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04/01 Tuesday
7:00 PM The Odd Tuesday Milonga
7 - 8 Beginner Lesson
8 - 9 Practica
9 - 12 Milonga (Dance)
Cost: $5 for any two; $10 for all three.
04/02 Wednesday
10:00 PM KGBG
Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Gabriel Guerrero piano
Bruce Gertz bass
Bob Kaufman drums
04/03 Thursday
7:00 PM BE THERE
students for a democratic society benefit concert!
Featuring, Sway, Yankee Blue Jeans, Anthony Baldino, and open mic sessions!
We will be selling tasty baked goods and awesome handmade shirts.
Bring your friends!
10:00 PM Simon Yu's CD release party!
CD Title "Beginnig.."
1 hr concert of Jazz/Groove/Funk/Rock music
and we a selling the CD for a special price!"
www.simonyu.net
www.myspace.com/simonyu
04/04 Friday
7:00 PM Callithumpian Experiment series
04/05 Saturday
7:30 PM Ruby BC and The Music Factor
An outstanding ensemble of musicians from Berklee College of Music will perform original compositions in the jazz genre. These works are influenced by the cultural diversity of the group allowing the ensemble and audience to interact at a dynamic level.
Led by pianist Ruby Biloskirka-Conley, The Music Factor gives promising composers and musicians a chance to perform in the Boston area.
Composers:
Andrei Matorin
Yuki Ito
Erin Craig
Dan Pugach
Midori Matsuo
Chen Sokolovsky
Ensemble:
Drums: Dan Pugach
Bass: Yuki Ito
Piano: Ruby Biloskirka-Conley
Guitar: Edouard Brenneisen
Trumpet: Chris Brouwers
Alto Saxophone: Ryoichi Yamaki
Tenor Saxophone: Bryan Parks
Trombone: Cooper Fuqua
Baritone Saxophone: Ben Whiting
10:00 PM Bar-Lavi World Jazz Quintet
Ilan Bar-Lavi - Guitar
Matan Chapnizka - Tenor Sax
Victor Gould - Piano
Haggai Cohen-Milo - Bass
Jeff Fajardo - Drums
04/06 Sunday
8:00 PM Lewis & Clarke
10:00 PM Gill Aharon Group
04/07 Monday
10:22 PM Fringe
04/08 Tuesday
10:00 PM Longy Jazz
04/09 Wednesday
10:00 PM KGBG
Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Gabriel Guerrero piano
Bruce Gertz bass
Bob Kaufman drums
04/10 Thursday
7:00 PM Aryn Calhoun "So Clearly" Concert and CD Release Party
Aryn Calhoun, singer/songwriter and Berklee College of Music student, will be performing original tunes from her newly released, 6th full-length album, "So Clearly." Aryn will play solo selections as well as several of her tunes with a band of other Berklee students. Suggested concert donation $10. "So Clearly" cd will be on sale for special cd release party price of $5. Show begins at 8PM. Doors open at 7:30.
Preview Aryn's music at: www.myspace.com/arynmcampbell and www.purevolume.com/arynmichellecampbell
Aryn (Campbell) Calhoun is a Texas born and bred singer/songwriter whose musical style can be described as alternative rock with flavors of jazz. Aryn has been writing music since the age of 15 and has been performing in concerts, gigs, festivals and traveling ensembles since she began college at Southwestern University in 2002. After graduation from Southwestern, Aryn came to the Berklee College of Music to specialize in songwriting and music synthesis. Aryn plans to move back to Texas after her schooling is done to pursue a career in professional music as a songwriter/performer/teacher and recording studio engineer.
10:00 PM Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar
Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar
Art Bailey- accordion
Jim Guttmann- bass
Jake Shulman-Ment- violin
Jeremy Brown- violin
Brandon Seabrook- mandolin
About Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar
Orkestra Popilar is a Jewish music ensemble led by accordionist and pianist Art Bailey and featuring bassist Jim Guttmann, violinists Jeremy Brown and Jake Shulman-Ment, and mandolinist Brandon Seabrook. The repertoire includes 20th century Jewish fiddle pieces, improvisation, newly composed music, and pieces from the klezmer and Eastern European repertoire.
