JANUARY 2006
Thursday, January 5
Thu 1/5 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
9pm: The However Trio: Damon Smith (double bass), Phillip Greenlief (sax) & Jerome Byerton (percussion)
8pm: Jerome Byerton (snare/cymbals) solo and duo with Kristian Aspelin (guitar)
Friday, January 6
Fri 1/6 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
THIS AND ALL OTHER CONCERTS WITH ARIEL SHIBOLET ARE CANCELLED DUE TO VISA TROUBLES
Ariel Shibolet (Tel Aviv, Israel)............soprano saxophone
Jen Baker (Oakland)....................trombone
Damon Smith (Oakland).............double bass
Jerome Bryerton( chicago).........percussion
Saturday, January 7
Sat 1/7 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
THIS AND ALL OTHER CONCERTS WITH ARIEL SHIBOLET ARE CANCELLED DUE TO VISA TROUBLES
improvised music with israeli food and saxophonist Ariel Shibolet
2 sets:
Ariel Shibolet (Tel Aviv, Israel)............soprano saxophone
in various combination with:
Aurora Josephson.................................voice
Tom Bickley............................................recorders, voice
Jon Raskin.............................................Eb saxophones
Phillip Greenlief....................................reeds
Josh Allen..............................................tenor saxophone
Jacob Lindsay..................................... Ab, bass & contrabass clarinets
Henry Kaiser........................................acoustic guitar
Tim Perkis...........................................electronics
Scott R. Looney...................................hyperpiano & electronics
Damon Smith ......................................double bass
Jerome Bryerton..................................percussion
Sunday, January 8
Sun 1/8 9:00 PM Amnesia [Valencia @ 20th SF]
The Yiddiots return with what promises to be another raucous jubulent ecstatic good time at everyone's favorite dive bar, Amnesia. There will be bellydancing and such to warm you up, then get ready to party. As anyone who was at our last Amnesia gig will attest to, this show will definitely make you smile at least three times.
Tuesday, January 10
Tue 1/10 8:00 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
POSTPONED DUE TO MR. WALTER'S TOUR SCHEDULE.
The Weasel Walter Quartet
Weasel Walter..............................................drums
Josh Allen.....................................................tenor saxophone
Randy Hunt..................................................amplified double bass
Damon Smith...............................................amplified double bass
Tue 1/10 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Blevin Blectum + Emma Zunz (Seattle) + Moore Brothers + Nedelle
Wednesday, January 11
Wed 1/11 8:00 PM Meridian Gallery [545 Sutter Street SF]
Philip Gelb will perform pieces on shakuhachi inspired by and dedicated to the painter, Robert Kostka.
Wed 1/11 9:00 PM Hotel Utah [500 Fourth Street @Bryant SF]
Pioneer performance painter Nancy Ostrovsky (NY), painting to live music for over 25 years to the likes of David Murray, Andrew Cyrille, and Syd Smart, paints live to Bay Area Indie Jazz stalwarts Patrick Cress' Telepathy.
Wed 1/11 9:00 PM Stork Club [2330 Telegraph Avenue Oakland]
Ettrick feat. Moe!Staiano (free jazz/black metal trio), Oaxacan (psychedelic fusion), Vholtz (sax-driven hardcore) & Joshua Churchill (solo guitar noise)
Thursday, January 12
Thu 1/12 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Jon Brumit's Vendetta Retreat CD release event...
with Joe Goldring, Wayne Grim, Suki O'Kane, & Lee Montgomery
"...massive swells of cymbal sizzle and percussive bombast and wave after wave of layered drones, guitars thick with distortion and other effects, hiccupping loops buried beneath, barely audible, adding more texture than anything else, a huge swirl of rumble and whir like a noisier more
abstract Growing, or Finnish hypnorockers Circle at their most unhinged and densely ambient."
Aquarius Music, SF
Thu 1/12 9:00 PM Starry Plough [3101 Shattuck Ave @ Prince Berkeley]
Joe Rut - Joe's got a great band together with Bernie Jungle, J. Kleinberg, Dave Jess, Val Esway and Lucio Menegon and we'll be playing a set of his great songs.
