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Upcoming Performances

Sat 12/11/04
Frank London Klezmer/Brazilian Brass All Stars
Southpaw in Park Slope
1/2 hour sets at 9:30 and 10:30

Tue 12/14/04 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Thursday 12/17/04
Slavic Soul Party!
9:30 at Bowery Ballroom
11 at Zebulon in Williamsburg

Tue 12/21/04 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Tue 12/28/04 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Thursday 12/30/04
Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh
Makor

Tue 1/11/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Friday 1/14/05
Jacob Sacks Group
Friend's Seminary
222 e16th Street

Tue 1/18/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Thursday 1/20/05
Solo trombone set
Elixir Juice Bar 8pm

Tuesday, 1/25/05
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
The Jazz Standard
116 E. 27th St.
New York, NY
8pm

Wednesday eve/Thursday morn 1/26/05
the Four Bags
Jeffrey Cobb's radio show on WFMU 91.1FM and streamed and archived on the net
2am-6am

Friday 1/28/05
Slavic Soul Party!
Maia Meyhane on Ave B in the East Village
11pm

Saturday 1/29/05
Slavic Soul Party!
Zebulon
258 Wythe Ave, Williamsburg
10:30

Sunday 1/30/05
the Four Bags
Barbes
7pm

Tue 2/1/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Tue 2/15/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Thursday 2/17/05
the Four Bags
the Montauk Club
25 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn
7:30pm
free

Tuesday 2/22/05
4inObjects
55 bar 7pm

Tue 2/22/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Sunday, February 27, 2005 at 8 PM
Large Ensemble Commission Premiere:
Jentsch Group Large
Symphony Space (Thalia) $15
Including the premiere of BROOKLYN SUITE, the American Composers Forum work commissioned in 2002 for a sixteen-piece jazz ensemble.

Tue 3/1/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Wed 3/2/05 Fez
Slavic Soul Party!
with Greta Gertler's band
11pm

Friday 3/4/05
Slavic Soul Party! and
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars
as part of Tubapalooza at Zebulon
258 Wythe Ave, Williamsburg
10:30

Tue 3/8/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Tue 3/15/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Tue 3/22/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Thursday 3/24/05
4inObjects
Cornelia Street Cafe
8:30

Friday 3/25/05
Slavic Soul Party!
Maia Meyhane
11pm

Saturday 3/26/05
Frank London Klezmer Brass All Stars
9:00 PM
Purim Party sponsored by the Workmen's Circle, JFREJ, AVODAH and Modular Moods
Knitting Factory

Sunday 3/27/05
the Four Bags
Barbes
7pm

Sunday 3/27/05
The Ben Gerstein Collective
CBGB's Gallery
10pm

Tuesday 3/29/05
Justin Mullens & The Delphian Jazz Orchestra
The Bowery Poetry Club
10:00 pm / $8 cover
308 Bowery at Bleecker, right across from CBGB's
F train to Second Ave./6 train to Bleecker/212-614-0505
The big band is making it's debut performance at the club, performing the ever changing Choose Your Own Adventure: Candide, and of course another chance to sing along with Beowulf, or just heckle the band heckling Masa.
Musicians
Peter Hesse – alto
Paul Olenick – trombone
Sean Nowell – alto
Jacob Garchik – trombone
Dave Barraza – tenor
Max Seigel – bass trombone
Matt Glassmeyer – tenor
Matt Cowan – bari
Larry Gillespie – trumpet
Danny Weiss – drums
Dave Smith – trumpet
Masa Kamaguchi – bass
Laurie Frink – trumpet
Pete Thompson – guitar
Justin Mullens – trumpet
Judith Berkson – vocals

Tuesday 4/4/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Sunday 4/9/05
the Four Bags
The Music of Alec Wilder
Symphony Space

Tuesday 4/11/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Saturday 4/16/05
the Four Bags
Barbes
8pm

Tuesday 4/19/05 Mercury Lounge
Slavic Soul Party!

