Highlighting the ROVA Saxophone Quartet's 25th Anniversary concerts this weekend. They'll be performing a Steve Lacy composition (among other things) tonight, and -- with a large group -- John Coltrane's "Ascension" on Saturday night. Both performances at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco (the corner of 4th and Howard).
Both concerts should be exciting. "Ascension" in particuar is a brash, blurry work on CD but probably quite captivating live. ROVA has been together for 25 years with only one personnel change -- they persevere, and they rule!
Also, noting the passing this week of both Mongo Santamaria and Lou Harrison.
Format:
ARTIST: ALBUM TITLE (LABEL, YEAR) ... TRACKS
Robert Walter -- "2% Body Fat" -- There Goes the Neighborhood (Premonition, 2001)
* Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble -- "South Indian Festival Rhythm" -- Seasoning the Greens (Boxholder, 2002)
* Adam Lane Quartet -- "Intonations for Being" -- Fo(u)r Being(s) (CIMP, 2002)
* Gypsy Swing -- "Limehouse Blues" -- Gypsy Swing: The Nashville Tribute to Django Reinhardt (CMH, 2003)
* Matthew Shipp -- "The Root" -- Equilibrium (Thirsty Ear, 2003)
* Patrick Zimmerli and Octurn -- "Dawn" -- The Book of Hours (Songlines, 2002)
* Vinny Golia -- "Subtrafuge" -- Feeding Frenzy: Music for Woodwinds and String Quartet (Nine Winds, 2002)
* Tatsu Aoki, Robbie Lynn Hunsinger, Joseph Jarman -- "Cape of Needles" -- Trio (Melungeon, 2003)
* Ken Filiano -- "Tangram" -- Subvenire (Nine Winds, 2002)
* Greg Goodman, Henry Kaiser, Lukas Ligeti -- "War & Piece" [excerpt] -- Heavy Meta (Ecstatic Yod, 2002)
Mongo Santamaria -- "Home" -- Live at Jazz Alley (Concord, 1990)
Mongo Santamaria -- "Manteca" -- Live at Jazz Alley (Concord, 1990)
Lou Harrison -- "Gigue & Musette" -- Rhymes with Silver: MUsic by Lou Harrison (New Albion, 2000)
ROVA Saxophone Quartet -- "Ascension" -- John Coltrane's Ascension (Black Saint, 1996)
* = Item in KZSU rotation
! = Pop anomaly
? = Item not in KZSU library
-- Go back to Memory Select playlists.
-- Bay Area free/improv music calendar: http://www.bayimproviser.com.