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Michael Moss is thrilled to be returning to the BRIDGE STREET CABARET with his trio THE THIRD EAR composed of guitarist GABRIEL ABULARACH . poet and bassist LARRY ROLAND, and reedman MICHAEL MOSS.  This will be more of a world music-themed appearance focusing on FLAMENCO, DELTA BLUES, and KLEZMER-inspired music.

 

SATURDAY, September 19

7:30 PM

$10

BRIDGE STREET THEATER

44 Bridge Street

Catskill, NY

Hi, I am very happy to announce that my collaborative group, the New York Free Quartet, is playing at the Bridge Street Theater this coming Saturday night in Catskill, NY.  We will be celebrating the just released cd, Free Play.  This May 16 at The Mill I performed to a huge and generous crowd at between the lines, a Greene County Council on the Arts fund raising event featuring modern dance and live music.  Saturday I return to Catskill with a different set of fantastic musicians.  I really hope you can come and enjoy this offering of the finest in new music, poetry and jazz.

Who:  New York Free Quartet

Where:  Bridge Street Theater, 44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY

When:  Saturday, August 8, 8 PM

Tickets:  $15, and $10 students and seniors

Further info:  http://bridgest.org/aug15.htm

 

 

MICHAEL MOSS / BILLY STEIN now accompanying between the lines, a dance created as part of a Benefit for the Greene County Council on the Arts:

Reception this Saturday at GCCA Catskill Gallery May 2nd, 5 – 7pm Kico Govantes Solo Show”El Primer Abrazo” & “Linear Language: More is More” Obsessive Drawing Exhibition ******* Please join us for “between the lines” Saturday May 16th!  Bust a Move for the benefit of GCCA’s Visual Arts Program! Tickets Available NOW! Click Here to View May/June 2015 Arts Alive Sketches by Kiki Smith Poster design by Tasha Depp  “between the lines” Live Music/Movement Event, Live Auction and Dance Party inspired by Kiki Smith sketches, Saturday May 16th, 7:00 pm. Catskill Mill, 361 Main Street, Catskill New York. Reception catered by Catskill Mill Food Truck. Bartended by Doubles 2 Dance Club.  Proceeds go to Greene County Council on the Arts’ Visual Arts Program. For more information, click here. To purchase tickets, scroll down. #betweenthelines   The evening will be presented in three parts: an auction, a dance performance and a dance party. A reception preceding the performance, featuring delectable appetizers donated by the Catskill Mill Food Truck, a cash bar donated by Doubles 2 Dance Club, and a silent auction preview, will begin at 7:00 pm. The GCCA Catskill Gallery will be open until 8pm to allow guests to visit the exhibits before the performance begins. The performance will begin at 8:00 pm, followed by the Live Auction at 8:45. The dance party with DJ SuperBoom starts at 9:30 pm. About ticket options: VIP Tickets $50: Includes entry to entire evening, two drink tickets and a chance to win two tickets to the Hudson Valley Dance Festival, scheduled for October 10th, 2015 at the Historic Catskill Point! General Admission Includes entry to entire evening. $15-35 sliding scale (Suggested donation $25). $15 $25 $35 Dance Party Ticket: $5 Includes entry to live auction and dance party.

 

MICHAEL MOSS and ZONE appear at the

TWENTY–THIRD SALON of MUSIC and THEATER

TOMORROW NIGHT!!!            SATURDAY EVENING

OCTOBER 25 2014            7:30 pm

1111 Remington Rd Wynnewood PA

SEATING IS LIMITED Advanced Tickets $20/$25 at the door includes wine and dessert RSVP ASAP or by October 15
FEATURING:

ZONE is Michael Moss on reeds, Mel Nusbaum on piano, Larry Roland on bass, Lou Selmi on drums.
ZONE plays music from the tradition of modern jazz stretching from the ‘30s into the present and extends the tradition with original compositions and arrangements by both Michael Moss and Mel Nusbaum who have played together for 40 years in different musical configurations. Pieces featured in this program will include jazz standards and original music written in the blues, South American, and up-tempo jazz genres.
ZONE is very excited to be backing up Sharon Sigal on songs by Harold Arlen and Charles Mingus in addition to its instrumental set.

