jazz/improv
7-9 pm
$10 donation
JORRIT DYJKSTRA &
THE CALLITHUMPIAN CONSORT presents
Steve Drury ~ piano
Southern Strategy Tour, and a Wolff at the door
featuring JORIIT DYJKSTRA – lyricon and others TBA
This series was established to present programs that explore the crossroads between composition and improvisation in an informal atmosphere conducive to the enjoyment of both aficionados and new listeners alike.
Production: Jorrit Dikstra, http://callithumpian.org
guitar mysticism
9:30 – 12am
$12 donation
(pix)
rob chalfen &
subconsciouscafe new chamber music
presents
GLENN JONES & HARRIS NEWMAN
Harris Newman has contributed to hundreds of Montreal-based recordings over the years, as both as musician and mastering engineer, including recent appearances on albums by Hangedup, Esmerine, Thalia Zedek, and Hrsta, as well his second solo album for Strange Attractors Audio House, Accidents with Nature and Each Other. Newman is joined on this recording (and at select live appearances) by percussionist Bruce Cawdron and lap-steeler Sandro Perri. His new album continues his unorthodox approach to fingerstyle acoustic guitar, deconstructing and interweaving multiple genres into his own unique voice.
on the web — http://www.harrisnewman.com
for printable images:
http://www.harrisnewman.com/graphics.html
for new album press release:
http://www.harrisnewman.com/harrisnewman_SAAH029_pressrelease.pdf
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GLENN JONES
Since 1989, Glenn Jones has led Boston’s “avant-garage” instrumental rock band, Cul de Sac, whose musical adventures are documented on 10 albums, including a soundtrack for cult-director Roger Corman (The Strangler’s Wife, 2003), and collaborations with guitarist John Fahey (The Epiphany of Glenn Jones, 1996), and former Can vocalist Damo Suzuki (Abhayamudra, 2004).
In 2001, Glenn began playing acoustic guitar, which he hadn’t touched in more than a decade, and the two most recent Cul de Sac studio albums (including the rapturously received Death of the Sun, 2003) have featured as much of his acoustic guitar as his electric.
A 30-plus-year devotee of the so-called “Takoma school,” Jones has written extensively on the label’s two leading lights: John Fahey, with whom he was friends for nearly 25 years, and Robbie Basho, who befriended Jones in the last five years of his life.
With former Takoma label guitarist Peter Lang — along with Michael Gulezian, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Henry Kaiser, Gary Lucas, Tony Conrad and others — Jones performed at sold-out concerts honoring John Fahey in New York City and San Francisco shortly after Fahey’s death in 2001.
In June 2004, Jones released his first solo acoustic guitar album, This Is the Wind That Blows It Out, for the Strange Attractors Audio House label. He followed it up with month-long tour of Europe with guitarist Jack Rose, including appearances on The John Peel Show and The Wire’s ‘Resonance.’
REVIEWS:
“Gorgeous, luminous . . . scored across a series of open tunings, which he threads with beautiful rolling melodies, his slide work sounding like the flutter of tiny metal butterflies. . . . One of the best of the recent deluge.” —David Keenan, The Wire
”. . . a thing of beauty that should appeal to all lovers of acoustic guitar, whether they play or not.” —Keith Briggs, Blues, Rhythm & the Gospel Truth
”. . . a kind of sensory magic at work. . . . It’s all done with a natural, unforced feel devoid of flash and etched in slow detail so every nuance of his vibrato and tone can be absorbed. Really, the right word is ‘felt,’ since these instrumental compositions all have genuine emotional resonance, no slight accomplishment.” —Ted Drozdowski, Boston Phoenix
Production: Rob Chalfen
jazz/groove
7-9 pm
$7 donation
SESROH
Ken Quan – drums
Pete Lalish – guitar
Adam Minkoff – bass
W/ Special Guests TBA
Production: Ken Quan – kenquan@hotmail.com
jazz/imrov
7-9 pm
$10 donation
Featuring:
Joe Maneri, reeds and poetry
David G. Haas, piano
Yi-Chen Chang, violin and ethnic instruments
Marc Riordan, drums
JoAnn DiSalvo Haas, poetry
For more information on the performers (see bios)
BIOS ARE:
JOE MANERI is a distinguished faculty member at the New England
Conservatory, teaching harmony, counterpoint, composition, saxaphone,
improvisation and microtonal theory and composition. His class, unique in
the United States, has a national reputation and frequently has overflowing
enrollment. Overwhelming interest in his class let to the founding of the
Boston Microtonal Society, a non-profit organization promoting the study and
performance of microtones. As a soloist Joe has performed Greek, Syrian,
Jewish and Turkish music on clarinet and saxaphone. He has written tunes
and subsequent improvisations, Greek melodies and rhythms,and twelve-tone
compositional ideas. He has recorded with the Joe Maneri Quartet over
seventeen albums on Leo Records, HatArt and ECM records. He also is a very
gifted poet.
DAVID G. HAAS is a versatile composer and pianist with varied experience.
In addition to composing original music for JD HAAS PRODUCTIONS, David has
written music for theatre productions of The Seagull, Hamlet, Dinaya, and
Thumbelina. His music has been produced internationally in the United
States, Russia, the Ukraine and Bermuda. David has also produced original
music on Wisconsin’s PBS network, Cape Cod’s WOMR Theatre of the Air and on
Cable TV in various cities nationwide. David’s strongest influences have
been blues and jazz with classical references and a taste for mid-late 20th
century harmonies. David studies with Joe Maneri. He has also earned a
Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he
was influenced by Cecil Taylor. He has studied at the Kodaly Institute in
Hartford, Connecticut, as well as the Sessione Senese per la Musica e l’
Arte in Sienna, Italy.
YI-CHEN CHANG is a Taiwanese born multi-instrumentalist, on the violin,
piano, and a number of Chinese and Turkic ethnic instruments. Chang came to
Boston in 2000 and studied violin with Marylou Churchill at the New England
Conservatory. In 2002, she continued studying jazz and improvisation,
composition, and ethnic music in the NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation
department. Her teachers include Ran Blake, Allan Chase, Michael Gandolfi,
Joe Maneri, Karim Mohammed, and Hankus Netsky. Chang holds a double Master
degree in Contemporary Improvisation and Classical Performance. Recently,
Chang discovered and began studying Uyghur music from Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region in China.
MARC RIORDAN is a drummer who began performing in Boston clubs and
performance spaces at the age of sixteen. Since then he has performed with
Steve Lacy, Joe Morris, Stephen Haynes, Allan Chase, Dominique Eade, Stan
Strickland, and others. In 2004, Marc Riordan completed a B.M. in Jazz
Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. He is now living in
the Boston area. In addition to keeping a regular performance schedule, he
is co-organizer of the Monday Night Music concert series, a weekly workshop
of all types of music, at the Artists-at-Large Gallery in the Hyde Park
neighborhood of Boston.
JOANN DISALVO HAAS is a lyricist and vocalist who also composes music for
JD HAAS PRODUCTIONS. JoAnn has composed an original musical “Believe in
Your Self , more recently produced as “A Lion’s Tale”. She was awarded the
Editor’s Choice Award by the National Library of Poetry in 1996. JoAnn’s
education includes private study with faculty members in voice, composition
and piano at the Longy School of Music and New England Conservatory.
drawing class
10:30 – 1 pm
$10 donation
LIFE DRAWING
every sunday @ zeitgeist
Production: Hans Rickheit
contemporary composer series
1:30 - 2:30 pm
$5 donation, includes refreshments
MADHATTER’S TEA AND PIANO PARTY ANNOUNCES :
“Behind the Scenes: Composers at the Keyboard”
Curated by Composer/Pianist and Tufts University Professor John McDonald
feature: Young Pianist Danny Holt presents new compositions by emerging composers Caleb Burhans, Lona Kozik, and Jascha Narveson plus works by Grahan Fitkin and David Lang.
Production: John Mcdonald
jazz
7-9 pm
$8 donation
GEORGE GARZONE/LELLO MOLINARI DUO
GEORGE GARZONE – tenor sax
LELLO MOLINARI - piano
Production: Lello Molinari 617.325.7338
jazz
9:30 – 12 am
$7 donation
Boston Jazz Composers Collective
.
The BJCC is founded by Gabriel Birnbaum, and includes local composers and musicians currently between the ages of 16 and 23.The series will consist of concerts of new music the first Sunday of every month. There will be many different bands made up of BJCC members (and even some non-members) playing over the coming months.
Production: Gabriel Birnbaum
jazz/groove
7-9 pm
$7 donation
SESROH
Ken Quan – drums
Pete Lalish – guitar
Adam Minkoff – bass
W/ Special Guests TBA
Production: Ken Quan
jazz
10:00 – 12:30
$10 donation
the zeitgeist residency of
THE FRINGE !
jazz combo deluxe
George Garzone – tenor sax
John Lockwood – bass
Bob Gullotti –drums
Production: Bob Gullotti – 781.899.9382
perf/po
7-9pm
$5 donation
THE ANARCHIST COFFEHOUSE will be composed of performers who can play 2 songs or 10 minutes each. Performers will sign up at the beginning of the show around 9pm. Musicians, poets, etc. are welcome. There will be a direct box for guitar/bass and there is also a grand piano. This will also be a gathering for folks to help design the new basement clubhouse / lounge / bookstore / printing center. The Druid Pub is located right next door and is a great place to have a drink before you stop in. Please come and share your talent and bring friends.
Production: Joe Ball
perf/caff
9:00 – 12am
$5 donation
the anarchist coffeehouse
Production: Joe Ball
evening show
Art/Pop/Electro Duo
5-10pm
FREE
Fischerspooner Release Party
Inspired by the success of their salon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Fischerspooner are showing reproductions of the art and photography on display in the NY Salon in four additional cities nationwide (Chicago, Boston, LA and San Francisco) to celebrate the release of their new album Odyssey. Each event will feature art and photography pieces that inspired Odyssey, including photographs from Casey Spooner and design by Gareth Hague at Alias Design UK. The salon will also be an opportunity to hear the new album in its entirety.
Production: Danny@cornerstonepromotion.com
Nina Isabella - nina@cornerstonepromotion.com
gypsy jazz
7-9 pm
$10 donation
AMERANOUCHE!
Richard “Shepp” Sheppard – lead guitar
Andrew Jalbert – rhythm guitar
Harlan Rollins - acoustic upright bass
Ameranouche!!!, a gypsy jazz trio from New Hampshire bring their hot acoustic swing music to the Zeitgeist Gallery. The trio, led by virtuoso guitarist Richard “Shepp” Sheppard, plays a mix of fast and slow standards and original compositions in the style of Django Reinhardt and the gypsies of Europe.
The genre of Gypsy Jazz began when Belgian-born guitarist Django Reinhardt fused the French waltzes and traditional European gypsy music of the 1920s with the new sounds of Louis Armstrong. The result is a style that makes use of breakneck tempos, swinging rhythms, flashy guitar tricks, and a take-no-prisoners style. This music, even in the delicate delivery of a haunting ballad, generates excitement and enthusiasm.
“Shepp,” as he likes to be called, is a veteran player who has shared the stage with the likes of Hot Tuna, Vassar Clements, John Jorgenson, and Weird Al Yankovich. His playing is at once fiery and engaging, but he makes that which seems impossible look easy. The members of Ameranouche!!! share with each other and with the audience a deep passion for this music.
Production: Richard Sheppard
experimental
9:30 – 12am
$8 donation
Charles Anastasiou solo guitar
Production: 617.650.0285
7–9pm
$12 or b/o
rob chalfen & subconsciouscafe new chamber music
presents
GUTBUCKET
“DRY HUMPING THE AMERICAN DREAM”
Paul Chuffo (drums), Ty Citerman (guitar), Eric Rockwin (bass) Ken Thomson
(saxophone)
Gutbucket is a free-range band. The five-year-old New York quartet is not
only equally comfortable playing in front of 900 sweatily pogo-ing teenage
skate-punks, or a crowd of stoned jamband freaks, or on an anarchist German
art collective houseboat, but also – most importantly – their music fits
right in, too. On Dry Humping the American Dream, the band the Village Voice
dubbed “stomprovisors” thrashes and twitches (sometimes literally) through
10 cartoonishly complex compositions, injecting a shot of glorious
spazmitude into the minimalist cool of Bang on a Can’s hep Cantaloupe label.
