Crossing Brooklyn Ferry curated by Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner and produced by BAM.
Website: http://www.CrossingBrooklynFerry.com
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Time: 9pm
Venue: Zirzamin (90 West Houston Street New York, NY 10012)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: revolutionary jazz
Guest appearences by:
Cheryl Pyle/Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic – 8pm
Nick Gianni’s Evolution – 10pm
New York: The debut CD of new jazz ensemble THE RED MICROPHONE, The Red Microphone Speaks, will be officially released at Zirzamin in NYC’s West Village on April 17. THE RED MICROPHONE is comprised of veteran improvisational musicians John Pietaro (vibraphone, percussion), Ras Moshe (saxophones, flute), Rocco John Iacovone (saxophones), Nicolas Letman- Burtinovic (bass).
The disc brings together powerful revolutionary statements from the likes of Malcolm X, Pierre Degeyter & Eugene Pottier (composer and poet of ‘L’Internationale’), John Howard Lawson, Hanns Eisler, Angela Davis and Dalton Trumbo, through the media of free jazz, contemporary composition and more. The album contains a powerful sampling of our “special brand of new revolutionary jazz” (DooBeeDooBeeDoo) including reconstructions of radical themes, original music and free improvisations. Call it post-Dolphy, post-Ornette, post-Punk, post-Occupy music. The tapes were mastered by legendary downtown new music producer and musician Kramer (ex of NoiseNewYork studio and Shimmy-Disc records). Immediately after the mastering, Kramer had this to say about the disc:
Date: Friday April 5 through Sunday April 7, 2013Venue: Rubin Museum of Art (150 West 17 Street (6/7 Ave), New York, NY 10011) Directions
Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
I met Ms. Jayne Cortez at Mr. Ornette Coleman’s birthday last year. Unfortunately I had no chance to speak to this lady due to many guests around her. Now I feel very bad that I didn’t try harder to start a conversation with her.
Mr. Butch Morris is a different case. I have met this gentleman a couple of times, at music panels, at concerts and one I had the chance to play in his NUBLU ORCHESTRA. This gig was very interesting and disappointing at the same time. There was no way for me to understand his special way of conducting. It was very annoying and limiting my musicality. But…it was an experience and I feel lucky that I had the chance to perform with him.
Unfortunately I came a little late to NY because all the living legends started to leave mother earth for ever.
Date: Saturday, January 11, 2013
Venue: Highline Ballroom (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle
