Big Lazy

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Rizzoli Music Aperitivo is delighted to present Big Lazy PLEASE NOTE: This is a TICKETED EVENT. Doors open at 4:30 pm. Show starts at 5:00 pm. Seating is limited and will be first come, first served. Tickets include a 15% store discount which can be used the day of the concert, and a complimentary glass of wine provided by Field Blend Selections. Big Lazy, New York City’s gritty instrumental trio has flourished for over 20 years playing its singular brand of Guitar Noir and Crime Jazz from downtown New York clubs to the Opéra National de Lyon. The trio forges new American music from archetypes in Blues, Jazz, Latin, Rockabilly, Surf and film music. Simultaneously noir and pastoral Big Lazy conjures images from big sky country to seedy back rooms with a cinematic clarity. Big Lazy founder and guitarist Stephen Ulrich is the composer for the HBO series Bored to Death. In 2023 Barbès Records released his solo album Music from This American Life, a collection of music he composed for the iconic radio program. He has performed / recorded with Iggy Pop, Marc Ribot, Mike Watt and Chicha Libre. Bassist Andrew Hall has performed / recorded with The Moonlighters, Martha Wainright, and Sparklehorse. He is an integral part of NYC’s trad Jazz scene and has performed internationally with The Dreamland Orchestra. Edgardo "Yayo" Serka is a renowned Chilean drummer and percussionist based in New York for over 25 years. He is best known as the long-time drummer for Grammy-winning artists Lila Downs (Mexico) and Angélique Kidjo (Benin, Africa). He has worked with Claudia Acuña and the Chico O'Farrill Orchestra. He has also performed with Claudia Acuña, Bobby Watson, Frankie Paris, and the Chico O’Farrill Orchestra. PLEASE NOTE: This is a TICKETED EVENT. Doors open at 4:30 pm. Show starts at 5:00 pm. Seating is limited and will be first come, first served. Tickets include a 15% store discount which can be used the day of the concert, and a complimentary glass of wine provided by Field Blend Selections. Rizzoli Music Aperitivo - The Concept From Francis Scott Fitzgerald to Jack Kerouac, from Toni Morrison to James Baldwin, from Philip Michael Ondaatje to Geoff Dyer, from Julio Cortazar to Boris Vian, from Amiri Baraka and Ishmael Reed to Jayne Cortez, the list of international writers and poets inspired or intrigued by jazz and other musical genres goes on. Since New York City’s Rizzoli Bookstore has a long tradition of building bridges between arts genres, international scenes and creative people, we wanted to turn our gorgeous space in NoMad into an experimental living room where live jazz and other music can be enjoyed. The “Rizzoli Music Aperitivo” is sponsored by Field Blend Selections and is curated by Mondo Jazz, the weekly Radio Free Brooklyn show dedicated to international jazz (https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/mondo-jazz). Rizzoli Bookstore Established in New York in 1964, Rizzoli Bookstore moved in 1985 to its historic 57th Street location, where it resided for 29 years before relocating in 2015 to its current NoMad location on Broadway. It has been widely considered one of the foremost independent booksellers in America specializing in illustrated books on architecture, interior design, fashion, photography, cookery, and the fine and applied arts, as well as literature, foreign language books and international magazines. Rizzoli Bookstore has been, and will continue to be, a literary landmark in New York City, and a celebrated destination for important authors and book lovers from all over the world. Mondo Jazz Mondo Jazz is a weekly program on Radio Free Brooklyn dedicated to the proposition that jazz is an international language. It is hosted every Wednesday night from 10 PM to midnight, by Ludovico Granvassu, the founder and editor in chief of All About Jazz Italia. All archived episodes are available at https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/contributor_articles.php?id=200 Field Blend Selections Founded in January, 2017, Field Blend Selections is a new wine importing and distribution company based in New York City, serving the New York and New Jersey markets. In both name and practice, Field Blend Selections celebrates agricultural traditions and diversity. The name is an homage to the nineteenth-century immigrants who co-planted an assortment of grape varieties in vineyards throughout the United States, many of which survive today. Alongside their vines, they often co-planted other crops, including fruits, grains, and legumes. This approach of co-mingling various plantings to achieve balance in the vineyards is now referred to as polyculture, and it is widely recognized as one of the best methods for naturally enriching soils and reducing disease. Polyculture, by replicating nature’s diverse ecosystems, produces healthier fruit without the necessity of artificial herbicides or pesticides