Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 9:48 PM
Guitarist Kevin Barry-Dutro to perform with "Shack" on July 8
Special guest guitarist Kevin Barry-Dutro will be performing with "Shack" (featuring trumpeter Stephen Haynes and bassist Adam Kubota) this week:
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 6:30pm
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 278-2670
"Shack" will be performing for FREE in the Gengras Courtyard (or inside the Museum Cafe it rains).
The concert will be followed by a screening of "Nora's Will" (2008, Mexico), part of the
2010 Summer Film Program at 7:30pm, which features the best in independent and art films, productions from the international scene and cinema classics. Film discussions take place after each film screening. Admission to the films are $9 general admission, $8 seniors/students w/ID.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 11:19 AM
Returning to study with Medeski, Martin & Wood in August
I am excited to say that I am returning to study at the third "Camp MMW" August 1-6, 2010 at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, New York. I am greatly looking forward to those five days of intensive music workshops, seminars, deep listening, and musical exploration. This year’s confirmed guests are guitarist and Berklee professor David Fiuczynski (Fuze) and Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista. I took this picture after my ensemble worked with Chris Wood on August 8, 2008.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 7:20 PM
"Shack" to perform for free at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art on Thursdays in July and August
I will be playing drums with "Shack", featuring trumpeter Stephen Haynes, bassist Adam Kubota, and guitarist Kevin O'Neil, at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, located at 600 Main Street in Hartford, on the following Thursdays in July and August from 6:30pm to 7:45pm: 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, and 8/12. "Shack" will be performing for FREE in the Gengras Courtyard (or inside the Museum Cafe it rains).
These FREE performances by "Shack" will be followed by screenings of the
2010 Summer Film Program at 7:30pm, featuring the best in independent and art films, productions from the international scene and cinema classics:
Thursday July 8 - "Nora's Will" (2008, Mexico)
Thursday July 15 - "Welcome" (2010, France)
Thursday July 22 - "Shameless" (2008, Czech Republic)
Thursday July 29 - "Barking Water" (2009, United States)
Thursday August 12 - "Reverse" (2009, Poland)
Film discussions take place after each film screening. Admission to the films are $9 general admission, $8 seniors/students w/ID.
Sunday, April 25th, 2010 1:01 AM
Rich McGhee III to join "Shack" at La Paloma
Special guest Richard A. McGhee III will be joining
"Shack" on multi-reeds next month:
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 8pm
La Paloma Sabanera Coffee House
405 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 956-5003
www.lapalomacoffeehouse.com Price: $5
Bring your own beer.
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 8:00 PM
Margaux Hayes & "Shack" at La Paloma Sabanera
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 8pm
La Paloma Sabanera Coffee House
405 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 956-5003
www.lapalomacoffeehouse.com Price: $5
Bring your own beer.
Vocalist Margaux Hayes will be joining forces with
"Shack" featuring trumpeter Stephen Haynes, bassist
Adam Kubota, and guitarist Kevin O'Neil.
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 12:31 PM
Gig in a Greenhouse
March 27, 2010 at 11am
Knox Parks Greenhouse
75 Laurel Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 951-7694
www.knoxparks.org FREE
I will be playing drums with "Shack" featuring trumpeter Stephen Haynes, bassist Adam Kubota, guitarist Kevin O'Neil, and special guest vocalist Margaux Hayes.
Monday, January 4th, 2010 5:26 PM
Amir at Arts & Ideas
Amir ElSaffar, an Iraqi-American jazz trumpeter and composer who was a fellow student with me at the Lake Placid Institute in Lake Placid, New York in 2000, will be one of three featured Courtyard Concert artists at the 15th annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 8pm.
Click here to watch a preview video.
Amir is also a
santour (hammered dulcimer) player and singer. His “Two Rivers” sextet includes both Middle Eastern (Arabic lutes
oud, buzuq; percussion) and Western instruments (saxophone, bass, and drumset). The hypnotic and arresting repertoire of the group is focused on joining the melodic and rhythmic structures of the maqam tradition of Iraq with contemporary improvised music.
Monday, December 14th, 2009 11:47 AM
"I'm Going Back To New York City..."
