Recent events (the past 6 months)

January 19th, ‘O9 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) : Release date for “Henry Grimes Solo,” the double-CD set on the ILK Music label (#151);

January 22nd: Deep Tones for Peace fundraiser at the United Nations in New York City, with Henry Grimes playing solo bass in person, Mark Dresser playing via ustream.tv, and others among the Deep Tones for Peace musicians appearing in Powerpoint format;

January 29th-31st: Henry Grimes residency w/ Rashied Ali at Hamilton College of Performing Arts, Clinton, NY, including master classes with students, interview and short violin solo on WHCL college radio, filmed interview for the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, Henry Grimes and Rashied Ali duo concert at Fillius Events Barn, and other related events;

February 7th: Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali, concert at Rutgers U., Camden Center for the Arts, Gordon Theater, Camden, NJ;

February 23rd-26th: Henry Grimes residency at Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA (workshops, master classes, radio interview, classroom visits and consultations, etc.), + Henry Grimes's "Future Music," a solo bass / violin / poetry performance February 24th at Berklee's David Friend Recital Hall;

February 27th: Henry Grimes residency at New England Conservatory, Boston, MA (master class and clinic);

(Thanks to Tony Leva for his wonderful assistance
with the January and February residencies!)

March 3rd: Amiri Baraka and Henry Grimes, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY;

March 18th, 21st, and 22nd: Henry Grimes in three concerts celebrating the 8Oth birthday of the great Fred Anderson at the Velvet Lounge, Chicago, IL, sharing the bandstand with Fred Anderson/ Harrison Bankhead/ Hamiet Bluiett/ Mwata Bowden/ Billy Brimfield/ Ari Brown/ Jeff Chan/ Douglas Ewart/ Edward “Kidd” Jordan/ Dushun Mosley/ Jeff Parker/ Avreeayl Ra/ Chad Taylor, and more in various combinations on the three nights;

(Thanks to Darius Savage for lending Henry his bass
and helping out with bandstand set-up!);

March 25th: Justin Desmangles’ radio show on Henry Grimes, featuring Henry’s new music and poetry and including an on-air interview, broadcast from KDVS (Davis, California), 9O.3 FM, and on the Web at kdvs.org;

March 27th: Henry Grimes and Marc Ribot (both unplugged!), Rubin Museum of Art, NYC;

April 1st: Jason Hwang’s Spontaneous River, filmed in concert by Joe Chonto at the Living Theater in New York City in July, ‘O8, shown on "Some Real Music" starting at midnight Eastern Daylight Time on Time Warner cable channel 57, RCN cable channel 84, and worldwide on the Web on www.mnn.org; musicians included: (violins) Henry Grimes, Sarah Bernstein, Mark Chung, Haruka Horii, Jason Kao Hwang, Marlene Rice, Sonya Robertson, Curtis Stewart, Elektra Stewart, Mazz Swift; (violas) Stephanie Griffin, Judith Insell, Eric Salazar, David Wallace; (acoustic guitars) Cristian Amigo, Bradley Farberman, Dom Minasi, Dave Ross, Tor Snyder, Hans Tammen; (basses) Michael Bisio, Shayna Dulberger, Ken Filiano, FrançoisGrillot, Clifton Jackson, David Moss, Todd Nicholson, (drums) Andrew Drury;

April 5th: Henry Grimes presenting Leo Lindberg (his 15-year-old protege from Sweden), Middle Collegiate Church, NYC;

April 14th: Henry Grimes presenting Leo Lindberg, 3-hour on-air broadcast on "Out to Lunch" with Justin Goncalves, part of the WKCR New York Music Alive series, 89.9 FM on the radio dial, wkcr.org on the Web;

April 15th: Henry Grimes and Brandon Ross presenting Leo Lindberg, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY (to be broadcast & Webcast over WKCR on May 5th -- see above);

