It seems as though I dropped the ball here for a while! But here we are again...
GRIMES TIMES!! GRIMES TIMES!! March, 'O7
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! The official publication date of Henry Grimes's
first published book of poetry and other writings, "Signs Along the
Road," is Thursday, March 1st, 'O7, and it will be presented to the
world at the Jazzahead conference in Bremen, Germany Thursday through
Sunday, March 8th-11th, where it may be found at the JazzInstitut
Darmstadt booth; Henry's publisher is Renate Da Rin of Buddy's Knife
(named for Buddy Bolden),
www.buddysknife.de,
info@buddysknife.de,
office + 49-221-399-5657, + 49-221-484-8242,
http://www.jazzahead.de/en/konferenz...nz_einleit.php. (Please note
that Henry Grimes will not be present.)
Concert Thursday, March 1st, 'O7: Sabir Mateen and Hilliard Greene, 8
p.m; Connie Crothers and Henry Grimes, 1O p.m. (separate admission,
$15), at the Stone (curated by Matthew Shipp this month), northwest
corner of Ave. C and 2nd St., New York City,
www.thestonenyc.com,
nycthestone@yahoo.com, no phone.
Concerts Friday and Saturday, March 9th and 1Oth, 8 p.m: The Cecil
Taylor trio (the new AHA 3) w/ Henry Grimes and Pheeroan akLaff; also
John Zorn with Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, and Joey Baron (Masada), at
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Rose Theatre, Broadway at 6Oth St., New York
City,
www.jalc.org/concerts/details.asp?EventID=952, tickets from the
site, at the Rose Hall box office at 6Oth St. and Broadway, or from
CenterCharge, 212-721-65OO. NOTE: You can save 25% at the box office
or by phone only (not online) by saying the discount code "jazz 25."
Broadcast / Webcast Tuesday, March 2Oth: Henry Grimes and Rashied Ali
on the air playing duets and in verbal conversation as well, WKCR-FM,
89.9 on the dial in the New York area, 6-9 p.m., also Webcasting over
www.wkcr.org, 212-854-992O,
jazz@wkcr.org. (Their previous date
together was in 1965 on Archie Shepp's great Impulse! recording "On
This Night", also with Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers, J.C. Moses, Ed
Blackwell, & Christine Spencer.)
Concert Wednesday, March 28th: Eri Yamamoto with David Ambrosio and
Ikuo Takeuchi, 8 p.m; Henry Grimes and Amina Claudine Myers, 1O p.m.
(separate admission, $2O), at the Stone, northwest corner of Ave. C
and 2nd St., New York City,
www.thestonenyc.com,
nycthestone@yahoo.com, no phone.
Concert / workshops / master classes Thursday-Saturday, March
29th-31st: Henry Grimes residency with the Creative Arts Orchestra
directed by Mark Kirschenmann, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,
workshop / master class on Thursday, March 29th, 5-8 p.m. (also possib
le 2nd workshop / master class on Friday, March 3Oth), 734-764-O583
or -O594,
www.umich.edu,
http://www.umich.edu/faculty_staff/k...nn.mark.lasso; concert on
Saturday, March 31st at Kerrytown Concert Hall, 415 North 4th Ave.,
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 734-769-2999,
www.kerrytownconcerthouse/calendar,
KCH@kerrytown.com...
... and much more to follow!
For bookings, high-res photos, further information, or to purchase a
recording by the NEW Henry Grimes, please contact Margaret Davis,
musicmargaret@earthlink.net, 212-841-O899.
www.henrygrimes.com