Flitting from Latin to thrash to polka to klezmer and back, often within the
space of a few bars, the group veritably attacks their music with the kind
of ferocity usually reserved for punk, despite having earned their jazz bona
fides. “We’re all pretty serious about rock,” says saxophonist Ken Thomson,
“and not just a token throwing-in of some different tunes. It’s something
intrinsic to who we are as people. We’ve all had training in jazz, but we’d
like to move outside that world into the rock world, and actually bring
something new to that.” Though the band might seem rooted in the genre
exploding of avant-squonk (their 2001 debut, InsomniacsDream, was released
on the Knitting Factory house imprint, while Dry Humping the American Dream
was issued in Europe on the legendary Enja label), this might be an easier
move than it sounds.
The four band members are, if nothing else, products of suburban radio.
Bassist Eric Rockwin claims to have learned every Paul McCartney bassline by
heart before his father humbled him with a Ray Brown CD. Guitarist Ty
Citerman was “into everything that was Hendrix and Van Halen and Led
Zeppelin.” And drummer Paul Chuffo learned to play by mimicking The Who’s
Keith Moon. It’s only fitting, then, that the band came together under the
auspices of Columbia University’s WKCR, where Ty had a late-night radio show
and Paul was the self-admitted “crazy guy in the corner smoking cigarettes
and writing papers.” After playing together for four years in the soul-jazz
Ex Caminos, Ty, Ken, and Paul split off in 1999 to form what would become
Gutbucket. Introduced through a friend, Eric and Paul found an instant
rhythmic rapport, and the band was born. Four months later, they debuted
before a packed house at Manhattan’s Baby Jupiter. Gutbucket set to work
building the all-important live rep, gigging first throughout Manhattan,
before spreading across the collegiate markets of the east coast and –with
the release of InsomniacsDream - making the leap over the big pond to Europe
in 2001. “They think we’re jazz over there,” Ty says of the idyllic trips.
Production: Rob Chalfen
brazilian jazz
9:30 – 11:30
$10 donation
ANNA BORGES GROUP - Spring Samba @ Zeitgeist Gallery
Anna Borges - Vocals
Bill Ward - Piano, Bass, Guitar
David Rumpler - Cavaquinho
Vinicius Pienasola - Drums, Percussion
Vocalist Anna Borges and her band comes to the Zeitgeist Gallery to kick off Spring with Classic Samba from Brazil.
classical concert
1-2 pm
$5 donation
A CLASSICAL APPETIZER ~
SATURDAYS 1pm@ ZEITGEIST
Production : Sakiko Mori - sakicco@hotmail.com
Production: Sylvain Bouix - sbouix@gmail.com
4-6 pm
solo and accompanied folk/rock
$5 donation
Rick Drost with Parts and Labor - CD PreRelease Party
Rick Drost (guitar, vocals)
Bob Colford (guitar, vocals)
Steve Brown (bass, vocals)
Production: Rick Drost – rwdrost@comcast.net
Psychotronic Rock, poetry, theatre
7-9 pm
$6 donation
Kabarett 16-Bit presents
ROBOT ZEN – electro rock
Catherine Sasanov - poet
Ria – perf
Seven Sunless Days - darkwave
The Illegitimate Theatre Company
Jutta – trash diva
The Ominous Collective presents their third in a series of the Kabarett 16 Bit, this time a very special occasion as Collective founders, electro-rock band Robotzen (pictured) celebrate the release of their second CD “The Violence Factors In”. Special guest for the evening will be poet Catherine Sasanov, reading from her latest work about La Santa Muerte (St. Death) in Mexico City. Sasanov is the author of the poetry collections Traditions of Bread and Violence (Four Way Books) and All the Blood Tethers (Northeastern University Press). She is the librettist for the theater piece Las Horas de Belen A Book of Hours commissioned by Mabou Mines. Over the past few years, Sasanov has received fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the NEA, and Mexico’s National Fund for Culture and the Arts, all of which have helped her track down the relatives of a long dead Italian saint, bring to light the histories of women locked away in the religious sanctuary-turned- prison of Belen, and interview the followers of St. Death in Mexico City. Also performing that evening will be the artist who goes by the monker Ria, and Ominous Collective members Seven Sunless Days (gothic/industrial/darkwave) and The Illegitimate Theatre Company (performing, appropriately, an Appalachian snake charmer tune). Hosting the evening will be the ever trashy diva Jutta.
contact: info@ominouscollective.com
Contact
info@ominouscollective.com
www.ominouscollective.com
drawing class
10:30 – 1 pm
$10 donation
LIFE DRAWING
every sunday @ zeitgeist
Production: Hans Rickheit – hansrickheit@hotmail.com
singer-songwriter
6 -9 pm
$5 donation
AUDREY RYAN presents
Boston Singer-Songwriter Series
featuring
Adam White
Camille Jentgen
Susan Deleo
Dana Westover
and hosts: Andreea Pauta & Audrey Ryan
Monthly singer-songwriter series featuring local, regional, and national musicians playing 30 minute solo acoustic sets. Intimate and lots of fun. Free coffee and snacks for audience.
Production: Audrey Ryan – audreyryan79@yahoo.com, www.audreyryan.org
world folk frenzy
9:30 – 11:30pm
$10 donation
Luminescent Orchestrii
The Wiyos
Luminescent Orchestrii
Romanian gypsy melodies, punk frenzy, salty tangos, hard rocking klezmer, haunting Balkan harmony, hip-hop beats and Appalachian fiddle, all eaten and spit out by three violins, resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonica and guitarron.
Sxip Shirey (resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonicas, melodica, vocals) is an international circus composer,
Sarah Alden (violin, vocals) is an old time fiddle player
Rima Fand (violin, viola, and vocals) is an experimental theater composer
Julianne Carney (violin, vocals) is a violin virtuoso turned noise artist
Aaron Goldsmith (guitarron, vocals) has played in Goth, funk and old world music ensembles.
The Luminescent Orchestrii includes current and former members of The Daredevil Opera Company, The Bindlestiff Family Circus, The Strung Out String Band, Church of Betty, and AwRy.
The Wiyos
http://www.thewiyos.com
The WIYOS Play Old Timey American music – vaudevillian ragtime blues and hillbilly swing.
