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Source: Bay Improviser Calendar.

Friday, September 23

Fri 9/23 7:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Lubomyr Melnyk

Fri 9/23 8:00 PM Hopmonk Sebastopol [230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, CA 95472]
Jazz electronica / hip hop / spoken word / soul

Fri 9/23 8:00 PM Mosswood Sound Series [3630 Telegraph Ave enter 2nd door on 37th St Oakland]
THOMAS CARNACKI is a variably-sized organism that has been trundling forward for well over a decade, having been as many as eight individuals, and as few as one. (Or, in some instances, none at all.) Tonight’s instantiation will be on the more modest end of that spectrum, being Cheryl E. Leonard and Gregory Scharpen. GRALE has performed as a multi-faceted and cinematically rooted ensemble, morphing its electric shadows along with its shifting lineups. Initially a duo of Dale Sophiea (MX-80 Sound, O-Type, etc.) and Gregory Hagan (Pale Reverse, Thomas Carnacki Ensemble, Common Eider King Eider, etc.) that sprung from a series of after-hours underground film and music salons in Berkeley.

Saturday, September 24

Sat 9/24 7:30 PM Dresher Ensemble Studio [2253 Poplar St. Oakland]
Pamela Z with Stenberg | Cahill Duo in PRESENCE

Sat 9/24 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
The 95th compositions by various composers from the Baroque to Present — with a couple of other pieces thrown in, because we like them!

Sunday, September 25

Sun 9/25 5:00 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Rudi Mwongozi solo piano

Sun 9/25 7:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
A Synesthete’s Atlas: an evening of real time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise, directed and accompanied by genre-trampling oboist Kyle Bruckmann.

Wednesday, September 28

Wed 9/28 7:30 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St San Francisco]
animals & giraffes live recording session at MFN!

Thursday, September 29

Thu 9/29 7:00 PM SFJAZZ Center – Joe Henderson Lab [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF]
The Sticklerphonics
Scott Amendola, RAFFI GARABEDIAN, DANNY LUBIN-LADEN
Two Shows each night 7:00PM and 8:30PM

Thu 9/29 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305]
Homage to Ukraine
Karen Bentley Pollick and Ludmila Yurina perform a variety of Ukrainian music for violin & piano plus their own recent compositions for violin & electronics.

Friday, September 30

Fri 9/30 6:00 PM Cafe Colonial [3520 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento]
Norcal Noisefest
3 day festival.

Fri 9/30 7:00 PM SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF CA]
The Sticklerphonics
Scott Amendola, RAFFI GARABEDIAN, DANNY LUBIN-LADEN
Two Shows each night 7:00PM and 8:30PM

Fri 9/30 8:00 PM Mosswood Sound Series [3630 Telegraph Ave enter 2nd door on 37th St Oakland]
Two are kindred spirits who have never met, bassist/composers, improvisers, bandleaders, tireless organizers ADRIANA CAMACHO TORRES (Mexico) and Lisa Mezzacappa perform a set of duo bass improvisations.

Fri 9/30 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Ritual Schizophonia – Gesture shapes both sound and meaning, as revealed in this experimental program for solo harp. From the avant-garde reimagining of a Greek myth to a visceral manifestation of grief, these diverse works are connected by their ceremonial treatment of sound. The movements of the hands at the strings and the feet at the pedals become a choreography of sonic obfuscation, an expressive ritual for exploring meaning in an atmosphere that synthesizes the visual and the sonic.