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OCTOBER 2003 Wednesday, October 1 Wed 10/1 7:30 PM Berkeley Art Center [1275 Walnut Berkeley] Improvisations by Monique Buzzart‚, trombone (from NYC), Philip Gelb, shakuhachi and Tom Bickley, recorders Wed 10/1 8:00 PM 21 Grand [449B 23rd St. Near 19th Street BART Oakland] Carla Kihlstedt, violins, percussion guitar; Fred Frith, guitars; WU FEI, gu zheng (grand daddy of the koto); with Glass Game and Polly Moller Thursday, October 2 Thu 10/2 8:00 PM The Jazz House [3192 Adeline @ MLK Berkeley] Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core [Scott Amendola & Donald Robinson] John Schott Typical Orchestra [Ben Goldberg/Devon Hoff/ Ches Smith] Thu 10/2 8:00 PM Luggage Store @ 509 Cultural Gallery [509 Ellis SF] Wolfgang Chan and Andre Custodio Friday, October 3 Fri 10/3 7:00 PM Luna's Cafe [1414 16th St Sacramento] 2003 NorCal Noise Fest Fri 10/3 8:00 PM The Jazz House [3192 Adeline @ MLK Berkeley] Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core [Scott Amendola & Donald Robinson] John Schott Typical Orchestra [Ben Goldberg/Devon Hoff/ Ches Smith] Fri 10/3 8:00 PM Meridian Gallery [545 Sutter Street SF] Meridian Music: Monique Buzzarte in a solo concert of trombone and computer Fri 10/3 8:00 PM ACME at The Solarium [3111 Deakin Berkeley] A house concert featuring Noggin (unplugged, violin duo from Seattle) and Henry Kuntz (solo saxophone from Berkeley) Fri 10/3 8:00 PM 964 Natoma [964 Natoma Between Mission and Howard SF] Looping at 964 Natoma! Santa Cruz loopmeister Rick Walker on neon-green instruments, and 964's own cello-looping Zoe Keating before she goes off on tour! Saturday, October 4 Sat 10/4 7:00 PM Capitol Garage [1427 L St Sacramento] 2003 NorCal Noise Fest Sat 10/4 9:00 PM 21 Grand [449B 23rd by 19thSt BART Oakland] 2 Trios: Aurora Josephson - vc; Tim Perkis - elec; Damon Smith - db and: Jacob Lindsay - cl; Scott R. Looney - elec; Gino Robair - perc Sunday, October 5 Sun 10/5 3:00 PM The Christian Church [442 Central Ave. Pacific Grove] Philip Gelb, shakuhachi and Pietro Lusvardi, bass: Two very different musical traditions come together in an improvised setting. Sun 10/5 6:00 PM Capitol Garage [1427 L St Sacramento] 2003 NorCal Noise Fest Sun 10/5 8:30 PM Zebulon's Lounge [21 Fourth Street, Petaluma] The Rova Saxophone Quartet Monday, October 6 Mon 10/6 8:30 AM KUSF San Francisco [90.3 FM] Miya Masaoka with Prem Mon 10/6 7:30 PM Mills College Ensemble Room [5000 MacArthur Oakland] CCM Composer-in-Residence ROGER KLEIER presents a new piece for improvisers and electronics featuring the composer on electric guitar, ANNIE GOSFIED on sampling keyboard, and Bay Area treasure, JOAN JEANRENAUD, on cello. Tuesday, October 7 Tue 10/7 8:00 PM The Oakland Box Theater [1928 Telegraph Avenue Oakland] Traffica (Blevin Blectum and Ryan Junell); Tim Perkis and Lance Grabmiller Duo; Peep : Mike Bullock and Linda Gale Aubry Duo Wednesday, October 8 Wed 10/8 10:00 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk SF] Sound On Survial : Marco Eneidi, alto saxpophone; Lisle Ellis, bass; Peter Valsamis, drums Thursday, October 9 Thu 10/9 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery @ 509 Cultural Center [509 Ellis St. (between Hyde & Leavenworth) SF] Phillip Greenlief solo saxophone also Thomas Helton solo double bass (Houston TX) Friday, October 10 Fri 10/10 8:00 PM 964 Natoma [964 Natoma Between Mission and Howard SF] Field Effects 15: Field Trips focuses on work strongly rooted in field recordings proper. Featuring Sean Rooney, Jesse Hammons and Steve Polta. Tonight, a four-speaker main PA! Fri 10/10 8:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [700 Howard St. at Third Street SF] YBCA presents Command Performance: Brian Freeman, Joan Jeanrenaud, LINES Ballet and Youth Speaks - Featuring the World Premiere of Miya Masaoka's While I was walking, I heard a sound… Saturday, October 11 Sat 10/11 12:00 PM Potrero del Sol Park [East side of Potrero Ave., just South of 25th St. SF] Bands Against Bush : Sagan and Friends; Wobbly - Noon to 7 PM Sat 10/11 8:00 PM New Langton Arts [1246 Folsom Street SF] Morgan Guberman with Numinous Opossum Sat 10/11 8:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [700 Howard St. at Third Street SF] YBCA presents Command Performance: Brian Freeman, Joan Jeanrenaud, LINES Ballet and Youth Speaks - Featuring the World Premiere of Miya Masaoka's While I was walking, I heard a sound… Sunday, October 12 Sun 10/12 12:00 AM St. Francis Assisi [corner of Columbus and Vallejo SF] COLIN STETSON SOLO Sun 10/12 7:30 PM SIMM Series/Outsound Research [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF] BAKERSFIELD and Noertker's Moxie Sun 10/12 7:30 PM Berkeley Art Center [1275 Walnut Street Berkeley] Natto Quartet : Chris Brown(piano), Philip Gelb(shakuhachi), Shoko Hikage(koto), Tim Perkis(electronics) Monday, October 13 Mon 10/13 8:00 PM strictly Ballroom [CCRMA Stanford] Silvia Schiavoni (voice) / Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone, electronics) Tuesday, October 14 Tue 10/14 8:00 PM BERKELEY ARTS FESTIVAL GALLERY [2324 Shattuck (btwn Bancroft and Durant) Berkeley] Pianist-composer "Blue" Gene Tyranny makes a rare Bay Area solo recital appearance Tue 10/14 8:00 PM The Oakland Box Theater [1928 Telegraph Avenue Oakland] CMAU and Radiolara Thursday, October 16 Thu 10/16 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery @ 509 Cultural Center [509 Ellis St. (between Hyde & Leavenworth) SF] Oscillating Innards (redwood city CA), and Stimbox (SF), Pedestrian Deposit (SF), XOME (SF), Borful Tang (SF by way of NY) Thu 10/16 8:30 PM Beat Lounge (the old Black Cat) [501 Broadway @ Kearny SF] Transmission Trio & Flying Tigers Thu 10/16 9:00 PM Lucre Lounge [2086 Allston (at Shattuck) Berkeley] Mike Zilber - saxes (Steve Smith, Dave Liebman); Andre Bush - guitars (Art Lande, CARMA); Jon Evans - bass (Tori Amos, Michael Blustein); Ches Smith - drums (Good for Cows, Theory of Ruin) Friday, October 17 Fri 10/17 8:00 PM Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland] Hurdy-gurdy player and electro-acoustic wizard STEVIE WISHART performs in concert with Fred Frith and CCM composers Chris Brown, Maggi Payne, John Bischoff, and Les Stuck. Fri 10/17 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley] Joel Davel (Marimba Lumina, percussion), Roberto Morales (Piano, Buchla Piano Bar, Jarocho harp, flute, pre-Columbian flutes, electroacoustics), Matt Wright (electroacoustics, percussion) Fri 10/17 9:00 PM 