SHOW CHANGE
DANNY HOLT / ELDERFLOWER
Monday, February 1 at 7:00 PM
Elderflower is a concentration on the creation of duo improvisation. Recorded at home in Brooklyn to an MP3 recorder, Loren Stillman (saxophones) and Ryan Ferreira (guitar) share this music as a documentation of their ongoing progress and musical development as a duo. Audio files will be posted on their Bandcamp music page: http://elderflower.bandcamp.com Listeners are encouraged to share in this musical journey for whatever price they feel adequate, or for free. This is not the next "get rich quick scheme," rather a musical experience to be shared with all who are interested in the duo's musical growth. 2010 awaits the release of the duo's first self-released EP, 'Deep Drink'. Recorded and mixed by Ryan Ferreira, Deep Drink includes improvisations from two studio sessions (2008) and one recorded at home (2007) capturing the duo's first time playing together.
Called "the classical music equivalent of an extreme sports athlete" (The Record), and named as one of the "local heroes" of L.A.'s music scene by LA City Beat, pianist Danny Holt is known for his virtuosic no-holds-barred style. His Fast Jump CD was produced by Mike Garson (pianist for David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, etc.) and was a featured new release on both WNYC and iTunes in 2009. A passionate advocate for new music, Holt has worked with such composers as Steve Reich, Louis Andriessen, David Lang, and Michael Gordon, and he has been a fellow at the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall and the Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute. In Los Angeles he performs with the L.A. Philharmonic, Jacaranda, The California EAR Unit and other contemporary music ensembles. "If his upcoming concert of classical music was met by a mosh pit, pianist Danny Holt wouldn't mind at all." (Daily Hampshire Gazette) $15
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ALICE SMITH: ACOUSTIC
Tuesday, February 9 at 9:30 PM
Smith is, on the evidence of her solo debut, 'For Lovers, Dreamers & Me' (BBE Records), the most promising female singer-songwriter to go her own enrapturing way in a very long time. She was named one of "10 Artists to Watch" in Rolling Stone and has struck a chord through audiences through tours with Citizen Cope and Santogold. She was r invited to perform at the Grammy Foundation's Starry Night event honoring Quincy Jones alongside a group of established artists including John Legend, Gloria Estefan, Babyface, Kanye West and Nancy Wilson. Her voice, with its four-octave range, is luscious and powerful and nuanced and finely sensitive to rhythm. Yet it never makes a cult of its own abilities; for all its fantastic manners, Smith's voice gets on down the road. Sometimes she sings with a booming intensity, yet Smith never loses the unlearnable balance and poise that separates good singers from great ones. And her basic attitudes, which are audible in every unforced phrase she negotiates, are all her own. $22
FEBRUARY 22-24
THE PARIS REVIEW: PHILIP GOUREVITCH TALKS WITH Mary Karr
Monday, February 22 at 7:00 PM
The Paris Review, named by Time Magazine "America's greatest literary journal," returns to Joe's Pub with a lively conversation about the craft of writing. The New York Times calls the Paris Review interviews "the most remarkable and extensive interviewing project we possess." Philip Gourevitch, editor of The Paris Review since 2005, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of "The Ballad of Abu Gharib," will talk with memoirist Mary Karr about her writing. Karr is the author of "The Liars' Club" and "Cherry" and her latest book, "Lit" was named one of the ten best books of 2009 by the New York Times. An Art of Memoir interview with Karr will appear in the spring issue of The Paris Review. $20
Tom Kitt AT STELLA DEL MARE
Monday, February 22 at 9:30 PM
From piano bar to Broadway...to piano bar...to Broadway...
For one night only with the help of some special (and not so special) guests, Tom will attempt to reconcile his experience at the once preeminent, now defunct Croatian piano bar, Stella Del Mare. $25
