Sunday, Apr 23 - 6:00PM
THE JEN AND JIMMY SHOW
Vanessa Golembewski; Amy Stiller; Usama Siddiquee; Craig Fox; and Eagle Witt, headliner |
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A night of laughs with Jen and Jimmy!
$10.00 includes a drink
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Sunday, Apr 23 - 8:30 & 10:00pm
NEW BRAZILIAN PERSPECTIVES: HELIO ALVES QUARTET
Billy Newman, host
Helio Alves, piano; Vic Juris, guitar; Edward Perez, bass; Edu Ribeiro, drums
A native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, pianist Helio Alves combines the rhythmic complexity of modern brazilian music with the edgy energy of contemporary jazz. A resident of NYC since the early '90s, Alves has received high praise as an in-demand sideman with the likes of Joe Henderson, Yo-Yo Ma, Paquito D'Rivera, Airto Moreira, Claudio Roditi, Rosa Passos and Sadao Watanabe, to name but a few.
$10 cover plus $10 minimum
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Monday, Apr 24 - 6:00PM
BENNINGTON WRITERS - POETRY
V. Hansmann and Oona Patrick, co-hosts
TJ Jarrett, featured reader; Becca Lachman; Sally Ashton; Christopher Salerno |
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Please join tonight’s featured reader, TJ Jarrett, along with poets, Becca Lachman, Sally Ashton, and Christopher Salerno.
TJ Jarrett is a writer and software developer from Nashville, Tennessee. Her recent work has been published in Poetry Magazine, Boston Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Third Coast, VQR, West Branch and others. Her work has been anthologized in Language Lessons from Third Man Books and Best American Non-Required Reading 2015. Jarrett’s debut collection, Ain’t No Grave, was published with New Issues Press (2013) and her second, Zion, winner of the 2013 Crab Orchard Open Competition, was published by Southern Illinois University Press in the fall of 2014.
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Monday, Apr 24 - 8:30PM
UNREQUITED
Amanda Ferguson, vocals; Joshua Richman, piano; Dylan Shamat, bass; Will Terrill, drums |
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Join Chanteuse Amanda Ferguson, along with musicians Joshua Richman on piano, Dylan Shamat on bass, and Will Terrill on drums, as she explores themes of love, loss, and resilience in “Unrequited”, featuring a range of classic standards and contemporary favorites.
$10.00 cover plus $10.00 minimum
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Tuesday, Apr 25 - 8:30PM
CHRISTINE LAVIN, JULIE GOLD, DANIEL CAINER |
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Legendary folk singer and broadcaster Christine Lavin, Grammy Award-winning writer of ‘From a Distance’, Julie Gold and Edinburgh Fringe Award-winning musical storyteller from the UK, Daniel Cainer, combine forces for what promises to be a fabulously entertaining and memorable triple-bill.
Christine is constantly touring the country with her unique blend of folk and observational comedy. Cainer is a Cornelia Street favorite and has recently enjoyed three limited off-Broadway runs for his one-man musical shows Jewish Chronicles and Gefilte Fish & Chips. Julie’s songs have been covered by nearly every major recording artist in the Universe and possibly beyond.
'Since emerging from the NYC singer/songwriter scene in the late 1980s, (along with Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, John Gorka, etc), Lavin quickly established herself as an entertaining tour de force. Quick on her feet, witty, insightful, engaging, she remains one of the most popular and respected performers in the genre.'
'Julie Gold simply exudes warmth, humility, honest, genuine sincerity, charm and a great sense of humor…She is truly blessed – not just with talent and intelligence, but an infectious personality and inner strength'. - Cherry Hill Times
'An extraordinary performer. At times heartbreakingly poignant, at other times laugh-out-loud funny. Utterly charming, thoroughly recommended' Edinburgh Festivals Magazine ‘Honest,edgy, touching and unpredictable. He will leave you tapping your toes and longing for more” - Jewish Week, New York
$25.00 includes a drink
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Wednesday, Apr 26 - 6:00PM
SOUL SISTER REVUE
Cynthia Manick, curator; Ed Toney, host
Mahogany L. Browne; LeRonn P. Brooks; Janel Cloyd; Noel Quiñones; Purvi Shah |
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For a night of tales and poetry, join Soul Sister Revue for its 4-year anniversary at Cornelia Street Café where we ask "what does soul mean to you?" Soul Sister Revue highlights those established and emerging poets who write in the narrative tradition of storytelling.
