2009 Performances

July 30th

Earshot Jazz presents: Jazz: The Second Century, featuring my newest group, "2nd Century Savage."


2nd Century Savage
Jazz: The Second Century
June 5th

The Kitsune Ensemble at Breeding Ground's Spring Fever Festival


www.breedingground.com
March 18th-April 1st

Oregon State University's Cabin at Shotpouch Creek


The Spring Creek Project
February 2-5

University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire


http://www.uwec.edu/Mus-the/Events/GuestArtists/SavageJohn.html

2008 Performances

December 3rd

David Ornette Cherry & Organic Roots


www.thegoodfoot.com

2845 SE Stark
Portland, OR
997214
503-239-9292 October 21st

with "Whirled News"
Tom Bergeron-saxophones, Matt Cooper-piano, Will Amend-bass, Jason Palmer-drums. John Savage-flute
Whirled News & Teal Creek Music
Western Oregon University, Smith Recital Hall
WOU Dept. of Music
345 N. Monmouth Ave.
Monmouth, OR
97361
877-877-1593 (Toll Free) June 3rd

The Savage 3
with Justin Durrie-bass & Ken Ollis-drums


www.jimmymaks.com

221 NW 10th
Portland, OR
97209
503-295-6542 April 25th

Groove Revelation & The Rocktet


www.jimmymaks.com

221 NW 10th
Portland, OR
97209
503-295-6542 January 29th

The Kitsune Ensemble

www.kitsuneensemble.org

The Kennedy Center Millenium Stage

6pm, free admission January 20th

Cartridge

Someday Lounge 7:00pm
125 NW 5th Ave., Portland, OR January 19th

Cartridge

Design Counsel's Studio
1020 NW 18th Ave. Portland, OR
8pm, $10, with the Dusty York Trio, all ages

www.diaticrecords.com

2007 Performances


December 2nd

The Savage 3 Redux with Justin Durrie and Ken Ollis

Someday Lounge 7:30pm

The Dusty York Trio plays at 10pm

125 NW 5th Ave., Portland, OR


November 17th

Groove Revelation with special guests, The Aloha High School Jazz Ensemble (at 6:30pm)


221 NW 10th
Portland, OR
97209
503-295-6542
www.jimmymaks.com
The first two sets, 6:30pm to 7:30pm, and 8pm-9:30 are All Ages! 21 and over at 10pm
$10 admission

Groove Revelation made its first performance at the old Jimmy Mak's in July of 1997. They self-released two albums, The Arch Cape Sessions (1998), and Grindin' (2000), and were also recorded on the Jimmy Mak's compilation CD, The Mak Groove. Groove Revelation's members, Dave Fleschner, Tyler Smith, G Douglas Bundy, Ken Ollis and John Savage have individually performed with an eclectic variety of national and local acts including: The Dave Fleschner Quartet, Robert Cray, The Rocktet, Chris Mayther, Jive Talkin' Robots, Blipvert, Curtis Salgado, The 12th Avenue Hot Club, the electro-acoustic group Cartridge, Reggie Workman, Paxselin, Andrew Hill, Dylan-Thomas Vance, Taj Mahal, The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music's New Music Collective and Steve Miller. November 10th

Justin Durrie and John Savage duo

Tugboat Brewery

Presented by Diatic Records

8pm-midnight, $5 cover October 13th

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music New Music Collective

Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music

58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 8pm October 12th

Brooklyn Qawwali Party @ the Highline Ballroom

Highline Ballroom

431 W 16th St
New York, NY 10011
between 9th and 10th Ave

8pm September 29th

Cartridge

Tugboat Brewery

Presented by Diatic Records

8pm-midnight, $5 cover September 24th

Blipvert

Rotture

315 SE 3rd AVE Portland, Oregon

also: Red Rocket, Dusty York Trio, Paxselin Quartet, M.E. and ME August 22nd

Flute recital with Michael Barnes, piano & organ

The Old Church

SW 11th and Clay, Portland, OR

Robert Schumann – Three Romances for oboe (flute) and piano
J.S. Bach – Sonata in C maj for flute and basso continuo,
J.C. Savage – After A Long Journey & Transition (solo flute versions)
Gianluca Verlingieri – Cosmicomic #1 "Moon's Attraction" (solo flute version)

