0-The University of California Book of North African Literature
1-Exile is My Trade: A Habib Tengour Reader edited & translated by Pierre Joris
2-Pierre Joris: Cartographies of the In-Between edited by Peter Cockelbergh
3-Paul Celan: The Meridian Final Version—Drafts—Materials
Justifying the Margins (Essays)
Here are some stills of Nicole Peyrafitte’s gig this past Saturday at the Firehouse in Brooklyn. After an excellent first set by the two superb double bass players Michael Bisio and Ken Filinao, Nicole joined the duo & they played a breathtaking second set, which also featured appearances by Firehouse artistic director Sandra Sprecher on piano & [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Michael Bisio'
The Firehouse Gig
December 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Live Reading, Music, Performance
Tags: Connie Crothers·Ken Filiano·Michael Bisio·Nicole Peyrafitte
Nicole Peyrafitte Live!
September 29th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Live Reading, Music, Performance
RRM at Caffè Lena December 2011 [phot0 Caroline Isachsen] After the very successful premiere of her & Miles Joris-Peyrafitte’s film “Mirage” (here) Nicole Peyrafitte will (in her own words) “be switching robes on Sunday September 30, 4PM for a much anticipated gig with Michael Bisio. The beautiful Lower Manhattan 6BC Garden will provide an incredible setting to perform a new installment of Remember-Reflect-Mark, [...]
Ending the Day with the Blood Trio
July 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Jazz
Photos Copyright © John Sharpe Many thanks to all — & there were many, way too many for me to answer each one — who sent birthday greetings. I finished my quatorze juillet / bastille day celebration at The Stone, New York’s best avant-garde/impro jazz venue, listening to the Blood Trio — Sabir Mateen (woodwinds) Whit Dickey (drums) Michael Bisio (bass) [...]
Matthew Shipp Trio — Extract
October 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Jazz, Uncategorized
Did make it to the final gig of the Matthew Shipp Trio — Matthew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, Bass; Whit Dickey, drums — at the Stone on Saturday night! Here the opening 5 minutes of the 10 p.m. Saturday night gig:
Do Not Miss the Matthew Shipp Trio!
October 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Improvisation, Jazz
For my money, this is the best jazz happening right now in New York & beyond. Don’t miss it! Oct. 7 and 8, both sets both nights, 8 and 10 pm Matthew Shipp Trio with Whit Dickey and Michael Bisio The Stone Ave C and E. 2nd St, NYC Pianist Matthew Shipp persists as a resilient outsider, [...]
Tags: Matthew Shipp·Matthew Shipp Trio·Michael Bisio·Whit Dickey
Nicole Peyrafitte’s Fall Program
September 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Concert, Live Reading, Performances
Bonjour! Hope this message finds you well and all recovered from the storm. Below is my schedule for the next month. A lot of exciting gigs coming up here in NYC and in France. Sunday Sept. 11 7:30 p.m Poetry in Remembrance at Erika’s Loft in Brooklyn- Williamsburg poetry reading to celebrate and grieve those loved and [...]
Tags: Aldridge Hansberry·Frédéric Maintenant·Michael Bisio·Nicole Peyrafitte
Travel Music
January 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Jazz, Music
I’ve been listening to a pre-release copy of this recording again and again in this, my winter incarnation as the ‘immobile nomad’ (to quote Albert Memmi), and, ladies and gentlemen, this is indeed Travel Music. added 1/10/11: And now the CD is officially out — & I heard a mind-blowing concert last night at Station [...]
Tags: Michael Bisio
Trialogues @ Local 269
August 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Jazz, Live Reading, Performance, Poetry
Monday August 23rd 8PM TRIALOGUES Nicole Peyrafitte / Pierre Joris / Michael Bisio (bass) THE LOCAL 269 269 E Houston Street NYC Trialogues are improvised collaborative exchanges inside a set time limit between 3 protagonists unconditionallydedicated to their chosen mode of expression: Joris to his nomadic poetry in its wandering, rhizomatic explorations; Peyrafitte to her [...]
Saturday Night Pleasures: Crothers & Bisio
July 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Improvisation, Jazz, Music
It may have been hotter than hell at The Stone tonight, but after 5 minutes you knew that even if it was a July scorcher in NYC, the real heat was coming from the two musicians who were cookin’ onstage: Connie Crothers (piano) & Michael Bisio (double bass). A fifty minute set without interruptions, pure [...]
Forthcoming Events
June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Conference, Jazz, Live Reading, Music, New York, Performances, Translation
Sunday June 27th Metropolitan Museum 1:00PM “Picasso, Pablo Ruiz: Spanish Poet Who Dabbled in Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture”” A conference & reading by Pierre Joris, co-editor and translator of Pablo Picasso’s poetry: The Burial Of The Count Of Orgaz & Other Poems Nicole Peyrafitte will read the French & Spanish versions of Picasso’s texts. * [...]
Tags: Metropolitan Museum·Michael Bisio·Nicole Peyrafitte·Pablo Picasso·Pierre Joris·Visions Festival