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ED'S NEW CD IS AVAILABLE NOW!!!
It's
been a long time in the making, but "GETTIN' ORGAN-IZED" is
finally ready. This is Ed's first CD featuring him on Hammond Organ, and
here he is joined by the prodigious talents of Charlie Jones on guitar
and Don Guinta on drums. The material is mostly originals by Ed, with
a couple by Charlie, and 3 cover songs. Musically, it's all over the map
(if you know Ed, you'd probably expect that it would be), and attempts
to operate within the grand organ trio tradition while infusing it with
a rawness and energy not always heard in that bag.
It
is available for purchase at:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/EdAlstrom1
- packaged CD or download
http://www.digstation.com/EdAlstrom
- download of individual tracks or the whole album
The CD is getting substantial airply on
jazz (and even blues) radio stations nationwide, including MOJA Radio
(www.mojaradio.com)...THE WORLD'S MODERN JAZZ RADIO CHANNEL!
Tempted? Wanna hear some? Click below
for a sample of the first cut:
"Smoker's
Hack"
(mp3)
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Ed with ROB PAPAROZZI AND THE HUDSON RIVER
RATS
Friday and Saturday Nite, March 12th & 13th
9pm - 1am ($10 cover)
Robin's Nest Rhythm n' Blues Club
3103 Tremley Point Rd. Linden, NJ, 07036 (908) 290-3090
The Grand Opening of that little JUKE JOINT you've all
been waiting for in LINDEN, NJ
(Bar Food menu available & their own parking lot!)
Rob Paparozzi - Harmonica & Vocals
George Naha - Guitar
Ed Alstrom - Piano, Vocals
Bailey Gee - Bass, Vocals
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Drums (Friday)
Frank Pagano - Drums (Saturday)
Please Note: They are UPDATING their website so check back at this
link:
http://www.robinsnestrhythmandblues.com/
About Robin's Nest Rhythm And Blues (RNRB)"
"Robin's Nest Rhythm and
Blues" is a Linden, NJ based juke joint. An intimate setting with
an everyone is part of the family vibe, RNRB is not just a venue but a
state of mind. Please join us as we champion The Blues locally, coast
to coast and beyond.
In the words of co-owner's
Robin Bacote and Eric Knox, "We are dedicated to The Blues, good
times and great music. We are club for musicians, by musicians. Come and
see us when you're in the neighborhood."
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YOU CAN TAKE THE GIRL OUTTA BROOKLYN
SUSAN COLLINS performs her autobiographical musical revue at
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Auditorium
331 East 70th Street between First and Second Avenues, Manhattan
SUNDAY, MARCH 14
2 PM - one show
open to the public for $5 suggested donation
music director: ED ALSTROM
background singers: ULA HEDWIG and ANGELA CAPPELLI
opening act: singer/songwriter TUCKER CAPLOE
In YOU CAN TAKE THE GIRL OUTTA
BROOKLYN, SUSAN COLLINS tells the remarkable true life musical story of
how she emerged from singing a cappella on the street corner of her Brooklyn
housing project in the 1960s to an insider's career as a singer songwriter,
working with JIMI HENDRIX, TODD RUNDGREN, BRIAN WILSON, KISS, JOHN LENNON,
and many more. The audience gets an up close and personal view of pop
culture history through SUSAN's alternately humorous and touching experiences:
in a landmark Greenwich Village coffeehouse with JIMMY JAMES, flying into
WOODSTOCK with RICHIE HAVENS, singing comedy with GILDA RADNER on SATURDAY
NIGHT LIVE with NBC's Not Ready for Prime Time Players, arena rock shenanigans
on the road with the ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA, minting gold records as
a session singer, show biz heartache at the hands of a vengeful record
company executive, and ultimately, a happy family life, still singing
at the top of her game. SUSAN wrote the show's title music with he close
friend, the late legendary songwriter ELLIE GREENWICH. "You Can Take
the Girl Outta Brooklyn" is the last song that Ellie ever wrote.
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YANKEE
BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!
In April, Ed will embark on his 7th season tickling the ivories of the
mighty HAMMOND ELEGANTE at the NEW YANKEE STADIUM, on Saturdays, Sundays,
and a few weekdays here and there.
A spot when the gates open 2hours before game time, a 15-minute spot about
an hour before game time, and of course, rousing renditions of "Happy
Birthday" in the middle of the 6th, and "Take Me Out To The
Ballgame" in the middle of the 7th (all 50,000 singing lustily along!!).
Gates open 3 hours before game time at the new stadium (used to be 2).
Ed
will also be playing organ at the Yankees HOMECOMING DINNER in Manhattan
on April 12.
Info about the team, of course, is at www.yankees.com
revised
3/9/10
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