Category Archives: Music Listings

Music Listings – 2/24 through 3/2/2014

1. Carte Blanche

Date: Monday, February 24, 2014
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: free
Genre: vintage standards white-hot with classic French, Latin and American jazz standards from the 1920s, 30s and 40s.

6-piece jazz ensemble Carte Blanche keeps vintage standards white-hot with classic French, Latin and American jazz standards from the 1920s, 30s and 40s.

Carte Blanche has become a familiar late-night act at New York’s most popular speakeasies and music venues: from Chinatown’s well-hidden Apotheke to the LES staple Rockwood Music Hall, the 6-piece ensemble in white silk and sequins has gathered a following who love them for their look as much as their commitment to preserving the standards of a bygone era. The group frequently charms the discerning show-goers of the popular show “Sleep No More” as the surprise act on the stage of the Manderley Bar- the secret bar at the back of the show. Continue reading

Music Listings – 2/10 through 2/16/2014

1. The Multi-Organic Trio

Date: Monday, February 10, 2014
Time: 8:30 & 10:30pm
Venue: Bar Next Door (129 MacDougal St., New York, NY 10012, Tel: (212) 529-5945)
Ticket: $12
Genre: Jazz/improv

Multi-Organic Trio is: Nora McCarthy – voice, Aruan Ortiz – piano and Ratzo Harris – bass
Three dynamic innovators, each richly expressive, sensitively powerful and eloquently versed in the vernacular of creative music. They will  perform original  music, music of Jazz composers, and free improvisation tapping into the roots of the universal language = love.

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