Guitarist
Bob Gorry, founder of the New Haven Improvisers Collective, returns to
The Buttonwood Tree tonight (May 6) with the
Erasmus Quintet. Composed of guitarists Gorry and
Jeff Cedrone,
Adam Matlock (clarinet, accordion),
Paul McGuire (alto and soprano saxophones) and
Steve Zieminski (percussion), EQ creates music that is funky, free, occasionally noisy, and does not take itself too seriously (although these musicians can really play, they do not create music that is concerned with technical prowess.)
Erasmus Quintet is in town celebrating the release of its new CD, "
Serious Folly" - you can find out more by going to the show or checking the group out online at
www.nhic-records.com.
Opening the show at 8 p.m. will be the
Zero Dollar Trio, an improvisational ensemble featuring
Nick Di Maria (flugelhorn, cornet, melodica),
Jaime Paul Lamb (acoustic bass) and
Mike Rasimas (percussion).
Tomorrow night, the focus shifts from "new" music to baroque when pianist
Ronald Hawkins sits down at the new piano in The Buttonwood Tree to perform Johann Sebastian Bach's "
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1."
Hailing from North Carolina but now a resident of Connecticut, Hawkins has performed in concert halls and spaces around the world, with a concentration on Bach, Chopin, Cesar Franck and many others.
Ronald Hawkins begins at 8 p.m. For more information, call 860-347-4957 or go to
www.buttonwood.org.
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