HzCollective presents: NanoHz #23

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 | 8pm | $5

Wilson Shook – alto saxophone

Jonathan Zorn – doublebass

Rachel Thompson – viola

Wilson Shook is an improvising saxophonist living in Seattle, Washington.

Wilson’s music emphasizes focus, texture, chance and exploration. It exists in dialogue with its specific and contingent contexts; it is ‘new music’ in that it explores each new moment and seeks to develop a critical awareness of the present. Perhaps better characterized as ‘present music’, it is less concerned with staking out new musical territory than it is with creating relevant and personal communication that places equal value on intention and sensitivity.

Sonically, Wilson’s music is informed by lower case and minimalist aesthetics, while embracing the full range of his instrument. Always aware of balance and the fundamental importance of space, Wilson is especially interested in incidental or ‘between’ sounds: material that exists on the edges and in the cracks of the conventional sonic palate.

Wilson will be joined by local improvisors Jonathan Zorn and Rachel Thompson.