Grimes Times! March 2007

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The official publication date of Henry Grimes's first published book of poetry and other writings, “Signs Along the Road," is Thursday, March 1st, 2007, and it will be presented to the world at the Jazzahead conference in Bremen, Germany Thursday through Sunday, March 8th-11th, where it may be found at the JazzInstitut Darmstadt booth; Henry's publisher is Renate Da Rin of Buddy's Knife (named for Buddy Bolden), www.buddysknife.de, [email protected], office + 49-221-399-5657, + 49-221-484-8242, www.jazzahead.de/en/konferenz/konferenz_einleit.php. (Please note that Henry Grimes will not be present.)

Concert Thursday, March 1st, 2007: Sabir Mateen and Hilliard Greene, 8 p.m; Connie Crothers and Henry Grimes, 1O p.m. (separate admission, $15), at the Stone (curated by Matthew Shipp this month), northwest corner of Ave. C and 2nd St., New York City, www.thestonenyc.com, [email protected], no phone.

Concerts Friday and Saturday, March 9th and 1Oth, 8 p.m: The Cecil Taylor trio (the new AHA 3) w/ Henry Grimes and Pheeroan akLaff; also John Zorn with Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, and Joey Baron (Masada), at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Rose Theatre, Broadway at 6Oth St., New York City, www.jalc.org/concerts/details.asp?EventID=952, tickets from the site, at the Rose Hall box office at 6Oth St. and Broadway, or from CenterCharge, 212-721-65OO. NOTE: You can save 25% at the box office or by phone only (not online) by saying the discount code “jazz 25."

Broadcast / Webcast Tuesday, March 2Oth: Henry Grimes and Rashied Ali on the air playing duets and in verbal conversation as well, WKCR-FM, 89.9 on the dial in the New York area, 6-9 p.m., also Webcasting over www.wkcr.org, 212-854-992O, [email protected]. (Their previous date together was in 1965 on Archie Shepp's great Impulse! recording On This Night, also with Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers, J.C. Moses, Ed Blackwell, & Christine Spencer.)

Concert Wednesday, March 28th: Eri Yamamoto with David Ambrosio and Ikuo Takeuchi, 8 p.m; Henry Grimes and Amina Claudine Myers, 1O p.m. (separate admission, $2O), at the Stone, northwest corner of Ave. C and 2nd St., New York City, www.thestonenyc.com, [email protected], no phone.

Concert / workshops / master classes Thursday-Saturday, March 29th- 31st: Henry Grimes residency with the Creative Arts Orchestra directed by Mark Kirschenmann, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, workshop / master class on Thursday, March 29th, 5-8 p.m. (also possible 2nd workshop / master class on Friday, March 3Oth), 734-764-O583 or -O594, www.umich.edu, www.umich.edu/faculty_staff/kirschenmann.mark.lasso; concert on Saturday, March 31st at Kerrytown Concert Hall, 415 North 4th Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 734-769-2999, www.kerrytownconcerthouse/calendar, [email protected]

For bookings, high-res photos, further information, or to purchase a recording by the NEW Henry Grimes, please contact Margaret Davis, [email protected], 212-841-O899.