Performance Schedule
 
 



October 2010

Saturday October 2
The Nu Band
Shows at 8 & 9:30
An die Musik LIVE!
409 North Charles Street

Second Floor
Baltimore
, Maryland 21201

888.221.6170

410.385.2638

www.andiemusiklive.com

Sunday October 3
The Nu Band
Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mt. Rainier MD
3309 Bunker Hill Road
301-699-1819

September 2010


Saturday September 11
5 P.M.
Guelph Festival of Improvised Music
Cooperators Hall
River Run Center
35 Woolrich St.
Guelph, Canada
Marilyn Lerner
- piano
Ken Filiano
- bass
Lou Grassi
- drums


Thursday September 16
The Nu Band
8:00pm
The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
Price: Free Admission

Thursday September 23
The Nu Band
Hallwall's
Buffalo, NY

Friday September 24
The Nu Band
The Bop Shop
Rochester, NY

Saturday September 25
The Nu Band
Cincinnati, OH

July 2010

Thursday July 8
12:30-1:30 PM
The Dixie Peppers
at
1 Battery Park Plaza
NYC
Free Concert weather permitting

Tuesday July 13
10 PM
Kenny Wessel - guitar
Ken Filiano - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
at
The Stone
(corner of 2nd St. & Ave. C NYC)
$10. cover. 1 show only.

Sunday July 18
10 PM
The Nu Band
Roy Campbell, Jr -
tpt Mark Whitecage - alto sax Joe Fonda -bass Lou Grassi - drums
at
The Stone
(corner of 2nd St. & Ave. C NYC)
$10. cover. 1 show only.


June 2010

Sunday, June 20

The Lou Grassi Jazz Quintet
at
Riverbank State Park
2-4 P.M.
Main Stage
FREE to the public!
(in case of rain the concert will be indoors in the Cultural Center)
Riverbank State Park is located at 145th Street and Riverside Drive, NYC, NY. (212)694-3612
Bob Porcelli – alto sax  Patience Higgins – tenor sax
Les Kurtz – piano Dave Hofstra – bass
Lou Grassi – drums

Monday, June 21

12 noon
14th st & 9th. Ave, in front of the Apple Store.

Interactive Music New York
part of the 4th annual Make Music New York Festival
www.makemusicny.org 
THE MANHATTAN NEW MUSIC PROJECT

Art Baron, Briggan Krauss, Curtis Fowlkes,  Erik Lawrence,  Jack Walrath, Jane Ira Bloom,  Lou Grassi, Marcus Rojas, Steven Bernstein,Vincent Chancey
Performing "Still Waters Run Deep" by Paul Nash
FREE


May 2010

Wednesday May 5
Anders's Hot Trio:
Anders Nilsson - guitars
 Dan Shuman - bass
 Lou Grassi - drums

Two Boots Pizzeria on 384 Grand Street, near Suffolk Street.  
8.30-11.30pm, 2 sets of music.

Monday May 17
10:00 PM
Lewis "Flip" Barnes - trumpet
Will Connell - alto sax
Max Johnson - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
at
Local 269
(269 East Houston St.)
1 show only. $10.


April 2010

Wednesday April 14
Paul Hemmings Trio
Paul Hemmings - guitar
Gaku Takanashi - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
at
Two Boots Pizzeria
 384 Grand Street, near Suffolk Street.  
8.30-11.30pm

March 2010

Sunday March 7
CD Release Concert
Marilyn Lerner, piano
Ken Filiano, bass
Lou Grassi, drums
at
Douglass Street Music Collective
295 Douglass St
(between Third and Fourth Aves)
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Subway: M, R to Union St
$10. Cover
also
8pm Tanya Kalmanovitch & Pascal  Niggenkemper.  $10

Wednesday March 17
Anders's Hot Trio:
Anders Nilsson - guitars, Dan Shuman - bass, Lou Grassi - drums
Two Boots Pizzeria on 384 Grand Street, near Suffolk Street.  
8.30-11.30pm, 2 sets of music.

February 2010

Saturday February 6, 2010
6:30-7:30PM
Drunk Butterfly

Mark Whitecage, alto sax & cl
Adam Lane, bass
Lou Grassi, drums
at
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Prudential Hall Lobby
One Center Street
Newark, NJ 07102

Thursday February 18

7-8:30 PM
Gabriella Tranchina Quartet
at
Greenwood Lake Public Library
Gabriella Tranchina - vocals
Joe Tranchina - piano
Cameron Brown - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
FREE

Sunday February 21
10 AM
Jazz Service
at
Community Church at The Circle
Mt. Vernon, NY

December 2009

Sunday December 12
6PM
at Downtown Music Gallery
13 Monroe Street
[between Catherine & Market Streets in Chinatown].

Mikko Innanen - woodwinds
Joe Fonda - bass
Lou Grassi - drums


November 2009

Sunday, November 15
Jazz Service

Ron Drotos Trio
CommunityChurch at The Circle
Mt. Vernon, NY
10AM

November 20th thru 21st
To Benefit Arts For Art & Celebrate
NYC’s community of innovative music and arts

The ground floor of Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk St. (between Rivington & Delancey)
PROGRAM:    An All-Day All-Night, All-Out Explosion of Innovative Arts – Benefit for Arts For Art
www.visionfestival.org

October, 2009
 
Monday, October 12 at
7:30 PM

Kenny Wessel
-guitar

Ken Filiano
- bass

Lou Grassi
- drums

Will be performing at Local 269
(269 East Houston St.)
1 show only. $10.

Sunday, October 18
Jazz Service

Ron Drotos Trio
CommunityChurch at The Circle
Mt. Vernon, NY
10AM
 
Monday, October 19 at 7:30 PM
Louie Belogenis - tenor sax
Dave Hofstra
 - bass

Lou Grassi
- drums
Will be performing at Local 269
(269 East Houston St.)
1 show only. $10.

Friday October 30
Synergy
THE BRECHT FORUM

451 West Street,NYC

8:00  to 9:30pm

$10
Amir Bey - Costumes, Set design
Saco Yasuma - Compositions, Saxes
Ras Moshe - Woodwinds
Dave Ross - Guitar
Christopher Dean Sullivan - Bass

Lou Grassi - Drums

September, 2009

European Tour September 16-25

Wednesday September 16
Meraner
Musikwoken
Merano
, Italy
Lou Grassi ( dr, perc.)
Haris Lambrakis (nai)
Günther Pitscheider ( cb.)
Klaus Treuheit (piano, clavicembalo)
Savina Yannatou (voice)


Thursday Sept. 17
TBA

Friday Sept. 18
Festival of Frei Improviserte Musik
Blau Fabrik,
Dresden De.
Lou Grassi (drums, percussion)
Guenter Heinz (trombone, flute, zurna)

Saturday Sept.19
Moo Lohkenn Source of Sound
Bayreuth, De.
Moo Lohkenn (vocals)
Leonard jones (bass)
Lou Grassi (drums, percussion)

Sunday Sept. 20
Kleinwaltersdorf, De.
Lou Grassi (drums, perc.)
Guenter Heinz (T-bone, flute, zurna)

Monday Sept. 21
Vienna, At.
21:00
Celeste Jazz Bar
Hamburgerstrasse 18,
Vienna, Austria 1050

Tuesday, Sept. 22
Vienna, At.
Live Radio Broadcast/Interview

Wednesday, Sept. 23
Vienna, At.
Blue Tomato (website: http://www.bluetomato.cc)
concert starts 9:30 pm, open doors 6pm
Michael Fischer, tenor saxophone
Eric Arn from Texas, guitar
Thomas Stempkovsky  bass
Lou Grassi drums, perc.


Thursday, Sept. 24
Martin Speicher Trio
20:00
 Alte Uni-Bibliothek,
Bismarckstr. 37

Giessen, De
Martin Speicher (alto sax, clarinet)
Georg Wolf (bass)
Lou Grassi (drums, perc)

Friday, Sept. 25
Martin Speicher Trio
20:00
 Schlösschen Park Schönfeld.

Kassel, De
Martin Speicher (alto sax, clarinet)
Georg Wolf (bass)
Lou Grassi (drums, perc)

August 2009

Thursday August 13
12:30-1:30 PM
Dixie Peppers
One Battery Park Plaza, NYC
Free!!!

June 2009

Monday, June 1
The Nu Band CD Release Concert
Roy Campbell, Jr - tpt
Mark Whitecage - alto sax
Joe Fonda - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
@ Local 269
269 E. Houston St. NYC
9 P.M. 1 show. $10. cover

Wednesday June 3, 2009

Stephen Gauci Quartet

N.O.E.W.A. Jazz Workshop Series

Petőfi Mozi Music Pub
Székesfehérvár, Hungary

*(+36-70-3619068)
Stephen Gauci, tenor sax
Kenny Wessel, guitar
Ken Filiano, bass
Lou Grassi, drums

June 5 & 6, 2009

Cimp Festival
Villach, Austria
Park Manor House Dinzlschloß

Friday, June 5

1. Michael Bisio, b 4tet --Avram Fefer, sax..Stephen Gauci, sax..Jay   Rosen, dr

2. John O'gallagher, sax 3--Dominic Duval, b..Jay Rosen, dr
3. William Gagliardi, sax 5tet--John Carlson, tp..Kenny Wessell, g..David Hofstra,b..Lou Grassi, dr

Saturday, June 6
1. Avram Fefer, sax 4tet--Ken Filiano, b..Michael Bisio, b..Jay   Rosen, dr
2. Jimmy Halperin, sax-Dominic Duval, b  "Monkiness" duo
3. Stephen Gauci, sax 4tet--Lou Grassi, dr..KennyWessel,g..  Ken Filiano, b
4. Jam session

Saturday June 20      

 7- 8:30 PM
Lou Grassi Jazz Quintet
at RiverbankState Park Cultural Center
145th Street & Riverside Drive, NYC, NY

James Zollar - trumpet

Patience Higgins - tenor sax

Les Kurtz - piano

Martin Nevin - bass

Lou Grassi - drums

This concert is FREE to the public.

