Some things around New York City this week

CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ
29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319
http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com
between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village
1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St.
Contact: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services, 845-986-1677, jazzpromo@earthlink.net

This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe


Mon Aug 31
6:00PM THE LIAR SHOW
(Ophira Eisenberg, Comedy Central; Andy Christie, NY Times; WFUV; James Braly, NPR;; Taffy Jaffe, Monologist)
Four writers, actors & comics tell short personal stories. But one of them is making it all up. Interrogate the cast to expose the lie and win an unbelievable T-shirt.
"A Winner. 4 Stars." 2008 Edinburgh Festival

TimeOut NY Critics Pick


Andy Christie. Cover $10 http://www.TheLiarShow.com

8:30 PM SPOKE
(Andy Hunter, trombone; Danny Fischer, drums; Dan Loomis, bass; Justin Wood, saxophone)

With their debut release, Spoke has created a truly post-modern yet beautifully melodic album incorporating diverse influences from 1960s free-bop, contemporary classical, funk and Chinese pop music. Paul Blair from Hot House Magazine gives special praise to Spoke’s debut, calling it ‘one of the most inventive records I’ve heard all year’.
The members of Spoke came from across the globe and united in Brooklyn. Andy Hunter, originally from northern Michigan, has been awarded numerous prizes throughout the years including first prize in the 2002 International Jazz Trombone Association Jazz Competition, the 2005 Antti Rissanen International Jazz Competition in Helsinki Finland and was a popular finalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz competition of 2003. He is a prolific composer and versatile soloist who performs regularly with the Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty, Mingus Orchestra and the Dave Binney Big Band; and has appeared on Saturday Night live. Danny Fischer, the Australian, left a huge gap in the music scene of his native Melbourne when he relocated to New York in 2004. ‘Danny is possibly the most in-demand jazz drummer in Melbourne, having worked with a long list of Australian and international musicians including Barney McAll, Gary Bartz, James Williams, Paul Bollenbeck.....’ said Irena Begelfor of Sorrelli Productions in 2002. Since arriving here, he has been hugely in demand as a sideman, having just recently returned from a tour of Australia with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Barney McAll and has performed at Radio City Music Hall alongside Patty LaBelle, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight and Diana Ross. Bassist, Dan Loomis moved to New York from St. Louis via Eastman School of Music. An exceptionally adaptable bass/cello player, Mr. Loomis, in his short time in New York, has already appeared on over 20 recordings ranging from indie-pop to instrumental to original jazz including two CDs under his own name and one from the highly acclaimed collaborative group, The Wee Trio – all featuring his own original compositions. Justin Wood, hailing from the frozen Northeast of Presque Isle, Maine, after graduating from Harvard University, quickly established a presence in New York as a highly versatile, creative instrumentalist working in styles as diverse as free-improvisation, folkloric Columbian, conduction and straight-ahead jazz . In addition to his performing, Justin works tirelessly to promote and encourage performance opportunities for numerous ensembles in vital, underground venues in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan.
http://www.thisisspoke.com

Wed Sep 02
8:30PM TOM CHANG GROUP
(Tom Chang, guitar & compositions; Jeff Davis, drums; Dan Loomis, bass; Michael Attias, alto saxophone)
NY Jazz Guitarist Tom Chang has performed and or recorded with Greg Osby, Joey Calderazzo, Rich Perry, Tom Rainey as well as pop icons the Supremes, Luther Vandross and Southern Indian Percussion Master Subash Chandra.His newly formed unit will perform original contemporary jazz compositions influenced by Southern Indian Karnatic concepts as well as Contemporary Classical music.
Cover $10 http://www.myspace.com/tomchangmusic

Thu Sep 03
8:30PM GNU VOX: RICHARD ROLAND SINGS MARTY PAICH AND MEL TORME
(Richard Roland, voice; Michael Cabe, piano; Mark Lau, bass; Ernesto Cervini, drums)
Richard Roland, actor, director, singer and vocal arranger, is a native New Yorker, having grown up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He a fourth-generation performer; the son of two Broadway veterans: Steve Roland and Liz Roland (nee Nelson).
Richard has made his own mark on the Broadway and National Tour Stages: he made his debut in the original Broadway production of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (version 1.0), then played Young Ben in the 2001 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES. He most recently understudied (and performed many times) the role of Jimmy in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, subsequently taking over the role on the National Tour for the summer of 2004. He also toured the US from 1998 to 2000 as Jim Farrell, then as Barrett the Stoker in TITANIC.

His off-Broadway credits began with FOREVER PLAID, then moved on to THE FANTASTICKS. He created the role of Jonny in the rock musical ZOMBIE PROM, which didn't run very long at the Variety Arts Theatre, but lives on through the recording. Immediately following that he originated the role of Bob in THE COCOANUTS at the American Jewish Theatre.

David Devoe, host. Cover $10 http://www.richardroland.com

Fri Sep 04
9:00PM & 10:30PM LUCIAN BAN'S DARK SKIES
(Lucian Ban, piano; Sam Newsome, soprano saxophone; Badal Roy, tabla; Greg August, bass)
“An exciting performance at Cornelia Street Café! with dark skies, a unique collaborative quartet featuring Romanian expat pianist LUCIAN BAN, master soprano sax player SAM NEWSOME, bassist GREGG AUGUST and the foremost exponent of tabla in jazz, Mr. BADAL ROY on tablas ! Combining microtonal folk music with contemporary jazz structures and rhythms, DARK SKIES ensemble pursues a cross-cultural exchange, terms of both its material and its personnel. From Eastern Europe to Africa and Far East India … an unknown musical journey that will unfold on the bandstand. No matter how complex the music or group whenever Badal Roy is present the music gets an undeniable funkiness to it “.
BADAL ROY on his real name Amerendra 'Badal' Roy Choudhury arrived in New York in 1968 with a pair of tablas and eight dollars in his pocket. Badal's passionate style of playing is free-flowing and always from the heart, and when Miles Davis heard him play, the superstar warmed to him and spread the word. Soon he received his big break: an invitation to record with John McLaughlin and Miles successively.Today Badal Roy is the foremost exponent of tabla in jazz music. He has played with not only Davis and McLaughlin, but also artists like Herbie Mann, Dave Liebman, Don Cherry, Pharaoh Sanders, Dizzy Gillespie, Lonnie Liston Smith, Yoko Ono and has been an integral part of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time since 1988.

An award winning soprano saxophonist SAM NEWSOME is considered one of the top 3 soprano sax players in the world today and was constantly voted in the Downbeat Magazine, Jazz Times and other major press. Author of 7 albums as a leader for labels like Sony/Columbia Records, Steeplechase, Palmetto, etc and has appeared on more than 40 albums as collaborator with such stars as Terence Blanchard, Leon Parker, Jean Michel Pilc, etc. He has toured with jazz legends Lionel Hampton, Donald Byrd and with his ensembles throughout the world. “More about emotional revelation …” - New York Times / “ …. Expanding the language of modern jazz … “ - Jazz Times

Originally from Romania pianist & composer LUCIAN BAN now lives in NYC where is considered to be “one of the most gifted and talented pianist to come to NY in the past decade”. The Hans Koller Foundation and the Austrian Culture nominated him twice in 2005 & 2006 for “Best European Jazz Musician”. He has recorded 6 albums as a leader for labels in US and Europe. He leads several of his own projects in NY and tours with them internationally. His group Lumination featuring drum legend Barry Altschul was voted “ One of 10 Best Shows of 2003 “ by All About Jazz NY. He also writes music for theatre, film and dance and his music for “Philosopher Fox” was nominated for the prestigious Innovative Theatre Award in NYC in 2004. "Ban plays with a fluency and sensibility that recalls Vladimir Horowitz as much as McCoy Tyner” Terrell Holmes AA Jazz NY

Bassist GREGG AUGUST spans the jazz, Latin jazz, classical and avant-garde scenes. A sought-after composer and arranger, celebrated for his versatility, breadth and intelligence, Gregg has been an active member of the New York music scene for over ten years. Originally a drummer, while spending two years at SUNY Albany, studying percussion with Richard Albagli, Gregg learned the bass. After transferring to The Eastman School of Music, August began studying jazz composition with renowned arranger Ray Wright and performance with pianist Bill Dobbins. After earning his bachelor’s degree, he promptly made the move to New York City, receiving his Master’s from The Juilliard School, where he studied with legendary bass teacher, Homer Mensch. August has played with Ray Barretto, Ornette Coleman, Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo O’Farrill, James Moody, The Chico O’Farrill Big Band, The Lincoln Center's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, and Ochun among others. As a classical bassist he frequently performs with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, The Mark Morris Dance Group, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the American Composer’s Orchestra. The Boston Globe review admires that the piece “deftly contrasts languorous atmospheric writing with the kind of hard-driving and rhythmically charged music that the All-stars eat for breakfast. “

For more info please visit: www.lucianban.com , www.samnewsome.com , www.myspace.com/badalroy , www.greggaugust.com
Cover $12

Sat Sep 05
9:00PM & 10:30PM SWALLOW - TALMOR - NUSSBAUM TRIO
(Steve Swallow, electric bass; Ohad Talmor, saxophones; Adam Nussbaum, drums)
Swallow - Talmor - Nussbaum Trio Following their successful 6tet project “L’Histoire du Clochard”, Steve Swallow and Ohad Talmor team up again with in demand drummer Adam Nussbaum for this new Trio created in 2008. Presenting original compositions written by all three musicians, this group playfully explores their music beyond stylistic genres or boundaries. Following a first European tour in the Fall of 2008 which yielded praises such as winning the “Jazz Performance of the Year” award from the Portugal Journalists Poll for their concert in Lisbon at the Jazz.PT Festival, the Trio recorded their first CD, a mix of live tracks recorded in the Madeira Jazz Festival and studio tracks done in New York a few months later. The CD, “Playing in Traffic”, released by AUAND Records (AU9019) in August 2009 will be followed by a European Fall tour.
http://www.ohadtalmor.com

Sun Sep 06
8:30PM MICHAËL ATTIAS' SPUN TREE QUARTET
(Michaël Attias, alto saxophone; Ralph Alessi, trumpet; John Hébert, bass; Tom Rainey, drums)
MICHAEL ATTIAS' SPUN TREE QUARTET
New music, new band.... Weaving sun light and green cells to make a tree rise and dance in the ear! Molecular maze, dance of the atoms, reed brass wood metal...

Critics have called Attias “a significant new voice on the alto saxophone” (Michael McCaw, AllAboutJazz.com) and “an emphatically cosmopolitan saxophonist and composer” (Nate Chinen, New York Times). The All Music Guide’s Scott Yanow adds, “His playing is both lyrical and explorative. While technically avant-garde, Attias does not neglect melodic development, close interplay with his sidemen, and swinging in his own fashion. ”

An Israeli-born son of Moroccan parents who was raised in Paris and the American Midwest, Attias has built a career as diverse as his background. Based in New York since 1994, he has led a variety of his own groups, worked as a sideman in many others and composed scores for theater and dance. He's performed and recorded with wide span of bandleaders such as Paul Motian, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Coleman, Butch Morris, Oliver Lake and many others. Upcoming releases include the second album of his trio Renku with John Hébert and Satoshi Takeishi as well as the debut of his quintet, Twines of Colesion, which builds on his trio with the addition of Tony Malaby and Russ Lossing. Both will be released in 2009 on the Clean Feed label.
Cover $10 http://www.myspace.com/michaelattias

Mon Sep 07
8:30PM AMRAM & CO
(David Amram, piano, french horn, flutes, composition & surprises; Kevin Twigg, drums, glockenspiel; John de Witt, bass; Adam Amram, percussion; John Ventimiglia, actor)
This series explores in his highly personable, generous and informal style the astonishing variety of David Amram's interests and accomplishments--renowned composer of symphonic classical music, jazz compositions, improvisation, spoken word, scat, he sits at the piano, schmoozes about music, about the greats, the beats, the obscure, the legendary; plays the French horn, pulls out all kinds of instruments (flutes, drums, horns) gathered from his many circumnavigations of the globe, pulls in guests drawn from just about every artistic walk of life.
Cover $10 http://www.davidamram.com


Spoken Word




Tue Sep 01
6:00PM LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD (NOW THEY TELL ME)
(Emily Flake; Michelle Green; Maud Newton; D. E. Rasso)
LOVE IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD: TRUE STORIES OF BREAKUPS, BAD RELATIONSHIPS, AND BROKEN HEARTS
with essays by Junot Diaz, Kate Christensen, Gary Shteyngart, Lynda Barry, Dan Kennedy, and 18 more,

with an Intro. by Neal Pollack.

“A book full of hits . . . Breakups are hard to forget, and this collection—surprisingly restrained yet full of emotion—is equally memorable.”—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Honest, sad, witty, and fierce, here is a breakup anthology that will break your heart.” —ZZ PACKER, author of Drinking Coffee Elsewhere


Russ Marshalek, host. Cover $7

SPEAKEASY: STORIES FROM THE BACKROOM
(Andy Christie; Dave Dickerson; Eileen Kelly; John Flynn; Tracy Rowland; Ryan Paulson)
SpeakEasy is . . .
A new twist on the ancient tradition of oral history.

SpeakEasy is people telling stories-- true stories. Period. No scripts. No crib notes. No rehearsals. SpeakEasy has a dynamic and constantly changing cast of storytellers that include such greats as Mike Daisey, Jonathan Ames, and Reno, along with homemakers, lawyers, dog walkers, street magicians and writers

You never know what you'll hear. So join us for what could be a life changing experience!


Sherry Weaver, host. Cover $10 http://www.speakeasystories.com

Wed Sep 02
6:00PM POETRY
(Sanford Fraser; Dorothea Scher; Christian Garaud)
Three brilliant practitioners of the short poem display their craft.
Fraser's new collection "Tourist" featured.
Angelo Verga, host. Cover $7

Thu Sep 03
6:00PM ARTISTS’ SALON
This is a monthly opportunity for artists associated with the cafe--from every genre and every generation, past, present, and future--to gather informally, schmooze, re-invent the world, and hoist a glass of quelque chose (the only kind of chose to hoist). Our glorious curators are present, you can buttonhole them to find out what's cooking, you can introduce yourself to other toilers in the vineyard, invent projects and discover collaborators. All are welcome.
Robin, Angelo, Poul, and David.

Fri Sep 04

6:00PM SON OF PONY
(Jee Leong Koh; Valery Oisteanu, w/Australian guitarist Ross Fotheringham)
The Friday night legendary open mic poetry series.
Arrive before 6 pm to sign up.

Lovely Kat's lovely feature is Jee Leong Koh.

Jee Leong Koh is the author of Payday Loans and Equal to the Earth (both from Poets Wear Prada Press). His poetry has appeared in Best New Poets 2007 (University of Virginia Press) and Best Gay Poetry 2008 (A Midsummer's Night Press), and has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2008. Born in Singapore, he lives in New York City, and blogs at Song of a Reformed Headhunter.

Special Mini Feature: Jazzoetry, featuring Valery Oisteanu w/Australian guitarist Ross Fotheringham
Kathi Georges, host. Cover $7 http://www.jeeleong.blogspot.com

Sun Sep 06
6:00PM ENTERTAINING SCIENCE
THE WORLDS WE MAKE UP
People make up worlds out of bricks, molecules, words, thoughts. There's probably no better example than Entertaining Science itself--created 7 years ago when K.C. and Roald and Oliver and the Minister of Culture of this temple, Robin, concocted a program on the art and science of nothingness. (That in turn inspired the creation of yet another made-up world--KC's Categorically Not! series in Santa Monica--another story.) This is our reunion!

The constraints of the so-called “real world” seem limiting to people. But as the late physicist Frank Oppenheimer pointed out: There is no “real world” except as we make it up. Largely in response to his horror at the bombing of civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Frank created a “museum of human awareness” – the Exploratorium in San Francisco —a place where art and science allow people to discover that they can understand the complex world around them. Author and USC professor K.C. Cole will tell the story of the “other Oppenheimer” and the world he created, drawing on her new book: Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up.

Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks will speak about how the brain, like nature, abhors a vacuum--and how, for instance, if there is no visual perception, as in the blind spot which all of us have, or in those who have lost their sight, the brain will create its own virtual reality by images or hallucinations. And Roald will ponder why we think up new molecules.
Roald Hoffmann, host, with K.C.Cole and Oliver Sacks. Cover $10

Antoinette Montague in Concert in NYC

Thursday, September 3, 2009
6:30 to 7:30 pm
American Museum of Folk Art
with Bill Wurtzel and the Jazz Icons
featuring Antoinette Montague
2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Ave. at 66th Street, NYC
212-595-9533
Free performance against the backdrop
of the exhibition TEXTURAL RHYTHMS
www.folkartmueseum.org

After Celebration at O’Neals' Supper Club
8:30 – 11:30 pm
49 West 64th Street, NYC 10023-6731
212-787-4663
No cover — 1 drink minimum
Space is limited, call for reservations
15% off dinner with coupon below. Print page, present coupon at door.
www.onealsny.com


Saturday, September 12, 2009
3:00 pm
Jazzmobile
Antoinette Montague Group
South Oxford Park
138 South Oxford Street
[ between Atlantic Ave & Fulton Street
South Portland Ave & Cumberland Street ]
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-857-2783

Antoinette Montague

Antoinette Montague has appeared on the cover of Jazz Improv's Jazz Guide and on two book covers of Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret and Music (from 1600's to Now). She has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, the Zebra Room in Harlem's famous Lenox Lounge, the legendary Blue Note, the Blue Smoke :: Jazz Standard with the Winard Harper Sextet and Dr. Billy Taylor.

Antoinette has performed with the Queens Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Jimmy Heath (and will be appearing with them again in 2010.) Antoinette was hired as a leader opposite Jr. Mance for Jazzmobile's Summer Breeze Concert Series with Houston Person for a tribute to Junior Mance with Winard Harper, Tommy James and Bill Moring. Antoinette works most regularly with Bill Easely, a brilliant and versatile reed player,who performs equally forcefully on alto, tenor, and baritone saxes as well as flute, piccolo, and clarinet.

Born and raised in Newark, Antoinette Montague released her first CD Pretty Blues in 2006, but she has had many invaluable musical experiences. She worked in gospel and R&B ensembles after college, serves as the vice president of the International Women in Jazz, and considers Carrie Smith, Etta Jones, Della Griffin and Myrna Lake to be her mentors.

Antoinette is hard at work on her sophomore release, a new CD entitled Behind the Smile. Stay tuned for more information about this and her upcoming area appearances.

http://www.antoinettemontague.com

For Bookings, please contact Blues/Straight Ahead: 203-820-8819

Jazzmobile

Jazzmobile, by its very nature, is an outreach and audience development program. Firstly, Jazzmobile goes to non-standard venues-the peoples neighborhoods; streets, parks, schools, and playgrounds, which comprise 90% of its efforts. While Jazzmobile is centrally located in Harlem, USA, it has grown and progressed through programming city wide, state wide, area and region wide, and has presented famous jazz artists in jazz programs in every major market from Boston, Massachusetts to New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jazzmobile audiences continue to grow and expand world wide each year. Jazzmobile has played a major role in the renaissance of Jazz. The organization has been involved in providing the impetus for Jazz programs and in particular arts in education. Jazzmobile has influenced the vitality of the music beyond its New York base, serving as a paradigm of similar organizations and institutions across the country and throughout the world.

http://www.jazzmobile.org

David Sanchez Concert in New York

David Sanchez Band in Concert

Davis Sanchez is a terrific musician who should not be missed. After attending the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, uptown or in The Village, this may be a good show to catch later.

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB
1650 BROADWAY (CORNER OF 51ST)
NEW YORK, NY 10023
RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121
HTTP://WWW.IRIDIUMJAZZCLUB.COM/
SETS AT 8:30 & 10:30PM

AUGUST 28-30
DAVID SANCHEZ BAND
DAVID SANCHEZ-Tenor Saxophone
LAGE LUND-Guitar
HENRY COLE-Drums
ORLANDO LE FLEMING-Bass

Sánchez makes solo statements of unmistakable originality, technical acumen and expressive power."
The Chicago Tribune

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Well Folks, THIS IS IT..... THE CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL is a significant event in New York City. It is ALWAYS bitter sweet. That is, it signals the END OF SUMMER and, the end of the music festival season in the BIG APPLE.

As I write this, part one of the festival is underway UPTOWN in Harlem at Mount Morris Park. That is on Saturday Afternoon.

Part Two, where this important festival began, takes place DOWNTOWN in the East Village at TOMKINS SQUARE PARK on Sunday. This is the neighborhood Charlie Parker called home and, just across the street, the building where he lived, on Avenue 'B' is a shrine to the Jazz legend. The downtown event is also a Jazz Picnic, of sorts. Lots of room to move around to relax, party, feast, drink and, be with friends hearing some great music.

Do check out this link below for more details. Where ever you are, if you happen to be in New York City, this is one event, uptown or downtown, you do NOT want to miss.

Here is the link for more information.

