14 Fridays begins Friday June 4th through September 3rd
14 FRIDAYS - FRED COSTELLO & CO.
14 FRIDAYS continues with the FRED COSTELLO & CO. Friday July 30th 6 - 8pm FREE
In the courtyard of the Village Gate
274 N Goodman St. rain or shine
Fred Costello, born in Syracuse, NY, is a multi-talented musician with a varied career including national radio and TV appearances and numerous recording sessions for which he has either played or written........ A well respected jazz organist, Fred spent many years on the road with gigs at the Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas, Frank Sinatra’s Cal-Neva Lodge in Lake Tahoe, Kings Inn, Bahamas, Playboy Club in Hollywood, Capri Club in Tijuana and hundreds of stops in between........ Fred has appeared with Mark Murphy, Chuck Mangione, Johnny Smith, Slide Hampton, Doc Severinsen, Steve Gadd, Gene Cornish, The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra among many others........ Fred has been featured on the Regis Philbin Show, NBC Sports Organists Show, Newsweek, USA Today, NY Times and TV Guide........ Besides his group’s jazz gigs, he is also organist for the Rochester Red Wings Baseball Team and the Rochester Americans Hockey Club and has turned down five major league offers to remain in Rochester to oversee his studio operation and booking agency which he runs with son Terry........ Fred was elected to the Rochester Sports Walk of Fame in 1999..... Fred’s latest live jazz CD, "Blues Backstage" was released last year.
Bop Shop presents LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER with Bethany Waickmanand MATT & SHANNON HEATON Saturday July 31st - 7pm
Lovin' Cup Brews & Bistro
300 Park Point Drive Off Jefferson Rd near RIT $15 at the door, $10 with student ID
The traditional music of New England can be as warm and comforting as a winter fire or as potent and exhilarating as a summer thunderstorm. Fiddler and singer Lissa Schneckenburger is a master of both moods, a winsome, sweet-voiced singer who brings new life to old ballads and a skillful, dynamic fiddler who captures the driving rhythm and carefree joy of dance tunes old and new.
Lissa's fiddling is uplifting and lively, and her singing is gentle and evocative. Both in concert and in the studio she is regularly accompanied by some of New England's best musicians, including guitarists Keith Murphy and Matt Heaton and double bassist Corey DiMario.
Boston-based husband-and-wife duo Matt & Shannon Heaton offer updated and traditional Irish music on flute/guitar/bouzouki/accordion, stirring traditional-style singing, and a fresh, appealing stage show. Having built their act from years of touring together (first with band Siucra, then as a duo), Matt and Shannon have grown into thoroughly entertaining performers. They bring to the stage a depth of shared experience and a love for Irish music; their stage banter is comfortable, often hilarious. Musically speaking, the Heatons play the heck out of their instruments (Irish wood flute/accordion, guitar/bouzouki). They are devoted to Irish traditional music and uplift listeners by connecting with each other and the people around them.
14 FRIDAYS continues with THE CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION Friday August 6th 6 - 8pm FREE
In the courtyard of the Village Gate
274 N Goodman St. rain or shine
The newest project from the creator of the Po'Boys Brass Band, the Crescent City Connection has one goal: to bridge the people of the world to the culture and music of the great city of New Orleans.The band has two components: The Crescent City Jazz Band and the Crescent City Brass Band. The band's ability to change form makes it easily adjustable to whatever the occasion may be...from a 12-piece brass band second linin' down your parade route, to a 5-6 piece traditional jazz band, the CCC is more versatile than the rest!
Comprised of all young players, the band is part of a traditional jazz revival taking place in New Orleans. All players are at the top of their respective fields, having all attended the illustrious Eastman School of Music. Their virtuosity mixed with youthful enthusiasm breathes new life into these timeless tunes. From Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet, to Professor Longhair and Dirty Dozen tunes, the CCC covers it all!
Fire up the gumbo, pull out the umbrellas, and get ready to dance dance dance! The Crescent City Connection is gonna make you move!
