• Ornette Coleman
• El-P
• David Bromberg and Angel Band
• Flight of the Conchords
• The New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
• Yard Dogs Road Show

More details here.

Also, AC has an April Fools show lined up that he says is a must see. In fact, he's putting his money where his mouth is...:

This coming Sunday, April 1, at the Bijou Theatre, at 8:00 p.m. for a mere $24 (less if you are a student).

If you love great music and fine art and outrageous creativity mixed with strong doses of outlandish and often irreverent humor...(and, if you don't, what's wrong with you???)...

DON'T MISS...

From Holland...on their 40th anniversary tour of the United States...direct from playing a Duke Ellington tribute at the Library of Congress the night before...

THE ICP ORCHESTRA

These guys are amazing musicians but they also are incredibly fun and funny.

They'll be playing great jazz arrangements of classics by Ellington and Monk, with nods to Ives and Webern, a touch of waltz and tango and a generous dose of exuberant caterwauling.

The two leading figures in ICP - pianist Misha Mengelberg and drummer Han Bennink - have been two of Europe's most celebrated musicians for nearly half of a century.

A performance by Han Bennink alone is an unforgettable experience. Not merely one of the world's greatest percussionists, Bennink is a Zen Master, clown, shaman, and trickster - all in one. He's one of those rare musicians whose performance can actually change the way you see and experience the world around you.

This is also special for me because one of the many great musicians in the ICP Orchestra is the cellist, Tristan Honsinger. My very first concert presentation in 1979 was Tristan Honsinger alone at the Laurel Theater. It
sold out, and no one who was there has ever been quite the same. He was amazing.

Actually, every member of the ICP Orchestra is a well-known European musician/bandleader in his/her own right.

Some of you old-timers may remember the Willem Breuker Kollektief's zppearances in Knoxville, too. Willem was a founding member of ICP in 1967. You get the picture.

HERE'S THE SCOOP:

I really believe that you will be thoroughly entertained by this show... I really want YOU to see it... I think you'll be blown away and have a really great time at the magnificent Bijou Theatre... so...

I will personally refund your ticket OR purchase you a ticket to another Bijou show (of the same price or less), if you take time out of your busy schedule and come to the Bijou to see the ICP Orchestra and fail to enjoy yourself.

I've never done this before... I may never do it again... so take me up on
it!!!