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The new school for jazz and contemporary music
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| Charli Persip teaches and performs. |
NEW YORK, January 20, 2010–This spring, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, a legendary conservatory within a renowned university setting, will present collaborations among prominent New School Jazz faculty joined by eminent players from the jazz community, alumni, and students. These spring events promise to showcase new talent emerging on the jazz scene today.
The New School Jazz performance series has moved to a new home at the Fat Cat on Christopher Street. Beginning in February on the first Monday of each month and ending with two performances in May, a host of dynamic jazz performances will take place, ranging from the classic to the iconoclastic, featuring Junior Mance with his students from The New School on April 5.
This semester, the school's annual series featuring faculty and alumni, Jazz Presents, will include Charli Persip Supersound on Thursday, March 10, and Droid on Thursday, April 8, at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space, located at 55 West 13th Street.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ AT FAT CAT
Mondays, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, May 31
8:30 p.m.
Fat Cat, 75 Christopher Street (at Seventh Avenue)
$3 Cover Charge; For more information call (212) 675-6056 or visit www.fatcatmusic.org
Monday, February 1
The Steven Lugerner Septet includes Steven Lugerner, alto and soprano saxophones, and clarinet and bass clarinet; Luca Pino, tenor saxophone and clarinet; Ari Karason, trumpet; Angelo Spagnolo, guitar; Glenn Zaleski, piano; Ross Gallagher, bass; and Max Jaffe, drums.
Monday, March 1
Melanie Charles and the Journey includes Melanie Charles, vocals; Axel Tosca Laugart, piano; Solis Minor, bass; Cory Cox, drums; Rogers Charles, saxophone; Omar Abdulkarim, trumpet; and Michael Valeanu, guitar.
Michael Valeneau Trio includes Michael Valeanu, guitar; Rick Rosato, bass; and Marc Beland, drums.
Monday, April 5
Camila Meza Quartet includes Camila Meza, vocals and guitar; Michael Bjella, saxophone and clarinet;
Chris Smith, bass; and Arthur Hnatek, drums.
Amanda Ruzza Quartet includes Amanda Ruzza, bass; New School Jazz faculty member Junior Mance, piano; and Mauricio Zottarelli, drums.
Monday, May 3
The DidaDan Trio includes Dida Pelled, vocals and guitar; Dan Aran, drums; and Barak Mori, bass.
Samuel Mortellaro Trio includes Samuel Mortellaro, piano; Peter Yuskauskus, bass; and Dan Kleffmann, drums.
Monday, May 31
Erika Kapin Quartet includes Erika Kapin, violin; Angelo Spagnolo, guitar; Peter Yuskauskus, bass; and
Maiko Ono, drums.
Jake Sherman Organ Group includes Jake Sherman, organ; Max Cutworth, alto saxophone; Rick Cragin, drums; and Ari Karason, trumpet.
JAZZ PRESENTS
Charli Persip Supersound
Wednesday, March 10, at 8:00 p.m.
$10; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, alumni with ID, and seniors with ID
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor
Box Office Information: please contact [email protected] or call 212.229.5488
With a long drumming career for several big band and post-bop ensembles, New School Jazz faculty member Charli Persip continues to showcase his unrelenting swing and dramatic accenting strokes that signify his style. In this performance, Persip, author of How Not to Play the Drums, leads his big band Supersound, which includes alumni and students in an innovative program to be announced.
New School Jazz faculty member Charli Persip, drums; Saadi Zadin, bass; James Gordon Williams, piano; Rick Henly, Nabate Isles, Alum Sharif Kales, Jean Caze, trumpets; Eric Hoffman, Kevin Cerovich, James Zeller, trombones; alumnus Marc Guilford, tuba; Camille Thurman and Mike Bomwell, tenor saxophone and flute; Ian Young and Mike McGarril, alto saxophone and flute; Erwin Snow, baritone saxophone; and alumna Chelsea Crowe and Eric Hoffman, vocals.
Droid
Thursday, April 8, at 8:00 p.m.
$10; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, alumni with ID, and seniors with ID
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor
Box Office Information: please contact [email protected] or call 212.229.5488
Droid features New School faculty members Adam Holzman and Amir Ziv, together with Tim LeFebvre and Jordan McClean. Ziv is an acclaimed artist who has helped shape the downtown New York City music scene for nearly 20 years. He has studied with some of the most recorded and innovative drummers in cinematic, pop, and jazz music history including Kenwood Dennard, Efrain Toro, Jim Priess, Joe Chambers, Joe Porcaro, and Ralph Humphry. Holzman has worked with the Miles Davis’ band from 1985 to 1989 as its musical director, performing in more than 200 countries. Amir Ziv, drums; Tim LeFebvre, bass; Adam Holzman, synthesizer; and Jordan McLean, trumpet and electronics.
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music is the musical manifestation of The New School and its legacy. Steeped in progressive tradition while moving forward into new frontiers of sound and experimentation, New School Jazz is a rarity among conservatory music schools. With instructors who are active, professional musicians and the backing of a major university, the school provides its students with the leeway and encouragement to break through artistic barriers, the counsel of veterans in maneuvering through the terrain of the music world, and a solid academic foundation to sustain and enrich their efforts and evolution. For more information, visit http://www.jazz.newschool.edu.
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