Caffe Vivaldi

FEBRUARY | MARCH | APRIL

MON 2/1		Kate-Vivaldi's Open Mic Host photo: Merzolt Votasnozlev Mumbee	OPEN MIC NIGHT 6:30-11PM Sign-up at 6PM

TUES 2/2	7-8pm		Jamie Bendell
	8:15-9:15pm		Sabrina Chap Folk / Blues / Alternative
	9:30-11pm		Cover2 Cover Every first Tuesday of the month, Ryan Vaughn and a a myriad of other musicians/singers/songwriters will get together to cover a different "guilty pleasure" album.Tonight's "Cover 2 Cover" with Ryan Vaughn, Chris LoPresto, Michael Day, et al. will feature, Dave Matthews Band's album: Crash

WED 2/3	7-8pm		Rosalie Kaplan Jazz Quartet Rosalie Kaplan - vocals Noah Kaplan -sax Wes Matthews -piano and Giacomo Merega -bass
	8:15-9:15pm		Matthew Bryan Feld Jazz
	9:15-10:15pm		An evening of duets featuring: Mary Foster Conklin --vocals John DiPinto -vocals+accordion Tony Romano-guitar Skip Ward-bass John DiPinto and Mary Foster Conklin have appeared onstage together in various guises through the years. They began to experiment with singing duets last April, first at the Caffe Vivaldi and then during the summer on the fire escape with the Renegade Cabaret. Please join us for an evening of duets (more or less) with Tony Romano on guitar, Skip Ward on bass. John will play accordion when the mood strikes him.

THURS 2/4	7:15-8:15pm		James Dalton Folk / Soul / Americana w/ Valerie Eskridge and other regular musicians from the Vivaldi family.
	8:15-9:15pm		Laura Gould Folk/Pop
	9:30-11pm		Ashley Gonzalez Jazz

FRI 2/5	7-8pm		tiger lilies Classical / Folk / Experimental Amali Premawardhana - cello Trina Basu - violin
	9-11pm		Neel Murgai Ensemble CD RELEASE PARTY Neel Murgai - sitar Mat Maneri - viola Greg Heffernan - cello Sameer Gupta - tabla Raga-chamber-jazz? It’s true. Sitarist-composer Neel Murgai’s first CD as a bandleader—redefines the meaning of global dialogue. This New Music transcends its roots in North Indian classical styles, and is inspired by a multitude of sources: raga, jazz, minimalism, free improvisation, Mongolian throat singing and Eastern European gypsy. This quartet is a perfect balance of sounds and styles. The delicate nuances of sitar and tabla are complemented by viola and cello to produce a stringy texture of radiant buoyancy. If you ever loved the Mahavishnu Orchestra or Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition you’ll need to hear the Neel Murgai Ensemble. Fresh from a center stage appearance on the David Letterman show, Neel is a veteran of the New York music scene. His compositions can be heard in the award winning feature film, “The Yes Men Fix the World”. He has worked with numerous musicians, bands, theater companies and dance troupes of all genres, including Bill T. Jones Dance Company, Suphala, Samir Chatterjee, Yuerba Buena, Loren Conners, Louis Belogenis, Vijay Iyer, Mission on Mars, Akim Funk Buddha, Pharaoh’s Daughter, Suzanne Languile, Manhattan Children’s Theater, Dusara Dance, Morgon Kara, and Feraba.

SAT 2/6	7-8pm		Jon Hildenstein Indie and Roletta Fynn Country
	8:15-9:15pm		Keith and the Mumbles Pop / Soul / Jazz
	9:30-11pm		Goli Other / Classical / Experimental

SUN 2/7	7:30-9pm		Nadav Nu-Jazz / Jazz / Fusion
	9-10pm		Nicholas Bonde
	10-11pm		Felix van Dijk Folk Rock / Pop / Rock

MON 2/8		Kate-Vivaldi's Open Mic Host photo: Merzolt Votasnozlev Mumbee	OPEN MIC NIGHT 6:30-11PM Sign-up at 6PM

