Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Wed, Apr 26 2006 8:00 PM

21 Grand
416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland
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Darren Johnston, solo trumpet + electronics

Cornelius Boots, solo bass clarinet + electronics
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duo B. (Lisa Mezzacappa, bass + Jason Levis, drums/percussion)
duo B. is an ensemble of acoustic bass + percussion that plays ethereal chamber music wrapped in dense improvised soundscapes. Drummer Jason Levis uses gongs, Tibetan singing bowls, bowed cymbals, marimba and drumset to create lush, delicate textures and abstract noise grooves. Bassist Lisa Mezzacappa draws on a palette of sinister drones, punchy vamps and acoustic bass manipulations to weave storylines through gnarly rhythms, pointillistic shapes and ecstatic melodies.

Cost: $6-$10
Audio samples in which musicians at this event play:
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.