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13 JAN 1999 Wed PAST EVENT
The Guitar Music of Terry Riley
This concert will focus on the rarely-heard guitar music of pioneering minimalist composer Terry Riley, performed by his son Gyan Riley, as well as other compositions performed by his All-Stars, featuring Terry Riley on keyboards, Krishna Bhatt on Sitar, George Brooks on Saxophone and other of Riley’s favorite collaborators. A gala festival of Riley’s music presented in association with the World Music Institute.
Merkin Concert Hall
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17 FEB 1999 Wed PAST EVENT
Plucked and Bowed...
Featuring Steve Tibbetts, Knut Hamre, Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo, and the Turtle Island String Quartet..
This concert will feature the cross-cultural mix of Minnesota guitar virtuoso Steve Tibbetts and Norwegian hardanger fiddler Knut Hamre, as well as the Newman and Oltman Guitar Duo with the Turtle Island String Quartet in the world premiere of a new composition by Dusan Bogdanovic (himself an outstanding guitarist). Bogdanovic draws on American jazz, Byzantine music, Western classicism and his own Balkan roots.
Merkin Concert Hall
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16 MAR 1999 Tue PAST EVENT
After Hendrix
The 21st Century Guitar
This program explores the legacy of legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, featuring a trio of progressive guitarists: jazz/experimental guitarist David Torn, classical guitarist/composer Benjamin Verdery and rock guitarist Vernon Reid (of Living Colour, and the Black Rock Coalition).
Merkin Concert Hall
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06 SEP 2000 Wed PAST EVENT
Aerial Boundaries
A Tribute to Michael Hedges
Hedges, an extraordinary musician named by Guitar Player magazine as one of the “25 Guitarists Who Shook the World” blended elements of jazz, folk, classical and other styles into a hybrid he applied such tongue-in-cheek labels as “violent acoustic,” “heavy mental,” and “acoustic thrash.” Paying tribute to the genius of this American original, who died in an car crash in 1997, are three former colleagues: the formidably talented bass guitarist Michael Manring, French Algerian acoustic guitar wizard Pierre Bensusan, and, in a rare performance on Hawaiian slack key guitar, George Winston.
Merkin Concert Hall
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14 SEP 2000 Thu PAST EVENT
At the Crossroads
A Tribute to Robert Johnson
Hardly a guitarist alive is not indebted in some way to Robert Johnson, the most important and influential Delta blues guitarist in history. Three eclectic talents will each illuminate a different facet of Johnson’s legacy: guitarist John Renbourn, who weds the blues to his native British folk traditions, singer-songwriter Toshi Reagon, harnesses Johnson’s visionary fervor and updates it for today; and guitarist Gary Lucas, who extends Johnson’s ideas via his own decidedly post-modern avant-garde take on jazz, the blues, rock and folk styles.
Merkin Concert Hall
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21 SEP 2000 Thu PAST EVENT
After Segovia
A tribute to the man who almost single-handedly defined the classical guitar in the 20th Century, Andres Segovia. The California Guitar Trio extend the role and the repertoire of the acoustic guitar by mixing Bach and Beethoven with the Ventures and their own original music. Tim Sparks is a country and gospel-inspired guitarist whose classical studies and passion for the traditions of other cultures has resulted in his being equally at home with Portuguese fado and The Nutcracker Suite. And Virginia Luque, a pupil of Segovia, brings classical music and flamenco thrillingly to life.
Merkin Concert Hall
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19 SEP 2002 Thu PAST EVENT
A Long Strange Trip
The Legacy of Jerry Garcia
Featuring Jorma Kaukonen, The Persuasions and Tony Trischka..
Merkin Concert Hall
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25 SEP 2002 Wed PAST EVENT
Bach, Brazil and Beyond
Featuring Andy Summers, Victor Biglione and Benjamin Verdery..
Joe’s Pub
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26 SEP 2002 Thu PAST EVENT
All Things Must Pass
A Tribute to George Harrison
Featuring Vernon Reid, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Steve Bernstein's Sex Mob with Dave Tronzo, and the Joel Harrison Ensemble (including acclaimed saxophonist Dave Liebman, accordionist Tony Cedras, bassist Stephan Crump,percussionist Jamey Haddad, and vocalist Raz Kennedy.
Merkin Concert Hall
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03 OCT 2002 Thu PAST EVENT
A Tribute to John Fahey
Featuring Leo Kottke, Cindy Cashdollar, Artie Traum and Elliott Sharp..
John Fahey (1939-2001), was one of acoustic music’s influential innovators and eccentrics, and as host John Schaefer notes, Fahey “was an icon to many American guitarists—he put the sound of roots-based American music on the map 25 years before the ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’ soundtrack became a surprise hit.”
92nd Street Y
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14 JAN 2004 Wed 
15 JAN 2004 Thu PAST EVENT
The Bill Frisell Trio
Featuring Bill Frisell (guitar), Kenny Wollesen (drums) & Tony Scher (bass).
The world premiere of new Bill Frisell film scores commissioned by the New York Guitar Festival®. The scores will accompany five early films by Georges Méliès, including “A Trip to the Moon” (1902) and “The Impossible Voyage” (1904). Plus, the New York premiere of a Frisell score to the 1935 Japanese film “Dkudan Hanayome” (“Bombshell Bride”), directed by Keisuke Sasaki. Bill Morrison’s “The Mesmerist” with live accompaniment by the Trio, will also be screened. Presented in association with WNYC/New Sounds®
Live and broadcast on 93.9 FM.
