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January 2017 at the Stone 
curated by Jerry Granelli / Jim Black / James Moore / Sylvie Courvoisier

THE STONE RESIDENCIES 2017
BEGINNING JANUARY 2017 THE STONE WILL BE PRESENTING ONE SET OF MUSIC PER NIGHT—TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AT 9PM.
MONDAYS The Stone is closed.
A change in Stone policy will begin January 2017. There will be ONE concert per night, Tuesday through Sunday. The concert will begin at 9PM. Admission will continue to be TWENTY DOLLARS.

1/2 Monday (HW)
9 pm
CHRIS SPEED TRIO AND THUMBSCREW DOUBLE BILL!!
Chris Speed (sax) Dave King (drums) Chris Tordini (bass) and THUMBSCREW Mary Halvorson (guitar) Mike Formanek (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
NB:

THIS SUPER EXCITING DOUBLE BILL WAS ORIGINALLY BOOKED AT LE POISSON ROUGE AND WAS CANCELED ON DECEMBER 28 BY BRICE ROSENBLOOM BECAUSE OF LOW "PRESALE".

THE STONE IS PROUD TO HOST THIS FABULOUS SHOW WHICH INCLUDES TWO OF DOWNTOWN'S MOST CUTTING EDGE BANDS, BOTH OF WHICH FEATURE MUSICIANS WHO ARE ALL GOOD AND LONGTIME FRIENDS OF THE STONE!!

ONLY TWENTY DOLLARS FOR THE DOUBLE-BILL—SO COME EARLY!


THE STONE RESIDENCIES
JERRY GRANELLI
Mr Jerry Granelli celebrates 76 years on the planet and 60 years of performance of improvised music.
JAN 3–8

1/3 Tuesday (AK)
9 pm
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the CD Sound Songs
Jerry Granelli (drums) Jay Clayton (voice) Briggan Krauss (saxophone)
J Anthony Granelli (piccolo bass)
Jerry Granelli (drums, slide guitar, piano)


1/4 Wednesday (SK)
9 pm
Double Trouble
Jerry Granelli (drums) Billy Hart (drums)


1/5 Thursday (DDT)
9 pm
What I Hear Now
Jerry Granelli (drums) Jane Ira Bloom (soprano saxophone), Dave Douglas (trumpet), Mark Dresser (bass)


1/6 Friday (HW)
9 pm
TRIO - Songs From My Life
Jerry Granelli (drums) Jamie Saft (keyboards, piano) Brad Jones (bass)


1/7 Saturday (ICS)
9 pm
Badlands
Jerry Granelli (drums) Peter Epstein (soprano sax) Chris Speed (tenor sax, clarinet) Jamie Saft (piano, fender rhodes) J. Anthony Granelli (bass) Briggan Krauss (alto sax, baritone sax)


1/8 Sunday (HM)
9 pm
SANDHILLS REUNION
Rinde Eckert (voice) Jerry Granelli (drums) Ben Goldberg (clarinet) Ned Rothenberg (bass clarinet) Andy Laster (baritone saxophone) Jeff Zeigler (cello) Christian Kogel (guitar) J Anthony Granelli (bass)
TEXT By Rinde Eckert


THE STONE RESIDENCIES
JIM BLACK
JAN 10-15

1/10 Tuesday (SK)
9 pm
Malamute
Loftur Gudmundsson (tenor sax) Elias Stemeseder (keyboards) Chris Tordini (bass) Jim Black (drums, electronics)


1/11 Wednesday (SK)
9 pm
Not Bloodcount
Tim Berne (alto sax) Chris Speed (tenor sax, clarinet) Michael Formanek (bass) Jim Black (drums)


1/12 Thursday (DDT)
9 pm
Endangered Blood
Chris Speed (tenor sax, clarinet) Oscar Noriega (alto sax, bass clarinet) Trevor Dunn (bass) Jim Black (drums)


1/13 Friday (HW)
9 pm
EYEBONE
Nels Cline (guitar) Elias Stemeseder (keyboards) Jim Black (drums, electronics)


1/14 Saturday (MJC)
9 pm
Jim Black Trio
Elias Stemeseder (piano) Thomas Morgan (bass) Jim Black (drums)


1/15 Sunday (AP)
9 pm
Mystery Night
Jim Black (drums) and many special guests


THE STONE RESIDENCIES
JAMES MOORE
JAN 17-22

1/17 Tuesday (NB)
9 pm
Desolation Pops
Kathleen Supové (piano) James Ilgenfritz (contrabass) The Rhythm Method: Marina Kifferstein (violin) Leah Asher (violin) Anne Lanzilotti (viola) Meaghan Burke (cello)
The newest installment of Moore's cycle of music for piano and strings.