Right Here: http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/index1.aspx?BD=20747

Back in print/stock:

JIM O'ROURKE - Halfway to a Threeway [CD ep] (Drag City 178; USA) It seems like it was only a few months ago that Jim O'Rourke changed everything with the release of the incredible Eureka. And by George, it was only a few months ago. Well never mind -- here he is again with a little more of the same: pop music, but credibly different this time, of course. The pop stylings of Jim O'Rourke will never seem familiar to any of us (that's not his style, silly) but his combination of folk, classic rock, (smooth jazz) and the inevitable twist of the old avant-garde is always something new. Having established himself last time out as some kind of songwriter and singer in his own write, Jim presents more funky, catchy, poppy songs with and without vocals that are sure to spin semi-endlessly on turntables, digital discburners and those fab MP3 players across this land of ours
"Renaissance pop wizard - Jim O'Rourke reinvents his area of exploration each year, slowly evolving through genres - ambient, electric & acoustic guitar improv, electronic sounds and more recently elegant pop music. This year, his superb pop treasure - "Eureka" remains one of 1999's best, he also produced the latest Stereolab release in a grand fashion, his duo improv cd with Loren Mazzacane is quite lovely, he played with Sonic Youth on their engaging tribute to 20th century classical composers and is helping to produce their next rock release. Last night (12/14) his pop unit opened for Stereolab and he claims this will be the last tour that he will be singing his own tunes on. Lucky for us lovers of quaint pop, he leaves us with this fine four song ep to help us through the cold, hard winter into the next century. 'halfway' was recorded over 8 months this year with a number of Jim's regular pals - Rob Mazurek, Tim Barnes, Darin Gray, Glenn Kotche & Sam Prekop. Even moreso than 'Eureka', the overall vibe here is one of melancholy, delicate, laid back, touching, beauty - somewhere between the charming pop of Burt Bacharach, the Beach Boys and Belle & Sebastian. This precious music is mostly the quiet strumming of acoustic guitars, the ultra-melodic ringing of Darin's bass and the moody elegance of Rob's cornet. Even the "da, da, da" choruses feel just right. As we enter the next century, Jim O'Rourke remains one of the few to capture the innocent spirit of days long gone from our youth. For me and hopefully for you, this is yet another wonderful pop gem to be savored" - BLG
CD $12

JIM O'ROURKE - Eureka (Drag City 162; USA) Jim is doing for himself what he's more than generously done for other so-called musical talents. Everybody wants a little pop in their lives and the O'Rourke is no exception. There is no way to listen to Eureka without hearing the eccentricity, the progressive musical textures, the utter lack of anything like pop music, but at the same time it's magnificent in scale, pleasant to listen to, catchy and even reminiscent of other records you might actually have heard on The Casey Casem Show. If Bad Timing was regarded as a crossroads of O'Rourkian interests, Eureka is a six-lane clover-leaf junction of singer-songwriter traditions, production styles of the 70s, confusion and contradiction as well as the riveting sound of the artist putting all his cards on the table.
"Jim O'Rourke is becoming the renaissance man of the ever evolving Chicago scene. In less than a decade, he has gone from being a young hot shot guitar improviser and sound manipulator, collaborating with the likes of Henry Kaiser, Eddie Prevost, Gunter Mueller, Loren Mazzacane and Sonic Youth, as well as being the other half of Gastr Del Sol. He is also becoming a much in demand producer for Smog, Edith Frost, the Hoffman Estates thing...His last two solo cds, as well as the later Gastr releases, show him moving into a completely new direction - often acoustic, yet eclectic and possibly inspired by his idols - Van Dyke Parks, Brian Wilson, John Fahey & Burt Bacharach. "Eureka" is another ray of sunshine, elegant and uplifting, quaint and rich in delightful textures, quite the pure pop masterpiece. Jim even does most of the singing on "eurika" in a rather precious Robert Wyatt like style, and does most of the composing, too. The two covers are Ivor Cutler's "Women of the World" and Burt Bacharach's "Something Big." Interesting choices. The overall vibe of this fine work is that it sounds as if it were recorded in the innocent days of the mid 60's, a lovely hopeful day in spring. The only question that remains is the strange cover drawing of the pudgy mostly bald baby with a rabbit doll held to its crotch, hmmm. Superb! " - BLG
CD $14


OHM [V.A.] - Early Electronic Gurus Of Electronic Music: 1948-1980 [Expanded Edition: 3 cd set + DVD + book] (Ellipsis Arts 3690; USA) "An amazing three CD 48 track compilation to sumup the early years of electronic music in the 20th century. Spiffy plastic sleeve holds a book and a fold out sleeve with 3 cds. These guys will probably win awards just for the design alone. Music that ranges from Clara Rockwell playing Tchaikovsky on the theremin and Messiaen performed on the Ondes Martenot (a theremin with a keyboard) to the music concrete of Pierre Schaeffer's school to Louis & Bebe Barron (the Forbidden Planet duo), John Cage, Edgard Varese, Richard Maxfield (unreleased too!) Stockhausen, MEV (unreleased), Raymond Scott, Reich, Oliveros, Subotnick, Tudor, Riley, Czukay, Luc Ferrari, Xenakis, La Monte Young (amazingly & it's even unreleased - a drift study, only two notes but they change), Charles Dodge, Paul Lansky, David Behrman, MEV (unreleased), Maryanne Armacher (unreleased, adds to the available recorded documentation of her work), Klaus Schultze, Jon Hassell (unreleased and very welcome here), Brian Eno and others. Whew! Forward by Brian Eno. Articles and words by Joel Chadabe, Otto Luening, Francois Bayle, D.J. Spooky, Kyle Gann, Robert Moog, writer Simon Reynolds, Pete Namlook (FAX), David Toop, Thurston Moore, Bill Laswell and others. So it sounds cool and even looks cool - a great place to check out the roots of todays electronic music." - David Beardsley
"This three-CD, 42-track compilation, spanning 1937-1982 (though largely comprised of performances from the '60s and '70s), includes pieces by many of the big names in experimental electronic music: John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Milton Babbitt, Laurie Spiegel, Robert Ashley, LaMonte Young, Morton Subotnick, and Iannis Xenakis. That alone would make this anthology impressive, but there are also contributions from composers who have made some impact with rock and pop recordings (Brian Eno, Klaus Schulze, Holger Czukay of Can, Jon Hassell), along with some names that are not commonly discussed in highbrow serious music circles (Raymond Scott), some composers not always associated with electronic music (Olivier Messiaen, Edgard Varese), and a host of names that aren't too well known beyond the avant-garde community. What is most impressive about this set, however, is that is not only serves as a reasonable overview of pre-1980 electronic music, but also is much more accessible in content to non-experts than many such compilations would have been. Contrary to the stereotype of serious electronic music as being difficult to listen to, many of the pieces are quite engaging for novices and electronic specialists alike. That's not to say there aren't plenty of more jarring or abstract pieces with minimal ambience or cut-up assemblages, or even occasional tracks that most listeners might find downright annoying (such as MEV's cacophonous "Spacecraft," mercifully placed at the very end of the first disc). On the whole, however, the set achieves the effect of both educating and entertaining, and is likely to expand the audience for a music that is too often unwilling to offer inviting introductions that might incite listeners to explore further. The 98-page booklet includes detailed track descriptions and comments, usually by the composers/performers themselves, as well as a forward by Eno" - Richie Unterberger, AMG
Sadly, this is out-of-print, the once-adventurous Ellipsis Arts label having been bought out, and now being used as an imprint for Nap music [new age poop] We found the last few copies at great cost to us.

FIRST THREE TO ORDER THIS GET IT FOR $30 !!! Then it will be back to the normal price of ..
3 CD + 1 DVD set for $42


and, for those who bought the very first edition of the OHM box back in 2000 without the DVD..

OHM [V.A.] - Early Electronic Gurus Of Electronic Music: 1948-1980 [DVD] (Ellipsis Arts 3694; USA) This is the bonus DVD that was included with the 2nd edition [2005] of the 3 CD OHM box set. For those of you who already own the box set sans DVD, here is your chance to get this great 2&1/2 hour DVD without re-buying the whole thing over.
"Two and a half hours of rare archival performances, interviews, animations, and experimental video works by the pioneers of electronic music, including: Clara Rockmore, John Cage, Jean-Claude Risset, Steve Reich, Morton Subotnick, Holger Czukay, Bebe Barron, Paul Lansky, Leon Theremin, Iannis Xenakis, Milton Babbitt, Laurie Spiegel, David Behrman, John Chowning, Robert Ashley, Max Mathews, Pauline Oliveros, Alvin Lucier, Mother Mallard, Robert Moog."
DVD $18



KATH BLOOM - Finally (Chapter 051; Australia) Originally released in 2006 by Chapter Music, Finally is seminal folk-cult figure Kath Bloom's return to active musical duty -- her first officially-released album since 1984, mostly containing tracks she recorded in the 1990s (previously only available on homemade cassettes and CD-Rs) and two newer tracks recorded in 2005. The daughter of world famous oboist Robert Bloom, Kath grew up in New Haven, CT, where she started playing guitar among the headstones of her local cemetery as a teenager. She met avant-garde guitarist Loren MazzaCane Connors in 1976 and together they recorded six limited edition albums of fragile folk and blues melodies, ending with final album Moonlight in 1984. Soon after her collaboration with Connors ended, Kath and husband Stan Bronski moved to Florida together to live amidst the orange groves, buying and rehabilitating old houses. After a period of child-rearing and family life, Kath began to return to recording in the early '90s. Director Richard Linklater discovered Bloom's music around that time and featured her song "Come Here" in his 1995 film, Before Sunrise. By then, Bloom had begun recording again in earnest, self-releasing a series of cassettes and CD-Rs, starting with Love Explosion in 1993 and Come Here: The Florida Years in 1999. The songs on Finally, selected from Kath's CD-R releases with two new tracks, reveal an older, wiser songwriter, as accomplished and affecting as Lucinda Williams or Gillian Welch. Most tracks primarily feature Kath's gentle guitar picking, haunting vocals, and mournful harmonica, and the material ranges from vintage to brand-new ("You And I Keep Falling," "Finally") to as far back as her days with Loren ("Fall Again," "Come Here"). Presently, Kath is playing with her band Love At Work (which includes long-time collaborator Tom Hanford and husband Stan), offering a musical tour de force of programs for children and adults, as well as playing solo shows in the Northeastern USA.
CD $16



A new entry in Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour series, and now at lower prices!

BOB DYLAN'S THEME TIME [V.A.] - Series 2 - Vol 1: Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour [2 CD set] (Chrome Dreams 5025; USA) "Following the huge success of the previous 2 compilations featuring tracks played by Bob Dylan on the first series of his Theme Time Radio Hour, we now proudly present a further 50 tracks as played by Bob across the second series of the show. The selections are just as eclectic, fascinating and enjoyable as those he played during the first series, and again each show was themed by subject matter. With extensive liner notes again provided by Dylan expert and editor-in-chief of Isis magazine Derek Barker, this latest collection is certain to match the success of the previous volumes and once again is set to become a must-have-item for Dylan fans and of fans of American roots music alike." Dylan plays artists such as The Carter Family, Mose Allison, Muddy Waters, Frankie Lee Sims, Mildred Jones, Elvis Presley, Little Willie John, Warren Smith, The Ravens, Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Tex Wills & His Texas Playboys and dozens more.
2 CD set for $20

still available..

