Hello everyone. Hope summer is going ok [or winter for the sub-equator folk amongst you]...
I have a few interesting gigs coming up the next few weeks:
Friday 7/30 - 8:30 pm
Darius Jones Quartet
me, Trevor Dunn, and Ches Smith
Roulette - 20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand Streets).
Reservations/Tickets: 212.219.8242
$15: General Admission
$10: Students, Under 30s & Seniors, Harvestworks & DTW members
FREE: Roulette Members
I've been getting together with Darius a good deal during the past several months and I'm very excited for this gig!
From August 2 through 6 I'll be participating once again as a core faculty member for the Brooklyn based School for Improvised Music. As per usual there will be a faculty concert that week. These concerts [and the workshop itself] are always very fun, I'm sure this one will be no different.
Wednesday 8/4 - 8:30 pm
SIM Faculty Concert
Ralph Alessi, Tim Berne, Chris Lightcap, Gerald Cleaver, and me
58N6 Media Labs
58 North 6th St
Brooklyn NY 11211
L train to Bedford
$10 donation
Sunday 8/8 - 1 pm
Brad Shepik's Human Activity Quintet
Caramoor Festival
Brad Shepik, Ralph Alessi, Drew Gress, Tom Rainey, and me
Always fun to play with this group!
Tuesday 8/17 - 9:30 pm
Tim Berne's Los Totopos [Tim, Oscar Noriega, Ches Smith and me]
Korzo [667 5th Ave in Brooklyn]
We had a great run of gigs in June and it will be great to hit it again at one of my new favorite places to play.
and finally, an interesting bit of news...it was brought to my attention that I am one of the piano nominees for the 2010 Downbeat Reader's poll. While I have some issues with such polls [many glaring omissions on several instruments, for one thing] it nonetheless is fun to see my name alongside friends whom I admire deeply [Aaron Parks, Craig Taborn] and legends who I've listened to my whole life [Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett]. Thank you to whoever made that happen! If you're at all inclined to check out the poll you can find it at www.downbeat.com.
thanks for reading!
peace,
-mm
Monday, July 26, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
June update
Hello, everyone.
I have many fun and interesting performances coming this month, the details of which I want to share with you.
The backbone of my activity this month is the 'Invasion of Privacy' tour with Tim Berne's Los Totopos [which also includes Oscar Noriega and Ches Smith]. Specifics are below, and you can also find them at www.screwgunrecords.com, along with 3 10-14 minute live recordings of Los Totopos from last fall.
All gigs are in NYC unless otherwise noted.
June 8 - 10 pm at the Stone
Oscar Noriega
also with Ingrid Laubrock, John Hebert, and Tom Rainey
I've been playing a lot with Oscar both in Los Totopos and my band [which also includes John], but this will be my first time with him as the leader. Very excited.
June 11 - 9 pm in Philadelphia at Moonstone, presented by Lucky Old Souls
Waveform Razorback with Doug Hirlinger and Ben Gerstein
Doug, Ben and I play together from time to time and this time we're playing a set of Doug's forward-looking compositions. Love playing with these guys. I'll be playing keyboard/electronics.
June 13 - at Le Poisson Rouge - part of the Undead Jazz Fest
10:20pm – with John Hollenbeck's Large Ensemble
11:20pm – with Tim Berne’s Los Totopos
I'll be playing two sets in a row as part of the first ever Undead Jazz Fest. Very convenient!
June 14 - 10 pm at 45 Bleecker
with John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet
We'll also be playing at WBGO earlier that day. I went to Europe and Australia with Claudia the past few months and I'm certainly looking forward to playing more with them.
June 15 - 8 pm at IBeam
with Tim Berne's Los Totopos
Brian Drye's Bizingas plays after us.
June 16 - 8 pm at the Stone
with Tim Berne's Los Totopos
June 21 - 9:30 pm at Local 269 - part of Vision Festival XV
with Tim Berne's Lowest Common Denominator
This will include Herb Robertson and Dan Weiss. I'll be playing electronics/laptop on this gig [NOT guitar as was posted on the interwebs several weeks back...]. This will be my first time playing with Herb and I'm pumped.
