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Nathan Clevenger Group

About Me

The Group performs guitarist Nathan Clevenger's original compositions and consists of some of the most talented players in the Bay Area jazz scene: Aaron Novik, Kasey Knudsen, Mitch Marcus, Sam Bevan, and Eric Garland. Our debut album is in the can and we hope to release it in 2009. We have an ever-expanding book of over 50 compositions and have been an active group with minimal personnel change (a rarity these days!) since 2003. We still believe in jazz, and we're happy that the jazz world seems to be wearying of tiresome battles of definition and gratuitous factionalization. Seeing as there's no going back (thankfully) and neither is there such a thing as a permanent avant garde (sorry), we'll just have to get to work and define ourselves...onward!

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Member Since: 12/10/2005
Band Website: you're looking at it
Band Members: NATHAN CLEVENGER (compositions, guitar), MITCH MARCUS (saxophones, clarinet), KASEY KNUDSEN (saxophones), SAM BEVAN (bass), and ERIC GARLAND (drums). Additional regular participants: Tim Bulkley, Eric Perney, Lisa Mezzacappa, Sylvain Carton and Jon Arkin.
Influences: Thelonious Monk, Andrew Hill, Debussy, Charles Mingus, Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh/Lennie Tristano, Herbie Nichols, Sun Ra, Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans, Ben Goldberg, Ornette Coleman, Paul Bley, Graham Connah, Ellington/Strayhorn, Messiaen, Jimmy Giuffre, Sonny Rollins, early Bill Frisell, Eric Dolphy...
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

6/11/09 Socha Cafe set list

Set 1The IrreconcilablesTrellis  LiturgyThe Fog BeltDjuna Perch PorterDrug Culture Set 2PersuasionJackson at RubyLate Kasparov Drives a CabFossil Strategies Kasey Knudsen  alto & tenor saxophonesMitc...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:25:00 GMT

6/7/09 Cafe Royale set list

set 1Fossil StrategiesHarbor LifeNicte-haLate Kasparov Drives a CabTrellisset 2Julius K.They Shot the Wrong HerbieGap EmbryoLow ResolutionHopelessAaron Novik - clarinet, bass clarinetMitch Marcus - te...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:13:00 GMT

4/19/09 Cafe Royale set list

SET ONEThe IrreconcilablesOdilePersuasionHarbor LifeAnd Less Fretful CosmosLow ResolutionJulius K.SET TWODrug CultureHopelessPotters Field DayThey Shot the Wrong HerbieFossil StrategiesAaron Novik...c...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:42:00 GMT

4.16.09 Revolution Cafe set list

Set 1<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />....Hopeless *....Persuasion *....Ilcarciofo....Gap Embryo....Fossil Strategies....Drug Culture...... ..Set 2.......
Posted by on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:36:00 GMT

3/1/09 Cafe Royale set list

Set 1Julius K.TrellisNicte-haThe IrreconcilablesAnd Less Fretful CosmosThey Shot the Wrong HerbieHopelessSet 2Late Kasparov Drives a CabFossil StrategiesPotters Field DayAlbumenAnd Less Fretful Cosmos...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:32:00 GMT

12/19/08 Temescal Arts Center set list

The Irreconcilables *Fossil StrategiesSleepwalker's AnecdoteLow ResolutionRoadside Dinosaurs *Julius K.They Shot the Wrong HerbieAaron Novik - clarinet, bass clarinetKasey Knudsen - alto sax, tenor sa...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:51:00 GMT

guitar hero roll call

(a name and 1 or 2 or 3 favorite records)Marc Ribot (Saints; Tom Waits: Frank's Wild Years & Rain Dogs; John Zorn: The Circle Maker)Adam Levy (Buttermilk Channel; Lost Trio + 1: Live at Avalon &am...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:44:00 GMT

11/7/08 Socha Cafe set list

set 1:Djuna Perch PorterHopelessHiding from the ParadeThey Shot the Wrong HerbieNicte-haAn Armful of WingsJackson at Ruby set 2Soul is the Last Refuge of a ScoundrelOff Again, Off AgainLighthousesTrel...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:53:00 GMT

9/21/08 Cafe Royale set list

set 1Hiding From the Parade *Fossil StrategiesLiturgyDjuna Perch PorterTrellisThe Fog BeltDrug Cultureset 2Nicte-haEarly IntuitionSleepwalker's AnecdoteLow ResolutionLate Kasparov Drives a CabJackson ...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:14:00 GMT

8/31/08 Cafe Royale set list

set 1Late Kasparov Drives a CabJackson at Ruby *Fossil StrategiesSoul is the Last Refuge of a ScoundrelSleepwalker's Anecdote *Low ResolutionHopelessset 2Early IntuitionLiturgy *OdileTrellisDjuna Perc...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:08:00 GMT