{"id":3534,"date":"2014-04-09T22:54:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T22:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/?p=3534"},"modified":"2015-05-02T04:11:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T04:11:25","slug":"msppiano-w-biggi-vinkeloe-spring-2014-us-tour-%e2%80%a2-duende-12-apr-%e2%80%a2-berkeley-arts-festival-16-apr-%e2%80%a2-vamp-19-apr-afternoon-%e2%80%a2-the-emerald-tablet-19-apr-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelasqo.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/09\/msppiano-w-biggi-vinkeloe-spring-2014-us-tour-%e2%80%a2-duende-12-apr-%e2%80%a2-berkeley-arts-festival-16-apr-%e2%80%a2-vamp-19-apr-afternoon-%e2%80%a2-the-emerald-tablet-19-apr-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"MSP\/Piano+: w Biggi Vinkeloe Spring 2014 US Tour \u2022 Duende (12 Apr) \u2022 Berkeley Arts Festival (16 Apr) \u2022 VAMP (19 Apr – afternoon) \u2022 The Emerald Tablet (19 Apr – eve) \u2022 Center for New Music (20 Apr) \u2022 Studio Grand (25 Apr)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Biggi Vinkeloe US Tour Spring 2014 (clockwise from upper left: Donald Robinson Biggi Vinkeloe, Joe Lasqo, Lisle Ellis, Teddy Rankin-Parker, Aaron Bennett)<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m very excited to be joining German\/Swedish saxophonist and flautist Biggi Vinkeloe<\/strong><\/a> for her US tour!<\/p>\n

The tour has 6 Bay Area dates. Immediately below is a list of the dates, followed by info on Biggi and her crew, then details of each date adding info about the venues and other acts.<\/p>\n

Biggi Vinkeloe Bay Area Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25c9 Sat 12 Apr<\/span><\/strong>: Duende<\/strong>, Oakland (featuring Scott Walton<\/a> on bass). 2 sets. (jump to show specifics<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u25c9 Wed 16 Apr<\/span><\/strong>: Berkeley Arts Festival<\/strong> – featuring Teddy Rankin-Parker<\/a> on cello (jump to show specifics<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Set 1: Computer music from the CNMAT & Mills Tribes (John MacCallum<\/a>, Sam Tarakajian<\/a>, Shanna Sordahl<\/a>, & Matthew Brendan Creer<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u25c9 Sat 19 Apr<\/span> (afternoon)<\/span><\/strong>: VAMP<\/strong>, Oakland \u00a0– featuring Aaron Bennett<\/a> on bari sax & Lisle Ellis<\/a> on bass (jump to show specifics<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Set 2: Medium-Size Band (Brett Carson<\/a>, Joshua Marshall<\/a>, Jon Myers<\/a>, & Jacob Pek<\/a>) w guest Rent Romus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Set 3: Ben Goldberg<\/a>, Vijay Anderson<\/a>, & Sheldon Brown<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25c9 Sat 19 Apr (eve)<\/span><\/strong>: The Emerald Tablet<\/strong>, San Francisco – featuring Teddy Rankin-Parker<\/a> on cello & Lisle Ellis<\/a> on bass (jump to show specifics<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2014 Set 1: Nava Dunkelman<\/a>, Kristina Dutton<\/a>, & Christina Stanley<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25c9 Sun 20 Apr<\/span><\/strong>: Center for New Music<\/strong>, San Francisco – featuring Lisle Ellis<\/a> on bass and Aaron\u00a0Bennett<\/a> on bari sax\u00a0(jump to show specifics<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Set 2: Computer music from the CNMAT & CCRMA tribes (John MacCallum<\/a>, Bruno Ruviaro<\/a>, Carr Wilkerson<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u25c9 Fri 25 Apr<\/span><\/strong>: Studio Grand<\/strong>, Oakland, featuring Teddy Rankin-Parker<\/a> on cello (jump to show specifics<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Set 2: The one, the only\u2026 John Schott<\/a><\/p>\n

Details for each show follow below. For Examiner.com<\/strong> critic Steve Smoliar’s preview of the San Francisco shows, please see: here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Biggi Vinkeloe plays Bangalore (\u201eBangalore Meine Liebe\u201c Werkstatt, Goethe Institut, Bangalore, 2011, photo by Selvaprakash L) 1.02<\/p><\/div>\n

There is going to be a LOT<\/em><\/strong> of wonderful music in these shows, but something I’m especially excited about is that we’ll be using sound samples and field recordings by Biggi, especially ones recorded during her tour of India under the auspices of the Goethe Institut.<\/p>\n

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V. Nagabhushanachar (\u0cb5\u0cc0. \u0ca8\u0cbe\u0c97\u0cad\u0cc2\u0cb7\u0ca3\u0c9a\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ccd, L) & Joe Lasqo (R)<\/p><\/div>\n

These are from Bangalore, a city we both love in India’s Karnataka state \u2014 where I first lived in India, and the place where I began my studies of Indian music under Shri V. Nagabhushanachar<\/strong> (\u0cb5\u0cc0. \u0ca8\u0cbe\u0c97\u0cad\u0cc2\u0cb7\u0ca3\u0c9a\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ccd<\/strong>). Many, many happy memories for both Biggi and myself.<\/p>\n

A pioneer of blending voice samples and “found music” with wind instruments, Biggi has contributed other samples to these shows as well.<\/p>\n

