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JANUARY 2010 Saturday, January 2 Sat 1/2 9:00 PM Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut [671 24th Street, Apt B] FROM BERLIN! Magda Mayas/Tony Buck Duo FROM SEATTLE Xenoglaux (Seattle) 3 Leafs & the all-new Matt Ingalls/Ava Mendoza/Jordan Glenn Trio! Monday, January 4 Mon 1/4 8:15 AM KUSF San Francisco [90.3 FM] Thomas Dimuzio, Ava Mendoza, and Dominique Leone team up on Monday, 1/4 at 8:15 AM for some live performances on Prem's program at KUSF to preview their upcoming show at Cafe du Nord. Mon 1/4 8:30 PM Makeout Room [3225 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA ] HAPPY HOUR (8:30) Erik Jekabson - tpt / Michael Zilber - sax / John Gove - tbn / Peter Barshay - bass / Jeff Marrs - drums WEINER KIDS (9:30) Aram Shelton, Cory Wright - saxes / Jordan Glenn - drums Gregg Moore’s BAYAREA BANDEMONIUM (10:30) with Jon Raskin / Aaron Bennett / Sheldon Brown / Henry Hung / Darren Johnston / Larry Leight / John Hanes / Bryan Bowman and others ... Mon 1/4 9:00 PM Kingman's Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave near Solano Ave Albany] Quinn, Quintet De Los Pantalones, Merrill Garbus+Kasey Knudsen. This installment of the Ivy Room's Monday evening experimental music series features Oakland trio Quinn (two-guitars-plus-drums), a new quintet led by pianist Michael Coleman, and the debut performance of the Merrill Garbus/Kasey Knudsen duo. Not to be missed. Thursday, January 7 Thu 1/7 7:00 PM The Red Poppy Art House [2698 Folsom St @23rd St SF 24th Street BART close by] Bill Wolter's music for modern dance ( vibes, drums, bass, reeds, vox, keys, viola, guitar) and Sqwonk bass clarinet duo. Thu 1/7 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF] 8pm: Johnson O'Brien Duo Charles Johnson, analog electronics (feedback, voltage control) Benjamin O'Brien, computer (sampling, Max/MSP processing) 9pm: 7-bit Hydra Chad & Curtis McKinney duo (SuperCollider) Friday, January 8 Fri 1/8 7:00 PM KPOO Radio [89.5 FM] Bob Marsh is interviewed by Francesca D'Alessio about up coming activities. Fri 1/8 8:30 PM Studio 1510 [1510 8th Street Oakland] Kristian Aspelin guitar / Scott R. Looney piano / Tony Buck (Berlin/ Australia) drums/percussion + Aram Shelton Saxophones / Magda Mayas (Berlin) Piano /Damon Smith double bass / Tony Buck (Berlin/ Australia) drums/percussion Fri 1/8 9:00 PM Bay Area 51 [1667 Jerrold, San Francisco] Our Love Will Destroy The World (Campbell Kneale, Birchville Cat Motel, New Zealand) Gerritt Wittmer & Paul Knowles Barn Owl Jesse Jackson (Sissy Spacek) Saturday, January 9 Sat 1/9 7:00 PM El Rio [3158 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110] Jack O' the Clock: American folk songwriting meets experimental music. & Grex: post-jazz + chamber music + garage rock + science, wrapped up in neat little guitar/piano duo Sat 1/9 8:00 PM Trinity Chapel [2320 Dana Street, Berkeley, California] Jacob Zimmerman (alto sax) and Jameson Swanagon (guitar) will perform back to back solo sets. Zimmerman is currently a masters composition student at Mills College in Oakland. His most recent work has been centered around solo performances that highlight the various techniques and improvising strategies that have formed his musical vocabulary over the years. Swanagon resides in San Francisco and contributes regularly to a number of rock, free music and jazz collaborations, while also performing solo finger-style concerts consisting of dense improvisations as well as tightly composed vignettes he thinks of as sad toys. Jacob and Jameson met while studying at the New England Conservatory in Boston under the tutelage of Joe Morris and Anthony Coleman. Sat 1/9 8:30 PM THE MILK BAR at The Biscuit Factory [81st and San Leandro Oakland] The MilkBar welcomes the 2010 new year with a special short notice show featuring new improvisations for electronics by heather frasch and evelyn ficarra, with performance by