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06/01 Thursday
8:00 PM Fred Woodard Trio
John Turner on bass
Yoron Israel on drums
Fred Woodard on Guitar
10:00 PM HAMMOND ORGAN NIGHT 1YR ANNIVERSARY JAM!
The Hammond Jam is back, this time celebrating the one year anniversary
of Hammond Organ Night. Come bring your axe and sit in with us as we
celebrate with some funky hammond jams.
06/02 Friday
7:45 PM "Year of the Thief" Book Release
Popular online literary journal Thieves Jargon (www.thievesjargon.com) will celebrate the release of their print fiction anthology "Year of the Thief" with readings from four authors appearing in the book:
Fiction reading, featuring:
Ken Ryan (Night Train)
Tom Meek (Grub St. / Boston Phoenix)
Eric Jones (New Hampshire)
Jeff T. Kane (NYC)
www.thievesjargon.com
10:00 PM Either/Orchestra
The ten-piece Either/Orchestra has spending a lot of time over the past two years collaborating with Ethiopian musicians, most recently, Ethiopia's greatest singer, Mahmoud Ahmed, for a pair of concerts in Paris. Ethiopian songs have become an integral part of the 20 year old band's repertoire.
Now, Russ Gershon and crew are working up a new batch of - yes! - American music, compositions by Gershon and other band members for a new recording to be made this summer. They will be using a series of dates at the Pad to hone these new tunes.
The Either/Orchestra is:
Tom Halter, Colin Fisher - trumpets
Joel Yennior - trombone
Jeremy Udden - alto sax, flute
Russ Gershon - tenor, soprano sax
Kurtis Rivers - baritone sax, flute
Leo Blanco - piano
Rick McLaughlin - bass
Pablo Bencid - drums
Vicente Lebron - congas, percussion
06/03 Saturday
1:00 PM The Underground Jazz String Quartet
A Classical Appetizer:
The UNDERGROUND JAZZ STRING QUARTET is traditional string quartet that
plays jazz arrangements and original compositions which include
improvisation. The group was founded in 1991 by four string students at
the Berklee College of Music in Boston Massachusetts,and performed
throughout New England and on the West Coast.
Two of the original members,violinists Paula Zeitlin and Tomoko Iwamoto,
are joined by violist Lisa Kempski and cellist Stephanie Wingfield, in
performing pieces which meld the string quartet sound with contemporary
jazz string techniques and improvisation. The UGSQ members see
themselves as part of a long and rich history of jazz string playing,
from early blues through Joe Venuti to the Turtle Island String Quartet
to Regina Carter.
8:00 PM The So and So Series
The second installment of this new emerging writers series will
feature the staff of Ploughshares: David Daniel, Rob Arnold, Simeon
Berry, and Elisa Gabbert.
$5
email Chris Tonelli (christonelli@gmail.com)
for details or go to thesoandsoseries.blogspot.com
David Daniel is the Poetry Editor of Ploughshares and author of
SEVEN-STAR BIRD. Rob Arnold is the Managing Editor of Ploughshares and
Editor of the on-line literary journal Memorious. Simeon Berry is a
Reader for Ploughshares and his NaPoWriMo poems can be found at
http://simeonberry.blogspot.com/. Elisa Gabbert is also a Reader for
Ploughshares and her NaPoWriMo poems can be found at
thesteinachoperation.blogspot.com.
10:00 PM Big Big Bucks/80 Proof/The Frantic/Fenwick
Fenwick - wicked catchy punk repping the dirtier areas of Lowell, MA
www.myspace.com/fenwick
The Frantic - energetic New York rock n'roll
www.myspace.com/franticmusic
80 Proof - super tight, fast, awesome ska-punk
www.myspace.com/80prooftheband
Big Big Bucks - gorgeous
All Ages - $4
06/04 Sunday
7:00 PM Jeremy Udden
Jeremy Udden Torchsongs (FSTN-253) CD Release Party
w/ Leo Genovese, rhodes
Nathan Blehar, tenor saxophone
John Lockwood, bass
Ziv Ravitz, drums
7-9pm
06/05 Monday
10:00 PM The Fringe
The Fringe
A Lily Pad Fixture
George Garzone- Tenor Saxaphone
Bob Gullotti- Drums
John Lockwood- Contrabass
06/06 Tuesday
10:00 PM Jeff Galindo Trio
Jeff Galindo- trombone
Jef Charland- bass
Nat Muguvoro- drums
06/07 Wednesday
8:00 PM The High Strung
Great New Rock From Detroit:
http://www.thehighstrung.com/
http://www.myspace.com/2349113
"The High Strungs hip to a new wave revival which recalls the best parts of
Big Star, The Byrds and Cheap Trick ... this is a live, loud, fun, furious
band. They write damn good songs. Kick away the Small Faces, Who and early
Kinks comparisons, and let The High Strung drag you into their own chaotic,
cathartic world of jaded jagged-edged ennui."
- Christopher Arnott
The New Haven Advocate
10:00 PM Explorations with Nat Mugavero
06/08 Thursday
7:00 PM Rouged Ape, Paratheatrical Surveyors
A visceral audience interactive reading of the offensive Ubuesque
farce, "The Adventures of Teddy Idic the Theater Critic and his Pet Fish,
Fishy Feegle" by highly reclusive playwright, Kibenostrev.
Experimental music-play by The Gulf and mystery guests. Pies.
10:00 PM Rusty Scott Organ Group
The Finest is traditional Organ Jazz from Rusty Scott and is
outstanding trio.
06/09 Friday
8:00 PM AM/PM
with local area artists
10:00 PM Mostly Other People Do the Killing/Quartet of Happiness
John Irabagon, sax
Peter Evans, trumpet
Moppa Elliot, bass
Kevin Shea, drums
MOPDTK is a recent group formed in NYC. In this
ensemble, I attempt to write compositions that reflect
the strange relationship I feel to jazz history. On
the one hand, I grew up listening to and still love
traditional jazz, but on the other, I am deeply
disturbed and disgusted with its current state of
turpitude. This music, instead of attempting to
reconcile these two simultaneous opinions, pits them
against each other creating music that both blatantly
mocks and reveres the jazz tradition. Perhaps
Dada-Jazz?
Quartet of Happiness
Kelly Roberge-Tenor Sax
Rick Stone-Alto Sax
Kendall Eddy- Upright bass
Austin Powers- Drums
06/10 Saturday
6:00 PM Linc Halloran, Sean Hood and Sam Rosen
part of the bumble bees and organ trees tour
$5
10:00 PM Toby Driver/Moths/Flittermice/Friendly bears
Toby Driver
Flittermice of Eld
Moth
Opening up the show will be Friendly Bears.
$9.
Toby Driver-
Best known as the frontman, guitarist and composer for progressive/avant metal band Maudlin of the Well and their new incarnation Kayo Dot, Toby Driver has consistently proven himself to be one of the most unique songwriters in modern music. His debut solo album In the L..L..Library Loft was created as a means of expressing his more out there ideas which he feels wouldn't have been compatible with Kayo Dot. Most of his bandmates appear as guests on the album, which focuses more on bleak ambience than metal (despite some extremely noisy sections), effectively sounding completely unique and extremely avant-garde. Tonight, he performs a long-form violin and electric guitar duet which was originally composed for an August 2005 premiere at John Zorn’s downtown NYC art space, The Stone. “60 Metonymies” draws from the influence of Feldman, Messiaen, and Tibet, and features inimitable Kayo Dot violinist Mia Matsumiya.
Flittermice of Eld is an ensemble made up of electric
guitar, electric bass, and live electronics. Their
music is a scathing blend of modern composition, free
improvisation, noise and raw black metal. Intricate,
virtuosic composed parts occur in tandem with
improvised electronics to create a music of chaotic
yet controlled savagery.
Moth
moth is a duo consisting of sam hillmer (zs/b-keepers)
and ben gerstein (matt maneri/tony malaby) playing
saxophone and trombone respectively... moth offer
acoustic drone/noise imporovisations that engage free
jazz, euro avant, and field recordings from hither and
thither equally... performances are explosive and
short and always happen off the stage in the middle of
everything where ever it is whenever it is...
06/11 Sunday
8:00 PM Michael McNeill Quintet
$7
Featuring Alec Spiegelman (alto saxophone)
and Chris Johansen (tenor saxophone)
Pianist Michael McNeill brings a new quintet and new compositions to the Lily Pad.
"...The music that McNeill's quartet makes with Paul Smoker walks the line between abstraction and melody, and their work together is both challenging and palatable, leaning, perhaps, more toward the challenging side." -Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, City Newspaper (Rochester, NY)
06/12 Monday
7:00 PM A NETWORK OF FRIENDS PRESENTS ICARUS VOL. 2
A Craig Lewis Production
10:00 PM The Fringe
A Lily Pad Fixture
George Garzone- Tenor Saxaphone
Bob Gullotti- Drums
John Lockwood- Contrabass
06/13 Tuesday
8:00 PM Denison Witmer/Scott Windsor
10:00 PM House of Limbo
$7 suggested donation
The debut performance of House of Limbo, an improvisational avant-funk band drawing inspiration from such sources as Miles Davis, Radiohead, the new Wayne Shorter Quartet, and anything else that they get their hands on!
Ben Syversen- trumpet and electronics
Randy Wooten- drums
Ben Davis- bass
Special Guest: Eric Lane- keyboards (member of Boston Afrobeat Society)
06/14 Wednesday
7:00 PM ELEGANT MELODIES-THE DAVID BOND GROUP
ELEGANT MELODIES
The DAVID BOND Group
Featuring:
DAVID BOND-Saxophone, PIERRE HUREL-Piano, WES
BROWN-Bass, and BOB MOSES-Drums/Percussion
This quartet will perform standards and original
compositions with a focus on Melody and Spirit,
in an intimate and relaxed atmosphere...candles,etc.
as a Spring celebration.
"...there's a gentleness and tranquility to Bond's
music...those qualities, and Bond's emphasis on melody
and group interplay, remind some of Charles Lloyd's
ground breaking work of the mid-60's."-The BOSTON
GLOBE
10:00 PM Explorations with Nat Mugavero
06/15 Thursday
10:00 PM Driftwood Citizens w/ special guests!
Boston Hardest rockin organ trio brings it back for their monthly
residency at the Lily Pad. Don't miss out on the funk!
06/16 Friday
10:00 PM Either/Orchestra
The ten-piece Either/Orchestra has spending a lot of time over the past two years collaborating with Ethiopian musicians, most recently, Ethiopia's greatest singer, Mahmoud Ahmed, for a pair of concerts in Paris. Ethiopian songs have become an integral part of the 20 year old band's repertoire.
Now, Russ Gershon and crew are working up a new batch of - yes! - American music, compositions by Gershon and other band members for a new recording to be made this summer. They will be using a series of dates at the Pad to hone these new tunes.
The Either/Orchestra is:
Tom Halter, Colin Fisher - trumpets
Joel Yennior - trombone
Jeremy Udden - alto sax, flute
Russ Gershon - tenor, soprano sax
Kurtis Rivers - baritone sax, flute
Leo Blanco - piano
Rick McLaughlin - bass
Pablo Bencid - drums
Vicente Lebron - congas, percussion
06/17 Saturday
1:00 PM "Classical Appetizer"
"Sylvain Bouix"
Contact: Ai Isshiki 617-780-4292 / zeitgeistca@mac.com
6:00 PM tunnel of love/the diamond mines/red invasion
tunnel of love http://www.tunneloflove666.com
the diamond mines http://www.thediamondmines.net
red invasion http://www.redinvasion.com
wild zero http://www.wildzerorock.com/
ALL AGES, $5, doors at !!SIX PM!!
10:00 PM Live Input Processing and Quadraphonic Sonics
Featuring:
Keith Fullerton Whitman (aka Hrvatski)
and
Brian Knoth (aka Theta State)
with special guests...
