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Sylvie Courvoisier (piano, compositions), Chimaera, with Christian Fennesz (guitar, electronics), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), Kenny Wollesen (vibraphone, drums), Drew Gress (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums), live, Amsterdam, 7/13/24
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yesterday, Chicago
sounds of New York
Ches Smith & Laugh Ash (CS, electronics, drums, percussion; Shara Lunon, voice and vocal processing, lyrics; Anna Webber, flute; Oscar Noriega, clarinets; James Brandon Lewis, tenor saxophone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; Jennifer Choi, violin; Kyle Armbrust, viola; Michael Nicolas, cello; Shahzad Ismaily, bass, Moog), live, New York, 3/20/24
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art beat: other day, Des Moines, Iowa (Des Moines Art Center)
Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Untitled #3 (1974), detail
sounds of New York
Sylvie Courvoisier Chimeara (SC, piano, compositions; Nate Wooley, trumpet; Christian Fennesz, guitar, electronics; Drew Gress, bass; Kenny Wollesen, drums, vibraphone), live (performance begins at 19:00), New York, last night
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A bird is organized so that it is unnecessary
to assume an immeasurable substance
inside its body that remains after its death.—Nachoem M. Wijnberg (1961-), from “Analysis and Organization” (translated from the Dutch by David Colmer)
(Taking a break.)
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Paul Lytton (1947-, drums), Ken Vandermark (1964-, reeds), Nate Wooley (1974-, trumpet), live, Rochester, New York, 4/20/22
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Paul Lytton (drums, percussion), Ken Vandermark (reeds), Nate Wooley (trumpet), live, Madison, Wis., 4/15/22
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill
sounds of New York
Nate Wooley (trumpet, compositions), et al., Mutual Aid Music, live, New York, 12/11/20 ((performance begins at 6:40)
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Skylark
sings all day,
and day not long enough.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto
sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Chris Corsano (drums), live, New York, 2014
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what’s new
Nate Wooley (1974-, trumpet), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 5/1/20
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tonight in Chicago
They’re playing at Elastic Arts.
Ken Vandermark (reeds), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Paul Lytton (drums), live, Chicago, 2011
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Kuzu (Dave Rempis, reeds; Tashi Dorji, guitar; Tyler Damon, drums), live, Columbia, S.C., 2018
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Nate Wooley’s Seven Storey Mountain VI (NW [trumpet, composition], Susan Alcorn [pedal steel guitar], C. Spencer Yeh [violin], a choir, et al.), live, New York (St. Peter’s Church), 2019
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