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March 2018 www.hothousejazz.com 92Y Page 17 Smalls Jazz Club,Deer Head Inn &The Falcon Page 10

Anat Cohen Michael Feinberg

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WINNING SPINS By George Kanzler

ASSISTS HAVE A UNIQUE PER- Duduka's fluid, often airy polyrhythms spective on the jazz ensemble, from the propel Side B. "A Genius and a Saint" is bottomB up so to speak. They are at the cen- the tender opener, Scott (tenor sax) and ter of the pulsating engine that propels Anat blending the theme then interweav- bands; they're the very heart of the rhythm ing in tandem soloing, Bill's solo section. With that perspective, the best leading to the close. "Seven Steps to Rio," and most creative bassists often branch Martin's allusion to Germany's 7-1 out to explore composition and leadership, drubbing of at the 2014 Rio World assuming the helm of their own band, pro- Cup, high steps through solos from Scott's viding not only leadership but a repertoire tenor, Anat's clarinet, piano and drums of originals or selected pieces by others and with Maucha's Portuguese vocal. The arranged by the bassists. Bass players arco bass-led trio introduces "Sad Story," from two different generations and coun- Anat contributing a resonant clarinet solo tries have new albums that comprise this between Maucha's vocals in Portuguese Winning Spins: New Yorker via Germany then English, culminating in "love will Generation X-er Martin Wind, and Atlanta always shine." Millennial Michael Feinberg. "De Norte a Sul" is a reworking, with Light Blue, Martin Wind (Laika vocals, of Martin's early (1990s) composi- Records): Although a CD, it is presented as tion "The Cruise Blues" with spirited clar- two sides, like an LP, since it offers two inet and tenor sax. Maucha's wordless distinct recording sessions of five tracks vocals emphasize the yearning in each, by different bands led by Martin and "Longing," a delicate, floating bossa ballad featuring his compositions. Side A, Light, featuring a memorable pizzicato bass solo is the Martin Wind Quintet with Ingrid that reminds us how exceptional Martin is. Jensen, trumpet; Scott Robinson, reeds; Whatever Possessed Me, Michael Gary Versace, piano and organ, and Matt Feinberg (mfbass.com), follows the Wilson, drums. Side B, Blue, debuts a new bassist's The Elvin Jones Project, both a band, De Norte a Sul, with Anat Cohen, CD and touring band exploring the music clarinet; Scott, reeds; Maucha Adnet, of the influential John Coltrane Quartet's vocals; Bill Cunliffe, piano; Duduka da drummer. Noah Preminger, the tenor sax- Fonseca, drums, and Martin switching ophonist from that band is also featured in from acoustic bass to acoustic bass guitar this new working quartet, where Michael on two bossa-samba tracks. continues to delve into music by the semi- "While I'm Still Here," the Side A open- nal Coltrane group as well as other jazz er, spotlights Martin's pizzicato bass composers. Ian Froman, an incendiary immediately, as he limns the melody over drummer in the mold of Jones, rounds out Gary's organ and Matt's swinging brushes, the band along with pianist Billy Test. then takes the first solo. Scott swaggers in Michael's booming bass anchors and on tenor sax, Matt slapping a backbeat guides the quartet from the bottom, in an that continues as Gary and Matt duet and eight-song program, including two ver- riff back to the theme as the quintet takes sions, studio and live, of Coltrane's "Mr. it out. Scott plays the taragota, a Syms." Four cuts are noted as "Live in Romanian folk horn resembling a lower NYC," although no club is credited in the pitched clarinet, on the ballad "Rose," notes. blending it with Ingrid's muted trumpet. Thad Jones' "Lycra, Too?" is a highlight, Horn interplay and neat turnarounds adding Kebbi Williams' tenor sax, dueling mark "Ten Minute Song" as Scott's bass with Noah on a long opening two-sax sax, Ingrid's trumpet and (guest) Anat's cadenza coalescing into the theme with clarinet share solo and tandem space with rhythm, finally riffing under Billy's high- Gary's piano. flying piano solo. Michael's energy propels Martin's ballooning pizzicato notes, in the band and he solos mostly in codas, both ensemble and solo roles, dominate the lop- pizzicato and arco, although he shares solo ing ballad "February," with Ingrid and space with Noah on the Billy Eckstine bal- Scott (overdubbing alto and tenor saxes) lad, "I Want to Talk About You," a capti- circling the melody. With Matt on board, vating, contemplative conclusion to this humor is never far away and the fun bub- high energy album. bles forth on "Power Chords," Matt bash- ing big backbeats as Martin does a Jimi Martin Wind is joined by Anat Hendrix on arco bass and Scott honks on Cohen, , Scott Robinson, his big bad bass sax, Gary's organ and Gary Versace and Duduka da Fonseca Ingrid's trumpet add to the calibrated in a CD release celebration of Light cacophony. continued on page 29

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UPPER MANHATTAN (Above 70th Street) 1395 Lexington Av at 92nd St. 212-415- 92Y:5500. www.92y.org. Mar 2: 8pm & Artemis w/Anat Cohen. 449 Lenox Av (bet 132nd & 133rd Sts). 449212-234-3298. LA: Sun: 4-7pm Patio Jazz; Thurs: 1-3:30pm Jazz & Dessert; Fri-Sat: 8:30pm. At City College. 138 AARONConvent DAVIS Av at HALL:W133rd St. www.citycollege centerforthearts.org. 212-650-6900. Mar 22: 7:30pm free adm Bobby Sanabria & Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orch. 148W 133rd St (bet Lenox & 7th BILL’SAvs). PLACE: www.billsplaceharlem.com. 212-281- 0777. Fri-Sat: 8&10pm $20 don Bill Saxton Bebop Band. At Carlyle Hotel. 35E 76th St CAFÉat Madison.CARLYLE: www.thecarlyle.com. 212-744- 1600. Sets: 8:45pm. Mon: Woody Allen & Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. Mar 6- 10: Bernie Williams; 20-24: John Pizzarelli. 2485 Bway (bet CLEOPATRA’S92nd & 93rd Sts). NEEDLE: www.cleopatrasneedleny. com. 212-769-6969. Sets: Early (E), Late (L); Sun E 4-8pm, L 9pm-1am; Mon-Tues E 8- 9pm, L 10pm-1am; Wed-Thurs E 7-11pm, L 11:30pm-2:30am; Fri-Sat E 8pm-12am, L 12:30-3am. Free adm/$10 min. Trios except Mon&Thurs Duets. L Jam. Residencies: Sun E Open mic w/Keith Ingham, L Kelly Green; Mon John Weiss; Tues Marc Devine; Wed E Open mic w/Les Kurtz, L Nathan Brown; Thurs L Kazu; Fri L Ben Zweig; Sat L T. Kash. Mar 1: Durrah David; 2: Libby Richman; 3: Denton Darien; 8: George Young Band; 9: Chip Shelton; 10: Alan Rosenthal; 15: George Stella Band; 16: Dona Carter; 17: Rudi Mwongozi; 22: Jesse Crawford; 23: Marcus McLaurine; 24: Phil Briggs; 29: Nick Masters; 30: Walter Williams feat Gitesha; 31: Carol Sudhalter. 308 Malcolm X Blvd at 125th St. 2nd GINFl. FIZZ: www.ginfizzharlem.com. 212-289-2220. Mon: 6-10pm. The Harlem Swing Dance Society free adm Swing Dance + $10 Christine Melton Jazz Qnt + guest Kiara Ray + Open Mic & Dancing. At Red Rooster. GINNY’S310 Lenox SUPPER Av (bet CLUB: 125th & 126th Sts). www.ginnyssupperclub.com. 212-792-9001. At Aaron Davis Hall. 150 HARLEMConvent STAGE: Av at W135th St. 212-281-9240. www.harlemstage.org. Sets: 7:30-9:30pm. Mar 9: feat , , Sameer Gupta, Edmar Colón; 29: Jazz Then & Now feat conversa- tion bet aTunde Adjuah & . Silberman School of HUNTERSocial Work. COLLEGE: 2180 3rd Av at 119th St. 212- 396-7500. www.hunter.cuny.edu. Mar 3: 8pm $15/20 adm benefit concerts for the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico feat Miguel Zenón w/the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Festival Jazz Ens & Evan Ziporyn.

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338E 106th St (bet 1st & 2nd MANNAAvs). HOUSE: www.mannahousejazz.org. 212-722- 8223. Mar 4: 3pm Lady Got Chops fest www.ladygotchops.com feat Bertha Hope Ens. At Columbia University. 2960 MILLERBway THEATRE: at 116th St. 212-854-7799. www.millertheatre.com. Mar 3: 8pm $35-7 adm Alfredo Rodríguez Trio; 24: 8pm $20-35 Claudia Qnt. 206W 118th St (bet St. Nicholas Av MINTON’S:& Adam Clayton Powell Blvd). 212-243-2222. www.mintonsharlem.com. Sets: 7:30&9pm, Thurs-Sat 7:30&9:30pm, Sun + 12-4pm Brunch (B). Residencies (R): Sun B feat Avalon Jazz Band, 7:30&9pm except 03/4 Christopher McBride & The CNote; Tues Syndee Winters & Suite Assembly. Mar 1: Brian Jackson; 2: Theo Hill; 6: R; 7: James Cage; 8: Maurice Brown; 9: Jams Rich; 10: Paul Bollenback Qrt; 11&13: R; 15: Arturo O’Farrill Qnt; 16: Jazmyn feat James Cammack; 17: Oscar Feldman; 18&20: R; 21: Kristina Koller; 22: Akie Bermiss; 25&27: R; 28: Emanuele Tozzi Qrt; 30: Marshall McDonald Qrt. 46W 116th St (bet Lenox & 5th MISTAv). HARLEM: www.mistharlem.com. 212-828-MIST. Thurs: 8-10pm Lady Got Chops fest www.ladygotchops.com. Mar 1: Mala Waldron; 8: Kim Clarke & Aqua Ninjaz Micro Brew Qrt; 15: Ghanniyya Green. NATIONAL58W 129th JAZZ St at MUSEUM Malcolm X INBlvd. HARLEM: 212-348- 8300. www.jmih.org. 7-8:30pm $10 don. Mar 6: Renee Rosnes; 8: Harlem Speaks series w/Henry Threadgill; 13&20: Brandee Youn- ger; 27: Social Justice in the music of Courtney Bryan. NEW107W AMSTERDAM 130th St (bet MUSIC Lenox ASSOCIATION: & Adam Clayton Powel Blvds). 347-712-8568. $5/15 adm. Mon: 7-11pm Jam. 2021 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. PARISBlvd BLUES: at 121st St. www.parisblues harlem.com. 212-222-9878. Sets: Early (E) 5- 9pm, Jam 9pm-1am. Free adm. Sun: E Double G & the Possee, 9pm 1st&3rd La Banda Ramirez; Mon: Keyed Up series w/John Cooksey Qrt; Tues: The Sultans of Soul; Wed: Les Goodson & the Intergalatic Soul Jazz Band; Thurs: Tyrone Govan & Top Secret; Fri: tba; Sat: alternate The 69th Street Band/The Antoine Dowdell Gp. SCHOMBURG CENTER 515 FOR Malcolm RESEARCH X Blvd. 212-491-2200.IN BLACK CULTURE: Mon: 7pm Women's Jazz Festival feat 03/5 A Celebration of Alice Coltrane w/Brandee Younger, 03/12 Fostina Dixon & Winds of Change, 03/19 For the Love of Abbey Lincoln, 03/26 Closing Night Performance. 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd SHRINE:(bet 133rd & 134th Sts). 212-690-7807. www.shrinenyc.com. Sets unless otherwise noted: Early (E) 6-7pm, Late (L) 7-8pm. Residencies (R): Sun 6-8pm except 03/11 Jam w/Andrew Kushnir. Mar 2: E Furmi Gomez 4tet, L Alicyn Yaffee Trio; 3: E Kyle K. Green, L Shevelovin' Qrt; 4: E-L R, 8-11pm The Shrine ; 6: E Brian Kastan; 7: L St. Amour Trio; 8: E Joe Pino Qnt; 10: E Andy Bianco Qnt; 11: E Andrew Kushnir Trio; 12: E Juanma Trujillo Gp; 13: L Oscar Feldman & friends; 16: E Josiah Boornazian; 17: E Rico Jones Qrt; 18: R; 20: E Takeshi Otani Band; 25: R. 300W 116th St at Frederick SILVANA:Douglass Blvd. www.silvana-nyc.com. 646- 692-4935. Sets unless otherwise noted: Early (E) 6-7pm, Late (L) 7-8pm. Mar 1: E-L

