JANUARY 2008
Thursday, January 3
Thu 1/3 8:00 PM Outsound Presents Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm: Jen Baker (Trombone) and Damon Smith (Double Bass)
9pm: Les Hutchins (Electronics)
Due to a unforseen family emergency Polly Moller will not be able to perform this night. Our hearts and sincere wishes go out to her.
Thu 1/3 9:00 PM Bottom of the Hill [1233 17th Street (17th @ Missouri) SF]
Dominique Leone (keyboard, laptop, vocals), William Winant (percussion) & MaryClare Brzytwa (flute, vocals); w/Hot Challenge, Ellul
Saturday, January 5
Sat 1/5 8:00 PM Trinity Chapel [2320 Dana St. (Bancroft/Durant) Berkeley]
Mexican composer and writer Mario Lavista has won the Premio Nacional de Artes y Ciencias, the Medalla Mozart and numerous other composition awards. He founded Pauta, one of the most important music journals in Latin America. Members of Quinteto Latino and guests perform Lavista’s Marsias for oboe and eight crystal glasses, Cinco danzas breves and other works.
Sat 1/5 9:00 PM Revolution Cafe [3248 22nd Street (between Bartlett St & Mission St) SF]
Admiral Ted Brinkley's sextet
Tuesday, January 8
Tue 1/8 8:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street between Shattuck and Telegraph Oakland]
Experimental Tuesday Series at Temescal Arts Presents:
RTD3!
MARYCLARE BRZYTWA!
Damon Smith!
Wednesday, January 9
Wed 1/9 8:00 PM Meridian Gallery [535 Powell St. SF]
Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents a solo concert by Moe! Staiano.
Thursday, January 10
Thu 1/10 8:00 PM Outsound Presents Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8:15 pm: Matt Davignon - drum machine
8:45 pm: Kristin Miltner - computer/MAX
9:30 pm: Agnes Szelag - electronics/projections
Thu 1/10 8:00 PM Totally Intense Fractal Mind Gaze Hut [671 24th Street Oakland]
Club Sandwich Presents solo sets by: Tom Carter, David Daniell, Ava Mendoza, Chen Santa Maria, Gregg Kowalsky
Thu 1/10 9:00 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
A night of free jazz and psychedelic music featuring Dead Western, Oaxacan, and Woman's Worth.
Friday, January 11
Fri 1/11 8:00 PM CounterPULSE [1310 Mission Street San Francisco, California 94103 ]
Art of the Improviser with Rova Saxophone Quartet and Liz Allbee- trumpet LaDonna Smith- Violin Karen Stackpole- Percussion Auroroa Josephson- voice MaryClare Brzytwa- flute and electronics
Saturday, January 12
Sat 1/12 7:30 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
Pianists LaDonna Smith, Thollem Mcdonas, Jess Rowland, Scott R Looney
Four unique perspectives on the expressive nature of the piano.
Though laDonna is a very accomplished performer as violist this concert will mark her first at the piano in over 30 years.
Sat 1/12 8:00 PM Maybeck Studio [Berkeley email gm@handprintseries.com to make a reservation]
Barbara Golden performs the third installment of her multimedia memoirs, "Me and Mills"
Sunday, January 13
Sun 1/13 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Corey Fogel / Kanoko Nishi / Willie Winant Trio
Yasi Perera solo
Jen Baker / Liz Albee duo
Tuesday, January 15
Tue 1/15 8:00 PM Climate Theater/ The Music Box [289 9th Street San Francisco, CA]
Jon Raskin Quartet with Liz Allbee, Gino Robair and John Shiurba performing new works, energized surfaces, bent electricity and music of the moment.
