Hey Goat fans, we have a new website up. Its a blog format so feel free to comment away. You can check out news, gigs, music and more there. Check it out at www.goatisevil.com. We’re working on updating content there frequently so you’ll have a reason to come back again and again, (a little unlike this site!)
You dig?
Frieze of Life may well be playing our last gig ever on Monday night, July 12. Come on down to Cafe Racer and check it out. Chris is headed to New York soon, but Jay is coming out of retirement (at least for a tune or two). Mark, Geoff, Byron and I will remain in Seattle and play music…
Frieze of Life has been a great project over the years. We’ve made a lot of great music together and I feel like all these guys are my brothers. We have a lot of fun when we get together too.
Check out a free track: Moose Knuckles
See you there. Cafe Racer, 9:00 pm, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle
Goat will be playing some shows soon and you should come check them out… new music, too
April 16 – The Chapel @ Good Shepard Center
We’re opening for Cuong Vu’s trio who will be playing their third and final concert of a live recording project.
April 23 – Bop Street Records
We’re playing part of the Ballard Jazz Walk, which will be interesting…
Yeah blogs!
Well its not quite the new year yet but I’m headed for a much needed tropical vacation…
I’m looking forward to a productive and inspired 2010. I’ll be headed to the Banff Centre in late Jan for a winter artist residency that I’m very much looking forward to. I’m also headed to South by Southwest for the first time this year, playing with Uncle Pooch.
Look for more Goat activity and some new projects on the horizon as well.
I ran into this quote from Plato and think it will serve the year to come…
“Music is moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and a gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good, true and beautiful.
Peace
Last night (nov 9 or early morning Nov 10) a large portion of my gear was stolen from my car. My amp and pedal board were taken right out of the car. I have a webpage set up with pictures and descriptions of all of it at www.gregsinibaldi.com/stolen_gear.html
If you hear or see any of it please let me know!
Thanks for your help!
I’m excited to be playing a few shows with Kenosha Kid, the brainchild of Dan Nettles. Its a great band and Dans music is really great. Come check out a show near you. The new record (and it is an actual record! vinyl!) sounds great. You can get it at www.nowtrecords.com
Check out kenoshakid.com for details but heres a smattering of shows
Oct 23 Olin Fine Arts Center Washington & Jefferson College
Oct 24 @ Douglass Street Music Collective
295 Douglass b/t 3rd & 4th Ave
Brooklyn
with MAKE A CIRCUS @ 8pm and Carl Maguires FLORICULTURE @ 9pm
Oct 28 Bobo Gallery
Asheville, NC
Oct 29 The Five Spot
Atlanta, GA
Oct 30 Melting Point
Athens, GA
Frieze of Life Reunion Show @ Cafe Racer
5828 Roosevelt Way NE
9 pm
Me – tenor/bcl
Mark Taylor – alto/ten
Chris Stover – trombone
Russ Johnson – trumpet
Geoff Harper – bass
Byron Vannoy – drums
you – audient
You and all your friends are invited to a benefit show for First Place School in Seattle. They do amazing work for homeless kids and families. Goat performs at 7:30 with special guest Byron Vannoy on drums. There will be a $5-$15 donation at the door. The event is 21+. Doors will open at 6 p.m at Tost in Fremont. 513 N. 36th St., Seattle, WA 98103. (206) 547-0240
Here’s the lineup…
6:30 p.m. – Steve Treseler Trio (Jazz) – http://www.myspace.com/stevetreseler
7:30 p.m. – Goat (Greg Sinibaldi, Zach Stewart and Byron Vannoy) – (Experimental Jazz) http://www.gregsinibaldi.com/goat.htm
8:30 p.m. – Colin Higgins Solo Set (Singer/Songwriter/Guitar) – http://www.myspace.com/colinhigginsmusic
9:15 p.m. – Thione Diop and Yeke Yeke (West African Drumming and Dance Music) – http://www.myspace.com/thionediop
10:15 p.m. – Andy Sells/ Forrest Giberson/ Michael Stegner (Americana Soul) – http://www.myspace.com/michaelstegner
10:50 p.m. – Michael Shrieve Group (Legendary Drummer from Santana) – http://www.myspace.com/michaelshrieve
11:50 p.m. – Byron Vannoy/ Thione Diop/ Hans Teuber/ Michael Stegner (A Fusion of Dance, World, Hip Hop and Jazz) – http://www.myspace.com/michaelstegner
Morphing into mega jam with a bunch of heavy hitters
2 a.m. – The fun must end
More info about First Place here
I love this picture of Joe
I heard yesterday of the passing of my teacher Joe Maneri.
He was by far the most influential teacher I’ve ever had. He not only taught me the nuts and bolts of improvisation/composition but how to find my own sound (or at least the right direction to go, I’m not sure I’ve found it yet)
He taught me composition, the 12-tone system, and we played microtones. I still use the techniques he taught me, often going back to his words when I encounter new creative problems.
But the most profound impact on me was his spirit. Joe so lived music it was part of everything he did, the way he talked, the way he walked, the way he drove a car, everything. And he wanted to share it with you because he dug it so, so much. I’ve never seen a teacher give so much of himself to a student, ever.
We talked a lot about saxophone. I was his only saxophone student during the time I studied with him and I think he liked having a saxophone player as a student. We talked about Lester Young a lot. His mastery of the horn was un-paralleled. He could play sounds that I’ve never heard a saxophone make. I remember one lesson where he was playing piano and singing microtones against it. I thought the piano was going to explode! He opened up so many things for me…
I have two years or so of tapes from our lessons. I started the process of digitizing them and will do the rest soon. Listening back to them you can hear his love for music, his love for me, my love for him, and the gentle prodding for me to dig deeper, to dig and find the meaning in my own music. He was a father figure for me and many other students. He gave us all permission to find our own music, and I will forever be profoundly grateful to him…
For those of you in Seattle…
Come check out the Greg Sinibaldi band this Saturday (August 15) at Cal Anderson Park (1635 11th Ave between E Pike and Denny on Capitol Hill). We’re playing as part of the Sounds Outside Festival. We play at 4. Check out the schedule at www.soundsoutside.com.
Come on down and say hello…
Me, Mark and Geoff
Da Band:
Me – tenor
Mark Taylor – alto
Zach Stewart – guitar
Geoff Harper – bass
Byron Vannoy – drums
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