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Anibal Rojas; 3: 6-7:30pm Joe Pino Qnt; 6: E 212E 52nd St (bet 2nd & Tom Blatt Project; 7: E Takeshi Otani Band, L CLUB3rd BONAFIDE: Avs). 3rd Fl. www.clubbonafide.com. Andrew Schiller; 8: E-L Mike Fahn; 9: E 646-918-6189. Sets: Early (E) 7:30pm, Late Jocelyn Shannon Qrt; 10: E Pearring Sound, (L) 9:30pm; Fri-Sat E 8pm, L 10pm, Night (N) L Chk-Chk; 11: E Brian Kastan; 12: E Brian 11:30pm. Mar 1: E MJ Territo & Ladies Day Kastan; 13: E-L Josiah Boornazian; 14: E Gil Jazz Qrt; 2: E Secret Mall, L Nir Naaman Qrt, Schwartz; 15: E-L Jennifer Wharton; 16: E N The Dayz; 3: E Mark Wade Trio, L-N Kevin Shun Ino; 22: E-L Nick Grinder Gp; 23: E Eric Harris All-Stars; 4: E Delage; 7: E New Moon Siereveld & Organic Qnt, L Opa; 28: E-L Sam Acoustic Blues Band; 8: E David Bertrand Blakeslee, 8-9pm Ravi Campbell; 29: E-L Qrt; 9: E Michael McNeill Trio, L Eliane Paul Francis; 31: E-L Shevelovin' Qrt. Amherd Band, N Pedro Barboza Trio; 10: E 2751 Bway Jazzmensoul, L-N The Steve Fidyk Parlour SMOKE(bet 105thJAZZ & SUPPER 106th Sts). CLUB: 212-864-6662. Project; 13: E Stan Chovnick & friends; 15: L www.smokejazz.com. Sets: Early (E), Late The Mateadors; 16: E Dailza Ribeiro, L Dawn (L), Brunch (B); Sun B 11:30am,1&2:30pm, E Drake & ZapOte; 18: E Jartse Tuominen Gp; 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:30pm; Mon&Wed-Thurs 21: E-L Ross Kratter Jazz Orch; 22: E-L Moth E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:30pm; Tues 7,9& to Flame Jazz; 23: E SlideAttack Jazz Qnt, L 10:30pm; Fri-Sat E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:45pm Ben “The Sax Guy” & friends; 24: E Karl &12:45am; adm/min vary. Residencies: Sun Latham/Mark Egan/, L Dahka Band; B Annette St. John Trio, L Willerm Delisfort 29: E Qrt; 30: E The Vintage Qrt; Tues (R) E Mike LeDonne & Groover Qrt; SOUL Experience; 31: E Mike Armando, L Wed (R) E Lezlie Harrison, L Emmet Cohen Charlie Rhyner/Imraan Khan Qnt. Organ Gp; Thurs L Nickel & Dime OPS; Fri L At Lincoln 03/2,16&30 John Farnsworth Qrt, 03/9&23 DAVIDCenter. RUBENSTEIN Bway at 62nd St. ATRIUM: www.lincolncenter. Patience Higgins & Sugar Hill Qrt; Sat L org/atrium. 212-875-5350. Sets: 7:30pm/free Johnny O’Neal Trio & friends. Mar 1: Jochen adm. Mar 8: Stephanie Chou; 16: Eddie Rückert 4tet; 2-4: Qnt; 5: E Palmieri; 23: Tarek Yamani; 29: António Jeremy Pelt Qrt & New Jam Session, L New Zambujo. Jam Session by Jeremy Pelt; 6-7: R; 8: Carolyn Leonhart Qnt; 9-11: Chico Freeman DIMENNA 450W CENTER 37th St FOR (bet 9th CLASSICAL & 10th Av). Qrt; 12: E Bruce Williams Qrt & New Jam www.dimennacenter.org.MUSIC: 212-594-6100. Session, L New Jam Session by Bruce Sets: 8pm. Mar 9: Luiz Simas & Wesley Williams; 13-14: R; 15: Alexis Cole; 16-18: Amorim Duo; 15: Takeshi Asai Solo; 24: Harold Mabern Qrt; 19: tba; 20-21: R; 22: Mauricio de Souza. Ulysses Owens & THREE; 23-25: Bobby At Jazz @ Watson Qrt; 26: tba; 27-28: R; 29: George DIZZY’SLincoln CLUB Center. COCA-COLA:10 Columbus Cr at 60th St. Colligan Trio; 30-Apr 1: Tia Fuller Qrt. 5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-258-9800. Sets: SUGAR BAR: 254W 72nd St (bet Bway & West 7:30&9:30pm, 11:30pm Late Night Sessions. End Av). 212-579-0222. www.sugarbarnyc.com. Adm varies. Mar 1-4: Charles McPherson Sets: 8pm/$10 adm unless otherwise noted. Qnt; 5: New York Youth Symphony Jazz feat Residencies: Wed except 03/21 Electrikana; Vuyo Sotashe; 6-7: Denise Thimes; 8-11: Thurs 9pm Open Mic w/Sugar Bar All Star Duduka Da Fonseca & Helio Alves feat Band. Mar 2: $20 Nat Adderly, Jr. Trio feat Maucha Adnet; 12: Jazz at Lincoln Center Alyson Williams; 3: 9pm Irini Res & the Jazz Youth Orch w/spec guest Lew Tabackin; 13: Mix; 17: Rob Silverman Qrt; 23: 8&9:30pm Akira Tana & Otonowa; 14: Mark Sherman Qrt $15 Joe Bonacci; 24: Jason Abraham. w/spec guest Bruce Barth; 15-18: Freddy 2537 Bway at 95th St. Cole Qnt; 19-20: Brubeck Brothers Qnt SYMPHONY212-864-5400. SPACE: www.symphonyspace.org. w/spec guest ; 21: Duchess; 22-24: Mar 18: 7pm $5 adm The New York Dorantes w/Adam Ben Ezra & spec guest Tim Jazzharmonic Trio; 22: 7pm $8-23 PRISM Qrt; Ries; 25: Miho Hazama & m_unit; 26: 25: 7pm $5 Hendrik Helmer Trio; 29: 9pm $5 Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Alexis Parsons. Orch; 27-28: Judy Carmichael Qrt w/spec guest Harry Allen; 29-Apr 1: The DIVA Orch. Late Night Session w/Mar 1-3: Barry MID-TOWN MANHATTAN Stephanson; 6-10: Nate Sparks Ens; 14-16: The Ladybugs; 21-24: Dida Pelled; 27-31: (Between 35th & 69th Street) Caili O’Doherty. DON’T TELL MAMA: 343W 46th St at BIRDLAND: 315W 44th St (bet 8th & 9th Avs). Restaurant Row. 212-757-0788. www.dont 212-581-3080. www.birdlandjazz.com. Sets: tellmamanyc.com. Mar 3: 9:30pm $20 adm/2 8:30&11pm, except Mon 7&9:30pm, Sun drink min John Minnock w/spec guest Lynda 6,9&11pm. Adm varies. Residencies: Sun D’Amour. 9pm (R) Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orch; Mon 9:30pm Jim Caruso Cast Party; IGUANA RESTAURANT: 240W 54th St at Wed 5:30-7pm David Ostwald & Louis Bway. www.iguananyc.com. 212-765-5454. Armstrong Eternity Band; Fri 5:15-7pm Mon-Tues: 8-11pm & The Birdland Big Band; Sat 6pm Eric Comstock Nighthawks. Duo. Mar 1-3: Steps Ahead Meets Soulbop; IRIDIUM: 1650 Bway at 51st St. 212-582-2121. 1: 6pm David Bixler Auction Project feat www.theiridium.com. Sets: 8:30pm. Mar 6: Arturo O'Farrill; 4: 6pm Ron Aprea, 9pm R; 5: $25 adm Myriam Phiro & Mariposa; 12: $20 7pm Cheryl Bentyne; 6-10: Natalie Forteza; 22: $25 Aziza Miller & Prime Qrt; 8: 6pm Laila Biali; 11: 9pm R; 13: Jane Time 27. Bunnett & Maqueque; 14-17: ; 15: JAZZ AT KITANO: 66 Park Av at 38th St. 212- 6pm Cynthia Sayer & Joyride Qrt; 18: 6pm 885-7119. www.kitano.com. Sets/adm: Sun Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, 9pm R; 20-24: Steve 12-2:30pm, Mon-Tues 8-11pm, Wed-Sat 8- Smith “Groove: Blue” Organ Trio; 22: 6pm 9:15&10-11:15pm; Sun $40 buffet, Mon-Tues Corcoran Holt; 25: 9pm R; 27-31: The Tristano free/$15 min, Wed-Thurs $18/$20 min, Fri- Project w/, Jaleel Shaw, Melissa Sat $34/$20 min. Residencies (R): Sun Jazz Aldana; 29: 6pm JayCee Driesen. Brunch w/Tony Middleton; Mon Jam by Iris Ornig; Tues except 03/20 Isaiah Thompson CARNEGIE HALL: 57th St & 7th Av. 212-247- Solo. Mar 1: John Dokes Qnt; 2: Larry Fuller 7800. www.carnegiehall.org. 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Qrt; 11-13: R; 14: Gene Marlow & The 55 Christopher St (bet 6th & 7th Avs). Heritage Ens; 15: John Colianni Qrt; 16-17: 55 212-929-9883.BAR: www.55bar.com. Sets: Early Nilson Matta’s Brazilian & Jazz Journey (E) 7-9pm except Sun&Fri-Sat 6-9pm, Late Band; 18-19: R; 20: “About The Swing”; 21: (L) 10pm. 1st Mon: E Sean Wayland; 1st Mayu Saeki Qrt; 22: Katsuko Tanaka Trio; 23: Thurs: E Amy Cervini; 1st Sat: E Ayana lowe; Andy Ezrin Trio; 24: Valerie Capers Trio 2nd Thurs: E Nicole Zuraitis; 2nd Fri: E Tessa w/spec guest Alan Givens; 25-27: R; 28: Souter; last Wed: E Paul Jost; last Fri: E Noah Preminger/Frank Carlberg Duo; 29: Kendra Shank. Mar 27: E Manhattan School Scott Morgan Qnt; 30-31: Martin Wind Sxt. of Music Jazz Arts Vocal Combo. 10 Columbus At the Bogardus Mansion. 75 Murray JAZZCr at AT 60th LINCOLN St. 5th Fl. CENTER: www.jalc.org. 212-258- 75 StCLUB: (bet W Bway & Greenwich St). 212-268- 9800. Appel Room (AR), Rose Theater (RT). 1746. www.wilburwareinstitute.com Wilbur Mar 2-3: 7&9:30pm AR Rags, Strides & Ware Institute presents Wilbur’s Warehouse. Habaneras feat Dick Hyman, Joey Alexander, Sets/adm: 7:30&9:30pm; Tues-Thurs free Chano Dominguez & Sullivan Fortner; 9-10: adm, Fri-Sat $20. Residencies: Tues Richard 8pm RT Jazz at Lincoln Center Orch Wyands; Wed-Thurs Tardo Hammer/John w/; 16-17: 8pm RT Paquito Webber. Mar 2-3: Zaid Nasser; 9-10: Chris D’Rivera; 23-24: 7&9:30pm AR The Swing Flory; 16-17: Warren Vaché; 23-24: Craig Collective feat Melissa Aldana, Etienne Handy; 30-31: Grant Stewart. Charles; 28-29: 7&9pm AR Michael Feinstein 16 Beaver St (bet & Tedd Firth Big Band w/spec guests. ALWANBway FOR & Broad THE Sts) ARTS: 4th Fl. 646-732-3261. Associated Musicians of Greater www.alwanforthearts.org. Mar 22: 8pm Sara LOCALNew York 802: Club Room. 322W 48th St (bet 8th & Serpa Trio. 9th Sts). 212-245-4802. www.jazzfounda Basement 277 Church St (bet Franklin tion.org/what-we-do/monday-night-jam- B FLAT:& White Sts). www.bflat.info. 212-219-2970. series. Mon: 7-9:30pm Monday Night Jam pre- Sets: Mon 8-11pm, Wed 8:30-11:30pm, Sat sented by Jazz Foundation of America. Mar 5: 10pm-12am. Mon&Wed: Jordan Young Trio. www.ladygotchops.com Lady Got Chops fest Mar 10: Takeshi Asai Trio; 17: Benny Oyama feat Rebecca Levinson & the Workshop Band. Trio; 24: Takeshi Asai Trio; 31: Nobuki MICHIKO STUDIOS: 149W 46th St (bet 6th & Takamen Trio. 7th Avs). 3rd Fl. 212-302-4011. www. 53E 11th St (bet Bway & michikostudios.com. 2nd Wed: 8-10:30pm BAHA’ÍUniversity). CENTER: www.bahainyc.org. 212-222- $20/15 adm Lew Tabackin Trio. 5159. Tues: 8&9:30pm $10/15 adm. Mar 6: 256W 52nd St (bet Lou Caputo Not So Big Band; 13: Mike RUSSIANBway & 8th SAMOVAR: Av). www.russiansamovar.com. Longo NY State of the Art Jazz Ens w/Ira 212-757-0168. Sun: 3-7pm Jazz Brunch. Mar Hawkins; 27: Jay D'Amico Trio. 4: Lady Cantrese & Gents; 11: Lady Got 129 McDougal St. 212-529- Chops fest www.ladygotchops.com feat BAR5945. NEXT www.lalanternacaffe.com. DOOR: Sets: Sun Annette St John Trio; 18: Lady Got Chops 8&10pm, Mon-Thurs Early (E) 6:30-7:45pm, fest www.ladygotchops.com feat Jeannot Late (L) 8:30&10:30pm, Fri-Sat 7:30,9:30& Trio; 25: Stephanie Walker Trio. 11:30pm. Adm: $12 all night + 1 drink min/set 619 Lexington Av at except Fri-Sat $12/set + 1 drink min/set, E SAINT54th PETER’SSt. (Citicorp CHURCH: Bld). www.saintpeters.org. free. Trios unless otherwise noted. Mon- 212-935-2200. 1st Mon: 7:30pm $5 adm Thurs: E Emerging Artists series; Mon: L International Women in Jazz Jam; Wed: 1pm Vocal Mondays series. Residencies (R): Sun $10 don Midtown Jazz at Midday; Sun: 5pm Peter Mazza, Wed L Jonathan Kreisberg. Mar free adm Jazz Vespers. Mar 4: Catherine 1: E Rico Jones, L Andrew Van Tassel; 2: Russell; 7: Carol Sudhalter Trio; 11: Leandro Pellegrino; 3: Alex Lore; 4: R; 5: E Catherine Russell; 14: Barbara Rosene Trio; Sagi Kaufman, L Valentina Marino; 6: E Niall 15: 7:30pm Society www.the Cade, L Alicyn Yaffee; 7: E Austin Zhang, L R; dukeellingtonsociety.org feat Bob Porter; 18: 8: E Vaughn Stoffey, L Jon Irabagon; 9: Melissa Stylianou; 21: John Colianni Big Pasquale Grasso; 10: Nadav Remez; 11: R; Band; 25: Catherine Russell; 28: no jazz. 12: E Cole Davis, L Les Grant; 13: E Alan 737 9th Av Kwan, L Hashem Assadullahi; 14: E Julphan The(bet SOUND 58th & BITE59th Sts). RESTAURANT: 917-409-5868. www.the- Tilapornputt, L R; 15: E David Leon, L Justin soundbiterestaurant.com. Mar 9: 7-10pm Lees; 16: Joe Giglio; 17: Jerome Sabbagh; James Weidman. Lady Got Chops fest 18: R; 19: E Sagi Kaufman, L Nora McCarthy; www.ladygotchops.com. 2: Bertha Hope 20: E Nicola Caminiti, L Nick Brust; 21: E Trio; 23: Barbara King Qrt; 30: Marilyn NanJo Lee, L R; 22: E Paul Jubong Lee, L Kleinberg Qrt; 31: Taeko. Hendrik Meurkens; 23: Uri Gurvich; 24: Jazz & Supper Club. 349W 46th St Jostein Gulbrandsen; 25: R; 26: E Cole SWING(bet 846: & 9th Avs). www.swing46.com. 212- Davis, L E.J. Decker; 27: E Jonah Udall, L 262-9554. Sets/adm: Sun-Thurs 8:30- Erez Barnoy; 28: E Sagi Kaufman, L R; 29: E 11:30pm/$15, Fri-Sat 9:30pm-1am/$20. Elijah Shiffer, L Daan Kleijn; 30: Michael Residencies: Mon Swingadelic; Tues George Valeanu; 31: Arun Luthra. Gee Swing Orch; Wed Stan Rubin Orch BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: 131W 3rd St at 6th w/Joe Politi. Av. 212-475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com. 239E 53rd St (Bet 2nd & 3rd Avs). Sets: 8&10:30pm + Fri-Sat 12:30am Late TOMILower JAZZ: level. www.tomijazz.com. 646-497- Night Groove series, Sun 11:30am&1:30pm 1254. Mar 4: 8-11pm free/$5 min Bill Stevens; Sunday Brunch. Adm varies. Mar 1-4: Maceo 22: 9-11:30pm $10/10 min Linda Presgrave Parker; 5: Scott Metzger; 6: Pete Rock & The Qrt. Soul Brothers; 7: Weedie Braimah & friends; 8-11: Rebirth Brass Band; 12-14: McCoy The TOWN HALL: 123W 43rd St (bet 6&7th Tyner; 15-18: Roy Haynes; 19-21: Eric Avs). www.thetownhall.org. 212-840-2824. Krasno & Chapter 2; 22: Matthew Whitaker Mar 24: 8pm Pepe Habichuela & Josemi Trio; 23-Apr 1: Bobby McFerrin Spirityouall. Carmona w/spec guests Arturo & Adam Late Night Groove w/Mar 2: Statik Selektah & O’Farrill. friends; 3: Phony Ppl; 10: Kool Keith; 17&31: Phony Ppl. Mar 4: & his NYU LOWER MANHATTAN Jazz Ens; 11: Mauricio Zottarelli; 18: Peter & Will Anderson; 25: Juilliard Jazz/Mary Lou (Below 34th Street) Williams Ens, 1:30pm Juilliard Jazz/Jelly

