Hazmat Modine to Kick Off Jewish Museum's SummerNights Series, 6/27
By: Tyler Peterson Jun. 10, 2013
Hazmat Modine will kick off The Jewish Museum's popular SummerNights series with a June 27 concert beginning at 7:30 pm. The band draws on American music of the 1920s and 30s through the 1950s and early 60s, blending elements of early blues, hokum, jug band, swing, klezmer, New Orleans R&B, and Jamaican rocksteady. This event also includes an open bar with wine and light refreshments. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.
Upcoming SummerNights concerts include Howard Fishman and his Band (July 11), with an exuberant blend of jazz, soul, country, blues, gospel and experimental music; and the all- women's klezmer sextet, Isle of Klezbos (July 25), playing imaginative versions of eclectic Eastern European-rooted Jewish folk music, Yiddish swing, and tango.
Tickets for each concert are $15 for the general public; $12 for students and seniors; and $10 for Jewish Museum members. Visit TheJewishMuseum.org/summernights to purchase online tickets. Auditorium doors open at 7:00pm and seating is general admission. For additional information, the public may call 212.423.3337. An infrared assistive listening system for the hearing impaired is available for programs in the Museum's S. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Auditorium.
Hazmat Modine features harmonica player Wade Schuman, tuba player Joseph Daley, guitarists Michael Gomez and Pete Smith, trumpeter Pam Fleming, drummer Rich Huntley, and Rachelle Garniez on accordion, claviola and vocals. Led by front man Wade Schuman, the band has built a wide and devoted following. Their mix of genres extends to the use of unconventional instrumentation, including the sheng (a Chinese mouth organ), the claviola, and the cimbalom (a Romanian hammered dulcimer). While they play mostly original compositions, Hazmat Modine also covers songs by Slim Gaillard, Jimmy Rogers, Jaybird Coleman, and Irving Berlin.
Hazmat Modine has toured internationally for the past six years, appearing at the Berlin Jazz Festival, Stockholm Jazz Festival, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Sinnes Festival in Portugal, Womex in Spain, the Wings Festival in Moscow, The Vienna Jazz Festival, Killkenny Arts Festival in Ireland, Trowbridge Festival in the UK, Chicago World Music Festival, and the Montreal Jazz Festival. They perform regularly in New York City at venues such as Le Poisson Rouge, Joe's Pub, and The City Winery.
Their 2011 CD, Cicada, which included special appearances by Natalie Merchant and the Kronos Quartet, won the coveted Charles Cros Grand Prize in France and was number one on the world music charts in Europe for two months. The band's music has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered, and they appeared live on PRI's The World, NPR'sSoundcheck with John Schaefer, and numerous other radio shows.
The SummerNights concert series has been funded by a generous endowment from the William Petschek Family.
Public Programs at The Jewish Museum are supported, in part, by public funds from by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Major annual support is provided from public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo. The stage lighting has been funded by the Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer.
Widely admired for its exhibitions and collections that inspire people of all backgrounds, The Jewish Museum is one of the world's preeminent institutions devoted to exploring the intersection of art and Jewish culture from ancient to modern times. The Jewish Museum organizes a diverse schedule of internationally acclaimed and award-winning temporary exhibitions as well as dynamic and engaging programs for families, adults, and school groups. The Museum was established in 1904, when Judge Mayer Sulzberger donated 26 ceremonial art objects to The Jewish Theological Seminary of America as the core of a museum collection. Today, the Museum maintains a collection of 25,000 objects - paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, archaeological artifacts, ceremonial objects, and broadcast media.
The Jewish Museum is located at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York City. Museum hours are Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, 11am to 5:45pm; Thursday, 11am to 8pm; and Friday, 11am to 4pm. Museum admission is $12.00 for adults, $10.00 for senior citizens, $7.50 for students, free for visitors 18 and under and Jewish Museum members. Regular admission is Pay What You Wish on Thursdays from 5pm to 8pm, and free on Saturdays. For information on The Jewish Museum, the public may call 212.423.3200 or visit the website at TheJewishMuseum.org.Photo by Ulrich Balss
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