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08/01 Friday
7:00 PM The Never / Windmills / Twain
The Never are a conceptual pop rock band from Chapel Hill, NC, touring in anticipation of their 3rd full-length, a follow-up to Antarctica: a storybook record, released on Trekky Records in 2006. Inspired by the read-along records of your childhood, Antarctica is a full album coupled with a fully illustrated storybook. Complete with 40 oil paintings by Noah Smith, the story and songs follow the journey of a country boy on his way to return a nuclear bomb to the city. The album is arranged in such a way that one can listen to the songs and read along; enjoying music, art and written word simultaneously.
"Confident, competent, and altogether charming"
- Delusions of Adequacy
"There's something instantly endearing about a band that intentionally bucks trends. The inherent bravery required to step apart from the pack can be irresistible, especially when the music by the band in question is top-shelf quality."
-Billboard
"[The Never] had their go at a concept album, and, not only do they nail the mark, they’ve practically reinvented the idea."
-Discorder
http://www.thenever.org
www.myspace.com/thenever
Windmills (Boston, MA) play the complex and beautiful compositions from students at Berklee College of Music.
the music of twain happens in Mat Davidson's room, but that's as
much as he can take credit for. the actual creative process can be
attributed to Five Ghosts (cherry ghost, hairy ghost, scary ghost,
weary ghost, fairy ghost) whose dispositions are curt, but never
hostile. they arrive unannounced, sometimes in twos, or altogether,
but never alone. of the Five, two play instruments, two sing and
write, and the fifth, who doesn't seem to have any outward involvement
in the music at all, mostly just reads books and encourages the other
four. mat doesn't really mind the Ghosts, but he probably wouldn't
miss them too much if they didn't come back...
08/02 Saturday
7:00 PM Tony Barba
Brooklyn-based saxophonist Tony Barba brings a group of like minded
improvisers and sound-explorers that includes Jesse Neuman on trumpet,
Mike Gamble on electric guitar, Rob Jost on electric bass, and Simon Lott
on drums.
10:00 PM 2008 CD Release concert for fmrje: Quantum Jazz Music Suites
Quantum Jazz Music Suites is an expression of the quantum
principle in musical performance. Each CD track
represents pure improvisational music compositions where
the “now lives”.
A demonstration of faith in improvisation with like minded
musician in pursuit of instant harmony in every moment’s
Quantum Uncertainity Principle.
Where the Quantum Uncertainty Principle is the sonic
foundation phenomena of fmrje. Proclaimed by each ensemble
member’s SuperString music quanta shaping the fmrje sound.
Each musician sonic exploration meets on the uncertainty
principle’s ever potential vibrating foundation. No fear of the
unknown - we are sonic explorers who’s urgency is based
“on the now via music”.
Featuring:
Forbes Graham-trumpet
Jim Hobbs-alto saxophone
Hilary Noble-tenor saxophone, congas
Tor Yocai Snyder-electric guitars
David Warren-electric bass
Jose Arroyo-congas, tone bell, cowbell
Dennis Warren-drums, timbales,quica,
rain stick, mambo bell, gong
08/03 Sunday
11:30 AM Yoga with Natalie Brooks
10:00 PM Gill Aharon Trio
www.myspace.com/thegillaharontrio
08/04 Monday
7:00 PM Steven Greenman/Walter Mahovlich duo of Jewish (Klezmer) and East European Gypsy folk music
10:00 PM The Fringe
The world's premier Free Jazz Trio. Thirty two years of playing together every Monday has created a three headed beast that is making Jazz history. If you want to experience the Boston Jazz scene you cannot miss the Fringe. Monday after Monday this story unfolds.
ohn Lockwood - Bass
Bob Gulotti - Drums
George Garzone - Sax
08/05 Tuesday
2:00 PM private event
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.
08/06 Wednesday
10:00 PM KGBG
Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Gabriel Guerrero piano
Bruce Gertz bass
Bob Kaufman drums
08/07 Thursday
10:00 PM greg davis & eric chenaux
Eric Chenaux plays guitars, ballads, electronics, tunes and improvisations.
