The Neil Alexander & NAIL 20th Anniversary Celebration continues! Upcoming shows include The Falcon Underground (Nov 2nd), Skipfest (Nov. 16th) and Lydia's Cafe (November 30th). More shows are being added all the time, so check the Tour page and come celebrate with us!
November….? Already? It’s getting dark early, and we’re setting the clocks back this weekend. Here in the northeast folks are winterizing their homes. The smell of Pumpkin pies are in the air. It’s been raining a bit, but then we get those bright sunny days with perfect blue skies and the crisp cool weather…. Happy Halloween! And don't forget to vote in your local elections!
Once again I’m a bit behind on other stuff so I'll keep this relatively short. As always, keep an eye on that calendar page for current info.
OK, onward. Here’s the November listing:
-> This Month's Events <-
Just added! Tonight:
10/31 - Telepathic Moondance Halloween Bash
Falcon Underground - Marlboro NY
This month:
11/1 - Fried Funk - Quinn’s Beacon NY
11/2 - NAIL - Falcon Underground Marlboro NY
11/6 - Syracuse/Siegel - Catskill Mnt. Pizza Woodstock NY
11/16 - NAIL - “Skipfest” Allandale NJ
11/23 - 4SJ - The Wherehouse Newburgh NY
11/29 - Fried Funk - Bean Runner Cafe Peekskill NY
Walker Adams with Sam Smith, Steve Frieder, Tony DePaolo, Neil Alexander
Falcon Underground
1348 Route 9W Marlboro NY
Steve Frieder’s
Fried Funk
- 2 shows this month!
Friday 11/1 8 pm @ Quinn’s
331 Main St. Beacon NY
Friday 11/29 7 pm @ Bean Runner Cafe
12 South Division St Peekskill NY
Another gig throwing down the contemporary psychedelic funk with Sam Smith, Walker Adams, myself and of course Steve Frieder.
Saturday November 2nd 8:30pm
Neil Alexander & NAIL
20th Anniversary Tour
Nadav Zelniker (drums), Brian Mooney (bass),
Peter Furlan (saxes) with
special guestBeledo (Guitar)
The Falcon Underground
1348 Rt 9W Marlboro NY
Onward we go! This time NAIL welcomes the fantastic jazz fusion guitarist Beledoas our special guest. Born in Montevideo Uruguay, Beledo has built a reputation as a serious heavy hitter in the world of jazz fusion and we are honored to have him. This show will definitely deliver the goods as only NAIL can, with hi octane jams and serious shredding. No cover.
Wednesday November 6th 7pm
Rich Syracuse/Jeff Siegel
with Neil Alexander
Catskill Mountain Pizza
51 Mill Hill Rd Woodstock NY
I’m honored to be asked to be a part of their regular Wednesday night series. Originally scheduled for July, I’ve been looking forward to this date for months. Drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel and bassist Rich Syracuse both have a list of credits you have to see to believe. Should be an amazing night of music. (And ya can’t beat the pizza!)
THIS is gonna be a great night of music! Our old friend Skip Miller has been putting on wonderful house concerts for the last few years. He has now moved to a bigger space, in the Trinity Episcopal Church. (This will be the 2nd Skipfest at the church.) The incredible electric violinist Joe Denizon will open the show at 4 pm. After that, Joe & I will perform about a short set of duet music for piano/synthesizer & violin which will include originals as well as tunes by Mahavishnu, JS Bach and much more.
Then at 6:30 NAIL takes the stage, with special guest guitarist Burr Johnson. Joe will join NAIL for the end of the set.
This will all be enhanced by Skip’s wonderful visual projections.
After the concert there will be an open Jam session, primarily acoustic, at around 8:30. Suggested donation is $20. There will be food, and folks are welcome to bring food to share. Plus - we’ll be celebrating Skip’s Birthday! This show is not to be missed! Call or text 201 851 3908 for more info.
Saturday November 23rd 9pm
4th Saturday Jazz (4SJ)
With Neil Alexander (Piano/Keyboards)
This Month Featuring
Steven Frieder (saxes) &
Bob Meyer (drums & cymbals)
The Wherehouse
119 Liberty St. Newburgh NY
Join us for another night of great live Jazz as Bob Meyer and Steve Frieder join me of an evening of high energy musical explorations. Although based in traditional jazz, this trio is highly improvisational and often takes the music to an unpredictable and exciting place where anything can happen…! As always, no cover.
Saturday November 30th 7pm
Neil Alexander & NAIL
20th Anniversary Tour
Nadav Zelniker (drums), Brian Mooney (bass)
andPeter Furlan (saxes)
Lydia’s Cafe
7 Old US Highway 209 Stone Ridge NY
NAIL closes out the month with a return to Lydia’s Cafe, with Nadav, Brian Mooney and Pete Furlan on sax. Will be playing some new material as well as select covers. Always great food and a great vibe at Lydia’s.
From December 2018:
Excerpt of a solo performance (Nail Jung) opening for NOUS at the Linda Theater in Albany. This will be part of an upcoming CD release, "Live at the Linda".
From September 2018: A performance of piano & Electronics with pianist and composer David Berends, recorded live at the NorthEast Electro Music Festival in Homer NY back in September 2018.
From May 2017:
My performance in Cascais Portugal last month was recorded for "Antenna 2", one of the local radio stations. They sent a crew and captured a stellar audio recording. I have obtained permission to release this a live CD and...well, it's not out yet but I'm still working on it. Here's a prerelease track:
The release of the second CD is way behind; shooting for mid August at this point...
Meanwhile The First one "Overview Effect" is out and available.
It contains music created using a variety of different techniques, and is part of a collection of music I've been working on for the last few years which include remixes, ambient music, drum 'n bass and all manner of other experiments.
HAVE A LISTEN:
