1. Mike Dopazo Trio
Date: Monday, May 4, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: Quinn’s (330 Main Street, Beacon, New York 12508)
Tickets: donation
Genre: jazz
Mike Dopazo on alto sax, Rusty Hollyway on bass and Bob Meyer on drums”
Mike Dopazo is regarded as one of the most creative saxophonists on the jazz scene. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, Mike has performed with jazz ensembles across Europe, Asia, and throughout the United States. Over the past 15 years, he has recorded several albums and led his own groups at various jazz festivals and jazz clubs in NYC.
2. Chris Komer Group / JC Sanford Quartet / Robert Sabin Dectet
Date: Monday, May 4, 2015
Time: 7pm – 10:30pm
Venue: ShapeShifter Lab (18 Whitwell Pl, between Carroll St & 1st St, Brooklyn, NY 11215, 646-820-9452)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz
7:00 Chris Komer Group
Chris Komer-horn, Eli Asher-trumpet, Benjamin Drazen-alto, Alex Jeun-trombone, Paul Odeh-piano, Tom DiCarlo-bass, Craig Wuepper-drums
8:15 JC Sanford Quartet
JC Sanford-trombone, Mike Baggetta- Guitar, Dave Ambrosio-bass, Russ Meissner-drums
9:30 Robert Sabin “Humanity Part II”
Robert Sabin-bass, Jeremy Noller-drums, Jesse Lewis-guitar, Dan Urness-trumpet, Nadje Noordhuis-trumpet, Chris Komer-horn, John Yao-trombone, Ben Stapp-tuba, Aaron Irwin-alto saxophone, Jason Rigby-tenor saxophone
3. Tyshawn Sorey’s Double Trio
Date: Monday, May 4, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Roulette (509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217)
Ticket: $20
Genre: jazz
Tyshawn Sorey is a composer-performer, educator, and scholar working across an extensive range of musical idioms. Sorey performs (percussion, trombone, and piano) nationally and internationally with his own ensembles, as well as with such artists as Muhal Richard Abrams, Steve Coleman, John Zorn, Misha Mengelberg, Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Braxton, Steve Lehman, Tim Berne, and Myra Melford.
As a composer, Sorey has received commissions from Roulette and the International Contemporary Ensemble, with whom he also performs. In 2012, he was selected as an Other Minds Composer. Sorey regularly teaches composition and improvisation at the New School for Social Research and the School for Improvised Music. He has taught at the Banff Centre, International Realtime Music Symposium (Norway), Hochschule für Musik Köln, Musikhochschule Nürnberg, Rhythmic Conservatory (Denmark), Birmingham Conservatory of Music, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Cité de la Musique (Paris), and Vallekilde Højskole (Denmark).
Sorey has had works premiered at the Issue Project Room, Walt Disney Hall, the Bimhuis, Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, the Jazz Gallery, and Roulette. This is the third and final performance of Sorey’s [RESIDENCY] at Roulette.
DOUBLE TRIO: Cory Smythe (piano), Christopher Tordini (bass), Fung Chern Hwei (violin), Kyle Armbrust (viola) and TBA (cello)
4. Afro Roots: Retumba
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: 647 Columbus Ave near W 92nd st (Goddard Riverside)
Ticket: donation
Genre: Afro-Caribbean song and dance
Retumba formed in March of 1981, in celebration of Women’s History month. This multi-talented group of women bring the joy of life experienced through the gift of diversity in its presentation and performances of folkloric music and dance to audiences throughout world communities.
Retumba traces the roots of its music and dance to the origins of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Brazil. With a joyous celebration of Afro-Caribbean song and dance, ¡Retumba! demonstrates the similarities and links of our shared cultures to Africa and Europe. African music and dance has blended with European, Caribbean, and Brazilian cultures since the 16th Century. Unique traditions can be found within these cultures as a result of the combining of these creatively expressive cultures.
Just as music and dance have synthesized in the “New World” from a variety of roots, so has language. African languages such as Yoruba, Congo and Ibo have mixed with Spanish, French, Portuguese and English to create unique song forms.
Retumba interweaves the dynamic power of Polyrhythms with beautiful ancient melodies and the drama and excitement of African dance and traditions with their own creative expression.
5. Leni Stern
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Time: 6pm
Venue: Barbes (376 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: trad. West African arranged music
LENI STERN. Acclaimed guitarist and vocalist Leni Stern brings her African music ensemble to Barbés. The music juxtaposes Stern’s trademark inventive guitar and vocal explorations with the indigenous sounds of accomplished African instrumentalists. The result is at once haunting, exuberant, cinematic, personal and resoundingly assured. Featuring Leni Stern on n’goni, electric guitar, vocals, and calabash/Alioune Faye on sabar and djembe/Mamadou Ba on electric bass.
6. THE VELOCITY DUO Album-Release Party
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: Whynot Jazz Room (14 Christopher Street, New York, New York 10014, 646- 756-4145)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz/improv
Vocalist Lauren Lee and bassist Charley Sabatino, otherwise known as the Velocity Duo, will celebrate the release of their recording Dichotomies at Manhattan’s Why Not Jazz Room, May 6. The event is a feature of the ‘Why Not Experiment?’ series which has illuminated this Greenwich Village haunt since 2013. The performance will demonstrate the pair’s intimate, compelling free improv: equal parts hip jazz, avant adventure and…something completely different. Woven through tapestries of quiet and cacophony, the Velocity Duo is new music for a new generation.
Following this event, Lee and Sabatino will embark on their maiden voyage to Europe, bringing this universal sound to still wider audiences. Specifics will be announced in coming weeks.
While the expansive duet draws comparison to the voice/bass recordings of Sheila Jordan, the Velocity Duo is of the ‘downtown’ sound; this musical vision draws from a wealth of inspiration. Lauren Lee’s voice holds a uniquely commanding tone; her style has been referred to as “vocal instrumentalism” due to the utter lack of lyrics in this setting. Also an artful pianist, Lee is guided as a singer by Nina Simone’s example as well as that of Eric Dolphy. She has performed 12-tone concerts, cabaret and classical engagements, and leads her own Space Jazz Trio. Lee holds a master’s in music from NYU where she studied voice, composition and improvisation.
Charley Sabatino’s background is also widespread, ranging from accompanying Ben Vereen, performing contemporary concert music, cabaret, popular styles, straight-ahead and free jazz. He is an endorsed artists from several musical instrument companies, and teaches a successful jazz workshop in Queens NY. Sabatino holds an MA in music from Long Island University/CW Post. Sabatino’s approach to the upright bass reclaims the instrument’s natural acoustics: a dark, woody sound threaded through his tone, producing an almost harp-like timber. Sabatino’s bass is rhythmic, distinctly linear, swinging and with a yearning melodic response to Lee’s call.
The Velocity Duo, this ongoing conversation of new sounds, revitalizes the voice/bass partnership.
7. Brooklyn Raga Massive Presents NEPAL EARTHQUAKE RELIEF BENEFIT & Africa/India Series
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Time: 8pm to 11pm
Venue: Bluebird (504 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225)
Tickets: $10
Genre: classical and nu raga music with new sounds around it
Next up at our BRM weekly series: NEPAL EARTHQUAKE RELIEF BENEFIT & Africa/India Series featuring Famaro Dioubate and BRM All Stars, Neel Murgai – sitar, Kevin Nathaniel Hylton – mbira, and Ehren Hanson – tabla. Please come here master balafon player Famoro strut his stuff with the BRM crew as we raise money for victims of the earthquake, which has directly affected members of our community. Most of the proceeds of this evening will go to http://www.adhikaar.org a group that is helping people on the ground now in Nepal.
8. Global Beat Festival feat. The Libyans, Feedel Band and others
Date: Thursday, May 7 through May 9, 2015
Time: 8pm to 10pm
Venue: Brookfield Place New York (Winter Garden, 230 Vesey Street, New York , NY 10821)
Tickets: free
Genre: various world type of music
GLOBAL BEAT FESTIVAL explores music from around the world befitting the stunning acoustics of the magnificent glass-vaulted Winter Garden. Each night pairs two groups from different traditions for an unforgettable 3-day experience from May 7-9, 2015.
The Global Beat Festival is curated by Live Sounds / Isabel Soffer.
Thursday, May 7 features:
The Libyans (US DEBUT)
The Libyans give new life to the fascinating, sacred music of the Jews of Libya that was on the verge of being lost to the world. Based in Israel, the six-member ensemble performs rare old Libyan Jewish liturgical songs, taking heed of the country’s confluence of history and geography. The result is a spectacularly fascinating repertoire with Arabic, African, Turkish, Western and other influences.
