When one of avant-garde music's chief protagonists, John Zorn, asked Steven Feigenbaum, head of Cuneiform Records, to curate two weeks of live music at Zorn's NYC venue, The Stone, avant-music fans worldwide knew to expect an unprecedented treat. Unveiling his vision for Zorn's visionary space, Feigenbaum & company proudly present Cuneiform at The Stone, a music festival/ label showcase that exceeds all musical expectations. From Nov.15-30, 2011—the two weeks spanning Thanksgiving holiday—Cuneiform serves up a staggering feast of jazz, rock, electronic and beyond-genre music in The Stone. Featuring 25 groups who record for the label, many of them travelling to NYC from across the USA, Cuneiform at The Stone brings to lower Manhattan a sonic cornucopia, packed with revered musical icons and fiery rising stars.
Festival highlights are numerous, and include performances by special guests normally only seen at much larger venues. Cuneiform at The Stone opens on Nov. 15 with a performance by Ideal Bread, Josh Sinton's revelatory repertory group dedicated to Steve Lacy. Later that night, trombonist and avant-garde icon Roswell Rudd—who's featured on several Cuneiform recordings, including a key archival album (Early & Late) by the legendary Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet—will perform with Ideal Bread as his backing band. Later in the festival, on the evening of Nov. 27th, award-winning jazz pianist Jason Moran performs with Ergo, Brett Sroka's jazz/electronics group.
Every evening between Nov.15 and 30th—except Thurs. Nov. 24th, the Thanksgiving holiday—Cuneiform presents two musical feasts, most priced $10 each. There is something here for every avant taste. Nov. 17 is jazz dance party night, with The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble from Boston (New Orleans Second Line meets Ayler & Sun Ra) and Taylor Ho Bynum & Abraham Gomez-Delgado's alterna-avant-Latino-jazz band, Positive Catastrophe. Jason Adasiewicz, Chicago's 2011 Musician of the Year (Chicago Reader) brings his group Rolldown to the Stone on Nov. 18th, the same night that The Claudia Quintet + 1 performs with Theo Bleckmann. On Nov. 20th, an all-acoustic version of The Mahavishnu Project performs, while the next night, two legendary avant-rock groups from Denver- Hamster Theatre and Thinking Plague—make an extremely rare East Coast appearance. The last two nights of the festival feature, on Nov. 29th, two avant-rock groups that have been with Cuneiform since its earliest days—Forever Einstein and Doctor Nerve—and on Nov. 30th, two young jazz/rock/genre-bending groups—Zevious and Gutbucket- that are among Cuneiform's newest signings. And in addition to the groups mentioned in this paragraphs, there are much much more...
Cuneiform at the Stone is Cuneiform's third label showcase in New York City. The Washington DC/Silver Spring MD label held its first NY showcase in 1990 at the old/original Knitting Factory. In 2001, it presented a second showcase at the Knitting Factory, in its second location. A decade later, Cuneiform takes siege of another NYC music landmark.
Cuneiform at The Stone is part of a April 2011 through March 2012 series conceived by Zorn and dedicated to and curated by independent record labels. Besides Cuneiform, the other labels in the series include Arbiter, Aum Fidelity, Cryptogramophone, Ecstatic Peace, Ehse, Erstwhile, Esp, Exp Intermedia, Hospital, Innova, Intakt, Luaka Bop, Mode, New World, Nine Winds, No Fun, Non Sequitur, Nonesuch, Pi, Pogus, Shinkoyo, Thirsty Ear, and Winter&Winter.
We hope that you can join us in lower Manhattan in November 2011, as Cuneiform Occupies The Stone!
Concurrent with it's two-week New York festival at The Stone, Cuneiform will present a two-day music festival in Baltimore, called Cuneifest: Cuneiform Comes to Baltimore. Cuneifest features a 6-band rock showcase at Baltimore's Orion Sound Studios on Nov. 19th, and a 5-band jazz showcase at An Die Musik on Nov. 20th, 2011.
Here is the schedule for Cuneiform Curates the Stone:
The Stone, 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street)—New York, NY 10009 All shows are $10.00 unless noted.
Festival highlights are numerous, and include performances by special guests normally only seen at much larger venues. Cuneiform at The Stone opens on Nov. 15 with a performance by Ideal Bread, Josh Sinton's revelatory repertory group dedicated to Steve Lacy. Later that night, trombonist and avant-garde icon Roswell Rudd—who's featured on several Cuneiform recordings, including a key archival album (Early & Late) by the legendary Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet—will perform with Ideal Bread as his backing band. Later in the festival, on the evening of Nov. 27th, award-winning jazz pianist Jason Moran performs with Ergo, Brett Sroka's jazz/electronics group.
