events
upcoming events:
a note - i am no longer playing with and/or am affiliated with the band savor.
house concert series:
on sunday, september 20th
at 8pm, i presented the first in a series of house concerts of new works
by myself and local composers and improvisers. this series is presented
in an effort to revive the art of chamber music in the "classical"
tradition to its original form - allowing the listener to experience new
music in the most intimate of settings, the home.
these concerts occur in residences across santa fe and include in the price
of admission good food, tea and the unforgettable experience of hearing
expressive and diverse musicians in the area performing new works for you
at close range.
the first concert included the santa fe premiere of my guitar duet "lullaby for isaac" performed w/ guitar virtuoso joaquin gallegos and myself as well as recent pieces composed on piano and featuring santa fe college music professor deborah unger on piano and clarinet.
the grasshopper music house concert series is focused on presenting new works on a regular basis at a variety of residences and small spaces across santa fe. if you are interested in hosting a house concert, please feel free to contact me.
look for the next installement of the series coming soon.
recent events:
circus luminous: nov 27-29th.
circus lumious was a huge success. this past year was the 4th year i have been involved in making music for wisefool's annual gift to santa fe. this past years luminous featured many great musicians including: tony barba - sax/clarinet (chicago), meagen chandler - voice (santa fe/boulder), hillary schact - violin (santa fe), sharon gilcrhist - mandolin (santa fe), paul fethericci- drums/percussion, and brian mayhall - keyboards (santa fe). this year i wrote the score and played piano, guitar, toy piano, and melodica. recordings of the show's music will be available in the upcoming months for download at www.infinitenumberofsounds.com
house concert series:
on sunday,
september 20th at 8pm, i will be presenting the first in a series of house
concerts of new works by myself and local composers and improvisers. this
series is presented in an effort to revive the art of chamber music in
the "classical" tradition to its original form - allowing the
listener to experience new music in the most intimate of settings, the
home.
these concerts will occur in residences across santa fe and will include
in the price of admission good food, tea and the unforgettable experience
of hearing expressive and diverse musicians in the area performing new
works for you at close range.
*music for circus luminous and medjool's debut
disk are available for digital download here.
.. .
I also have several coup de circ cd's available if your interested
please contact me: jeremy@jeremybleich.com
these recordings will also be available soon at the ins
site for digital download.
the Cleveland Trio's debut cd is available. go here
to order the disk from paypal. or email
me
for more information.
'The Cleveland Trio' cd release party!!
@The Lakewood Phoenix on July 25th
Josh Smith (sax) from SanFrancisco and I
will be back in our hometown of Cleveland, Ohio this month, and along Carmen
Castaldi (dr) are having our cd release party at the Lakewood Phoenix Cafe
on Saturday, July 25th...
Come and join us!
'The Cleveland Trio' CD Release Party! July 25th 8:30PM at Lakewood Phoenix Cafe, 15108 Detroit Rd $12 Cover includes a copy of the cd and food!
The event will take place indoors and
outdoors as the Phoenix will be opening their back patio area and we will
beserving food for folks at the show... We recorded in Santa Fe, New Mexico
a little while back, and are finally releasing it as our self titled debut
cd.
'The Cleveland Trio' is a beautiful deocument of this group playing in it's
most natural environement of free improvisation, and spontaneous composition,
carefully mixed, mastered and presented with fantastic cover artwork by
Ben Dewey, a great artist and fellow native Lakewoodite!
The disks are printed on recycled chipboard
4 panel covers printed by stumptown printers using natural organic dye in
portland oregon and have been carefully mixed by josh and mastered by jeremy.
This cd represents the culmination of a 10 year long relationship of free
exploration by 3 of cleveland's most celebrated improvisers.....
Coup de circ
Wise Fool New Mexico
Friday, April 10, 2009 at 6:30pm
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 5:30pm
Wise Fool Studio
2778 Agua Fria Unit D
Santa Fe, NM
5059922588
Email:
mail@wisefoolnm.org
Script by Cynthia Ruffin, Direction and Design by
Amy Christian,
Music by Jeremy Bleich - based on Wise Fool's first ever circus created
in 1997 for touring to Zapatista villages in Chiapas...woah - a little historical
moment...
very limited seating....
GET YOUR TIX NOW!! wisefool
new mexico
the feast of fools! whats that? -
its a benefit dinner circus for wisefool
new mexico april 1st.
i will be leading a fantastic group of musicians to accompany the circus
including:
sharon gilchrist - mandolin, sitara schauer - violin, and gregory gutin
- percussion.
