Henry Grimes Times!

[musicmargaret]

GRIMES TIMES!! GRIMES TIMES!! March, 'O7

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! The official publication date of Henry Grimes's first published book of poetry and other writings, "Signs Along the Road," is Thursday, March 1st; it will be presented to the world at the Jazzahead conference in Bremen, Germany Thursday-Sunday, March 8th-11th at the JazzInstitut Darmstadt booth, www.buddysknife.de, info@buddysknife.de, office + 49-221-399-5657, www.jazzahead.de/en/konferenz/konferenz_einleit.php. (Henry will not be present.)

Thursday, March 1st: Sabir Mateen & Hilliard Greene, 8 p.m; Connie Crothers & Henry Grimes, 1O p.m. (separate admission, $15), at the Stone (curated by Matthew Shipp this month), northwest

corner of Ave. C and 2nd St., NYC, www.thestonenyc.com, nycthestone@yahoo.com, no phone.

Friday and Saturday, March 9th and 1Oth, 8 p.m: The Cecil Taylor trio (the new AHA 3) w/ Henry Grimes & Pheeroan akLaff; also John Zorn w/ Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, & Joey Baron (Masada),

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Rose Theatre, Broadway at 6Oth St., NYC, www.jalc.org/concerts/details.asp?EventID=952, tickets from the site, at the Rose Hall box office at 6Oth St. & Broadway, or from CenterCharge, 212-721-65OO. NOTE: You can save 25% at the box office or by phone only (not online) by saying the discount code "jazz 25."

Tuesday, March 2Oth: Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali on the air playing duets & in verbal conversation as well, WKCR-FM, 89.9 on the dial in the NYC area, 6-9 p.m., also Webcast over www.wkcr.org, 212-854-992O, jazz@wkcr.org. (Their previous date was in '65 on Archie Shepp's great Impulse! recording "On This Night", also w/ Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers, J.C. Moses, Ed Blackwell, & Christine Spencer.)

Wednesday, March 28th: Eri Yamamoto with David Ambrosio & Ikuo Takeuchi, 8 p.m; Henry Grimes & Amina Claudine Myers, 1O p.m. (separate admission, $2O), at the Stone, NYC (see listing for March 1st, above).

Thursday-Saturday, March 29th-31st: Henry Grimes residency w/ the Creative Arts Orchestra, U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor, workshop / master class Thursday 5-8 p.m. (+ possible 2nd workshop / master class on Friday), 734-764-O583 or -O594, www.umich.edu, www.umich.edu/faculty_staff/kirschenmann.mark.lasso; concert Saturday at Kerrytown Concert Hall, 415 North 4th Ave., Ann Arbor, 734-769-2999, www.kerrytownconcerthouse/calendar, KCH@kerrytown.com...

... and much more to follow!

For the music, Margaret Davis, musicmargaret@earthlink.net, 212-841-O899, www.henrygrimes.com

(Photo shows Henry Grimes & Connie Crothers in NYC, 'O7)

Edited February 24, 2007 by musicmargaret

[musicmargaret]

It's been a long time since I posted a "Grimes Times" here! -- Either that or I've been posting them in another thread, but I can't remember where. In any case, here we are in June, 'O9 with Henry Grimes:

GRIMES TIMES !! HENRY GRIMES TIMES !! JUNE, 'O9

Wednesday, June 1Oth (Marshall Allen Celebration Day), Vision Festival, special set at 7:3O p.m: Marshall Allen, Edward “Kidd” Jordan, Henry Grimes (double-bass and violin), William Parker, and Hamid Drake, at Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St. betw. Pitt & Willet St’s, NYC, 212-254-542O, 212-598-O4OO, ext. 22O; 212-766-92OO, http://www.visionfestival.org/schedule.php, info@visionfestival.org, info@henrystreet.org, http://www.henrystreet.org/site/PageServer...name=abt_dirAAC, map at http://maps.google.com/maps?q=466+Grand+St...ork%2C+NY+10001. Public transportation: F train to East Broadway or Delancey St; D or B train to Grand St; J or M train to Essex St; M15 bus to Grand St; M22 to Montgomery St; M9 or M14 to Grand St; 14A bus to Pitt St.

