Musical Musings of a Tiny Rager

February 2012 Music Calendar

Calendar updated daily!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

• ($15) The Louis Armstrong Centennial Band @ Birdland NYC
• ($20-$35) Chrisette Michele: A Tribute to The Legends w/ Robert Glasper @ The Blue Note (2 sets)
• ($45-$58) Skrillex @ Pascha NYC

Thursday, February 2, 2012

• ($5-$8) DJ ?uestlove Presents Bowl Train – Late Night DJ Set @ Brooklyn Bowl
• ($7) Break Science and Monolith Code Album Release Party @ The Brooklyn Bowl
• ($8) Larkin Grimm, Cuddle Magic, Tall Tall Trees @ The Rock Shop
• ($15-$18) Emancipator @ Highline Ballroom

Friday, February 3, 2012

• (Free) The Statesmen (Jonah Smith, Josh Dion, Scott Metzger, Ben Rubin) @ Rockwood Music Hall – Stage 2 (Midnight)
• (Free?? – $10) Eclectic Method @ Cameo Music and Art Gallery (The Loving Cup)
• ($10-$12) Soul Rebel Brass Band @ The Brooklyn Bowl
• ($10-$12) CEG Presents: Kung Fu with Sophistafunk @ Sullivan Hall
• ($35) Brooklyn Music Shop Presents: Joan Osborne, The Holmes Brothers, with Special Guest Catherine Russell @ Grand Prospect Hall
• ($35) Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana Duo @ Smoke
• ($45-$58) Skrillex @ Roseland Ballroom
• ($150-$170) bjork: biophilia live @ New York Hall of Science

Saturday, February 4, 2012

• (Free) American Babies @ Rockwood Music Hall – Stage 2
• ($5) Leroy Justice @ The Brooklyn Bowl
• ($35) Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana Duo @ Smoke
• ($45-$58) Skrillex @ Terminal 5

Sunday, February 5, 2012

• Oddly enough, I found nothing for this date!

Monday, February 6, 2012

• ($8) Jim Campilongo Electric Trio with Stephan Crump & Tony Mason @ The Living Room
• ($22) Howie Day w/ Matt White – RESIDENCY @ City Winery
• ($25) Mingus Big Band @ The Jazz Standard
• ($45-$65) Steve Earle & Allison Moorer w / The Dust Busters – Residency @ City Winery
• ($150-$170) bjork: biophilia live @ New York Hall of Science
• ($150-$2500) JAY Z with Special Guests: Benefit for United Way of New York City and The Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation @ Carnegie Hall

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

• ($20) YES! Trio featuring Ali Jackson | Aaron Goldberg | Omer Avital @ The Jazz Standard
• ($20-$25) Roy Hargrove Big Band w/ special guest Roberta Gambarini @ Blue Note Jazz Club
• ($25) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony w/ Krayzie & Wish @ Gramercy Theater
• ($150-$2500) JAY Z with Special Guests: Benefit for United Way of New York City and The Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation @ Carnegie Hall

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

• (Free) Nutritious @ Bembe
  • We’re giving away 10 pre-release copies of Nutritious’s 2012 Exclusive Mix
• ($20) YES! Trio featuring Ali Jackson | Aaron Goldberg | Omer Avital @ The Jazz Standard
• ($20-$25) Roy Hargrove Big Band w/ special guest Roberta Gambarini @ Blue Note Jazz Club
• ($22) Howie Day – RESIDENCY w/ Julia Sinclair @ City Winery
• ($25-$30) Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe pres The Rolling Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” with Anders Osborne @ Webster Hall
• ($30) Ed Palermo Big Band featuring Legendary Frank Zappa Band Member Mike Keneally @ Iridium Jazz Club
• ($37.50) George Clinton & The Parliament-Funkadelic All-Stars @ B.B. Kings
• ($40) Anthrax @ Best Buy Theater

Thursday, February 9, 2012

• (Free) BrooklyNites Jazz featuring Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra @ The Brooklyn Museum
• ($5-$10) Uncomun: Loud Apartment CD Release with Bernie Worrell and Maya Azucena @ DROM
• ($5-$8) DJ ?uestlove Presents Bowl Train – Late Night DJ Set @ Brooklyn Bowl
• ($8-$10) Freaks Night Out feat. Erik Deutsch, Joe Russo (Furthur, The Duo), Scott Metzger (Wolf!), Hagar Ben-Ari (Dap Kings) @ The Brooklyn Bowl
• ($10) Mark Guiliana’s “Beat Music” w/ Aaron Comess (w/Teddy Kumpel & Richard Hammond) @ Rockwood Music Hall – Stage 2
• ($12-$15) Papadosio @ Highline Ballroom
• ($15-$80) A Tribute to the Music of Motown with Ray Chew @ Carnegie Hall
• ($20-$25) Roy Hargrove Big Band w/ special guest Roberta Gambarini @ Blue Note Jazz Club
• ($30-$42) Bob Mould @ City Winery
• ($50-$65) Primus: A Benefit for Baby Matthew / Be The Match Foundation @ Gramercy Theater
• ($150-$170) bjork: biophilia live @ New York Hall of Science

