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10/01 Wednesday
7:00 PM open vinyasa yoga
one hour class
$5
10:00 PM KGBG
Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Gabriel Guerrero piano
Bruce Gertz bass
Bob Kaufman drums
10/02 Thursday
7:00 PM Parker Shper
10:00 PM Baby Dee
http://www.myspace.com/theonlybabydee
Truth Serum Productions presents
Baby Dee
and friends
http://www.truthserum.org for more info
$12, all ages, 10pm
email aliza at truthserum.org if you're interested in advanced tickets.
Drag City recording artist: Baby Dee www.myspace.com/theonlybabydee
Baby Dee was born in Cleveland Ohio. Her father was a fire chief. She loved to play the piano as a child and began her "professional career" as a bear in Central Park playing the harp.
At that time she did not know how to play a harp but people tend to be less critical of bears than they are of other people so the bear made money and Baby Dee could drink beer. The bear went to Paris because that is what a young american bear must do if she wants to become a princess and be cultured and have strange and exotic men and women lavish money and affection on her.
There she met the wonderful people who called themselves "The Shanghai Bureau" and played the harp with them in very beautiful places. She came back to New York {The bear stayed in Paris -- proof positive that bears are smarter than people) and began the dark descent into the ignominious and shameful world of serious music.
Having recovered her senses some fifteen years later she became an accordion playing cat (some would say a very sexy accordion playing cat) and commissioned a very talented man named George Bliss to create for her a high rise tricycle so she could ride in style with her concert harp and rule the streets of lower Manhattan. (No humble bear ever had it so good.) She worked at the Coney Island Sideshow and toured with the Bindlestif Circus.
She met Antony of "Antony and the Johnsons" and did shows and recorded the harp parts on that wonderful first album. Then she went back to Europe and traveled to Scotland where she met John Kamikaze -- The Prince of Pain and benevolent despot of The Kamikaze Freak Show. Then something mysterious happened and she left everything (lots of very heavy and expensive things) in Ghent and came back to Cleveland Ohio where she became a tree climber. While in Cleveland she wrote songs and recorded two albums "Little Window" and "Loves Small Song." David Tibet befriended her and released them on his Durtro label.
Her latest full length studio work "A Book of Songs for Anne Marie" has been presented not as an album but as a book which comes with a CD. Also available an official live album on PREcordings ( www.precordings.com) of her piano and vocals performance recorded in Torino , Italy on november 2004. Baby Dee is also a member of the Current 93 live band and she has ongoing collaborations with the experimental band Larsen as well as Marc Almond.
10/03 Friday
10:00 PM Zabap
AFRO-CARIBBEAN AVANT-GARDE JAZZ
Melodies and grooves from Africa and the Antilles meet the intensity and freedom of contemporary improvisation.
Based in Brattleboro, Vermont, Zabap features seven of New England’s master improvisors: Eugene Uman, keyboards; Derrik Jordan, violin and guitar; Dan Rostov, trumpet; Jamie MacDonald, bass; Doug Raneri, drums; Steve Ferraris and Julian Gerstin, percussion.
The ensemble’s members have worked with a vast array of musicians from Sun Ra to Bo Diddley, salsa star Chocolate Armenteros to punk legend Richard Hell, African bands Habib Koite and Kotoja, and with such jazz luminaries as Michael Brecker, Lee Konitz, Sonny Fortune, Paquito D’Rivera, Charlie Haden, Joseph Bowie, Yusef Lateef, Carlos Averhoff, Valery Ponomarev, Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton, Bobby Sanabria, and Donald Byrd.
Zabap filters these influences through the deep traditions of Ghana, Cuba, Martinique and Brazil. Most of the band members have lived, studied, and performed in these nations. Some pieces are settings of traditional songs, while others are original but with rhythms and instruments from afar. With three percussionists in the rhythm section, you can count on surprises … some pretty sounds, and some challenging ones.
Zabap … It’s not your grandma’s Latin jazz.
Julian Gerstin (percussion)
Julian specializes in the traditional styles of Cuba, Martinique, Ghana ... and experimental jazz. Since moving to Vermont in 2006, Julian has founded Zabap (his dream band), performed with the Windham Orchestra and jazz vocalist Samirah Evans, sung with the River Singers chorus, and accompanied the choirs Emerald Stream, Brattleboro Community Chorus, and Brattleboro Women’s Chorus. In California from 1984-2006, Julian was a percussionist with the African bands Kotoja and Zulu Spear, experimental jazz artists Joel Harrison and Eddie Gale, Brazilian samba groups Batucada Nana and Batucada do Leste, Afro-Cuban dancer Judith Justíz, Ghanaian drummer C.K. Ladzekpo, world beat band Syncrosystem, and numerous others. He is equally proud of regular appearances in the famous Cuban rumba sessions at La Peña Café.
Julian began studying percussion with Milford Graves in the early 1970s, and his Cuban teachers include Sandy Pérez, John Santos, Lorenzo Peñavel, and Michael Spiro. In 1993-95 Julian lived in Martinique, in the French West Indies, learning traditional bèlè drumming and dance. He received a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in 1996 and has published articles on Martinique in several scholarly journals.
As a day gig, Julian teaches world music and rhythm studies as Adjunct Instructor of Music at Clark University and Keene State College; runs the Rhythm Workshop and co-directs (with Eugene Uman) the Latin Jazz Ensemble at the Vermont Jazz Center; and teaches Afrocuban percussion at The Loft. He has also taught world music and jazz history at Wesleyan University, Marlboro College, and San José State University.
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Eugene Uman (piano, keyboards)
Eugene has performed with such stars as Attila Zoller, Valery Ponomarev, Sonny Fortune, Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton, Bobby Sanabria, and Bo Diddley. For several years his compositions fueled the experimental trio Ambassadors of Light, with Zabap’s bassist Jamie MacDonald and drummer Claire Arenius. Eugene has also written for musical ensembles ranging from big band to rock to symphony orchestra—his commissioned work for the Windham Symphony premiered in January 2008. Three of Eugene’s Latin jazz originals were recorded by Sammy Figueroa for his 2005 Grammy-nominated CD, And Sammy Walked In.