World Financial Center Winter Garden
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14 JAN 2004 Wed PAST EVENT
Vusi Mahlasela
Featured in the acclaimed “Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony”, Vusi
Mahlasela is South Africa’s leading political songwriter. At a young age
Vusi was exposed to the music of local legends Miriam Makeba and Hugh
Masekela. Vusi participated in ANC rallies where he would recite poetry,
sing and perform with the guitar South African writer and Nobel-prize winner
Nadine Gordimer gave him. In late 2000, Vusi was invited to perform on Dave
Matthews Band’s multi-platinum album Everyday. In 2003, Matthews signed
Mahlasela to his own New York-based label, ATO Records.
Makor
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20 JAN 2004 Tue PAST EVENT
If I Had My Way
The Blues, Gospel & Ragtime of Reverend Gary Davis
Featuring Jorma Kaukonen, Ernie Hawkins, Roy Book Binder and Brandon Ross..
Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972) was a giant in the field of acoustic blues and gospel music. A powerful singer and a masterful guitar player, many rock and roll legends of the 60s learned his songs and playing style, some from him personally. His works have been recorded by David Van Ronk, Taj Mahal, Jorma Kaukonen, The Grateful Dead and Stefan Grossman. Four distinctive artists will honor his musical legacy in this special tribute concert. Presented in association with WFUV Radio and broadcast on 90.7 FM.
Merkin Concert Hall
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21 JAN 2004 Wed PAST EVENT
Alex de Grassi
Featuring A solo acoustic evening with Alex de Grassi.
Renowned for his technique, innovation and compelling compositions during
his two-decade recording career, Alex De Grassi is considered one of the
world’s top fingerstyle, steel-string acoustic guitarists.His album The Water Garden was a nominated for a Grammy Award and he is the subject of a PBS concert/interview television show, “Alex de Grassi: The Artist’s Profile.”
Makor
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24 JAN 2004 Sat PAST EVENT
Christopher Parkening
Featuring Christopher Parkening (guitar) & Jubilant Sykes (baritone).
Performning works by Sanz, Brouwer, Piazzolla, Rodrigo, Tórroba, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Albéniz, Gustavino, de la Torre, Scheer, Copland, Geoghegan, Myers & Domeniconi.
92nd Street Y
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25 JAN 2004 Sun PAST EVENT
The Guitar Marathon
Featuring David Torn, Steve Kimock, Patty Larkin, Ed Gerhard, Bob Brozman, Russell Malone w/ Benny Green, Vinicius Cantuaria, Henry Kaiser, The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo, Dominic Frasca, David Cullen, Abdoulaye Diabate w/ Banning Eyre, Dennis Koster, Michael Newman, David Starobin and Paul O'Dette..
Our 2nd biannual Guitar Marathon at the 92nd Street Y’s Kaufman Auditorium will run from 2—10pm, with one break at 5pm. “An epic event” is how the The Wall Street Journal classified our last Marathon, and Jazz Times called it “a veritable guitar orgy.” Half—and full-day tickets are available now. Presented in association with WNYC/New Sounds® Live and broadcast on 93.9 FM.
92nd Street Y
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27 JAN 2004 Tue PAST EVENT
$29 and an Alligator Purse
The Music of Tom Waits
Featuring John Hammond, Eleni Mandell & The Tin Hat Trio.
Paying tribute the genius of this American original, are veteran bluesman, John Hammond, singer-songwriter Eleni Mandell (referred to by the New Yorker as “perhaps the best unsigned artist in the business.”) and Tin Hat Trio, the freewheeling chamber music ensemble described by Acoustic Guitar magazine as “the poster band of a new folk-jazz fusion.” Presented in association with WFUV Radio and broadcast on 90.7 FM.
Merkin Concert Hall
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28 JAN 2004 Wed PAST EVENT
David Torn & Andre La Fosse
One of the most original and creative artists of today, David Torn is a texturalist/guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, writer and occasional singer. Torn has released many acclaimed records as a leader and has recently collaborated with a diverse array of artists, such as Annie Lennox, Jeff Beck, David Bowie and Tori Amos. Mojo magazine cited LaFosse as “an astonishing guitarist of a very different ilk... Fripp and Zappa, step aside” and 20th Century Guitar magazine described his music as “A spectacular collision of manifold musical thoughts and patterns.”
Makor
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29 JAN 2004 Thu PAST EVENT
Choro Ensemble
Choro Ensemble captures the authentic, swinging sounds of Choro music with dazzling instrumental virtuosity. New York’s only group dedicated exclusively to the preservation and perpetuation of this once-endangered musical form best identified with the celebrated composer Pixinguinha. choroensemble.com
Joe’s Pub
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30 JAN 2004 Fri PAST EVENT
Badi Assad
The extraordinary singer, guitarist, and percussionist Badi Assad showcases her exhilaratingly adventurous style. The sister of Sergio and Odair, the famous classical guitarists “Duo Assad”, Badi followed in her brothers’ footsteps on the instrument, while exploring her own creative vision, winning Guitar Player magazine’s 1995 Readers’ Poll for Best Classical Album of the Year. As a singer, Badi is vibrant and electric, responding to her inner passions with deft creativity. badiassad.com.br
Joe’s Pub
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