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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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May 2010 Potential Show Run Down
(If there is ANYTHING that I have missed that must not be missed, please point it out. I add things constantly.)
May 1st, 2010:
- ($38) Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings @ Apollo Theater
- ($30) David Knopfler of Dire Straits @ B.B. Kings
- ($25) Sublime, Dirty Heads @ Roseland Ballroom
- ($10) Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra @ The Stephen Talkhouse
- ($10) Trouble & Bass @ Santos Party House
May 2nd, 2010:
May 3rd, 2010:
May 4th, 2010:
- ($35) Bill Frisell Trio w/ Eyvind Kang & Rudy Royston @ Village Vanguard
- ($33) Corinne Bailey Rae @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
- ($40-$65) Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian Further Explorations of Bill @ The Blue Note
- (Free) Dred Scott Trio @ Rockwood Music Hall
May 5th, 2010:
- ($35) Bill Frisell Trio w/ Eyvind Kang & Rudy Royston @ Village Vanguard
- ($33) Corinne Bailey Rae @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
- ($40-$65) Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian Further Explorations of Bill @ The Blue Note
- ($25) Dierks Bentley featuring the Travelin McCourys @ Highline Ballroom
- (Free) Mark Guiliana @ Rose Live Music
- ($30) The Mick Taylor Band (Rolling Stones Guitarist) @ B.B. Kings
- ($25) The Mingus Big Band (Charles Mingus) @ The Jazz Standard
May 6th, 2010:
- ($35) Bill Frisell Trio w/ Eyvind Kang & Rudy Royston @ Village Vanguard
- ($40-$65) Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian Further Explorations of Bill @ The Blue Note
- ($43) A-Ha @ Nokia Theatre Times Square
- ($25) Sia @ Terminal 5
- (Free w/1 drink min) Mark Guiliana @ Rockwood Music Hall
- (Free) Sonya Kitchell @ Rockwood Music Hall
- (Free) Mark Guiliana w/ Jeff Taylor @ Rockwood Music Hall
May 7th, 2010:
- ($35) Bill Frisell Trio w/ Eyvind Kang & Rudy Royston @ Village Vanguard
- ($40-$65) Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian Further Explorations of Bill @ The Blue Note
- (Sold out) Broken Social Scene, Fan Death @ Webster Hall
- ($35) Steve Kimock (2 shows) @ The Stone
- ($10) EOTO Featuring Michael Travis and Jason Hann from String Cheese Incident @ Brooklyn Bowl
- ($10) BR & Timebomb @ Bar East
- ($10) Drunken Pumpkin@ Crash Mansion
- ($10) John Ellis and Double-Wide (featuring Derrek Phillips) @ Rose Live
May 8th, 2010:
May 9th, 2010:
- ($35) Bill Frisell Trio w/ Eyvind Kang & Rudy Royston @ Village Vanguard
- ($40-$65) Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian Further Explorations of Bill @ The Blue Note
May 10th, 2010:
- ($22-$28) Aqualung & Krista Polvere @ City Winery
May 11th, 2010:
- ($35) Bill Frisell Quartet: Hank Roberts-clo, Eyvind Kang-vln, Jenny Scheinman-vln @ Village Vanguard
- ($40-$65) Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian Further Explorations of Bill @ The Blue Note
- ($25) Aqua Teen Hunger Force Live @ Nokia Theater Times Square
- (Free) Dred Scott Trio @ Rockwood Music Hall
- (Free) MGMT @ Late Show with David Letterman
- Free Live Hilarious Comedy: SRSLY LOL @ Metropolitan Bar
May 12th, 2010:
May 13, 2010:
- (Free) Sonya Kitchell @ Rockwood Music Hall
- ($7) Afro Funky Party w/ Zongo Junction, Top Shotta & DJ Offbeat @ Cameo Gallery (Funk Live Meetup)
- ($10) Todd Sickafoose, Jim Black, Jonathon Goldberger Trio @ Barbes
- ($20) Orchard Lounge Residency + Jeff Bujak + D.V.S. + Higher Nebulae @ Club Love
- ($35) Bill Frisell Quartet: Hank Roberts-clo, Eyvind Kang-vln, Jenny Scheinman-vln @ Village Vanguard
- ($40-$65) Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian Further Explorations of Bill @ The Blue Note (With special guest Hubert Laws)
May 14th, 2010:
- Wicked on Broadway
- ($15) Todd Sickafoose’s Tiny Resistor’s @ 45 Bleeker, NYC
- ($35) Bill Frisell Quartet: Hank Roberts-clo, Eyvind Kang-vln, Jenny Scheinman-vln @ Village Vanguard
- ($40-$65) Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian Further Explorations of Bill @ The Blue Note
- ($15) The Mother Hips @ Bowery Ballroom
- ($??)Radiohead Tribute Band @ B.B. Kings
- Free Live Hilarious Comedy: Triple Minority Report @ Comix
May 15th, 2010:
- ($35) Bill Frisell Quartet: Hank Roberts-clo, Eyvind Kang-vln, Jenny Scheinman-vln @ Village Vanguard
- ($40-$65) Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian Further Explorations of Bill @ The Blue Note
- ($5) The London Souls @ Brooklyn Bowl
- ($17) Donna The Buffalo @ Southpaw
- ($45) Loudon Wainwright III @ Irvington Town Hall Theater
- ($10) Soul Cycle @ The Blue Note
May 16th, 2010:
- ($35) Bill Frisell Quartet: Hank Roberts-clo, Eyvind Kang-vln, Jenny Scheinman-vln @ Village Vanguard
- ($40-$65) Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian Further Explorations of Bill @ The Blue Note
- ($??) Ikebe Shakedown @ Bembe (Funk Live Meetup)
- ($20) Voices of the Big Easy feat. Henry Butler & Chuck Perkins @ Jazz Gallery
May 17th, 2010:
- ($30) The Lovin’ Spoonful @ B.B. King Blues Club
- ($25) The Mingus Big Band (Charles Mingus) @ The Jazz Standard
May 18th, 2010:
- ($30) Joe Louis Walker, Watermelon Slim, Janiva Magness @ B.B. Kings
- ($20 – $40) Raul Midon @ City Winery
- (Free) Dred Scott Trio @ Rockwood Music Hall
May 19th, 2010:
- ($16) The London Souls @ The Gramercy Theater
- ($10) Apollo Sunshine @ Mercury Lounge
May 20th, 2010:
- Sushioke #14
- ($25-$45) The Proclaimers @ City Winery
- (Free) Sonya Kitchell @ Rockwood Music Hall
- ($80) Pearl Jam w/ Band of Horses @ Madison Square Garden
- ($25) Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio feat. Kokayi & Jason Lindner @ The Jazz Standard
- ($15) ALO @ Brooklyn Bowl
- Free Live Hilarious Comedy: The Tweet Spot: The Twitter Game Show
May 21st, 2010:
- ($80) Pearl Jam w/ Band of Horses @ Madison Square Garden
- ($40) Jefferson Starship @ B.B. Kings
- (SOLD OUT) LCD Soundsystem @ Terminal 5
- ($30) Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio feat Kokayi & Jason Lindner @ The Jazz Standard
May 22nd, 2010:
- (SOLD OUT) LCD Soundsystem @ Terminal 5
- Adam Deitch @ Modern Drummer Festival – Montclair State University
- ($10) Dig Deeper presents Bobby Patterson @ Southpaw
- ($??) Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra @ The Brooklyn Bowl (Funk Live Meetup)
- ($17) Marco Benevento Trio @ Bowery Ballroom
- ($10) Turbine @ Mercury Lounge
May 23rd, 2010:
- ($35) LCD Soundsystem @ Terminal 5
May 24th, 2010:
May 25th, 2010:
- (Free) Dred Scott Trio @ Rockwood Music Hall
- (Free) Live Hilarious Comedy: SRSLY LOL @ Metropolitan bar
- ($8) The Six Figures (Louis Cato & James Casey) opening for The Brown / Hawk Syndicate w/ Drummers: Justin Brown & Dana Hawkins
- ($??) Will Bernard, Trevor Dunn, Dan Weiss and Michael Blake @ Krozo
- ($28 – $40) Imogen Heap @ The Hammerstein Ballroom
- ($50-$75) Erykah Badu & Dj ?uestlove @ Roseland Ballroom
May 26th, 2010:
- ($50) Bettye LaVette @ Highline Ballroom
- ($32) The Yardbirds @ B.B. Kings
- ($33) Coheed and Cambria @ Summer Stage
May 27th, 2010:
May 28th, 2010:
May 29th, 2010:
- (Free) West African Band @ St. Nicks, Harlem
- ($5) Chico Mann w/ Midnight Magic @ Brooklyn Bowl
- ($45- $95) GLEE Concert @ Radio City Music Hall (oh yeah, you read this right) (3pm & 8pm)
- ($30) Tribute to Ray Charles & Frank Sinatra @ B.B. Kings
May 30th, 2010:
- ($45- $95) GLEE Concert @ Radio City Music Hall (oh yeah, you read this right) (3pm & 8pm)
May 31st, 2010:
- ($35) The Coup @ Rocks Off Cruise (Funk Live Meetup)
Nublu's May 2010 Schedule - Click for bigger image!
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One of the most beautiful things about New York City it’s ability to provide us with beautiful music, of an genre, at any given time of the day or night. On this nasty rainy Tuesday night nothing could have kept me from a lovely intimate jazzy evening with Will Bernard, Todd Sickafoose and Ches Smith at The Stone.
The Stone door
I had never been to The Stone before and my girlfriend and I had a hell of a time finding it as we walked by it’s door 4 times before realizing that was the venue. No sign, both walls flanking the door looked like those metal security walls that the store fronts draw down when they close up for the night. We thought it was a closed store and kept walkin’ on by. The whole time I am geekin’ out hoping it wasn’t one of those places that won’t let you in once the gig has started. Finally, we figured it out. The only hint was a little sticker on the obscure front door that read “The Stone.”
