Newman Taylor Baker Singin' Drums

Newman Taylor Baker Singin' Drums
DRUM-SUITE-LIFE innova 238
CD Release Party@The Stone NYC
photo: dmitry mandel

Shotgun Fun (photo by Susan Ragan)

A Celebration of Drum-Suite-Life, (innova 238)
Debut CD of Newman Taylor Baker’s Singin’ Drum
http://www.innova.mu/

November 18, 2010
The Stone
2nd St. and Avenue C
New York, NY 10009
http://thestonenyc.com/

8 pm One set
$10 admission
Cds will be for sale and available for autographs

10 pm One Set
Andrew Bemkey and Newman Taylor Baker: Duets
Bass Clarinet, Piano and Drum Set
$10 admission
Drum-Suite-Life is the initial CD of Newman Taylor Baker’s project, Singin’ Drums; the result of a life-long desire to have the drum set accepted as a solo instrument, and using it to honor the U. S. African culture where the drum set developed. For Baker, the drum set represents the strength, intelligence, creativity, power, endurance, and love found in
U. S. African culture. He writes, “The drum set has a story to tell. We present Singin’ Drums in a variety of settings to share our story.”


Drum-Suite-Life is part of innova’s NEA-supported “NYFA Series” celebrating the work of composers who have won the New York Foundation for the Arts Music Composition Fellowships.

http://ntbsingindrums.blogspot.com/

SAVE NOVEMBER 18TH/November Gigs 2010

The Ebony Hillbillies at Falcon Ridge Folkfest 2010

November 18, 2010 8 pm
Newman Taylor Baker’s Singin’ Drums
Drum-Suite-Life CD Release Party
One Set $10

10pm
Andrew Bemkey and Newman Taylor Baker:
Duets For Piano, Bass Clarinet and Drums
One Set $10
at
The Stone
2nd St. and Avenue C
NYC 10009
Info: 917 865-5629
www.thestonenyc.com

NOVEMBER GIGS 2010

November 4, 2010 8 pm
The Ebony Hillbillies
Henrique Prince, violin
Gloria Gassaway, voice & bones
Norris Bennett, banjo & dulcimer
Bill Salter, acoustic bass
Newman Taylor Baker, washboard
at
Henry Public Bar & Saloon
329 Henry St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201-5575
(718) 852-8630
www.henrypublic.com

November 5, 2010 7 pm
Billy Bang Quartet
Billy Bang , violin
Andrew Bemkey, piano
Hilliard Greene, bass
Newman Taylor Baker, drums
at
Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17th St.
NYC 10011
www.rmanyc.org

November 6, 2010 2 pm
Billy Bang Quartet
Same personnel as November 5th
at
The Danforth (Main) Public Library Patterson, NJ
250 Broadway
Paterson, NJ 07501
Phone: 973-321-1223

November 12, 2010
Henry Grimes' Sublime Communication
Henry Grimes, violin & acoustic bass
Andrew Lamb, tenor sax & flutes
Newman Taylor Baker, drums
at
The Stone
2nd St. and Avenue C
NYC 10009
www.thestonenyc.com

November 13, 2010 9 pm
Music and Dance New and Old Style
Seiji "Yuki" Yukimoto, trumpet, bamboo flute
Mickey, dance
Seiji, dance

Roy Campbell, cornet, etc.
Gerry Eastman, guitar
Hilliard Greene, bass
Newman Taylor Baker, drums

3 Japanese with 4 New Yorkers

Williamsburgh Music Center
367 Bedford Ave. @S. 5th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718 384-1654
www.wmcjazz.org

November 14, 2010 2 pm
Nioka Workman Power Trio
Nioka Workman on cello,
Hui Cox, 7-string guitar
Newman Baker, drums
at
Theaterlab
137 W 14th St.,
NYC 10011
www.niokakworkman.com

November 18, 2010 8 pm
Newman Taylor Baker’s Singin’ Drums
Drum-Suite-Life CD Release Party
at
The Stone
2nd St. and Avenue C
NYC 10009
917 865-5629
www.thestonenyc.com

NEWMAN TAYLOR BAKER QUARTET at Goddard Riverside Community Center

***NEWMAN TAYLOR BAKER QUARTET***

Featuring
Joe Ford, alto & soprano saxophones
Gerry Eastman, bass
Mamiko Watanabe, piano
Newman Taylor Baker, drums

December 10, 2008
7:00 pm

Free JAZZ Concert

presented by

Goddard Riverside Community Center
593 Columbus Avenue (at W. 88th St.) NYC
(212) 873-6600

by subway: B/C or 1 to 86th Street

To assure seating:
Please pick up a ticket in advance.
Tickets available starting December 4.

