upcoming:
nothing planned at the moment.
past:
2024 01 18 Thursday 8:30
Elastic Improvised Music Series: Naima Nefertari, Shook/Young/Billington
First set, 8:30
Naima Nefertari - Piano
Second set, 9:30
Wilson Shook - Saxophone
Andrew Scott Young - Bass
Ben Billington - Synthesizer/Percussion
Elastic Arts, Chicago, IL
Concert recording and video are available.
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2024 01 13 Saturday 11:00 am
Guerilla Saxophone Quartet:
Geoff Saba
Cody Putman
Wilson Shook
Judith Horn
& open session (bring a wind instrument)
Pedestrian tunnel beneath CA-13 highway, Oakland, CA
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2023 12 13 Wednesday 8:00
The Lepidopterans: Jason Willett and Tom Borax, electronics; John Dierker, reeds; Toshi Makihara, percussion
Obie Feldi (electronics) / Mickey Lusk (harp)
Wilson Shook (solo soprano saxophone)
Red Room, Baltimore, MD
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2023 11 01 Wednesday 7:30 doors / 8:30 first set
Rebecca Novak
Yan Jun
Kevin Corcoran, Aine Nakamura, & Wilson Shook
Dead End Vintage, San Francisco, CA
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2023 05 20 Saturday 8:00
Noel Kennon, Danishta Rivero, Wilson Shook, Matt Ingalls, Kevin Corcoran, & Jacob Felix Heule
Aine E. Nakamura & Adrian Montufar
Foot SOS
Noel Kennon (car trouble) & Danishta Rivero (illness) were unable to attend.
The resulting quartet is documented here.
Temescal Arts Center, Oakland, CA
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2023 05 03 Wednesday 7:30
Viaduct (Dave Harvey, Olympia, 2020) film screening with live score by Wilson Shook, Noel Kennon, John Teske, & Mark Kaylor
Trio improvisation by Wilson Shook, Gust Burns, & Mark Kaylor
Flicker Duo: Sarah Pyle & Janna Webbon
Sound installation by Dave Knott
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2023 05 06 Saturday 7:00
Wilson Shook + Jean-Paul Jenkins
It’s OK, Girl (Ben Kates + Danielle Ross)
Stephanie Lavon Trotter
Performance Works Northwest, Portland, OR
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2023 03 11 Saturday 8:00
Branden Abushanab + Tom Djll,
Wilson Shook + Ryan Kotler
Tom's Place, Berkeley
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2019 08 21 Wednesday 8:00
Matt Weston, AF Jones + Dave Abramson, Wilson Shook + Eric Lanzillotta
Black Lodge, Seattle, WA
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2019 08 17 Saturday 8:00
Matt Weston + Wilson Shook + Ted Byrnes, Yek Koo, Casa Berenice
Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
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2019 05 01 Wednesday 8:00
Virtual Balboa // Kathleen Kim + Wilson Shook // FC // Charmaine's Names
Rec Center, Los Angeles, CA
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2019 04 26 Friday 8:00
Upend Presents:
Greg Kelley & Jessika Kenney
Rob Noyes
Wilson Shook
Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
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2019 03 10 Sunday 6:30
Wilson Shook
Juan Pantoja / Felipe Peralta
Jorge Berumen / David Sanchez / Ramon Del Buey
Terraza Monstruo, Mexico DF
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2019 02 09 Saturday 5:30
34th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
a tribute to Paul Hoskin, 1958–2018
Dave Abramson, Beth Fleenor, John Seman, Wally Shoup
Linda Austin, Jeph Jerman, Dave Knott
Angelina Baldoz, Carol Levin, Tari Nelson-Zagar, Jenny Ziefel
Rob Angus, Eric Muhs
Sue Ann Harkey, Robert Hinrix
Arrington de Dionyso, Bill Horist, Eveline Mueller-Graff
Jim Knodle, Tari Nelson-Zagar
Charley Rowan
Eric Amrine, Greg Campbell
Gust Burns, Greg Campbell, Mark Kaylor, Wilson Shook
Paul Hoskin's Quietude: Linda Austin, Stuart & Renko Dempster, Scott Granlund, Neal Kosaly-Meyer, Pete Leinonen, Carol Levin, Eveline Mueller-Graff, Greg Powers, Dennis Rea, Charley Rowan, Wally Shoup, Jenny Ziefel
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
SIMF 2019 runs February 6-10, and features a number of wonderful humans.