14 FRIDAYS continues with THE YEARS Friday August 13th 6 - 8pm FREE
In the courtyard of the Village Gate
274 N Goodman St. rain or shine
The Years play a garagey folk-rock kind of music, sort of in the style of Peter Laughner, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, etc., and yet really unlike any of these, and completely original. The group is led by the 67-year old Ed Downey, a singer and songwriter who in his career has explored a wide range of music. In the mid sixties he was a jazz saxophonist in Detroit, a follower of John Coltrane, Albert Ayler and so on. Then he was asked to play in a Sonics-style garage rock group called the Silver Satans. A boyhood friend of Mike Davis, who went on to become the bass player of the MC5, Ed sat in on a few of that groups' early shows, when they featured a horn section, with Fred "Sonic" Smith playing alto and Downey on Tenor. This pushed him in a more rock'n'roll direction, and the early seventies saw him playing in a hard rock group called the Right On Time Rangers, which at one point played a (notoriously disastrous) show opening for Elephant's Memory, fronted by John Lennon. Eventually eschewing the music business altogether, Ed Downey nonetheless kept on playing and recording music throughout the 80s, 90s, and 00s, generally moving in a quieter, more intimate, acoustic direction, which nonetheless showcased his startlingly original, poetic lyrics, his dark, sardonic wit, and his famous growly voice, and at the same time, moving in a more experimental direction, finally arriving at the experimental, improvisational music of the Blood and Bone Orchestra. But now he has returned to the rock'n'roll with his new group, the Years, which includes former members of the Blood and Bone Orchestra - Chris Reeg, and Ed's son, Ian Downey. They can be as quiet and sweet and sad as a Hank Williams ballad, or as loud and crazy as the New York Dolls.
14 FRIDAYS - THE CHINCHILLAS
14 FRIDAYS continues with the The Chinchillas Friday August 20th 6 - 8pm FREE
In the courtyard of the Village Gate
274 N Goodman St. rain or shine
Chinchillas first got together in the winter of 1985 at Del Pedro's place on Monroe Ave in Rochester, NY. They jammed a while, drank a few beers, thought it sounded good and decided to name the group "Pets and Small Children". They changed the name to "Chinchillas" shortly after. They moved practice to Bill Corbett's rented house in Mendon, NY and then to Paul's place in Pittsford, NY where they still practice today. After practice on Thursday evenings, you can find them at Thirsty's in the village of Pittsford enjoying their favourite malt beverage.
14 FRIDAYS continues with THE AIRPLAY VAUDEVILLE REVUE Friday August 27th 6 - 8pm FREE In the courtyard of the Village Gate
274 N Goodman St. rain or shine
With your MCs AIRPLAY, featuring Jeff Peden and Rick SImpson, the evening promises a fast-paced variety show in the vaudeville tradition, featuring juggling, clowning, unicycling, music, and a touch of magic and madness. Join Airplay and several other eclectic and unique Rochester performers for a truly memorable evening of fun.
Jeff Peden, founder of Airplay, has performed in and around Rochester for over 20 years. As a long time supporter of circus arts in the Rochester area he has taught juggling classes at RIT, and produced the hugely acclaimed RIT Spring Juggle-In Public Show to sold out crowds for 5 years running. A lifelong learner, he has taken classes in Improv, Comedia Del Arte, and been coached by masters from Cirque De Soleil. His own skills range from unicycling and juggling to fire eating and stiltwalking. It is his greatest joy to introduce audiences to new and exciting talented performers and support the performing arts in Rochester.
Rick Simpson was the founder of Just Foolin’ Around and together with Jeff Peden performed that act at fairs and festivals in the general Rochester area from 1989 – 2005. Currently in “semi-retirement” from the world of foolery, he keep busy teaching at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and doing a weekly radio show on WRUR.
