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

It can’t be easy to say the words “2013 could be my last Introducing the Zmiros Project at Symphony Space year.” But that’s what the audience heard when Fred (Feb. 6th), World Music Institute Director of Marketing Ho’s Green Monster Big Band performed at Ginny’s and Programs Alexa Burneikis referred to the venue’s Supper Club (Feb. 9th). Ho seemed in good spirits and Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater as her organization’s conducted the band with vigor, but he played no “living room on the Upper West Side”, which proved baritone sax (a role given to Ben Barson, the club’s to be an apt descriptor for the trio’s recital of songs of co-manager). The early set erupted from the start with devotion and gratitude. It described the setting, that is, Ho’s first big band piece, “Liberation Genesis” (1975), even if it may have been an opportunity for a living which took on new meaning in light of the composer’s room the band never had. “I grew up on Long Island in cancer fight. Keyboardist Art Hirahara, bassist Ken a very reformed household,” Frank said to an Filiano and drummer-percussionist Royal Hartigan audience that was quick to complete the musicians’ laid the foundation for an edifice of reeds and brass, thoughts when introducing songs and even came including the paired altos of Bobby Zankel and Marty together to sing when a title was mentioned without Ehrlich and the bass trombones of Earl McIntyre and the band’s accompaniment. Through a selection of Dave Taylor. The band was obstreperous yet tightly Sabbath songs, they held sway, Rob Schwimmer on coordinated, marrying modernist harmony and raw and London on keyboard and with groove, breaking away on occasion to free-improvising Lorin Sklamberg’s sonorous tenor (and some additional duos (one of them led off the Ellington ballad “In a accordion and ) steadying the course. The concert Sentimental Mood”). Ho took a moment before “Iron hit a peak with the impromptu addition of Michael Man Meets the Black Dog Meets Dave Taylor” to Winograd on piano and singer Sarah Gordon, but the recount how he met the remarkable Taylor during his real high came with a lovely, nearly days as a sub with the Orchestra. Aspects of piece sung by Sklamberg with London and Schwimmer Evans’ approach, Ho explained, have decisively chiming in on off-mic harmonies. That piece was impacted his own. “Float Like a Butterfly, Like an dedicated to the late Symphony Space Founding AfroAsian Bumblebee”, a movement from Sweet Science Artistic Director Isaiah Sheffer. When the three played Suite (Big Red Media), found Ho speaking about future as a piano/accordion/trumpet trio, they were airy and plans in spite of his illness: the “music and martial arts familiar, the familiarity one might reasonably expect to extravaganza”, as he described it, will be staged at find among three friends sitting in a living room on the BAM in the fall of this year. - David R. Adler Upper West Side. - Kurt Gottschalk © 2 0 1 3 J a c k V a r t o g i n / F

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“A band of spellbinding intuition, By tradition, the winner of the annual Thelonious ’s musical course changes direction as with an absolute commitment to Monk Competition is the first to play in the Tribeca easily as he himself changes instruments. He can be Performing Arts Center’s annual Monk in Motion setting rhythm for a driving jazz group one moment the spirit of discovery, it has had series. Jamison Ross, the 2012 victor, obliged with a and guiding another ensemble through glacially paced an incalculable infl uence on the strong showcase of his Joy Ride sextet (Feb. 2nd). Ross’ chamber compositions the next. Or he might be swing feel was spry and deeply interactive; his take on drumming in an extended avant jazz improv duet with practice of jazz in the 21st century” the postbop language of Harold Mabern, vocalist Fay Victor and then four months later (Feb. — New York Times and was without flaw. But this 5th), leading a driving brass quintet in a late-night set native and current New Orleanian had a swampier at Korzo. The group opened with a swell of New element, a deep affinity for the blues, at the Orleans harmonies before quickly ramping up into a New Album Available Now heart of his sound. He opened the first set with the healthy maelstrom held steady by Dan Peck’s tuba funky “It Ain’t My Fault”, by legendary then slowly - in no rush despite the tempo - descending itunes.com/wayneshorter drummer Smokey Johnson, and closed with a stirring into a brass morass. It would be too easy to liken it to a vocal rendition of Muddy Waters’ “Deep Down in New Orleans funeral march, but the emotional range Florida”. The surfaced in a different way on of the brass family - so often overlooked - was on full “Sandy Red” (Ross’ variation on “Cantaloupe Island”), display. Especially satisfying was Peter Evans pulling a feature for fired-up percussionist Nate Werth. out his piccolo trumpet and undercutting the trombones Trumpeter Alphonso Horne and tenor saxophonist (Sorey and Ben Gerstein), playing well below the Troy Roberts were consistently solid in the frontline, instrument’s usual range. As the set progressed the although the most interesting moment was the slow group’s sound (completed by second trumpeter Dave trio reading of “Stompin’ at the Savoy”, featuring just Ballou) was further augmented with horns taken apart Ross, pianist Chris Pattishall and bassist Corcoran and the trombonists switching to melodicas before Holt. One could call it an anti-orchestration, sparse as they eventually fell into a wonderful passage of pops can be, with Ross’ delicate breaks on brushes replacing and drones. There were some eardrum-wringing parts of the main melody. It was clear enough what midrange battles that shook the bar’s backroom and a wowed the competition judges: Ross knows the jazz certain amount of bluster and blunderbuss was to be tradition cold and uses what he loves from every time expected, but they found that crucial groupthink that period, every genre, to bring his own voice into focus. carried them through the set. With all he does, it’s good (DA) to see Sorey just having fun. (KG)

