emma alabaster

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 sites:

experimental folk band, School

singer-songwriter, Marigo Farr

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 is:  Zach Dunham- drums, Alex Carter- tenor sax, Jonathan Nocera- guitar, Emma Alabaster- bass/ voice

And check us out for real:

December 20th at Sycamore in Brooklyn.

January 12th at The Stone in Manhattan.

Stay tuned to the gigs tab for more dates.

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 your calendars if you want to hear some new shit!

check out the new “Press” page for links to a review of The Third Generation on All About Jazz’s website and the album artist statement published in a literary magazine about music.  whoopee!  

and if you’re in the Hudson Valley, the quartet will be playing in Saugerties on Thursday so come give a listen.

the processing took longer than expected.  but it is there now.  and with a parental advisory too!

buy the album here!

thanks to all of you who came out the the cd release concert!  Ibeam was full, and you were such attentive listeners!

for those of you who couldn’t make it- do not fear!  you can get a taste of what it was like.  

or if you’re simply psyched to watch again…

youtube.com/emmaalabaster

emma alabaster and alex carter- 3rd generation cd release (photo by diana alvarez)

album artwork by Rachel Schragis

Welcome to the new website (still a bit under construction) in honor of the new album!  To read more about the upcoming release, click on the “Album” tab.  Stay tuned, the CD will be available online momentarily.

And come hear the music live–>

Mar. 27, 2009  10:00

CD RELEASE CONCERT!

Jim Bertini- drums, Alex Carter- sax, Jonathan Nocera- guitar

with guests Ian Turner- laptop/ vocals, Hana Malia- vocals

Ibeam:  168 7th Street (off 3rd ave), Brooklyn, New York 11215

And it will be a whole night of creative music and women playing bass!

Lisa Mezzacappa’s Trio on first at 9:00  (Lisa- bass + Kris Davis- keys, + Harris Eisenstadt- drums)