Performance Schedule
 
 

July 2008
Tour with Ulrich Thiem Zwischen Bach und Blues
July 10     20:00 Uhr Dresden,  Wandelkonzert Jägerstr. 24
July 12     20:00 Uhr CH-Disentis ref. Kirche Konzert
July 13    10:00 Uhr             „                          Gottesdienst
                    20:00 Uhr CH-Lenzerheide Hotel Lenzerhorn
July 14    19.30 Uhr Treuchtlingen ev. Kirche
July 17    19.30 Uhr Leipzig ev. Versöhnungskirche
July 18  20:00 Uhr Feucht, Kulturzentrum Café Strauß
July 19   15.00 Uhr Dresden, Coselpalais near Frauenkirche
                    19.00 Uhr Schloß Pulsnitz (with a writer)
July 20 17.00 Uhr  Altes Stadtgut Wehlen (Open Air)
Monday July 21 Cafe Journal, Cologne with Peter Worringer and Sebastian Grams

June 2008
Saturday June 14      
      7- 8:30 PM
Lou Grassi Jazz Quintet
                 at
Riverbank State Park Cultural Center
145th Street & Riverside Drive, NYC, NY
James Zollar - trumpet
Patience Higgins - tenor sax
Les Kurtz - piano
Dave Hofstra - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
This concert is FREE to the public.


Tuesday, June 10
    9:30 PM
THE NU BAND
          at
The Vision Festival
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street, NYC, NY
Mark Whitecage, alto sax and clarinet
Roy Campbell, trumpet
Joe Fonda, bass
Lou Grassi, drums
More information is available at http://www.visionfestival.org 

May 2008

Tuesday May 27
The Dixie Peppers
345 Park Avenue, NYC
12:30-1:30
Outdoors. Free to The Public
(weather permitting)

Sunday May 25
Larry Luger Trio
11 AM
Service at St. Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St, NYC
212-674-6377

Sunday May 18
10 AM
Jazz Service
Ron Drotos Trio
Community Church at The Circle
7 E. Lncoln St
Mt Vernon, NY
Church office (914) 668-8989

Sunday May 11
Larry Luger Trio
11 AM
Service at St. Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St, NYC
212-674-6377

 April 2008

4/18
35th Internationale Jazztage Ilmenau
Moo Lohkenn's Source of Sound
Moo Lohkenn - vocals
Leonard Jones - bass
Lou Grassi - drums & percussion
March 2008
3/7
10:30PM
LANE / GRASSI / WHITECAGE
at VISION / RUCMA Series 2008
MARK WHITECAGE - Alto saxophone, clarinet
ADAM LANE - Bass
LOU GRASSI - Drums, percussion 
The Living Theatre
21 Clinton Street
New York, NY 10002
(bet Houston St and Stanton St)
F train to Delancey Street or J,M,Z to Essex Street
TICKETS: $10 general, $7 seniors & students

February 2008
2/23
7-11 PM
Richie Fells Ethereal Quartet
at
Ivonne's Southern Cuisine
503 Fifth Ave
Pehlam, NY 

2/17
10 AM
Jazz Service
Ron Drotos Trio
Community Church at The Circle
7 E. Lncoln St
Mt Vernon, NY
Church office (914) 668-8989

2/10
Larry Luger Trio
11 AM
Service at St. Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St, NYC
212-674-6377

January 2008
1/27
SYNERGY
Sight and Sound
at St. Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St, NYC
212-674-6377
Amir  Bey   set design, costumes
Saco Yasuma   compositions, reeds
Ras Moshe   woodwinds
Dave Ross   electric guitar
Chris Sullivan   bass
Lou Grassi    drums
admission $12.
1/20
10 AM
Jazz Service
Ron Drotos Trio
Community Church at The Circle
7 E. Lncoln St
Mt Vernon, NY
Church office (914) 668-8989
1/13
11 A.M.
Larry Lugar Trio
St. Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St
NYC

 

 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:30 PM
SYNERGY
Sight and Sound
www.sonicbids.com/SYNERGY3 
Amir  Bey   set design, costumes
Saco Yasuma   compositions, reeds
Ras Moshe   woodwinds
Dave Ross   electric guitar
Chris Sullivan   bass
Lou Grassi    drums
CORNELIA STREET CAFE
29 Cornelia Street
212-989-9319

Sunday September 17
10 AM
 Jazz Service
Ron Drotos Trio
Community Church at The Circle
7 E. Lncoln St
Mt Vernon, NY
Church office (914) 668-8989

Sunday, September 10
11 A.M.
Larry Lugar Trio
St. Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St
NYC

August 2006

Wednesday August 30
12:30 - 1:30 P.M.
The Dixie Peppers
One Battery Park Plaza
Randy Reinhart - cornet
Artie Miller - clarinet
Nick Carella - trombone
Larry Luger - banjo
Dave Hofstra - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
This concert is outdoors and free to the public weather permitting.
One Battery Park Plaza is the block surrounded by State, Bridge Pearl and Whitehall streets.

Sunday August 27
11 A.M.
Larry Lugar Trio
St. Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St
NYC

Friday & Saturday
August 18 & 19
Saturday June 3
Richie Fells Etheral Quintet
at Londell's
2620 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (8th Ave.)
between 139th & 140th

Friday August 11
7-11 P.M.
Richie Fells Etheral Quartet
Ivonne's Southern Cuisine
503 Fifth Ave
Pehlam, NY

July 2006

Sunday July 30
11 A.M.
Larry Lugar Trio
St. Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St
NYC

Friday July 28
7-11 P.M.
Richie Fells Etheral Quartet
Ivonne's Southern Cuisine
503 Fifth Ave
Pehlam, NY

Monday July 24
8PM
'LET THE BEAST SCREAM'
a multidisciplinary improvisation directed by
SYLVIE DEGIEZ
IRA COHEN poetry - LOU GRASSI drums - HAYES GREENFIELD sax 
ANGELA BABIN guitar RACHAEL DORSEY trumpet - ONDI MCMASTER poetry -
BARA SAPIR voice - SHIRI SANDLER art - SYLVIE DEGIEZ direction/piano
MAKOR 35 W 67st btwn Central Park West and Columbus Ave.
Res. 212 601-1000

Sunday July 16
10 AM
 Jazz Service
Ron Drotos Trio
Community Church at The Circle
7 E. Lncoln St
Mt Vernon, NY
Church office (914) 668-8989

Wednesday July 12
12:30 - 1:30 P.M.
The Dixie Peppers
One Battery Park Plaza
Randy Reinhart - cornet
Artie Miller - clarinet
Nick Carella - trombone
Larry Luger - banjo
Dave Hofstra - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
This concert is outdoors and free to the public weather permitting.
One Battery Park Plaza is the block surrounded by State, Bridge Pearl and Whitehall streets.


June 2006

Sunday June 25
11 A.M.
Larry Lugar Trio
Service at St. Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St
NYC

Friday June 23
7-11 P.M.
Richie Fells Etheral Quartet
Ivonne's Southern Cuisine
503 Fifth Ave
Pehlam, NY

Sunday June 18
10 AM
 Jazz Service
Ron Drotos Trio
Community Church at The Circle
7 E. Lncoln St
Mt Vernon, NY
Church office (914) 668-8989

Saturday June 17
9 P.M.
Vladimir Tkalich Quartet
ART CLUB "SVOI LYUDI"
"MON MADEMOISELLE"
3099 Emmons Ave
( entrance on Batchelder Str. )
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Phone: (718) 332 0500
Vladimir Tkalich ? Soprano & Tenor Saxophones
Arkady Figlin ? Piano
Lev Zabeginsky ? Bass
Lou Grassi ? Drums

Thursday June 15
Saco Yasuma & Yo'in
8pm
at
419 SOUNDS
419 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
Saco Yasuma, Alto Sax
David Phelps, Guitar
Lee Marvin, Bass
Lou Grassi, Drums

Wednesday June 14
12:30 - 1:30 P.M.
The Dixie Peppers
One Battery Park Plaza
Randy Reinhart - cornet
Artie Miller - clarinet
Nick Carella - trombone
Howard Alden - banjo
Dave Hofstra - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
This concert is outdoors and free to the public weather permitting.
One Battery Park Plaza is the block surrounded by State, Bridge Pearl and Whitehall streets.

Saturday June 10
7-11 P.M.
Richie Fells Etheral Quartet
Ivonne's Southern Cuisine
503 Fifth Ave
Pehlam, NY

Sunday June 4
11 A.M.
Larry Lugar Trio
Service at St. Mark's Church
2nd Ave & 10th St
NYC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday May 4
10 A.M.
The Dixie Peppers
The Wandell School
97 East Allendale Rd.
Saddle River, NJ
(201) 236-8166

Saturday May 6
9 P.M.
Vladimir Tkalich Quartet
ART CLUB "SVOI LYUDI"
"MON MADEMOISELLE"
3099 Emmons Ave
( entrance on Batchelder Str. )
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Phone: (718) 332 0500

April 2006

Saturday April 8
8-11 P.M.
The Peter Hand Trio
at Patanal
29 North Main Street
Port Chester NY.
914-939-6894
Peter Hand - gtr
Per-Ola Gadd - bass
Lou Grassi - drums

Saturday April 15
8 P.M.
Easter Jazz Service
United Methodist Church
Main St.
Chatam, NJ

Sunday April 16

10 AM
Easter Jazz Service
Ron Drotos Trio
Community Church at The Circle
7 E. Lncoln St
Mt Vernon, NY
Church office (914) 668-8989

Friday & Saturday
April 21 & 22
8-12 P.M.
Richie Fells Etheral Quartet
at Londell's
2620 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (8th Ave.)
between 139th & 140th
Richie Fells - tenor sax
Joe Tranchina - Piano
Mark Hagen - Bass
Lou Grassi - drums

Saturday April 29
6-10 P.M.
Richie Fells Etheral Quartet
Ivonne's Southern Cuisine
503 Fifth Ave
Pehlam, NY


March 2006


March 17
6-10 PM
Richie Fells Ethereal Quartet
Ivonne's Southern Cuisine

503 Fifth Ave
Pehlam, NY
No cover charge


March 19

10 AM
Jazz Service
Ron Drotos Trio
Community Church at The Circle
7 E. Lncoln St
Mt Vernon, NY
Church office (914) 668-8989


March 22
9:30 ? 12:30
Kenny Wessel Trio
Kavehaz
37 West 26th Street
(between 6th Ave. & B?way)
(No Cover Charge)


March 25
1-2 P.M.
Matt Lavelle Quintet
Tower Records
1961 Broadway
(at Lincoln Center)
FREE!!!



January 2006

Germany

Jan. 6 N?g w/Ulrich Thiem
Jan 7 ? w/Ulrich Thiem
Jan.8 Weiߥnburg w/Ulrich Thiem
Jan 9 Altenberg w/Ulrich Thiem
Jan 10
Jan 11 w/Ulrich Thiem
Jan 12
Jan 13 Dresden (Radio/Aktive; the new name is: "Wettb?ot;) w/Andreas Bottcher
Jan14 Kassel Kirchditmold SchanzenStr w/Ulrich Thiem.
Jan 15 ? w/Ulrich Thiem
Jan 16
Jan 17 Kassel Dock 4 w/Martin Speicher & Georg Wolf
Jan. 18. Wednesday, @ Bochum, Kulturrat: w/Moo Lohkenn & Leonard Jones
Jan 19 8PM Klappstuhlfest 06 Wuppertal
Jan. 20 Dresden "Tonne" w/Ulrich Thiem
Jan.21 Uelzen w/Ulrich Thiem
Jan 22 Osterliever ev. Kirche w/Ulrich Thiem
Jan 23
Jan 24 Recording with Moo Lohkenn & Leonard Jones
Jan 25 Wuppertal w/Moo Lohkenn
Jan 26
Jan 27
Jan 28

Spain

Jan 29 Madrid festival Hurta Cordel duo with Gunter Heinz

 2005

January 2005
Tour with Ulrich Thiem Zwischen Bach und Blues
January 5, 20.00 h - ev. Kirche Wassertrudingen near Aalen
January 6, 10.00 h - service ev.Kirche Haunsheim near Augsburg
January 6, 16.30 h - kath. Kirche Kohlberg, Amberg
January 6, 19.30 h - ev. Kirche Flossbei Weiden;
January 7, 20.00 h - Dresden restaurant "Zaza"
January 9, 09.30 h - ev. Lutherkirche Dresden

