Thursday, January 31, 2013

NUBLU AND BUTCH MORRIS !!



LAWRENCE D."BUTCH" MORRIS. THE MAN WHO CHANGED US ALL HERE AT NUBLU . WITHOUT BUTCH BEING AROUND ,NUBLU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE SAME. SO MUCH INSPIRATION AND SO MANY KIND WORDS AND HARD WORDS ABOUT WHAT MUSIC MEANS AND ITS RELATION WITH LIFE. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE PROBABLY PERFORMED MORE THAN 100 CONCERTS AT NUBLU AS "NUBLU ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY BUTCH MORRIS". BEFORE EACH AND EVERY CONCERT WE HAD MEETINGS IN THE BASEMENT PRIOR TO THE SHOW WHERE BUTCH LAID OUT THE FORMULA OF LIFE....HOW TO LISTEN, HOW TO BE COMFORTABLE IN THE MOMENT, HOW TO REACT AND EXECUTE YOUR RESPONSE IN THE MOST CLEAR AND PERSONAL WAY. HE WAS TEACHING US HOW TO READ HIS SIGNS,  BUT IN THE END IT WAS REALLY ABOUT HOW TO SEE LIFE AND MAKE THE PERSONAL CHOICES THAT WILL ADD TO AND RAISE THE MEANINGFUL COMPOSITION OF THE ENSEMBLE. HOW TO RELATE  YOUR VOICE IN A GROUP WHEN EVEN IN YOUR SOLOIST MOMENTS YOU ARE BEING INDIVIDUAL AND ONE TOGETHER.

I BELIEVE BUTCH'S "CONDUCTION" (AS HE CALLED IT) WAS ABOUT ELEVATING YOUR MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS TO A POINT WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS START BEING CHANGED TO A POSITIVE AND HIGHER LEVEL OF THINKING (OR NO THINKING), AND WITHIN THAT, ART IS BEING PRODUCED. THAT IS THE EXPERIENCE ALL GREAT MUSICIANS IN THE NUBLU ORCHESTRA SHARED. BESIDES PLAYING IN NYC FOR THE LAST 7 YEARS OR SO, WE ALSO HAD MANY GREAT SHOWS IN BRAZIL, FRANCE , TURKEY ,AUSTRIA, ITALY , MACEDONIA, POLAND AND HOLLAND. ALL BEING EXECUTED FROM BUTCH'S BATON AND FROM THE HAND SIGNS WITHIN HIS "CONDUCTION" CONCEPT THAT ELEVATED THE AUDIENCES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

OF COURSE, THE ONES WHO WERE CLOSE TO HIM ALSO KNEW THAT HIS ART AND MUSIC LIFE STARTED WAY BEFORE SHOWTIME . IN MANY HIGH-SPIRITED DINNERS AND LONG NIGHTS AT THE BAR, WE DISCUSSED LIFE AND HOW TO RELATE IT INTO MUSIC, INTO OUR MUSIC! NUBLU ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY BUTCH MORRIS WAS CREATED WITH THE THOUGHT OF ADDING THE "NUBLU SOUND", ITS NIGHT LIFE/ CLUB- FEEL TO BUTCH'S EXISTING MUSIC CONCEPT, BY BRINGING PSYCHEDELIA, BEATS AND BIG STAGE FEEL TO THE PERFORMANCES.

WE RELEASED  2 CD'S AS THE "NUBLU ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY BUTCH MORRIS", 1 STUDIO ALBUM AND 1 LIVE ALBUM AT SAALFELDEN JAZZ FESTIVAL. WE ALSO RELEASED 3 12" VINYLS WITH REMIXES OF SOME OF THE TRACKS AS WELL.

BUTCH!...... IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE MET YOU!  LOVE AND THANKS FROM ALL OF US. YOU WILL BE  WITH US ALWAYS...WATCH OVER US!


Sunday, January 13, 2013

Friday, January 11, 2013

BUGGE WESSELTOFT...


Bugge Wesseltoft , great keyboard/piano man from Norway , is in New York City playing with his new project called Bugge n Friends...and preparing his new record with Ilhan Ersahin and Erik Truffaz here at Nublu daytime...they are playing tomorrow Saturday  at the Winter music jazzfest and Sunday /Monday at Nublu . 




Monday, January 07, 2013

BUGGE AND FRIENDS ...BUGGE WESSELTOFT , ERIK TRUFFAZ , JOAQUIN "JOE" CLAUSSELL AT NUBLU THIS WEEK , AND AT THE WINTER MUSIC JAZZFEST...




THIS WEEK AT NUBLU... SUNDAY AND MONDAY 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT ...BUGGE AND FRIENDS..BUGGE WESSELTOFT , ERIK TRUFFAZ , ILHAN ERSAHIN , JOAQUIN "JOE " CLAUSSELL WITH NYC GUESTS JESSE MURPHY , GILMAR GOMES AND KENNY WOLLESEN . BUGGE AND FRIENDS... WILL ALSO PERFORM AT THE WINTER MUSIC JAZZFEST SATURDAY NIGHT AT LE POISSON ROUGE 1 AM. 

Friday, January 04, 2013

MARIVALDO FROM STOMP W AMANDA BRECKER AND VINICIUS CANTUARIA AT NUBLU NYC...

Tonight special special at Nublu NYC, Marivaldo , great percussion man from Bahia , he has played many years with STOMP , among many other things. Tonight he is presenting his new project with special guts Vinicious Cantuaria and Amanda Brecker. Great dj MKL will be spnin' before in the middle and after . Amanda Brecker is also opening the night for the early set with her own band  at 10pm , Marivaldo project is at midnight and at 2 am.





Wednesday, January 02, 2013

MAURO REFOSCO TONIGHT !!

Mauro has been busy lately ... on the road with Red Hot Chili Peppers and inbetween work w Thom Yorke and now Blonde Redhead as well, there's an article on www.nublu.net. Tonight back in town with his Brazil forro thing...joined by Jorge Continentino who's been away lately as well. Well, Forro in the Dark almost full band tonight at Nublu , not to be missed !