september 2006

BROOKLYN INDEPENDENT CINEMA SERIES
Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month: Curated by Joe Pacheco.
Mon, 09/04, 7:00pm
***Feature:
***SPECIAL SCREENING:
75
80 min. 2006. US.
This provocative drama
COCAINE ANGEL
min • 2006 • USA • Cocaine Angel captures a
grinding and tragic week in the life of a weary young
drug addict who is clinging to the remnants of his once
hopeful existence. directed by Michael Tully
* Post-screening Q&A * with Michael
Tully & Damian Lahey (Cocaine Angel)
***Short:
SON
27 min • 2006 • USA • A dying father gives advice to
his son about the costs of being human in our current
culture. directed by Glynn Beard
THE LIMBO ROOM
about life in the theater and
the politics of sex revolves around a long time Off
Broadway understudy. Ann receives a much-needed dose
of hope when a fellow understudy (Russell) takes over
a principal role to much acclaim. But, when an on-stage
rape scene sparks an off-stage affair between Russell
and his co-star (KC), the line between reality and fiction
becomes blurred. Soon KC is accusing Russell of really
harassing her during the performance. Is KC truly a
victim? Is Russell actually a villain? No one can tell.
Thrust into the middle of the conflict, Ann questions
the motives of everyone around her while allowing her
own vanity and ambition to lead her astray. Directed by
Debra Eisenstadt
Mon 09/18, 7:00pm
***Features:
LOL
81 min • 2006 • USA •
Alex, Tim, and Chris, struggle to balance their online
fantasies & addictions with the demands of real life.
Featuring a nonprofessional cast working without a
script, LOL offers an honest portrait of how the latest
tools of communication can either help us click or turn
us off. directed by Joe Swanberg.
BUY IT NOW
60 min • 2005 • US. Buy It Now” tells the story of 16
year old Chelsea leading up to the sale of her virginity
on Ebay and then the self destructive aftermath of this
event. directed by Antonio Campos
* WINNER * Cinefondation Award Cannes Film Festival 2005 *
***Short:
YOU TURNED YOUR BACK
AND HELD MY HAND
SEPTEMBER 2006
6 min • 2005 • US. When do we know the difference
between love and sex? directed by Gabriela Tollman
* Official Selection - Sundance Film Festival 2006 *
Post-screening Q&A * Antonio Campos (Buy It Now)
376 9th St Park Slope Brooklyn NEW YORK CITY
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clappers. The exuberant sound of BQP has Bigger is available from Barbès records.
been enthusiastically welcomed in New York With Shane Endsley & Ben Holmes (trumpet),
City and across the globe.
Oscar Noriega (clarinet), Jacob Garchik and
Fri 09/01, 8:00pm
Brian Drye (trombone), Ron Caswell (tuba),
POLKA MADRE Y LA Sun 09/03, 7:00pm
Peter Stan (accordion), Take Toriyama &
COMEZON Based in an old warehouse OLIVIER MANCHON’S Miniature Matt Moran (snare/bubanj/darabouka)
in Mexico City, Polka Madre is made up of O R C H E S T R E D E $10 (very strongly) suggested.
an international cast of musicians who finds
universalism in polkas infused with Yiddish, CHAMBRE with HARMONICA Wed 09/06
Gypsy Eastern European and other esoteric featuring GREGOIRE MARET. With Olivier Every Wednesday is a NIGHT OF THE
influences. Their repertoire ranges from Manchon - violin; Beth Meyers - viola; Chris RAVISHED LIMBS, a new music series
euphoric polkas, melancholic waltzes to punk, Hoffman - Cello; Alan Hampton - Bass; Gre- curated by Michael Attias.
8:00pm
rock and snipets of classical music. Band goire Maret - harmonica.
members come from Mexico, the US and
KRIS DAVIS QUARTET
Finland. They have toured extensively in Mexico Sun 09/03, 9:00pm
- Featuring Tony Malaby - Saxophone, Kris
STEPHANE WREMBEL Davis - Piano, Eivind Opsvik - Bass and Jeff
but this is their first US tour.
