1. Hypercolor / Dither & Philip White
Date: Monday, February 9, 2015
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: no wave jazz-rock/electric guitar ensemble music/electronics
Jack NY presents two of New York’s great experimental music bands on Monday, February 9 as they celebrate brand new Tzadik Label CDs, both released in January 2015. Strangely marvelous no-wave jazz-rock trio Hypercolor (Lukas Ligeti, drums; Eyal Maoz, guitar; James Ilgenfritz, bass) celebrate their self-titled debut, and stellar electric guitar quartet Dither Quartet (Taylor Levine, James Moore, Joshua Lopes, Gyan Riley) celebrate the release of “John Zorn’s Olympiad – Vol 1: Dither plays Zorn”, featuring the quartet’s distinctive renditions of Zorn’s early game pieces. Iconoclastic electronics whiz Philip White opens with a solo set.
2. Andrew Hock, Pruitt/Anderson, CasTreutLips, Vape Drip
Date: Monday, February 9, 2015
Time: pm
Venue: Manhattan Inn (632 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 1122)
Ticket: donation
Genre: noise/electronics
Monday night guitar brutality at Manhattan Inn !
Andrew Hock: the second performance of a new composition for solo guitar/electronics, “Effigy Of The Ineffable”
Zachary Pruitt/ Ron Anderson Duo
Kim CassDave TreutJon Lipscomb Trio
Vape Drip featuring the shred of Brandon Seabrook, Brandon Lopez and Max Jaffe
3. Lawrence “Butch” Morris Memorial
Date: Monday, February 9, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: St. Peter’s Church (619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, New York, NY 10022, Telephone 212 935 2200)
Ticket: free
Genre: jazz
Featured artists:
Stephen Richards, Graham Haynes, Brandon Ross, The NUBLU ORCHESTRA conducted by Kenny Wollesen
4. Awa Sangho
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: The Graduate Center, Elebash Hall (365 Fifth Avenue, bet. 34th and 35th Streets, New York, NY
Ticket: $25
Genre: West African trad music
Born in the Sahara Desert in the Timbuktu region of Mali, Awa Sangho is known for her stunning voice and high-energy drumming and dancing. Her music percolates with the rhythms and sounds not only of Mali, but of the Ivory Coast and Senegal, where she has lived, and of Guinea, land of her mentor, Soulemane Koly. Sangho’s socially conscious songs, written in various West African languages, reflect on controversial cultural traditions, her hopes for today’s youth, the plight of mothers and children, and the people who forged her path. Sangho has performed around the world with her group Koteba, and she recently released her debut album on Motéma Music.
Awa Sangho will be joined by Daniel Moreno (band Leader & percussionist), Yakouba Sissoko (kora), Fred Doumbe (bass), Gustavo Dantas Magnani (guitar), Abou Diarrassuba (drums), and Balla Kouyate (balafon).
More info: http://liveat365.org/
5. Ben Tyree Solo Guitar + BT3 Acoustic (w/ Kevin Farrell & Sameer Gupta)
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: Art Cafe (884 Pacific Street, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz/improv
8pm – Ben Tyree : Solo Guitar
(Thoughtform Variations & Beyond)
10pm – BT3 Acoustic
(w/ Kevin Farrell: bass | Sameer Gupta: tabla, percussion)
NYC-based guitarist and composer Ben Tyree presents Sonic Architectures LIVE residency at Art Café in Brooklyn every Tuesday evening in February 2015. The residency will allow Tyree to present new works in solo, duet and larger ensemble configurations collaborating with previous as well as new partnerships.
One of the freshest and most exciting voices on the New York jazz scene, Kevin Farrell remains one of the east coast’s best kept secrets. Although Kevin is a widely in-demand musician whose acoustic and electric bass playing has graced bandstands all over the world, he has still managed to produce an enormous amount of music as a composer and a bandleader. Performing with luminaries such as Wadada Leo Smith, Vinny Golia and Bennie Maupin.
Sameer Gupta is known as one of the few percussionists simultaneously representing the traditions of American jazz on drumset, and Indian classical music on tabla. He has held workshops on Indian music and cross over drumming styles, at Carnegie Hall Global Encounters, The Jazzschool in Berkeley and Berklee College of Music in Boston. By combining traditional and modern improvisational styles drawing from his Indian heritage and American roots, Sameer has already established himself as an original musical voice in jazz, world, and fusion music. From bebop to avant-garde jazz, and European classical percussion to North Indian classical tabla, Gupta continues to compose and perform music from a true multi-cultural perspective that now bridges several continents.
