Tim Berne, Gregg Belisle-Chi
and Gordon Grdina
On Saturday, March 5, Open Space, in partnership with the fifty fifty arts Collective and Vinyl Envy, presents a live, in-person performance from Tim Berne, Gregg Belisle-Chi and Gordon Grdina, three of North America’s finest and most fiercely creative avant-garde musicians for a night of electrifying new music.
Tickets: $15
Saturday, March 5, 2022
7:30 pm Doors
8pm Showtime
Vinyl Envy, 1717 Quadra St. Victoria, B.C.
The performance will feature two sets: Gordon Grdina will begin the evening with a set of Tim Berne compositions, followed by Tim Berne & Gregg Belisle-Chi with a set from their new album, Mars.
Presented by Open Space Arts Society, fifty fifty arts collective and Vinyl Envy
Tim Berne, Gregg Belisle-Chi and Gordon Grdina
Declared “a saxophonist and composer of granite conviction” by the New York Times, Tim Berne has been making waves internationally since 1982 with various ensembles (Caos Totale, Fractured Fairy Tales, Bloodcount, Snakeoil) and has made over 50 recordings as a leader for labels such as Soul Note, Sony, JMT, ECM, and Intakt records.
Gregg Belisle-Chi is an Asian-American guitarist and composer “whose work draws from the spaces between the spiritual and the analytical, the ethereal and the tactile—he invites listeners to a place of pause and reflection, creating music that “oozes beauty both in concept and execution, making us luxuriate in its immersive sonorities.” (Part-Time Audiophile)
Gordon Grdina is a JUNO Award-winning oud/guitarist whose music spurs constant genre exploration throughout avant-garde jazz, free form improvisation, experimental rock, and Arabic music. His singular approach to the instruments has earned him recognition from the highest ranks of the jazz/improv world.
Tim Berne & Gregg Belisle-Chi Winterjazz
Their debut duet Album Mars is out on INTAKT Records
“A guitarist of impeccable technique and broad imagination…”
- Nate Chinen
“The great enjoyment of listening to Tim Berne songs comes largely from them being puzzles that challenges your ears to put together, making the tenth listen as fresh as the first one. Gregg Belisle-Chi has mastered Berne’s idiosyncratic language and on Mars he helps to place some of those puzzle pieces together, in real time. And the more of a Tim Berne’s song is revealed, the more brilliant it comes across.”
– Something Else Reviews S. Victor Aaron
Tim Berne
Alto Sax
Tim Berne has been performing internationally since 1982 with various ensembles including Caos Totale, Fractured Fairy Tales, Bloodcount and Snakeoil among others. He has made over 50 recordings as a leader for labels such as Soul Note, Sony, JMT, ECM and Intakt records.
Gregg Belisle-Chi
Guitar
Gregg Belisle-Chi is an Asian-American guitarist and composer living in Brooklyn, New York. Described by the New York Times as “a subtle stunner,” his work draws from the spaces between the spiritual and the analytical, the ethereal and the tactile, inviting listeners to a place of pause and reflection; music that “oozes beauty both in concept and execution, making us luxuriate in its immersive sonorities.” (Part-Time Audiophile)
Gordon Grdina : The Music of Tim Berne : Oddly Enough
Gordon Grdina
Guitar, Oud
Gordon Grdina is a JUNO Award winning oud/guitarist whose music spurs constant genre exploration throughout avant-garde jazz, free form improvisation, experimental rock, and Arabic music. His singular approach to these instruments has earned him recognition from the highest ranks of the jazz/improv world.
“Like the great athlete who sees the action ahead of him unfold in advance, Gordon Grdina has advanced powers of anticipation. A virtue no less crucial when he plays by himself” - All About Jazz Doug Collette.