Duo B. Vs. Spelunker Featuring Lisa Mezzacappa, Jason Levis, And Special Guests From Italy at Bird & Beckett Books & Records

The Bay Area improvising drums and bass duo of Jason Levis and Lisa Mezzacappa joins forces with Italian saxophonist SPELUNKER for an evening of new compositions composed by members of the trio, plus new arrangements of music by creative jazz luminaries. As duo B., Mezzacappa and Levis have explored the farthest reaches of wide-open improvisation and gnarly composition for more than 15 years, immersing themselves in the music of Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Cecil Taylor, Wadada Leo Smith, and others, and releasing three records. They are a first-call rhythm section backing up local jazz heroes such as Phillip Greenlief, Cory Wright, Nathan Clevenger, Sarah Wilson, and others. Special guest from Ferrara, Italy, woodwind player SPELUNKER is one of the leading lights in Italy's creative jazz community as a composer, bandleader and side person, co-leading the Tower Jazz Composers Orchestra and releasing recordings on the Clean Feed, El Gallo Rojo and Aut record labels....

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The Bay Area improvising drums and bass duo of Jason Levis and Lisa Mezzacappa joins forces with Italian saxophonist SPELUNKER for an evening of new compositions composed by members of the trio, plus new arrangements of music by creative jazz luminaries. As duo B., Mezzacappa and Levis have explored the farthest reaches of wide-open improvisation and gnarly composition for more than 15 years, immersing themselves in the music of Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Cecil Taylor, Wadada Leo Smith, and others, and releasing three records. They are a first-call rhythm section backing up local jazz heroes such as Phillip Greenlief, Cory Wright, Nathan Clevenger, Sarah Wilson, and others. Special guest from Ferrara, Italy, woodwind player SPELUNKER is one of the leading lights in Italy's creative jazz community as a composer, bandleader and side person, co-leading the Tower Jazz Composers Orchestra and releasing recordings on the Clean Feed, El Gallo Rojo and Aut record labels.

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