2013 NYC Winter Jazz Fest: Will Calhoun Performs at Zinc Bar on 1/10, The Bitter End on 1/12

KCC Productions presents the Will Calhoun Trio on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at Zinc Bar during the Jazz Connect Conference. The Trio consists of Will Calhoun on drums and indigenous percussion, John Benitez on bass, Robert Rodriguez on piano, and special guest horn TBA. The showcase sets will be at 9:45 and 11:15. Zinc Bar is located at 82 West 3rd St in the Village. Cover is $15, free for attendees at the Jazz Connect Conference. For more information, visit www.zincbar.com or call KCC Productions at (305) 332-2623.

A prolific song-writer, producer, performer and bandleader, Will Calhoun brings his cutting-edge mastery of technology and musicianship to a diverse range of projects. Famous for his Grammy-winning work with Living Colour, Will has recorded, toured and performed with such diverse artists as Living Colour, Mick Jagger, Oumou Sangare’, Mos Def, and Wayne Shorter to name a few. In the late ‘90s, Will formed the groundbreaking band Jungle Funk with Doug Wimbish and Vinx, followed by a Grammy-nominated solo jazz CD in 2000. Native Lands was released in 2005, marrying Will’s far-reaching interests in a genre-bending collection that taps key expressionists from various backgrounds. His forthcoming CD, set to be released in 2013 on Motema Music (www.motema.com), explores his jazz roots and includes Ron Carter, Donald Harrison and Wallace Roney. Not many artists have the vision and artistic energy to be Grammy winners and contribute to so many genres: jazz, rock, hip-hop, ambient, et al, while concurrently producing, touring, creating new projects, working on films and continually pushing the envelope. Will Calhoun has this creative vision, and he is doing an extraordinary job keeping music a spiritual and motivating force in his life.

John Benitez earned a Grammy for Best Latin Performance, on Habana, with Roy Hargrove. In 2001 he released his first album as leader, Descarga in New York. Benitez has performed or recorded with many well-known American and Latin artists including Lucecita Benitez, Justo Betancourt, Wynton Marsalis, Tito Puente, Hilton Ruiz, Chucho Valdez, David Sanchez, Eddie Palmieri and Roy Hargrove’s Grammy award-winning Crisol Band. Benitez has performed as sideman and featured special artist in all of the major jazz festivals and venues, and has recently released a second CD, Purpose. A prolific composer, arranger and producer, he’s also the man Eddie Palmieri dubbed “The greatest bass player in the world.”

Robert Rodriguez has recorded on Jam Miami alongside Chick Corea on Arturo Sandoval’s Trumpet Evolution and on Ray Barretto’s 2005 Grammy-nominated recording Time Is Time Was, which featured Robert’s composition “One for Ray”.

Thursday, January 10, 2013
Will Calhoun’s Native Lands Trio at Zinc Bar
The Will Calhoun Trio plays at the Zinc Bar as part of the 2013 NYC Winter Jazzfest and Jazz Connect Conference
Set times are 9:45 and 11:00pm
Cover is $15, free for attendees at the Jazz Connect Conference
Featuring: Will Calhoun – drums, percussion, loops, John Benitez – Bass, Robert Rodriguez – Piano, Special guest TBA on horn
Zinc Bar
82 West 3rd Street (between Thompson & Sullivan)
New York, NY
Check out the Zinc Bar Website or call (212) 477-9462 for additional details and to confirm times.

Saturday, January 12, 2013 12:30AM
Will Calhoun’s E=MC2 trio at The Bitter End
As part of the 2013 NYC Winter Jazzfest, Will Calhoun’s E=MC2 trio will play at The Bitter End.
Featuring: Will Calhoun – drums, percussion, loops, Marc Cary – Piano, Charnett Moffett – Bass
The Bitter End
147 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and LaGuardia)
New York City, NY 10012
Check out The Bitter End Website or call (212) 673-7030 for additional details and to confirm times.

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Lia Chang: Mino Cinelu Solo & Friends in “First Night Live Concerts” at Arlene’s Grocery in New York on August 19, 2012

Mino Cinelu will perform with special guest artists Will Calhoun, Adam Rudolphe, JC Maillard and more, in “First Night Live Concerts” at Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton Street (near Ludlow St.) in New York, on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 9:00 pm. Admission is free.

Mino Cinelu in performance at The Blue Note in New York with The Will Calhoun Native Lands Trio on August 13, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang

As a master percussionist, singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, programmer and producer, Mino Cinelu has left mark on many kinds of music, and his reputation has earned him the status of “a man of all talents”.

Mino Cinelu first learned to play the guitar as a child. When Cinelu was sixteen, he discovered the drums and percussion, and became a professional musician. He began his international career with Miles Davis, traveling between London and New York, collaborating with many musicians, both in the studios and onstage, people whose origins (jazz, funk, rap, electro, flamenco and pop) were as diverse as his associations with them were prestigious.

Charnett Moffett, Mino Cinelu and Will Calhoun in performance at The Blue Note in New York on August 13, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang

He has worked with Amnesty International, Tori Amos, Laurie Anderson, Gato Barbieri, Kenny Barron, Tracy Chapman, Joe Cocker, Taylor Dane, Pino Daniele, Gil Evans, Michael Frank, Dizzy Gillespie, Richard Galliano, Sophie B. Hawkins, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elton John, Earth, Wind & Fire, Salif Keita, Bernard Lavilliers, Brandford Marsalis, Curtis Mayfield, Chris McBride, Pat Metheny, Marcus Miller, Claude Nougaro, Michel Portal, Michel Polnareff, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, David Sanborn, Wayne Shorter, Duncan Sheik, James Taylor, Jacquy Terrasson, Sadao Watanabe, Weather Report, Cassandra Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Akiko Yano, Zucchero and Zoe. He has 2 solo albums “Mino Cinelu” and “Quest journey”, and his score on the soundtrack for the film “La Californie”, garnered a 2007 Cannes Film Festival nomination. Click here for his complete Soundtrack filmography and here for his work on documentaries and television. He is currently working on his 4th album.

Mino Cinelu and Will Calhoun in the dressing room at The Blue Note in New York on August 13, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang

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AAIFF’12: Lily Mariye’s Model Minority, starring Jessica Tuck, Nichole Bloom, Chris Tashima, Helen Slater, Laura Innes and Takayo Fisher, screens at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas on August 4

Nice Girl Films presents Model Minority, the debut feature of actor and now award-winning screenwriter and director, Lily Mariye, which will have its East Coast premiere on Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 4:45p.m. at the 35th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF’12), at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas, 260 West 23rd Street in New York.
Model Minority was written, directed and co-produced by Lily Mariye (best known for her role as Nurse Lily Jarvik on the hit TV show, ER, for 15 seasons, and her award-winning short film The Shangri-la Cafe). The film stars Jessica Tuck (“True Blood)”, Laura Innes (“The Event,” “Awake)”, and Helen Slater (The Lying Game, City Slickers).

Lily Mariye’s Model Minority (photo courtesy of Nice Girl Films)

Model Minority is the story of Kayla Tanaka (Nichole Bloom), an underprivileged Japanese-American 16-year old, who endangers her promising future as an aspiring artist when she becomes involved with a drug dealer. The film includes Takayo Fischer (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End), Chris Tashima (Academy Award winner/Live Action Short film in 2001), and music by three-time Grammy nominee, saxophonist Boney James. The film recently garnered three awards at its World Premiere at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival: Special Jury Outstanding Director, Breakthrough Performance by a New Actor for Nichole Bloom, and Outstanding Cinematography.

Lily Mariye’s Model Minority (photo courtesy of Nice Girl Films)

As an actress Ms. Mariye has guest starred in over 25 television shows and numerous national commercials. Her film credits include Extraordinary Measures, with Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, Hancock, American Pie: Band Camp, The Doctor (directed by DWW alumna Randa Haines), The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, The Shadow, and The New Age.

