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Ellen Cornfield and I will be premiering a new work named “Dance for a Small Room” as part of a program called “Dragon’s Egg” at the Construction Company this weekend. The work features a stirring combination of structured and improvised music and dance, and should be a whole damn lot of fun. It’s the first time I’ve written for live musicians in quite a while, and I’ve been extremely happy with the results of our recent rehearsals. The piece includes the usual suspects from Ellen Cornfield Dance, as well as Sean Imboden (alto saxophone), Morgan Price (bass clarinet), Kevin Moehringer (trombone), John Lindaman (guitar), Madelyn Burgess (bass), and me (drumset). John and Madelyn you may know from the bands True Love Always and Hula, respectively, and Kevin from the Dixieland Space Orchestra. Morgan and Sean played with me in The Monster Zero Orchestra, and this is the first time I’ve played with them in almost three years. Awesome. We will blow your socks off, perhaps even blowing them right through your shoes, if need be.

Here are the specifics:

Ellen Cornfield Dance in “Dragon’s Egg”

Sunday, September 16th, 2pm

@ The Construction Company, 10 East 18th St., 3rd Floor (between Broadway and Fifth Ave.)
Manhattan, NYC
Reservations: 212 924-7882

Awwww, yeah.

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Listening to: Sam & Dave – Soothe Me

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Apologies, y’all: it’s been a hell of a long time since I’ve rapped at ya here on kovenjsmith.com. So much happening. A couple of things coming up:

• For those of you in the New York metro area with time on your hands this evening, I will be playing with the M. David Hornbuckle Dixieland Space Orchestra at the Alphabet Lounge (104 Ave. C, Manhattan). If you can’t make it to the show, at least click over to their Web page and enjoy the laid back sounds kicking out of your speakers.
• I will be premiering a new piece with Cornfield Dance on Sunday, September 16th at 2pm at the Construction Company, which is located at 10 E. 18th St in Manhattan. The as-yet-untitled piece will feature members of The Monster Zero Orchestra, so you know it’ll be bad-ass. More details will be forthcoming in the next week.

Rock and roll, everybody. Rock and roll.

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Listening to: Harry Betts – Ambush – Escape & Roundup

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