CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 5th SEASON OF BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN @ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is located at 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, Tel 718 622 3300, reduced admission! Tkts are now $10
First Concert of the 2011-2012 season
Double CD Release Explosion! Saturday, October 1, 2011-8:00 PM:
Gentile/RomanoRock, Paper, Scissors Michel Gentile on flute + Tony Romano on acoustic guitar plus Rob Garcia 4 Featuring Noah Preminger on tenor saxophone, Dan Tepfer on piano + Chris Lightcap on bass, performing music from The Drop and the Ocean (on BJURecords, September 27)
This event is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and by JPMorgan-Chase, all administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC) as well as funding from Meet the Composer.
October 1Michel Gentile and Tony Romano have been performing as a duo since 2002, and have developed a style of playing that is truly personal in its approach. They have dispensed with conventional roles in order to develop a musical experience rich with interaction and nuance. Their approach creates an organic counterpoint of ideas, a musical conversation full of surprises that draws on the Brazilian, Jazz, and Classical vocabularies.
October 1For over a decade, drummer/composer Rob Garcia has been a major force on the jazz and creative music scene in Brooklyn, NYC and beyond, collaborating with some the most noteworthy musicians of our time, such as Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Wynton Marsalis, Joseph Jarman, Diana Krall, Anat Cohen, Woody Allen, Howard Alden, Lynne Arriale, Dave Binney, Ben Monder, Scott Colley, Marty Erhlich, Chris Cheek, Myra Melford, and Vince Giordano, to name but a few. Garcia has also collaborated with other A-list musicians much too numerous to mention here. Suffice it to say, his pedigree is well established.
On September 27 Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records releases the latest creative tour-de- force from the inspired drummer /composer /bandleader, The Drop and The Ocean, the follow up to Rob Garcia's previous, critically-acclaimed recording on BJURecords, Perennial. The Drop and the Ocean features Garcia's working band, including two young sensations and regulars in the group for the past three years, Noah Preminger (saxophones) and Dan Tepfer (piano), as well as the future bass legend and long time friend, John Hebert.
UPCOMING BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN CONCERTS
November 5Mike Formanek solo & Mike Formanek with WORKS (Michel Gentile, Daniel Kelly, Rob Garcia)
December 3Jerome Harris and Marty Ehrlich with WORKS
January 14H-alpha featuring Briggan Kraussalto saxophone, Ikue Morilaptop, and Jim Blackdrums, plus WORKS
February 11Daniel Kelly Rakonto" featuring Yoon Sun ChoiVoice, Rez AbbasiGuitar,
Daniel KellyPiano, David AmbrosioBass, Satoshi TakeishiDrums A commission from New York State Council on the Arts and Flushing Town Hall. World premiere by jazz pianist/composer Daniel Kelly that incorporates recorded interviews with Flushing community members on the topics of daily life, culture & immigration. Rakonto (story in Esperanto) uses these personal histories as the basis for an imaginative ode to the people of Flushing. Daniel is joined by an international ensemble of world-class musicians
March 10TBA
April 21Chamber Orchestra with WORKS
May 19Dave Liebman with WORKS
Connection Works is an artist-run non-profit organization (501c3) that engages the Brooklyn community with world-class jazz performances and educational events. Our programs promote and facilitate new work by established and up-and-coming artists alike. We provide a forum that supports the astonishing number of brilliant artists in our borough. We at Connection Works believe in and encourage the practice of creativity as a means to nourish the mind, body, and spirit.
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is located at 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, Tel 718 622 3300, reduced admission! Tkts are now $10
First Concert of the 2011-2012 season
Double CD Release Explosion! Saturday, October 1, 2011-8:00 PM:
Gentile/RomanoRock, Paper, Scissors Michel Gentile on flute + Tony Romano on acoustic guitar plus Rob Garcia 4 Featuring Noah Preminger on tenor saxophone, Dan Tepfer on piano + Chris Lightcap on bass, performing music from The Drop and the Ocean (on BJURecords, September 27)
This event is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and by JPMorgan-Chase, all administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC) as well as funding from Meet the Composer.
October 1Michel Gentile and Tony Romano have been performing as a duo since 2002, and have developed a style of playing that is truly personal in its approach. They have dispensed with conventional roles in order to develop a musical experience rich with interaction and nuance. Their approach creates an organic counterpoint of ideas, a musical conversation full of surprises that draws on the Brazilian, Jazz, and Classical vocabularies.
October 1For over a decade, drummer/composer Rob Garcia has been a major force on the jazz and creative music scene in Brooklyn, NYC and beyond, collaborating with some the most noteworthy musicians of our time, such as Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Wynton Marsalis, Joseph Jarman, Diana Krall, Anat Cohen, Woody Allen, Howard Alden, Lynne Arriale, Dave Binney, Ben Monder, Scott Colley, Marty Erhlich, Chris Cheek, Myra Melford, and Vince Giordano, to name but a few. Garcia has also collaborated with other A-list musicians much too numerous to mention here. Suffice it to say, his pedigree is well established.
On September 27 Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records releases the latest creative tour-de- force from the inspired drummer /composer /bandleader, The Drop and The Ocean, the follow up to Rob Garcia's previous, critically-acclaimed recording on BJURecords, Perennial. The Drop and the Ocean features Garcia's working band, including two young sensations and regulars in the group for the past three years, Noah Preminger (saxophones) and Dan Tepfer (piano), as well as the future bass legend and long time friend, John Hebert.
UPCOMING BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN CONCERTS
November 5Mike Formanek solo & Mike Formanek with WORKS (Michel Gentile, Daniel Kelly, Rob Garcia)
December 3Jerome Harris and Marty Ehrlich with WORKS
January 14H-alpha featuring Briggan Kraussalto saxophone, Ikue Morilaptop, and Jim Blackdrums, plus WORKS
February 11Daniel Kelly Rakonto" featuring Yoon Sun ChoiVoice, Rez AbbasiGuitar,
Daniel KellyPiano, David AmbrosioBass, Satoshi TakeishiDrums A commission from New York State Council on the Arts and Flushing Town Hall. World premiere by jazz pianist/composer Daniel Kelly that incorporates recorded interviews with Flushing community members on the topics of daily life, culture & immigration. Rakonto (story in Esperanto) uses these personal histories as the basis for an imaginative ode to the people of Flushing. Daniel is joined by an international ensemble of world-class musicians
March 10TBA
April 21Chamber Orchestra with WORKS
May 19Dave Liebman with WORKS
Connection Works is an artist-run non-profit organization (501c3) that engages the Brooklyn community with world-class jazz performances and educational events. Our programs promote and facilitate new work by established and up-and-coming artists alike. We provide a forum that supports the astonishing number of brilliant artists in our borough. We at Connection Works believe in and encourage the practice of creativity as a means to nourish the mind, body, and spirit.
For more information contact Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity.