April 10, 2011
The Switchboard Music Festival was founded by local (or formerly local) composers and performers Jeff Anderle, Ryan Brown, and Jonathan Russell with the goal of presenting an epic eight-hour, non-stop music marathon featuring composers and musicians who push the boundaries of their respective genres. No other Bay Area music festival or concert series offers such an eclectic, genre-crossing, convention-breaking, bastardizing group of experimentalists, innovators, and musical omnivores in a single event.
Although I wasn’t able to personally stay for the entire eight hours, I did manage to hang out and document about four hours of live music and behind the scenes action at Brava Theater in the Mission, which was the stretch of the day’s program that included Telepathy, The Genie, Wiener Kids, Erik Jekabson and the Bay Area Composers Big Band, and sound artist Loren Chasse who created a work specifically for the unique environment of the Brava Theater.
January 12, 2011
A multimedia bonanza from the debut of the San Francisco Jazz Orchestra opening for the always-awesome Rayband live at Yoshi’s SF on November 29, 2010. A 720p HD version of the video can be viewed here.
Rayband
Early In The Morning
Tell The World About You
The Right Time
Mike Johnson – Bass/Arranger
Dylan Charles – Vocals
Allegra Bandy, Audio Angel, Karen Fremont – Vocals (The Raelettes)
Mike Olmos, Henry Hung – Trumpets
Scott Larson – Trombone
Gabe Eaton, Rob Barics, Marcus Stephens, Fil Lorenz – Saxophones
Jay Standards – Piano
Jaz Sawyer – Drums
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SF Jazz Orchestra
Muskrat Ramble
Swerbolicious
Mike Johnson – Composer/Arranger/Conductor
Mike Olmos, Henry Hung, Joel Ryan – Trumpets
Joel Behrman, Rob Ewing, Scott Larson – Trombone
Scott Peterson, Rob Barics – Alto Saxophone
Patrick Wolff, Danny Brown – Tenor Saxophone
Fil Lorenz – Baritone Saxophone
Adam Shulman – Piano
Eric Markowitz – Bass
Jaz Sawyer – Drums
Karina Denike – Vocals
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