APRIL 2005

"Groove On
Jazz Co-op Makes Its Ddebut"
Phoenix New Times
by Steve Jansen

Marvin Scott, co-founder of the Phoenix Creative Music Movement, thinks "jazz and new music are heavy in this town."  And that's a good thing.  Influenced by Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and New York's Jazz Composers Collective, Scott formed the PCMM music collectie with Jennifer Rogers, "to provide a synergistic place for creative musicians to meet and perform," Rogers says.  Avant-garde aficionados can hear the PCMM in its debut performance on Thursday, April 14, at Modified Arts, 407 East Roosevelt.  The event features Jeff Smith's White Noise Ensemble, which opens with a "blind piece" (performed entirely behind a white sheet).  Drummer Corey Fogel will close out the set with extreme re-creations of artificial sounds, a la Aphex Twin.   Performances begin at 7:30 p.m.   Admission is $5.