Crew Biggi<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Don Robinson (L) and Biggi VInkeloe (R)<\/p><\/div>\n

A sorceress of avant \/ jazz wind energy, and veteran of stellar collaborations with Roberto Bellatalla<\/a>, Alberto Braida<\/a>, Chris Brown<\/a>, Lisle Ellis<\/a>, Marco Eneidi<\/a>, Ken Filiano<\/a>, Gianni Gebbia<\/a>, Vinny Golia<\/a>, Giancarlo Locatelli<\/a>, Miya Masaoka<\/a> (\u6b63\u5ca1<\/a>\u307f\u3084), Barre Phillips<\/a>, Gino Robair<\/a>, Cecil Taylor<\/a>, Peeter Uuskyla<\/a>, and Marie W\u00e4rme<\/a>, among many others, Biggi Vinkeloe<\/strong><\/a> will r\u00e9prise her long-standing collaboration with Bay Area master drummer Don Robinson<\/strong><\/a>, whom Coda Magazine has described as a “percussion Dervish”, and among whose most notable collaborators are Alan Silva<\/a>, Anthony Braxton<\/a>, Oliver Lake<\/a>, Glenn Spearman<\/strong>, Larry Ochs<\/a>, Bobby Few<\/a>, Raph\u00e9 Malik<\/strong>, and Joe McPhee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Joe Lasqo @ Meridian Gallery, 11 Jan 2012 (Photo: PeterBKaars.com, http:\/\/www.peterbkaars.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

It is my honor and pleasure to join Biggi and Don in these performances.<\/p>\n

The following musicians will join this trio to make up a quartet or quintet on different dates:<\/p>\n

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Aaron Bennett<\/p><\/div>\n

\u25c9 Saxist\/composer\/bandleader\u00a0Aaron Bennett<\/strong><\/a>, <\/em><\/strong>has been bending space in Bay Area jazz & improvised music for 15 years+. Also influenced by the music of W. Africa, Indonesia, India, & Japanese gagaku<\/em> (\u96c5\u697d), Aaron has collaborated with\u00a0Wadada Leo Smith<\/a>,\u00a0Peter Kowald<\/a>,\u00a0John Butcher<\/a>,\u00a0Marco Eneidi<\/a>,\u00a0Gianni Gebbia<\/a>,\u00a0Adam Lane<\/a>,\u00a0Aphrodisiac<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Lagos-Roots<\/strong><\/a>, and\u00a0ROVA Saxophone Quartet<\/strong><\/a>, among others. (Dates: Sat 19 Apr, afternoon, @ VAMP \u00a0|\u00a0 20 Apr, @ Center for New Music)<\/p>\n

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The electro-acoustic world of Lisle Ellis<\/p><\/div>\n

\u25c9 NYC bassist and computer musician Lisle Ellis<\/strong><\/a>. Veteran of 40+ recordings (including Down Beat<\/strong> \u2730\u2730\u2730\u2730\u2730 The Ornette Coleman Songbook<\/em><\/strong>), Lisle has worked with Paul Bley<\/a>, Peter Br\u00f6tzmann<\/a>, Andrew Cyrille<\/a>, Anthony Davis<\/a>, Ben Goldberg<\/a>, Frank Gratowski<\/a>, Jo\u00eblle L\u00e9andre<\/a>, Rudresh Mahanthappa<\/a> (\u0cb0\u0cc1\u0ca6\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cc7\u0cb6\u0ccd \u0cae\u0cb9\u0c82\u0ca4\u0caa\u0ccd\u0caa<\/a>), Miya Masaoka<\/a> (\u6b63\u5ca1<\/a>\u307f\u3084), Myra Melford<\/a>, Bob Ostertag<\/a>, William Parker<\/a>, ROVA Saxophone Quartet<\/strong><\/a>, Stefano Scodanibbio<\/strong>, Cecil Taylor<\/a>, William Winant<\/a>, Pamela Z<\/a>, and John Zorn<\/a>, among many others. (Dates:\u00a0 Sat 19 Apr, afternoon, @ VAMP\u00a0 |\u00a0 Sat 19 Apr eve, @ The Emerald Tablet\u00a0 |\u00a0 20 Apr, @ Center for New Music)<\/p>\n

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Teddy Rankin-Parker<\/p><\/div>\n

\u25c9 Teddy Rankin-Parker<\/strong><\/a>, the sophisticated cello superfrique<\/em> who’s blown in from Chicago (where he worked with AACM<\/a>, Renee\u2019 Bakers Mantra Blue Free Orchestra<\/a>, Henry Grimes<\/a>, and Nicole Mitchell\u2019s Black Earth Ensemble<\/a>) to shake up the Bay Area’s ideas of what cello-playing can be. Master of extended cello technique and slave to no musical preconceptions or boundaries, Teddy makes the space move around the warp drive instead of moving the warp drive through the space. (Dates:\u00a0 Wed 16 Apr, @ Berkeley Arts Festival\u00a0 |\u00a0 Sat 19 Apr evening, @ The Emerald Tablet\u00a0 |\u00a0 Fri 25 Apr, @ Studio Grand)<\/p>\n

