BLUE CRANES RETURN TO CHICO!

Thursday March 11th with friends ELDERS (feat Cooper of Devil Makes Three)

$7 admission

all ages welcome

8pm

Blue Cranes (portland)

Hailing from Portland, Oregon, the Blue Cranes create music that is as invigorating as it is disarming. The quintet, composed of Reed Wallsmith (alto saxophone), Sly Pig (tenor saxophone), Rebecca Sanborn (keyboards), Keith Brush (acoustic bass), and Ji Tanzer (drums), gracefully merges nostalgic homages to old jazz with completely fresh innovations on the genre.

In 1994 at a high school in Portland, Tanzer and Wallsmith met to form a musical project and creative outlet for their jazz-leaning sensibilities. Nine years later, in 2003, they joined with bassist and fellow jazz enthusiast Keith Brush to form Blue Cranes. A year later marked the addition of keyboardist Rebecca Sanborn, and their first full length album as a quartet, Lift Music! Flown Music!. In 2006, Sly Pig approached the band about writing a piece for the group. When the musical chemistry became immediately evident, Blue Cranes became a quintet. This group, along with guest guitarist Ila Cantor, recorded the second full length Blue Cranes album, Homing Patterns, which was released in May 2008.

Blue Cranes have performed at the Portland Jazz Festival, Seattle‘s Sounds Outside, PDX Pop Now!, and have shared the stage with Wayne Horvitz, Portland Cello Project, Cuong Vu, and The Tiptons. They regularly tour the West Coast and beyond.

www.myspace.com/bluecranes  

Elders (davis)

Instrumental Space Jams from Davis, CA

*Eric Redpath - Drums, Samples, Saxaphone *Jessica Cooke - Fender Rhodes, Noise, Vocals *Kevin DeMarco - Guitar *Cooper McBean - Bass, Noise

www.myspace.com/eldersmusic  

www.eldrs.com

Red Giant

Cammie nominated Chico instrumental shoegaze/noise band RED GIANT in what is rumored to be their FINAL show!   Come to the 3/11 Cafe Coda gig to find out for sure!

www.myspace.com/theredgiantband