From the Bonanza:The Musical concert. This is the second set with George Cartwright on saxes, Andrew Broder on guitar, Alden Ikeda on drums, Josh Granowski on bass and special guest Davey Williams on guitar.
  This is one long set with songs by George and the rest improvised.

George Cartwright's GloryLand PonyCat at Studio Z Jan 22, 2010

This is the Sat night set with George Cartwright on saxes, Alden Ikeda on drums, Josh Granowski on bass,
    Andrew Broder on guitar and special guest Davey Williams on guitar.

George Cartwright's GloryLand PonyCat at Studio Z, St Paul, MN Jan 23 2010

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"George Cartwright is a Minnesota-based composer, performer, bandleader, producer collaborator, with a prolific career spanning over 30 years. His career began in his ho Mississippi, shaped by a childhood woven through with early memories of singing in c learning songs at his grandfather’s knee. He grew up on rock-n-roll and fell in love with hearing Charles Lloyd’s iconic “Forest Flower,” and like the British bands that he listen high school, he was also heavily influenced by the blues being played literally in his ow backyard of the Mississippi Delta.
Musical instrument exploration naturally followed, beginning with piano lessons and lat learning to play by ear. During this phase, George began his initial foray into composin lyrical pieces, as well as instrumental pieces in the manner of Mississippi John Hurt an Fahey. He bought his first sax on his 21st  birthday from a secondhand thrift store for $6 from his grandmother. Irresistibly drawn to the beauty and passion of jazz saxophone mention experiencing a musical epiphany after hearing Ornette Coleman’s “Dancing in Head” – George began to purposefully channel his energy into composing.
Post-college, he studied at the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY, where he wa to the music and concepts of Dave Holland, Anthony Braxton, Karl Berger, Frederic Rz Kalaparusha, Ursula Oppens, Leo Smith, Oliver Lake, and many other major jazz inno the time.
The late 70’s involved a move to New York City, where George formed a trio with Mich and David Moss, known as Meltable Snaps It, performing at such venues as The Kitch Franklin Furnace, Phil Niblock’s Experimental Intermedia Foundation, and Inroads. In also formed his band Curlew with bassist Bill Laswell, which went on to record 12 CDs under the Cuneiform Records label, among others. The band included such notables a Cora, Fred Frith, Wayne Horwitz, Davey Williams and Anne Rupel, and performed at h jazz festivals and venues in North America and Europe.
In 1993, George returned to his Southern roots, relocating to Memphis, Tennessee. O six years, he continued to collaborate with fellow musicians, compose, perform and pr recordings with Curlew. During this time, he also produced a solo CD 'The Memphis Y
George moved to his current home base in the Twin Cities in 1999, where he found a tremendous wealth of like-minded musicians, with whom he continues to collaborate a to this day. George has worked with a wide range of artists both domestically and abro addition to composing, George continues to perform locally in the Twin Cities.  Perfor include The Cedar Cultural Center, numerous events at the Walker Art Center, Studio more."

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