Friday January 16, 2009
Red Poppy Art House
8pm
Lisa Mezzacappa's Bait & Switch
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Smith Dobson, Jr. - John Wiitala Duo
Bait & Switch is San Francisco bassist Lisa Mezzacappa's rollicking garage jazz quartet, playing original music inspired by adventurous jazz masters like Ornette Coleman, Henry Threadgill, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Eric Dolphy. The music funnels free jazz energy and collectivity into finely honed minimalist compositions that exploit the group's amazing chemistry and fierce sense of groove.
Aaron Bennett, saxophones
John Finkbeiner, guitar
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
Vijay Anderson, drums
Plus a special opening set of stunningly thoughtful and swinging music by Smith Dobson Jr., vibraphone, and John Wiitala, bass.
Info:
http://www.lisamezzacappa.com
http://www.myspace.com/smithdobson
Cost: $6-10