Author Archives: Steve Peters

Bay Area improvised music stalwarts Phillip Greenlief (saxophone) and Scott Amendola (drums) bring their long running duo to town. Local clarinetist James Falzone offers a short opening set.

Scott Amendola and Phillip Greenlief celebrate 30 years of collaboration with the release of STAY WITH IT on clean feed records. They began playing together when Greenlief moved back to the SF … Read More →

Seattle composers BC Campbell, Paul Matthew Moore, and Krystal Barghelame join up again for the Invisible Composers Lab third installment  featuring new works for piano and cello. With the composers at the piano, they are teaming up with cellist Maria Scherer Wilson, to present new pieces exploring the composed and improvised boundaries of these two instruments.

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Threshold is an all-star band comprised of Seattle improvised music scene veterans. Organized by Don Berman, the group assembled for a free-ranging recording session in 2023, and their self-titled first album together is the result.

This project is the manifestation of a musical vision Berman has held for years. His late father, William Berman, was a master violist who performed extensively … Read More →

Contemporary classical pianist and composer Thomas Abrahamson will debut his new Piano Sonata as well as a select number of preludes complemented by a piece by local composer Jesse Myers. His style blends classical form with modern freedom, exploring new yet familiar soundscapes.

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It’s the year 2048 and an unseen beast is terrorizing the land. In this near-future re-telling of the legend of the Wawel Dragon, Dragonslayer invites audiences to join Our Majesty Krak’s Republic so they may benefit from the protection and knowledge this body provides.

SHOWTIMES:

Thursday Feb. 8, 6-7:30 PM (BUY TICKETS)Thursday Feb. 8, 8-9:30 PM (BUY TICKETS)Friday Feb. 9, 6-7:30 … Read More →

It’s the year 2048 and an unseen beast is terrorizing the land. In this near-future re-telling of the legend of the Wawel Dragon, Dragonslayer invites audiences to join Our Majesty Krak’s Republic so they may benefit from the protection and knowledge this body provides.

SHOWTIMES:

Thursday Feb. 8, 6-7:30 PM (BUY TICKETS)Thursday Feb. 8, 8-9:30 PM (BUY TICKETS)Friday Feb. 9, … Read More →

Master percussionist and innovator Chris Corsano performs solo, with local support from Hound Dog Taylor’s Hand and an electro-acoustic collaboration of Alan Jones, Kole Galbraith and Casey Adams.

For over 20 years Chris Corsano has pushed, pulled and reconsructed the possibilities of the drum set, both as sideman and soloist. An unrelenting innovator, he will perform works for solo drum … Read More →

A Flawed Contraption (Greg Campbell, percussion, and Jesse Canterbury, clarinets) is the duo incarnation of a pair of musicians who have worked together for years in other situations. They share an affinity for careful and responsive listening and an appreciation of space in improvisation. The sonorities employed — percussion, vibes, clarinets — are particularly well-suited to the large and warm space … Read More →

“Modern jazz history is rife with strong duos, but Wayfaring stands out by channeling ideas from American folk tradition or the church into music that extends well beyond the language of jazz. Stunning.” – Peter Margasak, The Chicago Reader

Taking its name from a beloved American folk song, Wayfaring is a duo project between bassist/vocalist Katie Ernst and clarinetist James … Read More →

A.F. Jones will play an electro-acoustic partita with lap steel guitar and electronics, improvising narrative and textures.

Daniel Menche presents a relentless dichotomy of extreme musical emotions, the noise and sound is intensely presented to make way for a pure emotional experience. 

Illusion of Safety presents The End, an improvised set of post-industrial dark ambient noise providing a potential space to gaze … Read More →