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Scott Walton<\/p><\/div>\n

\u25c9 Joining us on bass: Scott Walton<\/strong><\/a>. Showing dazzling technique and incisive taste in recent Bay Area concerts with Steve Adams<\/a>, Gilbert Isbin<\/a>, Sten Sandell<\/a>, & Gino Robair<\/a>, Scott has also worked with Vinny Golia<\/a>, George Lewis<\/a>, Bobby Bradford<\/a>, Anthony Davis<\/a>, Wadada Leo Smith<\/a>, John Abercrombie<\/a>, Davey Williams<\/a>, Toshiko Akiyoshi<\/a> (\u79cb\u5409<\/a>\u654f\u5b50), Clifford Jordan<\/strong>, Tim Perkis<\/a>, and Philip Gelb<\/a>. (Date: Sat 12 Apr, @ Duende).<\/p>\n

Arbetslag och musikinstrument:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Biggi Vinkeloe<\/strong><\/a>: saxes & flute<\/p>\n

Don Robinson<\/strong><\/a>: drums<\/p>\n

Joe Lasqo<\/strong><\/a>: piano\/laptop\/percussion<\/p>\n

Aaron Bennett<\/strong><\/a>: bari sax<\/p>\n

Lisle Ellis<\/strong><\/a>: bass<\/p>\n

Teddy Rankin-Parker<\/strong><\/a>: cello<\/p>\n

Scott Walton<\/strong><\/a>: bass<\/p>\n

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\u25c9 <\/span>Sat 12 Apr<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span> Duende<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>, Oakland (featuring Scott Walton<\/a> on bass). 2 sets.<\/p>\n

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Duende<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019m excited to play again in the unique venue which Chef Paul Canales and impresario Rocco Somazzi have made into an essential gathering place to enjoy exquisite Basque pintxos<\/em> & the best of the Bay Area\u2019s jazz and creative music \u2013 Duende<\/a> (468 19th Street, Oakland \u2013 map<\/a>).<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Scott Walton<\/p><\/div>\n

Regrettably our only opportunity to play with bass master Scott Walton<\/strong><\/a> in this series, we’re greatly looking forward to the intersection of his always perfectly placed and perfectly played lines with our orbital trajectories. A musician of rare taste, Scott is able to project a cloud of interlocking vectors that makes you think there are two bassists, while never over-playing.<\/p>\n

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\u25c9 Wed 16 Apr, 9pm<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span> Berkeley Arts Festival<\/strong> (featuring Teddy Rankin-Parker<\/a> on cello)<\/p>\n

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At the East Bay\u2019s indispensable focal point for new music, Berkeley Arts Festival<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (<\/em><\/strong>2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA map<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Set 2, 9pm<\/span><\/strong>: Biggi Vinkeloe tour<\/strong> (jump to description<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Set 1, 8pm<\/span><\/strong>: Computer Music from the CNMAT & Mills Tribes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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MSP artist\/mentat, John MacCallum<\/p><\/div>\n

John MacCallum<\/strong><\/a> will perform his glittering masterwork of digital chill, \u2026frozen into shards of ice\u2026<\/em><\/strong>. Matthew Brendan Creer<\/strong><\/a> and Shanna Sordahl<\/strong><\/a> will present a lively just-intonation networked-computer duet, Baby Rattlesnakes<\/em><\/strong>. Sam Tarakajian<\/strong><\/a> will present Tecton<\/em><\/strong>, an electroacoustic piece “drawing on my love for the sound of the piano and . . . ”<\/p>\n

John MacCallum<\/strong><\/a> is not only a computer musician and composer but also an important musical systems designer, who has created some of the of the MAX\/MSP world\u2019s key shared software resources at CNMAT. In addition to pure digital compositions, his work often brilliantly combines computer music with acoustic instruments or even uses the computer to drive live musicians (for example, Aberration<\/em><\/strong>, with Rootstock Percussion Trio<\/strong>). A fascinating area of his research involves the exploration of digitally warped time and tempo.<\/p>\n

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Matthew Brendan Creer<\/p><\/div>\n

Matthew Brendan Creer<\/strong><\/a> was last seen at Berkeley Arts as a member of the mutant ensemble which premiered Gino Robair’s<\/a> operas The Amanuensis<\/em><\/strong> and Neither Confirmed Nor Denied<\/em><\/strong> in Nov. A student of Mills electronics & computer masters John Bischoff<\/a>, Chris Brown<\/a>, Fred Frith<\/a>, Zeena Parkins<\/a>, & Les Stuck<\/a>, Matthew’s special area of research is the digital realization of just-intonation & alternative tunings.<\/p>\n

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Shanna Sordahl<\/p><\/div>\n

Shanna Sordahl’s<\/strong><\/a> cello sound is strongly influenced by electronic music. Conversely, cello playing has completely re-wired the way she approaches electronic composition. She studied with Laetitia Sonami, Chris Brown<\/a>, James Fei<\/a> (\u8cbb<\/a>\u6b63\u5ef7), & Matt Rogalsky<\/a> for her MFA at Mills. Her work has been presented at the 2013 International SuperCollider Convention, and she’s collaborated with a variety of composers & artists including Trimpin<\/a>, Wrekmeister Harmonies<\/strong><\/a>, & Alvin Lucier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Writing about their piece, Baby Rattlesnakes<\/em><\/strong>, Matthew Brendan Creer<\/a> notes: “Baby rattlesnakes are considered to be some of the most dangerous animals in the United States.\u00a0 Unlike their adult counterparts, a young snake, unaware of how costly it is to produce venom, will use all of its reserve in a single bite. \u00a0This youthful exuberance, passion and lack of attention to personal limitations is an attribute valued by many types of artists…<\/p>\n

This piece uses 2 networked computers + 2 performers, both influencing the parameters of each other\u2019s programming.\u00a0 Some of the techniques used include tuned pitches with corresponding rhythms, slow modulation techniques \u2014 and of course the occasional sound of a rattlesnake.”<\/p>\n

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Sam Tarakajian strumming a MIRA-enabled iPad<\/p><\/div>\n

Starting from the Core Audio team at Apple, Sam Tarakajian<\/strong><\/a> found his way to computer-music toolmaker Cycling ’74, where he released Mira<\/strong>, an iPad controller for Max\/MSP, and CNMAT, where he has been an instructor. Mira<\/strong> is the latest expression of a deep affection for the relationship between gesture, artist and sound, an emphasis that Sam is currently trying to bring into computer music performance.<\/p>\n

His last piece, Breath<\/em><\/strong>, invited the audience to participate by pinching and swiping an iPad attached to Sam’s chest as he wandered through the crowd. Tonight’s piece, Tecton<\/em><\/strong>, is an electroacoustic piece “drawing on my love for the sound of the piano… and my love for destroying the things I love.”<\/p>\n

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\u25c9 Sat 19 Apr, 2pm<\/span><\/strong>: VAMP<\/strong>, Oakland (featuring Aaron Bennett<\/a> on bari sax & Lisle Ellis<\/a> on bass)<\/p>\n

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The name says it all...<\/p><\/div>\n

As part of the Oakland Drops Beats<\/strong><\/a> festival at the Oakland cultural resource (and \u02bfAl\u012b B\u0101b\u0101\u2019s cave of vinyl), VAMP<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (331 19th St., Oakland, map<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Set 1, 2pm<\/span><\/strong>: Biggi Vinkeloe tour<\/strong> (jump to description<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2014 Set 2, 3pm<\/span><\/strong><\/span>: Medium-Size Band<\/strong> (Brett Carson<\/a>, Joshua Marshall<\/a>, Jon Myers<\/a>, & Jacob Pek<\/a>) w guest Rent Romus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Formed in 2012, the Oakland-based Medium-Size Band <\/strong>has dedicated itself to the exploration of novel formal structures and directed improvisations. A composer\u2019s collective where each member contributes pieces to the pool, MSB<\/strong> draws on a diverse set of techniques. Each individual member\u2019s unique background contributes to the eclecticism and freedom of movement between different genres and musical perspectives.<\/p>\n

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Brett Carson<\/p><\/div>\n

Brett Carson<\/strong><\/a> (piano) \u2013 Brett\u2019s work draws from a wide variety of musical traditions, reflecting the influence of Anthony Braxton<\/a>, Tim Berne<\/a>, John Zorn<\/a>, Olivier Messiaen, Philip Glass<\/a>, Claude Vivier<\/strong>, Sun Ra<\/strong>, and others. A member of the Atlanta experimental music scene, Brett moved to California to study at Mills College with Roscoe Mitchell<\/a>, Zeena Parkins<\/a>, Fred Frith<\/a>, Chris Brown<\/a>, and Les Stuck<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Josh Marshall<\/p><\/div>\n

Joshua Marshall<\/strong><\/a> (saxes) is an Oakland-based saxophonist and composer\/improviser. His work involves architectural innovation, narrativity, systematic improvisatory practice, and live digital media. He has studied with Roscoe Mitchell<\/a>, Fred Frith<\/a>, Pauline Oliveros<\/a>, Evan Parker<\/a>, Zeena Parkins<\/a>, Butch Rovan<\/a>, I.M. Harjito<\/a>, and Steve Adams<\/a> of the ROVA Saxophone Quartet<\/strong><\/a>. Joshua has played and\/or recorded with Opera Wolf<\/strong>, Rent Romus\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/em>Lords of Outland<\/strong>, Architect\/Enchantress<\/strong>, Bill Noertker\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> Moxie<\/strong>, ELL3<\/strong>, Cheer Accident<\/strong>, Josh Allen\u2019s<\/a> <\/em>Deconstruction Orchestra<\/strong>, Key West<\/strong>, Mister Sister<\/strong>, Ikue Mori (\u3082\u308a\u3044\u304f\u3048)<\/a>, Robocop<\/strong>, the Andrew Weathers<\/strong><\/a> Ensemble<\/strong>, Modest Machine<\/strong>, and MDK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Jon Myers<\/p><\/div>\n

Jon<\/strong> Myers<\/a><\/strong> is a composer and percussionist from Boston, MA interested in fractal and cyclic forms. \u00a0He plays in various traditional and contemporary contexts from jazz and Javanese gamelan to new music chamber and percussion ensembles in addition to performing with radio-feedback instruments and computer programs of his own devising. \u00a0He is currently studying composition at Mills College in Oakland, CA. His composition Mobile<\/em><\/strong> was premiered in Oct 2013 at the Berkeley CNMAT.<\/p>\n

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Jacob Pek (L) and Jennifer Wilsey (R) at The Luggage Store, 21 Jun 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

Jacob Pek<\/strong><\/a> is a guitarist from Las Vegas, NV. He\u2019s currently based in Oakland, CA where he studies with Fred Frith<\/a> & William Winant<\/a> at Mills College. His music follows in the lineage of Sun Ra<\/strong> and Karlheinz Stockhausen<\/strong> \u2014 a \u201cCosmic Spirit Music\u201d inspired and informed by jazz, jamming, bird song, Bach<\/strong>, Jimi Hendrix<\/strong>, and the reality of interwoven realms. He plays in the wonderful quartet Gestaltish<\/strong><\/a> with Rachel Condry<\/a>, Gretchen Jude<\/a>, and Jennifer Wilsey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rent Romus, Godfather of Avant Soul<\/p><\/div>\n

