Allen
      • Evolving >
        • Peace and Justice Celebration
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Arts for Art at El Taller
        • Arts for Art at H0L0
        • Arts for Art at Nublu
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Raza y Resistencia 2018
        • Justice is Compassion 12/7 - 1/12
        • Raza y Resistencia 2017
        • Justice is Compassion / Not a Police State
        • Raza y Resistencia
        • NYC FreeJazz Summit
      • Artist Meeting
      • InGardens >
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        • In Gardens 2016
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