Wednesday March 4 * doors at 6:30, music at 7 * $20-30 * TICKETS

Transparent Productions presents...

Phillip Greenlief (solo saxophone)

Keefe Jackson Trio: Keefe Jackson (sax, clarinet), Luke Stewart (bass), and Mikel Patrick Avery (drums)

Since his emergence on the west coast in the late 1970s, saxophonist/composer PHILLIP GREENLIEF has achieved international acclaim for his recordings and performances with musicians and composers in the post-jazz continuum as well as new music innovators and virtuosic improvisers. He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Meredith Monk, Rashaun Mitchell & Silas Reiner, and They Might Be Giants. Albums include two LANTSKAP LOGIC TRIO releases (w/ Evelyn Davis and Fred Frith), THAT OVERT DESIRE OF OBJECT with Joelle Leandre, ALL AT ONCE with FPR (Frank Gratkowski and Jon Raskin), and OH THAT MONSTER with LA punk pioneers Thelonious Monster. Residencies have included the Banff Center for Art and Creativity, Neue Muzik Koln, and suddenly/LISTEN Halifax, Nova Scotia. His critical writing has been published in Artforum, Open Space (SFMOMA), Sound American, and Signal to Noise.
"The Bay Area's do-it-yourself ethos has produced a bevy of dazzlingly creative musicians, but few have put the philosophy to work as effectively as Phillip Greenlief." – Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle
https://www.phillipgreenlief.com/

Keefe Jackson And These Things Happen.
The music of These Things Happen lives in the spaces between Chicago and Amsterdam, composition and improvisation, sobriety and wild abandon, playfulness and innocence. Starting with classic pieces and originals from the Dutch and American jazz traditions, the group will digress, covering new ground: discover and ignore, grab and release, creating and letting go. While the Chicago musician comes to jazz naturally, the Dutch approach to this music has often that been of respectful game and play. With These Things Happen this contrast is one of sincere joy. The compositions of Misha Mengelberg stand next to those of Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols and originals. These Things Happen’s new long-playing disc 'A Gentle Reminder' comes out in March 2026 on the Corbett vs. Dempsey label. Their previous release was in 2022, from Astral Spirits Records.
Keefe Jackson, saxophone
Oscar Jan Hoogland, piano
Luke Stewart, bass
Mikel Patrick Avery, drums
https://keefejackson.com/