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IRST OF ALL, I HOPE YOU AND upbeat these past eight weeks. Today, we Fyour family are safe and stay healthy. still don't have any clear idea when the Unfortunately, many have lost loved ones ban will be lifted, and how the social dis- and our thoughts are with them in this dif- tancing will impact the lives of the musi- ficult time. cians on the road, the setting in jazz clubs On March 17, I sent to all of our readers and their audience. But there is one thing the following email: that the past weeks have made brightly We are currently dealing with a totally obvious: Our jazz community is resilient, unknown situation, operating without a unified and resourceful, as demonstrated roadmap and have to be resilient, flexible by all the musicians who switched plat- and supportive of each other. forms and are presenting concerts online As you probably know by now, the clubs via , Zoom and other outlets, and venues of the tri-state area were closed which are viewed and followed by the hun- Monday evening per government order and dreds. all gigs have been canceled until further Times have changed, and so do we: notice. This could last two months, maybe - This May issue of Hot House Jazz more, as nobody really knows what the magazine is digital-only. future holds. - Although we usually write articles Therefore, it's with a heavy heart that I about artists who have upcoming events, have to share with you that Hot House jazz this month and until the ban on live per- magazine will not be printed for the first formance is lifted, we will bring to you time. I had been committed to going ahead interviews with jazz professionals who with the April issue, in spite of the loss in inspire us, make the best of this unusual advertising revenue, to support and pro- situation and keep the music going. mote our beloved musicians. However, - Our biweekly "Internet Jazz Rendez- since the clubs and other locations that are vous Calendar" email blasts update you on our distribution outlets are closed, there is all the opportunities to hear beautiful no way for the magazine to actually be music in the comfort of your home. delivered to our readers. - Our daily "Internet Birthday I am at a loss for words to express my Celebration" email blasts share previously sadness. We are monitoring the evolving published articles on living artists who are situation closely and I will announce any celebrating their birthdays; they also sign of light at the end of the tunnel. inform, unfortunately, on the passing of Many artists will be doing live stream- jazz artists. Now more than ever, we need ing events with a virtual tip jar. We will do to keep our beloved musicians in mind, cel- our best to update you as we learn about ebrate and support them. them. In these difficult times, we can still In these unchartered times of the help them by buying their CDs and music. COVID-19 pandemic, Hot House Jazz mag- It is more than likely that the situation azine is hoping to provide some support will get worse before it gets better, but we and joy to the jazz community. As we have are all in this together and we will all come been doing since 1982, we are committed to out of this stronger and more united than sharing with you the latest in jazz enter- ever before. Again, I hope you all remain tainment. safe and healthy. So many of you replied with heart- Stay upbeat, be safe. warming messages that have kept us Gwen Kelley, Publisher

