New Works for Improvising Musicians: Nick Fraser's Special Topics

Nick Fraser’s Special Topics is a new group of established and younger musicians based in Toronto. The band is Fraser’s attempt to become “Toronto’s 21st-century Art Blakey” by fostering a spirit of mutual mentorship and multi-generational collaboration. w/ Maxwell Stover - saxophone Kae Murphy - trumpet Josh Cole - double bass Nick Fraser - drums/compositions Cole can be coolly lyrical, he can write a controlled “classical” counterpoint, he can drop in some funk, and he can also let the improvisers loose in the stratosphere.” - Popmatters.com Josh Cole hosts this intimate night of experimentation exploring relationships between musicians, between sounds, between improvisation and composition.