Michael Foster’s The Ghost + Not The Wind, Not The Flag + Allison Cameron & Thom Gill

MICHAEL FOSTER'S THE GHOST
The Ghost is an NYC/Philly based free jazz trio made up of saxophonist Michael Foster, bassist John Moran, and percussionist Joey Sullivan. They work with pre-composed structures, melodies, samples, and improvisation as a means of bringing a queer perspective to the sax-bass-drums tradition. The Ghost will be on tour behind their new record “Vanished Pleasures” on Relative Pitch.
Michael Foster is a NYC-based saxophonist and curator whose work focuses on the radical queer potential in improvisation. His current projects include The New York Review of Cocksucking (duo with Richard Kamerman), duos with Ben Bennett, Leila Bordreuil, Ted Byrnes, and Lydia Lunch. Additionally, he often works with Brandon Lopez, Nate Wooley, Weasel Walter, Sarah Hennies, Marina Rosenfeld, Sean Meehan, William Parker, and many others.
John Morgan is a Philadelphia-based bass player working in a variety of settings from free improvisation, jazz, and country music. He often works with James McKain, Joey Sullivan, and many others. Current projects include Florry, and Violet Salon III.
Joey Sullivan is a drummer and organizer based in Philadelphia focusing on free improvisation. He plays drums in groups like Bark Culture, Florry, Violet Salon III, and often works with improvisers such as Victor Vieira-Branco, Brandon Lopez, TJ Borden, James McKain, Sandy Ewen, Michael Foster, and countless others.

NOT THE WIND, NOT THE FLAG
Colin Fisher & Brandon Valdivia’s genre spanning free improv. duo draw inspiration from psych, jazz, noise, tradition musics and their own brotherly connectivity. Colin & Brandon build familiar structures in an improvised setting. From gentle kalimba noodlings over impatient drums, they build into wells of space psych guitar noise only to deconstruct again into a whisper of bells and gongs. Surreal sax swirls refract over electronic percussion. One of the most versatile & unsung acts in the city.

ALLISON CAMERON & THOM GILL
Composer / improvisor / electronic toy noodler, Allison Cameron (c_RL) teams up with in demand avant guitarist / singer Thom Gill for a set of improvised beauty and inevitably comedy.