He is currently a member of The Reveries, The Draperies, Drumheller,
The Guayaveras
and The Allison Cameron Band. These groups share affiliation with the
Toronto-based record label, Rat-drifting --
a home for sweet-psychedelic experimental polyphony and fried pop.
Chenaux had also released his hacks of ballads
on two solo records (Dull Lights and more currently Sloppy Ground) on
the Montréal- based record label, Constellation.
Eric will be performing solo renditions of these ballads with voice,
electric guitar and whammy Echo harps.
www.rat-drifting.com
www.myspace.com/ericchenaux
Greg Davis plays everything from guitar to khaen to gongs to
synthesizer to pine cones to laptop and more. He primarily works as a
solo musician but has worked in a variety of musical situations with
Jeph Jerman, Zach Wallace (as Sun Circle), Keith Fullerton Whitman,
Sebastien Roux, Steven Hess, Joseph Grimm and Akron/Family. Davis has
released many records on labels such as Carpark, Kranky, Important,
Tompkins Square, Tonschacht, Room40, Ghostly and more. He has toured
and travelled around the world sharing his openness to all sounds and
musical experiences. Davis makes his home in Burlington, Vermont where
he works on music, audio mastering and has been active in developing a
new scene for different music.
Greg's recent live sets have focused on a shared meditative drone
based music which creates a sound environment conducive for the
practice of deep listening in the present moment with a clear mind and
without prejudice.
www.autumnrecords.net
http://www.myspace.com/gregdavismusic
08/08 Friday
7:00 PM GREEDY CHERRY / ZANNA / CARA DINEEN
GREEDY CHERRY
www.myspace.com/greedycherry
ZANNA
www.myspace.com/zannamusic
CARA DINEEN
www.myspace.com/caradineen
08/09 Saturday
7:00 PM The Brian Jansen Band
(www.myspace.com/brianjansen) a four-piece indie-folk band.
08/10 Sunday
11:30 AM Yoga with Natalie Brooks
4:00 PM JYUGOYA Ensemble Japan Tour Kick-Off Concert
Jyugoya ensemble is an ongoing project of Boston-based, Japanese born composer Reiko Yamada, directing a group of talented international artists. The talented performers, hailing from Canada, France, Japan, Latvia, and Venezuela, meld their diverse musical and cultural influences to create a unique and visionary program. The ensemble is comprised of Mariliana Arvelo - Flamenco dance, Andrew Eng - Violin, Mariko Matsumura - Soprano, Fabrizio Mazzetta - Cello, Synthia Sture - Piano, Reiko Yamada - Composer. The afternoon's program features original compositions written exclusively for the ensemble by composer Reiko Yamada.
www.reikoyamada.com
7:00 PM The George Schuller Trio
featuring
Dan Tepfer, piano
Jeremey Stratton, bass
George Schuller, drums
10:00 PM Gill Aharon Trio
08/11 Monday
10:00 PM The Fringe
The world's premier Free Jazz Trio. Thirty two years of playing together every Monday has created a three headed beast that is making Jazz history. If you want to experience the Boston Jazz scene you cannot miss the Fringe. Monday after Monday this story unfolds.
ohn Lockwood - Bass
Bob Gulotti - Drums
George Garzone - Sax
08/12 Tuesday
7:00 PM Vian Quartet
Vian: piano
Samir Zarif: saxpones
Hogyu Hwang: basses
Nick Falk: drums
All Music Composed by Vian
" Vian is very talented and has special musical abilities. His music is very sensitive, pretty and musical. It presents a total pleasure to listen to the audience." - Joanne Brackeen
" The musical beauty of Vian will bring you a true feeling of love and joy." - Garry Dial
" Vian's music is thoughtful, at times introspective and yet filled with hope. His well orchestrated compositions, played tastefully and by an excellent ensemble, make this first recording effort one to be applauded."
