**UPDATE** Scott Amendola

**We are sad to announce that Wil Blades is unable to appear at Keys this weekend due to illness.**

Scott Amendola is welcoming longtime collaborators Ben Goldberg – Clarinet and Ben Davis – cello on Friday evening and Jon Dryden – piano and Mat Muntz – acoustic bass on Saturday. 

Friday 12/8

Ben Goldberg – Clarinet

Ben Davis – Cello

Scott Amendola – drums/percussion/electronics

Ben Goldberg and Scott Amendola have been playing music together for over 3 decades. They’ve come together for various projects. One of there projects was playing the music of Thelonious Monk in trio format. Ben Davis and Ben Goldberg have performed together in the recent months and have found a deep connection. So here we find a meeting of interesting minds. Tonight we’ll play compositions by each of the band members. And they will also interpret some Thelonious Monk. Someone they hold dear as an important composer, and musician that has continually inspired them.  

Saturday 12/9

Jon Dryden – piano

Mat Muntz – acoustic bass

Scott Amendola – drums/percussion/electronics

Jon Dryden and Scott Amendola have been playing music together since 1987.  There was an instant deep connection when they met at Berklee College of Music.  Their continued growth as individuals and together has rang true throughout the years. Tonight they’ll join forces with Mat Muntz. A deep and creative force on the bass. This will be the maiden voyage of this trio working through original music, and some interesting cover songs. Things will go in cool places and back! Not to be missed! 

“If Scott Amendola didn’t exist, the San Francisco music scene would have to invent him.” Derk  Richardson, San Francisco Bay Guardian  

“Amendola has complete mastery of every piece of his drumset and the ability to create a  plethora of sounds using sticks, brushes, mallets, and even his hands.”Steven Raphael, Modern  Drummer 

“…drummer/signal-treater Scott Amendola is both a tyrant of heavy rhythm and an electric haired antenna for outworldly messages (not a standard combination).” Greg Burk, LA Weekly 

For Scott Amendola, the drum kit isn’t so much an instrument as a musical portal. As an  ambitious composer, savvy bandleader, electronics explorer, first-call accompanist and  capaciously creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive musicians, Amendola applies his  wide-ranging rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of settings. His closest musical associates  include guitarists Charlie Hunter, Nels Cline, and Jeff Parker, Hammond B-3 organist Wil  Blades, violinist Jenny Scheinman, saxophonist Phillip Greenlief, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, bassists Trevor Dunn, and Todd Sickafoose, players who have each forged a singular path  within and beyond the realm of jazz.  

Happy Hour 5pm – 6pm. First come, first serve seating. Shows begin at 7pm and 9pm.

Tickets: $30 per show

Students and IMA Members can purchase tickets for $15 in person for the 7pm and 9pm shows and may attend 11pm shows free of charge (with proof of valid ID).