BOB DYLAN'S THEME TIME [V.A.] - Series 1 - Vol 2: Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour [2 CD set] (Chrome Dreams 5021; USA) "Following the huge success of the first collection of tracks taken from Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Shows, his weekly on-air stint during which he plays the songs that have remained closest to his heart over the years, here is volume two. Offering a further selection from the initial series, this latest 2CD set features one further track from every show Dylan presented in the first series, as aired on the XFM radio station, between May 2006 and May 2007. Once again a hugely eclectic choice of songs, many of which Bob first heard on the radio as a teenager in Minnesota, are included, and every effort has been made to track down the exact recordings Dylan played, many of which are today valuable rarities, previously unavailable for many years. With extensive notes provided by Isis magazine's Derek Barker, this second selection will prove just as enticing to fans of both Dylan and of American roots music." Featuring tracks from: Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Babs Gonzalez, Eddie Boyd, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Boozoo Chavis, Muddy Waters, and many more.
2 CD set for $20

BOB DYLAN'S THEME TIME [V.A.] - Series 1 - Vol 1: Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour [2 CD set] (Chrome Dreams 5019; USA) "In May 2006, Bob Dylan's voice floated over the airwaves and into people's homes via the medium of radio. Nothing unusual there of course -- Bob's been on the radio for more than 45 years. But what was different this time was that Dylan was the host of the show, the DJ, the one playing the records by artists other than himself. Over the year that followed, Bob was back every week with a further choice of songs, hand-picked from his own collection and covering virtually every genre ever invented. This 2CD set takes one track from each of the 52 shows that Dylan presented, and in doing so gives a fascinating glimpse into the tastes and passions of a man who himself has become a musical style all of his own."
2 CD set for $20
[you might be back-ordered on this one - we only have a couple]


BOB DYLAN - The Golden Years 1962-1978 [2 DVD set] (Chrome Dreams 06; USA) "This DVD Set is a 2-disc documentary covering Dylan's life and music from his school days to his conversion in the late 1970s to fundamental Christianity. With contributions from colleagues as diverse as his high school English teacher, his school friends and other members from his first bands, to folk musician Martin Carthy, Dylan's only ever songwriting partner, the late Jacques Levy, author Clinton Heylin and many, many others. The disc set features rare film footage; unseen photographs and numerous other features. This program is the finest film from this section of Bob Dylan's life and career yet to emerge." Run time: 206 mins. NTSC format, All Regions (0); Screen Format 4:3; Stereo Sound Mix.
DVD $24



LEGENDS OF BENIN [V.A.] - Afro-Funk, Cavacha, Agbadja, Afro-Beat [2 LP set] (Analog Africa 65; USA) Analog Africa presents Legends Of Benin, a collection of super-rare and highly danceable masterpieces recorded between 1969-1981 by four legendary composers from Benin: Gnonnas Pedro, Antoine Dougbe, El Rego et Ses Commandos and Honore Avolonto, each with a sound all their own. What you are about to hear is distinctively Benin -- a thick brew of agbadja, soul, cavacha, funk, Afrobeat, and Afro-Latin sounds all mixed in with heavy traditional rhythms. Gnonnas Pedro is the king of modern agbadja: a rhythm hugely popular in Togo, Benin and Ghana, based around three pieces of percussion, each with a different tone. Traditionally a rhythm used during burial ceremonies, Gnonnas adopted and modernized it in the mid-'60s, calling it "Agbadja Modern." The track "Dadje Von O Von Non" was originally recorded in 1966 and is Gnonna's first modern rendition of agbadja. Also featured here is the crazy, kick-ass funk track "Okpo Videa Bassouo" recorded in 1973, as well as the sublimely contagious track, "La Musica en Verite." Honore Avolonto was one of Benin's most prolific composers, releasing Benin's most successful LP in the late '70s. That album was recorded with Black Santiago, a band fronted by amazing trumpeter Ignace De Souza, another legend, with whom he recorded the Afrobeat track, "Dou Dagbe We." Avolonto has fronted some of Benin's most powerful bands and some of those "partnerships" with Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and Les Commandos are presented here. Beware -- killer Afrobeat meets frenetic funk. El Rego et Ses Commandos were responsible for Benin's first Afro-soul-funk track with the support of Ghanean singer, Eddy Black Power. The "Jerk" scene in Benin was triggered by the success of "Feeling You Got," and its infectious accordion riff. "E Nan Mian Nuku" is an Afro-Latin tune combined with a kind of bossa nova, and "Vimado Wingnan" is Benin's most sought-after funk track. Out of all the artists here, Antoine Dougbe is the least known even in Benin, but he created his own style which he dubbed Afro cavacha -- a fantastic mixture of Congolese rhumba, Latin sounds and traditional vodoun rhythms. All of his vinyl releases, especially the ones released on his own Editions Dougbe Antoine label, are incredible and have become some of Africa's most sought-after collector's items. This compilation includes a 44-page, full-color booklet with ultra-rare pictures and detailed biographies. Enjoy the mind-blowing sounds of Benin.
2 LP set for $26
also available on CD for $22


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Special Tribute to Joe Maneri from Michael Anton Parker

It's a special opportunity right now to celebrate Joe Maneri's 82 years of living and his profound contributions to the world around him. Joe had been facing serious medical challenges for some years, but I still had hopes of another chapter. There's little to regret, though, because he gave away vast treasures in love and beauty to hundreds of people who shared intimate conversation and tutelage. His genius has been experienced, documented, studied, and revered by enough people to ensure its permanent role in human culture. I'm only one of dozens of people who would go so far as to say that being around Joe and his music was possibly the most powerful spiritual enlightenment they will ever experience. That's really a serious statement. By coincidence, this morning while I was out on the farm doing some weeding, my thoughts were uncharacteristically fixed on the idea of gods and masters and spiritual systems and I reached the firm conclusion that the only things I "worship" are truth, beauty and love. Truth is mostly the business of scientists, and beauty and love are around us in big and small ways everyday, pretty much anywhere we're willing to find them, but beauty and love with transformational intensity is usually a gift we can only hope to humbly receive from people like Joe a handful of times in our lives.
Joe taught me some of the biggest lessons about beauty and love that I've ever had in my life. He created the rarest kind of art, the kind that makes everything else in life seem crass and trivial. It wasn't just a fluke where some little moment during a concert or recording seemed like an epiphany. It was minute after minute of transcendental immersion in infinitely nuanced melody and rhythm. It happened dozens of times in different places, situations and moods. It was as real and solid as Joe's bones, skin, muscles, lips, blood vessels, organs, and brain. It revealed the ultimate spiritual potential of human beings. There are lots of ways to find purpose in our existence, but that's one of the best I've come across. Thank you Joe!
Okay, now I want to talk about love, and this is the most important thing I could say about Joe. During his concerts, Joe would sometimes talk about love, and I paid attention to every word and thought about it. It wasn't a joke or a mannerism or a facile social gesture. Joe was really serious and I recognized how urgent and cathartic his message was. I can't remember when it clicked with me because there was a long stretch of years where I'd make a pilgrimage (usually to NYC) a few times a year for a Maneri experience, but at some point I started to really understand what he was saying about love. It was about the people in the room, our trials and tribulations, our faith in the healing power of beauty, the act of communion as we listened together, how much we needed each other, the gifts that were passing between us, accepting the true nature of art as an act of human fragility, accepting ourselves, accepting other people, letting our hearts breathe. It was about so many other things too, far beyond that gathering in that room. It was about our whole lives and all the other people on the planet. Love is the answer. Even when we think a situation is too serious for such idealistic notions, love is still the answer. Love is more serious than anything. This is what I learned from Joe. Thank you Joe!
Usually when people write about Joe there is this whole story about Arnold Schoenberg and microtonality and his academic accomplishments, but my foremost association is Duke Ellington. Joe was a kid in Brooklyn during the big band era. He experienced the racial separation of "white" and "black" scenes at the time, and when he went into Manhattan and heard Duke Ellington for the first time, it turned his world upside down. One of the most magical experiences of my life happened at Joe's house, in his music room, when we were sitting around chewing the fat with his old buddy Stu Vandermark. When they started talking about Duke Ellington, they realized that I was so caught up in the new music happenings that I hadn't spend enough time with some of the music's roots. So Joe grabbed a Duke Ellington CD and popped it in his cheap boombox. His face went into a huge grin with the sweet explosion of the first notes, and his body went into its instinctual chair dance. He proceeded to give me a lesson on how to feel the rhythms and move with it. Tune after tune, we were counting and tapping and having a blast, Joe and Stu peppering the lesson with all kinds of insights about this or that musician taking a solo. When I heard about Joe's passing the other day, I decided to wrap up my day by listening to Duke Ellington for a few hours. It was the best way I could observe my memories of this sweet, generous, explosively joyous man. Thank you Joe!
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Mat Maneri and Randy Peterson for transforming Joe's ultimate musical potential into a reality that people like me could actually touch and feel. I would also like to express my deepest gratitude to Joe's wife Sonja, because I know that Joe would have never gotten anywhere close to 82 years without her in his life!

- Mike Parker - 8-27-2009


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Recent USED & RARE CDs


Almost all of these are 1 Copy Only

All Items Are In At Least MINT MINUS Condition Unless Otherwise Noted

[bar code punch holes and other manufacturer's overstock marks are NOT noted on CDs, UNLESS they are being sold for more than original price as rarities]



GERI ALLEN With WALLACE RONEY/VERNON REID/LENNY WHITE et al - The Gathering (Verve; USA) sealed copy
CD $25.00 USED

GERI ALLEN With WALLACE RONEY/VERNON REID/LENNY WHITE et al - The Gathering (Verve; USA)
CD $20.00 USED

GENE AMMONS - Greatest Hits Vol 1: The Sixties (Prestige/OJC 6005; EEC)
CD $15.00 USED

ARRAYMUSIC - Strange City/Ville Etrange (ArtifactMusic 02; Canada)
CD $10.00 USED

ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO [LESTER BOWIE/ROSCOE MITCHELL/JOSEPH JARMAN/MALACHI FAVORS/DON MOYE] With CECIL TAYLOR - Thelonious Sphere Monk: Dreaming Of The Masters Series Vol 2 (DIW/Columbia; USA)
CD $14.00 USED

AXIOM COLLECTION II [V.A./BILL LASWELL PRODUCTIONS] - Manifestation (Axiom 514 453; USA) This album contains mostly UNRELEASED mixes, non album versions, edits, of various Laswell productions for the Axiom label
CD $30.00 USED

DAVE BARGERON/MICHEL GODARD With JOE 'SUNNY' BARBATO/KENWOOD DENARD - TubaTuba [Tuba Tuba] (Enja 9133; Germany)
CD $10.00 USED

KENNY BARRON QUINTET - Images (Sunnyside 3021; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

GARY BARTZ With EDDIE HENDERSON/MULGREW MILLER/DAVE HOLLAND et al - The Red & The Orange Poems (Atlantic; USA) promo-stamped cover
CD $20.00 USED

GARY BARTZ With EDDIE HENDERSON/MULGREW MILLER/DAVE HOLLAND et al - The Red & The Orange Poems (Atlantic; USA) sealed copy
CD $25.00 USED

