Grimes Times ! Henry Grimes Times !
Upcoming Events, May, 2O12
Photo by Pedro Corte Real, Portugal, 2OO7
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2O12, 7:3O p.m. promptly: Henry Grimes's Sublime Communication Trio, w/ Andrew Lamb (reeds, flutes, percussion) and Newman Taylor Baker (drum kit, washboard, percussion), Zurcher Studio, 33 Bleecker St. betw. Lafayette & Bowery one block above Houston St. and just opposite Mott St., 212-777-O79O, galeriezurcher.com, studio@galeriezurcher.com. Lexington #6 train to Bleecker St. stops a half-block away, or B/ D/ F/ V trains to Broadway-Lafayette stop 3 blocks away, or the M1O3 bus to Bowery & East Houston St. stops 1 block away. To see map, click here.
This great trio has played nearly 3O concerts and given master classes in and around New York City, across the U.S., and in far-flung places from Berlin to Portugal to the Azores and the Middle East. Trio photo available in high resolution by clicking here.
Photo by Brendan Bannon, NYC, 2O1O
Wednesday, May 16th: Henry Grimes master class, 3-5 p.m; Henry Grimes, double-bass, violin, and poetry, solo set at 9:3O p.m; and Henry Grimes with Montreal musicians Ellwood Epps, Jean Derome, and Pierre Tanguay, late set around 11 p.m., all at L'Envers, 185 Van Horne (coin Esplanade), Mile End section of Montreal, P.Q., Canada, all co-presented with CKUT (90.3 FM ckut.ca) and La Plante. lenvers185.blogspot.com, facebook.com/lenvers185, lenvers185@gmail.com, facebook.com/events/, ellwoodepps.blogspot.com, actuellecd.com/en/bio/derome_je, actuellecd.com/en/bio/tanguay_pi.
Tickets will be available at the door on the 16th, and in advance at: Phonopolis, 2O7 Bernard O, Montreal, QC H2T 2K5, 514-27O-4442, info@phonopolis.ca, http://phonopolis.ca; Cheap Thrills, 2O44 Metcalfe St., 2nd floor, Montreal, QC H3A 1X8, 514-844-8988, http://cheapthrills.ca, info@cheapthrills.ca; Atom Heart, 364-B rue Sherbrooke Est, Montreal, QC H2X 1E6, 514-843-8484, http://www.atomheart.ca, info@atomheart.ca; Aux 33 Tours, 1379 Av du Mont Royal Est, Montreal QC H2J 1Y8, 514-524-7397, http://www.aux33tours.com, info@aux33tours.com; and L’Oblique, 4333 Rivard, Montreal, QC H2J 2M7, 514-499-1323, http://loblique.ca.
Photo by Peter Gannushkin, NYC, 2O11
Tuesday, May 22nd: Henry Grimes at Largo Resto-Club, 643, rue Saint-Joseph Est, Quebec City G1K 3C1 (Saint-Roch district), Canada, Henry Grimes master class at 4 p.m., duo concert with Francois Carrier at 8 p.m., 418-529-3111, 888-529-3111, largorestoclub.ca/en/, jazzaquebec@gmail.com.
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SOME RECENT EVENTS
(THE PAST SIX MONTHS)
Oct. 2nd, 2O11: Marc Medwin and Henry Grimes, Connie Crothers's loft, Brooklyn, NY;
Oct. 2Oth: Henry Grimes solo improvisation in Aldo Tambellini's "Black Zero," also w/ Ben Morea (noise machine), Kweighbaye Kotee, and the voice of Calvin C. Hernton (poet), Chelsea Art Museum, NYC;
Oct. 21st: Marc Ribot Trio w/ Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, Zebulon, Brooklyn, NY;
Oct. 22nd: Henry Grimes's Sublime Communication Trio, w/ Andrew Lamb and Newman Taylor Baker, Paterson (NJ) Free Public Library;
Oct. 27th: Marc Ribot Trio w/ Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, Grand Theatre, Groningen, Netherlands;
Oct. 28th: Marc Ribot Trio w/ Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, Bishopsgate Institute, London, England;
Oct. 29th: Marc Ribot Trio w/ Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, Komeda Jazz Festival, Baltic Philharmonic Hall, Gdansk, Poland;
Oct. 3Oth: Marc Ribot Trio w/ Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, Dom Omladine, Beograda (Belgrade), Serbia;
Nov. 1st: Marc Ribot w/ Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, Porgy and Bess Club, Vienna, Austria;
Nov. 2nd: Marc Ribot w/ Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, Jazz Dock, Prague, Czech Republic;
Nov. 3rd (Henry's 76th birthday): Marc Ribot w/ Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, Haus der Jugend, Mainz, Germany;
Nov. 5th: Marc Ribot w/ Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, Szeged Jazz Days at IH Event Center, Szeged, Hungary (the Mayor presented Henry with a plaque honoring him as "jazz double-bassist, violinist and poet, teacher of music, for all the achievements in jazz history and for all the work he has done for the progress of jazz music," and also gave him a silver medal);
Nov. 7th: Marc Ribot w/ Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, Cafe Wilhelmina, Eindhoven, Netherlands;
Nov. 8th: Marc Ribot w/ Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, D'Jazz Nevers Festival, Maison de la Culture, Nevers Cedex, France;
Nov. 9th: Henry Grimes and Rasul Siddik, Galerie Zurcher, Paris, France;
[Nov. 1Oth: Henry Grimes and Rasul Siddik sat in with Raymond Doumbe, Bobby Few, and Chris Henderson, Babel Cafe, Paris, France;]
Nov. 13th: Henry Grimes and Benjamin Duboc, Gastaut / Lorain residence, Paris, France...
Dec. 9th: Henry Grimes workshop at the Royal Conservatory (KASK), Gent, Belgium;
Dec. 1Oth: Henry Grimes w/ Elaine Mitchener and David Toop, Drieklank (Trio Sound) Festival at the Royal Conservatory (KASK), Gent, Belgium;
Dec. 12th: Henry Grimes solo (double-bass, violin, poetry, 1st set) and in trio with Paul Dunmall and Roger Turner, Cafe Oto, London, England (U.K.);
Dec. 16th: Henry Grimes solo (double-bass, violin, poetry), Korjaamo Culture Factory, Helsinki, Finland;
Dec. 31st, 2O11 (New Year's Eve): Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity w/ Roy Campbell, Jr., Henry Grimes, and Chad Taylor, "Bells at Midnight," music by and for Albert Ayler, at the Stone, NYC ...
Feb. 17th, 2O12: Marilyn Crispell and Henry Grimes, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas;
Feb. 21st: Henry Grimes's Sublime Communication Trio featuring Andrew Lamb and Newman Taylor Baker, Tel-Aviv Jazz Festival, Tel Aviv Cinemateque and Performing Art Center, Israel;
Feb. 22nd: Henry Grimes's Sublime Communication Trio featuring Andrew Lamb and Newman Taylor Baker, benefit workshop / performance at Jerusalem Conservatory Hassadna, Jerusalem...
... and much more to follow!
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T H R E E-- M O R E _ G R E A T-- N E W ---
P E N D I N G-- R E L E A S E S !!
Scott Robinson / Marshall Allen / Pat O'Leary / Kevin Norton, and special guest Henry Grimes, recorded in concert 11/26/1O at the Stone, NYC, to be released on ScienSonic;
Roscoe Mitchell with Dave Burrell / Henry Grimes / Tani Tabbal, recorded in concert 2/17/11 at Roulette, NYC, label to be announced;
Henry Grimes, Dave Burrell, Roberto Pettinato, and Tyshawn Sorey, "Purity," recorded in studio 8/13/11, NYC, Sony Argentina label...
Please see henrygrimesdiscography to discover 86 others already released.
N E W . H E N R Y . G R I M E S . Y O U T U B E . V I D E O S!!
Henry plays the dirty low-down arco blues
with Marc Ribot and Chad Taylor here:
youtube.com/watch?v=NPMTv52IER8 !
(Thanks, Marie Carrier!)
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Henry plays the beautiful ballad
"I'll Get By As Long as I Have You"
with Marc Ribot and Chad Taylor here:
youtube.com/watch?v=7ida-I_g3Hg
(Thank you, Hank Cherry!)
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Henry improvises a blazing violin solo,
with Darius Savage, Avreeayl Ra, Mars Williams, et al.,
"Violin Song for Fred Anderson," here:
youtube.com/watch?v=e5VW-GQWhq
(Thank you, Zoe Pastorfield-Li!)
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Henry improvises a beautiful violin solo invocation
for his dear friend Fred Anderson's 1st memorial birthday concert
at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago here:
youtube.com/watch?v=Fh8Q8IV21ok
(Thank you, Marie Carrier!)
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Henry improvises an orchestrally vibrant solo,
"
Stone Communion,"
on his beautiful green bass, here:
youtube.com/watch?v=IAEQqr0N96Y
(Thank you again, Zoe!)
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Henry improvises a beautiful slow solo on his green bass, referencing the spiritual "Let My People Go,"
w/ the great Edward "Kidd" Jordan, on
Henry's 75th birthday at the Stone in NYC, here:
youtube.com/watch?v=Eble8QcLblc
(Thank you, Joe Chonto!)
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