Eugene is the Artistic/Educational director of the Vermont Jazz Center, based in Brattleboro. Under his guidance, the VJC has grown into an esteemed concert venue where performances by high-level jazz artists are complemented by community outreach and educational programs. The VJC’s renowned summer jazz workshop attracts students from around the world. In addition, Eugene is Adjunct Instructor of Music at Amherst College, teaching jazz theory, composition, and piano; he also teaches music at the Governor’s Institute of the Arts.
Along with extensive travels in South America, Eugene spent the year 2007 in Medellín, Colombia, where he co-founded Medellín’s Festival de Jazz and initiated the jazz studies program at the Universidad EAFIT.
Eugene received his M.A. in Jazz Performance and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Queens College in New York, where he received a Eubie Blake Scholarship. He has studied piano with Sir Roland Hanna, Kenny Barron, Barry Harris, and Ran Blake, composition with Jimmy Heath, and jazz theory with Dave Liebman, among others.
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Derrik Jordan (electric violin, guitar)
As a multi-instrumentalist, composer, bandleader, producer, and teacher, Derrik is used to wearing a lot of hats. What ties it together is performing original music for real audiences. “Creating live music is a sacred trust. That moment of ecstatic communion when performer and audience become one is one of life’s greatest experiences.”
Derrik is well known around New England as the leader of the beloved world beat band Simba, but he also thrives as a wide-ranging singer-songwriter. His CD Touch the Earth features songs on environmental themes, while Expecting a Miracle, featuring Ben Wittman and Marc Shulman, includes the song “Speak Through Me,” which placed 1st in the Gospel/Inspirational category and 2nd overall—out of 32,000 entries—in the 2004 USA Songwriting Competition. Derrik’s love of Brazilian music shines out on the double-CD Brazilliance, which includes his “Share Your Love,” first recorded by Angela Bofill. Derrik has also released two CDs under the name SuperString Theory, showcasing his 5-string electric violin in a variety of world fusion settings, and featuring free jazz singer Lisa Sokolov and Ethiopian vocalist Helen Kerlin-Smith. Other regular gigs include the collaborative improvisational trios Natural History and Starfish. Derrik’s commissioned work for string orchestra and percussion was premiered by the Sage City Symphony in early 2008.
Derrik has studied percussion with Milford Graves and composition with Henry Brant, among others. In his journey to further develop his craft he has traveled to Brazil, Trinidad, Ghana, and Senegal, studying and recording with numerous local musicians (including 2007’s Superstring Theory Goes to Senegal). Back in Vermont, Derrik teaches music at The Greenwood School, a highly regarded school for children with learning disabilities. This experience, Derrik feels, has deepened his understanding of human creativity and spirit, influencing all his other work.
Dan Rostov (trumpet)
Dan began learning music from his father, guitarist Bruce Rosow, in elementary school. By 5th grade his early musical influences Marilyn Manson and White Zombie were replaced by Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane. In high school his main musical mentors were trumpeter Steive Sonntag and Zabap pianist Eugene Uman. Dan also became deeply involved with the Wednesday night jam sessions at the Vermont Jazz Center.
Dan graduated from high school early and joined the dub reggae band Trumystic out of Brooklyn, touring the United States for two years. During much of the three years since, Dan has traveled, playing with bands in Senegal, Gambia, Nepal, and India. He is currently with the Senegalese reggae band Aziz Boukote, which has just released the CD Guidance and will tour West Africa and Europe in early 2008.
Meanwhile, Dan has started his own reggae fusion group, Umkhonto We Sizwe, based in Brattleboro. Umkhonto will soon record its first CD. We are fortunate to have this outstanding young musician in Zabap. Listen and judge for yourself!
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Jamie MacDonald (bass)
Jamie is a first-call musician for the southern Vermont/New Hampshire/Massachusetts area. His ability to groove creatively in a wide range of musical settings, along with a high level of technique from years of both jazz and classical studies, have given Jamie a reputation as a seriously original improvisor.
Jamie performed for several years with the collaborative experimental trio Ambassadors of Light, together with pianist Eugene Uman and drummer Claire Arenius. He has also worked with jazz figures Harvey Diamond, Sheila Jordan, Carlos Averhoff, Bobby Bradford, James Williams, Helmut Kagerer, Mitch Seidman, and the Vermont Jazz Center Big Band. As a classical musician, Jamie has performed with the BMC String Quartet, Raylnmor Opera Company, and Keene Chamber Orchestra.
Jamie has served the Vermont Jazz Center as Director of Educational Programs, and currently teaches bass, jazz ensemble and jazz theory at Cheshire Music in Keene, New Hampshire. He holds a B.M. in performance from Keene State College and has studied with jazz icons Michael Formanek, Cameron Brown, and Don Baldini.
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Doug Raneri (drums)
Doug has been playing percussion for over 30 years. Doug’s musical sensitivity, superb polyrhythmic chops, and interest in a broad range of musical styles make him a natural fit with Zabap’s eclectic sound. Doug has concertized with Michael Brecker, Charlie Haden, Yusef Lateef, and many others. Doug’s recordings with area groups include Viva Quetzal, Stockwell Brothers, Stash, Live on the Planet, and Band of Crows. He attended New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Fred Buda and Bob Moses. Besides a thriving practice of drumset instruction, Doug teaches yoga in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
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Steve Ferraris (percussion)
Steve expertise lies in the African djembe drum as well as Afro-Cuban congas, timbales, and bongó. His passionate playing, versatility, and openness have taken him in many musical directions, notably with jazz greats Sun Ra, Joseph Bowie, Paquito D’Rivera, Charlie Haden, Michael Ray, and James Spaulding; salsa stars Chocolate Armenteros and Ray Vega; and African drummer/dancer Arthur Hall. Recently Steve has been seen regularly in the rhythm sections of Burlington, Vermont-based salsa and Latin jazz outfits, Grupo Sabor and Jazzismo. He also recently recorded with guitarist/singer Habib Koité on his new CD, Afriki. Steve’s current project, The History and Mystery of Jazz, is an entertaining and educational tour through the development of America’s great indigenous art, and has appeared in both Italy and the United States.
