ICP US Tour

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Windup Space - Baltimore, MD
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Le Poission Rouge - New York, NY
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Friday, April 1 - Sunday, April 3 at 8:00 PM
Ars Nova - Philadelphia, PA
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Bob Shop - Rochester, NY
Admission: $20
Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Epistrophy Arts - Austin, TX
- No ticket info -
Friday, April 8, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Nameless Sound - Houston, TX
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Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Caspe Terrace - Des Moines, IA
For tickets: 515-279-6452 or abe@trilixgroup.com 
Meet-The-Artist dessert reception hosted by the Waukee Area Arts Council after concert
Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 9:00 PM
Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL
Admission: $15
Monday, April 11, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Cultural Center - Chicago, IL
Free admission
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Earshot Jazz, Seatle Art Museum - Seattle, WA   
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These musicians can swing like mad when they want to, and can play the most sensitive cafe ballad at the drop of a hat. They also compose their own fantastic repertoire, and play a passel of Misha Mengelberg tunes, many dating back to the fifties. But the crux of what they do, as the name implies, is improvisation. And they do it as well as anyone out there.

Inspired by Fluxus, the movement that made art of everyday life, Mengelberg and Bennink created with saxophonist Willem Breuker's the Instant Composers Pool in the sixties. The legendary, absurdist tinged improvisation ensemble grew over the years into a virtuoso orchestra that acclaim worldwide appreciation.The ten-headed improvisation 'monsters' ICP can be compared to a jazz band from New Orleans that crosses a busy street in New York. Even Mengelberg's piano playing cannot disrupt the glorious finish on the other side of the road of this international ensemble.