January 27, 2012 - Compact Gallery, San Luis Obispo. 10 Pieces for Solo Performer. Steve Reich's Pendulum Music (1968). Doors at 7:00, music at 7:30. RSVP prefered.

February 9, 2012 - El Valenciano, San Francisco. Improvised set with Matt Plummer and Jacob Zimmerman.

Supporting:

January 19, 2012 - Novo, San Luis Obispo with Jessamyn Pattison

January 22, 2012 - Mezzanine, San Francisco with comedians Stella and Release the Sunbird.

January 24, 2012 - The Independent, San Francisco with Release the Sunbird. Home of the Slave: A Benifit for SF's Victims of Human Trafficking

February 21, 2012 - Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco with Release the Sunbird, supporting the Flaming Lips.

2011:

J has been an ubiquitous interloper in a plethora of Bay Area musical happenings over the last four years.

In 2010 J ambled from stage left to record Desolation Happiness - a collection of solo acoustic guitar music expanded and elucidated by 2011's Unmentionable.

The guitarist's recorded debut can be found on Anthony Coleman's 2007 album Lapidation, for New World Records

2010:
Reviews by Work & Worry and the Bay Bridged

2009:

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J studied guitar and free improvisation with Joe Morris and composition with Anthony Coleman at the New England Conservatory of Music.  While in Boston, he spent over a year assisting, studying, and watching films with original Third-Stream pianist, Ran Blake. Four years earlier, J unwittingly shared a small table with Duck Baker at Yoshi's Jazz Club in Oakland, California.

Past solo performances:
6/7/11, KCPR Radio (San Luis Obispo), 5/19/11, Painted Sky Studio (Cambria); 3/20/11, White Heron Sangha (San Luis Obispo); 3/19/11, Steynberg Gallery (San Luis Obispo); 3/15/11, Amnesia supporting Chuck Johnson (San Francisco); 1/23/11, The Little Theatre (San Luis Obispo); 1/20/11, The Ugly Mug (Santa Cruz); 1/19/11, Cafe Van Kleef (Oakland); 1/8/11, Mosgos (Arcata); 1/7/11, The Makeout Room supporting Sean Smith (San Francisco); 11/5/10, Compact Gallery (San Luis Obispo); 10/20/10, Steynberg Gallery supporting Dr. Eugene Chadbourne (San Luis Obispo) 2/13/10, Steynberg Gallery, 1/9/10, Trinity Chapel Chamber Concert (Berkeley); 1/3/10, Gallery 1412 (Seattle); 11/29/09, Steynberg Gallery (San Luis Obispo); 10/11/09, Bazaar Cafe (San Francisco); 4/4/09, Bluesix (San Francisco); 2/12/09, The Luggage Store (San Francisco); 5/31/08, David Patton Gallery (Los Angeles)

Credits:

SNAILS by Danae Swanagon.

UNMENTIONABLE (Album - 2011): Produced and recorded by Jameson and Danae Swanagon. J - acoustic and electric guitars, D - Ibanez AD9 on Wisconsin. Special thanks to Jeff and Deborah Jamieson.

DESOLATION HAPPINESS (Album - 2010): Recorded by Sebastien Richard and mastered by Myles Boisen. Design by Priscilla Wilson.

PIECE FOR GUITAR (Single - 2009): Two improvisations recorded on a Sony TC-200 quarter-inch tape machine. Piece for Guitar is based on written material by Derek Bailey.

THE BIG FEET (Short Film - 2009): Written and Directed by J; Cinematography by Joe Golling; Edited by Aaron Rietz; Music by J; Special Effects Makeup by Danae Swanagon; Acted by Ezra Rubin, DS, Bob Thayer and J.