**The October Revolution in Jazz 60th Anniversary (ORJ 60)** is a celebration of the life and legacy of visionary musician-composer, artist, and educator Bill Dixon (1925–2010). It is also a reflection upon the cultural impact of the original October Revolution in Jazz, which Dixon organized at NYC’s Cellar Cafe in 1964. Like the original, October Revolution in Jazz 60th Anniversary (ORJ 60) is simultaneously a summit, a call to action, and an imagining of new futures. ORJ 60 will explore the profound impact of improvisation on culture from the 1960s onward, as well as its influence on various artistic modes beyond music, including pedagogy, collectivity, artist-driven organizing, and creative ways of being.

For full ORJ 60 info visit: **october-revolution.org**

ORJ 60 aims to foster a deeper understanding of improvisation as a critical and creative practice, and to contemplate a vivid way forward. It also aims to reinvigorate awareness of Bill Dixon’s enormous contributions to improvised music, and the cultural impact of his pedagogies.

Preceding programs and performances at 2220 Arts + Archives, ORJ 60 includes five days of interdisciplinary events celebrating the transformative power of improvisation at CalArts. Full schedule on october-revolution.org

Presented by Black Editions and Zero Productions, in partnership with CalArts Schools of Art, Music, Dance and Critical Studies.

Participants:

● **MC/Hosts**: Stanley J. Zappa, Ben Young, Sarah Beadle

● **Screening | Lost Short Film Premiere**: BILL DIXON: A Personal Portrait (1979, 23.5 mn) by Bill Dixon and his student Steve Albahari. Features a Dixon quartet with Lawrence Cook (drums), John Voight (bass), Mario Pavone (bass)

● **Spinning |** Music historian Ben Young of Triple Point Records shares recordings from deep inside the Dixon vault, including unreleased tracks, interviews, and lectures

**● Conversation | Revolution in Context**: Trumpeter, cornetist, bandleader, and composer Bobby Lee Bradford, curator and The Brick director Hamza Walker, and music historian Ben Young of Triple Point Records in conversation

**● Catherine Sikora Trio |** With an abiding love of Jazz and the improvised music that followed, The Catherine Sikora Trio has been performing together for two decades, in that time developing a tangible telepathy and cohesion

Catherine Sikora - (tenor saxophone)  
Nick Skrowaczewski (drums)  
Stanley J. Zappa - (saxophone)

● **M A Harms Trio** | An improvisational trio blending diverse acoustic textures to make genre-defying music

Grace Dashnaw (cello)  
Elif Dinçer (harp)  
M A Harms (percussion)

● **Bradford, Golia Duo |** Two luminaries of improvised music (and improvised music education) reunite for a rare duo appearance

Bobby Bradford (trumpet)  
Vinny Golia (reeds)

**● Borden, Golia, Motl, Sikora |** The familiar, yet aesthetically diverse constellation of Borden, Golia, Motl is joined by Catherine Sikora for a set of truly in-the-moment music

T. J. Borden (cello)  
Vinny Golia (reeds)  
Kyle Motl (bass)  
Catherine Sikora (tenor saxophone)

● **You, Me + the Whales Arkestra |** You, Me, + the Whales Arkestra is an experimental jazz ensemble from Los Angeles that weaves together spiritual jazz with American primitive guitar textures, open and conducted improvisations, field recordings, microtonal drones, and a lot of bells. Co-led by brothers Zac Burgenbauch (guitar) and Devin Burgenbauch (bass), the Arkestra represents an expansion of YM+TW Sextet, which regularly features David Otis (saxophones), Elif Dinçer (harp/electronics), MA Harms (vibraphone/percussion), and Lucas Lenny (drumset), augmenting this group to a unit of around 20 people. Drawing on the legacy of innovators such as the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra and Vinny Golia, You, Me, + the Whales Arkestra features some of LA’s premier improvisors conjuring passages of unrelenting chaos and static pools of startling beauty.

Zac Burgenbauch, conductor (guitar, lap steel guitar)  
Devin Burgenbauch (bass)  
Brandon "Grump" Smith (flute)  
David Otis (alto saxophone)  
Ivan Cunningham (alto saxophone)  
Vinny Golia (reeds)  
Brody Scott (baritone saxophone)  
Simone Summers (trumpet)  
Shane Vincent (trumpet)  
Marc Perez (trombone)  
Levy Barlevy (trombone)  
Mason Moy (tuba)  
Eliof Dincer (harp)  
M A Harms (vibes)  
Grace Dashnaw (violin, cello)  
Alex Grant (bass)  
Nick Skrowaczewski (percussion)  
Lucas Lenny (drumset)  
Drew Sensue Weinstein (field recordings, oscillators)  
Catherine Sikora (tenor saxophone)

This is an 18+ event

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October Revolution in Jazz 60th Anniversary Celebration

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