The Light Upon Blight Ensemble - Century Cd Release at Cafe Nine

he New Haven Improvisers Collective presents an evening of new music with The Light Upon Blight Ensemble, plus special guests Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps. NHIC celebrates 20 years of music with an evening featuring two venerable New Haven groups playing exploratory and adventurous music with ever-changing, sometimes unexpected grooves.
The Light Upon Blight Ensemble celebrates the release of their second album, CENTURY, a stellar recording of a new composition by Jeff Cedrone and Bob Gorry exploring historical influences and heavy melodic structures woven with collective improvisations. Double drums, exploratory grooves, singular statements. Rock, Post-Rock, Free Jazz, Prog Rock, Harmolodics. Tonight’s performance will feature a new Jeff Cedrone composition dedicated to the legacy of David Lynch....

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he New Haven Improvisers Collective presents an evening of new music with The Light Upon Blight Ensemble, plus special guests Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps. NHIC celebrates 20 years of music with an evening featuring two venerable New Haven groups playing exploratory and adventurous music with ever-changing, sometimes unexpected grooves.
The Light Upon Blight Ensemble celebrates the release of their second album, CENTURY, a stellar recording of a new composition by Jeff Cedrone and Bob Gorry exploring historical influences and heavy melodic structures woven with collective improvisations. Double drums, exploratory grooves, singular statements. Rock, Post-Rock, Free Jazz, Prog Rock, Harmolodics. Tonight’s performance will feature a new Jeff Cedrone composition dedicated to the legacy of David Lynch.

Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps plays music from around the world and uses it as a launching pad for improvisations that never lose their sense of groove—whether it’s Colombian cumbias, Ethiopian jazz, Romanian horas, Argentinian tangos, or traditional music from the United States. Always curious, always ready to try new music, Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps moves from genre to genre with a style that’s all its own.

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