BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/oakland//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130525T091538CEST-9990vHuBmz@www.yoshis.com/oakland DTSTAMP:20130525T070538Z DESCRIPTION:\n\nGrammy winner Henry Kaiser is widely recognized as one of t he most creative and innovative guitarists\, improvisers\, and producers i n the fields of rock\, jazz and experimental music\, and is one of the mos t extensively recorded as well\, having appeared on more than 225 differen t albums and contributed to countless television and film soundtracks. A r estless collaborator who constantly seeks the most diverse contexts for hi s music\, Henry performs frequently throughout the USA\, Canada\, Europe\, and Japan. Along with Davey Williams and Eugene Chadbourne\, he is consi dered one of the "\;three founding fathers of American free improvisat ional guitar"\;\; his recording/performance credits read like a Who&rs quo\;s Who of the musical world and range from artists like David Lindley and Herbie Hancock to Jerry Garcia\, Billy Kreutzmann and Miroslav Tadic. He is also a scientific diver in the U.S. Antarctic Program\, and for almo st two decades he taught underwater research at U.C. Berkeley\, where he w as an early pioneer in the use of underwater video for scientific research and diver training. Henry has had a parallel career in film and televisio n for over 30 years\, working as a producer\, director and soundtrack comp oser. He received an Academy Award nomination for his work as the producer for Werner Herzog's film &ldquo\;Encounters At The End Of The World&rdquo \; on which he was also the underwater camera and soundtrack composer\; he also worked on 3 other Herzog films: &ldquo\;The Wild Blue Yonder&rdquo\; \, &ldquo\;Grizzly Man&rdquo\;\, and &ldquo\;Little Dieter Needs To Fly&rd quo\;.\nGautam Tejas Ganeshan sings classical Carnatic music with distinct ion\, innovation\, and an inimitable personal style. Dubbed a "\;local treasure"\; by SF Classical Voice\, and "\;a magnet for local Ind ian classical musicians"\; by the S.F. Chronicle\, Gautam has galvaniz ed the local scene\, his compelling musicality and unique approach enablin g him to inflect a tradition through himself so that listeners feel it spe aks directly to them\, and that its subtle beauty has grown new roots. Gau tam's music expresses authenticity more than ethnicity\, immediacy more th an nostalgia - it is "\;new music from an old tradition"\; (S.F. J AZZ Festival)\, representing the "\;ecstatic edge of contemporary Indi an classical music"\; (S.F. International Arts Festival).\nHailed by m any as the world&rsquo\;s leading solo bassist\, Michael Manring has been pushing back the boundaries of what's possible on the bass guitar for over two decades. Michael has honed his skills on hundreds of recordings and t housands of live shows around the world including Carnegie Hall in New Yor k\, Yamaha Hall in Tokyo and Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei. He has w orked with a diverse collection of artists including the late guitar geniu s Michael Hedges\, New Age keyboardist Suzanne Ciani\, fusion guitarist St eve Morse\, celebrated folk troubadour John Gorka\, experimental post-meta l rockers Tim Alexander (Primus) and Alex Skolnick (Testament) and electro -pop pioneer Thomas Dolby. He has earned two gold records\, Grammy and Bam mie nominations\, a Berklee School of Music Distinguished Alumni Award\, t wo Just Plain Folks Awards and numerous Bass Player Magazine Reader's Poll awards including 1994 Bassist of the Year. His innovative solo concerts a nd expressive skills led The San Jose-Mercury News to call him "\;...a virtuoso electric bassist who's almost single-handedly redefined the oute r limits of the instrument"\; and The Philadelphia Inquirer to refer t o him as simply "\;...the hottest bassist today."\;\nAs a composer Vinny Golia fuses the rich heritage of jazz\, contemporary classical and world music into his own unique compositions. He has won numerous awards a s a composer\, including grants from The National Endowment of the Arts\, The Lila Wallace Commissioning Program\, The California Arts Council\, Mee t the Composer\,Clausen Foundation of the Arts\, Funds for U.S. Artists an d the American Composers Forum. A multi-woodwind performer\, Vinny's reco rdings have been consistently picked by critics and readers of music journ als for their yearly "\;ten best"\; lists. He was the winner of th e Jazz Times TDWR award for Bass Saxophone\, ranked first in the Cadence M agazine Writers &\; Readers Poll and has continually placed in the Down beat Critic's Poll for Baritone &\; Soprano Saxophone. In 1999 Vinny w on the L.A. Weekly&rsquo\;s Award for "\;Best Jazz Musician"\;. Ja zziz Magazine has also named him as one of the 100 people who have influen ced the course of Jazz in our Century. In 2006 The Jazz Journalists Associ ation honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Vinny has been a fea tured performer with the likes of artists such as Anthony Braxton\, Henry Grimes\, John Carter\, Patti Smith\, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orch estra\, amongst a list of other notables too long to name. DTSTART:20130306T200000 DTEND:20130306T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:Oakland SUMMARY:Michael Manring\, Henry Kaiser\, Gautam Tejas Ganeshan\, and Vinny Golia: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR