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Thursday, January 19, 8pm
Bay Area creative jazz double header with Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait & Switch and the Nathan Clevenger Group. Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait & Switch features Aaron Bennett (tenor sax), John Finkbeiner (electric guitar), Vijay Anderson (drums), and Lisa Mezzacappa (acoustic bass). Nathan Clevenger Group features Aaron Novik (clarinets), Kasey Knudsen (alto & tenor sax), Evan Francis (tenor sax, flute), Sam Bevan (bass), Jon Arkin (drums), and Nathan Clevenger (compositions, guitar). Viracocha, 998 Valencia St., San Francisco | $10

Thursday, January 19, 8pm
OutSound presents the Luggage Store New Music Series, at 8pm is Marana Jocund, a free-hardcore (‘outrock’) unit, featuring Will Redmond (electric guitar), Rob Pumpelly (drums), and Megan McKearney (visuals). At 9pm, the free jazz noise of Key West takes the stage, featuring Brian Pedersen (saxes), Sung Kim (the fawn), Dave Dupuis (upright bass), Jason Ricci (drums), and Rent Romus (saxes). Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th St.), San Francisco | $6-10 sliding

Friday, January 20, 7:30pm
The Meridian Gallery Music Series presents San Francisco artist Bill Fontana, known internationally for his pioneering experiments in sound art. Fontana will play short videos, sound recordings and show photos of his work that has been exhibited throughout the world. The event will culminate in a surround sound performance of two spectacular pieces: Kirribilli Wharf (1976), a pioneering 8 channel sound sculpture realized in 1976 for the Australian Broadcasting Commission and last presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1985 and Speeds of Time (2004 and 2008) which had been a live sound sculpture with Big Ben (London). Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell St., San Francisco | $10-20

Friday, January 20, 7:30pm
Turquoise Yantra Grotto presents the best of analog and digital invented instrument worlds with Tom Nunn’s & Paul Winstanley’s new duo + the latest incarnation of Tim Thompson’s computer-controlled Space Palette straight from Burning Man & dorkbot-61. Tix by advance reservation only. To reserve, send an email to joe (at) joelasqo.com, and he’ll confirm and send location and details. (Please note in case of allergies: Birds are present in the venue). | $12-15

Friday, January 20, 8pm
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival is America’s only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, with three distinct evenings of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions by 25 local and international composers. Hear members of the SF Tape Music Collective, along with guest composers, shape the sound live over a pristine surround system consisting of 16+ high-end loudspeakers while the audience is seated in complete darkness. Friday evening’s program will include pieces by John Cage, Luc Ferrari, Maggi Payne (Berkeley), Jacob Felix Heule (San Francisco), Thom Blum (San Francisco), Cliff Caruthers (Oakland), Matthew Barnard (UK), Orestis Karamanlis (Greece), Émilie Payeur (Montréal), and an 1859 Phonautogram by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817-1879). ODC Dance Theatre, 3153 17th St. (at Shotwell), San Francisco | $15 [$8]

Friday, January 20, 8pm
The long-awaited debut album “Tales From the Land of Lawson” is finally being released! Limited edition handmade physical copies of the album will be available for $10 each. The album is being released by the new Seattle-based creative music label Table and Chairs. Lawson will be comprised of Jacob Zimmerman (alto sax), Theo Padouvas (trumpet), Cory Wright (tenor sax), Rob Ewing (trombone), Michael Coleman (keyboard), Dan VanHassel (keyboard), Dan Good (electronics, trumpet) with special guest Jem Fanvu (voice). There will be an opening set by Zunu, featuring Zeina Nasr (voice, guitar) and Alex Vittum (drums/synthesizer). Swarm Gallery, 560 Second St., Oakland | $10 suggested donation

Saturday, January 21, 8pm
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival is America’s only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, with three distinct evenings of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions by 25 local and international composers. Hear members of the SF Tape Music Collective, along with guest composers, shape the sound live over a pristine surround system consisting of 16+ high-end loudspeakers while the audience is seated in complete darkness. Saturday evening’s program will include pieces by John Cage (1912-1992), The Beatles (1957-1970), Raymond Scott (1908-1994) with Jim Henson (1936-1990), Kristin Miltner (Oakland), Joseph Anderson (UK), Christopher Burns (Milwaukee), Matt Ingalls (Oakland), Martin Bédard (Montréal), Christopher Swithinbank (UK), and an 1859 Phonautogram by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817-1879). ODC Dance Theatre, 3153 17th St. (at Shotwell), San Francisco | $15 [$8]

Sunday, January 22, 8pm
The Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) presents Myra Melford (piano), Han Bennink (drums), and Mary Oliver (violin) in concert. More information is available here. CNMAT, 1750 Arch St., Berkeley | $10, $5 students/seniors

Sunday, January 22, 8pm
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival is America’s only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, with three distinct evenings of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions by 25 local and international composers. Hear members of the SF Tape Music Collective, along with guest composers, shape the sound live over a pristine surround system consisting of 16+ high-end loudspeakers while the audience is seated in complete darkness. Sunday evening’s program will include pieces by John Cage (1912-1992), Milton Babbitt (1916-2011), Rubber (() Cement (San Francisco), Adam Basanta (Montréal), Dan Joseph (New York), Stelios Manousakis (Seattle/Greece), Alexander Schubert (Germany), John Young (UK), and an 1859 Phonautogram by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817-1879). ODC Dance Theatre, 3153 17th St. (at Shotwell), San Francisco | $15 [$8]Sunday, January 22, 9pm
The Subterranean Arthouse presents a triple bill with Joey Molinaro (NYC solo acoustic grindcore violin, foot percussion), Moe! Staiano
(SF improvised found percussionist, formerly of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum), and Arkham SubUnit, featuring Rent Romus (saxophones), Karl Evangelista (guitar), Bob Marsh (bass, electronics), and Philip Everett (drums). Subterranean Arthouse, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley | $10-15

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English: Fred Frith performing at Mills Colleg...