Suggested Donation: $7
06/18 Sunday
3:00 PM Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly Quartet, 2006 "Times Too" CD Release tour.
Fathers Day Concert June 18TH 3:00PM (one set only)
Featuring:
Grace Kelly Singer/Songwriter/Saxphonist and winner of four Downbeat Magazine 2006 Student Music Awards,
Best Jazz Instrumentalist
Best Jazz Vocalist
Best Jazz Composition
Best Pop/Rock/Blues Instrumentalist
with Doug Johnson on Piano, John Lockwood on Bass and Jordan Perlson on Drums
www.gracekellymusic.com
7:30 PM 3play+
Phil Grenadier, trumpet
Josh Rosen, piano
Lello Molinari, bass
Marcello Pellitteri, drums
$8
3play+ returns to the Lily Pad with its unique brand of space-jazz, where freedom and interplay rule.
3play+ began as a weekly jam session and brings that relaxed, spontaneous energy to live performance. The band “demonstrates a breadth of vision and diversity” where “the stylistic territory ranges from free-improv space jam to reggae to straight-ahead swing to even eighth-note rock to jazz waltz” and even “includes a beautiful and offbeat cover of Dylan's "The Times They Are A’Changin'."
3play+ trumpeter Phil Grenadier lays his “luminous free-flowing constructs” over the “ferocious, metronomic intensity” of Lello Molinari’s bass lines. Pianist Josh Rosen “evokes a refreshingly relaxed openness…yet burns with the best.” In this the case, the best is virtuoso drummer Marcello Pellitteri, a "wonderful musician” as Gary Burton put it, “one of the most talented to come along in a long time".
Please join 3play+ for an evening of free improvisation, original compositions, deconstructed standards and the occasional cover tune.
10:00 PM Ponies In The Surf/Casey Dienel/Sam Rosen
Ponies In The Surf
Casey Dienel
Sam Rosen
Casey Dienel just moved to Brooklyn from Boston and
likes the color of persimmons. Her songs are about pet
peeves, like when big fish eat the little fish, and
reference her culinary obsessions with coffee, Cracker
Jack, whiskey, and the miracle known as the Baked
Alaska (warm exterior, frozen interior). She is
currently touring to support her debut release,
Wind-Up Canary.
www.myspace.com/caseydienel
www.hushrecords.com
06/19 Monday
8:00 PM shtreiml
Jason Rosenblatt- harmonica
Rachel Lemisch- trombone
Thierry Arsenault- drums
Adam Stotland- bass
with guest; Michael Winograd- clarinet
"Founded by harmonica innovator, Jason Rosenblatt, and named for the traditional fur hat worn by Chassidic Jews, Shtreiml blends elements of klezmer, gypsy music and jazz to create a vibrant sound that is at once Eastern European Folk Music and Down-Home Blues. Shtreiml's debut album, Harmonica Galitzianer, nominated for a Montreal Independent Music Award for Best World Music Album 2003, showcases Rosenblatt's unique approach to playing the 10-hole diatonic harmonica or "blues harp." One of a handful of people in the world who can play the diatonic harmonica chromatically, Rosenblatt uses recently devised techniques pioneered by harmonica master Howard Levy, to fit the instrument generally associated with the blues into an Eastern European context."
10:00 PM The Fringe
A Lily Pad Fixture
George Garzone- Tenor Saxaphone
Bob Gullotti- Drums
John Lockwood- Contrabass
06/20 Tuesday
7:00 PM Tango Dance Night
06/21 Wednesday
8:00 PM Dragons 1976/Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club
Dragons 1976 (Aram Shelton: alto saxophone; Jason Ajemian: bass; Tim Daisy: drums) will perform at 8 PM.
Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club (Charlie Kohlhase: alto, tenor & baritone saxophones; Matt Langley: tenor & soprano saxophones; Joel Yennoir: trombone; Eric Hofbauer: guitar; Jef Charland: bass; Miki Matsuki: drums & Chris Punis: drums) will perform at 9:30 PM.
The two groups will perform a 10-piece finale.
$15 suggested donation covers the whole evening.
