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05/01 Saturday
4:00 PM PABLO ABLANEDO OCTETo
Altogether, the sound is definitely jazz but distinctively Argentinean
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes and clarinet)
Carlos Averhoff Jr. (saxes)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Bertram Lehmann (drums)
"With his latest effort, Argentine pianist/composer Pablo Ablanedo pronounces a sense of joy. In the liners the artist emphasizes that this work "alludes to the happiness of creation." To that end, Ablanedo and his octet disseminate a set of emotive musings via a Spanishtinged luster combined with polychordal horn charts and more." (4 ½ stars)
Glenn Astarita, Down Beat Magazine (US)
"Argentine composer Pablo Ablanedo makes a disarmingly gentle but firm debut notable more for his ascetic, introspective writing than his low-profile piano. This band plays the through-composed and chamber-like pieces understatedly rather than in-your-face, slowly unfolding a mature, inclusive world vision." (4 stars)
Fred Bouchard, Down Beat Magazine (US)
"...be sure that Pablo Ablanedo's work has its own personality: you will be pleased to listen and listen to From Down There.”
Claude Colpaert, Jazz Hot Magazine (France)
"It would be a mistake to pigeonhole the pianist/composer Pablo Ablanedo as a "Latin jazz artist”: the lush, complex weave of his writing for octet on the new Alegría (Fresh Sounds) has as much to do with Gil Evans as with the tangos of Ablanedo's fellow Argentine, Astor Piazzolla."
Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix (US)
7:30 PM Ralph Rosen's 3rd Harmonica Recital
Harmonic Expressions III featuring classical, jazz, blues, original pieces, with Hey Rim Jeon on Piano and Jon Damian on guitar.
05/02 Sunday
2:00 PM Birdsong At Morning
plays what Daniel Gewertz of the Boston Herald describes as "art music both unpretentious and ravishing." The core trio of Alan Williams, Darleen Wilson and Greg Porter will be joined by drummer Billy MacGillivray playing songs from their two recordings, Bound and Heavens, as well as material from their forthcoming March release, Vigil. A very pleasant way to spend a wintery Sunday afternoon. $10 Donation
6:00 PM Gillypad
6pm Notrio
Nat Mugavero - drums, Gill Aharon - bass and piano, Eric Hofbauer - guitar.
7pm John Gordon http://www.johnwilliamgordon.com/
8pm The Gill Aharon Trio plays every Sunday. It is now approaching year five of weekly performing and IT IS HAPPENING!
The band is:
Randy Wooten - drums
Gill Aharon - piano and compositions
Jef Charland - bass
Blake Newman - bass
Andrew Stern - guitar
Rick Stone- Alto
Kelly Roberge - tenor
Eric Hofbauer - guitar
9:30pm David Maxwell!!
I thought I sent you a list of the musicians for this gig a few weeks ago, at least.
DAVID MAXWELL'S OUTTAKES UNLIMITED
ALLAN CHASE and JIM HOBBS, saxes
JOHN LOCKWOOD, bass
BOB GULLOTTI, drums
FABIO PIROZZOLO, percussion
DAVID MAXWELL, keys, gongs, near eastern reeds
If you missed the last one in December, this edition of Outtakes features the same stellar lineup: all of us were definitely "on" and smoking !!!!
A great lineup: come and be transformed........
05/03 Monday
7:00 PM David Berkeley
David Berkeley "sings in a lustrous melancholy voice with shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake," writes the New York Times. Atlanta's Creative Loafing writes that "Berkeley crafts his songs like watercolor paintings, intimate and introspective." He recently was a guest on Ira Glass's "This American Life," telling a hilarious and painful tale of a private serenade. His music has been featured on CBS-TVs "Without a Trace" and played on radio stations across the country. He's opened for or toured with Dido, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, Nickel Creek, Ray Lamontagne, Guster and many many more. Berkeley's most recent record is called Strange Light. And he is preparing to release his 4th studio project this fall, an album called Some Kind of Cure, which has been entirely funded by his fans. Berkeley is a traveler. Though based now in Atlanta, he spent a year in a mountain village on the island of Corsica, has lived in Brooklyn, California, Santa Fe, Alaska and spent 5 years as a student right here in Cambridge. Tonight David will be joined by De La Soul trumpeter player Jordan Katz.
