Donald Robinson & Joe Lasqo at Wednesdays & Sundays @ Berkeley Arts

wednesdays @berkeley arts presents

8 pm
Lasqo-Robinson duo
Joe Lasqo - piano, laptop
Donald Robinson - drums

After a series of private performances at the musical rituals of the secret society IBIM, this unique duo presents the initial findings of its paranormal researches into rhythm.

Described by Coda as a "percussive dervish", Donald Robinson has collaborated with free jazz luminaries such as Glenn Spearman, Alan Silva, Anthony Braxton, Oliver Lake, Wadada Leo Smith, George Lewis, and Miya Masaoka (正岡みや), as well as eminent pianists such as Cecil Taylor, Bobby Few, Paul Plimley, and Matthew Goodheart....

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wednesdays @berkeley arts presents

8 pm
Lasqo-Robinson duo
Joe Lasqo - piano, laptop
Donald Robinson - drums

After a series of private performances at the musical rituals of the secret society IBIM, this unique duo presents the initial findings of its paranormal researches into rhythm.

Described by Coda as a "percussive dervish", Donald Robinson has collaborated with free jazz luminaries such as Glenn Spearman, Alan Silva, Anthony Braxton, Oliver Lake, Wadada Leo Smith, George Lewis, and Miya Masaoka (正岡みや), as well as eminent pianists such as Cecil Taylor, Bobby Few, Paul Plimley, and Matthew Goodheart.

Joe Lasqo's often heard in Aaron Bennett's Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra, Jim Ryan's Green Alembic, a 2½-year ongoing regular gig @ SF'sViracocha as a soloist, collaborations with Steve Adams, etc. Here, Joe reaches into his percussion studies in South India as a performer on the mṛdangam & the stochastic rhythm theories of Xenakis, projecting rhythmic structures through the prisms of signal flow code & keyboard ("My drum kit has hammers, strings & recursive filters").

Together, they open a sophisticated new space of interlocking rhythmic energy ... Free jazz, Indian, or electronic? Rhythmelodics or "Klangfarben-Hoquetus?"

PLUS

9 pm
Tango #9
Catharine Clune - Violin
Zoltan DiBartolo - Voice
Joshua Brody - Piano
Greg Stephens - Trombone
special guest: Isabel Douglass - accordion

Presenting music old and new, Tango No. 9 embarks on an exciting musical adventure, borrowing from the rich tango tapestry, beginning with Astor Piazzolla and then adding a touch of Kurt Weill, a dash of humor and a pinch of West Coast modernism. Tango No. 9, born in the Mission District in 1988, began by exploring where Piazzolla and jazz met. Today, it has become an all-star Bay Area ensemble, recognizable by its unique instrumentation of violin, trombone, piano, and voice. The group delves deeply into the world of tango, recording four critically acclaimed albums, presenting numerous concerts and is constantly exploring different facets of the unique Latin chamber music, the tango.

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