Hallow's Eve-Eve POE PARTY with Lisa Mezzacappa & Friends October 30, 2009

San Francisco bassist, bandleader and curator Lisa Mezzacappa ringleads an eclectic pre-Halloween evening of words, image and music in celebration of horror writer Edgar Allan Poe's 200th birthday. Mezzacappa is joined by her versatile ensemble of improvisers, Bait & Switch, along with special guest storytellers, songwriters, filmmakers, performers and musicians for a variety show of creepy improvised music, spooky stories, projections, and Poe-inspired films (by Fellini, Svankmajer and others) with live musical accompaniment.

Bait & Switch is:
Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass
Aaron Bennett, tenor saxophone
John Finkbeiner, guitar
Vijay Anderson, drums

plus:
New Poe songs by Katy Stephan (voice, piano)
Live film score by Guts and Buttons Duo (Marié Abe, accordion + Dina
Maccabee, violin)
Video performance by James Bewley (formerly of Killing My Lobster, Theatre de la Jeune Lune)
Readings by Brent Cunningham with projections on the Shadow Machine by Konrad Steiner

Official Website: http://www.redpoppyarthouse.org