January 2005
Tour With the Nu Band
January 13: Nantes, FR, Pannonica
January 14: Poitiers, FR, Carré ‚leu
January 15: Tours, FR, Petit Faucheux
January 16: Melle, FR, Café ¤u Boulevard
January 17: Paris, FR, Sunset)
January 18: open
January 19: Tilburg, NE, Paradox
January 20: Rotterdam, NE
January 21: Munster, DE, Cuba
January 22: Weikersheim, DE
January 23: Rottweil, DE, Alte Paketpost
January 24: Chur, CH
January 25: Lienz, AT
January 26: Graz, AT, Stochwerk Jazz
January 27: open
January 28: St Johann, AT, Music Kultur St. Johann
January 29: Nikelsdorf, AT

June 2 Lou Grassi?s Avanti Galoppi
Jazz ao Centro Festival, Coimbra, Portugal 23:00h

June 3 Lou Grassi, Herb Robertson, Ken Filiano
Q-Club, Coimbra, Portugal 24:00hJune 4 Lou Grassi, Herb Robertson, Ken Filiano
Sal㯠Brazil, Coimbra, Portugal 24:00hWith Ulrich Thiem?s Zwischen Bach und Blues
Ulrich Thiem, Cello, Andreas Bottcher, Vibraphone, Lou Grassi, drums
June 9


November 2007
German & Italian Tour
 11/17 16.oo Uhr ev. Kirche Stollberg / Erzgebirge
           19.oo Uhr ev. Kirche Lauter / Erzgeb.
 11/18 1o.oo Uhr Service ev. Kirche Lößnitz / Erzgeb.
          17.oo Uhr ev. Kirche Treuen
11/19 Dock 4, Kassel (Moo Lokkenn)
11/20 Furth (Moo Lokkenn)
11/21 Cologne (Peter Alexius)
11/22  Wuppertal (Moo Lokkenn)
 11/23 13:00 recording at Bavarian Broadcasting, Nuremberg (Klaus Treuheit)
 11/24 8:30 PM Stadttheater Bruneck, Italy with Klaus Treuheit & Gunther Pitscheider
 11/26 Cottbus (Nesferatu)
11/27 Merano, IT Theater in der Altstadt Meran with Klaus Treuheit & Gunther Pitscheider
October 2007

Nu Band European Tour
October, 2007
Roy Campbell, Jr.  trumpet,  Mark Whitecage  alto sax,
Joe Fonda  bass, Lou Grassi  drums.
 
October 14 22:00, Carre Bleu, Poitiers, FR
October 15, 17:00 Atelier Tampon-Ramier, Paris, FR
October 16 21:00, Espace Vauban, Brest,FR
October 17 Chur,CH
October 18 21:30, AMR Geneva, CH
October 19 20:00, Kulak Jazz, Boswil, CH
October 20 Nuremberg, DE
October 21 Krakow, PO
October 22 Mitterdorf, AT
October 23  Stockwerk, Graz, AT
October 24 open
October 25 21:00, De Spiegel, St. Nicklaas, BE
October 26 Avignon, FR
October 27 Cafe du Solieil, Saignelegier, CH
June 2007
     Saturday June 23
     3:00 PM
    Synergy Sight and Sound
     Amir Bey, Saco Yasuma, Ras Moshe
     David Ross, Chris Sullivan, Lou Grassi
                         at
    The Vision Festival, NYC
May 2007

Monday, May 28 (Memorial Day)
12PM - 1PM.
Lou Grassi Jazz Quintet
Mainstage
at Riverbank State Park
145th St and Riverside Dr.
Vinnie Cutro - trumpet, Patience Higgins - tenor sax
Les Kurtz - keyboard, Dave Hofstra - bass, Lou Grassi - drums.
This concert is outdoors, free to the public, and is the first of several musical events that day.
In case of inclement weather the concert will be moved indoors.
April 2007

April 29
10:00 PM
The Stone, NYC
http://www.thestonenyc.com/
Marilyn Lerner - piano
Ken Filiano - bass
Lou Grassi - drums

Burton Greene/Roy Campbell Quartet
European Tour
Burton Greene - piano
Roy Campbell, Jr. - tpt
Adam Lane - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
 
