Date: Monday, April 28, 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
7:30 Jonathan Finlayson Tribute to Tchicai
Jonathan Finlayson – trumpet
Brian Settles – sax
Mike Pride – drums
8:45 Friends of John Tchicai
Rosie Hertlein – violin
John Ehlis – guitar
Steve Swell – trombone
Text by Kultur Shock
For those of you who do not know us, we are a Seattle based sextet, comprised of musicians from Bosnia, Bulgaria and the US. We have produced 5 LPs, 1 EP, 2 Live albums, 2 DVDs and have performed almost everywhere in Europe, many places in the US of A and Canada, and have scratched the surface of touring in Asia by playing in Russia and Turkey.
Since 2008 we released four records on our own label – Kultur Shock Records. The band has performed over 900 shows – from the tiniest club, to festivals of a magnitude we will omit mentioning, because it will look like bragging. In other words, we are hard working live band that travels a ton, plays 90 minute sweaty sets, self-produces, self-manages and self-finances everything. We do not comply with corporate requirements to do things “the way it’s done in the industry”, we are not slaves to trends, we pride ourselves in being honest in what we write (along with our political views), and approach our records and live shows as though they are the last thing we will do in our lives.
Artist: The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums
Title: Tiny Lower Case
Label: Spoot Music
Genre: genres from micro-big band, gospel, bluegrass, and Balkan to whimsical jazz and nocturnal funk
Review by Dawoud Kringle
What happens when you draw inspiration from micro-big band, gospel, bluegrass, Balkan, whimsical jazz, nocturnal funk, New Orleans “second – line,” Afro-Cuban, Balkan, Klezmer and beyond? The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums! Hailing from New York, Seattle, and Eau Claire, the band has been composing and performing their music in the US and Europe since their beginnings in 1993.
Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
I really recommend this funding campaign by my friend, fan, and DooBeeDoo contributor.
Text by Augusta Palmer
Date: Monday, April 21, 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
7:30 Lou Grassi & Friends
Cecile Broche – violin
Kenny Wessel – guitar
Joe Fonda – bass
Lou Grassi – drums
8:45 Jon Irabagon Quartet
Jon Irabagon – sax
Luis Perdomo – piano
Yasushi Nakamura – bass
Rudy Royston – drums