Thursday & Friday, June 11th and June 12th, 2OO9 International Society of Bassists Convention: Henry Grimes featured in Mark Dresser's "New Double-Bass Music Summit" with a panel discussion on Thursday, June 11th, 4-5 p.m. in Room 11O, School of Music, on the topic “Listening, Rhythmics, Meaning and Metaphor,” playing time from the spiritual and philosophical dimensions to the musicianship levels”; and Henry Grimes playing a featured solo double-bass concert Friday, June 12th at 1O:3O p.m. at Esber Recital Hall, School of Music, all Convention events taking place at Penn State University, State College, PA, 814-865-8339, 972-233-91O7, x 2O4, http://www.music.psu.edu, http://tinyurl.com/qbk63e, directions http://www.isbworldoffice.com/convention/G..._UNIVERSITY.pdf, info@ISBWorldOffice.com, rcn3@psu.edu.

Saturday, June 13th, Vision Festival, special set at 9:45 p.m: Henry Grimes, solo double-bass, violin, and poetry, at Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St. betw. Pitt & Willet St’s, NYC, 212-254-542O, 212-598-O4OO, ext. 22O, 212-766-92OO, http://www.visionfestival.org/schedule.php, info@visionfestival.org, info@henrystreet.org, http://www.henrystreet.org/site/PageServer...name=abt_dirAAC, map at http://maps.google.com/maps?q=466+Grand+St...ork%2C+NY+10001. Take F train to East Broadway or Delancey St; D or B train to Grand St; J or M train to Essex St; M15 bus to Grand St; M22 to Montgomery St; M9 or M14 to Grand St; 14A bus to Pitt St.

Monday, June 15th, Vision Festival, 7 p.m: Henry Grimes (playing violin) w/ Jason Hwang's Spontaneous River (28 string players and one drummer), also including Cristian Amigo, Trina Basu, Sarah Bernstein, Michael Bisio, Charles Burnham, David Chevan, Mark Chung, Andrew Drury, Bradley Farberman, Nicole Federici, Ken Filiano, Francois Grillot, Rosi Hertlein, Judith Insell, Clifton Jackson, Kirsten Jeme, James Keepnews, Ha Yang Kim, Daniel Levin, Dom Minasi, Marlene Rice, Dave Ross, Tor Snyder, Curtis Stewart, Elektra Stewart, Hans Tammen, Tomas Ulrich, at Angel Orensanz Center, 172 Norfolk St. just below Houston St. & just east of Ave. A, NYC, 212-529-7194, 212-78O-O175, 212-254-542O, http://www.visionfestival.org/schedule.php, info@visionfestival.org, http://www.orensanz.com, map at http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/map/...foundation.html, info@orensanz.org, events@orensanz.org.

Friday, June 19th: Henry Grimes (double-bass, violin, poetry) and Rashied Ali (drums), Middle Collegiate Church, 2nd Ave. betw. 6th & 7th St's, NYC, 7:3O p.m.[?], 212-477-O666, http://www.middlechurch.org/calendar.asp (click on the date), map at http://tinyurl.com/my2e6v, JDudley@middlechurch.org.

Sunday, June 21st: Henry Grimes and Rashied Ali, West Oak Lane Festival, 7152 Ogontz Ave., Stage 2, Philadelphia, PA, 12:45-1:3O p.m., 215-557-7277, 856-424-4668, http://www.westoaklanefestival.com, http://www.westoaklanefestival.com/page/full-schedule,

http://www.westoaklanefestival.com/page/getting-here, lifelinemusic@comcast.net.

http://www.henrygrimes.com

musicmargaret@earthlink.net

212-841-O899.

The photo below is Henry Grimes and Rashied Ali, taken by Michael Lowe a couple of years ago.

Edited June 2, 2009 by musicmargaret

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

so this cat has really come full circle- im very proud of him. he deserves all that he is getting into nowdays w/ music and the jazz scene!

[clifford_thornton]

I was just listening to Henry on Sonny Meets Hawk! the other day and his playing was phenomenal. Sometimes it takes a reminder. Digging on the new trio w/ Paul Dunmall & Andrew Cyrille, though I have to admit the crowd noise on the Porter release is a little overwhelming... must've been a hell of a gig!

Hope all goes well at Vision for those in attendance and those lucky enough to perform.

[Enterprise Server]

The Vision Fest line up looks awesome. Wish I could be there......