This event was cancelled due to snow
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2018 11 12 Monday 8:00
食品まつり aka Foodman / PMAnl / Wilson Shook
Rec Center, Los Angeles, CA
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2018 07 04 Wednesday 8:00
Morher (Sea) / Kole Galbraith (Sea) & Wilson Shook (LA) / Rae Red (Marfa, TX)
Landers Brew Co, Landers, CA
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2018 05 22 Tuesday 8:00
Wilson Shook / Greg Campbell Duo
Noel Kennon / Casey Adams
Snolab
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2018 05 20 Sunday 7:30
Greg Kelley + Wilson Shook
Tom Djll
Fang Chia
Not originally billed as a duo, I hitched a ride with Tom and Greg from Portland to Seattle, on the condition that I join Greg for his Tacoma set.
The Green Room, Tacoma, WA (house show)
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2018 05 18 Friday 8:00
Harmolodic Vibration Vortex II
A Field Folded (Widow and Wilson Shook)
Hammer of Hathor (olympia)
Mulva Myasis (portland)
Xapchyk (portland)
The Waypost, Portland, OR
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2018 05 17 Thursday 8:00
A Field Folded / uneasy trio / Chloe Alexandra
Leaven Community, Portland, OR
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2018 05 16 Wednesday 8:00
Bedroom Witch / Cat Mahatta / A Field Folded / Mona Demone
Tenants of the Trees, Los Angeles, CA
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2018 05 09 Wednesday 7:30
Filthmilk, Deletist, Microwave Windows + Chhinnamastika, A Field Folded
Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2018 05 08 Tuesday 9:00
Jordan Glenn's BEAK, Usufruct, A Field Folded
The Uptown, Oakland, CA
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2018 05 04 Friday 8:30
The Unwrinkled Ear Concert Series and Black Editions Presents:
Improvisations by two new trios:
Joe Williamson (doublebass)
Tomo Jacobson (doublebass)
Wilson Shook (saxophones)
Eggwa:
Josh Haden (bass)
Mike Watt (bass)
Danny Frankel (drums)
PS Kaufman, Los Angeles, CA
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2017 09 02 Saturday 8:45
Wilson Shook, Adam Levitt, QRY
Interbay industrial zone, Seattle, WA
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2017 08 19 Saturday 6:30
Mehreren Kammern--the Weather Is PERFECT, and The Days Are FOREVER
Basement: Twin Sibling, Sea Moss
Basement stairwell: Eric Ostrowski // Blake DeGraw
Dining Room: Adam Levitt
Living room: Greg Kelley // Unknown Rock star
Upstairs Landing: ScuzzNun
Dining Room: Wilson Shook
Back Patio: LA Lungs
Garage: Plastic Boner Band
Kole + Justin's house, Beacon Hill, Seattle, WA
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2017 08 17 Thursday 8:00
Matt Weston / Liquid Letters / Dave Abramson - Greg Kelley - Wilson Shook
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2017 06 24 Saturday 8:00
Olympia Experimental Music Festival
Eric Ostrowski (sea) & Fischkopf Sinfoniker (bellingham)
Wilson Shook & Dave Abramson & Greg Kelley (sea)
Mulva Myasis (pdx)
Existence Habit (astoria)
Angell (pdx)
Obsidian, Olympia, WA
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2017 05 20 Saturday 8:00
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA
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2017 05 07 Sunday 6:30
Johannes Göransson reading and reception
with Wilson Shook, Korby Sears
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2017 02 11 Saturday 7:30
Jacob Wick and Wilson Shook
with Stephen Karnes and Cody Yantis; The Anubis Club
Dikeou Pop-up: Colfax, Denver, CO
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2017 01 26 Thursday 8:00
The W Three Saxophone Trio:
Wally Shoup/Wilson Shook/Neil Welch
