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

One of bassist Ben Allison’s recent obsessions is the The International Society for Improvised Music - an music of , which he’s explored live with the Ann Arbor, MI-based organization dedicated to the gifted guitarist Steve Cardenas. In a -night run at education and promotion of unscripted musical Dizzy’s Club, Allison changed up the personnel while expression - culminated a weekend of workshops with maintaining a focus on Hall, at least in part. Saxophonist a night of free meetings at Roulette (Jul. 1st). Elliott Ted Nash and drummer Matt Wilson, longtime Allison Sharp opened the evening, hammering the strings on a cohorts, joined guitarist Peter Bernstein in a versatile hollowbody guitar and making sounds not so far lineup that devoted its second Thursday set (Jul. 11th) removed from Hyun-Sik Shin’s large, -like to tunes by Hall, , the late Jimmy ajaeng, which soon joined in. Slowly another half- Giuffre and Allison himself. Bernstein has few rivals in dozen players entered, creating something the straightahead arena in terms of tone, expression spontaneous, singular and thoughtful. Another Korean and harmonic insight. His experiences with Jimmy visitor, who goes simply by Gamin, began the second Cobb, Lou Donaldson and other masters haven’t piece on piri - a wooden not much bigger than a entailed much close contact with Allison, whose pencil but with a surprisingly low and rich tone. In a projects tend to fall more outside the box. But the two later piece, she played alongside Jane Ira Bloom, who are both in their mid 40s with compatible outlooks and doubled her soprano sax with a pitchshifter for a their vibe felt natural. The band sound was sparse and simple and full duo subtly underscored by Tom airy, equally suited to the folksy aesthetic of Giuffre’s Zlabinger’s upright bass. Other players listened with “The Train and the River” and Monk’s perennial “Criss intently before joining in, which perhaps could be said Cross”. Allison’s “Weazy”, a slower ambling waltz, to be the “ism” of the ISIM. The boldest piece of the & found Nash and Bernstein voicing harmonies once evening came from Jin Hi Kim on and Rui Li on played by Michael Blake on two at once , ceramic flute and guttural vocals with some TOOTIE’S TEMPO (on Allison’s 2001 Palmetto disc Riding the Nuclear spirited vocalese from Amanda Schoofs, resolving with SSC 1370 Tiger). Hall’s “Bimini” and “Waltz New”, the latter a Li’s demonic whisper “Silence is golden”. The night challenging line on the changes to “Someday My ended with Sharp returning to the stage to lead a In Stores August 27 Will Come”, brought the intensity up a notch, and leading into individual idiomatic expression and but Allison’s “Green Al” closed in a mellower soul resolving in sustained tones, covering what are perhaps Performing August 27 - September 1 mood, putting Bernstein’s bluesy vocabulary to several international dialects in the universal language THE VILLAGE VANGUARD inspired use. - David R. Adler of music. - Kurt Gottschalk 178 7th Avenue South A n e s P h o t b y J i m P h o t b y K u r G s c a l k Ben Allison @ Dizzy’s Club & Hyun-Sik Shin @ Roulette

ALAN FERBER A native of now based in Rome, pianist Norwegian vocalist Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje Greg Burk remains underappreciated and doesn’t made a rare trip to New York for a solo performance as MARCH SUBLIME surface all that often in New York. But at Measure a part of the River to River Festival (Jul. 7th), crafting a SSC 1367 (formerly The Bar on Fifth) he had the good fortune of rich hour of layered and processed vocals sent echoing In Stores NOW a weeklong gig, rotating solo piano, trios down the secluded Cannon’s Walk near South Street and quartets on different nights - a plan that seemed to Seaport. She also took advantage of the trip to play a mirror the variety of his superb recorded output. His CD release set the following night with electronic JOHN O’GALLAGHER - ROB WILKERSON - JOHN ELLIS - first trio set on Monday (Jul. 8th) began at a medium musician Ikue Mori in a duet that proved more roughly JASON RIGBY - CHRIS CHEEK (reeds) ALAN FERBER - tempo with the bop-oriented head “Blues in O”, which hewn and satisfying than the outdoor exploration. TIM ALBRIGHT - RYAN KEBERLE - - gave bassist Joseph Lepore and drummer Harvey While the River to River set was a bit slow to build, Wirht some time to find the right pocket in a rather Ratkje was reacting to Mori right off the bat at Spectrum JENNIFER WHARTON (tb) TAYLOR HASKINS - SCOTT noisy room. (It’s a hotel lounge with the band relegated with quick utterances and breathy exhortations as if WENDHOLT - DAVID SMITH - ALEX NORRIS - CLAY JENK- to the far corner.) Continuing with the harmonically she couldn’t keep up one moment and was wrapped in involved “Calypsus” and the fast chromatic freebop blissful song the next. She beat-matched (in a sense) INS (tp) ANTHONY WILSON (g) DAVID COOK (p & kb) environment of “BC”, Burk drove the trio toward Mori’s laptop percussion with deft use of pitch-shifting MATT PAVOLKA (b & elb) MARK FERBER (dr) creative peaks and shared solo space generously. The to drop isolated beats and bass notes into her vocal one standard was “Take the ‘A’ Train” at a spiky and track. And while the eight pieces on their Scrumptious Performing August 1st at 12:30pm loose waltz tempo, an apt showcase for the understated Sabotage (Bocian Records) work through a variety of Wirht during the traded choruses. “Song for IAIA”, improvised motifs, at Spectrum they dug in their heels JAZZ ON THE PLAZA @ which led off Burk’s 2011 trio recording The Path Here and built something that was almost dance music, not SAINT PETER’S CHURCH (482 Music), started with a quasi-boogie-woogie figure just for the loop-derived beats but for the 619 Lexington Ave (bet. 53rd & 54th) in the left hand and generated a back-and-forth purposefulness with which they played it. Mori - who between sweetly soaring melodies and static groove is reliably unpredictable, a known quantity guaranteed sections. The gospel-funk finale “One Day” carried a to pose unforeseen questions - seemed to make circles hint of and typified the trio’s mix of out of linear function while Ratkje, with her voice, casual old-school feel and tight execution. Later in the harmonica, feedback device and electronics, kept on a www.sunnysiderecords.com month Lepore would return to the club with his own murkily alien course. Together they crafted something eOne Distribution band, featuring saxophonist Joel Frahm, pianist Luis surprisingly engaging, with sounds rarely exactly Perdomo and drummer Francisco Mela. (DA) musical. (KG)

4 August 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD The Fort Apache Band, most notable for its bilingual “It was an honor to play with Cannonball,” declared fluency in AfroCaribbean and jazz idioms, has, over its from center stage at Birdland (Jul. 11th), WHAT’S NEWS 30-plus-year history, developed a hybrid sound that before taking his seat behind the drums. From there he doesn’t compromise either tradition. This unique powered his Legacy Band (with balancing act was strongly in evidence on Thursday alto saxophonist , trumpeter Jeremy The newest crop of National Endowment for the Arts (Jul. 4th) during the band’s weeklong Blue Note run, Pelt, pianist Rick Germanson and bassist Dezron Jazz Masters has been announced, which will be with longtime members Jerry Gonzalez (leader, Douglas) with a combustible strength that belied his honored at a ceremony and concert at Jazz at Lincoln trumpet, congas), (alto, soprano saxes), Larry septuagenarian status while testifying to his six Center Jan. 13th, 2014. The 33rd class is educator/ Willis (piano), Andy Gonzalez (bass) and decades of experience, which have included tenures multi-instrumentalist Jamey Aebersold, multi-reedist (drums). Opening with the leader’s “Los Roncos”, the with Horace Silver, and Freddie , bassist and pianist set also included covers of -Miles Davis’ Hubbard, as well as Adderley, with whom he spent Keith Jarrett. For more information, visit nea.gov. “Eighty-One”, Pedro Flores’ “Obsesion”, Consuelo five years (1959-64) playing one of the most popular Velázquez’ “Verdad Amarga” and Thelonious Monk’s repertoires of its day. Kicking things off with Sam Carnegie Hall has made available on its website a “Evidence”, all tunes the band has been playing for Jones’ “Del Sasser”, Hayes lit a fire that provoked partial database of its performance history. So far, the more than 20 years. Unfortunately, the musicians blistering outings by Herring, Pelt and Germanson, years covered are 1891-1941 (more will be added) and seemed to have trouble finding new inspiration in the whose individual styles unabashedly nodded to include the programs and personnel for 25 jazz well-worn repertoire and, to judge from the audience’s Adderley, Hubbard and Silver, respectively. In a series performances, including Paul Whiteman, WC Handy polite but reserved applause, most of the solos were of four-bar exchanges with the soloists, the drummer competent but not transformative (although Ford’s exhibited a technical virtuosity arguably unmatched in and Benny Goodman. For more information, visit forays on “Obsesion” and “Verdad Amarga” came jazz today. On ’s “Little Boy with the Sad carnegiehall.org/History/Performance-History-Search. closest). Another issue was the groove, which was Eyes” and ’s “The Chant”, his ever typically stated so loosely that listeners had a hard shifting drum lines - the epitome of swing - Saxophonist Kenny G appears as part of a series of time tapping along, even during percussive interludes, spectacularly highlighted each songs’ lyrical melody. commercials by Snickers, extolling the transformative and the startling accent of “Eighty-One” (well known ’ funky “Dat Dere” had the band properties of its candy bars. G good-naturedly pokes from the version on Miles Davis’ E.S.P.) was played so getting down with bluesy assurance while on Nat fun at his reputation for being a “buzzkill”. For more unpredictably as to become unnerving. On the positive Adderley’s “Naturally” they played with sophisticated information, visit kennyg.com. side, the band’s intuitive teamwork and inherent free restraint, driven by Hayes’ nonpareil brushwork, spiritedness were genuine and persuasive. before ending explosively with their theme, Nat’s Smalls Jazz Club has begun plans to create a website - Tom Greenland Adderley’s classic “Work Song”. - Russ Musto to generate revenue to be distributed among its roster of performers. A subscriber fee will be charged for access to the club’s audio and video library, with proceeds going to participating musicians. To that end, the club has initiated a crowd-sourced fund drive. For more information, visit indiegogo.com/projects/the- smalls-jazz-club-musician-revenue-sharing-project. o n t R w P h s . Trombonist Papo Vazquez led The President’s Own United States Marine Band in Washington, DC concerts last month. a r t o g i n / F

Donations are being collected for the Parkinson’s Fund. The saxophonist, who had sideman credits with Jack DeJohnette, McCoy Tyner and others, was a replacement for Julius Hemphill Quartet and recorded extensively as a leader, had an exacerbation of his Parkinson’s disease P h o t g r a p © 2 0 1 3 J c k V P h o t b y S c F r i e d l a n Jerry Gonzalez and The Fort Apache Band @ Blue Note Louis Hayes Cannonball Adderley Legacy Quintet @ Birdland after recent surgery. For more information, visit gusttsilis.com/arthurblythe. Downtown played Midtown on Saturday (Jul. 13th) The threat of thunderstorms drove the scheduled when The Jazz Passengers brought their imitable mix Grant’s Tomb Jazzmobile performance by the Houston In club news, we are sad to report that the Brecht of high-concept, low-brow humor to Iridium. Original Person Quartet (Jul. 10th) indoors, around the corner Forum will close its doors at the end of August but that members (), to the Riverside Church Theater, located in the The Cutting Room has reopened with hopes for (), (vibraphone), towering house of worship that overlooks the long- regular jazz on its schedule (this month , (bass) and EJ Rodriguez (drums) were joined by Sam running regular Wednesday summer night concerts on Sam Ulano and Michael Henderson will appear). Bardfeld (violin). Obviously enjoying each others’ the plaza across the street. While the move to the 250- company onstage, the group opened the early set with seat hall left many disappointed fans out in the sunny The Creative Music Studio has announced its 40th “Broken Night/Red Light”, from their same-named night, those fortunate enough to gain entrance enjoyed Anniversary Workshop, which will include Peter 1987 debut CD, but relied on 2010’s Reunited for most a state-of-the-art aural experience that made up for Apfelbaum, Tony Malaby, Jason Hwang, Kirk Knuffke, of the setlist. While it’s easy to compare them to Zappa, missing the visual pleasure of watching the sun set , Kenny Wessel, Steve Gorn, , Mingus or , the Passengers have over Riverside Drive. Person opened the set with a Harvey Sorgen, Thomas Buckner, , Ingrid their own thing going on, a combination of freedom jaunty rendition of “Do Nothin’ ‘Til You Hear From Sertso and artists to be announced. The workshop will and form that manages to be readily accessible without Me”, his brawny tenor filling the packed house, take place Oct. 7th-11th at the Full Moon Resort in Big pandering to the audience. This serious sense of humor thrilling the crowd of fans, who earnestly applauded was apparent on “Button Up”, a tune about depression the introduction of the band - pianist Lafayette Harris, Indian, NY. Deadline to Register is Sep. 7th. For more based on the 1971 soul hit “Clean Up Woman”; on the bassist Saadi Zain and drummer Chip White - by information, visit creativemusicfoundation.org. hypnotic “Seven”, with its layered alto sax, trombone WBGO’s Sheila Anderson. It was all music after that, and violin lines over a 2+2+3 beat structure and on beginning with a poignant reading of Eubie Blake’s Vocalist TC III was shot while driving a cab last month. “Trashed Out”, the title piece from a multimedia “Memories Of You”, followed by a jumping version of Luckily he survived the attack and is recovering from musical about foreclosed homes in Florida, with a Horace Silver’s “Juicy Lucy”. “We’re not going to his injuries. cameo by vocalist Lloyd Miller, featuring quirky lyrics bother announcing the tune titles, so there’s more time juxtaposed with free-blowing sections. Also impressive for music. You know them all anyway,” Person said The Jazz Connect Conference has announced its was the group’s soulful four-part gospel harmonies with a smile after blowing through a set of classic 2014 edition, to be held Jan. 9th-10th, 2014 at the (five out of six of them double on vocals), a signature songs that included “In A Sentimental Mood”, “Only Hilton New York Hotel. of their sound. The set closed with the briskly swinging Trust Your Heart”, “Lester Leaps In”, “Since I Fell For “Bullmoose Boulevard”, peppered by Ware’s four- You” and “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” before Submit news to [email protected] mallet fusillade and a cameo by Deidre Rodman on ending with a “It’s A Wonderful World” that had the melodica. (TG) audience singing along. (RM)

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | August 2013 5 INTERVIEW

has a purpose. That’s my second time going to Africa, ’cause I went to FESTAC with , for the ’77 FESTAC. When Fela [Kuti] and them were there. That’s when Fela’s mother was thrown out [of a window] by Craig the army. This is when the army really was cracking down on Fela ’cause he was speaking a lot against the government.

TNYCJR: And then in the late ’80s, you start broadening the scope of your work as a leader, working with dance Harris and poetry and video, things like that. Why did you decide to start reaching beyond just jazz, or just music? e g o r y (CONTINUED ON PAGE 32)

P h o t b y E r n e s G by Brad Farberman

Trombonist Craig Harris’ first job out of SUNY College at He needed a trombone player, so he said, “Come on, Old Westbury, where he studied with saxophonist Makanda do this tour.” We were supposed to go to for, Ken McIntyre and percussionist Warren Smith, was a like, two weeks, three weeks and we stayed there for three-month stint with Sun Ra. Work with Abdullah three months. Ibrahim (Dollar Brand at the time), David Murray, Lester Bowie and hip-hop group The Roots followed. Since the late TNYCJR: What specifically did you take away from ’80s, Harris has spent time combining disciplines. His most working with Sun Ra? recent , 2005’s Souls Within the Veil, was inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk. And this CH: At that time, I had been a student. But this was month, Harris has organized a 65th birthday celebration for where we were playing on major festivals [and] I’d see the late Sekou Sundiata, a poet with whom he collaborated other major artists, people that I had read about and on a number of projects. stuff, on the festivals with us. I learned so much with Sun Ra. Once again, discipline and study. Watching The New York City Jazz Record: What did you learn play every night, you learn that this is from Makanda Ken McIntyre? the level if you’re gonna be out here to play. This is the level to be an improviser. ’Cause you have to bring it Craig Harris: Whoa! This man was a great educator. every night. [Sun Ra] just would compose all the time. He was an incredible educator. The most important He was just endless. He’d come up with music every thing that I learned from him was how to study. And to day. He’d write music every day. And I learned that study. He gave me a structure on how to approach this is for real. This is how people do this. Every day. I studying. Study habits. Because before then, I was a learned a lot about philosophy. I mean, there were very random student. But just, really, study habits. many different philosophies dealing with Egyptology Discipline and study habits. And then everything else and all that, but the main thing was about consistency was like gravy after that. You know, really study habits. and discipline. And the sacrifice that these musicians You have to put this time in to really get this craft would make just to be there and do it. together. TNYCJR: And then you go with Dollar Brand. TNYCJR: Tell me how you got the gig with Sun Ra. CH: Yeah. But in the meantime, it was, like,’76 when I CH: Well, knowing [Sun Ra saxophonist] Pat [Patrick] graduated. Warren Smith had a loft on Twenty-First for maybe two years... Even though I didn’t take classes Street called Studio WIS. So ’76, after that, Warren gave with Pat, I’d see him and we’d talk and we’d hang out. me a key and let me just stay there and that was my On the [SUNY College at Old Westbury] campus. base in the city. And that’s where I met all the people, ’Cause, you know, he was like that kind of person. He most people that I know now because everybody used would give us historical information. And being a to come there and rehearse. So it was a place for me, a young person at the time, I was very familiar with Sun networking center. And I was working a lot. And, you Ra’s music. We would go and see Sun Ra. A lot of the know, just people call you. Like I said, it was much time he played at a place called The East, in . more spontaneous, like, they’d call, “We need a horn Claver Place. 10 Claver Place. I used to go see him. And player for tonight. Anybody at the studio?” “Craig’s I would go see him. here. Go do the session.” It was just really a very So I graduated 1976, June and I think I’m sitting organic situation, Studio WIS. on the campus. I was sitting near the ratskeller And then I remember Clifford Adams, trombone [basement campus dining hall], somewhere, just sitting player, he had just had a rehearsal with Abdullah down. Pat came by: “Hey, man, you gonna graduate. Ibrahim but he couldn’t do the tour. He came around Congratulations. How you doin’? What you gonna the studio and said, “Abdullah’s looking for a trombone do?” I said, “I dunno.” He said, “Well, listen, we’re player.” So I went around the corner, ’cause [Ibrahim] playing tonight at The Bottom Line.” Which was on used to live in Hotel Chelsea, which is on Twenty- West Fourth and Mercer. He said, “Come on and sit in Third Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. with the band”. I was a Long Islander. Took the Long And I went. You know, he heard me play, he said, Island Rail Road, then I took the A train down to West “Okay. We’re gonna travel.” He was gonna do a big Fourth Street, walked across. And Sun Ra and the band band tour. So that summer we did a big band tour. was there. You know, they had the uniform. You go to Beautiful big band. He wrote nice music and we went the uniform trunk, you get one of the uniforms and put to Europe and we did the big band tour. And that was it on and then you just sit on the stand. And I played the summer of ’79. We came back and he cut the big that night and then at the end of the night, Sun Ra band down to a quintet. And he said, “Would you play asked me, “Do you have a passport?” I said, “No.” He in the quintet?” And then we started traveling with the said, “Get a passport, because we’re going to next quintet. Abdullah, another great mind in the sense of a week.” So I went and got a passport and it was on from great organizer and programmer. Knows how to really then. Just real funny, but it was on. That’s how it was. program music. Everything is connected, everything

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

Recommended Listening: • Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Def Trance Beat (Modalities of Rhythm) (RCA Victor/BMG - Ghost Note, 1994) Andy • Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Curves of Life (RCA Victor/BMG, 1995) • Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Resistance is Futile (Label Bleu, 2001) • Ralph Alessi & This Against That - Look (Between the Lines-Challenge, 2005) Milne • Andy Milne - Dreams and False Alarms (Songlines, 2006) • Andy Milne/Benoît Delbecq - Where is Pannonica (Songlines, 2008) A l a n N h i g

P h o t b y by Ken Waxman

“Working with other people from other places and affiliated features. The Captains soundtrack also became other disciplines expands your own ability to be a limited-edition CD, for sale at last year’s Las Vegas creative,” notes pianist Andy Milne, the 46-year-old Star Trek Convention, where Milne and Brooks Canadian who has lived stateside since 1991. He has performed. spent the past few years proving this dictum. This desire to follow new paths extends to the Best-known for his six years in the ‘90s as show with comedian Regina DeCicco. “There used to keyboardist with alto saxophonist Steve Coleman’s be more of a link between jazz and comedy and this is different bands, as well as leading his own Dapp a way to bring it back,” Milne states. Right now plans Theory since 1998, Milne’s recent and upcoming are for the comic to do her own material between projects include experiments with small group musical sets and perhaps riff along with the group improvising and composed orchestral music; during the show, trying to extend some of the humor collaborations with a fellow pianist, two koto players, that appears on most bandstands. actors and a comedian. Plus his associates hail from the Augmenting Dapp Theory with additional US, France, Japan...and even outer space. instruments on the other hand is part of Milne’s Where is Pannonica, Milne’s 2008 Songlines duo CD ongoing interest in larger-form writing. Last June, for with French pianist Benoît Delbecq, was the inspiration instance, his composition “Elements of Surprise” was JSnycjr0813 7/16/13 4:28 PM Page 1 for another undertaking in 2014. Called Strings and performed at ’s Miller Theater by Serpents, it’s a multi-disciplinary show, linking the two the 43-piece Jazz Orchestra. “It was nerve- pianists with Japanese koto players Tsugumi Yamamoto wracking, with a different way of communicating and and Ai Kajigano, plus a 60-minute animated film. thinking without performing myself. But the experience “Here are the two iconic pillars of Eastern and Western presented me with new ideas,” he recalls. So too does music, yet they’re both simpatico,” he enthuses. “What the Dapp expansion. Part of a project he calls The the piano can’t do, like bend notes, the koto can and Seasons of Being, it’s an attempt to find a holistic “Best Jazz Venue of the Year” NYC JAZZ RECORD#“Best Jazz Club” NY MAGAZINE+CITYSEARCH THU-SUN AUG 1-4 7:30PM & 9:30PM ONLY vice-versa.” approach to analyze different musicians’ qualities in Milne, who states ruefully “I’m my own order to compose music geared to that player. Once RON CARTER BIG BAND development office”, is busy working out the logistics he’s satisfied with the concept Milne hopes to record TUE AUG 6 NEW DIMENSIONS IN LATIN JAZZ for these projects as well as the release of an already- this configuration as well. “A CUBAN DRUM SERIES” WITH recorded Dapp Theory CD - label to be decided. The This interest in various streams of music has been JAY RODRIGUEZ - BENENILDO WINKLEMAN - RICKY RODRIGUEZRASUA reason for this multitude of disparate projects, he says, with Milne for years. Brought up in Toronto, he WED-SUN AUG 7-11 was the realization around 2005 that “if I have a graduated from that city’s York University with an NEXT COLLECTIVE creative idea I should act on it. In the past I felt if it honors degree in music. A Canada Council grant LOGAN RICHARDSON - WALTER SMITH III - MATT STEVENS didn’t fit with what I did at the time I shouldn’t do it.” allowed him to study at The Banff Centre. Besides - JOE SANDERS - JUSTIN BROWN TUE-WED AUG 13-14 It was this openness to new ideas that got Milne to meeting fellow student Delbecq there, it was instructor outer space and film scoring. The keyboardist, who Coleman who was important to his growth. “He over the years has backed the likes of singers Cassandra encouraged me to take the high road and showed me QUARTET Wilson and Ranee Lee, has also worked with actor/ more that was possible.” Following a year playing in GERALD CLAYTON - LINDA OH - JUSTIN BROWN THU-SUN AUG 15-18 singer Avery Brooks since 2006, sometimes even Montréal, Milne moved south. NO playing four-handed piano with the entertainer. Brooks Eventually, he would also like to make his first trio 11:30PM DR. LONNIE SMITH SET ON is known for his ‘90s role as Captain Benjamin Sisko in CD, with the group that will appear at Dizzy’s Club “IN THE BEGINNING” OCTET FRIDAY ANDY GRAVISH - IAN HENDRICKSON SMITH - JOHN ELLIS - JASON MARSHALL Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. When William Shatner was this month. “Most people don’t realize that my ED CHERRY - JOHNATHAN BLAKE - KHALIL KWAME BELL directing The Captains, a feature consisting of interviews background is that of a piano trio guy just because I THE TUE-THU AUG 20-22 with the actors who were in command on the various don’t choose to play in that context,” he notes. “Even Star Trek franchises, “Shatner initially came to Avery Dapp Theory isn’t an electric band per . I play piano and wanted him to do the music, but he said ‘you need about 99% of the time, not synthesizer.” As for CHARLES ALTURA -PROJECT SAM HARRIS - HARISH RAGHAVAN - JUSTIN BROWN Andy Milne’,” recalls the pianist. involving veteran drummer (bassist FRI-SUN AUG 23-25 The result was Milne flying to Los Angles to create John Hébert fills out the group), he explains, “I spend the music for The Captains. “At this point I hadn’t even most of my time in NYC playing with my peers and GREGORYYOSUKE SATO - CHIP CRAWFORD - AARON PORTER JAMES - EMANUAL HARROLD seen the complete film, just a few scenes. But I put on don’t have too many opportunities to play with cats of TUE AUG 27 the headphones, watched the film and improvised an older generation like Andrew.” LINDABEN WENDELOH: - MATT SUN STEVENSON -PICTURES RUDY ROYSTON music that I thought would fit with the scenes, Despite all these projects, it’s likely there won’t be WED AUG 28 SPIRIT OF frequently being forced to change gears in mid-thought a flood of Milne CDs any time soon. “It’s purely : SOUND as I couldn’t anticipate scene changes.” To make logistical. There’s so much content out there that it’s THU-SUN AUG 29-SEP 1 matters more confusing, parts of the film already had staggering,” he notes. “You don’t want to just cobble an ersatz music track, so Milne had to ignore those together a record to a make a document. It has to be coherent.” v HHHMINGUS MONDAYSHMINGUS MONDAYSHHH sounds while he played. Working around the clock, he MON AUG 5 & 19 MON AUG 12 & 26 created the score in just over two days. The result so MINGUS ORCHESTRA MINGUS BIG BAND impressed Shatner and the production company that For more information, visit andymilne.com. Milne is at Milne has since done the music (“composed, not ShapeShifter Lab Aug. 16th-17th and Dizzy’s Club Aug. improvised,” he’s quick to add), for six more Shatner- 26th. See Calendar.

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As with Jimi Hendrix, no one has managed truly to excursions into calypso (“Carnival”) and Cuban “It used to start with the saxophone, but I’m capture the sound, essence or life-loving thrust of (“Chucho’s Mambo”). There’s also a reading of “I Say playing more piano these days. I find that the piano Charlie Parker’s playing. These are artists that stand A Little Prayer”, as popularized by vocalist Dionne helps. It starts there a lot. Sometimes, I might just sit at unique in music’s pantheon. This month, the Warwick. The title cut involves combined chanting in the piano and start an idea and it keeps flowing. The saxophonist Kenny Garrett will be appearing at the the Christian and Buddhist traditions. more you do something, you can get to it a little annual festival dedicated to the spirit of Bird, in “I like different genres and sometimes they come quicker. It starts to move and it becomes a song. Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park. out on the same record,” Garrett explains. “We’ve been Sometimes a song is written in five minutes, sometimes Garrett might not emulate the particular traveling a lot with the band, this is a good place now. a little longer. The ones that were written in five individuality of Bird, nor would he probably seek to I’m trying to write the music to reflect where we’re at minutes are often the ones that the people like. It’s not do so, but comparisons can be made with his ability to now. I’m always acknowledging people who helped because they’re easy listening, they’re just the songs articulate at a similarly high speed. Garrett also has me to get to this level. For example, ‘Ain’t Nothing But that people love. When I write, I don’t try to get so deep connections with his melodic source, no matter The Blues’ [from 2002’s Happy People] was basically deep about what it is any more. I just write the song. I how abstract its variations become and his extended inspired by Miles Davis, BB King and Bone Thugs-n- try to keep it as simple as possible. I’m always writing. gush of emotional energy employs the alto as a body- Harmony.” That’s something of a diverse threesome! We had more music than we needed.” grafted conduit. Talking about “Chucho’s Mambo”, Garrett Even though he’s operating on a highly instinctive The 52-year-old Garrett’s pedigree is impressive. continues, “Chucho [Valdés] and I were supposed to level when composing and performing, Garrett is still He played with Miles Davis for five years, during the do something together but we didn’t get the pondering and weighing up in the moments before trumpeter’s twilight late ‘80s/early ‘90s electric period opportunity, so I said I’m still gonna record it. I’ve and after the instant event of creation. “Initially, and he began his career in 1978 as a member of the been influenced by him and the whole Cuban everything was in my mind, mainly. It was about Orchestra, under the composer’s son experience. Having the relationship with Chick concept. More of a story about the songs, so that people Mercer. He also played with the Orchestra [Corea], traveling and performing with the Freedom would have a better understanding. I have a specific in the early ‘80s. In 1984 he released Introducing Kenny Band and Five Peace, all those things come out in the way that I’m playing them and they [his bandmembers] Garrett on Criss Cross, thus beginning a solo career. music.” Indeed, “Carnival” was composed in actually have to understand the piano part and they Following that, he was soon signed up to Warner Bros., Guadeloupe and is a direct tip of the hat to the might move it towards something else, if it happened starting the copious flow of album releases that would Caribbean-romping side of . “Brother to be there. It can give a little by playing the span the next three decades. In 1997 Garrett released Brown” is dedicated to pianist and also songs every night. They start to evolve.” Songbook, which was his first collection of original features Garrett at the keyboard. With this month’s gig, the band will be playing a material, each piece dedicated to significant musical Despite the album’s varied personnel, utilizing a mixture of pieces from the new album and from Seeds. influences in his early life. small pool of familiar touring partners (often doubling This has been a notably swift followup to last year’s Five years ago, he joined the Five Peace Band, a or tripling on their respective instruments), the quintet album. veritable supergroup with (keyboards), lineup for Marcus Garvey Park will be comprised of “I was able to get back in the studio and have John McLaughlin (guitar), Christian McBride (bass) core members pianist Vernell Brown, bassist Corcoran enough music to record. I’m really proud about that and (drums). Garrett was subsequently Holt, drummer McClenty Hunter and percussionist fact, because it’s kinda difficult. Usually it takes about a member of its descendant, the Freedom Band, sans Rudy Bird. two years. You have to experience some more life and McLaughlin and Colaiuta, adding drummer Roy Like many of us, Garrett prefers the preordained different countries and for some reason the music was Haynes. Garrett has also played with , sequential nature of the old solid-bodied LP or CD just there. I’m most proud that I could come back with Art Blakey, , , Elvin artifact. “I wanted this to be a complete story, from the another record that’s just as strong as Seeds.” Jones, Woody Shaw, and Dannie beginning to end and hopefully nothing will distract Garrett will be returning to Iridium in December, Richmond, the latter stint focusing on the music of the listener. It helped me and I thought it would be a for one of his regular residencies. By that time, these . good way to sequence the album. I think it’s important new songs may well have evolved into somewhat When this writer saw Garrett play at his customary that you have a concept, to take the public on a journey. different creatures and their composer will doubtless haunt, Iridium, in 2009, he was deeply embroiled in a Initially, it was a little difficult trying to find the be armed with a clutch of brand new pieces. In the dirty funky phase, dividing equal time between effects- sequence. It has to be natural; that’s what you want meantime, this month’s Charlie Parker Jazz Festival coated horn and Fender Rhodes electric piano. For his and that’s the way it used to be.” appearance offers a relatively rare chance to catch most recent visit to that same club, Garrett was Garrett has some very positive comments to make Garrett at large in NYC. v squarely back in acoustic jazz mode, reflecting the on his recent home. “It’s really a great contents of his recent pair of on Mack Avenue. relationship. What I like about Mack Avenue is that For more information, visit kennygarrett.com. Garrett is at Garrett’s first album for the label was Sketches of they give me the attention that I need and it’s like a Marcus Garvey Park Aug. 24th as part of the Charlie Parker MD: Live at Iridium, released in 2008 and featuring a small family. They do the best they can do with the Jazz Festival. See Calendar. guesting . Now Garrett is anticipating resources that they have. They’re working hard. That’s the release of his third album on that label, with what I’m looking for in a record company. They’re not Recommended Listening: due out next month. “If people a big company, but they operate like a big company.” • Kenny Garrett - Introducing (Criss Cross, 1984) don’t hear a backbeat, I think sometimes that confuses Garrett lives in Montclair, , but he still • Kenny Garrett - African Exchange Student them,” he says. “Now, I think we’re trying to continue has deep connections with his hometown. “I’m still (Atlantic, 1990) where we left off with Seeds From the Underground connected with , my friends, my teachers. I • Kenny Garrett - Triology (Warner Brothers, 1995) [2012].” know who the upcoming guys are. The pillar of the • Kenny Garrett - Pursuance: The Music of It’s a forceful album, made up of diverse stylistic community is [trumpeter] Marcus Belgrave, he’s the (Warner Brothers, 1996) contents, although united by an overall Garrett band one that keeps it moving.” • Kenny Garrett - Sketches of MD (Live at Iridium sound. There are chasers (the opening rush of “A Side In recent years, Garrett has been playing an featuring Pharoah Sanders) (Mack Avenue, 2008) Order Of Hijiki”, “Hey Chick” and “Lincoln Center”), increasing amount of time at the piano and this has • Kenny Garrett - Seeds From the Underground slowies (“Homma San”, “Brother Brown”) and had a pronounced effect on his composing methods. (Mack Avenue, 2012)

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | August 2013 9 ENCORE

who are really making the money are the manufacturers. dwell in the past unless asked. Rather, he likes to talk Sam Ulano These young people are buying 14 cymbals and 94 about technique, about plans and projects, often toms. played with four drums.” accompanying himself on a practice pad strapped to a by Kurt Gottschalk Ulano’s pedagogy also extends to instructional drum stool with a pair of the metal-tipped sticks he records and a catalogue unlike any recorded music has exclusively uses. “It’s the same reason people lift Sam Ulano has been seen. Such self-published CD-Rs as The Art of Show weights - to stay in shape,” he explained. “Louie playing drums for 80 Drumming provide career guidance on topics like Bellson designed them, they were the first ones on the years and says with accompanying bellydancers and magicians and dealing market. These are the only ones I ever use.” conviction that he hasn’t with unpredictable emcees to his own accompaniment Sam the Drummerman still practices three or four once accepted an unpaid from behind the kit. Drum Fairy Tales applies the same hours a day. It’s one of the rudiments he is generally gig - including his energetic playing to a couple dozen fairy tales told at more than ready to discuss. “What does the word sister-in-law’s wedding. lightning speed. ‘rudiment’ mean?” he said, launching again - like the Presumably that also includes his appearance at The Over a long career stretching from playing USO Plato of percussion - into one-on-one oratory. “A man Cutting Room Aug. 11th, when he’ll be celebrating (a shows during World War II to a host of Manhattan by the name of Ashworth made what he called the day early) his birthday with a concert, cake and a clubs, Ulano has worked with Ray Nance, Bob Hope rudiments of parade drumming. But you can’t make a lifetime of friends, students and collaborators. and Betty Hutton. He appeared on the first episode of living marching up and down the street. Nobody’s Ulano likes to joke around and he likes to laugh. The Tonight Show with Steve Allen, had a nightly done it yet and it ain’t gonna work.” But he’s serious about business and the importance of engagement at the 1964 World’s Fair and booked 15 Much of the writing he’s published has been in the education and practice. “Most drummers that are self- years playing the Gaslight Club six nights a week. But form of written exercises, techniques set down on taught can’t really play - and some of them are pretty perhaps his most notorious engagement came in 1981, musical staves. “The drummer has never been told that good!” he exclaimed, sitting in his Theater District when he was hired to play a rock show that ended in a if you keep doing the rudimental school, you’re never studio (just across town from where he was born in riot. Ulano was hanging out at Alex Musical going to be able to play with a band. But the music has 1920) in tie and shirtsleeves on a blisteringly hot July Instruments on 48th Street when a woman came in deteriorated so bad - and if I sound old fashioned, I’m afternoon. “But they can’t play the Broadway theater, looking to hire a drummer for that night to play on a not. I’m really quite hip. But I think the rock ’n’ roll they can’t play with a big band, they can’t read music. gig with a band called Public Image, Ltd. He took the industry has taught people not to play. Anybody who We’ve all got an ego that is so big you can cut it with a gig, went to a record store and bought their albums thinks he’s self-taught, to me, is an idiot.” cleaver, but they don’t study, they don’t get an and went home and listened. Then he headed Sam the Drummerman remains quite hip and and education. Somebody someday has to wake up all downtown to The Ritz. When he got there, he said, as he closes in on 93 is still firmly entrenched in the these sleeping dummies all over the world.” there were “about 2,000 maniacs waiting for PiL to moment. “We only have today,” he said. “We don’t His studio is stacked with evidence of his start.” The band took the stage but played behind a have tomorrow yet. We had yesterday, but it’s gone. v commitment to education in the form of black and red screen. The audience responded by throwing bottles to bound instruction manuals, some of the roughly 5,600 the chiding of lead singer (and former Sex Pistol) John For more information, visit samulano.com. Ulano is at The titles he says he’s published. Many more are stored in Lydon. “I had a lot of fun,” Ulano recalled. “I said to Cutting Room Aug. 11th. See Calendar. his daughter’s garage. “I find myself turning 93 this Johnny, ‘What do you want me to do?’ He said ‘Make August 12,” he said, “but because my brain is so active believe you’re Gene Krupa and play me some tom Recommended Listening: I can write two or three books a week.” toms.’ I said, ‘I can’t pretend I’m Gene Krupa. I’m Sam • - The Story of Moondog (Prestige, 1956-57) Born and raised in New York City in a Russian- Ulano!’ There were no cymbals so I messed my hair up • Sam Ulano - Drum Fairy Tales (s/r, 1957) Jewish family, Ulano discovered the drums at 13 when and played the toms.” • Tony Parenti - Tony Parenti and His Downtown Boys a friend got a set of Slingerland Radio King Gene Still, the gig hardly marked a career change for the (Jazzology, 1961) Krupa drums. That encounter gave him his life’s work man who has gone by such nicknames as Sam the • Sam Ulano - Mr. Rhythm and His Trio (Lane, 1965) and may also explain why the jazz legend is so often a Drummer, Mr. Rhythm and the Drumchiatrist. “I’m not • Sol Yaged - Sol Yaged and His Quartet - touchstone in Ulano’s whirlwind monologues. To wit: in the rock field,” he said. “I hate it, I avoid it. I think Live at the Gaslight Club (Lane, c. 1967-68) “This drum industry, it’s so big today, there’s over 500 it’s done a lot of damage to the mentality of the young.” • Sam Ulano/Steve Elmer - Sam and Steve/Steve and companies making products for the drums. The ones But that’s looking backwards. Ulano isn’t one to Sam: Brothers in Swing (s/r, 2006)

