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december 2004


03
joe sorbara's pickle juice orchestra
(w/ aldcroft/ fraser/ mott and queen mab)
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue, suite 218)
9pm

PJO - john zorn's COBRA


15
lina allemano/ paul cram/ christine duncan/ joe sorbara
(w/ the unsung and aldcroft/ clutton/ cram/ fraser)
new works studio (319 spadina avenue, upstairs)
830pm

lina allemano - trumpet
paul cram - clarinet
chrisine duncan - voice
joe sorbara - drums, percussion


november 2004


05
ken aldcroft group
metro toronto reference library (789 yonge street)
6pmm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
wes neal - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums


11
joe sorbara trio
416 2004 creative improviser's festival
tranzac (292 brunswick avenue)
10pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
joe sorbara - drums, percussion
brodie west - alto saxophone


12
nick fraser / joe sorbara
(w/ brodie west and john kameel farah)
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue, suite 218)
9pm

nick fraser - drums, percussion, tapes
joe sorbara - drums, percussion


13
fisher/ hammer/ shaw/ sorbara
416 2004 creative improviser's festival
tranzac (292 brunswick avenue)
10pm

colin fisher - tenor saxophone, guitar
jason hammer - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums, percussion


14
trio muo
the gladtoes series
the gladstone ballroom (1214 queen street west)
2pm

glen hall - woodwinds
michael morse - bass
joe sorbara - drums, percussion


19
ken aldcroft group
the button factory (25 regina street south, waterloo)
8pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
wes neal - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums


25
peter van huffel
the rex (194 queen street west
8pm

peter van huffel - saxophones
greg dedenus - piano
brandi disterheft - bass
joe sorbara - drums
w/ kelly jefferson - tenor saxophone


26
van huffel / sorbara quartet
manhattan's (951 gordon street, guelph)
8pm

peter van huffel - saxophones
greg dedenus - piano
brandi disterheft - bass
joe sorbara - drums


28
joe sorbara trio
holy joe's (651 queen street west)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
brodie west - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums


october 2004


01
cheryl o / rob piilonen / joe sorbara
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue, suite 218)
9pm

cheryl o - cello, loops
rob piilonen - flutes, loops
joe sorbara - drums, percussion


07
ken aldcroft group
stayner's warf (5075 george st, halifax, nova scotia)pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
wes neal - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums


ken aldcroft group
st francis xavier university (antigonish, nova scotia)pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
wes neal - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums


ken aldcroft group
macphails tap room (s5-366 queen street, fredericton, new brunswick)pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
wes neal - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums


15
the last people standing
(w/ aldcroft/driver/thomson/oswald and deep dark united)
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue, suite 218)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
rob clutton - bass
nick fraser - drums, percussion, tapes, clarinet
joe sorbara - drums, percussion


23
ken aldcroft group
(w/ guest lori freedman; double bill with tentaculaire)pm
casa obscura (4381 papineau, montreal, quebec)

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
lori freedman - bass clarinet
wes neal - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums


24
ken aldcroft group
the rex (194 queen street west)pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
wes neal - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums


25
misha glouberman and joe sorbara: open cobra
room 101 games series
the drake underground (1150 queen street west) 7pm


29
ken aldcroft group CD release!!! + joe sorbara's pickle juice orchestra
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue, suite 218)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
wes neal - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums, percussion
w/ guests:
scott thomson - trombone
julia hambleton - clarinet

PJO - music by ken aldcroft, nick fraser, and joe sorbara


september 2004


10
ron samworth/ joe sorbara/ scott thomson
(w/ kate hammett-vaughan, john oswald, ken aldcoft)
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue, suite 218)
9pm

ron samworth - guitar, effects
joe sorbara - drums
scott thomson - trombone


15
ken aldcroft's trio +1
tranzac (292 brunswick avenue)
7pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums
scott thomson - trombone


24
ken aldcroft's trio +1
(with mark helias' open loose)
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue, suite 218)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums
scott thomson - trombone


28
quasiMODAL
the ambient ping
the gladstone ballroom (1214 queen street west)
9pm

michael keith - guitar, loops
cheryl o - cello, loops
steven sauve - keyboards, loops
joe sorbara - drums, percussion


august 2004


20
myk freedman's shitty keyboard collective
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue, suite 218)
9pm

compositions and shitty keyboards by:
martin arnold, victor bateman, eric cheneaux, rob clutton,
ryan driver, nick fraser, myk freedman, tania gill,
kai koschmider, michael morse, mike overton, joe sorbara


29
the bokker buckle band
wavelength
sneaky dee's (431 college street)
10pm

michael herring - bass
don scott - guitar, effects
joe sorbara - drums, percussion
brodie west - alto saxophone


july 2004


02
ken aldcroft's trio +1
l'off festival de jazz
la va e vien (monteal, quebec)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - drums
scott thomson - trombone


june 2004


04
brenders/ keith/ lukashevsky/ sorbara
(w/ ken aldcroft group and fraser/ murley/ occhipinti)
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue, suite 218)
8pm

kyle brenders - tenor saxophone
michael keith - guitar, effects
alex lukashevsky - guitar, effects
joe sorbara - drums


