The New York Guitar Festival has commissioned Howard to write an origonal score for Buster Keaton's 1922 silent short "The Frozen North." Howard will perform the score live with his band on January 19, 2012 at Merkin Hall. Tickets are available here.
Watch a video of Howard talking about the piece, and read the full interview here.
The good folks at livestream.com have posted Howard's complete 10/10/11 show at Joe's Pub right here. Have a look!
The band that night included Russell Farhang on violin, Andrae Murchison on trombone, Nathan Peck on bass and Dave Berger on drums.
Here's the evening's set list. All songs by HF, except where noted:
Let It All Come Down
Through The Countryside
In Romania
A New Life
Baia Mare
Do What I Want
Jimmy Brown The Newsboy (Traditional)
When it Rains
When I Die (Traditional)
There is a Vine (C. Converse)
La Danse De Mardi Gras (Traditional)
Mary Ann
Mexican Radio (S. Ridgeway)
Judgment Day
Your Voice
Howard Fishman Quartet makes its Michigan and Ohio debuts this week with shows on September 9th at the Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor and September 10 at the Black Swamp Arts Festival in Bowling Green, Ohio. The two Midwest HFQ shows will feature Mazz Swift on violin, Etienne Charles on trumpet and percussion, and Nathan Peck on upright bass.
Ann Arbor News has just published an advance preview of the Michigan show, writing "Fishman’s songs are richly layered and abstractly evocative, hinting at jazz, folk and cabaret, without ever sacrificing grit or rough edges for the sake of a marketeer’s vision of commercial value."
Read the full article here.
On Sunday, September 25th, Howard Fishman reunites with members of his original quartet to celebrate the release of the upcoming album "THE HOWARD FISHMAN QUARTET VOL.III: MOON COUNTRY," a collection of songs composed by the late, great American songwriter Hoagy Carmichael ("Stardust," "Georgia," "The Nearness of You," "Skylark").
A limited number of seats are available for this special, one evening-only event. Tickets are available by only by phone (212 419 9331) or email bmcgurn@algonquinhotel.com The concert begins at 7:30pm on 9/25/11; the cover charge is $50 per person plus either a $25 food and beverage minimum or a $50 prix fixe dinner.
The Howard Fishman Quartet made its formal debut at the Algonquin in 1999, beginning with a two-week stand that turned into a nine-month residency. Writing for the New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote that "the band recombines familiar ingredients to form its own brand of classicism [that] transcends time and idiom."
HFQ Vol. III, Howard's tenth album, reunited him with members of the original HOWARD FISHMAN QUARTET including (pictured, left to right: Andrew Hall, Peter Ecklund and Russell Farhang). All four will be on hand for the Algonquin show on 9/25. Get your tickets now!