来月(2009年9月)、最初の2週間、NY, The Stoneの、キュレーターを務めることになりました。
ブッキングはすでに終了しており、先ほど、すべての出演アーティストが確定いたしました。
---------------------------------------------- September 1〜15 2009 at the Stone curated by Nonoko Yoshida
9/1 Tuesday 8 pm Michael Clemow's "Cloud Seeding" Michael Clemow (granular synthesis instruments) A Brooklyn based sound designer and performing artist, Michael Clemow's current work is focused on designing idiosyncratic instruments/algorithms for improvisational music using granular synthesis. Clemow will present a series of etudes using such instruments. http://michaelclemow.com
10 pm Satoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble Natsuki Tamura (trumpet) Curtis Hasselbring (trombone) Andrea Parkins (accordion) Satoko Fujii (piano, vocal) Min-Yoh means folk music in Japanese. After Satoko studied classical and jazz, she has come to find in Min-Yoh a totally different power from the music she had previously studied and played. Satoko and her Min-Yoh Ensemble put its deep and powerful expression into this music.
9/2 Wednesday 8 pm John Zorn Birthday Concert―Alhambra Love Songs Rob Burger (piano) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass) Ben Perowsky (drums) The fabulous Alhambra trio comes in to perform the music from one of Zorn's most recent and most beautiful CDs.
10 pm John Zorn Birthday Concert―Hymns, Prayers and Sacred Dances Rob Burger (piano) Kenny Wollesen (vibraphone) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass) Ben Perowsky (drums) The world premiere of Zorn's newest compositions written for the fabulous Alhambra trio, with Kenny Wollesen on vibes!
9/3 Thursday 8 pm Leesa & Nicole Leesa Abahuni, Nicole Abahuni (visuals, circuits, bassoons) guest Ernesto Klar (sound and media artist) Musical composition by Aaron Alden; World Premiere of Dulcianae by Elliott Sharp for 2 bassoons and processed bassoon. http://www.abahuni.org
10 pm Live Footage Topu Lyo (electric cello, loops) Mike Thies (drums, keys) Brooklyn based duo performs original compositions with lots of room for improvisation based on live looping. Some have described their music as a combination of Squarepusher meets Debussy. www.livefootagebrooklyn.com
9/4 Friday 8 pm Anima――'De l'autre côté du monde' Aya Nishina (piano, voice, electronics) Thierry Gomar (vibraphone) with Red Light New Music―Christiana Little (soprano) Eileen Mack (clarinet) Jessie Marino (cello) John Popham (cello) Yegor Shevtov (piano) Thierry Gomar’s vibraphone reverberates like no other, between the worlds―jazz, medieval and baroque music, contemporary and repetitive music. Anima, a duet collaboration formed by Aya Nishina and Thierry Gomar since March 2009, features graphically noted compositions by Toru Takemitsu and Scott Wollschleger; improvisations inspired by a new work for solo clarinet by Vincent Raikhel; personal interpretations of music from medieval era.
10 pm Red Light New Music Christiana Little (soprano) Eileen Mack (clarinet) Jessie Marino (cello) John Popham (cello) Yegor Shevtov (piano) Red Light New Music opens it's 5th season with new chamber works at the Stone. The Red Light Ensemble performs works by Liza Lim and Reiko Füting, alongside new pieces by Red Light Composers Vincent Raikhel, Scott Wollschleger, Chris Cerrone and Kyle Hillbrand. Red Light New Music is a New York-based ensemble, concert series, and composers collective dedicated to presenting exciting and original contemporary music from musicians around the world. We perform, present, and compose works that are both avant-garde and visceral, challenging and edifying -- we strive to present works which both expands and enriches what the word music means.
9/5 Saturday 8 pm Ky (from Paris) Yann Pittard (baritone guitar, oud, fx) Maki Nakano (sax, metal-clarinet) guest Gaston Zirko (drums) Named after a French word for 'who', Ky never know who is the third musician. Undoing the boudaries between the original and improvisation, they take tunes of Erik Satie and mingle with their own improv-mindset. http://www.myspace.com/lamusiquedeky
10 pm Word Games Dave Miller (drums, cymbals, compositions) Trevor Lagrange (piano, wurlitzer, composition) Dave Schnug (alto sax) This performance is celebrating the release of "Rough Lay" the not-yet critically acclaimed self-release by Word Games. The first 25 audience member will receive a free CD with admission. www.myspace.com/wordgamesword
9/6 Sunday 8 pm Yuko Fujiyama Ensemble Olivia de Prato (violin) Tomas Ulrich (cello) Reggie Nicholson (drums) Yuko Fujiyama (piano) Colorful compositions and improvisation.