Jim Malcolm
Tuesday August 31st - 7:00 pm Lovin' Cup Brews & Bistro
300 Park Point Drive Off Jefferson Rd near RIT
$15 at the door, $10 with student ID
Jim Malcolm was brought up in Perthshire and Angus and was steeped in the traditional music of Scotland from an early age. He learned to play guitar while at school and by his early twenties was winning songwriting competitions and playing in folk clubs all over Scotland.
His career began to take off when he hosted the open stage at Edinburgh Folk Festival, and through his own playing there secured a contract with Greentrax for his first solo album. Acclaimed by critics and chosen as one of the year's best by Radio Scotland's folk programmes Travelling Folk and Celtic Connections, the album brought in bookings at folk clubs and festivals in Britain and abroad, and established Jim as one of the leading songwriters in the traditional idiom in Scotland. He was dubbed: "The new male voice of Scotland."
In 1999 Jim joined one of Scotland's most popular international folk acts, the Old Blind Dogs, and has since worked with them all over the UK, in France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Germany, USA, Canada and Bulgaria. Jim recorded three CDs as lead vocalist of the Old Blind Dogs before leaving to focus on his solo career.
Jim has recorded seven solo CDs and has played several times in Rochester where he has become a favorite among local folk fans. His wonderful sense of humor, skilled storytelling, and voice as warm and smooth as a glass of Glenfiddich makes for an unforgettable show!
14 FRIDAYS - JOHN & MARY and the VALKYRIES
14 FRIDAYS ends with John & Mary and the Valkyries Friday September 3rd 6 - 8pm FREE
In the courtyard of the Village Gate
274 N Goodman St. rain or shine
John Lombardo was a founding member of 10,000 Maniacs who wrote or co-wrote with Natalie Merchant the first two indie albums that got them signed to Elektra Records. Leaving the band on the cusp of national success John teamed up with the classicaly trained violinest Mary Ramsey who also had an amazing voice.
They signed with Rykodisc in 1990 and recorded Victory Gardens and The Weedkillers Daughter with Rob Buck and Jerome Augustyniak of 10,000 Maniacs. John & Mary spent much of 1990 on tour opening for the Maniacs. John would join the band on some of their earlier material, and Mary would lend her viola and backing vocals to a few songs in the set.
When Natalie Merchant left 10,000 Maniacs, John rejoined the band, bringing Mary with him to handle the lead vocal role. The revamped Maniacs went on to record two albums, Love Among the Ruins and The Earth Pressed Flat.
Sadly, Maniacs lead guitarist Rob Buck passed away in 2000, leading to the end of the John & Mary era with 10,000 Maniacs. The duo recorded and released the independent Pinwheel Galaxy in 2001.
The folk duo John & Mary has always had a bit of a dichotomy- hauntingly pristine live performances combined with full-blown band instrumentation on their recorded work. Those albums included some of the worlds most enigmatic musicians, including Alex Chilton, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Joey Molland, Augie Meyers and the late great Ronnie Lane.
Now John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey have augmented their new group, The Valkyries, with some of Buffalo's most interesting musicians. The collective includes Patrick Kane (The Stains, Paisley Tease, The Uncalled For), Rob Lynch (Rex Hobart, Doug Yeomans Ban, Plaster Sandals), Kent Weber (The Fems, Electroman, David Kane Quartet), Joe Rozler (Man'O'War, Sid Winkler Trio, Outer Circle Orchestra), and Nelson Starr (The Tails, The Eric Starr Band, The Jeff Martin Band).
BOP ARTS presents NU BAND Friday September 24th 8pm The Bop Shop Atrium
274 N. Goodman Street (in the Village Gate) in Rochester, NY
$15 requested donation
"What's fascinating about this band is that it's a coalescing of many streams. Each player brings with him a wealth of experience as both instrumentalist and composer, leader and sideman .. . all of this experience comes together in the Nu Band to make a unique music as fresh and invigorating as any being done today." (From liner notes by Robert lannapollo)
The Nu Band has been presented by Sweetnighter Productions, Philadelphia, PA, The Music Now 2 Festival and the Knitting Factory in NYC, The Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, CT, The Bop Shop, Rochester, NY, and HalIwalls Contemporary Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY.