Since 2001 Sharon Sigal has produced and hosted approximately two evenings of music and theater each year. Because Sharon’s salons are in people’s homes, they have a special intimacy. Think great performances in your living room surrounded by friends. Think variety. In the same evening you may hear arias and art songs, Brazilian music, a comedy sketch, a short play by Tennessee Williams, musical theater, jazz, and improvisational music sand stand-up comedy. During the intermission and after the show you can socialize with friends, other guests, and the performers, while you enjoy something special from our sumptuous complementary appetizer/dessert buffet (including wine, coffee and soft drinks).

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Hi,

Coming to Off-Off-Broadway, a reading of a new play:

Exile is My Home

by Domnica Radulescu

Directed by Marcy Arlin

Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 20 and 21

TheatreLab

357 W 36 3rd floor bet. 8 & 9 Avenue

7:30 PM

A/C/E or 1/2/3 to 34 St.

admission:  free

 

 

Exile is My Home is a Sci-Fi Immigrant Fairytale written by playwright Domnica Radulescu and directed by Marcy Arlin as part of the Immigrants’ Theatre Project, funded by Washington & Lee University.

Music: composed and arranged by Michael Moss

Performed by Michael Moss (Bb clarinet, soprano sax, tenor sax, flutes, wind chimes) and Billy Stein (guitar).

Readers:  Actors Equity actors.

 

There will be no intermission for this play in four acts.

 

I hope you can come to my debut as Music Director of this fine Off-Off Broadway reading.  Ms. Radulescu writes from her own experience as someone who escaped communist Romania and who has written and published two books with exile as her theme.  All actors are members of Actors Equity. This will be a powerful and moving production.

 

Warmest regards,

Michael Moss

 

CHARLES DOWNS and CENTIPEDE

WHY NOT JAZZ ROOM,
Why Not Experiment? Series
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TUESDAY, September 30, 2014, 8 PM—two sets

Christopher St. @ Gay St., NYC
Very close to West 4th St. and Christopher St.

Subways: 1,A,B,C,D,E,F, 9th St. Path Train.

Wine, Cheeses, Beer, Teas, Coffees, Pastries, Charcuterie available.

$10 suggested CASH donation for the evening / $10 minimum (cards accepted)

CENTIPEDE IS CHARLES DOWNS (drums), BILLY STEIN (guitar), LARRY ROLAND (bass), RAS MOSHE and MICHAEL MOSS (saxes, clarinets, flutes)

I hope you can make this—it’s a chance to hear some of the voices in today’s downtown music scene that are setting the pace. I am really excited and want to share.

Hi again,

I will also be appearing with my new group, the NEW YORK FREE QUARTET THIS COMING TUESDAY, JULY 29 AT SHAPESHIFTER LAB IN BROOKLYN, NY.  I hope you can come to this event which will also include a set by CONNIE CROTHERS/DAN ROSE DUO.

The NEW YORK FREE QUARTET World Premier

and

CONNIE CROTHERS/DAN ROSE DUO

Contact:  Michael Moss

646-691-4330, m2moss11@gmail.com

TUESDAY, JULY 29

7 PM            CONNIE CROTHERS/DAN ROSE DUO

8:15 PM  The NEW YORK FREE QUARTET

SHAPESHIFTER LAB  18 Whitwell Place. Brooklyn, NY 11215:  R train to Union Station–3 blocks away bet. 3rd and 4th Ave & bet.1st St. and Carroll St. in Carroll Gardens, info: 646-820-9452

$10

LIVE STREAMING OF THE EVENT:  follow this link.  It costs only $3 and if you’re out of town this is the way to catch us “live:”  live.shapeshifterlab.com

Two groups featuring well-known free jazz musicians appear at ShapeShifter Lab on Tuesday, July 29.  The NEW YORK FREE QUARTET with Steve Cohn (piano, shakuhachi), Chuck Fertal (drums), Michael Moss (soprano and tenor saxes, bass clarinet, flutes), and Larry Roland (bass, poetry) appear for their world premier performance.  The CONNIE CROTHERS/DAN ROSE DUO features world renowned pianist Connie Crothers and virtuosic guitarist Dan Rose. Coming from a fine-tuned affinity, these two are both rhythm section and soloist for each other’s performances, in a continuous, mutually spontaneous creation of music.  Both groups represent the finest in contemporary jazz.

