brace yo'self!  father of origin (mte-54/55/56), eremite's box set retrospective of juma sultan's aboriginal music society, appears to be on schedule for an october release date. scroll it down for more details on this heretofore lost odyssey of revolutionary free music from a peak historical moment of grassroots cultural & community radicalism in jazz. meanwhile joshua abrams is deep in the ark finishing a new natural information record for eremite. featuring contributions from lisa alvarado, michael avery, david boykin, emmett kelly, nicole mitchell, jeff parker, tomeka reid, jason stein, chad taylor & michael zerang.  the record is certain to be a bodacious follow-up to his acclaimed 2010 natural information. check out abrams & various configurations of the project in performance this fall

 10/11 september: guelph, ontario, guelph jazz festival nuit blanche (abrams, michael avery, emmett kelly, lisa alvarado)
16 september: chicago, chicago world music festival, mayne stage (band as above)
12 october: chicago, hideout (abrams & frank rosaly, dbl bill with abrams, jeb bishop, hamid drake, jeff parker)
15 october: cincinatti, loft jazz society  (solo abrams)
17 october: manhattan, clemente soto velez cultural center (abrams, gerald cleaver, ingrid laubrock)
18 october: brooklyn, douglas street music collective  (abrams & ben vida) 
20 october: philadelphia, ars nova workshop @ rotunda  (abrams & chad taylor)
23 october: brooklyn, zebulon  (abrams & chad taylor)
26 october: amherst, solos&duos series @ bezanson recital hall umass  (abrams & frank rosaly)
27 october: cambridge, lorem ipsum books  (abrams & frank rosaly)