Lisa Mezzacappa & Nightshade
Bassist/composer
Lisa Mezzacappa and her ensemble of improvisers perform a new series of wordless chamber songs inspired by the visual work of Israeli artist Yehudit Sasportas and Los Angeles artist Edgar Arceneaux. The group's musical world encompasses evocative melodies, abstract sonic landscapes and playful rhythmic juxtapositions, with influences ranging from Eric Dolphy to Olivier Messiaen to Blonde Redhead. Mezzacappa's new quintet makes its debut in Yerba Buena's ground floor galleries, surrounded by sprawling wall drawings by Sasportas and Arcenaux.
Cory Wright, clarinets
John Finkbeiner, guitar
Kjell Nordeson, percussion
Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass
Tim Perkis, electronics
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.