Friday, February 10, 2012

• (No Price Yet) Guns N’ Roses @ Roseland Ballroom
• ($10) Turkuaz @ The Studio at Webster Hall
• ($15-$20) Blowoff: Featuring the DJ Sounds of Bob Mould & Richard Morel @ Highline Ballroom
• ($20) Tab Benoit @ Hiro Ballroom
• ($20-$23) Tea Leaf Green @ Bowery Ballroom
• ($20-$25) Roy Hargrove Big Band w/ special guest Roberta Gambarini @ Blue Note Jazz Club
• ($30) Buster Williams @ Iridium Jazz Club (2 sets)
• ($50-$330) Barry Manilow @ Radio City Music Hall

Saturday, February 11, 2012

• (Free) NY Funk Exchange @ Club Groove
• ($10) THOR Takes Over Hiro Ballroom @ Hiro Ballroom (All Ages)
• ($10) lespecial @ Sullivan Hall (Late Night Set)
• ($12) Tea Leaf Green @ The Brooklyn Bowl
• ($15-$20) John Kadlecik Band (from Furthur, DSO) @ Sullivan Hall
• ($20-$25) Roy Hargrove Big Band w/ special guest Roberta Gambarini @ Blue Note Jazz Club
• ($30) Buster Williams @ Iridium Jazz Club (2 sets)
• ($35) Rebirth Brass Band: Pre-Mardi Gras Celebration with 2012 Grammy Nominees @ Hiro Ballroom
• ($50-$330) Barry Manilow @ Radio City Music Hall

Sunday, February 12, 2012

• (No Price Yet) Guns N’ Roses @ Terminal 5
• ($20-$25) Roy Hargrove Big Band w/ special guest Roberta Gambarini @ Blue Note Jazz Club
• ($30) Ralph Stanley @ B.B. Kings
• ($40-$100) An Intimate Valentine’s Concert with Jim Brickman @ Best Buy Theater
• ($50-$330) Barry Manilow @ Radio City Music Hall

Monday, February 13, 2012

• ($8) Jim Campilongo Electric Trio with Stephan Crump & Tony Mason @ The Living Room
• ($10) An Evening with: Nigel Hall and Alecia Chakour @ Rockwood Music Hall – Stage 2 (9pm)
• ($25) Mingus Big Band @ The Jazz Standard
• ($33-$95) Tibet House Benefit Concert @ Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
  • Feat. Laurie Anderson, Antony, James Blake, Tim Fain, Philip Glass, Stephin Merritt, Rahzel, Lou Reed, Dechen Shak-Dagsay
• ($35) Les Paul Mondays feat. Special Guests Earl Slick (Guitarist with David Bowie) and Lee Rocker (Bassist from Stray Cats) with The Les Paul Trio @ Iridium Jazz Club (2 sets)

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

• ($35-$55) David Sanborn @ The Blue Note (2 sets)
• ($40-$60) Richard Thompson – Special All-Request Shows @ City Winery
• ($50-$330) Barry Manilow @ Radio City Music Hall
• ($75-$85) Cedric The Entertainer @ The Beacon Theater

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

• (Free) Nutritious @ Bembe
• (No price yet) Guns N’ Roses @ Webster Hall
• ($15-$17) Legendary Meters Drummer: Zigaboo Modeliste’s NY Foundation of Funk Revue ft. Andy Hess, Brian Mitchell, Jonathan Batiste & Jamie McLean @ Highline Ballroom
• ($35-$55) David Sanborn @ The Blue Note (2 sets)
• ($40-$60) Richard Thompson – Special All-Request Shows @ City Winery
• ($150-$170) bjork: biophilia live @ New York Hall of Science

Thursday, February 16, 2012

• ($73) John Hammond & John Mayall @ The Allen Room at Lincoln Center
• (Free) Taylor Carson @ Rockwood Music Hall
• ($5-$8) DJ ?uestlove Presents Bowl Train – Late Night DJ Set @ Brooklyn Bowl
• ($15) Less Than Jake @ The Brooklyn Bowl (Early Show)
• ($35-$40) Auktyon featuring John Medeski & Marc Ribot @ le Poisson Rouge
• ($35-$55) David Sanborn @ The Blue Note (2 sets)
• ($40-$60) Richard Thompson – Special All-Request Shows @ City Winery

