Sounds and Shadows
Work is a performance with piano by Al Neil, Al Mattes, bass, Martin Bartlett, electronics. Shadow play with Kate Craig and Hank Bull.
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Results filed under: Neil, Al
Auction Preview Exhibition 1995
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VI, no. 4, p. 6, March/April 1995: Works slated for the Fifth Annual Auction and Dinner will be…
Processing Copies
Curated by Greg Muhleck from Germany and Annette Hurtig. Photocopy as an artistic medium. Shown simultaneously at the Goethe Institute and the Western Front. Co-sponsored…
Origins: Celtic Series
Collages. Catalogue. Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further information on this project is currently unavailable.
Rattles
With Howard Broomfield, sound tree; Lisle Ellis, bass; David Lee, Bass; Gregg Simpson, drums; Carole Itter, sculpture and slides. Dominating the stage were three colossal…
Al Neil in Concert
With Howard Broomfield, Martin Bartlett and Don Druick. Pieces played include: Free Play; Meditation; Dr. Thurston’s Report; The Great Spandini; Phase piece; Solitude; Euclid’s 13th…
Codices
An exhibition of collages. According to the artist the word code has many implications: “It refers to the code of the land, the constitutuion, the…
In the Still of the Night
Al Neil, piano, with Carole Itter, Lisle Ellis, bass, Greg Simpson, drums and Howard Broomfield, percussion. Equinox program, Colour Bars and Free Music. Improvisation and…
Third Creative Music Festival
A three-day festival with concerts by Al Neil and Howard Broomfield, Ralph Eppel, Gregg Simpson, Bob Bell, Lisle Ellis, Don Druick and Roy Kiyooka, Marilyn…
New Works by Al Neil
Al Neil (piano), Gregg Simpson (drums), Lisle Ellis (bass), Howard Bloomfield (percussion), John Oswald (sax). Visuals by Carole Itter. Programme: Piano Renditions Interpretations and Improvisations Jazz…
Bill Horvitz & Al Neil Orchestra in Concert
Improvisational concert at the Western Front by Bill Horvitz (guitar), Al Neil (piano), unknown violin, saxophone, flute, bass, drums, vibraphone. Audio Recording duration: 2:55:22 Digitized audio…
Music from the New Wilderness
This festival, conceived and organised by Martin Bartlett with help from Donna Zapf, Hank Bull and David Kelln, was inspired by the similarities between the…
Vancouver Living Art Performance Festival
Coordinated and curated by Glenn Lewis, Paul Wong and Kim Tomczak with the collaboration of several curators and many artists, this was an all-Canadian festival…
The Spiral
A piano recital by Al Neil with Gregg Simpson. Al Neil, a visionary poet, artist and musician and a mythical figure on the Vancouver arts…