lilypad cambridge - live music and more: December 2008 Calendar of Events

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12/02 Tuesday

5:40 PM Kripalu Yoga

Kripalu Yoga uses classic asanas (poses), pranayama (breathwork), development of a quiet mind, and the practice of relaxation. What defines Kripalu Yoga is its emphasis: following the flow of prana (life-force energy), practicing compassionate self-acceptance, developing witness consciousness (observing the activity of the mind without judgment), and taking what is learned "off the mat" and into daily life.

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.

12/03 Wednesday

10:00 PM The Final Task

Lincoln Smith and John Lawless, two local Boston composers come together to put on an evening of original music written for large jazz ensemble. John, an experienced film score writer and composer was recently commissioned by the Asheville Symphony in North Carolina to write a string trio to be performed in October. Lincoln Smith meanwhile has performed his music around Boston and abroad in eleven countries. The music features music written for flute, clarinet, soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, two trumpets, two trombones, piano, guitar, bass and drums.

Final Task will be as much a tribute to the artists who have inspired them, as a homage to their roots in the music of Virginia and North Carolina. Lincoln's music will feature Steve Reich inspired composition and jazz improvisation while John's will emphasize third stream orchestration with Wayne Shorter-esque melody and harmony.

12/04 Thursday

5:40 PM Kripalu Yoga

7:00 PM The Flatlands Collective

http://www.jorritdijkstra.com/flatlands.html

jorrit dijkstra - alto sax, lyricon
james falzone - clarinet
jeb bishop - trombone
fred lonberg-holm - cello
jason roebke - bass
frank rosaly - drums
(tim mulvenna - drums on gnomade)

The Flatlands Collective brings together the remarkable Dutch alto saxophonist and composer Jorrit Dijkstra with some of Chicago’s most interesting improvisers. In Chicago, one of the most important musical cities in the US, he found a common ground in a more trans-national way of improvising, using open forms, and a looser interpretation of the American jazz tradition. Dijkstra says: ”I believe that the landscape in which you grow up has an effect on how your music sounds. This is what’s so interesting about jazz: musicians in New York, Barcelona, Moscow, Shanghai or Addis Ababa play this music, but there is always a distinctive local interpretation.” And he adds: “I called this group The Flatlands Collective after the landscape heritage I share as a Dutchman with the Chicago players.”

Dijkstra provides most of the compositions, in which he strives towards a balance between composed material, clear guidelines for musicians to improvise, and openness for the most adventurous kinds of improvisations. The group has developed a way of improvising that blends Chicago-style free jazz, texture-based minimalism, and melodic layering into an eclectic yet organically coherent repertoire. Dijkstra’s use of the Lyricon (a vintage analog wind synthesizer from the 1970s) and Fred Lonberg-Holm’s amplified cello adds an electronic touch to the rich variety of ideas, structures, and textures of the group sound. The Flatlands Collective has released their debut CD Gnomade in December 2006 on Skycap records, which has received 4 stars from Downbeat Magazine, and much critical acclaim by the international press.

10:00 PM Gertz/Bergonzi/Kaufman

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!

12/05 Friday

7:30 PM SRINIVAS REDDY & SAMEER GUPTA - Sitar & Tabla Recital

CD Release Party

Come and enjoy an exciting live concert in celebration of Srinivas Reddy and Sameer Gupta's debut CD Hemant & Jog. The evening will feature Indian classical music by Srinivas Reddy (sitar) and Sameer Gupta (tabla).

Srinivas Reddy (www.srinivasreddy.org) Srinivas Reddy is an Indian-American sitarist, guitarist and composer. In 1998 he came under the tutelage of Sri Partha Chatterjee, a direct disciple of the late sitar maestro Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Since then Srinivas has rigorously trained with his teacher in the traditional guru-shishya style. Srinivas is a professional concert sitarist and has given numerous recitals in the US and India. He is also an experienced teacher and educator, he holds a BA from Brown University, an MA from UC Berkeley, and is currently teaching at UMass Dartmouth.

