1. 75 Dollar Bill w. DAS AUDIT
Date: Monday, August 24, 2015
Time: 6pm
Venue: TROOST (1011 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: psychedelic/low-fi indie music/experimental
Brooklyn-based guitar and percussion duo 75 Dollar Bill will play every evening at Greenpoint’s Troost Café beginning Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. The duo, comprised of Che Chen and Rick Brown, will play a set each evening, sharing the bills with a variety of soloists and groups: Sue Garner, Das Audit, Low-Ways, Chris Nelson, Zimbabwean mbira master Chartwell Dutiro and NYC Haitian Vodou drummers Makandal.
Formed in late 2012, 75 Dollar Bill has caught the attention of music fans and fellow musicians in NYC through regular engagements in both established venues and unusual settings in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The duo has shared stages with well-known popular and experimental musicians including Omar Souleyman, David Grubbs, Thalia Zedek, Steve Gunn and Mecca Normal.
Che Chen plays 12-string and modified 6-string guitars and Rick Brown plays home-made and salvaged percussion and crude horns.
8:00pm – Das Audit: a New York-based instrumental ensemble formed in 2014, comprised of John Anderson (percussion), Eve Essex (alto sax/flutes), Craig Kalpakjian (guitar), and Sean Keenan (bass). The group takes an organic approach to composition, devising compact improvisational structures motivated by the physical properties of sound, classical composition, folk and traditional music, and rhythmic play. [This evening’s will be a trio performance – sans guitar.] https://soundcloud.com/das-audit
9:30pm – 75 Dollar Bill (Che Chen and Rick Brown) – we can use the practice…
“WOOD-METAL-PLASTIC-PATTERN-RHYTHM-ROCK”
After the “live” music: 7″ vinyl records spun at 45 rpm by Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan – of the Condo Fucks
2. Sunwatchers / Irrevery / Ruby My Dear / Quaaludes & Parlor Walls
Date: Monday, August 24, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: Palisades (906 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York 112060
Ticket: $7
Genre: experimental/avant-pop/noise/indie rock
Listen here:
https://sunwatchers.bandcamp.com/ – jazz drone/noise/electronics
http://whatashitshow.bandcamp.com/ – country noise punk
https://rubymydearband.bandcamp.com/ – experimental indie pop/jazz trip-hop
http://quaaludesmtl.bandcamp.com/releases – Canadian alternative indie rock
http://parlorwalls.bandcamp.com/ – experimental rock post punk New York
2. Ken Kobayashi & Jochem Van Dijk Duo
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Time: 10pm – 11pm
Venue: Freddys Bar (627 5th Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 718-768-0131)
Ticket: $10
Genre: sound scapes/improv/avant-garde
Ken Kobayashi & Jochem Van Dijk Duo play at Freddy’s Bar as a part of Music from NY Underground: A series of experimental forms of music
Ken Kobayashi (percussion) and Jochem Van Dijk (bass, electoronics)
Ken Kobayashi/Jochem van Dijk ” Duo is a project for creating a new sound, by which bring diverse essences from music or non-music context. And also take various ways of interpretations from established formats.
This project’s production of sound is not common music creation. It’s like “Assemblage” is it part of the visual arts, it uses found objects, but is not limited to these material.
3. 75 Dollar Bill w. Chris Nelson
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Time: 6pm
Venue: TROOST (1011 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: experimental/avant pop/?
