INGRID LAUBROCK – TOM RAINEY DUO (sax, drums), plus solo and collaborative set with Sam Pluta (electronics/computer)
Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones) and Tom Rainey (drums) will be celebrating the release of their latest c.d. “Counterfeit Mars.”.
The duo’s music draws on the several years and many projects they have shared since they began working together more than fifteen years ago. Their experiences of playing original compositions, open improvisations and even standard songs inform the duos improvising and approach to composition.
“Two musicians each with intimate understanding about their counterpart’s abilities, tendencies, and artistic vision delve fearlessly into each other. Then, over the course of the encounter, we see the results unfold: forays and feints, clashes and parries, trust and surrender. Finally we have available a recording of a rewarding duo pairing saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock with drummer Tom Rainey.”
Francis Bradley/Jazz Right Now
Ingrid Laubrock soprano,alto and tenor saxophone:
Originally from Germany, Ingrid Laubrock lived in London/UK from 1989 – 2008 and is now residing in Brooklyn. She performed and recorded with: Anthony Braxton, Dave Douglas, Kenny Wheeler, Jason Moran,Tim Berne, Hamid Drake, Mark Helias, Michael Formanek, Mary Halvorson, Tyshawn Sorey, Evan Parker, Steve Beresford, John Edwards,Veryan Weston, Luc Ex,Django Bates,The Continuum Ensemble and others. As part of the F-ire Collective, she won the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation in 2004,she was nominated for the BBC Jazz Award for ‘Rising Star’ in 2005, and the recipient of the ‘Fellowship in Jazz Composition’ by the Arts Foundation in 2006. She won the 2009 SWR German Radio Jazz Prize the and was one of the final nominees for the 2009 Westfalen Jazz Preis . Ingrid is also a prolific composer who has written for her own groups as well as for classical orchestra. Her orchestral piece “Vogelfrei” was performed by the American Composers Orchestra and the Tricentric Orchestra in 2012.
Tom Rainey drums:
Tom Rainey was born in Pasadena, California in 1957. Since moving to New York in 1979 he has performed and or recorded with the following artists:
John Abercrombie, Mose Allison, Julian Arguelles, Ray Anderson, Tim Berne, Jane Ira Bloom, Anthony Braxton, Nels Cline, Ted Curson, Kris Davis, Mark Ducret, Mark Feldman, Michael Formanek, Drew Gress, Mark Helias, Fred Hersch, Andy Laster, Ingrid Laubrock, David Liebman, Joe Lovano, Tony Malaby, Albert Mangelsdorff, Carmen McRae, Mike Nock, Simon Nabatov, New and Used, Anita O’Day, Andrea Parkins, Herb Robertson, Angelica Sanchez, Louis Sclavis, Brad Shepik, Ken Werner, Denny Zeitlin.
Current activities include performing and recording music with the Tom Rainey Trio as well as his quintet, Obbligato. Tom also continues performing with many of the aforementioned artists.
Sam Pluta is a Baltimore-based composer and electronics performer whose work explores the intersections between instrumental forces, reactive computerized sound worlds, traditionally notated scores, and improvisation. Since 2009, Sam has served as Technical Director, electronics performer, and composing member of Wet Ink Ensemble. Laptop improvisation is a core part of Pluta’s artistic practice. Performing on his custom software instrument, he has toured internationally with groups like Wet Ink, Rocket Science, and the Peter Evans Ensemble. Sam appears as a composer and performer on over thirty albums of new music and jazz, many of which are released on the label he co-runs, Carrier Records.
