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JULY 2007
Sunday, July 1
Sun 7/1 8:00 PM Maybeck House [For reservations and directions please contact:gm@handprintseries.com ]
Womantis presents: P O W E R F A I L U R E
An evening of acoustic songs featuring:
Susan Appe, Kim Boekbinder, Zoe Boekbinder
Myles Boisen, MaryClare Brzytwa, Luciano Chessa
Ellen Fullman, Annie Lewandowski
Polly Moller, Gregory Moore, Kanoko Nishi
Kattt Sammon and Theresa Wong
Monday, July 2
Mon 7/2 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Boehringer/Grothman/Heule/Sutherland, Raccoo-oo-oon, Binges, & Ex-Pets
Wednesday, July 4
Wed 7/4 9:30 AM G3 Lounge [3910 Geary and Third Ave.]
Spider Compass Good Crime Band
Bran..Pos
Kwisp
Krob
Skumk Mummypuze Fizz Trio----Smith/Dryer/Chandler=Triple Bass Attack!
Wed 7/4 5:00 PM Revolution Cafe & Art Bar [3248 22nd Street - San Francisco 94110]
Revolution Cafe in the (still) glorious Mission District presents Citta di Vitti on "Happy Hour" from 5 - 8 pm.
Citta di Vitti
Phillip Greenlief - alto saxophone
Lisa Mezzacappa - bass
Jason Levis - drums
Citta di Vitti plays compositions by Phillip Greenlief, inspired by the films of Michelangelo Antonioni, featuring Monica Vitti.
Thursday, July 5
Thu 7/5 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Pure academic sounds for dropouts: a night of electronic compositions gone haywire. Mincemeat or Tenspeed, Dave Smolen, Cars Wills Burn, and Chen Santa Maria (Curated by David Lim)
Thu 7/5 9:30 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
William Hooker's Bliss Trio with Oluyemi Thomas and Damon Smith
Weasel Walter Group
Friday, July 6
Fri 7/6 7:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Artists' reception for GOLD RECORD STUDIO (Lisa Mezzacappa, Jon Brumit) with performances by artists featured on the double-CD "LIVE at LANEY" (Edgetone Records).
Fri 7/6 7:00 PM Cafe Cote D'or [3227A Lakeshore Avenue Oakland Ca 94610 ]
Ben Goldberg-clarinets
Sheldon Brown-reeds
Vijay Anderson-drums
Fri 7/6 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Blending jazz with a classical Indian Carnatic style, this is a very unique sound that you won't want to miss.
Check out www.prasantmusic.com for bios and sound samples.
Saturday, July 7
Sat 7/7 10:00 AM Theatre Artaud [450 Florida St., SF]
The Theatre of Yugen presents The Cycle Plays - modern original American Noh Theatre: five plays performed during the course of a one-day-only presentation informed by the ritualistic Japanese Noh theater, written and directed in an ensemble process by Yugen’s Artistic Associate and playwright Erik Ehn, with musical composition by Allen Whitman, Suki O’Kane, Larnie Fox, Lexa Walsh, Liz Albee, Jason Stamberger, Dan Plonsey, Moe! Staiano and Jonathan Segel.
Sat 7/7 12:00 PM ArtSf [110 Capp at 16th Street BLACK GATE, San francisco, CA. 94110]
GODWAFFLE Noise Pancakes: Arachnid Arcade (WA), MR Tipi (From Norway), MicrowaveWindows (FL), Penetration Camp (WA), Microscopic Suffering (WA)
12:00-2:00PM SHARP!~
Sat 7/7 7:00 PM Edinburgh Castle [950 Geary between Polk and Larkin SF]
Penetration Camp, Microscopic Suffering, Arachnid Arcade, & Telepathik Friend,~w/Microwavewindows (Collab)
Sat 7/7 8:30 PM The Palms Playhouse [13 Main St. Winters, CA 95694]
Jazz Summit #3 at the Palms w/ Ross Hammond's Teakayo Mission (Ross Hammond, Scott Amendola, Lisa Mezzacappa and Joaquin McPeek) and Tony Passarell 4tet (Tony Passarell, Tom Monson, Dax Compise and Brian Clark)
Sat 7/7 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Bolivar Zoar (Mary Clare Brzytwa, Ava Mendoza, Theresa Wong) with Eggs on Legs (sweet and quirky female trio), and from Baltimore, Death Set (fuzzed out “gutter-pop” for the experimental jet set) and Ponytail (high energy rock that began as a conceptual art project).
