november `07

BROOKLYN INDEPENDENT CINEMA SERIES
Every first and third Monday of the
month Traveling cinema presents
the BROOKLYN INDEPENDENT
CINEMA SERIES. Curated by Joe
Pacheco.
Monday Nov 12th
Feature Program
Orphans
77 min • 2007 • US.
Two estranged sisters reunite for a
birthday celebration at an isolated
farmhouse in the dead of winter.
When the party takes a surprising
turn, the sisters revisit their dark
and dangerous past. Directed by Ry
Russo-Young
Shorts Program
The Haircut
7 min • 2006 • US.
One of the women is washing his
hair. Another one is bringing him
chicken soup. They all sit and chat
without mentioning the awkward
situation. Directed by Bohdana Smyrova
Banana Eye Man
Monday Nov 19
The Last Romantic 88 min • 2006 • US.
NOVEMBER ‘07
376 9th St Park Slope Brooklyn New York City
F Train To 7th Ave Corner Of 6th Ave & 9th St
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LIVE
Thu 11/01, 8:00pm
M a t t D a r r i a u ’ s PARADOX TRIO
Original music inspired by Eastern European,
Balkan, Gypsy and downtown traditions. The
group features Matt Darriau on two Bulgarian
instruments, the Kaval (an end-blown flute,
similar to the Arabic ney) and the Gaida
(bagpipe) as well as saxes and clarinets. He is
joined by Jay Vilnai on guitars, Rufus Cappadocia
on cello and Seido Salifoski on dumbek.
Thu 11/01, 10:00pm
RACHELLE GARNIEZ
with Guinea’s most popular group, Bembeya
Jazz National while Emile became the singer for
Balla et ses Balladins, a legendary Malian band.
Now based in New York City, musical director
and lead guitarist Mamady Kouyate has
rejoined with his longtime friend and colleague,
singer Emile Soumah, and along with young
singer Ismael “Bon Fils” Kouyate, have revived
The Mandingo Ambassadors. They are backed
by Ambassadors Mohamed Kouyate on guitar,
Peter Barr on drumset, Andy Alguire on balafon
and keyboards, Nick Cudahy on bass, Brian
Glashow on percussion.
Sat 11/03, 7:00pm
OPERA ON TAP
Opera is fun. Most people don’t seem to realize
how much fun it really is. In order to prove it,
Opera on Tap has taken its act to barrooms
where they found out that beer on tap enhances
the operatic experience. The company is made
up of young singers and instrumentalists who
Fri 11/02, 8:00pm
relish the direct contact with audiences not
inhibited in their reactions by the looming
NED SUBLETTE
The Texan-born and New York-based musician menace of giant chandeliers.
has been this country’s leading ambassador of
Cuban music for over two decades. He is the Sat 11/03, 10:00pm
founder of influential label Qbadisc; is responsible THE ROULETTE SISTERS’
for introducing North American audiences to
HALLOWEEN
Rumba group Los Muñequitos de Matanzas and ANNUAL
is the author of the amazing history of Cuban SPECTACULAR
music: Cuba and Its Music: From the First An all-girl Quartet in the tradition of the Boswell
Drums to the Mambo. Ned Sublette is also a and the Andrews Sisters, these sisters play
songwriter (His song “Cowboys Are Frequently, an American repertoire that spans the Carter
Secretly Fond of Each Other” was recorded by Family, Bessie Smith, Leadbelly, Pink Anderson,
Willie Nelson) and musical innovator who, back Memphis Minnie, Papa Charlie Jackson as well
in the 1980’s seemed to have found the Guajira as original compositions. The sisters are ruheart of American country music. His country mored to have different fathers, but are strong
band incorporated some of New York’s best believers in their own kind of family values – and
Salseros who transformed his music the way if last year is any indication, they should have
swing musicians had transformed an earlier some pretty amazing costumes With Megan
strain of Texan music. - to great results. Ned Burleyson - Vocals & Washboard, Mamie Minch
- Resonator guitar & Vocals, Meg Reichardt Sublette will be playing solo.
Guitar and Karen Waltuch on Viola.
The singer and accordionist is one of the most
mesmerizing performer around. She is here the
first thursday of every month, and each time
manages to sound new.
Fri 11/02, 10:00pm
T H E M A N D I N G O Sun 11/04, 7:00pm
HANG THE LIGHTS
AMBASSADORS
Josh Camp is one half of One
This legendary band was originally formed in
Guinea, West Africa, in the late 1960’s by
Guitarist Mamady “Djelike” Kouyate and singer
Emile Soumah. Their music became some of the
most beloved and influential of their generation
and their songs were widely imitated. Mamady
Kouyate later went on to perform for many years
Ring Zero.
He’s also a Virginia native where he grew up
listening to country music whenever he was
not practicing Bartok. His new project is more
country than Bartok, more pop than quirk
- heavy on accordion, catchy hooks and songs
about heartbreaks, werewolves and religious
Calvin Wizzig is a poet. He knows it.
The world, though, may or may not
ever get that opportunity. Disillusioned with life back home, he ventures to New York City with the hope
of getting published as an influential
writer. There’s only one problem: his
entire canon consists of a few scribbles on a pocket notepad. Directed
by Aaron Nee & Adam Nee
fanatics. With Joshua Camp-vocals, piano,
accordion, guitar; Anthony Mascorro-vocals,
bass; Timothy Quigley-drums, drums; Giancarlo
Vulcano-guitar.
Sun 11/04, 9:00pm
STEPHANE WREMBEL: French
American funk: Slavic Soul Party! is just what
it says. Brash and strong as slivovitz, these
nine musicians have forged a virtuosic new
brass band music in the heart of New York City
– melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican, and
Asian immigrant backgrounds American jazz
and soul .Their new CD Teknochek Collision is
available from Barbès records. John Carlson &
Ben Holmes (trumpet), Oscar Noriega (clarinet),
Jacob Garchik and Brian Drye (trombone), Ron
Caswell (tuba), Peter Stan (accordion), Matt
Moran (snare/bubanj/darabouka) $10 (very
strongly) suggested.
virtuoso Guitarist Stephane Wrembel seems
to have channeled both the technique and the
fire of Django Reinhardt. He studied for years
the manouche (the French Gypsies) but has
also gotten deep into American vernacular
musical styles. His weekly sets will mix up
the traditional Django repertoire along gypsy
swing re-interpretations of standards. His core Wed 11/07
band includes Washboard Kit master David NIGHT OF THE RAVISHED
Langlois and Jared Engel as well as frequent LIMBS Every Wednesday. Curated by Micollaborator violinist Olivier Manchon and a chael Attias. $10
host of special guests.
8:00pm - THE CLARINETS Their
beautiful new cd is the first release on Skirl ReMon 11/05, 9:30pm
cords- a brooklyn-centric label started by Chris
CHICHA LIBRE
Speed. “Gracefully mysterious pieces for three
Every Monday! Chicha Libre plays a mixture of clarinets recorded in an old church in Sullivan
latin rhythms, surf music and psychedelic pop County, NY. Ambient yet aggressive and sponinspired by Peruvian music from the Amazon. taneous yet cohesive, The Clarinets are like no
The Brooklyn-based band mixes up covers of other woodwind section. with Oscar Noriega,
forgotten Chicha classics with French-tinged Chris Speed & Anthony Burr.
originals, re-interpretation of 70’s pop classics
as well as cumbia versions of pieces by Satie 10:00pm - TAYLOR/SANCHEZ/
and Ravel. With Greg Burrows - percussion; LIGHTCAP Chad Taylor: drums, Angelica
Joshua Camp - Hohner Electravox; Olivier Sanchez: piano, Chris Lightcap: bass.
Three
Conan - Cuatro & Vocals - Nicholas Cudahy - great players and composers playing each
bass; Vincent Douglas - Guitar - Timothy Quigley other’s music….
- percussion.
