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Chuck Connelly's Art Interpreted By Music And Poetry on September 22, 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 ...
Composers Concordance's 'Compcord@40' Compilation Album Release May 3, 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 ...
John S. Hall Of King Missile Strikes Sky Vault + Mike Visceglia, Gene Pritsker, Wayne Dumaine, Charles Coleman, Robert C. Ford & Carlinius M On March 29, 2024
On Friday March 29, 2024, at 7:30pm EST an intimate salon concert will be held at Sky Vault in the Financial District of New York City. Featured performers include poets Robert C. Ford, John S. Hall (King Missile) and Carli Munoz aka Carlinius M (Beach Boys, Eddie Gomez), accompanied by baritone Charles Coleman (Paavo Järvi, London ...
Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation Feat. Lara St. John At Joe's Pub Saturday, March 9, 2024
On March 9th at 7pm (doors open 6pm), Joe's Pub and Composers Concordance present “Vivaldi's Hot House." This composition by Gene Pritsker (Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) is a starting point for this eclectic event with violin doyenne Lara St. John and Pritsker's ensemble Sound Liberation. The concert will feature a genre defying repertoire of music inspired ...
Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation At Nublu Sunday, February 25, 2024
On February 25, 2024 at 7:30pm, Composers Concordance presents The Sound Liberation Trio at Nublu (151 Avenue C, NYC). The trio is comprised of Gene Pritsker (Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) guitar, Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Steven Wilson, Brave New World) moog/synth and David Cossin (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) drums in a program of eclectic trio compositions. ...
NYC Salon Concert With David Soldier, Jason Kao Hwang, Gene Pritsker & Robert C. Ford Set for Thursday January 11, 2023
On Thursday January 11, 2023, at 7:30pm EST a concert will be held at the Sky Vault in the Financial District of New York City. It will feature original music and poetry by world class performers in an intimate salon atmosphere. This event is private but a free livestream is available via the Ticket Link below ...
Better Now
Label: Composers Concordance Records/Naxos Distribution
Released: 2023
Track listing: [1] Quarentine Blues (Gene Pritsker) [2] Time Does Not Bring Relief (Gene Pritsker) [3] Outside
(David Banks, Gene Pritsker) [4] Better Now (David Banks, Gene Pritsker) [5] Path (Gene
Pritsker) [6] No I'm Not Allowed To Touch The World (Gene Pritsker music, Erik T. Johnson
words) [7] Unreachable Light (Gene Pritsker) [8] The Difference Unhappiness (Gene Pritsker
music, Robert C. Ford words) [9] I'm On A Lucky Streak With You (Gene Pritsker) [10] Vivaldi's
Hot House (Antonio Vivaldi, Gene Pritsker)
The Music Between Us
Label: Composers Concordance Records/Naxos Distribution
Released: 2021
Track listing: [1] The Strength of Diversity (Don't Marry Your Cousin) [2] The Music Between
Us [3] Mama, I Can't Breathe Chorales No. 1 [4] Panda Mating Season [5] Bitcoin Without a
Blockchain (Live) [6] Mother Earth Doesn't Wear Lipstick [7] Do Not Pass Go [8] The Music
Between Us (Version for Baritone & Guitar) [9] Statue Down (What Will the Pigeons Do?) [10] The
Biggest Lie (Trickle Down)
Protest
Label: Composers Concordance/Naxos Distribution
Released: 2021
Track listing: [1] Protest (Gene Pritsker); [2] No Justice, No Peace (Gene Pritsker); [3] Braver (Gene Pritsker); [4]
Silence Is Violence (Gene Pritsker); [5] What Matters (Gene Pritsker); [6] Mama,
I Can't Breathe Chorale #1 (Gene Pritsker music, Robert C. Ford words); [7] Hands Up, Don't
Shoot (Gene Pritsker); [8] Love Through Chants A Thousand-Mouths Wide (Gene Pritsker music,
Erik T. Johnson words); [9] Say Their Names (Gene Pritsker); [10] Mama, I Can't Breathe Chorale
#2 (Gene Pritsker); [11] Complicit (Chad Harper, Gene Pritsker); [12] Mama, I Can't Breathe
Chorale #3 (Gene Pritsker music, Jim Kempner words)
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Robert C. Ford
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Robert C. Ford, known as the Wall $treet Poet, is a globe-trotting poet, lyricist and spoken word artist based in New York City. His performances span Europe and the Americas, and he is recognized for blending poetry with music; collaborating with world-class performers across genres including pop, rock, jazz and opera. His words are delivered both in his own voice and interpreted by acclaimed vocalists.
He has released two albums of poetry set to music: The Music Between Us (2021) and Footprints of Steel (2025). These works feature collaborations with notable composers such as Charles Coleman (Paavo Järvi, London Symphony Orchestra), Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Steven Wilson), Mark Kostabi (Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion, Ornette Coleman), Carli Muñoz (Beach Boys, Wilson Pickett), Gene Pritsker (Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) and Jay Rodriguez Sierra (Groove Collective, Wu-Tang Clan).
Ford has also performed alongside other celebrated musicians including: Gerry Brown (drums--Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder), John Clark (horn--Gil Evans), Jane Getter (guitar--SNL Band), Jason Kao Hwang (violin), Paul Nowinski (bass--Les Paul, Keith Richards), Harvie S (bass), Dave Soldier (violin--Bo Diddley, John Cale) and David Taylor (bass trombone--Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones).
He has graced the stages of prominent New York City venues such as Birdland Jazz Club, The Bitter End, Joe's Pub, Pianos, Le Poisson Rouge, Chelsea Table + Stage, Nublu, The Stonewall Inn and Theatre 80. Beyond NYC, he has performed at Howland Cultural Center (Beacon, NY), Jazz Club ZWE (Vienna, Austria), Centro Mexicana para la Musica y las Artes Sonoras (Morelia, Mexico), NWEAMO Festival (San Diego, CA) and University of Costa Rica (San José, Costa Rica). In September 2022, he was featured with Grammy-winner Suzanne Vega at the Players Theatre as part of The Village Trip Festival.
Ford is also the host and curator of Sky Vault, an intimate concert and performance venue in New York City.
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