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near-rock, plus those tunes which could be taken up by the cornetist’s jazzier projects like the Exploding Star Orchestra, Starlicker or the Chicago Underground Duo/Trio with drummer Chad Taylor. “Just Lovin’” and “Six Six Eight” are fascinating representations of the latter, especially since Mazurek Chi-Town associates vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, bass guitarist Matthew Lux and drummer John Herndon are on board. Mazurek’s “Six Six Eight”, his

Homage most extensive cornet feature, balances on Adasiewicz Marcus Printup (SteepleChase) and Herndon’s shuddering percussion pulse and by Joel Roberts includes sliding bass guitar runs and discursive time- shedding while the intervallic theme is advanced by One of the premier trumpeters in today, 45-year- flutter-tongued triplets from the brassman. Based on a old Jazz at Lincoln Center stalwart Marcus Printup loop from Granado, “Just Lovin’” is denser, with an Sat, Sep 1 KIRK KNUFFKE, MARY HALVORSON, ROB GARCIA - offers up a mid-career tribute to some of his major avant-rock beat presaging measured vibe echoes and AMERICAN SONGS 9PM & 10:30PM Sun, Sep 2 QUARTET/WINGWALKER 8:30PM influences on his latest SteepleChase release Homage. snaking guitar runs. Dawn Clement, , Most of the usual suspects are covered in this For the jazz samba-familiar, some of the more Mon, Sep 3 AMRAM & CO 8:30PM condensed trip through some 80 years of jazz trumpet, lyrical tunes with delicate, almost slack-key guitar David Amram, Kevin Twigg, John de Witt, Adam Amram Tue, Sep 4 THE WEE TRIO 8:30PM from Louis Armstrong and Roy Eldridge, Miles and licks, gentle muted brass lines and rumbling dance- James Westfall, Dan Loomis, Jared Schonig Dizzy, and Lee Morgan, Freddie like beats may sound more South American. Don’t Wed, Sep 5 PILC-MOUTIN-HOENIG 8:30PM Hubbard and , right up to Printup’s forget though that Brazil is home to as Jean-Michel Pilc, Francois Moutin, Ari Hoenig Thu, Sep 6 DIANE MOSER & - contemporaries Wynton Marsalis and Roy Hargrove. well as João Gilberto. Dragging percussion friction, CD RELEASE: “DUETTO” 8:30PM DIANE MOSER QUINTET Printup, with his clear, crisp tone, shines brightest off-center bell-ringing and high-pitched guitar licks on “MUSIC FOR THE LAST FLOWER” 10PM on straightahead burners like Morgan’s “Mr. Kenyatta” Takara’s “Lado Leste” plus the oscillating electronic Anton Denner, Ben Williams, Mark Dresser, and Hubbard’s “Mr. Clean”, which are smack in the grinds, overdubbed sound loops, rock-guitar-like Fri, Sep 7 JASON RIGBY QUARTET 9PM & 10:30PM , Kermit Driscoll, Rudy Royston center of his postbop comfort zone. He also does a distortions and processed cornet smears on “Pigeon” Sat, Sep 8 PALOMA TRIO 9PM & 10:30PM valiant job on the classic “Weather Bird”, aping are as much a part of Brazilian music as ever-shifting Ben Monder, Nasheet Waits Sun, Sep 9 GLOBAL LIVING ROOM: Armstrong’s historic version with Earl Hines with his inventive rhythms. SKYE STEELE’S RAILROAD RODIA 8:30PM own duo with up-and-coming piano star Aaron Diehl. Fusion in its best sense, Três Cabeças Loucuras is Aram Bajakian, Josh Myers, John Hadfield; Jean Rohe, host Printup and Diehl team up again for an effectively open-minded music that melds North and South Tue, Sep 11 VOXIFY: ROZ CORRAL 8:30PM Alan Broadbent, Boris Kozlov; Nicky Schrire, host tender duo reading of Dizzy Gillespie’s romantic American impulses without fissure. VOXIFY: JUDI SILVANO 10PM standard “Con Alma”. Printup handles more modern Fred Jacobs, , Ben Allison Wed, Sep 12 INNER