Noon. Free admission, all ages! August 12th

National Flute Association Convention

9am, Sound-Byte Concert #3
John Savage, Molly Barth, Timothy lane

NFA Convention, Albuquerque, NM July 29th

Cartridge & Kids 'n' Hearts

Boom Boom Room

1601 Fillmore (at Geary), San Francisco, CA July 14th

Savage 3 Redux

with Justin Durrie Bass and Ken Ollis drums

Sellwood Public House

8132 SE 13th Portland, OR 503.736.0179

9pm, $5 suggested donation July 3rd

Savage vs. Fad'nez

with Joel Fadness, drums, electronics and percussion

Mississippi Pizza

3552 North Mississippi Ave. Portland, Oregon (503) 288-3231

9pm, $5 suggested donation June 14th

I'll be joining Dylan-Thomas Vance for an evening of Country Blues and Cowboy Soul

Dylan-Thomas Vance

April 14th

Cartridge

Greater Portland Flute Society Flute Fair, 9am improvisation workshop, 1pm performance

Aloha High School, SW 185th Ave. and Kinnaman Rd.

April 12th

Cartridge

The Red & Black Cafe, 8pm

2138 SE Division Street, Portland, OR

April 12th

Cartridge

University of Oregon School of Music, 1pm, Beall Hall

1225 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

April 9th

Cartridge with the Paxselin Quartet

Someday Lounge, 9pm

125 NW 5th Ave., Portland, OR

March 30th

Groove Revelation

The Blue Monk, 9pm

3341 SE Belmont, Portland, OR

March 3rd

The Kitsune Ensemble

Rossyln Spectrum Theatre Arlington, VA

Billy Fox & The Kitsune Ensemble

2006 Performances

December 1st

Groove Revelation and guests

Jimmy Mak's, Friday, December 1st, 2006, 8pm
221 NW 10th
Portland, OR
97209
503-295-6542
www.jimmymaks.com
The first set, 8:00pm to 9:15pm, is All Ages!
$7 admission

Groove Revelation made its first performance at the old Jimmy Mak�s in July of 1997. They self-released two albums, The Arch Cape Sessions (1998), and Grindin� (2000), and were also recorded on the Jimmy Mak�s compilation CD, The Mak Groove. Groove Revelation�s members, Dave Fleschner, Tyler Smith, G Douglas Bundy, Ken Ollis and John Savage have individually performed with an eclectic variety of national and local acts including: The Dave Fleschner Quartet, Robert Cray, The Rocktet, Chris Mayther, Jive Talkin� Robots, Blipvert, Curtis Salgado, The 12th Avenue Hot Club, the electro-acoustic group Cartridge, Reggie Workman, Paxselin, Andrew Hill, Dylan-Thomas Vance, Taj Mahal and Steve Miller. Keyboardist Jeff Baxter and saxophonist Marc Hutchinson will join us for tonight's show.

November 2nd

John Savage � winds, Ken Ollis � drums

The Red and Black Caf�
2138 SE Division Street Portland, OR 97202
503.231.5899
Red and Black Cafe
Admission by sliding scale, 8pm

September 29th

The Brooklyn Qawwali Party

Transcriptions of Qawwali music from the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, but performed with jazz instrumentation!

