Field Trip! Jazz Guitar Festival -- NYC Jan. 17 - 21! Includes Live Guitar to Silent Film!

Reprinted from NY Times/Avant Music News link
written by Nate ChinenNew York Guitar Festival (through Jan. 30) A pan-stylistic celebration of the guitar, underway since last week, this festival reaches full steam over the next few days with an Alt-Guitar Summit organized by Joel Harrison. The first concert, on Friday at 8 p.m. at SubCulture, features a parade of trios led by Will Bernard, Liberty Ellman, David Gilmore and Miles Okazaki. On Saturday, in the same room at 7:30 p.m., Dave Tronzo leads a trio of his own, and Fred Frith converges in duologue with Nels Cline. Sunday’s program at 8 p.m. is a tribute to the drummer and composer Paul Motian, featuring inspired pairings of musicians, including the guitarist Ben Monder and the saxophonist Bill McHenry; Mr. Cline and the guitarist Julian Lage; the guitarist Gilad Hekselman and the drummer Jeff Ballard; and Mr. Harrison with the drummer Tyshawn Sorey. Among next week’s programming are a free, six-hour marathon of classical guitar, at Merkin Concert Hall beginning at 2 p.m. on Monday, and “Silent Films/Live Guitars,” an image-and-music concept that kicks off on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., with Marc Ribot annotating Joseph von Sternberg’s “The Docks of New York” (1928) and Chris Eldridge of Punch Brothers tackling Fatty Arbuckle’s “Coney Island” (1917). Ticket information and a full schedule are at newyorkguitarfestival.org. (Chinen)