06/22 Thursday
9:00 PM Hawnay Troof/Big Digits/Squids/Yah Mos Def
Hawnay Troof (http://www.hawnaytroof.com)
Big Digits (http://www.bigdigits.com)
Squids (http://www.squidssquidssquids.com/nature)
Yah Mos Def (http://www.yahmosdef.com)
06/23 Friday
8:00 PM Will Holshouser Trio
$10 cover
Boston-area CD release celebration
www.willholshouser.com
Ron Horton, trumpet
Will Holshouser, accordion
Dave Phillips, bass
Accordionist Will Holshouser's trio has an intimate ensemble sound that is
somewhere between jazz, folk music and chamber music. His compositions draw
on both sweet and sour flavors. Designed for this unusually spare
instrumentation, the razor-sharp arrangements explore a wide dynamic range
with plenty of room for improvisation. Ron Horton's broad palette of
trumpet timbres, Dave Phillips' rich bowed bass, and Holshouser's
rhythmically driving accordion make up the trio's sound. They will
celebrate the release of their new CD "Singing to a Bee," recorded live in
Portugal, on the Clean Feed label. This is a rare visit to the Boston area
for the trio which is based in New York, and a homecoming for Will
Holshouser who grew up in Cambridge.
10:00 PM Los Federales
Formed by supernova combustion and working out of Portland, Maine
(Universe X4T Zone H),
Los Federales currently contains the following:
Grandpa Bigsy on the SpruceBox and Gourd,
The Peruvian on Pinetop and Broadcast,
Herbacious on the CedarTins,
and Zilla on Washtub.
Coming to Cambridge for a night of 'Cosmic Americana,'
and, as always, preparing for December 21, 2012, @ Chichenitza
www.myspace.com/losfederales
www.losfederales.net
06/24 Saturday
1:00 PM "Classical Appetizer series"
Miyuki Otani
1:00 PM Miyuki Otani Classical Appetizer
Program
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Scenes from the Childhood) ------------ Schumann
Concert Etude No. 2 ------------- Liszt
Excursions ------------- Barber
3 Preludes ------------ Gershwin
Biography
The Melrose Free Press wrote after Miyuki Otani’s performance as soloist with the Melrose Symphony that she “…has a marvelous facility…dazzling in its clarity and delicacy.” Audiences and critics alike have hailed her performances for their great “musicality, feeling, and unflagging technique.”
As a winner of the Boston Conservatory’s Concerto Competition, she performed as a soloist with the Boston Conservatory Orchestra at Faneuil Hall. Ms. Otani has also appeared as soloist with the Cape Ann Symphony playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto
No 23, Melrose Symphony Orchestra performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Quincy Symphony Orchestra playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
Ms. Otani was invited by the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series to give a recital in Chicago in August 2004, where it was broadcast live on WFMT Radio and on Cable 25, the Pulse of Chicago. In the Fall of 2003, Ms. Otani was invited by the Fukui Classical Music Association to give a concert at Kazenomori Hall. In addition, the Kobe Women’s College invited her to serve as a guest lecturer. In June 2001, Ms. Otani gave a recital at Harmony Hall in Fukui, Japan at which both the Governor and the Mayor were in attendance.
Born in Japan, Miyuki Otani began playing the piano at the age of three. Ms. Otani is a graduate of the prestigious Tokyo Women’s Christian University where she received a degree in English and American Literature. In 1996, Ms. Otani came to the United States as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar to study at Lesley College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ms. Otani earned her Master of Music degree at the Boston Conservatory where she studied with Jonathan Bass.
Currently, Ms. Otani serves on the piano faculty of Brookline Music School. She is also an active chamber musician and plays in the Brookline Music School Faculty Trio. Upcoming engagements include recitals at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge, MA, and at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, IL.
Contact: Ai Isshiki 617-780-4292 / zeitgeistca@mac.com
3:00 PM Yoko Gillman's Classical series
This is a concert of piano and voice students,
ages 5-adult. It runs from 4-5 pm. The concert is
free and everyone is welcome.
