Fred Van Hove and Lou Grassi
Nu Band Tour March 2012
March 1
La Vapeur, Dijon, France
42, Av . De Stalingrad21000
Dijon, France
Show Time: 9:45pm. One 90 minute set.
March 2
Avignon, Fr.
AJMI AVIGNON
4 Rue escalier Ste Anne 84000 AVIGNON, France
Show Time: 2100hr and will consist of (2) one hour sets.
March 3
Charlie Free, Vitrolles, Fr.
Le Moulin a Jazz, Vitrolles, FR, France
Domaine de Fontblanche 13127 Vitrolles, France
Show Time: 2100. 2 one hour sets
March 4
Berlinval, Fr.
Galerie de Berlinval
Show Time: 5PM
March 5
Free - Berlinval
March 6
Claude Debussy Auditorium for "Jazz au Confluent"
Conservatory of Music
Conflans Ste Honorine , Fr
74, rue Désiré Clément 78700 - CONFLANS-SAINTE-HONORINE
Show Time: 2100hr
March 7
Zurich, Ch
Rote Fabrik/Fabrikjazz
Seestraße 395, CH-8038 Zürich
Phone: 0041 44 481 9811
Show Time: 20:30 2 1 hour sets
March 8
Berlin, De
Aufsturz-Klub
Oranienburger Str. 67, 10117 Berlin
Show Time 20:30 two sets
March 9
Dresden, De
JazzClub Tonne
Koenigstrasse 15 01097 Dresden 49 (351) 80 260 17
Show Time: 9pm 2 one hour sets
March 10
Poznan, Po.
Blue Note Poznan Jazz Club
ul. Kosciuszki 76/79, Poznan, Poland, tel/fax +48 61 6570777
Show Time: 8PM (2) sets with a short intermission in between sets.
March 11
Krakow, Po.
Club Alchemia
Show Time: 8pm
March 12
Free (travel to Freiberg)
March 13
Freiberg, De
IG Jazz im Studentenwerk Freiberg
Club "Alte Mensa"; Petersstr.5
Show Time: 8:30
March 14
Bad Hersfeld, De.
Buchcafe
Badestube 20, 36251 Bad Hersfeld, De Phone: 0 6621 796 54 84
Show Time: 20:00
March 15
De Singer, Rijkevorsel, Be
Bavelstraat 35, 2310 Rijkevorsel, BE
Show Time: 20:45 two 1 hour sets
March 16
Geneva, Ch
AMR
Show Time: 21:30 two sets 45 min. each
March 17
Jazz in Saegewerk, AT (festival)
Angerweg 32 / A5630 Bad Hofgastein
Show Time 20:30 hr (2) one hour sets
January 2012
January 27, 2012
Marilyn Lerner - Ken Filiano - Lou Grassi
at
The Hurta Cordell Festival of Improvised Music
Madrid, Spain
Ulrich Thiem Tour Jan. 2012
Ulrich Thiem - cello
Andreas Bottcher - vibraphone, organ, piano
Lou Grassi- drums & percussion
Wed. Jan. 4 Bayreuth DE
Thur. Jan 5 Zuoz, CH
Fri Jan. 6 Bergün, CH
Sat. Jan 7 Thusis, CH
Sun. Jan 8 Seengen,CH
Thur. Jan 12 Putjatinhaus Dresden, DE
Sunday Jan. 15 Wil, CH
2011
Nu Band Jan/Feb 2011 Itinerary
Sunday Jan. 23 Brussels, BE
Monday Jan. 24 Malmo, SE
Tuesday Jan. 25 Marburg, DE
Wednesday Jan. 26 – Krumegg, AT
Thursday Jan. 27 - Deutsch Minihof, AT
Friday Jan. 28 Bayreuth, DE
Saturday Jan. 29 Bielefeld, DE
Sunday Jan. 30 Berlinval, FR
Monday Jan. 31 Free - Stay at Galerie Berlinval
Tuesday Feb 1 Free - Stay at Galerie Berlinval
Wednesday Feb. 2 Paris, FR
Thursday Feb 3 Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium.
Friday Feb. 4 Dachau, DE
Saturday Feb.5 Helsinki, Finland
Sunday, Feb. 6 Helsinki, Finland
Monday Feb. 7 Helsinki, Finland
2009
October 12, 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
Community Church 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.
