December 25, 2011 Not only did we have to cancel the extremely awesome and slowly growing Tuesday night jazz series, but we're not even allowed to explain why. But we think you probably get the pic.
September 16, 2011 This is it, folks, the last month of Doma Music.
Yeah, so it was amazing for the neighborhood and for musicians and for music lovers. Yeah, so it brought back a little of the old Village to the Village.
The thing is, like three neighbors thought it was loud. So the landlord is making us stop. November is your last chance to see what was making the Village extra great on Tuesday nights.
Happy Hour -- 5 - 8 pm on Tuesdays (5-7 everyday)
Music starts at 7:30 and usually goes 'til about 10.
No cover, just $10 minimum for your drinks/meal.
Nov 1 Jeremy Bernstein w/Fred Cash
Nov 8 Matt Ray
Nov 15 Erik Lawrence w/Rene Hart
Nov 22 Martine
Nov 29 Ronnie Cuber!!!
June 23, 2011 Guest Post from Series Curator, Ben Perowsky!
I just wanted to make sure you don’t miss the Doma music series while it is in full summer effect and to let you know some of its upcoming offerings.
Back in March, my friends at Doma, a café restaurant on Perry St. in Greenwich Village, decided to have music once a week and asked me to help curate a Tuesday series. Drawing from the Jazz and Songwriting worlds I am involved with, I’ve been choosing players and singers that I have collaborated with for years, as well as burgeoning musical talent. Geographically centered in a thriving musical neighborhood, the series stands out for its musical diversity and has quickly become a standing room only scene.
When I think about it, the amount of artistry that has come through since March has been astounding. Although the names on the line up are not yet household names, these players have backed a vast array of stars such as Liza Minelli, Beck, Norah Jones, Paul Motian, Tegan and Sara, Lounge Lizards, Jack Dejohnette, Sheryl Crow, John Zorn, Levon Helm, John Scofield, Jack White, Ani Difranco and more.
The series has shaped into a great success musically, socially, and gastronomically.
I’d like to personally invite you to come sample it for yourself.
Thanks, Ben! Here's more from the horse's mouth (hey, I've been called worse!)
Doma’s Tuesday night music series turns up the heat for the summer. We've got Jerome Harris crooning and strumming August 16, Bop on Pop Frank Perowsky filling the house on August 23, and Michael Polesny with world class musicians -- keyboardist Pete Drungle and drummer Ben Perowsky on August 30. Drummer and curator Ben Perowsky will be in attendance almost weekly.
Jazzophiles have been getting to Doma even earlier these days, taking advantage of Doma’s Happy Hour from 5 - 7 ($3 beer, $4 wine, and a half sandwich for just $4 more or mussels and beer for ten bucks) -- and to make sure to get a choice seat. The place usually fills to standing room only by the end of the first set, full of Villagers in the know and tourists who can’t believe the luck they had in stumbling across the cool little boite at the corner of Seventh and Perry.
Aug 2 Oren Bloedow/Jennifer Charles
Aug 9 Adam Levy
Aug 16 Jerome Harris
Aug 23 Bop on Pop w/Frank Perowsky
Aug 30 — Stoneboat with Special Guest
Sept 6 - Todd Sickafoose and Eric Deutsch
Sept 13 -- Michael Blake
Sept 20 - Bop on Pop w/Frank and Ben Perowsky and Gary Versace
Sept 27 -- Oren Bloedow
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Links for Gigs
www.domanyc.com
https://www.perowsky.com
https://www.toddsickafoose.com/ts.htm
https://www.hammerandstring.com/bio
https://www.michaelblake.net/bio.php
https://www.jazzkey.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oren_Bloedow
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It’s starting to get hard to get a seat at Doma on Tuesday nights. The series is curated by world-famous drummer Ben Perowsky, whose rolodex allows him to people a rather unassuming café/restaurant with some rather staggeringly good players. Word must have got out that music this good could be had for no cover (but a $10 minimum); and there’s just something usually so unattainably Village about looking out of those giant windows at the cabs on Seventh Ave while drinking a beer or a glass of wine and listening to some of the best music NYC has to offer.
Each month since March, every Tuesday, the best of the best in NYC’s music scene has been testing and expressing their verbosity within the contexts of more traditional mediums. These almost song-book contexts include gypsy jazz and reinterpretation of standards -- contemporary expressions of traditional folkloric mediums, but not limited to American folklore. Sometimes guests are sometimes also treated to surprise visits from compatriots playing at nearby Village Vanguard, Smalls and Blue Note.