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Roll Morton Ens. L 9pm, N 12:30am; Wed 7pm, L 9pm, N The CAVE: At St. George’s. 209E 16th St at 12:30am; Thurs 7pm, L 10pm, N 1:30am; Fri Rutherford Pl. www.olmstedsalon.com. 2nd 6pm, L 9pm + 10:30pm, N 1:30am; Sat E 7pm, Fri: 7:30&9:30pm $15 adm. Mar 9: Jo Lawry. L 10pm, N 1:30am. Residencies (R): Sun E 155 Varick St (bet Spring & Terry Waldo & Gotham City Band, N Brandon CITYVandam WINERY: Sts). www.citywinery.com. 212-608- Lewis & Renee Cruz; Mon N Billy Kaye; Tues 0555. Mar 18: 12:30-2pm $20 adm Brunch E Saul Rubin Zebtet; Wed E Raphael w/Julie Eigenberg/Alex Blake; 28: 8-10pm D'Lugoff Trio + 1, N Ned Goold; Fri L The $40-55 The Squirrel Nut Zippers. Supreme Queens; Sat N Greg Glassman. Mar 1: E Maniacs of the Fourth Dimension, L Saul CLEMENTE SOTO VÉLEZ CULTURALAt Teatro Latea. & Rubin Zebtet, N Paul Nowinski; 2: E Oscar 107EDUCATIONAL Suffolk St (bet CENTER: Rivington & Delancey Williams Trio, L R + Jared Gold/Dave Gibson, Sts). www.csvcenter.org. 212-260-4080. Mar N Craig Wuepper; 3: E Chris Hemingway, L 10: 9pm $15 adm Fernando García Band. Raphael D'lugoff Qnt, N R; 4: E R, 8:30pm 29 Jade Synstelien & FCBB, N R; 5: E The Better CORNELIACornelia St. STREET www.corneliastreetcafe.com. UNDERGROUND: Tones, L Behn Gillece, N R; 6: E R, L Willie 212-989-9319. Sets unless otherwise noted: Martinez y la Familia, N Yoshi Waki; 7: E R, L Sun 8:30&10pm, Mon-Thurs 8&9:30pm, Fri- Groover Trio, N R; 8: E Marcus Persiani, L Sat 9&10:30pm. Adm varies. Mar 2: The Greg Glassman Qnt, N Avi Rothbard; 9: E Streams Trio w/Billy Drewes; 3: Dida Pelled Qrt, L R + Noah Jackson & Full Qrt; 4: 8pm Charlie Roman, 9:30pm Josh Circle, N Ray Gallon; 10: E Ivan Renta Qnt, L Dunn; 5: 8:30pm David Amram; 6: Gabrielle Lawrence Clark, N R; 11: E R, L Dialo House, Stravelli, 9:30pm Vanisha Gould; 7: Jeremy N R; 12: L Ned Goold Qrt, N R; 13: E R, L Powell Qrt, 9:30pm Tobias Meinhart; 8: Emi Peter Brainin & the Latin Jazz Workshop; 14: Makabe Trio; 9: /Tony E R, L Harold Mabern Trio, N R; 16: L R + Malaby/Tom Rainey; 11: 8pm Klazz-Ma-Tazz; Camile Gainer Jones; 17: N R; 18: E R, L Ark 13: 8pm Olli Soikkeli/Cesar Garabini; 14: Jeff Ovrutski, N R; 19: E Ben Paterson Duo, L Davis Dragon Father Trio, 9:30pm Aaron George Braith, N R; 20: E R, L Cocomama; Irwin Sxt; 15: Nick Sanders Trio, 9:30pm 21: E R, L The Don Hahn/Mike Camacho Julian Shore Qrt; 16: Ralph Alessi & This Band, N R; 22: L P.O.D.; 23: E Roger Manins, Against That; 17: Mat Maneri & Dust; 18: L R; 24: N R; 25: E&N R, 26: N R; 27: E R, L Michael Blanco Qrt; 19: Noa Fort; 20: Steve Itai Kriss & Gato Gordo, N John Benitez's Sandberg Qrt, 9:30pm Tomoko Omura Roots Latin Bop; 28: E&N R; 30: L R; 31: N R. Qnt; 22: Jen Shyu; 24: Sebastian Noelle; 28: GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL: 46 Nitzan Gavrieli Trio; 30: Jason Rigby & Barrow St (bet 7th Av S & W 4th St). 212-242- Detroit-Cleveland Trio; 31: Matt Aronoff. 4770. www.greenwichhouse.org. Sound It 44E 32nd St (bet Out series. Mar 3: Daniel Levine & TheMadison CUTTING & Park ROOM:Av). 212-691-1900. www.the Knuckleball + Santiago Liebson Trio; 10: cuttingroomnyc.com. Mar 9: 7:30pm The 8pm Michaël Attias Qrt. Turtle Island Qrt. JAZZ GALLERY: 1160 Bway at 27th St. 5th Fl. At Roxy Hotel. 2 Av of the www.jazzgallery.org. 646-494-3625. Sets/ TheAmericas DJANGO: at Walker St. www.roxyhotelnyc. adm: 7:30&9:30pm $10, $25/15 Fri-Sat. Mar 1: com. 212-519-6600. Sets: Early (E), Late (L); Taylor Ho Bynum 9-Tette; 8: Chet Doxas; 9: Tues 7pm-12:30am; Wed-Thurs E 7:30- Nerissa Campbell; 10: Godwin Lewis; 16: 9:45pm, L 10pm-1am; Fri-Sat E 7:30- Miles Okazaki; 18: Samurai Mama Big Band; 10:15pm, L 10:30pm-1:30am. Residencies 22: Morgan Guerin Gp; 23: Shai Maestro; 24: (R): Wed E Pasquale Grasso Solo, L Jam; Fri Gregoire Maret; 26: Pascal LeBoeuf + E Ken Fowser Qnt. Mar 1: E Ed Cherry Trio, L Friction String Qrt; 29: Jihye Lee Orch; 30: High & Mighty Brass Band; 2: E R, L Mike Stephan Crump Trio; 31: Immanuel Wilkins Sailors Big Band; 3: E Johnny O' Neal Trio, L Qrt. Bruce Harris; 6: Jazz & Comedy feat Brian JAZZ STANDARD: 116E 27th St (bet Park & Charette Organ Trio; 7: R; 8: E Dan Aran Lexington Avs). www.jazzstandard.net. 212- Band, L Eli “Paperboy” Reed; 9: E R, L 576-2232. Sets/adm: 7:30&9:30pm/$30 Michael Arenella Dreamland Orch; 10: E Ray except Mon-Wed $25; Sun 2-3pm free/$5 Gallon Trio, L Eyal Vilner Big Band feat don; Sat except 03/17 Brunch (B) 12- Brianna Thomas; 13: Dom Salvador Qrt; 14: 2:30pm/$10, $35 all-inclusive. Residencies: R; 15: E Arthur Vint & Associates, L Mark Sun 2-3pm Jazz for Kids; Mon (R) Mingus Whitfield; 16: E R, L Lezlie Harrison; 17: E Monday feat Mingus Big Band; Sat B The Neal Caine Qnt, L Professor Cunningham & Smokestack Brunch. Mar 1-4: Jazzmeia His Old School; 20: Pedro Giraudo & friends; Horn; 3: B Patrick Sargent; 5: R; 6: Logan 21: R; 22: E Freddy DeBoe Band, L Ian Richardson; 7: James Francies & friends; 8- Hendrickson-Smith; 23: E R, L Chris Norton; 11: Steven Bernstein & Sexmob; 10: B John 24: E Pete Malinverni Trio feat Tony Hewitt, L Fatum; 12: R; 13: Theo Croker; 14: Owen Steven Feifke Big Band; 27: Gerardo Broder & American Roots Project; 15-16&18: Contino; 28: R; 29: E Stafford Hunter & & Love In Action; 19: R; 20- Continuum, L The Binky Griptite Orch; 30: E 21: Camille Bertault; 22-25: Billy Childs Qrt; R, L Itai Kriss & Telavana feat Elena Nayiri; 24: B Caroline Davis; 26: R; 27-Apr 1: Ravi 31: E Dida Pelled, L “King” Solomon Hicks. Coltrane Trio w/spec guests; 31: B Laurin Talese. DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY: 13 Monroe St (bet Market & Catherine Sts). 212-473- JOE’S PUB: At Public Theater. 425 Lafayette St 0043. www.downtownmusicgallery.com. & Astor Pl. www.joespub.com. 212-967-7555. Sun: 6pm In-Store shows. Adm varies. Mar 7: 10pm Sirintip; 21: 9:30pm Lakecia Benjamin; 28: 9:30pm Bria Skonberg. The EAR INN: 326 Spring St (bet Greenwich & Washington Sts). www.earinn.com. 212-431- KNICKERBOCKER BAR & GRILL: 33 9750. Sun: 8-11pm EarRegulars feat Jon-Erik University Pl at 9th St. 212-228-8490. Kellso & friends. www.knickerbockerbarandgrill.com. Fri-Sat: 75 Christopher St at 7th Av. 212-675- 9pm-1am. Mar 2-3: Ronny Whyte/Boots FAT6056. CAT: www.fatcatmusic.org. $3 adm/no min. Maleson; 9-10: Russ Kassoff/Jay Anderson; Sets unless otherwise noted: Early (E), Late 16-17: Kathleen Landis Trio; 23-24: Sean (L), Night (N); Sun E 6pm, L 9pm, N 1am; Smith/David Hazeltine; 30-31: no jazz. 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brought songs to another album," she explains. "I thought it was going to be another choro album, but it ended up being more of a world music album. Choro is played, yes, but it has a lot of different touches, even some heavy metal!" Similarly, with the tentet release, Anat continued to push musical boundaries, employing a wide set of , inspirations and textures that wend through takes on Brazilian styles, jazz, even klezmer. "At times in recording I ask, 'What type of music is it we're doing?'" she VEN IN THE CONTEXT OF A notes. "But really, that's a question that career marked by an extraordinary gets asked a lot with the music I play. It's breadthE of vision, 2017 nevertheless stood hard to define when you try to go for an out as a highlight for clarinetist Anat easy or simple definition. We all come from Cohen. In addition to extensive touring, many traditions." Anat released three albums, all utterly Releasing such a span of records in a unique: Outra Coisa explored the music of year is no small feat, and was undoubtedly Moacir Santos in a duo with 7-string gui- a massive lift for Anat, who records under tarist Marcello Gonçalves, Rosa Dos her own label Anzic Records. However, it Ventos reunited Anat with Trio Brasileiro came with method: as 2017 marked the in an expansive take on choro, and Happy centennial of the clarinet's first appear- Song featured Anat's tentet in a diverse ance on a jazz record, it seemed appropri- exploration of multiple styles. For most ate to show the versatility of the instru- artists, this would seem a risk of over- ment in these disparate releases. reach; for Anat Cohen, it simply reflects "I was speaking with my musical part- the broad musical universe she seemingly ner Oded Lev-Ari, who said we should effortlessly inhabits. release albums that focused on the clar- Outra Coisa gained particular notori- inet," she recalls. "We started to think ety, scoring Grammy nominations in both about how many styles represent the clar- the Latin Jazz and World Music cate- inet, and we tried to create projects that gories, and its pared-down take on Moacir could show where the clarinet had been Santos' compositions finds Anat at her and offer a vision for the future. We want- most inventive. For such an exceptional ed to show that the clarinet can do so many outing, the project's origins are remark- things, and be cool!" ably informal. "One day, Marcello was sit- 2018 seems on track to continue the ting with the Moacir Santos songbook and showcase of the instrument's possibilities. playing it on his guitar, when he got a In January, Anat took part in a multi-clar- vision of the two of us playing the music," inet celebration of 's 1938 she recalls. "So he emailed me saying 'I Carnegie Hall debut and this month she have a dream,' and sent me samples. While reunites with in a duo tour I was in Brazil a few months later, he and continued on page 29 I got together and played what he had been working on. We set some microphones and got into the studio, and soon we had the album." The result offers a lived-in comfort in the duo's rapport, one that captures the spirit of the compositions while still offer- ing up a new vision. Brazilian music has long held a special place in Anat's repertoire: in the 1990s, as Anat toured with the DIVA Orchestra, she also held a weekly gig exploring Brazil's choro music. The experience was transfor- mative: the music seemed perfectly fitted to clarinet playing, inspiring Anat to tran- sition away from tenor saxophone toward the clarinet, a switch that would permeate into every other style she plays. Recording with longtime collaborators Trio Brasileiro, choro traditions come back to the forefront; however, as with many projects Anat undertakes, the music also expands its scope to explore a wider world of possibilities. "A year ago, I told the guys that I was coming to Brazil and we each

