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7 PM Eddy Khaimovich Quartet
featuring: Gian Tornatore, saxophones; Alex Brown, piano; Eddy Khaimovich, acoustic and 6-string electric basses; Eric Doob, drums.
Eddy Khaimovich, a much sought-after Israeli bassist and composer living in New York, has recorded his first album featuring multi Grammy-award winning trumpeter Roy Hargrove to raving acclaim from critics and audiences alike. Since moving to New York in 2001 to attend the prestigious Manhattan School of Music on full scholarship, Eddy’s facility and agile command of the instrument as well, as warm, deep tone and unique musical voice have earned him a solid reputation on New York music scene in Jazz, Classical, World and Commercial music worlds. A long time recipient of the prestigious America-Israel Cultural Foundation grants, he has played and/or recorded with world renowned musicians including Jazz greats, such as multiple Grammy-award winner Roy Hargrove, 2010 Latin Grammy-award winner Fernando Otero, James Moody, Paquito D’Rivera, Fred Hersch, Benito Gonzales, Etienne Mbappé, Oz Noy, Delmar Brown, Alvester Garnett, Hal Galper, Arnie Lawrence, Andy LaVerne, Henry Threadgill, Steve Davis, Jeff Hirshfield, Mike Holober, Gene Jackson, David Schnitter, Bill Goodwin, Sam Barsh, Dave Silliman, Valery Ponomarev, Curtis Fowlkes, Darrell Green, Mauricio Zottarelli, Borislav Strulev Chamber Jazz Ensemble and classical luminaries Lorin Maazel, Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Spivakov, Maxim Vengerov, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Lara St. John, among many others. Eddy has been featured on the Israeli National Broadcast radio and has received coverage of his music by multiple programs on several Israeli National TV channels and International TV Channel RTVI. Eddy has appeared on the "Night Bird" talk show and at the live broadcast of the International Tel-Aviv Jazz Festival (2003), which has been aired since then in over thirty countries. He has also performed in many prestigious venues and festivals around the world such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Blue Note, Blues Alley, Smalls, Birdland, Red Sea Jazz Festival in Israel and UBS Verbier Festival in Switzerland.
In his music, Eddy Khaimovich connects the multiple musical and cultural influences he has absorbed on his musical journey. The result is a charging mixture of Israeli-infused melodic character, South American and African Rhythmic textures, Western European harmonic language and true Jazz concept reflecting in thru-composed sections that subtly intertwine with tour-de-force improvised solos by all members of the band. His music fuses these seemingly different musical disciplines together into a fresh sound with much respect and appreciation to the past of each of these musical traditions – something that reflects Eddy’s strong belief that through art and music all boundaries and misconceptions can be overcome and true understanding, reciprocity, mutual respect and spiritual union may be achieved among people of diverse cultural backgrounds, religions and beliefs.
$15 Cover/Free glass of wine
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9:00 PM
"Echos Flamenco" (Flamenco Echos)
Alfonso was born and raised in Seville, the heartland of Flamenco music. His
mother, an amateur singer from Triana, a Flamenco enclave in Seville, and his
grandfather, an aficionado of Flamenco were his earliest influences. He also had
the opportunity of attending the activities of one the most significant Flamenco
clubs in Andalusia, the Peña Flamenca Torres-Macarena in Seville since 1987.
Alfonso enrolled at the Seville Conservatory in 1990 to study flute and music
theory. For the following 5 years he received a classical training.
He also was awarded two scholarships to attended the classes at the Cristina
Heeren Foundation for Flamenco Art in July of 2007 and 2008 in Seville, Spain.
There he studied with maestro Paco Taranto and the new and upcoming talents
of Rocío Márquez and Elena Morales.
In 1997 Alfonso moved to the United States, since then he is based in New York
City. He has made many guest appearances at important venues including
Madison Square Garden, American Airlines Arena (Miami), Amway Center
(Orlando) and Staples Center (Los Angeles) with the popular Latin artist Romeo
Santos. He had the honor of recording backing vocals in the song titled “Mi
Santa” in the album “Formula Vo. 1” by Santos in which the great flamenco
guitarist Tomatito was a featured guest artist.
