Berkeley Arts
2133 University Avenue Berkeley
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An evening of jazz and improvised music both sweet and sour; featuring an exciting, enterprising cast of Bay Area stalwarts:

Song & Dance Quartet
Karl Evangelista-guitar
Jordan Glenn-drums
Cory Wright-saxophone
Myles Boisen-electric bass

Karl Evangelista's Song & Dance Quartet is a longstanding collaboration with baritone saxophonist Cory Wright, drummer Jordan Glenn, and bassist Myles Boisen, a functional jazz combo that explores the nexus between free improvisation, rock elements, and noise music. The Song & Dance Trio synthesizes its influences into songs that are unique, surprising, and yes--fun and danceable.Tiny Mix Tapes calls Evangelista's music "essential current and future listening," and fans of Canterbury prog rock, 60's Impulse! records, and Bay Area pop will find plenty to enjoy in Song & Dance's special blend.

Bristle
Randy McKean-reeds
Cory Wright-reeds
Lisa Mezzacappa-bass
Murray Campbell-violin

Bristle’s unique reeds and strings sound explores the boundaries and links between modern jazz and chamber music, between intricate compositional schemes and free improvisation spaces. In addition to its two CDs Future(s) Now(s) (Queen Bee) and Bulletproof (Edgetone), Bristle has performed at venues throughout Northern California, including San Francisco’s Center for New Music, the Berkeley Arts Festival, and Sacramento’s In the Flow Festival. The group began in 2009 when McKean invited fellow reeds player and composer Wright to form a group to play their original compositions; both share a love of traditional jazz and its experimental, creative offshoots. Mezzacappa was drafted to anchor the group on bass, and brought her formidable talents as composer and bandleader to the mix. The addition of Campbell, with his rare talent of doubling equally well on violin and oboes, gave the foursome an agile, elastic quality that influences the writing and performances of this drummerless quartet. Equally at home in both hushed concert halls and raucous clubs, Bristle seeks to mix the high and the low, the serious and the playful in one compelling package.

$10-20 suggested donation

Cost: $10-20 suggested donation

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