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Piano/+: w Jim Ryan’s Green Alembic, Sat 17 May @ Berkeley Arts Festival, 9pm + Set 1: Triangle @ 8pm

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Administrator

Following on the heels of our fantastic recent show in the sfSoundSalonSeries at CNM (Examiner.com review: here), I’m excited to again join Jim Ryan’s unique multi-media ensemble Green Alembic. The show will be at the East Bay’s indispensable focal point … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano+: w Biggi Vinkeloe Spring 2014 US Tour • Duende (12 Apr) • Berkeley Arts Festival (16 Apr) • VAMP (19 Apr – afternoon) • The Emerald Tablet (19 Apr – eve) • Center for New Music (20 Apr) • Studio Grand (25 Apr)

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Administrator

I’m very excited to be joining German/Swedish saxophonist and flautist Biggi Vinkeloe for her US tour! The tour has 6 Bay Area dates. Immediately below is a list of the dates, followed by info on Biggi and her crew, then … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano: w Houston’s Sandy Ewen and “Jacob L”, Sat 12 Apr @ Crane House, Oakland 8pm + Set 2: RTD3 (Ron Heglin, Tom Nunn, and Doug Carroll) @ 9pm

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Administrator

The superb series and beautiful acoustics at the Crane House (near Ashby Bart – for address/directions contact joe@joelasqo.com) have made it into one of the most interesting places to hear improv & new music in the Bay Area. Set 1, … Continue reading →

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Piano: w Jim Ryan’s Green Alembic, Tue 15 Apr, sfSoundSalonSeries @ Center for New Music, SF 9pm + Set 1: LANACANE (Lana Voronina) @ 7:49pm

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Administrator

I’m excited to once again join Jim Ryan’s unique multi-media ensemble Green Alembic at San Francisco’s focal-point new music incubator and venue, Center for New Music (55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA – map). Founded by Adam Fong and Brent … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano: 22-hour improv marathon on a structure by Satie, w 39 musicians + 1 dancer — Vexations [Re-vex’d] II @ Berkeley Arts Festival (beginning 2pm Sat 22 Mar, ending approx. noon, Sun 23 Mar)

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Administrator

In Sep 2012 Berkeley Arts’ 19-pianist Satie/Cage Vexations marathon proved that many strange, wonderful, and unintended things happen when you try to repeat its enigmatic theme 840 times over a 22-hour period. In Mar 2013, I was honored that Berkeley … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano: Post-jazz compositions for improvisers w Aaron Bennett’s Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra, Mon 10 Mar @ Duende, Oakland, 10pm | Set 1: Gangsa: Electroacoustic Percussion by Chris Brown & Lightbulb Ensemble, @ 8pm | Set 2: Darren Johnston Trio +1 @ 9pm

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Administrator

I’m excited to once again play Aaron Bennett’s unique compositions for improvisers with the Bay Area’s most startling post-jazz ensemble, the Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra — especially in the unique venue which Chef Paul Canales and impresario Rocco Somazzi have made … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano w Troppo Giogio | Fisarmonicisti Futuristi (CZ: Lucie Vítková, UK: Joe Snape, CA: Joe Lasqo & Bob Marsh) Sun 23 Feb @ Berkeley Arts Festival, 9pm) + Set 1: Eric Glick Rieman, @ 8pm

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Administrator

Hopla — It’s Troppo Giogio | Fisarmonicisti Futuristi! Two continents… Two loosely-tethered laptopists named Joe… Two tap-dancing accordionists… What could possibly go wrong…? – Continent: Europa Joe Snape (Oxford, UK): laptop, electronics Lucie Vítková (Brno, Czech Republic): accordion, tap dance, … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano: Full Renga-kai (連歌会) w Beckman, Bickley, Condry, Deuter, Kreith, Lasqo, Moskow, Santomieri and Wilsey, plus dancer Nan Busse, Sun 09 Feb, @ SIMM Series, SF, 7:30pm + Set 2: Eli Wallace Trio @ 8:30pm

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Administrator

新年快樂！Join us as we welcome the Year of the Horse with a kaleidoscope of unfolding lowercase sound and movement. By a scheduling coincidence, the opening of the Year of the Horse falls close to our first 2014 performance of a … Continue reading →

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MSP/Piano: Double trios w Thollem McDonas, Cheryl Leonard, Nava Dunkelman, Bruce Ackley, Steve Adams, and dancer Nan Busse, Wed 15 Jan, @ Center For New Music, SF, 9pm + Set 1: Bloom Project (Rent Romus & Thollem McDonas) @ 8pm

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Administrator

I’m excitedly looking forward to an evening of cosmic forces in kaleidoscopic alignments of double trios, triple duos, and high-energy fermion-symmetric vapor trails, with a matched set of peerless improvisors and sonic explorers. These configurations will emerge from the sonic quantum … Continue reading →

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MSP/Synth: Multi-Media Whale Form, mini Renga-kai (連歌会), and free improv w CJ Borosque, Jaroba, Nan Busse, and Warren Stringer Thu 16 Jan, @ Luggage Store Gallery, SF, 8pm + Set 2: Daniel Blomquist @ 9pm

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Administrator

Outsound Series @ Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. @ 6th Street, San Francisco, 8pm, Thu 16 Jan. I very much look forward to take to the great Luggage Store Gallery stage again with space-explorer, saxophonist, bass-clarinetist and instrument inventor, Jaroba, … Continue reading →

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