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May 2013 | No. 133 Your FREE Guide to the NYC Scene nycjazzrecord.com

CHICK COREA CREATING FREEDOM

WILL • MIKE • STEVE • MUTABLE • EVENT CALHOUN PRIDE WILLIAMS MUSIC CALENDAR

It is a little strange to think that keyboardist (On The Cover) is in his 70s. He seems ageless, not too far from the mop-haired, mustachioed genius that came up in the bands of Mongo Santamaria, , and, most notably, (who never reached septuagenarian status). He is, simply put, one of the legends and Jazz at (JALC) celebrates his wide- @Night ranging achievements with a multi-night festival in his honor: Corea will join the 4 JALC Orchestra at Rose Hall for performances from his songbook while the Allen Interview: Will Calhoun Room will host Friends of Chick Corea: Musicians of the Future and Dizzy’s Club will showcase a number of bands fêting his legacy. by Brad Farberman 6 While the is considered a percussion instrument, our other two features Artist Feature: Mike Pride focus on actual drummers. Will Calhoun (Interview) is best known from the rock by Clifford Allen Living Colour but has tons of impressive jazz credits and a new on 7 Motéma Music, which he’ll celebrate this month at Blue Note. And Mike Pride On The Cover: Chick Corea (Artist Feature), veteran of numerous avant garde jazz and rock bands himself, has 9 by Suzanne Lorge a big month of May, releasing two different projects on AUM Fidelity: a new disc from his From Bacteria to Boys group, who play Greenwich House Music School Encore: Lest We Forget: this month, and his Drummer’s Corpse project, including fellow drummers Tyshawn 10 Steve Williams Sorey, Ches Smith and . In the other features, drummer Steve Williams (Encore) honed his skills with by Marcia Hillman by Andrey Henkin Shirley Horn for decades, experience he will bring to several groups this month. Megaphone VOXNews Legendary group Revolutionary Ensemble (Lest We Forget) is the 11 by Kirk Knuffke by Katie Bull beneficiary of a posthumous release on Mutable Music, which also happens to be our Label Spotlight. And local luminary Kirk Knuffke writes our Megaphone Label Spotlight: Listen Up!: and performs with a typically diverse range of bands throughout the month. Of course, there are CD reviews aplenty and an Event Calendar packed full as 12 Mutable Music Justin Brown & Jon De Lucia the spring thaw segues into the summer burn. by Kurt Gottschalk We’ll see you out there... CD Reviews: , , , 14 Miguel Zénon, Deborah Latz, Christian McBride, and more Laurence Donohue-Greene, Managing Editor Andrey Henkin, Editorial Director On the cover: Chick Corea (Santa Istvan Csaba / www.photo-santa.com) 38 Event Calendar Club Directory Corrections: In last month’s Lest We Forget on , we mistakenly said that 45 the pianist was influenced by Earl Hines after hearing him on ’s “Potato Head ”; in fact the song was “West End Blues”. 47 Miscellany: In Memoriam • Birthdays • On This Day Submit Letters to the Editor by emailing [email protected] US Subscription rates: 12 issues, $30 (International: 12 issues, $40) For subscription assistance, send check, cash or money order to the address below or email [email protected].

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THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | May 2013 3 NEW YORK @ NIGHT

The Hell’s Kitchen Cultural Center, Inc. With the band name Voyager emblazoned on his bass The ICP Orchestra’s opening piece at Littlefield (Apr. drum head, drummer Eric Harland appeared at Jazz 13th) could have been called “All The Things They Presents: Standard (Apr. 13th) and played five powerful Are” except it was Monk, not Jerome Kern, under an extended numbers straight through, speaking only to by pianist . But with introduce his colleagues at the end: tenor saxophonist the array of fragments they worked through, from Walter Smith III, guitarist Julian Lage, pianist Taylor graceful minuets for the horns or strings to momentary, The Seventh Annual Eigsti and bassist Harish Raghavan. Each of these rousing to brief and blistering tenor solos mammoth musicians could have played a full solo set from Tobias Delius to full band swing, it made for a “Rhythm in the Kitchen” and left the crowd happy, but what they did was a show of prowess whether or not it was intended that Music Festival 2013 sequence of unaccompanied virtuoso spots to introduce way. It was the ensemble’s first US tour without or transition the tunes - “Intermezzos”, as Harland Mengelberg, who co-founded the band some 45 years termed them on his 2011 debut Voyager: Live By Night ago. “He’s just not up to touring right now, but he’s Wednesday, June 5th (Sunnyside). Following a bright and challenging with us in spirit,” violinist Mary Oliver told the full In Collaboration with Harvestworks opener with the provisional title “New Song”, Lage house and few in attendance could have been unaware 7pm - Hans Tammen & Denman Maroney brought a ragged experimentalism and strategic of the missing figure at the piano. Along with 8pm - Lori Napoleon effects-pedal tweaking to his intro on “Voyager”. Mengelberg and Monk they played Basie and Ellington 9pm - Phillip Stearns Raghavan was nimble and deeply expressive as he as well as compositions and by 10pm - Peter Edwards segued into the lyrical waltz ballad “Trust the Light”. saxophonists Ab Baars and Michael Moore and cellist Eigsti destroyed at the piano but also brought a cool Tristan Honsinger and a couple by the late South and glowing harmony to the band, taking the spotlight African saxophonist Sean Bergin, with whom many of right before the irresistibly soulful “Eclipse”. Smith them worked. From a surgical perspective, the nonet Thursday, June 6th battled a little harder to be heard, but he shred the wasn’t so different without its leader. Mengelberg - Hell’s Kitchen Cultural Center, Inc. Benefit music to pieces consistently. Harland’s show-stopping who was never one to play 20 notes where one would 7pm - In Performance Music Workshop directed solo before “Play With Me”, the catchy groove-based do - wasn’t usually heard so much as felt. His spirit of by Sean King with guest JD Parran finale, might have topped the energy of all previous playful absurdism, of unhinged bop, was still instilled 8:30pm - David Jimenez/Charles Evans Duo intermezzos combined. But Harland doesn’t seek to in the music forwarded by a talented pool of instant 9:30pm - York College Jazz Ensemble dominate: he picks players who can do what he does, composers who have all played with him for years, if directed by Thomas Zlabinger transforming the moment in their own highly personal not decades - and with hope, in spirit or practice, for 10:30pm - Elise Wood /Bruce Edwards way. - David R. Adler decades to come. - Kurt Gottschalk

Friday, June 7th

7pm - Eri Yamamoto Trio with P e t r G a n u s h k i / D O W N T David Ambrosio, Ikuo Takeuchi 8pm - Rob Reddy Ensemble with Charlie Burnham, John Carlson, Dom Richards, Guillermo Brown 9pm - Alex Garcia/AfroMantra with Ole Mathisen, Mike Eckroth, Ariel De La Portilla 10pm - Ernie Hammes Group with

Pierre Alain Goualch, Paul Wiltgen, O W N M U S I C . E T

Saturday, June 8th 7pm - Curtis Stewart PUBLIquartet with P h o t b y E r i k a K p n Jannina Norpoth, Nick Revel, Amanda Gookin Eric Harland @ ICP Orchestra @ Littlefield with 8pm - Michele Rosewoman Liberty Ellman with 9pm - William Hooker/Strings 3 Tatsuya Nakatani David Soldier and David First When trumpeter and pianist The former New York percussionist Angelica Sanchez played duo at Greenwich House - who has taken up residence in - and with 10pm - Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. and Numinous Edward Wilkerson, Jr. Ana Milosavljevic, Maya Bennardo, Music School (Apr. 6th), there were zones of deep saxophonist stopped Hannah Levinson, Richard Vaudrey concentration and silence, but also an outburst or two at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center (as a part of the from car horns on the small West Village street just Arts for Art Evolving Music series) Apr. 5th during outside. Smith’s horn, too, shattered the calm, but with their tour playing music for the 2012 Japanese silent high musical intent and creative control. Three of the vampire movie Sanguivorous. But, as Nakatani pointed $15/$12 (students & seniors) The HKCC Benefit on June 6th is $20/$15 (students & seniors) six untitled improvisations began with Smith solo, out, instead of the vampire they had William Parker. $25 / 2 Evening Festival Pass - only for purchase on Friday, June 7th commanding the room with triple-fortissimo shouts, They conjured music with one foot in the Mali jungle, relaxed and poetic legato lines, coarse multiphonic one in the Australian outback and a third downtown Church for All Nations timbres, breath tones and fast blurry runs. Receiving with Parker on kora and Wilkerson playing didgeridoo. 417 West 57th Street (9th & 10 Aves) NYC all this inspiration from a few feet away, Sanchez Nakatani created a sonic bed with delicate blowing showed a great virtuosic reach, favoring a dark across a handheld cymbal and rigorous crushing of hkculturalcenter.org language with 20th-century echoes. At one point she larger ones against his drumhead. They put another Facebook.com/rhythminthekitchen strove to drown out the car horns with a dissonant foot back home in Chicago once Wilkerson pulled out contact: [email protected] / [email protected] crescendo, but in quieter moments one could hear her his tenor, sock in bell, and Parker picked up his bass. voice, the notes and melodies as they emerged. They played midtempo excursions while Nakatani Her sparse rubato passages and harp-like string kept in constant motion with brushes and bowls and strumming had a way of bringing out Smith’s lyricism cymbals and gongs. Wilkerson brought a nice constraint and introspection. “More” called out one listener after to the free formations, playing in boppish boxes and the fifth piece, but Smith grinned and turned the well-parsed phrases, faithful as Chicago saxophonists request around: “How much more?” Then began the so often are to the spirit of while stormy encore, with rumbling rhythms and patterns working the array of hand percussion and small and a huge, long-decaying bass note from the piano as instruments trademark to a younger generation of its final gesture. The rich harmonic bed of this Chicagoans. Announcing the band at the end of the set, Ministere de la Culture, de l’Enseignement Superieur collaboration sets it apart from Smith’s other recent Nakatani laughed, “Usually when free jazz improvisers et de la Recherche, Luxembourg duos with -Moholo, Jack DeJohnette and play together for the first time, it is OK, then the Lux Mux, Luxembourg others. There will in fact be more: Smith and Sanchez second, third time it is good. This was the first time we entered the studio the next day to record. (DA) played together - it was really pretty good.” (KG)

4 May 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD One imagines when the quartet Conference Call came Having long ago shunned the word jazz to identify together in New York 15 years ago, the name was a the sounds he creates - preferring his own neologism WHAT’S NEWS cheekily oblique reference to group improvisation. But ‘’, meaning from the physical, now that geography has separated the members across mental and spiritual self - it was not surprising that the states and continents, the appellation is even more program for : Celebrating 75 Years of The nominees for the 2013 Jazz Journalists fitting. The foundation of the group is the remarkable Music at Roulette (Apr. 6th) featured an expansive Association Awards have been released. We are communication between (now) North Carolina-based range of music by the 92-year-old multi-instrumentalist, pleased to have been nominated for Best Print pianist Michael Jefry Stevens and Washington Heights little of which could be described with that term he has Periodical of the Year for the seventh time in the last bassist Joe Fonda - their partnership goes back twice as historically disdained. The evening’s first half eight years. Winners in musical categories will be long as the quartet in question. At ShapeShifter Lab showcased Lateef the composer, with three pieces - announced on the JJA website May 1st. A celebration (Apr. 3rd), their pairing, particularly in the more quiet “String Quartet no. 2 2012”, performed by the Momenta for the winners will take place at Blue Note Jun. 19th, moments, is why one laments modern jazz’ dearth of Quartet; “Trio in December 1998 op. 2 No. 2 (Elan where prizes in journalism/media categories will be longterm relationships. But those quiet moments were Vital)” featuring the trio of JD Parran, announced. Additionally, the JJA has named its class in the minority, no surprise given tenor saxophonist/ Marty Ehrlich and Allen Won and “Autophysiopsychic of 2013 Jazz Heroes, which includes local activists bass clarinetist Gebhard Ullmann, now returned to his (variations for piano) 2012” with Taka Kigawa - that Robbin Ahrold, president of Century Media Partners native , who evinces shades of both homes in while best described as being in the European classical and past Vice President, Corporate Relations for BMI, his playing, especially a unique approach to the bass tradition, still evinced the engaging lyricism and and and Ingrid Sertso, co-founders of . His “Dreierlei” opened and took up over half rhythmic resourcefulness that distinguishes all of the Creative Music Studio workshops in Woodstock. of the set, a complex piece but not stultifyingly so, composer’s work. But it was the second portion of the For more information, visit JJAJazzAwards.com. demonstrating Conference Call’s two best features: concert, an hour-long duet between Lateef and precisely harnessed energy and immediate and organic longtime colleague/percussionist Adam Rudolph that The 2013 Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame responsiveness. Drummer George Schuller (third in was most rewarding. Seated center stage, the elder Inductees have been announced. Based on the the chair after Matt Wilson and ) drove master blew tenor sax, flutes (both bamboo and metal) results of a worldwide popular vote, , Lionel the Township jive-like second piece, featuring a classic and , weaving an intriguing panoply of ethereal Hampton and will be the 43rd-45th tenor tone from Ullmann. Stevens’ “What About the and earthy tones into Rudolph’s percussive array of members inducted and the first since 2010. For more Future” closed the set in succinct fashion but ended up polyrhythms to create a bluesy Eastern-tinged sonic information, visit jalc.org/learn/online-learning/hall-of- being the concert’s highlight, mainly due to some arco tapestry, made all the more dramatic with the solemn fame. magic from Fonda, who makes everything he plays recitation of Lateef’s two poems “When” and “A look easy. - Andrey Henkin Syllogism”. - Russ Musto Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith was named a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his 10 Freedom Summers, released on Cuneiform Records and receiving its local premiere at Roulette May 1st-3rd. The 2013 Essentially Ellington Competition will take place at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall May 10th-12th. For more information, visit jalc.org/learn/ teachers-students/essentially-ellington.

The late trombonist is to be

P h o t b y celebrated in his native Frankfurt, Germany by the naming of a small pond in the city in his honor. Mangelsdorff apparently visited the pond daily and

A l a n N h i g was inspired by the many birds who frequented it. The Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, recordings that “are culturally, historically, or

P h o t b y S c F r i e d l a n aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in Conference Call @ ShapeShifter Lab Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph @ Roulette the United States” has added the following to its list: “Begin the Beguine” - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra Seeing Art Lande at Jazz at Kitano (Apr. 10th), it is Peter Bernstein kicked off his first set at 54 Below (1938); Descargas: Cuban in Miniature - hard to reconcile the pianist’s early ECM efforts with (Apr. 2nd) with an upbeat “This Could Be The Start Of Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente (1957); The Shape of or , dour men of jazz, with Something Big”, a suitably optimistic opener marking Jazz to Come - (1959) and The the almost manic cutup slaying the audience while the inaugural night of the WBGO Jazz Series at the Audience with - Betty Carter (1980). For leading a quartet of Bruce Williamson (reeds), Dean room called “Broadway’s Nightclub”. Following up, more information, visit loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry. Johnson (bass) and Tony Moreno (drums). When he the young-yet-veteran guitarist introduced an easy wasn’t reading random snatches of poetry or jumping grooving “Stairway To The Stars” with a knowing grin Jazz at Lincoln Center has acquired the collection of up from his piano stool, he was exhorting the assembled that recognized the ironic relationship between the Frank Driggs, including a massive archive of New Yorkers to come by his next gig...back home in song’s title and the subterranean location of the photographs, posters, sheet music, records and Colorado. For a Wednesday night and an obscure opulently appointed room where his stellar band of personal papers. Driggs was a longtime jazz record figure such as Lande, Jazz at Kitano was packed, pianist , bassist John Webber and executive for Columbia and later RCA Victor. For more mostly with musicians, a testament to Lande the artful drummer was holding forth for the first information, visit jalc.org. educator. But he wasn’t the only one teaching in a time. Bernstein’s lyrical single-note stylings shined on 70-minute set made up of 6 tunes, each oddly either 9 the Victor Young classic “Delilah”, contrasting nicely The film The Girls in the Band, a documentary on or 12 minutes. Williamson, a collaborator of Lande’s with Mabern’s fluent harmonically rich solo. The female jazz instrumentalists from the ‘30s onwards, since the ‘70s when both were based in San Francisco, pianist was featured on his own “Edward Lee”, a will receive its theatrical premiere at Lincoln Center’s was a marvel on , clarinet and bass soulful dedication to his old bandleader boss Lee Walter Reade Theater May 10th followed by a week clarinet. Johnson and Moreno made up a gooey rhythm Morgan, showcasing his powerful parallel octave runs run at the Francesca Beale Theater, May 10th-16th. section, delicious like melted chocolate. There were in conversational tandem with Bernstein’s mellifluous For more information, visit thegirlsintheband.com. standards like a slightly fractured take on “St. Thomas” chording. The addition of guest added a and the plucky, clarinet-led “Moon River” encore or classic jazz element to the group that seemed Clarinetist Anat Cohen is the recipient of the 2013 Lande originals like “Osloxica” (where Norwegian and particularly at home in the old-style cabaret Paul Acket Award, given annually by the North Sea Mexican music meet) or “Pitless”, written for trumpeter environment of the room. Swinging breezily on “The Jazz Festival (and named for its founder) to artists . The opening “Sass” was just that, courtesy Street Where You Live” the saxophonist’s airy tone “deserving wider recognition for their extraordinary of Johnson’s intro and Lande’s pushing-against-time recalled the sound of his glory days with . musicianship.” For more information, visit solo while “Gallery Cool”, written by Paul Grabowsky, His unaccompanied intro to “How About You” northseajazz.com. referenced art in the impressionism of Lande’s inside- launched the band into a medium-up tour de force the-piano musings and an elfin quality that could be outing, before bringing things home with a moving Submit news to [email protected] subtitled “Evening of a Midtown Faun”. (AH) “Never Let Me Go”. (RM)

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | May 2013 5 INTERVIEW

room with Ron. But yeah, Ron’s a master. When you hear that sound, it just brings you back. The “Etcetera” thing was interesting because I love this track and on ’s original version, Will Joe Chambers is playing drums and there’s a solo in the section after the piano and saxophone solo. And I was just talking down the arrangement and Ron, he didn’t want any music before this recording, he didn’t want to hear anything, he just said, “I’ll just come and do it.” I said, “Okay, fine.” He showed up, we talked Calhoun about it and I said, “Well, you know, there’s a solo, it’s an open drum solo.” And he said, “You know, I think I wanna play with you in that section”. And I said, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 46) Nikolaj Hess P h o t b y B i l e r n s by Brad Farberman

Drummer Will Calhoun’s playing is vivid. It’s clear and And it’s interesting when you go to some of these forceful; you always know he’s there. So when big names rhythms, because a lot of the cascaras and a lot of the need a big beat, they call Calhoun; in addition to his many claves and these things that left the continent and went years as the fire underneath rock band Living Colour, the to Central and South America actually come from a lot Bronx-based Calhoun has laid it down for , of these areas of Mali, of . I was with a Dogon Wayne Shorter, rapper Yasiin Bey (when he was still known family for a little while. I was just out in the bush and as Mos Def) and Malian vocalist Oumou Sangare. In I stopped at this place to eat and this guy had a very NeW albuM “Trio” release coNcerT WiTH GuesT Marc MoMMaas between Living Colour dates last month, Calhoun spoke to old, crusty boombox and he put this cassette in and the The New York City Jazz Record about his wide-ranging drums destroyed me. And I was like, “What is that?” fifth jazz album as a leader, Life in This World. He said, “Oh, it’s just old Dogon music.” It was taped over, like, an Earth, Wind & Fire or Jackson 5 tape - I May 15TH aT 8.30 pM & 10.30 pM The New York City Jazz Record: I really like the new don’t know how he got the tape, but he obviously corNelia sTreeT cafe album title. taped over it - but the drumming was insane. And on 29 corNelia sTreeT, GreeNWicH VillaGe MaNHaTTaN this cassette, you hear these kinds of claves, these Will Calhoun: There’s a lot of things going on in my kinds of cascara patterns and I was asking him how old WWW.NikolajHess.coM career and what I’m doing. How I’m experiencing these patterns were in the culture. They were laughing WWW.corNeliasTreeTcafe.coM myself as an artist. I’m kind of pigeonholed a little bit at me, ’cause I liked all the old stuff. I liked the hunter’s in the press for being a rock guy, [because I was] music. All the things that aren’t popular, that are only introduced to the industry by Living Colour. But Mali played for a certain purpose. So they kinda got a kick and Africa in general, but mostly Mali and Senegal and out of me diggin’ that stuff. ’Cause you have to be Mauritania and Morocco are places where I’ve studied initiated to play that music. So that was the attraction. and researched music. And that music has influenced But that six, it does sound very Latin, but historically me a great deal in playing everything. So Life in This it’s coming from a Manding style. World really is an experience of the world that I’m in and putting it, sort of, in a jazz narrative with this TNYCJR: It’s so interesting how all these rhythms and record. I wanted to bring my Bronx history: hip-hop - all these different musical elements get dispersed whether folks hear it in there or not - drum-and-bass, around the world. reggae, growing up in a Caribbean community. My first professional gig, at the age of 19, with Harry WC: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I wish I had the time and the Belafonte. What that experience was like. Working money to really get a team together and a film crew with Harry and working with unbelievable South and a whole plane full of people and go over and really African musicians. That was my first contact, really, start to comb through this stuff at that level. But my with musicians from Africa. And that was my first sort of smaller level has just been so amazing to experience with each singer or musician being able to experience. Older balafon players telling me why [Jimi play at least eight instruments. So Life in This World is Hendrix’] Band of Gypsys meant more to them than where I am now and the experiences that I’ve had. the Experience band. And I’m saying, “Well, what’s the reason?” and they started to play me Manding music TNYCJR: “Naima”, uniquely, gets a Brazilian groove. that sounded so much like what Jimi was doing with the Band of Gypsys that they thought Jimi was trying WC: Very well stated. It’s a baiao. I wanted to try to get to that. And then who knows with Jimi; maybe something not on the kit. I’m very influenced by that he was! [laughs] But this 80-something-year-old man country. Less samba and more from maracatu. More played me so many traditional songs that sounded like the north, more in the Bahia and the Recife area. But “Power of Soul” and sounded like “Machine Gun”. Of still, yes, I’m a huge fan of that culture and the country course not exactly like the same licks, but if you hear and of course if you’re a drummer or an acoustic the movements in the music, it’s spine-tingling to have player that country can become paradise for you as a that experience and then go back and listen to [Hendrix] musician. But yeah, it is a Brazilian influence, that is and realize, “Whoa, there’s a relationship there, correct. I love all of [John] Coltrane’s music. “Naima”, whether Jimi realized it or not.” to me, just has such a universal melody to it. Whether you’re playing straightahead jazz, or with hand drums, TNYCJR: appears on two tracks from Life or in the choir. I’ve heard it done many ways, with in This World. “Etcetera”, in particular, I felt was really many different types of musicians and I wanted to put spontaneous-sounding. a little bit of a Brazilian twist on it and feel, without insulting [Coltrane’s] music. WC: First of all, it was an honor. Second of all, I’ve done a few jingles with Ron. He won’t remember it, TNYCJR: And am I hearing some Latin stuff also on because Ron was such a professional. He used to just [’s] “Evidence”? come in and read the music down and leave. [laughs] He won’t remember me playing on most of the jingles WC: That six that I’m playing there is Malian actually. we did together; I was just happy to be in the same

6 May 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD ARTIST FEATURE

22nd. He is also at ShapeShifter Lab May 8th with Mostly Other People Do the Killing. See Calendar.

Recommended Listening: Mike • Mike Pride - Scrambler (Not Two, 2002) • Jason Stein Locksmith Isidore - A Calculus of Loss (Clean Feed, 2006) • - I Don’t Hear Nothin’ But The Blues (with Mike Pride) (Loyal Label, 2008) • Mike Pride’s From Bacteria to Boys - Pride Betweenwhile (AUM Fidelity, 2010) • Yoni Kretzmer 2Bass Quartet - Weight (OutNow, 2011) • Mike Pride - Birthing Days (AUM Fidelity, 2012) CECILIA COLEMAN

P h o t b y J i m N e w r by Clifford Allen

Great art, or even much good art, often comes from release it himself, events transpired that might give the strife. Whether socio-political, personal, internal or music a larger audience. “I thought Tzadik was NEW RELEASE - WHO AM I external, it is important to creation. Of course too much interested and was kind of thrown off when that didn’t can be made of the psychological or social complexities happen, so I thought why not put this out on a label AVAILABLE AT: that resulted in the work of Jackson Pollock or Francisco with some business behind it rather than have another Goya, in the face of their art’s ability to stand on its record on my own label, because as far as I’m CDBABY, own without the crutch of torment. Jazz and improvised concerned, this is one of the heaviest records I’ve ever AMAZON & music too has a deep connection to social and personal heard. Why not have people beyond the 120 or 130 that JAZZ RECORD complexities, an intertwined series of challenges to supported it via Kickstarter be made aware? It just CENTER (NYC) survival that begat and beset musicians from Charlie seemed to make sense and it was good that it could be Parker to . While coming out of a different offset by the new Bacteria to Boys record. They’re both milieu (“a white farm boy from Maine” as he tells it), joyful, but coming from completely different places.” drummer Mike Pride has certainly developed his art The latter disc, Birthing Days, is being released APR.APPEARING 29 @ GARAGE / NYC 7-10PMAT: from personal difficulties that have resulted in as much concurrently on AUM Fidelity and features Pride’s MAY 1ST @ SAINT PETER’S / NYC 1 PM celebration as pain. working group From Bacteria to Boys with pianist MAY 6TH 5TET @ SOMETHIN’ 7-8:30 PM In 2005, shortly after leaving his job as a working Alexis Marcelo, bassist Peter Bitenc and saxophonist JSnycjr0513 4/15/13 5:18 PM Page 1 drummer in the well-regarded punk band MDC Jon Irabagon (two tracks feature tenor saxophonist CECILIACOLEMANBIGBAND.COM (Millions of Dead Cops, et al) and seeing a couple of Jonathan Moritz and bass clarinetist Jason Stein). The his personal musical projects dissipate, his Park Slope third record under this moniker, the group’s name apartment suffered a catastrophic electrical fire, comes from String Theory. “It was a documentary that leaving him and his wife temporarily homeless and I was watching and the closing line referred to ‘…the destroying nearly all of their belongings as well as evolution of man from bacteria to boys.’ I wrote that killing the family cat. Pride’s response to this was down and it remained something I’d wanted to use for “Best Jazz Venue of the Year” NYC JAZZ RECORD#“Best Jazz Club” NY MAGAZINE+CITYSEARCH WED MAY 1 FEATURING creative: “I decided to have this thing called Drummer’s years. It’s a ridiculous name - any time I meet someone SCOTT COLLEY EDWARD SIMON TRIO & BRIAN BLADE Corpse that could be super dark and when people who recognizes the String Theory reference, they think THU-SUN MAY 2-5 want me to play rock shows now I don’t show up with it’s the best name ever. I thought the name was a rock band anymore. What to do next? Fill up the interesting and it fit how the music was written, ORGAN QUINTET room with drummers and go nuts. I wanted to have an especially the that I wrote for [alto PETER BERNSTEIN - MIKE LEDONNE - GEORGE COLEMAN JR. - DANNY SADOWNICK installation rather than a rock band and that has saxophonist] Darius [Jones] and Evan [Lipson, bassist TUE-SUN MAY 7-12 INVITATION continued for going on eight years.” Extant only in a – both featured in earlier incarnations of the group]. It DUO HSERIESH was cellular material that grew and got bigger and FRED HERSCH WITH few live clips until now, the Drummer’s Corpse record, TUE MAY 7 just out on AUM Fidelity, features Pride on drums, created this kind of architectural mass of sound.” ANAT COHEN organ, vocals, nose flute and percussion, joined by Pride’s name has cropped up with increasing WED MAY 8 DONNY McCASLIN , Ches Smith, Bobby Previte, Oran regularity over the last eight or ten years; while punk THU MAY 9 Canfield, Russell Greenberg and John McLellan on and noise were (and remain) in his blood, he can be FRI-SAT MAY 10-11 drums and gongs, Chris Welcome on guitar and heard in settings with Jon Irabagon, guitarist Joe & RICHIE BARSHAY performance artists Marissa Perel and Fritz Welch on Morris, organist , bassist William Parker, SUN MAY 12 voice and percussion. guitarist Mick Barr and trumpeter (to LIONEL LOUEKE TUE-WED MAY 21-22 The cast has changed with each performance, name just a few). A big-toned, harmonically-minded NOAH PREMINGER QUARTET though Welch and Canfield have been constants. As a and economical drummer, “ was the - MATT PAVOLKA - COLIN STRANAHAN THE TUE-SUN MAY 14-19 performative installation it’s not easy to translate to reason I moved to New York – I was a huge fan of his, DIRECTED BY RYAN record, but Pride has made adjustments. It is scored despite never having seen him play. I became his GIL EVANS PROJECT TRUESDELL MUSIC FOR THE TUE-WED MAY 14-15 and mapped out to an exacting degree with ‘Cage-ian’ understudy. We immediately hit it off and I studied off CLAUDE THORNHILL ORCHESTRA vocal parts and what Pride calls “Messianic chords” and on until at a fundraiser at Tonic, where he had me MUSIC FROM THU MAY 16 written for organ and guitar. “Catharsis is the goal; come up and do a duet with him at the end of his solo OUT OF THE COOL, NEW BOTTLE OLD WINE & GREAT JAZZ STANDARDS you have six chords and each chord is held for five performance. He had me up on his shoulders and I MUSIC FROM FRI-SAT MAY 17-18 minutes. That’s when the shifts happen. Live every would lean over and play his drums. He had me play THE INDIVIDUALISM OF GIL EVANS MUSIC FROM SUN MAY 19 drummer starts when a female performance artist solo on his kit while he went out into the audience and MILES AHEAD & PORGY & BESS FEAT. comes up and makes uncomfortable eye contact and sang. It was really deep and we didn’t talk for a year THE THU-SUN MAY 23-26 that’s when they start improvising. I start the clock and after that. He said, ‘Mike is one of my best students JAMES CARTER there’s three minutes of that.” What one hears is what and this was his best lesson.’” A Graves connection GERARD GIBBS - LEONARD KING JR. TUE MAY 28 CLOSED FOR PRIVATE EVENT was recorded with only a few studio tweaks and might seem surprising for a drummer who is dedicated WED-SUN MAY 29-JUNE 2 imperceptible superimpositions - and yet as cathartic to specific forms and their ability to enact cathartic and as the music is, it’s quite spacious and flows in a cellular actualities, but as Pride spins it, “my whole BRICE WINSTON - FABIAN ALMAZAN - JOSHUA CRUMBLY - KENDRICK SCOTT number of affecting directions. The recording was thing is a sort of ‘Grand Unification’ [referencing a MON MAY 6 & 27 MON MAY 13 MON MAY 20 v MINGUS BIG BAND MINGUS DYNASTY MINGUS ORCHESTRA funded by a Kickstarter campaign that exceeded its Graves solo recording] of everything I’m into.” #JAZZFORKIDSWITHTHEJAZZSTANDARDYOUTHORCHESTRASEASON FINALE MAY 19 [RETURNING IN OCTOBER] -DIRECTEDBYDAVIDO’ROURKE# goal, bringing in enough to pay the artists a good hourly wage and ensure that it was mastered in a clear For more information, visit mikepride.com. Pride’s From and sympathetic fashion. While Pride intended to Bacteria to Boys is at Greenwich House Music School May

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CHICK COREA . p h o t - s a n c m CREATING FREEDOM by Suzanne Lorge

In accepting one of two Grammys this past February their expressiveness. “What’s coming out [of these existing arrangements of Corea’s work and preparing for his work with vibraphonist on Hot musicians] is so uninhibited that it bubbles with light,” some new charts; though he can’t confirm the specifics, House (Concord), pianist Chick Corea gave an he says. “…That freedom to create…that’s something Corea reports that Marsalis called an extra day of impromptu salute to musicians everywhere. “I know that every artist, no matter what his age, strives for all rehearsal in May to work through the new material. that we all have the same intention, which is to bring the time.” “And I’m going to bring in some ideas,” Corea says, pleasure and beauty to people around the world,” he Of course, the artists involved might well say that adding, “I wish I’d have had time to write something said. This intention continues to motivate Corea well the very qualities that Corea admires in them are part brand new myself, but I’ve been on the road touring so into his fourth decade as a solo artist and bandleader: of his legacy to the jazz world. “His music, virtuosic constantly these past six months that I haven’t had the Corea, now 72, tours relentlessly throughout the US skill, incredible compositional skills - how do you even chance.” and abroad, performing in all manner of venues, with talk about it?” asks pianist Edsel Gomez, who opens Corea admits that touring cuts into the time that all manner of musicians. This month that touring the lineup at Dizzy’s Club with his Cubist Music Band. he’d like to devote to new projects. To address this lack brings him to New York City for a festival in his honor Puerto Rican-born Gomez first met Corea in the mid Corea has formed his own band - The Vigil, a quintet at Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC). ‘80s, when Corea was visiting Berklee School of Music that mixes electric and acoustic instruments in a Corea and JALC Artistic Director in Boston and selected Gomez, a student then, to play distinctly different jazz sound. “I’ve been wanting to have known each other for years - with a total of almost in his band. “He influences everybody. He’s influenced do this [group] for five, six, seven years,” says Corea, 30 Grammys between them, the pianist and trumpeter everything I do, even [music] that has nothing to do “because there’s a part of my musical output that I was are two of the most prolific jazz players around - but with jazz.” missing, which is writing, composing, arranging and they hadn’t worked together until 2011, when Marsalis Outside the US Corea’s influence on young putting it all together. Having a band like [The Vigil] is invited Corea to play three nights at JALC’s Rose Hall. musicians was no less pronounced - even in Cuba, like having a palette to explore ideas of how to present Marsalis wrote some arrangements of Corea’s tunes, where jazz was banned during the ‘80s-90s. Bandleader music.” Corea rehearsed for a bit with the JALC Orchestra and Elio Villafranca was studying percussion and classical Corea and The Vigil - bassist Hadrien Feraud, the resultant performances transformed their composition in a state-run program in Havana during guitarist Charles Altura, saxophonist and relationship from one of mutual admiration to one of those years, sometimes spending half of his monthly drummer Marcus Gilmore - have already started powerful collaboration. Corea and Marsalis agreed income on the black-market cassettes he needed to performing in the US and after the JALC Festival, that they’d have to do it again. make copies of Corea’s . “It was a conscious Corea will tour with them throughout Europe and Asia This time Marsalis added two nights to the run decision, [to be] hungry that month, but then we would during the summer and early fall. In addition to his and asked Corea to curate the performances on the listen to really great music,” Villafranca says. “That’s Vigil performances, Corea has multiple bookings with other stages at JALC, all of which would be booked what Chick is to me. That moment when you have to bassist and player Béla Fleck, with prominent players who’d been brought up on make a choice, whether you really want to be a some solo gigs and one-offs with pianist Herbie Corea’s music. “I had to look the word [curate] up in musician, to make that sacrifice…to get where you Hancock and vocalist Bobby McFerrin scheduled for the dictionary,” joked Corea, who agreed to select the want to go.” Villafranca and Corea didn’t meet in the latter part of 2013; all told, by the time Corea wraps participating musicians. When the plan took form it person until three years ago, the same year that up The Vigil tour he will have spent the better part of a looked like this: Corea would perform Marsalis’ Villafranca received a Grammy nomination for Best year on the road. arrangements of Corea’s compositions with the JALC album. Corea had come to hear him and his Corea has controls in place to manage the Orchestra for three evenings in Rose Hall; five septet, the Jass Syncopators, at Dizzy’s Club and after arduousness of touring - he wants to be at his best on bandleaders hand-picked by Corea would play across the gig the two pianists chatted late into the night. stage. The important thing, after all, is fulfilling the five evenings in Dizzy’s Club and two of Corea’s The youngest participants in the Festival are piano intention that he mentioned in his Grammy speech. young protégés would play with some more prodigies Gadi Lehavi from Israel and Beka “I like it when someone in an audience will be able to experienced instrumentalists in a program called Gochiashvili from Tbilisi, Georgia, both of whom just feel…the joy we get out of making music on stage,” he “Friends of Chick Corea: Musicians of the Future” in turned 17. Corea had first heard of the gifted teenagers says. “That’s why I love live performance. The the Allen Room. The visiting ensembles would perform from other musicians: drummer Lenny White told message…of most musicians and artists is the their own Corea-inspired works along with Corea about the 11-year-old Gochiashvili in 2007, two freedom…to be. It shouldn’t be underestimated how arrangements of one or two Corea tunes. years before the pianist became the youngest winner of important that is.”v Corea, who’s produced a staggering array of the Montreux Jazz Competition, and saxophonist Ravi traditional jazz, fusion, avant garde and symphonic Coltrane had met Lehavi during a trip to Israel in 2009 For more information, visit chickcorea.com. Corea is at Rose compositions over the last nearly 50 years, took a and passed one of his recordings on to Corea. Corea Hall May 16th-18th with the JALC Orchestra. The Chick decidedly hands-off approach to the repertoire for the struck up a mentorship with each of the boys, offering Corea Festival is at Allen Room May 17th-18th and Dizzy’s festival. “I didn’t want to have to choose the material them performing advice and helping to launch their Club May 15th-19th. See calendar. for the artists to perform,” Corea asserted. “These international careers. Both have visited Corea’s Florida young musicians are in a thorough mode of creativity… home and recorded duets with him there. Especially Recommended Listening: and I didn’t want to interrupt it by saying ‘do this, do helpful, says Lehavi, has been Corea’s guidance on • Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs that.’ The idea was that each group might choose a composing. “Chick told me to write something every (Solid State-Blue Note, 1968) Chick Corea tune that they might like to play. Even if day and not worry so much, to have fun,” he says. “He • Miles Davis - Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series they all chose the same tune they’d play incredibly wants people to have their own voice come out (Legacy Recordings, 1969) different renditions. [But] they’re making choices naturally.” Lehavi will play some of his mentored • Gary Burton/Chick Corea - pretty far afield from what would be considered the compositions in the Allen Room gig, where both of the (ECM, 1972) standard tunes, like ‘Spain’.” young artists will perform with Grammy-winning • Chick Corea - Remembering (Stretch, 1997) Corea’s willingness to grant the participants so bassist , trumpeter and • Chick Corea - much creative autonomy reflects the appreciation he drummer Marcus Gilmore. (Stretch-Concord, 2001) feels for the next generation of musicians. He admires For his three days of performances with the JALC • Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/ - their confidence, he says, their technical brilliance, Orchestra, Corea says that Marsalis is revising some Further Explorations (Concord, 2010)

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Pierre Sprey, owner of Mapleshade Records remembers Roiger who says of him, “Steve creates this tapestry of Steve Williams the night: “It was at a club called One Step Down in sound. He listens so well to the song right with me and Washington, DC. I knew Shirley well and she asked me never overplays. He always knows where the beat is by Marcia Hillman to come and listen to this drummer... Steve is a very and his sense of swing is pure joy!” v creative drummer and I thought he could be perfect There are drummers with Shirley.” This meeting also marked the beginning For more information visit abrushfire.com. Williams is at Jazz at who are timekeepers of a strong friendship and association between Sprey Kitano May 4th with Greg Abate, ShapeShifter Lab May 10th and then there are and Williams. “Over the years, Steve has become a sort with Teri Roiger, 55Bar May 11th with Roz Corral, 55Bar May drummers who go of resident drummer at Mapleshade Records, appearing 20th with Sean Smith, Somethin’ Jazz Club May 21st with beyond and play the as sideman on a number of albums and working with Larry Corban, Birdland May 23rd with Sally Knight and Village melody on their drums Larry Willis.” Williams can be heard on Kendra Shank’s Vanguard May 28th-Jun. 2nd with . See Calendar. as well as keeping the first CD for Mapleshade, Afterglow, co-produced by beat going. Steve Williams belongs to the latter class. Horn. Shank says, “I was thrilled to have Steve on the Recommended Listening: Born in 1956, Williams grew up in Washington, DC date... I was doing a lot of slow ballads, which Steve • Shirley Horn - I Thought About You (Verve, 1987) and started playing drums at about 8 or 9 years of age. plays so masterfully.” • Carmen McRae - Sarah - Dedicated To You Williams recalls, “My father played all kinds of music Horn was able to keep the same personnel together (RCA Novus, 1990) around the house. For some reason, the drum was the in a working trio (with bassist Charles Ables) for the • Toots Thielemans - For My Lady (with the Shirley Horn first instrument that made my ears perk up. And when next quarter-century, which afforded Williams steady Trio) (EmArcy, 1991) my father played ,” he continues, “I work and the opportunity to play on bandstands all • Thurman Green - Dance of the Night Creatures realized that drums could play both melody and over the world. This also gave Williams the chance to (Mapleshade, 1994) rhythm.” After high school, Williams went on to the play and/or record with Miles Davis, Toots Thielemans, • Shirley Horn - The Main Ingredient (Verve, 1995) University of Miami and continued his music education Ron Carter, Branford and Wynton Marsalis and Carmen • Steve Williams - New Incentive (Elabeth, 2005) in the jazz department there, working locally at nights McRae. One of Williams’ fondest memories is of with fellow schoolmates Carmen and Curtis Lundy playing on McRae’s last recording (Sarah: Dedicated To and . It was while he was in Miami that You) with Horn on piano and Ables. “It was the he joined Monty Alexander’s band and started to relationship between Shirley and Carmen and their travel internationally. After the Lundys moved to New talking about Sarah. It was like the three of them were York in 1978, Williams decided to try his luck in the Big in the room,” he states. Apple. In New York he studied with drummer Billy Working with Horn provided Williams with the Hart and performed with such artists as Clifford major portion of his musical education. Horn’s slow Jordan, Tex Allen and Charles Davis. After some time, singing of ballads tailored his brushwork. “I had to Williams returned to Washington to continue building learn to make a wide figure eight on the snare in order his reputation the old fashioned way - on the job. At to keep with her timing. I learned to listen to know that time he played a lot with visiting musicians that when to play the fills. I found it fascinating to play he had met in New York, including , slow. You just have to tell your body and your mind to , Joe Williams, Eddie Henderson, slow down,” he relates. Talking about Horn, Williams Larry Willis, and . goes on, “My time on the road with her was very And then in 1980, the next step in Williams’ precious. On the road, she became a mother figure, a musical education began – one that lasted for the next sister, a teacher, a best friend and almost like a love.” 25 years of his life. Shirley Horn was looking for a Williams worked with Horn and Ables until their drummer to replace Hart in her trio and came to hear deaths (Horn in 2005 and Ables a few years before Williams play on a gig. “I think she liked me because hers). Since then he has been working as leader with she felt she could work with me and teach me what I his own quintet and as sideman with other musicians. needed to know to work with her,” he comments. He also continues working with vocalists such as Teri

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on board by the time of the group’s first album, of Mutable Music making The Psyche the first of their Revolutionary Ensemble Vietnam, recorded at Greenwich Village’s Peace Church albums to be available on CD, Jenkins, and in 1972 and one of the late period ESP-Disk’ Cooper gave a transcendent reunion performance at by Andrey Henkin albums. The group worked steadily during the ‘70s, that year’s . Still adept and, more releasing four more albums for four different labels: importantly, still relevant, the reformed group went Unlike “Hardest Working Man in Show Business” Manhattan Cycles ( Navigation) came from a New into the studio a few weeks later to record And Now... James Brown, “Greatest Show on Earth” Ringling Bros. Year’s Eve performance of the Wadada Leo Smith- for . In 2008 Mutable released a May 2005 and Barnum & Bailey Circus or other self-adhered penned title track in the titular borough; The Psyche concert from Warsaw, Poland as Beyond the Boundary of honorifics, Revolutionary Ensemble, the trio of (RE: Records, 1975), also waxed in New York, was the Time and just this year put out Counterparts, the group’s violinist , bassist Sirone (né Norris Jones) first disc to include tunes from each member; The final concert, from Genoa, Italy in late 2005. and drummer/keyboardist , deserved People’s Republic could be called the group’s major Jenkins passed away in 2007 and Sirone followed their name. Expertly knitting together the disparate label debut, recorded over three days in Burbank, CA two years later, ending any hope that Revolutionary threads of avant garde jazz, and primal in December 1975 and released by A&M/Horizon; and Ensemble would be as active in the Aughts as it was in blues, the group would spearhead the genre known as the eponymous Enja album from August 1977 the ‘70s. But advanced jazz listeners can be happy one “Chamber Jazz” (wherein strings took the role documented a set from the swanky Moosham Castle in of the most revolutionary ensembles in jazz history got traditionally held by brass and/or reed instruments in Salzburgerland, Austria. a second, well-deserved go-around. v small groups) and inspire entire swathes of modern It is unclear whether the group split up over American and European jazz. anything more substantial than normal attrition. Recommended Listening: Jenkins and Cooper were both from Chicago while Jenkins went on to record frequently as a leader. Sirone • Revolutionary Ensemble - Vietnam (ESP-Disk’, 1972) Sirone was born in Atlanta. The former two spent time joined Cecil Taylor’s 1978 Unit and later the cooperative • Revolutionary Ensemble - Manhattan Cycles in Europe during the late ‘60s, participating in sessions group Phalanx (and released two obscure sessions (, 1972) with other American expatriates like , under his own name) before settling permanently in • Revolutionary Ensemble - The Psyche and while Sirone was busy Europe. Cooper added more instruments to his arsenal (RE: Records-Mutable Music, 1975) with , and . and split time between his own projects and sideman • Revolutionary Ensemble - The People’s Republic Jenkins, Sirone and original (and short-tenured) work. (A&M/Horizon, 1975) drummer Frank Clayton came together in New York The group may have been consigned to history, its • Revolutionary Ensemble - And Now... City as Revolutionary Ensemble in 1971, an odd period influence felt solely through its excellent recordings (Pi Recordings, 2004) in jazz history, where (not-so) New Thing, fusion and and heirs, but on May 30th, 2004, over a quarter- • Revolutionary Ensemble - Counterparts eyed each other’s scenes warily. Cooper came century after their last performances and in the wake (Mutable Music, 2005)

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it out” and he was right! He also introduced me to the Thank you, Butch and Ron - two amazing teachers Cornet and Lineage: music of and , among many that teach by example, who taught me that along with others. He told me not to copy other people but to look being yourself you have to be good and you have to Ron and Butch for the things that may have informed their ideas in give. v order to construct my own. Ron taught me being a jazz by Kirk Knuffke musician is about individuality and proficiency. You For more information, visit kirkknuffke.com. Knuffke is at will get hired because you are you, not by what The Firehouse Space May 4th with Stephen Gauci, I play the cornet and so have my two biggest musical instrument you play. And you have to have good time! 92YTribeca May 8th with Allison Miller, Sycamore May influences. I got my first cornet when I was 13 years The idea of lineage and influence can seem 13th and Korzo May 28th, both with Max Johnson, and old and I still have it, a funky Olds Recording that I overwhelming, but it is precisely men like these that Ibeam Brooklyn May 24th with Federico Ughi. See Calendar. played for years. I had to switch to when I make lineage not overwhelming at all. And I mean joined the orchestra in high school and I stayed on it trumpet, cornet, or any instrument. When you create from Colorado, cornetist/composer Kirk Knuffke until I was 29. But I always kept the round mellow your own space there is always room for you. If you try has been based in New York City since 2005. Knuffke played cornet sound in my head. Now I get a lot of questions to force yourself into someone else’s space or only play in four projects conducted by the late Butch Morris, like: What is that? Why do you play cornet instead of on a “style level”, as Ornette calls it, then you might generating three CDs and a film soundtrack, and is currently trumpet? What’s the difference between the two, etc? not fit. Just like the cornet, there is no standard model a member of the Matt Wilson Quartet, Quartet, I was first attracted to the instrument when I saw in jazz and improvised music. Listening to the great Merger with Andrew D’Angelo, Ideal Bread, Bizingas and it and other at the store. They came in all individualists always gives me strength and confidence, Jeff Davis Band, among others. A largely self-taught shapes and sizes and were very individual. There was especially self-taught musicians and guys from the musician, Knuffke also studied improvisation with Ornette never really a standard model and there was a lot of Swing Era: Pee Wee Russell, Red Allen, Rex Stewart, Coleman, Art Lande and Ron Miles. Knuffke has released experimentation. And it’s precisely individuality and etc. eight CDs as a leader or co-leader for Clean Feed, experimentation that drew me to music! Which brings us to Butch Morris, another cornetist SteepleChase, No Business, NotTwo and other labels. You can go your own way on any instrument but I and a true innovator of modern music. When I started am also attracted to the whole idea of playing cornet working with Butch I was still playing trumpet and he because it is different from trumpet. Four years ago I told me I would end up a cornet player again. Butch made the permanent switch back to cornet and believed there was something truly special about the followed the sound in my head. I had the strength and cornet specifically and, of course, when Butch played opportunity to do this thanks to two amazing cornet he made it special. influences who always did their own thing: Ron Miles Butch showed me how to make music in a way no and Butch Morris. one else ever did. He answered the questions: What is When I started hanging around Ron I was 17. He music? What makes music work? What does music and I have become close over the years and I now have need at any given moment to make more of an impact? the great honor of playing his cornet, a truly beautiful Butch separated the building blocks of music and dealt and unique horn made by Dave Monette. When I with them one at a time: sound, idea, duration, line, played it the first time a whole new sound opened up repetition... He also allowed great freedom for the and it felt like home. I learned and still learn so much improvisers in his ensembles but we had to give from Ron and he never told me how to play. He did something to the music - that was the key word: Give! show the way by his own playing. This was perfect for Sometimes instead of showing me a sign to make an me, because when I was young the reason I didn’t want entrance he would lean in and whisper, “Give me your regular trumpet lessons or to go to college was because baddest shit!” But if he felt like we weren’t giving the I didn’t want anyone telling me how to do it. Music band something, we would get cut out immediately. was my sanctuary, a place where I could go and be Everything you did had to have musical interest and a myself. I would ask Ron questions and sometimes he place to build to. Information should always be for the would just say, “After you play for a while you’ll figure collective good.

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simpatico. You can bet all the singers at the tribute will charged with 10,000 watts of energy. An equally These Two are One explore the same synergy with Cary. charged Brubeck meets Bennett’s energy and sends it Louise Rogers is a naturally swinging vocalist right back. Note that on May 11th there is a Brubeck by Katie Bull who has been on the scene for years. In advance tracks tribute at the Church of St. John the Divine. from her recent recording date, Rogers’ soulfully History moves us towards some very important A flock of birds lift off of a branch at the exact same assured tone synchronizes with pianist Mark Kross CD releases representing the best of unified impulse in second and fly in unison. It’s beautiful. Instinctive and flutist Jamie Baum in a buoyantly lyrical tribute to the spoken world realm. Barry Wallenstein’s fantastic sensitivity sparks a reflex response and away the birds the French composer Gabriel Fauré. The trio will offer new recording Lucky These Days (Cadence Jazz) venture, gliding together. Perhaps the birds fly in a this fresh music at Somethin’ Jazz Club (May 4th). presents a wholly evolved artist. Wallenstein has been common mind space as well. The shared impulse Also at Somethin’ (May 18th), another solidly in-the- a major force in the jazz and spoken word world for between a singer and an instrumentalist is like the pocket singer, Deborah Latz, will celebrate the release over 50 years and the convergence of the two realms flight of birds - sonic receptivity in motion. of Fig Tree (June Moon). Bluesy at heart, Latz sings in a doesn’t get any more satisfyingly entrained than on Pianist has an exquisite way with giving versatile range of styles from swing to bossa. Latz’ this recording. We are all lucky to have Wallenstein. He and receiving. Her masterful exchanges with vocalists playful humor and radiating warmth will surely will be celebrating his CD release at Medicine Show Lizz Wright and Dianne Reeves will be featured in the permeate the night. Theater (May 11th). Harlem Jazz Shrines’ “Celebrating Great Jazz Women For more heat, travel to the Brazil side of sound Radical veteran poet and spoken wordist Jane of the Apollo” (May 11th), which also includes and make May your Birdland month. The club’s Grenier B.’s collaboration with husband/bassist Albey drummer/vocalist Terri Lyne Carrington. Wright Bossabrasil Festival features two remarkable Brazilian Balgochian - Tragically Hip, available as an electronic sings with an easy strength and richness of unmasked veterans: vocalist/guitarists Dori Caymmi and Joyce download (Zenbeatz.com) - includes a printed book of tone that is movingly unembellished while Reeves, an Moreno (May 14th-18th). Their supremely intricate Grenier’s poems with themes that span from earth to icon herself, sounds sourced from singer’s heaven. weaving of voices and creates a very fine cosmos. Drenched in a beat-cool sound while delivering Also part of the Harlem Jazz Shrines festival, pianist musical fabric. Their shared heritage is evident and an understated yet electrically charged energy, the Marc Cary’s tribute to Abbey Lincoln at Harlem Stage they play with a relaxed and joyous nature. album is a sonic hologram of a politically happening Gatehouse (May 10th) will showcase a wide lineup of Speaking of heritage, an absolutely extraordinary poetry club. vocalists including one of Lincoln’s best protégés, first-time issue is available this month: To quote the Greek poet and philosopher Ovid: Maggie Brown, whose gutsy voice is full of deep and with pianist ’s quartet! You will not “We two are one. We two form a Multitude.” This robust resonance. Like Lincoln, Brown conveys the believe the recording quality on Bennett/Brubeck – The month some particularly fine singer-instrumental persona of a grounded and earthy woman. Cary was White House Sessions, Live 1962 (Legacy Recordings). oneness is taking place in New York City and the Lincoln’s long-time pianist, working with her in total This album is a national treasure. Bennett’s voice is listening multitude are invited to fly along. v

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CD-Rs for each record we put out. We’re only making and two arrangements of Mitchell’s often revisited Mutable Music 50 at a time but the idea is when an order comes in study “”, one for chamber orchestra and the we’ll make them as needed.” other played by James Fei’s saxophone quartet. by Kurt Gottschalk Mutable’s first digital releases - perhaps Mitchell has had other releases featuring his unsurprisingly - hold close to his own aesthetic as a composed works on such labels as Lovely Music, Ltd. Singer Thomas Buckner has seen his sideline career as performer, including titles by saxophone great Roscoe and Rogue Art. And like those labels, Mutable isn’t a producer of events and recordings through a number Mitchell, the legendary Revolutionary fixed on set ideas of style and pigeonholes into which of changes over some 40 years and has been responsible Ensemble, new music electronicist/composer Richard artists fit. for a number of remarkable recordings, spanning Teitelbaum and his own recording of compositions by “A lot of the work I do is composed,” Mitchell baroque to contemporary classical, jazz and improvised Earl Howard and JD Parran, plus an improvisation by said. “It’s all become blurred. The word that never music and the realms between. He’s shifted from a Howard and himself. goes away is ‘improvisation’. That’s the new thing, but focus on local musicians and composers as director of It can be hard for digital releases to get the attention it’s a big thing. I always advise my students to study the 1750 Arch and performance series in of reviewers and the listening public. Buckner himself composition and improvisation at the same time. to an international focus with the Mutable said that he has concerns. “We have a lot of musicians [Making the CD] was a great opportunity for me Music label and Interpretations concert series in New who are very active,” he said, “but absolutely I’m because Mills College offered to do a night of my York. And not incidentally, he has worked as a singer worried about it.” If one of the new releases will compositions. For me it’s an honor to get a night like with many of the artists he has presented. manage to get critics and fans to overlook the lack of a that documented. I’m honored that people would think He has gone from working in the somewhat physical product in stores, it’s likely Not Yet, Mitchell’s I could have a CD like this.” traditional world of classical music in Los Angeles to new and richly diverse release. Mitchell’s association with Buckner goes back to the grayer and sometimes more challenging spheres of Mutable released one of Mitchell’s most remarkable the 1750 Arch days and, in fact, some of the singer’s improvisation and new music. And, perhaps less by albums outside his venerable . finest recordings have been of Mitchell’s compositions. his own choice, he has seen his job as record label The 2004 triple-CD set Solo 3 (one of six Mutable titles Mitchell said he supports Mutable’s shift to a digital director through LPs, CDs and now digital downloads. Mitchell has appeared on) contains - as the title would format. “I think it’s a great move,” he said. “All the In October of last year, Buckner announced that imply - a variety of solo performances, running technology moves so fast, it’s hard for me to keep up. I Mutable would be going the route of Internet releases, through the saxophone family, at times multi-tracked, mean, I’m 72 years old. I came up on 78 records. But with CD-Rs available for sale but no more proper CDs and a full disc of percussion pieces. Mutable is a great label. When you take a look at the being pressed. Not Yet is an entirely different affair, putting whole history of it, it’s enormous, the work that they’ve “We’ve had low sales of CDs,” Buckner said. “The Mitchell the composer in the spotlight. It does begin, in done, back to 1750.” only part of our business that has grown is the a sense, where Solo 3 ended, with a percussion piece, Another name Buckner has shown a dedication to downloads. Sales for CDs has been very low except for but this time played by the fantastic William Winant. It in the world of jazz is the Revolutionary Ensemble. artists who take them on the road and sell them to their continues on with a piano/saxophone duo, a string The trio of violinist Leroy Jenkins, bassist Sirone and following. We’re not making CDs but we are making quartet, a piece for Buckner with chamber orchestra (CONTINUED ON PAGE 46)

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crafted and spontaneously generated while Carter plays with grace, melodic and harmonic richness and a sense of forward motion. And Foster has power but knows how to use it; he is propulsive and dynamic but sensitive to the needs of every musical moment. The selection of tunes and the progression they form is exceptional: three strikingly different Kuhn originals; a glorious take on Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Waltz”; “Yesterday’s Gardenias”, a popular tune for

Who Am I? Glenn Miller and his Orchestra; the ballad favorite Cecilia Coleman (Pandakat) “Never Let Me Go”; a rare Hoagy Carmichael number, by Sean O’Connell “Little Old Lady”, and the Romberg-Hammerstein chestnut “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise”. It is unclear whom the title of pianist/arranger/ Kuhn has great technique and his choice of the composer Cecilia Coleman’s big band release is Carmichael tune as an opener gets the set off to a addressing. Is she asking herself? The listener? Do we dynamic start, the trio in powerhouse mode but never ask ourselves? Coleman made a name for herself as a losing the charm of the original melody. The most performer and teacher in Southern before dazzling interpretation is of “Jitterbug Waltz”, HUSH POINT making her way east; the high school yearbook-like beginning ever so delicately with Kuhn lightly tickling SSC 1358 collage on the cover proudly boasts the city of Long the famous theme. Carter is up first as a soloist and he Beach but this album was recorded in Brooklyn. is both dextrous and ever so soulful, Kuhn then slowly In Stores May 21 The field of big band arranging is no stranger to barrels in with a sense of old jazz world and blues. women. From Mary Lou Williams to to The originals are just as compelling, none more HUSH POINT is: Maria Schneider, there has been a great tradition of than “Ulla/Trance”, which opens as a melancholy JOHN McNEIL: trumpet / JEREMY UDDEN: alto sax musical minds combining the disparate instrumentation waltz and morphs darker, a kind of ARYEH KOBRINSKY: bass / VINNIE SPERRAZZA: drums of a big band into a formidable and swinging unit. trance in which the time becomes more hypnotic. And, Although it is almost entirely irrelevant to the sound speaking of hypnotic, “Mr. Calypso Kuhn” grows in Fortunately, you can still find bands who invest the time on the album, it is interesting to note that Coleman is power and pulse, with Carter and Foster laying down to evolve as a unit. Trumpeter John McNeil and saxo- the only woman involved in her own big band. Maybe a moveable carpet of island groove. phonist Jeremy Udden established Hush Point as a group that does just that. Also including bassist Aryeh Kobrinsky that’s because of scheduling, the makeup of her social Life’s Magic is one of the finest live recordings and drummer Vinnie Sperrazza, Hush Point is a working circle or just a coincidence. That discussion opens up a made at the Vanguard - and consider what constitutes and rehearsing ensemble, and on their new self-titled whole can of worms that someone else can tackle for that list - retaining, to quote Kuhn, its “freshness and album, Hush Point, the group shows a cohesiveness of their thesis. We’re just here to listen. vitality”, almost 30 years later. concept that is only achieved through hours of practice, Coleman has produced nine arrangements (eight performance and experimentation. of them original tunes) for this release, showcasing an For more information, visit sunnysiderecords.com. Kuhn is ability to pilot a large ensemble from her piano bench. at Birdland May 1st-4th. See Calendar. Release gig on May 18 and 19 (Fri. & Sat.) @ Opener “Ode to A Tip Jar” is a straightahead swinger Cornelia Street Café / 29 Cornelia Street, NYC that puts piano up front for a little bit before the full band kicks in with shades of Monk’s “In Walked Bud” RECOMMENDED and soprano saxophonist Peter Brainin gets a chance to stretch out. The lone standard, “East of the Sun”, gets a NEW RELEASES very straightforward reading with vocalist David Coss offering up an inoffensive croon. • JD Allen - Grace (Savant) Baritone saxophonist Keith Bishop’s low honk is a • Steve Coleman and Five Elements - pleasant presence throughout the album, especially Functional Arrhythmias (Pi) when anchoring the funkier “Hope” and album-closing • Kris Davis - Capricorn Climber (Clean Feed) title track. Coleman has a smooth swinging touch • Jason Mears Electric Quintet - writing for a large ensemble but unfortunately doesn’t Book of Changes: Part I (Prefecture) take much of a solo spotlight on the album. Hopefully • O’Farrill Brothers Band - Sensing Flight (ZoHo) for her next release she can pen some features for • Thiefs - Eponymous (Melamine Harmonique) herself and fully show off her wide range of abilities. David Adler, New York@Night Columnist

For more information, visit ceciliacolemanbigband.com. • Benoît Delbecq/Fred Hersch Double Trio - This group is at Saint Peter’s May 1st. See Calendar. Fun House (Songlines) • / - The Magic of 2 (Live at Keystone Korner) (Resonance) JOEY CALDERAZZO TRIO • Bo Jacobsen - Free Spirit (Embla Music) LIVE • Roscoe Mitchell - Duets (Wide Hive) SSC 1368 • New York Art Quartet - Call It Art (Boxed Set) (Triple Point) In Stores May 21 • Scott Robinson - Creative Music for 3 Bass (ScienSonic) JOEY CALDERAZZO: piano Laurence Donohue-Greene ORLANDO Le FLEMING: bass / DONALD EDWARDS: drums Managing Editor, The New York City Jazz Record Life’s Magic For over two decades, pianist Joey Calderazzo has been Steve Kuhn Trio (Black Hawk-Sunnyside) • Long Story Short (curated by Peter Brötzmann) (Trost) unassumingly, yet assuredly, impressing listeners with his by Donald Elfman • Robert Morgenthaler - Bone Art (Unit Records) informed and refined playing. Using elements of style from • Sexmob - Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti (Plays Fellini: his musical heroes as a springboard, the pianist has devel- This reissue of a 1986 live Steve Kuhn set from the oped his own take on the tradition, which he happily shares The Music of Nino Rota (The Royal Potato Family) Village Vanguard is a stunning demonstration of the • on this new album, recorded during a performance at Daly pianist’s abilities. With intelligence, passion, wit and Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 3: Jazz in Missoula, Montana. more, Kuhn has fashioned a brilliant set of music that To See More Light (Constellation) underlines the power of his trio with bassist Ron Carter • François Tusques - L’etang Change (mais les poissons and drummer Al Foster and builds a narrative the sont toujours là) (Improvising Beings) completion of which is an artistic marvel. • Miguel Zenón & The Rhythm Collective - OYE!!! Live in Puerto Rico (Miel Music) www.sunnysiderecords.com Kuhn, Carter and Foster are an ideal trio: each eOne Distribution player deftly and supportively complements the work Andrey Henkin of the others. Kuhn’s ideas are fluid and both delicately Editorial Director, The New York City Jazz Record

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moniker Secret Keeper. This is not the Halvorson of the of group compositions. Of the latter, “Max Alert” finds lopsided songs for quintet showcased on last year’s Oregon briefly detouring into avant garde territory but Bending Bridges (Firehouse 12) or the ferocious in a subtle way reminiscent of such Association for the improviser of her tenure in the various agglomerations Advancement of Creative Musicians composers as of saxophone iconoclast Anthony Braxton. Nor does Roscoe Mitchell or . The piece Crump provide the energetic incitement that propels is an interesting departure from the melodic fusion pianist Vijay Iyer’s tightly focused trio. Instead what that otherwise dominates this release. we get is a sequence of 14 intimate string duets in Although not quite in a class with Oregon’s best which the two principals trade sounds in a completely ‘70s output, Family Tree demonstrates that these

Ache & Flutter unselfconscious and non-hierarchical setting. fusion/world jazz survivors are still quite capable of Shayna Dulberger Quartet (Empty Room Music) Halvorson deploys her usual staggering litany of delivering solid and inspired albums. by Clifford Allen effects, even twisting notes to evoke a sitar on the opening “Moom Song”. Crump contrasts and For more information, visit camjazz.com. Paul McCandless With an inordinate amount of history at one’s complements, equally adept at wielding a bow to is at Blue Note May 5th with Combo Nuvo. See Calendar. fingertips, it’s often hard to imagine where a modern extract eerie drones as plucking deeply resonant pedal musician may ‘start’, but creative figures somehow do points. Both eschew obvious displays of virtuosity but so and continue on path through combining spirit, nonetheless draw a wide range of textures from their UNEARTHED GEM drive and necessary homework. Bassist Shayna respective axes. They combine responsively to create Dulberger has studied such masters as William Parker, pieces that evolve following their own inner logic, and ; increasingly visible on based on intuition and timbral juxtaposition rather the free music underground over the past near-decade, than any preordained structure. Ache & Flutter is her second disc as a leader (though the Five tracks clock in at less than a minute while first was for unaccompanied bass/electronics). only two breast the five-minute marker. The shorter Leading a quartet with guitarist Chris Welcome, numbers conjure a self-contained mood, varying from tenor saxophonist Yoni Kretzmer and drummer Carlo perky “Ciclical” to abrasive “Aquarub”, while the Costa, the music on Ache & Flutter has been in gestation longer cuts allow for greater development of ideas and since the group’s 2011 formation, if not longer. One stand out as a result. Pick of the bunch are the mercurial notices Dulberger’s playing immediately - simply put, “Toothsea”, which contains a notable passage of catchy she’s a monster. With the propulsiveness of Parker, the buoyancy amid its nine-minute span, and the dynamic BigBands Live Orchestra (JazzHaus Musik) painterly rigor and energy of Kowald and the tone of bite of the concluding “Secret Keeper”. by Duck Baker Ware, Dulberger is an extraordinary soloist steeped in Ultimately, however, the set comes across as a tradition and often placed forward in the mix. 4 of the series of enigmatic private conversations, which only Presumably, many readers will have heard disc’s 11 pieces are, in fact, solo bass performances. fitfully engage, most notably on the more expansive something about the JazzHaus Musik label’s Following the a cappella “Whim”, “Heart Like a cuts. Hopefully these successes will act as a pointer for archival series, including “BigBands Live”, of which Rabbit” opens with a slinky guitar-bass duet, soon more inclusive encounters on their next meeting. this is the second release. We are told that these are adding Costa’s microfilamental tap and Kretzmer’s being drawn from a vast body of previously throaty and florid lines. Welcome’s guitar work is all For more information, visit intaktrec.ch. This duo is at unreleased music recorded for German radio, some over with respect to the beat and as Kretzmer digs in Cornelia Street Café May 4th. See Calendar. of which dates back to the late ‘40s, and that the his heels, the rhythm section becomes subtly scattered. sound quality is superior. The last is certainly true,

“Doorways” is maddeningly lickety-split, but much of what is on this CD, taken from a March Kretzmer untying knots into searing snatches of Albert 1967 gig, has seen the light of day previously, albeit Ayler, and . Welcome is on a little remembered LP on the English label Jazz unruly and consistently surprising; his solo section Band (Live at Stuttgart, Vol. 1; Vol. 2 never appeared, begins lushly, though he quickly splays out into wiry however). If memory serves, the sound quality for and scumbled shifts, leading into Costa’s airy piles. this CD release is better than the original LP. Following the tugging solo pizzicato of “The In any case, this is an exciting document of Spontaneous Combustion of Shayna Dulberger”, Ellington’s late ‘60s working band, with an emphasis which almost acts as a closer to the record’s first half, on material of then-recent coinage. For many “Cookie Cutter” presents martial reach and unsettled listeners, the only very familiar tunes after the brief Family Tree footfalls unspooled into Welcome’s jittery twang and statement of the theme are likely to be two Billy Oregon (Sunnyside) gummy volume-pedal action. Dedicated to the late by Alex Henderson Strayhorn masterpieces, “Johnny Come Lately” and Frank Lowe, “Lowed” is chunky and skirling, saying a “Freakish Lights”, which is much better known as lot in a shade over three minutes, while “Crestfallen” Most of the groups that contributed to fusion’s vitality “Blood Count” (“Freakish Lights” was a working adds pitch-bending electronics to the quartet’s jagged during the ‘70s are long gone. Oregon, however, is a title). In fact, the inclusion of this Johnny Hodges crovus. Ache & Flutter is a fine step in Dulberger’s rare example of a fusion-oriented outfit from that era showcase will be one of the most significant things opus, presenting muscular and sensitive group and that has been continuously active. The band’s new about this release for hardcore fans, as Ellington solo music aware of its place in the continuum. album features three of the four founding members: retired it after the definitive recording later in 1967 Paul McCandless (soprano sax, oboe, bass clarinet, on And His Mother Called Him Bill and only a handful For more information, visit shaynadulberger.com. This flute), Ralph Towner (classical guitar, acoustic piano, of other live versions have been released. Other group is at Caffe Vivaldi May 2nd. See Calendar. synthesizers) and (acoustic bass). The titles that late-period Ellington fans will know are fourth, drummer/percussionist Mark Walker, is a 1996 “Tutti for Cootie”, a staple feature for Cootie

arrival. Williams after the trumpeter’s return to the fold in Oregon has always played by its own rules, using 1962, and “Le Plus Belle ”, which entered both electric and acoustic instruments, unlike the book in 1966 and stayed until the end. traditional jazz or fusion units. While Family Tree has a The balance of the material will only be familiar lighter, folk-influenced approach than one might to those who have studied this period, which was expect from fusion, that doesn’t mean that the album certainly a strong one (the 2004 Storyville release, lacks depth or substance. Quite the contrary. The Jaywalker, features many of these tunes). The Memorable selections include the mysterious “The Duke never rested and he and all his featured Hexagram”, impressionistic “Mirror Pond” and soloists (also including Harry Carney, Lawrence probing “Jurassic”. Brown and ) sound happy and Super Eight Secret Keeper (Intakt) World cultures continue to be a source of inspired on this excellent and easily recommended by John Sharpe inspiration for Oregon, and Towner specifically, who release. incorporates elements of Indian music on “Bibo Babo”, Sometimes you just have to put aside your Middle Eastern aesthetics on “Creeper” and sounds of For more information, visit jazzhaus-label.com. Ellington preconceptions. Such is the case with Super Eight, the the Caribbean on the good-natured “Carnival Express”. tributes are at Dizzy’s Club May 7th-12th and Blue Note debut album from the twosome of guitarist Mary Towner wrote 7 of the 12 pieces here, with McCandless May 21st-26th. See Calendar. Halvorson and bassist Stephan Crump under the and Moore contributing a song each, along with a pair

