September 13, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
The History of the Blues Howard is graciously allowing me to sit in on his class. I will go to as many as possible considering how many concerts I already have booked. This first one was great. Paul Plimley from …
September 12, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
This was for me a surprisingly nice club considering the entrance. This event was primarily for Jody Redhageʼs New Amsterdam CD release. However, not knowing her, I went to see Corey Dargel who opened for her. He pleases me not …
September 11, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Debut performance in the U.S. by Trygve Seim, soprano and tenor saxes and Andrea Utnem on piano. This sounded interesting to me as I have never been to that church, it was free, I like the Norwegian musicians that I …
September 11, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
As you can imagine, there were concerts all over town this anniversary day. One choice I made was good, the other not so much. The good one was Music After curated by Eleonor Sandresky and Daniel Felsenfeld. All the performers …
September 10, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Rhys again welcomed the audience. He wants us now to focus on the next 40 years (I wonʼt be here, but I get the idea.) Laurie Spiegel was the first musician he asked to perform at The Kitchen those 40 …
September 9, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
11 pm Stephen Gauci Quintet Stephen, sax; Brian Groder, trumpet; Michael Bisio, bass; Art Bailey, piano; Lou Grassi, drums. I was very late for this because of The Kitchen concert and because I had the wrong address so ended up …
September 9, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Two nights of concerts celebrating The Kitchenʼs 40th Anniversary curated by Rhys Chatham, the first music director. Rhys gave a brief introduction talking about how he became involved with The Kitchen. He had been working with dancers and many of …
September 8, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
This was another amazing evening albeit in an entirely different vein than usual for me. The quartet consisted of Mala Waldron (daughter of Mel), vocals, piano, keyboard; Michael T.A. Thompson, drums, percussion, background vocals; Steve Salerno, guitar; Carlo de Rosa, …
September 5, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
This night reconfirmed why I am spending so much time in NYC. First set: Elliott Sharp, guitar; Lukas Ligeti, drums Elliott was playing a Stradocaster, which he said is called a Frankenstrad because of all the modifications over the years. …
September 4, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
The first set was a group of seven guitarists called Guitarbitrations. This was their first performance together. The musicians were Cristian Amigo (guitar) Adam Caine (guitar) Marco Cappelli (guitar) Brad Farberman (guitar) James Keepnews (guitar) Amanda Monaco (guitar) Tor Snyder …