On their recently released debut cd, Branch from the Tree, the band explores early 20th century Jewish fiddle pieces, improvisation, newly composed music, and pieces from the klezmer and Eastern European repertoire.
The sound of the ensemble owes more to the urgent, fiery sound of Romanian string and cymbalom ensembles than to Jewish-American wedding bands of the 40s and 50s, and draws from the cross-pollinated Romanian/Jewish repertoire, as well as Bailey’s own original compositions. With the absence of the American dance band drum set and clarinet, the group takes klezmer music out of the realm of the archetypical 1950s klezmer sound most listeners are familiar with, and puts it in a setting that is reminiscent of an even earlier time in the recorded history of Jewish music. The result is fresh, unique, and thoroughly engaging. The idea to form the group initially was inspired by the recordings of Joseph Moskowitz.
About Art Bailey
Pianist and accordionist Art Bailey is active in the improvised and world music scenes. Art has been the pianist with the Klezmer Conservatory Band since 1998, contributing new arrangements to the band’s repertoire and making stage and television appearances worldwide. Since moving to New York in 2003, Art has performed with many of the major participants of the downtown klezmer scene including David Krakauer, Frank London, Alicia Svigals and Matt Darriau. He has performed on Broadway in the revival of “Fiddler on the Roof” with Harvey Fierstein and in “Most Happy Fella” at Lincoln Center with the New York City Opera. In addition to his activities as a pianist and arranger in jazz and latin music, his current project, Orkestra Popilar, is an exciting quintet that explores the Romanian side of Jewish music.
Review excerpts for “Branch from the Tree”
From Seth Rogovoy of the Berkshire Jewish Voice:
“…With his quintet, something of an all-star ensemble including fellow Klezmer Conservatory Band members Jim Guttman on bass and Brandon Seabrook on mandolin, as well as two young, up-and-coming violinists, Bailey revives the lively sound of Moskowitz’s suites in arrangements that should appeal to fans of Andy Statman’s early klezmer recordings. And with this CD, Bailey establishes a place for himself in the forefront of revival-style klezmer, alongside musicians with whom he’s performed, including violinist Alicia Svigals, clarinetist David Krakauer, and trumpeter Frank London."
From George Robinson of the Jewish Week:
"Excellent...the band cooks nicely." Four out of five stars.
From Ari Davidow of KlezmerShack.com:
"This week brought a long-sought CD from Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar…The goal is to recreate the ambience of the recordings by American tsimbalist Joseph Moscowitz—traditional klezmer and luscious, long sets…Seabrook's mandolin and Bailey's accordion capture the feeling of Moscowitz' music, plus other traditional tunes and originals, in our time. What I've heard so far succeeds gracefully and delightfully. From the delightful lettering and graphic on the cover, the the music inside, this one is likely to stay on the changer for some time to come. [GRADE: A]"
Description of “Branch from the Tree”
Branch from the Tree features fresh interpretations of rarely heard material originally recorded by Romanian-born cymbalom master and Lower East Side restaurateur, Joseph Moskowitz. On this debut cd, the band also explores early 20th century Jewish fiddle pieces, improvisation, newly composed music, and pieces from the klezmer and Eastern European repertoire.
04/11 Friday
7:00 PM Vikesh Kapoor & The Simon Brothers
Vikesh Kapoor
Vikesh Kapoor is from rural Pennsylvania and plays American folk music
Listen at vikeshkapoor.com
The Simon Brothers
The Simon brothers play acoustic rock 'n' roll, influenced by the likes of Jonathan Richman and the Violent Femmes. Their cover of 'What does a girl do?' by the Shirelles has been known to move female audience members to tears through their earnest and sympathetic conveyance of the songs lyrical content. Their original songs are poppy enough not to alienate anyone's dad, and weird enough that it's still okay to admit to liking them in front of your "cool" friends. The Simon Brothers utilize a ukulele, a classical guitar, and a moe-tucker drum set in their music making.
Haruki Naginata
Pink Eye is My Matador,
Tundra sounds for forrest animals at the end of a rope,
a very sharp rope.
10:00 PM Asaf Fink Quartet
04/12 Saturday
3:30 PM Truth Serum Productions is proud to present Body Heat:
Femme Porn Tour 2008
$8 3:30-6:30 (early show)
http://www.truthserum.org for more info and mailing list
"Body Heat is a collective of fierce, sassy, irreverent Femme artists
setting ablaze performance art communities and smashing Femme
stereotypes. Porn, Kink, Smut, Erotica - Body Heat is not reclaiming our
sex so much as OWNING it. We will turn you on. We will challenge all of
your Gender, Sex, Feminist, Social, & Political boundaries &
assumptions. We will entertain the hell out of you. Mostly we will leave
you panting, begging, dripping for more. Featuring Jen Cross, Veronica
Combs (aka Vixen Noir), Celestina Pearl, kathleen delaney, Meliza
Banales, and Amber Dawn." go to http://www.truthserum.org for more info
and links
7:00 PM Andrei Matorin Quartet
04/13 Sunday
5:00 PM Florencia Gonzalez and Yuko Yamamura Sextet
7:00 PM Brian Friedland/Angela Vicente
Brian Friedland/Angela Vicente, 7PM
Household Items, a song cycle by composer/pianist Brian Friedland, is
music that deals with the realities of everyday life. Literally.
Utilizing texts from items actually found in people's houses,
Friedland's music creates atmospheres that often seek to enhance the
products qualities or put a new spin on the product. Written for
piano and voice, Household items is a comical commentary on the
ridiculous nature of advertising claims, product warnings, ingredient
lists, and instructional manuals. It addresses nearly all tangible
aspects of domestic life including the kitchen, bathroom, garage, and
the wine cellar. As a pianist and composer who has played and written
for jazz groups, classical ensembles, films, and funk/rock/pop bands,
Friedland draws on has vast experience playing and composing in
different genres to create a wide range of ideas and styles to apply
to his chosen products. Household Items vocalist Angela Vicente is an
acclaimed and in-demand vocalist on the Los Angeles scene who is
equally at home in jazz, pop, and classical settings, Vicente brings a
wide palette of expression to apply to the myriad subtleties of
commercial products.
10:00 PM Gill Aharon Group
04/14 Monday
7:00 PM Andrea Lieberherr
www.andrealieberherr.com
7:30 PM BU Brazilian Ensemble
The Boston University Brazilian Ensemble will perform traditional choros by Ernesto Nazare, Jacob do Bandolim and Pixinguinha among others.
10:22 PM Fringe
04/15 Tuesday
7:00 PM The Odd Tuesday Milonga
7 - 8 Beginner Lesson
8 - 9 Practica
9 - 12 Milonga (Dance)
Cost: $5 for any two; $10 for all three.
04/16 Wednesday
7:00 PM Longy Chamber Music
Students from the Longy School of Music's Conservatory
present masterworks of chamber music for spanning four
centuries.
10:00 PM KGBG
Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Gabriel Guerrero piano
Bruce Gertz bass
Bob Kaufman drums
04/17 Thursday
7:00 PM IMC
1. Cuddle Magic http://www.myspace.com/cuddlemagic
2. Rex Complex http://www.myspace.com/therexcomplex
3. Tony Bear http://www.myspace.com/tonytonybear
My belief is that art should not be comforting; for comfort,
we have mass entertainment, and one another. Art should provoke,
disturb, arouse our emotions, expand our sympathies in directions we
may not anticipate and may not even wish.
-Joyce Carol Oates
Life is made of desire and decision.
-Vladimir Nabokov
Freedom lies in being bold.
-Robert Frost
Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.
-Emily Dickinson
10:00 PM Dave Fox Four "adventure in sound"
Featuring: Bruno Raberg (bass), Phil Sargent (guitar) and Josh Rosen (keys, effects)
Boston area drummer Dave Fox, after spending many years under tutelage from his mentor Bob Gullotti, is quickly becoming a staple on the local scene as a sideman to many of the area's top jazz musicians. On Thursday April 17th, we welcome him as he brings his new project, “adventure in sound” to the Lily Pad! Based in (but certainly not limited to) Jazz, Rock and World Music influences, improvisations and compositions, the group features three daring musicians and innovators in Phil Sargent, Bruno Raberg and Josh Rosen. Pianist Rosen “evokes a refreshingly relaxed openness…yet burns with the best.” Guitarist Sargent made his professional debut at 14 and has worked with a number of prominent musicians including John Lockwood, Matt Wilson, Thomas Kneeland and others. Bassist Raberg has 5 CD's as a leader and has performed with the likes of Bob Moses, Ben Monder, and Billy Hart to name only a few.
Please join the band for what will no doubt be an exciting night of sonic
explorations and improvisations as they make their debut at the Lily Pad at 10PM!!
04/18 Friday
8:00 PM Tap and Jazz: A Musical Conversation
An evening of improvisation, combining tap dance and jazz music.
Featuring some of Boston's top talent, including dancers Suzanne Bouffard, Aaron Tolson, Jill Braverman, Stefanie Weber, and many others, along with:
Jorge Perez-Albela on percussion
Jose Allende on guitar
Advanced dancers welcome to dance. Musicians welcome to sit in.
Suggested donation: $10 ($15 suggested for dancers)
10:00 PM Mark Hadley Quartet
Mark Hadley - Guitar
Clay Lyons - Sax
Will Cafaro - Bass
Jonathan Pinson - Drums
$5
04/19 Saturday
11:30 AM Yoga with Caroline Logan
7:00 PM Composer in Red Sneakers
10:00 PM Composer in Red Sneakers
04/20 Sunday
2:00 PM New Music for Violin and Piano by Ryan Vigil
Featuring works for solo violin, violin and piano, and piano four-hands
Lauren Basney, violin; David Kim and Ryan Vigil, piano
4:00 PM the sisters of swing
The Sisters of Swing certainly prove the old saying that "good things come in threes"! Ruthie Ristich, Roberta Radley, and Gaye Tolan-Hatfield combine their musical personalities into one harmonious delivery of the great American songbook. Their performances are fresh, sophisticated, and fun, with original arrangements that make the familiar standards sound new again. And true to their name, these sisters swing! An evening with the Sisters of Swing will give you a 21st-century taste of the wonderful female singing group sound and the timeless songs of long ago. This “Sister” act is a hard one to follow!
Brad Hatfield-piano
Laird Boles-bass
www.thesistersofswing.com
7:00 PM Garzone and friends
10:00 PM Gill Aharon Group
It's gonna be a fun one! George Garzone is sitting in with us. He and I will start duo and keep adding from there.
Rick Stone, Kelly Roberge, Kendall Eddy, Randy Wooten, Bridget Kearney, Dave Flaherty.
Alto, alto, bass, drum, bass, drum
Special guests, George Garzone, Nat Mugavero, and more.
Last week I played Rhodes and Leo Genovese played piano, too much fun! Having dusted off the rhodes, it will be there this week (after it gets some loving).