2 3 ALONE TOGETHER By Elzy Kolb

ASSIST CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE Band vocalist Melissa Walker live in the present and imagine the future. Creativity, imagination and the ability to improvise are key ingredients for thriv- ing in the jazz world. In this time of social beyond the essential workers, artists are distancing, shuttered venues and bans on among the most important when it comes public gatherings, these qualities are prov- to saving people," says Melissa, musing on ing more important than ever, even before the healing power of music. a single note has been played. Instead of "Part of the beauty of playing is feeling imagining ways of using instrumentation, that energy coming back from the people," time signatures or keys to give a unique Christian points out. "I'm ready to start twist to a standard, musicians now must playing for people again in person." But he adapt their skills to navigate an increas- acknowledges that may not happen in the ingly complex world, protect their health, near future. Chris speculates that with the and find new ways to earn a living in the current social distancing guidelines, the era of COVID-19. tight quarters of some of New York's ven- "We're going to have to think of a model erable jazz clubs could likely accommodate different from the current one, and it's a duo on the bandstand, performing for an going to be a challenge," says vocalist audience of 20. "Getting together will Melissa Walker, the president and founder never go away, but we won't go back to the of the arts education and performance way it was for a very long time. We all want organization Jazz House Kids. to live to be Roy Haynes' age," he says, Since the shelter-in-place order went referring to the 95-year-old drummer. into effect in mid-March, she and her hus- The bassist is right in thinking that band, bassist Christian McBride, have crowded clubs and large-scale festivals are been looking for ways to safely share their likely to be off the table for a while. On music. They found one right outside their May 4, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New door. "We wondered what it would be like York described a four-phase process to to go out on the front porch and play for gradually reopen businesses in the state, our neighbors," Melissa explains. "They with arts, education and recreation slotted came out of their houses, and people pulled into the final phase. Such activities draw up in cars to stop and listen." In a video crowds, and contribute to the spread of the shared on Facebook, the twosome perform virus. "Just in Time," to applause, shouts of Neither Christian nor Melissa think thanks and car horns honking their things will ever go back exactly the way approval. they were at the start of 2020. "It will be They are reaching a far broader audi- interesting, we don't know what will stay ence—tens of thousands of listeners in and what will go," says the bassist, a self- more than 30 countries—with Hang @ described optimist. "Ultimately, good Home Listening Parties held every things come from a bad situation. You Friday night at 8. The concert series, need resistance to get something new to accessible via Zoom or Facebook, benefits happen." Jazz House Kids through a Venmo virtual Melissa notes, "It's interesting to look tip jar. Also available online are a around the world and see how things are lunchtime concert series every Tuesday at being handled. There was a drive-up festi- noon, featuring live performances, often by val in Europe, where people stayed in their Jazz House Kids' teachers, and master cars for the show, like the old drive-in classes every Wednesday at 6 p.m. Jazz movies. We could do that here!" She House Kids currently offers more than a acknowledges that a commitment to mak- dozen online classes weekly. ing music available online will coexist with Christian sees an online presence as a the return of live shows. "Our Hang @ Home necessity for musicians, now and into the last week reached 31 countries, including future. "Which platform you pick makes a Croatia, Taiwan, Peru. Why would we ever big difference. It's important to study the want to put that back in the box? Future demographics, as TikToc, Instagram, developments will continue to be of a glob- Facebook and all the others cater to differ- al nature-things we can experiment with ent age groups. Where you choose to dis- and globally experience together." play your work matters." On June 5, Jazz House Kids sponsors The singer and bassist both note how an online emergency relief concert to bene- important live music is to people both on fit the jazz community. On the program and off the stage. "Beyond the front line, continued on page 10 4 LOU CAPUTO & COMPANY LOU CAPUTO & THE NOT SO BIG BAND

Trumpets - John Eckert & Kerry Mac Killop - Sam Burtis Tuba - Dale Turk, Alto/ - Geoff Burke Tenor sax - Virginia Mayhew, - Don Stein Guitar -Tom De Pietra, Bass - Yas Takada Drums - Mike Campeni, Percussion - Leopoldo Fleming Vocal - Susan Diedrichson

