12/6 – The Bridge #2.04 Quarantine Concert

French-American exchange network The Bridge was supposed to be in Chicago this fall but the current state of the world kept us "in lockdown" back in France. We are locked down but not locked away. During these strange times, we're working on imagining other forms...

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November 27 & 28

For the time being, we are forced apart, a long way from one another's land, islands, countries, and utopias. Though we cannot bridge that gap, though we cannot fake the tangible presence of things and beings, we can still send out signs. Cross through the...

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11/28 – Les Amis Américains

A special evening imagined by The Bridge and La Dynamo, three duos of queens and kings of free improvisation, a fraternal greeting to American friends. They, these six residents of the Republic and citizens of the world, share the stage to underline an absence: that of...

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Forget to Find [The Bridge #13], France, Octobre 2020

FORGET TO FIND [THE BRIDGE #13] PIERRE-ANTOINE BADAROUX – alto saxophone JEAN-LUC GUIONNET – alto saxophone & JASON ROEBKE – double bass JIM BAKER – piano, ARP synthesizer   TOUR SCHEDULE 07/10 – Le Petit faucheux, Tours 08/10 – Jazz à Poitiers @ Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers 09/10 – Atlantique Jazz Festival / Plages Magnétiques...

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13/09 – Première du film The Physicality of Thinking

Nous sommes heureux de nous faire l'écho de la sortie, le 13/09/2020, d'un film de Sandra Binion, tourné à l'occasion de la tournée française d'Antichamber Music de février 2019. Nous restitutions le communiqué de presse et les liens ci-dessous.   Chers amis, Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer la première...

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The Bridge Festival 2019

You'll find below the full schedule of The Bridge's anniversary festival, as well as its parallel events. It will take place from October 16 to 20, at the Musée d'Aquitaine, the Rocher de Palmer, the La Dynamo de Banlieues Bleues and at the Théâtre de la...

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The Bridge #2.02 – Chicago, November 2019

The Bridge #2.02 MAI SUGIMOTO – alto saxophone RAYMOND BONI – guitar, electric guitar ANTON HATWICH – double bass PAUL ROGERS – double bass   TOUR SCHEDULE 10/31 – Improvised Music Series @ Elastic Arts, 9PM 11/01 – The Stony Island Arts Bank, 6PM 11/02 – The Edgar Miller Foundation, 3PM Paul Rogers duo with...

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The Bridge #12 – France, October 2019

FRANCE, 7-18 OCTOBRE 2019, VOYAGE RETOUR THE BRIDGE #12 LIONEL GARCIN – saxophones LISA E. HARRIS – voice MIKE LADD – voice, EMS synthi NICOLE MITCHELL – flutes CHRISTIAN PRUVOST – trumpet CHRISTOPHE ROCHER – clarinets Mike Ladd will participate in the concerts from Oct. 7 through 11, Nicole Mitchell from Oct. 13 through...

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Crying Out Loud

  Crying Out Loud [The Bridge #2.1] DAN BITNEY – drums, percussion, electronics CHRISTIANE BOPP – trombone, voice ROB FRYE – woodwinds, electronics JAYVE MONTGOMERY – woodwinds, electronics SIMON SIEGER – trombone, tuba, accordion, piano   TOUR SCHEDULE 5/01 – OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC quintet concert, double bill with Tornaveus, a Catalan vocal polyphonic...

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Antichamber Music – France, février 2019

  Antichamber Music [The Bridge #11] CLAUDIA SOLAL – voice KATHERINE YOUNG – bassoon, effects BENOIT DELBECQ – piano LOU MALLOZZI – turntables, electronics TOUR SCHEDULE * Dates with this symbol are played in a trio, without Katherine Young 08/02 – LE PETIT FAUCHEUX, TOURS, 20:00 09/02 – CHARLIE JAZZ, VITROLLES, 21:00 10/02 – LA BERGERIE, SAINTE-ANASTASIE, 20:00 11/02 – LE...

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