Long Beach Post: SAM Activates Art Park Saturday

Friday, February 3, 2012

SAM Activates Art Park Saturday

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Summer And Music continues its amazing run this Saturday from 3 to 7 PM with intimate performances by So Many Wizards and The Fall Trees.

The music series is sponsored by 2nd District Council member Suja Lowenthal, the DLBA, and the RDA. The East Village Art Park is located on the East side of Elm, just South of Broadway.

The brain child of Nima Kazerouni, So Many Wizards seems rooted in a kind of innocence lost in the late '60s. Arrangements range from sparse to lush, with melodies that sound suprisingly fresh, and lyrics that embrace optimism without feeling naive.

So Many Wizards\' Nima Kazerouni - Photo courtesy of Andie Bottrell

Decidedly lo-fi, and focusing more on feel than finesse, The Fall Trees grope blindly toward the sublime and, surprisingly, discover it from time to time.

The Fall Trees - Photo by Brian Rutkin

Related Stories: The Fall Trees, Summer and Music, So Many Wizards, SAM, Art Park, East Village

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Sander lives with his wife, step-daughter, dogs, and cats. He's an avid photographer, and enjoys creating close-up images of flowers and plants, and capturing urban landscapes. He's been involved in music production since the early 80's, and worked professionally as an audio engineer, live sound mixer, and producer.

Sander Roscoe Wolff is a musician, artist, and was co-founder and Executive Director of LongBeachCulture.org, the City's first comprehensive, and free, arts calendar and registry.

He has served on the boards of the 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space and the East Village Arts District, curated a 6 month gallery exhibition in the Long Beach World Trade Center, and produced Songs For Bethune, a CD of original and traditional holiday songs by local artists, to raise funds for the Arts Council's Passport to the Arts program.

His work has been featured in local gallery exhibitions, in SoundWalk, and L.A. Siggraph's Photon Ballet.

His current music project is Ain Soph Aur, a systems based improvisational performance duo and studio team.