A trio comprised of three vocals, washboard/harmonica/kazoo, guitar, and upright bass, The WIYOS transport listeners back to a time before TV and mass-media were the main sources of entertainment,
to the days when music could be heard on live radio and at community dances, juke joints and house
parties. The WIYOS perform acoustic whenever possible, or in front of two condenser stage microphones to preserve a performance style that is visually stimulating. Incorporating elements of physical comedy and theatricality, The WIYOS create an interactive show in the tradition of vaudevillian performers like Fats Waller, Spike Jones and Uncle Dave Macon. The band is passionate about infusing old-time American music with new blood; carrying this rich musical heritage into the 21st century and having a damn good time doing it. Since forming in New York City in 2002,
The WIYOS have toured Canada, the southeast, new england and the midwest playing theaters, clubs, coffeehouses, pig roasts, street corners and parks. They have been selected to participate in the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series, and have played at notable festivals throughout the country including The2004 Newport Folk Festival, The Piccolo Spoletto Festival (Charleston,
SC) The Annual American Music Festival (Chicago) and the Rhythm and RootsFestival (Bristol, TN/VA).
Production: Sarah Alden - 347-489-9112 Sarah@lumii.org, www.lumii.org
Romanian gypsy melodies, punk frenzy, salty tangos, hard rocking klezmer, haunting Balkan harmony, hip-hop beats and Appalachian fiddle, all eaten and spit out by three violins, resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonica and guitarron.
The Luminescent Orchestrii has developed a reputation for ecstatic live performances and infectious onstage energy. Their enchanting melodies and sinuous rhythms create an enticing siren song, driving people to dance, kiss and scream. The members of the Orchestrii come from different backgrounds and scenes in New York City. Sxip Shirey (resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonicas, melodica, vocals) is an international circus composer, Sarah Alden (violin, vocals) is an old time fiddle player, Rima Fand (violin, viola, and vocals) is an experimental theater composer, Julianne Carney (violin, vocals) is a violin virtuoso turned noise artist, and Aaron Goldsmith (guitarron, vocals) has played in Goth, funk and old world music ensembles. The Luminescent Orchestrii includes current and former members of The Daredevil Opera Company, The Bindlestiff Family Circus, The Strung Out String Band, Church of Betty, and AwRy.
The Luminescent Orchestrii formed in NYC in 2002 and has toured the US and Eastern Europe. They have performed at the Szaszcsavas Gypsy music festival in Romania, The DUMBO Arts Festival (Brooklyn, NY), The Festival of Fools at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Echo Lounge’s Burlesque Festival (Atlanta, GA), Joe’s Pub (NYC), The Knitting Factory (NYC), Caffé Lena (Saratoga Springs, NY), and The Beachland Ballroom (Cleveland, OH).
The WIYOS Play Old Timey American music - vaudevillian ragtime blues and hillbilly swing.
A trio comprised of three vocals, washboard/harmonica/kazoo, guitar, and upright bass, The WIYOS transport listeners back to a time before TV and mass-media were the main sources of entertainment, to the days when music could be heard on live radio and at community dances, juke joints and house parties. The WIYOS perform acoustic whenever possible, or in front of two condenser stage microphones to preserve a performance style that is visually stimulating. Incorporating elements of physical comedy and theatricality, The WIYOS create an interactive show in the tradition of vaudevillian performers like Fats Waller, Spike Jones and Uncle Dave Macon. The band is passionate about infusing old-time American music with new blood; carrying this rich musical heritage into the 21st century and having a damn good time doing it. Since forming in New York City in 2002, The WIYOS have toured Canada, the southeast, new england and the midwest playing theaters, clubs, coffeehouses, pig roasts, street corners and parks. They have been selected to participate in the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series, and have played at notable festivals throughout the country including The2004 Newport Folk Festival, The Piccolo Spoletto Festival (Charleston, SC) The Annual American Music Festival (Chicago) and the Rhythm and RootsFestival (Bristol, TN/VA).
Jazz
8-10pm
7$ donation
Jesse Selengut and NOIR
Jesse Selengut - trumpet, narration, composition
Chris Tarry - bass (Canadian Grammy Winner)
Andy Sanesi - drums
Chris Buono -guitar fx (Berklee Faculty)
Jesse Selengut is a Brooklyn-based trumpeter, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Still in his early thirties, he has had success as a bandleader, film scorer, producer and sideman on over a dozen albums, most noticeably, Huge Voodoo’s Affordable Magic (‘03).
Recently, Selengut has been splitting time between the Williamsburg Jazz Festival (which he founded) and Noir, a quartet blending electronica and groove-infused jazz. Noir is cutting-edge jazz, fusing the best of tradition with today’s beats and electronic flavors.
Selengut’s conception has made him a sought-after film scorer. Fin, which he wrote all music for, won “Best Short” at the Santa Fe (NM) and La Boca del Lobo (Madrid) International Film Festivals, “Honorable Mention” at the Hamptons Film Festival and praise from Independent Film Monitor for its “excellent sound design.”
He had the good fortune of studying with Joe Lovan! o, Ted Nash, Don Friedman, Tim Hagins, Laurie Frink and Eddie Henderson. Selengut cites influences enveloping 20th century improvised music, from Armstrong, Miles, Lee Morgan and Eddie Henderson to Nils Molvaer, Sly & Robbie and Ornette Coleman.
Selengut’s rich background has forged a sound at once hard to pin down - yet truly his own. He combines the best of avant-garde and remains influenced by the masters; creating music with an intellectual edge, and that inspires foot tapping. As the Boston Globe said, playing “both psychedelic and primal…It’s all good for the head, good for the heart.”
jazz
10:00 – 12:30
$10 donation
the zeitgeist residency of
THE FRINGE !
jazz combo deluxe
George Garzone – tenor sax
John Lockwood – bass
Bob Gullotti –drums
Production: Bob Gullotti – 781.899.9382
perf/caff
9:00 – 12am
$5 donation
the anarchist coffeehouse
featuring
MICHAEL BROWN’S POETRY THEATRE
plus coffee, cider & pastries!
Production: Joe Ball – gesticart@hotmail.com
latin jazz
7-9pm
$8 donation
John Holland Presents ~
COSMOS AND CULTURE :
An evening of Contemporary American Music by John Holland, and Latin American Music by Abraham Gomez-Delgado.
The concert presents two different kinds of music, both inspired by extra-musical ideas, one by Cosmos, the other, Culture.
John Holland = Piano
Abraham Gomez - Delgado, Latin Percussion
Heidi Kayser - Viola
Luke Wyland - Accordion
Timo Shanko - Baritone Saxophone
Production: John Holland
7-9 pm
pop-rock
7-9 pm
$7 donation
Jamie Treadwell
Jamie Treadwell – electric guitar, keyboard
Chezwick - guitar, vocals, ipod
Caitlin - guitar and vocals.
Driving. Emotional. Edgy. Accessible.
Blending piano-driven rock with unforgettable pop melodies, Jamie Treadwell cuts to the core. From a delicate high falsetto to a rich baritone, Jamie’s vocals electrify every ear his music reaches. Jamie began his musical journey at the age of 11, gracing prestigious stages such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. Touring North America and Europe, Jamie Treadwell has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Boston Pops. Standing behind 88 piano keys, Jamie engages audiences with a captivating personality and uncompromising lyrical honesty. Jamie Treadwell is not to be missed.
Production: Jamie Treadwell
world improv
9:30 – 12am
$10 donation
David Maxwell’s Outtakes Unlimited
Jerry Leake - tablas, percussion
Blake Newman - double bass
David Maxwell - accoustic piano, gongs, percussion, Moroccan flutes
Shuni Tzu - Chinese flutes.
World class improvisers combine elements of Indian, Middle Eastern, jazz, blues, abstract and sensual sonic textures into a trippy, trancejam tapestry.
Production: David Maxwell
indie-folk
9:30 – 12am
$7 donation
sharp teeth
this buildings on fire
re-cognition
piano, acoustic, and then a band… The show is going to be great, hear the beautiful voice of re-cognition, relax to sharp teeth and this buldings on fire…
Production: James Harkins – thisbuildingsonfire@gmail.com
classical concert
1-2 pm
$5 donation
A CLASSICAL APPETIZER ~
SATURDAYS 1pm@ ZEITGEIST
Production : Sakiko Mori - sakicco@hotmail.com
Production: Sylvain Bouix - sbouix@gmail.com
Paintings By Mary Steele
April 12 - 24, 2005
Opening Saturday April 16, 3:00 to 6:00 pm
drawing class
10:30 – 1 pm
$10 donation
LIFE DRAWING
every sunday @ zeitgeist
Production: Hans Rickheit – hansrickheit@hotmail.com
classical
1:30 – 2:30 pm
$5 donation
COMPOSERS BEHIND THE SCENES presents
Composer Beth Denisch
Berklee College of Music Professor and Director of American Composers Forum New England Beth Denisch presents her own works entitled “Forth Project,” “Motherwell Lorca’s Bagpipe Lament,” and other works with performances by stellar Boston musicians.
Production: John McDonald - john.mcdonald@tufts.edu
electronica
4-9 pm
$7 donation
THE UNDER ORCHESTRA
Production: Dan Cantil
folk
9:30 – 12am
$10 donation
The Rowan Brothers
PIC
Chris and Lorin Rowan were born and raised near Boston, Massachusetts where their more famous brother Peter was already making a name for himself in Earth Opera. All three brothers played in folk, bluegrass and pop bands. In the early ‘70s, through their brother’s connection, Chris and Lorin got hooked up with aspiring producer and instrumental wizard David Grisman.
They have just released a record on BOS Music which is getting national airplay on Folk and Bluegrass stations and it truly is a really good record. Special guests on the album include Jerry
Garcia, Phil Lesh, David Grisman, and many others.
Production: anthony buonpane
jazz
10:00 – 12:30
$10 donation
the zeitgeist residency of
THE FRINGE !
jazz combo deluxe
George Garzone – tenor sax
John Lockwood – bass
Bob Gullotti –drums
Production: Bob Gullotti – 781.899.9382
perf/caff
9:00 – 12am
$5 donation
the anarchist coffeehouse
featuring
MICHAEL BROWN’S POETRY THEATRE
plus coffee, cider & pastries!
Production: Joe Ball – gesticart@hotmail.com
world / classical
7:30 PM
$8 suggested donation
Willow Flute Ensemble
http://willowfluteensemble.org/
Dances and songs from Japan, Romania, Argentina, Venezuela! New
arrangements by WFE!
The Willow Flute Ensemble grew out of a group of eight flutists who had played in the flute choir at Powers Music School in Belmont, MA. When conductor Mary Neumann moved out of state, these musicians regrouped in the newly independent form of the Willow Flute Ensemble.
Under the direction of Rebecca Carson Rogers, Willow began playing gigs as diverse as the Boston Symphony Café, the Lexington Historical Society, the Longy School of Music Bach’s Lunch series, and the winter food bank fundraiser at Russell’s Garden Center. In addition, WFE holds regular full-length concerts of increasing variety and complexity, often with guest artists. In the summer of 1998 Willow performed on the “Flutes d’Ete” concerts with three other groups, including the Ensemble de Flutes ad Libitum from Dijon, France. At Willow’s December 1999 “Holiday Flute Fantasy” concert, WCRB’s Ray Brown was featured as the narrator for Sonny Burnette’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.
only Willow’s second season, the ensemble was invited to premiere Stone Suite, the newest work by Sonny Burnette, three-time winner of the James Madison University Flute Choir Competition. Commissioned by renowned low flute specialist Chris Potter of Boulder, CO, each movement of Stone Suite showcases a solo by bass flute, alto flute, C-flute, or E-flat flute. When Stone Suite was awarded a spot at the 1999 National Flute Association Convention on the “Inspirations from a Small Planet: newly-composed works” concert, Willow was thrilled to be invited by Dr. Potter to perform with her there. Willow also earned its own solo concert at the NFA Convention in Atlanta that summer, a debut which earned praise from flutists and flute choir specialists around the country.
Willow’s performance of Keith Amos’ Sudeley Castle at the Convention so impressed the composer that he asked the ensemble to premiere his newest flute choir composition, Hampton Court. Willow enjoys premiering new works, having also premiered a jazzy arrangement of the Thad Jones tune A Child is Born by Michael Annicchiarico of the University of New Hampshire, and in the Summer of 2002, Eun Jung Choi’s Sai.
