Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: 647 Columbus Ave near W 92nd st (Goddard Riverside)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Latin Jazz / Salsa Music
Mambo Jaambo performing electrifying, pulsating Afro/Carribean sound. Featuring the lovely singer Mayaan Shaked accompanied by Baba Donn on congas, Ronnie Roc keys, Richie Robles bass, Daniel Moreno timbales and Mac Gollehon trumpet.
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: Barbes (376 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: sax-drum duet improv/jazz
CHRIS STROMQUIST/MATT BAUDER. Drummer Chris Stromquist is a member of Slavic Soul Party and Kultur Shock. He seems to be equally at ease playing Balkan, Afro-Cuban or or Ghanaian music.
Matt Bauder is a saxophonist and composer based who has performed with many iconic figures in avant-garde and rock music including Anthony Braxton Roscoe Mitchell, Iron and Wine and Arcade Fire. His recordings as a leader and co-leader on 482 Music and Clean Feed have received wide critical acclaim.
Date: Monday, August 24, 2015
Time: 6pm
Venue: TROOST (1011 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11222)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: psychedelic/low-fi indie music/experimental
Brooklyn-based guitar and percussion duo 75 Dollar Bill will play every evening at Greenpoint’s Troost Café beginning Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. The duo, comprised of Che Chen and Rick Brown, will play a set each evening, sharing the bills with a variety of soloists and groups: Sue Garner, Das Audit, Low-Ways, Chris Nelson, Zimbabwean mbira master Chartwell Dutiro and NYC Haitian Vodou drummers Makandal.
Formed in late 2012, 75 Dollar Bill has caught the attention of music fans and fellow musicians in NYC through regular engagements in both established venues and unusual settings in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The duo has shared stages with well-known popular and experimental musicians including Omar Souleyman, David Grubbs, Thalia Zedek, Steve Gunn and Mecca Normal.
Date: Monday, August 3, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: Quinn’s (330 Main Street, Beacon, New York 12508)
Tickets: donation
Genre: jazz
Rez Abbasi: guitar
Mark Shim: tenor saxophone, EWI
Ben Stivers: keyboards
Kenny Grohowski: drums
Born in Karachi, Pakistan, removed at the age of four to the vastness of Southern California, schooled at the University of Southern California and the Manhattan School of Music in jazz and classical music, along with a pilgrimage in India under the tutelage of master percussionist, Ustad Alla Rakha, Rez Abbasi is a vivid synthesis of all the above stated influences and genres.
Date: Monday, July 27, 2015
Time: 8pm
Venue: Quinn’s (330 Main Street, Beacon, New York 12508)
Tickets: donation
Genre: nu jazz/improv
Mike Pride Trio
Mike Pride: drums
Jon Irabagon: saxophones
Drew Gress: bass
Mike Pride, born and raised in Southern Maine, but based out of New York City since 2000, Mike Pride currently leads modern-jazz quartet From Bacteria To Boys, the 7-drummer installation-band Drummer’s Corpse, and the piano trio I Hate Work. He records for AUM Fidelity. Pride is renowned for his ability to excel in a wide range of genres and ensembles. He has worked with everyone from improvised music icon Anthony Braxton to punk legends Millions Of Dead Cops, toured extensively on four continents and appeared on more than 85 recordings. Continue reading