Guitarist Ben Tyree is a performer and composer of virtuosic ability, infectious groove, and eclectic tastes. All of those elements are placed on stunning display on his latest release, Burn It! LIVE, a blistering live set from the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s prestigious BAMcafé Live series. That versatility has led to work with artists as diverse as Vernon Reid, Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio), Valerie June, Elliott Sharp, and Burnt Sugar: The Arkestra Chamber.
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6. Denbaya
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: 647 Columbus Ave near W 92nd st (Goddard Riverside)
Ticket: $t.b.a.
Genre: West African trad music
Denbaya features various artists from the African Diaspora as well as established musicians in the New York jazz scene. Denbaya (which means family in Bambara) performs captivating, original compositions that defy easy categorizations. Steeped in the West African rhythmic and musical tradition, Denbaya plays tunes with influences that range from jazz and rock to reggae while remaining true to the spirit of Malian music.. The the band is sourced form a collective of musicians that includes master drummer, singer and composer Makane Kouyate, kora players Yacouba Diabate, bassists Thierno Camara and Abu Denbele, pianist John Austria, guitarist Sori Koite, percussionist Jose Ramon Rosario.
7. Samarth Nagarkar
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Time: 7pm – 8pm
Venue: Sacred Arts Research Foundation (107 Green St #G55, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: $35 to $180
Genre: vocal raga techniques workshop
Six Wednesday evenings: 1/28, 2/11, 3/4, 3/11, 3/25, 4/8
Learn vocal raga techniques with prolific Indian Classical vocalist Samarth Nagarkar. Each session will be a very intense hour and will include understanding of sargam (akin to the western solfege) system, vocal exercises, raga phrasing, Indian classical rhythmic concepts (tala cycles), compositions in the raga discussed and exploring raga phrases, fast moving note patterns (taans) and more!
Pricing: $180 for Full Series (6 classes) or $35 for Single Class
Register at http://
Samarth Nagarkar is acknowledged to be one of today’s foremost and prolific artistes representing Hindustani classical music traditions. He is known for his eclectic, captivating performances reflecting extensive training and an artistic vision encompassing tradition and modernity in a rare balance.
After years of rigorous training under the celebrated performer and guru, Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar, he graduated as a Grade-A scholar of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata in 2009. Prior to this, he trained under the eminent late Pt. Dinkar Kaikini in Mumbai, following an inspired early initiation into music by Smt. Aditi Kaikini Upadhya in his hometown Bangalore. By virtue of intense and extensive guru-shishya parampara training Samarth’s performance repertoire encompasses styles, ragas and compositions of three prominent gharanas – Gwalior, Agra and Jaipur.
Samarth performs regularly in most reputed concert platforms and venues in India and the USA, as well as frequently features in television and radio programs across the world. Some of his recent concerts in the US include the Ali Akbar College of Music and Basant Bahar, CA, Chhandayan All Night Concert, New York, Woodstock 2012, and Universities of Stanford, Indiana, Penn State and UPenn, to name only a few. In India he recently performed at several top ranking music festivals and venues including the ITC Sangeet Sammelan, Kolkata, Saptak and D. U. Yuva Sangeetotsav, Bangalore, The National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai and India Habitat Center, New Delhi, among others.
He is a recipient of prestigious national awards including the President’s award for the AIR competition in 2000, which also made him a graded artiste of the AIR. The Government of India awarded him a fellowship in 2009 for his research and documentation of the music of Gwalior gharana through the past century.
He has composed and continues to record music and soundtracks for international and cultural conventions and films. Samarth also authored his first book ‘Raag-Sageet’ published in 2013. He has two CDs/Albums titled ‘Pravah’ and ‘Pranali’ to his credit.
Former head of the K. K. Kapoor Sangeet Research Academy, Lucknow, Samarth has been conducting very successful and popular lecture demonstrations and music workshops across India and the USA. Samarth also spearheaded an Indian Music Choir.
