FREE TICKETS FOR RSS FRIENDS!!

Come to either of our shows tonight, just because we are in the Christmas spirit. Send an e-mail to office [at] lprnyc.com and say you want tickets tonight and you saw this on the RSS feed or blog. We'll hook you up. Details on tonight's shows below:

Tuesday 12.09.08
Indo-Pak Coalition
featuring: Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto sax), Rez Abbasi (guitars), Dan Weiss (tabla)
7pm doors | 7:30 show
$15
18+ or accompanied by legal guardian
This is a First-Come, Fully Seated event.

Synthesizing jazz with the astutely improvised musical forms of South Asia, the Indo-Pak Coalition transcends any preconception of Indo-jazz fusion. Led by visionary Indian-American saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, this trio with Pakistani-American guitar virtuoso Rez Abbasi and rising tabla star Dan Weiss is already turning heads internationally in both the jazz and world music scenes. The Indo-Pak Coalition is pleased to announce the release of their debut album Apti on Innova Records on November 25, 2008.
CD Release show at Le Poisson Rouge on December 9.

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Tuesday 12.09.08
Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy
9:30pm doors | 10pm show
$20
18+ or accompanied by legal guardian
This is a First-Come, Fully Seated event.

Dave Douglas' Brass Ecstasy first performed in 2005 during the Festival of New Trumpet Music in New York. The band is a quintet of trumpet, french horn, trombone, tuba, and drums. Founded in memory of trumpeter, arranger and improviser Lester Bowie's long-standing group, Brass Fantasy, the group performs re-arranged contemporary pop music and original pieces interspersing groove, improvisation, and melody. Brass Ecstasy performed a new collection of music at the 2008 Chicago Jazz Festival including a new Douglas suite, commissioned by the festival in honor of it's 30th anniversary.