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | May 2013 15 character and Centazzo adjusts his playing accordingly, GLOBE UNITY: ITALY his percussion much more textural and reliant on an electronics and keyboard setup. At times the music tends towards the ambient (“In A Balinese Garden”, where the kat mallet sounds like a gamelan instrument) but Ottaviano can ratchet up the energy level and he proves a good match for Centazzo’s free jazz chops. “A Kind Of Duke’s Blue” opens up with a percussive reed squall, which, despite the freneticism, clearly draws on “Take the ‘A’ Train”, going through several changes before concluding with a repeated sample of the song’s famous piano intro. This is a studio recording from 2012 with a lot of overdubbing and while some of the electronic work is a little clunky, in general, this is a Sin Fronteras Actis Dato Quartet (Leo) Bridges satisfying set of duets that shows both musicians’ If Not (omaggio a ) Andrea Centazzo/Akira Sakata/Kiyoto Fujiwara (Ictus) range. Halcyon Days, The Complete Recording Vol. 2 Progetto Guzman (Terre Sommerse) The Battle is the most elaborate of these releases, Andrea Centazzo/LaDonna Smith/Davey Williams (Ictus) Untitled #28 Fabrizio Sferra Quartet (Jando Music) consisting of a 2012 performance at The Stone by by Tom Greenland In A Rainy Day Andrea Centazzo/Roberto Ottaviano (Ictus) Centazzo’s 13-member strong Invasion Orchestra. Jazz, first introduced to Milanese audiences in the The Battle Andrea Centazzo Invasion Orchestra (Ictus) Consisting of Italian and American musicians, it is a early 20th century, was later adopted and adapted by Robert Iannapollo well-stacked ensemble including Dato, Ottaviano, by local musicians, with strong scenes emerging in trumpeters Dave Ballou and Guido Mazzon, pianist Milan, , Sicily, Perugia (home of the Umbria Italian born/American resident, percussionist Andrea Umberto Petrin and co-drummer Gino Robair. The Jazz Festival) and elsewhere. Centazzo has a massive discography at over 100 compositions are multi-faceted, make good use of the Integral to Italian new jazz for 40 years, multi- recordings, with his Ictus record label, founded in instrumentation and are long and involved (the reedist Carlo Actis Dato maintains his ebullient 1976, releasing many of them. He’s recorded albums shortest is eight minutes). They tend to go into humor on Sin Fronteras, a quartet release with with the finest of European and American improvisers; unexpected areas; for example, the title track has a soprano/alto saxist Beppe Di Filippo, bassist Matteo a short list would include Steve Lacy, John Carter, brass chorale inserted at the midway point that leads Ravizza and drummer Daniele Bertone. The all- ROVA Saxophone Quartet, , , into simultaneous solos from the reed section. Most original date sustains a Carnevale-esque atmosphere Lol Coxhill…the list is extensive. Although a master players are featured but trombonist Giancarlo through danceable beats, catchy unison melodies free improviser, he’s also a composer, having done Schiaffini’s plunger extravaganza at the beginning of and raucous soloing, spurred by group chanting, orchestral and chamber compositions. And he’s not “The Victory” stands out. whistling and scatting. Favoring baritone sax (with averse to playing mainstream and fusion when the occasional tenor and bass clarinet), Dato’s style muse moves him. These four albums are among the For more information, visit ictusrecords.com. Centazzo is at blends inside and outside playing, delivered in a most recent editions released on Ictus and show JACK May 3rd and The Firehouse Space May 5th. See slightly husky tone, complemented by Di Filippo’s Centazzo still forging ahead at a creative pitch after 40 Calendar. higher-pitched melismatic lines. Bertone combines years. standard drumkit and hand percussion on Middle Centazzo’s peripatetic nature has seen him Eastern and South American rhythms, which meld establishing musical relationships all over the globe. with Dato’s Middle Eastern melodies and Phrygian Bridges finds Centazzo collaborating with two of harmonies in a distinctively Mediterranean style. Japan’s most august improvisers, saxophonist Akira If Not, an homage organized by author Paola Sakata and bassist Kiyoto Fujiwara, in a 2012 concert Carradori to the late Mario Schiano, a father figure from Milan. Sakata was one of the earliest Japanese of Italian free jazz, combines the trios of trumpeter saxophonists to embrace free jazz, part of pianist Angelo Olivieri (with bassist Silvia Bolognesi and Yosuke Yamashita’s trio for much of the ‘70s. And he drummer Marco Ariano) and tenor/soprano has kept his music fresh by collaborating with saxophonist Alípio C. Neto (with bassist Roberto contemporary players like Jim O’Rourke and D.J. Raciti and drummer Ermanno Baron), with guest Krush. On Bridges his alto voice is the most dominant, appearances by soprano saxist , coming from the -through-Jimmy Lyons trombonist and others. The lineage, and Centazzo and Fujiwara keep a busy repertoire includes Schiano’s “If Not Ecstatic We accompaniment to Sakata’s flights, spurring him on to Refund” (both studio and live versions), “Sud” and some truly frenetic sequences. Although everything May 7th “Song” (which ends with a recording of Schiano here is improvised, “Bridge #5“ toys with “Stella By singing in a slurry, Louis Armstrong style), plus Starlight” but taken to some pretty far-flung places. Rosemary George and Group standard covers and free improvisations. Olivieri While the performance is quite good, the sound of the and Neto prove dynamic leaders and the free disc is a bit too ‘live’ and at 32 minutes, a little bit improvisations show remarkable transparency, no chintzy with playing time. May 14th easy task with multiple bassists and drummers. Centazzo’s journeys have even taken him to such Drummer Fabrizio Sferra leads his quartet of unexpected places as Tuscaloosa, AL, meeting up with Antoinette Montague and Group reedman Dan Kinzelman, pianist Giovanni Guidi the improvising duo of violinist/violist LaDonna and bassist Joe Rehmer on Untitled #28, a collection Smith and guitarist Davey Williams. They first of hummable tunes over floating rhythms, which collaborated in 1979 and their meetings have resulted May 21st are easily accessible yet open-minded. Like the late in several albums. Halcyon Days stems from recordings Mike Longo’s 17 piece NY Paul Motian, Sferra leads by following, preferring that date back to a concert in Venice in April 1979. the role of facilitator and colorist to that of Generally, the instrumentation skews this music State of the Art Jazz Ensemble timekeeper, giving this project a truly collaborative toward the treble range; Centazzo’s mini-moog is his with Ira Hawkins feel. Most of his songs are grounded in tonal only electronic element and that reinforces it. This harmony, with an almost hymn-like quality, though sounds like music of discovery and there’s an almost the key centers tend to shift in unpredictable ways. giddy quality that is attractive. Centazzo patters away Sferra’s unobtrusive, virtually subliminal playing while Smith scrabbles and scrapes and Williams New York Baha’i Center accomplishes more through innuendo than overt wrenches all sorts of sound from his guitar and banjo. 53 E. 11th Street emphasis while Kinzelman’s tenor sax (with several The music runs the sonic spectrum from delicate (between University Place and Broadway) clarinet cameos) and Guidi’s tinkling arpeggios add textures to all-out barrage. There’s an obvious to the Sunday afternoon ambiance of the set. connection among these three and the music flows Shows: 8:00 & 9:30 PM with natural ease. Gen Adm: $15 Students $10 For more information, visit leorecords.com, In A Rainy Day finds Centazzo in a duo with 212-222-5159 terresommerse.it and jandomusic.com countryman soprano saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano. bahainyc.org/nyc-bahai-center/jazz-night The latter leans towards music with a more melodic

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J a ZZ a T L inC o L n Cen T er 25 year S o F J a ZZ

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Silent Comedy Bill Frisell (Tzadik) by Stuart Broomer Creative Music for 3 Bass Saxophones Scott Robinson (ScienSonic) 2012 was the centenary of the births of two central New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light figures in American music, John Cage and Woody Colin Stetson (Constellation) Guthrie, and a document that got wide circulation was As If There Was A Tomorrow a 1947 letter from Guthrie in which the folk singer and Andreas Kaling (JazzHausMusik) songwriter praised Cage’s early prepared piano music. by Jeff Stockton One of the places the letter turned up was guitarist Bill Musicians performing on the bass saxophone have to Frisell’s website, a singularly appropriate spot, for avoid becoming a novelty act. The instrument is there are few musicians whose aesthetic regularly sufficiently large and unwieldy that playing it becomes includes heartland melodies and electronics. as much of an effort in physicality as it does in breath Frisell’s first solo CD, Ghost Town from 2000, control. The saxists under consideration here each mixed various instruments and loops, improvisations approach this challenge in slightly different ways. and traditional songs. His current solo outing, Silent On Creative Music for 3 Bass Saxophones, its chief Comedy, foregoes any familiar melodies and focuses on composer Scott Robinson enlists a couple of veterans what sound like largely improvised pieces. Frisell of unusual horns and creative improvisation, Vinny builds each work out of loops and contrasts, picking Golia and JD Parran, along with percussionist Warren up a brief motif, repeating it, mutating it electronically Smith. Recorded live in 2011 at the Rubin Museum of and layering it into an ongoing pattern. One is Art in Manhattan, the band engages one another in chick corea conscious here of the electronic musician, a man who’s brief conversational entwinings, notes surfacing and Photo by Frank Stewart using his guitar as a source for sounds to be submerging like whales coming up for air, then going reconfigured by a medley of pedals - loops, delays, back underwater to sing their songs. For the majority May 15 / 7 PM | May 16 / 7 PM & 9 PM sustains, ring-modulators - that will transform a sound of the program, the band concentrates on abstraction: a Tribu T e T o b obby Shor T or a phrase. But one is also aware of Frisell the film susurrations, long tones, percussive accents. It’s not Michael Feinstein leads an all-star cast featuring composer, alert to nuance, continuity and mood. until nearly the very end where the three mighty saxophonist Andy Farber and vocalists Occasionally you’ll get a ghost phrase, a barely sounds join together as one, giving some indication of Paula West, T. Oliver Reid, and Barbara Carroll amplified folk motif or a wail that’s characteristic rock what they are capable. guitar (on the ironically titled “Lullaby”), a hint of To See More Light is Volume 3 in Colin Stetson’s some other chapter in Frisell’s musical odyssey, but series of solo sax performances called New History that too is liable to become part of something else. Warfare. A couple of years ago Volume 2, Judges, made

There’s a piece here called “Proof” that has some of the quite an impression with indie audiences. With a ChiC k Corea Festival openness and sudden unexpected phrases of Cage’s remarkable system of all-over body mic’ing, circular May 16–18 / 8 PM early sonatas while “Ice Cave” possesses all the austere breathing techniques, vocalizations and unorthodox ChiC k Corea architecture and unexpected grandeur of its subject. fingerings, Stetson manages to create music that ranges Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton “John Goldfarb, Please Come Home”, at nine minutes from tranquil repose to harrowing intensity. The pops Marsalis and featured artist Chick Corea something of an epic, is particularly witty and and clicks of the keys are amplified. Humming roars cinematic. and screams like animal sounds. And while the What comes through here strongest is Frisell’s previous volume concentrated on the bass sax and mindfulness. He’s an explorer, but also a musician who soothing tones of Laurie Anderson, this one expands ultimately values coherence and a certain musical the sonic palette to include alto and tenor and Bon ChiC k Corea Festival grace. More than one of the year’s most interesting Iver’s Justin Vernon handles the vocal atmospherics. May 17–18 / 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM guitar records, this is genuinely arresting music. The inclusion of these higher pitches heightens the music’s intensity, making To See More Light a gripping FriendS o F Chi C k C o r e a : For more information, visit tzadik.com. Frisell is at Village listening experience, but not at all an easy one. No one MuS i C ianS o F T he Fu T ure Vanguard May 7th-12th. See Calendar. makes music like Stetson. Pianists Gadi Lehavi and Beka Gochiashvili, Except, it seems, German saxist Andreas Kaling, bassist John Patitucci, drummer Marcus Gilmore, who claims, as Stetson does, that all songs are played with trumpeter Wallace Roney “live, without loops or overdubs”. But where Stetson’s music can be nerve-wracking, Kaling’s is less challenging and easier to enjoy but still an achievement. June 12 / 7 PM | June 13 / 7 PM & 9 PM Kaling wheezes and puffs and hums along with Swinging wiT h himself, but with a mastery and attention to dynamics T he b ig b andS that keep As If There Was A Tomorrow compelling. Michael Feinstein hosts Wynton Marsalis Thanks to the structure, compositional logic and and Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks with momentum of the performances and with nothing vocalists Nellie McKay, Connie Evingson, clocking in much over five minutes, nothing overstays and Sachal Vasandani its welcome. From a purely technical perspective, the sounds Kaling is able to conjure are mind-blowing and T h inexplicable. He often sounds like a foghorn warning boX o FFi C e Broadway at 60 incoming ships and then like a ship blowing its answer C enT erC harge 212-721-6500 back. That he can do so to serve the purpose of each song makes this recording not only impressive to think about, but also to hear. Not to be missed. jalc.org For more information, visit sciensonic.net, cstrecords.com and Preferred Card of Lead Corporate Sponsor jazzhausmusik.de. Robinson is at Greenwich House Music School Jazz at Lincoln Center May 31st. Stetson is at Le Poisson Rouge May 8th. See Calendar.

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Cinema, Circus & No Morphine, No Lilies Spaghetti Allison Miller’s Sexmob Boom Tic Boom Harlem Speaks (The Royal Potato Family) (The Royal Potato Family) by Kurt Gottschalk A SERIES DEDICATED TO CAPTURING THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF JAZZ In 1981, producer Hal Wilner pulled together a tribute 5/159/20: Portraits Roy of HarlemEaton Poetry Slam9/27: Competition George - Theme: Gee Harlem album to composer Nino Rota, the man who scored 5/29 Portraits of Harlem Poetry Slam Competition - Theme: Jazz most of Federico Fellini’s films. It kicked off a series of Pianist Bandleader multi-artist tribute albums Rota would inspire, which in turn arguably gave birth to a burgeoning tribute compilation cottage industry. Steven Bernstein thanks Wilner in the notes to his Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm Price: Free SuggeSted donation of $20 LocaTion: miSt Harlem 46 W 116tH St for more information: 212-348-8300 own Rota tribute Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti, crediting his longtime friend for “opening [his] mind” to Rota’s music. And with some of the Downtown contingent (if not Bernstein himself) present on Wilner’s album, comparisons are inevitable, despite the decades between them. But Bernstein has made a very different record, one perhaps less about reinventing the compositions than about reigniting the vibrancy of the movies for which they were made. Bernstein is a strong trumpeter - and here debuts his ‘hybrid’ valve/slide horn - but one of the rewards of Sexmob (saxophonist Briggan Krauss, bassist Tony Jazz for Curious Listeners Scherr, drummer Kenny Wollesen) has always been Bernstein’s arrangements of other material, finding new spirit in , Sly Stone, Martin Denny and John Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Barry, abetted by an ensemble equally at home with jazz, funk and cinematic music. In Sexmob’s able Free classes celebrating Harlem and its legacy. Attend any individual class. hands, the disc remains a band album (as opposed to Wilner’s wonderful assemblage). Like Louis Armstrong making Fats Waller his own, the band works through Catching up with Christian 12 themes from Juliet of the Spirits, Amarcord, La Dolce Vita, La Strada and Spirits of the Dead, making set pieces Host: Christian McBride like audio Technicolor. After 17 years, Sexmob moves with a group consciousness; such singularity lets both 5/14: Location: Maysles Cinema (343 Lenox Avenue between 127th 128th) Donation Suggested the composer and the arranger shine. Bernstein guests on two tracks on his labelmate 5/21: Location: Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church, drummer Allison Miller’s striking No Morphine, No Lilies, her strong band Boom Tic Boom (pianist Myra NE Corner of 126th Street and Madison Avenue, enter on 126th FREE Melford, violinist Jenny Scheinman, bassist Todd Sickafoose) also complemented by trumpeter Ara For more information: 212-348-8300 Anderson, cellist and singer Rachel Friedman. Miller is a smart composer and works her band in a nicely understated manner. Her drums are rarely out front, but the music proceeds with a drummer’s sensibility nevertheless, crafting different rhythms with different parts of the group and laying them on top of each other, still letting everything fall May 3 - Roy Assaf Trio together in an easy manner (one might use the word ‘smooth’ were it not so inflammatory). That strategy is $18 ADVANCE $20 AT DOOR TICKETS: www.rmanyc.org/harleminthehimalayas underscored by the bold and sprightly unison trumpet/ lines of “The Itch” or, alternately, on the album’s lone vocal piece, “Once” a slow ballad that could fit into an or Esperanza Spalding set. With simple piano and drum accompaniment and multi- Parallax Conversation Series: The Spectrum of Storytelling tracked vocal harmonies, it’s the most conventional May 7 Kewulay Kamara and Melvin Reeves 7:00 - 8:30pm piece. It does, however, show another aspect to Miller’s writing. But it’s not all exercise. She says in the notes May 28 Andrew Nemr and Yacouba Sissoko 7:00 - 8:30pm that the 11 compositions were written during a period of personal travails and there’s a pervasive sense of Location: Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church, NE Corner of 126th Street and Madison Avenue, enter on 126th struggle (and overcoming) to the music. FREE For more information: 212-348-8300 On both albums, Bernstein and Miller come off as deeply committed to their projects and both have bands committed to following them there.

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Killian is a joy to listen to, a wonderful player with a singular sound and texture. His tone is mostly smooth and even-tempered but he can blow with a streetwise grittiness or soar to the heavens. Killian’s familiarity with the members of his working band allows him to compose within their collective and individual strengths; the band, in turn, knows precisely what Killian wants and the simpatico results in top- notch music, which is what makes Evoke such a

Evoke rewarding listening experience. Stan Killian (Sunnyside) by Terrell Holmes For more information, visit sunnysiderecords.com. This group is at 55Bar May 14th. See Calendar. Stan Killian couldn’t have chosen a more appropriate title for his second release as a leader. This fine tenor player draws inspiration from his adopted home of New York, reflecting impressions of a place that can be a cauldron, oasis, madhouse and sanctuary all at once. Killian starts up by going down low with the cool sophistication of the subway-inspired “Subterranean Melody”. Feathery and spirited tenor sets the pace for Benito Gonzalez’ fiery piano and Mike Moreno’s crisp guitar lines, as bassist Corcoran Holt and drummer McClenty Hunter pulse and thrash beneath the Banned in Textures and Pulsations ostinato. The excellent “Echolalic” gives some insight Aruán Ortiz/ Bob Gluck/ into Killian’s writing style; this song features his Michael Janisch Quintet Aruán Ortiz trademark shifting time signatures, which happen (Whirlwind) (Ictus) several times. The band meets the challenge and stays by Ken Waxman in tempo throughout with no missteps. “Kirby” has an infectious height-of-rush-hour charm and is Equally dexterous as part of a high-energy combo as highlighted by great solos by Killian, Moreno and in a cerebral keyboard showcase, these fine CDs Hunter. “Beekman33” and “Observation” are energetic highlight different facets of pianist Aruán Ortiz. struts while “Hindu” is a light-stepping delight with a Banned in London is a vigorous quintet date of two Latin pedigree. With all of the fast-paced playing on standards, two Ortiz originals and one by co-leader/ this album, the poignant title ballad provides a respite, bassist Michael Janisch, a London-based American. a pocket of calm amidst the urban frenzy. The band is filled out by trumpeter Raynald Colom, veteran alto saxophonist Greg Osby and drummer Rudy Royston. This live date is unabashedly straightahead but Janisch still has the courage to begin the CD’s first track “Precisely Now” with a more-than- two-minute bass solo. Ortiz’ originals showcase different motifs: slithery and sneaky on “The Maestro” and metronomic and percussive on “Orbiting”. The first has brassy squeezes from the trumpet on top, corkscrew sax vibrations in the middle and a bottom dedicated to Royston’s hard rim shots and blunt the royal room cymbal slaps. A contrapuntal invention, “Orbiting” moves from mid-range coloration to a protracted final section where the pianist and drummer trade fours. The quintet’s version of “Ask Me Now” is collective disappointing, lacking the lean power of Monk’s original but they make up for it with a vibrant take on “Jitterbug Waltz”. A showcase for Osby, his whorls and music ensemble snaky multiphonics create a wholly original variant. Textures and Pulsations finds Ortiz playing piano and computer alongside Bob Gluck’s piano and Moog synthesizer on eight instant compositions. Gluck and Ortiz appear more comfortable balancing the acoustic and electronic by the second half of the recital. Before that, the outstanding track is “Red”, where interplay May 21st 26th between Ortiz’ staccato keyboard melodies and - vibraharp-like pops from Gluck’s synthesizer sound like Sun Ra and . From then on the cohesion keeps improving, with some tracks more THE STONE electronic and some more acoustic. “Interludio” highlights an array of references in turn; with pulses avenue C and 2nd street that could come from a rock guitar at the top, the two keyboardists next get into a tremolo duet with the power and interactivity of a boogie-woogie piano team. In contrast, aviary-like processed yelps and whistles get equal time with the on “Green”. www.thestonenyc.com Ortiz’ keyboard command is aptly demonstrated here. With such fine playing, he may soon be the www.waynehorvitz.net subject of his composition “The Maestro”. www.theroyalroomseattle.com For more information, visit whirlwindrecordings.com and ictusrecords.com. Ortiz is at Metropolitan Room May 11th and The Jazz Gallery May 16th. See Calendar.

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but related take on global cross-pollination. “JOS and others and occasional guest returns to the Duke Nigeria”, a Zenón original with a bouncy optimistic Ellington Orchestra, where he had spent most of the feel, has an explicitly African connection. Tito Puente’s ‘50s as a star sideman. This mid ‘60s one-off recording “Oye Como Va” gets stretched and pulled apart, at one date with organist , an inspired idea of point inspiring Zenón to quote Wayne Shorter’s “Juju”. producer , is a rare instance of Terry in an Silvio Rodriguez’ “El Necio” is more faithful, though it organ combo setting. It clocks in at 37 minutes: either still sparks furious off-the-page improvisation. there were no extra takes from the date, or Passion Jazz The band plays with gut-level energy but nails didn’t have access to them. every note, every displaced accent. In the precise Despite the title, this is no standard soul jazz

Oye!!! (Live in Puerto Rico) staccato hits of “Hypnotized” (slower and partly outing. Unlike many of her contemporaries on the Miguel Zenón & The Rhythm Collective (Miel Music) rubato, inspired by Paul Motian), or the crisply organ, Scott did not play with the typical chugging, by David R. Adler articulated bass pattern of the fast burner “Double percolating, hard-rolling sound and didn’t even carry Edge”, Zenón advances his own adaptations of the basslines - or are For years alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón has made traditional rhythmic forms, again proving himself one on string bass here - and her touch was comparatively quartet albums with the brilliant pianist Luis Perdomo of the most distinctive artists on the scene. light. , a frequent Scott and Terry as a central focus. Zenón’s music, therefore, has always collaborator, is the drummer. Terry was at the height of been thick with harmony. But intermittently for several For more information, visit miguelzenon.com. Zenón is at his powers, with a quicksilver wit and a personal years, Zenón has explored another sound with his Village Vanguard May 14th-19th. See Calendar. sound so distinctive it was instantly recognizable. He Rhythm Collective, a piano-less quartet with electric could mine a cornucopia of tones and timbres from his bassist Aldemar Valentin, drummer Tony Escapa and horn, commanding its complete range from the depths percussionist Reynaldo De Jesús. Oye!!! captures them to the stratosphere. His solos here flit, dart and jab like in their native Puerto Rico in 2011. a hummingbird in flight and often proceed in passages There’s an intimate vibe to the recording, with suggestive of the subtleties and nuances of speech - charged-up applause and bandmember introductions through choked, squeezed and smeared notes. - in Spanish, over a fast groove - at the start and finish. The program - four Scott originals, two by Terry The disc preserves the live acoustic imperfections yet plus two standards - is bright and infectious, from the still manages a high sound quality. Valentin sounds a opening title blues, Terry manipulating his horn with tad far away and yet he’s a monster on every track, plunger effects, intimate growls and piercing wails, to playing liquid solo lines and highly inventive double- the closer, Irving Berlin’s “Heat Wave”, equipped with stop work, hugging every turn. Escapa and De Jesús, Shirley Scott/Clark Terry (Impulse-Passion Jazz) a shuffle beat and prancing muted trumpet. The vibe too, are unstoppable. The subtle textural differences in by George Kanzler throughout is joyous, a feeling reflected literally in a their setups come across beautifully on disc. central track: “This Little Light of Mine”. Zenón has worked hard to bring jazz and Puerto Throughout the ‘60s, trumpeter Clark Terry had a Rican folkloric idioms into contact. The Rhythm high profile: as a featured member of The Tonight Show For more information, visit twitter.com/PassionMusicLtd. Collective, which toured six African countries with band, with the quintet he co-led with Bob , Terry is celebrated at A Great Night in Harlem May 17th at help from the State Department in 2003, has a different jazz big band recordings he made with the Apollo Theater. See Calendar. ROBERT HURST Live ALL-STAR CAST FEATURING Robert Glasper at Flushing Town Hall Bennie Maupin Marcus Belgrave Jeff “Tain” Watts QUEENS JAZZ ORCHESTRA Adam Rudolph Fiesta MOJO Directed by

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employed to emphasize the narrative. There is not in the usual, merely jaunty interpretation. Acid uncommon humor displayed in ’s jazz in feel, it foreshadows that this third solo outing “Things Are Getting Tougher Than Tough”, done as an from Deborah Latz is definitely not going to be business uptempo blues, Nakasian getting to growl the lyric as usual. Possessed of a range as wide as her clear and then imitate a muted . soprano is lovely, Latz’ take on “Blue Skies” is a swift, Since these performers have been working danceable mix, which includes scatting and extended together steadily, there is a wonderful chemistry. Each hums. Totally rocking in company with jazz veterans player supports Nakasian’s vocal efforts, but their Jon Davis (piano), John Hart (acoustic and electric individual voices are heard not only in solos, but also guitars), Ray Parker (bass) and Willard Dyson (drums),

Show Me The Way (To Get Out Of This World) as a true partnership. Simon’s solos are inventive in there is happy certainty to Latz’ singing. Stephanie Nakasian (Capri) their phrasing and his technique is superb while Nowhere is that more evident than when she tears by Marcia Hillman Brydge is solid as a rock and lyrical in all of his solos. loose in homage to Alberta Hunter with “I’m Having A Williams lays down solid swing throughout and his Good Time”. Of course Latz’ voice is totally different After a several-year absence from recording, vocalist most impressive moment is a call-and-response section from the late blues great, but when it comes to blowing Stephanie Nakasian returns to take us on a musical with Nakasian on Dave Frishberg’s “Zanzibar”. the roof of the joint, they are totally sisters in the life journey via 15 familiar and not-so-familiar standards Listeners will have to take this journey more than spirit. about love lost and found. Her travelling companions once to enjoy and appreciate the talents of Nakasian If Latz sways irresistibly with Brazilian gems like are pianist Harris Simon’s trio with bassist Chris and her companions fully. “Eluxo” and “Corcovado” (“Quiet Nights”), she is no Brydge (Nakasian’s fellow faculty members at The less adept with an American songbook classic like College of William & Mary) and drummer Billy For more information, visit caprirecords.com. Nakasian is at George and Ira Gershwin’s “”S’Wonderful”. With each Williams. This CD was prompted by a series of well- Jazz at Kitano May 17th-18th. See Calendar. “marvelous” and “wonderful”, her light touch as she received live performances. pauses becomes a moment of self-discovery. Here

Nakasian’s vocal abilities are well captured in this Hart’s guitar provides the most sympathetic of album. Possessing an instrument of many colors, accompaniment. perfect diction, ability to swing and scat, inventive The title song of the set is one of a quartet of her phrasing and respect for the lyric, she approaches each originals, a whimsical delight, evoking happy song as a unique story. She begins appropriately with comparison to the gems of yore from Lambert, “Lonesome Road”, doing an out-of-tempo chorus Hendricks and Ross in its musical savvy. The closer is followed by a faster turn at scatting, sounding so much a Latz-Hart duo on -Johnny Mercer’s like that it brings one up short. Her familiar “Moon River”. As lucid as it is breathtaking, it scatting ability also shows up on other cuts, such as is music of the sort that happens when the best ’s “Nica’s Dream” and “The End Of A companions get together. That’s how this Fig Tree is Fig Tree Love Affair”, on which the Fitzgerald influence is also throughout. Deborah Latz (June Moon Prod.) palpable. An interesting treatment is given to the Wolf- by Andrew Vélez Landesman classic “Spring Can Really Hang You Up For more information, visit deborahlatz.com. This project is the Most”, where a series of tempo changes are Fig Tree opens with Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies”, but at Somethin’ Jazz Club May 18th. See Calendar.

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the problem. Rasmus Ehlers’ piano solos make one wonder what happened to his left arm. On “Two Brothers”, the effect is memorable, like meeting someone really hot who for some reason doesn’t have a nose. By “Solar” (track 6), all hotness has been eclipsed by the harmonic noselessness. Jonas Westergaard’s bass is unwavering, unflappable and, at the same time, unremarkable. Fortunately, this is not a problem in light of the more pressing agenda of

Eponymous presenting two acknowledged, well ensconced, Federico Ughi Quartet (FMR) thoroughly documented masters once again romping by Marc Medwin through the tropes and paying homage to 46 years after his death, at this juncture in their long Given the diversity of this group’s collective and storied careers, in the year of our lord 2013. background, the many nods toward tradition are “My father died...I was left to support the family almost surprising. It isn’t that drummer Federico Ughi, and at 13 I had gigs three nights a week,” says Tiberi altoist David Schnug, cornetist Kirk Knuffke and (born 1928) in the liner notes to Audacity. If social bassist Max Johnson aren’t steeped in the jazz tradition; conditions have any effect on one’s musicality, there their credentials are well established and they have won’t be too many Frank Tiberis making their version developed long-standing collaborative projects in of Audacity in the year 2080. His sound, vocabulary various formations and contexts in and around jazz. and phrasing come from social realities and economic The fact is, however, that they also embrace many conditions long gone. Tiberi’s composition “My Man“ others, from bluegrass to art rock and much in between, and his solo therein is why he is to be treasured. though subtlety of form and reference seems to be the Though younger, Garzone also enjoyed that path trod on every track of this quartet’s debut. commercially archetypal time in improvised music so The most overtly non-’jazz’ offering here is deftly commodified by the participants. Garzone has “Wearing a Wire?”, with its smart and soulfully driven the value add of a career in academia, which he rhythms, courtesy of Ughi, supporting a heavily capitalizes on throughout the recording; those aesthetic accented unison melody. Knuffke’s solo gradually dividends contribute significantly to Audacity’s net morphs from blues to something on the order of worth. That said, everyone would be the poorer were Plugged Nickel-era Miles as the others weave in and Audacity the only recorded statement for anyone out of funk and noisy free jazz modes. Frequent pauses involved. and tempo shifts only add to the track’s in-your-face intrigue, conjuring shades of Ornette Coleman’s later For more information, visit sundance.dk. Garzone is at The projects in the process. Stone May 19th with Uri Gurvich and ShapeShifter Lab The rest of the album draws on Coleman’s work as May 25th. See Calendar. well, particularly the jaunty “Technicolor”, sounding as if it was pulled from one of the Sound Museum discs, but, of course, none of the music adheres so strictly to form and structure. The labyrinthine melodies and drones of “Ange” are closer to the New York Art Quartet’s brand of musical cinematography than to anything Coleman waxed as Ughi supports the constantly shifting structures with expert brushwork. If one aspect of the disc could be changed, it is the almost incessant reliance on unisons. On future efforts, the group would do well to skip right to the bluesy or pointillistic bits, saving unison passages for special occasions. That said, these ten compositions, augmented by Ughi’s polyrhythmic and timbral facility, Schnug’s unpretentious growls, Knuffke’s smooth warm tones and Johnson’s flawless arco, add up to make an excellent first effort.

For more information, visit fmr-records.com. Ughi is at Ibeam Brooklyn May 18th and 24th with this project. See Calendar.

Audacity George Garzone/Frank Tiberi (Stunt/Sundance) by Stanley Zappa While there is nothing at all audacious about Audacity, what’s not to like about saxophonists George Garzone and Frank Tiberi weaving predictably crafty, intricate lines atop a rhythm section that never really exceeds the Jamey Aebersold play-along threshold of rhythm section persuasion? Should the recording sound stiff, drummer Jakob Hoyer, though not the solution, is not

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Charette opens with a fluid, lively interpretation most energetic solos. The group’s overall aesthetic, of Chick Corea’s “Windows”, adeptly varying the and Lovano’s approach in general, is perhaps best volume as he offers a masterful improvisation. His represented on the album’s one non-original, the punchy take of Duke Ellington’s “C Jam Blues” recalls gorgeous Billy Strayhorn ballad “Star-Crossed Lovers”. the heyday of while his rapid-fire attack While Lovano plays majestic tenor, channeling past in Charlie Parker’s “Donna Lee” also has a slow masters from Ben Webster to John Coltrane, the rhythm interlude focusing on a deliberate left-hand section ventures off into unexpected places, leading improvisation. Charette’s dancing footwork and fleet Lovano to respond with some off-kilter, atonal patches. fingering in “How Deep is the Ocean” brings new life It’s an example of Lovano’s constant desire to push

People Music to this standard while he slows to a crawl for a jazz forward while remaining wholly devoted to - and Christian McBride & Inside Straight (Mack Avenue) sauntering stroll through “Body and Soul” and a part of - the tradition. by Robert Milburn “Georgia On My Mind”. It’s little surprise that there’s some Gershwin as well, including a romping bop For more information, visit bluenote.com. Lovano is at In the mid ‘00s, Village Vanguard owner Lorraine treatment of “I Got Rhythm” and a whimsical setting Village Vanguard May 28th-Jun. 2nd. See Calendar. Gordon told bassist Christian McBride that his electric of “Embraceable You”. Intimate takes of “Corcovado” band was not appropriate for the revered venue. And and “The Girl From Ipanema” don’t need a vocalist or so McBride began assembling his acoustic quintet additional instrumentation to convey their messages. Inside Straight as per Gordon’s request. People Music Charette is most impressive with songs one submits to a more traditional format out of necessity, doesn’t associate with jazz: Hall & Oates’ “Sara Smile”; but avoiding reversion to some disingenuous mean. Jimmy Webb’s “Up, Up and Away”; Classic 4’s The title refers to the bassist’s constant balance “Spooky”; Reggie Lucas’ “Borderline” or the James between creative abstraction and visceral crowd- Bond theme “You Only Live Twice”. In each case, the pleasing. In employing saxophonist Steve Wilson and organist reveals their potential with thoughtful vibraphonist Warren Wolf (plus pianist Peter Martin interpretations in which he mixes changes in key and and drummer Carl Allen), the bassist generates this tempo, along with intelligent thematic variations. This unique brand of intrigue, which ranges from the impressive foray into solo Hammond B3 may provoke dizzying tenacity of Wolf’s “Gang Gang” to the cool fellow players to consider similar projects. soulfulness of McBride’s “New Hope’s Angel”. On the former, bass and piano maintain a driving ostinato For more information, visit steeplechase.dk. Charette’s while vibes swoon and explode in exuberance. The Organ Trio is at ShapeShifter Lab May 24th. See Calendar. latter, inspired by the untimely death of vocalist

Whitney Houston, has a velvety smoothness with Wilson’s soprano dialed to a dulcet melodiousness. Meanwhile, the funky evocations of “Unusual Suspects” rest somewhere in between. The opening and penultimate tracks are noticeable departures from the quintet’s harmonious steadiness. Here, pianist Christian Sands and drummer Ulysses USED Owens, Jr., young McBride trio mates, replace jazz vets Martin and Allen. While Martin’s caressing fluidity is NEW subtly substituted for Sands’ soulful facility, the Cross Culture explosive theatrics of Owens is cast against the veteran Joe Lovano Us Five (Blue Note) drummer’s assured composure. “Listen To the Heroes by Joel Roberts Cry” is particularly demonstrative: Owens erupts in a flurry of cymbals as Sands’ fleeting lines tense in sultry Joe Lovano’s third outing with his Us Five quintet provocation. McBride is obviously pleased, his playing (and his 23rd recording for Blue Note over the past flaring in intensity. 20-plus years) is another example of the tenor The disc has already received the Gordon stamp of saxophone titan’s adventurous spirit and ever-restless approval - the band played at the venue in December. nature. His first two dates with the group focused, 236 West 26 Street, Room 804 For listeners, People Music is yet another truly swinging respectively, on Lovano originals and radically New York, NY 10001 celebration of the bassist’s adept musicality. reinterpreted versions of Charlie Parker classics. His new release, as the title implies, incorporates more of a Monday-Saturday, 10:00-6:00 For more information, visit mackavenue.com. McBride is at world-music aesthetic. But the real focus is on 92nd Street Y May 23rd-24th. See Calendar. remarkable group interplay. Tel: 212-675-4480 The lineup once again features pianist James

Weidman, drummers Francisco Mela and Otis Brown Fax: 212-675-4504 and Esperanza Spalding on bass, though in acquiescence to Spalding’s busy schedule as a Email: [email protected] burgeoning superstar, she’s replaced by Peter Slavov Web: jazzrecordcenter.com on a few tracks. West African guitarist Lionel Loueke is also heard on several numbers, enhancing the album’s LP’s, CD, Videos (DVD/VHS), stated boundary-crossing theme. Lovano and Loueke Books, Magazines, Posters, demonstrate a strong, almost telepathic bond, Postcards, T-shirts, particularly on the intense “In a Spin”, which features Calendars, Ephemera a wild turn by Lovano on the aulochrome, a new kind Borderline Brian Charette (SteepleChase) of polyphonic double . He’s also Buy, Sell, Trade by Ken Dryden heard on numerous other horns besides his usual tenor, including the G-mezzo soprano and the tarogato (an Collections bought Although not the first recording of solo Hammond B3, Eastern European folk instrument). And as if the it is a rare occurrence. Yet the instrument has more already formidable two-drum attack of Mela and and/or appraised potential than the piano, given its wide range of sounds Brown isn’t enough, Lovano joins in on percussion on and ability to create a bassline with the pedals. several tracks, playing things like an Israeli paddle Also carrying specialist labels Brian Charette has been one of the rising stars of drum and Nigerian slit drum. e.g. , Criss Cross, the Hammond B3 and it’s obvious why with this fine Most of the tunes are wide open and sound more Ayler, Silkheart, AUM Fidelity, effort. He draws from numerous decades and styles of improvised than thoroughly composed. “Myths and Nagel Heyer, Eremite, Venus, music, including jazz standards, pop songs, bop and Legends” is a frenetic free-for-all for all five members Clean Feed, Enja and many more bossa novas, varying his approach and keeping most of the core quintet while “PM”, a dedication to the late performances under the five-minute mark. drum legend Paul Motian, features some of Lovano’s

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Diana Krall and Harry Connick, Jr., bassist Ben Wolfe senses awake, as Costanzo knows when to keep the has, as importantly, distinguished himself as a noted lyrics curt and when to make his notes resonate. Bassist composer with his own approach and vision. Seven Neal Miner’s uptempo cadence complements the discs as a leader thus far present a distinctive melodist former while Joe Cohn’s breezy guitar harmoniously with a gift for creating engaging environments that twirls with the latter. emphasize the generally uncomplicated beauty of his “This Is My Night To Dream” gives a glimpse of creations. the vocalist’s more pensive side. While Firth and From Here I See once again demonstrates his talent drummer Jonathan Mele craft an upbeat intro, in a variety of settings, augmenting his trio of pianist Costanzo explores the wistful side of romance with a