The Tea Lounge, Union Street @ 7th Ave. Park Slope, Brooklyn. FREE 9 and 10:30 pm

www.tealoungeny.com

September 2nd

The Brooklyn Qawwali Party

Barb�s, 9pm

376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.) Park Slope, Brooklyn 718.965.9177

www.barbesbrooklyn.com

August 22nd

BlipVert

The Delancey

168 Delancey St. btw. Clinton and Attorney, NYC, Free

7:30 PM - 2 AM

Warper Party, a monthly electronic/DJ series hosted by DJ's Shakey and Moldover. I'll join Blipvert for an intense half hour electronics and saxophone.

www.warperparty.com

August 20th

BlipVert ( Will Redmond's solo electronic project)

Solas

232 East 9th St. btw. 2nd and 3rd Ave., Free

9pm

'SPLICE,' a bi-weekly electronic music event in the East Village A massive night of music with: Vusac (Isaac Peachin of Lution) E. Priests (Vusac + BlipVert) That's...(Italo-disco from Berlin) Maxx Klaxon spins electropop, electrofunk, and dancerock. I'll be blowing searing, soaring and sick saxophone solos over electronic noise and beats.

www.myspace.com/splicenyc

August 10th

The Brooklyn Qawwali Party

New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ

NJPAC

August 16th

The Brooklyn Qawwali Party

Joe's Pub, NYC
Joe's Pub

July 20th

John Savage � winds, Ken Ollis � drums, and more!

The Red and Black Caf�
2138 SE Division Street Portland, OR 97202
503.231.5899
Red and Black Cafe
Admission by donation, 8pm

June30th

Groove Revelation

Jimmy Mak's, Friday, June 30, 2006, 8pm
221 NW 10th
Portland, OR
97209
503-295-6542
www.jimmymaks.com
The first set, 8:00pm to 9:15pm, is All Ages!
$7 admission

Groove Revelation made its first performance at the old Jimmy Mak�s in July of 1997. They self-released two albums, The Arch Cape Sessions (1998), and Grindin� (2000), and were also recorded on the Jimmy Mak�s compilation CD, The Mak Groove. Groove Revelation�s members, Dave Fleschner, Tyler Smith, G Douglas Bundy, Ken Ollis and John Savage have individually performed with an eclectic variety of national and local acts including: The Dave Fleschner Quartet, Robert Cray, The Rocktet, Chris Mayther, Jive Talkin� Robots, Blipvert, Curtis Salgado, The 12th Avenue Hot Club, the electro-acoustic group Cartridge, Reggie Workman, Paxselin, Andrew Hill, Dylan-Thomas Vance, Taj Mahal and Steve Miller.

June10th

Cartridge

Cartridge�s recital at Artichoke Music will present a sound that combines the seriousness of modern electro-acoustic composition, drum �n� bass, electronic groove, and a hint of avant-garde aesthetic. Redmond composes the electronic �tape� material that each piece is based, and then writes for any variety of woodwind instruments including flute, didjeridu, and so-ceum (a Korean wood flute).

Artichoke Music�s Backgate Stage
3130-A SE Hawthorne Boulevard Portland OR 97214
(503) 232-8845
Artichoke Music
$10, 9pm

June 8th

Cartridge

For its performance at The Red and Black Caf�, Cartridge will present an acoustic concert featuring Redmond on percussion and Oud, and Savage playing flutes. Much of the inspiration for the material on this concert stems from their electronic work together.

The Red and Black Caf�
2138 SE Division Street Portland, OR 97202
503.231.5899
Red and Black Cafe
Admission by donation, 8pm

May 24th

Brook's Qawwali Party

Our first gig in Manhattan! For all those Manhattanites that refuse to step foot on Brooklyn soil, now is your time to experience the magic of BQP.

Knitting Factory - New York

74 Leonard Street

New York, NY 10013 Tel: (212) 219-3132 Fax: (212) 219-3401

Box Office Hours Monday to Saturday: 10 AM until close Sunday: 2 PM until close

www.theknittingfactory.com

May 21st

Brook's Qawwali Party

You can catch this stripped-down version of Brook's Qawwali Party in Prospect Park this weekend, in celebration of the "You Gotta Have Park!" weekend. We'll be playing in the Music Pagoda, please come by!