Tuesday 4/26/05 Barbes
Slavic Soul Party!
9-11pm, $8 suggested

Friday 4/29/05
Slavic Soul Party!
Maia Meyhane on Ave B in the East Village
11pm

Saturday 5/7/05
9pm - Susan Watts and the Fabulous Shpielkehs
Susan Watts, mighty trumpet princess of Philadelphia's klezmer Dynasty, House of Hoffman.
Slavic Soul Party! as part of Tubapalooza Part II at Zebulon
258 Wythe Ave, Williamsburg
11

Sunday 5/7/05
8pm
$12
Members of TILT brass band, Ne(x)tworks, Downtown Ensemble, pianist Jenny Lin, others.
The Project Room - http://www.issueprojectroom.org/
(619 East 6th St – btwn Ave. B & C)
Reservations - info@issueprojectroom.org
James Tenney: Postal Pieces
Kick off to a mini-festival of legendary composer James Tenney’s music. Program includes selections from Postal Pieces for multiple instruments (1965-71), Collage #1 ("Blue Suede") for tape (1961), and Three Piano Rags(1964).

Wednesday 5/11/05
8 pm
A Portrait of James Tenney
Organized by Jenny Lin
North American premiere of Forms I-IV for large ensemble (1993)
Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria

Friday 5/13/05
4inObjects
7:30pm
Friend's Seminary
222 e16th Street

Thursday 5/19/05
Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh
Makor
8-11pm

Sunday 5/22/05
Slavic Soul Party! at the Knitting Factory for the KING GYPSY ROCKER MASSIVE

Wednesday 6/1/05
RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL KICK-OFF PARADE with Chris McIntyre’s 7x7 Trombone Band
World Financial Center Plaza (heading to South Street Seaport)
12 noon till approx 2

Thursday 6/2/05
Chris McIntyre’s 7x7 Trombone Band
RIVER TO RIVER – ART ON THE BEACH HOMAGE WITH SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS/YOSHIKO CHUMA
World Financial Center Plaza, south side of cove
8pm

Friday 6/3/05
Chris McIntyre’s 7x7 Trombone Band
RIVER TO RIVER – ART ON THE BEACH HOMAGE WITH SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS/YOSHIKO CHUMA
World Financial Center Plaza, south side of cove
8pm

6/7/05-6/17/05
Slavic Soul Party! in Turkey

Saturday 6/18/05
Slavic Soul Party! Anniversary Party
Barbes
8pm
with Forro for All

Sunday 6/19/05
the Four Bags
Barbes
7pm

Monday 6/20/05
4inObjects
Yoon Sun Choi - voice
Jacob Sacks - piano
Dave Ambrosio - bass
Jacob Garchik - trombone
Special Guest on Drums
55 Bar
55 Christopher St (1/9 train to Christopher St)
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm

Wednesday 6/22/05
Slavic Soul Party!
the Living Room
Live recording for BBC radio
$10

Friday 6/24/05
Slavic Soul Party!
Maia Meyhane
11pm

Monday 7/11/05
Mike McGinnis's Music for 12 Improvisors
Mike McGinnis – woodwinds
Matt Glassmeyer – woodwindsounds.etc
Shane Endsley – trumpet
Jeff Hermanson – trumpet
Brian Drye – trombone
Jacob Garchik – trombone
Jacob Sacks – piano
Khabu Young – Guitar
Dave Ambrosio – bass
Bob Bowen – bass
Mark Dodge – drums
Greg Joseph - drums
Zebulon
10 pm

Wednesday 7/13/05
Andrew Thompson
Pianos

Friday 7/29/05
Slavic Soul Party!
Maia Meyhane
11pm

Sunday 7/31/05
Slavic Soul Party!
with Hungry March Band and Extra Action
Knitting Factory

8/10/05-8/14/05
Lee Konitz New Nonet directed by Ohad Talmor at the Jazz Standard

8/25/05-8/28/05
Yoshiko Chuma's THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS
@ THE HOWL FESTIVAL @ P.S. 122, MANHATTAN
music by Christopher McIntyre for 3 trombones

8/28/05
the Four Bags
Barbes
7pm

9/3/05
Slavic Soul Party!
Bowery Poetry Club

9/10/05
Slavic Soul Party!
Bulgarian Bar

9/17/05
Slavic Soul Party!
Barbes

9/23/05
the Four Bags
Barbes
8pm

9/24/05
Slavic Soul Party!
Zebulon

9/26/05
4inObjects
55 bar 7pm

10/1/05
the Four Bags
SM School of Music
Corthell Hall
37 College Avenue
Gorham, Maine

10/2/05
Brass Band Benefit for New Orleans
The first-ever NYC brass band convergence!
7pm (on church steps) - Madison Jubilation Band
7:30 (inside) - Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band
8:00 - On the Lam Band
8:30 - Slavic Soul Party!
9:00 - Hungry March Band
9:30 - Maracatu NY
9:45 - Frank London Klezmer Brass All Stars
10:15 - Brass Band Jam
All proceeds will be donated to:
the American Red Cross, the New Orleans Fund, and the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic.
At Jan Hus Church
351 East 74th Street
(between 1st & 2nd Avenues)
Manhattan
(212) 288-6743