http://facebook.com/davidberkeleymusic
10:22 PM The Fringe
The Fringe are one of the genuine living treasures of the Boston jazz scene. Originally formed back in 1971 by tenor-saxophonist George Garzone, bassist Richard Appleman, and drummer Bob Gullotti as an outlet for their free jazz improvisations, The Fringe have entertained and enlightened Boston area jazz audiences for over 30 years. Bassist Appleman left the band in 1985 to become Chairman of the Bass Department at Berklee College and was replaced by veteran bassist John Lockwood.
Along with their impressive tenure with The Fringe, Gullotti, Garzone, and Lockwood are in great demand as session players and have played with many of the greats of contemporary jazz. Along with keeping up with a busy performance schedule, each of them are well-respected educators helping to inspire the jazz musicians of tomorrow.
05/04 Tuesday
8:00 PM Odd Tuesday Milonga
05/05 Wednesday
9:30 PM notrio
eric hofbauer, gill aharon and nat mugavero
breathing practice
10:30 PM 3rd installation of the Jim Hobbs residency
Me, Django Carranza, Luther Gray and Laurence Cook.
an ode to the Drum for sink full of mayo
05/06 Thursday
7:00 PM TETTERAPADEQU and Pandelis Karayorgis
7pm
- www.myspace.com/tetterapadequ
- This unconventional quartet was formed in 2005 by the encounter of two Portuguese and two Italians in The Netherlands, country where they moved to accomplish formal studies at the prestigious conservatories of Rotterdam and The Hague. United by the will to explore the universe of improvisation in the broadest way possible, the four members recorded in 2008 an album, And The Missing "R", published by well established portuguese label Clean Feed and reviewed by international magazines with big praises. The same year the quartet played as closing act of the annual Jazz.pt Festival in Lisbon, in a program made of big local and international names, consolidating a performing experience that included world famous Hot Clube of Lisbon, CCB (Centro Cultural de Belém) and various venues of different countries of Europe. In 2010 they will be in the USA, playing at the Clean Feed Fest in New York and also in Boston and Chicago.
8:30pm
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
Jef Charland, bass
Luther Gray, drums
http://karayorgis.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jefcharland
http://www.myspace.com/luthergray
10:15 PM Lisa Forkish Presents: "Love From All Sides"
Featuring Stoddy Blackall and Erica Stenquist.
An evening of original songs, illustrating love in its many forms, the complexity of human relationships and the beauty and frailty of life. Award-winning songwriters and soon-to-be Berklee graduates, Lisa, Stoddy and Erica will weave together these themes through song and storytelling. With musical styles encompassing jazz, soul, pop, rock, blues and cabaret, these artists will present an unforgettable night of great music.
http://www.lisaforkish.com/
http://www.stoddyblackall.com/
http://www.ericastenquist.com/
$5 at the door
05/07 Friday
8:00 PM Josh Rosen, Stan Strickland with special guest Bob Weiner
Josh Rosen, piano, compositions
Stan Strickland, sax, flute, voice and percussion
with special guest Bob Weiner, Master drummer and percussionist
$10
Josh Rosen and Stan Strickland have been performing as a duo since Fall 2007, and have been warmly received in standing-room-only concerts. They have a deep rapport, with Stan's sparkling instrumental colors playing off Josh's expressive piano. They perform Rosen's compositions and unique arrangements of favorite standards and cover tunes. Josh and Stan also love to engage in some "freeplay" as they improvise in tandem with ease.
Josh and Stan are especially excited to present this evening’s music with guest artist Bob Weiner. Both musicians have performed many times with Bob, in various settings, over several decades! However, this will be the first time this particular grouping has performed together! Sparks are sure to fly...
zigglezagglemusic.com
stanstrickland.net
Drummer and percussionist Bob Weiner has toured and performed with Harry Belafonte, Itzhak Perlman, Betty Buckley, Jon Lucien, Dianne Reeves, Andy Statman, Rebecca Paris, Kenny Werner, Bob Moses and many others. He has taught at the Drummers Collective in New York, New England Conservatory, and Berklee College of Music. Bob has co-authored two important percussion books, Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset, with Frank Malabe, and Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset, with Duduka da Fonseca (Alfred Publications).
Singer, saxophonist, flutist, actor Stan Strickland has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, the Caribbean, New Zealand and the former Soviet Union. In addition to numerous radio and television appearances, Stan has performed in many clubs and concert halls, including Jordan and Symphony Halls in Boston, Carnegie Recital Hall and Town Hall in New York, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. His work has been featured on recordings by Bob Moses, Marty Ehrlich, Webster Lewis and Brute Force. Stan has performed with jazz greats Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Mann, Danilo Perez, Shirley Scott and Marlena Shaw. Love & Beauty, Stan's jazz vocal CD, featuring new arrangements of great jazz classics as well as original material, was released by Hawkline Records in 2005.
Josh Rosen is a co-leader of 3play+, a band with "a breadth of vision and diversity (Performer Magazine). Their debut CD, American Waltz, was released in 2009 and is getting rave reviews:
"sets new limits for contemporary jazz" - Jazz Times
"a top pick for 2009!" - JazzReview.com
"absolutely gorgeous...Rosen's compositions are considerably sophisticated...throughout this mix of alternately melodic and more tonally abstruse jazz , there’s a sensibility ranging from sly and funny to warmly, indelibly tuneful." - Lucid Culture
Rosen has performed/recorded with world music performers Mulatu Astake and Mindia Devi Klein, folk artists Bob Franke and Dean Stevens, and jazz greats Mick Goodrick, George Garzone, Greg Hopkins, Bob Moses, Phil Grenadier, John Lockwood among many others. Performer Magazine says, “Josh Rosen evokes a
10:00 PM Natti Vogel cancelled
He will be here tomorrow night at 7 pm
05/08 Saturday
4:30 PM Mina Cho Quintet
Mina Cho is presenting her album "Originality" and other new compositions with her band.
You will hear the joy and laugh through her music, which will lead you to shine for life!
Players:
Piano: Mina Cho
Guitar: Shu Odamura
Sax: Andrew Halchak
Bass: Sam J.C. Lee
Drums: Mario Rodriguez
Admission: $10
Links:
www.minachomusic.com
www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view/20100412fine-tuning_the_keys_to_her_success
"This is a listening treat! These sonic inventions are intricate in their
melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic development. At times I am reminded of the
beauty of Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, as these unique and wonderful
textures unfold to reveal the creative personalities of the musicians
performing. A joyful exuberance abounds as the diverse styles (Latin, Jazz,
and Classical) are blended together to create a truly enjoyable musical
journey."
- Ken Pullig, Jazz Composition Chair of Berklee College of Music
"Mina's music is fresh. Being grounded in a wide variety of jazz, her compositions are like
journeys to different exotic places, each piece offering its own flavor, some wild fervor,
some a hard hitting yet playful groove, others more melancholic but all emotionally rewarding.
As a pianist, Mina commands the piano with great skill. Her playing exudes joy, playfulness
and vitality while providing plenty of space for her sidemen to shine. "
- Tim Lukas, a producer of Blink Music
8:00 PM Natti Vogel
Beloved "indie rock fusion virtuoso" (New York Press) singer-songwriter Natti Vogel returns to his native Cambridge for two exclusive concerts at the Lilypad right before embarking on a summer-long solo tour of China and Taiwan.
"It’s not hard to imagine New Yorker Natti Vogel tossing your own overpriced cosmopolitan in your face from across the piano. Vogel pairs his playfully menacing
cabaret melodies with plenty of fun and whimsy, but there’s also a twinge of sarcasm and mockery on such tunes as “The Corporate Bohemian” and “The Anorexia Song.” That said, it’s not Gawker set to music: Vogel’s tunes also carry a romantic yearning to get away from all that stuff."