NEW YORK FREE QUARTET:

STEVE COHN

Music, art and poetry surge through the spirit of pianist & Shakuhachi innovator Steven Louis Cohn. Steve has conducted master classes at the Paris National Conservatory and has had his compositions commissioned for performance with the Wantanbe Dance Company in Japan. With over 25 recordings in his name, Steve has played with the likes of Eddie Henderson, Sonny Simmons, and Reggie Workman. http://thestevecohn.com/

CHUCK FERTAL

A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Chuck Fertal has studied privately on drums with Alan Dawson and Sam Ulano and studied piano with a scholarship from Connie Crothers for two years.  He has played with jazz luminaries Sonny Stitt, Dorothy Donegan, Cecil Payne, worked with Mal Waldron 1979 through 1987, plus Cameron Brown, Cecil McBee, and the Steve Cohn trio with Reggie Workman.

MICHAEL MOSS

As a  reed player (tenor and soprano saxes, Bb and bass clarinet, flute, and non-western instruments) and composer, Michael Moss has been actively involved in the music scene for many years, leading his own musical groups including Mike Moss/4 Rivers, Free Energy, Zone and Michael Moss/Billy Stein Duo and appears on many recordings.  Moss has performed with Sam Rivers, Dave Liebman, Paul Bley, Burton Green, William Parker, Mark Whitecage and Perry Robinson. His latest work appears on 4^th Stream Records on New York and Me in a collaboration with storyteller Regina Ress, Intervals with guitarist Billy Stein, and Natural with the Willamette River Pirates on Mahaffay’s Musical Archives, all released in 2013. www.m2-theory.com

LARRY ROLAND

Larry Roland is an acoustic bassist and poet.  He has performed with trumpeter Raphé Malik, Charles Gayle, Sabir Mateen, Steve Swell, Daniel Carter, Mike Wimberly, Marvin “Boogaloo” Smith and many others here and abroad on the free improvisational music scene.  Larry’s most recent recordings (2013) are STREETS with the Charles Gayle Trio and Yoron Israel’s VISIONS.  As a poet, Larry has been published in several anthologies and magazines and has received multiple awards. Roland also has a solo Bass and Word CD which features his original poetry entitled AS TIME FLOWS ON on the BCG label.

CONNIE CROTHERS/DAN ROSE DUO:

CONNIE CROTHERS

Pianist Connie Crothers is known for her spontaneous improvisation, originality, virtuosity and wide range of expression.  Being a student and close associate of Lennie Tristano and in later years recording and performing with Max Roach defined her approach to music. Always getting rave reviews for her recordings and live performances, Connie never fails to amaze the listener. www.conniecrothers.net

DAN ROSE

Dan Rose worked with Paul Bley early in his career, played in the loft scene of the 1970’s with Michael Moss, Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage and many others, and recorded with some stellar rhythm sections–Steve Swallow and John Betsch, Victor Lewis and Peter Warren, Ben Riley and Kiyoshi Kitagawa. Rose is comfortable with the whole spectrum of what is considered the American Jazz Motif, “touching on a wide range of feelings and Jazz expressions.” www.danrose.us.com

