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Home , Akira Tana, Horace Silver, Joshua Redman, Marva Wright, Sonny Rollins

A Place fo, lazz Summer of f azz Announces Fi Season This summer there are over 1,000 liv e azz performances . J This concert will be followed taking place within a 200 mile on October 15 by the return of radius of the tri-city area. TanaReid led by Masters like , Milt and and the exact Hinton, Sheila Jordan, Benny same lineup that drew so much Golson, Dave Valentin, Tito praise in their last visit. Puente, Nick Brignola, Lee On October 29 we introduce Shaw,Ian McDonald, Peg Papo Vasquez and his Delaney, , pulsating combination of Grover Washington will be traditional Puerto Rican and within a few hours of wher- Afro-Cuban rhythms called ever you are. And hundreds of Bombalazz. He'll appear with other musicians of great Milton Cardona (the talent percussionist and Mario will be at festivals and local clubs. Rivera (saxaphone) in a sextet. For a modest amount of On November 12th we elose money and a considerable fames Williams with the exciting little Big Band amount of devotion you can of the Empire lazz Orchestra hear some wonderful music. Tfrrrrt, to our Jazz Angels, we Ied by Bill Meckley and Check our calendar on pages are proudly beginning our sixth featuring the terrific local 6 andT s. musicans: Leo Russo, Nate concertseason. See page 4 and INSIDE 5 for order forms and more Phipps, Ken Olsen, Rob information. The season opens Cenci, Otto Gardner, Tom 200 Words...... p.2 Gerbino,Iohn Hines and on SeptemberTT with the Jim My Solo...... p.3 sensational pianist Corigliano.They'll be playing lazz |ames I azz Angels ...... p.3 Williams and his sextet the big band arrangements of APFI Fall Series...... p.4,5 including Billy Pierce on sax. the last 50 years in an octet format. They so azz Calendar...... p.6 They'llbe followed on October were popular J last year, we just had to bring azz Membership...... p.8 L by the Paradise City lazz J Band led by Dave Pinardi. them back! 200wor ds by Glyn Evans

Not a 'No-one'

good contemporary clarinet player has been heard to pronounce Jimmy Noone's name as 'No-one.' respectful irony is well deserved because to many of us Noone is nowadays a little-known inet master.

was a Creole feom , studied there with Sidney Bechet, and moved to in 917-18. He recorded with Oliver, Kepper and ladnier. He had a sound formal training in music, and ied in Chicago with Franz Schoepp, a symphony clarinetist who taught the young Benny oodman. Noone's tone was beautiful; round rich notes absent of squeaks and sparing of growls.

played lovely, balanced, melodic improvisations. He was much admired and clearly influenced ny players including Barney Bigard and Buster Bailey, and a crop of swing players like Shaw and

nlike many over-recorded over-valued players he was under-recorded and likely under-valued. He ad his own band at the Apex CIub in Chicago, which recorded. (There is at least one LP.) It has iney 'Murrday Datef and a{ast { KnowThaLYou Knora/*whose clarinet solo has SLaUg gg4 tions of clarinetists.

ry to catch 'Apex '. It is a beautiful lyrical piece with a gently elegant clarinet.

initely, Not a No-one.