Friday, February 17, 2012

• ($8) Higher Nebulae @ Sullivan Hall (early show)
• ($10) Gent Treadly @ Sullivan Hall (part of another band on the bill)
• ($10-$13) Tall, Tall Trees @ Mercury Lounge
• ($15) A toga-party with America’s #1 Party Band!: Otis Day & the Knights @ The Brooklyn Bowl
• ($18-$22) Saul Williams @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
• ($35-$55) David Sanborn @ The Blue Note (2 sets)
• ($55-$130) Aretha Franklin @ Radio City Music Hall

Saturday, February 18, 2012

• (Free) Hot Peas ‘N Butter @ Carnegie Hall (45 Minute Children’s Performance)
  
• ($8-$10) Skatalites @ The Brooklyn Bowl
• ($10) CEG Presents: MUN’s CD Release Party featuring MUN plus Pigeons Playing Ping Pong @ Sullivan Hall
• ($13) The Souljazz Orchestra plus Zongo Junction @ The Studio at Webster Hall
• ($22-$32) Emilie Autumn @ Gramercy Theater
• ($30) Mingus Big Band @ Jazz Standard
• ($35-$55) David Sanborn @ The Blue Note (2 sets)
• ($38-$42) Davy Jones of The Monkees @ B.B Kings
• ($50-$65) Mardi Gras Ball with Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers plus Bonerama w/ special guest Marco Benevento, DJ Cochon de Lait and special guests Outer Borough Brass Band @ Hiro Ballroom
• ($50-$100) Peter Frampton: Back by Popular Demand! The Frampton Comes Alive 35 Tour @ The Beacon Theater
• ($55-$130) Aretha Franklin @ Radio City Music Hall
• ($150-$170) bjork: biophilia live @ New York Hall of Science

Sunday, February 19, 2012

• ($18-$23) Big Gigantic @ Webster Hall
• ($25) Mingus Big Band @ Jazz Standard
• ($30) Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra @ Birdland NYC
• ($35-$55) David Sanborn @ The Blue Note (2 sets)
• ($50-$65) Mardi Gras Ball with Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers and Bonerama @ Hiro Ballroom

Monday, February 20, 2012

• ($8) Jim Campilongo Electric Trio with Stephan Crump & Tony Mason @ The Living Room
• ($15-$18) Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem w/ Nels Cline, Jim Black, and Todd Sickafoose @ le Poission Rouge
• ($25) Mingus Big Band @ The Jazz Standard
• ($32-$38) Marcia Ball and BeauSoleil @ City Winery
• ($30) Les Paul Mondays: The Jon Herington Band (lead guitarist of Steely Dan) and the Les Paul Trio @ Iridium Jazz Club
  

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

• ($15) Less Than Jake @ The Brooklyn Bowl
• ($20-$30) Monty Alexander: 50 Years in Music & 50 Years in Jamaica: UPLIFT! With Special Guest Christian McBride & Russell Malone @ The Blue Note (2 sets)
• ($25) Tigran Hamasyan & Jason Lindner/Mark Guiliana Duo @ Highline Ballroom

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

• (Free) Nutritious @ Bembe
• (Free) Cabinet @ Rodeo Bar
• ($20-$30) Monty Alexander: 50 Years in Music & 50 Years in Jamaica: UPLIFT! With Special Guest Christian McBride & Russell Malone @ The Blue Note (2 sets)
• ($50-$60) Flogging Molly, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears and The Devil Makes Three @ Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom
• ($150-$170) bjork: biophilia live @ Roseland Ballroom

Thursday, February 23, 2012

• (Free?) Gent Treadly @ East Side Billiards
• ($5-$8) DJ ?uestlove Presents Bowl Train – Late Night DJ Set @ Brooklyn Bowl
• ($20) Phife Dawg (of Tribe Called Quest) and Friends @ B.B. Kings
• ($25-$40) Monty Alexander: 50 Years in Music & 50 Years in Jamaica: UPLIFT! With Special Guest Dr. Lonnie Smith @ The Blue Note (2 sets)
• ($25-$45) In-Tune Music Festival: Philip Glass performing Kaddish (7pm)
  • One of the greatest works to emerge from the Beat Generation was Allen Ginsberg’s Kaddish, a sprawling, propulsive poem about the poet’s estrangement from Judaism. The 2012 Tune-In Music Festival will begin with a world premiere, commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory from jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, to be performed by the composer and an eight-piece ensemble accompanying a reading of Kaddish by Ginsberg collaborator Hal Willner and artist Ralph Steadman, who will create the visual design and staging to accompany the piece. (Runs 75 minutes with no intermission)
• ($30-$35) Sinead O’Connor @ Highline Ballroom
• ($55-$250) HIAS Regina Spektor Benefit Concert @ Rose Theater at Lincoln Center

