On Tuesday, March 32 at 7:30pm, Tom's Place presents
Andrea Centazzo, solo percussion
Philip Everett (electronics+) and Josh Allen (sax)
Andrea Centazzo is one of Italy's most revered drummers. He has said: "When I started my career thirty years ago I was really into jazz drumming. But in 1973 I wend into a used record store in New York, and I found one of the first Nonesuch LPs on Balinese music. That was the beginning of my interest in gongs and minimal music for percussion." His music captures and expresses the rhythm and pulse of life by synthesizing the mystery of Oriental percussive vibrations with the timbral harmonic understanding of contemporary music and the soul of jazz and rock post-culture.
As I've said many times before, Josh Allen is a tenor sax player of uncommon power and ability. Where ever we encounter him, be it conducting his formidable Deconstruction Orchestra or playing solo in the streets outside the Berkeley Public Library, his focus on energy and raw emotion is completely riveting. His duo with
Philip Everett allows Josh to concentrate on uncommon aspects of his performance practice, complementing his power and raw emotion with intimate, detailed lines.
Philip has paid his dues as a drummer with more than 40 years of on-stage experience in numerous ensembles. In the Everett/Allen duo, he stretches out from his percussion base, working with an autoharp (minus the auto part) feeding an array of electronic devices. A recent Everett/Allen performance at the Nunnery is reviewed here: http://www.examiner.com/article/the-nunnery-hosts-a-riveting-free-improvisation-session-with-sax-and-electronics
Tom's Place
3111 Deakin Street, Berkeley CA
Directions: http://4-33.com/directions.html
Information: http://4-33.com/toms-place/index.html
Admission: donation. All proceeds go directly to the musicians.
Doors open at 7:00. Wheelchair accessible.
Cost: Free, donations accepted.