Kevin Gosa

EP Coming Soon

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:08:42 -0500

Jake Armerding and I just finished two days in the recording studio cutting a six track EP of our yet-to-be-named duo project.

It was a fabulous set of sessions and we are excited to finish the post-production work and make it available to everyone in the whole wide world. (Thanks interweb.)

Until then, check out the gigs page to find out when and where you can see me playing.

(Like tonight - 1.21.10 - at the Living Room in Manhattan for example.)

The Versery

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:38:38 -0500

It is true that I am an amateur poet.

I have not been active in poetizing since the birth of my little buddy over a year ago, but with a reinvigorarted site, and new sense of creative necessity, I hope to “clobber it” in 2010.

Check out my work here: www.versery.com.

New Curator Article

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:14:11 -0400

I break a BIG story today at The Curator Magazine: You Heard It Here First. Check it out right away. Don’t be last to know!

Last Two Nights

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:02:00 -0400

PASSION (A play by Peter Nichols)
October 2 and 3
Shows at 8PM

TICKETS HERE

Presented at The Underground Theater
St. Michael’s Church
252 Ninth Street at Hamilton Park

J CITY Theater presents Passion by Peter Nichols. Performances will be September 23 to October 3, 2009; Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00pm. Performed at The Underground Theater at St. Michael’s Church, 252 Ninth Street at Hamilton Park, Jersey City, New Jersey. Featuring Sandy Cockrell, Tony Cormier, Rachel Kerbs, Camille Mazurek, Kellis Carroll and Rocio Mendez. Directed by Sandy Cockrell; stage managed by Arlonda Washington.

Live musical score performed by saxophonist Kevin Gosa.
Original paintings and sculpture used in performances by Hernando Rico Sanchez.

SEATING IS LIMITED; ADVANCE PURCHASE RECOMMENDED. Advance purchase for each performance ends at 6:00pm day of event. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.

SHOW TONIGHT

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:14:55 -0400

8PM at the Brooklyn Lyceum ($10) with the Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra. Don’t miss it! http://bit.ly/zFhRV

Newsletter Vol. 1

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:48:00 -0400

Here you have it: the first-ever Kevin Gosa newsletter.

I know what you’re thinking. “Finally! What took you so long? We’re dying out here!” Well, I was inspired by my good friend Mr. Jake Armerding to start updating all my salivating fans more regularly. Your wakeful nights pining for news about my life as an “artist” in a small city next to the biggest in the world - in a sense - are over. Now those formerly industrious sheep mope sullenly penned, for no longer will their services be required to sooth you into slumber.

So we begin our adventure together. I’ll fill you in on all the nitty gritty of being a part-time saxophonist, let you know when, where and what I’ll be performing, and keep you up-to-date on the many other creative endeavors I find myself falling into. And in return you promise to buy every one of the albums I have already recorded (zero so far), every one of the upcoming releases (also zero), and even those in the quite distant future (which given my track record, puts you in little danger of overcommitting).

Since our inboxes are already too full of mail that takes too long to read, and thus, is promptly deleted without the slightest hesitancy, I won’t be sending newsletters out like Bed, Bath and Beyond 20% off coupons that, in spite of what’s printed on them, never actually expire, and can be used with up to four others in a single visit (provided, of course, you have at least one item per coupon).

In the coming month I’ve some ab fab performances for which I hope you’ll have some space in your schedule. This week I’ll be performing with the Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra (12 saxes plus drums) at the Brooklyn Lyceum. At the end of the month you can catch one or all of 8 performances in Jersey City of the Peter Nichols play, Passion, for which i have arranged and/or composed all music, and will be performing on stage throughout the show. A very heavy scene that is not to be missed. And in mid-October, I’ll be joining Jake Armerding and Damien Bassman (who, ironically, does not “slapa da bass mon”, and who likely has heard that joke a gazillion times) for a genre-bending night of great music in the West Village.

And now, the details. Pleae mark your calendars accordingly.

September 17th, 2009
8pm
THE SENSORIUM SAXOPHONE ORCHESTRA
Symphony of Suspicious Activity (for 12 saxophones and drums)

TICKETS HERE

Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY

featuring: Soprano sax: Kevin Gosa, Rob Mosher; Alto sax: David Schnug, Omar Daniels, Justin Wood; Tenor sax: Gerald Thomas, Jonathan Mortiz, Bryan Beninghove; Baritone sax: Josh Sinton, Don Undeen; Bass sax: Stephan Zeniuk, Brian Landrus; Drumkit: Tim Kuhl; Composer, conductor: Benjamin Miller

“…massive, spectrum-enveloping sound clouds out of little more than the horn’s warm, bleating tones.”
—-Village Voice, Aug. 2009.

September 23-26; September 30 - October 3
All shows at 8PM
PASSION (A play by Peter Nichols)

TICKETS HERE

Presented at The Underground Theater
St. Michael’s Church
252 Ninth Street at Hamilton Park

J CITY Theater presents Passion by Peter Nichols. Performances will be September 23 to October 3, 2009; Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00pm. Performed at The Underground Theater at St. Michael’s Church, 252 Ninth Street at Hamilton Park, Jersey City, New Jersey. Featuring Sandy Cockrell, Tony Cormier, Rachel Kerbs, Camille Mazurek, Kellis Carroll and Rocio Mendez. Directed by Sandy Cockrell; stage managed by Arlonda Washington.

