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The Upcoming
C.O.M.A schedule for 2010:
what is C.O.M.A.??????????????????
C.O.M.A. - citizens ontological music
agenda - started March 1998 and
has presented improvised music on
Sunday evenings at ABC No-Rio 156
Rivington NYC . ABC No-Rio is near the
Delancey J and F train station between
Clinton St. and Suffolk St. ...the
sets are 35-40 minutes followed with
an open session at the end with
various configurations of players.
C.O.M.A. is an open series for all
creative improvising musicians whether
they're melancholy, slightly deranged,
extremely moody, happy beyond
comprehension, geniuses in their own
minds, or just down right normal who
want to experiment, develop their
craft and expand the limits of the
imagination.... there is a $5.00
suggested donation at the door for the
musicians.
This
Sunday .......
And IF You Hadn’t Heard...ABC NO-Rio
is receiving ...
Capital funding from the City
(confirmed).
$450,000 from our City Council
representative, Alan Gerson
$450,00 from the City Council
Manhattan Delegation
$750,000 from Manhattan Borough
President Scott Stringer
The construction for a new ABc
No-Rio
at 156 Rivington St NYC
* Abc No-Rio has also received an
additional $1,000,000.00 anonymously
.....cool
* ABc No-Rio got some more money
from the city ....... cooler .....
Newer
News...by
May
2011
construction...actually
1st
the
destruction...then
the
constrction.....check
out
abcnorio.org
THIS site will be
ending soon...after 13 years it's
time to move on.... http://www.blaisesiwula.com/ is up
and running and will be my future
home pagewith
information regarding C.O.M.A.
2. Flin van Hemmen solo drums
3. Nick Gianni - Bass Flute &
Chizura Tanaka - Dance
4. An Open Session
May 12th, 2013
7:00 PM
1. Brian Abbott - Biased
Scientists
2. Luke Schwartz
Ensemble- Luke
Schwartz (guitar),
Steven Leffue (sax)
and Nick Podgurski (percussion)
3. John Sarantos - Native American
Flutes
4. An Open Session
May 19th, 2013 No Show
May 26th, 2013 No Show
June
2, 2013 7:00 PM
1.
The
Red Microphone: John Pietaro
vibes &
percussion,
Rocco John Iacovone / Ras Moshe
reeds and
Nicolas
Letman-Burtinovic bass
2. Jonas
Tauber bass,
Michael Evans drums and Blaise
Siwula reeds
3. Hans
Tammen/Anders
Nilsson guitars, Robert Dick
flute
Jonas Tauber bass and
Michael Evans drums
4. An Open
Session
June 9th,
2013
7:00 PM
1. Michael
Lytle Ensemble
2. Craig
Flanagin Ensemble
3. An Open
Session
June 16th
2013
7:00 PM
1. Evan
Gallagher’s Really
Big Ensemble
2. Anders
Nilsson guitar Francois Grillot
bass and Jay Rosen drums
3. An Open
Session
June 23rd,
2013
7:00 PM
1. Carlo Costa
Quartet Jonathan Moritz -
saxophones
Steve Swell - trombone Sean Ali
- bass Carlo Costa - drums
2. Michael
Kwong electric
guitar, Constance Cooper improv
vocals, and Anthony
Cerretani painting
3. An Open
Session
June 30th
2013
7:00 PM
1. Johnny Be
Good and Mikko Innanen
2. Anne Tobey
Bassen
Ensemble
3. Bassentric...
Jane.
Grenier B. Poetry, and
Albey
Balgochian basses
4. An
Open Session
recent/past
shows
April 21st,
2013
7:00 PM
1. Han-earl Park
(guitar), Catherine
Sikora (saxophones)
and Eric Lyon (piano).
2. Elliott Levin
reeds, Marc
Edwards drums
with
Gene
Janas bass
3. An Open
Session
April 14th
2013
The final night
of the
Cadence Jazz
Magazine East Coast Festival
1.
Attention Screen: Liam
Sillery--Trumpet
Bob Reina--Piano, Chris
Jones--Bass Mark Flynn—Drums.
2.
Jack DeSalvo Group cello, mandola
and guitar, Matt
Lavelle on trumpet,
flugelhorn and alto
clarinet and
Tom
Cabrera on frame drums
and percussion.
3. David Haney
piano Blaise
Siwula reeds
4.Open
Set
April 7th
2013 7:00 PM
1. Cheryl Pyle
flute and Nicolas
Letman-Burtinovic bass
2. Bob Meyer
(drums) Trio with Steven Frieder
tenor sax
2. The Rocco
John Trio with Roco John
Iacovone-saxes
Dalius
Naujo- Drums Dmitry Ishenko-Bass
3. An Open
Session
Feb 24th
2013 7:00 PM
1. Jill Burton voice, Jane
Scar-pantoni cello & dancer Claire
Elizabeth Barratt
2. Blaise Siwula reeds Jonas
Tauber bass &Michael Evans
drums
3.An Open Session Feb 17th
2013 7:00 PM
1. Emmanuelle Zagoria solo voice
2. Peter Knoll trio
3. An Open Session Feb 10th,
2013 A
COMA CARNIVAL Benefit Show for ABC
NO-Rio 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM The
Open Session will begin at 6:00 so
if your not on the program and
would like to play and support ABC
No-Rio show up with your
instrument
From 7:00 PM
until 11:00 PM the following
musicians will perform
1. Kali Z.
& Daniel Carter 2. Diana
Wayburn & Stan Nishimura 3.