with inBoil, Steve Schmitt
Vermillion Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2017 01 09 Monday 7:00
Uneasy Chairs / Kole Galbraith / Wilson Shook / rEEk
solos and quartet
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA
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2016 12 11 Sunday 8:00
Wilson Shook & Beth Graczyk
(OA) Can Factory, Brooklyn, NY
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2016 12 10 Saturday 9:00
Andrea Pensado & Jack Wright
Aspect
Wilson Shook & Ben Bennett & Asimina Chremos
Maximillian Hamel
Embarker
The Vat, Philadelphia, PA
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2016 11 28 Monday 9:00
Bryan Eubanks & Greg Kelley / James Falzone / Wilson Shook
Teatro de la Psychomachia, Seattle, WA
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2016 11 12 Saturday 8:00
Gallery 1412 presents: Nicola Tirabasso (Milan, Italy)
with Jason E Anderson, Wilson Shook Qoqo Roboqs, Joe Milutis
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2016 10 18 Tuesday 8:30
Justice Yeldham (AUS), Wilson Shook / Greg Kelley / Andrew Scott Young
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2016 08 16 Tuesday 1:00
Freeway Park, Seattle, WA
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2016 08 15 Monday 8:00
Teatro de la Psychomachia, Seattle, WA
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2016 07 15 Friday 8:00
Katt Hernandez (Stockholm) + Wilson Shook - (Seattle)
with Joe Brown, Joe Burgio, Morgan Evans-Weiler, Dave Gross, Matt Samolis, Walter Wright, Dei Xhrist
Multiple groupings happened. I performed in duos with Dave Gross and Dei Xhrist.
The Hearing Room, Lowell, MA
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2016 07 14 Thursday 9:00
Wilson Shook / Abe Taber / Idol Brain / Linda
Distant Castle, Worcester, MA
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2016 07 13 Wednesday 7:00
Beach Honey // Crown Larks // Wilson Shook // Niagara Moon
Flywheel Arts, Easthampton, MA
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2016 06 29 Wednesday 8:00
Jooklo Duo + Stanley Zappa // Greg Kelley + Wilson Shook + Andrew Scott Young // Uneasy Chairs
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2016 06 24 Friday 7:30
Elevator presents Chris Corsano
with Arrington de Dionyso + Gust Burns
Wilson Shook + Kate Olson + Uneasy Chairs
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2016 02 05 Friday 8:00
31st Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
Carol Genetti + Dennis Rea
Matana Roberts + Wilson Shook + Kate Olson + Greg Campbell
Leslie Ross + Tari Nelson-Zagar + John Seman + Alan Cook
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2016 02 04 Thursday 8:00
31st Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
Leslie Ross + Paul Hoskin
Carol Genetti + Lesli Dalaba + Wilson Shook + Alan Cook
Matana Roberts + Tari Nelson-Zagar + Beth Yip + Jen Gilleran
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2016 01 30 Saturday 8:00
Sam Ashley
John Krausbauer with Aaron Oppenheim & Stuart Dempster
Wilson Shook
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2015 10 23 Friday 7:45
Wilson Shook solo
A guerrilla recording session for my Straying Echoes cassette
Volunteer Park Water Tower, Seattle, WA
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2015 09 21 Monday 7:30
Wilson Shook + Graham Stephenson
Myopic Books, Chicago, IL
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2015 09 18 Friday 7:00
Cheryl Nowlin featuring IMBUE
Wilson Shook + Aaron Zarzutzki
Carlos Chavarria
Billy Tucker
The Annex, Chicago, IL
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2015 09 06 Sunday
Today I played somewhere.
