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The Either/Orchestra at
After taking time off since February, the 10-headed beast returns to action at our favorite tiny venue, the Lily Pad in Inman Square, Cambridge MA, for a single show at 10 pm.
We'll have three guest musicians with us, and feature a grab-bag show including a couple of sections of Gershon's recent major work The Collected Unconscious, a couple of Ethiopian songs, some old and new originals.
A highlight promises to be Russ's arrangement of "Africa," the original anthem of the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union). This song was written by Ethiopia's Armenian maestro Nerses Nalbandian to honor the founding of the OAU in Addis Ababa in 1963.
Tom Halter - trumpet
Joel Yennior - trombone
Russ Gershon - tenor, soprano sax, flute
Charlie Kohlhase - baritone sax
Gilson Schachnik - piano
Rick McLaughlin - bass
Vicente Lebron - congas
special guests:
Bobby Spellman - trumpet
Martin Dalmasi - alto sax, flute
Oscar Suchanek - drums
Admission is only $10; 1353 Cambridge St, Inman Square;
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"a band of eclectic, esoteric jazzbos
[that] gets down and get funky, too."
–Greg Haymes, Albany Times-Union
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Feature article on Ethiojazz, Nerses Nalbandian, the E/O and Russ Gershon is running in United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine in June!
If you're flying United or Continental,
"...an unlikely ambassador [Russ Gershon] has emerged to help bring [Ethiojazz] back to a new generation and reunite [Ethiopia] with a bit of its golden past." -Rachel Slade, Hemispheres Magazine
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Later in June...
June 23: vocalist Tyra Penn and Her Army of Snakes with special guests The Unit at the Red House, a new club in Harvard Square on site of the original House of Blues. The Unit is Lello Molinari, Phil Neighbors and Russ Gershon info
June 29: Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica plays Esquivel at the Montreal Jazz Festival info
June 30: Agachiko at Chianti's, the North Shore of Massachusetts' home of jazz info
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