1999 brought new challenges and excitement to WFE as the ensemble recorded its first full-length CD. Containing works by Ryohei Hirose, Mozart, Samantha Cooke, and others, this recording is an excellent selection of some of the best works available today for multiple flutes. Phyllis Louke, composer and director of the Rose City Flute Choir in Portland, OR, said “This is a fabulous CD! My favorite piece on it is Divertimento-Jazz by Guiot. Willow sounds wonderful, and the variety of music on this CD will make you want to listen to it again and again.” Ray Brown of WCRB added, “The delicacy of the flutes is balanced nicely by the surprising richness of the total sound. Soothing, spirited, and beautiful.”
2001, Willow announced the arrival of new Music Director Orlando Cela, and the 2001-2002 season has brought many opportunities. At the Greater Boston Flute Association Flute Fair (at which Willow is regularly featured), Willow performed Mosaics by New England Conservatory faculty member John Heiss. Mr. Heiss called Willow “a great asset to the Boston musical community”, and continued, “Their esprit-de-corps, superior organizational skills and marvelous programming are most impressive!”
Willow was the only Boston-based flute choir to perform at the 2002 National Flute Association Convention in Washington, DC.
Production: Orlando Cela
jazz
9:30 p.m
$10 donation
Bakriges, Pelletier, Sato Trio
about ChristopherBakriges, DennyPelletier, KazuSato Trio:
Christopher Bakriges, pianist and composer. A Detroit native, Bakriges has lead his own groups since the early 80s. His first ensemble in Detroit included the noted rhythm section of Tani Tabbal and Jaribu Shahid. He has performed internationally since 1990, including tours in India, Pakistan, Turkey, England, France, Canada, and the Czech Republic. In the early 90’s he was invited to become music director of “Jazzfest” on Northeast Public Radio after its station director heard his ensembl! e, Critical Theory, in concert with Bobby McFerrin and David Darling. Broadcast monthly from the WAMC-FM Studios in Albany, New York, “Jazz Fest” became the only live jazz radio program being aired at that time in the United States. Besides performing his compositions, Bakriges was able to accompany many acclaimed artists such as Kenny Burrell, Bernard Purdie, Lee Shaw, and Pat Metheny’s original rhythm section of Danny Gottleib and Mark Egan. Bakriges has been music director and pianist at the Mo’ Jazz Cafe, Vermont’s only jazz club, since the late 90’s. Besides his regular engagements with the trio, Bakriges has performed and recorded with the likes of saxophonist Salim Washington, Italian trumpeter Cicci Santucci and bassist Mauro Battisti, Swedish 9-string guitarist Jonny Johansson, Hungari! an jazz diva Agnes Zsigmondi, and India’s Jazz Manglam, featuring master percussionist Sivamani.
A published scholar, Bakriges earned his doctorate in ethnomusicology from York University in Toronto and regularly lecturers around the world. His background in world music as well as his own Greek cultural heritage lends a decidedly Mediterranean flavor to his work. His singular approach to composition and performance have been influenced from study with artists who embrace the entire scope of African American and jazz history, including Jaki Bayard, Nadi Qamar, Harold Danko, Billy Taylor, Frederick Simmons, and Anthony Braxton. Bakriges has also worked with Indian classical masters Pandit Sushil Mukherjee and Tanjore Vishwanathan as well as with Indonesian gamelan composer Sumarsam.
Denny Ray Pelletier, drums, developed strong roots in jazz early on, and his American Indian background and spiritually-centered approach to rhythm help to forge the trio’s musical identity. The son of a jazz trumpeter, Pelletier began performing as a drummer in many local social events, dances, and talent shows. He studied with Les Harris Sr., then head of percussion at Boston’s Berklee School of Music, which led to freelance opportunities on the Boston circuit. Years of experience have found Pelletier in a wide variety of musical situations, performing with J.J. Johnson, Ronnie Laws, Michael Omartian, and Anthony Cox. He also has backed Cleo Laine, Peggy Lee, Bonnie Raitt, and Linda Ronstadt with orchestras for musical theatre performances. Pelletier’s recording credits include dozens of radio and national albums, and several children’s television shows including “Zoom” and “Sesame Street.”
Kazu Sato, bass, has traversed the world performing in all musical genres. Born in Okayama, a southern city not far from Hiroshima, Sato studied both music and electrical engineering in college. His classical lessons soon yielded to jazz studies and performance opportunities while still residing in Japan. Sato had the opportunity to work with many prominent artists early in his musical development, including Papa Jo Jones, Jr. and Evelyn Blakey, the gifted son and daughter of the great legends of jazz drumming. Sato’s distinctive approach to the bass has been heard in a myriad of contexts, from Japanese popular music in Tokyo to New York’s creative downtown scene supporting artists like Raschied Bakr, Denis Charles, and Charles Gayle. Sato recently moved to western Massachusetts and has performed regularly with Christopher Bakriges and drummer Denny Ray Pelletier since the trio’s inception.
eclectic folk-rock
7-9 pm
$8 donation
BURT LAFONTAINE TRIO
Burt LaFontaine - vocals, guitar, piano
Dmitri Gordetsky - upright bass
Michael Daillak - drums
Burt LaFontaine brings his special brand of folk-rock-funk-pop-blues-jazz-gospel-porn back to the Zeitgeist in a new acoustic trio format.
avant-cabaret, music, film
9:30 - Midnite
$5 donation
markus nechay presents:
“WHIMSY”
Taylor Hayward piano
Rosalie Barnes video
Jamie McLaughlin performance
Paul and Garo music
Ian Thal performance mime
Chyle performance
Kevin Anderton flix
A monthly variety show of local talent hosted by two evermorphing characters.
The performers will be followed by an audience participatory open music/poetry/ dance jam.
If you would like to perform, this is a quasi Open Mic, so just talk to the host, and you can go on stage.