Lily Mariye

Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ms. Mariye attended UCLA and graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts. She performed in many local Los Angeles theatre productions including the West Coast Premiere of Runaways, Cabaret and Daniel in Babylon (with her “ER” costar Anthony Edwards). She made her off-Broadway debut at the Manhattan Theatre Club in Velina Hasu Houston’s Tea, and received a Dramalogue Award for her reprisal of the performance at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Other theatre work includes Kokoro (Odyssey Theatre, nominated for a LA Weekly Award for Best Actress), Kimchee and Chitlins (Mark Taper Forum Lab Series), and Into the Woods (East West Players). Her award-winning first short film, The Shangri-la Cafe, is available from Amazon and Buy.com on the DVD, “Celebrating AFI.”

There will be a post-screening q&a with Lily Mariye, Nichole Bloom, Chris Tashima, Delon De Metz, Marc Anthony Samuel and more!
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Lia Chang is an actor, a performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multi-platform journalist.
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Susan Soon He Stanton’s TAKARAZUKA!!! featuring Jennifer Ikeda, Brooke Ishibashi, Paul Juhn, Glenn Kubota, and Angela Lin kicks off Clubbed Thumb’s 17th annual SUMMERWORKS at Here, May 26-June 4

Clubbed Thumb’s 17th annual SUMMERWORKS season of new plays kicks off with Susan Soon He Stanton’s TAKARAZUKA!!!, directed by Lear deBessonet, about the real-life all-female Japanese theatre troupe from May 26-June 4 at HERE Arts Center, 145 6th Ave in New York.

Angela Lin

The cast of TAKARAZUKA!!! includes Jennifer Ikeda (TOP GIRLS, Manhattan Theater Club; TITUS ANDRONICUS, The Public), Brooke Ishibashi (THE INEXPLICABLE REDEMPTION OF AGENT G, Ma-Yi Theater Company in association with Vampire Cowboys Theater Company), Paul Juhn (“30 Rock”), Glenn Kubota (Pan Asian Rep) and Angela Lin (CHINGLISH). For tickets, priced $18, phone (212) 352-3101 or visit HERE.org. HERE Arts Center is located 145 Sixth Ave at Dominick. Showtime is at 8:30, there is no performance on May 30, 2012.

Part ghost story, part love story, TAKARAZUKA!!! tracks the career sunset of Yuko, the star of a Japanese theater that stages all-female Western style musical extravaganzas. But when you take away her partner, her fans, and her tux, who will she be?

SUSAN SOON HE STANTON’s plays include AMERICAN PIG PEN, CYGNUS, FURBALL, THE THINGS ARE AGAINST US, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO JOHN BOY KIHANO?, THE UNDERNEATH, THE ART OF PRESERVATION and others. She is a member of The Public Theater’s Emerging Writer’s Group and Ma-Yi Playwrights Lab. Awards include the 2011 Van Lier Fellowship at The Lark, and The Sloan Foundation feature film development grant. MFA: Yale Playwriting. From Honolulu, Susan lives in New York City. This is Susan’s first NYC production.

LEAR deBESSONET Original works have been produced by Lincoln Center Theatre, the Old Globe Theatre, the Intiman Theatre, Joe’s Pub, and Performance Space 122. She has worked with writers Marcus Gardley, Naomi Iizuka, Todd Almond, Deborah Stein, and Lucy Thurber. She most recently conceived and directed ODYSSEY at the Old Globe, featuring a cast of nearly 200 performers including local choirs, marching bands, and park rangers.