10/17/05-10/25/05
Ohad Talmor/Steve Swallow Sextet
European tour
October 17 - Manheim, Germany
October 19 - PP Café, Bruxelles, Belgium
October 20 + 21 - EJMA-Masterclass,Lausanne, Switzerland
October 21 - Chorus, Lausanne, Switzerland
October 23 - Jazz Contrebande, Geneva, Switzerland
October 25 - La Palma, Rome, Italy

10/27/05-10/30/05
Ohad Talmor/Steve Swallow Sextet
Jazz Standard, NYC

Monday 11/7/05 Ben Holmes Group
Barbes, Brooklyn
10:30pm
The trumpet player for Slavic Soul Party, Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar and most of NY's Klezmer bands, steps up as band leader and composer with this new project. with Jacob Garchik - trombone; Oscar Noriega - reeds; George Rush - bass; Shane Endsley - drums; Ben Holmes - trumpet

Tuesday 11/8/05
Jacob Garchik Trio
CD Release Concert
Barbes, Brooklyn
7-9pm

Tuesday 11/15/05
4inObjects
koze lounge
676 fifth avenue @ 20th street
south slope, b'klyn 718.832.8282

Saturday 11/19/05
Tubapalooza Part 4
Judith Berkson's East River Orchestra
Slavic Soul Party!

Wednesday 11/30/05
Tilt Brass Band
featuring Anthony Coleman
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
8:00 pm (one set) | $10
TONIC 109 Norfolk Street, NYC


Saturday 12/10/05
Braxton at 60: Orchestra Music
The series finale will include Composition No. 27 and Composition No. 23
Crowell Concert Hall
Wesleyan University

Tuesday 12/13/05
The Four Bags
10pm
Bowery Poetry Club
Double Bill with
Scarlet Z
Ted Reichman, accordion
Oscar Noriega, reeds
Curtis Hasselbring, trombone, guitar

Saturday 12/17/05
Judith Berkson Group at Elixir
8pm

Saturday 12/17/05
Slavic Soul Party!
Bulgarian Bar
9-11pm

Friday 12/23/05
Judith Berkson's East River Orchestra Hanuka Party
with Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh (I'm playing with them too)
Barbes, Brooklyn
8-12am

Thursday 1/5/06
Ben Gerstein Collective
Jimmy's Restaurant E.7th street between 2nd & Bowery
10pm

Sunday 1/8/06
The Four Bags
Live Recording!
8pm
Barbes
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)
Park Slope, Brooklyn

Wednesday, 1/11/06
NYC Jazz Alternatives/The New Generation (IAJE Conference Special)
Tonic $12
8:00 Okkyung Lee
8:40 Benny Lackner Trio
9:20 Shane Endsley
10:00 Gutbucket
10:40 Jacob Garchik Trio
11:20 Brewed by Noon (Sean Noonan, Jon Madof)

Saturday and Sunday 1/21-22/06
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars at GlobalFest at the Public Theater

Thursday 1/26/06
The Four Bags
with Judith Berkson, voice
Almost Mozart Festival
Barbes
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)

Sunday 1/29/06
4inObjects
CD Release Party at 55 Bar

Friday 2/3/06
Restless Spirit Series with Jacob Sacks and Yoon Choi at the 5c Cafe

Sunday 2/12/06
Nick Cudahy's GONDWANALAND
Barbes
8pm
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)
Nicholas Cudahy-string bass/composition, Jacob Garchik-accordion, Ben Holmes-trumpet, Brandon Seabrook-mandolin/guitar, Karen Waltuch-viola, Michael Winograd-clarinet, Timothy Quigley-percussion

Thursday 2/16/06
Nick Cudahy's GONDWANALAND
Nicholas Cudahy-string bass/composition, Jacob Garchik-accordion, Ben Holmes-trumpet, Brandon Seabrook-mandolin/guitar, Karen Waltuch-viola, Michael Winograd-clarinet, Timothy Quigley-percussion
Zebulon
10pm

Friday and Saturday 2/17-18/06
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble at the Kitchen

Sunday 2/19/06
The Ben Gerstein Collective
8-11pm - Bar 4 - 444 7th ave. @ 15th st., Park Slope

Wednesday 3/1/06
4inObjects
Barbes
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)

Wednesday 3/1/06
4inObjects
Barbes
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)

Thursday 3/2/06
The music of Billy Martin arranged by Anthony Coleman
Black Elk Chamber Orchestra
Symphony Space
7:30pm

Sunday 3/12/06
the Four Bags
Barbes
7pm
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)

Monday 3/13/06
Ben Gerstein Collective
55 Bar
7pm

Friday 4/7/06 - Johnny D's in Cambridge, MA with the Joint Chiefs
Saturday 4/8/06 - Club Helsinki, Great Barrington, MA - Barbès Records night with Las Rubias Del Norte
Sunday 4/9/06 - Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Slavic Soul Party!

