Transbay Calendar/Bayimproviser Event Listing
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Tue 2/9 9:00 PM FREE Uptown [1928 Telegraph Ave @19th St Oakland]
The Oakland Active Orchestra is a new improvisers/composers collective for the masses ... TONIGHT - music by guest composer Jon Raskin. Opening the bill tonight: 2 + 2: Jon Raskin, Phillip Greenlief, Lisa Mezzacappa, Damon Smith
Wed 2/10 7:30 PM $10 general; $5 students/seniors Meridian Gallery [535 Powell Street SF]
Kenneth Atchley and John Bischoff will perform an absorbing set of new electronic solo works and the interactive duet, “Bell Field.”
Thu 2/11 8:00 PM $6-10 Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Trio Surprise!
8pm Sebastian Krawczuk (bass), Andre Custodio (some kind of electronic thing) & Rent Romus (saxophones)
9pm Aurora Josephson: (voice), Damon Smith: (double bass), Jacob Felix Heule, (drums)
Two unique trio settings where it's your guess as to what may happen!
Fri 2/12 8:00 PM $5-$8 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Rigor Mortis Clitaurus -- three chicks, one NOISE (okay, so its actually LOTS OF NOISE)
Ettrick (Jacob Felix Heule + Jay Korber) dual drum/sax + electronics .. mayhem
Common Eider, King Eider
....and a couple other little noisy pretties lined up for your listening enjoyment!!!
Fri 2/12 8:00 PM Old First Church [1751 Sacramento Street San Francisco]
Mills College graduate improvisers/composers/performers will be presenting a concert on the Old First Concerts series
Fri 2/12 8:30 PM $15/12 Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
“THIS IS FOR SUN RA” A performance by The Chamber Unit
Featuring Eddie Gale and India Cooke
Sat 2/13 8:00 AM $6-10 Studio 1510 [1510 8th Street Oakland]
T.D. Skachit & Company - YEAR OF THE SKATCH - T.D. Skachit play the Skatchbox in trios with guests Scott Looney and Leif Shakelford. Set 2 - duo - Jason Mears - saxophone (from L.A.) and Damon Smith - double bass (+ closing Skatch with T.D.)
Sat 2/13 8:30 PM $15/12 Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
“THIS IS FOR SUN RA” A performance by The Chamber Unit
Featuring Eddie Gale and India Cooke
Sun 2/14 2:00 PM free! Cafe Royale [800 Post St. @ Leavenworth SF]
cafe royale presents a valentine's day treat
Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone; lisa mezzacappa - bass; tom hassett - drums
Mon 2/15 9:00 PM FREE Ivy Room [858 San Pablo Avenue]
Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny & Social Club featuring
Johnny Butler (NYC), Lisa Mezzacappa, Rent Romus, David Slusser, Strangelet
comfy couches • delicious beverages • NEVER a cover • many musicians • total surprises
Tue 2/16 7:30 PM Donation Tuesdays at Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Birgit Uhler Solo, and with Tim Perkis, Damon Smith, John Shiurba and Gino Robair
Wed 2/17 8:00 PM $20/15 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
GROSSE ABFAHRT, the Bay Area's acclaimed international large improvising ensemble, celebrates the release of its third CD – VANITY, on Emanem – featuring Birgit Ulher, trumpeter from Germany, and Kyle Bruckmann, oboist from Mars; these in addition to regulars John Shiurba, Matt Ingalls, Gino Robair, Tim Perkis, and leader Tom Djll.
Wed 2/17 9:00 PM $7 SUB-MISSION [2183 Mission Street San Francisco]
Marco Eneidi + Touch and Go Quartet
Marco Eneidi, Darren Johnston, Sheldon Brown, Vijay Anderson, Lisa Mezzacappa
opening set by Ava Mendoza/Mike Guarino Duo
Thu 2/18 8:00 PM $6-10 Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Doctor Bob (Bob Marsh: Voice/electronics/cello & David Michalak: lap steel guitar)playing songs for a dark and bitter world...
