CAFFE DOLCE
24 Lafayette Ave.
Suffern, NY 10901





TEL:  (845) 357-2066
FAX:  (845) 357-2055
 

SEPTEMBER 2009 NEWSLETTERS

 
Caffe Dolce introduces
"Football in the Alley"
on our large, plasma TVs.
Sit outside and watch the game!!
 
Saturday College Games
Sunday Pro Games
Monday Night Football 
 
$1.50 pints of Coors Light or Budweiser
$2.50 domestic beers
Bucket of 8 mini-Coronas $15
 
Hotdogs on the House During Halftime
 
Here are some samples from our football menu:
  • Nachos
  • Wings
  • Jalapeno Poppers
  • Garlic Bread
  • Mozzarella Sticks
  • Chicken Fingers
  • Basket of Fries
  • Basket of Onion Rings
  • The Dolce Sampler: Fried mushrooms, zucchini sticks,mozzarella sticks, onion rings
  • Burger Sliders
  • Pulled Pork Sliders
  • Hot Dogs

You're getting hungry, aren't you??

Live Music in the Courtyard
 
Thursday, September 3     Don Gardner & Friends  
Friday, September 4           Dave Kopec and The Ramapo Mountain Boys Saturday, September 5       Nikki Armstrong  
  
24 Lafayette Ave., Suffern, NY 10901 
     845.357.2066 
 
Don Gardner & Friends
Thursday, September 3
8-11PM  $5 cover plus one drink minimum
 
Don Gardner
with
Pat Bianco, Pete Levin, John Cariddi  
JAZZY, SOULFUL, POP/ROCK/BLUES
  

DON GARDNER, a creative & intuitive drummer, always dazzles the audience with his chops. He has this electrically charged spontaneity that brings a burst of excitement to the room.... effortlessly adding an extra spark to the music. And like the musicians above, he has toured the US & Europe, appeared or recorded with numerous Rock & Jazz greats including Tom Jones, Mitch Rider & the Detroit Wheels, Lucy Lawless, Grover Kemble, Annie Lenox, Bela Fleck, Suzanne Somers, Sister Sledge, Lesley Gore & so many more. He has appeared on TV, radio & in a huge variety of venues from CBGBs to the Rainbow Room, etc, etc. More than 25 years ago, the Tuesday nite jazz gig started with Don & Martin  & John Pizzarelli playing together every week. Thee Pizzarellis went on the road (drummerless) & Don inherited JazzNite. Don has invited different musicians every week. Although some do give repeat performances!!! Over the years there has been a huge & varied list of talented & well known musicians who have made the trip to NJ & now Suffern, NY to play in this rare venue with Don.
 
Pete Levin majored in French horn at Boston U. & the Juilliard School in NYC, where he began playing Hammond organ with NY jazz & pop groups & doing recording work on French Horn. In 1974 he subbed on horn with the legendary Gil Evans & Gil made him a regular in the band. A year later Pete brought in a Moog synthesizer. Gil loved it and Pete's role changed. Gil started writing for synthesizer, transforming the band into the electronic/accoustic hybrid sound that won 2 Grammys.  One of the 1st to explore synthesizers in the 70s, Pete was a sought after sideman for studio & live gigs. As a writer & musician he worked on film scores, jazz & pop records, & 100s of TV & radio commercials.  He uses the latest computer technology & a mixture of new & vintage synthesizers in his own & other studios. Almost all of Pete's live gigs are on piano & Hammond organ.
(SEE www.petelevin.com for lots of info & photos about this.)
Besides touring with Tony Levin Band, Gil Evans, Paul Simon, Annie Lennox & Jimmy Giuffre, Pete's done arranging & electronic music for films such as MISSING IN ACTION, LEAN ON ME, SILVER BULLET, THE COLOR OF MONEY & STAR TREK He wrote a score for a stage production of The Dybbuk, created the electronic score for Linda Rodgers' award-winning "Surgical Audiotape" series, did the official band/chorus arrangement of the U.S. Infantry song & composed the anthem for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit, performing it in the U.N. General Assembly. His favorite collaboration was with his brother, bassist Tony Levin & drummer Steve Gadd for "The Clams," a Spike Jones tribute band that had a top-40 hit single "Close To You", now a cult classic!  In 1990 Pete released his 1st solo jazz CD, "Party In The Basement",  followed by "Solitary Man" & 2 jazz Christmas CDs with Danny Gottlieb.
Pete  has a really great website with the details of many of the exciting projects Pete is involved in & if you look at his discography page, you'll see that's he's played with just about everyone. Check out:  www.petelevin.com 
 
JOHN CARIDDI has played the guitar most of his life & attended Fairleigh Dickenson U. & the Manhattan School of Music.  He has been an instructor for Jazz Studies at the Manhattan School & Ramapo College.  John has accompanied Robert Goulet, Vic Damone, Nancy Wilson, Joel Grey, Al Martino, Ricky Lee Jones, Patti Austin, Peggy Lee & recorded & played with Steve Marcus, Pete Levin, Lionel Hampton, Gerry Niewood, Rave Tesar, Don Gardner & many others.  Broadway show appearances include "Play Me a Country Song"... "Gospel"...  & "Jesus Christ Superstar".  He composed musical scores for the movies "Friday the 13th"  "House" "Spring Break" "The Shining".  John's distinctive guitarwork has been heard on numerous national radio & TV commercials.  Currently, he teaches & appears live in many special event shows & with various Jazz & Rock groups in the Tri-state area........& he's a world renowned Tango dancer!
 

