Community Music Center
544 Capp Street SF
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The 15th Annual Outsound New Music Summit
Artist Q&A 7:30 pm Concert 8:15 pm
Mark Clifford’s Dirty Snacks Ensemble featuring Mark Clifford - vibraphone/composition/vocals, Aram Shelton - reeds, Geneva Harrison drums, Scott Brown - bass, Kristina Dutton - violin, Steve Blum - piano
Bill Wolter's Inner Ear Brigade featuring Bill Wolter - guitar, , Josh Marshall - tenor saxophone, Andrew Jamieson - keyboards, Steven Wright - bass, Christopher Lauf - drums
special guests: Alison Niedbalski - vocals and keyboards, David Slusser - saxophones and electronics

Dirty Snacks refers to what happens in the desert when you are waiting for the moon to rise in goblin valley with your dearest friends so you can do a photo shoot before you dumbass your way into a strange canyon to camp for the night and you make a turkey sandwich to go with your general bliss and there is an inevitable amount of dirt that is a part of your snackwich and it does not matter at all because you are waiting for the moon to rise at Goblin Valley so you can be there with your dearest friends.
A much sought after performer and improviser, Mark Clifford is equally involved in free improvisation, new music, jazz, and rock; he is involved in multiple projects in the Bay Area and around the Country. His performance experience spans worldwide; he has had the honor of playing alongside an array of esteemed contemporaries, including: Jeff Parker, Kjell Nordeson, Ches Smith, Joan La Barbara, Tatsuya Nakatani, and Lisa Mezzacappa.

Inner Ear Brigade (IEB) is an ensemble of musicians based in the San Francisco Bay Area who play a unique mix of progressive rock, free jazz, experimental pop, all delivered through their originally detailed compositions and arrangements. The music is “fun, happy, accessible, and proggy.” Steeped with a vintage analog sensibility, effects processing, and synthesizers, IEB crafts their sounds from “ RIO elements (Rock In Opposition), Canterbury (Sound), and Zappa”.
Bandleader/ guitarist/ composer Bill Wolter studied composition at Mills College with iconic avant-garde guitarist/composer Fred Frith, and has been involved in a wide variety of new music/creative music endeavors in the Bay Area. Inner Ear Brigade is the ensemble in which he displays in his uniquely original compositions — detailed epic musical odysseys that will take the listener for a journey through well-crafted songs and improvisation.



Cost: $15 gen / $12 students & seniors