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SUMMARY:Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita | SUBA Trio
DESCRIPTION:Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita | SUBA Trio featuring percussionist Gustavo Ovalles are coming to the Sanctuary for the CD release of SUBA Trio\, presented in cooperation with The Egg Performing Arts Center. \n\n\n\n\nThrough the music we bring a message of peace\, hope and unity. When everything around us falling apart\, the one thing we have inside ourselves is a divine connection with our inner voice. \nOmar Sosa\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Atlantic Ocean separates Cuba and Senegal\, the respective birthplaces of piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and kora maestro Seckou Keita\, a distance diminished by their shared ancestral connection to Africa. When the pair met in 2012\, Seckou loved Omar for his musical spirituality\, whilst Omar saw in Seckou a rare ability to collaborate but not lose his identity. Their debut album Transparent Water (2017) was hailed as ‘beautiful\, rhapsodic… spiritual’ (Songlines) and ‘mesmerising\, evocative and sophisticated’ (World Music Central). \n\n\n\nSosa has released over 30 albums during an incredible career that has included nominations for seven GRAMMY or Latin GRAMMY awards; Keita is a multi-award winner\, most recently as the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year (2019). Recorded during lockdown and released in October 2021\, Sosa and Keita’s second album SUBA is a hymn to hope\, to a new dawn of compassion and real change in a post-pandemic world\, a visceral reiteration of humanity’s perennial prayer for peace and unity. Joining Omar and Seckou in the studio and for live performances is the inimitable Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHear our interview with Omar Sosa \n\n\n\n\n\nSix-time GRAMMY-nominated Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa is one of the most versatile jazz artists on the scene today. He fuses a wide range of jazz\, world music\, and electronic elements with his native Afro-Cuban roots to create a fresh and original urban sound – all with a Latin jazz heart. Mr. Sosa’s latest recording\, Calma\, reached the Billboard charts in February 2011\, and his previous CD\, Ceremony\, receive an ECHO Jazz Award in Germany in June 2011 His recent CD\, Afreecanos\, explores the African roots of traditional musics throughout the Diaspora\, using modern jazz harmonies and the latest audio technology. The Afreecanos ensemble fuses the folkloric with the contemporary\, the ancestral with the urban. Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune recently commented that “Cuban pianists often tower over their peers. But within this elite class of pianists\, few have been more stylistically adventurous than Omar Sosa. Though deeply schooled in jazz improvisation techniques\, Sosa always has pushed beyond jazz orthodoxy. https://omarsosa.com  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeckou Keita has arguably become the most influential and inspiring Kora player of his generation\, an exceptional and charismatic musician and a modern global citizen\, with seven centuries of tradition and heritage expressed through his music. Described as a ‘griot (praise singer)\, composer\, djembe master\, virtuoso and pioneer’\, Seckou Keita is a rare type of musician\, seated in tradition whilst constantly pushing the boundaries of his art.   A true master of the kora – a 22 stringed West African harp – Seckou\, from the Casamance art of the ancient kingdom of Gabou in Southern Senegal\, was a childhood prodigy\, born of a line of griots and kings. Cissokho\, his mother’s family name\, gave life to his talent; Keita\, his father’s\, gave him royal blood.   Seckou has graced the international stage since 1996\, earning worldwide acclaim for his kora playing; appearing with a host of respected artists of artists including Salif Keita\, Paul Weller\, Bassekou Kouyate\, Damon Albarn…  https://www.seckoukeita.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConcert photos at The Sanctuary for Independent Media on April 1\, 2022\, by Sina Basila Hickey. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlso see Rudy Lu’s photos for Nippertown \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ0NsNLS3g4&t=2s
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/omar-sosa-seckou-keita/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:African Music,Jazz Music
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SUMMARY:Ted Daniel’s International Brass & Membrane Corps
DESCRIPTION:The International Brass & Membrane Corps features Newman Taylor-Baker on drums\, Charles Burham on violin\, Joe Daly on tuba\, and Ted Daniel on assorted brass. Ted began his professional career playing local gigs with his childhood friend\, the legendary guitarist Sonny Sharrock. Since then he has played and recorded with Archie Shepp\, Dewey Redman\, Andrew Cyrille\, Sam Rivers\, Billy Bang\, Henry Threadgill\, and many other jazz greats.  His latest recording\, “Golden Atoms\,” has just been released on Soul Note.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/ted-daniels-international-brass-membrane-corps/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz from the Sanctuary presents   The Ras Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Ras Moshe has been playing in various groups throughout New York City for almost 20 years\, with William Hooker\, Sabir Mateen\, Steve Swell\, Marc Edwards and others. His style has been compared to post-1965 John Coltrane and Frank Wright\, among others. Born and raised in New York\, and with a family history rich in the jazz tradition\, Ras has uniquely positioned himself to bring the lineage of free jazz into the present day.  \n\n\n\nLocal presentation of Ras Moshe is co-sponsored by the Arts Department at RPI and supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Music Fund. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPress Release\n\n\n\nSaxophonist Ras Moshe is on the forefront of musicians keeping avant garde jazz urgent and vital. Moshe comes blessed with a jazz pedigree: his grandfather played with Lucky Millinder\, Earl Bostic\, Ella Fitzgerald\, and many others\, and his father worked with Carlos Garnett\, Stanley Cowell\, and other musicians in the new music scene in Brooklyn. As a result Moshe is well versed in jazz’s past\, but he uses his knowledge to envision the future. And he’s bringing as many musicians with him as he can: Moshe is founder of Music Now!