1. Arts For Arts Week Festival
Date: Monday, January 4 through Saturday , January 9 , 2016
Time: 7pm
Venue: Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center (107 Suffolk St, New York, New York 10002)
Tickets: $10
Genre: free jazz/improv
The Evolving Series has grown into a festival. The Music, Dance, Poetry and Art we make is important. It keeps us inspired and hopeful. It is our response to what is happening in the world. Evolving is great art in the context of social and spiritual responsibility. It is a shared experience and celebration of living art.
This is marks the Second year of the Artist Campaign. It is humbling to see the community of artists coming together to support each others visions.
FIRST WEEK SCHEDULE
Monday January 4th, 2016
Opening Night
7:00PM – 8:00PM – David Henderson
David Henderson – poet
8:00PM – 9:00PM – Hamiet Bluiett
Hamiet Bluiett – reeds
William Parker – bass
9:00PM – 10:00PM – Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey
Ingrid Laubrock – tenor saxophone
Tom Rainey – drums
Tuesday January 5th, 2016
Day 2
7:00PM – 8:00PM – OGs’ Neo Urban Folk Project
Larry Roland – bass, words
Waldron Mahdi Ricks – trumpet
Michael Moss – reeds
Michael Wimberly- drums
8:00PM – 9:00PM – James Brandon Lewis Trio
James Brandon Lewis – sax
Luke Stewart – bass
Warren G. Crudup III – drums
9:00PM – 10:00PM – 16 Hits or Misses for Violin & Cello Vol 2
Mazz Swift – violin, viola
Tomeka Reid – cello
Wednesday January 6th, 2016
Day 3
7:00PM – 8:00PM – Steve Dalachinsky
Steve Dalachinsky – poet
8:00PM – 9:00PM – Fay Victor “In praise of Ornette…”
Fay Victor – voice
Darius Jones – alto saxophone
Kenny Wessel – electric guitar
Sean Conly – double bass
9:00PM – 10:00PM – Yoni Kretzmer’s 2 Bass Quartet
Yoni Kretzmer – tenor sax
Reuben Radding – double bass
Sean Conly – double bass
Mike Pride – drums
Thursday January 7th, 2016
Day 4
7:00PM – 8:00PM – Yoshiko Chuma / Yukio Suzuki
Yukio Suzuki – dance
Yoshiko Chuma – dance
Megumi Eda – dance
8:00PM – 9:00PM – BCW Trio
Michael Bisio – bass
Hui Cox – guitar
Michael Wimberly – drums
9:00PM – 10:00PM – Steve Swell Trio
Steve Swelll – trombone
Max Johnson – bass
Jeremy Carlstedt – drums
Friday January 8th, 2016
Day 5
7:00PM – 8:00PM – Lance Gries
Lance Gries – dance
Jason Hwang – violin
8:00PM – 9:00PM – Malaby / Maneri / Levin
Tony Malaby – sax
Mat Maneri – viola
Daniel Levin – cello
9:00PM – 10:00PM – Jason Kao Hwang Trio
Jason Hwang – violin, viola
Tomeka Reid – cello
Anders Nilsson – guitar
Saturday January 9th, 2016
Day 6
7:00PM – 8:00PM – Hidaka / Jackson / Bisio
Chisa Hidaka – dance
Talli Jackson – dance
Michael Bisio – bass
8:00PM – 9:00PM – Tidepool Fauna
Kyoko Kitamura – voice
Ingrid Laubrock – sax
Ken Filiano – bass
9:00PM – 10:00PM – Andrew Lamb Movin’
Baba Andrew Lamb – sax
Larry Roland – bass
Juan Pablo Carletti – drums
2. Brooklyn Raga Massive feat. Neel Murgai Family Players
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Time: 8pm
Venue: ShapeShifter Lab (18 Whitwell Pl, Brooklyn, New York 11215)
Tickets: $10
Genre: Indian classical percussion and Kora repertoire
BRM Co-founder Neel Murgai throws it down in multi-disciplinary styles at this weeks BRM Jam Session. Expect Indian classical, overtone singing meltdowns and indie-raga songs. Featuring Neel’s wife Seema Pandya as special guest vocalist, with Mike Lukshis on tabla, David Ellenbogen on guitar and Jeri Silverman on additional vocals
3. The New Ear Festival
Date: Wednesday, January 6, through Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Fridman Gallery (287 Spring St, New York, New York 10013)
Tickets: $10 or pass $50
Genre: sound & performance
Fridman Gallery presents the inaugural edition of The New Ear Festival of sound and performance. This year’s program:
Jan. 6 (Wednesday) — Marina Rosenfeld and Ben Vida
Jan. 7 (Thursday) — Byron Westbrook + Stephen Vitiello and Andrea Parkins
Jan. 8 (Friday) — Leila Bordreuil with Peter Evans, Jaimie Jaimie Branch and Joanna Mattrey
Jan. 9 (Saturday) — Phill Niblock, the NY premier of a new guitar piece with David First + screening of The Movement of Phill Niblock (2015) directed by Maurits Wouters, a documentary portrait of Phill Niblock, made over a span of 5 years in 7 cities in Europe and America.
Jan. 10 (Sunday) — Cecilia Lopez video/sound installation on view 12-8pm
(suggested donation, tickets not required)
Jan. 11 (Monday) — CT::SWaM presents an evening of spatial sound pieces by Merche Blasco, Patrick Franke and Michael Musick. The three sets were specifically produced for an 8-channel speaker system. The sets will be accompanied by a panel talk about audible space and multi-channel sound.
Jan. 12 (Tuesday) — Kevin Beasley: Listening Room with Taja R. Cheek,Eli Keszler, Malik Gaines and Yulan Grant
(suggested donation, tickets not required)
The festival MC, art critic in drag Mona Chromatic, will introduce each artist’s oeuvre in the broader historical context. Mona will showcase her unique blend of whip-smart satire, scholarly depth, appreciation of the sublime, and oratory flare.
Advance tickets are available at fridmangallery.com/events
Cecilia Lopez’s video installation will play each night at 7:30pm.
Performances will begin at 8pm.
Performances will be recorded, and podcast by Clocktower Radio.
4. Okkyung Lee
Date: Wednesday, January 6, through Friday, January 8, 2016
Time: 8pm
Venue: JACK (505 Waverly Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238)
Tickets: $15
Genre: jazz/improv/contemporary music
Three nights of concerts featuring heralded experimental cellist Okkyung Lee, with fellow musicians Chris Corsano, Ches Smith, Mat Maneri, Stephan Crump as well as the dancer Michelle Boulé.
SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, January 6 at 8 pm
Okkyung Lee, Chris Corsano (drums) and Ches Smith (drums)
Thursday, January 7 at 8 pm
Okkyung Lee, Mat Maneri (violin) and Stephan Crump (bass)
Friday, January 8 at 8 pm
Okkyung Lee and choreographer/dancer Michelle Boulé
ARTIST INFO
Okkyung Lee, a New York-based artist and South Korea native, has created a body of work blurring genre boundaries through collaborations and compositions while pushing the limitation of contemporary cello performance techniques. Her music draws from noise and extended techniques, jazz, Western classical, and Korean traditional and popular music. Since moving to New York in 2000, She has released more than 20 albums including the latest solo record Ghil produced by Lasse Marhaug on EditionsMego/Ideologic Organ, Noisy Love Songs (for George Dyer) on Tzadik. She has performed and recorded with numerous artists from wide ranges such as Laurie Anderson, David Behrman, Michelle Boulé, Mark Fell, Douglas Gordon, Jenny Hval, Vijay Iyer, Andrew Lampert, Christian Marclay, Stephen O’Malley, Evan Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, C Spencer Yeh and John Zorn to name just a few.
Okkyung was a recipient of prestigious Doris Duke Performing Artist Award in 2015 and Foundation For Contemporary Arts Grant in 2010.
5. Dervisi
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Time: 9pm
Venue: TROOST (1011 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: donation
Genre: Greek Blues/Rembetika music
DERVISI performing exotic Greek Gangsta Blues called Rembetika. Rembetika originally the songs of hashish clans and outlaws; and Smyrnaika, the elaborate oriental cafe music of the refugees from Greek Asia minor.
CHECK them out on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/barba-yiorgi/sets/dervisi-live-2014-3-songs
6. Marc Cary’s Weekly “Harlem Sessions”
Date: Thursday, January 7, 2016
Time: 10pm
Venue: Gin Fizz (308 Lenox Avenue (125th Street), New York, NY 10027)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz/r&b/soul
Marc Cary’s “Harlem Sessions,” which takes place every Thursday night at the New York City speakeasy Gin Fizz, continues to gain ground in the community that the keyboardist-composer-bandleader calls home, and where he’s emerging as a leader committed to the values of the Harlem Renaissance pioneers such as Langston Hughes and Duke Ellington, in the spirit of providing fresh lifeblood to Harlem’s unique and vibrant cultural scene.
Cary began hosting the late night jam session in May 2015, opening it to musicians, poets, rappers, dancers and comedians, and announcing the song menu in advance via social media, to develop an organic and crucial cutting ground for artists. It’s a celebration of local artists, groups and composers who truly brought a melting pot of influences together; take a song like “Harlem River Drive” (by pianist Eddie Palmieri‘s super group), cultivate it, and that typifies what this session is about and how deeply its local roots grow.
Cary’s longtime rhythm section features Rashaan Carter on bass and Sameer Gupta on drums/tabla.
THE INVITATION
I welcome all my musician, poet, artist, philosopher, and dancer friends to our late night Harlem Hang.
This is not your ordinary jam session. Each week, we aim to build and explore a new common repertoire with original arrangements in the live arena through ensemble work.
