Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/31/2021
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Mitchell Park
Category(ies)
- Acoustic
- Music
- Avant-Garde
- Culture
- Duet
- Experimental
- Free Event
- Improvisation
- Jazz
- Premiere
- Solo
- Sonic
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RSVP / REGISTER TODAY – Free concert, part of a series, by Earthwise Productions and Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium. Note: Change of venue from Palo Alto Art Center to Mitchell Park (outdoor amphitheater), due to recent indoor COVID pandemic restrictions.
2:00 PM – 1st Set
- Motoko Honda – keyboard
Critically-acclaimed Japanese-born composer/pianist/multimedia artist Motoko Honda has created a distinctive sound through her holistic approach to music, her collaborative sensibility to multiple art forms and inspired use of innovative technologies. Portrayed as a “Keyboard Alchemist”(Chris Barton, L.A.Times) and the “Embodiment of a Muse” (Greg Burk, metaljazz.com), Honda has fascinated critics and audiences alike with her genre-defying innovative approach to piano playing and composing. With stylistic influences ranging from jazz to Indonesian music and contemporary prepared & electrified piano, Honda is a musical force of nature, bringing a unique creative sound to her solo works and wide-ranging collaborations. Her music transports audiences on sonic adventures that transcend the boundaries and conventions of traditional contemporary music concerts.
2:45 PM – 2nd Set (Note: Scott Amendola will not be performing due to illness.)
Scott Amendola – drums, electronics- Phillip Greenlief – alto and tenor saxophones, Bb clarinet
Since his emergence on the west coast in the late 1970s, saxophonist/composer Phillip Greenlief has achieved international acclaim for his recordings and performances with musicians and composers in the post-jazz continuum as well as new music innovators and virtuosic improvisers.
Scott Amendola – drums and Phillip Greenlief – saxophones are veteran Bay Area jazz improvisers. They played an Earthwise Productions event in 2019 at Mitchell Park Center. Amendola also appeared with Charlie Hunter, T.J. Kirk, Wil Blades and his own bands. Earthwise’s first concert in 15 months, this event is part of a series of free events including; AUG 7: La Dona (SOLD OUT) and AUG 14: David James / Beth Custer / Alan Williams trio (guitar, clarinet, trombone, voice).
Visit the Palo Alto Art Center galleries before or after the show, between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM, to see art by Lava Thomas, Titus Kaphar, and others, “The Black Index” guest curated by Bridget R. Cooks. Although unofficially so, the Earthwise series is in dialogue with the art show, or a reaction to it, or a tribute. How do words, images and melody affect societal change? What is the distinction between the arts and entertainment? How does hearing new music influence the way you see or make art?
Presented by Mark Weiss dba Earthwise
IMAGES courtesy of Phillip Greenlief (Fair Use)