Upcoming New York Shows

From the Vision Festival people:

EVOLVING MUSIC· EVOLVING VOICE
MONDAYS @ THE LOCAL 269
269 E Houston St, New York (corner of Suffolk St)
Regular = $10 per set / $15 for 2 sets / $20 all night
Students/Seniors = $7 per set / $12 for 2 / $17 all night

December 20 / December 27 / January 3
Town Hall RUCMA Meeting on January 4

December 20

· 7pm : JuJu Seahorse
“they bring new meaning and style to the merging of lyricism and music” – Bruce Mack
Paul Harding (spoken music) / Joe Ford (alto & soprano) / Hill Greene (bass) / Dave Ross (guitar)

· 8pm : ExPosed Blues Duo
“she stretches the definition of jazz vocals with Betty Carter, Hendrix and Sun Ra’s song-based cosmic poetry all in the mix” – Jazzwise
Fay Victor (voice) / Anders Nilson (guitar)

· 9pm : Stringful Souls
Brad Farberman (guitar) / Marco Cappelli (guitar)
Jason Kao Hwang (violin) / Daniel Levin (cello)
James Ilgenfritz (bass) / Francois Grillot (bass)

· 10pm : Pet Bottle Ningen
“The impressively free and flexible John Zorn protégé Nonoko Yoshida” – JazzTimes
Nonoko Yoshida (alto sax) / Dave Scanlon (guitar) / Dave Miller (drums)

December 27

· 7pm : Vocal Improv Session #7
“Nora McCarthy is a highly original singer, lyricist, composer, poet and educator” – JazzReview
Nora McCarthy (voice) / Andrea Wolper (voice)
Nicole Peyrafitte (voice) / Francois Grillot (Double Bass)

· 8pm : Jason Mears Group
“his compositions (…) bring us back to the dawn of free jazz ” – Time Out NY
Erika Dagnino (poetry) / Steve Dalachinsky (words)
Jason Mears (sax, cl) / Ken Filliano (bs) / Satoshi Takeishi (ds)

· 9pm : Grass Roots
“Their freedom can be delicate and meditative” – All About Jazz
Darius Jones (alto sax) / Alex Harding (bari sax)
Sean Conly (bass) / Chad Taylor (drums)

· 10pm : Steve Dalachinsky & Ken Filiano
“His words come out of him just like sounds wend their way through
the length of a hornpipe when it is blown” – JazzTimes
Steve Dalachinsky (poetry) / Ken Filiano (bass)

January 3

Celebrating a New Year
· 7pm – Patricia Nicholson & William Parker DUO
“demonstrating her depth of feeling in the unique face of each moment” – One Final Note
Patricia Nicholson (dance) / William Parker (bass)

· 8pm – Gerald Cleaver Group
“tasty embroidery of the groove” – All About Jazz
Gerald Cleaver (drums)

· 9pm – Rob Brown Ensemble
“…among the most talented and original alto players to take the stage…” – Option
Rob Brown (saxophone)

· 10pm – William Parker, Rob Brown & Gerald Cleaver TRIO “William Parker has few peers in contemporary music” – Pop Matters
William Parker (bass) / Rob Brown (sax) / Gerald Cleaver (drums)