10:00 PM BEIRUT
$10 donation
the critique of pure reason presents
Beirut
with special guests
Advance tickets available (cash only!) at twisted village.
...These songs come from a 19-year-old multi-instrumentalist from
Albuquerque named Zach Condon.... Condon's baritone voice is
beautiful, delivered with the kind of world weariness that you don't
expect a teenager to feel, let alone convey with such honesty. His
melodies are a perfect match for the old Balkan-inspired arrangements;
there's no shortage of ukuleles and mandolins, not to mention pianos,
accordions, violins and marching band-styled percussion. I guess it
shouldn't be a surprise that Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeremy Barnes (who
also plays in A Hawk and a Hacksaw) and Heather Trost (also of A Hawk
and a Hacksaw) are among the guest musicians. But this album is
clearly Condon's baby, inspired from his earlier travels through
Europe. It's not actually until more than halfway through the record
that you really detect any modern influences; the toy synthesizer
percolating underneath his deep waver in "Scenic Word" will make the
ears of any Magnetic Fields fan perk up.
It's been eight years since Mangum brought us Neutral Milk Hotel's
swan song, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, and then subsequently went
into hiding. Though Condon eschews Mangum's fuzzy folk and surreal
imagery for the somber sounds of the former Eastern bloc, I can't help
but listen to Gulag Orkestar and not be reminded of the first time I
heard those shambolic horns and felt that indescribable yearning
emotion in Neutral Milk's opus. Beirut's debut is obviously no means
its sequel, but it's the closest thing that we may ever get. [GH:
Other Music]
06/25 Sunday
7:00 PM The Tasty Show Ice Cream Tasting Party
$15 suggested donation
Details at www.thetastyshow.com
Event Description: This isn’t just any old ice cream - The Tasty Show Team (which is made up of myself - Dana Zemack, as well as Andrew Urbanetti, sous chef at Lumiere Restaurant) will be making mini waffle cones of many different flavors and then matching the ice cone flavors with different ice creams to make combinations such as: blueberry ice cream served in a handmade lemon-flavored cone, strawberry ice cream served in a handmade balsamic vinegar cone, among others. The cones are mini so people can eat lots of them! Guests will get to try whatever they want. Ice cream will come from Christina’s Ice Cream in Inman. Beverages as well as ice cream floats will come from Mercury Brewing Co.
06/26 Monday
7:00 PM THE MIKE CASANO COLLECTIVE
featuring
PHIL GRENADIER trumpet
JEFF GALINDO trombone
PETE LEVESQUE saxes
DENNIS HUGHES piano
MARK SNYDER bass
MIKE CASANO drums
10:00 PM The Fringe
A Lily Pad Fixture
George Garzone- Tenor Saxaphone
Bob Gullotti- Drums
John Lockwood- Contrabass
06/28 Wednesday
8:00 PM Dan Hermes
www.danhermes.com
$7 donation
Dan Hermes - piano and laptop
Contact dan@hermesorchestra.com / 781-259-8109
Charts and music provided.
Performance and jam session hosted by recognized pianist/composer Dan
Hermes, Classigroov Improv Sessions are for classical musicians to improvise
in contemporary styles. Hear and learn about this unique style of
improvisation that combines classical counterpoint and harmony with
contemporary rhythms. Mr. Hermes is author of the workbook series,
"Classigroov: Modern Improvisation for the Classical Musician".
Open to the public for listening. Open to musicians to play.
10:00 PM Explorations with Nat Mugavero
06/29 Thursday
8:00 PM CHRIS ZAHNLEITER TRIO
LIVE JAZZ
CHRIS ZAHNLEITER - GUITAR
JAMIE CHAN - DRUMS
JUSTIN MEYER - ACOUSTIC BASS
SUGGESTED DONATION $ 8
10:00 PM Sangmin's Crazy Organ Machine
Hammond Funk from korean drummer Sangmin!
06/30 Friday
8:00 PM neptune/wildlife/conversions
neptune: http://www.misterrecords.com/neptune/
wildlife: http://www.wildlifemen.com
conversions: http://server5.hxcmp3.com/bands/35449/