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WINNING SPINS By George Kanzler

WO PIANISTS WHO HAVE PLIED Crusaders hit "Hard Times" with a deep Ttheir trade in the Big Apple for many blues feel, including locked hand triplets years, Junior Mance and Roger Davidson, and soul jazz backing to Fuji's persuasive are the principals of the albums compris- solo. The violinist carries the swing of ing this Winning Spins. Mance is a long- "9:20 Special," with Mance joining in at the time veteran of the jazz scene, and one of climax for scintillating four-bar exchanges the few musicians still with us who per- to take it out. formed with Charlie Parker. Davidson is Live at Caffé Vivaldi, Volume 3, Roger an eclectic player with roots in classical Davidson (Soundbrush), is a collection of and Brazilian music as well as jazz. 16 solo performances by pianist Davidson, For My Fans, It's All About You, Junior the third such album recorded over the Mance (JunGlo Music), is presented as a course of a long-running gig at the recording envoi, Mance's final such offer- Manhattan club. Davidson is not shy about ing, dedicated to his longtime listeners. displaying his fulsome classical technique After two solo tracks, it features the trio in these often virtuosic solo performances, with whom he's worked in recent years at but he also exhibits a couple of very wel- the Café Loup in Greenwich Village, with come attributes for a jazz musician: a vig- the unusual instrumentation of piano with orous embrace of rhythms and a penchant violinist Michi Fuji and bassist Hidé for creating catchy, memorable melodies. Tanaka. Except for the flag-waving closer, The tracks are three to five minutes long the old Count Basie Band standard, "9:20 and Davidson sustains momentum and Special," tempos are medium slow to delib- creativity throughout. erately paced, with Mance adding bluesy This robustly two-handed pianist has a gravitas. gift for warm-hearted ballads, from the "Emily" opens as a meditative piano unabashedly romantic "Amazing You" to solo, Mance crawling deep inside the the plush, tropically tinged "Amor chords, treating the melody like a warm Brasileiro." Davidson's wife is Brazilian, bath. A solo "Home On the Range" brings helping to explain his fondness for South out the blues inflections buried in the American rhythms and forms, which he familiar tune, making it a jazz-blues employs with practiced ease. The album anthem. It is reprised by the trio later, opens with a vigorous samba, "Alegria with the leader and violinist Fuji trading Brasileira" and includes both bossa varia- ideas over the structure. tions—"Bossa Para Vocé" and "Bossa Para Two of the most impressive trio tracks Celia"—as well as tunes that suggest tango come from Miles Davis and Duke and other Latin American rhythms. Ellington. The former is represented by Some of his selections tweak memories one of the most popular tunes from Kind of of other pieces, elusively on the suggestive- Blue, "All Blues." Mance and his cohorts ly 6/8 "Comment Je t'Aime," and quite bla- return the tune to its early, slow walking tantly on the peppy, high-stepping "Dia tempo, moodily outlining the slightly mys- Feliz," which borrows directly from the oft terious modal feel of the piece, given fur- quoted and adapted "(Back Home in) ther emphasis by Fuji's sustained long Indiana." And he proves he can swing a bowing over repeating piano figures and a waltz on his "Entradecer." Two standards bass solo maintaining the mood. A piece round out the album. Cole Porter's "I Love from Ellington's Far East Suite, "Sunset You" is given a tour de force at three dif- and the Mockingbird" follows; its romantic ferent tempos, while "Autumn Leaves" exoticness is perfectly spotlighted by enjoys a rousing mid-tempo, totally two- Mance's very Dukish piano chords and handed rendition. trills behind Fuji's vibrating, slithering melody. The performance is a sustained Roger Davidson has a release event impressionistic sound portrait right down for his new album at Caffé Vivaldi on to the final Ducal rumbles of the piano that April 5. Junior Mance plays materials end it. from For My Fans, It’s All About You Long known as a pianist who mixes at Saint Peter’s Church April 13. blues and bop, Mance invests the

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UPPER MANHATTAN (Above 70th Street) APOLLO THEATER: 253W 125th St. 212-531- 5300. www.apollotheater.org. Apr 1 8pm & 3 3pm: Charlie Parker’s Yardbird; 10: 8pm New York City Jazz Festival feat The Real Gp; 14: 8pm Esperanza Spalding & Emily’s D+Evolution; 22-23: 7:30pm Somi. CASSANDRA’S JAZZ & GALLERY: 2256 7th Av (bet 132nd & 133rd Sts). 917-435- 2250. www.cassandrasjazz.com. Sets: 9&11pm except Sun 4pm, Mon 8pm-12am; free adm except $20 Sun, $10 Fri-Sat. Sun: Janice Marie Robinson & friends; Mon: Jam; Tues: John Webber All-Stars; Wed: Donald Smith & friends; Thurs: Jam w/Dr. Dwight Qrt; Fri-Sat: Dr. Dwight Qrt w/spec guests. CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE: 2485 Bway (bet 92nd & 93rd Sts). www.cleopatrasneedleny. com. 212-769-6969. GIN FIZZ: 308 Lenox Av at 125th St. 2nd Fl. 212-289-2220. www.ginfizzharlem.com. Sets: Wed 9&10:30pm, Thurs 10pm, Fri 7&10:30pm, Sat 10pm; $10 adm except free Sat. Thurs: The Harlem Sessions by Marc Cary; Sat: The Gin Fizz Harlem Dj Saturday Night. Apr 1: Soul Understated feat Mavis “Swan” Poole; 6: The Underground Qnt; 8: Sweet Georgia Brown; 13: Vinnie Knight; 20: The Underground Qnt; 28: Uptown Soul Lounge. MIST HARLEM: 46W 116th St (bet Lenox & 5th Av). www.mistharlem.com. 212-828-MIST. 1st Mon: 10am-12pm Open meeting by Harlem Arts Alliance www.harlemaa.org 347- 735-4280. Apr 30: 7pm International Jazz Day by The National Jazz Museum in Harlem feat Jonathan Batiste & guests. NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM: 58W 129th St at Malcolm X Blvd. 212-348- 8300. www.jmih.org. 7-8:30pm, $10 don. Tues: music & visual illustration series w/Tim Porter, Joe Selly & Don Byron feat 04/5 Sound, Architecture & Music, 04/12 Urban Design, Jazz & Creativity, 04/19 Jazz, Baroque Design & Beyond, 04/26 Jazz & Design as Global Forces. Apr 4: Desert Island Discs w/Chris Potter; 21: Cannonball Adderley/The 1950s by Christian McBride feat Julian “Cannonball” Adderley; 28: Afro- Beat/Fela Kuti & Tony Allen by Sam Newsome feat Michael Veal. RENDALL MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN: 59W 137th St, #61 (bet Malcom X Blvd & 5th Av). 212-283-2928. www.welcometoharlem calendar.com. Tues: 12-1:45pm $15 adm Harlem Afternoon Jazz series. Apr 5: Tulivu w/Seasoned Elegance Trio; 12: Melissa Slocum; 19: Kelvyn Bell; 26: Art Baron & friends SHRINE: 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd (bet 133rd & 134th Sts). 212-690-7807. www.shrinenyc.com. Sets: 6-8pm unless oth- erwise noted. Free adm. Residency (R): Sun 5-8pm Jam w/Lu Reid. Apr 1: Valentina Marino; 2: 7-8pm Brandon Coleman Trio; 3: R, 8-11pm The Shrine Big Band; 4: New York Jazz Workshop; 5: Elektrojazz; 6: 6-7pm Alan Plachta; 7: 6-7pm Amp Trio, 7-8pm Three Leaf, 8-9pm Giorgi Mikadze; 8: 6-7pm Tepa, 7-8pm LoveTet; 9: 6-7pm Sinan Bakir, 7-8pm Moth To Flame; 10: R; 11: 6-7pm Braden Smith; 14: 6-7pm Larry Corban Electric Trio; 15: 6-7pm Josiah Boornazian & Brandon Sherman; 16: 6-7pm Alessandro Fadini Qrt, 7- 8pm Alan Leatherman; 17: R; 19: 7-8pm Amanda Sprecher; 20: 7-8pm Ignacio Cacace; 21: 7-8pm Three Leaf; 23: 7-8pm Sigmar Matthiasson; 24: R; 28: Daniel Carter Band. SILVANA: 300W 116th St at Frederick

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Douglass Blvd. www.silvana-nyc.com. 646- 692-4935. Sets: 6-8pm unless otherwise noted. Free adm. Apr 1: 6-7pm Glauco Lima Qrt, 7-8pm The Ullmann/McGorry Gp; 2: 6- 7pm Jun Xiao, 7-8pm Candice Reyes; 3: David Neves, 8-9pm Yotam Ben-Or; 4: 6-7pm Takeshi Otani, 7-8pm Matt Snow Gp; 5: 6- 7pm Low Key Qrt; 6: Elektrojazz, 8-9pm Dr. Gonzo; 7: Ron Wilkins; 8: 6-7pm Oskar Stenmark, 7-8pm The International Ens; 9: Noshir Mody; 10: 6-7pm Mia Mac; 12: Aron Caceres; 13: Nick Grinder Gp; 14: McBone's Bones; 15: 6-7pm Andres Malagon Trio, 7- 8pm Craig Yaremko Organ Trio; 16: 7-8pm Dave Hassell Qnt; 17: Damian Cremisio Qrt; 19: Jim Piela Project; 20: Charlie Rhyner; 21: Sebastian Cruz; 22: 6-7pm Tahira Clayton, 7- 8pm Jure Pukl; 24: 7-8pm Jeff Mcgregor; 25: 7-8pm Yvonnick Prene; 26: Hsinwei Chiang; 27: Alex Woods; 28: Vitaly Golovnev; 29: Jacob Varmus Qrt; 30: Valentina Marino. SMOKE JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB: 2751 Bway (bet 105th & 106th Sts). 212-864-6662. www.smokejazz.com. Sets: Early (E), Late (L), Brunch (B); Mon E 7&9pm, L 10:30pm; Tues-Thurs E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:30pm; Fri- Sat E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:45pm&12:45am; Sun B 11:30am,1&2:30pm, E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:30pm. Adm/min vary. Residencies: (R) Mon E Captain Black Big Band, L Smoke Jam; (R) Tues E Mike LeDonne & Groover Qrt, L Emmett Cohen Organ Trio & guests; Wed L 04/6&20 Lea DeLaria & House of David, 04/13&27 Camille Thurman Qrt; Thurs L Nickel & Dime OPS; Fri L 04/1,8&22 John Farnsworth Qrt, 04/15&29 Patience Higgins & Sugar Hill Qrt; Sat L Johnny O’Neal & friends; Sun B Annette St. John Trio, L Willerm Delisfort Qrt. Apr 1-3: Bobby Watson Qrt; 4-5: R; 6-7: Charles Turner Qnt; 8-10: George Coleman Qrt; 11-12: R; 13-14: Freddie Hendrix Qrt; 15-17: JD Allen Qrt; 18-19: R; 20-21: Jim Snidero Qnt; 22-24: Jeremy Pelt Qrt; 25-26: R; 27-28: Chris Turner; 29-May 1: Vincent Herring Qnt feat Jon Faddis. SYMPHONY SPACE: 2537 Bway at 95th St. 212-864-5400. www.symphonyspace.org. Bar Thalia (BT). Fri: BT 8-11pm $5 adm Experimental Jazz Party & Jam w/Mimi Jones. Apr 1: 7pm Shunzo Ohno; 2: 7:30pm Wooster Symphony w/Paquito D'Rivera; 3: BT 7&8:30pm $5 Marcus Goldhaber & Mostly Marcus feat Melissa Stylianou & Ron Jackson; 17: 8pm Columbia University Jazz Ensembles w/John Faddis; 23 7pm, 24 2,4&8pm: Columbia University Jazz Ensem- bles. MID-TOWN MANHATTAN (Between 35th & 69th Street) BIRDLAND: 315W 44th St (bet 8th & 9th Avs). 212-581-3080. www.birdlandjazz.com. Sets: 8:30&11pm, except Mon 7&9:30pm, Sun 6,9&11pm. Adm varies. Residencies: Sun 9pm Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orch; Mon 9:30pm Jim Caruso Cast Party; Wed 5:30-7pm David Ostwald & Louis Armstrong Eternity Band; Fri 5:15-7pm Birdland Big Band by Tommy Igoe; Sat 6pm Barbara Carroll. Apr 1-2: Alicia Olatuja; 5-9: Pharoah Sanders; 7: 6pm Joe Alterman Trio; 11: 7pm Gabrielle Stravelli; 12-16: Karrin Allyson; 14: 6pm Rob Silverman Qrt; 19-23: Yellowjackets; 21: 6pm Tom Tallitsch; 24: 6pm The Matt & Brian Show; 26-30: Benny Green Trio; 28: 6pm Bacha Mdzinarashvili. CARNEGIE HALL: 57th St & 7th Av. 212-247- 7800. www.carnegiehall.org. Apr 6: 8pm Ines Trickovic & friends. CLUB BONAFIDE: 212E 52nd St (bet 2nd &