French virtuoso Guitarist Stephane Wrembel Davis - Drums. Performing the music from
seems to have channeled both the technique their newest release ‘The Slightest Shift’ on
Fri 09/01, 10:00pm
the fire of Django Reinhardt. He studied for Fresh Sound Records, this quartet shoots
The 4TH ST. NITEOWLS and
This Washboard Swing combo from Hoboken years with the manouche (the French Gypsies) for a unified, orchestral group sound that
draws from mostly from the 1930s early but has also gotten deep into American rarely puts any one member out front for
swing repertoire. Their enthusiasm brings vernacular musical styles. His weekly sets long. “...the transitions are so organic that
new life to the songs of Fats Waller, Louis will mix up the traditional Django repertoire they make surprising sense.” -John Kelman,
Armstrong, and Hoagy Carmichael. The band along with gypsy swing re-interpretations of All About Jazz “An exciting, imaginative new
features back porch Southern vocal styling, standards. His core band includes Washboard voice, Davis uses her self-effacing writing as
barrel-house Western piano, upright bass and Kit master David Langlois and Jared Engel as a dynamic model of democratically balanced
tuba, Violin and guitar and a cast of special well as frequent collaborator violinist Olivier improvisational structures.” - Troy Collins, All
Manchon and a host of special guests.
About Jazz $8
guest
10:00pm
LIVE
Sat 09/02
OLIVIER
Mon 09/04
MANCHON’s
Miniature TBA Please check www.barbesbrooklyn.com
for details
ORCHESTRE DE
CHAMBRE with HARMONICA
Tue 09/05, 7:00pm
featuring GREGOIRE MARET. With Olivier J E N N Y S C H E I N M A N
Manchon - violin; Beth Meyers - viola; Chris Violinist/composer Jenny Scheinman works
Hoffman - Cello; Alan Hampton - Bass; Gregoire with a variety of performers including Norah
Maret - harmonica.
Jones, Bill Frisell, Madeleine Peyroux and
John Zorn. She is in residence every Tuesday
Sat 09/02, 9:00pm
with an almost infinite variety of lineup.
BROOK’S QAWWALI
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Inspired by recordings of the late great Sufi
singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Brook Martinez
founded Brook’s Qawwali Party in 2004 as an
experiment. What would happen if New York
jazz musicians were to play and improvise
around the melodies of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan?
From this idea, Brook’s Qawwali Party was
born. BQP consists of fourteen musicians: five
horns, three percussionists, guitar, acoustic
bass, harmonium and three designated
Tue 09/05, 9:00pm
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY
Balkan Party. Every Tuesday. For ever! Fiery
Gypsy brass, soulful Balkan anthems, and hipgrinding 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
with American jazz and soul.Their new CD
cinema to driving melodic works that often
feature open sections of improvisations. With
Helen Yee - violin; Chris Jenkins - viola; Steven
Berson - cello; Chris George - cello
Fri 09/08, 8:00pm
M S H A N G H A I
S T R I N G B A N D
Named after the Chinese bistro in which they
got their start, the MSSB plays its own unorthodox version of Americana. While true to
the spirit of the various styles they emulate, the
band manages to be innovative and relevant.
Their live shows are wild affairs which can
involve anywhere from 5 to 11 musicians.
Fri 09/08, 10:00pm
T H E T W O M A N
GENTLEMEN BAND - CD
RELEASE PARTY for
GREAT CALAMITIES
Armed with banjo, upright bass, two tightly
harmonized vocals, two loosely harmonized
kazoos, & a triangle, The Two Man Gentlemen
Band plays original tunes blending old-time
country, tin-pan alley, & rousing dixieland
swing. The Gentlemen sing about corn liquor,
prime numbers, the Hindenberg, the civil war,
B R I A N A L L E N W I T H & matters of the heart; some of which they
TONY MALABY AND TOM have experienced first hand. They perform
compositions at a furious pace. They are
RAINEY Trombonist Brian Allen, Tenor their
Saxophonist Tony Malaby and Drummer Tom widely considered to be New York City’s Best
Rainey are celebrating the release of their new Dressed Two Man Band.