-the Onion
"Simply too complex to be reduced into a genre, Natti's music is an alternative to listening to genre. You are instead listening to the possibilities in which chords can create a different world, allowing you to transcend in imagination - like a drug."
-Diane Taha of Associated Content
"NYC-based Natti Vogel channels the swagger of Jim Morrison and honky- tonk piano of an old-timey saloon"
-WeLiveInBeijing.com
"Natti Vogel and his band do a wild part-vaudeville, part-pop, part-classical act that made me think about what music does"
-the Brothers Frank
"Louche and debonair, Natti Vogel is a triumph on stage."
-Earl Dax and Machine Dazzle of Weimar New York
"#1 Must-See Show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008"
-the Edinburgh Evening News
05/09 Sunday
11:00 AM Patrice Monahan Graduation Recital
New England Conservatory
Continuing Education {this must be noted}
Jazz Voice and Piano Studies
Jazz Standards and Original Compositions
with Shufflin'Time and Patrice Monahan Jazz Quartet
Sunday May 9 11am
2:00 PM Birdsong At Morning
plays what Daniel Gewertz of the Boston Herald describes as "art music both unpretentious and ravishing." The core trio of Alan Williams, Darleen Wilson and Greg Porter will be joined by drummer Billy MacGillivray playing songs from their two recordings, Bound and Heavens, as well as material from their forthcoming March release, Vigil. A very pleasant way to spend a wintery Sunday afternoon. $10 Donation
5:30 PM Gillypad
5:30pm Notrio
7pm David Rumpler Group
8pm Sasha Papernik
The band is:
Randy Wooten - drums
Gill Aharon - piano and compositions
Jef Charland - bass
Blake Newman - bass
Andrew Stern - guitar
Alec Spiegelman - winds/horns
Rick Stone- Alto
Kelly Roberge - tenor
Eric Hofbauer - guitar
05/10 Monday
7:00 PM Jazz and Tap Jam
An evening of improvisation, combining tap dance and jazz music.
Featuring some of Boston's top dance and musical talent.
Expect the unexpected.
Hosted by Suzanne Bouffard
This month's musicians:
TBA
Advanced dancers welcome to dance. Musicians welcome to sit in.
Suggested donation: $10 ($15 suggested for dancers)
Suggested arrival time for dancers: 7:00 pm
For more information, visit http://sites.google.com/site/smbouffard/
10:22 PM The Fringe
The Fringe are one of the genuine living treasures of the Boston jazz scene. Originally formed back in 1971 by tenor-saxophonist George Garzone, bassist Richard Appleman, and drummer Bob Gullotti as an outlet for their free jazz improvisations, The Fringe have entertained and enlightened Boston area jazz audiences for over 30 years. Bassist Appleman left the band in 1985 to become Chairman of the Bass Department at Berklee College and was replaced by veteran bassist John Lockwood.
Along with their impressive tenure with The Fringe, Gullotti, Garzone, and Lockwood are in great demand as session players and have played with many of the greats of contemporary jazz. Along with keeping up with a busy performance schedule, each of them are well-respected educators helping to inspire the jazz musicians of tomorrow.
05/11 Tuesday
8:00 PM Even Tuesday Milonga
05/12 Wednesday
9:30 PM notrio
05/13 Thursday
7:00 PM The Acker Bressler Trio
www.myspace.com/ackerbresslertrioduet
The Acker Bressler Trio is not content to just blow over well worn jazz standards. Come join them for an evening where anything from Brian Wilson to The Police get a jazz makeover. Throw in some McCartney, Mary Poppins, Jobim, Sesame Street, Dizzy, Stevie, Mancini, Miles and Jose Feliciano and you are in for a delicious head-bobbing musical gumbo sure to stir your soul!
Victor Acker (guitar), Dana Acker (Bass) and Scott Bressler (guitar) have emerged as Boston’s premier alternative jazz trio and they want to share the love with you! Special Guests!
