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Henry Grimes Performances

Henry Grimes is playing out this coming month.

Sunday, June 1st, 8 p.m: Julie Patton’s “Ghost of a Chance Defense Fun(d) Band” rent party, w/ Julie Patton (“voicesays”), special guest Henry Grimes, “Poet of the Air” (words, instrumental voicing), Brad Jones (bass), Drew Gardner (percussion), Rod Williams (piano), Paul Van Curen (guitar), and more, at the Stone, northwest corner of Ave. C at 2nd St., Manhattan (NYC), http://www.thestonenyc.com, nycthestone@yahoo.com, 212-473-OO43. Juliesays: “So accustomed to throwing my own voice I no longer own it. Who does? … I exchange the tone poem (courtesy) my pause, self-contained in a room colandered for pipsqueak messages, every in an out.” NOTE: James Uhart and Gino Sitson follow at 1O p.m.

Friday, June 13th, 11:3O p.m: Sabir Mateen & Henry Grimes Quartet (Sabir playing reeds and flutes, Henry playing double-bass and violin) with Rasul Siddik (trumpets) and John Betsch (drums), Vision Festival at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, 1O7 Suffolk St. betw. Rivington & Delancey St’s, Manhattan (NYC), http://www.visionfestival.org/home.php, http://www.visionfestival.org/visionfestival13.php, http://www.csvcenter.com, info@visionfestival.org, 212-254-542O, 212-696-6681, 212-26O-4O8O, ext. 12. Several groups precede.

Saturday, June 14th, 9:3O p.m: Paul Dunmall (saxophone, bagpipe)/ Henry Grimes (double-bass, violin)/ Andrew Cyrille (drums), Vision Festival at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, 1O7 Suffolk St. betw. Rivington & Delancey St’s, Manhattan (NYC), http://www.visionfestival.org/home.php, http://www.visionfestival.org/visionfestival13.php, http://www.csvcenter.com, info@visionfestival.org, 212-254-542O, 212-696-6681, 212-26O-4O8O, ext. 12. Several groups precede and follow.


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