4 March 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD Heavy snow piles and plunging temperatures In his debut as a leader at the pianist dissuaded all but the faithful few from the fourth David Virelles performed compositions from his WHAT’S NEWS annual birthday celebration of ’s passing at critically acclaimed new CD Continuum (Pi), a bold Douglas Street Music Collective (Feb. 9th). Still the amalgam of folkloric traditions from his native Cuba event made up in fortitude what it lacked in multitude. and avant garde jazz under the influence of mid 20th The winners of the 2012 Grammy Awards have been Hosted by son Abe, who set the musical mise en scene Century iconoclasts like Cecil Taylor and the Art announced. Bassist received the Lifetime with remembrances of his father and a piano soliloquy, Ensemble of , music that more than almost any Achievement Award. Other relevant winners were: Best R&B Album: Experiment - Black Radio the round-robin affair saw contributions from other today matched the latter’s pronouncement of ( Note); Best Improvised Jazz Solo: & vibraphonist Matt Moran, acoustic bassist , being from “ancient to the future”. Unfolding Chick Corea - “Hot House” (Hot House, Concord); Best tenor saxophonist Ben Jaffe, pianist Lucian Ban, dramatically, the young leader’s set (Feb. 2nd) freely Jazz Vocal Album: - Radio Music drummer Juan Pablo Carletti, poet Steve Dalachinsky, developed around the percussion and vocal chants of Society (Heads Up International); Best Jazz Instrumental guitarist Sten Hostfalt, dancer Savina Theodorou, Ogduardo Roman Diaz, who opened with a traditional Album - - Unity Band (Nonesuch); Best Large baritone saxist Josh Sinton, electric bassist Simon Yoruba canto that flowed into his own original Spanish Jazz Ensemble Album: - Dear Diz (Every Germyn, alto saxophonists Nicole Kampgen and Noah language poetry, as bassist and drummer Day I Think Of You) (Concord); Best Album: Kaplan and pianists Sekai Ishizuka and Jesse Stacken, Andrew Cyrille embellished his earthy rhythms with Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band - Ritmo! (Clare Fischer culminating in an 11-part free-for-all that aptly their own delicate cadences. This set the stage for Prod./Clavo); Best Blues Album: Dr. John - Locked Down captured Maneri’s enduring spirit and message. Along Virelles’ vigorously rumbling piano, which slowly (Nonesuch); Best Instrumental Composition: Chick Corea - “Mozart Goes Dancing” (Chick Corea & Gary Burton - Hot the way, participants offered anecdotes and evolved into the jagged melody of his Monkish “One”. House, Concord); Best Instrumental Arrangement: “How observations of Maneri - his urging to students, “Don’t The group improvised collectively, all but abandoning About You” (Gil Evans Centennial Project - Newly let the music die!” or his high praise for musical “love the concept of soloist, each player interjecting creative Discovered Works of Gil Evans, ArtistShare); Best lines” (as opposed to “burgers”) - that revealed how ideas and contributing equally to the totality of sound, Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): he’d touched each of them. High-points were Schuller’s which moved from intriguing to spellbinding on “El “City Of Roses” (Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding - rock-tinged bass solo, soon joined by Jaffe’s brawny Brujo and The Pyramid” and “The Executioner”. The Radio Music Society, Heads Up International); Best tenor; Dalachinsky’s recitation of poetry and music’s intensity grew with the addition of alto Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Various Artists - autobiographical sketches; Hostfalt and Theodorou’s saxophonist Román Filiú, his piercing tone and jagged Midnight In (Madison Gate Records). For more visually dramatic duets; Sinton and Jermyn’s equally lines at times recalling (who guested information, visit grammy.com. dynamic duet; Kaplan’s operatic microtonalism and with the group earlier in the week) as he dynamically As part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the founding the final soiree, an extended tribute to Maneri’s living expanded the tonal environment on “To Know” and of New England Conservatory’s Contemporary memory. - Tom Greenland the closer “Unseen ”. - Russ Musto Improvisation department by and Ran Blake in 1972, events will take place Mar. 17th-23rd at Cornelia Street Café, Symphony Space and Barbès, featuring such musicians as Blake, Anthony Coleman, Hankus Netsky and . For more information, visit necmusic.edu/ci40. The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is the recipient of a $25,000 award from the Foundation in support of its Teen Jazz Scholarship, which “provides weekly private lessons, music theory classes, large and small ensemble rehearsals, and performance opportunities to young music students in need who demonstrate © J o h n R g e r s / W B G O dedication to their music studies and strong moral character, for little or no cost.” The foundation is administered by the parents of the late pop singer, whose mother was born in Brooklyn. For more information, visit

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o m G r Legendary Dutch drummer has been named T Ed Schuller @ Douglass Street Music Collective David Virelles @ Village Vanguard the recipient of the eighth annual Jazzahead! Škoda- Award, worth €15,000. The 70-year-old Bennink joins such past winners as Joe Zawinul, and John Sunday nights at ABC No-Rio are always Long heralded as much for his compositional skills as McLaughlin. For more information, visit jazzahead.de. unpredictable, but the Feb. 10th benefit (to help fund for his prowess as an instrumentalist, it was perhaps new building construction) was particularly inevitable that the day would come that one would In addition to the festivities of this year’s Prez Fest, carnivalesque, mainly because host/alto saxophonist find the name of along with those of celebrating Milt Hinton and taking place Mar. 3rd at Saint Blaise Siwula scheduled each act into 10- and 12-minute Beethoven and on a program at Carnegie Peter’s Church (including musical performances and a film sets, ensuring variety yet forcing performers to make Hall’s Stern Auditorium (Feb. 1st). The evening, and panel discussion), photographs taken by the late their musical ‘points’ succinctly. After an informal celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Orpheus bassist will be on display at the Living Room of Saint opening jam, multi-instrumentalists Kali. Z. Fasteau Chamber Orchestra, paired the innovative classical Peter’s through the day of the concert. For more information, visit saintpeters.org. and Daniel Carter set a high bar for those following. ensemble with Shorter’s long-standing quartet of Stand-out moments included: five taut sketches by pianist , bassist John Patitucci and The Vilcek Foundation has named Armenian jazz pianist tenor saxophonist Jason Candler and tuba player Jesse drummer Brian Blade on the concert’s second half, Tigran Hamasyan one of the winners of its Prizes for Dulman; three pieces by soprano saxist Rocco John following the orchestra’s recitals of pieces by the Creative Promise in Contemporary Music, in order to Iacovone and bassist Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic; a aforementioned classical masters. Opening with “recognize a younger generation of foreign-born artists.” duet by cellist Diana Wayburn and duduk (Armenian “Pegasus”, a Shorter composition previously The prize amount is $35,000 and follows Hamasyan’s double-reed) player Edith Lettner; an exciting match- developed in concert with the Imani Winds, Orpheus winning the Jazz Piano Competition and up with Siwula and guitarist Cristian Amigo; an and the quartet joined forces to expand the subtle second place showing at the Martial Solal International impromptu set with four saxophonists (Carter, Siwula, dynamics of the music, built upon a recurring three- Jazz Competition. For more information, visit vilcek.org. Candler, Iacovone) and pianist Constance Cooper; a note motif, reinforced by Shorter’s soprano and Pérez’ The Women’s Jazz Orchestra has announced its ‘free-funk’ outing with guitarist On Ka’a Davis and piano, with Patitucci’s rich sound providing a tonal first annual Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest for drummer Vin Scialla; the avant-improv theater of Anne center and Blade’s interjections modulating the tempo. Women Composers. The winning piece will be performed Bassen and Emmanuelle Zagoria; a challenging but Flutes and woodwinds with strings filled out the lush and recorded live at the 2013 Earshot Jazz Festival. For riveting piece by guitarist Chris Welcome; Dikko harmonics of “The Three Marias”, as the quartet’s more information, visit swojo.org. Faust’s trombone painting; flutist Cheryl Pyle’s trio sound took center stage with organically developed with Carter and Letman-Burtinovic; a low-end duet by explorations. The world premiere of “Lotus”, the set’s The 2013 Women in Jazz Festival will take place at Saint bassoonist Claire de Brunner and bassist Jochem Van centerpiece, utilized the orchestra’s full dynamic range Peter’s Church Apr. 13th. For more information, visit Dijk; Siwula and Iacovone’s sax summit; pianist Evan to expound upon the exotic Eastern-tinged melody, internationalwomeninjazz.org. Gallagher and drummer David Gould’s rowdy têtê-à- setting the stage for Shorter’s most impassioned solo. têtê and the gentle closure of violinist Cecile Broche The show concluded in a delicately melancholic mood Submit news to [email protected] and bassist Francois Grillot. (TG) with “Prometheus Unbound”. (RM)

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | March 2013 5 INTERVIEW

MAXJAZZ in 2003 you recorded almost all Latin jazz in Spanish. What was behind the shift?

