Monday, March 19, 2012

Danny Hull: Musically This Week Vol XIV, No 28


Hello everyone.  10:00 Monday night...  By this time tomorrow we'll be playing our second set...
Tuesday, 3/20/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Mary Stahl, vocals     Jim Calabrese, piano     Buddy Fadale, bass     your host, drum set
But Mary doesn't need a lot of hype.  We're just hopeful that the word got out:  Gusto, social media, whatever, however.  Were it not for this economy, Buffalo's First Lady of Song would be holding down a steady gig somewhere and her public would know where to find her.  In the meantime we're keeping the music in the air, and the artists before their audience.  If it's too late to make plans, be spontaneous.  Join us.  Remind Mary how much she's missed.  Celebrate the Great American Songbook that in Buffalo, only Mary truly owns.  The Iris Restaurant - at the intersection of Maple & Sweet Home Roads in Amherst.  Good music, good food, good people, chilled spirits, and a great hang.
Wednesday, 3/21/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 9:30
Phil Sims & the Buffalo Brass - open rehearsal
You're invited.  Hear Phil put the band through its paces, sight reading new charts and perfecting others.  It's almost a gig, except we get to work through some of Phil's challenging arrangements, and there's an audience that is witness to every mistake and musical failing.  Kind of keeps you humble...  No cover, no minimum.  Just come out and hang.
Saturday, 3/24 at Lebros     8:30 - 11:30
George Kane, guitar     John Murphy, guitar     John Werick, bass     your correspondent, drum set
What are you doing Saturday?  George Kane has already told me that we won't be doing much of their classic Natural Elements material, which leaves me entirely intrigued.  And if you're someone who just can't hang on a Tuesday for whatever reason (morning alarms, day jobs, bowling...), come out and say hello dammit!  Jack is behind the bar & he pours a mean black & tan...
next Tuesday, 3/27/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Chuck Buffamonte, guitar     Gerry Youngman, organ     your host, drum set
upcoming at the Iris Restaurant...
Tuesday, 4/3 Russ D'Alba
Tuesday, 4/10 Rick Strauss
Tuesday, 4/17 Phil DiRe' & Buffalo Bop
Tuesday, 4/24 Clay Jenkins
Tuesday, 5/1 Dr. Dick Judelsohn Memorial Jazz Tribute
Tuesday, 5/8 Jeff Hackworth
Friday, 5/11 Bill Dobbins
Tuesday, 5/15 Bob Sneider
Tuesday, 5/22 Steve Davis
Tuesday, 5/29 John Whitney
Tuesday, 6/19 Barbara Jean
Tuesday, 7/31 Bill Todd
Tuesday, 8/14 Don Menza
links...

A right wing to die for...
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, is a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, spending the sweat of workers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
 - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Health,
Hope,
Dialogue,
Respect,
Tolerance,
Friendships,
dan