May 2009

Sunday,May 31st
7:30pm
"The ESA Trio"

with
Lou Grassi/Ken Filiano/Bill Gagliardi
at The Brecht Forum
451 West St (west side highway between Bank & Bethune sts.)
NYC
212-242-4201
$10
www.brechtforum.orgSunday,May
31st

April 2009

Wednesday April 22, 2009
"Drunk Butterfly"
Adam Lane,bass, Lou Grassi,drums, Mark Whitecage,alto sax & clarinet
at The Stone (corner of Ave C and 2nd St, NYC)
8 PM 1 show only.
Admission $10.

Nu Band Tour January 2009

Roy Campbell Jr, Mark Whitecage, Joe Fonda, Lou Grassi

Wednesday, January 7 -  De Werf , Brugge, Belgium


Thursday, January 8 – Grand Theatre,
Groningen, NE


Friday, January 9 – Sunside, Paris, FR


Saturday, January 10 – Le Moulin à Jazz, Vitrolles, FR


Sunday, January 11 – open


Monday, January 12 – Aufsturz Oranienburger Strasse 67, Berlin, DE 


Tuesday, January 13– IG JAZZ, Freiberg,DE


Wednesday, January 14 – open (travel to Krakow)


Thursday, January 15 – Alchemia Club, Krakow,PO


Friday, January 16 – Club Zak, Gdansk,PO


Saturday, January 17 – Club w 71,Weikershein,DE


Sunday, January 18 -  L’Archiduc, Brussels,BE


Monday, January 19 – Oben Kino, Cottbus,DE

 

November 2008

European Tour

11/14 Berlin, DE  Aufsturz, Oranienburger Strasse 67

            Moo Lohkenn Source of Sound.
            
Moo Lohkenn (voice) - Leonard Jones (bass)- Lou Grassi (drums)

11/15 Wuppertal, DE  Galerie Epikur

            Christoph Irmer (violin) - Scott Roller (cello)- Lou Grassi (drums)

11/16 Goettingen - with film : "Nesferatu"

            Guenter Heinz (trombone, flute, zurna, voice) - Peter Krug (bass) - Lou Grassi (drums)

11/17 Cologne, DE Art Theater  
           
Peter Alexius (guitar)- Achim Tang (bass) - Sebastian Grams (bass) - Lou Grassi (drums)

11/18 Bremen, DE 

            Martin Speicher (alto sax, clarinet) - Georg Wolf (bass) - Lou Grassi (drums)

11/19 Freiberg, DE 

             Moo Lohken Source of Sound
           
 Moo Lohkenn (voice) - Leonard Jones (bass)- Lou Grassi (drums)

11/20 Muenster, DECuba

              Peter Alexius Trio
           
Peter Alexius (guitar)- Helmut Buntjer trombone, electronics, voice) - Lou Grassi (drums)

11/21 Giessen, DE 

             Martin Speicher (alto sax, clarinet) - Georg Wolf (bass) - Lou Grassi (drums)

11/22 Wiesbaden, DE "JustMusic" Festival 

             Martin Speicher (alto sax, clarinet) - Georg Wolf (bass) - Lou Grassi (drums)

11/23 Kassel, DE

             Martin Speicher (alto sax, clarinet) - Georg Wolf (bass) - Lou Grassi (drums)
11/24 Krakow, PO 

             Martin Speicher (alto sax, clarinet) - Georg Wolf (bass) - Lou Grassi (drums)

 

September 2008

Friday Sept 19
Clean Feed FestNY III
9:00PM

Adam Lane / Mark Whitecage / Lou Grassi "Drunk Butterfly"

Mark Whitecage – alto saxophone, clarinet

Adam Lane – double bass

Lou Grassi - drums
at The Living Theater
21 Clinton St. NYC

August 2008

August 29 & 30
The Lou Grassi Jazz Quintet

at

Iridium
1650 Broadway (at 51st St.) (212) 582 - 2121

Friday & Saturday, August 29 & 30, 2008.

Midnight Show.

$10 cover includes 1 free drink !!!

 The Lou Grassi Jazz Quintet features Grassi’s arrangements in a  program of
stylistically diverse music reflecting more than sixty years of   the jazz tradition.

Bob Porcelli – alto sax    Patience Higgins – tenor sax

Joe Vincent Tranchina – piano            Dave Hofstra – bass

Lou Grassi – drums

"Ferocious. Hard-hitting. Grassi acts like a circus ringleader presiding

over often turbulent group improvisations within structure."****

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