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Thursday, January 12, 8pm
OutSound presents the Luggage Store New Music Series, this week featuring David I. Katz (a cappella, solo vocal improvisation) at 8pm, and Los Angeles based composer/vocalist/performance artist Odeya Nini, performing “A Solo Voice” at 9pm. Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th St.), San Francisco | $6-10 sliding

Friday, January 13, 8:30pm
Nate Wooley, trumpeter from NYC, will visit the Bay Area and reacquaint with Fred Frith and perform for the first time with Aram Shelton, Kanoko Nishi, Jason Hoopes, and Jordan Glenn. The night will feature three short sets: two trios and a sextet. Trio groupings will features Wooley, Frith and Glenn; Shelton, Nishi and Hoopes. All six will combine in a new long form composition by Shelton. Nate Wooley (trumpet), Fred Frith (guitar), Aram Shelton (saxophone), Kanoko Nishi (koto), Jason Hoopes (bass), Jordan Glenn (drums). Subterranean Art House, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley | $10-15 sliding

Saturday, January 14, 7:30pm
Meridian Music presents a new electro-acoustic trio featuring, ex-pat living in Italy, Morgan Craft (electric guitar and electronics), Marshall Trammell (percussion), and Zachary Watkins (electronics). This debut collaboration will highlight the trio’s mutual concerns via an improvised performance setting. Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell St., San Francisco | $10 general, $5 students/seniors

Sunday, January 15, 7:30pm
OutSound presents the SIMM Series, this week featuring, at 7:30, Time Is Not Now Money, with Lorin Benedict (voiceophone), Scott R. Looney (piano), Bishu Chatterjee (bass), Bryan Bowman (drums), and special guest Kasey Knudsen (alto saxophone). At 8:30, Lewis Jordan (alto and baritone saxophone, poetry) will perform with Karl Evangelista (guitar), Richard Saunders (bass), and Marshall Trammell (drums). Musicians Union Hall, 116 9th St. (@ Mission), San Francisco | $10/$8

Tuesday, January 17, 8pm
Yoshi’s Oakland presents the Del Sol String Quartet. The San Francisco based Del Sol String Quartet, two-time winner of the top Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, is breaking the boundaries of classical music in riveting performances of new music with a global pulse, featuring Kate Stenberg, Rick Shinozaki, Charlton Lee and Kathryn Bates Williams. Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland | $20

Tuesday, January 17, 9pm
The Hemlock Tavern presents a triple-set evening of adventurous music, with SHAKEN FLESH, MARANA JOCUND, and HECKLER. Shaken Flesh features Rent Romus (reeds), Michael Coleman (synths), Karl Evangelista (guitar), and Jordan Glenn (drums, composition). Marana Jocund is Rob Pumpelly (drums), Will Redmond (guitar), and Megan McKearney-Inciardi (visuals). Heckler features Jacob Felix Heule (drums), Karl Evangelista (guitar), and Matt Chandler (bass). Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk St., San Francisco | $6

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Thursday, January 5, 8pm
OutSound presents Luggage Store New Music Series, featuring Elise Baldwin (electronics) at 8pm, and John Krausbauer (electronics) at 9pm. Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th Street), San Francisco | $6-10

Friday, January 6, 7pm
Explorist International presents Free Jazz Friday with KWS GROUP and Mikey Yedda, and The Angelicals. The KWS Group features Jay Korber (nuttiness), Kevin Woodruff (wackiness), R.L. Sutherland (zaniness), with special guest Mikey Yedda (mikeyyeddaness). The Angelicals brings together Karl Evangelista (guitar), Michael Dale (saxophone), and Bob Marsh (cello, bass). More information is available here. Explorist International, 3174 24th St., San Francisco | FREE

Friday, January 6, 8pm
Studio 1510 presents a two-set evening of adventurous music with the Dutch alto saxophonist, Jorrit Dijkstra and local guests. Set 1 pairs Jorrit Dijkstra (sax, lyricon) with Philip Greenlief (sax). Joining Jorrit Dijkstra for Set 2 will be Scott R. Looney (hyperpiano) and Kjell Nordeson (percussion). Studio 1510, 1510 8th St., Oakland | $6-10 sliding

Saturday, January 7, 5pm
Mutual Aid Project and Omiiroo Art Gallery present, Decolonizing The Imagination: Arts Practicum & Exhibition. This Creative Music trio of men of color offers, for public forum, an exhibition of the decolonizing and compositional practices that have developed since 2009. The program will include an exhibition, with our project description, and analysis of our practicum and applied methodology, as well as facilitated discussions with the audience and a final performance featuring Tracy Hui (guitar), Nick Obando (alto saxophone), and Marshall Trammell (percussion). Omiiroo Art Gallery, 400 14th St. (@ Franklin St.), downtown Oakland | donations accepted

Saturday, January 7, 8pm
The Temescal Art Center brings THE UNCOMFORTABLE ZONES OF FUN. Do you dare to be in experiments in experience/participation performance? Frank Moore, world-known shaman performance artist, will conduct improvised passions of musicians, actors, dancers, and audience members in a laboratory setting to create altered realities of fusion beyond taboos. Bring your passions and musical instruments and your senses of adventure and humor. Temescal Art Center, 511 48th St., Oakland | Free, but donations are encouraged