Tue 11/06, 7:00pm
THE LASCIVIOUS BIDDIES “The secret to the Biddies’ success is in the way
they balance infectious spunk with impressive
skill. Guitarist Amanda Monaco and pianist
Deidre Rodman both rank among the city’s
foremost young jazzers, while bassist Saskia
Lane comes equipped with conservatoryhoned chops; singer Lee Ann Westover adds
a compelling set of pipes and attitude to spare”
Steve Smith, Time Out NY.
Tue 11/06, 9:00pm
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY
- Best
Reason Tuesday Should Be The New Friday
– Village Voice Best of 2007. Balkan Party
Every Tuesday forever! Fiery Gypsy brass,
soulful Balkan anthems, and hip-grinding
Thu 11/08, 8:00pm
THE DEBUTANTE HOUR
It’s old country meets new country. It’s blues-ish;
it’s country. It’s knee slapping and hand clapping
and percussion from Vin Scialla with the
combined songwriting of Maria Sonevytsky and
Susan Hwang who will sing sweetly (sometimes
in Ukrainian) about lost love, weird love, guitar
heroes and the devil. Susan Hwang (voice,
keys, accordion); Maria Sonevytsky (voice, keys,
accordion); Vin Scialla (drums).
Thu 11/08, 10:00pm
ELETFA A Hungarian folk band plays authentic folk
music of the Hungarians living in Hungary,
Romania, Slovakia and New Jersey. The group
gets its power and drive from being true to the
village traditions and respecting the stylistic
studied music and anthropology at Yale and
later worked as an assistant to folklorist Alan
Lomax. His music, scored for the traditional
New Orleans front line of clarinet, trumpet, and
trombone, recalls early jazz and social music,
but with sudden shifts in unexpected directions.
Biskin’s compositions have been compared to
Raymond Scott, Charles Mingus, Charles Ives,
Carla Bley, and Lawrence Welk. He will be at
Fri 11/09, 8:00pm
once a month, with rotating cast of
DELTA DREAMBOX Miss Blood of barbès
the Moonlighters leads this blues string band musicians.
which concentrates on Mississippi Delta Blues
from the 1920’s-40’s, and features material by Mon 11/12, 9:30pm, Every Monday!
Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Charlie Patton, CHICHA LIBRE
Bo Carter, Ma Rainey, and other blues greats of
the era. With Bliss Blood: vocals, tenor guitar; Tue 11/13, 7:00pm
Ernesto Gomez: harmonicas; Al Duvall: tenor JENNY SCHEINMAN This
banjo & guitar; Marty Bartolomeo: piano and week: Jenny Scheinman (vocals/violin), Tony
Mark Deffenbaugh: steel guitar.
Scherr (guitar/vocals), Tim Luntzel (bass), Bill
Campbell (drums.)
differences between the different villages.
The group is made up of violins, kontras (a
Hungarian 3-string viola that functions like
a rhythmic guitar) and bass. Eltfa also uses
cimbalom, the utogardon (a percussive cellothing from eastern Transylvania), the trumpetviolin and the hurdy-gurdy.
Fri 11/09, 10:00pm
THE ZAGNUT ORKESTAR
The Zagnut is one of New York’s pre-eminent
Balkan dance band - . They play brass and
accordion music of the sort found at weddings
all throughout the Balkan. They combine
elements of Greek, Turkish and Roma music
and will have you guzzle exotic Moonshine and
dance in odd meters all night long. With Jodi
Hewat - Vocals
Greg Squared - Sax/Clarinet;
Matthew Fass - Accordion; Joey Weisenberg Guitar; Reuben Radding - Bass; Timothy Quigley
- Percussion.
Tue 11/13, 9:00pm
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY
Balkan Party. Every Tuesday. For ever!
