Monday
Dec 03
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6:00PM
WRITERS READ
Gene Albertelli and Teresa Giordano, host
Fiction writers: Adele Glimm and Jackie Ariail
Poets: J. Mae Barizo and Deborah Flanagan
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
AMRAM & CO
David Amram, piano, french horn, flutes, composition & surprises;
Kevin Twigg, drums, glockenspiel;
John de Witt, bass;
Adam Amram, percussion;
John Ventimiglia, actor
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This series explores in his highly personable, generous and informal style the astonishing variety of David Amram's interests and accomplishments--renowned composer of symphonic classical music, jazz compositions, improvisation, spoken word, scat, he sits at the piano, schmoozes about music, about the greats, the beats, the obscure, the legendary; plays the French horn, pulls out all kinds of instruments (flutes, drums, horns) gathered from his many circumnavigations of the globe, pulls in guests drawn from just about every artistic walk of life.
Cover $10
www.davidamram.com
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Tuesday
Dec 04
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6:00PM
4 HORSEMEN POETRY
Bob Quatrone, host
Bob hosts an open mic and also "seeds" the list with poets he invites to attend. Among the invited open readers are Joel Lewis, Evie Ivy, Eve Packer, Najla Said, Jane Ormerod, Liza Wolsky, Michael Cook, Bob Heman, Linda Lerner, Boni Joi, Frank Simone, Bob Hart, Jay Chollick and Mike Logan and Jim Klein.
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
SPEAKEASY: STORIES FROM THE BACKROOM
Sherry Weaver, host
Mike Daisey;
Greg Walloch;
Michele Carlo;
Andy Christie;
Tracy Rowland;
Jean Michele Gregory
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SpeakEasy is . . .
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 $8
www.speakeasystories.com
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Wednesday Dec 05
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6:00PM
POETRY
Laure-Anne Bosselaar, host
Nickole Brown;
Deborah Landau
Nickole Brown, poet and long-time Marketing Director at Sarabande Books, will read from
SISTER, her remarkable debut collection
joining Nickole will be Deborah Landau, author of ORCHIDELIRIUM, which won the 2003 Anhinga Prize for Poetry.
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
4/FIVE-VI - SIGHTS+SOUNDS - MUSIC & FILM SERIES
Rob Henke, brass;
Alan Brady;
Jody Espina;
Bohdan Hilash, reeds;
Rolf Sturm, guitars;
Jim Whitney, bass;
w/ special guest Brian Dewan, performer & instrument designer
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Produced by the groundbreaking 4/Five-Vi ensemble, this series presents some of New York's most innovative
musicians in collaborative performances with visual media including film, video, and animation.
Wednesday's show will be a very special event. It opens with innovative performer and instrument-designer
Brian Dewan. He will begin the program with his unique filmstrip and film performances accompanied with original
music performed on instruments of his own design such as
the amazing Swarmatron and the Dual Primate Console..
For the evening's second part, 4/Five-Vi will perform a set of original composed and improvised music to films by Jan
Svankmajer, Harry Langdon, and Joanna Priestly among others. The evening's grand finale features Brian Dewan joining the
ensemble for a brief holiday-themed extravaganza.
Please come out and join us for this special series exploring the latest in creative music and imagery !
$10 / $7 students & AFM 802 members
www.4fivevi.com
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www.dewanatron.com
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Thursday
Dec 06
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6:00PM
ARTISTS’ SALON
Robin, Angelo, Poul, Valerie, and David, hosts
This is a monthly opportunity for artists associated with the cafe--from every genre and every generation, past, present, and future--to gather informally, schmooze, re-invent the world, and hoist a glass of quelque chose (the only kind of chose to hoist). Our glorious curators are present, you can buttonhole them to find out what's cooking, you can introduce yourself to other toilers in the vineyard, invent projects and discover collaborators. All are welcome.
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8:30PM
NAOKI IWANE QUINTET: CD RELEASE FEATURING GEORGE GARZONE
George Garzone, tenor saxophone;
Naoki Iwane, alto saxophone;
George Dulin, piano;
Chris Tordini, bass;
Tommy Crane, drums;
Kazu Ikeda, guitar
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CD Release for the album "Deserted Island" CD for What's New Records
"Altoist Naoki Iwane is a very original soloist with his own sound.... The final four numbers also have Garzone on tenor, with
lots of fiery fiery interplay between the two saxophonists. The music is both lyrical and quite unpredicatable, with quirky melody
lines, complex chord chnages and virtuoso improvising. Listeners who fear that there is nothing new to be heard in jazz these
days(which is quite inaccurate) are well advised to give Deserted Island a close listen. It does not sound like 1960's hard bop
to me."
LA JAZZ SCENE, July 2007, Scott Yanow
www.naokiiwane.com
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Friday
Dec 07
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6:00PM
SON OF PONY
Kathi Georges, host
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The Friday night legendary open mic poetry series.
Kathi will host a book release for her featured poet, "The Bass Player from Hand Job."
The Bass Player from Hand Job is the punk poet incarnation of a well-
known New York musical figure. He lives in the shadows observing and
watching, storing and processing, crunching numbers and making
calculations. Grinding it all out into a poetry so unique, you'll
rework your definition of the genre. At this special reading,
commemorating the anniversay of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, The Bass Player from Hand Job will be featuring material from his new book, Splitting Hairs.
Arrive before 6 pm to sign up.
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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9:00PM & 10:30PM
CHRIS LIGHTCAP GROUP
Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone;
Andrew D'angelo, alto saxophone;
Craig Taborn, piano;
Ted Poor, drums;
Chris Lightcap, bass, compositions
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"One of the bright lights of New York's younger players, the bassist has been fashioning a
group sound around a pair of tenor saxophonists for years. His writing can be
simultaneously demonstrative and reflective, an accomplishment that gives his music
emotional breadth."
-Jim Macnie, Village Voice
"A bassist-bandleader who's made some excellent records with two tenor saxophones out
front."
- Ben Ratliff, New York Times
"Bassist Chris Lightcap has worked alongside avant-minded mavericks such as Cecil
Taylor, Anthony Braxton, and Joe Morris, but he's also right at home in more mellifluous
units led by Regina Carter and Craig Taborn. perhaps that explains the infectious swagger
and fat grooves he brings to bear on Bigmouth (Fresh Sound New Talent), a playful bag of
tunes featuring saxists Tony Malaby and Bill McHenry and drummer Gerald Cleaver"
-Time Out New York
Cover $10
www.chrislightcap.com
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Saturday
Dec 08
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6:00PM
ITALIAN-AMERICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION
Maria Lisella, Jeanne Dickey, Gil Fagiani, hosts
Italian American Writers Association, featured readers Mary Cappello and Nick Matros, plus open mic, 5 minute limit.
Bring a friend, a relative, a poem, a story!
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
http://www.iawa.net
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9:00PM & 10:30PM
CHRIS LIGHTCAP GROUP
Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone;
Andrew D'angelo, alto saxophone;
Craig Taborn, piano;
Gerald Cleaver, drums;
Chris Lightcap, bass, compositions
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"One of the bright lights of New York's younger players, the bassist has been fashioning a
group sound around a pair of tenor saxophonists for years. His writing can be
simultaneously demonstrative and reflective, an accomplishment that gives his music
emotional breadth."
-Jim Macnie, Village Voice
"A bassist-bandleader who's made some excellent records with two tenor saxophones out
front."
- Ben Ratliff, New York Times
"Bassist Chris Lightcap has worked alongside avant-minded mavericks such as Cecil
Taylor, Anthony Braxton, and Joe Morris, but he's also right at home in more mellifluous
units led by Regina Carter and Craig Taborn. perhaps that explains the infectious swagger
and fat grooves he brings to bear on Bigmouth (Fresh Sound New Talent), a playful bag of
tunes featuring saxists Tony Malaby and Bill McHenry and drummer Gerald Cleaver"
-Time Out New York
Cover $10
www.chrislightcap.com
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Sunday
Dec 09
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6:00PM
SHEEP MEADOW PRESS
Margo Berdeshevsky
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"BUT A PASSAGE IN WILDERNESS"
Poems by Margo Berdeshevsky
Born in New York City, graduated from the High School of Performing Arts, attended Northwestern and New York Universities, quit for a role in her first Off Broadway play; trained as an actress by Lee Strasberg. Performed in world premieres of Harold Pinter's "The Basement" & "Tea Party," David Hare's "Slag," worked in the companies of Lincoln Center and Joseph Papp's Public Theatre, toured the USA as Ophelia, and was nominated for a television Emmy award, for a country western drama in which she had her head in an oven, but was saved by a neighbor who prayed for her.
