From the street corner to the concert hall, the pickPocket ensemble have created a unique and original contemporary chamber cafe music. Based in Northern California, we have toured internationally and released 6 CD's of original music. Our music has been featured in several films and on NPR and public television.
To listen to the pickPocket ensemble is to embark on a journey. Speak to audience members after a performance: one will have been to Bogota, one to Prague, one to Paris. Yet for all its wide-ranging inspirations, the pickPocket ensemble's music remains intensely personal and immediately engaging, an invitation to listen in on an intimate conversation.
To listen to the pickPocket ensemble is to embark on a journey. Speak to audience members after a performance: one will have been to Bogota, one to Prague, one to Paris. Yet for all its wide-ranging inspirations, the pickPocket ensemble's music remains intensely personal and immediately engaging, an invitation to listen in on an intimate conversation.
Rick Corrigan |
(accordion, piano, composition) has been an electronic music composer and film composer, with several scores for experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage to his credit, and has produced live film and sound performances with filmmaker Paul Lundahl at San Francisco's Exploratorium and SF's Cinematheque.
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Chloe Allen |
(violin) has performed in a wide variety of styles including classical, folk, pop, rock, jazz, hip-hop, metal, circus, burlesque, punk, and Gypsy Swing. She has played with the Albany (NY) Symphony, the Binghamton (NY) Philharmonic, pop music group Here Here, and is a member of the SF Blind Cafe Orchestra.
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Yates Brown
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Yates' guitar, banjo, bass, and sitar playing appear on over 30 recordings, including 7 solo albums, with live performances including Spoleto Festival USA. He performs regularly with the traditional Arabic orchestra ASWAT and has toured with progressive rock group Ventid. Currently, he composes for and performs with the new chamber ensemble Doralice.
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John Slattery
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(percussion), a Chicago native, has worked in wide-ranging musical settings for over 25 years, appearing on records and tours with pop, hard rock /metal, jazz / fusion and blues groups. Notable performances include those with Cyclone Temple and Tools of Ignorance. He is thrilled to bring his diverse experience to the pickPocket ensemble.
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Kurt Ribak
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(double bass) Kurt Ribak grew up singing and playing classical music. He began playing jazz while attending UC Berkeley, and spent many hours mastering the styles of bassists Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, and Charles Mingus, and discovering his love of composition and songwriting.
Kurt's band has performed at Yoshi’s and SFJAZZ, at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, San Francisco Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, Nor-Cal Jazz Festival, Fillmore Street Jazz Festival, and Blue Note Napa |
friends and collaborators
Marguerite Ostro and Lila Sklar - violin
Sam Bass and Myra Joy - cello
Colin Williams - double bass
Peter Jaques - trumpet and clarinet
Matthew Souther - trumpet
Michaelle Goerlitz and Brian Rice - percussion
Marguerite Ostro and Lila Sklar - violin
Sam Bass and Myra Joy - cello
Colin Williams - double bass
Peter Jaques - trumpet and clarinet
Matthew Souther - trumpet
Michaelle Goerlitz and Brian Rice - percussion