We are coming into our last two weeks of 2014 (holy crap!) There are some great performances that I highly recommend you all to go see.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 8:30pm
Jesse Stacken‘s Helleborus CD Release Concert
Jesse Stacken – piano and compositions
Tony Malaby – saxophone
Sean Conly – bass
Tom Rainey – drums
Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
New York, NY 10014
212-989-9319
This show will be wonderful. Look at that line up! Jesse is a fabulous pianist who writes wonderful compositions. If you have a chance, check out his website here.
Friday, December 19, 2014, 7:30pm
Lyra Faculty perform at Tenri
Mu Phi Epsilon Founders’ Day Recital
Tenri Cultural Institute
43 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011
Akiko Sasaki – piano
Marc Szammer – violin
Andrew Janss – cello
This performance is going to be awesome. This trio will be performing the monstrous Rachmaninoff Élégiaque Trio No. 2, Op.9. (Akiko did a run through for me at my place many months ago. I thought my piano was going to fall apart!) A must see!
Saturday, December 20, 2014, 9:00pm
Jacob Sacks Quintet
Jacob Sacks – piano, compositions
Jacob Garchik – trombone
Ben Gerstein – trombone
Thomas Morgan – bass
Dan Weiss – drums
Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
New York, NY 10014
212-989-9319
I am totally bummed that I won’t be seeing this quintet on Saturday (holiday travel *sigh*) This quintet has been around for as long as I have been in NYC. This is a special group and should be experienced by everyone! Go check it out.
Friday and Saturday, December 26 and 27, 9:00pm
Open Loose
Tony Malaby – tenor saxophone
Mark Helias – bass
Tom Rainey – drums
Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
New York, NY 10014
212-989-9319
Look at the line up! Enough said…
Sunday,December 28th,2014, 7:00pm
Ras Moshe-Reeds & Flute
Kyoko Kitamura-Voice
Joe Gallant-Bass
Reuben Radding-Bass
Sean Conly-Bass
(8:30pm-Steve Gauci-Ken Filiano-Yoni Kretzmer-Michael Wimberly)
Why Not Jazz Room
14 Christopher St. NYC
For you free improvising jazz folk out there, this performance will be up your alley. With three bass players in the band, it’s gonna get deep. Check out the next band after Ras’ project. (I worked with Michael Wimberly this past semester up in Vermont and he is awesome!)
Tuesday, December 30, 2014, 8:30pm
Tom Rainey Trio
Tom Rainey – drums
Mary Halvorson – guitar
Ingrid Laubrock – tenor saxophone
Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
New York, NY 10014
212-989-9319
Tom Rainey is one of my favorite drummers and musician and Mary and Ingrid are superb. Go and check it out.
Ok, that’s all folks. I hope to catch one of these before I go on holidays and I hope you check some of them out too. These performances are not to be missed.
Enjoy the music and happy holidays!!