paige starling sorvillo. Also showing are videos by inga dorosz and christine bonasea. Fiction reading by vanessa norton, and, performance by David Lakein of Berlin. Sunday, January 10 Sun 1/10 2:00 PM Cafe Royale [800 Post St. @ Leavenworth SF] Cafe Royale Presents The Lost Trio: Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone; Dan Seamans - bass; Tom Hassett - drums Sun 1/10 7:30 PM SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF] Outsound Presents 7:30 Tony Buck / Magda Mayas A prepared piano and drums duo from Berlin Germany You Tube of Tony and Magda 8:30 Scott R. Looney, piano Damon Smith double bass with Tony Buck drums trio Sun 1/10 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland] Gregg Moore's Bandemonium. Arguably the only positive aspect of the legacy of European colonialism, the various traditions of brass bands around the world mirror the variety of indigenous cultures in which they grew. The Bandemonium project presents the cream of Bay Area horn players in a program featuring a few examples of the diversity of expression the basic idea of horns and percussion in ensemble have taken in native hands in places as varied as India, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, the Andes, Africa and many more. Tuesday, January 12 Tue 1/12 7:30 PM Tuesdays at Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley] Magda Mayas (piano innards) + Tony Buck (percussion). Christopher Williams (cb) solo. And all together. Tue 1/12 9:00 PM Uptown [1928 Telegraph Ave @19th St Oakland] The Oakland Active Orchestra is a new improvisers/composers collective for the masses ... performing every 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Uptown in Oakland, showcasing new works by the band's wildly and diversely talented members. Philip Greenlief, Aaron Bennett, Aram Shelton, Cory Wright - saxophones and clarinets Tom Djll, Darren Johnston - trumpet Rob Ewing - trombone Kristian Aspelin - guitar Marielle Jakobsons, Hillary Overberg - violin Agnes Szelag - cello Lisa Mezzacappa, Damon Smith - bass Jordan Glenn, Sam Ospovat - drums Kjell Nordeson - vibraphone Opening the bill tonight: Go-Go Fightmaster: Aaron Bennett - Aram Shelton - Lisa Mezzacappa - John Finkbeiner - Vijay Anderson Wednesday, January 13 Wed 1/13 7:30 PM Meridian Gallery [535 Powell Street SF] Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents the Emergency String (X)tet performing free improvisations and the graphic score Michelins X by Bob Marsh. This incarnation of the ESX will include Bob Marsh, Doug Carroll, Angela Hsu, and Adria Otte. Wed 1/13 8:00 PM CCRMA Ballroom [Stanford University The Knoll 660 Lomita Dr. Stanford, CA 94305] Barcelona/ Berlin-based composer and contrabassist Christopher Williams presents solos by Ulman, Finnissy, Wolff, and Saunders, and an improvisation or 2. Wed 1/13 8:30 PM Cafe Du Nord [2170 Market Street near 16th & Sanchez SF] Scott Amendola/Thomas Dimuzio/Jon Evans/Ava Mendoza, ALSO Dominique Leone This is what happens when you kill prog. Thursday, January 14 Thu 1/14 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF] Guest Curation by Travis Johns Jesse Boardman Kauppila Marlo Eggplant Tyrone Davies Multifungi Thu 1/14 9:00 PM The Stud [399 9th Street San Francisco, CA 94103] Barney Cauldron Kit 'n' Tenders (Gabby LaLa and Ukulady) Friday, January 15 Fri 1/15 8:00 PM OPC, Oakland Public Conservatory of Music [1616 Franklin St. Oakland, CA] Lewis Jordan with Music at Large, including Karl Evangelista (electric guitar), John-Carlos Perea (electric bass, cedar flute), Marshall Trammell (drums) as musical hosts with poets devorah major, Raymond Nat Turner, Genny Lim, James Cagney & Q.R. Hand Jr. Tuesday, January 19 Tue 1/19 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland] Fred Frith (guitar) and Shelley Hirsch (voice) - first ever duo of this iconic pair Tue 1/19 9:30 PM Stork Club [2330 Telegraph Avenue Oakland] SET 1: Ava Mendoza- guitar/Sheldon Brown- reeds/Eli Crews- bass/Vijay Anderson-drums. original material by this new collaborative quartet. SET 2: THE MUJAHEDDIN BERNSTEIN AFFAIR Electric Indian classical hybrid featuring members of Secret Chiefs 3 Thursday, January 21 Thu 1/21 7:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF] Amidst A Multichannel Video and Sound Installation with Live Performances Shelley Hirsch (US) - voice Flo Kaufmann (Switzerland) - live electronics Ursula Scherrer (Switzerland / US) - live video Thu 1/21 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF] 8pm: T.D. Skatchit with Bob Marsh Tom Nunn and David Michalak perform on homemade "skatchboxes", with The infamous Bob Marsh himself in tap shoes, voice, and violin 9pm: Guillermo Galindo and Hugh Behm-Steinberg present a workshop version "Terrible Things Will Happen But It's Going to Be Okay: A Donner Party Opera" Thu 1/21 9:00 PM Amnesia [853 Valencia Street San Francisco] Murder Murder Wiggwaum Chen Santa Maria Brandon Nickell Friday, January 22 Fri 1/22 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF] Phillip Greenlief and Jon Raskin's 2 + 2, featuring Matthew Goodheart - piano; Greenlief - saxophones; Maya Magda - piano; Raskin - saxophones; Gino Robair - percussion, electronics Fri 1/22 8:00 PM Meridian Gallery [535 Powell Street (btwn Sutter and Bush) SF] Jack O' The Clock and myrmyr Fri 1/22 9:00 PM San Francisco Art Institute [800 Chestnut Street North Beach, San Francisco] Wobbly > Ear Nose & Throat (MC Schmidt of Matmos / Jason Willett ex-Half-Japanese / Max Elibacher) w/ visuals by Nate Boyce Saturday, January 23 Sat 1/23 11:00 AM Dinkelspiel Hall, Stanford University [471 Lagunita Dr., Stanford] Composition and Arranging workshop with Dave Douglas: Groundbreaking jazz artist Dave Douglas will share his insights into the composition and arranging process while critiquing performances of original compositions by Stanford students and community musicians. Sat 1/23 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF] Amidst A Multichannel Video and Sound Installation with Live Performances Shelley Hirsch (US) - voice Flo Kaufmann (Switzerland) - live electronics Ursula Scherrer (Switzerland / US) - live video Fred Frith (US) - guitar Sat 1/23 8:00 PM San Francisco Conservatory of Music [50 Oak Street]  small packages: sfSound performs György Ligeti's awesome masterpiece Chamber Concerto alongside new short works written for sfSound by local composers Nick Bacchetto, Dan Becker, David Coll, Tom Dambly, Heather Frasch, Canner MEFE (Zeek Sheck), Maggi Payne, Mauricio Rodriguez, Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), and Theresa WongSat 1/23 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland] Amen Seat (MC Brzytwa / Wobbly), Ear Nose & Throat (MC Schmidt / Jason Willett / Max Elibacher) Sunday, January 24 Sun 1/24 4:30 PM ODC Dance Commons [351 Shotwell St., SF] Michael Jarrell '...more leaves...' for viola with clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, contrabass, and electronics. Brad Lubman conducts. Monday, January 25 Mon 1/25 8:00 PM Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Ave., SF] SFCMP plays Michael Jarrell, Oscar Bianchi, Matthias Pintscher, Helmut Lachenmann, and Brian Ferneyhough. Mon 1/25 9:00 PM Kingman's Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave near Solano Ave Albany] Set 1: Nordeson / Perkis / Shelton / Smith: Kjell Nordeson, percussion; Tim Perkis, electronics; Aram Shelton, saxophones; Damon Smith, bass. Set 2: Jon Raskin, saxophones; John Shiurba, guitar; Aurora Josephson, vocals. Tuesday, January 26 Tue 1/26 9:00 PM Kingman's Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave near Solano Ave Albany] Strange Doings: Karl Evangelista/Jordan Glenn Duo ; Sabbaticus Rex (Karen Stackpole/Cornelius Boots) and Christopher M. Skebo Group Wednesday, January 27 Wed 1/27 8:00 PM Freight & Salvage [2020 Addison St. Berkeley] Myra Melford & Be Bread is