As I entered The Stone, I was immediately taken aback. No windows, no bar, no merch counter…barely any light, was there even a bathroom? About 10 rows of chairs, maybe 50 in all, lined the floor in front of the playing area. I loved it. Musical intimacy at its best. Especially because only 20 of the seats were filled!!!!
The three wonderful musicians, Will Bernard on Guitar, Ches Smith on Drums and Todd Sickafoose on Bass, come up the stairs a little after 10pm and the first thing Will says: “Everyone’s gone to the bathroom, right?” Good stuff. Clearly, there would be no set break.
California invaded NYC that night at The Stone. All three musicians are transplants from various parts of California. Personally, I was born in Sacramento, California and wish I could remember more about the beautiful state. Good to know if I was still living out there, I would be surrounded by amazing musicians!! Well, with the exception of these three!!!
Directions to My House CD Cover
Many of the songs played last night were off an album that Ches and Will collaborated on a few years back called Directions to My House!
So, they go right into Agro Business. I notice that all the musicians were reading sheet music. With this style of experimental jazz, it blows my mind how their actions can be translated into notes on a page. I would LOVE to see what the drummers sheets look like. I kept going back to the drum composition. Couldn’t pull my eyes away from Ches’s playing. Will begins to manipulate his trippy guitar sounds with the machines at his feet. But we couldn’t hear the bass.
Turning to my pal,”Do you hear the bass?” “Not at all,” she says.
As I turn around to face the players, Todd bends down to turn up his amp. Now we are back business!
Wide Awake was next with it’s soft, slow start. The drum brushes came out. And soon the trippy picks of the guitar made way for the heavy parts that followed. As Wills face scrunched into his guitar rift, Ches proceeded to strike every surface of his drum kit. Again, how does that translate into sheet music? Silence. And then it’s Todd’s turn to bring it back up. Todd’s fingers are moving a mile a minute and Will’s guitar softens as the song comes to a close.
Ches Smith @ Terminal 5 (03.28.09)
It’s about this time that something in my memory triggers in relations to Ches Smith. He looks sooooo familiar. Turning to my friend, “I feel like I saw him with Les Claypool or something….” Today, while researching Todd, it all came together when I realized he was in the Secret Machines 3 and I had seen them open for Les Claypool at Terminal 5 last year. I love when that kinda stuff hits home. And after last night, I will never forget his face, or hands, again.
I adore when the boundaries of time are broken in music; the spaces that can be manipulated with notes. The thing that separates each artist is when and where they place those notes. Crab Apple Red is one of those songs that I love for it’s count/time/beat, pick your poison. Todd started off with the deep bass and the rest flow in. Will shined shortly after as he picked away at his guitar. After hearing the studio albums for a while, watching him play these songs live makes it so much more outstanding! It humbles you because they may make it look easy, but IT IS NOT!! As Will and Todd make eye contact with a smile, they put the song to sleep.
WE GOT A NEW SONG TONIGHT!!!! In my notes I spelled it Mootwos, HAHA, but it is spelled Motooz. Will bends over to prepare his machines to produce just the right sound they have felt this song was born to release. I remember thinking…”foreboding”… when the song started. Low, mysterious…..Ches gave us a nice drum solo, Will manipulated sounds with his machines, turned over his guitar on his lap and then the SLIDE came out! Always a welcome sound.
“Are you having fun? I am having fun! It’s been a while since I got to play this stuff,” says Will.
Parental Guidance fullfill’s it’s name. If there was a silent movie and the parents were yelling at the child, this would be the soundtrack. It’s as if at first they are stomping their feet/bass strings and shaking their fist/drum sticks. And then they calm down and talk rationally….relax. Ches’s cymbal manipulation was fun. My friend would later say, “I have never seen someone do that before!” Personally, I was wondering how using your fingers on the drums translates on to sheet music. But, there is a story behind this song, I can feel it.
With Hall of Science, the brushes come back out on the drums, Will destroys his guitar into a manipulation of sound that would confuse most people. He slaps the guitar, smacks it. This is a whole different kind of rage. This is not music for the faint of mind, forget heart. It makes you focus. It makes you think. There are parts that make it feel like a little getup and go jam and then there is chaos among the instruments.Will starts shaking the curtains, Ches scratches the floor with his feet, Todd rips the music in half……”HEY! That’s my music!” Will proclaims. Laughter abounds. “Guess we can’t play the head out.” But they do and I loved it!
Up until this point, I had wanted to remain seated. This isn’t the type of music you dance too, or rather, I dance to. To each their own! But whenever I hear Not Necessarily Stoned, I immediately want to put on a saucy red dress and move. And move slow. Each artist’s talent shined on this song. Will on guitar, Todd on bass and Ches on drums. It was a perfect song to end the evening.
After thanking Will, my fellow blogger friend and I leave the venue chatting away about the interesting performance we were just privileged to see. It’s always fun introducing friends into new musical environments. Another Happy Tuesday for this Tiny Rager 🙂 Thanks you guys!
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