9pm Michael Straus (Amsterdam-based saxophonist/improviser)w/ Ken Ueno, Matt Ingalls and Ted Coffey
Fri 2/19 8:00 PM $10/5 Meridian Gallery [535 Powell Street SF]
An evening of composed and improvised acoustic music exploring unique combinations of instruments and explorations on those instruments.Duo:Tony Dyer, Acoustic Bass, Jacob Felix Heule,Percussion. Trio:RTD3, Ron Heglin, Trombone and Voice, Tom Nunn,invented instruments, Douglas Carroll,Cello. Quintet: A combination of the two groups.
Fri 2/19 8:00 PM Studio 1510 [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Musician/Composer/Alto Saxophonist Marco Eneidi returns with an evening of duos:
Dr. Dana Reason - piano & Damon Smith - contrabass; Marco Eneidi - alto saxophone & Spirit - percussion; Peter Valsamis - drums & Scott Looney - piano
Fri 2/19 8:00 PM $6 Artists' Television Access [992 Valencia Street @21st SF]
An evening of electroacoustic audiovisual improvisations with Hamburg-based trumpet virtuoso Birgit Ulher, Gino Robair on percussion and electronics, and Bill Hsu on electronics and interactive animations.
Fri 2/19 8:30 PM $5 - $10 Bluesix [3043 24th St. @ Treat St. SF]
Bluesix Acoustic Music Series Presents: Karl Evangelista Trio; David Boyce - Phillip Greenlief duo; Green Mitchell (Cory Wright, Lisa Mezzacappa, Sam Ospovat)
Sat 2/20 8:00 PM Studio 1510 [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Duo: Marco Eneidi - alto saxophone & Scott Looney - electronics
Quartet: Dr. Dana Reason, Peter Valsamis, Marco Eneidi, Damon Smith
Sat 2/20 8:00 PM $10 to $15 Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
JULIA WOLFE
(Jean Macduff Vaux Composer-in-Residence)
With a care and attention to detail that is both masterful and highly respectful, Wolfe's music celebrates the extraordinary qualities contained within something as specific as a gesture or an inflection.
Dark Full Ride (for four drumsets) 2002
Lick (amplified ensemble) (1994)
Believing (amplified ensemble) (1997)
my lips from speaking (six pianos) (1993)
Sun 2/21 2:00 PM donation Circle A Sexual House [Email nobabies666@gmail.com or call 251-508-7127 for Location!]
NO BABIES Record Release BBQ W/Strip Mall Seizures!
Also w/
Whitman
Christmas Magic
Sass on 3
BBQ@ 2pm
Music@ 4pm!
Email nobabies666@gmail.com or call 251-508-7127 for location!
Sun 2/21 8:00 PM FREE Bluesix [3043 24th St. @ Treat St. SF]
Birgit Ulher + Damon Smith + Tony Dryer + Jacob Felix Heule
Loachfillet (solo for tape loops, worm peril)
Bran (...) Pos (???)
with visual art by Eva Heule, Michelle Guintu, Cedric Wilsonson, Tony Dryer, Damon Smith/Daniel Healey, and Birgit Ulher.
Sun 2/21 9:00 PM $8 Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
1st Set: Steve Adams and the Dark Forest Trio
2nd Set: Marco Eneidi - alto saxophone, Lisa Mezzacappa - contrabass, Vijay Anderson - drums
Mon 2/22 7:30 PM Free Ensemble Room [Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland]
The multi-instrumental duo of Agnes Szelag and Marielle Jakobsons uses graphic scores, improvisation, and live electronics to perform an evening of songs often inspired by their common Baltic heritage.
Thu 2/25 8:00 PM $6-10 Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Outsound Presents Full Moon Concerts - Quickening Moon
8 PM: Amar Chaudhary and his wonder-cat, Luna!
9 PM: Premiere of "Genesis" for twelve improvisers by Polly Moller: in which the inward and outward spiral of Western magical tradition teams up with the M-theory of the 11-dimensional universe to set up a musical experiment where the 11 dimensions create a brand new universe in their lab.
