Boston Conference Williams Opens To Sellout ; Brings O.gy of lazz PCIB , TanaReid to Follout Within Easy Reach Boston will host the 21st and mentioned they were annual conference of the absolutely astonished to hear International Association lazz of this quality at such low of lazz Educators from prices. Already advance ticket January 1.3-1.6, 1993. One sales to the Paradise City lazz -of the best kept secrets Band concert on October t has among lovers ol greatJazz, outtripped advance sales to the conference features ther James Williams concert. workshops, concerts and On TanaReid led Octoberll, opportunities to learn from by the world renown bassist the masters and newcom- Rufus Reid and the award ers in for 20 a winning drummer Akira Tana Jazz hours will give local,lazz fans a rare duy. opportunity to hear these contemporary masters of the A Place forlazz will be Akira Tana Rufus Reid lazz scene in New York City organizing a trip to Boston Th"y played to an enthusiastic to participate in the these standing room only crowd in delights. If interested their last visit two years ago. contact Butch at 37 4-6912. o*", Williams, ' exciting -f We'llseek low cost ways group ICU opened the APFJ's On October 29 we introduce for you to participate. FallJazz series on September Papo Vasquez and his 17th to a packed house that was pulsating combination of INSIDE on its feet applauding master traditional Puerto Rican and sax player Billy Pierce, Tony Afro-Cuban rhythms called 200 Words................ ....p.2 Reedus on drums, Bomba appear in a ]ohn lazz.He'll My So1o........................p.3 Lockwood on bass sextet with the senational Mr. Williams on piano and two percussionist Milton Cardona APFI Fall Series ...........p.4 absolutely marvelous singers and Mario Rivera, the I azz Calendar..............p.6 Miles Griffiths and Roger spectacular saxaphonist who J azz Membership........p. 7 Holland. Many people in the has often appeared with Tito audience were new to the area Puente. r s by Glyn Evans An The Art of Song 4*9 and I are going to New Paltzon October 16 to attend a 'Lieder recital'presented by Sheila Jordan and Harvey Swaftz (bass), names not unfamiliar to the audiences of "A place forJazz".* When I used the phrase 'Leider recital' to a musical purist friedn, he bristled at,I presume, my looseness of language. Likely, his usage is confined to such perfomances as Fischer- Dieskau accomPanied by Gerald Moore (pno) singing Schubert. Both music and its performances are absolutely sublime. But the art of 'Lieder", or song, is attainment of that perfect fusion of words, music, quality technical perfomance; and above all the melding a.,d trrns-utation of performu.,." ,kilt, and emotional expression to create a joint artifact which is that physicai impossibility - 'greater than the sum of its parts'. It's magic. To me, at least, it matters little whether the creators of the music are Schubert or Strayhorn; Hugo Wolf or Alec Wilder. Ttre teehnical and ar*istie ehallengeste-the perfurmers are-equally Ming;and between the two genres, at least to the singer, not interchageable. (AtthoughJ<eith ]arrett plays Schostakovitch and Bartok beautifulty. There is more to be written; after our attendance at the Jordan /schwartz 'Leider recital'. * The duo appeared at APFJ in our third season. IIIIITIITTIIIITTIITIITIIITITIIIIIIIII II ! ! I I I The Wide"w KendaII I To Special Order T I Any Book In Print I Call He,uslg I I 346-2719 t I THE OPEN DOOR Bed and Breakfast in Schenectady,s I T 128 ]ay St. Historic I Stockade T Downtown Schenectady T I Executive I Accomodations for Out of Town Guests r Books Gifts r Greeting Cards I "A special location...like a touch of Willamsburg" I Children's Music and Toys I I I 370-s5tt I TIITTIIITIITIIITTTTTIIITIIIII IIIIIIIT rI 2 o o It was great hearing from muscians don't support Paul. He took time to livelazz, who will? write and to add to our knowledge. He also We expect to get lots of supports APlace for In our last two columns, TT lazz letters on this one. with a membership and we talked about the feeds us information about wonderful musicians that Tradine Fours the local scene. Unfortu- live and work in this area. Glad to hear that Nick natelv he is part of a verv We listed over 100 that Brignola is up and about exclusive club: Musicians were on our mailing list. after a recent illness. who suooort other At the end we said, "If we musicians and their local missed any let us know." Really excited about Bill I azz service oreanization. Meckley's work with the Wellwe did and Paul Empire Jazz Orchestra. On Of the over 100 musicians Supple let me know. For November 23rd he'll be on our