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Monday, March 12, 2012

Danny Hull: Musically This Week Vol XIV, No 27


Hello everyone.  This week...
Tuesday, 3/13/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Dave Schiavone, saxophone & flute     Matt Michaud, guitar     Danny Ziemann, bass     your host, drum set
Dave Schiavone is among a handful of musicians who, despite an international reputation, still lives in his home town because he chooses to - that is when he's not in Europe.  Some regional musicians, our friend Clay Jenkins for example, maintain a career of a bicoastal nature, splitting teaching & performance responsibilities between here & LA.  Dave Schiavone's career is literally bi-continental.  When Dave hasn't returned a call or an email within a day or two, I know he's in Germany.  But he's home this week, and we've scheduled this special night in order to accommodate his travels and European life style.  As a way to challenge himself, Dave's chosen sidemen this week are not those of his working Buffalo quartet.  Guitarist Matt Michaud and bassist Danny Ziemann, both Eastman students, are showing up on everyone's list lately, and with them on the gig we are featuring an untested quartet new to our Savvy & Informed audience.  Still keeping it fresh after 13 years...  So join us if you can.  Take in a little Spring-like weather and dig the moments of your life.  We are the Iris Restaurant - at the intersection of Maple & Sweet Home Roads in Amherst.  Good music, good food, good people, chilled spirits, and a great hang.
Saturday, 3/17 at Olean High School     7:30
Sunday, 3/18 at The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford     3:00
The Southern Tier Symphony
John Whitney, Music Director
John Whitney should weigh 100 pounds, his body of work being what it is.  Here's the nutshell curriculum vitae:  After leaving the University of Central Florida to return to New York, John accepted the orchestra director position at Olean High School.  Now get this:  He moves his family & an entire household 950 miles, finds and buys a new house, sets up said house, commences his new position, and in his "spare" time?  He creates, out of nothing, the Southern Tier Symphony!  Just shaking my head here...  How does anyone do that?  How do you create an orchestra?  By yourself?  In Olean, NY?  You have to recruit a Board of Directors.  You have to raise money.  And where do you get 65 musicians?  You're in Olean!  Simply amazing.  Now in its 9th season, the Southern Tier Symphony presents their American Stage Pops Concert next weekend.  And of the 10 compositions on the program, John has arranged five!  Brilliant.  For tickets and directions to either venue, go to www.southerntiersymphony.org
next Tuesday, 3/20/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Mary Stahl, vocals     Jim Calabrese, piano     Buddy Fadale, bass     your host, drum set
upcoming at the Iris Restaurant...
Tuesday, 3/27 Chuck Buffamonte
Tuesday, 4/3 Russ D'Alba
Tuesday, 4/10 Rick Strauss
Tuesday, 4/17 Phil DiRe' & Buffalo Bop
Tuesday, 4/24 Clay Jenkins
Tuesday, 5/1 Dr. Dick Judelsohn Memorial Jazz Tribute
Tuesday, 5/8 Jeff Hackworth
Friday, 5/11 Bill Dobbins
Tuesday, 5/15 Bob Sneider
Tuesday, 5/22 Steve Davis
Tuesday, 5/29 John Whitney
Tuesday, 6/19 Barbara Jean
Tuesday, 7/31 Bill Todd
Tuesday, 8/14 Don Menza
links...

Only an hour earlier now...
Time is what prevents everything from happening at once. 
 - John Archibald Wheeler

Health,
Hope,
Dialogue,
Respect,
Tolerance,
Friendships,
dan
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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Danny Hull Newsletter: Musically This Week Vol XIV, No 26


Hello everyone.  This week...
Tuesday, 3/6/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Russ Carere, saxophone & flute     Matt Michaud, guitar     Dave Siegfried, bass     your host, drum set
The Carere family name lives proudly among the other esteemed jazz families in Buffalo:  Fadale, Schuman, Paladino, Georger, Willis, Kayne, Starr, Hasselback, Kipler, Azarello.  (Who'd I leave out?)  The tradition continues this week.  The programming is up to Russ Sr, but expect to hear not only our featured guest in his featured role, but also the ascending Russ Carere, Jr.  This is going to be a great night not only for the music, but for the celebration.  Family reunions are a gas.  But when you can invite your extended family - those of us in the jazz community - and celebrate your son, his development, and his responsibility with the family name, you've got a night to remember.  Can you join us?  Be a part of that extended jazz community, commemorate Russ and his family, and hear the future in the company of his biggest influence.  We are the Iris Restaurant - at the intersection of Maple & Sweet Home Roads in Amherst.  Good music, good food, good people, chilled spirits, and a great hang.
Wednesday, 3/7 at the Iris 7:30 - 9:30
Buffalo Brass open rehearsal
"Open rehearsal"  means you're invited.  We'll start, we'll stop, we'll stutter, and we may even play a few arrangements straight through.  The Buffalo Brass is back, and we're working on developing a signature sound and cohesive feel to compliment a deserved big band identity.
next Tuesday, 3/13/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Dave Schiavone, saxophone & flute     Matt Michaud, guitar     Danny Ziemann, bass     your host, drum set
upcoming at the Iris Restaurant...
Tuesday, 3/20 Wendell Rivera
Tuesday, 4/3 Russ D'Alba
Tuesday, 4/10 Rick Strauss
Tuesday, 4/17 Phil DiRe' & Buffalo Bop
Tuesday, 4/24 Clay Jenkins
Tuesday, 5/1 Dr. Dick Judelsohn Memorial Jazz Tribute
Friday, 5/11 Bill Dobbins
Tuesday, 5/15 Bob Sneider
Tuesday, 5/29 John Whitney
Tuesday, 6/19 Barbara Jean
Tuesday, 8/14 Don Menza
links...