Wed 11/14
THE PARKER STRING
QUARTET - in residence through
2008. Founded in 2002 by four NEC students,
the quartet has already gone on to win the
Grand prize at the Bordeaux String Quartet
competition and has been called “something
extraordinary” by Allan Koznin of the NY Times
in his review of their Carnegie Hall debut, last
November. The quartet will be in residence all
year at barbès, holding open rehearsals, playing
new works by young composers and playing with
some barbès regulars. For their third concert of
the season, they will play a piece by composer
Giancarlo Vulcano - and will also appear later
this evening with Las Rubias del Norte (for
whom Giancarlo plays guitar) .
The concert is co-presented by Concert Artists
Guild
Sun 11/11, 9:00pm
LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE
With
special
guests,
the
Parker String Quartet
Las Rubias’ sound is a re-invention, a nostalgic
throwback to a time and place mostly imagined
where Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and
Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy
tunes and Bollywood classics. The result
plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical
harmonies set to a Latin beat. Songs on their
latest album Panamericana have been called
“sparlking gems” (The New Yorker) and their
harmonies described as “pure as Andean air”
(LA Times). These evening, a collaboration with
the Parker String Quartet.
Mon 11/12, 7:00pm
ANDY BISKIN
Andy Biskin is a clarinetist and composer who
leads several ensembles and has composed
scores for film, dance, and theater. Biskin
Sat 11/17, 10:00pm
Mon 11/26, 9:30pm, Every Monday!
THE MOONLIGHTERS Gorgeous CHICHA LIBRE
vocal harmonies interwoven with guitar and
ukulele, the Moonlighters are as comfortable Tue 11/27, 9:00pm
with classic Hawaiian melodies as they are
innovative with their original songwriting. With SLAVIC SOUL PARTY Balkan
Bliss Blood - vocals and ukulele ; Cindy Ball Party. Every Tuesday Forever!
- vocals and guitar, and Peter Maness - bass;
Wed 11/28
and Mark Deffenbaugh - steel guitar.
Sun 11/18, 7:00pm
BARBES CLASSICAL
Once a
month, Barbès and the Concert Artist Guild
present a classical music concert featuring
some of the best new talent in the classical
world. This month:
MICHI WIANCKO is an
eclectic talent equally at home in classical, pop,
gypsy and fiddle music. She has been a guest
soloist with the Roswell Symphony and the New
York Philharmonic. she has also performed with
Mark O’Connor and with a variety performers
in genre as diverse as Electronica, Hip Hop and
Gypsy music.
NIGHT OF THE RAVISHED Sun 11/18, 9:00pm
LIMBS Every Wednesday. Curated by THE BRAZILIAN ACOUSTIC
Michael Attias. $10 per set.
ENSEMBLE
8:00pm & 10:00pm - NASHEET In this edition, Billy Newman’s Ensemble will
WAITS EQUALITY Although there perform his own Sambas and Choros as well as
isn’t much equality in our world, there is in this
unit. The selections feature offerings from all
members involved, as well as originals from
LES CHAUDS LAPINS other progenitors of the music. Come and
Kurt Hoffman and Meg Reichardt cover Charles enjoy
Jason Moran : piano, Logan Richardson:
Trenet songs and other jewels from the French alto, Tarus Mateen: bass, Nasheet Waits:
30’s and 40’s musical traditions accompanying drums.