05/14 Friday
7:00 PM Ellen DeGenova
Singer/Songwriter Ellen DeGenova teams up with the wondrous piano and accordion player, Sonny Barbato, to perform originals and covers. A finalist in the 2009 Boston Folk Festival Songwriting Competition, Ellen pledges allegiance to no genre and has a bad habit of marching to the beat of her eclectic heart.
10:00 PM Harvey Diamond and Scott Goulding
Divindar Singh - baritone Sax
Hannah Rose - voice
Harvey Diamond - Piano
Scott Goulding - Drums
05/15 Saturday
7:30 PM Shepley Metcalf
Shepley Metcalf, vocals
Ron Roy, piano
www.shepleymetcalf.com
“Boston jazz singer Metcalf does all jazz vocal fans a favor by digging up the trenchant songs of unjustly overlooked lyricist Landesman and her current musical collaborator, Wallace. Sly, ironic, witty, hip and humorous, Landesman’s songs – little known beyond “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” and “The Ballad of the Sad Young Men” – offer a trove of should-be standards that aren’t worn out. And Metcalf makes the most of these treasures with her horn-like alto and swinging attack.”
Kevin R. Convey
CD Review /The Boston Herald
Shepley Metcalf and pianist/arranger Ron Roy offer up selections from their new CD Something Irresistible: Songs of Fran Landesman + Simon Wallace, along with some hot-off-the-press gems dug up from the Great American Songbook.
Last winter Shepley discovered that Landesman, who penned the 1955 jazz standard "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most," is living in London and still writing fantastic songs. Shepley and Ron are the first U.S. musicians to perform and record this new songbook.
Shepley and Ron have made music at Upstairs on the Square, Acton Jazz Cafe, The Fireplace, The Daily Catch and at Two Boots in Brooklyn, NY. In March, they were joined by Gene Roma/drums and Chris Rathbun/bass for a celebratory CD release show at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston.
"Expressive singer Metcalf....celebrates her fine new CD of these witty and engaging tunes..."
Kevin Lowenthal
The Boston Globe
10:00 PM World premiere for Phone Whore
Saturday, May 15 * 10:30pm
Sunday, May 16 * 7pm
Doors open a half-hour before show time
Tickets: $12/adv. (https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/106776), $15/door
NOTE: this show contains graphic language and explicit content
FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY: no one under 18 admitted
It's the world premiere and first stop on the 2010 tour for Phone
Whore, a one-hour, slice-of-life visit with a phone sex operator that
might change your views on sex forever. Phone Whore draws directly
from real phone encounters for an intimate look at sex, taboo,
fantasy, and the place of "deviant" desires in society today.
Find out more about the 2010 North American tour of Phone Whore, and
about writer/performer Cameryn Moore at http://www.camerynmoore.com
05/16 Sunday
2:00 PM Birdsong At Morning
plays what Daniel Gewertz of the Boston Herald describes as "art music both unpretentious and ravishing." The core trio of Alan Williams, Darleen Wilson and Greg Porter will be joined by drummer Billy MacGillivray playing songs from their two recordings, Bound and Heavens, as well as material from their forthcoming March release, Vigil. A very pleasant way to spend a wintery Sunday afternoon. $10 Donation
7:00 PM Phone Whore
Saturday, May 15 * 10:30pm
Sunday, May 16 * 7pm
Doors open a half-hour before show time
Tickets: $12/adv. (https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/106776), $15/door
NOTE: this show contains graphic language and explicit content
FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY: no one under 18 admitted
It's the world premiere and first stop on the 2010 tour for Phone
Whore, a one-hour, slice-of-life visit with a phone sex operator that
might change your views on sex forever. Phone Whore draws directly
from real phone encounters for an intimate look at sex, taboo,
fantasy, and the place of "deviant" desires in society today.
