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Battle Hymns & Gardens
https://battlehymnsandgardens.bandcamp.com/
Reed Wallsmith
https://www.instagram.com/reedwallsmith/
Joe Cunningham
https://www.instagram.com/howdidyoupayforthat/
Jon Shaw
https://www.instagram.com/marleschingus/
Tim DuRoche
https://www.timduroche.com/
https://www.instagram.com/tim_duroche/
Shuttleworth, Simpson, Jones, & Mayhall
Chris Shuttleworth
https://www.instagram.com/chris.shuttleworth/
Noah Simpson - Trumpet
https://solo.to/noahsimpson
https://www.instagram.com/simpsonaire/
Andrew Jones
https://linktr.ee/andrewdanieljones
https://www.instagram.com/and.or_you/
Matt Mayhall
http://www.mattmayhallmusic.com/
https://mattmayhall.bandcamp.com/music
BATTLE HYMNS & GARDENS
Battle Hymns & Gardens is Reed Wallsmith (alto saxophone, composition), Joe Cunningham (tenor saxophone, percussion, composition) and bassist Jon Shaw of the acclaimed ensemble Blue Cranes, and Tim DuRoche on drums, gongs, and little instruments. This album also features trombonist James Powers and guitarist Dan Duval augmenting the core ensemble.
Originally formed in 2007 as a free improvisation ensemble, BHaG have evolved over time into one of the more compelling units on the Portland scene, balancing original compositions by Cunningham and Wallsmith, reminiscent of the harmolodic drop-kicked joy of Don Cherry and Ornette Coleman and Loft Jazz era giants like Sam Rivers with spacious, lyrical landscapes, a la Paul Motian and Roscoe Mitchell—with a strong influence of folk-form and melody and a healthy dose of conversational interplay and humor, along for the ride.
Battle Hymns & Gardens have shared bills and/or collaborated with Tim Young, Allison Miller, Lucian Ban, Mike Gamble, Elina Duni, The Tiptons, and Elliott Sharp among others, and appeared at the Portland Jazz Festival, PDX Pop Now! fest, the Creative Music Guild’s Improvisation Summit of Portland, and The Cathedral Park Jazz Festival. They’ve also created an original scores for dance (with choreographers Tere Mathern Dance, Heidi Duckler, and Mike Barber’s Ten Tiny Dances, and live silent-film scores.
“Battle Hymns and Gardens have found a nuance and precision to their sound that’s wholly their own. Yet this still pretty ‘out there’ jazz we’re talking about. Just listen closely to that sense of freedom in the wild timbres of Reed Wallsmith and Joe Cunningham’s interlocking sax lines and the freight train rhythm section of Jon Shaw and Tim DuRoche” —PDX Pop Now
“[BHaG] persuasively combining some ‘60s-style free-jazz possibilities with a more structured framework to create some of the city’s most intriguing improvisation.”
—Willamette Week