I will be playing drums with
Stanley Maxwell as we return to New York City for our first gig at
Sullivan Hall since opening for Dub Is A Weapon in March 2008:
Friday, January 1, 2010 Sullivan Hall
214 Sullivan Street (between Bleecker and West 3rd)
New York, NY 10012
(212) 634-0427
Price: $10
Stanley Maxwell's set will start at 11:30pm. There will be earlier sets by
Stimulus Clan (10:30pm),
Tim Herron Corporation (9:30pm) and
Soma Holiday (8:30pm). Ages 18 and up.
Friday, November 20th, 2009 3:32 PM
Television Appearance With Stanley Maxwell on December 4
Tune in to
Better Connecticut with Scot Haney and Kara Sundlun on
Friday December 4 at 10am (EST) to watch a live performance by
Stanley Maxwell from the WFSB studio in Rocky Hill.
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 1:58 PM
Guest Speaking Engagment at Purchase College
I will be giving a presentation entitled "Putting a Price on Arts Experience: How Price Impacts the Marketing of Arts Events" at the Purchase College (New York) School of the Arts.
The class where I will be speaking is "Marketing the Arts", which focuses on the arts, audience development, and marketing. Topics include targeting a potential audience; developing mail and online campaigns; designing, writing, implementing, and distributing promotional materials; and public image enhancement through community relations, strategic partnerships, grassroots initiatives, and press coverage. Additional topics include strategies for positioning, promotion, merchandising, sponsorship, digital marketing (Web 2.0, viral, etc.), and enacting special events.
Thank you to professor Maria Guralnik for this invitation to be a guest speaker! Maria was previously the General Manager of the Van Cliburn Foundation (where she managed and toured the winners of the Van Cliburn Competition).
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 10:24 PM
Shack at Sally's
"Shack" featuring bassist Adam Kubota, trumpeter Stephen Haynes, guitarist Kevin O'Neil, and special guest singer Margaux Hayes, will be performing for the first time at Black Eyed Sally's:
Thursday, October 8 at 10:30pmBlack-Eyed Sally's
350 Asylum Street
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 278-7427
www.blackeyedsallys.comPrice: $5The Keystone Effect, a blues/rock band from Storrs, will be opening the show at 9pm.
Sunday, August 9th, 2009 1:32 PM
Third performance of "Shack" at Tisane August 19
"Shack" featuring bassist Adam Kubota and trumpeter Stephen Haynes returns to Tisane this month for our third gig, with special guest Kevin O'Neil on guitar:
Wednesday August 19 at 10pm
Tisane Euro Asian Cafe
537 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
860-523-5417
www.mytisane.comPrice: FREE
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 5:14 PM
Listen to recent compositions on Live Music Archive
You can download recordings of Stanley Maxwell performing some of my recent compositions from the Internet Archive's Live Music library:
http://www.archive.org/details/StanleyMaxwellNewer tunes include the premiere of "Egg Sauce Ted" (March 11, 2009 at The Warehouse in Hartford, Connecticut) and the second public performances of both "In The Shadow of Vesuvius" (March 11) and "Haulin' Notes" (July 18, 2009 at the Muddy River Smokehouse in Portsmouth, New Hampshire).
There are also several versions of "Morse Code", "The Rusticator" and
"Bono's Squandering".
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 6:00 PM
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
I was shocked to learn of the passing of Michael Jackson via a text message from Mark Crino. "Thriller" was my first record, I used to dance on my front porch with a sequined glove and socks and an imitation red leather jacket with the zippers. I remember my parents waking me up to watch the moonwalk on the Motown special on TV. At my wedding reception I played air bass to the Jacksons' "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)", and led a conga line to "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". By the time "Workin' Day and Night" was played, I had enough blisters on my feet to make walking around Naples on our honeymoon painful. Johanna has told me that she hears Michael Jackson's influence on my compositions, specifically after hearing Stanley Maxwell play "The Rusticator" at Sullivan Hall in March 2008.
Saturday, May 9th, 2009 10:41 PM
Bipolar Maxwell at The Fireplace on May 23
I will be playing
a gig with Eric
DellaVecchia (sax player from Stanley
Maxwell), Andre Balazs and David
Shuman
(the keyboardist and bassist from
Bipolar Jukebox). FREE (no cover).
