2018 was a huge year for Evil Clown. There was one Leap of Faith Orchestra performance of a Graphic Score by PEK (Cosmological Horizons) at a great room at MIT called Killian Hall. I rented this room in 1996 for a Leap of Faith recording session which produced Linear Combinations and Transformations and later a second album of alternate takes.

There were 5 more performances by Leap of Faith Orchestra & Sub-Units at Third Life Studios following the same pattern of short sets by small sub-units and a long set with everyone. Albey onBass (Albey Balgochian) arrived on the scene at one of these shows. Albey was Cecil Taylor’s regular bassist for over a decade in the 00’s. He became a regular performing with many of the bands.

Towards the end of the year we had the first performance by Axioms (Manifestations), a trio with me, Albey and Jane SpokenWord. Jane and Albey are married and for years have performed Jane’s poetry with the accompaniment of Albey and scores of prominent improvisors.

There were a full dozens sets at the Outpost 186 residency and more sessions at Evil Clown Headquarters by the active ensembles of 2018: Mekaniks, Metal Chaos Ensemble, PEK Solo, Turbulence, and String Theory.

PEK – 1/9/2024