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3rd Avs). 3rd Fl. www.clubbonafide.com. 646- 918-6189. Sets: unless otherwise noted Sun Early (E) 7pm, Late (L) 9pm, Mon-Sat E 7:30pm, L 9:30pm, Late Night (LN) 11pm. Residencies (R): Sun L Brazilian Night w/Davi Vieira; Mon African Night w/except 04/11 Kofo The Wonderman; Tues L Open Jam by Bill Todd. Apr 1: Devin Bing & the Secret Service, L Noël Simoné Band of Friends, LN Matt Malanowski Trio; 2: Emily Asher’s Garden Party feat Michele Zayla, Nadje Noordhuis Trio, Sean Cronin & Very Good, The New Wonders, Happy Orchestra; 3: Romero, L R; 4: R; 5: PLS. Trio, L R; 6: Gracie Terzian, L The Ted Chubb Band; 7: Carte Blanche, LN Tomohiro Mori; 8: Big Fun(k) w/Don Braden & Karl Latham, LN The Chardavoine Band; 9: Sarah Elizabeth Charles, L Mike DiRubbo Qrt, LN André Carvalho Gp; 10: Audrey Silver, L R; 11: R w/Tosin & Afro-Groove Revival; 12: George Spanos Intergalactic Nucleus Trio, L R; 13: Thomas Galliano Qrt, L Jay Rodriguez & James Genus; 14: closed; 15: Robby Ameen & the Days in Night Band, LN Sergej Avanesov 4tet; 16: Alí Bello & The Sweet Wire Band, L Luiz Simas, LN Ada Pasternak; 17: The NY Jazz Flutet, L R; 18-19: R; 20: Afro Bop Alliance, L Costas Baltazanis; 21: Dan Greenblatt Gp, L Marcus Machado; 22: Zem Audu, L Hans Lüdemann Trio Ivoire, LN Aleks Fadini Gp feat Josiah Boornazian; 23: Possibilities, L Candice Hoyes Qrt; 24: Fernando Huergo Qnt, L R; 25: R; 26: Ross Kratter Jazz Orch, L R; 27: Samuel Torres Gp, L Jay Rodriguez & James Genus; 28: Roxy Coss, L Svetlana & the Delancey Five, LN Xinlu Chen Qnt; 29: Frank Catalano/Nir Felder Qrt, LN The Isak Gaines Electric Qnt; 30: Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sxt. DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA: At Jazz @ Lincoln Center. 10 Columbus Cr at 60th St. 5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-258-9800. Sets: 7:30&9:30pm; Late Night Sessions 11:30pm Tues-Sat. Adm: unless otherwise noted Sun- Wed $35, Thurs-Fri $40, Sat $45, Students $15-30; Late Nights Sessions Tues-Wed $5, Thurs-Fri $10, Sat $20, Students Tues-Fri $5, Sat $10; $10 min. Apr 1-3: 04/3 $40 Uhadi feat Jazzmeia Horn; 4: Brubeck Institute Jazz Qrt; 5-6: Ryan Kisor Qnt; 7-10: 04/10 $40 Tierney Sutton Band; 11: Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orch; 12: North Carolina Central University Jazz Ens dir by Ira Wiggins; 13: Nancy Harms; 14-15: Edmar Castaneda Trio w/spec guest Andrea Tierra; 16-17: Elio Villafranca; 18: Purchase Jazz Orch dir by Jon Faddis & Todd Coolman w/spec guest Gary Bartz; 19: $30 Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orch; 20-23: Joe Locke Qnt feat Kenny Washington; 24: Valery Ponomarev Jazz Big Band; 25: Terell Stafford & the Temple University Big Band w/spec guest Ken Peplowski; 26-27: Ralph Peterson Trio feat the Curtis Brothers; 28: Christian Sands Trio; 29-May 1: Ulysses Owens, Jr. & friends. Late Night Sessions w/Apr 1-3: Brubeck Institute Jazz Qrt; 5-9: Gabe Schnider; 12-16: Evan Sherman 04/12-13&15 w/Entourage, 04/14&16 w/Big Band; 19-23: Camille Thurman & Darrell Green Trio; 26-30: Jonathan Barber. IRIDIUM: 1650 Bway at 51st St. 212-582-2121. www.theiridium.com. Adm: $15/min, students 1/2 price 2nd set Sun&Tues-Thurs. Apr 19: 8:30pm $30/40 Bill Warfield & the Hell’s Kitchen Jazz Orch feat Nicole Henry; 23: 8:30pm $20 Divinity Roxx; 26: 8:30pm $25 Hilary Kole; 28 8pm, 29 8&10pm: $25/35 Hypnotic Brass Ens. JAZZ AT KITANO: 66 Park Av at 38th St. 212- 885-7119. www.kitano.com. Sets & adm: Sun 12-2:30pm, Mon 8-11:30pm, Tues 8-11pm, Wed-Sat 8-9:15&10-11:15pm; Sun $40 buffet,

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Mon free/$15 min, Tues free/$20 min, Wed- Andrew Gould; 16: Sandro Albert; 17: R; 18: Thurs $15/20 min, Fri-Sat $30/20 min. E Tommy Holladay, L Chiara Izzi; 19: E Peter Residencies (R): Sun Jazz Brunch 04/3&17 Amos, L Nadav Peled; 20: E Paul Jubong w/Ms. Blu, 04/10&24 w/Tony Middleton; Mon Lee, L R; 21: E Junbeom Kim, L Patrick Jam w/Iris Ornig; Tues: Chris Ziemba Solo. Cornelius; 22: Jack Wilkins; 23: Ben Eunson; Apr 1-2: Roger Kellaway Trio; 3-5: R; 6: Paul 24: R; 25: E Mark Phillips, L Whitney James; Jost Qrt; 7: Carl Bartlett Jr. Qrt; 8-9: Don 26: E Alicyn Yaffee, L Isaac Darche; 27: E Friedman/Peter Bernstein Qrt; 10-12: R; 13: NanJo Lee, L R; 28: E Rodrigo Recabarren, L Toku/John di Martino Qrt; 14: Mary Foster Gioel Severini; 29: Paul Bollenback; 30: Or Conklin Qrt; 15: Carol Fredette Qrt; 16: Bareket. Barbara Fasano Qrt; 17-19: R; 20: Maya BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: 131W 3rd St at 6th Stoyanova Qrt; 21: Erena Terakubo Qrt; 22: Av. 212-475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com. Joyce Breach Trio feat Jon Weber; 23: Sets: 8&10:30pm + Fri-Sat 12:30am Late Venessa Rubin Qrt; 24-26: R; 27: Vadim Night Groove series & Sun 11:30am&1:30pm Neselovskyi Trio feat Sara Serpa; 28: Jon Sunday Brunch. Adm varies. Apr 1-3: Omar Gordon Qrt; 29-30: Donny McCaslin/Frank Sosa Quarteto AfroCubano; 4: Jacob Kimbrough Qrt. Shulman w/spec guests David Liebman & JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER: 10 Columbus Ethan Iverson, 10:30pm Maurice “Mobetta” Cr at 60th St. 5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-258- Brown; 5-10: John Scofield Qrt feat John 9800. Appel Room (AR), Rose Theater (RT). Medeski; 11: Purchase Jazz Orch w/Todd Apr 1-2: RT 8pm Jazz at Lincoln Center Orch Coolman; 12-13: Phony Ppl w/spec guests, w/Wynton Marsalis; 6: RT 7:30pm Steve Miller 10:30pm Mobb Deep & Phony Ppl; 14-17: w/Jimmie Vaughan; 8-9: RT 8pm Bill Charlap; The Manhattan Transfer; 18: Joyce Moreno & 9: AR 7&9:30pm Steve Miller w/Jimmie Kenny Werner; 19-24: Michel Camilo Trio Vaughan; 13 7pm, 14 7&9pm: AR Michael Latino; 25: Berklee Rainbow All-Stars feat Tia Feinstein; 14-16: RT 8pm Jazz at Lincoln Fuller; 26: McCoy Tyner Trio; 27-May 1: Center Orch w/Wynton Marsalis & Kate Davis; Donald Harrison, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham 15-16: AR 7&9:30pm Catherine Russell Band Trio. Late Night Groove w/Apr 1: Lee Hogans; w/Carolyn Leonhart & La Tanya Hall. 2: Loud Apartment; 8: Freelance; 9: Darren SAINT PETER’S CHURCH: 619 Lexington Lyons Gp; 15: Dahlia Dumont; 16: Matt Av at 54th St. (Citicorp Bld). www.saint Dickey & Try This At Home; 22: Joe Pino Qrt; peters.org. 212-935-2200. 1st Mon: 7:30pm 23: Amalia Watty; 29: Underground Horns. $5 adm International Women in Jazz Jam; Sunday Brunch w/Apr 3: Sarah McKenzie; 10: Wed: 1pm $10 don Midtown Jazz at Midday; East Meets West feat Hiromi Suda Sxt; 17: Sun: 5pm free Jazz Vespers. Apr 3: Birgitta East Meets West feat Yoko Miwa Trio; 24: Flick Qrt; 6: Lou Caputo Not-So-Big-Band; 10: East Meets West feat Martha Kato Ens. Roosevelt Andre Credit & Choir; 13: Junior CAFFE VIVALDI: 32 Jones St (bet Bleecker & Mance; 16: 12-9pm $35 adm International 4th St). www.caffevivaldi.com. 212-691-7538. Women in Jazz festival feat Grace Kelly, hon- Free adm. Sun: 1-3pm Jazz Brunch w/After oring Mercedes Ellington; 17: Emilio Teubal Hours, 9-11pm John Lander Trio. Apr 5: 7pm Qrt; 20: Stan Rubin & Tigertown Five feat Roger Davidson. Barry Bryson; 21: 7:30pm Duke Ellington The CAVE: At St. George’s. 209E 16th St at Society; 24: Giuseppe De Gregorio Qrt; 27: Rutherford Pl. www.olmstedsalon.com. 2nd Barry Harris. Fri: 7:30&9:30pm $10 adm. Apr 8: Robert TOMI JAZZ: 239E 53rd St (Bet 2nd & 3rd Avs). Edwards Big Band + Vanessa Perea. Lower level. www.tomijazz.com. 646-497- CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ: 29 Cornelia St. 1254. Sets: Sun-Mon&Wed 8-11pm, Thurs 9- 212-989-9319. www.corneliastreetcafe.com. 11:30pm, Fri 9pm-1am, Sat 8-10:30pm, add Sets unless otherwise noted: Sun&Mon-Thurs weekdays 9:40-11pm, Sat 11pm-1:30am. 8:30pm, Fri-Sat 9&10:30pm. Adm varies. Apr Adm: Sun-Mon&Wed free/$5 min, Thurs-Sat 1: Lage Lung & LL4; 2: Kris Davis Qrt; 3: $10/10 min. Apr 9: Emi Takada Trio; 11: The Anna Webber & Simple Trio; 5: Tessa Souter Highliners Qnt; 21: Scot Albertson Trio. Trio, 9:30pm Vicki Burns Trio; 6: Martin Nevin Gp, 9:30pm Sam Harris Trio; 7: Sofia Ribeiro Trio; 8-9: Gilad Hekselman Zuperoctave; 10: LOWER MANHATTAN Olli Soikkeli; 11: Lainie Cooke; 12: Anthony Smith/Michael Blanco Qrt, 9:30pm Michael Blanco Qrt; 13: Eugenia Choe; 14: Igor (Below 34th Street) Lumpert & Innertextures; 15: Parks/Morgan/ 55 BAR: 55 Christopher St (bet 6th & 7th Avs). Sorey; 16: Rowboat; 17: 6pm Sarah Bernstein 212-929-9883. www.55bar.com. Sets: Early Qrt, 8:30pm Fabio Gouvea; 20: Noah (E) 7-9pm except Sun&Fri-Sat 6-9pm, Late Garabedian & Big Butter and the Egg Men, (L) 10pm. 1st Mon: E Sean Wayland; 1st 9:30pm Adam Hopkins Sxt; 21: Quinsin Thurs: E Ami Cervini; 1st Sat: E Ayana lowe; Nachoff Trio, 9:30pm Jeremy Powell Qnt; 22: 2nd Fri: E Tessa Souter; last Fri: E Kendra Rhombal; 23: Jon Irabagon Trio; 24: Dave Shank. Apr 3: L Orlando le Fleming. Ambrosio Trio; 26: Ergo; 27: Rafal Sarnecki BAR NEXT DOOR: 129 McDougal St. 212- Sxt, 9:30pm Kyle Nasser Qnt; 28: Arthur Vint 529-5945. www.lalanternacaffe.com. Sets: & Associates; 29: Nate Radley Qrt; 30: Marta Sun 8&10pm, Mon-Thurs Early (E) 6:30- Sanchez Qnt. 7:45pm, Late (L) 8:30&10:30pm, Fri-Sat FAT CAT: 75 Christopher St at 7th Av. 212-675- 7:30,9:30& 11:30pm. Adm: $12 all night + 1 6056. www.fatcatmusic.org. $3 adm/no min. drink min/set except Fri-Sat $12/set + 1 drink Sets unless otherwise noted: Early (E), Late min/set, E free. Trios unless otherwise noted. (L), Night (N); Sun E 6pm, L 9pm, N 1am; Mon-Thurs: E Emerging Artists series; Mon: L Mon E 6pm, L 9pm, N 12:30am; Tues-Wed E Vocal Mondays series. Residencies (R): Sun 7pm, L 9pm, N 12:30am; Thurs&Sat E 7pm, L Peter Mazza, Wed L Jonathan Kreisberg. Apr 10pm, N 1:30am; Fri E 6pm, L 9pm + 1: Ben Monder; 2: Karl Latham; 3: R; 4: E 10:30pm, N 1:30am. Ev N: Jam. Residencies Dave Juarez, L Perry Beekman; 5: E Kyle (R): Sun E Terry Waldo & Gotham City Band, Moffatt, L Paul Jones; 6: E Arath Corral, L R; N Brandon Lewis & Renee Cruz; Mon N Billy 7: E Bobby Katz, L Syberen Van Muenster; 8: Kaye; Tues E except 04/5 Saul Rubin Zebtet; Ricardo Grilli; 9: Perry Smith; 10: R; 11: E Wed E Raphael D'Lugoff Trio + 1, N Ned Rafal Sarnecki, L Dana Reedy; 12: E Caroline Goold; Fri 9pm Gospel Queens; Sat N Greg Davis, L Andrew Gould; 13: E Flavio Silva, L Glassman. Apr 1: E Corin Stiggall Qnt, L R + R; 14: E Yuto Kanazawa, L Matt Otto; 15: continued on page 20

