SF Bay Area bassist and composer
Lisa Mezzacappa presents selections from her project avantNOIR, as a prelude to a screening of the 1941 feature film The Maltese Falcon, starring Humphrey Bogart and directed by John Huston. avantNOIR is a suite of compositions for jazz quartet plus guests, inspired by the crime fiction of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. Mezzacappa and her ensemble perform a short set of music inspired by the noir stories Hammett wrote when he lived on Post Street in the 1920s, including The Big Knockover and The Maltese Falcon, with all the action taking place in the streets, bars, hotels and apartments of San Francisco.
Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait & Switch:
Aaron Bennett, tenor saxophone
John Finkbeiner, electric guitar
Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass and sampler
Jordan Glenn, drums
with special guests
William Winant, vibraphone and Foley
Tim Perkis, electronics
BUY TICKETS
http://ticketing.sfjazz.org/single/SYOS.aspx?p=7815
Listen:
https://soundcloud.com/lisamezz/sets/avantnoir
Watch:
https://vimeo.com/album/3191085
Cost: $15-$20
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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.
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.
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.