The Alloy Music Series - Reggies Chicago

The Alloy Music Series was conceived to break down the genre, cultural and geographic barriers that often exist in Chicago’s disparate music scenes. Future shows will feature like-minded artists from sometimes distinct but symbiotic musical genres. Fans of new music that references a deep reservoir of influences will not want to miss these shows!

Admission is $5 if you are a student or musician.

PEVEN EVERETT

Peven Everett is an artist and voice of the generation. He was Born in Harvey,Il. outside of Chicago to a musical family. He was a toddler when he began playing objects as instruments and shortly there after acquired a drum kit from his mother. In grammar School he began playing music in the band under the direction of Sherman, John Weber,and David Eanes. He helped his band earn titles maintaining first chair in multiple instruments. He also Student taught to pupils in grade levels his senior and played with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Betty Carter.

Having gotten a perfect score on his exam at Merit the Carl Fischer Music Academy, Peven was awarded a full Scholarship to The Berkley school of Music at the age of seventeen. He played his first professional gig at Carnegie Hall and subsequently moved to New York to join Betty Carter performing and acting as her music director over seeing other musicians his senior. New York also gave Peven the opportunity to play with Wynton Marsalis appearing in his documentary Marsalis on Music as well as featured in the book by the same name. He toured with Buclshot Lefonque Brandford Marsalis’s band. It was at this time that Peven was featured in the NEW YORK TIMES magazine in an article entitled ‘The Next Miles Davis May Be On This Page” written by Stephen J. Dubner.

FACETIME (featuring Tony Barba)

Tony Barba is a veteran Chicago/NYC based tenor saxophonist (Youngblood Brass Band, Brooklyn Qawwali Party) that has straddled the boundaries of many musical styles throughout his career. Tony has always fought to find a balance between his desire for experimentation while also appealing to his pop sensibilities, and his new album is no exception. “Facetime,” which includes Patrick Mulcahy (District 97) on electric bass, Conor Elmes (Youngblood Brass Band, Thought) on drums and Tony on tenor sax, bansuri and effects, explores the tried and true format of the jazz saxophone trio with a contemporary angle. Drawing influences from Indie Rock, World Music, Pop, Punk, Free Jazz and Electronica, this band looks to the future with a range of sonic motion and an aggressive approach.