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Lia Chang is an actor, a performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multi-platform journalist.
All text, graphics, articles & photographs: © 2000-2012 Lia Chang Multimedia. All rights reserved. All materials contained on this site are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of Lia Chang. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. For permission, please contact Lia at liachangpr@gmail.com

Lia Chang Party Photos: Richard Atkinson’s DOGS LIE, Starring Samrat Chakrabarti, Frank Boyd and Ewa Da Cruz

I was welcomed into the engaging sphere of Dogs Lie director Richard Atkinson, when he invited me to the pre-launch party for the Vanguard Cinema release of his latest indie thriller starring Samrat Chakrabarti, Frank Boyd and Ewa Da Cruz on Monday, April 23, 2012, at the elegant Wall Street apartment of co-writer Ronnie Cohen and her husband Larry.

(Back Row) Spencer Snyder, Frank Boyd, Arnie Mazer, Todd Gearhart, Richard Atkinson, Colin Lewis. (Front Row) Albert Elmazovski, Joanna Atkinson, Ronnie Cohen, Jessica Dickey, Rebecca Anne Mills and Jane Beale. Photo by Lia Chang

Dogs Lie castmembers Frank Boyd, Richard Brown, Arnie Mazer, Todd Gearhart. (Seated) Jessica Dickey, Rebecca Anne Mills. Photo by Lia Chang

Dogs Lie is based on an Off-Off-Broadway play written by Ronnie Cohen and Jane Beale, and the pair collaborated with director Richard Atkinson on adapting it for the screen.

Dogs Lie actor Frank Boyd is flanked by co-writers Ronnie Cohen, Jane Beale and director Richard Atkinson. Photo by Lia Chang

Dogs Lie scored two awards, for “Best Film” (USA) and the “Feature Film Audience Award,” at the 2011 ITN Distribution Film and New Media Festival in New York. Dogs Lie won “Honorable Mention” at the Los Angeles Movie Awards 2011 and was an “Official Selection” at The Big Apple Film Festival (BAFF) in NY, the La Femme International Film Festival in LA, and the Filmi SE Asian Film Festival in Toronto, where it was the “showcase feature.”

Samrat Chakrabarti and Dogs Lie director Richard Atkinson. Photo by Joanna Atkinson

Before arriving at the party, Atkinson caught up with Samrat Chakrabarti, who was en route to attend the screening of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, to hand deliver his “hot off the presses” DVD of Dogs Lie. Chakrabarti plays Iqbal Khani, a likeable, conscientious clinician and romantic opportunist in the film.

Frank Boyd, who stars opposite Chakrabarti as Josh Logan, a clinician who is a compulsive jokester with a competitive streak, can currently be seen at The Public Theater in Elevator Repair Service’s GATZ, the award-winning, critically lauded theatrical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, which has been extended through May 13.

Frank Boyd (Photo by Lia Chang)

Boyd is also a company member of the TEAM, the Theatre of the Emerging American Moment. The New York City based theater company dedicated to dissecting and celebrating the experience of living in America today, is holding its Hunka Hunka Burnin Benefit on May 10, at the New York City Fire Museum, 278 Spring St. in New York. Click here for tickets and here to see their exciting lineup of 2012-2013 theatrical projects.

In Dogs Lie, Boyd and Chakrabarti play clinicians thrown together with eight patients at a luxury NY sleep clinic for a night of monitoring and observation. They are both drawn to the beautiful Lucia ( Ewa Da Cruz), a patient, who finds herself the center of attention as her life seemingly spins out of control. Nothing is quite as it seems, and as the night progresses dark secrets are revealed. Romance, blackmail and murder ensue as humor and irreverence give way to devious self interest.

The Dogs Lie Digital Download is currently available at Bigstar.tv. You can purchase the Dogs Lie DVD through Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com.

Dogs Lie is a Top Movie llc production, with international distribution by
Don Schafer at www.TrueAmericanBusiness.com. Contact info@dogslie.com Website http://www.dogslie.com
Dogs Lie Facebook Page

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Frank Boyd and Lia Chang (Photo by Richard Atkinson)

Lia Chang is an actor, a performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multi-platform journalist.
All text, graphics, articles & photographs: © 2000-2012 Lia Chang Multimedia. All rights reserved. All materials contained on this site are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of Lia Chang. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. For permission, please contact Lia at liachangpr@gmail.com