".... pulsing organism of a band. Their charts are sophisticated complex and boy can they blow"... Don Mc Neil " Tried and true Swingers, they can take you around the block with stops in between. All of which are played to perfection"... Chris Spector 5 Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and Things to Come: bassist Michael Olatuja. A native of Chicago, Gail earned her law degree from DePaul University School of Law. After moving to New York, in 1976 she became a GAIL founding partner in Boyd, Staton and Cave, the city's first African-American female law firm. BOYD "I wrote to JazzTimes magazine in 2017 and offered to moderate a panel called on Alternative Jazz Venues Alternative Sites for Jazz, after I had read By Eugene Holley, Jr. an article saying the median income for jazz musicians was in the range of $14,000 … which is unacceptable," Gail says. "I wanted to have a panel where we had peo- ple talk about alternative ways for jazz musicians to make money, other than jazz clubs and festivals. On my way to the panel, I had my son create a Facebook page so people at the panel could write and leave comments. It morphed into a commu- nity of jazz musicians talking about things other than where they were working: That's the one thing that I insisted they not do." That all changed after the emergence of COVID-19, the deadly pandemic that brought the world to a standstill, infected millions, killed thousands, and made large gatherings unsafe, leaving jazz musicians without performance venues. "After the start of the pandemic, nobody was working anywhere, and I reversed that policy of not talking about gigs on AVFJ, and I invited people to post their home concerts, and to talk about how you can buy their music," Gail notes. "Since the pandemic, my own client, Lakecia Benjamin has been putting things on Facebook, where she's playing by IGHTCLUBS, FESTIVALS AND herself and in a quartet setting. She hasn't Nconcert halls, have been the tradition- tried to monetize it, but I think that's the al venues where jazz musicians make their beginning of something that could be mon- money. With virtually no major-label etized." record industry, declining CD sales— In recent weeks, there have been dozen thanks to rise of downloadable digital tech- of web-based performances, many from nology—and the disappearance of jazz cov- home. Others are streamed from empty erage in American newspapers, the need to clubs, among them the International Jazz find alternative venues for the music is at Day Concert, a couple of online perform- a fever pitch. Cruise ships, churches and ances by the Lincoln Center Jazz community centers are just some of the Orchestra, and Jason Marsalis' tribute to performance spaces jazz artists have been his late father, Ellis, from Snug Harbor in utilizing well since the start of the 21st New Orleans. The proliferation of that century. One online outlet highlighting the technology will continue, but the challenge new performance possibilities is will be how to fully monetize those new Alternative Venues for Jazz (AVFJ), a endeavors. "I have all of the questions, and Facebook public group page with more none of the answers," Gail admits. "So the than 2,500 members. It's a place for "the whole purpose is how do we monetize? Not community to talk about creating new per- just the artists, but also agents and man- formance opportunities for the jazz musi- agers, who aren't making any money. If cian," according to the group's Facebook your artists are not working, or if they're page. getting a $1,000 grant to hold them over, Created in 2017, AVFJ is the brainchild no manager or agent is going to ask for a of the manager Gail Boyd, of Gail Boyd percentage of that." Management, a New York-based enter- As the solutions evolve, AVFJ provides tainment law firm. Its current client list moral support in trying times. Every week- includes saxophonists Don Braden and day at 5 p.m., a member will post a half- Lakecia Benjamin, vocalist Brianna hour talk about their music and their gigs, Thomas, the Clayton Brothers Quintet, the with an emphasis on offering some words continued on page 10

6 with new challenges, and we are slowly and collectively learning what works and RAPID what doesn't in this new age of isolation. The live music industry is the same. There's simply no way to reproduce the all- RESPONSE encompassing experience of being in the room with someone sharing a piece of themselves through their performance, TEAM feeling the energy of the room and the applause from the audience. Live stream- ing, while the most common alternative, is By Addie Vogt not ideal in most ways, whether because of a poor internet connection causing latency issues, low sound and video quality, or the fact that it can be hard to stare at a screen for so much time. Rio recognized this quickly, and soon after came "The Lockdown Sessions," aim- ing to create an entirely new experience, as opposed to an attempt to recreate the live performances we miss. "In each session, I have asked four artists to prepare a 10- or 15-minute video to be presented live on Zoom. There was no parameter to what they can do with the videos, so long as it's a video. Artists will be available through- out the duration of each session to interact with the audience. In my mind, it's live-ish without compromising the quality of music," she declares. With this new for- mat, Rio lets artists produce an experience and gives them a platform to share it and connect with people in these times. With the internet and related media our only means of connecting with the larger world, we have been forced to think in ways we didn't have to before, especially when it comes to the traditions of live music, which have stayed relatively simi- lar throughout the past few decades. When it comes to taking new risks in these new times, Rio muses, "Upside to the current horror show is that nobody is complaining that I'm trying things out and sometimes IO SAKAIRI IS A FIXTURE IN THE things don't pan out well. People are gen- RNew York City jazz community. For erous with allowance for me to figure the past 20 years, she's been the artistic things out. This would have never been OK director of The Jazz Gallery, a venue when things were running normally and that prides itself on its creative program- people had certain expectations from paid ming and the uplifting of young, up-and- entertainment. But right now, people get coming musicians. Rio now tackles this that we are dealing with something new situation we all find ourselves in: unprecedented in our lifetime and imper- With all venues closed for the foreseeable fections are kindly ignored." future, The Jazz Gallery has been one of The Jazz Gallery has produced more the first to adapt. Through her blog, Rio than 25 events so far, with more on the shares her thoughts on what's going on in way, and has gained 30-plus new members the world, the age of the internet, and since the quarantine began. Everyone's what that means for how we experience world has changed, and we are all adapt- music while in quarantine. "Initially, I was ing to the best of our ability. Though this so bummed that we had to close The Jazz year has brought new hardships, it also Gallery. And with no end in sight, at that. has presented an opportunity to try some- But necessity is a mother of invention and thing new and different. Rio has tackled creativity," she says, and with that, she this with enthusiastic resilience, continu- intends to find a way to take advantage of ing to bring the jazz community together. the quarantine to create something new while staying true to the original concept Check the multiple and diverse of The Jazz Gallery. events proposed by The Jazz Gallery It seems that each day we are faced at: https://www.jazzgallery.org.