Hi, This is the press release for a performance coming right up this SATURDAY, JULY 26 IN CATSKILL, NY AT THE BRIDGE ST. THEATER.  Hope to see you there! Michael   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            MICHAEL MOSS / BILLY STEIN DUO CONTACT:  Michael Moss 646-691-4330, m2moss11@gmail.com  SATURDAY, JULY 26 7:30 PM & 8:30 PM BRIDGE STREET THEATER 44 West Bridge Street Catskill, NY 12414 $10 The amazing, challenging Michael Moss/Billy Stein Duo brings their musical talent to the Bridge Street Theatre’s SPEAKEASY on Saturday, July 26. Cover is $10.  Bridge Street Theatre is a performance-space-in-process in downtown Catskill. While the main stage is under construction the lobby has opened as a beautiful intimate space for theatre, cabaret and music. MICHAEL MOSS As a  reed player (tenor and soprano saxes, Bb and bass clarinet, flute, and non-western instruments) and composer, Michael Moss has been actively involved in the music scene for many years, leading his own musical groups including Mike Moss/4 Rivers, Free Energy, The New York Free Quartet and Michael Moss/Billy Stein Duo, and appears on many recordings.  Moss has performed with Sam Rivers, Dave Liebman, Paul Bley, Burton Green, William Parker, Jackson Krall, Nasheet Waits, Billy Stein, Charles Downs, Ras Moshe, Larry Roland, Daniel Carter, Michael Mahaffay, puppeteer Ralph Lee, and led the Jazz Composers Orchestra in his own compositions.  He received many Meet The Composers grants.  Moss has also worked with a number of established modern dancers including Judith Moss and Rosalind Newman. He appears on 4^th Stream Records on New York and Me in a collaboration with storyteller Regina Ress and Intervals with guitarist Billy Stein, plus Natural with the Willamette River Pirates on Mahaffay’s Musical Archives all in 2013. www.m2-theory.com BILLY STEIN Native New Yorker, guitarist and composer Billy Stein has been involved in multiple music scenes in and around NYC for many years.  He has worked with mainstream jazz musicians Milt Hinton and Sahib Shihab and free jazz artists including Rashid Bakr.  Billy also worked with the Coasters and latin recording artist Joe Blanco.  He was a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant to study classical guitar with Leonid Bolotine.  Stein leads his own trio which recorded “Hybrids” (Barking Hoop,  2006).  Stein and Moss released the collaborative recording Intervals (4th Stream Records) in 2013. www.BillySteinMusic.com   The music of Michael Moss and Billy Stein reminds us of the vast possibilities of improvisation. (Moss’s) tenor has a polished glow with an occasional rough edge; his flute is plush and quick silver; his clarinet has the human cry you hear so often in the great klezmer artists. Billy can be assertive, even explosive at times, and his velvety dissonances can give way to brilliant knife-edge notes that sparkle and flash. Ed Hazell Billy Stein has an excellent sense of how to expand the tonality via some excellent chordal sequences. He sets things up for Michael Moss to sound out adventurous, soulful free-wailing lines.  Michael turns in beautiful solos on tenor, clarinet, flute, bass clarinet, and even the shofar horn. Grego Applegate Edwards

PLUG IN to UNPLUGGED IN THE PARK, Rahway, NJ, 6 PM, Friday the 13th. I’ll be playing with my buddy of 45+ years MEL NUSBAUM on keys. We’ll play originals and standards from Bouncing with Bud to a tribute to the Duke.

Please come to my upcoming concert:

BILLY STEIN (GUITAR), SHAYNA DULBERGER (BASS), MICHAEL MOSS (REEDS)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28^TH AT 8 PM – Admission: $10

SHAPESHIFTER LAB, 18 WHITWELL PLACE, BROOKLYN 11215

LIVE STREAMING: www.live.shapeshifterlab.com

Concert includes original compositions by Moss, Stein and Dulberger.

Shapeshifter Lab is located close to Carroll Street between 3^rd and 4^th Avenue. The closest train is the R train to Union Station.

Hope to see you!

Michael

On February 28 at ShapeShifter Lab, virtuosic bassist Shayna Dulberger will join the Duo as a featured guest artist.

The music of Michael Moss and Billy Stein reminds us of the vast possibilities of improvisation. Billy can be assertive, even explosive at times, and his velvety dissonances can give way to brilliant knife-edge notes that sparkle and flash. Michael turns in beautiful solos on tenor, clarinet, flute, bass clarinet, and even the shofar horn. His tenor has a polished glow with an occasional rough edge; his flute is plush and quick silver; his clarinet has the human cry you hear so often in the great klezmer artists. Billy Stein has an excellent sense of how to expand the tonality via some excellent chordal sequences. He sets things up for Michael Moss to sound out adventurous, soulful free-wailing lines.

Ed Hazell, Grego Applegate Edwards

weblink: http://www.m2-theory.com, http://www.BillySteinMusic.com

Michael Moss performs in concert at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center and joins pianist Jack Bowers and his group for an evening honoring the community service of Jack Bowers.
Thursday, March 20, 2013
7 PM
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA