Oct
23
8:00 PM20:00

My band ATOMIC PIGEONS + Peter Apfelbaum's the NY Hieroglyphics at NUBLU JAZZ FEST NYC!

Super excited about this. With Jonathan Goldberger on guitar, Danny Sher on drums, Nick Jost on bass as a special guest! This is a sibling band of Smashing Humans, but with more density and rhythmic rock compositions and improvisations! Working on new composition for this show! Tix HERE!

Followed by my good friend and amazing saxophonist Peter Apfelbaum’s the New York Hieroglyphics!

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May
15
3:00 PM15:00

Smashing Humans Album Release Zoom Concert (Berlin/Brooklyn)

Smashing Humans Album Release Zoom Concert (Berlin/Brooklyn)

(Online/Pre-recorded) 3p EDT

LINK: https://fb.me/e/4cpfUpAcy

The Covid pandemic divided Smashing Humans in two locations, Berlin and Brooklyn. Still the noise jazz must go on! We are shedding our songs remotely and putting this show together in celebration of our album release, out from 577 Records on March 19th, 2021!

LINK to the video will be provided here very soon.

The Smashing Humans are Peter Apfelbaum on sax, Ken Filiano on bass, myself on violin, Keisuke Matsuno on guitar, and Joe Hertenstein on drums!

For this nicely edited, pre-recorded online concert, we ask for donations via Venmo/Paypal (links TBA here!). It all goes directly for paying the musicians.

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May
1
3:00 PM15:00

Smashing Humans Live in NYC!

Smashing Humans Live in NYC!

(Online/Pre-recorded) 3p EDT

Event Link: https://fb.me/e/23AxOkith

Smashing Humans Live in Brooklyn features beautiful live videos from two pre-covid gigs, one from the Varioussound Sessions at Pete's Candy Store Brooklyn, January 2020 and another at Jazz Habitat Manhattan in March 2020. Videographers Adele Fournet and Luke Marantz put together beautiful videos of all the songs from Smashing Humans album in live version!

The musicians are Peter Apfelbaum on sax, Keisuke Matsuno on guitar (Pete's Candy Store only), Ken Filiano on bass, Joe Hertenstein on drums, and we have Ava Mendoza on guitar as a special guest at Jazz Habitat!

LINK to the video will be provided here soon! Live stream online, we ask for donations via Venmo/Paypal (links TBA here!) that goes directly for paying the musicians.

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Apr
18
3:00 PM15:00

Talibam! + Sana Nagano + Keisuke Matsuno

Talibam! + Sana Nagano + Keisuke Matsuno

(Online/Pre-recorded) 3p EDT

LINK: https://fb.me/e/27daLDWCs

Talibam! (Matt Mottel on keys and Kevin Shea on drums) and violinist Sana Nagano, guitarist Keisuke Matsuno are making some pandemic noise together on Zoom across Moers/Brooklyn/Berlin.

LINK to the event will be shared very soon!

This will be a pre-recorded live stream online, we ask for donations via Venmo/Paypal (links TBA here!) that goes directly for paying the musicians.

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Apr
10
8:00 PM20:00

Duo with Keisuke Matsuno at Singularity Music Series

Duo with Keisuke Matsuno at Singularity Music Series

(Online/Pre-recorded) 8p EDT

Event Link: https://fb.me/e/23GTYvPse

Singularity Music Series is back! Well, sort of: We will be presenting music performed by amazing artists from all over the world, which is the exciting thing about this new format, but these sets will not be "live", they will be recorded by the artists in good audio/video quality and put together by us as a single video that will premiere on our YouTube channel.

-> VIDEO LINK: (to be shared as soon!)

There will be a link for donations through Kofi (no fee and 100% to the artists). Easy!

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