zeitgeist gallery: February 2006 Archives

drawing session
10:30am–1 pm
$10

life drawing
every sunday @ zeitgeist

production: jamie mclaughlin

February 06, 2006

early: fred woodward

jazz
8-10pm
$10

the fred woodward trio

fred woodward - guitar
esperanza spalding - bass
yoron israel - drums

jazz
10pm–12:30am
$10

Out-jazz & free improvisation at its best. This trio has been playing together for over 30 years, and reinvents itself every time!

george garzone – tenor sax
john lockwood – bass
bob gullotti –drums

production: bob gullotti – 781.899.9382

February 07, 2006

jazz
7-9pm
$7

Kyle Nasser Group

Leo Genovese/Corey Bernhard/Lawrence Fields - piano
Lee Fish - drums
Hogyu Hwang - bass
Kyle Nasser - sax

hard-hitting, straight-ahead modern jazz...sit-in by invitation, so bring your axes.

dance
9:30pm – 12am
$7

argentine tango dance party (milonga)
buenos aires style with occasional performances

producer: simonida cekovic-vuletic 617-497-5568

February 08, 2006

late: gill, nat and friends

jazz
10–12pm
$5

free session
11pm-midnight

gill nat and friends

an evening with 3 parts: an opening ½ hour of material prepared by guest musicians, a jam invitational with the house band and guests (10 - 11:30) and a post-midnight free for all jam.
those interested in being guest artists should contact gill aharon, 617.584.2218.

wednesday night house band:
gill aharon – piano
blake newman - bass
eric hoffbauer – guitar
alex spiegelman – sax
& our famed rotating drummers: nat mugavro, dave coniglio, will buchanan & jason nazary

production: gill aharon

February 09, 2006

early: gabriel solomon and trio nuevo

jazz-folk
7-9 pm

-GABRIEL SOLOMON & TRIO NUEVO

late: night of the living b3s

b3 jazz organ
9:30-midnight
$7

“NIGHT OF THE LIVING HAMMOND B3’S”

sammy's organ surprise

featuring Sam Gilman ~ organ

2 Hammond-based bands! A funky & soulful evening.

Production: Sam Gilman

February 10, 2006

early: the wings of fire orchestra

14-piece american fusion
7pm
$5

wings of fire orchestra
14-piece big band!

the wings of fire orchestra (six horns, 5-piece rhythm section) will be playing original compositions in a variety of styles as well as a few left-of-the-dial covers from the late 60s, early 70s. we'll also highlight the evening with a performance of our 20-minute rock operetta 'factoryland'.

late: subconsciouscafe

jazz/improv/
9:30 – 12am
$12

"subconsciouscafe" and new chamber music presents:
JEFF PLATZ 'SITE SPECIFIC' and Andrew D’Angelo & TYFT

JEFF PLATZ' SITE SPECIFIC
Jeff Platz - guitar
Kit Demos - acoustic bass
Gary Wallen - vibraphone
Chico Valentine- drums and percussion

-Andrew D’Angelo & TYFT:
ANDREW D'ANGELO – laptop / alto sax / bass clarinet
JIM BLACK – laptop / drums
HILMAR JENSSON – guitar / efx

February 11, 2006

afternoon: a classical appetizer

1pm-

Michael Serio, piano
Karen Vengerow, soprano
Stephanie Wingfield, cello

Program :

Preludes ... Dmitri Shostakovich

No. 13 in F sharp major
No. 10 in C sharp minor
No. 7 in A major
No. 5 in D major

- Michael Serio, piano

Botschaft ... Johannes Brahms

Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur ... Claude Debussy

St Ita's Vision ... Samuel Barber

- Karen Vengerow, soprano
- Michael Serio, piano

Sonata No. 3 for Piano and Cello in A Major Op 69 ... Ludwig Van Beethoven

Allegro ma non tanto
Scherzo. Allegro molto
Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace

- Stephanie Wingfield, cello
- Michael Serio, piano

Nocturne 8 in Db Major, Op. 27 ... Frederic Chopin

Sonata No. 7 in Bb Major ... Sergei Prokofiev

Precipitato

- Michael Serio, piano

contact: Ai Isshiki 617-780-4292 zeitgeistca@mac.com
: Sylvain Bouix sbouix@gmail.com

Stu Sherman: Kosovo Punk

February 6th to February 20th

Opening reception February 11th from 3-6pm

Stu Sherman and several friends traveled to Kosovo from December 2004 to January 2005 on a mission both simple and complex, to figure out the musical landscape of the war-torn region. Due to the instability of the last fifteen years it is difficult to describe the state of Kosovo, which is currently under the governance and protection of the UN. While Sherman was researching, he found that the physical and psychological landscape of the region was horrifically altered from riots. During his brief stay there were constant rumors that the prime minister was going to be arrested and people would begin riots and murders anew. The people that Sherman talked to, who ranged from all over the spectrum of Kosovo society, gave him a fascinating glimpse into Kosovo music, culture, trends, and how you can create innovative art out of the rubble of your life.
What resulted was only the first part of an ongoing study. This show uses the landscape of Kosovo to illustrate the punk culture – a culture based on deconstructing norms and paternalistic repression. There are no photographs of concerts, kids with spiky hair, nihilistic teenagers, or the usual images conjured by something labeled “punk”. Sherman presents the spaces inhabited by the creative individuals trying to build a new world out of the fragments of the old. The works are a personal dialogue with contemporary trends in art and their meaning both aesthetically and morally when confronted with actual destruction and tragedy.

Stu Sherman is a professional iconoclast. After attending Wesleyan University as an undergraduate he moved to Boston to attend graduate school. His graduate education in law and public health was funded by an appearance on the television show Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He is self-taught as a photographer. His work will soon be exhibited on the American Apparel web page as part of the launch of an amateur photographers online gallery. Iris Alonzo, content advisor for American Apparel, described him as a “Ghetto Gursky”. He likes this description and hopes it sticks. This is his first solo show.

February 12, 2006

drawing session
10:30 – 1 pm
$10

life drawing
every sunday @ zeitgeist

production: jamie mclaughlin

February 13, 2006

jazz
10pm–12:30am
$10

Out-jazz & free improvisation at its best. This trio has been playing together for over 30 years, and reinvents itself every time!

george garzone – tenor sax
john lockwood – bass
bob gullotti –drums

production: bob gullotti – 781.899.9382

February 14, 2006

jazz
7-9pm
$7

Kyle Nasser Group

Leo Genovese/Corey Bernhard/Lawrence Fields - piano
Lee Fish - drums
Hogyu Hwang/Kuriko Tsugawa - bass
Kyle Nasser - sax

hard-hitting, straight-ahead modern jazz...sit-in by invitation, so bring your axes.

dance
9:30pm – 12am
$7

argentine tango dance party (milonga)
buenos aires style with occasional performances

producer: simonida cekovic-vuletic 617-497-5568

February 15, 2006

early: hwaen ch'uqi

new classical
8-10 pm
$10

-HWAEN CH’UQI
"Pianist Hwaen Ch'uqi is joined by Judy Lee (violin) and Jing Li (cello) for an evening of revelry featuring works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Ch'uqi."

late: gilll, nat and friends

jazz
10–11pm
$5

free session
11pm-midnight

gill nat and friends

production: gill aharon

February 16, 2006

benefit event: battle for the brattle

Battle for the Brattle
Thursday, February 16, 7:30- 11:30 pm
At the Regent Theatre
7 Medford St. off Mass. Ave. in Arlington Center, just after the Starbuck's

Robin Lane and the Chartbusters
Willie Loco Alexander and the Boom Boom Band
Dave Maxwell's Maximum Blues
Andrea Gillis
Dennis Brennan
the Twinemen, Noel, Reddy Teddy and surprise guests.

The event will be hosted by GW Bush (Ian MacKinnon) and Dick Cheney (Eric Zinman).

Support local independents like the Brattle!
The weapons of mass destruction are corporate chain stores!

