Need a little musical snuggle time? The irrepressible drummer/composer Matt Wilson brings us a virtual Hug with the release of his album of the same name on August 28, 2020 via Palmetto Records.
On Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 7 PM EDT and Sunday, June 28, 2020 at 7 PM EDT, explore the new reality and current moment with Jen Shyu, multilingual vocalist-composer-multi-instrumentalist-dancer.
Bang on a Can and the Jewish Museum's 2019-2020 concert season continues on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 7:30pm at the Jewish Museum's Scheuer Auditorium (1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street). Flutist Nicole Mitchell's trio Matape, with Val Jeanty and Chad Taylor, creates ancient future soundscapes informed by the African diaspora through flute, Afro-Electronica, and percussion. This season's Bang on a Can performances celebrate the unique power of artist's voices, and Mitchell, emerging from Chicago's innovative music scene in the late 90s, continues that theme. The power of artists voices also resonates with themes in the current exhibition Rachel Feinstein: Maiden, Mother, Crone.
Known for groundbreaking performances that bridge a variety of genres and cultural traditions, Jen Shyu (pronounced 'shoe') returns to National Sawdust to give the world premiere of her multilingual, multimedia monodrama ZERO GRASSES on Wednesday, October 30, at 7:00 p.m. The work was commissioned by John Zorn, who invited Ms. Shyu to compose a new work for his series at National Sawdust in celebration of The Stone, his revolutionary venue dedicated to the experimental and avant-garde. This premiere reunites her with Romanian director Alexandru Mihail, who also directed her acclaimed one-woman show Nine Doors, which premiered at National Sawdust in 2017 and was reprised at last year's Resonant Bodies Festival.
JazzTimes's "Best Alto Saxophonist" and Village Voice's "Best Jazz Artist" winner Rudresh Mahanthappa returns to Miller Theatre with his Indo-Pak Coalition, featuring guitarist Rez Abbasi and percussionist Dan Weiss. On the heels of the success of their recent album, Agrima, the Indo-jazz fusion trio continues to maintain a blend of colorful, Carnatic motifs with elements of rock and bebop jazz, while still finding new ways to expand their improvisational and sonic vocabulary.
The fourth concert of Interpretations series' 30th Season also features bassist Mark Dresser, and multi-reeds virtuoso J.D. Parran in quartet.
Jazz at Princeton University presents guest artist and Blue Note Records trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire in the world premiere of Slightly Left of Sorrow's Song, commissioned by Jazz at Princeton University to commemorate the 150th anniversary of W.E.B. DuBois' birth. Akinmusire will perform the 8-movement suite with the school's Small Group I under the leadership of saxophonist and program director Rudresh Mahanthappa.
The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 84 artists from 18 states and six countries, from Colorado to Virginia and from Portugal to Nigeria. They are working in seven disciplines, and 43 percent identify as culturally diverse while 56 percent are women. The fellowships are for upcoming summer residencies at one of the nation's leading contemporary arts organizations.
The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) continues its intimate "Jazz Club" performances with jazz trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and his Two Rivers Ensemble on Thursday, April 26 at 8:00pm. ElSaffar was born to an American mother and an Iraqi father. After studying classical music in the U.S. and Iraqi maqam music in Baghdad, he forged his own path by mixing ornaments and microtones from Arab music with melodies and harmonies from the West. His unique fusion has won him accolades from DownBeat magazine and rowdy ovations at the Newport Jazz Festival.
Among the tri-state area's most versatile jazz ensembles, Diane Moser's Composers Big Band salutes two decades of developing and presenting new music with March 22 concert at Trumpets in Montclair, NJ. Join the celebration with an evening of eclectic, heart-felt-and fun!-music featuring the band's resident composers.
Jerry Granelli will hold a one-week residency at John Zorn's The Stone, January 3-8, 2017.
Jerry Granelli will hold a one-week residency at John Zorn's The Stone, January 3-8, 2017.
As a student, Lei Liang attended class mere blocks from the Tiananmen Square protests; ever since, he has viewed art as a way to counteract violence and find freedom. His compositions pay homage to his Chinese culture while drawing on Western counterpoints. This Portrait, featuring several of Liang's West Coast colleagues, explores opposing forces, bringing together light and dark, paradise and inferno.
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts has announced its 2016-17 Season
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts has announced its 2016-17 Season
Roulette presents Andrew Drury who will celebrate the release of his two new CD's, Content Provider & The Drum. The concert, tonight, February 17, will feature Briggan Krauss, Ingrid Laubrock, Brandon Seabrook, and Andrew Drury.
Roulette presents Andrew Drury who will celebrate the release of his two new CD's, Content Provider & The Drum. The concert, Tuesday, February 17, will feature Briggan Krauss, Ingrid Laubrock, Brandon Seabrook, and Andrew Drury.
?Roulette presents Andrew Drury who will celebrate the release of his two new CD's, Content Provider & The Drum. The concert, Tuesday, February 17, will feature Briggan Krauss, Ingrid Laubrock, Brandon Seabrook, and Andrew Drury.
REDCAT, CalArts' downtown center for contemporary arts, announces its 11th annual New Original Works (NOW) Festival, a three-week celebration of Los Angeles' vibrant community of artists making work for the stage. This year's festival will be held on the weekends of July 24-26, July 31-August 2 and August 7-9.
In a new dynamic collaboration, Ray Anderson and Sarah Weaver pose the great question, 'What is the point of being'? in a large-ensemble piece that explores the primary, universal concern of metaphysics through metaphorical, existential, humorous, emotional, and multidimensional perspectives. Featuring a powerhouse ensemble comprised of some of the finest improvisational performers today, The Point Being aspires to move from inner awareness to inner peace, and on then to a more peaceful world. The Point Being is presented with support from the Faculty in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (FAHSS) Research Initiatives Fund, Stony Brook University.
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