7:30pm Ghost in the House
Karen Stackpole - gongs
David Michalak - lap steel
Tom Nunn - inventions
Kyle Bruckmann - oboe, english horn
John Ingle - saxophones
Dean Santomieri - voice, resonator guitar
Polly Moller - bass flute
8:30pm Noertker's Moxie
Annelise Zamula - tenor sax, flute
Max Shrieve-Don - bass clarinet
Bill Noertker - contrabass
Jason Levis - drums
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Conceived by filmmaker & musician David Michalak, Ghost In the House explores the ethereal and elemental soundscapes where music suggests an image. It could be a murder mystery, a visitation in a dream,
a surreal train ride or none of the above. Tonight's show will feature music from their recently released CD, Second Sight, as well as new sonic adventures.
"...odd avant-garde experimental soundtrack music that will blow your damn mind." - J-Sin, Smother
"A quartet that improvises so well that the music sounds composed. Off-kilter, to be sure, but always beautiful and alluring." - J Worley, Aiding & Abetting
" Exotic and ethereal...deep and mysterious... definitely worth your attention." - The one true dead angel
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Bassist/composer Bill Noertker has been active in the Bay Area jazz and avant-garde scene since the late 1980s.
Since 2001, he has lead his own ensemble, Noertker's Moxie, as a forum for compositions inspired by visual artists such as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Salvador Dalí, and Joan Miró, architect Antoni Gaudí, poet Rainer Maria Rilke, sculptor David Beck, and others. Noertker has composed over 175 pieces of music for this group and has released eleven CDs, including three volumes of his extended suite Sketches of Catalonia, three volumes of his extended Blue Rider Suite, and two volumes of his druidh series.
He has also composed music for three films that showcase the intimately-scaled sculptures of David Beck, composed the score for a Nikos Koumoundouros film that screened at the Festival de Cannes 2010, and most recently scored the Olympia Stone film “Curious Worlds: the Art and Imagination of David Beck.”
https://www.noertker.com