8pm - Time Quartet
Erik Friedlander, cello
Uri Caine, piano
Mark Helias, bass
Ches Smith, drums
$20
Join us for the exciting premier of this great new band. All new music!
10pm - Oscalypso
Special Guest Michael Blake, Tenor saxophone
Erik Friedlander, cello
Michael Sarin, drums
Trevor Dunn, bass
$15
A special tribute to jazz bassist (and cellist!) Oscar Pettiford. When you are an improvising cellist, there is not so much history to look back upon and contemplate. Unlike saxophone players or guitar players who have a long line of titans to measure themselves against, jazz cello players are more or less on their own. However, there is Oscar Pettiford. Pettiford tuned the cello like a bass so that he could be instantly familiar with where the notes lay. Deeply inspired and passionate about the cello, he often used the instrument on crucial sessions under his own nameif it was an Oscar Pettiford recording the cello was often there in a central role. Joining the Broken Arm Trio is special guest Michael Blake on tenor, performing Pettiford works like Tamalpais and Night at Falcon’s Lair, as well as Friedlander originals.