Hello friends,
Great news for Vancouver music fans! Zula is back in action!
Opening Week Celebration at Rime
Dennis Gonzalez Yells At Eels joined by Mark Taylor, Paul Plimley & Peggy Lee
December 26 & 27, 9 pm
Rime (1130 Commercial Drive)
Tix$12/10 at the door
Zula Productions presents Texas composer, jazz trumpet icon, improviser Dennis Gonzalez, who will play original music written specifically for this event with sons Aaron on basses & Stefan on drums, with New York French hornist Mark Taylor plus local greats, pianist Paul Plimley (Sunday, Dec. 26) & cellist Peggy Lee (Monday, Dec.27).
Mark Taylor with eye of newt perform live to a screening of “The Secret Adventures Of Tom Thumb” and more
December 29, 9 pm
Rime (1130 Commercial Drive)
Tix$12/10 at the door
Zula Productions presents from New York City, jazzman, French hornist, composer, improviser Mark Taylor (of Henry Threadgill’s Very Very Circus fame) with Vancouver’s eye of newt which includes Stefan Smulovitz (viola, laptop), Brad Turner (trumpet), Viviane Houle (voice), Pepe Danza (percussion, shakuhachi), perform live to a special screening of “The Secret Adventures Of Tom Thumb” & a second set of original music.
New Year’s Eve Party At Rime (any excuse to hear 4 great bands in one night!)
December 31, 10 pm to 4 am
Rime (1130 Commercial Drive)
Tix $25/20 at the door
Zula Productions presents New Year’s Eve sonic marathon extravaganza with singer-songwriter Kevin House, eccentric Turkish pop band Something About Reptiles, all-star avant-jazz band Tony Wilson Quintet with New York City French hornist Mark Taylor, and Wilson/Taylor Duo.
For more information, please call Rime at 604.215.1130
By Boxing Day, December 26, 2004, a new performance space & licensed restaurant, will open its doors to Vancouverites. Located in the heart of East Vancouver’s beloved Commercial Drive neighbourhood (1130 Commercial Dr., next to Tio Pepe’s), Rime will fill a niche in Vancouver, as a relaxed & intimate community gathering place, neighbourhood hang, fully licensed, authentic Eurasian eatery (classic Turkish & fusion food) and superb music room, with a focus on strengthening & nurturing the local music scene, as well as showcasing vital music from across the globe. Cream of the Vancouver music community, along with visiting players of all stripes will have a venue, on which both musicians & audiences can rely for regular presentation of quality music by Zula Productions along with great food by our chef & main man, Emir Polat, and drinks & music by yours truly, all at reasonable prices.
We at Rime take great pride in what we have created, a one-of-a-kind performance space & eatery in Vancouver and hope you dig & support our vision. We look forward to having you as our guests & to spoil you with world famous Turkish hospitality, food & international music of high caliber. More details on the Rime site (www.rime.ca), which will be up & running soon, and the Zula site (www.zula.ca), which will be updated beyond posters soon. As soon as we get all our ducks in a row and , we will have calendars on both sites, which will outline in detail all the activities which we would eventually want to include, based on the audience response, five nights of music, a film night & a special projects night with poetry & literary readings, burlesque, workshops & more…
Hope to see you all soon… Support live music in your community!!!
Your faithful bartender & neighbourhood music presenter,
Cem Zafir
Hello friends,
We had a fantastic opening week with some very lovely performances. A big thank you to all the performers & those in attendance!
Here’s a partial January line-up:
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Friday, January 7, 10:30 pm
Aeroplane Trio (formerly JP Carter Trio)
JP Carter – trumpet
Russell Sholberg – bass
Skye Brooks – drums
Tight, home-grown, vital, fresh avant-jazz & improv
$5
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Friday, January 14 & Saturday, January 15, 10 pm
Local singer-songwriter, pianist performs two nights of solo music at her neighbourhood hang.
$12/10 (students & seniors)
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Friday, January 21, 10 pm
FourHead
Brad Muirhead – bass trombone
Jared Burrows – guitar & accordion
Russell Sholberg – bass
Skye Brooks – drums
Vancouver jazz greats in tasty new inside-out avant-jazz unit
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Saturday, January 22, 10 pm
Ronnie Artur & His Orkestrio
New bohemian beats, beat musings, amusing bits, bit of improv
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Sunday, January 23, 9pm
The October Trio
Evan Arntzen -saxophones
Josh Cole – bass
Dan Gaucher – drums
Young & able jazz trio warms up this chilly January night
cover by donation ($5 suggested)
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Friday, January 28, 10 pm
Cameron Dilworth & His Band plus Leah Abramson Solo
Talented Copperspine recording artists deserving wider recognition
$5-10 (sliding scale) cover
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Saturday, January 29, 10 pm (Trio) &
Sunday January 30 , 3 pm (Kün/Armoush Duo)
Erdal Kün – saz/baglama
Emad Armoush – ney, guitar, percussion, voice
Denis Franck – frame drum & other percussion
Turkish string player meets Syrian instrumentalist to play gorgeous, intricate Middle-Eastern melodies
Saturday night : $5-10 (sliding scale) cover
Sunday afternoon: cover by donation ($5 suggested)
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Sunday, January 30, 7 pm
Roger Dean Young & The Tin Cup
(Acoustic & Electric Sets)
with VERY special guests
Revered alt-roots outfit & Copperspine folk throw “Yearender” bash
free admission
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Wishing you all a joyous 2005!
Cheers,
Cem Zafir
ZULA Presents 