Feedel Band
The Feedel Band is one of among the leading lights of Ethiojazz, a merging of jazz and R&B with traditional Ethiopian songs and instruments. Inspired by the golden age of Ethiopian popular music in the late 1960s and 70s, the band features artists and music from the hugely popular Éthiopiques series, which has helped turn Ethiopian music into a hipster obsession. Groove to the beat along with special guest dancers, who will join the Ethiojazz funk and soul band
Friday, May 8 features:
Niyaz (Iran)
The Fourth Light CD release show
Described by the Huffington Post as “an evolutionary force in contemporary Middle Eastern music,” Niyaz first stepped onto the world stage in 2005 with their infectious self-titled debut album, appearing at #1 on iTunes. They continue to explore the music of regions around Azam and Loga’s native Iran, to shed light onto the plight of immigrants and minority ethnic and religious groups who struggle to maintain their identities. Hear the global trance pioneers seamlessly blend medieval Sufi poetry and folk songs, along with a guest whirling Dervish dancer.
Emel Mathlouthi (Tunisia)
Hailed by The Guardian for her “astonishing range and sensuousness,” Tunisian singer, songwriter, and composer Emel Mathlouthi moves between rock, trip-hop, and electronica to create an arresting cross between Tricky, Joan Baez, and Björk. She gained attention when her protest song “Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free)” was adopted by the Arab Spring revolutionaries in 2010 and soon became an anthem throughout the region.
SATURDAY, MAY 9 FEATURES:
Flavia Coelho (Brazil) – NY DEBUT
A quintessential performer, Flavia Coelho is adored for her electrifying stage presence, indomitable energy, and bold style. Her music is a fantastical hybrid that builds new aural textures on the memory and culture of Brazilian music. Incorporating Brazilian baile funk, bossa nova, repente, forró, and samba with hip-hop, African rhythms, boleros, and reggae. She creates a stylish, mischievous mix that brings a new Brazilian sound to the world.
Guayo Cedeño + Coco Bar (Honduras) – US DEBUT
Honduran guitarist Guayo Cedeño is one of the finest masters of his instrument in all of Central America. He has gained his international recognition from his work on stage with Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective and Aurelio Martinez, among other Garifuna music stars. Guayo learned his skills from watching his father’s band, Los Robbins playing at the bars in La Ceiba, Honduras. His sound is slinky and romantic with a Latin lounge quality, reminiscent of Ry Cooder and Calexico. Guayo’s first solo album, Coco Bar, will be released this Spring. They will be joined by the renowned Garifuna singer/songwriter Aurelio Martinez on guitar and vocals and Garifuna drums.
9. Jeremy Danneman and Sophie Nzayisenga on the Radio
Date: Thursday, May 7 through May 9, 2015
Genre: radio interviews
Jeremy Danneman and Sophie Nzayisenga will be playing music and talking on WKCR on May 7 at 10 PM to midnight and WFMU on May 9 at 6-9 PM. In NYC you can tune in on the FM dial, and you can hear it anywhere in the world on the internet. Visit www.wkcr.org and www.wfmu.org respectively.
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10. TriBeCaStan
Date: Friday, May 8, 2015
Time: 9:30pm
Venue: Stage 72 (158 West 72 St, New York, New York)
Tickets: $20
Genre: Balkan Beat/Gypsy/blues/jazz
Radically multicultural and poly-stylistic, New York City’s TriBeCaStan is one of contemporary music’s most vibrantly eclectic ensembles, using diverse instruments from around the globe to create an exotic palette of sonic colors and melodies. Bring your dancing shoes!
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11. Collaboration feat. Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Date: Friday, May 8, 2015
Time: 7pm to 8pm
Venue: Spectrum (121 Ludlow, Second Floor, New York, NY, 650-400-5100)
Ticket: $15
Genre: classical-chamber music
Collaboration is an hour recital.
Program:
First Half:
SOLO PIANO performed by Niloufar Nourbakhsh
“Calendar Pieces” -Laura Kaminsky
“Gustave Le Grey” -Caroline Shaw
“Bolts of Loving Thunder” -Missy Mazzoli
Second Half:
“To The Lighthouse” – Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Soprano: Lisa Flanagan
Mezzo-soprano: Karen Hayden
Violin: Lisa Casal-Galietta
Percussion: Maiko Hosoda
“She Waltz” – Niloufar Nourbakhsh
violin and piano duet
“would the miracle ever come?”
A Collaboration with Teletextile Pamela Martinez
Video created by Naomi Moser
Niloufar Nourbakhsh started learning piano at the age of nine at Sarang Institute of Music located in Karaj, Iran. Her academic piano education started five years later, when she started studying with Tehran University’s piano professor, Arash Abbasi, who was also a composer himself. At the age of fifteen, Nilou won the 2nd prize of Iran’s national piano biennale competition and performed at Roudaki Concert Hall twice as a participant of The Music Festival from Classical to Modern.
Nilou is a music graduate and a Global Citizen Scholarship recipient of Goucher College, where she studied with Dr.Lisa Weiss for two years. Additional to piano studies, She participated and performed in Dr.Weiss’ Chamber Music Seminar with the cellist, Todd Thiel, and the violinist, Heather Haughn. She is also the recipient of the Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Scholarship in Music at Goucher.
Nilou won Goucher’s prestigious scholarship in 2012 to study composition and mathematics at Oxford University. While in England, Niloufar studied in Ian Jones’ private piano studio in London, and she also started and directed her own chamber music group at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
In summer 2012, Niloufar attended New Paltz piano summer festival in New York, directed by Vladimir Feltsman, as a pianist and performed at Sheppard Recital Hall. Previous summer, Niloufar was a composer participant of Atlantic Music Festival in Waterville, Maine, where she performed her own chamber piece in collaboration with the new music ensemble in residence.
Nilou is currently working at Brooklyn Music School summer institute as a teaching artist and is studying private composition with Laura Kaminsky. In august 2014, Nilou will be premiering her new piece in collaboration with Rhymes with Opera ensemble at New York’s national opera center.
12. Bonnie Kane and Friends
Date: Friday, May 8, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Firehouse Space (246 Frost St., East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz/improv/free style/noise
1. Fire Maidens From Outer Space –
Bonnie Kane: Saxophone/ Flute/ Electronics
Dave Miller: Drums,
Reuben Radding: Bass
If truth can be known, this is it: the pure moment when the sounds and the harmonics of the sounds vibrate beyond hearing, opening the universe inside where all exists. Fire Maidens from Outer Space can take you in.
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2. Jack Wright Trio
Jack Wright: Saxophones, Zach Darrup: Guitar, Joe Hertenstein: Drums
A master of improvisation and extended saxophone technique
http://springgardenmusic.com/
3. Steve Dalachinsky and Michael Evans: Solos and Duo
Steve Dalachinsky – performance spoken word
Michael Evans – percussion
humorously serious; seriously funny; guaranteed to enhance thinking and feeling
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http://www.michaelevanssounds.
13. Sonia M’Barek
Date: Friday, May 8, 2015
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Florence Gould Hall (of the French Institute Alliance Française, 55 E 59th St, NY, NY 10022)
Tickets: $40
Genre: Tunisian trad. music/Arab-Andalusian song in its diverse classical forms
Following a rousing performance at World Nomads Tunisia in 2013, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York’s premiere French cultural center, is delighted to welcome virtuoso vocalist Sonia M’Barek back to Florence Gould Hall on Friday, May 8 at 7:30pm as part of this year’s World Nomads Tunisia Weekend. M’Barek will be joined by preeminent qanun player Slim Jaziri, a special guest from Tunisia who will perform a recent composition and improvise in response to her exquisite vocals. She will also be accompanied by New York-based, multi-talented musician Bassam Saba and his ensemble.
One of the Arab world’s most renowned singers, M’Barek is known for her mesmerizing renderings of Tunisian maluf, as well as innovative contemporary works spanning the musical traditions of North Africa and the Middle East. With this new concert, M’Barek invites listeners to rediscover the art of Arab-Andalusian song in its diverse classical forms. Originated by the great poet and musician Zyriab at the Abbasid court in Baghdad, the tradition would eventually spread its influence throughout North Africa.
M’Barek will perform a repertoire spanning the music of Al-Andalus, Tunisian maluf, Egyptian, Spanish, Ottoman, and Sufi influences. Songs include a wasla (suite) in tribute to Zyriab, the founder of Andalusian music, written by Feu Brahim Abdelbaki and composed for her by the Tunisian composer Fethi Zghonda; and Granada, by the great Arab poet Nizar Kabbani. With The Three Rivers, her own composition featuring lyrics by the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, M’Barek reinterprets the canté-jondo technique, a deep and moving Andalusian vocal approach and a precursor to flamenco.
Marrying past and present, and immersed in the atmosphere of dialogue and exchange among musical styles, M’Barek will pay tribute to musicians like Hédi Jouini, who have shaped the identity of Tunisian music, while also presenting several of her own songs by Tunisian composers Rachid Yeddes and Taher Guizani. With a performance of Sufi poetry, Sonia will also honor the legacy of the late Tunisian poet Abdelwahab Meddeb, a fearless advocate for open dialogue between Islam and the West.
For more information, visit www.fiaf.org/worldnomads/tunisia-weekend/2015-05-08-sonia.shtml
For more information on FIAF’s World Nomads Tunisia Weekend, visit www.fiaf.org/worldnomads
