Stop what you are doing and read this post I did for SFMOMA Open Space! I am very proud and thankful to Claudia La Rocco for asking me to contribute. This is a love letter. Listen Up
Stop what you are doing and read this post I did for SFMOMA Open Space! I am very proud and thankful to Claudia La Rocco for asking me to contribute. This is a love letter. Listen Up
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/39568865/ w=600&h=338] In this series of So To Speak we focus on The Mattson 2, a twin brother guitar and drums jazz duo from San Diego. Like most young musicians today their interests span a wide spectrum. Their playing can go from traditional jazz to avant-garde serialism. Jared Mattson plays electric guitar while brother Jonathan…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/39567487/ w=600&h=338] In this series of So To Speak we focus on The Mattson 2, a twin brother guitar and drums jazz duo from San Diego. Like most young musicians today their interests span a wide spectrum. Their playing can go from traditional jazz to avant-garde serialism. Jared Mattson plays electric guitar while brother Jonathan…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/24997130/ w=550&h=310] I asked Kevin Thomson, a guitarist in the band Enablers, to improvise a piece of music based on one of Brett Amory’s paintings. Brett Amory is a painter working out of West Oakland. After growing up in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, he moved to San Francisco to study art. In 2009…
”If it always sounded the same there would be no reason to play.” – John Abercrombie at Yoshi’s Oakland after the first tune(“Class Trip”) earlier tonight. Also on the stage – Joey Baron, Thomas Morgan, and Mark Feldman.