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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: ESP-Disk's Fiftieth Anniversary Concert!
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 00:27:46 -0500 (EST)
ESP-Disk's Fiftieth Anniversary Concert! Come if you can - so many of the musicians are amazing! To celebrate the label's 50th anniversary, ESP-Disk' has planned a concert for Sunday November 17 (3-9 PM) at JACK, a rising venue in Brooklyn. Tickets are just $10! Featured performers will represent the past and present of ESP-Disk': multi-instrumentalists Kali Fasteau (Sea Ensemble), Giuseppi Logan, and Alan Sondheim hail from the label's 1965-75 heyday, while guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil (TOTEM) and trio Tiger Hatchery (ESP-Disk's latest signing) show that the scene and the label continue to produce exciting artists. Additionally, former Sun Ra Arkestra member Michael D. Anderson will perform, and the ESP-Disk' 50th Anniversary Concert will benefit the Sun Ra Music Archives. The latter part of the concert will be a jam session featuring a variety of guests. JACK (www.jackny.org) is a new arts center in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn led by Artistic Director Alec Duffy (Three Pianos, Shadows). Its mission is to serve as a cultural hub in Clinton Hill, presenting cutting-edge theater, music, and dance performances, expanding access to the arts, bridging audiences, and educating youth. JACK was co-founded in 2012 by Duffy, Mimi Lien, Steve Leffue, Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., Nikaury Rodriguez, Prentice Onayemi, Ike Ufomadu, Amy Laird Webb, Jennifer Kidwell and Andreea Mincic. OBIE Award-winning theater company Hoi Polloi is the resident company of JACK. Steven Leffue, JACK's curator of music, put together the week-long music festival of which the ESP-Disk 50th Anniversary Concert is the closing event. JACK is located at 505 1/2 Waverly Ave, Brooklyn NY 11238 between Fulton St. and Atlantic Ave. in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. It is easily accessible by taking the C train to the Clinton-Washington stop, one block away from JACK, or the G train to Clinton-Washington, a few blocks away. There is also free street parking available on Waverly Ave.