10 pm Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz - SURVIVAL - Music for Rashied Ali Louie Belogenis (sax) Gerald Cleaver (drums) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass, oud)
10 pm SSSS (Super Seaweed Sex Scandal) Nonoko Yoshida (alto sax) John Stanesco (tenor sax) Paul Wheeler (guitar) Borey Shin (piano, accordion) Joe Merolla (bass, cello) Justin Veloso (drums) The youngest generation of the Downtown Music Scene! Everyone come on out and hear these twenty-something lunatics KICK OUT THE JAMS! FIVE DOLLARS
9/9 Wednesday 8 pm Joe Onishi (From Boston) Joe Onishi (synth, electronics) Andrew Eisenberg (percussion) Noell Dorsey (voice) Jules Vasylenko (saxophone, bamboo saxophone) They will piece together a jigsaw-puzzle of genres and timbres to create an eclectic picture of 21st century turmoil and confusion,from the ridiculous to the sublime. http://www.myspace.com/llrllrllrllrllrllr
10 pm Trevor Dunn Trevor Dunn (bass) Travis Laplante (tenor sax) Randy Peterson (drums) From Brooklyn.
9/10 Thursday 8 pm Chris DiMeglio's Imaginary Quartet Chris DiMeglio (trumpet) Steve Swell (trombone) Adam Lane (bass) Andrew Drury (drums) The debut of a new group performing sometimes-jazz-derived-sometimes-not compositions by DiMeglio.
10 pm Eishin Nose New York Trio Eishin Nose (piano) Dave Ambrosio (bass) Satoshi Takeishi (drums) New album "Inside Out Dream" CD release party. www.eishinnose.com
9/11 Friday 8 pm Ned Rothenberg Ned Rothenberg (sax) Ikue Mori (electronics) Alex Waterman (cello)
10 pm AZMARI (from Japan) Hiroshi Morita (keyboard) Bunpei Shibuya (guitar) Takahisa Oji (drums) AZMARI -an European equivalent of bard in Ethiopia- was formed in 2005. Emerging from Tokyo basement jam sessions, the trio hits tropical-jazz-rock taking a comfortable ride on aboriginal rhythms. http://www.myspace.com/azzzmari
SPECIAL NIGHT OF JAPANESE JAZZ Tsuyoshi Furuhashi, Sachi Hayasaka and Toshiki Nagata An exciting night featuring two spectacular saxophonists here in a rare visit from Japan.
9/12 Saturday 8 pm Tsuyoshi Furuhashi Tsuyoshi Furuhashi (tenor sax, flute) Reggie Nicholson (drums) Francois Grillot (bass) Trevor Lagrange (piano) Special appearance at The Stone by this exciting saxophonist from Japan.
9/13 Sunday 8 pm MERMORT sounds film (from Japan) Satoshi Tanaka (guitar) Mamiko Shimizu (keyboard, vocal) Haruhisa Tanaka (laptop, sampler) Takahisa Oji (drums) Takumi Ozuru (imagery) Formed in 2004, the five-piece sound/film collective from Tokyo has been creating another universe combining rock, hard-core, progressive, classical and noise galore. Their lyrical yet vivid pieces possess messages that bite you, then leave you with luke-warm feelings. http://www.myspace.com/mermortsoundsfilm
10 pm Tom Zlabinger Quartet Tom Zlabinger (bass) Dave Schnug (sax, flute) Dave Miller (drums) Nonoko Yoshida (alto sax)
9/15 Tuesday 8 pm Mudang Rouge Chuck Bettis (electronics, throat) Jerry Lim (guitar, kayagum) Evan Rapport (sax) Perpetual journeys into the unknown www.chuckbettis.com
10 pm Rashanim Jon Madof (guitar, banjo) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (acoustic bass guitar, bass banjo) Mathias Kunzli (percussion) Rashanim performs a set of acoustic music from their new CD on Tzadik, 'The Gathering'. www.rashanim.com
9/16 Wednesday 8 and 10 pm JOHN ZORN IMPROV NIGHT―A Stone Benefit John Zorn (sax) Connie Crothers (piano) Ikue Mori (electronics) and many special guests Another East Village Rent Party to support The Stone. TWENTY DOLLARS ----------------------------------------------------------------------