With a number of the above groups as well as his own Rootsystem Drummers, Steve has toured the United States and Europe, appearing at (among others) the New Orleans Jazz Festival (six times), Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, the Ottawa and Toronto Jazz Festivals, the Umbria and Urbino Jazz Festivals in Italy, and Germany’s Moers Jazz Festival.
As a teacher, Steve is Adjunct Instructor of Percussion at the University of Vermont, Burlington, and for over twenty years has held numerous artistic residencies in K-12 schools throughout New England. Steve has also presented percussion clinics at the Urbino Jazz Festival Music School, the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, and the University of Vermont Summer Clinic for music teachers.
Steve has a B.A. from Dartmouth University. His training in African and Afro-Cuban music includes stints with, among others, Hafiz Shabazz, Abraham Adzinyah, Ibrahima Camera, Osei Appiagyei, and Jerry Gonzalez.
10/04 Saturday
7:00 PM Linda Sharar CD Release Show:
This concert is the culmination of a project on which Osnat has been working for the last three years - a concert of original songs, all set to poems by Hebrew-language poet Leah Goldberg.
http://www.myspace.com/osnatnetzer
Jazz Pianist and Composer Michel Reis was born in Luxembourg in 1982. Classically
trained from the age of 8, he started to become more and more interested in Jazz and
improvised music after having heard his fathers recordings of Duke Ellington and Erroll
Garner. At the age of 14, Michel decided to enter the Jazz Class of the "Conservatoire de
la Ville de Luxembourg", where he studied Jazz Piano with Belgian pianist and composer
Kris Defoort, Harmony, Theory with Luxembourgian trumpet player and film composer
Gast Waltzing and classical piano with Serge Bausch.
After completing his studies at the conservatory in Luxembourg, Michel moved to
Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music on scholarship, earning a Bachelors
Degree in Jazz Performance and Jazz Composition. His teachers were Joanne Brackeen,
Danilo Perez, Frank Carlberg, Ed Bedner, Hal Crook and Greg Hopkins.
Michel Reis released his first album as a leader for WPR (Waltzing-Parke Records) in
2005, featuring Michael Oien on the bass and Dennis Frehse on drums. As a sideman,
Michel appeared on the album "Fables of Lost Time", released by the band Largo for
Warner Jazz UK; and on the CD "Stop Requested", with the Alex Terrier Quartet.
Michel Reis performed extensively in throughout Europe, USA and Japan, with his own
Trio, the Nir Naaman Quartet, the Alex Terrier Quartet, High Groovin', Gast Waltzing
and Largo, Didier Lockwood and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, as well
in duo an solo settings.
Michel was awarded the 4th place at the First Moscow Competition for Jazz Perfomers
(Piano) in 2005, and in 2006, he won the 2nd price at the Montreux Jazz Solo Piano
Competition.
Michel is currently pursuing his Masters of Music Degree in Jazz Piano with Danilo
Perez, Frank Carlberg, Ran Blake and George Garzone at the New England Conservatory
of Music in Boston.
Quotes:
Michel Reis is a very exceptional pianist and composer.
-Joe Lovano / Jazz Saxophone
Michel Reis is a musician of outstanding talent, discipline and seriousness.
-Danilo Perez / Jazz Pianist and Composer
...Another trio led by a pianist, Michel Reis, tempered its impressionism with rhythmic
suspense.
-New York Times, January 2007
Michael Gleichman started playing drums when he was seven years old. His teacher quickly introduced him to jazz, highlighting great drummers such as Tony Williams, Roy Haynes, and Art Blakey.
In his years of drumming, Michael has had the honor of playing with many jazz greats, including Dave Holland, Victor Goines, Bill Watrous, Jim Rotondi, David Sánchez, Jim Snidero, Rufus Reid, and David Hazeltine. Michael has studied under Jerry Bergonzi, Billy Hart, Bob Moses, Danilo Perez, Victor Goines, Billy Degnats, David Baker, Gordon Vernick, Justin Varnes, John Riley, Jason Tiemann, and Dan Haerle.
Michael has won many awards, including the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts' Recognition and Talent Search for Jazz Percussion, Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship, Atlanta Federation of Musicians Scholarship, Woody Herman Jazz Award, and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award.
Currently, Michael attends New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts University in the 5-year, dual-degree program. He is studying under Jerry Leake, George Garzone, and Jerry Bergonzi.
Jazz bassist and composer Tal Gamlieli creates simple melodies that speak directly to the listener's heart. Within his first year in the US, the Jerusalem-born musician won the 2007 DownBeat Award for Outstanding Performance.
Tal Gamlieli has played for audiences in the Boston area at Jordan Hall, Ryles Jazz Club, Berklee College of Music, The Lily Pad and Wally's Jazz Club, in Israel at the Jerusalem Theater and the Jerusalem Music Center, and in Russia at Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall. In Israel he collaborated with jazz musicians Arnie Lawrence, Omri Mor, Ofer Ganor, Rea Bar-Ness, Ittai Rosenbaum, and Shai Maestro.
Gamlieli's approach to composition is influenced by classical harmony and counterpoint, and rhythms from the American swing, Middle Eastern, North African and South American traditions. Tal is interested in creating a constant interaction of developing motifs, writing chamber music in jazz idiom, and in balancing composed and improvised elements of a piece. In performances of his works, individual solos develop organically from the spontaneous dialogue created by the group in the moment.
Pursuing a Master's in Jazz Performance at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Tal has studied with Danilo Perez, Dave Holland, Cecil McBee, Jerry Bergonzi, and Donald Palma. In Israel he studied with Mr. Michael Klinghoffer, Dr. Bat-Sheva Rubinstein, Opher Brayer and Omer Avital.
In addition to performing widely, upon completion of his degree, Tal plans to teach in both the United States and in his native Israel, with an emphasis on music as a cultural bridge.
Gamieli's current projects include: A new quartet featuring saxophonist Tom Lew, guitarist Nadav Remez and Mick Gleichman on drums. Tal is also a member of the Harvie Diamond Trio, the Jason Yeager Trio, the Nick Grondin Quintet and the Michel Reis Trio.