Samarth currently divides him time between the US and India pursuing an active career as a leading performer, composer, teacher and author. Visit Samarth on the web at http://
8. KID MILLIONS + SARAH BERNSTEIN // Gravesend After Hours Tape Show No. 5
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Time: 9pm
Venue: The Silent Barn (603 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn, New York 11206)
Ticket: $10
Genre: improv/modern music
We are very proud to be hosting KID MILLIONS of Man Forever and Oneida in a duet performance with violinist Sarah Bernstein of Unearthish and Frikativ Quartet.
John Colpitts (aka Kid Millions), one of New York’s most versitile and critically lauded collaborators and a founding member of Oneida and Man Forever.
SARAH BERNSTEIN is a violinist, composer, improviser, vocalist and poet based in NYC. She leads projects ranging from minimalist/experimental duo Unearthish with Satoshi Takeishi, to avant-jazz Sarah Bernstein Quartet with Kris Davis, Stuart Popejoy and Ches Smith, to noise/poetry band Iron Dog with Stuart Popejoy and Andrew Drury, to improv strings Frikativ Quartet. She also performs and records with Anthony Braxton, Adam Rudolph, Dave Scott, Joseph Daley, Anders Nilsson, Sara Schoenbeck, Stephanie Richards, Emilie Lesbros, Kid Millions and more. Originally from San Francisco, Sarah has lived in Brooklyn since the 1990’s. She holds a BFA in Violin Performance from the California Institute of the Arts and an MA in Jazz Studies from Queens College, City University of New York.
$10 admission includes limited edition cassette tape of the performance
Gravesend After Hours shows are live in-studio performances that are recorded and made into cassette tapes. Admission price includes a tape of the performance. Listen to past tape show performances at http://
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9. Dervisi
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Time: 8:30pm – 10pm
Venue: TROOST (1011 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: Greek traditional music/Rembetika music
DERVISI performing exotic Greek Gangsta Blues called Rembetika. Rembetika originally the songs of hashish clans and outlaws; and Smyrnaika, the elaborate oriental cafe music of the refugees from Greek Asia minor.
CHECK US OUT on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/barba-yiorgi/sets/dervisi-live-2014-3-songs
10. Samarth Nagarkar
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: Art Cafe (884 Pacific Street, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Indian vocal music
Brooklyn Raga Massive is thrilled to be returning to our Raga Roots this coming Wednesday at Art Cafe with a true Indian Classical Music presentation! This week the amazing vocal talents of Samarth Nagarkar will be gracing the Raga Massive scene! Joining Samarth, on Tabla will be the fantastic young tabla virtuoso, Dibyarka Chatterjee as well as Rohan Prabhudesai on Harmonium. Followed by BRM Weekly Raga Jam Session.
11. The East Village Pharmacy
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Time: 9:30pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: $10
Genre: reggae
The band originated as a jazzy dub reggae band in 2000 when Sugarcane (bass) and Tad Pain (trumpet) lived above the East Village Pharmacy hence the name. Since then their sound has moved to reggaeton with their hit animated video “A la Playa (con Big Mato)” and more recently a roots reggae record “Little Mama” recorded with Hempress Sativa at the 12 Tribes of Israel Headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica pressed with VP Records. This track was featured in Sugarcane’s London award winning film “Countryman 2 : Listen to the Ocean”
Their current lineup features Bajan beauty Shelita Thomas, German sax man Welf Dorr (Underground Horns), Trini drummer Steve Romeo (Midnite), and Bolo, a keyboardist from Dominica.
12. MICHAEL BLAKE QUARTET
Date: Thursday, February 12, 2015
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: The Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia St., NY, NY 10014)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz
Michael Blake, tenor sax; Cat Toren, piano; Ben Allison, bass; Rudy Royston, drums
Michael Blake has been on the New York music scene for a quarter of a century, covering a limitless musical landscape, from downtown iconoclasts The Lounge Lizards to soulful songwriter Ray Lamontagne. The past year may have been his most successful yet. His latest recording Tiddy Boom (Sunnyside Records) has made it at least a dozen Best of 2014 and Top 10 lists and the reviews have been beyond enthusiastic, “This is Music unbound in time…perfectly executed” (Downbeat Magazine). Tonight he brings in Tiddy Boom bandmates Ben Allison, Rudy Royston and making her debut in Blake’s band is the Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) winning pianist Cat Toren.
13. 75 Dollar Bill
Date: Saturday, February 14, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: TROOST (1011 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: donation
Genre: Wood / Metal / Plastic. Pattern / Rhythm / Rock
What could be more romantic?