The View From Here Orrin Evans and drummer Donald Edwards with tenor tinge of melancholy in his voice. He always ends up on Kyle Eastwood (Jazz Village-Harmonia Mundi) saxophonist JD Allen, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, the sweeter side of bittersweet, but the subtly forlorn by Tom Greenland guitarist Russell Malone and soprano saxophonist texture of his notes reveals a different side of his usual Marcus Strickland, often in conjunction with a string lighthearted vibe. Costanzo further illustrated his Kyle Eastwood has released 6 albums in his 15 years quartet that is heard on 8 of 12 tracks. The mood of the textural range at The Garage last month, where he as a bassist and bandleader (along with composing and album moves between straightahead swinging and infused the air with effortless joviality. His charming arranging movie soundtracks), forwarding his own stirring balladry, both anchored by Wolfe’s big tone demeanor in the album took on an added dimension brand of accessible yet artistically durable jazz. The and steady beat. on stage, evoking the lively big band atmosphere of View From Here, his latest, boasts a new label and a Marsalis and Allen stretch out powerfully on the decades past on an intimate quartet scale. cohesive London-based working band of tenor opener, “The Good Doctor”, a bluesy swinger that A handful of guest artists appear throughout saxophonist Graeme Blevins, trumpet/flugelhornist recalls the ‘50s Miles quintet. Malone is heard to great Invitation, notably trumpeter Brian Pareschi and Graeme Flowers, pianist Andrew McCormack and lyrical effect on the beautiful ballads “Angela” and vocalist Champian Fulton in “Here’s To The Losers”. drummer Martyn Kaine. “Who’s Lily?”, the former featuring the impeccably Fulton and Costanzo alternate lyrics before singing in The album kicks off with “From Rio to Havana”, integrated string section that also accompanies unison, a move that only emphasizes the natural cheer which epitomizes the group’s sound, a catchy unison Marsalis, Allen and Strickland on their ballad features in both of their voices. Pareschi forms a bond of his melody over a bubbling Latin beat, with blustery solos “So Lovely”, “How You Love” and “From Here I See”, own with Firth, as the two musicians occasionally flare from the frontline, producing a sound that finds a respectively, as well as the trio on the soulful waltz up and accent the piece. middle ground between the smoothness of “Baby ”. On these selections Wolfe utilizes the Vocalist Giada Valenti’s sultrier approach adds an contemporary jazz and the brawn of hardbop. A strings not simply as backgrounds but as an additional element of complexity to the bossa nova tune “Little Parisian for the past eight years, Eastwood also draws instrumental voice, sometimes in place of a soloist, at Boat (O Barquinho)”. Costanzo reflects on paradise in on the influences of North African, Middle Eastern and others as a countermelodic voice, as in the quartet- a low-pitched hum while Valenti croons in Portuguese. other musics: “Sirocco” opens with flamenco palmas with-Allen fragment “Interlude”. When the band does Cohn coaxes the affair forward with a few light plucks (hand clapping) outlining a 6/8 rhythm, which shifts let loose, as on the jagged line “Mellow As You Please” of guitar. And soon, the vocalists usher listeners to the between double and triple accents akin to a flamenco and the jaunty outing “Two-Beat Numba” (both with next track with a gentle ”Bon voyage”, bringing the compás (rhythmic cycle); “The Promise” features a Allen) and the ominously agitated “12 More” (featuring serene piece to a blissful close. piquant A minor melody over a Phrygian chord Strickland), they swing with unmitigated boldness. progression common to flamenco; “Une Nuit au At the CD release at Dizzy’s Club in late March, For more information, visit daywooddrive.com Sénégal” starts with high double-stops the core quartet with Allen was joined by guest on electric bass, recalling the shimmering guitars of trumpeter Nicholas Payton and the emphasis shifted Congolese soukous; “Luxor” is a moody modal piece towards powerful swing. By the final evening (Mar. with hypnotic tom-toming. The band brings these 31st) of the four-night engagement the band sounded songs to life with strong soloing, particularly Flowers, as tight as any unit in town. Opening with “The Good who echoes Freddie Hubbard’s high-note flurries and Doctor”, the band established a finger-snapping pulse, clarion calls. Eastwood too is an accomplished soloist, which remained at the heart of its sound throughout on both acoustic and electric basses, often expressing the evening, regardless of tempo, be it wildly swinging himself in brief but busy outbursts. (new composition “Kerbecs vs Vari Ares”), achingly Eastwood brought another group to Blue Note for slow (Allen’s ballad feature “Love Is Near”) or easy a weeklong residency last month, shared with Larry grooving (“Two Beat Numba”). Another new piece, Coryell (& Sons), now with trumpet/flugelhornist “Intro To Baby Tiger”, demonstrated Wolfe’s harmonic Alex Norris, tenor saxophonist Jason Rigby, pianist ability in an ominous setting, weaving horn lines in a Rick Germanson and drummer Joe Strasser. Launching manner reminiscent of Mingus’ most sophisticated his Mar. 26th early set with the CD’s opening track, the work and then segueing into the waltzing “Baby rest of the set drew on Eastwood’s earlier work: Tiger”. The set concluded with a lugubrious “Samba de Paris” (2009’s Metropolitan), “Tonic” (2011’s arrangement of “All The Things You Are”, another Songs From the Chateau), a cover of Miles Davis’ indication of Wolfe’s originality. “Pfrancing” and closing with “Big Noise From Winettka” (2005’s Paris Blue) - the last a technical For more information, visit maxjazz.com showcase à la Ray Brown, a mentor of Eastwood’s, who proved a modest but dynamic showman, an agile accompanist/soloist and a visionary searching for his voice between the cracks of ‘smooth’ and ‘rough’ jazz.

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Invitation Jerry Costanzo (Daywood Drive) by Sharon Mizrahi Jerry Costanzo turns to yet another chapter in the Great American Songbook with the release of Invitation. The vocalist brings his friendly ambience to tunes that From Here I See are both playful and reflective, crooning away with Ben Wolfe (MAXJAZZ) silky pizazz. by Russ Musto Pianist Tedd Firth sets the scene with a sparkling Best known for his extensive work as a sideman with melody that envelops Costanzo’s easygoing sound. artists ranging from Wynton Marsalis and Eric Reed to “Don’t Let It Go To Your Head” continuously jolts the

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stretching out. Although the album is largely self- He beautifully reinvigorates the standard repertoire penned, the lone standard is an unexpected twist, with and pleases audiences with spirited playing and Preminger taking the melody of a curly-haired orphan infectious stage presence. for a meditative take on “Tomorrow”. It’s a short Uplift 2 is the follow-up to…well...just plain Uplift performance dwelling entirely on the hopeful melody. and both sets, recorded at concert halls and jazz clubs Preminger spends a minute alone, providing a breathy from around the world, celebrate the communicative exploration before the band gently joins him to recite spirit that’s come down from legends like Erroll the popular tune. On “15,000”, Stranahan is a Garner, and Oscar Peterson and fallen wonderful bouncing presence with a litany of sounds squarely into Alexander’s two capable hands.

Haymaker and feelings coming from his kit while “Stir My Soul” Alexander is fortunate to have John Clayton and Noah Preminger (Palmetto) gives Pavolka a little chance to stretch out over Jeff Hamilton as his rhythm section. They kick in by Sean O’Connell Monder’s surf-inflected vibrations. almost immediately after the pianist’s intro to “Battle The resulting album is not nearly as physically Hymn of the Republic” with a groovy shuffle beat that Noah Preminger’s official biography is probably the exhausting as one might expect given all the boxing urges forward Alexander’s dancing, rolling solo. And only one to express a desire to “not get hit in the face” talk but it is a carefully controlled display of confidence, then comes more of the same - or at least similarly and mean it literally. His fascination with the pugilist allowing timing and patience to dictate when and infused - “When The Saints Go Marching In”, which lifestyle and other physically demanding pursuits where the punches should land. Alexander turns into a Peterson-like blues jam. The seem to be a large part of his mythology. Thus naming sensitive playing and propulsive thrust of Clayton his most recent album after an all-or-nothing swing of For more information, visit palmetto-records.com. This helps make this, the most primal of all the the fist seems appropriate. The 20-something tenor group is at Jazz Standard May 21st-22nd. See Calendar. jazz tunes, a knockout blues with Alexander’s deeply saxophonist may not have written any anthems to pulsing chords. replace LL Cool J’s monopoly over heroic ring entrances On three tracks – “St. Thomas”, “Night Mist and not every tune here renders the listener unconscious Blues” and “Close Enough For Love” - the rhythm but that’s a good thing. section changes. Bassist Hassan Shakur and drummer Preminger’s last album had him in the presence of Frits Landesbergen give an out-of-the ordinary spin to a straightahead piano/bass/drums trio, which helped the calypso while the lovely “Close place his classic tone in a classic setting. Here he is Enough For Love” is a showcase for the gentler side of joined by bassist Matt Pavolka, drummer Colin the pianist, as he takes a slow but virtuosic walk Stranahan and guitarist Ben Monder, the latter’s through the emotional ballad. reverbing creating a modern surface, opening things “At the end of the day,” Alexander notes, “It’s up harmonically for the two lead instruments. about touching somebody’s heart.” From the uptempo Uplift 2: Higher The title track, one of seven Preminger Monty Alexander (Jazz Legacy Productions) crowd-pleasers to the more sensitive tunes, that’s compositions on the album, is a curious juxtaposition by Donald Elfman what’s going on throughout Uplift 2. of ground-level intensity from Stranahan and a subtler melody from Preminger. His horn is patient and Jamaican-born Monty Alexander has been a solid and For more information, visit jazzlegacyproductions.com. deliberate over the percussive hurricane, gradually welcome presence in the jazz world for nearly 50 years. Alexander is at Birdland May 7th-11th. See Calendar.

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UK Live 1967, Vol. 1 & 2 Trio (Jazzhus Disk) by Clifford Allen When most people think of the halcyon days of , especially with respect to recently unearthed archival gems, the names that come up are primarily avant garde. Even as British jazz was defined outside of the mainstream (especially from the late ‘60s onward), the country’s postbop traditionalists were certainly as fiery as their freer countrymen. Players Christian McBride, Jazz Advisor November 4-10 like saxophonists and Tubby Hayes, brothers Mike and Chris Pyne (trombone and piano, respectively), drummer and the outside- leaning Jamaican altoist all brought original voices and a sense of community to the Jazz Meets Samba improvising table. Scottish pianist Pat Smythe (May Sérgio Mendes, Elaine Elias, Lee Ritenour, 1923-May 1983), may be one of the lesser-known UK Arito and special guest Joe Lovano boppers but his light touch and rhythmic drive made him an exacting contrapuntal voice in Harriott’s ‘60s Friday, November 8 at 8:00 quintets. Interestingly, Smythe’s estate established a memorial trust, which helped jump-start the careers of Sing, Swing, Sing! young British jazz players between 1984-96. Sérgio Mendes Al Jarreau Smythe also backed visiting American with Dianne Reeves, Al Jarreau, saxophonists including , Paul Gonsalves (the Jeffrey Osborne, George Duke, superb Boom-Jackie Boom-Chick on Vocalion), Ben Christian McBride Big Band featuring Webster and . Two volumes supporting Melissa Walker, and 2012 visiting tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis were captured live (if a bit lo-fi) in Nottingham in International Jazz Vocal Competition March 1967. The twosome are joined by bassist Kenny winner Cyrille Aimée Napper and drummer (Smythe’s Saturday, November 9 at 8:00 working trio) for a set of standards, with Jamaican Dianne Reeves Christian McBride saxophonist Harold McNair guesting on a take of “Walkin’”. Davis was no stranger to UK and Continental audiences at the time; he was working as part of the Clarke-Boland Big Band and continuing his partnership with expatriate . This An Evening with the Jimmy Heath Quartet Portrait of Duke material was originally slated for issue on a pair of ten- at Bethany Baptist Church featuring Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks inch LPs but has remained unavailable until now. Monday, November 4 at 7:00 • FREE Saturday, November 9 at 2:00 Davis and Smythe are both full-toned, graceful and warm improvisers and it’s absolutely stunning to hear them in bluesy, conversational caresses on “I’ll Never A Celebration of Amiri Baraka’s Dorthaan’s Place: Be the Same”. In fact, “Jaws” is probably more often “Blues People” at 50 The Paquito D’Rivera Quartet considered a tough soul-jazz bar walker than a complex at Newark Museum Sunday, November 10 at 11:00 & 1:00 romantic, but the latter is on full display here. Tuesday, November 5 at 7:00 • FREE A robust and swinging tenor player who first Sarah Vaughan came to prominence with Count Basie, Davis builds A Good Place: from fluid lilt to a series of tears through “Days of International Jazz Vocal Competition Wine and Roses”, albeit not without a sense of Celebrating Lorraine Gordon and Sassy Award organizational logic and daubs of painterly clarity. The Village Vanguard with special guest judges Following the saxophonist’s corker of a solo, Smythe featuring The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Al Jarreau, Janis Siegel, and Larry Rosen adroitly skates and conjures ringing, puckered and and special guests NEA Jazz Master Sunday, November 10 at 3:00 intricate harmonies from a somewhat out-of-tune and Christian McBride, piano. Napper provides a meaty bulwark of support plus the Anat Cohen Quartet while Crombie is dry and chattering; his punctuations are more often felt than heard on a misty “Body and Hosted by Christian McBride Soul”, which ends with a steely, unaccompanied tenor Thursday, November 7 at 7:30 spot. Following a bright, uptempo “I’ll Remember

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of instruments that the Nat King Cole Trio embraced in with Giuseppi Logan and early Charles Tyler; is the ‘40s. But unlike Cole’s swing-oriented threesome, complemented by the Sun Ra alto saxophonists Danny the Golden Striker Trio has favored an introspective, Davis and Marshall Allen; then jumps ahead to a recent classical-influenced approach, which has a lot more in pinnacle with Jean-Luc Guionnet on recordings like common with the chamber jazz of the Modern Jazz Bird Dies. Irabagon’s notes are often yips and cries and Quartet (MJQ). In fact, Carter’s trio named itself after they’re always bending away from anything that might MJQ pianist ’ “The Golden Striker”, made suggest concert pitch. The melodies he constructs are famous by MJQ in 1957. often just a few notes, microscopic, fragmentary This CD/DVD spotlights a July 2010 appearance phrases that are repeated and contorted, bending out

Chants at the Jazzaldia Festival in San Sebastian, Spain, where of shape in the same gesture that repeats them, Craig Taborn Trio (ECM) Carter, Miller and Malone played for an audience of sometimes with circular breathing to keep the process by John Sharpe more than 2,000 people. The most exuberant moments of disintegration continuing further. come on an inspired performance of “The Golden The trio couldn’t be better matched. Faustino and For anyone who has witnessed the excitement and Striker”, which isn’t quite as restrained as the MJQ’s Ferrandini are capable of an infernal power, since cohesion of pianist Craig Taborn’s trio live, it will be classic recording. Nonetheless, the MJQ influence is evidenced by their work in RED Trio and great hard to comprehend the 12-year gap in documentation hard to miss and the polish, sophistication and invention, apparent particularly in RED Trio since 2001’s Light Made Lighter (Thirsty Ear). One easy refinement that the Golden Striker Trio brings to collaborations with John Butcher and Nate Wooley. explanation would be the thickness of the Minneapolis- Carter’s “Candle Light”, the Rodgers-Hart standard From the opening phrases of “States of Matter”, with native’s bulging sideman portfolio, which includes “My Funny Valentine” and two Faustino bowing a complementary circular pattern, the stints with saxophonists and Chris Potter, performances (Luiz Bonfá’s “Samba de Orfeu” and entire movement of the music appears to be going bassist Michael Formanek and trumpeter Tomasz Carter’s “Saudade”) clearly recalls the MJQ’s chamber backwards, as if it must insist from the outset that its Stanko, just to pick out some of the most recent jazz performances of the ‘50s-60s. Like the MJQ, the movement will be eccentric or will not be at all. That collaborations. Whatever the reason for the hiatus, the Golden Striker Trio know how to express their sense of insistence may change direction, but it’s appearance of Chants, following up Taborn’s acclaimed appreciation of European chamber music while always apparent in one form or another, even when 2011 solo outing and ECM leader debut Avenging remaining faithful to the soulful, improvisatory spirit things slow down to what might be called a ballad Angel, demands attention. of classic jazz. tempo. By the end of it all on “Spacetime”, Irabagon’s Retained from the earlier disc, drummer Gerald The 55-minute CD and the DVD are the same elemental trills and triplet rhythms are still etching Cleaver has been one of Taborn’s closest collaborators material, although the latter contains a laid-back themselves indelibly, the trio delineating a terrain that over the decades. Their almost telepathic understanding 18-minute performance of ’s “Laverne is at once oddly toxic and strangely refreshing. forms the bedrock of the loose yet complex interplay so Walk”. There’s no reason why it had to be omitted prevalent here. Even newcomer Thomas Morgan has from the CD; it would have fit and makes no sense not For more information, visit nottwo.com. Irabagon is at filled the bass chair for eight years now and to include it on both discs. But apart from that flaw, ShapeShifter Lab May 8th with Mostly Other People Do the consequently has firmly carved out his niche in the San Sebastian is a rewarding document of the Golden Killing, Bar Next Door May 14th, Cornelia Street Café May ensemble. The band’s strong suit comprises those Striker Trio’s continued collaboration. 16th, Greenwich House Music School May 22nd with Mike dazzling headlong passages of interlocking patterns Pride, Somethin’ Jazz Club May 27th with Bob Gingery and that open and close the disc, where Taborn lays down For more information, visit inandout-records.com. Carter is ShapeShifter Lab May 30th with . See Calendar. an insistent substructure with his left hand, embellished at Tribeca Performing Arts Center May 9th as part of the by bass and drums while expounding sparkling Highlights in Jazz Salute to George Wein, Blue Note May contrapuntal runs with his right. 16th and Dizzy’s Club May 28th-Jun. 2nd with Bill Elsewhere his themes are often merely sketched, Charlap. See Calendar. haikus upon which the ensemble can meditate in egalitarian exchange. Cleaver revels in elaborate cross- rhythms overlain with asymmetric cymbal coloration while Morgan is as likely to be the melodic lead as the pianist. One exception is “Cracking Hearts”, where the drummer’s rustle and clatter form the central narrative thread around which piano and bass drape a darkly brooding lyricism. Only the extended “All True Night/ Future Perfect” contains the limpid piano reverie that listeners might associate with the ECM sound, but even here it is transcended by the subsequent galloping excursion and engaging interaction. Taborn has Absolute Zero Jon Irabagon/Hernani Faustino/Gabriel Ferrandini fashioned a thoroughly compelling statement, which (Not Two) gets better on each listen and one that will surely fuel by Stuart Broomer even more thrills in concert. Jon Irabagon’s membership in Mostly Other People For more information, visit ecmrecords.com. This trio is at Do the Killing should testify to the saxophonist’s Roulette May 6th. See Calendar. unpredictability and considerable flexibility of style, but it may not quite cover all that he was up to in 2009.

It was the year he made his most conservative CD, The Observer, for Concord, part of his reward for winning the 2008 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition. It was a solid mainstream modern session with , Rufus Reid and providing allstar support. A few months later in Lisbon, Irabagon went into a recording studio with bassist Hernâni Faustino and drummer Gabriel Ferrandini and recorded Absolute Zero, an hour-long set of seven pieces, each attributed

to the three musicians and accordingly sounding like San Sebastian Ron Carter Golden Striker Trio (In+Out) . It’s likely Irabagon’s most by Alex Henderson demanding set to date, even when one considers the 78-minute tenor extravaganza Foxy. In 2003, acoustic bassist Ron Carter joined forces with Irabagon sticks to his alto here and plays within a pianist Mulgrew Miller and guitarist Russell Malone very specific lineage of the instrument in free jazz: the and formed the Golden Striker Trio, which recorded an corrosive. It’s the one that begins with Jackie McLean album for Blue Note. The group’s unusual combination (most specifically of Let Freedom Ring vintage, where of instruments (acoustic piano, hollowbody guitar and the slightly-out-of-tune hard-edged McLean sound is upright bass with no drums) was the same combination complemented by the upper register squeal); continues

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outstanding album, dancing on their common ground. Gurvich’s songs are inspired by Israeli and North African music but they encompass various styles, genres and moods. The dynamic “Pyramids” is steeped in the hardbop tradition; “Nedudim” is fusion-spiced and has a fierce organ groove of which Jimmy Smith would be proud and the passion of the John Coltrane quartet is at the heart of “Valley of the Kings”. The alto saxophonist and the band can also play

Eponymous with a heartening tenderness, as evinced by the intense, Iva Bittová (ECM) brooding and lovely “Alfombra Magica” and the by Kurt Gottschalk somber “Hagiga Suite”, a beautiful tribute to victims of the Holocaust. Celebrating the release of her new solo CD at Le The leader also reinterprets and invigorates folk Poisson Rouge in late March, violinist/singer Iva tunes like the hard-driving “Camelao” and “Scalerica Bittová addressed the audience and, almost by way of de Oro”, the latter embodying the album’s spirit most apology, framed what her record is about. “I cannot vividly. This traditional wedding song, with lyrics promise you any order,” she said at the beginning of sung in Ladino (Spanish Hebrew), gets a non- the set, “because I jump from one to another and I traditional reading with a cool rock spin, including LASZLO GARDONY / CLARITY don’t know in advance where I’m going.” keyboard highlights that mimic guitar riffs. SSC 4014 The 12 tracks don’t necessarily seem incomplete Gurvich takes this musical excursion with a band but they are something like touchstones, keys to of keyboard player Leo Genovese, bassist Peter Slavov, In Stores May 7 Bittová’s enigmatic work. The album opens (as did the drummer Francisco Mela and guest Brahim Fribgane concert) with “Fragment I”, a delicate piece for voice playing oud and additional percussion. Their collective LASZLO GARDONY: Piano and kalimba. “Fragment II” is a slight piece centered musicianship and on-a-dime interplay is fabulous. But on simple bow repetitions but then “Fragment III” it’s Gurvich’s energetic leadership that is the driving “One morning last October I was at my Berklee studio all (employing a Gertrude Stein text) has multiple parts force throughout BabEl. His alto is multifaceted, light by myself. I felt a burst of inspiration so I set up some mics, turned on a recorder and started playing. I kept and variations worked into its three and a half minutes. and clear with an intermittent touch of grittiness. He playing for 49 minutes. When I finished, I was happy with Later, she uses a Chris Cutler lyric and plays a Joaquin can be soaring and joyous on uptempo tunes or the places I was able to take the music. But at that Rodrigo song, but the album never comes off as introspective and melancholy on ballads. BabEl is moment I put away the recording without listening to it. I anything but her. What that quality is, however, isn’t elemental and atavistic, yet fresh and innovative, a wondered, after waiting a few months, would the music an easy thing to pin down. Bittová’s music can be perfect combination of past and present. still speak to me? It did and it was then that I realized I charming and haunting. It carries a bohemian feel of was listening to my next album.” her Czech home and language and can be childlike, For more information, visit tzadik.com. Gurvich’s BabEl is trancelike or mournful. But her own compositions (all at The Stone May 14th-19th with guests Dave Douglas, Save the date: Saturday, September 28 @ 8 p.m. but one here) always come off as deeply personal. On Brahim Fribgane and George Garzone. See Calendar. Greenwich House / 46 Barrow Street, NYC the album she rarely works in obvious structures but manages to find paths that seem innate and intuitive. Live, she played violin melodies so slowly they almost became drones and sang melodies so quickly they were almost rants and then flipped the formula. Bird songs emanated from her strings and her mouth at different times, almost as if they were incidental, flying by outside the window. She captivated the audience in the dark room and commented on how quiet they were as she played one miniature after another. But the full house loudly demanded more when she took a second bow rather than playing more. She conceded with an upbeat, strictly metered piece, almost prog in its attack, twirling and moving backward across the stage as she played and sang, then exiting with a flurry and a shout. A compact disc can’t contain all her allure, but her glow is embedded in the audio, one of her most evocative - and beautifully recorded - solo efforts.

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JODY REDHAGE: cello and voice SARA CASWELL: violin & mandolin LEALA CYR: trumpet & voice LAILA BIALI: piano & voice BabEl appearing Wednesday, May 8 @ Uri Gurvich (Tzadik) by Terrell Holmes SubCulture / 45 Bleecker Street, NYC S · GROUP CLASSES Doors 6:30PM / Show 7:30PM S · PRIVATE LESSON In The Bible, the city of Babel was where the ENSEMBLE dissemination of languages and scattering of humanity Guitar · Voice · Piano · Winds · Percussion · Brass occurred. The title of alto sax player Uri Gurvich’s album BabEl references this biblical episode ironically. REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! www.sunnysiderecords.com The incident at the tower resulted in confusion and LUCY MOSES SCHOOL at Kaufman · 212 Music 501 Center 3360 eOne Distribution dispersal; Gurvich explores the intertextuality of 129 W. 67th St. different musical languages and cultures on this KaufmanMusicCenter.org/LMS

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capitulated minders employed therein, & Company reminds us that “People everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit,” to quote Debord. There is plenty to love on Marzette Watts & Company. Sure, someone forgot to proofread the liner essay and, yes, no one will confuse the fidelity of Karl Berger’s vibraphone with the recording excellence

Live at Kerrytown House availed to the common telephone of today. But that’s Narada Burton Greene (NoBusiness) the magic of ESP recordings and this one in particular by Ken Waxman - musicality trumps technological fetish. The rhythm section of bassist Henry Grimes (and A free jazz survivor of the first order, pianist Burton on “Backdrop for Urban Revolution”, Juini Booth), Greene continues to turn out high-class music into his drummer JC Moses and guitarist set a 70s. Chicago-born, Greene was in New York for the commensurate foundation for the compelling birth of the so-called New Thing with membership in improvisations of Watts (bass clarinet, alto and soprano the Jazz Composers Guild and a pair of ESP discs as saxophone), (flute, alto saxophone, proof. Part of the wave of players who expatriated to bass clarinet) and (trombone, cornet) Europe after 1969, Greene became a pioneer in mixing - revealing they are more than just sidemen, as history with new age, electronic and will attest. Klezmer music. Yet, as this 11-track live date recorded The social conditions surrounding the manufacture in Ann Arbor in 2010 demonstrates, he’s never lost his of music in the ‘60s has precious little to do with the pianistic facility. Running through a couple of familiar same pursuit from the ‘70s forward. Watts, who died themes and a handful of on-the-spot creations, the 15 years ago this month, was a founding member of the pianist highlights influences synthesized to create his ’s Student Nonviolent more-than-mature style. Coordinating Committee - an organization born of Supple, energetic and never ponderous even when acute, egregious conditions that received a kind of outlining a ballad, Greene’s playing is compelling and attention and affected a consciousness shift that the even droll, especially when he lopes along the keys Occupy movement has not. Though one must be during the three “Freebop” variations. Original in cautious in connecting politics and music, there is no conception, his affinity for Monk’s angular phrasing denying a bravery and heroism on Marzette Watts & and economic style is obvious on tracks like “Little Company largely if not entirely absent from the post- Song” yet often, as on “Freebop the 6th”, Monkish modern twaddle defining ‘Jazz Inc.’ today. singularity gives way to kinetic sequences of high- frequency syncopation, introducing boogie woogie For more information, visit espdisk.com and stride inferences. With an unbeatable sense of pacing, Greene gradually works his key strokes upwards as if climbing a ladder rung by rung; once at the top he figuratively dives off, creating unexpected and animated theme variations as he lands. Greene’s setlist is studded with surprises and juxtapositions. Take “Get Through It” and “Space Is Still The Place”, which follow one another. The tunes are, respectively, a pseudo-Tin Pan Alley ditty with heavy accents and a stop-time exercise in how long a note can be held. The first mutates into a minimalist sound picture; the second, with its Sun Ra-saluting title, eventually reveals another jolly, jerky theme. “Greene Mansions” is the definitive performance though. Played in free time with intermittent pauses, the bravura narrative allows him to slap keys with one hand while exposing subterranean tremolos with the other. He minutely scrutinizes each tone and note cluster, referring to the theme only intermittently. Live at Kerrytown House is a notable recital by a musician who continues to improvise at the height of his powers a half-century after his first recording.

For more information, visit nobusinessrecords.com. Greene is at The Firehouse Space May 19th and Spectrum solo May 22nd. See Calendar.

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the track’s crests and valleys while Douglas summons In spite of the veteran’s avant garde credentials, notes of clarion proportion. This is followed by this good-natured studio set, captured in the Windy “Beware of Doug”, which could very well have been City during November 2011, stands as really great on Be Still for all its playful folksiness. Here the rhythm dance music, with the kick-ass rhythms the star. Solos section provides significant depth, inspiring brilliant are short though sweet, but like Cohran’s exotic soloing all around (of note, the feisty persistence of instruments, mainly serve to add just one more layer of drummer Rudy Royston). Furthermore, “Garden State” interest to the infectious momentum of the well-crafted features Linda Oh’s driving bass leading Douglas into tunes. As the liners intimate, the Hypnotic Brass an open dialogue of postbop intrigue, his timbre set to Ensemble has appeared in festivals around the world

Time Travel an unvarnished consonance. and that would seem the perfect setting in which to Dave Douglas Quintet (Greenleaf Music) Douglas is obviously a student of Miles Davis. On sample their joyful noise. by Robert Milburn “Bridge to Nowhere”, the title track and “Little Feet”, Douglas invokes elements of Davis’ second great For more information, visit honestjons.com. The Hypnotic In describing trumpeter Dave Douglas, the word quintet, each bolstered by lingering qualities of Brass Ensemble is at Blue Note May 10th. See Calendar. ‘complicated’ definitely comes to mind. Douglas’ cerebral tension from, say, Nefertiti or Miles Smiles. In elusive tone mixes deliberately blemished inflection particular, “Bridge to Nowhere” balances between with vocal-like relatability. The sound is as agreeable moments of swing and the feeling of controlled IN PRINT in his , Brass Ecstasy, as it is potent in Sound disintegration, whereby any sense of direction seems Prints, a Wayne Shorter-inspired group co-led by to evaporate into spirited and spontaneous abstraction. renowned saxophonist Joe Lovano. Such versatility is This year, Douglas plans to celebrate his 50th nearly unprecedented. birthday by touring all 50 states with this group. His Case-in-point, his 2012 release Be Still, which new release and his dynamic new quintet should do framed traditional hymns against the bucolic sweetness much to foster the image of modern jazz as he travels of vocalist Aoife O’. On Douglas’ most recent the country. release, Time Travel, he employs the same quintet, sans O’Donovan. The disc draws inspiration from the For more information, visit greenleafmusic.com. This group theory of moving backward and forward in time, as is at ShapeShifter Lab May 30th. See Calendar. expressed in David Toomey’s The New Time Travelers, and attempts to capture that confusion of cause and Miles Davis: The Complete Illustrated History (Voyageur Press) effect. The concept is a befitting exposé of the by Clifford Allen trumpeter’s amalgamated approach. Douglas’ eclecticism is best heard on “Law of The history of music through visual means - Historical Memory”, which fuses classical romanticism ephemera and so forth – allows one to glean an with jazz instrumentation. The song’s depth invokes inordinate amount of context that would be the color of a Chopin prelude, with saxophonist Jon otherwise difficult. A recent entry is Miles Davis: The Irabagon providing rich, pastel-like shading beneath Complete Illustrated History, a coffee table book bringing together rare photographs, poster images, handbills and album art and related material Eponymous alongside often curious and illuminating essays by Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Honest Jon’s) Ashley Kahn, Francis Davis, Sonny Rollins, Clark by John Sharpe Terry, George Wein, and others. These are woven together with more objectivist historical Kelan Philip Cohran and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble writing by Garth Cartwright, none of which provides do exactly what it says on the tin. Built around layers particularly new information but it is solid writing of brassy riffs, each track develops a mesmerizing for the neophyte and general interest reader. The groove, barely interrupted by a series of swinging essays are mostly a quick read but some of them do solos. Cohran should know all about swing. Now 85 merit frequent returns - especially those of Davis years old, he cut his teeth in pianist Jay McShann’s and Cosby. legendary hard-driving Kansas City group before For an illustrated history the images are moving to Chicago in the mid ‘50s. There he joined Sun interesting and well-chosen; of course, one could Ra’s Arkestra, featuring on the early masterpiece always argue for more detailed archival finds - Angels And Demons At Play (Saturn, 1965). When Ra letters, contracts, tape boxes, session notes would be uprooted to New York City, Cohran stayed put, so much icing on the cake - but alongside the oft- becoming a founding member of the Association for reproduced images are rarer images of Miles onstage the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). As in Europe in the early ‘60s or colorfully leading the well as teaching music in schools and prisons, he also Lost Quintet at Ronnie Scott’s in 1969. Doubly raised a large family. Eight of them form the Hypnotic fascinating are the show handbills for such lineups Brass Ensemble. as the 1972 Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, Miles That might explain the tightness of the band. with folksinger (Fillmore East, 1970) or Fashioned from darting interlocking lines stacked one three nights opening for the (Fillmore upon the other, the Latin-tinged bounce of West, 1970). Advertisements for (1969), “Cuernavaca” gets proceedings underway at pace. Quiet Nights (1962), Martin trumpets and an Though no personnel details are given on the sleeve, attractive BMI ad from 1961 are included, as well as trumpets, sousaphone and trombone are all in a diverse range of alternate sleeves for LPs and evidence, along with drums, percussion and electric singles (as well as those of Jamey Aebersold play- bass, which help launch the combo into an overdrive along records). Of course, Miles’ dress and vibe that doesn’t let up until the mid-tempo processional of throughout his career is a subtext and his style from “Ancestral”. Another of the unit’s distinguishing traits the ‘50s-80s could be its own book. becomes prominent here, as the unearthly sound of This is a solid and enjoyable tome and while it Cohran’s bowed provides one of the piece’s may not shed any new scholarship on Miles’ work incidental flavors. Similarly the odd percussive effects and career, that’s not really the point. Rather, it is a that echo around the periphery of “Stateville” or the chance to take a gander at some of the contextual flourish from the leader’s jangling harp, which opens leavings that remain from the Miles Davis era. “Spin” before a funky bass digs in, signify an unusually expansive conception. The final “Zincali” rounds off For more information, visit voyageurpress.com. Miles the album in great style as a brass chorale, at one point Davis tributes are at Iridium May 23rd-25th and Smoke’s parting to spotlight harumphing in counterpoint Miles Davis Festival May 24th-Jun. 30th. See Calendar. to Cohran’s electrified thumb piano.

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DePaul University Jazz Ensemble. Lark assembled the experimentation from the exercise, which is a line former as a way of paying tribute to both Woods the recomposed and expanded by Reed from a solo by saxophonist and the composer and this recording is vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, another Chicago made up exclusively of Woods compositions. Woods associate. Berman’s muted horn is also the only soloist revisits and rearranges his five-movement “Rights of on the final “Warming Down”, a relaxed theme that Swing Suite” (originally recorded in 1960 with soloists composer Reed utilizes as set closer for an like trumpeter , trombonist improvisational series he curates in a local club. and pianist Tommy Flanagan); the 2011 version falls As entrepreneurial as any AACMer and with fine short of the original but is enjoyable nonetheless. But compositional and performing chops, Reed’s work is

State of Emergency! when both versions are heard side by side, it is obvious another demonstration why Chicago musicians still Nat Reeves (482 Music) that Woods (80 when this CD was recorded) hasn’t lost maintain a reputation for innovation. by Terrell Holmes anything as a player in the intervening decades. While the “ Suite” takes up around For more information, visit 482music.com. This group is at From its classic sound and eclectic roster of composers 37 minutes, the disc’s second half is devoted to five Cornelia Street Café May 24th. See Calendar. and tunes to the vintage design of its cover, Nat Reeves’ performances with the DePaul Ensemble, ranging from album State of Emergency! clearly embraces jazz the exuberant “” and the vibrant “Blues for archetypes. This fine bassist’s pedigree explains his Lopes” to the Brazilian-flavored “Casanova”. Woods’ ON DVD reverence for the past. Reeves was mentored by Jackie thoughtful “” fondly remembers that McLean and has played with musicians ranging from legendary pianist who passed away in 2010. Jimmy Cobb to Sting. Reeves himself is now a torch- A long list of DePaul-associated musicians are bearer who teaches young musicians; joining him and featured on Right to Swing, including trumpeters David pianist Rick Germanson on this album are two of the Kaiser and Paul Dietrich, tenor saxophonist Sean bassist’s young charges, drummer Jonathan Barber Packard, pianist Pete Benson and vibraphonist David and trumpeter Joshua Bruneau. Bugher. But Woods is the dominant voice on a pleasing The long note held by Bruneau on Germanson’s album that underscores his myriad talents. strutting “Brick’s Blues” is the album’s clarion call. From there the quartet navigates skillfully among For more information, visit jazzedmedia.com. The DePaul classics of various colors like “I’ll Close My Eyes” University Jazz Ensemble is at Saint Peter’s May 5th. Blue Flame (Portrait of a Legend) while Bruneau’s muted trumpet glows on “I Could Woods is at Allen Room May 20th with NY Youth (Jazzed Media) Write a Book” and the rhythm section plays a glittering, Symphony. See Calendar. by George Kanzler excellent version of Henry Mancini’s “Moon River”.