Band includes: John Savage - alto saxophone Mike Gamble - guitar Noah Jarrett - bass Brook Martinez - drums

February 10th

The Brooklyn Qawwali Party

Transcriptions of Qawwali music from the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, but performed with jazz instrumentation!

The Tea Lounge, Union Street @ 7th Ave. Park Slope, Brooklyn. FREE 9 and 10:30 pm

January 31st

The SWC Bigband Project

Spoken Words Cafe in Park Slope
226 4th Ave. @ Union in Park Slope
R train to Union St., 9:30-10:30pm

This all new 23-piece improvising-ensemble features:
Lorenzo Sanguedolce, Nick Lyons, Matt Bauder, John Savage, Avram Fefer, Ed Renz, Tim Vaughn, Ryan Snow, Reut Regev, Sam Kulik, Jesse Dolman, Adam Lane, Adam Caine, Blake Cohen, John McCutcheon, John Wagner, Eric Eigner, Evan Mazunik, Owen Nestor, Steve Gluzband, Eric Biondo, Mike McGibbon, Andrea Wolper


2005 Performances

December 29th

The Inquisition Ensemble

Music by bass clarinetist Chad Hensel. Also check out: www.paxselin.com

Red and Black Cafe 2138 SE Division, Portland, OR

October 28th

The Brooklyn Qawwali Party

Transcriptions of Qawwali music from the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, but performed with jazz instrumentation!

The Tea Lounge, Union Street @ 7th Ave. Park Slope, Brooklyn. FREE 9 and 10:30 pm

October 15th

Tony Barba's "Barbarian Horde" www.anthonybarba.com
Featuring: Tony Barba-Tenor Sax, Jesse Neuman-Trumpet, Zach Lucas-Alto Sax, John Savage-Alto Sax,
Ryan Keberle-Trombone, Mike Gamble-Guitar, Rob Jost-Bass, Brook Martinez-Drums
Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY, 10pm
For more information go to: www.galapagosartspace.com,

September 30th

Tony Barba's "Barbarian Horde"

The Tea Lounge, Union Street @ 7th Ave, Park Slope, 9pm

September 1st�6th

Brook's Qawwali Party/Barbarian Horde midwest tour

please see Brook's site at www.brookmartinez.com for details

July 30th

John Savage � flute, piccolo, alto sax, Korean flute, didjeridu, harmonica, and anything else that I find on the way to the gig! Ken Ollis � drums and percussion

An evening of avant-improvised music

Red and Black Cafe 2138 SE Division, Portland, OR

July 27th

John Savage � woodwinds, Ken Ollis � drums, Lars Campbell � trombone

An evening of avant-improvised music

Tugboat Brewery 711 SW Ankeny, Portland, OR

July 8th

The Dave Fleschner Trio

Dave Fleschner � piano, Tyler Smith � bass, John Savage � flute

Fivespice 315 First Street, Lake Oswego, OR

July 6th

I'll be joining Dylan-Thomas Vance for an evening of Country Blues and Cowboy Soul

Dylan-Thomas Vance

McMenamin's Old St. Francis School 700 NW Bond Street, Bend, OR

July 1st

The return to Portland, OR of "Groove Revelation"

The Blue Monk 3341 SE Belmont Street

June 5th

Solo Flute Recital

Presented by The Greater Portland Flute Society and Portland State University

For more information please go to: www.gpfs.org/gpfs.html

Do you want to see the recital program?

May 27th

Brook's Qawwali Party!

Transcriptions of Qawwali music from the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, but performed with jazz instrumentation!