Saturday, May 23 - 9pm to 1am T
he Fireplace
13 River Street
Collinsville, CT 06019
Friday, May 8th, 2009 11:55 AM
Returning to study with Medeski, Martin & Wood in August
I am excited to say that I am returning to study at the second "Camp MMW" August 4-9, 2009 at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, New York. I am greatly looking forward to five more days of intensive music workshops, seminars, deep listening, and musical exploration. I took this picture after my ensemble worked with Billy Martin on August 6, 2008 (where we learned his tune "Reliquary", as well as improvised under his direction).
Friday, April 10th, 2009 4:02 PM
"Shack" Back At Tisane April 22
"Shack", featuring trumpeter
Stephen Haynes and bassist Adam
Kubota, plus special guest Kevin
O'Neil on guitar, returns
to Tisane on April 22.
No cover. Two sets of music from
9:30pm to midnight.
Tisane Euro Asian Cafe 537 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
860-523-5417
www.mytisane.com
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 8:15 PM
Me, Marianne, and Mark
This past weekend singer Marianne Meyers (who I met
while studying with Medeski, Martin & Wood last August)
came up to Connecticut from Virginia to work on some
music. We were in the same ensemble at camp, and I
was first drawn to her voice when she was singing the
melody to Billy Martin's "Reliquary". We first collaborated
outside of camp in December in Maryland. This time we
were joined by "Stanley Maxwell" bassist Mark Crino,
playing original tunes, improvisations, and a cover of Al
Green's "Stand Up". We are hoping to work together
again this summer. Special thanks to Yuriy Kordonskiy for providing us a rehearsal space at Wesleyan!
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 9:48 PM
"Shack" to Premiere at Tisane on March 4 with special guest Warren Byrd
The premiere of "Shack", my new groove based project featuring trumpeter Stephen Haynes and bassist Adam Kubota, will take place on Wednesday March 4, with special guest Warren Byrd. You can check out his website here:
www.warrenbyrd.comTisane Euro Asian Cafe
537 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
860-523-5417
www.mytisane.comNo cover. Two sets of music from 9:30pm to midnight.
Saturday, January 24th, 2009 6:48 PM
Off to the "Shack"
I just got back from the first rehearsal of "Shack" - a new project I am starting with trumpeter
Stephen Haynes and bassist
Adam Kubota. Look for more announcements about this group soon.
Friday, January 16th, 2009 11:45 AM
My Namesake Dies at 91
I was named after Andrew Wyeth (my father loved this painting, "Christina's World"). I visited the site it was painted in Cushing, Maine in 2003.
The New York Times
ARTS / ART & DESIGN
Andrew Wyeth, Realist and Lightning Rod, Dies at 91
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
The painter's precise, realist views of a harsh rural life became emblems of national culture and incited endless debates about the nature of modern art.
Thursday, January 8th, 2009 10:53 AM
"This particular album by Floyd seemed most adaptable to our sound."
I was interviewed by Bill Clifford of the Hartford Advocate about my band Stanley Maxwell's upcoming performance of Pink Floyd's Animals as both a tribute and benefit on January 10. "I certainly think Roger Waters' lyrics are still relevant - 31 years later - in their critique of capitalism...anyone at our performance of Animals will be able to appreciate the songs on several levels - first and foremost the brilliance of Pink Floyd's musical compositions".
Click here to read the full article.
Friday, January 2nd, 2009 11:00 AM
Video of Performance with Lady Luck Trio
I performed this morning with the Lady Luck Trio on "Better Connecticut", co-hosted by Kara Sundlun - a two-time Emmy-award winning journalist and co-anchor of Eyewitness News at Noon on WFSB Channel 3. Check out this clip of us playing "Route 66" into "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree":
http://www.wfsb.com/betterct/18399562/detail.html
Friday, December 19th, 2008 7:01 AM
Upcoming Radio and Television Appearances
Check the new
Music < Events page for a full list of New Year's interviews and performances!
Monday, November 10th, 2008 1:51 PM
A brand new bag
I will be starting my new job as Director of Marketing & Communications for the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven on November 24.