Mark Whitecage is internationally known as a dynamic, ceaselessly inventive instrumentalist and composer in jazz and new music. Current projects include Solo work as well as his own Duos, Trios, Quartets, and Quintets. He has a number of award-winning recordings on Acoustics, CIMP and GM Recordings, including a series of CDs just released on Acoustics. Since the 1960's he has performed and recorded with some of the leading artist of our time including Jeanne Lee, Atnhony Braxton, Gunter Hampel, Dominic Duval, Joe McPhee, Steve Swell, Marshall Allen and Saheb Sarbib, in the US, Canada, and Europe.
"Whitecage is again magnificent." Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz.
Lou Grassi is internationally known for his work in both the traditional and the avant-garde jazz worlds. From the 1970's to the present, Lou has performed and/or recorded with a great variety of outstanding artists, including Marshall Allen, Borah Bergman, Rob Brown, Charles Gayle, Urbie Green, Gunter Hampel, Johnny Hartman, Sheila Jordan, William Parker, Perry Robinson, Roswell Rudd, Steve Swell, John Tchicai and many others.
"Lou Grassi is one of those few jazz players who is as comfortable with straight ahead bop as he is with ventures into the realm of the totally free and the creativity and energy are boundless." Steven A. Loewy, All Music Guide To Jazz.
Roy Campbell Jr. has long been associated with the most creative elements of "downtown" New York jazz, performing with bassist William Parker in his Little Huey Orchestra and their Other Dimensions in Music band, as well as recording and performing with Matthew Shipp, Daniel Carter and Rashid Bakr.
"Campbell ... can play everything: long, sustained lines ... shrieking vertical runs ... and best of all, thoughtful, well-spaced constructions that work especially well. Campbell plays with humor and a willingness to try something new anytime." Steve Tignor,CDNow.
Joe Fonda is an accomplished international artist who has performed and recorded as a leader in his own ensembles, mc notably The Fonda/Stevens Group throughout the United States an Europe, and as a sideman with Anthony Braxton, Archie Shepp Bill and Kenny Barron, Ken McIntyre, Charlie Persip, Lou Donaldson, Leo Smith, Curtis Fuller, Mark Whitecage, Kunle Mwanga, Majeed Greenley, Bobl Naughton and others. "The music of Joe Fonda is part of a living tradition of belief and dedication. Future historians will be surprised at the breadth of Mr. Fonda's offerings. This is a real virtuoso and composer of the highest order." Anthony Braxton.
In the 1970s, this British prog rock band was a favorite on the college scene, liberally sprinkling biblical, historical and sexual allusions throughout its lyrics and setting them against a backdrop of powerful mellotron-enhanced orchestrations. While best known as the band that launched the career of Yes’s Rick Wakeman, Strawbs’ haunting sound is the real attraction, the brainchild of gravelly-voiced singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Cousins.
Strawbs disappeared from the U.S. music scene in the 1980s, only to re-emerge in 2003 as a Cousins-led acoustic trio that lured hordes of old and new fans to clubs nationwide, holding audiences spellbound as these veteran rockers stripped down Strawbs' highly-orchestrated masterpieces and re-delivered them in a pure, acoustic simplicity.
The success of the acoustic trio prompted a reunion of Strawbs electric lineup in 2004 and, since that time, the band has successfully toured in both formats throughout the U.S. and Canada, including four very well-received shows in Rochester, both in the acoustic and the electric format. Strawbs have released two CDs of new material since their last appearance here in 2007.
On September 25, Strawbs in their acoustic incarnation stop by Lovin' Cup in Rochester as part of their special 40th Anniversary Celebration tour. Join us as this legendary band looks back to some of their best known masterpieces and looks ahead with music from their latest releases.