CIRCLE MUSIC FESTIVAL: material with flair, too, as on Shaw’s ethereal “Theme For more information, visit cuneiformrecords.com. This ANDRÉ MATOS QUARTET 8:30PM for Maxine”, where he’s ably abetted by Gregory project is at University Settlement Sep. 20th as part of , Eivind Opsvik, Billy Mintz TAMMY SCHEFFER BAND 10PM Tardy’s intense, Coltrane-esque tenor saxophone. The FONT. See Calendar. Andrew Urbina, Dan Pratt, Chris Ziemba, fine quintet is rounded out by bassist Corcoran Holt Daniel Foose, Ronen Itzik Thu, Sep 13 INNER CIRCLE MUSIC FESTIVAL: and drummer Alvin Atkinson. SARA SERPA QUINTET 8:30PM Printup is such an accomplished and versatile André Matos, Kris Davis, Aryeh Kobrinsky, Tommy Crane JASON YEAGER TRIO 10PM player that he’s adept performing tunes from any point Danny Weller, Michael Gleichman in the many decades of jazz dealt with here. But so Fri, Sep 14 INNER CIRCLE MUSIC FESTIVAL: PETROS KLAMPANIS TRIO 9PM much ground and so many styles are covered that the Lefteris Kordis, Ziv Ravitz album can lose focus and at times feel a bit like a GREG OSBY 6 10:30PM Sara Serpa, André Matos, Jaeung Bae, Joe Lepore, John Davis history lesson, even if it’s a hard swinging lesson Sat, Sep 15 QUARTET 9PM & 10:30PM taught by a master musician. , , Gerald Cleaver Sun, Sep 16 NEW BRAZILIAN PERSPECTIVES: ROGERIO SOUZA 8:30PM For more information, visit steeplechase.dk. Printup is at Billy Newman, Leonardo Lucini, Ranjan Ramchandani, Rose Hall Sep. 13th-15th with Bobby McFerrin and the Jazz Dennis Lichtman; Billy Newman, host Mon, Sep 17 CARL MAGUIRE - CD RELEASE: at Lincoln Center Orchestra. See Calendar. FAR FROM ALMOST ALWAYS 8:30PM Oscar Noriega, Stephanie Griffin, John Hebert, Dan Weiss Tue, Sep 18 HARRIS EISENSTADT AND SEPTEMBER TRIO 8:30PM Angelica Sanchez, Ellery Eskelin Wed, Sep 19 TRIO 8:30PM Teddy Klausner, Thu, Sep 20 JULIAN SHORE 8:30PM Sasha Dobson, Gilad Hekselman, Shelly Tzarafi, Alexa Barchini, Phil Donkin, Tommy Crane Fri, Sep 21 BEN WALTZER TRIO 9PM & 10:30PM Dwayne Burno, Gerald Cleaver Sat, Sep 22 NASHEET WAITS’ EQUALITY BAND 9PM & 10:30PM Logan Richardson, , Mark Helias Tue, Sep 25 CONTINUOUS BREAK - THE LEIF ARNTZEN BAND 8:30PM Ryan Blotnick, Landon Knoblock, Michael Bates, Jeff Davis Três Cabeças Loucuras Wed, Sep 26 BILLY DRUMMOND’S FREEDOM OF IDEAS 8:30PM São Paulo Underground (Cuneiform) Dezron Douglas, Don Vega Thu, Sep 27 TOM CHANG QUARTET 8:30PM by Ken Waxman Jason Rigby, Sam Trapchak, Jeff Davis Fri, Sep 28 MARC MOMMAAS - Newest entry in Chicago-based cornetist Rob LANDMARC: THE GUITAR PROJECT 9PM & 10:30PM Mazurek’s ongoing Underground ensemble projects, Nate Radley, Vic Juris, Tony Moreno Sat, Sep 29 MARIO PAVONE 9PM this CD fuses American improv textures with the beats Mike Dirubbo, Pete Robbins and melodies prevalent in Brazilian music. With both MARIO PAVONE’S QUARTET AXIS 10:30PM Michael Musillami, Craig Hartley, Tyshawn Sorey jazz and maracatu based on African roots, the other Sun, Sep 30 ERI YAMAMOTO/YVES LÉVEILLÉ QUARTET 8:30PM members of the São Paulo Underground - Mauricio Yves Léveillé, David Ambrosio, Ikuo Takeuchi Takara, who plays percussion and miniature Brazilian guitar, drummer Richard Ribeiro and keyboardist Guilherme Granado - find common ground with Mazurek through rock and samba beats plus the spirited use of samples and electronics. The end result is that the tracks on Três Cabeças Loucuras vary from those whose affiliation seems to be with delicate guitar-strummed pop, including mariachi brass-like echoes, to tough, percussion-hammered

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