1. Evolving Music feat. Rob Brown
Date: Monday, April 14, 2014
Time: 7:30pm to 11pm
Venue: Clemente Soto Velez Center (107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002)
Tickets: $11 per set
Genre: jazz/improv
7:30 pm – Rob Brown and William Parker
Rob Brown – sax
William Parker – bass
8:45pm – Rob Brown Trio
Rob Brown – sax
Kenny Warren – trumpet
Gerald Cleaver – drums
10pm – Reid/Mezzacappa/Davis
Lisa Mezzacappa – bass
Tomeka Reid – cello
Jeff Davis – drums
2. Adam Rudolph and Go: Organic Orchestra
Date: Monday, April 14, 2014
Time: 7:00pm workshop (public welcome to observe), 8:00pm performance
Venue: ShapeShifter Lab (18 Whitwell Pl, between Carroll St & 1st St, Brooklyn, NY 11215, 646-820-9452)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz/improv
33 Musicians – woodwinds, brass, strings, percussion: Go: Organic Orchestra blends improv and composition, orchestral robustness and globally informed grooves, in an ever shifting ensemble led by Adam Rudolph.
Unique in the realm of approaches to improvisational conducting, Organic Orchestra utilizes a composed non-linear score consisting of sound and motion elements. These include tone rows, synthetic scales, melodies, linguistic shapes, intervallic patterns, textural gestures, modes, ragas, maqams, and plainchant. The score serves to provide material for both the improvisations and the orchestrations. Motion and forms and are generated through the application of the composer’s rhythm concept “Cyclic Verticalism” whereby polymeters are combined with additive rhythm cycles.
3. INGRID LAUBROCK QUINTET
Date: Monday, April 14, 2014
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: The Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia St., NY, NY 10014)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz
This new group performs Ingrid Laubrock‘s latest compositions, written for saxophones/brass + drums. The compositions are taylor-made for this cast of had-picked musicians who are all great improvisers and interpreters of creative new music alike. Featuring Ingrid Laubrock, tenor sax; Tim Berne, alto sax; Ben Gerstein, trombone; Dan Peck, tuba; Tom Rainey, drums
4. Landlady Presents: Yellowbirds / Landlady / Lone Wolf
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Time: 9pm
Venue: Shea Stadium BK (20 Meadow St., Brooklyn, NY, 11206)
Tickets: $8
Genre: avant – pop/noise/electronics
9pm- Lone Wolf (Ryan Swayer)
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10pm- Yellowbirds
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11pm- Landlady
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5. Martin Bisi (Album Release Party!)
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: Glasslands Gallery (289 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY112249)
Ticket: $10
Genre: indie rock/psychedelic/experimental/singer-song writer
Ex Nihilo is the new album out now from legendary NYC producer / composer / experimental artist Martin Bisi
”Ex Nihilo’s seven epic songs are marked by the unlikely incorporation of dreamy, operatic background vocals and ritualistic intensity.”- The New Yorker
With MARTIN BISI http://www.martinbisi.com/
BLACK VALLEYS (Members of White Hills)
LARKIN GRIMM http://
PARLOR WALLS https://www.facebook.com/
(w/ Alyse Lamb of EULA)
6. NY Gypsy All-Stars
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Time: 10pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: $40
Genre: Gypsy Soul with funky refinement/jazz
New York Gypsy All-Stars jump the turnstiles of Balkanalia, Turkish Roots, and Gypsy Soul with funky refinement
Ismail Lumanovski / Clarinet
Tamer Pinarbasi / Kanun
Panagiotis Andreou / Bass
Jason Lindner/ Keys
Engin Kaan Gunaydin / Drums
“Frontman clarinetist Ismail Lumanovski is an extraordinary player in his own right, leading the group through a blistering series of haunting dance numbers and a couple of one or two-chord jams that the players used to show off their sizzling chops.” – Alan Young, Lucid Culture Blog
7. Flamenco Gitano: Miguel “El Funi” Vargas + Juan Del Gastor
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Time: 7pm
Venue: The Graduate Center, Elebash Hall (365 Fifth Avenue, bet. 34th and 35th Streets, New York, NY
Ticket: $25
Genre: Flamenco
Direct from Andalucía, Gypsy flamenco’s charismatic icon “El Funi” (Miguel Peña Vargas) returns to New York for his first solo concert here in more than 20 years. He performs Flamenco song and dance with exceptional mastery highlighted by his gallant showmanship.
…fierce and triumphant performing with raw emotion. – The New York Times
JUAN DEL GASTOR was born in Moron de la Frontera and is a nephew of the legendary guitarist Diego del Gastor. A soulful guitarist, he has accompanied such revered singers as Camarón de la Isla and Fernanda de Utrera. A natural entertainer, Juan loves to sing and dance and his contagious good humor and spontaneity have sparked many an impromptu flamenco fiesta.
They will be joined by singer Isamel de la Rosa and dancer Sonia Olla.
8. Golden Drum and Didge Project
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Venue: Golden Drum (97 Green St Apt G24,Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: $20
Genre: Shamanic chanting, mantras, overtone singing, Native American songs, indigenous music, didgeridoos…
Dream Seed is a sound bath meditation hosted by members of Golden Drum and Didge Project. Shamanic chanting, mantras, overtone singing, Native American songs, indigenous music, didgeridoos, crystal singing bowls, bells, gongs, harmoniums, tuning forks and other overtone-emitting instruments are used to create an environment conducive to deep relaxation and inward investigation. Participants are led through guided meditations and sound healing practices designed to harmonize body, mind and spirit.