Live musical score performed by saxophonist Kevin Gosa.
Original paintings and sculpture used in performances by Hernando Rico Sanchez.

SEATING IS LIMITED; ADVANCE PURCHASE RECOMMENDED. Advance purchase for each performance ends at 6:00pm day of event. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.

Thursday, October 15
8PM
With Jake Armerding

Neighborhood Church of Greenwich Village, 269 Bleecker St., New York, NY. With folk sensation Jake Armerding and drummer Damien Bassman. I recently to recorded on Jake’s new album Her. Visit the Neighborhood Church website for details.

New Curator Piece

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:06:54 -0400

My latest piece is now online. Confronting Your Arch-Nemesis: http://bit.ly/LY9EP.

Boston Show Tonight

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:15:31 -0400

Playing with Jake Armerding (www.jakearmerding.com) tonight at Club Passim in Harvard Square, 8pm.

If you’re ears are itching for sweet sounds, we won’t dissappoint.

New Curator Article

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:50:47 -0400

If you’re not already aware, I write for a fabulous online magazine - The Curator.

My latest is titled Snobbery and the True King Corn.

Here’s the lead…

No person can be highbrow in every arena of life and culture, even with the oldest old money in the world and the Gold Coastiest Gold Coast mansion in New York. There will be at least one aspect of life into which your tastes fall into the shunned and repulsed lowbrow designation – in food, TV, movies, theater, music, vacation spots, boats, art, cars, fashion, drink, books, comedy, sports, jewelry, or something else. But there will be something.

Many pretend to maintain the highest level of taste…

Website Relaunch

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:54:06 -0400

Welcome to the almost all new www.kevingosa.com.

Here’s a summary of what’s new:

Mailing List Sign-Up (please do if you want to get email updates)
RSS News Blog (news.kevingosa.com/rss)
Flash Sound Clips
Twitter Updates
Improved Bio/Contact/Gig Pages

Once again I’d like to thank Matt Kirkland for the original design, some borrowed code, and his designer’s eye.

The one bug that I am aware of is an bad margin issue when the site is viewed in IE. Which means you should download Firefox. But, I am working on fixing the issue.

Hope you like the new site.

Bangkok

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Jake Armerding and I are performing at the 15th World Saxophone Congress meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. Here’s the description:

Fiddling Around with the Devil’s Horn

A bluegrass and folk fiddler stretches out into new territory by daring to play the most audacious of instruments: the saxophone. An unorthodox musical combination playing a most American of styles, the blend of these instrumentalists’ tones and their musical vocabularies gives the performance a sound wholly distinct.

Saxophone is regularly heard in almost every conceivable style; yet rarely in bluegrass. And in its rare appearances there, it’s often heavily loaded with jazz vocabulary. In this instance however, the saxophonist is rooted in the classical tradition and strives to play bluegrass as a bluegrass musician would, having studied improvisation and the style for over a decade. And the two together seek to take their respective heritages and weave together a musically tapestry that stands out as something which must be heard.

If you’re around Bangkok on July 8, 2009, stop by Mahidol University and see the show.

Details posted on the Gigs page…

Her - Jake Armerding

Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Check out my work on Porto, PT on Jake Armerding’s newest record, Her.

Songs in Stained Glass

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

I recorded both of Jake Armerding’s new records. The first one is Songs in Stained Glass. It’s available for download at NoiseTrade.

I recorded several takes of free improvisation as an audition...

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

I recorded several takes of free improvisation as an audition for the Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra. The two best full takes were both compelling, so I decided to combine them and create a layered improvistation.

Happenstansity

Linus Clayton Gosa

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

I’m proud to announce that my first child was born today. So, don’t expect too many new updates. Hopefully though, I’ll still be gigging.

Live at the Bitter End

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Live at the Bitter End

Gigs

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Jake Armerding and I just wrapped up a successful tour of the midwest. We had the pleasure of preforming at The Culture House in Olathe, KS. The performance was also recorded, so if our playing was up to snuff, you might just see a live EP of the Gosa/Armerding duo out soon.

Curator Today is the launch date for a new online cultural...

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Curator

Today is the launch date for a new online cultural magazine, The Curator (a pulication of International Arts Movement), for which I am a contributing editor.

My first piece is about the great Les Paul. Check it out!

Porcupine Shuffle Here’s a video of Jake Armerding and me...

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Porcupine Shuffle

Here’s a video of Jake Armerding and me performing together on the Acoustic Long Island podcast. (Full podcast here)

Birthday Love for the People

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Because of the overwhelming outpouring of love on my birthday (my 29th), I will repay all by playing the best shows of my life ever by a gamillion times a thousand and one in July and August!

Or, I will at least give it my best effort.

Jake Armerding has invited me once again to join him on stage at several upcoming shows.

More details…