Sunday, January 8, 8pm
OpenSound West presents an evening of improvised music: Archer Spade meets Ueno/Ingalls. Archer Spade is a collaboration between composer/performers Dan Blacksberg and Nick Millevoi that seeks to broaden the repertoire of new music and re-imagine the possibilities for their respective instruments of trombone and electric guitar. The duo of Ken Ueno (vocals) and Matt Ingalls (clarinet) bring together an arsenal of extended techniques for an experience that defies classical expectations of sounds that can be made on voice and clarinet. CNMAT, 1750 Arch St., Berkeley | $10 general, $5 students and seniors

Tuesday, January 10, 6:30pm
Tuesdays at Tom’s Place presents 2+2 and Libertas. 2+2 is Phillip Greenlief (sax), Jon Raskin (sax), Tom Djll (trumpet), and Nate Wooley (trumpet). Libertas is Tom Greisser (sax), Liz Byrne (electronics), and Wade Driver (percussion). Tuesdays at Tom’s Place, 3111 Deakin St., Berkeley | Free (donation requested)

Tuesday, January 10, 9pm
Active Music Series Presents a night of Noisy Free Improvisation with the duo of Randy Lee Sutherland (alto sax) and Julia Mazawa (turntable), and the Coleman / Mendoza / Shelton / Wick / Heule ensemble: Michael Coleman (keyboards), Ava Mendoza (guitar), Aram Shelton (saxophone), Jacob Wick (trumpet), and Jacob Felix Heule (drums). Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph Ave., Oakland | donations encouraged

Wednesday, January 11, 9pm
The Light A Fire series returns to the Oakland Cafe Revolution with three sets of intergenre experimental music featuring Grex, Luke Westbrook, and Reconnaissance Fly. Grex is Karl A.D. Evangelista (guitar, vox, etc.) and Margaret Rei Scampavia (keys, winds, vox, etc.); Luke Westbrook works with a talented core of musicians he has helped to connect over the years to bring creative music forward; Reconnaissance Fly brings together the composers Chris Broderick, Amar Chaudhary, Polly Moller, Larry The O, and Tim Walters. Cafe Revolution, 1612 7th St., Oakland | donations accepted

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Thursday, December 15, 8pm
OutSound presents the Luggage Store New Music Series with guest curation by Josh Allen in an evening of duos, entitled Batterie and Brutality, featuring Phillip Greenlief (saxophone) and Spirit (percussion), and Josh Allen (saxophone) and Mark Miller (drums, vocals).  Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th Street), San Francisco | $6-10 sliding

Friday, December 16, 8pm
Inter-Relations presents, The Uncomfortable Zones of Fun, experiments in experience/participation performance. Frank Moore, world-known shaman performance artist, will conduct improvised passions of musicians, actors, dancers, and audience members in a laboratory setting to create altered realities of fusion beyond taboos. Bring your passions and musical instruments and your senses of adventure and humor. Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St., Oakland | FREE – donations accepted

Friday, December 16, 8pm
The Berkeley Arts Festival presents BLOOD WEDDING. Blood Wedding is Danishta Rivero (vocals, digital processing) and Chuck Johnson (steel guitar, modular synth) – Come if you dig: just intonation, noise, heterodyning, doom, hyperobjects, duende, difference tone synthesis. Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave., Berkeley | $10-20 sliding

From FaceBook:

Saturday, December 17, 7pm
The Old Soul Holiday Benefit Concert for the Sacramento Food Bank will feature music by: Electropoetic Coffee, Harley White Jr., Amy Reed and Ross Hammond, Josh Fernandez, Ian McGlone, The Inversions. Old Soul Coffee, Alley location, 1716 L St. (rear alley), Sacramento | $10 or food/clothing donation, info here.

From Bay Improviser:

Saturday, December 17, 7:30pm
The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents, as part of their FROM MUPPETS TO METAL: MUSIC MOVIES series, John Zorn: A Film in 15 Scenes. Cinema has inspired some of composer and artist John Zorn’s greatest works and deeply informed his artistic development. For this project, Zorn reached out to four acclaimed filmmakers, commissioning four different versions of a script he began writing in 1981. The script has 254 shots divided into 15 scenes, and explores juxtaposition and experimental narrative. Filmmaker Joey Izzo will be in attendance. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St. (@3rd), San Francisco | $8

Saturday, December 17, 8pm
The Berkeley Arts Festival presents The Shelton/Wright/Clifford/Hatwich/Glenn Quintet, a collective where each member can explore the fine line between improvisation and composition, featuring Aram Shelton (sax, clarinet), Corey Wright (reeds), Mark Clifford (percussion), Jordan Glenn (percussion) & Anton Hatwich (bass). Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave., Berkeley | $10-20 sliding

Saturday, December 17, 8pm
The San Francisco Community Music Center will host an evening featuring the many facets of multi-woodwind master Vinny Golia. Performing first will be CD release (redux II) of Edge of Dark and new compositions by Lords of the Outland, featuring Rent Romus (saxophones), CJ Borosque (trumpet, electronics), Philip Everett (drums, electronics), Ray Schaeffer (bass), and Vinny Golia (saxophones, double reeds). Appearing second will be the Powell/Goodheart/Golia trio performing improvisations and holiday tunes, featuring Garth Powell (drums, percussion), Matthew Goodheart (piano), and Vinny Golia (saxophones, double reeds). San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp St., San Francisco | $10-15 sliding

From FaceBook:

Sunday, December 18, 12noon
The NorCal NoiseFest and TIF.org present Sacramento Audio Waffle #33, featuring INSTAGON noise trio, Medicine Cabinet, One Infinite Loop, Kevin Corcoran / Wes Steed, and SMITE!(Jetrock from Uberkunst). FREE WAFFLES SERVED WHILE THEY LAST. The Javalounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento | $5

