clifford_thornton Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 First time curating a house concert series, naturally at somebody else's house... New Revolution Arts, Jazz Right Now and Ni Kantu are proud to present an evening of creative music in Bushwick!Music will start promptly at 8 PM.Cost for the evening: $15*all proceeds go to the musicians*BYOB 7 Stanhope Street, Brooklyn NY 112218:00 PM | Set 1Ben Stapp, tubaImprovising composer and conductor Ben Stapp has become familiar to New Yorkers through his orchestral works with the Zozimos Collective, featuring many top-tier local improvisers and operating in song cycles that act as a missing link between Tom Waits and the Bley/Mantler Jazz Composers’ Orchestra. He’s also led a crack trio with drummer Satoshi Takeishi and saxophonist Tony Malaby, as well as performing and recording with such creative music luminaries as trumpeters Stephen Haynes and Herb Robertson, Portuguese saxophonist Alipio C. Neto, bassists William Parker and Ken Filiano, and contemporary ensembles TILT and the ICE. Enjoy a rare opportunity to hear his unaccompanied music. 9:00 PM | Set 2 Cooper-Moore, homemade and invented instruments, with Newman Taylor Baker, washboard Cooper-Moore has been a fixture in free music since the early 1970s, working initially with reedist Alan Michael Braufman and in a cooperative unit with saxophonist David S. Ware and drummer Marc D. Edwards called Apogee, and later in William Parker’s In Order To Survive and co-leading the trios Triptych Myth and Digital Primitives. Known for his tough, incisive approach to the keyboard, Cooper-Moore has also spent decades crafting his own instruments from discarded and found materials, including the diddley-bow (bass monochord), twanger (fretless dichord), horizontal hoe-handled harp, ashimba (marimba), banjo and drumset. Also a storyteller and vocalist, Cooper-Moore is joined here by veteran percussionist Newman Taylor Baker, known worldwide as a virtuoso of the washboard. This will be a meeting between two masters of creative music that reaches back to the historical roots of improvisation and heads forth in new, unheard directions. 10:00 PM | Set 3 Kristin Slipp, voice and Dov Manski, Wurlitzer keyboard The Brooklyn-via-Maine duo of Slipp and Manski co-created one of the most fascinating discs in recent memory, A Thousand Julys, released on Sunnyside in 2013. Their interpretations of the standard repertoire are fresh and beguiling, Slipp’s enunciation shifting between near-Sprechstimme and coy indie-pop delivery. Manski’s approach to the keyboard is both airy and chunky, a perfect match for Slipp’s vocal approach and together they launch familiar repertory into uncharted waters. Both artists studied at the New England Conservatory and call to mind the ethos of such musician-teachers as Ran Blake, George Russell, Steve Lacy, Joe Maneri and Joe Morris. As a final set for the evening, Slipp and Manski will close with more open ends than tied knots.http://www.benstapp.com/wordpress/https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cooper-Moorehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newman_Taylor_Bakerhttp://fullyaltered.com/fa/clients-past/slipp-manski/http://jazzrightnow.com/http://cliffordallen.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 I wish to hell presenters, investors, providers, hosts had not appropriated the fancy, schmancy word curator. It seems so damn pretentious to me. Good luck with your event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin V Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 That sounds like it'll be a good time; I'd like to see Cooper-Moore in such an intimate setting if I could. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) there is no curator for the common cold. sorry Cliff; actually I have no problem with that word. Edited April 23, 2015 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 I think "curator" is a silly word myself, but "promoter" is so run-like-hell these days, I understand why it's being used until all the promoters fuck it up for all the true curators. Lingualistics aside, good luck on the presentations, and keep doing the good work for the good people. And if/when you can't do that, hey, become a promoter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Yes, no negative vibes from me - the word raises my hackles. You really don't want to see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted April 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 I'm not a promotor by trade and put together an evening of music by artists whose work I enjoy and don't get to see/hear enough of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Sounds cool to me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Bump - this is tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Good luck. I hope you get a good an appreciative crowd That Stapp text intrigues. What would you suggest I listen to of his? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnblitweiler Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Clifford is A Presenter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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