November CALENDAR 2013 of EVENTS 2020 Addison Street • Berkeley, California • (510) 644-2020 • www.freightandsalvage.org SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY ALL SHOWS ARE GENERAL ADMISSION DOORS @ 7 PM , MUSIC @ 8 PM Wake Iva (U NLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ) TI C KET DIS C O U NTS : the Dead Bittová Celtic all-star Czech avant-garde YO U TH -HALF PRI C E Grateful dead violinist, singer, (AGES 25 & UNDER ) jam band and composer SENIOR -$2.00 OFF Fall II Classes begin (AGES 65 & OVER ) the week of November 4 EMBERS OFF M -$2.00 see back page for details $28.50 adv/ $24.50 adv/ $30.50 door Nov 1 $26.50 door Nov 2 Sarah Elizabeth CartoonJazz Campbell The Tish Hinojosa Garland Holly Orchestra Benefit Concert Sweetback & Joel Rafael Jeffreys Near big band renditions Blame Sally, Laurie Lewis, great songs from full-on rock and activist, singer, of classic cartoon Tom Rozum, Sisters two world-traveling soulful blues from and songwriter melodies Kathy Kallick, Nina Gerber, “Honky-tonk for troubadours “socially conscious extraordinaire Chris Webster, the modern-day urban poet” Stevie Coyle, Joe Craven, cowboy and girl” Cactus Bob & Prairie Flower, Marley’s Ghost $20.50/$22.50 Nov 3 $22.50/$24.50 Nov 5 $16.50/$18.50 Nov 6 $18.50/$20.50 Nov 7 $24.50/$26.50 Nov 8 $28.50/$30.50 Nov 9 International Freight The Milk Carton Kids Body Music San francisco Chamber “gorgeous contemporary folk” orchestra presents Open Mary Gauthier Banjo Festival “songwriting that packs Thursday & Friday featuring Classical @ the Freight Mic an emotional punch” November 14 & 15 Extravaganza Theatre A Tempo, $18.50/$20.50 with KeKeÇa, The Haydn with Tony Trischka, Lior Shoov, ground zero The Handsome Sammy Shelor, San Francisco School Project of the and Bill Evans Student Ensemble ben Simon, host hootenany Family 2pm showtime revival $10.50/$12.50 Nov 10 $8.50/$10.50 Nov 11 $4.50/$6.50 Nov 12 $26.50/$28.50 Nov 13 $26.50/$28.50 Nov 16 The Band Slaid Tom Maura The Lucy of Heathens Cleaves Paxton O’Connell Kathy Kallick Kaplansky a potent americana Competition sharply observant lifetime Grammy ireland’s enchanting folk professionally judged and roots rock punch with a dash of original songs contest folk, country, winning traditional consumate Band jamming psychedelia and rock folksinger and singer hot bluegrass singer-songwriter 7:30 showtime Joe Fletcher composer and cool originals opens $18.50/$20.50 Nov 17 $6.50/$8.50 Nov 18 $18.50/$20.50 Nov 19 $26.50/$28.50 Nov 20 $28.50/$30.50 Nov 21 $20.50/$22.50 Nov 22 $26.50/$28.50 Nov 23 Freight Mads Tolling, Can’t make it Volti WeBe3 to the Freight? Too Much Laurie Lewis Open John Santos & Watch the show live, contemporary improvisational vocal choral from trio featuring Dan Zemelman, wherever you are. Coffee Man & the the leading edge Mic Rhiannon, featuring Opera Right Hands Joey Blake a zany, hilarious revel in one of & David Worm an adventure Out of Bounds romantic tribute to bluegrass and every time jazz, rock, and funk with the wonders of coffee traditional music’s string quartet and piano finest $26.50/$28.50 Nov 24 $18.50/$20.50 Nov 25 $4.50/$6.50 Nov 26 $20.50/$22.50 Nov 27 concertwindow.com $20.50/$22.50 Nov 29 $22.50/$24.50 Nov 30 D A Winter’s SOLD OUT E Irish Jazzschool Green Room Night: Cris C Christmas End of Semester Sessions Student Ensemble Williamson E in America The Rock Bottom Boys annual off-beat holiday Performance Dirty Cello Galilei with show from women’s M seasonal song, music pioneer dance, and stories the next generation Jason Eady Neal Conan B of jazz musicians take the freight stage singer-songwriters Celtic music, stories, The Wailin’ Jennys E playing in-the-round and celestial imagery angelic harmonies from the Canadian prairie Friday & Saturday, December 6 & 7 R $22.50/$24.50 dec 1 $10.50/$12.50 dec 2 $14.50/$16.50 dec 3 $20.50/$22.50 dec 4 $24.50/$26.50 dec 5 $38.50/$40.50 Patchwork Series Children’s Show: The Hipwaders Saturday December 21 @ 11 am Classes/Workshop/Jams page 8 • December 8 & beyond page 7 •Ticketing info page 7 A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ARTS ORGANIZATION • www.freightandsalvage.org About the Freight PERFORMER PROFILES: November 2013 The Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse (Berkeley Wake the Dead Friday November 1 Society for the Preservation of Traditional After more than a decade of solid success blend- Music) is a nonprofit community arts organiza- ing Celtic traditional music with the songs of tion dedicated to promoting the understanding the Grateful Dead, the world’s first Celtic all-star and appreciation of traditional music—music Grateful Dead jam band is bringing its unique rooted in and expressive of the great vari- brand of musical alchemy to the Summer of Love, ety of regional, ethnic, and social cultures of much to the delight of Deadheads, folkies, rockers, peoples throughout the world. We are sup- and