\, a roving festival that regularly produces some of New York City’s most exciting concerts. \n\n\n\nRas Moshe has been playing in various groups throughout New York City for almost twenty years. He is a veteran of the groups of such leaders as William Hooker\, Sabir Mateen\, Steve Swell and Marc Edwards. His style has been compared to post-1965 John Coltrane and Frank Wright\, among others. Born and raised in New York\, and with a family history rich in the jazz tradition\, Moshe has uniquely positioned himself to bring the lineage of free jazz into the present day. \n\n\n\nRas has been writing and reciting poetry since childhood. He believes in the positive effect the new music will have on social and personal change. His new release is “Transcendence” on KMB Jazz. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUyRQd45OEY\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPkjCH3U5c0\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIMkgpZyiz8
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/ras-moshe/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:A Night Out with "The Narcotic Farm"
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Narcotic Farm just outside Lexington\, KY\, was a legendary meeting place for America’s drug addicts. This performance interweaves verbal\, visual\, and musical memories of a place that was a crossroads for drug addicts from 1935-1975. Authors Nancy Campbell and JP Olsen will read and screen portions of their works on this historic place\, mixed with jazz from musicians incarcerated at Narcotic Farm. \n\n\n\nThe list of Lexington Narcotic Farm musician alums reads like a who’s who of jazz: Chet Baker\, Tadd Dameron\, Joe Guy (Billie Holliday’s husband—she wasn’t at the farm but rather at Alderson\, the women’s prison in WV)\, Elvin Jones\, Stan Levey\, Jackie McLean\, Red Rodney (Charlie Parker’s sideman)\, Sonny Stitt\, Sonny Rollins. And there’s an interesting connection to MC5 (Wayne Kramer is the narrator of the film and part of the seminal pre-punk band\,); he spent time at Lexington in the 1970s). \n\n\n\nYou might find this month’s Jazz Times interesting; it has a photo feature on The Narcotic Farm. They also excerpted the chapter\, “The Greatest Band You Never Heard.” \n\n\n\nThere was a story about the project on NPR called “Americas First Drug-Treatment Prison Revisited” this weekend. \n\n\n\nPress Release\n\n\n\nThe author and the filmmaker of a new book and a video documentary airing on PBS called “The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America’s First Prison for Drug Addicts” are presenting a multi-media performance/premiere with live jazz music at The Sanctuary for Independent Media on Saturday\, November 8\, 2008 at 7 PM. Admission is by donation ($10 suggested\, $5 student/low income). The Sanctuary for Independent Media is located at 3361 6th Avenue in north Troy (at 101st Street). Call (518) 272-2390\, email info@MediaSanctuary.org\, or visit www.MediaSanctuary.org for directions and more information. \n\n\n\nThe U.S. Narcotic Farm just outside Lexington\, KY\, was a legendary meeting place for America’s drug addicts. This performance interweaves verbal\, visual\, and musical memories of a place that was a crossroads for drug addicts from 1935-1975. Author Nancy Campbell and filmmaker JP Olsen will read and screen portions of their works on this historic place\, mixed with jazz from musicians incarcerated at Narcotic Farm–performed by a live band! \n\n\n\nA federal prison in Kentucky was a temporary home for thousands\, including Sonny Rollins\, Peter Lorre and William S. Burroughs as well as a lab for addiction treatments such as LSD. \n\n\n\nFrom 1935 to 1975\, just about everyone busted for drugs in the U.S. was sent to the United States Narcotic Farm outside Lexington\, Ky. Equal parts federal prison\, treatment center\, research laboratory and farm\, this controversial institution was designed not only to rehabilitate addicts\, but to discover a cure for drug addiction. \n\n\n\nNow a new documentary\, “The Narcotic Farm\,” reveals the lost world of this institution\, based on rare film footage\, numerous documents\, dozens of interviews of former staff\, inmates and volunteer patients\, and more than 2\,000 photographs unearthed from archives across the country. The film will appear on public television stations across the country throughout November. A book accompanying the documentary includes rare and previously unpublished pictures of “Narco\,” as the institution was called locally. \n\n\n\nAccording to the book\, the institution became a premier center for research into drug addiction and treatment\, advancing everything from the use of methadone to treat heroin withdrawal to drugs that blocked the action of opiates. Along the way\, Narco was frequented by legendary jazz musicians such as Chet Baker and Sonny Rollins\, as well as actor Peter Lorre and beat generation writer William S. Burroughs\, who recounted his experience in his first novel\, “Junkie.” \n\n\n\nThe documentary also chronicles how the Farm was shut down when Congress discovered that researchers there were using patients as human guinea pigs in CIA-funded experiments into LSD. Drug research on federal prisoners is now illegal. \n\n\n\nStill\, the filmmakers note accomplishments at the institution remain milestones in addiction science and treatment. Its most important contribution might be how it transformed the way society views addicts—”as people suffering from a chronic\, relapsing disorder that affects public health\,” says book co-author Nancy Campbell. \n\n\n\nNancy D. Campbell is an associate professor in the Department of Science and technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who studies the history of drug addiction research. She lives in Troy NY. \n\n\n\nJP Olsen is a filmmaker whose work has appeared on The Discovery Channel and many other stations. He lives in New York City. \n\n\n\nThe Sanctuary for Independent Media is a community media arts and production center located in an historic former church in Troy\, NY. The venue is an intimate and acoustically excellent space which seats about 150. The Sanctuary hosts screening\, production and performance facilities\, training in media production and a meeting space for artists\, activists and independent media makers of all kinds.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/a-night-out-with-the-narcotic-farm/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Panel Discussion,Performance,Screening