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MIMI JONES LEHMAN CENTER / MARCH 3 Moving from artful line to humping pulse, Mimi Jones commands the music around her. Whether she's accompanying Frank Ocean, Terri Lyne Carrington or Beyoncé or fronting her own project, Mimi's undercurrent of finesse and virtuosic language reflects an early love affair with the music. A bassist, composer and vocalist, she evolves the legacy by bringing tradition from generations past together with sounds from the new scene, a tendency of the truest New Yorker. Born in the Bronx, Mimi switched from guitar to cello at LaGuardia High School, where she fell in love with the double bass, an experience that led her to earn a full scholarship to Manhattan School of Music. Her quartet features Nir Felder on guitar, Leonor Falcon on viola and Darrian Douglas, drums. SJ MARK WADE CLUB BONAFIDE / MARCH 3 It's no small feat to make a unique statement on a tune as familiar as "Autumn Leaves" or re-imagine a classic like "A Night in Tunisia." On his new CD, Moving Day (Mark Wade Music), bassist Mark Wade—voted among the top 10 bassists in Downbeat's Readers' Poll—proves he can do that, and more. Wade celebrates the CD's release at Club Bonafide with trio mates pianist Tim Harrison and drummer Scott Neumann. The threesome has displayed palpable chemistry since their 2015 debut, Event Horizon, Mark's first CD as a leader. They reveal how much their musical bonds have grown and evolved, as they negotiate the harmonic and rhythmic challenges of Mark's evocative originals and deliver fresh takes on standards. EK MYRIAM PHIRO AND MARIPOSA IRIDIUM / MARCH 6 French-Canadian pianist and vocalist Myriam Phiro holds a place in modernized con- temporary music occupied by just a few women peers including Jay Clayton, Norma Winstone, Dominique Eade and Kate McGarry. But with her new all-female, multi- national ensemble, she breaks away from that distinctive pack. Mariposa is centered not only on jazz and true world music influences, but on speaking out for social jus- tice and women's empowerment. With her recent Hot House "Best New Artist" nomi- nation and her debut recording Voyages, Myriam has established her own depth- charged, dramatic stance. She's teamed here with Korean pianist and music director Hyuna Park, whose impressive credits include both mainstream and "beyond" leaders. Violinist Leonor Falcon, bassist Tina Lama and drummer Jacquelene Acevedo provide even more expansive possibilities for Mariposa's collective consciousness. MGN JAZZ STANDARD / MARCH 6 Emerging on the Big Apple scene at the dawn of this century, alto saxophonist Logan Richardson impressed audiences with his post-bop conception and big, assertive tone, with shades of early or Eric Dolphy. His early Blue Note albums and work with trumpeters Ambrose Akinmusire and cemented his reputa- tion before he decamped for Europe in 2011. He returned to his Kansas City home and his new album, Blues People (ropeadope), draws on KC musicians Ryan Lee, drums; DeAndre Manning, bass, and Justus West, guitar. Rounding out the lineup is Ukrainian guitarist Igor Osypov. The result is a guitar-heavy offering as indebted to Jimi Hendrix and electric blues-rock or Ornette's Prime Time band as it is to post-bop jazz. Hear Logan's live version of that sound at this gig. GK CAROL SUDHALTER SAINT PETER'S CHURCH / MARCH 7 The fact that Carol Sudhalter is not more widely known in jazz in the United States is disappointing; for decades, the saxophonist and flutist has been forging a remark- able sound and a string of outstanding projects that have delighted fans. During eras where second-rate Coltrane clones have been legion, Carol has instead found her own path, forming a highly acclaimed big band and drawing musical influences and inspi- ration from sources like Coleman Hawkins and even Bix Beiderbecke. The results speak for themselves; featuring a big, rich tone and even a gruff bite, Carol's playing and her unique melodic gifts, particularly on standards, are essential listening. At Saint Peter's Church, she is joined by her quartet including pianist Patrick Poladian and bassist Kevin Hailey. SH By Ken Dryden, Seton Hawkins, Stephanie Jones, George Kanzler, Elzy Kolb & Michael G Nastos 18 Andersons photo by Lynn Redmile, Wade by Dennis Connors. 190070_HH_Mar_0 2/20/18 6:35 PM Page 19

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RALPH PETERSON THE SIDE DOOR / MARCH 9-10 Drummer Ralph Peterson has been forging a distinctive sound on the jazz scene for four decades, as a leader and as a valued sideman. Ralph creates a unique tonal sig- nature with his bands, most notably the Fo'tets, small groups featuring vibes and often clarinet or flute, but eschewing piano. Ralph’s melodic and conceptual sensibili- ty create his unique drum sound, one he molds onto his groups. For this gig, he brings his new quintet, Aggregate Prime, which is closer to the quintet mainstream form since it includes a piano, played by Davis Whitfield, plus Mark Whitfield on guitar and on reeds. Gary plays flute as often as tenor sax, changing up the group’s sonic imprint, and Ralph’s charts rarely conform to the head-solos-head format, mak- ing for an idiosyncratic sound. GK

TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET CUTTING ROOM / MARCH 9 Over the past three decades, the forward-thinking Turtle Island Quartet has chal- lenged itself by building a diverse string quartet repertoire comprising Latin, jazz, classical, hip-hop and other genres. They've gained additional renown through their collaborations with artists such as , Leo Kottke, Manhattan Transfer, and Nellie McKay. Most recently, the two-time Grammy-winning quar- tet has turned its attention to jazz legend , resulting in a new CD, Bird's Eye View (Azica). Besides Parker compositions, the foursome shows its unique feel for the music in presenting new arrangements of tunes by Miles Davis, and , along with Bird-inspired originals by quartet members David Balakrishnan and Benjamin von Gutzeit. EK PETER AND WILL ANDERSON HIGHLIGHTS IN JAZZ at TRIBECA PAC / MARCH 22 Peter and Will Anderson are identical twins who make a powerful front line, with Peter playing tenor, Will on alto and both on clarinet. They have a knack for creating fresh arrangements of standards and jazz classics and have proven themselves to be creative composers as well. The brothers have co-led five CDs, most recently Clarinet Summit (SteepleChase LookOut), where they display their prowess on that instru- ment. The Andersons have taken part in several earlier Jack Kleinsinger’s concerts and The Millennials Meet the Masters features them with trumpeter Dominick Farinacci, drummer Jimmy Cobb, bassist , trombonist , pianist and a surprise special guest. The twins also lead their quintet at the Blue Note on March 18. KD

JUDY CARMICHAEL DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA / MARCH 27-28 Count Basie praised Judy Carmichael for her stride piano chops early in her career and she is now one of the few living masters of the style. Along with running her own record label for decades, Judy recently celebrated 15 years as the producer and host of her NPR program Jazz Inspired! She has written two books on playing stride and just published her autobiography, Swinger! Judy is a delightful performer whose witty remarks between songs compliment her skills as a pianist and vocalist. Last year, she released her first all-vocal CD, Can You Love Once More? for which she wrote lyrics to tenor saxophonist Harry Allen's music. Judy and Harry play many of them at Dizzy's joined by guitarist Andy Brown and bassist Neal Miner. KD

JANICE FRIEDMAN MEZZROW / MARCH 29 On her five albums as a leader, Janice Friedman has demonstrated her range and flex- ibility with a mix of ballads, boogie, Brazilian, bop and swing, plus appealing origi- nals. Known as Janice the Pianist, this keyboard veteran cut her teeth—almost liter- ally—listening to the likes of Errol Garner, , Ahmad Jamal, and Marian McPartland. Janice’s played with Marian, and other greats, developing a distinctive style and a seemingly bottomless repertoire, from Waller to Ellington to Lennon & McCartney. Listeners can also look forward to hearing Janice lift her voice on a tune or two. Bassist Marco Panascia joins her at Mezzrow; the two also appear in a trio setting with drummer Joe Strasser at Jazz at Kitano on March 3. EK

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continued from page 16 Circle. Mar 1: E Danny Mooney Qnt, L Darian LE POISSON ROUGE: 158 Bleecker St at Douglas Qrt, N Davis Whitfield; 2: E Hill Thompson St. www.lepoissonrouge.com. Greene & The Jazz Expressions, L Stafford 212-796-0741. Adm varies. Mar 9: 7:30pm Hunter & Continuum, N tba; 3: PM Jade Julian Lage Trio; 28: 8pm $20/25 adm Sam Syteliar Qrt, E Tim Heagarty Qrt, L Stafford Amidon. Hunter & Continuum, N R; 4: 1pm-PM R, E MEZZROW: 163W 10th St (bet 7th Av & David Glasser Qrt, L David Gibson Qnt, N R; Waverly Pl). www.mezzrow.com. 646-476- 5: tba; 6: E Theo Hilll Trio, L-N R; 7: E Yotam 4346. Sets/adm: 8-10:30pm, Late (L) 11pm- Silberstein Qrt, L Simona Premazzi Qnt, N close; adm varies. Residencies: Sun L John Jovan Alexandre; 8: E Yotam Silberstein Qrt, Merrill & friends; Mon L Pasquale Grasso; L Behn Gilece Qrt, N Jonathan Thomas; 9: E Tues L Jam w/Miki Yamanaka & Adi Greg Glassman Qrt, L Steve Slagle A.M. Qrt, Meyerson; Wed L Pete Malinverni; Thurs L N R; 10: E Valery Ponomarev Qnt, L Steve Spike Wilner w/spec guest; Fri L Johnny Slagle A.M. Qrt, N R; 11: 1pm-PM R, E Chris O'Neal. Mar 1: tba; 2: /E.J. Byars Spt, L Ralph Lalama Bop-Juice, N R; Strickland, L Pat O'Leary; 3: Danny Grissett/ 12: tba; 13: E tba, L-N R; 14: E Michael E.J. Strickland, L Jon Davis; 4: Joel Frahm Feinberg Qnt, L Dan Aran Trio, N tba; 15: E Trio; 5: David Berkman/Chris Lightcap; 6: Chris McBride & The Whole Proof, L Asaf Jeremy Pelt/Jeb Patton; 7: Ron McClure Trio; Yuria Qnt, N tba; 16: E Mike Clark Trio, L 8: Iron City w/Vic Juris & Dave Stryker; 9: Donald Edwards Qnt, N tba; 17: PM Peter Zak Trio, L Lezlie Harrison; 10: Peter Francisco Ciniglio, E Matt Haviland Qnt, L Zak Trio; 11: Trio; 12: Mike Donald Edwards Qnt, N R; 18: 1pm-PM R, E Ekroth/Scott Colley; 13: Glenn Zaleski; 14: tba, L Charles Owens Qrt, N R; 19: tba; 20: E Steve Fiefke Trio; 15: Eden Ladin Trio; 16: tba, L-N R; 21: E Will Bernard Qrt, L Harold Ken Peplowski Trio, L Emmet Cohen; 17: Ken Peplowski Trio, L Anthony Wonsey; 18: Lage Mabern Trio, N tba; 22: E Lorin Stillman Qnt, Lund/Sullivan Fortner; 19: Dan Cray Trio; 21: L Andrew Gould Qnt, N tba; 23-24: E Gerry Hector Martignon Trio; 22: Mark Elf/Gerald Gibbs & Thrasher People, L Adam Bimbaum Cannon; 23: Sullivan Foster Trio, L Jeremy Qrt, N R; 24: PM Nick Masters Qrt; 25: 1pm- Manasia; 24: Sullivan Foster Trio, L Steve PM R, E Spike Wilner Gp, L Bruce Harris Qnt, Ash; 25: Tadd Shull Trio; 26: Harvey N R; 26: E tba, L Cocoran Holt Qnt, N tba; 27: Diamond/Cameron Brown; 27: Lauren tba; 28: E Travis Shook Qrt, L Le Boeuf Kinhan/Andy Ezrin; 28: Orrin Evans Trio; 29: Brothers, N Aaron Seeber; 29: E Mathis Janice Friedman/Marco Panascia; 30: Dan Picard Sxt, L Carlos Abadie Qnt, N tba; 30- Nimmer Trio, L Ben Paterson; 31: Dan 31: E Scott Wendholt/Adam Kolker Qrt, L Nimmer Trio, L Willerm Delisfort. Black Art Jazz Collective; 31: N R. 269 Bleecker St SPECTRUM NYC: 121 Ludlow St 2nd Fl (bet NEIGHBORHOOD(bet Jones & Cornelia CHURCH: Sts). 212-691-1770. 1st Delancey & Rivington Sts). 212-533-5470. Fri: 8&9:30pm free adm All Things Project www.spectrumnyc.com. Mar 2: 7-8:30pm www.allthingsproject.org. Mar 2: Flavio Silva Dana Malseptic; 30: 7-9pm The Mivos Qrt. & Break Free. 331E 10th TOMPKINSSt. www.nypl.org. SQUARE 212-228-4747. LIBRARY: Mar 3: 3pm The NEW SCHOOL55W 13th JAZZ St, 5th PERFORMANCE Fl. 212-229-5488. www.ladygotchops.com Lady Got Chops www.newschool.edu/jazz.SPACE: Tues-Sat: 8:30pm fest feat Cheryl Pyle. The Stone at the New School. Mar 1-3: TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: Jonathan Finlayson; 6-10: John Schott; 13- 199 Chambers St. www.tribecapac.org. 212- 17: Ben Perowsky; 27-31: Theresa Wong. 220-1460. Mar 22: 8pm $45/50 adm At Washington Square Highlights in Jazz series feat The Millennials NORTHHotel. SQUARE: 103 Waverly Pl at McDougal. Meet the Masters w/, Jimmy Cobb, www.northsquareny.com/about-jazz. 212- Steve Turre, George Cables + Peter & Will 254-1200. Sun: 12:30&2pm free adm Jazz Anderson, Dominick Farinacci; 30: 7:30pm Brunch Trios. Mar 4: Beat Kaestli; 11: Roz $30/20 Diego Joaquin Ramirez & SULA. Corral w/Saul Rubin & Paul Gill, 2pm : 178 7th Av S at 11th Remembering Mark Murphy w/spec guests; St. 212-255-4037. www.villagevanguard.com. 18: Sarah James; 25: Roz Corral w/Billy Test Sets: 8:30&10:30pm. Adm: $30/1 drink min. & Gary Wang. Residency (R): Mon Vanguard Jazz Orch. Mar 236E 3rd St (bet 1-4: Ben Wendel Seasons Band; 5: R; 6-11: NUYORICANAvs B & C). POETS www.nuyorican.org. CAFÉ: 212-780- Frend Hersch Trio; 12: R; 13-18: Bill Frisell 9386/212-505-8183. Sets: 9:30pm. Tues: $10 Trio; 19: R; 20-25: Bill Frisell Qrt; 26: R; 27- adm Latin Jazz. 1st Wed: $13 All That - Hip Apr 1: Andrew Cyrille Qrt. Hop Poetry & Jazz; 1st Sat: $15 Banana ZINC BAR: 82W 3rd St (bet Thompson & Puddin’ Jazz series feat Rome Neal + Jam; Sullivan). 212-477-8337. www.zincbar.com. last Sun: Bobby Sanabria & New School Residencies: Sun 9pm Zinc Tango Trio; Tues Afro-Cuban Jazz Band. Mar 6: Chembo 7pm Julius Rodriguez, 9pm Eric Lewis 9pm; Corniel; 13: Bronx Conexión. Sat 10pm Monika Oliveira & The Brasilians. : 127 Orchard St Mar 5: 10pm-2am VandoJam feat Mark RUSS(bet & Delancey DAUGHTERS & Rivington CAFE Sts). 212-475- Gross; 6: 7:30&9:30pm Nelson Riveros Qrt; 4880. www.russanddaughterscafe.com. Last 9: 7&8:30pm Bill Warfield; 12: Strings Thurs: 8pm free adm The Stone at Russ & Attached feat Saul Rubin; 14: 8&10pm Daughters Cafe. Mar 29: Paul Shapiro. $20/25 adm Ingrid Jensen; 16: 7&8:30pm 183W 10th St at 7th Av. Toshiko Akiyoshi; 19: Strings Attached feat SMALLS212-252-5091. JAZZ CLUB: www.smallslive.com. Sets: Chico Pinheiro; 26: Strings Attached feat Afternoon (PM) Sun 4:30-7pm, Sat 4-7pm, Jorge Chicoy. Early (E) 7:30-10pm, Late (L) 10:30pm-1am, Night (N) 1-4am; jam following N; adm varies. Residencies (R): Sun 1pm Vocal masterclass BRONX by Marion Cowings, PM Ai Murakami Trio feat Sacha Perry, N 03/4&18 Hillel Salem, 445W 238th St. 718- 03/11&25 Robert Edwards; Tues L-N 03/6&20 AN884-7127. BEAL BOCHT www.lindasjazznights.com. CAFÉ: 1st Abraham Burton Qrt, 03/13 Frank Lacy Gp; Wed: 8&9:30pm $30-10 adm Linda's Jazz Fri N 03/9&23 Corey Wallace; Sat N 03/3,17&31 Philip Harper, 03/10&24 Brooklyn continued on page 22