themselves on banjo-ukes. Prior to their reincarnation as French entertainers, Meg was Thu 11/15, 8:00pm
better known as one third of the Roulette sisters
and Kurt as a reed player and composer who SANDA WEIGL & THE
co-led cult instrumental band the Ordinaires and PROUD SIX Romanian-born Sanda
recorded with such luminaries as They Might Weigl has had a tumultuous carreer, first as
bit Giants, Frank Black, Firewater, and Drink a singer for the popular east-german rock
Me. With Meg Reichardt banjo uke, guitar; Kurt band Team 4, then as an imprisoned dissident
Hoffman banjo uke, clarinet; Karen Waltuch and finally as a New York -based musician
viola; Garo Yellin cello and Andy Cotton bass
who has collaborated with such luminaries
as Robert Wilson and Pina Bausch. Her new
Sat 11/10, 10:00pm
project explores the Medieval Minne Songs of
von der Vogelweide - With sanda weigl
BROOKLYN
QAWWALI Walther
- vocals, anthony coleman - piano, compostion &
Inspired
by
recordings
of
the
late
PARTY
arrangements; doug wieselman - clarinet, bass
great Sufi singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Brook clarinet; Marco Capeli, guitar; eyvind kang - viola
Martinez founded Brook’s Qawwali Party in . $10
2004 as an experiment. What would happen
if New York jazz musicians were to play and Thu, 10/15, 10:00pm
improvise around the melodies of Nusrat Fateh
DIOUBATE’S Ali Khan? From this idea, Brook’s Qawwali Party FAMORO
was born. BQP consists of fourteen musicians: KAKANDE Driven by Guinean Griot
five horns, three percussionists, guitar, acoustic Famoro Dioubaté’s powerful balafon, Kakande
bass, harmonium and three designated plays its own kind of West African music - with:
clappers. The exuberant sound of BQP has been Famoro Dioubate, balafon Mamady “Djelike”
enthusiastically welcomed in New York City and Kouyate, guitar ; Raul Rothblatt, cello; Sylvain
across the globe.
Leroux, flutes; Avram Fefer, sax; Sean Dixon,
drums Reuven Weizburg, congas and Pete
Sun 11/11, 7:00pm
Fand, bass.
Sat 11/10, 8:00pm
Seabrook (tenor banjo), Ron Caswell (tuba), Sun 11/25, 9:00pm
Rob Garcia (trap kit).
STEPHANE WREMBEL
NIGHT OF THE RAVISHED
LIMBS, Every Wednesday. curated by
Michael Attias. $10
8:00pm - BARRE & DAVID
PHILLIPS - DOUBLEBASS The
beat goes on, generation to generation, one step
forward, two back, three forward - movement. In
this project we are meeting two men who are
attached not only by bloodline but also by art
and their common craft. David, the son, with
formal training in classical music plus years of
experience in jazz, rock, traditional music etc,
has made a career as a freelancer in New York
these past 25 years. Barre, the father, mainly
self-taught, resides in Provence since 1972 and
is a permanent fixture on the world’s improvised
music scene. Their music together promises
to be fresh, strong, rhythmic, melodic, noisy,
tender and aggressive, all at the same time.
10:00pm - SILENT CASCADES
Bruno Angelini: Piano, Joe Fonda: Bass,
Ramon Lopez: Drums. A French-American
collaboration, sponsored by Chamber Music
America. Fonda,, Angelini, and Lopez play a music
that draws influences from Bley to Braxton.
Their repertoire is a combination of French folk
music, the Great American Songbook and free
improvisation.
music from the Northeast of Brazil by Hermeto
Pascoal. This group has in it’s frontline the
veteran saxophonist Sue Terry and will be
premiering some new music created this
Summer. Billy Newman has been involved with
Brazil and it’s music for 20 years often exploring
regional styles and composers not heard in the
States. Billy Newman - 6 string Guitar; Dennis
Lichtman - mandolin; clarinet; Bina Coquet
- 7 string Guitar; Pedro Ramos – cavaquinho; Thu 11/29, 8:00pm
Chris Michael - pandeiro, percussion.
THE MATT PAVOLKA BAND
Tue 11/20, 9:00pm
- The band’s debut cd “Something People
Can Use” just came out on Tone Of A Pitch
Records. With Ben Monder - guitar; Pete Rende
- keyboards; Ted Poor - Drums and Matt Pavolka
- Bass.
Balkan Party Every Tuesday forever!
Thu 12/29, 10:00pm
Mon 11/19, 9:30pm, Every Monday!
