There is a reason that when the Village needs reminding of who it is, it always goes back to that wooden rectangle on Bleecker Street with the red sign: The Bitter End. It’s a room that doesn’t discount-if you have something to say, you can hear it here. On Saturday, Sept. 6, at 8:30 p.m., it’s Davide Pannozzo Trio’s turn to take responsibility for making those bricks vibrate. Essential and focused line-up: Pannozzo on guitar and vocals, Etienne Stadwijk on keyboards and synth bass, Clint de Ganon on drums. Three musicians who share a common language: groove, listening to each other, no frills.
In recent years Pannozzo has built a solid reputation in New York: a guitarist with a clean touch, personal timbre and a taste for “singable” improvisation, able to stay in the blues without making himself a cage, to flirt with funk without chasing fashion, to use jazz as grammar and not as performance. His band is not a sideline: Stadwijk brings round electric pianos, “wide” voicings and, with the synth bass, that glue that makes the trio a compact machine; de Ganon is a drummer of substance, deep time and controlled dynamics, the kind of musician who makes those around him sound better.
The September concert is not a rerun: the live premiere of two/three new songs is announced, as well as reimagined covers (no karaoke: here we reread, not imitate) and a selection of songs from previous records such as the hits on Spotify “Keep On Loving You,” “Love is a simple things.” Translated: thoughtful setlist, not a medley of “highlights.” The expectation is for a flow that alternates between song-form and improvisational spaces, with attention to the ensemble sound more than to the catwalk of solos.
The Bitter End is a historic-and for that ruthlessly honest-room. Those seeking controlled volumes, interplay, a chance to “feel the air” between instruments will find a home here. It is also an audience that prizes substance: no long intros, you get into the song and say what you have to say. For a trio like this it is the ideal environment: zero smoke, lots of meat.
An evening not to be missed for those who like blues when it breathes, funk when it makes heads move without screaming, jazz when it chooses the right words. For those who want a concert that lasts the right amount of time and leaves you feeling like you’ve witnessed music being played, not an exercise in style.
Quando: sabato 6 settembre, ore 20:30 (porte alle 20:00)
Dove: The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker St., New York, NY
Line-up: Davide Pannozzo (chitarra/voce), Etienne Stadwijk (tastiere & synth bass), Clint de Ganon (batteria)
Cosa: brani nuovi in anteprima, cover riarrangiate, repertorio dai precedenti album
Biglietti: disponibili qui → https://tickets.venuepilot.com/e/davide-pannozzo-2025-09-06-the-bitter-end-new-york-b72af6
No special effects, no safety net: three musicians, a historic room, new songs to test and old ones that still have a say. Sometimes that’s all it takes to remind yourself why you go to concerts.
The article Davide Pannozzo returns to The Bitter End on Sept. 6 comes from TheNewyorker.
