1. Federico Ughi Quartet
Date: Monday, November 26, 2012
Time: 9:30pm
Venue: Zebulon (258 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211)
Ticket: free
Genre: jazz/improve
“Federico Ughi is characteristically splendid, his drums serving as much more than a rhythmic undercurrent…” Steven Loewy, Cadence Magazine
Federico Ughi is a drummer and composer based in New York. His music infuses the New York avant garde sound with a sense of melody inspired by the Italian classical and folk traditions of his childhood in Rome. Ornette Coleman has been a major influence for Federico as well as a mentor. Born in Rome, Italy Federico relocated to London at age 21 to play music, from there moving to New York in 2000 again to play music. He has been based in Brooklyn, NY ever since. He has performed or recorded with Daniel Carter, William Parker, The Cinematic Orchestra among others. Federico Ughi has perfomed throughout Italy, the UK, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Slovenia, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, China, Mexico, Canada and the US.
2. Catherine Sikora & Bonnie Kane/Chris Welcome Duo
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Time: 8:30 pm
Venue: Freddys Bar (627 5th Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 718-768-0131)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: jazz/improve
8:30pm – Catherine Sikora (saxophones) Saxophonist, improviser and composer Catherine Sikora started her musical journey in West Cork, Ireland, where she was born and raised. Self taught to begin with, she moved to New York City in 2000 to study and play with great improvisers. Sikora has toured Europe with Eric Mingus and with Elliott Sharp, and works regularly in avant jazz/improvised circles with a wide circle of musicians. In this performance, Sikora will play solo.
10pm – Bonnie Kane Chris Welcome Duo (saxophones & guitar) create foreground music for serious avant-garde listening. Years of working together has forged a sonic connection between these two artists that combined with their mastery of noise, feedback, improvisation, and extended instrumental techniques, yields a stunning output. Challenging and expansive, they create sounds and harmonics that infuse the performance space with a transformative energy that can be felt on a physical level by those fortunate enough to be receptive. Those who are ready, will find this music essential to their well being in body and mind.
3. SoSaLa
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Time: 9pm to 11pm
Venue: Nublu (62 Ave C, between 4th and 5th Street in the Lower East Side)
Ticket: $10
Genre: nu world trash
4. The Claire Daly Quartet
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Time: 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Venue: The Gershwin Hotel (7 East 27th Street, between 5th and Madison, New York, NY)
Ticket: $15
Genre: jazz
The Claire Daly Quartet will be doing obscure Monk tunes to celebrate our new CD Baritone Monk.
“Claire Daly’s marvelous tribute to Monk’s music reminds us of that special affinity, of Monk’s penchant for the lower frequencies and the big, full sound he expected from his ensemble. Monk’s music is notoriously difficult, though you wouldn’t know it from this recording. Daly’s superb quartet combines a mastery of Monk’s less-recorded repertoire with the casual joy of a jam session. Pianist Steve Hudson avoids Monkish cliches, displaying his own unique style to great effect. Bassist Mary Ann McSweeney plays with a profound sense of melody, swing, and harmonic imagination, and unlike so many young bass players she is not afraid to explore the instrument’s lower register. Peter Grant, a long-time Daly collaborator, gives the band its driving pulse but with a subtlety that allows all voices to be heard. Finally, there is Claire Daly, whose breadth of styles, enormous tone, and distinctive phrasing place her among the very best of contemporary baritone players.” – from the liner notes by Robin D. G. Kelley, author ofThelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original(2009)
Line up: Peter Grant, drums, Maryann McSweeney, bass, Claire Daly, bari, flute, maybe a vocal… and Steve Hudson, piano
5. The Elio Villafranca Quintet
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Time: 7:15pm – 8:30pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, Ph: 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: $12
Genre: Cuban music/latin jazz
Elio Villafranca Quartet presents: On Any Given Night in Havana, is a project inspired by the music of this era, and following that traditions the Elio Villafranca Quintet will bring to life the musical genres of Son, Danzon, Cha-cha-cha, and Guarachas, played at Tropicana, making of those nights an unforgettable experience in Havana.
6. West African Griot Summit
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Time: 7pm
Venue: The Graduate Center The Graduate Center Elebash Hall (365 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10016, Ph: 212.817.8215)
Ticket: $25
Genre: griot singing and music
Popularly known as “praise singers,” griots also use their songs for gossip, satire, or political commentary. This show features Abdoulaye Diabate, Abdourahmane Mangara, Yacouba Diabate, Mamady Kouyate, Mamady Kourouma, Famoro Dioubate, and other griots from Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, the Gambia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. They will perform on guitar, timbin (flute), gambare (lute), ngoni (lute), kora (harp/lute), balafon (xylophone), and djembe (drum), and they will be joined by special guest vocalists. Curated by Sylvain Leroux.
November 26-28, 2012
West African Griot Summit Conference
A 3-day gathering with artists, scholars, folklorists, journalists and more to network and exchange music and ideas to preserve and strengthen Griot cultures in the United States. All events take place at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, NYC. Featuring Mamady Kouyate (Guinea, guitar), Tapani Sissoko (Mali, vocals), Salieu Susso (Gambia, kora), Cheik M’Baye, (Senegal, percussion) and Kewulay Kamara (Sierra Leone, talking Griot), and Cheik Hamala Diabate (Mali, ngoni) plus folklorists, ethnomusicologists, scholars, students and more.
In addition to closed sessions, the conference will include a free-to-the-public lecture/ demonstration Griot Traditions Across West Africa on Monday, November 26th at 7PM, and a ticketed, public concert West African Griot Summit with more than 20 Griots with guest artists on Tuesday, November 27th at 7PM, both at Elebash Hall. If you are interested in attending the conference sessions, please send an email to erm3381@gmail.com
7. Tarana
Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Time: 10pm
Venue: The Stone (is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Indian influenced music/electronics/improve/contemporary
Tarana is: Ravish Momin (drums, electronics, percussion), Rick Parker (trombone, electronics) and Tanya Kalmanovitch (viola)
Ravish Momin started writing poetry when he was 8 years old. His love for the sciences simultaneously led him to obtain a B.Sc in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in the US. He has studied drumset with master-drummers Andrew Cyrille, Bob Moses, and Ian Froman. He has also studied North Indian Classical percussion with Misha Masud, a disciple of Pandit Taranth Rao…Even though his ideas are fundamentally seated in the Indian musical traditions, he ultimately hopes to be able to seamlessly combine all those musical ideas to create a sound/identity that is totally unique..
8. Max Johnson Quartet
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Stone (is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz/improve
Max Johnson Quartet is: Mark Whitecage (alto saxophone, clarinet), Steve Swell (trombone), Max Johnson (bass) and Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
CD RELEASE CONCERT celebrating the release of the album “Quartet on NotTwo Records. Come hear the reunion of this incredible quartet as they perform the fantastic music from this record.