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2015 07 31 Friday 8:00
Nonsequitur presents:
A Benefit Concert for Paul Hoskin
This was a round-robin style improvisation featuring a large group of improvising musicians, culminating in a full group coda. Hoskin was recovering in the hospital at the time.
performers included:
Ivan Arteaga (alto sax)
Angelina Baldoz (trumpet)
Arrington De Dionyso (contrabass clarinet)
Stuart Dempster (trombone)
Beth Fleenor (clarinets, voice)
Sue Ann Harkey (guitar)
Greg Kelley (trumpet)
Jim Knodle (trumpet)
Susie Kozawa (toys, objects, homemades)
Carol Levin (harp)
David Milford (violin)
Monica Schley (harp)
Wilson Shook (alto sax)
Wally Shoup (alto sax)
China Star (soprano sax)
John Teske (bass)
Jenny Ziefel (clarinets)
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2015 06 30 Tuesday 8:00
John Krausbauer // Stella Haze // Wilson Shook
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2015 06 15 Tuesday 7:00
Occult Sciences presents:
Edo Destruction
Dosenöffner
Shithouse
Uneasy Chairs + Wilson Shook
Our duo set is documented here.
The Living Ro-Om, Seattle, WA
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2014 12 18 Thursday 8:00
OutSound Presents:
Ben Bennett + Wilson Shook // Thomas Dimuzio
Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2014 12 17 Wednesday 8:00
Creative Music Guild presents:
Ben Bennett + Wilson Shook // Living Objects
Revival Drum Shop, Portland, OR
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2014 12 16 Tuesday 8:00
Wilson Shook + Ben Bennett + Andrew Scott Young
solo sets followed by a trio
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2014 03 30 Sunday 7:00
Laura Neuman, Stop the Ocean book release
with Wilson Shook, saxophone
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2014 02 26 Wednesday 7:00
The Breadline Finale
A marathon of featured artists from the four year history of the series, plus varied shenanigans and denouements. This image courtesy of Greg Bem.
Vermillion Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2013 07 29 Monday 8:00
Gallery 1412 presents:
Sokai Stilhed // John Krausbauer // Brown // Wilson Shook
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2013 01 16 Sunday 7:00
Wilson Shook (saxophone)
Sarah Heady (poetry)
Evan Peterson (poetry)
Imani Sims (poetry)
Vermillion Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2012 12 01 Saturday 8:00
Gust Burns / Jonathan Way (dub plates / field recordings)
Maged Zaher (poems)
Paul Hoskin (solo baritone saxophone)
Melanie Noel / Wilson Shook (voice / alto saxophone)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2012 10 12 Friday 8:00
Screening of a film by Thomas Helton
Followed by improvisations featuring Thomas Helton, bass.
Helton played solo and in quartet with:
Wilson Shook, alto saxophone; Justin Sorenson, vibraphone; Bob Rees, percussion
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2012 09 30 Sunday 7:30
Ezra Mark, Retention Book Release & Reading
with Wilson Shook, performing a composition for tape recorders and alto saxophone.
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2012 07 26 Thursday 8:00
BBM Trio: T.J. Borden + Zane Merritt + Daniel Bassin
Laura Neuman
Wilson Shook
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2012 03 10 Saturday 8:00
Sult // Robert Blatt // Wilson Shook & friends
Sult:
Jacob Felix Heule: percussion
Guro Skumsnes Moe: contrabass
Håvard Skaset: acoustic guitar
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2012 02 11 Saturday 7:00
27th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
tim duroche + tari nelson-zagar + wilson shook + mark collins + doug theriault
jack wright + johan nystrom
taku sugimoto + jeph jerman + tyler wilcox + gust burns
large group of festival participants
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2012 02 08 Wednesday 7:00
27th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
jeph jerman + jonathan way + matthieu ruhlmann
paul hoskin + lance olsen + wilson shook + john teske + mark collins
the seattle phonographers union
jamie drouin + lance olsen + mattieu ruhlmann
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2012 02 04 Saturday 8:00
John Krausbauer // Brown (Jeremy C. Long) // Wilson Shook // Mark Collins
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2012 02 02 Thursday 8:00
One Minute Solos:
A benefit for the Seattle Improvised Music Festival
A group of about 30 musicians perform for 60 seconds each.
