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Performance / Tour

Carli Muñoz Presents A New Salon Experience In New York City

Source: Robert C. Ford
May 4, 2026

On Thursday, May 28 at 7:30 PM, acclaimed pianist, composer, and writer Carli Muñoz presents TRUCE: Nocturne, an intimate, genre-blurring evening of poetry, live piano, and conversation at The Ellington Room in Manhattan Plaza. Neither concert nor conventional reading, TRUCE: Nocturne unfolds as a curated salon—where music, language, and lived experience converge in real time. Built around Muñoz’s forthcoming poetry collection TRUCE, the evening invites audiences into a shared space of reflection, rhythm, and presence. Muñoz, whose decades-long career spans ...

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Performance / Tour

Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation Featuring Amira B. & Dick Griffin At Joe's Pub Saturday, August 23, 2025

Source: Robert C. Ford
August 19, 2025

On Saturday, August 23, 2025, Sound Liberation, the audacious musical collective led by visionary composer, guitarist, and rapper Gene Pritsker, storms the stage at the vibrant Joe's Pub in NYC. Armed with the philosophy of “ending the segregation of sound vibration,” Pritsker and his ensemble obliterate genre boundaries, fusing classical elegance, jazz improvisation, rock intensity, hip-hop swagger, and global grooves into one electrifying soundscape. This one-night-only performance will feature powerhouse R&B vocalist Amira B., a Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal ...

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Performance / Tour

Mark Kostabi To Host Exclusive Salon Concert At His Rome Villa On Friday, July 18, 2025

Source: Robert C. Ford
July 12, 2025

On Friday, July 18, 2025, internationally renowned artist and musician Mark Kostabi, famed for painting the iconic Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion album cover, will open the doors of his luxury villa in Rome, Italy, for an intimate salon concert. In addition to his celebrated visual art, Kostabi is an accomplished composer and pianist whose collaborations include jazz legend Ornette Coleman. For this special evening, he will be joined by a lineup of acclaimed performers, including: Tony Esposito: legendary ...

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Performance / Tour

Harlem Jazz Series Featuring In4mation On May 16, 2025

Source: Robert C. Ford
April 26, 2025

On Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7pm EST, Harlem Jazz Series presents In4Mation, a quartet dedicated to improvisation and compositions that encourage exploration of groove and ensemble interplay. The music evolves from original scores and charts through the musicians' personal interpretation and the merging of the quartet's distinct voices. The band features Jane Getter (guitar—Saturday Night Live Band, Brother Jack McDuff), Gene Pritsker (guitar—Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul), Harvie S (bass—Mike Stern, Sheila Jordan, Michael Brecker, Kenny Barron) and Gerry Brown ...

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Performance / Tour

Keyboardist Adam Holzman's 'Schizo' Concert On December 6, 2024

Source: Robert C. Ford
November 26, 2024

On Friday, December 6th, 2024 at 7pm EST, acclaimed keyboardist Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Steven Wilson) will perform with Jane Getter (guitar—Saturday Night Live Band, Jack McDuff), and Gene Pritsker (Di.J—Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) at an intimate concert at the Chelsea townhouse of renowned artist and pianist Mark Kostabi (Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion, Ramones Adios Amigos, Ornette Coleman). The music will feature acoustic tones from Kostabi’s Steinway D concert grand piano in tandem with frenzied electronic textures. ...

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Performance / Tour

Anthony Arya (NBC's The Voice) Performs Intimate Concert At Sky Vault On September 29

Source: Robert C. Ford
September 10, 2024

On Sunday, September 29th, 2024, at 4:00pm EST, singer-songwriter Anthony Arya will perform an intimate salon concert at Sky Vault in the Financial District of New York City. Arya catapulted to national prominence following his performance on NBC's The Voice Season 15 (Team Adam Levine). Subsequently, he has released 4 albums, including his latest, As It Turns Out, featuring the single "Why Don't I". Arya will be joined by Robert C. Ford, aka Wall Street Poet. The two became fast ...

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Event

Chuck Connelly's Art Interpreted By Music And Poetry on September 22, 2024

Source: Robert C. Ford
August 26, 2024

On Sunday, September 22nd, 2024, world-class musicians and poets will gather at the home studio of renowned artist Chuck Connelly to interpret his paintings through music and words. Connelly rose to fame in the 1980's and was immortalized by Martin Scorsese in the film New York Stories. However, he shunned the commercial art world, and for the past 25 years has lived as a recluse in his Victorian home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania surrounded by over 5,000 of his paintings. One ...

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Recording

Composers Concordance's 'Compcord@40' Compilation Album Release May 3, 2024

Source: Robert C. Ford
April 30, 2024

CompCord@40 is a 22-track digital-only compilation album featuring a variety of eclectic cross-over new music curated from Composers Concordance Records (CCR) extensive catalogue. CCR has released 88 albums by well-known artists including jazz luminaries, Adam Holzman, John Clark and David Taylor; Hip-Hop artist Keith LeBlanc; percussionists Glen Velez and Peter Jarvis; conductor Kristjan Jarvi and The Absolute Ensemble, and composers Gene Pritsker, Dan Cooper, Debra Kaye, and Shanan Estreicher. The cover art image and design are by graphic artist Graham ...

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