ECM Artists on Tour

[Chuck Nessa]

They have done fine work, but I can not forget the label name rhymes with Phlegm.

[7/4]

19 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

They have done fine work, but I can not forget the label name rhymes with Phlegm.

[GA Russell]

THE GURDJIEFF ENSEMBLE, LEADING GROUP SPECIALIZING IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL MUSIC, SET TO MAKE DEBUT AMERICAN TOUR

 

GURDJIEFF ENSEMBLE TO PERFORM IN NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LOS ANGELES, PRESENTED BY AGBU

 

The Gurdjieff Ensemble, one of the leading groups in the world specializing in ancient and medieval music from the East, will be making their first American Tour to three major cities this September sponsored by the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU)

 

The internationally acclaimed Gurdjieff Ensemble was founded by Armenian musician Levon Eskenian in 2008 with the intention of bringing the music of the Armenian philosopher, author and composer Georges I. Gurdjieff back to its ethnic inspirational sources.

 

The Ensemble consists of Armenia’s leading musicians playing traditional instruments. Their debut album on ECM Records, “Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff,” was widely acclaimed, and won prestigious awards including the Edison Award in the Netherlands.

 

They have been touring the world with sold out appearances at major festivals and concert halls in Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Russia and South America, and will bring their music to American audiences for the first time in September with concerts in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

 

G.I. Gurdjieff, born in Armenia, is known to many in the West as one of the major spiritual figures of the 20th century.  He was a musician, philosopher, choreographer, and writer, and his extensive musical repertoire was based on the music he heard while traveling in Armenia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and many parts of Central Asia, India and North Africa, where he witnessed a myriad of folk and spiritual music, rituals and dance traditions.

 

With their second album, “Komitas,” also on ECM Records, the Ensemble turned their attention to the music of Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935). Composer, ethnomusicologist, arranger, singer and priest, Komitas is popularly held to be the founder of contemporary music in Armenia, and in his work as a collector he explored the connections that uniquely bind together Armenian sacred and secular music.

 

"This year we mark the 150th anniversary of Komitas and the AGBU Performing Arts is presenting the Gurdjieff Ensemble from Armenia for a debut tour in the biggest cities of America.  We are extremely excited for the chance to share this special music with the US audiences," said Eskenian.

 

Eskenian collected piano and vocal works and arranged them for traditional instruments, thereby enhancing and preserving their authenticity. The resulting music allows the Gurdjieff Ensemble, performing on more than 16 traditional Armenian and Eastern instruments, to illuminate the deep roots of Komitas’s and Gurdjieff’s works.  Featured throughout the performances will be pianist and fellow ECM recording artist Lusine Grigoryan, performing pieces from her ECM Records debut album Komitas: Seven Songs.

 

Tickets can be purchased at these links:

Wednesday September 25 in Chicago, IL at Old Town School of Folk Music

Friday September 27 in New York, NY at Symphony Space

Sunday September 29 in Pasadena, CA at AGBU Vatche & Tamar Manoukian Performing Arts Center

 

The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) is the world’s largest non-profit organization devoted to upholding the Armenian heritage through educational, cultural and humanitarian programs. Each year, AGBU is committed to making a difference in the lives   of 500,000 people across Armenia, Artsakh and the Armenian diaspora.  Since 1906, AGBU has remained true to one overarching goal: to create a foundation for the prosperity of all Armenians. To learn more visit www.agbu.org.

 

 

[GA Russell]

 