8:00pm – Chris Nelson (of The Scene Is Now and Escape by Ostrich) is a musician whose rare solo appearances usually offer a surprise or two. Since he doesn’t have any idea what he is going to do on August 26th, he expects to be among those surprised. Given the Troost layout he does promise to keep pyrotechnics to an absolute minimum. But audience members are advised to take note of the nearest exit in any case. https://thesceneisnow.bandcamp.com/album/magpie-alarm
9:30pm – 75 Dollar Bill play a bunch of covers with much needed help from Sue Garner, Cheryl Kingan and maybe more…
4. Brooklyn Raga Massive feat. Camila Celin – Ehren Hason Duo
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Living Room (134 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11249)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Indian classical music
8:00pm – Camila Celin – sarod, Ehren Hason – tabla
9:00 – 10:30pm – BRM Jam Session
This week BRM is branching out to Williamsburg for the first time! We are starting and ending a bit earlier than usual as another event will be happening in the space at 11. Come join us as we feature core BRM members, Camila Celin on Sarod and Ehren Hanson on tabla, followed by the BRM Jam Session
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. In 2009 she was nominated for a Grammy for best world music album in a collaboration with slide guitar maestro Debashish Bhattacharya and has been a very active performer in her native Colombia, the US and in India. She has composed music for several films, theater, as well as commercials and currently lives between New York and Kolkata, India.http://http://vimeo.com/101827721
Ehren Hanson began learning tabla when he was 15 years old under Misha Masud of New York City. In 2000, he was accepted as a disciple by the great Pandit Anindo Chatterjee and has developed into an exciting performer and a dynamic teacher. Ehren then went on to teach rhythm as an assistant professor at Bard College in 2002 and in 2005 he received the prestigious Senior Performing Arts Fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies. He has had the honor of accompanying great musicians such as Pandit Debi Prasad Chatterjee, Pandit Subrata Roy Chaudhuri, Steve Gorn, and others. In 2012, The Time of India described his tabla solo performance as “enthralling.” Ehren currently lives in New York where he is an active performer and teacher. He is also the director of the Anindo Chatterjee School of Tabla.
5. The Eco-Music Big Band
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003, 212-967-7555)
Tickets: $16
Genre: big band jazz/modern music with with hip hop, heavy metal, Latin rhythms, and blues forms
The Eco-Music Big Band is proud to debut COLORS OF RESISTANCE at Joe’s Pub! Fusing the classic works of virtuosic free jazz with the freshest voices in big band composition, COLORS OF RESISTANCE is a program that includes the iconic and unreleased works by the late composer and baritone saxophone virtuoso Fred Ho, new works by up-and-coming New York jazz composers Livio Almeida, Marie Incontrera, Albert Marquès, and Zack O’Farrill, and works by overlooked composer/activist Cal Massey, who was a life-long friend of and influence to John Coltrane. Featuring the legendary bass trombonist David Taylor and tenor trombonist David Whitwell in dynamic and specially composed solo concerti, and special guest bass trombonist Felix Del Tredici, this program celebrates these three radical brass improvisers whose groundbreaking work forges a new avant-garde tradition for their instrument.
COLORS OF RESISTANCE tells a joyful story of music that comes from the tradition of resistance to oppression: fusing virtuosic radical jazz with hip hop, heavy metal, Latin rhythms, and blues forms, the Eco-Music Big Band promises a one-of-a-kind experience that intends to propel the jazz idiom into the 21st century. The title of this program was conceived during bandleader Marie Incontrera’s final conversation with the band’s founder (and her long-time mentor) Fred Ho before his death in April 2014, in which Mr. Ho said “all the colors of resistance… all the colors of life… hold them…”. This program is both a tribute to Mr. Ho and his legacy, and a transcendence of his vision with daring and exciting new works by young composers.
The Eco-Music Big Band is a 16-piece, multigenerational and unique big band that includes some of the nation’s most acclaimed jazz musicians (such as saxophonist Jay Rodriguez, bass trombonist David Taylor, drummer Zack O’Farrill, and trumpeter Adam O’Farrill). Hailed as “…music and activism at its finest” (DooBeeDooBeeDoo NY), the Eco-Music Big Band regularly commissions works by younger and emerging composers, and performs music with a vision for a better world. The band also performs the exclusive repertoire of the music of its late founder, Fred Ho, and the 1970s jazz composer and bandleader Cal Massey. The Eco-Music Big Band has performed on respected stages throughout the New York area such as the Blue Note Jazz Club, Red Rooster’s Ginny’s Supper Club, Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, Zinc Jazz Club, BAMcafe, and Roulette; and on the national scale throughout Vermont and Philadelphia.
