Cornelia Street Cafe Welcomes Douglas Yates and Kenny Brooks & More This Weekend

This Weekend At Cornelia Street Cafe, Fri Jun 4th 9:00PM & 10:30PM DOUGLAS YATES-KENNY BROOKS: (Douglas Yates, alto saxophone; Kenny Brooks, tenor saxophone; Leo Genovese, piano; Chris Lightcap, bass; Pete Zimmer, drums)

Douglas Yates and Kenny Brooks admit to being heavily influenced by their mentor/guru - saxophone master George Garzone. Natives of the San Francisco Bay Area, Yates and Brooks went to Boston in 1984 to study with Garzone - Yates at Berklee, Brooks at the New England Conservatory. Their education at the feet of the master included weekly pilgrimages to the Willow Jazz Club to hear Garzone and the Fringe. In 1989 Brooks returned to San Francisco while Yates moved to NYC.
Fast forward 18 years. Upon his arrival in NYC in 2007 Brooks reunites with Yates and Garzone in the form of Garzone's "3 Tenors" quintet, which also includes Pete Zimmer on drums and Peter Slavov on bass. Branching off from "3 Tenors" comes "In The Zone". Yates and Brooks explore the spirit of the music of George Garzone through some of his compositions as well as their own originals.

Proud of their lineage through the "Garzone School", their work continues "In The Zone".
Cover $10

Saturday, June 5th 9:00PM & 10:30PM
The JOHN McNEIL/BILL McHENRY QUARTET
playing music from their new Sunnyside CD, due out in September.
John McNeil -- Trumpet, Bill McHenry - Tenor, Neal Miner - Bass, Jochen Rueckert - Drums

This Saturday, as the McNeil/McHenry band is playing Cornelia Street, they will be saying goodbye to Poul Weis, the longtime booker of the club
and the person most responsible for the consistent music policy there. Poul is returning to Denmark very soon, perhaps to draw cartoons
of you-know-who, perhaps not. Maybe he'll just play his trumpet as the lord Odin intended.
At any rate, he will be missed by the musicians. For one thing, he's one of those people that is always calm, no matter what. In fact,
John & Bill once set him on fire just to see what would happen. Sure enough, he methodically extinguished himself and called an ambulance...
some screaming, sure, but not so much as you'd think. Most of all, though, as a good musician he had empathy for the performers and would consistently make correct musical decisions. Tough act to follow.

2 sets 9:00PM & 10:30PM
$10 cover
http://www.mcneiljazz.com
http://www.billmchenry.com/

Sun Jun 06
8:30PM DAN TEPFER/MARK TURNER DUO
(Dan Tepfer, piano; Mark Turner, tenor saxophone)

The first of a little series of Dan Tepfer Duos over the summer. This one is to be followed by new collaborations on July 11th and August 8th.
http://www.dantepfer.com
http://www.myspace.com/whereismarkturner

Mon Jun 07
8:30PM AMRAM & CO
(David Amram, piano, french horn, flutes, composition & surprises; Kevin Twigg, drums, glockenspiel; John de Witt, bass;
Adam Amram, percussion; John Ventimiglia, actor)

This series explores in his highly personable, generous and informal style the astonishing variety of David Amram's interests and accomplishments--renowned composer of symphonic classical music, jazz compositions, improvisation, spoken word, scat, he sits at the piano, schmoozes about music, about the greats, the beats, the obscure, the legendary; plays the French horn, pulls out all kinds of instruments (flutes, drums, horns) gathered from his many circumnavigations of the globe, pulls in guests drawn from just about every artistic walk of life.
Cover $10 http://www.davidamram.com

Spoken Word

Fri Jun 04
6:00PM SON OF PONY
(Jay Chollick)

The Friday night legendary open mic poetry series.
Arrive before 6 pm to sign up.

Tonight's feature is Jay Chollick. Award-winning poet Jay Chollick has published his work extensively in many prominent literary journals and has read his work throughout New York in cafes, colleges and on TV and radio.
Kat Georges, host. Cover $7

Sat Jun 05
6:00PM THE LIAR SHOW
(FAYE LANE, "Beauty Shop Stories"; JIM O'GRADY, NY Times; JOEY NOVICK, "Louder Than Words"; John Flynn, Upright Citizens Brigade)

Seek Truth. Get a T-Shirt.
4 Storytellers, 3 True Stories, 1 Pack of Lies. Uncover the liar and win a prize worth its weight in fool's gold.

Guest Host Ophira Eisenberg - Comedy Central. Cover $15

Sun Jun 06
6:00PM THE SCIENCE OF FEAR IN WORDS AND MUSIC
(Joseph LeDoux; Daniela Schiller; Gerald McCollom)

Joseph LeDoux and Daniela Schiller study fear at NYU. They will be joined by fellow Amygdaloid, Gerald McCollom, in an experiment in the multimedia communication of neuroscience. A lecture on fear will be interspersed amongst The Amygdaloids' original tunes about mind and brain and mental disorders performed "unplugged" by three quarters of the local science rock band.
LeDoux says, "Music is the most powerful form of communication, and we'll be using it to shoot scientific information straight into the sweet spots of emotion and memory in the brain. We'll definitely have fun trying to do this, and maybe we'll even succeed."
Cover $10 http://www.amygdaloids.com

Mon Jun 07
6:00PM MONOLOGUES & MADNESS

Actors, time limits, laughter, tears, our floorboards are used to perfection.
An Evening of Original Monologues. No slamming, no judges, just great material, excellent actors and YOU.

Come See These Amazing Daredevils Perform Without a Net!!!

Tulis McCall, host. Cover $10 http://www.monologuesandmadness.com