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Sparks

Peter Evans – piccolo trumpet
Tom Blancarte – upright bass

Sparks is an improvisational pairing of the most unlikely instruments: piccolo trumpet and upright bass. The duo manages to find a unity of expression at the outer limits of their instruments' potentials. Sparks has been playing in New York City for the past year, most recently as part of the Festival of New Trumpet curated by Dave Douglas.

Peter Evans has been a member of the New York musical community since 2003, when he moved to the city after graduating Oberlin Conservatory. Peter currently works in a wide variety of areas, including solo performance, chamber orchestras, performance art, free improvised settings, electro-acoustic music and composition.

Tom Blancarte is a bass player living in New York City. He plays with the improvising trios Torus and Apama, Dave Smith's Who Put The Bad Mouth On Me and in various ad hoc combinations.