Solo Kitchen Bar

Greg Ritchie – Drums
Chris Tordini – Bass
Jeremy Viner – Tenor Sax
Yours Truly – Alto Sax/Compositions

Solo Kitchen Bar is a venue in Brooklyn faithfully curated by fantastic guitarist Aki Ishiguro.

Click Here for a Map on how to find Solo Kitchen Bar.

Coco66

Coco66, a venue in Greenpoint Brooklyn asked me to curate a evening of music…  I jumped at the offer!  This sort of thing is right up my alley.  This will be a night of solid, no-cover music starting at 9pm.  A central stage is conducive to creating the good-summer vibes perfect for a Friday night in NYC! (…my favorite night to play :)

Here was my thought process in choosing these groups:

Each bandleader is a great composer: Corey King (Trombone/Composition) writes some awesome music inspired by jazz history both past and current, and is a formidable sideman in here in New York, having performed with Dave Binney, Mos Def, Ludacris, and Jason Moran to name a few.  And Kenny Warren (Trumpet/Composition) writes for his band in the style of a Balkan dance party!  On top of that, he stretches the music to it’s primitive, creative, most transcendent essence…

Curtis Macdonald & Friends Part I

Corey King’s Band:
Kyle Wilson – Tenor Sax
Hayden Hawkins – Drums
Peter Schlamb – Vibes
Clay Schaub – Bass
Corey King – Trombone/Tunes

The Curtis Macdonald Group:
Adam Jackson – Drums
Chris Tordini – Bass
Jeremy Viner – Tenor Sax/Clarinet
Yours Truly – Alto Sax/Tunes

Kenny Warren’s ‘Hala Hala’:
Ila Cantor – Guitar
Greg Chudzik – Bass
Jeff Davis – Drums
Kenny Warren – Trumpet/Tunes

brooklyn’s finest music instruction

Brooklyn is always full of stuff to check out and learn from.  brooklynmusiclessons.com is an honest, no-B.S approach to developing your inherent musical skillz.  This isn’t some ‘oh, I need this for the cash’ kinda gig; on the contrary, I want to spread the good-music word as far as sound can travel!  Plus, it’s crazy affordable, so take that!   Bryan Noll is the mastermind behind this whole operation, non-coincidentally a past collaborator of mine on several electronic music-inspired instances.  Also on the roster of instructors are fellow colleagues/luminaries Ila Cantor, Frank LoCrasto, Colin, Killalea and Chris Tordini just to name a few.  Check out the site, take a look at the ‘teacher profile‘ and lavish in the endless musical possibilities…

Tea Lounge

Here it is, y’all!  The Debut of a new project Travis Reuter and I started!