lovers of Irish reels. The Jefferson Airplane’s ported by your attendance, grants from the “White Rabbit,” the Youngblood’s “Get Together,” Alameda County ARTSFUND, Berkeley Civic Steven Stills’ “Love the One You’re With”—all Arts Program, The Foundation for Bluegrass receive the band’s unique Celtic twist. “If you Music, Bill Graham Supporting Foundation didn’t know the songs, or hadn’t read the credits,” of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, says Shaun Dale in Cosmik Debris Magazine, “it The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, would be easy to get swept up in this music and the Kanbar Charitable Trust, the Walter & imagine that some of the Garcia/Hunter material Elise Haas Fund, the Edmund and Jeannik came from the pen of Turlough O’Carolan. Every Littlefield Foundation, National Endowment segue works, and every song is beautiful.” for the Arts, Bernard Osher Foundation, The band features Maureen Brennan on harp, Cindy Browne on bass, Danny Carnahan on vocals, fiddle, Wells Fargo, musicians’ benefit perfor- octave mandolin, and guitar, Kevin Carr on fiddle, whistles and uilleann pipes, Sylvia Herold on vocals, Paul mances, volunteer efforts, and your generous Kotapish on mandolin, guitar, and jaw harp, and Brian Rice on percussion. Tonight’s show honors the Day tax deductible donations. of the Dead, and you may hear a few rarities, like the Brothers Johnson’s “Cast My Spell on You.” Be sure to wear a flower in your hair, and let Wake the Dead cast a Celtic spell on you. Contact Info Iva Bittová Saturday November 2 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 When Iva Bittová takes the stage, she brings the audience into an enthralling musical universe. For the listener, the space she creates is TELEPHONE: (510) 644-2020 “so intimate and personal you can almost feel her breath on your ears,” E-MAIL: [email protected] according to CMJ. Performing solo, the Czech composer and improviser WEBSITE: www.freightandsalvage.org extends the range of both the human voice and her violin. Singing, bow- ing, plucking, and dancing simultaneously, she evokes everything from gypsy dances, opera, and avant-garde jazz to birdsong and animal cries. New York Magazine says, “Her sound is invigorating, urgent, and also Board of Directors soothing; it is a fusion of Old World and new-music sensibilities, infused with the spirit and language of Czech, Slovak, and Moravian music.” John Bidwell Steve Meckfessel Chair Vice-Chair Her two most recent recordings demonstrate the expressive range of Russ Pollock John Williamson her work: this year’s Iva Bittová is filled with delicate improvisations, and Secretary Treasurer last year’s Zvon features her voice, backed by the Prague Philharmonia, Polly Armstrong Clyde Leland in orchestral arrangements of her compositions. She’s collaborated with Nancy Castille Nate Levine Bill Frisell, Bobby McFerrin, Bang on a Can All-Stars, and The Calder Larry Chung Ray Murray Quartet, won dozens of awards for her compositions, and performed all Kathleen Crandall Kerry Parker over the world. For a chance to hear a modern musical visionary, catch Iva Bittová at the Freight. John Croizat Sarah Robertson Suzanne Fox David Sawi Robin Flower Linda Tillery CartoonJazz Orchestra Sunday November 3 Peter Glazer Austin Willacy The CartoonJazz Orchestra, led by multi- Barbara Higbie reed man and educator Jeff Sanford, covers the gamut of cartoon-inspired jazz, playing music by such innovative composers as Raymond New Home Committee Scott, John Kirby, and Danny Elfman. If you’ve ever watched Saturday morning television, Co-Chairs: if the name Bugs Bunny rings a bell, or Ren Danny Carnahan and Stimpy, or Homer Simpson, you know Warren Hellman (1934-2011) these zany, wildly colored compositions with their catchy melodies and hair-raising rhyth- mic shifts—they’re embedded in your subcon- scious, etched into your television DNA. Musicians Committee Inspired in part by Don Byron’s brilliant album, Bug Music, Jeff launched the CartoonJazz project at the Stanford Jazz Festival in 2003 after hunting through public archives and private collector libraries Darol Anger Tony Marcus and tracking down many of the charts that Raymond Scott composed for his bands in the 1930s and Duck Baker Mike Marshall ’40s. The first performance was so successful that Jeff continued the project, with members of the band David Balakrishnan John McCutcheon contributing new arrangements and expanding the repertoire. Greg Brown Libby McLaren Tonight’s orchestra features Rolf Johnson, Eric Wayne, and John Worley on trumpets, Tony Davids, Bill Evans Steve Seskin Kaila Flexer Richard Shindell John Hunt, and Rick Walsh on trombones, Fil Lorenz, Dick Mathias, Doug Rowan, Hal Richards, Mary Gibbons Mayne Smith and Jeff on woodwinds, and a rhythm section of Don Bennett, Randy Johnson, Andy Ostwald, Mark Ronnie Gilbert Eric Thompson Rosengarden, and Benny Watson.