(ill be playing various sweet sounding objects...)
we will be playing a variety of my cricus compostions and some interesting
covers.. . . ..
so come out, buy a plate, support wisefool and have the most fantastic dinner
show of your life!!!!!
see the flyer directly below for information on how to buy a ticket....
* i was on project 101.5 radio "the junk drawer"
- gabe gomez's show on tues march 10th at 7pm.talking shop and playing
solo bass live in the studio and a selection of recordings from throughout
my strange and eclectic career. . you can listen to the interview in streaming
audio at:
http://www.project1015.com/sound_bytes/view/session/jeremybleich/113/
trio andaluz @ the green palace tues. 2.17.
trio andaluz is: meagan chandler - voice, jeremy bleich oud/melodica/harmonia/objects,
gregori gutin - percussion. we will be debuting new material i am
very excited about. its been a long time in the making and i am very
excited to be performing w/ 2 of my dearest friends and favorite musicians.
i wrote a string orchestra piece read by the santa
fe community orchestra (1.23) in stieren hall at the santa fe opera. this
was an open reading of new works by new mexico composers.
the piece is a recent work for string orchestra.
below is a brief description about the piece:
the piece itself, still untitled, is based largely on an ancient
numerological process called the "magic square"- an arrangement
of numbers,
usually distinct integers, in a square, such that the n numbers in all rows,
all columns, and both diagonals sum to the same constant. first used in
ancient china and then expanding to integrate into numerological traditions
in the middle-east, each set represents a mystical symbolism that can
expand in a number of ways in prayer, as protection, or a guide to various
spiritual states.
i employ the magic square as a way to arrange my pitch logic, (choice of
notes, senorities), rhythms and to inform the overall structure of the piece.
this piece is a work in progress and will have its final reading on march
20th by sfco.
*j bleich is the composer/musical director for circus
luminous 2008(wisefool's annual thansgiving show).
the band is stellar this year joining santa fe's most innovative
and creative musicians with musicians from Colorado and
California.
members include: Sharon Gilchrist, Ray Charles Ives, Meg York,
Sitaura Schauer, and Josh Smith.
music for circus luminous is available to purchase here. .. .
medjool @cca aug 30th. 8pm.
$8/$4. .. .
we will be debuting new material including some original and
some interesting covers ;) www.ccasantafe.org/pdf-webpages/medjool.htm
5.10 medjool cd release @O'Shanausey, College of Santa Fe
3.9 medjool
(jeremy bleich/meagen
chandler/sitara schauer/gregory gutin/jason ordaz)
@body 333 cordova
7pm 986.0362 www.bodyofsantafe.com
medjool
is an original fusion of middle-eastern, balkan, north african,east indian
and american traditions
w/ some suprising arrangements of songs from around the world.
this concert is in support
of the launch of our website, where you can pre-order our debut disk and
listen/download mp3's.
the site is all in 3-d, and glasses will be given away at the show
for your viewing pleasure.
the web address: www.medjoolmusic.com
medjool just finished
recording our debut album and will be performing all the new stuff.
come and checkout
this innovative blend of influences from arabia to the balkans to america
and back again
12.21 Mjane @high
mayhem
The
newest incarnation of Molly Sturges' brilliant ensemble includes CK Barlow,
Milton Villarrubia III, Chris Jonas,
DJ Ultraviolet and
myself. We are debuting this lineup at high mayhem on the solstice!
12.5 The brilliant Dullards - @the
taos inn
125 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Phone: 505.758.2233
taosinn@newmex.com
11.23-25 circus luminous - a wise fool production
@ the lensic
sanfrancisco
st. dwntn santa fe
i
am acting as musical director and composer for this amazing annual production
thanksgiving weekend. the
band consists
of
members of the brilliant Dullards, trio andaluz, and round mountain. its
going to be a beautiful circus...
.. . ..
www.lensic.com
11.18 Albuquerque museum 2:30 pm - i will be
performing egyptian music on the oud w/ polly tapia ferber (percussion),
and satara shower (violin).
