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.