CA: I’ve always tried to be respectful of where I am Claudia musically. I felt because that’s the beauty of the recording, the possibility of documenting a moment in your life as much as you can. At the time on the first two records I was singing a lot of standards and I loved them. I felt that the idea of what I wanted to accomplish later was to get back to my roots, to the emotion of that Acuña repertoire and with the concept that, yes, I am a Chilean singer. So by the time I signed with MAXJAZZ I was stronger and ready to present [myself like this]. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 46) A l a n N h i g JERRY GRANELLI TRIO Briggan Krauss (sax) / J. Granelli (bass) P h o t : b y by Suzanne Lorge SPECIAL GUEST: JAY CLAYTON Claudia Acuña moved to New York City from Santiago, country, I would never have had the opportunity to Chile in 1995. She’d been working as a singer with some meet the people who were my teachers, who inspired success in her home country, but American jazz is what me and motivated me to work harder to become the captured her imagination. She worked her way up through artist or singer or that I’m dreaming to the New York club scene during the late ‘90s, impressing become. I would not ever have been influenced or many influential personalities in the jazz world with her learn about so many [different types of] music. I compelling voice and rhythmic acuity. Her first record deal consider myself a New Yorker and I do also consider came from Verve in 1999 and other companies and producers myself an ambassador from my country. Because ever soon followed - MAXJAZZ, ZoHo Music and Marsalis since I moved from Chile I promised to myself and I Music. Acuña spoke with The New York City Jazz Record think that’s why I’ve always made an effort, from my about how she turned her career visions into reality. first album, to have even one song in Spanish. [With these songs] I’ve paid tribute to people like Violetta The New York City Jazz Record: What were your early Parra, who was a great inspiration and one of the days as an unknown jazz singer in New York like, greatest singer- from Chile, along with SUNDAY, MARCH 10TH 8PM (ONE SET ONLY) newly arrived from a foreign country? Víctor Jara and others. Even though I’ve been here for SHAPESHIFTER LAB 17 years, my roots are from Chile. 18 Whitwell Place Brooklyn (bet. 1st and Carroll) Claudia Acuña: My first years here, I didn’t know at the time much English. I couldn’t afford to go to school TNYCJR: Parra and Jara were part of the politically- and I didn’t know how to apply for scholarships. So I influential La Nueva Canción Chilena [New Chilean started going a lot to places like Smalls, where I met Song] movement. Do you identify with them personally [pianist] Harry Whitaker, an amazing musician and as an artist or is your interest more broadly cultural? composer. We used to get together almost every day at Smalls and we’d just do repertoire or arrangements. CA: Violetta Parra was the first musician, female He was the first one to encourage me to arrange and singer, that I heard in my life, in my consciousness. I write. was very intrigued and she had a very strong impact on my life as a child. At the time I was too little to TNYCJR: Who were your other teachers and mentors? understand what exactly the words and what the movement was, in a country that was taken by a CA: I participated in the workshops of dictator. I was a little baby and had no knowledge or and one of the first drummers I worked with, Jeff understanding about what was going on in my country. Ballard, used to teach me. Then I worked with people For some reason I was very attracted to people like her like Jason Lindner, who became a very strong and like Víctor Jara. Along the way, when I left my collaborator. We co-wrote songs and worked country and came here to do what I was doing, I consistently for almost 12 to 13 years. I also had the decided that I was going to tribute the first couple of fortune [to meet] people with so much history, like singers who influenced my life. As I grew up, I could Frank Hewitt, Jimmy Lovelace and . sympathize with a lot of the words that they express And also to work with [bassist] Avishai Cohen and Avi and a lot of them touch a deep part of how I think or Leibowitz and Pablo Ziegler - it just doesn’t stop. It’s a feel about life and about my country. beautiful journey of having the honor and blessings and working with people who have been very patient TNYCJR: How did you start working with Verve? and generous. CA: It was kind of an accident. I was so driven - I’d go TNYCJR: And the singers? to the Vanguard and from one jam session to another. …I started singing and doing things with different CA: I had the amazing blessing to meet one of my bands, doing my little gigs and getting little reviews idols, which was . She really opened her here and there and the word started to spread out. world to me. She had a lot of stories and experiences Someone said you should try to get a record deal, but it and just thoughts. Just to be in her presence was a didn’t even occur to me that there was even a master class. A few of [these singers] I have been very possibility, because I was very discouraged at the blessed to get to know and call them even friends, like beginning. At the time Sweet Basil was open...and the Dianne Reeves, someone who is an amazing singer and [A&R] person who signed me came to see me at the also a mentor. We became friends and [she is] someone club. It was an amazing experience to go into the studio where I can pick up the phone and ask a question. with that kind of support, with the history of that label and being a Spanish-speaking, South American person, TNYCJR: Your music contains many different elements. making the dream come true and going a little further Do you draw more on your Chilean musical sensibilities than maybe I could have imagined. or on your American influences? TNYCJR: On your first two recordings, for Verve, you CA: I feel both. To be honest, if I’d never moved to this perform mostly standards, but when you moved to

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

For more information, visit bluepipa.org. Xiao-Fen is at Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch Mar. 3rd, Avery Fisher Hall Mar. 16th and Museum of Chinese in America Min Mar. 22nd. See Calendar. Recommended Listening: • - Filmworks VIII (Tzadik, 1997) • Derek Bailey/Min Xiao-Fen - Flying Dragons (Incus, 1999) • Ned Rothenberg - Ghost Stories (Tzadik, 1999-2000) • Leroy Jenkins - The Art Of Improvisation (Mutable, 2004)

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Last month, pipa player Min Xiao-Fen was at Flushing the Chinese lute and when musical ensembles finally Town Hall in , playing a matinee concert with awoke from their state-imposed dormancy, Xiao-Fen the Momenta Quartet in a program that included her was quickly able to find work with the Nanjing own compositions as well as a piece by the celebrated Traditional Music Orchestra. She stayed with the Chinese composer Tan Dun, one of the first orchestra for a decade before again growing restless contemporary composers she worked with after and relocating to , where she was soon moving to San Francisco 13 years ago. Playing Tan’s working with some of the great innovators of concerto for pipa and string quartet she fell in with the contemporary Chinese composition, including Tan staccato of the string quartet and played so fast Dun, Zhou Long and Chen Yi. She began touring the sometimes that her plectra against the pipa strings country playing their music and found herself playing sounded like the scratching of a bow pulled lightly solo in Chicago on a program with a composition by over violin strings. On her solo piece “ABC (American trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith. After the concert he Born Chinese)”, she played with a slide, coaxing ‘blue’ approached her and said he wanted to write a piece for notes and half- and quarter-tone wavers from her her. That piece, “Lake Biwa”, was featured on the first instrument. She further explored those bent tones in recording she made after moving to America. She also her “Tan Tan, Chang Chang”, a piece that borrowed began playing with him, learning improvisation and JSnycjr0313 2/14/13 3:18 PM Page 1 from Southeast Chinese traditions as well as American cementing one of her closest musical relationships. blues and bluegrass, played on the banjo-like sanxian. “His music is like ‘take time, follow your feelings,’” A week later - on Chinese New Year - she played she said. “I had to tell him I don’t improvise, I don’t solo for the Jazz Vespers Sunday evening service at know how to improvise. And his score was graphic, it Saint Peter’s Church. Opening the service with a sort was hard for me. I was already scared and then he of improvised meditation, she steadily ramped up to a looked at me and said ‘improvise’ and I was, like, level that may have surprised some for a house of sinking into a hole. I was so sweaty, my hand just “Best Jazz Venue of the Year” NYC JAZZ RECORD#“Best Jazz Club” NY MAGAZINE+CITYSEARCH FRI-SUN MAR 1-3 worship. The corners of her mouth betrayed a smile as stopped. I never had that experience before. We were 3 she ululated in an improvised lingo inspired by her trained that you can’t make mistakes.” “I didn’t like :QUARTETS FRI MAR 1 WITH JASON PALMER - CHRISTIAN McBRIDE - BILL STEWART native tongue. After the service she played again, this improvisation,” she added. “It took me like 10 years SAT-SUN MAR 2-3 WITH DAVID VIRELLES - DEZRON DOUGLAS - JOHNATHAN BLAKE time with her Blue Pipa Trio, a jazzier setting with before I started to like it, started to feel comfortable.” TUE-WED MAR 5-6 NAPTOWN acoustic guitar and upright bass. A similar meeting after moving to New York City KILLER RAY APPLETON’S LEGACY While the sources Xiao-Fen drew from in those in 1996 led to two other formative relationships. After - IAN HENDRICKSON-SMITH - TODD HERBERT - PETER BERNSTEIN ALL-STARS RICK GERMANSON - ROBERT SABIN - LITTLE JOHNNY RIVERO two appearances ranged from Chinese folk and a concert at the old Knitting Factory she was THU-SUN MAR 7-10 to jazz, blues and bluegrass and the approached by John Zorn, who had an idea for a & ANTONIO SANCHEZ MIGRATION lessons she’s learned collaborating with free record. “He said, ‘Do you know Derek Bailey?’” she DAVID BINNEY - DONNY McCASLIN - JOHN ESCREET - ORLANDO LE FLEMING - THANA ALEX improvisers around the world, what’s notable about remembered, “And I said ‘I don’t do it, I don’t TUE MAR 12 THE 3RD her artistry isn’t the diversity but the fluidity with improvise.’ He gave me CDs and said, ‘I’ll give you INCARNATION AFROHORN:SAM NEWSOME - ABRAHAM BURTON - ARUAN ORTIZ - which she moves between different streams. one week.’ I told myself, ‘I have to take a chance, ROMAN DIAZ - FRANCISCO MORA–CATLETT It’s the music of a virtuosic performer certainly, otherwise I’ll never change.’” She went to the studio WED MAR 13 but it also may be the product of a restless spirit. Even without ever having met the guitarist and while the CLARENCE PENN QUARTET as a child in a family of musicians – a pipa master resulting Viper isn’t the record she’s proudest of (her CHRIS POTTER - - BEN STREET THU-SUN MAR 14-17 father, a sister who is a celebrated erhu player and an second session with Bailey, Flying Dragons, is stronger), THE MUSIC OF orchestra conductor brother – her interests were often she said she has a fondness for it. “I can feel it, my CHICK SFJAZZAVISHAI COHEN - MIGUEL ZENÓNCOLLECTIVE - DAVID SANCHEZ - diverted. “I played erhu, then finger-painted,” she innocence. I was a little bit careful and just followed - EDWARD SIMON - MATT PENMAN - OBED CALVAIRE COREA TUE MAR 19 said. “Somehow I’m not the kind of person - like my him. It was a very innocent experience.” ELEVENTH father, like my sister - that can focus on one thing. But Last year she released her boldest album yet. Dim HOUR BAND JOHNATHANJALEEL SHAW - - BENBLAKE STREET society, family, only want you to do one thing. I’m not Sum, on her own Blue Pipa imprint, employs such WED MAR 20 the kind of person who wants to stay on one thing.” devices as string preparations and a distortion box for CAMILA MEZA QUARTET As a child, she interspersed music lessons with her her most experimental effort to date (made possible by FEATURING AARON GOLDBERG father - who was forbidden from teaching under a grant from the Peter S. Reed Foundation). “I went to THU-SUN MAR 21-24 SOLO ROOTS & 3/21-22 Chairman Mao’s rule - with art lessons (she still paints China this year and showed my father my new CD. He TRIO HENRY BUTLER:BEYOND 3/23-24 and designs her album covers), but as a teenager listened to the whole thing and he said, “This is very TUE-WED MAR 26-27 dedicated herself to the instrument her father played. interesting.” He was so happy. I dedicated it to him KENDRICK SCOTT: ORACLE “My father was my teacher,” she said. “I remember I and he said it’s a little strange for him but at least he JOHN ELLIS - - TAYLOR EIGSTI - JOE SANDERS was kind of a little bit afraid of him. And I had a very listened to the whole thing. I told him, ‘This is myself, THU-SUN MAR 28-31 50TH famous sister so my father had very high expectations. I came to America, I found myself. I was always so B’DAY I studied six years with him, strict traditional music. I nervous in China. You have to be perfect. DAVEJON IRABAGONDOUGLAS - MATT MITCHELL - LINDA OH -QUINTET RUDY ROYSTON WEEK MON MAR 4, 11 & 25 MON MAR 18 was pretty lucky because just as I graduated from high “Little by little I feel more comfortable and more MINGUS ORCHESTRA school the Cultural Revolution was about to end but competent and little by little I feel so happy to be JAZZFORKIDSWITHTHEJAZZSTANDARDYOUTHORCHESTRAEVERYSUNDAYAT2PM [EXCEPT MAR 3 & 31] -DIRECTEDBYDAVIDO’ROURKE the colleges were not ready; they were closed and my onstage,” she added. “A door totally opened for me. father focused on me. ” This is what’s so great about being in New York and Under her father’s tutelage she found a talent for being in America. You can always do what you want.” v

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ON THE COVER J o h n R g e r s /