April 26th: Deep Tones for Peace, an international Internet all-acoustic bass performance for peace in the Middle East, performed simultaneously by 15 bassists gathered in New York City and Jerusalem: Thierry Barbe (France), Mark Dresser (USA), Trevor Dunn (USA), Irina-Kalina Goudeva (Bulgaria/ Denmark), Henry Grimes (USA), Lindsey Horner (USA), James Ilgenfritz (USA), J.C. Jones (Israel), Michael Klinghoffer (Israel), Chi Chi Nwanoku (UK), William Parker (USA), Barre Phillips (USA/France), David Phillips (USA), Rufus Reid (USA), and Bertram Turetzky (USA), alternating solos, duos, and ensemble pieces conducted by Mark Dresser in Jerusalem and Sarah Weaver in New York;

May 2nd: Cheltenham (U.K.) Jazz Festival: Alyn Shipton interview with Henry Grimes for audience members and BBC Radio 3, and Profound Sound Trio concert (Paul Dunmall / Henry Grimes / Andrew Cyrille);

May 5th: Broadcast and Webcast over WKCR of the Henry Grimes / Leo Lindberg / Brandon Ross trio concert played on April 15th at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn;

May 11th-16th: The Profound Sound Trio concert (Andrew Cyrille, Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes) played at Cheltenham, U.K. on May 2nd Webcast by the BBC, along with a Jez Nelson interview with the three musicians;

May 13th: Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity quartet, w/ Roy Campbell, Jr., Henry Grimes, & Chad Taylor; and the Marc Ribot Trio featuring Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor, at Joe's Pub, NYC;

May 19th: Henry Grimes and Andrew Lamb (duo) + many others, fund-raiser for Suzanne Fiol and Issue Project Room's new space, at Galapagos, Brooklyn;

May 23rd-May 3Oth: BBC Webcasting of the Henry Grimes interview by Alyn Shipton given on May 2nd at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival (U.K.);

May 27th: Jason Hwang's Spontaneous River, 3O string players and one drummer, w/ Cristian Amigo, Sam Bardfeld, Trina Basu, Sarah Bernstein, Michael Bisio, David Chevan, Mark Chung, Andrew Drury, Bradley Farberman, Nicole Federici, Ken Filiano, Francois Grillot, Henry Grimes, Rosi Hertlein, Jason Hwang, Judith Insell, Clifton Jackson, Kirsten Jeme, James Keepnews, Daniel Levin, Dom Minasi, Marlene Rice, Dave Ross, Eric Salazar, Tor Snyder, David Soldier, Skye Steele, Curtis Stewart, Elektra Stewart, Hans Tammen, and Tomas Ulrich, at Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY;

May 31st: Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille, Bang on a Can marathon at the World Financial Center, NYC;

June 1Oth: Maestro Marshall Allen / Edward "Kidd" Jordan / Henry Grimes / William Parker / Hamid Drake, Vision Festival (day 2), Abrons Arts Center, Henry St. Settlement, NYC;

June 12th: Henry Grimes, featured soloist (playing bass), International Society of Bassists Convention, Penn State U., State College, PA;

June 13th: Henry Grimes solo (bass, violin, poetry), Vision Festival (day 5), Abrons Arts Center, Henry St. Settlement, NYC;

(Thanks to Tony Leva and Jeff Willens for helping us greatly during
the very busy period between June 1Oth and 14th!)

June 15th: Henry Grimes, lead violinist with Jason Hwang's Spontaneous River (35-piece string orchestra plus one drummer), Vision Festival (day 7), Angel Orensanz Center, NYC;

Also June 15th: Bobby Bradford & Henry Grimes (duo) in Vision Festival after-fest session at The Local 269, NYC;

June 19th: Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali, Middle Collegiate Church, NYC;

June 21st: Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali, + Mixashawn (once known as Lee Rozie) and Yah Yah Abdul-Majid sitting in briefly, West Oak Lane Festival, Philadelphia, PA...

... and much more to follow!