West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
RIC LOUCHARD is a Bay Area composer, pianist, improviser, writer and story teller. Ric is delighted – really delighted - to be playing with Lisa Mezzacappa, bass, Jordan Glenn, drums, and Joshua Marshall, saxophones. Ric played these pieces with this same quartet 5 years ago and has always wanted to revisit the music, make some revisions, and play and record them again with these fantastic musicians.

In the blur between acoustic and amplified, synthetic and analog, "algo-rhythm" and improvisation, clarity is forged anew only if you look ahead. Swinging serious sonic sledgehammers for a threefold lifetime now, Bjll Dingalls [Tom Djll (trumpet & electronics) + Bill Hsu (electronics) + Matt Ingalls (clarinet & electronics)] lay the railroad into terra incognita.  More...

Shapeshifters Cinema [2021 San Jose Avenue Apartment 6]
Two sets featuring one-of-a-kind music, experimental films and great beer!
Do-Over Music Series @ Shapeshifters Cinema
Thursday November 7, 7pm
$10 Cover  More...

Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Unlocked Festival 2024
7-10pm, No Cover/All Proceeds to TAC and other causes of conscience

7pm Ari Brown / Sam Lefebvre / Cody Putman

7:45pm Voicehandler
(Danishta Rivero - voice, Jacob Felix Heule - percussion)

8:30pm Grex w/ Lewis Jordan
(Karl Evangelista - guitar/voice, Rei Scampavia - keys/voice, Robert Lopez - drums, Lewis Jordan - sax)

9:15pm Jordan Glenn's BEAK
(Jon Arkin - drums, Sudhu Tewari - instruments, David James - guitar, Jason Hoopes - bass, Evelyn Davis - keys)

The Unlocked Festival is an annual event that commemorates the spirit of creativity and resistance that prevailed through the COVID-19 pandemic. This year's prime-time installment features Jordan Glenn’s all-star BEAK ensemble, the incendiary sounds of experimental band Grex, noise/improv duo Voicehandler, and the trio of Ari Brown, Sam Lefebvre, and Cody Putnam.  More...

West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
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.  More...

Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
MURMUR GARDEN: Ben Goldberg - Myra Melford - Ben Davis - Jordan Glenn  More...