04/21 Monday
7:00 PM Andrew Oliver Sextet
Andrew Oliver, piano
Eric Gruber, bass
Tyson Stubelek, drums
Mark Zaleski, soprano and alto sax
Sam Decker, tenor sax
Steven Connoly, guitar
Andrew Oliver is a pianist and composer from Portland, Oregon. He also plays cello, trumpet, and drums. He grew up playing classical piano and cello, and eventually switched to jazz at the beginning of high school, when he began taking lessons from Randy Porter, his most influential teacher. He has also studied with Matt Lemmler, Michael Pellera, and Darrell Grant, and has performed with numerous musicians in New Orleans and Portland, including Glen Moore, Maurice Brown, Dick Titterington, Rob Scheps, Irvin Mayfield, and Devin Phillips, with whom he toured West Africa in the fall of 2007 in a cultural exchange program organized by the U.S. State Department. He lived in New Orleans from 2002 until 2005, where he studied jazz at Loyola University and performed as both a bandleader and sideman. He returned to Portland following Hurricane Katrina and is currently active in several groups including Devin Phillips and New Orleans Straight Ahead, the Oregon Jazz Orchestra, the Portland Jazz Composers' Ensemble, which he co-directs, and his own sextet, the Andrew Oliver Sextet, which will be releasing their album "Otis Stomp" on Diatic Records in March 2008.
For this gig in Boston, he will be joined by his regular bassist Eric Gruber as well as Tyson Stubelek, a drummer from Portland with whom he has played for many years who currently lives in Boston. Also joining them will be three excellent Boston musicians who he has played with several times in the past few years. They will be performing Andrew's compositions and arrangements, many of which have been recorded on his album "Otis Stomp" which will be for sale at the gig as well.
http://www.andrewoliver.net
http://www.diaticrecords.com
10:22 PM Fringe
04/22 Tuesday
7:00 PM Private event
10:00 PM Peter Cassino Group
04/23 Wednesday
10:00 PM KGBG
KGBG Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Gabriel Guerrero piano
Bruce Gertz bass
Bob Kaufman drums
04/24 Thursday
7:00 PM Fred Woodard Trio
Fred Woodard – Guitar
Greg Loughman – Bass
Yoron Israel - Drums
$10 suggested donation
The Music
This concert will feature an evening of standard and original jazz music. Woodard’s guitar style draws from several influences including, Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, George Benson and Sonny Rollins. Woodard also takes sounds from styles other than jazz and adapts them to a jazz format.
Here’s what WGBH jazz radio host Eric Jackson has to say about Woodard: “I find Fred’s tone to be warm and inviting, making you want to hear more from him. No matter if he’s playing a ballad, an up tempo tune or an African American spiritual, that warmth shines through.”
Biographies
Fred Woodard (guitar, leader) has performed extensively with his trio in the northeastern and midwestern United States and southeastern Canada, making appearances at events such as the Providence Jazz and Blues Festival, The Discover Jazz Festival, The Kingfield Jazz and Blues Showcase and the Iowa City Jazz Festival. Woodard has released two CD’s Arrival and 1715 on his own label, Ujam Records. Both of these CDs have received extensive airplay and positive reviews as well. Woodard is currently on the faculty at the Roland Hayes School of Music in Roxbury, MA.
Greg Loughman (bass) has been very active on the Boston jazz scene for a number of years. His musical career has also taken him on tours of Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, the Czech Republic and Japan. He is also a faculty member at the University of Maine in Augusta, ME.
Yoron Israel (drums) has toured and recorded with musicians such as Abbey Lincoln, Ahmad Jamal, Kenny Burrell, Art Farmer, James Williams and he has recorded four CDs as a leader. He is currently assistant chair of the percussion department at Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA.
10:00 PM Jacquelyn Wells and Baird Caner
www.myspace.com/jacquelynwellsmusic
www.myspace.com/baird
04/25 Friday
7:00 PM Andrew Hoover
Andrew Hoover combines soul, R&B, blues and a touch of pop creating an all embracing style. What makes his style deemed "Nu-Blues" is his innovative R&B guitar style which is driven by a percussive, slap technique with minute hints of flamenco. His vocals are energetically soul-inspired and his lyrics are magnetic with soul and blues insight. You can preview this one man band by visiting www.myspace.com/andrewhoovermusic
He has shared/ is sharing the stage with: Tim Reynolds, the Alternate Routes, Ryan Montbleau Band, Dave Barnes, Dirtie Blonde and Kate Voegele
04/26 Saturday
7:30 PM Agenda
Keith Kirchoff, piano
Michael Miller, bass clarinet
Dan VanHassel, electronics
Jesse Ward, electric guitar
Agenda is committed to visceral, in your face performances of classics of the avant garde and contemporary classical music as well as new music written by members of the group. Influences abound from heavy metal to free jazz to early minimalism.
