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It's been a wild week with all that's gone on in our world and our beloved city. It looks like the future is here. Hopefully we'll all get through this together and keep our hearts filled with music.

Here are a couple blessings I'm happy to share.

#1

I'm looking forward to a performance as a guest artist with the remarkable pianist and composer, David Haney who will be appearing with the legendary iconic drummer, Bernard Purdie at Joe's Pub on October 8th. It will be super wonderful for me because I will be improvising and narrating a story by Annie Ross.

Here's the lowdown:

Jazz Stories with Bernard Purdie & David Haney
October 8
Joe's Pub

Ticket Price: $20.00



Jazz Stories combines the swinging exciting music with legend Bernard Purdie and company plus some great stories retold by David Haney.  Haney talked to each of these artists and had them to recount the following stories for Cadence Magazine: Sonny Rollins, The Bridge Story; John McLaughlin's story about recording with Miles Davis; Gunter Hampel remembers Thelonious Monk; Steve Swallow recalls his trip to Jamaica with Herbie Nichols; Dominic Duval on Charles Mingus; and of course Bernard Purdie breaks down the Purdie Shuffle.

Bernard Purdie, drums
David Haney, piano and narration
Adam Lane, bass
& special guests

The Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003

General Info: 212.539.8500
Tickets: 212.967.7555
The Box Office window opens daily at 2pm.
To order tickets by phone, please call 212.967.7555
(10am - 7pm Monday-Saturday, Noon - 6pm Sunday)
American Express is the official card of The Public Theater

So yes, this gig is going to be very cool indeed and I'm really psyched to have been invited to perform.

Also, I am seriously happy to be blogging for the wonderful Cadence Magazine, my MIC-ART Perspectives, Projects, Performances, Politics & Poetry ala Cadence Magazine is coming soon, the first installment has been submitted and we'll be up and running shortly, so there will be more on that and I do hope you'll check it out.




#2

My CD release celebration for blesSINGS with my People of Peace Quintet last month on August 2 at the Cornelia Street cafe  was an incredible success - so much fun - so loving, it was indeed a wonderful sendoff for this terrific CD. Much love and thanks to Deborah Latz and her VoxEcstatic Series. If you'd like to check out the entire hour long performance, you will find it here. Enjoy


LiveAmp - The Nora McCarthy People of Peace Quintet - Aug. 2 - The Cornelia Street Cafe





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