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A rare and exciting opportunity to see two masters of European jazz improvising together in a duo situation! Sure to be a transcendent and beautifully challenging exploration of the outer limits of instrumental expression, this duo features two of Europe?s most idiosyncratic musical talents. French guitarist Marc Ducret has ?a penchant for exploring bewildering musical vistas? (All About Jazz), while Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser extends his instrument into impressionist territory.

At a time when more musicians are trying to be heard than ever before, rare gems like Samuel Blaser seem, paradoxically, rise above it all. Since his 2007 debut as a leader, 7th Heaven (Between the Lines), Blaser has grown at an almost incomprehensible rate, from a straight-ahead hard bopper in his mid-twenties to an innovative free player and ever-searching composer and bandleader in his early thirties ? one whose improvisational strength has received high praise from media the world over. Born and raised in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Blaser lived in New York City for many years before relocating to Berlin, where he currently resides. He began trombone lessons at the age of 9, and his early interests ranged from Swiss folk music to American R&B and jazz. He entered the local conservatory at 14 and graduated in 2002 after being awards prizes in both the jazz and classical spheres, including the 2000 Benny Golson Prize. Participation in the heralded Vienna Art Orchestra and European Radio Big Band eventually led to a Fullbright Scholarship, facilitating studies in the United States at the Purchase College Conservatory of Music. In his relatively short career, Blaser has worked with Swiss percussion legend Pierre Favre, pianist Hal Galper, drummer John Hollenbeck and saxophonist Michael Blake, and has worked with Grammy Award-winning producer Robert Sadin, and more recently with Daniel Humair and Michel Portal. 2018 will see Blaser touring with his trio featuring French guitarist Marc Ducret and Danish drummer Peter Bruun. Blaser is also back on the road with his original quartet to promote Early in the Morning, an homage to the Blues with Russ Lossing on piano, Masa Kamaguchi on bass, drummer Gerry Hemingway, Wallace Roney on trumpet and Oliver Lake on alto saxophone. Samuel Blaser is a XO Sophisticated Brass Artist.

Guitarist Marc Ducret was born in Paris in 1957. A self-taught musician, he began working in various groups (dance and folk included), and in the studio, before reaching the age of 20. In 1986, he became a member of the first French National Jazz Orchestra. Also in the late ?80s, Ducret led his own trio and toured Europe, Africa, and Asia. In 1991, he began working with Tim Berne and went on to play with Berne in Caos Totale, Bloodcount, and Big Satan. Ducret has several solo recordings to his credit, released on Berne?s Screwgun label and the Winter & Winter label. In the late ?90s, Ducret formed a tentet, Seven Songs, to explore music of the ?60s.

Tickets: $15 General, $10 Members
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Tickets also available at the door

Visual Piano is a shape-shifting project where solo piano and visuals meet and interact. It is a captivating and mesmerizing journey inside contemporary music, featuring Sicilian composer/pianist Francesco Di Fiore and video artist Valeria Di Matteo performing his own music alongside American, British, Dutch, Italian and Japanese composers. The repertoire of ?Visual Piano? is constantly evolving and always enriched by new compositions and composers. Francesco Di Fiore and Valeria Di Matteo have toured throughout Europe, China and Japan. ZOFO piano duo will perform ?The West Coast Point of View? and saxophonist Michael Hernandez will premiere a new piece for soprano sax and piano both by Francesco Di Fiore.

An interracial, cross-genre, mixed media couple. They construct "Transcontinental Variety Shows" from coast-to-coast of the United States.

Mohans standup adds his distinct comedic flair to hot-button topics like race, religion, and his personal place in the world as an immigrant from India.
http://ramannoodlescomedy.com/

Meanwhile, Victory writes protest songs reflective of her white, middle-class upbringing: surrounded by a failing manufacturing industry set against a backdrop of the longest war in United States history.
http://lissvictory.com/

Hosted by Samson Koletkar!

