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From MetalJazz.com

Tuesday, Sept. 20, 5pm, workshop/masterclass with Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Wednesday, Sept 21, 9pm, performance by Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Blue Whale, 123 Astronaut E S Onizuka #301, LA

From Camerata Pacifica

Tuesday, Sept 20, 8pm, Huntington Library, San Marino
Thursday, Sept. 22, 8pm, Zipper Hall, Colburn School, LA
Camerata Pacifica performs: Crumb’s Vox Balaenae for 3 masked Players: Electric Flute, Electric Cello, and Amplified Piano; DeMey’s Musique de Table for Percussion; Reich’s Sextet for Percussion and Keyboards.

From MetalJazz.com

Wednesday, Sept. 21, 8pm
Atwater Crossing ATX, 3245 Casitas Ave., Atwater
Drones and strange noises by electro-mechanical artists Jason Kahn (based in Switzerland), Devin Sarno, and Damien Romero

From Angel City Jazz Festival 2011

Thursday, Sept. 22, 8:30pm set, 10pm set > The Necks
at Blue Whale, 123 Astronaut E S Onizuka #301, LA
Chris Abrahams (piano), Tony Buck (drums), and Lloyd Swanton (bass) conjure a chemistry together that defies description in orthodox terms.

Friday, Sept. 23, 7pm at LACMA
Larry Karush Quintet

Saturday, Sept. 24, 9pm
Echoplex, 1822 W. Sunset Blvd., Echo Park
Burkina Electric with Lukas Ligeti and special guest D.J. Spooky

Sunday, Sept. 25, 8:30pm
REDCAT, downtown LA
Theo Bleckmann shares the bill with Todd Sickafoose and Tiny Resistors

From REDCAT

Thursday Sept. 22, Friday Sept. 23, Saturday Sept. 24 at 8:30pm
REDCAT, downtown LA
New Original Works Festival, Week Three:
Tandem & Timur and the Dime Museum: Zoophilic Follies
Michel Kouakou/Daara Dance: Sack
Victoria Marks: Medium Big Inefficient Considerably Imbalanced Dance

From Carlsbad Music Festival 2011

Friday, Sept. 23, 5:30-9:30pm
red fish blue fish, Calder Quartet, Build, Vicky Chow, and Mandobasso perform at various venues during the Village Music Walk, Carlsbad Village.

Saturday, Sept. 24
12noon – Musicians from red fish blue fish, Build, the Calder Quartet and more perform Terry Riley’s minimalist classic In C in a site-specific interpretation spread across the Village Faire courtyard.
1:30pm – Carlsbad Village Theatre concert with Vicky Chow, piano
5:30pm – Carlsbad Village Theatre concert with Penelope
9pm – Carlsbad Village Theatre concert with My Brightest Diamond

Sunday, September 25
12noon – Burkina Electric with Lukas Ligeti in concert, Village Faire
1:30pm – Carlsbad Village Theatre concert with Build and Florent Ghys
5:30pm – Carlsbad Village Theatre concert with Calder Quartet

From SASSAS

Saturday, Sept. 24, 5pm
Kings Road Park Pavilion, 1000 North Kings Road, West Hollywood
SASSAS presents sound. at the Kings Road Park Pavilion: John Schneider’s Just Guitars. Just Guitars is a program designed for adapted guitars and voice by internationally recognized guitarist and composer John Schneider. Consisting of works by renowned composers Lou Harrison, Terry Riley and Ben Johnston as well as two works composed by Schneider, this program unites several works composed specifically for Scheinder’s re-fretted National Steel Guitar tuned using just intonation.

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