Sameer Gupta (www.sameergupta.com) Founder of the critically acclaimed SF based improvisational ensemble The Supplicants, Sameer Gupta is an original musical voice in jazz, world, and fusion music. He has studied percussion for most of his life, beginning in Tokyo, Japan in 1985. Since then Sameer has performed on jazz drumset at Lincoln Center, tabla at Asagiri Jam in Japan and various Jazz and World music festivals across the nation and abroad. Sameer began his study of North Indian classical tabla in 2002 and is currently studying with tabla master Pandit Anindo Chatterjee.

10:00 PM Mitsuru Hiryama presents "Saxolin"

Misturu Hirayama-Ts/Ss
Jiri Nedoma-Piano
Hyun Woo Han-Bass(W/E)
Pablo Eluchans-Drums

Lilypad (Cambridge MA)

$10 donation

Please check my website for schedule and contact information:
http://www.blacktenor.com/

12/06 Saturday

6:30 PM Ben Geyer

12/07 Sunday

11:00 AM Kripalu Yoga

2:00 PM Juventas New Music Ensemble

6:00 PM GillyPad

6pm Nat/Gill practice playing with eyes closed
7pm Pandelis Karyorgis
8pm Gill Aharon Trio
9pm Allan Chase
11pm Juan Andres Ospina Big Band

http://karayorgis.com/mi3.html

www.myspace.com/thegillaharontrio

Allan Chase New Quartet:
Allan Chase - alto and soprano sax
Adam Dotson - euphonium
Bruno Råberg - bass
Jerry Leake - African and Indian percussion

New music for quartet from melodic, polyrhythmic, modal compositions to interludes of sonically adventurous free improvisation.

12/09 Tuesday

5:40 PM Kripalu Yoga

10:00 PM Frank Silva

12/11 Thursday

5:40 PM Kripalu Yoga

7:00 PM Daniela Schaechter - Pianist, Composer and Vocalist

http://www.danielaschaechter.net

http://www.myspace.com/danielaschachter

http://www.sonicbids.com/danielaschachter

10:00 PM Gertz/Bergonzi/Kaufman

Bruce Gertz bass
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Bob Kaufman drums

If you want to hear real Jazz, hear these guys!

12/12 Friday

7:30 PM Longy at the Lily Pad

Concert featuring chamber ensembles from Longy's conservatory

10:00 PM Trevor Jude Smith and Zach Comtois

Since he was a wee lad, Trevor Jude Smith has managed to learn a plethora of instrumnets some of which he can't even spell. His heart-felt, sometimes comedic music can make tween girls fight and convicted felons cry. He has hurdled the old scene and over-dressed his way to becoming the best toast -loving ukulele playing guy in Boston.

With his first release on the horizon, Zach Comtois is ready to conquer the worlk, one sappy acoustic song at a time. Hailing from sunny Boston Mass, Zach has been performing for nearly 14 years. His blend of honset lyrics, catchy hooks, and acoustic prowess are sure to please all!

12/13 Saturday

7:30 PM Underground Jazz String Quartet

www.myspace.com/ujsq

10:00 PM Michael Feinberg

www.myspace.com/michaelfeinbergmusic

12/14 Sunday

11:00 AM Kripalu Yoga

2:00 PM New Music for Flute and Percussion

Kelli Kathman and Bill Solomon play Ryan Vigil's new 50-minute work for alto flute and percussion. The piece features Kelli playing lots of long notes with varying amounts of vibrato - and some short notes too. The piece also features bill rubbing and scraping things like drum-heads and cymbals as softly as possible - he also plays a crotale and a prayer bowl from time to time.

12/15 Monday

7:00 PM Patrick Breiner

A veteran of the New York jazz scene, Patrick Breiner now resides in Madison, WI and is a member of Billy Hart's "Academy" band, NOOK, Myk Freedman's Whistle Sound Band and Suit, Bing and Ruth, and Greg Heffernan's Sauce.