And now, a little bit about PianoFight!
Come by early to grab dinner and drinks before the show! PianoFight has a full kitchen and bar. If you plan on dining, we recommend you arrive 1.5 hours early. Restaurant seating is first come first serve.

PARKING
Street parking is free after 6pm. We?re located 2 blocks from Powell BART, numerous muni lines and there are 3 parking lots within 1 block.

The TransContinental Comedy & Music Tour with Krish Mohan & Liss Victory comes to PianoFight in San Francisco!
Featuring Comedians: TBA
Featuring Musicians: TBA
Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm. $5 online, $10cover at the door.
Tickets coming soon.

An interracial, cross-genre, mixed media couple. They construct "Transcontinental Variety Shows" from coast-to-coast of the United States.

Mohan?s standup adds his distinct comedic flair to hot-button topics like race, religion, and his personal place in the world as an immigrant from India.
http://ramannoodlescomedy.com

Meanwhile, Victory writes protest songs reflective of her white, middle-class upbringing: surrounded by a failing manufacturing industry set against a backdrop of the longest war in United States history.
http://lissvictory.com

Come join us for a full night of socially conscious comedy & music!

On Fables, the forthcoming release from Ashland, Oregon favorites Slow Corpse, languid soul and gauzy dream pop float effortlessly over a bed of nuanced post-rock melodic complexity. Taut, arrestingly propulsive R&B-tinged melodic hooks ebb and flow against an ever-present undercurrent of woozy psychedelica. Born out of the creative union of artists from very different musical ecosystems, Fables manages to blend seemingly disparate elements together in a record that is both intellectually compelling, absolutely of-the-moment, and just plain catchy as hell.

https://www.slowcorpse.com/

And now, a little bit about PianoFight!
Grab dinner and drinks before the show! PianoFight has a full kitchen and bar. Restaurant seating is first come first serve.

PARKING
Street parking is free after 6pm. We?re located 2 blocks from Powell BART, numerous muni lines and there are 3 parking lots within 1 block.

MERCY KILLING
By Alandra Hileman
Directed by Claire Rice

Thursday nights at 9PM, June 21 & 25, July 5, 12, 19 & 26

Love is dead, literally.
Mercy is a barista in San Francisco. She?s also a serial killer. The only one who knows is a Grim Reaper named Thana, her girlfriend, sort of, it?s complicated. The two of them navigate a tenuous romance while trying to evade detection by the authorities on either side of mortality.

THURSPLAYS-Strange and Unusual Plays for Strange and Unusual People.
It's your new favorite thing to do on a Thursday night! Come to PianoFight, have dinner and drinks and at 9PM, shuffle into the theater for a 60 minute play guaranteed to make your freak flag fly.

And now, a little bit about PianoFight!
Come by early to grab dinner and drinks before the show! PianoFight has a full kitchen and bar. If you plan on dining, we recommend you arrive 1.5 hours early. Restaurant seating is first come first serve.

PARKING
Street parking is free after 6pm. We?re located 2 blocks from Powell BART, numerous muni lines and there are 3 parking lots within 1 block.

BEAUTIFUL BUZZ PRESENTS:

TOUCH SENSITIVE (LIVE)

w/ WILLS & more TBA

Touch Sensitive is the alias of Michael Di Francesco (the keyboardist and synth-wizard from Van She). Di Francesco debuted under the Touch Sensitive alias with the release of "Body Shop" in 2004. After what seemed like a long hiatus, a collaboration with Anna Lunoe surfaced in 2012 ("Real Talk"). The singles "Pizza Guy / Show Me" came in Spring 2013 on the Sydney-based Future Classic label.

Procuring an undeniably 80s-aesthetic, the Touch Sensitive project represents a revitalized interest in the synth-pop and disco music from that era.


Friday June 22nd, 9PM

MEZZANINE | 444 JESSIE ST. SAN FRANCISCO | 21+

Vanessa Bousay at Feinstein's at the Nikko