9/6/2011

Marco Eneidi returns home to the Bay Area from Vienna. Check the calendar for dates.

6/1/2011

German saxophone virtuoso Frank Gratowski visits the Bar Area in June and July. See the bayimproviser.com calendar for events where he is playing.

4/3/2011

The fourth annual Switchboard Music Festival happens on Sunday April 3rd. See the calendar listings for details.

3/7/2011

British saxophonist John Butcher visits the bay area in March. See the bayimproviser.com calendar for details.

5/27/2010

German reed virtuoso Frank Gratkowski plays a few Bay Area shows beginning June 27, 2010. See the calendar for details

5/6/2010

Japanese percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani visits the Bay Area, playing several shows. See the bayimproviser.com calendar for dates and times.

1/23/2009

First Fridays: Monthly at OPCM
[Oakland Public Conservatory of Music]

FREE-JAZZ, FREE-IMPROV
OPEN STAGE & OPEN MIKE!

Open to all musicians who embrace the sounds and spirit of Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, Art Ensemble of Chicago, John Cage, India Cooke, Roscoe Mitchell, Eddie Gale, Albert Ayler, Elvin Jones and so many others.
Open also to vocalists, dancers, artists, photographers, poets, and others who want to join in/with the music.

Spring Dates: [All sessions 7:30 - 10:00 p.m.]
Friday, February 6, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009

Host: Bill Crossman, pianist & member OPCM Faculty

Musicians sign up for a 10-minute slot onstage and perform as they wish-solo, with their own ensemble, or by selecting other musicians in the room. After performing, musicians can sign up for more slots if time permits. A piano and trap drum kit will be available. Admission $5. (15 years & under free).

Oakland Public Conservatory of Music
1616 Franklin St Oakland (by 19th & Broadway BART)
510-836-4649 www.opcmusic.org Wheelchair access

1/13/2009

Bassist John Lindberg is in town this week.

11/1/2008

German pianist GEORG GRAEWE visits the Bay Area the week of Nov 1

3/18/2008

The work of Manfred Bleffert is known in the States through the delicate tones of his gongs, glockenspiel, cymbals and other percussion instruments. For the last thirty years, Manfred Bleffert has been working throughout Europe as a composer, musician, painter and sculptor.

For the first time Manfred will offer artistic courses in the United States in the summer of 2008. From July 28 to August 16, four courses will be held in Santa Rosa, California: a three-week Music Training and three one-week courses in Instrument Building, Painting and Sculpture, and Pedagogical Study through the Arts. This innovative artistic work will serve as a vehicle for developing new experiences of the world and one's own humanity. Through contemplative work, each participant will gain deeper insights into the processes and products of the arts. Each course will be a transformative experience!

Registration will begin in January 2008.

For more information see www.manfred-bleffert.net or contact:

Tim Allen
707-332-3432
timothyallen1@mac.com

12/10/2007

several notable visitors are playing in the bay area this week and next week:

Frank Gratowski, Eugene Chadbourne, Jerry Bryerton, Biggi Vinkeloe, Berglind Maria Tomasdottir, Kevin Blechdom, Katsura Yamauchi

11/1/2004

October 2004 was a very busy month in the Bay Area creative music scene, featuring a number of out of town musicians, including Bryan Eubanks, William Parker and Hamid Drake, Frank Gratkowski, Serge Baghdassarians and Boris Baltschun, Saadet Turkoz, Sonny Simmons, Peter Brötzmann, Amelia Cuni, Christoph Irmer, Birgit Ulher, and Martin Blume.

10/8/2004

From Germany, Birgit Ulher, trumpet and Martin Blume, drums play several gigs in the Bay Area, starting 10/21. See the calendar for details.

10/7/2004

From Germany! Serge Baghdassarians (Guitar/Mixing Desk) + Boris Baltschun (Sampler) play a number of gigs in the bay area, starting Oct 7th. See calendar for details

9/8/2004

German reed virtuoso Frank Gratkowski will be visiting the Bay Area October 6th through the 10th. See the bayimproviser.com calendar for performance details.

7/12/2004

Austrian saxophone player Tanja Fiechtmair will be performing in the Bay Area in a series of performance on 7/13, 7/14, 7/18 and 7/20. Consult the bayimproviser calendar page for details

6/19/2004

Swiss drummer Lucas Niggli visits the Bay Area in performances in 6/26, 6/27 and 6/28.

6/19/2004

Italian multi-instrumentalist Jacopo Andreini will be performing in the Bay Area in a series of performances on 6/19, 6/20 and 7/8. See the Calendar listing on bayimproviser.com for details

10/10/2003

Note : the following series isn't running any more, but the information about LA is still valuable

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Fat Tuesdays at Caf‚ Club Fais Do do presents improvised/experimental/??? Jazz every Tuesday night.

We are booking for 2004 and would like more bay area artists to play on the series.

Past performers have included James Carney, Vinny Golia, Nels cline, G.E. Stinson, Susan Allen, Bill Barrett, Scot Ray and many others.

We generally book 2 and sometimes three groups per night. The venue has great sound a and reasonably priced food and beverages.

Fat Tuesdays
Club Fais Do Do
5257 West Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles
(between La Brea & Fairfax)
Tel. 323.954.8080
Door @ 7pm
$7

Venue web site
http://www.faisdodo.com

Robert Jacobson¹s website
http://www.bananaBreadRecords.com

Excellent LA music scene resource site
http://www.musicunbound.com/NewMusicTBD/

All demos and packages can be mailed to

FaT Tuesdays
1010 14th St
Santa Monica, CA 907403

Our email is Info@BananBreadRecords.com

9/24/2003

Click for Photos of the Luggage Store Series

4/1/2003

Now available to play online:

Chris Brown & John Bischoff
"Eternal Network Music"
two real-time sound pieces for quartets of networked players

at either of these locations:

Crossfade
or
Walker Art

These pieces run in your browser on both PC and Mac, and require a one-time installation of Phil Burk's "JSyn" java plugin, which is easily installed through links at the site. Collaborate online with other players, or make an appointment through the online calendar.

See also Brown and Bischoff's article at the same Crossfade site "Indigenous to the Net: Early Network Music in the San Francisco Bay Area" for some historical background on the network music genre.

2/4/2002