Queen Bee Records Micro-Fest #3: DAY ONE
Two nights of freewheeling improvised music and creative jazz from some of the scene's most adventurous and exciting ensembles. Celebrating three new recordings out this fall on Berkeley's Queen Bee Records — the 7th, 8th and 9th! — in a series of 12 releases coming this year.
Wednesday Nov 5
*in collaboration with the West Oakland Sound Series*
oakland reductionist orchestra
monica scott, cello
Danishta Rivero, voice
cody putman, bassoon
Kanoko Nishi-Smith, koto
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
Joshua Marshall, tenor saxophone
kevin ck lo, violin, flute, piano, objects
Cheryl E. Leonard, natural-object instruments
John Ingle, alto saxophone, bari saxophone
Matt Ingalls, clarinet, bass clarinet, gardenhose
Ron Heglin, trombone, tuba, voice
diane grubbe, flute, bass flute
Sarah Grace Graves, voice
Jacob Felix Heule, percussion
Tom Djll, trumpet
Kevin Corcoran, percussion
chris cooper, guitar, electronics
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe, english horn
with special guest sets by
Kristin Miltner (computer)
Roco Córdova (voice, electronics) +
Theresa Wong (cello, voice)
Cost: $20
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
avantNOIR, a suite of compositions for jazz quartet plus guests, is a musical companion to the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. All music by Lisa Mezzacappa.
The premiere, at the 2013 Outsound New Music Summit, of Wrack ...Awaits Silent Tristero's Empire (made possible by the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works commissioning program).
Tender Buttons at Second Act, SF, 2016; live video processing by Bill Thibault