NEW RELEASE BY THE WEST STREET TRIO

Experimental, improvised music from the West Street Trio.

IMPROVISED MUSIC FROM NEW HAVEN

The West Street Trio recorded another set of improvised music.

Federico (FAM) Balducci: Guitar
John D Venter: Bari Sax
Steve Chillemi: Drums

THE WEST STREET ALT-FIVE

Improvised music from New Haven, Connecticut.

The West Street Alt-Five
Recorded May 14, 2018

Pete Brunelli, Bass
Steve Chillemi, Drums
Bob Gorry, Guitar
Chris Venter, Guitar
John Venter, TSax

WEST STREET DUO - UN-MEDITATIONS

• west street duo: un-meditations
      (2019, download, --, bandcamp)

Following West Street's "Fearless Meditations" release, here's "Un-Meditations".

Steven Schillemi and John D Venter are in fine shape on these two tracks.
Short and surprising.
Nice !!

WEST STREET - FEARLESS MEDITATIONS

• west street: fearless meditations
      (2019, download, --, bandcamp)

I've heard West Street as a duo, as a trio, and even as a quintet. Contrary to their previous experimental and improvised sessions, "Fearless Meditations" has the ensemble looking for the more calming, repetitive and meditative side of the musical infinity.
Featuring Steve Chillemi (Doctor Dark, DOOT!), John D Venter, Inan Bouras, and Mary Jane Chillemi.

THE WEST STREET TRIO - WEST STREET TRIO AT STELLA BLUES 2018

About ten days ago, John D Venter and Steve Chillemi teamed up with Frederico (FAM) Balducci for a set of improvised music at the 'Stella Blues' club in New Haven, CT.

Thanks to the wonders of Bandcamp, I was able to give the set a listen and I have to say that I liked it.

• Frederico (FAM) Balducci : guitar
• John D Venter :  tenor sax, tatchet
• Steve Chillemi : drums

THE WEST STREET FIVE - THE WEST STREET FIVE

• the west street five: the west street five
      (2018, download, --, bandcamp)

Here's some more improvised music from the New Haven scene.

As John D Venter explains :

West Street Five is the second West Street Session Release. Unlike the initial release, it is very much Electric. Over a one week period in May 2018, Steve Chillemi and I invited various musical friends over for series of live recording sessions. These have become the West Street Sessions. There were 5 sessions involving 8 musicians and about 15 hours of live recordings. Recordings were made on one or two Zoom H6 recorders depending on the number of tracks needed. Steve and I are common to all the recordings. Thanks to Chris Venter for technical assistance and the use of much-recording equipment. We are very grateful to all the musicians that took the time to participate.

The West Street 5:

• Ben Hecht: Bass
• Jeff Cedrone: Guitar L
• Steve Chillemi: Drums
• Chris Venter: Guitar R
• John Venter: TSax

JEFF DAY, ED FLYN, STEVE CHILLEMI AND JOHN D VENTER - 2018 02 01

There's lost of great recordings to be found on Bandcamp.
Recent digital travels to Camden, CT, allowed me to enjoy John D Venter (sax) and Steve Chillemi's (drums) musical adventures, not forgetting the Light Upon Blight ensemble (with Pete Brunelli !).

Here's another recording with Steve Chillemi :
The JDEFSCJV ensemble (Jeff Day, Ed Flyn, Steve Chillemi and John D Venter) as recorded performing an improvised music set on 2018 02 01.

JOHN D VENTER - STEVE CHILLEMI - PAST PERFORMANCES ARE NOT AN INDICTION

• john d venter / steve chillemi: past performances are not an indication of future performances
      (2017, download, --, bandcamp)

Earlier this week, I mentioned a brand-new album / recording by John D Venter and Steve Chillemi, "West Street".
Well, the duo alread released one album last year. One with a superb title: "Past Performances Are Not An Indications Of Future Performances".

You might / should remember Steve Chillemi as the drummer for Doctor Dark, or maybe from his contribution to the Doot! project.
Here, you can hear him like you've never heard him before.
John D Venter: saxophones //  Steve Chillemi: drums

Check it out !!

JOHN D VENTER / STEVE CHILLEMI - WEST STREET

• john d venter / steve chillemi: west street
      (2018, download, --, bandcamp)

John D Venter on alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, plus Steve Chillemi on drums.
Improvised music from New Haven, Connecticut.

4 tracks and they go for it. No boundaries. No holding back.
Released only two days ago on bandcamp.
Check it out !!

THE INTERGALACTIC MEDITATION ENSEMBLE

The Intergalactic Meditation Ensemble will be hosting a meditation session at the
Avant Garde Holistic Center
(Beauty Academy, Branford,  Connecticut)
on
Sunday, Jan 18, 2015,
at 19:30 h

The ensemble features Steve Chillemi on gongs and marimba, Nate Bixby on keyboards and Paul de la Reza and Ed Flynn on guitars.

Give them a listen on Soundcloud: