John Zorn photo by Ziga Koritnik

Monday, April 9

• 8pm Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra - $12 - The singular Bernstein leads his troops into the future while dragging the past kicking and swinging behind.
• 10pm Pure Fire Farewell Party - $5 - Pure Fire and Brooklyn Beats Records invite you to a SubTonic Farewell Party commemorating all the good times we have had playing in SubTonic. With SubTonic previously closed, this party will be hosted upstairs at Tonic, but SubTonic will be listening! There will be a DJ set-up, extra tables and a mackie mixer provided.

• 8pm Floriculture plus Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman Duo - $10 - Floriculture: Floriculture’s (Chris Mannigan, saxophone, Stephanie Griffin, viola, Carl Maguire, piano, John Herbert, bass, Dan Weiss, drums) recent release on Between The Lines was proclaimed by Glenn Astarita “one of the true modern jazz surprises of 2006” and summed up by Bruce Gallanter as “Excellent work from some of my favorite local heroes.”
• Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman Duo: With Mark Feldman (violin) & Sylvie Courvoisier (piano). Violinist Mark Feldman (John Zorn, John Abercrombie, and Loretta Lynn) and pianist Sylvie (John Zorn, Yusef Lateef and Mephista)return Home after a 21 gig European Tour for a night of New Music at Tonic. (www.markfeldmanviolin.com) (www.sylviecourvoisier.com) Tonight's performance is a benefit for TONIC.
• 10pm Vernon Reid plus Groove Collective - $15 - Suggested Donation - Vernon Reid: Both a guitarist and a composer Vernon is a true artist, one whose work is forever in progress, from his formative years on the downtown New York jazz/funk/punk scene with the Decoding Society, to his leadership of the pioneering platinum rock band Living Colour, to his collaborations with creative spirits ranging from guitarist Carlos Santana, to African singer Salif Keita to choreographers Bill T. Jones and Donald Byrd. Groove Collective: Long before the term "jam band" hit the scene, this crew of New York City-based stylistic adventurers was laying down grooves that buzzed with funk, jazz, house, Latin and every party-inducing sound in between. "Groove Collective's identity lies not in one fixed style but in its capable hospitality to whatever might keep hips swaying." --Jon Pareles, The New York Times

Peter Brotzman © Bryan Aaker

• 8pm Peter Brotzmann, Marino Pliakas & Michael Wertmueller - $12 - With Peter Brotzmann (saxophone), MARINO PLIAKAS & Michael Wertmueller (drums). Peter Brotzmann (Germany, reeds) - the living legend of the European new jazz. A founder of European Free Jazz movement, his work includes collaborations and recordings with Last Exit (with Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock and Ronald Shannon Jackson), Evan Parker, Misha Mengelberg, and Borah Bergman. Recent projects include Die Like a Dog (with William Parker, Hamid Drake and Toshinori Kondo), his homage to Albert Ayler, the Chicago-based Brotzmann Tentet and many more.
• 10pm Charles Curtis & Raha Raissnia $8

• 8pm Suphala - $10 - Tabla artist, composer, and producer, Suphala, is a protégé of the great tabla master and Ustad Zakir Hussain. She has collaborated with artists including Sean Lennon, Edie Brickell, Norah Jones, Perry Ferrell (Jane’s Addiction), hip- hop producer Timbaland, Lady Ms. Kier (Dee-Lite), 4Hero, Vernon Reid (Living Colour), and Yoko Ono. In January 2005, Suphala was the first artist and first female to perform in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban.
• 9:30pm Alex Delivery plus Other Passengers - $8 - Other Passengers first emerged on the underground NYC music scene in March 2004 and quickly grabbed attention with their moody and dramatic sound: at times loud and jarring and in an instant moving to the realm of eerie and ethereal space creating a collage of post-punk psychedelia that reflects the dichotomy of the city: isolation among millions. They released their debut EP, Is It Nothing to You, All Those Who Pass By? in October 2004.

• 7:30pm & 9pm John Zorn Improv Night PARTY - Last TONIC show!! - Suggested Donation $20 - A portion of tonight's proceeds will benefit The Stone - Come celebrate Tonic's final night at 107 Norfolk Street with this John Zorn Improv featuring dozens of special guests.
• 10pm The Bunker - $5 - With DJ Spinoza & Derek Plaslaiko. A wild dance party with dark techno, house, and electro with the occasional aural curveball. Now in it's 4th year!
  

Tonic is looking for a new location, and in the mean time will be presenting shows at the nearby Abrons Arts Center, which is located at 466 Grand St. (at Pitt), just a few blocks from Tonic on the lower east side. On Saturday, April 14, 8pm Tonic will present: Jandek at Abrons Arts Center, with Tim Foljahn (of Two Dollar Guitar, Int'l Shades, Boredoms, etc.) on bass, and Jim White (Dirty Three, Cat Power, etc.) on drums. Jandek has only appeard in New York lonce before, despite a 30 year recording career which has yielded nearly 50 full-length releases.

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OPEN LETTER to the Musicians, Staff, and Fans of Tonic
PLEASE READ!
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An Open Letter to the Musicians, Staff, and Fans of Tonic

When Tonic closes this friday, we will have a lost a great club, and the last
avant jazz/indie/new music club in manhattan with a capacity of over 90
presenting music on a nightly basis.

Tonic’s closing is not an isolated event: Coming on the heals of the closing
of CBGB's, Siné, The Fez, the Continental, this wave of club closings,
downsizings, and displacements to Brooklyn constitutes a market failure.

But we don’t have to accept the diminishment of our musical culture.  
We’re organizing a response, and we intend to fight for the viability of new
music/ indie/experimental jazz traditionally based in the LES. We don’t intend
to let Tonic’s eviction pass without making some serious noise.

We hope you’ll join us. If you’d like to help out or be kept informed of
upcoming events, please sign up for the mailing list by sending an email to:
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and if you just want to keep up to date with what we're planning, you should
go to: http://www.takeittothebridge.com

We are an ad hoc coalition of musicians and supporters of new/ experimental
jazz/indie music. We represent a racially and culturally diverse community
united in our desire to preserve the cultural legacy and future viability of
the progressive jazz, experimental rock, and new music historically based in
the LES.

Thank you,
Marc Ribot