Set your priorities...
We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957

Health,
Hope,
Dialogue,
Respect,
Tolerance,
Friendships,
dan
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Monday, February 27, 2012

Danny Hull Newsletter: Musically This Week Vol XIV, No 25


Hello friends.  Early Monday evening.  Hope you see this in time to make your plans...

Tuesday, 2/28/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Vince Ercolomento, tenor saxophone     John Nyerges, piano     Danny Ziemann, bass     your host, drum set
Some observations just stay with you:  “Dan, your quartet was the highlight of the festival for me”.  That was the gist of an email I received in September 2010.  The reason?  Vince Ercolomento.  I had invited Vince to front a quartet at the Lewiston Jazz Festival that summer, and as Vince and John Nyerges dug in and bared their collective soul, the crowd on the street just kept growing.  Before too long we had a main stage audience at a side venue.  It was amazing!  And all because Vince only knows one way to play.  He reaches back to his hard bop roots and his days as a student of the renown George Coleman, and he brings it.  A huge sound, a relentlessly swinging concept, and an encyclopedic mind for tunes, Vince plays his horn like he’s living his last day.  If Vince were an athlete, you’d have to put two men on him…  So join us, please.  We’re saving you the drive and bringing the Rochester School of Groove to the Iris.  You'll find us at the intersection of Maple & Sweet Home Roads in Amherst.  Good music, good food, good people, chilled spirits, and a great hang.
next Tuesday, 3/6/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Russ Carere, saxophone & flute     Matt Michaud, guitar     Paul Zap, bass     your host, drum set
upcoming at the Iris Restaurant...
Tuesday, 3/13 Dave Schiavone
Tuesday, 4/10 Rick Strauss
Tuesday, 4/17 Phil DiRe' & Buffalo Bop
Tuesday, 4/24 Clay Jenkins
Tuesday, 5/15 Bob Sneider
Tuesday, 6/19 Barbara Jean
Tuesday, 8/14 Don Menza
links...

Get off the couch...
Studies are lining up showing that exercise - aerobic exercise, where you're huffing and puffing after 20 or 30 minutes - is neuroprotective.  Chemicals released in the brain during exercise protect brain cells from dying, and patients who exercise do better long term.
 - Dr. Thomas Guttuso Jr, UB assistant professor of neurology and movement disorder specialist

Health,
Hope,
Dialogue,
Respect,
Tolerance,
Friendships,
dan
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Monday, February 20, 2012

Danny Hull Newsletter: Musically This Week Vol XIV, No 24


Hello friends.  Monday afternoon and just getting to this...
Tuesday, 2/21/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Jay Bianchi, piano     Mike Kaupa, trumpet     Buddy Fadale, bass     your host, drum set
Even if you're Buffalo born and bred and you've followed the local jazz scene for years, you may not know who Jay Bianchi is.  That happens to a musician when you leave your Williamsville roots and go off to earn your artistic credentials -  first to SUNY Fredonia for your Bachelors Degree in music education, and next to the University of Miami for a Master of Music in jazz studies.  And where do you settle after you earn your performance certificate from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London?  Williamsville is a great place to raise a family, but it doesn't hold the promise or challenges of a professional life in the Big Apple.  New York now his home, Jay has toured and performed internationally with grammy award winning artist Nigel Kennedy and composer/flutist David Heath, and his playing, arranging and production skills have led to work with Bette Midler, Glenn Close, and Leslie Gore.  He has two critically acclaimed trio CDs released on ilovestree records: Jay is Cool featuring bassist John Patitucci, and 11211.  And having taught at The New School for 25 years, Jay has helped develop the curriculum for studies in Jazz and Contemporary Music.  Impressive.  So we welcome Jay home for a brief visit this week, and we present him to our faithful and curious listeners in the company of some old friends.  Can you join us?  New York may be the proving ground, but let's make Jay a little nostalgic for his roots with a warm and generous audience.  The Iris Restaurant, at the intersection of Maple & Sweet Home Roads in Amherst.  Good music, good food, good people, chilled spirits, and a great hang.
Wednesday, 2/22 at the Iris     7:30 - 10:00
The Buffalo Brass
Time again for our biweekly open rehearsal.  "Open" means you're invited.  Stop in and hear the inner workings of a big band rehearsal.  No cover, no minimum.  And too, a great hang...
next Tuesday, 2/28/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Vince Ercolomento, tenor saxophone     John Nyerges, piano     Danny Ziemann, bass     your host, drum set
Don't miss...
Sunday, 2/26 at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery     3:00
The Enrico Rava Tribe
Enrico Rava, trumpet     Gianluca Petrella, trombone     Giovanni Guidi, piano     Gabriele Evangelista, bass     Fabrizio Sferra, drum set
Trumpeter Enrico Rava will make a rare North American appearance with his Tribe next Sunday in the Gallery’s Auditorium as part of the 2011–2012 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series.  A pre-concert discussion, “Fresh Sounds from Europe,” with Art of Jazz Series Producer Bruce Eaton, will begin at 2 p.m.

