Jazz artist Matt Savage

Jazz composer and Bösendorfer piano artist Matt Savage and his Trio will celebrate his 16th birthday at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, 30 W. 68th Street, NYC, on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at 8 pm with an electrifying performance of award winning original compositions and jazz standards. The concert is free of charge and open to the community. Suggested donations ($20 / $10 students) will benefit Kulanu, or “All of Us,” the innovative weekly course offered by Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, open to all Jewish children who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

Diagnosed with autism at age three, Matt’s journey from the depths of the disorder to international Jazz artist at 16 is an extraordinary one. His young career has already led to appearances on the “Late Show with David Letterman,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brian,” NPR’s “Piano Jazz” with Marian McPartland, and performances at famed New York Jazz venues including the Blue Note, Birdland, and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. Matt Savage brings new life to the music of jazz greats, past and present. His enormous respect for their legendary bodies of work inspires and fuels his own unique jazz compositions and interpretations. As People Magazine astutely wrote in 2002, “…jazz phenom Matt Savage unlocks a door to genius using 88 keys.” In 2008, Matt Savage and his trio won nation-wide recognition for their sixth album, Hot Ticket:Live in Boston, which reached #2 in live jazz album sales on Amazon.com and #11 on the Jazzweek charts.

Kulanu, a weekly Religious School class offered by Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, is open to all children between the ages of 5 and 10 years old who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The curriculum is designed to engage children in home and synagogue celebrations, and to gain knowledge of and comfort with Jewish traditions, rituals, and culture. The class incorporates behavioral principles including visual supports and positive reinforcement. Through hands-on, lively activities, students explore the themes of Jewish holidays, life-cycle events, and Jewish identity.

This concert will showcase the extraordinary artistry and accomplishments of Matt Savage and will highlight the latest innovations that address the social and educational needs of children with ASD and their families. For more information, contact: Symi Rom-Rymer at 212-877-4050 x 266, communications@swfs.org

EAST VILLAGE VISITS SCHULHOFF, GREEN, RAVEL, SCHOENFIELD, & EHRLICH

DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
Mimi Stern-Wolfe Artistic Director
EAST VILLAGE CONCERT SERIES
presents
FEEDBACK: Jazz & Pop Influences on Contemporary Music
SUNDAY: FEBRUARY 11, 2007 @ 3PM
works by:
ERWIN SCHULHOFF: Hot Sonata for saxophone and piano
RAY GREEN: Holiday for Four for viola, clarinet , bassoon and piano
MAURICE RAVEL: Blues Movement from Violin & Piano Sonata
PAUL SCHOENFIELD: Cafe Musique for Piano Trio
MARTY EHRLICH & Friends: Jazz compositions

PERFORMERS: Lori Berkowitz, vliola; Gili Sharett, bassoon; David Hopkins, clarinet ; Marilyn Dubow, violin Downtown Chamber Trio : Rieko Kawabata, violin; Daniel Barrett, cello Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano;
Special Guests: MARTY EHRLICH, saxophone & friends
St. Marks in the Bowery (Tenth Street & Second Avenue)
Suggested Donation: $10; sen/stu/$8; 212 4771594
www.downtownmusicproductions.org

Jews and Blues at JCC in Newton, MA

Jews and Blues at JCC
Saturday, January 27, 8:00 pm, and Sunday, January 28, 2:00 pm: "Jews and Blues," Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton:
You might feel the JCC shake, rattle, 'n' roll when Artistic Director Joshua Jacobson and Zamir, in collaboration with Nathaniel Stringfield and his band, HouseK'wake, team up this weekend. The program includes individual sets by each group and a not-to-be-missed joint set showcasing Jewish and African-American music— swing, jazz, folk, gospel, reggae, and blues. For more information, go to LSJCC (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=mfkt88bab.0.8qf568bab.p54cesbab.2674&ts=S0229&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ovationtix.com%2Ftrs%2Fcal%2F191) or call the JCC Box Office at 617-965-5226.

Jazz with Piano in the Center-- Anat Fort Trio

Friday, January 20th at 10pm
The Opera House in Tel Aviv (aka Hamishkan le'omanuyot habama)
http://www.israel-opera.co.il/

Anat Fort, piano/Gary Wang-bass
Roland Schneider-drums
Jonatan Keren-violin
Yuval Messner-cello
The Contemporary Israeli quartet (Har'vi'ia HaIsreaelit Ha'achshavit)
Special guest-Ayelet Gottlieb-voice.

MIDRASH MISH MOSH AT MAKOR ON NEW YEAR’S EVE!

DON’T MISS A STAR-STUDDED PERFORMANCE OF THE CRITICALY ACCLAIMED MIDRASH MISH MOSH AT MAKOR ON NEW YEAR’S EVE!

"A project with newly composed music of expansive scope, Alexander has produced a screaming celebration of the multicultural American Jewish identity."
Elliott Simon, AllAboutJazz - NY

New York, NY: Makor (25 West 67th street) Celebrate the 365th day of the year and the 7th night of Hanukkah – all in one; enjoy three floors of entertainment and mingling! Beginning at 9pm the party will include Aaron Alexander’s Midrash Mish Mosh, Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All-stars, a Klezmer Jam Session and The Boys of Balagan Boogaloo. Also offered as part of the evening is a two-hour open beer and wine bar (from 10 to 12) followed by a champagne toast at midnight. Midrash Mish Mosh, on John Zorn's Tzadik label, came about as a result of Alexander’s desire to do a different kind of record; to incorporate free jazz with traditional klezmer and thrash punk. It is both a serious reflection on and a synthesis of the disparate influences in Alexander’s life through the free jazz spectrum. Exhilarating, lyrical and intense, this CD simultaneously breaks down previously established boundaries and builds up new and daring ethnic jazz identities. The result - A kickin’ ethnojazz party!

Midrash Mish Mosh will begin at 9pm on Sat. Dec 31 at the Steinhardt Building. Tickets are $65 for individuals and $100 for couples. Call Y-Charge at 212.415.5500 or visit www.makor.org for more information and online ticket purchase.

"This is plugged-in "Original, energetic and different from "Party atmosphere!” amped-up Jewish music." pretty much anything you’ll hear out there” All Music Guide Jerry D’Souza, AllAboutJazz Astarita, Downbeat Aaron Alexander’s Midrash Mish Mosh MAKOR’S NEW YEAR’S EVE: SET THE NEW YEAR ON FIRE

PERSONNEL
AARON ALEXANDER (Leader, Drums) A native of Seattle, Alexander moved to New York in 1993. He has since provided a rhythmic backbone to many seminal groups of the new Jewish Renaissance, including the Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave, and Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars. His first CD on Tzadik, Midrash Mish Mosh is also his inaugural release as an ethnojazz bandleader. Alexander’s powerful compositions explore the outer regions of jazz fusion with klezmer, thrash punk, and world music rhythms.

MERLIN SHEPHERD (Clarinet)
ALEX KONTOROVICH (Clarinet, Alto Sax, Baritone Sax)
GREG WALL (Tenor Sax, Clarinet)
FRANK LONDON (Trumpet)
DAN BLACKSBURG (Trombone)
JAY VILNAI (Guitar)
MARK RUBIN (Bass)
TBA (2nd Drums)
VENUE
MAKOR (25 West 67th Street) offers evening and weekend events to New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s. Makor's programming is a mix of sophisticated contemporary music performances, film screenings, art exhibits, theater presentations, literary readings, recreational activities and classes and lectures, many of which are devoted to Jewish topics.

OMRI HASON QUARTET: JAZZ meets EAST

Chers amis,
Avec l'automne, recommence la saison 2004-2005 des concerts organis�s par l'Association des Amis de la Musique Juive (www.amj.ch) Voici donc:

OMRI HASON QUARTET: JAZZ meets EAST

- Karim OTHMAN-HASSAN : oud
- Sascha SCH�NHAUS : saxophone, clarinette
- Omri HASON : percussions orientales
- Michael BORNHAK : contrebasse

Salle de la Cit� Bleue, 46 Av. Miremont, Gen�ve
dimanche 31.10.2004 � 17h
Tarif: 28.- / r�duit: 18.- (+ r�duction AMJ: 5.-)

Omri Hason et ses musiciens sont de merveilleux conteurs qui ma�trisent aussi bien les musiques de l'Orient que les improvisations du jazz. Dans une subtile fusion de formes musicales h�bra�ques, arabes et turques, les improvisations jazzistiques originales, sensibles et surprenantes, s'exhalent habilement de l'atmosph�re fraternelle et des joyeuses palabres qui fleurent bon le moka et le th� � la menthe!
Location & renseignements: T & F: 022 734.71.93
Informations d�taill�es sur le site AMJ: http://www.amj.ch/WPR41031.htm