list, very few do one thing we left Paul off doing an all Ellington/ either. Given the fact that the list. Paul was the first Strayhorn Concert at the is poorly publicized Trumpet player in Doc Jazz Schenectady Community in the area, we need to Scanlon's Rhythm Boys College. Call 346-1,456. hear from musicians about and now leads the group playing. with where they're Lee Shaw will teach a lazzFactor John (Our deadlines are the 10th Deignan, Dick workshop on listening to,:[-{^e.i . Johnson, of every odd month) Rick Eckberg andScott Jazz at the Schenectady trr 2( What's even worse is that Museum. It begins October y'\.i,{,(&tzxa.q Weinhold. .t"fArs6<,t we see very few working 12 and continues for the musicians at APFJ's Paul took umbrage at my next r Tuesdays. Call382- concerts or at the local omission of a lot of other 7890 for further info. clubs and other venues. local musicians. He listed names that we'd left This is confusing. Why off the list. Those names More Musicians (thanks to would musicians not appear at the end of the Paul Supple) support the very music column. Mike Benedict, Doug Harris, John that they compain is not Deignary Dr. John Horton, Dr. being supported very well? David Ray, Tom Crudo, Ted After reading his letter, Mackenzie, Lou Gardner, Jeff Why would musicians we called him and talked Belding, Bill Jenson, Mike Canonico, who love spend Sean Lowery, Marcus Benoit about it. As we talked it lazz, countless hours practicing Charles D'Andrea, Paul Couch, Joey dawned on us that there Delarado, Roy Fantel, Rob Fish, and hundreds of dollars on needed to be another Richard Lainhart, Stan Marsden, Ed CDs, tapes, etc. not come Tourge, Tony Sporanza, Vito column with a sub-title out to hear the real thing? Sporanza, Vin Warner, Peter Davis, Musicians. Part of the Frank Orsini, Greg Rassand, Scott (our prejudice, if you oroblem or nart of the Weinhold, Doug Sertl, Alex Torres. guessedit solution! haven't is that live music is the real If I missed any, let me know! thing.) Hey folks, if CONCERTS are on TANAREID PAPO VASQUEZ EMPIRE TAZZ ORCHESTRA (Octet) Friday nights at 8:00 Friday, October 15, SEXTET Friday, Friday, November 12, pm at the First 8Pm Octobet 29,8Pm 8P*, Unitarian Society in Schenectady. Tickets This exciting quintet Mr. Vasquez, an Last year this fine grouP are $12.50 each led by Akira Tana and experienced veteran of musicians Performed Children under 12 Rufus Reid make a (at 32) of the bands of a special one hour are admitted for half ruto^ visit to A Place Tito Puente, Ruben afternoon concert for ' price (at the door). fotlazz,by poPular Blades, Eddie Palmieri families performed Series tickets are the direction of demand. and,Dizzy GillesPie, under $50.00 a20Vo traditional Bill Meckley. The - combines discount! Good until Reid and Tana are from Puerto group's eight rhythms Piece 9/3) Season ticket widely recognized as Rico with the freer nucleus taken out of holders and members top musicians on their harmonic and melodic their big band was so may reserve additional instruments by the elements of.lazz. He popular that manY of tickets in advance at public and their Peers calls it BombaJazz you demanded a full- reduced prices. For and their students. He's done arrange- fledged evening concert ' information, call Lesser known but ments for MannY sothate'reryrrnecoutd more gaining in reputation the hear the littte big-band (518) 374-69t2. Oouendo's-l Libre, are the "witty and Fort Apache Band, arrangements of the elegant" Rob Hilton Ruiz and lazz,Masters. We Schneiderman on appears on the movie promise you an evening piano, the facile and soundtracks of The of surprise and excite- creative Craig BaileY Mambo Kings and ment as you hear eight on alto and the 22Yeat Spike Lee's Mo'Better of the finest musicians old "wunderkind" B1ues. (Leo Russo,Ih Dan Faulk on soPrano Corigliano, Nat PhiPPs, and tenor saxoPhone Preview this concert ]ohn Hines, Ken Olsen, by listening to his Tom Gerbino, Ken You can preview this recording "Breakout" Olsen, Otto Gardner concert by listening to which combines both and Rob Cenci) exPlore their new album, the music of Puerto our lazzheritage from Passing Thoughts. Rican and Afro-Cuban Jelly RolI toDizr. traditions and modern lazz. TITO PUENTE LATIN TA,ZZ ALL STARS january 15, 1994 MICHAEL FEINSTEIN & NANICY WILSON February t2, 1994 BIG BAND '94 with GUY LOMBARDO'S ROYAL CAI{ADIAI{S February 19, 1994 And for Music Lovers of all rypes, don't miss: DICK Fox's B3,3tYB:,8#MVAGANIZA TOMMY TUNE I'MOONLIGHTING'' October 15, 1993 *ftPfr'^&H,'q'ffiS*ff.q* December 4, 1993 Ordel your lickets lodoy crl Ptoclor's Box Office (518) 945-62U qnd oll ffi-a@ffia@ Iocqlions.