From Bay Improviser:

Sunday, December 18, 7:30pm
OutSound presents the SIMM Series in A Skronk Solstice Special! Performing first will be Tri-Cornered Tent Show, featuring Philip Everett (autoharp, electronics, percussion), Ray Schaeffer (electric basses), Anthony Flores (drums, percussion), and Valentina Osinski (voice). Libertas will end the evening, featuring Tom Greisser (saxophones), Liz Byrne (electronics, tape machine, percussion), and Wade Driver (drums, anything & everything). Musicians Union Hall, 116 9th St. (@ Mission), San Francisco | $10/$8

From Nebraska Mondays

Monday, December 19, 7:30pm
Luna’s Cafe hosts the weekly Nebraska Mondays series, curated by Ross Hammond. This week: A Night of Duets, featuring Ross Hammond, Phillip Greenlief, Tony Passarell, Tom Monson, Randy Stark, John Vaughn and more. Luna’s Cafe, 1414 16th St. (between N and O St.), Sacramento | $5-10 sliding

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From Bay Improviser:

Thursday, December 8, 8pm
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th St.), San Francisco
OutSound presents Luggage Store New Music Series
Full Moon Concerts: Long Night’s Moon, an evening of space music, featuring ad-hoc groupings of improvisers.
* 8pm: Kristin Miltner (electronics), Matt Davignon (drum machine), Andrew Joron (theremin), Karl A.D. Evangelista (guitar).
* 9pm: David Leikam (moog, bass guitar), Sheila Bosco (drums), “Stereo” Steve Abbate (guitar), Amar Chaudhary electronics).
Video for both sets by Tim Thompson

Saturday, December 10, 8pm
The Lab, 2948 16th St., San Francisco
Droneshift: A large scale collaborative drone music event organized each year by Matt Davignon. Over 40 musicians will gather to contribute to a continuous 3 hour sound, each adding their acoustic or electronic elements here and there, and weaving their sounds together to create gradually shifting tapestries of music. Complete line-up available here.

Saturday, December 10, 8pm
Viracocha, 998 Valencia St., San Francisco
Live ‘n’ Local SF presents an evening of cutting-edge vocal chamber music with Ensemble Épouser performing Stravinski’s LES NOCES, Real Vocal String Quartet, and Theresa Wong’s Selmaduse trio.
* Ensemble Épouser: Dominique Leone (tenor), Kanoko Nishi (piano), Regina Schaffer (piano), Kate McLoughlin (soprano), Diana Pray (soprano), Elise Cumberland (mezzo-soprano), Danishta Rivero (alto), Alexandra Buschman (bass), Jordan Glenn (percussion), Jason Hoopes (upright bass), and Mark Clifford (mallets).
* REAL VOCAL STRING QUARTET: Irene Sazer (violin), Alisa Rose (violin), Dina Maccabee (viola), Jessica Ivry (cello).
* SELMADUSE: Theresa Wong (voice, cello, percussion), Cornelius Boots (bass clarinet, shakuhachi, percussion, flute, voice), Dohee Lee (percussion, voice, taepyeongso).

Sunday, December 11, 6pm
Cafe Royale, 800 Post St. (@ Leavenworth), San Francisco
Noertker’s Moxie Quintet: Annelise Zamula (tenor saxophone, flute), Amber Lamprecht (oboe, flute), John Vaughn (baritone sax, flute), Bill Noertker (contrabass), Dax Compise (drums).

Sunday, December 11, 7:30pm
Musicians Union Hall, 116 9th St. (@ Mission), San Francisco
OutSound presents SIMM Series
* 7:30 EftUp duo: Bob Marsh (piano), Rent Romus (saxophones)
* 8:30 μετα-रागजन्मा (Birth of a Meta-Rāga) Joe Lasqo (piano) CD release set of “Turquoise Sessions”

Sunday, December 11, 8pm
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave., Berkeley
Berkeley Arts Festival Presents Phillip Greenlief & Jon Raskin’s 3+3 project, featuring Greenlief & Raskin (saxophones), Tara Flandreau (violin), Kanoko Nishi (koto), Tim Perkis & Gino Robair (live electronics).

From Nebraska Mondays:

Monday, December 12, 7:30pm
Luna’s Cafe, 1414 16th St., Sacramento
Nebraska Mondays at Luna’s Cafe presents:
* Drifting Shapes (featuring Ruben Reveles)
* Bristle (Randy McKean, Murray Campbell, Lisa Mezzacappa, Cory Wright)

From Bay Improviser:

Tuesday, December 13, 9pm
Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph Ave., Oakland
Active Music Series presents Citta di Vitti + Aram Shelton Quartet (featuring members of the Oakland Active Orchestra).
* Citta di Vitti: Phillip Greenlief (saxophone), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), John Hanes (drums) + others performing live to Michelangelo Antonioni‘s masterpiece, L’Avventura.
* Aram Shelton Quartet: Aram Shelton (reeds), Mark Clifford (vibraphone), Anton Hatwich (bass), and Vijay Anderson (drums).

Wednesday, December 14, 7:30pm
Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell St., San Francisco
Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents,
Tom Bickley and Adria Otte performing electro-acoustic solos and duos.

