For those in the NYC vicinity:
Our concert will include 'Our Song', which has the reharmonized chords to
'Woodstock'.
Hope you can come! please pass this to interested parties.
thanks
Tom Ross
*For Immediate Release*
Ross and Martin at The SUN Music Company!
Composer-performers Tom Ross and Jim Martin will give a concert of
acoustic songs with texts by famous poets on Wednesday, March 26th at 8:30
pm, at the Sun Music Company, 340 E. 71st Street (between 1st and 2nd
Avenues), New York City. Admission is $10.
Jim Martin, accompanying himself on mandolin with his band Purple
Martin, sings settings of poems by Louise Gluck, W. S. Merwin, and Emily
Dickinson, among others.
Purple Martin (with Julianne Klopotic, violin; Fredi Mali,
bass; and guest artist Andy Teirstein, keyboards) creates dense textures
which underpin Martin's keening tenor and arpeggiated mandolin style.
'Global jazz songs' characterize Tom Ross's work. The traditions
of jazz, Africa, and India blend into songs with lyrics springing from
Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver and Pablo Neruda.
From his performance-knowledge gained from Indian classical music,
ornamented vocalese and tala rhythms are propelled by the African-American
funk of Ross's jazz background -- he is a protege of guitar legend Johnny
Smith and has played with Ornette Coleman's drummer, Ed Blackwell.
Expect audience participation! -- Indian tala-clapping and
call-response singing to mbira (thumb-piano) music of Zimbabwe.
Please join us on Wednesday, March 26th, for an evening of sensual, funny
and mystical music beyond category at the Sun, 340 E. 71st Street.
*
Tom Ross
Mijazi Music
(518) 372-2611
http://www.tom.rossweb.com