9. Jocelyn Ho & Christopher Pidcock (The Good, the Holy and the Ugly)
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Time: 9:30pm
Venue: Spectrum (121 Ludlow, Second Floor, New York, NY, 650-400-5100)
Ticket: $20
Genre: modern Music
Australian musicians Jocelyn Ho (piano) and Christopher Pidcock (cello) come together for their first USA tour after sold out shows in Sydney!
Presenting music from the 20th and 21st century by some of the most exciting musicians of our time.
Programme includes:
Saariaho- Im Traum
Scelsi- To the Master
Clyne- Fits + Starts
Sollima- Lama
and works by Neuwirth, Kagel, Ho and Pärt
10. TriBeCaStan Unplugged (well, mostly)
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2014
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: SubCulture (45 Bleecker Street, downstairs, New York, NY 11012)
Tickets: $20
Genre: Balkan/oriental/blues/jazz
TriBeCaStan with sitar and a variety of acoustic instruments from the TriBeCaStani sonic arsenal. We’ll be joined by Steve Turre on trombone and shells!
Radically multicultural and poly-stylistic, New York City’s TriBeCaStan is one of contemporary music’s most vibrantly eclectic ensembles, using diverse instruments from around the globe to create an exotic palette of sonic colors and melodies.
11. Baloji & L´orchestre de la Katuba
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2014
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Pace University’s Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts (3 Spruce Street New York, NY 10038, 212-346-1715)
Tickets: $36.50
Genre: futuristic Africa – Congolese Rumba, hip-hop and funk
Baloji is a quirky Belgian rapper and crooner with Congolese roots whose nom de guerre means “sorcerer” in Swahili. His inventive mix of rap with vintage Congolese soukous, rumba and 60s soul grooves performed in a highly original way has garnered him a huge fan base. Critically acclaimed for his modern interpretation of Congolese music, Baloji is at the forefront of redefining African music in a savvy, modern way. He will be joined by his elegant band on guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion and a horn section.
Artist Website: http://www.baloji.com/
12. Exodus Brooklyn Dance Party
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2014
Time: 8pm
Venue: Europa (98-104 Meserole Ave., at Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, NY)
Tickets: $15
Genre: Afrobeat/Klezmer/Gypsy music
Featuring: Zion80 Jewish ~ Afrobeat
Sharabi featuring Frank London & Deep Singh Bhangra ~ Klezmer
Matt Darriau Gaida Electrique Balkan ~ Gypsy
13. Greg Peterson & Two Mule Team
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2014
Time: 10pm
Venue: Manhattan Inn (632 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 1122)
Ticket: free
Genre: ragtime, jazz, some originals, a standard/indie rock
Greg Peterson (solo set w/piano) and Two Mule Team (Garner/Brown with guest Peterson)
There’s a band, or some might say the rumor of a band, called Rattle (Greg Peterson, Pat Gubler, Rick Brown and Sue Garner). Rattle has in fact played in front of audiences 3 or 4 times – over the course of the nearly 6 years since these four have been playing music together. It’s been a while since the last one, but another will happen “eventually”… There was a hope that this event would be that “next one”, but while that turns out to be impossible, 3/4ths of Rattle will bring music and (hopefully) entertainment to The Manhattan Inn on April 17th at 10:00.
Greg is usually found playing the guitar in various groups (Batillus, The Scene is Now, Rattle), but his first instrument was the piano. It’s been a long time since he’s performed a solo piano set, and he’s not sure where this evening’s performance will lead, but it will probably involve a bit of ragtime, jazz, some originals, a standard or two, and maybe even some singing.
Sue and Rick (Two Mule Team) have made music together for many years in a number of contexts, including the bands Fish & Roses and Run On, both of which they founded. The duo’s album _Still_ was released on Thrill Jockey Records as the second of three Sue Garner records on that label. Besides Rattle and the occasional appearance by Sue with 75 Dollar Bill (duo of Che Chen and RB), the two play in Love Layers with a bunch of friends blowing, bowing and banging. This won’t be like that.
14. KING KONQUBINE/DRUNKEN FOREIGNER/MOUTHGUARD 88 & MASTERCLASS
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2014
Time: 9pm
Venue: TRANS PECOS (915 Wyckoff Ave Ridgewood, NY 11385)
Tickets: $8
Genre: electronics/avant-pop
Hosted by TRANS-CULTURE PARTY SYSTEM with Organic Non-GMO All Natural Coconut Oil Raisin Oats Future Focused Cookies
*the venue does not serve alcohol. please plan your drinking style accordingly*
9:30pm KING KONQUBINE (Alexandra Drewchin & EMi Kariya)
10:30pm DRUNKEN FOREIGNER
11:30pm MOUTHGUARD 88
12:30am MASTERCLASS
Masterclass:
https://soundcloud.com/
Mouthguard88:
http://vimeo.com/81865223
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Alex Drewchin as Eartheater:
https://www.youtube.com/
Invisible Circle (David Kadden, member of Dunken Foreigner)
https://www.youtube.com/