We will cover a wide span of music, from the performers and composers who developed this music, to our modern day peers. This will be a celebration of some of the greatest Black and American composers of our time and of our heritage.
In the spirit of all the creativity that came before us here in Harlem, we want to create new standards as community.
PEACE PEACE – MARC CARY
7. Music Now!
Date: Saturday, January 9, 2016
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Firehouse Space (246 Frost St, Brooklyn, New York 11211)
Tickets: $11
Genre: free jazz/improv
8pm
Music Now! Duo with Ras Moshe Burnett-Reeds & Flutes and Andrew Drury-Percussion
9pm
Music Now! Large Unit 9 with:
Ras Moshe Burnett-Reeds & Flutes
Adam Matlock-Accordion
John Pietaro-Vibes & percussion
James Keepnews-Guitar/
Lee Odom-Reeds
Mattt Lavelle-Flugelhorn & Bass Clarinet
Anais Maviel-Voice
Stephanie Griffin-Viola
Andrew Drury-Percussion
Sean Conly-Bass
8. Au Revoir, Pierre: A Tribute to the Life and Works of Pierre Boulez
Date: Saturday, January 9, 2016
Time: 7pm
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, NY, NY 10010)
Tickets: $15
Genre: modern music
This Tuesday, January 5th marked the passing of visionary composer Pierre Boulez. On Saturday, January 9th, (Le) Poisson Rouge is proud to present a memoriam concert to celebrate Boulez’ life and legacy. Claire Chase, Taka Kigawa, Miranda Cuckson, and members of Metropolis Ensemble will perform selected works, with more musicians expected to sign on. LPR will update its website as more acts sign on.
Ticket proceeds will be donated to New Music USA, a national organization that advocates for the creation, dissemination, and enjoyment of new American music. New Music USA places special emphasis on broadening the public community for new music through activities and programs that amplify the voice of the new music community and support and engage a broad and diverse constituency of artists, projects, and audiences. Learn about New Music USA programs here.
9. Zikrayat
Date: Sunday, January 10, 2016, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: $20
Genre: Arabic/oriental music
For much of the 20th century, Cairo, Egypt, was the film and recording capital of the Arab world. And movies from the so-called golden age of Egyptian cinema in the 1940s thru 60s featured lavish song and dance numbers, many of which are now forgotten. The group Zikrayat takes its name from the Arabic word for “memories,” and researches old films to recreate these old songs and dances for the entertainment and education of modern audiences. Zikrayat performs music from Egypt, Lebanon, and the greater Arab world.
10. XPRM/E/N/TAL With Raul de Nieves & gage of the boone
Date: Sunday, January 10, 2016, 2015
Time: 1pm – 6pm
Venue: MoMA PS1 (22-25 Jackson Ave, New York, New York 11101)
Ticket: $12
Genre: performance, video and environmental installations
With, CHIBI CHERRY, Jake Dibeler, FREEMEATCOUPON, HARIBO, MarinaObamaWitch, Somos Monstrous, serpentwithfeet, Colin Self and Whitney Vangrin
Raul de Nieves and gage of the boone present XPRM/E/N/TAL, a day of performance, video and environmental installations, in conjunction with their ongoing collaborative queer community arts project and space, The Spectrum.
Schedule:
1 PM – Somos Monstros
1:30 PM – Whitney Vangrin
2 PM – Colin Self
2:30 PM – serpentwithfeet
3 PM – FREEMEATCOUPON
3:30 PM – CHIBBI CHERRY
4 PM – Jake Dibeler
4:30 PM – MarinaObamaWitch
5 PM – gage of the boone
5:30 PM – Haribo
This program is presented in conjunction with Greater New York.
11. Benefit Concert for the family of Tamir Rice
Date: Sunday, January 10, 2016, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: JACK (505 Waverly Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238)
Ticket: $10-$30 (sliding scale) collected at the door will go to support the Tamir Rice Memorial Fund: https://www.youcaring.com/samaria-rice-494325
Genre: poetry, music, dance, and visual art
Artists, educators, community organizers, and concerned citizens of NYC are coming together to support the family and community of Tamir Rice through a night of poetry, music, dance, and visual art.
The evening will feature performances by Ekene Okobi, Ras Moshe, Antoine Roney, Kojo Roney, Anais Maviel, Chrissy Maritza Etienne, Maxine Montilus, Brandon Lopez, Isaiah Welsh, Dell Wells, Michael Foster, Carlo Costa, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Mat Maneri, Mariam Bazeed, Amirtha Kidambi, Kim Mayo and Michael Sachs (Moonheart). Fay Victor will MC the event. Please come show your support.
If you cannot attend the event, please consider making an individual donation via the link above. Also, this is a public Facebook event, so please share and invite your own guests!! Anything any of you can do to spread the word will help this be a successful event in supporting Tamir’s family.