10:00 PM Gill Aharon Trio/Skye Steele Quartet
www.myspace.com/thegillaharontrio
the Skye Steele Quartet
Skye Steele, violin and poems
Josh Myers, bass
John Hadfield, drums
Cadence review says of Skye Steele's debut CD, late bloomer, "It’s clear that this crew is ready to stretch out in a million directions, and have tons of fun doing it…. Steele’s fabulous tone and inventive solo sense didn’t just happen over night.” Tonight they'll explore the music from that CD as well as a new book of compositions built around poems by Henry Dumas, Li-Young Lee, and other great American poets.
In ten years in New York, Skye Steele has risen from a subway musician to working with world-class artists ranging from Steven Bernstein and Cyro Baptista, to Willie Nelson and Vanessa Carlton. In addition to playing classical music since the age of 3 and cutting his teeth in NYC's jazz scene, Skye has spent time in Brazil and Turkey studying the improvisational fiddling traditions of those cultures, and brings a keen awareness of the violin as a global instrument to his composing and improvising.
http://www.skyesteele.com/
http://www.myspace.com/skyesteele
http://www.cdbaby.com/skyesteelequintet
10/06 Monday
8:00 PM Blink/Thirsty Ear
Blink
blink. is a musical collective steeped in jazz, rock, and free improvisation featuring bassist Jeff Greene, drummer Quin Kirchner, guitarist Dave Miller, and saxophonist Greg Ward. blink.’s members, all young and active Chicago-based musicians, came together in the fall of 2006 with the purpose of playing some of Jeff’s new compositions and experimenting with improvisational ideas. The chemistry was immediately apparent to everyone involved and a new ensemble was born. Its members have performed with musical luminaries such as Jeff Parker, Hamid Drake, Steve Coleman, Mark Turner, Von Freeman, Ernest Dawkins, Kalyan Pathak, and Rufus Reid at venues spanning North America and in Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America. Their compositions have been commissioned and performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Peoria Ballet Company, and have received awards from the Illinois Arts Council.
Their debut recording, “The Epidemic of Ideas,” is the result of months of rehearsals, performances, and numerous fun-filled experiments, which were ultimately recorded in the converted bank vault of the I.V. Lab Studios on Chicago’s north side. To further bring the music to life they enlisted the help of Manny Sanchez, the I.V. Lab’s founder and masterful engineer. His experience with local and national rock staples such as Algernon, Billy Corgan, and Umphry’s McGee ensured that “The Epidemic of Ideas” would sound unique among other post-rock/post-jazz affairs. It features twelve original compositions and will be released in the fall of 2008 on the Thirsty Ear label.
http://www.myspace.com/blinkchicago
http://www.thirstyear.com/
10:00 PM The Fringe
Over Thirty Years of playing every Monday!
whoaah that's a long time, I guess telepathy is normal after that long.
John Lockwood
Bob Gullotti
George Garzone
10/07 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.
10/08 Wednesday
7:00 PM open vinyasa yoga
one hour class
$5
10:00 PM KGBG
Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Gabriel Guerrero piano
Bruce Gertz bass
Bob Kaufman drums
10/09 Thursday
7:00 PM Monty ACL Benefit
10/10 Friday
7:00 PM AN EVENING OF SPOKEN WORD AND SONG
Legendary Jazz Pianist Don Parker
With Jazz Vocalist Lady Eleanor Rose
Spoken Word Artist Marc Zegans
With Don Parker Sitting In
Technicolor Pop Artist Arthur Nasson
Art Pop and Blues Singer Jennifer Greer
With Arthur Nasson Sitting In
&
Nick Morawiecki and Nate Babbs of Windmills
$8 Cover Charge
This gorgeous, layered evening of song, and spoken word will unfold as a series of overlapping sets by some of Boston’s most original and inventive voices.
Don Parker has been playing Jazz piano across the globe for over sixty years, playing for Edith Piaf in Paris, hanging out with Quincy Jones in Morocco, and now bringing his lyrical style into partnership with spoken word artist, Marc Zegans. On their collaboration, Parker slyly observers, “Marc is a musician of word, and I am a musician of note.”
Arlington’s own Arthur Nasson, making a rare public appearance, has released three critically acclaimed albums in the past three years.
About him the critics have said:
"Perfect Pop,richly arranged technicolor songs…. It's no more artistic or less accesible, than the multi-million selling albums, The Beatles made in their prime."
The Boston Herald
"Genre-bounding, funny, and endlessly inventive."
"Arthur Nasson is beautifully all over the map"
Harp Magazine
"Like an unhinged Dylan hammering a jazz piano, Nasson has a great ear for a tune and seems to be willing to try anything once in order to make one, resulting in a fine burst of aural entertainment."
Americana UK
Jennifer Greer’s lush songs, showcased in her latest album, the Apiary—which critics have called “stunning—push the boundaries of pop, blending jazz, funk, and classical “tone poems” into rich sensual brews. She is the 2005 Muses’ Muse winner for best adult alternative CD, and just won honors as “best unsigned pop artist, from Verbicide Magazine. Jennifer’s set on the tenth will showcase art pop at its finest and a gritty, short blues set with Arthur Nasson on guitar.
Spoken word artist, Marc Zegans’ CD, “Night Work” released in 2007 was described by Screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson, author of the films, “Secretary” and “Fur” as, “erotic and sad, a logue of girls: broken-hearted, cruel and grieving—a celebration of love and naughty women…” Reviewers have said about “Night Work”, recorded live at New York’s experimental performance Mecca, Issue Project Room:
"Dangerous yet alluring eroticism....Zegans pushes us ever further into the dark and murky areas of our own sexual and primal natures. Guided by his verbal flashlight, the nooks and crannies of loss, regret, desire, and memory are set in the gallery for viewing.... This is poetic intercourse… "Night Work" is the aphrodisiac."
"These are the words of a man whose senses are acute. It's the work of a cat, a city cat: all awareness.”
"The mix of voice, lyric and sound keeps us captive in shared emotion...Zegans’ voice-- a bold, honeyed, nuanced instrument creates the music of these poems."
