Cluttertones (Ontario)

Bassist Rob Clutton has been a generous and inspiring contributor to Toronto creative music for decades. Cluttertones is a chamber jazz quartet that exquisitely synthesizes his diverse interests – song, long-form composition, lyricism, extended improvisation, extreme textures, and more – through his seasoned bandmates, Lina Allemano (trumpet), Ryan Driver (analogue synthesizer, piano, voice), and Tim Posgate (guitar, banjo). Cluttertones music reveals itself slowly, making countless subtle, mysterious insinuations in place of bold declarations. Disarmingly gorgeous melodies emerge from the fog of thorny group playing, often evoking the simplicity of folk music. Cluttertones will play both as a quartet and as a quintet featuring pianist Lee Pui Ming, playing Clutton’s suite of pieces composed especially for the collaboration.

Thursday 14 September, 8pm, Cooperators Hall, River Run Centre (on a program with Lee Pui Ming), $25/$20

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(photo credit: Randi Helmers)