In 2011, he performed with singer songwriter and peace activist David Broza in
his annual December 24th performance at the 92 Y.
On November 2011, he was invited by conductor and mandolin player Tom
Cohen to join the Montreal Andalusian Orchestra as part of the Festival
Sepharad. There he had the honor to sing alongside the legendary Rabbi Haim
Louk at the Olympia Theater.
He has also had the opportunity of performing at the Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall,
Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, Town Hall, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival,
as well as the London’s Royal Albert Hall and Sala Covarrubias in Mexico City
with flamenco dancer Pilar Rioja, to name a few.
He has worked with all of the significant artists in the flamenco ambiance through
out the USA, performing and touring in the Tri-State area, Washington DC, San
Francisco, Portland, OR; Chicago, Detroit, Kentucky, Toronto, Ottawa, British
Columbia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom and Spain.
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Since February of 2008 he has been teaching flamenco “cante” (flamenco song)
at Flamenco Latino Studios and has given several flamenco “cante” for dance
workshops at Lotus Music and Dance Studios. That includes a series of lecture/
demonstrations in 2010, 2011 and 2012 titled “El Baile Flamenco” in which he
shares the structure of flamenco singing, guitar playing and choreography.
In partnership with Carlota Santa’s Flamenco Vivo Alfonso produced in 2010 “La
Música Flamenca” (The Flamenco Music) for the Lincoln Center Institute. This is
a show in which different aspects of flamenco song are introduced to audiences
such as school teachers in professional development programs as well as kids in
school performances. This is an ongoing show.
He released his first CD titled “Flamenco de vuelta e ida” on 2006 with his own
Flamenco fusion project “Gazpacho Andalú” (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/andalu)
with guitarist Arturo Martínez.
He has also released the debut album of his Spanish Indie Rock project “Dientes
de Caramelo” titled “Pulpo” (Octopus) in March of 2012.
For more info log on www.alfonsocid.com or www.dientesdecaramelo.com
$15 Cover/Free glass of wine
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7:00 PM Gilad Barkan
Poignant and enchanting, Barkan's music links his love for popular musics from around the world – notably Africa, Brazil, and his Israeli homeland – with a joyous rhythmic and melodic freedom as an improviser, and a distinctly warm and lyrical approach.
Born in England and raised in Israel, Barkan grew up in a musical family and took up the piano as a teenager. After a year of study at Rimon School of Jazz, during which he won the school's Jazz Musician of the Year competition, he moved to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music. While at Berklee, Barkan began recording and performing nationally and internationally with guitarist Issi Rozen, and appears on the guitarist’s releases, commercially successful and critically acclaimed by Jazz Times, NPR and many others. Barkan collaborated in Boston with Sergio and Fernando Brandão, Gifrants, Dan Greenspan, John Lockwood, and Ron Gill/John Stein.Barkan moved to New York City in 2009 and found a wonderful new expressive voice for his music in multi Grammy winning bassist John Benitez, performing a new set of compositions with a strong melodic base and greater flexibility for improvisation. In New York, Barkan has also collaborated with Nigerian vocalist, composer and master talking-drummer Kofo the Wonderman, and with the dynamic South-African vocalist and composer Lorraine Klaasen, among others.
Barkan’s trio debut, Modulation (2003, New Step Music), blended African and Brazilian rhythms with jazz, creating a lyrical and vibrant interplay, and a recording that earned a wealth of praise from critics. Live Sessions (2007), Barkan’s second New Step release, includes some of the most exciting and moving performances by Barkan’s trio and quartet, and describes a period of musical growth and exploration towards a more open ended sound, focusing and developing the group’s cohesiveness and joy in the moment. Recorded live at Boston's Regattabar, Proceso de Duelo (2009) explores a new set of the leader's compositions, offering a compelling and evocative portrait that speaks to a life lived through music.