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throughout our cultures," Carter says. "I played 'Cornbread Crumbled in Gravy' [from Southern], at Birdland and a bunch of tourists from Finland came up to me said they recognized the melody. Other people would say they came from this part of the world, or this part of the south and ARVARD PROFESSOR HENRY knew that song. You just see how connect- HLouis Gates hosts a popular series on ed we are." PBS, Finding Your Roots, on which he Southern Comfort, Reverse Thread and interviews famous people and traces their I'll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey, ancestry through genealogical research Carter's heart-rendered 2006 tribute to her and DNA analysis. deceased mother, form a three-part encore Regina Carter does the same thing to Paganini after a Dream, her critically- through music. acclaimed 2003 CD she recorded playing The Detroit-born violinist was awarded Niccolo Paganini’s legendary Guarneri vio- a MacArthur "Genius" Grant in 2006 and lin known as the Cannon and featuring the has worked with a wide range of artists music of Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel from Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill and and Astor Piazzola. Mary J. Blige, to Kenny Barron, Wynton The story of Carter's life-changing Marsalis, and her cousin, saxophonist encounter with the Cannon, which James Carter. She's on tour performing Paganini willed to the city of Genoa in selections from her 2014 CD, Southern 1840, is the stuff of legend. Composer Comfort. The CD is a tribute to Carter's Andrea Liberovici encouraged Carter to grandfather who was a coal miner in travel to Genoa to play the instrument. Appalachian Alabama, where Scot-Irish, She endured grueling interrogations and Native and African Americans cast down interviews before playing on the Cannon at their cultural buckets in the sonic soil. a post-9/11 concert at the city's Carlo She conducted family oral histories and Felice Opera House where she received a listened to field recordings of early gospel standing ovation. She was the first jazz music, Cajun fiddle tunes and coal miner musician and the first African American to songs collected by folklorists Alan Lomax play the revered violin. and John Work III at the Library of "It was an amazing story and time," Congress. The result is a riveting reimag- Carter fondly recalls. "The Cannon had a ining of those mostly single-voiced, raw powerful sound—a very deep sound. And recordings into an intelligently-designed just to know that Paganini had touched it and improvisationally impressive disc that and so many other violinists had played is equally down-home and up-south, from that instrument. I feel that when you play the Grand Ole Opry to Grand Boulevard. an instrument, a little bit of you gets left "It was pretty amazing … to be trans- behind on it and in it." ported back in time," Carter says. "That Carter was well-primed to leave her was as close as I was going to get, other mark on Paganini's instrument. A child than talking to him directly, to my grand- prodigy, she performed with the Detroit father." Civic Orchestra, recorded and toured with The CD's 11 tracks form an intricate the 1970s R&B group Brainstorm and was musical quilt, from the Cajun-cadenced introduced to jazz when she heard Jean- "Blues de Basile," Gram Parson's steel Luc Ponty and Stephane Grappelli at age guitar-laced waltz, "Hickory Wind," and 16. She attended the New England the moody mid-tempo "See See Rider" to Conservatory of Music, and earned her BA the funkified "Trampin'" and "Honky in Music from Oakland University in Tonkin'" and the coal-mined counterpoint Rochester MI, where she serves as Artist of "Shoo-Rye." in Residence and will conduct a jazz work- "I had a couple of people say to me, 'Oh, shop in June. As she sees it, she's not only you recorded a hillbilly record,'" Carter teaching jazz, she's teaching classical says. "And I was totally offended by that music. word. This is part of my history. This is my continued on page 30 family. I'm proud of them." At first blush, you might be at odds to find a link between Southern Comfort and Carter's 2010 CD, Reverse Thread: her powerful, Pan-African investigation of her motherland ancestry. Though the CD fea- tures the incredible kora virtuoso, Yacouba Sissoko, it is the accordion, which is also found in the folk music of Lesotho, Ghana and Gabon, that appears on the two CDs, and highlights the power of cultural assimilation. "We share so many related instruments

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ANNA WEBBER CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ / APRIL 3 The current new creative improvised jazz era is in a great place with artists like Brooklyn's Anna Webber at the forefront. A saxophonist and flutist originally from British Columbia, Webber sits on the cutting edge while avoiding precipitous falls into clichés or honking. Her signature sound rests on the thorny, restless, riveting arena inspired by John Coltrane and Archie Shepp and, especially, her mentor George Garzone. As literate as she is inventive, Webber holds degrees from McGill University in Montreal, and dual Master's at the Manhattan School and the Jazz Institute Berlin. Whether recording for the Skirl label, leading, or contributing compositions to various small ensembles, she is a force to be reckoned with. Webber fronts her Simple Trio, featuring rising star pianist Matt Mitchell, and the revered percussionist John Hollenbeck. MGN PHAROAH SANDERS BIRDLAND / APRIL 5-9 When considering the titans of the tenor saxophone, the names Prez, Dexter and Trane may come to mind. Equally important in this pantheon is Pharoah Sanders whose mix of free jazz, African rhythms and hard bop is unparalleled. With time spent as a sideman with Coltrane, Don Cherry and many others, Sanders' pedigree is incom- parable, in a class all its own. Sanders has demonstrated his unique style on more than 40 albums as a leader including 1969's Karma, which JazzTimes selected in 2012 as one of the “50 Most Important Tenor Saxophone Albums in Jazz History.” At age 75, Sanders shows no signs of slowing down and continues to be the free jazz force of nature that audiences at Birdland will surely adore. EW

LEA DELARIA SMOKE / APRIL 6 AND 20 The general public knows Lea DeLaria as one of the principal actors on the acclaimed made for television prison drama Orange Is the New Black. Music listeners have been appreciating DeLaria for a much longer period as a recording artist for the Sh-K Boom label. She's a blues belter and hard swinging jazz vocalist, spinning tales of love dashed to the rocks. In between serious video production, she'll head for two gigs at Smoke to feed the singing side of her creative persona. DeLaria equally delights and cajoles her audiences, employing a bawdy bravado of perhaps a boisterous style inspired by Anita O'Day on steroids. Her band is not as well-known but pulls no punches, comprising pianist Chris Zamba, bassist Dylan Shamat and drummer Aaron Kimmel. MGN JUMAANE SMITH RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE / APRIL 8 A thrilling and exuberant voice on the trumpet, Jumaane Smith is a chameleonic artist capable of anything from high-energy, hard-swinging jazz to more mellow R&B- infused endeavors. A onetime protégé of Wynton Marsalis and a current collaborator of Michael Bublé, Smith has commanded respect and admiration from all walks of music. Slowly but surely, he has begun to step into his own as a bandleader, notably with the critically acclaimed I Only Have Eyes for You, an outing that saw the horn maestro tackling standards with interpretations that draw in equal parts from pop and jazz. Many lesser artists have tried and failed to fuse these worlds in artistically satisfying ways; Smith is indeed a rare individual whose unique vision and chops afford him crossover success paired with profound musical insights. SH

EHUD ASHERIE MEZZROW / APRIL 12 Ehud Asherie is one of the most versatile pianists of his generation due to his ability to play a wide range of jazz styles with authority, especially stride and swing. An Israeli who was raised in the U.S., Asherie is primarily self-taught. He has consis- tently developed fresh approaches to standards, timeless jazz works and overlooked gems on his recordings, while his inventive spirit makes him a player of choice by vet- erans like Ken Peplowski, Harry Allen and Grant Stewart. As a young man, he spent many nights at Smalls playing in jam sessions into the wee hours, where he was men- tored by the late pianist Frank Hewitt. Asherie performs songs from his new CD, Shuffle Along, Eubie Blake's 1921 Broadway hit, along with clarinetist Evan Christopher and vocalist Hilary Gardner. KD By Ken Dryden, Ken Franckling, Seton Hawkins, Stephanie 18 Vinson photo by Jimmy Katz, NYSQ by Gene Jackson, McCaslin by Nick Chao. 168556_HH_April_REV_0 3/24/16 2:03 PM Page 19

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THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER BLUE NOTE / APRIL 14-17 The Manhattan Transfer, the first album by the vocal quartet, was released in late 1975. Over the last 40 years, the group has garnered ten Grammy Awards and numer- ous best-selling recordings. It has upheld and popularized the high musical standards of jazz vocal group singing, especially vocalese: the challenging art of singing lyrics set to recorded jazz solos. Nit-pickers might say that Lambert, Hendricks & Ross developed and were the gold standard of vocalese, but The Manhattan Transfer has had more impact in bringing the style to a mass audience. They carry on impeccably today, despite the death of founder Tim Hauser in 2014. He's been replaced by Trist Curliss, who joins veteran members Janis Siegel, Alan Paul and Cheryl Bentyne. GK BILL O'CONNELL SUBROSA / APRIL 25 Pianist Bill O'Connell is one of the more versatile pianists on the Latin jazz scene, working over the years with Mongo Santamaria, Dave Valentin, Gato Barbieri, the Fort Apache Band and most recently, trombonist Conrad Herwig's "Latin Side of" projects. While O'Connell has mainstream touring credits with Chet Baker and Sonny Rollins, among others, the predominant Latin side of his 40-year career makes him a natural for Subrosa's Latin Jazz Monday series. O'Connell, a highly regarded composer and arranger who always is pushing the stylistic envelope, is featured with his Latin Jazz All-Stars, a sextet that released its latest CD, Heart Beat, in January on Savant. O'Connell's band includes Herwig, saxophonist Steve Slagle, bassist Luques Curtis, drummer Richie Barshay and Cuban conguero Roman Diaz. KF WILL VINSON JAZZ GALLERY / APRIL 26 A player at once sensitive and intensely resolute, saxophonist/composer, Will Vinson, enters a new artistic dimension every time he plays. His creative harmonic expression explores paths of receptivity and collaboration, while his rhythmic manipulation opens his compositions to further spontaneity and discovery. In addition to his own projects and recordings that have featured distinctive voices including Aaron Parks, Shai Maestro, Ari Hoenig, Jeff Ballard, Mike Moreno, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and his critically- acclaimed OWL trio, Vinson regularly collaborates with other artists of equal depth of expression, including masters Gonzalo Rubacala and Miguel Zenón. He appeared on Rubacala's Grammy-nominated records, Suite Caminos and Charlie (5Passion) and on Zenón's Identities Are Changeable (Miel Music). His quintet features Moreno on guitar, Maestro on piano, Matt Penman, bass and Ballard on drums. SJ NEW YORK STANDARDS QUARTET SMALLS / APRIL 28 Celebrating ten years together as a working band, the New York Standards Quartet (NYSQ) plays their arrangements on a range of modern mainstream jazz as well as originals. Their new CD for the British Whirlwind label sports the double (or triple) entendre title Power of 10, but a previous recording, The New Straight Ahead, gives you a clearer picture of their intent and purpose. Influenced by the hard bop/post-bop sound from the Blue Note/Prestige record catalogues, NYSQ updates this approach to jazz with a "new thing" concept from the stable of Impulse era 1960s artists à la Sonny Rollins or John Coltrane. NYSQ is saxophonist Tim Armacost, pianist David Berkman, bassist Michael Janisch and drummer Gene Jackson, veteran musicians who know their stuff, inside and outside. MGN DONNY McCASLIN JAZZ AT KITANO / APRIL 29-30 Tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin's angular, intense and swinging sound has been evolving for three decades. He is well known to modern jazz insiders, but found a grander spotlight when his quintet backed pop singer-songwriter David Bowie on his jazz-infused final recording project, Blackstar. McCaslin led the instrumental unit, but was a sideman to conceptualist Bowie. This gig finds him in a prominent sideman role with pianist Frank Kimbrough. The two men have worked together for more than 20 years on a range of musical adventures including Maria Schneider's Jazz Orchestra and Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project. At Jazz at Kitano, Kimbrough's quartet honors late saxophonist Joe Henderson with its interpretations of his songbook. Bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Billy Drummond round out the band. KF nie Jones, George Kanzler, Michael G Nastos & Eric Wendell 19 168556_HH_April_REV_0 3/24/16 2:03 PM Page 20

continued from page 16 Wilner Solo, 04/14&21 Ehud Asherie Solo, N Davis Whitfield; Fri E 04/1,15&29 Sacha Jared Gold/Dave Gibson, N Craig Wuepper; Perry Solo, 04/8&22 Ehud Asherie Solo, N 2: E Paul Nowinski Qnt, L Raphael D'lugoff Johnny O'Neal; Sat E Spike Wilner w/guests. Qnt, N R; 3: E R, 8:30pm Jade Synstelien & Apr 1-2: Todd Coolman/Bill Mays; 3: Dayna FCBB, N R; 4: E Ben Patterson, L tba, N R; 5: Stephens; 4: Lage Lund; 5: Dan Tepfer/Chris E Ai Murakami Qrt, L John Benitez, N Yoshi Potter; 6: Myron Walden; 7: Don Friedman; 8- Waki; 6: E R, L Groover Trio, N R; 7: E Toku, 9: Gerald Clayton; 10: Emmett Cohen; 11: L Saul Rubin Zebtet, N Ray Parker; 8: E Alex Sullivan Fortner; 12: Ehud Asherie; 13: Sam Hoffman Qnt, L R + Mimi Jones, N Reid Yahel; 14: Mark Soskin; 15-16: Mike Taylor; 9: E Tal Ronen, L Christopher McBride LeDonne; 17: Randy Ingram; 18: Evan & the Whole Proof, N R; 10: E R, L Gerry Christopher; 19: Harvey Diamond; 20: Gibbs, N R; 11: E tba, L Ned Goold Qrt, N R; Dominick Faranacci; 21: Frank Amsellam; 22- 12: E R, L Peter Brainin & the Latin Jazz 23: Andy Bey; 24: Ben Van Gelder; 25: Tardo Workshop, N tba; 13: E R, L Harold Mabern Hammer; 26: Champian Fulton; 27: Bryn Trio, N R; 14: E tba, L Greg Glassman Qnt, N Roberts; 28: Jonathan Kreisberg; 29-30: tba; 15: E tba, L R + tba, N tba; 16: E-L tba, N Michael Weiss. R; 17: E R, L tba, N R; 18: E tba, L George NEW YORK CITY BAHA’Í CENTER: 53E Braith, N R; 19: E R, L-N tba; 20: E R, L The 11th St (bet Bway & University). 212-222- Don Hahn/Mike Camacho Band, N R; 21: tba; 5159. www.bahainyc.org. Tues: 8&9:30pm 22: E Duane Eubanks Qnt, L R + tba, N tba; $10/15 adm. Apr 5: Hal Galper Trio; 12: Charli 23: E-L tba, N R; 24: E R, L tba, N R; 25: E-L Persip Big Band Super Sound. tba, N R; 26: E R, L Itai Kriss & Gato Gordo, NORTH SQUARE: At Washington Square N John Benitez's Latin Bop; 27: E R, L tba, N Hotel. 103 Waverly Pl at McDougal. R; 28: tba; 29: E tba, L R + tba, N tba; 30: E- www.northsquareny.com/about-jazz. 212- L tba, N R. 254-1200. Sun: 12:30&2:15pm free adm Jazz JAZZ GALLERY: 1160 Bway at 27th St. 5th Fl. Brunch Trios. Apr 3: Roz Corral w/Pete www.jazzgallery.org. 646-494-3625. Sets: McCann & Lorin Cohen; 10: Double Bass, 7:30&9:30pm $15/10 adm, $22/12 Fri-Sat. Double Voice feat Emily Braden, Nancy Apr 1: Jeff Taylor; 2: Maria Grant; 5: Guilhem Harms & Steve Whipple; 17: Lainie Cooke; Flouzat & Portraits and Songs; 7: Christopher 24: Roz Corral w/Freddie Bryant & Neal Zuar Orch; 8-9: Lee Konitz Qrt; 12: Okkyung Miner. Lee Trio; 14: Joe Dyson Gp; 15: Peter SMALLS JAZZ CLUB: 183W 10th St at 7th Bernstein, Larry Goldings & Bill Stewart; 16: Av. 212-252-5091. www.smallslive.com. Sets: Matt Brewer Gp; 21: Mentoring series 1-3pm Sun; Afternoon (PM) Sun 4:30-7pm, w/Aaron Parks Gp feat Joel Ross; 22-23: Fri-Sat 4-7pm; Early (E) except Tues 7:30- weekend of solos feat 04/22 7:30pm Fabian 10pm, Tues E 7:30-9pm; Late (L) except Tues Almazan, 8:15pm Victor Gould, 9pm Kris 10:30pm-1am, Tues 9:30pm-12am; Night (N) Davis, 04/23 7:30pm Aaron Parks, 8:15pm Sun 1-3am, Mon 1-4am, Tues 12:30-3am, Kris Davis, 9pm Luis Perdomo; 26: Will Wed-Sat 1:30-4am; Jam following N. Adm Vinson Gp; 28: Linda Oh Qrt; 29: Mario varies. Residencies (R): Sun 1pm Vocal mas- Castro; 30: Dayna Stephens. terclass by Marion Cowings, E Johnny O'Neal JAZZ STANDARD: 116E 27th St (bet Park & Trio, N except 04/24 Hillel Salem; Mon L Lexington Avs). www.jazzstandard.net. 212- except 04/25 Ari Hoenig, N 04/4&18 Jonathan 576-2232. Sets/adm unless otherwise noted: Michel, 04/11&25 Jonathan Barber; Tues N 7:30&9:30pm; Sun $30, Mon $25, Wed-Sat Next Generation Sessions 04/5&19 w/Corey $35. Residencies: Sun 1-3pm Jazz for Kids; Wallace DUBtet, 04/12&26 w/Kyle Poole & Mon (R) Mingus Monday feat Mingus Big friends; Wed N 04/6&20 w/Sanah Kadour, Band. Apr 1-3: 04/2 + 11:30pm Ravi Coltrane; 04/13&27 w/Aaron Seeber; Thurs N Jam; Fri 4: R; 5-10: 04/10 $35 The Bad Plus; 11: R; PM Jam 04/1,15&29 w/Andrew Forman, 12: $25 Pedro Giraudo Big Band; 13-17: Anat 04/8&22 w/Tuomo Uusitalo; Sat PM Jam Cohen Tnt; 18: R; 19-21: SFJAZZ Collective; 04/2,16&30 w/Jonathan Thomas Trio, 22-24: 04/22-23 $30 Patricia Barber Qrt; 25: 04/9&23 w/Robert Edwards, N 04/2,16&30 R; 26-27: $25 Avishai Cohen Qrt; 28-May 1: w/Philip Harper, 04/9&23 w/Brooklyn Circle. Billy Hart Qrt. Apr 1: PM R, E Michael Weiss Qrt, L Philip JOE’S PUB: At Public Theater. 425 Lafayette Harper Gp, N Lawrence Leathers Trio; 2: PM St & Astor Pl. www.joespub.com. 212-967- R, E Hal Galper's Youngblood Qrt, L Philip 7555. Adm varies. Apr 6: 9:30pm Jeff Lederer Harper Gp, N R; 3: 1pm R, PM Ai Murakami & Brooklyn Blowhards. Trio feat Sacha Perry, E R, L Saul Rubin Qrt, METROPOLITAN ROOM: 34W 22nd St (bet. N R; 4: E Matt Geraghty Qrt, L-N R; 5: E Ehud 5th & 6th Avs). www.metropolitanroom.com. Asherie Trio, L Theo Hill Trio, N R; 6: E Adam 212-206-0440. Sets unless otherwise noted: Birnbaum Qnt, L Tommaso Cappellato Qrt, N Early (E) 7pm, Late (L) 9:30pm. Residency R; 7: E Adam Birnbaum Qnt, L Ken Fowser (R): Tues L Annie Ross. Apr 2: E Sonya Qnt, N R; 8: PM R, E Ralph Lalama & Bop- Perkins, L Vivian Reed; 5: L R; 6: L Kate Juice, L Orrin Evans Gp, N Joe Farnsworth; Chaston; 9: 1pm Michelle Lordi; 12: L R; 16: 9: PM R, E Bill Moring & Way out East, L E Steve Washington; 17: 4pm Jonathan Orrin Evans Gp, N R; 10: 1pm R, PM Eyal Karrant, L Wren Marie Harrington; 19: L R; Vilner Big Band, E R, L Fabien Mary Qnt, N 21: L Perez; 23: E Antoinette Montague; 26: L R; 11: E Glenn Zaleski Trio, L-N R; 12: E R. Spike Wilner Trio, L The Smalls Legacy Band, MEZZROW: 163W 10th St (bet 7th Av & N R; 13: E Nate Radley Qnt, L Jared Gold Waverly Pl). www.mezzrow.com. 646-476- Trio, N R; 14: E Steve Davis Qnt, L Nick 4346. Sets/adm: Early (E), Late (L), Night (N); Hempton Qrt, N R; 15: PM R, E Gregory Sun E 7:30-9pm, L 9:30pm-12am, Mon E Tardy Trio, L Steve Davis Qnt, N Eric Wyatt 7:30-9pm, L 9:30pm-12am, N 12-1am, Tues E Qrt; 16: PM R, E Fukushi Tainaka Qrt, L Steve 7:30-10:30pm, L 11pm-12am, Wed E 7:30- Davis Qnt, N R; 17: 1pm R, PM Ai Murakami 10:30pm, L 11pm-12:30am, Thurs E 7:30- Trio feat Sacha Perry, E R, L Behn Gillece Qrt, 9pm, L 9:30pm-12am, N 12-1:30am, Fri-Sat E N R; 18: E Avi Rothbard Trio, L-N R; 19: E 7:30-9pm, L 9:30pm-12am, N 12:30-2am; Jeremy Manasia Trio, L Abraham Burton Qrt, adm E free except Tues $20, L $20, N $10. N R; 20: E Myron Walden Gp, L Harold Residencies: Sun E 04/3&17 Pasquale Mabern Trio, N R; 21: E Richard Sussman Grasso Solo 04/10&24 Saul Rubin Solo; Mon Qnt, L JC Stylles Qrt, N R; 22: PM R, E Bob E John Merrill w/guests, N Theo Hill; Tues- DeMeo Gp, L Melissa Aldana Qrt, N Joe Wed L “Polite” Jam; Thurs E 04/7&21 Spike continued on page 22