DJANGO BATES - Autumn Fires (And Green Shoots) (JMT; Germany)
CD $10.00 USED

JAMIE BAUM With DAVE DOUGLAS/KENNY WERNER/DREW GRESS et al - Sight Unheard (GM 3031; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

ADRIAN BELEW - Lone Rhino/Twang Bar King (GottDiscs 012; UK)
CD $12.00 USED

BRIAN BLADE FELLOWSHIP - Brian Blade Fellowship (Blue Note; USA)
CD $16.00 USED

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS With CLIFFORD BROWN/LOU DONALDSON/HORACE SILVER et al - A Night At Birdland Vol 1 (Blue Note; USA) '87 ed.
CD $9.00 USED

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS With CLIFFORD BROWN/LOU DONALDSON/HORACE SILVER et al - A Night At Birdland Vol 2 (Blue Note; USA) '87 ed.
CD $9.00 USED

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS With LEE MORGAN/PHILLY JOE JONES/ROY HAYNES/RAY BARETTO et al - Drums Around The Corner (Blue Note CNSR; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

THEO BLECKMANN With BEN MONDER/MATT MORAN/SKULI SVERRISSON/JOHN HOLLENBECK - Origami (Songlines 1534; Canada)
CD $10.00 USED

CARLA BLEY/STEVE SWALLOW - Go Together (ECM/Watt 24; Germany) US ed
CD $20.00 USED

PAUL BLEY/GARY PEACOCK/TONY OXLEY/JOHN SURMAN - In The Evenings Out There (ECM 1488; Germany) U.S. ed
CD $25.00 USED

MICHAEL BRECKER QUINDECTET [15tet] With PETER GORDON/ADAM ROGERS/LOIS MARTIN/ERIK FRIEDLANDER/JOHN PAITUCCI et al - Wide Angles (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

GARY BURTON - Rarum IV: Selected Recordings 1973-1986 (ECM 8004; Germany) U.S. ed
CD $12.00 USED

[BY ANY MEANS] CHARLES GAYLE/WILLIAM PARKER/RASHIED ALI - Touchin' On Trane (FMP 48; Germany) slight scuffs
CD $10.00 USED

FRANCOIS CARRIER/MICHEL LAMBERT/JEAN-JACQUES AVENEL - Within (Leo 512; UK)
CD $10.00 USED

JOHN CARTER With BOBBY BRADFORD/MARTY EHRLICH/DON PRESTON/FRED HOPKINS/ANDREW CYRILLE et al - Fields: Roots & Folklore IV (Gramavision; USA) small notch cut on spine
CD $35.00 USED

JOHN CARTER With BOBBY BRADFORD/MARTY EHRLICH/DON PRESTON/FRED HOPKINS/ANDREW CYRILLE/THOMAS CHAPIN/FRANK LONDON et al - Shadows On A Wall: Roots & Folklore V (Gramavision; USA) small notch cut on spine
CD $35.00 USED

JOHN CARTER With BOBBY BRADFORD/MARTY EHRLICH/RICHARD DAVIS/ANDREW CYRILLE et al - Castles Of Ghana: Roots & Folklore II (Gramavision; USA) small notch cut on spine
CD $35.00 USED

BILL CHARLAP With ELVIS COSTELLO/HANK JONES/JOE LOVANO et al//BILLY STRAYHORN - Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life (Blue Note; USA) promo sticker over bar code on backcover
CD $25.00 USED

DON CHERRY/KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI With THE NEW ETERNAL RHYTHM ORCHESTRA [MANFRED SCHOOF/ALBERT MANGELSDORFF/PETER BROTZMANN/WILLEM BREUKER/GERD DUDEK/PAUL RUTHERFORD/KENNY WHEELER et al] - Actions (Pre-Release 008; EEC)
CD $25.00 USED

DON CHERRY/LENNART ABERG/BOBO STENSON With ANDERS JORMIN/ANDERS KJELLBERG/OKAY TEMIZ - Dona Nostra (ECM 1448; Germany) u.s. ed.
CD $20.00 USED

STANLEY CLARKE/AL DiMEOLA/JEAN-LUC PONTY - The Rite Of Strings (I.R.S.; USA) name written small on disc label
CD $30.00 USED

ALEX CLINE/KAORU/MIYA MASAOKA/G E STINSON - Cloud Plate (Cryptogramophone 121; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

ORNETTE COLEMAN With DON CHERRY/CHARLIE HADEN/BILLY HIGGINS - Change Of The Century (Atlantic 81341; USA)
CD $7.00 USED

COP SHOOT COP - Ask Questions Later (Interscope; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

MARILYN CRISPELL/GARY PEACOCK/PAUL MOTIAN With ANNETTE PEACOCK - Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: The Music of Annette Peacock [2 CD SET] (ECM 1626/27; Germany)
CD $40.00 USED

SONNY CRISS - Crisscraft (32 Jazz; USA)
CD $20.00 USED

BILL DIXON With BARRY GUY/WILLIAM PARKER/TONY OXLEY - Vade Mecum 1 (SoulNote 121208; Italy)
CD $10.00 USED

DAVE DOUGLAS SEXTET With CHRIS SPEED/GREG TARDY/JOSH ROSEMAN/URI CAINE/JAMES GENUS/JOEY BARON - Soul On Soul (RCA Bluebird 63603; USA) no outer slpcs
CD $20.00 USED

DAVE DOUGLAS SEXTET With CHRIS SPEED/MARTY EHRLICH/JOSH ROSEMAN/URI CAINE/JAMES GENUS/JOEY BARON - In Our Lifetime: For Booker Little (New World 80471; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

DAVE DOUGLAS' TINY BELL TRIO With BRAD SHEPIK [SHOEPPACH]/JIM BLACK - Songs For Wandering Souls (W&W 042; Germany)
CD $10.00 USED

MARK DRESSER/FRANCES-MARIE UITTI - Sonomondo (Cryptogramophone 104; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

GEOFF EALES TRIO With CHRIS LAURENCE/MARTIN FRANCE - Master Of The Game (EditionRecords 1011; UK)
CD $10.00 USED

MARTY EHRLICH With URI CAINE/MICHAEL FORMANEK/BILLY DRUMMOND - Song (Enja 9396; Germany)
CD $10.00 USED

MARCO ENEIDI/GLENN SPEARMAN CREATIVE MUSIC ORCHESTRA - Creative Music Orchestra: American Jungle Suite (Music & Arts 4 980; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

BILL EVANS With EDDIE GOMEZ/JACK DeJOHNETTE - At The Montreux Jazz Festival (1968) (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

ERIK FRIEDLANDER'S TOPAZ With ANDY LASTER/STOMU TAKEISHI/SATOSHI TAKEISHI - Quake (Cryptogramophone 118; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

ERIK FRIEDLANDER'S TOPAZ With ANDY LASTER/STOMU TAKEISHI/SATOSHI TAKEISHI - Skin (Siam 50008; USA)
CD $20.00 USED

BILL FRISELL With DON BYRON/GUY KLUCEVSEK/KERMIT DRISCOLL/JOEY BARON - Have A Little Faith (Nonesuch/Elektra 79301; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

BILL FRISELL With HANK ROBERTS/KERMIT DRISCOLL/JOEY BARON - Where In The World? (Musician/Elektra 61181; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

CHARLES GAYLE 3 - Precious Soul (FMP 113; Germany)
CD $14.00 USED

DIZZY GILLESPIE/CHARLIE PARKER With THELONIUS MONK/BUDDY RICH/CURLY RUSSELL - Bird And Diz (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

JIMMY GIUFFRE 4 - Liquid Dancers (SoulNote 121158; Italy)
CD $10.00 USED

GOLDEN PALOMINOS [ANTON FIER/BILL LASWELL/RICHARD THOMPSON/NICKY SKOPELITIS/CARLA BLEY et al] - Drunk With Passion (Venture Nation/Charisma; USA) cut corner on booklet
CD $30.00 USED

GRANT GREEN With WILBUR WARE/AL HAREWOOD - Standards (Blue Note; USA) slight scuffs
CD $25.00 USED

GUTBUCKET - Sludge Test (Cantaloupe 21033; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

JOE HARRIOTT QUINTET - Free Form (GottDiscs; UK) sealed copy
CD $25.00 USED

JERRY HARRISON With ADRIAN BELEW/NONA HENDRYX/BERNIE WORRELL/YOGI HORTON et al - The Red And The Black (CDR; EEC) 1st solo album [1981] from Talking Heads' guitarist/keyboard man. CD-R with all packaging
CD $15.00 USED

JOEL HARRISON - pa ssing tr ai n [Passing Train] (Intuition; Germany)
CD $10.00 USED

HATFIELD AND THE NORTH [RICHARD SINCLAIR/DAVE STEWART/PHIL MILLER/PIP PYLE] With ROBERT WYATT - Hatfield And The North (Caroline 1833; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

JULIUS HEMPHILL BIG BAND With MARTY EHRLICH/J D PARRAN/BILL FRISELL/JOHN PURCELL/JOHN STUBBLEFIELD/FRANK LACY et al - Julius Hemphill Big Band (Musician/Elektra 60831; USA)
CD $30.00 USED

JOE HENDERSON With WYNTON MARSALIS/STEPHEN SCOTT/CHRISTIAN McBRIDE/GREGORY HUTCHINSON//BILLY STRAYHORN - Lush Life: The Music Of Billy Strayhorn (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

FRED HERSCH TRIO + 2: TONY MALABY/RALPH ALESSI - Trio + 2 (Palmetto 2099; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

ANDREW HILL With JOHN GILMORE/FREDDIE HUBBARD et al - Compulsion (Blue Note RVG; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

WAYNE HORVITZ & ZONY MASH With TIMOTHY YOUNG/KEITH LOWE/ANDY ROTH - Upper Egypt (KnitWorks 259; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

WAYNE HORVITZ With ELLIOTT SHARP/DOUG WIESELMAN/BILL FRISELL/BOBBY PREVITE et al - This New Generation [aka Dinner At Eight expanded] (Musician/Elektra 60799; USA) [This CD edition adds four cuts from the Dossier LP 'The President' with Elliot Sharp and Bill Frisell twin guitars!]
CD $25.00 USED

BOBBY HUTCHERSON With JOE HENDERSON/McCOY TYNER/BILLY HIGGINS - Stick-Up! (Liberty; USA) late '80s CD ed
CD $9.00 USED

AHMAD JAMAL With RAY CRAWFORD/ISRAEL CROSBY - Chamber Music Of The New Jazz (Argo/Verve; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

KEITH JARRETT/GARY PEACOCK/JACK DeJOHNETTE - The Out-Of-Towners (ECM 1900; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

SVEN-AKE JOHANSSON/AXEL DORNER/ANDREA NEUMANN - Barcelona Series (Hat ology 559 S; Switzerland)
CD $12.00 USED

J J JOHNSON With WYNTON KELLY/CHARLES MINGUS/HANK MOBLEY/HORACE SILVER et al - The Eminent Volume 2 (Blue Note RVG; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