The hardest-working man in Avant-Joik, organizer of innumerable Bay Area events, Rent\u00a0Romus<\/strong><\/a>, multi saxo-flauto-toyist, bandleader, and producer, is constantly expanding the confines of standard musical forms of composition and improvisation and focused on presenting and supporting the local experimental and avant-garde community. From his beginnings as a student of jazz while being exposed to the tutelage of Stan Getz<\/strong> to\u00a0today, Rent Romus has recorded and released 22 recordings as a leader which have included Jason Olaine<\/a>, Steve Rossi<\/a>, Chico Freeman<\/a>, John Tchicai<\/a>, Jonas M\u00fcller<\/a>, Stefan Pasborg<\/a>, Toyoji Tomita<\/strong> (\u5bcc\u7530<\/strong>\u8c4a\u6cbb), Dave Mihaly<\/a>, Bill Noertker<\/a>,\u00a0CJ Borosque<\/a>, Philip Everett<\/a>, Ray Schaeffer<\/a>, Paris Slim<\/a>, Jesse Quattro<\/a>, Scott R.\u00a0Looney<\/a>, Bob Marsh<\/a>, Jim Ryan<\/a>, Ernesto Diaz-Infante<\/a>, Tobias Fischer<\/a>, and Thollem McDonas<\/a>. As a producer and artist business activist he runs Edgetone Records<\/strong><\/a> a label for all forms of improvisation and experimentation. He is the founder and Executive Director of Outsound Presents<\/strong><\/a> under which he curates the SIMM<\/em><\/strong> Series, the Luggage Store<\/em><\/strong> Series every Thursday, both in San Francisco, and The Outsound New Music Summit<\/em><\/strong>, a national experimental music festival held in the San Francisco Bay Area every summer in July.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Set 3, 4pm<\/span><\/strong>: Ben Goldberg<\/a>, Vijay Anderson<\/a>, & Sheldon Brown<\/a><\/p>\n

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(L \u2192 R) Vijay Anderson, Ben Goldberg, e Sheldon Brown a Novara Jazz Festival in Italia<\/p><\/div>\n

The trio, which began in 2007 in Oakland, features the unique instrumentation of alto sax, clarinet, and drums, and were recently featured at the Novara Jazz Festival in Italy.<\/p>\n

The group specializes in a unique form of improvisation, which focuses on a subtle, continually expanding blend of shifting counterpoint and rhythm, inviting the listener to contemplate the spontaneous unfolding of melodic and harmonic structures. This approach explores the musical and intellectual legacy of masters such as Steve Lacy<\/strong>, Denis Charles<\/strong>, Ornette Coleman<\/a>, and Thelonious Monk<\/strong> with the goal of creating something unique and new. As one fan stated at the group\u2019s Italian debut, the trio pursues the \u201cAdvanced Tradition\u201d.<\/p>\n

As Ben Goldberg<\/strong><\/a> said in describing this trio’s appearance at The Stone as part of his recent week-long NY residency there:<\/p>\n

“Vijay Anderson<\/a>, Sheldon Brown<\/a>, and I have a weird ability to create things that sound like they were created using some kind of weird ability.”<\/p>\n

Those who have enjoyed this trio’s invention of Oort Cloud Dixieland in their open form trad\/space improv sessions presented by Oakland Freedom Jazz Society<\/strong> at Duende understand how true this is\u2026<\/p>\n

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Ben Goldberg<\/p><\/div>\n

Some brief excerpts from Ben\u2019s longer bio<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile getting a B.A. in music from UC Santa Cruz, I studied clarinet with Rosario Mazzeo<\/a>, the dean of twentieth century clarinet teachers. I started playing and studying klezmer music, which has a virtuosic clarinet tradition. I began to think about how to use the clarinet in jazz and improvised music\u2026<\/p>\n

Steve Lacy provided a good example. He had devoted himself solely to the soprano saxophone and his music really touched me. I was playing in The Klezmorim<\/strong><\/a> and for some reason there were a bunch of tours in France that included hanging out for a week or two in Paris between gigs. I used to go down to the Sunset<\/a> to listen to Steve and ask him for a lesson. Finally he relented\u2026<\/p>\n

In Sweden I met Ziya Aytekin<\/a> (\u0417\u0438\u044f \u0410\u0439\u0442\u0435\u043a\u0438\u043d<\/a>),\u00a0a traditional zurna player from the Caucasus. \u00a0I heard how much his music had in common with, for example, the late work of John Coltrane<\/strong>. I wondered if I could use klezmer music to explore this connection between the traditional and the \u201cavant-garde.\u201d<\/p>\n

One day I got together with Dan Seamans<\/a> and Kenny Wollesen<\/a>, with whom I had often played traditional klezmer music\u2026 This group became New Klezmer Trio<\/strong>. Joe Lovano<\/a> said that Mel Lewis could play a downbeat that was so strong it would last for eight bars.\u00a0 Perhaps there are some downbeats that keep ringing for the rest of your life.\u00a0 For me, New Klezmer Trio<\/strong> was this downbeat\u2026<\/p>\n