ALLAN HOLDSWORTH
Bop Shop presents ALLAN HOLDSWORTH Sunday September 26th - 8pm
Lovin' Cup Brews & Bistro
300 Park Point Drive Off Jefferson Rd near RIT $15 advance $20 at the door, $10 w/student ID
Allan Holdsworth is widely regarded by fans and contemporary musicians as one of the 20th century's most prominent guitarists. He is one of a handful of musicians who has consistently proven himself as an innovator in between and within the worlds of rock and jazz music. Many of music's best-known instrumental masters cite Holdsworth as that rare and shining voice—a legendary player who continues to push the outer limits of instrumental technique and the electric guitar's range of tonal and textural possibilities. Particularly during the 90s, Holdsworth has enjoyed the recognition so many musicians strongly feel he deserves, given that he has developed his career outside the big label mainstream and has consistently produced his own recordings with complete creative control since the mid-80s. Despite the uncompromising nature of Holdsworth's predominantly genre-defying solo projects, he's no stranger to all-star jazz festival line-ups or large venue rock audiences. Musician Magazine placed Holdsworth near the top of their “100 greatest guitarists of all time.” There's never been a shortage of media attention or acclaim for Holdsworth's accomplishments and originality. An inductee of Guitar Player Magazine's Hall of Fame, Holdsworth is a five-time winner in their readers' poll.
BOP ARTS presents MIKOLAJ TRZASKA - STEVE SWELL DUO Monday October, 18th 8pm
Bop Shop Atrium 274 N Goodman St.
in the Village Gate
$15 donation requested
Born in Newark, NJ, Steve Swell has been an active member of the NYC music community since 1975. He has toured and recorded with many artists from mainstreamers such as Lionel Hampton and Buddy Rich to so called outsiders as Anthony Braxton, Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor and William Parker. He has over 25 CDs as a leader or co-leader and is a featured artists on more than 90 other releases. He runs workshops around the world and is a teaching artist in the NYC public school system focusing on special needs children.
Steve was nominated for Trombonist of the Year 2008 by the Jazz Journalists Association, was selected Trombonist of the Year 2008 and 2009 by the magazine El Intruso of Argentina and received the 2008 Jubilation Foundation Fellowship Award of the Tides Foundation.
DUCK BAKER
BOP ARTS presents DUCK BAKER Thursday October, 28th 8pm
Bop Shop Atrium 274 N Goodman St.
in the Village Gate
$15 donation requested
DUCK BAKER is one of the most highly regarded fingerstyle guitarists of his generation. He is unique among jazz guitarists in that his repertoire spans the entire history of the music from ragtime through swing to modern masters like Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols to free improvisation. Baker’s devotion to American music also encompasses more traditional forms like blues, gospel, and Appalachian music and its Scots-Irish ancestry. This catholicism has been likened to Europeans who perform the classical repertoire from renaissance through to modern music
HUGH CORNWELL former frontman/singer of the STRANGLERS
Bop Shop presents HUGH CORNWELL with special guest SLT Friday October 29th - 9pm
Lovin' Cup Brews & Bistro
300 Park Point Drive Off Jefferson Rd near RIT $15 advance $20 at the door, $10 w/student ID
Hugh Cornwell is one of the UK's finest song-writing talents and accomplished live performers. The original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in The Stranglers enjoyed massive UK and European success with ten hit albums and twenty-one top forty singles in the 17-year period he was in the band. The Stranglers etched themselves into the UK's musical psyche with 'Peaches', 'No More Heroes', 'Golden Brown', 'Always The Sun', 'Grip', 'Nice N Sleazy', 'Duchess', 'Walk On By', 'Strange Little Girl' and 'Skin Deep'.
Cornwell has revelled in his musical freedom ever since a sold out Stranglers gig at London's Alexandra Palace in the summer of 1990, when he announced he would be leaving the group.
He has released seven solo albums, Wolf (1988) Wired (1993) Guilty (1997) Hifi (2001) Beyond Elysian Fields (2004) Footprints in the Desert (2005) Dirty Dozen (2006) and three collaborations, Nosferatu (1979) featuring Robert Williams, CCW (1992) featuring Roger Cook and Andy West and Sons Of Shiva (2002) featuring Sex W Johnston
Cornwell's book, The Stranglers: Song by Song, was published in November 2001 by Sanctuary Publishing. In it he explains for the first time the real stories behind the Stranglers extensive catalogue of songs. In October 2004 Cornwell's autobiography A Multitude of Sins was published by Harper Collins.