An international jazz icon and undoubtedly the most acclaimed Italian jazz musician in history, trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava produces a haunting, burnished tone backed by his “amazing conception of melody and music” (Pat Metheny).  Having established himself through collaborations with a wide range of musicians, including Carla Bley, Gato Barbieri, Gil Evans, and Joe Henderson, the 72-year-old has been referred to as “one of Miles Davis’s most imaginative inheritors” (The Guardian) and his recent ECM recordings have been hailed as “among the best jazz albums of the last decade” (Jazzwise).  As heard on his latest recording, Tribe, for the noted ECM label, Rava is currently playing at a peak of lyrical inventiveness.  Rava will only be performing in four cities on this tour: New York, Portland, San Francisco, and Buffalo.  Series Producer Bruce Eaton explains, “It’s a testament to the growing international reputation of the Albright-Knox as a premier venue for jazz that we have been chosen to be a part of this unique cultural event.”  For more information, please visit www.enricorava.com
  
Tickets are $25 for Albright-Knox Art Gallery Members and $29 for non-members.  Tickets can be purchased at the Gallery’s Admissions Desk or online at www.albrightknox.org/artofjazz. The series will conclude with the Donald Harrison Quartet on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at 8 p.m.
upcoming at the Iris Restaurant...
Tuesday, 3/6 Russ Carere
Tuesday, 3/13 Dave Schiavone
Tuesday, 4/10 Rick Strauss
Tuesday, 4/17 Phil DiRe' & Buffalo Bop
Tuesday, 4/24 Clay Jenkins
Tuesday, 5/15 Bob Sneider
Tuesday, 6/19 Barbara Jean
Tuesday, 8/14 Don Menza
links...

Keep moving...
Determine never to be idle.  It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
 - Thomas Jefferson

Health,
Hope,
Dialogue,
Respect,
Tolerance,
Friendships,
dan
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Danny Hull Newsletter: Musically This Week Vol XIV, No 23


Hello friends.  A classic sound returns...
Tuesday, 2/14/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Randy Stirtzinger, vibraphone     Warren Stirtzinger, guitar     John Werick, bass     your host, drum set
Vibraphone and guitar?  Beer and pretzels.  Wine & cheese.  Fitz and Stevie Johnson.  Popcorn & movies.  Randy & Warren.  We feature an all North American quartet this Tuesday, with some of the sweetest sounds that the jazz genre has to offer.  And being as that our featured guests grew up playing music together, this may be the most polished unrehearsed ensemble you're likely to hear.  We think we did this right.  Bring your Valentine out to the Iris for dinner, while the Stirtzinger Brothers serenade you with a gentle bossa nova, a swinging standard, or a soothing ballad.  Perfect.  At the intersection of Maple & Sweet Home Roads in Amherst.  Good music, good food, good people, chilled spirits, and a great hang.
next Tuesday, 2/21/2012 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30
Jay Bianchi, piano     Mike Kaupa, trumpet     Buddy Fadale, bass     your host, drum set
upcoming at the Iris Restaurant...
Tuesday, 2/28 Vince Ercolomento
Tuesday, 3/6 Russ Carere
Tuesday, 3/13 Dave Schiavone
Tuesday, 4/10 Rick Strauss
Tuesday, 5/15 Bob Sneider
Tuesday, 6/19 Barbara Jean
Tuesday, 8/14 Don Menza
links...

