Author Archives: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

Film Screening: French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) and Ciné Institute of Haiti present “Haiti Optimiste”

 image001Fashion Designer Donna Karan, Rock Band Arcade Fire, Actors Michael Kenneth Williams (HBO’s Boardwalk Empire) and Jamie Hector (HBO’s The Wire), and Video Director Vincent Morisset to join Gala Benefit Evening Supporting Haiti’s renowned Ciné Institute.

Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014
Time: 7pm
Venue: FIAF · Florence Gould Hall; 55 East 59th Street, NYC

The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) and Ciné Institute are thrilled to announce the return of Haiti Optimiste, a festive and star-studded event to benefit Haiti’s renowned film school.

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Musicians Issues: Is The Piracy Threat Really Decreasing?

Text by Trichordist Editor

Flat or declining revenues at major media companies like Sony and Viacom is contrary to recent reports that digital piracy is declining. Guest post by Robert Steele Recently, there has been a lot of discussion surrounding a few articles suggesting that online piracy is decreasing.  From where I sit that is not the case.  I […]

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2 CD Reviews: Two From Innova Rec: The Peter Kerlin Octet And Ayman Fan/Jason Kao Hwang

CD reviews by Matt Cole

Two recent releases from Innova Recordings, the record label of the St. Paul-based American Composers Forum, while having very different lineups (one an octet, the other a duo), provide fine examples of musical patience and communication.

879_coverArtist: Peter Kerlin Octet
Title: Salamander
Label: Innova Rec
Genre: jazz/new music/Collection: chamber, double bass, funk, music for dance & soundtrack

Salamander is the debut album from bassist/composer Peter Kerlin. The five pieces on the roughly 40-minute album are scored for two vibraphones (Sam Sowydra and Cesare Papetti), two basses (Kerlin, joined by Taylor Bergren-Chrisman and Brent Cordero), organ (Emily Manzo), drums and percussion (Mike Pride and Charles Burst), and viola (Amy Cimini, Jessica Pavone, and Karen Waltuch).

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Michael Wimberly (Part One of a Two Part Feature) – A Congress of Masters, Evolving Music Begins with a Notable Performance.

Text by Dawoud Kringle

ap.jpgOn a Monday night, the 6th day of 2014, when New York City was in the midst of a winter filled with strange weather, a congress of NYC’s jazz elite assembled at Clemente Soto Velez Center for a concert marking the beginning of the Evolving Music Series, presented by Arts for Art (organized by Patricia Parker). Michael Wimberly was the curator for the night’s performance.

Michael Wimberly and Charles Gayle began the first set.

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