Dead Air Trio @ the Arroyo Arts Collective

Reposted from http://jeremykeller.posterous.com:

Dead Air Trio , with Jeremy Keller-Guitar, Dan Clucas-Trumpet, and Brian Christopherson-Drums, will be performing at the space of artist J Michael Walker as part of the Arroyo Arts Collective's annual self-guided tour, the "Recovery Discovery Tour". Tickets for the whole tour must be purchased, the address of the artist's space will be provided at that time. The Dead Air Trio will perform at approximately 2 PM.

The Arroyo Arts Collective/“The Recovery Discovery Tour”
Starts at the Lummis Home
200 E. Avenue 43
Highland Park CA 90031
9:30 AM to 5:00 PM (length of whole event)
$10 provides access to all artist spaces

Mike Dubin w/ Michael Fortunato & Friends!

This sounds like a great concert coming up on Saturday w/ a great line-up.

Jazz Concert w/Michael Fortunato & Friends!
Mike Dubin drums, Shea Welsh guitar, Evan Calbi bass, DJ Bonebrake (X) vibes, & Michael Fortunato trumpet! W/special guest vocalist Michelle Coltrane!!!


Saturday, Nov. 21st6:30-9:30pm $10.00 donation.

True Yoga in Thousand Oaks!!!
Wine & Refreshments w/a boutique!

3625 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, #322
Westlake Village, CA 91362

Interviews to come.....

I am going to start holding interviews with musicians based in the Southern California area. I need to start constructing questions and I have a list of people I would like to start with:

Wadada Leo Smith, Vinny Golia, Shin Kawasaki, Ulrich Krieger, Hans Fjellstad, Steuart Liebig, Wayne Peet, GE Stinson, Nels Cline, Mike Watt, Rocco Somazzi, Titus Levi, Jeff Kaiser, Mark Trayle, Jeff Gauthier, David Witham, Bobby Bradford, Michael Sessions, and many, many, more. I would like to interview a lot of the not so well known composers/players as well, but ones who are playing out often and keeping the music fresh. The previous list is just off the top of my head. I would like to dig deeper.

Will start soon maybe have the first up by next month, will have to see how it goes. Need to figure out how to do....I'm a musician not an interviewer. Would like them to be kind of like Anil Prasad's highly successful interviews on his Innerviews site.

Midtones in Chinatown

Midtones is an open event hosted by the great guitarist Shin Kawasaki on the 1st and 3rd wednesdays of the month and is, well...eclectic to say the least. Revolving musicians sit in, as well as rappers, DJ's, poets, dancers, and whatever walks through the door that night. Shin has been hosting this event at the Grand Star in Chinatown for well over a year now and you really never know what is going to happen. I have seen them actually pull the party from the upstairs room because it was way more happening in the Midtones domain.

Also be sure to check out the blue haired funkiness of the alluring and equally creepy, Madeleines

From Midtones site:

"MidTones is an eclectic/experimental open jam that takes place @ Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month. if you play any musical instrument, use devices and machines that make noise, sing, rap, beatbox, write poems, dance, do stand-up, or like to hang out and meet people, have conversation with people, AND you're looking for something that is different, experimental, in the moment, no expectation, no categorization, no limitation (except for the midnight cut-out time) - this is the venue for you.


Shin Kawasaki website

1st and 3rd Wednesdays
9:30PM-12:30AM

Grand Star Jazz Club
943 N. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA

Sarah Ann, Emily Hay, Kat Knockels @ Cafe Muse

Fantastic LA musicians: Sarah Phillips - piano, Emily Hay - flute, & Kat Knockels - bassoon will be performing at Cafe Muse in Hollywood tonight in a improvised set. These three women play at the top of their game and are not to be missed!

Friday, November 13, 2009
10:30pm - 11:45pm
Cafe Muse
6547 Santa Monica Blvd
Hollywood, CA

OC Creative Music Collective Concert Series: Steuart Liebig/Seconda Parttica Quintet

Seconda Prattica

This exciting, but rarely seen quintet, features bassist Steuart Liebig’s wonderful compositions and is formed by some of the Los Angeles areas greatest players. Seconda Prattica is comprised of LA’s Michael Vlatkovich (trombone), Bill Plake (Tenor Sax), Dan Clucas (Trumpet) and Alex Cline (drums)

and, the crazy part. . . it's FREE!!!

OC Creative Music Collective

Episcopal Church of the Messiah:
614 N. Bush St.
Santa Ana, California 92701

6:30PM

Misuzu Kitazumi @ Max & Co. Nov. 20th

Los Angeles kotoist/pianist, Misuzu Kitazumi will be playing traditional and popular koto music along with improvisation at Max & Co. on Melrose.

Misuzu mixes some traditional koto with contemporary electronica beats and rhythms as well as free improvisation and more. Misuzu has performed with the Improvising Composers United, Motoko Honda, Daren Burns, Famoudou Don Moye, Susie Allen, and many more.

Friday, November 20th
5-8PM

Max & Co.
8422 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90069
(323) 297-0165