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Concert Review: The Eco-Music Big Band …this is music and activism at its finest
6. 75 Dollar Bill w. Chartwell Dutiro (w/Balaban/Pugliese/Ruyle)
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015
Time: 6pm
Venue: TROOST (1011 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: mbira music/world/psychedelic/low-fi indie music/experimental
8:00pm – Chartwell Dutiro with Nora Balaban, Jim Pugliese and Bill Ruyle
Chartwell Dutiro is one of Zimbabwe’s foremost mbira players. He has played the sacred instrument of the Shona people in traditional settings since childhood. He and his brother would often play mbira all night, calling the ancestral spirits for guidance, as has been done in Zimbabwe for many centuries. He toured the world from 1986-1994 with the legendary Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited. Since 1993, Chartwell has lived in the UK, pursuing both traditional and modern Zimbabwean music, and building bridges through his music. Joining him on mbira and percussion will be Nora Balaban, Jim Pugliese and Bill Ruyle.
http://chartwelldutiro.com/
7. Trauma Salon: masking & metanoia
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: Panoply Performance Laboratory (104 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, New York 11206)
Ticket: $5 – $15
Genre: sound scapes/electronics/experimental/improv/drones
the response carries over. the cry from the incision, the desire for intoxication. depression. adrenaline. hypnophobia. in the blank stare of incomprehension, immediacy is perfectly dangerous. the beginning is lost. the solution eradicates.
yet : it is possible to live beyond oneself. it is possible to exist outside of time.
in such a way, we endlessly listen.
installment 6 :
Sean Ali featuring, Carlo Costa, David Grollman, and Joanna Mattrey
http://seanali.com/
jeffrey young :
http://www.jeffrey-young.com/
DARK MATTER is Mene and Antonio Savasta, Argentine siblings. They have been collaborating in their artistic productions since always. They are now presenting themselves as experimental duo, exploring the possibilities of improvisation in order to build minimalist atmospheres and drones, fused with light experimental songs.
http://www.menesavasta.com.ar/
https://m.facebook.com/events/502819799885243
David Ian Griess: an exploration of bodies hurtling through space.
http://davidiangriess.tumblr.com/
Public Speaking is composer/multi-instrumentalist Jason Anthony Harris. Live, he uses voice, electronics and found objects to build percussive, layered music that draws equally from noise and R&B.
http://jasonanthonyharris.tumblr.com/
8. The Mast / Sizzy Rocket / Astronaughty (Single Release Party) & Gavin Russom
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015
Time: 9pm
Venue: Good Room (98 Meserole Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: free
Genre: electro pop/club/avant pop
Come join us at Good Room with electrifying sets from Sizzy Rocket, and The Mast. Electro-Pop band Astronaughty will be celebrating the release of their upcoming single, ‘Try Much Harder,’ and the night goes on with DJ sets from Gavin Russom (DFA), Clay Adakazaam (B L ▲ C K ☹ U †) and Maxo! Entry – free / 21+
Set times:
Sizzy Rocket – 12AM
Astronaughty (Single Release Show) – 11PM
The Mast – 10PM
Riff Randell (DJ set) – 9PM
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Concert Review: The Mast – moving into a different realm than it was on their previous release “Wild Poppies.”
9. Marc Cary’s Weekly “Harlem Sessions”
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015
Time: 9pm
Venue: Gin Fizz (308 Lenox Avenue (125th Street), New York, NY 10027)
Ticket: $t.b.a.
Genre: jazz/r&b/soul
Marc Cary’s “Harlem Sessions,” which takes place every Thursday night at the New York City speakeasy Gin Fizz, continues to gain ground in the community that the keyboardist-composer-bandleader calls home, and where he’s emerging as a leader committed to the values of the Harlem Renaissance pioneers such as Langston Hughes and Duke Ellington, in the spirit of providing fresh lifeblood to Harlem’s unique and vibrant cultural scene.
Cary began hosting the late night jam session in May, opening it to musicians, poets, rappers, dancers and comedians, and announcing the song menu in advance via social media, to develop an organic and crucial cutting ground for artists. It’s a celebration of local artists, groups and composers who truly brought a melting pot of influences together; take a song like “Harlem River Drive” (by pianist Eddie Palmieri‘s super group), cultivate it, and that typifies what this session is about and how deeply its local roots grow.