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Wednesday, Apr 26 - 8:00PM
MAREIKE WIENING QUINTET
Mareike Wiening; Rich Perry; Alex Goodman, guitar; Glenn Zaleski, piano; Johannes Felscher, bass
Brooklyn-based German drummer Mareike Wiening released her first album „Crosswalk" as a bandleader in 2014. Since then she has been successfully playing her music in Europe and the US. Wiening’s Quintet returns to Cornelia Street Café with an outstanding group of international musicians, including Rich Perry on tenor saxophone, Florian Weber on Piano, Alex Goodman on Guitar and Johannes Felscher on Bass.
“Thoroughly modern, progressive jazz, Mareike Wiening’s music has many layers that unfold with each repeated hearing. The band as a unit is superb, with each soloist's voice clearly speaking, obviously inspired by the compositions, the arrangements and how the other players sound behind them.” -- All About Jazz 2014
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Wednesday, Apr 26 - 9:30PM
TOBIAS MEINHART QUINTET, NATURAL PERCEPTION
Tobias Meinhart, tenor sax, ewi; Charles Altura, trumpet; Yago Vazquez, piano; Orlando LeFleming, bass; Jesse Simpson, drums |
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Natural Perception is Tobias Meinhart’s debut album for ENJA Records. After spending five years living and playing in New York City, the saxophonist has compiled a series of original compositions that he feels represent his personal exploration of the spiritual power of music. The concept of the album was heavily inspired by Alejandro Jodorowski’s book, The Spiritual Journey, and especially the mental and emotional state that Jodorowski describes as “Empty mind, full heart.” To make a performance of such proportions possible, Tobias put together a band with whom he feels completely free, and thus capable of reaching a level of playing that is transcendent.
"One of Germany's biggest talents on the saxophone." Jazzthing
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Thursday, Apr 27 - 6:00PM
RHONDA HANSOME AND DAVID CANTOR: AT THE CORNER OF COMEDY AND SONG |
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Comedian Rhonda Hansome and songwriter David Cantor join forces for the first time to showcase their talents in a unique and delightful double-bill.
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Thursday, Apr 27 - 8:00 & 9:30pm
TOM CHANG QUARTET
Tom Chang, guitar, comp.; Quinsin Nachoff, tenor sax; Matt Aronoff, bass; Kenny Grohowski, drums |
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Contemporary jazz guitarist, Tom Chang leads a quintet featuring some of the finest improvisers in the New York jazz scene. The music will encompass modern jazz to contemporary classical all with a heavy emphasis on groove and melody.
"What separates these tracks from other rock-leaning cuts made by jazz musicians today? It feels authentic. And then the brief funk tune "Scatterbrain" emerges about halfway though the album, there's chicken-scratch guitar and a simple yet heavy beat that screams The Meters. But later, things get eerie, as is someone was mixing funk with a New York jazz edge. That someone was Chang." --Brad Faberman (Downbeat Mag.) $10 cover plus $10 minimum http://www.tomchangmusic.com |
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Friday, Apr 28 - 6:00PM
THE CRIMSON RAGDOLLS
Zoe Christianson, clarinet, accordion; Ali Dineen, piano, accordion, washboard; Megg Farrell, tenor banjo, ukulele; Joanna Sternberg, upright bass |
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The Crimson Ragdolls are a non-male jazz quartet performing a selection of favorites from the 1920s era, contemporary tunes, and some old songs with new lyrics. Four part harmonies and ragtime make for a good time! Featuring Zoe Christianson (clarinet, accordion), Ali Dineen (piano, accordion, washboard), Megg Farrell (tenor banjo, ukulele) and Joanna Sternberg (upright bass).