Sunday, July 8
Sun 7/8 4:00 PM Chez Hanny [ 145 Fillmore (x Waller) in San Francisco 94117. (1 block South of Haight St.) ]
Chez Hanny Presents Plays Monk
Ben Goldberg - clarinet
Devin Hoff - bass
Scott Amendola - drums
Sun 7/8 7:30 PM Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30p: duo B [Jason Levis - perc + Lisa Mezzacappa - doublebass ] 8:45p: After the End of the World Coretet 18 year anniversary party [ Annelise Zamula - winds + Bill Noertker - bass + Dave Mihaly - drums + special guest Ara Anderson - trumpet ]
Sun 7/8 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Seattle noise: Microscopic Suffering, Penetration Camp, Arachnid Arcade w/Pigs in the Ground and Skin City (Texas drone/folk core featuring Tom Carter)
Tuesday, July 10
Tue 7/10 8:00 PM Intersection for the Arts [446 Valencia, between 15th and 16th Mission District SF]
Intersection for the Arts Presents:
Sarah Wilson Group, featuring Ben Goldberg, clarinet; John Schott, guitar; Devin Hoff, bass; Scott Amendola, drums
Tue 7/10 8:00 PM Intersection for the Arts [446 Valencia, btwn 15th & 16th, SF]
Composer, trumpeter, and vocalist Sarah Wilson's compositions reflect a deep understanding of the connection between images and motion, and evoke theatrical worlds. Joined by guitarist John Schott, drummer Scott Amendola, and clarinetist Ben Goldberg, she presents an evening of energetic, idiosyncratic, and complex compositions.
Wednesday, July 11
Wed 7/11 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Oakland]
Evander Music Presents An Evening of Electronic and Electro-Acoustic Music with: Chris Brown solo and shudder (bruckmann/grabmiller/greenlief)
Wed 7/11 9:30 PM G3 Lounge [3910 Geary and Third Ave.sf]
Mr. Tipi
Microwave Windows
Feast
Hydrogen Pellets
Fruss
Thursday, July 12
Thu 7/12 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Circular Dreaming, a new performance group formed by musician/animator Valerie Mih
9pm "Tips" Phillip Greenlief & Bruce Ackley
with special vocal guest Aurora Josephson
a composition by Steve Lacy for voice and two saxophones
Thu 7/12 8:00 PM Oaktown Creativity Center [447 25th St.]
Jazz guitarist GRANT GARDNER + composer/performer Jonathan Segel
A northern California native, 24-year-old New Jersey-based guitar virtuoso and composer, GRANT GARDNER plays music firmly rooted in the jazz tradition, drawing on influences from 20th-century classical music, blues, and Americana. Jonathan Segel is a composer, performer, and multi-instrumentalist. He plays guitar, violin, computer, electric bass, and sings.
Thu 7/12 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
With 7 years and 1000 shows and counting, 21 Grand celebrates with 1k Tones - a weekend-long 7th Anniversary Music Series w/Sword and Sandals, Weasel Walter Quartet (John Gruntfest, Damon Smith, Randy Hunt, Weasel Walter) w/special guest, Henry Kaiser, Larry Ochs/Dohee Lee/Scott Amendola
Friday, July 13
Fri 7/13 7:00 PM Mama Buzz Cafe [2318 Telegraph Ave @23rd Oakland]
Luke Westbrook TREE+0, Eric Vogler, Kasey Knudsen Duo
Check out two of the Bay Area's most irreverent young guitarist/composer's chase black cats and throw stones at mirrors. Luke Westbrook TREE+0 is guitar Upright bass and percussion. Call them "indie jazz medieval string consort with a smattering of minimalism and a pinch of Black noise, acting out deconstructionist utopian aspirations". Eric Vogler, Kasey Knudsen duo, harmony is melody. If you don't buy that than come see this highly evolved duo improvise their way through originals and mutated jazz standards.
Fri 7/13 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
1k Tones - 21 Grand 7th Anniversary Series w/Rubber (0o(0 Cement + inn. aff. (orchext.) big band + Allbee/Cheslow/Walter w/Alyssa Lee (movement) + Tarantism + Bran...Pos
Saturday, July 14
Sat 7/14 8:00 PM Center for Spiritual Living [280 Claremont (at Ulloa) SF]
Evander Music Presents: Bruno Pelletier Quartet and The Lost Trio
Sat 7/14 8:00 PM Artists' Television Access [992 Valencia Street @21st SF]
Music by the Eyeful presents Eye-full Films of David Michalak with Dean Santomieri, Angela Hsu and Bob Marsh. This is the fourth of three concerts, so you know something is up in the world of inventions in visual audio , exploring the moving boundaries between music, film, optics, graphics, loops and reels.