Jesse Dulman & Jason Candler
4.
The Red Microphone: John Pietaro
vibes & percussion, Nicolas
Letman-Burtinovic bass with Rocco John
Iacovone & Ras Moshe reeds
5. Cristian Amigo 6. Emm-anuelle
Zagoria 7. Vin Scialla &
On Ka Davis 8. Peter Knoll
9. Josh Sinton & Erika
Dagnino 10. Chris Welcome 11.
Nick Gianni with Evolution 12.
Dikko Faust with trombone
painting 13. Cheryl Pyle,
Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic &
Daniel Carter 14. Claire de
Brunner & Jochem Van
Dijk 15. Stan Nishimura
Rocco John Iacovone & Blaise
Siwula 15. Evan Gallagher 16.
Cecile Broche & Francois
Grillot
Feb. 3rd,
2013 No Show
Jan 27th
2013 7:00 PM
1. Gian Luigi
Diana: live electronics/sound
manipulation
Ben Gerstein: trombone
& Mike Pride:
drums/percussions
With MORGAN O'HARA :
pencils
2. The Red
Microphone: John Pietaro vibes
& percussion,
Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic
bass with
Rocco John Iacovone &
Ras Moshe reeeds
3. Luke Schwartz with "Quiet City"
featurng Pat Muchmore - cello
Sarah Mullins -
percussion Steven Cohen - guitar &
Luke Schwartz -guitar
4. An Open Session
Jan 20th
2013 7:00 PM
1. John Dunlop
ensemble
2. Between the
Lines - Blaise Siwula and Francois
Grillot
3. Kitty
Brazelton and Dafna Naphtali
4. An Open
Session
Jan 13th 2013 7:00
PM
1. Michael Kwong guitar and Anthony
Cerretani painting
2. Chemical Composition: John
Cacciatore - Percussion
Constance Cooper -
Piano/Keyboards Tom Desisto –
Guitar
3. KO.NO.DA (Tokyo) trumpet
& electronics
4. An Open Session
Jan 6th 2013 7:00 PM
1. Ratzo Harris and guests
2. Percussionist David Pleasant trio:
an evening of
Riddimic
Harmony. The group explores the dense
fractal
harmonies of
Gullah-Geechee inspired music and
motion.
Miles
Griffith v., Nick Russo g. and On
Davis g.
3. An Open Session
Dec. 30th, 2012 7:00 PM
1. Samuel Newsome solo soprano sax
2. Masahiko Kono (trombone) Stan
Nishimura (trombone) Michael Evans drums 3.
An Open Session
Dec 23rd 2012
7:00 PM an evening of soloists: Stan
Nishimura, John Murchison, Stephen
Gauci, Sten Hostfalt, David Pleasant,
Constance Cooper, Blaise Siwula
1.
Stairway to
Nowhere, with Ras Moshe (reeds)
Ken Kobayashi (drums) and Jochem
van Dijk bass guitar
2.
Eli
Asher – trumpet Andrew Smiley -
guitar
Greg Chudzik – bass and
Carlo Costa - drums
3.
An Open Session
Nov. 25th
2012 7:00 PM
1. Jesse Dulman- tuba, Jason
Candler- alto sax, electronics
2. COMMUN
DISGRESSION – Keith Parker drums ,
Nicolas
Letman-Burtinovic bass, Cheryl Pyle
flute, Daniel Carter reeds and
trumpet & Blaise Siwula reeds
3. An Open Session
Nov. 18th
2012 7:00 PM
1. Trust the
Tomatoes; Dave Brahinsky trumpet,
Rocco John Iacovone reeds, Jon Sea
guitar, Mike Davis bass,
Keith Dorgan drums
2.Katie
Bull: voiceRatzo B. Harris:
bass Omar Tamez: guitar &
kalimba
3. An Open Session
Nov. 11th
2012 7:00 PM
1. Flip
City
- What started out as an
independent record store in
Toronto, circa 1989, now
becomes a New York-based jazz
trio, featuring 'de-composed
improvisations'
by
David Aaron
(saxophones), with Will
McEvoy (bass) and Kate Pittman
(drums).
Blaise Siwula
clarinet/alto sax and Francois
Grillot bass
3. An Open Session
Sept 9th
2012 7:00 PM
1. A Small Dream
In Red Nora McCarthy - Voice &
Jorge Sylvester - Alto Saxophone "In The Language of Dreams"
2. Mossa Bildner
voice Blaise Siwula reeds and
Hill Greene bass with
special guest Gian Luigi Diana
laptop
3. An Open Session
Sept 2nd
NO Show….
