Queen Bee Records Micro-Fest #3: Two Days!
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov 5 & 6
@ The Dresher Ensemble Studio
7pm show
$20 at the door
*reception to follow*
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.
DAY TWO: Thursday Nov 6
Beth Schenck Quintet
Beth Schenck, alto saxophone and compositions
Cory Wright, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet
Matt Wrobel, guitar
Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass
Jordan Glenn, drums
Nathan Clevenger Group: Astrolabe
Kasey Knudsen - alto & tenor sax
Beth Schenck - alto & soprano sax
Cory Wright - Bb & bass clarinet, alto flute
Polly Springhorn - C & bass flute, piccolo
Danny Lubin-Laden - trombone
Crystal Pascucci-Clifford - cello
Jon Arkin - drum set, percussion
Jason Levis - marimba, percussion
Tim DeCillis - vibes, percussion
Mark Pascucci-Clifford - vibes, percussion
Nathan Clevenger - keyboards, percussion
Lisa Mezzacappa - contrabass
with special guest sets by
flatways (Sudhu Tewari,
Jordan Glenn, Matt Robidoux)
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.
Fred Frith, Guitar; Jordan Glenn, Drums; Jason Hoopes, bass