Proceeds to benefit the Brattle Theatre
and Zeitgeist Gallery
Food provided by Blue Ribbon Barbecue

Tickets at the door are $25
Advance tickets will be available for $20 in advance at Zeitgeist Gallery, The Brattle Theater, and the Regent Theater.
More Info? Call the Regent at 781-646-4849 or 781-643-4488
or Al at 857-991-8448

late: night of the living hammond b3s

b3 jazz organ
9:30-midnight
$7

“NIGHT OF THE LIVING HAMMOND B3’S”

groovelator
otis grove

featuring Sam Gilman ~ organ

2 Hammond-based bands! A funky & soulful evening.

Production: Sam Gilman

February 17, 2006

early: matt joy and friends

acoustic guitar
7-9pm
$10

matt joy and friends

solo acoustic guitar performances by matthew joy and charles anastasiou (freedom for gus)

late: ubantu and quartet of happiness

jazz
8pm
$8

-UBANTU
-QUARTET OF HAPPINESS

UBUNTU is a jazz/new-music collective with an emphasis on sharing and collaboration. The band includes: Evan Mazunik on piano, prepared piano, accordion and other keyboards; Alex Foote on guitars and digital effects; Rick Stone on alto, tenor saxophone and clarinet; J. Frederick on drums, laptop and electronics; and Jay Foote on acoustic and electric basses and sampler. In addition to being virtuosic improvisers, all five members of UBUNTU are distinct and accomplished composers. The aim of the ensemble is to play original music with soul and create an awareness of the moment through a blend of imaginative songwriting and spontaneous improvisations.
UBUNTU has performed in Boston, New York City, and Northern New Jersey for fans of improvised music. The ensemble strives to play original music that is pleasing to the ear, yet challenges even the most educated listeners.

The Quartet of Happiness

The Quartet of Happiness was formed in the spring of 2003 by saxophonists Rick Stone and Kelly Roberge. Along with Stone and Roberge the group includes bassist Kendall Eddy and drummer Austin McMahon. The main focus of this ensemble is to perform original compositions written in a performance art/theatrical style. The members of the quartet draw from a wide range of musical backgrounds and styles, including jazz, rhythm and blues, rock, folk, and classical music. Another objective of the group is to set up a series of concerts/clinics at public schools and colleges to teach role-playing, movement, and improvisation through music.

February 18, 2006

afternoon: a classical appetizer

BERT YOCOM AND LINDA PAPATOPOLI:
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR PIANO-DUO FEATURING WORKS OF AHMADHI, BAUGHMAN, ISSHIKI AND SAMUEL BARBER'S "SOUVENIRS"

1pm-

$5~10 Suggested Donation

Linda Papatopoli (Piano)
Bert Yocom (Piano)

Program:

Waltz in Dream ----- Ai Isshiki
echo ----- Ai Isshiki

Souvenirs ----- Samuel Barber
1. Waltz
2. Schottische
3. Pas de deux
4. Two-Step
5. Hesitation-Tango
6. Galop

Fantasia ----- Mary Ahmadi

Iridescence ---- - Bob Bauqhman

contact: Ai Isshiki 617-780-4292 zeitgeistca@mac.com
: Sylvain Bouix sbouix@gmail.com

early: headcats

7-9pm
free

David Mann and Stephen Merriman are Headcats

A psychiatrist and a psychotherapist reinvent their music careers of thirty years ago.

late: boston afrobeat

9:30 – 12am

-BOSTON AFROBEAT

February 19, 2006

early: alec lukashevvsky, fence kitchen and alec redfearn

drawing session
10:30 – 1 pm
$10

life drawing
every sunday @ zeitgeist

experimental folk
8-10 pm
$5

-ALEC LUKASHESKY
-FENCE KITCHEN
-ALEC K REDFERN

ALEX LUKASHEVSKY (Toronto) - acoustic blues / folk - guitar and vocals
FENCE KITCHEN ( Portland ME) - experimental / compositional jazz - horns, pump organ, piano, synth
ALEC K REDFEARN (Providence) - experimental / vocals, accordion

This is a mini showcase of 3 artists on North East Indie who have releases coming out this winter and spring on the Portland ME based label. The music from these artists varies from blues and folk to more experimental compositions incorporating piano, pump organ, horns and accordion. All 3 members are veterans of the recording and touring circuit with Alec K Redfearn having played as a solo musician and with the group The Eyesores and Gutterhelmut. Fence Kitchen is the moniker of Tim Harbeson a current member of tarpigh and former member of Cerberus Shoal. Alex Lukashevsky has toured as a solo musician and with the group Deep Dark United.

February 20, 2006

early: 3play+

space-jazz
7:30-9:30pm
$8

3play+

Phil Grenadier, trumpet
Josh Rosen, piano
Lello Molinari, bass
Dave Fox, drums

3play+ returns to the Zeitgeist with its unique brand of space-jazz, where freedom and interplay rule. Tonight we are proud to feature two outstanding guests, Phil Grenadier and Dave Fox.

