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UT GRET (pronounced like 'zoot' , without the 'z' , and 'greet')
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[ Ut Gret pictured with frequent collaborator Ruric Amari ]
Ut
Gret are a musical group from Louisville, Kentucky. They play a style
which many people find hard to define. They use the term
'pan-idiomatic' meaning spanning many styles & genres. Their sound
combines elements of jazz, rock, folk, free-improvisation, experimental
musical instruments, modern 'classical' music and many world music
traditions. The members play guitar/bass, saxophones/flutes,
clarinets/saxophones, keyboards/vibraphone/trumpet and drums/bass/percussion. They
will all play other instruments as requested and/or required and may
even be heard to sing on the rare occassion that it is desireable or
unavoidable.
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Ut Gret on MySpace!
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http://www.myspace.com/utgret
You can now also visit and interact with the Grets on their MySpace page.
Be their newest friend today!
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Ut Gret have played with world-famous
avant-garde guitarist Eugene
Chadborne, avant/jazz drummer Lukas Ligeti and respected classical
percussionist Donald Knaack. They have opened concerts for Eugene
Chadborne, Hamster Theatre, Larval, The Liberation Prophecy and Lukas
Ligeti and were invited to the respected Birmingham Improvised Music
Festival in 2004 where they shared the limelight with many fine
performers including festival organizer LaDonna Smith.
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Some of their shows are strictly
musical events but many times they incorporate theatre, poetry, or
dance. They have provided music for puppet shows,art installations, and
improvisational theatre as well as fully-improvised events of their
own. A typical Ut Gret show
might include music by Frank Zappa, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus,
Ornette Coleman, or Sun Ra as well as klezmer, gamelan, or
afro-pop sounds alongside their own category-defying original
compositions and genre-bending improvisations.
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They would love to see you at their next
event. As usual, it won't be quite like anything they've ever done before!
Click "Upcoming Live Shows" at the left for details of live dates.
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