a a a a a The Widow KendaII a o o a a a H orrs €: a a a a a a a o Bed Breakfast Schenectady's a a and in o a a o Historic Stockade a a a a a a a a Executive Accomodations for Out of Town Guests a a a a a a "A special location...like a touch of Willamsburg" a o a a a a a o a 370-5511 a - aoaaoaaaaaaaaaaaaqaaaaaoaeoaaaoaaoaaaaaaa Natalie Lamb, Col Co.lazzFest. 2 o 709lazz Angels udd Staley, Jack Miorin, Anne and yn Evans, judy Siriani, Carol wards, Don and Lois Porter, and Wren Panzella, Herb nge, Bill and Gail Mattsson, Living in the Capital District has its advantages. There are lots of Ainslie, Al Brooks, Shirley wonderful people, creative people, who live in the area and work , Joe and Marilyn Boyd, hard at being musicians, visual artists, actors, storytellers and role Civale, Peg Delaney, Jamie, dancers. And there are lots of terrific Jazzmusicians. To name reenberg, David M. and Susan just 50 that live and work in the area: Nick Brignola, Leo Russo, Stephanie Hiner, Ronald Larry ]ackson, Gene Garone, Paul Aldi, Ed Green, Dr. John Ley, Paul and Susan Supple, Angerosa, AI Hallenback, Bill Benzon, Eddie Knowles, Peg Dorothy Koenig, Lee Shaw, Mike iusano, Magda and Chuck Davis, Delaney, Azaam Hameed, Dan Dobek, John Hines, Greg Brown, Eleanor Linberg, David Rich Donnelly, Dave Hosley, Bob Button, Rick Eckberg, Dave Bowie, Jim nd Margaret Cunnigham, Calarco, Paul Evoskevich, Shayne,"Mark Foster, Rennie Jim Jody maer and Theresa Tomaszewska, Crane, Otto Gardner, Sam Farkas, Pearlie and Sonny Daye, Dave and Joan Gould, Dan Do Friedman, Stevens, John Hilton, Gary Carpino, Christine Linda Karole Delaney, Deborah Botch, Brown, Gury Carpino, Jack Fragomeni, Christine Stevens, Cliff David and Margaret Davis, Marcia Avery, Sheila Jordan, , Erica Lindsey, Franchesca Deidre Leland, Al and Anita Tanksley, Hal Miller, J.R. Montrose, Rob Cenci, Nathaniel Phipps, ugen, Bob and Sylvia Breiber, Ken Olsen, Tom Gerbino, John Hines, Jim Corigliano (these are nd Mark Hyland, Joseph Hart, iust a few from the first part of my computer list... If you're a y and Lucille Rollins, Dr.-Art )azz musician and you're not on our mailing list and want to be, lvatore, Genevieve IretorL Robert we're waiting! ) Sometimess we overlook what we've got right here . Robert Blumenburg, Fred ula, Dave and Tina Hepp, . David Ray, T. Moroney, But one of the real stalwarts of the area and all-around " big ]ohn alt Piekarz, Connie Chin, sister" toJazz is Lee Shaw. Besides being a terrific piano player Jr., . D:ke Dufresnse, Fran and Mike she is people one of the most supportive to other Jazzmusicians. Peter Paulson, Gioia She's always there f.or Jazz and has been most encouraging of A taviano, Evie and Bob Currie, Place for lazz with words of encouragement, suggestions and iki and Dick Belleville, Dale S. "1.6,1993 contributions. Well on June she will get her just desserts muelson, ]udy and David Merritt, (and a dinner too). Along with some very classy company Donna George, Jim and Pam Held, (including Earl Bostic, Elmer Davis, and Jimmy Swygert, ]ohn Marcille, Kathy Liggins) Lee will be inducted into the OklahomaJazz Hall of rdon, Bruce Stuart, Steveand Fame. We're happy that this Oklahoma "home-girl" has finally Mary ]ane Yolen, Ira and jeanette gotten a small part of the recognition she deserves in her home Rosen, Stephanie White, Becky Holder, Shirley Schermerhorn, state. (Why don't you drop her a note congratulating her? Dana Hinchcliff, Conchita and Al Musicians really appreciate the good words of their fans! Just Miller, ]oe Sorrentino, Vince Castelli address it to A Place for and put in a sack and Iazz we'll them Pam and Mel Simmons, Martha send it on to her!!! Waterman, Joe Palma, Noah and Anne Vandenburgh. Let's hear it for Lee ! Luis Pacheco & Maria Garcia, Norm Zyra, Norman Russ, George & JAMES WILLIAMS PARADISE CITY TANAREID PAPO VASQUEZ SEXTET TAZZ BAND Friday, October 15, SEXTET Ftiday, Friday, September 17, Friday, October 1, 8pm October 29,9pm 8Pm 8Pm This dynamic and Paradise City lazz This exciting quintet Mr. Vasquez, atr exciting pianist and Bandperforms in a led by Akira Tana and experienced veteran composer has roots glorious mixture of Rufus Reid make a (at 32) of the bands of deep into the soil of R instruments and return visit to A Place Tito Puente, Ruben and B, gospel music, styles. fotlazz, by popular Blades, Eddie Palmieri classical training at Featuring nine instru- demand. andDizzy Gillespie, Memphis State Univ. ments from piano to combines traditional and almost 20 years of sousaphone and Rei