08/13 Wednesday
10:00 PM KGBG
Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Gabriel Guerrero piano
Bruce Gertz bass
Bob Kaufman drums
08/14 Thursday
10:00 PM The Julien Kasper Band
The Julien Kasper Band
10:00 PM Michael McNeill Quartet Featuring Paul Smoker
Paul Smoker, trumpet
Michael McNeill, piano
Larry Kukers, bass
Francisco Molina, drums
For more information:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/damonshort/smoker.htm
http://www.myspace.com/mgmcneill
08/15 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 dance and musical talent.
Hosted by Suzanne Bouffard
Advanced dancers welcome to dance. Musicians welcome to sit in.
Suggested donation: $10 ($15 suggested for dancers)
Suggested arrival time for dancers: 7:30 pm
For more information, email Suzanne at smbouffard@gmail.com
10:00 PM Anna Vogelzang/Emilyn Brodsky
Anna Vogelzang is unavoidably soulful. She has major vocals. She was a vocal major. Anna started writing terrible poetry when she turned 13 and started playing the guitar because she wanted to be like Jewel. Later in her young adult years she traveled & lived in lots of different cities, sharing stages with awesome folks like: Mirah, Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady), Wye Oak, Ecstatic Sunshine, Winterpills, Charlotte Martin, & Casey Dienel (White Hinterland). She also performed as a vocalist with The Dresden Dolls all around the country, notably at Lollapalooza 2006 & on NPR's World Cafe. During college she wrote a lot of essays about music and made two real records, the second of which (The Things That Airplanes Do) served as her senior thesis & was mastered at Capitol Records in glamtastic Hollywood by Ron McMaster (Diana Krall, The Beach Boys, Gwen Stefani). The Pittsburgh City Paper called her "an erudite pop star in the making" when she released it; she graduated in 2007 with a BFA in Creative Music Production from Carnegie Mellon University. Now she's living the starving singer-songwriter's dream in Chicago where she hosts an open mic every week & plays around town all the time, much to the shagrin of her beauty sleep. She also drives all over the country playing music with her friends on DIY tours, and plans to keep on doing it no matter what - even if the gas prices make it impossible.
Emilyn Brodsky is 22 year old singer-songwriter who couldn't bring herself to learn how to play the guitar, so instead she plays the ukulele. She writes simple songs about complex feelings and is a big fan of tight harmonies and aggressive charm. Emilyn grew up in Westchester, New York home to Bill and Hillary Clinton, Jay-Z and Beyonce, and Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning. She has had the good fortune to play with some seriously amazing people. Would you like some examples? You got it!: The Dresden Dolls, The Gossip, The Magnetic Fields, The Decemberists, The Hold Steady, The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Langhorne Slim, Kimya Dawson, Ani Difranco, and Pete Seeger. She thinks that's a pretty impressive list. She has a self-released album of home recordings, a split 7-inch with Mirah on Third Story Records, and you can now pre-order her first full-length studio album from Third Story Records, Emilyn Brodsky's Greatest Tits, on which she, very excitingly, is playing with a killer band (Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls, Peter Hess of Balkan Beat Box and The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Franz Nicolay of World/Inferno and The Hold Steady, gorgeous chanteuse Anna Vogelzang, and teen folk phemon Anthony Da Costa)! She is (almost!) a college graduate, having gotten her B.A. in Poetry from The New School University. She lives in New York City on the great island of Manhattan in a lovely and strange house. Sometimes she considers moving out of New York but she couldn't live without good bagels.
08/16 Saturday
7:00 PM Junta/Qwertysaur
Junta is:
Richard McGuire – vox, alto saxophone
Vinay Bhatt – trumpet, sitar, trombone, euphonium, keys
Justin Mayfield – guitar
Dan Ehramjian - bass
Brandon Williams – drums
Forming from 5 friends frustrated with the local hardcore/punk/emo scene, Junta began their days trying to cover as much ground in musical categories as possible. They began playing in the glory days of high school and have since then performed as often as possible on breaks from college.
