pg - september performances

[Phillip Greenlief]

hello good people,

september has re-arrived, i'm back in school teaching, which is good, but summer 
is over, which i'm thinking is not so good. 


alas!  i'm carrying on with, you guessed it, more music. i was late to post a  
lovely concert i played in last night at SFMOMA, performing a score by  john 
cage, with drawings by none other than henry thoreau ... it was  good fun!

this month there are lots of things to choose from -  especially this weekend - 
lots of you have asked me about my "rock  band", and when are we playing and 
what is that music like??? - well,  you can find out for yourself on saturday at 
the starry plough in  berkeley - we are preparing to record some music i wrote 
for my cat, who  is no longer with us, and the music is every bit as irreverent 
and  risky as its namesake.

my dear friend shaun naidoo passed away a  few months ago and the amazing 
pianist vicky ray has organized a  memorial concert through chapman university, 
where naidoo was professor  of composition. i will be taking part in a series of 
performances of  shaun naidoo's work, and will be playing GHOST CHART, a piece 
he wrote  for me in 2003. i'll be heading down there next week - come down if  
you're in socal and check out this event, which is sure to feature an  amazing 
collection of works.

later this month, i'm so pleased to  finally get a chance to work with john 
bischoff and karen stackpole -  two outstanding musicians i admire greatly and 
have never had the chance  to perform with ... come hear us at berkeley arts in 
the middle of the  month!

so much going on! i hope you are all enjoying it and  thriving - come out and 
hear some live music this month - it will make  life even better!

oh yeah, if you got on here by mistake (which  happens a lot, my computer just 
adds people i email with to my list), or  you just plain don't want to receive 
these, type REMOVE in the subject  line and hit reply. 


much love!
pg

coming up in october:
10/2 - shudder @tom's place, berkeley
10/12 - 10/15 - PG east coast tour (with joe morris in boston - duo with susan 
alcorn in philadelphia and baltimore)
10/27 - CONCRETE BLONDE (new video and live music work by PG) micro-climate show 
@emerald table

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Saturday, September 8th, 2012
Starry Plough - 3101 Shattuck Avenue - Berkeley
$10 .. or something

9 pm
Scott Amendola Quartet
Ben Goldberg - clarinet
Josh Smith - tenor saxophone
John Shifflet - bass
Scott Amendola - drums, compositions

10 pm
PG13
Phillip Greenlief - alto saxophone, compositions
John Shiurba - guitar
Tom Scandura - drums
PG13 plays loud music composed by phillip greenlief to honor the life and times 
of his deceased feline, george cleaver.

11 pm
Ava Mendoza's UNNATURAL WAYS
Ava Mendoza - guitar
Dominique Leone - synthesizers
Nick Tamburro - drums 
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Gilbert Johnson & Ken Bullock Present:
Second Sunday Jazz @Cafe Royale
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Cafe Royale - 800 Post Street (between Hyde & Leavenworth)
3 sets, from 2 - 5 pm

Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone
Scott Chapek - bass
Tom Hassett - drums

This  sunday we will continue our bi-monthly residency at Cafe Royale, but  
since Dan Seamans is out of town, Tom and I invited the marvelous  bassist Scott 
Chapek to join us for an afternoon of old-school live  jazz.

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8 pm Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Chapman University - Chapman Auditorium - Memorial Hall
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
Free Admission

Memorial Concert for Professor Shaun Naidoo 
The  concert program will showcase some of the major works of Dr. Shaun  Naidoo, 
performed by his local and international colleagues and friends  from the new 
music community, for whom he wrote the music. There will  be verbal descriptions 
of pieces and discussion of the impact of his  music.  A reception will 
immediately follow the concert.

http://www.chapman.edu/copa/music/calendar.aspx

There  will be a pre-concert "Reflection & Celebration" at 6:30pm in  Salmon 
Recital Hall to give students, colleagues and friends a forum to  share feelings 
and stories about Dr. Naidoo. 


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wednesdays @berkeley arts presents:
bischoff - greenlief - stackpole trio
amat sings brody

wednesday, september 19, 2012
berkeley arts - 2133 university avenue
walking distance from downtown berkeley BART
$10 - $20, sliding scale

8 pm
john bischoff - electronics
phillip greenlief - tenor saxophone
karen stackpole - gongs, percussion

please  join us for a set of electro-acoustic improvisation performed by an  
outstanding collection of celebrated veteran improvisers - the trio will  create 
spontaneous forms and populate them with reductionist,  microscopic detail and 
expressive clamors of unbridled emotion. expect  delicious soundscapes from the 
EAI tradition, but there's nothing  traditional about the ways this trio 
establishes form and grace in sound  gestures, overtone fireworks, and melodious 
noise. 


9 pm Amat Sings Brody

laurie amat - voice
joshua raoul brody - piano, keyboards, accordion, etc.

Bay  Area treasure Laurie Amat has collaborated with composer and  accompanist 
Joshua Raoul Brody for over a quarter of a century on  projects ranging from 
Tony Pellegrino's ground-breaking music theater  piece Deer Rose to Brody's 
godawful cover band Theee STUPEDS. Now she  devotes an entire evening to 
compositions by Brody (and lyricists  including his long-time associate Merle 
Kessler), accompanied by the  composer himself. Selections from several Kessler 
& Brody "one-man  shows it takes two guys and a six-pack of beer" will abound, 
along with  smatterings from other shows as well as an amazing recreation of the  
mini-opera Goddess of the Hunt.

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sundays @berkeley arts present
noah schenker group
elliptical

sunday, september 23, 2012
berkeley arts - 2133 university avenue berkeley
walking distance from downtown berkeley BART

8 pm
Noah Schenker Group
Matt Clark - piano
Noah Schenker - bass
Smith Dobson III - drums

Capturing  the spirit of the great bebop piano trios, bassist Noah Schenker 
leads  his trio through compositions by Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell.

9 pm - elliptical
Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone
Scott Walton - bass
Sam Ospovat - drums

Open  forms, instant compositions, freewheeling blowing and microscopic  detail 
highlight the music of elliptical ... always stating, suggesting,  and moving 
forward in sonic leaps ... don't miss the chance to hear  this new trio of 
top-drawer improvisers!

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wednesdays @berkeley arts presents:
steve adams - ken filiano duo
myles boisen's ornetteology

wednesday, september 26, 2012

berkeley arts - 2133 university avenue, berkeley

walking distance from downtown berkeley BART
$10 - $20, sliding scale

8 pm steve adams - ken filiano duo


Steve Adams - woodwinds
Ken Filiano - bass


9 pm - myles boisen's ornetteology

Steve Adams – alto saxophone 
Phillip Greenlief – tenor saxophone 
Darren Johnston – trumpet 
Myles Boisen – guitar 
John Finkbeiner - guitar 
Kim Cass - bass
Ken Filiano - bass
Vijay Anderson – drums

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 Phillip Greenlief
1075 Aileen Street Apt B
Oakland, CA 94608
510-501-7110
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