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2012 01 31 Tuesday
Pollens // Seven Colors
Seven Colors was a short lived project comprised of Morgan Henderson, Gust Burns, Greg Campbell, Jeff Aaron Bryant, and sometimes myself, interpreting the music of Mahmoud Ghania.
Neumo's, Seattle, WA
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2011 02 12
26th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
Gill Arno + Andrew Lafkas
Large Ensemble: Jeffrey Allport, Gill Arno, Gust Burns, Lou Cohen, James Coleman, Andrew Lafkas, Radu Malfatti, Mara Sedlins, Wilson Shook, John Teske, Tyler Wilcox
Radu Malfatti
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2011 02 09
26th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
Andrew Lafkas
James Coleman
Gill Arno, Wilson Shook
Jeffrey Allport, Gust Burns, Tyler Wilcox
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2011 08 18 Thursday
Wilson Shook + Ben Bennett // Duck That
Whitehaus, Boston, MA
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2011 08 17 Wednesday 8:00
Sabbath Elevators (Anthony Coleman and Peter Negroponte)
Wilson Shook + Ben Bennett
Names Divine
Gay Shapes
Yes.Oui.Si, Boston, MA
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2011 08 14/15 Sunday or Monday
Wilson Shook + Ben Bennett
A show happened somewhere. More details to be recovered.
Philadelphia, PA
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2011 05 20 Friday 8:00
Tiger Hatchery // Panabrite // Wally Shoup + Don Berman duo // Jason E. Anderson + Wilson Shook
event page here
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2011 03 19 Saturday 8:00
Harpoon Pole Vault (Jason E. Anderson)
John Krausbauer
Brown
Wilson Shook
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2010 07 10 Saturday 8:30
PLOP Cabaret & Literary Series
Anastacia Tolbert, Poet
Graham Isaac, Poet
Paul Nelson, Poet
Wilson Shook, Saxophone
House show in North Beacon Hill, Seattle, WA
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2010 07 10 Saturday 8:00
John Teske and Wilson Shook
Haulin' Bass trailer release party
Seattle bassist John Teske commissioned a custom bike trailer from Haulin' Colin to haul his instrument. John and I played one solo set each, plus some duets to celebrate the debut of the bass trailer.
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2010 07 10 Saturday 12:00 - 5:00 pm
Central District Art Walk:
Recent Paintings by Wally Shoup
Gathering Distance, an audio installation by Wilson Shook
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2010 03 23 Tuesday 8:00
Peace, Loving // Wilson Shook
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2010 03 12 Friday 7:00
a benefit for the Cascade People's Center Wednesday Breakfast
with...
Starla // Brenna Pink // Linda Moore // Zoe Bermet // Noam Paco Gaster // Davida Ingram // Zaba Luna Angel // Francis Brennan // Djani Anahata // Willow Wilcox Fox // Wilson Shook
at a house in Seattle's Central District
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2010 03 06 Saturday 8:00
HERE/NOW Installment 4
Musicians: Izaak Mills, Dave Knott, Stuart Dempster, Christopher DeLaurenti, Wilson Shook, Christopher Hydinger, Mark Collins, Greg Powers
Dancers: Selfick Ng-Simancas, Catherine Cabeen, Aaron Swartzman, Ellie Sandstrom, Kelly Sullivan, Joan Laage, Jim Kent, Ricki Mason
random duo pairings of dancer + musician
Open Flight Studio, Seattle, WA
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2010 02 16 Tuesday 8:00
Reuben Radding // Andrew Drury // Bonnie Jones // Keir Neuringer // Jacob Wick // Wilson Shook
various combinations & solos
Douglass Street Music Collective, Brooklyn, NY
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2010 02 14 Sunday 8:00
25th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
Rachael Wadham + Mara Sedlins
Wilson Shook + Jack Wright + Robert Pedersen + Paul Neidhardt
Tyler Wilcox + Gust Burns + Paul Neidhardt + Fred Lonberg-Holm
at Gallery 1412, Seattle
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2010 02 13 Saturday 8:00
25th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
Tyler Wilcox + Robert Pedersen + Rachael Wadham
Birgit Ulher + Leonel Kaplan + Jack Wright + Paul Hoskin
Large Group of festival participants (including myself)
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2010 02 12 Friday 8:00
25th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
Birgit Ulher + Leonel Kaplan + Jaime Fennelly
Wilson Shook + Jaime Fennelly + Fred Lonberg-Holm + Leonel Kaplan
Jack Wright + Gust Burns + Mark Kaylor
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2010 02 11 Thursday 8:00
25th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
Wilson Shook + Fred Lonberg-Holm
there were other sets this evening, but I forget whom...