TUES 2/9	7-8pm		Halina Larson Blues / Alternative / Folk
	8:15-9:15pm		Rolf Sturm Genre: Acoustic

WED 2/10	7:15-8:15pm		Anna Elizabeth Kendrick Jazz
	8:30-9:30pm		Daryl Shawn Acoustic / Indie / Melodramatic Popular Song Daryl Shawn is a touring instrumental guitarist whose rhythmic, masterful style has been compared to Tommy Emmanuel and Bill Frisell, with a touch of flamenco.
	9:30pm-10:30pm		Rebecca Minor

THURS 2/11	7-8pm		Rob Lanter Funk / Pop / Jazz
	8:15-9:15pm		Vicky Emerson Americana / Acoustic / Folk
	9:30-11pm		Josh Taylor Rock / Blues / Folk Rock and Pat Hull

FRI 2/12	7-8pm
	8:15-9:15pm		Brandon Sheer
	9:30-11pm		Rana Farhan Jazz / Blues / Other Rana is unique. Based in upstate New York, she sings the American Blues and Rumi ( in Persian), with equal ease and feelings. -Ishrat Ansari Rumi's Prayer

SAT 2/13	6:45-7:45pm		Avi Wisnia Bossa Nova / Jazz / Pop
	8:15-9:15pm		Jeannine Hebb Pop / R&B / Rock
	9:30-11pm		ERIN SAX SEYMOUR Country / Blues / Southern Rock Details Magazine has called alt-country-blues artist Erin Sax Seymour "Tough and sweet, smart and streetwise, her melodies mesmerizing. With echoes—and the songwriting gifts—of Lucinda Williams and Aimee Mann, Sax is the real thing…". With a music video in rotation on CMT and VH1 Erin Sax Seymour is a songwriter at the beginning of a defining career

SUN 2/14			Valentine's Day Special featuring:
	7-8pm		Julie Kathryn Folk / Acoustic / Pop
	8:15-9:15pm		Waiting for Jerry Acoustic / Folk Rock / Indie
	9:30-11pm		Camila Meza Jazz / Alternative / Latin

MON 2/15		Kate-Vivaldi's Open Mic Host photo: Merzolt Votasnozlev Mumbee	OPEN MIC NIGHT 6:30-11PM Sign-up at 6PM

TUES 2/16	7-8pm		Nina Yasmineh Pop / Rock/Other
	8:15-9:15		Coutrney Yasmineh Alternative / Pop / Rock Courtney Yasmineh and her indie pop/rock trio perform songs from her new release Beautiful Lonely, which is enjoying airplay in the States as well as in the UK and Europe. Courtney's songs are new classics in the tradition of the great american female songwriters and her delivery is part Lucinda Williams, part Natalie Merchant, part Chrissy Hind and the Pretenders.
			Lizzy Loeb Pop / Acoustic / Jazz

WED 2/17
	8:15-9:15pm		Michael Whalen Ambient / Alternative / Classical Two-time Emmy award-winner Michael Whalen is one of the most sought after composers in the United States. A veteran of over 500 TV and film scores, thousands of ads, numerous TV themes and corporate identity pieces, his music has been heard by literally hundreds of millions of people. Some of his best known work is the theme to ABC's "Good Morning America", music for "The Oprah Winfrey Show", "Inside Edition", hundreds of scores for PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, CBS, BBC, NHK, Disney, Hallmark, HBO and every major broadcast and cablecast outlet in the world. In May of 2009 Michael won his first BMI award in recognition of his work on the Emmy® award-winning "America at a Crossroads" series that he music supervised and wrote the series theme for in 2008.
	9:30-11pm		"A Cozy,Bohemian Evening: An Intimate Encounter with Erik Frandsen and Peri Lyons"?"Erik Frandsen, a singer and songwriter who has been called "brilliantly inventive" (NY Times) and "the straight Cole Porter" (Boston Globe) , and Peri Lyons, a singer/composer/lyricist whose "bizarre brilliance" and "unique, enchanting and sexy presence" (New York Press and Backstage, respectively) are best friends who have lived on MacDougal Street as neighbors since way back when. See them live in "A Rather Bohemian Evening" at Greenwich Village's legendary Caffe Vivaldi". Peri Lyons Folk Rock / Pop / Lounge
			EriK Frandsen "Erik Frandsen, a singer and songwriter who has been called "brilliantly inventive" (NY Times)