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz from the Sanctuary presents Empty Cage Quartet and Weasel Walter Trio
DESCRIPTION:One of the most powerful and original jazz groups to emerge from the West Coast\, Empty Cage explores imaginative new ways to integrate a diverse mix of musical influences ranging from shuffle swing to free jazz blowouts\, minimalist percussion loops to complex modernist gestures\, robotic grooves\, odd-meter marches\, heavy rock\, and nearly everything in between.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLocal presentation of the Empty Cage Quartet and the Weasel Walter Trio is co-sponsored by the Arts Department at RPI and Albany Sonic Arts Collective\, made possible by volunteer labor\, small financial contributions from hundreds of patrons of The Sanctuary For Independent Media and support from the New York State Music Fund. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEqUQrCe0k4\n\n\n\n\nThe Empty Cage Quartet has consistently been praised as one of the most powerful and original new jazz groups to emerge from the American West Coast. For nearly six years the group has explored imaginative new ways to integrate a diverse mix of musical influences ranging from shuffle swing to free jazz blowouts\, minimalist percussion loops to complex modernist gestures\, robotic grooves\, odd-meter marches\, heavy rock\, and nearly everything in between. Performances of this music involve an elaborate system of on-stage cues to navigate the flow of improvisation in\, around\, and out of modular compositional structures designed to cycle\, overlap\, combine and recombine. The result is a continually evolving\, multidimensional approach to jazz and new music performance\, improvisational acuity\, and compositional craft that Amazing Sounds Magazine has likened to an “urban folk music of the future.” \n\n\n\nThe Empty Cage Quartet has toured extensively in the Western United States and in Canada and Europe\, and they have received support from the American Composers Forum\, the International Society for Improvised Music (ISIM)\, and Chamber Music America’s French-American Jazz Exchange. To date they have released six CD recordings that have been featured on jazz radio stations around the world and reviewed favorably in publications including Signal to Noise\, The Wire\, All About Jazz\, Cadence Magazine\, Jazz Hot\, Paris Transatlantic Magazine\, LA Weekly\, Tucson Weekly\, and Stride Magazine. Stratostrophic\, their most recent album\, is out now on the Clean Feed label\, and in September they will make their New York City debut with a concert at the Living Theatre co-sponsored by Clean Feed Festival III and the Sixth Annual Festival of New Trumpet Music. \n\n\n\nInstrumentationJason Mears – alto saxophone\, clarinet\, flutesKris Tiner – trumpet\, flugelhornIvan Johnson – double bassPaul Kikuchi – drums\, percussion\, electronics \n\n\n\nA drummer whose current material straddles the many lines between punk\, free jazz\, no wave\, improv\, and much more\, Weasel Walter will be playing with Mary Halvorson on guitar and Peter Evans on trumpet. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PmWkLZUiqw\n\n\n\n\nWeasel Walter (born Christopher Todd Walter in Rockford\, Illinois) is a composer and instrumentalist who founded the band The Flying Luttenbachers in Chicago in 1991 with late jazz cult figure Hal Russell. Over the years\, the band has included noted Chicago musicians such as Ken Vandermark\, Jeb Bishop\, Fred Lonberg-Holm\, Dylan Posa\, while creating an uncompromising and mercurial body of abstract music drawing equally from no wave\, death metal\, free jazz\, gamelan\, noise music\, hardcore punk and modern classical. Walter relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003\, where he formed the latest of many Luttenbachers lineups\, remaining on percussion with the addition of bassist Mike Green (Burmese)\, and virtuoso guitarist Ed Rodriguez (ex-Colossamite\, Gorge Trio). Singular guitar phenomenon Mick Barr (Octis\, Orthrelm) joined the group in 2005. The Flying Luttenbachers ceased to operate in late 2007. In addition to leading various free jazz ensembles under his own name\, currently he is a member of XBXRX and Burmese. \n\n\n\nBefore relocating to the West Coast\, Walter was a major contributor to the Chicago no-wave/noise/improvised music underground during the ’90s and early 2000s. During this period\, he performed as a founding member of bands such as The Flying Luttenbachers\, Miss High Heel (with Jim O’Rourke and Azita of The Scissor Girls)\, Lake of Dracula (with Marlon Magas and Heather M. of the Scissor Girls)\, To Live and Shave in L.A. 2\, and Hatewave (replacing founder Nandor Nevai) among others. Walter has collaborated with artists like Marlon Magas and Jim O’Rourke\, Tom Smith in To Live and Shave in L.A.\, Henry Kaiser\, Damon Smith\, Vinny Golia\, Joe Morris\, Frank Gratkowski\, William Winant and Ken Vandermark as well as many influential underground rock bands including Bobby Conn\, U.S. Maple\, Cock E.S.P.\, Curse of the Birthmark\, the Scissor Girls\, Erase Errata\, The Chicago Sound\, Harry Pussy\, Quintron\, Sharon Cheslow\, and Cheer-Accident\, in addition to producing albums by the Coachwhips\, Burmese\, Total Shutdown\, Arab on Radar and Glenn Branca. \n\n\n\nMary Halvorson is a guitarist\, composer and improviser living in Brooklyn. She grew up in Boston and studied jazz at Wesleyan University and the New School. Since 2000 she has been performing regularly in New York with various groups and has toured Europe and the U.S. with the Anthony Braxton Quintet (Live at the Royal Festival Hall\, Leo Records) and Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant (Sister Phantom Owl Fish\, Ipecac Recordings). She has also performed alongside Joe Morris\, Nels Cline\, John Tchicai\, Elliott Sharp\, Andrea Parkins\, Marc Ribot\, Tony Malaby\, Oscar Noriega and Jason Moran. Current projects which Mary composes for and performs with include a chamber-music duo with violist Jessica Pavone (On and Off\, Skirl Records\, 2007); The Mary Halvorson Trio with John Hebert and Ches Smith; and the avant-rock band People (Misbegotten Man\, I & Ear Records\, 2007). She also performs regularly in ensembles led by Taylor Ho Bynum\, Ted Reichman\, Tatsuya Nakatani\, Jason Cady\, Matthew Welch\, Brian Chase and Curtis Hasselbring. \n\n\n\nPeter Evans is an American trumpet player based in New York\, who specializes in improvisation and avant-garde music. Evans has been a member of the New York City musical community since 2003\, when he moved to the city after graduating from The Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Peter currently works in a wide variety of areas\, including solo performance\, chamber orchestras\, performance art\, free improvised settings\, electro-acoustic music and composition. In addition\, he performs regularly as part of the Festival of New Trumpet Music\, which is held annually in New York City. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkE3cdAjEME\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC9YW2HOwV0\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNzO_-xvTE\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozJ2wPv4Ad0\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWVskyVmfRE
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/empty-cage-quartet-and-weasel-walter-trio/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance,Rock Music
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz at the Sanctuary presents Fay Victor Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:The Fay Victor Ensemble uses vocal jazz tradition as a basis for improvising in the sense of Ornette Coleman/late Coltrane and beyond\, held in check by a healthy earthy soulfulness expressed through a focused set of originals that offer taut construction and witty lyrics. Featuring Fay Victor\, vocals; Anders Nilsson\, guitar; Ken Filiano\, bass; Michael “TA” Thompson\, drums.  \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Department of the Arts at RPI\, made possible in part by the NYS Music Fund and the Performance program at the NYS Council on the Arts. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5rBi-GG_zc\n\n\n\n\n* More Documentation Below\n\n\n\nMore About the Fay Victor Ensemble:\n\n\n\nFay Victor is the rare singer who can instill silence and focused attention into an audience\, and she commands infectious joy and occasionally raucous energy whenever she performs. Ms. Victor\, armed with great communicative powers\, in charge of a full-tilt band\, resulting in something that Betty Carter might have done\, had she grown up in the seventies. Her new release Cartwheels through the Cosmos on the Artist share label is easily the consummate outing of her career\, bringing together in one concise package: the vocal jazz tradition as a basis for improvising in the sense of Ornette Coleman/late Coltrane and beyond\, held in check by a healthy earthy soulfulness expressed through a focused set of originals that offer taut construction and witty lyrics. \n\n\n\nMs. Victor started her first band “Venus” at the tender age of 9. For this outfit consisting of neighborhood girlfriends\, the precocious preteen wrote the songs\, and lead the band with a firm hand while belting out its anthem – Venusized. In the early 90’s Victor found herself back in NYC with a minor dance hit under her belt as vocalist/co-writer (“You make me happy”\, with producer David Anthony)\, and a budding career as a jazz vocalist in the traditional standards vein.During an eight-year stay in Europe\, Ms. Victor made the transition from singer of standards to the unique vocal artist she has become today. She expanded her musical interests into musical areas not commonly associated with jazz singing\, from rock and blues (Jimi Hendrix\, Howlin Wolf) to avant garde jazz (Eric Dolphy\, Ornette Coleman) and modern classical (Charles Ives\, Olivier Messiaen). 1998’s “In My Own Room” still featured a selection of sparsely arranged standards in a Carmen McRae influenced vocal style\, be it with an added warmth and loose style of phrasing all of Victor’s own. But 2001’s Darker than Blue and 2004’s Lazy Old Sun offered more advanced material\, with more and more self-penned tunes trickling through the standards and progressively far-fetched covers. JazzTimes called her a “real find\, a true original\,” and Dusted’s Derek Taylor hit the nail on the head with his assessment that is she’s “ a vocalist imbued with the best elements of past matriarchs like Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter with an ear tilted towards Euro-improv innovations.” \n\n\n\nFay Victor has appeared at venues/festivals including the Bowery Poetry Cub\, The Stone\, Zebulon\, Galapagos Art Space\, Barbes\, CBGB’s\, Cornelia Street Café\, Tonic\, the 55 Bar\, The HOWL Festival and the River to River Festival. Ms. Victor has performed with such notables as Lawrence “Butch” Morris\, Misha Mengelberg\, Gary Lucas\, Michael Moore and Steve Coleman. \n\n\n\nAnders Nilsson – guitar A bandleader in his own right\, Anders Nilsson heads up Swedish-based improv-rock-jazz outfit\, Aorta and he has had two recording with the band on the Swedish based-Kopasetic Label. Blood\, released in 2004 and the sophomore effort Janus was released in 2005. Currently Anders is teaching\, performing and writing for Aorta. Anders Nilsson grew up in Eslöv\, Sweden and early on joined a rock band. He studied Jazz studies at Malmö Academy of Music. In 2002\, he moved to New York City and since then he’s earned a Master of Jazz Studies at City College of New York. Anders has played with musicians including Kermit Driscoll\, Sabir Mateen\, Ken Filiano\, Michael Evans\, Raoul Björkenheim\, Ras Moshe\, Daniel Carter and Matt Lavelle\, amongst others. He has composed film music and collaborated with dancers and is a member of Sebastian Schunke’s Orchestra (Berlin). \n\n\n\nKen Filiano – double bass\, effects Noted for his accomplishments in jazz\, spontaneous improvisation\, classical\, and inter-disciplinary performance with dance and spoken word\, Ken Filiano fuses the rich traditions of the double bass with his own seemingly limitless\, often astonishing\, inventiveness. Ken leads two groups for which he also composes: a quartet with Michael Attias\, Tony Malaby\, and Michael T.A. Thompson\, and a quintet with Attias\, Jackson Krall\, Steve Swell\, and Tomas Ulrich. His prolific output also includes performances and/or recordings with Roy