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that also included Machito, Claude Thornhill, Stan with standards is impressive both melodically and Brew Moore (1924-73) Getz, and more. He recorded with rhythmically, indicating a subtle yet pronounced saxophonists Getz, Sims, Allen Eager and for affinity for both the developments of and the by Donald Elfman a Prestige album called The Brothers. Moore also played classic, brilliant expressiveness of his hero Pres. and recorded with Charlie Parker himself. At the Open For a perfect example of what Moore did best, “…there is music for forgetfulness and also for Door in Greenwich Village, Moore and Parker are check out The Brew Moore Quintet from 1956 on Fantasy memory and/or a reminder that there is more reputed to have serenaded a piece of chewing gum that Records with Moore’s group of the period: Dick Mills good than bad in most things.” was stuck to the floor! (trumpet), John Marabuto (piano), Max Hartstein - Brew Moore In the ‘50s, Moore went to California and met and (bass) and Gus Gustafson (drums). It swings all the played with Eager and trumpeter Tony Fruscella. way - with a couple of old favorites like “Tea for Two” Brew Moore is an unsung hero of the saxophone, a Another of his musical cohorts was vibraphonist Cal and “Fools Rush In” and some attractive originals. The bopper and hipster inspired by - he once Tjader. He also came in contact with some of the Beats players are obscure but they mesh together nicely for a remarked that any tenor saxophonist who did not play - in Jack Kerouac’s Desolation Angels, the author good recording. Critic Ralph Gleason like Pres was playing wrong - but very clearly his own describes a Moore performance and notes that he starts noted, “He swings like mad and he has soul. …You man and a swinging, soulful musician who had a way his solo with “a perfect beautiful new idea that have to be born with them or learn them by living. with phrasing that beautifully reinvented melodic announces the glory of the future world.” Moore made Brew had them…” v lines. some albums under his own name, moved to Europe Milton Aubrey “Brew” Moore was born in for a few years and often returned to America but Recommended Listening: Indianola, Mississippi on Mar. 26th, 1924. His first found it impossible to get a real career going. He left • and His Four Brothers - The Brothers instrument was harmonica but he began formal for Scandinavia and performed with fellow expatriates (Prestige, 1949) training on trombone and before taking up the and . He died in • Howard McGhee All Stars - Eponymous . He arrived in New York in 1943 and on Aug. 19th, 1973. (Blue Note, 1950) discovered bebop, later noting, “When I heard what He recorded as a leader for Savoy (1948-49), • Brew Moore - West Coast Brew (Quartet & Quintet Bird had done for himself, I realized that Pres was not Fantasy (1955-57; two LPs from this period have Sessions 1955-1958) (Fantasy-Fresh Sound, 1955-58) the complete messiah. So I combined Bird and Pres and recently been reissued on a single CD by Fresh Sound • Brew Moore - In Europe/Svingtet 14 my own thing.” Records), Jazz Mark, Debut, SteepleChase, Sonet and (Debut/Black Lion, 1962) Moore was something of a rover and often took off Storyville. The Fantasy quartet and quintet albums and • Brew Moore - Zonky (SteepleChase, 1966) for new places - Memphis, New Orleans and then back the albums as a sideman with Tjader reveal Moore at • Brew Moore - Brew’s Stockholm Dew/No More Brew to New York. He was a fixture for a while in a scene the top of his form. His expansive yet controlled way (Sonet/Storyville, 1971)

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inspired by the faculty and my fellow students, I America to become slaves. It is important to remember A Great Time to Study learned a ton about music technique, jazz theory, that many of the weakest perished, leaving the improvisation and much more. I spent the entire next strongest. Their progeny are the founders of Black the Best Music to Study year practicing things I’d acquired from that one-week church music, the blues and ultimately, jazz. Anyone experience. The improvements in my playing really who seriously pursues jazz expression has to by Don Braden showed, too. synchronize with this spirit and power in some way. When I went back the next summer, I made even This aspect of jazz study may at first be a challenge for Jazz is truly remarkable music, well worthy of its more progress musically and to my surprise I also some young people, but it is essential and enlightening designation as a National American Treasure by the began noticing how certain non-musical things affected too. 100th US Congress in 1987. It is deep, rich, sophisticated, the ensemble class. Looking back now, I realize that all My own early experiences in jazz camp did not reflective of the range of human emotions and it can of the aforementioned elements of jazz manifest reveal all this, of course, but many years of professional get your body moving! It is the most challenging music themselves in the jazz ensemble. Ensemble playing is playing and teaching have made it very clear that to master because the excellent jazz musician needs to the focal point of any serious jazz study and most jazz studying jazz can be much bigger than just music have an abundance of high-level music technique: an camps provide significant ensemble experience. study. At the Litchfield Jazz Camp, for which I am expressive and flexible sound; very solid rhythm and The jazz ensemble is a team and it only functions Camp and Music Director, we work hard to motivate swing; a thorough grasp of harmony and melody; great well if all the teammates work together. A solid jazz the students to think of their jazz study in a holistic ears; strong instrumental facility; robust ensemble must have a strong leader (or leaders) and way, particularly since I believe that everything you improvisational skills; compositional expertise and the leadership must encourage fruitful contributions are comes out in everything you do and good, strong proficiency at executing a variety of jazz sub-styles. from the sidemen (teammates), who in turn must do uplifting music comes from good, strong people. We That said, jazz is great for younger practitioners whatever they can, including assuming leadership don’t necessarily expect to produce 400 jazz innovators, because it also inspires creativity, teamwork, roles (taking solos) as needed, to support the direction but we do our very best to inspire 400 good, strong, leadership, cultural awareness, discipline, listening, of the ensemble. Sound familiar? A great sports team, expressive, soulful people. empathy and emotional expression. Most importantly, business team, military team - any team - has Summer is a great time for fun and jazz is the best it’s really fun to play once the basics are learned. comparable attributes. John Coltrane’s saxophone solo music to study. If you love jazz and you want to Having mastery of all these elements allows the jazz on “Resolution” is extraordinary, but it could not have improve yourself, summer jazz camps are a great place practitioner to function effectively in pretty much any happened without his stellar teammates, McCoy Tyner, for both. v musical situation, but it also can make him or her a Jimmy Garrison and . Students who study better, stronger, more successful person. That makes jazz must learn how to become better teammates. In For more information, visit donbraden.com jazz the best music to study. some cases, they even can learn how to become good Summer is a great time to learn more about jazz leaders or at least how to recognize the traits of good Saxophonist Don Braden has toured the world with jazz greats music, especially for young people. All music study leadership. In my experience, this learning process can , , , Freddie requires periods of immersion - several hours per day certainly translate to other kinds of teams. Hubbard, Roy Haynes and many others. He has been on over of focused practice - which is much more possible Many other jazz elements also parallel life 80 CDs as a sideman and has 18 as a leader, the latest of which when school’s out. A wonderful venue for summer jazz elements. Discipline, for example, is huge: the skill to is Full Circle, co-led with vocalist Vanessa Rubin, which will music education is the jazz camp. Jazz camps allow work consistently on something until completion is be released in September 2013. He has composed music for immersion in this great music for a week at a time, one of the most critical life skills and is absolutely countless concerts, all of his CDs and a number of independent typically and some programs run for five weeks or essential in jazz study. films. He spent four years as composer for the CBS sitcom more. Campers spend extended time with like-minded I believe that connecting with one’s emotions and Cosby and composed for another Cosby project, Little Bill. In fellow musicians and are usually taught by a faculty of spirit is the most important aspect of learning jazz. 2000, he received a Doris Duke Foundation New Works professional jazz players. Passion for the music is often the main driver of the composer’s award. A busy educator, he has been Music I attended my first jazz camp (The Jamey Aebersold work ethic necessary for mastery. The passion of those Director for the Litchfield Jazz Camp for 16 years, teaches part- Jazz Camp) when I was 14 years old and it changed my innovators who invented jazz music, to my mind, is a time at the Prins Claus Conservatoire in the and life: in that week, I made the decision that music would direct result of the indomitable spirit of those Africans runs NJPAC’s Wells Fargo Jazz For Teens Program. He also be a primary life focus. Besides being completely who survived the Middle Passage on the way to currently leads the Harvard University Monday .

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unmanicured feel of nature to city dwellers. That is the Grammy-nominated Roberta Gambarini. Grounded in It’s all right with me beautiful setting of the Central Park Summerstage richly mature and expressive resonance, Gambarini’s where the sensually liquid singer José James (Aug. remarkable range spans multiple octaves and finds her by Katie Bull 11th) and Grammy-winning grandmaster Bobby soaring lightning fast in the pitch-perfect present McFerrin (Aug. 20th) will play. Catch the wild cats at moment. Gambarini will join her regular collaborator As my friend Verni from Guyana once said, “Give the park zoo and the jazz cats at night. Roy Hargrove’s big band at the Blue Note (Aug. over to it”, meaning, the heat of summer. She was Speaking of jazz cats, a lioness, NEA Jazz Master 20-25th). New Orleans-based trumpeter/vocalist sauntering down a baking concrete sidewalk at a slow , will appear with pianist , Kermit Ruffins brings the raucous feel of his own gliding pace, honoring a tempo set by the sun. “It’s all- bassist and drummer restaurant Kermit’s Treme Speakeasy to We Partyin’ right,” she stretched out the words. That was her way (Aug. 25th) at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Traditional Style! (Basin Street Records) and Highline of saying: this is all good. In August jazz listeners can Tompkins Square Park. In her early 80s Jordan is one of Ballroom (Aug. 8th). And bassist Charnett Moffett’s bask at outdoor venues and, yes, it will be hot. Give the greats, a true gem of living history. She celebrates soulful Spirit of Sound (Motéma), a mostly instrumental over to it. Bring your ginger lemonade and take it slow. her time on the Detroit scene with Bird as her primary voyage with seamlessly integrated spoken word and Or, if you mind the heat, get into the clubs. Jazz, by any influence and carries his spirit in every sonic cell of her wordless earthy melody lines sung by Amareia thermometer reading, will sound as sweet. voice. The festival is part of the City Parks Foundation’s Moffett, Jana Herzen and Tessa Souter, comes to Jazz Prospect Park sits on 585 acres of Brooklyn free arts events and boasts another fantastic singer in Standard (Aug. 28th). woodlands, which include a lake, a quaint carousel Cécile McLorin Salvant on its roster. For staycation-style home listening, consider a and a bandshell. Join Greek born vocalist/multi- City Winery offers a free outdoor series in their house party and make your own festival, including instrumentalist Magda Giannikou’s Banda Magda on courtyard and this year Cynthia Sayer, highly respected seasoned crooner Marlene VerPlanck’s deeply their self-proclaimed “tropical asteroid” for Amour T’es veteran banjo virtuosa/vocalist, will be strumming and heartfelt Ballads…mostly (Audiophile); veteran spoken La? (EGE/Warner), a genre-defying blend of French singing her gutsy jazz-rooted stuff as part of the venue’s wordist Steve Dalachinsky and bassist Jöelle Léandre’s lyrics, Latin lines and multiple influences. Giannikou Fifth Annual Hudson Square Wine and Music Festival/ totally entrained duet The Bill Has Been Paid (Dark Tree) sings with bubbly ease, buoyant humor and an edge of First Annual Picking and Strumming Festival (Aug. and a major reissue of Shapeshifters (Birth), a recording ironic pop-culture sass. Catch her joi de vivre at 13th). City Winery is a bastion of musical choices so if of the Galaxy Dream Band on their Celebrate Brooklyn (Aug. 3rd). the indoors is your cup of (iced) tea, step out of the 1973 tour, featuring one the greatest avant garde jazz The same park design team who created Prospect courtyard and into the club. vocal pioneers to have lived, . Park in the late 1800s (Olmstead and Vaux) landscaped Cooled August conditioned air will support many New York City in August is the right time and the Central Park’s rambles, fields, gentle climbing rocks sizzling vocalists, including the important Thelonious right place for ; under outdoor skies or inside and bodies of water with a mission to bring the Monk Jazz Competition Third Place Finalist (1998) and venue walls, the vibrations will be all right. v

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with each new find. “There are many greats represented, we consult the ‘Historische Archiv’ of SWR, online Jazzhaus Records including Armstrong, Kenton, Coltrane, Miles, Monk, discographies and talk to experts. Andrea Walz and Brubeck, , the , Rollins, Manfred Deppe, the sound engineers, know a lot about by Ken Dryden Hancock and so many more. Feedback tells me that music and about finding sources. We put together the ‘50s stuff does well [bop, cool and first-class big bands]. pieces carefully and mostly can identify the lineup, Südwest Rundfunk (Southwest Broadcasting, SWR) Recently I’ve focused on meetings between US artists songs and location. Often we can’t find the tapes. I’m launched Jazzhaus in 2009 to issue unreleased jazz in and homegrown players, like Oscar trying to find two lost tracks of a Miles Davis recording concerts and studio performances recorded or Pettiford with [saxophonist] Hans Koller or Kenny in December 1957 in Stuttgart. We’re desperately videotaped for broadcast. Numerous artists appeared Clarke with [pianist] Hans Hammerschmid.” looking for a lost Quartet show [with Dick in German concert halls after World War II due to the The source material benefited from having top Twardzik and some pieces with the Kurt Edelhagen demand for American jazz. While some broadcasts engineers used to recording symphony orchestras and Orchester] in Mainz, September 21, 1955. We have both were traded among collectors or issued on bootlegs, they maintained their high standards for taping jazz. the setlist and Baker’s contract. The radio guides from the original high-quality audio and videotapes Pfau notes, “I try to issue the whole show, minus the November 9 and 21, 1955 list two hours of music with remained hidden in SWR’s archives. Ulli Pfau, who first track, which was often for a soundcheck and Baker and Edelhagen; there is even an Italian bootleg previously worked for SWR, was hired to catalogue warming up while also maintaining the setlist in order of the concert. Yet there is only one tape with a single and select concerts to issue on CD, with the initial if possible. My colleague, Fabian Grob [who works at track (‘Bockhanal’) in the archive from a two-hour releases arriving in 2009. Herr Pfau faces a challenging SWR archive] and I are researching what has been show. We’re looking for another show by Chet with task, having to explore thousands of hours of radio released by artists at the same time and try to make Albert Mangelsdorff in 1960; our tapes were erased.” and television tapings, with new discoveries being unusual selections. For example, the Ellington setlist of Negotiating payment can also create a roadblock. uncovered due to an inconsistent catalogue. Asked the Stuttgart show is atypical. Dizzy’s rendition of At times record labels that own rights to the artists about how he determines which projects to pursue, the ‘Kush’ has been reviewed as excellent compared to during the respective time frames aren’t willing to curator explains, “I follow my taste and my intuition. similar renditions of the same period.” negotiate an affordable price to enable the issuing of Then I consult people whose taste and knowledge Time is at a premium for Pfau as he explores the concerts while SWR works directly with artists or their about music I share.” He also noted, “I still make my archives. “I’m not always able to listen to the archival estates when possible. living as a full-time documentary and film producer stuff on a daily basis, but I can order concerts, get them Pfau has made many important discoveries over [including Blue Note: The Story of Modern Jazz]. This is on CD and load them into iTunes to work from home. the past several years. “By accident I found cardboards my secondary job.” Sometimes I travel to Baden-Baden and Stuttgart to of 16 mm negative film carrying a great Louis The impressive catalogue already includes releases hear the original tapes.” Conflicting or missing Armstrong concert in Stuttgart from 1959. The sound is by Duke Ellington, , , discographical information is one of the biggest well recorded on separate audio tape [38cm/second Zoot Sims, , Benny Goodman, challenges for any label. “Often we can’t rely on the mono]. If we master in high definition, it will be part of Cannonball Adderley, Albert Mangelsdorff, Kurt archival records. They went through various systems a first batch of 6 to 12 filmed concerts released in Edelhagen and Jutta Hipp. Pfau’s excitement grows over the decades. Many times faults blossom up! Then (CONTINUED ON PAGE 32)

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Praised by The New Yorker as, “a young pianist of perspective of the scope of that which they still have to , Peter Vinograde (classical). invention and refinement”, BOBBY AVEY has learn. To me, this has been addictive. established himself as an emerging star in the jazz Influences: Oscar Peterson, , McCoy community. His most recent release, a solo piano Dream Band: I am happy with my current band. Tyner, Wynton Kelly, Herbie Hancock, , album entitled Be Not So Long To Speak (Minsi Ridge), Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, , . came out in April. Ben Ratliff of Did you know? I played in high school. deemed it, “a solo-piano record of mystery, patience, Current Projects: My New York-based trio (bassist imagination and clear design…Keep an eye on this For more information, visit bobbyavey.com. Avey is at Russell Hall and drummer Evan Sherman); a record in guy.” In 2011, Avey won the esteemed Thelonious ShapeShifter Lab Aug. 25th with Curtis Macdonald and the works with one of my mentors, , and Monk Competition for composition. This award Cornelia Street Café Aug. 31st as a leader. See Calendar. Boris Kozlov and ; I have a trio based in Italy followed his 2010 leader debut A New Face (Jay Dell). - we just finished a record called Infinity.

Teachers: David Liebman, Phil Markowitz, Charles By Day: I practice, deal with the business end of the Blenzig and Hal Galper. music, travel, exercise, try and live a healthy lifestyle and spend time with the people I care about. Influences: Colors of Olivier Messiaen and Beethoven. I knew I wanted to be a musician when... after Current Projects: In 2011, I received the New Jazz spending two summers at Litchfield Jazz Camp. This Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development was the first time I had ever been completely

grant from Chamber Music America, enabling me to P h o t b y J n R a m surrounded by people that loved the music as much as travel to Haiti to record a Vodou ceremony and then Bobby Avey Emmet Cohen I did! Now, seven years later, my trio is opening the create an hour-long suite grounded in rhythms found 2013 Litchfield Jazz Festival on Aug. 9th. in Haitian Vodou drumming. Authority Melts From Me At 23, pianist EMMET COHEN is turning heads in the pays homage to the Haitian Revolution and will be New York and international jazz scenes. In 2011, he was Dream Band: A quartet with Charlie Parker, Ray released on Whirlwind Records in April 2014. I am also a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Piano Brown, and me. a member of David Liebman’s Expansions. Competition and he has learned from and shared the bandstand with jazz luminaries like , Did you know? I started studying Suzuki piano at three. By Day: Composer and teacher. “Tootie” Heath, Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Band, Billy Hart, Patti Austin, Maceo Parker, etc. For more information, visit emmetcohen.com. Cohen is at I knew I wanted to be a musician when... over time. Dizzy’s Club Aug. 5th-8th with Ali Jackson and Smalls As one digs deeper into music, they uncover a Teachers: Shelly Berg, Martin Bejerano, Brian Lynch, Aug. 8th and 22nd as a leader. See Calendar.

12 August 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD FESTIVAL REPORT Vision Festival Suoni Per Il Popolo by John Sharpe by Mathieu Bélanger intakt RecoRds

TRIO 3 + Refraction – Breakin’ Glass Jason Moran: Piano : Sax, Voice : Bass Andrew Cyrille: Drums Trio 3 + , Birdland, NYC, August 6–10, 2013

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The 18th annual Vision Festival (Jun. 12th-16th) began The 13th edition of the Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival with a bang. A whole series of them, in fact, as the took place Jun. 5th-22nd in Montréal, with concerts sold-out first night at Brooklyn’s Roulette was given every night at both Casa del Popolo and La Sala Rossa, over to a celebration for the lifetime achievement of the venues run by the organizers of the festival, and, on Milford Graves, one of the first drummers to overthrow a few occasions, at the Musée d’art contemporain de My Ellington the tyranny of time. In a cleverly constructed program Montréal, Usine C or Oboro. This year’s edition looked giving an overview of Graves’ career - eruditely very promising, with saxophonists Peter Brötzmann Aki Takase: Piano solo emceed by WKCR’s Ben Young - two sets stood out. and Joe McPhee in duo; saxophonist John Butcher in Intakt CD 213 The first was as mighty an exhibition of fire music as solo and in duo with guitarist Andy Moor; trumpeter any which graced the ‘60s: pianist DD Jackson’s Nate Wooley and drummer Paul Lytton with and enthusiastically hammered clusters and crashes without saxophonist Ken Vandermark; electronic mingled with New Orleans saxophonist Kidd Jordan’s musician Jason Lescalleet; guitarist/electronic musician urgent falsetto, as the leader belted out a tumbling Kevin Drumm; a five-night series with the Wandelweiser tattoo on his customized kit. The second combined collective and the Quatuor Bozzini; composer Robert – ANTI-HOUSE homage to the seminal (NYAQ) Ashley and many others. The question, of course, was Strong Place with an early ‘90s trio with saxophonist Charles Gayle whether it would live up to the expectations. Ingrid Laubrock: and bassist William Parker. But instead of revisiting The first days of the festival, while far from being Saxophones past glories, the set progressed in a sequence of bad, did not generate the excitement of the last ten : Guitar vignettes. To begin, Graves’ gentle talking drums days, something preventing them from being truly Kris Davis: Piano John Hébert: Bass accompanied a fiery recitation by Amiri Baraka. Next memorable. In the case of the Brötzmann/McPhee duet, Tom Rainey: Drums Graves duetted with trombonist , the it was the impression that the musicians were not Intakt CD 208 other surviving founding member of the NYAQ. totally together. For Drumm, his set suffered from a Rudd’s raucous bluster punctuated Graves’ somewhat weaker section about halfway through and polyrhythmic rumble in a gritty encounter. Everyone was preceded by rather tedious opening acts that tested united for a spirited finale, which saw Rudd and Gayle the patience of the listeners. To give a last example, a wailing righteously as they faced each other across the talkative crowd made it harder to enjoy Lescalleet’s set. stage. The honoree enjoyed the evening as much as the Things took a turn for the best with the concert of audience, grinning almost non-stop throughout. composer Malcolm Goldstein and a slimmed-down SYLVIE In a repeat of their feat at this year’s Winter Jazz version - 15 musicians instead of the usual 30! - of COURVOISIER – Fest, the cooperative trio of pianist Kris Davis, bassist Nicolas Caloia’s Ratchet Orchestra. In fact, if a highlight Eric Revis and drummer Andrew Cyrille once again of the festival had to be identified, this would be a Live at Théâtre generated the biggest buzz. Demonstrating a telepathic prime candidate. The concert was a rare occasion for Vidy-Lausanne rapport, which translated into emphatic and playful Montréalers to hear some of Goldstein’s compositions Sylvie Courvoisier: Piano syncopated complexity, the threesome forged waves of for ensemble. Indeed, even though he has spent most of Mark Feldman: Violine dazzling crescendos, alternating tension and occasional his time in Montréal since the early ‘90s, his music for Intakt CD 210 release. Davis drew her inspiration as much from ensemble has seldom been performed locally. Five minimalism as from Cecil Taylor, often maintaining a pieces were performed: “The Seasons: Vermont percussive ringing tremolo while chording strongly (Summer)” (1983); “Sheep Meadows” (1966); “Soweto with her left hand. Revis reveled in a nimble-fingered Stomp” (1985); “Two Silences” (2003) and “In Search of tour de force while Cyrille was both elegant and Tone Roads #2 (for Charles Ives)” (2013), the last a imperious. Their knotty improvisations garnered a commission of the orchestra. They offered a glimpse of STEPHAN CRUMP – standing ovation for a performance conjuring subtlety the diversity of Goldstein’s output. For example, “The MARY HALVORSON and cohesion from thin air. Seasons: Vermont (Summer)” was a piece for tape and Although reduced in scale, spread over five days live instruments. The tape was a collage of sounds, one SECRET KEEPER rather than the customary week or more, there was no can only assume typical of Vermont in the summer, to Super Eight reduction in ambition. It sometimes seemed as if the which the musicians, standing around the audience, Stephan Crump: normal quota of talent had merely been shoehorned added sounds of their own in order to create an Acoustic Bass into a smaller number of units. Two groups illustrated harmonious soundscape. “Soweto Stomp” started with Mary Halvorson: Guitar the merits of novel aggregations. Going under the brass and woodwinds playing “Nkosi Sikelel’i Afrika”, Intakt CD 216 moniker of East-West Collective, the convergence of the anthem of the African National Congress, after five improvisers from three continents created a which musicians played various patterns and solo Intakt Records: www.intaktrec.ch succession of powerful peaks, each different in flavor, before going back to the starting anthem. The result which emerged unheralded from the organic flow of was a piece with a well-defined pulse that could remind Distributed by Naxos · Amazon.com · iTunes Store overlapping textures; case in point, the majestic swell one of jazz. All in all, it was a night. Available in NYC: Downtown Music Gallery (CONTINUED ON PAGE 42) (CONTINUED ON PAGE 42)

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distinctive sounds and textures, whether in Almeida’s for the neglected avant gardist . compositions or their improvisations. On Lamaçal (the Lacy contributes the crowd-pleasing “Settagast irony continues with a title meaning mud puddle), the Strut”, a swaggering evocation of his hometown of group is joined by New York tenor saxophonist/ Houston while Davis penned both “Bird Bones”, a nod clarinetist , now a regular guest, in a live to Charlie Parker, and the Latin-flavored “Sunset”, set at the 2012 Portalegre Jazz Festival. featuring Turre’s only turn on his trademark conch The music here is almost always lyrical, though shells. Eubanks’ “Shorter Bu” pays tribute to both moods and textures will change, with the band and, fittingly, the album’s patron saint, unusually comfortable at slow tempos that support Art Blakey. All four trombonists and the rhythm section

March Sublime their sonic emphasis. It’s apparent from the beginning play brilliantly and soulfully throughout and evince a Alan Ferber (Sunnyside) of the set with Santos Silva’s “Overture for a Wandering camaraderie that would make their mentor proud. by Sean O’Connell Fish”, a near-dirge that emphasizes a ragged brassy edge to her trumpet that she presses from village band For more information, visit jazzdepot.com. This project is at The concept of a sublime march sounds a little to multiphonics in consort with Speed. Her expressive Dizzy’s Club Aug. 1st-4th. See Calendar. strenuous. Most organized walking isn’t that great but power takes a different but equally vocalic turn with maybe it’s a reference to the month. Whether the muffled half-valves of the concluding “Manta”. trombonist Alan Ferber is enlisting in the army or Almeida contributed four of the compositions here and awaiting the change of seasons, he has brought along a his ear for the unexpected makes effective use of tremendous group of musicians to join him. Ferber Speed’s clarinet on the title track, a piece oddly composed more than half of the tunes, nearly all of suggestive of both Boulez and traditional jazz, and the which provide ample space amid the for middle-East themed “Anémona”. Almeida’s melodic the limited solo count to maximize exploration. bass playing and subtle electronics stand out on the His take on Björk’s slow-burn “Hyper-Ballad” is whale invocations of his “Moby Dick”. much less restrained than the Icelandic original. Horns There are plenty of strong individual efforts here, rise over a quivering synthesizer before drummer but it’s camaraderie and shared invention that Mark Ferber adds a militaristic groove. Keyboardist ultimately animate the music, from the vitality that the David Cook is gradually left alone to build the tension horns bring to the themes to the subtle dialogues that before a smattering of brass dances over aggressive link all the members of the group. The improvised duet handclaps. The manic swell leads to an engaging between Smith and Speed that opens the former’s exchange between trumpeter Alex Norris and slightly boppish “Cachalote” stands out, as do the fleet trombonist Ryan Keberle. “Wildwood”, an homage to and edgy contributions of Santos Silva and Almeida to the site of Ferber’s Northern California wedding, gets Speed’s Ornette-reminiscent “Pair of Dice”. Rather a designated intro track, then launches into the rich than sounding like a trio with a guest, Lama + Chris ballad. The horns move cautiously before guitarist Speed already sounds like a band. Anthony Wilson takes a quivering solo over the deliberate rhythm section. The title track is regulated For more information, visit cleanfeed-records.com. Speed is by Mark Ferber’s snare drum. Trumpeter Taylor at Cornelia Street Café Aug. 1st-3rd and 16th-17th with Haskins caws with a persistent echo effect before the . See Calendar. band bounces in on an uptick. Alan Ferber takes a RECOMMENDED mournful solo, sighing like stardust above Cook and bassist Matt Pavolka’s prodding. Haskins closes the NEW RELEASES tune with a hazy return. Ferber’s “The Compass” flies in within a straightahead horn blast. Tenor saxophonist • AlasNoAxis - Antiheroes John Ellis builds up to a rousing horn accompaniment (Winter & Winter) while trombonist Josh Roseman summons the • - The Sky Inside (Pirouet) Framptone for a muted solo, which converts that • - Heart of the Piano (Motéma) human-like trombone quality into a vocoder. It’s a • Chris Morrissey - North Hero (Sunnyside) unique effect eventually abandoned for a well-spaced • & Marilyn Crispell - Azure (ECM) rip alongside the band. The Bones of Art On this record, Ferber has presented a modern big • Eric Revis - City of Asylum (featuring Kris Davis (HighNote) and Andrew Cyrille) (Clean Feed) band with modest touches of the strange and electrified. by Joel Roberts Ferber can bend and mold many voices into an David Adler, New York@Night Columnist engaging whole and he seems happy to share his forms Steve Turre and the three other trombonists (Steve with a talented array of instrumentalists. Davis, and ) featured on The • Silvia Bolognesi/Angelo Olivieri - Bones of Art have something in common, besides being Dialogo (Live in Teano) (Terre Sommerse) For more information, visit sunnysiderecords.com. This among the very best at their instrument in the jazz • Allan Browne Trio - Lost in the Stars (Jazzhead) group is at Citigroup Center Plaza Aug. 1st. See Calendar. world. They’re all alumni of Art Blakey and the Jazz • Ethan Iverson/// Messengers, the legendary drummer’s incubator for - Costumes Are Mandatory (HighNote)

young jazz talent that flourished for nearly four • Oscar Pettiford - Lost Tapes: Germany 1958/1959 decades until his death in 1990. (Jazzhaus) While there have been a handful of multi-trombone • Eric Revis - City of Asylum (featuring Kris Davis groups in jazz, the three-trombone frontline (the four and Andrew Cyrille) (Clean Feed) never play together) Turre employs here is rare. But • /TUMO - even more than those trombone-centric groups, Turre’s Occupy The World (TUM) group recalls, in spirit and execution, the three-horn Laurence Donohue-Greene frontlines Blakey often used - though Blakey used the Managing Editor, The New York City Jazz Record traditional setup of trombone, trumpet and saxophone. Joined by a first-rate rhythm section (pianist Lamaçal • François Carrier/Michel Lambert - Lama + Chris Speed (Clean Feed) , bassist and drummer Shores and Ditches (FMR) by Stuart Broomer Willie Jones III), Turre and friends work their way • Edvard Lygre Møster - Møster! (Hubro) through a set of boisterous straightahead jazz with an • Ferrian/Pissavini/Quattrini Trio (feat. Sabir Mateen) Lama (the word means “mud” in Portuguese) began emphasis on the blues. The tunes are all originals, most in Rotterdam as a trio of Portuguese trumpeter Susana from Turre, plus at least one from each of the other - the uneXPected (Not Two) Santos Silva and bassist Gonçalo Almeida with trombonists. Several are written in honor of trombone • Lama + Chris Speed - Lamaçal (Clean Feed) Canadian drummer Greg Smith, the latter two adding greats past and present, including “Slide’s Ride”, • NEXT Collective - Cover Art (Concord) electronic elements. They released their debut CD Turre’s hard-swinging homage to ; • Pat Thomas - Al-Khwarizmi Variations (Fataka) Oneiros in 2011, memorable (in contradiction to the “Fuller Beauty”, a lovely ballad for another Blakey Andrey Henkin band’s name) for a developed use of space, form and alum, , and “Julian’s Blues”, a funky blues Editorial Director, The New York City Jazz Record

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trio track). All but three of the tracks were arranged by Fabio Torres, the pianist of Trio Corrente, also including UNEARTHED GEM bassist Paulo Paulelli and drummer Edu Ribeiro. It is a buoyant trio led by Torres’ effervescent playing, propelled by Ribeiro’s airy stick and brush work, equally scintillating and forward-leaning on samba, bossa or straightahead swing. Paulelli keeps a sturdy bounce at the bottom of the ensemble but sails into upper registers, almost guitar-like, in his solos. The

Violets For Your Furs trio is ably matched to D’Rivera’s boundless Tony Hewitt (s/r) exuberance, making a tune like the Brazilian guitarist by Suzanne Lorge Guinga’s “Di Menor” an exhilarating rollercoaster ride, burbling over with rhythms and sparkling UK Live: Satin Doll, Vol. 1 & 2 (1967) Tony Hewitt has one of those big, rich voices that exchanges between clarinet and piano. On prancing Bill Coleman Bop Group (Jazzhus Disk) sounds like he’s behind the beat and all around the tunes like “Murmurando” and “1 X 0”, clarinet sings by Ken Dryden pitch, even though he’s right in the center of both. You and chirps like a tropical bird and the trio creates a can’t help but be drawn into the innate musicality of forest of colorful vistas around it. On the title track, the Trumpeter Bill Coleman (born Aug. 4th, 1904 in this kind of voice. Beyond his natural instrument, leader’s remembrance of his mother, his clarinet Kentucky, died Aug. 24th, 1981 in Toulouse) is Hewitt also has a way with a phrase and he makes full achieves a woody timbre and lyrical tone with easy, primarily thought of as a Swing trumpeter. Due to use of both on Violets For Your Furs, a collection of 13 flowing arpeggios. Equally fluent, but more fervid, on racial segregation, he left to live and work in Europe lesser-known jazz tunes. alto saxophone, D’Rivera swings boppishly on Claudio by 1948 and remained there until his death. This Many stellar musicians have recorded the hyper- Roditi’s “Recife Blues” and conjures lush sensuality on pair of CDs with the Tony Milliner-Alan Littlejohn romantic title cut - John Coltrane, , Frank “For Leny”, a Daniel Frieberg salute to Brazilian singer Sextet comes from a previously unissued concert at Sinatra and all had it in their repertoire. Leny Andrade that references “Yesterdays”. the Manchester Sports Guild in 1967, though the Hewitt’s rendition seems to pay homage to these greats The overall feel and tone of Vana Gierig’s Making packaging is minimal and neither liner notes nor even as he brings a more modern sensibility to it. Memories is not as bright and high-spirited, the music composer credits are present. The sextet was known Trumpeter Eddie Henderson contributes a standout more formal, complex and romantic. Gierig for backing visiting Americans on a number of solo, weaving a muted, mournful line through pianist incorporates classical techniques and strategies into occasions, including and various Larry Willis’ spare accompaniment. his compositions in the vein of music, but members of ’s band and they recorded Hewitt has chosen some superb musicians for this also favors exotic tropical and Latin rhythms coupled at least one other album with Coleman from the release. Besides Henderson and Willis, there is bassist with a penchant for catchy melodies. The opening same year. Wayne Batchelor, drummer and tenor track, “Declaration”, by his trio plus percussion, is Vol. 1 opens with the standard “Three Little saxophonist Eric Alexander. Pianist David Hazeltine typical of his compositional ambition, moving from a Words”, a rollicking affair with a disguised vamp to plays on the seven tunes that Willis doesn’t. The Chopin-esque solo piano prelude through crisp introduce it, Coleman and pianist Ron Matherson musicians seem to be of a mind with Hewitt on each melodic pop-like strains to swinging jazz and back to a shining in the solo spotlight. “Satin Doll” features track, never disturbing the cool, lyrical mood that the rhapsodic close. D’Rivera’s clarinet and a string Coleman’s sassy trumpet and friendly vocal, along leader creates, building a solid harmonic base over contingent (violin and ) provide ensemble colors with the bluesy air of his backing group. A spirited which he can lay his complicated melodies. and romantic flourishes on the title track, clarinet and rendition of Harry “Sweets” Edison’s “Sweets” also All of the material here is love songs, though not piano also engaging in fast fours. Flamenco-style showcases tenor saxophonist Lou Hooper, of the simple, sweet-little-ditty variety. Many are handclaps and a theme passed among piano, clarinet trombonist Tony Milliner (misspelled ‘Millener’ in rangy, with tricky intervals and engaging grooves - and each leading to a tango section the packaging), fellow trumpeter Littlejohn and “Our Sweet Love”, “Invitation” and “How Can I inform “Morning Cadence”. The stately theme of Matherson to good effect. A medley with Leave”, for instance. Beyond the demanding, “Rome” also features the strings and clarinet in a the rhythm section combines “I’m Growing Fonder thoughtfully executed music, though, the songs share processional gait while D’Rivera joins the piano trio of You” and the much-lesser-known “Dream Man”, a common theme: let’s remember these softer moments and percussionist for a pair of “Spells” in invigorating the former featuring Coleman’s trumpet and because they pass quickly. With this CD, however, you odd meters. Gierig is a bit of a chameleon as a pianist, charming vocal while the latter is a jaunty swinger can listen to them again and again. channeling Chick Corea or Keith Jarrett at times, but with superb solos by the guest and Matherson. also recalling Hampton Hawes’ driving bop blues on “Spain” (not the Chick Corea composition) is a For more information, email [email protected]. “Texting While Driving” and on “Looking ballad feature for both Coleman and Littlejohn on Hewitt is at Jazz at Kitano Aug. 2nd. See Calendar. Back”, both jazzy trio tracks. But his strongest suit is a , with engaging interplay between the gift of melody and ability to create suite- or rhapsody- two. Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis’ “Telegraph” is a like pieces that intrigue in extended real time. driving blues combining a hardbop theme with swinging rhythm and featuring Coleman’s fiery For more information, visit sunnysiderecords.com and side, followed by Hooper’s gritty tenor and enjarecords.com. D’Rivera is at Blue Note Aug. 6th-11th. Milliner’s expressive trombone. See Calendar. Vol. 2 opens with the obscure “Impulsive You”, presumably an original based on the changes to a standard, but not announced. Coleman’s swinging SCOTT side is on display in Fats Waller’s melancholy “Blue NEUMANN’S Turning Grey Over You”, with warm ensemble work by Milliner, Littlejohn and Hooper backing him as Song for Maura Making Memories NEU3 TRIO Paquito D’Rivera & Trio (with Paquito D’Rivera) he states the theme while the trumpeter adds a Corrente (Sunnyside) Vana Gierig (Enja) PRESENTS humorous vocal as well. The band’s lengthy workout of “Take the ‘A’ Train” includes a playful exchange by George Kanzler “Blessed” Featuring between Coleman and Hooper’s brusque tenor. Paquito D’Rivera has distinguished himself not only Michael Blake “Theme Song” is another mystery track, possibly on the AfroCuban and jazz scene, but also become a and Mark Helias something from the sextet’s repertoire, with the champion of Latin American traditional and classical opening trumpet solo likely by Littlejohn since music, as well as of Brazilian pop and jazz. That latter Coleman seems to be giving vocal encouragement in interest led to his teaming up with Trio Corrente from the background. Likewise, the finale “Jam” seems to São Paulo, on his latest album. He is also a guest be a riff tune possibly hailing from the ‘30s or ‘40s, a on a new album from pianist Vana Gierig, whose music lively swing vehicle providing a fitting conclusion “The trio exudes a feeling of delight references styles from flamenco and tango to rumba within their seriousness. Stay tuned.” to the set. It’s odd that no effort was apparently made and classical, delivered in a loose jazz envelope. to contact the surviving members of the Milliner- - Gene Perla One of the most agile and fluent, as well as Littlejohn Sextet to document the song titles better. Available in stores and online on ebullient, clarinetists of our era, D’Rivera features that ORIGIN RECORDS instrument on 8 of the 13 tracks on Song for Maura, For more information, visit downtownmusicgallery.com playing his alto sax on four others (the 13th is a piano SCOTTNEUMANNMUSIC.COM

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | August 2013 15 with Beck hitting like a 21st Century Speedy Jones, any GLOBE UNITY: RUSSIA number of reed tongue slaps and raucous brass blats are displayed without upsetting the sophisticated flow. The real choice between All Decks and Wheels is whether you prefer Lake in quartet form or super- sized.

For more information, visit intaktrec.ch and passinthru.org. Lake is at Birdland Aug. 6th-10th and NYC Baha’i Center All Decks Wheels Aug. 13th with the Makanda Project. See Calendar. Oliver Lake/Christian Oliver Lake Big Band Weber/Dieter Ulrich (Intakt) (Passin’ Thru) by Ken Waxman

Fuzzy Wonder Goat’s Notes (Leo) Alto saxophonist Oliver Lake, 70, has experimented Smiling Organizm Vol. 1 with formats ranging from solo sax recitals to big band Zhenya Strigalev (Whirlwind) work while adding and funk inflections to his Glass Song Yelena Eckemoff Trio (L&H Productions) basic jazz and blues background. These fine discs find by Tom Greenland him as part of unique, but now-established, formations. Russian jazz has had a checkered history since its All Decks is a vigorous program encompassing introduction to the USSR in the early ‘20s. originals and an out-of-tempo reading of an Ellington- Final Night at Birdland Sensing Flight Alternately encouraged (it was associated with the Strayhorn classic. The group is Lake’s European trio, Arturo O’Farrill O’Farrill Brothers Band Allies against Hitler in World War II) or repressed together since 2007, filled out by Swiss players, 16 (ZOHO) (ZOHO) by the Soviet government, it was forced to survive (drummer Dieter Ulrich) or 30 (bassist Christian by Marcia Hillman ‘underground’ for periods but is now a vital Weber) years younger than the St. Louis-born presence in cities like Moscow, where an active saxophonist and given extra oomph by German These two releases represent three generations of the scene supports a dozen jazz clubs. trombonist Nils Wogram. O’Farrill family: the Chico O’Farrill AfroCuban Jazz Goat’s Notes is a Moscow-based sextet founded Wogram (born 1972), whose experience ranges Orchestra conducted by son Arturo O’Farrill and an by pianist Grigory Sandomirsky and bassist from raucous swing-oriented combos to cerebral offering from Adam and Zack O’Farrill - Arturo’s sons Vladimir Kudryavtsev in 2004, now including improv, is the spark plug here, matching Lake’s and Chico’s grandsons. The Chico O’Farrill AfroCuban violinist Maria Logofet, clarinetist Andrey Bessonov, squealing blend of blues and outside tone Jazz Orchestra was in residence at Birdland every trombonist Ilya Vilkov and drummer Piotr Talalay. shudders. This happens throughout the set, especially Sunday for 15 years. Conducted at first by Chico (who Fuzzy Wonder, their first release for Leo Records (the when all four into Wogram’s “Listen to Your died in 2001 at 79) and later Arturo (53), the band preeminent label for Russian jazz, which holds a Woman”, a spicy swing exercise radiating around the ended its long run on Jun. 26th, 2011 (but reclaim festival in Moscow every August; Goat’s Notes composer’s neo-tailgate slurs, Weber’s arpeggiated Sunday nights in September). appears this year), captures what the liner notes plucks and Lake double-tonguing like a combination The material from Final Night at Birdland consists aptly describe as Moscow’s “ethno-jazz-rock-folk- of Johnny Hodges and Earl Bostic, and Lake’s “Rolling of compositions by Chico, one by Arturo and one by avantguard scene”. Although the group clearly Vamp”, fiercely rhythmic, resting on Mexican vocal icon Luis Miguel (“Delirio”). From the thrives on risk-taking, intentionally painting itself walking, but open enough so that Ulrich’s cymbal and first track, “Three AfroCuban Moods”(“Calediscopico“, into musical corners, and though its tastes are snare strategy steadfastly reflects R&B as well as bop. “Pensativo” and “Exuberante”), the band explodes decidedly diverse (Vilkov is brash and bluesy, Nods to Lake’s jazz-reggae concoctions appear on into action, with trumpeters Jim Seeley and Pete Nater, Logofet is puckish with a hint of Romani flair while “Sketch 4 Four” and there’s congenial balladry on alto saxophonist David Bixler and trombonist Sam Bessonov’s clarinet emulates kazoos and penny “Oddy-C”. But the trombonist’s undulating grace Burtis featured for outstanding solos. Included in this whistles), the end result is both coherent and notes on the first and spiral variations on the is “Tanga Suite” ( written for the Mario accessible, like club music for curious listeners. raise the performances to high-level inspiration. The Bauza Orchestra), another lengthy, multi-sectional Saint Petersburg-born, London-based alto quirky mood is intensified beyond question on “Johnny composition displaying the richness of Latin music. saxist Zhenya Strigalev gathered an international Come Lately”, the deconstructed theme barely present The final track, “Fathers and Sons, From Havana to team for Smiling Organizm Vol. 1: trumpeter Vitaly among frenzied reed honks and bluesy slide wailing. New York and Back Again” (by Arturo and featuring Golovnev (born in Nalchik, he’s lived in New York Flourishing in NYC since 1998, Wheels’ big band his sons, trumpeter Adam, 18, and drummer Zack, 21) ten years), London pianist Liam Noble and a New gives the reedist more scope to express his composing is a fitting tribute to the generations - ones that have York rhythm section: Tim Lefebvre (electric bass), and arranging smarts, honed by study with the passed and those that have picked up the torch. Larry Grenadier (acoustic bass) and legendary . Unlike Nelson, Lake’s On Sensing Flight, the O’Farrill Brothers depart (drums). The energy on this release crackles, a mix compositions are written to emphasize the talents of from the AfroCuban sound to establish their own style. of bop-informed rock/funk workouts with just a players who have been in this ensemble for years. A The bandmembers in addition to Adam and Zack - taste of free-play, all propelled by Harland’s deep- frequent trope is having tart reed bites face off with Livio Almeida (tenor saxophone), Adam Kromelow pocket groove. Strigalev has a lot of notes under his plunger trumpet tones, a strategy that pays dividends (piano), Raviv Markovitz (bass) and Gabe Schnider fingers, but in spite of his intelligence and drive on “Philly Blues”, the perfect late-night club tune, and (guitar) - put out a sound bigger than their number. there is a cool quality to his tone, a softness around “The Whole World”, the Outkast hit recasts into a part- The selections are originals by Adam with the the edges of his lines, used to great effect on New Orleans march, with the narrative shifting exception of ’s “Wrong Key Donkey” and “Fletcher”, “Fairy Stairs” and especially “Yaspin”. between emphasized drum backbeats and some Basie- Billy Strayhorn’s “Upper Manhattan Medical Group”. Raised in Moscow, Yelena Eckemoff received styled swing from pianist Marc Cary. As a composer, Adam writes so that the band can extensive training as a classical concert pianist While Lake isn’t leading a precision swing stretch out individually yet still make a strong group before fleeing the Soviet Union for the US. 20 years machine like the Basie band, there’s palpable statement. And as a player, he has a clear, full tone later, she has self-released a slew of jazz and classical propulsion on all tracks. Even tunes like “Studder”, while brother Zack is a solid timekeeper and explosive efforts, most recently Glass Song, a song cycle which include mellifluously harmonized sequences on his solos. Notable tracks include “Monet”, an celebrating the change of season from Winter to and poignant scene-setting bass from Robert Sabin, impressionistic painting on a musical canvas; the Spring. Supported by bassist Arild Andersen and exit with stop-time cacophony and include midway- Strayhorn piece, where all of the instruments take part drummer , the trio’s dynamic is highly theme splintering from the horn players. And while in a group conversation, and the closing “Sensations”, interactive. Eckemoff’s restrained romanticism and Lake doesn’t compose program music, the tough horn a lovely ballad featuring a thoughtful duet between gracefully unpredictable compositions leave plenty cascades coupled with Chris Beck’s loping drum trumpet and tenor saxophone. There is also the bonus of space for Anderson’s assertive, at times patterns perfectly reflect a busy Manhattan street scene of informative and enthusiastic liner notes written by overpowering, bass and Erskine’s remarkably on “Is It Real”. proud papa Arturo. understated drums. Poised on gentle dissonances, What is most real is the extended “Wheels Suite”. It’s heartwarming to see the generations entering the hypnotic music soothes even as it animates. Magisterial and polyphonic at over 17 minutes, it the family business - especially when the business is jumps throughout. With subtle tone layering, space is making such good music. For more information, visit leorecords.com, made for shaded brass choir work, gut-scraping whirlwindrecordings.com and landhproduction.com. extrusions from baritone saxophonist Jason Marshall For more information, visit zohomusic.com. Adam and Zack as well as an aching alto solo. Rhythmically consistent, O’Farrill are at ShapeShifter Lab Aug. 6th. See Calendar.

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Style! brings us back to the early 20th century and tricky “The Shade of the Cedar Tree” is also expertly gives more than a taste of the influences that have navigated and is a treat to hear on trombone. Oscar inspired him since his days as a youthful street busker Peterson’s “Blues Etude”, the standard “Just in Time” in the French Quarter. Even when he pulls tunes out of and Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood” largely serve later in the 20th century like “All of Me” and “Jeepers as forums for Dease’s impressive trombonic gymnastics Creepers”, they are permeated with the joie de vivre of while closer “Take it to the Ozone” from Freddie the early Big Easy sound. Hubbard is a group triumph. Eric Alexander adds his If admittedly this listener could take a pass on the powerful tenor saxophone to the mix and Owens frantic and too familiarly scattered doings of “Jeepers displays his best chops on this powerful reminder of

Cover Art Creepers”, other classics like “Careless Love” stir up a how good virtuosic ensemble playing can be. NEXT Collective (Concord) deeply soul-satisfying sound. Starting out with some by Alex Henderson of Steve Pistorius’ down-home piano and joined by For more information, visit michaeldease.com. Dease is at Ruffins’ trumpet and Lucien Barbarin’s wail of a Smalls Aug. 9th-10th and Aug. 17th with Nick Hempton and Some jazz artists, both singers and instrumentalists, trombone, we’re quickly totally drenched in the kind Blue Note Aug. 20th-25th with Roy Hargrove. See Calendar. firmly believe that if a jazz improviser is going to of funky blues that makes for a peak feet-shuffling interpret popular songs, it is best to stick to time-tested moment in a set full of them. Tin Pan Alley and Broadway gems. But others, from Ruffins generates sly humor on another golden The Bad Plus, Wee Trio and the Modern Rock Quartet oldie, “I Guess I’ll Get the Papers and Go Home”. Here to singers and Claire Martin, don’t Tom Fischer’s clarinet lends a sympathetic echo to agree. On Cover Art, NEXT Collective have no problem Ruffins’ warmly gruff vocalizing. There’s more sweet putting an instrumental jazz spin on 10 songs that keyboard from Pistorius and growling from Barbarin. come out of alternative rock, R&B (especially neo-soul) Here, as elsewhere, Ruffins wisely honors the golden or hip-hop. tradition set on many of these same NEXT Collective is a postbop/fusion outfit tunes without ever attempting to imitate him. When he consisting of Logan Richardson (alto sax and flute), does a very sweet “When It’s Sleepy Time Down Walter Smith III (tenor sax and ), Gerald South”, it recalls Pops even as it is clearly full of Clayton (acoustic piano and electric keyboards), Kris Ruffins’ own life and music. Bowers (electric keyboards), Matthew Stevens (electric All stops are pulled out with “Treme ”. guitar), (acoustic and electric basses) and As Ruffins calls out, “Somebody blow the whistle for Jamire Williams (drums). Trumpeter is the Treme second line and shake your body down”, billed as a special guest and is prominently featured on check the pulse of anyone who can’t get with this one. Kanye West and Jay-Z’ “No Church in the Wild”, It’s powerhouse and emblematic of New Orleans jazz N.E.R.D.’s “Fly or Die” and ’s “Marvins Room”. and all about having a good time. Scott’s influences include Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard and he gives “No Church in the Wild” a For more information, visit basinstreetrecords.com. Ruffins mood that is somewhere between Hubbard’s “First is at Highline Ballroom Aug. 8th. See Calendar. Light” and Davis’ Sketches of Spain album while his muted trumpet on “Marvins Room” recalls “Flamenco Sketches” from . Elsewhere, NEXT musicLX presents Collective find the possibilities in everything from Pearl Jam’s “Oceans”, Dido’s “Thank You” and ’s “Refractions in the Plastic Pulse” to Meshell roby glod quartet Ndegeocello’s “Come Smoke My Herb” and D’Angelo’s “Africa”. roby glod alto & sopr. sax That NEXT Collective is performing rock, R&B roberta piket piano and hip-hop songs doesn’t mean that the spirit of improvisation is compromised; soloists like Richardson, christian ramond double bass Coming Home Smith, Clayton and Stevens (who has an airy style of Michael Dease (D Clef) klaus kugel drums guitar playing along the lines of and Jim by Elliott Simon Hall) have plenty of room to stretch out. NEXT Collective isn’t any less jazz-minded on these songs Trombonist Michael Dease has a rare combination of than it might be on something by , Irving speed and tone that sets him apart on his instrument. OP DER SCHMELZ (live) or Harry Warren. And chances are taken with His quick runs are so clean and precise that his this material. “Thank You”, for example, receives a trombone becomes almost trumpet-like. Coming Home Wayne Shorter-ish makeover and the postbop has him leading an allstar band of similarly crisp interpretation of “Oceans” is a long way from ‘90s players: alto saxophonist Steve Wilson, pianist Renee Seattle grunge. Rosnes, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Full of surprises, Cover Art leaves the listener with Ulysses Owens, Jr. The session lives up to its billing a very favorable impression of NEXT Collective. not only with the expected technical brilliance but with a surprisingly soulful vibe. For more information, visit concordmusicgroup.com. This This is a together quintet and the interplay, group is at Aug. 7th-11th. See Calendar. especially between McBride and Dease, is immediately impressive. The leader penned five of these tunes, with

one each from McBride and Rosnes. Opener “Solid NEMU Records Gold” is a Dease original, which has Wilson adding bluesy feeling to the trombonist’s quick runs and a “An exceptional quartet" - All About Jazz catchy funky groove. Dease’s other tunes include a gentle bluesy nod to the “Motherland” and rhythmically "Glod’s alto and soprano are a drizzle of complex “Good and Terrible”, which includes a sweet crystalline notes, bunched with massive and McBride solo and the additional power of Tony Lustig’s coloured cadences and dissonant floods, baritone saxophone as a curious counterpoint to an making his sound «mineral» with a oddly muted trombone solo. “All Heath”, a lighthearted majestic hallmark." - JazzReview.com paean to the Heath Brothers most notable for Rosnes’ We Partyin’ Traditional Style! www.robyglodquartet.com Kermit Ruffins (Basin Street) beautiful solo, and “The Release”, a free-flowing exercise with muted trombone, round out Dease’s tunes. by Andrew Vélez with the kind support of A gorgeous rendering of “Lifewish” from Rosnes Trumpeter and vocalist Kermit Ruffins lives, breathes is an elegant piece where everything clicks and the and eats up New Orleans jazz. We Partyin’ Traditional ensemble exposes the tune’s beautiful colors. McBride’s

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giving himself and his bandmates plenty of room. Gordon’s challenge with this music is to make the arrangements fresh and his choice of sidemen - Adrian Cunningham (reeds), Zach Brock (violin), Aaron Diehl (piano), Yasushi Nakamura (bass) and Alvin Atkinson (drums) - goes a long way to making these tracks worthy pieces of contemporary Ellingtonia. “Pie Eye’s Blues” opens the proceedings with a garrulous statement from Gordon, followed by a wide-ranging,

Out Here easy-feeling solo from Cunningham, with piano and Christian McBride Trio (Mack Avenue) violin adding spice to the mixture. Gordon plays it by David R. Adler straight as an introduction to singer Dee Daniels on “I Got it Bad”, then joins her in a duet on “Creole Love At long last, bassist Christian McBride has weighed in Call”, answering Brock’s beautiful violin solo with with a straight-down-the-line piano trio session. Yet some old school scatting. Cunningham supplies some Out Here throws much of the spotlight onto a different instrumental variety, picking up the Christian - young pianist Christian Sands, who handles for “Stevie” and clarinet for “The Intimacy of the with aplomb the great responsibility he’s given. It’s a Blues” and the band turns on the red light for fine McBride album, but even more satisfying as a “Something Sexual”, with both Cunningham and showcase of Sands’ talents. Drummer Ulysses Owens, Brock in full seduction mode along with Gordon on Jr. brings a drive and fluidity that’s just as crucial. (It’s trumpet. The ballads are best represented by worth noting that Owens recruited Sands and McBride Strayhorn’s “Lotus Blossom”, with Diehl paying for Unanimous, his 2012 debut on Criss Cross.) homage to Ellington’s well-known interpretation This trio has the chops to play anything and yet before being joined by Gordon for a duet, Nakamura Out Here isn’t a showy, technical, ‘music school’-type spinning atmospherics from his bowed bass. record. It could be called commercial in an old sense: Lastly, “Caravan” closes things out with Gordon melodic, bluesy, rhythmically direct and in-the-pocket on uncredited didgeridoo followed by a drum solo that instead of elliptical. The one track that reaches into serve as preamble to some hard tenor blowing from modern modal territory is “My Favorite Things”, over Cunningham and insinuating violin lines. Wrapping nine minutes long, significantly reharmonized and put things up with New Orleans-style brio, Gordon proves into 5/4 time. But Oscar Peterson’s uptempo that Wynton isn’t the only holder of the keys to the “Hallelujah Time”, ’s “Easy Walker” and mysteries of the Duke, but it’s a shame there isn’t more the opening E-flat blues “Ham Hocks and Cabbage” excitement here to be had. bring out the trio’s core identity as a swinging, grooving beast with a fairly straightforward appeal. For more information, visit crisscrossjazz.com. Gordon is at There are nice repertoire twists: a new version of Grant’s Tomb Aug. 14th as part of Jazzmobile. See Calendar. “I Guess I’ll Have to Forget”, originally from McBride’s 2000 Verve release SciFi; a straight ballad take on “I Have Dreamed” (from The King and I), with exceptional legato bowing from the leader, and readings of the bread-and-butter standards “East of the Sun” and “Cherokee” that play to the trio’s strengths ingeniously. “Who’s Making Love”, a tribute to Stax legend Johnnie Taylor - with a “shake ya boo-tay” coda no less - closes with a potent reminder of McBride’s soul roots. It’s a leap between genres, but given the groove-heavy quality it shares with the rest of the date, no leap at all.

For more information, visit mackavenue.com. This trio is at 54 Below Aug. 13th as part of the WBGO Jazz Series. See Calendar.

The Intimate Ellington / Ballads and Blues Wycliffe Gordon (Criss Cross) by Jeff Stockton The Intimate Ellington is the sort of CD trombonist Wycliffe Gordon can make in his sleep and unfortunately this disc suffers a bit from its own lack of risk. A Wynton Marsalis acolyte and alumnus of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Marsalis’ Septet, Gordon is a dyed-in-the-wool jazz traditionalist (defined as issuing from Armstrong and being a little suspicious of bebop). The fact that he hasn’t already recorded this music as a leader is the real surprise. Subtitled Ballads and Blues, the program leans more heavily toward the latter, with extended takes on selections from the Ellington (and Strayhorn) canon. The performances also tend toward the long side (averaging about seven minutes each), with Gordon

18 August 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD a potent addition to Evans’ extensive discography as a Moontrane” closes the show, serving as the omega to leader. the alpha of “Minor League”. The Aperturistic Trio - pianist James Weidman, The Unity Project plays with fire and lyricism and bassist and drummer Steve Williams - is Peterson thrashes at its cyclonic center, pushing his viewed by its members an interactive band rather than bandmates, exhorting them with edgy drum accents a pianist-and-sidemen trio. Weidman hasn’t recorded and shouts (even these are rhythmic). Peterson is much as a leader, but his many sideman credits speak clearly having a blast and his infectious enthusiasm for themselves, including recordings with Abbey finds its way into the music. This band’s talent and Lincoln, , Kevin Mahogany, Steve Coleman, vehemence are overwhelming. Alive at Firehouse 12 is

Cassandra Wilson and Jay Hoggard. The pianist wrote as exemplary a jazz album as one will find anywhere six of the eight pieces, five specifically for Truth and and Vol. 2 is eagerly anticipated. Live at Smalls Harold Mabern (smallsLIVE) Actuality. The trio kicks off with the breezy yet angular “…It Was A Beauty” Orrin Evans (Criss Cross) “Dance of the Macrocosmic People”, with a firm For more information, visit ralphpetersonmusic.com. This Truth and Actuality The Aperturistic Trio (Inner Circle) bassline and off-center percussion fueling Weidman’s project is at Iridium Aug. 14th. See Calendar. by Ken Dryden flight. “Homily For Pastor B” is more conventional, quickly establishing a solid groove with an almost Three diverse piano trios led by pianists of two conversational piano line. Weidman’s quirky “Time to different generations are heard here. The challenge to Make a Move” has frequent twists in its theme, adding the pianist is choosing a setlist that integrates the a funky, playful undercurrent. “Re-Emergence” has an rhythm section rather than relegating them to a strictly enticing Latin flavor. The bassist takes the lead in his supporting role while also stimulating interaction with poignant ballad “Courage”, with Weidman and originals and/or new approaches to familiar pieces. Williams playing softly in the background. The pianist The first is veteran Harold Mabern, accompanied takes center stage as the piece shifts into a waltz-like by bassist and drummer Joe Farnsworth setting, though its irregular rhythm and frequent mood from a two-night live recording at Smalls. Mabern shifts keep it from being easily classified by style. The maintains the tension with his well-disguised finale is a thoughtful setting of ’s “Send introduction to the standard “Alone Together”, giving One Your Love”, almost whispered by the trio. it an atypical hardbop treatment with his striking chords and spirited improvisations. Next is a romp For more information, visit smallslive.com, crisscrossjazz.com through Fats Domino’s “I’m Walking”, gospel-infused and innercirclemusic.net. Mabern’s trio is at Fat Cat Aug. at first before switching gears to a rollicking bluesy 14th and he is at Smoke Aug. 23rd-24th with George Coleman. interpretation. “Misty” is the first (and often only) Evans is at Iridium Aug. 4th with Ben Wolfe, Village Vanguard Erroll Garner tune on the minds of many fans, but Aug. 6th-11th with Steve Wilson, Smalls Aug. 28th-29th with Mabern turns to Garner’s lesser-known ballad Donny McCaslin and 30th-31st with the Landham Brothers. “Dreaming”, paying tribute to the late pianist’s unique See Calendar. playing style with his . ’s

“Road Song” finds Mabern sharing the spotlight with Webber and Farnsworth, quickly diving head-first into an elaborate, intense improvisation, only briefly coming up for air to recap its theme in spots. Mabern’s THE DISSIDENT ARTS sole original is “Boogie For Al McShann”, with a FESTIVAL virtuoso introduction drenched in blues that quickly th transforms into an uptempo crowd-pleaser. Mabern 8 Annual Celebration has long had a soft spot for popular songs not typically of Revolutionary , recorded by jazz artists and he puts his bluesy stamp New Music, Poetry & Film on “Sesame Street”, with dancing runs occasionally Alive at Firehouse 12, Vol. 1 accented with a well-placed tremolo. For Mongo Ralph Peterson (Onyx) Santamaria’s “Afro Blue”, Mabern interweaves an by Terrell Holmes infectious line in place of part of its theme, turning in yet another masterful performance as Webber and If ever an album embodied the concept of Farnsworth fuel his energetic flight. This well-recorded ‘straightahead’, it would be Alive at Firehouse 12, Vol. 1, set at Smalls is one of Mabern’s best recordings to date. a bad-ass live album from The Unity Project, a quartet Orrin Evans’ “...It Was Beauty” is a diverse CD, fronted by drummer Ralph Peterson with saxophonist primarily a trio date with bassist Eric Revis and , trumpeter Josh Evans and organist Jake drummer Donald Edwards, but adding a few twists. Sherman. This quartet has an explosive energy and R O Y C A M P B E L L T R I O . . . The first is Bill McHenry’s “African Song”, in which plays without artifice or pretense. U N C O N S P I C U O U S M E E T I N G : Evans plays its soft, shimmering theme and Ben Wolfe The group defines itself from the first notes of the Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic/Daniel Carter/Ras Moshe/ Jeff Platz/Federico Ughi is added on a second bass to play irregular accents. relentless “Minor League”. The tune simmers and then . . . S T E V E D A L A C H I N S K Y Wolfe is also present for Evans’ “Commitment”, an evolves quickly into a hardbop throwdown. The way with John Pietaro excerpt from the pianist’s “Suite For Juanita” the colors explode on this tune is like listening to a . . . T E S L A C O I L S : (dedicated to his late mother). This piece mixes abstract Jackson Pollock drip canvas. Blaise Siwula/Harvey Valdes/Gian Luigi Diana pizzicato and arco lines to back Evans’ adventurous The album notes list Handy only as a tenor player, . . . S O S A L A : playing, which intermingles avant garde jazz and but Peterson’s lovely “Sonora” showcases him on Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi & Co postbop, along with a ballad segment. For Evans’ soprano, where he plays a beautiful, soaring, almost . . . T H E R E D M I C R O P H O N E : “Dorm Life”, Luques Curtis takes over as its sole perfect solo. The late great pianist Mulgrew Miller John Pietaro/Ras Moshe/Rocco John Iacovone/ Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic bassist and the promising young player negotiates the apprenticed for a few years with Art Blakey and the . . . O B I K A Y E . . . S A N A S H A B A Z Z . . . a n d leader’s tense, darting theme with ease, adding an Jazz Messengers and the band’s stellar interpretation T H E D I S S I D E N T A R T S O R C H E S T R A intricate solo. It’s difficult not to think of Louis of his mercurial “Second Thoughts” reflects the P E R F O R M I N G A L I V E , I M P R O V I S E D Armstrong and Jack Teagarden’s famous duets of profound effect that tenure had on Miller’s S C O R E T O ' B A T T L E S H I P P O T E M K I N ' Hoagy Carmichael’s “Rockin’ Chair”, but Evans opts composing. for exploring its sentimental side, giving the standard The music is moving even when the band u a spacious, wistful treatment with a touch of reverence. downshifts, as when soulful trumpet and organ Saturday, August 24, 3– 9pm Rivaling “Rockin’ Chair” as the highlight of the CD is ruminations buoy the sentimental classic “Old Folks”. a stunning interpretation of gospel singer Andrea Peterson is one of the rare drummers who can make his Brecht Forum 451 West Street Crouch’s “My Tribute”, cast in a meditative mood, drum kit sing and he uses his hands and sticks spirituality coming through without the need of a masterfully on Handy’s “Lexi’s Song”, displaying the vocalist. The young bassist Alex Claffy is Evans’ only genius that has made him one of the best in the www.DissidentArts.com accompaniment for this masterful track. This release is business. A ferocious rendition of Woody Shaw’s “The

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | August 2013 19 Prediction and Warning Trouble in Paradise Ikue Mori/Steve Noble Phantom Orchard (Fataka) Orchestra (Tzadik) by John Sharpe Ikue Mori has been a fixture of the Downtown sphere since the ‘80s, sharing her idiosyncratic sound sculpting with a stellar cast of collaborators. Her ambit continues to expand as demonstrated in two very different but novel settings. Improv albums can sometimes seem to be the product of parallel but unrelated events, which may be what’s intended, but can be curiously uninvolving. However, that’s not the case with Prediction and Warning, as Mori discovers another simpatico partner in drummer Steve Noble, a staple of the busy London scene. Mori betrays her origins as a drummer, as her percussive gene meshes exuberantly with Noble’s physical drive and tone color play. All eight cuts are spontaneous, but with Noble always likely to reference overt rhythmic patterns, they do not lack for structure. Mori’s manipulations, ranging from fizzing splutters and exhalations to insectoid hums amplified beyond bearing, veer dizzyingly toward and away from the Englishman’s trajectory. At best they stagger into a crazed syncopation of sudden silences and lurching clatter, as in a wonderful passage partway through “Montparnasse Derailment”. One of the most appealing elements of Noble’s arsenal lies in his deployment of an array of untethered cymbals and gongs, smote as if part of a deranged gamelan orchestra, provoking Mori to create an intertwining backdrop of sighing pulsations on “Atmospheric Pressure”. It’s not all power play, as the ambient mélange of scraped metal and sine wave squiggles on “Land of Famine” provide respite from the sonic maelstrom elsewhere, but whatever the weather, they prove an inspired twosome. Another twinning, but of greater vintage, lies at the heart of Trouble in Paradise. Harpist Zeena Parkins possesses a back-story as broad as Mori. In 2004 the pair formed the Phantom Orchard project, which expanded with the addition of five other women into the Phantom Orchard Orchestra, following an invitation to the New Jazz Meeting in Baden-Baden, Germany in 2008. Recordings from three dates on that tour have been assembled, documenting their metamorphosis into a collective exuding mystery, exoticism and a strange unsettling beauty. With three people credited with electronics, it’s hard to be sure exactly what’s Mori and what’s not, but in the sweeping soundscapes they generate the individual is subsumed into the joint extemporizations. Sometimes segments sound scripted, as in the stately consonance between the harp, cello and violin of Parkins and her sisters Maggie and Sara on “Red Blue and Green” or the baroque counterpoint in which the three indulge on “Sun Metal”, before becoming engulfed in a swirling miasma of voice and electronica. But headlong switches of direction prevent any settling into comfort zones. Old and new worlds collide, as if a string section has been beamed into a sci-fi dystopia of strangled growls, half-heard laments and distorted shrieks. Vocalist Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje adds the human quality to a mix, which careens between the ethereal, chaotic, percussive and funky, but always eminently listenable.

For more information, visit fataka.net and tzadik.com. Mori is at ShapeShifter Lab Aug. 15th with Briggan Krauss and The Stone Aug. 22nd and 31st. See Calendar.

20 August 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD like as he frequently will blur his lines with all manner of smears, growls and high-pitched shrieks. And Fujii’s deep harmonic conception covers all bases at KITANO JAZZMusic • Restaurant • Bar as well, giving him plenty of leeway. Tamura’s “ONE OF THE BEST JAZZ CLUBS IN NYC” ... NYC JAZZ RECORD compositions are an attractive lot with “In Barcelona, LIVE JAZZ EVERY In June” providing a Spanish tinge that seems to WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY inspire both players. “Galvanic” and “Clone” are the $10 WED./THUR + $15 Minimum/Set. most driving pieces. On the latter Fujii pounds out $25 FRI./SAT. + $15 Minimum/Set primal rhythms, rich in dissonance as Tamura etches 2 SETS 8:00 PM & 10:00 PM

acrobatic lines above. It’s a riveting performance and JAZZ BRUNCH EVERY SUNDAY ends the album on a memorable note. TONY MIDDLETON TRIO Time Stands Still Satoko Fujii ma-do (Not Two) For those who have yet to hear Fujii, you can do 11 AM - 2 PM • GREAT BUFFET - $35 Spring Storm Satoko Fujii New Trio (Libra) no worse than pick up any of these discs. And if you’re OPEN JAM SESSION MONDAY NIGHTS Muku Natsuki Tamura/Satoko Fujii (Libra) smart, you’ll get all three. 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM • HOSTED BY IRIS ORNIG SOLO PIANO EVERY TUESDAY IN JULY • 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM by Robert Iannapollo AUGUST 6, 13, 20, & 27 - GLENN ZALESKI • $15 MINIMUM For more information, visit nottwo.com and librarecords.com. THURS. AUGUST 1 Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii has a renown amongst Fujii is at The Stone Aug. 20th-25th and Spectrum Aug. 27th. CAMILA MEZA QUARTET CD RELEASE EVENT "PRISMA" her fellow musicians in inverse proportion to her See Calendar. CAMILA MEZA, GERALD CLAYTON under-the-radar popular notoriety. Dividing her time LINDA OH, JUSTIN BROWN $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM between Japan and the US, she has released nearly 70 FRI. AUGUST 2 albums under her own name since the mid ‘90s. And TONY HEWITT QUARTET TONY HEWITT, she has been tapped by many of her international peers ED HOWARD, VICTOR LEWIS for her arranging skills (Gebhard Ullmann’s Big Band $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM SAT. AUGUST 3 project), pianistic abilities (ROVA saxophonist Larry THE WOLFF & CLARK EXPEDITION Ochs) and general creativity (Jim O’Rourke). Her own , MIKE CLARK, BEN ALLISON $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM recordings show the reason for this. She leads a number WED. AUGUST 7 of ensembles and always gives her players interesting EDDIE HENDERSON QUARTET and challenging material. Below are three recent FEATURING TIGER ONITSUKA EDDIE HENDERSON, TIGER ONITSUKA releases, each with a different configuration. JOHN DI MARTINO, ED HOWARD In The Spur of the Moment $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM ma-do is a quartet formed in 2008 with her Justin Robinson (WJ3) THURS. AUGUST 8 husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, Norikatsu by Robert Milburn GEORGE MEL QUARTET Koreyasu (bass, sadly recently deceased) and Akira GEORGE MEL, DAN BLAKE LEO GENOVESE, APOSTOLOS SIDERIS Horikoshi (drums). Time Stands Still is the group’s Alto saxophonist Justin Robinson is best known for $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM third and (most likely) final release. The band deals in his work as a sideman, most recently as foil to FRI. & SAT. AUGUST 9 & 10 RONI BEN-HUR QUARTET complex compositions with multiple sections, tempo trumpeter Roy Hargrove. Robinson has not released an CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF BILLY STRAYHORN changes and dense interplay, all delivered with energy album as a leader in over 20 years; instead he’s RONI BEN-HUR, AMY LONDON , and verve belying its complexity. Appropriately, the seasoned his chops among top-notch musicians, such $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM first minutes of “Fortitude” are given over as the Harper Brothers, Cecil Brooks III and Jimmy WED. AUGUST 14 to an arco solo that becomes a duo with Fujii before the Scott. It was high time for Robinson to release an album NANCY REED TRIO NANCY REED, JIM RIDL, STEVE VARNER band enters with the piece’s urgent off-kilter rhythm. of his own to showcase those years of marinating. $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM Elsewhere, Fujii plays a prepared piano solo on “Time Since his 1991 debut The Challenge, the saxophonist THURS. AUGUST 15 HENDRIK MEURKENS/ANTONIO ADOLF00 Flies” and Tamura and Koreyasu (arco once more) has grown beyond the technical facility of a firebrand BRAZILIAN QUARTET engage in a remarkable duet on “Broken Time”. The set youngster into a refined veteran whose patience HENDRIK MEURKENS, ANTONIO ADOLFO GUSTAVO AMARANTE, ADRIANO SANTOS closes with the title track, an affecting ballad, which complements those loose bop extrapolations. The $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM while not initially conceived as a tribute to a departed album opens with the title track, a textured swinger of FRI. AUGUST 16 LEW TABACKIN TRIO friend, seems, in retrospect, to fulfill that function. It’s sorts. Robinson oozes potent evocations, his tone LEW TABACKIN, PAUL GILL, MARK TAYLOR a perfect way to close the chapter on ma-do. taking on a robust yet screeching intensity. Contrast $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM SAT. AUGUST 17 Fujii’s first piano trio with bassist this against the atmospheric evenness of “Father”, HARRY ALLEN QUARTET and drummer Jim Black recorded six albums between which features the indelible Hargrove. The trumpeter’s HARRY ALLEN, ROSSANO SPORTIELLO, JOEL FORBES, KEVIN KANNER 1997-2008. She formed a new trio in 2012 with American sumptuous warmth complements Robinson’s melodic $25 COVER + $15 MINIMU bassist Todd Nicholson and drummer Takashi Itani depth to great effect. Hargrove also bolsters “Nusia’s WED. AUGUST 21 OPEN ENDED and Spring Storm is their first release. The trio format is Poem”. Muted, the trumpeter and his counterpart CD RELEASE EVENT FOR “OPEN ENDED” the best way to hear Fujii’s piano, as she successfully work patiently through an understated melody with MARK SMALL, ASEN DOYKIN, PETER SLAVOV. COLIN STRANAHAN $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM homes in on the aesthetics of jazz’ two premier postbop serious harmonic profundity. THURS. AUGUST 22 stylists: (a mentor) and Cecil Taylor. The Robinson then pays homage to the greats. On PATRICK CORNELIUS SEXTET opening chords and her use of space on the title track Coltrane’s “Like Sonny”, the saxophonist layers lines CD RELEASE EVENT “INFINITE BLUE” PATRICK CORNELIUS, MIKE RODRIGUEZ, NICK VAYENAS point to the former while the sweeping barrages of soaked in effervescent swing, matched by Dwayne FRANK KIMBROUGH, PETER SLAVOV, BILLY DRUMMOND $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM “Convection” point to the latter’s influence. But in her Burno’s coolly strutting bass. Veteran pianist Larry FRI. AUGUST 23 own voice and with her compositions as source Willis’ improvisational buoyancy prods the sense of ALEXIS COLE QUARTET ALEXIS COLE, JOHN DI MARTINO material, her music is not merely imitative. Nicholson’s tension before yielding to sonorous resolution. JIM CAMMACK, arco bass work on “Maebure” adds a haunting Explosive drummer (and WJ3 label head) Willie Jones $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM SAT. AUGUST 24 counterpoint to Fujii’s line and Itani’s drumming is III opens Charlie Parker’s “Cool Blues” with an JUNIOR MANCE TRIO effective throughout, especially on “Fuki”. Based on excitable exploration of his kit to which Robinson CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF PERFORMING JUNIOR MANCE, HIDE TANAKA, MICHI FUJI this disc, this trio has potential for the long haul. responds with an eruption of bebop lines, his approach $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM Periodically, Fujii and Tamura take a break from a reverential tribute to Bird. While the composition WED. AUGUST 28 KATSUKO TANAKA TRIO their various projects to reconnect in that most intimate “Light Blue” may seem like a showcase of the leader’s KATSUKO TANAKA, , WILLIE JONES III of musical forms, the duet. Muku is a follow up to recollection of the bop idiom, again à la Parker and $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM THURS. AUGUST 29 2008’s Chun. Whereas that previous disc featured all Coltrane, his articulate inventiveness is unflappable. ASAKO TAKASAKI QUARTET Fujii compositions, Muku is a showcase for Tamura’s The song’s languid melody yields to spirited ASAKO TAKASAKI, JOHN DI MARTINO ED HOWARD, SHINNOSUKE TAKAHASI writing and the tenor here is much different from the improvisations from both the saxophonist and Willis. $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM FRI. AUGUST 30 energetic Chun. The music is mostly slow, almost Hopefully, we will not have to wait another DEE DANIELS QUINTET meditative, with a hint of melancholy. There’s a give 20-plus years for the saxophonist’s next release but DEE DANIELS, CARLTON HOLMES T.K. BLUE, PAUL BEAUDRY, ALVESTER GARNETT and take to these duets that comes from playing regardless Robinson will remain a formidable presence $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM together since the early ‘90s but nothing is ever by of first-call musicianship. SAT. AUGUST 31 / rote. Tamura’s spiky trumpet reaches stratospherically SARA CASWELL DUO and subsonically, zigzagging in all directions. When For more information, visit williejones3.com. Robinson is at $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM RESERVATIONS - 212-885-7119 sticking close to the melody he can sound almost Blue Note Aug. 20th-25th with Roy Hargrove and Smoke VISIT OUR TWEETS AT: http://twitter.com/kitanonewyork Miles-ian. Yet his clear allegiance is to sound sculptors Aug. 30th-31st. See Calendar. www.kitano.com • email: [email protected] ò 66 Park Avenue @ 38th St.