Fri 2/26 3:00 PM FREE KUSF 90.3 FM San Francisco [www.kusf.org]
Polly Moller will take over the 3-4 PM hour as a guest DJ and lead you down a memory lane of inspiring musics.
Fri 2/26 8:00 PM $10ish Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
The explosive percolations of Marco Eneidi and the sweet demolition of Go-Go Fightmaster
Sat 2/27 8:00 PM $5-15 Oakopolis Creativity Center [447 25th Ave Oakland]
The very first performance of Jacob Zimmerman's brand new Lawson Ensemble: Jacob Zimmerman, Drew Cecatto, Matt Nelson, Cory Wright (saxes), Rob Ewing (trombone), Michael Coleman and Dan VanHassel (keyboards), Dan Good (electronics and trumpet)
Sat 2/27 8:00 PM $5-10 John Natsoulas Gallery [521 1st St. Davis, CA]
Caroliner, Hans Grusels Krankenkabinet, MuckytheDucky, Mama Buries
Sat 2/27 8:00 PM Life Changing Ministries [1629 8th St. West Oakland ]
A SUPER Quartet with: Ava Mendoza - Guitar John Finkbeiner - guitar Lisa Mezzacappa - contrabass Matt Montgomery - contrabass Vijay Anderson - drums Marco Eneidi - alto saxophone
Sat 2/27 8:00 PM $5-20 Casa Ninja [Berkeley]
Jon Rose elicits massive subtlety from a single long string in parallel with Ellen Fullman's Long String Instrument. Reception to follow. Very limited seating, reservations only by email: ellenfullman@gmail.com. Location and directions given in response to reservation.
Sun 2/28 7:30 PM $8/10 SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30 PM TBA
8:30 Eric Glick Rieman - prepared rhodes
Mon 3/1 8:00 PM $10-28 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum [701 Mission St., SF]
Graeme Jennings performs Luigi Nono's La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura
Mon 3/1 8:30 PM Free Makeout Room [3225 22nd Street, SF ]
MICHAEL COLEMAN QUARTET (8:30pm) Michael Coleman - keys / Matt Nelson - tenor sax / Jacob Zimmerman - alto sax / Jordan Glenn - drums
MENDOZA-MEZZACAPPA-ANDERSON (9:30pm) Ava Mendoza - gtr / Lisa Mezzacappa - bass / Vijay Anderson - drums
Aaron Novik’s KILLBOSSA (10:30pm) Aaron Novik - bass clar / Dina Maccabee - vn / Roger Riedlebauer - gtr / Melody Ferris - vocals / Eric Perney - bass / Dave Mihaly - drums
Tue 3/2 7:30 PM Donation Tuesdays at Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
thollem
Thu 3/4 8:00 PM $6-10 sliding scale Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Conduct your own orchestra night.
Thu 3/4 8:00 PM $25+ Jewish Community Center SF Kanbar Hall [3200 California St @ Presidio Ave SF]
Opening night of Other Minds 15 includes works by Chou Wen-chung, Lisa Bielawa, and Jürg Frey. Performers include the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Eva-Maria Zimmermann, Quatuor Bozzini (Montreal), and Carla Kihlstedt.
Fri 3/5 8:00 PM $25+ Jewish Community Center SF Kanbar Hall [3200 California St @ Presidio Ave SF]
Other Minds 15 continues with music by Polish composer Pawel Mykietyn, electronic music star Natasha Barrett, and a special set featuring legendary New Orleans saxophonist Kidd Jordan, with William Parker on bass.
Sat 3/6 8:00 PM $25+ Jewish Community Center SF Kanbar Hall [3200 California St @ Presidio Ave SF]
Other Minds 15 concludes with music by Gyan Riley, Tom Johnson, and Carla Kihlstedt, whose new piece will be performed by the Rova Saxophone Quartet.