Find out more about the 2010 North American tour of Phone Whore, and
about writer/performer Cameryn Moore at http://www.camerynmoore.com
05/17 Monday
7:00 PM 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: Students of NEC's Contemporary Improvisation Department
10:22 PM The Fringe
The Fringe are one of the genuine living treasures of the Boston jazz scene. Originally formed back in 1971 by tenor-saxophonist George Garzone, bassist Richard Appleman, and drummer Bob Gullotti as an outlet for their free jazz improvisations, The Fringe have entertained and enlightened Boston area jazz audiences for over 30 years. Bassist Appleman left the band in 1985 to become Chairman of the Bass Department at Berklee College and was replaced by veteran bassist John Lockwood.
Along with their impressive tenure with The Fringe, Gullotti, Garzone, and Lockwood are in great demand as session players and have played with many of the greats of contemporary jazz. Along with keeping up with a busy performance schedule, each of them are well-respected educators helping to inspire the jazz musicians of tomorrow.
05/18 Tuesday
8:00 PM Odd Tuesday Milonga
05/19 Wednesday
9:30 PM Notrio prepares the room for: Quartet
Nat Mugavero, Eric Hofbauer and Gill Aharon.
Wednesday nights will be booked with local and touring musicians as part of an attempt to have a midweek musical oasis. Notrio will prepare the room and then deliberate music will begin. Our room preparation procedure has been in developed over the last five years.
10:30 PM Quartet
Jorrit Dijkstra - Alto Sax
Pandelis - Karayorgis - Piano
Jacob William - Bass '
Laurence Cook - Bass
05/20 Thursday
7:00 PM The New Heaven and The New Earth, Yankee Blue Jeans, and Chris Willhelm
http://www.myspace.com/thenewheavenandthenewearth
http://www.myspace.com/chriswilhelm
http://www.myspace.com/yankeebluejeansband
10:00 PM Michael Gardiner and Friends
1) Michael Gardiner (laptop) and Peter Negroponte (percussion)
http://www.youtube.com/user/integralsonic
2) Caroline Park
3) A Molten Horror Synapse
Andy Fordyce drums, Robin Betton bass, Andy Allen sax, Nick Morisson guitar
05/21 Friday
7:30 PM Duo Orfeo
Duo Orfeo brings to life a world of sound that is intimate, charming, subtle and haunting. Embracing a repertoire of compositions from largely forgotten byways of western musical tradition both past
and present, and approaching this rare and diverse music through the medium of the classical guitar, Duo Orfeo creates performances andrecordings that composer David Macbride has described as "the
embodiment of grace and beauty."
Since beginning their collaboration in 2005, Joseph Ricker and Jamie Balmer have released two recordings and performed throughout New England and New York City. Their Lily Pad set will feature music of Mompou, Lhoyer, Bach, Couperin, and a few surprises.
10:00 PM octave jones
http://Myspace.com/octavejones
05/22 Saturday
7:00 PM Book release party for Somerville poet Julia Story's first book of poetry, Post Moxie (Sarabande Books) Reading by Julia Story and friends
10:00 PM Pearl and the Beard and Gem Club
Pearl and the Beard is three voices, one cello, one guitar, one glockenspiel, one melodica, several drums, one accordion, ninety-six teeth, and one soul.
Former strangers Jocelyn Mackenzie, Emily Hope Price, and Jeremy Styles were united in the great city of New York. Each had migrated there from a far corner of the nation with naught but food in their pockets and money in their bellies. Each had the same true love. Since then the three have nested, and their unique brand of brightly melodic songcraft continues to blossom of its own accord.
Pearl and the Beard loves you the way you've always been.
Pearl and the Beard create the kind of heartwarming music that makes the bitter winter months bearable. The soulful folk trio’s energetic output envelopes the listener with whimsical, uplifting joy. Without a wave of distortion, pristine voices are free to entwine with a hearty collage of organic instrumentation. The spirited vocal harmonies tantalize the senses with the playful interaction between male and female voices."