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Cyrus' MJQ-mooded, urban reimagining of Chopin's Opus 28, Prelude 20 in C-minor and the solemn, solo title track, composed by Doris Akers, which provides aural evi- dence of the massive influence of gospel music on Cyrus' approach to jazz, from the time he was 5 years old playing in the Mt. Calvary Star Baptist Church. "I learned ear training in the church," Cyrus recalls. "People would start singing. They wouldn't necessarily tell you what key they're going to sing in, so it was up to me to figure that out and provide accompa- niment. I learned how to follow the preach- er, as he or she started [the closing ser- mon] … the call-and-answer phenomenon. I learned elements of the groove. When I grew up, there was mostly piano and organ [at the church], not bass or drums. So, you had to be in sync with the congregation with their handclaps and their feet. So, I learned to listen and find a pulse. Then there were times in the service where the pastor would say, 'play somethin' boy,' and you had to create on the spot. All of those elements combined to get me to the jazz idiom." That invaluable church experience, the classical training Cyrus received in the Peabody Institute prep program from age YRUS CHESTNUT BURST ON THE 9, along with the purchase of his first jazz scene in the Young Lions era of the LP, Monk's Greatest Hits, provided the C1980s with impressive sideman credentials spark for his future inventions and dimen- including stints with , Terence sions in the music. After graduating from Blanchard, and Wynton in 1985, Cyrus Marsalis. The -born pianist now established himself in , has nearly 20 albums as a leader, includ- working with vocalists Jon Hendricks and ing his latest release, There's Such a Sweet Betty Carter, , Joe Spirit, which features bassist Buster Lovano, and soprano diva and long-time Williams and drummer , who collaborator, . both appeared on Cyrus' previous release, "I use all of my influences working with A Million Colors of Your Mind, and vibra- Ms. Battle," Cyrus says, "the jazz element, phonist Steve Nelson. "Man, I'm like a kid the gospel element and the classical ele- in a candy store," Cyrus says with a hearty ment. She doesn't just sing the melody, she laugh. "Sometimes I'd hear Buster and lives the melody. And that's what I try to Lenny get into something and it would be do in my trio." That melodic sound so amazing, that I want to stop playing and resounds on his 1994 major label debut, listen to them." Revelations, and his subsequent releases On There's Such a Sweet Spirit, White's including Soul Food, You Are My Sunshine lyrical, lickety-split drumming, Williams' and Soul Brother Cool. glow-in-the-dark basslines and Nelson's Cyrus also preaches and teaches the shimmering vibes, support Cyrus' roman- jazz gospel as a professor in Howard tic and revelatory pianism—an elegant University's jazz department, where he's mix of 's down-home sound, been for four years. A prominent 's boppish bounce and Hank Historically Black University in Jones' finesse. The CD's ten tracks include Washington, DC, the department, created a workout of Monk's "Rhythm-A-Ning," in the 1970s by Dr. Donald Byrd, boasts an 's Latin-tinged "The impressive list of graduates including the Littlest One" and his waltzy classic, "Little late Geri Allen. Cyrus imparts his improv- B's Poem," plus a Tynerish rendition of the isational wisdom in a culturally comfort- Miles Davis/Bill Evans gem, "Nardis;" a able social setting beneficial to both piano and vibes duet on Williams' time- teacher and student. tested composition, "Christina;" and Cyrus' "That music program spawned some Take Six-style remake of the Stylistics trendsetters and I'm very grateful to be R&B hit, "You Make Me Feel Brand New." part of that legacy," Cyrus says. "I feel A brush-stroked ballad standard "Easy comfortable speaking culturally about Living," is contrasted by "Chopin Prelude," continued on page 29

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continued from page 20 www.roulette.org. 917-267-0363. Sets: 8pm. Mar 2: Nels Cline, Zeena Parkins, Jen Shyu; Nights. Mar 7: Joe Farnsworth Qrt. 13: $20 adm Jin Hi Kim, Elliott Sharp, William HOSTOS: 450 Grand Concourse at 149th St. Parker & Hamdi Drake; 14: $15 Aaron Burnett www.hostos.cuny.edu. 718-518-4455. Mar 17: & the Big Machine; 18: $15 Will Mason 7:30pm $35-5 adm West Side Story Electroacoustic Qnt; 22: Omar Sosa & Seckou Reimagined feat Bobby Sanabria & the Keita; 26: 7:30pm $60/40 Tribute to John Multiverse Big Band; 23: 7:30pm $25/5 Lena Abercrombie; 28: String Orch of Brooklyn. Burke & Xiomara Laugart w/spec guest 375 Lorimer St. Malena Burke. SCHOLESwww.scholesstreetstudio.com. STREET STUDIO: 718-964-8763. LEHMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING Mar 24: 7-9pm The Human Hearts Trio. ARTS: At Lehman College. 250 Bedford 18 Whitwell Pl. Park Blvd W. 718-960-8833. www.lehman SHAPESHIFTERwww.shapeshifterlab.com. LAB: 646-820-9452. center.org. Mar 3: 7:30-9pm $15/25 adm Mimi Sets/adm unless otherwise noted: Early (E) Jones & The Black Madonna. 7pm, Late (L) 8:15pm, Night (N) 9:30pm; $10 adm. Mar 2: E $12 Sten Hostfalt SOUNDA- LIKE, L Matt Panayides & Field Theory; 6: N BROOKLYN Brian Krock & Little; 8: E Ale's EXP, L Trifecta; 11: E $8 Sofia Paola & Alper Tuzcu; 12: E $8 Will Schmid Gp, 8pm $5/free Broko Mas; 15: E 440 Sixth Av. 718-499-3844. Sebastian Noelle, L Take Off Collective; 16: 440www.440gallery.com. GALLERY: 1st Sun: 4:40pm $5 7:30pm Hadrien Feraud Band, 9pm Greg don Me, Myself and Eye. Mar 4: Owen Spero & Spirit Fingers; 20: E Billy Mintz Qrt, L Howard. Billy Carrión, Jr. Trio; 22: L-N $15 Emilio 376 9th St at 6th Av. Park Slope. Teubal Trio & Chuño; 23: E Mike Fahie Jazz BARBÈS:www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 718-965-9177. Orch; 26: 8pm $5/free Sonic Arts; 27-28: 8pm Residencies: Sun 9pm Stephane Wrembel; Aaron Parks & Little Big; 29: E The Bone Mon 7pm Brain Cloud; Tues 9pm Slavic Soul Mother; 30: E $15 Michael Whalen, L David Party; Wed 10pm Mandingo Ambassadors. Acevedo & Eyehear. 647 Fulton St. 718-683-5600. SIR D’S LOUNGE: 837 Union St. 718-623-9065. BRICwww.bricartsmedia.org. ARTS: Mar 15: 6:30-9:30pm www.facebook.com/Sirdslounge. Mon: 8- free adm Tyler Blanton & Horne Electric 11pm Monday Night Big Band Jazz. Band; 20: 7pm free show + conversation feat SISTAS’ PLACE: 456 Nostrand Av at Jefferson Keyon Harrold. Av. www.sistasplace.org. 718-398-1766. Sat: 28 9&10:30pm $30/25 adm Lady Got Chops fest BROOKLYNMadison St. CENTER www.facebook.com/brooklyn FOR THE ARTS: www.ladygotchops.com. Mar 3: Stephanie centerforthearts. 718-398-2787. Thurs Bates & friends; 10: Tulivu Donna 7:30pm & Sat 2-4pm: Lady Got Chops fest Cumberbatch; 17: Endea Owens; 24: Pamela www.ladygotchops.com. Mar 1: Noel Simone Hamilton Qrt; 31: Lil Phillips. Wippler & Siren Symphonium Project; 3: TOHMA’S PLACE: 1583 Fulton St. 504-292- Karen Maynard; 10: Monnette Sudler; 17: 3605. Mon: 8-10pm Lady Got Chops fest Flor Fitzgerald & Timba Jazz; 22: Akua Dixon www.ladygotchops.com. Mar 5: Ifacho Okeke Quartette Indigo; 24: Antoinette Montague; Qrt; 12: Debbie Knapper; 19: Bertha Hope 31: Arlee Leonard. Trio; 26: Dinah Vero. WAYWARD SOCIAL: 35 Ingraham Str. BROOKLYN58 7th Av. www.bkcm.org. CONSERVATORY 718-622-3300. OF MUSIC: Mar www.facebook.com/waywardsocial. 347-335- 10: 8pm $15 adm Wide Open Works feat 0419. Mar 25: 7pm Lady Got Chops fest Daniel Kelly Trio w/Seeing With Photography www.ladygotchops.com feat Cheryl Pyle & Collective. Musique Libre Femmes. 56 Willoughby St #3. WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CENTER: 367 Thewww.drawingroommusic.com. DRAWING ROOM: Mar 3: $10 Bedford Av. www.wmcjazz.org. 718-384-1654. adm 7pm Nick Dunston Solo, 8pm Stephen Sets: $10 adm unless otherwise noted. Fri: Boegehold Qrt; 18: 7pm $20 Gene 10pm-2am free/2 drink min Gerry Eastman Bertoncini. Qnt w/spec guests + Jam. Mar 3: 10&11:30pm What The Funk; 8: 9&10:30pm Hanka I-BEAM: 168 7th St. www.ibeambrooklyn.com. Gregusova; 10: 10&11:30pm Aaron Burnett & Sets: 8:30pm $15 don. Mar 9: Quentin Big Machine; 15: 7pm $50 spec Workshop by Tolimieri Solo, 9:30pm Jason Mears Qrt; 23: Christian Howes, 9&10:30pm Christian The Astral Pines + Henry Raker. Howes & friends; 17: 10&11:30pm Corey JAZZ 966: 966 Fulton St. 718-638-6910. Wilcox; 18: 9pm Joshua Walker, 10:30pm www.fortgreenecouncil.org/jazz966. Fri: Rosemary Minkler; 22: 9pm Danae Greenfield, 8:15&10:15pm $15 don. 10:30pm Daniele Germani; 24: 10&11:30pm KORZO RESTAURANT & BAR: 667 5th Av Lisanne Tremblay & Codeswitch; 25: 9pm (bet 19th & 20th Sts). 718-499-1199. Melanie Scholtz, 10:30pm Rachel Therrien; www.facebook.com/konceptions. Tues: 9& 29: 9,10&11pm $15 Jazz Under the Bridge 10:30pm $10 don/$10 min Konceptions series; 31: 10&11:30pm Marco Bolfelli. Music series by James Carney. Mar 6: 9pm tba, 10:30pm Caleb Wheeler Curtis; 13: 9pm Adam Kolker; 20: 9pm James Carney, CONNECTICUT 10:30pm Tony Malaby; 27: 9pm Mike Pride Trio, 10:30pm Nick Sanders. 1 University Pl (bet FIREHOUSE 12: 47 Crown St. New Haven. 203- KUMBLEDeKalb THEATER: & Willoughby). 718-488-1624. 785-0468. www.firehouse12.com. Mar 30: www.brooklyncenter.org. Mar 10: 8pm Alicia 8:30pm $20 adm, 10pm $15 Mary Halvorson Olatuja. w/Adam O'Farrill. 80N 6th St. 646-779- PALACE THEATER: 100 East Main St. NATIONAL8455. www.nationalsawdust.org. SAWDUST: Mar 2: 7pm Waterbury. www.palacetheaterct.org. 203-346- L'Rain; 9: 10pm Du Yun & OK Miss; 10: 11am 2000. Sets: 7&9pm. Mar 2: Nicki Parrott Trio; Oran Etkin & In the Timbalooloo; 11: 7:30pm 16: Carolyn Leonhart Trio. The Awaz Trio; 28: 7pm The Stone feat 80 East Ridge. Pamelia Stickney. RIDGEFIELDRidgefield. 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-*" -", Ê 9Ê / NEW JERSEY JAZZ Gary Walker, “Morning Jazz Host”, WBGO, 88.3 FM/wbgo.org JOSÉ JAMES SOPAC / MARCH 2 José James, like all singers who approach tunes on their own terms, gets your atten- tion right away, and keeps it. He gained a legion of new fans with his 2015 recorded celebration Yesterday I Had the Blues - The Music of Billie Holiday (Blue Note), his baritone confidently having his Lady day in the sun. This year, José pays tribute to iconic singer-songwriter Bill Withers with Lean on Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers. With his deep, soulful style, José, drummer Nate Smith, bassist Reuben Rodgers, keyboardist James Francies and guitarist Brad Allen Williams bring a con- temporary approach to "Use Me," "Ain't No Sunshine," "Just the Two of Us," "Hope She'll Be Happier" and rarities, delivering Withers' legendary catalog with José's own brand of soulful tension. JEFF "TAIN" WATTS FLEMINGTON DIY / MARCH 3 Just like the new documentary on Pittsburgh jazz giants, We Knew What We Had, drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts approaches rhythm with a fiery sense that he knows what he has. Jeff started drumming at 12, playing along with radio R&B, rock, and even- tually fusion which led him to jazz. Jeff spent time with McCoy Tyner, , Branford Marsalis, Jerry Gonzalez and Wynton Marsalis, who says, "Tain is an absolute, complete, once-in-an-epoch master of form." His is a varied adventure found on numerous recordings, including his most recent Blue series (Dark Key), where complete, thoughtful originals like "Chicken Ballet" "Blues for Mr. Charlie" and "Reverie" show up alongside 's "Brilliant Corners." Guitarist Paul Bollenback and bassist Orlando le Fleming complete Tain's Traveling Band. MATT KING SHANGHAI JAZZ / MARCH 7 Accomplished pianist Matt King has performed and recorded in a wide array of set- tings with Chris Potter, Dave Stryker, , Blood, Sweat & Tears and noted Brazilians Nilson Matta, Claudio Roditi and singer Leny Andrade. His varied palette led him to merge the worlds of Thelonious Monk and Brazil. As Allen Morrison wrote in Downbeat magazine, "Brazilian musician/composer Hermeto Pascoal said Thelonious Monk was the most Brazilian of all American jazz composers." For Matt, it started five years back, culminating in 2017 with his recording Monk In Brazil (Mighty Quinn.net), Brazil-ifying 12 Monk classics in eight different Brazilian rhyth- mic styles. With drummer Mauricio Zottarelli, bassist Nilson Matta, guitarist Chico Pinhero, percussionist Fernando Saci and others, it's an infectious re-grooving of one of the music's grand architects. ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY / MARCH 29 Vocalist Antoinette Montague knew she wanted to sing out at age 5. One of eight chil- dren growing up in Newark, Antoinette loved Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, , Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, and Paul Robeson. Engendering Ellington's encouragement for artists to be beyond category, you'll hear it on her recordings like Behind the Smile (In The Groove) where Antoinette puts her own soul into the works of Ellington, Marvin Gaye, Bill Broonzy, Smokey Robinson, and Jerome Kern. A favorite at festivals and clubs around the world, Antoinette receives the Women In Media - Newark honor on March 27 at the Newark Museum, in recognition of her lifelong work in jazz, blues and the arts.

