Polly Moller improvises on the flute and bass flute. She also composes, creates performance art, and heads up the band Reconnaissance Fly. She is also a member of the Outsound Presents Board of Directors, and is curator of the Full Moon Concert Series at the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco. She's one half of the performance art duo No More Twist! with Les Hutchins.
Theresa Wong and Kanoko Nishi have performed in duo on several occasions . . . always original and astonishing. Theresa's work has been featured in Austria, Paris, and 'Other Minds' in San Francisco. Kanoko is a pianist and kota player who has often collaborated with poets, dancers, and visual artists as well as musicians.
Trombonist Jen Baker has performed internationally in ensembles spanning from orchestra to free jazz. Baker has been performing Lyrical Vibrations around the country since 2006. Lyrical Vibrations is a collection of multiphonic improvisations that take on the character of chant, and can be heard on her album, Blue Dreams. Committed to expanding the contemporary trombone repertoire, Baker has commissioned and performed many new solos over the past 10 years. She recently toured performing Pat Muchmore’s THS, for trombone and electronics, on the East and West coasts.
Lisa Mezzacappa is a double bassist, composer, collaborator and musical instigator. Her music lives in the intersection of improvisation and composition, and her projects often integrate improvisation-infused composition into public spaces and cross-disciplinary works. She studied bass with Michael Formanek and Peter Spaar, studied improvisation with Henry Threadgill, Steve Coleman and John D'earth,
The music of saxophonist and composer Jorrit Dijkstra draws from the jazz tradition in spirit and sound, but has crossed stylistic and cultural borders in order to express a strong, evolving personal vision. He spent his formative years in Amsterdam’s vibrant improvisation community, playing jazz, free improvisation, contemporary opera, and African, Celtic and Balkan music. Since moving to the United States in 2002, Dijkstra has deepened his affinity with the experimental forces of American music, while staying in touch with his Dutch musical roots.
**This will be the last show in the series at this venue**
Cost: $10 donation