10th Anniversary Performance List

From December 9th through December 18th Howard Fishman will be performing with a variety of ensembles, at different venues each night, performing different shows, showcasing different projects.

December 9
Biting Fish Brass Band
Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola
Time Warner Building at Columbus Circle
New York, NY10019
11:00 p.m.
212 258-9595

December 10
Monkey Farm
Pianos
158 Ludow Street in the East Village
New York, NY 10002
9:00 p.m.
212 505-3733

December 11
Barbes
376 9th Street in Park Slope
Brooklyn, NY 11215
10:00 p.m.
718 965-9177

December 12 & 13
Knickerbocker Bar & Grill
33 University Place in Greenwich Village
New York, NY 10014
9:45 p.m.
212 228-8490

December 14
Howard Fishman Quartet
The Algonquin
59 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
7:30 p.m.
212 840-6800

December 15
The Basement Tapes Project
Housing Works Bookstore Café
126 Crosby Street in SOHO
New York, NY 10012
8:00 p.m.
212 334-3324

December 16
“we are destroyed”
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street at the corner of Water Street in DUMBO
Brooklyn, NY 11201
8:00 p.m.
718 222-8500

December 17
Original Howard Fishman Music
Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette Place
New York, NY 10003
7:00 p.m.
212 967-7555 (tickets)
212 539-8778 (dinner reservations)

December 18
Pete’s Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street in Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY 11211
10:00 p.m.
718 302-3770

Howard Fishman Celebrates First 10 Years

“At a time when performers in virtually every genre are trying to stretch their stylistic boundaries, Fishman refuses to acknowledge that boundaries exist.” — Don Heckman, The Los Angeles Times

NEW YORK – the versatile and ever evolving singer, songwriter, and bandleader Howard Fishman, will be appearing at venues all around New York during the first half of December in performances celebrating the 10th anniversary of his original Howard Fishman Quartet performances at The Algonquin’s Oak Room.
Since appearing at the legendary Oak Room, Fishman has appeared in jazz clubs, cabaret rooms, and theaters across the United States and as far as Paris to unanimous press acclaim.
“Rather than studiously copying the sounds of the past, the group recombines familiar ingredients to create its own brand of classicism,” wrote Stephen Holden in The New York Times. The All-Music Guide has called Fishman: “An important force in creative music.”
Among Fishman’s stops in December with be Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola in the Time Warner Building, the Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo, Barbes in Park Slope, Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg, and, of course, The Algonquin. (A complete list of dates and venues accompanies this release.)
Since Fishman burst onto the musical scene with his jazz quartet, he has evolved from performing primarily early jazz and blues music to performing his own original material, mixing in his early influences with a wide range of more contemporary styles, including indie rock, New Orleans brass band music, country and gospel . In 2006 his eclectic projects expanded even further to include a three-night evening at Joe’s Pub paying tribute to Bob Dylan and The Band’s “Basement Tapes,” a project he has taken uptown for his debut with the Lincoln Center American Songbook Series and around the United States. He has also written a music theater oratorio titled “we are destroyed,” a meditation on the Donner Party tragedy. Sections of “we are destroyed” have been given performances at Joe’s Pub, the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, and the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab West at the Pasadena Playhouse in Los Angeles. “we are destroyed” will be presented in its entirety as part of Fishman’s December performances at the Galapagos Arts Space. Fishman’s Biting Fish Brass Band, another recent project inspired by Fishman's years as a street musician in New Orleans, will be performing at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Appearing with Fishman in this series of performances will be members of his original Howard Fishman Quartet, and musicians who he has collaborated with over the past decade on all his various musical projects, including: Russell Farhang, Jonathan Flaugher, Mazz Swift, Roland Barber, Mark McLean, Ian Riggs, Victor Lin, Michael Daves, Skye Steele, and Jordan Pearlson.
To date Howard Fishman has released six CD recordings: Two of the Howard Fishman Quartet (Volumes I and II), three CDs of Fishman’s original music, I Like You A Lot, Do What I Want, and Look At All This!, and, his latest, Howard Fishman Performs Bob Dylan and The Band’s “Basement Tapes” recorded live at Joe’s Pub.