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Evan Odell, alto saxophone
Sam Malekzadeh, tenor saxophone
Zoey Marcus, vocals
Myles Blazer, trombone
Andres Tepedelenlioglu, piano and clarinet
Benny Goldenberg, electric bass
Lucas Fink, drums
SLAMBEZ, a septet subgroup of the Berkeley Nu Jazz Collective, is an ensemble of student improvisers from UC Berkeley’s Department of Music, under the direction of pianist/composer
Myra Melford. The group blurs the boundaries of jazz, exploring a range of creative repertoire and performing their own arrangements of music by Steve Lacy and Ornette Coleman, among numerous others.
Past configurations of the Nu Jazz Collective have recorded original student compositions at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley; presented master classes with drummer Allison Miller, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, drummer Tom Rainey, pianist Alexander Hawkins, cellist Ben Davis, bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, guitarist Nels Cline, clarinetist
Ben Goldberg, drummer Jason Levis, saxophonists Anna Webber, Angela Morris, and Ingrid Laubrock; and have held concerts with renowned musicians Denny Zeitlin, Taylor Eigsti, Matt Wilson, Mark Dresser, Art Lande, Paul McCandless, Hamir Atwal, and Michael Formanek, among others.
The Melford-Goldberg-Muntz Trio, a collaborative trio composed of UC Berkeley faculty members, pianist
Myra Melford and clarinetist
Ben Goldberg, and PhD student, bassist Mat Muntz, plays an opening set of adventurous original compositions by the band members.
Cost: $15, Free for Cal Students
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Myra Melford and Satoko Fujii