THE NORTH BERKELEY SENIOR CENTER PRESENTS
A SAMPLING OF IRISH MUSIC ~
CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK'S DAY
LAURENCE SWEENEY, Piano, LAWRANCE PHILIPS, Baritone
and VICKY JENNINGS, Four Hands Piano Partner
Free Admission Everyone Welcome
1pm to 4pm, 1901 Hearst Ave. at MLK Jr. Way ~ in the Multi-purpose Room
Tickets on sale Wed. 2/24 at 12:30 pm
$10. 644-2020. www.thefreight.org
7:30pm, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States
$7. Balkan dance lesson at 7pm. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
8pm, Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States
First Set:
Mezzacappa-Pascucci DUO
Crystal Pascucci - Cello
Lisa Mezzacappa - Bass
Improvisations, compositions, etc. from two Bay Area string explorers.
Second Set:
Adams, Johnson, Perkis
Steve Adams - Saxophones & Flutes
Max Johnson - Double Bass
Tim Perkis - Electronics
Visitor from East Coast Max Johnson:
Max Johnson is a bassist, composer and bandleader based in New York City. Growing up in Hoboken, New Jersey, Johnson learned about music at an early age from his father, Glenn Johnson, drummer/composer of the band Leisure Class. At age 13, Max took up the electric bass, and after performing with local bands in Montclair, NJ, he joined the School of Rock in 2004, where he had the incredible opportunity to tour internationally and perform with Jon Anderson, John Wetton, the Butthole Surfers, Adrian Belew, Vernon Reid, Andrew W.K., Ronnie Spector, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and a long list of others. Johnson then attended the New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music in 2008, where he studied bass with masters Henry Grimes, Mark Helias, Reggie Workman, Cameron Brown & Marji Danilow; and composition with Jane Ira Bloom, Tim Berne & Bill Kirchner. While studying there, he began performing professionally in New York City, building a name for himself as a bassist and bandleader in the improvised music world, and a first call bass player in the bluegrass scene.
See March 4 for Max's second concert.
8pm to 10pm, 2133 University Ave