The Stranglers' most successful song, Golden Brown, featured on the soundtrack to Guy Ritchie's Hollywood blockbuster Snatch; whilst Peaches was used as the opening sequence of the hit film Sexy Beast as well as in a Nike TV ad for 2002's Football World Cup.
A triple live album, People Places Pieces is available at www.peopleplacespieces.com and contains 45 tracks spanning the whole of Cornwell's career. It spans his time with the Stranglers from 1974 to 1990, plus his critically acclaimed solo career to date and features remarkable performances of old and new standards.
Cornwell has completed his new album Hooverdam and first film Blueprint in Toerag Studios with producer Liam Watson (White Stripes 'Elephant'). Hooverdam will be made available worldwide as a free download in June 2008 from www.hooverdamdownload.com and the physical release on Invisible Hands Music will be a triple sleeved digipak featuring both album and film in one exclusive CD/DVD package. The album will also be available on vinyl.
Blueprint is a live performance of the studio album and features an interview with Cornwell conducted by Robert Elms at Tate Britain. http://www.hooverdamdownload.com/
VETIVER
The BOP SHOP presents VETIVER
Monday November 1st - 8pm
Lovin' Cup Brews & Bistro
300 Park Point Drive Off Jefferson Rd near RIT $15 advance $20 at the door, $10 w/student ID
Vetiver are commonly lumped into the nascent "freak folk" movement alongside the likes of Joanna Newsom and Six Organs of Admittance, thanks to leader Andy Cabic's friendship with scene founder Devendra Banhart. (Besides Banhart's musical contributions to Vetiver's first two albums, Cabic co-wrote Banhart's breakout song "At the Hop," from 2004's Rejoicing in the Hands; on the same album, Banhart paid tribute to his friend's band in the song "When the Sun Shone on Vetiver.") However, the band's roots go deeper than Syd Barrett and Linda Perhacs, encompassing the U.K. shoegazer scene and the mid-'90s D.I.Y. indie rock scene. Cabic was part of the latter, forming the Raymond Brake in his native Greensboro, North Carolina in the early '90s. The Raymond Brake's noisy, Sonic Youth-influenced take on indie rock was a natural fit with both the Chapel Hill art-punk scene and the influential Washington D.C. indie Simple Machines, which released the band's debut album Piles of Dirty Winters in 1995. After a handful of EPs and one more album, 1996's Never Work Ever, the Raymond Brake broke up and Cabic migrated westward, eventually settling in San Francisco. While studying at the San Francisco Art Institute, Cabic met fellow student Banhart and instantly established a close working relationship with the bearded sprite. While playing live gigs with Banhart, Newsom and others, Cabic started writing songs for his new project Vetiver, named for an Asian relative of lemongrass that's used in perfume making. Adding Banhart on guitar and backing vocals, Jim Gaylord on violin, and Alissa Anderson on cello behind Cabic's vocals, banjo, and acoustic guitar, Vetiver released its first, self-titled, album on the DiCristina label in 2004. (The album, produced by Thom Monahan of the Pernice Brothers, also included guest spots by Newsom, Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval, and former My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm O'Ciosoig.) Vetiver was followed in 2005 by a stopgap odds and sods collection called Between that included two live tracks, plus a new version of a song from Vetiver and a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Save Me a Place." For Vetiver's second full-length album, 2006's To Find Me Gone, Cabic finally added a drummer, Otto Hauser, and bassist Kevin Barker to the core trio of himself, Banhart, and Anderson. After the album was released, Cabic introduced a stable, full-time recording and touring lineup of himself, Anderson, Hauser, new guitarist Sanders Trippe, and new bassist Brent Dunne. In 2008 the band released A Thing of the Past, a collection of covers of songs by artists like Michael Hurley, Ronnie Lane and Townes Van Zandt who have influenced Cabic along the way. The band's next album, 2009's Tight Knit,was released by new label Sub Pop.
