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Empty Cage at The Blue Whale

Kris Tiner — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:18:09 +0000

Empty Cage in Berkeley and LA

Kris Tiner — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:08:16 +0000

Empty Cage Quartet returns to the West Coast this week. We’ll be in residency at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga for three days, followed by performances on Sunday 11-13 at the Berkeley Arts Festival (click here for info) and on Monday 11-14 at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles (click here for info). Follow us on Facebook or Twitter for all the updates…

KT3 in San Diego, 10/12/08

Kris Tiner — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:59:08 +0000

Thanks to Nathan Hubbard for posting this video from a trio performance at Kava Gallery in San Diego back in 2008. Scott Walton is on bass, Nathan Hubbard on percussion. Video shot by Ellen Weller. We are playing arrangements of two short piano pieces by Morton Feldman, followed by my composition “Only As Evidence”.

Tin/Bag at the Naked Lounge

Kris Tiner — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:54:32 +0000

[Sacramento, CA, 10/23/11, photo by Ross Hammond. Video below from the same concert, filmed by Ross Hammond, the piece is "Bridges", title track from our new album.]

Tin/Bag at The Blue Whale

Kris Tiner — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:58:36 +0000

[Los Angeles, CA, 10/20/11, photo by Allen D. Glass]

Tin/Bag California Tour Oct 20-23

Kris Tiner — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:49:11 +0000

Tin/Bag – BRIDGES California CD Release Tour

October 20 – Tin/Bag (Kris Tiner-tpt/Mike Baggetta-gtr) | workshop at Oakwood School | 4pm
October 20 – Tin/Bag + Walsh Set Trio | Blue Whale | Los Angeles | 9pm | fb
October 21 – Tin/Bag | Masterclass at CSU Bakersfield | 4pm | fb
October 21 – Tin/Bag | Guitar Arts Series at CSU Bakersfield | 7:30pm | fb
October 22 – Tin/Bag plays Monk and Country | Vessel Gallery | Oakland, CA | 3-5pm
October 22 – Tin/Bag + Phillip Greenlief/David Boyce Duo | Berkeley Arts Festival | Berkeley, CA | 8pm
October 23 – Tin/Bag + Ross Hammond | Naked Lounge | Sacramento, CA | 8pm

Tone Drift Trio at Royal T, 10/12/11

Kris Tiner — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:32:41 +0000

[G. E. Stinson - gtr/electronics; Kris Tiner - tpt/flg; Steuart Liebig - bass gtr/electronics, photo by Allen D. Glass. Video below by Ross Hammond.]

Tone Drift Trio / Dromedary at Royal T

Kris Tiner — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:02:59 +0000

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Tin/Bag in Montague and Brooklyn

Kris Tiner — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:39:57 +0000

Tin/Bag recently played a couple of shows on the East Coast to celebrate the release of our new CD Bridges. The first was at the Montague Book Mill, a tranquil little spot in the middle of the woods in Western Massachusetts, a former saw mill now filled with the smell of coffee and used books and the constant lull of a waterfall outside. Sounds about perfect, and it was. Singer/songwriter H. Nathan Hobbs played an opening set that really knocked me out – spinning brilliant lyrics and melodies like little delicate jewels. Mike and I played the second set, introducing a couple of new compositions as well as arrangements of music by Hank Williams, Joe Cunningham (of Blue Cranes) and Willie Nelson. Hartford music critic Richard Kamins wrote this glowing review of the show, and it was also featured in a preview on masslive.com.

The next day we were back in New York, and I spent the afternoon wandering through Queens to visit the Louis Armstrong House Museum, something I’ve always wanted to do. The lush Japanese-inspired garden and the A/C inside were a welcome reprieve from the god-awful heat wave that inundated most of the city that weekend.

Our show with Trio Caveat at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music that evening was a Critics’ Pick in Time Out New York, and also featured on Village Voice writer Jim Macnie’s blog Lament for a Straight Line. Was great to see our NY friends who turned out despite the heat… big thanks to James Ilgenfritz for organizing this one.

Bridges continues to gather enthusiastic reviews and Mike and I are planning a series of concerts on the West Coast in October. Check my events page for details.

Texas, June 2011

Kris Tiner — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:24:53 +0000

I went to Austin in June for a performance with Chris Schlarb’s Psychic Temple Ensemble at the NMASS Festival at the Salvage Vanguard Theater. While there, I sat in on a set by singer/songwriter Aaron Roche, whose album Plainspeak has been dominating my turntable all summer. Wonderful stuff. The NMASS crew did a top-notch job with this festival, the set with Schlarb was transcendent to say the least, and I fell completely in BBQ-induced love with Austin.

After the festival I drove to Houston, spent Father’s Day afternoon at Rothko Chapel, and then to a fun gig with my friend Thomas Helton and The Core Trio at Khon’s. Houston has a very dynamic community of creative musicians, and it was wonderful to meet and hear so many of them. Big thanks to Jonathan Jindra for his help organizing and promoting this show.