Calendar
MARCH
Yeah Yeah Records and Friends Festival 2010
www.yoonichoi.com & www.yeahyeahrecords.com for more info
Friday, March 5th (Yeah Yeah Records – Suggested Donation $10)
8:00pm Miles Okazaki (solo)
9:00pm Jacob Sacks and Yoon Choi
10:00pm Jacob Garchik group
Friday, March 12th (Yeah Yeah Records – Suggested Donation $10)
8:00pm Angie Sanchez (solo)
9:00pm Jacob Sacks And Orlando Hernandez
10:00pm Eivind Opsvik
Friday, March 19th (Yeah Yeah Records – Suggested Donation $10)
8:00pm Thomas Morgan (solo)
9:00pm Dan Weiss Trio
10:00pm Sperrazza/Blostein
Friday, March 26th (Yeah Yeah Records – Suggested Donation $10)
8:00pm Akiko Sasaki (solo)/Miranda Sielaff (solo)
9:00pm Elena Camerin/Landon Knoblock
10:00pm Jacob Sacks Group
VOCAL WORKSHOP: with ARRINGTON DE DIONYSO
Thurs. March 11, 7:30pm
Sliding scale $25-$40
Please RSVP to xrubinos@gmail.com
Unleashing the Voice in Creative Music: From Raw Expression to Refined
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp3qB-93XtY
Vocal Workshop Click Here for more information
RECITAL: Ian Power
March 28th @ 2 pm
Suggested Donation $10
Ian Power – Solo Piano
Works by Iddon and Power for Prepared Piano
APRIL
The Second Annual Trombone Festival
$10 Suggested Donation at all shows
IBeam and NYSWU presents the Second Annual Trombone Festival. The festival spans 5 nights throughout April 2010 and features a diverse roster of trombonists leading their original projects and bands in New York City. The trombonists presented here represent a wide range of approaches to the instrument each with a unique voice in both composition and improvisation. Please visit www.ibeambrooklyn.com and www.nyswu.org.
April 3rd (Trombone Festival – $10 Suggested Donation)
8 pm
Josh Roseman Trio
Lineup TBA
10 pm
Ryan Snow’s Trio Unleashed
Ryan Snow – trombone
Aidan Carroll – bass
Bram Kincheloe – drums
April 9th
Music at Close Range
Jacob Greenberg -Solo Piano
Presenting the works of Schumann, Shoenberg and Chopin
April 10 (Trombone Festival – $10 Suggested Donation)
8 pm
Jacob Garchik Trio
Jacob Garchik, trombone
Jacob Sacks, piano
Dan Weiss, drums
9pm
Jen Baker
Jen Baker – Solo Trombone
10 pm
Joe Fiedler Trio
John Hebert/bass
Michael Sarin/drums
Joe Fiedler/trombone&compositions
April 17 (Trombone Festival – $10 Suggested Donation)
8 pm
ERGO:
Brett Sroka: trombone/computer/fx
Sam Harris: rhodes electric piano/synthesizer/piano/prepared-piano
Bryan Teoh: guitar/computer
Shawn Baltazor: drums
10 pm
Curtis Hasselbring’s New Mellow Edwards
Curtis Hasselbring – Trombone
Ches Smith – Drums
Trevor Dunn – Bass
April 23 ($10 Suggested Donation)
8:30 pm
Ches Smith’s Congs for Brums
Ches Smith Solo Drums
Dubbed “Ches Smith’s excellent solo project” by Time Out New York magazine, Congs for Brums features compositions for drums and electronics using noise, melody, extended percussion techniques, multidirectional time and polyrhythm. In 2006 Ches released the self-titled debut Congs for Brums which “showcased his vibraphone work” (TONY) on the Free Porcupine Society label. He has recently finished the decidedly electronic, sonic and harsh noise-based follow-upCongs for Brums II: Noise to Men, scheduled for release soon. He has toured Europe and the US extensively on material from both albums.
9:30 pm
Loren Stillman Group
Loren Stillman – Saxophone
Tom Rainey – Drums
Oscar Noriega – Saxophone / Clarinets
April 24 (Trombone Festival – $10 Suggested Donation)
8 pm
Steve Swell Trio
Steve Swell – Trombone
Andrew Drury – Drums
Ken Filiano – Bass
10 pm
Brian Drye Presents: Bizingas
Brian Drye – Trombone / Piano
Kirk Knuffke – Trumpet
Ches Smith – Drums
Jonathan Goldberger – Guitar
April 30 (Trombone Festival – $10 Suggested Donation)
8 pm
Westbrook Johnson’s Three Roads Band
Westbrook Johnson – Trombone
Jesse Bartlet-Webber – Drums
Alex Vallejo – Bass
John Welsh – Guitar
10 pm
Ben Gerstein Quartet
Ben Gerstein – Trombone
Michael Attias – Saxophone
Mat Maneri – Viola
Jacob Sacks – Piano
MORE INFORMATION: Trombone Festival
Josh Roseman Trio
Josh Roseman is a New York based trombonist, project organizer, composer and producer. He has worked with a wide range of improvising artists, including John Zorn, Dave Douglas’ Sextet, Dave Holland’s Grammy-winning Big Band, Steve Coleman, Don Byron, Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy, Uri Caine’s Mahler Ensemble, the SFJAZZ Collective, Steve Turre, Ron Blake and Oliver Lake. Roseman is also known for his work with creative electric artists Me’Shell NdegeOcello, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Soulive, Charlie Hunter, the Roots, Cibo Matto, Mike Gordon, Sean Lennon, the Skatalites, and the Groove Collective & Brooklyn Funk Essentials
Ryan Snow’s Trio Unleashed
Since moving to Brooklyn in 2005 Ryan has been involved in innumerable projects centered around free improvisation, including chamber ensemble Scavenger Quartet, jazz-metal band Scurvy, and his own free-rock band Pull. While all of his projects taken together allow for a wide range of musical expression, he has yet to put together a band that features his voice in a more open context.