JENNY SCHEINMAN o g e r s n y c . m Bringing It All Together by Sean Fitzell

During a typically rollicking show with her band With this swirl of influences, she started playing assisted Scheinman. His gritty slide guitar work and Mischief & Mayhem in February 2012, a visibly around the Bay area in the Hot Club of San Francisco, effective backing vocal harmonies combined for a rich pregnant Jenny Scheinman told the crowd it would be a take on guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist sound: at times roadhouse rough or hauntingly her last New York City appearance for a while. After 13 Stephane Grappelli’s music. She also performed with atmospheric. In reality, the release wasn’t a drastic years, the violinist was moving back to California and the Rova Quartet and with experimentalists departure, as Scheinman had worked on vocal records taking time off from touring. This news came after the like clarinetist , guitarist John Schott and by Williams and Scherr, as well as ’ band played one of the most talked-about sets of fellow singer-violinist Carla Kihlstedt. Composing breakout debut. Even her instrumental writing was Winter JazzFest 2012 and was prepared to release their more often, Scheinman formed her own bands, often taking song forms, as was her work with Frisell. first CD with the lineup of guitarist , bassist with drummer and guitarist Adam It “brought her closer to her love of singer- and drummer Jim Black. From a career Levy. “I was attracted to her composing, which I felt songwriter music and and blues music; and standpoint the timing wasn’t ideal. But Scheinman has was very original and, kind of like mine, was I think that when she started singing, I think that was often confounded others’ expectations in pursuing the uncategorizable,” says Cline, who first noticed and a bold move and one that made total sense to me,” music that inspires her. then played with Scheinman in Amendola’s band. Cline observes of her work with Frisell. She’s built a loyal following and received critical In 1999, Scheinman moved to New York and built Schedules permitting, she also worked with the notice as composer and player over the course of seven a reputation within the creative improvising scene. lineup of Cline, Black and Sickafoose that emerged releases as a leader. Her work in several of guitarist Favoring long melodic lines and clean tones over from Barbès and became Mischief & Mayhem. Initially Bill Frisell’s groups and alongside singer-songwriter vibrato and pyrotechnic displays, her playing has a taking music from her earlier records, Scheinman later has been praised and brought her to lyrical elegance. Her debut CD Live at Yoshi’s (Avant) wrote new music with a band feel. The interaction wider attention. The recent change of scenery proved was recorded in 1999 and featured her compositions, among players draws out different aspects of their inspiring for Scheinman, who wrote 20 “fiddle songs” displaying a range of influences and crisp performances. talents: Cline and Black temper their wilder proclivities and decided finally to join her two musical personas - The Rabbi’s Lover for Tzadik’s Radical Jewish Culture to suit the songs while their company elicits sparks instrumental improviser and singer-songwriter. This series followed two years later. It explored Jewish from the violinist. month she makes her debut, joined by modes and themes with moments of sweeping drama, But Scheinman felt it was time for another change Frisell and drummer Brian Blade, in a program that combining originals and arrangements of two and during her break from the road wrote new combines her vocal songs and instrumentals. traditional songs. Shalagaster (Tzadik, 2003) also instrumental music and refined vocal songs, gradually “A lot of it came from Bill’s encouragement; I’ve experimented with Eastern modes and Scheinman joining them for a unified personal expression. “In always sort of segregated my singing music from the paired with Myra Melford’s piano and harmonium. It contrast to all my other records, I wanted a record instrumental music,” Scheinman says. In January, the included a thrilling arrangement of a Turkish melody where I was really the person singing the song,” she group played two shows in Oregon and recorded new on “Zeynebim” and her “American Dipper” themes, says. “I’ve been criticized for being an overgenerous music. Of the experience, she says, “it just seemed to which she has returned to in other settings. musician, where it’s all about the other players and be a really exciting, unusual show that didn’t jerk me Her fourth release, 12 Songs (Cryptogramophone, where I don’t take the center quite enough.” Putting around the way I always thought it would; it just 2004), had an immediacy and cohesive ambiance with herself out front, Scheinman needed the right musical flowed right together.” familiar song forms embellished with improvisation. complement and both Frisell and Blade have worked The trio made its debut during a stint at the Village Scheinman wrote with Frisell in mind. She plumbed extensively with singers and in improvising bands. Vanguard in December 2011. At the time, Scheinman folk and blues to conjure memorable melodies and “They’re really committed musicians and create a lot chose tunes from her instrumental catalogue that she coaxed dynamic contributions from the group. The of magic,” she says. “They can play a song and be as thought would work for the players. Since she hadn’t music distilled many of her disparate influences into a passionate about finding a feel as they are when they previously performed with Blade, she wanted a relaxed more developed personal sound. have 10 minutes to solo.” atmosphere to put the focus on playing rather than the “My music in general has a real folk foundation. Tentatively titled The Littlest Prisoner, the new trio compositions. Enjoying the results, Scheinman wanted But with words added, they definitely sound like folk CD may be out this summer. Scheinman will also be to explore future possibilities for the trio and when she songs,” she says. “I’m calling it ‘folk music’ as sort of a recording with Frisell’s 858 joined by drummer Rudy decided to do “songs with words and songs without”, general term to mean music that doesn’t have too much Royston and joining a project with country guitarist the lineup seemed ideal. color in the chords in the harmony and is a sort of Will Kimbrough. She thrives on the diversity and not “My feeling was I didn’t see why they couldn’t stable structure.” Scheinman also started a weekly staying in one place. “It’s just something about co-exist,” says Frisell. “With music, I’ve never had a residency at the Brooklyn club Barbès, which became breaking things up a little, sometimes brings out problem with things being put up against each other an incubator for ideas and a chance to play with creative stuff I think. I don’t know, I’m still guessing,” that maybe on the surface [are] being opposed or different musicians and instrumentation. For example, she muses. “If I knew where I could go to write good something. Somehow you’re always going to find she tried out chamber music with other string players music, I’d go there all the time.” v some relationship between it.” Frisell’s career has and later brought Cline and Black together for the first exemplified that idea and in many ways, so has time. In this comfortably supportive atmosphere, For more information, visit jennyscheinman.com. Scheinman’s. Scheinman started singing songs more frequently. Scheinman is at Zankel Hall Mar. 23rd with Bill Frisell and She grew up the daughter of folk musicians in a The Barbès workshops provided seeds for her next Brian Blade. See calendar. remote part of Humboldt County in northwestern three albums. 2008 saw the near-simultaneous releases California. She took piano and violin lessons in the of Crossing the Field and her eponymous vocal debut Recommended Listening: nearest town, some two hours away. Scheinman also (Koch). For those not frequenting the weekly Barbès • Jenny Scheinman - Live at Yoshi’s (Avant, 1999) competed in fiddle festivals, gave solo piano recitals shows, the latter was a surprise. Combining her own • Jenny Scheinman - The Rabbi’s Lover (Tzadik, 2001) and attended chamber music workshops. Piano was heartfelt songs with covers of notable songwriters like • Bill Frisell - (Songlines, 2002) her focus until she was 17 years old and became drawn Tom Waits and , the album had an • Jenny Scheinman - Shalagaster (Tzadik, 2003) to the violin’s more vocal and intimate qualities. She earthy veracity with accessibly sincere vocals. Known • Scott Amendola Band - Believe studied at Oberlin Conservatory before graduating for his extensive work as a bassist for Sex Mob and (Cryptogramophone, 2005) from UC Berkeley with an English literature degree. Frisell, is also a singer-songwriter and • Jenny Scheinman - Mischief and Mayhem (s/r, 2010)

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about.” For more information, visit valeriecapers.com. Capers is at Valerie Capers In terms of studio time, though, the pianist stood Jazz at Kitano Mar. 23rd. See Calendar. still between the mid ’60s and early ’80s. Capers by Brad Farberman wouldn’t cut her sophomore album, Affirmation, until Recommended Listening: 1982, due to a pileup of personal issues. • Valerie Capers - Portrait in Soul (Atlantic, 1965-66) 30 seconds into the “I’d had a fall and I injured my back,” recalls • Valerie Capers - Affirmation (KMArts, 1982) piano solo from Capers about the era between her first and second LPs. • Valerie Capers - Come on Home (Sony-Columbia, 1995) “”, captured on “And that came right on top of my brother and father • Valerie Capers - Wagner Takes The ‘A’ Train the recorded-in-1981 dying. And I just wasn’t able to [work on a recording]. (Elysium, 1998) concert So when I finally decided that I was gonna go ahead • Valerie Capers - Limited Edition (Valcap Music, 2001) film In Redondo, the and do that album, that’s why I call it Affirmation. leader yells, “Whoa!”, Because I figured that this album would represent smiles at trombonist Tom McIntosh, plays a little air affirming myself to be a musician and just to get back keyboard and laughs. That’s high praise coming from a into life.” man who, by that point, had worked with ivory- Another long wait ensued between Capers’ second ticklers like Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou and third albums, but 1995’s Come on Home came in like Williams and Chick Corea, but Valerie Capers earns it. a lion. Featuring trumpeter , Over the guitar of Ed Cherry, the bass of Michael saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera, bassist Bob Cranshaw Howell, and the drums of Tommy Campbell, the and Santamaria, among others, Come on Home houses singer-pianist scurries, shimmers, splashes and an update on “Odyssey”, the tender Capers original dazzles, pouring her all into the eighty-eight keys “Out of All (He’s Chosen Me)” and a take on Gillespie’s afforded her that night in Southern California. All said “A Night in Tunisia” in an unusual time signature. and done, though, Dizzy’s approval that evening is “[Gillespie] had just gotten back from his first trip merely one highlight from a five-decade career that’s to Africa when he came and had lunch with me and he full of bright moments. And Capers is still on the case. told me how excited he was about the fact that he A lifelong resident of the Bronx, Capers, who has heard this African group play ‘A Night in Tunisia’ with March 5th been blind since the age of six, entered the jazz world one of the Yoruba 6/8 rhythms,” remembers Capers in the early ’60s, after finishing up at Juilliard. Her about stumbling upon the arrangement of “A Night in Warren Smith and the brother, the late saxophonist Bobby Capers, had just Tunisia” she recorded for Come on Home. “And so he Composer’s Workshop Orchestra joined Mongo Santamaria’s band and encouraged her sat down at the piano and showed it to me! And I said, to write for the conguero. The sweeping 6/8 steamer ‘Oh, Dizzy, that’s fantastic.’ So I said to him, ‘Listen, March 12th “El Toro”, which opens the 1963 LP Mongo at the Village I’m getting ready to do an album. Would you allow me Russ Kassoff Orchestra Gate, was her first effort. Other tunes for the bandleader, to use that 6/8 rhythm playing ‘A Night in Tunisia’?’ with Catherine Dupuis like “Chili Beans” and “La Gitana”, followed. In his own inimitable fashion, he said, ‘Oh, yeah!’” “Bobby said, ‘Mongo, I’m gonna get my sister to Concurrent to her life as a performer and recording March 19th write something for you’,” remembers Capers fondly. artist, Capers has enjoyed a long career in music ’s NY State of the Art Jazz “And Mongo said, ‘Okay.’ And then Mongo loved [‘El education, instructing at the Manhattan School of Ensemble with Dee Daniels Toro’]. So Mongo swore after that that I had to have Music for a stretch in the ’70s and at Bronx Community had some spiritual existence in another world - another College from 1971-95. Though she has focused on her March 26th Latin world - to come up with ‘El Toro’.” own sounds since retiring, she continues to take on the Vibraphonist Warren Chiasson After getting started with Santamaria, Capers odd private student and conduct workshops in the US scored a record date for Atlantic through famed and beyond. Tribute producer Joel Dorn. Her resulting debut album, 1965- “It’s bringing the awareness of music to people,” 66’s Portrait in Soul, was a stirring exploration of Latin says Capers on teaching. “All kinds of music. The other music, and postbop featuring players like thing, of course, is to help students develop a sense of New York Baha’i Center saxophonists Frank Perowsky and Robin Kenyatta. dedication, focus and discipline in their music. Things 53 E. 11th Street The questing, -like “Odyssey” towers are so fast these days. You got American Idol. If you go (between University Place and Broadway) above the other tracks in both length and intensity. on a computer and you don’t get to the internet in less Shows: 8:00 & 9:30 PM “I like Greek mythology and different things like than two seconds, then things are slow. And then what Gen Adm: $15 Students $10 that,” explains Capers about the inspiration behind you have to do there with the students, who are so 212-222-5159 “Odyssey”. “I remember The Odyssey being Ulysses eager, is let them know that this is a long process. This and his journey. [The song] wasn’t about Ulysses doesn’t happen overnight. You’ll be learning and bahainyc.org/nyc-bahai-center/jazz-night particularly, it was the idea of journey. A moving- growing all of your life.” v

LEST WE FORGET

Seattle University and later at the University of Shaughnessy and bandleaders and Patti Bown (1931-2008) and by the late ‘40s she was thoroughly George Russell. Bown also worked with many singers enmeshed in the Seattle jazz scene. There she throughout her career: , Aretha by Suzanne Lorge established one of her most formative professional Franklin, , , and collaborations, with childhood playmate . Leon Redbone among them. Little has been written about Patti Bown. Even so, she In 1959, the year after the release of her solo When jazz slipped from the popular music charts stands out for her prolific body of work as a pianist, album, Bown toured in the Harold Arlen jazz in the ‘60s, Bown sought out other performing accompanist and arranger for some of the foremost musical, Free and Easy, as the pianist in Jones’ jazz opportunities. She worked as a pit musician/musical jazz and soul performers of the 20th century. (Bown’s orchestra and, in 1961, Jones released a recording based director on Broadway and gigged locally at high- lack of recognition might have contributed to a on this work - (Impulse) - with Bown profile jazz clubs like The Village Gate and Weston’s. common misspelling of her name, which in turn makes playing on six of the eight cuts. The orchestra She played at Carnegie Hall in 1985 in the Kool Jazz it harder to find her in this digital age; even Columbia performed with Jones at the Newport Jazz Festival that Festival and, in 1997, at the Kennedy Center in Records, which released her first and only solo album same year and the live recording of that performance Washington, DC, as part of the second Mary Lou in 1958, Patti Bown Plays Big Piano, spelled her name as includes Bown’s primary contribution as a composer, Williams Women in Jazz Festival. In 2006 this same “Patti Brown” on one version of the album cover.) the blues tune “G’won Train”. organization granted Bown the Festival’s Achievement Patricia Ann Bown was born on Jul. 26th, 1931, in From the late ‘50s onward, Bown, now in New Award for her “lifetime of service to jazz”. Seattle, Washington. Her parents encouraged her York City, remained active in the studio, recording In her later years, Bown continued to perform but musical interests and Bown began her piano studies albums with saxophonists and Oliver also taught and spoke publicly about her jazz career. early, demonstrating a keen ear for jazz especially. She Nelson; trumpeters , and Cal She died from diabetes-related conditions on Mar. 21st, continued her music education on scholarship at Massey; reed player Roland Kirk; drummer Ed 2008, in a nursing home in Media, . v

10 March 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD MEGAPHONE

temperament. Many musicians are comfortable and For more information, visit kalimuse.com. Fasteau is at Spontaneous Composition happy working toward their desired sound through Brecht Forum Mar. 16th as part of Lady Got Chops Festival. these structures and/or must for financial reasons. I See Calendar. in the Round prefer action composing live and direct from the source, the bliss of instantaneous communion in sound Kali. Z. Fasteau composes and performs on piano, nai flutes, by Kali. Z. Fasteau creation with other musicians of similar aesthetic. voice, drum set, viola, mizmars, soprano sax and more. For Our experiences, both inherited and selected, 14 years she lived in Europe, and Africa, playing in Music offers a sweet alternative to the mundane, inform our musical vocabularies. From a deeply music festivals and concerts, radio, TV and film soundtracks. transporting us to a non-logical enjoyment of being. If musical and ‘free-thinking’ family and steeped in Fasteau has recorded 18 albums as a leader, 12 on her Flying you read this journal, you feel the power of music. We Euro-classical, blues, soul and some world music, I Note label. musicians are lucky making music that feels good to us. found free/avant garde jazz to be a perfect fit. After Rather than ‘improvising’ (improving) upon a eight years of piano lessons with Olga Heifetz, I had preset structure, I prefer composing music in real time, dreamed and then played freely from age 14. Multi- shaping the sound energy coming through me without instrumentality is natural for me since studying piano, forethought. The body and spirit seem electrified by , flute and singing in childhood. I’ve always loved the high-voltage energy of contouring sound live. bringing forth the uniquely beautiful sounds of each Spontaneous composition is almost magical, producing family of instruments: woodwinds, strings, percussion amazing results when the musicians are well chosen. and the voice. For decades, I navigated the rivers of Since our society awards predictability, spontaneous music on four continents, performing, living and music may benefit from a theoretical basis for what I enjoying the work of my brother and sister musicians. and others do naturally. Long ago, I applied the My music is the elixir of an adventurous life. Generalist, philosophy of Taoism, the moving dance of opposites, multi-instrumentalist, world traveler, musicologist, yin and yang, to music. Music lives in a multi- flute-maker, I also practice Tai-Chi and Chi-Gong, dimensional sphere encompassing all possible sounds: research health and nutrition, love nature, audio high and low, soft and loud, slow and fast, smooth and engineer and produce recordings, use Feng-Shui rough, legato and staccato. The spontaneous composer principles for interior and exterior design and graphic is free at every moment to create and juxtapose these arts, swim long distances and much more. Versatility is yin and yang parameters of sound so as to enhance yin; specialization is yang. We are all individuals with their unique qualities moving through time. infinite capacities. Transcending this dynamic balance, the vital power of You can create yourself at every moment. Don’t let KARIN KROG & heart energy animates the sound so it can be felt and others define you. The open arms of jazz have embraced MORTEN GUNNAR savored. Chops are required but to resonate in others, motifs, timbres, rhythms and instruments from many the sounds must carry deep spirit and sincere emotion. musics of the world. Innovation is its unique attribute LARSEN Society and culture both reflect and create each and source of vitality. Creating in the moment, other. Music influences thought. The mind follows forgetting the box, energy is strong. IN A RAG BAG sound consciously and unconsciously. New shapes of The sounds of animals and natural forces, although (MEANTIME RECORDS) sound can create new cellular connections in the brain. rhythmic, never repeat exactly. They are very refreshing “A great partnership between singer Awakening consciousness with music involves more to hear and inspire appreciation and ongoing invention. and pianist… Karin’s singing than changing the lyrics to conventional song forms or Crickets, frogs, waves, birds, rocky streams all create embraces almost every style of expanding preset forms. Sailing uncharted sonic beautiful intricate non-repeating sound designs. jazz and popular song from the waters provides a musical template for living in the Nature always changes. days of Irving to today’s moment. Your body is your first instrument - tune and tone avant garde” It’s said that women usually initiate lateral, it kindly. Whether you play or listen (we need you too), (from liner notes) egalitarian, informal (yin) communication of ideas, cultivate your health, your posture, slow breathing, outside the constraints of patriarchal ‘chains of relaxation, positive thoughts and research your food. command’. Although I certainly admire and enjoy When your musical mind seeks familiarity, relish your AVAILABLE ON many large ensemble works and have led and joys of recreating and listening to old and new ITUNES, , participated in some, at this time I have no desire to favorites. If your musical mind relishes creating on the AMAZON.COM, control or direct other musicians’ energy flow. Neither threshold of the unknown, then hone your chops and MUSIKKOPERATORENE.NO the (yang) hierarchical organization of orchestras and let the life energy stream sound through you. In the big bands, nor the division of labor separating moving circle of Tao, yin maxes into yang and yang composer, performer and conductor, prevalent in most maxes into yin, change is the only constant. Do your KARINKROG.NO ‘Western’ music of recent centuries, suits my creative best work, help others and wear at least a little smile. v

