CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ
 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York    212-989-9319
 http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com
 between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village
 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St.
 Contact: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services, 845-986-1677, jazzpromo@earthlink.net 
 
   
 Tonight At Cornelia Street Cafe 
 Wed  Oct 20th 8:30PM      
 RIBS AND BRISKET REVUE 
 (Paul Shapiro, sax, clarinet, vocals; Cilla Owens, vocals; Glenn Turner, vocals; Dan Rosengard, piano; Booker King, bass; Mo Roberts, drums)
 
  
 “Hard blowing, finger-snapping, klezmer-inflected jazz and wailing big city blues that suddenly slips into Yiddish.” 
 — Jamie Renton, Straight No Chaser UK
 “Mr. Shapiro, transforms the ritual of a Friday night Shabbat service into a rollicking downtown jam.” — The New York Times
  Shapiro’s “Essen” Chosen as “Number 1 CD of 2008.” — David Pulizzi, Jazziz
  Woodwind player and composer Paul Shapiro, who’s earned wide acclaim for his three Tzadik CDs and his dynamic performances, brings his fabled “Ribs and Brisket Revue” —an uplifting, funky-historical Harlemite Yiddish Swing band back to the famed Cornelia Street Café for their sixth straight New Year’s Eve Celebration!
  Paul Shapiro’s Ribs and Brisket Revue’ is featured on Shapiro’s CD “Essen” which was released last year on John Zorn’s Tzadik Records to rave reviews:
  “Everything here is lively, witty, well-played and just plain excellent. And it all serves as a potent reminder that a jazz record can still be a whole mess of freewheeling fun without sacrificing a lick of intelligence or creativity.” — David Pulizzi, Jazziz
  As a member of the Microscopic Septet in the 1980s and early 1990s, Shapiro was part of a small but vibrant community of jazz musicians who refused to submit to the narrow, neoconservative ethos of the day, and chose instead to celebrate the entire tradition, from early swing to the avant-garde. You can hear that joyous open-mindedness in all of Shapiro’s subsequent work, including his two previous albums for John Zorn’s Tzadik label, Midnight Minyan and It’s in the Twilight, which subject traditional synagogue melodies to a variety of treatments, from rhythm and blues to modal jazz. 
  Cover $10   http://www.paulshapiromusic.com