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continued from page 22 Jazz in the Stacks series feat NJPAC’s Wells Hampton Callaway w/spec guest Cyrille Fargo Jazz for Teens. Aimée; 23: $37.50 Brubeck Brothers Qrt. 350 Dr. Martin Luther At Old Lyme RUTGERSKing Jr Blvd.UNIVERSITY: Newark. Mar 29: free adm The TheInn. SIDE 85 Lyme DOOR St. JAZZ Old Lyme.CLUB: 860-434-0886. Antoinette Montague Experience w/Mentees www.thesidedoorjazz.com. Sets: 8:30-11pm. Kameelah Harper & Jackie Gage. Mar 2: Alfredo Rodriguez Trio; 3: Christos 1 SOPAC Way. South Orange. 973-313- Rafalides Trio; 9-10: Ralph Peterson Qnt; 15: SOPAC:2787. www.sopacnow.org. Mar 2: 8pm José The Bad Plus; 16: Rick Germanson; 17: Billy James; 11: 7pm Alexis Morrast; 16: 8pm Bill Childs Qrt; 23: Pat Bianchi Trio; 24: Joe Charlap Trio; 20: 7:30pm The Denver Jazz Saylor & Friends; 30: Latin Jazz Rhythm; 31: Club Youth All Stars; 23: 8pm Regina Carter. Trio. 34 S Valley Rd. West SUZYQUE’SOrange. www.suzyques.com. BBQ & BAR: 973-736-7899. Free adm. Sun: 2-5pm Brunch w/Curtis LONG ISLAND Lundy Ens; Thurs: 8pm-12am John Lee & friends. Mar 5&19: 8-10pm Glenn Franke's 134 Main St. Cold Spring Harbor. BigBand. GRASSO’S:www.grassosrestaurant.com. 631-367-6060. 6 Depot Square. Montclair. 973- TRUMPETS:744-2600. www.trumpetsjazz.com. Sets: 7:30- The JAZZ LOFT: 275 Christian Av. Stony 10:30pm, Fri-Sat 8-11pm/adm varies. Mar 3: Brook. 631-751-1895. www.thejazzloft.org. James Weidman & The Paul Abler Oct; 9: Oleg Sets/adm: 7pm $20-10. Wed: 7-8pm $10, 8pm Frish; 10: The Royal Scam; 21: Diane Moser $5 Jam w/FM Band. Mar 1: TJL Big Band; 2: Composers Big Band; 25: 6pm North Penn Dan Pougach Nnt; 22: Commack Bacherot High School Big Band, 6:45pm One More Hazard Trio; 29: Interplay. Once Big Band w/Ingrid Jensen; 28: 7:30pm LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY-POST: 720 JP Stevens High School Big Band, 8:15pm Northern Blvd. Brookville. www.liu.edu/post. One More Once Big Band w/Ingrid Jensen. www.tillescenter.org. 516-299-2895. Mar 3: 8- 10pm $45 adm Kurt Elling; 9: 9-10:30pm HUDSON $10/15 Brandee Younger. NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY: 2039 Wineries East Kennedy Blvd. Jersey City. www.njcu.edu. LONGEnd ISLAND of Long WINTERFEST: Island. www.liwinterfest.com. 201-200-2000. Mar 1-2: 7pm Gabriel Alegria & Mar 2-18: Fri-Sun Winterfest. NJCU Jazz Ens feat Sofia Rei. TREME: 553 Main St. Islip. 631-277-2008. HUNTERDON www.tremeislip.com. Sets: Sun&Wed 7- FLEMINGTON DIY: 90 Main St. Flemington. 11pm; Thurs-Sat 8pm-12am. Mar 3: Gil www.flemingtondiy.org. Sets: 7:30pm/$10 Parris; 4: John Restrepo; 7: Tooty & the adm. Mar 3: Jeff “Tain” Watts & Travel Band; Mother Pluckers; 11: The Brother Pluckers; 17: Adam Nussbaum & Leadbelly Project. 16: Brown Shoe Jazz Ens; 21: Dudley Music; MERCER 22: Sabori; 25: Jam by Bob Lepley & Frank 101 Scotch Bellucci. 1867Rd. SANCTUARY Ewing. www.1867sanctuary.org/series AT EWING: jazz. 609-392-6409. Mar 9: 8-9:30pm Alexandre Hiele Paris Jazz Combo w/guest Michelle NEW JERSEY Lordi; 18: 7:30-9pm Steve Sandberg/Rob Thomas; 24: 3-4:30pm Danny Tobias/George Rabbai. BERGEN CANDLELIGHT LOUNGE: 24 Passaic St. HILTON MEADOWLANDS: 2 Meadowlands Trenton. www.candlelightevents.way.to. 609- Plaza. East Rutherford. Mar 3: 6pm Lady Got 695-9612. Sat: 3:30-7:30pm free adm/$10 min. Chops fest www.ladygotchops.com feat New www.jazztrenton.com. Mar 3: Jullian Pressley; Community Corporation Gala w/Kit McClure 10: Frank Lacy; 17: Carrie Jackson; 24: Joe Band. Ford; 31: Orrin Evans. ESSEX HOPEWELL VALLEY BISTRO & INN: 15 East BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH: 275W Market Broad St. Hopewell. 609-466-9889. St. Newark. www.bethany-newark.org. 973- www.hopewellbistro.com. Sets/adm: 6- 623-8161. Mar 3: 6-7:30pm Jazz Vespers feat 9pm/$12 don. Mar 1&8: Akiko Tsuruga Trio; Brianna Thomas. 15&22: Front-Porch Swing; 29: Warren Vaché, CLEMENT’S PLACE: At Rutgers University. 15 Flip Peters & Norman Edge. Washington St. Newark. 3rd Thurs: 5:30-7pm 91 University Pl. Wells Fargo Jazz for Teens, 7:30-9:30pm Jam MCCARTERPrinceton. 609-258-2787. THEATRE: www.mccarter.org. by James Austin, Jr. Mar 16: 8pm Rudresh Mahanthappa; 18: 3pm 300 Bloomfield Av. Montclair. John Pizzarelli Qrt w/Catherine Russell. DLV973-783-6988. LOUNGE: Mar 10: 8:30pm-12am Maurício de Souza & Bossa Brasil®. MIDDLESEX DELTA’S RESTAURANT: 19 Dennis St. New ELEVEN CLINTON: 11 Clinton St. Newark. Brunswick. www.deltasrestaurant.com. 732- 862-234-2269. Sun: 1-4pm; Fri-Sat: 7:30- 249-1515. Mar 17: 6:30-10:30pm Maurício de 11:30pm. Free adm. Mar 2: Matt Chertkoff; 3: Souza & Bossa Brasil® feat Anton Denner. Flavuh; 4: Bradford Hayes; 9: John Bauers; 78 Albany St. New Brunswick. 10: Andrae Murchison; 11: Vanessa Perea; DUEwww.duemarinj.com. MARI: 732-296-1600. Fri: 6:30- 16: Pat Van Dyke; 17: Lee Hogans; 18: T.K. 9:30pm free adm The New Brunswick Jazz Blue; 23: Laquin Lay & the Family Tree Band; Project/www.nbjp.org. Mar 2: Kate Curran 24: Gene Segal; 31: Vanessa Perea. Duo; 9: Jackie Jones Duo; 16: Emma Larsson HAT CITY KITCHEN: 459 Valley St. Orange. Duo; 23: Candice Reyes Duo; 30: Molly Mason 862-252-9147. www.hatcitykitchen.com. Mar Duo. 17: Ty Stephens & the SoulJaazz. GEORGE STREET ALE HOUSE: 378 George NEWARK MUSEUM: 49 Washington St. St. New Brunswick. www.gsalehouse.com. Newark. www.newarkmuseum.org. 973-596- 732-543-2408. The New Brunswick Jazz 6550. Mar 27: 6pm Women’s History Month Project/www.nbjp.org. Tues: 8-11pm Emer- Film festival honoring Antoinette Montague. ging Artists + Jam. Mar 6: Mariel Bildsten Trio; North End 13: Seyong Chang Gp; 20: Chelsea Hughey; NEWARKBranch. 722 PUBLIC Summer LIBRARY: Av. Newark. 973-733- 27: Diamond Anderson Qrt. 7766. www.npl.org. Mar 28: 5-6pm free adm continued on page 30

