1. Xalam Project + The Mast + Jam session
Date: Monday, January 2, 2012
Time: 7pm – 9pm (jam session 9pm -10pm)
Venue: PIANOS (158 Ludlow St., New York, NY 10002)
Ticket: donation
Genre: Middle Eastern music/oud music
Brandon Terzic is an up and coming oud virtuoso who has not only gotten a firm hold on the tradition, but has begun to add to the language and contexts of the instrument. He leads an outstanding lineup of musicians and they will be bringing there world/jazz stylings to the Pianos.
The Lineup:
BrandonTerciz, Oud
Sylvain Leroux, Sax and Fulani Flute
Matt Kilmer, Percussion
John Shannon, Guitar
Chris Mees, Bass
The Mast “A promising new Brooklyn duo comprised of mesmerizing singer-guitarist Haale and limber percussionist Matt Kilmer.”
-TimeOut NY
2. SIGNS: A MEETING OF ITALIAN POETRY AND AMERICAN MUSIC
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Time: 6pm to 7:30pm
Venue: Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia Street, New York, NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: poetry and music
The smart sound of Jean Carla Rodea’s voice and of Sarah Bernstein’s brilliant violin develop a narration together with and over the
intense spoken lines of Erika Dagnino. SIGNS represents the natural connection between poetry and music.
Featuring The ESJ TRIO: ERIKA DAGNINO, Italian poet, writer, performer, with SARAH BERNSTEIN (violinist) and JEAN CARLA RODEA
(vocalist).
..”.wonderful performer, Erika Dagnino keeps strong relationships with the music world.” – A. Leonardi, All About Jazz
“The poetry is often fascinating and somewhat difficult to comprehend, but I find it fits well with the equally fascinating/difficult music.”
– Downtown Music Gallery (USA)
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$10 cover plus $10 minimum. One set at 6 pm.
29 Cornelia St between Bleecker and W4th St.
3. The Gypsy West
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Time: 8pm
Venue: Highline Ballroom (431 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011, 212-414-5994)
Ticket: $10
Genre: progressive and psychedelic rock
This Tuesday Brooklyn’s own The Gypsy West will bring their mix of progressive and psychedelic rock to The Highline Ballroom in NYC. The show lineup also includes Pillow Theory, the Dead Ex’s, and Mahavatar.
4. Pre-festival Kick Off to the 2012 Winter Jazzfest
Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Time: 8pm
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, ph: 212- 505-3474)
Ticket: $25
Genre: various music styles
Line up: Medeski / Skerik / Deitch , Red Baraat and Marc Ribot’s Young Philadelphians and Jessica Lurie Ensemble
5. The inaugural Omniphonic Festival
Date: Friday, January 6, 2012
Time: 8pm
Venue: 92YTribeca (200 Hudson Street, New York City)
Ticket: $15
Genre: various music styles
The inaugural Omniphonic Festival brings Tuvan blues, Hindi Boleros, Transgolbal Bluegrass, Indian Brass, American Chansons and other everyday hybrids to 92YTribeca.
8 pm – Jayme Stone
9 pm – Las Rubias Del Norte
10 pm – Hazmat Modine
11 pm – Jose Conde
12 pm – Red Baraat
6. Moon Hooch
Date: Friday, January 6, 2012
Time: 11:59pm
Venue: The Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211, Tel: 347-529-6696)
Ticket: $8
Genre: ska/Jazz
Spawned from New York City’s subways in 2010, busking trio Moon Hooch (Wenzl McGown and Mike Wilbur on Tenor Saxophone, James Muschler on Drums) has developed a style of dance music all their own – Cave Music. Moon Hooch creates frenzied foot-stomping bashes with nothing more than two saxophones, drums, and the occasional contrabass clarinet.