Sunday 4/16/06
4inObjects
55 Bar

Tuesday 4/25/06 8:00P
Gooski's Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday 4/26/06 8:00P
Northside Tavern Cincinnati, OH
Thursday 4/27/06 10:00P
HotHouse Chicago, IL
Friday 4/28/06 8:00P
Cleveland World Music Festival Cleveland, OH
Slavic Soul Party!

Saturday May 6
Judith Berkson's East River Orchestra as part of Tubapalooza 5
Zebulon

Thursday 5/11/06
Jacob Sacks Quintet
Jacob Sacks-piano
Jacob Garchik-trombone
Andrew Bishop-sax
Tim Flood-bass
Dan Weiss-drums
Detour
9:30pm

Tuesday-Sunday 6/13-18/06
Lee Konitz New Nonet
Jazz Standard, NYC

Wednesday 6/21/06
Jacob Garchik Trio
Barbes
8pm
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)

Friday 6/23/06
Slavic Soul Party! Maia Meyhane
11pm

Saturday 6/24/06
Slavic Soul Party!
Barbes

Sunday 7/2/06
Ben Gerstein Collective
Bar 4, Park Slope, Brooklyn
8-11pm

7/6/06-7/15/06
Slavic Soul Party's
Serbian Adventure '06

Thursday 7/27/06
Slavic Soul Party! at Celebrate Brooklyn with the Kronos Quartet and Phillip Glass

Thursday 8/3/06
Jacob Garchik Trio
Cornelia Street Cafe
8:30pm

Wednesday 8/9/06
Ben Gerstein Collective
Barbes, Brooklyn
8pm

Tuesday 8/15/06
Judith Berkson's East River Orchestra
Cornelia Street Cafe
8:30pm

Wednesday 8/23/06
Slavic Soul Party!
10pm
Spiegel Tent
Fulton Fish Market

Sunday 9/3/06
Lee Konitz New Nonet
Chicago Jazz Festival

9/9/06-9/18/06
Slavic Soul Party! Midwest Tour
9/9 - Lehigh University, Zoellner Arts Center Block Party (Bethlehem, PA) 1:30pm
http://www.lehigh.edu/Zoellner
9/9 - Gooski's (Pittsburgh, PA)
10pm (SSP! at midnight)
http://www.noyocho.com/news.html
9/10 - The Comet (Cincinnati, OH) NEW BOOKING
10pm
http://www.cometbar.com
9/11 - High Noon Saloon (Madison, WI)
with Mama Digdown's Brass Band
http://www.high-noon.com
9/12 - Buena Vista University (Storm Lake, IA)
8pm
http://www.bvu.edu/aces
9/14 - Cedar Cultural Center (Minneapolis, MN)
7:30pm
http://www.thecedar.org
9/15 - Legion Arts (Cedar Rapids, IA)
with Cybelle
http://www.legionarts.org
9/16 - Chicago World Music Festival (Chicago, IL)
4:30pm at Symphony Center
10pm at UC International House
www.cityofchicago.org/WorldMusic
9/17 - The 'Sco at Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
8pm
http://www.oberlin.edu/stuorg/sco

Sunday 9/24/06
Slavic Soul Party!
SOB's
Barbes Records Night
7:30pm

Thursday 9/28/06
The Four Bags
8pm
Barbes

Friday 9/29/06
Slavic Soul Party!
Skirball Center at NYU

Saturday 9/30/06
9-11PM
Wassi
28th Ave at 37th St., Astoria
www.astoriamusic.org
Jacob Varmus, trumpet, cornet
Jacob Garchik, accordion, trombone
Gil Smuskowitz, bass
Brian Woodruff, drums

