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WESTBETH MUSIC CALENDAR

6TH ANNUAL WESTBETH MUSIC FESTIVAL
Friday September 21st – Brecht Forum 8 – 11 pm
Saturday, September 22 Courtyard performances from 12 noon – 6:20 pm
Sat. Late night Community Room 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Sat: Late, Late Night Martha Graham Dance Studio 10 – 11 pm
Sun: Sept. 23 Courtyard 12 noon – 6: 20 pm
Late Night Brecht Forum 6:30 – 11 pm

Musicians appearing include:

CLASSICAL: David del Tredici (Pulitzer Prize, Guggenheim, Woodrow Wilson fellow), pianist and composer of American art songs for voice and piano Richard Hundley, internationally acclaimed soprano Beth Griffith; soloist, chamber musician and vocal accompanist Jeffrey Middleton;

JAZZ: Nasheet Waits (Downbeat’s Best drummer 2010) with Rock, Blues and Flamenco guitarist Gabriel Abularach, composer/reed player Michael Moss with Zone, Bo Diddley’s band leader Jim O’Donnell, trumpeter John Eckert’s New York Jazz Nine, Steve Berger Quartet, Michael Holover’s Brass Quintet, The Eve Zanni Quintet, jazz bassist, composer, arranger, teacher John Menegon, pianist and composer Francesca Tanksley;

SINGER/SONGWRITER/CABARET: Valerie Ghent, Val Hawk and 3Spirit, Ken Wade Trio, Alexandra Leff, Hal Miller, Janet Parrish, vocalist, teacher, pianist, lyricist, composer Teri Roiger, Alec Stephen

RHYTHM & BLUES/BLUES: “New York’s Soul Man” Bobby Harden and his Soul Posse, gospel singer Arlene Gottfried, guitarist Dave Mann, guitarist Barry Temkin and The Raytones,

BEYOND CLASSIFICATION: Julian Maile with Mitra Sumara, Matt X Feldman, Madeline Yayodele Nelson, DJ/turntablist turned electronic music composer Isaac Basker aka Prez Ike.

SUSAN BERGER in Monmouth Museum’s “Art From Found Objects” Show, and has been named Artist-in-Residence at Brydcliff Art Colony. Click HERE.

SUPERIOR INK:LOADING DOCK Panel 3- partial view 40 x 60 x 4 inches

Susan Berger’s above piece has been accepted for the Monmouth Museum show “More Art from Found Objects”- A Juried Exhibition, from June 1 – September 2, 2012. Monmouth Museum 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 732 747 2266 www.monmouthmuseum.org

Susan Berger has also been selected as an Artist in Residence at the Byrdcliff Art Colony, Woodstock, NY from July 3 – July 29, 2012 on a full fellowship from the Pollack Krasner Foundation.

Congratulations Susan!

GIL EVANS Centennial Celebration. Highline Ballroom on May 21, 2012

Gil Evans in the studio with Miles Davis, circa 1970. Michael Ochs Archives

ON 21 May 2012 at 7 pm at the Highline Ballroom, The Gil Evans Orchestra will perform for the final event of a week of Gil Evans Centennial Celebrations, all honoring the legendary jazz arranger and composer (1912-1988).

A seminal figure in the development of modal and cool jazz, as well as jazz fusion, Evans collaborated extensively with Miles Davis, notably on the trumpeter’s albums Birth of the Cool (1957), Miles Ahead (1957), Porgy and Bess (1958), and Sketches of Spain (1960). Over the course of his storied career, he also worked with the Claude Thornhill Orchestra, Astrud Gilberto, Jaco Pastorius, Maria Schneider, and a host of other legendary musicians.

Gil Evans lived at Westbeth for many years and with his wife Anita raised their two sons here, Noah and Miles.

Read what DownBeat Magazine has written about Evans and his career here.
HERE

The fabulous Gil Evans Orchestra, led by Miles Evans, Gil’s son, includes several musicians who were long-term members of Gil’s groups:

Saxophones: Chris Hunter, Billy Harper & Alex Foster
Trumpet: Lew Soloff, Jon Faddis & Miles Evans
French Horn: John Clark
Tuba: Howard Johnson & Bob Stewart
Trombone: Tom “Bones” Malone, David Bargeron, Dave Taylor & Conrad Herwig
Guitar: Ryo Kawasaki, Paul Metzke, Gabby Abularach & Oz Noy
Piano & Keyboards: Gil Goldstein
Keyboards: Delmar Brown
Bass: Mark Egan
Drums: Kenwood Dennard

In addition, the show tonight will feature performances by special guests Jimmy Cobb, Airto Moreira, Lenny White, Will Lee, John Simon, Matthew Garrison, and others. Paul Shaffer will act as the master of ceremonies for a program that will includes surprise speakers, vocalists, and music ranging from Hendrix and Jaco to the classics. Come join us for a historic night!

The Highline Ballroom is located at 431 West 16th St, Manhattan
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WESTFEST AT WESTBETH 2012: Take the 5 minute video highlight tour and/or watch videos of each site specific dance. Click here!

WestFest – site specific dance at Westbeth 2012 produced by Carol Nolte and Kirstin Kapustik comprised 14 innovative dance companies which were invited to choreograph dances for any space in Westbeth. Audiences wound their way through the building following tour guides to discover dance in unfolding space.