Dear People Who Fear Not the Devil's Horn,
If there is one quality that every living room must have to maintain its status as such... it is living. Without living it would simply be called room. And we can all imagine what it would be like to say "hey, thanks for coming over. How are the kids...? And your Mom...? Awww, that's wonderful, wonderful. What's that honey? Oh, silly me, I must have left my manners on the porch. Please, have a seat in our... room."
Here's where you come in. Here's where you can make a difference and give a room back its name.
I will once again be on stage with the fully alive and lively Jake Armerding as we bring our music Live to the Living Room.
But we can't keep the life flowing without you. With your help we can continue to keep the Living Room... well, living.
Tuesday June 10 at 10:00 PM
Living Room
154 Ludlow St. (between Stanton and Rivington)
($5 suggested tip, and there's a one drink min.)
We hope to see you there.
And remember, "you can't spell LIVING without Y - O - U!" (hmmm, i guess you can. well, come to the show anyway.)
May your rooms be filled with living,
Kevin
For two years I have been writing poetry as an act of creative inspiration to foster that part of my creativity that goes to sleep after hours of overtones, long tones, scales and other highly dangerous and geeky saxophone practice techniques.
Of course, over those two years people I know and that know me started to find out about this little experiment in creative writing and became fond of my work and told other people who told others and so on and so forth, yada yada, etc....
All that has led to an upcoming performance by me of my work at the Bowery Poetry Club as a part of Zoae Arts Zoae Series. And, the infamous organizer of the event has asked me collaborate with good friend and acclaimed vocalist/actor Kevin Massey.
So, Kevin and I have met and worked out what is sure to be an entertaining and we hope artistically and aesthetically satisfying experience for all. Thankfully, Kevin will be making up for my yet developing poetry with his absolutely terrific voice.
Whew... To read some of my work go to The Versery.
I recently recorded several takes of free improvisation as an audition for a newly forming saxophone orchestra in NYC. The two best full takes were both compelling, so I decided to combine them and create a layered improvistation.
I'll be performing to shows in Chicago and Chicagoland with Jake Armerding. More details...
With April 1 on the way, we begin to dread that long day of wondering whether anything we're told is in fact... true. As a generally cynical people we already take things with a few too many grains of salt, but even the 10lb bag of rock salt we tote around in our fancy European carry-alls doesn't seem to be enough. At some point, some hilarious person will make an extremely ludicrous statement to which we'll respond, "really?". Then, when that telling light goes on in their eyes, we feel a bit like Edison's next door neighbor when Tommy would flip on his outdoor flood lamps. And we're forced to endure those two indicting and annoying words...
April Fools.
Well, let me offer something to you that I can guarantee will not leave you in the dark.
Catch me with Jake Armerding and band at The Bitter End, Tuesday 4/1 at 9:30 pm. More details...
If you could have candy, fiddle and saxophone on the same Tuesday night, in the same place and all at once, would you? I know I would, and I'd finish 'em off with a tall, cool Brooklyn Lager.
Well, I know for fact that this Tuesday, February 12 at 10:00pm this dream of dreams, this hope of hopes, this wonder of wonders can be yours at Pete's Candy Store (709 lorimer street - williamsburg, Brooklyn)*. I have once again been invited by the incomparable Jake Armerding (www.jakearmerding.com) to join him for his weekly residency.
This set promises to be filled with music that cannot be described by words, largely due to the fact that fiddle/saxophone duos are part of a secret sect of forbidden instrumental combinations which are about to be banned by several totalitarian musical regimes because of their penchant for arising within listeners a yearning for freedom from the drudgery of run-of-the-mill sounds.
I hope you can join us for the revolution!
*Candy may not be included. More details...
I will be giving a recital at the 31st INTERNATIONAL SAXOPHONE SYMPOSIUM sponsored by the United States Navy Band at George Mason University.