CD, “Synapse.” “Sound-sheet conversations Sat 09/09, 8:00pm
hinting at the free-blues tradition are followed SESSION AMERICANA
by sparse dialogues between buzzing, dribbling The Boston-based roots band plays nuggets
trombone vocalizations and breathy tenor. steeped in the tradition of American blues,
Backbeats surging out of nowhere, spars of country, rock and folk.. “Their sound lives on the
skittering melody, rising tenor waves stopped edge of exploration, where the freewheeling
short by cymbal scrapes and plaintive gulps.” crackle of a great jam session meets the lean
-Paris Transatlantic. $8
groove of classic country music. The result is
rock-solid, rippling with surprise, and delivered
Thu 09/07, 8:00pm
by some of the best acoustic musicians in
I N V E R T town” -Scott Alarik, Boston Globe.
is a string quartet rooted in rock, jazz and
world musics which performs original new Sat 09/09, 10:00pm
music written by its members, as well as THE BROOKLYN PLAYBOYS
their own arrangements of other composer’s This Brooklyn-based bluegrass band picks up a
works. Their compositions range from pieces storm with a repertoire old and new - including
evocative of soundtracks from Expressionist tight 3-part harmonies, fiery fiddle tunes, and
burning banjo. Though young, the various
members of this band are veteran players and
have performed at such venues as Mountain
Stage, The White House and your corner bar
with Adam Buchwald, Russell Scholl, Ian
Stearns, Matt Stone and Abe Streep.
Sun 09/10, 7:00pm
BARBES CLASSCAL
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:
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Solo Cello. Since her debut with the Korean
Canadian Symphony at age eleven, Ms. Bae
has concertized in Asia, Europe, Canada and
the US, including such prestigious venues
as Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. She has
collaborated with talents such as fiddler Mark
O’Connor and Cuban clarinet/saxophone
virtuoso Paquito D’Rivera and was featured
soloist for the closing ceremony of the 1997
Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico. She is
the winner, of the 2006 Adam International
Cello Festival & Competition, New Zealand,
confirming her status among the premier
cellists of her generation. Tonight, however,
she plays alone in a special solo performance
featuring Bach’s solo cello suites and works by
Piatti off her soon to be released debut album
on NAXOS records.
Sun 09/10, 9:00pm
STEPHANE WREMBEL
plays Gypsy Swing Every Sunday @ 9:00pm
Fri 09/15, 9:00pm
THE MANDINGO
AMBASSSADORS
(Formerly known as Les Ambassadeurs du
Mandingue) 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 with Guinea’s most
popular group, Bembeya Jazz National. Now
based in New York City, musical director and
lead guitarist Mamady Kouyate has rejoined
with his longtime friend and colleague, singer
Emile Soumah, to revive The Ambassadors.
Soumah’s enchanting voice and Mamady
Kouyate’s electrifying guitar-work is supported
by the new Mandingo Ambassadors, Mohamed
Kouyate on guitar, Peter Barr on drumset,
Andy Alguire on balafon and keyboards, Nick
Cudahy on bass, Brian Glashow on percussion
and Ismael “Bon Fils” Kouyate on vocals.
Sat 09/16, 8:30pm
COUMBA SIDIBE
Coumba Sidibe is a legend, a pioneer of the
bluesy Malian music called Wassoulou. Her
TBA Please check www.barbesbrooklyn.com deep, raspy voice delivers mystic songs full of
for details
entrancing grooves. In this rare performance,
she will let it shine acoustic, backed by a
Tue 09/12, 7:00pm
Malian percussionist and two guitarists,
J E N N Y S C H E I N M A N Banning Eyre, and the charismatic and
The Violinist and composer is in residence talented Abdoulaye Alhassane, of the Niger
every Tuesday with an almost infinite variety roots pop group, Mamar Kassey.
of lineups.
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY
Balkan Party every Tuesday forever!
