In the new Philadelphia Weekly:
New Ghost & Ottokar
Sun., Dec. 26, 9:30pm. $5. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475 www.tritonebar.com
Elliott Levin, shaggily bearded saxophonist and flutist, is a one-man Philadelphia institution — a creature of ’70s free jazz above all, but compulsively adaptable, playing every room in town with DJs, Balkan bands, performance artists and who knows who. Levin is also co-leader of the bohemian jazz/punk/poetry quartet New Ghost, and this week he’ll reunite with bandmate brothers Steve and John Testa (bass/drums, respectively) as well as guitarist Rick Iannacone, who mischievously fuses high-art harmony and unbridled skronk. Ottokar, an edgy improvising space-rock trio with guitarist Tim Motzer, keyboardist Wally Smith and percussionist Jim Meneses, completes the bill. Motzer’s on a roll, with tight new releases Descending and The Seven Dreams, so he’ll be good and warmed up. — David R. Adler
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