The Concert and Clinic is Sponsored by Ton Kooiman Woodwind Ergonomics.

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An evening of Steven Sondheim's music, featuring Mindy Cassle & Debbie Feinstein, with Bill Waldinger on piano.
 Cover $14 (includes one house drink)

Ed Schuller began his professional career began in 1975, and has worked consistently as a jazz bassist, despite the pressures of being the oldest son of music legend and jazz historian Gunther Schuller. A student of jazz icons Jaki Byard, George Russell, Joe Maneri, Ran Blake, and Chuck Israels, Mr Schuller embarked on his first national tour at age 20 with guitarist Pat Martino. Since then, he has been one of the international scene 's most respected bassists, with over 60 sideman recordings to his credit, including four with the innovative Paul Motian Quintet, Joe Lovano's award-winning Rush Hour, and the Ran Blake Trio's critically acclaimed Sonic Temples in 2001.

Barry Altschul, is a crucial figure in contemporary jazz since the 1970s, and has contributed his sensitive accompaniment to projects by Dave Holland, Chick Corea, and Anthony Braxton, to name a few, in addition to his own projects. He gained fame in the late 1960s with the pianists Paul Bley and Chick Corea playing in the "outside" style of jazz that had been evolving steadily since the innovations of Cecil Taylor, and Ornette Coleman. His first major gig in the late 1960s was with Paul Bley's trio. In 1969 he joined with Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Anthony Braxton to form the famous group CIRCLE. At the time, he made use of a high-pitched Gretch kit with add-on drums and percussion instruments, which he integrated seamlessly in a whirlwind of sound. No one sounded quite like him at the time, and his nuclear energy served him well when he teamed up with Sam Rivers and Anthony Braxton throughout the 1970s.
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After sideman work with everyone from Ben Riley to Slick Rick, Ben Cassorla decided it was time to work on his own thing. So he spent hours and days slouched over an upright piano in Harlem writing. And now his debut album was released on the Engine Studios imprint in September 2007.

www.cassorlaband.com
www.myspace.com/cassorla

Cassorla's album is filled with musical emotion.
—Kenny Burrell

10PM 5 POINT PERSPECTIVE

5 Point Perspective is made up of a group of musicians that have been working together in many different bands for several years. This band enables the musicians to stretch their creative sides over various musical styles, interspersed with improvisations, throughout the set. The bands alto player and leader, Nick Kadajski, composes most of the music but all members contribute to the shaping of the music.

www.myspace.com/5pointperspective
 Cover $10

Four Across is an exciting jazz quartet focused on creating new improvised music. The group skillfully blends influences from organic folk melody, Latin and New Orleans grooves, contemporary classical music to Klezmer, while maintaining roots within traditional jazz. The four members met while studying at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where they played together in a variety of musical settings. The members have performed at festivals and jazz venues in Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Panama, Canada, The Netherlands and Japan, as well as across the United States.
 Cover $10   www.myspace.com/fouracross

"While the jazz ethos is universal, Komeda's music distills the essence of Poland and pours it into the jazz bottle. Widely acclaimed as one of the prime creators of modern European jazz, Komeda's relatively short career had an enormous impact that is still being felt."
- Budd Kopmann/allaboutjazz.com

While best known for his haunting soundtracks to Roman Polanski films, the Polish pianist and composer made plenty of music that commands full engagement. This quintet explores that rich musical terrain.
- - New York Times/June2007

Among music fans, jazz people typically possess an exaggerated need for new stimuli. To hear something that has not been heard before is their endless quest. They are hereby directed to "Crazy Girl" by the Komeda Project. My admiration for the album continued to grow as I listened to it.

I think it is one of the strongest albums I have heard this year - and I get a LOT of albums in the mail! Performance: 4 Stars
- - Thomas Conrad/Stereophile Magazine/July2007

A very exciting project. The excitement, energy and the logical yet free structure of Komeda's work is readily apparent in the arrangements and playing. ... these tracks are not meant to be museum pieces, but rather a reaction in the present to the very core of Komeda's music. A wonderful introduction to the musical world of Krzysztof Komeda. Highly recommended.
- - Budd Kopman/allaboutjazz.com
 Cover $10   www.komedaproject.com

Jackie is back to feature Ellen Bass.

In 1973, Ellen Bass co-edited the groundbreaking book, No More Masks!, the first major anthology of women's poetry. Since then she's published several poetry books, including Mules of Love which won the Lambda Literary Award and The Human Line just published in June by Copper Canyon Press, as well as best-selling non-fiction, including The Courage to Heal. Among her other awards are a Pushcart Prize, The Pablo Neruda Prize, and the Larry Levis Prize. She teaches in Santa Cruz, CA and in the MFA program at Pacific University.

Arrive before 6 pm to sign up.

 Cover $7 (includes one house drink)

Now he is back in the West Village leading his own group!
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