emma alabaster

On March 25, 2012, Friends and colleagues of Jonathan “JP” Nocera will gather at Cameo Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn from 7PM to Midnight to celebrate his life and legacy. Featured performers include The London Souls, Erica Lindsay, Sticklips, Captain for Dark Mornings, and Squiggle, with artwork by Charles Sainty.  Jonathan Nocera (March 25, 1985- July [...]

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Brand new trio is up and running!  Captain for Dark Mornings is: Emma Alabaster- bass/ voice/ compositions, Zach Dunham- drums, Charlie Rauh- guitar.  Time Out New York explained, “You might term tough-to-classify bassist Emma Alabaster as an avant-jazz singer-songwriter. Here she presents her sharp, evocative compositions in a trio format.” a million thank yous to [...]

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The last post I wrote on here was about my dear friend Jonathan Nocera.  Last time I saw JP, he was, as always, incredibly encouraging about my writing, my own projects.  It’s with his spirit guiding me that I finally dove back into such things.  And I’m excited to have some upcoming places to show [...]

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i lost a dear dear friend and primary musical co-conspirator almost two weeks ago.  Jonathan Nocera, known to most of us as JP, spent over a year battling brain cancer.  i’m extraordinarily grateful that I saw him two days before he passed.  and he knew what was coming, so we got to say our goodbyes.  [...]

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annnnd here’s what’s coming up! #1: honored and excited to work with sound, movement and text on this piece under the direction of the amazing Megan Hanley.  here’s the info: Dixon Place presents Ejercicios de Belleza/Beauty Exercises Wednesday, June 29 7:30 PM at Dixon Place- 161A Chrystie Street Part of the 20th Annual HOT! Festival [...]

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well hey there, website!  sometimes you’re real busy making shit and you forget that part of being an artist these days is updating your website.  so there’s much to report!  here’s a run-down of what i’ve been up to the last 8 months or so, in no particular order. i was honored to play a [...]

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lately i’ve been rehearsing non-stop with experimental song project, SCHOOL.  i’m playing electric bass and contributing the occasional background vocal.  i’m real excited about this project and our next endeavors.  we will have a preliminary printing of our new album USE YOUR BODY WORDS available by the middle of next month at which point we’re [...]

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hey folks– wanted to give a heads up on some recent projects.  been playing more electric bass lately in addition to the usual upright, and playing as a sidewoman in some projects i’m excited about.  check out the gig tab for info about where you can hear it live!  but for now, check out these [...]

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I’m very excited to announce a few upcoming gigs with new/ old band: Scrap Relation.  We are a reunited quartet with a new name, vision, and sounds.  All band-members write original compositions as jumping off spaces for collaboration/ improvisation.  Get a small sense of what we sound like from clips up here: http://www.myspace.com/scraprelation Scrap Relation [...]

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I’m so happy about this lovely Review of the Album in the September 2009 Issue of Chronogram Magazine. Check it out!   And to give a bit of a heads up– I haven’t posted this gig info anywhere yet but… I will be performing with my quartet at The Stone on January 12th!  So mark [...]

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