Jacob Garchik Trio
Trombonist and composer Jacob Garchik has worked with Steve Swallow, Lee Konitz, John Hollenbeck, Slavic Soul Party and the Kronos Quartet. Here he presents elegant and energetic compositions, inspired by Mahler, Indian Classical music, and Duke Ellington. His lithe trio features two of the most in-demand and creative young musicians in New York. “Odd and excellent, taut with paradox” – Ben Ratliff, the New York Times. www.jacobgarchik.com
Jen Baker – Solo Trombone
Jen Baker presents Lyrical Vibrations, improvised multiphonic solos, influenced by the sound Tibetan throat singing and the melodies of Gregorian Chant. Awarded a Meet the Composer grant, she commissioned and performed new solo works on the east and west coasts. Lyrical Vibrations, has been performed around the country including the International Society for Improvised Music Conference 2008 and can also be heard on her solo album, Blue Dreams.
Joe Fiedler Trio
His latest trio release,The Crab (Clean Feed), featuring bassist John Hebert and drummer Michael Sarin, has been hailed as “An excellent new record.” (Ben Ratliff, New York Times) “When you listen to the music on The Crab,” writes AllAboutJazz-New York’s Editorial Director Andrey Henkin in the liner notes, “you know you’re hearing the work of a major innovator. And few players on any instrument write tunes with as much breadth and diversity, using mutes, multiphonics, bravado on burners, avant musings, subversive marches and poignant ballads.” www.joefiedler.com
ERGO:
Ergo’s music is one of stark melodic beauty, enveloping electro-acoustic texture and empathic imagination. Described by All Music Guide as, “…into completely new horizons similar to nothing you’ve heard before… captivating, hypnotic, and attractively exotic music”; critics have made comparisons with music as diverse as Sun Ra, Steve Reich, Sigur Rós, Autechre and Duke Ellington. The band has recently released their second cd, “multitude, solitude” on Cuneiform Records, and has been busy performing this year at the Sonic Circuits Festival, New Languages and BAM Café. www.ergoisaband.com and www.myspace.com/ergo
Curtis Hasselbring’s New Mellow Edwards
“…[a] smart ensemble that harnesses the forward thrust of rock in the service of an almost chamberlike group cohesiveness.” (NY Times, Nate Chinen) “Bounding along fitfully with jubilant energy, or drifting into scrawling, experimental textures, The New Mellow Edwards embody the best new music Brooklyn has to offer.” (Troy Collins, All About Jazz – New York) “The material embraces both amiable jauntiness and confident probes into abstraction. It’s all a lot of fun and beautifully played.” (Wire, Julian Cowley) www.curha.com
Steve Swell Trio
Steve Swell has played with Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, William Parker, Roswell Rudd, Paul Flaherty, Alan Silva, Jemeel Moondoc, Hamid Drake, Joe McPhee, Matthew Shipp, Tim Berne, Joey Baron and many others. Steve was nominated for Trombonist of the Year, 2008 by the Jazz Journalists Association, was selected Tromobonist of theYear two years in a row, 2008 & 2009 by El Intruso the Argintinean Jazz periodical and received a fellowship award from the Jubilation Foundation of the Tides Foundation for his work with NYC youngsters. www.steveswell.com.
Brian Drye Presents: Bizingas
Trombonist and pianist Brian Drye has played with John Hollenbeck, Frank London, Slavic Soul Party and Stew and the Negro Problem. Armed with a new CD, Bizingas presents a new batch of bold compositions that are definitive in content and open in structure. www.briandrye.com
Westbrook Johnson’s Three Roads Band
Westbrook Johnson’s Three Roads Band interprets compositions built in Johnson’s unique notation system of the same name. Giving equal emphasis on composition and improvisation in every single note, Three Roads notation outlines for the performer whether to move their note up, down or stay the same but not how far down that road to travel.
Ben Gerstein
Born in 1977 and raised in Santa Barbara, California, Ben Gerstein began playing the trombone at age 11. The early ‘90s offered him much experience as a jazz and classical soloist on both west and east coasts through numerous groups and teachers, schools, awards and festivals. He attended the Manhattan School of Music on full scholarship as a jazz major from 1995-99 and has remained in New York City ever since, committed to improvisation and the arts, collaborating regularly with many different groups and individuals.