4/07 Amsterdam, NL
         Bimhuis, Piet Heinkade 3 20:30 h

 4/08 Soest, NL
        Artishock, Steenhofstr. 46A 15:00 h
 
4/09 Oostum, NL(Groningen)
         Kerk Oostum, Oostumerweg 23, 16:00 h

 4/12 Vienna, Austria
         Porgy & Bess, Riemergasse 11RIEM20:30 h

4/13 Dachau, Germany
         Cafe Teufelhart, Augsburgerstr. 8 21:00 h

4/14 Bielefeld, Germany concert & recording for WDR Radio
         Bunker Ulmenwall, Shelter Elm Tree Barrier 21:00 h

4/16 Hannover, Germany
       Jazzclub Hannover, Am Lindener Berge 38, 20:00 h
       (Note: bassist for this concert is Tjitze Vogel)
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4/17 Giessen, DE (Martin Speicher trio)
20:00 hr
Alte UB (that's the old university library)
Bismarckstr. 34
 
4/18 Kassel, DE (Martin Speicher trio)
20:00 hr
Werkstatt Eugen Wolf
Sandershäµ³er Str. 34
 
4/19 Nuremberg, DE 
         Kuenstlerhaus K4
         Koenigstr. 93 Nuremberg  20:00 hr 
         Lou Grassi Drums & Percussion, Klaus Treuheit Pianoforte

4/20 Free

4/21 Goettingen, DE
          "Cinema Goettingen"
            Weender Str. 58, Tel: 0551/58888".
            21:15 h
            Free Improvisation to  "Der mÏ‹de Tod" by Fritz Lang.
             Guenter Heinz - trombone, flute, zurna.
             Peter Krug - bass
             Lou Grassi - drums, percussion
 


 

March 2007

March 9 & 10
Richie Fells Ethereal Quartet
at
Londell's
2620 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (8th Ave.)
between 139th & 140th
8-11 PM

March 14
Stephen Gauci Quartet
Stephen Gauci - woodwinds
Nate Wooley - tpt.
Ken Filiano - bass
Lou Grassi - drums
At The Stone
10 PM

February 2007

Feb. 18
10 AM
Jazz Service
Ron Drotos Trio
Community Church at The Circle
7 E. Lncoln St
Mt Vernon, NY
Church office (914) 668-8989

Feb. 22
Katie Bull Quartet
55BAR 7:00 pm (two sets)
no cover, no minimum
www.55bar.com
55 Christopher Street, NYC
Katie Bull - vocals
Dom Minasi - Guitar
Cameron Brown - bass
Lou Grassi - drums

Feb. 23
Richie Fells Ethereal Quartet
at
Ivonne's Southern Cuisine
503 Fifth Ave
Pehlam, NY
7-11 PM 
 

     
1:00- 4:30 P.M.
St. Mark's Church    2nd Ave & 10th Street, NYC
1 PM Swinging Mainstream Jazz by the Lou Grassi Jazz Quintet.
James Zollar, Patience Higgins, Joe Tranchina, Dave Hofstra, Lou Grassi + guests
Intermission & Refreshments
3 PM Free Jazz at it's best with The Lou Grassi PoBand
Herb Robertson, Perry Robinson, Art Baron, Burton Greene, Adam Lane, Lou Grassi, + surprise guests
"some of the best freestyle improvisers on the scene at the end of the 20th century"All Music Guide to Jazz
Suggested Donation $10
 
 Friday January 12, 2007
 
12-3 P.M. Lou will be a guest on Ben Young's show "Out To Lunch"
WKCR 89.9FM www.wkcr

January 14, 2007 

November 25
Open Ears Festival
Munich, Germany
Fred van Hove - piano & accordian
Guenter Heinz - trombone, flute, zurna
 Lou Grassi - drums & percussion

November 23
20.00
Barocksaal, Palais Stutterheim
Erlangen, Germany
Guenter Heinz -  trombone, flute, zurna
Klaus Treuheit - piano
Lou Grassi - drums & percussion

 

 

November 21
"Immerhin"
Wurzburg, Germany
Guenter Heinz - trombone, flute, zurna
 Lou Grassi - drums & percussion


November 18
Goettingen  Filmproject "Nosferatu" 
13.00-13.30
Gottingen, Germany
Guenter Heinz - trombone, flute, zurna
Uwe Olquarts
Peter Krug - bass
Lou Grassi - Dr





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