Zen Widow
“Listening to Zen Widow is like flipping through a sheaf of pages ripped from a sketchbook: sometimes you get fully worked out pictures, Listening to Zen Widow is like flipping through a sheaf of pages ripped from a sketchbook: sometimes you get fully worked out pictures, at other times drawings too fragmentary to do more than intrigue and bemuse. . . These are striking conjunctions of disparate materials, like a musical equivalent of the Surrealist game of “exquisite corpses.”
- Cadence Magazine
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Gianni Gebbia - alto saxophone, flute
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Matthew Goodheart - piano
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Garth Powell - percussion
Formed in the spring of 2003, the members of the Zen Widow trio had already earned solid reputations for pushing the edges of contemporary jazz and improvised music. They share a quest for seamless interaction, built upon a broad base of style and genre that gives life to the manifold directions of their music. With an international lineup featuring Sicilian Gianni Gebbia and Bay Area members Matthew Goodheart and Garth Powell, the group has performed to critical acclaim throughout the US and Europe, including performances at the San Francisco Alternative Jazz Festival, Seattle Polestar Festival, Werkstatt für Improvisierte Musik (Zürich), and Blaue Fabrik (Dresden). They have also collaborated with other notable improvisers, including Fred Frith (guitar) and George Cremaschi (bass).
Their first CD ZEN WIDOW, an eclectic mix of pieces ranging from 17 seconds to 8 minutes, received enthusiastic reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. Their new CD QUODLIBET, to be released in April 2008, is an exploration of collage form, combining melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic fragments from jazz, popular, and classical music from many eras.
Zen Widow Europe Tour 2008
March 27 - KultureHaus Mitte - Berlin
March 28 - Aufsturz- Klub - Berlin - here we are just sitting in with the band
March 29 - Jazz Klub Neue Tonne - Dresden
March 30 - Stellwerk Jazz Club - Hamburg
April 1 - WIMM - Zürich
April 3 - Cafè Museum - Passau
April 4 - Umestusiumetnosti - Slovenia
April 5 - House Concert with Sue Schlotte - Bonn - email info@sueschlotte.de or me for more info
For booking information, email Matthew Goodheart.
Copies of our Demo CD (which includes the tracks below) is available upon request.
Streaming Audio
Just Remember This (8:01) (QUODLIBET)
Short Suite (2:56) (ZEN WIDOW)
Not Until I Hear It From You (5:42) (QUODLIBET)
We Hope You'll Have Ten (7:25) (QUODLIBET)
