Phillip Greenlief, solo saxophone.

Wednesday March 4th. Doors at 6:30PM, music at 7PM at Rhizome DC..  Admission $20-$30. Tickets.

Since his emergence on the west coast in the late 1970s, saxophonist/composer PHILLIP GREENLIEF has achieved international acclaim for his recordings and performances with musicians and composers in the post-jazz continuum as well as new music innovators and virtuosic improvisers. He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Meredith Monk, Rashaun Mitchell & Silas Reiner, and They Might Be Giants. Albums include two LANTSKAP LOGIC TRIO releases (w/ Evelyn Davis and Fred Frith), THAT OVERT DESIRE OF OBJECT with Joelle Leandre, ALL AT ONCE with FPR  (Frank Gratkowski and Jon Raskin), and OH THAT MONSTER with LA punk pioneers Thelonious Monster. Residencies have included the Banff Center for Art and Creativity, Neue Muzik Koln, and suddenly/LISTEN Halifax, Nova Scotia. His critical writing has been published in Artforum, Open Space (SFMOMA), Sound American, and Signal to Noise.

"The Bay Area's do-it-yourself ethos has produced a bevy of dazzlingly creative musicians, but few have put the philosophy to work as effectively as Phillip Greenlief." – Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle

Check out Phillip’s music on Bandcamp.