CHICHA LIBRE
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY
Wed 11/21
ANDY STATMAN
A truly extraordinary artist, Andy Statman began
his career in the 70’s as a virtuoso Mandolinist
who studied and performed David Grisman,
went on to study clarinet the legendary Dave
Tarras and became one of the main architect
Lossing: keyboard, Mat Maneri: viola, Billy of a Klezmer revival which started out 30 years
Mintz: drums
ago and has since informed and influenced folk,
Jazz and improvised music forms. Andy draws
Thu 11/22
equally from hassidic melodies, folk tunes from
and old worlds alike and Albert AylerC lo s ed fo r new
influenced free-improv. The result reads like a
Thanksgiving
very personal search for the sacred based both
on traditions and introspection.
NIGHT OF THE RAVISHED
LIMBS Every Wednesday. Curated by $10
8:00pm - RUSS LOSSING Russ
Fri 11/23, 8:00pm
WILL PATTON The mandolinist plays
Sat 11/30, 8:00pm
Gypsy Swing and Brazilian Choro backed by
JACK GRACE BAND
string ensemble composed of bass, violin and THE
The Martini Cowboy brings us his urban take
Fri 11/16, 8:00pm
guitar.
on Country music. “One of the city’s most
THE STORY OF MODERN
personable and skilled country stars” Time Out
Fri
11/23,
10:00pm
FARMING The Dutch duo- made up
NY.
of Louise Jensen and Jessica Sligter - tells BILL
CARNEY’S JUG
what they like to think of as kitchen stories.
Sat 11/30, 10:00pm
To paint their musical landscapes, they use ADDICTS Sans-Culottes founder and
frontman
Bill
Carney
has
been
leading
various
HOWARD FISHMAN draws from
sounds of children, drunk people, confidential
conversations... Both dreamy and raw, their jug bands for over 23 years. His latest folk and jazz sources such as Django Reinhardt,
sound goes from whispery singing to distortion. incarnation, the Brooklyn-based Jug Addicts, Charley Patton and Ralph Stanley and filters
has earned a reputation for exciting live shows. them through the gritty sensibility of a latter day
Often a large formation, the Jug Addicts are Lou Reed.
Fri 11/16, 10:00pm
characterized by their powerful, raucous
POLKA FREAK OUT - Mexican approach to its jug band, old time, tin pan alley,
conjunto music meets Eastern European early jazz and blues repertoire.
Polka and Gypsy music - featuring Brave
Combo’s Bubba Hernandez on bass, and Polka Sat 11/24, 8:00pm
accordionist Alex Meixner. Bubba Hernandez
HONKEY TONK
is a founding member of two times grammy- THE
award winning texan band Brave Combo with COLLECTIVE Featuring Jim Miller (of
whom he played for twenty years, spreading Donna The Buffalo)
the “atomic polka” gospel around the world.
For his new project, he has teamed up with Sat 11/24, 10:00pm
Alex Meixner, an accordionist who started RICHIE STEARNS AND
playing the Polka circuit at age 6 and has been
expanding the scope of his musical interest ever RANDOM ORBIT Banjo player
since. Together, as Polka Freak Out, they mix Richie Stearns is probably best known for his
European polka styles with some of the premier band The Horseflies, a seminal group known
Tejano, Conjunto and Texican musicians backing to mix up traditional stringband music with
modernist touches. He’s visiting us and has
them up.
put together a group of like-minded friends.
They will be playing high energy funky old-time
Sat 11/17, 8:00pm
music.
Brian Carpenter’s GHOST TRAIN
ORCHESTRA Composer/arranger Sun 11/25, 7:00pm
Brian Carpenter resurrects spirited stomps THE FIVE DEADLY VENOMS
from late 1920s Chicago and Harlem Traditional and not so traditional Bluegrass
bandleaders. NYC debut with Brian Carpenter with Elio Schiavo - Mandolin, Rick Snell - Guitar,
(trumpet, slide trumpet, harmonica, vocals), Rob Hecht - Violin, James Kerr - Dobro, Ian M.
Briggan Krauss (alto, baritone saxophones), Riggs - Bass
Michael Winograd (clarinet), Petr Cancura
(alto, tenor saxophones), Curtis Hasselbring
(trombone), Karen Waltuch (violin), Brandon