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Lonely party for an EP release
Sir Threadius Mongus held strong as the band played for an intimate gathering on October's First Friday. Celebrating their newest EP, the former Tulsans join the ever-growing list of artists who now call Kansas City home.
Charlotte Street Foundation’s Urban Culture Project presented Sir Threadius Mongus Threads EP Release Celebration on Friday, at la Esquina. The sextet faithfully performed to a room full of art work along with a handful of attendees, half of which was friends and family members. It is difficult to review an event in which the number of performers almost exceeded the number the audience.
Sir Threadius Mongus recently established its new home base in Kansas City. The group was previously a mainstay on the Tulsa music scene, including performances at Dfest, Ciao, OK Mozart, and the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. The group released Threads EP on the Artists’ Recording Collective, which includes three live tracks from December 16, 2010 at the R Bar, featuring Annie Ellicott, as well as new studio recordings that were composed specifically for the new ensemble.
The new lineup of Sir Threadius Mongus features Jeff Davis (guitar), Matt Otto (saxophones), Andrew McGhie (saxophone), Stanton Kessler (trumpet), Mike Stover (bass), and Jonathan Taylor (drums).
The music of the night was composed by Jeff Davis, and included open form for improvisation. The compositions were based on potentially interesting ideas, however the execution missed the mark; the voicing on the horns became repetitive in timbre and lost originality after the first few tracks.
Although the music failed to impress, the musicians' dedication was commendable. The group played a whole set with enthusiasm. Their attitude cleared out the air of playing to a scant audience, and made the few participants feel welcome.
The band's sincerity and onstage communication added greatly to the enjoyment of the music which otherwise wouldn't hold up. Thanks to the players of Sir Threadius Mongus for the respect they showed to their audience and making it worth their listeners’ time.
REVIEW
Charlotte Street Foundation Urban Culture Project
Sir Threadius Mongus
Threads EP Release Celebration
Friday, October 7, 2011
La Esquina
1000 West 25th St., Kansas City, MO
For more information visit http://www.charlottestreet.org/ and http://www.myspace.com/sirthreadiusmongus
Classical, New Classical, Jazz, Theatre Contributor
Nihan Yesil is a composer/performance artist and currently a candidate of M.M.Composition at the UMKC Conservatory. She composes both acoustic and electroacoustic music and has a strong interest in experimenting with the perception of sound and language.
Nihan started studying classical music with her father, M. Emin Yesil, at an early age and earned a bachelor's degree in Jazz Composition in Istanbul, Turkey, studying with Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris, Ali Perret, and Aydin Esen. She participated in festivals and artist residencies inclduing the Henry Mancini Institute, Czech-American Summer Music Institute, Brevard Music Festival, Electronic Music Midwest Festival, Women in New Music, Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, Escape to Create Artist-in-Residence Program and I-Park Artists' Enclave Residency where she also served as a selection committee member for the composition program. Her compositions have been performed at number of venues both in Turkey and the U.S.
Her favorite activity is experiencing or witnessing any form of artistic creativity. Nihan is a big fan of the Internet and keeps several blogs where she presents her unsolicited opinion on different subject matters.
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