Patrick chooses to use the alias Vartan Mamigonian while performing his solo saxophone works. He is, after all, not himself while summoning everything from ferocious screams to velvety subtone from his instrument whilst weaving hypnotically rhythmic melodies. Vartan Mamigonian appears in both history and literature as both sinner and saint. Similarly, Breiner's works can be tender or abrasive or anywhere in between.

12/16 Tuesday

5:40 PM Kripalu Yoga

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.

12/17 Wednesday

10:00 PM Tomorrowtomorrowtomorrow/Abba Zabba

http://www.myspace.com/tomorrowtomorrowtomorrow

http://www.myspace.com/abbazabbamusic

12/18 Thursday

5:40 PM Kripalu Yoga

10:00 PM Gertz/Bergonzi/Kaufman

Bruce Gertz bass
Jerry Bergonzi sax
Bob Kaufman drums

If you want to hear real Jazz, hear these guys!

12/19 Friday

7:00 PM Alash: Masters of Tuvan Throat Singers

Ayan-ool Sam, Ayan Shirizhik, Bady-Dorzhu Ondar, Nachyn Choodu

Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this gifted young group from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies, western instruments, and contemporary song forms in Alash’s music, but its overall sound and spirit is decidedly Tuvan. The musicians were trained in traditional Tuvan music since childhood. In 1999, as students at Kyzyl Arts College, they formed a traditional ensemble. At the same time they learned about western music, practiced on hybrid Tuvan-European instruments, and listened to new trends coming out of America. They are inspired by the music of their grandparents and the great Tuvan and Central Asian musicians, but also influenced by jazz and rock as they look for new ideas that mesh well with the sound and feel of traditional Tuvan music.

Alash collaborates with musicians of all stripes, from the avant-garde jazz Sun Ra Arkestra to the classical Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. They appear as guest artists on a new CD by Grammy winning Béla Fleck & the Flecktones ("Jingle All the Way," released fall of 2008), and they will tour with the Flecktones this December. Yet they remain deeply committed to their own ancestral heritage, winning multiple awards for traditional throat singing in international xöömei competitions, both as an ensemble and as individual musicians.

Alash’s inaugural U.S. tour was sponsored in 2006 by the Open World Leadership program of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts. Since then, they have returned to tour extensively, playing to enthusiastic audiences and presenting workshops to eager students of all ages. The Washington Post described their music as “utterly stunning,” quipping that after the performance “audience members picked their jaws up off the floor.”

The members of Alash are:

Nachyn Choodu: vocals, byzaanchy, chadagan. Kyzyl Arts College. First prize for best duo with his wife Shonchulai, 2008 Xöömei Symposium.

Bady-Dorzhu Ondar: vocals, igil, doshpuluur, guitar. Kyzyl Arts College. Best soloist, 2005 All-Russian
Festival of traditional ensembles and orchestras. Best in Maxim Dakpai xöömei competition, 2006. Named People’s Xöömeizhi, 2007. Grand prize, Üstüü-Xüree Festival, 2008.

Ayan-ool Sam: vocals, doshpuluur, chanzy, igil, guitar. Republic School of the Arts. Kyzyl Arts College.
Moscow State Pedagogical University. First prize, Üstüü-Xüree Festival, 2008.

Ayan Shirizhik: vocals, kengirge, shyngyrash, murgu, xomus. Kyzyl Arts College. Second prize, Üstüü-Xüree Festival, 2008.

Sean Quirk: interpreter and manager. Studied music in Tuva on a Fulbright fellowship. Named Merited Artist of Tuva, 2008.

Kongar-ool Ondar: Artistic Director. People’s Xöömeizhi. Known to Americans for his role in the film Genghis Blues, which chronicles Paul Pena’s musical odyssey to Tuva.

http://www.alashensemble.com/