Amazingly—you can even kind of hear the disbelief in John Schaefer’s voice—“Sirius Respect” managed to eek its way all the way to THIRD PLACE, thereby solidifying Respect’s place in musical (and world) history. We plan to get our third place medal bronzed, for posterity.

Listen to the whole show (which aired on 1/7/10) here:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newsounds/episodes/2010/01/07

Congrats to our friends Alarm Will Sound who took home the gold!

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Finally, a reminder that on Tuesday, January 12 (that’s this coming Tuesday), Respect is playing a great show at (le) Poisson Rouge, with special guest Ethan Iverson opening the show on piano solo. More info on that show can be found here.

When you get a moment (it takes about 15 seconds), click on the link above and vote for the Respect Sextet’s “Sirius Respect” (named by the WSJ “one of the most compelling recordings of the year” and filed under “LOVE IT” by Newsweek magazine) in the 2009 New Sounds Listener Poll from WNYC, New York Public Radio!

The poll closes at 12PM EST on 1/7/10, so get in there and make your voicing of our voice (which we humbly request herein) heard!

Sirius Respect was chosen as one of Soundcheck’s “Picks of the Week” on May 22, 2009. About the album, host John Schaefer said:

“The late avant-garde jazz bandleader Sun Ra claimed he was born on the planet Saturn. His birth certificate said Alabama, but that must’ve been a government cover-up. Now, Sun Ra’s music has been paired with another “child of the cosmos,” the late German avant-garde classical composer and provocateur Karlheinz Stockhausen. Thanks to New York’s Respect Sextet, the combination works. The Respect Sextet displays the formal structure and melodic gifts of Sun Ra’s music, and focuses on Stockhausen’s Zodiac pieces, like this one. It’s neither jazz nor classical, but something cosmically both.”

Spread the word if you’re so inclined!

Thanks and happy holidays from The Respect Sextet!

P.S. The Respect Sextet encourages one and all to give the gift of Respect this holiday season. It’s the gift that keeps on giving (you gotta give it to get it, remember!), and it’s oh so important to give your friends and loved ones the respect they so richly deserve!

“Sirius Respect” (our newest one, which, with your help, will ideally overwhelmingly win the above poll) is available just about everywhere, including iTunes and amazon.com. Our previous albums are always available here on this site.

Opening the show will be the innovative pianist Ethan Iverson (of The Bad Plus), playing a set of “cocktail music” on solo piano!

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Tickets: $10
Advance tickets: http://lepoissonrouge.inticketing.com/events/62254
Doors: 9:30pm
Show: 10:00pm
Details: http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/795

About Ethan Iverson
Ethan Iverson is best known as the pianist with the innovative piano trio the Bad Plus, but he had an extensive career prior to the formation of the group.

Born in 1973 in Menomonie, Wisc., he moved to New York in 1991, where he took private lessons from Fred Hersch. Iverson made his recording debut in 1993 on School Work, matching ideas with Dewey Redman. He was the musical director for the Mark Morris Dance Group, performing with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Yo-Yo Ma. He has also worked with Mark Turner, Bill McHenry, Patrick Zimmerli, Dave Douglas, Billy Hart, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Charlie Haden. Iverson’s trio recorded Construction Zone (originals) and Deconstruction Zone (standards) during 1998. Iverson knew bassist Reid Anderson and drummer David King when they were teenagers in the Midwest and they played together on one occasion in 1990, but the Bad Plus was not formed until 2000. However, after they played a weekend at a club in Minneapolis, it became apparent that the Bad Plus had something special. Since that time they have helped to revitalize the piano trio, performing rock songs as creative jazz but with the sensibility and spirit of rockers, achieving quite a bit of popularity and influence on the modern music scene. While the Bad Plus has been Ethan Iverson’s main musical activity of the past eight years, he continues occasionally freelancing, playing, among other places, at the Village Vanguard in a trio with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian.
thebadplus.typepad.com/dothemath/

Venue Information
(le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
www.lprnyc.com

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