04
ken aldcroft group
(w/ brenders/ keith/ lukashevsky/ sorbara and fraser/ murley/ occhipinti)
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue, suite 218)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
wes neal - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums


07
marcel aucoin and he said
(w/ frank atom, myk freedman quartet, breaking sounds)
strange folk
holy joe's (651 queen street west)
930pm

marcel aucoin - keyboards, voice
geordie haley - guitar, effects
joe sorbara - drums


13
misha glouberman and joe sorbara: open cobra
with joe sorbara's pickle juice orchestra and guests
room 101 games series
the drake underground (1150 queen street west) 7pm


16
peter van huffel
the rex (194 queen street west)
8pm

peter van huffel - saxophones
greg dedenus - piano
brandi disterheft - bass
joe sorbara - drums
w/ guests:
melissa stylianou - voice
rob mosher - soprano saxophone
mike murley - tenor saxophone


18
joe sorbara's hypothesis and pickle juice orchestra
(with michael bates' outside sources and les poules)
leftover daylight series 12th (month) anniversary!!!
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
9pm

michael bates - bass
cheryl o - cello
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - drums

PJO - new music by joe sorbara


19
the melissa stylianou string project
tranzac (292 brunswick avenue)
8pm

melissa stylianou - voice
parmela attariwala - viola
monica fedrigo - cello
michael bates - bass
joe sorbara - drums


20
joe sorbara's hypothesis
temple studios (42 quebec street, guelph)
2pm

michael bates - bass
cheryl o - cello
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - drums


25
ken aldcroft group
toronto downtown jazz festival
the black swan (154 danforth avenue)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
wes neal - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums


may 2004


01
ken aldcroft's trio +1
the beatniq (calgary, alberta)

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - drums, percussion
scott thomson - trombone


aldcroft/ shaw/ sorbara
squared gallery (medicine hat, alberta)

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - drums, percussion


14
out of order with ken aldcroft and joe sorbara: nasferatu
soundstreams canada somersfest lecture and film series
eaton auditorium (ryerson university)
730pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
marcel aucoin - keyboards
geordie haley - guitar, effects
scott marshal - tenor saxophone
wes neal - bass
alex porter - drums
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - percussion


18
bokker buckle band
gladstone art bar (1214 queen street west)
9pm

don scott - guitar, effects
rob mosher - saxophones, accordion
michael herring - bass
joe sorbara - drums


18
trio muo
gladstone art bar (1214 queen street west)
10pm

glen hall - woodwinds
michael morse - bass
joe sorbara - drums


20
out of order with ken aldcroft and joe sorbara: metropolis
soundstreams canada somersfest lecture and film series
eaton auditorium (ryerson university)
8pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
marcel aucoin - keyboards
geordie haley - guitar, effects
scott marshal - tenor saxophone
wes neal - bass
alex porter - drums
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - percussion


21
out of order with june pak, ken aldcroft, and joe sorbara
distillery jazz festival
tapestry new opera/ nightwood theatre (distillery district)
8pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
marcel aucoin - keyboards
geordie haley - guitar, effects
scott marshal - tenor saxophone
wes neal - bass
june pak - live video manipulation
alex porter - drums
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - percussion


22
joe sorbara's pickle juice orchestra
distillery jazz festival
tankhouse nine (distillery district)
8pm

PJO - john zorn's COBRA


22
trio muo
distillery jazz festival
tapestry new opera/ nightwood theatre (distillery district)
11pm

glen hall - woodwinds
michael morse - bass
joe sorbara - drums


26
myk freedman's toy keyboard ensemble
tin tin tin
the drake underground (1150 queen street west)
9pm

martin arnold, victor bateman, eric chenoux, rob clutton, ryan driver,
myk freedman, tania gill, tony geberwich, ben greenberg, kai koschmider,
michael morse, liam robinson, evan shaw, joe sorbara, becca stevens,
josh thorpe, doug tielli


27
joe sorbara's pickle juice orchestra
distillery jazz festival
tankhouse nine (distillery district)
730 and 915pm

PJO - john zorn's COBRA


28
glen hall's ear-cam
distillery jazz festival
club nebula (distillery district)
8pm

glen hall - woodwinds
john oswald - alto saxophone
sook yin lee - voice
nobuo kubota - voice
eugene martynec - laptop
jason hammer - bass
tomasz krakowiak - percussion and processing
joe sorbara - percussion


april 2004


02
trio muo
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
9pm

glen hall - woodwinds
michael morse - bass
joe sorbara - drums


07
glen hall/ michael morse/ ron samworth/ joe sorbara/ scott thomson
aimtoronto interface series
new works studio (319 spadina avenue, upstairs)
9pm

glen hall michael morse ron samworth joe sorbara scott thomson - trombone


09
"ron's choice" (small improvising ensembles)
aimtoronto interface series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
9pm


