Category Archives: Musicians

Recommended Event: A Tribute to Paul Motian @ Symphony Space (NY)

thumbDate: Friday, March 22, 2013
Time: 7 pm
Venue: Peter Jay Sharp Theatre /Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025-6990)
Tickets: $45
Genre: jazz

An all-star cast of jazz greats come together to pay tribute to their colleague, legendary drummer and composer, the late Paul Motian, voted number one in the 2012Downbeat Critics Poll Hall of Fame. One of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Motian played with Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Paul Bley, and many other bandleaders, including Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Mose Allison, Tony Scott, Stan Getz, and Johnny Griffin.

The concert, curated by Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano, features performances by Andrew Cyrille, Ben Monder, Ravi Coltrane, Ben Street, Bill Frisell, Billy Drewes, Jerome Harris, Billy Hart, Chris Cheek, Ed Schuller, Marilyn Crispell, Gary Peacock, Bill McHenry, Greg Osby, Tim Berne, Ethan Iverson, Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano, Joey Baron, Chris Cheek, Larry Grenadier, Mark Turner, Masabumi Kikuchi, Petra Haden, Steve Cardenas, Tony Malaby, and Billy Hart Quartet (Ethan Iverson, Ben Street, Mark Turner).

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KICKSTARTER Campaign: a touring van for the Bernie Worrell Orchestra – 6 days to go!!!

P-Funk legend Bernie Worrell needs a 15-seat touring van for his Bernie Worrell Orchestra to promote their new album, coming in 2013.

…Even if you’ve never heard of Bernie Worrell, the odds are better than good you’ve heard his music. As the virtuoso keyboardist and driving musical force behind Parliament-Funkadelic, Bernie is synonymous with the P-Funk legacy, from his fat Minimoog bass lines on “Flash Light” and “One Nation Under A Groove” to his percussive piano and synth runs on “Chocolate City” and “Give Up the Funk.” In 1997, Bernie and his P-Funk bandmates, including George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame―an honor that was long overdue….

Read more here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1522411554/a-touring-van-for-the-bernie-worrell-orchestra

KICKSTARTER Campaign Recommendation: JOANIE LEEDS & THE NIGHTLIGHTS Are Making A New Kids Album!

Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

I have been knowing the singer-song writer Joanie Leeds for a while. She was my neighbor in my previous apartment building. And her husband Dan who’s a very talented drummer and playing in Joanie’s band became my friend later. In fact we have been sharing a studio in Williamsburg. Anyway…I think Joanie does a great job creating music for children and teaching them the essence of music. I think educating children about music is one of the few ways to create human beings for the future.

A child who really loves music and becomes a musician later can’t become inhuman. So we need young musicians like Joanie around us and I think we should support them emotionally and financially. So please check out her KICKSTARTER campaign and see whether you would like to be involved in this campaign.

Joanie’s message: “Hey Everyone! My name is Joanie Leeds and I am a nationally touring singer/songwriter from Brooklyn, NY specializing in Kindie-Rock (that’s kids music for y’all not hip with the lingo…yet)…My band Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights are putting out a new kids album called BANDWAGON. Get up on it and help make it a reality…”

DooBeeDoo Recommends: BreakThru Radio’s BTR Live Studio Featuring EMEFE

Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

I would like to introduce you to BreakThru Radio in NYC. BTR Live Studio produces a number of music-based web programs and features a mix of breaking and established musicians. All music is played exclusively by the bands.

This time New York City’s afro-beat 10-piece group EMEFE stops by in their studio performing “Good Future”, and chat with the host Maia Macdonald – who’s a musician and DJ and has been involved with the music scene for a number of years – about their band name and the positive philosophy behind the project.