21 Grand [449B 23rd St. Near 19th Street BART Oakland] Wind Trio of Alphaville + Frank Gratkowski Saturday, October 18 Sat 10/18 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley] Joel Davel (Marimba Lumina, percussion), Roberto Morales (Piano, Buchla Piano Bar, Jarocho harp, flute, pre-Columbian flutes, electroacoustics), Matt Wright (electroacoustics, percussion) Sat 10/18 8:00 PM 21 Grand [449B 23rd by 19th St BART Oakland] MEET YOUR HOME STEREO : RAJAR on radio; LX Rudis on compact discs; Matt Davignon on tapes; Michael Gendreau on records Sat 10/18 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp St SF] sfSound Series: Xenakis, Cage, Tenney, Sciarrino, Bithell, Robair, Scott, Shiurba, Perkis, and sfSoundGroup. Sunday, October 19 Sun 10/19 12:00 PM Headlands Center for the Arts [944 Fort Barry in the Marin Headlands Sausalito] Headlands Center for the Arts Open House : Blevin Blectum, Lesser, Sagan, Ryan Junell movies, looping from Noon to 5 pm Sun 10/19 7:00 PM The Caffein Den [1720 Pacific Ave. Stockton] LORDS OF OUTLAND : Rent Romus, reeds/toys/accordion/melodica/processor; C.J. Reaven Borosque, noise pedals; Phillip Everett, drums/auto-harp and C.O.M.A. : Dax Compise-drums; Brian Clark-bass; John Vaughn-sax Sun 10/19 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland] Trio w/ Frank Gratkowski, Scott R. Looney and Gino Robair Sun 10/19 8:30 PM Make Out Room [22nd btwn Mission and Valencia SF] Transmission Trio with Stuart Bogie and Tobin Summerfield & Afrobeat Project Sun 10/19 9:00 PM Bruno's [2389 Mission between 19th and 20th SF] Gubbish: Aaron Novik, clarinet; Sameer Gupta, tabla; Ches Smith, drums; David Arend, bass; Dan Cantrell, accordian; John Finkbeiner, guitar; and special guest Henry Hung, trumpet Monday, October 20 Mon 10/20 7:00 PM 21 Grand [449B 23rd St. Near 19th Street BART Oakland] Eddie Gale Jam Session Mon 10/20 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley] "gratkowski.com/" I : Frank Gratkowski - Alto saxophone and related winds; Chris Brown - Piano and interactive electronics Mon 10/20 9:00 PM Storyville [1750 Fulton @ Masonic SF] Transmission Trio with Stuart Bogie and Tobin Summerfield Tuesday, October 21 Tue 10/21 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley] "gratkowski.com/" II : Frank Gratkowski - Alto saxophone and related winds; John Schott - Guitar; Roberto Morales - Piano, electroacoustics; David Wessel - Buchla Thunder and interactive electroacoustics Tue 10/21 8:00 PM The Oakland Box Theater [1928 Telegraph Avenue Oakland] John Shiruba's 5x5R and Karen Stackpole Tue 10/21 8:00 PM Yoshi's [510 Embarcadero West Oakland] Ravi Coltrane Quartet Tue 10/21 8:00 PM Recombinant Labs Compound [1070 Van Dyke SF] SMALLTOWNSUPERSOUND Gentle Noise Tour 2003 : Lasse Marhaug, Alexander Rishaug, Sir Dupermann Thursday, October 23 Thu 10/23 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery @ 509 Cultural Center [509 Ellis St. (between Hyde & Leavenworth) SF] Frank Gratkowski/Jerome Bryerton/Damon Smith with Special Guest Henry Kaiser Thu 10/23 8:00 PM The Jazz House [3192 Adeline @ MLK Berkeley] Beth Custer, clarinets and voice with Graham Connah: piano, David James: guitar, Jan Jackson: drums, Devon Hoff: bass, Ralph Carney: reeds, Ben Goldberg: clarinet, Hugo Godoy: percussion Thu 10/23 8:00 PM strictly Ballroom [CCRMA Stanford] new San Francisco Tape Music Center Thu 10/23 9:00 PM Bruno's [2389 Mission between 19th and 20th SF] Telepathy Thu 10/23 9:30 PM Starry Plough [3101 Shattuck Ave @ Prince Berkeley] The Monks of Doom w/ Jonathan Segel Friday, October 24 Fri 10/24 8:00 PM The Jazz House [3192 Adeline @ MLK Berkeley] PEAKTIMES experimental music/dance show improvising on today's news. Laurie Buenafe (dance); Ava Chante de l'Esprit (cello, vocals); Rama (sitar); Zeppi (theremin, shortwave radio). Fri 10/24 8:30 PM 21 Grand [449B 23rd St. Near 19th Street BART Oakland] RAWA Benefit featuring : Sagan w/guest; Wobbly; Zeek Sheck; Goerbels and Pregger; Aunt Bunny Fri 10/24 10:00 PM Bottom of the Hill [1233 17th Street (17th @ Missouri) SF] The Monks of Doom; Jonathan Segel; Darklings Saturday, October 25 Sat 10/25 11:45 AM Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley] Instrumental Improvisation Workshop with the Tiptons All-Female Sax Quartet + Percussion Sat 10/25 8:30 PM 21 Grand [449B 23rd St. Near 19th Street BART Oakland] RAWA Benefit Series with David Slusser; Tomes/Thuja; The Abstractions Sunday, October 26 Sun 10/26 7:00 PM Deaf Electric at The Jazz House [3192 Adeline St. Berkeley] Sound artist Loren Chasse (who was recently featured on "Spark" on KQED); Die Elektrischen with Karen Stackpole (doing a live soundscape) Sun 10/26 7:30 PM SIMM Series/Outsound Research [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF] Rent Romus' EA Poe Screaming Orchestra & Cardew Choir A CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEN Monday, October 27 Mon 10/27 7:30 PM Mills College (EnsRm) [5000 MacArthur Oakland] Violinist Gunda Gottschalk presents WATERMOONS, a solo improvised concert featuring cascading sounds, strings, voice, and noise inspired by the moon's mulitiple reflections on a surface of water. Mon 10/27 8:00 PM Yoshi's [510 Embarcadero West Oakland] Jazz In Flight presents: Gerry Hemingway Quartet with Gerry Hemingway - drums; Ellery Eskelin - tenor saxophone; Mark Dresser - bass; Herb Robertson - trumpet Tuesday, October 28 Tue 10/28 8:00 PM The Oakland Box Theater [1928 Telegraph Avenue Oakland] Fred Frith/Gunda Gottschalk duo and Normal (with Frith, Sudhu Tewari, and special guest Gottschalk) Wednesday, October 29 Wed 10/29 8:00 PM CCRMA [Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center, 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford] Fall CCRMA Concert: new electroacoustic works by Stanford composers Thursday, October 30 Thu 10/30 7:00 PM Borders Books and Music [400 Post Street SF] Joseph Zitt presents "Surprise Me with Beauty: the Music of Human Systems" Thu 10/30 7:30 PM Palace of the Fine Arts [3301 Lyon SF] Cecil Taylor solo. Part of the SF Jazz Festival 2003 Thu 10/30 7:30 PM Crocker Galleria [50 Post St. #41, Crocker Galleria 2nd Level] dud (Micah Ball, Mark Briggs, Herb Heinz, Shawn King, Kate Ruddle and Richard Smith) plays "An Art Themed Halloween Party." Thu 10/30 8:00 PM Yoshi's [510 Embarcadero West Oakland] The Art Ensemble of Chicago: Saxophonists Joseph Jarman and Roscoe Mitchell, percussionist Famoudou Don Moye and bassist Malachi Favors Moghostut. Click Here for events after 10/31/2003 |