8 PM
Vinny Golia -
Karen Stackpole duo
Vinny Golia and
Karen Stackpole performed a breathtaking duo at the First Annual Matthew Sperry Festival - and amazed the audience with their contrabass flute and gong brilliance. This performance will highlight a lesser-known aspect of Golia's work - exploring the quieter, reflective and meditative side along with
Karen Stackpole, one of the most transcendental gong players in the country. A rare treat!
8:45 PM
Citta di Vitti
Phillip Greenlief – alto saxophone
Lisa Mezzacappa - contrabass
Jason Levis – drums
During October and early November 2006, I sat in front of my television watching some of Michelangelo Antonioni’s films, namely L’Avventura, L’Eclisse, La Notte and Il Deserto Rosso…all featuring Monica Vitti. I turned the sound off and composed a total of 38 melodic sketches to the images at hand. Some were highly developed, some were mere fragments. Once I had completed the sketches, I developed them and expanded them for trio. These compositions are both inspired by Antonioni’s unique cinematic vision and the other-worldly quality of Vitti’s acting and on-screen presence. These are the first compositions for trio that I have written in several years, and I am excited to be working with Lisa and Jason on them. They have brought enormous concentration and enthusiasm to the music. It’s an honor to be working with them.
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Phillip Greenlief 9:30 pm
Vinny Golia -
Steve Adams duo
Woodwind virtuoso and Nine Winds Records founder Vinny Golia has enjoyed a long-standing duo with ROVA Saxophone Quartet member
Steve Adams. On this occasion, the duo with work their improvising magic that can travel in any direction at the drop of a hat...or a reed in this case. These are two of the west coasts' finest reed players - seasoned composers and musical thinkers of the highest calibre. Don't miss it.
Cost: $6-10
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Ken Filiano/ Steve Adams Duo at the Stone
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.