Mingus Awareness Project

MAP1 -- May 23, 2007 at the HotHouse
"Pithecanthropus Erectus" (by Charles Mingus)
"Fables of Faubus" (by Charles Mingus)
"Goodbye Porkpie Hat" (by Charles Mingus

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MAP2 -- May 2008 at the Velvet Lounge


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MAP3 -- May 2009 at the Hideout

"Better Get Hit in Your Soul" (by Charles Mingus)
"Ecclusiastics" (by Charles Mingus)

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poetry readings & multimedia performances with poetry

2010

poetry reading during "The Next Tentacle" -- an event organized by Ira Murfin (2/11/2010)

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2009

poetry reading at Myopic Books on January 11
1st half
2nd half

poetry performance at the Loose Leaf Tea Loft -- in March 2009
1st segment, 2nd segment

poetry reading during "Five Alive" -- Rec Roomers event on April 1

solo set at Brown Rice on July 27
1st half, 2nd half

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2008

feature at The Cafe on February 18
Erika Mikkalo performing "Book of Transformations" while Dan Godston plays percussion
Al DeGenova performing "Tools and Inventions" while Dan G. plays percussion and trumpet
Charlie Newman performing "Roberts and Scalito U. S. Senate Judiciary Hearings Cento Sestina," while Dan G. played percussion and trumpet
"How Are You Holding Up​?​" -- ensemble performance of "How Are You Holding Up?" Performers included Elizabeth Harper, Joe Roarty, Shelley Nation, and Dan Godston.

Charlie Newman - Dan Godston duo at the Waiting for the Bus event on October 25
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment

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2007

"Mask to Skin to Heart to Blood to Bone and Back" -- performed at the DVA Gallery on August 3, 2007

large ensemble projects

Douglas Ewart's Sonic Tops event
part of the Sonic Playground Series -- August 27, 2009
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment

telematic performances

2006
October 25
at the Empty bottle and Loyola University

2007
at WNUR


2008
WNUR, Mills College, Richmond VA


2009
January at Brown Rice

March 23 at Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery

October 2, 2009 at Brown Rice

October 8, 2009 at Mills College and WNUR

solo projects

2009

"Chimes on Lake Michigan" -- recorded in August

CCAF4

Thursday, October 1
Chicago-St. Louis-Detroit panel discussion about arts and activism in the Midwest
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment
6th segment
7th segment

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Friday, October 2

performance event at the Mercury Cafe
Elizabeth Harper and Faux Paul
Charlie Newman and Steven Schroeder
Janina Ciezadlo
Bob Rashkow and Tony Renner
Leonard De Montbrun and Don Coorough
Matt Barton
Sid Yiddish and Clean Boys

telematic performance event at Brown Rice
performers included: Jon Godston (soprano saxophone / Chicago), Gregory O'Drobinak — Arc of the Oven / Chicago), Williwaw (amplified ukulele / Glasgow), Steve Dalachinsky (poetry / New York City), Jim Ryan (kalimba / Oakland, Dan Godston (trumpet / Chicago), Michael Staron (bass / Chicago), and Jimmy Bennington (drums / Chicago)
first segment
second segment

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Saturday, October 3
EVENT IN THE CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER
Chicago-New Orleans panel discussion
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment

CCAF EVENT AT ELASTIC SOUND & VISION GALLERY
Una MacGlone - David Boykin Duet
introduction
Eric Elshtain & Gregory Frazer
Caro D'Offay talks about the Textaport project
Jamie Kazay and Sally Evans
Wayne Allan Jones, Duane Vorhees, and Michael Springate

Satya Alliance

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Sunday, October 4
Chinese Whispers at Myopic Bookstore

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Monday, October 5

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Tuesday, October 6
Matt Weston - Andrew Royal - Dan Godston Trio
live at Hotti Biscotti on October 6, 2009, part of the Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
Matt Weston (percussion), Andrew Royal (violin), Dan Godston (trumpet & percussion)
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment

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Wednesday, October 7
arts education panel discussion at Columbia College
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
entire 45-minute recording

