Photos from Travis Sullivan’s Björkestra performing live at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 6, 2008.
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April 2008
Tags: arts, Bay-Area, BayTaper, Big-Band, bjork, bjorkestra, Brass, center, Jazz, Live, music, San-Francisco, travis sullivan, ybca, yerba buena
Categories: Local Jazz, Photos
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Categories: Local Funk, Photos
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Categories: Local Hip Hop, Photos
Switchboard Music Festival Live at Dance Mission Theater
A little more than a week ago, I was lucky enough to attend the first annual Switchboard Music Festival live at Dance Mission Theater on March 30, 2008. It was a full day of inspired music that’s best described in their own words:
The Switchboard Music Festival is an eight-hour music festival bringing together composers and musicians who are all pushing the boundaries of their respective genres. No other Bay Area music festival or concert series is dedicated to the idea of bringing together such an eclectic, genre-crossing/-breaking/-bastardizing group of experimentalists, innovators, and musical omnivores.
Some of the finest musicians in the Bay Area played over the course of the eight-hour music marathon, including Aaron Novik, Amy X Neuburg, Christopher Adler, Dan Becker, Del Sol String Quartet, Jeff Anderle, Edmund Welles, Erik Jekabson, Gamelan X, Ian Dicke, Ian Dickenson, Inner Ear Brigade, Jonathan Russell, Robin Estrada, Ryan Brown, and Slydini.
This really turned out to be a tremendous day of live original music, so please enjoy the photographs and this audio sample of Erik Jekabson’s trumpet solo (using a delay) called Opening Fanfare, which was the appropriately-named first song played at the festival (thanks Erik!). And don’t forget to help support this very-worthy festival when it comes around next year.
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Tags: Aaron-Novik, Amy X, BayTaper, board, Christopher Adler, Dan Becker, dance mission theater, Del Sol, Edmund-Welles, Erik-Jekabson, festival, Gamelan X, Ian Dicke, Ian-Dickenson, Inner Ear Brigade, Jazz, jeff-anderle, jonathan russell, Live, music, Neuburg, new-music, Quartet, Robin Estrada, ryan brown, San-Francisco, Slydini, String, switch, switchboard
Categories: Local Classical, Local Jazz, Photos, Recordings
Realistic Orchestra Live at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Coming off a huge week of rehearsals and a live album recording session at Bruno’s, Realistic Orchestra was back at it again (and in rare form) for an impressive performance opening for Björkestra at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 6, 2008.
Since the obvious theme of the night was Björk-inspired, the band pulled out one of their old favorites — an orchestral arrangement of Björk’s Venus As A Boy. They completely nailed the performance, it was quite simply awesome, and that solo by Dave Scott in the final minute was just off the hook! There were also some kickin’ guest vocal appearances by Chris McGee and Joe Bagale on a few tracks, and their set was topped off by members of Björkestra joining Realistic for a monster-sized wall ‘o brass blasting away their theme song Mountain Man. Now that was some crazy sh*t!
So, make sure to click on the audio slideshow above for a taste of the night’s outstanding performance, and you can also view more photos in this Flickr Set. Enjoy!
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Tags: Adam-Theis, BayTaper, Big-Band, Brass, center for the arts, Funk, gardens, Jazz, Jazz-Mafia, orchestra, realistic, ybca, yerba buena
Categories: Local Jazz, Photos, Recordings, Video
