THE TZADIK FESTIVAL & CELEBRATION IS NOW UNDERWAY
FOR TWO WEEKS AT TONIC - SO PLEASE COME ON DOWN!!!

John Zorn's Tzadik label will reach their 220th release by the end of this year, hence a celebration is in order of this vast and incredible catalogue of adventurous music that only Tzadik would dare to release. There were five Tzadik titles just released in September (reviewed in Newsletter 60) and another six coming up in October which include important releases from Bobby Previte, Elliott Sharp, Makigami Koichi, Fima Ephron, Christian Wolff and Syzygys! The Tzadik festival at Tonic includes:

Friday Sept. 28th- Anthony Coleman's Sephardic Tinge at 8, Jennifer Charles & Oren Bloedow's 'La Mar Enfortuna' at 10 and Shelley Hirsch at midnite!

Saturday Sept. 29th- John Zorn's Filmworks IX & X (first performance) at 8, Andy Statman solo at 10:30 & Frank London's 'Invocations' at midnite

Tuesday October 2nd- Jamie Saft's 'Sovlanut' at 10pm, Mike Patton at midnite

Wed Oct. 3rd- Marty Ehrlich's 'Sojourn' at 8pm & Annie Gosfield's 'Flying Sparks & Heavy Machinery' at 10pm

Thur Oct. 4th- Marc Ribot performs Zorn's 'Book of Heads' at 8pm, Ikue Mori's 'Labyrinth' at 10 & Raz Mesinia's 'Before the Law' at midnite

Fri Oct 5th- Mark Feldman solo at 8pm, Steve Bernstein's 'Diaspora Soul' at 10pm & Naftule's Dream at midnite

Sat Oct 6th- Harry Partch's '17 Lyrics of Li Po' at 8pm, Satlah at 10pm & Gary Lucas at midnite!

JUST A FEW NEW RELEASES FOR SEPTEMBER 28TH
AND A SMALL BLUE NOTE CD SALE!

1. BURNT SUGAR-Blood on the Leaf (Trugroid) Acid-funk-jazz-rock-psych mostly instrumental Miles' 'Agarta' meets Eddie Hazel in a back room - live, laid back and on-the-money! Led by longtime Village Voice writer and guitar great Greg "Ironman" Tate who used to lead Women in Love with Morgan Michael Craft, Rene Akhan & Kirk Douglass on more guitars, Vijay Iver on piano, Bruce Mack on synth, Jared Nickerson & Jason DiMatteo on basses, Simmie on electric violin, Eisa Davis on vocals, Swiss Chris, Eric Eigner & Qasim Naqvi on drums & percussion. Even with all of these fine players, this music has a subdued inner fire that burns bright from within. No US distribution at present. $14.

2. SECRET CHIEFS 3 - Book M (Mimicry 006) Featuring Mr. Bungle members Trey Spruance, Trevor Dunn, Danny Heifetz, Bar McKinnon plus Eyvind Kang & William Winant. An instrumental odyssey with a full string section, an assortment of Persian, Turkish & Arabic string & percussion instruments, microtonal synth, organ, guitars with innovative composing and off-the-wall recording. Moments of violent aggression are merged with tenderness and subtlety in another world of alien sounds. $14.

3. DALE BRUNING & BILL FRISELL - Reunion (Jazzlink 440072) This gem came out a few months back, but received very little attention except for one article in one of them guitar magazines. Dale Bruning was Bill Frisell's (jazz guitar) teacher way back when and here both of these fine plectrum specialists play many jazz standards for just two guitars. Two cd set for about $21.

4. SUSAN ALCORN - "Uma" (Loveletter 010) Solo pedal steel guitar with a bit of trombone provided by David Dove. Susan Alcorn is a marvelous pedal steel player from Texas that Eugene Chadbourne has worked with and has been raving about for a while now. Susan and her band back Eugene on his forthcoming Boxholder release and it is just incredible! "Uma" is mainly a solo pedal steel effort which is sublime, moody, lovely, melancholy and often haunting. Susan wrote most of the tunes, but also does a Thelonius Monk medley and ends with a transcendent version of "Amazing Grace" (yo Raymon!) $14.