Production: Markus Nechay - markusnechay@yahoo.com
7-9pm
$8 donation
Matthew Joy solo show
solo nylon & 12-string guitar
all original compositions
Production: Matthew Joy
jazz/improv
9:30-11:30
$12 or b/o
rob chalfen & subconsciouscafe new chamber music presents
MIKE PERLMUTTER GROUP
Mike Perlmutter - reeds
Michael McLaughlin - accordion
Lee Todd Lacks - clarinet and spoken word
Geoff Bucknum - guitar and electronics
Mike Perlmutter performs on saxophones, clarinet, and tiny instruments. His music integrates unconventional woodwind techniques within formalized and improvised melodic and rhythmic structures. His performance repertoire and inspiration draws from disparate sources: modern improvisatory and unusual compositional forms, natural and synthetic ambient sounds (from bird calls and bicycle bells to the whisper of the wind) and Eastern European instrumental folk music (klezmer and Balkan mostly). Mike’s compositions and performances are equally concerned with mellifluence as well as sounds and moments that challenge musical expectations and preconceptions (“that sound/noise came from a saxophone?”).
Hailing from the Boston, MA area, Mike made his entrée into new and experimental music performing with NME, the new music ensemble of Tufts University in 1997. In 1998 Mike migrated to San Francisco, CA, where he performed with new music and improvising ensembles Ø24c, Radiolaria, and the Brown Bunny Ensemble. Currently he performs solo and leads Zoyres Eastern European Wild Ferment (a klezmer / Balkan / jazz / improv band of reeds, brass, and percussion).
On April 22nd Mike will perform solo works for alto saxophone and clarinet, and be accompanied by former Boston musical cohorts Michael McLaughlin (accordion), Lee Todd Lacks (clarinet and spoken word), and Geoff Bucknum (guitar and electronics). Mike and the group will present an evening of new compositions and improvisations, as well as a few old world klezmer and Balkan standards. After over a six year departure, Mike is grateful to share his music with the Boston community.
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PRODUCTION: ROB CHALFEN robchalfen@hotmail.com
classical concert
1-2 pm
$5 donation
A CLASSICAL APPETIZER ~
SATURDAYS 1pm@ ZEITGEIST
Production : Sakiko Mori - sakicco@hotmail.com
Production: Sylvain Bouix - sbouix@gmail.com
avant cabaret
7-12 pm
$8 donation
Cirque Du Singe Brisé
Exécution #11
www.theshatteredmonkey.com
” presenting eclectic excellence”
ALL CAST SHOW
Cirque Du Singe Brisé (Circus of the Shattered Monkey) is now entering its 11th exécution (performance), throughout our past shows we have showcased numerous great performers that deserve a better stage than what we have to offer. Certain individuals, though, have shown something more to the show itself. There’s a strong commitment and bona fide enthusiasm being felt amongst certain people who have contributed considerably toward the show’s success. On Saturday April 23rd @ our home base, The Zeitgeist Gallery 8:00pm, all of these people are coming together for one amazing, killer show and being presented as the faces that will be the representatives of the Circus as we continue onward in our journeys. These people are, Ari, J J Baron, Joseph Bellamy, Ben Blanchard, Ryan Fitzsimmons, Kids Against Combs, The Kieran Ridge Band, Rev Bob & The Darkness & Rod Webber. Also joining us from Baltimore will be a very interesting act called ilyAIMY.
As the show is progressing, the realization that constant familiar faces are needed is becoming more apparent. From this point on some of these listed performers will be on every bill, no matter where we are, and the bulk of them are Boston’s own. Most of these people have already been mentioned time and time again In past press releases and they will be bringing their usual excellence, which when mixed together is most definitely eclectic.
Ari (www.acoustichic.com), the “queen” of the Circus will be headlining this evening and bringing with her the usual ambience and majestic grace that has made her such a talked about and adored performer.
NYC’s, Kids Against Combs (www.kidsagainstcombs.com) will be joining us for the first time with their full lineup. Finally everyone will be hearing why they’re listed as an abstract sociopolitical indie rock band. They possess lyrics that would make Johnny Rotten damn proud and back them with a cello and flute along with a power and angst fitting to open for Bright Eyes. The ingenuity and modern rock edge of The Kids has earned them their first record deal with 10-34 Records.
J J Baron (www.jjbaron.com ) and Ryan Fitzsimmons (www.ryanfitzsimmons.com) are recent pickups from our Providence swing. It was uncanny how they immediately displayed the interest and commitment to the show that other past performers have. J J , who is signed to Rhodey Records, joined us just recently on our 3/18 Zeitgeist bill, the next day he was openeing for Dar Williams @ Club Helsinki. It was spooky seeing J J perform for the first time. From his performance approach, to the way he holds his guitar and even his hairstyle, J J Baron is the closest thing to feeling like being @ The Gaslight in 1961. Ryan Fitzsimmons will be joining us for the third time already. His acoustic guitar playing is intricate, his voice powerful, his songs touching. Checkout his self-released CD Open All Night.
Ben Blanchard (www.benblanchardmusic.com) will have his songs of emotion and mystery . Rev Bob & The Darkness (www.gosaveyourself.com), who have just been ordained the house band of the Circus will have their distinct sound of goth blues ready to go. The Kieran Ridge Band (www.kridge.com) will have some awesome songs that will get the people dancing for sure. Rod Webber (www.rodwebber.com ) will be his usual unpredictable self, and illyAIMY (www.illyaimey.com) will add a whole new thing to our show. Joseph Bellamy, as always, will be the man in charge of holding the whole night together and will be bringing “Big Ass Woman” and other great spoken word pieces that are becoming more of an attraction every time. THIS SHOW IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE!
drawing class
10:30 – 1 pm
$10 donation
LIFE DRAWING
every sunday @ zeitgeist
Production: Hans Rickheit – hansrickheit@hotmail.com
jazz
2-4PM
suggested donation: $10 & $5 student & children
PABLO ABLANEDO OCTET
Andrew Eng (Violin),
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet),
Alejandro Chiabrando (Sax & Clarinet),
Rick Dimuzio (Sax),
Mike Macallister (Guitar),
Pablo Ablanedo (Piano),
Fernando Huergo (Bass),
Franco Pinna (Drums).
http://www.pabloablanedo.com
REVIEWS:
“Argentine composer Pablo Ablanedo makes a disarmingly
gentle but firm debut notable more for his ascetic,
introspective writing than his low-profile piano. This
band plays the through-composed and chamber-like
pieces understatedly rather than in-your-face, slowly
unfolding a mature, inclusive world vision.”
(4 Stars) Fred Bouchard, DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE
“Essentially, Ablanedo possesses all of the goods
necessary to become a major force in modern jazz.
