MICHAEL MANRING
MIROSLAV TADIC
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA TRIO
MTG
by:
B. Noel Barr, Music Writer Dude
Alva’s Showroom presents a night of exotic avant-garde jazz in a night that could be
considered one of the most important jazz events in Los Angeles.
Alva’s Showroom presents a trio of giants.
The names may or may not seem familiar but their music speaks volumes.
The trio of Manring, Tadic Garcia are three of the most significant avant garde
players coming together at 8 p.m. May 21. Since this is the first time the three have
played together, you’re going to have to listen to a beautiful body of work to get what
is going to happen.
The compact disc de man ia, should be our first port of call. This features guitarist Alex
De Grassi along with Garcia and Manring. What you have here is an album that is smooth
and very exciting throughout. In this collection of work the subtle nuances jump out like
fine brush strokes in a master painting.
DEMANIA ON YOUTUBE, LIVE IN MEXICO CITY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIdA-hxm1vc
Random Lengths News spoke with Michael Manring by phone from his home in Northern
California.
“The three of us have never played together, I have played with Chris (Garcia),”
Manring said.
“It will be the first time with Miroslav (Tadic), we all enjoyed each others work.
We are coming from a similar place, musically speaking.
“We all are from the jazz and classical backgrounds,
particularly new classical music and world music…
We will be playing music that reflects those influences.”
Michael Manring’s solo album is the master bassist playing alone in a furious tour de force
effort. The CD Soliloquy is a demonstration of his monstrous playing ability. Manring plays
on a customized bass made by Zon Guitars. Manring told Random Lengths News, “
I helped design them and they (Zon) were nice enough to listen to my harebrained ideas.
So they could make an instrument that would match my weirdo moves.
MICHAEL MANRINGS OFFICIAL WEBSITE
manthing.com/
MICHAEL MANRINGS SOLO CD ON BANDCAMP
michaelmanring1.bandcamp.com/album/small-moments
MICHAEL MANRINGS PERFORMING SELENE LIVE IN TORONTO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eTBc7aWBGw
“The bass has tuning paddles that will de-tune the instrument on the fly, creating all kinds
of musical mayhem.” I asked how he came up with that idea. “It is something I have wanted
to do, the tuners have been a round for a while. It was only supposed to be put on the low
string to give a couple of extra low notes,” Manring said. “But I have been interested in a lot
of different tunings for the bass. This is something your not supposed to do, but I think it
sounds pretty cool… I don’t have to be locked into a single tuning within a piece.”
“The thing about bass is it takes to alternative tunings better than a guitar.”
In listening to Soliloquy you forget you are listening to a single bass solo, on the whole
the disc is extremely engaging. Check out his YouTube videos that will give a taste of his work.
Miroslav Tadic, who plays guitar, fuses musical ideas into something that is uniquely his
own. He draws his influence from Macedonian music, classical, flamenco, blues, rock, jazz
and the music of Northern India. If you think about it, all these influences are more alike
than different. Macedonia is at the crossroads of old Southeastern Europe and the Near
East. Music from this region is often found to be exotic and highly syncopated. The Serbian
guitarist is noted for his pioneering work in applying the elements of classical and flamenco
techniques to the electric guitar.
I first met him about two years ago for a Grande Mothers show (Three of the original
members of the Mothers, plus Tadic and Garcia) at Los Angeles Harbor College. Tadic
does not try to be a note for note Zappa clone, but rather playing in the spirit, giving
latitude to being far more innovative. The man’s chops are scary, (In what I have heard
outside the Grande Mothers) some of his work leans toward the kind of modal playing that
you would hear from Miles Davis. The editors of Guitar Player Magazine voted Tadic,
“One of the worlds thirty most radical and innovative players.”
Check out his YouTube videos, first listen to the one with guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski,
then listen to “Tomna Voda” from his CD Dark: Tomna Voda. Listen to how he plays in
modes here, electric and edgy.
MIROSLAV TADIC OFFICIAL WEBSITE
miroslavtadic.com/biography.html
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Vlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadic - Jovano Jovanke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFwwIHw6nw&playnext=1&list=PLA9C768C27BC3B7E3
Christopher Garcia has traveled the world teaching and playing in some of the most
eclectic groups imagined. In the group Mexika (pre-colonial Mexican music) he performs
with percussion instruments to those used by the indigenous people. His work in fusion
music with Continuum puts Garcia in a league with Billy Cobham. Garcia was classically
trained in world music performing North Indian style tabla. Then you will find him touring
as the percussionist with the Grande Mothers Reinvented, performing the music of Frank Zappa.
Listen to his playing on de ma nia and then try out his work with another world music
group Ancient Grooves, or his fusion band Continuum on the track “Celestial Terrestrial.”