This is love...
Ten long trips around the sun since I last saw that smile, but only joy and thankfulness that on a tiny world in the vastness, for a couple of moments in the immensity of time, we were one.
 - Ann Druyan, speaking about her beloved Carl Sagan in 2006

Health,
Hope,
Dialogue,
Respect,
Tolerance,
Friendships,
and Love.
Happy Valentines Day.
dan
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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Ari Silverstein Brings Cabaret Stars to Buffalo

Promoter, Ari Silverstein (right) and singer, Mark Murphy.


Burchfield Penney Art Center
www.BurchfieldPenney.org


As part of its Year of the Arts programming, Buffalo State will
celebrate the artistry of American Cabaret in a concert-lecture
series, “High Standards: The Legacy of the Great American Songbook,”
featuring three Cabaret greats on February 23, March 1, and March 8
at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

“Each of these singer-pianists has received international
acclaim entertaining in intimate jazz and cabaret settings,” said Ari
Silverstein, a 2003 Buffalo State graduate and New York City real
estate broker who collaborated with the Buffalo State Student Life
Office and the Music Department to bring the series to Buffalo. “Their
main focus has been keeping the American Songbook tradition alive,”

The artists will present daytime discussion-demonstrations
moderated by Silverstein and Chuck Mancuso, Buffalo State professor of
music and author of Popular Music and the Underground: Foundation of
Jazz, Rock, Country and Blues, 1900-1950. On the same day as the
discussion, each artist will perform a theme oriented concert at 7:00
p.m.

Steve Ross, known as “the Crown Prince of Cabaret,” is the
leading male artist in the genre. A native of New Rochelle, New York,
Ross has been compared to Cole Porter and Noel Coward and has
performed shows on numerous topics including composers, lyricists, and
entertainers. He will present the discussion-demonstration, “From
Saloon to Salon: Traveling with My Piano,” from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m.
February 23 in Rockwell Hall, Room 124. He will recount his evolution
from simple piano bars to the more exclusive performance rooms in
upscale hotels such as the Stanhope and the Algonquin, home to the
world-famous Algonquin Round Table. During his 7:00 p.m. performance,
Ross will bring the music of Fred Astaire to life in “Top Hat, White
Tie and Tails” in the Burchfield Penney Auditorium.

Kathleen Landis broke the mold of female singers who acted
as stand-up vocalists, and she helped establish female pianist/singers
as serious musicians in a male-dominated field. She joins such great
female vocalists as Hazel Scott, Barbara Carroll, Diana Krall and Ann
Hampton Calloway. During her discussion/demonstration, “From New
York’s Café Pierre to Buffalo’s Burchfield Penney,” 12:15 p.m. March 1
in the Burchfield Penney Auditorium, Landis will talk about the
importance of Alec Wilder’s groundbreaking tome American Popular Song:
The Great Innovators 1900-1950, and how she made a career singing and
playing the piano. At 7:00 p.m. she will perform “While We’re Young: A
Tribute to Alec Wilder,” a collection of treasured cabaret and
classical compositions written and influenced by Alec Wilder, a
graduate of the prestigious Eastman School of Music.

Bob Dorough, age 89, a longtime jazz-cabaret cult singer
and songwriter who penned such classics as “I’m Hip,” and “Devil May
Care,” also wrote many of the songs for “Schoolhouse Rock!”, the
educational series that became a staple of Saturday morning television
in the 1970s. His discussion-demonstration, “From Bebop to Schoolhouse
Rock,” at 12:15 p.m. March 8 in the Burchfield Penney Auditorium,
examines a stellar career penning jazz classics, recording with Miles
Davis, and writing clever songs that helped a generation of children
grasp grammar, math, science, and history. He will perform a
collection of previously noted classics, in his 7:00 p.m. concert,
“From Bebop to Schoolhouse Rock!”

“Unlike most traditional singers who offer a ‘list’ of
unconnected standards, this trio has honed the difficult but rewarding
cabaret-themed shows that elevate their performances to intimate
theater-like experiences,” Mancuso said.

All lectures are free. Tickets to the evening concerts cost $5
for Burchfield Penney members, Buffalo State faculty and staff, and
$10 for the general public. Students are admitted free.

Tickets can be purchased at the Burchfield Penney or online at
http://www.BurchfieldPenney.org/. For more information, call (716)
878-6011. The Office of Student Life and a grant from the Faculty
Student Association funded the series.

Thanks for your help. We hope to make this an annual event so also if
you have any financial backers you think would be interested in this
series in the future, please let me know,

All the Best,

Ari Silverstein
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