2004 Seattle Improvised Music Festival

Friday, February 13 · Lo-Fi
429 Eastlake Avenue E · 8 P.M. · $5-15 sliding scale donation

Dave Tucker & William Roper

Although he is perhaps best known for his work as a guitarist in The Fall between 1980-1, Dave Tucker is an experienced improviser, having worked regularly with improvising ensembles such as the London Improvisers' Orchestra and the School of Velocity with Evan Parker. An edgy player with a sharp musical mind, Tucker mixes compelling rhythms, pointillism, atonality, electro-acoustic improvisation, and flexibility in playing techniques to explore new musical possibilities.

William Roper's professional experience ranges from the symphony stage to free improvisation groups. He has toured the United States, Canada, and Europe with jazz and classical ensembles. He has played and/or recorded with Arthur Blythe, Bobby Bradford, Anthony Braxton, John Carter, Mark Dresser, Douglas Ewart, Art Farmer, The Fibonaccis, Vinny Golia, Glenn Horiuchi, Clay Jenkins, Yusef Lateef, Thelonious Monster, Motor Totemist Guild, The Other Woman, Parachute Express, John Rapson, Kim Richmond, Adam Rudolph, Wadada Leo Smith, Horace Tapscott, Jimmy Townes, Michael Vlatkovich, Mark Weber. He has received performance grants from Meet the Composer/CA. He is co-founder and performing member of Judicanti Responsura, a tuba and percussion ensemble specializing in contemporary and improvisational music.

Roper has done extensive work in the fields of theater, dance, and performance art. In addition to his own work he has collaborated with such artists as Jackie Apple, Bob Carroll, John Fleck, Anna Homler, Scott Kellman, Dan Kwong, Jeff McMahon, Joseph Mitchell, Betty Nash, Gloria Newman, Rudy Perez, Will Salmon, Joseph Santarromana, Eve Stabolepsy, and Bernie White. He has received a 1993 NEA/LACE Artists' Project Grant to create a new work in collaboration with video artist Joseph Santarromana. In 1989 he co-founded Tomato Sage Consortium, a nonprofit performance organization. This organization has received grants from the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and the California Arts Council. In the visual arts, he has received fellowships from the Brody Arts Fund and ArtMatters, Inc. In 1990 he created a site-specific installation at New York's JFK airport under the auspices of the Organization of Independent Artists. His billboard, “A Flight of Angels,” toured the Los Angeles area for four months in 1990.

2004 Seattle Improvised Music Festival