{"id":3973,"date":"2010-07-01T20:07:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T00:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/?p=3973"},"modified":"2010-07-01T21:47:04","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T01:47:04","slug":"alex-wong-at-caffe-vivaldi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/01\/alex-wong-at-caffe-vivaldi\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Wong at Caffe Vivaldi"},"content":{"rendered":"

After seeing Alex Wong<\/a> perform a cameo appearance at ambeR Rubarth<\/a>\u2019s Rockwood Music Hall<\/a> show, we ran over to Caffe Vivaldi<\/a> to catch Alex performing his own show!<\/p>\n

\"AlexWong\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The last time we saw Alex he played mostly solo (Adam Levy<\/a> joined him for a song or two). This time, Alex was supported by some of the best musicians in NYC, though he did perform at least one song solo.<\/p>\n

That song was In the Creases [Update<\/strong>: I’ve been told by two people that I am wrong, that Ward Williams joined Alex on this song, so I’m sure I am incorrect. Apologies!], the same song he performed earlier with ambeR at Rockwood. Very cool contrast. There (as mentioned in this post<\/a>) he sang while ambeR played the guitar. Here, he played and sang by himself, creating a completely different feel to the song.<\/p>\n

Alex has a wide selection of songs to choose from, his own repertoire, songs he wrote as part of The Animators, songs he co-wrote with ambeR and The Paper Raincoat<\/a> songs.<\/p>\n

Joining Alex in various combinations were:<\/p>\n

Melissa Tong<\/a> on violin. Always a delight, as a person and as a musician.<\/p>\n

\"MelissaTong\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ward Williams<\/a> on cello. Ward\u2019s performances are always top-notch, and last night was no exception. In fact, he accompanied Alex alone on one song and played lead on the cello replacing ambeR\u2019s missing vocals from a Paper Raincoat song. Extremely well done.<\/p>\n

\"WardWilliams\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Kevin Rice<\/a> on a snare drum (Caffe Vivaldi is too small for a full drum set, at least with last night\u2019s setup). Kevin always does a great job, even though he was constrained last night.<\/p>\n

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Martin Rivas<\/a> sat in on one number, playing acoustic guitar and singing harmony. His guitar play was outstanding<\/strong>, as was his voice. It reminded me that I hadn\u2019t gotten around to snagging his new EP, so I asked Lois to buy it from him after the show. Can\u2019t wait to catch a full Martin set asap.<\/p>\n

\"MartinRivas\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Candace Chien played the grand piano accompanying Alex on his last number (Help is on the Way). Sorry, I can\u2019t find a good individual link for Candace. Candace is a classical pianist and this was her first non-classical public performance. She nailed it and we hope to see and hear more of her in the future. Everyone at the Caffe sang along with Alex on the repeating chorus (just like we did when he closed the Haiti benefit with this number).<\/p>\n

\"AlexWongCandaceChien\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Even though we stayed up way<\/strong> past our bedtime, it was a ton of fun to see all of these wonderful people\/performers do such an intimate show.<\/p>\n

\"MelissaTongWardWilliams\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve never been to Caffe Vivaldi before (it\u2019s in the West Village) and it won\u2019t be our last time. To make sure I\u2019d want to come back, I forced myself to have a piece of Carrot Cake and a Latte. The things I do for the love of music\u2026 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After seeing Alex Wong perform a cameo appearance at ambeR Rubarth\u2019s Rockwood Music Hall show, we ran over to Caffe Vivaldi to catch Alex performing his own show! The last time we saw Alex he played mostly solo (Adam Levy joined him for a song or two). This time, Alex was supported by some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[483,482,691,583,513,653,395,582],"class_list":["post-3973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-2","tag-alex-wong","tag-amber-rubarth","tag-candace-chien","tag-kevin-rice","tag-martin-rivas","tag-melissa-tong","tag-the-paper-raincoat","tag-ward-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3973"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3978,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973\/revisions\/3978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}