A production of two one acts exploring the absurdities of our addiction to oil and the downstream consequences.
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2pm to 3pm, Live Oak Park
8 pm
Past, Present, Future
Myles Boisen - guitar
John Hanes - drums
Past - Present - Future is an instrumental trio led by Bay Area guitarist and record producer Myles Boisen. Digging deep into the dialects of blues and jazz, the group speaks in rootsy abstractions that are alternately searing, swinging, and spooky. With Boisen's chiseled guitar leading the way, this agile three-piece adventures and improvises its way through the musical backroads of Louisiana swamps, Chicago barrooms, and Manhattan jazz dives.
Drummer John Hanes is a veteran of the San Francisco new wave (Chrome, Romeo Void) and blues scenes (Etta James, Bonnie Raitt), while bassist Lisa Mezzacappa is the foundation of many of the Bay Area's most creative ensembles. Myles Boisen has played in The Splatter Trio, Club Foot Orchestra, John Zorn's Cobra, and worked with the likes of Tom Waits, David Lynch, Fred Frith, The Tigerlillies, and many more.
9 pm
Joshua Marshall Quintet
Christina Stanley - violin, recitation
Aaron Oppenheim - laptop
Nick Kanozik - clarinet
Diane Grubbe - flutes
Josh Marshall - saxophones
The Quintet will perform improvised settings of texts chosen by members of the group.
On the subject of improvisation, Frederic Rzewski writes:
"Logical connections are abandoned. Or rather, a playful, metaphorical 'logic' is introduced. A might normally lead to B; but A is something like P, so might also lead to Q."
Taking as a cue the "playful, metaphorical logic" which serves as a common foundation for both improvisation and poetry, this quintet will grapple with semantics and architecture in equal parts, improvising live settings to works which do work with words.
8pm to 10:30pm, Berkeley Arts - 2133 University Avenue, between Shattuck & Oxford