Cornelia Street Hosts Michael Bates' Outside Sources and NY Book Festival, 6/10

The Cornelia Street Café (29 Cornelia St.) hosts the New York Book Festival at 6 p.m. and Michael Bates' Outside Sources at 8:30 p.m. Admission to the New York Book Festival is free but patrons are encouraged to buy a book and visit the bar. There is a $10 cover for the Outside Sources.

The New York Book Festival celebrates New York's Independent Authors. The winners of the festival will bring their books for display and purchase and there will be readings from various winners throughout the evening.

The Outside Sources include Russ Johnson on trumpet, Quinsin Nachoff on saxophone and clarinet, Jeff Davis on drums, and Michael Bates on bass. This quartet will be touring in support of "Clockwise", a new cd on Dave Douglas' label Greenleaf Music. By combining exquisite melodies, the tradition of MiLes Davis' great 60's quintet and inspiration from Prokofiev and Shostakovich, this exciting band blurs the line between composed and improvised music.

As a composer and musician, Michael Bates "serves up melodic modernism and contrapuntal elegance" ("Time Out, New York") and his influences range from Shostakovich, MiLes Davis and Ornette Coleman to Bad Brains, Wayne Shorter and John Zorn. Known as a both a leader and double bassist in several collectives, he has performed with Quinsin Nachoff, Russ Johnson, and many other creative musicians.

Michael has recorded four cd's as a leader and over a dozen as a sideman. He has composed well over two hundred pieces of music including works for chamber ensembles, string quartets and solo double bass. As a touring artist, he has visited Europe, Asia, the United States and Canada and was on faculty for five years at the Banff International Jazz Workshop. He has studied with the former principal bassist of the Tokyo Symphony, Yoshio Nagashima, at the University of Toronto with Don Thompson and Dave Young and in New York with bassist/composer Mark Helias and Tony Falanga. More information can be found at http://outsidesources.org/.

For more information, contact The Cornelia Street Café at 212-989-9319 or visit their website at www.corneliastreetcafe.com.