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Four Women In Action

Texts by Jim Hoey and Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

Recently in New York City, listeners at places like The Stone and the Galapagos Art Space experienced a fresh wave of female artists passing through, artists that bring unique energy to their instruments and come ready to explore and expand on the vision they’ve formulated over time. The four women in action that are highlighted here are a sample of what you can encounter when you happen upon musicians that are definitely well along on their own artistic road, fighting to make a new sound, presenting a complete, challenging vision for your ears and eyes.

(courtesy of Helga Davis)

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Music listings – 4/19 through 4/25

1. Roberto’s invited you to “ELM Trio & Joe Lavano Quartet”

Date: Monday, April 12th, 2010
Time: 8pm, ELM Trio (Esperanza Spaulding – Bass, Leonardo Genovese – Keyboards, Francisco Mela – Drums), 10pm Joe Lovano Quartet (Joe Lovano – Saxophone, Esperanza Spalding – Bass, James Weidman – Piano, Francisco Mela – Drums, Judi Silvano – Voice)
Venue: Rosie O’Grady’s (149 West 46 Street, New York, NY 10036)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Jazz

2. Motoko Honda’s SoundEscape Project

Date: Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Time: 8pm – 9pm
Venue: The Stone (at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street, NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: contemporary and improve

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