Andrew Raffo Dewar

1969 marked the beginning of multi-instrumentalist Milo Fine's lifework in free jazz/improvised music; a lifework underscored by his ongoing efforts in self-determination. Since 1970, he has produced an ongoing series of concerts at a succession of Minneapolis venues; currently the West Bank School of Music (www.westbankmusic.org), and Homewood Studios (www.homewoodstudios.com). He has long-standing musical relationships with veterans of the Twin Cities' creative music community (Steve Gnitka, Scott Newell, John O'Brien, Joe Smith and Anthony Cox), younger veteran practitioners (Davu Seru, Charles Gillett, Stefan Kac, and ex-Twin Cities' residents Andrew Lafkas and Andrew Raffo Dewar) and the occasional transplant (Viv Corringham). Newer partners include Paul Metzger, Elaine Evans and the group Aerosol Pike (Philip Mann/Ryan Reber/Rick Ness). Collaborators outside of his home base have included Derek Bailey, the Reform Art Unit, Hugh Davies, Tony Wren, Anthony Braxton, Matt Hutchinson, Sunny Murray, Evan Parker, Roger Turner, Tim Hodgkinson, Paul Hession, Mick Beck and Didier Petit. Among other locales, Milo has presented his work in New York, Paris, Vienna, London, Leeds, Sheffield, Chicago, and Stuttgart, and his music can be heard on over three dozen recordings. Allegedly forthcoming documents include an LP on Locust with Paul Metzger and Davu Seru, and a CD on Rossbin with Tim Hodgkinson.  For more information visit: www.fetik3.com/milofine

Percussionist Davu Seru has worked with numerous improvising musicians including Milo Fine, Jaron Childs (both of whom he has worked with for nearly a decade) Andrew Lafkas, Charles Gillett, Anthony Cox, Wendy Ultan, George Cartwright, Stefan Kac, Robbie Lynn Hunsinger, David Boykin, and Nicole Mitchell. Davu also plays in the epic instrumental band, Take Acre. He has performed in local and national music festivals, including Heliotrope (Minneapolis, 2003-2009), The Driftless Jazz Festival (Viroqua, WI, 2008), Twin Cities' Sur Seine Festival (2006), the Walker Art Center's Festival Dancing in Your Head (2004), the No-Net Festival (Denver, 2002), the American Composer's Forum's Bamboo Fest (2001), and the Museum of Contemporary Art's Active Music Marathon (Chicago, 2000). In addition to his activities as a performer, Davu has been a curator of concerts series that featured jazz, European and American improvised music, in both Chicago and Minneapolis; those were the Early Friday Out-Sets at Hothouse in Chicago (1999-2000), and Unum at the former Gus Lucky's Gallery in Minneapolis (2000-01). For more information visit www.davuseru.com

Composer, improviser, and woodwind instrumentalist Andrew Raffo Dewar was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1975.  Since 1995 he has been active in the music communities of Minneapolis, New Orleans, the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, and performing his work internationally. He has studied with saxophonist/composers Steve Lacy, Anthony Braxton and Phillip Greenlief, composer Alvin Lucier, trumpeter/composer Bill Dixon, multi-instrumentalist Milo Fine, and has also had a long involvement with experimental and traditional Indonesian music. Dewar has been noted as "having the rare ability to translate his knowledge into something beautiful" (Foxy Digitalis). The 2008 debut recording of his music on Porter Records was described as "absorbing" (Dusted Magazine),"enshrouding" and "evoking something unnatural and plugged-in" (Bagatellen), as well as "musical rainfall" and "absolutely essential listening" (Aquarius Records). According to Paper Cuts zine, "Dewar’s music is not a watered down copy or even a respectful imitation of other musical forms; it’s his own thing." In addition to leading his own ensembles and performing in collaborative groups with known and unknown musicians from around the world, Dewar performs with and appears on several recordings by the Anthony Braxton 12+1tet and the Bill Dixon Orchestra. Dewar is Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts in New College at the University of Alabama. For more information visit www.freemovementarts.com

In addition to this Trio Raro event, Andrew Raffo Dewar and Milo Fine will also be collaborating with vocalist Viv Corringham at Homewood Studios (2400 Plymouth Ave. N.; Minneapolis, Minnesota) on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 7:00pm.

Trio Raro
Sunday, November 8, 2009, 8:00pm (admission $5.)
Studio Z  in located 275 East 4th St. (Northwestern Building) in  St. Paul, Minnesota.

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