Tue 2/9 9:00 PMUptown [1928 Telegraph Ave @19th St Oakland] The Oakland Active Orchestra is a new improvisers/composers collective for the masses ... TONIGHT - music by guest composer Jon Raskin. Opening the bill tonight: 2 + 2: Jon Raskin, Phillip Greenlief, Lisa Mezzacappa, Damon Smith Wednesday, February 10
Wed 2/10 7:30 PMMeridian Gallery [535 Powell Street SF] Kenneth Atchley and John Bischoff will perform an absorbing set of new electronic solo works and the interactive duet, “Bell Field.” Thursday, February 11
Thu 2/11 8:00 PMLuggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF] Trio Surprise! 8pm Sebastian Krawczuk (bass), Andre Custodio (some kind of electronic thing) & Rent Romus (saxophones)
9pm Aurora Josephson: (voice), Damon Smith: (double bass), Jacob Felix Heule, (drums)
Two unique trio settings where it's your guess as to what may happen! Friday, February 12
Fri 2/12 8:00 PM21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland] Rigor Mortis Clitaurus -- three chicks, one NOISE (okay, so its actually LOTS OF NOISE) Ettrick (Jacob Felix Heule + Jay Korber) dual drum/sax + electronics .. mayhem Common Eider, King Eider ....and a couple other little noisy pretties lined up for your listening enjoyment!!!
Fri 2/12 8:00 PMOld First Church [1751 Sacramento Street San Francisco] Mills College graduate improvisers/composers/performers will be presenting a concert on the Old First Concerts series
Fri 2/12 8:30 PMFlux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland] “THIS IS FOR SUN RA” A performance by The Chamber Unit Featuring Eddie Gale and India Cooke Saturday, February 13
Sat 2/13 8:00 AMStudio 1510 [1510 8th Street Oakland] T.D. Skachit & Company - YEAR OF THE SKATCH - T.D. Skachit play the Skatchbox in trios with guests Scott Looney and Leif Shakelford. Set 2 - duo - Jason Mears - saxophone (from L.A.) and Damon Smith - double bass (+ closing Skatch with T.D.)
Sat 2/13 8:30 PMFlux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland] “THIS IS FOR SUN RA” A performance by The Chamber Unit Featuring Eddie Gale and India Cooke Sunday, February 14
Sun 2/14 2:00 PMCafe Royale [800 Post St. @ Leavenworth SF] cafe royale presents a valentine's day treat Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone; lisa mezzacappa - bass; tom hassett - drums Monday, February 15
Mon 2/15 9:00 PMIvy Room [858 San Pablo Avenue] Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny & Social Club featuring Johnny Butler (NYC), Lisa Mezzacappa, Rent Romus, David Slusser, Strangelet comfy couches • delicious beverages • NEVER a cover • many musicians • total surprises Tuesday, February 16
Fri 2/19 8:00 PMMeridian Gallery [535 Powell Street SF] An evening of composed and improvised acoustic music exploring unique combinations of instruments and explorations on those instruments.Duo:Tony Dyer, Acoustic Bass, Jacob Felix Heule,Percussion. Trio:RTD3, Ron Heglin, Trombone and Voice, Tom Nunn,invented instruments, Douglas Carroll,Cello. Quintet: A combination of the two groups.
Fri 2/19 8:30 PMBluesix [3043 24th St. @ Treat St. SF] Bluesix Acoustic Music Series Presents: Karl Evangelista Trio; David Boyce - Phillip Greenlief duo; Green Mitchell (Cory Wright, Lisa Mezzacappa, Sam Ospovat) Saturday, February 20
Sat 2/20 8:00 PMMills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland] JULIA WOLFE (Jean Macduff Vaux Composer-in-Residence) With a care and attention to detail that is both masterful and highly respectful, Wolfe's music celebrates the extraordinary qualities contained within something as specific as a gesture or an inflection.
Dark Full Ride (for four drumsets) 2002 Lick (amplified ensemble) (1994) Believing (amplified ensemble) (1997) my lips from speaking (six pianos) (1993) Sunday, February 21
Sun 2/21 2:00 PMCircle A Sexual House [Email nobabies666@gmail.com or call 251-508-7127 for Location!] NO BABIES Record Release BBQ W/Strip Mall Seizures!
Also w/ Whitman Christmas Magic Sass on 3
BBQ@ 2pm Music@ 4pm!
