On June 12th and 13th 2010 boomBOOM Presents and Search & Restore unleash the Undead Jazzfest on New York City
Hot off the success of Winter Jazzfest, these like-minded, ambitious concert presenters have revived the same two-day, many-artist, multi-venue formula.
For two Summer nights, one ticket will give jazz fans access to Le Poisson Rouge, Kenny's Castaways and Sullivan Hall -- three clubs with distinctly different aesthetics, reputations and histories, and all uniting to celebrate the many identities of jazz being created today in New York City.
As founders/producers of Undead, Brice Rosenbloom and Adam Schatz are on a mission to shake the tired image of jazz as a music of the past, a historical footnote, and worst of all, expensive. Jazz is a music of the people, and hinged on the exciting force of improvisation. The music can take on so many vibrant forms, each bringing a listener to a new place of enjoyment, euphoria and overall sonic stimulation. All of the 30+ groups participating in this festival bring improvisational personality, compositional agenda and unique ideas to the table. They have been consciously united for these two nights to centralize the jazz adventures that occur on a nightly basis in New York, and bring it all to a climax at three Greenwich Village clubs within one block of each other.
Undead Jazzfest is as much a festival for the fans of jazz's developing history, as it is for those who have always wanted to know more about the music but do not know where to start. Whether or not you've heard of all or none of the 150+ musicians performing in the Undead Jazz Festival, it doesn't matter. What matters is that you're there to let the music speed your pulse and blow your mind.
Alan Ferber Nonet; Ari Hoenig, Tim Lefebvre, Jean-Michel Pilc Trio; Ben Allison Band; Ben Perowsky's Moodswing Orchestra; The Benefit Band; Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber; Cindy Blackman; Dan Weiss - Miles Okazaki Duo; Dave King, Tim Berne, Craig Taborn Trio; Fight The Big Bull; Electric Kulintang w/ Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez; Graham Haynes/Hardedge; John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble; Josh Sinton's Ideal Bread; Love Trio; Marc Cary Focus Trio; Matthew Shipp; New Mellow Edwards; Nir Felder's Big Heat; Ralph Alessi and This Against That; Roswell Rudd & Lafayette Harris; SociaLybrium w/ Bernie Worrell, Blackbyrd McKnight, Melvin Gibbs, J.T. Lewis; Steve Coleman & Five Elements; The Thirteenth Assembly w/ Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, Taylor Ho Bynum, Tomas Fujiwara; Tim Berne's Los Totopos; Tony Malaby's Novela; Uri Caine; plus more TBA!
The full Undead Jazzfest schedule will be announced soon. For more information spend time at undeadjazzfest.com
Single-Day Festival Passes are available to the General Public for $25. Two-Day Full-Festival Passes are available to the General Public for $30.
Three West Village Venues: (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street; Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan Street; Kenny's Castaways, 157 Bleecker Street
Tickets & Information: undeadjazzfest.com
For more information contact Kim Smith Public Relations.