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Thursday, October 8
telematic performance event at Mills College and WNUR
Performers at WNUR included Saalik Ziyad (vocals), Jayve Montgomery (reeds and percussion), Dan Godston (trumpet), Mike Staron (upright bass), and Matt Weston (percussion). Performers at Mills College included Karl A.D. Evangelista (guitar), Eric Glick Rieman (piano, toy piano, celeste, melodica), Curtis McKinney (bass), Lona Kozik (piano), Drew Ceccato (reeds), and Krzysztof Golinski (drumset)
1st segment (7:16), 2nd segment (11:08), 3rd segment (10:11), 4th segment (5:00), 5th segment (7:47), 6th segment (6:33), 7th segment (9:42), 8th segment (11:22), entire audio file (1 hr 9 min)

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Friday, October 9

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Saturday, October 10
Kristen Orser, Jesse Crouse, and Orin Buck
"Sentences Asleep" -- Laura Goldstein, Rebecca Cooling-Mallard, and Marisa Plumb
Kristy Bowen and Julie Strand
Ryan Ingebritsen
Wizards -- 1st segment, 2nd segment, 3rd segment

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Sunday, October 11

duo projects

2009

Dan Godston-Ritwik Banerji Duo
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment

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2008

Larry Sawyer (poetry) & Dan Godston (trumpet, percussion) performing at Brown Rice in July 2008

Eric Glick Rieman - Dan Godston Duo in Columbus on August 11
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment

Eric Glick Rieman - Dan Godston Duo at the Kerrytown Concert House on August 12
1st segment
2nd segment

Rockpile at the Hideout on November 19, 2009

Rockpile, an innovative project led by Michael Rothenberg and David Meltzer, happened in Chicago last November. Here's some audio from that evening --

Introductions by Larry Sawyer
Art Lange performing with Calligraphy
Larry Sawyer introduces Francesco Levato and Bob Malone
Francesco Levato (poetry) performing with Bob Malone (piano)
Joe performing his poetry
Calligraphy performs -- Renee Baker (violins), Satya Gummuluri (voice), Dan Godston (trumpet), and Jimmy Bennington (drums)
Larry Sawyer (poetry) and Bob Malone (poetry)
Bob Malone Band performs -- 1st segement, 2nd segment

quintet projects

2009

Constellation Grid performance at the Blank Slate Festival on August 8, 2009. Performers included: Scott Deal (percussion), Dan Godston (trumpet), Alex Wing (piano), Michael Drews (laptop), and Jordan Munson (videography with MaxMSP Jitter).

Wizards performance during CCAF4 at Epiphany Church (10/10/2009)
Hasan Abdur-Razzaq (saxophone, percussion), Gerard Cox (piano), Dan Godston (trumpet), and Adam Smith (drums)
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment

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2008

Steve Dalanchinsky (poetry), Dan Godston (trumpet), Steve Cohn (Fender electric piano), Briggan Krauss (alto saxophone), & Tom Zlabinger (upright bass) performing at the Stain Bar in Brooklyn on April 19
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment

Guillermo Gregorio (clarinet), Carol Genetti (voice), Tomeka Reid (cello), Eric Leonardson (springboard), and Dan Godston (trumpet) performing at Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery (8/24/2008)
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment

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2007

Douglas Ewart - Mankwe Ndosi - Jim Ryan - Dan Godston - Joel Wanek live at the Center for Independent Artists in Minneapolis (5/27/2007)
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment
6th segment
7th segment

Thollem McDonas - Paul Hartsaw - Dan Godston - Joel Wanek - Jerome Bryerton
performing at the Orphanage on September 25
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment
entire set

quartet projects

2010

Painted Ghost Rhythm performance at the Velvet Lounge on January 27
"Cup Full of Crayons"
"From Bechet, Byas, and Fats" / "Gropius in Chicago"
"Calligramme"


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2009

Calligraphy at the Hideout on November 19 (part of Rockpile in Chicago) -- Renee Baker (violin), Satya Summuluri (vocals), Dan Godston (trumpet, small instruments), & Jimmy Bennington (drums)

Steve Cohn Quartet performance during the Experimental Piano Series concert on December 11, 2009
Steve Cohn (piano), Guillermo Gregorio (clarinet), Dan Godston (trumpet), and Chris Preissing (flute)

