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Red Poppy Art House: Will Bernard & Beth Custer ‘SKY’ Release Concert
Deep, funky, melodic, from lovely to raunchy, chamber jazz
Clarinetist/vocalist Beth Custer and guitarist Will Bernard will perform ‘SKY’, a culmination of performing together for 35 years.
Featuring:
Will Bernard – guitar
Beth Custer – voice/clarinets
Saturday, September 9th, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm doors, 7:00 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Ranking in the top tier for clarinetistry in DownBeat Reader’s poll, Beth Custer is a member of the Club Foot Orchestra, of David James’s GPS, of Trance Mission, of Eighty Mile Beach, she leads the quartet Clarinet Thing, and is a member of Russian Telegraph, named for San Francisco’s hills. Beth has created scores for Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Zeitgeist, and Turtle Island and for the films of Brad Coley, William Farley, Esther Paik-Mander, and Cathy Lee Crane. She received an EMMY for her KQED score ‘Mantis Shrimp’ and has scored for the dance productions of Joe Goode Performance Group, AXIS Dance Company, Salt Farm, and Flyaway. Theatre scores include Campo Santo, The Magic, Cal Shakes, Intersection for the Arts, and Mile High Theatre. Beth lives in San Francisco.
Will Bernard’s unique guitar playing was formed from the rich cultural roots of the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied classical, jazz, and Indian, played in basements and coliseums, has absorbed the Bay Area Multi-Kulti, the funk of New Orleans, and the New York downtown edge. He’s performed and/or recorded with Charlie Hunter, Stanton Moore, Robert Walter, John Medeski, Bill Laswell, Ben Sidran, Peter Apfelbaum, Dr. John, Tom Waits and many others. His 2007 CD ‘Party Hats’ andhis 1997 project T.J. Kirk ‘If Four Was One’ were nominated for a Grammy. ‘Pond Life’ (2022) on Dreck to Disk is his eleventh release as a bandleader. Will lives in Brooklyn, NY.
https://bethcuster.com