SFJAZZ: 2 Foot Yard, Iron & the Albatross March 8, 2008

"The Discovery Series: Eclectic Alchemy"
2 Foot Yard
Iron & The Albatross
Saturday, March 8, 8PM
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
# $20 SFJAZZ Members
# $25 General Public

“A compellingly individual vocalist/songwriter/arranger”
–Billboard on Carla Kihlstedt (2 Foot Yard)

“A carnival of sounds and a world of imagination.”
–Boston Globe on Iron & The Albatross

Tin Hat veteran Kihlstedt, “a monster virtuoso on numerous instruments…and an inventive, singular artist” (Stereophile) fronts her own trio, 2 Foot Yard. Multi-instrumentalist Ara Anderson’s Iron & the Albatross enchants with cinematic, haunting old-world music.

Personnel:

* Two Foot Yard

* Carla Kihlstedt, violin, voice
* Marika Hughes, cello, voice

* Shahzad Ismaily, percussion, guitar

* Iron & The Albatross

* Ara Anderson, trumpet, glockenspiel
* Katy Stephan, vocals

* Ches Smith, drums
* Todd Sickafoose, string bass

Official Website: http://www.sfjazz.org/concerts/2008/spring/artists/2foot_albatross.asp