Mette Rasmussen / Corey Fogel / Devin Hoff at Cafe OTO

First show at OTO for a new trio comprised of Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen, os Angeles-based drummer Corey Fogel, and Devin Hoff on electric bass.

METTE RASMUSSEN

Mette Rasmussen is a Danish saxophone player based in Trondheim, Norway. She works in the field of improvised music, drawing from a wide range of influences, spanning free jazz to textural soundwork. Rasmussen works on exploring the natural rawness of her instrument - experimenting on what the saxophone is capable of in sound and expression, with and without preparations. Much in demand, she has performed with the likes of Alan Silva, Chris Corsano, Ståle Liavik Solberg, and with her Trio Riot group with Sam Andreae and David Meier....

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First show at OTO for a new trio comprised of Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen, os Angeles-based drummer Corey Fogel, and Devin Hoff on electric bass.

METTE RASMUSSEN

Mette Rasmussen is a Danish saxophone player based in Trondheim, Norway. She works in the field of improvised music, drawing from a wide range of influences, spanning free jazz to textural soundwork. Rasmussen works on exploring the natural rawness of her instrument - experimenting on what the saxophone is capable of in sound and expression, with and without preparations. Much in demand, she has performed with the likes of Alan Silva, Chris Corsano, Ståle Liavik Solberg, and with her Trio Riot group with Sam Andreae and David Meier.

COREY FOGEL

Corey Marc Fogel (b. 1977) is a drummer and performance artist currently living in Los Angeles, CA. Corey performs and composes in many rock, jazz, noise, folk, and chamber music capacities. His solo work is based around spontaneous encounters with sounds, objects, personalities, textiles, foods, spanning the disciplines of video, dance, and installation.

DEVIN HOFF

Devin Hoff is a musician and songwriter born in Colorado whose main instruments are double bass and bass guitar. He has worked in many musical contexts and with a wide array of jazz, free jazz, avant-garde rock, and folk musicians, including Nels Cline, Vijay Iyer, Xiu Xiu, Carla Bozulich, Ben Goldberg, Howard Wiley, and Good for Cows. His first regular band as a composer/leader was Redressers (with Carla Kihlstedt, Marika Hughes and Ches Smith). He wrote and recorded an album of solo double bass music, Solo Bass (2009), and continues to perform in that medium.

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