The launch of the exhibition will include a free public reception to introduce the artists featured in the show. Sara Kraft will debut excerpts from FAIR// SHARE// FARE, her newest performance exploring the experiences of Bay Area rideshare drivers and users.
free RSVP 510.809.0900
6:30pm to 9pm, David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way
duo B.
Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass
Jason Levis, drums
duo B., the improvising and composing ensemble of Berlin-based percussionist Jason Levis and Bay Area bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, has been experimenting with the gloriously vulnerable duo format for ten years. Levis and Mezzacappa play graphic scores, music for experimental films, and original compositions and structured improvisations that explore gesture, texture, tunefulness and propulsive momentum.
Listen here:
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/catalog/4118.html
"...mysterious, complexly textured improvisations that sometimes take shape as the aural equivalent of abstract expressionist paintings, whether the ethereal, mystical canvasses of Mark Rothko or the jittery, splatter techniques of Jackson Pollock." - Derk Richardson, KPFA radio host and music critic
Green Mitchell Trio
Cory Wright, tenor sax and clarinet
Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass
Jason Levis, drums
Reeds player Cory Wright assembled the bay area based Green Mitchell Trio with bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and drummer Jason Levis in order to realize a growing collection of music he has been writing for this instrumental configuration. The group is a kinetic, versatile unit that can climb through compositional complexities, swing from the outer limbs of jazz, and plummet into the groundlessness of spontaneous soundspace... and the possibility of hopping on a passing groove is never out of the question.
Listen Here:
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/catalog/4123.html
8pm to 10:30pm, Berkeley Arts - 2133 University Avenue, between Shattuck & Oxford
Featuring Musekiwa Chingodza, Mbira virtuoso from Zimbabwe, The KTO Project and more! $23 advance / $25 door. 644-2020. www.thefreight.org
8pm, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison Street
Begins at 8 pm with Nathan Dias of Swing or Nothing teaching a progressive Lindy Hop dance lesson series (for an additional charge; pre-registration and discounts available), followed by Karen and Michael leading a free beginner dance lesson. $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
9pm, Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center, 1317 San Pablo Avenue