The 1st Annual Forward Music Festival
The 1st Annual Forward Music Festival An Evening Celebrating Creative Music Saturday October 6, 2007 The newly formed Creative Musicians Collective (CMC) with the co-sponsorship of Charles Lester Music proudly announces the inaugural Forward Music Festival. The CMC is a locally based musician action group comprised of musicians, artists, and their supporters committed to bringing new and innovative jazz-rooted music and related performing arts to the communities of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay area. The Forward Music Festival is the initial event presenting a full evening program of creative, improvised music featuring locally based and internationally recognized musicians. Program: • Duet set by word & sound-smith Ijeoma Thomas with special guest accompaniment; • Trumpet master Eddie Gale, San Jose’s Jazz Ambassador and his vanguard musical ensemble; • The spoken word and creative music of Positive Knowledge featuring multi-reed player Oluyemi Thomas and poetic vocalist, Ijeoma Thomas with special guest; • The Joel Futterman, Alvin Fiedler, Ike Levin Trio and their highly innovative approach to “in-the-moment” musical compositions Where: 21 Grand (An interdisciplinary arts space) 416 25th St. (at Broadway) Oakland, CA 94612 510-444-7263 When: Saturday October 6, 2007 Doors Open at 8:00pm/performances continue all evening Admission: $12-15 For additional information contact info@charleslestermusic.com, or call Ike Levin, 925-324-2315 or Oluyemi Thomas at ninepostive@earthlink.net A presentation of the SF Bay Creative Musicians Collective (CMC) and Charles Lester Music. |
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Sep 4, 2007: Steve Cohn in Paris (and Angers)
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Oct 27, 2007: Free Jazz Day
![]() Celebrating Free Jazz Day on Oct 27, 2007. 12-hour non-stop radio show from noon to midnight. The show is dedicated to the artistry of saxophonist Marco Eneidi. There will be lot of recorded music, live poetry reading, live music, and dance. the show will be broadcasted from the huge multi-arts performance space, Le Quai. Recorded music themes: 1. hommage to the greats and the recently departed 2. free music from New York, Chicago, Seattle, elsewhere 3. free music from San Francisco bay, west coast, elsewhere 4. free music from Europe 5. free music from Canada 6. free music for lovers Marco Eneidi's Music will be a constantly recurring theme. Live performances: people in Angers are welcome to drop by at Le Quai for these performances, free & open to the public. 14h : tony baker, poetry / patrick lauruol, bass 15h30 : taran singh, poetry / patrick lauruol, bass 17h : n. gaillard, drums / boochon, trombone 19h : espace D, dance / patrick lauruol, bass / richard renouz, bass 20h30 : pierrick menuau, sax / bernard doucin, drums 22h : yves oreillon, sax/ patrick lauruol, bass/ projection of paintings by a local artist photo by Peter Gannushkin at http://downtownmusic.net |
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Jolly Boat Pirates : Oct 2, 2006
for music samples goto : http://myspace.com/thejollyboatpirates (the music starts itself) Oct 2, 2006, 20h30, entrée: 5€ / 3€ l'Espace Culturel de l'Université d'Angers 4 Allée François Mitterand, 49000 Angers 02 41 96 22 96 ![]() |
Free Jazz Day: July 15, 2006, 1pm -1am
the 12-hour free jazz show is here. the programme will look something like this: All Music from my recent and some not so recent playlists will be played. and there's gonna be loads of poetry, spoken word and chat with people...and live music. sometime in the evening we'll get to speak to marco eneidi from the nickelssdorf jazz festival, austria 19h-20h: pedro costa of cleanfeed records from lisbon(to be confirmed), more music 21h-22h: this hour will be dedicated to the memory of the great
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