What: Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble‘s new 10-piece mixed jazz ensemble album
Who: Meg Okura is a Juilliard grad Japanese Jewish Jazz violinist and composer who has had the fortune of working with: Michael Brecker, Tom Harrell, Lee Konitz, Steve Swallow, Dianne Reeves, Helen Sung, Sam Newsome, Kanye West, David Bowie, Philip Glass, Vince Giordano, JC Sanford, and many other wonderful artists.
Artist: Kaos Protokoll
Title: Questclamationmarks
Label: Prolong Rec
Genre: nu jazz
CD Review by Dawoud Kringle
Kaos Protokoll is a Switzerland based electronica Jazz ensemble whose work has raised a few eyebrows in the past. Comprised of Benedikt Wieland (e-bass, effects), Flo Reichle (drums/electronics), Marc Stucki (saxophone, melodica, and effects) Kaos Protokoll’s new CD, Questclamationmarks is a departure from their first release Quick & Dirty. Whereas Quick & Dirty was straight forward in its punk ethic, Questclamationmarks takes the listener into their more refined and multifaceted potential.
Date: November 20, 2015
Venue: The Firehouse Space (NY)
Review by Constance Cooper
TOPOS KOLEKTIV
Marek Matvija – shakuhachi
Hana Hrachovinová – harp
Tomáš Kerle – percussions
Tereza Kerle – performance
Anna Friedländer – voice
Martin Klusák – keyboard instruments
Guest musician: Steven Louis Cohn, piano and shakuhachi
Dear musicians!
The first open Musicians For Musicians, Inc (MFM) meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 8th, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. The location is: CA Music Room, 218 E.25th Street (btw 3rd and 2nd Avenues), New York, NY 10010.
MFM is a New York based non-profit musician organization supported and run by musicians. Established this year by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi, musician (leader of the music collective SoSaLa), music activist, and chief-editor of the music online magazine DooBeeDooBeeDoo NY. MFM’s intention is to represent all musicians regardless what genre as a business league. We believe that musicians are professionals and need to get paid like any other working people. Advocating the notion that making music is a profession.
Date: Monday, November 30, 2015
Time: 9pm – 12am
Venue: Silvana (300 W 116th St, New York, New York 10026)
Tickets: donation
Genre: Funk/Afro Beat
THE SATURATORS came together in March of 2015 to spark up what can only be described as Wet Music. Anchored by drummer Josue “Sway” Guillien’s cutting blend of Hip-Hop and Latin drums, Will Sack’s soulful and throaty bass timbre and Misha “Silky” Savage’s eclectic scratching and bombastic stage persona, the group draws on a myriad of influences to create, full-bodied party music. With the addition of powerhouse Brooklyn MC Reddaz, and sit-in percussionists Theo Moore & Frantz Celestin, the group summons up a sound bathed in the likes of P-Funk, J Dilla, Fela Kuti, Erykah Badu, and Lee Scratch Perry.
