Secret Society @ All Nite Soul Festival - 12 Oct. St. Peter's Church

Darcy James Argue's

SECRET SOCIETY

at
ALL NITE SOUL

Sunday, October 12

10:00 PM (approx.)

St. Peter's Church

WHEN: Sunday, October 12 at 10:00 PM (approx.)

WHERE: St. Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street

SUBWAY: E to Lexington Ave., 6 to 51st Street

COST: $20 suggested donation

All Nite Soul at St. Peter's is New York's longest running jazz festival, now in its 38th year. It's a pretty serious marathon, kicking off at 5 PM with Jazz Vespers featuring the Tia Fuller Quartet and, as advertised, going all night. Over 100 musicians will be inovled, including yrs trly and the following eighteen co-conspirators:

WINDS
Ben Kono
Jeremy Udden
Sam Sadigursky
John Ellis
Josh Sinton

TRUMPETS
Kevin Bryan
Thomas Goehring
Amir ElSaffar
Nadje Noordhuis
Colin Brigstocke

TROMBONES
Ryan Keberle
Mike Fahie
James Hirschfeld
Jennifer Wharton

RHYTHM
Sebastian Noelle guitar
Mike Holober piano
Ike Sturm bass
Ted Poor drums

This being a marthon, we are only contributing a short set (20 minutes) -- but dude, check out the rest of the lineup:

Benny Powell and Jane Jarvis, Dr. Billy Taylor, Randy Weston, Frank Wess, Dick Katz, Carline Ray, Jared Schonig, Catherine Russell, Dave Stryker, Steve Slagle, Jimmy Owens, Reggie Workman, Billy Hart, Steve Turre, Sarah McLawler, Rolando Briceno, Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, Sam Newsome, Helen Sung, Bernice Brooks, Bertha Hope, Chip Jackson, Francina Connors, Aaron Diehl, Gene Bertoncini, Sara Caswell, Jon Cowherd, T.K. Blue, Paul Knopf, Omer Klein, Ziv Ravitz, John Ellis, Billy Harper, Andrew Cyrille, Charles Tolliver, Chandra Rule, Ted Poor, Sayuri Goto, Essiet Essiet, Rhythmic Prophecies, Melissa Stylianou, Jamie Reynolds, Francesca Tanksley, Barry Harris, Keisha St. Joan, Brian Lynch, Joe Wilder, Dotti Anita Taylor... and more besides.

What can you say? It's a fucking honor. (Oh, shit, I gotta start watching my language. It's church, fercrissakes.) Anyway, the suggested donation for the entire night is just $20 — stay a little while, or stay all night.