7 CALENDAR OF ONLINE EVENTS

DAILY 5pm Rachel Therrien https://www.facebook.com/events/6094743165870 12/ https://www.facebook.com/ethan.iverson.9847 Champian Fulton https://www.facebook.com/champianfulton/?tn- Mark Morganelli str=k*F https://www.facebook.com/mark.morganelli Ted Rosenthal 6pm Lincoln Center at Home presents https://www.facebook.com/ted.rosenthal Memorial For Us All Rossano Sportiello http://lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1000130 Vocal Jazz Jam by Jocelyn Medina 14915972 with special guest https://www.facebook.com/jocelynmedinamusic 12:45pm:Russ Kassoff’s Video Jazz Deli Music on the Inside feat Music While https://www.facebook.com/russkassoff/ We're Inside hosted by Antoinette Montague https://www.musicontheinside.org/ 1pm: https://www.facebook.com/fredherschmusic 7pm Acute Inflections https://www.facebook.com/AcuteInflections/ 5pm Art Is Live https://www.artislive.net/concerts 8:30pm Virtual Birdland feat Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra 6pm: Ginetta Vendetta https://www.facebook.com/BirdlandJazzClub https://www.facebook.com/ginetta.silvi Mondays 7pm: https://www.facebook.com/jay.leonhart.33 12:30pm Live From Dizzy’s Jazz 101: A Lattice concert Beginner's Guide to Jazz with Seton Hawkins https://www.elsanilssonmusic.com/lattice-concert- https://www.facebook.com/jalcjazzacademy/ series 3pm Cynthia Hilts MONDAY-FRIDAY https://cynthiahilts.com/media/ Gunhild Carling Trombone Q&A 12pm Stephan Crump Group Bass Lessons https://www.facebook.com/gunhildcarlingfanclub/ https://www.stephancrump.com/store?category=Le ssons 4pm JALC Master Class Orlando le Fleming Group Bass https://www.facebook.com/jalcjazzacademy/ Lesson https://www.shop-orlandolefleming.com/ 6pm The Jazz Gallery Happy Hour Hang https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar 5pm Alternative Venues For Jazz https://www.facebook.com/groups/altvenuesfor 7:30pm Emmet Cohen Trio Live From jazz/ Emmet’s https://www.facebook.com/heyemmet 4pm Stephan Crump Group Bass Lessons Mingus Monday Live https://www.stephancrump.com/store?category=Le https://www.facebook.com/TheMingusBigBand/ ssons 9pm Skain’s Domain A Conversation with 8pm Orlando le Fleming Group Bass Lesson https://www.facebook.com/jazzatlincolncenter https://www.shop-orlandolefleming.com/ WEEKLY Tuesdays 12pm Live From Dizzy’s A Closer Listen Sundays with Seton Hawkins https://www.facebook.com/jalcjazzacademy/ 11am Bria Skonberg uplifting songs and stories, ask a question, sing along 1pm Richie Barshay Drumming Support https://www.facebook.com/briamusic/ Group https://www.facebook.com/richie.barshay.3 3pm Cynthia Hilts https://cynthiahilts.com/media/ 3pm Gunhild Carling Q&A Gunhild Carling in the Garden https://www.facebook.com/gunhildcarlingfanclub/ https://www.facebook.com/gunhildcarlingfanclub/ 7pm Gabriel Chakarji and Friends Live at

