JULY 2016—ISSUE 171 YOUR FREE GUIDE TO THE NYC JAZZ SCENE NYCJAZZRECORD.COM CYRO BAPTISTA PERCUSSION TRAVELER SPECIAL FEATURE HOLLYWOOD JAZZ WILLIE CAROL MARC GIANLUIGI “THE LION” SLOANE CARY TROVESI SMITH Managing Editor: Laurence Donohue-Greene Editorial Director & Production Manager: Andrey Henkin To Contact: The New York City Jazz Record 66 Mt. Airy Road East JULY 2016—ISSUE 171 Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 United States Phone/Fax: 212-568-9628 New York@Night 4 Laurence Donohue-Greene: Interview : Carol Sloane 6 by andrew vélez [email protected] Andrey Henkin: [email protected] Artist Feature : Marc Cary 7 by donald elfman General Inquiries: [email protected] On The Cover : Cyro Baptista 8 by john pietaro Advertising: [email protected] Encore : Gianluigi Trovesi by ken waxman Calendar: 10 [email protected] VOXNews: Lest We Forget : Willie “the lion” Smith 10 by scott yanow [email protected] LAbel Spotlight : Gearbox by eric wendell US Subscription rates: 12 issues, $40 11 Canada Subscription rates: 12 issues, $45 International Subscription rates: 12 issues, $50 For subscription assistance, send check, cash or VOXNEWS 11 by suzanne lorge money order to the address above or email [email protected] In Memoriam by andrey henkin Staff Writers 12 David R. Adler, Clifford Allen, Duck Baker, Fred Bouchard, Festival Report Stuart Broomer, Thomas Conrad, 13 Ken Dryden, Donald Elfman, Philip Freeman, Kurt Gottschalk, Tom Greenland, Anders Griffen, Special Feature : Hollywood Jazz 14 by andrey henkin Alex Henderson, Marcia Hillman, Terrell Holmes, Robert Iannapollo, Suzanne Lorge, Marc Medwin, CD Reviews 16 Ken Micallef, Russ Musto, John Pietaro, Joel Roberts, John Sharpe, Elliott Simon, Miscellany 37 Andrew Vélez, Ken Waxman Contributing Writers Event Calendar 38 Tyran Grillo, George Kanzler, Matthew Kassel, Mark Keresman, Wilbur MacKenzie, Mentorship is a powerful thing and can happen with years of collaboration or a single, chance Eric Wendell, Scott Yanow encounter. Lao Tzu said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”; to paraphrase, a career of decades starts with a single note. Contributing Photographers Elisa Essex, Peter Gannushkin, Rebecca Meek, Martin Morissette, Such experiences run through our “big three” feature subjects this month, as they do, in fact, Alan Nahigian, Frank Stewart, with all our coverage since the beginning. Percussionist Cyro Baptista (On The Cover) has R.I. Sutherland-Cohen, Geoff Tamarind been formed by experiences with Derek Bailey, Naná Vasconcelos, John Zorn and Herbie Jack Vartoogian Hancock. Now he helps shape the younger players in his bands, some of whom will appear alongside him at Dizzy’s Club this month. Vocalist Carol Sloane (Interview) speaks of the Fact-checker influence of pianists like Tommy Flanagan and Jimmy Rowles and fellow singers like Ella Nate Dorward Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae. Those influences will all be on display at her appearance as part of 92nd Street Y’s Jazz in July program. And pianist Marc Cary has been the product of lessons learned from drummer Art Taylor and vocalists Betty Carter and Abbey Lincoln, to name but a few, and passes those teachings along through his focus on community; he does so this month, presenting his Harlem Sessions at Queensbridge Park as part of SummerStage. nycjazzrecord.com We are all on the journey of music together, at different points but towards the same destination. On The Cover: Cyro Baptista (photo courtesy of the artist) In Correction: In last month’s What’s News, Amy Schumer is Jason Stein’s sister. In last month’s Festival Report on Open Plan: Cecil Taylor, Lawrence Kumpf is no longer with Issue Project Room All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission strictly prohibited. All material copyrights property of the authors. 2 JULY 2016 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD WWW.BLUENOTEJAZZ.COM JULY 2016 HIROMI EARL KLUGH: THE TRIO PROJECT DIZZY GILLESPIE™ CELEBRATING FEAT. 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Composed in commemoration of younger fans alike. This year, the focus often seemed to Taiwanese poet Edward Cheng and Javanese shadow be on ensuring the solidity of longterm collaborations, puppeteer Sri Joko Raharjo, the piece began in slow JULY 19–28 such as the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of motion as Shyu and dancer Satoshi Haga mounted and Marshall Allen; renewed partnership of inventor and traversed the stage with dreamlike determination to multi-instrumentalist Cooper-Moore and alto Anna Webber’s lonely flute, soon joined by the ethereal saxophonist Alan Michael (Braufman); and long- Mivos Quartet (violinists Olivia De Prato and Erica running Southern trio of tenor saxophonist Kidd Dicker, violist Victor Lowrie, cellist Mariel Roberts), Jordan, pianist Joel Futterman and drummer Alvin who were seated at top rear stage, facing backwards, Fielder. The latter group was joined for the closing later moving to the middle. Shyu knelt center stage to concert (Jun. 12th) by Chicago bassist Harrison sing and play the gayageum (Korean zither), Bankhead and Kidd’s son Marlon Jordan on trumpet accompanied by her Jade Tongue (vibraphonist Chris for a multi-tiered improvisational suite dedicated to Dingman, violist Mat Maneri, bassist Thomas Morgan, the victims of the Pulse Nightclub attacks in Orlando drummer Dan Weiss), as Haga’s gestures grew more the previous evening. The bassist and drummer had frenetic. Then, twisting gradually, Shyu moved to the previously worked together in Chicago and their slyly piano, crooning in a minor key, then exhorting violently ante-upping telepathy was infectious, Fielder inhabited in response to Haga’s kinetic energy. Switching by the ghosts of Max Roach and Kenny Clarke in languages again (there were seven), she sang over the swaths of colorful, textured swing. Futterman, like soft pulsing of the entire band while strumming Fielder, is a somewhat rare visitor to New York and his a Taiwanese moon lute. As the music grew heavier, thin frame belied gusts of piano-rattling physicality morphing meters and textures, she returned to center delivered with rhapsodic poise. While it seemed as stage to sing and play hand gongs, trailed by her though the swells of internally-conducted energy, shadow, a phantom presence on the piano skirt behind refracted hymns and stark, jittering pastorals could her. For the finale, eight robed women slow-marched continue until the wee hours, Kidd calmly brought the up the aisle carrying trays of electric candles, strewing ANAT COHEN proceedings to an end with a subtle nod. them across the stage to evoke a multi-tiered river of Clarinet —Clifford Allen five hundred lights. —Tom Greenland G R O . S S N O O T I S O S H E P R P W X O E R Z T DON’T MISS A BEAT Z N A J O / R of summer’s hottest jazz festival — with F N / E N H artistic director A I BILL CHARLAP O G C - O and six sizzling lineups. D O N T R A L A R V E K H Featuring C FREDDY COLE T A U J S 6 . 1 I . 0 DICK HYMAN R 2 © © JIMMY GREENE Kidd Jordan @ Vision Festival Jen Shyu @ Vision Festival HOUSTON PERSON In the Spying series, curated by trumpeter Jaimie On one of the windiest days of the year, intrepid Branch and often bringing into the fray musicians improvisers massed at Urban Meadow (Jun.