<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear µsounders -</span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area next week, this is to let you know about a great triple-play show (including Chris Brown's brilliant digi-percussive <b><i>Gangsa</i></b>) this Mon:</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51);"><b>MSP/Piano/+:
</b><span style="color: #000000"><b>Post-jazz </b></span><b>w Aaron Bennett's Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra</b><span style="color: #000000"><b> (</b></span><span style="color: #ff3816"><b>this Mon 10 Mar</b></span><b> @ Duende, Oakland, 10pm |</b><span style="font-family: 'Zapf Dingbats'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">✹</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">|</span><b> Gangsa: Electroacoustic Percussion by Chris Brown & Lightbulb Ensemble, Set 1, @ 8pm |</b><span style="font-family: 'Zapf Dingbats'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">✹</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">|</span><b> Darren Johnston Trio +1, Set 2, @ 9pm |</b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51); min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size:
14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">◉ </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><i>Electro-Magnetic Trans-Personal Orchestra (</i></b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #ff3816"><b><i>Set 3, 10pm</i></b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><i>)</i></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><i><br></i></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><img width="180" height="314" src="http://joelasqo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Aaron-Bennett-in-Space-smaller.png" class="attachment-900x9999" alt="Aaron Bennett in Space"
title="Aaron Bennett in Space smaller"><b style="font-size: 11px;"><i> Meet the composer… Aaron Bennnett</i></b><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Aaron Bennett's <b><i>E.M.T.P.O.</i></b> ensemble use the electro-magnetic field of their collective mind, tuned and amplified by means of unique "breathing chart" compositions in a special graphic notation which Aaron has designed for large improvising ensembles to focus and unleash aural energies. The resulting sound is like nothing else and has amazed audiences in a string of orgone-accelerating Bay Area performances over the last two years.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family:
Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">We're excited to premier Aaron's new works "<b><i>5</i></b>" and "<b><i>Y</i></b>", and may revisit some old standards such as "<b><i>X</i></b>"</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Line-up: Aaron <b>Bennett</b> - sax, leader & compositions | Kristina <b>Dutton</b> – violin | Rob <b>Ewing</b> - trombone | Jeff <b>Hobbs</b> - violin | Darren <b>Johnston</b> – trumpet | </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #454545">Joe <b>Lasqo</b> - MSP, piano</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">, solkaṭṭu (</span><span style="font-family: InaiMathi; letter-spacing: 0px;">சொல்கட்டு</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">) | Bob <b>Marsh</b> - accordion and/or guitar + spiritual guidance
counselor | Lisa <b>Mezzacappa</b> - bass | Crystal <b>Pascucci</b> & Teddy <b>Rankin-Parker</b> – cellos |</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">◉ </span><b><i>Gangsa: Electroacoustic Percussion by Chris Brown & Lightbulb Ensemble</i></b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #000000"><b><i> (Set 1, 8pm)</i></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">A masterwork of electro-percussivity — Philippine flat-gongs played in phasing rhythmic patterns while a computer creates interlocking transformations of their sounds in
real time. Followed by improv.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Line-up: Chris <b>Brown</b> - piano & computers | Brian <b>Baumbusch</b>, Nava <b>Dunkelman</b>, Ryan <b>Jobes</b>, Scott <b>Siler</b>, Peter <b>Sloan</b>: gangsa</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 50, 51);"><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">◉ </span><b><i>Darren Johnston Trio +1</i></b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #000000"><b><i> (Set 2, 9pm)</i></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div
style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Freshly fragmented improvisations, delicate ballads, and neo-Balkan </span><span style="font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>копаница</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> - played “outside”, “inside”, and “sideways”.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Line-up: Darren <b>Johnston</b> - sax, leader & compositions | Doug <b>Stuart</b> - bass | Matt <b>Szemela</b> - violin | with special guest Jordan <b>Glenn</b> - drums + percussion</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span
style="font-family: 'Zapf Dingbats';">☞ </span>Write-up, show details, venue map, and images: <a href="http://joelasqo.com/blog/2014/03/07/msppiano-post-jazz-compositions-for-improvisers-w-aaron-bennetts-electro-magnetic-trans-personal-orchestra-mon-10-mar-duende-oakland-10pm-set-1-gangsa-electroacoustic-percussion-by-chris/"><span style="color: #2c2cfb"><b>here</b></span></a><b> </b><span style="font-family: 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">☜</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">Looking forward to some piquant Basque <i>pintxos</i> at Duende and hope to see you at this fantastic show — Laister arte denoi !</div><div
style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Joe Lasqo</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="http://joe@joelasqo.com/">joe@joelasqo.com</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="http://www.joelasqo.com/">http://www.joelasqo.com/</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">Show calendar & news: <a href="http://www.joelasqo.com/blog/">http://www.joelasqo.com/blog/</a></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;">Weekly: Viracocha, 21st & Valencia, SF, 3-6pm, Wednesdays</div><div style="font-size:
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