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That's no spelling mistake on the title of the Mark Dresser Seven's seven-track new 'Sedimental You' (Clean Feed). Although the title tune is, indeed, taken from Tommy Dorsey's 1932 "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," Dresser is hardly sentimental. He's talking sediment here. Like rocks, man. Yet there's no rock here. Go figure.

That's no spelling mistake on the title of the Mark Dresser Seven's seven-track new 'Sedimental You' (Clean Feed). Although the title tune is, indeed, taken from Tommy Dorsey's 1932 "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," Dresser is hardly sentimental. He's talking sediment here. Like rocks, man. Yet there's no rock here. Go figure.

Widening the Embrace: A Reduced Carbon Footprint Concert (California-Korea, 2023)Widening the Embrace is the third stage in our collaboration, which began in 2016 with Changing Tides I and was followed at the beginning of the pandemic in February 2020 with Changing Tides 2: Requiem for the Earth. Our intention is to forge a path forward, balancing in sound as we collectively confront a morphing pandemic and undeniable climate crisis. In scientific and political fields today, the challenges facin...

This Friday at 6 p.m. ET, three masterful musicians come together online to give a unique concert experience from three different cities. Fifteen years ago, an odd mishmash of musicians, theatre workers, dancers, visual artists, and computer scientists figured out a way to play together over the internet. One of those innovators, Mark Dresser, is also a daring jazz contrabass player, renowned for his bone-chilling multiphonics and low-end brilliance. Believe it or not, Dresser says he was play...

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The Palomar Radio Control Flyers are hosting free flight lessons on Mondays, airplanes provided. The Palomar Radio Control Flyers are hosting free flight lessons (weather permitting), airplanes provided. The club started out in the San Marcos area around 1955 as a bunch of guys getting together to fly. They flew from property west of the old airport near Linda Vista in San Marcos. Now the club maintains an instruction program. This instruction is provided for free. Your instruction can come fro...