UT GRET (pronounced like 'zoot' , without the 'z' , and 'greet')

               [ 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.

Cool 2001 Interview/article

http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=50&issueid=143

Ut Gret on YouTube!

You can view a cool videos of Ruric Amari dancing to Ut Gret's music at these links:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf0AJAANDuI

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxmgc6J0udg

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJMBqbRp6y8

 

 

Ut Gret on MySpace!

http://www.myspace.com/utgret

You can now also visit and interact with the Grets on their MySpace page.

Be their newest friend today!

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.

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.

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.