Sat 3/6 8:00 PM $15 Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
I Hate to Sing: The Music of Carla Bley
Performed by the Permanent Wave Ensemble, led by Kasey Knudsen and Lisa Mezzacappa
Kasey Knudsen, Matt Nelson, Cory Wright - reeds
Henry Hung - trumpet
Rob Ewing - trombone
Michael Coleman - keyboards
Lisa Mezzacappa - acoustic bass
Sam Ospovat - drums
Sun 3/7 4:00 PM $14-17 Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento Street, SF]
Wooden Fish Ensemble Celebrates the Music of Hyo-shin Na
Sun 3/7 4:30 PM FREE Bird and Beckett Books [Glen Park District, SF ]
Bird and Beckett's long-standing live jazz series presents The Lost Trio
Sun 3/7 7:30 PM $10/8 SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
Noertker's Moxie Season Opener selections from Blue Rider vol. 1, 2, 3: Suites for Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc.
Tue 3/9 9:00 PM FREE Uptown [1928 Telegraph Ave @19th St Oakland]
The Oakland Active Orchestra is a new improvisers/composers collective for the masses ... every Second Tuesday at the Uptown.
opening band tonight is:
Jordan Glenn + Noah Phillips + Chuck Johnson
Thu 3/11 8:00 PM $6-10 Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Ann O'Rourke solo drums/electronics/voice
8:20 8:20 THE ANCIENT GEEKS Jim Ryan & Ann O'Rourke
9:05pm Free Sax
Fri 3/12 6:00 PM $5 Berkeley Art Museum [2626 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94720]
Caroliner Rainbow Deep Grey Mind Blushing Out a Pattern
Xome
Loachfillet
Vslfungi
Cypress Bill and Ted Zeppelin's Excellent Adventure in the Key of Real-D (members of Amphibious Gestures, Arachnid Arcade, Fognozzle and Chrome Genie)
Styrofoam Sanchez
6-9 pm Sharp
Fri 3/12 9:00 PM $5-10 suggested donation Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut [671 24th st. #B Oakland, CA 94612]
Premiere of Mama Long Legs, a new piece/ensemble by Jordan Glenn with an opening set by Fun(Will Redmond-guitar, Gene Baker-keys)
Mama Long Legs is
Aram Shelton-alto
Matt Nelson-tenor
Cory Wright-bari
Andrew Conklin-guitar
Karl Evangelista-guitar
Jason Hoopes-bass
Jordan Glenn-drums
(Everyone-perc/voice)
Sat 3/13 8:00 PM $25 Swedish American Hall [2174 Market Street San Francisco 94114]
11th Annual SFJAZZ Spring Season Presents Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition integrates New York post-bop with the music of India led by alto saxophonist Mahanthappa with Rez Abassi (guitar) and Dan Weiss (tabla).
Mon 3/15 9:00 PM FREE Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany]
Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny & Social Club featuring
Matt Davignon/Lance Grabmiller/Sebastian Krawczuk, FourBar, Micaela Petersen, Geo Kitta
comfy couches • delicious beverages • NEVER a cover • many musicians • total surprises • third mondays
Wed 3/17 7:30 PM Donation Tuesdays at Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Duo Pantomorf
Thu 3/18 8:00 PM $6-10 Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Duo PantoMorf (from Sweden)
9pm Crepuscule Trio (LA) Ken Kawamura, Anthony Shadduck, Alan Cook
Sun 3/21 7:30 PM $8/10 SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30 Mutant Trio
8:30 7:30 PM BlenderHead
Thu 3/25 8:00 PM $6-10 Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Outsound Presents Full Moon Concerts - Storm Moon: Guitars gather and release the storm!
:00 PM - Joshua Churchill, solo guitar/electronics
9:00 PM - Peter Kolovos (Los Angeles), solo guitar
Sat 3/27 8:00 PM $6 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Brutal Sound Effects Festival #67
James Twig Harper (Baltimore)
Micose and the Mau Maus
Darwin's Bitch
Mr. Mercury
Wormses (Bobby Adams, Tony Dryer, Jacob Felix Heule)
Horaflora
Organ of Qwerty
Coagulator
8PM->11:15PM sharp
Sun 3/28 2:00 PM $10-40 Dance Mission Theater [3316 24th Street @Mission SF]
The third annual Switchboard Music Festival: an 8-hour, non-stop music spectacle presenting composers and musicians who push the boundaries of their respective genres. No other Bay Area music festival or concert series offers such an eclectic, genre-crossing, convention-breaking, bastardizing group of experimentalists, innovators, and musical omnivores in a single event.