Germanson’s playing is exquisite on Oscar Levant’s Most jazz fans probably think of Duke Ellington or ballad “Blame It on My Youth” and his work on the Count Basie when asked who led a big band for the electric piano captures the essence of the ‘70s perfectly longest amount of time. But technically on the pop standard “Feel Like Makin’ Love”. Reeves belongs to Woody Herman, born 100 years ago this also includes subtle nods to jazz’ founding fathers: month, who led big bands from 1936 until his death Bruneau’s coda at the end of “Blame It on My Youth” in 1987. This documentary surveys Herman’s full has Charlie Parker’s famous sign-off and the band career with not only film and TV clips of many of his inserts a quote from “Salt Peanuts” into Blue Mitchell’s bands throughout the decades, but also with a vast calypso jaunt “Fungii Mama”. As for the leader, array of interviews from his sidemen and arrangers Reeves’ solo on Ron Carter’s “Little Waltz” is virtuosic as well as jazz critics, biographical chroniclers and Clean and humorous, his bass singing delightfully. fans. It all adds up to an impressive portrait of, and Mike Reed’s People Places & Things (482 Music) The album’s title refers to the nor’easter that was by Ken Waxman argument for, the bandleader as a major figure in moving through Connecticut as the quartet was about jazz history. to record. This changed the nature of the project as the One of Chicago drummer Mike Reed’s many identities A concert by the Thundering Herd in 1976 - band played tunes - a few of which they hadn’t played is passionate booster of his hometown’s music – what the documentary calls his “Fusion Era: 1968- together before - with no rehearsals. Because of these present, past and future. This fourth CD with the 1979” - from an Iowa PBS color TV taping provides circumstances a few seams do show (on “Little Waltz”, People Places & Things combo is a milestone in that some of the more extended musical takes here, for example, it sounds like Bruneau is practicing regard. He establishes the long-time sophistication of including an opening “Four Brothers”. The band scales). Why, then, didn’t they reschedule the session Second City jazz by blending original lines with ‘50s- uniforms at the time resembled disco duds, with and wait until the nor’easter passed through? Well, 60s classics by saxophonists John Jenkins and Roscoe flared, frilly collars over pastel vests and bell- just as the storm wouldn’t wait, neither would the Mitchell. The band consists of some of Chicago’s top- bottoms. It was a time when the band dabbled in music. So, in spite of its foibles, State of Emergency! is, rated players: alto saxophonist Greg Ward, tenor rock-fusion, yet these clips provide evidence that, as on two levels, a fine testament to the endurance of jazz. saxophonist Tim Haldeman and bassist Jason Roebke; more than a few talking heads point out, Herman’s with cornetist Josh Berman and pianist Craig Taborn bands always swung. For more information, visit 482music.com. Reeves is at each added on two different tracks. Hundreds of musicians went through the ranks Smalls May 24th-25th with . See Calendar. Jenkins (1931-93) recorded with heavyweights like of Herman’s bands over the years and a broad tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan in the mid ‘50s then sampling of them appear here, all praising him as a

vanished. His “Sharon” is the prototypical hardbop supportive bandleader; in ’s words: “He line, echoing “Hot House” and including gritty reed always made it comfortable, as if you were working bites from the saxes, suggesting Jordan and Jenkins’ with him and not for him.” Another aspect of work together. Taking on ’s role, Taborn Herman’s leadership noted repeatedly was his interpolates a thoroughly modern conception into ability to edit and shape arrangements. For although solos that are both chromatic and pulsing. A pre-Art he was not a composer himself, he instinctively Ensemble of Chicago (AEC) composition, Mitchell’s knew how to change charts so that they fit his band “Old” encompasses a blues sensibility and harmonized concept perfectly. His acumen as a talent scout is vamping from both saxophonists, which climaxes in a also praised repeatedly. “If somebody could play finale of smears and snarls. Affiliated with as many he’d let them go all night long,” says Joe LaBarbera. Right to Swing Chicago bands as Reed, Roebke’s thick pulses and Herman himself could play too, and sing. Many (with the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble) (Jazzed Media) sturdy flow recall the late AEC bassist Malachi Favors. of the clips here - too many, as more of the band’s by Alex Henderson His rhythmic sense is such that he brings balance to soloists could have been featured - spotlight Herman kinetic tunes like Reed’s moderato-paced “The Lady singing, often blues or novelties (“Caldonia”), as The majority of albums that Phil Woods has recorded Has a Bomb”. Much of its bent-note power comes from well as playing clarinet, alto or soprano sax, with over the years have been small-group dates, but the Haldeman’s flutter-tongued obbligati abutting Ward’s the enthusiasm and sense of joy that his musicians alto saxophone master also enjoys recording with big shrieks and cries. agreed always emanated from him as a leader. bands. On Right to Swing, Woods joins forces with two Berman’s contribution is palpable when his units directed by trumpeter Bob Lark at Chicago’s buttery flutter-tonguing at the beginning and end of For more information, visit jazzedmedia.com DePaul University: the Phil Woods Ensemble and the “House of Three Smiles” removes any hint of

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | May 2013 35 Smith has stated that was Although secondary to Smith’s theme, many of BOXED SET inspired by August Wilson’s 10-play Ten Freedom Summers’ compositions provide new Cycle, which similarly deals with the 20th Century validity for Third Stream creation. The most notable Black experience, plus Civil Rights-era jazz instance is “Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society and compositions such as John Coltrane’s “Alabama” The ”, where, backed by the and ’s LP-length We Insist: Freedom Now! SCM, solos are divided between Smith and violinist suite. But as a theorist, educator, AACM member Shalini Vijayan. Over the course of 24 minutes, and improviser, the trumpeter created the sensitized glissandi on the violinist’s part are not compositions here after his own fashion. Very few only conveyed with an exquisite tone, but during the are programmatic on their own, for instance. finale variations stretched tautly without losing their The closest would probably be “Thurgood warmth. While Smith plays in a congruent fashion Marshall and Brown v. Board of Education: A Dream rather than complementing violin passages, his Ten Freedom Summers of Equal Education, 1954”. With stentorian beat instant theme-reshaping at times prevents Vijayan’s Wadada Leo Smith (Cuneiform) promulgated by the military-styled pacing of variations from moving too far out of sync. by Ken Waxman drummers Susie Ibarra and Pheeroan akLaff, the What’s more, the underlying strength of Smith’s inevitability of the demands for equal education for composing is such that even when the SCM plays on Striving to capture defining moments in African- all Americans is underlined. Added to this pulse are its own, the focus isn’t lost in semi-classical American history, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has scrubbed John Lindberg basslines, tremolo piano prettiness. Interpreting “: A Love- written 19 compositions to reflect events of the Civil chording from and the composer’s Voice of a Thousand Years Journey For Liberty and Rights era from 1954-64, the summers of the title. In brassy grace notes. Piano key clips and R&B-styled Justice”, the dirge-like tune Smith initially composed a gestation period that began in 1977 and consumed percussion backbeats reminiscent of Julius for violinist Leroy Jenkins, the SCM proves itself most of his time during a three-year stretch before Hemphill’s “The Hard Blues” reinforce the theme, capable of mood-appropriate interpretations. Aided this four-CD set was recorded in late 2011, Smith which reaches its climax with a celebratory sequence by Davis’ key fanning, the Jeff von der Schmidt- broadened his focus back to the 1857 Dred Scott case that is carefully harmonized as it heralds the conducted nonet sustains the melancholy mood with and forward to September 11th. Interpreted by the militancy of the following decade. pizzicato lines divided contrapuntally among harp, jazz-sophisticated members of his Golden Quartet/ Davis is a valuable addition to Smith’s team. and viola. Underneath the undulating strings, Quintet (GQ) plus the Southwest Chamber Music With impeccable keyboard finesse, he negotiates percussionist Lynn Vartan provides a thunder clap- (SCM) group, 70-year-old Smith calls the program between the two ensembles, minimizing any fissure like continuum of kettle drum resonations. “one of my life’s defining works” (and has been that could arise in the mixture of styles. For instance, Outsized in more than bulk, this four-CD set rewarded for it as a 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in on “Little Rock Nine: A Force for Desegregation in manages to commemorate major achievements in Music). Personal rather than pedantic, the Education, 1957”, it’s Davis’ easy-going arpeggios American race relations, legitimize Third Stream compositions celebrate defining moments. Although that link Larry Kaplan’s recital-like flute passages fusion and confirm Smith’s role as a major composer. there are related motifs among them, linkage is more and the SCM’s gentle string swells with the GQ’s psychological than sonic. Each composition is freer voicing. During a finale of echoing tones, For more information, visit cuneiformrecords.com. designed to stand on its own. Smith’s slurred grace notes cement both factions. This project is at Roulette May 1st-3rd. See Calendar.

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Wednesday, May 1 êGeorge Coleman Quintet with Peter Bernstein, Mike LeDonne, George Coleman Jr., • Joel Press Quartet; Jimmy Green Quartet; Tyler Mitchell Danny Sadownick Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm 1 am $20 êWadada Leo Smith’s Ten Freedom Summers: Golden Quartet with Anthony Davis, • , Edgar de Almeida, Ronaldo “China” Andrade, Gil Oliveira, Tiago Silva, • The Young Lions: Cyro Baptista, Brian Marsella, Jason Fraticelli, John Lee; John Lindberg, Pheeroan akLaff; Pacifica Red Coral: Mark Menzies, Mona Tian, Fernando Saci; Cyro Baptista and Banquet of the Spirits with Brian Marsella, Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Andrew Macintosh, Ashley Walters, Alison Bjorkedal, Jesse Gilbert Shanir Blumenkranz, Tim Keiper The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 êEllery Eskelin Quartet with Jacob Sacks, Brad Jones, Tyshawn Sorey Roulette 8 pm $20 êMicroscopic Septet: , Joel Forrester, Don Davis, Mike Hashim, Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 êUndead Music Round Robin Duets: , Andrew W.K., Bernie Worrell, Dave Sewelson, David Hofstra, Richard Dworkin êDerek Bailey Tribute Band: Chris Cochrane, Marco Cappelli, Anders Nilsson, DJ Spinna, Don Byron, Dosh, Erik Friedlander, Glenn Kotche, James Chance, Spectrum 10 pm $20 Andrea Centazzo JACK 8 pm $10 Joe Lovano, Julia Holter, Kim Gordon, Mary Halvorson, Matana Roberts, ê40Twenty: Jacob Garchik, Jacob Sacks, Dave Ambrosio, Vinnie Sperrazza; • Guy Klucevsek/Todd Reynolds Barbès 8 pm $10 Robert Glasper, , Thundercat, Vijay Iyer, ?uestlove Jesse Stacken Quartet with , Sean Conly, Ted Poor êEJ Strickland Quintet with Marcus Strickland, Godwin Louis, Benito Gonzalez, Brooklyn Masonic Temple 8 pm $15 Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 Luques Curtis Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 êSteve Kuhn Trio with Buster Williams, Joey Baron • Theo Bleckmann solo; Martin Dosh with , Alan Hampton, Mike Bloch, • Justin Brown Quartet with Sam Harris, Matt Stevens, Tim Lefebvre Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Pete Hale ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9 pm $15 The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 êBill McHenry Quartet with Orrin Evans, Eric Revis, Andrew Cyrille • Bryn Roberts Group with , Orlando Le Fleming, Johnathan Blake • Steve Dalachinsky/Carver Audain; Tomas Fujiwara, Ingrid Laubrock, Joshua Abrams; Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 James Brandon Lewis Trio with Luke Stewart, Dominic Fragman • Michel Camilo Trio with Lincoln Goines, Cliff Almond • Yuki Shigeno Quartet with Don Friedman, Harvie S, Shinnosuke Takahashi Clemente Soto Velez 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 pm $11-22 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 • Roy Assaf Trio Rubin Museum 7 pm $20 • Edward Simon Trio with Scott Colley, Brian Blade • Matthew Fries Trio with Phil Palombi, Keith Hall; Carlos Abadie Quintet • Lil Phillips Jazz 966 8, 10 pm $15 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 • Big Eyed Rabbit: Ross Martin, Max Johnson, Jeff Davis • Ann Hampton Callaway and Trio with Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson, Tim Horner • Gregorio Uribe Big Band Zinc Bar 9, 10:30 pm 12 am Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30, 10 pm $10 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 • Shayna Dulberger Quartet with Yoni Kretzmer, Chris Welcome, Carlo Costa • Dan Cray Trio +1 with Joe Martin, , Noah Preminger • Alexander Claffy Group Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 Caffe Vivaldi 9:30 pm Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 8 pm $10 êBlack Lamp: Cyro Baptista/Billy Martin; Cyro Baptista, Billy Martin, Amir Ziv • Dan Blake, Devin Drobka, Kenji Herbert • Jared Gold/Dave Gibson Band Fat Cat 10:30 pm The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 The Firehouse Space 8 pm $10 • World on a String Trio: Paul Meyers, Leo Traversa, Vanderlei Perreira êValery Ponomarev “Our Father Who Art Blakey” Big Band with guest Essiet Essiet • Dave Allen Trio with Matt Clohesy, Colin Stranahan Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $10 Zinc Bar 8 pm Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 • Azande Cummings Metropolitan Room 11:30 pm $20 • Vincent Herring and the Hyuna Park Trio with Peng Ji, Bomi Choi • Jazz Country: Amy Cervini, Jesse Lewis, Matt Aronoff • Alison Wedding; Emily Wolf Project with Satish Robertson, Leah Gough-Cooper, An Beal Bocht Café 8, 9:30 pm $15 55Bar 7 pm Andrew Baird, Jason Yeager, Danny Weller, Matt Rousseau; • Adam Birnbaum Quartet with Dayna Stephens, Matt Brewer, Billy Drummond; • The Quintet; Saul Rubin Rubens Salles Mantica Quintet Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10-12 Marc Devine with Hassan Shakur, Fukushi Tainaka Fat Cat 7, 10 pm • Tom Blatt Trio Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 • Yuhan Su Metropolitan Room 11:30 pm $20 • Steve Elmer Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Keystone Korner Presents: Christian Sands • Jill McManus/Boots Maleson Sofia’s 7 pm êGeorge Coleman Quintet with Peter Bernstein, Mike LeDonne, George Coleman Jr., Iridium 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Christian Finger Band with Jon Gordon, David Berkman, Adam Armstrong; Danny Sadownick Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 • Fleurine and Friends with Freddie Bryant Cristian Mendoza Quartet with Francisco Lelo De Larrea, Edward Perez, Alex Kautz êD’Istante3: Giancarlo Mazzù, Blaise Siwula, Luciano Troja Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 University of the Streets 8 pm $10 • Mayu Saeki Trio with Aaron Goldberg, Matt Penman • Renaud Penant Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm • Aaron Parks solo; Martin Dosh with Aaron Parks, Chris Morrissey, Jeremy Ylvisaker Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 êWadada Leo Smith’s Ten Freedom Summers: Golden Quartet with Anthony Davis, ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9 pm $15 • Collective with , Sam Bardfeld, Jerome Harris; John Lindberg, Pheeroan akLaff; Pacifica Red Coral: Mark Menzies, Mona Tian, êWadada Leo Smith’s Ten Freedom Summers: Golden Quartet with Anthony Davis, OWL Trio: Orlando Le Fleming, Will Vinson, Lage Lund Andrew Macintosh, Ashley Walters, Alison Bjorkedal, Jesse Gilbert John Lindberg, Pheeroan akLaff; Pacifica Red Coral: Mark Menzies, Mona Tian, SEEDS 8:30, 10 pm Roulette 8 pm $20 Andrew Macintosh, Ashley Walters, Alison Bjorkedal, Jesse Gilbert; Flux Quartet: • Messaoud Kheniche: Meta, Thomas Enhco, Dan Pugach, Francois Moutin; êSteve Kuhn Trio with Buster Williams, Joey Baron Tom Chiu, Conrad Harris, Max Mendel, Felix Fan Leo Genovese Trio with Justin Purtill, Bob Gullotti Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Roulette 8 pm $20 ShapeShifter Lab 7, 9 pm $10 êBill McHenry Quartet with Orrin Evans, Eric Revis, Andrew Cyrille êSteve Kuhn Trio with Buster Williams, Joey Baron • Petros Klampanis’ Contextual with Gilad Hekselman, Jean-Michel Pilc, John Hadfield, Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Maria Im, Maria Manousaki, Matt Sinno, Yoed Nir • Michel Camilo Trio with Lincoln Goines, Cliff Almond êBill McHenry Quartet with Orrin Evans, Eric Revis, Andrew Cyrille Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Matt Holman’s Diversion Ensemble with Michael McGinnis, Nate Radley, • Ann Hampton Callaway and Trio with Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson, Tim Horner • Michel Camilo Trio with Lincoln Goines, Cliff Almond Christopher Hoffman, Ziv Ravitz Barbès 8 pm $10 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Allan Rubinstein Trio; Groover Trio • Alexander Claffy Group Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 • Marko Djordjevic’s Sveti with Bobby Avey, Tivon Pennicott, Peter Slavov Fat Cat 7, 9 pm • Champian Fulton Quartet The Garage 6 pm Blue Note 12:30 am $15 • Isaac Darche Group with Glenn Zaleski, Phil Donkin, Greg Ritchie; • City College Annual Jazz Festival Aaron Davis Hall 12, 7 pm • Ann Hampton Callaway and Trio with Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson, Tim Horner Water Esc: Ehud Ettun, Tal Gur, Haruka Yabuno, Natti Blankett Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 Friday, May 3 • Alexander Claffy Group Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $20 • Roos Plaatsman Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 • Ben Benack Quartet; Dre Barnes Project Marc Devine Trio The Garage 7 pm • Musica Nueva 6: Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with Christina Pato, • Antonio Lizana, Ximo Tebar Symphony Space Peter Jay Sharp Theatre 8 pm $20 The Garage 6, 10:45 pm • David Kardas Shrine 6 pm • City College Annual Jazz Festival Aaron Davis Hall 12, 7 pm Cecilia Coleman Big Band Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10 • Lost Jazz Shrines - Bird – A World’s Eye View: TK Blue with James Weidman, • Essiet Essiet, Winard Harper, Steve Turre Tribeca Performing Arts Center 8:30 pm $25 Thursday, May 2 • Renee Rosnes Quartet with Steve Nelson, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash êKenny Barron/ Duo 92nd Street Y 7:30 pm $40 Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 Cobi Narita Presents EVERY SATURDAY IN MAY (EXCEPT MAY 11), 1-6 PM OPEN MIC-JAM SESSIONS + FILMS AT ZEB’S Open Mic/Jam Sessions for Singers, Tap Dancers, Instrumentalists hosted by Frank Owens from 3 to 6 pm, preceded at 1 pm by films, shown by Walter Taylor, celebrating Black musicians, entertainers and movie stars from the old days. A wonderful afternoon. Admission: $10 SATURDAY, MAY 11, 8 PM FIFTH ANNUAL QUEENS TAP EXTRAVAGANZA Featured artists: Dormesha Sumbry Edwards; Jason Samuels Smith; Omar Edwards; Baakari Wilder; Michelle Dorrance, Andrew Nemr, and many more! Nobuko Cobi Narita & Paul Ash, co-Presenter & Producer; Michela Marino Lerman, Artistic Director; Frank Owens, Music Director; Traci Mann & Al Heyward, co-producers. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY - $20/$15 Members/$10 Students with ID - For tickets, call 718/463-7700, ext 222 SATURDAY, MAY 4, 8 PM SHIRL CARTER AND FRIENDS AT ZEB’S An Attitude Called The Blues - 4 Distinctive Vocalists Performing Jazz on The Rocks, SHIRL CARTER, DOR GREEN, STEPHEN FULLER and JIM MALLOY With The Frank Owens Trio Frank Owens, Music Director & piano; Paul West, bass; Greg Bufford, drums $15; students, seniors, Open Mic members $10. SATURDAY, MAY 18, 7:30 PM AN EVENING WITH ANGELINE BUTLER AT ZEB’S Come and enjoy ANGELINE BUTLER. Hear her songs, her treasured stories, and see Video Clips at 7 p.m. With Angeline will be Naoko Ono, piano/synthesizer; Joan Ashley, percussion (djembe and conga); Andrew “Tex” Allen, trumpet; Amy Madden, bass. $15; students, seniors, Open Mic members $10. Artist Contact: (877) 760-7538 ZEB’S, 223 W. 28 Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues), 2nd flOOR walk-up cobinarita.com / zebulonsoundandlight.com / Info & Res: (516) 922-2010

38 May 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD êGene Bertoncini solo; Ari Hoenig Group with Shai Maestro, Johannes Weidenmuller; Saturday, May 4 Sunday, May 5 Spencer Murphy Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 êCyro Baptista and Banquet of the Spirits Plus Beat the Donkey êCyro Baptista/Ikue Mori; Cyro Baptista and Banquet of the Spirits with Brian Marsella, • Sean Smith Trio with John Hart, Russell Meissner The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Shanir Blumenkranz, Tim Keiper The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 55Bar 7 pm • Mary Halvorson/Stephan Crump Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 • Ceramic Dog: Marc Ribot, Shahzad Ismaily, Ches Smith • Westminster Trio: Jeremy Udden, Garth Stevenson, Harris Eisenstadt; êGowanus Jazz Fest: La Sombra De Su Sombra: Roxana Amed/Frank Carlberg with Le Poisson Rouge 8 pm $18 Bomb X: Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic, Tyshawn Sorey, Art Hirahara, Samuel Blais guest Christine Correa; Noah Preminger/Frank Kimbrough Duo êArcanus: Brian Groder, Michael Bisio, Andrea Centazzo; Jonah Rosenberg with Sycamore 8:30, 9:30 pm Douglass Street Music Collective 8:30, 10 pm $15 Blaise Siwula, Aleks Karjaka, Martha Cargo, Emma Alabaster • Harold O’Neal; Paris Wright Quintet • Gene Bertoncini with Sturm and guest Dominick Farinacci The Firehouse Space 8, 9:30 pm $10 Fat Cat 6, 9 pm Ginny’s Supper Club 7:30, 10 pm $20 • Oguri/Adam Rudolph; Noah Preminger’s Kindred Spirits; Nick Sanders Trio with • Dida Pelled Trio with Tal Ronen, Joe Strasser • Jay Rodriguez Quartet with Brandee Younger, Melissa Slocum, Swiss Chris Henry Fraser, Connor Baker ShapeShifter Lab 7, 8, 9:30 pm $10 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 St. Augustine’s Church 7:30 pm $20 • Motions: Chris Dingman, Kaoru Watanabe, Tim Keiper, Matt Kilmer • Cecilia Coleman Quintet with Dave Smith, Peter Brainin, Tim Givens, Chris Benham; êGreg Abate Quartet with Don Friedman, Harvie S, Steve Williams Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 Druckmittel: Franceso Fratini, Matt Heath, Nitzan Gavrieli, Richard Moore, Florian Hoesl Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 êMara Rosenbloom Quartet with Darius Jones, Sean Conly, Nick Anderson; Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 • Yoshiko Chuma/Rob Brown; Jason Jordan/Daniel Levin; Rob Brown/Daniel Levin Duo; Chris Flory/John Cohn Duo; Tuomo Uusitalo Trio • Yoo Sun Nam Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Nemesis: Lewis “Flip” Barnes, Ted Daniel, Matt Lavelle, Asim Barnes Smalls 4:30, 7:30, 11:30 pm $20 • John Lester “Jazz?” Quartet with Joel Frahm, Michael Wolff, Tim Bulkley Clemente Soto Velez 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 pm $11-22 • Ehud Asherie Trio Fat Cat 9 pm Zinc Bar 7 pm $10 • Robert Rutledge Sistas’ Place 9, 10:30 pm $25 • Peter Mazza Trio with Misha Tsiganov, Thomson Kneeland • Antoine Cara Shrine 7 pm • The Relative Quartet: Chet Doxas, John Stetch, Michael Bates, Owen Howard Bar Next Door 8, 10 pm $10 • Howard Williams Jazz Orchestra The Garage 7 pm Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 8 pm $10 • String of Pearls: Sue Halloran, Jeanne O’Connor, Holli Ross êStephen Gauci Quintet with Kirk Knuffke, Art Bailey, Michael Bisio, Nathan Ellman-Bell; Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 Tuesday, May 7 Elena Camerin, Khabu Young, Michael Bisio • Max Alper solo; Flin van Hemmen solo; Nick Gianni/Chizuru Tanaka The Firehouse Space 8, 9:30 pm $10 ABC No-Rio 7 pm $5 êBill Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers with Eyvind Kang, Rudy Royston • James Hall and 1,000 Rooms with Evan Mazunik, Ronen Itzik; • Noah MacNeil Trio with Bob Edinger, Yoshiki Yamada; Stefania Carati Quartet with Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Nadje Noordhuis/James Shipp Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30, 9:30 pm $10 Antonello Parisi, Tina Lama, Enrico Solano; Alex DeZenzo Trio with Dave Lowenthal, êSnakeoil: Tim Berne, Oscar Noriega, Ches Smith, Matt Mitchell • Kyle Wilson Quartet; Jon De Lucia Group with Greg Ruggiero, Chris Tordini, David Cornejo Somethin’ Jazz Club 5, 7, 9 pm $10 The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Tommy Crane Sycamore 9, 10 pm • Shrine Big Band Shrine 8 pm êFred Hersch/Anat Cohen Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Rick Stone Trio with Harvie S, Tom Pollard êGeorge Coleman Quintet with Peter Bernstein, Mike LeDonne, George Coleman Jr., • Monty Alexander Harlem Kingston Express Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $10 Danny Sadownick Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Alex Hoffman; Raphael D’Lugoff Fat Cat 7, 10 pm êBill McHenry Quartet with Orrin Evans, Eric Revis, Andrew Cyrille • Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Shirl Carter and Friends with Dor Green, Stephen Fuller, Jim Malloy, Frank Owens Trio Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Essentially Ellington Alumni Group Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 Zeb’s 8 pm $15 • Michel Camilo Trio with Lincoln Goines, Cliff Almond • Jack Jeffers and the New York Classics with Antoinette Montague • Daniel Meron Group Metropolitan Room 11:30 pm $20 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 Zinc Bar 8, 10 pm • Brad Whiteley/Michael Eaton; Jussi Reijonen’s un with Utar Artun, Bruno Raberg, • Ann Hampton Callaway and Trio with Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson, Tim Horner • Janis Siegel 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 Tareq Rantisi, Sergio Martinez; Fauré-Play: Louise Rogers, Mark Kross, Jamie Baum; Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 • Take 6 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $45 James Robbins Quintet Somethin’ Jazz Club 5, 7, 9, 11 pm $10 • Michael Lytle; Dominic Fragman Downtown Music Gallery 6 pm • Rosemary George and Group NYC Baha’i Center 8, 9:30 pm $15 • Mamiko Taira Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 • DePaul University Jazz Ensemble Saint Peter’s 5 pm • Paul West/Rashaan Carter Ginny’s Supper Club 7:30 pm $10 • Justin Lees Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Combo Nuvo: David Schroeder, Rich Shemaria, Lenny Pickett, Brad Shepik, • Lakecia Benjamin and Soul Squad Showman’s 8:30, 10, 11:30 pm • Musica Nueva 6: Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with Christina Pato, Mike Richmond, John Hadfield and guest Paul McCandless êMax Esquivel Quintet with Arthur Hnatek, Martha Kato, Francesco Geminiani, Antonio Lizana, Ximo Tebar Symphony Space Peter Jay Sharp Theatre 8 pm $20 Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 Jean-Lou Treboux, Ingrid Jensen; Joe Fiedler’s Big Sackbut with Josh Roseman, • Renee Rosnes Quartet with Steve Nelson, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash • Zak Sherzad/Daniel Carter; William Parker Curtis Hasselbring, Marcus Rojas ShapeShifter Lab 7, 8:15 pm $10 Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center 2, 3 pm $11-16 êRyan Keberle and Catharsis with Ingrid Jensen, Jorge Roeder, Eric Doob • Joey Cavaseno Quartet Duke Ellington Tribute; Jimmy Green Group; Stacy Dillard, • Lezlie Harrison Trio with Saul Rubin, Kevin Hailey Lang Hall 8 pm Diallo House, Ismail Lawal Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm 1 am $20 North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm • Spike Wilner Trio; The Smalls Legacy Band: Josh Evans, , Stacy Dillard, • Justin Brown Quartet with Sam Harris, Matt Stevens, Tim Lefebvre • Mayu Seiki; David Coss Quartet The Garage 11:30 am 7 pm Theo Hill, Rashaan Carter, Kush Abadey; Kyle Poole and Friends The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 êGeorge Coleman Quintet with Peter Bernstein, Mike LeDonne, George Coleman Jr., • Greg Skaff Trio with Ugonna Okegwo, Ralph Peterson Monday, May 6 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 Danny Sadownick Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 êCraig Taborn Trio with Thomas Morgan, Gerald Cleaver Trio Shane Endsley, Todd Sickafoose, ; Martin Dosh with Andrew Bird, • Saul Rubin; Willie Martinez Y La Familia Sextet • Roulette 8 pm $15 Fat Cat 7, 9 pm Jeremy Ylvisaker, Todd Sickafoose ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9 pm $15 êJimmy Heath/Antonio Hart Ginny’s Supper Club 8 pm $10 êSteve Kuhn Trio with Buster Williams, Joey Baron • Jeremy Siskind Jazz at Kitano 8 pm êMingus Big Band Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Ben Winkelman Trio with Sam Anning, Ben Wanderwal Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 NYU Jazz Orchestra Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $15 êBill McHenry Quartet with Orrin Evans, Eric Revis, Andrew Cyrille • Terraza 7 9:30 pm • Temple University Jazz Band with Terrell Stafford • Nick Grinder Quintet; Dark Square: Matt Vashlishan, Matt Panayides, Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Michel Camilo Trio with Lincoln Goines, Cliff Almond David Caldwell-Mason, Eddy Khaimovich, Arthur Vint • • Adam Rudolph’s GO: Organic Orchestra; Eric Divito Group with Jake Saslow, Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 Danile Foose, Nadav Snir-Zelniker ShapeShifter Lab 8, 10 pm $10-15 • Amanda Ruzza with Mamiko Watanabe, Alex Nolan, Chris Stover, Ben Flocks, • Greg Merritt Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Mauricio Zottarelli Blue Note 12:30 am $10 • David Amram & Co. with Kevin Twigg, John De Witt, Adam Amram • Roman Rofalski Shrine 6 pm Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 • The Legacy Trio with David Coss The Garage 6 pm • Ann Hampton Callaway and Trio with Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson, Tim Horner • /Marvin Sewell; Andrea Wolper IP with Eri Yamamoto, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $45 Ken Filiano; Areni Agbabian solo Clemente Soto Velez 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 pm $11-22 • Alexander Claffy Group Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $20

