FIGEATER PRESS

"Led by clarinetist Beth Fleenor, Figeater make improvised music that ranges from insistently propulsive and buoyant—Fleenor can channel the spirit of Raymond Scott with aplomb—to aloof atmospheres, thugged-up backbeats, and loony, melismatic rants."

The Multifarious Spawn of Monktail Creative Music Concern
- Chris Delaurenti

LIVING ROOM PARTY 10

SKETCH_COMMENTARY

OWCHARUK 5

The Owcharuk 5 - a Ukrainian afro-punk jazz quintet - is headed into the studio 12/6/09 to do a live room recording of a collection of compositions/arrangements by Michael Owcharuk and a tune by trumpeter Jim Knodle.

Owcharuk 5 features Cody Rahn (drums), Nate Omdal (bass), Michael Owcharuk (accordion/composition), Jim Knodle (trumpet/composition), Beth Fleenor (clarinet)

Excerpts from rehearsal...