Photo: Tommy van Wormer
Supporting roles ...
Aaron Bennett's Go-Go Fightmaster ... Ornette Coleman-meets-Black Sabbath noise-grind-improv ...Aaron Novik's Thorny Brocky ... chamber metal gypsy prog pop from outer space ...
Admiral Ted Brinkley's No Porkestra, Septet, and others ... Sun Ra, Zappa, Dolphy digested reconstituted exploded through Graham Connah's brilliant and singular vision ...
Cory Wright Groups ... thoughtful unpredictable awesome inventive compositions that groove and also don't ...
Randy McKean's Bristle ... rowdy and rambunctious asymmetrical and extraordinary chamber jazz
Phillip Greenlief's Citta di Vitti ... cinema noir jazz trio inspired by Antonioni films
Jason Levis' Joseph's Bones ... instrumental trombone roots reggae
Jayn Pettingill quartet...wide open, lyrical and freespirited jazz quartet music
Scott Larson's Franco Nero ... ska and rock steady a la Don Drummond ... dance dance dance
Ross Hammond Projects ... dreamy alt rock-driven improv by the honorary mayor of Sacramento ...
Vijay Anderson's Touch and Go Sextet ... with local heroes Sheldon Brown, Darren Johnston, Ben Goldberg, Aaron Bennett...
Sometimes I play shredding old time and bluegrass music with Dina Maccabee and Sylvain Carton's band Carolyna Picknick!