Angel City Arts presents Mercury Falls + Norton Wisdom - Live @ Royal/T

SATURDAY JULY 24 2010 @ 8PM
MERCURY FALLS + NORTON WISDOM
ROYAL/T
8910 WASHINGTON BLVD. CULVER CITY, CA 90232
310.559.6300

$15 admission at the door. $10 for students

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For one night only San Francisco-based Mercury Falls (written by Ryan Francesconi and Patrick Cress) will perform music from their debut record, Quadrangle. They will be joined on stage by one of L.A.s treasures, live painter Norton Wisdom. Wisdom will have a rich musical landscape on which to paint his lush, texture-rich canvas. The music of Mercury Falls combines ambient textures with driving rhythms and the freedom of jazz. The two idioms fit together like a glove to create an exciting night of sensory stimulation.

Mercury Falls was born out of a multi-media project called Octagon, combining a jazz quartet with four dancers and a live painter. The quartet was first named Quadrangle and performed a series of shows together in 2005. San Francisco-based label Porto Franco Records has enabled the band to reunite and finally release their debut record five years later. Members of Mercury Falls have performed or recorded with Tom Waits, Joanna Newsom, String Cheese Incident, the London Symphony, Jolie Holland, Lili De La Mora, Sean Hayes, Michelle Amador, Scott Amendola, Nancy Ostrovsky and Telepathy.

Mercury Falls manipulates a combination of ambient beats and textures with the freedom and feel of jazz. Their fresh approach to melody is a seamless connection between acoustic artistry and imaginative programming. Subtle electronic coloring, created through field recordings, is combined with the traditional jazz combo and countless musical influences. With the music of Mercury Falls, you'll hear the naked acoustic guitar as it moves across a varied digital soundscape; driving ride cymbal accompanying serene unison melody; or the cry of saxophone over the pulsing tone of upright bass. Mercury Falls will bring you to a place of emotion; from hope to heartache, always with a sense of wonder.

From 1979 performance painter Norton Wisdom has worked with musical ensembles and spontaneously paints images that capture the essence of the moment and has exhibited and be collected by museums and galleries around the world. You must see this unique and original artist perform live with band to appreciate his talent. Performance Collaborations include Disney concert hall with organist Christoph bull: Monterey jazz fest. 2005. Lincoln center united nations "bloodless diamonds": Wisnter Olympics 2002, Salt Lake. Opening of the Baliagio Hotel Las Vegas. Premier of the Cirque Du Soleil, George Clinton, Beck, Flea, Mike Watt, and Badal Roy to name a few.

Royal/T will open at 7pm and will be serving an eclectic selection of Japanese/French tapas and beer/wine/sake drinks.


MERCURY FALLS WEBSITE

ROYAL/T WEBSITE

ROCCO IN LA WEBSITE

CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE WEBSITE

Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010
Time: 8:00pm - 10:30pm
Location: Royal/T
Street: 8910 Washington Blvd
City/Town: Culver City, CA

New Music by Casey Anderson, Cecilia Lopez, and Jacob Wick @ Pieter PASD

New venue Pieter PASD having new music by Casey T. Anderson, Cecilia Lopez, and Jacob Wick. Will be a great night of music.

Start Time: Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 8:00pm
Location: Pieter PASD
Address: 420 West Avenue 33, Unit 10, Lincoln Heights
City/Town: Los Angeles, CA

Noise Night Out @ The ResBox 7.15 w/ SMEGMA, Joe Potts, Wormses

July's Resbox is for the noise fan It will feature legendary noise outfit Smegma, Joe Potts, and Wormses!
Come check it out Thursday the 15th at the Steve Allen...

- SMEGMA
http://myspace.com/smegmatheoriginal
http://lafms.com/

- JOE POTTS
http://tinyurl.com/2cg752g

- WORMSES (San Francisco)
feat. Bobby Adams (Loachfillet) + Tony Dryer + Jacob Felix Heule (Basshaters)
http://heule.us/
http://myspace.com/tonydryerbass

Thursday, July 15, 8PM
ResBox @ Steve Allen Theater
The Center for Inquiry
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90027

$10 at the door or reservations at: (800) 595-4849
more info: (323) 666-4268

all ages + free parking in lot

http://steveallentheater.com/resbox
http://myspace.com/resboxmusic
http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=50827566387

ResBox presents an eclectic roster of experimental music luminaries and emerging artists on stage every third Thursday of the month at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood.

Now in its third year, ResBox alumni include Lukas Ligeti, Carl Stone, Z'EV, Steve Roden, Soriah, Laetitia Sonami, Tatsuya Nakatani, Vinny Golia, Motoko Honda, Ezra Buchla, Lisle Ellis, Steamboat Switzerland, Leticia Castaneda, David Scott Stone, Elise Baldwin, G.E. Stinson, Jim McAuley, Daedeuls, Baseck, Phillip Greenlief, Thollem McDonas, Alex Cline, Marco Eneidi, Urban Electronic Music, Kadet Kuhne, Becca Mhalek, Ice Cream, Brotulid, Metal Rouge, Ronit Kirchman, Dottie Grossman, among many others.

"The only place in town to tap the really freaky brew." - MetalJazz.com

And check out our ResBox series video clip on YouTube...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c2-GHFL1Kqg

Video Archive Playlist:
http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=08919219DEF98018

OGT Presents; Ellen Burr's L.A. Collective and the OGT Ensemble July 11th

Another great show by Will Salmon at the Open Gate Theatre in Eagle Rock. Check it out!