11.8 between 5th & 6th 6pm
a film by michael carnahan and melody summner
@CCA old santa fe trail
in santa fe, nm
the brilliant dullards have created
a soundtrack for this amazing film shot on super 8mm in sanfrancisco
9.28 &
10.6 jeremy bleich/gregory gutin/jasmine quinsier
@green
palace 8:30pm
209
east palace (across from cathedral park at otero)
we
will be performing oud/percussion and dance in this brand new venue in santa
fe
green
palace offers organic, locally sourced food, tea from around the world
9.21-23 The 6th annual high mayhem festival
@the
wisefool performance space
i
will be performing in four acts this year!
in
order of appearance: the cleveland trio 9pm friday(josh smith, jeremy
bleich and carmen casaldi)
rrake-
midnight (chris jonas leads this ten piece supergroup,
the brilliant Dullards w/ burning books saturday 4pm (btwn 5th&6th),
and scrambler sunday 10:30 (w/ nyc guitarist mike gamble and josh
smith on drums)
checkout
www.highmayhem.org for details......
8.18 high mayhem fundraiser
w/ the brilliant Dullards
7.6 zevk ensemble
@ghost ranch in
abiqui, nm
playing traditional sufi illahis on
oud
5.28-6.2 ashes -the
alchemy of hope
wisefool
new mexico
a
dance performance based on butoh. myself and yozo suzuki create the soundscape
using various percussion,
made instruments, laptop, melodica, flutes and samplers.
3.18.07
sufi event in L.A. w/ Zevk ensemble
playing traditional illahis on the oud....
3.16.07 WATIV
south
by southwest festival in
austin, tx
w/ WATIV
@leonards
401 w2nd. st.
midnight
http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/date/2007-03-16.html
3.2.07 Kevin McCarthy and beautiful
loser cd release party
i recorded
a record w/ kevin just before leaving cleveland in 2005. he has since finished
it w/ the help
of sanfrancisco
producer jerry becker. checkout kevin's music at www.corkmusic.com
@the
cleveland agora
2.2.07 the Brilliant dullards
@ the taos inn
125 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Phone: 505.758.2233
taosinn@newmex.com
1.20.07 the hermanito project
artists from sanfa fe's flamenco, middle eastern and circus performance
communities are
joining forces in a benefit concert for struggling youth. jeremy is performing
w/ megan chandler (voice)
accompaning masnavi dance collective.
7pm @ the unitarian universalist church
107 w. barcelona in Santa Fe
sliding scale $15-50
contact megan @ thrueyesofruby@hotmail.com
12.30.06 the good guys @the
rocket room
clemet st.
dwtn sanfrancisco
josh smith - sax
kurt kothiemer - bass
chess smith - drums
jeremy bleich - bass
11.25-27 the Brilliant dullards
circus luminous w/ wisefoolnewmexico
@the lensic theatre
10.21.06 the Brilliant dullards at The
Santa Fe Beer and Nut Festival
noon, Santa Fe Horse Park
aka: the Polo Grounds
100 S. Polo Drive
505.424.7400
Cost: $10
10.21.06 the Brilliant dullards 8:00
PM - The Taos Inn
125 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
Taos, New Mexico 87571
Phone: 505.758.2233
the 5th annual
high mayhem festival
10.6-8.
w/ the Brilliant dullards, Rrake, Masnavi (presente) and deidre morris
7.15.06 9pm
w/ WAT IV
Santa Fe, NM
CCA 1050 old pecos trail
in conjunction w/ highmayhem
click here to view the flyer
7.22.06
w/ WATIV
L.A.
Grand Performance
Venue
william thompson IV- keyboards/electronics/clarinet
matthew golombisky - bass/electronics/melodica
milton villarubia III - drums/electronics/melodica
jeremy bleich - oud/melodica/percussion
WATIV, or William A. Thompson, IV, is a musician whose
National Guard unit was activated on April, 27 2004.
Upon deployment, and with permission from his
higher-ups, Will took with him to Iraq a power book G4 and all necessary
music production software. With MIDI, environmental samples, and imagination
Will has begun and continues to compose music reflecting his experiences
in this war. WATIV is Will's transmission from Baghdad, his way of communicating
his experience of war across the world. The result being the release of
Baghdad Music Journal, the CD which makes this historic project assessable.
i began a correspondence w/ william just before he
was deployed to iraq.
he was given my information as a reference on arabic music, and he contacted
me after learning about his initial deployment to iraq. our email's back
and forth eventually led to his decision to add me on w/ his core trio of
musicians from new orleans.
baghdad music journal's release on highmayhem records has generated quite a bit of interest and william has been interviewed for NPR's "all things considered", the bbc, and has a featured article in "signal to noise" magazine.
i am very honored and excited to be a part of this very special music. . . . ... . .