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Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

December 7, 2015

1. MFM 1st Open Meeting

Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: CA Music Room (218 E. 25th Street, NY, NY 10010, Tel#: 212-686-4220 or 845-758-5919)
Ticket: free
Genre: coming together and celebration of MFM’s birth two weeks ago

The first open Musicians For Musicians (MFM) meeting will be hosted by president and musician Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi and attended by some of the board members. The purpose of this meeting is to let musicians know that they have a “home” in NY. Make them understand that that there’s an organization which is run by their own peers who care for them and understand their needs. And it’s about “US” as a business league which is represented by the MFM.

The meeting’s agenda will be as following:

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Crowdfunding Campaign: help Meg Okura release her first Large Ensemble CD “Ima Ima” by Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble

What:  Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble‘s new 10-piece mixed jazz ensemble album

Who: Meg Okura is a Juilliard grad Japanese Jewish Jazz violinist and composer who has had the fortune of working with: Michael Brecker, Tom Harrell, Lee Konitz, Steve Swallow, Dianne Reeves, Helen Sung, Sam Newsome, Kanye West, David Bowie, Philip Glass, Vince Giordano, JC Sanford, and many other wonderful artists.

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CD Review: Swiss trio Kaos Protokoll play chaotic jazz? No…a fun but serious band to listen!

Kaos PrtokollArtist: Kaos Protokoll
Title: Questclamationmarks
Label: Prolong Rec
Genre: nu jazz

CD Review by Dawoud Kringle

Kaos Protokoll is a Switzerland based electronica Jazz ensemble whose work has raised a few eyebrows in the past. Comprised of Benedikt Wieland (e-bass, effects), Flo Reichle (drums/electronics), Marc Stucki (saxophone, melodica, and effects) Kaos Protokoll’s new CD, Questclamationmarks is a departure from their first release Quick & Dirty. Whereas Quick & Dirty was straight forward in its punk ethic, Questclamationmarks takes the listener into their more refined and multifaceted potential.

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Concert Review: TOPOS KOLEKTIV – An evening of improvised music

Date: November 20, 2015
Venue: The Firehouse Space (NY)

Review by Constance Cooper

TOPOS KOLEKTIV

Topos KolektivMarek Matvija – shakuhachi
Hana Hrachovinová – harp
Tomáš Kerle – percussions
Tereza Kerle – performance
Anna Friedländer – voice
Martin Klusák – keyboard instruments
Guest musician: Steven Louis Cohn, piano and shakuhachi

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Event Recommendation: Announcement – MFM 1st Open Meeting!

MFM jpg logoDear musicians!

The first open Musicians For Musicians, Inc (MFM) meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 8th, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. The location is: CA Music Room, 218 E.25th Street (btw 3rd and 2nd Avenues), New York, NY 10010.

MFM is a New York based non-profit musician organization supported and run by musicians. Established this year by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi, musician (leader of the music collective SoSaLa), music activist, and chief-editor of the music online magazine DooBeeDooBeeDoo NY. MFM’s intention is to represent all musicians regardless what genre as a business league. We believe that musicians are professionals and need to get paid like any other working people. Advocating the notion that making music is a profession.

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