Cornelia Street Cafe Announces Liam Sillery Release Party & More

Tonight At Cornelia Street Cafe, Tue., June 1st 8:30PM LIAM SILLERY'S OUTSKIRTS: PHENOMENOLOGY CD RELEASE (Liam Sillery, trumpet; Matt Blostein, alto saxophone; LanDon Knoblock, piano; Michael Bates, bass; Vinnie Sperrazza, drums)

Trumpeter Liam Sillery continues in the direction of his most recent album "Outskirts," challenging both the musicians and the listener with intricate compositions and compelling improvisation. On "Phenomenology," the band is reactive and supportive, while maintaining their individual personalities to constantly compliment the music. Liam's exploration of the sonic landscapes suggested by his compositions create a sense of melodic intrigue on the Kenny Wheeler-inspired "Koi" and the horn lines cartwheel through the backbeat of "Intentionality."
"Sillery, although influenced a little by Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, and Wynton Marsalis, has his own approach and displays lots of potential."
- Scott Yanow
Cover $10 http://www.liamsillery.com

Spoken Word

Tue., June 1st 6:00PM
POETRY: OFF THE PARK PRESS
(Claudia LaRocco; Boni Joy; Susan Berger-Jones; Judson Evans; Eileen B. Hennessey; Ronna Lebo; John Yau)
A reading from a new poetry anthology.
An evening with the poets of Off the Park Press, whose first collection, "New Smoke: An Anthology of Poetry Inspired by Neo Rauch," was published in 2009.

Susan Berger-Jones grew up in Pittsburgh, Pa and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is both an Architect and a Poet.

Judson Evans is Director of Liberal Arts at The Boston Conservatory, where he teaches Ancient Greek culture and literature and a course on Utopian Communities. He was chosen as an "emerging poet" for the Association of American Poets by John Yau.

Eileen B. Hennessey is a native of Long Island, and lives in New York City. Translator of foreign-language documentation, and adjunct associate professor of translation at New York University, her poems have been published in Artful Dodge, Cream City Review, The Literary Review, Paris Review, Sanskrit, and Western Humanities Review.

Boni Joi received a M.F.A. in poetry from Columbia University, and has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. She has read her poetry at numerous venues in New York city and elsewhere for the past 19 years.

Claudia La Rocco's poems have appeared in such publications as The Brooklyn Rail and failbetter.com, and she reads regularly in New York City. She writes about dance for the New York Times and currently teaches in the MFA Art Criticism and Writing program at the School of Visual Arts.

Ronna Lebo received a M.F.A. from Mason Gross School of the Arts, and currently teaches at Kean University. She performed for twelve years as Alice B. Talkless, won a Jackie 60 New Artist Award, and was included in two CMJ music festivals.

John Yau has published books of poetry, fiction, and criticism. Among the poetry books are Paradiso Diaspora, Ingrish (a collaboration with Thomas Nozkowski), Borrowed Love Poems, Forbidden Entries, Berlin Diptychon, Edificio Sayonara and Corpse and Mirror, a National Poetry Series book selected by John Ashbery. Yau lives in New York City.

Cover $7 http://www.offtheparkpress.com/