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GRIMES TIMES!  HENRY GRIMES TIMES!  December, 2O12, NYC

(For help with directions and public transportation to get to these events, please visit <http://www.mta.info> or call 511 or 718-330-1234)

L-R:  Henry Grimes, Marc Medwin, Tyshawn Sorey (photos by Dave Kaufman, Sung-Ah Kim, & Peter Gannushkin respectively)

Saturday, Dec. 1st, 2012, 9-10:45 p.m:  Henry Grimes Trio w/ Marc Medwin & Tyshawn Sorey, Somethin' Jazz Club, 212 East 52nd St. (2nd / 3rd Ave's), 3rd floor, Manhattan (NYC), 212-371-7657, <www.somethinjazz.com/ny/index.html>,  <www.somethinjazz.com/sche5/sche35.cgi?cm=&year=2012&mon=12>,  <www.facebook.com/events/487434817946096>, reservations (strongly recommended) at <www.somethinjazz.com/chamamail5/form.cgi?no=5018&floor=a&pat=live>, <bk@somethinjazz.com>, tickets $15, + delicious sushi, other foods, snacks, and drinks available.  Take #6 Lexington Ave. subway to 51st St., or E or V to Lexington Ave.-53rd St.; or M-15 bus down Second Ave., or M-101, 102, or 103 bus up Third Ave; or M-50 bus going west on 49th St. or east on 50th St.

Tuesday, Dec. 4th, 6:30 p.m.-midnight:  Vision Festival / Arts for Art benefit for a new lower Manhattan concert space:  VIP party launch, w/ Paul D. Miller (D.J. Spooky), "Antarctica" excerpt, 7:15-7:30  p.m; four solos betw. 7:30 & 8 p.m. -- Roy Campbell, Jr., Henry Grimes, Christian McBride, and John Zorn; + artists' round table, raffle, food by La Esquina, and open bar, tickets for the entire evening $150 or two for $250, <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/289430>; followed at 8:30 by all-star benefit w/ Hamiet Bluiett, Rob Brown, Yoshiko Chuma, Cooper-Moore, John Forte, Charles Gayle, Ben Gerstein, Milford Graves, Mark Helias, Joe Lovano, Billy Martin, Miya Masaoka, Joe McPhee, Qasim Naqvi, William Parker, Judi Silvano, and more, $45 not including the VIP party, tix <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/289439>, at Angel Orensanz Center, 172 Norfolk St. just below Houston St. and just east of Ave. A / Essex St., Manhattan (NYC), 212-529-7194 (ofc.), 212-780-0175, <http://www.facebook.com/events/522041097807959>,  <http://www.orensanz.org>,  <http://www.artsforart.org/event/underline1/schedule#248>, <info@visionfestival.org>, 212-254-5420,  map at <http://maps.google.com/?q=loc%3A172+Norfolk+Street+New+York+NY+10002>.  Take the F train to 2nd Ave. or Delancey St; or M-9 or M-14 buses across 14th St. and down or up Ave. A or B to Houston St; or M-15 bus up 1st Ave. or down 2nd Ave. to Houston St; or M-21 bus across Houston St. to Norfolk St.

Albert Ayler, photo by Michael Snow

Monday, Dec. 31st (New Year's Eve), 11:15 p.m:  Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity, w/ Henry Grimes, Roy Campbell, Jr., & Chad Taylor, Albert Ayler's '"Bells' at Midnight," at the Stone, northwest corner of Ave. C & 2nd St., Manhattan (NYC), $40 includes traditional champagne toast at midnight (preceded by a special surprise show at 7 p.m. to be announced, separate admission charge), <http://www.thestonenyc.com/calendar.php>, map <http://www.yelp.com/map/the-stone-new-york>, no phone, no advance ticket sales or reservations, so please be there early.  Take the F train to 2nd Ave., use 1st Ave. exit, and walk east to Ave. C, or the M-9 or M-21 bus to the corner of Houston St. and Ave. C. 

J O Y O U S    H O L I D A Y S
a n d    a H A P P Y    N E W    E A R ! !

<http://henrygrimes.com> / <musicmargaret@earthlink.net> / 212-841-0899.