Barkan performed at New York City's 55 Bar, Iridium, BAM Café, Apollo Theater, Cornelia's St. Cafe, Zinc Bar, Smoke, New Leaf, 5C Cultural Center, Madiba, Firehouse Space, The Kitano, The Shrine and Caffe Vivaldi; at Boston's Hatch Shell, Berklee Performance Center, First Night, Regattabar, Scullers, Ryles; WFNX Jazz Festival and Ocho Rios Jazz Festival, Jamaica.
$15 Cover/Free glass of wine
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8:30 PM Lefteris Bournias
Lefteris Bournias has been a clarinetist since the age of 11. While a young child, he remembers sitting on his father’s lap (Elias Bournias, a Greek flogera player) and, under the direction of his father, he would bang out rhythms on pillows while listening to Turkish and Greek night club music. When a few years had elapsed and now living in Greece, Lefteris’ interest in music was still very strong. Only it was Classic Rock and the bands of the 70’s and not the music he would later grow to love and perform. One evening in Athens, while his father was in New York, Lefteris was with his mother, talking and looking at a magazine with electric guitars and electric basses. He then asked his mother, “Mom, can you buy this guitar for me?” While his mother was hesitant at first, she conceded but also offered the idea “Hey, why don’t you get a clarinet instead and make your father happy.” And Lefteris thought “Clarinet!!! What are you talking about?” It had been some time since his involvement with music that wasn’t rock. But almost like a bolt of lightening, the idea stayed with him and that summer he bought his first clarinet.
$15 Cover/Free glass of wine
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Dmitri Slepovitch's Hasidic Nigunim Project $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall is hosting his Thursday night series of mystical learning and jazz. The nights begins with his popular class, “The Art Of Judaism”, featuring the work of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato, Rav Kook, and the Rav HaNazir at 7:30pm, and then continues with a concert featuring one of Rabbi Wall’s bands at 8:30pm.
The class is free, the cover charge for the concert is $10.
New American Quartet
Playing the original jazz compositions of pianist/composer Mitch Schechter, the New American Quartet features Mitch Schechter on the piano, Greg Wall on the saxophone, Takashi Otsuka on the acoustic bass, and Jonathon Peretz on the drums.
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Admission is $10
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Tarras Band
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Featuring:
Pete Sokolow - piano
Michael Winograd - clarinet
Ben Holmes - trumpet
Jim Guttman - bass
David Licht - drums
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Ayn Sof Arkestra & Bigger Band
Meet NYC’s newest addition to the canon of new Jewish influenced music and culture, the Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band, under the direction of saxophonist Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall and grammy winning trumpeter Frank London. The Arkestra consists of some of the most innovative artists on the scene today – Pam Fleming, Paul Shapiro, Aaron Alexander, Fima Ephron, Eyal Maoz, and many others. The repertoire includes original compositions and arrangements of the members and guest composers in the great NuJu/Rad Jew/SunRaJoo tradition.
Read the low-down on Ayn Sof in the New York Times
admission: $10 at the door
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The Center for Jewish Arts and Literacy proudly presents its first comedy event an evening of “clean” entertainment with some of New York’s most renowned Jewish standup comedians. The comics at the CJAL Festival are veterans of stage, screen, and comedy clubs all over the world. The featured comics—Jessica Kirson, Doug Adler, and Jodie Wasserman—as well as two surprise guest performers promise an exciting, hilarious, fun-filled evening for all. Food and drinks will be served.
Jodie Wasserman is a native New Yorker who upset her parents very much by deciding to study acting after graduating from college. At the recommendation of an acting coach, she tried stand-up and hasn’t stopped since. She was the co-creator and co-host of Spin Cycle Comedy, a groundbreaking stand-up show that took place in a NYC Laundromat. The show was profiled by the New York Times, Newsweek and Japanese television.
Jodie’s appeared on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, BET’s Comic View and the Dutch TV show The Comedy Factory. She’s a regular at the top clubs in New York City and across the country where her honest, feisty persona and hard-hitting material are a big hit.