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From Bay Improviser:

Thursday, December 1, 8pm
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th St.), San Francisco
OutSound presents the Luggage Store New Music Series
* 8:15pm – Headboggle (Derek Gedalecia)
* 8:45pm – Thea Farhadian
* 9:30pm – Later Days (Wayne Jackson)

From CCRMA Stanford:

Thursday, December 1, 8pm
Stanford University, CCRMA Stage, The Knoll Building, 660 Lomita Dr., Stanford
CCRMA musicians present an evening of experimental electronic music by:
* Kurt Werner
* Dohi Moon
* Bill Schottstaedt
* Chris Chafe, Bruno Ruviaro, Bernardo Barros, Juan Parra (over the network from Belgium)
* Negativwobblyland (special guest appearance!)

From Berkeley Arts Festival:

Thursday, December 1, 8pm
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave., Berkeley
Berkeley Arts Festival and New Spectrum Foundation present:
* Stratic: (Michael Coleman, Aram Shelton, Alex Vittum).
* Chris Brown (solo piano & electronics).

From Bay Improviser:

Friday, December 2, 8pm
Turquoise Yantra Grotto (to reserve, contact joe (at) joelasqo.com)
Joe Lasqo (piano, percussion), Tom Bickley (winds, synth), David Samas (Tuvan throat/overtone singing), Nancy Beckman (shakuhachi).

Friday, December 2, 9:30pm
Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave. (@ Prince), Berkeley
The members of Reconnaissance Fly and their pals are ready to cram themselves into a phone booth once again and burst forth all suited up and makeup-caked as ReCARDIACS Fly! Their set list has bloated up to twice its first-gig size! And they’ve lured the delicious Dominique Leone and the wacky Wiener Kids to share the bill with them in a joyously deranged art-rock spectacular!

Friday, December 2, 10pm
Mills College, Lisser Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland
Six Legged Creature: an evening of adventurous works from three graduate composers at Mills – Sam Withrow, Andrew Weathers and Rachel Trapp. Each pair of legs stands in a different tradition, but together forms a single creature. With performances by Jacob Peck, Joshua Marshall and Shanna Sordahl.

Saturday, December 3, 8pm
784 65th St., 784 65th St. (2 blocks from Ashby BART), Oakland
784 65th St. presents the 2nd concert of our new series, featuring:
* Phillip Greenlief (solo saxophone)
* the duo of Jon Raskin (saxophones) and Kanoko Nishi (Koto).

Saturday, December 3, 8pm
Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St., Berkeley
Trinity Chapel presents Nightshade
Nightshade is San Francisco bassist and composer Lisa Mezzacappa’s electro-acoustic chamber ensemble, performing her original compositions and unusual arrangements inspired by the work of contemporary visual artists and filmmakers from Israel, Paris, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The group’s musical world encompasses evocative melodies, abstract sonic landscapes and playful rhythmic juxtapositions. At Trinity, Nightshade performs compositions by Lisa Mezzacappa, Cory Wright, Jason Levis and arrangements of Olivier Messiaen and others.

Saturday, December 3, 8pm
Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell St., San Francisco
Meridian presents Grex: Karl Evangelista (guitar, vox), Margaret Rei Scampavia (keys, winds, vox) with special guests Jordan Glenn and Karen Stackpole (percussion), performing selections from its newly released album, “Second Marriage”, and previews the second part of its Filipino-American trilogy–a fantastical exploration of the band’s World War II-era ancestry, tentatively titled “Mushroom.”

From Berkeley Arts Festival:

Saturday, December 3, 8pm
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave., Berkeley
Berkeley Arts Festival presents Cloud Shepherd with special guest violinist India Cooke.
Cloud Shepherd is: Brian Lucas (6 string bass, electronic devices, vocals), Andrew Joron (theremin), Joseph Noble (wind instruments), Mark Pino (cloud kit).

From Bay Improviser:

Saturday, December 3, 9:30pm
Disco Volante, 347 14th St. (@ Webster), Oakland
Disco Volante presents Go Van Gogh

Sunday, December 4, 8pm
Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison St., Berkeley
The quartet of pianist Myra Melford, drummer Scott Amendola, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, and bassist John Shifflet will present a concert of original compositions. A percentage of the proceeds will go to the The Jazz and Improvised Music Fund of the Department of Music, UC Berkeley (JIM Fund). Plus, all ticket holders will be able to download audio from the show for free!

Monday, December 5, 8pm
Make-Out Room, 22nd St. (@ Mission), San Francisco
The Monday Makeout Presents:
* Eric Glick Reiman (solo prepared Fender Rhodes)
* Bollywood Sax (Aaron Bennett, Cory Wright, TBA – reeds)
* Autonomous Rogers: Mike Abraham (guitar), George Ban-Weiss (bass), Eric Garland (drums)

Tuesday, December 6, 7:30pm
Tuesdays at Tom’s Place, 3111 Deakin St., Berkeley
Metal Shop: Karen Stackpole (gongs & other metallophones) and Die Elektrischen (Drew Webster)(electronic processing).

From Berkeley Arts Festival:

Wednesday, December 7, 8pm
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave., Berkeley
Berkeley Arts Festival presents: Bristle
(new compositions, from ragtime to no-time, & new instruments, from bass violins to 1/2 clarinets)
Randy McKean & Cory Wright (reeds), Murray Campbell (violins & oboes), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass).

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From Bay Improviser:

Thursday, November 17, 7:30pm
Tuesdays at Tom’s Place, 3111 Deakin St., Berkeley
Piotr Michalowski (saxes, including sopranino) from Michigan, Vinny Golia (sopranino sax) and Jon Raskin (sopranino sax). A very squeaky saxophone trio.

Thursday, November 17, 8pm
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th St.), San Francisco
OutSound presents Luggage Store New Music Series
Music in Motion featuring the Cornelius Cardew Choir
Solo, duo, quintet, sextet and ensemble pieces by Bob Marsh, Diane Caudillo, Nancy Beckman and Tom Bickley. Music in Motion is an ongoing series of investigations into the sonic properties of the Luggage Store Gallery. This series, curated by Bob Marsh, explores the dialogue between sound and space. How does sound define the space? How does the space define the sound. This is the sixth event in this series.

