currently showing: Richard Diebenkorn, The Berkeley Years, 1953–1966
Limited seating!
What do you get if you take Beat icon Michael McClure (who penned Janis Joplin’s “Mercedes Benz”), add Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer Ray Manzarek (Doors keyboardist), stir in jazz/Indian fusion saxophonist and composer George Brooks (Etta James, Summit, Bombay Jazz), infuse with legendary bassist Kai Eckhardt (John McGlaughlin, Garaj Mahal, Zeitgeist), and shake it all up with drummer Jay Lane (Primus, Bob Weir & Ratdog)?
A collaboration between Ray Manzarek and Michael McClure, this live performance, recorded at an old church, features both new and older poems, with McClure’s words and Manzarek’s jazz piano.
On a cold, foggy night in San Francisco after a great Japanese meal, Manzarek and I stepped onto the stage and there were sparks of consciousness – the stage was on fire with poems and
Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 8:00 pm
YOSHI’S JAZZ CLUB
510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA
$20
www.yoshis.com
THROCKMORTON THEATRE
Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 8:00pm
142 Throckmorton Ave. Mill Valley, CA
$24 – $27
Saturday, August 13, 2011, 8:00 pm
In a private home, St. Francis Woods near Glen Park, San Francisco
$40 Contribution
Reception after the concert, wine and dessert included
The first reading of Michael McClure’s new poetry collection, Mysteriosos, will take place for the Grolier Poetry Bookshop at the Pierre Menard Art Gallery in Harvard Square on Sunday, April 11.
The second event will be a performance with Ray Manzarek at the Jazzmouth Festival in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Saturday, April 24. Ray and Michael will present Mysteriosos and Michael will do signings.
City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco will host a reading and
Sunday May 3, 2009 / 4:30pm
at the Jazzschool
2087 Addison St,
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-845-5373
admission $15.00
Scott Amendola – Drums
Chris Lopes — Bass
Light environment by Alessandro Moruzzi
The premiere of “Double Moiré” has been made possible by a grant from the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Composers Forum.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
2 shows – 8pm & 10pm
YOSHI’S San Francisco
1330 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
415.655.5575
Original Beat icon Michael McClure, who penned Janis Joplin’s immortal “Mercedes Benz,” and Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who created one of rock’s most memorable instrumental lines (think “Light My Fire”), join forces with saxophonist George Brooks (Summit,