June 22 - 9:30 at Korzo
2 sets with Tim Berne's Los Totopos
June 24 - 8 pm at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, presented by Ars Nova Workshop
2 sets with Tim Berne's Los Totopos
June 25 - 8/9:30 pm in Baltimore at An Die Musik
2 sets with Tim Berne's Los Totopos.
and finally...
June 30 - 9 pm at IBeam
duo with Tim Berne
Craig Taborn will play solo at 8 pm - I highly recommend coming to see his set as well.
That should do it. I just want to add that the debut gig of Central Chain on April 13 went incredibly well and was extremely well received. I had a great time and am super grateful for my band: Tim Berne, Oscar Noriega, Mary Halvorson, John Hebert and Tomas Fujiwara. We'll definitely be playing more and I'll definitely be writing a lot more for the band. You'll of course be the first to hear about any new performances...
Thanks and I hope to see you at one or more of the above gigs this month!
best wishes,
-mm
I have many fun and interesting performances coming this month, the details of which I want to share with you.
The backbone of my activity this month is the 'Invasion of Privacy' tour with Tim Berne's Los Totopos [which also includes Oscar Noriega and Ches Smith]. Specifics are below, and you can also find them at www.screwgunrecords.com, along with 3 10-14 minute live recordings of Los Totopos from last fall.
All gigs are in NYC unless otherwise noted.
June 8 - 10 pm at the Stone
Oscar Noriega
also with Ingrid Laubrock, John Hebert, and Tom Rainey
I've been playing a lot with Oscar both in Los Totopos and my band [which also includes John], but this will be my first time with him as the leader. Very excited.
June 11 - 9 pm in Philadelphia at Moonstone, presented by Lucky Old Souls
Waveform Razorback with Doug Hirlinger and Ben Gerstein
Doug, Ben and I play together from time to time and this time we're playing a set of Doug's forward-looking compositions. Love playing with these guys. I'll be playing keyboard/electronics.
June 13 - at Le Poisson Rouge - part of the Undead Jazz Fest
10:20pm – with John Hollenbeck's Large Ensemble
11:20pm – with Tim Berne’s Los Totopos
I'll be playing two sets in a row as part of the first ever Undead Jazz Fest. Very convenient!
June 14 - 10 pm at 45 Bleecker
with John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet
We'll also be playing at WBGO earlier that day. I went to Europe and Australia with Claudia the past few months and I'm certainly looking forward to playing more with them.
June 15 - 8 pm at IBeam
with Tim Berne's Los Totopos
Brian Drye's Bizingas plays after us.
June 16 - 8 pm at the Stone
with Tim Berne's Los Totopos
June 21 - 9:30 pm at Local 269 - part of Vision Festival XV
with Tim Berne's Lowest Common Denominator
This will include Herb Robertson and Dan Weiss. I'll be playing electronics/laptop on this gig [NOT guitar as was posted on the interwebs several weeks back...]. This will be my first time playing with Herb and I'm pumped.
June 22 - 9:30 at Korzo
2 sets with Tim Berne's Los Totopos
June 24 - 8 pm at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, presented by Ars Nova Workshop
2 sets with Tim Berne's Los Totopos
June 25 - 8/9:30 pm in Baltimore at An Die Musik
2 sets with Tim Berne's Los Totopos.
and finally...
June 30 - 9 pm at IBeam
duo with Tim Berne
Craig Taborn will play solo at 8 pm - I highly recommend coming to see his set as well.
That should do it. I just want to add that the debut gig of Central Chain on April 13 went incredibly well and was extremely well received. I had a great time and am super grateful for my band: Tim Berne, Oscar Noriega, Mary Halvorson, John Hebert and Tomas Fujiwara. We'll definitely be playing more and I'll definitely be writing a lot more for the band. You'll of course be the first to hear about any new performances...
Thanks and I hope to see you at one or more of the above gigs this month!
best wishes,
-mm
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
gigs update
several cool things coming up, gig wise. to wit:
2/6 - Philadelphia, PA - Ortlieb's with Doug Hirlinger, Tarus Mateen, and Darius Jones.
We're stoked to add Darius to the trio.
2/26 - Bloomington, IN at IU Jacobs School of Music - clinic and concert with Brad Shepik's Human Activity Quintet
For this concert Human Activity will be Brad Shepik, Ralph Alessi, Matt Pavolka, Mike Sarin, and myself.
IU is one of my alma maters - I'm really excited to go back and play there, I haven't been to Bloomington since 1996!
3/4-12 - Europe tour with John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet.
3/5 - Antwerpen, Belgium - De Singel
3/6 - Braga, Portugal - Teatro Circo
3/9 - Vienna, Austria - Porgy and Bess
3/10 - London, UK - The Vortex
3/12 - Birmingham, UK - Harmonic Festival
Claudia for this tour is John Hollenbeck, Drew Gress, Ted Reichman, Chris Speed, and Tim Collins. plus me.
4/13 - Philadelphia, PA - The Philadelphia Art Alliance - Matt Mitchell's Central Chain.
this is the band of mine I've been talking about: Tim Berne, Oscar Noriega, Mary Halvorson, John Hebert, and Tomas Fujiwara. Rehearsals have been going great so far, I'm feeling great about it. I've been allowing myself to write some crazy music and everyone's nailing it! This will be part of the Ars Nova Workshop series.
4/28 - Philadelphia, PA - The Rotunda - with Inzinzac, performing to Melies short movies.
This may be the first time I've played live music for a film, so this should be a treat, not least because I'll be playing with these great musicians - Inzinzac is Alban Bailly, Dan Scofield, and Eli Litwin.
5/5-12 - Australia tour with the Claudia Quintet
5/6 and 8 - Melbourne, AU - Melbourne Jazz Festival
5/10 and 12 - Sydney, AU
I'm extremely excited to go to Australia with Claudia. For this tour Claudia will be John Hollenbeck, Drew Gress, Ted Reichman, Chris Speed, and me.
Last but not least - head on over, if you're so inclined, to www.screwgunrecords.com to hear 3 new, long audio chunks of me playing piano with Tim Berne's Los Totopos, taken from several of our gigs this past fall.
I think that's it for the moment, so for the moment, good day.
-mm
2/6 - Philadelphia, PA - Ortlieb's with Doug Hirlinger, Tarus Mateen, and Darius Jones.
We're stoked to add Darius to the trio.
2/26 - Bloomington, IN at IU Jacobs School of Music - clinic and concert with Brad Shepik's Human Activity Quintet
For this concert Human Activity will be Brad Shepik, Ralph Alessi, Matt Pavolka, Mike Sarin, and myself.
IU is one of my alma maters - I'm really excited to go back and play there, I haven't been to Bloomington since 1996!
3/4-12 - Europe tour with John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet.
3/5 - Antwerpen, Belgium - De Singel
3/6 - Braga, Portugal - Teatro Circo
3/9 - Vienna, Austria - Porgy and Bess
3/10 - London, UK - The Vortex
3/12 - Birmingham, UK - Harmonic Festival
Claudia for this tour is John Hollenbeck, Drew Gress, Ted Reichman, Chris Speed, and Tim Collins. plus me.
4/13 - Philadelphia, PA - The Philadelphia Art Alliance - Matt Mitchell's Central Chain.
this is the band of mine I've been talking about: Tim Berne, Oscar Noriega, Mary Halvorson, John Hebert, and Tomas Fujiwara. Rehearsals have been going great so far, I'm feeling great about it. I've been allowing myself to write some crazy music and everyone's nailing it! This will be part of the Ars Nova Workshop series.
4/28 - Philadelphia, PA - The Rotunda - with Inzinzac, performing to Melies short movies.
This may be the first time I've played live music for a film, so this should be a treat, not least because I'll be playing with these great musicians - Inzinzac is Alban Bailly, Dan Scofield, and Eli Litwin.
5/5-12 - Australia tour with the Claudia Quintet
5/6 and 8 - Melbourne, AU - Melbourne Jazz Festival
5/10 and 12 - Sydney, AU
I'm extremely excited to go to Australia with Claudia. For this tour Claudia will be John Hollenbeck, Drew Gress, Ted Reichman, Chris Speed, and me.
Last but not least - head on over, if you're so inclined, to www.screwgunrecords.com to hear 3 new, long audio chunks of me playing piano with Tim Berne's Los Totopos, taken from several of our gigs this past fall.
I think that's it for the moment, so for the moment, good day.
-mm
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