Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Upcoming shows


Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts [1537 Euclid Ave. Berkeley]: [Astrid Kuljanic Trio - feat. Scott Amendola and Mat Muntz] More..
Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]: [Ben Goldberg (clarinet), Darren Johnston (trumpet) and Theresa Wong (cello) improvise to poet Paul Vangelisti's reading from his collection "Just in Time", a series of poems inspired by jazz standards.] More..
The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]: [The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra (Jazzschool Resident Artists) is a 17-piece big band led by Erik Jekabson and features many of the best players and arrangers in the Bay Area!] More..
West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]: [DEPARTURE DUO / Cheryl E. Leonard + Wobbly] More..
Canessa Gallery [708 Montgomery St SF]: [K/S/R; Kanoko Nishi-Smith + Aine Nakamura; Djll + Day + Corcoran; Max Abner] More..

Recently added shows


The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]: [The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra (Jazzschool Resident Artists) is a 17-piece big band led by Erik Jekabson and features many of the best players and arrangers in the Bay Area!] More...
The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]: [Composer, bandleader and creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive musicians, in-demand Berkeley drummer Scott Amendola applies his rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of settings.] More...
The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]: [A rare solo concert by internationally-acclaimed pianist, improviser, and composer Myra Melford!] More...
Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]: [Master improvisors Ben Goldberg (clarinet) & Scott Amendola (drums) perform their unscripted musical dialogue in the intimacy of a home concert.] More...
Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]: [Apmonia String Quartet performing Tony Conrad, Morton Feldman, Chiyoko Szlavnics, and Anthony Braxton] More...

Recent albums


Ready Box - Phillip Greenlief and Thomas Dimuzio
Release Date: 03/06/2026
othrwrldly - Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish)
Release Date: 02/20/2026
Live At Celeste - Jon Raskin
Release Date: 02/14/2026
Diatribe, Parts 1-6 - Steve Adams
Release Date: 02/07/2026

About Bay Improviser

Bay Area Improviser's Network was created to provide a forum for Experimental, Improvised, Noise, Electronic, Free-Jazz, Avant Garde, Modern Composition, and Other Forms of Contemporary Sound in the San Francisco Bay Area. At this site, you can find musician's biographical information, upcoming concert info, reviews, links to other sites, and more.

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