The Tea Lounge, Union Street @ 7th Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn

No Cover

April 13th

Kevin Ray, John Savage, Rob Garcia, and Curtis Fowlkes

CBGB's Lounge Freestyle jazz series

313 Bowery

$10 for the entire evening

March 18th

Broken Glass Darlings: Will Redmond- conduction, Kevin Ray- bass, Owen Molloy- Tuba, John Savage- flute, Rob Mosher- sax, Michael Rose- piano

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Spring New Music Concert

58 Seventh Ave. Brooklyn www.brooklynconservatory.com

7pm, $10



2004 Performances

 

December 16th

Brook's Qawwali Party!

Transcriptions of Qawwali music from the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, but performed with jazz instrumentation!

The Tea Lounge, Union Street @ 7th Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn

No Cover

December 11th

Cartridge, performing "Ruptial Disture"

Will Redmond- composer/computer, John Savage- flute/piccolo, Owen Molloy- tuba, Daniel Büttner- acoustic bass

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music's Electroacoustic Music Festival

7pm

November 18th-20th

Development tour:

Nov. 18- The Tea Lounge, Union @ 7th Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn

Nov. 19- Chthonic Cafe, Beacon, NY

Nov. 20- A/V art and sound space, Rochester, NY

All shows at 9pm, free admission

Experience free, organic, improvisation with multi-culti percussion!

 

November 7th

NYU Doctoral Recital (2 of 2!)

Black Box Theatre, 82 Washington Square East

7:30 pm , free admission

Program: Duttileux- Sonatine for flute and piano, Takemitsu- Voice for solo flute, Brooks Qawwalli Party- arrangements of traditional sufi songs as performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Savage- Without Notice, I Am That, with Daniel Büttner on bass, Redmond- Ruptial Disture, Some Terrapin Urns

November 6th

Cartridge (acoustic version)

Ebenator Ekwe Cultural Asscciation, USA , fundraiser- private event

September 16th

Brook's Qawwalli Party!

The Tea Lounge, Union Street @ 7th Ave, Park Slope

9pm, no cover

September 14th

KR's New Deal

The 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street

7pm, no cover

Featuring: Reggie Workman- Bass, Kevin Ray-Bass, John Savage flute and alto sax, Curtis Fowlkes- Trombone, and Rob Garcia- Drums

August 31st

"The Savage 3" John Savage- flutes, alto Saxophone, didjeridu, with Daniel Büttner- bass, and Dave Mason- drums

The C note, 157 Ave. C (at 10th Street) www.thecnote.com

11pm, No Cover

August 17th

KR's New Deal

Kevin Ray- bass, John Savage- alto sax and flute, Curtis Fowlkes- trombone, Dana Leong- Cello, Rob Garcia- drums

Cornelia Street Cafe

July 30th

"Mr. Hand"

Jesse Neumann- trumpet, John Savage- alto sax/flute, Rob Jost- bass, Chris Chubb- piano, Jeff Davis- drums

Cafe 111- Brooklyn

7:30 pm

July 3rd

"Zuppa"

Jimmy Mak's- 10th and Northwest Everett, Portland, Oregon

9pm, $5

A.G. Donnaloia- guitar, Dave Fleschner- Hammond B3, Anthony Jones- drums, with Robby Edwards- tenor sax, and John Savage- flute and alto sax

July 2nd

"The Chris Mayther Band"

"If you love Rhythm & Blues, this is the stuff. Big blue-eyed soul, indeed."

Chris Mayther- vocals, John Hughes- bass, Rudy Battjes- drums, Mark Spangler- guitar, Dave Fleschner- keyboards, with special guest, John Savage-alto sax/flute

Portland's Waterfront Blues Festival

3pm, $5 donation and a can of food

June 10th

"Groove Revelation"

O'Connors- Capitol HWY in Multnomah Village, Portland, Oregon

8pm, $5

June 5th

"Brook's Qawwali Party"

Transcriptions of Qawwali music from the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, but performed with jazz instrumentation!

