Darren Johnston, peace cannon.
Danny Lubin-Laden, trombone.
Liberty Ellman, electric guitar.
Mat Muntz, bass.
Tim Bulkley, drums.

$25 / byob.
Students $10.

For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733.

We’re more than pleased to present this all-star aggregation of fine musicians happy in the outer realms of jazz, brought together for the occasion by Darren Johnston. Darren’s curiosity, spontaneous creativity and openness to the intricacies of the abstract groove, riffing off concepts of improvisation, rhythm and structure explored by the 1980s Brooklyn M-Base Collective, has no apparent bounds. Guitarist and composer Liberty Ellman, English-born, raised in Brooklyn, found the roots of his music in the M-Base activity that roiled San Francisco’s acid jazz waters in the 1990s, as Steve Coleman, Greg Osby and others moved fluidly between those poles of exploration and performance. Tim Bulkley and Mat Muntz are naturals in their ability to ride and propel the waves of the music as it expands and develops. Danny Lubin-Laden has to be having the time of his young life bringing his insights to bear on the music. Bring your own ears and heartbeat, and enjoy what transpires.