A Canadian currently residing in New York City, award winning composer and performer Rob Mosher straddles both the jazz and classical worlds. Specializing on oboe, English horn and soprano sax, Rob is the leader of the critically acclaimed ten-piece ensemble Storytime.

Blending lyrical melodies, catchy grooves and band interplay, the Rob Mosher Quartet delivers a satisfying sonic experience. Featuring the compositions and soprano sax of its leader Rob Mosher, this group focuses on improvisation.

Storytime Quartet @ Spike Hill, Williamsburg
184 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn NY • free

Indie rock songstress Rona Figueroa will appear at the Bitter End on Monday, November 16, at 9pm. With new songs, a guest drummer, sexy back up voices, some piano sounds (to add to the acoustic guitar and electric violin) this promises to be a night to remember.

BITTER END
147 Bleecker St.
(thompson and la guardia)

Lyris Hung on electric violin
Ernie Fortunato on acoustic guitar and grand piano
Tim McLafferty on drums

Iridium is located at 1615 Broadway (at 51st) in New York. Tickets: 212-582-2121

‘….Emilio Teubal is making a name for himself among the growing roster of young modern pianists and musicians’ Raul Da Gama, Latin Jazz Network

‘Un Monton de Notas is one of the strongest Latin jazz albums of the year and one I highly recommend for listeners looking for something new.’ Brad Walseth, Chicago Jazznet

Emilio Teubal, Argentinean, born in Spain, has lived for more than a decade in NYC where he earned a BFA in jazz performance from the City College of New York graduating Magna Cum Laude. He has also been awarded with the prestigious Meet The Composer’s Van Lier Fellowship 2007 .He has performed in some of the most prestigious jazz clubs in NYC such us Blue Note, Birdland, Sweet Rhythm, Dizzy’s Coca Cola Club, Joes Pub, Cornelia Street Cafe, 55 Bar and The Knitting Factory among others. Emilio has been a member of different New York based music ensembles such as Sebastian Cruz’s Coba, Los Chantas Tango Group, and the Marta Gomez’s group, with whom he has toured the USA, Mexico, Spain and Argentina.

Emilio’s Band, La Balteuband is a multinational instrumental ensemble based in NYC. His compositions are a blend of jazz and elements of Argentine music, such as rhythms like chacarera and zamba along with the lyricism of tango melodies.

La Balteuband’s music consists of rhythmically and harmonically rich pre-composed structures and improvised sections that highlight the musicality of each member of the band. This is what makes each performance of the group so fresh and special.

La Balteuband has performed in New York venues such as the Joes Pub, 55 Bar, Makor, Cornelia Street Cafe, Galapagos Arts Space, and many more.

Emilio Teubal & La Balteuband have released two crittically aclaimed albums: ‘La Balteuband’ (2006), and the recently released ‘Un monton de notas’ (2009)

The band:

Emilio Teubal: piano

Franco Pinna: Drums

Marcelo Woloski: percussion

Moto Fukushima: electric bass

Sam Sadigursky: clarinet and sop. sax

Xavier Perez: tenor and sop sax, flute

Greg Heffernan: cello

Frank Carlberg Quintet appears at the Stone

Featuring:
Christine Correa-voice
John O’Gallagher-alto sax
Jorge Roeder-bass
Richie Barshay-drums
Frank Carlberg-piano

ONE SET only at 8PM

The Stone is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street, in the East Village (Manhattan) www.thestonenyc.com

CD is available at CDBaby.com, www.redpianorecords.com, iTunes as well as at the show.

The FCQ performs settings to a wide variety of texts including poems by 20th (and 21st) century writers (Robert Creeley, Kenneth Rexroth, Anna Akhmatova, Jack Kerouac etc) as well as various other sources. Their latest release is “The American Dream” on the Red Piano Records label. The FCQ is preparing to record their next CD entitled “Uncivilized Ruminations” in the near future scheduled for a 2010 release.

ADMISSION: $10 per set; students 13 to 19 admitted half price; children 12 and under free

There are no advance ticket sales. All admissions are at the door prior to each performance.

The Fire In July Trio — led by Jody Redhage (voice & cello) — will perform at Baltimore’s An die Musik LIVE! on Thursday November 19th at 8pm. An die Musik LIVE! is located at 409 North Charles Street
Second Floor in Baltimore. Tickets are $10. For more information contact 410.385.2638 or www.andiemusiklive.com

Called an “adventurous cello songstress” by Time Out NY, cellist, composer, and vocalist Jody Redhage is “a new music dynamo…Redhage is cultivating a repertoire of indie art song that breaches genre boundaries and makes for stirring listening” (MusicWorks Magazine).  Redhage has spent the past seven years developing the ability to simultaneously sing and play rhythmically complex and intricate lines.  Her passion is setting 20th and 21st century American poetry into art song, and she principally composes for her quintet Fire in July.  Redhage’s compositions meld the detail and finesse of chamber music with the energy and drive of jazz improvisation and more popular genres.

Fire in July released their debut album Ancient Star on Sept. 15, 2009.  Ancient Star has been called “a real accomplishment, refreshing and enjoyable, music that is exploring and pioneering a new style and doing so with real thought and skill” -George Grella, The Big City.

With tinges of Medieval chanson and hints of Kurt Weill, Redhage creates a captivating blend of genres that simply comes across as her own unique voice.

Having begun composing at age 19, Jody studied composition at the University of California Berkeley and cello performance at the Manhattan School of Music. In New York, Jody continued her composition studies with Bang on a Can founder Julia Wolfe. Redhage’s compositions have been performed by the New Music Collective in Charleston, SC, and across the country in such venues from Manhattan to San Francisco. Redhage has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, and on NBC, CBS, and ABC.