* Cover is given where known * There is a one-drinkminimum per set * Reservations for shows downstairs can only be made by phone:212-989-9319
Arrive before 6 pm to sign up.
Featured Poets: Lissa Moira and Richard West
Lissa Moira is a multiple-award winning New York City playwright, screenwriter director, actor, poet and artist. The musical adaptation of one of her plays, co-written with long time collaborator Richard West, Who Murdered Love (a satirical DaDa surreally-serious romp of a murder mystery, set in 1924 New York and Paris) will open at Theatre for the New City on March 5.
Richard West is a recovering dreamer and world traveler, and an award-winning writer, musician and actor. He had a radio career on the West Coast (KPFA, KSAM), did a Manhattan Cable TV show (That's More Like It) and has performed his original satirical and serious songs and East-West exotic fusion music all over the East Coast. Cover $7 (includes one house drink) www.lissamoira.com
Saxophonist George Garzone is a member of The Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti, A veteran jazzman, Garzone has appeared on over 20 recordings. In addition Garzone has guested in many situations, touring Europe with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and performing with Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, Jack DeJohnette, Rachel Z and John Patitucci among others.
Based in Perth, Western Australia, Jamie Oehlers, was named Australian Jazz Musician of the Year at the 2007 Bell Awards, as well as winning the Best Jazz Release category and is now coordinator of Jazz Studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
Besides being a more than very creative musician, composer and bandleader, drummer Ari Hoenig is also a most sought-after sideman. Hear and read more at www.arihoenig.com.
Bassist Pater Slavov has played with George Garzone in many different constellations since he moved from Helsinki to Boston in 1999. He now resides in New York.
Only 20 years old, Nick Sanders, a jazz pianist from New Orleans, knows George from The New England Conservatory of Music, where he currently studies. Look out for something fresh!! Cover $10 www.georgegarzone.com , www.jamieoehlers.com
"Last year was a banner year for Anat Fort, but from the looks of things it was only the beginning. Folks are still talking about A Long Story, her ECM Records debut, and for good reason: She�\'s become a charmingly meditative player and composer...." K. Leander Williams, Time Out NY Cover $10 www.anatfort.com , www.myspace.com/anatfort
Jamie brings his dynamic Australian quartet to Cornelia St Café for a rare performance. Not to be missed! www.jamieoehlers.com
“The most abundantly gifted of pianists” - The Times of London
Although many jazz musicians are also trained classical musicians, it is unusual for a musician to manage successful careers in both fields. Pianist Simon Mulligan certainly has. At the age of 19 he recorded his first classical CD under the direction of Yehudi Menuhin, with whom he was later to successfully work. Since that time he has produced 15 highly regarded CD's, and has established himself as a soloist and chamber musician, with recitals and concerto appearances at many of the world’s major concert halls. Intriguingly, Simon's jazz credentials and improvisational abilities are equally as strong, as is his composing work, which includes numerous compositions for both TV and Film. His recent signing to Sony Masterworks will see the release later this year of ‘Playlist’ – an album of original compositions with his UK-based jazz quartet. Cover $10 www.SimonMulligan.com
A new twist on the ancient tradition of oral history.
SpeakEasy is people telling stories-- true stories. Period. No scripts. No crib notes. No rehearsals. SpeakEasy has a dynamic and constantly changing cast of storytellers that include such greats as Mike Daisey, Jonathan Ames, and Reno, along with homemakers, lawyers, dog walkers, street magicians and writers
You never know what you'll hear. So join us for what could be a life changing experience!
Cover $10 www.speakeasystories.com
Charlotte Mandel will read from her seventh book of poetry titled ROCK VEIN SKY, listed as a Best New Poetry Book for Fall 2008 by Mendocino Review. She edited the Eileen W. Barnes Award anthology, SATURDAY’S WOMEN, and teaches poetry writing at Barnard College Center for Research on Women. Cover $7 (includes one house drink)
Now in its 9th year, The Songwriter's Beat is New York's premiere performing songwriter series. Hosted and founded by Valerie Ghent, four up-and-coming songwriters perform new material in a supportive and intimate atmosphere.
This month's Songwriter's Beat features:
Robert Hill http://www.roberthillband.com/
Tabitha Fair myspace.com/tabithafair
Joe Travers www.joetravers.net
Joe Cerisano myspace.com/joecerisano
Founded in 2000, The Songwriter's Beat has presented over 250 songwriters from the Tri-State area as well as visiting songwriters from other parts of the United States, Canada, France, the UK, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Cuba and Japan. Every third Wednesday of the month, four songwriters of varying musical styles perform original songs and are encouraged to try out their newest material and arrangements. The series culminates in a week-long songwriters festival each July, featuring performers from throughout the years.
The Songwriter's Beat welcomes songwriters from around the world, so when planning your trip to New York, allow time for The Songwriter's Beat!
The Songwriter's Beat is honored to receive support from The ASCAP Foundation.
Cover $10 songwritersbeat.com , valghent.com
Richard Milazzo is an art critic, curator, poet and publisher. Among his most recent books are Saint Clair Cemin: Sculptor from Cruz Alta (New York, Brent Sikkema Editions, 2005), Along the Hudson (Tokyo, Tokyo Publishing House, 2006), The Paintings of Ross Bleckner (Brussels, Editions Alain Noirmhomme, 2007), Il Facchino di Venezia (Venice, Sotoportego Editore, 2007), Green Nights / Golgotha / Love’s Quarrel (Belgrade, Dossier, 2007), and Stone Dragon Bridge (Modena, Emilio Mazzoli Editore, 2007).
Farid Nassif’s published material includes “Joseph Skibinski,” an account of a Vietnam vet turned butcher that came out in SILO, a Vermont literary journal. His short story, “SinSin,” an account of a New York bar fight, was also published in SILO. He worked alongside the editor-in-chief of Data News Weekly (New Orleans) in 1998, where he published “Lorraine Hansberry: Young, Gifted, and Black,” a preview article on New Orleans entertainment. In Los Angeles, Farid wrote, composed and arranged an original CD of music produced by George Landress at Emily’s Basement Records. He has performed professionally as a writer and musician in live venues such as Genghis Cohen, Molly Malone’s, Birds (in Los Angeles), Cheers (Boston), and Café Lika (Manhattan) to name a few. Farid has recently completed his first collection of short stories.
Bill Zavatsky, tonight’s m.c., recently published Where X Marks the Spot, poems (Hanging Loose Press) and with Ron Padgett co-translated The Poems of A. O. Barnabooth by Valery Larbaud (Black Widow Press). Cover $7 (includes one house drink)
Noemi has worked with such diverse artists as Yair Dalal, Allan Zavod (ex Frank Zappa) and the Chicago Oriental String Orchestra, in collaboration with Internationally acclaimed visual and installation artists such as Heri Dono and Nimrod Weis of Eness, and back home, with the Melbourne Ballet Company. Think Bjork or Portishead, hyper transferred by dream onto a camel trail, en route to a 14th century Parisian tavern....
Jocelyn Medina Jocelyn sang a capella with the Berklee Vocal Jazz Ensemble as well as the Stanford Harmonics, recording their BOCA (Best Of Collegiate Acapella)-award winning CD Escalator Music. She toured Europe and the West Coast with Stanford Chamber Chorale, contributing to the recording of their CD My Spirit Sang All Day. She toured New England with the Boston-based reggae group the Joint Chiefs, sharing the stage with reggae legends such as Marcia Griffiths and The Mad Professor, in addition to recording their album No Boundary. While in Boston Jocelyn also played and sang with the Dagbe Percussion Ensemble and Berklee West African Dance and Drum Ensemble, making a series of presentations and performances throughout the East Coast. Shes sung in jazz groups of varying size throughout New York, Massachusetts and California, including performances with the Cats and Jammers Jazz Band in the Sacramento Jazz Festival. Her most recent U.S appearances have been at NY venues such as 55 Bar, Lincoln Center, and Makor, in addition to a performance at Carnegie Hall with Calpulli Music of Mexico. www.noemiliba.com , www.jocelynmedina.com
And Eve's featured poet is Anselm Berrigan.
Cover $7 (includes one house drink)
Cover is given where known Many spoken words events are free There is always a one-drink minimum per set; times are door opening times
January 16-January 23, 2009 
