Events . Blues Machine & PSP Friends Solidarity Show for Darren Moore Recovery Fund

Blues Machine & PSP Friends Solidarity Show for Darren Moore Recovery Fund

Concert
Stage MK 515 n. Mathilda St. Pittsburgh
All Ages

~7p at Stage MK
515 N. Mathilda St. Pittsburgh PA 15224

eli namay* - upright bass
Mark Micchelli - piano & preparations
Hugo Cruz - drums & percussion
*(lowercase spelling intentional)


This is a recital for my graduate studies at Pitt. I am hoping to bring together several strains of the ideas and community work I've been doing. I am using this opportunity to contribute to solidarity fundraising efforts for Taker (F.K.A. Darren Moore), a musical comrade who frequents series and sessions I and others from Pittsburgh Sound Preserve and elsewhere. Taker was in a car crash, and is currently recovering from serious injuries. We are raising funds to help offset his medical debt.


DARREN MOORE SOLIDARITY:
Darren Moore is our friend and musical comrade, a regular at the PSP Open Improvisation Lab jam session. They also play on many of the series we curate around town, as well as on other excellent creative music shows. They are also a fellow bass player, with an interest in electronic music.
Darren is recovering from a very serious car accident that happened in January. Another regular at Open Improv Lab, our friend Aaron (IG: @hellcat_sneer ) is raising funds for Darren’s medical expenses. So, I wanted to take this opportunity to show appreciation for our comrade by using this show/recital that was on the books to bump the go fund me for Darren. ***This will be ahead of, and in addition to a larger fund raiser organized in the coming weeks.***

https://www.gofundme.com/f/aid-in-darren-moores-medical-expenses?lang=en_US&fbclid=IwY2xjawJKjQtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHewJNUjBwEIqqQTop-6IJQxKSAj2im-yT-Dh7a0KN0jSZAB7ywcHx2P6Aw_aem_gYEbw3s3UnGSNJx0xaaL2g

BLUES MACHINE:
Blues Machine is a trio made up of myself, and my dear friends Hugo Cruz and Mark Micchelli. It has been so excellent to creatively, critically, and most importantly playfully explore the socio-musical moment we are apart of, shaped by Black Atlantic music traditions in complex and often contradictory dialectical relation to global capitalism, a behemoth mass culture industry, and the arts non-profit industrial complex.
The show will feature original compositions and arrangements from eli namay for Blues Machine, as well as for the trio expanded to include Pittsburgh Sound Preserve friends Tre Abalos, Mai Khoi, Jay Rauch, as well as participation from everyone in attendance.
Here's a write up explaining the inspiration for the Blues Machine Trio as well as the thinking behind this photo, (taken by Alexis Jabour)
from elinamay.org

https://www.elinamay.org/writing-blog/2025/1/14/notes-on-blues-machine-meaning-amp-january-festivals-of-resistance?fbclid=IwY2xjawJKjQ1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZe8kudaR8XldZdqxbU3wUKZiJm8xW8L_-fKTdkq5n0Y3r9mGvJ-1i32cg_aem_vqhgbZv3S1NGRDnHRWhbnA

Related Entities: Stage MK
Tags: Improv Jazz