This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe

This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe



Mon Nov 20
8:30PM WORLD MONDAYS: NATALIE MICHAN
(Natalie Michan, vocals; Yakir Ben-hur, piano; Assaf Hakimi, bass; Harvey Valdes, oud; EJ Fry, percussion; Luke Notary, percussion)
Natalie Michan performs a fusion of Latin-American and Middle-Eastern music, drawing on the traditions of Spain, Cuba Peru and the Orient. Her songs are poems and prayers that celebrate the spirit. And it is Natalie's pure and haunting voice that carries listeners on a journey through exotic traditions of the past arriving at a transcendent moment of the present.
Cover $10 http://www.nataliemichan.com
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Tue Nov 21
8:30PM EAST WEST QUINTET CD RELEASE
(Dylan Heaney, saxophones; Simon Kafka, guitar; Mike Cassedy, piano; Ben Campbell, bass; Jordan Perlson, drums)
The East West Quintet is fast emerging as a new voice in jazz music. With a strong repertoire of innovative and original music, the group showcases the individual talents of its five members while maintaining a tight, cohesive group sound. Since forming in 2003, the Quintet has been playing to packed houses of enthusiastic fans in New York City and throughout the West Coast. Described by one of their fans as "Jazz with the energy of a rock band," the Quintet always puts on an exciting show, attributing their fast growing popularity to their ability to connect with audiences of all types. The group is currently promoting its second CD, "The Brooklyn EP," which it released in June of 2006.

"The East West Quintet plays hard bop for the 21st century, combining solid swing with smart writing, assured improvisation and a tight band sound."
- Mark Meyers, All About Jazz

cover $6/cover + CD: $10
http://www.eastwestquintet.com
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Thu Nov 23
6:00PM HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Check out our fabulous Thanksgiving Day menu in another part of this forest--FOOD! Served from 2pm and almost certainly sold out . . .
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Fri Nov 24
9:00PM & 10:30PM ANAT FORT TRIO
(Anat Fort, piano, composer; Gary Wang, bass; Roland Schneider, drums)
“You’ll be hearing a lot more from Israeli-born pianist and composer Anat Fort shortly. Her astonishing compositions and gift for band-leading recently caught the attention of ECM records – a disc is being readied for next year. Here’s your chance to catch her on the way up."
– K. Leander Williams, Time Out New York
Cover $10 http://www.anatfort.com
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Sat Nov 25
9:00PM & 10:30PM JAMES CARNEY GROUP
(Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet; Chris Lightcap, bass; Ted Poor, drums; James Carney, rhodes, compositions)
"An intriguing pianist whose compositional sense almost overshadows his instrumental know-how, Carney sets up shop with the city’s most engaging young improvisers. His stuff is well sculpted, and you’ll hear its sophistication."
-Jim Macnie, The Village Voice

"Mr. Carney, a smart keyboardist and a broadly imaginative conceptualist and composer, leads a cadre of adventurous and versatile players."
-Nate Chinen, The New York Times

Keyboardist & composer James Carney received the 1999 Thelonious Monk International Composers Award, and he also received the "Best Jazz Artist" award from the LA Weekly in 2002. He has released three well-received albums: "Fables from the Aqueduct" (1994); "Offset Rhapsody" (1997); and "Thread" (2002). He will be recording a new album in June 2006 for the Songlines label.

Carney's music might be described as inclusive jazz; he favors assymetrical forms and complex harmonic models influenced as much by classical, rock, pop, world and the avant-garde as by the jazz tradition. He also composes long-form chamber music; recent commissions include a 10-minute brass quintet for the Extension Ensemble, and a 90- minute written/improvised score for Universal Pictures' 1925 silent film "His People", which Carney premiered live with his group at the 2006 Syracuse International Film Festival.
Cover $10 http://www.jamescarney.net
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Mon Nov 27
8:30PM 21 CENTURY SCHIZOID MUSIC PRESENTS: THE STRING MESSENGERS
(Mandola Joe York, mandolin; Jeff York, guitar; Ratzo B. York, bass; Frank York, fiddle)
(Photo credit: Heidi Ihrig/SculptureCenter)


November 27, 2006 is the 15th anniversary of the death of Harry Everett Smith, whose 6 LP Anthology of American Folk Music has an inspiration to generations of folkies, alt rockers, and ethnomusicologists. In fact, my listening to and transcribing tracks from the Harry Smith Anthology led to my interest in performing old timey music and forming The String Messengers with Mandola Joe and a rotating personnel over these past 15 years. Aside from his discographical arcana, Harry Smith was also an experimental film maker and devotee of string figures, a real schizoid. For this "schizoid music" tribute, The String Messengers will explore his musical legacy as well as share some string figures assisted by frequent Messenger collaborator and string figure maven Jim Murphy.
Cover $10
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