"...poems that at times impact like a fist, at times like a lover, at times like a mirror...rich and resonant..."
In 2008, Marc’s Book, Pillow Talk, an exploration of the human comedy in erotic haiku, with gestural drawings by noted artist Gabrielle Senza, was released by gspotpress. About Pillow Talk, reviewer Kelvy Bird proclaimed,
"A provocative and delightful book...a marvel."
To order Pillow Talk online, visit: g.spot press
Nick Morawiecki and Nate Babbs, best known for their indy-folk work with local favorite, Windmills, will close out the night with an intimate acoustic set.
10:00 PM Matt Steckler
http://www.mattsteckler.com
http://www.deadcatbounce.org
10/11 Saturday
5:00 PM TreeUnion
Once upon a time, Dylan Byrne left his happy home in southern California and traveled to Greenwich Village, New York, where he and bassist, Branden Stroup, spontaneously planted the seeds for what would become TreeUnion...
TreeUnion's music is pure, down to earth, and alive. Accompanied by a unique blend of folk, rock, and reggae, Byrne's lyrics poetically express a raw, positive energy that encompasses an insightful environmental and social awareness, and love for life that is constantly evolving.
The band initially began playing at local New York venues such as The Bitter End, Bowery Poetry Club, and The Village Underground. In the fall of 2007 they made their way to nearby colleges for a self-orchestrated Back to School Tour, playing at New York University, Penn State, Allegheny College, and University of Pittsburgh, where they were invited back to headline the Pitt Battle of the Bands in February '08. In April, TreeUnion was the only student band featured in NYU's Earth Day Concert, Off the Grid. While in school, they also had the opportunity to play at local fund raisers for Relay For Life and Keep a Child Alive. TreeUnion is now embarking on their 2nd Back to School Tour.
Spread the word! Plant the seeds!
Dylan likes apple juice.
http://www.treeunionmusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/treeunion
7:00 PM The Craters/Dan Lawrence/Max Alper
The Craters
Dan Lawrence
Max Alper
10:00 PM Goosepimp
http://www.myspace.com/goosepimp
10/12 Sunday
7:00 PM The Anna Hoffmann Octet+
This Boston based Jazz & Funk Octet features a three piece horn section, cello, vibraphone, guitar, bass, drums and piano. Composer/Arranger Saxophonist Anna Hoffmann founded the group in 2005.
The Repertoire focuses on Originals by the group and some arrangements of tunes by contemporary artists like Kenny Garrett, Joshua Redman and Urban Knights. Some of the repertoire is more Funk oriented while other tunes are more Straight Ahead and Contemporary Jazz.
The main influences are the Yellowjackets, Steely Dan, San Francisco Jazz Collective, Herbie Hancock, Maria Schneider, Joshua Redman and Kenny Garrett.
www.annajazz.com
Will Caviness - trumpet
Anna Hoffmann - alto sax & comp.
Tucker Antell - tenor sax
Catherine Bent - cello
Natalie Dietrich - vibes
Mark Cocheo - guitar
Michel Reis - piano
Nate Therrien - bass
Moses Eder - drums
10:00 PM Gill Aharon Trio
www.myspace.com/thegillaharontrio
10/13 Monday
7:00 PM Abigail Riccards
10:00 PM The Fringe
Over Thirty Years of playing every Monday!
whoaah that's a long time, I guess telepathy is normal after that long.
John Lockwood
Bob Gullotti
George Garzone
10/15 Wednesday
7:00 PM open vinyasa yoga
one hour class
$5
10:00 PM KGBG
Kaufman/Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Gabriel Guerrero piano
Bruce Gertz bass
Bob Kaufman drums
10/16 Thursday
7:00 PM Adam Michael Rothberg
Adam Michael Rothberg - CD Release - ANOTHER SPIN
Singer-songwriter, one-man-band Adam Michael Rothberg is new to the Boston area, but not new to the music world. Adam was named Finalist in 2008's Northeast Regional Mountain Stage NewSong Contest.
“He's toured with Joan Baez, produced Dar Williams and performed with the best of the local folk scene," raves Boston's Weekly Dig (July 2008) "but now it's Rothberg's turn to step out of the folk shadows, and the result, ANOTHER SPIN, is lyrical poetry and multi-instrumental duty. (He plays the guitar, piano, udu, mandolin, percussion and the Turkish oud!)”
Berkshire Living’s August 2008 issue calls Adam “the Berkshire’s answer to Paul McCartney….ANOTHER SPIN is at once a testament to Rothberg’s love affair with music and his love affair with love, and suggests that distinguishing between the two isn’t always so easy."
Adam’s clever, bittersweet, and nostalgic lyrics, are showcased on his latest release, ANOTHER SPIN supporting his vocal talents as well as skillful playing on just about every instrument on the CD. As with his first album, ALL THE WHISPERING, Rothberg wrote, performed, produced, and engineered ANOTHER SPIN, reflecting broad-ranging influences including The Beatles, Randy Newman, Mark Knopfler, Elvis Costello, and Jeff Tweedy, among many others.
Since relocating to Cambridge from the Berkshires in August 2007, Adam has performed locally at the Lizard Lounge, Club Passim, the Middle East, Bull Run Restaurant, and Natick Center for the Arts, and gave also a recent performace at the venerable Joe's Pub in NYC.
Helping Adam celebrate tonight will be a host of who's whos from the Berkshires and NYC music scenes, including Bobby Sweet (guitars), Bruce Mandel (bass), Conor Meehan (drums), and more!
Visit www.adamr.net for more info!
10/17 Friday
7:00 PM The Wee Trio
Out of the uber-fertile creative music scene of Brooklyn, NY, The Wee Trio, featuring James Westfall from Houston, TX (vibes), Dan Loomis from St. Louis, MO (bass) and Jared Schonig from Los Angeles, CA (drums), joined forces for a one time tour (and a university artist residency), that quickly mushroomed into a brilliant collaborative musical exploration. Like many of the most revered ensembles in jazz that have thrilled audiences and critics over the years, The Wee Trio came together simply to work, yet emerged from this time together with an instantly identifiable sound, and a prodigious rapport. On their debut recording, Capitol Diner Vol. 1 (in stores and online on September 8, 2008), their superb original compositions, and “standards” by composers Kurt Cobain, Sufjan Stevens, and Thelonious Monk, are brought to life with an ingenious combination of jazz, rock, fusion, post-punk, and references to other genres thrown in for good measure. The best part is, it all “swings” like nobody’s business. This is a band born and raised in Brooklyn, with their first recording brilliantly embodying the borough’s energy, eclecticism and excellence.
