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Mike Reed's Flesh & Bone Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

By BIMHUIS | BIMHUIS Radio
November 26, 2018
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Mike Reed

drums
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Mike Reed's compositions for Flesh & Bone are both deeply personal and brimming with hope. They represent his expressions of feeling about social unrest, racism and resurgent nationalism. On his eponymous album, the Chicago-based musician recollects harrowing memories of a confrontation with far-right protesters on a train journey with his band through Eastern Europe. For this project, his four-piece band has been expanded to include a cornet player and a bass clarinetist. Poet and performer

Marvin Tate

" data-original-title="" title="">Marvin Tate plays an important role on the album as well as on stage, where dramatic tales come together with music and moving images.

As a drummer, composer and founder of the Constellation club and the influential Pitchfork Music Festival, Mike Reed is a key figure in the Chicago music scene, where he engages in regular collaborations with a variety of young musicians as well as with veterans such as

Roscoe Mitchell

saxophone
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Roscoe Mitchell and

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith. His relationship with Amsterdam is very personal, owing to his Indonesian-Dutch ancestry.

Personnel:

Greg Ward

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Greg Ward: alto saxophone,

Tim Haldeman

" data-original-title="" title="">Tim Haldeman: tenor saxophone,

Ben LaMar Gay

multi-instrumentalist

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben LaMar Gay: cornet,

Jason Stein

clarinet, bass
b.1976

" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Stein: bass clarinet, Marvin Tate spoken word,

Jason Roebke

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Roebke bass,

Mike Reed

drums
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Mike Reed drums, Kim Alpert video
Special guests: Marta Warelis piano,

Joost Buis

trombone

" data-original-title="" title="">Joost Buis trombone

Playlist

BIMHUIS RADIO introduction (00:00)
Live-Concert @ BIMHUIS 1st Set: Mike Reed's Flesh & Bone (00:51)
Live-Concert @ BIMHUIS 2nd Set: Mike Reed's Flesh & Bone (53:12)

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