Tue 1/15 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
21 Grand Presents 8 pm David Boyce - Phillip Greenlief saxophone duo; 9 pm Monster Cock Rally, featuring G Calvin Weston
Wednesday, January 16
Wed 1/16 7:30 PM Crossroads Cafe (and bookstore) [699 Delancey Street, San Francisco (near the Embarcadero and AT&T Park)]
Crossroads Cafe Presents Live Jazz with the Michael Gold Quartet, featuring Paul Mindrup - piano; Scott Chapek - bass; Tom Hassett - Drums
Wed 1/16 8:00 PM Pigott Theater, Stanford University [551 Serra Mall Stanford, CA 94305]
STILL LIFE WITH COMMENTATOR
Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd
Still Life with Commentator is an unflinching look at the complexities and illusions of life during wartime. A collaboration between jazz innovator and composer-pianist Vijay Iyer and hip-hop poet and performer Mike Ladd, the unsettling oratorio confronts topics such as surveillance, television news, and the blogosphere.
Thursday, January 17
Thu 1/17 7:00 PM Liberty Cafe Wine Bar [401 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco (between Bennington and Wool )]
Liberty Cafe Presents Live Jazz with the Michael Gold Quartet, featuring Jim Zimmerman - vibraphone; Ken Lenga - bass; Tom Hassett - drums
Thu 1/17 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Brutal SFX Festival #44: PickaXe (from L.A. - Michael Fink, Chas Smith, From Deutschland - Ulrich Krieger, Marcello Aguirre) + Anti-Ear, Tim Catlin (austrailia), Bullshit Detector, Hora Flora
Thu 1/17 8:00 PM Pigott Theater Stanford University [551 Serra Mall, Stanford University]
STILL LIFE WITH COMMENTATOR
Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd
Still Life with Commentator is an unflinching look at the complexities and illusions of life during wartime. A collaboration between jazz innovator and composer-pianist Vijay Iyer and hip-hop poet and performer Mike Ladd, the unsettling oratorio confronts topics such as surveillance, television news, and the blogosphere.
Thu 1/17 8:00 PM Outsound Presents Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8:00pm Kaiser/Hsu Duo
8:30pm INSTAGON Ambient Noise Set
9:00pm Phroq (Switzerland)
9:30pm Phroq + Tralphaz
Friday, January 18
Fri 1/18 7:30 PM College of Marin [Drama Department Studio Theater, room FA 32 Sir Francis Drake and Laurel Avenue Kentfield, CA 94904 ]
Contemporary Opera Marin. Premiere of "Broken Jukebox: a short opera about Grimes Poznikov" by Tara Flandreau, plus two short opera by Ron McFarland.
Fri 1/18 8:00 PM The Garage [975 Howard St. (btw 5th & 6th) San Francisco, CA]
Now in its eighth year, the annual Women on the Way Festival is produced by Artistic Director, Mary Alice Fry. The festival runs throughout the month of January at Shotwell Studio and The Garage. This year the festival will host a ONE NIGHT, special intermedia event featuring internationally renown experimental artists Laetitia Sonami and Les Stuck on January 18. This event will also feature intermedia performance group DOUBLE VISION. www.double-vision.biz/wow.html for more info / tix.
Fri 1/18 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Corey Fogel (drums) and Okkyung Lee (cello)
Wobbly (electronics/keyboard et al) solo
Jon Raskin (saxophones) and Kanoko Nishi (koto) duo
Fri 1/18 9:00 PM Starry Plough [3101 Shattuck Ave @ Prince Berkeley]
Starry Plough Presents: 9 pm David Boyce - Phillip Greenlief saxophone duo; 10 pm Monster Cock Rally, featuring G Calvin Weston
Saturday, January 19
Sat 1/19 12:01 PM godwaffle noise pancakes @ ARTSF [110 capp st.(black gate) san francisco]
no one turned away for lack of funds
PickAxe are Michael Fink ---------Chas Smith ----------Ulrich Krieger ----------Marcelo Aguirre// Tim Cartlin ----- LeKim’s Bodybag Wave----------------Omnivorous Sencillium-----------Blood Into Water
Sat 1/19 7:30 PM College of Marin [Drama Department Studio Theater, room FA 32 Sir Francis Drake and Laurel Avenue Kentfield, CA 94904]
Contemporary Opera Marin. Premiere of "Broken Jukebox: a short opera about Grimes Poznikov" by Tara Flandreau, plus two short opera by Ron McFarland.
