Tom Rainey was born in Pasadena, California in 1957. Since moving to New York in 1979 he has performed and or recorded with the following artists: John Abercrombie, Mose Allison, Julian Arguelles, Ray Anderson, Tim Berne, Jane Ira Bloom, Nels Cline, Ted Curson, Mark Ducret, Mark Feldman, Michael Formanek, Drew Gress, Mark Helias, Fred Hersch, Andy Laster, Ingrid Laubrock, Joe Lovano, Tony Malaby, Albert Mangelsdorff, Carmen McRae, Mike Nock, Simon Nabatov, New and Used, Anita O'Day, Andrea Parkins, Herb Robertson, Angelica Sanchez, Louis Sclavis, Brad Shepik, Tom Varner, Ken Werner, Denny Zeitlin.

Ralph Alessi was born in San Rafael,CA, the son of classical trumpeter Joe Alessi and opera singer Maria Leone. But after taking degrees in jazz trumpet and bass—he studied under the legendary Charlie Haden at CalArts—he lit out for New York, where he swiftly became an ubiquitous presence on the downtown scene. He's been a frequent collaborator with such notable musicians as Steve Coleman, Don Byron, Ravi Coltrane, Uri Caine, Fred Hersch, Drew Gress, Dafnis Prieto and Jason Moran—most of whom have also played and recorded in Alessi’s own groups. Alessi has recorded five albums of originals which draw on everything from post- bop to neo classical.

Kris Davis has quickly grown to become a vital contributor to New York's jazz scene. An artist exploring the balance between improvisation and composition, her writing and pianistic prowess have been described as 'adventurous' and 'refreshing'. Known for her work as a leader, Davis has released three records and toured extensively with her quartet featuring hailed saxophonist Tony Malaby, bassist Eivind Opsvik, and drummer Jeff Davis. As a solo artist, Davis gave debut concerts this summer in Portugal, France and New York and will release a solo recording on Clean Feed in 2011.
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4 Storytellers, 3 True Stories, 1 Pack of Lies. Uncover the liar and win a prize worth its weight in fool's gold.

This month, The Liar Show welcomes DIANA SPECHLER (Esquire; Author of Who By Fire), CRAIG BALDO (Late Night with Conan O'Brien), DAVID CRABB (Risk! podcast), STEVEN BERKOWITZ (Moth StorySlam Winner).

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OTHER LIFE FORMS (O.L.F.)

A new avant-jazz quartet comprising four bright talents of NYC’s creative music scene, Stephanie Griffin (viola), Gordon Beeferman (piano), Evan Lipson (bass) and Andrew Drury (drums), OTHER LIFE FORMS combines complex written charts with virtuosic individual and collective improvisation. Premiering original compositions by Beeferman and Lipson.

Serial Underground curator and host composer/pianist Jed Distler (“the downtown keyboard magus,” The New Yorker) will open with a short solo set.

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"An amazing project."Greg Osby, saxophonist, composer, producer.

"Excellent writing and playing. I especially like Petros' aggressive melodicism, beautiful intonation, and uniquely personal string writing." - Drew Gress, bassist, composer.
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John Towsen, author of Clowns: A Panoramic History(1976) writes:

“If they hold a clown shown in New York and Jim Moore’s not there, do they still do the show?
I wouldn’t know, because I’m not sure if that’s actually happened.
Since his early days as a street performer and photographer in 1970’s New York, Jim has made it his business to know every variety of performer and to be everywhere they performed. And to photograph them. Constantly. He lived the life and knew the people, then and now.
Whether he shot you in performance, on location, or in his studio, he’s always had that uncanny ability to capture the essence of these highly individualistic characters—especially the clowns and eccentrics.
And he never stopped doing it. For 40+ years!
Like all fine photographers, Jim has more than just a keen eye and polished technique. He has an instinctual feel for his subjects, and, above all, their total trust.
In this revealing exhibit of miniatures, he shoots not only from his honorary front-row seat, but meets the performers backstage, in his studio, in their homes, their rehearsal spaces—capturing the person and the persona, and giving us a glimpse into a more deeply textured world.”

. This month features Mark Bibbins, Timothy Donnelly, Dorothea Lasky, and Danniel Schoonebeek

Mark Bibbins is the author of two books of poems, The Dance of No Hard Feelings (Copper Canyon Press, 2009) and theLambda Award-winning Sky Lounge. Heteaches at The New School, where he was a founding editor of LIT, and at Columbia University. Heedits the poetry section of The Awl.

