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DMG Newsletter December 23rd, 2011

John Zorn (cropped version)

From DMG:

Akira Sakata Solo! Second SIM! Peter Brotzmann/Mats Gustafsson/Ken Vandermark: Sonore LP! International Trio: Joachim Badenhorst/Steve Swell/Ziv Ravitz! Brad Henkel/Sean Ali/David Grollman! Anil Prasad interviews: Laswell, McLaughlin, Torn, Sylvian, Zawinul, Bruford et al! David Tudor! Iannis Xenakis! Classic 50s Jazz LPs – Warhol covers box sets! Zappa/Mothers Live! Susanne Lewis rarities!

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The DMG Free Weekly In-Store Performance Series continues in the New Year With:

Sunday, January 8th, 2012 Double-Header: Two Great Duos featuring:
6pm: GL DIANA & KYOKO KITAMURA – Laptop & Experimental Vocals!
7pm: HAN-EARL PARK & TRACY McMULLEN – UK Guitarist & Tenor Sax Duo!

Sunday, January 15th at 6pm:
YUKARI – Solo Flute Performance!

Sunday, January 22nd Double-Header:
6pm: TERRENCE McMANUS – Solo Guitar!
7pm: KUS & RIKA Featuring : MARKUS RUCHMANN – Beatbox, Loops & Sounds and FREDERIKA KRIER – Violin & Loops!

Sunday, January 29th at 6pm:
The Return of RADIO I-CHING! Featuring:
DEE POP – Drums / ANDY HAAS – Reeds / DON FIORINO – Guitar!

Sunday, February 5th at 6pm:
MAX JOHNSON & SYLVAIN LEROUX – Acoustic Bass & Flute Duo!

Sunday, February 12th at 6pm:
CARLO COSTA & RYAN FERREIRA – Drums & Guitar Duo!

Sunday, February 19th – Double Header featuring:
6pm: THOMAS HELTON – Solo Acoustic Bassist from Texas!
7pm: ANDREA PENSADO – Solo Weirdness from Argentina!

Sunday, February 26th at 6pm – CD Release Celebration for this All-Star Unit:
FRANCOIS GRILLOT/CATHERINE SIKORA/ROY CAMPBELL/DANIEL LEVIN/JAY ROSEN!

Sunday, March 4th at 6pm:
NATURA MORTA Featuring: FRANTZ LORIOT – Prepared Viola / SEAN ALI – Prepared Bass / CARLO COSTA – drums!

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This Saturday, December 24th at 08:30 pm – Nittle Nacht (Xmas Eve)
Radical Jewish Culture Blow Out Benefit
At The Sixth St. Community Synagogue – 325 E. Sixth Street
(between 1st Ave and 2nd Ave) / 212.473.3665

Special Benefit Concert for the Center For Jewish Arts and Literacy
Hosted by John Zorn

Performances by John Zorn and the Aleph Trio !
Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits playing Masada Book II !
Rashanim meets Hasidic New Wave‘s Rabbi Greg and Frank London !
And The Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band with Jake Marmer of JazzTalmud !

Tickets starting at $25, purchase on-line NittleNacht.eventbrite.com or at the door. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Center for Jewish Arts and Literacy (CJAL).

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ALSO, at the

Calvin Morris Gallery
210 Eleventh Avenue [between 24th & 25th Sts.], Suite 201, NYC

John Zorn presents The Obsessions Collective: Works by Artists of Extreme Interest
Open to the public on December 27 and 28, 12-5 PM; and in 2012, on January 3 through 21, 10 – 6 PM [closed on Mondays]

There will also be a Closing Reception on the 21st, from 5-7 PM, with perfomance by Zorn & Friends


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