Campbell\, Nels Cline\, Ted Dunbar\, Bob Feldman\, Georgian Chamber Orchestra\, Dennis Gonzalez\, Vinny Golia\, Lou Grassi\, Hayes Greenfield\, Phil Haynes\, Fred Hess\, Jason Hwang\, Joseph Jarman\, Sheila Jordan (with the Aardvark Orchestra)\, Raul Juarena\, Joe Labarbera\, Joelle Leandre\, Frank London\, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra\, Tina Marsh\, Warne Marsh\, Bob Meyer\, Dom Minasi\, Hafez Modirzadeh\, Butch Morris\, Barre Phillips\, Roberta Piket\, Don Preston\, Bob Rodriguez\, Roswell Rudd\, ROVA Saxophone Quartet\, Ursel Schlicht\, Paul Smoker\, Chris Sullivan\, Peeter Uuskyla\, Biggi Vinkeloe\, Kenny Wessel\, Andrea Wolper\, Pablo Ziegler. Ken has also been a guest lecturer\, performer\, and workshop leader at the Actor’s Institute of New York\, San Francisco State University\, UCLA\, Centro de Arte Moderna (Lisbon)\, and at Rutgers University\, where he received his Master’s Degree. \n\n\n\nMichael TA Thompson – drums Drummer/Percussionist Michael Thompson is an anomaly. You might find him in the company of a wide variety of musical artists which include Joe McPhee\, John Stubblefield\, Henry Grimes\, Daniel Carter\, Alex Foster\, Roy Campbell Jr.\, Matthew Shipp\, Uri Caine\, John Patitucci\, William Parker\, Harvie Swartz\, Barbara Sfraga\, Mala Waldron; legendary Calypsonians The Mighty Sparrow\, The Shadow\, Becket; reggae artist Owen Gray. He has also played with Pauline Oliveros\, and Deep Listening Music. He has recorded for television including shows such as Blues Clues (Nickelodeon)\, commercials and film scores. \n\n\n\nPress:\n\n\n\n“It’s a borderless\, cacophonous\, in-your-face experiment in tone poetry and free-form expression. It’s tough. It’s gutsy. It’s brilliant.” –Christopher Loudon\, JazzTimes \n\n\n\n“Complex\, ambitious record…we can add Victor to the Betty Carter family of jazz singers\, if we could find anyone else to fill out a family.” (A-) –Tom Hull\, Village Voice \n\n\n\n“…actually stretches the definition of jazz vocals” –JazzWise\, UK \n\n\n\n“Victor is the traffic director of a group methodology that surges into the interstellar regions of sound.” –Glenn Astarita\,New & Noteworthy Monthly Column\, March 2007\, www.allaboutjazz.com \n\n\n\n“Taking jazz singing forward with a unique form of expression\, Fay Victor delivers with authority. She reaches out with open arms to celebrate the freedom that comes with singing what you feel.” –Jim Santella\, Cadence \n\n\n\n“Cartwheels Through the Cosmos is that rarity amongst contemporary vocal jazz releases: an album that doesn’t rely on a tired repertoire and looks\, instead\, for innovation in every corner. The beauty of Victor…is her blending of soulful delivery with avant-garde tactics. Her fearless exploration of a myriad of musical nexus points makes Cartwheels Through the Cosmos an album for those who normally stay away from vocal jazz.” –John Kelman\, allaboutjazz.com \n\n\n\n“I love it. It’s very special what you are doing. It’s a killer band and the whole concept is just fantastic!” –Dave Douglas\, Trumpeter Lazy Old Sun \n\n\n\n“…but a handful of albums by women including: Gunda Gottschalk’s Wassermonde\, Satoko Fujii’s Illusion Suite\, Susie Ibarra’s Folklorico and Fay Victor’s Lazy Old Sun earned my unreserved admiration. The first and last in the list were particularly revelatory. Gottschalk’s skills on violin\, exhibiting incredible incisiveness in a solitary recital setting\, blew my mind. Victor’s European swan song with a crack Dutch combo in tow exposed a vocalist imbued with the best elements of past matriarchs like Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter with an ear-tilted toward Euro-improv innovations. –Derek Taylor\, Dusted Magazine-The Year in Music Feature 2004 \n\n\n\n“A boldly inventive Betty Carter-Billie Holiday hybrid…the tremendously versatile Victor takes off into all sorts of curiously exciting directions…she’s a real find\, a true original.” –Christopher Louden\, JazzTimes\, March ‘05 \n\n\n\n“Lazy Old Sun puts a fresh new twist on jazz singing…her rich alto and perfect pitch allow the 4tet to play with the fringes of dissonance…it keeps hope alive that something fresh may still be coming for jazz singing. –Phillip McNally\, Cadence magazine\, March 2005 \n\n\n\n“Fay Victor is a gifted musician\, possessed of flawless intonation\, musical imagination\, and inventive phrasing … this album deserves a first\, a second\, and a third listening.” –William Grim\, allaboutjazz.com\, April 2005 \n\n\n\n“Unlike so many vocal CD’s on the market\, this is a true collaboration. That speaks volumes about Victor’s maturity and confidence\, trusting and then delivering on the idea that she can hang with such a solid cast of improvisers(…)LAZY OLD SUN has been in heavy rotation since it arrived(…)It accounts both for the wide technical toolkit she employs (…)and for why this music hits such a poignant spot within the listener. –Charles Walker\, www.Sudden-thoughts.com\, April 2005 \n\n\n\n“Sounds like a young Betty Carter with a bad case of wanderlust…a live set strong enough to win over all but the most anti-vocal jazz-fans…” –Kurt Gottschalk\, Signal to Noise\, Spring 2005 \n\n\n\n“Fay Victor is clearly a singer who holds abstraction and soulfulness in equally high regard…Victor finds the jazz vocal possibilities in everything… (There’s) a lot to admire about LAZY OLD SUN.” –Alex Henderson\, All Music Guide\, January 2005 \n\n\n\n“…some intriguing vocalizing…invests every song with such emotional commitment that they all sound like her own originals even if they are an evergreen…the message from this session is clear—check out Fay Victor.” –David Dupont\, www.onefinalnote.com\, November 2004 DARKER THAN BLUE \n\n\n\n“She applies freedom and improvisation and constantly attacks her songs from unexpected directions…This is a fine CD from a singer who takes chances.” –Cadence Magazine \n\n\n\n“The music is almost self-propelled\, sporting a sharp efficiency (…) a certain economy that can only derive from practice and reference. Fay Victor is a thinking persons’ jazz vocalist. –C. Michael Bailey\, allaboutjazz.com IN MY OWN ROOM \n\n\n\n“4 and a half stars… She bends the lyrics\, swings\, sings ballads and the blues. Her delivery can be strong\, sassy\, smokey or sophisticated depending on the musical situation and the musical picture she wants to paint. Fay Victor has all the tools to be a major player in the jazz vocal scene.” –Dave Nathan\, All Music Guide \n\n\n\n“Fay Victor emphasizing the lyrics as if she wrote them…identifies herself as a worthy addition to a legacy of fine jazz vocalists that are worth hearing.” –Glenn Astarita\, All about jazz.com \n\n\n\n“From Miles Davis’ “All Blues” until Cole Porter’s “Everytime We Say Goodbye”\, Fay Victor effortlessly puts her own stamp on them…proves jazz is timeless…” –Elegance Magazine\, the Netherlands \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3CG2ZqMqC8\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-TmThw7Onk\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRLFTRxsI3c\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTvyaeiRoFw\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Ex1b8D60s