Recommended.”
GLEN ASTARITA, ALLABOUTJAZZ
“FROM DOWN THERE introduces both one of our most
inventive young jazz composers and one of the most
innovative contemporary ensembles”
It’s music you need to know.
SHAUN DALE, JAZZREVIEW
“The newest works by this Argentinian pianist and
composer are as mature and sophisticate as any of the
best modern Latin jazz.”
BOB YOUNG, BOSTON HERALD
“The Pablo Ablanedo Octet is hot…..performances on
>From Down There are exiting, complex, intricate and
fun.” “Ablanedo’s Instrumentation is a large part of
what makes his octet so unique…”
KATIE DEBONVILLE, NORTHEASTER PERFORMER
jazz/improv
7-9 pm
$8 donation
-NOH TRIO
-CIRCADIAN RHYTHM KINGS
THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM KINGS
Ken Field – alto sax
Todd Brunel – bass clarinet, alto sax
Andrew Hickman – sax
John Funkhauser – double bass
Gary Fieldman - drums
Production: Dan Shaud – dshaud@hotmail.com
jazz
9:30 – 12am
$7 donation
The Boston Jazz Composers Collective Presents:
THE KRACUNAS/STEPNER SEPTET
modern jazz and improvised music
Pat Kracunas: Guitar
Ben Stepner: Piano
Eugene Lee: Alto Saxophone
Gabriel Birnbaum: Tenor Saxophone
and special guests
Carolyn Castellano: Drums
Rick McLaughlin: Bass
& Phil Grenadier: Trumpet
Pianist Stepner and Guitarist Kracunas bring together an all-star septet, featuring BJCC members as well as fixtures of the Boston scene such as Grenedier, McLaughlin and Castellano, for an evening of cohesive and cathartic free improvisation.
Production: Gabriel Birnbaum
jazz/groove
7-9 pm
$7 donation
SESROH
Ken Quan – drums
Pete Lalish – guitar
Adam Minkoff – bass
W/ Special Guests TBA
Production: Ken Quan – kenquan@hotmail.com
jazz
10:00 – 12:30
$10 donation
the zeitgeist residency of
THE FRINGE !
jazz combo deluxe
George Garzone – tenor sax
John Lockwood – bass
Bob Gullotti –drums
Production: Bob Gullotti – 781.899.9382
9:00 – 12am
$6 donation
VAGUE ANGELS (Chris LEO)
DREW O’DOHERTY
Chris LEO, familiar to many avid listeners of his former bands (including NATIVE NOD, THE VAN PELT, and THE LAPSE), returns to Cambridge for one show at the Zeitgeist Gallery with his current solo project, VAGUE ANGELS. Chris has also recently published an astonishing novel titled White Pigeons that includes a full-length VAGUE ANGELS album, “Truth Loved”, as its seventh chapter. Join us tonight at the Zeitgeist Gallery for a rare appearance by your favorite novelist/guitar-hero/former NYC Tour Guide!
Drew O’DOHERTY, a one-time Cub Scout, will also perform.
Hosted by ROCKWELL ROCKWELLIAN.
www.vagueangels.com www.drewodoherty.com
Production: Drew O’DOHERTY
Free improvisation
7:30 – 9am
$5 donation
Gill Aharon Freedom Improvisers:
Nat Mugavero - percussion
Gill Aharon - piano
Jeff Gallindo -
Eric Hofbauer -
Garth Stevenson -
Alec Spiegelman -
nat mugavero is light
nat mugavero is
nat mugavero is the drummer
nat mugavero leads us into the unknown.
Production: Gill Aharon – fish.lung@verizon.net
jazz/improv
9:30 - Midnite
$8 donation
3PLAY
Lello Molinari – bass
Ralph Rosen – drums
Josh Rosen - piano
3play continues its once-a-month Zeitgeist residency with its free-flowing mix of originals and free improvisation. Featuring Lello Molinari on acoustic bass, with his rocking groove, deeply melodic approach and innovative use of strangely beautiful textures. 3play maintains the possibility of freedom at all times - the music changes on a dime, and with keen ears (and a little luck) magic happens…
Production: Josh Rosen
jazz organ
7-9 pm
$7 donation
“NIGHT OF THE LIVING HAMMOND B3’S”
featuring Sam Gilman ~ organ
Production: Al Nidle – alanidle@hotmail.com
singer-songwriter
7-9 pm
$2 donation
“Sweet Nonsense”: Fina Allibrio – vocals & Lauren Ford – piano
Original music with vocals and piano
Gina Allibrio, after years of singing jazz and listening to the likes of Jonatha Brooke, Ben Folds,
and Tori Amos, has created a style all her own.
Hailing from the Appalachian mountains, Lauren Ford has applied her musical-theatre training to her love of jazz and blues.
This is the premier showcase of these two Emerson College performers in Boston/Cambridge area.
Production: Lauren Ford
groove
9pm - 1am
$10 donation
Otis Grove - Record Release Party
Featuring:
Sam Gilman - Hammond Organ, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Piano
Blake Goedde - Drums, Percussion
Matt Fitz-henry - Acoustic and Electric Bass
Celebrating the release of Otis Grove’s debut album featuring famed Acid Jazz Guitarist Melvin Sparks. This event will feature funky grooves and free giveaways, it’s definitely one not to miss.
Otis Grove’s sound is based in groove, free in improvisation, yet rooted in song-writing and soulful melodies. With a constantly evolving live show, each becomes an intimate and profound experience through which the band and audience connect.
all day event
multi-media, electro/imrov
$8 donation, all day admission
“DIGITAL ORPHEUS”
A multimedia laboratory installation of video, electro-acoustic sound and improvisation.
These works will be presented at Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts as part of the 2005 CyberArts Festival. (See the CyberArts Festival website for more information. )
A schedule of the day’s events will be posted at http://www.jolc.net/orpheus
Digital Orpheus is a multimedia presentation created by Bebe Beard, Lou Cohen, Tim Feeney and friends. Using resources such as wax paper, computer code and marimba, artists Bebe Beard, Lou Cohen and Tim Feeney will evoke the myths and powers of Orpheus, the Greek god of Music. A varied program of performances, screenings and installation will run between noon and midnight.
Production: Lou Cohen – loucohen@jolc.net 617.876.0759