BRAD JONES' AKA ALIAS With DAVID GILMORE/BOB DEBELLIS/JEFF LAWRENCE/ABE FOGLE et al - Uncivilized Poise (KnitWorks 247; USA)
CD $20.00 USED

FRANK KIMBROUGH TRIO With BEN ALLISON/JEFF BALLARD - Quickening (Omnitone 15203; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

KING CRIMSON [ROBERT FRIPP/BILL BRUFORD/ADRIAN BELEW/TONY LEVIN/TREY GUNN/PAT MASTELOTTO] - On Broadway: Live in NYC, November 20-25 1995 [2 CD set] (DGM KCCC 5/6; USA)
CD $35.00 USED

FRANZ KOGLMANN & LEE KONITZ With TONY COE/BURKHARD STANGL/KLAUS KOCH et al - We Thought About Duke (hat Art 6163; Switzerland) original cover
CD $25.00 USED

FRANZ KOGLMANN & LEE KONITZ With TONY COE/BURKHARD STANGL/KLAUS KOCH et al - We Thought About Duke (Hat ology 543 S; Switzerland)
CD $20.00 USED

LEE KONITZ With SONNY DALLAS/ELVIN JONES or NICK STABULAS - Motion: The Complete Sessions [3 CD set] (Verve 314 557 107; USA)
CD $50.00 USED

DAVID KRAKAUER'S KLEZMER MADNESS With ADAM ROGERS/TED REICHMAN/OREN BLOEDOW/KEVIN NORTON/BEN NEILL - Klezmer, NY (Tzadik 7127; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

STEVE LACY SEXTET With BOBBY FEW - Live At Sweet Basil (RCA/Novus; USA)
CD $40.00 USED

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS [EDWARD KA-SPEL et al] - The Whispering Wall (ROIR 8286; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

URS LEIMGRUBER/JACQUES DEMIERRE/BARRE PHILLIPS - Wing Vane (Victo 079; Canada)
CD $10.00 USED

ARTO LINDSAY - Hyper Civilizado: Arto Lindsay Remixes Of Mundo Civilizado (Gramavision 79519; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

CARLA BLEY'S LOST CHORDS With STEVE SWALLOW/ANDY SHEPPARD/BILLY DRUMMOND - Lost Chords (ECM/Watt 32; Germany) US ed
CD $20.00 USED

LOVE [ARTHUR LEE et al] - Da Capo (Elektra; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

HOWARD PHILLIPS LOVECRAFT//ERIK BAUERSFELD - The Rats In The Walls/The Outsider/The Haunter Of The Dark [2 CD set] (CDR; EEC) Serious and chilling dramatized readings by Erik Bauersfeld from early 1970s of these H P Lovecraft classic horror tales, privately produced; CD-R with all graphics
CD $25.00 USED

FRANK LOWE With JOSEPH JARMAN/RAYMOND LEE CHENG/WILLIAM PARKER/RASHIED SINAN - Black Beings (ESP Disk 3013; USA) This new edition contains 15 MINUTES of unreleased material from the sessions
CD $9.00 USED

BRUNO MADERNA - Grande Aulodia (Stradivarius 57010; Italy)
CD $10.00 USED

TONY MALABY TRIO With PAUL MOTIAN/DREW GRESS - Adobe (Sunnyside 1137; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

JOHN McLAUGHLIN With JOHN SURMAN/BRIAN ODGES/TONY OXLEY - Extrapolation (Polydor 841598; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

MYRA MELFORD THE SAME RIVER TWICE With DAVE DOUGLAS/CHRIS SPEED/ERIK FRIEDLANDER/MICHAEL SARIN - The Same River, Twice (Gramavision 79513; USA)
CD $30.00 USED

MULGREW MILLER TRIO - Live At Yoshi's Vol 1 (Maxjazz; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

BLUE MITCHELL SEXTET With JIMMY HEATHH/CURTIS FULLER/WYNTON KELLY/PHILLY JOE JONES/SAM JONES - Blue Soul (Riverside/OJC 765; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

LEE MORGAN - The Best Of Lee Morgan (Blue Note; EEC)
CD $10.00 USED

PAUL MOTIAN TRIO With BILL FRISELL/JOE LOVANO - I Have The Room Above Her (ECM 1902; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

DAVID MURRAY With OLU DARA/KAHIL EL'ZABAR et al - The Tip (DIW 891; Japan) sealed copy
CD $30.00 USED

SUNNY MURRAY With ALBERT AYLER/DON CHERRY/HENRY GRIMES/LOUIS WORRELL/LEROI JONES [AMIRI BARAKA] - Sonny's Time Now (DIW 355; Japan)
CD $50.00 USED

SUNNY MURRAY/CHARLES GAYLE - Illuminators: Suite For Jean Phillips (Audible Hiss; USA) slight scuffs
CD $40.00 USED

SEBASTIAN NOELLE/NOAH JARRETT/FERENC NEMETH With JOHN ABERCROMBIE QUARTET - Freedom Trail (Nolimit 1002; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

ALAN PASQUA With NELS CLINE/AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE/SCOTT AMENDOLA et al - The Antisocial Club (Cryptogramophone 135; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

[V.A. TRIBUTE To JACO PASTORIUS] GOSPEL FOR J.F.P. III - Tribute to Jaco Pastorius (Moonjune 005; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

DANILO PEREZ With JOHN PATITUCCI/BEN STREET/BRIAN BLADE - ..Till Then (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

PRAXIS [BILL LASWELL/ALEX HAAS/PAT THRALL/PETE WETHERBEE et al] - Mold (Yikes! 7775; USA)
CD $25.00 USED

PRELAPSE [ALEX LACAMOIRE/REV. MASON WENDELL/DANE JOHNSON/ANDY SANESI/JEFF HUDGINS] + JOHN ZORN - Prelapse: Unreleased Naked City Tunes et al (Avant 053; Japan) sealed copy
CD $30.00 USED

DON PULLEN With GEORGE ADAMS/MICHAEL URBANIAK/HANNIBAL MARVIN PETERSON/RANDY BRECKER et al - Tomorrow's Promises (Atlantic/Koch; USA)
CD $25.00 USED

JOHN RAPSON With ANTHONY BRAXTON/BOBBY BRADFORD/ALEX CLINE/WAYNE PEET/BILL ROPER - Dances And Orations (Music & Arts 4 923; USA)
CD $25.00 USED

ARTHUR RHAMES TRIO With JOHN ESPOSITO/JEFF SIEGEL - Live From Soundscape (DIW 401; Japan) sealed copy
CD $35.00 USED

HOWARD RILEY - Consequences (33Jazz 126; UK)
CD $12.00 USED

HOWARD RILEY TRIO With BARRY GUY/TONY OXLEY - Angle (Columbia 494433; UK) S
CD $40.00 USED

JAY RODRIGUEZ With MARCO BENEVENTO/JAY RUSSO - Live At The Fez, NYC 07.03.03 [2 CD set] (Kufala 29; USA)
CD $12.00 USED

SONNY ROLLINS With TOMMY FLANAGAN/MAX ROACH/DOUG WATKINS - Saxophone Colossus (Prestige/OJC 291; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

BRANDON ROSS With RON MILES/CHARLES BURNHAM/MELVIN GIBBS/STOMU TAKEISHI/J T LEWIS - Puppet (Intoxicate 1011; Japan)
CD $30.00 USED

NED ROTHENBERG & SYNC [JEROME HARRIS/SAMIR CHATTERJEE] With MARK FELDMAN/ERIK FRIEDLANDER - Inner Diaspora: Sync With Strings (Tzadik 8114; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

ADAM RUDOLPH/GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA - Web Of Light (Meta 007; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

ANGELICA SANCHEZ With TONY MALABY/MICHAEL FORMANEK/TOM RAINEY - Mirror Me (Omnitone 12203; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

JENNY SCHEINMAN QUARTET With DAVE McNAB/TODD SICKAFOOSE/SCOTT AMENDOLA - Live at Yoshi's (Avant 045; Japan)
CD $14.00 USED

GEORGE SCHULLER & THE SCHULLDOGS With TONY MALABY/GEORGE GARZONE/DAVE BALLOU et al - Tenor Tantrums (New World 80522; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

JOHN SCOFIELD BAND - Up All Night (Verve; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

SCOLOHOFO [JOHN SCOFIELD/JOE LOVANO/DAVE HOLLAND/AL FOSTER] - Oh! (Blue Note; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE//ORSON WELLES & THE MERCURY THEATRE - Julius Caesar: Excerpts from the 1937 Broadway Play (CDR; EEC) Shockingly staged in modern day/facist government dress! [of course you can't HEAR that]. This is NOT the radio broadcast - instead it is the cast of the play recorded In the theatre itself! CD-R with all packaging
CD $15.00 USED

MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO With WILLIAM PARKER/WHIT DICKEY - Prism (Brinkman 09; USA) original edition and cover
CD $25.00 USED

SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE [JOHN STEVENS/KENNY WHEELER/DEREK BAILEY/EVAN PARKER/DAVE HOLLAND] - Karyobin (Chronoscope 2001; UK)
CD $75.00 USED

SPRING HEEL JACK [JOHN COXON/ASHLEY WALES] With ROY CAMPBELL Jr/JOHN TCHICAI/JASON SPACEMAN/JOHN EDWARDS/MARK SANDERS - Songs & Themes (Blue Series/Thirsty Ear 57183; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

SPRING HEEL JACK [JOHN COXON/ASHLEY WALES] With WADADA LEO SMITH/EVAN PARKER et al - The Sweetness of the Water (Blue Series/Thirsty Ear 57146; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA - 10th (Thrill Jockey 118; USA)
CD $10.00 USED

CECIL TAYLOR/TONY OXLEY - Leaf Palm Hand (Jazzwerkstatt 26; Germany)
CD $14.00 USED

McCOY TYNER With GARY BARTZ/WAYNE SHORTER/WOODY SHAW et al - Expansions (Blue Note; USA) sealed copy
CD $20.00 USED

MARZETTE WATTS With SONNY SHARROCK/BYARD LANCASTER/CLIFFORD THORNTON/HENRY GRIMES/KARL BERGER/JUNEY [JUNI, JOONEY] BOOTH/J C MOSES - Marzette Watts (ESP/Abraxas; Italy)
CD $30.00 USED

KENNY WERNER TRIO With RATZO HARRIS/TOM RAINEY - Live At Visiones (Concord; USA)
CD $20.00 USED

KENNY WERNER With DREW GRESS/BILLY HART + JOE LOVANO/MARK FELDMANTONY MALABY/DAVE BALLOU et al - Beauty Secrets (RCA; USA) slight scuffs
CD $25.00 USED

KENNY WHEELER With JOHN TAYLOR/HENRY LOWTHER/JOHN PARRICELLI et al - A Long Time Ago (ECM 1691; Germany) US ed
CD $20.00 USED

MATT WILSON With ANDREW D'ANGELO/JOEL FRAHM/YOUSUKE INOUE + LEE KONITZ/NED SUBLETTE/PETE McCANN - Going Once Going Twice (Palmetto 2032; USA)
CD $9.00 USED