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | August 2013 21 days prior to the appearance at the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2009 festival documented on the second disc. Besides the Winkler piece, the two sessions would seem to be improvised (all three members receive composer credits) but a similar integrity of purpose pervades throughout. And while Le Vent et La Gorge was recorded in 2007 and Fo[u]r Alto in 2011, the three titles seem to comprise a set. The covers all feature details from the

same painting (Gabriele D.R. Guenther’s “Questions & Answers”) and all deal with stillness and structure in Fo[u]r Alto (4 Compositions by Frank Gratkowski) compelling ways. Frank Gratkowski (Leo) Le Vent et La Gorge For more information, visit leorecords.com. Gratkowski is at Frank Gratkowski Quartet (Leo) Douglass Street Music Collective Aug. 29th, Spectrum Thu, Aug 1 CHRIS SPEED TRIO FEST. 8:30PM Vermilion Traces | Donaueschingen 2009 Aug. 30th and JACK Aug. 31st. See Calendar. Chris Tordini, Dave King Frank Gratkowski//William Winant + Gerhard E. Winkler (Leo) Fri, Aug 2 CHRIS SPEED TRIO FEST. 9PM & 10:30PM Sat , Aug 3 Chris Tordini, Dave King by Kurt Gottschalk

Sun, Aug 4 Ben van Gelder QUINTET 8:30PM The saxophone quartet is probably the most common Ambrose Akinmusire, Joe Sanders, Craig Weinrib of uncommon jazz instrumentations. But bringing Mon, Aug 5 VOXIFY FESTIVAL: LAILA BIALI 8:30PM together four altos isn’t the most radical move Matt Aronoff Gratkowski has made with Fo[u]r Alto. While the like VOXIFY FESTIVAL: LEALA CYR & RICARDO VOGT 10PM Ricardo Vogt; Nicky Schrire, host instrumentation is noteworthy, the real radical move

Tue, Aug 6 VOXIFY FESTIVAL: MELISSA STYLIANOU 8:30PM here is in the music he wrote. Jamie Reynolds, Gary Wang, Greg Ritchie Gratkowski treats the four horns (himself, VOXIFY FESTIVAL: KAT CALVOSA 10PM Christian Weidner, Benjamin Weidekamp and Florian Ross Pederson, Julia Adamy; Nicky Schrire, host Down Home Bergmann) as a single instrument, striving for harmony Wed, Aug 7 VOXIFY FESTIVAL: BRIANNA THOMAS 8:30PM Petr Cancura (RootsToBoot) VOXIFY FESTIVAL: NICOLE ZURAITIS 10PM more than counterpoint. The music, in fact, sounds by Clifford Allen Dan Pugach, Scott Colberg; Nicky Schrire, host more like composition for church organ than anything

Thu, Aug 8 BOTH SIDES NOW FEST: TALIA BILLIG 8:30PM else. He crafts rich layers of prolonged tones in the Tenor saxophonist, banjoist and mandolin player Petr Nick Jozwiak, Daniel Ellis Ferris, Max Jaffe opening “TamTam 4a” and orchestrates even softer Cancura lends a diverse cast of influences to Down BOTH SIDES NOW FEST: MADDIE DEUTCH 10PM Talia Billig, host sounds from inside the horns on “Molto Fluttante”. Home, an “audio letter” to his experiences in Mississippi The third piece, “Likewise”, comes closest to the and the birth of his young daughter. Inspired by a range Fri, Aug 9 BOTH SIDES NOW FEST: JESSE HARRIS 9PM Bill Dobrow jazziness of the sax quartet tradition, but still in very of folk traditions, including those of the American South BOTH SIDES NOW FEST: MARGARET GLASPY 10:30PM measured paces. The closing “Sound I” returns to and Balkans (which are not-unlikely bedfellows), Talia Billig, host time-expanding playing, stretching the formula to a Cancura is joined on a program of 13 pieces by cornetist Sat, Aug 10 BOTH SIDES NOW FEST: JEAN ROHE 9PM variegated drone piece. The music seems to be strictly Kirk Knuffke, trombonist Brian Drye, bassist Garth Ilusha Tsinadze BOTH SIDES NOW FEST: FIT CLUB 10:30PM scored and what’s most striking is that while the Stevenson and drummer Richie Barshay. Guitarists Benjamin Lazar Davis, Sarah Pedinotti, settings may be familiar the delivery is impeccably Chris Bartos and Clay Ross, banjo player Jayme Stone Will Graefe, Jeremy Gustin; Talia Billig, host tight and on point. and Cancura’s partner Liz Hanson (snare drum) also Sun, Aug 11 JULIA PATINELLA 8:30PM Gratkowski’s quartet on Le Vent et La Gorge is a make appearances, as do field recordings of his child Andreas Arnold more traditional jazz lineup, with himself on and a taped storytelling. Cancura is known as a regular Mon, Aug 12 CABARET FESTIVAL: THE DUFFIAN CABARET 8:30PM saxophones and , (trombone), (and powerful) foil for such heavies as Joe Rick Bassett, Rachel Peters, Mark Sonnenblick Dieter Manderscheid (bass) and Morris, Jim Hobbs and Luther Gray and while he does Tue, Aug 13 CABARET FESTIVAL: SANDA WEIGL: (drums), but the compositional strategies are notably dig in with his guttural tenor to time on this THE LAZIEST GIRL IN TOWN 8:30PM Joseph Charles similar. As if picking up where Fo[u]r Alto left off, the disc, such exhortations aren’t really the point here. quartet disc opens with a sort of filo dough drone and Opener “Those Were the Times” echoes Wed, Aug 14 CABARET FESTIVAL: FORGOTTEN LOVERS 8:30PM Nathalie Schmidt, Jason Yeager picks up the pace over the course of the eight-part in its clattering rhythm and broken banjo plinks, suite “Harm-Oh-Nie” and four shorter pieces. As with resplendent with a brassy swagger that soon falls into Thu, Aug 15 ANDREW D’ANGELO QUARTET 9PM & 10:30PM Jeff Lederer, , Mike Pride the sax quartet, the music doesn’t liven up at the risk loose, darting conversation. “Farmer Tune” is a slick of losing control. Gratkowski at times allows some hot hoedown; its initial melody focuses on slippery tenor Fri, Aug 16 MICHAEL FORMANEK’S RESONATOR 9PM & 10:30PM Sat, Aug 17 Loren Stillman, Chris Speed, Angelica Sanchez, jazz to seep in, giving Wierbos some wonderful soloing and elegant drum shuffle. Knuffke’s narrow blats and Wed, Aug 21 NIKOLAJ HESS QUARTET 8:30PM space. In other passages, he works the clarinet, Stone’s lacy banjo work also factor into the garrulous Marc Mommaas, Jay Anderson, Clarence Penn trombone and arco bass in near unison, making a trio direction of the tune, Drye a slushy maestro inside an Wed, Aug 28 BRAZIL FEST: RICHARD MILLER TRIO 8:30PM of different but easily melding voices. increasingly complex fabric. Incisive polyphony Itaiguara Brandao, Vanderlei Pereira The double disc Vermilion Traces | Donaueschingen surrounds the leader’s gutbucket statements on the BRAZIL FEST: GRUPO LOS SANTOS 10PM Pete Smith, Paul Carlon, Dave Ambrosio, 2009 may be the most compelling of the three releases shambolic cut “Roasting”, its gestures of stateliness William “Beaver” Bausch under review here. It is, in any event, the most and rollick a perfect followup to the gorgeous country- Thu, Aug 29 NEW BRAZILIAN PERSPECTIVES: otherworldly. The just-under-two-hour program seems klezmer hybrid of “My Country”. A field recording BILLY NEWMAN SEXTET 8:30PM to spiderweb out from “Bikini Atoll”, the 20-minute (with Drye on ) appears in “We Ain’t Gonna Stop Ben Holmes, Michaël Attias, Eric Schugren, Leco Reis, Vanderlei Pereira 8:30PM composition by Gerhard Winkler that starts off the Now!”, the ensemble in full martial mode for a rousing BRAZIL FEST: GUILHERME MONTEIRO TRIO 10PM second disc. It’s played by a quartet of Gratkowski and bit of in medias res in the disc’s center. Gary Wang, Anthony Pinciotti percussionist William Winant - both capable of But there are moments of arid jazz-Americana that Fri, Aug 30 BRAZIL FEST: AMANDA RUZZA GROUP 9PM enormous subtlety in their playing - and two musicians emerge a few tracks later and as such the interplay Mamiko Watanabe, Alex Nolan, Ben Flocks, Kenny Grohowski BRAZIL FEST: ROGÉRIO BOCCATO’S employing computer processing, the composer and between Cancura and Knuffke doesn’t quite levitate AFTER BOSSA-NOVA QUARTET 10:30PM pianist Chris Brown. The piece manages an unusual the action on “Partners in Crime”. To be fair, the focus Dan Blake, Nando Michelin, Gary Wang mix of ominous beauty, with the natural voices of the of Down Home is significantly atmospheric and Sat, Aug 31 BOBBY AVEY QUARTET 9PM & 10:30PM acoustic instruments either rising above or blending evocative rather than pure improvisation for its own Jonathan Finlayson, Chris Tordini, Jordan Perlson quite wonderfully in with the slowly evolving ends - and with that in mind, Cancura recites a story of electronic sound bed. It’s the only track on which beachside loss to the distant echoes of massive brass Winkler appears, but the agenda over the rest of the chords, further extended in the closing hymn “Lay Me collection seems much the same: extended techniques Down”. Down Home is a curious new entry into are never used in a jarring way and more ‘musical’ Cancura’s discography and paints a broader picture of passages are left to float and sink again alone, without the Bostonian firebrand. the support of multiple instruments. The first disc, Vermilion Traces, is comprised of nine tracks (all but For more information, visit petrcancura.com. This project is two under ten minutes) and was recorded over four at Barbès Aug. 29th. See Calendar.

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doing a broadcast from the Royal Roost and Fire)” and less cloyingly on “Explode, Reform & Move discographies list another 16 such broadcast dates over On”. Bassist Aryeh Kobrinsky stands out for standing the next six months. But how many will wind up being still with long, arco pedal tones - the perfect ballast for included in the Fremeaux series remains to be seen, as Moses’ constantly renewed percussive torrents. only two of the five broadcasts from the timespan On Sacred Exhalations, the torrents are more covered have been included here (sound quality torrential and the architecture is less pronounced, considerations, again). For the Dec. 11th date, Al Haig perhaps due to the numerically and instrumentally has replaced on piano. Haig had worked smaller ensemble of Moses, Strickland, Raqib Hassan with Parker in 1945-46 so the transition was fairly (tenor saxophone, musette and Tibetan horn) and

Intégrale Charlie Parker, Vol. 5: Parker’s Mood (1947-1949) seamless. Rather more serious was the sudden Om-Mudra Tom Arabia (tenor saxophone). Here, the Charlie Parker (Fremeaux & Associes) departure of Miles Davis, who was replaced by Kenny late Coltrane antecedent is more pronounced, as is the by Duck Baker Dorham just in time for the Christmas day broadcast need for better taxonomy. Pieces like “Prayer Suite: that accounts for most of the third disc here. Given the Surrender to the One” is by now familiar enough in Even casual jazz fans know that alto saxophonist fact that Parker hated rehearsals, one has to marvel at sound, established in methodology and different Charlie “Bird” Parker was one of the founding fathers how well Dorham handled himself right from the start. enough from the output of Diana Krall that both cannot of modern jazz, that his career was cut short and that The Royal Roost recordings are valuable for the be called jazz. Those looking for tropes of the ‘40s, most contemporary players are still working through opportunity they provide to hear Bird’s working band prepare for disappointment. Those looking for tropes things that he introduced to the music. Many would during what was a time of transition for them and of the ‘60s can expect a fresh and vital reading from a also be aware that he produced many of his most phenomenal creativity for him. The last five tracks on thoughtfully assembled group of top-notch musicians. famous recordings during the late ‘40s. Several of these CD three date from the Metronome All-Star session of Stripping the instrumentation down to a duo, appear on this set, about half of which comes from January 1949, which featured modernists of various Forces of the Wild dispenses with fuming incense Bird’s last three studio sessions for Savoy, one of the stripes, from beboppers to cool-schoolers like Lennie stenchers and technicolor wonderment in favor of a two fledgling indie labels that held “exclusive” deals Tristano, whose typically gnarly “Victory Ball” is palette rich in grays and black; there is less asking, with him at the time. Shortly after the last of these entertaining for many reasons, including Davis’ more telling. Moses’ ever nimble drumming is welcome sessions, Parker signed with Mercury and producer earnest attempt at a high-note climax to his solo. alongside Andy Bianco’s overdriven nihilistic guitar. Norman Granz, with whom he would remain until the Though not as nimble as John McLaughlin (though he end. And while he certainly recorded a lot of significant For more information, visit fremeaux.com. Parker tributes comes close on “Mechanization”), one wishes music for Granz, his legacy is defined by the Savoy and are at Birdland Aug. 27th-31st and Smoke Aug. 30th-31st. McLaughlin would hire Bianco as his tonal , as the Dial work and the best of his live recordings. See Calendar. latter’s sound is closer to the Mahavishnu Orchestra That brings us to the fact that this “complete” set than anything McLaughlin is doing these days. Unless really makes no pretense at being so, though it does something spectacular happens in the next few months, aim to steer a sensible course through waters that have count Forces of the Wild as 2013’s top contribution to the been muddy ever since Jazz at Massy Hall first appeared literature of the guitar/drum duo. with the name “Charlie Chan” on the cover in 1953. The idea is to exclude most of the privately- For more information, visit nativepulse.com/ made live recordings for reasons of sound quality. Ra-KalamRecords.html and andybiancomusic.com Thus we do not get the high-octane but low-fidelity Onyx club recordings that were released as Bird on 52nd St. and other such informal recordings. But this series will certainly make the process of getting most DEBORAH LATZ of Parker’s music in one place easier than it has been. The sound quality is quite good, as are Alain Tercinet’s FIG TREE notes. Tercinet doesn’t mind the occasional far-reaching The Illuminated Heart Ra-Kalam (Ra-Kalam) statement, but as these are all of the well-considered SOMETHIN’ JAZZ CLUB Sacred Exhalations SHAPESHIFTER LAB Remembering variety, they add rather than detract. One can only Ra-Kalam Bob Moses (Ra-Kalam) Fig Tree Release Tour envy younger listeners who will be able to start with Forces of the Wild Wednesday, August 7 Judy Lew and Lee Dirks this series and add to it as they wish. Andy Bianco/Bob Moses Duo (s/r) 1 set / 8PM Wednesday, August 28 The Savoy sessions are presented as recorded, by Stanley Zappa Deborah Latz, vox 1 set / 9PM beginning with the 12/21/1947 quintet date (just four Jon Davis, piano Deborah Latz, vox days after the last Dial session, with JJ Johnson), with There are musicians constitutionally unable to play Ray Parker, bass Jon Davis, piano all the alternate tracks in sequence. Honestly, a the same thing twice, listeners who embrace that Willard Dyson, drums Ray Parker, bass collection of this sort can’t really do things any other reality and the occasional music commodifier willing Reservations (646) 820 9452 Willard Dyson, drums way and for those who know the music well, it’s to ‘take a chance’ on non-repeatability. The harder it is Reservations (212) 371 7657 always intriguing to hear Parker and his working band to tell who is who and what is what, what is written, (trumpeter Miles Davis, bassist Curley Russell, what is by ‘chance’, the more interesting the music. “She is my favorite new singer!" drummer and either Duke Jordan or John Ra-Kalam Bob Moses inhabits that interesting strata — John Hammel, Home Grown Radio NJ Lewis on piano) wrestle the tunes to the ground. Parker where obscure genealogy produces undeniable effect. challenged himself as a soloist almost every time out, Is it jazz? Is it ‘world music’? Just how written are the “ As lucid as it is breathtaking, it is music with the inevitable result that he sometimes painted pieces? The music is strong enough to sustain repeated of the sort that happens when the himself into a corner and had to cut things short. Just investigation. If music criticism enjoyed the same level best companions get together.” as often, promising improvs were marred by reed of taxonomic development (not to mention the same — Andrew Vélez, problems. And if Parker would sometimes make faux amount of willing suspension of disbelief among New York City Jazz Record pas, Davis at age 21 or 22 could hardly be expected not readers and publishers) as enjoyed in the world of to, though by late 1947 he had matured considerably visual art criticism, Moses’ output would share an “Latz's approach to the standard from his debut with Bird two years earlier. appellation with John Coltrane’s and Alice material is fiercely unique...” These sessions did not produce many of Parker’s Coltrane’s work thereafter - there is an awe, a reverence — C. Michael Bailey, most famous compositions, but some of the writing is and for want of a better word, a spirituality that the All About Jazz quite innovative, like “Ah-Leu-Cha” and its use of pork pie ii-V-I crowd are quick to write off as Mystic counterpoint (in which John Lewis is said to have had Woo Woo. a hand) or pieces like “Another Hair-Do” for the way On The Illuminated Heart, Virginia Rogers’ harp composed and improvised material is combined. One ads an all-too-rarely-heard sonority in a distinct and www.deborahlatz.com tune that did achieve classic status was the largely delightfully unfamiliar voice. Turns out there’s more www.facebook.com/DeborahLatzJazzNY improvised “Parker’s Mood”. But probably the biggest than one road to Journey in Satchidananda. Vivek Patel, www.twitter.com/@DeborahLatz attraction was the outrageous blowing on tracks like with a trumpet tone representing equal parts bravery “Bird Gets the Worm” and “Klaunstance”, which and measured caution, and Stan Strickland, on soprano sounded as wild to 1948 ears as saxophone, bass clarinet, flute and voice (in descending would a decade later. order), complement each other flatteringly, particularly iTunes/Amazon/CD Baby Photo ©Todd Weinstein In September 1948, Parker’s quintet was recorded so on “Bells and Sheels (Dancing Around the Sacred

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bit surprising to realize this is actually his recording minute trumpet solo from Pelt. Two other Blakey-era debut as a bandleader. Moment & The Message is clearly tunes are also featured: the haunting ballad “Eva” and a considered statement, a work in self-definition as a the dramatic “Mr. Jin”. The lone Weiss original, composer and performer. “Turning Gate”, is a midtempo groover actually based A glance at Finlayson’s titles will reinforce the on a Shorter tune and fits in perfectly with the album’s sense of seriousness. His band name is taken from a overall theme. strategy in chess, as is a composition, “Ruy Lopez”. The set closes with an ambitious treatment of Several pieces refer to ancient walled cities, including “Prometheus Unbound”, an intricate, nearly 15-minute “Scaen Gates”, an allusion to the Troy of The Iliad, and suite that Weiss manages to tame thanks

Small Constructions the Phoenician cities of “Tyre” and “Carthage”, all to scorching solos from Pelt and Marcus Strickland on /Dan Tepfer (Sunnyside) cities that were famously besieged. Another title, soprano sax. by Sean O’Connell “Tensegrity”, a term coined by Buckminster Fuller from the phrase “tensional integrity”, may reflect a For more information, visit motema.com. This project is at From the front of Small Constructions a couple of clean- principle underlying all the other metaphors: Finlayson Dizzy’s Club Aug. 22nd-25th. See Calendar. cut, barefoot dudes rest on top of a rather expensive is preoccupied with structure and complex patterns, surrounded by the many other with strategies of combat and defensive machinery. expensive musical instruments they used to create this Despite predilections for gaming and difficulty, ODD MAN OUT! album. Those 20 fingers and four ears managed, in just the work is neither superfluous nor ponderous. It has THE STONKING NEW ALBUM FROM THE NICK HEMPTON BAND four days, to record a dozen tunes testifying to their the focused intensity of Finlayson mentors like JOIN US FOR THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH! telepathic sense of understanding and mastery of the Coleman and Henry Threadgill. The compositions are SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 7:30-10PM studio. The approach employed by pianist Dan Tepfer well served by an excellent band - guitarist Miles SMALLS JAZZ CLUB (183 W. 10TH ST. @7TH AVE.) and saxophonist Ben Wendel is quite a sound, Okazaki, pianist David Virelles, bassist Keith Witty generating a two-man orchestra in minutes. and drummer Damion Reid - that negotiates Finlayson’s Wendel and Tepfer penned four tunes apiece while patterns with aplomb while the musical structures the final track, “Oblique Strategy”, is a collaborative connect directly to states of consciousness: ambiguous, party trick that transcends the idea. The duo trade intense and fraught with revelation. “Scaean Gates” instruments for a reflective ballad, an appreciated can suggest a sunny day, but it’s a sunny day with closer for a whirlwind recording, fitting perfectly into clouds, animated by a quick military step. Finlayson the scope of the album. plays brilliantly here, with a saxophone-like fluency of A pair of Monk tunes, “Pannonica” and “Ask Me line and timbre, enlivening his solos with sudden Now”, highlight their respectful interpretations with unexpected turns. The moody “Fives and Pennies”, at sensitive, straightforward readings. On “Line Up” the over 12 minutes by far the longest piece here, is a fine duo simultaneously channels Wendy Carlos Williams example of his ability to develop, expand and control and Lennie Tristano, launching into a dizzying display his rhythmic and tonal materials. of technique and production that can leave the listener breathless, never mind the musicians. It’s a remarkable For more information, visit pirecordings.com. Finlayson is NICKHEMPTONBAND.COM POSI-TONE.COM display that warrants countless listenings and no at Barbès Aug. 14th with Ches Smith, The Stone Aug. doubt many failed attempts at recreation in basement 16th-18th with Mary Halvorson and Cornelia Street Café practice spaces. A similar vibe penetrates Tepfer’s Aug. 31st with Bobby Avey. See Calendar. “Nines” as an ominous oscillation fills every beat,

Wendel dropping cartwheels over the tension. “Gratitude” slows the affair with a rich layer provided by no less than six horn overdubs and a stretched melodica resembling high strings. The duo even digs into some Handel with “Variation 1 in D minor”. Wendel sets up a seamless four-part harmony, his holding down the gentle sway, as Tepfer conjures his own slow and swinging Baroque phrases. There is a natural apprehension to overly- produced jazz recordings but Wendel and Tepfer have Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter created a winning combination of studio magic and (Motéma Music) August 6th musical wizardry. When they dig into a pocket by Joel Roberts symphony, every sound is essential while they Jeff “Siege” Siegal Quintet frequently focus on their two live voices interacting. The question for anyone venturing to record a Wayne The result is rich and impressive and thankfully still Shorter tribute album - especially a single-CD set - is deeply rooted in spur-of-the-moment improvisation. where to begin? There’s over 50 years worth of glorious August 13th tunes in a variety of styles by the man widely John Kordalewski and For more information, visit sunnysiderecords.com. Wendel considered the greatest living composer in jazz. is at Jazz Standard Aug. 27th with Linda Oh. Tepfer is at Rather than revisiting Shorter’s most familiar the Makanda Project Ibeam Brooklyn Aug. 22nd with Brad Linde. See Calendar. gems, trumpeter David Weiss delves a little deeper into the saxophonist’s extensive songbook on his new August 20th release. Joined by a truly stellar mini-big band featuring the likes of Ravi Coltrane, Jeremy Pelt, and Eyal Vilner Big Band Marcus and EJ Strickland, among others, Weiss presents fresh takes on tunes drawn from Shorter’s August 27th tenures with Art Blakey and Miles Davis, as well as from his recent late-career resurgence. Weiss’ Mike Longo Funk Band arrangements for the 12-piece group aren’t radical overhauls of the originals, but subtly shaded reharmonizations that enhance, seldom straying too New York Baha’i Center far from Shorter’s intent. Moment & The Message 53 E. 11th Street Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense (Pi) The album opens with a hard-charging version of (between University Place and Broadway) by Stuart Broomer “Nellie Bly”, an early Shorter composition that actually predates his Jazz Messengers years, with forceful solo Shows: 8:00 & 9:30 PM Given trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson‘s career, turns from trombonist and alto saxophonist Gen Adm: $15 Students $10 including joining Steve Coleman’s Five Elements as a Tim Green. That’s followed by a powerful reading of 212-222-5159 teenager in 2000 and making stellar contributions to “Fall”, an evocative ballad from the classic Miles Davis bahainyc.org/nyc-bahai-center/jazz-night bands led by Steve Lehman and Mary Halvorson, it’s a album Nefertiti, centered around a stirring three-

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and Richmond, Virginia, since 2007; the music here is are demonstrated on two tracks - “Entre Cuerdas”, a from a Richmond-based band, NO BS Brass!, and was solo piece, and “Double Portion” with Wilson. Lennon- first performed at a MAP festival in Richmond in July, McCartney’s “Come Together” comes up next in a 2012. A nonet whose antecedents range from New bluesy treatment from Cohen and guitarist . Orleans brass bands to Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy, The final track brings Frisell, Jensen, Moran, Wilson NO BS Brass! includes (contra) tuba, bass trombone, and Nash together for Monk’s “Blue Monk”, done as a two , three (one doubling tenor march by a New Orleans street band. You can almost sax), a saxophonist and a drummer. The band captures see the second line tagging along behind the band. the spirit and fervor of Mingus but infuses it with There is something for everyone – from traditional

Livin’ the Dream Crescent City grooves. to mainstream to avant garde – in a recording that Mickey Freeman (Blue Duchess) The titular centerpiece is Mingus’ “Haitian Fight recalls the energy and excitement of the festival that by Suzanne Lorge Song”, in a version eschewing the long prologue build- inspired it. up of the original recording, picking up in medias res Vocalist Mickey Freeman already had more than 30 with the signature horn figures from the brass before For more information, visit artistshare.com years of professional singing experience under her belt dueling simultaneous solos from trombonist Reggie when she recorded her first solo album, Livin’ the Pace and baritone saxophonist David Hood trigger the Dream. With even a cursory listen you’ll notice fervent ensemble out-choruses. “Better Git It In Your Freeman’s comfort with many styles of vocal jazz Soul” kicks off with solo tuba, the 6/8 theme unfurling music; with a closer listen you’ll notice her natural feel from the band before changing to a New Orleans for the grooves and the lyrics and obvious enjoyment shuffle beat, replete with tambourine, for a round of of each standard she performs. solos from trumpet and trombone in accelerating Freeman’s traditional approach to these 12 tempo. Trombonist Bryan Hooten’s arrangement of romantic tunes leaves little question about where her “Jelly Roll” changes up Mingus’ time to a funky 7/8 preferences as a singer lie. She’s a master at swinging beat by Stefan Demetriadis’ tuba. “Girl of My Dreams” (“It’s All Right With Me”), the blues (“I Ain’t Got is transformed from a ballad to a midtempo groove Nothing But The Blues”) and jazz ballads (“A Time For with arranger-trumpeter Marcus Tenney piling on Love” and “More Than You Know”). Her understanding polyphonic ideas out of his solo and drummer Lance of these melodies is conventional but informed and Koehler’s second-line rhythms. Tenney’s chart of listening to Freeman’s take on them is like meeting up “Moanin’” is a surprising sax duet for his tenor and with an old friend - warm, familiar, comforting. Hood’s baritone while Hooten’s “Goodbye Porkpie The CD’s backstory actually does involve a meet- Hat” pairs plunger-muted and open trombones plus up with an old friend. After taking some years away drums in a seductive weave. His “Invisible Lady” is from singing to raise her family, Freeman reestablished infused with Latin grooves and a heady dance feel. The her professional relationship with guitarist Duke album ends with “Nostalgia In ”, Robillard via Facebook; Robillard had just started the essentially a duet between Hooten and speaker Chris Blue Duchess label and offered to produce Freeman’s Bopst, who contributes a new poem for the piece. debut album. The pair assembled a spot-on backup band for Freeman’s confident singing: Paul Lagel For more information, visit nobsbrass.com. This group is at (piano), Marty Ballou (bass) and Mark Teixeira Josie Robertson Plaza Aug. 8th as part of Lincoln Center (drums/percussion). Robillard puts in two superb Out of Doors. See Calendar. appearances (the aforementioned blues and “Taking A

Chance On Love”) and guests Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone) and Wendy Klein (flute) round out the ensemble with expert, colorful soloing. Freeman’s bailiwick is parts singing and in the early part of her career she toured the world with her own vocal group, The Ritz. She alludes to this former life in her rendition of “Red Top”, where she interjects a second vocal line to ’s spinning bebop melody. It’s a short but telling little part of the CD and one wants to hear more - traditional jazz Newport Jazz GALA! (Volume 1, 2012) singers rarely use overdubs in this way. Various Artists (ArtistShare) One other telling thing: producers Robillard and by Marcia Hillman Jesse Finkelstein will make a donation to one of their sponsored charities for each CD sold. Good music, Recorded live at Newport, Rhode Island’s landmark good intentions. You can’t go wrong here. Vanderbilt mansion Marble House on Aug. 4th, 2012, this CD showcases performers from last year’s For more information, visit blueduchessrecords.com Newport Jazz Festival (taking place annually the first weekend of August) and was produced by the Newport

Jazz Festival’s founder George Wein and Daniel Melnick. It is a mixed bag of familiar and original material and of styles, each track featuring a different performer or set of performers. The first track is Dianne Reeves’ thoughtful rendition of the Peggy Lee/Bob Schluger/Cy Coleman tune “I’m In Love Again”, ably accompanied by pianist Peter Martin. Clarinetist Anat Cohen, trumpeter and pianist Jason Moran team up next on their original “Three’s Free”. Rudresh Mahanthappa Fight Song (A Tribute to Charles Mingus) NO BS Brass! (s/r) delivers an Indian-flavored original, “Aurora”, his alto by George Kanzler saxophone abetted by computer-generated sounds. “Merci” is an original by , who combines Although the Mingus repertory bands out of New his voice and guitar in a duet with Moran. Fats Waller’s York under the aegis of Charles Mingus’ widow Sue “Jitterbug Waltz” and Thelonious Monk’s “Evidence” are the most prominent keepers of the flame, they are make an interesting combination as played by the duo not the only groups dedicated to preserving and of alto saxophonist Steve Wilson and drummer Lewis playing the bassist’s music. The Mingus Awareness Nash, who get into a rousing call and response section. Project (MAP) has been presenting concerts in Chicago Edmar Castañeda’s abilities as a harpist and composer

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out the quintet are three young Americans integral to He sails smoothly on “Blueberry Ice Cream”, Iverson’s the city’s working jazz landscape: pianist Aaron Parks, hip midtempo blues in A, played in two takes that start bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Marcus Gilmore. and close the album. His duet with Grenadier on “Body Vinson is refreshingly edgy and not afraid to get and Soul” stands out as well - hard to believe Coleman himself dirty. On some of these tunes he blatantly Hawkins recorded his historic version two days before disregards cleanliness to create a very warm and Konitz’ 12th birthday. There’s a logic and unhurried comfortable vibe. Lund is a spot-on guitarist whose pace to Konitz’ phrases and the band’s outlook as a own smallsLIVE release revealed an exceptionally whole, a sense of old musical values underneath a warm melodicist. This engaging alto/guitar interplay commitment to the experimental.

We Remember Helen is delightful throughout the gig but is most obvious on Roger Davidson Trio (Soundbrush) an intimate version of Duke Ellington’s “Morning For more information, visit jazzdepot.com. Iverson is at by Alex Henderson Glory”. Parks however ensures that such overt Birdland Aug. 20th-24th with Billy Hart and Village Vanguard tenderness is the exception and his intriguing chords Aug. 27th-Sep. 1st. Konitz is at Tompkins Square Park Aug. When a jazz tribute album is titled We Remember push the envelope, fulfilling the goal of Vinson’s off- 25th as part of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. See Calendar. Helen, different possibilities come to mind but the center opener “The Clock Killer”. Helen to whom pianist Roger Davidson pays tribute Gilmore is realizing the vast potential that he on this bop-oriented CD is the late producer/manager demonstrated as a teenage wunderkind and is Helen Keane. When Keane died of breast cancer in somewhat of a throwback with his melodic nikolAj hess quArtet 1996 at the age of 73, she left an impressive résumé but attentiveness and structural savvy. These skills are with is best remembered for her 18-year association with most useful on Lund’s aptly named “Swagger”, with Bill Evans: she produced numerous albums for the its opening extended drum solo, and “Albemarle”, as iconic pianist and was his manager from 1962 until his he and Brewer structure this final blowing vehicle. The mArC mommAAs death in 1980. Thus We Remember Helen (an intimate band delightfully swings on ’s trio date with bassist David Finck and drummer Lewis “Stablemates”, Vinson’s “Star of Greece” is a lovely jAy Anderson Nash) becomes, in effect, a tribute to Evans as well as ballad that takes a stroll or two down some dark alleys Keane. and “Squeeze” features tight alto/guitar tandem ClArenCe penn Davidson only offers one Evans composition on playing. Vinson’s Live at Smalls is a piece of vibrant this recording: “Waltz for Debby”. But the influence of NYC jazz at its best. Evans’ distinctive pianism is all over We Remember Helen. One hears echoes of him on lyrical performances For more information, visit smallslive.com. This group is at August 21st At 8.30 pm & 10.30 pm of several Tin Pan Alley standards (including Bob Smalls Aug. 19th. See Calendar. CorneliA street CAfe Haggart-Johnny Burke’s “What’s New”, Irving Berlin’s 29 CorneliA street, greenwiCh VillAge mAnhAttAn “How Deep Is the Ocean” and Jerome Kern’s “All the Things You Are” and “Yesterdays”) as well as on www.nikolAjhess.Com melodic Davidson originals like “Dance of Faith”, www.CorneliAstreetCAfe.Com “Soul Search”, “A Tune for Helen” and the title track. But Davidson has other pianistic influences as well, including , , Red Garland and Wynton Kelly, and is a talented and expressive improviser in his own right, evident whether he is turning his attention to Benny Golson’s “Whisper SANDY SASSO Not”, Woody Herman’s “Early Autumn” or the 19th Century African-American spiritual “ Fought Costumes Are Mandatory the Battle of Jericho”. Ethan Iverson/Lee Konitz/Larry Grenadier/ Jorge Rossy (HighNote) Davidson knew Keane well. She produced a demo by David R. Adler for him in the late ‘80s and encouraged him to increase his involvement with jazz (Davidson also has an The smartest thing a younger jazz player can do is to extensive classical background). Perhaps they would seek wisdom from established masters of the music. have worked together again had she not died. Davidson Pianist Ethan Iverson has done this again and again, thought highly of Keane and his respect is evident on gigging with the likes of , , the consistently engaging We Remember Helen. Albert “Tootie” Heath and Billy Hart. On Costumes Are Mandatory he joins alto saxophone great Lee Konitz in For more information, visit soundbrush.com. Davidson is at a session full of idiosyncrasy and varied repertoire, Caffe Vivaldi Wednesdays. See Regular Engagements. from “What’s New” to “Try a Little Tenderness” to “317 East 32nd Street”, the Lennie Tristano classic

(miscredited to Konitz on the back sleeve, though not in Iverson’s liner notes). Bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy, who worked together for years in ’s trio, “Sasso has garnered a widespread provide just the right feel - relaxed but deeply reputation as a first rate vocalist.” swinging. If anything Grenadier is more the timekeeper while Rossy blurs and deepens the textures. Grenadier’s —NJ JAZZ SOCIETY bowing on the abstract piano-bass duet “Mr. Bumi” “Her greatest gift is the manner in (named for pianist ) is especially which she delivers a lyric. Smooth and strong. Live at Smalls seductive. You’re not talking about Will Vinson (smallsLIVE) The spirit of Tristano, Konitz’ old teacher, hovers by Elliott Simon over the set. Iverson alludes to some of Tristano’s your average singer.” distinctive practices: using a metronome on the piano- —JAZZ INSIDE Venues that promote inventiveness among diverse drum duet “Bats”; overdubbing or tweaking the piano young musicians is what thankfully keeps the rest of sounds on “It’s You (Tempo Complex)” and “My New “Sasso is a masterful chanteuse, with jazz from becoming “America’s ”. Lovers All Seem So Tame” (the latter a short prelude to an unerring sense of swing. Central to this is Smalls and its smallsLIVE series, “My Old Flame”, on which Konitz scat-sings). The “Hands On” highlights her sultry which best captures NYC’s jazz heartbeat. Alto turbulent piano trio showcase “A Distant Bell” - based voice and relaxed groove.” saxophonist Will Vinson and his band adeptly utilize on “I Remember You” - also builds on Tristano’s (and —HOT HOUSE this forum to showcase their musicianship and Konitz’) discipline of using standards as groundwork creativity in an hour-long set from late 2012. Joining for new inventions. Vinson, who hails from London, is another NYC Konitz remains warm and inescapably melodic on SANDYSASSO.COM transplant, Norwegian guitarist Lage Lund. Rounding the horn, though he bows out on a number of tracks.