Billy Bang Sextet at MoMA July 13, 2008
Andrew Bemkey - piano; Billy Bang - violin; James Zollar - trumpet;
James Spaulding - flute; Todd Nicholson - bass; Newman Taylor Baker - drums.

Billy Bang Quartet on West Coast Tour
featuring
Billy Bang, violin
Andrew Bemkey, piano
Todd Nicholson, bass
Newman Taylor Baker, drums

The band will be playing music from the recent cds Vietnam, The Aftermath; Vietnam, Reflections; and a new composition, Prayer For Peace, which was premiered July 13, 2008 at the Museum of Modern Art New York, NY in the Sculpture Garden Summer Music series.

“The Billy Bang Quartet plays with the acuity, diligence, bravura, sensibility and incomparable energy which characteristics Bang himself possesses. This band has groove, melody, compassion. It’s got Bang.”

“When Billy Bang plays his instrument, he isn’t playing with his mind... he connects the bow and the strings of the violin with emotion and relentless drive.”

“Todd Nicholson manages his instrument as if he were connected to it.Nicholson digs hard. The resonance of the strings is large, open and never murky.”

“Andrew Bemkey's fingers can fly in the openness that he carves out, but his reverence to his bandmates is evident. Bemkey’s contribution to the quartet is indispensable.”

“Newman Taylor Baker exudes nothing but sensitivity. a fresh, un-heavy sound on the drum set, his touch is in stunning proportion to what the other band members are doing.”


October 17
Yardbird Suite
Edmonton, Canada
http://www.yardbirdsuite.com/

October 18
Presented by the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society
People who present the Vancouver Jazz Festival
Vancouver, Canada
http://www.coastaljazz.ca/

October 19
Earshot Jazz Festival
Seattle, WA
http://www.earshot.org/

October 21
Yoshi's
San Francisco, CA
http://sf.yoshis.com/sf/jazzclub

Newman Taylor Baker: July 2007 Gigs

Dear Friends,

This July, I will perform Singin’ Drums, at the Williamsburg Music Center.

This will be my first concert of my music for solo drum set since my life changing experience one year ago.

I would love to have your presence at the performance, and share my new view.

I will also be performing in a number of other gigs. Hope to see you at one of them.

In peace,
Newman

Saturday, July 21, 2007, 9 & 10:30 pm
NTB/SINGIN’ DRUMS: SAME EYES/NEW VIEW
Williamsburg Music Center
367 Bedford Avenue at South 5th Street, Brooklyn
(718)384-1654

Sunday, JULY 8, 5 pm
Gerry Eastman Quintet
International African Arts Festival
Commodore Park at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Street (btwn Park and Flushing Avenues)
Brooklyn

Tuesday, JULY 10, 9 pm
Elektra Kurtis & Ensemble Elektra
The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street, New York City
(212) 989-9319

Tuesday, JULY 17, 12:30 – 2 pm
Henry Grimes Quartet
Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
Summer on the Plaza
International Center of Photography
1114 Sixth Avenue at 43rd Street, New York City
(212) 857-0001

Friday, JULY 20, 7pm & 8:30pm
Gerry Eastman Quintet
Medgar Evers College
1650 Bedford Avenue (Ebbets Field Houses) Brooklyn

Music & Dance in December 06

Dec. 2 Saturday, 9pm-12pm
Bob Stewart Trio with Bob Stewart, tuba; Carlton Holmes, piano; Newman Taylor Baker, drums
Night & Day230 5th Avenue(@President St.)Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215Tel: 718 399-2161
Dec. 6 Wednesday 7:30 pm
Avodah Dance EnsembleWinter ConcertHebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR)1 West 4th Street, between Broadway and Mercer$12; $8 seniors and students
Dec. 13 Wednesday, 7:30pm & 9:15pm
Sameer Ramchandran Trio with Sameer Ramchandran, piano; Dominic Duval, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, drums
KitanoPark Ave.@37th St.New York, NY
No Cover $10 minimum/set2 Sets 7:30pm and 9:15pm
Dec. 16 Saturday, 8pm
Henry Grimes Trio with Henry Grimes, bass; Andrew Lamb, tenor sax & flute; Newman Taylor Baker, drums
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural CenterSEA Theater 2nd floor107 Suffolk Street (bet. Rivington and Delancey Sts.)New York, NY 10002
F to Delancey Street or J, M, Z to Essex StreetTickets: $10 per set / $7 students and seniors / $15 both setsAvailable at the doorMore Info: http://www.visionfestival.org or 212.696.6681
Dec. 21 Thursday, 8pm
Ivo Perelman's Introspection with Ivo Perelman, tenor sax; Rosie Hertlein, violin & voice; Dominic Duval, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, drums
The StoneNw corner of Ave C & 2nd St.New York, NY 10009  $10 per set