Skinner Auditorium at Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA
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2009 12 19 Saturday 8:00
Gallery 1412 presents, in collaboration with Seattle Improvised Music:
Carol Genetti, Jacob Wick, Aaron Zarzutzki with A Saxophone Quartet
Carol Genetti - voice
Jacob Wick - trumpet
Aaron Zarzutzki - no-output turntable
A Saxophone Quartet:
Tyler Wilcox - soprano saxophone
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
Kelvin Pittman - tenor saxophone
Paul Hoskin - baritone saxophone
various combinations of the above
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2009 12 23 Wednesday
Carol Genetti - voice
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
Jacob Wick - trumpet
Aaron Zarzutzki - no-output turntable
Milwaukee, WI (more details to be recovered)
This show was cancelled due to snow
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2009 12 22 Tuesday
Carol Genetti - voice
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
Jacob Wick - trumpet
Aaron Zarzutzki - no-output turntable
Minneapolis, MN (more details to be recovered)
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2009 12 17 Thursday
Carol Genetti - voice
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
Jacob Wick - trumpet
Aaron Zarzutzki - no-output turntable
Portland, OR (more details to be recovered)
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2009 12 18 Friday 8:00
Gallery 1412 presents, in collaboration with Seattle Improvised Music:
Carol Genetti, Jacob Wick, Aaron Zarzutzki with the Gust Burns Quartet
Carol Genetti - voice
Jacob Wick - trumpet
Aaron Zarzutzki - no-output turntable
Gust Burns Quartet:
Gust Burns - inside piano (via dubplate)
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
Mark Collins - bass
Mara Sedlins - viola
Gust Burns's contribution to this evening's quartet was a prerecorded performance played back via dubplate.
various combinations of the above
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2009 11 15 Sunday 9:00
bst.cr:
Ben Bennett - drumheads
Ryan Jewell - snare drum
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
Pat's Pub, Vancouver, BC
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2009 11 14 Saturday 8:00
bst.cr:
Ben Bennett - drumheads
Ryan Jewell - snare drum
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
in collaboration with:
Mark Collins - bass
Mara Sedlins - viola
Tyler Wilcox - soprano saxophone / analog synth
Kelvin Pittman - tenor saxophone
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2009 11 14 Saturday 12:00
Gallery 1412 presents:
improvised music workshop with Ryan Jewell, Ben Bennett and Wilson Shook.