75 Dollar Bill (Che Chen-guitars and Rick Brown-percussion) return to their favorite venue. This month they’re excited to be playing in a new configuration featuring returning greats Steve Maing on 2nd guitar and Andrew Lafkas on contrabass.
New stuff and old, probably 3 sets, starting at roughly 8:30.
Our first legit album is out now on Other Music Recording Co. Wooden Bag is a 500 copy vinyl release (with download) with hand-stamped covers, with a pretty raw, maraca-heavy sound with just the two of us. We have a limited supply for sale at these gigs.
14. The Eco-Music Big Band
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2015
Time: 4pm
Venue: IBeam Brooklyn (168 7th St., Brooklyn, NY)
Ticket: $15
Genre: jazz/improv
Join the Eco-Music Big Band for a revolutionary dance party! FOR THE LOVE OF REVOLUTION is a celebration of revolutionary music and struggle that includes queer liberation, third world struggle, womyn’s liberation, the struggle for ecologically sound living, and the liberation of black and brown peoples. Featuring a hip hop reimagining of Cal Massey’s magnum opus Black Liberation Movement Suite, poetry by R. Erica Doyle, a reading by Marina Celander, and modern big band works by Jay Rodriguez, Albert Marques, Marie Incontrera, and others. This event is the first of its kind in the 21st century: taking the concept of the dance big band of the 1940s and bringing it into the present with new works, revolutionary hip hop (featuring spiritchild, Prince Akeem, and other young artists), liberation of the body, and exciting tributes to the great historical figures of the black liberation movement, including Aishah Rahman.
The Eco-Music Big Band is a 15-piece professional big band that spans many generations and includes some of the nation’s most acclaimed jazz musicians. Our roster includes bass trombonist David Taylor (Gil Evans, New York Philharmonic), saxophonist Jay Rodriguez (Ornette Coleman, Craig Harris), bass trombonist Earl McIntyre (Mel Lewis, Thad Jones), Zack O’Farrill and Adam O’Farrill (Arturo O’Farrill, Randy Weston). The Eco-Music Big Band is led by Marie Incontrera, who was Fred Ho‘s final composition protege.
Hailed as “talented… inspiring” (The Vermont Standard), The Eco-Music Big Band is committed to presenting the music of the legendary jazz composers of the 20th century that were overlooked (such as Cal Massey), to continuing the legacy its prodigious composer & founder (the late Fred Ho), and to providing a platform for the next generation of big band composers.
This event is presented by the Eco-Music Big Band, A New Black Arts Movement, and Scientific Soul Sessions.
15. Beyond Duo
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: ABC No Rio (156 Rivington Street between Norfolk and Suffolk, Lower East Side. F train to Delancey)
Ticket: $5
Genre: jazz/free jazz/experimental/improv
Versify, jazz-poetry trio: Allan Andre, sax and vocals, Nick Herman, percussion and George Taylor, bass.
Followed by an open jam.
16. Burnt Sugar Smokehouse
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2015
Time: 6pm -11pm
Venue: The Delancy (168 Delancy Street, NY)
Ticket: $15
Genre: funk/blues/soul
Burnt Sugar Smokehouse – bringin you smokin’ grooves non-stop from six to eleven with: Black Diamondz / Andre Lassalle’s Premonition / MazzMuse Breakdown (Mazz Swift & LaFrae Sci) / Digital Diaspora / Genes & Machines, the Burnt Sugar Arkestra and Luqman Brown of FunkFace as the evening’s MC with In-between set open mic grooves by (Luq & Jared on loops & bass )!
Line Up:
6:00pm – Black Diamondz
6:40pm – André Lassalle’s Premonition
7:20pm – MazzMuse Breakdown featuring Mazz Swift and LaFrae Sci
8:00pm – Digital Diaspora
9:00pm – Genes & Machines
10:00pm – Burnt Sugar Arkestra
Burnt Sugar Arkestra ‘NO DIRECTION HOME’,PART V from BLACK SEX YALL LIBERATION & BLOODY RANDOM VIOLETS : http://youtu.be/zucPcaI_zVY
Live BLACK SATIN+AGHARTA By BURNT SUGAR ARKESTRA,Paris 2011: http://youtu.be/aYMz8rsRtvc
“What Rough Beast” from “All Ya Needs That Negrocity” : http://youtu.be/_jlxRtuz1xc
