Caroline Davis & Dustin Carlson + Andy Stack & Tim Mislock & Kelly Pratt
Caroline Davis & Dustin Carlson
Composer, saxophonist, and vocalist Caroline Davis’s expression covers a wide range of styles, owed to her shifting environment as a child. From angular, melody-present instrumental outfits to soulful, quirky song writing, Caroline’s persona is recognizably present. As an improviser and saxophonist, she has released six albums under her name and has won Downbeat’s Critic’s Poll Rising Star. Through the years, her work continues to garner praise in domestic and international publications. Davis has shared musical moments with Lee Konitz, Angelica Sanchez, The Femme Jam, Matt Mitchell, Terry Riley, Miles Okazaki, Thana Alexa, and Billy Kaye, among many others. She regularly sings and writes songs with the experimental R&B band, My Tree. Her composition work has led her to be a resident fellow at MacDowell, The Jazz Gallery, and ICE Ensemble Evolution; and she was awarded Jerome Hill, CMA, and NYFA fellowships. Her compositions integrate science and music, influenced by her Ph.D in Music Cognition. Caroline is an advocate for gender equity (This Is A Movement, The New School) and abolition (Justice for Keith Lamar).
Dustin Carlson is a Brooklyn based guitarist with his own voice, but a voice that keeps shifting around in further & otherly ways (he’s still in motion). His work reflects his deep fascination with time, music, physical movement, soul and culture. He has two releases under his own name Air Ceremony (Out Of Your Head Records) and Shakes/The Noise of Wings (Very Special Recordings) as well as many collaborations spanning worlds known by such words as dance, theater, jazz, math rock, ambient music, revolutionary folk, chamber music, noise and pop.
Andy Stack/Tim Mislock/Kelly Pratt
Andrew Brant “Andy” Stack is one of the founding members of the indie-rock duo Wye Oak and a solo artist under the moniker Joyero, as well as a remix artist and a composer and producer for film and commercial music. He has also performed as a member of EL VY, and Lambchop.
Tim “Timmy” Mislock is a musician and ambient composer currently living in North Carolina. He has written, recorded, and toured with Tegan & Sara, The Antlers, Holly Miranda, and many others. After nearly 800 performances on Broadway and the First National Tour, Tim bid farewell to his role as Kryzystoff in the Tony Award winning musical, Hedwig and The Angry Inch. In September of 2017, he released his first solo record under his own name entitled Now Is The Last Best Time—the album explores the emotions of the caretaker’s experience caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s Disease. His most recent solo release, Always, continues to explore the sonic textures and immersive ambient worlds that have become synonymous with Tim’s guitar playing. In addition to his solo work, Tim can be found playing around the Triangle area as part of an improvisational trio MISLOCK/PRATT/STACK founded with fellow slurm-lords Kelly Pratt and Andy Stack.
Kelly Pratt is an arranger and multi-instrumentalist best known for his brass and woodwind work in the music acts Beirut, David Byrne & St. Vincent, and Father John Misty.
Doors 7:30 pm, show at 8 pm. $10-20 cash/Venmo at the door (no one turned away). BYO or sample what’s on hand.