Michael Brenneis & the Plutonium Players

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Sebastian Brenneis

An eight piece band with instruments.

Michael Brenneis & the Plutonium Players

This DIG JAZZ concert will be a jazz feast as one of the city’s most experimental players gathers some of the best traditionalists to showcase Brenneis’ latest composition, “Later, They Had Lunch.” The piece will be challenging for the players because Brenneis conceives a score for his band members the way Christopher Guest directs actors in his films: by providing a precise scenario, then letting the artists have lots of room to breathe. Among the players is woodwind player Tony Barba, who will be fresh off touring dates with Father John Misty.

press release: The Madison Music Collective, Arts + Literature Laboratory, and The Wisconsin Union Theater present Michael Brenneis and the Plutonium Players on Friday, October 21, 2022 at 7:30pm at the Wisconsin Union Theater Play Circle.

Michael Brenneis returns to DIG JAZZ with his Plutonium Players to showcase a brand new work entitled "Later, They Had Lunch." With the notable absence of a chordal instrument, this music makes unusual demands on its performers. Every piece is participatory; the players are called upon to move more air than they might under different circumstances. Every line of harmony is predetermined, but written with a density, or space, or uncertainty that allows it to breathe in an organic way. The contours develop intentionally. Many of the components are predetermined at the same time that the freedom is baked-in. A contradiction? Or an adventure!

Woodwinds: Tony Barba, Matthew Sintchak, Allen Cordingley

Brass: Paul Dietrich, Jamie Kember, David Spies

Bass: John Christensen

Drums: Michael Brenneis

This event is free but donations are encouraged to support future DIG JAZZ performances.