Cornelia Street Cafe Announces MEM3 And More This Week

Music This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe

Mon Aug 30 

8:30PM MEM3
(Ernesto Cervini, drums; Michael Cabe, piano; Mark Lau, bass)
MEM3 is a piano trio based out of New York City, and it is the culmination of 7 years of close musical and personal friendship between three musicians from three different parts of the globe (Seattle Washington, Toronto Canada and Sydney Australia.) Their debut album, "Pennsylvania Grey" is made up of original compositions from all three musicians as well as one traditional hymn. The group's sound is influenced by the trio sounds of the great Oscar Peterson, Peter Erskine and EST. The group has recently concluded a Candian tour, and are working towards recording their second album.
"Each member of MEM is equally important-equally influential. Each is presented as a composer and a performer; a soloist and an accompanist; a leader and a supporter. Each role is handled with delicacy and intensity; taste, style and a sense of exploration. It is the contrasts between the contributions of each of the members of MEM3, as well as the homogenous nature of all that contrast, that makes Pennsylvania Grey such an engaging CD."Dave Miele, Jazz Improv
Cover $10

Tue Aug 31
8:30PM FABIAN ALMAZAN TRIO
(Fabian Almazan, piano, compositions; Linda Oh, bass; Justin Brown, drums)
Pianist Fabian Almazan has gained high visibility for the last two years as a member of Terence Blanchard's acclaimed quintet. He appears on Blanchard's latest disc Choices as well as the soundtrack for the Spike Lee joint "Miracle at St. Anna". A native of Cuba now residing in New York, Fabian attended the New World School of the Arts High School in Miami. After graduation in 2002 he soon migrated to the Brubeck Institute in California, and finally Manhattan School of Music where he recently completed his Masters; a path that entailed private study with Jason Moran. In addition to his work with Blanchard, he has performed with Gretchen Parlato, Lionel Loueke, Ambrose Akinmusire, Walter Smith, Derrick Hodge, Chris Dingman, E.J. Strickland and Bilal, among others. This week the brilliant emerging pianist leads a trio with Linda Oh and Justin Brown, both highly respected and familiar New York musicians.
"Fabian Almazan is the latest pianistic prodigy... a Cuban-born dazzler with a melodic instinct to match his technique."
- New York Times
Cover $10 http://www.fabianalmazan.com

Wed Sep 01
8:30PM O'FARRILL BROTHERS BAND W/SPECIAL GUEST ARTURO O'FARRILL
(Zachary O'Farrill, drums; Adam O'Farrill, trumpet; Livio Almeida, tenor; Adam Kromelow, piano; Michael Sacks, bass; Arturo O'Farrill, piano)
The O'Farrill Brothers Band, started in 2008, was formed by- you guessed it- The O'Farrill Brothers! A jazz quintet that is anything but straight-ahead, the band draws in influences from Latin, funk, classical, and free music, and plays all original compositions bythe band members. Members of the band have performed with acclaimed artists such as Stefon Harris, James Moody, DJ Logic, Arturo O'Farrill, Bob Mintzer, and Slide Hampton, and have performed in renowned venues and settings such as Marian's Jazz Room, the 2010 Carefusion Jazz Festival, Birdland Jazz Club, Jazz @ Lincoln Center, and the ChicagoJazz Showcase. The group is making a name for itself in NYC, by playing in Puppet's Jazz Bar, 5C Cultural Center & Café, Sweet Rhythm, The Shrine, Spike Hill, and Yippie Museum Café, and releasing their debut album, GIANT PEACH, on ZOHO Records in January 2011. GRAMMY-award winning pianist, Arturo O'Farrill, will be their guest performer this evening.
Cover $10 http://myspace.com/adamofarrilljazz

Thu Sep 02
8:30PM TONY MALABY'S APPARITIONS
(Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Drew Gress, bass; Tom Rainey, drums; John Hollenbeck, drums)
Tony Malaby's Apparitions featuring two drummers - Tom Rainey and Mike Sarin - along with a bassist, Drew Gress.
....."The process began a couple of years ago when he performed several times with two drummers and loved it: "It's just the most comfortable couch, or like taking a warm bath, just being surrounded by that sound and falling into it." He soon knew who the band was going be; having played together a lot in various other combinations, they already had a shared vocabulary to build on. They worked with Tony's structural concepts more than with written-out compositions: "I decided to try to create platforms for my favorite 'zones' that we'd developed or would hit on. So for example, a multi-layered zone where the four of us are each playing in our own pulse or dimension in time, or a very transparent zone where it's cymbals/mallets/brushes and I'm playing flute-like and Drew's playing arco. And the question is: how am I going to get this into a composition, how am I going to structure it?"
- read more: http://www.tonymalaby.com/apparitions.htm
- listen: http://www.tonymalaby.com/mp3s/Apparitions.mp3
Cover $10 http://www.tonymalaby.com

Thu Sep 02
10:00PM TONY MALABY'S PALOMA RECIO
(Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Ben Monder, guitar; Eivind Opsvik, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums)
New music dedicated to an angel flying over the Iberian Peninsula by a quartet of omnidirectionally improvising masters of ecstatic lyrical elasticity.
Cover $10 http://www.tonymalaby.com

Fri Sep 03
9:00PM TONY MALABY'S APPARITIONS
(Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Drew Gress, bass; Tom Rainey, drums; John Hollenbeck, drums)
Tony Malaby's Apparitions featuring two drummers - Tom Rainey and Mike Sarin - along with a bassist, Drew Gress.
....."The process began a couple of years ago when he performed several times with two drummers and loved it: "It's just the most comfortable couch, or like taking a warm bath, just being surrounded by that sound and falling into it." He soon knew who the band was going be; having played together a lot in various other combinations, they already had a shared vocabulary to build on. They worked with Tony's structural concepts more than with written-out compositions: "I decided to try to create platforms for my favorite 'zones' that we'd developed or would hit on. So for example, a multi-layered zone where the four of us are each playing in our own pulse or dimension in time, or a very transparent zone where it's cymbals/mallets/brushes and I'm playing flute-like and Drew's playing arco. And the question is: how am I going to get this into a composition, how am I going to structure it?"
- read more: http://www.tonymalaby.com/apparitions.htm
- listen: http://www.tonymalaby.com/mp3s/Apparitions.mp3

Reservations Recommended
Cover $15 http://www.tonymalaby.com

Fri Sep 03
10:30PM TONY MALABY'S NOVELA
(Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Ralph Alessi, trumpet; Ben Gerstein, trombone; Dan Peck, tuba; Michael Attias, alto saxophone; Joachim Badenhorst, clarinet; Andrew Hadro, baritone saxophone; Kris Davis, piano; John Hollenbeck, drums; Tom Rainey, drums)
Later that night, Tony Malaby presented his New Group,Novela, with improvised or notated music as conducted by the pianist Kris Davis. In its collapsing of structure and intuition it had roots in some older experimental jazz - Roscoe Mitchell, Butch Morris - but it was still strong and strange, properly bewildering. Ben Ratlif, NY Times.
Reservations Recommended
Cover $15

Sat Sep 04
6:00PM SAM REIDER AND THE LOST BOYS
(Sam Reider, piano,accordian,vocals; Armand Hirsch, guitar; Jake Goldbas, drums; Jeff Picker, bass; Eddie Barbash, alto saxophone)
"He's got rhythm. And for someone his age, plenty of soul, too." Jesse Hamlin, SF Chronicle
San Francisco-native Sam Reider is a jazz pianist and singer (and most recently, accordionist). Currently in his final year at Columbia University, Sam's work is greatly influenced by American folk music. In May 2008, Reider was interviewed on Marian McPartland's legendary NPR show, Piano Jazz. The program, which has showcased artists from Ray Charles, to Oscar Peterson, to Norah Jones, aired in December 2008. Reider's piano trio also released its first album in 2008 entitled "Without Strings." Uptown Trio, which acclaimed jazz critic Doug Ramsey cites as "impressive in its ability to achieve abstraction without sacrificing continuity and form" has now completed two tours of the west coast and performed at numerous venues and jazz festivals around the country. His new project, Sam Reider and the Lost Boys was founded September 09 and since then has performed frequently in New York City and recorded an EP. The music is an eclectic mix of original material that explores the boundaries between Jazz, Folk, and Pop styles. Reider brings his talents for composition and lyricism together with an amazing band that includes voice, piano, bass, drums, guitar, accordion, and horns. Sam will be celebrating the release of their new EP, "Goodbye July" (2010).
Cover $8 http://www.samreidermusic.com

Sat Sep 04
9:00PM TONY MALABY'S PALOMA RECIO
(Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Ben Monder, guitar; Nasheet Waits, drums; Eivind Opsvik, bass)
New music dedicated to an angel flying over the Iberian Peninsula by a quartet of omnidirectionally improvising masters of ecstatic lyrical elasticity.
Reservations Recommended
Cover $15 http://www.tonymalaby.com

Sat Sep 04
10:30PM TONY MALABY'S NOVELA
(Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Ralph Alessi, trumpet; Michael Attias, alto saxophone; Ben Gerstein, trombone; Joachim Badenhorst, clarinet; Andrew Hadro, baritone sax; Dan Peck, tuba; Kris Davis, piano; John Hollenbeck, drums; Tom Rainey, drums)
Later that night, Tony Malaby presented his New Group, Novela, with improvised or notated music as conducted by the pianist Kris Davis. In its collapsing of structure and intuition it had roots in some older experimental jazz - Roscoe Mitchell, Butch Morris - but it was still strong and strange, properly bewildering. Ben Ratliff, NY Times
Reservations Recommended
Cover $15 http://www.tonymalaby.com

Sun Sep 05
8:30PM TONY MALABY'S NOVELA
(Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Ralph Alessi, trumpet; Michael Attias, alto saxophone; Ben Gerstein, trombone; Joachim Badenhorst, clarinet; Andrew Hadro, baritone sax; Dan Peck, tuba; Kris Davis, piano; Tom Rainey, drums)
Later that night, Tony Malaby presented his New Group, Novela, with improvised or notated music as conducted by the pianist Kris Davis. In its collapsing of structure and intuition it had roots in some older experimental jazz - Roscoe Mitchell, Butch Morris - but it was still strong and strange, properly bewildering. Ben Ratliff,NY Times
Cover $10 http://www.tonymalaby.com

Sun Sep 05
10:00PM TONY MALABY'S PALOMA RECIO
(Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Ben Monder, guitar; Eivind Opsvik, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums)
New music dedicated to an angel flying over the Iberian Peninsula by a quartet of omni-directionally improvising masters of ecstatic lyrical elasticity.
Cover $10 http:// www.tonymalaby.com
Mon Sep 06

8:30PM AMRAM AND COMPANY
(David Amram, piano, french horn, flutes, composition & surprises; Kevin Twigg, drums, glockenspiel; John de Witt, bass; Adam Amram, percussion; Joe Pacheco, poet)
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

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