Andrew Lamb on Friday / Henry Gale on Sunday!

[New Thing Productions]

Hello all,
We have two shows this weekend, and hope to see you out to at least
one of the them. Support live music, and SPREAD THE WORD!
Michael

July 24th @ 8pm
Andrew Lamb Solo
$5-$10 Donation
Metropolis Underground
615 S. Main St (backside of bldg, first door on your left)
N. Syracuse, NY 13212


Andrew Lamb (Saxophones, Flutes, Woodwinds) Born in Ingold, North
Carolina and grew up in Chicago and predominately in South Jamaica,
Queens. Having studied with AACM charter member Kalaparusha Maurice
McIntyre, Lamb came into New York’s “avant – garde’ community during
the 1970’s at the height of New York’s legendary ‘Loft Jazz scene”,
and as time progressed, was to become an active presence in the
vibrant Bedford – Stuyvesant arts world at that time, becoming the
recipient of several consecutive, and highly competitive Brooklyn Arts
Council grant awards.
Andrew Lamb and his ensembles remain a regular presence both
domestically and internationally, frequently playing the annual Vision
Festival (New York City) which began in 1996. Andrew Lamb has also
taken part in the Composer’s Workshop Ensemble, Alan Silva Sound
Vision Orchestra, Cecil Taylor Vision Orchestra, Roy Campbell
Ensemble, and several other big band projects. Lamb is also the member
of an exciting trio collaboration with AACM affiliated drummer Alvin
Fielder and pianist Chris Parker known as M41 which also has a highly
regarded recording entitled M41. In ’04, The Henry Grimes Trio with
Andrew Lamb and Newman Baker, was named “Best Jazz Trio” by NY Press
in it’s “Best Of Manhattan” issue. That trio also played in Berlin,
Germany Edgefest (Ann Arbor, Michigan) and The Hothouse, Chicago in
’05.
Andrew Lamb’s music rises out of the African – American church, blues,
and jazz traditions, and is deeply spiritual, profoundly emotional,
and easily accessible to all who hear him, wrote Steven Loewy for “All
Music Guide” Andrew Lamb is a serious musician seeking to uplift his
soul through art, and like John Coltrane and his progeny, Lamb’s
vehicle is the psalm-like expression of his tenor saxophone. The
results reflect his quest, testifying to his musical abilities,
enormous potential, and depth of character”
In the year 1994, lamb was signed to a recording contract by Chicago’s
famed Delmark record company to make his first recording as a leader,
“Portrait In the Mist” which reached critical acclaim being listed
among the best albums of the year in the Jazz Times 1995 critics poll,
while bringing light to Lamb’s compositional prowess, and featuring
Percussionist/vibraphonist Warren Smith, bassist Wilber Morris and
drummer/percussionist Andrei Strobert. Andrew Lamb has since recorded
in both duo and trio settings.
Andrew will be performing solo as well as a set with Michael Hentz &
Mike ((P))
www.myspace.com/andrewtheblacklamb



July 26th @ 7pm
Henry Gale, Stone Baby, Torus
$5-$10 Donation
Metropolis Underground
615 S. Main St (backside of bldg, first door on your left)
N. Syracuse, NY 13212


"We’re suckers for a good Lost reference, so when we stumbled across a
band named Henry Gale while skipping through the fields of MySpace, we
approached their music with the same cautious optimism any Lost fan
accords another on first meeting. It paid off: these guys are good.
Like many post-rock bands, Henry Gale (an instrumental four-piece
specializing in post-rocky bombast à la Explosions in the Sky or our
own Common Cold) just love guitars that veer between twinkling loopage
and soaring textures. Unlike many post-rock bands, they don’t take
forever getting to the part that rocks, they do it from the get-go." -
Michael Brodeur, The Boston Phoenix
"Really good spacerock but akin to American Analog Set instead of
Gsybe! More happy and summery than whispy, windsweaped." - The
Reverend, Return to the Pit
"For obvious reasons, the post-rock section of my music library isn’t
one that I often break out when having a few drinks with friends.
Henry Gale’s debut 5 track EP Other Voices is an album that seems to
do its damndest to break that mold — almost reaching through the
confines of my headphones to mingle throughout the room and meet new
people." - Bradley, Sound As Language
"Henry Gale's first effort leaves you with a slightly loop feeling, an
ethereal sort of contentedness that could develop into the band's
signature sound." - Dan Weber, Performer Magazine
"The music seems much more uplifting and hopeful than the typical post-
rock shoegaze. This is quite a refreshing change of pace from the
heavier, angst-ridden bombast of a lot of bands that do this kind of
music. Listening to these five songs made my ears smile today." - Joel
Simches, The Noise
www.myspace.com/henrygaleisaband
www.myspace.com/stonebabyband