
The moon will block the sun as seen on Earth a week from Monday, April 8, while earthwise welcomes to Palo Alto Will Bernard Freelance Subversives featuring Ben Stivers piano and Murray Low, his wife and his student, Rabiah Kabir, flute

The moon will block the sun as seen on Earth a week from Monday, April 8, while earthwise welcomes to Palo Alto Will Bernard Freelance Subversives featuring Ben Stivers piano and Murray Low, his wife and his student, Rabiah Kabir, flute

Ethan Iverson, Marta Sanchez, Dick Fregulia & Motoko Honda perform at The Mitch by Earthwise April 1, April 2, April 3, and or April 4; Edward Simon not pictured appears Sunday April 7 matinee, with Tammy Hall; art after Mark Tansey

FROM BIMHUIS TO EARTHWISE JULY 14 FOR BAY AREA TRUMPET LEGEND
Hi Mark,
Unfortunately a grant that I thought would subsidize the the trip fell through.
I’m sorry.
I’m gonna try again in 2025.
Sorry for the false alarm.
Will be in touch.
Best,
Ralph
Hi Mark,
Yes, count me in. Will let you who’s playing very soon.
Looking forward!
Best,
Ralph
> On Mar 19, 2024, at 11:05 PM, mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Are we still in discussion or did I freak you out with my long, neurotic digressions?
> Mark Weiss Dba Earthwise
> (650) 305-jazz
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Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Mar 8, 2024, at 6:11 AM, Ralph Alessi <ralphalessi@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Great, I’ll put (that date) down!
>>
>> I went to Terra Linda High School in San Rafael
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Ralph
>>
>>> On Mar 7, 2024, at 10:55 PM, mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I really haven’t started booking the summer yet but can you hold the Sunday for a matinee 2 PM hit at Mitchell Park amphitheater?
>>> I usually pay $xxx per player —for example, $xxxx for a quartet.
>>> I rent the space from the city of Palo Alto, and also separately contract sound reinforcement and if necessary backline.
>>> The shows are free to the people — I have a hard ticket series at the adjacent Mitchell Park community center but I’m not 100% sure how many shows I’m going to do — in theory, the hard ticket shows subsidize the free ones.
>>> Feel free to call me to discuss:
>>> (650) 305-jazz
>>> Mark Weiss
>>> Dba Earthwise
>>> Of Palo Alto
>>> PS I’m curious what was the name of your high school? I went to Gunn of Palo Alto.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> On Mar 7, 2024, at 12:45 PM, Ralph Alessi <ralphalessi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I’m Ralph Alessi. Trumpet player/composer from New York. I also record for ECM records (and originally born and raised in the Bay Area).
>>>> I wanted to enquire about playing at your venue on either (window)
I’d be happy to send any info if necessary.
>>>>
>>>> I look forward to hearing from you.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Ralph Alessi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ralphalessi.com
>>>
>>
Thank you.

SUNDAY, MARCH 24 TWO PM AT LYTTON PLAZA BY EARTHWISE
This will be the first announced show of our preseason spring outdoors preseason; this is matt’s fourth concert and fourth different venue with Earthwise here; he previously played at Johnson Park, Mitchell Park outdoors, and Cubberley H-1.
Please count down with us the next 169 hours until matt’s triumphant and glorious and seafaring or water-referencing conquest of the plaza. Aw shoot: oceans!
He will play one long set with no opener. Call it “afternoon with…” but if the weather is nice and you are nearby, see if anything else is happening interesting at the plaza this week; just yesterday I saw a group of college kids featuring members of Good Fast Cheap, but not Good Fast Cheap they did a great version of “Franklin Tower” instrumental . Then there were some eastern religious type people pushing the limits of the first amendment and proselytizing . Today There was a group of people doing a social experiment in conjunction with a local therapist; I met three people; the last of whom rejected me as a participant based on my -I’m just guessing -awareness of the game. Apparently you can only help two different people with their social anxiety —that’s called the observer effect; that’s what you get from a concert promoter on St. Patrick’s Day wearing a dartmouth sweatshirt and fur-lined psychedelic crocs.
anyhow, you could also check out matt’s new record to help Wael or idol those 169 hours and Or see him at a concert in Piedmont with KC not Frank Turner or somewhere in Boulder Creek but not Felton at a tattoo parlor I think they said, or Folsom which I think is near Sacramento, maybe he will be doing a special Johnny Cash set. I made matt do some reggae thing and he was the butt of one of my little jokes. There will be no little jokes seven days before April Fools’ Day. Dave it for later.
I will be spending part of these 169 hours preparing my schedule C, which is like paying taxes if you’re a concert promoter; and putting up pliers for Ethan Iverson, Marta Sanchez et al. I think I can say this, since i own this blog that I am also promoting jazz concerts 8 consecutive days in April, then eight act simultaneously or three at a time on California Avenue 3rd Thursday, April 18. That might be it for 2024 short preseason, postseason. Stay tuned, Lord Willin, and the creek don’t rise. But hold May 19 Sunday at Mitchell Park for something.
Part of being Earthwise is being unpredictable.





this was made by my 15 year old friend J_ but the actual performers are for reals and serious
And1: My only previous show with Tammy Hall was at Johnson Park in September, 2022 although I saw her recently at the Abdullah Ibrahim show in San Francisco:


Delbert Anderson, Rabiah Kabir Jon Lagunte
Nefesh Mountain
Levi. Brothers w LaBarberas, Rabiah Kabir
Lizzie No, Fumi Ben Ben Jordan, Beti Masnqo
…I was on hiatus while coaching hoops at Gunn:
Eight piano shows in eight days, three weeks from now
All three stages of Cali Ave night fair…April 18
more to come this spring lord willing and the creek don’t rise
and1:
Noa Levy doing Fields at The J: