Alien Music Club is an eclectic blend of alternative music in diverse musical genres ranging from all forms of rock to jazz to funk to anything in between with intelligent lyrics and a playful sense of humor.
January 31, 2012
The AMC Jazz Jam at Barley's, 9pm this Thursday Feb. 2nd features compositions by Wayne Shorter!
adam's apple -
armageddon -
black nile -
fee fi fo fum -
footprints -
witch hunt -
yes and no -
FREE & FUN, as always!
January 2, 2012
The AMC Jazz Jam features Thelonius Monk this Thursday at Barley's 9pm!
These are some of the more challenging Monk tunes!:
bemsha swing -
off minor -
green chimneys -
brilliant corners -
ruby my dear -
criss cross -
epistrophy (latin)
December 23, 2011
I'm very excited about the new material we are working on for the next CD! It's definitely a departure from anything that's gone before! At the same time, it's drawing FROM everything that has gone before. No release date as yet, but I will keep you informed, right here! Happy New Year to all!
December 18, 2011
The AMC Jazz Jam really rocked last week! This Thursday, December 22nd, we will be covering tunes by Thelonius Monk:
i mean u -
blue monk -
in walked bud -
round midnite -
rhythm a ning -
well u needn't -
straight no chaser -
No Cover, All Ages Welcome, 9:00-12 midnight!
December 13, 2011
The AMC Jazz Jam Thursday night 12/15 @ Barley's will feature tunes by Herbie Hancock!
maiden voyage -
one finger snap -
dolphin dance -
eye of the hurricane -
oliloquai valley -
chameleon -
watermelon man (headhunters)----
The jam goes from 9 to midnight! This one's gonna rock, so come join us!
November 29, 2011
Here are the artists whose music we are featuring this month at the AMC Jazz Jam: Dec. 1st-John Coltrane; Dec. 8th-Chick Corea; Dec. 15th-Herbie Hancock; Dec. 22nd-Thelonius Monk; Dec. 29th-HOLIDAY(no jam)
November 25, 2011
AMC Jazz Jam at Barley's 9pm this Thursday featuring Coltrane's Favorites:
body and soul --
my favorite things --
night has 1000 eyes --
but not for me --
inchworm --
dear old stockholm --
afro blue --
Hope to see you there!
November 22, 2011
No Jazz Jam this week due to Thanksgiving! We'll be back next Thursday though, 9pm at Barley's Taproom in Asheville!
November 14, 2011
It's John Coltrane Night at the AMC Jazz Jam next Thursday @ 9pm! Special Guest piano master: Pavel Wlosok! Setlist:
blue train
moment's notice
syeeda's song flute
spiral (latin)
impressions
naima
giant steps
November 6, 2011
Thursday 9pm at Barley's, the AMC Jazz jam features tunes made famous by icon Miles Davis:
walkin'--
joshua --
someday my prince will come --
blackbird --
you don't know what love is --
if i were a bell --
freedom jazz dance
October 30, 2011
It's Miles Davis Night #1 at the AMC Jazz Jam at Barley's 9pm Thursday! Come join us on these tunes or any others you care to play:
So what --
Four --
Tune up --
Nardis --
Solar(latin) --
7 steps to heaven --
Milestones --
All ages welcome and No Cover!
October 23, 2011
The AMC Jazz Jam this Thursday 9pm at Barley's will feature tunes by Joe Henderson:
isotope --
jinrikisha --
black narcissus --
home stretch --
inner urge --
mamacita --
recordame.
October 17, 2011
This week's AMC Jazz Jam, Thursday 9pm at Barley's features tunes by the incomparable Cole Porter:
Night and Day (Latin A section) (Key of C) --
I Love You (Fast) (Key of F) --
What Is This Thing Called Love (New Orleans Style) (Key of C) --
I've Got You Under My Skin (Latin-Bb) --
Just One of Those Things (C) --
All of You (Eb) --
I Love Paris (Latin A section-Swing B section) (Key of C) --
Come on out & enjoy this beautiful Fall weather with some seriously hot jazz!
October 2, 2011
The AMC Jazz Jam Thursday at Barley's features Charlie Parker! Setlist:
cool blues,
donna lee,
little suede shoes,
ornithology,
segment,
anthropology(latin),
confirmation.
As usual, we start at 9pm. No Cover, all ages!
September 26, 2011
We're going to start posting the AMC Jazz Jam setlist here each week for those who want to get a head start on learning the tunes. This Thursday is Bill Evans night. Here's the setlist:
Minority,
Stella By Starlight,
Alice in Wonderland,
Green Dolphin Street,
Israel,
Gloria's Step,
Beautiful Love
July 15, 2011
The new greatest hits CD, "Flashback" is now available at CD Baby! You can link to it from the music page on this website. It's 12 of carefully chosen tunes spanning a period of about 10 years and many musical styles/genres! A great overview of what we do.
July 15, 2011
The Alien Music Club Jazz Jam is going like gangbusters at Barley's Taproom here in Asheville, every Thursday night at 9pm. It's becoming a gathering place for the best musicians and jazz fans, just as we'd hoped! Friend us on our Facebook page to get details each week as we spotlight a different jazz composer...Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Horace Silver and many more!
June 20, 2011
Outstanding show at Mo' Daddy's last Friday! The first ever Alien Music Club live performance was a great success! Thanks to The Archrivals for opening/closing the show, and everybody who came out to celebrate with us!
May 25, 2011
The first EVER Alien Music Club LIVE SHOW will be happening on June 17th at Mo' Daddy's in Asheville and will coincide with a "Best of" CD release. The new CD is called "Flashback" and will be available here and on CD Baby. We're really looking forward to this event! If you live in this area or plan to visit, we'd love to see you there!
April 30, 2011
The AMC Jazz Jam is going on NOW, every Thursday at 9pm at Barley's Taproom in Asheville, 42 Biltmore Avenue! The quality and number of musicians joining us has been stellar! It seems to get better each week. If you live in the Asheville area or plan to visit, and if you're a jazz fan, come join us at Barley's. If you want to know who the featured artist is this week, go to our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/jpearlman3#!/pages/Alien-Music-Club/159691987395778
March 5, 2011
The Alien Music Club weekly jazz jam begins this month at Barley's Taproom here in Asheville, NC! Each Thursday night, we will feature a different composer for the first set, like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Horace Silver, and many others. Musicians are welcome to sit in with the band! During the second set, you can choose the tunes you want to perform with us! We hope this event will become a fixture in the ever-expanding Asheville Musical Universe!!
February 19, 2011
VERY busy lately! Just played a show with THE SHADOWBOXERS (see links page) in Atlanta. These amazingly talented musicians took me right in and we rocked Smith's Olde Bar...videos to follow. It was also very special because my son Jaron is their drummer.
January 2, 2011
Happy New Year! Looking forward to a new release sometime this year and continued live shows with a number of bands I am proud to be playing with. There's talk of perhaps even a live Alien Music Club date sometime in the future, with the help of my son Jaron and bassist Ben Williams. Both of these stellar musicians are making waves in Atlanta with excellent bands like "Future Self" and "The Shadowboxers".
October 22, 2010
We've been extremely busy recording and playing live with Stephaniesid, The Archrivals, Crybaby, and Peggy Ratusz Daddy Longlegs band. The new material is sounding fantastic...sort of John Scofield meets Donald Fagan. I'm attempting to get all my gig information updated on Facebook where you can friend me to keep up with what's happening. Cheers, JP!
October 20, 2010
Stephaniesid, a band I am very proud to be part of, was just voted Asheville's Favorite Rock Band in the Mountain Express Poll! For more information, go to http://www.stephaniesid.com/
August 20, 2010
Making progress on the new album which I'm very excited about! It's going to be sort of a cross between Donald Fagan and John Scofield but more acid jazzy! I'm also producing on a brand new ProTools system which has greatly expanded the sonic quality and creative possibilities! BTW, if you haven't yet, I'd love to be your friend on Facebook if you're a fan of my music. I'm at http://www.facebook.com/jpearlman3
May 25, 2010
Played a wonderful gig with Stephanies ID at Downtown After 5 last Friday! HUGE crowd, thousands of adoring fans! The band played very well. It was quite an experience. Video clips can be found at http://vimeo.com/11958979 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5YmT8J55FI (full band shot around 1:15!)
April 4, 2010
Very excited about new tunes taking shape! Hopefully, a new CD will be forthcoming in the not too distant future! If you live in the Asheville, NC area, you can catch some of my gigs by going to www.myspace.com/alienmusicclub.
April and May are turning out to be busy months. Cheers! JP
March 8, 2010
Great weekend playing with Stephanie's ID on Saturday and Peggy Ratusz on Sunday. Lots of money raised for Haiti! What a pleasure to be in the company of so many fine musicians. Link up with me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jpearlman3
December 15, 2009
A very gracious review of one of my new CD's in Bold Life Magazine. This so made my day! Cut and Paste The Link:
http://www.boldlife.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:12560
November 17, 2009
Moving on to the next project. I'm moving up to Pro Tools...very exciting. This will do 2 things: free me up to experiment more with no restrictions and create compatibility with other musicians for file sharing. Maybe the next CD won't take 4 years to create.
October 15, 2009
"WELCOME TO THE FUTURE", THE MUSIC VIDEO, IS NOW UP ON THE VIDEO PAGE! It's a rather ethereal song/video, full of futuristic imagery. Hope you like it! Also, FREE downloads available on music page of songs that didn't make it to CD. Enjoy!
September 29, 2009
Great News! Both of the new releases are now up on CDbaby! You can link to them using the purchase option on our music page. You can either buy the physical CD or download the entire CD. Individual tracks from both albums are also available now in various high quality download formats! All the links are on the music page. Thanks and enjoy! JP
June 23, 2009
FINALLY...mastering is complete and duplication is pending. The two, new albums, "Samurai Werewolves From Mars" and "Welcome To The Future" are the product of well over 3 years of work. The 9th and 10th release for AMC spanning a period of over 15 years, these albums are masterworks, each a classic in it's own right. 'Welcome To The Future' is a rock, blues, funk, acoustic, cross-genre offering, with something for everyone, and features vocals. 'Samurai Werewolves From Mars' is a straight-up, modern/traditional jazz offering and is mostly instrumental. There are lots of special guests on both albums like Stephaniesid, Jonathan Scales, Peggy Ratusz, Frank Southecorvo, Matthew Richmond and Bill Gerhardt. Individual downloads or full-length CD's will be available for purchase through this website and also through CD Baby, as well as iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, and numerous other digital distributors.
May 6, 2009
We're getting closer to finalizing mixes on the new CD's and they're sounding great! The next step will be mastering, so hopefully a release date will be sometime in June with any luck. Thanks for your patience. In the meantime, I have to say that I feel extremely fortunate to play on a regular basis with some of the finest musicians on the planet, here in my hometown of Asheville, NC. Go to http://www.myspace.com/alienmusicclub for a listing of upcoming gigs and stop by Tressa's on Broadway in downtown Asheville any Tuesday to see the Chuck Lichtenberger Collective featuring Chuck on keys, Joey K on the drums, Michael Libramento on bass, Justin Watt on trumpet, Jacob Rodriguez sax, and me on guitar!
