Neil Shah - Pianist/Vocalist/Composer

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Kavehaz

The show at Kavehaz was pretty cool. I played piano and sang the whole set. Dave Little—who I met in Texas and now lives in Brooklyn—played electric guitar on about half the songs. He sounded amazing, especially for having learned the material a few days before the show. We did mostly new stuff, and even the older tunes got a really fresh treatment. I’d like to write the set list here, but a lot of the songs don’t really have names yet.

The modern poet, Charles Evans, opened up the night with some of his finest live work to date. He managed to completely alienate the audience in under 5 minutes. Of course, Mop Kid and I were laughing our heads off, so it was well worth it. “Neeeeeil Ham-Burger.”

Kavehaz is a cool club for the kind of stuff we were playing. They recently relocated from Soho to Chelsea, but kept the same vibe. The upright piano was in tune and is huge plus.

Old friends came out to show support, including Kavan, who I haven’t seen in a few years. He just moved here from Vancouver a few days ago, saw I was playing, and stopped by—Serindipidous.

New tunes, new club, new sound, old friends—it was a good night.

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13 Responses to “Kavehaz”

  1. jason Says:
    December 8th, 2005 at 11:52 pm

    long live crazy charle!

  2. neil Says:
    December 9th, 2005 at 12:23 pm

    Indeed Jason. If you can imagine, C was bearded (first time ever), wearing glasses and a tie. He made noises with a trumpet and played bebop fragments on the piano. This was all in addition to the dependable totally out prose that we all love.

  3. jason Says:
    December 12th, 2005 at 12:49 am

    i am just now hearing tales from afar of the spotted beard.

  4. Samit Shah Says:
    December 12th, 2005 at 5:14 pm

    Nice!

  5. jason Says:
    December 13th, 2005 at 2:10 am

    ice!

  6. Crazy C Says:
    December 13th, 2005 at 7:36 am

    I see i am making a stink,
    Grab a cow and bang sink
    Tales from A Farr, grapes of wrath with neil
    na na naner, naner naner peel

    Flow end came now, oh yeh its done
    crazy c at the laboranti of dawn, right before the sun
    captain o and samit, wripped with his guns,
    oh my God, I think i have the runs (literalkonitz)

  7. jason Says:
    December 14th, 2005 at 2:44 am

    oh, what a cornicopia of sound and genius!!

  8. jason Says:
    December 14th, 2005 at 2:44 am

    ce!

  9. Samit Says:
    December 19th, 2005 at 6:00 pm

    e!

  10. jason Says:
    December 23rd, 2005 at 12:55 am

    mit!

  11. Samit Says:
    December 29th, 2005 at 4:14 am

    son!

  12. Stockton Says:
    January 9th, 2006 at 12:43 am

    I saw Little recently in SC and he mentioned this gig. Wish I cold have heard it! You need a drummer for that stuff………

  13. neil Says:
    January 9th, 2006 at 9:49 am

    Getcha butt up here Stocker. I need you to lay down some tasty grooves.