Noah Baerman & All-Star Cast
Thursday May 24 7:30 pm | |||
$10 | |||
Reservations suggested |
Jazz
pianist, educator and Middletown resident Noah Baerman recently
celebrated the release of his seventh album under his own name, “Turtle
Steps.” For this performance he will be playing some new music with some
old friends. Expect to hear some different sounds (slide guitar,
anyone?) as well as tunes from Noah’s previous records.
Noah Baerman – piano
Yoron Israel – drums
Kris Allen - alto saxophone
Special Guest: Jimmy Greene - tenor saxophone
Jazz pianist, composer, educator and
author Noah Baerman grew up in Connecticut, studying jazz at New Haven’s
Educational Center for the Arts and at Jackie McLean’s Artists’
Collective in Hartford. In the 1990s, he earned B.M. and M.M. degrees in
Jazz Studies from Rutgers University, where his mentor was Kenny
Barron. Aside from Barron, his instructors included Ted Dunbar, Joanne
Brackeen, Bill Fielder, Ralph Bowen, Larry Ridley and Michael Mossman.
He also discovered a broad range of music through studies in jazz
history with Phil Schaap and Lewis Porter. While at Rutgers, he
performed extensively in and around New York with jazz artists including
Bowen, Charles Fambrough, Stefon Harris, Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Mark
Turner and many others. From 1994-1999, he co-led the quartet Positive
Rhythmic Force, performing throughout the east coast and recording two
CDs.
JIMMY GREENE:
Saxophonist Jimmy Greene To Teach At WestConn
By OWEN McNALLY, Special To The Courant The Hartford Courant12:24 p.m. EDT, May 15, 2012
Missed by family, friends and fans in Hartford during his three-year
stint as a college professor in Canada, tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene, a
soft-spoken, 6-foot-6, jazz giant, is returning to the area to teach at as a full-time jazz faculty member at Western Connecticut State University at Danbury.Greene, who has eight acclaimed albums to his credit and has been the saxophonist of choice for such famous bandleaders as Horace Silver and Tom Harrell, has taught at the University of Manitoba since 2009.
Greene, who first began demonstrating his musical prowess in Connecticut as a phenomenal teenage player — initially as a precocious talent at Bloomfield High School and later at The Hartt School under the mentorship of Hartford jazz great Jackie McLean, says, “I’m super excited. Obviously, it’s great to be coming home and join the fine faculty members at WestConn and contribute in any way I can to the jazz studies program there. We’re moving back to Connecticut sometime in mid-July.”
Amalgamated Muck
Friday May 25 8:00 pm | |||
$10
Since
playing shows together in Small Town Concert Series and joining musical
forces, the melodic amalgamation of Lauren Agnelli with Matthew Male,
Brian Wolfe, Rose Bengston
and Rodney Maxwell has become more than just some pretty mucking about – they’re now officially Amalgamated Muck!
and Rodney Maxwell has become more than just some pretty mucking about – they’re now officially Amalgamated Muck!
Best described musically as Americana Music – roots, country, and
folk with rock & blues mixed in -‐-‐ Amalgamated Muck does it
best, with great harmonies and spirited performances
of their own original songs, as well as some very tasteful choices of cover material. Brian “Ebin Parker” Wolfe of Ebin-‐Rose comes from that British Folk tradition (Nick Drake, John
Martyn), bringing along a bevy of vintage stringed instruments. Rodney Maxwell (vocals, lead & acoustic guitar) has a solid a country and rock background (Johnny Cash, Lowell
George, The Allman Brothers), while Lauren Agnelli (vocals, bass, ukulele, 12-‐string guitar) hails from Grammy-‐nominated Contemporary Folk, 3-‐part harmony group the
Washington Squares (“Peter, Paul & Mary meets The Violent Femmes”).
of their own original songs, as well as some very tasteful choices of cover material. Brian “Ebin Parker” Wolfe of Ebin-‐Rose comes from that British Folk tradition (Nick Drake, John
Martyn), bringing along a bevy of vintage stringed instruments. Rodney Maxwell (vocals, lead & acoustic guitar) has a solid a country and rock background (Johnny Cash, Lowell
George, The Allman Brothers), while Lauren Agnelli (vocals, bass, ukulele, 12-‐string guitar) hails from Grammy-‐nominated Contemporary Folk, 3-‐part harmony group the
Washington Squares (“Peter, Paul & Mary meets The Violent Femmes”).
In between virtuostic instrumentalizing by Brian and Rodney on
mandolin, guitar, tipple, etc., and solid basslines or rhythmic
accompaniment from Lauren & Matthew, vocalist
Rose Bengston (of Ebin-‐Rose) sings leads with “soft, ethereal” vocals a la Sandy Denny, or harmonizes with lead vocals by Lauren and /or Rodney (& sometimes Brian), for a lovely
new sound that’s emotional and stirring; Matthew Male helps keep it all together on percussion. In total, there’s never a dull moment with Amalgamated Muck, so come on and listen!
Rose Bengston (of Ebin-‐Rose) sings leads with “soft, ethereal” vocals a la Sandy Denny, or harmonizes with lead vocals by Lauren and /or Rodney (& sometimes Brian), for a lovely
new sound that’s emotional and stirring; Matthew Male helps keep it all together on percussion. In total, there’s never a dull moment with Amalgamated Muck, so come on and listen!
Riverwood Poetry
Friday | May 26 6:30 pm | |||||||
$3-5 |
Memorial Day Commemoration with Lisa Siedlarz and Michael Lepore
Lisa L. Siedlarz of New Haven, CT received her Masters in Fine Arts
from WCSU in 2009. She is Editor of Connecticut River Review, the
national poetry journal supported by the CT Poetry Society, and Managing
Editor for Connecticut Review. She was awarded the 2006 John Holmes and
the 2007 Leo Connellan poetry prizes, and has been widely published.
Her work has been nominated for the 2009 Best New Poets Anthology. She
also facilitated a 16 week writing workshop with Vietnam veterans and
edited a collection of their work called A Season of Now. Her debut
chapbook is I Dream My Brother Plays Baseball (Clemson University
Digital Press, 2009). Dr. Michael F. Lepore received a commission as a
lieutenant in the US Navy Dental Corps and served two years of active
duty attached to Headquarters, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North
Carolina, where he was given independent duty at an outlying facility
called The Rifle Range. It was there that he had close contact with the
Marine recruits coming from basic training at Parris Island, South
Carolina. He saw them leave for combat duty in Vietnam and was there
when some returned. A poet who is active in the local Veterans Service
Commission, he helps to raise funds for the Marines Helping Marines,
Wounded Marine Program for the combat troops returning from the Iraqi
and Afghanistan conflicts. He is the author of Forgotten Heroes: Poems
for and about Veterans of the Vietnam War (Grayson Books, 2010). Open
mic follows feature: help us honor the memory of those who gave their
lives in our nation’s service with a poem (your own or another’s) that
expresses your feelings on this day. Admission is free: donations
gratefully accepted. Donations of non-perishable foods will also be
accepted for Amazing Grace Food Pantry, Middletown.
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Suggested Donation: $3-5
Food donations for St. Vincent DePaul, Middletown also welcomed.
For More Info: www.riverwoodpoetry.org
Food donations for St. Vincent DePaul, Middletown also welcomed.
For More Info: www.riverwoodpoetry.org
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