Orchid — Ensembie features new work & Orchid Ensemble with Randy Raine-Reusch, tonight Friday, June 9 at8 p.m. at Roundhouse Community Centre. EAST meets west at the Roundhouse. tonight as - multi-instrumentalist Randy . Raine-Reusch teams up with the-Orchid Ensemble for an -- evening of experimental new -music performed on tradi- ‘tional: Asian:instruments.: _The,Orchid Ensemble: ~ explores the boundaries of | ~ Chinese music with. its ‘unique instrumentation of. erhu (Lan Tung), zheng. (Mei'Han) ‘and percussion - ‘(Jonathan Bernard). Raine-. Reusch is an-improvisation: ' all ly-based composer. speci 1usic, for. Sey mance pip ; on.a-number of . struments including the: ‘hei ; string. zither) and the Thai... khaen’(16-reed bamboo | ve outh organ): : “Tonight's: performance: will feature three-works by Raine-Reusch, two ‘néw works, written “for” the: “ensemble: by, Jin Zhang and: “Round”,’a new work com- from: Capilano College’ s. Mark Armanin The: Orchid Ensemble’ 's ; * good ambassadors for the. Phois James Dittiger THE Orchid Ensemble (Mei Han, Jonathan Bernard and Lan Tung) performs tonight at the Roundhouse Community ‘Centre (on Pacific Bivd between Davie and Drake). Michael Becker -News editor . oo _ mbeelerGnenens.cons ge etek te Orquesta Aragon — La Charanga Eterna’ (Lasafrica/BMG 1999) This disc celebrates the “60th anniversary of Orquesta ~ Aragon 9 serves to'reinter- ret the'glory of past Cuban - Dasscs rough eareral culled ‘from, the repertoire of thie late ~ 1950s and early. 1970s.. : “The original incarnation of |” ‘Orquesta Aragon was born in the’ Cuban port of © ° Cienfuegos. Aragon Cantero founded the charanga- style, band in'1939, ; uesta ‘Aragon t became * Castro régime and were - instrumental in ‘spreading the. popularity of Cuban music - sioned by. the ensemble .* ~ throughout Europe, Africa "and the USSR and its commu-”* nist satellites during the 1960s ‘and 1970s, ' The original band Featured ocals; a rhythm section, a flute | and: violins — no brass- tion. The same mix: ix of, " instruments explores a con- temporary range of fusion rhythms — cha flamenco, samba cha and swing cha. At 13 tracks, La Charanga Eterna rolls along like a ‘gente breeze. Orquesta Aragon plays the Commodore Ballroom June ,. 24 as part of the du Maurier * International Jazz Festival ‘ Vancouver. Grupo Jazz ; Tumbao. open the show. | AB k*#¥k Nicholas Payton : / — Nick @ Night... ; (Werve/PolyGram 2006) : “Grammy award winning Nicholas Payton’s'star-is on the tise. He’s been blowing’ ~ trumpet since age four and: - comes with a solid pedigree: New Cricans bred, classical _ pianist mother, and father — Walter ~- a renowned New Orleans bassist. ~~ Along the way Wynton Marsalis took a personal inter- est in Payton’s musical devel- opment and recommended him to bandleaders Elvin - Jones and Marcus Roberts: Nick @Night reveals Payton to be a talented composer. He plays with commanding nuance, evoking various jazz styles. You hear shades of - Louis Armstrong, Clark Terry, Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis along the way. Pianist Anthony Wansey,. bassist Reuben Rogers, saxo- ~ phonist. Tim Warfield, and ‘drummer Adonis Rose kindle . Payton’s polished fire. The Nicholas Payton” ‘Quintet appears at The Vogue Theatre with the sperind tg Kurt Elling Quartet, June 25 "See Mehldau Page 2 New NV band all over the map APOLOGIES to Roots of the Chainless — we mangled up their name last week plus threw in the wrong phote to boot. The information below will set the record straight. The quartet (Steve Thompson — singer; Sarah Truman — bass, Dave Lewis — drums; Austin Short — guitar player) formed in February of this year to appear in the theatrical presentation Inpresions, The work, staged at Carson and Handsworth, featured four songs from the band and received a North Vancouver Youth Award. The response was so good Roots of the Chainless decided to stay together permanently. The band go ail over the map musically and chose the name to signify their freedom from categories. Rap, ska, and many other styles are all part of the sound. Their performance at the Eargasm Battle of the Bands on May 26 was their first before a take-no-prisoners show-us-what-you~can-do paying audierice. And they won. Scems like every time they get up on stage these guys come away with an award. The band are scheduled to open for Exit This Side at Centennial Theatre this summer with the date yet to be. announced. Hopefilly there will be many more chances to :. see Roots of the Chainless in the future. - _ O00 Jazz funk band Spacious Couch; with familiar North - Shore faces among the ensemblc, will play three shows at. this year’s DuMaurier International. Jazz Festival, Tenor saxophonist/composer # Andrew Davies teaches ‘sax, ; flute and clarinet. at Troy Music, Lynn Valley Music and pri- vately in West Van, guitarist Jon Roper gives private | ‘lessons and bessist Mark Humeniuk is finishing a degree in jazz per- : formance at Capilano College. Other members in the band . - are alto s.xophonist Cory Weeds, drummer Geoff Hicks and ©. percuss snist Hector Navarro. Spac ous Couch will play the Chameleon June 29 at 10. p.m., Capone’s Restaurant June 30 at 8:30 p.m. and: they: will also be closing the July 1 Canada Day festivities at Ls Performance Works on Granville Island.” : OOo" ” Molson ‘Canadian is planning its largest. 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