San Francisco » Calendar » Original Ancient Future Reunion at Throckmorton Theatre
Original Ancient Future Reunion at Throckmorton Theatre
Courtesy of Matthew Montfort | Posted on March 1, 2015
Where
Throckmorton Theatre
142 Throckmorton Avenue
Mill Valley, CA
Map
When
Sun, April 19, 2015
7:30 pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
Ancient Future
band / ensemble / orchestraMatthew Montfort
guitarAbout
On Sunday, April 19, the original line-up of the pioneering world fusion music group Ancient Future will perform together for the first time this century. Ancient Future was formed in 1978 by students at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, California, including Mindia Devi Klein, Matthew Montfort, Benjy Wertheimer, and Phil Fong. Ancient Future's first concert took place to a packed house on February 11, 1979, at the original Sleeping Lady Cafe in Fairfax, California, then a vegetarian cafe and music club co-op that was the center of a vibrant local music scene.
This line-up of Ancient Future made two recordings that are now considered world fusion classics. In December, 1978, the band went into Tres Virgos Studio in Mill Valley to record Montfort's song Moonbath. The song became the springboard for the first Ancient Future record, Visions of a Peaceful Planet....