Friday, January 13
Fri 1/13 7:00 PM Cafe Bastille [22 Belden Place, San Francisco (1 block below Kearny, between Bush and Pine)]
Michael Gold Quartet @ Cafe Bastille
Fri 1/13 7:30 PM ATA [21st and Valencia in the Mission]
Earthen Sea - Jacob from Black Eyes/Living Breathing Music plays beautiful fripp & eno/terry riley influenced guitar drones
Holy Matrimony - aka Daniel Martin-McCormick, also from Black Eyes. guitar/vocals/drums/electronics loud.
51717 - Lili from HITS. Lulling mbira computer and voice.
Fri 1/13 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Jiffyscuttler presents: Greg Davis & Sebastien Roux; Bird Show ; Gregg Kowalsky
Saturday, January 14
Sat 1/14 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Semiconductor (UK) + Antimatter/ Tim Perkis /Wobbly
Sat 1/14 8:00 PM ImprovGarage [4514 West Street Oakland, CA 94607]
Evander Music Presents Tony Malaby & Friends at ImprovGarage
Sunday, January 15
Sun 1/15 1:00 PM ImprovGarage [4514 West Street Oakland, CA 94607]
Evander Music Presents Tony Malaby Workshop
Sun 1/15 4:00 PM Chez Hanny [145 Fillmore (near Waller) San Francisco 94117. (1 block South of Haight Street) ]
Clarinet Thing @Chez Hanny!
FEATURING:
Sheldon Brown
Ralph Carney
Beth Custer
Ben Goldberg
Harvey Wainapel
Sun 1/15 7:30 PM Casa Ninja [Berkeley (more info upon reservation to ellenfullman@yahoo.com)]
Ellen Fullman (long string instrument) and Monique Buzzarté (trombone)
You are invited to experience the results of a residency work-in-progress collaboration.
Sun 1/15 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Trio: Ron Heglin - Tom Nunn - Doug Carroll
Monday, January 16
Mon 1/16 7:30 PM Casa Ninja [Berkeley (more info upon email reservation to ellenfullman@yahoo.com]
Ellen Fullman (long string instrument) and Monique Buzzarté (trombone) You are invited to experience the results of a residency work-in-progress collaboration. Seating is very limited, by reservation only.
Mon 1/16 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
improvised music + food:
8pm
Tony Malaby................................................tenor saxophone
Phillip Greenlief...........................................reeds
Noah Phillips................................................prepared guitar
Damon Smith...............................................double bass
9pm
Tony Malaby.................................................tenor saxophone
Scott R. Looney............................................piano
Randy Hunt...................................................double bass
Timothy Orr...................................................drums
Tuesday, January 17
Tue 1/17 7:30 PM Crossroads Cafe [699 Delancey Street, San Francisco (near the Embarcadero and SBC Park)]
Michael Gold Quartet @ Crossroads Cafe
Wednesday, January 18
Wed 1/18 8:00 PM Stork Club [2330 Telegraph Avenue Oakland]
The Weasel Walter Quartet
Weasel Walter..............................................drums
Josh Allen.....................................................tenor saxophone
Randy Hunt..................................................amplified double bass
Damon Smith...............................................amplified double bass
Thursday, January 19
Thu 1/19 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Daniel Martin-McCormick, solo prepared guitar/electronics
9pm The Noodles (Suki O'Kane, Michael Zelner, Allen Whitman - ambient electronics/sound collage)
Thu 1/19 8:00 PM Hillside Club [2286 Cedar, Berkeley]
Plays Monk (Ben Goldberg, Scott Amendola, Devin Hoff)
Friday, January 20
Fri 1/20 7:00 PM Mama Buzz Cafe [2318 Telegraph Ave @23rd Oakland]
SPLITLIP
Improv Experimental sound destruction night. Sonic youth meets Mills College, whateverthefuckthatmeans. Joe Rut will be opening the evening with some of his guitarsoundcollage.