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as a leader and sideman. He made a number of CDs as as well. “Mogadishu” and “Something for Charlie” are a leader with pianist in the ‘80s-90s and this crisp, supple workouts that blend seamlessly. previously unissued concert recorded at Fresno State Cherry plays with eloquence, sophistication and a University in 1999 is the final known recorded pleasing simplicity, making his points with crisp, collaboration between the pair. Joining them are bassist uncluttered lines. Bianchi is a revelation on the organ, David Williams, with whom Leitch had worked a few mellow on ballads and explosive like lightning on times while it was the guitarist’s first time playing burners. Landham’s thorough rhythmic mastery and with drummer (a decades-old rhythm creativity provide a Gibraltar-like foundation for section partner with Hicks on albums like ’s Cherry and Bianchi. Some listeners might indict Cherry

12 Months Taru and ’s Hi Voltage). on the charge of playing it too close to the vest by Matthew Garrison (s/r) Two overhead microphones were routed through relying on such timeless (timeworn, some might sneer) by Jeff Stockton the soundboard, so this disc lacks the fidelity and music. But this trio plays with such energy and fluidity depth of a professionally recorded concert, with that their walk along this heavily traveled path is more Matthew Garrison, son of Coltrane bassist Jimmy, instruments sounding a little more distant. Yet the entertaining than tiresome. And this is what gives the takes a contemporary approach to being a working extended interpretations and risk-taking by the title a third and final level of meaning - simply that Ed jazz musician in 2013. He operates his own venue, musicians made it worth issuing, enhanced by Allan Cherry has made a damn good album. ShapeShifter Lab, in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn. Tucker’s top-notch mastering of the source material. He creates, produces and distributes his own music. An added bonus is that no edits were made and the For more information, visit posi-tone.com. Cherry is at Jazz And he ties all of his activities together and adds value songs are sequenced in the order of performance. Standard Aug. 15th-18th with Dr. Lonnie Smith and Fat with bonus audio, video, MIDI clips and musical charts Opening the concert is an extended workout of Cat Aug. 24th as a leader. See Calendar. of his projects online. On his latest CD, he’s called Charlie Parker’s “Relaxin’ at Camarillo”, a tricky blues upon an array of impressive friends to realize his the musicians navigate like the old friends they are, musical concepts. Garrison is primarily an electric featuring burning solos by Leitch, Hicks and Williams. bassist, influenced more by the fusion of Weather The mood becomes relaxed in their superb Report, and Pat Metheny Group than by interpretation of Billy Strayhorn’s “Isfahan”, with his father. But give Garrison credit for attempting to Hicks’ elegant solo being a highlight. The pianist’s drag jazz music out of the past and into the present by “After the Morning” is easily one of his best-known incorporating DJ sounds inspired by the likes of Flying compositions and his driving solo is well supported by Lotus, as well as the harder, heavier dubstep work of Higgins, with the addition of Leitch providing a sharp Skrillex and Bassnectar. contrast to the composer’s trio recordings. Leitch and With 12 Months, Garrison and his collaborators Hicks give the rhythm section a break by exploring Eponymous could be on to something brand new. The disc opens two ballads from Duke Ellington’s songbook, “In a Grass Roots (AUM Fidelity) with “Benjamin’s Dream”, a windy composition that Sentimental Mood” and “Warm Valley”. Their by John Sharpe harbors the aspirational quality of Metheny’s work familiarity with one another enables magical interplay with his group, but instead it’s Ravi Coltrane blowing and harmonically rich voicings. The concert wraps up What’s in a name? The choice of the moniker Grass tenor sax, slightly subsumed by the wash of keyboards. with Leitch’s energetic “A Blues For Ivan Symonds”, Roots implies both a certain essential earthiness and a “Edge of Tomorrow” and “Two Youths” add touches of which features invigorating solos all around, especially construct assembled from the base up. In the case of processed voice and other electronic sounds to flesh by Higgins, leaving the audience wanting more. the cooperative quartet currently residing in New York out the sonic palette while the beats featured on City but hailing from diverse corners of the nation, “Atmosphere 2” and “Intentions” bear little relation to For more information, visit peterleitch.com. Leitch is at both meanings seem pertinent. Soulful in the broadest what we come to expect from jazz. “Cut”, with Meshell Walker’s Sundays. See Regular Engagements. sense, there is nonetheless a pleasing contrast between Ndegeocello on bass, ups the funk while “Signs” is the the blues-drenched cry of Darius Jones’ alto saxophone disc’s most successful track, with Seamus Blake making and the gritty holler of Alex Harding’s baritone. When a deep impression on tenor, Arto Tunçboyaciyan the pair roomed together on a tour with Oliver Lake’s contributing tasteful percussion and Garrison using Big Band in 2010, they discovered a deep musical his bass synths to conjure a world of sound. connection and the concept of Grass Roots was born. It Some of these tracks end abruptly and feel as if only remained to pull in bassist Sean Conly and their ideas haven’t been fully formed, more sketches drummer Chad Taylor to complete the roster. than complete compositions. On the other hand, Although each member contributes at least one Garrison is in original territory here, so there isn’t original, the tunes were worked over to fit the much around with which to compare 12 Months. collective’s vision, resulting in a set where a lot of Finally, on the brief “Dub 1”, with Jordan Perlson on thought has gone into each piece. Further modeling It’s All Good drums and Garrison layering basses and keyboards, the democratic sensibility, two group improvisations Ed Cherry (Posi-Tone) they flirt with jazz as electronic dance music. If jazz by Terrell Holmes round out the program. Jones’ “Hotttness” forms a music is to survive while its audience ages and young strong opener, illuminated by the composer’s keening listeners question its relevancy, something of a happy The phrase “It’s all good” means that everything is wail, teased into vocalized split tones when he ups the medium might need to be reached. Here, Garrison copacetic. Ed Cherry uses it as the title of his new already considerable emotional ante. Harding, whose suggests a way forward. album and in that context it has an added meaning: it credits stretch from to David Murray, refers to the sure bet this fine guitarist has placed by holds down the bottom end, proving a fine foil as his For more information, visit garrisonjazz.com. Garrison is at putting together a setlist mostly comprised of standards surging runs culminate in an excitable falsetto. In fact, ShapeShifter Lab Aug. 23rd. See Calendar. that are, generally speaking, fail-safe. the blistering horn interplay creates one of the Cherry, along with organist Pat Bianchi and ensemble’s most potent weapons, as demonstrated on

drummer Byron Landham, play finger-popping struts the rambunctious “Ricochet” and later on Taylor’s like “You Don’t Know What Love Is” and Duke incendiary “Whatiss”. But the interaction doesn’t stop Pearson’s “Christo Redentor”; postbop blueprints like there. Both drummer and bassist mesh in inventive Wayne Shorter’s “Edda”; the elemental and lovely “In and unpredictable ways, ensuring that there is as much a Sentimental Mood” and a smoking version of Monk’s going on in the engine room as on the bridge. Case in “Epistrophy”. While these tunes get relatively straight point is Conly’s “Schnibbett” where both get the readings, ‘straight’ shouldn’t be confused with ‘staid’ chance to shine, Taylor in tuneful solos of restrained because of the way the trio wraps them in vibrant power that bookend the cut and Conly in both his colors and textures. Moreover, although the trio plays measured support and a spacious soliloquy. The only standards, the arrangements ain’t necessarily so: misstep is the impressionistic improv “Hovering California Concert Peter Leitch (Jazz House) Landham’s intermittent drum rolls give Kenny Above” as the final track, providing a slightly by Ken Dryden Burrell’s “Chitlins Con Carne” a soldierly bluesiness; ending to an otherwise stunning debut. “” is transformed from a reflective ballad Canada native Peter Leitch has been professionally to a cool samba and their uptempo rendition of Herbie For more information, visit aumfidelity.com. Jones, Conly active for around three decades, but the guitarist has Hancock’s sensual “Maiden Voyage” is dynamite. and Taylor are at Ibeam Brooklyn Aug. 5th with Mara been somewhat overlooked in spite of a sizable output Cherry adds his own impressive composing to the mix Rosenbloom.

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but powerful axe, often seems to occupy a backseat compared to the dark, industrial clamor of Maroney and Miller’s actions - fear not, his push is felt. The only caveat with the digital edition this writer notices is that the ‘seamlessness’ of the trio’s excoriation/exploration is broken up, so to get the full effect of Anomonous’ music, the limited edition CD-R (housed in a silkscreened, chipboard sleeve) is recommended. Nevertheless, this is a fascinating set and alongside

That Nepenthetic Place Pine Barren Eponymous Holus-Bolus, it gives one a different lens on Sinton’s (Sunnyside) holus-Bolus (Prom Night) Anomonous (Prom Night) engaging practice. by Robert Milburn by Clifford Allen For more information, visit promnightrecords.com. Sinton is at Saxophonist Dayna Stephens is of that special breed At this point it’s become de rigueur for an improviser Ibeam Brooklyn Aug. 12th-13th with Ideal Bread. See Calendar. whose inventiveness is progressive enough not to be to be involved in a host of projects, either because work stale yet not so abstract as to sacrifice accessibility. On is hard to get or a player has a lot of engines in the his recent effort, the tenor player surrounds himself roundhouse. Baritone saxophonist and bass/ IN PRINT with like-minded progenitors, such as trumpeter contrabass-clarinetist Josh Sinton has recently come to Ambrose Akinmusire and pianist Taylor Eigsti. the improvisational fore through his work as part of the On That Nepenthetic Place, it is easy to understand soprano-less repertory quartet Ideal Bread. why Stephens likens the group to nepenthe, a drug But like many of his low-horn colleagues - John Surman from Homer’s Odyssey that banishes one’s troubles. His and Jason Stein come to mind - Sinton’s reach is very stellar supporting cast aside, it is Stephens’ deft hand at broad and encompasses electro-acoustic music, solo composition and obvious chops that prove exceedingly performance, contemporary composition and refined. A prime example is “Full Circle”, patiently invigorating sideman work with the likes of composer cascading horn textures evolving into a gently Anthony Braxton, trumpeter Nate Wooley and simmering swing, buoyed by the sumptuous delicacy drummer Harris Eisenstadt. of Eigsti. Meanwhile, the dexterous lines of “Common Holus-Bolus is Sinton’s quintet with Jon Irabagon Occurrences” provide sufficient inspiration to send the on tenor and alto saxophones, Jonathan Goldberger on Why Jazz Happened Marc Myers (University of California Press) band into an explosive postbop exposition, with the guitar, Peter Bitenc on bass and Mike Pride on drums by Kurt Gottschalk saxophonist screeching amid a flurry of cymbals. and vibes. Pine Barren is, so far, the group’s only release; The album tempers its intensity with vocalist Sinton also re-imagined it as solo music, released as The title of Marc Myers’ excellent new jazz history joining on Van Heusen-Burke’s “But part of a split CD on Engine Records in 2012. Prom isn’t Why Jazz Happened? Thankfully, there’s no Beautiful”. Parlato purposefully lags behind the rhythm Night, which is an artist-run imprint and mostly acts as question mark in the title. Rather, Myers has written section’s weightless floating, employing a breathless a digital release/dissemination station, hosts the files a refreshingly concrete volume on a genre that whisper to express the song’s conflictingly tearful for the ensemble music, which as yet remains without a stubbornly, sometimes proudly, refuses to be lyrics. Following the vocalist’s gut-wrenching passion, ‘physical home’. Like a number of Sinton’s works, the defined. Stephens becomes exceedingly melodic, his tenderness titles and pieces on Pine Barren are biographical in The blogger and Wall Street Journal critic pulls matching Parlato’s to great effect. “Dr. Wong’s Bird nature and reflect the composer’s memories both real this off quite handily by considering the development Song” was written for Bay area jazz commentator and and imagined. Biography is a slippery slope for the of jazz over three decades from the outside. He takes ornithologist Herb Wong and the complicated weave of listener who hasn’t ‘lived’ these works, but there’s a lot the lineage of , blues and improvisation as a sinuous riffing is underpinned by Joe Sanders’ bubbly to grasp aesthetically - “Through the Trees I Saw Stone given and concerns himself with the external factors bass work. The song quickly yields to a bluesy strut Caves on the Beach” (in two parts) is a piece that works - the recording industry; the rise of radio; military wherein Akinmusire looses a dazzling and seemingly through many latticed parts and is reminiscent of service during World War II; Hollywood; magnetic endless array of clever licks. composer Steve Reich’s large ensemble music of the tape and the long-playing record; the popularity of The foreboding dynamism of “American Typhoon” ‘70s. Sinton lies somewhere between rhythm’n’blues and rock’n’roll; the Civil Rights flows evenly into John Coltrane’s “Impressions”, with and Peter Brötzmann in a tough dialogue with Irabagon movement and technological improvements in the former serving as the calm before the latter’s chaos. on the lickety-split “Deeper in the Woods than You”, a amplification and electric instruments - that shaped This all culminates with Stephens’ fleeting abstractions brief but caterwauling tune. While some of the uptempo the music’s evolution from 1942-72 (with a brief and drummer Justin Brown’s frantic eruptions. As That numbers have a codified jazz-rock slink that seems epilogue bringing us rather hastily to the current Nepenthetic Place unfolds, it becomes abundantly clear slightly rehashed, the soli push hard with reverberant day). Each of those variables, in Myers’ argument, that Stephens has found the band that both inspires and squall and seem to offer something entirely beyond. spawned a new style of jazz, from bebop through complements his artistic creativity. The group’s name refers to something “all at once” and hardbop, West Coast cool, the avant garde and if this set is any indication, life is to be experienced as fusion, with anecdotes about such figures as Charlie For more information, visit sunnysiderecords.com. Stephens hugely varied and an immediate constant. Parker, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, and is at Smalls Aug 21st-22nd. See Calendar. The trio Anomonous is a very different beast; also helping to move the storytelling released on Prom Night in both physical and digital along. editions, the disc’s 20 sections blend into a continuous For the most part, the book focuses on New improvisation between Sinton’s amplified contrabass York and LA. Especially satisfying is the chapter on LESLIE PINTCHIK QUARTET clarinet, Denman Maroney’s prepared “hyperpiano” in the ‘50s, where television and movie and the electronics of Ben Miller (in other contexts also work and the isolation of a culture built around cars Sunday, August 11th 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM a reed player and guitarist). As rugged as it is spare, the and suburbs (as opposed to New York’s compact Smalls Jazz Club music of Anomonous often aligns itself with the neighborhoods and nightclubs) changed the way the 183 West 10th St. NYC confounding blends of MEV or AMM rather than music was made. “...enormous gifts as a composer, arranger and pianist.” anything in the traditional ‘creative music’ arc. Myers is boldly unafraid of discussing race and All Music Guide Warbling, woody breath combines with warped piano- class in his formulation. New Orleans only gets guts scrapes and icy melodic fragments from Maroney’s mentions, however, and there’s little about Chicago Leslie Pintchik - piano Scott Hardy - bass keyboard while a range of sampled and mixed sounds before the ’60s, when it becomes Myers’ staging Michael Sarin - drums give a ghostly and unsettled sheen to the proceedings. ground for discussion of social consciousness and Satoshi Takeishi - percussion Glass and assorted objects, close-mic’d on Maroney’s race relations as extenuating factors. stringed box, whine and leach elongated, skull-shoving As such it’s limited as a jazz history, which isn’t DVD/CD Combo pings, shrouded by sputtering and muted crackle. At what it wants to be anyway. The entertainment LESLIE PINTCHIK QUARTET times it can be difficult to discern what sonic imprints industry is located on the coasts and that’s where LIVE IN CONCERT available now at Amazon.com come from reeds and what come from electronics, as decisions were made. Myers simply follows the feedback and indeterminate glitches attach themselves money. to both Sinton and Miller, though the latter tends www.lesliepintchik.com toward unsightly patchwork and ear-splitting For more information, visit ucpress.edu harmonics. Sinton’s , an unwieldy

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The three pianists all contribute nicely in their own (recorded by Purdie with Joe Cocker) as well as a inimitable ways to the proceedings and they and their lyrical “Imagine” () alongside Gershwin, rhythm-section mates obviously relish the chance to Arlen, Porter and Jobim. Toots Thielemans’ “Bluesette” create deep grooves for Cobb to work with, which he gets a funked-up waltz beat and “S’Wonderful” does from beginning to end, with humor, deep feeling emerges out of a bass-drums shuffle elaboration, the and unflagging imagination. As indicated by the LP tune itself peeking out in allusions from piano as a titles, this is all “good time” music, but it is also much three-way interplay dominates throughout. This is more than that. definitely a cooperative trio date, with Purdie and Cammack equal partners and both getting ample solo

Party Time//Movin’ Right Along For more information, visit freshsoundrecords.com space too. (Prestige-Fresh Sound) by Duck Baker For more information, visit cadencejazzrecords.com and catspawrecords.com. Purdie is at Lucille’s at BB King’s Arnett Cobb (who was born Aug. 10th 95 years ago) is Blues Bar Aug. 30th. See Calendar. always identified as a prime example of the Texas tenor player, maybe the prime example, along with the man whose place he took in Lionel Hampton’s band in 1942, ON DVD . It’s worth noting that almost all of the well-known tenor saxophonists to hail from that state during the Swing and modern eras shared general stylistic tendencies, but the important thing in every Selling It Like It Is One More For The Road case is what each player did with them. David Haney/Bernard Mac Chrupcala Trio This two-CD set is comprised of three of the six Purdie (Cadence Jazz) (Cat’s Paw) LPs that Cobb recorded during 1959-60. Since he only by George Kanzler had one earlier date (in 1951) and would not return to the studio thereafter until 1971, we can say that this Two veteran pianists from opposite sides of the one release contains half of his prime output. And country sought out New Jersey-based Bernard “Pretty” prime it is. All three dates feature the usual horn-with- Purdie for these CDs, a duo and trio project, Fours (Live at the Blue Note) rhythm section, plus conga drum. Piano duties are respectively. Best known for his trademark “Purdie Savion Glover () divided between , Tommy Flanagan and Shuffle”, a presence on thousands of soul, funk and by Terrell Holmes Bobby Timmons, with or R’n’B sessions over more than half a century, Purdie on bass and on drums throughout. One has also played and recorded with a number of jazz The DVD Fours chronicles tap dance icon Savion might think that the absence of another horn might artists, including Les McCann and . Glover in performance at the Blue Note, where he conspire with the fact that congas can start sounding Valued in the studios as a reliable, strict timekeeper, jammed in various contexts with jazz legends samey after a while to make it hard to stay interested, Purdie may be in the pocket but is proof positive that a McCoy Tyner, Eddie Palmieri, Roy Haynes and Jack but not if one really understands what kind of soloist great time-keeping drummer is no metronome nor DeJohnette and a band comprised of Patience Cobb was during this period. When he replaced Jacquet beatbox, but a truly interactive musician. Higgins and Marcus Strickland (saxophones), Kurt with Hampton, Cobb took over the tenor feature Selling It Like It Is was recorded in Portland, Faussette (piano), Andy McCloud (bass) and Brian “Flying Home” and so thoroughly put his own stamp Oregon, near pianist David Haney’s home and is the Grice (drums). At one point Glover explains that on it that by the time he left the band in 1947, most fans more unusual, if not one of the most unique ever, when he’s on stage with a jazz band he isn’t a had forgotten the original. Moreover, one senses when entries in Purdie’s vast discography. Haney wanted separate entity but another member of the combo. listening to his performance of the tune on Party Time Purdie for his ability as a timekeeper and musician for, And there’s a definite instrumental component to that Cobb enjoyed answering requests for it during his in his words, a “free form funk session” that has the his dancing. He can effortlessly whip off staccato post-Hampton years. He runs through many of the pianist creating free jazz constructs over the strict lines, change the tone and timbre of his taps to suit stock devices that he and Jacquet bequeathed to the parameters of Purdie’s rhythms and beats. The ten the music or lay down a soft glissando with the tip world of barwalking tenor players, but also shows that tracks are all titled - and all with parenthetical subtitles of his shoe. And he’s a nonpareil improviser. he had developed that extroverted vocabulary further, too - by Haney in a fantastical style akin to the titles of Watching Glover work with Tyner and how he in unique ways. Even more impressive is the down sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick. There’s a discernible communicates with the band is fascinating. Glover blues that follows, “Slow Poke”, on which he evokes musical trajectory and progression from the opener, comps and solos just like a musician, pushing the at his dirtiest. “Great Uncle Two Brains (Periodic Genius)”, to the envelope by changing the tempo and moving the Cobb is equally impressive with ballads and folksy final and 10th track, “Five Fork Blues (Circle of Willis)”, music forward. His dancing with Tyner versus with fare like “Down by the Riverside” or “Lonesome with the musicians building more elaborately and Palmieri provides a stark contrast. Where Glover is Road”, but perhaps the strongest impression is left by intricately with each track. So that first splays and more studied with the former, he’s looser and more sly settings of chestnuts like “Lover Come Back to Me” circles spare, jabbing piano chords and riffs around playful on stage with the latter, owing to the pianist’s and “When My Dreamboat Comes Home”, as well as basic funk beats while by the last Purdie is creating off- style, which Glover describes as festive. His comfort medium tempo blues romps like “The Nitty Gritty”. beats and contrasting second-line martially-inflected level leads him to some joyful freestyling, taking his rhythms - with brushes no less - while Haney fashions moves a little more outside the box. whimsical patterns from different angles and Glover started out as a drummer, so he brings polyphonal two-handed lines. At times the pieces are another kind of energy to his interactions with them. suggestive of Monk or Herbie Nichols, but the most The affection that he and the perpetually youthful compelling tracks reference older forms in a thoroughly Roy Haynes feel for each other is clear as their take modern manner, like the boogie momentum of “Tesla’s on “Question and Answer” is smooth and relaxed. Ghost (100 False Starts)”, folksy timelessness of Glover’s encounter with Jack DeJohnette, however, “France Blues Gramble (Canal of Gugier)” and blues- is closer to a duel than a duet. It’s clear from the shuffle-beat-combined-with-“St. Louis Blues” intensity in DeJohnette’s face and the force of his suggestions of “Underwood Tack (The Antrum of drumming that Glover will have to bring it. (“I feel Highmore)”. like he’s out to get me!” Glover jokes.) DeJohnette One More For The Road brings Purdie together with swings mightily, Glover counters and swings back bassist Jim Cammack, a quarter-century veteran of as these brothers play a dynamite percussive version Ahmad Jamal’s band, under the aegis of pianist Mac of a street brawl. Chrupcala, whose base is Newport, Rhode Island. The Glover clearly is grateful for the chance to work pianist is reminiscent of early Purdie employer with such great musicians, so much so that his McCann, as well as of Ramsey Lewis, Red Garland admiration sometimes leaves him at a loss for words. and, in some more droll moments, Erroll Garner. A No problem. Give the man his tap shoes and he can swinging “I Love Paris” suggests Count Basie’s visit to speak volumes. the same city, with Garner-esque touches. The program features standards, jazz and pop, with enough For more information, visit halfnote.net eclecticism to include the Box Tops’ hit “The Letter”

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | August 2013 29 parameters, as can be heard on the earliest album in driving momentum and gospel fervor of “Better Git BOXED SET this set, where he turns his bass into a low version of It In Your Soul” and “Gunslinging Bird” as well as a flamenco guitar. the pastel moods and shifting tempos - sometimes That album, Tijuana Moods, is from the RCA accelerating or decelerating, a definite Mingus trait - catalogue, recorded in 1957 but inexplicably not of “Diane” and “Song With Orange”. Ah Um also released until five years later. It came toward the includes a fine if instrumental “Fables of Faubus”, beginning of the most prolific and artistically fertile Sue Mingus including the caustic anti-segregation decade of Mingus’ life. Two earlier 1956 albums for lyrics in the notes. Atlantic began that decade; the second, The Clown, The rest of Mingus’ most fertile decade can be featuring a very similar band (quintet, not sextet) to found on other labels that recorded him in the late the one on Tijuana Moods and even foreshadowing ‘50s-early ‘60s, but his Columbia oeuvre continues Mingus’ use of flamenco influences in the indelible with 1971’s orchestral Let My Children Hear Music, The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection “Haitian Fight Song”. “Ysabel’s Table Dance”, replete featuring a large ensemble of two score including Charles Mingus (RCA/Columbia - Legacy) with castanets and flamenco-like vocal, and “Los woodwinds, French horns, and six bassists. by George Kanzler Mariachis” continue in the rousing, exotic drive vein Mingus obviously heard multitudes in his head and of that piece on Tijuana Moods. Unfortunately, as Sue here that aural vision is realized in some of the most Charles Mingus’s stature has risen exponentially Mingus points out in her cogent notes to this box, the successful large ensemble music made with his over the three-plus decades since he left this mortal original LP album is appended by more than a CD of complete participation as musician and composer. coil, greatly enhanced by the continuing development alternate and partial takes that detract from the His penchant, akin to Ellington, for reworking old of many of his compositions and musical ideas for cohesiveness of the original. However, the added CD tunes or themes into new pieces, is evident on “Don’t larger ensembles and by the dedication of his widow also includes a fine version of “A Colloquial Dream Be Afraid, The Clown’s Afraid Too”, recapitulating Sue Mingus, the catalyst behind such repertoire a.k.a. Scenes in the City”, a piece with a prose poem passages from “The Clown”. James Moody’s tenor ensembles as the Mingus Big Band, Orchestra and narrated by Lonnie Elder. sax solo on “Hobo Ho” proves even established Dynasty. In fact, the last two CDs included here are In 1959 Mingus made two albums for Columbia, legends could rise above themselves with Mingus’ the album recorded in concert ten years after Mingus’ including his most popular and influential: Mingus material. The two-CD Charles Mingus and Friends in death, Mingus Epitaph, reconstructed from a 500-page Ah Um, plus the similar but more introspective Concert sounds under-rehearsed but has some manuscript scored for 31 musicians. Mingus Dynasty. Both albums featured three of the inspiring moments, but much of the music is done Charles Mingus was among the most important musicians whose reputations were indelibly linked better on Let My Children... and/or on the posthumous jazz composers, bandleaders and musicians of the to Mingus: drummer , trombonist Epitaph. Both of those final albums display the 20th Century. As that triple threat he was close to his Jimmy Knepper and saxophonist Shafi Hadi (Curtis grandeur of Mingus’ conception, a vision still being idol Duke Ellington and an artistic peer to such rough Porter), all of whom had a remarkable affinity for realized by Mingus-inspired ensembles today. contemporaries as Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Mingus’ music. The septets on Ah Um and septet and Max Roach and . And Mingus brought the tentet on Dynasty were both large and flexible enough For more information, visit legacyrecordings.com. Mingus bass up from the back to a place of prominence and for Mingus to create his own uniquely full and bands are at Jazz Standard Mondays and Aug. 29th-Sep. leadership, expanding its technical as well as musical dramatic musical palette, one that encompassed the 1st. See Calendar.

aug 1–4 aug 20 steve turre & the bones of art brian charette organ sextette aug 5–8 ali jackson quintet aug 21 chris washburne & aug 9–11 the syotos band the rodriguez brothers band aug 22–25

aug 12 endangered species: jazz house kids featuring the music of wayne shorter directed by David Weiss

aug 26 aug 13 mulgrew miller celebration andy milne trio with Andrew Cyrille

aug 14–18 monty alexander aug 27–sep 1, sep 3–8 harlem kingston express trio da paz

sep 2 aug 19 konrad paszkudzki trio francisco mela quartet with special guest

swing by tonight set times pm jalc.org / dizzys

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30 August 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD Master guitarist has been lauded as a prodigy, groundbreaker, and one of the true statesmen of contemporary jazz. Klugh’s highly- anticipated Concord debut, HandPicked, is a soulful self-produced solo/duet recording featuring special guest guitarists Bill Frisell and Vince Gill, and ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro.

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Amazon, Amazon.com and the Amazon.com logo are registered trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. (INTERVIEW CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6) this man had total command of it. And as a composer, it’s the same. Literary composition, musical jazz at lincoln center fall term CH: That goes back to Sun Ra. That’s Sun Ra influence. composition. Composition is composition. How do You know, Sun Ra, his total art integration thing. I was you use it? And so it inspired me to write the piece. working a lot with a lot of different people and a lot of And I wrote the piece and I put together a group of music. We were doing all kinds of music projects. A lot people who epitomized that book about this double of my peers: David [Murray] works a lot with dancers; consciousness and how we live in this world but we’re Oliver [Lake] works a lot with dancers; [Hamiet] not in this world at the same time. I guess you’d say Bluiett. This was nothing new for me. Max Roach was the renegades. But well-crafted renegades. working with other people. It was just a continuation. There’s so many people that we were just working and TNYCJR: What specifically drew you and Sekou Sep 16–Oct 7 I was working. I had recorded my first recording in ’82, Sundiata to each other? ’83. Aboriginal Affairs. Then I did Black Bone with john coltrane and Charli Persip, . Then CH: I think we found a common ground on using our with Larry Ridley around ’84, ’85, I started working with JMT [Records] art for social change. It was beyond just creating the Four Mondays and that was when I formed Tailgaters Tales, the first art. We’re from that so-called naive generation that we group. Shelter was the first recording, with , can change the world. But I still believe that everything Eddie Allen, Pheeroan akLaff, . It was a we do helps the world. v Sep 16–Nov 18 very important group; I started travelling as a leader in jazz Europe. Then we did the second album, Blackout in the For more information, visit craigharris.com. Harris is at Square Root of Soul, with the same group but we added Marcus Garvey Park Aug. 22nd, celebrating Sekou with Jean-Paul Bourelly and some other people. So I was Sundiata’s 65th birthday as part of Jazzmobile. See Calendar. Eight Mondays starting to work in that stuff. Working, you know, traveling. Europe. It’s a very small world, so we all Recommended Listening: Sep 17–Oct 29 were interlocking. Then I started working with and did • - Blues Forever a piece for a dance company called Urban Bush Women. (Black Saint, 1981) jazz Then Dianne McIntyre, the great choreographer, I • Henry Threadgill - Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket with Phil Schaap would work wth her sometimes. And then there was a (About Time, 1983) Seven Tuesdays poet named Sekou Sundiata. We started working • Craig Harris - Tributes (OTC, 1985) together around ’87, ’88. Really, for me, it comes from • /Craig Harris/George Lewis/    Sun Ra. And from Sun Ra it comes from Jimmie - Slideride (hatART, 1994) Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson. About this self- • David Murray Octet - Octet Plays Trane Sep 18–Nov 13 contained art with dance, music and spoken word. (Justin Time, 1999) • Craig Harris - Souls Within the Veil jazz TNYCJR: How did you hook up with The Roots? (Aquastra Music, 2003) with Ben Young Eight Wednesdays CH: Oh, man. [long pause] Ah! Remember, we all worked together. I’m working with all my peers. If you listen, if you go through the histories, we’re all together. (LABEL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12) Oct 15–Nov 5 Diedre Murray, a cellist and I, we started a festival james p. johnson called the Firewall Festival, an alternative festival, 2015. I found 58 tracks of the first Volker Kriegel studio because we felt that a lot of the people that should be recordings in Mainz. [Guitarist] Volker grew up in with Terry Waldo on the major festivals weren’t getting anything on the Wiesbaden and he was recorded in a radio studio in Four Tuesdays festivals. So we just started a festival. We did it at Mainz between 1963 and 1969, before he surfaced with PS122. Second Avenue and Tenth Street, I think it was. Dave Pike and became a key figure in . A Oct 29–Dec 10 And we also did part of it, we applied for some grants double CD with the best tracks will be released this to do part of it in , too. So we could do it fall.” bebop in New York and Pennsylvania. And we hired Sekou There are things that Pfau would like to improve with Vincent Gardner [Sundiata], we hired Amiri Baraka, we hired William in the packaging of CDs, especially the brevity of his Six Tuesdays Parker. We hired...who else to do it? A whole cast of liner notes, which are published in both English and people. We did it two years. And then we did a German. “I feel we deliver insufficient information, as section part of it at the Painted Bride and we have to say a lot about findings and the special Nov 6–Dec 4 we hired The Roots. They played at a place called Ile character of many concerts. In the beginning, the dizzy gillespie Ife. They played at a [cultural] center for us. It was hot, publisher was reluctant to invest in booklets, folding I mean, it was one of the hottest days and their covers and boxes with sufficient background. It was with manager, Richard Nichols, is a good friend of a friend expensive to set up the label and I wanted excellent Four Wednesdays of mine, Miyoshi Smith. And she said, “Craig, well, artwork. Jazz is not just music, it’s photography as you can call them, they’ll do it for you.” This was well. As the label grows and we are hearing from before they had blown up. This was when they were everyone that the liner notes are too sparse and that just in Philly... And I always liked them because they the label story is of interest, so we are working on it. were trying to combine music...they were combining The Kriegel CD will carry a booklet and the Early Chet Irene Diamond Education Center music and hip-hop. So I said, “Okay, this makes sense”. vinyl will be a gatefold album. Then we’ll create digital Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th St, 5th fl And then I got to know them from there. And our booklets for each release from now on.” All classes meet from 6:30pm–8:30pm, relationship still goes to this day. When one considers how sporadically the taped Jazz 301 ends at 9:30pm. archives of jazz on American radio have been properly TNYCJR: How did The Souls of Black Folk influence explored, collated and licensed for commercial release, enroll today Souls Within the Veil? the aggressive approach of Jazzhaus to make historic music available will hopefully inspire others to tackle jalc.org/swingu CH: [W.E.B.] Du Bois is just one of the great minds of similar projects. Pfau notes, “Concerts similar to what the 20th Century. I read Du Bois and I read it when I we find in Stuttgart and Baden-Baden may also exist in was in school and then I started reading it [again] and other German radio archives in [Bayerischer then my friend who was curating the [National] Black Rundfunk], Cologne [Westdeutscher Rundfunk] and

Lead Corporate Sponsor Arts Festival in Atlanta said, “You know, we’re gonna especially Hamburg [Norddeutscher Rundfunk], likely celebrate Du Bois this year. Would you like to do of an equal quality. But we’ve gotten so far with the

Jazz at Lincoln Center gratefully acknowledges The Irene Diamond Fund for its something on The Souls of Black Folk?” I said, “Okay, SWR archive that I’d like to pursue the direction we leadership support of programming in the Irene Diamond Education Center. I’m gonna write a piece.” So I read the book, went have taken. There is much more to come!” v through different sections of the book and just noticed this great facility of the English language [and] how For more information, visit jazzhaus-label.com

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Thursday, August 1 • Cettina Donato Quartet with Christoph Huber, Marco Panascia, Jerome Jennings and Tuesday, August 6 guest Cristina Vaira; Emanuele Tozzi with Lorenzo Tozz, Jason Vitelli, Bob Borress; • Ron Carter Big Band with Ray Gallon, Evan Sherman, Jon Owens, Chris Jaudes, Brett Sandler Trio with Peter Longofono, Adam Pin êTrio 3: Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and guest Vijay Iyer Tanya Darby, Alex Norris, , David DeJesus, Bobby LaVell, Ivan Renta, Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Jay Brandford, John Mosca, Steve Davis, James Burton, • Hiroko Kanna Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 êSteve Wilson Quartet with Orrin Evans, , Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 • Sean King Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 êAl Foster Quartet Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 êMark Gross Quintet with Freddie Hendrix, Benito Gonzalez, Dezron Douglas, êPaquito D’Rivera and his Panamericana Ensemble with Alex Brown, Oscar Stagnaro, êSteve Turre and The Bones of Art with Robin Eubanks, Frank Lacy, Xavier Davis, Corey Rawls Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $38 Victor Provost, Pernell Saturnino, Mark Walker Peter Washington, Willie Jones III Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Richie Vitale Quintet; Quincy Davis Quintet Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Bryan Carter Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $10 Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 • WBGO Jazz Series: Maucha Adnet/Helio Alves with guests Cyro Baptista, Anat Cohen • Earl Klugh Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Ron Carter Big Band with Ray Gallon, Evan Sherman, Jon Owens, Chris Jaudes, 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 êAbigail Riccards with Chris Madsen, Greg Ruggiero, Michael Kanan, Neal Miner, Tanya Darby, Alex Norris, Jerry Dodgion, David DeJesus, Bobby LaVell, Ivan Renta, • Doña Oxford Iridium 8, 10 pm $25 Eliot Zigmund and guest Jane Monheit Jay Brandford, John Mosca, Steve Davis, James Burton, Douglas Purviance • Enildo Rasua with Jay Rodriguez, Ben Winkleman, Ricky Rodriguez Birdland 6 pm $25 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 • Pablo Ziegler Quartet with Walter Castro, Claudio Ragazzi, Pedro Giraudo and guests êAl Foster Quartet Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Jeff “Siege” Siegel Quartet NYC Baha’i Center 8, 9:30 pm $15 Jisoo Ok, Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êSteve Turre and The Bones of Art with Robin Eubanks, Frank Lacy, Xavier Davis, • Derrick Hodge The Cutting Room 8:30 pm $25 • Thums UP: Vijay Iyer, Himanshu Suri, Rafiq Bhatia, Kassa Overall Peter Washington, Willie Jones III Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $45 • Jack Jeffers and the New York Classics with Monika Oliveira The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 • Bryan Carter Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $20 Zinc Bar 8, 10 pm êChris Speed Trio with Chris Tordini, Dave King • Earl Klugh Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 êJames Carney, Mark Helias, Chad Taylor; Mike McGinnis Splang-a-lang Trio with Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 • Eva Cortés Blue Note 12:30 am $10 Elias Bailey, Vinnie Sperrazza and guest Sean Moran • Camila Meza Quartet with Gerald Clayton, Linda Oh, Justin Brown • Pablo Ziegler Quartet with Walter Castro, Claudio Ragazzi, Pedro Giraudo and guests Korzo 9, 10:30 pm Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Jisoo Ok, Stefon Harris Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êSam Newsome Trio Union Settlement Association’s Garden 7 pm $10 • Kelvyn Bell’s Kelvynator; Chris Davidson Quartet êChris Speed Trio with Chris Tordini, Dave King • Voxify Festival: Melissa Stylianou with Jamie Reynolds, Gary Wang, Greg Ritchie; ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $10 Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $15 Kat Calvosa with Julia Adamy, Ross Pederson • Yotam Silberstein Quartet with Glenn Zaleski, Barak Mori, Jochen Rueckert; • Joseph Lepore Measure 8 pm Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 Carlos Abadie Quintet with Joe Sucato, Theo Hill, Clovis Nicolas, Luca Santaniello • Larry Newcomb Quartet; Evgeny Sivtov Trio; Peter Valera and the Band • Weyou: Jesske Hume/Nate Wood; Knower: Louis Cole/Genevieve Artadi; Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 The Garage 12, 6:15, 10:45 pm Adam O’Farrill with Gabe Schnider, Simón Wilson, Zack O’Farrill • Chris Byars Quintet with John Mosca, Pasquale Grasso, Ari Roland, Stefan Schatz; ShapeShifter Lab 7, 8:15, 9:30 pm $8 Saul Rubin Fat Cat 7, 10 pm • Spike Wilner Trio; Smalls Legacy Band: Frank Lacy, Stacy Dillard, Josh Evans, • Owl Trio: Orlando Le Fleming, Will Vinson, Lage Lund Sunday, August 4 Theo Hill, Rashaan Carter, Kush Abadey; Kyle Poole and Friends Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 • Verve Jazz Ensemble: Jon Blanck, Tatum Greenblatt, Matt Oestreicher, Chris DeAngelis, êKeystone Korner Presents: Ben Wolfe Quartet with Stacy Dillard, Orrin Evans, • Jacam Manricks Trio with Gianlucca Rienzi, Ross Pederson Josh Feldstein; Jessica Ackerley Group Donald Edwards Iridium 8, 10 pm $25 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Somethin’ Jazz Club 9, 11 pm $10-12 • Vijay Iyer, Mari Kimura, William Parker • Yeo-Back: Eun Young Choi, Miwoo Dawoon Jung, Mani Park, Youngwon Cho; • Akihiro Yamamoto Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 Livio Almeida Quartet with Klaus Miller, Eduardo Belo, Alex Kautz • Kayo Hiraki Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm • WBGO Jazz Series: Chico Pinheiro Brazilian Dream Band with Luciana Alves and Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 • Florencia Gonzalez Candombe Project guest Cesar Camargo Mariano 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 • The Wren Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Terraza 7 7:30 pm • Ben van Gelder with Ambrose Akinmusire, Joe Sanders, Craig Weinrib • Uncharted Territory; Reggie Nicholson • Joseph Lepore Measure 8 pm Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 Shrine 8, 10 pm • Alex Wyatt Trio; Chris Carroll Trio The Garage 6, 10:30 pm • Luiz Simas Quartet Birdland 9, 11 pm $30-40 • Glenn Zaleski solo Jazz at Kitano 8 pm • Deanna Witkowski Bryant Park 2 pm • John Merrill Trio; Joe Cohn/Chris Flory Duo; Johnny O’Neal; Ned Goold • Wysocki Jazz Trio Caffe Vivaldi 7 pm • Alan Ferber Large Ensemble Citigroup Center Plaza 12:30 pm Smalls 4:30, 7:30, 10, 11:30 pm $20 • Yvonnick Prene Quartet; Nat Janoff Trio • Melanie Goerlitz and The Bianco Martinis The Garage 6, 10:30 pm Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 • Ali Jackson Quartet with Emmet Cohen, Russell Hall, Vincent Gardner Friday, August 2 • Bombay Rickey: Kamala Sankaram, Jeff Hudgins, Drew Fleming, Gil Smuskowitz, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Sam Merrick ShapeShifter Lab 8:15 pm $10 • Kevin Kannar Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $5 • Victor Bailey’s V-Bop with Alex Foster, Theo Hill, ; Matt Panayides Group • Swingadelic Swing 46 8:30 pm • Luca Santaniello Measure 8 pm with Rich Perry, Steve LaSpina, Anthony Pinciotti • Michael Vallarelli solo; Harmolodic Monk: Matt Lavelle/John Pietaro • Roy Eaton Bryant Park 12:30 pm ShapeShifter Lab 7, 8:15, 9:30 pm $10 ABC No-Rio 7 pm $5 • Marcus Miller Highline Ballroom 8 pm $40 • Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Eats Restaurant 7 pm êTony Hewitt Quartet with George Cables, Ed Howard, Victor Lewis • Broc Hempel, Sam Trapchak, Christian Coleman with guest Bill McHenry Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 Dominie’s Astoria 9 pm êMark Gross Quintet with Freddie Hendrix, Benito Gonzalez, Dezron Douglas, • Jocelyn Shannon Band with Mark Cohn, Greg Zwiebel, Freddie Macarone Corey Rawls Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $38 Somethin’ Jazz Club 7 pm $12 • Trioing: Vijay Iyer, Harish Raghavan, Justin Brown • Shrine Big Band Shrine 8 pm The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 • Ron Carter Big Band with Ray Gallon, Evan Sherman, Jon Owens, Chris Jaudes, êJazzmobile: Michael Carvin Marcus Garvey Park 7 pm Tanya Darby, Alex Norris, Jerry Dodgion, David DeJesus, Bobby LaVell, Ivan Renta, Academy Records êSifter: Kirk Knuffke, Mary Halvorson, Matt Wilson Jay Brandford, John Mosca, Steve Davis, James Burton, Douglas Purviance Neighborhood Church of Greenwich Village 8, 10 pm Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 • Colin Stranahan, Glenn Zaleski, Rick Rosato and guest Lage Lund êAl Foster Quartet Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 êSteve Turre and The Bones of Art with Robin Eubanks, Frank Lacy, Xavier Davis, & CDs • Ralph Lalama’a Bop-Juice; Quincy Davis Quintet Peter Washington, Willie Jones III Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 • Earl Klugh Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • TriBeCaStan Rubin Museum 7 pm • Juan P. Carletti Autobomb; Dominic Fragman solo • Jared Gold/Dave Gibson Band Fat Cat 10:30 pm Downtown Music Gallery 6, 7 pm • Steve Bloom Trio with Danton Boller, Jeremy Carlstedt • Four Horns Saint Peter’s 5 pm Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 • Roman Stolyar/Weasel Walter Spectrum 4 pm Cash for new and used • Alex DeZenzo Trio with Stephen Harms, Josh Schusterman • York College Summer Jazz Program ‘13 Metropolitan Room 11:30 pm $20 Louis Armstrong House 2 pm • Flin van Hemmen’s Canyons Series • Hiromi Suda Sextet with Anne Drummond, Julian Shor, Tatsuya Sakurai, compact discs,vinyl Spectrum 7:30 pm Yasushi Nakamura, Clarence PennBlue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 • Jaana Narsipur Quartet with Sunseek Jun, Tina Lama, Mauro Satalino; • Roz Corral Trio with Ron Affif, Boris Kozlov records, blu-rays and Nicholas Biello 4Tet Somethin’ Jazz Club 9, 11 pm $10 North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm • Masami Ishikawa Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm • Ben Healy Trio; David Coss Quartet; Bossa Brasil: Maurício de Souza, Alan Chaubert, • Hide Tanaka Trio; Joey Morant TrioThe Garage 6:15, 10:45 pm Joonsam Lee The Garage 11:30 am 6:30, 11 pm dvds. • Ron Carter Big Band with Ray Gallon, Evan Sherman, Jon Owens, Chris Jaudes, Tanya Darby, Alex Norris, Jerry Dodgion, David DeJesus, Bobby LaVell, Ivan Renta, Jay Brandford, John Mosca, Steve Davis, James Burton, Douglas Purviance Monday, August 5 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 êAl Foster Quartet Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Ali Jackson Quartet with Emmet Cohen, Russell Hall, Vincent Gardner We buy and sell all êSteve Turre and The Bones of Art with Robin Eubanks, Frank Lacy, Xavier Davis, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Peter Washington, Willie Jones III Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 êMingus Orchestra Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Bryan Carter Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $10 • Abby Dobson Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $15 genres of music. • Earl Klugh Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Voxify Festival: Laila Biali/Matt Aronoff; Leala Cyr/Ricardo Vogt • Pablo Ziegler Quartet with Walter Castro, Claudio Ragazzi, Pedro Giraudo and guests Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 All sizes of collections Jisoo Ok, Stefon Harris Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Rob Reddy’s Tenfold with Charlie Burnham, John Carlson, Brandon Ross, êChris Speed Trio with Chris Tordini, Dave King Oscar Noriega, Bryan Carrott, Marshall Sealy, Rubin Kodheli, Keith Witty, Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $15 Pheeroan akLaff SubCulture 7:30, 9:30 pm $18-20 welcome. • Joseph Lepore Measure 8 pm • Paul Bollenback/Sheryl Bailey Duo; Gerry Gibbs Group with Mark Feldman, • Deanna Witkowski Bryant Park 12:30 pm Steve Wilson, Robin Eubanks, Benito Gonzalez, ; Spencer Murphy • Imani Winds Bryant Park 6 pm Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 • Fernando Huergo Quintet with Yulia Musayelyan, Rick DiMuzio, Alex Brown, Franco Pinna ShapeShifter Lab 9:30 pm $10 For large collections, Saturday, August 3 • Jay Rodriguez/Victor Jones In The Spirit of Gil Zinc Bar 9, 11 pm please call to set up an êTirtha: Vijay Iyer, Prasanna, Nitin Mitta • Dave Stryker/ Eats Restaurant 7 pm The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 êMara Rosenbloom Quartet with Darius Jones, Sean Conly, Chad Taylor êCraig Taborn/Gust Burns Greenwich House Music School 8 pm $15 Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 appointment. • The Wolff and Clark Expedition: Michael Wolff, Mike Clark, Ben Allison • Kavita Shah Trio with Yotam Silberstein, Rogerio Boccato Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 • Clarence Penn’s Monk The Lost Files with Gregoire Maret, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, • Matt Davis’ Aerial Photograph Tea Lounge 9, 10:30 pm Gerald Clayton, Yasushi Nakamura • Chungeun Han with Sean Kim, Kiwoong Choi The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 Somethin’ Jazz Club 9 pm $10 • Paul Bollenback Trio with Hans Glawischnig, Gerry Gibbs • Benjamin Servenay Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Open 7 days a week 11-7 Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 • Luca Santaniello Measure 8 pm • Will Arvo, Max Johnson, Lou Grassi, Daniel Carter • Howard Williams Jazz Orchestra; Justin Lees Trio ShapeShifter Lab 8:15 pm The Garage 7, 10:30 pm 12 W. 18th Street NY, NY 10011 • Maria Jacobs Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 • Victor Baker Shrine 8 pm • Mabel Lee 92nd Birthday Tribute Saint Peter’s 6:30 pm $25 212-242-3000 • Roy Eaton Bryant Park 12:30 pm