Aug 26th
2012 7:00 PM
1. Emmanuelle
Zagoria solo voice
2. Michael Lytle
bass cl & Evan Gallagher
keyboard &
Weasel Walter percussion
3. An Open Session
Aug 19th7:00
PM
1. José
Valente (viola), Steven Lugerner
(reeds) and
Matt Whol (bass)
2. John Ehlis
mandolin, Amalia Lopez Chueca
cello and
Eloisa Manera
violin
3. An Open
Session
Aug 127:00
PM
1. Barry Seroff
guitar and
Lindsey Edwards amplified canvas
with
Daniel Carter reeds &
trumpet and Blaise Siwula reeds
2. Michael
Evans, David Grollman & Andy
Haas
3. mission:x
feat vin
scialla-drums/perc,
eric
schugren-tenor sax, leco
reis-bass, lars potteiger-keys
4. An Open
Session
Aug 5th 7:00 PM
This first set
is open to all musicians who show
up.
1. OPEN CLOCK
IMPROVISATION
Alex Soreff will
direct a group improvisation open
to all participants to be
guided by the second hand of a
large wall clock and pie chart
cuing diagram.
2. Stan
Nishimura trombone, Rocco
John Iacovone alto sax,
Blaise Siwula saxophone 3. An Open
Session
July 29th7:00
PM
1.Tom Shad and
Joe Gallant bass duet
2. Crime Scene –
Carsten Radtke guitar Blaise
Siwula reeds
and Bob Meyer drums
3. An Open
Session
July 22nd
2012 7:00 PM
1. The
Restrictor- Angela Chambers: Flute
, voice
Adam Dym: Bass Clarinet,
Alto Sax
Damien Olsen: Piano and
Guitars
Kevin Rozza: Bass
Anthony Delio: Drums
2. Ras Moshe sax
and Shayna Dulberger bass
3. Andrew
Weathers: Guitar, Kyle miller -
guitar and
Erik Schoster – laptop
4. An Open
Session
July 15th
2012 7:00 PM
1. Cheryl Pyle
flute and Nicolas
Letman-Burtinovic bass
2. “A Small
Dream In Red” Duet -Nora
McCarthy voice and
Jorge
Sylvester
saxophone
3. An Open
Session
July 8th
2012 7:00 PM
1.
Michael Foster -
reeds, metal objects Eric
Silberberg -
Feb
26th 2012 7:00 PM
1. Terrence McManus solo
guitar
2.
Jill Burton solo voice and maybe
some guests http://www.jillburton.net
3.
An Open Session
Feb
19th 2012 7:00 PM Mostly
solos with –Fabien Sevilla bass Thomas Helton bass Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic bass Blaise Siwula
reeds Sten Hostfalt guitar, Cecile
Broche violin anda
couple surprises…even an open
session
Feb 12th 2012 7:00 PM
1. Bassentric... Jane. Grenier B.
Poetry, Francois Grillot and Albey
Balgochian basses
and special guest Blaise
Siwula
2. LIGHTNING & THUNDER
improvisations about the elements
Katja Cruz, voc
Howard Curtis,
dr/perc/marimba
3. An Open Session
Feb
5th 20012 7:30
1. PascAli - Pascal Niggenkemper
& Sean Ali (basses)
2. Jesse Dulman tuba & Jason Candler alto sax
3, An Open Session
Jan 29th
2012 7:00 PM
1.
Gian
Luigi Diana: live electronics/sound
manipulation
Ben Gerstein: trombone &
Mike Pride: drums/percussions
2. Jonah
Parzen-Johnson solo baritone sax
3. An Open Session
Jan
15th – no show
Jan 22nd
– no show Jan 8th,
2012 7:00 PM
1. Two
Daves deli quartet
David Grollman-Perc, Brad
Henkel-trump, Nathaniel Morgan-Sax
&
Dave Rossguitar-guitar.
2.
Kevin Robinson Ensemble
3. An
Open Session
Jan. 1st
2012 7:00 PM
Duets in
a new light beginning with
Cheryl
Pyle flute & Nicolas Letman-
Burtinovic bass
Eyal
Maoz guitar and Guy Dubious electronics
Blaise
Siwula reeds Sten Hosfalt guitar
John
Pietaro xylophone percussion &
voice Laurie Towers on electric bass
Plus an open
session
Dec. 18th
7:00 PM 2011
1. Blaise Siwula
Sten Hostfalt duet
2. Radio Noir: John Pietaro
xylophone percussion & voice, Rocco
John Iacovone sop. sax,
Frederika Krier violin, Javier
Hernandez-Miyares electric guitar
and
Laurie Towers on electric bass3. An
Open Session
Dec11th 7:00PM 2011
1. Dom Minasi and
Cristian Amigo guitar duet
2. Anne Bassen
voice, Daniel Carter
reeds&brass, Steve Wishnia bass