From Berkeley Arts Festival:

Thursday, November 17, 8pm
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave., Berkeley
* ADDLEDS: Kanoko Nishi (koto), Kyle Bruckmann (oboe/English horn), Tony Dryer (bass) & Jacob Felix Heule (percussion)
Addleds explore timbral and textural extremes of distended instrumental technique via improvisation and open-ended compositional strategies. Their music tends towards a brutalist minimalism as informed by the noise underground as by recent developments in the field of free improvisation.

From Bay Improviser:

Thursday, November 17, 9pm
Public Works, 161 Erie St., San Francisco
T.I.T.S., Erase Errata, & Grass Widow join forces to melt your mind! Possible T.I.T.S. record release.

From The Freight.Org:

Friday, November 18, 8pm
Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley
* Australian Bebop Ragas: Teed Rockwell (veena), Stephen Kent (didgeridu), Ian Dogole (world jazz drums), Vishal Nagar (tabla).
As its name suggests, this performance weaves together intriguing elements from far-flung corners of the globe to create an adventurous evening’s listening.

From Squid List:

Friday, November 18, 9pm
Kimo’s Penthouse Lounge, 1351 Polk St., San Francisco
First Church of the Sacred Silversexual Debut
The First Church of the Sacred Silversexual is a musical in the form of a religious service where David Bowie is the object of our exaltation! Join the Reverent Father Lysol Tony-Romeo and the very first “worship” band, The Strangers, for a night of sparkly revelry, beatitude and blasphemy, rock show and revival!

From Bay Improviser:

Saturday, November 19, 4:30pm
Vessel Gallery, 471 25th St. (between Broadway and Telegraph), Oakland
Vessel Acoustic Festival – showcasing exquisite acoustic music in our aurally compelling architectural space, featuring:
Graham Patzner (Whiskerman), Phillip Greenlief (solo), Tumbleweed Wanderers, Song Preservation Society, Sara Aboulafia, Lia Rose, Wolf and Crow, The Fist and the Furry.

From Squid List:

Saturday, November 19, 8pm
Temescal Art Center, 511 48th St., Oakland
THE UNCOMFORTABLE ZONES OF FUN: experiments in experience/participation performance
Frank Moore, world-known shaman performance artist, will conduct improvised passions of musicians, actors, dancers, and audience members in a laboratory setting to create altered realities of fusion beyond taboos. Bring your passions and musical instruments and your senses of adventure and humor.

From Bay Improviser:

Saturday, November 19, 8pm
Electric Works Gallery, 130 8th St.,(SOMA), San Francisco
Electric Works Gallery Presents Phillip Greenlief and Jon Raskin’s 1+1
* Phillip Greenlief (solo saxophone)
* Jon Raskin (solo saxophone)
* This performance will conclude with a duo performance by Phillip and Jon.

From Berkeley Arts Festival:

Saturday, November 19, 8pm
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave., Berkeley
Danishta Rivero Solo (Hydrophonium)

From Bay Improviser:

Sunday, November 20, 5pm
Actual Cafe, 6334 San Pablo Ave., Oakland
Actual Jazz Series, curated by drummer Jordan Glenn
* duo: Kanoko Nishi (koto), Jacob Felix Heule (percussion)
* trio: Fred Frith (guitar), Jason Hoopes (bass), Jordan Glenn (drums)
The Actual Jazz Series takes place every third Sunday from 5-7pm at the Actual Café in North Oakland. Each month a different local musician curates the musical program for the evening, presenting a diverse cross-section of the local scene.

From FaceBook:

Monday, November 21, 7pm
Luna’s Cafe, 1414 16th St., Sacramento
Nebraska Mondays, curated by Ross Hammond, presents:
Tyson Graf/Mike Johnson and the Know Hassell Project

From Berkeley Arts Festival:

Monday, November 21, 8pm
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave., Berkeley
The Pierrot Players perform Pierrot Lunaire

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From Bay Improviser:

Thursday, November 10, 7:30pm
Maybeck Studio, Berkeley (directions/reservations, email: theresa.wong8 (at) gmail.com)
Theresa Wong’s THE UNLEARNING, CD Release Concert & Celebration with HELLO DUST
* THE UNLEARNING: Theresa Wong (cello, voice), Carla Kihlstedt (violin, voice).
* HELLO DUST: Carla Kihlstedt (voice, violin, pump organ) & Matthias Bossi (drums, percussion, keyboards, voice, bass harmonica)
Theresa’s debut release on Tzadik records, The Unlearning is a collection of songs inspired by the Disasters of War etchings by Francisco Goya, recorded and performed in duo with the extraordinary Carla Kihlstedt.

Thursday, November 10, 8pm
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th St.), San Francisco
OutSound presents Luggage Store New Music Series
Four Channels of Music by:
* 8pm – Tim Walters (electronics)
* 8:45 – Amar Chaudhary (electronics)
* 9:30 – Robert Hamilton (electronics)

Friday, November 11, 8pm
The Lab, 2948 16th St., San Francisco
IAMINDUST Experifest 2011 with:
Chrome (legendary San Francisco ‘cyborg punk’ band), Death of the West, Future Blondes, Dark Muse, SciHi, James Goode, Cloud Shepherd.

