September Concerts

Monday, September 3 - 10pm

The Great Crush, with Marc Riordan, Daniel Thatcher and Frank Rosaly @ the Skylark

Thursday, September 6 - 7:30pm

Duo with Peter Maunu @ Comfort Station

Wednesday, September 19 - 10pm

with Toby Summerfield, Jason Roebke, and Marc Riordan @ the Hideout

Saturday, September 22 - 9pm

Duo with Fred Lonberg-Holm @ Heaven Gallery

July Concerts

A few concerts I have coming up this month:

Sunday, 7/8: Duo with Brian Labycz
The Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont
10pm, donation suggested

Duo with Brian Labycz, modular synth. Opening for Jaimie Branch's Bomb Shelter.

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Tuesday, July 10: The Great Crush

The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee
10pm

The Great Crush, with Marc Riordan (piano) and Tim Daisy (drums) performs the music of Scott Joplin 

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Sunday, July 22: Carlson/Henkel/Kimmel/Young

The Owl
2521 N Milwaukee
7pm

Katie Young and I join New Yorkers Dustin Carlson (guitar) and Brad Henkel (trumpet) as a quartet. Opening for Jeff Parker as part of Milwaukee Ave Arts Fest.

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Thursday, July 26: Duo with Jaimie Branch
The Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee
7:30pm, donation suggested

Jaimie and I play as a duo, opening for Five Dollar Ferrari (Brad Henkel/Dustin Carlson).

The Great Crush

Introducing The Great Crush, a group led by Marc Riordan devoted to the music of Scott Joplin.
Featuring Marc on piano, bassist Dan Thatcher, Tim Daisy on drums, and yours truly on bass clarinet.

The Great Crush plays at the Hideout on June 13 (with Marc, Dan Thatcher and Frank Rosaly on drums), and at the Whistler on July 10 (with Marc and Tim Daisy). 
Here's a little sample of what's in store:

The name by which the world knows them

Mythic Birds (an improvising group with fellow bass clarinetists Keefe Jackson and Jason Stein and electronicist Brian Labycz) has released our debut recording on Peira, The name by which the world knows them. It's available in CD or digital formats.

We'll be celebrating with a record release show at the Hideout on Wednesday, May 23 at 10pm.  The evening will open with a duo set by cellists Fred Lonberg-Holm and Tomeka Reid.  Peter Margasak was kind enough to review the CD as a preview for the show for the Chicago Reader:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/fred-lonberg-holm-and-tomeka-reid-mythic-birds-jim-dorling-dj-set/Event?oid=6302825

May News

Some upcoming concerts I'm excited about:

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Sun, 5/6: Solo 

The Empty Bottle

1pm, FREE

I will play a solo set, then composer Michael Mroz presents some new chamber music

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Thu, 5/17: Duo with Jaimie Branch + joining Emil Strandberg, Brian Labycz, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Frank Rosaly 

Elastic Arts

9pm, donation suggested

Jaimie and I dust-off our duo project, then participate in some mixed groupings with Swedish trumpeter Emil Strandberg and esteemed locals.

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Sat 5/19: Charm Offensive (trio version) 

Heaven Gallery 

10pm, donation suggested

Here I present a trio version of my quartet music with Keefe Jackson and Jason Roebke. Marc Riordan opens with a solo piano set.

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Wed 5/23: Mythic Birds record release show

the Hideout

10pm, donation suggested

Mythic Birds (w/ Keefe Jackson, Brian Labycz & Jason Stein) celebrates the release of The name by which the world knows them on Peira.  Fred Lonberg-Holm and Tomeka Reid open.

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Charm Offensive

I'm excited to announce the release of my quartet's debut record, Charm Offensive. The CD features Keefe Jackson on tenor sax, Devin Hoff on bass, and Marc Riordan on drums, performing five of my pieces and one of Marc's.

photo and cover image by Noah Vaughn

You can listen or obtain a copy here: http://jeffkimmel.bandcamp.com

We'll be celebrating the release of the CD with 2 sets at the Hideout, next Wednesday, November 9, at 10pm, though Jason Roebke and Frank Rosaly will be anchoring the rhythm section in place of Devin and Marc. The quartet will feature some new material I wrote while at the Atlantic Center for the Arts this past month. Here are the details:

Wednesday, 11/9

10pm

Jeff Kimmel - bass clarinet, clarinet

Keefe Jackson - tenor sax, bass clarinet

Jason Roebke - bass

Frank Rosaly - drums

The Hideout

1354 W Wabansia

$7


Peter Margasak wrote a write-up for the Chicago Reader blog:
Bass clarinetist Jeff Kimmel drops a quartet album

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The following week, I'll also be playing my first solo set in Chicago at the Comfort Station in Logan Square:


Thursday, 11/17

7pm


Lou Mallozi, Jeff Kimmel, Andy Ortmann

The Comfort Station

2579 N Milwaukee

Fall News -- New Quartet CD

I'll be spending much of October in residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, in Florida, where I'll have the amazing opportunity to work with Roscoe Mitchell. I'm looking forward to having some time away from Chicago in warmer environs to work on some new music.  On the way down to the residency, I'll play a solo set in Columbia, SC at Conundrum Music Hall on October 9.

I'm also excited to announce the release of my quartet's debut recording, Charm Offensive, in November. The CD features Keefe Jackson on tenor sax, Devin Hoff on bass, and Marc Riordan on drums, performing five of my pieces and one of Marc's.

cover photo by Noah Vaughn

We'll be celebrating with a CD release show at the Hideout on November 9, though Jason Roebke and Frank Rosaly will be anchoring the rhythm section in place of Devin and Marc.