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PEOPLE: Bolinas musician Bill Quist plans to release two albums of his improvisations on synthesizer. This week he performed in two settings: above, at 11 Wharf Road, where he played piano for a private gathering, and at the Calvary Presbyterian Church, where he raised funds for repairs.    David Briggs

Bill Quist is a trained classical pianist, but at a fundraiser on Tuesday for a forthcoming release of two CDs, one attendee described his songs as “intergalactic.” The samples played for the small crowd gathered at a downtown inn were from improvisations he recorded on synthesizer; one was reminiscent of the depths of the sea (“Whale Tears”), another of spirits in the ether (“Angel Choir”). Many travel the world, too: in one piece, the keys…