Sunday 10/1/06
Vinnie Spirazza group
Rose

10/18-20/06
4inObjects in Toronto and Ann Arbor
Wednesday, October 18th 2Pm-4PM
Clinic/concert at Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Wednesday, October 18th 9:30pm - 1am
The Rex, Toronto, Canada
Thursday, October 19th 11:30am-1pm
Albert College, Beleville, Ontario, Canada
Friday, October 20th 9pm
FireFly
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Thursday 10/26/06
The Four Bags
8pm
Brooklyn CD Release party
Barbes

Sunday 11/5/06
Ben Gerstein Collective
55 Bar

11/9/06-11/13/06
Lee Konitz New Nonet European Tour
11/9 - La Comête, Reims, France
11/10 - Zagreb, Croatia
11/12 - Teatro Manzoni, (matinee) + Milano Auditorium (evening), Milano, Italy
11/13 - Wigmore Hall, London, UK

11/14/06-11/26/06
Steve Swallow/Ohad Talmor Sextet European Tour
11/17 - Le Vauban, Brest, France
11/19 - Teatro Manzoni, (matinee) + Milano Auditorium (evening), Milano, Italy
11/20 - Reign, Vienna, Austria
11/21 - Moods - Zurich, CH

Thursday 12/10/06
The Four Bags
8pm
Manhattan CD Release party
Tonic

Sunday 12/17/06
Josh Roseman, Tyshawn Sorey, Curtis Hasselbring, and Jacob Garchik
Bar 4

Friday 1/5/07
Slavic Soul Party
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Saturday 1/7/07
Gooski's, Pittsburgh

Wednesday 1/10/07
Slavic Soul Party
Knitting Factory

Thursday 1/11/07
Shane Endsley Group
Shane Endsley trumpet
Jacob Garchik trombone
Matt Brewer bass
Ted Poor drums
Smalls
10pm

Thursday 1/11/07
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
IAJE
12:30am (friday morning)

Saturday 1/13/07
Slavic Soul Party
Golden Festival, NYC
1am (Sunday morning)

Friday 1/19/07
Slavic Soul Party
Tonic
Balkan Blowout

1/24-27
The Four Bags
California Tour
Thursday 1/25/07
Land (2nd Street Jazz) Japanese Restaurant
366 E 2nd St, Los Angeles
Friday 1/26/07
Hillside Club, Berkeley
Saturday 1/27/07
Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco

Monday 1/29/07
Ara Anderson's Boostamonte
Zebulon

Thursday 2/1/07
John Hollenbeck's Drum Major Instinct
Symphony Space
with Curtis Hasselbring and Brian Drye

Saturday 2/24/07
Barbes
The Four Bags with special guest Judith Berkson, voice
8pm
as part of the Brooklyn Next Festival

Friday 3/2/07
Judith Berkson's Platz Machen
Zebulon
10pm

Sunday 3/18/07
Jacob Garchik's Yore: Judith Berkson, voice; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Johnny McLellan, drums; Oscar Noriega, clarinets; Jacob Garchik, trombone and compositions
Barbes, Brooklyn
7pm

Friday 3/23/07
Briggan Krauss's Lensing at Roulette

Tuesday 3/27/07
Jacob Garchik Trio with Dan Weiss and Jacob Sacks
Manhattan School of Music masterclass

Wednesday 3/28/07
Jacob Garchik Trio with Dan Weiss and Jacob Sacks
Barbes, Brooklyn
8pm

Friday 3/30/07
Slavic Soul Party!
Johnny D's
Cambridge, MA
Saturday 3/31/07
MassMoca
North Adams, MA

Tuesday 4/10/07
Delphian Jazz Orchestra
Zebulon

Sunday 4/22/07
Jacob Garchik Trio with Dan Weiss and Jacob Sacks
Conceptions Bar 4

Sunday 4/29/07
Judith Berkson Group
w/ Lori Bingel
Nate Wooley
Brandon Seabrook
Johnny McLellan
Conceptions Bar 4

May 9-13, 2007
Slavic Soul Party!
Northeast Tour

May 16-20, 2007
Slavic Soul Party!
Midwest Tour

June 28-July 22, 2007
Lee Konitz Nonet European Tour

9/13-16/07
Lee Konitz Nonet at Iridium
8pm and 10pm

10/13-17/07
Lee Konitz Nonet European Tour
10/11/07 - Casa da Musica, Porto/Portugal
10/13/07 - Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim/Germany
10/15/07 - Teatro Manzoni, Milan/Italy

11/02-4/07
Slavic Soul Party! in Texas and the South

11/12-20/07
Lee Konitz Nonet European Tour
11/12/07, Rome/Italy
11/24/07, Teatro Cultura della Villa, Madrid/Spain
11/25/07, Auditorio CAM, Alicante/Spain


