FREEFALL

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten in association with Epistrophy Arts present the Texas debut of internationally acclaimed jazz trio Free Fall on March 12.

FREE FALL
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Austin) – double bass
Håvard Wiik (Oslo, Berlin) - piano
Ken Vandermark (Chicago) – clarinets

Friday March 12, 8PM doors 7:30
AAMP
411 West Monroe
Austin, TX 78704 (map)
advance tickets available Feb. 12 at End of An Ear and Waterloo Records
$12 advance, $15 door

Free Fall was organized by bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, reedist Ken Vandermark, and pianist Håvard Wiik in 2001 as an opportunity to work together in a chamber music environment and without percussion. Inspired in part by Texas jazz legend Jimmy Giuffre's classic group with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow, the band quickly found its own voice, utilizing velocity, space, and sound by incorporating combinations of pulse-based and open time, distributing melodic responsibility through its fragmentation, and building expression through a dialectic between understatement and explosiveness.

For this Austin debut performance, the trio will be performing in support of the upcoming release 'Gray Scale' on the Norwegian label Smalltown Superjazz. Grey Scale features material that is completely improvised.