Doma’s owner, Michael Polesny, a musician and songwriter best known for his heady pop project, Stoneboat, collaborates with curator and world-famous drummer Ben Perowsky to produce the series. Perowsky is one of the most accomplished drummers of his generation, part of a small vanguard of players able to move between jazz, experimental music and cutting edge pop and rock. His numerous drumming credits and collaborations make him a curator with the mostess, able to gather some incredible talent for this exciting series. And Perowsky’s many fans have been more than happy to find out that he is also the drummer for almost all sets.
Doma, known literally around the world as one of New York’s City’s most beloved boites for food, coffee, wine, beer and true Village vibe, haunt of writers, artists, musicians and just plain folks, seals its status as the Center of True Village with this Tuesday night jazz series. And as if the jazz luminaries were not Pied Piper enough, Doma’s combination of great comfort food, great wines and beers at good prices, and espresso drinks pulled by an impressive selection of mesmerizingly un-American baristas should seal the deal. Jazz-lovers can go the wine-and-cheese or coffee-and-dessert route, try light fare such as Panini and salads or a plate of mussels; or dig in to sit-down dinner options that include Chicken with Lemon and Capers, burger and fries, Seared Salmon, pasta dishes, and a wide array of sandwiches and salads. The wine list is considered a best-kept secret in the Village, with fine European wines at low prices, and a beer list featuring Belgian blond ales, wheat beer, rare and less so lagers from both Germany masters and Brooklyn microbreweries.
April 20, 2011 NEW YORK, April 10, 2011 / / -- Doma will welcome those darling buds with its now-usual Tuesday night style, ushering in “Come What May,” with Grammy-winning bassist Tim Luntzel and Diva with a Difference Rachelle Garniez (lush contralto and limber accordionist) on May 3. Catch some scat and some serious crooning from shooting jazz star Sasha Dobson with Trevor Dunn on May 10, followed by New York great Bop on Pop’s Frank Perowsky on the 17th, the seriously dynamic duo of Marcus Rojas (declared “one of the best tuba players in the world”) and Michael Blake on May 24th. Stoneboat will pull in summer and close out spring with their blend of shockingly good songwriting and serious musicianship on May 31.
It’s starting to get hard to get a seat at Doma on Tuesday nights. The series is curated by world-famous drummer Ben Perowsky, whose rolodex allows him to people a rather unassuming café/restaurant with some rather staggeringly good players. Word must have got out that music this good could be had for no cover (but a $10 minimum); and there’s just something usually so unattainably Village about looking out of those giant windows at the cabs on Seventh Ave while drinking a beer or a glass of wine and listening to some of the best music NYC has to offer.
Each month since March, every Tuesday, the best of the best in NYC’s music scene has been testing and expressing their verbosity within the contexts of more traditional mediums. These almost song-book contexts include gypsy jazz and reinterpretation of standards -- contemporary expressions of traditional folkloric mediums, but not limited to American folklore. Sometimes guests are sometimes also treated to surprise visits from compatriots playing at nearby Village Vanguard, Smalls and Blue Note.
Doma’s owner, Michael Polesny, a musician and songwriter best known for his heady pop project, Stoneboat, collaborates with curator and world-famous drummer Ben Perowsky to produce the series. Perowsky is one of the most accomplished drummers of his generation, part of a small vanguard of players able to move between jazz, experimental music and cutting edge pop and rock. His numerous drumming credits and collaborations make him a curator with the mostess, able to gather some incredible talent for this exciting series. And Perowsky’s many fans have been more than happy to find out that he is also the drummer for almost all sets.
Doma, known literally around the world as one of New York’s City’s most beloved boites for food, coffee, wine, beer and true Village vibe, haunt of writers, artists, musicians and just plain folks, seals its status as the Center of True Village with this Tuesday night jazz series. And as if the jazz luminaries were not Pied Piper enough, Doma’s combination of great comfort food, great wines and beers at good prices, and espresso drinks pulled by an impressive selection of mesmerizingly un-American baristas should seal the deal. Jazz-lovers can go the wine-and-cheese or coffee-and-dessert route, try light fare such as Panini and salads or a plate of mussels; or dig in to sit-down dinner options that include Chicken with Lemon and Capers, burger and fries, Seared Salmon, pasta dishes, and a wide array of sandwiches and salads. The wine list is considered a best-kept secret in the Village, with fine European wines at low prices, and a beer list featuring Belgian blond ales, wheat beer, rare and less so lagers from both Germany masters and Brooklyn microbreweries.
Contact: Evelyn Polesny at polesny@verizon.net or call (212-929-0004).
