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Chatter Late Works to feature guitarist James Moore
Guitarist James Moore will perform at Chatter.
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Chatter’s Late Works series, late night concerts for the adventurous, continues with a 9 p.m. concert on Friday, July 7, featuring composer, guitarist and bandleader James Moore.
Moore enjoys an active career writing, performing and collaborating with an eclectic community of artists, bringing in influences from classical, folk, jazz, indie rock and experimental music.
Moore is a founding member and director of Dither, an electric guitar quartet specializing in contemporary composed and improvised music. In their 15 years as a group, the quartet has presented hundreds of new compositions and garnered international acclaim.
Moore’s first solo recording, a new interpretation of John Zorn’s notorious collection of guitar etudes “The Book of Heads,” was released on Tzadik in 2015, accompanied with a performance film by director Stephen Taylor. Moore worked closely with Zorn to develop these strange and idiosyncratic works, which require an arsenal of extended techniques involving balloons, children’s toys and common household items.
For the Chatter concert Moore will play excerpts from “The Book of Heads,” as well as a duet with Chatter pianist Luke Gullickson, “Bouquet Garni” by Florent Ghys, a French composer.
Gullickson will also perform Béla Bartók’s “Out of Doors,” which contains the composer’s famous “night music” tribute to the sounds of frogs and insects — a perfect soundtrack to inspire one’s summer camping trips here in New Mexico.
Doors open at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are available at chatterabq.org/boxoffice.