Saturday, January 21
Sat 1/21 8:00 PM Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Eliane Radigue - "Naldjorlak" for solo cello (Charles Curtis, cello)
Sat 1/21 8:00 PM Trinity Chamber Concerts [Trinity Chapel 2320 Dana Street Berkeley, CA 94704]
Pianist Sarah Cahill performs recent music by Bay Area composers including Terry Riley and Daniel David Feinsmith, as well as a few phantasmagorical pieces by Leo Ornstein.
Sunday, January 22
Sun 1/22 8:00 PM Canvas Gallery [1200 9th Avenue (@Lincoln) San Francisco, CA]
Todd Sickafoose's Blood Orange - West Coast Tour
Sun 1/22 9:00 PM The Make Out Room [3225 22nd street San Francisco, CA]
Tribute to DEREK BAILEY w/ Modular Set
Wednesday, January 25
Wed 1/25 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Evander Music Presents
Phillip Greenlief & Jon Raskin's 2 + 2
8 PM
Phillip Greenlief & Jon Raskin - saxophones
8:30 PM
Oakland Bandemonium, led by Gregg Moore. Featuring Steve Adams, Sheldon Brown, Michael Cooke, Bruce Ackley, Philip Greenlief, Joe DeAndries, Jon Raskin, Darren Johnston, Henry Hung, Jen Bake, Michael Rinta, Gregg Moore, Peter Valsamis, John Hanes
Wed 1/25 9:00 PM the uptown [1928 telegraph, oakland]
Patrick Cress' Telepathy and the Ramp play Oakland's latest venue.
Thursday, January 26
Thu 1/26 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Solos & Duos: Marc Elzweig (from Chicago) - clarinets & Michael Perlmutter - saxophones with Liam Staskawicz, Star Holder & Jesse Olsen
9pm Lower Case Curry (MaryClare Brzytwa, Noah Phillips & Mike Sopko - Flute/Guitar/Guitar)
Friday, January 27
Fri 1/27 7:00 PM Cafe Bastille [22 Belden Place - SF (1 block below Kearny, between Bush and Pine Streets) ]
Michael Gold Quartet @ Cafe Bastille
Fri 1/27 7:00 PM Friday Night Social Club [2981-24th Street (Between Harrison and Alabama) ]
Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert Quartet
@Friday Night Social Club & Salon “Fun-Raisers” - A fundraising event for the Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center in San Francisco.
Fri 1/27 8:00 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell SF]
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival:
MaryClare Brzytwa, Herbert Brün, Trevor Wishart, Tetsu Inoue and Carl Stone ,Ilhan Mimaroglu, Jackson MacLow, Maggi Payne, Joseph Anderson, and others.
Fri 1/27 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Electroacoustic Ambient Trios:
The Noodles [Michael Zelner - Suki O'Kane - Allen Whitman]
Last Chance for the Loneliest Kitten [Joshua Smith - Kurt Kottheimer- Ava Mendoza]
One set each and then a double trio set
Saturday, January 28
Sat 1/28 8:00 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell SF]
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival: Toru Takemitsu, Curtis Roads, Ava Mendoza, Cenk Ergün, Thom Blum, Cliff Caruthers, excerpts from the Forbidden Planet Soundtrack, and more!
Sat 1/28 8:00 PM counterPULSE theater [1310 Mission St SF]
Puri Project - The Korean word PURI refers to the relieving & releasing of suppressed or suffering spirits. The Puri Project uses various forms of art to bring meaning to people’s lives as well as vitality to their souls.
performers: Dohee Lee :dance, vocal, percussion; Liz Suk : spoken word; Thomas Wong : visual art; Donna Lee Kwon : vocal, percussion; Jimmy Biala : Percussion; Masaru Koga : Sax, Flute; Randy Hunt : Bass
Sat 1/28 8:00 PM ImprovGarage [4514 West Street Oakland, CA 94608]
Evander Music Presents
Paul Rutherford - Torsten Muller - Harris Eisenstadt Trio
@ImprovGarage
Sat 1/28 8:00 PM Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Phil Minton - Feral Choir Project
English vocal improviser Phil Minton brings his "Feral Choir" project for a performance with trained and untrained singers from Mills College and community.
