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Music Listings – 9/23 through 9/29/2013

1. Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi (from SoSaLa)

Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Time: 8:30pm til 9:30
Venue: Cafe Nadery – Manhattan (16 W8th Street, New York, New York 10011)
Ticket: donation
Genre: nu world trash

Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi is from New York, an Iranian musician, band leader of SoSaLa, music activist, editor of the music on-line magazine DooBeeDooBeeDoo NY , guest lecturer…and martial arts master in Kendo (Japanese sword fencing). He moved to NY from Tokyo, Japan in 2008. In 2009 during the Green Movement in NY he played his sax in front of thousands of Iranian-American people at places, such as Union Square, Columbus Circle, in front of the UN, Brooklyn Bridge, NYU, Columbia University and at various panels. 

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Music Listings – 9/9 through 9/15/2013

1. Tomás Doncker Band and the True Groove Global Soul Family

Date: Monday,  September 9, 2013
Times: 8pm & 10:30 pm
Venue: Blue Note (131 West 3rd St., New York, NY 10012, 212-475-8592)
Tickets:  $10/$15
Genre: jazz/funk/Ethiopian

As a prime mover on New York’s downtown “No Wave” scene in the early 1980s, Tomas Doncker cut his teeth as a guitarist with such genre-busting groups as James Chance & The Contortions, Defunkt, J. Walter Negro & The Loose Jointz and many more. Eventually he went international, touring and recording in Japan with jazz pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, and producing studio and songwriting sessions with Boosty Collins, Yoko Ono, jazz saxophonist Sadao Watanabe and Grammy-winning producer Prince Charles Alexander, Ivan Neville (on his solo album Thanks), Bonnie Raitt, Meshell Ndegeocello, …and the list keeps growing. –

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Music Listings – 9/2 through 9/8/2013

1. Kinan Azmeh

Date: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003, 212-967-7555)
Tickets: $20
Genre: between Jazz, classical music, and the music of his homeland, Syria

Syrian clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh is the first Arab to win the first prize at the Nicolay Rubinstein international competition in Moscow 1997. A graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, the High Institute of Music and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Damascus. He is currently working towards his music doctoral degree at the City University of New York.

Kinan has appeared as soloist, composer and improviser worldwide including The Library of Congress, The Kennedy Center, Opera Bastille, Berlin’s Philharmonie, The Mozarteum, Carnegie Hall, UN’s General Assembly and the Damascus Opera for its opening concert. He has shared the stage and recorded with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim, Marcel Khalife, Aynur and Zakir Hussein.

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Music Listings – 8/26 through 9/1/2013

1. Lakecia Benjamin and Soulsquad

Date: Monday,  August 26, 2013
Times: 10:30 pm
Venue: Blue Note (131 West 3rd St., New York, NY 10012, 212-475-8592)
Tickets:  $10/$15
Genre: jazz/funk

A streetwise New York City native born and raised in Washington Heights, Lakecia Benjamin has become one of the most highly sought-after players in soul and funk music. Charismatic and dynamic as both a saxophonist and bandleader, she has worked with Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, The Roots, Macy Gray, and more. She has performed on four continents, and her extensive recording credits include saxophone and arrangements for Santigold, Maurice Brown, the Clark Terry Big Band, Krystle Warren, and Talib Kweli, among others.

Lakecia Benjamin – alto sax, Jesse fisher – keys, Chris Rob – keys, Jameison – guitar, Solomon Dorsey – bass, Joe Blaxx – drums and Jonathon Powell – trumpet. Nicole Phiefer – vocals, Akie Bermiss – vocals and Collette – vocals. Continue reading →