5. SETH MISTERKA & THE MISTERKA CLONES - President's Day (newsonic 27) Seth is a former Braxton student and collaborator. Check out this great review from the Wire's Julian Cowley - "Behind their Misterka masks lurk baritone saxophonist Brian Glick, accordionist Pete Cafarella, bassist Seth Dellinger and drummer Nate Smith. Wearing his own face, leader Seth Misterka plays alto sax. Their instruments are brandished like tokens of menace, generating confrontational rhythms, swaggering tones, threatening wails. Imagine John Lurie with attitude, plus a larger dose of rock and a firm grounding in the folk music from the fringes of Europe. The bold changes of time signature are scrupulously choreographed. It flexes its muscles, but this is gutsy and imaginative music played by The Clones with total commitment." Reviewed by BLG next month. $10.

6. SETH MISTERKA - MOH (newsonic 17) This review was done by Jon Morgan of Signal-to-Noise- "Seth Misterka's most recent departure in the electronic void is the document of one man left alone with his vices and devices over a six-month period. On, MOH, Misterka performs on guitar, bass, drums, alto sax, electronics, and indulges in a whole lot of splicing and dicing to create eleven layered, texturally diverse pieces. The pieces range from ambient musings full of droning guitars and surly alto runs, to rugged melodic excursions full of jagged twists and turns, and even a bit of cultural parody (check out the hilarious "Pornographic Music"). Misterka is a pleasantly raw alto player who isn't afraid to get a bit gritty on the reed, but equally important, he doesn't shy away form taking chances either, as some of the discs more extreme soundscapes suggest. Taken as a whole, MOH reveals a musician with plenty on his mind, and thanks to technology it isn't necessary to have a hefty bank trust to bring this project to fruition. Do yourself a favor and check this disc out." $10.

7. JANNICK TOP-1)Soleil d'Ork (France) $16.00
8. UTOPIC SPORADIC ORCHESTRA-2)Nancy '75 (France) $16.00
9. VANDER/TOP [MAGMA]-3)Paris '76 (France) $16.00
THESE ARE HERE AND IN STOCK NOW! 3 amazing archival releases, released by Jannick's (Magma bass god supreme) new label, all in much better sound than you would expect given the rarity & 70's recording dates. 7) is a collection of recordings written by Top between 1974-76. It includes his hyper rare single & unreleased tracks, included a demo of De Futura that features Richard Pinhas on guitar! 8) features the very 1st recording of De Futura, live 10/16/75 by a big band version of Magma! This is a famed & mythic recording, & is rounded out by the rehearsal for the show and more rare Jannick materials, including 3 amazing live Magma pieces that feature Jannick at his most wild best (including two versions of the piece featured on Inedits, but in MUCH better sound quality!) While all of these are definitely must-haves for Zeuhlers, 9) is probably the most exciting of the bunch. This is the only available recording of the short period when Jannick rejoined Magma as a co-leader, & the band became known as Vander/Top! It is 60' long, features the legendary, never heard 22' track La Musique Des Spheres and includes Didier Lockwood, Blasquisz, Grallier, etc.

A DOZEN OR SO WONDERFUL, ESSENTIAL & CLASSIC
BLUE NOTE IMPORT CD'S ON SALE FOR $12. EACH:

10. ART BLAKEY- The Witch Doctor w/ Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, & Jymie Merritt.
11. ART BLAKEY & JAZZ MESSENGERS- Moanin' w/ Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, & Jymie Merritt.
12. SONNY CLARK- Standards w/ Paul Chambers, Jymie Merritt & Wes Landers.
13. SONNY CLARK- Cool Struttin' w/ Art Farmer, Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones.
14. HERBIE HANCOCK- Maiden Voyage w/ Freddie Hubbard, George Coleman, Ron Carter & Tony Williams.
15. HERBIE HANCOCK- Empyrean Isles w/ Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter & Tony Williams.
16. STAN KENTON- Portraits On Standards w/Zoot Sims, Lee Konitz, Conte Candoli & Art Pepper.
17. HANK MOBLEY- No Room For Squares w/ Lee Morgan, Andrew Hill, John Ore, Philly Joe Jones, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock & Butch Warren.
18. LEE MORGAN- The Sidewinder w/ Joe Henderson, Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw & Billy Higgins.
19. LEE MORGAN- The Rumproller w/ Joe Henderson, Ronnie Mathews, Victor Sproles & Billy Higgins.
20. WAYNE SHORTER- Night Dreamer w/ Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman & Elvin Jones.
21. WAYNE SHORTER- Speak No Evil w/ Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Elvin Jones.
22. WAYNE SHORTER- Juju w/ McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman & Elvin Jones.

Hours: Sunday though Thursday noon `till 9pm, Fri. & Sat. noon to 10pm. Sundays we have in-store concerts from 7 to 8:30, please don't call then. We're now located on Bowery, between Bond St. and Great Jones St., three blocks south of our old location on E. 5th St.

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