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played. I wanted the guys to be playing music they loved; wanted them to shine and enjoy the gigs. And it's been amazing how much they all bring to the table." The Tierney Sutton Band develops arrangements in collaboration. Sutton says she may suggest a song, then one of the musicians may begin a vamp or play some chords. For an example she sites "You Are My Sunshine," reharmonized by Jacobs in a minor key because, as she notes, it is thought of as an upbeat song but when you consider the last line, "'I hung my head and cried.' There's a lot of pathos there, and the minor key brings it out." Sutton is also proud that one of the cre- dos of the band is "we never do the same show twice. We have over 150 arrange- ments to choose from and we're always bringing new things in." They also like to size up the audience, acoustics of the venue and even the condition of the piano in helping to determine their repertory for the show. "In places we don't play often, it's always great to feel you're serving somebody. "It's a very different band in the live shows than on the recordings," she explains. "The shows are much more improvisational and we're always working OME JAZZ SINGERS IMPRESS the new material in that we're going to Syou with their incredible voices which record. But every album is a kind of are gifted with sounds that can only be moment and mood; it's important to realize produced by the most exquisite musical that whatever you're doing it's a moment instruments. Others overwhelm us with in time and you can't try to put the whole sheer emotional force. Tierney Sutton com- kitchen sink on everything. My favorite mands a fine musical instrument in her albums are of the moment and have a voice, but it is not an overpowering one. mood throughout." And she can invest a song with emotions For instance, her latest offering, Paris you never knew were there. But her Sessions, is with the duo of TSB member strongest suits are subtlety and intelli- Axt on bass and the Parisian guitarist gence. Sutton can take a song that you Serge Merlaud. The original intent was to assume you know everything about, like record a couple of songs for Sutton's Joni "Get Happy," and give it a unique twist Mitchell project, After Blue, made without that makes you hear it in a completely her band. But they ended up recording a new way. whole CD, jettisoning tracks that did not While Sutton's approach to jazz is fit the mellow mood. "I decided I wanted a unique and intelligent, unlike many real moody album," she says, "it's the one singers, she is no diva, imperiously reign- album I've done that can get you to lower ing over her band and dictating every your blood pressure." nuance of her and their performances. Currently Sutton is performing some of "The essence of jazz is collaboration," her music with big bands in occasional con- Sutton says from her home in California. certs as well as developing material on the "Every jazz performance is more than the road with the TSB for an upcoming disc sum of its parts." So she thinks of her devoted to the music of Sting. "We were records as collaborative projects, not just looking for someone related to jazz on some singer's albums. That's why she has a fair- deeper level so we can do what we do but ly unusual arrangement with the musi- have it come together in an interesting cians she's worked with for more than two way. As it's turning out, Miles Davis is decades. "We came up with a business inserting himself in a lot of the arrange- model," she says, "The Tierney Sutton ments." She also hopes to do some dates Band (TSB) is a corporation, with every this summer with singer Kate McGarry one of us [pianist Christian Jacobs, drum- and her guitarist husband plus bassist Axt. mer Ray Brinker and bassists Trey Henry and Kevin Axt] invested in the corporation The Tierney Sutton Band appears and final product. We've been incorporated April 7-10 at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, over ten years now and we consult togeth- where their sets will probably include er on everything. Like repertory, if some- some of the new Sting material they're one doesn't like a piece, it doesn't get working on.