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2009 11 12 Thursday 8:00
bst.cr:
Ben Bennett - drumheads
Ryan Jewell - snare drum
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
in collaboration with:
Mark Collins - bass
Paul Hoskin - reeds
Tyler Wilcox - reeds
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2009 11 11 Wednesday 8:00
bst.cr:
Ben Bennett - drumheads
Ryan Jewell - snare drum
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
Jonathan Sielaff - solo clarinets
JP Jenkins - solo prepared guitar
Kelvin Pittman - tenor sax
Tyler Wilcox - soprano sax
Worksound, Portland, OR
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2009 10 25 Saturday 8:00
Harold Arts presents:
Carol Genetti, voice
Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello
Wilson Shook, alto saxophone
Peter Hanson, alto saxophone
Brad Henkel, trumpet
Owen Stewart-Robertson, guitar
Heaven Gallery, Chicago,IL
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2009 10 24 Saturday
Ben Boye, harmonium
Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello
Wilson Shook, alto saxophone
Aaron Zarzutzki, no-output turntable
Outerspace, Chicago IL
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2009 10 22 Thursday
Keefe Jackson, tenor saxophone
Kent Kessler, bass
Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello
Frank Rosaly, drums
Wilson Shook, alto saxophone
Carrie Shull, oboe
sextet and possibly some smaller groups
Elastic, Chicago, IL
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2009 July-August
Harold Arts Residency, Chesterhill, OH
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2009 07 16 Thursday 9:00
Birth Refusal // Hivemind // Evenings // Uneven Universe // Peter J. Woods // Instinct Control // Wilson Shook + KBD
Robinwood Concert House, Toledo, OH
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2009 07 15 Wednesday
bst.cr:
Ben Bennett - drumheads
Ryan Jewell - snare drum
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
there were one or two other sets, but I forget their names.
Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH
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2009 07 12 Sunday 7:00
The Electric Possible Series
Free Improv Mania: Canid // Wilson Shook // Vector Trio // Aerosolized Mucus
DC Arts Center
Washington, DC
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2009 07 07 Tuesday 8:00
Hz collective presents:
in trio:
Jonathan Zorn (double bass)
Rachel Thompson (viola)
Wilson Shook (alto sax)
Pinko Communoids
The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, Charlottesville, VA
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2009 07 01 Wednesday 8:00
DC Sonic Circuits performance series
Liz Meredith // vsls // canid // Wilson Shook
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
Silver Spring, MD
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2009 02 22 Sunday
24th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
Duo: Michael Thieke, Jonathan Zorn duo
Quartet: Wilson Shook, Michael Thieke, Tyler Wilcox, Jonathan Zorn
Duo: Kai Fagaschinski, Rachel Thompson
Quartet: Gust Burns, Kai Fagaschinski, Mara Sedlins, Rachel Thompson
Large Ensemble
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA
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2009 02 13 Friday
24th Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival
Trio: Greg Kelley, Kelvin Pittman, Doug Theriault
Solo:Christine Sehnaoui
Quintet: Gust Burns, Mark Collins, Greg Kelley, Mara Sedlins, Wilson Shook
Solo: Andrew Drury
Solo: Liz Tonne
Large Ensemble
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA
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2008 11 18 Tuesday 11:00
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
Joshua Manchester - kagel drum
Kagan Arik - Central Asian instruments: doshpulur, khomus (Tuvan), dutar (Turkmen), morin huur (Mongol)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions:
Jim Baker - piano, ARP synthesizer
Mars Williams - saxophones
Brian Sandstrom - double bass
Steve Hunt - drums, percussion
Hotti Biscotti, Chicago, IL
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2008 11 17 Monday
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
Guillermo Gregorio - clarinet
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Daniel Fandiño - electronics
Aaron Zarzutzki - no-output turntable
Joshua Manchester - kagel drum
sextet improvisation
Brown Rice, Chicago, IL
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2008 11 16 Sunday 10:00
Something Else
Hosted by Philip von Zweck
Wilson Shook - alto saxophone
Jaimie Branch - trumpet
I performed solo and with Jaimie.
Selections from my solo set ended up on a release entitled Solos 2009, which got a nice write-up here.
WLUW 88.7 FM, Chicago, IL
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2008 11 15 Saturday 10:00
Wilson Shook - Jaimie Branch Duo:
WS - alto saxophone
JB - trumpet
Brian Labycz ensemble:
Brian Labycz - compositions, electronics
Jim Baker - modular synthesizer/piano
Daniel Fandino - turntable
Jason Stein - bass clarinet
Aaron Zarzutzki - no-output turntable
Jeff Kimmel Group:
Jeff Kimmel - bass clarinet
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Frank Rosaly - percussion
Involution and exposition. Debut performance of the Shook/Branch duo.
Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
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This list is a work in progress, and will inevitably remain incomplete. Additions and revisions are welcome.