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2008

Andrew Bishop (saxophone), Eric Glick Rieman (prepared Fender electric piano), Dan Godston (trumpet), & Tim Flood (upright bass) -- at the Kerrytown Concert House on August 12
"Jeanette's Patchwork Quilt"
"Shifting Configurations" pt. 1
"Shifting Configurations" pt. 2
"Snail Trails"
open improvisation

trio projects

2010

Jimmy Bennington - Dan Godston - Alex Wing (2/7/2010)
"From Bechet, Fats, and Byas" (Rahsaan Roland Kirk)
"Goodbye Porkpie Hat"
"It Starts as a Blues, and Then It Goes Somewhere Else"
"Beginning Where It Ends"
"From 'Blue Monk' to Another Direction"
"Jimmy's Drum Solo"

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Matt Weston - Andrew Royal - Dan Godston Trio
live at Hotti Biscotti on October 6, 2009, part of the Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
Matt Weston (percussion), Andrew Royal (violin), Dan Godston (trumpet & percussion)
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment

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2008

Laura Emelianoff (Open Harp), Dan Godston (trumpet), and Christopher Bruce (percussion) at Brown Rice in 5/2008
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment
6th segment

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2007

Dan Godston - Jon Mueller - Joel Wanek live at Mother Fool's Cafe (Madison, WI, 5/27/2007)
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment
6th segment
7th segment

Ways & Means Trio (11/8/2007 at Brown Rice)
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment
6th segment
7th segment


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2006
Bill MacKay - Dan Godston - Joshua Manchester Trio live on WNUR on July 16, 2006
1st segment
2nd segment
3rd segment
4th segment
5th segment


2005

Ways & Means Trio at the SpareRoom on October 15
2nd segment
4th segment
7th segment
10th segment

Bauhaus 9090 audio

Here is a selection of audio which is part of "The Bauhaus: 90 Years / 90 Days."

Performance of "Moholy #2"
A sextet performed a composition entitled "Moholy #2" (by Guillermo Gregorio) during a Laszlo Moholy-Nagy birthday celebration on July 20, 2009. The performers included:
Guillermo Gregorio -- clarinet & saxophone
Christopher Preissing -- flute
Dan Godston -- trumpet & small instruments
Clifton Ingram -- acoustic guitar
Alex Wing -- upright bass
Joshua Manchester -- percussion
1st segment
2nd segment

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In August 2009, Michael Staron (bass) and Dan Godston (trumpet) played music while Donald Gallaspy read excerpts from Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe's "Architecture and the Will of the Age." Mies Van Der Rohe's manifesto encompasses many key concepts which appear in his famous essay.
first segment
2nd segment

Satya Alliance -- 2009

September 2009
track 1, track 2, track 3, track 4, track 5, track 6, track 7

October 3, 2009 at Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery, for Chicago Calling
Satya Gummuluri -- vocals
Douglas Brush -- percussion
Dan Godston -- trumpet, small instruments
Alex Wing -- upright bass
introduction
1st song
2nd song
3rd song
4th song

Experimental Piano Series Concert on December 11, 2009

1st set:
Phyllis Chen and Alex Peh

2nd set:
Steve Cohn solo

Steve Cohn Quartet
Steve Cohn -- piano, shakuhachi, small instruments
Guillermo Gregorio -- clarinet
Christopher Preissing -- flute
Dan Godston -- trumpet
1st segment, 2nd segment

performed at PianoForte, during the Experimental Piano Series

2009 percussion

Bells -- August 2009

field recordings

2009

August
Lake Michigan by Waukegan (8/2009)
bees and beekeepers at the Garfield Park Conservatory (8/1/2009)
airplane overhead at Cowles Bog (8/24/2009)
breaking bark from a tree (8/24/2009)
early morning by the Indiana Dunes

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2008

July
river in the White Mountains, New Hampshire
burbling water in New Hampshire

Painted Ghost Rhythm at the Velvet Lounge on 1/27/2009

Dan Godston -- trumpet, poetry
Paul Hartsaw -- tenor saxophone
Dushun Mosley -- percussion
Alex Wing -- upright bass

1st set:
"Radebe" by Johnny Dyani
“Gazzeloni” by Eric Dolphy
“A Cup Full of Crayons” by Dan Godston
“Lady Sings the Blues” by Archie Shepp
“6L” by Anthony Braxton
“Calligramme” by Dan Godston


2nd set
“From Bechet, Byas, and Fats” by Rahsaan Roland Kirk
“Gropius in Chicago” by Dan Godston
“Hypochristmutreefuzz” by Misha Mengelberg
“Ecclusiastics” by Charles Mingus

You can download the mp3 files for these songs by clicking on the song titles.