Ciao Tutti! December is getting chilly but there is a lot of events to keep you warm! Zion 80 will be recording and playing a couple more shows this month, as well as recording a new CD! I am working on new material for JLE as well as for the Tiptons, and a new Sephardic music project with Katie Down called Sophie Salonika, that will emerge in January!
Wednesday 12/19
Zion 80 http://zion80.com/
The music of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach through the lens of the Afrobeat master Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
at Iyyun, 650 Sackett Street, Brooklyn (Park Slope) 8-10 PM, $10
Thursday 12/20
Zion 80 recording a new record at Bill Laswell’s studio, to be released next year on John Zorn’s Tzadik label.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30th – PLATE TIPTONICS at the GREAT SMALL WORKS SPAGHETTI DINNER, Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Plate Tiptonics is the big-band inspiration of Tiptons Sax Quartet members Tina Richerson & Jessica Lurie, a collaboration with a stellar roster of NYC musicians, performing Tiptons’ tuners as well as originals penned by ensemble members, covering genres from micro-Big Band to Gospel, Bluegrass to Balkan, Whimsical Jazz to Nocturnal Funk. The band includes: Tina Richerson, Jessica Lurie, Matt Dariau, Katie Down, Art Baron, Pam Fleming, Stefan Zeniuk, Ben Syverson, Sarah Ferholt, Rebecca Buxton and more!
MONDAY Dec 31 – New Years Eve at the Stone with Zion 80 and many others!
Zion 80 plays at 7PM
thestonenyc.com/
The Stone is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street, NYC
and in January…..out west!
Sat 12 January, SEATTLE ~ 9pm
Tiptons Sax Quartet @ Royal Room
Amy Denio: alto sax, clarinet, voice
Jessica Lurie: alto & tenor sax, voice
Sue Orfield: tenor sax, voice
Tina Richerson: baritone sax, voice
Greg Campbell: drums & percussion
5000 Rainier Ave S. / Seattle WA 98118
Fri 18 January & Sat 19 January, SEATTLE ~ 8pm
The Chapel at Good Shepherd Center
Mythunderstandings, a oral history-driven multi-media performance featuring the Tiptons Sax Quartet breaking out all of their instruments, in collaboration with Coastal Salish story teller and musician Paul ‘Che oke ten’ Wagner, visual artist Aric Mayer and direction by Lisa Halpern.
4649 Sunnyside Ave. N / Seattle WA
(SW corner of 50th & Sunnyside in Wallingford)
A work-in-progress presentation funded in part by 4Culture.
Sun 20 January, KIRKLAND, WA ~ 3pm
Studio East
11730 118th Ave NE, Suite 100 / Kirkland, WA
Tiptons Sax Quartet will play a benefit fundraising concert for the incredible Studio East Training for the Performing Arts in a lovely 150 seat theater in their new facility. We look forward to filling the theater with music lovers.