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ANOTHER REASON TO CELEBRATE

By Elzy Kolb

Swingin' 16th for the bands that time around, though they were outdoors: The stage was situat- ed on a baseball diamond. The annual Lady Got Chops Festival increases exposure of female artists and gives them the opportunity to build ongo- ing relationships with club owners that may lead to gigs once Women's History Month is over. "Venues are warming up to hiring women," Kim says. "People used to write you off just by looking at you." She hopes that listeners will hit more than one Lady Got Chops Festival event and give a listen to musicians they may not be famil- Kim Clarke, MIST iar with. Kim encourages the players involved to March is Women's History Month and, help spread the word about the festival for most of this century, bassist and pro- and about their own gigs. "You have to up ducer Kim Clarke has marked the occa- your game these days, to keep the idiom sion by presenting the Lady Got Chops alive," she notes. "If you have an opportu- Festival. This year the 16th annual festi- nity, go for it, be proactive in promoting val has events scheduled practically every yourself. People are coming out of school day in March at numerous venues every year and heading here—New York is throughout three boroughs, Long Island, the proving ground. You have to do what Westchester County and Los Angeles. you can to build exposure." More than two dozen bands are scheduled, One of the bassist's goals for the festival many of them with all-female lineups. is eradicating the anonymity of women in The 2018 Lady Got Chops lineup music. "It's starting to happen more, with includes bands fronted by pianists Mala Black Girls Rock, for example," she says. Waldron and Bertha Hope, saxophonists "But Beyoncé has had a ginormous all- Jessica Jones and Kit McClure, singers female band, and you don't know who the Arlee Leonard, Antoinette Montague and band members are unless they tell you. Marilyn Kleinberg, cellist Akua Dixon, Someone should get some recognition for percussionist Annette Aguilar, Philadel- what they did—put their name out there, phia guitarist Monnette Sudler, and many give them a chance." more. "I hope every one of them has a great Check out this year's lineup at audience and makes as much progress in http://ladygotchops.com/2018calendar.html. their lives as possible," Kim says. "I'd love to see everyone working and as successful Scandinavian songstress as possible." Kim Clarke is scheduled to appear with her Aqua Ninjaz band (MIST, March 8), and very likely with several others, includ- ing with Bertha Hope. Besides Kim her- self, Bertha is the only musician who has never missed a year of the festival. Though Kim is a veteran at putting on jazz festivals featuring an array of talent- ed women, she's quick to give credit to fore- bears such as Cobi Narita, who organized female-focused jazz galas in the early 1980s. "She's my first inspiration," Kim declares. She recalls playing one of Cobi's Sinne Eeg, Jazz at Kitano festival dates outside with Mary Lou Williams: After a dispute with the venue Although she has released about a owner, the bands performed on a platform dozen vocal albums, Denmark-based set up on the sidewalk in front of the club. Sinne Eeg didn't set out to become a Kim also cites Joan Cartwright, founder of singer. She played alto saxophone in big Women in Jazz South Florida, as an early bands from childhood and when a teacher influence. There was no sidewalk setting pushed her to sing in front of class in her continued on page 26

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ANOTHER REASON... continued from page 25 day; it was something I loved and an teens, she was surprised to discover that escape from the environment I was in." she could do it well. "I didn't have good Though she didn't initially realize it was technique, but it felt more natural to possible to earn a living as a musician, express myself with my voice than on Lakecia has no trouble remembering her piano or sax," Sinne recalls. first paying gig. " called, but I "Jazz may seem like a funny choice for a thought it was not a real call," she reveals. girl from a small town in Denmark," she "At the time, I was learning all his solos off muses. "I grew up listening to everything records, and everybody knew it. So when from Whitney Houston to Danish folk he called to talk about a gig, I thought it music, and you can hear all of that in my was a joke." Eventually, Lakecia was con- own music—my natural impressions of all vinced to meet with the legendary trum- that. There are elements of Brazil in my peter; he listened to her play one tune and music. At one time in my life I was inspired said, "Welcome to the band." by country music and bluegrass. Jazz can carry all that—there's the room and the space for different impulses and inspira- tions in jazz." Sinne visits the Big Apple this month, appearing March 7 at Jazz at Kitano in a duo setting with pianist Kevin Hays. The duo format appeals to the singer, who has experimented with various configurations. She finds a lot of freedom in a twosome, cit- ing the opportunity for developing and exploring interesting dynamics with another musician. She and Kevin "clicked" when they Lakecia Benjamin, Joe’s Pub worked together in the past, she says, not- ing that they have a lot of repertoire in "That was my first real actual money- common. They’re going to delve into the in-my-hands call," she notes. Since then, Great American Songbook, material from the versatile saxophonist has worked with Sinne's 2017 album Dreams (ArtistShare), a pantheon of players from Stevie Wonder as well as her originals, old and new. to David Murray, Gregory Porter to Alicia Wise listeners keep an ear out for Keyes to Reggie Workman and Rashied Sinne's witty and insightful lyrics, not just Ali, as well as fronting her own band, Soul on her own tunes but on standards as well. Squad. "I hope Mr. Porter isn't turning in his She views her long-running grave," she says with a laugh, noting her jazz/soul/funk band Soul Squad as a collec- tweaks to the Cole Porter classic tive; on her new release, Rise Up (ropead- "Anything Goes." She's not the first to take ope), almost two dozen players and vocal- liberties with the words to a Porter tune. "I ists appear in different configurations on researched his lyrics and found many dif- the 13 tracks. "I work better in collective ferent versions of his songs. I don't know spaces. There are so many talented people how many artists added their own ideas. out there; when one person wins, we all To do very old material it has to be fresh win," Lakecia says. still. You can do that musically, but some- There's an element of unpredictability times the right thing is to update the lyrics to Soul Squad's performances: This high- a bit." energy aggregation is unlikely to ever Recently she's been revisiting her musi- replicate a performance. The personnel cal roots by writing new songs for a big and number of horns may vary, there could band album. She cites the iconic Sinatra at be several singers, synths and drum cir- the Sands, with the Basie band playing cles. Dancing is a sure thing, as is a mix of arrangements by Quincy Jones, as a familiar material and surprises. "At the favorite big band album. "That sounds so end of the day, a musician's job is to heal great! But my songs are not in that pocket, souls and change lives. If I'm not doing they're more modern," Sinne points out. that, I'm not doing the job," she says. "It's a challenge to honor the tradition and Lakecia recalls guitarist Kelvyn Bell be open to new inspiration and whatever telling her, "You're going to be reinventing songs come out of my head. I'll write the yourself for the rest of your life." melody and the lyrics, then hand them "At the time, I thought he was annoy- over to a pro to arrange." ing, but he was right," she says. "You've got to keep evolving and learning. There is so Work is play much stuff I don't know, that I can learn "For a long time, I had no idea music and be in different environments. If I was was a job," alto saxophonist Lakecia just a Coltrane-era saxophone player, Benjamin says. "I put it in the hobby cat- that's the only part of me I'd be able to egory. I practiced for eight or ten hours a continued on page 29

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HOT FLASHES

By Seton Hawkins

Celebrating the DIVA Orchestra's wanted me to play in it," Sherrie recalls. 25th Anniversary "I was extremely excited! Then he told me that he wanted it to be an all-women big T'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE THE band, as he hadn't seen bands like that at jazz landscape without the DIVA the time. He asked if I knew women who IOrchestra. A veritable institution in this played well, and I said I absolutely did, music, the ensemble, headed by drummer and we began auditions." Sherrie Maricle, has served as one of the The inaugural audition call saw 40 leading lights of hard-swinging, exciting applications from around the world and big band music. Throughout its multi- the 15-piece DIVA Orchestra was estab- decade run, it has also helped develop lished. A year later, Sherrie assumed some of today's most exceptional musi- leadership of the group, collaborating cians. Indeed, a partial list of DIVA's mem- closely with Stanley until his passing in bers and alumnae include such masters as 2010. Very quickly, the band took on a Ingrid Jensen, Anat Cohen, Tia Fuller, clear musical personality favoring hard- Nicki Parrott, Camille Thurman, Tanya swinging numbers and a strong handle on Darby and many others. the big band tradition. DIVA became and remains one of the few standing big bands with a top-notch grasp on original reper- toire. The orchestra’s success and interna- tional renown, while well-deserved, is more remarkable because its daily opera- tions are maintained by the band itself. Members contribute to core business operations and booking is largely handled by Sherrie. “I spend hours and hours a day booking the band, looking for oppor- tunities and making connections” she notes. “It’s an investment I make in the future of the band.” Such a task is daunt- ing for any bandleader; for a large ensem- DIVA Orchestra ble with a busy touring schedule, the out- comes Sherrie achieves are extraordinary. To celebrate the ensemble's 25th This patient and careful building of the anniversary this year, Sherrie helped to ensemble and its relationships has led to oversee an exceptional new recording proj- longstanding ties with venues, including ect, an ArtistShare-driven effort that not Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. Holding down only showed off the ferocious chops of the the final weekend of the month at Dizzy’s, ensemble, but also its members' composi- DIVA celebrates the 25th anniversary of tional and arranging gifts. The results of its first performance—March 30, 1993— the new record are stunning, and a testa- with a mix of new works, classic reper- ment to Sherrie's tireless efforts to build toire and music by Stanley Kay. In addi- and maintain a world-class ensemble for tion to featuring the core ensemble, the more than two decades. shows also highlight appearances on The group's origins trace back to the select nights by special guest alumnae: early 1990s, when Sherrie worked with Ingrid Jensen, Camille Thurman and Stanley Kay, the onetime manager and Anat Cohen. "Since it opened, we've back-up drummer for . The played at Dizzy's nearly every year," young drummer's skill clearly made an Sherrie explains. "I feel like it's our home. impression, as Stanley reached out to There's nothing like playing in that club." Sherrie in 1992 with a business idea. To learn more about the DIVA "Seemingly out of the blue, he called and Orchestra, visit www.divajazz.com. told me he'd like to form a big band, and he continued on page 28

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FRESH TAKES

By Nick Dunston

INGER-SONGWRITER ALEXIS more young people to it in a lively and Morrast is a rising young artist who vibrant manner." Sjazz musicians and fans alike should be making note of now. At 16, the Newark Alexis Morrast performs at the native has already performed at venues "Jazz in the Loft" series at SOPAC on such as The Kennedy Center, The Apollo March 11. Theater and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Regarding some of the jazz veterans who have mentored her, Alexis recalls "One experience in particular was when Barry Harris spontaneously called me onstage to perform at Dizzy's, reiterating the fact that you always have to come prepared and be ready because you'll never know when you'll be chosen or asked to perform." While Alexis acknowledges her past and upbringing, she still has her sights set on where she's headed. "Touring both locally and internationally to bring my own cre- ativity and gift to the world is a major goal of mine," she says. "One of my priorities is that my music is relatable and that it reach- es every age group. Keeping jazz alive is what I'm striving for, as well as introducing

HOT FLASHES... The Schomburg Center for Research in continued from page 27 Black Culture commemorates Women’s Special Events History Month with a series of events cele- Talk Music Talk with boice hosts a live brating figures like Alice Coltrane and podcast at the Strand Book Store in NYC Abbey Lincoln. Visit www.nypl.org for a on March 1. The event brings back past full schedule. At Jazz at Lincoln Center on guests from the series and pairs conversa- March 12, saxophonist and bandleader Kit tions with performances, featuring several McClure leads a Listening Party on the artists including Sarah Elizabeth International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Charles. Visit www.strandbooks.com to exploring some of their music and reper- learn more. toire, and playing selections of their works with her ensemble. Visit www.jazz.org to learn more. The 9th Annual Women's History Month Film Festival begins March 27 at the Newark Museum. As a part of the opening ceremonies, vocalist Antoinette Montague is being honored in recognition of her lifetime of work in the performing arts. She also leads her ensemble in a per- formance at Rutgers University on March 29. Visit www.wim-n.com for a full sched- ule. On March 30 at Carnegie Hall, Jason Moran and Alicia Hall Moran draw upon their own family lore and the histori- cal record of the Great Migration to pres- ent a multi-genre, multimedia work for large ensemble exploring the cultural jour- ney of African Americans out of the post- emancipation South. To learn more, go to Jason Moran and Alicia Hall Moran www.carnegiehall.org

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JAZZ ANECDOTE BY BILL CROW Bill Crow's books "Jazz Anecdotes" and "From Birdland to Broadway" can be found at your favorite bookstore, and at www.billcrowbass.com along with many interesting photos and links. Margo Guryan was a student at the Lenox School of Jazz one summer long ago. She told this story: Ornette Coleman really shook up everyone at the Lenox School of Jazz. One night there was a jam session. It started with the teachers and filtered down to the students. Everyone was trying to get as far out as possible. I was standing next to a student bass play- er when he was called to play. He did... admirably. When he returned to the observers, his friend asked... "How did you know what to play?" He replied... "I just played my exercise book… when I finished one key, I went on to the next!”

WINNING SPINS... CHESTNUT... continued from page 10 continued from page 21 what I do, who I am, and where I am trying Blue at Jazz at Kitano, March 30-31 to go; and I encourage others to do so. One and at Jazz Forum April 1. Michael of the challenges [in an academic setting] is Feinberg's Quartet is at Smalls on to bring the academy to the street, and the March 14, Deer Head Inn, Delaware street to the academy. Teaching allows me Water Gap, Pa., on March 10 and The to continue research on a lot of different Falcon, Marlboro, N.Y., March 11. music and on what the young kids are play- ing. I'm not trying to make them wear COHEN... porkpie hats. I just want them to be who continued from page 17 they are." (an album of their collaboration is due out March 9). Anat joins a collective of stag- Cyrus Chestnut appears at Birdland gering talents, when she performs as a with his ensemble from There's Such a part of the supergroup Artemis, directed by Sweet Spirit, including bassist Buster pianist Renee Rosnes and featuring Cécile Williams, drummer Lenny White and McLorin Salvant, Melissa Aldana, Ingrid vibraphonist Warren Wolf substituting Jensen, Noriko Ueda and Allison Miller. for Steve Nelson, March 6-10. It's an astounding array of musical projects ANOTHER REASON... to undertake and with only a quarter of the continued from page 26 year done, no less. To be sure, if anyone doubted the coolness of the clarinet, with express. Each gig requires a different luck the past year has convinced them oth- Lakecia to show up." erwise. Join Lakecia and Soul Squad at Joe's Pub March 21, celebrating the release of Anat Cohen performs with Artemis Rise Up. She predicts at least six members at the 92Y's Kaufman Cultural Center of Soul Squad to be on hand, with a good on March 2. chance of special guests.

continued on page 28 A Moment You Missed by Fran Kaufman Hot House Contributing Photographer Sharing the love! Cecile McLorin Salvant (center) was awarded the 2017 Grammy Award for her Mack Avenue release, Dreams and Daggers. At the party after the ceremony that night (at Jazz Standard) many musicians and music executives joined Cecile to cele- brate. Here she is with two of the happiest people in the room: her mom, Lena (left) and her sister, Ayisha.