Sat 1/28 8:00 PM RECOMBINANT MEDIAL LABS [RECOMBINANT MEDIA LABS 763 Brannan St. San Francisco 94103 (In the SOMA district)]
ASPHODEL/RML & CYCLING74 Present: DEVINE and WISHART
Live in Concert
In 16 channel surround
Beginning February 25th, Recombinant Media Labs is hosting the first Cycling '74 workshop "Max/MSP/Jitter For Beginners." This hands-on lecture/lab, taught by Gregory Taylor and Meg Schedel of Cycling '74, will conclude with performances by Max/MSP users Richard Devine and Trevor Wishart.
Sat 1/28 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Accordianist Andrea Parkins from New York will perform a set, with openers: Smirkers - Marié Abe, accordian, Joshua Smith, saxophone and Kurt Kotheimer, bass playing acoustic trio.
Sunday, January 29
Sun 1/29 8:00 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell SF]
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival: A full evening devoted to the music of Luc Ferrari (1929-2005).
Monday, January 30
Mon 1/30 8:15 AM KUSF San Francisco [90.3 FM]
Nanos Operetta joins Prem at KUSF for an interview and live performance.
Mon 1/30 7:30 PM Mills College Ensemble Room [5000 Mac Arthur Blvd. Oakland]
Percussionist Harris Eisenstadt (US/CAN) is joined by Torsten
Muller (CAN/DE) on contrabass, Paul Rutherford (UK) on
trombone, and Sara Schoenbeck (US) on bassoon in a concert of
improvised music featuring solo and group compositions.
Mon 1/30 8:00 PM Yoshi's [510 Embarcadero West Oakland]
Nels Cline Plays the Music of Andrew Hill
Bobby Bradford - cornet; Ben Goldberg - clarinets; Andrea Parkins - electric accordion; Devin Hoff - contrabass; Scott Amendola - drums; Nels Cline - guitar
Mon 1/30 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Evander Music Presents
shudder
Jodi Gilbert Group
Ramboy Recording Artist Jodi Gilbert will visit us from Amsterdam and this show will feature her with local improvisers.
Events outside the Bay Area
Tuesday, Jan 17 2006 8:00 PM
Soho
1221 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Todd Sickafoose's "Blood Orange" West Coast Tour
Featuring:
Adam Levy (guitar)
Ben Wendel (reeds)
Alan Ferber (trombone)
Todd Sickafoose (bass/compositions)
Ches Smith (drums)
Wednesday, Jan 18 2006 8:00 PM
Dizzy's
344 Seventh Avenue
(Between J & K )
San Diego, CA
Todd Sickafoose's Blood Orange - West Coast Tour
Adam Levy (guitar)
Ben Wendel (reeds)
Alan Ferber (trombone)
Todd Sickafoose (bass/compositions)
Ches Smith (drums)
Thursday, Jan 19 2006 8:00 PM
Club Tropical
8641 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA
Todd Sickafoose's Blood Orange - West Coast Tour
Adam Levy (guitar)
Ben Wendel (reeds)
Alan Ferber (trombone)
Todd Sickafoose (bass/compositions)
Ches Smith (drums)
Friday, Jan 20 2006 8:00 PM
Moody's
10007 Bridge Street
Truckee, CA
Todd Sickafoose's Blood Orange - West Coast Tour
Adam Levy (guitar)
Ben Wendel (reeds)
Alan Ferber (trombone)
Todd Sickafoose (bass/compositions)
Ches Smith (drums)
Saturday, Jan 21 2006 8:00 PM
Moody's
10007 Bridge Street
Truckee, CA
Todd Sickafoose's Blood Orange - West Coast Tour
Adam Levy (guitar)
Ben Wendel (reeds)
Alan Ferber (trombone)
Todd Sickafoose (bass/compositions)
Ches Smith (drums)
