Rovaté 2009 - The Rova Saxophone Quartet in a Multimedia Collaboration
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (3200 California St. San Francisco, CA 94118)
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- $24.00
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- FREE - $12.00*
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The last date listed for Rovaté 2009: Fissures, Futures (for Buckminster Fuller) was Saturday May 23, 2009 / 8:00pm.
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Howard A. Smith (A/K/A TigerKing) on Other
This was part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival 2009
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With UCSF out of session, there was plenty of free on-street metered parking
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Casual/business casual
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Howard A. Smith (A/K/A TigerKing)
This was a wonderful project, and it's too bad the audience didn't seem to be much "into" it. Perhaps people were expecting something else; I don't know. I'm sure we could have been honored with an encore but most folks seemed ready to leave.Written on May 26 2009
Anyway, it was very engaging: "spacy" and "far out" jazz blended improvisational video and electronic sounds with the improvisational music offered up by saxophones, string instruments, electric stand-up base and very powerful drumming/percussion. They reminded me of a modern day "Weather Report". The Rova saxophonist regulars were joined for this project by special guest musicians and a video specialist, including several performers from Europe.
The conflict for me was that I wanted to watch the background videos on the screen at the same time I wanted to close my eyes and drift away. Unfortunately I could not do both simultaneously. In speaking with one of the guest performers afterwards (middle-aged like me), he echoed my thoughts that it could have been the ideal "psychedelic" experience.
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Not what we were expecting. Use of images was interesting.Written on May 25 2009
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<p>Artists include Rova, Lillevan, electronics genius Thomas Lehn, percussionist Kjell Nordeson plus string players Lisle Ellis, Charlotte Hug, Joan Jeanrenaud and Carla Kihlstedt.</p>
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