Bay Area Improvisers Network

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.

Click Here for a list of shows in October 2004

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