Sunday November 7th - 10am - 4pm - FREE The Bop Shop at the Village Gate 274 N Goodman St.
Bop Shop Records will host its 49th Record Show and Sale Sunday, November 7th, 2010 at The Bop Shop in the Village Gate Square 274 N. Goodman St. More than 40 dealers will set up 60+ tables of merchandise ranging from rare and collectible records, tapes, and CDs to autographs, posters and other music related memorabilia. You’ll find rare imports, picture discs, and much, much more! This is the largest show of its kind in western New York! If you’re searching for that one certain musical group or song, you need to visit this incredible show! Take advantage of great deals on over a quarter of a million rare and collectible records, CDs, tapes, and more! And while you’re there, visit the Bop Shop and find an amazing collection of rare and hard-to-find jazz, blues, soul, and rock records and CDs. Best of all, admission and parking are FREE!
Carl Ludwig Hübsch`s LONGRUN DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSE
BOP ARTS presents Carl Ludwig Hübsch`s LONGRUN DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSE Tuesday November 9th 8pm The Bop Shop Atrium
274 N. Goodman Street (in the Village Gate) in Rochester, NY
$15 requested donation
Carl Ludwig HÜBSCH - tuba, composition
Wolter WIERBOS - trombone
Matthias SCHUBERT - saxophone Hübsch`s preference for wind instruments and lower frequencies has led to this formation of a high-calibre constellation: Matthias Schubert on Tenorsaxophon and Wolter Wierbos, Trombone, are participating in this challenging project. Wellknown as improvisers and instrumentalists they contribute a unique awareness of new concepts.
All compositions are written especially for this Trio making use of the characteristic play style of each musicians.
New Music and of Modern Jazz influences pervade the program which combines the forces of restructured improvisation and composed elements. The trio will play mostly Huebsch`s compositions which combine Contemporary written music, Jazz and Improvised music. Every now and then a traditional like El Eterno (for Che Guevara), a Navaho traditional or a Sun Ra tune tune can cross the listeners road.
Concerts are driven by the excellent, humouros and vivid playing of the musicians and their ability to turn written notations freely into real time stories. http://www.clhuebsch.de/projects/universe.html
JASON HWANG "BURNING BRIDGE" ENSEMBLE
BOP ARTS presentsJASON HWANG "BURNING BRIDGE" ENSEMBLE Tuesday November16th 8pm The Bop Shop Atrium
274 N. Goodman Street (in the Village Gate) in Rochester, NY
$15 requested donation
Jason Kao Hwang / BURNING BRIDGE Jason Kao Hwang(violin/ viola, composer), Taylor Ho Bynum(cornet/ flugelhorn), Andrew Drury(drum set), Ken Filiano(string bass), Joe Daley(tuba), Min Xiao Fen(pipa), Steve Swell(trombone), Wang Guowei(erhu)
Composer/Violinist Jason Kao Hwang has received a 2009 Chamber Music America New Jazz Works grant to create Burning Bridge, a concert-length composition of multiple movements.
Burning Bridge features Mr. Hwang’s quartet EDGE, with Mr. Hwang(violin, viola), Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Andrew Drury (drum kit) and Ken Filiano (string bass) plus long-time collaborators Steve Swell (trombone), Joseph Daley (tuba), Wang Guowei (erhu, Chinese two-stringed violin) and Min Xiao Fen (pipa, Chinese lute).
Burning Bridge will be composed upon a Burning Bridge. The nature of this music consumes temporal illusions while enveloping the concurrence of life and death. On this Burning Bridge, the tinder of history and culture feed flames that vibrate within the core of both instinct and identity. The fire, often ignored, has always existed, with bridges burning each moment of our ever-changing lives.