PAT BIANCO saxophones/ vocals   says: "Been around the block........
Known in certain circles...... Best kept secret in town but, the best is yet to come. Come & see for yourself..... Credits are history."
He just wants to play !
Dave Kopec and The Ramapo Mountain Boys
 
Friday, September 4
8-11PM 
$10 cover includes house drink 
 

The Ramapo Mountain Boys hail from the Mahwah and Ramsey, NJ ,area and have been entertaining bluegrass and acoustic rock fans alike for the better half of this decade. Featuring banjoist, vocalist, and Franklin Turnpike frontman Dave Kopec (who has studied his 5 string axe under the legendary Tony Trischka), the RMB are known for hard driving breakdowns, floating waltzes, classic fiddle tunes, and tight vocal harmonies. A featured soloist is fiddler Bill Rinesh, a man who can play anything from Beethoven to a bluegrass breakdown and anything in between. The group is rounded out by the intense guitar chops of David Jack Dunn and the bass and high vocal harmonies of David Tarzian. Featured in their repetoire are numbers by Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, Old and In The Way, and Johnny Cash, but also interpretations of the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, too. "We try to give the fans who otherwise would never see a bluegrass band a little rock and roll to spark their interest. What is nice, though, is that we end up turning people on to the traditional stuff as well." What seems to be turning people on are the great songs, fine vocalizing, and hot jams the Ramapo Mountain Boys have been delivering for several years.
 
Nikki Armstrong  

Saturday, September 5 
8-11PM
$10 cover includes house drink 


Singer/Performer Nikki Armstrong began her performing career as a dancer and actress at age 11. She was inspired by the great jazz singers, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee as well as the great Soul and R&B artists, James Brown and Tina Turner, and finally in her late 20's Nikki decided to commit to singing. She has studied music and voice in Boston , LA and New York , most notably with the great arranger Hal Schaefer (Peggy Lee, Marilyn Monroe). Writing and doing session work in Los Angles and Sydney , Australia for the first few years was fun, but it was live performing she craved and New York was the place to be.
For the past 10 years Nikki has performed regularly all around the New York Tri-State area with her bands, Whole Lotta Blues and The Nikki Armstrong Project . As featured guest vocalist, she has performed and or recorded with such artists as Melvin Sparks (Acid Jazz Guitarist) and the Great Les Paul (Father of the Electric Guitar). As a voice coach for over 10 years, Nikki delivers performance workshops and singer showcases in the Tri-state area.
An important voice in the New York area Blues and Jazz scene Nikki is on the board of directors of the New York Blues and Jazz Society as Musician's Liaison; coordinating, producing, and performing in successful Blues and Jazz events for venues such as Birdland in NYC, Sirius Radio as well as benefits for NOLA. In 2007 Nikki became a Deejay on the air with her own show Blues in the Grooves broadcasting every Wednesday afternoon on WFDU, 89.1FM from 1pm to 3:45pm. She also runs a weekly Blues Jam and has been doing so for the last 10 years.
Nikki has four independent CD releases and is working on another CD of all original material due to release in 2009. Her band Whole Lotta Blues is composed of Jason Green on guitar, Rob Chaseman on sax, A.J. Hager on bass, John McCann on drums and Juan Pertuz on percussion. Nikki and crew are all musically accomplished and perform everything from blues, funk, rock, soul, and pop covers, to jazz standards as well as originals. They can be seen most regularly at Lucille's at BB Kings. Nikki Armstrong & Whole Lotta Blues have been the featured opening act for The Commitments, Joan Osborne, Dave Mason, Hubert Sumlin, Parliament Funkadelic, to name a few. 
 
" The blues as Nikki sings them come mixed with jazz, pop, and folk rock, with a warm, rich contralto voice that she colors over a wide spectrum from intimate growls and passionate whispers to long haunting ballad lines, and a sparkling sense of fun!'' -- Michael Lydon (Founding Editor Rolling Stone Magazine and Author, Ray Charles: Man and Music ) 
CHECK OUT NIKKI'S WEBSITE AT WWW.NIKKIARMSTRONG.COM
 

From all of us at Caffe Dolce,  have a great, safe Labor Day Weekend!

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