Thu 4/1 8:00 PM $6-10 sliding scale Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
1st: Rick Walker Solo
2nd: Henry Kaiser solo
3rd: Kaiser/Walker duo
Fri 4/2 8:00 PM $5-15 Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
Jacob Zimmerman's Lawson Group / Aram Shelton
Tue 4/6 7:30 PM Donation Tuesdays at Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Dr. Bob
Thu 4/8 8:00 PM $6-10 Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
SoundSpeak a series presenting pairings of sound and voice artists
Fri 4/9 8:30 PM $5-10 NOTA THE MILK BAR at The Biscuit Factory [81st and San Leandro Oakland]
The first MilkBar salon for 2010 features new music, performance and film work.
Artists TBA.
Sun 4/11 7:30 PM $10/8 SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
Noertker's Moxie selections from Blue Rider vol. 1, 2, 3: Suites for Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. Annelise Zamula - tenor saxophone, flute Amber Lamprecht - oboe, flute Jenny Maybee - piano Bill Noertker - bass Dave Mihaly - drums
Thu 4/15 8:00 PM $6-10 sliding scale Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Daryl Shawn
9pm Ross Hammond Duo
Mon 4/19 9:00 PM FREE Ivy Room [858 San Pablo Ave, Albany]
Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny & Social Club featuring
Flormadecking, John Hanes/Steve Adams, Ross Hammond, Missincinatti, Will Erokan
comfy couches • delicious beverages • NEVER a cover • many musicians • total surprises • third mondays
Thu 4/22 8:00 PM $6-10 Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Lawson: Jacob Zimmerman, Drew Cecatto, Matt Nelson, Cory Wright (saxes), Michael Coleman and Dan VanHassel (keyboards), Dan Good (electronics and trumpet)
8pm Noah Phillips & Jason Hoopes Duo
Sat 4/24 9:00 PM First Church of the Buzzard [2601 Adeline (enter on 26th St.) Oakland, CA]
Jooklo Duo (Italy)
Cotton Museum (Michigan)
Murder Murder
Omnivorous Scencillium
Basshaters (Tony Dryer + Jacob Felix Heule)
DJ Loachfillet
Sun 4/25 12:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Godwaffle Noise Pancakes
Jooklo Duo (Italy)
Wormses (Bobby Adams, Tony Dryers, Jacob Felix Heule)
+tba
Sun 4/25 4:30 PM $10-28 ODC Dance Commons [351 Shotwell St., SF]
Philippe Hurel joins SFCMP to discuss what he calls his most thematic piece.
Sun 4/25 7:00 PM $30-70 Palace of Fine Arts Theatre [3301 Lyon Street SF]
SFJAZZ: Charles Lloyd New Quartet with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers & Eric Harland.
Mon 4/26 8:00 PM $10-28 Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Ave., SF]
Philippe Hurel, Manolis Manousakis, Tan Dun, and Guo Wenjing.
Thu 4/29 8:00 PM $6-10 Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Outsound Presents Full Moon Concerts - Wind Moon: All about the wind, and its moonlit travels through tubes.
8:00 PM: Ghost in the House
9:00 PM: Sabbaticus Rex
Sun 5/2 7:30 PM $10/8 SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30pm TBA
8:30pm Bill Noertker's Moxie
Sun 5/2 8:00 PM $10 Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
The Deconstruction Orchestra Josh Allen's ensemble burns the whole place down
Thu 5/6 8:00 PM $6-10 Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Alexander Vogel Philip Greenlief and Aaron Bennett trio
9pm Tatsuya Nakatani is a contemporary percussionist, originally from Osaka, Japan. He performs creative music around the world. He has created a totally unique sound which defies category or genre. He utilizes the drum set, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls and metal objects...