-The Deli Magazine
05/23 Sunday
2:00 PM Birdsong At Morning
plays what Daniel Gewertz of the Boston Herald describes as "art music both unpretentious and ravishing." The core trio of Alan Williams, Darleen Wilson and Greg Porter will be joined by drummer Billy MacGillivray playing songs from their two recordings, Bound and Heavens, as well as material from their forthcoming March release, Vigil. A very pleasant way to spend a wintery Sunday afternoon. $10 Donation
5:30 PM Jesse Williams student recital
8:00 PM Gillypad
The band is:
Randy Wooten - drums
Gill Aharon - piano and compositions
Jef Charland - bass
Blake Newman - bass
Andrew Stern - guitar
Alec Spiegelman - winds/horns
Rick Stone- Alto
Kelly Roberge - tenor
Eric Hofbauer - guitar
10pm Joe Hunt Trio
10:00 PM Joe Hunt Trio
Joe Hunt joined the George Russell sextet (1960-1962) which included Eric Dolphy, Don Ellis, and Steve Swallow. In 1964 Joe joined the Stan Getz quartet (64-65) for tours in North and South America, film and TV appearances. jazz festivals including Newport. From 1966-67 Joe was with the Bill Evans trio for national tours, festivals, clubs, and recordings. He’s played with Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie, Jim Hall, and many others.
Joe came to Boston with Gary Burton in 1971 and taught at Berklee College until 2002. He is now Professor of Music (part time) at NEC and still teaches as a part time as Professor at Berklee. He recently played in the Tel-Aviv jazz festival with Don Friedman and Chuck Israels (2/3 and 2/4/2010).
Joe is a Cambridge, MA resident and leads a great jazz trio with
TERRY BERNHARD (pianist) with Eddie Gomez, Chet Baker, Al Foster, and Sonny Stitt
BRONEK SUCHANEK (bassist) with Don Cherry, Art Farmer, and Sir Roland Hanna.
Our trio has been together since early 2009. We play each week and are a creative work in progress. Our goal is a high level of interactive improvisation providing us and our audience a rewarding and satisfying listening experience. We play at the Lily Pad every 4th Sunday each month. Treat yourself to a great jazz trio listening experience and come.
05/24 Monday
7:30 PM Mario Cerra
http://www.myspace.com/cerramario
8:00 PM Mario Cerra Quintet
Mario Cerra: Saxophones
Phil Grenadier: Trumpet
Jordan Seigel: Piano
Shin Sakaino: Bass
Lee Fish: Drums
This will be an exiting evening, featuring amazing musicians, and we will perform my latest compositions.
Please come out, enjoy the great weather, support local musicians and have a great time with us!
10:22 PM The Fringe
The Fringe are one of the genuine living treasures of the Boston jazz scene. Originally formed back in 1971 by tenor-saxophonist George Garzone, bassist Richard Appleman, and drummer Bob Gullotti as an outlet for their free jazz improvisations, The Fringe have entertained and enlightened Boston area jazz audiences for over 30 years. Bassist Appleman left the band in 1985 to become Chairman of the Bass Department at Berklee College and was replaced by veteran bassist John Lockwood.
Along with their impressive tenure with The Fringe, Gullotti, Garzone, and Lockwood are in great demand as session players and have played with many of the greats of contemporary jazz. Along with keeping up with a busy performance schedule, each of them are well-respected educators helping to inspire the jazz musicians of tomorrow.
05/25 Tuesday
8:00 PM Even Tuesday Milonga
05/26 Wednesday
10:30 PM Show Cancelled: Mitch Marcus
05/27 Thursday
7:30 PM Tania Stavreva: The Modern Piano Project
Featuring electro-acoustic works by Mason Bates, Carl Vine and
The New England Premiere of Marc Rossi’s “Dream Catcher”
Program:
Mason Bates (b. 1977): White Lies for Lomax (2007)
Carl Vine (b.1954): “Rash” for Solo Piano with CD (1997), Sonata No.1 (1990)
Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981): Fuga from Piano Sonata Op.26 (1949)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Three Préludes:
Bruyeres: Calme (1912-1913)
La fille aux cheveux de lin: Très calme et doucement expressif (1910)
Voiles: Modere(1910)
Marc Rossi (b.1952): “Dream Catcher” (2009) - New England Premiere
Alexander Vladigerov (1933-1993): Variations on a Bulgarian Folk Song “Dilmano Dilbero”, Op.2 (1954)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): “Suggestion Diabolique”, Op.4, No.4
http://www.myspace.com/taniastavreva, http://www.youtube.com/taniastavreva
http://www.twitter.com/taniastavreva
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tania-Stavreva/72024680157?ref=ts
10:00 PM George Garzone and friends
05/28 Friday
7:30 PM CSW Jazz Duets with Gustavo Assis-Brasil
Cambridge School of Weston music faculty member Gustavo Assis-Brasil plays jazz duets with some of his best students.