Sat 1/19 8:00 PM Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
Other Perspectives in Improvised Music
Tonight’s show is being presented only for listeners who are looking for inspiration and joy.
Set 1: Tips: 14 Aphorisms by Georges Braque consists of songs by the late Steve Lacy, arranged here by soprano saxist Bruce Ackley (Rova) and magician Phillip Greenlief, tonight on alto sax, and vocalist extraordinaire Aurora Josephson, whose new release with Henry Kaiser, singing the music of Albert Ayler, is blowing critics away.
Set 2: Kihnoua is the name of saxophonist Larry Ochs’ (Rova) newest band, music created specifically with the fiery vocalist Dohee Lee in mind; tonight featuring master percussionist William Winant and for this show only, from New York City, the amazing Korean cellist Okkyung Lee.
Sat 1/19 8:00 PM Campbell Recital Hall [Stanford University]
Kazue Sawai Koto Concert
Master Kazue Sawai will perform traditional and contemporary koto works include "Rokudan" by Yatsuhashi, Kengyo, "Unebiyama" by Yuji Takahashi, "Homura" by Tadao Sawai and more.
Sunday, January 20
Sun 1/20 7:30 PM Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
SIMM Series Presents:
1st Set
Steve Lockwood (LA), saxophone; Peter Barshay (SF), bass; Billy Mintz (NYC), drums; - this outstanding trio will play compositions by LA stalwart Steve Lockwood
2nd Set
Citta di Vitti, featuring Phillip Greenlief - composer, alto saxophone; Lisa Mezzacappa - bass; Jason Levis - drums, play music inspired by the films of Michelangelo Antonioni
Sun 1/20 8:00 PM Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30 Citta di Vitti Phillip Greenlief - alto saxophone Lisa Mezzacappa - bass Jason Levis - drums
8:30 Steve Lockwood Quartet (Los Angeles)
Ken Rosser - guitar Steve Lockwood - piano Dan Lutz - e-bass Billy Mintz - drums
"As can be seen, Lockwood is no mean artist. His musical intellect and sense for drama, without being abstractly distant, are combined into an appealing set of songs that suggest perhaps as much classically influenced 20th century art music as jazz. -Russell Arthur Roberts: from L.A. Jazz Scene
Citta di Vitti plays compositions by saxophonist Phillip Greenlief inspired by films of Michelangelo Antonioni, featuring bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and Jason Levis, drums.
Tuesday, January 22
Tue 1/22 8:00 PM Climate Theater [285 9th St (at Folsom), San Francisco]
8:00pm
The Darren Johnston Trio
http://www.darrenjohnstonmusic.com/
9:00pm
The 8 Legged Monster
http://www.myspace.com/the8leggedmonster
Wednesday, January 23
Wed 1/23 8:00 PM Artists' Television Access [992 Valencia Street @21st SF]
club sandwich presents:
KIT (pop experimental verve),
High Places (kaleidescope filtered pop),
Breezy Days Band (highly structured & falling apart rock), &
Bay/Oslo Double Trio (guitar/bass/drum free improv with Corey Fogel & Jacob Felix Heule, Tony Dryer & Guro Moe, Ava Mendoza & Håvard Skaset)
Thursday, January 24
Thu 1/24 7:30 PM Mills College Lisser Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Lecture by Jean Macduff Vaux Composer-In-Residence HELMUT LACHENMANN
Thu 1/24 8:00 PM Outsound Presents Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm: Colter Frazier/Rob Wallace Duo (Santa Barbara)
9pm: Son of Mary w/Bob Marsh & Jim Ryan
- mad mad men of electronic creepy duoness
Friday, January 25
Fri 1/25 7:00 PM Cafe Bastille [22 Belden Lane (near Kearny between Bush & Montgomery)]
Cafe Bastille Presents Michael Gold Quartet: Michael Gold, saxophone; Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert, guitar; Ken Lenga, bass;
Eric Garland, drums
Fri 1/25 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Iprovised Octopi Night @1510
Charity Chan, John Raskin, Damon Smith, Jen Baker (Oakland's finest)
Fraiser/Wallace (San Diego)
Music and grilled/fried/broiled/sauted/baked octopus,squid and many tantalizing tenticles.