Friday, November 11, 8pm
THE MILK BAR at The Sunshine Biscuit Factory, 81st and San Leandro, Oakland
Installation / video / sound by Kim Anno, Dave Coll and Ricardo Rivera
Performance / music by The wounded stag (Dan Carbone & Andrew Goldfarb)
Dance & Film by Margit Galanter (dance) & Kadet Kuhne (film)
Film and Live Music by Sylvia Schedelbauer (film) and Lisa Mezzacappa / Noah Phillips (music)
Prose by Maw Shein Win (poetry).

From Berkeley Arts Festival:

Friday, November 11, 8pm
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave. (between Shattuck and Oxford), Berkeley
TRIO with Fred Frith (guitar), Theresa Wong (cello/voice) & special guest from Denmark, SØREN KJÆRGAARD (piano)

From Bay Improviser:

Saturday, November 12, 8pm
The Lab, 2948 16th St., San Francisco
IAMINDUST EXPERIfestival 2011 with:
Nux Vomica, Deglet Noor Fakris, Instagon, Nihil Communication, Thomas Dimuzio, Illusion of Safety, Noisepslam, Cursed Chimera.

Sunday, November 13, 2pm
Cafe Royale, 800 Post St. (@ Leavenworth), San Francisco
Ken Bullock and Gilbert Johnson Present Second Sunday Jazz:
The Lost Trio: Phillip Greenlief (tenor saxophone), Dan Seamans (bass), Tom Hassett (drums).

From Mills College:

Sunday, November 13, 4pm
Mills College, Center for Contemporary Music, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland
Mills Music Now presents: GIANNA ABONDOLO playing cello music by Crumb, Shostakovich, Tanaka, and Abondolo. Performers include Gianna Abondolo (cello, composition), Robert Schwartz (piano), Jeffrey Anderle (clarinet), William Everett (double bass), Loren Mach (percussion).

From Bay Improviser:

Sunday, November 13, 7:30pm
Musicians Union Hall, 116 9th St. (@ Mission), San Francisco
OutSound.org presents SIMM series:
2 sets by Noertker’s Moxie Quintet: Annelise Zamula (tenor saxophone, flute), Amber Lamprecht (oboe, flute), John Vaughn (baritone sax, flute), Bill Noertker (contrabass), Dax Compise (drums).

From Berkeley Arts Festival:

Sunday, November 13, 8pm
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave. (between Shattuck and Oxford), Berkeley
* Phillip Greenlief (saxophones), Soren Kjerkgaard (piano), Tim Perkis (electronics).
* Empty Cage Quartet: Jason Mears (saxophone, clarinet), Kris Tiner (trumpet), Ivan Johnson (bass), Paul Kikuchi (drums).

From Bay Improviser:

Sunday, November 13, 9pm
Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk St., San Francisco
* Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait & Switch
* Ava Mendoza (guitar) / Nick Tamburro (drums)
* Myles Boisen & Friends

Monday, November 14, 8pm
Yoshi’s San Francisco, 1330 Fillmore St., San Francisco
Yoshi’s San Francisco presents Amiri Baraka and Ishmael Reed plus Roscoe Mitchell, in a fundraiser for the Before Columbus Foundation.

Tuesday, November 15, 7:30pm
Tuesdays at Tom’s Place, 3111 Deakin St., Berkeley
duo and trio performances by Theresa Wong (cello/voice), with SØREN KJÆRGAARD (piano) and TORBEN ULRICH (voice, etc.).

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Monday, November 7, 7pm
Luna’s Cafe, 1414 16th St., Sacramento
Nebraska Mondays 2-Year Anniversary Show
* Alex Jenkins Sound Immersion
* Tom Monson Trio (with Vinny Golia and Ross Hammond)
* Terrence McManus (NYC, solo guitar)

From Bay Improviser

Monday, November 7, 8pm
Makeout Room, 22 St. (at Mission), SF
The Monday Makeout presents:
* Vijay Anderson’s Touch and Go Sextet (Anderson-Mezzacappa-Bennett-Wright-Goldberg-Johnston)
* Moe Staiano (solo)
* Karl Evangelista’s Dino Piranha (Greenlief-Stuart-Glenn-Evangelista-Phillips)
* Rei Scampavia (keyboards)

Tuesday, November 8, 7:30pm
Tuesdays at Tom’s Place, 3111 Deakin St., Berkeley
two solo guitar sets, with:
* Terrence McManus (guitar, composer, sound artist)(NYC)
* Han-earl Park (guitar, electronics)(LA)

Tuesday, November 8, 9pm
The Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Ave., Oakland
Active Music Series presents:
* James Fei Alto Quartet (James Fei, Randy McKean, Aram Shelton, and Jacob Zimmerman)
* Cory Wright Quintet (Rob Ewing, Evan Francis, Jordan Glenn, Lisa Mezzacappa, Cory Wright)

Wednesday, November 9, 7:30pm
Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell St., San Francisco
Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents a solo performance by Cornelius Boots. Cornelius’ performance at Meridian will consist entirely of the long-form, chance operation format called The Hermetic Bamboo Flute Method. This is an experimental, improvised music ritual focused on spontaneous, elemental sound explorations on 10 big bamboo flutes. The turn of Hermetic Tarot cards determines the flute and the style of each selection. The performer connects to the moment and the Invisible; the listener experiences the arising and passing away of various sounds. The performance will include special guest space-holder Felicia I. Chavez: PhD candidate in Mythological Studies, dream detective, sustainable business consultant and long-time meditation practitioner.

