In Situ:
Hess is More + Cray Cray Chalant
Tickets
About the Artist
Friday, June 17th 10pm
Group in Residence, Hess Is More, returns to The National Sawdust for an evening of
100 % live music.
Hess Is More will be in full 8 piece ensemble formation, proudly welcoming the return
of vibraphonist Michael Hanf!
These 8 musicians, with their unique instrumentation and unorthodox arrangements create a very danceable yet at times puzzling concert. Catchy melodies and chant like lyrics can haunt you for days…
Hess Is More started out as an electronic solo project for Danish musician Mikkel Hess. Through 6 albums and various tours and collaborations the project has developed into a full blown Transatlantic Live Music Ensemble, working with a more collective approach. Their latest release “Bearsong / Primate” (Gomma Records) is a celebration of the energy and interplay of the live ensemble – sounding in the borderland between electronic dance music, afrobeat, krautrock and jazz.
Cray Cray Chalant is a percussion group featuring Kenny Wollesen, Dalius Noujo, Tony Scherr, Will Epstein, Briggan Krauss, Jennifer Harris & William Shore.
Kenny Wolleson
Percussionist Kenny Wolleson performed on over 30 recordings during the 1990s and, as the decade progressed, gained increasing renown as a musician of astonishing versatility, skill, and ingenuity. He has recorded and toured with all kinds of musicians, from Tom Waits (Wolleson performs on Waits’ 1993 collaboration with William S. Burroughs, Black Rider), to Sean Lennon, to Ron Sexsmith (Wolleson performs on his second album, Other Songs). A founding member of the New Klezmer Trio, Wolleson is also all over N.Y.C.’s downtown jazz and avant-garde musicians’ recordings, and has been so active as to tour with Bill Frisell and Myra Melford in the same month.
Other In Situ Events
In Situ: BombaYo
National Sawdust & MATTE Present: Dream Koala, Oyinda, & Kissey
Starting January 27th, MATTE presents a six part year-long showcase series at the National Sawdust. For the first showcase we are excited to host British-Nigerian electronic R&B artist / producer Oyinda. Accompanying her will be ethereal Parisian heartthrob Dream Koala as well as an opening and closing set from the Swedish multitalented Kissey.
In Situ: Radical Face Night 2
Jazztopad Festival Presents: Lutosławski Quartet & Uri Caine
In Situ: Norman Krieger
In Situ: Alpenglow
In Situ: Exo-Tech
Leila Adu Record Release
The Revolution Vol. 6
Brooklyn Rider Presents: The Brooklyn Rider Almanac
In Situ: ACME with special guest Greg Fox in Charlemagne Palestine’s Strumming Music