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Mon 2/22 7:30 PM Ensemble Room [Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland] The multi-instrumental duo of Agnes Szelag and Marielle Jakobsons uses graphic scores, improvisation, and live electronics to perform an evening of songs often inspired by their common Baltic heritage. Thursday, February 25
Thu 2/25 8:00 PMLuggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF] Outsound Presents Full Moon Concerts - Quickening Moon 8 PM: Amar Chaudhary and his wonder-cat, Luna! 9 PM: Premiere of "Genesis" for twelve improvisers by Polly Moller: in which the inward and outward spiral of Western magical tradition teams up with the M-theory of the 11-dimensional universe to set up a musical experiment where the 11 dimensions create a brand new universe in their lab. Friday, February 26
Fri 2/26 8:00 PMFlux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland] The explosive percolations of Marco Eneidi and the sweet demolition of Go-Go Fightmaster Saturday, February 27
Sat 2/27 8:00 PMOakopolis Creativity Center [447 25th Ave Oakland] The very first performance of Jacob Zimmerman's brand new Lawson Ensemble: Jacob Zimmerman, Drew Cecatto, Matt Nelson, Cory Wright (saxes), Rob Ewing (trombone), Michael Coleman and Dan VanHassel (keyboards), Dan Good (electronics and trumpet)
Sat 2/27 8:00 PM John Natsoulas Gallery [521 1st St. Davis, CA] Caroliner, Hans Grusels Krankenkabinet, MuckytheDucky, Mama Buries
Sat 2/27 8:00 PMCasa Ninja [Berkeley] Jon Rose elicits massive subtlety from a single long string in parallel with Ellen Fullman's Long String Instrument. Reception to follow. Very limited seating, reservations only by email: ellenfullman@gmail.com. Location and directions given in response to reservation. Sunday, February 28
Mon 3/1 8:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum [701 Mission St., SF] Graeme Jennings performs Luigi Nono's La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura
Mon 3/1 8:30 PM Makeout Room [3225 22nd Street, SF ] MICHAEL COLEMAN QUARTET (8:30pm) Michael Coleman - keys / Matt Nelson - tenor sax / Jacob Zimmerman - alto sax / Jordan Glenn - drums MENDOZA-MEZZACAPPA-ANDERSON (9:30pm) Ava Mendoza - gtr / Lisa Mezzacappa - bass / Vijay Anderson - drums Aaron Novik’s KILLBOSSA (10:30pm) Aaron Novik - bass clar / Dina Maccabee - vn / Roger Riedlebauer - gtr / Melody Ferris - vocals / Eric Perney - bass / Dave Mihaly - drums Tuesday, March 2
Thu 3/4 8:00 PMJewish Community Center SF Kanbar Hall [3200 California St @ Presidio Ave SF] Opening night of Other Minds 15 includes works by Chou Wen-chung, Lisa Bielawa, and Jürg Frey. Performers include the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Eva-Maria Zimmermann, Quatuor Bozzini (Montreal), and Carla Kihlstedt. Friday, March 5
Fri 3/5 8:00 PMJewish Community Center SF Kanbar Hall [3200 California St @ Presidio Ave SF] Other Minds 15 continues with music by Polish composer Pawel Mykietyn, electronic music star Natasha Barrett, and a special set featuring legendary New Orleans saxophonist Kidd Jordan, with William Parker on bass. Saturday, March 6
Sat 3/6 8:00 PMJazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley] I Hate to Sing: The Music of Carla Bley Performed by the Permanent Wave Ensemble, led by Kasey Knudsen and Lisa Mezzacappa
Kasey Knudsen, Matt Nelson, Cory Wright - reeds Henry Hung - trumpet Rob Ewing - trombone Michael Coleman - keyboards Lisa Mezzacappa - acoustic bass Sam Ospovat - drums Sunday, March 7
Sun 3/7 7:30 PMSIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF] Noertker's Moxie Season Opener selections from Blue Rider vol. 1, 2, 3: Suites for Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. Tuesday, March 9
Tue 3/9 9:00 PMUptown [1928 Telegraph Ave @19th St Oakland] The Oakland Active Orchestra is a new improvisers/composers collective for the masses ... every Second Tuesday at the Uptown. opening band tonight is: Jordan Glenn + Noah Phillips + Chuck Johnson Thursday, March 11