Cary’s longtime rhythm section features Rashaan Carter on bass and Sameer Gupta on drums/tabla. Guest artists have been as wide-ranging as poet/performance artist (and five-time winner of “It’s Showtime at the Apollo”) Jessica Care Moore, along with new MC phenom Amani Fela; UK saxophonist Denys Baptiste (Mercury and Mobo prize winner);tap percussionist extraordinaire Omar Edwards, Malian vocalist Awa Sangho; Cuban percussion whiz Joaquin Pozo, the grandson of Dizzy Gillespie associate Chano Pozo, one of the founders of Latin jazz; 1st Annual Duke Ellington Vocal Competition winner Charles Turner, and Mike Casey (both alumni of Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead); Lauryn Hill’s current horn section (Igmar Thomas, Sharif Clayton, James Casey); and Harlem’s own self-described ‘Black Americana’ singer Queen Esther.
DJs
Gavin Russom – 1AM – 2AM (The Good Room)
Clay Adakazaam – 2AM – 4:00AM (The Good Room)
Maxo – 2:00AM – 4AM (The Bad Room)
10. Louis de Mieulle’s Album release show
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015
Time: 11pm
Venue: Rockwood Music Hall (196 Allen St, New York, New York 10002)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: old school prog rock, jazz fusion, classical (european and indian), electro,
French bassist/composer Louis de Mieulle’s will be performing tracks from his just released CD Stars, Plants & Bugs. Featuring Matt Garstka (drums), Casimir Liberski (keyboards), Sarpay Özçagatay (flute), Tareq Rantisi (percussion). – Read more at: #sthash.djdAQz0z.dpuf" target="_blank">http://www.louisdemieulle.com/index/#sthash.djdAQz0z.dpuf
11. Brooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars Perform Terry Riley’s “In C”
Date: Friday, August 28, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: Rubin Museum (150 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011, 212-620-5000)
Ticket: $25
Genre: minimal music played with Indian instruments
Often credited as the piece that created minimalism, Terry Riley’s composition, In C is an ethereal experience. Terry Riley, who studied Indian Raga deeply, believes that to his knowledge the Brooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars are the first group of mainly Indian instruments to perform this piece. The composer himself responded positively to their first performance and encouraged BRM to “use the basic IN C form but open it up to solos by individual members based on some of the patterns.”
The concert will be followed by a free jam session with Brooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars in the lobby from 8:30 – 9:30 PM.
Presented with Harrice Miller Entertainment and community partner Sunny Thakkar.
12. 75 Dollar Bill w. Makandal Drummers (mizik tanbou ayisyen)
Date: Friday, August 28, 2015
Time: 6pm
Venue: TROOST (1011 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: Haitian/Voodoo drumming
8:30pm – 75 Dollar Bill
10:00pm – Makandal’s repertoire derives from the sacred music and dance of Vodou, widely misunderstood in the United States as “voodoo” and includes, as well, the music and dance of springtime festivals, work, and play. The Troupe’s workshops, classes, and performances challenge ingrained stereotypes, keeping the magic of Haiti alive while educating, entertaining, and healing racial and cultural divisions. Makandal focuses especially on the art of drumming, carrying on the spirit and practice of its late Artistic Director, the award-winning drummer, Frisner Augustin. Many of the styles he passed on are rarely heard, so we are very lucky to have this group to preserve the music and keep it vital. http://www.makandal.org/
12. Brad Farberman
Date: Friday, August 28, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: Quinn’s (330 Main Street, Beacon, New York 12508)
Tickets: donation
Genre: jazz
Ripping Brooklyn funk ensemble led by guitarist/writer Brad Farberman, featuring baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson.
13. InnoVe Gnawa
Date: Saturday, August 29, 2015
Time: 10pm
Venue: Barbes (376 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Gnawa music
INNOVA GNAWA. The New York-based group of Moroccan musicians plays Gnawa music – the southern Moroccan trance music with roots in pre-islamic animist traditions. Led by master Maalem Hassan BenJaafer, InnoVe Gnawa uses traditional instrumentation such as the lute-like Sintir and the large castanet type Krakebs to accompany its ancient chants. Their approach is resolutely innovative though – an hypnotic, take on this ecstatic, trance-inducing tradition which has enthralled and inspired generations of musicians from around the world.
14. 75 Dollar Bill
Date: Saturday, August 29, 2015
Time: 9:30pm
Venue: TROOST (1011 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: WOOD-METAL-PLASTIC-PATTERN-RHYTHM-ROCK
After Party!
75 Dollar Bill plus guests
