1.Roberto’s Winds Jazz In Times Square Calendar of Events

Roberto’s Winds is happy to announce the Jazz in Times Square series is resuming this month, starting March 15th and going every Monday through April 26th.
Date: Monday, March 29th, 2010
Times/Artists: 8pm Brandee Younger Group
About Brandee Younger: a versatile musician who has been proven to defy genres and labels, this young harpist has created a unique niche in both traditional and non-traditional harp arenas. Performing mainly on a concert grand classical harp, Ms. Younger is often heard performing jazz, classical and hip-hop in a seemingly effortless manner. The line up is: Brandee Younger on harp, Dezron Douglas on bass, Curtis Torian on drums and Greg Tardy on tenor sax.
10pm Sam Newsome Trio. The line up is: Sam Newsome – sax, Jean-Michel Pilc – piano, Ugonna Okewgo – bass and Alvester Garnett – drums.
Venue: Rosie O’Grady’s Limerick Bar (149 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036)
Ticket: $10-no minimum
Genre: Jazz

2. Amy Denio – solo concert

Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Stone ( Avenue C & 2nd Avenue, Lower East Side)
Tickets: $10
Genre: contemporary music

Composer and improviser Amy Denio (Seattle) will perform a set of her wide-ranging improvisations for voice and electronics at the Stone.
“Ranging from coloratura keenings to Louis Armstrong-worthy growls, Denio’s voice is a thing of wonder — especially when she magics it up, layer upon layer, with the technological wizardry at her command.”
(Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times)

3.Gianmaria Testa

Date: Thursday, April 4th, 2010
Time: 9:00 pm
Venue: Joe’s Pub
Ticket: $20.00
Genre: singer-song writer singing in Italian
Gianmaria Testa‘s (Italy) music is personal and richly melodic, flecked with accents of tango, bossa nova, habañera and jazz, but as spare and essential as a pencil sketch, imparting great beauty with simplicity and directness.

4.Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda – The Booming Brass, Echoey Guitar, and Rustic Violins of Northeastern Brazil Come to SOB’s and Lincoln Center.

Date: Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Time: 8:30 pm
Venue: Thu New York, NY. David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (61 West 62nd Street, NY 10023, (212) 875-5350)
Ticket: Free
Genre: Brazil/Ska/Afro-Beat/ Brass band

Date: Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: SOB’s (204 Varick, NY)
Tickets: $Free w/ Dinner Reservation before 7pm. $7 w/ a Dinner Reservation & $15 without one.

5. The Qadim Ensemble, a cross-cultural group of Jewish and Arabic musicians, have joined forces to play for peace on a new CD and concert tour. Produced by celebrated neyzen Eliyahu Sills and Six Degrees‘ artist Jef Stott and released by Embarka Records, “Eastern Wind” debuted last summer at #7 on the Billboard World Music Charts. The peacemaking musicians will play four New York City concerts April 1-4.

6. SOURCE w/ ABDOULAYE DIABATE

7. Tania Stavreva

Date: Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Time: 8pm
Venue: Roulette
Ticket: $15
Genre: modern piano music/ contemporary music

Tania Stavreva will present a program of modern music at The Roulette, venue that supports a lot of contemporary and experimental music for more than thirty years. Tonight’s program will showcase Ms. Stavreva’s specialization in 20th and 21st century music through a diverse selection of composers including Mason Bates, Carl Vine, Samuel Barber, Claude Debussy, Marc Rossi, Alberto Ginastera and Sergei Prokofiev.

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