Date: Thursday,  July 25, 2013
Time: 7pm
Venue: Spectrum (121 Ludlow, Second Floor, New York, NY, 650-400-5100)
Ticket: $10-20 dollar floating donation
Genre: Funk, World, Blues and Jazz Classics

Deborah Latz in Out by Ten: Series hosted by Jane Ashe

The evening’s two sets will explore the trio’s interpretations of Funk, World, Blues and Jazz Classics. With Deborah Latz’ pure voice and fiercely unique approach, intertwined with the poetic and innovative Jon Davis on piano and the bold style of Zach Brock on violin – you will find yourself smiling.

Deborah Latz released her third vocal jazz CD, Fig Tree, May 7, 2013. “From the acid jazz interpretation of ‘Blue Skies,’ to the dead-on rendition of ‘S’Wonderful,’ to the delightful, funky rhythms of ‘Fig Tree’, Deborah Latz demonstrates an outstanding range of technique and creative musicality that places her at the forefront of jazz today,” writes renowned music critic Scott Yanow.  www.deborahlatz.com

Jon Davis, jazz pianist, and composer is best known for his association with legendary bassist, Jaco Pastorious. The SF Chronicle says, “Davis is a technical monster…”. Look for his recent release on Venus Records, Beauty And The Blues.  www.jondavismusic.com

Zach Brock, jazz violinist and composer, “… the pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation.”  Neil Tesser, Chicago Jazz Music Examiner www.zachbrock.com

3. SUBGENRE 2 w. Les Rhinoceros / Chris Pitsiokos, Weasel Walter & Ron Anderson / Valerie Kuehne / Merrill Clark

Date: Thursday,  July 25, 2013
Time: 8pm
Venue:  JACK ( 505 ½ Waverly Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11238 Between Fulton – Atlantic in Clinton Hill, C or G train to Clinton-Washington)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz/improv/electronics

This will be the second in a series of music events with Ron Anderson as curator.
The concept is to have four exciting, powerful, new or experiment, avant-goups or solo performers each from different musical genres. Each group or soloist is strictly limited to 30 minutes of performance time.

8pm –  Merrill Clark – performing world premiers of his compositions – Outlands (the Imaginary Jam with Bruce) – Give a Human something Bright and Shiny – Where the Big Kids Play. Mr. Clark’s compositions have been performed throughout the United States, Europe and Brazil, and he has been awarded many honors, including the 1972 Winner in Composition of the American College Jazz Festival which resulted in his conducting a concert of his works at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, in 1973. He has written many works in a wide variety of genres, from unaccompanied solo works like to large scale orchestral works, including a musical theater piece, two bass concertos, a viola concerto and many chamber works. Mr. Clark has compiled a double CD of chamber music for wind instruments titled, Heart Songs and Science Projects, and will soon release Twisted Bits of Sound for Amplified String Quintet and Percussion. Brenda Vincent (electric violin) Jason Hwang (electric violin) Joel Rudin (electric viola) Matt Goeke (electric cello) Tia Vincent-Clark (electric guitar and vocals) Merrill Clark (electric contra bass) Annette Aguilar (percussion and conductor)

9pm – Valerie Kuehne – Cellist and performance artist Valerie Kuehne is a cross-pollinated work of chaos fusing together music, performance art, narrative, and experimental curation. After moving to New York to study Philosophy at The New School, Ms. Kuehne has systematically bifurcated her time between touring the planet, performing in as many unexpected settings as possible, and building a community for experimental music and performance art in New York. Ms. Kuehne’s work operates under principles of surprise, and investigates obsession, comedy, decay, forensic pathology, sex, hypnogogia, viscera, death. She created and composed for the ensemble Dream Zoo and is one third of the improvised music trio Prehistoric Horse.

10pm – Chris Pitsiokos (sax, electronics), Weasel Walter (drums) and Ron Anderson (guitar) – Weasel Walter and Ron Anderson are both cornerstones of the New York avant-music scene. Since the early nineties, these improvisers and composers have lived a parallel musical existence: Weasel with his band The Flying Luttenbachers and Ron with The Molecules and PAK. Over the last 30 years they have performed with a long list of some of the most creative musicians on the planet and they collectively appear on nearly 200 commercial releases. This night they will be joined by relative newcomer Chris Pitsiokos who has had an incredibly active performance schedule in the last 18 months. Recently, the trio was in the studio recording a new CD that is scheduled for release in July on Eleatic Records and will be available at the performance.

11pm – Les Rhinoceros – formed in 2008 by bassist and composer Michael Coltun. a trio consisting of bass, guitar, and drums. Les Rhinocéros was the first release in Tzadik’s new spotlight series – a series focusing on “exemplary young bands with great dedication, passion, talent and imagination.” The series came to life after executive producer John Zorn heard Les Rhinocéros and knew he wanted the band as part of the “Tzadik Family”. Thus the Spotlight Series was born as a means to release this album and, going forward, other albums by exceptional young artists handpicked by Zorn.

4. Ikhlaq Hussain & Nitin Mitta w. Camila Celin & Ehren Hanson

Date: Friday,  July 26, 2013
Time: 7:30pm
Venue:  The Music Room (345 West 54 Street, New York, NY 10019)
Ticket: $25
Genre: Indian Classical music

Hosted by HARMONYOM

Sitar maestro Ikhlaq Hussain is an accomplished sitarist with musical roots in the renowned Delhi Gharana (school) of Hindustani classical music. Trained by his father, Ustad Imdad Hussain, in Karachi, and later by the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar in India, Ikhlaq’s expressive playing has enthralled audiences in India, Pakistan, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. Ikhlaq’s deeply spiritual music is played in the “Gayaki” style, emulating the human voice and passionately conveying the human soul’s yearning for the divine. In addition to concert recitals, Ikhlaq Hussain is committed to preserving and disseminating his rich musical heritage through performances and teaching of Indian classical music.He’s accompanied by Nitin Mitta on table who’s  is one of the most accomplished and distinctive tabla players of his generation, with a reputation for technical virtuosity, spontaneity, clarity of tone, and sensitivity to melodic nuances.

To learn more about Ikhlaq Hussain, please visit http://ragasitar.com/

A musician her whole life, Camila Celin began playing guitar at age 9. For the last 5 years she has been intensely studying the Indian Sarod. In Kolkata she learns from sarod player Sougata Roy Choudhury, and in New York she learns from sitar maestro Pandit Krishna Bhatt. She’s joined by Ehren Hanson on tabla who  has been playing tabla for over 17 years. A disciple of the great Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, he is an active performer as both a soloist and an accompanist. His recent review in the “Times of India,” Kolkata called his solo performance “enthralling.”

5.  De Prophetis/Forbes/Pietaro