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 PetÅ‘fi 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 Riverbank State 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.org
Sunday,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
2008
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, DE Cuba
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 Fest NY 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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2005
Tour with Ulrich Thiem Zwischen Bach und Blues
Jan. 5., 2o.oo h, ev. Kirche Wassertrüdingen near Aalen
Jan. 6., 1o.oo h service ev.Kirche Haunsheim near Augsburg
Jan. 6. 16.3o h kath.Kirche Kohlberg bei Amberg
19.3o h ev. Kirche Floß bei Weiden;
Jan. 7. 2o.oo h Dresden restaurant "Zaza"
Jan. 9. 9.3o h ev. Lutherkirche Dresden
January 2005
Tour With the Nu Band
January 13 : Nantes, FR (Pannonica)
January 14 : Poitiers, FR (Carré Bleu)
January 15 : Tours, FR (Petit Faucheux)
January 16 : Melle, FR (Café du Boulevard)
Jan 17: Paris, FR (Sunset)
Jan 18: open
Jan. 19 Tilburg, NE (Paradox)
Jan. 20: Rotterdam, NE
Jan 21: Munster, DE (Cuba)
Jan 22: Weikersheim, DE
Jan 23: Rottweil, DE (Alte Paketpost)
Jan 24: Chur, CH
Jan 25: Lienz,AT
Jan. 26: Graz, AT (Stochwerk Jazz)
Jan 27: open
Jan 28: St Johann, AT (Music Kultur St. Johann)
Jan 29: Nikelsdorf, AT
May 25 The Dixie Peppers
One Battery Park Plaza, NYC
12:30-1:30 Free
June 2 Lou Grassi’s Avanti Galoppi
Jazz ao Centro Festival, Coimbra, Portugal 23:00h
June 3 Lou Grassi, Herb Robertson, Ken Filiano
Q-Club, Coimbra, Portugal 24:00h
June 4 Lou Grassi, Herb Robertson, Ken Filiano
Salão Brazil, Coimbra, Portugal 24:00h
With Ulrich Thiem’s Zwischen Bach und Blues
Ulrich Thiem, Cello, Andreas Bottcher, Vibraphone, Lou Grassi, drums
June 9 ev. Kirche Arnsdorf (near Dresden) 19.3o h + choir;
June 10 in music-bar "Radio/Activ" in Dresden 21.oo h;
June 11 2o.oo h in church-ruine St. Pauli
June 11 22.oo h ev. Bethlehem-Kirche Dresden ("Night of Churches").
June 12 Dresden, DE Restaurant ZaZa 15:00 hr
June 13
Martin Speicher, alto sax, Georg Wolf, bass, Lou Grassi, drums
Eugen Wolf's Loft
Sandershäuser Str. 34
Kassel, DE
Russia
Marco Eneidi, alto sax, Alexei Pliousnine, gtr, Lou Grassi, drums
June 14 club "on brestskaja" Moscow, Russia
June 15 club "dom" Moscow, Russia
June 16 club "bilingva" Moscow, Russia
June 17 club "live corner" Moscow, Russia
June 18 club "esg21" St. Petersburg, Russia
June 19 club "platform" St. Petersburg, Russia
June 20 club "jfc" St. Petersburg, Russia
Germany
June 22 Kassel Musikhochschule, Kassel, DE
Gunter Heinz,trombone, Werner Kirschbaum piano, Lou Grassi, drums
June 23 Magdeburg Projekt 7
Fred van Hove, piano Gunter Heinz, trombone, Lou Grassi, drums
June 24 Salzwedel Mönchskirche
Fred van Hove, pipe organ, Gunter Heinz, trombone, Lou Grassi, drums June 25 Freiberg (Sachsen) Petri-Kirche
Fred van Hove, pipe organ, Gunter Heinz, trombone, Lou Grassi, drums June 26 "Cuba" Munster, DE
Gunter Heinz, trombone, Erhard Hirt, guitar, Lou Grassi. drums
July 6 The Dixie Peppers
One Battery Park Plaza, NYC 12:30-1:30 Free concert
July 26 The Dixie Peppers
345 Park Ave, NYC 12:30-1:30 Free concert
August 7 The Lou Grassi Quintet
Riverbank State Park, NYC 5P.M. Free Concert
August 17 The Dixie Peppers
One Battery Park Plaza, NYC 12:30-1:30 Free concert
September 8 The Nu Band
The Stone, NYC
2004
Sunday October 24
Burton Greene/Roy Campbell Quartet
At CBGB's Lounge 313 Bowery 9PM
Roy Campbell – trumpet Burton Greene – piano Adam Lane – bass Lou Grassi – drums
Saturday October 30
Charles Gayle Trio The Vision Club
13 Stanton Street, NYC
10PM
Charles Gayle - alto sax; Hill Greene - bass; Lou Grassi - drums
Thursday November 11
William Gagliardi Quintet
at Zebulan 258 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn, NY (718) 218-6939
William Gagliardi – alto, tenor and soprano sax
John Carlson – trumpet
Kenny Wessel – guitar
Dave Hofstra – bass
Lou Grassi – drums
Friday November 19
Charles Gayle Trio at Zebulan 258 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn, NY (718) 218-6939 Charles Gayle - alto sax; Hill Greene - bass; Lou Grassi – drums
Monday November 22
Burton Greene/Roy Campbell Quartet
at Zebulan 258 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn, NY (718) 218-6939
Roy Campbell – trumpet
Burton Greene – piano
Adam Lane – bass
Lou Grassi – drums
Thursday December 2
Charles Gayle Trio
At St. Mary’s Church at
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Charles Gayle - alto sax; Hill Greene - bass; Lou Grassi – drums
Friday December 2
Andrea Wolper Quartet
At 55 Bar
55 Christopher St, NYC
6-9 PM
Saturday December 4
The Nu Band
8PM
At Vision Club Series
Lotus 109 west 27th St. (between 6th & 7th Avenue)
Roy Campbell Jr. – trumpet; Mark Whitecage – woodwinds; Joe Fonda – bass; Lou Grassi – drums
Saturday December 11
Burton Greene/Roy Campbell Quartet
10 PMPM
At Vision Club Series
Lotus 109 west 27th St. (between 6th & 7th Avenue)
Roy Campbell – trumpet Burton Greene – piano Adam Lane – bass Lou Grassi – drums