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA SITE
christophergarciamusic.com/
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA @ HARVARD
projects.iq.harvard.edu/latmusic/people/christopher-garcia
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA with CONTINUUM live in SAN DIEGO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv7Gh_aifWk
MIROSLAV TADIC
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA TRIO
MTG
by:
B. Noel Barr, Music Writer Dude
Alva’s Showroom presents a night of exotic avant-garde jazz in a night that could be
considered one of the most important jazz events in Los Angeles.
Alva’s Showroom presents a trio of giants.
The names may or may not seem familiar but their music speaks volumes.
The trio of Manring, Tadic Garcia are three of the most significant avant garde
players coming together at 8 p.m. May 21. Since this is the first time the three have
played together, you’re going to have to listen to a beautiful body of work to get what
is going to happen.
The compact disc de man ia, should be our first port of call. This features guitarist Alex
De Grassi along with Garcia and Manring. What you have here is an album that is smooth
and very exciting throughout. In this collection of work the subtle nuances jump out like
fine brush strokes in a master painting.
DEMANIA ON YOUTUBE, LIVE IN MEXICO CITY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIdA-hxm1vc
Random Lengths News spoke with Michael Manring by phone from his home in Northern
California.
“The three of us have never played together, I have played with Chris (Garcia),”
Manring said.
“It will be the first time with Miroslav (Tadic), we all enjoyed each others work.
We are coming from a similar place, musically speaking.
“We all are from the jazz and classical backgrounds,
particularly new classical music and world music…
We will be playing music that reflects those influences.”
Michael Manring’s solo album is the master bassist playing alone in a furious tour de force
effort. The CD Soliloquy is a demonstration of his monstrous playing ability. Manring plays
on a customized bass made by Zon Guitars. Manring told Random Lengths News, “
I helped design them and they (Zon) were nice enough to listen to my harebrained ideas.
So they could make an instrument that would match my weirdo moves.
MICHAEL MANRINGS OFFICIAL WEBSITE
manthing.com/
MICHAEL MANRINGS SOLO CD ON BANDCAMP
michaelmanring1.bandcamp.com/album/small-moments
MICHAEL MANRINGS PERFORMING SELENE LIVE IN TORONTO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eTBc7aWBGw
“The bass has tuning paddles that will de-tune the instrument on the fly, creating all kinds
of musical mayhem.” I asked how he came up with that idea. “It is something I have wanted
to do, the tuners have been a round for a while. It was only supposed to be put on the low
string to give a couple of extra low notes,” Manring said. “But I have been interested in a lot
of different tunings for the bass. This is something your not supposed to do, but I think it
sounds pretty cool… I don’t have to be locked into a single tuning within a piece.”
“The thing about bass is it takes to alternative tunings better than a guitar.”
In listening to Soliloquy you forget you are listening to a single bass solo, on the whole
the disc is extremely engaging. Check out his YouTube videos that will give a taste of his work.
Miroslav Tadic, who plays guitar, fuses musical ideas into something that is uniquely his
own. He draws his influence from Macedonian music, classical, flamenco, blues, rock, jazz
and the music of Northern India. If you think about it, all these influences are more alike
than different. Macedonia is at the crossroads of old Southeastern Europe and the Near
East. Music from this region is often found to be exotic and highly syncopated. The Serbian
guitarist is noted for his pioneering work in applying the elements of classical and flamenco
techniques to the electric guitar.
I first met him about two years ago for a Grande Mothers show (Three of the original
members of the Mothers, plus Tadic and Garcia) at Los Angeles Harbor College. Tadic
does not try to be a note for note Zappa clone, but rather playing in the spirit, giving
latitude to being far more innovative. The man’s chops are scary, (In what I have heard
outside the Grande Mothers) some of his work leans toward the kind of modal playing that
you would hear from Miles Davis. The editors of Guitar Player Magazine voted Tadic,
“One of the worlds thirty most radical and innovative players.”
Check out his YouTube videos, first listen to the one with guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski,
then listen to “Tomna Voda” from his CD Dark: Tomna Voda. Listen to how he plays in
modes here, electric and edgy.
MIROSLAV TADIC OFFICIAL WEBSITE
miroslavtadic.com/biography.html
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Vlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadic - Jovano Jovanke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFwwIHw6nw&playnext=1&list=PLA9C768C27BC3B7E3
Christopher Garcia has traveled the world teaching and playing in some of the most
eclectic groups imagined. In the group Mexika (pre-colonial Mexican music) he performs
with percussion instruments to those used by the indigenous people. His work in fusion
music with Continuum puts Garcia in a league with Billy Cobham. Garcia was classically
trained in world music performing North Indian style tabla. Then you will find him touring
as the percussionist with the Grande Mothers Reinvented, performing the music of Frank Zappa.
Listen to his playing on de ma nia and then try out his work with another world music
group Ancient Grooves, or his fusion band Continuum on the track “Celestial Terrestrial.”
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA SITE
christophergarciamusic.com/
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA @ HARVARD
projects.iq.harvard.edu/latmusic/people/christopher-garcia
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA with CONTINUUM live in SAN DIEGO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv7Gh_aifWk