duo B. Royal Rumble Improv Invitational
Friday Jan 30, 7-10pm
Temescal Arts Center
Admission $15 at the door
duo B., the extreme improvising duo of bassist
Lisa Mezzacappa and drummer Jason Levis, celebrates the release of its fifth record (Incomplete, Open on Queen Bee Records) with a Royal Rumble music improvisation marathon. Levis and Mezzacappa will hold court at Temescal Art Center continuously for three hours, with special guests joining to challenge them at timed intervals throughout the evening.
Challengers:
Cory WrightRandy McKeanBen DavisSafa Shokrai
Matt IngallsMyles BoisenDan PlonseyJordan GlennLorin BenedictSaki Minamimoto
Steve AdamsMark Pascucci-Clifford
Rent RomusHenry Hung
Liberty Ellman
John IngleBeth Schenck
Jon ArkinCrystal Pascucci-Clifford
The Jazzschool Conducted Improvisation Ensemble
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
A montage of the free music group the Lords of Outland from their live presented as part of The Tenderloin Museum’s Sounds of the Tenderloin live music series at the Tenderloin National Forest in San Francisco July of 2022
Featuring Rent Romus on alto/soprano saxophones, Ray Schaeffer on bass, Anthony Flores on drums, and Philip Everett on
Ken Filiano/ Steve Adams Duo at the Stone
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.