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/fay-victor-ensemble-performance/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures Octet Performance
DESCRIPTION:This group’s collective background spans a wide range of musical experiences\, including performances with world music ensembles\, 20th century chamber groups and leading artists in the jazz and rhythm & blues fields. Featuring Hamid Drake\, percussion; Graham Haynes\, horns; Ned Rothenberg\, winds; Kenny Wessel\, guitars; Adam Rudolph\, percussion; Steve Horn\, winds; Brahim Fribgone\, our; Shanir Blumenkrantz\, contrabass. This evening’s concert coincides with the release of Rudolph’s new CD Dream Garden on Justin Time records. Interpretations of the compositions from the CD will be performed\, as well a newly commissioned works. \n\n\n\nThe new compositions performed this evening were created with support from Chamber Music America’s New Works: Creation and Presentation Program funded though the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Presented with support from the Arts Department at RPI and the Performance program at the New York State Council on the Arts. \n\n\n\nLive Performance of Adam Rudolph\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Dream Garden features: Adam Rudolph: handrumset (congas\, djembe\, tarija) bendir\, talking drum\, thumb pianos\, udu drums\, cajon\, gongs\, percussion\, sintir\, vocal; Brahim Fribgane: oud\, dumbek\, vocal\, udu\, cajon\, sintir\, percussion; Graham Haynes: cornet\, flugelhorn; Hamid Drake: trap drum set\, bata\, frame drums\, congas\, percussion\, vocal; Kenny Wessel: electric and acoustic guitar; Ned Rothenberg: shakuhachi\, bass flute\, bass clarinet\, alto saxophone; Shanir Blumenkranz: contrabass\, oud and sintir; Steve Gorn: bansuri bamboo flute\, soprano saxophone\, clarinet. \n\n\n\nSince 1991 Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures has performed at many major festivals and concert venues in both Europe and the United States. In addition\, each member has concertized extensively throughout North and South America\, Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, and Australia: their collective background spans a wide range of musical experiences\, including performances with world music ensembles\, 20th century chamber groups and leading artists in the jazz and rhythm & blues fields. The concert repertoire consists of original compositions by Mr. Rudolph that serve as a basis for improvisational dialogue. \n\n\n\nAbout the Music\n\n\n\nAdam Rudolph writes: \n\n\n\n“I compose forms\, which serve as thematic material to provide an orchestrated context for improvisational dialogue. Music materials consist\, among other things\, of original melodies\, textural gestures\, sound languages\, tone rows\, traditional and synthetic scales\, diadic and intervallicaly generated harmonies\, call and response\, polyphony\, dynamics\, and the coloration of silences. \n\n\n\nUnique forms are generated through my concept of “Cyclic Verticalism”\, whereby polyrhythms\, as used in African music\, are combined with rhythm cycles\, as used in Indian music. When combined with the above-described tonal materials\, larger forms can be generated. In my compositions these materials are utilized to serve emotional coloration; what in India is called Rasa. Performers are given the freedom to use their imagination and listening ability to develop the compositions within their own individual motion and timing\, while still relating to the overall form and to their aesthetic and musical functions. The concept is to generate unusual relationships of sound against sound\, form against form\, and rhythm against rhythm in a non-linear\, ever shifting kaleidoscope of music images. \n\n\n\nAbout Adam Rudolph\n\n\n\nOriginally from Chicago\, composer and handrummer/percussionist Adam Rudolph has been hailed as “a pioneer in world music” by the New York Times and “a master percussionist” by Musician magazine. He has released over twenty recordings as a leader and appeared on numerous albums. For the past three decades he has performed extensively on concert stages and music festivals throughout North & South America\, Europe\, Africa\, and Asia. \n\n\n\nSince the 1970’s Rudolph has been developing his unique syncretic approach to hand drumming in creative collaborations with outstanding artists of cross-cultural and improvised music\, including: Don Cherry\, Jon Hassel\, Sam Rivers\, Hassan Hakmoun\, L. Shankar\, Omar Sosa\, Wadada Leo Smith\, and Pharaoh Sanders. In 1988 Rudolph began his association Yusef Lateef\, with whom he has toured worldwide and recorded over 15 albums. \n\n\n\nRudolph is artistic director of and composes for several performing ensembles: Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures Quartet and Octet\, Hu: Vibrational with Hamid Drake\, and Vashti International Percussion Ensemble. He performs as half of the Wildflowers Duo with Butoh dance innovator Oguri. Rudolph also conducts and composes for the Go: Organic Orchestra\, a 30-piece woodwind\, brass\, strings and percussion ensemble\, which he founded in 2001. \n\n\n\nRudolph recently premiered his first Opera\, The Dreamer\, based on the text of Friedreich Nietzsche’s “The Birth of Tragedy”. His rhythm methodology book\, Pure Rhythm was published by advance music\, Germany in 2006. He has received grants and compositional commissions from the Rockefeller Foundation\, Chamber Music America\, Meet the Composer\, Mary Flagler Cary Trust\, the NEA\, Arts International\, Durfee Foundation and American Composers Forum. \n\n\n\nAbout the Musicians:\n\n\n\nRegarded as an