NYC native Doug Adler—known for his marketing genius—hit the nail on the head when it dawned on him: “What New York City needs is another middle-aged jewish comic!” Adler’s unique, “kinda hip jewboy “ style transforms everyday life, an autobiographical cast of characters, and topics like the mother-in-law into hilarious one-of-a kind humor. Doug performs regularly in the tri-state area. New York City clubs include Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, Ha! Comedy Club and The Laugh Lounge. He has been featured in the New York Underground Comedy Festival and most recently in Carrying a Big Schtick—a documentary about the history of Jewish comedy. Doug urges you to come see him perform or else you’ll have to answer to his mother-in-law
Jessica Kirson's unique style and captivating stage presence captures the attention of audiences and club bookers everywhere she performs. Her wide variety of characters brings a diverse energy to her routine. Once you have seen her amazing talent, it is easy to understand why she was selected to perform at the Hamptons, Toyota, Marshall's Women in Comedy, Comedy Central's South Beach, Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival, and HBO's Las Vegas comedy festival. She was awarded, "Best Female Comic" by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets in New York City. She is considered one of the top comedians in the country. She has been featured on various television shows, including, The Travel Channel, Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Fresh Faces, Nickelodeon's Sixth in the Suburbs, Noggin's LOL, VH1's Awesomely Bad , Oxygen's premier game show Can You Tell?," Bravo's The Great Things About Being, The Women's Television Network's, She's So Funny, NBC's Last Comic Standing Seasons 2 and 3, NBC's Last Call With Carson Daly, The Dr. Oz Show, When Vacations Go Bust on The Travel Channel, appearances on TV Guide Channel, Two appearances on the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, ABC's, The View, Showtime's, White Boyz In The Hood, and NBC's Celebrity Apprentice. She also has a one hour special on the Logo Channel called, My Cookie's Gone and has appeared on, The Joy Behar Show on CNN-HLN eighteen times.
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 10:00PM Zingeray! Traditional Yiddish singers of NY led by Itzik Gottesman $15 (includes a drink)
10:00 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall is hosting his Thursday night series of mystical learning and jazz. The nights begins with his popular class, “The Art Of Judaism”, featuring the work of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato, Rav Kook, and the Rav HaNazir at 7:30pm and is followed by a concert.
8:30 PM Gary Lucas plays "The Golem"
Since debuting this score live in 1989 with co-composer/keyboardist Walter Horn at the BAM Next Wave Festival, Gary has gone on to accompany the film with a solo guitar version of his score in over 16 countries around the world—performing the work at London's Royal Festival Hall, opening the New York Jewish Film Festival at Lincoln Center, starring at the Venice Biennale, opening the Australian Jewish Film Festival in Sydney and Melbourne, playing with the film in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, Berlin, Florence, Budapest, Toronto, St. Louis, Miami, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Krakow—and of course in Prague, home of The Golem.
"The Golem" is a superb example of the early German Expressionist silent horror cinema at its finest, and went on to profoundly influence such Hollywood horror films as James Whale's "Frankenstein" (1931).
Gary Lucas, whom Rolling Stone calls "one of the best and most original guitarists in America", has been wowing international audiences for years with his many musical projects, including his renowned supergroup Gods and Monsters.
A profound love of Jewish myth, horror films, and science fiction themes brought Gary Lucas to "The Golem"—and it has proven to be a match made in heaven.
For all silent film fans, horror film freaks, folks interested in the Kabbalah and Jewish culture, and lovers of thrilling and innovative music: this one's for you!
"Captain Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas has been inspiring younger players since the 80's. He recently released a DVD of his momentous score of the 1920 German expressionist silent horror-fantasy film 'The Golem', the tale of a 16th century rabbi who made a man out of clay to save the Jewish community of Prague from termination. Hauntingly brilliant and meticulously timed."
—Village Voice
"5 STARS"
—Musik Express (Germany)
$15 Cover/Free glass of wine
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Strauss/Warschauer Duo with Special Guest Eleanor Reissa
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Lisa Gutkin with Pete Rushefsky
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM From Hungary: Nigun Feat
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Featuring: Andras Parniczky, Matt Darriau
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