For Burning Bridge, the various traditions of each instrument, Chinese, Jazz and Classical, will be united into a single musical voice resonant with distinct cultural overtones. With the poetic complexities inherent to this sound, the music possesses all the attributes of any human being. Burning Bridge is the experience, not the representation, a synergism, not a montage, a life form, not a concept.
The macro conditions set by this jazz composition will cultivate many micro discoveries of sound and phrase. Both differences and commonalities between the jazz and traditional Chinese musicians will be embraced as essential to Burning Bridge. At first, the novelty of Chinese sounds will appear graphic, indelible and dominant. For example, when hearing a unison note between the pipa and string bass, the pipa will dominate. But as the music progresses, spectacle sensations will diminish to a sotto voce, and a democracy of sounds will emerge and flourish. To fulfill the promise of this cross-cultural ensemble, the musicians will challenge the boundaries of their aesthetic sensibilities and technique, burning many bridges along the way. Their performance will create a meta-language that is both the vehicle and essence of this music.
Mr. Hwang’s composition will utilize the distinct emotional territories produced by the process of notation and improvisation. Each modality possesses a distinct energy that can be either blurred into a single flow or made distinct. The interplay of modalities also offers a compositional dynamic between the jazz musician’s personal voice and the over-arching narrative of Burning Bridge. The infinite permutations between improvisation and notation, the individual and collective, are architecturally sequenced to conjure a narrative landscape through which the listener will journey and imagine.
Though the sonic physiology is complex, the actual living music is experienced simply. As the vibrations are heard and absorbed, the mind becomes focused and still, like a bridge. Then the fire begins and the bridge burns.
THE ASYLUM STREET SPANKERS FAREWELL TOUR
THE ASYLUN STREET SPANKERS FAREWELL TOUR
November Wednesday 17th or Thursday 18th (maybe both)
actual date and place TBA
stay tuned...........
THE DAVE RIVELLO ENSEMBLE
THE DAVE RIVELLO ENSEMBLE
Thursday December, 9th 8pm
Bop Shop Atrium 274 N Goodman St.
in the Village Gate
$10 donation requested
The Dave Rivello Ensemble was formed in 1993 by composer/conductor Dave Rivello as a vehicle for his original work. The 12-piece ensemble includes a standard jazz rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) three reed players and six brass (including flugelhorn and tuba). The scope of Rivello’s music encompasses the jazz tradition and modern classical music, creating a unique blend of improvised and notated music. Rivello’s compositions have been referred to as ‘dreaming in color’. In addition to having held a steady gig for more than eight years, they have performed at Saint Peter’s church in New York City, the Rochester International Jazz Festival, performed with Bob Brookmeyer, held a week long residency at Proctor’s Theater in Schenectady New York, performed at Cornell University, Alfred University, the Monroe Community College Jazz Festival, the Coudersport Fine Arts Festival, perform an annual concert in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music, have appeared several times on the Bop Shop record store’s concert series, and WGMC’s ‘Meet The Artist’ series. The ensemble includes some of the best musicians in Rochester, and is continuing to be more in demand for festivals and clinics. Dave Rivello was voted ‘Best Big Band Leader’ by City newspaper for his work with this ensemble.
Sunday May 1st - 10am - 4pm - FREE The Bop Shop at the Village Gate 274 N Goodman St.
Bop Shop Records will host its 50th Record Show and Sale Sunday, May 1st, 2011 at The Bop Shop in the Village Gate Square 274 N. Goodman St. More than 40 dealers will set up 60+ tables of merchandise ranging from rare and collectible records, tapes, and CDs to autographs, posters and other music related memorabilia. You’ll find rare imports, picture discs, and much, much more! This is the largest show of its kind in western New York! If you’re searching for that one certain musical group or song, you need to visit this incredible show! Take advantage of great deals on over a quarter of a million rare and collectible records, CDs, tapes, and more! And while you’re there, visit the Bop Shop and find an amazing collection of rare and hard-to-find jazz, blues, soul, and rock records and CDs. Best of all, admission and parking are FREE!