Links for April and May Gigs
www.domanyc.com <https://www.domanyc.com>
https://www.perowsky.com <https://www.perowsky.com>
https://www.luntzel.com/bio.htm <https://www.luntzel.com/bio.htm>
https://www.rachellegarniez.com/ct_press.html <https://www.rachellegarniez.com/ct_press.html>
https://www.sashadobson.com/bio-photos.html <https://www.sashadobson.com/bio-photos.html>
https://www.jazzkey.com <https://www.jazzkey.com>
https://www.marcusrojas.com <https://www.marcusrojas.com>
https://www.michaelblake.net/bio.php <https://www.michaelblake.net/bio.php>
https://www.myspace.com/stoneboatmusic <https://www.myspace.com/stoneboatmusic>
https://www.ollabelle.net/fr_splash.cfm <https://www.ollabelle.net/fr_splash.cfm>
https://www.reverbnation.com/artist_369609
https://www.myspace.com/glennpatscha
https://www.mattmunisteri.com
https://dantonboller.tripod.com/id4.html
https://www.dougwamble.com
https://www.trevordunn.net
https://www.jazzkey.com
April 2, 2011 April’s Not the Cruellest Month
Doma Continues Tuesday Night Jazz Series
NEW YORK, March 29, 2011 / / -- Doma will not be skipping a beat as March turns to April, welcoming Byron Issacs to its already-popular Tuesday night jazz series on April 5 after Charlie Burnham closes out March on the 29th in decidedly un-lamb-like fashion.
Word of the series, curated by world-famous drummer Ben Perowsky, got out pretty quick after Jennifer Charles and Oren Bloedow of Elysian Fields fame kicked things off on Valentine’s Day. Mad Hare March saw an ever-increasing line of music-lovers arriving at Doma to eat and drink some seriously homey fare while listening to an incredible line-up of world-class bopsters and popsters drummed for by Perowsky. Matt Munisteri and Danton Boller roared in like a lion on March 1, followed by Doug Wamble’s crooned tunes on March 8, Sasha Dobson w/ Trevor Dunn on the Ides themselves, "Bop on Pop" Frank Perowsky arriving with Gary Versace on March 22, and Charlie Burnham still to play on March 29.
April’s line-up promises more, and then some. Byron Issacs on the 5th, Sparky featuring Ken McGloin and Dean Sharp with special guest on the 12th, Glenn Patscha on the 19th, and a return visit from Matt Munisteri on the 26th. For this series at Doma, these best of the best in NYC’s music scene test and express their verbosity within the contexts of more traditional mediums. These almost song-book contexts include gypsy jazz and reinterpretation of standards -- contemporary expressions of traditional folkloric mediums, but not limited to American folklore. Surprise visits from compatriots playing at nearby Village Vanguard, Smalls and Blue Note are likely; and all sets will be drummed by Man Who Was Tuesday Perowsky.
Doma’s owner, Michael Polesny, a musician and songwriter best known for his heady pop project, Stoneboat, collaborates with curator and world-famous drummer Ben Perowsky to produce the series.
As if these jazz luminaries were not Pied Piper enough, Doma’s combination of great comfort food, great wines and beers at good prices, and espresso drinks pulled by an impressive selection of mesmerizingly un-American baristas should seal the deal. Jazz-lovers can go the wine-and-cheese or coffee-and-dessert route, try light fare such as Panini and salads or a plate of mussels; or dig in to sit-down dinner options that include Chicken with Lemon and Capers, burger and fries, and a rotating Pasta or Fish of the Day. The wine list is considered a best-kept secret in the Village, with fine European wines at low prices, and a beer list featuring Belgian blond ales, wheat beer, rare and less so lagers from both Germany masters and Brooklyn microbreweries.
Doma, known literally around the world as one of New York’s City’s most beloved boites for food, coffee, wine, beer and true Village vibe, haunt of writers, artists, musicians and just plain folks, seals its status as the Center of True Village with this Tuesday night jazz series. And no cover makes it easy listening.
Curator Ben Perowsky is one of the most accomplished drummers of his generation, part of a small vanguard of players able to move between jazz, experimental music and cutting edge pop and rock. His numerous drumming credits and collaborations make him a curator with the mostess, able to gather some incredible talent for this exciting series.
Links
https://www.ollabelle.net/fr_splash.cfm
https://www.reverbnation.com/artist_369609
https://www.myspace.com/glennpatscha
https://www.mattmunisteri.com
https://dantonboller.tripod.com/id4.html
https://www.dougwamble.com
https://www.sashadobson.com
https://www.trevordunn.net
https://www.jazzkey.com
https://www.elysianmusic.com/
https://www.myspace.com/stoneboatmusic