8 the Bronx Music House https://www.facebook.com/jalcjazzacademy/ https://www.facebook.com/Gabriel.Chakarji 5pm Samora Pinderhughes Solo 7:30pm Harlem After Dark, Unplugged Series https://www.facebook.com/pinderhughes Cross That River features Allan Harris Nicole Zuraitis https://www.facebook.com/TheAllanHarrisBand http://www.nicolezmusic.com/merch 8pm The Jazz Gallery Zoom Dance Party 6pm The Jazz Gallery Happy Hour Hang https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar Gunhild Carling Piano Chat Wednesdays https://www.facebook.com/gunhildcarlingfanclub/ 12:30pm Live From Dizzy’s Conversations with 7pm Lizzie Thomas & John Colianni Duo Wynton https://www.facebook.com/LizzieTheJazzSinger/ https://www.instagram.com/jazzdotorg/ 8pm Hang @ Home with Christian McBride 3pm Cynthia Hilts + Melissa Walker https://cynthiahilts.com/media/ https://www.facebook.com/jazzhousekids/ 4pm JALC Master Class 8:30pm Jason Yeager & Julie Benko Present https://www.facebook.com/jalcjazzacademy/ Quarentunes Bria Skonberg uplifting songs and https://www.facebook.com/jyeagermusic/ stories, ask a question, sing along https://www.facebook.com/briamusic/ 9pm Yoko Miwa https://www.facebook.com/yokomiwapiano 5:30pm Live From Dizzy’s Jazz 101: A Beginner's Guide to Jazz with Seton Hawkins Saturdays https://www.facebook.com/jalcjazzacademy/ 1pm Harlem After Dark, Unplugged Series 6pm The Jazz Gallery Happy Hour Hang Cross That River features Allan Harris https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar https://www.facebook.com/TheAllanHarrisBand Gunhild Carling Singalong Jazz Vocal Repertoire Hang https://www.facebook.com/gunhildcarlingfanclub/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1373847377120 45/ 8pm WaHi Wednesday Jazz Hang Jazz Brunch with Renaud Penant https://www.facebook.com/mark.kross.3 https://www.renaudpenant.com/ Chloe Perrier Gunhild Carling Family https://www.facebook.com/chloe.perrier https://www.facebook.com/gunhildcarlingfanclub/ 9pm Acute Inflections 2pm Sinne Eeg https://www.instagram.com/acuteinflections/ https://www.facebook.com/sinne.eeg.vocal/ Body Percussion Group Class by Thursdays Richie Barshay https://www.facebook.com/richie.barshay.3 12pm Live From Dizzy’s A Closer Listen with Seton Hawkins 2:30pm Chloe Perrier https://www.facebook.com/jalcjazzacademy/ https://www.facebook.com/chloe.perrier Larry & Jake Newcomb 1pm Richie Barshay Drumming Support https://www.facebook.com/LarryNewcombGuitarM Group ethod https://www.facebook.com/richie.barshay.3 Gunhild Carling Family 5:30pm Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano https://www.facebook.com/gunhildcarlingfanclub/ present 72andsong series https://www.facebook.com/eric.comstock1 3pm Gunhild Carling https://www.facebook.com/gunhildcarlingfanclub/ 7pm The Jazz Gallery Online Lockdown Sessions 7:30pm Live From Dizzy’s Club https://www.jazzgallery.org/calendar https://www.facebook.com/DizzysClub/ Jazz Forum @ Home https://www.facebook.com/jazzforumclub/live/ 9pm Kelly Green & Luca Soul Duo 8:30pm Phil Palombi and Kat Gang https://www.facebook.com/kellygreenjazz Containment Concert Fridays https://www.facebook.com/philpalombi 9pm Yoko Miwa 12:30pm Live From Dizzy’s Jazz 101: A Beginner's Guide to Jazz with Seton Hawkins https://www.facebook.com/yokomiwapiano https://www.facebook.com/jalcjazzacademy/ Hot House is not responsible for any errors 3pm Facebook Live series https://www.facebook.com/KevinHaysMusic in the listings which may have occured from late changes. Please check websites for up 4pm JALC Master Class to date calendars.

9 BACKSTAGE PASS

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 When pianist Gene DiNovi was getting started in the music business, he went on the road with a small band accompanying Anita O'Day in Midwestern jazz clubs. In St. Paul their trombone player was indisposed, so they hired a local guy. He had been with the Hal McIntyre band, had a good tone and could read well, but he was a lead player without jazz skills. On the first night, the band's opening number was an arrangement by their drummer, Tiny Kahn, of Dizzy Gillespie's "Groovin' High." Don Fagerquist, their trumpet player, told the new trombonist that the tune was based on "Whispering," and so, when the guy took his solo, he just played three identical choruses of the melody to "Whispering." When he finished, Tiny Kahn leaned over his drums and said to Gene, "What ideas!"