Every evening between Nov.15 and 30th—except Thurs. Nov. 24th, the Thanksgiving holiday—Cuneiform presents two musical feasts, most priced $10 each. There is something here for every avant taste. Nov. 17 is jazz dance party night, with The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble from Boston (New Orleans Second Line meets Ayler & Sun Ra) and Taylor Ho Bynum & Abraham Gomez-Delgado's alterna-avant-Latino-jazz band, Positive Catastrophe. Jason Adasiewicz, Chicago's 2011 Musician of the Year (Chicago Reader) brings his group Rolldown to the Stone on Nov. 18th, the same night that The Claudia Quintet + 1 performs with Theo Bleckmann. On Nov. 20th, an all-acoustic version of The Mahavishnu Project performs, while the next night, two legendary avant-rock groups from Denver- Hamster Theatre and Thinking Plague—make an extremely rare East Coast appearance. The last two nights of the festival feature, on Nov. 29th, two avant-rock groups that have been with Cuneiform since its earliest days—Forever Einstein and Doctor Nerve—and on Nov. 30th, two young jazz/rock/genre-bending groups—Zevious and Gutbucket- that are among Cuneiform's newest signings. And in addition to the groups mentioned in this paragraphs, there are much much more...
Cuneiform at the Stone is Cuneiform's third label showcase in New York City. The Washington DC/Silver Spring MD label held its first NY showcase in 1990 at the old/original Knitting Factory. In 2001, it presented a second showcase at the Knitting Factory, in its second location. A decade later, Cuneiform takes siege of another NYC music landmark.
Cuneiform at The Stone is part of a April 2011 through March 2012 series conceived by Zorn and dedicated to and curated by independent record labels. Besides Cuneiform, the other labels in the series include Arbiter, Aum Fidelity, Cryptogramophone, Ecstatic Peace, Ehse, Erstwhile, Esp, Exp Intermedia, Hospital, Innova, Intakt, Luaka Bop, Mode, New World, Nine Winds, No Fun, Non Sequitur, Nonesuch, Pi, Pogus, Shinkoyo, Thirsty Ear, and Winter&Winter.
We hope that you can join us in lower Manhattan in November 2011, as Cuneiform Occupies The Stone!
Concurrent with it's two-week New York festival at The Stone, Cuneiform will present a two-day music festival in Baltimore, called Cuneifest: Cuneiform Comes to Baltimore. Cuneifest features a 6-band rock showcase at Baltimore's Orion Sound Studios on Nov. 19th, and a 5-band jazz showcase at An Die Musik on Nov. 20th, 2011.
Here is the schedule for Cuneiform Curates the Stone:
The Stone, 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street)—New York, NY 10009 All shows are $10.00 unless noted.
Shows at 8:00 and 10:00:
- November 15: Ideal Bread
- November 15: Roswell Rudd with Ideal Bread
- November 16: Ottokar
- November 16: Joel Forrester's Secret Identity (with special Microscopic Septet guests added)
- November 17: Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
- November 17: Positive Catastrophe
- November 18: Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown
- November 18: The Claudia Quintet +1 featuring Theo Bleckmann
- November 20: Upsilon Acrux / Afuche (double header! two bands for one admission!)
- November 20: The Mahavishnu Project presents “Maha-Acoustic": new interpretations of the music of John McLaughlin & the Mahavishnu Orchestra ($15.00)
- November 22: Hamster Theatre
- November 22: Thinking Plague ($15.00)
- November 23: Marc Edwards/Weasel Walter Group
- November 23: Jason Robinson/Janus band
- November 25: Carlo DeRosa's Cross-Fade
- November 25: Dead Cat Bounce
- November 26: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
- November 26: Rattlemouth
- November 27: Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores
- November 27: Ergo (featuring special guest Jason Moran!)
- November 29: Forever Einstein
- November 29: Doctor Nerve
- November 30: Zevious
- November 30: Gutbucket
Here is the schedule for Cuneifest in Baltimore:
Saturday, November 19 : Rock Day will be held at: Orion Sound Studios, 2903 Whittington Ave., Suite C—Baltimore, MD. 21230
noon-1:15 Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores
2:00-2:30 Upsilon Acrux
3:00-3:30 Afuche
4:15-5:15 Zevious
5:15-7:15 dinner break and a chance to give your ears a rest
7:15-8:30 Hamster Theatre
9:15-10:30 Thinking Plague
Sunday, November 20: Jazz Day will be held at:
An die Musik LIVE!-409 North Charles Street-Second Floor-Baltimore, Maryland 21201
1:00-2:15 Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown
2:45-4:00 Ideal Bread
4:30-5:45 Carlo DeRosa's Cross-Fade
5:45-7:30 dinner break and a chance to give your ears a rest
7:30-8:45 The Claudia Quintet +1 featuring Theo Bleckmann
9:15-10:30 Positive Catastrophe
Cuneiform Curates The Stone
Cuneifest in Baltimore