34 August 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD Wednesday, August 7 • Cynthia Sayer/Conal Fowlkes Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 êPaquito D’Rivera and his Panamericana Ensemble with Alex Brown, Oscar Stagnaro, • Russ Spiegel Trio with Gary Wang, Anthony Pinciotti Victor Provost, Pernell Saturnino, Eric Doob êEddie Henderson Quintet with Tiger Onitsuka, John di Martino, Ed Howard Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 • Baby Soda Jazz Band Pier 45 7 pm êDavid Berger Orchestra with Jay Brandford, Matt Hong, Dan Block, Mark Hynes, êNext Collective: Logan Richardson, Walter Smith III, Matt Stevens, Gerald Clayton, • Hilary Gardner Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 Paul Nedzella, Bob Millikan, Brian Pareschi, Mat Jodrell, Wayne Goodman, Joe Sanders, Justin Brown Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Isra-Alien: Oren Neiman/Gilad Ben-Zvi Ryan Keberle, Yasushi Nakamura, Jimmy Madison êEJ Strickland Quintet with Marcus Strickland, , Luis Perdomo, Linda Oh Soapbox Gallery 8:30 pm $10 Pier 84 6:30 pm Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm • Brenda Earle Stokes; Paula and Emma: Paula Jaakkola, Emma Larsson, • Max Jaffe solo; Ben van Gelder Downtown Music Gallery 6, 7 pm êJazzmobile: Will Calhoun Grant’s Tomb 7 pm Tuomo Uusitalo, Lars Ekman; Sibling: Halley Hiatt, Anika Trujillo, Jason Berman, • Fred Sturm Big Band Saint Peter’s 5 pm êEric McPherson’s Cause and Effect with Abraham Burton, David Bryant, Eldad Arad, Justin Carter Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10-12 êSam Ulano 93rd Birthday Bash The Cutting Room 2:30 pm Rashaan Carter; Roxy Coss Group • Shu Odamura Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 • Danny Mixon Trio St. Gabriel’s Church 3 pm Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 • Joonsam Lee Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm • Go: Organic Orchestra Workshop ShapeShifter Lab 3 pm • Voxify Festival: Brianna Thomas; Nicole Zuraitis with Scott Colberg, Dan Pugach • Hot House The Garage 10:45 pm • Luis Perdomo/Mimi Jones Duo The Cell 3 pm $20 Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 • WBGO Jazz Series: Chico Pinheiro Brazilian Dream Band with Luciana Alves and • Vic Juris Brazilian Band with Kate Baker, Helio Alves, Harvie S, Cafe, Adriano Santos • Deborah Latz’ Fig Tree with Jon Davis, Ray Parker, Willard Dyson guest Cesar Camargo Mariano 54 Below 11 pm $25-35 Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 ShapeShifter Lab 8:15 pm $12 êNext Collective: Logan Richardson, Walter Smith III, Matt Stevens, Gerald Clayton, êHenry Butler New Orleans Brunch Joe’s Pub 12 pm $20 • Tom Beckham Rotation Trio with Gary Wang, RJ Miller Joe Sanders, Justin Brown Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 • Michelle Walker Trio with Ron Affif, Michael O’Brian Barbès 8 pm $10 êTrio 3: Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and guest Vijay Iyer North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm • Jazz OverGround Jam Flushing Town Hall 7 pm Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Lou Caputo Quartet; David Coss Quartet; Afro Mantra The Garage • Rural Punk: Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic, Patrick Breiner, Jason Nazari êSteve Wilson Quartet with Orrin Evans, Ugonna Okegwo, Bill Stewart 11:30 am 6:30, 11 pm Bar Chord 8 pm Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Paul Carlon; Russ Nolan New Latin Quartet with Manuel Valera, Michael O’Brien, êPaquito D’Rivera and his Panamericana Ensemble with Alex Brown, Oscar Stagnaro, Brian Fishler Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 Victor Provost, Pernell Saturnino, Eric Doob Monday, August 12 • Akemi Yamada Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • The Anderson Brothers; Adam Larson Trio • Courtney Bryan Blue Note 12:30 am $10 • Jazz House Kids with Christian McBride The Garage 6, 10:30 pm • Luca Santaniello Measure 8 pm Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 êTrio 3: Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and guest Vijay Iyer • Roy Eaton Bryant Park 12:30 pm êMingus Big Band Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êIdeal Bread: Josh Sinton, Kirk Knuffke, Adam Hopkins, Tomas Fujiwara êSteve Wilson Quartet with Orrin Evans, Ugonna Okegwo, Bill Stewart Ibeam Brooklyn 8, 9:30 pm $10 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Saturday, August 10 • Luke Celenza Quartet with Lucas Pino, Joshua Crumbly, Jimmy Macbride êPaquito D’Rivera and his Panamericana Ensemble with Alex Brown, Oscar Stagnaro, Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $15 Victor Provost, Pernell Saturnino, Mark Walker • George Duke BB King’s Blues Bar 8 pm $35 • Rob Reddy’s Tenfold with Charlie Burnham, John Carlson, Brandon Ross, Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 êFred Ho Birthday Celebration Baruch Performing Arts Center 8 pm Oscar Noriega, Bryan Carrott, Marshall Sealy, Rubin Kodheli, Keith Witty, • Raphael D’lugoff; Groover Trio; Ned Goold Jam • Yotam Silberstein Trio with Matt Penman, Evan Sherman Pheeroan akLaff SubCulture 7:30, 9:30 pm $18-20 Fat Cat 7, 9 pm 12:30 am Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 • Jerome Sabbagh/Pete Rende Duo; Ari Hoenig Group with Johannes Weidenmuller, • Wysocki Jazz Trio; Joe Alterman Trio • Joe Moffett, Owen Stewart-Robertson, Sean Ali; Carlo Costa 4tet with Jonathan Moritz, Shai Maestro; Spencer Murphy Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 Caffe Vivaldi 8:30, 10 pm , Sean Ali Launch Pad Gallery 8 pm • Ned Goold Quartet; Billy Kaye Jam • Ali Jackson Quartet with Emmet Cohen, Russell Hall, Vincent Gardner • XBOP: Daniel Carter, Will Arvo, Jon Roberds, Brandon Miller Fat Cat 9 pm 12:30 am Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 • Deanna Witkowski Trio with Marco Panascia, Scott Lasky • Kevin Kannar Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $5 • Will Holton, Ryan J, Bria Marie; Jazzmeia Horn Quartet Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 • Luca Santaniello Measure 8 pm Metropolitan Room 9:30, 11:30 pm $20 • Jamie Baum/Sheryl Bailey Eats Restaurant 7 pm • John Eckert New York Jazz Nine Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10 • Ty Citterman/Bop Kabbalah Spectrum 7 pm • JT Lewis Trio with , Saul Rubin • Roy Eaton Bryant Park 12:30 pm • Swingadelic Swing 46 8:30 pm ShapeShifter Lab 8:15 pm • The Grautet: Andrew Grau, Drew X Coles, Alessandro Fadini, Luke Markham; • Awakening Orchestra Tea Lounge 9, 10:30 pm Gabrielle Agachiko with Russ Gershon, Geni Skendo, Scott Getchell, Sam Davis, • Michael Blanco Quintet with John Ellis, Jonathan Kreisberg, Adam Birnbaum, Thursday, August 8 Blake Newman, Phil Neighbors; Mike Treat/Erin Whipple Clarence Penn Somethin’ Jazz Club 9 pm $12 Somethin’ Jazz Club 5, 7, 9 pm $10-12 • Yuto Kanazawa Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 êKermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers • Allegra Levy Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm Highline Ballroom 8 pm $35-65 • Alan Rosenthal Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Eyal Vilner Big Band; Chris Beck Trio êNo BS! Brass Band Josie Robertson Plaza 6:30 pm • Matt Snow Group Shrine 9 pm The Garage 7, 10:30 pm êDance Heginbotham with the Raymond Scott Orchestrette; Henry Butler, êTribute to Mulgrew Miller: Steve Nelson Quartet • Victor Lin Bryant Park 12:30 pm Steven Bernstein and The Hot 9 with Reginald Veal, Herlin Riley and guests Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $38 Damrosch Park 7:30 pm • Rodriguez Brothers Band: Rob and Mike Rodriguez, Carlos Henriquez, Ludwig Afonso, • George Mel Quartet with Dan Blake, Leo Genovese, Apostolos Sideris Mauricio Herrera Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $45 Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 • Kevin Kannar Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $20 êSofia Rei David Rubenstein Atrium 7:30 pm • Frank Perowsky Quartet with , Danton Boller, Eric McPherson; • WBGO Jazz Series: Chico Pinheiro Brazilian Dream Band with Luciana Alves and Michael Dease Quintet with , Glenn Zaleski, Yasushi Nakamura, guest Cesar Camargo Mariano 54 Below 9:30 pm $25-35 EJ Strickland Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 Drummers: Just Out! • Gregory Jones’ House of Essex with Lora McFarlane-Tazewell, Herb Maitlandt, • Roni Ben-Hur Quartet with Amy London, Ray Drummond, Lewis Nash David Shields, David Longworth and guest Jackie Jones Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 ShapeShifter Lab 9:30 pm $10 • Cynthia Sayer/Conal Fowlkes Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 • Sharon Rae North Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 • WBGO Jazz Series: Chico Pinheiro Brazilian Dream Band with Luciana Alves and • Greg Glassman Quintet Fat Cat 10 pm guest Cesar Camargo Mariano 54 Below 11 pm $25-35 New Books on • Eduardo Belo Trio with Koran Agan, Nick Falk êNext Collective: Logan Richardson, Walter Smith III, Matt Stevens, Gerald Clayton, Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Joe Sanders, Justin Brown Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 • York College Summer Jazz Program ‘13 êTrio 3: Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and guest Vijay Iyer Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Syncopation! University of the Streets 7 pm • Greg Gordon, Tina Lama, Ryan Engelbert; Florencia Gonzalez Candombe Project with êSteve Wilson Quartet with Orrin Evans, Ugonna Okegwo, Bill Stewart 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 8/4 Kerry Mackillop, Matt McDonald, Carmen Staaf, Mariana Iranzi, Franco Pinna Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 12 Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 êPaquito D’Rivera and his Panamericana Ensemble with Alex Brown, Oscar Stagnaro, • Yuko Ito Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 Victor Provost, Pernell Saturnino, Eric Doob 9/4, 10/4, 11/4, and 12/4 time. • Aki Yamamoto Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Tony Jefferson Quartet; Bryan Carter Trio • Rachel Eckroth with Chris Parrello, Jesse Fischer, David Cutler, Jerome Jennings The Garage 6, 10:30 pm Blue Note 12:30 am $10 êNext Collective: Logan Richardson, Walter Smith III, Matt Stevens, Gerald Clayton, • Luca Santaniello Measure 8 pm Joe Sanders, Justin Brown Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 êJazzmobile: Harlem Renaissance Orchestra All-original studies. êEric McPherson’s Cause and Effect with Abraham Burton, David Bryant, Central Park Great Hill 4 pm Rashaan Carter; Emmet Cohen Trio with Russell Hall, Evan Sherman • Daniela Schaechter Trio; Joel Perry Trio; Akiko Tsuruga Trio Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 The Garage 12, 6:15, 10:45 pm Helps your reading • Tamm E. Hunt with Sharp Radway, Hilliard Greene, Dwayne “Cook” Broadnax and guest TK Blue Birdland 6 pm $25 and musical skills! êTrio 3: Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and guest Vijay Iyer Sunday, August 11 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êSteve Wilson Quartet with Orrin Evans, Ugonna Okegwo, Bill Stewart • Keystone Korner Presents: Amina Figarova Sextet with Bart Platteau, Marc Mommaas, Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Josh Evans, Joe Sanders, Justin Brown $20 each book, or buy all 12 êPaquito D’Rivera and his Panamericana Ensemble with Alex Brown, Oscar Stagnaro, Iridium 8, 10 pm $25 Victor Provost, Pernell Saturnino, Mark Walker • Improv Night with Ty Citerman, Ken Thomson, George Spanos and guests Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 The Stone 8 pm $25 books for $120 (S&H included). • Ali Jackson Quartet with Emmet Cohen, Russell Hall, Vincent Gardner • Pedro Giraudo Expansions Big Band Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Birdland 9, 11 pm $30-40 A 50% discount • Kevin Kannar Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $10 • Leslie Pintchik Quartet with Scott Hardy, Michael Sarin, Satoshi Takeishi; • Luca Santaniello Measure 8 pm Lezlie Harrison; Johnny O’Neal; Bruce Harris Quintet with Andy Farber, Jeb Patton, • Roy Eaton Bryant Park 2 pm David Wong, Peter Van Nostrand Smalls 4:30, 7:30, 10, 11:30 pm $20 • Westpoint Jazz Knights Citigroup Center Plaza 12:30 pm • Julia Patinella/Andreas Arnold Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 • Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Eats Restaurant 7 pm To order, send a check or • Jeff Betten’s Western Pennsylvania; Projection:Zero: Carsten Radtke, Blaise Siwula Friday, August 9 and guests ABC No-Rio 7 pm $5 money order to: • Human Equivalent: Leah Gough-Cooper, Andrew Baird, Sean McCluskey, êTribute to Mulgrew Miller: Steve Nelson Quartet Bryan Percivall, Bob Edinger; Tangolando: Sofia Tosello, Yuri Juarez, Victor Prieto, Sam Ulano Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $38 Pablo Menares, Freddy Huevito Lobaton • Rodriguez Brothers Band: Rob and Mike Rodriguez, Carlos Henriquez, Ludwig Afonso, Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-15 Mauricio Herrera Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 • Rodriguez Brothers Band: Rob and Mike Rodriguez, Carlos Henriquez, Ludwig Afonso, 127 W. 43rd St., Apt. 1026 • Kevin Kannar Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $10 Mauricio Herrera Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 êJazzmobile: Jeremy Pelt Show with Roxy Coss, David Bryant, Chris Smith, • WBGO Jazz Series: Chico Pinheiro Brazilian Dream Band with Luciana Alves and New York, NY 10036 Dana Hawkins Jackie Robinson Park 7 pm guest Cesar Camargo Mariano 54 Below 9 pm $25-35 • Joel Press Quartet with Spike Wilner, Lee Hudson, Fuku Tainaka; êNext Collective: Logan Richardson, Walter Smith III, Matt Stevens, Gerald Clayton, 212-977-5209 Michael Dease Quintet with Myron Walden, Glenn Zaleski, Yasushi Nakamura, Joe Sanders, Justin Brown Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 EJ Strickland; Ehud Asherie Trio with Neal Miner, Jason Brown êSteve Wilson Quartet with Orrin Evans, Ugonna Okegwo, Bill Stewart Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm 1:30 am $20 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 The Only Books of Their Kind! • Roni Ben-Hur Quartet with Amy London, Ray Drummond, Lewis Nash Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 Not Sold in Stores!

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | August 2013 35 Tuesday, August 13 • Jon Nankof 4 with Casey Berman, Cole Davis, David Jimenez; êMary Halvorson Septet with Jonathan Finlayson, , Ingrid Laubrock, Mind Open: Andrew Ahr, Chris Covais, Dave Pellegrino, Hugo Lopez Jacob Garchik, John Hébert, Ches Smith êMulgrew Miller Celebration Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 • Evan Sherman Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $5 • Scot Albertson Trio with Mayu Saeki, Ron Jackson êPeter Bernstein Quartet with Steve Nelson, Bill Stewart êLou Donaldson Quartet with Akiko Tsuruga, Randy Johnston, Fukushi Tainaka Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $38 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Devin Bing and The Secret Service êMichael Formanek’s Resonator with Loren Stillman, Chris Speed, Angelica Sanchez, êWBGO Jazz Series: Christian McBride Trio with Christian Sands, Ulysses Owens Jr. Metropolitan Room 9:30 pm $20 Tyshawn Sorey Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $15 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 • 2X3: Josh Deutsch/Nico Soffiato Caffe Vivaldi 9 pm • Nick Hempton Quintet with Dan Aran, Art Hirahara, Marco Panascia, Michael Dease; • Joey DeFrancesco with the City Rhythm Orchestra • Sharif Zaben Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm John Marshall Quintet with Grant Stewart, Tardo Hammer, David Wong, Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Josh Lawrence Quartet; Will Terrill Trio Jimmy Wormworth Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 • Eric Johnson/Mike Stern Group Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 The Garage 6, 10:30 pm • Sullivan Fortner with Theo Croker, Tivon Pennicott, Joe Dyson êMarcus Strickland Quartet with David Bryant, Ben Williams, EJ Strickland êThumbscrew: Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Tomas Fujiwara The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 êDr. Lonnie Smith Octet with Andy Gravish, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, John Ellis, êJohn Kordalewski and the Makanda Project with Oliver Lake, Kurtis Rivers, • Monty Alexander Harlem Kingston Express Jason Marshall, Ed Cherry, Johnathan Blake, Khalil Kwame Bell Arni Cheatham, Lance Bryant, Sean Berry, Charlie Kohlhase, Jerry Sabatini, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 Josh Evans, Robert Stringer, Bill Lowe, Diane Richardson, John Lockwood, • Evan Sherman Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $10 • Monty Alexander Harlem Kingston Express Yoron Israel, Warren Smith NYC Baha’i Center 8, 9:30 pm $15 • Logan Richardson Quartet; Carlos Abadie Quintet with Joe Sucato, Theo Hill, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $45 • Mary Halvorson/Joe Morris; Mary Halvorson/Brandon Seabrook Clovis Nicolas, Luca Santaniello Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 • Evan Sherman Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $20 The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 êLou Donaldson Quartet with Akiko Tsuruga, Randy Johnston, Fukushi Tainaka êLou Donaldson Quartet with Akiko Tsuruga, Randy Johnston, Fukushi Tainaka • Julian Lage/Chris Eldridge City Winery 8 pm $15 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 êMichaël Attias Quartet with Aruán Ortiz, John Hébert, ; Ralph Alessi Trio • Joey DeFrancesco with the City Rhythm Orchestra • Joey DeFrancesco with the City Rhythm Orchestra with Florian Webber, Dan Weiss Korzo 9, 10:30 pm Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Gerald Cleaver/Han-earl Park; Viv Corringham/Andrea Parkins • Eric Johnson/Mike Stern Group Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Eric Johnson/Mike Stern Group Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 Douglass Street Music Collective 8 pm $10 • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm • Stan Killian Evoke Quintet with , Benito Gonzalez, Corcoran Holt, • Harlem Speaks: Voza Rivers Jazz Museum in Harlem 6:30 pm • Wade Barnes Tribute Band with Roy Meriwether, Bill Saxton, Vincent Chancey, McClenty Hunter 55Bar 7 pm • Victor Lin Bryant Park 2 pm Bob Cunningham, Dave Gibson Brownsville Heritage House 3 pm • Annette Aguilar Group Union Settlement Association’s Garden 7 pm $10 • Harlem Blues and Jazz Band Citigroup Center Plaza 12:30 pm • Jazz-at-the-Mansion: Sedric Choukroun, Gerald Hayes, Bob Cunningham, • Gialedo and The Unpredictables with Gia Ionescu, Beledo, Mauro Pagani, Clint Bahr, Clay Herndon, Nicholas Mauro, Koichi Yoshihara, Vivian Ducat, Tom Jones, Kim Plainfield ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm Lammott Cottman, Roger Parris Morris Jumel Mansion 2 pm • Jonathan Greenstein Trio with Tamir Schmerling, Dan Aran Friday, August 16 • Alex Layne Trio; Joonsam Lee Trio; Denise Thimes Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 The Garage 12, 6:15, 10:45 pm • York College Summer Jazz Program ‘13 êAndy Milne & Dapp Theory with John Moon, Aaron Kruziki, Chris Tordini, York College Performing Arts Center 7 pm Kenny Grohowski and guest • Spike Wilner Trio; Smalls Legacy Band: Frank Lacy, Stacy Dillard, Josh Evans, ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm $10 Sunday, August 18 Theo Hill, Rashaan Carter, Kush Abadey; Kyle Poole and Friends êMichael Henderson’s Electric Miles with , , Sam Morrison, Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 Billy “Spaceman” Patterson, Adam Klipple, Lenny Holmes, James “Biscuit” Rouse • Amy Kang, Rebekah , Carlos Avila; Ehud Asherie Trio with Neal Miner, Jason Brown; • Glenn Zaleski solo Jazz at Kitano 8 pm The Cutting Room 8 pm $25 Johnny O’Neal; Jeb Patton Trio Smalls 4:30, 7:30, 10, 11:30 pm $20 • Bo Ram Park’s Hear the Beauty with Changmin Jun, Sungtaek Oh, Yoo Sun Nam; êJames Blood Ulmer Trio with Mark Peterson, G. Calvin Weston • Roni Ben-Hur Wes Montgomery Tribute with Steve Nelson, Jeremy Pelt, , Geo Progulakis Band with Linton Smith, Max Zooi, Marshall Rauh, Steven Frieder, City Winery 8 pm $28-35 , Victor Lewis Birdland 9, 11 pm $30-40 Luca Rosenfeld, David James Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 êLew Tabackin Trio with Paul Gill, Mark Taylor • Jason Yeager/Andrew Mulherkar Eats Restaurant 7 pm êIdeal Bread: Josh Sinton, Kirk Knuffke, Adam Hopkins, Tomas Fujiwara Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 • People in the Pie Crew: Adam Dym, Damien Olsen, Stephan Keneas, Aron Namewirth; Ibeam Brooklyn 8, 9:30 pm $10 êMary Halvorson Septet with Jonathan Finlayson, Tim Berne, Ingrid Laubrock, Vin Scialla Ensemble ABC No-Rio 7 pm $5 • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm Jacob Garchik, John Hébert, Ches Smith • Swingadelic Swing 46 8:30 pm • Rob Edwards Quartet; Adam Rongo Trio The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 • Broc Hempel, Sam Trapchak, Christian Coleman with guest Loren Stillman The Garage 6, 10:30 pm êPeter Bernstein Quartet with Steve Nelson, Bill Stewart Dominie’s Astoria 9 pm • Nilson Matta’s Brazilian Voyage John Jay College 6:30 pm Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $38 • Facebook Songbook Cabaret: Hope Mirlis, Alex Navarro, Nick Sample; • Hot Strings Fest: Michael Daves, Tony Trischka, Cynthia Sayer, Andy Statman êMichael Formanek’s Resonator with Loren Stillman, Chris Speed, Angelica Sanchez, Matt Malanowski Trio with Jonathan Toscano, David Jimenez; City Winery 5:30 pm Tyshawn Sorey Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $15 Nick Brust/Adam Horowitz Quintet with Matthew Sheens, James Quinlan, Dani Danor • Victor Lin Bryant Park 12:30 pm êPete Malinverni Trio; John Marshall Quintet with Grant Stewart, Tardo Hammer, Somethin’ Jazz Club 5, 7, 9 pm $10-12 David Wong, Jimmy Wormworth Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 êMary Halvorson Septet with Jonathan Finlayson, Tim Berne, Ingrid Laubrock, • Sullivan Fortner with Theo Croker, Tivon Pennicott, Joe Dyson Jacob Garchik, John Hébert, Ches Smith Wednesday, August 14 The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 • Dr. Martino Atangana African Blue Note êDr. Lonnie Smith Octet with Andy Gravish, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, John Ellis, êKeystone Korner Presents: Ralph Peterson and The Unity Project with Fat Cat 10:30 pm Jason Marshall, Ed Cherry, Johnathan Blake, Khalil Kwame Bell Marcus Strickland, Josh Evans, Jake Sherman • Sheryl Bailey 3 with Ron Oswanski, Ian Froman Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Iridium 8, 10 pm $25 Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 • Monty Alexander Harlem Kingston Express êThumbscrew: Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Tomas Fujiwara • Vanessa Raci; Jacqueline Hopkins and Her Ensemble Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $45 The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 Metropolitan Room 7, 11:30 pm $20 êLou Donaldson Quartet with Akiko Tsuruga, Randy Johnston, Fukushi Tainaka • Monty Alexander Harlem Kingston Express • The Hot Sardines Joe’s Pub 9:30 pm $15 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 • Chuck Braman Band Pier 45 7 pm • Eric Johnson/Mike Stern Group Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Evan Sherman Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $5 • Kathleen Potton with Tuomo Uusitalo, Jay Sawyer; Griff Kaz and the 7th Septet with • Giacomo Merega/Terrence McManus êJazzmobile: Wycliffe Gordon Grant’s Tomb 7 pm Elijah Balbed, Nathan Reising, Corey Wallace, Mark Meadows, Stephen Synk Downtown Music Gallery 6 pm êChes Smith Quartet with Jonathan Finlayson, Mat Maneri, Stephan Crump Somethin’ Jazz Club 9, 11 pm $10 • Music Now: Ras Moshe, Chris Forbes, Joel Freedman, Tom Zlabinger; Barbès 8 pm $10 • Kayo Hiraki Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 OOO Trio: Luke Stewart, Aaron Martin, Sam Lohman; Ras Moshe, Matt Lavelle, • Logan Richardson Quartet; Craig Wuepper Trio with Paul Odeh, Essiet Essiet • Alex Layne Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm John Pietaro, Tor Yochai Snyder; Gold Standard: RevGold, Luke Stewart, Terry Koger, Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 • Masami Ishikawa Trio; Kevin Dorn and the BIG 72 William Washburn; Farewell Jam Brecht Forum 5 pm $11 • Raphael D’lugoff; Harold Mabern Trio; Ned Goold Jam The Garage 6:15, 10:45 pm • OWL Trio: Orlando Le Fleming, Will Vinson, Lage Lund Fat Cat 7, 9 pm 12:30 am êDr. Lonnie Smith Octet with Andy Gravish, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, John Ellis, Saint Peter’s 5 pm • Annette St. John and her Hammond B3 Trio Jason Marshall, Ed Cherry, Johnathan Blake, Khalil Kwame Bell • Jazz-at-the-Mansion: Sedric Choukroun, Gerald Hayes, Bob Cunningham, Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Clay Herndon, Nicholas Mauro, Koichi Yoshihara, Vivian Ducat, Tom Jones, • Nancy Reed Trio with Jim Ridl, Steve Varner • Monty Alexander Harlem Kingston Express Lammott Cottman, Roger Parris Morris Jumel Mansion 2 pm Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $45 • Go: Organic Orchestra Workshop ShapeShifter Lab 3 pm • Alex Wyatt Group with Jon De Lucia, Kyle Wilson, Danny Fox, Greg Ruggiero, • Evan Sherman Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $10 • Luis Perdomo/David Gilmore Duo The Cell 3 pm $20 Chris Tordini ShapeShifter Lab 8:15 pm $8 êLou Donaldson Quartet with Akiko Tsuruga, Randy Johnston, Fukushi Tainaka • Amanda Ruzzo Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 • Michel Reis with Aaron Kruziki, Eddy Khaimovich, Peter Traunmueller Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Amy London Trio with James Chirillo, Lisle Atkinson Somethin’ Jazz Club 7 pm $10 • Joey DeFrancesco with the City Rhythm Orchestra North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm • Nori Ochiai Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Mayu Saeki Trio; David Coss Quartet; Abe Ovadia Trio • Roger Davidson Caffe Vivaldi 7:15 pm • Eric Johnson/Mike Stern Group Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 The Garage 11:30 am 6:30, 11 pm • Marc Devine Trio; Nobuki Takamen Trio • Darren Lyons with Chad McLoughlin, Chris Clark, Dave Johnsen The Garage 6, 10:30 pm Blue Note 12:30 am $10 êLou Donaldson Quartet with Akiko Tsuruga, Randy Johnston, Fukushi Tainaka • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm Monday, August 19 Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Victor Lin Bryant Park 12:30 pm • Joey DeFrancesco with the City Rhythm Orchestra • Jazzmobile: Gregory Generet Marcus Garvey Park 6:30 pm êFrancisco Mela Quartet with Fred Hersch, Melissa Aldana, Gerald Cannon Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êMatt Wilson’s Carl Sandburg Project Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Eric Johnson/Mike Stern Group Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 Bryant Park 6 pm êJazzmobile: Sextet Brooklyn Bridge Park 7 pm êMarcus Strickland Quartet with David Bryant, Ben Williams, EJ Strickland êMingus Orchestra Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 • Liberation Prophecy: Jacob Duncan, Craig Wagner, Chris Fortner, Chris Fitzgerald, • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm Saturday, August 17 Michael Hyman, Kris Eans, Steve Good, Carly Johnson • Yuki Shibata Trio Shrine 6 pm Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $15 • Roz Corral, John di Martino, Paul Gill êHarry Allen Quartet with Rossano Sportiello, Joel Forbes, Kevin Kanner • Rob Reddy’s Tenfold with Charlie Burnham, John Carlson, Brandon Ross, Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10 Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 Oscar Noriega, Bryan Carrott, Marshall Sealy, Rubin Kodheli, Keith Witty, • Victor Lin Bryant Park 12:30 pm êConnie Crothers Quartet with Richard Tabnik, Adam Lane, Roger Mancuso; Pheeroan akLaff SubCulture 7:30, 9:30 pm $18-20 Richard Tabnik Trio with Adam Lane, Roger Mancuso êMarcus Gilmore with David Virelles and guests Brecht Forum 8 pm $15 The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 Thursday, August 15 • Larry Corban Trio with Harvie S, Steve Williams êPeter Bernstein solo; Will Vinson with Lage Lund, Aaron Parks, Matt Brewer, Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 Clarence Penn; Spencer Murphy Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 êDr. Lonnie Smith Octet with Andy Gravish, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, John Ellis, • Kevin Kastning/Mark Wingfield Drom 7:15 pm $15 • George Braith; Billy Kaye Jam Fat Cat 9 pm 12:30 am Jason Marshall, Ed Cherry, Johnathan Blake, Khalil Kwame Bell • Zwoo Park Quartet with Sunseek Jun, Inyoung Kim, Joochan Im; Gary Fogel Quintet • The Magic Trio: Chris McNulty, Paul Bollenback, Ugonna Okegwo Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 with Jonathan Saraga, Matt Chiasson, Harry Miller; Cristian Mendoza Quartet with Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 êMyra Melford’s Snowy Egret with Ron Miles, Liberty Ellman, Stomu Takeishi, Francisco Lelo De Larrea, Edward Perez, Alex Kautz; Joseph Howell Quartet with • Phat Chance: Vincent Chancey, Steve Bloom, Jeremy Carlstedt Tyshawn Sorey Roulette 8 pm $15 Jason Yeager, Danny Weller, Tyson Stubelek ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $10 êScott Feiner’s Pandeiro Jazz with Mike Moreno, Vitor Gonçalves; Briggan Krauss’ Somethin’ Jazz Club 5, 7, 9, 11 pm $10-12 • Jaron Eames/Kumi Mikami Eats Restaurant 7 pm H-alpha with Ikue Mori, Jim Black ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $10 • Misa Ogasawara Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 êPete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra Tea Lounge 9, 10:30 pm • Andrew D’Angelo Quartet with Jeff Lederer, Chris Lightcap, Mike Pride • Kuni Mikami Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Hironobu Nozawa Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 • Duke Bantu X; Emanuele Tozzi Shrine 6, 8 pm • Alberto Pibiri Measure 8 pm • Hendrik Meurkens/Antonio Adolfo Brazilian Quartet with Gustavo Amarante, êAndy Milne & Dapp Theory with John Moon, Aaron Kruziki, Chris Tordini, • Howard Williams Jazz Orchestra; Kenny Shanker Quartet Adriano Santos Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Kenny Grohowski and guests Ralph Alessi, Alan Ferber, Quinsin Nachoff, The Garage 7, 10:30 pm • Point Of Departure Fat Cat 9 pm Michaël Attias ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm $10 • Hee Hawk Shrine 11 pm • Assaf Kehati Trio with Rick Rosato, Colin Stranahan • Armen Donelian Bryant Park 12:30 pm Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12

36 August 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD Tuesday, August 20 • Armen Donelian Bryant Park 12:30 pm Thursday, August 22

êBobby McFerrin’s Spirityouall with Gil Goldstein, David Mansfield, Armand Hirsch, êJazzmobile: “Happy Birthday Sekou”: Craig Harris with Marc Cary, Marvin Sewell, Jeff Carney, Louis Cato and guest Madison McFerrin Wednesday, August 21 Quincy Troupe, Tracy Morris Marcus Garvey Park 7 pm Central Park Summerstage 7 pm êSatoko Fujii/Ikue Mori; Satoko Fujii Quartet with Kappa Maki, Rene Hart, David Miller êJimmy Cobb Trio Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 êSatoko Fujii Trio with Rene Hart, David Miller; Junk Box: Kappa Maki, Satoko Fujii, The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 êBilly Hart Quartet with , Ethan Iverson, Ben Street John Hollenbeck The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 êEndangered Species - The Music of Wayne Shorter: David Weiss, Tim Green, Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Misha Piatigorsky Quintet with Tatum Greenblatt, Jorge Continentino, Danton Boller, Marcus Strickland, JD Allen, Norbert Stachel, Michael Dease, Joe Fiedler, Jeremy Pelt, êRoy Hargrove Big Band with Sullivan Fortner, Ameen Saleem, Quincy Phillips, Donald Edwards Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm Augie Hass, Geri Allen, Dwayne Burno, Bruce Williams, Justin Robinson, Keith Loftis, Norbert Stachel, Jason Marshall, • Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS Band with John Walsh, Ole Mathisen, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 Frank Green, Greg Gisbert, Tanya Darby, Freddie Hendrix, Jason Jackson, Yeissonn Villamar, Leo Traversa, Vince Cherico, Cristian Rivera • Theo Hill Trio Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $10 Michael Dease, Vincent Chandler, Max Siegel and guest Roberta Gambarini Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 êBrad Linde, Dan Tepfer, Linda Oh; Ted Brown Quintet with Brad Linde, Dan Tepfer, Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Theo Hill Trio Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $5 Linda Oh, Jeff Brown Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30, 9:30 pm $10 êAmbrose Akinmusire Project with Charles Altura, Sam Harris, Harish Raghavan, êDayna Stephens Group with Ben van Gelder, Lage Lund, Zach Ostroff, Craig Weinrib • Patrick Cornelius Sextet with Mike Rodriguez, Nick Vayenas, Frank Kimbrough, Justin Brown Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Smalls 9:30 pm $20 Peter Slavov, Billy Drummond Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 êBrian Charette Organ Sextette with Jochen Rueckert, Itai Kriss, Mike DiRubbo, êLeo Genovese’s Seeds with guests Dan Blake, Esperanza Spalding, Bob Gullotti • Gillian Bell Gbell Jazz Project; Peter Fish Group with Billy Grant, Abe Fogel, Paul Livant, Kenny Brooks, Frank Perowski Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 SubCulture 9 pm $12-15 Benjamin Drazen, Waldron Ricks; L*A*W, DJ Kaleaf, John Guari, Paul Orbell, • Theo Hill Trio Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $5 • Open Ended: Mark Small, Asen Doykin, Peter Slavov, Colin Stranahan Cecil Sanchez, Dorsey “Sky” Parker, Neal Spitzer • Jazz Funk Soul Tour: Jeff Lorber, Everette Harp, Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 ShapeShifter Lab 7, 8:15, 9:30 pm Iridium 8, 10 pm $25 • Nikolaj Hess Quartet with Marc Mommaas, Jay Anderson, Clarence Penn • Native Soul Fat Cat 9 pm • Eyal Vilner Big Band with Yaala Ballin, Andrew Gould, Pablo Castano, Asaf Yuria, Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 • Sebastian Noelle Trio with Sam Anning, Jochen Rueckert Lucas Pino, Jonah Parzen-Johnson, Cameron Johnson, Mat Jodrell, Barry Cooper, • Evan Francis Group with Kenny Brooks, Matt Nelson, Haggai Cohen Milo, Tim Bulkley, Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Joe McDonough, Jonathan Riklis, Tal Ronen, Joe Strasser Juan Carlos Lamprea Rodriguez Barbès 8 pm $10 • Elsa Nilsson Quartet with Davy Mooney, Dawn Clement; NYC Baha’i Center 8, 9:30 pm $15 • Raphael D’lugoff; Don Hahn; Ned Goold Jam The New York Bakery Connection: Antonello Parisi, Joseph Han, Luiz Ebert êSatoko Fujii/Tom Rainey; Briggan Krauss, Kappa Maki, Nels Cline, Satoko Fujii, Fat Cat 7, 9 pm 12:30 am and guest Ze-Luis Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 Michael TA Thompson The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 • Jazzmobile: Steve Kroon Grant’s Tomb 7 pm • Yuka Mito Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 • Anat Cohen’s Choro Aventuroso 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 • Space Trip: Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic, Jeff Platz, Jeff Davis • Ray Parker Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm • Jazzmobile: Willie Martinez Louis Armstrong House 7 pm Bar Chord 8 pm • George Weldon Trio; Michika Fukumori Trio • Loren Stillman Trio with Gary Versace, Nate Radley; Pete Rende • Ian O’Beirne Quintet with Mike Lorenz, Kurt Kotheimer, Matt Scarano; The Garage 6, 10:30 pm Korzo 9, 10:30 pm Piotr Pawlak UStet with Tamir Shmerling, Michael King, Victor Haskins, Jure Pukl, êDayna Stephens Group with Ben van Gelder, Lage Lund, Zach Ostroff, Craig Weinrib; • Matt Ulery’s Loom with Rob Clearfield, Jon Deitemyer, Marquis Hill, Geof Bradfield and Daniel Lehner Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 Emmet Cohen Trio with Russell Hall, Evan Sherman guests ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $8 • Haruna Fukazawa Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 • Spike Wilner Trio; Smalls Legacy Band: Frank Lacy, Stacy Dillard, Josh Evans, • Rick Stone Trio; Kyoko Oyobe Trio The Garage 6, 10:30 pm êJimmy Cobb Trio Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Theo Hill, Rashaan Carter, Kush Abadey; Kyle Poole and Friends êJimmy Cobb Trio Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 êTex Allen Sextet with Joe Ford, Patience Higgins, Lafayette Harris, Ugonna Okegwo, Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 êBilly Hart Quartet with Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street Birdland 6 pm $25 • Zach O’Farrill Quartet Union Settlement Association’s Garden 7 pm $10 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êBilly Hart Quartet with Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street • Nick Vayenas Trio with Thomson Kneeland, Colin Stranahan êRoy Hargrove Big Band with Sullivan Fortner, Ameen Saleem, Quincy Phillips, Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Bruce Williams, Justin Robinson, Keith Loftis, Norbert Stachel, Jason Marshall, êRoy Hargrove Big Band with Sullivan Fortner, Ameen Saleem, Quincy Phillips, • Negroni’s Trio: Jose Negroni, John Benitez, Nomar Negroni; Ben Eunson Group with Frank Green, Greg Gisbert, Tanya Darby, Freddie Hendrix, Jason Jackson, Bruce Williams, Justin Robinson, Keith Loftis, Norbert Stachel, Jason Marshall, Carlos Averhoff Jr., Zwelakhe-duma Bell Le Pere, Charles Burchell Michael Dease, Vincent Chandler, Max Siegel and guest Roberta Gambarini Frank Green, Greg Gisbert, Tanya Darby, Freddie Hendrix, Jason Jackson, Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 Michael Dease, Vincent Chandler, Max Siegel and guest Roberta Gambarini • Jonathan Saraga Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 êAmbrose Akinmusire Project with Charles Altura, Sam Harris, Harish Raghavan, Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 êMarcus Gilmore with David Virelles and guests Justin Brown Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 êAmbrose Akinmusire Project with Charles Altura, Sam Harris, Harish Raghavan, The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Jazz Funk Soul Tour: Jeff Lorber, Everette Harp, Chuck Loeb Justin Brown Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Glenn Zaleski solo Jazz at Kitano 8 pm Iridium 8, 10 pm $25 • Anat Cohen’s Choro Aventuroso 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 • Ray Blue Trio; Paul Francis Trio The Garage 6, 10:30 pm • Anat Cohen’s Choro Aventuroso 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 • Alberto Pibiri Measure 8 pm • Alberto Pibiri Measure 8 pm • Alberto Pibiri Measure 8 pm • Unconspicuous Meeting: Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic, Ras Moshe, Daniel Carter, êTyshawn Sorey solo 61 Local 6 pm $10 • Jack Wilkins/Peter Bernstein Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10 Jeff Platz, Federico Ughi Shrine 6 pm • The New York Bakery Connection: Antonello Parisi, Joseph Han, Luiz Ebert • Armen Donelian Bryant Park 12:30 pm • Armen Donelian Bryant Park 2 pm Shrine 6 pm • Tim Hagans Quartet with Vic Juris, Rufus Reid, Jukkis Uotila Citigroup Center Plaza 12:30 pm

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | August 2013 37 Friday, August 23 • Armen Donelian Bryant Park 12:30 pm êDissident Arts Festival: Obi Kaye solo; Sana Shabazz; Tesla Coils: Blaise Siwula, • Jane Ira Bloom Quartet Bryant Park 6 pm Harvey Valdes, Gian Luigi Diana; Steve Dalachinsky/John Pietaro; êCharlie Parker Jazz Festival - Bird is the Word: Jimmy Heath Big Band Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi; Unconspicuous Meeting: Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic, Marcus Garvey Park 7 pm Daniel Carter, Ras Moshe, Patrick Brainer, Jeff Platz, Federico Ughi; êGeorge Coleman Quartet with Harold Mabern Saturday, August 24 The Red Microphone: John Pietaro, Ras Moshe, Rocco John Iacovone, Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $38 Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic; Roy Campbell Trio; Dissident Arts Orchestra: Cheryl Pyle, êMin-Yoh Ensemble: Kappa Maki, Satoko Fujii, Curtis Hasselbring, Andrea Parkins; êCharlie Parker Jazz Festival: Kenny Garrett Quintet with Vernell Brown, Corcoran Holt, Quincy Saul, Rocco John Iacovone, Ras Moshe, Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi, Gil Selinger, Satoko Fujii and Kaze with Steve Dalachinsky and guests McClenty Hunter, Rudy Bird; Cécile McLorin Salvant with Aaron Diehl, Paul Sikivie, James Keepnews, Laurie Towers, Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic, John Pietaro The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 Rodney Green; Kim Thompson; Jaleel Shaw Band with Lawrence Fields, Boris Kozlov, Brecht Forum 3 pm $15 êGregory Porter with Yosuke Sato, Chip Crawford, Aaron James, Emanual Harrold Johnathan Blake Marcus Garvey Park 3 pm Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 êSatoko Fujii Large Ensemble with Andrew D’Angelo, Curtis Hasselbring, Joe Morris, • Tardo Hammer Trio with Lee Hudson, Jimmy Wormworth; Rene Hart, David Miller, Petr Cancura, Josh Sinton, Kappa Maki and guests; Minamo: Sunday, August 25 Scott Wendholt/Adam Kolker Quartet with Ugonna Okegwo, Victor Lewis Satoko Fujii/ The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 êJunior Mance Trio with Hide Tanaka, Michi Fuji êCharlie Parker Jazz Festival: Lee Konitz Quartet; Sheila Jordan with Steve Kuhn, • Ben Stapp and the Zozimos with Kristin Slipp, Christopher Johnson, Kenny Warren, Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 Cameron Brown, Billy Drummond; Christian Scott; Warren Wolf with Aaron Diehl Stephen Haynes, David Smith, Brian Drye, Dustin Carlson, Justin Wood, Oscar Noriega, • Brian Auger; Jeff Golub Lucille’s at BB King’s Blues Bar 8, 10:30 pm $30 Tompkins Square Park 3 pm Vasko Dukovski, Fung Chern Hwei, Satoshi Takeishi • Dana Leong Joe’s Pub 7:30 pm $15 êBrass and Percussion Ensemble: Kappa Maki, Frank London, Nate Wooley, Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 • Anna Webber Trio with , John Hollenbeck; Not A Problem: Danny Gouker, Satoko Fujii and guests; Satoko Fujii Trio with Rene Hart, David Miller • DC Wonder: Gene Shinozaki, Frank Watkoskey, Lyle Shaw; TME MCHNE: ShoChan, Eric Trudel, Nathan Ellman-Bell Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30, 10 pm $10 The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 DAJ, Akira; Event Horizon: Marko Djordjevic, Matthew Garrison, Ole Mathisen • John Marshall Group with Grant Stewart, Tardo Hammer, Paul Sikivie, • Tim Hagans Quartet with Vic Juris, Rufus Reid, Jukkis Uotila ShapeShifter Lab 7, 9:30 pm $8-10 Jimmy Wormworth; Ed Cherry Quartet with Pat Bianchi, Bill Ware, Chris Beck Birdland 9, 11 pm $30-40 • UMOJA: Yunie Mojica; David Weiss Fat Cat 7, 10 pm êKeystone Korner Presents: Ulysses Owens Quartet with Marcus Printup, Fat Cat 10:30 pm 1:30 am • Ben Monder Trio with Gary Wang, Diego Voglino Christian Sands, Matthew Rybicki Iridium 8, 10 pm $25 • Jake Saslow Trio with Matt Clohesy, Colin Stranahan Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 • John Merrill Trio; Bucky Pizzarelli/Ed Laub; Johnny O’Neal; Smalls Family Jam Session Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 • Swingadelic Swing 46 8:30 pm Smalls 4:30, 7:30, 10, 11:30 pm $20 êAlexis Cole Quartet with John di Martino, Jim Cammack, Duduka Da Fonseca • Christian Finger Band with Gordon Au, Davey Mooney, Adam Armstrong; • Curtis Macdonald Trio with Bobby Avey, Adam Jackson; Anna Webber Trio with Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 Jidam Kang Group with Mina Yu, Changmin Jun, Jake Kim Matt Mitchell, John Hollenbeck ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $10 • Jeff Platz, Blaise Siwula, Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic, Dave Miller Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $12 • Jack Wilkins/Carl Barry Eats Restaurant 7 pm Nublu 9 pm • Yasuno Katsuki Tomi Jazz 11 pm $10 êGregory Porter with Yosuke Sato, Chip Crawford, Aaron James, Emanual Harrold • Anna Webber Caffe Vivaldi 8:30 pm • Youngjoo Song Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Aimee Allen Trio; Jonathan Saraga Quintet with Colin Gordon, Peter Park, Jeff Dingler, êGeorge Coleman Quartet with Harold Mabern êEndangered Species - The Music of Wayne Shorter: David Weiss, Tim Green, Gusten Rudolph Somethin’ Jazz Club 9, 11 pm $10 Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $38 Marcus Strickland, JD Allen, Norbert Stachel, Michael Dease, Joe Fiedler, Jeremy Pelt, • Gary Negbaur Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 êGregory Porter with Yosuke Sato, Chip Crawford, Aaron James, Emanual Harrold Augie Hass, Geri Allen, Dwayne Burno, Nate Smith • Yaacov Mayman Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Todd Marcus Quartet; Hot House The Garage 6:15, 10:45 pm • Lafayette Harris Group with Antoine Drye, Lonnie Plaxico, Will Terrill, Jazzmeia Horn; êJimmy Cobb Trio Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 êEndangered Species - The Music of Wayne Shorter: David Weiss, Tim Green, Scott Wendholt/Adam Kolker Quartet with Ugonna Okegwo, Victor Lewis; êRoy Hargrove Big Band with Sullivan Fortner, Ameen Saleem, Quincy Phillips, Marcus Strickland, JD Allen, Norbert Stachel, Michael Dease, Joe Fiedler, Jeremy Pelt, Ian Hendrickson-Smith Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm 1:30 am $20 Bruce Williams, Justin Robinson, Keith Loftis, Norbert Stachel, Jason Marshall, Augie Hass, Geri Allen, Dwayne Burno, Nate Smith êEndangered Species - The Music of Wayne Shorter: David Weiss, Tim Green, Frank Green, Greg Gisbert, Tanya Darby, Freddie Hendrix, Jason Jackson, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 Marcus Strickland, JD Allen, Norbert Stachel, Michael Dease, Joe Fiedler, Jeremy Pelt, Michael Dease, Vincent Chandler, Max Siegel and guest Roberta Gambarini • Theo Hill Trio Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $10 Augie Hass, Geri Allen, Dwayne Burno, Nate Smith Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 êJimmy Cobb Trio Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $45 • Anat Cohen’s Choro Aventuroso 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 êBilly Hart Quartet with Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street • Theo Hill Trio Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $20 • Alberto Pibiri Measure 8 pm Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êJimmy Cobb Trio Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Terence Murren’s Jazz Manouche City Winery 6:30 pm $35 êRoy Hargrove Big Band with Sullivan Fortner, Ameen Saleem, Quincy Phillips, êBilly Hart Quartet with Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street • Suburban Bohemia: MC Bruce Lee, Kurt Ralske, Daniel Carter Bruce Williams, Justin Robinson, Keith Loftis, Norbert Stachel, Jason Marshall, Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Downtown Music Gallery 6, 7 pm Frank Green, Greg Gisbert, Tanya Darby, Freddie Hendrix, Jason Jackson, êRoy Hargrove Big Band with Sullivan Fortner, Ameen Saleem, Quincy Phillips, • Amy Cervini Saint Peter’s 5 pm Michael Dease, Vincent Chandler, Max Siegel and guest Roberta Gambarini Bruce Williams, Justin Robinson, Keith Loftis, Norbert Stachel, Jason Marshall, • Luis Perdomo/Roberto Quintero The Cell 3 pm $20 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 Frank Green, Greg Gisbert, Tanya Darby, Freddie Hendrix, Jason Jackson, • Nanny Assis and Group Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 • Nick Sample with Ethan Eubanks, Alex Navarro, Darius C. Jones and guests Michael Dease, Vincent Chandler, Max Siegel and guest Roberta Gambarini • Roz Corral Trio with Saul Rubin, Alex Gressel Leslie Spencer, Sandro Albert Blue Note 12:30 am $10 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm • Anat Cohen’s Choro Aventuroso 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 • Anat Cohen’s Choro Aventuroso 54 Below 7, 9 pm $25-35 • Iris Ornig Quartet; David Coss Quartet; Dave Kain Group • Alberto Pibiri Measure 8 pm • Alberto Pibiri Measure 8 pm The Garage 11:30 am 6:30, 11 pm • Marsha Heydt and the Project of Love; Champian Fulton Quartet The Garage 12, 6:15 pm Poll-winners, gound-breakers, Cobi Narita Presents unique song stylists and jazz legends EVERY FRIDAY, AUG. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Find them all on HighNote Records 6:30 to 9:30 PM HighNote Records • 106 W. 71st St., New York NY 10023 OPEN MIC/JAM SESSION Website: www.jazzdepot.com • Email:[email protected] Open Mic/Jam Session for Singers, Tap Dancers, Instrumentalists, Poets - hosted by Frank Owens, one of the most gifted pianists you will ever hear! 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38 August 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD Monday, August 26 êAndy Milne Trio with John Hébert, Andrew Cyrille New Jersey Performing Arts Center Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Lakecia Benjamin with Nicole Phiefer, Akie Bermiss, Collette, Jesse Fisher, Calvin Brown, Solomon Dorsey, Jameison Ledesino, Jonathan Powell, Jonathon Arons Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $15 êMingus Big Band Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Rob Reddy’s Tenfold with Charlie Burnham, John Carlson, Brandon Ross, Oscar Noriega, Bryan Carrott, Marshall Sealy, Rubin Kodheli, Keith Witty, Pheeroan akLaff SubCulture 7:30, 9:30 pm $18-20 • Romain Collin Trio with Obed Calvaire, Romain Collin; Francisco Mela Group; Spencer Murphy Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 • Steve Hudson Ensemble with Zach Brock, Jody Redhage, Martin Urbach Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 • Joe Alterman/James Cammack Eats Restaurant 7 pm • Michael Foster, Steve Swell, Kid Millions; Lisa Sokolov, Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez, Dean Sharpe ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $10-12 • Elaine Amherd Trio with Gustavo Amarante, Willard Dyson Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 • Dimitrije Vasiljevic Quartet with Juan Ignacio Saavedra Pizarro, Ayal Tsubery, Alessio Romano Somethin’ Jazz Club 9 pm $12 • Eric DiVito Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 • Cecilia Coleman Big Band; Austin Walker Trio The Garage 7, 10:30 pm • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm • Frank Owens Bryant Park 12:30 pm

Tuesday, August 27 Christian McBride, Jazz Advisor November 4-10

êCharlie Parker Birthday Celebration: , Vincent Herring, George Cables, Lonnie Plaxico, Victor Lewis Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • /Laurie Anderson The Stone 8, 10 pm $25 êAlbert “Tootie” Heath, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Roy Ayers Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 Jazz Meets Samba • Trio Da Paz: , Nilson Matta, Duduka Da Fonseca Sérgio Mendes, Elaine Elias, Lee Ritenour, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Antoine Drye Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $5 and special guest Joe Lovano êLinda Oh’s Sun Pictures with Ben Wendel, Matt Stevenson, Rudy Royston Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 Friday, November 8 at 8:00 • Mike Longo Funk Band NYC Baha’i Center 8, 9:30 pm $15 • Satoko Fujii, Nina Inai, Kappa Maki, Rafael Lariviere Spectrum 7, 9 pm • Gotham: Tyler Blanton, Donny McCaslin, Matt Clohesy, Jordan Perlson; Sing, Swing, Sing! Matthew Silberman with Ryan Ferreira, Simon Jermyn, Jason Nazary Sérgio Mendes Korzo 9, 10:30 pm with Dianne Reeves, Al Jarreau, • Stan Nishimura Trio with Blaise Siwula, Rocco John Iacovone; Michael Foster/Leila Bordreull Amplified Duo Jeffrey Osborne, George Duke, The Backroom 8:30, 10 pm $10 Christian McBride Big Band featuring • Itai Kris Salsa All-Stars Fat Cat 9 pm • HAG: Brad Henkel, Sean Ali, David Grollman Melissa Walker, and 2012 Spectrum 9 pm • Spike Wilner Trio; Smalls Legacy Band: Frank Lacy, Stacy Dillard, Josh Evans, International Jazz Vocal Competition Theo Hill, Rashaan Carter, Kush Abadey; Kyle Poole and Friends Smalls 7:30, 10 pm 12:30 am $20 winner Cyrille Aimée • Syberen van Munster Trio with Tamir Schmerling, Greg Ritchie Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Saturday, November 9 at 8:00 • Chow/Fung Duo and the Downtown Avengers: Vicky Chow, Fung Chern Hwei, Ken Filiano, Min Xiao-Fen, Jeremiah Cymerman, Satoshi Takeishi Dianne Reeves Christian McBride ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $12 • Roman Refalski Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 • Glenn Zaleski solo Jazz at Kitano 8 pm • Nick Moran Trio; Sarah Slonim Trio The Garage 6, 10:30 pm • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm An Evening with the Jimmy Heath Quartet Portrait of Duke • Scott Kulick Shrine 6 pm • Frank Owens Bryant Park 12:30 pm at Bethany Baptist Church featuring Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks Monday, November 4 at 7:00 • FREE Saturday, November 9 at 2:00 Wednesday, August 28 • Fred Frith Trio with Jason Hoopes, Jordan Glenn A Celebration of Amiri Baraka’s Dorthaan’s Place: The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 êCharnett Moffett’s Spirit of Sound Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 “Blues People” at 50 The Paquito D’Rivera Quartet êDena DeRose Quartet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm at Newark Museum êJazzmobile: Jazzmobile All-Stars Grant’s Tomb 7 pm Sunday, November 10 at 11:00 & 1:00 • Gabriel Guerrero Trio with Edward Perez, Rudy Royston Tuesday, November 5 at 7:00 • FREE ShapeShifter Lab 9:30 pm $8 • Katsuko Tanaka Trio with Dwayne Burno, Willie Jones III Sarah Vaughan Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 A Good Place: • Donny McCaslin Group with Orrin Evans, Luques Curtis, Johnathan Blake; International Jazz Vocal Competition Assaf Kehati Group with Anat Cohen, Ronen Itzik Celebrating Lorraine Gordon Smalls 7:30, 9:30 pm 12 am $20 Sassy Award • Brazil Fest: Richard Miller Trio with Itaiguara Brandao, Vanderlei Pereira; and The Village Vanguard Grupo Los Santos: Pete Smith, Paul Carlon, Dave Ambrosio, William “Beaver” Bausch with special guest judges Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 featuring The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Al Jarreau, Janis Siegel, and Larry Rosen êBriggan Krauss’ Han Blasts Panel with Curtis Hasselbring and guests and special guests NEA Jazz Master , Barbès 8 pm $10 Sunday, November 10 at 3:00 • Francisco Mora-Catlett and Afro Horn - The Third Incarnation Christian McBride and Rhoda Scott Zinc Bar 9, 10:30 pm 12 am • Gabriel Guerrero Trio with Edward Perez, Rudy Royston plus the Anat Cohen Quartet ShapeShifter Lab 9:30 pm $8 Hosted by Christian McBride • Denise King Metropolitan Room 9:30 pm $20 • Mika & Nori; Deborah Latz with Jon Davis, Ray Parker, Willard Dyson Thursday, November 7 at 7:30 Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 • Mamiko Taira Duo Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Stan Killian and Friends Jam The Backroom 11:30 pm • Sponsored by Presenting Sponsor Co-presented by Innovation Sponsor Presented in association with • PJ Rasmussen Quartet; Samuel Bronkowski Trio The Garage 6, 10:30 pm êCharlie Parker Birthday Celebration: Tom Harrell, Vincent Herring, George Cables, Lonnie Plaxico, Victor Lewis Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êAlbert “Tootie” Heath, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Roy Ayers Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Trio Da Paz: Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta, Duduka Da Fonseca Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 For tickets and full 2013 • Antoine Drye Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $5 • Raphael D’lugoff; Ned Goold Jam Fat Cat 7 pm 12:30 am TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm • Vinson Valega Group with Nicki Denner, Anton Denner, Chris Bacas, Gary Wang schedule visit njpac.org or call 1-888-GO-NJPAC One Center Street, Newark, NJ Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10 • Frank Owens Bryant Park 12:30 pm

NYC Jazz Record_6.25x12_june26_moodynjpac.indd 1 6/19/13 2:11 PM THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | August 2013 39 Thursday, August 29 êCharlie Parker Birthday Celebration: Justin Robinson, Jeremy Pelt, Larry Willis, REGULAR ENGAGEMENTS Noah Jackson, Joe Farnsworth Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $38 MONDAYS êFred Frith/John Zorn; Fred Frith solo • Quartet; Landham Brothers Group: Robert and Byron Landham, • Tom Abbott Big Bang Big Band Swing 46 8:30 pm The Stone 8, 10 pm $25 Bill McHenry, Orrin Evans, Luques Curtis • Ron Affif Trio Zinc Bar 9, 11pm, 12:30, 2 am Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 • Woody Allen/Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band Café Carlyle 8:45 pm $145 • Larry Harlow and The Latin Legends Band • Big Band Night; John Farnsworth Quintet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm East River Park 7 pm • Alexis Cole/Jim Cammack Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 êMingus Big Band Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Tribute with Dan Barman The Counting Room 8 pm êMingus Big Band Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Sedric Choukroun and The Brasilieros Chez Lola 7:30 pm • Murali Coryell Iridium 8, 10 pm $25 êCharlie Parker Birthday Celebration: Tom Harrell, Vincent Herring, George Cables, • Pete Davenport/ Jam Session Frank’s Cocktail Lounge 9 pm • The Alchemist and His Sacred Family: Aruán Ortiz, John Hébert, Rez Abbasi, Lonnie Plaxico, Victor Lewis Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Emerging Artists Series Bar Next Door 6:30 pm (ALSO TUE-THU) Eric McPherson Zinc Bar 8 pm êAlbert “Tootie” Heath, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street • Joel Forrester solo Brandy Library 8 pm êFrank Gratkowski, Andrea Parkins, Nate Wooley Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • George Gee Swing Orchestra Gospel Uptown 8 pm Douglass Street Music Collective 8 pm $10 • Roy Ayers Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks Sofia’s 8 pm (ALSO TUE) êAl MacDowell’s Just Ornette Quartet with Jay Rodriguez • Grove Street Stompers Arthur’s Tavern 7 pm êPetr Cancura’s Down Home with Kirk Knuffke, Brian Drye, Garth Stevenson, • JFA Jazz Jam Local 802 7 pm Richie Barshay Barbès 8 pm $10 Blue Note 12:30 am $10 • Jam Session with Jim Pryor Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Asako Takasaki Quartet with John di Martino, Ed Howard, Shinnosuke Takahasi • Trio Da Paz: Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta, Duduka Da Fonseca • Ian Rapien’s Spectral Awakenings Jazz Groove Session Ave D 9 pm Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $45 • Stan Rubin All-Stars Charley O’s 8:30 pm • Brazil Fest: Billy Newman Sextet with Ben Holmes, Michaël Attias, Eric Schugren, • Antoine Drye Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $20 • Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $30 Leco Reis, Vanderlei Pereira; Guilherme Monteiro Trio with Gary Wang, • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm • Diego Voglino Jam Session The Village Lantern 9:30 pm • Jordan Young Group Bflat 8 pm (ALSO WED 8:30 pm) Anthony Pinciotti Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 • Glenn White Quartet Shrine 6 pm TUESDAYS • Karl Berger’s Improvisers Orchestra; Adam Ahuja’s The Flowdown with • Jacob Deaton Trio; Ben Benack III Quartet; Dre Barnes Project The Garage 12, 6:15, 10:45 pm • Daisuke Abe Trio Sprig 6 pm (ALSO WED-THU) Srikala Kerel Roach, Gavi Grodsky, Lavondo Thomas, Evan Lytton • Rick Bogart Trio with Louisa Poster L’ybane 9 pm (ALSO FRI) ShapeShifter Lab 8:15, 9:30 pm $10-15 • Orrin Evans Evolution Series Jam Session Zinc Bar 11 pm • Tal Ronen Quartet Fat Cat 7 pm • Irving Fields Nino’s Tuscany 7 pm (ALSO WED-SUN) • Benny Benack III Trio with Raviv Markovitz, Mark Whitfield Jr. • George Gee Swing Orchestra Swing 46 8:30 pm $12 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 New Concepts in • Loston Harris Café Carlyle 9:30 pm $20 (ALSO WED-SAT) • Truculently Audacious Metropolitan Room 11:30 pm $20 • Art Hirahara Trio Arturo’s 8 pm Creative Music • Yuichi Hirakawa Trio Arthur’s Tavern 7, 8:30 pm • Russ Wilcox Group with Travis Bliss, Josh McDonald, Jeremy Bernstein, Paul Bloom, • Jam Session Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm Jon Chapman, Christian Lyman; AmmoCake: Dorian Wallace, Carl Limbacher, • Sandy Jordan and Larry Luger Trio Notaro 8 pm Max Maple Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 • Mike LeDonne Quartet; Milton Suggs Quartet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30, 11:30 pm • Senri Oe Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 • Ilya Lushtak Quartet Shell’s Bistro 7:30 pm • Mamiko Watanabe Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm • Mona’s Hot Four Jam Session Mona’s 11 pm • Chris Massey Quartet; Sammy Miller Trio • Russ Nolan Jazz Cassa Hotel and Residences 6 pm • Annie Ross The Metropolitan Room 9:30 pm $25 The Garage 6, 10:30 pm josh sinton • Slavic Soul Party Barbès 9 pm $10 • Donny McCaslin Group with Orrin Evans, Luques Curtis, Johnathan Blake; pine barren • Diego Voglino Jam Session The Fifth Estate 10 pm Carlos Abadie Quintet with Joe Sucato, Theo Hill, Clovis Nicolas, Luca Santaniello WEDNESDAYS Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 • Astoria Waltz-Astoria 6 pm • Martin Piecuch Trio Birdland 6 pm $25 • Sedric Choukroun and the Eccentrics Chez Oskar 7 pm êCharlie Parker Birthday Celebration: Tom Harrell, Vincent Herring, George Cables, • Raphael D’lugoff; Ned Goold Jam Fat Cat 7 pm 12:30 am Lonnie Plaxico, Victor Lewis Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Walter Fischbacher Trio Water Street Restaurant 8 pm êAlbert “Tootie” Heath, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street holus-Bolus • Jeanne Gies with Howard Alden and Friends Joe G’s 6:30 pm • Les Kurtz Trio; Joonsam Lee Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7, 11:30 pm Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Jonathan Kreisberg Trio Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 • Roy Ayers Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Guillaume Laurent Trio Bar Tabac 7 pm • Trio Da Paz: Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta, Duduka Da Fonseca • Jake K. Leckie Trio Kif Bistro 8 pm Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Jed Levy and Friends Vino di Vino Wine Bar 7:30 pm (ALSO FRI) • Antoine Drye Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $10 • Greg Lewis Organ Monk with Reggie Woods Sapphire NYC 8 pm • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm • Ron McClure solo piano McDonald’s 12 pm (ALSO SAT) Frank Owens Bryant Park 2 pm avnailoabmle oforn doowunlosad • John McNeil/Mike Fahie Tea and Jam Tea Lounge 9 pm • • Jacob Melchior Philip Marie 7 pm (ALSO SUN 12 PM) • ’s Chant Citigroup Center Plaza 12:30 pm • Alex Obert’s Hollow Bones Via Della Pace 10 pm or purchase at • David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Centennial Band Birdland 5:30 pm $20 www.promnightrecords.com • Saul Rubin Vocalist Series Zeb’s 8 pm $10 Friday, August 30 • Stan Rubin Orchestra Swing 46 8:30 pm • Alex Terrier Trio Antibes Bistro 7:30 pm êBernard “Pretty” Purdie and Friends with , Frankie Cicala, • Brianna Thomas Quartet Smoke 11:30 pm Jason “Malletman” Taylor, Miho Nobuzane, Tetsuya Sato • Bill Wurtzel/Mike Gari American Folk Art Museum Lincoln Square 2 pm THURSDAYS Lucille’s at BB King’s Blues Bar 7:30, 10 pm $30 • Michael Blake Bizarre Jazz and Blues Band Bizarre 9 pm êCharlie Parker Birthday Celebration: Justin Robinson, Jeremy Pelt, Larry Willis, • Jason Campbell Trio Perk’s 8 pm Noah Jackson, Joe Farnsworth Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $38 • Sedric Choukroun Brasserie Jullien 7:30 pm (ALSO FRI, SAT) • Fred Frith, Nava Dunkelman, Jeanie-Aprille Tang; Normal: Fred Frith/Sudhu Tewari • Eric DiVito The Flatiron Room 8 pm The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 • Gregory Generet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm • SubCulture 7:30 pm $30-35 • Craig Harris and the Harlem Night Songs Big Band MIST 9, 10:30 pm $15 êJon Irabagon Trio with Peter Brendler, Tom Rainey • Jazz Jam Session American Legion Post 7:30 pm • Lapis Luna Quintet The Plaza Hotel Rose Club 9 pm Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 • Curtis Lundy Jam Session Shell’s Bistro 9 pm • Marianne Solivan Group with Bruce Barth, Matthew Parrish, Jerome Jennings; • Metro Room Jazz Jam with guests Metropolitan Room 11 pm $10 Landham Brothers Group: Robert and Byron Landham, Bill McHenry, Orrin Evans, • Jacob Varmus Duo Portalia 7:30 pm Luques Curtis Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 • Eri Yamamoto Trio Arthur’s Tavern 7 pm (ALSO FRI-SAT) • Dee Daniels Quintet with Carlton Holmes, TK Blue, Paul Beaudry, Alvester Garnett FRIDAYS Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 • Scot Albertson Parnell’s 8 pm (ALSO SAT) • Charity Chan, Frank Gratkowski, Weasel Walter • The Crooked Trio: Oscar Noriega, Brian Drye, Ari Folman-Cohen Barbès 5 pm Spectrum 7 pm • Charles Downs’ Centipede The Complete Music Studio 7 pm • Gerry Eastman’s Quartet Williamsburg Music Center 10 pm • Brazil Fest: Amanda Ruzza Group with Mamiko Watanabe, Alex Nolan, Ben Flocks, • Finkel/Kasuga/Tanaka/Solow San Martin Restaurant 12 pm $10 Kenny Grohowski; Rogério Boccato’s After Bossa-Nova Quartet with Dan Blake, • Patience Higgins & The Sugar Hill Quartet Smoke 11:45 pm Nando Michelin, Gary Wang Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 • Tommy Igoe Birdland Big Band Birdland 5 pm $25 • Alexis Cole/Jim Cammack Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 • Sandy Jordan and Friends ABC Chinese Restaurant 8 pm • Point Of Departure Fat Cat 10:30 pm • Kengo Nakamura Trio Club A Steakhouse 11 pm • Willie-Mae Perry Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 • Brian Newman Quartet Duane Park 10:30 pm Sarah Kervin’s Podcast Somethin’ Jazz Club 9 pm $12 • Frank Owens Open Mic Zeb’s 6:30 pm $10 • • Albert Rivera Organ Trio B Smith’s 8:30 pm (ALSO SAT) • Takeshi Asai Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 • Richard Russo Quartet Capital Grille 6:30 pm • William Spaulding Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm • Brandon Sanders Trio Londel’s 8, 9, 10 pm (ALSO SAT) • Alex Layne Trio; Jason Prover and the Sneak Thievery Orchestra • Bill Saxton and the Harlem Bebop Band Bill’s Place 9, 11 pm $15 (ALSO SAT) The Garage 6:15, 10:45 pm • UOTS Jam Session University of the Streets 11:30 pm $5 (ALSO SAT) êMingus Big Band Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Rakiem Walker Project Shrine 6 pm êCharlie Parker Birthday Celebration: Tom Harrell, Vincent Herring, George Cables, SATURDAYS Lonnie Plaxico, Victor Lewis Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Avalon Jazz Quartet Matisse 8 pm êAlbert “Tootie” Heath, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street • Candy Shop Boys Duane Park 8, 10:30 pm • Jesse Elder/Greg RuggieroRothmann’s 6 pm Village Vanguard 8:30, 10:30 pm $25 • Guillaume Laurent/Luke Franco Casaville 1 pm • Roy Ayers Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35 • Jay Leonhart Duo Birdland 6 pm $30 • Trio Da Paz: Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta, Duduka Da Fonseca • Curtis Lundy Trio with guests Shell’s Bistro 9 pm Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 • Johnny O’Neal Smoke 11:45 pm • Antoine Drye Group Dizzy’s Club 11:30 pm $10 • Skye Jazz Trio Jack 8:30 pm • Antonio Ciacca Measure 8 pm • Michelle Walker/Nick Russo Anyway Café 9 pm • Frank Owens Bryant Park 12:30 pm • Bill Wurtzel Duo Henry’s 12 pm SUNDAYS • Avalon Jazz Quartet The Lambs Club 11 am • Birdland Jazz Party Birdland 6 pm $25 Saturday, August 31 • Marc Devine Trio TGIFriday’s 6 pm • Ear Regulars with Jon-Erik Kellso The Ear Inn 8 pm êFred Frith, Ikue Mori, Nate Wooley; Normal: Fred Frith, Sudhu Tewari • Marjorie Eliot/Rudell Drears/Sedric Choukroun Parlor Entertainment 4 pm The Stone 8, 10 pm $15 • Sean Fitzpatrick and Friends Ra Café 1 pm • Gene Bertoncini/Sara Caswell Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 • Ken Foley/Nick Hempton Quintet Smithfield 8:30 pm • Joel Forrester solo Grace Gospel Church 11 am • Elliott Sharp’s Foliage Silent Barn 9 pm $10 • Nancy Goudinaki’s Trio Kellari Taverna 12 pm êBobby Avey Quartet with Jonathan Finlayson, Chris Tordini, Jordan Perlson • Enrico Granafei solo Sora Lella 7 pm Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 • Broc Hempel/Sam Trapchak/Christian Coleman Trio Dominie’s Astoria 9 pm • Trio with Rick Rosato, Justin Brown • Annette St. John; Roxy Coss Smoke 11:30 am :30 pm Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 • Bob Kindred Group; Junior Mance Trio Café Loup 12:30, 6:30 pm êFrank Gratkowski, Charity Chan, Elliott Sharp; Frank Gratkowski/Andrea Parkins • Ras Chemash Lamed Vocal Jam Session University of the Streets 6:45 pm $10 JACK 8 pm • Peter Leitch Duo Walker’s 8 pm • Alexander McCabe Trio CJ Cullens Tavern 5 pm • Giuseppi Logan Quartet with Matt Lavelle, François Grillot, Reggie Sylvester; • Peter Mazza Trio Bar Next Door 8, 10 pm $12 Bern Nix Quartet with Matt Lavelle, François Grillot, Reggie Sylvester • Lu Reid Jam Session Shrine 4 pm Nublu 8, 9:30 pm $10 • Sara Serpa/André Matos Pão Restaurant 2 pm • Swingadelic Swing 46 8:30 pm • Gabrielle Stravelli Trio The Village Trattoria 12:30 pm • Marco Di Gennaro Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Jazz Jam hosted by Michael Vitali Comix Lounge 8 pm • Nancy and Spencer Reed; Terry Vakirtzoglou Band • Terry Waldo’s Gotham City; Brandon Lewis Jam Fat Cat 6 pm 12:30 am Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10-12 • Brian Woodruff Jam Blackbird’s 9 pm