10:00 PM Tomoko Omura Quartet
Tomoko Omura presents her original jazz compositions with her quartet.. The concept of the concert is tribute to the best jazz violinists of 20th century and it is featuring all her compositions dedicated to them. It is going to be her debut at Lily Pad.
Being one of the modern jazz violinists, Tomoko opens another world of violin sound, where she combines her native Japanese poetry and modern sophisticated techniques, fluidity of movement and striking beauty of her soul-stirring sound of music.
The quartet which perform with Tomoko at this event are the most accomplished Berklee musicians: Casimir Leberski(piano), Yoshiki Yamada(bass), Jeffrey Fajardo(drums)
Tomoko invites you to share this evening at Lily Pad!
04/27 Sunday
11:30 AM Yoga with Caroline Logan
7:00 PM Pandelis Karayorgis Trio
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
Jef Charland, bass
Curt Newton, drums
http://karayorgis.com
$10 suggested donation
Bassist Jef Charland once again joins long-time collaborators Curtis Newton on drums and Pandelis Karayorgis on piano for two sets of mostly original music.
Pandelis Karayorgis:
Born in Athens, Greece in 1962. Prior to moving to the U.S. in 1985, performed in small jazz groups while pursuing a degree in Economics. Earned BM and MM degrees in music from Boston's New England Conservatory while studying with Paul Bley, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Dave Holland and Joe Maneri (composition) among others. Studied and performed extensively the music of Thelonious Monk and Lennie Tristano and in 1991 compiled a collection of all of Monk's compositions.
In the last twenty years mostly led or co-led groups whose recordings have often been voted into reviewers' top-10 lists in magazines such as Coda, Cadence, Jazz Times and Jazziz. Performed and recorded with Mat Maneri, Joe Maneri, Ken Vandermark, Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek, John Lockwood, Randy Peterson and Guillermo Gregorio among many others. Numerous performances at festivals and clubs in Europe and the United States. Recordings appear on labels such as Leo Records, Hat Art, Clean Feed, Nuscope, Boxholder, Okkadisk, Cadence, Accurate, Leo Lab, Ayler and HatOLOGY among others.
In the nineties worked closely with violinist Mat Maneri producing several recordings on Leo Records mostly in duo format, but also featuring Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek, Joe Maneri, John Lockwood and Randy Peterson. During the same time also co-led a group featuring much of the Tristano repertoire and originals with which two CDs were made and a trip to Europe in 1997 as well. Also, in 1998 released first trio CD "Heart And Sack" to wide critical acclaim (among others it was featured on National Public Radio's program Fresh Air).
In the past couple of years toured and recorded in duo format with Ken Vandermark (there is also a 2001 trio CD with Vandermark and McBride) and also with Guillermo Gregorio (with whom there are two previous HatArt collaborations). Performed recently with Dave Rempis, Josh Abrams, Jeff Parker, Jeb Bishop, Tim Daisy, Jason Stein, Mike Reed, Josh Berman, Keefe Jackson, Nori Tanaka, Daniel Levin, Frank Rosaly, Charlie Kohlase, Luther Gray, Jef Charland, Forbes Graham, Matt Langley, Jeff Galindo, Charles Waters and the TILT Brass band.
Lately working on composing and arranging for a quintet formation. Presented two such concerts in Chicago and one in Boston during the last year. The latest CD is "Free Advice" (Clean Feed, 2007) with Curt Newton and Nate McBride and “Betwixt” with the same group is expected to be released by HatOLOGY in August 2008.
