Author Archives: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

Another Concert Review: The Road to Jajouka featuring the Master Musicians of Jajouka w/Bachir Attar, Billy Martin, Marc Ribot, Shahzad Ismaily, DJ Logic, and opening set by Eliot Sharp and Bachir Attar

IMG_0119Date: June 15, 2015
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (NY)

Review and photos by Keith Brooks and Ann Fawcett Ambia

Thanks to a couple of free tix from Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi, my friend Ann and I got to see the Road to Jajouka performance at Le Poisson Rouge on June 15th. For those, like us, who were not familiar with the Master Musicians of Jajouka, (although Ann and I caught a brief glimpse of their music when they appeared at the Ornette Coleman tribute at Prospect Park a few nights before) perhaps the first question to be addressed is : who are they, and why have so many diverse musicians sought them out to play and record with going back to 1971?

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Music Listings – 6/30 through 7/6/2014

1. Evolving Music: Sarah Bernstein String Quartet / VoiceHornsBass / Baudolino’s Dilemma / Birthday Nonette

Date: Monday, June 30, 2014
Time: 7:30pm to 11pm
Venue: Clemente Soto Velez Center (107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002)
Tickets: $11 per set
Genre: jazz/improv

7:30PM – 8:15PM – Sarah Bernstein String Quartet
Sarah Bernstein – violin/composition
Scott Tixier – violin
Mat Maneri – viola
Rubin Kodheli – cello

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Musicians check this out: What is Songhack?

Songhack helps artists “hack the music industry”. It’s a consumer guide to over 100 digital products and services targeted at musicians. Songhack features news, resources and coaching content to help musicians make money.

Watch founder Zac Shaw describe the mission behind Songhack and read more here: http://www.songhack.com/what-is-songhack/

Documentary Film Feature By David L. Lewis: “The Pleasures of Being Out of Step: Notes on the Life of Nat Hentoff”

Opened in NYC at the IFC Center on June 25th
Opens in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Music Hall July 4th

OUT OF STEP DVD COVERThe Pleasures of Being Out of Step: Notes on the Life of Nat Hentoff profiles legendary jazz writer, journalist, and civil libertarian Nat Hentoff, whose career has coincided with the greatest artistic, cultural, and political movements of the last 65 years. Any account of Nat’s career would not be complete without chronicling his determined efforts to promote and support freedom of expression. Narrated by actor Andre Braugher, Pleasures of Being Out of Step wraps the themes of liberty and identity around a historical narrative that stretches from the Great Depression to the Patriot Act.

Prolific and incendiary, Nat Hentoff is the author of twenty nonfiction books, nine novels, and two memoirs. His writing has been published in Down Beat, The Village Voice, The New Yorker, Jazz Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Playboy, Esquire, The Atlantic, The Progressive, and The New Republic.

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