JOHN ZORN With JEFF BUCKLEY/DAVE TRONZO/ZEENA PARKINS/MARC RIBOT/FRANK LONDON/FRED LONBEREG-HOLM et al, et al - Cobra: Live At The Knitting Factory (KnitWorks 124 (A); USA) withdrawn CD
CD $50.00 USED







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DMG RECOMMENDED NYC GIGS for August 14th and onwards




The Stone is Located on the NW corner of Ave. C & 2nd St. on the Lower East Side
Admission for each set is $10, Unless otherwise indicated

August 2009 at the Stone curated by Tyshawn Sorey

8/21 Friday
8 pm - Pete Robbins (alto sax), Mario Pavone (bass) & Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
10 pm - Tom Rainey (drums) Ingrid Laubrock (sax) & Mary Halvorson (guitar)

8/22 Saturday
8 and 10 pm - Mario Pavone Quartet - Mario Pavone (bass, compositions) Tony Malaby (saxophone) Dave Ballou (trumpet) Tyshawn Sorey (drums)

8/23 Sunday
8 and 10 pm
JOHN ZORN IMPROV NIGHT--A Stone Benefit - John Zorn (saxophone), Tyshawn Sorey (drums, piano, trombone), and many special guests Please come out and support the Stone! - $20

8/25 Tuesday
8 pm - "Crash, Braaaww, Thud, Aaaaah" - Fay Victor (voice, compositions) Tyshawn Sorey (percussion) with special guest Roswell Rudd (trombone)
New York debut performance of this trio! TWENTY DOLLARS
10 pm - In Medias Res - Tyshawn Sorey (drums, composition) Nate Wooley (trumpet) Steve Ruel (woodwinds) Terrence McManus (guitar) Christopher Tordini (bass)
A concert-length composition composed during the spring of 2009. This will be the first and only performance of this composition for the year.

THREE SPECIAL NIGHTS
WU-WEI - featuring Todd Neufeld, Cory Smythe, Thomas Morgan, Christopher Tordini, Ben Gerstein, Masabumi Kikuchi and Tyshawn Sorey
Composer amd multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey presents his long form composition Wu-Wei, originally commissioned by Roulette and supported by the Jerome Foundation and the Van Lier Fellowship.

8/26 Wednesday
8 pm - Wu-Wei: Chapter One
Cory Smythe (piano) Christopher Tordini (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (composition)
10 pm - Wu-Wei: Chapter Two - Todd Neufeld (guitar) Ben Gerstein (trombone) Cory Smythe (piano) Tyshawn Sorey (drums, compositions)

8/27 Thursday
8 pm - Wu-Wei: Chapter Three - Ben Gerstein (trombone) Cory Smythe (piano) Thomas Morgan (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums, compositions)
10 pm - Wu-Wei: Chapter Four - Cory Smythe (piano) Christopher Tordini (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums, composition)

8/28 Friday
8 pm - Wu-Wei: Chapter Five - Todd Neufeld (guitar) Cory Smythe (piano) Thomas Morgan (bass) Christopher Tordini (bass) Ben Gerstein (trombone) Tyshawn Sorey
10 pm - Wu-Wei: Postlude
Todd Neufeld (guitar) Masabumi Kikuchi (piano) Thomas Morgan (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums) First performance with this improvising quartet in nearly a year! FIFTEEN DOLLARS

8/29 Saturday
8 pm - Thomas Morgan (bass, acoustic guitar)
Performing compositions and improvisations for solo bass and solo guitar.
10 pm - Kyle Quass Quartet - Kyle Quass (trumpet) Cory Smythe (piano) Thomas Morgan (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums)

8/30 Sunday
8 pm - An Evening with Steve Lehman and Craig Taborn - Steve Lehman (saxophone, live electronics) Craig Taborn (piano, live electronics)
10 pm - An Evening with Steve Lehman and Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn (piano) Steve Lehman (sopranino and alto saxophones)

Performances take place at 8 & 10 PM [separate admission for each set] from Tuesday - Sunday nights.
There are no advance tickets, first come, first served, there is no phone
There is no food or beverage served or allowed, just a serious listening environment. Check out the website for The Stone at thestonenyc.com

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Tomchess @ gallery tribes This Fri Aug 28th at 10pm

Tomchess - oud, ney, morsing, compositions
Will McEvoy - upright bass
Paul Austerlitz - bass clarinet

CHARLIE PARKER FESTIVAL at
A Gathering of the Tribes, 285 East 3rd St, 2nd Floor (between Avenues C and D)
North side of the street, just come up to the second floor, you won't miss it.
Phone: 212-674-3778 / suggested donation 5$

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August 29, 2009 at 4pm - for free!
Generate Records celebrates 10 years of experimental sound

Founded in 1999 by percussionist Jeff Arnal - Generate Records is an independent label dedicated to experimental music. We are thrilled to celebrate 10 years with an afternoon of performances, label compilation CD and 3 new 7 inch releases by groups performing on the August 29th show:

1) Gordon Beeferman: Music for an Imaginary Band featuring:
Gordon Beeferman - piano, compositions / Nate Wooley - trumpet,
Evan Rapport - alto sax / Matt Bauder - tenor sax,
Josh Sinton - baritone sax, bass clarinet / James Ilgenfritz - double bass,
Alex Lambert - drums

A real 7-piece group consisting of some of NYC's most creative musicians. Featuring brand-new compositions - gnarly, lyrical, whimsical, free-form -- an idiosyncratic mix of new- music, jazz and free improv.

2) Ernesto Diaz-Infante and Jeff Arnal -
have been working together since 1999. Mantra strumming guitar meets
percussion inspired by gamelan and funk - an inner bite within a minimalist shell.

3) Aperiodic with Kevin Parrett, Benjamin Perkins, Matthias Schulz

Formed in 1997 with 3 longtime members of the indie rock scene. Aperiodic has been on hiatus for a decade but have remained busy in such groups as Enon, A.D.M., Patterns of Static, Chicago Aissawa, and Holy F*ck.

Roosevelt Live Festival - River Walk Commons
Roosevelt Island, New York, NY

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COLLECTIVE LANGUAGE:
feat. Gregg Bendian, drums & Zach Brock, violin [The Mahavishnu Project]
with Jon Irabagon, sax [2008 Thelonius Monk Award winner] & Peter Brendler, bass

presents
A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO RASHIED ALI
Interpreting the music of "Interstellar Space" and late-period Coltrane
Sat. Sept. 5th at 7:30pm
At Poisson Rouge - (212)505-3474
158 Bleecker St, New York NY

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September 6, 2009 at 8pm
Show No Mercy presents: GNAW
featuring:

Mick Barr (solo) + Castevet
(NYC experimental black metal)
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Period - Mike Pride - drums, Charlie Looker - guitar, Darius Jones - sax, Chuck Bettis - electronics & throat

@ Public Assembly - 70 N. 6th St. - Brooklyn, NY
take L train to Bedford - $10

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ROULETTE Presents:
20 Greene St (between Canal and Grand St)
TICKETS/RSVP: 212.219.8242 - www.roulette.org

3 NIGHTS: SKELETON$ BIG BAND: New Works for a Larger Ensemble
Wed-Fri Sept 7, 8 & 9 - 8:30 PM - SKELETONS are an American entertainment unit described by Pitchfork as "an outsize global-a-go-go mélange of unceasing polyrhythms, Afrobeat guitars, free jazz, and Timbaland's approach to kitchen-sink percussion". SKELETONS usual quartet is expanded here for three nights of new compositions, ideas, and improvisations. A rare opportunity to hear the band explore the outer limits of their work! Featuring excerpts and new arrangements from their record in progress "PEOPLE" , a long form piece based around conversations in Greyhound busses and stations, and beyond... Skeletons have released recordings on the Tomlab, Ghostly, and Shinkoyo labels.

INTERPRETATIONS: Works by Yusef Lateef and Adam Rudolph Thurs Sept 17 - 8 PM
The Interpretations Series returns with a concert of world premieres by Yusef Lateef and Adam Rudolph with performances by Rudolph, S.E.M. Chamber Orchestra, Tom Buckne,r and a special reading by Lateef. Yusef Lateef is a Grammy Award-winning composer, performer, recording artist, author, visual artist, educator and philosopher who has been a major force on the international musical scene for more than six decades. In recognition of his many contributions to the world of music, he has been named an American Jazz Master for the year 2010 by the National Endowment for the Arts. Composer and hand percussionist Adam Rudolph, hailed as "a pioneer in world music" by the New York Times, has released over two dozen albums as leader and has recorded with such luminaries as Omar Sosa, Jon Hassel and Don Cherry.

Gordon Beeferman's MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINARY BAND - Tue Sept 22 - 8:30 PM
Music for an IMAGINARY BAND, led by composer-pianist Gordon Beeferman, is a (real) 7-piece group comprised of some of New York's most uniquely creative musicians - Nate Wooley, Evan Rapport, Matt Bauder, Josh Sinton, James Ilgenfritz, and Michael Evans. The band explores the territory where classical 'new-music,' jazz and free improvisation intersect. Beeferman's compositions range from the gnarly to the operatic, and are both incredibly detailed and very free; the band's intensive improvisational explorations are tethered to highly structured frameworks.

The Mara Rosenbloom Quartet CD Release - Wed Sept 23 - 8:30 PM
"Lyrically contemplative and rhythmically pulsatingŠthis quartet plays music that renders believable a future for jazz." All About Jazz. The Mara Rosenbloom Quartet (Mara Rosenbloom, Darius Jones, Nick Anderson and special guest) has been performing together as a unit for 2 solid years. Tonight will mark the official showcase of their debut release School of Fish, featuring the original music of Mara Rosenbloom. The music is a celebration of community and human interaction - how we forge unspoken bonds, react, drift apart, and out of inherent need, find each other again.

Music of Mario Diaz de Leon Performed by International Contempoary Ensemble (ICE) and Talea: CD Release Event - Fri Sept 25 - 8:30 PM
In celebration of his new CD on John Zorn's Tzadik label, the renowned ensembles ICE and Talea come together to perform the chamber music of Mario Diaz de Leon. Hypnotic and ritualistic, the music mixes acoustic and electronic elements, and draws from influences including noise electronics, free improvisation, new age, spectral music, and underground metal. Mario Diaz de Leon is a composer and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City with degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory and Columbia University, and has studied with George Lewis, Fabien Levy, and Randy Coleman, among others. Ensembles such as ICE, iO Quartet, and Romania's Hyperion Ensemble have performed his work internationally. Mario is a member of the Shinkoyo collective.

