Blue Collar

Blue Collar: _ is an Apparition

by Ty Cumbie
February 28, 2005

Blue Collar's oddly titled debut recording is a demonstration of how to avoid the ordinary. The musicians, all virtuosos, eschew every convention of music here, opting for displays of “extended technique"? or inspired noisemaking. Not until track five do the excellent brass players deign to play actual notes. They do grunt, huff, puff, squeal and produce just about every other possible sound. Tatsuya Nakatani complies and complements, pulling from a voluminous bag of percussive textural effects. _ ...

Nate Wooley and Blue Collar at Firehouse 12 October 13th

Source: Improvised Communications
September 6, 2006

Friday, October 13th at 8:30 and 10:00 p.m. Nate Wooley and Blue Collar Firehouse 12 45 Crown Street in New Haven, CT Tickets are $15 (opening set) and $10 (second set) Tickets and info are available at http://www.firehouse12.com or (203) 785-0468

Nate Wooley, trumpet and flugelhorn; Steve Swell, trombone; Tatsuya Nakatani, percussion

Experimental trumpeter Nate Wooley and his all-star improvising collective Blue Collar will perform two sets at ...
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