The album you hold in your hands, Capitol Diner Vol. 1, came together in a very special place over some very special placemats. That’s right, placemats. Loomis sets the scene of The Wee Trio’s first gig in Harrisburg, PA.; “we stayed on the outskirts of town in a dodgy Travelodge run by Rimsha. He gave us a great deal on our room (not really, “55 dollars, last offer!!!”). Up the street was a beautiful looking place called Capitol Diner. Their placemats kept us entertained for a while before we played our first gig, as all the state capitols were left blank. After several hours of making cold calls to our friends and relatives for help, we finally had the whole map filled in. We’ve kept the tradition alive and now know not only all of capitols, but also the state mottos, and some state birds. More than anything, it was a very unifying experience for us as a band.” This promising first gig resulted in the band getting short shrift to the tune of $1000, on drummer Jared Schonig’s birthday no less. Loomis explains the aftermath of that somewhat shaky start, “despite being screwed out of money, the gig was unbelievably great and the music we made on that first tour inspired us greatly to keep the group going. There was an immediate personal and musical camaraderie between the three of us. The minute we were back in Brooklyn from the tour we recorded the album in about 4 hours!”
The Wee Trio is unlike any other band around, simply, but not completely, based on what each member brings to the table and how that blends with the other two. The group’s attitude (that reveals itself in the music) is unique in that they use a trio of approaches to music that are native to specific regions of the U.S. Bassist Dan Loomis explains, “the cool thing about this group is how it uses the New Orleans aesthetic of just going to the gig and hitting . . . listening and making it work on a ‘street’ level, i.e. connecting right to the audience, which is also a Midwest/St. Louis aesthetic too; and then combining that with the more New-York/Brooklyn aesthetic of getting in the music on an intellectual/artistic level and moving things forward.”
Vibraphonist James Westfall has since moved back to New Orleans after living in Los Angeles while attending the Monk Institute (becoming the first vibraphonist to have ever been accepted), and a productive spell living in Brooklyn, NY (during this time he released his debut CD Independent on Bionic Records and of course recorded and toured with The Wee Trio).
For Westfall, New Orleans is where he feels most at home, and most needed, in terms of being a part of the rebuilding of the cultural vibrancy of the city, and being part of a strong community. “New Orleans people are my people. I feel that I wanted to help rebuild the community I was a part of,” said Westfall. He added, “My fiance is from here and we both want our kids to be raised in a community environment of looking out for one another. We learned about how Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis developed 90 homes surrounding a Performing Arts Center specifically for Musicians, we applied and were accepted and that helped seal the deal for us.” Westfall will now be a home owner in the Habitat for Humanity’s Musicians Village, living amongst the many immensely talented artists helping to bring New Orleans back to life. He will be meeting his Wee Trio bandmates at their many national tour destinations.
Shortly after recording the music for Capitol Diner Vol. 1, the trio headed back into the studio to record new music for Capitol Diner Vol.2, slated for release in the near future. This is a band that plays music and operates its business as if there’s no tomorrow, creating music that is vigorous and sublime.
10:00 PM Abe Ovadia Quintet
Abe Ovadia - Guitar
Alex Raderman - Drums
Jacob Yackshaw - Bass
Stephen Chaplin - Piano
Jordan Maley - Saxophone
$10
Growing up in Central, NJ, Abe Ovadia (guitar, leader) came to the Berklee College of Music in Fall 2005 as a fusion/classical guitarist. As cliche as it sounds, when he first heard the music of John Coltrane, Abe decided he wanted to change paths and play traditional jazz. The only jazz Abe had played before Berklee was in his high school jazz ensemble, but now he was determined to taking his playing to the next level. At Berklee, Abe had the privlege of studying with guitarists such as John Thomas, Garrsion Fewell, Tim Miller, & Curt Shumate. He also studied with jazz masters such as Jackie Beard, Dave Santoro, Bob Pilkington, & George W. Russell Jr. When he was 19, Abe joined Carnival Cruise Lines and did two long-term contracts playing in their orchestra as well. In his quintet, Abe is joined by bassist Jacob Yackshaw & drummer Alex Raderman who he has been playing with since the beginning of his studies at Berklee. New to the group are pianist Steve Chaplin & saxophonist Jordan Maley. This concert will include a repertoire of original music (The Fire of Swing), standards, and modern tunes by artists such as Kenny Garrett. Abe has found a quintet of stellar musicians and this concert will definitely be SWINGIN'
Alex Raderman (drums) is an active performer in all musical genres primarily on the east coast. While at Berklee, Alex has been mentored by Ralph Peterson, John Ramsay, Francisco Mela, & Victor Mendoza. In addition to playing with Abe Ovadia, Alex has performed with his brother Sam Raderman, as well as groups such as The Dig & Shoot the Messenger.
Stephen Chaplin (piano) began playing the piano when he was 10 and had his first regular gig by the age of 14. By the age of 15 he was performing at least twice a week with his quartet, a group that would go on to cut three records (and counting) and still performs throughout New England. In fall of 2006 Stephen began his studies at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and will finish in the spring of 2009 with a degree in Music Business/Management and the intent to pursue an advanced degree in the years to come.
Jacob Yackshaw (upright bass) is an active bassist in many musical settings. Growing up in Seattle, he won the Outstanding Bass Soloist at the Essentially Ellington Festival at Lincoln Center. He came to Berklee to 2005 where he studied Bruce Gertz and John Lockwood. Now based in Boston, he performs with a variety jazz, funk, and rock groups.
Jordan Maley (saxophone) was born in Aurora, Illinois in 1988. Over the course of his eight years of studying saxophone, he's played in various big band ensembles, jazz combos, orchestras, funk, and blues groups. Currently, he lives in Boston where he studies Music Performance and Music Education at the Berklee College of Music. Jordan also plays clarinet, flute, and guitar.