Saturday 12/30/07
Dave Ballou Group
With Ben Gerstein, Nate Wooley
The Freestyle Creative Music Series @ Jimmy’s Restaurant
43 East 7th Street
10pm
212-982-3006
WWW.FREESTYLEJAZZ.COM

Tuesday 1/22/08
Dan Weiss Group
8:30pm
Biscuit Barbecue
230 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215

Tuesday 1/29/08
Josh Roseman Group
9:45pm
Biscuit Barbecue
230 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215

Thursday 1/31/08
Josh Roseman Group
Lucille's at BB Kings Blues Club

Friday 2/15/08
Josh Roseman Group
The Jazz Gallery

2/26-3/7/08
Slavic Soul Party! West Coast, Southwest, Midwest Tour

February 27: Tractor Tavern (Seattle, WA) with Law of the Least Effort
5213 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107
8:30pm, $10

February 28: Cozmic Pizza (Eugene, OR)
199 W. 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
9:30pm, $10

February 29: Café Du Nord (San Francisco, CA) w/ Extra Action Marching Band
2174 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114
9:30pm, $12

March 1: Humanist Hall (Oakland, CA) w/ Brass Menazeri
390 27th St., Oakland, CA 94612
8pm, $10

March 2: Santa Monica College (Santa Monica, CA)
Second Space, SMC Performing Arts Center, Santa Monica Blvd and 11th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401
7pm, free with reservation

March 3: Solar Culture Institute (Tucson, AZ)
31 E. Toole, Tucson, AZ 85701
8pm, $8

March 4: College of Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM)
1600 St. Michael's Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505
7:30pm, free

March 5: Metro College (Denver, CO)
King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, CO 80217
7:30pm, free with MSCD id

March 6: The Laughing Goat (Boulder, CO)
1709 Pearl St., Boulder, CO 80302
8:30pm; $10 suggested donation

March 7: 1200 Club at the Holland (Omaha, NE)
13th & Douglas St., Omaha, NE 68102
8pm, $25

March 8: Cedar Cultural Institute (Minneapolis, MN)
416 Cedar Ave S., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454
8pm, $15 advance, $18 day of show

Wednesday April 9, 2008
WKCR Musicians Show
6-9pm

Thursday April 10, 2008
8pm
Jacob Garchik Trio CD Release
Barbes, Brooklyn

Friday May 2, 2008
Slavic Soul Party!
55th Carnegie International
Pittsurgh, PA

Saturday May 3, 2008
Slavic Soul Party!
St. Sava Cathedral Hall
Cleveland, OH

Thursday May 8, 2008
Judith Berkson's Platz Machen
The Stone
10 pm
Judith Berkson (keyboards, vocals) Brandon Seabrook (guitar) Jacob Garchik (tuba) Vinnie Sperrazza (drums)
Original, cantorial, metal. Plaztmachen is one Cantor and three musicians who take scales and words from Hebrew liturgy and turn them into hardcore effigies.

Saturday May 10, 2008
Slavic Soul Party!
Staatsburg, NY
Wassail at Breezy Hill Orchard

Wednesday May 14th
Josh Roseman Extended Constellations
The Knitting Factory

Friday May 30, 2008
Slavic Soul Party!
Highline Ballroom
NYC

Friday Aug 1, 2008
Music Without Borders
A Concert by
KRONOS QUARTET
San Francisco, California
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
featuring my arrangments for the quartet of
Traditional (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Iranian Lullaby
Alèmu Aga (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Suite of Works * World premiere
Ramallah Underground (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Tashweesh * World premiere

Friday Aug 29, 2008
YORE:
Trombonist Garchik lucidly dreams of the destroyed works of Paul Dukas, Max Roach's vocal writing, Toru Takemitsu's secret big band charts, and Alban Berg's abandoned plan to write a "Hassidic" opera of the Dybbuk. To recreate the dream he has assembled a gifted group of interpreters/improvisers:
Judith Berkson, voice; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Johnny McLellan, drums; Oscar Noriega, clarinets; Jacob Garchik, trombone and compositions.
I-Beam Music, 168 7th Street b/t 2nd and 3rd Ave, Gowanus, Brooklyn
$10 suggested donation

Friday September 26, 2008
Kronos Quartet with Alim and Fargana Qasimov
Barbican Theater, London
featuring my arrangements of traditional Azeri music for string quartet, voices, and Azeri ensemble