MCBRIDE & WALKER... BOYD... continued from page 4 continued from page 6 are live performances by the organization's of support for their fellow musicians, nego- students and teachers, and footage from tiating a treacherous landscape. past Montclair Jazz Festivals. "Everybody is feeling the same way now," "Artists are going to be artists. We'll Gail points out. "This pandemic is danger- make sacrifices, that's what we need to do ous. It's serious. And nobody has any idea right now. But we'll keep creating, find of when this horror of us not being able to crevices we can sneak through. We'll work will end. And when [the virus] comes evolve," Melissa declares. "Things are back, how will it come back? So that's an changing at a rapid pace. If we can support extra layer of despair that I think a lot of one another and find ways for artists to people are going through. So if somebody live and support their families, we can get has a word to encourage other musicians through this time with dignity." during this time, to just stay encouraged, I think that is helpful." Join Christian McBride and Melissa Walker’s Hang @ Home every Catch AVFJ’s talks weekdays at 5 Saturday at 5pm on Zoom or p.m. https://www.facebook.com/group Facebook. Check https://www.face s/altvenuesforjazz/ book.com/jazzhousekids.

A Moment You Missed by Fran Kaufman Hot House Contributing Photographer On the evening of March 12, as the mayor was announcing that much of the city’s nightlife was shuttered and musicians were receiving texts about gigs cancelled because of the novel coron- avirus, I was making my way to a jazz party at the Kitano in honor of the founder of About the Swing (a charity that brings jazz into NYC public schools). Most of the invited guests stayed away, but the room filled with musicians—even some whose other gigs had been cancelled. Among those who showed up—Amanda Monaco, Loren Sevian, , Rob Duguay and Andre White. Here, Michela Marino Lerman and Russell Hall select the vegetarian options among the hors d’oeuvres offered by everyone’s beloved server, Harumi. And Kudos to the intrepid musicians who share their beauty with us, even in the scariest of times.

10 STAY-IN TUNES May New CD Releases

Sebastien Ammann's Color Wheel Resilience (Skirl Records) alto saxophonist Michaël Attias, trombonist Samuel Blaser, pianist/Fender Rhodes player Sebastien Ammann, bassist Noah Garabedian, drummer Nathan Ellman-Bell.

Ajoyo War Chant (Shems Records) multi-reedist Yacine Boularès, vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles, keyboardist/producer Jesse Fischer, bassist Kyle Miles, gui- tarist Michael Valeanu, drummer Philippe Lemm, with special guests vibraphonist Joel Ross, trumpeter Takuya Kuroda, vocalists Akie Bermiss & Vuyo Sotashe.

Brian Andres Trio Latino Mayan Suite (Bacalao Records) pianist Christian Tumalan, bassist Aaron Germain, drummer Brian Andres.

David Bixler Blended Lineage (Red Piano Records) saxophonist/composer David Bixler, trumpeter Mike Rodriguez, pianist Jon Cowherd, bassist Luke Sellick, percussionist Fabio Rojas, a string quartet with violinists Judith Ingolfsson & Heather Martin Bixler, violist Josh Kail, cellist Rubin Kodheli.

11 Carolina Calvache Vida Profunda (Sunnyside Records) pianist/composer/arranger Carolina Calvache, drummers Jonathan Blake & Keita Ogawa, bassists Petros Klampanis, Ricky Rodriguez & Peter Slavov, violinists Tomoko Omura, Leonor Falcon, Ben Russell, Annaliesa Place & Adda Kridler, violists Allysin Clare & Jocelin Pan, cellists Brian Sanders & Diego Garcia, flautist Hadar Noiberg, oboist Katie Scheele, trombonist Achilles Liar- makopoulous, bass clarinetist Paul Won Jin Cho, bongo & djembe player Samuel Torres, special guests harmoni- ca player Grégoire Maret, trumpeter Michael Rodriguez.

Gabriel Chakarji New Beginning pianist Gabriel Chakarji, trumpeter Adam O’Farrill, tenor saxophonist Morgan Guerin, bassist Edward Perez, drummer Jongkuk Kim, vocalist Carmela Ramirez, percussionists Daniel Prim & Jeickov Vital.

