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Music Listings – 9/14 through 9/20/2015

1. Afro Roots feat. Mambo Jaambo

Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: 647 Columbus Ave near W 92nd st (Goddard Riverside)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Latin Jazz / Salsa Music

Mambo Jaambo performing electrifying, pulsating Afro/Carribean sound. Featuring the lovely singer Mayaan Shaked accompanied by Baba Donn on congas, Ronnie Roc keys, Richie Robles bass, Daniel Moreno timbales and Mac Gollehon trumpet.

2. Jaimie ‘Breezy’ Branch Trio

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Event Recommendation: “Circle” Music this Saturday & Join the fundraiser

Text by Craig Shepard

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Join us this Saturday at 8:05 pm for the beginning of Music for Contemplation’s fall series. Please find my text on the program and on my new piece “Circle Music 4.1” below.

Please join Monique Buzzarté, Dan Joseph, Tucker Dulin, Chris McIntyre, Peter Zumo and I to raise $3800 to bring Stuart Dempster to Williamsburg October 3rd.

You can make a tax-deductible donation through Hatchfund here.

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Music Listings – 9/7 through 9/15/2015

1. CHRIS STROMQUIST-MATT BAUDER Duo

Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: Barbes (376 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: sax-drum duet improv/jazz

CHRIS STROMQUIST/MATT BAUDER. Drummer Chris Stromquist is a member of Slavic Soul Party and Kultur Shock. He seems to be equally at ease playing Balkan, Afro-Cuban or or Ghanaian music.
Matt Bauder is a saxophonist and composer based who has performed with many iconic figures in avant-garde and rock music including Anthony Braxton Roscoe Mitchell, Iron and Wine and Arcade Fire. His recordings as a leader and co-leader on 482 Music and Clean Feed have received wide critical acclaim.

2. littleBits Band Synth Workshop with Hans Tammen (includes 4 sessions)

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Music Listings – 8/31 through 9/6/2015

1. Bring Prudence/Clare Sands/Marco Foster/The Ryan Scott Four/Mikki Hommel/Greg Joseph & Teddy Kumpel LOOPestra w/ Aaron Steele and David Lizmi

Date: Monday, August 31, 2015
Time: 9pm – 12am
Venue: Rockwood Music Hall (196 Allen St, New York, New York 10002)
Ticket: $10
Genre: singer-song writer/pop/indie rock

6:00pm Bring Prudence
7:00pm Clare Sands
8:00pm Marco Foster
9:00pm The Ryan Scott Four
10:00pm Mikki Hommel
11:00pm Greg Joseph
12:00am Teddy Kumpel LOOPestra w/ Aaron Steele and David Lizmi

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Music Listings – 8/24 through 8/30/2015

1. 75 Dollar Bill w. DAS AUDIT

Date: Monday, August 24, 2015
Time: 6pm
Venue: TROOST (1011 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: psychedelic/low-fi indie music/experimental

Brooklyn-based guitar and percussion duo 75 Dollar Bill will play every evening at Greenpoint’s Troost Café beginning Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. The duo, comprised of Che Chen and Rick Brown, will play a set each evening, sharing the bills with a variety of soloists and groups: Sue Garner, Das Audit, Low-Ways, Chris Nelson, Zimbabwean mbira master Chartwell Dutiro and NYC Haitian Vodou drummers Makandal.

Formed in late 2012, 75 Dollar Bill has caught the attention of music fans and fellow musicians in NYC through regular engagements in both established venues and unusual settings in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The duo has shared stages with well-known popular and experimental musicians including Omar Souleyman, David Grubbs, Thalia Zedek, Steve Gunn and Mecca Normal.

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