Phillip Greenlief /
Mark Clifford /
Suki O'KanePhillip Greenlief performs a solo saxophone opening set followed by his BARBEDWIRE graphic scores with vibraphonist
Mark Clifford and percussionist
Suki O'Kane.
Greenlief has been playing solo since 1979, an evolving conception of what is possible in saxophone performance. More recently, his solo work has been inspired by the landscapes he has experienced while traveling the American Southwest.
His BARBEDWIRE project (https://www.phillipgreenlief.com/barbed-wire) consists of a selection of 37 graphic scores for trio:
"andrei tarkovsky said that to make a film was to sculpt in time.
samuel beckett said that music doesn't exist in space, but in time only.
i like this idea of sculpting with sounds that we measure in time while performing in physical space. i think the BARBEDWIRE scores have allowed me to explore not only a particular realm of ideas but the experience of sculpting with sounds in physical spaces. it's been great to work through these compositions with so many amazing sound artists." --pg
Since his emergence on the west coast in the late 1970s, saxophonist/composer
Phillip Greenlief has achieved international acclaim for his recordings and performances with musicians and composers in the post-jazz continuum as well as new music innovators and virtuosic improvisers. He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Meredith Monk, Rashaun Mitchell and They Might Be Giants. Albums include LANTSKAP LOGIC with Fred Frith and Evelyn Davis, THAT OVERT DESIRE OF OBJECT with Joelle Leandre, ALL AT ONCE with FPR (Frank Gratkowski and Jon Raskin), and OH THAT MONSTER with LA punk pioneers Thelonious Monster. Recent residencies have included the Banff Center for Art and Creativity, Neue Muzik Koln, and Headlands Center for the Arts. His critical writing has been published in Artforum, Open Space (SFMOMA), and Signal to Noise.
"The Bay Area's do-it-yourself ethos has produced a bevy of dazzlingly creative musicians, but few have put the philosophy to work as effectively as
Phillip Greenlief." – Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle
https://www.phillipgreenlief.com/
Mark Clifford is a vibraphonist, percussionist, pianist, educator, composer, and producer based in Oakland, CA. A much sought after performer and improviser, Clifford is equally involved in classical music, new music, jazz, free improvisation, and rock. He is involved in multiple projects in the Bay Area and around the US. In demand as a recording musician, he can be heard playing drums, piano, keyboard, and percussion on over 20 records to date and his performance experience spans worldwide. He has had the honor of playing alongside an array of master musicians including: Jeff Parker, Kjell Nordeson, Ches Smith, Joan La Barbara, Aram Shelton, Colin Stranahan, Scott Amendola, Tatsuya Nakatani, Ron Miles, Lisa Mezzacappa, and he has performed with The Colorado Symphony Orchestra, So Percussion, sfSound, and Oakland Active Orchestra.
http://www.markcliffordmusic.com/
Oakland-based musician, composer, improviser and instigator,
Suki O'Kane works with artists from a wide array of of music, movement, expanded cinema and public art genres; and is student of monumental and durational forms. Combining made/found percussion and Jurassic electronics, she stays curious in the the pandemic collective DuoB Experimental Band led by Lisa Mezzacappa and Jason Levis, and is a member of many creative initiatives: from the ukulele art band Special Ghosts to the Thingamajigs Performance Group with Dylan Bolles, Keith Evans and Edward Schocker. Her composition "Texture" appears in the 2022 LP/DVD Bimodal Press release "Gravity Spells II."
https://sukiokane.com/
mosswood chapel
3630 telegraph oakland ca
2 blocks from macarthur bart
enter 2nd door on 37th st
masks and vaccination required. performers may be unmasked.
$10-$25 sliding scale
Cash and Venmo accepted at door.
http://sfsound.org/series
Cost: $10-$25 sliding scale