8bells Records

Glenn Griffith Octet & Eugene Jazz Composer’s Orchestra

Friday, March 5th
Cozmic Pizza
199 West 8th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon

Manis, Assadullahi, & Detrick 1/28/10 Eugene Weekly press.

Making It Up As They Go
Improv festival mixes media
by Brett Campbell

One of Eugene’s most adventurous homegrown music events returns to downtown this weekend. For fans of jazz, contemporary postclassical music and film, the Improvised Music Moving Image Festival, better known as IMMI Fest, presents a parade of startling artistic surprises. It’s a shotgun marriage involving not just musical genres, but also cities with strong improv scenes, Vancouver, B.C. (home of the guest trio Knotty Ensemble) and Eugene. Local lights include saxophone stars Joe Manis and Hashem Assadullahi, who both released strong albums last year, bassist Tyler Abbott, guitarist Bill Marsh and trumpeter Douglas Detrick, and Any Permutation. The festival, which takes place Feb. 5-7 at the Jazz Station, is a feast for the eyes as well since some of the improvisations accompany classic silent films and video art.

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