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continued from page 20 I-BEAM: 168 7th St. www.ibeambrooklyn.com. Farnsworth; 23: PM R, E Lines Of Reason, L Sets: 8:30pm $15 don. Apr 1-2: Andrea Melissa Aldana Qrt, N R; 24: 1pm R, PM Parkins Duo & Trio; 9: Josh Sinton Solo, George Gee Swing Orch, E R, L David 9:15pm Jermiah Cymerman Solo, 10pm Gibson Qnt, N tba; 25: E Matt Pavolka & Jeremiah Cymerman/Josh Sinton; 15: 8pm Horns Band, L Joel Frahm Gp, N R; 26: E Aaron Irwin Qrt, 9:30pm Weathervest; 16: Spike Wilner Trio, L Josh Evans Gp, N R; 27: 8pm Jay Rattman/Can Olgun, 9:30pm E Eliot Zigmund Gp, L Rob Garcia 4, N R; 28: Weathervest; 23: Joe Morris & Arcade; 28: E David Berkman & The New York Standards Aaron Irwin Trio & Jeff Davis Trectangle. Qrt, L Craig Wuepper Qrt, N R; 29: PM R, E JAZZ 966: 966 Fulton St. 917-593-9776. Ray Gallon Trio, L Alex Sipiagin Qnt, N www.jazz966.com. Fri: 8:15&10:15pm $15 Charles Ruggiero Qrt; 30: PM R, E Richie don. Apr 1: Ray Abrams Big Band feat Vitale Qnt, L Alex Sipiagin Qnt, N R. Tulivu. The STONE: 2nd St at Av C. www.thestone SEEDS: 617 Vanderbilt Av. www.seedsbrook nyc.com. Adm varies. Sun&Tues-Sat: lyn.org. Apr 19: 9pm $10 adm Jazz Gallery 8&10pm weekly residencies. Sun: 3pm Mentoring series w/Aaron Parks feat Joel except 4pm 04/17 John Zorn & friends. Apr Ross. 1-3: Meg Okura; 5-10: Frank London; 12-17: SHAPESHIFTER LAB: 18 Whitwell Pl. Andy Biskin; 18: 8pm John Zorn's Bagatelles; www.shapeshifterlab.com. 646-820-9452. 19-24: Ned Rothenberg; 25: 8pm Richard Sets/adm unless otherwise noted: Early (E) "Duck" Baker Solo; 26-May 1: Scott 7pm, Late (L) 8:15pm, Night (N) 9:30pm; $10 Robinson. adm. Apr 5: E Frank Basile Sxt, L-N John VILLAGE VANGUARD: 178 7th Av S at 11th Yao & His 17-piece Instrument; 6: E Horse St. 212-255-4037. www.villagevanguard. Tors, L Gabriel Zucker, N Adam O’ Farrill & com. Sets: 8:30&10:30pm. Adm: Mon-Thurs Guy Mintus; 7: 8pm Jazz Gallery Mentoring $30/1 drink min. Residency (R): Mon series w/Aaron Parks feat Joel Ross; 8: 8pm Vanguard Jazz Orch. Apr 1-3: Tom Harrell; 4: Take Off Collective, 8:45pm Rosa, N Marko R; 5-10: Harold Mabern Trio; 11: R; 12-17: Djordjevic & Sveti; 10: E-L Muzik Export Scott Colley Qrt; 18: R; 19-24: Eric Reed Qrt; Association; 11: L Jure Pukl Qrt w/spec 26-May 1: Trio 3. guest Melissa Aldana; 12: E $8 Matt Kelly ZINC BAR: 82W 3rd St (bet Thompson & Qrt, L Window; 13: 8pm University of Sullivan). 212-477-8337. www.zincbar.com. Queensland Big Band feat Randy Brecker; Sets: Early (E) 7pm except Sat 8pm + 14: E $12 David Fiuczynski w/spec guest 9,11pm&12:30am except Fri 8pm, Mon + Rudresh Mahanthappa, L Patrick Brennan & 2am. Adm varies. Residencies: Sun Tango transparency kestra, N Trout Cake; 15: E Trio & Milonga, Mon 10pm-2am Ron Affif Vinegar Mother, L Kate Yeager; 18: E Trio, Tues 10pm Evolution Band + Jam DownPly; 19: E-L Shai Maestro; 20: $8 L w/Igmar Thomas, Thurs 12am Roman Diaz Alon Yavnai; 25: E Berta Moreno Qnt feat Midnight Rumba, Sat 8pm Misha Piatigorsky Shai Maestro & Jason Rigby; 27: E $8 Trio + Monika Oliveira & The Brasilians. Apr Bumgardner/Gillingham/Parks Trio; L Filipe 4: 10pm-2am VandoJam feat Gary Smulyan; Duarte Gp, N Craig Brann; 28: L Ziv Ravitz. 8: Dimitri Vassilakis Qrt; 15: 10pm-1am Seth SISTAS’ PLACE: 456 Nostrand Av at Weaver Big Band feat Sveltana; 22: 8pm Jefferson Av. www.sistasplace.org. 718-398- Laura Andrea Leguía Afro-Peruvian Jazz 1766. Sets: 9&10:30pm adm. Apr 2: Awa Orch, 10pm Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sangho; 8: Tribute to Randy Weston; 9: Sxt, 12am Saxofón Criollo. Anthony Wonsey; 16: Sistas' Place Jazz Festival & Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival feat 04/16 Don Braden & Vanessa Rubin, BROOKLYN 04/22 Brandon Sanders, 04/23 Vincent Chancey All-Stars, 04/30 Ahmed Abdullah & Diaspora feat Donald Smith. BAMCAFÉ: 30 Lafayette Av. 718-636-4100. WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CENTER: 367 www.bam.org. Sets: 9pm free adm. Apr 15: Bedford Av. www.wmcjazz.org. 718-384- The New Cookers; 22: Kenyatta Beasley & 1654. 10pm-2am. Fri: free adm/2 drink min The Frank Foster Project; 23: E.J. Strickland Jam w/Gerry Eastman Qnt & friends. Apr 15- & Transient Beings. 30: Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival. BARBÈS: 376 9th St at 6th Av. Park Slope. www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 718-965-9177. Residencies: Sun 9pm Stephane Wrembel; CONNECTICUT Mon 7pm Brain Cloud; Tues 9pm Slavic Soul Party; Wed 10pm Mandingo Ambassadors. Apr 1: 10pm Big Lazy; 6: 8pm Andy Statman; The 9th NOTE JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB: 9: 8pm Lucian Ban Transylvianian Concert 15 Bank St. Stamford. www.the9thnote.com. w/Jorge Sylvester; 17: 7pm Jessica Fichot; 203-504-8828. Apr 9: 9pm Jimmy Cobb Qrt; 20: 8pm Tom Swafford & String Power; 21: 14: 8pm Jumaane Smith; 20: 8pm George 10pm Chris Speed Band feat Jesse Quarrto; Gee Swing Orch; 23: 9pm George Coleman 22: 8pm The Regional de NY, 10pm Qrt; 29: 9pm Ralph Peterson Trio & Supermambo. Triangular III. BROOKLYN CENTER FOR THE PER- RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE: 80 East Ridge. FORMING ARTS: At Brooklyn College. Ridgefield. www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org. Campus Rd & Hillel Pl. 718-951-4500. 203-438-5795. Sets: 8pm. Apr 8: Jumaane www.brooklyncenter.org. Apr 16: 8pm $35 Smith; 10: Christian McBride Trio. adm Regina Carter & Southern Comfort. The SIDE DOOR JAZZ CLUB: At Old Lyme BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF Inn. 85 Lyme St. Old Lyme. 860-434-0886. MUSIC: 58 7th Av. www.bqcm.org. 718-622- www.thesidedoorjazz.com. Sets: 8:30pm. 3300. 1st Fri: 7pm $5 adm Open Stage. Apr Apr 1: Bobby Broom Trio; 2: Allan Harris; 7: 23: 8pm $10 adm Connection Works pres- 8pm Dr. Lonnie Smith; 8: Matt Baker Trio; 9: ents Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open series feat Eddie Allen Qnt; 15: Renee Rosnes Qrt; 16: Michel Gentile FLOW. Manuel Valera Trio; 22: Transient Beings; CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ CONSOR- 23: Karrin Allyson; 24: 8pm Delfeayo TIUM: 718-569-1896. www.centralbrooklyn Marsalis; 29: Christian Sands Trio; 30: Dave jazzconsortium.org. Apr 15-May 15: Central Liebman Expansions Qnt. Brooklyn Jazz Festival. continued on page 24

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/ NEW JERSEY JAZZ Gary Walker, “Morning Jazz Host”, WBGO, 88.3 FM/wbgo.org PETER BERNSTEIN TRIO BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH / APRIL 2 Guitarist Peter Bernstein has been part of the New York jazz scene for more than two decades. His considerable talents have been heard alongside Joshua Redman, Diana Krall, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Cobb and Lou Donaldson. He is documented on more than 80 recordings, including several with organ great Dr. Lonnie Smith and five with Melvin Rhyne who worked with Wes Montgomery. Bernstein's own organ trio, with Larry Goldings and Bill Stewart, was hailed as the best of the last decade by the New York Times. In this setting, Bernstein takes pride in deconstructing a Miles Davis or Thelonious Monk tune, expressing himself with an economy of lines—with stunning results. In Newark, the guitarist with organist Mike LeDonne and drummer Willie Jones III won't be beholden to any particular era. THE COOKERS TRUMPETS / APRIL 8 Everything old is new again. For musicians true to the jazz canon, that's what the creative mind is about. What happens when you get seven like minds together, each with a unique voice, collectively amassing over 250 years of experience with Art Blakey, Max Roach, Charles Lloyd, Herbie Hancock and Lee Morgan? Nate Chinen of the New York Times says, "a dream team of forward leaning hard bop!" The Cookers are drummer Billy Hart, bassist Cecil McBee, pianist George Cables, alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, tenor saxophonist Billy Harper and trumpeters Eddie Henderson and David Weiss. As Weiss says of the group, "The process of rehears- ing this music and then performing or recording it is an amazing experience with surprises at every turn." A band like this doesn't just push play, they come to play. MICHEL CAMILO NJPAC / APRIL 17 Pianist Michel Camilo's work is familiar to both jazz and classical fans. He can dis- play warp-speed runs, on classics like "I Got Rhythm," "Caravan," "Take Five" or "Love for Sale," then move things to a delicate hush on a silky ballad. Camilo's per- formance with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Rhapsody in Blue (Telarc), is an awesome demonstration of technique and touch in a large setting. On Solo (Telarc), Camilo shows he keeps his ears open, whether interpreting standards, Brazilian music or his own inventive originals. As Camilo says of the solo experience, "I start quietly, to attract the listener into the music. Once they're with me, they're in for the whole ride." For this solo ride, expect the piano to collapse in defeat. BERNARD PURDIE SHANGHAI JAZZ / APRIL 29 Growing up as the 11th of 15 children, drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie knew early he'd have to bang the drum loudly to be heard. Those early attempts at atten- tion resulted in Purdie becoming a star of jazz, soul and rock, appearing on more than 3,000 recordings. His funky soul beat has provided the shuffle-boil to albums by Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Steely Dan, Larry Coryell, Joe Cocker, Hall & Oates, Herbie Mann, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, among countless others. His book, Let The Drums Speak (Prettymedia) is a primer for all who desire to put the rhythm in the riff. Purdie's Soul to Jazz and Soul to Jazz II recordings (Act) are full of the fatback rhythms he's known for. Expect some Purdie good cookin' with his trio in Madison.

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continued from page 22 NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CEN- TER: 1 Center St. Newark. 888-466-5722. www.njpac.org. Apr 9: 6&8:30pm $50-70 adm NEW YORK STATE Lea DeLaria; 17: 4&7pm $55 Michel Camilo Solo; 22: 8pm $15 PoemJazz feat Robert FALCON ARTS: 1348 Rte 9 West. Marlboro. Pinsky & Laurence Hobgood; 23: 12:30pm www.liveatthefalcon.com. 845-236-7970. $20 WBGO Kids Jazz Concert feat Don Braden. don suggested. Sets: 7pm, Sun 10am-2pm SOPAC: 1 SOPAC Way. South Orange. 973- Brunch (B). Apr 9: The Cookers; 13: Jazz 313-2787. www.sopacnow.org. Apr 5: Sessions at The Falcon Underground 7:30pm $5 adm Seton Hall University Faculty w/Doug Weiss; 17: Ed Palermo; 24: B The Jazz Ens; 17: 7pm $15 James Gibbs III; 24: Saints of Swing. 7pm $15 Radam Schwartz; 30: 8pm $45-65 TURNING POINT CAFÉ: 468 Piermont Av. Juan de Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars Piermont. www.turningpointcafe.com. 845- feat Members of the Buena Vista Social Club. 359-1089. Mon: 8-11:30pm $5 adm Monday TRUMPETS: 6 Depot Square. Montclair. 973- Jam by John Richmond. 744-2600. www.trumpetsjazz.com. Sets: unless otherwise noted 7:30&9pm, Fri-Sat 8&10pm, closed Mon-Tues. Adm varies. Apr QUEENS 1: Michael Lington; 2: Paul Abler; 3: 3-6pm Peter Furlan Qnt & the Rockland Youth Jazz FLUSHING TOWN HALL: 137-35 Northern Ens w/guest Duane Eubanks, 7:30pm Scott Blvd. Flushing. www.flushingtownhall.org. Reeves Jazz Orch; 5: 7pm Jazz House Kids 718-463-7700. 1st Wed: 6pm Clinic, 7pm Chica Power!; 8: The Cookers; 9: Mike Longo Jam. Apr 16: 12-10pm free adm Queens Jazz Funk Band; 16: Dee Lucas; 22: Enrico Over Ground Spring Jazz Fest. Granafei Qrt. LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: WBGO: 54 Park Pl. Newark. www.wbgo.org. 34-56 107th St. Corona. 718-478-8274. 973-624-8880. www.louisarmstronghouse.org. Sun&Sat 12- 5pm, Tues-Fri 10am-5pm: $10 adm Guided MIDDLESEX Tours of Louis Armstrong House. The NEW BRUNSWICK JAZZ PROJECT: www.nbjp.org. WESTCHESTER MONMOUTH COUNT BASIE THEATRE: 99 Monmouth St. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 199N Red Bank. www.countbasietheatre.org. 732- Columbus Av at E Lincoln Av. Mount Vernon. 842-9000. Apr 6: 7:30pm The Manhattan www.pjsjazz.org. 914-636-4977. 2nd Sun: Transfer & Take 6; 16: 8pm Esperanza 5:15-9pm $25 adm Second Sunday Jazz Spalding & Emily's D+Evolution. series. Apr 10: Antoinette Montague. MORRIS BICKFORD THEATRE: 6 Normandy Heights NEW JERSEY Rd. Morristown. 973-971-3706. Concerts 8- 9:30pm. www.njjs.org. $15/18 adm. Apr 11: Marlene verPlanck Trio feat Warren Vaché; CAPE MAY 25: Carrie Jackson, Nancy Nelson & Sandy EXIT ZERO INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FES- Sasso. TIVAL: Cape May. www.exit0jazzfest.com. MAYO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: 100 888-943-1864. Apr 22-24: 04/22 6pm Pedrito South St. Morristown. www.mayoarts.org. Martinez Gp, Joey Alexander, Brian Betz Qrt 973-539-8008. Apr 1: 8pm $150-79 adm feat Behn Gillece, Ameranouche, Lisa Fischer Yanni; 8: 8pm $89-39 The Manhattan Grand Baton, Son Little, Frank Bey, 04/23 Transfer Meets Take 6. 12pm René Marie, Breckerville, Sofia Rei, SHANGHAI JAZZ: 24 Main St. Madison. 973- John Scofield/Joe Lovano Qrt, Pat Metheny & 822-2899. www.shanghaijazz.com. Free adm. Ron Carter, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Sets: Sun 6-8:30pm, Tues 6:30-9pm, Wed- Ameranouche, Nadjah Nicole, Brother Thurs 7-9:30pm, Fri 6:30&8:30pm, Sat Joscephus & the Love Revolution, High & 6:30&8:45pm. Closed Mon. Tues: except Mighty Brass Band, 04/24 Amina Figarova 04/19 John Korba; Apr 1: Grover Kemble/ Sxt, Breckerville, Joanna Pascale, High & Jerry Vezza Trio; 15: Rob Paparozzi Gp; 16: Mighty Brass Band, Sofia Rei, Lee Fields & SaRon Crenshaw Qrt; 23: Geoff Galante Trio; the Expressions. 29: Bernard “Pretty” Purdie Trio. ESSEX OCEAN BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH: 275W OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE: College Dr. Market St. Newark. www.bethanynewark. Toms River. 732-255-0500. www.ocean.edu. org. 973-623-8161. Apr 2: 6-7:30pm Jazz $18/22 adm. www.njjs.org. Concerts: 8- Vespers feat Peter Bernstein Gp. 9:30pm. Apr 13: Glenn Crytzer & Savoy DORTHAAN’S PLACE: At Nico Kitchen + Bar Seven. in NJPAC. 1 Center St. Newark. 888-466- 5722. www.njpac.org. Apr 10: 12pm $45/15 adm Jazz Brunch feat Freddy Cole Qrt. PASSAIC DUKE’S SOUTHERN TABLE: 11 Clinton St. WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY: 300 Newark. www.dukesnewark.com. 862-763- Pompton Rd. Wayne. www.wpunj.edu. 973- 5757. Sun: 1-4pm, Wed 7-10:30pm, Fri-Sat: 720-2371. Apr 17: 4pm Bill Charlap Trio; 23: 7:30-11:30pm. Apr 1: Russ Nolan; 2: 8pm City of Poets w/Cédric Hanriot, Jason Lawrence Qualls; 3: Carrie Jackson; 6: Open Palmer & Donny McCaslin. Mic w/the Brick City Soul Collective; 8: Pat Van Dyke; 9: Carlos Francis; 10: Andre Barnes; 15: John Bauers; 17: Vanessa Perea; PENNSYLVANIA 20: Open Mic w/the Brick City Soul Collective; 22: Ted Chubb; 23: Walter Christopher; 24: DEER HEAD INN: 5 Main St. Delaware Water Erin & The Project; 29: Pat Van Dyke; 30: Matt Kane. continued on page 29