Jörg Widmann Oct 4 New York, NY (Carnegie Hall) Oct 26 New York, NY (Carnegie Hall)   Vijay Iyer Oct 4 Los Angeles, LA (Mr. Musichead Gallery)  Oct 5 Costa Mesa, CA (Segerstrom Center for the Arts)  Oct 16 New York, NY (Bruno Walter Auditorium)  Oct 24 New York, NY (Miller Theater)    Ethan Iverson Quartet with Tom Harrell Oct 15 Cambridge, MA (Regattabar) Oct 16 New York, NY (Jazz Standard) Oct 17 Philadelphia, PA (Caplan Center for the Performing Arts)   Sun of Goldfinger (Torn/Berne/Smith) Oct. 13 New York, NY (Nublu 151)   Sir András Schiff Oct 13 New York, NY (Kaufmann Concert Hall/92Y, with Yuuko Shiokawa) Oct 17-19 Boston, MA (Symphony Hall) Oct 17th  |  Oct 18th  |  Oct 19th October 23-24 Montreal, QC (Maison Symphonique de Montreal) October 26 Toronto, ON (Koerner Hall – Royal Conservatory of Music)   Kim Kashkashian Oct. 15 Miami, FL (Viola Visions: The Karen Tuttle Heritage) Oct. 17 Miami, FL (New World Center)   Joe Lovano Oct. 18-19 New York, NY (Appel Room at JALC)    Shai Maestro Trio Oct 20 Seattle, WA (Plestcheeff Auditorium) Oct 21 Portland, OR (Classic Pianos) Oct 22 San Jose, CA (The Art Boutiki) Oct 25 Los Angeles, CA (Blue Whale) Oct 27 Denver, CO (Dazzle) Oct 29-30 New York, NY (Jazz Standard)   Avishai Cohen Quartet Oct 26 Los Angeles, CA (Blue Whale) Oct 27 Los Angeles, CA (Blue Whale) Oct 29 Seattle, WA (Pletscheeff Auditorium, Earshot) Oct 30 Denver, CO (Dazzle)   Larry Grenadier Oct. 23 Kingston, NY (Chapel Performance Space Good Shepherd Center) Oct. 24 Los Angeles, CA (Blue Whale) Oct 26 San Jose, CA (Art Boutiki)   Ralph Alessi Quintet Oct. 28 Reno, NV (University of Nevada-Reno) Oct. 29 Fresno, CA (Fresno State) Oct. 30 Bakersfield, CA (Bakersfield College)   David Virelles Oct 27 Berkeley, CA (Cal Performances, UC Berkeley)   ECM 50th Anniversary With Tigran Hamasyan, Areni Agbabian, Ralph Alessi, Wadada Leo Smith, Larry Grenadier and many more Oct 24th – 27th San Francisco, CA (Miner Auditorium & Joe Henderson Lab, SFAJZZ)   ECM Records at 50 With Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Egberto Gismonti, Enrico Rava, Craig Taborn, Nik Bártsch and many more…. Nov. 1-2 New York, NY   © 2019 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

[GA Russell]

 

ECM at Earshot Jazz   Shai Maestro Trio Oct 20 Seattle, WA (Earshot Jazz - Seattle Art Museum) Larry Grenadier Oct 23 Seattle, WA (Earshot Jazz – Chapel Performance Space) Avishai Cohen Quartet Oct 29 Seattle, WA (Earshot Jazz – Seattle Art Museum) Egberto Gismonti Oct 30 Seattle, WA (Earshot Jazz – Town Hall)   ECM 50th Anniversary at SFJazz Oct 24th - 27th   ECM Records at 50 Nov 1-2 New York, NY (Jazz at Lincoln Center Rose Theater)   Danish String Quartet Nov. 1 Minneapolis, MN (American Swedish Institute) Nov. 3 Vancouver, BC (Vancouver Playhouse) Nov. 4-5 Portland, OR (Lincoln Performance Hall) Nov. 7 Seattle, WA (Meany Center) Nov. 8 Sonoma, CA (Green Music Center) Nov. 10 Berkeley, CA (Cal Berkeley) Nov. 12 Santa Barbara, CA (UC Santa Barbara – Granada Theater) Nov. 13 Santa Barbara, CA (UC Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall) Nov.16 La Jolla, CA (Baker-Baum Concert Hall) Nov.17 La Jolla, CA (Baker-Baum Concert Hall) Nov. 19 Costa Mesa, CA (Samueli Theater) Nov. 22 La Jolla, CA (Baker-Baum Concert Hall) Nov. 23 La Jolla, CA (Baker-Baum Concert Hall) Nov 23 La Jolla, CA (Baker-Baum Concert Hall) Thomas Demenga Nov 10 New York, NY (Merkin Hall – with An Die Musik chamber group)   Vijay Iyer Sextet Nov 16 Greencastle, IN (DePauw School of Music – Kresge Auditorium)   Jörg Widmann Nov 18 New York, NY (Weill Concert Hall) Nov 19 New York, NY (Zankel Hall)    © 2019 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

[GA Russell]

ECM Anniversary Year

International Concerts/Festivals & Exhibition

 

 

New York City, USA

11-12 January 2019

Winter Jazzfest: ECM Stage

 

Knoxville, USA

21-24 March 2019

Big Ears Festival: ECM Focus with 20 ECM concerts

 

Utrecht, Netherlands

6 April 2019

Transition Festival: ECM focus with 5 ECM concerts

 

Bremen, Germany

27 April 2019

Jazzahead: ECM Clubnight

 

Healdsburg, USA

31 May - 2 June 2019

Healdsburg Festival: 4 ECM concerts

 

Montreal, Canada

26 June – 5 July 2019

Montreal Jazz Festival: 5 ECM concerts

 

Venice, Italy

5, 6, 7 July 2019

Teatro La Fenice: ECM Weekend

 

Seoul, South Korea

September 2019 - Jan 2020

Hyundai Card Art Storage & Design Library: ECM Exhibition

 

Oslo, Norway

25 – 28 September 2019

Victoria Jazzclub: ECM50 Nights accompanied with lectures, films, exhibition

 

Frankfurt, Germany

23 – 24 October 2019

Jazzfestival Frankfurt: Opening Concert at Alte Oper, ECM night at Sendesaal

 

San Francisco, USA

24-27 October 2019

SFJAZZ: ECM Week with 9 concerts

 

 

New York City, USA

1, 2 November 2019

Jazz At Lincoln Center, Rose Theater: ECM Weekend

 

Milan, Italy

8, 9, 10 November 2019

Festival JazzMi

 

Mannheim, Germany

16 November 2019

Enjoy Jazz: Closing Festival ECM Evening

 

London, UK

17 November 2019

London Jazz Festival: ECM Day

 

Brussels, Belgium

21, 22, 23, 24 November 2019

ECM Anniversary Weekend @ Flagey: central European celebration

 

Hamburg, Germany

3, 4, 5, 6 February 2020

Elbphilharmonie – REFLEKTOR MANFRED EICHER

7 selected ECM concerts

[GA Russell]

We wanted to let those of you who are not able to join us in person for the final North American event in celebration of ECM’s 50^th Anniversary, that the concert at the beautiful Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center, will be live streamed!  (see details below) An incredible line-up of ECM artists from across the decades will take the stage ( https://www.jazz.org/events/t-9056/ECM-Records-at-50/)

 

Hoping you will join us in spirit by listening along!

 

ECM Records at 50

live-stream concert!

November 1^st at 8:00PM

https://www.jazz.org/media/live-webcasts/

 

[GA Russell]

Oded Tzur

Here Be Dragons

 

Oded Tzur: tenor saxophone

Nitai Hershkovits: piano

Petros Klampanis: double bass

Johnathan Blake: drums

 

Release date: February 14, 2020

Oded Tzur will perform two sets with this quartet in NYC on February 12^th at Jazz Standard.

Here Be Dragons was recorded at the studio Auditorio Stelio Molo in Lugano, in June 2019, and produced by Manfred Eicher. It is issued as Oded Tzur embarks on an international tour with dates in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Hungary and Israel.