THURS 2/18	7-8pm		Carson Donnelly Americana
	8:15-9:15pm		Alex Picca? Pop
	9:30-11pm		The Chandelier Trio.

FRI 2/19	7-8pm		Patty Keough & the Boys Indie / Pop / Acoustic
	8:15-9:15pm		Laura Dsitasi
	9:30-11pm		Jon Hildenstein Indie and Daniel Wayne Americana / Folk Rock / Grunge

SAT 2/20	7-8pm		Ted Ganung Electro / Dub / Freestyle
	8:15-9:15pm		Christina Roberts Pop / Folk / Rock
	9:30-11pm		the young dads

SUN 2/21	7:30-8:30pm

MON 2/22		Kate-Vivaldi's Open Mic Host photo: Merzolt Votasnozlev Mumbee	OPEN MIC NIGHT 6:30-11PM Sign-up at 6PM

TUESS 2/23	7:30-11pm		Will Kevans Pop / Acoustic / Folk
			michael sackler berner

WED 2/24	7--8pm
	8:15--9:15pm		Jess King Jazz
	9:30--11pm		Julie Jordan Presents 'Bringing the Uptown Downtown!' www.juliejordan.us dr.juliejordan1@gmail.com

THURS 2/25	7-8pm		Kirsten Kairos "kk" Other / Healing & Easy Listening / Experimental
	8-9:30		Left On Red Acoustic / Rock / Alternative Liah and Kelly of LOR are an incredibly gifted rock duo, who use their songwriting and music making talents to bring joy into the lives of their audiences, wherever they might be: on sickbeds in the hospitals, underground in NYC subways, on easy chairs in nursing homes or the adoring young peers and fans in music venues all over the country. -Ishrat Ansari
	9:30-11pm		Jason Darling Classic Rock / 2-step / Shoegaze During W's eight long and miserable years, except for Jason and a few others, no one was really putting to music lyrics about the institutionalization of corruption on Wall Street and corporate America or its effects on the moral fiber of everything that is good in us: the capacity to truly love and to give. It was Jason's prophetic words that resonate now more clearly than ever. That Jason, a brilliant songwriter and one of the finest guitar players of his generation, is not at the top, is a sad commentary on how screwed up our recording industry has been over the years. -Ishrat Ansari

FRI 2/26	7:30-11pm		Andy Mac and Friends

SAT 2/27	7:30-8:30pm		Jason Miles Goss Americana / Pop / Turntablism
	2 SETS: 9pm and 10:30pm		Kristin Hoffmann Nearly 400 performances at Caffe Vivaldi since 2003 and still every performance is as fresh and moving as the first one. Kristin uses her classically trained voice and piano playing to express her lyrics through the rock genre so effectively that you, as a listener, become a part of her performance. The joys, laments and longings in her songs turn into your own as she takes you to an incredible music journey. - Ishrat Ansari

SUN 2/28	7:15-8:30pm		Signs of life Composer and guitarist Scott Beall teams with James Cammack, bassist with the Ahmad Jamal Trio, and Nadav Snir Zelniker on drums in a tour de force trio that crosses all genre boundaries. Dubbed the "essence of emotion,” grounded in a roots, blues and rock sensibility, Signs of Life explores Scott Beall's lyrical and song-oriented compositions in a jazz form of exhilarating groove, mood, texture and improvisation. Emerging as a refreshing and important new voice on the NYC music scene, Signs of Life are simply a “must see.”
	9:30-11pm		Vadim Neselovskyi Jazz "One of the most original pianists around today" -Gary Burton