VOXNEWS by Katie Bull Velez Cultural Center’s LES gallery, a true bastion for sings with saxophonist Charles Lloyd’s quartet at the fresh vocal innovation (Mar. 3rd). Kitamura’s voice is Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Temple of Dendur (Mar. In honor of this month’s Women In Jazz theme, singers an instrument of crystalline tonal purity and moves 15th) in the New York debut of their disarmingly highlighted here embody consummate skill and like a hummingbird’s wings. beautiful collaboration (ECM). unbridled freedom of expression. Focusing on gender The Vital Vox Series at the edgy Roulette features Over in the classy Metropolitan Room the licks can invite the risk of perpetuating the division between cream of the crop inter-arts avant garde jazz vocalists. will be tight: hear scat vocalese connoisseur Anita women and men; the conversation is important and Hear an equitable balance of male/female sounds with Wardell in a double bill with warm, smokey Perez needs to evolve. We must seize opportunities to Sabrina Lastman, Philip Hamilton and Sarah (Mar. 5th); bouncing-in-the-pocket Rebecca Kilgore/ celebrate the vibrancy and persistence of women in Bernstein (Mar. 25th-26th). Harry Allen Quartet (Mar. 6th-10th) and one of our jazz as an ode to the force of liberation itself. Let’s Jay Clayton is a pioneer of jazz vocal envelope- greatest singer/lyricists - Lorraine Feather – who will focus on a new paradigm in which the primary point expansion, who sings in layers of contrasting texture celebrate the CD release of Fourteen (Relarion) by is: individuals making music deserve to be viewed and exquisite nuance. She can be heard with legendary Nouveau Stride, her innovative and humorous duo solely on the merits of strong musicianship, regardless drummer Jerry Granelli’s trio at the hip Shapeshifter with killer 26-year-old stride pianist, Stephanie Trick of gender. Lab (Mar. 10th). (Mar. 28th). To that end, the Evolving Music Series is back and In the more straightahead vein, the Lady Got Speaking of strides, this March let’s applaud the manifests the healthy paradigm shift most clearly. The Chops Festival features a steady stream of solid, gutsy ways jazz has made progress towards trumping series is a long-time champion of a diverse array of vocalists (and instrumentalists) at various locations, gender-based division. If you go to a gig, regardless of experimental jazz vocalists. This month the quicksilver including the fun Sistas’ Place. Hear the deep currents the gender of those performing, during Women’s Kyoko Kitamura and her Moving Music Ensemble will of singer/pianist Mala Waldron there (Mar. 16th). History Month, remember - as all the jazz greats say - be featured in a Sunday matinee at the Clemente Soto Seasoned Greek-rooted goddess Maria Farantouri “It’s about the music.” v

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | March 2013 11 LABEL SPOTLIGHT

designed by Masako Tanaka. To devote full attention to bassist Mark Dresser. “She has fantastic performance Libra Records the music, Fujii produces Tamura’s CDs and he hers. energy, a great ear, a musical fearlessness that allows Sessions recorded in NYC are done at Brooklyn’s her to travel into new territories, has an amazing work by Ken Waxman Systems Two studio because Fujii likes its piano. ethic and is constantly building bridges,” notes Business dealings are straightforward as well. For a Dresser. “Her label is dedicated to releasing her various “All projects have their own stories and I now have project under Fujii or Tamura’s leadership, they hire projects, which makes it part of a long tradition of more than 60 stories I can tell,” explains pianist/ the musicians and pay all expenses. For other CDs, improviser/composer/performers self-producing.” composer/bandleader Satoko Fujii when asked about such as Under the Water, Fujii’s duo piano record with Although the pianist tells most of her stories via her recording career. More than 32 of these stories are Myra Melford, or Rafale with French musicians who Libra, she won’t turn down the opportunity to work available from Tokyo-based Libra records, a label she helped compose the material, costs are shared and with other labels “if we find a label that loves our and her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, founded profits divided accordingly. Available from a variety of music and that we can trust,” she avers. For instance in 1996. Although the pair occasionally record for other distributors in Japan, Europe and the US or from its the newest disc by her Ma-do ensemble is on Poland’s imprints, Libra reflects Fujii’s most personal projects: website, Libra is officially located in Tokyo because Not Two. Another departure was KAZE’s Rafale, put duets and trios with Tamura and other Japanese and that’s where a close friend of Fujii’s has the key to a out cooperatively in 2011 by Libra and Circum-Disc, Western musicians; solo albums; records by her New small warehouse and can send out requested discs. the label of the Muzzix musicians’ collective, based in York and Tokyo big bands; her avant-rock- Named Libra for Fujii’s astrological sign - “Natsuki Lille, France. KAZE consists of Fujii, Tamura plus two combo and a quartet in which she plays accordion. is Leo and as you know there is a Leo label already,” French musicians: drummer Peter Orins and trumpeter Although Fujii, who attended both Berklee she jokes - the imprint’s idiosyncrasies extend to its Christian Pruvost. College of Music and New England Conservatory numbering system. “The first three numbers tell whose “The most important fact about Libra and Circum- during the mid ‘80s and early ‘90s, respectively, and project it is and how big the band is and the last three Disc is that both record companies are headed by Tamura, who had been a member of Toshiyuki numbers are continuous,” Fujii notes. “For example: musicians, so there’s passion in the way things are Miyama’s New Herd Orchestra, one of Japan’s best Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo, Zakopane is Libra 216- done and freedom that we don’t find elsewhere,” known jazz bands, had extensive recording experience 027; 2 means a Satoko project - Natsuki’s project is a 1 explains Orins. “Nowadays musicians almost always - “the biggest reason we started this label was that we - 16 means there are 16 musicians in the band and 027 lead their project from the beginning to the release, so got tired of looking for labels that would release our means this is the 27th Libra CD.” Vulcan is probably I think that running our own record company lets us recordings,” she reveals. At that time most record the label’s bestseller. It features the trumpeter and manage the way we want to do it. Working with Satoko companies had certain fixed ideas of how jazz sessions pianist with two Japanese rock musicians, including is one of the simplest musical experiences I know. Even should sound and look. She recalls one firm suggesting drummer Tatsuya Yoshida of The Ruins. All Libra CDs if the music we make is highly elaborate and she wear a fancy dress and surround herself with can be downloaded from iTunes and while there are no purposeful, the way we do it is very natural and “good looking guys as sidemen.” Libra LPs yet, “we’d love to do one,” says Fujii. without pressure. We simply play while being very Libra is a small operation, which usually presses Other well-received Libra CDs include discs made focused on one another.” 1,000 copies of each release, with tasteful CD covers with Fujii’s American trio of drummer Jim Black and (CONTINUED ON PAGE 46)