Myra Melford on piano, Cuong Vu on trumpet, Ben Goldberg on clarinet and contra-alto clarinet, Brandon Ross on guitar and soprano guitar, Stomu Takeishi on acoustic bass and Matt Wilson on drums. Wed 1/27 9:00 PM Uptown [1928 Telegraph Ave @19th St Oakland] Host Family Plays the Uptown (Andrew Conklin/Karl A.D. Evangelista/Jordan Glenn/Jason Hoopes) Thursday, January 28 Thu 1/28 8:00 PM The Bistro (Hayward) [1001 B Street Hayward, CA 94541-4107] Glimpse Trio All Night Long - Three sets of music from the instrumental trio dubbed "Oakland's Dark Kings of Avant-Metal Colossalness" by LA Weekly. Come see debuts of new original music, new covers, and classic originals. Mike Sopko (g), Ethan Rider (b), Ethan Horning (d). FREE SHOW! www.glimpsetrio.com Thu 1/28 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF] Outsound Presents Full Moon Concerts - Cold Moon. Experience the lunar radiations and transmissions of Thomas Dimuzio and Scott Arford as seen only by the ear, and inspired by the full Cold Moon. Friday, January 29 Fri 1/29 7:00 PM Cafe Bastille [22 Belden Place, San Francisco (1 block below Kearny, between Bush and Pine)] Cafe Bastille Presents: Michael Gold - Saxophone; Paul Mindrup - Keyboard; Scott Chapek - Bass; Tom Hassett - Drums Fri 1/29 8:00 PM Bluesix [3043 24th St. @ Treat St. SF] Active Music Series at Bluesix: Marches: Aram Shelton, alto & tenor saxophones; Cory Wright, tenor & baritone saxophones; Gene Baker, organ; Anton Hatwich, bass; Jordan Glenn, drums. & Lisa Mezzacappa's Bait & Switch: Aaron Bennett, saxophones; John Finkbeiner, electric guitar; Vijay Anderson, drums; LM, acoustic bass Fri 1/29 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland] Derek Bailey 80th Birthday Tribute concert, featuring ad hoc, Company-style improvisations by Bruce Ackley (sax), Tom Djll (tpt), Thea Farhadian (vln), Henry Kaiser (gtr), Ava Mendoza (gtr), Kanoko Nishi (koto), Tim Perkis (elec), Gino Robair (stuff), John Shiurba (gtr). Come celebrate Derek's birthday with us! Bring some homemade baked goods, and you'll get in free, and probably get a free CD, too! Saturday, January 30 Sat 1/30 3:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland] FLUX 53 ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY HOEDOWN!! ! All day and all of the night Sat 1/30 8:00 PM San Francisco Conservatory of Music [50 Oak Street San Francisco, CA 94102] A Sweeter Music: Pianist Sarah Cahill Benefit Concert. Multimedia Piano Concert Celebrates Dr. King's Vision of a "Cosmic Melody That is Far Superior to the Discords of War." Pianist Sarah Cahill presents "A Sweeter Music," a peace-themed benefit concert for American Friends Service Committee featuring works she commissioned by living composers, including Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros, Meredith Monk, Jerome Kitzke, Michael Byron, Kyle Gann, Mamoru Fujieda, and Larry Polansky. Video artist John Sanborn will show an accompanying video created for the music. Click for more info Sat 1/30 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street between Shattuck and Telegraph Oakland] Frank Moore, world-known shaman performance artist, will conduct improvised passions of musicians, actors, dancers, and audience members in a laboratory setting to create altered realities of fusion beyond taboos. Bring your passions and musical instruments and your senses of adventure and humor. Other than that, ADMISSION IS FREE! (But donations will be accepted.) Sat 1/30 9:00 PM Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut [671 W 24th Street A Oakland, CA 94612] A trio & a quartet play two sets of improvised music at the Mindgaze Hut. Music starts at 9:30. Trio: Chuck Johnson, electronics; Noah Phillips, guitar & electronics; Jordan Glenn, drums & percussion. Quartet: Darren Johnston, trumpet; Aram Shelton, saxophone & clarinet; Anton Hatwich (Chicago), bass; Kjell Nordeson, drums & percussion. Click Here for events after 1/31/2010 |