40 August 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD CLUB DIRECTORY

• 54 Below 254 West 54th Street • Douglass Street Music Collective 295 Douglass Street • Nino’s Tuscany 117 W. 58th Street (212-757-8630) (646-476-3551) Subway: N, Q, R to 57th Street; B, D, E to Seventh Avenue Subway: R to Union Street www.295douglass.org Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle www.ninostuscany.com www.54below.com • Downtown Music Gallery 13 Monroe Street • North Square Lounge 103 Waverly Place (212-254-1200) • 55Bar 55 Christopher Street (212-929-9883) (212-473-0043) Subway: F to East Broadway Subway: A, B, C, E, F to West 4th Street www.northsquareny.com Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.55bar.com www.downtownmusicgallery.com • Notaro Second Avenue between 34th & 35th Streets (212-686-3400) • 61 Local 61 Bergen Street • Drom 85 Avenue A (212-777-1157) Subway: 6 to 33rd Street (347-763-6624) Subway: F, G to Bergen Street www.61local.com Subway: F to Second Avenue www.dromnyc.com • Nublu 62 Avenue C between 4th and 5th Streets • ABC Chinese Restaurant 34 Pell Street • Duane Park 157 Duane Street (212-732-5555) (212-979-9925) Subway: F, M to Second Avenue www.nublu.net (212-346-9890) Subway: J to Chambers Street Subway: 1, 2, 3 to Chambers Street www.duaneparknyc.com • Nuyorican Poets Café 236 E. 3rd Street between Avenues B and C • ABC No-Rio 156 Rivington Street (212-254-3697) • The Ear Inn 326 Spring Street at Greenwich Street (212-246-5074) (212-505-8183) Subway: F, V to Second Avenue www.nuyorican.org Subway: J,M,Z to Delancey Street www.abcnorio.org Subway: C, E to Spring Street www.earinn.com • Pão Restaurant 322 Spring Street • American Folk Art Museum 45 W 53rd Street (212-265-1040) • East River Park East River Promenade (Delancey Street and FDR Drive) (212-334-5464) Subway: C, E to Spring Street www.paonewyork.com Subway: E to 53rd Street www.folkartmuseum.org (212-639-9675) Subway: F, to Delancey Street, J, M to Essex Street • Parlor Entertainment 555 Edgecombe Ave. #3F between 159th and • American Legion Post 248 West 132nd Street www.nycgovparks.org 160th Streets (212-781-6595) Subway: C to 155th Street (212-283-9701) Subway: 2, 3 to 135th Street www.legion.org • Eats Restaurant 1055 Lexington Avenue www.parlorentertainment.com • Antibes Bistro 112 Suffolk Street (212-533-6088) (212-396-3287) Subway: 6 to 77th Street www.eatsonlex.com • Parnell’s 350 East 53rd Street #1(212-753-1761) Subway: J, Z to Essex Street www.antibesbistro.com • Fat Cat 75 Christopher Street at 7th Avenue (212-675-6056) Subway: E, M to Lexington Avenue/53 Street www.parnellsny.com • Anyway Café 34 E. 2nd Street (212-533-3412) Subway: 1 to Christopher Street/Sheridan Square www.fatcatmusic.org • Pier 45 West Street at 10th Street Subway: 1 to Chistopher Street Subway: F to Second Avenue • The Fifth Estate 506 5th Avenue, Brooklyn • Pier 84 W. 44th Street and Hudson River • Arthur’s Tavern 57 Grove Street (212-675-6879) (718-840-0089) Subway: F to 4th Avenue www.fifthestatebar.com Subway: A, C, E, F, V to -Port Authority Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.arthurstavernnyc.com • The Flatiron Room 37 West 26th Street • The Plaza Hotel Rose Club Fifth Avenue at Central Park South • Arturo’s 106 W. Houston Street (at Thompson Street) (212-725-3860) Subway: N, R to 28th Street www.theflatironroom.com (212-759-3000) Subway: N, Q, R to Fifth Avenue www.fairmont.com (212-677-3820) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street • Flushing Town Hall 137-35 Northern Boulevard, Flushing • Portalia 35-03 Broadway, Queens • Ave D 673 Flatbush Avenue Subway: B, Q to Parkside Avenue (718-463-7700) Subway: 7 to Main Street www.flushingtownhall.org (718-545-3500) Subway: N, Q to Broadway www.portalianyc.com • Bflat 277 Church Street (between Franklin and White Streets) • Frank’s Cocktail Lounge 660 Fulton St. at Lafayette, Brooklyn • Revival Bar 129 East 15th Street Subway: 1, 2 to Franklin Streets (718-625-9339) Subway: G to Fulton Street (212-253-8061) Subway: 4, 5, 6, L, N, R, Q, W to Union Square • The Backroom 627 5th Avenue (718-768-0131) • The Garage 99 Seventh Avenue South (212-645-0600) www.revivalbarnyc.com Subway: D, N, R to Prospect Avenue www.freddysbar.com Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.garagerest.com • Roulette 509 Atlantic Avenue • Bar Chord 1008 Cortelyou Road • Ginny’s Supper Club at Red Rooster Harlem 310 Malcolm X Boulevard (212-219-8242) Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic Avenue www.roulette.org (347-240-6033) Subway: Q to Cortelyou Road www.barchordnyc.com (212-792-9001) Subway: 2, 3 to 125th Street www.ginnyssupperclub.com • Rubin Museum 150 W. 17th Street (212-620-5000) • Bar Next Door 129 MacDougal Street (212-529-5945) • Gospel Uptown 2110 Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard Subway: A, C, E to 14th Street www.rmanyc.org Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.lalanternacaffe.com (212-280-2110) Subway: A, B, C, D to 125th Street www.gospeluptown.com • Saint Gabriel’s Church 331 Hawthorne Street • Barbès 376 9th Street at 6th Avenue, Brooklyn (718-965-9177) • Grace Gospel Church 589 E. 164th Street (718) 774-5248 Subway: 2, 5 to Winthrop Street Subway: F to 7th Avenue www.barbesbrooklyn.com (718-328-0166) Subway: 2, 5 to Prospect Avenue • Saint Peter’s Church 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street • Baruch Performing Arts Center 17 Lexington Avenue at 23rd Street • Grant’s Tomb 122nd Street and Riverside Drive (212-935-2200) Subway: 6 to 51st Street www.saintpeters.org (646-312-3924) Subway: 6 to 23rd Street www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac Subway: 1 to 125th Street • San Martin Restaurant 143 E. 49 Street between Lexington and Park • Bill’s Place 148 W. 133rd Street (between Lenox and 7th Avenues) • Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street Avenues (212-832-0888) Subway: 6 to 51st Street (212-281-0777) Subway: 2, 3 to 125th Street (212-242-4770) Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.greenwichhouse.org • Sapphire NYC 333 E. 60th Street (212-421-3600) • Birdland 315 W. 44th Street (212-581-3080) • Henry’s 2745 Broadway (212-866-060) 1 to 103rd Street Subway: 4, 5, 6, N, Q, R to 59th Street www.nysapphire.com Subway: A, C, E, to 42nd Street www.birdlandjazz.com • Highline Ballroom 431 W 16th Street • ShapeShifter Lab 18 Whitwell Place • Bizarre 12 Jefferson Street Subway: J, M, Z to Myrtle Avenue (212-414-5994) Subway: A, C, E to 14th Street www.highlineballroom.com (646-820-9452) Subway: R to Union Street www.shapeshifterlab.com www.facebook.com/bizarrebushwick • Ibeam Brooklyn 168 7th Street between Second and Third Avenues • Shell’s Bistro 2150 5th Avenue • Blackbird’s 41-19 30th Avenue (718-943-6898) Subway: F to 4th Avenue www.ibeambrooklyn.com (212) 234-5600 Subway: 2, 3 to 135th Street www.shellsbistro.com Subway: R to Steinway Street www.blackbirdsbar.com • Iridium 1650 Broadway at 51st Street (212-582-2121) • Showman’s 375 W. 125th Street at Morningside) (212-864-8941) • Blue Note 131 W. 3rd Street at 6th Avenue (212-475-8592) Subway: 1,2 to 50th Street www.theiridium.com Subway: A, B, C, D to 125th Street www.showmansjazz.webs.com Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.bluenotejazz.com • Issue Project Room 22 Boerum Place (718-330-0313) • Shrine 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (212-690-7807) • Brandy Library 25 N. Moore Street Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall www.issueprojectroom.org Subway: B, 2, 3 to 135th Street www.shrinenyc.com (212-226-5545) Subway: 1 to Franklin Street • Jack 80 University Place Subway: 4, 5, 6, N, R to 14th Street • Silent Barn 603 Bushwick Avenue • Brecht Forum 451 W. Street (212-242-4201) • JACK 505 Waverly Avenue Subway: J, M, Z to Myrtle Avenue www.silentbarn.org Subway: A, C, E, L, 1, 2, 3, 9 to 14th Street www.brechtforum.org (718-388-2251) Subway: C to Clinton-Washington Avenue www.jackny.org • Smalls 183 W 10th Street at Seventh Avenue (212-252-5091) • Brooklyn Bridge Park Furman Street and Atlantic Avenue • Jackie Robinson Park Bradhurst & Edgecombe Avenues, West 145th to Subway: 1,2,3,9 to 14th Street www.smallsjazzclub.com Subway: A, C to High Street; 2, 3 to Clark Street West 155th Streets Subway: D to 145th Street • Smithfield 215 West 28th Street • Brownsville Heritage House 581 Mother Gaston Boulevard • Jazz 966 966 Fulton Street (212-564-2172) Subway: 1 to 28th Street www.smithfieldnyc.com (718-385-1111) Subway: L to New Lots Avenue (718-638-6910) Subway: C to Clinton Street www.jazz966.com • Smoke 2751 Broadway between 105th and 106th Streets • Bryant Park 5th and 6th Avenues between 40th and 42nd Streets • Jazz at Kitano 66 Park Avenue at 38th Street (212-885-7000) (212-864-6662) Subway: 1 to 103rd Street www.smokejazz.com Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 42nd Street www.bryantpark.org Subway: 4, 5, 6 to Grand Central www.kitano.com • Sofia’s 221 W. 46th Street Subway: B, D, F to 42nd Street • CJ Cullens Tavern 4340 White Plains Road, Bronx • The Jazz Gallery 1160 Broadway, 5th floor (212-242-1063) • Somethin’ Jazz Club 212 E. 52nd Street, 3rd floor (212-371-7657) Subway: 2 to Nereid Avenue/238th Street Subway: N, R to 28th Street www.jazzgallery.org Subway: 6 to 51st Street; E to Lexington Avenue-53rd Street • Café Carlyle 35 E. 76th Street (212-744-1600) • Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 E.126th Street (212-348-8300) www.somethinjazz.com/ny Subway: 6 to 77th Street www.thecarlyle.com Subway: 6 to 125th Street www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org • Sora Lella 300 Spring Street (212-366-4749) • Café Loup 105 W. 13th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues • Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th between Park and Lexington Avenue Subway: C, E to Spring Street www.soralellanyc.com (212-255-4746) Subway: F to 14th Street www.cafeloupnyc.com (212-576-2232) Subway: 6 to 28th Street www.jazzstandard.net • Spectrum 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd floor Subway: F to Delancey Street • Caffe Vivaldi 32 Jones Street • John Jay College 899 10th Avenue www.spectrumnyc.com Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.caffevivaldi.com (212-237-8000) Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle • The Stone Avenue C and 2nd Street • Capital Grille 120 Broadway • Joe G’s 244 W. 56th Street (212-765-3160) Subway: F to Second Avenue www.thestonenyc.com (212-374-1811) Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Wall Street www.thecapitalgrille.com Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle • SubCulture 45 Bleecker Street (212-533-5470) • Casaville 633 Second Avenue • Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette Street (212-539-8770) Subway: 6 to Bleecker Street www.subculturenewyork.com (212-685-8558) Subway: 6 to 33rd Street www.casavillenyc.com Subway: N, R to 8th Street-NYU; 6 to Astor Place www.joespub.com • Swing 46 349 W. 46th Street (646-322-4051) • Cassa Hotel and Residences 70 W. 45th Street, 10th Floor Terrace • Josie Robertson Plaza (at Lincoln Center) 1941 Broadway at 65th Street Subway: A, C, E to 42nd Street www.swing46.com (212-302-87000 Subway: B, D, F, 7 to Fifth Avenue www.cassahotelny.com (212-875-5050) Subway: 1, 2 to 66th Street-Lincoln Center • Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre • The Cell 338 West 23rd Street www.lincolncenter.org & Bar Thalia 2537 Broadway at 95th Street (212-864-5400) (646-861-2253) Subway: C, E to 23rd Street www.thecelltheatre.org • Kellari Taverna 19 W. 44th Street (212-221-0144) Subway: 1, 2, 3, 9 to 96th Street www.symphonyspace.org • Central Park Great Hill 105th Street Subway: B, C to 103rd Street Subway: B, D, F, M, 7 to 42nd Street-Bryant Park www.kellari.us • Tagine 537 9th Ave. between 39th and 40th Streets • Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue • Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 33 University Place at 9th Street (212-564-7292) Subway: A, C, E, 1, 2, N, R, 7 to 42nd Street (212-36O-2777) Subway: B, D to 72nd Street www.summerstage.org (212-228-8490) Subway: N, R to 8th Street-NYU • Tea Lounge 837 Union Street, Brooklyn (718-789-2762) • Charley O’s 1611 Broadway at 49th Street www.knickerbockerbarandgrill.com Subway: N, R to Union Street www.tealoungeNY.com (212-246-1960) Subway: N, R, W to 49th Street • Korzo 667 5th Avenue, Brooklyn (718-285-9425) • Terraza 7 40-19 Gleane Street • Chez Lola 387 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn Subway: R to Prospect Avenue www.korzorestaurant.com (718-803-9602) Subway: 7 to 82nd Street/Jackson Heights (718-858-1484) Subway: C to Clinton-Washington Avenues • The Lambs Club 132 W. 44th Street www.terrazacafe.com www.bistrolola.com 212-997-5262 Subway: A, C, E, to 42nd Street www.thelambsclub.com • Tomi Jazz 239 E. 53rd Street • Chez Oskar 211 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn (718-852-6250) • Launch Pad Gallery 721 Franklin Avenue (646-497-1254) Subway: 6 to 51st Street www.tomijazz.com Subway: C to Lafayette Avenue www.chezoskar.com (718-928-7112) Subway: S to Park Place www.brooklynlaunchpad.org • Tompkins Square Park 7th to 10th Streets between Avenue A and Avenue B • Citigroup Center Plaza 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue • The Local 802 322 W. 48th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues (212-387-7685) Subway: L to 1st Avenue; F, V to Second Avenue; Subway: 6 to 51st Street (212-245-4802) Subway: C to 50th Street www.jazzfoundation.org 6 to Astor Place • City Winery 155 Varick Street • Londel’s 2620 Frederick Douglas Boulevard (212-234-6114) • Union Settlement Association’s Garden 237 E. 104th Street (212-608-0555) Subway: 1 to Houston Street www.citywinery.com Subway: 1 to 145th Street www.londelsrestaurant.com (212-828-6000) Subway: 6 to 103rd Street www.unionsettlement.org • Cleopatra’s Needle 2485 Broadway (212-769-6969) • Louis Armstrong House 34-56 107th Street, Queens • University of the Streets 130 E. 7th Street Subway: 1, 2, 3 to 96th Street www.cleopatrasneedleny.com (718-478-8274) Subway: 7 to 11th Street www.satchmo.net (212-254-9300) Subway: 6 to Astor Place www.universityofthestreets.org • Club A Steakhouse 240 E. 58th Street (212-618-4190) • L’ybane 709 8th Avenue (212-582-2012) • Via Della Pace 48 E. 7th Street and Second Avenue Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 59th Street www.clubasteak.com Subway: A, C, E to 42nd Street-Port Authority www.lybane.com (212-253-5803) Subway: 6 to Astor Place • Comix Lounge 353 W. 14th Street Subway: L to 8th Avenue • McDonald’s 160 Broadway between Maiden Lane and Liberty Street • The Village Lantern 167 Bleecker Street • The Complete Music Studio 227 Saint Marks Avenue, Brooklyn (212-385-2063) Subway: 4, 5 to Fulton Street www.mcdonalds.com (212-260-7993) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street (718-857-3175) Subway: B, Q to Seventh Avenue www.completemusic.com • Marcus Garvey Park 120th Street between Mt. Morris Park and Madison • The Village Trattoria 135 W. 3rd Street (212-598-0011) • Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street Avenue (212-201-PARK) Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 to 125th Street Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.thevillagetrattoria.com (212-989-9319) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street • Matisse 924 Second Avenue • Village Vanguard 178 Seventh Avenue South at 11th Street www.corneliastreetcafé.com (212-546-9300) Subway: 6 to 51st Street www.matissenyc.com (212-255-4037) Subway: 1, 2, 3 to 14th Street www.villagevanguard.com • The Counting Room 44 Berry Street (718-599-1860) • Measure 400 Fifth Avenue • Vino di Vino Wine Bar 29-21 Ditmars Boulevard, Queens Subway: L to Bedford Avenue www.thecountingroombk.com (212-695-4005) Subway: B, D, F, M to 34th Street (718-721-3010) Subway: N to Ditmars Blvd-Astoria • The Cutting Room 44 E. 32nd Street www.langhamplacehotels.com • Walker’s 16 North Moore Street (212-941-0142) (212-691-1900) Subway: 6 to 33rd Street www.thecuttingroomnyc.com • Metropolitan Room 34 W. 22nd Street (212-206-0440) Subway: A, C, E to Canal Street • Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center Broadway and 62nd Street Subway: N, R to 23rd Street www.metropolitanroom.com • Waltz-Astoria 23-14 Ditmars Boulevard (718-95-MUSIC) Subway: 1 to 66th Street • MIST - My Image Studios 40 West 116th Street Subway: N, R to Ditmars Blvd-Astoria www.Waltz-Astoria.com • David Rubenstein Atrium Broadway at 60th Street (212-258-9800) Subway: 2, 3 to 116th Street • Water Street Restaurant 66 Water Street (718-625-9352) Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle • Mona’s 224 Avenue B Subway: L to First Avenue Subway: F to York Street, A, C to High Street www.new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/atrium • Morris Jumel Mansion 65 Jumel Terrace, between 160th & 162nd Streets, • Williamsburg Music Center 367 Bedford Avenue • Dizzy’s Club Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor (212-258-9800) St Nicholas & Edgecombe Avenues (718-384-1654) Subway: L to Bedford Avenue Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle www.jalc.org Subway: C to 163 Street - Amsterdam Ave • York College Performing Arts Center 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Queens • Domaine Wine Bar 50-04 Vernon Boulevard • NYC Baha’i Center 53 E. 11th Street (212-222-5159) Subway: E to Jamaica Center www.york.cuny.edu (718-784-2350) Subway: 7 to Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue Subway: 4, 5, 6, N, R to 14th Street-Union Square www.bahainyc.org • Zeb’s 223 W. 28th Street www.domainewinebar.com • Neighborhood Church of Greenwich Village 269 Bleecker Street 212-695-8081 Subway: 1 to 28th Street www.zebulonsoundandlight.com • Dominie’s Astoria 34-07 30th Avenue Subway: N, Q to 30th Avenue (212-691-1770) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, V to W. 4th Street • Zinc Bar 82 W. 3rd Street (212-477-8337) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.zincbar.com

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | August 2013 41 (VISION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13) as if it were a . Second, cartoonist/painter Kerbaj created live projections by drawing and painting SATOKO FUJII of distinctive sonorities formed from the interweaving on a glass board with ink, water, sprays and various of Larry Ochs’ sopranino saxophone and Sylvain objects. While the interaction between the music and Kassap’s bass clarinet in a loose fugue, over a throbbing the visuals was not always clear and the whole pulse from Didier Petit’s cello and Miya Masaoka’s performance perhaps could have been five minutes koto while player Xu Fengxia and the cellist shorter, the projections conquered the audience and added vocal counterpoint. A theatrical approach, from rightly so, impregnated as they were with poetry and Petit in particular, didn’t obscure the beguiling evocative power. symbiosis born from both compass points but This 13th edition distinguished itself from those belonging to neither. Another unlikely meeting previous in that one artist, Ken Vandermark to be between two Frenchmen (bass clarinetist specific, was asked to curate a series of three evenings. and pianist François Tusques), this time with three In addition to the sets involving Butcher, Moor, Wooley, Vision stalwarts, under the banner of the French Lytton and himself previously mentioned, this series American Peace Ensemble summed up what the Vision included the duo of drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and Festival is all about in its extension of the avant garde guitarist Terrie Ex, McPhee in a rare solo appearance tradition in unexpected directions. Sclavis almost stole and, to finish things off, Lean Left. The music was the show, as his melodic story-spinning, variously faithful to what can be expected from these musicians challenging and supportive, completed a tremendous and, consequently, acted as a reminder of their skills as frontline with Kidd Jordan’s emotive blues-infused improvisers. wail, buoyed by William Parker and ’s One downside associated with having several "Satoko Fujii, one of the most original pianists steadily evolving grooves. simultaneous events is that the stronger the lineup, the in free jazz…" — Steve Greenlee, Boston Globe Other sets were near their equal. Bassist Reggie more likely scheduling conflicts become. The 2013 Workman’s portion started with a tender duet with edition called for some tough decisions: the first “A virtuoso piano improviser, an original composer pianist Marilyn Crispell, almost drowned out by evening of the Vandermark-curated series conflicted camera shutters. An allstar cast delivered Workman’s with the fourth one of the Wandelweiser collective and and a band-leader who gets the best collaborators compositions with a blend of passion and power that Quatuor Bozzini series, which featured none other to deliver," — John Fordham, The Guardian lived up to their inherent promise. Saxophonist Odean than Christian Wolff himself. While obviously not Pope impressed with his magnificent shriek while something the organizers do on purpose, it certainly is drummer Pheeroan akLaff exploded around his something worth keeping in mind for the future. RESIDENCY @ THE STONE trapset, supplemented by the vocally inflected tablas In retrospect, the 13th edition of the Suoni Per Il of Tapan Modak. While they teetered deliciously on Popolo Festival confirmed once again that it is an AUGUST 20 – 25, 2013 the edge of chaos, Workman always hauled them back essential part of Montréal’s music life. For those who http://thestonenyc.com/ from the brink, via a mixture of relaxed riffs, exotic missed it, there is always next year! v didgeridoo and delightful slurred swipes of the bow. Tue.8/20 8pm Fujii (piano) Tom Rainey (drums) AACM veteran multi-instrumentalist For more information, suoniperilpopolo.org 10pm Briggan Krauss (sax) Kappa Maki (trumpet) structured his slot around pieces contrasting meditative Nels Cline (guitar) Michael T.A. Thompson (drums) calm with unfettered expression. He deployed the unwieldy baroque flute and bass recorder to establish Wed.8/21 8pm Fujii Trio with Rene Hart (bass) the mood before unleashing sensational firestorms of and David Miller (drums) 10pm Junk Box with cascading circular breathed alto and sopranino Kappa Maki (trumpet) John Hollenbeck (drums) saxophones, ably supported by Tani Tabbal’s rolling 8pm Duo with Ikue Mori 10pm Fujii thunder and bassist hyperactive Thu.8/22 pizzicato and careening violin. Quartet Kappa Maki (trumpet) Rene Hart (bass) One of the Vision Festival’s enduring pleasures is David Miller (drums) Fri.8/23 8pm Min-Yoh its ambit of more than just music. Poetry, visual art and Ensemble Kappa Maki (trumpet) Curtis Hasselbring dance all featured but it was in Bejewelled - the pairing of violinist Terry Jenoure and dancer Maria Mitchell - (trombone) Andrea Parkins (accordion)10pm Kaze, that they transcended their parts. Performing a semi- Steve Dalachinsky (poet) Sat.8/24 8pm Fujii autobiographical piece inspired by Jenoure’s Large Ensemble Andrew D'Angelo (alto) Petr grandmother’s life in Puerto Rico, the synthesis of Cancura (ten) Josh Sinton (bari) Curtis Hasselbring Mitchell’s rag-doll movement with Jenoure’s storytelling and abstract but compelling bowing was ~The Makanda Project ~ (trombone) Joe Morris (g) Rene Hart (b) David simply stunning. As with any festival, not everything Miller (drums) + KAZE 10pm Minamo Duo with made the grade, but other notable turns included featuring Oliver Lake Carla Kihlstedt (vn) Sun.8/25 8pm Brass and violinist Jason Kao Hwang’s searing intensity in & Warren Smith trumpeter Roy Campbell’s Akhenaten Ensemble; Percussion Ensemble KAZE with Frank London, emotionally laden cries from the intertwined horns of and the music of Nate Wooley (trumpet) 10pm Fujii Trio with Rene Rob Brown and Joe McPhee in the former’s U_L Project Dr. Makanda Ken McIntyre Hart (bass) and David Miller (drums) and a startling display of energy from the irrepressible blind child prodigy Matthew Whitaker on keyboards as part of ’s Bio-Electric Ensemble. Tuesday, August 13th Notwithstanding the pared-back duration, the Vision 8:00 and 9:30 pm + one more NY concert at Spectrum Festival remains the pre-eminent avant jazz gathering not only in North America but across the globe. v New York City Baha’i Center http://spectrumnyc.com/blog/ 53 East 11th Street Tue.8/27 7 pm and 9 pm Dos Dos Nina Inai For more information, visit artsforart.org New York, NY 10003 (between Broadway & University) (percussion dance) Kappa Maki (trumpet) Admission is $15.00 per show, Satoko Fujii (piano) Rafael Lariviere (percussion) $10.00 for students. For more information, call 212-222-5159 (SUONI CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13) with: New CDs available at the performances include: Another performance worth mentioning was that Oliver Lake / Kurtis Rivers / Arni Cheatham Muku, Time Stands Still, Spring Storm, Tornado, of Wormholes, the duo of Sharif Sehnaoui and Mazen Lance Bryant / Sean Berry / Charlie Kohlhase Kerbaj. Their performance stood apart by its use of two Jerry Sabatini / Josh Evans / Robert Stringer Gen Himmel, and Dragon Nat different media. First, acoustic guitarist Sehnaoui Bill Lowe / Diane Richardson / John Kordalewski http://www.librarecords.com/ provided music by putting the instrument on his lap John Lockwood / Yoron Israel / Warren Smith and continuously hitting the strings with small sticks

42 August 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD IN MEMORIAM by Andrey Henkin HAROLD J. “STUMPY” CROMER - The tap dancer was one half of the vaudeville duo Stump and MURRAY MCNABB - The New Zealand keyboardist was known for ‘70s-80s fusion work, a 1990 Stumpy (replacing Eddie Hartman in the late ‘40s), veterans of black nightclubs who performed trio album with Ron McClure and Adam Nussbaum and soundtracks. McNabb died Jun. 9th at 66. alongside many jazz orchestras in ‘40s-50s. Cromer died Jun. 8th at 91. SAM MOST - , , and credited the MICKEY FLETCHER - Legendary bartender from 1969 until March 2011, flutist as a key inspiration. Most worked with Buddy Rich and Lalo Schifrin and released numerous whose favorite expression was “Closin’ up”. Fletcher died in May at an unknown age. albums as a leader, starting with Introducing A New Star (Prestige, 1953), featuring the seminal “Undercurrent Blues”, one of the first features for . Most died Jun. 13th at 82. BABI FLOYD - Though the vocalist was more known for his pop credits as a backing singer, he also worked with , and The Baby Loves Jazz Band. Floyd died Jun. 11th at 59. “JAZZY JOE” PEREIRA - A stalwart of ’s jazz scene, the saxophonist came up in the Swing Era and continued to play and mentor younger musicians in ‘80s Bombay. Pereira died Jun. 14th at 86. ALAIN GIBERT - The French trombonist and composer was a founding member of the group ARFI and worked with the Marvelous Band, Louis Sclavis and other French improvising ensembles. JEANNE ARLAND PETERSON - A Minnesota jazz legend, the pianist performed with visiting Gibert died Jun. 12th at 66. singers and players like , , George Benson and , was an organist at Minnesota Twins games and raised five professional musicians. Peterson died Jun. 23rd at 91. RICHARD “DICKIE” HABERSHAM-BEY - He opened the Blue Coronet in Brooklyn in the mid ‘60s, where Max Roach, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis (who was shot at outside of the club in 1969) SETH ROTHSTEIN - The veteran music producer and art director for PolyGram/Verve, ECM and and others performed. Later, he bought Count Basie’s Bar in Harlem and opened the Uptown Sony/Legacy worked on Grammy-Award-winning Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis boxed sets. Lounge on Flatbush Avenue. Habersham-Bey died Apr. 25th at 78. Rothstein died May 1st at 51. BENGT HALLBERG - It was the pianist who introduced Stan Getz to the traditional tune “Ack JOHNNY SMITH - The legendary guitarist mostly gave up music after 1960 but his 1952 album Värmeland du sköna” in 1951, which is known to jazz fans as the standard “Dear Old Stockholm”. Moonlight in Vermont (one of many he did for Roost Records) was named Best Jazz Album of the Year The pair were regular collaborators and Hallberg, in addition to numerous albums as a leader, also by DownBeat. He also composed the tune “Walk Don’t Run”. Smith died Jun. 11th at 90. worked with Clifford Brown, George Russell, Arne Domnerus and Karin Krog. Hallberg returned to music a few years back after a long hiatus before dying Jul. 2nd at 80. PAUL SMITH - Early work by the pianist was with Tommy Dorsey and he also had credits with Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy DeFranco, Louie Bellson and Anita O’Day, a long association with Ella DIM KESBER - The Dutch multi-reedist, who began his career entertaining troops who had Fitzgerald and an extensive catalogue as a leader. Smith died Jun. 29th at 91. liberated Holland during World War II, was a figure in the European world through his Reunion Jazz Band. Kesber died Jun. 6th at 83. BERNARD VITET - A key figure in the early French avant garde jazz scene, alongside François Tusques and , the trumpeter began his career in more traditional circles but then ROZANNE LEVINE - She played clarinet, and wood flute with William Parker, Perry moved into seminal work with other French progressives and American ex-pats like Robinson and Jemeel Moondoc, in her own and Chakra Tuning and extensively with and . He was a longtime member of the new music ensemble Un Drame Musical Instantané husband/multi-reedist . Levine died Jun. 18th at 67. and released a handful of albums as a leader from the ‘70s on. Vitet died Jul. 3rd at 79. BIRTHDAYS August 1 August 6 August 11 August 17 August 22 August 27 †Luckey Roberts 1887-1968 †Norman Granz 1918-2001 Peter King b.1940 † 1918-63 †Malachi Favors 1937-2004 †Lester Young 1909-59 †Elmer Crumbley 1908-93 †Buddy Collette 1921-2010 Steve Nelson b.1954 †George Duvivier 1920-85 Warren Daly b.1943 †Tony Crombie 1925-99 †Dorothy Ashby 1932-86 Russ Gershon b.1959 Derek Smith b.1931 Vernon Reid b.1958 Rudolf Dasek b.1933 August 2 Joe Diorio b.1936 Donny McCaslin b.1966 † 1932-80 Aruán Ortiz b.1973 †Alice Coltrane 1937-2007 †Big Nick Nicholas 1922-97 Charlie Haden b.1937 b.1938 † 1940-94 †Albert Stinson 1944-69 † 1937-2000 August 12 Peter Martin b. 1970 August 23 Edward Perez b.1978 Nana Vasconcelos b.1944 † 1942-2012 †Bent Axen 1925-2010 Jeb Patton b.1974 b.1927 David Binney b.1961 Joseph Daley b.1949 Dave Lee b.1930 †Gil Coggins 1928-2004 August 28 b.1962 Victor Goines b.1961 Pat Metheny b.1954 August 18 †Danny Barcelona 1929-2007 †Phil Seaman 1926-72 Zach Brock b.1974 Ramón López b.1961 Phil Palombi b.1970 † 1920-2003 Terje Rypdal b.1947 †Kenny Drew 1928-93 PERRY ROBINSON Ravi Coltrane b.1965 †Chuck Connors 1930-94 b.1953 John Marshall b.1941 August 3 Andrew Bemkey b.1974 August 13 Adam Makowicz b.1940 Brad Mehldau b.1970 Stephen Gauci b.1966 August 17th, 1938 † 1917-71 †Stuff Smith 1909-67 John Escreet b.1984 Christoph Pepe Auer b.1981 The clarinetist’s father was †Eddie Jefferson 1918-79 August 7 †George Shearing 1919-2011 August 24 Robin Verheyen b.1983 the famed composer Earl †Dom Um Romao 1925-2005 † 1923-2002 † 1925-2005 August 19 †Al Philburn 1902-72 Robinson but the younger Robinson was part of the b.1926 †Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1936-77 † 1927-2000 † 1918-96 †Buster Smith 1904-91 August 29 nascent avant garde jazz † 1940-82 Howard Johnson b.1941 †Mulgrew Miller 1955-2013 Danny Mixon b.1949 †Alphonso Trent 1905-59 †Charlie Parker 1920-55 movement in ‘60s New York Roscoe Mitchell b.1940 Marcus Roberts b.1963 Tim Hagans b.1954 Chris Tarry b.1970 †Dinah Washington 1924-63 City, working with Henry Hamid Drake b.1955 August 14 b.1957 Jerry Dodgion b.1932 Grimes, Tom Zlabinger b.1971 August 8 † 1930-62 August 25 Bennie Maupin b.1940 and the Jazz Composers †Lucky Millinder 1900-66 Jimmy Wormworth b.1937 August 20 †Bob Crosby 1913-93 Florian Hoefner b.1982 Orchestra, all on an August 4 † 1907-2003 Tony Monaco b.1959 †Jack Teagarden 1905-64 †Leonard Gaskin 1920-2009 instrument that had fallen †Louis Armstrong 1901-71 † 1923-97 Walter Blanding b.1971 †Frank Rosolino 1926-78 †Rune Gustafsson 1933-2012 August 30 out of favor with the jazz †Bill Coleman 1904-81 b.1926 † 1927-95 Wayne Shorter b.1933 † 1924-72 world of the time. He † 1921-2010 Don Burrows b.1928 August 15 Enrico Rava b.1939 †Carrie Smith 1941-2012 John Surman b.1944 recorded his debut album Sonny Simmons b.1933 †Vinnie Dean 1929-2010 †Oscar Peterson 1925-2007 Milford Graves b.1941 b.1944 Bronislaw Suchanek b.1948 Funk Dumpling for Savoy in Bobo Stenson b.1944 Stix Hooper b.1938 Jiggs Whigham b.1943 Keith Tippett b.1947 Anthony Coleman b.1955 1962 and had long stretches b.1965 August 9 Günter “Baby” Sommer b.1943 Terry Clarke b.1944 Michael Marcus b.1952 b.1956 (16 and 11 years) between Eric Alexander b.1968 Jack DeJohnette b.1942 Art Lillard b.1950 b.1952 Karriem Riggins b.1975 leader dates, waxing Michäel Attias b.1968 Dennis Gonzalez b.1954 Reto Weber b.1953 Michael Dease b.1982 August 31 sessions for Improvising August 10 Stefan Zeniuk b.1980 †Edgar Sampson 1907-73 Artists, WestWind, Konnex and Tzadik. He was a part August 5 †Arnett Cobb 1918-89 August 21 August 26 †Herman Riley 1933-2007 of the cooperative group †Don Albert 1908-80 b.1936 August 16 †Count Basie 1904-84 †Jimmy Rushing 1903-72 Gunter Hampel b.1937 Clarinet Summit and has Sigi Schwab b.1940 Denny Zeitlin b.1938 † 1926-2002 † 1928-99 †Francis Wayne 1924-78 Wilton Felder b.1940 had long associations with †Lenny Breau 1941-84 Mike Mantler b.1943 †Bill Evans 1929-80 †Malachi Thompson 1949-2006 Peter Appleyard b.1928 Bengt Berger b. 1942 multi-instrumentalist Airto Moreira b.1941 Fred Ho b.1957 Alvin Queen b.1950 Peter Apfelbaum b.1960 †Clifford Jarvis 1941-99 Stefano Battaglia b.1965 Gunter Hampel and pianist Phil Wachsmann b.1944 Akiko Pavolka b.1965 Cecil Brooks III b.1959 Oscar Perez b.1974 Andrew Lamb b.1958 Evan Christopher b.1969 . -AH Jemeel Moondoc b.1951 Cyrille Aimée b.1984 b.1959 Chris Dingman b.1980 b.1960 Tineka Postma b.1978 ON THIS DAY by Andrey Henkin

Zoot Meets Hans Four For Trane Afternoon of a Georgia Faun & Quintet Aquarelle Zoot Sims (Brunswick) Archie Shepp (Impulse) (ECM) Al Grey/Jesper Thilo (Storyville) Charlie Byrd (Concord) August 10th, 1958 August 10th, 1964 August 10th, 1970 August 10th, 1986 August 10th, 1993 This EP was thought to be the first Saxophonist Archie Shepp debuted The fourth album released by ECM A longtime Count Basie veteran, Guitarist Charlie Byrd was no meeting between tenor saxophonists/ for Impulse with this album, a (Edition of Contemporary Music), trombonist Al Grey did most of his stranger to recording with other clarinetists Zoot Sims (Oct. 29th, 1925, dedication to John Coltrane, who this was alto saxophonist Marion recording as a leader in the mid ‘60s plectrists, going back to his Great Inglewood, CA) and Hans Koller championed younger musicians like Brown’s only entry into the label’s and then late ‘80s. He also had lots of Guitars group in the ‘70s. Here he is (Feb. 12th, 1921, Vienna, ). But Shepp to the label. Joining the leader discography (after and concurrent collaborative and sideman credits joined by the Washington Guitar late last year a live German recording for four tunes written by Coltrane with releases on ESP-Disk, Calig, during his career, including this Quartet (Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Jeffrey from two months earlier surfaced on (and one Shepp composition) is the Freedom and Impulse). For the disc’s meeting with a quartet of Meyerriecks, Myrna Sislen, Larry Jazzhaus. Only “Minor Meeting” frontline of the New York Art Quartet two pieces (the title track and “Djinji’s luminaries - saxophonist Jesper Thilo, Snitzler) plus guest clarinetist Ken appears on both sessions, with the ( and Roswell Rudd), one Corner”, both written by him), Brown pianist Ole Koch Hansen, bassist Peplowski for a varied program. remainder of this Cologne-recorded of its bassists (Reggie Workman), leads an 11-strong ensemble with and drummer Alex Included are pieces by Vivaldi, two disc a pair of tunes from pianist Hans drummer and Wayne Anthony Braxton, Chick Corea, Riel. Apart from a threesome of Grey each by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Bix Hammerschmid (a holdover from the Shorter’s trumpeter brother Alan. Andrew Cyrille, Larry Curtis, William originals, the quintet plays standards Beiderbecke, a medley of Gershwin earlier album along with bassist Peter Shepp had good reason to thank Green, Jack Gregg, Jeanne Lee, Bennie like “God Bless the Child”, “The Girl standards and the six-part “Los Trunk, Rudi Sehring playing drums Coltrane - 15 more albums for Impulse Maupin, Gayle Palmore and Billy from Ipanema” and “A Night in Angeles Aquarelle Suite”, written by here instead). over the next eight years. Malone. Tunisia”. guitarist .

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