10/18 Saturday
7:00 PM Jacob William Parampara Quintet
Laurence Cook - Drums
Steve Lantner - Piano
Jim Hobbs - Alto Sax
Forbes Graham - Trumpet
Jacob William - Bass
This incarnation of Parampara is very special because the extraordinary drummer and artist Laurence Cook will play to lend his very very groovy spirit as well as his over 30 years of experience on the creative music making scene.
And needless to say, but also, Laurence playing with us underlines the notion of Parampara on the whole.
~Drummer Laurence Cook is a late first-generation American free improviser. Born in Boston, Cook attended art school there, before moving to N.Y.C. in the early '60s and working as a longshoreman. Although he has no recordings as a leader, Cook appears on many albums starting in the late '60s and stretching all the way through the '90s. He recorded with Alan Silva (on Skillfullness), the Godz, and Paul Bley during Bley's electronic period. During the '70s, Cook returned to Boston and collaborated with pianist/physicist Lowell Davidson until later in the decade when he began working in Bill Dixon's bands. Cook appears on several of Dixon's recordings and continued to work with him through the late '80s. Cook was tied up with day gigs for much of the early '90s, but in 1996 he returned to more high-profile performing and recording. During the last half of the '90s he worked with Jamell Moondoc, Thurston Moore, and Sabir Mateen, among others. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide~
7:00 PM Lisa Forkish
10:00 PM Lisa Forkish
10/19 Sunday
4:00 PM The John Licata and Benny Sharoni Sextet featuring George Garzone
7:00 PM Florencia Gonzalez Big Band
www.myspace.com/florenciagonzalez
www.florenciagonzalez.com
Florencia Gonzalez - composer, arranger, conductor
Yuko Yamamura - French horn
Katzuyo Kuriya - flute, alto flute
Sofia Gonzalez – flute
Linus Wyrsch – clarinet
Kose Yamaguchi - clarinet
Arthur Felluca - alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute
Natsuki Sugiyama - alto sax, flute
Mario Castro - tenor sax, flute, clarinet
Mitsuru Hirayama - tenor sax, clarinet
Matt Clauhs - bari sax
Yaure Muniz - trumpet, flugel
Jea Hoon Shim - trumpet, flugel
Oliver Pratt - trumpet, flugel
Eric Lehouillier - trumpet, flugel
Bulut Gulen - tenor trombone
George Saenz - bass trombone
Roy Guzman - guitar
Hoo Jeon Kim - piano
Dylan Colman- acoustic bass
Francisco Molina – drum set
Plus special guests……
10:00 PM Gill Aharon Trio
www.myspace.com/thegillaharontrio
10/20 Monday
7:00 PM The Julien Kasper Band
The Julien Kasper Band sound has been described as "Jimi Hendrix and John Coltrane take James Brown, Jeff Beck and T-Bone Walker out to lunch". This is dynamic, accessible, highly original instrumental music with a world of contrasts ranging from tough funk and rock grooves to floating, ethereal harmonic adventures.
http://www.julienkasper.com
http://www.myspace.com/julienkasperband
Julien Kasper is a superb guitarist ... a dynamic and fluent player with a rich mind full of musical ideas. This is a terrific musician who should not be missed.
— Allan Chase The Portsmouth Herald
"Kasper's playing is authoritative and adventurous. With forays into jazz
phrasing and high-octane blues, his melodic attack combines equal parts of
Jeff Beck and Hendrix channeled through monumental tone."
-- Guitarist Magazine
"His second album continues to show he's is one of New England's real musical treasures. The CD is a sparkling sample of Kasper's versatility ... marvelous interplay... virtuoso fretwork... delectable melody... stunning command of tone and phrasing...
— Jay Miller Patriot Ledger
"Julien Kasper again proves he is one of the finer rock guitar instrumentalists around. He’s got great chops and feel and unquestionable tone. In fact, the sounds of the guitars are damn near perfect. And best of all, the compositions here are well-written."
— John Heidt Vintage Guitar
"Berklee’s ax-wielding professor of Hendrixian studies and Beckology puts the lie once more to the old “those-who-can’t-play-teach” canard with this ripping, live-to-tape date, his second. Grounded in jazz-rock and funk, featuring more guitar tones than a ZZ Top compilation, and all done with a minimum of crotch-grabbing, “The New Imperial” gives a good name to guitar heroics. Download: “8 to 11.”
— Kevin R. Convey Boston Herald
"Wes Montgomery greatly complicated my life by hipping me to jazz," writes Julien Kasper. Way to go, Wes! Kasper's ballsy - yet - breathy tone (think Holdsworth, Frisell) is grafted onto lithe, elastic compositions that breath fusion fire through Texas teeth.
The eclectic [guitarist] suggests that "John Coltrane and Miles Davis have far more in common with Hendrix and Beck than most jazz guitarists." Building his style from that perspective, Kasper displays the kind of righteous control, dead-on phrasing, progressive composition, and savvy ears that make Eric Johnson's music so appealing... This guy is really, really good - somebody give him a record deal quick!"
-- Guitar Player Magazine
10:00 PM The Fringe
Over Thirty Years of playing every Monday!
whoaah that's a long time, I guess telepathy is normal after that long.
John Lockwood
Bob Gullotti
George Garzone
10/21 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.
10/22 Wednesday
7:00 PM open vinyasa yoga
one hour class
$5
10:00 PM Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Bruce Gertz bass
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Bob Kaufman drums
10/23 Thursday
10:00 PM an evening of singer songwriter brilliance
$10 10pm all ages.
http://www.truthserum.org
with:
Willard Grant Conspiracy
Chris Brokaw
Drew O'Doherty
All of these musicians have stories so long it's best to cruise their websites for their crazy long bios and listen for yourself.
http://www.chrisbrokaw.com
http://www.myspace.com/thechrisbrokawrockband
http://www.willardgrantconspiracy.com
www.myspace.com/willardgrantconspiracy
http://www.drewodoherty.com
http://www.myspace.com/drewodoherty
In the 14 year history of the Willard Grant Conspiracy some great musicians and songwriters have been part of the band's unusual floating membership. Current notable songwriters that are a part of the band include Mary Lorson, Jackie Leven, Chris Eckman, Chris Cacavas, Edith Frost, Duane Jarvis, Kirk Swan,Steve Wynn, Drew O'Doherty and Chris Brokaw. Along with the other 28 members of the band, it makes for an embarrassment of riches.
