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New Ghosts Double Header: These Things Happen / James Falzone with Mouse Vision @ BOP STOP
Co-Presented by New Ghosts
March 17 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
A special Tuesday night double-header co-presented by New Ghosts. This performance features:
These Things Happen: Keefe Jackson, saxophone; Oscar Jan Hoogland, piano; Jason Roebke, bass; Mikel Patrick Avery, drums
PLUS
James Falzone; clarinets, reeds solo and in collaboration with Mouse Vision: Laura Swedenborg, Kristen Ban Drake, bbob drake
Doors: 5pm
Falzone/Mouse Vision: 6pm
These Things Happen: 7pm
Tickets for tonight are $20 each (a $2 per ticket processing fee will be added to your purchase).
This event will also be livestreamed on BOP STOP's Youtube Channel at showtime. Accessing the stream is free but donations are encouraged and directly support the band.
Stick around for Outlab!
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The music of These Things Happen lives in the spaces between Chicago and Amsterdam, composition and improvisation, sobriety and wild abandon, playfulness and innocence. Starting with classic pieces and originals from the Dutch and American jazz traditions, the group will digress, covering new ground: discover and ignore, grab and release, creating and letting go.
While the Chicago musician comes to jazz naturally, the Dutch approach to this music has often that been of respectful game and play. With These Things Happen this contrast is one of sincere joy. The compositions of Misha Mengelberg stand next to those of Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols and originals.
These Things Happen’s new long-playing disc 'A Gentle Reminder' comes out in March 2026 on the Corbett vs. Dempsey label. Their previous release was in 2022, from Astral Spirits Records.
James Falzone has dedicated a large part of his work, especially since 2011, to solo playing and the development of a long-form work he calls Sighs Too Deep For Words. His solo work is a synthesis of the improvised and the composed and often incorporates multiple clarinets (Bb, Eb, prepared), penny whistles, ritual and singing bowls/bells, shruti box, and other ambient sound makers. He has toured with his solo project extensively, often in conjunction with workshops and masterclasses on improvisation at universities, colleges, and music schools.
Mouse Vision is a Cleveland-based, butoh inspired project linking experimental sound and movement.