Wednesday-Thursday, November 9-10, 7:30pm
Maybeck Studio, Berkeley (directions/reservations, email: theresa.wong8 (at) gmail.com)
Theresa Wong’s THE UNLEARNING, CD Release Concert & Celebration with HELLO DUST
* THE UNLEARNING: Theresa Wong (cello, voice), Carla Kihlstedt (violin, voice).
* HELLO DUST: Carla Kihlstedt (voice, violin, pump organ) & Matthias Bossi (drums, percussion, keyboards, voice, bass harmonica)
Theresa’s debut release on Tzadik records, The Unlearning is a collection of songs inspired by the Disasters of War etchings by Francisco Goya, recorded and performed in duo with the extraordinary Carla Kihlstedt.

Thursday, November 10, 8pm
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th St.), San Francisco
OutSound presents Luggage Store New Music Series
Four Channels of Music by:
* 8pm – Tim Walters (electronics)
* 8:45 – Amar Chaudhary (electronics)
* 9:30 – Robert Hamilton (electronics)

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From Bay Improviser:

Thursday, November 3, 8pm
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St. (@ 6th Street), SF
OutSound presents Luggage Store New Music Series
* 8:15pm – Tethers: Andrew Weathers (banjo), Hey Exit (koto).
* 8:45pm – Christina Stanley, Graphical scores for small ensemble, including: Christina Stanley (violin), Devon Thrumston (cello), Daniel Steffey (percussion), Anna Wray (percussion).
* 9:30pm – Terrence McManus (guitar) (from Brooklyn, NY)

Thursday, November 3, 9:30pm
Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave. (@ Prince), Berkeley
Brian-Kenny Fresno, Moe! Staiano (solo), Jack O’ the Clock

Friday, November 4, 7:30pm
Turquoise Yantra Grotto, House-concert venue near Glen Park in San Francisco. Address will be sent to reservation holders. To reserve, contact Joe Lasqo: joe (at) joelasqo.com
Joe Lasqo, Sung Kim  & David Depuis (together, Hare & Arrow), & David Samas
Invented instruments: The Gigantar, The Fawn, Gamelan Piano, Zen Industrial Carillon, 18 volt Tromba Marina. Plus –(Tuvan throat/overtone singing), percussion & piano. Improv on ancient and future instruments drawing on modernist interpretations of Indian, Southeast Asian & Central Asian traditions.

From CNMAT:

Friday, November 4, 8pm
University of California Berkeley, CNMAT, 1750 Arch St., Berkeley
Swiss pianist Hans-Peter Pfammatter visits the bay area, in a trio performance with Aram Shelton (saxophones, clarinets), Alex Vittum (drums, percussion).
Ritwik Banerji will present improvisations with MAXine an artificial improvising agent designed with Max/MSP.

From Bay Improviser:

Saturday, November 5, 8pm
Cosmo’s Jazz Spot, 4609 Shattuck Ave., Oakland
Terrence McManus (guitarist, composer, sound artist)(NYC) Pre-Workshop Performance
The common threads that are weaved through Terrence’s performance are the seamless blending of traditional guitar playing with a new direction in prepared guitar, industrial based sounds, and live sound manipulation, using old fashioned technologies and sensibilities.

From Mills College:

Saturday, November 5, 8pm
Mills College, Center for Contemporary Music, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland
Mills Music Now presents: MILLS PERFORMING GROUP: HOCKET!
Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble: Danongan Kalanduyan, Kulintang Master Musician
Chris Brown: Gangsa for four flat-gongs and live electronics
Pauline Oliveros: Gathering Together (1983) for one piano eight hands
Ramon Santos: S’Geypo for sixteen flutes and drums
Performers include: William Winant, Chris Brown, Belle Bulwinkle, Kanongan Kalanduyan, Steed Cowart, Steve Adams, Maggi Payne, others. More information available here.

From Berkeley Arts Festival:

Saturday, November 5, 8pm
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave., Berkeley
Daniel Popsicle plays Dan Plonsey‘s Music of El Cerrito, featuring compositions from the New Monsters series.

From Bay Improviser:

Sunday, November 6, 11:30am
The JazzSchool, 2087 Addison St., Berkeley
New York-based guitarist Terrence McManus leads a workshop focusing on the techniques and approaches involved in developing a more open, broad approach to improvisation. This workshop benefits students by addressing aspects of improvisation that the traditional approaches to improvisation, based on chord/scale relationship and the memorization of predetermined harmonic vocabulary, tend to omit. Students gain a deeper understanding of the entire process of improvisation, with an emphasis on group interaction, leading to a higher level of musical maturity. Participants are asked to consider new ways of thinking about improvisation, and are given suggestions on how to incorporate these ideas into their performances and practice routines.

Sunday, November 6, 7:30pm
Musicians Union Hall, 116 9th St (@ Mission), San Francisco
OutSound presents SIMM Series
* 7:30pm – Cloud Shepard: Brian Lucas (devices), Andrew Joron (theremin), Joseph Noble (percussion, wind instruments)
* 8:30pm – The New Leaf Society: Keith Avolino Hernandez (keys, computer), Saber Kahn (computers, drum machine), Allan Len (fretless and fretted electric bass), Michael Grandi (guitars, looping effects).

From Berkeley Arts Festival:

Sunday, November 6, 8pm
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Ave., Berkeley
Berkeley Arts Festival presents Tatsuya Nakitani solo (percussion) and Trio with Tom Djll (trumpet), Phillip Greenlief (saxophone).

From Bay Improviser:

Sunday, November 6, 9pm
Subterranean ArtHouse, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Guitar duos and trio with guitar/recorders/moog synthesizer.
Terrence McManus (electric guitar), Karl Alfonso Evangelista (electric guitar), David Leikam (electric bass, cello, Moog Rogue), Tom Bickley (recorders). An accomplished solo guitarist, Terrence performs his own compositions and arrangements, and has developed a unique style of improvisation, drawing on extended technique and prepared guitar.

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