On Sunday February 17th from 5-7 pm, the Actual Jazz Series will present a FREE evening of music curated by local guitarist Jameson Swanagon.
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The program will be as follows:
First Set: Matt Ingalls Solo
Reviled for his “shapeless sonic tinkering” by the Los Angeles Times, Oakland musician matt ingalls is a composer, clarinetist, concert producer, and computer music programmer. Often incorporating elements of improvisation, his music is heavily influenced by his long involvement in computer music. His composerly solo improvisations explore extended clarinet techniques that interact with the acoustic space, often as combination tones. Matt is the founder and co-director of sfSound, a new music series, ensemble, and internet radio station devoted to new ideas and traditions of experimental music, performance art, live electronic music, Bay Area composition, and the various facets of contemporary improvisation.
You can listen to Matt here: http://sfsound.org/matt.html/
Second Set: Jacob Zimmerman and Jameson Swanagon Duo
Jacob Zimmerman:
Seattle-based alto saxophonist and composer Jacob Zimmerman is an extremely versatile and integral part of the local creative-music community. Jacob studied music at the internationally renowned Garfield High School, the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and Mills College in Oakland. His teachers have included Roscoe Mitchell, Jerry Bergonzi, Joe Morris, Anthony Coleman, James Fei and Allan Chase.
In addition to leading his own groups (Lawson and Anteater), he is also a member of the Arts & Sciences Quartet, and was recently commissioned by the pop-band Kapowski to write a string arrangement for their latest album “Boy Detective.” Formerly Jacob co-produced a successful ongoing concert series called The Actual Jazz Series at the Actual Café in Oakland. As a life-long lover of the Great American Songbook, Jacob also gives occasional performances of standard songs.
Jacob can be heard here: http://www.jacobrexzimmerman.com/music.html
Jameson Swanagon:
The Bay Bridged described Jameson Swanagon’s first album as “a lesson in intricate, elegant guitar work . . .moving from melodic finger-picking to eerie avant-folk at the drop of a hat.” Jameson studied composition and improvisation at the New England Conservatory with Anthony Coleman and Joe Morris – he holds a Master of Music Degree from that institution.
Jameson has performed and recorded with composer Anthony Coleman for New World Records, the rock band Release the Sunbird for Brushfire Records, and has made various contributions to such Bay Area art-rock projects as Grand Lake, Rad Cloud, and Otherness. The guitarist has appeared at most Bay Area venues including The Fillmore, Outside Lands Festival, Great American Music Hall, and Mezzanine.
Jameson’s music can be found at http://swanagon.bandcamp.com/
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