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

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

Last February Ryan Blotnick released his debut album for a packed house at Cornelia St. Now he is back with a new project that has just recorded his second album for Songlines, featuring Belgian clarinetist Joachim Badenhorst of the Han Bennink Trio, and drum legend Jeff Williams. The audience can expect much of the "lyrical, almost nostalgic tone" of Blotnick's first project, but with a new palette of effects, vamp, drones, and Bass Clarinet.

"Guitarist Ryan Blotnick plays with a warm tone, a relaxed cadence and a smart but unassuming air. Born and reared in Maine, he is now based in Brooklyn. On his engagingly pensive debut, Music Needs You (Songlines), Mr. Blotnick presents a handful of original compositions. There's a sense of something natural unfolding as he and his band mates elaborate on his themes."
- Nate Chinen, New York Times, 3/7/08

- more info: www.ryanblotnick.com

10:30pm Michael Blake Band

Blake's new band emphasizes a passion for modern blues with soul and abstract lyricism.

"If musicians like Blake can rescue the real mainstream from the hands --and mouths -- of re-creators, they can continue to prove that there's still a lot that can be created from evolutionary, as well as revolutionary, music."
Ken Waxman, Jazz Weekly.com

- more info: www.michaelblake.net

$10 per set, or $15 for the whole evening

Fishbeyn is the mother of two Emperors in diapers, a recent graduate of the MFA program from New School University, in the throes of her first novel.
 Cover $7 (includes one house drink)   www.annafishbeyn.homestead.com/index.html

“Bass whiz”
-Casey Rea, Seven Days (VT)
 Cover $10   www.robduguay.com