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THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | May 2013 39 Wednesday, May 8 • Devin Bing and The Secret Service Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 • Simona De Rosa Trio with Marco Di Gennaro; Somethin’ Vocal with Matt Baker Trio; êSexmob: Steven Bernstein, Briggan Krauss, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen; Billy White Group Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10-12 Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom 92YTribeca 8 pm $12 • Tom Talitsch Duo Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 êColin Stetson solo; Rafiq Bhatia Le Poisson Rouge 8 pm $15 • Seth Myers Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm êBeat Masters: Cyro Baptista, Billy Martin, Amir Ziv • Maya Yalav Gour Quartet; Kevin Dorn and the BIG 72 New School Arnhold Hall 8 pm $10 The Garage 6, 10:45 pm êJunior Mance/Christian Sands Ginny’s Supper Club 8 pm $10 êFor The Love of Abbey: Marc Cary with Kiyem Aday Ali, Maggie Brown, • Bill Easley Trio Showman’s 8:30, 10, 11:30 pm Pyeng Threadgill, Imani Uzuri Harlem Stage Gatehouse 7:30 pm $10 êMostly Other People Do the Killing: Peter Evans, Jon Irabagon, Dave Taylor, êBill Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers with Eyvind Kang, Rudy Royston Brandon Seabrook, Ron Stabinsky, Moppa Elliott, Mike Pride; Gene Ess and Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Fractal Attraction with Thana Alexa, David Berkman, Thomson Kneeland, Ari Hoenig êFred Hersch with Esperanza Spalding, Richie Barshay ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm $10 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 êRaphael D’lugoff; Harold Mabern Trio • Monty Alexander Harlem Kingston Express Fat Cat 7, 9 pm Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Molly Ringwald Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 • Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Jamire Williams’ ERIMAJ; Fabian Almazan with Camila Meza, Megan Gould, • Essentially Ellington Alumni Group Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 Tomoko Omura, Karen Waltuch, Noah Hoffeld, Linda Oh, Henry Cole • Take 6 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $45 Harlem Stage Gatehouse 7:30 pm $10 êHypnotic Brass Ensemble Blue Note 12:30 am $15 • Music of Our Peers: Jonathan Finlayson, Roman Filiu, Ohad Talmor, Matt Stevens, • Rafi Malkiel with Itai Kriss, Jack Glottman, Panagiotis Andreou, Ziv Ravitz Michael Bates Barbès 8 pm $10 92nd Street Y Weill Art Gallery 2 pm • Jeremy Manasia Trio with Borak Mori, Jason Brown Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Saturday, May 11 • Nate Radley Quartet with Loren Stillman, Matt Pavolka, Ted Poor Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 êGowanus Jazz Fest: Tivoli Trio: Frank Carlberg, Pascal Niggenkemper, Michael Sarin; • Ed Cherry Trio with Corcoran Holt, Chris Beck; Benjamin Drazen Trio with Roswell Rudd with Tivoli Trio Douglass Street Music Collective 8:30, 10 pm $15 Brian Charette, Darrell Green Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 êThe Great Jazz Women Of The Apollo: Geri Allen and Friends with Timeline Tap Quartet, • Dave Chamberlain Band of Bones Zinc Bar 7 pm $10 Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tia Fuller, Karen Malina White, • Michael Gallant Trio with Jordan Scannella, Chris Infusino and guest Oz Noy Marvin Sewell, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Afro Blue The Bitter End 9 pm $8 Apollo Theater 3, 8 pm • Maria Neckham; Rose & the Nightingale: Jody Redhage, Leala Cyr, Sara Caswell, êTim Berne 7 with Dan Weiss, Ches Smith, Michael Formanek, Ryan Ferreira, Laila Biali Culture Project 7:30, 9 pm $15 Oscar Noriega, Matt Mitchell The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • Ayako Shirasaki Trio with Noriko Ueda, Quincy Davis; Edward Perez Trio with êBen Allison Plays Jim Hall with Steve Cardenas, Ted Nash Nitzan Gavrieli Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 • Roos Plaatsman Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 • Mel Davis Showman’s 9, 11 pm êBill Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers with Eyvind Kang, Rudy Royston êAruán Ortiz and The Afro Cuban Experience with Hans Glawischnig, Francisco Mela, Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Mauricio Herrera Metropolitan Room 11:30 pm $20 êSnakeoil: Tim Berne, Oscar Noriega, Ches Smith, Matt Mitchell • Freddie Bryant Trio with Patrice Blanchard, Willard Dyson The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $10 êFred Hersch/Donny McCaslin Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Steven Kroon Latin Jazz Sextet BAMCafé 9 pm • Chris Washburne and SYOTOS Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm • Todd Herbert Quintet; Carlos Abadie Quintet • Monty Alexander Harlem Kingston Express Fat Cat 7, 10 pm Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Magos Herrera; Sofia Rei Joe’s Pub 7 pm $20 • Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Vanessa Rubin Sistas’ Place 9, 10:30 pm $25 • Essentially Ellington Alumni Group Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 • MIVOS Quartet plays WORKS Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 8 pm $15 • Take 6 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $45 • The Project: Tom Blatt, Andy O’Neil, Charles Ramsey, Michele Smith • Josh Lawrence Quartet The Garage 6 pm Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 • Elijah Shiffer Shrine 6 pm • Carol Sudhalter Astoria Big Band with guest Frank Senior • Matt Fries Trio Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10 Sunnyside Reformed Church 7 pm êBarry Wallenstein Medicine Show Theater 7:30 pm COLIN STETSON Thursday, May 9 • Swingadelic Swing 46 8:30 pm • Emanuele Tozzi with Lorenzo Tozz, Jason Vitelli, Bob Borress; E.S.P.: Matthew Vacanti, NEW HISTORY WARFARE VOL.3: êHighlights in Jazz: Salute to George Wein with Ron Carter, Anat Cohen, John Magnante, Bill D’Agostion; Nick Brust/Adam Horowitz Quintet with Wycliffe Gordon, Jay Leonhart, Lew Tabackin, Kenny Washington Matthew Sheens, James Quinlan, Dani Danor; Mind Open: Andrew Ahr, Chris Covais, TO SEE MORE LIGHT Tribeca Performing Arts Center 8 pm $40 Dave Pellegrino, Hugo Lopez Somethin’ Jazz Club 5, 7, 9, 11 pm $10 êInterpretations: Marty Ehrlich solo and with Jennifer Choi, Dufallo, • Ayumi Ishito Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 ALBUM OUT APRIL 30 • 2x180gLP / CD / DL Lev Zhurbin, Alex Waterman: For Living Lovers: /Stomu Takeishi with • Richard Benetar Quartet Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm guests JT Lewis, Stephanie Richards êDon Friedman Quartet with Tim Armacost, Phil Palombi, Shinnosuke Takahashi Roulette 8 pm $15 Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 êFor The Love of Abbey: Marc Cary Trio with Rashaan Carter, Sameer Gupta êKris Davis Trio with John Hébert, Tom Rainey IN CONCERT Harlem Stage Gatehouse 7:30 pm $10 The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Stephane Wrembel Trio with Roy Williams, Dave Speranza • Richie Vitale Quintet with Clifford Barbaro; Winard Harper Group; Philip Harper MAY 08 • (LE) POISSON ROUGE Joe’s Pub 9:30 pm $22 Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm 1 am $20 • Pascal’s Triangle: Pascal Le Boeuf, Linda Oh, Justin Brown êLou Donaldson Quartet with Akiko Tsuruga, Randy Johnston, Fukushi Tainaka The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $25 Iridium 8:30, 10:30 pm $30 • Takeshi Asai Trio with Daniel Ori, Rob Garcia êHelen Sung Quintet with Seamus Blake, Brandon Lee, Dezron Douglas, Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Donald Edwards Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 • Patience Higgins Sugar Hill Quartet êBill Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers with Eyvind Kang, Rudy Royston Showman’s 8:30, 10, 11:30 pm Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Yotam Silberstein Trio with Barak Mori, Jochen Rueckert êFred Hersch with Esperanza Spalding, Richie Barshay Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 • Steve Ash Trio; Greg Glassman Quintet • Monty Alexander Harlem Kingston Express Fat Cat 7, 10 pm Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • and The Crash Trio with Pablo Menares, Francisco Mela; Emmet Cohen • Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $45 Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 • Essentially Ellington Alumni Group Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 • Ryan Ferreira The Firehouse Space 8 pm $10 • Take 6 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $45 • Florencia Gonzalez Candombe Project • Calling All Forces: Andrew Drury solo; Ras Moshe Unit with Anders Nilsson, Terraza 7 9:30 pm Ratzo Harris, Andrew Drury; Exposed Blues Duo: Fay Victor/Anders Nilsson; • Matt Heister Trio with Casey Dodd, Jeong Park; Tomoko Omura Quintet Katie Bull Group with Jeff Lederer, Landon Knoblock, Joe Fonda, Deric Dickens and Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $7-10 guest Kevin Fitzgerald Burke JACK 6 pm • Fukushi Tainaka Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm • Roz Corral Quartet with Deanna Witkowski, Orlando Le Fleming, Steve Williams • Molly Ringwald Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 55Bar 6 pm êBill Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers with Eyvind Kang, Rudy Royston • Brooks Hartell Trio; Virginia Mayhew Quartet Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 The Garage 6:15, 10:45 pm êSnakeoil: Tim Berne, Oscar Noriega, Ches Smith, Matt Mitchell êDave Brubeck Celebration Cathedral of St. John the Divine 4 pm The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • Fred Hersch/Greg Osby Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Sunday, May 12 • Monty Alexander Harlem Kingston Express Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êDecay: Tim Berne, Ryan Ferreira, Michael Formanek, Ches Smith • Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • Essentially Ellington Alumni Group Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 • Dan Blake/Leo Genovese Quartet with Dmitry Ishenko, Jeff Williams • Take 6 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $45 The Backroom 9:30 pm • George Weldon Trio The Garage 6 pm • Carlos Avila, Rebekah Durham, Amy Kang; Ehud Asherie Trio; Ai Murakami Trio • Omar Haddad Shrine 6 pm Smalls 5, 7:30, 11:30 pm $20 • JD Walter and Orrin Evans Quartet with Marvin Sewell, Mark Helias, Nasheet Waits Friday, May 10 Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm • Oscar Penas with Moto Fukushima, Richie Barshay êDon Friedman Quartet with Tim Armacost, Phil Palombi, Shinnosuke Takahashi Bar Next Door 8, 10 pm $10 Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 • Terry Waldo’s Gotham City; Fat Cat Big Band êKris Davis Trio with John Hébert, Tom Rainey Fat Cat 6, 8:30 pm The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Isaac Darche Group with Will Vinson, Glenn Zaleski, Desmond White, Kenneth Salters • Tardo Hammer Trio with Lee Hudson, Jimmy Wormworth; Winard Harper Group; ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $5 Lawrence Leathers Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm 1 am $20 • Jostein Gulbrandsen Quartet with Megumi Yonezawa, Phil Palombi, Brain Fishler; êJacob Sacks Quartet with Ellery Eskelin, Michael Formanek, Dan Weiss Heleen Schuttevaer Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 • Broc Hempel, Sam Trapchak, Christian Coleman with guest Jacob Varmus MATANA ROBERTS êLou Donaldson Quartet with Akiko Tsuruga, Randy Johnston, Fukushi Tainaka Dominie’s Astoria 9 pm Iridium 8:30, 10:30 pm $30 • Brian Abbott’s Biased Scientists; Luke Schwartz Ensemble; John Sarantos COIN COIN CHAPTER ONE: êThe Dilated Pupils: Tim Berne, David Torn, Craig Taborn, Ches Smith, Ryan Ferreira ABC No-Rio 7 pm $5 The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • Martha Lorin; Lauren White and the Quinn Johnson Trio GENS DE COULEUR LIBRES êHelen Sung Quintet with Seamus Blake, Brandon Lee, Dezron Douglas, Metropolitan Room 2, 7 pm $20 Donald Edwards Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 • Charles Brewer Trio Shrine 8 pm ALBUM OUT NOW • 2x10” / CD / DL • Tribute to the Baby Grand: Lezlie Harrison • Swingadelic Swing 46 8:30 pm Apollo Music Café 10 pm • Lou Caputo Quartet; David Coss Quartet COIN COIN CHAPTER TWO - COMING THIS FALL! • Doris Spears Showman’s 9, 11 pm The Garage 11:30 am 7 pm êEast Meets West Guitar Trio: John Stowell, Gene Bertoncini, Paul Meyers êLou Donaldson Quartet with Akiko Tsuruga, Randy Johnston, Fukushi Tainaka Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $10 Iridium 8:30, 10:30 pm $30 • Christopher Davidson Quartet; Teri Roiger with Frank Kimbrough, John Menegon, êBill Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers with Eyvind Kang, Rudy Royston MATANA ROBERTS QUARTET Steve Williams; Peter Apfelbum with Natalie Cressman, Jill Ryan, Will Bernard, Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Barney McAll, Willard Dyson ShapeShifter Lab 7, 8:15, 9:30 pm $8-12 • Fred Hersch/Lionel Loueke Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 JUNE 15 • JAZZ GALLERY êThe Four Bags: Sean Moran, Mike McGinnis, Jacob Garchik, Brian Drye • Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 8 pm $10 • Take 6 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $45 • Kenny Gates Jazz 966 8, 10 pm $15 • Joe Fonda’s Old Bottle New Wine with Carlo Morena, Michelle Salgarello • Ogni Suono Saxophone Duet: Noa Even/Phil Pierick; New Thread Saxophone Quartet: Saint Peter’s 5 pm Geoffrey Landman, Kristen McKeon, Justin Marks, Erin Rogers • Aaron Diehl Trio with guest Cecile McLorin Salvant CONSTELLATION CSTRECORDS.COM The Firehouse Space 8, 9 pm $10 Abyssinian Baptist Church 4 pm $20 • Aryeh Kobrinsky; David Schnug Trio with Will McEvoy, Kate Pittman; • Judy Wexler Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 Alan Bjorklund’s Smirk with Jeremy Viner, Travis Reuter, Greg Chudzik, Tyshawn Sorey • Alexis Cole Trio with Paul Meyers, Paul Beaudry experimental, liberation, agit-prop, progressive, immersive, ZirZamin 9:30 pm North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm avant-jazz, new folk, punk-rock & heavy music of all sorts • Champian Fulton Quartet; Myron Walden’s Countryfied Fat Cat 6, 10:30 pm

40 May 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD Monday, May 13 Thursday, May 16 • One For All: Eric Alexander, Steve Davis, Jeremy Pelt, David Hazeltine, David Williams, Joe Farnsworth Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 êGil Evans Birthday Celebration: Gil Evans Orchestra with guests êChick Corea with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra • Stephanie Nakasian/Hod O’Brien Generations with Veronica O’Brien, Daryl Johns, Highline Ballroom 8 pm $25-35 Rose Hall 8 pm $30-120 Evan Sherman Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 êMingus Dynasty Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Ron Carter Trio with Russell Malone, Donald Vega • Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet with Joel Frahm, Eliot Zigmund; êRutgers Faculty Jazz Septet and University Jazz Ensemble with Stanley Cowell, Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $45 Tim Green Group; Brooklyn Circle: Stacy Dillard, Diallo House, Ismail Lawal Ralph Bowen, Conrad Herwig, Joe Magnarelli, Vic Juris, Kenny Davis, Victor Lewis êKenny Garrett Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm 1 am $20 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $15 êChick Corea Festival: Elio Villafranca Group with Charnett Moffett, Joe Locke êChick Corea with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra • Claire Martin with Steve Wilson, Nikolaj Hess, Peter Washington, Matt Wilson Dizzy’s Club 9:30, 11:30 pm $40 Rose Hall 8 pm $30-120 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 • Jordan Petta Quintet Dizzy’s Club 12:30 am $10 êKenny Garrett Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 • Mimi Fox; Martin Taylor Iridium 8, 10 pm $30 êJon Irabagon Trio with Mark Helias, êMiguel Zenón Quartet with Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, Henry Cole • Improv Night; Dr. Rosenberg with Jeff Zeigler, James Ilgenfritz Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 The Stone 8, 10 pm $10-25 • Duane Eubanks Group; Carlos Abadie Quintet êThe Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan Truesdell with Steve Wilson, Dave Pietro, êDan Tepfer/Ben Wendel Duo; Ari Hoenig Group with Jonathan Kreisberg, Will Vinson, Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 Donny McCaslin, Brian Landrus, Owen Broder, Alden Banta, Tom Christensen, Danton Boller; Spencer Murphy Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 êCuban Pak Collective: Roman Filiu, Rez Abbasi, Aruán Ortiz, Mike Sarin Jesse Han, Christopher Matthews, Steve Kenyon, Augie Haas, Greg Gisbert, • Rob Brown Quartet with Kenny Warren, Peter Bitenc, JP Carletti; Max Johnson Trio The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $15 Laurie Frink, Garrett Schmidt, Jonathan Heim, Nadje Noordhuis, Ryan Keberle, with Kirk Knuffke, Ziv Ravitz Sycamore 8:30, 9:30 pm • Karl Berger Orchestra; Carolina Brandes with Sean Nowell, Isamu Mcgregor, Marshall Gilkes, George Flynn, Nick Finzer, Marcus Rojas, James Chirillo, Nate Radley, • Quentin Angus Quintet with Will Vinson, , Orlando Le Fleming, Bryan Ladd, Dave Pettirossi ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $10-15 Frank Kimbrough, Jay Anderson, Lewis Nash, Wendy Gilles, James Shipp Kenneth Salters; Matthew Sheens Group with Sara Serpa, Orlando Le Fleming, • Jennifer Leitham Trio with Deanna Witkowski, Scott Latzky Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 Rogério Boccato, Colin Stranahan ShapeShifter Lab 8:30 pm $10 Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 êUri Gurvich and BabEl with Leo Genovese, Aidan Carroll, Eric Doob and guest • Idan Santhaus Jazz Orchestra Tea Lounge 9, 10:30 pm • Billy Kaye Quintet; Theo Hill Fat Cat 7, 10 pm Brahim Fribgane The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 êSean Ali/Pascal Niggenkemper Cameo Gallery 8 pm • Asaf Kehati Trio with Ehud Ettun, Colin Stranahan • BossaBrasil: Dory Caymmi with Dario Eskenazi, Rodolfo Stroeter, Tutty Moreno and êNed Goold Quartet Fat Cat 9 pm Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 guest Joyce Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Daniela Schaechter Trio with Michael O’Brien, Brian Fishler • Terry Cade Quartet with Bob Rodriguez, Ratzo Harris, Victor Jones; • Larry Newcomb Trio; Mark Marino Trio Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 Troy Roberts Quartet with Konrad Paszkudzki, Eric , Dag Markhus The Garage 12, 6:15 pm • NY Youth Symphony Big Band The Garage 7 pm Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 11 pm $10-12 • SkyFloor: Mao Sone, Edmar Colon, Mike Bono, Takafumi Suenaga, Jonny Chapman, • Masami Ishikawa Organ Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm Hironori Suzuki; Maria Alejandra Rodriguez • Tribute to Bobby Short: Michael Feinstein, Tedd Firth, Andy Farber, Paula West, Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 T. Oliver Reed, Barbara Carroll Allen Room 7, 9 pm $55-65 • Benjamin Servenay Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 êMiguel Zenón Quartet with Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, Henry Cole Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Tuesday, May 14 êThe Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan Truesdell with Steve Wilson, Dave Pietro, êMiguel Zenón Quartet with Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, Henry Cole Donny McCaslin, Brian Landrus, Owen Broder, Alden Banta, Tom Christensen, Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Jesse Han, Christopher Matthews, Steve Kenyon, Augie Haas, Greg Gisbert, êThe Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan Truesdell with Steve Wilson, Dave Pietro, Laurie Frink, Garrett Schmidt, Jonathan Heim, Nadje Noordhuis, Ryan Keberle, Donny McCaslin, Brian Landrus, Owen Broder, Alden Banta, Tom Christensen, Marshall Gilkes, George Flynn, Nick Finzer, Marcus Rojas, James Chirillo, Nate Radley, Jesse Han, Christopher Matthews, Steve Kenyon, Augie Haas, Greg Gisbert, Frank Kimbrough, Jay Anderson, Lewis Nash, Wendy Gilles, James Shipp Laurie Frink, Garrett Schmidt, Jonathan Heim, Nadje Noordhuis, Ryan Keberle, Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Marshall Gilkes, George Flynn, Nick Finzer, Marcus Rojas, James Chirillo, Nate Radley, êUri Gurvich and BabEl with Leo Genovese, Peter Slavov, Francisco Mela and guest Frank Kimbrough, Jay Anderson, Lewis Nash, Wendy Gilles, James Shipp Brahim Fribgane The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • BossaBrasil: Dory Caymmi with Dario Eskenazi, Rodolfo Stroeter, Tutty Moreno êUri Gurvich and BabEl with Leo Genovese, Peter Slavov, Francisco Mela and guest and guest Joyce Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Dave Douglas The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • Rick Stone Trio The Garage 6 pm • BossaBrasil: Dory Caymmi with Dario Eskenazi, Rodolfo Stroeter, Tutty Moreno and guest Joyce Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Friday, May 17 • Fabrizio Sotti with , and guests M1, RES, Claudia Acuña, êA Great Night in Harlem: Quincy Jones, Jeffrey Wright, James Carter, Henry Butler, Isabella Lundgren Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $25 Steven Bernstein and the Kansas City Band, Don Byron, Nicholas Payton, Ivan Neville, êSing! Sing! Sing! The 75th Anniversary of ’s Historic Isfar Sarabski Trio Apollo Theater 7:30 pm $75-1,000 Concert: Ken Peplowski, Jay Leonhart, Ehud Asherie, Willie Jones III êWill Calhoun Trio with Charnett Moffet, Marc Cary and guest 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Antoinette Montague Quintet NYC Baha’i Center 8, 9:30 pm $15 êChick Corea Festival: Marcus Roberts solo; Alfredo Rodriguez Trio • Jaimeo Brown’s Transcendence with JD Allen, Chris Sholar, Falu Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 10 pm $40 Drom 9:30 pm • Jordan Petta Quintet Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $20 • Stan Killian Evoke Quintet with Mike Moreno, Benito Gonzales, Corcoran Holt, êFriends of Chick Corea - Musicians of the Future: Gadi Lehavi and Beka Gochiashvili McClenty Hunter 55Bar 7 pm with Wallace Roney, John Patitucci, Marcus Gilmore • Joe Fonda’s Old Bottle New Wine with Carlo Morena, Michelle Salgarello Allen Room 7:30, 9:30 pm $55-65 The Loft at 100 Greene Street 6th floor 7 pm êLost Jazz Shrines - Bird – A World’s Eye View: Rudresh Mahanthappa with • Jon Irabagon Trio with Sean Wayland, Shawn Baltazor Matt Mitchell, François Moutin, Rudy Royston Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 Tribeca Performing Arts Center 8:30 pm $25 • Tineke Postma with Marc Van Roon, Fras Van Der Hoeven, Martijn Vink; • Hush Point: John McNeil, Jeremy Udden, Aryeh Kobrinski, Vinnie Sperrazza Matt Geraghty Project with Misha Tsiganov, Richard Padron, Adriano Santos Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $10 • One For All: Eric Alexander, Steve Davis, Jeremy Pelt, David Hazeltine, David Williams, • Vince Ector’s Organatomy with Kyle Koehler, Yotam Silberstein, Bruce Williams Joe Farnsworth Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm • Stephanie Nakasian/Hod O’Brien Generations with Veronica O’Brien, Daryl Johns, • Ben Holmes, Curtis Hasselbring, Marcus Rojas, Vinnie Sperrazza Evan Sherman Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 Barbès 7 pm $10 • Eva Cortez with Romain Collin, Mike Moreno, Luques Curtis, John Davis; DEBORAH LATZ • Luce Trio: Jon De Lucia, Ryan Ferreira, Chris Tordini Tim Green Group; Jeremy Manasia Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm 1 am $20 Korzo 10:30 pm • Reggie Young Band with Garnet Walters, Jason Patterson; Mike Pope Elect-Tette • Aubrey Johnson with Tomoko Omura, Michael Thomas, Chris Ziemba, Matt Aronoff, Experience; Tyrone Birkett Group ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm $10 Jeremy Noller; Tammy Scheffer with Tomoko Omura, Davy Mooney êLage Lund 4 with Glenn Zaleski, Orlando Le Fleming, Johnathan Blake FIG TREE out on May 7, 2013 on June Moon Productions Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Saul Rubin; Peter Brainin Fat Cat 7, 9 pm • Ben Monder Trio with , Ted Poor • Bryan and the Aardvarks: Fabian Almazan, Chris Dingman, Jesse Lewis, Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $10 Bryan Copeland, Joe Nero Culture Project 7:30 pm • Jared Gold Fat Cat 1:30 am A wide-ranging and ambitious • Spike Wilner Trio; The Smalls Legacy Band: Josh Evans, Frank Lacy, Stacy Dillard, • Jeff King Jazz 966 8, 10 pm $15 Theo Hill, Rashaan Carter, Kush Abadey; Kyle Poole and Friends • Zach Layton The Firehouse Space 8 pm $10 album — a beautiful voice Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 • Terry Vakirtzoglou; Rose Ellis Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 moving from intimate to • Jeremy Siskind Jazz at Kitano 8 pm • Kayo Hiraki Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 • Morrie Louden Group with Andrew Gould, Eitan Kenner, Brad Koegel • Justin Wert Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm raucous to otherworldly — Somethin’ Jazz Club 7 pm $10 êChick Corea with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra • Kevin Wang Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Rose Hall 8 pm $30-120 backed by a remarkable set • Claire Martin with Steve Wilson, Nikolaj Hess, Peter Washington, Matt Wilson êKenny Garrett Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 of players — , Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 êMiguel Zenón Quartet with Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, Henry Cole • Jordan Petta Quintet Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 spellbinding ballads, songs in • Eyal Vilner Quartet The Garage 6 pm êThe Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan Truesdell with Steve Wilson, Dave Pietro, Donny McCaslin, Brian Landrus, Owen Broder, Alden Banta, Tom Christensen, Portuguese and Greek. Wednesday, May 15 Jesse Han, Christopher Matthews, Steve Kenyon, Augie Haas, Greg Gisbert, Laurie Frink, Garrett Schmidt, Jonathan Heim, Nadje Noordhuis, Ryan Keberle, êChick Corea Festival: Edsel Gomez Cubist Music Band with Don Byron, Craig Handy, JMP 30304 / Photo ©Todd Weinstein Sherman Irby, Stefan Livestro, Bruce Cox Marshall Gilkes, George Flynn, Nick Finzer, Marcus Rojas, James Chirillo, Nate Radley, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 Frank Kimbrough, Jay Anderson, Lewis Nash, Wendy Gilles, James Shipp Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 “Deborah is a beautiful singer and a great talent. • Jordan Petta Quintet Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 ê êMichael Carvin Experience Iridium 8, 10 pm $30 Trio BabEl: Brahim Fribgane, Uri Gurvich, Tim Keiper • Tribute to Bobby Short: Michael Feinstein, Tedd Firth, Andy Farber, Paula West, The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Fig Tree is wonderful. Really wonderful!” T. Oliver Reed, Barbara Carroll Allen Room 7 pm $55-65 • BossaBrasil: Dory Caymmi with Dario Eskenazi, Rodolfo Stroeter, Tutty Moreno — , 2012 NEA Jazz Master • Paloma Trio: Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, Nasheet Waits and guest Joyce Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Barbès 8 pm $10 • Kyle Hernandez Quartet The Garage 6:15 pm • Bennett Paster Quintet with Tim Armacost, Alex Norris, Gregory Ryan, Willard Dyson Jr. Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Saturday, May 18 Fig Tree features Jon Davis, piano; John Hart, guitars; • Nikolaj Hess Quartet with Marc Mommaas, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen • Harish Raghavan with Logan Richardson, Charles Altura, Taylor Eigsti Ray Parker, bass; Willard Dyson, drums and special guests: Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Doug Weiss Group; Nick Sanders Trio with Henry Fraser, Connor Baker • Deborah Latz’ Fig Tree with Jon Davis, John Hart, Ray Parker, Willard Dyson; Peter Apfelbaum, saxes, flutes, percussion and Abdoulaye Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 Noshir Mody Quintet with Tsuyoshi Niwa, Carmen Staaf, John Lenis, Yutaka Uchida; Diabate, vox on ‘She Was’ • Emmet Cohen Quartet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm James Robbins Quintet Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10-15 • Heavy Merge: Jason Rigby, Russ Lossing, Jeff Davis; Brad Shepik/Tom Beckham • Etienne Charles Quintet Ginny’s Supper Club 7:30, 10 pm $20 SEEDS 8:30, 10 pm • Daniel Carter, Will Arvo, Federico Ughi • Raphael D’lugoff; Don Hahn Fat Cat 7, 9 pm Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 RELEASE GIGS: • Vocal Summit: Beat Kaestli, Elisabeth Lohninger, Eliane Amherd, Dylan Pramuk, • The Black Butterflies: Karl Berger, Mercedes Figueroas, Tony Larokko, Fred Berryhill, Vicki Burns; Kenny Shanker with Mike Eckroth, Yoshi Waki, Brian Fishler Bopa “King” Carre, Nick Gianni, Rick Bottari, Kenny Wolleson Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 Brecht Forum 8 pm $20 SOMETHIN’ JAZZ CLUB BAR NEXT DOOR • Andy Martinek Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 • Richard Padron; George Burton Fat Cat 7, 10 pm Saturday, May 18 / 7pm Monday, June 10 / êMiguel Zenón Quartet with Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, Henry Cole • Ed MacEachen Trio with Geoffrey Morrow, Joey Bracchitta Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $10 Deborah Latz, vox 8:30 & 10:30pm êThe Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan Truesdell with Steve Wilson, Dave Pietro, • Angeline Butler with Naoko Ono, Joan Ashley, Andrew “Tex” Allen, Amy Madden Jon Davis, piano Deborah Latz, vox Donny McCaslin, Brian Landrus, Owen Broder, Alden Banta, Tom Christensen, Zeb’s 8 pm $15 Jesse Han, Christopher Matthews, Steve Kenyon, Augie Haas, Greg Gisbert, • Kelvyn Bell Quartet Sistas’ Place 9, 10:30 pm $25 John Hart, guitar Jon Davis, keyboard Laurie Frink, Garrett Schmidt, Jonathan Heim, Nadje Noordhuis, Ryan Keberle, • Youngjoo Song Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm Marshall Gilkes, George Flynn, Nick Finzer, Marcus Rojas, James Chirillo, Nate Radley, êWill Calhoun Trio with Charnett Moffet, Marc Cary and guests Donald Harrison, Ray Parker, bass Ray Parker, bass Frank Kimbrough, Jay Anderson, Lewis Nash, Wendy Gilles, James Shipp Nicholas Payton Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 Willard Dyson, drums Reservations (212) 529-5945 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Ron Jackson Band with Don Braden, Greg Lewis, Otis Brown III êUri Gurvich and BabEl with Leo Genovese, Peter Slavov, Francisco Mela Blue Note 12:30 am $10 Reservations (212) 371-7657 The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 êChick Corea Festival: Marcus Roberts solo; Alfredo Rodriguez Trio • BossaBrasil: Dory Caymmi with Dario Eskenazi, Rodolfo Stroeter, Tutty Moreno Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 10 pm $45 and guest Joyce Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Jordan Petta Quintet Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $20 • Fabrizio Sotti with Tony Grey, Mino Cinelu and guests M1, RES, Claudia Acuña, êFriends of Chick Corea - Musicians of the Future: Gadi Lehavi and Beka Gochiashvili iTunes/Amazon.com/CD Baby Isabella Lundgren Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $25 with Wallace Roney, John Patitucci, Marcus Gilmore Pre-release sales start April 23 • Nick Moran Trio The Garage 6 pm Allen Room 7:30, 9:30 pm $55-65 • Bob Dorough, Mary Foster Conklin, Giacomo Gates, Ronny Whyte, Boots Maleson, • Hush Point: John McNeil, Jeremy Udden, Aryeh Kobrinski, Vinnie Sperrazza www.deborahlatz.com David Silliman Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10 Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | May 2013 41 Sunday, May 19 • Will McEvoy’s Mutasm with Brad Henkel, Nathaniel Morgan, Patrick Breiner, Dustin Carlson, Cody Brown Barbès 8 pm $10 êBurton Greene Trio with Adam Lane, Lou Grassi • Jazzmeia Horn Quartet with Chris Pattishall, Russell Hall, Kyle Poole The Firehouse Space 8 pm $10 Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 at KITANO êChick Corea Festival: Henry Cole and the Collective • Tyler Mitchell Quintet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm JAZZMusic • Restaurant • Bar Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • The Hot Sardines Joe’s Pub 9:30 pm $15 • Steven Lugerner with Stephanie Richards, Glenn Zaleski, Matt Wilson • Matt Parker with Julio Monterrey, Josh Mease, Jesse Elder, Alan Hampton, “ONE OF THE BEST JAZZ CLUBS IN NYC” ... NYC JAZZ RECORD Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 Reggie Quinerly Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 LIVE JAZZ EVERY • Tribute to Jayne Cortez: Mariposa/Ras Moshe; Bern Nix Trio; Patricia Spears Jones/ • Trismegistus: Joe Moffett, Ben Gerstein, Sean Ali, Devin Gray Jason Kao Hwang; Bill Cole’s Untempered Ensemble with Warren Smith, Joe Daley, Douglass Street Music Collective 8 pm $10 WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY Althea SullyCole, Shayna Dulberger, Lisette Santiago, Ras Moshe • Noah Garabedian with Evan Hughs, Kenny Warren, Curtis MacDonald, Kyle Wilson, $10 WED./THUR + $15 Minimum/Set. Brecht Forum 4 pm Garabedian; Maria Grand Trio SEEDS 8:30, 10 pm • David Ullman Trio with Gary Wang, Vinnie Sperrazza • Syoko with Toru Yamashito Trio Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 $25 FRI./SAT. + $15 Minimum/Set Bar Next Door 8, 10 pm $10 • Jon Di Fiore Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 2 SETS 8:00 PM & 10:00 PM • John Merrill Trio; Lezlie Harrison Duo; Ned Goold Trio • Stan Killian Jam The Backroom 11:30 pm Smalls 4:30, 7:30, 11:30 pm $20 êBarry Harris Trio with Ray Drummond, Leroy Williams JAZZ BRUNCH EVERY SUNDAY • Terry Waldo; Alexi David Fat Cat 6, 9 pm Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 TONY MIDDLETON TRIO • Alysa Haas with Jeffrey Klitz, Paul Beaudry, Tony Jefferson; Abbe Buck • The Westerlies: Zubin Hensler, Riley Mulherkar, Andy Clausen, Willem de Koch; 11 AM - 2 PM • GREAT BUFFET - $35 Metropolitan Room 7, 9:30 pm $20 Wayne Horvitz and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Steve O’Brien, • Benjamin Drazen Sarnecki Project ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $10 Samantha Boshnack, Al Keith, Beth Fleenor, Kate Olson, Briggan Krauss, Craig Flory, OPEN JAM SESSION MONDAY NIGHTS • La Voz de Tres: Mike Eckroth, Jason Ennis, Natalia Bernal 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM • HOSTED BY IRIS ORNIG Naomi Siegel, Willem de Koch, Jacob Herring, Geoff Harper, Eric Eagle Terraza 7 9:30 pm The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 YOUNG PIANIST SHOWCASE • 8 PM - 11 PM • Hiroko Kanna Quartet with Nori Ochiai, John Lenis, Kentato Nakayama • Noah Preminger Quartet with Ben Monder, Matt Pavolka, Colin Stranahan and MAY 7, 14, 21 & 28 - JEREMY SISKIND Somethin’ Jazz Club 7 pm $10-12 guest Alison Wedding Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 • Ras Chemash Lamed with Sarah Slonim, Tyler Mitchell, Bernard Linnette • Bill Charlap Trio with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington WED. MAY 1 University of the Streets 7 pm $20 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 MAYU SAEKI TRIO • John Wriggle Orchestra Shrine 8 pm • Brian McKnight and The Duke Ellington Orchestra MAYU SAEKI, AARON GOLDBERG êWill Calhoun Trio with Charnett Moffet, Marc Cary and guests Donald Harrison, Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $65 MATT PENMAN Nicholas Payton Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Jane Monheit Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM êKenny Garrett Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 • John Raymond Quartet The Garage 6 pm êMiguel Zenón Quartet with Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, Henry Cole • Akiko Tsuruga Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10 THURS. MAY 2 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 YUKI SHIGENO QUARTET êThe Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan Truesdell with Steve Wilson, Dave Pietro, Thursday, May 23 YUKI SHIGENA, DON FRIEDMAN Donny McCaslin, Brian Landrus, Owen Broder, Alden Banta, Tom Christensen, Jesse Han, Christopher Matthews, Steve Kenyon, Augie Haas, Greg Gisbert, • James Carter Organ Trio with Gerard Gibbs, Leonard King Jr. HARVIE S, SHINNOSUKE TAKAHASI Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM Laurie Frink, Garrett Schmidt, Jonathan Heim, Nadje Noordhuis, Ryan Keberle, Marshall Gilkes, George Flynn, Nick Finzer, Marcus Rojas, James Chirillo, Nate Radley, • Miles Davis Festival: and Steve Smith FRI. MAY 3 Frank Kimbrough, Jay Anderson, Lewis Nash, Wendy Gilles, James Shipp Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Jason Yeager/Andrew Mulherkar Cornelia Street Café 6 pm E.J. STRICKLAND QUINTET êUri Gurvich and BabEl with Leo Genovese, Aidan Carroll, Eric Doob and guest êOpen Loose: Mark Helias, Tony Malaby, Tom Rainey E.J. STRICKLAND, MARCUS STRICKLAND Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 GODWIN LOUIS, BENITO GONZALEZ, LUQUES CURTIS George Garzone The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • Dorian Devins Trio with Lou Rainone, Tom Hubbard • Jr. Quartet with Don Braden, Kenny Davis, Vince Ector $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM Amelie NY 6 pm Ginny’s Supper Club 7:30, 10 pm $20 SAT. MAY 4 • Arturo O’Farrill Saint Peter’s 5 pm • Carlo DeRosa’s Cross Fade with Mark Shim, Luis Perdomo, Rudy Royston; • Perez Perez Jazz 3 pm $20 Dave Allen Quartet with John O’Gallagher, Drew Gress, Mark Ferber GREG ABATE QUARTET • Juilliard Jazz Brunch Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 ShapeShifter Lab 8:30, 9:30 pm $10 GREG ABATE, DON FRIEDMAN • Roz Corral Trio with Dave Stryker, Chris Berger • Billy Test Trio with Boris Kozlov, Tim Horner HARVIE S, STEVE WILLIAMS North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM • Alex Layne; David Coss Quartet The Garage 11:30 am 7 pm • Taylor Eigsti Trio with Larry Grenadier, Kendrick Scott; Emmet Cohen WED. MAY 8 Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 Monday, May 20 • Nils Weinhold Quintet with Adam Larson, Fabian Almazan, Bastian Weinhold JEREMY MANASIA TRIO The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $15 JEREMY MANASIA, BARAK MORI, JASON BROWN êMingus Orchestra Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Grant Stewart; Point Of Departure Fat Cat 7, 10 pm $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM • Caleb Chapman’s Crescent Superband, Voodoo Orchestra and La Onda Caribeña with • Patrick Cornelius Trio with Jared Gold, Ulysses Owens guest Wycliffe Gordon Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 THURS. MAY 9 • New York Youth Symphony with guest Phil Woods • Trystero: David Kulma, Dorian Wallace, Carl Limbacher, Max Maples, Diane Skerbec, TAKESHI ASAI TRIO Allen Room 7:30 pm $20 Roberto Meza; New York Bakery Connection: Antonello Parisi, Joseph Han, Luiz Ebert TAKESHI ASAI, DANIEL ORI, ROB GARCIA êGeorge Braith Fat Cat 9 pm and guest Bob Franceschini Somethin’ Jazz Club 9, 11 pm $10-15 $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM • Adam Rudolph’s GO: Organic Orchestra • Yuko Ito Trio Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 FRI. & SAT. MAY 10 & 11 ShapeShifter Lab 8 pm $15 • Matt Baker Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm êIngrid Laudbrock/Tom Rainey; Daniel Levin Quartet with Russ Lossing, Max Johnson, êBarry Harris Trio with Ray Drummond, Leroy Williams DON FRIEDMAN QUARTET JP Carletti Sycamore 8:30, 9:30 pm Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 DON FRIEDMAN, TIM ARMACOST • Charles Downs Centipede with Michael Moss, Ras Moshe, Pascal Niggenkemper, • Wayne Horvitz and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Steve O’Brien, PHIL PALOMBI, SHINNOSUKE TAKAHASI Billy Stein; See Something Say Something: Michael Foster, Daniel Carter, Gene Janas, Samantha Boshnack, Al Keith, Beth Fleenor, Kate Olson, Briggan Krauss, Craig Flory, $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM Eric Silberberg, Marc Edwards JACK 8 pm Naomi Siegel, Willem de Koch, Jacob Herring, Geoff Harper, Eric Eagle; • Mike Moreno Group with Justin Brown; Spencer Murphy Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day with Geoff Harper, Eric Eagle WED. MAY 15 Smalls 10 pm 12:30 am $20 The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 BENNETT PASTER QUINTET • Sean Smith and the DC Connection with Paul Bollenback, Steve Williams • Bill Charlap Trio with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington CD RELEASE EVENT 55Bar 7 pm Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 “RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THE BEAUTIFUL” • Nathan Parker Smith Ensemble Tea Lounge 9, 10:30 pm • Brian McKnight and The Duke Ellington Orchestra BENNETT PASTER, TIM ARMACOST • , Double Voice: Nancy Harms, Emily Braden, Steve Whipple Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $65 ALEX P. NORRIS, GREGORY RYAN, WILLARD DYSON JR. Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 • Sally Night with Jon Davis, Dezron Douglas, Steve Williams $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM • Angela Roberts Zinc Bar 7 pm Birdland 6 pm $20 • icQk: Bobbie Lee Crow III, Annette Homann, Chris Lijoi, Jon Lijoi, Yuko Yamamura, • Jane Monheit Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 THURS. MAY 16 Luke Schwartz, Dmitri Moderbacher, Jessie Nelson, Katherine Wright; Dorian Wallace • Dylan Meek Trio The Garage 6 pm JENNIFER LEITHAM TRIO Big Band Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 êChristian McBride Trio with Christian Sands, Ulysses Owens, Jr. JENNIFER LEITHAM, DEANNA WITKOWSKI, SCOTT LATZKY • Yoo Sun Nam Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 92nd Street Y 10, 11:15 am $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM • Howard Williams Jazz Orchestra; Kenny Shanker Quartet The Garage 7, 10:30 pm Friday, May 24 FRI. & SAT. MAY 17 & 18 • Cyrille Aimée Drom 6 pm $50-70 êMiles Davis Festival: Jimmy Cobb Sextet with , STEPHANIE NAKASIAN Tuesday, May 21 Justin Robinson, Eddie Henderson, Mike LeDonne, Buster Williams & HOD O'BRIEN GENERATIONS Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 STEPHANIE NAKASIAN, VERONICA O'BRIEN êBarry Harris Trio with Ray Drummond, Leroy Williams êMike Reed’s People, Places & Things with Greg Ward, Tim Haldeman, Jason Roebke HOD O'BRIEN, DARYL JOHNS, EVAN SHERMAN Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM • Wayne Horvitz and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Steve O’Brien, êTed Nash Quartet with Ron Horton; Ulysses Owens Samantha Boshnack, Al Keith, Beth Fleenor, Kate Olson, Briggan Krauss, Craig Flory, Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 WED. MAY 22 Naomi Siegel, Willem de Koch, Jacob Herring, Geoff Harper, Eric Eagle êRalph Alessi and This Against That with Tony Malaby, Andy Milne, Drew Gress, JAZZMEIA HORN QUARTET The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Mark Ferber The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 JAZZMEIA HORN, CHRIS PATTISHALL • Noah Preminger Quartet with Ben Monder, Matt Pavolka, Colin Stranahan and • Tad Shull Quartet; Steve Davis Sextet with Mike DiRubbo, Josh Bruneau, Larry Willis, RUSSELL HALL, KYLE POOLE guest Alison Wedding Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 Nat Reeves, Billy Williams Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm 1 am $20 $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM • Bill Charlap Trio with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington êBrian Charette Organ Trio with Will Bernard, Jordan Young; Cory Henry Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $10 THURS. MAY 23 • Brian McKnight and The Duke Ellington Orchestra • Federico Ughi Quartet with Dave Schnug, Kirk Knuffke, Dan Fabricatore BILLY TEST TRIO Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $65 Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 BILLY TEST, BORIS KOZLOV, TIM HORNER • Jane Monheit Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Nick Moran Trio with Brad Whiteley, Chris Benham $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM • Mike Longo’s NY State of the Art Jazz Ensemble with Ira Hawkins Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $10 FRI. MAY 24 NYC Baha’i Center 8, 9:30 pm $15 • Underground Horns Nublu 11:45 pm • Karrin Allyson Quartet 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 • Ben Solomon; Diallo House Fat Cat 6, 10:30 pm TED NASH QUARTET êMichael Ray, Knoel Scott, Bruce Edwards, Tyler Mitchell, Craig Holiday Haynes • Banda Magda Joe’s Pub 9:30 pm $18 TED NASH, RON HORTON Drom 8 pm $15 • Rob Schwimmer solo Bargemusic 8 pm $25 PAUL SIKIVIE, ULYSSES OWENS • Voice Box: Jo Lawry/Matt Aronoff; Yoon Sun Choi/Jacob Sacks • Mack Goldsbury Quartet with Herb Robertson, Erik Unsworth, Lou Grassi $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 The Firehouse Space 8 pm $10 SAT. MAY 25 • Aural Dystopia: Chris Pitsiokos Group; Joe Merolla/Sandy Ewen; Ron Anderson, • Ricardo St. Louis/Ken Simon Jazz 966 8, 10 pm $15 Stuart Popejoy, Michael Evans; Weasel Walter Group • Hye-Jeung with Nitzan Gavrieli, Filip Novosel, Yoshiki Yamada, Zan Tetickovic; RONNY WHYTE TRIO JACK 8 pm Somethin’ Vocal with Matt Baker Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 RONNY WHYTE, BOOTS MALESON, TBA - DRUMS • Carol Morgan Trio with John Merrill, Corin Stigall • Tomoyasu Ikuta Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 • Dona Carter Quartet Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm WED. MAY 29 • Spike Wilner Trio; The Smalls Legacy Band: Josh Evans, Frank Lacy, Stacy Dillard, • James Carter Organ Trio with Gerard Gibbs, Leonard King Jr. Theo Hill, Rashaan Carter, Kush Abadey; Kyle Poole and Friends Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 EMMA LARSSON QUARTET Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 • Miles Davis Festival: Randy Brecker and Steve Smith EMMA LARSSON, XAVIER DAVIS • Saul Rubin; Nu D’Lux Fat Cat 7, 9 pm MARCOS VARELA, JEROME JENNINGS Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 • Jeremy Siskind Jazz at Kitano 8 pm êBarry Harris Trio with Ray Drummond, Leroy Williams $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM êLarry Corban with Harvie S, Steve Williams; Matthew Garrison’s CodeName with Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 THURS. MAY 30 Mike Finoia, Nick Consul, George Delancey, Ryan Cavan • Wayne Horvitz and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Steve O’Brien, Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 Samantha Boshnack, Al Keith, Beth Fleenor, Kate Olson, Briggan Krauss, Craig Flory, QUARTET • Greg Merritt Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Naomi Siegel, Willem de Koch, Jacob Herring, Geoff Harper, Eric Eagle; The Westerlies: CD RELEASE EVENT “THE ART OF THE MELODY” • Eve Sicular Metropolitan Klezmer Stephen Wise Free Synagogue 7:30 pm $15 ANGELA DAVIS, CHRIS ZIEMBA Zubin Hensler, Riley Mulherkar, Andy Clausen, Willem de Koch • Nue Jazz Project The Garage 6 pm The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 PHIL KUEHN, RAJIV JAYAWEERA $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM • Asako Takasaki; Jaclyn Rese Shrine 6, 9 pm • Bill Charlap Trio with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 FRI. & SAT. MAY 31 & JUNE 1 Wednesday, May 22 • The Duke Ellington Orchestra Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $45 MIKE DIRUBBO QUINTET êMike Pride’s From Bacteria to Boys with Jon Irabagon, Alexis Marcelo, Peter Bitenc • Michael Feinberg Quintet with Dayna Stephens, Tivon Pennicott, Jean-Michel Pilc, MIKE DI RUBBO, STEVE DAVIS and guest Jonathan Moritz Greenwich House Music School 8 pm $15 Ian Froman Blue Note 12:30 am $10 êBurton Greene solo Spectrum 7 pm • Jane Monheit Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 BRIAN CHARETTE, DWAYNE BURNO, JOE FARNSWORTH êShoko Nagai/Satoshi Takeishi ShapeShifter Lab 8 pm $10 • Joel Perry Trio; Kevin Dorn and the BIG 72 $25.00 COVER + $15.00 MINIMUM • Taylor Eigsti with Harish Raghavan, Nate Smith; Glenn Zaleski with Noah Preminger, The Garage 6, 10:45 pm RESERVATIONS - 212-885-7119 Matt Clohesy, Colin Stranahan Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 êChristian McBride Trio with Christian Sands, Ulysses Owens, Jr. VISIT OUR TWEETS AT: http://twitter.com/kitanonewyork êRaphael D’lugoff; Sheryl Bailey Quartet with Jim Ridl, Andy McKee, Joe Strasser 92nd Street Y 10, 11:15 am www.kitano.com • email: [email protected] ò 66 Park Avenue @ 38th St. Fat Cat 7, 9 pm

42 May 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD Saturday, May 25 • Peter Mazza Trio with Misha Tsiganov, Marco Panascia Bar Next Door 8, 10 pm $10 êMark Soskin Trio with Jerome Harris, Satoshi Takeishi; Jeff Galindo/Marc Phaneuf • Swingadelic Swing 46 8:30 pm Quartet with John Lockwood, Bob Gullotti and guest George Garzone; • Joe Benjamin and a Mighty Handful; Florencia Gonzalez Candombe Project with The Fringe: George Garzone, John Lockwood, Bob Gullotti Kerry Mackillop, Michael Boscarino, Martin Giorgieff, Mariana Iranzi, Franco Pinna ShapeShifter Lab 7, 8:15, 9:30 pm $10 Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 êQueens Jazz Orchestra led by Jimmy Heath • James Carter Organ Trio with Gerard Gibbs, Leonard King Jr. Flushing Town Hall 8 pm $40 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 • Kurt Rosenwinkel solo Le Poisson Rouge 7:30 pm $25 êBarry Harris Trio with Ray Drummond, Leroy Williams • Ginny’s Supper Club 7:30, 10 pm $20 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Dan Weiss Trio with , Jacob Sacks • Wayne Horvitz and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Steve O’Brien, Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 Samantha Boshnack, Al Keith, Beth Fleenor, Kate Olson, Briggan Krauss, Craig Flory, • Ronny Whyte Trio with Boots Maleson Naomi Siegel, Willem de Koch, Jacob Herring, Geoff Harper, Eric Eagle Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • Leif Arntzen Band with Ryan Blotnick, Landon Knoblock, Michael Bates, Jeff Davis and • Bill Charlap Trio with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington with EMEFE Nublu 10 pm $10 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 êSam Newsome solo; solo; Billy Mintz solo • The Duke Ellington Orchestra Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $45 Ibeam Brooklyn 8 pm $10 • Jesse Dulman/Jason Candler; Shayna Dulberger/Yoni Kretzmer • Vanderlei Pereira’s Blindfold Test Fat Cat 7 pm Downtown Music Gallery 6, 7 pm • Adriano Santos Trio with Richard Padron, Eduardo Belo • Ehud Asherie Trio Fat Cat 6 pm Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $10 • Tony Jefferson Saint Peter’s 5 pm • Danny Jonokuchi Metropolitan Room 11:30 pm $20 • Amy Cervini’s Jazz Kids! 55Bar 2 pm $5 • Louis Armstrong Tribute: “Hot Lips” Joey Morant and Catfish Stew • Michika Fukumori Trio Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 Lucille’s at BB King’s Blues Bar 8 pm $20 • Roz Corral Trio with Yotam Silberstein, Boris Kozlov • Brad Clymer Trio; Brett Sandler Trio with Peter Longofono, Adam Pin North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $7-10 • Iris Ornig; David Coss Quartet The Garage 11:30 am 7 pm Wed, May 1 PETROS KLAMPANIS’ CONTEXTUAL 8:30PM • Daniel Bennett Group; Wafoo Tomi Jazz 8, 11 pm $10 Gilad Hekselman, Jean-Michel Pilc, John Hadfield, Maria Im, • Ray Blue Quartet Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm Monday, May 27 Maria Manousaki, Matt Sinno, Yoed Nir êMiles Davis Festival: Jimmy Cobb Kind of Blue Sextet with Javon Jackson, Justin Robinson, Eddie Henderson, Mike LeDonne, Buster Williams êMingus Big Band Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 êOrrin Evans Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $15 Thu, May 2 40TWENTY 8:30PM êRalph Alessi and This Against That with Tony Malaby, Andy Milne, Drew Gress, • Juilliard Jazz Ensemble Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 Jacob Garchik, Jacob Sacks, Dave Ambrosio, Vinnie Sperrazza Mark Ferber The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Hans Glawischnig Trio; Bernstein Quartet with Donald Vega, Dezron Douglas, JESSE STACKEN QUARTET 10PM • Chris Byars Quintet; Steve Davis Sextet with Mike DiRubbo, Josh Bruneau, Larry Willis, Billy Drummond; Spencer Murphy Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 Tony Malaby, Sean Conly, Ted Poor Nat Reeves, Billy Williams; Philip Harper êEvind Opsvik solo; JP Carletti Trio with Tony Malaby, Chris Hoffman Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm 1 am $20 Sycamore 8:30, 9:30 pm Fri, May 3 ELLERY ESKELIN QUARTET 9PM & 10:30PM • James Carter Organ Trio with Gerard Gibbs, Leonard King Jr. • Mike Fahie Jazz Orchestra Tea Lounge 9, 10:30 pm Jacob Sacks, Brad Jones, Tyshawn Sorey Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 • Dorian Devins Trio with Lou Rainone, Tom Hubbard • Miles Davis Festival: Randy Brecker and Steve Smith Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 Sat, May 4 SECRET KEEPER 9PM & 10:30PM Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 • Marvin Parks Zinc Bar 7 pm Mary Halvorson, Stephan Crump êBarry Harris Trio with Ray Drummond, Leroy Williams • Lottie and the Manatee: Lottie Prenevost, Peter van Reesema, James Alexander, Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Corey Critchfield, Michael Koss, Kaci Friss; Bob Gingery Group with Jon Irabagon, Sun, May 5 MOTIONS 8:30PM • Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day with Geoff Harper, Eric Eagle; Wayne Horvitz Mike Baggetta, Mark Ferber Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $7-12 Chris Dingman, Kaoru Watanabe, Tim Keiper, Matt Kilmer and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Steve O’Brien, • Antonello Parisi Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Samantha Boshnack, Al Keith, Beth Fleenor, Kate Olson, Briggan Krauss, Craig Flory, • Eyal Vilner Big Band The Garage 7 pm Mon, May 6 AMRAM & CO 8:30PM Naomi Siegel, Willem de Koch, Jacob Herring, Geoff Harper, Eric Eagle David Amram, Kevin Twigg, John de Witt, Adam Amram The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Tuesday, May 28 • Bill Charlap Trio with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington êJoe Lovano Nonet with Tim Hagans, Barry Ries, Steve Slagle, Ralph Lalama, Wed, May 8 NATE RADLEY QUARTET 8:30PM Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $45 Gary Smulyan, Larry Farrell, James Weidman, , Steve Williams Loren Stilman, Matt Pavolka, Ted Poor • The Duke Ellington Orchestra Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $45 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Jane Monheit Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êDizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band: Frank Greene, Greg Gisbert, Freddie Hendrix, Fri, May 10 JACOB SACKS QUARTET 9PM & 10:30PM • Marsha Heydt Quartet; Champian Fulton Quartet; Virginia Mayhew Quartet Claudio Roditi, Jimmy Heath, Andres Boiarsky, Mark Gross, Sharel Cassity, Ellery Eskelin, Michael Formanek, Dan Weiss The Garage 12, 6, 10:15 pm Frank Basile, Steve Davis, Jason Jackson, , Douglas Purviance, Emmet Cohen, Yotam Silberstein, John Lee, Greg Hutchinson Sat, May 11 BEN ALLISON PLAYS Sunday, May 26 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 THE MUSIC OF JIM HALL 9PM & 10:30PM • Keystone Korner Presents: Neal Smith Quintet with Renee Rosnes, Steve Nelson, • Eliane Elias Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Steve Cardenas, Ted Nash Billy Pierce, Joe Sanders Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 • Bill Charlap Trio with Ron Carter, Kenny Washington • Ben Meigners Group; Yaala Ballin Duo; Smalls Family Jam Session Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 Tue, May 14 VOXIFY: AUBREY JOHNSON 8:30PM Smalls 4:30, 7:30, 11:30 pm $20 • Jonathan Tunick and The Broadway Moonlighters with guest Doc Severinsen Tomoko Omura, Michael Thomas, Chris Ziemba, • Benjamim Taubkin/Rogério Boccato Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 54 Below 7, 9:30 pm $85-95 êRicardo Gallo’s Tierra De Nadie with , Dan Blake, Mark Helias, Matt Aronoff, Jeremy Noller Pheeroan akLaff, Satoshi Takeishi ShapeShifter Lab 8:15 pm $15 VOXIFY: TAMMY SCHEFFER 10:30PM • Max Johnson Trio with Kirk Knuffke, Ziv Ravitz Tomoko Omura, Davy Mooney Korzo 9 pm Nicky Schrire, host • Kristin Andreassen with Stephanie Coleman, Jacob Silver, Robin MacMillan Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 Wed, May 15 NIKOLAJ HESS QUARTET - • Nobuki Takamen Trio with Daniel Foose, Yutaka Uchida CD RELEASE: TRIO 8:30PM Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 Marc Mommaas, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen • Saul Rubin; Itai Kriss All-Stars Fat Cat 7, 9 pm With • Spike Wilner Trio; Seamus Blake Group; Kyle Poole and Friends Thu, May 16 JON IRABAGON TRIO 8:30PM Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 Mark Helias, Barry Altschul • Jeremy Siskind Jazz at Kitano 8 pm • Elaine Watts/Susan Watts Band Stephen Wise Free Synagogue 7:30 pm $15 Fri, May 17 HUSH POINT WITH JOHN MCNEIL & JEREMY UDDEN - • Michael Blanco Quintet with John Ellis, Jonathan Kreisberg, Adam Birnbaum, Sat, May 18 CD RELEASE PARTY 9PM & 10:30PM Colin Stranahan; Axel’s Axiom: Axel Schwintzer, , Aurelien Budynek, Aryeh Kobrinski, Vinnie Sperrazza Evan Gregor, Marko Djordjevic Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 • Kevin Wang Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Sun, May 19 STEVEN LUGERNER - HARVIE S • Paul Francis Trio The Garage 7 pm CD RELEASE: FOR WE HAVE HEARD 8:30PM HARVIE S • The New York Bakery Connection Shrine 6 pm Stephanie Richards, Glenn Zaleski, Matt Wilson

Wednesday, May 29 Tue, May 21 VOICE BOX: JO LAWRY 8:30PM STEVE • Terence Blanchard with Brice Winston, Fabian Almazan, Joshua Crumbly, Matt Aronoff Kendrick Scott Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 VOICE BOX: YOON SUN CHOI/JACOB SACKS DUO 10PM STEVE êKeystone Korner Presents: Marcus Strickland Quartet with David Bryant, Ben Williams, Sara Serpa, Host WILLIAMS EJ Strickland Iridium 8, 10 pm $30 êGerald Cleaver Black Host with Darius Jones, Cooper Moore, Brandon Seabrook, Wed, May 22 MATT PARKER - WILLIAMS Pascal Niggenkemper SEEDS 8:30 pm CD RELEASE: WORLDS PUT TOGETHER 8:30PM êBrooklyn Jazz Underground Festival: Owen Howard’s Drum Lore with Adam Kolker, Julio Monterrey, Josh Mease, Jesse Elder, John O’Gallagher, Frank Carlberg, Aidan O’Donnell; Tammy Scheffer Sextet with Jimmy Sutherland, Alan Hampton, Reggie Quinerly John O’Gallagher, Dan Pratt, Chris Ziemba, Daniel Foose, Ronen Itzik; Rob Garcia 4 Live at with Noah Preminger, Joe Martin Smalls 9:30 pm $20 Thu, May 23 JASON YEAGER AND ANDREW MULHERKAR DUO: êChris Lightcap’s Bigmouth with Chris Cheek, Tony Malaby, Craig Taborn, Ches Smith Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 THE MUSIC OF STRAYHORN AND ELLINGTON 6PM • Andrew Lafkas with Barry Weisblat, Adam Diller, Tucker Dulin, Karen Waltuch, OPEN LOOSE 8:30PM Somethin’ Jason Brogan, Ron Stabinsky, Leif Sundstrom, Sean Meehan Mark Helias, Tony Malaby, Tom Rainey Roulette 8 pm $15 • Dan Arcamone, Sean Nowell, Rich Zurkowski, Marko Djordjevic; Dan Willis And Fri, May 24 MIKE REED’S PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS The Velvet Gentlemen with Pete McCann, Ron Oswanski, Kermit Driscoll, 9PM & 10:30PM Jazz Club John Hollenbeck ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $8-10 Greg Ward, Tim Haldeman, Jason Roebke • Noah Garabedian, Jacob Sacks, Vinnie Sperrazza and guest Barbès 8 pm $10 Sat, May 25 DAN WEISS TRIO 9PM & 10:30PM • Emma Larsson Quartet with Xavier Davis, Marcos Varela, Jerome Jennings Eivind Opsvik, Jacob Sacks Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 May 21 ê Charlie Kohlhase’s Saxophone Support Group; Roman Rofalski Trio Sun, May 26 NEW BRAZILIAN PERSPECTIVES: 2013 Douglass Street Music Collective 8 pm BENJAMIM TAUBKIN 8:30PM • Donald Malloy Ginny’s Supper Club 7:30, 10 pm $20 Rogério Boccato; Billy Newman, host. pm • Radam Schwartz Trio Fat Cat 9 pm 7:00 - 8:45 • Paula Jaakkola with Saku Nousiainen, Stephen Purcell; Ece Goksu Quintet with Tue, May 28 BOTH SIDES NOW: KRISTIN ANDREASSEN 8:30PM Uri Gurvich, Can Cankaya, Scott Colberg, Arthur Vint Stephanie Coleman, Jacob Silver, Robin MacMillan Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 Talia Billig, host 212 E. 52nd St. 3Fl. • Miki Yamanaka Duo Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 (btw/ 2nd & 3rd Ave.) êJoe Lovano Nonet with Tim Hagans, Barry Ries, Steve Slagle, Ralph Lalama, Wed, May 29 - BIGMOUTH 8:30PM Gary Smulyan, Larry Farrell, James Weidman, Cameron Brown, Steve Williams Thu, May 30 Chris Cheek, Tony Malaby, Craig Taborn, Ches Smith Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 New York, NY 10022 êDizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band: Frank Greene, Greg Gisbert, Freddie Hendrix, Claudio Roditi, Jimmy Heath, Andres Boiarsky, Mark Gross, Sharel Cassity, Fri, May 31 QUINTET 9PM & 10:30PM 212 - 371 - 7657 Frank Basile, Steve Davis, Jason Jackson, James Burton, Douglas Purviance, Matt Vashlishan, Bobby Avey, Tony Marino, Alex Ritz Emmet Cohen, Yotam Silberstein, John Lee, Greg Hutchinson Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 $12 Cover Charge • Eliane Elias Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Bill Charlap Trio with Ron Carter, Kenny Washington “ ” Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 THE CIRCLE STARTS HERE • Jonathan Tunick and The Broadway Moonlighters with guest Doc Severinsen 54 Below 7, 9:30 pm $85-95 • Joe Farnsworth Quartet with Josh Evans, David Kikoski, Dwayne Burno On Sale Now Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm • Rob Edwards Quartet The Garage 6 pm www.larrycorban.com • Chris Gines, Ronny Whyte, Boots Maleson Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | May 2013 43 Thursday, May 30 REGULAR ENGAGEMENTS MONDAYS êMicroscopic Septet: Phillip Johnston, Joel Forrester, Don Davis, Mike Hashim, • Tom Abbott Big Bang Big Band Swing 46 8:30 pm Dave Sewelson, David Hofstra, Richard Dworkin • Ron Affif Trio Zinc Bar 9, 11pm, 12:30, 2 am Joe’s Pub 7:30 pm $20 • Woody Allen/Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band Café Carlyle 8:45 pm $125 • Bryan Beninghove’s Hangmen ZirZamin 9:30 pm êDave Douglas Quintet with Jon Irabagon, Matt Mitchell, Chris Tordini, Johnathan Blake • Big Band Night; John Farnsworth Quintet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm ShapeShifter Lab 7 pm $15 • Tribute with Dan Barman The Counting Room 8 pm • Jerome Sabbagh Quartet with Adam Rogers, Joe Martin, Ted Poor • Sedric Choukroun and The Brasilieros Chez Lola 7:30 pm The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $15 • Pete Davenport/Ed Schuller Jam Session Frank’s Cocktail Lounge 9 pm • Curtis Macdonald Quartet with David Virelles, Harish Raghavan, Adam Jackson, • Emerging Artists Series Bar Next Door 6:30 pm (ALSO TUE-THU) Greenwich House Music School 8 pm $12 • Joel Forrester solo Brandy Library 8 pm • Angela Davis Quartet with Chris Ziemba, Phil Kuehn, Rajiv Jayaweera • George Gee Swing Orchestra Gospel Uptown 8 pm Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 • Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks Sofia’s 8 pm (ALSO TUE) • Grove Street Stompers Arthur’s Tavern 7 pm • Miche Braden and The RLJ Trio with Rudi Mwongozi, Larry Johnson, Jim Hankins • JFA Jazz Jam Local 802 7 pm Ginny’s Supper Club 7:30, 10 pm $20 • Jam Session with Jim Pryor Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Adam Larson Trio with Desmond White, Matt Wilson • Les Paul Trio with guests Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $10 • Ian Rapien’s Spectral Awakenings Jazz Groove Session Ave D 9 pm • Jimmy Alexander Quartet; Spirtrio Fat Cat 7, 10 pm • Stan Rubin All-Stars Charley O’s 8:30 pm • William Stanton; Jochem van Dijk solo • Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $30 Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30, 9:30 pm $10 • Diego Voglino Jam Session The Village Lantern 9:30 pm • Jake Henry/Sean Ali The Backroom 8 pm • Jordan Young Group Bflat 8 pm (ALSO WED 8:30 pm) • Morrie Louden Group with Andrew Gould, Eitan Kenner, Brad Koegel; TUESDAYS Tim Lancaster Group with Mike DiRubbo, Tim Hagans, Pat Bianchi; • Daisuke Abe Trio Sprig 6 pm (ALSO WED-THU) • Rick Bogart Trio with Louisa Poster L’ybane 9 pm (ALSO FRI) Will Macirowski Quintet with John Petrucelli, Suzan Veneman, Tucker Flythe, • Orrin Evans Evolution Series Jam Session Zinc Bar 11 pm Victor Lewis Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10-12 • Irving Fields Nino’s Tuscany 7 pm (ALSO WED-SUN) • Yoshiko Iwata Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm • George Gee Swing Orchestra Swing 46 8:30 pm • Terence Blanchard with Brice Winston, Fabian Almazan, Joshua Crumbly, • Loston Harris Café Carlyle 9:30 pm $20 (ALSO WED-SAT) Kendrick Scott Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 • Art Hirahara Trio Arturo’s 8 pm êGerald Cleaver Black Host with Darius Jones, Cooper Moore, Brandon Seabrook, • Yuichi Hirakawa Trio Arthur’s Tavern 7, 8:30 pm Pascal Niggenkemper SEEDS 8:30 pm • Sandy Jordan and Larry Luger Trio Notaro 8 pm • Brooklyn Jazz Underground Festival: David Smith Quintet with Dan Pratt, Nate Radley, • Mike LeDonne Quartet; Mike DiRubbo B3-3 Smoke 7, 9, 10:30, 11:30 pm Gary Wang, Greg Ritchie; David Cook Trio with Matt Clohesy, Ross Pederson; • Russ Nolan Jazz Organ Trio Cassa Hotel and Residences 6 pm • The Metropolitan Room 9:30 pm $25 Adam Kolker Quartet with David Cook, Jeremy Stratton, Owen Howard • Jam Session Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm Smalls 9:30 pm $20 • Diego Voglino Jam Session The Fifth Estate 10 pm êChris Lightcap’s Bigmouth with Chris Cheek, Tony Malaby, Craig Taborn, Ches Smith WEDNESDAYS Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 • Astoria Waltz-Astoria 6 pm êJoe Lovano Nonet with Tim Hagans, Barry Ries, Steve Slagle, Ralph Lalama, • Sedric Choukroun and the Eccentrics Chez Oskar 7 pm Gary Smulyan, Larry Farrell, James Weidman, Cameron Brown, Steve Williams • Brianna Thomas Quartet Smoke 11:30 pm Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Walter Fischbacher Trio Water Street Restaurant 8 pm êDizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band: Frank Greene, Greg Gisbert, Freddie Hendrix, • Jeanne Gies with Howard Alden and Friends Joe G’s 6:30 pm Claudio Roditi, Jimmy Heath, Andres Boiarsky, Mark Gross, Sharel Cassity, • Les Kurtz Trio; Joonsam Lee Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7, 11:30 pm • Jonathan Kreisberg Trio Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Frank Basile, Steve Davis, Jason Jackson, James Burton, Douglas Purviance, • Guillaume Laurent Trio Bar Tabac 7 pm Emmet Cohen, Yotam Silberstein, John Lee, Greg Hutchinson • Jake K. Leckie Trio Kif Bistro 8 pm Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Jed Levy and Friends Vino di Vino Wine Bar 7:30 pm (ALSO FRI) êGeorge Braith Quartet with Harold Mabern, Reggie Workman, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts • Greg Lewis Organ Monk with Reggie Woods Sapphire NYC 8 pm Birdland 6 pm $30 • Ron McClure solo piano McDonald’s 12 pm (ALSO SAT) • Eliane Elias Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • John McNeil/Mike Fahie Tea and Jam Tea Lounge 9 pm • Bill Charlap Trio with Ron Carter, Kenny Washington • Jacob Melchior Philip Marie 7 pm (ALSO SUN 12 PM) Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Alex Obert’s Hollow Bones Via Della Pace 10 pm Jonathan Tunick and The Broadway Moonlighters with guest Doc Severinsen • David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Centennial Band Birdland 5:30 pm $20 • • Saul Rubin Vocalist Series Zeb’s 8 pm $10 54 Below 7, 9:30 pm $85-95 • Stan Rubin Orchestra Swing 46 8:30 pm • Carl Bartlett Jr. Trio The Garage 6 pm • David Schnug Papa’s Gino’s Restaurant 8:30 pm • Alex Terrier Trio Antibes Bistro 7:30 pm Friday, May 31 • Justin Wert/Corcoran Holt Benoit 7 pm • Bill Wurtzel/Mike Gari American Folk Art Museum Lincoln Square 2 pm êLost Jazz Shrines - Bird – A World’s Eye View: Marty Ehrlich with James Zollar, • Bill Wurtzel Duo Velour Lounge 6:30 pm Marc Ribot, Michael Formanek, Nasheet Waits, Erica Hunt, Charles Bernstein THURSDAYS Tribeca Performing Arts Center 8:30 pm $25 • Bizarre Jazz and Blues Band Bizarre 9 pm êKeystone Korner Presents: Paquito D’Rivera Havana Nights • Jason Campbell Trio Perk’s 8 pm Iridium 8, 10 pm $30 • Sedric Choukroun Brasserie Jullien 7:30 pm (ALSO FRI, SAT) • Eric DiVito The Flatiron Room 8 pm êDave Liebman Quintet with Matt Vashlishan, Bobby Avey, Tony Marino, Alex Ritz • Gregory Generet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 • and the Harlem Night Songs Big Band MIST 9, 10:30 pm $15 êFrank Kimbrough/Scott Robinson Greenwich House Music School 8 pm $15 • Jazz Open Mic Perk’s 8 pm êMiles Davis Festival: Eddie Henderson Quintet with Wayne Escoffery, Dave Kikoski, • Lapis Luna Quintet The Plaza Hotel Rose Club 9 pm Doug Weiss, Carl Allen Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 • Metro Room Jazz Jam with guests Metropolitan Room 11 pm $10 • Jonathan Finlayson and Sicilian Defense • Eri Yamamoto Trio Arthur’s Tavern 7 pm (ALSO FRI-SAT) The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 FRIDAYS • Rinde Eckert/Ned Rothenberg with guest Adam Matta • The Crooked Trio: Oscar Noriega, Brian Drye, Ari Folman-Cohen Barbès 5 pm Roulette 8 pm $15 • Deep Sintir 8 pm • Charles Downs’ Centipede The Complete Music Studio 7 pm • Mike DiRubbo Quintet with Steve Davis, Brian Charette • Gerry Eastman’s Quartet Williamsburg Music Center 10 pm Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 • Finkel/Kasuga/Tanaka/Solow San Martin Restaurant 12 pm $10 • Steve Ash Trio; Emilio Solla Group Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 • Patience Higgins & The Sugar Hill Quartet Smoke 11:45 pm • Dave Stryker Trio with Jared Gold, McClenty Hunter • Tommy Igoe Birdland Big Band Birdland 5 pm $25 Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $10 • Sandy Jordan and Friends ABC Chinese Restaurant 8 pm • Solid Goold Quartet; Point of Departure • Kengo Nakamura Trio Club A Steakhouse 11 pm Fat Cat 6, 10:30 pm • Brian Newman Quartet Duane Park 10:30 pm • Jazzmeia Horn Quartet Metropolitan Room 11:30 pm $20 • Albert Rivera Organ Trio B Smith’s 8:30 pm (ALSO SAT) Buyu Ambroise BAMCafé 9 pm • Richard Russo Quartet Capital Grille 6:30 pm • • Brandon Sanders Trio Londel’s 8, 9, 10 pm (ALSO SAT) • Andrea Wolper’s IP with Diane Moser, Ken Filiano; Gene Ess and Fractal Attraction with • Bill Saxton and the Harlem Band Bill’s Place 9, 11 pm $15 (ALSO SAT) Thana Alexa, Adam Birnbaum, Thomson Kneeland, Mark Ferber • UOTS Jam Session University of the Streets 11:30 pm $5 (ALSO SAT) Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30, 9:30 pm $10 • Rakiem Walker Project Shrine 6 pm • Jacob Varmus’ Terminal Stillness with Pete McCann; Hashem Assadullahi, SATURDAYS Broc Hempel, Sam Trapchak, Christian Coleman • Cyrille Aimee The Cupping Room 8:30 pm Steinway Reformed Church 8 pm $10 • Avalon Jazz Quartet Matisse 8 pm • Lonnie Youngblood Jazz 966 8, 10 pm $15 • Candy Shop Boys Duane Park 8, 10:30 pm • Household Tales: William Lea, David Redbranch, Elise Reynard, Sean Ali, Tim Shortle • Jesse Elder/Greg RuggieroRothmann’s 6 pm Sidewalk Café 7 pm • Joel Forrester solo Indian Road Café 11 am Fredrick Levore; Terry Vakirtzoglou Quartet; John Petrucelli Quartet with Peter Park, • Guillaume Laurent/Luke Franco Casaville 1 pm • • Johnny O’Neal Smoke 11:45 pm Will Macirowski, Gusten Rudolph Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10 • Frank Owens Open Mic Zeb’s 1 pm • Takeshi Asai Duo Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 • Skye Jazz Trio Jack 8:30 pm • Alex Layne Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Michelle Walker/Nick Russo Anyway Café 9 pm • Terence Blanchard with Brice Winston, Fabian Almazan, Joshua Crumbly, • Bill Wurtzel Duo Henry’s 12 pm Kendrick Scott Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $35 SUNDAYS êGerald Cleaver Black Host with Darius Jones, Cooper Moore, Brandon Seabrook, • Avalon Jazz Quartet The Lambs Club 11 am Pascal Niggenkemper SEEDS 8:30 pm • Birdland Jazz Party Birdland 6 pm $25 êJoe Lovano Nonet with Tim Hagans, Barry Ries, Steve Slagle, Ralph Lalama, • Marc Devine Trio TGIFriday’s 6 pm Gary Smulyan, Larry Farrell, James Weidman, Cameron Brown, Steve Williams • Ear Regulars with Jon-Erik Kellso The Ear Inn 8 pm Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Marjorie Eliot/Rudell Drears/Sedric Choukroun Parlor Entertainment 4 pm • Sean Fitzpatrick and Friends Ra Café 1 pm êDizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band: Frank Greene, Greg Gisbert, Freddie Hendrix, • Joel Forrester solo Grace Gospel Church 11 am Claudio Roditi, Jimmy Heath, Andres Boiarsky, Mark Gross, Sharel Cassity, • Nancy Goudinaki’s Trio Kellari Taverna 12 pm Frank Basile, Steve Davis, Jason Jackson, James Burton, Douglas Purviance, • Enrico Granafei solo Sora Lella 7 pm Emmet Cohen, Yotam Silberstein, John Lee, Greg Hutchinson • Broc Hempel/Sam Trapchak/Christian Coleman Trio Dominie’s Astoria 9 pm Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Annette St. John; Roxy Coss Smoke 11:30 am :30 pm • Sparkplug: Beau Sasser, Bill Carbone, David Davis, Jamemurrell Stanley • Bob Kindred Group Café Loup 12:30 pm Blue Note 12:30 am $10 • Peter Leitch Duo Walker’s 8 pm Eliane Elias Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Alexander McCabe Trio CJ Cullens Tavern 5 pm • • Trio Café Loup 6:30 pm • Bill Charlap Trio with Ron Carter, Kenny Washington • Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Birdland 9, 11 pm $30 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Lu Reid Jam Session Shrine 4 pm • Jonathan Tunick and The Broadway Moonlighters with guest Doc Severinsen • Vocal Open Mic; Johnny O’Neal Smalls 4:30, 8:30 pm 54 Below 7, 9:30 pm $85-95 • Rose Rutledge Trio Ardesia Wine Bar 6:30 pm • Kendra Shank, John Stowell, Rogério Boccato • Sara Serpa/André Matos Pão Restaurant 2 pm 55Bar 6 pm • Gabrielle Stravelli Trio The Village Trattoria 12:30 pm • The Anderson Brothers; Jason Prover and the Sneak Thievery Orchestra • Cidinho Teixeira Zinc Bar 10, 11:30 1 am The Garage 6, 10:45 pm • Jazz Jam hosted by Michael Vitali Comix Lounge 8 pm • Brian Woodruff Jam Blackbird’s 9 pm