Wed 09/13
Every Wednesday is a NIGHT OF THE
RAVISHED LIMBS, a new music series
curated by Michael Attias.
8:00 & 10:00PM. $8 per set.
TONY MALABY TUBA TRIO
Tony Malaby: tenor saxophone, Marcus
Rojas: tuba, John Hollenbeck: drums 8:00pm
Thu 09/14, 8:00pm
LES CHAUDS LAPINS
Kurt Hoffman and Meg Reichardt cover
Charles Trenet songs and other jewels from
the French 30’s and 40’s musical traditions
accompanying themselves on banjo-ukes. Prior
to their re-incarnation as French entertainers,
Meg was better known as one third of the
Roulette sisters and Kurt as a reed player
and composer who co-led cult instrumental
band the Ordinaires and recorded with such
luminaries as They Might bit Giants, Frank
Black, Firewater, and Drink Me. They will
be joined by a full string ensemble featuring
Karen Waltuch - viola; Andy Cotton - bass and
Garo Yellin - cello.
Wed 09/20
SAT 09/16, 10:30pm, $10
LA CUMBIAMBA eNeYé
Performing the music of both the Pacific
and Caribbean coasts of Colombia, la
Cumbiamba explores the Colombian musical
styles of cumbia, puya and mapalé with the
use of the traditional instruments from
the African Diaspora, as well as those of
the Indians of Colombia and the European
settlers. Under the direction of folklorist and
multi-percussionist, Martin Vejarano Avila,
La Cumbiamba eNeYé has thrilled audiences
with recent performances at venues such as
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Central Park
SummerStage, Symphony Space and Wave
Hill in New York. The ensemble takes its name
from the traditional open-air gatherings known
as cumbiambas.
Sun 09/17, 8:00pm
Tue 09/26
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY
Wed 09/27
Every Wednesday is a NIGHT OF THE
RAVISHED LIMBS, a new music series
curated by Michael Attias.
8:00pm
GEBHARD ULLMAN/
STEVE SWELL QUARTET
Desert Songs and Other Landscapes -Gebhard Ullman: reeds, Steve Swell:
trombone, Hill Greene: bass, Barry Altschul:
drums. $8
10:00pm
Van
HUFFEL
Huffel –
saxophones; Scott DuBois - guitar; Jesse
Stacken – piano; Michael Bates – bass; Jeff
Davis – drums. After two years of regular
performances in New York and abroad, the
Peter Van Huffel Quintet has developed a truly
unique sound that is constantly exciting and
unpredictable. The band mixes interactive free
improvisation with complex written material
that can stretch into new territory at any given
moment. Peter Hum of the Ottawa Citizen has
described Peter’s music as having “one foot in
the modern jazz mainstream and the other in
the avant-garde.” $8
Thu 09/28, 8:00pm
CLEAN FEED FESTIVAL T H E F O U R B A G S
7:30pm - WILL HOLSHOUSER TRIO Will Holshouser - accordion; Ron Horton
- trumpet; David Phillips - bass
9:00pm - RODRIGO AMADO QUARTET
- Rodrigo Amado - saxophones; Herb
Robertson - trumpet; Adam Lane - bass; Lou
Grassi - drums
10:30pm - JOE MORRIS QUINTET - Joe
Morris - guitar; Dan Blacksberg - trombone;
Michael Winograd - alto, clarinet; Daniel Levin
- cello; Michael Evans - drums, percussion.
$10 per set or $25 for the whole night
Using trombone, accordion, guitar and
clarinet/saxophone, the Four Bags combine
the vibrancy of popular music and modern jazz
with the rigor and sophistication of a classical
chamber music group. Their adventurous
repertoire includes arrangements of Frederic
Chopin, Alec Wilder, and Brian Wilson
augmented by original compositions from
each member. The result is strikingly beautiful,
sophisticated and yet highly entertaining.
They have performed at Celebrate Brooklyn!
BAMCafe, Symphony Space - and they’re
big in Japan! With Bryan Drye - Trombone;
Fri 09/22, 8:00pm
Jakob Garchik - Accordion; Mike McGinnis
saxophones & clarinet and Sean Moran THE T.GRIFFIN CORALINE -Guitar.
plays what they call “porch techno:” hushed,
intense story songs with a junk-store
electronic vibe. They use a small army of Thu 09/28, 10:00pm
lo-fi loopers, toy samplers and walkmen to M A T T M U N I S T E R I
augment their acoustic instruments and is a guitarist, composer and singer who likes
recreate some of the deep sonic atmosphere pop music from the past 80 years - from
from their recordings.
Hoagy Carmichael to Bob Dylan - and his own
songs should one day figure in the American
Fri 09/22, 10:00pm
pantheon of Great Tunes. He is here the 3rd
of every month. Except, of course,
M O N K E Y F A R M thursday
Gritty, stripped-down, somewhat punky new when he’s not.
music from a local favorite who shall remain
nameless (Hint: “Fields of Meat”). The Monkey Fri 09/29, 8:00pm
Farm isn’t pretty, but it’s a strangely beautiful CURTIS HASSELBRING’S
place to visit, and sometimes funny too . Let’s T
H E N E W
go farming!
STEPHANE WREMBEL’s Sat 09/23, 8:00pm
SCHOLL
Presents:
HOT CLUB OF NY RUSSELL
CELEBRATES
THREE H I L L B I L L Y F E V E R
local film/video archivist Russell
YEARS
AT
BARBES Tonight
Scholl digs deep into the archive to share
For its third anniversary of playing at barbès,
the French Guitarist plays 3 sets which mirror
the three main periods of Django Rheinhardt
‘s career 1) 1934-1939 : hot club de France with
Stephane Grappeli and the first recordings
2) 1940-1947 :The New Quintette period
Thu 09/14, 10:00pm
the Stimer pickup sounds
S A N D A W E I G L and
3) 1948-1953 : The bebop-influenced late
Romanian-born Sanda Weigl has had a period as epitomized by his last album Nuages
tumultuous career, first as a singer for the and his used of the electric guitar.
popular east-german rock band Team 4,
then as an imprisoned dissident and finally French virtuoso Guitarist Stephane Wrembel
as a New York -based musician who has seems to have channeled both the technique
collaborated with such luminaries as Roberet and the fire of Django Reinhardt. He studied for
Wilson and Pina Bausch. She sings the kind of years with the manouche (the French Gypsies)
romanian gypsy repertoire she grew up with but has also gotten deep into American
accompanied by some of city’s best musicians. vernacular musical styles. His weekly sets
with anthony coleman (piano,arrangements), will mix up the traditional Django repertoire
doug wieselman (clarinet,guitar), brad jones
along with gypsy swing re-interpretations of
(bass), satoshi takeishi (percussion)... $8
standards. His core band includes Washboard
Kit master David Langlois and Jared Engel as
Fri 09/15, 7:00pm
well as frequent collaborator violinist Olivier
LAMBIC is a unique style of Belgian ale Manchon and a host of special guests.
that is spontaneously fermented from wild
yeasts present in the air in the Senne valley. Mon 09/08
Lambic is also a band featuring Paul Sullivan TBA Please check www.barbesbrooklyn.com
(Paul Sullivan group) on guitars and effects, for details
and Stephen Moses (alice donut) on drums,
trombone, and effets. Lambic is spontaneously Tue 09/19
fermented music, free improvisation with a
groove. Paul and Steve each had each done CLEAN FEED FESTIVAL
For the past 5 years, Portuguese label Clean
solo performances for years using effects and Feed seems to have had more impact on the
loops.
New York Jazz scene that most homegrown
every Tuesday.