Open Gate Presents:

Ellen Burr's L.A. Collective is a multi-disciplinary improvisational ensemble working with structures, textures and the interdependence of the mediums.
Ellen Burr, flutes,
Laura Osborn, flutes,
Bruce Friedman, trumpet,
Jeff Schwartz, upright/acoustic bass, Oz, stick,
Steve Burr, percussion and
Charlie Lowery, percussion
featuring Anet Ris-Kelman - performance

Open Gate Ensemble will include:
Brad Dutz, percussion
Vinny Golia, woodwinds
George McMullen, trombone
Will Salmon, flute, voice
guests include:
Heather Rhea Dawn, dance
Joe Schenck, dance

Admission is $10, students, seniors, and series performers half price.
Free parking is plentiful.

Frank Macchia: Folk Songs for Jazzers Band Show! July 5th!

Here is a stellar band line-up that the multi-grammy nominated, reedsman Frank Macchia has put together. A who's who of LA Jazzers. Not to be missed!

From Frank Macchia:

I just wanted to let you all know that my Folk Songs for Jazzers Band will be playing a one night only rare performance at Vitello's Jazz and Supper Club in Studio City on Monday, July 5th. This is the holiday for Independence Day, so come on by and celebrate America's Independence with a fun filled show of all your favorite American folk songs whacked out by yours truly, and played by an incredible group of Los Angeles finest jazz musicians. We'll be debuting 8 new arrangements for the new CD we'll be recording in August ("Son of Folk Songs for Jazzers"), as well as playing many of the classics from the original CD. The band will be:

• Wayne Bergeron - Trumpet and Flugelhorn
• Peter Erskine - Drums and propulsion!
• Grant Geissman - Guitars
• Michael Hatfield- Vibes and mallets
• Trey Henry - Acoustic Bass
• Alex Iles - Trombone, Baritone Horn, and Tuba
• Christian Jacob - Piano
• Valarie King - Flutes
• Sal Lozano - Saxes, Flutes and Clarinets
• Frank Macchia - Saxes, Flutes and Clarinets
• Jay Mason - Saxes, Flutes, English Horn and Clarinets (including the ever romantic Bass Sax!)
• Kevin Porter - Trombone, Baritone Horn, Bass Trombone, and Tuba
• Bill Reichenbach - Trombone, Baritone Horn, Bass Trombone, Bass Trumpet and Tuba
• Bob Sheppard - Saxes, Flutes and Clarinets

We'll be doing two shows, at 8 PM and 9:30 PM at:
Upstairs at Vitello's Jazz Room,
4349 Tujunga Ave., Studio City, Ca 91604.
$20 cover (it's a BIG band!!) and 2 drink minimum, but remember, the more you drink, the better we sound!
Call 818-769-0905 for reservations.

Thanks and I hope to see y'all there!!
-Frank

Date:	Monday, July 5, 2010
Time:	8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:	Vitello's Jazz and Supper Club
Street:	4349 Tujunga Ave.
City/Town:	Studio City, CA

Midtones Returns! Plus Shin Kawasaki CD Release! July 7th!

The Midtones makes a mighty return!

From Shin Kawasaki:

well folks, here it is; after much experimentation, pursuit of perfection (and procrastination) - I am releasing my 1st solo effort. honestly, yet there’s still much room to improve, I believe that I managed to enclose a lot of different aspects of my musical interests in these tracks; some borrowed, some twisted and some improvised. it also showcases the amazing talents that I had the privilege of knowing over the course of 10 years that I lived, loved and grew old in this city of Los Angeles. it’s a kind of thank you note to the community that I was lucky enough to be a part of.

on July 7th, MidTones will make a comeback to its good ol’ 1st / 3rd Wednesdays routine. and I wanna invite you people to come out on a school night (I’M SORRY) to hang with me and the gang at Grand Star. in true MidTones spirit, I’m gonna invite the regulars and beyond to “jam” on some of the tunes included on the album. I am curious to see how these “constructed-inside-a-MacBook” grooves would be interpreted with a live ensemble…the night will also feature a special performance from ever-lovely MidTones Madeleines. the limited-run physical CDs will be available for you to purchase, which features an amazing drawing by Phloe!

2nd part of the night will be MidTones as we know it…we’ll open up and have people jam, dance and laugh (you can cry too) like we have legalized marijuana. you are welcome to bring friends who like jamming with new people, dancing to the music that ranges from Paranoid to My Funny Valentine. or Akon. maybe NOT Akon. don’t know. that’s a tough one.

FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND due to geographical reason;
the album will be available for digital download AFTER the party,
I will let you know when it is!

Start Time:	Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 9:00pm
End Time:	Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 1:00am
Location:	GrandStar Jazz Club
Street:	943 N.Broadway (Sun Mun Way)
City/Town:	Los Angeles, CA

Scott Heustis Group Live @ The Hive July 3rd

The Hive Gallery is full of amazing art and artists, and this Saturday night. The Hive will also be full of some amazing improvised live music by The Scott Heustis Group. We go on at 8:00PM and the cover is only $8 ($5 if you wear black and yellow... bee colors!)

Scott Heustis guitar, Robert Leng sax, Jeff Schwartz bass and also special guest drummer Wayne Griffin!

Parking:
There is street parking as well as parking lots across the street and to
the left (south) of the Hive.

Here is The Hive website:

http://www.hivegallery.com/

And my albums can be found here:

http://www.redlinepark.com/

Date:	Saturday, July 3, 2010
Time:	8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:	The Hive Gallery
Street:	729 South Spring St.