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continued from page 24 BARD COLLEGE: 60 Manor Av. Annandale-on- HYATT HOTEL: 2 Albany St. New Brunswick. Hudson. www.fishercenter.bard.edu. 845- www.newbrunswick.hyatt.com. 732-873- 758-7900. Mar 17: 7:30-9pm $25-45 adm 1234. Thurs: 8-11pm free adm The New Damien Sneed. Brunswick Jazz Project/www.nbjp.org. Mar 1: Erena Terakubo Qrt; 8: Luba Mason The1946 CULINARY Campus Dr.INSTITUTE Hyde Park. OF 845-452-9600. AMERICA: Triangle; 15: Akiko Tsuruga Qrt; 22: Sylvia www.ciachef.edu. Mar 24: 6-9pm $125 Cuenca Qrt; 29: Mimi Jones & the Black adm/incl 3-course dinner Peter & Will Madonna. Anderson feat Brianna Thomas. 302 George St. New INCBrunswick. RESTAURANT: www.increstaurant.com. 732- The FALCON: 1348 Rte 9 West. Marlboro. 640-0553. Wed: 8-11pm free adm The New www.liveatthefalcon.com. 845-236-7970. Brunswick Jazz Project/www.nbjp.org. Mar Sets/adm: 7-10pm, Sun 10am-2pm Brunch 7: Lucy Yeghiazaryan Trio; 14: Nicole Glover (B); $20 don suggested. Falcon Trio; 21: Najwa Parkins Trio; 28: The Diva Underground (FU). Mar 2: FU Chris Jazz Trio. Vitarello/Matt Raymond; 4: Alan Broadbent Trio; 11: Michael Feinberg Qrt; 14: 7pm FU MORRIS Jazz Sessions by Doug Weiss; 15: FU 6 Normandy Heights BICKFORDRd. Morristown. THEATRE: 973-971-3706. www.morris bigBANG; 18: Andy Milne & Unison; 25: museum.org/jazz-showcase. Sets: 7:30-9pm. Tisziji Munoz Qrt feat Marilyn Crispell. Mar 1: $40-20 adm Trio da Paz; 12: $20-17 Bix HOWLAND CULTURAL CENTER: 477 Main Beiderbecke B’day Bash feat Mike Davis Gp. St. Beacon. www.howlandculturalcenter. org. 100 845-831-4988. Mar 31: 8pm $20 adm James MAYOSouth PERFORMING St. Morristown. ARTS www.mayoarts.org. CENTER: Brandon Lewis/Chad Taylor. 973-539-8008. Mar 22: 8pm $69-29 adm LYDIA’S CAFE: 7 Old US Hwy 209. Stone . Ridge. www.lydias-cafe.com. 845-687-6373. 24 Main St. Madison. 973- Sets: 7-10pm. Mar 10: Chris Pasin Trio; 31: SHANGHAI822-2899. www.shanghaijazz.com. JAZZ: Free adm. Steve Raleigh Trio. Sets: Sun 6-8:30pm, Tues 6:30-9pm, Wed- MAUREEN’S JAZZ CELLAR: 2 N Bway. Thurs 7-9:30pm, Fri 6:30&8:35pm, Sat Nyack. www.maureensjazzcellar.com. 845- 6:15&8:35pm. Closed Mon. Tues: John 535-3143. Sets: unless otherwise noted Sun Korba. Mar 1: Glen Merritt Qrt; 2: Bobby 6pm, Fri-Sat 8&9:30pm. Mar 3: Mark Harden Qrt; 3: Elias Bailey & Avalon Gp; 7: Patterson Qrt; 7: 9pm Purchase Jam Matt King; 9: “King” Solomon Hicks Qrt; 11: w/Jason Clotter & friends; 9: The 3:30-5:30pm NJJS Jazz Social feat Andrea Larsen/Maxwell Qnt; 10: Roni Ben-Hur Trio; Brachfeld Trio; 25: Petra van Nuis/Andy 16: Erik Lawrence w/spec guest Marya Brown. Lawrence; 23: Michael Wolff Trio; 24: OCEAN Nussbaum, Azzolina & Anderson; 25: Nancy College Dr. Marano Qrt; 30: Richard Sussman Trio; 31: OCEANToms River. COUNTY 732-255-0500. COLLEGE: www.ocean.edu. Burr Johnson Trio. $20/24 adm. www.njjs.org. Concerts: 8- 3 Friendly Ln. 9:30pm. Mar 7: Bucky Pizzarelli; 28: Dennis MILLBROOKMillbrook. www.millbrooklibrary.org. LIBRARY: 845- Lichtman & Queensboro Five. 677-3611. Mar 3: 5-7pm free adm Dida Pelled. PASSAIC MOUNTAIN TOP LIBRARY: 6093 Main St. WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY: 300 Tannersville. www.mountaintoplibrary.org. Pompton Rd. Wayne. www.wpunj.edu. 973- 518-589-5707. Sets: 7-8:15pm/$10 don. Mar 720-2371. Mar 4: 4pm w/WP Jazz 2: Dida Pelled; 23: Peter & Will Anderson. Orch dir by David Demsey. TOWN CRIER CAFÉ: 379 Main St. Beacon. SOMERSET 845-855-1300. www.townecrier.com. Sets: WATCHUNG ARTS CENTER: 18 Stirling Rd. 8:30pm. Mar 3: $25 adm Stephane Wrembel Watchung. www.watchungarts.org. 908-753- Band w/guest Sara Labriola; 30: $55 John 0190. JaZZ in the Gallery: 8pm $22-10 adm. Pizzarelli. Mar 2: Rio Clemente; 24: Marty Eigen & 468 Piermont Av. Amani. TURNINGPiermont. POINT www.turningpointcafe.com. CAFÉ: 845- SUSSEX 359-1089. Mon: 8-11:30pm $5 adm Monday 234 Spring St. Newton. Jam by John Richmond. NEWTON973-383-3700. THEATRE: www.thenewtontheatre.com. Mar 3: 8pm $69-54 adm Pat Metheny/Steve Swallow. WARREN PENNSYLVANIA 1686-R Rte 517. RUTHERFURDAllamuchy. 908-852-1894. HALL: www.rutherfurd hall.org. Mar 25: 3-5pm $25/20 adm Jazz at DEER HEAD INN: 5 Main St. Delaware Water the Rutherfurd feat Hendrik Meurkens. Gap, PA. www.deerheadinn.com. 570-424- 2000. Sets: Sun 5-8pm, Thurs 8-11pm, Fri-Sat 7-11pm. Adm varies. Residency (R): Thurs Jam w/Bill Washer & friends. Mar 1: R; 2: NEW YORK STATE Spencer Reed; 3: Houston Person w/David Leonhardt Trio; 4: The Sax Qrt; 8: R; 9: Vaughn Stoffey Qnt; 10: Michael Feinberg 76 HOUSE: 110 Main St. Tappan. 845-359-5476. Gp; 11: Erica Golaszewski Qrt; 15: R; 16: Walt www.76house.com. Wed: 8-11pm free adm Bibinger/Gary Mazzaroppi; 17: Carrie Quintets w/Mark Hagan & feat artists + Jam. Jackson & Her Jazzin’ All Stars; 18: Esteban Mar 7: no jazz; 14: Lee Green; 21: Chris Castro; 22: R; 23: Pocono Jazz Qrt 2018; 24: Pasin; 28: Greg Glassman. The Rob Scheps/Francesca Tanksley Qrt; 25: ATLAS INDUSTRIES: 11 Spring St. Skip Wilkins Trio feat Amber Emerson; 26: Newburgh. www.atlasnewburgh.com. 845- 7:30-10:30pm The Water Gap Jazz Orch; 30: 391-8855. Mar 24: 8pm $25/20 adm Jazz at Bovine Social Club; 31: Bob Dorough Trio. Atlas series feat Jamie Saft & New Standard Trio. continued on page 32

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UERTO RICAN NATIVE FERNAN- do García is a rhythmatist, composer, bandleaderP and educator deserving of broader exposure and recognition. Born in San Juan and raised in Guaynabo, Fernando started in music at a young age. Growing up, Fernando absorbed the music of innovators such as Hector Lavoe, Ismael Rivera, Rafael Cortijo, Willie Colon and the Fania All-Stars. He cites the landmark Eddie/Palmieri collaborations El Sonido Nuevo (Verve, 1966) and Bamboleate (Tico, 1967) as a "huge influ- ence" personally and professionally. He participated in Puerto Rico's reggae scene during his teens and, as a student, occa- sionally performed at the Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest. These experiences inspired him to attend the Inter-American University, from the native Taino language, and it where he studied under master percus- means conflict or battle," he explains, "So sionist, folklorist and mentor Hector that's the drama of this tune." The tran- Matos, who exposed him to bomba and the quil "Healing Prayer" is the calm after the various forms of Puerto Rican folkloric storm. Together, they signify conflict and music. As a recipient of the Juan Luis resolution. Guerra scholarship, Fernando went to In another striking coincidence, just Berklee College of Music's graduate cam- before the sessions, Fernando ran into the pus in Valencia, Spain where he studied acclaimed saxophonist, composer and under Victor Mendoza, Mariano bandleader Miguel Zenón at Spanish Steimberg, Alain Pérez and Yoel Paez, Harlem's La Marqueta and invited him to among others. appear on the album as a special guest. To In 2013 Fernando moved to New York his surprise, Miguel graciously agreed. City and quickly established himself as a As Puerto Rico rises, it's encouraging to sideman, leader and creative force. To know that the music is in skillful hands date, the 29-year-old drummer has and that Fernando's compatriots including released two highly acclaimed records as a Miguel, David Sanchez, Ricardo Pons, leader: Desde Arriba (Fernando Garcia Henry Cole and Edsel Gomez are keeping Music, 2012); Subidor (Montalvo Music, the island's music and culture alive. 2013) and the soon-to-be-released Guasabára Puerto Rico (Zoho Records) Fernando García celebrates the whose back-story rivals the music. release of Guasabára Puerto Rico with "I composed the music before Hurricane bassist Dan Martinez, guitarist Maria struck Puerto Rico but, purely by Gabriel Vicéns, saxophonist Jan Kus, coincidence, the first four songs of the pianist Gabriel Chakarji and percus- album sound like a timeline of what hap- sionist Victor Pablo, as well as guest pened before and after the storm," Miguel Zenón, at Clemente Soto Fernando says. "The term 'Guasabára' is Vélez's Teatro Latea on March 10.

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LISTINGS...continued from page 30 Arlee Leonard; 10&24: Leslie Pintchik Trio; 30: Victor LaGamma Trio. 201 S Division & QUEENS BEANRUNNEREsther St. CAFÉ: Peekskill. 914-737-1701. www.beanrunnercafe.com. Fri-Sat: 8- 10:30pm $10 adm. Lady Got Chops fest FLUSHING TOWN HALL: 137-35 Northern www.ladygotchops.com feat 03/2 Anaïsa, Blvd. Flushing. www.flushingtownhall.org. 03/3 Mala Waldron Qrt, 03/10 SAGE, 03/24 718-463-7700. 1st Wed: 7pm $10 adm Jam Annette Aguilar & Stringbeans, 03/31 Sheila w/Carol Sudhalter. Baptista, Yayoi Ikawa & Chelsea Baratz. Mar JACKSON ROOM: 192-07 Linden Blvd. St 9: John Basile; 17: Todd Londagin Band; 23: Albans. www.jacksonroom.com. 718-525- The DMajor Project; 30: Alva Nelson & Stevie 2387. Last Sat: 8&10pm $15 adm incl Wonder Project. snacks/beverage feat Ed Jackson Qrt. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 199N JAMAICA CENTER OF ARTS & LEARN- Columbus Av at E Lincoln Av. Mount Vernon. ING: 161-04 Jamaica Av. Jamaica. www.pjsjazz.org. 914-636-4977. 2nd Sun: www.jcal.org. 718-658-7400. 2nd Thurs. Mar 5:15-9pm $25 adm Second Sunday Jazz 8: 8pm The Jazz Gallery feat Maria Grand. series. Mar 11: Camille Thurman Qrt. LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: 34- 1 Dixon Ln. Tarrytown. 914-631- 56 107th St. Corona. 718-478-8274. JAZZ1000. FORUM: www.jazzforumarts.org. Sets: Sun www.louisarmstronghouse.org. Sun&Sat 12- 4&6pm Brazilian Jazz, 8-11pm; Fri-Sat 5pm, Tues-Fri 10am-5pm: $10 adm Guided 7&9:30pm. Mar 2-3: Joey DeFrancesco Trio; Tours of Louis Armstrong House. 4: Empathia Jazz Duo + Helio Alves & SMOKE BBQ PIT: 129-21 Merrick Blvd. Rogerio Boccato, 8pm Open Jam w/David Springfield Gardens. 718-341-6100. Janeway Trio; 9-10: The Royal Bopsters & www.smokebbqpit.com. Mar 15: Lady Got Sheila Jordan; 11: Rogerio Bonelli & Brasil Chops fest www.ladygotchops.com feat Trio, 8pm Akira Tana & Otonowa; 16-17: John LaForrest Cope/Fred Dugard & Hit Squad. Pizzarelli Trio; 18: Joe Carter Samba Rio Qrt, 8pm Andrea Brachfeld Qrt; 23-24: Ricky Ford Qrt; 25: Richard Boukas & Quarteto WESTCHESTER Moderno, 8pm Brian Q. Torff & New Duke; 30- 31: Pete Levin & MOBIUS. 14 Memorial Hwy. New Hot House is not responsible for any errors in the ALVINRochelle. & FRIENDS: www.alvinandfriendsrestaurant. com. 914-654-6549. Sets: Sun: 11:30am- listings which may have occured from late 3:30pm Jazz Brunch; Fri 7-10:30pm; Sat changes or incorrect information supplied to us. 7:30-11pm. Mar 2: Dinah Vero; 4: Lady Got Please call the venues or check website for up to Chops fest www.ladygotchops.com feat date calendars.

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