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Concert promoter Bonnie Wright continues her forward-leaning Fresh Sound concert series on Oct. 2, with the West Coast debut of the NYC duet of double bassist Ken Filiano and electric guitarist Anders Nilsson.
Filiano is a virtuoso of the highest order. I first became aware of his talents about 20 years ago, when he was living in LA and appeared on some Vinny Golia records. I was immediately attracted to his startling facility, dark tone and liquid sense of phrasing.
His musical partner for this concert is more of a mystery to me — although I've been listening to several CD's by Mr. Nilsson this week — and can say with assurance that he is equally adept at modern, clean-toned spiky presentations and ones that veer off into a sonic caterwaul with multiple distortion effects and electronic devices. There is also a definite "rock-guitar" aesthetic in his music--and he acknowledges influences from Deep Purple to Frank Zappa.
"The music we'll be playing will be a combination of pieces by us and improvisations that we'll weave together," said Filiano, via e-mail. "We are both coming from the starting point that improvisational processes and compositional processes have many points in common--so we like to have both on hand."
I asked Wright what put the duo on her radar.
"Well, Ken I've known for many years," said Wright. "I heard them play at the 55 Bar when I was in New York, and I was blown away--so, I asked if they were ever coming the West Coast, and it turns out they are doing a gig the following night at Redcat in LA--and I jumped at the opportunity to bring them to San Diego."
This could be the sleeper concert of the year. Highly recommended to those who love creative music.
Concert promoter Bonnie Wright continues her forward-leaning Fresh Sound concert series on Oct. 2, with the West Coast debut of the NYC duet of double bassist Ken Filiano and electric guitarist Anders Nilsson.
Filiano is a virtuoso of the highest order. I first became aware of his talents about 20 years ago, when he was living in LA and appeared on some Vinny Golia records. I was immediately attracted to his startling facility, dark tone and liquid sense of phrasing.
His musical partner for this concert is more of a mystery to me — although I've been listening to several CD's by Mr. Nilsson this week — and can say with assurance that he is equally adept at modern, clean-toned spiky presentations and ones that veer off into a sonic caterwaul with multiple distortion effects and electronic devices. There is also a definite "rock-guitar" aesthetic in his music--and he acknowledges influences from Deep Purple to Frank Zappa.
"The music we'll be playing will be a combination of pieces by us and improvisations that we'll weave together," said Filiano, via e-mail. "We are both coming from the starting point that improvisational processes and compositional processes have many points in common--so we like to have both on hand."
I asked Wright what put the duo on her radar.
"Well, Ken I've known for many years," said Wright. "I heard them play at the 55 Bar when I was in New York, and I was blown away--so, I asked if they were ever coming the West Coast, and it turns out they are doing a gig the following night at Redcat in LA--and I jumped at the opportunity to bring them to San Diego."
This could be the sleeper concert of the year. Highly recommended to those who love creative music.