Phil, known for his “luminous free-flowing constructs”, has a unique trumpet style which merges classic jazz influences with avant-garde musings. His openness and great ears make for a perfect 3play match. Some of his credits include performances and recordings with Chris Potter, Freddie Hubbard, and Kurt Rosenwinkel.

Dave is a burning young drummer, with great energy and ears to match! A perfect 3play foil.

Phil and Dave will be joined by 3play regulars Josh Rosen, piano, and Lello Molinari, bass, for an evening of free improvisation, original compositions, deconstructed standards and the occasional cover tune.

jazz
10pm–12:30am
$10

Out-jazz & free improvisation at its best. This trio has been playing together for over 30 years, and reinvents itself every time!

george garzone – tenor sax
john lockwood – bass
bob gullotti –drums

production: bob gullotti – 781.899.9382

February 21, 2006

jazz
7-9pm
$7

Kyle Nasser Group

Leo Genovese/Corey Bernhard/Lawrence Fields - piano
Lee Fish - drums
Hogyu Hwang/Kuriko Tsugawa - bass
Kyle Nasser - sax

hard-hitting, straight-ahead modern jazz...sit-in by invitation, so bring your axes.

dance
9:30pm – 12am
$5

argentine tango dance party (milonga)
buenos aires style with occasional performances

producer: simonida cekovic-vuletic 617-497-5568

February 22, 2006

early: the lymbyc systym

avant rock
8-10 pm

-THE LYMBYC SYSTYM

TLS is an extraordinary duo comprised of two young prodigious brothers from Arizona playing sophisticated instrumental rock with nods to electronica, avant jazz and IDM.

late: gill, nate and friends

jazz
10–12pm
$5

free session
11pm-midnight

gill nat and friends

production: gill aharon

February 23, 2006

early: casey dienel and fancie

singer-songwriter
7-9pm
$7

Fancie (Elisabeth Wood) currently resides in Berlin.
"I arrived in a large egg and my parents are very
young and beautiful and
graceful people. Salt of the earth!! I am grumpy and
balding."

Casey Dienel just moved to Brooklyn and likes the
color of persimmons. Her songs are about pet peeves,
like when big fish eat the little fish, and reference
her culinary obsessions with coffee, Cracker Jack,
whiskey, and the miracle known as the Baked Alaska
(warm exterior, frozen interior). Her most favorite
pastime in the whole wide world is the observance of
miracles.

late: hammond b3 night

b3 jazz organ
9:30pm-12am
$8 suggested donation

hammond b3 nights

oepn funk with sam gilman organ trio

Production: Sam Gilman

February 24, 2006

early: scott getchell birthday bash

spoken word, music
7-9pm

“scott getchell birthday bash” with:

SPOKEN WORD BY:
-TOM STENQUIST
-SCOTT GETCHELL
-ANNE PLUTO

MUSIC BY:
LARS VEGAS

Production: Scott Getchell

February 25, 2006

afternoon: a classical appetizer

1pm-
$5

2 to 3

Vocal/Piano duo (Jazz/Pops/R&B)

Akiko Iwase, Vocal
Yoko Dejima, Vocal
Yusaku Yoshimura, Piano

Trumpexophone (tpt & alt sax. duo/Jazz)

Akira Tanidono, Trumpet
Shusaku Yoshikawa, alto Saxophone

Recorder Trio (Renaissance)

Sarah Cantor
Heloise Degrugillier
Justin Godoy

contact: Ai Isshiki 617-780-4292 zeitgeistca@mac.com
: Sylvain Bouix sbouix@gmail.com

early: joe maneri & david haas

improv/jazz
7-9pm
$10

joe maneri and david haas and guests

joe maneri - reeds and poetry
david g. haas - piano
marc riordan - drums
james bergin - viola
dan blacksberg - trombone

late: dunya's meyhane style fasil nights

turkish
9:30pm
$15

dunya's meyhane style fasil nights
with mehmet sanlikol, cem mutlu and eylem basaldi

a concert of turkish classical and folk music in an intimate setting
where you are invited to interact with music and enjoy.

Mehmet SANLIKOL, Cem MUTLU and special guests will present an ever-evolving contemporary view of a wide range of Middle Eastern (mainly Turkish) traditions, alone and interaction with other world traditions. Come to the Zeitgesit Gallery and have fun as if you are in Istanbul at the Cumhuriyet Meyhanesi.

Feel free to bring your own drinks/liquor and food (Raki and Meze).

February 26, 2006

drawing session
10:30am–1 pm
$10

life drawing
every sunday @ zeitgeist

production: jamie mclaughlin

early: subconsciouscafe new chamber

french & american experimental electro-acoustic
8pm
$15 or b/o

rob chalfen & subconsciouscafe new chamber music
presents

THE INSECT PYRAMID TRANSMISSION TOUR!
featuring

-MASTER MUSICIANS OF HOP FROG (int'l)
-TZII (france)
-RIPIT (france

HOP FROG

The hop-frog kollectiv itself is a mix of over twenty participants who focus on experimental spoken word, art & music. The core members of the kollectiv have performed with Not Breathing, DJ Cheb I Sabbah, David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, etc.), Steve Mackay and The Radon Ensemble (The Stooges, Violent Femmes) & Dame Darcy (Meatcake) under the names hop-frog's drum jester devotional and The Master Musician's of hop-frog.

Hop-frog have not only toured with Backworld (feat. Joe Budenholzer of Current 93, Foetus, etc.) and Sorrow (featuring Rose McDowall of Strawberry Switchblade, Spell, Current 93, Death In June and Coil) on two separate occasions but members of hop-frog have played in both of these projects for the duration of the tours.

The live performances are especially intriguing featuring heavily effected traditional western instruments such as clarinet, violin, guitar, drums, analog and bass fused with eastern, tribal, toy and non-traditional instruments such as the saz, toy & real accordions, circuit bent keyboards, snake charmer flutes, christmas tree bells, the Dhol, broken cymbals and even a kitchen sink.

hop-frog have performed on six occasions in Paris, France, all over the western U.S., and just completed an intensive European tour in May, 2005.

www.hop-frog.com

TZII
French composer, Tzii is a musician but also a video maker and a DJ. As a logical sequel to his musical activities of the nineties (public performances began in 1994), he created his own label (Night On Earth Rec.), releasing vynil records, videos, mixtapes and soon CD-Rs and DVDs. Polymorphis in tastes and centers of interest, he is influenced by various popular cultures, mainly european and african. He explores all the forms of the industrial culture, playful or introspective, electronic or acoustic, visual or sonic. His livesets, whatever form it takes, are always an "inside mind" trip.

http://www.nightonearth.org
http://www.myspace.com/tzii

RIPIT
Nyko Esterle's electronic experiments, as an attempt to a musical self-suffisency, start in 1998 with the founding of his label RIPOSTE.REC and his solo project RIPIT. He was mixing electronic sounds patterned in a rhythmic and repetitive form with a stage attitude closer to punk than to the DJ one, confronting a rock audience to a hard and crude music, where the human is only there to alternate the structure and by then, giving an animal spontaneity to analog and mechanical sounds.

Since then, he knews how to explore the worldwide underground electronic scene by touring Europe and north America, by releasing several recordings on various formats and by developing a local scene thru massive experimental party organizing over Paris.

All along his travels and tours, his meeting with other artists leaded him to collaborate with a lot of different projects as Black Elf Speaks (Noise Rock Opera project from the members of Usaisamonster), Sikhara (Radonstudio.com), Steve Mackay (Sax player of The Stooges and The Violent Femmes), Jason Forrest (aka Donna Summer). He toured alongside the previous but also with Doormouse, Venetian Snares, Hecate, Man Is The Bastard Noise and several others...

http://ripit.widerstand.org/
http://www.myspace.com/riipiit

Production:Rob Chalfen - robchalfen@hotmail.com

February 27, 2006

jazz
10pm–12:30am
$10

Out-jazz & free improvisation at its best. This trio has been playing together for over 30 years, and reinvents itself every time!

george garzone – tenor sax
john lockwood – bass
bob gullotti –drums

production: bob gullotti – 781.899.9382

February 28, 2006

jazz
7-9pm
$7

Kyle Nasser Group

Leo Genovese/Corey Bernhard/Lawrence Fields - piano
Lee Fish - drums
Hogyu Hwang/Kuriko Tsugawa - bass
Kyle Nasser - sax

hard-hitting, straight-ahead modern jazz...sit-in by invitation, so bring your axes.

dance
9:30pm – 12am
$5