GZA @ ATP Minehead 2007 (more by Zach Dilgard)

tonight in NYC
* GZA @ Gramercy Theatre
* Willy Gantrim, Brownbird Rudy Relic @ Sycamore
* Asylum Street Spankers, The Woes @ The Bell House
* Passion Pit, The Joy Formidable, Arms @ Terminal 5
* NYC Winter Jazz Festival @ LPR, Sullivan Hall, more
* Jared Friedman, Boy Genius, Raccoon Fighter @ Fort Useless
* The Sons & Heirs (a Smiths & Morrissey tribute) @ the Bell House
* Peelander Z, Math the Band, Secret Guest @ Santos Party House
* The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Loom @ Mercury Lounge (late)
* Truman Peyote, ManyMansions, Blissed Out, Nonhorse @ Silent Barn
* The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Roadside Graves @ Mercury Lounge (early)
* Blues Control, Rot Shit, Tusk Lord, Home Blitz, Drunkdriver @ Death By Audio
* Vicky Emerson, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Aunt Martha,Verdes,Beowulf @ Living Room
* I'm Turning Into, Brendan Leonard, Austin Thomas @ Pete's Candy Store (day show)
* Care Bears On Fire, Blame The Patient, Ethan Levenson, Supercute @ Cake Shop (day show)
* Mondo Mundo Fest w/ Ocote Soul Sounds, Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely, Burkina Electric, Abaji @ Hiro Ballroom
* The New Familiars, The Hot Seats, Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade, Christabel and the Jons, Sxip Shirey, The Two Man Gentlemen Band @ 92YTribeca

All was scheduled to play MHOW tonight, but the tour was cancelled.

Bobby Previte's New Bump Quartet and Whoopie Pie played sets as part of the ongoing Winter Jazz Festival at Kenny's Castaways last night. Videos below....

What else?

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by Andrew Frisicano

William Parker Quartet

New York Guitar Festival, with shows between January 8th and February 4th, has already been mentioned here in a few different contexts. The "Silent Film/Live Guitars" portion is certainly a big highlight, with one-off performances by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and Steve Kimock, David Bromberg and Marc Ribot, Alex de Grassi and James Blackshaw, and the fest closers Chicha Libre and Gyan Riley. Tickets are still available for all but the Vernon/Kimock show.

There's more on the schedule too. World Financial Center Winter Garden hosts a free opening show on Friday, January 8th with Hindustani slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya. There are also theme nights, with Barbes holding Django [Reinhardt] A Go Go (1/24) and 92nd Street Y hosting a Bach Guitar Marathon (1/31).

And LPR has two shows for the fest as well - a night headlined by James Blackshaw (with Max Ochs, Ben Hall, and Nick Jonah Davis too) on January 26th (tickets) and a previously mentioned show with the stellar pairing of Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog and Skeleton$ (possibly in Big Band form). A video of the Skeletons Big band from their December show at the Stone is below. Tickets for Marc Ribot/Skeletons show are on sale.

(Le) Poisson Rouge is also one of the main spots for the NYC Winter Jazz Festival this Friday and Saturday, when it hosts Jenny Scheinman & Jason Moran, Vijay Iyer Trio, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society and others. Other Village venues are well-stocked with talent too (and getting better - Saturday's Sullivan Hall lineup just added William Parker Quartet). Tickets to day one and two (or a two-day pass to both) are still on sale.

Iyer is also at the Stone this weekend, on Sunday (1/10), as is Tyshawn Sorey, who plays there Friday (1/8) (and plays the Winter Jazz Fest on Saturday).

While on the topic of Iyer, a few other excellent, top-of-their-game, consistently original pianists have shows in the same week (could be called the 'inadvertent piano fest'). McCoy Tyner Trio with special guest Gary Bartz are at Highline Ballroom on Friday, January 8th on a latin-tinged bill with Francisco Mela's Cuban Safari, Jon Batiste Band and Alfredo Rodriguez. Tickets are still on sale.

Ethan Iverson of the Bad Plus has a show at LPR, where he'll open with a solo "cocktail" piano set, with The Respect Sextet on Tuesday, January 12th. Tickets are on sale.

Pianist Brad Mehldau, whose new Jon Brion-produced album is due February 23rd, plays two solo sets at Highline Ballroom on January 14th, as a benefit for JazzReach. Tickets are on sale.

The full schedule for the NY Guitar Fest and videos are below...

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by Andrew Frisicano

two of these three guys will be there (one w/ Jenny Scheinman, also on the cover)

NYC's Winter Jazz Fest will be happening Friday, January 8th and Saturday, January 9th at a handful of Village venues. Both nights include more than a few worth-while acts (Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Jamie Saft's Whoopie Pie, Vijay Iyer Trio, Jenny Scheinman & Jason Moran, the late-night triple-play of Mary Halvorson, Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition and Tyshawn Sorrey Guitar Trio). Tickets for Friday-only and Saturday-only are on sale, and two-day passes are available too. The full schedule is below...

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