1. Xalam Project + The Mast + Jam session

Date: Monday, January 2, 2012
Time: 7pm – 9pm (jam session 9pm -10pm)
Venue: PIANOS (158 Ludlow St., New York, NY 10002)
Ticket: donation
Genre: Middle Eastern music/oud music

Brandon Terzic is an up and coming oud virtuoso who has not only gotten a firm hold on the tradition, but has begun to add to the language and contexts of the instrument. He leads an outstanding lineup of musicians and they will be bringing there world/jazz stylings to the Pianos.
The Lineup:
BrandonTerciz,  Oud
Sylvain Leroux,  Sax and Fulani Flute
Matt Kilmer, Percussion
John Shannon, Guitar
Chris Mees, Bass

The Mast “A promising new Brooklyn duo comprised of mesmerizing singer-guitarist Haale and limber percussionist Matt Kilmer.”
-TimeOut NY
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1. Lukas Ligeti’s Benefit of Clergy

Date: Wednesday, Decemember 14 , 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: Café Orwell (247 Varet St., in Bushwick, Brooklyn by the Morgan Ave. L-Train stop)
Ticket: free
Genre: nu Jazz/improv

Lukas Ligeti (Vienna, Austria) is a composer and percussionist. His work incorporates elements of jazz, contemporary classical, and various world musics. For this show he invited Hannis Brown (voice, electronics, etc.), Hypercolor: Eyal Maoz (guitar) and James Ilgenfritz (bass). He is playing on the drums.

2. The Irondale Center presents Issue Project Room “Vidas Perfectas”

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1. Rez Abbasi: INVOCATION

Date: Tuesday & Wednesday, December 6 – 7, 2011
Time: 7:30 & 9:30 pm
Venue: JAZZ STANDARD  (116 East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016-8942, 212-576-2232)
Ticket: $20
Genre: Nu Jazz

Born in Karachi, Pakistan, raised in Southern California, and a New Yorker for the past 18 years, Rez Abbasi has been hailed as one of the most talented and adventurous guitarists in jazz today. As a sideman, he has performed with American artists ranging from Ruth Brown to Marilyn Crispell, and with such major Indian musicians as Pandit Kadri Gopalnath and Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. This much-anticipated JAZZ STANDARD appearance celebrates the 11/8 release of Invocation (Enja Records),the artist’s 8th career album as a leader; and the show features the disc’s all–star cast including alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, pianist Vijay Iyer, and drummer Dan Weiss. “Coltrane, Ellington and Gillespie all immersed themselves into music from around the world and then brought it back home,” says Rez Abbasi. “If I can have that kind of unifying affect, I’ve succeeded!”

Rez Abbasi – guitar
Rudresh Mahanthappa – alto saxophone
Vijay Iyer – piano
Johannes Weidenmueller – bass
Dan Weiss – drums
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1. Red Baraat w. Gato Loco, My Pet Dragon

Date: Monday, November 28, 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: BROOKLYN BOWL (61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211, 718-963-3369)
Ticket: $5
Genre: Bhangara/New Orleans Jazz

In just over two short years, the pioneering Brooklyn dhol and brass party juggernaut RED BARAAT have become known as one of the best live bands playing anywhere. Led by dhol player Sunny Jain, the nine piece (comprised of dhol ((double-sided barrel shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder)) drumset, percussion, sousaphone, and 5 horns melds the infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with a host of sounds, namely funk, go-go, latin, and jazz.