Price for shows with food-$10
Saturday, January 26
Sat 1/26 7:30 PM College of Marin [Drama Department Studio Theater, room FA 32 Sir Francis Drake and Laurel Avenue Kentfield, CA 94904 ]
Contemporary Opera Marin. Premiere of "Broken Jukebox: a short opera about Grimes Poznikov" by Tara Flandreau, plus two short opera by Ron McFarland.
Sat 1/26 7:30 PM Noe Valley Ministry [Noe Valley Music Series at the Noe Valley Ministry 1021 Sanchez St. San Francisco CA 94114]
Three of the hottest bass players tear it up solo and together!
Michael Manring, Edo Castro and Yves Carbonne will perform a combined concert as part of the Noe Valley Music Series. All three are accomplished composers, arrangers as well as nnovative bassists. moving the use of the instrument far beyond it's usual role as an ensemble rhythm addition providing an exhilarating evening of energy & entertainment sure to delight their audience.
Sat 1/26 7:59 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
RTD3
(Tom Nunn, Ron Heglin, Doug Carroll)
&
Jacob Felix Heule - drum set (SF)
Scott R. Looney - piano? (Oakland)
Guro Moe - bass (Oslo)
Håvard Skaset - guitar (Oslo)
Sat 1/26 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
An evening of electro-acoustic music/interaction/improvisation featuring post-Mexican composer/performer Guillermo Galindo and his cyber-totemic sonic device MAIZ, Swiss violist/improviser extraordinaire Charlotte Hug and guest video artist: Jen Cohen (live video).
Sat 1/26 8:00 PM Mills College Lisser Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland, CA 94613]
A concert of music by HELMUT LACHENMANN. "Wiegenmusik" and "Ein Kinderspiel" for piano performed by Lachenmann. With "Gran Torso" for string quartet, "Allegro Sostenuto" for clarinet, cello, and piano, and "Toccatina" for violin.
Sat 1/26 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Dominique Leone, Thomas Dimuzio
Kevin Blechdom's Musical with a quartet of singers, Jordan Glenn (drums) & Curtis McKinney (bass)
Barnwave (Kevin Blechdom + Christopher Fleeger)
lots of MaryClare Brzytwa
Sunday, January 27
Sun 1/27 2:00 PM College of Marin [Drama Department Studio Theater, room FA 32 Sir Francis Drake and Laurel Avenue Kentfield, CA 94904 ]
Contemporary Opera Marin. Premiere of "Broken Jukebox: a short opera about Grimes Poznikov" by Tara Flandreau, plus two short operas by Ron McFarland.
Sun 1/27 3:00 PM Center for Spiritual Living [Claremont Blvd & Ulloa in San Francisco. It is "kitty korner" from the West Portal MUNI station.]
Jazz Guitar Clinic with Adam Levy - 3 - 5 pm
Monday, January 28
Mon 1/28 8:00 PM Yoshi's San Francisco [1330 Fillmore St SF]
Myra Melford - Marty Ehrlich Duo & Trio M
Featuring Mark Dresser, Matt Wilson, Marty Ehrlich and Myra Melford
Mon 1/28 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Mute Socialite
proggy post-punk w/ Moe! Staiano, Ava Mendoza, Alee Karim & Shayna Dunkelman
Little Women
brutal improv / math, members of Zs
Ettrick
brutal improv / acoustic grind w/ Jacob Felix Heule & Jay Korber
Wednesday, January 30
Wed 1/30 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
short, untimed sets featuring various combinations of the following musicians: Peter Evans (trumpet) - from NY and locals, Henry Kaiser, Jon Raskin, Damon Smith, Weasel Walter, William Winant
Events outside the Bay Area
Monday, Jan 28 2008 9:00 PM
Vintage
51st Street and 9th Avenue, NYC
Laurent Medelgi Trio featuring Andrea Valentini dr, (BS&T), Stefan Held Bass