emerging force in contemporary electronic and world music\, GRAHAM HAYNES has redefined and deconstructed that genre some still call jazz. He has recorded seven critically acclaimed CDs as a leader and has worked with Steve Coleman\, Roy Haynes\, Ed Blackwell\, Abbey Lincoln\, Pharaoh Sanders\, Vernon Reid\, Cassandra Wilson\, Butch Morris\, David Murray\, Karl Berger\, Brice Wassy\, Cheick Tidiane Seck\, George Russell\, George Adams\, Jaki Byard\, Bill Laswell\, Sting\, Sekou Sundiata\, Tracie Morris\, Talvin Singh\, Will Calhoun\, Don Byron\, Greg Osby\, and Geri Allen\, among others. \n\n\n\nSTEVE GORN has performed Indian classical music and new American music on the bansuri bamboo flute and soprano saxophone in concerts and festivals throughout the world. A disciple of the late bansuri master\, Sri Gour Goswami of Calcutta\, he has recorded and performed with a wide range of artists including Paul Simon\, Tony Levin\, Jack DeJohnette\, Glen Velez\, and Simon Shaheen. He has composed for film\, television\, dance and theatre\, and performed in concerts and festivals throughout the world. \n\n\n\nHAMID DRAKE has toured extensively throughout North America\, Europe\, Africa and Japan with many of today’s outstanding artists in improvisational and world music’s\, including: Don Cherry\, David Murray\, William Parker\, Pharaoh Sanders\, Dewey Redman\, Jim Pepper\, Marylyn Crispell\, Peter Brotzman and A.A.C.M. co founder Fred Anderson. He also performs as leader of his own ensemble Bindu. \n\n\n\nA virtuoso on both the oud and dumbek\, BRAHIM FRIBGANE was born and raised in Morocco\, where he grew up surrounded by North African\, Gnawa\, Berber\, Arabic and Andulusian music. Brahim tours and performs extensively with Club D’elf\, Medeski\, Martin and Wood\, Hassan Hakmoun\, Vashti Percussion Group\, and Leni Stern. He is a composer of dozens of songs on the oud. \n\n\n\nComposer/Performer NED ROTHENBERG has been internationally acclaimed for both his solo and ensemble music\, presented for the past 25 years in North and South America\, Europe and Asia. Recent recordings include Intervals\, a double-cd of solo work\, Ghost Stories\, Power Lines and Port of Entry with his trio Sync. Other collaborators have included Sainkho Namchylak\, Paul Dresher\, John Zorn\, Marc Ribot\, Yuji Takahashi and Evan Parker. \n\n\n\nSHANIR EZRA BLUMENKRANZ is one of the NYC downtown scenes’ most in demand bass players. He has collaborated with Ikue Mori\, Bill Laswell\, John Zorn\, Ravi Coltrane\, Roy Campbell Jr.\, Tony Malaby\, Jenny Scheinman\, Avishai Cohen\, Marty Ehrlich\, Sylvie Courvoisier\, Susie Ibarra\, Min Xiao-Fen\, Michiyo Yagi\, Marc Ribot\, Kenny Wollesen\, Mark Feldman\, and Louie Belogenis among others. \n\n\n\nKENNY WESSEL worked with revolutionary jazz artist Ornette Coleman for over 12 years (1988-2000)\, touring the world as a member of Prime Time\, during which time he performed “Skies of America\,” Ornette Coleman’s seminal work for symphony orchestra and jazz ensemble\, with Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra. Kenny has also worked with Steve Turre\, David Leibman\, Pat Metheny and Johnny Hartmann\, and with North Indian musicians V.M. Bhatt\, Debashish Bhattacharya\, Karaikudi Mani\, and Samir Chatterjee. Ken has toured South Asia and South America. He is currently on the faculties of the Music Conservatory of Westchester and Rutgers University.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/adam-rudolphs-moving-pictures-octet-performance/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz from the Sanctuary prsents Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Kahil El’Zabar formed the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble in 1973 to combine concepts of African American music making with traditional African music and make something new. After 35 years\, this legendary band is still serving people worldwide with their special brand of 21st century Griot music. El’Zabar’s last performance at the Sanctuary was named one of 2007’s ten best by Metroland. Don’t miss this one! Corey Wilkes\, trumpet; Ernest Khabeer Dawkins\, saxophone; Kahil El’Zabar\, composer\, percussion\, vocals.  \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Department of the Arts at RPI\, and made possible in part by the NYS Music Fund. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h22z0LLj1jE\n\n\n\n\nAbout Ethnic Heritage Ensemble:\n\n\n\nThe Ethnic Heritage Ensemble was formed 35 years ago. Kahil El’Zabar is the founder of the band and led its first performance at Child City Arts Center\, in Chicago\, in 1973. This was a year after he had returned from the University of Ghana. His goal was to combine concepts of African American music making with the earlier roots of traditional African music and make it something new. After 35 years\, this legendary band is still serving the people worldwide with their special brand of 21st century Griot music. The current band consists of the young trumpet titan\, Corey Wilkes\, along with Chicago saxophone legend\, Ernest Khabeer Dawkins and the award winning multi percussionist\, vocalist\, and composer\, Kahil El’Zabar. \n\n\n\nThe Ethnic Heritage Ensemble\, is now in the pantheon of jazz history. Few bands have lasted more than three decades and there are no signs of this illustrious ensemble slowing down. Their music conjures a spiritual journey to the inner self. It spans time through multiple expressions that transcend styles and genres. There is an extremely personal virtuosity to the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble’s way of making music. It appears simple on the surface\, yet when one goes deeper in the music they are amazed at the density of form. \n\n\n\nWe are reaching out to our community worldwide in 2008\, to collectively celebrate the triumph of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble\, in staying true to their mission. It is rare to witness such conviction and commitment in these times. This music has enormous history and incredible love. We are all here to make a difference; we must be about the work of our hearts. Living out your dream is the greatest honor one can express. The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is the real deal and they have truly done it their way! Let us celebrate the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble’s 35th Anniversary now and forever. Aluta Continua!!
