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Tom's Place
3111 Deakin Street
Berkeley CA 94705
510-703-8195
Contemporary music, mostly improvised, in an intimate living room setting. Concerts roughly once a month.
http://4-33.com/tuesday/index.html
Upcoming Events:
5
Sep
Friday, September 5 2025 8:00 PM
On Friday, September 5 at 8:00pm, Tom's Place presents
Thollem -- solo piano
and
Dymaxion
(Pete Schmitt -- bass,
Dave Brandt -- percussion,
Bruce Ackley
-- sop. sax, Bb clarinet)
Thollem's music is genre-bending, code-switching, omni-idiomatic, and intersectional, expressing the culmination of his life's experiences in dialogue with the universe and fellow human beings. He has spent most of his life performing and collaborating with hundreds of artists and communities throughout N. America and Europe and has released well over 100 albums on 27 different vanguard labels. But on Friday it will be just him and the piano. I love what Thollem does, and can't wait to hear him.
"Terry Riley met [Thollem] at a party at former Kronos cellist Joan Jeanrenaud's house and listened in awe to the pianist's CD on the drive home. 'He's absolutely mesmerizing,' Riley says. 'He's very free. He starts with an idea and you watch him develop it in a way that unfolds like a beautiful flower, organically.'"
-- SF Chronicle
Following up Thollem's solo piano set will be
Bruce Ackley
's trio Dymaxion, which is primarily focussed on his compositions for improvisors. Bruce is a founding member of the
Rova Saxophone Quartet
and a virtuoso woodwind player known for his collaborations with numerous experimental musicians. He is joined by fellow virtuosi Pete Schmitt on bass and percussionist Dave Brandt.
Tom's Place
3111 Deakin Street, Berkeley CA
Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/0ots0lvkk7164af1t953opr5o4%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
Directions: http://4-33.com/directions.html
Information: http://4-33.com/toms-place/index.html
Admission: donation. All proceeds go directly to the musicians.
(Bring Greenbacks! We have neither facilities nor the patience for processing venmo, paypal, foreign exchange, etc.)
Doors open at 7:30.
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24
Sep
Wednesday, September 24 2025 8:00 PM
Twitch:
Fred Frith
(acoustic guitar) &
Jordan Glenn
(drums/percussion)
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