MARGO BERDESHEVSKY'S first collection of poetry, "But A Passage In Wilderness," will be released in December 2007 by The Sheep Meadow Press, She has been a recipient of the Robert H. Winner Award from the Poetry Society of America (selected by Marie Ponsot,) 4 Pushcart Prize nominations, the Chelsea Poetry Award, Kalliope's Sue Saniel Elkind Award, places in the Pablo Neruda and Ann Stanford Awards (selected by Yusef Komunyakaa,) and Border's Books/ Honolulu Magazine Grand Prize for Fiction. Recent exhibitions of her "visual poems" were in Paris and in Hawaii. Her "Tsunami Notebook" was made following a journey to Sumatra in Spring 2005, to work in a survivors' clinic in Aceh. She is currently living in Paris.
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
DUDLEY DEAN'S DIAMOND DEUCE & MOTH
Patrick Breiner, saxophone;
Ben Greenberg, guitar;
Ben Gerstein, trombone;
Sam Hillmer, tenor saxophone
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Dudley Dean's Diamond Deuce
was formed in Spring 2007 by Saxophonist Patrick Breiner and Guitarist Ben Greenberg. After meeting at
the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in 2003 the twosome began to play together in a quintet called Rickshaw
Mama. It was around this time that Ben tried to convince Patrick that listening to Alkaline Trio and Fall Out Boy was a bad idea.
Patrick, in turn, tried to convince Ben that smoking cigs and drinking Sparks were bad ideas. They both, however, agreed that
playing the music of Thelonious Monk was a very good idea. After their World Premier as a duo at the Lily Pad in Cambridge,
MA in Spring 2007, they recorded 15 Monk compositions in Ben's living room. Expect lots of classic and lesser known Monk
tunes, wild improvisation, treble, and even some original music from this duo in the future.
www.myspace.com/PatrickBreinerMusic
MOTH
Freely-improvised duets inspired by music, arts, letters, movements, spirits, vibes and nature from all over the world.
"(MOTH) plays free improv with a laserlike focus. The duo's brief sets are miniclinics in the art of taut, agile interplay - in which
deep listening and blazing reflexes start to seem almost magical."
- Time Out New York, November 2006
www.bengerstein.com
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Monday
Dec 10
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6:00PM
MONOLOGUES & MADNESS
Tulis McCall, host
Our resident monologist and most excellent actor, Tulis McCall, hosts
MONOLOGUES AND MADNESS – Actors reading original monologues without a net.
YOU ARE INVITED BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE:
· You're an actor looking for a new monologue.
· You're a writer looking for an actor for that new monologue.
· You have a monologue that you have written and want to read.
· You know that theatre makes the word go round, and that really good theatre begins with extraordinary packets of ordinary words.
CONTACT Tulis for a slot - or just come listen. tulis@tulismccall.com
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
COMPOSERS COLLABORATIVE: SERIAL UNDERGROUND
Jed Distler, host
Guy Klucevsek, accordion/voice;
Rima Fand , violin;
Michael Lowenstern , bass clarinet;
Barbara Merjan, percussion;
Eileen Mack, clarinet/voice;
Jody Redhage , cello/voice;
Jonathan Shapiro, vibraphone
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Jerome Kitzke & friends – Guy Klucevsek (accordion/vox), Rima Fand (violin), Michael Lowenstern (bass clarinet), and
Barbara Merjan (percussion) – perform Kitzke’s music with the composer at the piano and vocalizing. Program includes:
Breath and Bone (1996) for accordion and vox, She Left in the Crow-Black Night (2003) for bass clarinet, The Animist Child
(1994) for toy piano and vox, The Green Automobile (2000) for piano and vox with text by Allen Ginsberg, and The Big
Gesture (1987) for violin, bass clarinet and percussion. Kitzke’s music has long attracted new music’s heavy hitters for its
visceral immediacy and far-ranging expressive impact.
Y Trio – Eileen Mack (clarinet, vox), Jody Redhage (cello, vox), and Jonathan Shapiro (vibraphone) – Serial Underground
ensemble-in-residence, performs Listlessness by Eric km Clark, 11218 by Jody Redhage and a new work by Jonathan
Shapiro. These young musicians mesh to the max with playful precision.
Cover charge:
$15 general, $10 stu/sr
w/ One drink minimum.
Advance sale discounts available from Composers Collaborative.
Box Office: 212-663-1967
www.composerscollab.org
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December 03-December 10, 2007 