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ANOTHER REASON TO CELEBRATE By Elzy Kolb

Serious whimsy minute or two turn into really deep music. Saxophonist/clarinetist Jeff Lederer We begin at the ridiculous and try to get to tends to get interested in a theme, then the sublime, and that does happen quite a delve wholeheartedly into reading, bit, I'm happy to say. You start with an researching and exploring the topic and outrageous proposition and stick with it discovering ways to express what he's until you find something profound inside learned through his music. "It's the best it—like the absurd proposition of chasing a thing to do as a young musician—follow white whale." And lest Lederer should your interests," Lederer says. begin to sound as if he's taking himself too seriously, he points out, "There's no ques- tion—we go overboard!" With the new Brooklyn Blowhards CD coming out this month on the Little i Music label, Lederer is looking into chartering a boat and playing the shanties at whaling museums along the Atlantic coast, a con- cept similar to a promo tour of museums he did to celebrate his earlier recording with the Shakers n' Bakers project. In the meantime, landlubbers can join Lederer Jeff Lederer, Joe’s Pub and Blowhards including Wilson, Knuffke, drummer/percussionist Allison Miller, This time around, Lederer has convened singer Mary Larose, saxophonist Jon a band called the Brooklyn Blowhards to Irabagon and others in celebrating the CD present a collection of traditional sea release at Joe's Pub April 6. shanties re-envisioned through an Albert Ayler-tinted filter. The project was inspired in part by a 1950s-vintage Folkways recording of shanties by the Foc'sle Singers, an a cappella group that included Greenwich Village folk stalwarts such as Dave Van Ronk and Paul Clayton. "[Trumpeter/cornetist] Kirk Knuffke brought over the Foc'sle Songs and Shanties CD; he was enamored with it. That got me into nautical music. I was learning more every day," Lederer explains. He cites drummer Matt Wilson Melissa Slocum, Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church as the project's first point of connection to Ayler: During his high school years, Wilson Moving to the front was blasting Ayler's Love Cry, and his Bassist Melissa Slocum's rich back- mother commented, "I like that one; it ground encompasses a lifetime of learning reminds me of sea shanties." and multiple degrees in several musical The remark hit a chord with Lederer. genres. However, she especially cherishes "Ayler's music has always struck me as the lessons she picked up on the band- folkloric and very direct, not anxiety rid- stand. "I love classical; I grew up learning den." Following this "direct but circuitous classical, but when I heard jazz, to me it path of circles within circles," the saxo- was alive. Classical is beautiful and great, phonist decided it was time to get more but it didn't seem alive to me." familiar with Moby Dick. "I read it in my When she arrived in New York three younger life—boring," he declares. "This decades ago, she aimed to become an in- time it was revelatory. It's a book about demand sideman. Stints with Art Blakey, everything in life—hubris, humility, tri- Leon Thomas, Hank Jones, Dee Dee umph, disaster, the terror of the sea, all Bridgewater, the Diva Jazz Orchestra, the things I wanted to bring to the project." Frank Wess, and others leave no doubt Lederer admits that there's more than that she's achieved her goal. "I've been for- an undercurrent of light-heartedness and tunate to play with the greats, and try to humor in his approach, a trait he shares remember them in my music," Slocum with Wilson. "Matt creates musical says. "I developed my approach to music moments that begin as a joke and after a from working with a lot of great drum- continued on page 26

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ANOTHER REASON... continued from page 25 In good hands Saxophonist Grace Kelly just moved to mers: Charli Persip was a champion of the Big Apple in December and she's excit- mine, and I miss Art Blakey every day." ed to be performing at one of the jazz com- She values tips from trumpeter Woody munity's celebrated annual events, the Shaw: "He was on a whole other level from International Women in Jazz Festival, at me. He'd let me know if I played something one of the music's most cherished loca- he thought was interesting. That gave me tions: Saint Peter's Church. something to build on; his feedback helped "Anything to do with women's initia- me grow." tives and creating a community of women Slocum recalls that the band leaders she is something I want to be part of, and I'm played with were all pretty tough. "But I looking forward to hearing more and learn- like being in a situation where a lot is ing as much as I can about the IWJ's goals demanded from me. I like to get out there and mission," Kelly says. "I'm honored that on the edge, to find out what my mind, body they asked me and I'm looking forward to and heart can do. That's where the heart, playing in such a beautiful, historic the life, is for me—how far can you go?" venue." Countless people have heard Slocum Kelly will present a mix of originals and perform in symphony orchestras and in the standards, including material from her pit bands of hit Broadway shows such as new CD, Trying to Figure It Out (Pazz). "I Phantom of the Opera. However, very few like to play familiar tunes, though they'll have had the opportunity to catch her play- be 'Graceified,' I always put my own spin ing her own music, a situation she hopes to on everything." To do that, Kelly harks remedy soon. back to lessons learned from jazz elders While working with multi-instrumen- such as saxophonists Phil Woods, Frank talist Howard Johnson over the years, Morgan and Lee Konitz. "I'm so lucky our Slocum often had "let's put a band togeth- paths crossed and they saw something in er" conversations with her HoJo Five col- me and wanted to help teach me." Though leagues, pianist Carlton Holmes and Kelly had done her homework, literally, drummer JT Lewis. "It's been a work in listening to records and transcribing solos, progress for a long time," she says, but the "It was a whole different ball game to threesome will be joined by saxophonist stand next to them and play. I learned Jay Rodriguez to play a concert produced about the roots of the music and I learned by trombonist Craig Harris on April 12 at to make it my own." midday at Harlem's Rendall Memorial Woods, in particular, was a stern Presbyterian Church. taskmaster. "It was a dream to stand next "I appreciate this opportunity to explore to my idol and play his originals and my being a band leader a little bit," Slocum originals. It was exhilarating and nerve- says. "As a bass player, I find it a challenge racking. He always let me know if I wasn't to be the leader—I'm standing in the back, cutting it, he never sugar-coated any- trying to front the band. I hope to develop thing," Kelly recalls. something little by little. Mingus was my She took the lessons to heart and, at 23, main idol; that's why I always wanted to the alto player is enjoying a remarkably try to lead a band; I want to confront the full schedule. For starters, she's a regular obstacles." in Jon Batiste's Stay Human band on The Besides original material by Slocum, Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Michael Holmes and Lewis, the gig will include Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch mys- some Charles Mingus compositions to tery novels, has come out as a fan of Kelly's honor the legendary bassist in his birthday playing, mentioning her in his books, and month, as well as material by trombonist writing a role for her in the Amazon TV Melba Liston. "I played in Melba Liston's series Bosch. She has even contributed to band when I was first in New York. I was the soundtrack for the show. And there's a just a baby; I was star-struck by Melba and full slate of festival gigs to look forward to wanted to explore her music. Not many in the coming months. people play her tunes, and I love them so Kelly hopes that her success will be a much." beacon for the next generation of young girls who want to play jazz. "One of my joys is not only performing, but doing educa- tion. Sometimes really young girls come to my gigs, 12 or 14 years old, and say that I inspire them," she says happily. Kelly remembers jazz events from her past. "When I was 12 or 13, a lot of times it was me, 14 boys and a faculty that was all men. I'm glad the girls coming up now have more role models on horns—there's no rea- son the young girls shouldn't be able to Grace Kelly, IWJ festival at Saint Peter’s Church continued on page 30

