IMPROV:21 Tonite:
Scott Amendola = Beats, Sounds, Sticks and Wires
Rova:Arts presents Improv:21 as an annual series of "informances. Tonite, Amendola will join moderator Derk Richardson and you, the audience, to perform and inform, focusing on drumming with and without electronics for the 23rd and 24th centuries...
Amendola will inform you at The Marsh exactly one week before his appearance in Rovaté 2008: Rova/Nels Cline Celestial Septet @ Yoshi’s San Francisco (May 28). Questions about that show will also be answered.
Improv21 host Derk Richardson’s oft-quoted observation that “If
Scott Amendola didn’t exist the San Francisco music scene would have to invent him,” is more true than ever. But what’s become evident in recent years is that the extraordinarily resourceful drummer has evolved into a paragon of self-invention, a bandleader, composer and invaluable creative collaborator at the center of a vast array of improvisational ensembles.
While rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area scene, Amendola has woven a dense and far reaching web of bandstand relationships that tie him to influential figures in jazz, blues, groove, rock and new music. An organizer by nature, he has become a creative nexus for a community of musicians stretching from Los Angeles and Seattle to Chicago and New York.
While he first gained widespread notice a decade ago for his work in eight-string guitar ace Charlie Hunter’s trio, in recent years Amendola has stepped forward as the leader of several compelling bands that showcase his supremely supple trap work. He continues to work as a sideman, accompanying artists such as the tart-toned vocalist Madeleine Peyroux, guitarist and singer/songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps and the Nels Cline Singers (a volatile instrumental trio without a vocalist), but it’s as a bandleader that Amendola’s dynamic, ever-evolving style is best showcased.
www.scottamendola.com
Cosponsored by The Marsh in association with Other Minds and Yoshi's. Raw video footage of Past Improv:21 informances are being archived online at www.RadiOM.org and can be accessed at that site by searching for "Improv:21."
Cost: $10