VAN
CLEAN FEED FESTIVAL PETER
7:30pm - MICHAEL ATTIAS’ CREDO QUINTET Peter
- Michael Attias - saxophones; Reut Regev
- trombone; Mark Taylor - french horn; Sam
Bardfeld - violin; Chris Lightcap - bass; Igal
Foni - drums
9:00pm - JOE FIEDLER TRIO - Joe Fiedler
- trombone; John Hebert - bass; Mark Ferber
- drums
Sat 09/16, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- DENNIS GONZALEZ’S
W F M U B R O A D C A S T 10:30pm
BLINDING LIGHT - Dennis González L I V E F R O M B A R B E S trumpets; Charlie Kohlhase - saxophones;
Rob Weisberg and Irene Trudel co-host a live Ken Filiano - bass; Michael T.A. Thompson
taping of TRANSPACIFIC SOUND PARADISE. - drums. $10 per set or $25 for the whole
featuring Malian singer COUMBA SIDIBE night
(see below), Morrocan oud player and singer
RACHID HALIHAL and La Cubiamba.
Thu 09/21
Mon 09/11
Tue 09/12, 9:00pm
labels. Its impressive roster includes some of
the city’s most creative musicians and we’re
very proud to host a festival which present
some of the label’s most prominent artists.
7:30pm - TRANSIT - Jeff Arnal - percussion;
Seth Misterka - Alto Saxophone; Reuben
Radding - bass; Nate Wooley - trumpet.
9:00pm - KEN FILIANO QUARTET
Ken Filiano - bass; Tony Malaby - tenor
saxophone; Michael Attias - alto, baritone
saxophone; Michael TA Thompson - drums
10:30pm - STEVE LEHMAN & Special Guests
- Steve Lehman - alto, sopranino saxophone,
John Hebert - bass, Gerald Cleaver - drums.
$10 per set or $25 for the whole night
MELLOW EDWARDS
The New Mellow Edwards, formed in 2000,
explore their inner-garage band and channel it
into a traditional jazz quartet setting. Inspired
equally by Anton Webern and Iggy Pop,
composer Curtis Hasselbring promises that
there will be a special mixture of improvising,
reading music on paper and laying into meaty
grooves that really don’t want to go anywhere.
Their new cd is on Chris Speed’s new label
SKIRL. The Mellow Edwards are Curtis
Hasselbring (trombones and stuff), Chris
Speed (clarinet and tenor saxophone), Trevor
Dunn (bass), John Hollenbeck (drums and
percussion). $10
highlights of more than eight decades of
Hillbilly music on film. Bring the family to enjoy songs of laughter and pain, drinkin’ and
cheatin, true love, heartaches by the number,
moonshine and murder -- as well as songs in
praise of God, mother and home. Included
will be rare musical short subjects, Soundies,
television and film appearances, and the even
the odd music video — Country and Western,
Old Time, Western Swing, Bluegrass, Honky FRI 09/29, 10:00pm
Tonk and more. If anyone asks, tell ‘em tonight we’ve got both kinds of music: Country B I L L C A R N E Y ’ S
AND Western…
J U G A D D I C T S
Sans-Culottes founder and frontman Bill
Carney has been leading various jug bands
Sat 09/23, 10:00pm
over 23 years. His latest incarnation, the
T H E M O O N L I G H T E R S for
Gorgeous vocal harmonies interwoven with Brooklyn-based Jug Addicts, has earned a
sinuous Hawaiian steel guitar and ukulele, the reputation for exciting live shows. Often a large
Moonlighters are as comfortable with classic formation, the Jug Addicts are characterized
Hawaiian melodies as they are innovative with by their powerful, raucous approach to its
jug band, old time, tin pan alley, early jazz and
their original songwriting
blues repertoire.
Sun 09/24
09/30, 8:00pm
STEPHANE WREMBEL Sat
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plays Gypsy Swing every Sunday at 9:00pm
Miss Blood of the Moonlighters leads this
blues string band which concentrates on MisTBA Please check www.barbesbrooklyn.com sissippi Delta Blues from the 1920’s-40’s, and
features material by Bessie Smith, Memphis
for details
Minnie, Charlie Patton, Bo Carter, Ma Rainey,
and other blues greats of the era.
Tue 09/26
Mon 09/25
JENNY SCHEINMAN
The Violinist and composer is in residence