West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
SUBCONSCIOUS LIFE: Larry Ochs (tenor and sopranino saxophones) offers up a deeply felt set of improvised music, created by this stellar ensemble of San Francisco Bay Area improvisers Ben Davis (cello); Darren Johnston (trumpet); Lisa Mezzacappa (acoustic bass)... and we invite you, the creative listeners, to dig in to our spontaneous but thoughtfully sculpted music as it happens, in real time.

The trio of Ron Heglin (tuba and trombone) - Karen Stackpole (gongs and percussion) - Tom Djll (trumpet and electronics) has been making music for nearly 20 years, appearing at Mills College, the Garden of Memory Solstice events, and various Bay Area music venues. Their extended sonic landscapes explore and exploit the sonorities of vibrating brass, expressed in shimmering textures and microtuned beating tones.  More...