As a duo,
Jon Arkin (drums, live processing) and
Ben Goldberg (clarinet) bring together an unprecedented diversity of organic and synthetic elements, forming a truly unique musical amalgam. Arkin’s self-designed hybrid electro-acoustic setup acts as both a support and foil to Goldberg’s singular improvisational voice, within the contexts of traditional composition, spontaneous composition, and algorithmic indeterminacy.
The evening also includes an improvisaiton by the super-group
Kyle Bruckmann (oboe/electronics) +
Jordan Glenn (percussion) + DANA JESSEN (bassoon) +
Lisa Mezzacappa (bass) +
Danishta Rivero (voice/electronics). In this yet-to-be-cleverly-named electroacoustic quintet, the double reed faction of Splinter Reeds fills in a juicy slice of their Venn diagram overlap with Oakland's tireless Creative Music scene. Thorny compositions by Jessen and Bruckmann frame and catalyze jittery collective improvisations. Mazes will be precariously navigated and harmonic partials will be shamelessly excited.
Cost: $10-$25 sliding scale
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
avantNOIR, a suite of compositions for jazz quartet plus guests, is a musical companion to the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. All music by Lisa Mezzacappa.
The premiere, at the 2013 Outsound New Music Summit, of Wrack ...Awaits Silent Tristero's Empire (made possible by the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works commissioning program).
Fred Frith, Guitar; Jordan Glenn, Drums; Jason Hoopes, bass