Professor Cunningham and His Old School The Swinging Professor (ZYX music)

Dave Douglas Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity (Greenleaf Music) trumpeters Dave Douglas & Dave Adewumi, guitarist Matthew Stevens, pianist Fabian Almazan, bassist Carmen Rothwell, drummer .

12 Dave Glasser Hypocrisy Democracy (Here Tiz Music) saxophonist/composer Dave Glasser, pianist Andy Milne, bassist , drummer Matt Wilson.

Muriel Grossmann Elevation (Jazzman Records) saxophonist/composer Muriel Grossmann, guitarist Radomir Milojkovic, bassist Gina Schwarz, drummer Uros Stamenkovic.

In Common-Walter Smith III / Matthew Stevens In Common II (Whirlwind) tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III, guitarist Matthew Stevens, pianist Micah Thomas, bassist Linda May Han Oh, drummer Nate Smith.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis The Fifties: A Prism (Blue Engine Records) Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, trombonist/composer/arranger Christopher Crenshaw.

13 Sofija Knezevic Sofijazz vocalist Sofija Knezevic, trombonist/bass trumpeter Elliot Mason, pianist Dan Nimmer, bassist guitarist Tom Larsen, flutist Baqir Abbas, bassists Carlos Henriquez & Orlando le Fleming, drummers Obed Calvaire & Rodney Green, accordionist Mestrinho.

Kent Miller The TNEK Jazz Quintet Plays the music of Sam Jones alto saxophonist Antonio Parker, tenor saxophonist Benny Russell, pianist Darius Scott, bassist Kent Miller, drummer Greg Holloway.

Aaron Parks Little Big Dreams II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man pianist Aaron Parks, guitarist Greg Tuohey, bassist David “DJ” Ginyard, drummer Tommy Crane.

Marco Pignataro Farfallina saxophonist/composer Marco Pignataro, vocalist , pianist .

14 Trio Angels Around (Heartcore Records) guitarist/composer Kurt Rosenwinkel, bassist Dario Deidda, drummer Gregory Hutchinson.

Adam Rudoplh Karuna Trio Imaginary Archipelago (Meta Records) percussionists Adam Rudolph & Hamid Drake, saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist Ralph M. Jones.

Diane Schuur Running on Faith (Jazzheads) vocalist Diane Schuur, tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm, pianist/arranger Alan Broadbent, guitarists & Roni Ben-Hur, bassist Ben Wolfe, drummer Ulysses Owens Jr.

Matthew Shipp The Piano Equation (Tao Forms) pianist Matthew Shipp.

15 Lori Sims, Andrew Rathbun, Jeremy Siskind Impressions of Debussy (Centaur Records) saxophonist Andrew Rathbun, pianists Lori Sims & Jeremy Siskind.

Gary Smulyan Our Contrafacts (SteepleChase) baritone saxophonist , bassist David Wong, drummer Rodney Green.

Spanish Harlem Orchestra The Latin Jazz Project (ArtistShare) pianist/artistic director Oscar Hernández, vocalists Jeremy Bosch, Marco Bermudez & Marco Bermudez, saxophon- ist/flutist Mitch Frohman, trombonists Reynaldo Jorge, Doug Beavers, trumpeters Héctor Colón & Manuel "Maneco" Ruiz, bassist Gerardo "Jerry" Madera, congas player George Delgado, timbales player Luisito Quintero, percussionist Jorge Gonzalez, with special guests vocalist , saxophonists Miguel Zenón, Bob Mintzer, Bob Franceschini & , trumpeters , Jonathan Powell & Michael Rodriguez, bassist Jimmy Haslip, vibist Joe Locke.

Manuel Valera Trio Live at L'Osons Jazz Club pianist Manuel Valera, bassist Yasushi Nakamura, drummer Mark Whitfield Jr.

16 Cory Weeds Quartet Day by Day (Cellar Music) alto saxophonist Cory Weeds, pianist David Hazeltine, bassist Ken Lister, drummer Jesse Cahill.

For daily updated listing of online events go to the calendar page of our website at: https://www.hothousejazz.com/calendar.php. Artists and jazz professionals can also submit their events using our "Submit Event" page at: https://www.hothousejazz.com/submit _event.php

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