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Sunday March 14, 6-8pm
Aram Shelton Quartet - playing the music of Ornette Coleman and Thelonius Monk
Aram Shelton - alto sax
Darren Johnston - trumpet
Doug Stewart - bass
Vijay Anderson - drums
Cafe Royale, Post @ Leavenworth, San Francisco
FREE
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Thursday, March 18, 10pm
@ The Stone, (the corner of Ave C and 2nd Street, Manhattan)
Cylinder - a collective quartet playing original compositions with a heavy emphasis on improvisation
Aram Shelton - alto sax
Lisa Mezzacappa - bass
Kjell Nordesson - drums
and me on trumpet.
$10
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Friday, March 19th

8:00 P.M.
Outside Sources - Cylinder - Outside Cylinder
8:30 P.M.
Cylinder
Making a rare East-Coast appearance, the Bay Area based quartet arrives in Brooklyn with their unique and stylistically diverse sound.  Featuring:

Aram Shelton - alto saxophone
Darren Johnston - trumpet
Lisa Mezzacappa - bass
Kjell Nordeson - drums
9:30 P.M.
Michael Bates' Outside Sources

Michael Bates - bass and compositions
Russ
Johnson - trumpet
Greg Tardy - tenor saxophone and clarinet

Josh Sinton - baritone saxophone and bass clarinet

Jeff Davis - drums
10:30 P.M.
Outside Cylinder
The two bands combine their unique perspectives to form a single kaleidoscopic take on improvised music at
the dawn of the 21st
century.
$10 SUGGESTED DONATION

@ Douglass Street Music Collective
295 Douglass Street
Brooklyn

between 3rd and 4th Avenues, 3 blocks north of the Union stop (R/M)
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Monday March 22, 8:30pm
Death by Audio
49 South 2nd St between Kent & Wythe, Brooklyn NY
$6

(9pm) Mendoza-Mezzacappa Wild West Quintet
Darren Johnston, trumpet
Matt Nelson, tenor saxophone
Ava Mendoza, guitar
Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass
Weasel Walter, drums

(10pm) Mike Pride's From Bacteria To Boys
Darius Jones, alto saxophone
Alexis Marcelo, piano
Peter Bitenc, bass
Mike Pride, drums, compositions

(11pm) Gamble-Previte-FolmanCohen Trio
Mike Gamble, guitar
Ari Folman Cohen, bass
Bobby Previte, drums
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Saturday, March 27
The Nice Guy Trio - music of the Bay
Rob Reich on accordion, Daniel Fabricant on bass, and myself on trumpet and voice,
will be performing the music of some of our favorite local composers, including Meklit Hadero,
Marcus Shelby, Beth Custer, Myra Melford, and more!
8:00 (doors at 7:30) The Red Poppy Art House
$10-15 sliding
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Sunday March 28
Meklit Hadero
Fantastic Ethiopian singer songwriter Meklit sharing the night with Ethiopian pianist Tad Worku
The Ethiopian Arts Forum, 7pm
Alameda, Ca
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Tuesday March 30
The Reset Quintet
A rare appearance by this collective wind quintet, featuring compositions by each of the members:
Erik Jekabson - trumpet
me - trumpet
Aaron Novik - clarinet/bass clarinet
Patrick Cress - alto/bari sax
Adam Theis - bone/sousaphone
Coda - 1710 Mission (@Duboce) San Francisco
7:30
$7
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Every Month:
Monday Make-out, curated by Lisa Mezzacappa with some help by me. I mostly run the tip jar, but also do some of the curating too. If you haven't been to this, it's the first Monday of every month, 8:30-11:30, and features three sets of music. It's really a good time. The programming is diverse, with the only criteria essentially being that the music is original (not covers, or at least very original takes on covers). Typically the music includes a healthy dose of improvisation in one form or another, but we did have one piece for something like 30 electric guitars that I think was through-composed. Anyways, it's at the Makeout Room, (22nd St between Valencia and Mission, San Francisco), and next month is our one-year anniversary, featuring Dave Slusser, Myles Boisen's Past Present Future, and the ROVA Saxophone Quartet.

Also, on the second Tuesday of each month, I play with the Oakland Active Orchestra. This 18 Piece collective premiers new works every month from within the group, as well as those by the occasional guest composers. This group just gets better and better, with strings and horns and drums and vibes and all kinds of things, played by some of my favorite composers and improvisers. The group dynamic has really become something worth hearing over the last few months. This happens at the Uptown in Oakland, on Telegraph at 19th St, and there's no cover. (another tip situation). Music starts at 9:00.

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