$10.00 cover plus $10.00 minimum
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Friday, Apr 28 - 9:00PM & 10:30PM
TOMAS FUJIWARA & THE HOOK UP
Tomas Fujiwara, drums, comp.; Adam Hopkins, bass; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Brian Settles, tenor sax; Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet |  MELANIE MINICHINO |
In describing Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up, Jim Macnie of The Village Voice says, “The drummer has named his band appropriately. Ensembles can go anywhere if the intra-group chemistry is cooking…Fujiwara sounds like he's got his mates on speed dial.” The band’s first record (Actionspeak, 482 Music) was named one of the best debuts of 2010 by the New York City Jazz Record and received a four-star review in Downbeat. The group’s second album (The Air is Different, 482 Music) "continues upon a course, teeming with unanticipated shifts in strategy, but not executed in shock-therapy mode. With a superfine support system of revered improvisers, Fujiwara reaps the benefits of a distinctly fresh musical climate. With off-kilter patterns, cunning geometric architectures and sudden paradigm shifts, the band merges a search and conquer tactical component with an acutely balanced mix of structure and free-form dialogues." (Glenn Astarita, Jazz Review). It was included on several Best-of-2012 lists including All About Jazz Italia and Something Else. "The Air Is Different is wildly creative music that never veers into inaccessibility. If you're wondering where jazz might be headed in the new millennium, it's a good place to start." (Robert Bush, All About Jazz). The band's third album (After All Is Said, 482 Music), "layered and cohesive, rhythmically diverse, with a lean but muscular sound that defines Fujiwara's distinctive approach to melody and harmony," (Terrell Holmes, New York City Jazz Record) was released in April, 2015; "One of the most accessible, challenging and inventive recordings of recent vintage." (Troy Collins, All About Jazz)
"Tomas Fujiwara works with rhythm as a pliable substance, solid but ever shifting...His style is forward-driving but rarely blunt or aggressive, and never random. He has a way of spreading out the center of a pulse while setting up a rigorous scaffolding of restraint... a conception of the drum set as a full-canvas instrument, almost orchestral in its scope." -- Nate Chinen, New York Times
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Saturday, Apr 29 - 6:00PM
ALBERT MARQUES TRIO FEAT. ARI HOENIG
Albert Marques, piano; Marcos Varela, double bass; Ari Hoenig, drums |
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Albert Marques is a Catalan transplant from Spain whose passion at the piano is only matched by his huge humanity and kindness. This is not cartoon jazz, or a stereotypical Latin Jazz trio. It is modern, fusing elements of Rock, Jazz, Flamenco, and R&B with a healthy dose of introspection, and not a fake moment. Every note is played with grit, reality, and love. – Arturo O’Farrill
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Saturday, Apr 29 - 9:00PM & 10:30PM
LAGE LUND QUARTET
Lage Lund, guitar; Micah Thomas, piano; Matt Brewer, bass; Craig Weinrib, drums |
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"Of the younger cats, Lage is THE one. He's a wonderful player. Scary actually!" - Kurt Rosenwinkel
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Sunday, Apr 30 - 6:00PM
KEITH LANE'S SPRING SUN
Keith Lane, vocals, electric guitar, piano; Melody Fader, piano; Mitch Corber, videographer |
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April 30 is Walpurgis Night, the night before the celebration of spring - the following day. Keith Lane and Melody Fader cook up a spicy gumbo that transcends genres of classical, pop, jazz, New Orleans and rock. Together, Fader and Lane take you on a musical voyage through the four months of spring.
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Sunday, Apr 30 - 8:30PM
YUHAN SU QUINTET
Yuhan Su, vibraphone; Matt Holman, trumpet; Alex LoRe, alto sax; tba, bass; Allan Mednard, drums |
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A native of Taiwan, New York-based vibraphonist/composer Yuhan Su returns to Cornelia Street Cafe with a series of new music entitled Viaje featuring her quintet. Since the release of her second record A Room Of One's Own, the album has been listed on the Best of 2016 on Downbeat magazine and received numerous music awards and nominations including the Best Jazz Album of the Year and Best Instrumentalist Award from 2016 Golden Indie Award in Taiwan.
‘Like the best fiction, it’s entirely enveloping’ - Downbeat (December, 2016)
$10 cover plus $10 minimum
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Sunday, Apr 30 - 10:00PM
KING VULTURE
Russ Lossing, piano, comp.; Adam Kolker, tenor, sopranino sax, bass clarinet; Matt Pavolka, bass; Dayeon Seok, drums
King Vulture has been performing steadily for over two years and will go into the studio this May to record our first album. The compositions are highly malleable and the players are masterful and fluid improvisers and interpreters; you never know what will happen. Performing Russ Lossing's compositions designed to enable and inspire creative improvisations.
"…The pianist, Russ Lossing, illuminates the silence, suspends the time, and intensifies the collective flux. The wealth of his harmonic knowledge, the fluidity of his phrasing and his attention to the weight of every single note creates a sound palette for endless pleasures.” --- JAZZMAN MAGAZINE (FR)
"Adam Kolker is One of the best saxophonists working today." -ERIC QUENOT - JAZZ MAN (PARIS)
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Cover is given where known
Many spoken words events are free
There is always a one-drink minimum per set; times are door opening times
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