I received a Master of Arts degree in Music Composition from Mills College<\/strong>, where I studied musical analysis with David Bernstein<\/a>, and composition with Alvin Curran<\/a>, Pauline Oliveros<\/a>, and Christian Wolff<\/a> [and received\u2026] a Jazz Study Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts<\/strong> which funded private study with the saxophonist Joe Lovano<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Guitarist John Schott<\/a> and I began working on music of the bebop era \u2014 Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Parker. We soon found the songs transformed through elongation, repetition, dwelling, thickening the melody, and other approaches\u2026 Further study involved the post-serialist notion of combinatorial structures containing a specified number of notes\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Among many awards, a recent one is 2011 Downbeat Critics\u2019 Poll<\/strong>, which named Ben as the #1 Rising Star Clarinetist<\/strong>. Ben has also been nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association for a 2013 Jazz Award in the category of Clarinetist of the Year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Vijay Anderson (photo - Peter Varshavsky \/ \u041f\u0451\u0442\u0440 \u0412\u0430\u0440\u0448\u0430\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439)<\/p><\/div>\n

Vijay Anderson<\/strong><\/a> is an Oakland-based drummer, bandleader, and composer who studied with Roscoe Mitchell<\/a>, William Winant<\/a>, David Bernstein<\/a>, and Fred Frith<\/a> at Mills College and Eddie Marshall<\/strong>, Francis Wong<\/a> (\u738b<\/a>\u4e16\u660e), Hafez Modirzadeh<\/a> (\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638 \u0645\u062f\u06cc\u0631\u0632\u0627\u062f\u0647<\/a>), and Wayne Wallace<\/a> at SFSU.<\/p>\n

Vijay has worked with Vinny Golia<\/a>, John Schott<\/a>, Darren Johnston<\/a>, Smith Dobson V<\/a>, Lisa Mezzacappa<\/a>, Aaron Bennett<\/a>, Ava Mendoza<\/a>, Marco Eneidi<\/a>, Adam Lane<\/a>, John Tchicai<\/a>, Wadada Leo Smith<\/a>, Steve Swell<\/a>, Kenny Wessel<\/a>, Ken Filiano<\/a>, Steve Adams<\/a>, the Bill Horvitz<\/strong><\/a> Expanded Band<\/strong>, among many others.<\/p>\n

Currently Vijay performs with Lisa Mezzacappa’s<\/a> Bait And Switch<\/strong><\/a>, Sheldon Brown\u2019s <\/strong><\/a>Distant Intervals<\/strong>, Jayn Pettingill\u2019s<\/a> Verb<\/strong>, Marco Eneidi\u2019s<\/a> Shattered<\/strong>, and leads two of his own bands, the Vijay Anderson Quartet<\/strong><\/a>, and the Touch and Go Sextet<\/strong><\/a>. His first record, Hard Boiled Wonderland<\/em><\/strong><\/a> was released on Nottwo Records.<\/p>\n

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Sheldon Brown<\/p><\/div>\n

Composer and woodwind multi-instrumentalist Sheldon Brown<\/strong><\/a> has been involved in the San Francisco Bay Area creative music scene for over 20 years. Since 1994 he has led his own band, Sheldon Brown Group<\/strong><\/a>, which performs his own compositions, and he recently formed Sheldon Brown Quintet<\/strong>, which performs the music of Herbie Nichols, and Distant Intervals<\/strong>, based on poetic speech melodies.<\/p>\n

Sheldon has performed internationally as a featured soloist with Cuban pianist Omar Sosa<\/a>, and with Sosa recorded on 5 albums and performed at international venues such as The North Sea Jazz Festival in Den Haag, New Morning in Paris, Tribute to the Love Generation in Tokyo, and many others.<\/p>\n

Sheldon performs with many groups in the S.F. Bay Area, including: Clarinet Thing<\/strong><\/a>, Darren Johnston Quintet<\/strong><\/a>, Ian Carey<\/a> Quintet + 1<\/strong>, Club Foot Orchestra<\/strong><\/a>, Laurie Antonioli<\/a>, Azesu<\/strong><\/a> (featuring Orestes Vilato<\/a>), Mike Patton\u02bcs<\/a> Mondo Cane<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Admiral Ted Brinkley’s<\/a> Large Group<\/strong>, and Aaron Germain<\/a> Quartet <\/strong><\/p>\n

As a composer, Brown has written music for his own groups and many of the other groups he performs with. For Club Foot Orchestra<\/strong><\/a> he composed music for the silent \ufb01lms, Metropolis, Sherlock Jr., Pandora\u02bcs Box<\/em><\/strong>, and The Hands Of Orlac<\/em><\/strong>. He also wrote music for Club Foot\u02bcs scores for the cartoon series The Twisted Tales Of Felix The Cat<\/em><\/strong>, which aired on CBS.<\/p>\n

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\u25c9 Sat 19 Apr, 9pm<\/span><\/strong>: The Emerald Tablet<\/strong>, San Francisco (featuring Teddy Rankin-Parker<\/a> on cello & Lisle Ellis<\/a> on bass)<\/p>\n

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The Emerald Tablet<\/p><\/div>\n

