Welcome to the Paul Dresher Ensemble
Two nights of freewheeling improvised music and creative jazz from some of the scene's most adventurous and exciting ensembles, celebrating three new recordings out this fall on Berkeley's Queen Bee Records. This first evening is devoted to the OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRA'S debut release, west and east baying representing two sides of the ensemble’s output: a […]
Second night of freewheeling improvised music and creative jazz from some of the scene's most adventurous and exciting ensembles. Celebrating three new recordings out this fall on Berkeley's Queen Bee Records — the 7th, 8th and 9th! — in a series of 12 releases coming this year. Beth Schenck Quintet A wildly creative and original […]
The Rainwater-Shim Duo (pianist Anne Rainwater and flutist Meerenai Shim) performs duos and solos, including Pencilled Wings for flute, piano, and electronic playback by Emma O'Halloran, Greener Grass by Caroline Ansink, 90+ for piano by Elliott Carter, and Miniatures Book 4: Preset Etudes for flute and electronics by Brent Miller. Thomas Carnacki, in the performance […]