Please join us for an evening of improvised music, in
a beautiful and intimate setting, with four
internationally recognized and acclaimed musicians:
bassists Joelle Leandre and Mark Dresser, pianist Myra
Melford and electronics/computer wizard David Wessel.
PLUS
duo B. (
Lisa Mezzacappa, doublebass + Jason Levis,
drums/percussion), performing their usual repertoire
of gnarly original compositions, improvised songs,
textural soundpieces and deconstructed covers, AND
premieres of newly-commissioned works by Bay Area
composers Heather Frasch, Darren Johnston and Jeremy
Hunt, composed especially for the ensemble.
Cost: $15
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
avantNOIR, a suite of compositions for jazz quartet plus guests, is a musical companion to the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. All music by Lisa Mezzacappa.