With a sound that could always be surprising, they were inspired by the idea that music does not need to be consistent, interrupting a flowing pop song with metal can be funny, and humor is acceptable in serious music. They have been compared to artists such as Mr. Bungle, Frank Zappa, and Otis Redding, and always look to expand on what artists they cite.
Visit them at www.myspace.com/juntajams to hear for yourself.
Qwertysaur is:
Justin Mayfield – guitar
Peter Moffett – drums
Qwertysaur works by the idea that anything that pops into their heads must be captured immediately and articulated, and then built upon. Complexities and technical structures are added afterwards and eventually their headaches become performable songs. Working with only two instruments is the game because it has unique drawbacks but even more advantages. It causes all ideas to be confined to two parts, yet the possibilities are endless, especially with two minds that consistently are trying to push each other beyond themselves.
Music available at www.myspace.com/qwertysaur
08/17 Sunday
11:30 AM Yoga with Natalie Brooks
7:00 PM Forbes Graham (musician), Daniel Johnson (poet),
08/18 Monday
10:00 PM The Fringe
The world's premier Free Jazz Trio. Thirty two years of playing together every Monday has created a three headed beast that is making Jazz history. If you want to experience the Boston Jazz scene you cannot miss the Fringe. Monday after Monday this story unfolds.
John Lockwood - Bass
Bob Gulotti - Drums
George Garzone - Sax
08/19 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.
08/20 Wednesday
10:00 PM KGBG
Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Gabriel Guerrero piano
Bruce Gertz bass
Bob Kaufman drums
08/21 Thursday
7:00 PM John Stowell and Gustavo Assis-Brasil / Guitar Duo
http://www.gustavoassisbrasil.com
http://www.johnstowell.com
$10 suggested donation
Guitarists John Stowell and Gustavo Assis-Brasil present an evening of intimate guitar duets, including standards, Brazilian tunes, and modern jazz classics
"Gustavo Assis-Brasil is an accomplished guitarist with a remarkably fluid linear concept and a distinctive, ultra-sophisticated harmonic sense."
-- BILL MILKOWSKI, Jazz Times Magazine
"John Stowell plays his amplified guitar as if he were surrounded by fine crystal… the type of slow burning, sustained energy that you hear in players that practice all the time."
--Downbeat Magazine
08/22 Friday
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.
08/23 Saturday
7:30 PM Anthology
http://www.anthologyvoices.com/
Anthology is a professional women's vocal quartet. The group came
together with the goal of singing varied repertoire and not limiting
itself to any particular style. Each of the vocalists has a solid
education in classical choral music, and the group's range includes
medieval music, Renaissance madrigals, Romantic
part-songs, and new music hot off the press from local Boston
composers. They also sing folk and jazz, and are hoping to expand
their list of styles even further as they continue to work together.
The common musical thread is a consistently high standard of
performance, and a sense of fun!
10:00 PM Franklin Bruno/One Happy Island/Amo Joy
Franklin Bruno 10:45pm
One Happy Island 10pm
Amo Joy! 12midnight
08/24 Sunday
11:30 AM Yoga with Natalie Brooks
08/25 Monday
10:00 PM The Fringe
The world's premier Free Jazz Trio. Thirty two years of playing together every Monday has created a three headed beast that is making Jazz history. If you want to experience the Boston Jazz scene you cannot miss the Fringe. Monday after Monday this story unfolds.
John Lockwood - Bass
Bob Gulotti - Drums
George Garzone - Sax
08/27 Wednesday
10:00 PM KGBG
Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Gabriel Guerrero piano
Bruce Gertz bass
Bob Kaufman drums
08/28 Thursday
7:00 PM End of Summer HAMMOND JAM
Presented by Sam Gilman
We are bidding farwell to the summer of 08 with another classic Hammond Jam, come slip into fall with the only Hammond Jam in the Boston area. All instruments welcome to come sit in, Hammond players attendance is mandatory!