Fri 3/12 6:00 PM Berkeley Art Museum [2626 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94720] Caroliner Rainbow Deep Grey Mind Blushing Out a Pattern Xome Loachfillet Vslfungi Cypress Bill and Ted Zeppelin's Excellent Adventure in the Key of Real-D (members of Amphibious Gestures, Arachnid Arcade, Fognozzle and Chrome Genie) Styrofoam Sanchez 6-9 pm Sharp
Fri 3/12 9:00 PM Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut [671 24th st. #B Oakland, CA 94612] Premiere of Mama Long Legs, a new piece/ensemble by Jordan Glenn with an opening set by Fun(Will Redmond-guitar, Gene Baker-keys) Mama Long Legs is Aram Shelton-alto Matt Nelson-tenor Cory Wright-bari Andrew Conklin-guitar Karl Evangelista-guitar Jason Hoopes-bass Jordan Glenn-drums (Everyone-perc/voice) Saturday, March 13
Sat 3/13 8:00 PMSwedish American Hall [2174 Market Street San Francisco 94114] 11th Annual SFJAZZ Spring Season Presents Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition integrates New York post-bop with the music of India led by alto saxophonist Mahanthappa with Rez Abassi (guitar) and Dan Weiss (tabla). Monday, March 15
Mon 3/15 9:00 PMIvy Room [860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany] Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny & Social Club featuring Matt Davignon/Lance Grabmiller/Sebastian Krawczuk, FourBar, Micaela Petersen, Geo Kitta comfy couches • delicious beverages • NEVER a cover • many musicians • total surprises • third mondays Wednesday, March 17
Thu 3/25 8:00 PMLuggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF] Outsound Presents Full Moon Concerts - Storm Moon: Guitars gather and release the storm! :00 PM - Joshua Churchill, solo guitar/electronics 9:00 PM - Peter Kolovos (Los Angeles), solo guitar Saturday, March 27
Sat 3/27 8:00 PM21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland] Brutal Sound Effects Festival #67
James Twig Harper (Baltimore) Micose and the Mau Maus Darwin's Bitch Mr. Mercury Wormses (Bobby Adams, Tony Dryer, Jacob Felix Heule) Horaflora Organ of Qwerty Coagulator
8PM->11:15PM sharp Sunday, March 28
Sun 3/28 2:00 PMDance Mission Theater [3316 24th Street @Mission SF] The third annual Switchboard Music Festival: an 8-hour, non-stop music spectacle presenting composers and musicians who push the boundaries of their respective genres. No other Bay Area music festival or concert series offers such an eclectic, genre-crossing, convention-breaking, bastardizing group of experimentalists, innovators, and musical omnivores in a single event. APRIL 2010 Thursday, April 1
Sun 4/11 7:30 PMSIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF] Noertker's Moxie selections from Blue Rider vol. 1, 2, 3: Suites for Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. Annelise Zamula - tenor saxophone, flute Amber Lamprecht - oboe, flute Jenny Maybee - piano Bill Noertker - bass Dave Mihaly - drums Thursday, April 15
Mon 4/19 9:00 PMIvy Room [858 San Pablo Ave, Albany] Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny & Social Club featuring Flormadecking, John Hanes/Steve Adams, Ross Hammond, Missincinatti, Will Erokan comfy couches • delicious beverages • NEVER a cover • many musicians • total surprises • third mondays Thursday, April 22
Thu 4/22 8:00 PMLuggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF] 8pm Lawson: Jacob Zimmerman, Drew Cecatto, Matt Nelson, Cory Wright (saxes), Michael Coleman and Dan VanHassel (keyboards), Dan Good (electronics and trumpet) 8pm Noah Phillips & Jason Hoopes Duo Saturday, April 24
Sat 4/24 9:00 PM First Church of the Buzzard [2601 Adeline (enter on 26th St.) Oakland, CA] Jooklo Duo (Italy) Cotton Museum (Michigan) Murder Murder Omnivorous Scencillium Basshaters (Tony Dryer + Jacob Felix Heule)
Sun 5/2 8:00 PMFlux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland] The Deconstruction OrchestraJosh Allen's ensemble burns the whole place down Thursday, May 6
Thu 5/6 8:00 PMLuggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF] 8pm Alexander Vogel Philip Greenlief and Aaron Bennett trio 9pm Tatsuya Nakatani is a contemporary percussionist, originally from Osaka, Japan. He performs creative music around the world. He has created a totally unique sound which defies category or genre. He utilizes the drum set, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls and metal objects...