Lisle Ellis "Stomping Ground" - Sat Sept 26 - 8:30 PM
Lisle Ellis, is a New York-based bassist, composer, visual artist, and teacher and tonight he presents Stomping Ground - a "band" of shifting dimensions and a "song" without end. It investigates ideas of community and a spectrum of diversity through traditional, experimental, and futuristic concepts, attempting to convey meaningful music through a shared sensibility of custom, territory, and gathering together. Lisle Ellis considers his Stomping Ground project to be a multifaceted proposal. At its core is a cross-generational approach that mixes veteran artists with newcomers from diverse communities, backgrounds, experience and brings them together in an encounter with an intricate compositional framework for creating structured improvisations. A layered ever-evolving system of Ellis' design, "Formings", utilizes graphic, gestural, and conventional notations to determine interactive behavior within the ensemble.

The Hassay-DeChellis-Nakatani Trio "An Evening of Spontaneous Beauty"
Wed Sept 30 - 8:30 PM - The Hassay-DeChellis-Nakatani Trio perform purely improvised music that draws from everything and nothing all at the same time. With Gary Hassay (saxophone), Dan DeChellis (piano), Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion), they each have very distinct voices and styles, yet allow each other to wrestle themselves into unfamiliar territory creating spontaneous works of music that excite and inspire any audience. They are intense and bombastic at once and suddenly hushed and delicate the next. Their years of collective improvising experience has allowed them to develop the ability to 'turn on a dime' at any given moment. This is a concert that should be experienced with open minds and open ears.


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September 15, 2009

7pm - Diana Wayburn (flute/percussion/piano) / Justin Wood (flute/sax) / Dawoud Kringle (sitar) / Isabel Castellvi (cello) / Ryan Kotler (bass)
8pm - Kaoru Watanabe (taiko drums/silver & Japanese bamboo flutes)
9pm - Kuni Mikami (piano) / Gaku Takanashi (bass)

Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center -
L.E.S Gallery Café / The Suffolk -107 Suffolk St, NY, NY
F train to Delancey or the J, M or Z to Essex
Information: (212) 253-2280 - Cover: $10 (includes 1 drink)

Afro-Asian, Inc. presents an evening of Cross Cultural New Music supported through MetLife Creative Connections featuring Kaoru Watanabe, Kuni Mikami & Diana Wayburn. The composers present original compositions drawn from such diverse musical traditions as Japanese folk songs, Noh, Kabuki, Gagaku, West African polyrhythms, Baroque counterpoint, jazz & contemporary improvisational techniques. The composers will talk about their instruments, the traditions & repetoire which inspire their work and improvisational practices they are employing. The audience is invited to participate in Q&A as part of these dialogues.

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Friday, September 25th at 8pm

AACM Presents:

MATANA ROBERTS - Solo Saxophone

THURMAN BARKER'S STRIKE FORCE!
Featuring: Bryan Carrott, Eli Fountaine, Ray Mantilla & Thurman Barker!

At The Community Church of New York
40 East 35th St. (between Madison & Park Aves.)
Info: 212-594-7149 / www.aacm-Newyork.com

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TROUBLE presents You Are Here (aka The Maze) installation & performance festival 2009
September 10 - October 2, 2009 Death By Audio: 49 South 2nd St, Brooklyn Doors @ 8pm; performances 9pm - late EVERY NIGHT! open bar by Delicious Beverages Friday - Sunday, 8pm - 10pm $8 at the door You Are Here (The Maze) is a performance festival in a sculptural maze taking place at Williamsburg's Death By Audio from September 10 - October 2, 2009. Emphasizing the sprawling and interconnected nature of New York's underground, a trip through the maze offers a peak inside NYC's diy art/music scene. A meditation on passage and desire, You Are Here engulfs the space and presents beckoning inhabitants, dead ends, and uplifting epitaphs. Medium and genre vary and overlapping and simultaneous performances are frequent, each performer establishing a different corner or dead end as his or hers. The following performance schedule should be used only as a loose guide. You Are Here subverts prefab expectations for both audiences and performers-there is no prescribed order, start time or end time, duration, location of performance, relation of audience to performers, and so on. All of the participating artists have been asked to create something site-specific since the performances will, in fact, take place within the maze. Audiences will be asked only to expect something unusual.
Maze schedule
Thursday 9.10.09
Skeletons Big Band , Knyfe Hyts 81, Pterodactyl
Gowns , Dan Friel & Social Junk
Mincemeat +Delicious Beverages

Friday 9.11.09
The Sian Alice Group , Nine 11 Thesaurus
Experimental Dental School, Reading Rainbow
+Delicious Beverages
Saturday 9.12.09
Extra Life, Lichens
Pygmy Shrews , Up Died Sound SETH (jeff and lala from excepter)
Interdependence Project + Delicious Beverages
Sunday 9.13.09
The Present , Opsvik & Jennings
Rich Johnson, Blast Off!+Delicious Beverages

Monday 9.14.09
Calvin Johnson , Arrington Dionyso
Desolation Wildnerness, Regattas & City Center
Tuesday 9.15.09
Loud Objects, Twisty Cat
Random Cutting, Mega Calderos & Aftermath

Wednesday 9.16.09
White Suns , Chaos Magic
Little Big , Buckets of Bile & Bird Music

Thursday 9.17.09
Grooms, Videohippos
Starring PC Worship, Anamanaguchi & Dome Theater

Friday 9.18.09
Ty Segal, The Mantles
The Holy Experiment, BJ Rubin
Worlddancearound, Dome Theater +Delicious Beverages
Saturday 9.19.09
High Red Center, Alexis Gideon
Make A Rising, Shelly Short & Ribbons
+Delicious Beverages

Sunday 9.20.09
Vaz, Clan of the Cave Bear
Necking, Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk + Delicious Beverages

Monday 9.21.09 Sam Mickens/Mike Pride Duo
Jantar, Nsumi & tbd

Tuesday 9.22.09
Drummer's Corpse, Hunter Gatherer
Aaron Seigel & Meredith Arena

Wednesday 9.23.09
Shooting Spires, Legs
Grafitti Monsters, Crime Novels & Lord Easy
Thursday 9.24.09 Sam Hillmer/ Arrington Dionsyo Duo
Charlie Looker, Daniel Carter Quartet
Total Bolsheviks
Friday 9.25.09
Effi Briest, Electroputas
Regattas, Chuck Bettis & Mikey IQ Jones
BJ Rubin, Dome Theater + Delicious Beverages
Saturday 9.26.09
The Sleepy Doug Shaw, Hannah Marcus / Tianna Kennedy
The Screaming Females, Cheap Ventilators
The Weird Fantasy Band +Delicious Beverages
Sunday 9.27.09
Symbol, Laurel Halo
The Slowest Runner in the World & Post Abortion Stress
Monday 9.28.09
Telecult powers, Syn. Toffs
Bassoon & Alterazioni Video Collective
Tuesday 9.29.09
The Coathangers , Nervehunt (Justin from Teeth Mountain / Ryan from Wavves)
Xray Eyeballs & Swimmingcitiesoceanofblood
Wednesday 9.30.09
Nymph, Emma Kupa (of Standard Fare) & Ava Luna

Greetings Folks,

We invite you all who love Miguel Algarin to come the Nuyorican on this special night (THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 9:30PM) and celebrate the birthday of the founder of the world famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe. the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. I personally would like to invite you to come to the Nuyo earlier that evening (7:00pm) for the Final preview/ Fundraiser for the much talked about play, The Domestic Crusaders. You get to see the play and also celebrate with the cast the day before this landmark play officially opens on September 11th (sold out), dine, dance and party to the live Latin Jazz sounds of the Curtis Brothers. So come on out on this special evening and celebrate with us at the Nuyorican, In order to get as many of you in the house as possible the $50 fundraiser admission for the entire evening has been reduced to only $25. So call (212) 780-9386 NOW!!! Purchase your tickets for this special evening by using the code: Miguel's Birthday.

Peace & Blessings,

Rome Neal




Founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Miguel Algarin is the "poet laureate" of Loisaida - also known as the Lower East Side - and founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City, where he has nurtured the spoken and written word for nearly three decades. Through the Cafe Algarin helped cultivate the popular "slam" poetry movement. Colliding the gritty topics of urbanity with the art of literature, Algarin's Cafe as provided a venue for words to jump from the page to the stage.

Since 1974, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe as captured the flavor of the streets serving as a haven for poets, writers, thespians, performance artists, musicians, visual artists and hip-hop renegades, running the cultural gamut from acclaimed theater productions to hip-hop open mikes to celebrations of salsa and merengue music. The Cafe's living room hosts the freshest art to immigrate to New York City, from not only the Caribbean and the Americas, but from all over the world.

The Nuyorican Poets Cafes a stage of words made visible. Situated in Manhattan's Lower East Side, Loisaida, the community, is a mixture of various ethnic backgrounds: Puerto Rican, Dominican, African-American, Ukrainian, Polish and Irish, to name a few. The community also hosts a great number of artists. This diverse energy is reflected in the performances of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

Algarin, along with the emerging artists of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe bring their talents to the forefront, dazzling audiences with their vibrant presentations. Mixing the traditional arts of oral story telling and classical poetry with the edgy raw rhythm of the hip-hop influenced streets creates the soulful heartbeat which is the Cafe.

Recognized as a long-term cultural worker of the Lower East Side, Miguel Algarin's Nuyorican Poets Cafe has become a Loisaida institution. The Cafe and its milieu have provided a blueprint for the development of the international slam poetry movement that first surfaced in Chicago.

Algarin holds a Professor Emeritus for more than 30 years of service to Rutgers University where he taught Shakespeare, Creative Writing, and United States Ethnic Literature.

Algarin is the author of more than ten published books of poetry, the editor of several anthologies, and an accomplished writer for television and theater. He received six American Book Awards and was presented with the Larry Leon Hamlin Producer's Award at the 2001 National Black Theater Festival. He is the sole translator of Pablo Neruda's Songs of Protest.

Algarin continues to work and reside in Loisaida. He is currently developing a massive piece of literature entitled Dirty Beauty, which represents the culmination of more than three years work. The book deals with religious, political, erotic and psychological themes.

JACK KLEINSINGER
Presents
Highlights In JAZZ
New York's Longest Running Jazz Concert Series

37th Season
The Final Season!

Fall 2009 Line Up

Four Great Jazz Concerts

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 8 pm

Cabaret Jazz Featuring Barbara Carroll & Paula West



Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 8 pm
Hot Jazz From New Orleans To Israel
Featuring
Evan Christopher
Duke Heitger
Anat Cohen
Ehud Asherie
with
George Masso
Jackie Williams
Johnny Varro
Joe Ascione

Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 8 pm
Living Jazz Legends
Featuring
Buddy DeFranco
with
Jay Leonhart
Joe Cohn
Ron Odrich
Ed Metz, Jr.
+
Bucky Pizzarelli
with
John Pizzarelli
Martin Pizzarelli
Mickey Roker

Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 8 pm
Celebrating the Swing Masters
Ken Peplowski Recalls Benny Goodman
Terry Gibbs Recalls Lionel Hampton
Freddie Bryant Recalls Charlie Christian


All Shows at:
TRIBECA Performing Arts Center
Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street
TRIBECA Box Office at (212) 220-1460
http://www.tribecapac.org/music.htm

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Concerts produced in association with:
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