Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Music listings – 3/14 through 3/20
1. Nublu Orchestra conducted by Butch Morris
Date: Monday, March 14, 2011
Time: 9:30pm & 11pm
Venue: Nublu
Ticket: $10
Genre: Jazz/improve
Come down to Nublu for a magical evening featuring the legendary Butch Morris conducting a spontaneous musical creation into being with some of New York City’s most talented musicians. Either this week or next week will be the end of the current run, so don’t miss this rare musical treat.
2. Jordi Savall – THE ROUTE OF THE NEW WORLD: FROM SPAIN TO MEXICO
The Tiptons Sax Quartet and Drums: an all-female saxophone quartet jumping around the world!!!
Date: March 3, 2011
Venue: Brooklyn Public Library’s the Dweck Center
Reviewd by Matt Cole
Roulette’s concert schedules of this week
ROULETTE NYC SPRING 2011
20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand Streets).
Reservations/Tickets: 212.219.8242
$15: General Admission
$10: Students, Under 30s & Seniors
FREE: Roulette Members
Ches Smith and These Arches
Wed Mar 9 – 8:30 PM
A former student of William Winant, Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros, and Alvin Currin, Ches Smith has proven to be one of the most versatile drummers working in experimental music today. Navigating seamlessly from jazz to metal to punk to art-rock to electronic music to Haitian voodoo drumming, over the years he has worked with Secret Chiefs 3, Trevor Dunn, Xiu Xiu, John Zorn, John Tchicai, Marc Ribot, Fred Frith, Mr. Bungle, Terry Riley, and many others. Tonight Smith presents his exciting new ensemble Ches Smith & These Arches, featuring Tony Malaby, Mary Halvorson, and Andrea Parkins.
INTERPRETATIONS: Thomas Buckner performs Peter Garland,
Michael Byron, Roscoe Mitchell, Petr Kotik, Fred Ho
Thu Mar 10 – 8:00 PM
Baritone Thomas Buckner performs works by Peter Garland and Petr Kotik for voice and percussion, featuring percussionist William Winant and members of the Orchestra of the SEM Ensemble conducted by Kotik, works for voice and piano by Michael Byron and Roscoe Mitchell, featuring pianist Joseph Kubera, and a work by Fred Ho for baritone voice and baritone saxophone featuring Ho on baritone saxophone.
A Master’s Master Graces Manhattan: Shahid Parvez Khan & Nitin Mitta
Date: Febuary 26, 2011
Venue: St. John’s Lutheran Church (NY)
Presented by HarmoNYom
Reviewed by Dawoud Kringle