09
joe sorbara's pickle juice orchestra plays the music of ron samworth
aimtoronto interface series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
10pm


13
bokker buckle band
(w/ paul newman's open house, rob clutton)
holy joe's (25 queen street west)
8pm

michael herring - bass
rob mosher - saxophones, accordion
don scott - guitar, effects
joe sorbara - drums


16
i's open
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
8pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums


16
joe sorbara's pickle juice orchestra
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
10pm

PJO - john zorn's COBRA


17
ken aldcroft's trio +1
graffiti's (170 baldwin street)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums
scott thomson - trombone


24
ken aldcroft's trio +1
casa obscura (montreal, quebec)

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums
scott thomson - trombone


25
ken aldcroft's trio +1
the bayou (ottawa, ontario)

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums
scott thomson - trombone


29
ken aldcroft's trio +1
schnell auditorium (red deer, alberta)

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums
scott thomson - trombone


30
ken aldcroft's trio +1
le bistro (regina, saskatchewan)

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums
scott thomson - trombone


march 2004


01
eve brown quintet
(w/ sophie levy and carmen townsend)
strange folk
holy joe's (25 queen street west)
9pm

eve brown - voice
marcel aucoin - keyboards
geordie haley - guitar
michael herring - bass
joe sorbara - drums


05
trio muo
the bop shop (rochester, new york)
8pm

glen hall - woodwinds
michael morse - bass
joe sorbara - drums


09
peter van huffel quartet: "classic jazz jam"
the rex (194 queen street west)
9pm

peter van huffel - alto saxophone
greg dedenus - piano
brandi disterheft - bass
joe sorbara - drums


19
cameron/ shaw/ sorbara
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
8pm

allison cameron - amplified objects
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - percussion


19
joe sorbara's pickle juice orchestra
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
10pm

PJO - john zorn's COBRA


25
marcel aucoin's he said
the cameron house (408 queen street west)
9pm

marcel aucoin - keyboards, vocals
geordie haley - guitar
joe sorbara - drums


28
ken aldcroft's trio +1
the rex (194 queen street west)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums
scott thomson - trombone


february 2004


02
marcel aucoin / ken aldcroft quartet
strange folk
holy joe's (25 queen street west)
8pm

marcel aucoin - keyboards, vocals
geordie haley - guitar
joe sorbara - drums


02
marcel aucoin / ken aldcroft quartet
strange folk
holy joe's (25 queen street west)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
wes neal - bass
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - drums


06
i's open
(w/ wes neal/ scott thomson and geordie haley's everytime band)
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - drums


08
don scott trio
distillery jazz lottery party
the boiler room (distillery district)
3pm

don scott - guitar, effects
rob mosher - saxophones
joe sorbara - drums


18
the burdocks ensemble
carl wilson's drake series
the drake hotel (1150 queen street west)
9pm

ken aldcroft, alex lukasevsky, don scott - guitars
evan shaw - alto saxophone
julia hambleton - clarinet
tania gill - keyboard
scott thomson - trombone
wes neal - bass
joe sorbara, jake oelrichs - percussion


20
ken aldcroft's trio +1
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
9pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - drums, percussion
scott thomson - trombone


20
joe sorbara's pickle juice chamber ensemble
leftover daylight series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
10pm

rob mosher - saxophones, accordion
evan shaw - saxophones
ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
don scott - guitar, effects
michael herring - bass
wes neal - bass
joe sorbara - drums


21
trio muo
the button factory (25 regina street south, waterloo)
8pm

glen hall - woodwinds
michael morse - bass
joe sorbara - drums


25
reuben radding quartet
aimtoronto interface series
new works studio (319 spadina avenue, upstairs)
9pm

rob mosher - soprano saxophone
reuben radding - bass
evan shaw - alto saxophone
joe sorbara - drums, percussion


26
oswald/ radding/ sorbara/ thomson
aimtoronto interface series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
8pm

john oswald - alto saxophone
reuben radding - bass
joe sorbara - drums, percussion
scott thomson - trombone


27
"reuben's choice" improvising ensembles + john zorn's COBRA
aimtoronto interface series
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue)
8pm


28
i's open with reuben radding
(with GUH) UofT film festival
the hart house theatre (7 hart house circle)
7pm

ken aldcroft - guitar, effects
reuben radding - bass
evan shaw - saxophones
joe sorbara - drums


january 2004


28
joe sorbara's pickle juice orchestra and chamber ensemble
(with saint dirt elementary school and deep dark united)
scratch! 2
arraymusic studio (60 atlantic avenue, suite 218) 9pm

john zorn's COBRA
pickle juice orchestra

movements from christian wolff's burdocks
pickle juice chamber ensemble, saint dirt elementary school, and deep dark united





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