You can find out more about the Festival at
www.artidea.org
Friday, November 7th, 2008 10:55 PM
Fishman and "Friends"
I just got home from watching the tour opening show by the
Marco Benevento trio - featuring Reed Mathis and Jon Fishman - in the front row at
Real Art Ways in Hartford. After the show, Fishman sipped some wine while he talked about how great it was playing with the group and getting in shape for the Phish reunion in four months. One of the songs the trio covered was Led Zeppelin's "Friends". Jon Bonham did not play drum set on the album track in 1970 - so Fishman was free to come up with an amazing beat of his own (of course) - in eleven.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 1:17 PM
"Sophisticated tune(s) with touches of Afrobeat and world rhythms"
"Don't Wake The Baby!", the debut album by my band "Stanley Maxwell", has been reviewed by Bryan Rodgers of the Home Grown Music Network, who had the following to say about some of the tunes I wrote:
"'Defragmenting' is a sophisticated tune that nicely displays the band's soft-handed approach, where less notes and a lighter touch prevail...'Bono's Squandering' and 'Gianormous' exhibit touches of Afrobeat and world rhythms..."
Click here to read the full review.
Sunday, September 14th, 2008 3:30 AM
Charlie's "Fine Corinthian Leather"
My band "Stanley Maxwell" opened for the Charlie Hunter Trio at the Main Pub in Manchester, Connecticut last night. I took this picture with Charlie before our set (during which I played on Tony Mason's Slingerland drums). During Charlie's set, Tony called me over as they started into "Fine Corinthian Leather" (from their brand new CD "Baboon Strength", which was released three days earlier) and asked if I had a tambourine. I said yes, so he told me to get it. I ran out to my car in the parking lot, and came back into the club to play on the "four chord jam" with the trio.
Monday, August 11th, 2008 2:13 PM
Medeski and Milkshakes
The first ever "Camp MMW" exceeded the expectations of everyone who participated! In addition to John Medeski (above), Billy Martin and Chris Wood, special guests included Steven Bernstein, Marc Ribot, and John Scofield. As we took this picture together (after my ensemble worked with Medeski on August 7 in the performance space at the Full Moon Resort), John said "he drinks my milkshake". To view more photos from my week in the Catskills, head on over to my Facebook page.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 1:12 AM
Dweezil at Dfest
I got the chance to meet Dweezil Zappa backstage on July 27 after his amazing set with "Zappa Plays Zappa" at the 7th Annual Diversafest ("Dfest") Music Conference and Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma. My band "Stanley Maxwell" had performed a rocking set the night before at The Continental. And yes, that is a "Back To The Future" t-shirt that I am wearing. For more about "Zappa Plays Zappa" head over to www.zappaplayszappa.com
Friday, July 18th, 2008 12:26 AM
A Blast From The Past
Hartford Courant Java columnist MaryEllen Fillo wrote the following about me after attending the Hartford Symphony Orchestra's concert with the members of "Classical Mystery Tour" (a Beatles tribute) at the Talcott Mountain Music Festival in Simsbury on July 16:
Symphony (manager of) marketing (and sales) Andy Chatfield, decked out in his "purchased in Las Vegas (at Cirque du Soleil's 'Love')" Beatles hat and T-shirt, was also celebrating music -- his own.
Seems his band
Stanley Maxwell will be one of the featured "emerging bands" at the
DFest in Tulsa, Okla. The alternative music festival next week will also feature the Roots, Disco (Biscuits) and Zappa Plays Zappa.
"I'm a little nervous," said Chatfield about performing at the two-day festival, which is expected to attract about 60,000 people. "And we are going to drive 23 hours to get there." As Chatfield daydreamed about his big music break...
MaryEllen's column also mentioned Hartford Symphony Executive Director Kristen Phillips and David Fay, President and CEO of The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. You can read the full story here .
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 5:54 PM
Early acceptance to study with Medeski, Martin & Wood in August
I have been accepted early to study at the first "Camp MMW" August 5-10, 2008 at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, New York: five days of intensive music workshops and seminars, deep listening, musical exploration, and improvisation. I am greatly looking forward to expanding my approach to music, improving my listening skills, and interacting with the other musicians in a fresh, innovative way.
For more information about "Camp MMW": http://www.mmw.net/campmmw
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 9:04 PM
Feature story on cover of March issue of Glastonbury Life
The March issue of Glastonbury Life features a cover story in the "Neighbors" section, entitled "The Two Lives of Andy Chatfield: Local man promotes symphony by day, jams by night" with interviews by Nancy Thompson and photos by Brian Ambrose.
Thompson spoke with Hartford Symphony Orchestra Music Director Edward Cumming, New York based singer Johanna Kodlick, and fellow members of "Stanley Maxwell" Mark Crino and Evan Green while writing the five page article in January and February.