Sat 7/14 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
1k Tones - 21 Grand 7th Anniversary Series w/0th + Toychestra + Fuzzy Cousins (Matt Lebofsky & Jenya Chernoff) + Noella M Teele
Sunday, July 15
Sun 7/15 12:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
7th Annual Transbay Skronkathon BBQ - 21 Grand 7th Anniversary. All-day music & BBQ, dozens of performers. Bring something to grill!
Sun 7/15 2:00 PM Chamber Arts House [2924 Ashby Avenue (@Elmwood) Berkeley, CA]
Midsummer's Day Dream Presents
Bay Area Musicians and Composers in Performance
Featuring Phillip Greenlief, solo saxophone
Monday, July 16
Mon 7/16 8:15 AM KUSF San Francisco [90.3 FM on air and http://www.live365.com/stations/kusf online (or at iTunes)]
Nanos Operetta and Nils Frykdahl (of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) team up with Prem on the KUSF airwaves Monday, 7/16/2007 at 8:15 AM.
Tuesday, July 17
Tue 7/17 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Ahleuchatistas is an all-instrumental guitar/bass/drums trio whose music “resides at the meteoric end of the tempo scale.” A first time grouping led by mercurial Flying Luttenbachers drummer Weasel Walter featuring theatrical voice artist Aurora Josephson, trumpet/electronics mistress Liz Allbee, noted percussion expert William Winant and Jacob Lindsay on most sizes of clarinets. Expect detailed, abstract music created at a nexus where intensity and sensitivity intersect. Henry Kaiser performs with John Hanes and Michael Manring.
Tue 7/17 9:00 PM Annie's Social Club [917 Folsom St. @ 5th. St. SF]
Some Dark Holler (EMA from Gowns)
Treasure Nest (members of Woman's Worth, Vholtz, Saboteurs)
Core of the Coalman
Inca Ore
Wednesday, July 18
Wed 7/18 9:30 PM G3 Lounge [3910 Geary and Third Ave.]
Blipvert
K9d
Wyatt Gurp
Matty Bojangles
Thursday, July 19
Thu 7/19 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm HAMEZ - Lisa Mezzacappa(SF) & Ross Hammond(SAC)
9pm Helen Money(Chicago)
Thu 7/19 8:00 PM Oaktown Creativity Center [447 25th St]
OAKTOWN CREATIVITY CENTER HOUSE CHOIR
performs works by composers ANNE HEGE and Jonathan Segel
The OCC House Choir includes members of some of the best bay area vocal ensembles performing new works and explorations combining choral music and electronics directed by ANNE HEGE.
Friday, July 20
Fri 7/20 6:00 PM Gallery 16 [501 Third Street (@ Bryant) San Francisco]
Jeff Kao: Be Just Because I Said So
A trilogy of short films directed by Jeff Kao.
Opening night reception, with music provided by the Smith Dobson V Quartet: Vijay Anderson - drums; Smith Dobson V - vibraphone; John Finkbeiner - guitar; Devin Hoff - bass
Saturday, July 21
Sat 7/21 7:00 PM St. Alban's Episcopal Church [1501 Washington Ave. Albany, CA]
Virtuoso guitarist Bert Lams (of the California Guitar Trio), Tom Griesgraber (Chapman stick). With special guest flutist Carol Alban.
Sat 7/21 7:30 PM Mama Buzz Cafe [2318 Telegraph Ave @23rd Oakland]
Jesse Quattro (Secret Chiefs 3, Hammers of Misfortune) and Devin Hoff (Xiu Xiu, Nels Cline Singers) will each be performing solo sets of their original music.
Sat 7/21 7:59 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
* Tony Dryer/Jacob Felix Heule/Jacob Lindsay (austere compositions & improvisations),
* Compression of the Chest Cavity Miracle (Ezra Buchla, viola),
& spanish-style oxtails
Sat 7/21 8:00 PM Maybeck Studio [Euclid Avenue, Berkeley (Please email greg@handprintseries.com to RSVP and for venue address)]
a night of music and words and movement and visuals
duo B.
Jason Levis, drums/percussion + Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
with special guest Jeremy Hunt, live interactive video
plus music by Wadada Leo Smith, Aaron Bennett, Jon Raskin and others
Liz Allbee, solo trumpet/electronics
Dog House Riley
Phillip Greenlief, saxophone, Lauren Tietz, dancer, texts by Dottie Grossman
Sat 7/21 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Sidecar (Anne Hege, vocalist and composer, Heather Heise, pianist) perform The Children's Hour. Inspired by the eponymous song by Charles Ives, The Children's Hour is a 75 minute program featuring the music of Façade by William Walton, as well as art songs and piano pieces by Ives, John Cage, Jim Tenney, and Bunita Marcus et al. Sidecar's original audio and visual design, which includes interactive electronics and sound processing, tape compositions, and video, provides a nervy counterpoint to vintage texts by Edith Sitwell and Longfellow.
Sat 7/21 9:00 PM RML Compound [1070 Van Dyke, San Francisco ]
John Duncan makes a rare appearance in San Francisco.
Sunday, July 22
Sun 7/22 7:00 PM Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
 The 2007 EDGETONE NEW MUSIC SUMMIT OutSpoken Drawn from Sources: Inquiries into the sources, intent and challenges inherent in experimental music, and its place in our creative and social fabric. Discussion Panel: Ethnic Tradition and Experimental Music
Sun 7/22 7:30 PM Berkeley Arts Center [1275 Walnut Street Live Oak Park Berkeley]
Mark Deutsch performs new compositions for Bazantar and Sitar. Mark Deutsch is both inventor and performer of the Bazantar. The Bazantar is a five-string acoustic bass, fitted with an additional twenty-nine sympathetic strings and four drone strings.
Deutsch July 22
Sun 7/22 8:00 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell SF]
 sfSoundSeries: Jacob Druckman's "Animus I" for trombone and tape, and Steve Reich's "Reed Phase" for clarinet and computer. Plus Elliott Carter's gripping song cycle "Tempo e Tempi", and new works by Chris Burns, Matt Ingalls and Christopher Jones.
Monday, July 23
Mon 7/23 8:15 AM KUSF San Francisco, 90.3 FM [90.3 FM on air and http://www.live365.com/stations/kusf online (or at iTunes)]
Prem hosts the Tom Nunn/Matt Davignon Duo for a "Live in KUSF Studio B" performance on Monday, 7/23/2007 at 8:15 AM to promote the Edgetone New Music Summit, and Summit organizer Rent Romus drops in to provide an overview of the entire festival.
Tuesday, July 24
Tue 7/24 7:00 PM Three Pieces [1112 Larkin St. #307 @ Sutter St. SF]
Axiomatic Integration (Hamburg) and Gradcom (Hamburg): two intimate solo live in-house sets
Tue 7/24 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Oakland]
8pm - Solo Basura! (Alan Anzalone- Sax, clarinet, John Betteo- Piano, cornet, Christopher Brown- double bass, Curtis Hollenbeck- deconstructed cornet, piano, Jeremy Kearney- bass clarinet, tenor saxophone)
9 pm - Bush of Ghosts (Phillip Greenlief - saxophones, Damon Smith - contrabass, Spirit - percussion)
Tue 7/24 9:30 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
Fuckwolf, Prismatics, 3 Leafs........A night of improv rock and noise that you don't want to miss!!
Wednesday, July 25
Wed 7/25 7:30 PM Hillside Club [ 2286 Cedar St. Berkeley CA 94709]
NOISY PEOPLE, Tim Perkis' documentary on the the San Francisco Bay Area improv scene, featuring George Cremaschi, Tom Djll, Greg Goodman, Phillip Greenlief, Cheryl Leonard, Dan Plonsey, Gino Robair, Damon Smith. Also appearing are dozens of other creative musicians from the improvisational sound community, including Anthony Braxton, Fred Frith and Jack Wright. Filmmaker Tim Perkis and film subjects Gino Robair and Phillip Greenlief in person.
Wed 7/25 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
The 2007 EDGETONE NEW MUSIC SUMMIT Time in Transmission, a night of electro-acoustic performance Doctor Bob, Tom Nunn/Matt Davignon,
Nihil Communication & Laurie Buenafe Krsmanovic,Darwinsbitch Pre-Concert Composer Q&A 7:30pm
Wed 7/25 9:30 PM G3 Lounge [3910 Geary and Third Ave. Sf]
Rubber O Cement
David Slusser
Amphibiosu Gestures
Mephitic Ooze
Kukie Matter
Thursday, July 26
Thu 7/26 7:15 PM Red Vic Movie House [1727 Haight Street San Francisco 94117]
SAN FRANCISCO PREMIERE! NOISY PEOPLE, Tim Perkis' documentary on the the San Francisco Bay Area improv scene, featuring George Cremaschi, Tom Djll, Greg Goodman, Phillip Greenlief, Cheryl Leonard, Dan Plonsey, Gino Robair, Damon Smith. Also appearing are dozens of other creative musicians from the improvisational sound community, including Anthony Braxton, Fred Frith and Jack Wright. Two screenings, 7:15 and 9:30, with LIVE MUSIC by Tim Perkis, Gino Robair, Phillip Greenlief and Tom Dill at both shows.
Thu 7/26 7:30 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
The Luggage Store Gallery co-presents
The 6th Annual Edgetone New Music Summit at the Community Music Center 544 Capp St. @ 20th SF
Thu 7/26 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
The 2007 EDGETONE NEW MUSIC SUMMIT Fields of Flowers , a night of spontaneous composition
BLOOM [Rent Romus|Thollem Mcdonas|Jon Brumit|Steven Baker] plus guests Liz Allbee & Tatsuya Nakatani(PA), KIOUKU(NYC), Jim Ryan's FE3 Portland. Pre-Concert Composer Q&A 7:30pm
Thu 7/26 8:00 PM Oaktown Creativity Center [447 25th St. Oakland]
Composer and video artist JAMES MINTON and CHRIS RUNDE + GENE BAKER
Friday, July 27
Fri 7/27 7:00 PM Works/San Jose [451 South First Street San Jose, CA 95112]
july 27th music night with KIOKU, Polly Moller & company and dajis
Fri 7/27 7:00 PM Cafe Bastille [22 Belden Place, San Francisco (1 block below Kearny, between Bush and Pine)]
Cafe Bastille Presents Michael Gold Quartet
Michael Gold, saxophone; Paul Mindrup, piano; Scott Chapek, bass;
Tom Hassett, drums
Enjoy a great evening of live jazz in the west coast tradition from 7 - 11 pm at Cafe Bastille. Grab a table and enjoy the fine French cuisine, or sit at the bar and catch the quartet up close and personal.
Fri 7/27 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
The 2007 EDGETONE NEW MUSIC SUMMIT Beat & Beyond, a night extending rhythm and sound
Lx Rudis, Wobbly, Lance Grabmiller, Robert Anbian & the Unidentified Flying Quartet. Pre-Concert Composer Q&A 8:30
Saturday, July 28
Sat 7/28 3:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
The 2007 EDGETONE NEW MUSIC SUMMIT OutSpoken Presents: Drawn from Sources: Inquiries into the sources, intent and challenges inherent in experimental music, and its place in our creative and social fabric. Discussion Panel: This Music Defies Categorization
Moderated by Greg Scharpen (KALX FM)
with Merlin Coleman, Peter Martin (Eddie the Rat), Jake Rodriguez (The Bran… POS), and Pamela Z
Sat 7/28 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
The 2007 EDGETONE NEW MUSIC SUMMIT Critical Mass, Sounds on the gritty side of the fence...
High Vulture, Van Boven, Jesse Quattro, Eddie the Rat, Gowns
Sunday, July 29
Sun 7/29 7:00 PM Space Gallery [1141 Polk St SF]
lullatone (pajama pop from JAPAN) egamoog (Bay Area synthpop) and Bearclaw (from Texas)
Sun 7/29 9:00 PM Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut [671 24th St, Oakland]
 * Ulfhednar (bass quintet/subsonic norse army -- Jacob Felix Heule, Jay Korber, Cdwx Rntnen, Tony Dryer, Matt Chandler)
* Epileptinomicon (ambient/black metal from Denver)
* Alee Karim (solo guitar)
* Heule/Karim duo (drums/guitar)
Events outside the Bay Area
Thursday, Jul 5 2007 8:00 PM Blackwater Cafe
914 North Yosemite Ave Stockton, CA Yosemite Sound Concert Series Presents
shudder
Kyle Bruckmann - oboe, english horn
Lance Grabmiller - laptop/audiomulch
Phillip Greenlief - Bb clarinet, tenor saxophone
shudder works with compositions and improvisation to explore and develop a language for acoustic instruments that can exist easily in the realm of electronic music.
Electro-acoustic innovation, deep listening informed group communication and an ear for dynamics and austere details that most musicians tend to overlook, shudder provides one of more rewarding listening experiences available to SF bay area audiences. The group has toured the east and west coasts and has an upcoming recording that the group is currently shopping to labels.
Friday, Jul 27 2007 8:00 PM Blackwater Cafe
914 North Yosemite Ave, Stockton, CA Yosemite Sound Festival Presents
8 PM - Phillip Greenlief solo saxophone (Oakland, CA)
9 PM - Tatsuya Nakatani solo percussion (New York, NY)
Yosemite Sound Festival presents an evening with these two oustanding improvisers in solo performance. Check out this new festival in Stockton for what promises to be a great evening of music from two musicians that have extended the realm of the possible for saxophone and percussion.
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