With the recent release of WGC's eighth album "Pilgrim Road", the band has hit another highlight in their career and this will be the first visit to Boston since that release. Chris Brokaw's new label Capitan will release his record "Canaris" on Sept 23rd and it will be another in a long line of remarkable recordings to Chris' discography. For those who spend time in the clubs of New England, Drew O'Doherty has slowly become one of the areas best songwriters and performers as the songs on his debut album "Starts" and his on stage story telling/banter easily prove.
On this rare occasion, all three of these songwriters will share the stage with separate sets on Oct 23rd at the Lilypad in Cambridge for what promises to be an exceptional night of music.
10/24 Friday
7:00 PM Joe Berkowitz/Bruno Raberg Duo
10:00 PM Georg Gaewe/Jorrit Dijkstra Alto Quintet:
Georg Graewe (piano, from Cologne), Jorrit Dijkstra, Allan Chase (alto sax), Joe Morris (bass) Luther Gray (drums)
10/25 Saturday
10:00 PM Bad Touch
Bad Touch, a new music collective formed by Loren Stillman (saxophone), Nate Radley (guitar), Gary Versace (organ) and Ted Poor (drums).
In a day and age of predominantly solo careers and a diluted concept of what it is to be a “band,” the members of Bad Touch have decidedly set out to create something different. As sidemen, we have each collaborated, recorded and traveled around the world with some of the most established names in jazz; including Bill Frisell, Paul Motian, Cuong Vu, Chris Potter, Ben Monder, Billy Hart, John Scofield, Maria Schneider, John Abercrombie and Charlie Haden. However, it is in a setting of mutual commitment and friendship that the music holds the most potential and is the most fulfilling.
Bad Touch will record for the renowned German jazz record label Pirouet (www.pirouetrecords.com) in June 2008. A shorter self produced EP is forthcoming this month.
Please visit our website www.badtouchmusic.com for more information about the band and its members
10/26 Sunday
7:00 PM Gillypad
From now on all Sunday nights are no longer for rent.
This first Gillypad Sunday is:
Tom Thumb
Midwest Dillemma
The Gill Aharon Trio
Then:
the jam, genre independent.
Jam rules:
1. bring love
2. turn the brain off
3. open the inner ear
DOGS WELCOME
www.myspace.com/tomthumb
http://www.myspace.com/midwestdilemma
my myspace
10/27 Monday
7:30 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 The Fringe
Over Thirty Years of playing every Monday!
whoaah that's a long time, I guess telepathy is normal after that long.
John Lockwood
Bob Gullotti
George Garzone
10/28 Tuesday
7:00 PM Andrei Matorin
The Boston Globe calls Brazilian-born Andrei Matorin an "emerging jazz violinist" and featured the Andrei Matorin Quartet in their Picks-of-the-Week column earlier this year next to the likes of jazz greats such as Bill Charlap, Jim Hobbs, and John Patitucci. As a composer, Andrei’s music seamlessly blends the harmonic and rhythmic intensity of jazz with the emotion and sensitivity of classical music while always alluding to the soaring melodies of his native Brazil. As a student at Berklee College of Music, he has been honored with Berklee's Achievement Award on two separate occasions.
Andrei Matorin is also an alumnus of Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead 2008 Program at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, an exclusive program that "identifies outstanding, emerging jazz artists in their mid-teens and twenties" from an international pool of applicants. Look out for his debut album available February 2009.
For more information please visit: http://www.andreimatorin.com/
10/29 Wednesday
7:00 PM open vinyasa yoga
one hour class
$5
10:00 PM Gertz/Bergonzi/Guerrero
Bruce Gertz bass
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Bob Kaufman drums
These guys are playing at the highest level of jazz, interpreting the standards from a place of mastery and total understanding. Mixed in are some very interesting compositions from both Bruce and Jerry.
If you want to hear real Jazz, hear these guys!
10/30 Thursday
7:00 PM Mark Hadley Trio
$5
Mark Hadley - Guitar
Josh Brozosky - Bass
Jonathan Pinson - Drums
Mark Hadley is a guitarist originally from Rochester, NY but currently residing in Boston where he attends Berklee College of Music on a scholarship as a jazz composition and performance major. Picking up the guitar at the age of 11, Mark has drifted through nearly every genre of music before gravitating towards jazz through the influence of musicians like Miles Davis and Kurt Rosenwinkel. He began studying with Bob Sneider in Rochester, and continued studying with Bob as well as other Eastman faculty members through high school. In Rochester, Mark plays at a variety of restaurants and coffee houses like Bistro 135 and the Flat Iron Cafe, and has played at the Rochester International Jazz Festival for 3 years now. At Berklee, Mark has had the opportunity to study with wonderful musicians like Mick Goodrick, Hal Crook and David Gilmore who consistently challenge his playing and musicianship. Check out his myspace for upcoming gigs in Boston!
www.myspace.com/markhadleymusic
10:00 PM Tekeye/TresPatines
10/31 Friday
7:00 PM Animal Zoo
http://www.myspace.com/thomashartman
http://www.myspace.com/animalzoomusic
10:00 PM Thomas Nöla et son Orchestre
http://myspace.com/etsonorchestre
http://eskimofilms.com/
10:00 PM Disques de Lapin presents RABBITNACHT 2008
featuring Thomas Nöla et son Orchestre with guest of honor David E. Williams
Join us as we celebrate Thomas Nöla et son Orchestre's new LP 'The Rose-Tinted Monocle' in an evening that will include a performance of the album in its entirety with a prelude solo set by guest of honor David E. Williams on grand piano. This event is free to all, but formal attire or a creative costume is mandatory for admittance...no exceptions. Enjoy.