Category Archives: Music Listings

Music listings – 3/7 through 3/13

1. Tyondai Braxton

Date: Monday, March 7, 2011
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Lincoln Center/Tully Hall
Ticket: $25 and more
Genre: classic music and rock fusion

Tyondai Braxton with the Wordless Music Orchestra
Caleb Burhans, conductor

Tyondai Braxton, best known for his role in the experimental rock group Battles, does not fit neatly into any one genre. His performances conjure sweeping symphonics, heady compositions, crashing guitars, and slyly playful sounds to create a wholly original style. For this contemporary classical event, Braxton will be joined by the 30-member Wordless Music Orchestra, a Brooklyn-based ensemble that, like Braxton, is dedicated to bridging the gap between classical and rock.

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Music listings – 2/28 through 3/6

1. Hillard Greene IN & OUT ENSEMBLE

Date: Monday, February 28, 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: the University of the Streets (130 east 7th street. 2nd floor. NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Jazz

A night of challanging Jazz featuring Robert Picket – piano, Newman Taylor Baker – drums, Hilliard “Hill” Greene – bass.

2. Superhuman Happiness w. Chico Mann

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Music listings – 2/21 through 2/27

1. THE ZIG ZAG QUARTET

Date: Monday, February 21, 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: the University of the Streets (130 east 7th street. 2nd floor. NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Jazz

A night of challanging Jazz featuring Hilliard Greene – double bass, Francisco Roldan – guitar, Alexander Wu – piano, and Danny Mallon – percussion.

2. Meredith Monk

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ROULETTE’s (NYC) this week concerts!

Venue: The Roulette (20 Greene Street,between Canal and Grand Streets)
Tickets: $15 (reservations: 212.219.8242)

Brandon Ross: Blazing Beauty
Wed Feb 16 – 8:30 PM
Guitarist, composer, singer, songwriter Brandon Ross has worked with everyone from Muhal Richard Abrams, Don Byron, Bill Frisell, Leroy Jenkins, Oliver Lake, Arto Lindsay, to Joan Osborne, Henry Threadgill, and many others.   Self described as “Future-folk music”, Ross’ music is at once pastoral, dissonant, intimate and avant-garde.  Tonight at Roulette, Ross presents Blazing Beauty, his acoustic-based ensemble with Stomu Takeishi (acoustic bass guitar), JT Lewis (drums), and Brandon Ross (guitar/banjo/vocal) – extending his expressive field into “folk”-oriented musics and compositional approaches while communicating his dedication to fresh musical experience.

INTERPRETATIONS: David Wessel / Roscoe Mitchell 70th Birthday
Thu Feb 17 – 8:00 PM
Two contrasting settings featuring innovative woodwind virtuoso and Art Ensemble of Chicago founder Roscoe Mitchell. Electronic music pioneer David Wessel and Roscoe Mitchell, long time collaborators, play a set of duo improvisations, followed by the Roscoe Mitchell Quartet featuring Dave Burrell (piano), Henry Grimes (bass), and Tani Tabbal (drums).

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Music listings – 2/14 through 2/20

1. Andrew Lamb & THE BLACK LAMB TRIO

Date: Monday, February 14, 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: the University of the Streets (130 east 7th street. 2nd floor. NY)
Ticket: $20
Genre: Jazz

A night of challanging Jazz: Andrew Lamb – saxophones, flutes, woodwinds, Tom Abbs – bass, tuba, Michael Wimberley – percussion.

2. Jenny Scheinman

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