7. The 2012 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST
Schedule (subject to change):
Friday January 6th, 2012
(Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street btw Sullivan/Thompson
6:00pm – Curtis Hasselbring’s New Mellow Edwards
7:15pm – John Medeski solo
8:30pm – Nels Cline Singers
9:45pm – Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem
11:00pm – Steven Bernstein’s MTO plays Sly
12:00am – Freedom DJs (and spins between the previous sets)
Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St. btw Bleecker & West 3rd
7:45pm – Julian Lage Group
9:00pm – New York Gypsy All Stars
10:15pm – Marco Benevento solo
11:30pm – Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
12:45am – Jerseyband
2:00am – Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Kenny’s Castaways, 157 Bleecker Street btw Sullivan/Thompson
7:00pm – Ben Allison Trio w/ Jenny Scheinman, Steve Cardenas
8:15pm – John Hollenbeck w/Pete Robbins, Simon Jermyn, Oscar Noriega, Ches Smith
9:30pm – Michael Blake’s Hellbent
10:45pm – Marika Hughes & Bottom Heavy
12:00am – Rudresh Mahanthappa
1:15am – Mark Guiliana / Zach Danziger
Zinc Bar, 82 West 3rd Street btw Sullivan/Thompson
6:15pm – Dominick Farinacci
7:30pm – Malika Zarra
8:45pm – Miguel Zenon
10:00pm – Sketchy Black Dog
11:15pm – Gilad Hekselman 4tet w/ Mark Turner, Joe Martin, Marcus Gilmore
12:30am – Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures
1:45am – JD Walter
The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker Street btw Thompson/Laguardia
7:15pm – Joel Harrison String Choir: The Music of Paul Motian
8:30pm – Lucy Woodward
9:45pm – Chris Morrissey w/ Aaron Parks, Mark Guiliana, Ben Wendel, Nir Felder
11:00pm – Amanda Monaco’s Deathblow
12:15am – Burnt Sugar Arkestra Chamber
1:30am – ERIMAJ
Saturday January 7th
(Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street btw Sullivan/Thompson
6:45pm – Laurence Hobgood
8:00pm – Bernie Worrell Orchestra
9:15pm – Ravi Coltrane Trio with Matthew Garrison (bass), drums TBD (replacing Bill Laswell)
10:30pm – Vijay Iyer Trio
11:45pm – David Murray Cuban Ensemble
1:00am – Cindy Blackman’s Another Lifetime w/ Marc Cary, Felix Pastorius, Aurelien Budynek
2:15am – DJ Spinna (and spins between the previous sets)
Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St. btw Bleecker & West 3rd
(STAGE CURATED/PRESENTED BY REVIVE MUSIC)
7:45pm – Lakecia Benjamin & Soul Squad
9:00pm – Fabian Almazan & Strings
10:15pm – Justin Brown Group
11:30pm – Wallace Roney Band
12:45am – Ben Williams & Sound Effect
2:00am – Jesse Fischer’s Soul Cycle f. Casey Benjamin
3:15am – Marc Cary’s Cosmic Indigenous w/ special guest Igmar Thomas
Kenny’s Castaways, 157 Bleecker Street btw Sullivan/Thompson
7:00pm – Jason Ajemian’s Highlife
8:15pm – Herculaneum
9:30pm – Mostly Other People Do The Killing
10:45pm – Shahzad Ismaily, Ches Smith, Mat Maneri
12:00am – SIFTER w/ Matt WIlson, Kirk Knuffke, Mary Halvorson
1:15am – Steve Lehman Trio
Zinc Bar, 82 West 3rd Street btw Sullivan/Thompson
7:15pm – Gregoire Maret
8:30pm – Lionel Loueke
9:45pm – Will Calhoun Ensemble w/ Donald Harrison
11:00pm – Sofia Rei
12:15am – Ayelet Rose Gottlieb w/ Ethel and Satoshi Takeishi
1:30am – Sharel Cassity
The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker Street btw Thompson/Laguardia
7:30pm – Stephan Crump’s Rosetta Trio
8:45pm – Andy Milne’s Dapp Theory
10:00pm – Matt Wilson Quartet +Strings
11:15pm – Allison Miller’s BOOM TIC BOOM
12:30am – Taylor Eigsti Trio
1:45am – Tyshawn Sorey Oblique
Tickets: www.winterjazzfest.com/
Single-Day Festival Passes are available to the General Public for $35
Two-Day Full-Festival Passes are available to the General Public for $45
Information: www.winterjazzfest.com
8. BARBES and ELECTRIC COWBELL Take Manhattan
Date: Saturday, January 7, 2012
Time: 7pm – 11pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: $10
Genre: various music styles
For the past few years, Barbès has been presenting a Manhattan showcase timed to coincide with the APAP conference – an annual rite which, every January, brings musicians from around the world to New York. This year, Barbès has teamed up with fellow brooklynites, label Electric Cowbell, to bring a particularly exciting roster to the always suspect borough of Manhattan.
Electric Cowbell is a new record label dedicated to release 45rpm seven inch vinyl of new talent (from the Debo Band, to Talibam!, Khaira Arby and Superhuman Happiness). Like barbès, the label doesn’t believe distinctions of genre are always pertinent and promotes like-minded musicians who operate in mediums as varied as Funk, Afrobeat, Latin psychedelia, Balkan music or Second Line brass music.
Barbès is a Brooklyn club which, next spring, will be celebrating ten years of eclectic programming – from classical string quartets to Ukrainian polyphonies, Forro and American Qawwali.
This edition of our Manhattan invasion will feature the congolese musings of Smokey Hormel, the electric cumbias of Chicha LIbre, the improvisations of Malian griot Cheick Hamal Diabate, No BS! Brass‘ brand of funk, the Brooklyn Balkan hybrid that is Raya Brass Band and the Pan-latin tropical sound of DJ Geko Jones.
8:00pm
NO BS! BRASS BAND
A powerful brass band from Richmond VA that infuses the spirit of New Orleans into its original East Coast modern funk. They draw inspiration from funk, jazz, klezmer, calypso, and Led Zeppelin and while most members have conservatory training, they strive for heart-pounding energy and uncontrollable dancing.
8:45pm
CHEICK HAMALA DIABATE
Cheick Hamala Diabate is a Malian griot and a master of the ngoni, a traditional instrument. He started his career at a young age playing with Malian musical greats, including Toumani Diabate (a first cousin), Oumou Sangare, Ali Farka Toure and Salif Keita. Upon coming to the US, Cheick Hamala was intrigued by the resemblance between his ngoni and the American banjo, even sharing tunings and picking styles. He has since learned to play the banjo at a virtuosic level, including collaborations with Bela Fleck and Bob Carlin. Cheick’s album of banjo duets with Carlin, From Mali to America, was nominated for a grammy in 2007 for Best Traditional World Music Album.
9:30pm
SMOKEY’S SECRET FAMILY
Smokey Hormel’s résumé reads like a history of American popular music over the decades. He has worked closely with Beck, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, and Neil Diamond. His projects have included the Brazilian-influenced Smokey and Miho, as well as an ongoing tribute to Western swing. His latest endeavor is an idiosyncratic take on early Congolese rumba. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, African musicians looked to Cuba for inspiration. They recognized African roots in the music but were also captivated by its cosmopolitan aspect, which mirrored the evolution of their own culture. Using the electric guitar—fast becoming the symbol of urban culture—they forged a new hybrid that became an early soundtrack of decolonization. Hormel has hybridized the music further and taken it to the Americas for the second time. Keeping its pre-rock roots intact, he relies on a core sound of “wild guitars bursting through small amps afloat on a sea of hand drums and shakers.”
10:10pm
CHICHA LIBRE
Chicha LIbre is a Brooklyn collective made up of French, American, Venezuelan and Mexican musicians who mix up covers of Peruvian electric cumbia with original compositions in French, Spanish and English, re-interpretation of 70’s pop classics as well as cumbia versions of pieces by the likes of Satie, Love and Joe Dassin. In the past year, the group has brought its music to Istanbul, Madrid, Berlin and Copenhagen, but has been especially welcome in South America where its mix of Tropical experimentation and psychedelia has proved extremely popular. Chicha Libre’s second album is a psychedelic bender with a majority of original compositions and nods to Wagner and Los Mirlos. It will be released by Barbès Records and Crammed disc in April of 2012.
RAYA BRASS BAND
Raya Brass Band gleefully mashes up the music of Eastern Europe with funky American dance grooves. Featuring odd meters, unusual scales and a fine helping of gorgeous Balkan and Romany (Gypsy) melodies played on reeds, trumpet, accordion, tuba and drums, Raya Brass Band slakes the thirst for something old and new at the same time, unusual and catchy, spiritedly played by some of NYC’s finest Balkan folk musicians. Greg Squared (clarinet), Ben Syversen (trumpet), Matthew Fass (accordion), Don Godwin (tuba) and EJ Fry (tupan). They will be celebrating the release of their new CD, “Dancing on Roses, Dancing on Cinders.”
11:30pm and In between sets
GEKO JONES
Geko Jones is a Brooklyn-based Puerto-lombian DJ and Producer. He is a founding member of both the New York Tropical and Que Bajo?! party franchises in New York. He is also a partner and co-owner of the Dutty Artz record label with producer Matt Shadetek and DJ /Rupture. His mixes span the tropical hemispheres and collage together globally sonic hours of dancefloor mayhem. Renowned by top DJ’s and producers of the digital cumbia scene in Latin America and European bass-pundits alike, Jones is one of the select few DJ’s pushing forward the Latin agenda in a world wide tropical bass scene. The past five years have found him sharing a booth or collaborating with a long roster of A-list globalistas like Uproot Andy, Radioclit, ZZK, Maluca, Dub War, Toy Selectah and more.
9. Global Fest 2012
Date: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Time: 7pm til midnight
Venue: Webster Hall (125 E 11th St New York, NY 10003-5301, 212- 353-1600)
Ticket: Each $40 ticket includes access to all 12 concerts on 3 stages
Genre: various music styles
Malian roots rap and sensually fresh samba. Eerily avant jaw harps and 21st-century tarantella. Heritage never sounded so cool.
Whether continuing famous musical lineages or pushing forward on new paths, the artists of globalFEST at New York City’s Webster Hall; full info at globalfest.org) show how world music has matured from a quaint, catch-all niche to a meaningful, deeply rooted challenge to the musical status quo. Artists are crafting history into new sounds.
This year’s edition of the annual world music showcase and all-night party includes three U.S. debuts, as well as several fresh programs and approaches from a bevy of respected global performers.
Yemen Blues: Yemeni-Israeli electrifying singer and his global band make Mediterranean sounds rock and soar.
BélO: Haiti’s acoustic innovator and social activist channels his home’s deep and diverse Afro-Caribbean roots with catchy, reggae-inflected songs.
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: Southern Italy’s hottest band revitalizes the ancient ritual pizzica tarantata, said to cure the deadly spider’s bite with frenzied trance dances.
Debo Band: Boston-based crew reinvents the Golden Age of Ethiopian and East African funk and jazz.
Diogo Nogueira: Brazil’s red-hot samba (and television) star adds a contemporary twist to the beloved rhythms of Rio.
M.A.K.U. Sound System: Queens, NY-based Afro-Colombian underground band’s roaring guitars, bold brass, and hard-hitting Latin beats and vocals bring down the house.
Mayra Andrade: Golden-voiced Cape Verde singer brings a Parisian and Brazilian flair to her island roots with a new acoustic trio.
SMOD (U.S. Debut): Malian folk rappers, featuring the son of Amadou and Mariam, work serious lyrical flow to create Afro-Rap, wrapped in Manu Chao’s signature globe-trotting production.
The Gloaming (U.S. Debut): Irish and American roots supergroup (Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Iarla Ó Lionaird, and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh with NY’s indie pianist Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman), marries edgy but harmonious, sparse yet beautiful elements to age-old and new tunes.
The Silk Road Ensemble: An international collective of virtuoso musicians from around the globe, this ensemble carries on the cross-cultural legacy of founder and artistic director Yo-Yo Ma, drawing inspiration from the historical Silk Road and contemporary musical crossroads.
Wang Li (U.S. Debut): France-based Chinese jaw harp master-improviser creates wildly unexpected and deeply meditative melodies, discovering the infinite nuances that breath, tongue, and throat can make.
Yemen Blues: Yemeni-Israeli electrifying singer and his global band make Mediterranean sounds rock and soar.
Zaz: French street sounds meet quirky global influences in young singer’s plush bluesy voice.