http://www.gustavoassisbrasil.com/
10:00 PM Ginger Ibex and Clara Engle and Gem Club
Ginger Ibex http://myspace.com/gingeribex
An instrumental rock/classical crossover... Ginger Ibex mixes and melds musical styles in a fashion that is both surprising and wildly successful. This is true modern classical music, incorporating elements from Middle Eastern music, Rock N Roll, Tango and Impressionist musical styles. Ginger Ibex is also very excited to be backing Clara Engel on several of her songs in a very special collaboration!!
Clara Engel http://myspace.com/claraengle
Clara Engel’s music presents the sort of emotional tightrope that has fueled unforgettable artists like Antony Hegarty and Diamanda Galas. Gorgeous and beguiling, her androgynous voice rises from a whisper to a roar while maintaining miraculous tone and pitch.
Gem Club http://iamgemclub.com/
Together, singer/songwriter/pianist Christopher Barnes and cellist Kristen Drymala create cavernous-sounding piano-based ballads that, despite their earthly trappings, feel truly ethereal, as if they're being piped in from another planet bereft of gravity.
05/29 Saturday
7:00 PM Melissa Kassel
Melissa Kassel, Tom Zicarelli, Phil Grenadier, and Bruno Raberg return to the Lily Pad to conjure up the spirits of summer. You’ll hear several new original pieces from Melissa and Tom, a few standards, and a few surprises. Its a great excuse to stay in town this Memorial Day weekend!
10:10 PM Phill Argyris Quartet Phill Argyris Quartet with Special Guests Lance Bryant and Phil Grenadier
Lance Bryant – Saxophones
Phil Grenadier – Trumpet
Phill Argyris – Piano
Ron Mahdi – Bass
John Connelly – Drums
05/30 Sunday
7:00 PM Diane Cluck and Trevor Jude Smith
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"Though Cluck is also anti-folk affiliated, her sound is more serious—
she is likely one of the most refined and elegant songwriters in all of neo-folkdom (freak-, anti-, whatevuh-).
A brilliant idiosyncratic guitarist, a witty and wise lyricist, an imaginative melody writer with a powerful voice;
her dark and introspective tunes are utterly captivating, sorta like an earthier Kate Bush.
Watch her spellbind the room."--Village Voice NYC May 2009
10:00 PM the Gill Aharon Trio
Randy Wooten - drums
Gill Aharon - piano and compositions
Jef Charland - bass
Andrew Stern - guitar
Rick Stone- Alto
Kelly Roberge - tenor
05/31 Monday
10:22 PM The Fringe
The Fringe are one of the genuine living treasures of the Boston jazz scene. Originally formed back in 1971 by tenor-saxophonist George Garzone, bassist Richard Appleman, and drummer Bob Gullotti as an outlet for their free jazz improvisations, The Fringe have entertained and enlightened Boston area jazz audiences for over 30 years. Bassist Appleman left the band in 1985 to become Chairman of the Bass Department at Berklee College and was replaced by veteran bassist John Lockwood.
Along with their impressive tenure with The Fringe, Gullotti, Garzone, and Lockwood are in great demand as session players and have played with many of the greats of contemporary jazz. Along with keeping up with a busy performance schedule, each of them are well-respected educators helping to inspire the jazz musicians of tomorrow.