This Week

following the arrival of president obama, i'll be playing with MOPDtK at cake shop on wednesday, jan 21 and then at cafe vivaldi on friday with john white's band featuring rohin from alice. cake shop in in the LES and vivaldi is near cornelia st off bleeker in the village. see you there!

Busy Week

i'll be playing two shows on wednesday. at 8 pm with alice. at the player's theater on macdougal st. then again at 10 pm at europa with starship's journey. thursday i'll be playing in a trio with neil shah at tre dici on w. 26th st. on friday and saturday i'll be performing at st. mary's high school in "you're a good man, charlie brown" with my students.

CD RELEASE!!!

mostly other people do the killing will be celebrating both the release of our new cd, "this is our moosic," on hot cup records and jon's victory at the 2008 thelonius monk jazz saxophone competition on saturday. we're playing at zebulon in brooklyn at 9 pm. we will triumphantly proclaim that not only does the emperor have no clothes, but that there is no emperor and we're all just standing around when we should be the ones having a parade!
see you there!

Boo-Yah!

Jon Irabagon has won the 2008 Thelonius Monk Saxophone Competition. Awesome! I'll save the snide comments for another blog...

New Album!!!

Mostly Other People Do the Killing is proud to announce the release of our third album, "This Is Our Moosic." it is available from CD baby, and downtown music gallery. we'll be performing an album release show saturday, nov. 1 at zebulon in brooklyn, nyc. see you there!

DownBeat Critics Poll

MOPDtK was honored to appear in DownBeat's annual critics poll. we were included in the "rising star small ensemble" category and peter was nominated for the "rising star trumpet" category. world domination is eminent!

"What are you going to play next?" "He already started..."

MOPDtK in Downbeat

Awards!

MOPDTK was nominated for "small group of the year" by the jazz journalist awards! peter was nominated in two other categories! check it out! world domination, here we come! http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasy/showthread.php?p=747832

MOPDtK in Playboy

Brooklyn Gigs

MOPDTK will be playing at Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn on wednesday, march 12 at 10 PM. Kevin Shea's band People will be performing at 8. $5 or 10..i donno.
then...
we'll be playing at Zebulon in williamsburg on april 8, also at 10 PM and also for $5-10.
see you there!!!

MOPDTK on Tour

MOPDTK will be touring:
2/15 - Philadelphia, the purl
2/16 - Cincinnati
2/17 - Chicago
2.18 - Ann Arbor
2/19 - Detroit
2/20 - Toronto
2/22 - Allentown
2/23 - Scranton
2/24 - New York

check our myspace page for more info!
see you soon.
www.myspace.com/mostlyotherpeopledothekilling

MOPDtK in The Onion AV Club!

Check out the feature.

Moppa with LHJO

Handsome Eddy @ Cornelia Street

MOPDTK at Galapagos!

MOPDTK will be performing at galapagos art space in williamsburg on friday, oct 26 at 7 pm. we'll be opening for the quartet of happiness who will be having a dvd release party! the show costs $5 and the club is on n. 6th st.
see you there!!!

MOPDTK at Galapagos!

MOPDTK will be performing at galapagos art space in williamsburg on friday, oct 26 at 7 pm. we'll be opening for the quartet of happiness who will be having a dvd release party! the show costs $5 and the club is on n. 6th st.
see you there!!!

Evans City

Tour!

MOPDTK will be in:
Oberlin, OH 10/4; Cat in the Cream, 8 PM
Cincinnati, OH 10/6; Jazz Loft (119 Calhoun st.), 9:30 PM
Chicago, IL 10/7; Hungry Brain, second set (following Fred Lonberg-Holm trio)

See you there!!!