Friday, February 24, 2012

• ($12) Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad @ Rockwood Music Hall – Stage 2 (10pm)
• ($12-$15) Twiddle / FiKus with Psychedelphia and The Fundimensionals @ Sullivan Hall
• ($15) Wyllys ft. Jennifer Hartswick w/ Special Guests @ The Blue Note (Late Night Series)
• ($15) An Evening With The Cast and Crew of: The Adventures of Pete and Pete @ Bowery Ballroom
• ($25-$45) Tune-In Music Festival: Philip Glass and Patti Smith: The Poet Speaks @ Park Avenue Armory (7pm)
  • Longtime Glass collaborator Patti Smith and her band join Glass for the second concert, “The Poet Speaks,” performing music and readings celebrating their favorite poets, including Ginsberg and William Blake, which will be the first New York performance for the pair. (Runs approx. 90 Minutes with no intermission)
• ($30) Hit Squad – Reunion Show: Redman, Epmd, Das Efx, Keith Murray @ Best Buy Theater
• ($30-$35) Sinead O’Connor @ Highline Ballroom

Saturday, February 25, 2012

• ($10) Dopapod / Turbine with The Mantras , MiZ , XVSK @ Sullivan Hall
• ($15) Kung Fu @ The Blue Note (Late Night Series)
• ($20) Eric Lindell with special guest Otis Taylor @ Hiro Ballroom
• ($22-$26) Buckwheat Zydeco @ B.B. Kings (Grammy Winning King Of New Orleans Zydeco)
• ($25) Railroad Earth and Cornmeal @ Best Buy Theater
• ($30-$37) Galactic, Soul Rebel Brass Band & Steel Pulse @ Terminal 5
• ($30-$50) Tune-In Music Festival: The Philip Glass Ensemble performs his Music in 12 Parts @ Park Avenue Armory (5pm)
  • For the third concert, The Philip Glass Ensemble will offer a rare performance of the entire Music in Twelve Parts, Glass’s epic minimalist composition which he considers his “breakthrough” work. (Runs a total of 5 hours including two short intermissions and one hour long dinner break)
• ($150-$170) bjork: biophilia live @ Roseland Ballroom

Sunday, February 26, 2012

• ($15) Chris Rob: Game Rebellion @ Highline Ballroom
• ($15-$35) Tune-In Music Festival: Philip Glass performs Afternoon Concert @ Park Avenue Armory (2pm)
  • The final day of the Festival will begin with compilation of unique artists that Philip Glass has assembled and represent the forward momentum of contemporary music. (Runs a total of 2 hours 15 minutes with one Intermission)
• ($15-$35) Tune-In Music Festival: Philip Glass’s Another Look at Harmony – Part IV @ Park Avenue Armory (7pm)
  • The Festival concludes with Glass’s Another Look at Harmony, a choral work Glass started in 1975 for organ and 100 voices, performed by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, the Collegiate Chorale, and organist Michael Riesman, music director and keyboardist of The Philip Glass Ensemble. (Runs 62 minutes with no intermission)
• ($25-$40) Monty Alexander: 50 Years in Music & 50 Years in Jamaica: A Night at Jillys ft Dee Dee Bridgewater & Freddy Cole @ The Blue Note
• ($27.50) Marc Ribot’s ” Really The Blues” @ Iridium Jazz Club (2 sets)
• ($30) Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra @ Birdland NYC
• ($50-$75) An Unpredictable Evening With Todd Rundgren@ City Winery

Monday, February 27, 2012

• ($8) Jim Campilongo Electric Trio with Stephan Crump & Tony Mason @ The Living Room
• ($10) Erik Deutsch Demonio Teclado CD Release Party @ Rockwood Music Hall – Stage 2
• ($25) Mingus Big Band @ The Jazz Standard
• ($27.50) Marc Ribot’s ” Really The Blues” @ Iridium Jazz Club (2 sets)
• ($50-$75) An Unpredictable Evening With Todd Rundgren@ City Winery

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

• (Free) Dred Scott Trio @ Rockwood Music Hall
• ($15) Bowlive III @ The Brooklyn Bowl: Special Guests: John Scofield & Luther Dickinson
• ($30-$40) Leo Kottke @ City Winery
• ($35-$40) Robert Glasper Experiment:With Special Guests Yasiin Bey, Chrisette Michele, Lalah Hathaway & More @ Highline Ballroom
• ($50-$150) Van Halen with Kool & The Gang @ Madison Square Garden
• ($150-$170) bjork: biophilia live @ Roseland Ballroom

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

• (Free) Nutritious @ Bembe
• ($15) Bowlive III @ The Brooklyn Bowl: Special Guests: John Scofield & Luther Dickinson
• ($30-$40) Leo Kottke @ City Winery

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