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/kahil-elzabars-ethnic-heritage-ensemble/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:African Music,Community Event,Jazz Music,Performance
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20071215T223000
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SUMMARY:Trio Tarana
DESCRIPTION:Trio Tarana is led by percussionist/composer Ravish Momin\, who currently resides in New York City but was born in India and has lived in the Middle-East and England.  Therefore\, the creation of Trio Tarana\, in 2003\, was a natural culmination of all of those diverse influences. “Tarana” itself refers to a song-style in North Indian classical music\, where nonsense syllables or mnemonic drum sounds are used to spontaneously improvise a fluid chant or composition.    \n\n\n\nIn keeping with their namesake\, the trio primarily utilizes Indian and East-Asian rhythms as the foundation for a new creative musical experience; they also employ compositions that seamlessly blend written material with spontaneous group interaction. Their mission is to continue to explore the intersections of diverse Asian musical traditions with jazz\, and to share their unique Asian American musical concept and identity with audiences worldwide.  \n\n\n\nWhile Ravish had formally studied North Indian classical music and jazz\, he had also absorbed diverse influences growing up\, and was not prepared to discard them\, for one specific musical idiom.  He had felt rootless\, without a unique musical identity.  As an Asian American percussionist living in the United States\, he had long wanted to create music that both\, utilized his Indian musical traditions reverentially\, and was also reflective of his diverse influences\, thus rightfully depicting his hybrid musical identity. The trio consists of Momin with Sam Bardfield\, violin\, and Brandon Terzic\, oud\,  pioneering an improvised fusion of Asian and American influences.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/trio-tarana-2/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:The Thirteenth Assembly
DESCRIPTION:The Thirteenth Assembly is a touring collective made up of four musicians (Mary Halvorson\, Jessica Pavone\, Taylor Ho Bynum and Tomas Fujiwara) organized into four different and musically distinct small ensembles.  Styled somewhere between the classic r&b/soul revues of the 60’s and a postmodern traveling circus\, The Thirteenth Assembly presents a selection of some of the latest-emerging young artists and bands in New York’s creative music scene in one package.  Over the course of an evening\, each group performs a thirty-minute-minute set\, offering a glimpse of the vibrant and varied stylistic diversity and creativity of this particular musical community.  The ensembles are: The Thirteen Four\, Taylor Ho Bynum/Tomas Fujiwara Duo\, Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone Duo\, Taylor Ho Bynum Trio (with Mary Halvorson & Tomas Fujiwara).  \n\n\n\nPresented with support from the One of the 13-part “Free Jazz from the Sanctuary” series recorded live at The Sanctuary for Independent Media – a unique celebration of freedom through creative expression. Co-produced by NY Media Alliance and the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with support from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Music Fund\, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.New York State Music Fund. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJj7IKTJDw\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSUV6cc8cPY\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohGQuiaDXcw\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjLnqCdc8Ak\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0exgGJypww\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muY7a1NGBvU\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1VzHqt6C0k\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkcfjdN1xIM\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMjdy6QVZQA\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRFk5f3J87Q\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUbeMd2oHE\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akIBrl4c6to\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNhvlQhKrnw\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOOf2WSihsw\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwGOCRVRm_4
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/the-thirteenth-assembly/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz from the Sanctuary presents: "Sax\, Soup\, Poetry and Voice:" A Multimedia Performance with Nicole Peyrafitte and Joe Giardullo
DESCRIPTION:Multimedia performance artist Nicole Peyrafitte was born in Luchon (French Pyrenees) into the 5th generation of a family of restaurateurs. Since moving to Albany in 1992\, she has dedicated herself to multimedia art work. She considers each step of her work an attempt to fulfill her compulsion to learn through a process of immersion that generates performances incorporating voice/ painting/ videos/ writing and often cooking. Peyrafitte will be performing with saxophonist Joe Giardullo.  \n\n\n\nPresented with support from the New York State Music Fund. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLag4XGJvHM\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dpsZF7pxcE\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFvyHGQNbbg\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGTV72wI8GM\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkfTF_Y2Bk8\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8riOhhInF8\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx8VCE_putk\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF01J2-Psxk\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0OS9L8K5hc\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfBXEgNRTlA
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/multimedia-performance-with-nicole-peyrafitte/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz from the Sanctuary Presents Michael Vlatkovich Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Michael Vlatkovich Quartet features Christopher Garcia\, percussion; Jonathan Glove\, electric cello; David Mott\, baritone saxophone; Michael Vlatkovich\, trombone. Trombonist\, composer\, and arranger Michael Vlatkovich is one of the leading talents among Los Angeles improvisational players. Located on the West Coast since 1973\, he is an emotionally charged performer who has performed extensively in the United States\, Canada\, and Europe. According to Jazz Review\, “Vlatkovich is the finest trombonist improvising today… While this music isn’t exactly ‘out there’ it is far from the ‘mainstream’. In the end\, it doesn’t matter as this music shines in or outside of any context.” His improvisationally free music expresses raw power and beauty in a minimally structured format.   \n\n\n\nIn addition to leading his own diverse imaginative ensembles\, Vlatkovich has performed with a wide array of singers and instrumentalists including Peggy Lee\, Brian Setzer\, Bryan Adams\, Bobby Bradford\, Gerry Hemingway\, Rob Blakeslee\, Rich Halley\, among many others.  The trombonist has also performed on soundtracks for a variety of television and film projects including The Mask\, Jingle All The Way\, and the critically acclaimed John Cassavette’s film The Tempest.  \n\n\n\nOne of the 13-part “Free Jazz from the Sanctuary” series recorded live at The Sanctuary for Independent Media – a unique celebration of freedom through creative expression. Co-produced by NY Media Alliance and the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with support from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Music Fund\, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRyRN-cwQW8
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/michael-vlatkovich-quartet/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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