Red Hook Open Studios- 14 Verona St. (718-208-0869)

4pm, Free

June 3rd

Cartridge

IMC Design Collective - Gallery Opening Chelsea, NYC.    For directions, go to http://www.studioimc.com

John Savage - woodwinds, Will Redmond - computer

6:30 PM, free with suggested donation modern electroacoustic compositions with nuclear woodwind playing

May 31st

The Cnote, 10 th Street and Ave. C http://www.thecnote.com

John Savage- flutes, alto sax, didjeridu, Mike Wengler- guitar, Dave Perrot- bass, Dave Mason- drums

originals (including re-harmonized/re-melodicized standards), and free improvisation.

11pm, Free admission.

May 27th

"The Development" (This night will be recorded!)

The Read Café

158 Bedford Ave. Between North 8 th and 9 th (L train to Bedford Ave.)

Tony Barba - tenor sax and clarinet, Shawn Trail - marimba and percussion, Noah Jarret- bass, John Savage- flutes and didjeridu

8pm, Free admission

completely improvised music

April 26th

NYU New Music Ensemble spring concert

Loewe Theater 35 W 4th Street

8pm, free admission

April 19th

Vilar Fellows at NYU's Casa Italiana featuring:

Cartridge: Will Redmond-composer/laptop, John Savage- flute and piccolo, Owen Molloy- tuba

Marc Rovetti- violin, performing Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Sonata

The Shulman System Trio, featuring Matt Shulman- trumpet

6-7pm, 24 W 12th Street, free admission

April 15th

The Development

Featuring: Tony Barba- tenor sax and clarinet, Shawn Trail- Marimba, Djembe, and percussion, and special guest John Savage-flutes and didjeridu

"The Read Cafe", 158 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY. 8-10pm, free.

April 5th, 6th

Vilar Fellows' performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Please consult the Millenium stage website for details: www.kennedy-center.org

March 29th

The Savage/Seed Quartet with John Savage, Jason Seed, Daniel Buettner, and Dave Mason
11pm, The C note
157 Ave. C (at 10th Street)
www.thecnote.com
Free

March 27th

NYU Degree Recital 8 pm
John Savage- Flute, didjeridu
Assisted by: Martha Locker- piano, Claire Temin- flute, Jason Seed- guitar Will Redmond- computer and electronics, and the Vilar Fellows? collaboration Works by: Muzcynski, Genin, Biscardi, Offermans, Seed, Redmond, and the Vilar Fellows
The Black Box Theater, NYU
82 Washington Square East (the entrance is on Washington Place)
Free

March 23rd

Savage, Seed, and Büttner Trio 9pm, Le Figaro Cafe (The corner of Bleeker and McDougal), Free

March 8th

Cartridge
7-9pm, The C note
157 Ave. C (at 10th Street)
www.thecnote.com
Will Redmond- computer and electronics,
John Savage- woodwinds and voices
Free

March 4th, 5th, 6th

Carl Rosenstein in collaboration with Delirious Dance Company presents three new works by Edisa Weeks including:

Field of Shadows, a collaboration with Luibo Borissov (Interactive Technology), John Savage (didjeridu & flute), Owen Malloy (tuba) and Matt Shulman (trumpet- Winner Jazz Album of the Year 2003 Independent Music Awards). The music captivates and reflects the shadow's emanations, at times reacting and transforming the shadow's movements into sound, and at other times sonically dictating the shadow's movements through spontaneous composition.


7:30pm, The Puffin Room
435 Broome Street
( between Broadway and Crosby in SoHo)
Tickets $10 cash only at the door
Seating is limited, for reservations call: 212 627-7472

Dancers: Ann Chiaverini, Afua Hall, Jenni Hong, Summer Robertson, Andrew Vaughn, Edisa Weeks.

Edisa, Liubo, John, Matt and Owen, are Alberto Vilar Fellows at New York University. The Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for collaborations with artists in other disciplines. For more information visit www.nyu.edu/vilar/

March 1st

New Music Ensemble soloist concert
8 pm, Loewe Theater
35 West 4th Street
Free