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1. Azam Ali

Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Time: 7pm
Venue: The Graduate Center The Graduate Center Elebash Hall  (365 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10016, Ph: 212.817.8215)
Ticket: $25
Genre: oriental music

The Iranian-born, Indian-raised Azam Ali has one of the most seductive and effortlessly disciplined contemporary voices. Sublimely interpreted through ultra-modern beats and ambient drones, the traditional and contemporary songs of this unique vocalist smolder with dreamy longing and express the grief of exiles. They also soar with a keen edge of hope. She has already recorded three solo albums. Her new CD, From Night to the Edge of Day (released by Six Degrees Records), explores Iranian, Turkish, Lebanese, and Kurdish lullabies. As lead singer with Niyaz, an Iranian musical trio, she collaborates in creating acoustic electronic music for the 21st century. She has also worked with, among others, the percussionist Mickey Hart, and the rock bands System of a Down, Nine Inch Nails, and King Crimson. For the Live@365 concert, she is accompanied by Ramin Loga Torkian on lafta, a Turkish lute, and kamaan, a bowed lute; Nasser Musa Janinion on the oud, a plucked lute; MISSING NAME on percussion; and Sheila Hanigin on cello. This event is part of the new world music series Live@365.

2. DAWOUD

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Awa Sangho/Daniel Moreno and NSEO with Madina Bah

Date: Friday, November 18, 2011
Time:  7:30pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: $15
Genre: West African Pops

Awa Sangho was born in 1972 in Bamako, Mali. She spent her childhood in Dire in Mali, raised by her grandmother. She joined her family in Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast, in 1980 and quickly became immersed in its music scene, absorbing the Bete influences. In 1988, she joined L’Ensemble Koteba D’Abidjan, and toured around the world, mastering the band’s theatrical style of chants and dance. Soon after, she formed the renowned female band Les Go De Koteba, where she tapped into her roots of authentic, modern African music. Her extraordinary voice lent itself well to interpreting the moving Sahelien lyrics and polyphonies of the countryside. Sangho continues to flourish and gain musical maturity as she carries on the traditions of L’Ensemble Koteba D’Abidjan. Read More

1. Red Baraat w. REBEL DIAZ & The KOMINAS

Date: Monday, November 7, 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: BROOKLYN BOWL (61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211, 718-963-3369)
Ticket: $5
Genre: Bhangara/New Orleans Jazz

In just over two short years, the pioneering Brooklyn dhol and brass party juggernaut RED BARAAT have become known as one of the best live bands playing anywhere. Led by dhol player Sunny Jain, the nine piece (comprised of dhol ((double-sided barrel shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder)) drumset, percussion, sousaphone, and 5 horns melds the infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with a host of sounds, namely funk, go-go, latin, and jazz.

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Date: SATURDAY OCTOBER 22 @ 5:00 PM

Venue: New York Society for Ethical Culture (2 West 64 Street (CPW/Columbus), NYC
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1. Shinji Masuko (of DMBQ / Boredoms) w. The Returners+Man Forever

Date: Monday, October 10, 2011
Time: 9pm
Venue: The Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211, Tel: 347-529-6696)
Ticket: $60-$70
Genre: psychedelic rock

Categories cannot contain Shinji Masuko. He’s the founder of DMBQ – one of Japan’s greatest modern psychedelic bands, a respected music and comic reviewer, an astonishing guitarist and a master guitar builder. He’s also been a member of the Boredoms since 2004, having designed and built their notorious seven neck guitar (the Sevena) while acting as the band’s principle guitarist.

2. Akiko Yano and Marc Ribot

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1. The Quiet City

Date: Monday, October 3, 2011
Time: 8pm – 11pm (3 sets)
Venue: The Counting Room (44 Berry St. @ N. 11th, Brooklyn, NY)
Ticket: free
Genre: Jazz

The Quiet City pays tribute to one of New York’s greatest Jazz heroes, the late Michael Brecker.  One of the most prolific and most recorded musicians of all time, Michael Brecker was far more than just one of Jazz music’s greatest innovators.  Recording as a sideman with such artists as Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa and Paul Simon amongst many, many more, Brecker’s performances have reached across all genres of music.  With a catalogue of recordings that reads like a list of music’s all-time greatest hits, there is no doubt that the music world suffered a huge loss when Brecker succumbed to his battle with Lukemia in 2007.  Brecker was 57 years old.  Every Monday beginning October 3rd, The Quiet City will explore the music he recorded both as a bandleader as well as a sideman.

2. Oran Etkin

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