At Ground Zero of the North Beach poetry, art, and music Renaissance, The Emerald Tablet<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (<\/em><\/strong>80 Fresno St., San Francisco, map<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Set 2, 9pm<\/span><\/strong>: Biggi Vinkeloe tour<\/strong> (jump to description<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Set 1, 8pm<\/span><\/strong>: Nava <\/strong>Dunkelman<\/strong><\/a>, Kristina <\/strong>Dutton<\/strong><\/a>, & Christina <\/strong>Stanley<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Goethe\u2019s Metamorphosis Of Plants (Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erkl\u00e4ren)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Dutton\/Dunkelman\/Stanley trio perform a series of compositions and improvisations based on the schematic application of field recordings from nature reserves throughout the East Bay. These pieces will use Goethe’s Metamorphosis of Plants<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (<\/strong>Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erkl\u00e4ren<\/em><\/strong>)<\/strong> as inspiration. Goethe’s writings allow the observer to “see” nature as an interconnected web of relationships, not as unrelated, independent parts-and to develop a deeper understanding and intuitive connection. This can be achieved through artistic imagination, and by working with a subjectively inspired approach, as opposed to a traditional, mechanistic epistemology.<\/p>\n

Through musical improvisation, the trio will engage with the orchestration of these natural settings, the influence of adjacent urbanization in these soundscapes, and the affect of anthropic and geologic sound on creature voicing.<\/p>\n

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Nava Dunkelman (\u30ca\u30f4\u30a1\u30fb\u30c0\u30f3\u30b1\u30eb\u30de\u30f3), photo by Mido Lee<\/p><\/div>\n

Nava Dunkelman<\/a> (\u30ca\u30f4\u30a1\u30fb\u30c0\u30f3\u30b1\u30eb\u30de\u30f3<\/a>) is a Bay Area percussionist and improviser. Born in Tokyo, and raised in a multi-cultural environment by an American father and Indonesian mother, Nava\u2019s musical interests span the globe from Japanes taiko<\/em> (\u592a\u9f13)\u00a0to Indonesian gamelan to American marching band, and from classical to contemporary to the avant-garde.\u00a0Nava studied percussion under Eugene Novotney<\/a> at Humboldt State University before attending Mills College, where she studied with William Winant<\/a>, as well as Fred Frith<\/a>, Maggi Payne<\/a>, Zeena Parkins<\/a>, and David Bernstein<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n

Since graduating with a degree in music performance in 2013, Nava has performed and collaborated with John Zorn<\/a>, William Winant<\/a>, Fred Frith<\/a>, Chris Brown<\/a>, Dominique Leone<\/a> and many others, as well as formed the improvisational trio Dapplegray<\/strong><\/a> with Jeanie-Aprille Tang<\/a> (\u9127<\/a>\u606c\u6021) and\u00a0Tara Sreekrishnan<\/a>, which debuted in 2012 at The Stone in New York City. She also is a member of two marvelous duos: DunkelpeK<\/strong><\/a> <\/em><\/strong>with Jacob Pek<\/a>, and IMA (<\/strong>\u4eca<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/a> with Jeanie-Aprille Tang<\/a> (\u9127<\/a>\u606c\u6021).\u00a0Through improvisation, Nava enjoys discovering her own musical language by exploring experimental approaches to communication, progression, and space.<\/p>\n

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Kristina Dutton<\/p><\/div>\n

Recently moved to the Bay Area from Chicago, violinist and composer Kristina Dutton<\/a> works in the areas of : improvisation, new music, bioacoustics, soundscapes, extended techniques, preparations, interdisciplinary collaboration, and quiet.<\/p>\n

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Christina Stanley<\/p><\/div>\n

Christina Stanley<\/a> is a Bay Area based violinist, composer, and vocalist who attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from ages 15-18 where she studied with Li Lin<\/a> (\u6797<\/a>\u3be4) and then earned a full performance scholarship to SFSU where she studied violin with Daniel Kobialka<\/a>, Jassen Toderov<\/strong> and the Alexander String Quartet<\/strong><\/a>. After touring Europe and the US with various ensembles, she attended HB Studio in New York City where she studied theatre, movement and voice and then went on to earn an MFA from Mills College, where she studied violin with David Abel<\/a> and composition and improvisation with Fred Frith<\/a> and Roscoe Mitchell<\/a> and won the Margaret Lyon prize for excellence in music. She is currently working as a solo artist as well as a member of various ensembles. She has been a featured performer for the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival at SF MOMA and has premiered works by George Lewis<\/a> and Roscoe Mitchell<\/a> under conductor Petr Kotik<\/a>. Her original painted graphic scores have been featured at the Outsound New Music Summit in San Francisco, Temple Ad Hoc in Los Angeles and Rock Paper Scissors Gallery in Oakland. She is passionate about working with living composers and composing new music.<\/p>\n

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\u25c9 Sun 20 Apr<\/span><\/strong>: Center for New Music<\/strong>, San Francisco (featuring Lisle Ellis<\/a> on bass and Aaron\u00a0Bennett<\/a> on bari sax)<\/p>\n

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At San Francisco’s focal-point new music incubator and venue, Center for New Music<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (<\/em><\/strong>55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA \u2013 map<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Set 1, 8pm<\/span><\/strong>: Biggi Vinkeloe tour<\/strong> (jump to description<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Set 2, 9pm<\/span><\/strong>: Computer Music from the CNMAT & Mills Tribes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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MSP artist\/mentat, John MacCallum<\/p><\/div>\n

John MacCallum<\/strong><\/a> will perform his glittering masterwork of digital chill, \u2026frozen into shards of ice\u2026<\/em><\/strong>. Bruno Ruviaro<\/strong><\/a> and Carr Wilkerson<\/strong><\/a> will present Vowelscape<\/p>\n

John MacCallum<\/strong><\/a> is not only a computer musician and composer but also an important musical systems designer, who has created some of the of the MAX\/MSP world\u2019s key shared software resources at CNMAT. In addition to pure digital compositions, his work often brilliantly combines computer music with acoustic instruments or even uses the computer to drive live musicians (for example, Aberration<\/em><\/strong>, with Rootstock Percussion Trio<\/strong>). A fascinating area of his research involves the exploration of digitally warped time and tempo.<\/p>\n

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Bruno Ruviaro<\/p><\/div>\n

Bruno Ruviaro<\/strong><\/a>, originally of Brazil, formerly of CCRMA and now teaching at Santa Clara University, is a profilic composer and digital improviser, and has also collaborated with musicians and composers such Masaki Kubo<\/a> (\u4e45\u4fdd<\/a>\u6b63\u6a39), Chris Jones<\/a>, Chris Froh<\/a>, Juan-Pablo C\u00e1ceres<\/a>, and SLOrk<\/strong><\/a>. His interests include the intersection of music & linguistics\/speech, laptop orchestras, live-electronics, acousmatic music, and intellectual (im)property.<\/p>\n

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Carr Wilkerson<\/p><\/div>\n

Carr Wilkerson<\/a> of CCRMA not only composes and improvises, but keeps the Starship CCRMA in peak running condition, specializing in Linux and Mac OS systems. A master of hardware as well as software, in a previous life, he also played Scotty as a US Navy Nuclear Propulsion Engineer (“why yes, I am a rocket scientist, why do you ask\u2026.?”)<\/p>\n

Bruno and Carr will present their recently premiered joint sono-phonemic piece Vowelscape<\/em><\/strong>, which applies research on the intersection of music, speech, and language going back to the Musilanguage Model<\/strong> (see: here<\/a>), and follow with digital free improv duos.<\/p>\n

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\u25c9 Fri 25 Apr<\/span><\/strong>: Studio Grand<\/strong>, Oakland (featuring Teddy Rankin-Parker<\/a> on cello)<\/p>\n

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The scene at Studio Grand<\/p><\/div>\n

At Oakland’s visually and acoustically beautiful multi-arts nexus, Studio Grand<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (<\/em><\/strong>3234 Grand Ave, Oakland, map<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Set 1, 10pm<\/span><\/strong>: Biggi Vinkeloe tour<\/strong> (jump to description<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Set 2, 10:45pm<\/span><\/strong>: John <\/strong>Schott<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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John Schott performs at Vexations Re-vex'd I, Berkeley Arts Festival, 23 Mar 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

John <\/strong>Schott<\/strong><\/a> is a composer, guitarist, arranger and musical spelunker. A collaborator of Ben Goldberg<\/a>, Kenny Wollesen<\/a>, Trevor Dunn<\/strong><\/a>, Charlie Hunter<\/strong><\/a>, Scott Amendola<\/strong><\/a>, and currently leader of a trio with Dan Seamans<\/a>, and John Hanes<\/strong><\/a>, John has released records in various combinations on Knitting Factory, Tzadik, Songlines, Nuscope, and Victo.<\/p>\n

John was also (with Charlie Hunter<\/strong><\/a>, Will Bernard<\/strong><\/a>, and Scott Amendola<\/strong><\/a>), a member of the jazz\/funk band T.J. Kirk<\/strong><\/a>, whose second album If Four Was One<\/em><\/strong> (Warner Bros.) received a Grammy nomination. His unique and brilliant release Shuffle Play: Elegies for the Recording Angel<\/em><\/strong> (New World) features John\u2019s 16-piece Ensemble Diglossia<\/strong>, including ROVA Saxophone Quartet’s<\/strong><\/a> Steve Adams<\/a> & percussionist William Winant<\/a>, in a composition intermixing contemporary composition with the earliest surviving recordings, of circa 1880-1900. Other releases include John Schott\u2019s Typical Orchestra<\/em><\/strong> and Drunken Songs for Sober Times<\/em><\/strong>. John can also be heard on records by John Zorn<\/a>, Tom Waits<\/a>, The Baguette Quartette<\/strong><\/a>, Steven Bernstein<\/a> \u2014\u00a0and, especially, the incredible What Comes Before<\/em><\/strong> with Ben Goldberg<\/a> and Michael Sarin<\/a>. John’s trio with Dan\u00a0Seamans<\/a>, and John\u00a0Hanes<\/a> was recently featured in the Other Minds 19<\/strong> festival.<\/p>\n

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What Comes Before, by John Schott, Ben Goldberg, and Michael Sarin<\/p><\/div>\n

John may r\u00e9prise his stunning and vibrantly emotional solo tour de force<\/em> of “rembetiko banjo taksim” from March’s 40-musician Vexations [Re-vex’d] II<\/strong><\/a> improv marathon, a piece that bridges the worlds of avant-garde, Middle Eastern, and American roots music in an exploration of the tragic life of composer Erik Satie.<\/p>\n

Listeners to the premier of this music struggled to pick themselves up off the floor after being hit with its emotional power\u2026<\/p>\n

Or… John may do something equally brilliant and evocative\u2026 you never know with a Junk Genius<\/em><\/strong><\/a>…<\/p>\n

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Join us for these beautiful shows with one of Europe’s most unique improvising voices and a glittering cast of co-conspirators\u2026<\/p>\n

Joe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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