nathan clevenger group & electro-magnetic trans-personal orchestra at Wednesdays & Sundays @ Berkeley Arts

wednesdays @berkeley arts presents nathan clevenger group & electro-magnetic trans-personal orchestra

8 pm Nathan Clevenger group
Nathan Clevenger - guitar, compositions
Kasey Knudsen - alto saxophone
Aaron Novik - clarinets
Sam Bevan - bass
John Arkin - drums

The Nathan Clevenger Group has been playing sideways-but-melodic original modern jazz in the Bay Area since 2003, influenced by the likes of Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, Claude Debussy and Sun Ra. The band released their debut album, The Evening Earth, in 2010. The East Bay Express called the Group’s music “long-form, dreamy, sectional without being rigid, and bluesy — albeit in a non-traditional way” while Memory Select’s Craig Matsumoto wrote that “Clevenger’s writing takes a lot from the swing era, but it’s packed with odd time signatures, twisty compositions, and passages of improvisation that go well beyond the old concept of a solo.” The Nathan Clevenger Group's second album, Observatory, will be released in early 2013....

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wednesdays @berkeley arts presents nathan clevenger group & electro-magnetic trans-personal orchestra

8 pm Nathan Clevenger group
Nathan Clevenger - guitar, compositions
Kasey Knudsen - alto saxophone
Aaron Novik - clarinets
Sam Bevan - bass
John Arkin - drums

The Nathan Clevenger Group has been playing sideways-but-melodic original modern jazz in the Bay Area since 2003, influenced by the likes of Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, Claude Debussy and Sun Ra. The band released their debut album, The Evening Earth, in 2010. The East Bay Express called the Group’s music “long-form, dreamy, sectional without being rigid, and bluesy — albeit in a non-traditional way” while Memory Select’s Craig Matsumoto wrote that “Clevenger’s writing takes a lot from the swing era, but it’s packed with odd time signatures, twisty compositions, and passages of improvisation that go well beyond the old concept of a solo.” The Nathan Clevenger Group's second album, Observatory, will be released in early 2013.

9 pm The Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra
Aaron Bennett - saxophone, conductor
Dina Maccabee - violin
Darren Johnston - trumpet
Rob Ewing - trombone
Joe Lasqo - piano
Eli Crews - bass
Bob Marsh - spiritual advisor

The Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra will perform using vehicles for improvisation devised by it's conductor, Aaron Bennett. The members of this ensemble utilize the electro-magnetic field of their collective mind to attain a unitive transcendent state of sonic consciousness and in turn, create sublime and/or unusually expanded sonic experiences for their listeners.

URL:
http://emtpo.bandcamp.com/

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