Timothy Donnelly’s The Cloud Corporation was recently published by Wave Books, and Twenty-seven Props for a Production of EineLebenszeit was published by Grove Press in 2003. He has been poetry editor of Boston Review since 1995. His poems have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including Conduit, The Denver Quarterly, Fence,Harper's, Jubilat, The Literary Review, The Nation, The Paris Review, PENAmerica, Ploughshares, and many others.

Dorothea Lasky is the author of Black Life and AWE, both out from Wave Books. She is also the author of severalchapbooks, including Poetry is Not aProject (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010). She currently lives in New York City.

Danniel Schoonebeek's work has appeared in Tin House, The Rumpus, The Awl, Publishers Weekly, Columbia: AJournal of Literature and the Arts, LaFovea, Maggy, and elsewhere. Hewas born in the Catskills.

The White Swallow, aqueerish reading series in Manhattan's West Village, features emerging andestablished poets and fiction writers. Hosted monthly by Angelo Nikolopoulos.

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"Her voice was rich and clear and strong in all ranges; she had musicianship and cool intelligence...she had absorbed some of Saran Vaughan's fearsome technique." — Ben Ratliff, The New York Times

“Singer Dominique Eade has another kind of magic. There’s always a touch of mystery to her silken renderings—at once luxuriant and spare. The liquid sense of time and phrasing are entirely organic and arise from the song itself. Eade has as good a sense of self-editing as any jazz singer extant. The resources she holds in reserve—waiting for just the right moment—make for a delicious undercurrent of tension.” - Kirk Silsbee, L.A. City Beat

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"...a ferociously assured and creatively dazzling pianist, composer and arranger..."

- The San Francisco Chronicle

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Gilad Foss presents New York's best stand-ups in an evening of live comedy for the University of Chicago Alumni Association. (The event is open to the public).

Gilad Foss is a comic known for his sharp writing and stable of offbeat impressions and characters. He performs all over New York City and has appeared on A&E, at Gotham Comedy Club, and warmed up for Jewel at the Rainbow Room in New York City.

Jared Logan’s contagiously giddy and cartoonish stand-up act has been wowing audiences across the country. Getting his start in Chicago, Logan recently relocated to New York City. He has appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, TBS, and was a featured comic on collegehumor.com. He took home the award for Best Comedian at the Chicago Comedy Awards and won the Comedy Idol Competition in Detroit. In his free time, Logan acts as dungeon master for the best Dungeons & Dragons game in New York City.

Brooke Van Poppelen appears regularly at all of New York’s top comedy venues. She’s also a blogger for truTV, writes for AOL’s Lemondrop.com, and has contributed to Chicago Public Radio’s Vocalo.org. She played herself on TLC’s American Chopper as Mikey Teutul’s comedy coach. You can see her this summer in Comedy Central’s Jon Benjamin Has a Van.

Dan St. Germain’s stand-up has been featured on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, MTV’s World of Jenks, and College Humor Live. He has also been seen on MTV’s New Year’s Eve Bash, The Electric Company, Comedy Central.com’s Indecision 2010, Spike TV.com and Atom.com. His two man show, They Hated Each Other, co-starring Jared Logan, is currently running at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.

Catch Jordan Carlos in clubs and or colleges all over the country or this fall on MTV's newest comedy series about dating in hipster Brooklyn, I Just Want My Pants Back.

Jessi Klein is one of the most talented comedians in New York City. She was a writer for Saturday Night Live and has performed stand-up in her own Comedy Central Presents Special.

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It features the compositions of Billy Drewes, Scott Lee, and Gary Versace which they have just recorded on their new CD " For Which It Stands " to be released on Sunnyside Records

"This is the heart and soul of Jazz and improvised music - Scott, with Billy Drewes, Gary Versace and Jeff Hirshfield, capture your attention and take you places....They are some of my favorite improvisers, Beautiful!" Joe Lovano

"Maybe the annual jazz awards need to add a new category for musicians like Scott Lee. It could be titled "master musicians deserving of wider recognition." Mark Corrotto, All About Jazz
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“Loren Stillman is one of New York best alto saxophonists, and has gained that distinction well before reaching age 30.” David Adler, Jazz Times Magazine
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