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HOT FLASHES By Seton Hawkins The Jazz Cruise Artist Spotlight Coast. "For me, launching this camp was One of the brightest lights in jazz today, only a matter of time," she explains. "When trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader Bria I was a teenager I was sponsored by a local Skonberg delivers thrilling horn work and jazz society in British Columbia to attend a high-spirited vocals in performances and summer camp in California and it was a critically acclaimed albums, winning her a profoundly important experience in my devoted audience and placing her as one of life. With this camp, we want to bring that the most promising and exciting trumpet same energy to the East Coast and we'll be stars on the scene. Though particularly using a similar format: throughout each renowned for her work in hot jazz, day there will be sectional training, time Skonberg is a thoroughly versatile and for one-on-one lessons, and time to play in broad-minded musician, whose shows bands with the other students." draw on a tremendous array of popular Drawing on the talents of an incredible music. faculty, Skonberg and Ryan will assemble six bands, comprising 48 students from around the United States, to jam, perform and network with one another. The week of activities will conclude with a student performance at Iridium on May 22, fol- lowed by faculty performances at Birdland. Throughout it all, Skonberg hopes to engender the same sense of community that defined the camps she attended. "You become a family over the course of the week," she explains. "The students are challenged to do their best and try new music, but it's a safe environment and everyone learns from one another." An ideal artist to appear on the January 28-February 4, 2017 Marcus Miller-curated Jazz Cruise, Skonberg is excited for the opportunity next year. "Events like these are truly immersive, Bria Skonberg and sort of a 360-experience for connecting with your fans and bringing them into your As a co-founder of the New York Hot process," notes Skonberg. "There's a huge Jazz Festival and of the forthcoming New opportunity to build new relationships York Hot Jazz Camp, Skonberg is also a over the course of the cruise that will hope- driving force in the hot jazz revival that fully continue on." has been fomenting in New York City and To learn more about Bria Skonberg and developing among its younger musicians. the New York Hot Jazz Camp, visit Indeed, finding innovative means of www.nyhotjazzcamp.com. To find out more reaching audiences and celebrating the about The Jazz Cruise or to make a reser- music has always been central to vation, visit www.thejazzcruise.com. Skonberg's efforts, leading her to branch out from strictly performer and into pre- Education Events, Album Releases, senter and educator duties. Perhaps most and International Jazz Day exciting, this coming May she and vocalist Versatile trumpeter Shunzo Ohno Molly Ryan will launch the New York Hot releases ReNew, his 16th album as a Jazz Camp—a week-long intensive for leader, and will celebrate with a perform- adult students looking to develop their ance at Symphony Space on April 1. chops and gain experience in the style— Drawing on a wide range of styles, the and will be joined by a top-shelf faculty album focuses on the recovery of Japan fol- that includes Catherine Russell, Jon-Erik lowing the 2011 tsunami and features a Kellso, Vincent Gardner and Dan wide array of extraordinary talents in jazz. Levinson. Go to www.symphonyspace.org to find out For Skonberg, the camp honors her own more. experiences of coming into jazz as a youth The innovative New York-based string and studying at jazz camps on the West ensemble Sirius Quartet release their continued on page 28

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FRESH TAKES By Nathan Kamal, student at The New School

NATIVE OF SAPPORO JAPAN, tribute to Japanese producer Yasohachi Aalto saxophonist Erena Terakubo's "88" Itoh. young ambitions were quickly recognized As her first U.S. release, A Time for and cultivated and, at 18, the wunderkind Love carries special weight. "I am really made her first record, North Bird, with fortunate to release my album in the states Kenny Barron, Christian McBride, Lee this time," she says. "I make so much effort Pearson and Peter Bernstein. Subsequent to record great standards." album collaborators included Ron Carter and Jimmy Cobb. The altoist moved to the The Erena states in 2011 when she was selected as a Terakubo Berklee Presidential Scholar. Quartet Terakubo's signature approach to the with pianist alto is her bright tone and her highly punc- Don Fried- tuated phrasing. man, bassist This month she showcases her quartet Harvie S and at Jazz at Kitano. Her performance follows drummer the debut of A Time for Love, her first U.S. Tony release, and her fourth overall. A Time for Jefferson, Love features more good company: pianist performs David Hazeltine, bassist David 'Happy' on April 21 Williams and drummer Lewis Nash. The at Jazz at album indulges Terakubo's passion for jazz Kitano. standard adaptation. But in the heart of the album is "88," which she composed as a

HOT FLASHES... musicians who create from an African sen- continued from page 27 sibility. Find out more at www.jazzmuseu sophomore album Paths Become Lines on minharlem.org. April 8 and will present a launch concert at April 30 marks International Jazz the cell on April 13. To purchase tickets Day, and venues throughout the world will visit www.thecelltheatre.org. be offering specially curated events in cele- On April 1 at Roulette, the innovative bration of the occasion. Special events will drummer and bandleader William take place throughout all five boroughs of Hooker pays tribute to literary titan New York City and a full listing may be James Baldwin with "EVIDENCE: The found at www.jazzday.com. Baldwin Suite," a genre-defying work that features performances by dancer Kimani Exit Zero Jazz Festival Fowlin, guitarists Tor Snyder and Jesse Cape May's Exit Zero Jazz Festival Henry, pianist Mark Hennen, trumpeter returns April 22-24 and hosts a remark- Matt Lavelle, rapper AkuStyx and Hooker. able line-up of artists including Motéma Check www.roulette.org for details. artists Pedrito Martinez, Joey Alexander The Local 802 American Federation of and Rene Marie, Joe Lovano, John Musicians has launched Jazz Mentors, a Scofield, Amina Figarova, Ron Carter, series that connects rising artists with and many more. See a full schedule online established veterans of the industry in dis- at www.exit0jazzfest.com/. cussions on the business side of music. Featuring forum discussions that are open to the public, the initiative aims to educate musicians on audience development, pro- fessional growth and financial stability. The next event, on April 28, will take place at the union's Club Room. Learn more at www.local802afm.org. Master saxophonist Sam Newsome continues his performance and lecture series at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, offering Afro-Beat: Fela Kuti and Tony Allen April 28, taking an in-depth look at African-inspired jazz and jazz Rene Marie Pedrito Martinez

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BRIDGE CROSSINGS By Cary Tone MODERN SOUND SEARCHER, ARob Brown is truly a saxophonist, composer beyond category. His three TROMBONIST PAPO VAZQUEZ IS A decade long collaborations with William highly creative, versatile composer and Parker, Matthew Shipp, Hamid Drake band leader who was looking for a new among other boundary pushing improvisors sound. "What I was interested in creating is a portrait of an artist in modern music. was a new brand of jazz," Vazquez Q. Do you remember what the transition explains. "I wanted to break away from felt like when you moved to NYC from Boston? Latin jazz, which was mostly Afro-Cuban A. I was 22 when I got to NYC. I was still jazz." Vazquez's music is Afro-Puerto Rican in school but I felt like I had graduated jazz and, as such, a tribute to the magic of from Boston. Boston felt like the world of improvisation. school, teachers and students, while New Vazquez, 58, has used his experience of York was the real world and real music playing, touring and recording with giants world. A world with much more diversity of such as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente and all types and where I gained experience and Hilton Ruiz to hone his own voice, influ- understanding from being around working enced by the Puerto Rican musical genres musicians and other artists who were not bomba and plena. With all those influences, part of that system. "you make a mofongo," he says, referring to Q. Tell us something the popular Afro-Puerto Rican plantain about your associations dish. "A new mofongo, with the blues, the with Matthew Shipp bomba and the clave." and William Parker? ...Vazquez, who is also drawn to Hermeto A. Matthew Shipp Pascoal and Sonny Rollins, believes in his- and I go back to our time tory, knowledge and spirituality. "When in Boston, early 80s. you come with the wrong intention in Our own musical con- music, God leaves the stage," Vazquez says. ceptions were always "And when the holy spirit leaves, the magic quite different, but our goes away too." music and thinking For the complete interview, visit our were very intertwined in website: www.hothousejazz.com. those formative years. He had a big influence on me at that time. We developed a deep musi- The Mighty Pirates cal rapport that is now ingrained. We can Troubadours is at always play together. William Parker has had Hostos Center for the a huge impact on my music and life. I've been Performing Arts on playing steadily with him for 30 years. He April 30. The band fea- never ceases to amaze me. ... tures Willie Williams, For the complete interview, visit our Rick Germanson, website: www.hothousejazz.com. Dezron Douglas, Joel Mateo, Gabo Lugo and Rob Brown preforms with different Reinaldo de Jesus with outfits April 2, 4 and 6 at Clemente special guests Jerry Soto Vélez during the Arts For Art's Medina and Joe Locke. Spring Evolving Festival.

LISTINGS...continued from page 24 HOSTOS: 450 Grand Concourse at 149th St. Gap, PA. www.deerheadinn.com. 570-424- www.hostos.cuny.edu. Bronx. 718-518-4455. 2000. Sets: Sun 5-8pm, Thurs 8-11pm, Fri-Sat Apr 9: 10:30am workshop + 11:30am The 7-11pm. Adm varies. Residency (R): Thurs Villalobos Brothers; 30: 7:30pm Papo Jam w/Bill Washer & friends. Apr 1: Skip & Vazquez & The Mighty Pirates Troubadors Dan Wilkins Gp; 2: Kim Parker & friends; 3: w/spec guests Jerry Medina & Joe Locke. Bob Leive & the Wooster Street Trolley Band; PAPASITO: 223 Dyckman St. 212-544-0001. 7: R; 8: Denny Carrig & friends; 9: Dave Sat: 1-4pm Latin Jazz Brunch w/Paul Carlon Liebman Expansions; 10: Stephanie Nilles & Latin Jazz Trio. Zach Brock; 14: R; 15: Bill Warfield & the Hells SUBROSA: 63 Gansevoort St (bet Washington Kitchen Funk Orch feat Nicole Henry; 16: & Greenwich Sts). www.subrosanyc.com. Nellie McKay; 17: Luiz Simas & Su Terry; 21: 212-997-4555. Mon: 8&10pm Latin Jazz R; 22: The Jost Project; 23: Marc Mommaas & Monday feat 04/4 Cristina Morrison, 04/18 Nikolaj Hess; 24: Dan Wilkins Gp; 25: 7:30- Chembo Corniel Qnt, 04/25 Bill O’Connell & 10:30pm Deer Head Inn Jazz Orch; 28: R; 29: The Latin Jazz All-Stars. Martin Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola & Ed Laub; Hot House is not responsible for any errors in the listings which may 30: Nancy & Spencer Reed. have occured from late changes or incorrect information supplied to us. Please call the venues or check website for up to date calendars.

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JAZZ ANECDOTE BY BILL CROW Bill Crow's books "Jazz Anecdotes" and "From Birdland to Broadway" can be found at your favorite bookstore, and at www.billcrowbass.com along with many interesting photos and links. Herb Gardner told me: "The Smith Street Society Jazz Band had a Sunday night concert to play in Syracuse, NY. Since we were split up on different jobs the night before, we all flew in separately. 'Deacon Jim' Lawyer was particularly looking forward to an exceptionally lux- urious flight, since he'd booked one that promised X-7 service to Syracuse. When we went to pick him up at the airport he was nowhere to be found. The girl at the counter explained that X-7 service means it doesn't fly on Sundays." Todd Barkan asked Dexter Gordon what kind of guy Thelonious Monk was. Dexter mused, "Monk was not exactly the boy next door."

CARTER... continued from page 17 "We think classical music and we auto- matically think Beethoven, Bach and all the European composers," she says. "But every culture has its classical music. You go to India, there's a strong, beautiful tra- dition of classical music. But they don't think 'European.' They think of their own music. Jazz is our classical music. It's our treasure." Regina Carter's Southern Comfort with bassist Chris Lightcap, guitarist Marvin Sewell, accordionist Will Holshouser and drummer Satoshi Takeishi is at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts April 16.

ANOTHER REASON... continued from page 26 play whatever they want." Catch Kelly in action at The International Women in Jazz Festival 2016, April 16 at Saint Peter's Church. Mercedes Ellington is this year's honoree at the annual fund-raiser, which offers a full day of events, performances and jams (see the full schedule at http://www.inter nationalwomeninjazz.org/).

A Moment You Missed by Fran Kaufman Hot House Contributing Photographer It was hard to tell whether more vocalists were on the program or in the audience when the music world came together to pay tribute to Mark Murphy at Saint Peter's Church on Mar. 14 at a memorial organized by Ari Silverstein. And it was difficult to make a photograph with- out bumping into another photographer! Here, vocalist Kurt Elling adjusts his microphone and the extraordinary Sheila Jordan, a life- long friend of Murphy, sound checks.

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