44 May 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD CLUB DIRECTORY

• 54 Below 254 West 54th Street • Comix Lounge 353 W. 14th Street Subway: L to 8th Avenue • Nino’s Tuscany 117 W. 58th Street (212-757-8630) (646-476-3551) Subway: N, Q, R to 57th Street; B, D, E to Seventh Avenue • The Complete Music Studio 227 Saint Marks Avenue, Brooklyn Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle www.ninostuscany.com www.54below.com (718-857-3175) Subway: B, Q to Seventh Avenue www.completemusic.com • North Square Lounge 103 Waverly Place (212-254-1200) • 55Bar 55 Christopher Street (212-929-9883) • Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street (212-989-9319) Subway: A, B, C, E, F to West 4th Street www.northsquareny.com Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.55bar.com Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.corneliastreetcafé.com • Notaro Second Avenue between 34th & 35th Streets (212-686-3400) • 92nd Street Y and Weill Art Gallery Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street • The Counting Room 44 Berry Street (718-599-1860) Subway: 6 to 33rd Street (212-415-5500) Subway: 6 to 96th Street www.92y.org Subway: L to Bedford Avenue www.thecountingroombk.com • Nublu 62 Avenue C between 4th and 5th Streets • 92YTribeca 200 Hudson Street • Creole 2167 3rd Avenue at 118th Street (212-979-9925) Subway: F, M to Second Avenue www.nublu.net (212-601-1000) Subway: 1, A, C, E to Canal Street www.92ytribeca.org (212-876-8838) Subway: 6 th 116th Street www.creolenyc.com • Pão Restaurant 322 Spring Street • ABC Chinese Restaurant 34 Pell Street • Culture Project 45 Bleecker Street (212-334-5464) Subway: C, E to Spring Street www.paonewyork.com (212-346-9890) Subway: J to Chambers Street (212-925-1806) Subway: 6 to Bleecker Street www.cultureproject.org • Parlor Entertainment 555 Edgecombe Ave. #3F between 159th and • ABC No-Rio 156 Rivington Street (212-254-3697) • The Cupping Room 359 West Broadway between Broome and Grand Street 160th Streets (212-781-6595) Subway: C to 155th Street Subway: J,M,Z to Delancey Street www.abcnorio.org (212-925-2898) Subway: A, C, E to Canal Street www.parlorentertainment.com • Aaron Davis Hall 133rd Street and Convent Avenue • Dizzy’s Club Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor (212-258-9800) • Perez Jazz 71 Ocean Parkway Subway: F, G to Fort Hamilton Parkway (212-650-7100) Subway: 1 to 137th Street/City College Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle www.jalc.org • The Players Club 16 Gramercy Park South www.aarondavishall.org • Dominie’s Astoria 34-07 30th Avenue Subway: N, Q to 30th Avenue (212-475-6116) Subway: 6 to 23rd Street www.theplayersnyc.org • Abyssinian Baptist Church 132 Odell Clark Place/W. 138th Street • Douglass Street Music Collective 295 Douglass Street • The Plaza Hotel Rose Club Fifth Avenue at Central Park South (212-862-5959) Subway: 2, 3 to 135th Street www.abyssinian.org Subway: R to Union Street www.295douglass.org (212-759-3000) Subway: N, Q, R to Fifth Avenue www.fairmont.com • Allen Room Broadway at 60th Street, 5th floor (212-258-9800) • Downtown Music Gallery 13 Monroe Street • Rockwood Music Hall 196 Allen Street (212-477-4155) Subway: 1, 2, 3, 9, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle www.jalc.org (212-473-0043) Subway: F to East Broadway Subway: F, M to Second Avenue www.rockwoodmusichall.com • Amelie NY 22 W. 8th Street (212-533-2962) www.downtownmusicgallery.com • Rose Hall Broadway at 60th Street, 5th floor (212-258-9800) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.ameliewinebar.com • Drom 85 Avenue A (212-777-1157) Subway: 1, 2, 3, 9, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle www.jalc.org • American Folk Art Museum 45 W 53rd Street (212-265-1040) Subway: F to Second Avenue www.dromnyc.com • Roulette 509 Atlantic Avenue Subway: E to 53rd Street www.folkartmuseum.org • Duane Park 157 Duane Street (212-732-5555) (212-219-8242) Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic Avenue www.roulette.org • An Beal Bocht Café 445 W. 238th Street Subway: 1 to 238th Street Subway: 1, 2, 3 to Chambers Street www.duaneparknyc.com • Rubin Museum 150 W. 17th Street (212-620-5000) www.LindasJazzNights.com • The Ear Inn 326 Spring Street at Greenwich Street (212-246-5074) Subway: A, C, E to 14th Street www.rmanyc.org • Antibes Bistro 112 Suffolk Street (212-533-6088) Subway: C, E to Spring Street www.earinn.com • St. Augustine’s Church 290 Henry Street Subway: J, Z to Essex Street www.antibesbistro.com • Eats Restaurant 1055 Lexington Avenue (212-673-5300) Subway: F to East Broadway www.staugnyc.org • Anyway Café 34 E. 2nd Street (212-533-3412) (212-396-3287) Subway: 6 to 77th Street www.eatsonlex.com • Saint Peter’s Church 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street Subway: F to Second Avenue • Fat Cat 75 Christopher Street at 7th Avenue (212-675-6056) (212-935-2200) Subway: 6 to 51st Street www.saintpeters.org • Apollo Theater & Music Café 253 W. 125th Street (212-531-5305) Subway: 1 to Christopher Street/Sheridan Square www.fatcatmusic.org • San Martin Restaurant 143 E. 49 Street between Lexington and Park Subway: A, B, C, D, 2, 3 to 125th Street www.apollotheater.org • The Fifth Estate 506 5th Avenue, Brooklyn Avenues (212-832-0888) Subway: 6 to 51st Street • Ardesia Wine Bar 510 W. 52nd Street (718-840-0089) Subway: F to 4th Avenue www.fifthestatebar.com • Sapphire NYC 333 E. 60th Street (212-421-3600) (212-247-9191) Subway: C to 50th Street www.ardesia-ny.com • The Firehouse Space 246 Frost Street Subway: 4, 5, 6, N, Q, R to 59th Street www.nysapphire.com • Arthur’s Tavern 57 Grove Street (212-675-6879) Subway: L to Graham Avenue www.thefirehousespace.org • SEEDS 617 Vanderbilt Avenue Subway: 2, 3, 4 to Grand Army Plaza Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.arthurstavernnyc.com • The Flatiron Room 37 West 26th Street www.seedsbrooklyn.org • Arturo’s 106 W. Houston Street (at Thompson Street) (212-725-3860) Subway: N, R to 28th Street www.theflatironroom.com • ShapeShifter Lab 18 Whitwell Place (212-677-3820) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street • Flushing Town Hall 137-35 Northern Boulevard (646-820-9452) Subway: R to Union Street www.shapeshifterlab.com • Ave D 673 Flatbush Avenue Subway: B, Q to Parkside Avenue (718-463-7700) Subway: 7 to Main Street www.flushingtownhall.org • Showman’s 375 W. 125th Street at Morningside) (212-864-8941) • BB King’s Blues Bar 237 W. 42nd Street • Frank’s Cocktail Lounge 660 Fulton St. at Lafayette, Brooklyn Subway: A, B, C, D to 125th Street www.showmansjazz.webs.com (212-997-2144) Subway: 1, 2, 3, 7 to 42nd Street/Times Square (718-625-9339) Subway: G to Fulton Street • Shrine 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (212-690-7807) www.bbkingblues.com • The Garage 99 Seventh Avenue South (212-645-0600) Subway: B, 2, 3 to 135th Street www.shrinenyc.com • BAMCafé 30 Lafayette Ave at Ashland Pl, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.garagerest.com • Sidewalk Café 94 Avenue A at E. 6th Street Subway: 6 to Astor Place (718-636-4139) Subway: M, N, R, W to Pacific Street; Q, 1, 2, 4, 5 • Ginny’s Supper Club at Red Rooster Harlem 310 Boulevard • Sintir 424 E. 9th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue to Atlantic Avenue www.bam.org (212-792-9001) Subway: 2, 3 to 125th Street www.ginnyssupperclub.com (212-477-4333) Subway: 6 to Astor Place • Bflat 277 Church Street (between Franklin and White Streets) • Gospel Uptown 2110 Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard • Sistas’ Place 456 Nostrand Avenue at Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn Subway: 1, 2 to Franklin Streets (212-280-2110) Subway: A, B, C, D to 125th Street www.gospeluptown.com (718-398-1766) Subway: A to Nostrand Avenue www.sistasplace.org • The Backroom 627 5th Avenue (718-768-0131) • Grace Gospel Church 589 E. 164th Street • Smalls 183 W 10th Street at Seventh Avenue (212-252-5091) Subway: D, N, R to Prospect Avenue www.freddysbar.com (718-328-0166) Subway: 2, 5 to Prospect Avenue Subway: 1,2,3,9 to 14th Street www.smallsjazzclub.com • Bar Next Door 129 MacDougal Street (212-529-5945) • Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street • Smoke 2751 Broadway between 105th and 106th Streets Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.lalanternacaffe.com (212-242-4770) Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.greenwichhouse.org (212-864-6662) Subway: 1 to 103rd Street www.smokejazz.com • Barbès 376 9th Street at 6th Avenue, Brooklyn (718-965-9177) • Harlem Stage Gatehouse 150 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street • Sofia’s 221 W. 46th Street Subway: B, D, F to 42nd Street Subway: F to 7th Avenue www.barbesbrooklyn.com (212-650-7100) Subway: 1 to 137th Street www.harlemstage.org • Somethin’ Jazz Club 212 E. 52nd Street, 3rd floor (212-371-7657) • Bargemusic Fulton Ferry Landing • Henry’s 2745 Broadway (212-866-060) 1 to 103rd Street Subway: 6 to 51st Street; E to Lexington Avenue-53rd Street (718-624-4061) Subway: F to York Street, A, C to High Street • Highline Ballroom 431 W 16th Street www.somethinjazz.com/ny www.bargemusic.org (212-414-5994) Subway: A, C, E to 14th Street www.highlineballroom.com • Sora Lella 300 Spring Street (212-366-4749) • Benoit 60 W. 55th Street • Ibeam Brooklyn 168 7th Street between Second and Third Avenues Subway: C, E to Spring Street www.soralellanyc.com Subway: F to 57th Street, N, Q, R,W to 57th Street Subway: F to 4th Avenue www.ibeambrooklyn.com • Spectrum 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd floor Subway: F, M to Second Avenue • Bill’s Place 148 W. 133rd Street (between Lenox and 7th Avenues) • Indian Road Café 600 W. 218th Street @ Indian Road • Steinway Reformed Church 21-65 41 Street at Ditmars Boulevard (212-281-0777) Subway: 2, 3 to 125th Street (212-942-7451) Subway: 1 to 215th Street www.indianroadcafe.com Subway: N to Ditmars Blvd-Astoria • Birdland 315 W. 44th Street (212-581-3080) • Iridium 1650 Broadway at 51st Street (212-582-2121) • Stephen Wise Free Synagogue 30 W. 68th Street Subway: A, C, E, to 42nd Street www.birdlandjazz.com Subway: 1,2 to 50th Street www.theiridium.com (212-877-4050) Subway: 1 to 66th Street www.swfs.org • The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street between Thompson and LaGuardia • JACK 505 Waverly Avenue • The Stone Avenue C and 2nd Street Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, V to W. 4th Street (718-388-2251) Subway: C to Clinton-Washington Avenue www.jackny.org Subway: F to Second Avenue www.thestonenyc.com • Bizarre 12 Jefferson Street Subway: J, M, Z to Myrtle Avenue • Jack 80 University Place Subway: 4, 5, 6, N, R to 14th Street • Sunnyside Reformed Church 48-03 Skillman Avenue (718-426-5997) www.facebook.com/bizarrebushwick • Jazz 966 966 Fulton Street Subway: 7 to 52nd Street www.sunnysidenyc.rcachurches.org • Blackbird’s 41-19 30th Avenue (718-943-6898) (718-638-6910) Subway: C to Clinton Street www.jazz966.com • Swing 46 349 W. 46th Street (646-322-4051) Subway: R to Steinway Street www.blackbirdsbar.com • Jazz at Kitano 66 Park Avenue at 38th Street (212-885-7000) Subway: A, C, E to 42nd Street www.swing46.com • Blue Note 131 W. 3rd Street at 6th Avenue (212-475-8592) Subway: 4, 5, 6 to Grand Central www.kitano.com • Sycamore 1118 Cortelyou Road (347-240-5850) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.bluenotejazz.com • The Jazz Gallery 1160 Broadway, 5th floor (212-242-1063) Subway: B, Q to to Cortelyou Road www.sycamorebrooklyn.com • Branded Saloon 603 Vanderbilt Avenue (between St. Marks Avenue and Subway: N, R to 28th Street www.jazzgallery.org • Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Bergen Street Subway: 2, 3 to Bergen Street www.brandedsaloon.com • Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 E.126th Street (212-348-8300) & Bar Thalia 2537 Broadway at 95th Street (212-864-5400) • Brandy Library 25 N. Moore Street Subway: 6 to 125th Street www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org Subway: 1, 2, 3, 9 to 96th Street www.symphonyspace.org (212-226-5545) Subway: 1 to Franklin Street • Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th between Park and Lexington Avenue • Tagine 537 9th Ave. between 39th and 40th Streets • Brecht Forum 451 W. Street (212-242-4201) (212-576-2232) Subway: 6 to 28th Street www.jazzstandard.net (212-564-7292) Subway: A, C, E, 1, 2, N, R, 7 to 42nd Street Subway: A, C, E, L, 1, 2, 3, 9 to 14th Street www.brechtforum.org • Joe G’s 244 W. 56th Street (212-765-3160) • Tea Lounge 837 Union Street, Brooklyn (718-789-2762) • Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts 2900 Campus Road Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle Subway: N, R to Union Street www.tealoungeNY.com Subway: 5 to Flatbush Avenue - Brooklyn College www.brooklyncenter.com • Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette Street (212-539-8770) • Terraza 7 40-19 Gleane Street • Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn Subway: N, R to 8th Street-NYU; 6 to Astor Place www.joespub.com (718-803-9602) Subway: 7 to 82nd Street/Jackson Heights Subway: F to Seventh Avenue, N, R to Union Street www.bqcm.org • Kellari Taverna 19 W. 44th Street (212-221-0144) www.terrazacafe.com • Brooklyn Masonic Temple 317 Clermont Avenue Subway: B, D, F, M, 7 to 42nd Street-Bryant Park www.kellari.us • Tomi Jazz 239 E. 53rd Street (718-638-1256) Subway: G to Clinton-Washington Avenues • Knickerbocker Bar & Grill 33 University Place (212-228-8490) (646-497-1254) Subway: 6 to 51st Street www.tomijazz.com • CJ Cullens Tavern 4340 White Plains Road, Bronx Subway: N, R to 8th Street-NYU www.knickerbockerbarandgrill.com • Tribeca Performing Arts Center 199 Chambers Street (212-220-1460) Subway: 2 to Nereid Avenue/238th Street • Korzo 667 5th Avenue, Brooklyn (718-285-9425) Subway: A, 1, 2, 3, 9 to Chambers Street www.tribecapac.org • Café Carlyle 35 E. 76th Street (212-744-1600) Subway: R to Prospect Avenue www.korzorestaurant.com • University of the Streets 130 E. 7th Street Subway: 6 to 77th Street www.thecarlyle.com • The Lambs Club 132 W. 44th Street (212-254-9300) Subway: 6 to Astor Place www.universityofthestreets.org • Café Loup 105 W. 13th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues 212-997-5262 Subway: A, C, E, to 42nd Street www.thelambsclub.com • Velour Lounge 297 10th Avenue (212-255-4746) Subway: F to 14th Street www.cafeloupnyc.com • Lang Hall, Hunter College East 68th Street between Park and Lexington (212-279-9707) Subway: C, E to 23rd Street www.velournyc.com • Caffe Vivaldi 32 Jones Street Avenues (212-772-4448) Subway: 6 to 68th Street • Via Della Pace 48 E. 7th Street and Second Avenue Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.caffevivaldi.com www.kayeplayhouse.hunter.cuny.edu (212-253-5803) Subway: 6 to Astor Place • Cameo Gallery 93 N. 6th Street • Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker Street (212-228-4854) • The Village Lantern 167 Bleecker Street Subway: L to Bedford Avenue Campos Plaza Playground East 13th Street Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.lepoissonrouge.com (212-260-7993) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street between Avenues B and C Subway: L to 1st Avenue • The Local 802 322 W. 48th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues • The Village Trattoria 135 W. 3rd Street (212-598-0011) • Capital Grille 120 Broadway (212-245-4802) Subway: C to 50th Street www.jazzfoundation.org Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.thevillagetrattoria.com (212-374-1811) Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Wall Street www.thecapitalgrille.com • The Loft at 100 Greene Street 6th floor Subway: N, R to Prince Street • Village Vanguard 178 Seventh Avenue South at 11th Street • Casaville 633 Second Avenue • Londel’s 2620 Frederick Douglas Boulevard (212-234-6114) (212-255-4037) Subway: 1, 2, 3 to 14th Street www.villagevanguard.com (212-685-8558) Subway: 6 to 33rd Street www.casavillenyc.com Subway: 1 to 145th Street www.londelsrestaurant.com • Vino di Vino Wine Bar 29-21 Ditmars Boulevard, Queens • Cassa Hotel and Residences 70 W. 45th Street, 10th Floor Terrace • L’ybane 709 8th Avenue (212-582-2012) (718-721-3010) Subway: N to Ditmars Blvd-Astoria (212-302-87000 Subway: B, D, F, 7 to Fifth Avenue www.cassahotelny.com Subway: A, C, E to 42nd Street-Port Authority www.lybane.com • Walker’s 16 North Moore Street (212-941-0142) • The Cathedral of St. John the Divine 1047 Amsterdam Avenue • McDonald’s 160 Broadway between Maiden Lane and Liberty Street Subway: A, C, E to Canal Street (212 316-7490) Subway: 1 to 110th Street www.stjohndivine.org (212-385-2063) Subway: 4, 5 to Fulton Street www.mcdonalds.com • Waltz-Astoria 23-14 Ditmars Boulevard (718-95-MUSIC) • Charley O’s 1611 Broadway at 49th Street (212-246-1960) • Matisse 924 Second Avenue Subway: N, R to Ditmars Blvd-Astoria www.Waltz-Astoria.com Subway: N, R, W to 49th Street (212-546-9300) Subway: 6 to 51st Street www.matissenyc.com • Water Street Restaurant 66 Water Street (718-625-9352) • Chez Lola 387 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn (718-858-1484) • Medicine Show Theatre 549 W. 52nd Street, 3rd Floor (212-262-4216) Subway: F to York Street, A, C to High Street Subway: C to Clinton-Washington Avenues www.bistrolola.com Subway: C, E to 50th Street www.medicineshowtheatre.org • Williamsburg Music Center 367 Bedford Avenue • Chez Oskar 211 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn (718-852-6250) • Metropolitan Room 34 W. 22nd Street (212-206-0440) (718-384-1654) Subway: L to Bedford Avenue Subway: C to Lafayette Avenue www.chezoskar.com Subway: N, R to 23rd Street www.metropolitanroom.com • Zeb’s 223 W. 28th Street • Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center 107 Suffolk Street • MIST - My Image Studios 40 West 116th Street 212-695-8081 Subway: 1 to 28th Street www.zebulonsoundandlight.com Subway: F, J, M, Z to Delancey Street www.csvcenter.org Subway: 2, 3 to 116th Street • Zinc Bar 82 W. 3rd Street (212-477-8337) • Cleopatra’s Needle 2485 Broadway (212-769-6969) • NYC Baha’i Center 53 E. 11th Street (212-222-5159) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.zincbar.com Subway: 1, 2, 3 to 96th Street www.cleopatrasneedleny.com Subway: 4, 5, 6, N, R to 14th Street-Union Square www.bahainyc.org • ZirZamin 90 West Houston Street • Club A Steakhouse 240 E. 58th Street (212-618-4190) • New School Arnhold Hall 55 West 13th Street (646-823-9617) Subway: B, D, F, M to Broadway-Lafayette Street Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 59th Street www.clubasteak.com (212-229-5600) Subway: F, V to 14th Street www.newschool.edu www.zirzaminnyc.com

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | May 2013 45 (INTERVIEW CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6) release And Now…. But Mutable had already taken up the torch by reissuing their 1975 album The Psyche and “Okayyy.” [laughs] And we played the head down and later putting out a recording of a 2005 concert the there’s the horn solo and piano solo and then there’s group gave in Poland. The recent download release this kind of improvisational duo happening with Ron Counterparts was recorded live in Italy a few months and myself. Which is so interesting, because I didn’t after the Poland concert and is the final concert the know where Ron was gonna go. I didn’t feel like he group ever played. was pulling me anywhere either. And he had these Buckner acknowledged that the recording quality kind of dynamic things he was doing - he was sliding of Counterparts isn’t quite up to par with the Poland up and down the bass. It really was an interesting recording, released as Beyond the Boundary of Time conversation. It was a first take. It was a very (although as an archival release it’s hardly subpar). But challenging moment because of the emotional side of he says he is dedicated to the group and in fact has you. As a drummer, you’re saying - well, for me, I recorded with both Cooper and Jenkins. “I love the speak for myself - I was thinking, “Okay, this is the Revolutionary Ensemble. I’m friends with Jerome and moment when this explosion happens.” And actually, I worked with Leroy. I loved Leroy and I thought it turned out being like a painting at the end of the day. somebody should do it.” There were these kind of strange curves and lines and That, in a nutshell, might be Buckner’s modus colors being added as we were playing it. And he plays operandi: he does things because he thinks somebody the melody kind of at the very end, which is my cue should. With regards to the 1750 Arch and that we were done. [laughs]. Interpretations concert series he said, “Most of my time is spent being a singer but I felt these things are TNYCJR: Many jazz drummers are holding back but important to do. In both cases I started the concert you really play the drums in a jazz setting. series because I thought there was a need for the kind of music I wanted to present.” Likewise, regarding the WC: Well, first of all, thanks. I don’t know what to say two labels, he explained, “I wanted to be able to put about that. I agree with you in some aspects, because if out those things that were of interest to me that were I go listen to Tony Williams’ records and I listen to Art not of interest to labels that were interested in me. I Blakey’s records and I listen to Joe Chambers’ records, want in general to trust the music of composers with a I listen to Jack DeJohnette’s records, they’re playing, jazz formation who are doing things that you wouldn’t man. They’re playing out. Tony is bashing. That McCoy necessarily do in a club. Tyner Supertrios double-album where one side is Jack “You can’t be consistent,” he added. “I can say I’m and the other side is Tony, those guys sound like they doing this but if I hear something I really like, why have boxing gloves on. That was just so inspiring to wouldn’t I do it?” v me. To the point where, in those days, if Tony was on a record, I went to get it. Didn’t matter who [else] was on For more information, visit mutablemusic.com. Interpretations it. If Jack was on the record, I went to get it. If Blakey is at Roulette May 9th. See Calendar. put out something, a remaster or something, I went to get it. There’s nothing to talk about, because I knew I wasn’t gonna be let down. I can’t explain, because I feel that way about everything, what you just stated. Even pop music. I feel it’s become quite homogenized in a way. I’m not judging any other drummer or any other bass player. I just don’t hear and want to play music that way. I’m still inspired by all of those great drummers and composers and if that’s the thing that’s gonna fuel my rocket, then that’s the kind of fuel that I’m gonna use. But I in no way feel like I need to pull back on the levers in any way, shape or form. It’s a drum set for God’s sake. I think it’s an instrument that should piss you off. It should get too loud sometimes. [If] you gotta put your fingers in your ears for eight bars, so what? That’s life. That’s what it should be. It should be that kind of roller coaster ride. It should be moments of you playing with brushes and you can’t hear it. There should be moments when you’re not quite sure where the time is. There should be moments of total surprise. Like, “Wow, that’s a beautiful sound.” Mallets, playing with your fingers, whatever it is. To me, the instrument represents life. And life is more than A to Z. There’s a lot of other things out there. v

For more information, visit willcalhoun.com. Calhoun is at Blue Note May 17th-19th. See Calendar.

Recommended Listening: • Will Calhoun - Housework (8mm Musik, 1994) • Wayne Shorter - High Life (Verve, 1995) • Will Calhoun - Live at the Blue Note (Half Note, 1999) • Santi Debriano - Artistic License (Savant, 2000) • Will Calhoun - Native Lands (Half Note, 2005) • Will Calhoun - Life in This World (Motéma Music, 2013)

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drummer Jerome Cooper hadn’t played together in 25 years when they returned with the Pi Recordings

46 May 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD IN MEMORIAM by Andrey Henkin - The British trumpeter had one of the longest-running trad-jazz bands in England, TERRY LIGHTFOOT - The clarinetist was a part of the ‘50s British trad-jazz revival, leading his part of a scene that included and . Ball’s Jazzmen, which still has original own groups and performing with Acker Bilk, Chris Barber and Kenny Ball, though he would leave member John Bennett and later included Ball’s son Keith on vocals, began in 1961 and had many and return to music to be a pub owner throughout his career. Lightfoot died Mar. 15th at 77. charting songs. Ball died Mar. 7th at 82. HUGH MCCRACKEN - The session guitarist has hundreds of credits in the rock and pop world GEORGE BARROW - The baritone saxophonist featured on many important jazz albums in a since the early ‘60s but also dipped his feet quite regularly into the jazz pond, appearing on albums career that began in the early ‘50s. Among them were ’ Moods of Mingus, Oliver by , Ron Carter, and others. McCracken died Mar. 28th at 61. Nelson’s The Blues and the Abstract Truth and Clifford Thornton’s The Gardens of Harlem, as well as appearances with , Clark Terry, Frank Wess, a long association with David Amram MELVIN RHYNE - One of the legends of the Hammond B3 organ, Rhyne played with Wes and later Warren Smith. Barrow died Mar. 20th at 91. Montgomery, his fellow Indianapolitan, in the ‘50s-60s for the guitarist’s Riverside sessions, having begun his career in the mid ‘50s with Roland Kirk. He had one album under his own name in 1960. EDWARD BLAND - The composer produced the important 1959 documentary Cry of Jazz. His only After a decades-long absence, Rhyne returned to music in the ‘90s, recording regularly as a leader. film, interspersing live jazz footage and scenes of the inner city life, it explored racial relations and Rhyne died Mar. 5th at 76. was quite controversial. Later he did arrangements for various jazz artists and had his works performed by symphony orchestras. Bland died Mar. 14th at 86. BEBO VALDÉS - Father of pianist Chucho, the elder Valdés was also a pianist and led big bands during Cuba’s “Golden Age”, helping innovate Latin jazz as well as composing for Celia Cruz. RUNE CARLSSON - The Swedish drummer played with many visiting Americans, most notably Spurred on after an appearance in the documentary Calle 54, he is most known for his late-career , fellow Swedes like Eje Thelin and was part of the quintet on Krzysztof Komeda’s work, which netted him several Grammy awards. Valdés died Mar. 22nd at 94. monumental Astigmatic album from 1965. Later in his career, Carlsson stepped out from behind his drumkit to become a singer. Carlsson died Mar. 9th at 72. FRAN WARREN - The vocalist, born Frances Wolfe, had an unsuccessful audition for Duke Ellington at age 16 but went on to sing with the ‘40s bands of Billy Eckstine (who gave her her stage BARBARA DONALD - The trumpeter and former wife of saxophonist Sonny Simmons appeared name), Charlie Barnet and Claude Thornhill as well as performing on Broadway and acting in on his albums in the ‘60s-70s. After their divorce in 1980, she made two albums as a leader for movies. Warren died Mar. 4th on her 87th birthday. Cadence Jazz Records but occasionally reunited for concerts with Simmons before poor health ended her career after 1992. Donald died Mar. 23rd at 71. DEREK WATKINS - The British big band trumpeter worked with large ensembles on both sides of the Atlantic, under such leaders as and Count Basie, starting in the ‘50s. He was STEVE ELLINGTON - Some of the drummer’s earliest credits came as part of Sam Rivers’ groups also a regular performer with pop acts like and . His greatest claim to in the ‘60s-70s. His discographical entries in the ‘80s were almost nonexistent but the ‘90s found fame, however, may be his soundtrack work, including every James Bond film. Watkins died Mar. Ellington working extensively with pianist . Ellington died Mar. 22nd at 71. 22nd at 68. BIRTHDAYS May 1 May 6 May 11 May 16 May 22 May 27 Ira Sullivan b.1931 †Freddy Randall 1921-99 †King Oliver 1885-1938 †Woody Herman 1913-87 †Sun Ra 1914-93 †Albert Nicholas 1900-73 †Shirley Horn 1934-2005 †Denny Wright 1924-92 †JC Higginbotham 1906-73 †Eddie Bert 1922-2012 †Elek Bacsik 1926-1993 †Jock Carruthers 1910-71 b.1940 Isla Eckinger b.1939 †Oscar Valdambrini 1924-97 †Betty Carter 1930-98 Giuseppi Logan b.1935 † 1926-2009 b.1953 Paul Dunmall b.1953 John Coppola b.1929 Billy Cobham b.1944 Dick Berk b.1939 Ramsey Lewis b.1935 Kevin Hays b.1968 Dick Garcia b.1931 †Rufus Jones 1936-90 Ambrose Akinmusire b.1982 May 7 †Freddie Roach 1931-80 May 17 May 23 †Niels-Henning Ørsted †Yank Porter 1895-1944 Carla Bley b.1938 †Paul Quinichette 1916-83 †Artie Shaw 1910-2004 Pedersen 1946-2005 May 2 †Pete Jacobs 1899-1952 Ralph Humphrey b.1944 † 1931-2006 †Rosemary Clooney 1928-2002 Gonzalo Rubalcaba b.1963 †Pat Smyth 1923-83 †Leon Abbey 1900-75 Mikkel Ploug b.1978 † 1932-79 †Les Spann 1932-89 †Richard “Groove” Holmes †Edward Inge 1906-88 †Jackie McLean 1932-2006 Daniel Humair b.1938 May 28 1931-91 †Herbie Steward 1926-2003 May 12 Michiel Braam b.1964 Marvin Stamm b.1939 †Andy Kirk 1898-1992 PAUL DUNMALL Eddy Louiss b.1941 b.1940 †Marshall Royal 1912-95 b.1946 †Al Tinney 1921-2002 May 6th, 1953 b.1943 Michael Formanek b.1958 †Don DeMichael 1928-82 May 18 b.1947 †Russ Freeman 1926-2002 It is strange to see in Keith Ganz b.1972 Gary Peacock b.1935 †Joe Turner 1911-85 Ken Peplowski b.1959 Alfred Patterson b.1937 May 8 Klaus Doldinger b.1936 † 1922-83 Darcy James Argue b.1975 Claudio Roditi b.1946 saxophonist/bagpiper Paul May 3 †Red Nichols 1905-65 Trevor Tompkins b.1941 Jim McNeely b.1949 Dunmall’s discography that †John Lewis 1920-2001 †Mary Lou Williams 1910-81 Weasel Walter b.1972 May 24 May 29 the first entry is a 1976 album † 1926-2008 †Jerry Rusch 1943-2003 May 13 †Frank Signorelli 1901-75 Freddie Redd b.1927 with Johnny “Guitar” Watson. b.1926 b.1945 †Maxine Sullivan 1911-87 May 19 † 1919-58 †Hilton Ruiz 1952-2006 This aberration aside, since Johnny Fischer b.1930 Jon-Erik Kellso b.1964 †Gil Evans 1912-88 Cecil McBee b.1935 b.1928 Jim Snidero b.1958 the early ‘80s, Dunmall has John Alexander b.1948 Meinrad Kneer b.1970 † 1923-84 Sonny Fortune b.1939 †Gianni Basso 1931-2009 Lafayette Harris, Jr. b.1963 been one of his country’s Larry Ochs b.1949 Creed Taylor b.1929 Richard Teitelbaum b.1939 Michael White b.1933 Wycliffe Gordon b.1967 fiercest improvisers. He has Guillermo E. Brown b.1974 May 9 †Erick Moseholm 1930-2012 Henry Butler b.1949 Archie Shepp b.1937 Sean Jones b.1978 been a longtime member of Matt Bauder b.1976 †George Simon 1912-2001 John Engels b.1935 Michael Blake b.1964 †Charles Earland 1941-99 the London Jazz Composers Alexander Hawkins b.1981 †Dick Morrissey 1940-2000 Gregoire Maret b.1975 Francesco Cafiso b.1989 May 30 Orchestra and the cooperative Dennis Chambers b.1959 May 20 †Sidney DeParis 1905-67 group Mujician. He has May 4 Ricardo Gallo b.1978 May 14 Tommy Gumina b.1931 May 25 †Benny Goodman 1909-86 collaborated with fellow †Sonny Payne 1926-79 †Sidney Bechet 1897-1959 b.1931 Marshall Allen b.1924 †Pee Wee Erwin 1913-81 British saxophonists like Evan †Maynard Ferguson 1928-2006 May 10 †Zutty Singleton 1898-1975 †Bob Florence 1932-2008 †Miles Davis 1926-91 † 1927-97 Warren Smith b.1932 †Pee Wee Hunt 1907-79 †Skip Martin 1916-76 Charles Davis b.1933 †Piet Noordijk 1932-2011 † 1935-2010 Parker and and Don Friedman b.1935 †Al Hendrickson 1920-2007 Al Porcino b.1925 †Rufus Harley 1936-2006 Gary Foster b.1936 Ann Hampton Callaway b.1959 has had a long partnership Ron Carter b.1937 † 1929-90 Jack Bruce b.1943 Victor Lewis b.1950 Christof Lauer b.1953 Juan Pablo Carletti b.1973 with bassist Paul Rogers. Chuck Folds b.1938 George Golla b.1935 Virginia Mayhew b.1959 Ralph Peterson b.1962 Wallace Roney b.1960 Frank Rosaly b.1974 Apart from albums on Rudresh Mahanthappa b.1971 † 1935-99 Frank Basile b.1978 Sheryl Bailey b.1966 Cuneiform, FMR and SLAM, Jeremiah Cymerman b.1980 b.1937 Benjamin Duboc b.1969 May 26 May 31 much of his recent recorded b.1946 May 15 †Ady Rosner 1910-76 †Red Holloway 1927-2012 output is available through his May 5 b.1947 †Ellis Larkins 1923-2002 May 21 †Shorty Baker 1914-66 Albert “Tootie ”Heath b.1935 own DUNS label, from solo Kidd Jordan b.1935 †Hans Reichel 1949-2011 Karin Krog b.1937 †Fats Waller 1904-43 †Ziggy Elman 1914-68 b.1937 bagpipe expositions and duos Stanley Cowell b.1941 Alex Foster b.1953 Oscar Castro-Neves b.1940 †Tommy Bryant 1930-82 †Calvin Jackson 1919-85 Marty Ehrlich b.1955 with Rogers to variously-sized b.1946 Philip Harper b.1965 Omer Klein b.1982 Marc Ribot b.1954 †Neil Ardley 1937-2004 Eric Revis b.1967 free jazz encounters. -AH Pablo Aslan b.1962 Jasper Hoiby b.1977 b.1992 Lewis “Flip” Barnes b.1955 David Torn b.1953 Christian McBride b.1972 ON THIS DAY by Andrey Henkin

Live in Zurich 2.5.1950 Voices Open Road Nummer 12 Last Detail – Live at Café Sting Duke Ellington Orchestra (TCB) (CBS) Sadao Watanabe (CBS-Sony) Manfred Schulze (FMP) Detail (Cadence Jazz) May 2nd, 1950 May 2nd, 1966 May 2nd, 1973 May 2nd, 1985 May 2nd, 1994 That Duke Ellington could spend the This is the first album under One of Japan’s most famous jazz Manfred Schulze (baritone sax but Detail was an international vast majority of his career leading a trumpeter Manfred Schoof’s name, musicians, saxophonist Sadao also piano, violin and clarinet) was a improvising ensemble co-led by big band is one of the wonders of recorded with the quintet of Gerd Watanabe has been a consistent relatively obscure member of Berlin’s Norwegian saxophonist Frode nature. This live date from the Zurich Dudek, Alexander von Schlippenbach, recording artist since his 1961 debut. avant garde jazz scene, starting out as Gjerstad and British drummer John Kongresshaus features a variety of Buschi Niebergall and Jaki Liebezeit. American listeners may know his a big band player during the mid ‘60s Stevens. Their first gigs were in the tenured sidemen: drummer Sonny The group came out of Gunter bossa nova albums or various but moving into more improvisatory early ‘80s with Johnny Dyani on bass. Greer had been with the band for over Hampel’s 1965 quintet and made a collaborations with American realms in the ‘70s. His Bläser Quintett, By the later ‘80s, various guests 25 years but second drummer Butch few recordings after this one, musicians starting in the mid ‘60s. a horn-only group whose most performed with the group and Kent Ballard was brand new. Ellington swallowed into Schlippenbach’s Open Road is a live date from Tokyo’s famous member was trombonist Carter had replaced Dyani (who died stalwarts like Johnny Hodges, Harry Globe Unity Orchestra by the end of Hibiya Kohkaido with Watanabe’s Johannes Bauer, debuted with this in 1986). The title of this live album, Carney, Russell Procope, Ray Nance, the year. The title track is a group band of the period, a four-horn live album from Wuppertal (though four improvisations including a solo vocalist Kay Davis and Billy improvisation while the remaining frontline and rhythm section with an earlier recording surfaced last drum piece, recorded in Gjerstad’s Strayhorn, spelling Ellington on piano five tunes are either collaborations or percussion, plus strings, playing a year). The album is two side-long native Stavanger, refers to it being the for part of the set, work out on a Schlippenbach tunes, some of the 13-tune program of Watanabe’s improvisations, parts 1 and 2 of the group’s final recording, Stevens dying program typical of the late ‘40s era. earliest true European jazz. originals. title track. at 54 four months later.

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