Friday, November 9th, 2001 ... 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. ... KZSU, 90.1 FM

Didn't realize this until yesterday, but a really cool band called Birth is going to be in town Sunday night. They're a trio from Ohio, doing wild composed jazz with lots of noisy improv/soloing thrown in, and some bold, fun use of heavy electronics here and there. I was very impressed with their self-released album last year, and I'm hoping to pick up my own copy at their show! (It's tough to find, even though it got reviews in some surprisingly mainstream magazines.)

They'll be playing late Nov. 11 at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco.

Next week: Sax improviser Jack Wright stops by for some live performance! He's in town to do a fundraiser for next year's SF Alt Music Festival ... check details here.

Format (stolen from Cat):
ARTIST -- "SONG TITLE" -- ALBUM (LABEL, YEAR)

* Craig Taborn -- "Crocodile" -- Light Made Lighter (Thirsty Ear, 2001)

Birth -- "Dan Dockrill" -- Birth (self-released, 1999)

* Ian Smith -- "Falange, Falanginha, Falangeta" -- Daybreak (Emanem, 2001)

* Alex Cline Ensemble -- "Paramita" -- The Constant Flame (Cryptogramophone, 2001)

Vienna Art Orchestra -- "Reflections on Aubade" -- The Minimalism of Erik Satie (Hatology, 2001; orig. released 1995)

33.3 -- "Super Eight" -- Plays Music (Aesthetics, 2000)

* Unstable Ensemble -- "The Trust" -- 17 Ways (Family Vineyard, 2001)

Mark Helias (with Ellery Eskelin, sax) -- "Loop the Cool" -- Loopin' the Cool (Enja, 1995)

Ellery Eskelin and Andrea Parkins -- "More or Less the Truth" -- Green Bermudas (Eremite, 1996)

* Ellery Eskelin -- "Terra Firma" -- Vanishing Point (Hatology, 2001)

* Triage -- "Maschine Man" -- Premium Plastics (Solitaire, 2001)

* September Winds -- "Insects Part I" -- September Winds (Creative Works, 2001)

Birth -- "2 Pho" -- Birth (s/r, 1999)

Bottomfeeders -- "Late Night Sunday Morning" -- Bottomfeeders (self-released, 1999)

* Hoven Droven -- "Larven" -- Hippa (NorthSide, 2001)

! The Beatles -- "Only a Northern Song" -- Yellow Submarine (Apple, 1968)

* The Vandermark 5 -- "Coast to Coast" -- Acoustic Machine (Atavistic, 2001)

* Tricolor -- "Nonparticipant" -- Nonparticipant + Milk (Atavistic, 2001)

* Rashied Ali, Loui Belogenis, Wilber Morris -- "Norfolk Street Run Down" -- Live at Tonic (Disk Union, 2001)

! Sarge featuring Elizabeth Elmore -- "Beguiling" -- The Glass Intact (Mud, 1998)

* Philip Gayle -- "Leaning Tower of Dust Bunny" [excerpt] -- Pnbna (Fleece, 1998)

* Ganelin/Chekasin/Tarasov (The Ganelin Trio) -- "Con Anima" [excerpt] -- Con Anima / Concerto Grosso (Golden Years, 2001; orig. release 1977)

ICP Orchestra -- "Jubilee Varia" part 3 -- Jubilee Varia (Hatology, 1999)

* Kakalla -- "Taaloomah" -- The Voice of Blood (Weltschmerz, 2001)

Birth -- "Digital Burrito" -- Birth (s/r, 1999)

* = Item in KZSU rotation
! = Pop anomaly
? = Item not in KZSU library
# = Interpolated (played at the same time)

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