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Alto saxophonist and flutist Biggi Vinkeloe will bring the Desert Sweets Trio to Truth or Consequences, Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
The passage of time shouldn’t affect Biggi Vinkeloe’s Desert Sweets Trio one bit. No worries that the musicians haven’t played together for 12 years. Even back then it was for a brief spell.
The trio plays improvisational music so it may not need to rehearse much.
“I’m expecting the concerts to be completely improvised from start to finish. That is really what Biggi and Damon specialize in. They’re both remarkable players,” said Albuquerque’s Mark Weaver, who plays tuba and didgeridoo in the trio.
Biggi Vinkeloe is an alto saxophonist and flutist who lives in Sweden. Bassist Damon Smith resides in Houston.
“Biggi brings a lyrical, sensual feeling to free music that is really quite engaging,” Weaver said.
“Damon’s playing just bristles with energy, even at low volume levels. He’s a very intense player. … He deals in a lot of textures and a dizzying array of sounds.”
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Biggi Vinkeloe’s Desert Sweets Trio WHEN and WHERE: 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 at Rio Bravo Fine Art, 110 N. Broadway, Truth or Consequences; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14 at the Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale SE; and at 8 p.m. March 18 at Benildus Hall, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe HOW MUCH: $10 at the door for the T or C concert; $15 at the Outpost for general public, $10 students and Outpost members by calling 268-0044(cq) or at the door; for ticket information on the Santa Fe concert, contact steve.paxton@santafeuniversity.edu |
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With the double bass and tuba, Weaver said the trio sports two bass instruments.
Smith’s double bass becomes a percussive instrument when he hits it with his fingers or twangs the strings while Weaver’s tuba resonates when he blows into the mouthpiece.
“I think it’s a great combination,” Weaver said.
“We’re inhabiting different areas (of sound) to provide a setting, and Biggi is swimming in it. She provides a melodic focal point that she’s accomplished with extended techniques.”
Even when Vinkeloe’s playing is abstract, there’s a melodic sense that links the lines, he noted.
Weaver said that after listening again to the CD the trio made in 2001 and to Vinkeloe’s more recent recordings, he thinks that she has gotten better in the intervening years.
As part of the trio’s tour of New Mexico and Colorado, it will give concerts in Truth or Consequences, Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Poet Lisa Gill opens the Albuquerque concert.
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