Good Stuff in the Pipeline, Come see us in the city and the mountains! As summer comes to a close, I hope you've had a great one... I spent the middle two weeks of August in the cool hills of Arizona in a rejuvenating getaway.
September's Newsletter will follow shortly with a season preview and some exciting news, but before we head into fall, I've got two dates to share with you, one for folks in the Berkshires, one for folks right in Manhattan.
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September 8th, at The Stone at 8PM with Special Guests  • John Zorn's East Village venue for music-listening is curated in September by Theo Bleckmann.
I'll offer up some completely new material together with some very special guests for this first ever performance at The Stone. Michael Lowenstern and Luke DuBois will be on hand, and a certain very special Czech violinist and singer known to many of you will stop by to throw down with me a little. We'll leave her a surprise for those of you who CAN'T guess, but if you call and ask, I'll tell you, I promise.
Don't forget, The Stone has only 35 seats or so, and there are no advance ticket sales... I don't know exactly what to say about that, but I 'spose it's good to know!
At 10 pm, directly following, consider staying for John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet. John and I will be doing some work together, including a show of his on October 5th at The Stone, so stay tuned for that. John got a grammy nomination for his latest work, and is always a must-hear.
See all that Theo's cooked up for you at The Stone in September |
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Todd Reynolds with Los Mofos • Todd appears with the Berkshire's finest Jazz, Funk and Brazilian band at Spice, August 30th, 9PM to 12 midnight
Occasionally good fortune and a change of scenery brings me really exciting opportunities.
Jason Ennis, who for me is the premiere guitarist of the Berkshires, has long had this band which might just be the best-named trio of jazz musicians EVER. Though Jason and I have played together for the past couple of years, near the end of the July BoaC festival I joined Los Mofos for a few tunes which got explosive immediately. We decided to go all out for an evening at SPICE in Pittsfield. I realize that most readers won't be driving up to the Berkshires, but some of you might just be in the area, so i won't be silly as to not INVITE you...
I haven't had that many opportunities to play jazz lately, so I'm psyched and very excited to spend the evening with these good friends and great players. If you're anywhere near, I'd love to see you. got requests? send 'em on over...
Todd Reynolds with the The JasonEnnis Trio (aka Los Mofos)
Jason Ennis, Guitar
Jon Suters. Bass
Conor Meehan drums
Thursday, August 30 9PM-midnight
At Spice
297 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 413.443.1234
Click here for the Los Mofos Theme Song |
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Events in the Near Future - September and October With Dhafer Youssef
•Sept. 27th - Minneapolis,MN, Walker Art Center, Divine Shadows Strings
•Sept. 28th - Bloomington,IN, LOTUS World Music Festival, Divine Shadows
•Sept. 29th - Bloomington,IN, LOTUS World Music Festival, Divine Shadows
•Sept. 30th - New York, NY, Joe's Pub , Divine Shadows Strings
With John Hollenbeck at The Stone
•Oct. 5th
With the Bang on a Can All Stars in Purchase, New York, performing my own piece, Outerborough, Strange Quiet and with Kyaw-Kyaw Naing.
•Oct. 13th
The Premiere of Neil Rolnick's Violin and Piano composition with Kathleen Supove.
•Oct. 14th
More News Soon |
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Some Additional Goodies • This month we continue our offer of another free music track below. you download it, you own it, it's DRM free, and it's L I V E, no editing, just a real-time unfolding performance. It was recorded at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC while opening for The Books. Enjoy... another one next month.
Beginner's Mind (mp3), Live at the Orange Peel
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• Todd's EP is available on  , and should you be interested in one of those CD things, just ask, we sell them direct to you if you reply to this email! (or at CD Baby)
• Todd + The Books = Live Tour Video of The Classy Penguin. Click here
• There's a nice video taken by a Books fan on tour and posted to YouTube. All Violin, all looped and real-time. Two minutes long, starts slow, ends with a bang. (hope you enjoy it.)
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