We'd like to let you know about several upcoming performances that should be of special interest to New York residents and visitors, and attendees of the APAP Conference. Please also take note of new record releases, a Grammy nomination, and other news.
DON BYRON:
Two Sides of Don Byron w/ Lisa Moore and the Don Byron Quartet
Sunday, January 3, 2010, 7pm @(Le) Poisson Rouge, New York
Don Byron, recipient of the Samuel Barber Rome Prize for Composition, returns to New York from his current residency in the Italian capital for a special concert to celebrate the release of SEVEN, Lisa Moore's stellar recording of his piano works, including Seven Etudes for Piano, a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Moore and Byron also visited with John Schaefer on WNYC's Soundcheck.
APAP Conference Visitors, please note:
The Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet will kick off the New Year on Friday, January 8 with a performance at New York's Jazz Gallery.
Voted Jazz Record of the Year 2009 by the critics of All About Jazz, the quartet's new release, Live at Jazz Standard on Prieto's label Dafnison Music, has been garnering excellent reviews. Please check out two YouTube clips from a recent performance at New York's Museum of Modern Art: Bla Pt. 1, Bla Pt. 2
EDWARD SIMON:
Edward Simon is the new pianist in the SF JAZZ Collective, the amazing all-star ensemble
founded and operated by the San Francisco Jazz Festival organization. Replacing Renee Rosnes, Simon will start touring with the Collective in February 2010, joined by his friend and longtime bandmate, saxophonist Mark Turner. Before going on the road with the Collective, Simon will premiere Sorrows and Triumphs, a new work commissioned by Chamber Music America, with his quartet Afinidad (co-led by saxophonist David Binney) and special guests, at the Jazz Standard on February 2 and 3.
TIN HAT / GO HOME:
Tin Hat's long-awaited first live album, Foreign Legion, will be released in February on BAG Production Records, a new label founded by the band's clarinetist Ben Goldberg. It is the label's 2nd release following the debut album of Goldberg's own group, Go Home, featuring 7-string guitar wizard Charlie Hunter, trumpeter Ron Miles, and drummer Scott Amendola. More information at www.bengoldberg.net
Tin Hat's Mark Orton has composed the soundtracks for three new films that are about to hit the theaters: the documentaries MINE and Seneca Falls and the feature Loss of a Teardrop Diamond which is based on a long-lost screenplay by Tennessee Williams. More information at www.markortonmusic.com
THEO BLECKMANN:
Twelve Songs by Charles Ives, Theo Bleckmann and Kneebody's CD on the Winter & Winter label, was nominated for a 2010 Grammy as Best Classical Crossover Album. Congratulations, Theo!
For more information, please visit our website or the artist websites. Thank you for your interest.
We wish you a wonderful winter holiday and a Happy, healthy, and peaceful New Year!
Video Clips of the Month:
Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet - Live at Jazz Standard
