Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Fri, Feb 13 2026 8:00 PM

Tom's Place
3111 Deakin Street Berkeley
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On Friday February 13 at 8:00pm, Tom's Place presents

New Olduvai Music
(Elliott Levin -- reeds, words
Tom Rollison -- guitar
Fred Lonberg-Holm -- cello
Jordan Glenn -- drums)
and
Tim Duff -- solo string bass

New Olduvai Music is a long-running project (originating in the 1970s) of Philadelphia reedman and Cecil Taylor collaborator Elliott Levin and an evolving list of of partners, promising spontaneous compositions merging extended techniques, electronics, and poetry. At this show Levin and his long-time collaborator Tom Follison (guitar) will be joined by Bay Area improv stalwarts Fred Lomberg-Holm (cello) and Jordan Glenn (drums).

Tim Duff is a songwriter, bass player and pianist whose interests run from energy music to Tin Pan Alley. He is particularly known (by me at least) for his solo bass+narration performances of avant-standards like Joelle Leandre's "Taxi" and Tom Johnson's "Failing, a Very Difficult Piece for Solo String Bass". I think he's working on something new for this evening's performance.

Tom's Place
3111 Deakin Street, Berkeley CA
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Admission: donation. All proceeds go directly to the musicians.
(Bring Greenbacks! We have neither facilities nor the patience for processing checks, credit cards, venmo, paypal, foreign exchange, etc.)
No reserved seats.
Doors open at 7:30.

Cost: Free, donations accepted
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