Quotes:
"Over the course of nearly 20 years and approximately that many recordings, Karayorgis has established himself as one of the singular, and significant, pianists of his generation."
Art Lange
" ... by this stage, Karayorgis has developed a powerful piano language of his own and this is its definitive statement to date."
The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings, (8th Edition) in reference to solo piano CD "Seventeen Pieces" (2004).
Discography: http://karayorgis.com/Pages/recordings.html
Jef Charland:
A native of Gardner MA., Jef’s first instrument was trumpet. Later he studied guitar at Berklee with Jon Damian and played in the house band at Wally’s in Boston. After graduating from Berklee he picked up the bass and has become a fixture on the jazz scene playing regularly with the Masked Marvels, the Andy Voelker Trio, Gypsy Schaeffer and at jazz jams at the Center for Arts in Natick, Costello’s and Matt Murphy’s Pub.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=101776359
Curt Newton:
Boston-based drummer and percussionist Curt Newton has been playing uncompromising original music since 1986. A highly versatile ensemble player and soloist, he integrates innovative sounds and extended techniques with the jazz and rock drumset traditions. He has worked with Ken Vandermark, Joe Morris, Nate McBride, Pandelis Karayorgis, Charlie Kohlhase, and Debris; performed across the United States, Canada, and Europe; and appears on CDs released by leading independent labels like Okkadisk, Boxholder, Soul Note, Music and Arts, Buzz, and Rastascan.
"Newton dazzles...he exhibited breathtaking restraint, breaking down time with a subtle hand, tapping out painterly splashes of sound... A large reserve of free floating power."
Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
http://www.curtnewton.com/
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=139198444
$10 suggested donation
10:00 PM Gill Aharon Group
04/28 Monday
7:00 PM Scurvy/Ben Kogan
New York based Scurvy weds improvisation and modern song in the language of rock, jazz, and free iExperimental/rock/jazz group Scurvy defies pigeonholing. A product of New York's underground music community, Scurvy weds intricate compositions and improvisations that meld modern jazz, rock, funk, noise, and free improvisation - and they clearly like doing it. Their concerts are mind-blowing demonstrations of musical virtuosity as they successfully prove that Albert Ayler is much cooler than Kenny G.
This performance is part of Scurvy's first Northeast tour.
Scurvy includes members, ex-members, and guests of Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities, Capillary Action, The Silver Arrows. Pull, Local Melons, and the E.R.A.
www.myspace.com/scurvynyc
Ben Kogan
Ben Kogan is a 23 year old bass player, songwriter, teacher, and multi-instrumentalist. Ben graduated from the University of Miami in 2006 with a Jazz Bass Performance Degree, and currently performs with The Big Idea (a mix of covers and originals), Pablo Picker(a progressive coldplay/radioheadish, trance band), and The Madison Project(a punk/pop band). Ben Kogan takes a break from his usual rock scene to play some hard hitting jazz with some of bostons finest musicians.
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/benkoganmusic
10:22 PM Fringe
04/29 Tuesday
7:00 PM The Odd Tuesday Milonga
7 - 8 Beginner Lesson
8 - 9 Practica
9 - 12 Milonga (Dance)
Cost: $5 for any two; $10 for all three.
04/30 Wednesday
7:30 PM The Creative Nation Concert Series presents: Eric Hofbauer & The Infrared Band
CNM Artists To Celebrate New CDs During Boston's JazzWeek
Three Creative Nation Music recording artists will celebrate their latest releases at The Lily Pad in Cambridge, MA during Boston's annual JazzWeek.
Wednesday, April 30th at 7:30 p.m.
The Creative Nation Concert Series presents:
Eric Hofbauer & The Infrared Band
Boston CD Release Party for 'Myth Understanding'
feat. Eric Hofbauer, guitar; Kelly Roberge, tenor sax; Michael Montgomery, bass; Miki Matsuki, drums