ZiggleZaggle Music: Calendar

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Lily Pad

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Tour of Ethiopia

The tour will feature songs and arrangements by Nerses Nalbandian, the Maestro of Ethiopia for decades.  This music hasn't been played for 40 or 50 years.  We are honored to be chosen by Mr. Nalbandian's family and Francis Falceto, the auteur of the Ethiopiques series, to bring these wonderful arrangements back to life, in some cases with the vocalists and instrumentalists who originated them.
          An Armenian who grew up in Syria, Mr. Nalbandian was hired by the Emperor Haile Selassie to teach, compose and conduct music in Ethiopia from the 1930s through his death in 1977.  There he joined his uncle Kevork, the first European-style maestro "imported" to help create miliatary bands for the Emperor.  The younger Nalbandian arranged hundreds of songs, trained scores of musicians and ultimately led the orchestra at the Haile Selassie National Theater.

           Mr. Nalbandian was versatile and skilled musician, who began as a violinist until a hand injury redirected his efforts.  He was deeply interested in Anatolian music and in deciphering the Medieval notation of Armenian church music, and wrote a 930 page manuscript on the subject.
          Capable of playing almost any band instrument, he also loved conducting choirs, and did so steadily at the St. George Armenian Church in Addis Ababa.  This choir, which still exists, was the first to sing "Africa," the original anthem of the Organization of African Unity, which Mr. Nalbandian wrote.  (E/O leader Russ Gershon has written a new arrangement of this song for the upcoming tour.)  The choir also performed Western classics like the Messiah and Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore.
          A fan of Xavier Cugat and Ray Charles, Mr. Naldbandian gave the Theater Orchestra a style influenced by modern American sounds, thereby laying the groundwork for the Ethiopian pop explosion of the 1960s.  He wrote the score for the first Ethiopian film, and music for several musicals.
          Mr. Nalbandian was interested in Ethiopian traditional instruments, including the well known masinko and krar, and the little known instruments of the Asosa region of Ethiopia.
          
         The E/O looks forward eagerly to this unique cross-cultural project, our Pan-American ensemble and Ethiopian collaborators paying tribute to the work of an Armenian musician who found a home in Ethiopia, as the E/O has found a creative home there.

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Johnny D's

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Taylor House

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Lily Pad

Adventures in Sound is Dave Tronzo, guitar, slide guitar, prepared guitar, radio; Phil Grenadier, trumpet, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, weird mutes; Josh Rosen, piano, keys, effects, ipod; Bruno Raberg, bass, effects; Dave Fox, drums, percussion, toys....

Monday, April 4th, 2011

Berk Hall, Berklee College of Music

Also joining will be Bruno Raberg, bass and Mark Walker, drums!

Friday, March 25th, 2011

The Lily Pad

The Infinite Ensemble is a cutting edge contemporary jazz group featuring: Alfred Marra, vibes; Patrick Osborne, Saxophone; Josh Rosen, keys; Sven Larson, bass; Dave Fox, drums.

Original compositions and improvisations.

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

Boston Center for the Arts

"Mystery Guest" was none other than jazz legend Bob Moses!!

The show was an amazing, free spirited and flowing performance of improvisations mixed with a couple of originals and a couple of standards. There were true moments of rapture and transport....

And a 15 year reunion gig for Rosen and Moses!

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Boston Center for the Arts

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Lily Pad

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Lily Pad

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Johnny D's

Adventures in Sound is Dave Tronzo, guitar, slide guitar, prepared guitar, radio; Phil Grenadier, trumpet, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, weird mutes; Josh Rosen, piano, keys, effects, ipod; Bruno Raberg, bass, effects; Dave Fox, drums, percussion, toys....

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Berklee Performance Center

Amazing evening! 3play+ with The Fringe, AND.. special guest Joe Lovano! Everyone joined in an epic final free improv piece. What a front line: Joe Lovano, George Garzone, Phil Grenadier! And what a backline with the double drum magic of Bob Gullotti and Marcello Pellitteri!

Friday, October 15th, 2010

Taylor House

As always, an awesome creative show with Stan. A special song concert featured Stan's beautiful vocalizations and even some improv vocal weirdness (efx) by Josh!

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Lily Pad

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Acton Jazz Cafe

3play+ debut show at AJC - great crowd and vibe!

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Lily Pad

Josh Rosen and Stan Strickland will be joined by master percussionist Bob Weiner in a special evening of improvisations, original compositions and rearranged cover tunes.

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Lily Pad

3play+ presents a Spring Concert with Phil Grenadier, trumpet; Josh Rosen, piano; Lello Molinari, bass; Marcello Pellitteri, drums

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Taylor House

Join Josh and Stan at the beautiful, serene Taylor House in Jamaica Plain. Exquisite Dessert Reception after the concert! Their new CD, Instinct, will be available at the show.

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Vernissage Restaurant

Join us at the great Russian restaurant, Vernissage, in Brookline.

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Lily Pad

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Rutman's Violins

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Lily Pad

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

WGBH 89.7-FM

Just tune in - 89.7 FM

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Rutman's Violins

awesome show! room was packed - great reception - excitement in the air with guest trombonist Jeff Galindo sitting in for the night, along with tenor sax great George Garzone, and regular 3play+ trumpeter Phil Grenadier, for a stellar front line of horn players!

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Taylor House

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Josh Rosen/Stan Strickland CD release concert!

First Church in Watertown
35 Church St., Watertown. 02472
Info: 617-782-8718, www.tremedalconcerts.org
Admission: $20 ($16 in advance or online)
Seniors/Students: $15 ($13 advance or online)
Proceeds to benefit the work of the Watertown-El Salvador Sister City Committee.

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

The Lily Pad

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

The Lily Pad

3play+

Phil Grenadier, trumpet
Josh Rosen, piano
Lello Molinari, bass
Marcello Pellitteri, drums

The new CD "American Waltz" will be available at the venue.