1/18 Wednesday (NB)
9 pm
James Moore & Ayano Kataoka
James Moore (guitar) Ayano Kataoka (percussion)
A duo set featuring Lou Harrison’s works for guitar & percussion and George Crumb’s Mundus Canis.


1/19 Thursday (AK)
9 pm
John Cage: The Ten Thousand Things
Jim Fletcher (speaker) Andie Springer (violin) James Moore (prepared piano)
Moore & Springer are joined by actor Jim Fletcher for a staged rendering of Cage’s modular works written from 1954-1960.


FRIDAY JANUARY 20
Inaugural Sound Clash For the 2 Americas—An Ontological Subharmonic Convergence
ONE SET ONLY AT 1030 PM!
A rare visit by this legendary Tokyo percussionist in concert with his long-time cohort Bill Laswell and three virtuoso guitarists. DON'T MISS THIS!

1/20 Friday (HW)
9 pm
Forever House
Meaghan Burke (cello, voice) James Ilgenfritz (bass) James Moore (guitar) Peter Wise (drums) and special guests

1030 pm
Inaugural Sound Clash For the 2 Americas—An Ontological Subharmonic Convergence
Bill Laswell (bass) Yamaki Hideo (drums)
Raoul Björkenheim (guitar) Mike Sopko (guitar) Dominic James (guitar)


1/21 Saturday (AR)
9 pm
Chamber Music by Virginia Seay
Mila Henry (piano, conductor) Samantha Britt (voice) Margaret Lancaster (flute) Karisa Antonio (oboe) Eileen Mack (clarinet) Eleonore Oppenheim (contrabass) Peter Wise (percussion) The Rhythm Method: Marina Kifferstein, Leah Asher (violins) Anne Lanzilotti (viola) Meaghan Burke (cello)
Moore presents a program of music by his grandmother Virginia Seay, an accomplished twelve-tone composer of the 1940s and protégé of Ernst Krenek. Many of these scores will be performed for the first time in over 60 years.


1/22 Sunday (AM)
9 pm
James Moore & Marc Ribot
James Moore (guitar) Marc Ribot (guitar)
Moore and Ribot join forces for explosive new interpretations of John Zorn's game pieces Dominoes and Tennis


THE STONE RESIDENCIES
SYLVIE COURVOISIER
JAN 24-29

1/24 Tuesday (AV)
9 pm
Mephista + Jen Shyu
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ikue Mori (electronics) Susie Ibarra (drums) Jen Shyu (voice)


THE STONE COMMISSIONS
JOHN ZORN—THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO STRATEGY
In collaboration with National Sawdust The Stone presents a series of World Premieres the last Wednesday of every month through 2017.
A rare solo sax recital by John Zorn!
9pm at National Sawdust in Williamsburg. For details check https://nationalsawdust.org/
TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS

1/25 Wednesday (AV)
9 pm
Lazuline + Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman Duo
Pauline Kim Harris (violin) Jennifer Choi (violin) Mark Feldman (violin) Sylvie Courvoiser (piano, composition)
Lazuline : a new composition for 3 violins and piano (25 min) + new compositions for violin & piano.


1/26 Thursday (DDT)
9 pm
DUO Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson
Sylvie Courvoiser (piano) Mary Halvorson (guitar)
Album Release concert!


1/27 Friday (HM)
9 pm
QUARTET with Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman, Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey
Mark Feldman (violin) Sylvie Courvoiser (piano) Tom Rainey (drums) Ingrid Laubrock (sax)


1/28 Saturday (HM)
9 pm
«Engrenages» Large Ensemble for 9 musicians
Mark Feldman, Carolin Pook (violins) Okkyung Lee, Mike Nicolas (cellos) Nate Wooley (trumpet) Brian Drye (trombone) Kenny Wollesen (drums) Kim Cass (bass) Kris Davis (piano) Sylvie Courvoisier (conduction, composition)


1/29 Sunday (HM)
9 pm
Sylvie Courvoisier TRiO with Kenny Wollesen and Drew Gress
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Kenny Wollesen (drums) Drew Gress (bass)


THE STONE RESIDENCIES
SIMON HANES
JAN 31–FEB 5

1/31 Tuesday (RK)
9 pm
Trigger
Will Greene (guitar) Simon Hanes (bass) Aaron Edgcomb (drums)