 

Concert dates include:

 

February 14              Rotterdam                  Lantaren Venster

February 15              Paris                           Café de la Danse

February 16              Berlin                         A-Trane

February 17              Krefeld                       Krefeld Theatre

February 19              Tilburg                        Paradox

February 20              Amsterdam                Bimhuis

February 22              Eilat                            Red Sea Jazz Festival

February 23              Ostend                       Kaap Vrijstaat

February 25              Budapest                   Opus Jazz Club

February 26              Elmau                        Schloss Elmau

February 28              Neuburg                    Birdland

February 29              Lausanne                  Chorus

March 1                      Freiburg                     Jazz Haus

 

[GA Russell]

 

 

 

Vijay Iyer (solo) Jan 26 Littleton, MA  (Indian Hill Music) Jan 29 New York, NY  (Jazz Standard) (w/Linda May Han Oh and Tyshawn Sorey) Jan 30-31 New York, NY  (Jazz Standard) (Trio w/Wadada Leo Smith) Feb 1 New York, NY (Jazz Standard) (sextet) Feb 29 Houston, TX  (Da Camera)   Jakob Bro Trio with Mark Turner Jan 28 – Feb 2 New York, NY  (Village Vanguard) Jörg Widmann Jan 28 New York, NY  (Zankel Hall) ICE Widmann conduct and play all Widmann program Jan 30 New York, NY  (Carnegie Hall) Anne-Sophie Mutter and Friends – Widmann premier   Shai Maestro Quartet Jan 29-30 New York, NY (The Jazz Gallery)   Danish String Quartet Jan. 30 Montreal, QC  (Montreal Museum – Bourgie Hall) Jan. 31 Chicago, IL  (University of Chicago – Mandel Hall) Feb. 1 Detroit, MI  (Seligman Performing Arts Center) Feb 4 Denver, CO  (Newman Center) – Friends of Chamber Music Feb 5 Denver, CO  (Newman Center) – Friends of Chamber Music Feb. 7 New York, NY  (CMS Beethoven Cycle) Feb. 9 New York, NY  (CMS Beethoven Cycle) Feb. 11 New York, NY  (CMS Beethoven Cycle) Feb. 14 New York, NY  (CMS Beethoven Cycle) Feb. 16 New York, NY  (CMS Beethoven Cycle) Feb 18 New York, NY  (CMS Beethoven Cycle) Carolin Widmann Feb 7-9 Los Angeles, CA  (LA Philharmonic) Kurt Weill Concerto with LA Phil / Salonen Oded Tzur Quartet Feb 12 New York, NY  (Jazz Standard)    © 2020 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

Edited January 24, 2020 by GA Russell

[GA Russell]

Anthony DeMare Liaisons Mar 3 Williamstown, MA (Williams College – Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall) Mar 14 Highland Park, IL (Ravinia Festival – Bennett Gordon Recital Hall) Mar 27 New York, NY (92Y)  Mar 29 New York, NY (92Y) – with Conrad Tao   Elina Duni Mar 12-13 New York, NY (Joe’s Pub)    Vijay Iyer Mar 14 Ft. Worth, TX (Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth)    Ethan Iverson / Tom Harrell Mar 15 Buffalo, NY (Kleinhans Music Hall)   Sir András Schiff Mar 22 Vancouver, BC (The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts) Mar 24 Vancouver, BC (Vancouver Playhouse) Mar 26 San Francisco, CA (SF Performances – Herbst Theatre) Mar 29 Chicago, IL (Chicago Symphony Center) Mar 31 Chicago, IL (Chicago Symphony Center) Big Ears Festival – Knoxville, TN (Mar 26-29)  Anja Lechner, Meredith Monk,, Areni Agbabian, Andrew Cyrille   Kristjan Randalu March 26-27 Toronto, ON (Jazz Bistro) Mar 28 Hamilton, ON (Cotton Factory) Apr 2 New York, NY (Soapbox)   Jörg Widmann Mar 28 New York, NY (Carnegie Hall)  Mar 29 New York, NY (Weill Recital Hall)    Dénes Várjon  Mar 29 St. Paul, MN (Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center) Mar 31 Philadelphia, PA (Kimmel Center)           © 2019 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

[GA Russell]

 

On Tour April 14-15 New York, NY  (Jazz Standard) April 16 Cambridge, MA (Regattabar) April 17-18 Los Angeles, CA (Blue Whale) April 19 Berkeley, CA (Freight and Salvage) April 20 Santa Cruz, CA (Kuumbwa Jazz)

 

 

Edited March 11, 2020 by GA Russell