On April 5, we will present two guitarist-led trios. The Bill Horvitz Trio (with ROVA's Steve Adams on reeds, and Joe Sabella on drums) works Horvitz's brilliant compositions like jackals on a carcass, fighting over each last scrap of in tight, intense, and highly musical interplay-only natural when you consider that Adams and Sabella are both noted composers in their own right. The Alex Candelaria Trio (with Trevor Dunn, bass; and Scott Amendola, drums) combines the talents of three of the area's most in-demand creative musicians playing compositions from Alex's eclectic book. Elements of funk, noise, and metal-power-trio meet up with lines of Monk-like simplicity/complexity.

On April 12, we are very honored to present a rare local appearance of Carl Stone with long-time colleague Otomo Yoshihide. Yoshihide is an internationally renowned turntable artist, who splits his time between Europe and Japan. His recordings are too numerous and varied to catalogue, but among recent releases are Monogatari: Amino Argot, a collaboration with Carl Stone; and a solo CD We Insist. Stone has been making beautifully vibrant recordings of digitally manipulated sound for years. His most recent works appear on the New Albion Label. New Music fans may also know Carl from his radio show on KPFA. Joining them will be one of the area's most inventive of creative music groups, The Splatter Trio. Gino Robair, Myles Boisen and Dave Barrett have toured the country, taking their fresh and maniacal music to the blighted East Coast and back. As individuals they have played with Braxton, Zorn, Kaiser, ROVA, Rzewski, etc., etc. On this evening, the Splatter Trio will work with Stone and Yoshihide in a series of groupings of 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s; spanning two sets. Opening band, The Phillip Greenlief Group works narrations of Native American mythology and political poetry into its music, creating haunting atmospheres which arise out of Coltrane-esque modalities.