The International Review of Music selects NIYAZ on their: Picks of the Week: Feb 2 - 8

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The International Review of Music selects NIYAZ on their: Picks of the Week: Feb 2 - 8
by bitamg
04-Feb-2009
 
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Picks of the Week: Feb 2 - 8

By Don Heckman

Los Angeles

- Feb. 2. (Mon.)  Emerson String Quartet.  The
veteran, eight Grammy Award-winning ensemble performs amid a major
retrospective showing of the art of painter Roberta Eisenberg.  The
program includes Beethoven, Ravel, Webern and Schubert.  Cal State
Polytechnic.  Pomona. (310) 216-5861.  //www.csupomona.edu/~kellogg_gallery/.

Jacky Terrasson

- Feb. 4 - 7.  (Wed. - Sat.)  Jacky Terrasson Trio.  The always-intriguing French pianist makes a rare L.A. stop.  The Jazz Bakery  (310) 271-9039.  www.jazzbakery.com.

- Feb 5.  (Thurs.)  Klezmerata Fiorentina.  How’s
this for eclecticism: Four principal players from Florence’s Orchestra
del Maggio Musicale, performing Ukrainian-Jewish instrumental music in
an improvisatory style. Expect to hear lots of tapping feet.  Skirball
Cultural Center.  (310) 440-4500.  www.skirball.org.

- Feb. 5.  (Thurs.)  Ron Eschete Trio. The master of the seven string jazz guitar in action.    Steamers. (714) 871-8800  www.steamersjazzcafe.com.

Steve Tyrell

- Feb. 5 - 8  (Thurs. - Sun.) and Feb. 12 - 15 (Thurs. - Sun.)  Singer Steve Tyrell does his unique take on the Great American Songbook.  Catalina Bar & Grill.  (323) 466-2210.  www.catalinajazzclub.com

Feb. 6.  (Fri.)  Master Musicians of Jajouka
William S. Burroughs described it as the “music of a 4,000 year old
rock & roll band.”  But even that colorful beat generation
description misses the intensity of the Jajoukas’ music, with its
plangent reeds, wailing flutes and roiling percussion.  UCLA Royce
Hall. (310) 825-2101.  www.uclalive.org.   (Also Feb. 11 and 12 at Yoshi’s San Francisco. (415) 655-5600.  www.yoshis.com.)

Orchestra Otmani

- Feb. 6.  (Fri. ) Orchestra Otmani of Fes.  A rare
opportunity to hear Moroccan music in the Andalusian style.  Orchestra
Otmani performs in both secular and Sufi traditions, and features the
singing of 21 year old vocal prodigy Marouane Hajji.  Zipper Concert
Hall at the Colburn School.  (866) 468-3399. //www.zipperhall.com/.

- Feb. 6, 8, 13 and 15.  (Fri,, Sun., Fri. & Sun.)   Le Nozze di Figaro.  “Figaro” is always fun.  But rarely more so than in this self-described “boisterous new production” by Opera UCLA.  Schoenberg Hall. (310) 825-2101  www.arts.ucla.edu

- Feb. 6 & 7.  (Fri. & Sat.)  Another jazz saxophone weekend at Charlie O’s, with the boppish stylings of Lanny Morgan on Sat. and the Pink Panther tenor of Plas Johnson on Saturday.  Charlie O’s.  818- 994-3058.  www.charlieos.com.

- Feb. 7.  (Fri.)  An Evening with Edward Albee. The great American playwright tells how it’s done.   Royce Hall UCLA.  UCLA Royce Hall. (310) 825-2101.  www.uclalive.org.

Azam Ali

-Feb. 7.  (Sat.)  Niyaz.  The cross-cultural ensemble of singer Azam Ali, multi-instrumentalist Loga Ramin Torkian, oud player Naser Musa, tabla player Salar Nadar, bassist Miles Jay and keyboardist Ray Lee explore
the surprisingly compatible linkages between Persian, Indian, Turkish
and Western dance music.  The El Rey.  (323) 936-6400.  //www.theelrey.com/.   Also Fri., Feb. 7 at Cal State Fullerton Performing Arts Center.  (714) 278-3371.   www.fullerton.edu/arts/events.

- Feb. 6.  (Fri.)  Rahim AlHaj and Souhail Kaspar
Iraqi oud virtuoso AlHaj is joined by Lebanese percussionist Souhail
Kaspar in a presentation of music from his latest CD, “Home Again.” 
The Getty. //www.getty.edu/.

KODO

- Feb. 8.  (Sun.) Kodo Drummers.  Disney Hall.  No
that’s not the big one you hear, although it sometimes approaches the
intensity of a major temblor.  It’s Japan’s Kodo Drummers, filling
Disney Hall with their incomparable blend of sheer showmanship and
body-shaking percussion sounds.  Walt Disney Concert Hall. (323)
850-2000.  //www.laphil.org.

San Francisco

- Feb. 2 & 3.  (Mon. & Tues.)  Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson with John McEuen.  California country, rock and bluegrass lives.  Yoshi’s San Francisco.  (415) 655-5600.  www.yoshis.com.

New York City

- Feb. 3 - 8.  (Tues. - Sun.)  The perfect contemporary jazz storm: The Yellowjackets’ irrepressible beat  and Mike Stern’s take-no-prisoners guitar playing. Blue Note.  (No wonder they have two Grammy nominations.)  (212) 475-8592. //www.bluenote.net/newyork/index.shtml.

- Feb. 4 - 7  (Wed. - Sat.)  Drummer Lewis Nash steps to the front of the stage with his own sterling quintet  (Jeremy Pelt, trumpet, Jimmy Greene, tenor saxophone, Renee Rosnes, piano, Peter Washington, bass)  Birdland.  (212) 581-3080.  www.birdlandjazz.com.

- Feb. 6.  (Fri.)  Up and coming pianist Helen Sung combines her youthful perspective with veteran bassist Ron Carter’s ever-adventurous overview.  Rubin Museum of Art. (212) 620-5000.  www.rmanyc.org.

- Feb. 6 & 7.  (Fri. & Sat.)  Pianist Mike Melvoin, bassist Jay Leonhart and drummer Bill Goodwin
make a convincing case for the fact that jazz can be simultaneously
lyrical, elegant, imaginative and hard-swinging.  The Kitano.  (212)
885-7000.  www.kitano.com.  Also at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on
Tues., Feb. 10.  (617) 562-4111.  www.scullersjazz.com.

- Feb. 6 & 7.  (Fri. & Sat..)  (10:30 & 12:00 AM)  Tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake’s envelope-stretching quintet, with pianist Dave Kikoski, guitarist Lage Lund, drummer Bill Stewart and bassist Matt Clohesy.  Smalls.  (212) 252-5091.  //www.smallsjazzclub.com/.

Knoxville, Tennessee

- Feb. 6 - 8  (Fri.  -  Sun.) Big Ears Festival.  A
cross-genre music and arts festival combining art installations,
exhibitions, performance art, seminars with artists, and interactive
experiences.  Confirmed artists include Philip Glass, Jon Hassell, Pauline Oliveros, and numerous others.  At locations around Knoxville, Tenn.    (865).684-1200 Ext. 2.    www.bigearsfestival.com.

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