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In this The Great American Songbook - tunes mostly from she’s abetted by an allstar cast, including frequent the ‘20s-50s written by the Tin Pan Alley masters for collaborators like saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and Broadway shows or movies - is the mother lode for drummer Tom Rainey. singers in all genres in search of material to express Davis sets the mood with her purposefully themselves. Three different songbirds have recently intelligent promptings, only cutting loose herself on mined it for their respective albums, testifying once “Pass The Magic Hat”, before setting up the sort of again to its inexhaustible richness. involved interplay characteristic of all the pieces here. Australian-born vocalist Chris McNulty possesses For her contribution Laubrock alternates between a mature, expressive voice and sings a little behind the flowing but asymmetric rounded tones and heated beat, which allows her to explore some innovative timbral distortion, but meshes well with her frontline phrasing on The Song That Sings You Here, accompanied Bigbands Live Benny Goodman Orchestra (feat. Anita O’Day) partner, violist , during some tricky by bassist Ugonna Okegwo, drummer Marcus Gilmore, (Jazzhaus) unisons. Elsewhere Maneri is angular and abrasive, guitarist Paul Bollenback, pianists Andrei Kondakov by Andrew Vélez sliding between notes in a way that ups the surprise and Graham Wood, tenor/soprano saxophonist Igor quotient. In fact, it’s impossible to anticipate the Butman and guest vocalist Anita Wardell. McNulty This is only one part of a treasure trove of live trajectory of any of the selections. Much credit for such opens with a lightly swinging version of “How Little recordings from the archives of the German Southwest flexibility falls to the rhythmic ingenuity of Rainey We Know” (featuring Butman’s high-flying tenor solo) Broadcasting Company. The 3,000 hours in its allied to the nimble yet assertive bassist . and continues with a soft and easy rendition of “How archives represent possibly the most comprehensive Each number is event-strewn but cohesive. The Are Things in Glocca Morra?”, proving that she can reservoir of unpublished jazz recordings worldwide. title cut provides as good an example as any: Maneri handle both sides of the emotional coin. Most notable In this instance it’s a performance at the Stadthalle and the leader pontificate dreamily to start, before is the inclusion of Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Waltz”. Who Freiburg, West Germany from 1959. So here’s a building to an energetic crescendo of intersecting ever knew there were lyrics to this song? There are, by Jewish-American bandleader performing in a layers. A saxophone/viola theme emerges from the Richard Maltby Jr., and just as playful as Waller’s country where his Swing Era music was once banned swirling chaos, providing a cooling interlude, which personality. McNulty has a lot of fun with this one. by the Nazis as “decadent”. morphs into a tappy coda of sustained drones, Champian Fulton is a double-threat performer, Showcasing a first-rank lineup including Red culminating in a chiming conclusion recalling an old- possessing a powerful voice and some heavy piano Norvo (vibes), Russ Freeman (piano), Flip Phillips fashioned clock. While highlights are too many to chops, both captured on Champian Sings and Swings, (tenor sax) and some luscious vocals from Anita enumerate, one that sticks in the mind is Laubrock’s where she is joined by Hide Tanaka (bass) and Fukushi O’Day, this is first-class big band music just as rock forceful tenor solo on “Trevor’s Luffa Complex”, Tainaka (drums), with the addition (on selected tracks) ‘n roll was about to explode popular music into a goosed by some explosive comping from the leader. of trumpeter Stephen Fulton and tenor saxophonist new era. But for now Goodman’s blending One of the treats of this tremendous album is to Eric Alexander. The album is nicely paced, with with Norvo’s ever-swinging vibes on “Air Mail savor the appealing blend of the cerebral and affecting, opportunities to show off her vocal talent (edgy at Special” evoke a still thrilling whiff of peak Swing with new quirks revealed on every listen. times and softer at others) and her instrumental ability, Era sounds. If this is not quite the Goodman and with several tracks (“I Cover The Waterfront” and Bud Company of his legendary 1938 Carnegie Hall For more information, visit cleanfeed-records.com. Davis is Powell’s “Celia”, for example) done in a piano trio Concert, it still packs a swinging punch. at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center Mar. 4th, Cornelia setting. Fulton’s two skills meet on “Samba de Orfeo”, The distilled simplicity of Red Wooten’s bass Street Café Mar. 5th with Ingrid Laubrock and 30th as a the leader first singing a wordless lyric and then makes a perfect nest for the succulent sweetness of leader and Korzo Mar. 26th. See Calendar. scatting along with her playing. On “It’s Too Late O’Day on “Honeysuckle Rose”. A medley of (Baby Too Late)”, Fulton gets especially bluesy, aided Gershwin’s “But Not for Me”, “Four Brothers” and and abetted by wailing tenor work from Alexander “Blues” has O’Day swinging ever so easily. She (who also smokes on an uptempo version of “It’s veers from seductive to rambunctious high- Alright With Me”). Stephen Fulton contributes inspired stratosphere scatting, all unique and all captivating. horn on “You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me”. “Raise the Riff” is an opportunity for Goodman AMANDA Vocalist/pianist Daryl Sherman is no stranger to to swing big time with Wooten and Freeman each the club scene as a singer of standards, but on taking hot turns until Norvo sweeps in like the & THE MICHAELS Mississippi Belle she has chosen to focus exclusively on Swing Era master he was. 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14 March 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD the atonal bop of “Composition 23C” and the hanging off-kilter waltz rhythm for the opening vocal, followed isolated tones of “Composition 40N”. Crispell is by some stride from Blake, Serpa then returning in a magnificent, displaying the breadth of her playing, higher key, or just purposely over-singing until she is from the flying clusters of “Composition 69B [8.2]” performing wordless, operatic-like vocal scales. “Fine (Crispell sounds most like Cecil Taylor when reading and Dandy” also has hints of stride piano and a vocal an excerpt from a through-composed Braxton piano that shreds the melody with weird sharps and flats solo) to the weird -chord groove of “Composition close to caterwauling. “Last Night When We Were 40B”. Dresser and Hemingway play at a level of Young” is best in the piano intro, worst in the fey and thought and interaction most can only imagine and all strained vocal. Elephant Wings Play Braxton three navigate this music with an intimacy that blurs Gunhild Seim & Time Marilyn Crispell/ compositional and improvisational methodologies into For more information, visit redpianorecords.com and Jungle with Marilyn Mark Dresser/Gerry indivisible music. It’s a masterpiece in itself, as well as cleanfeed-records.com. Blake and Correa are at Symphony Crispell (Drollehala) Hemingway (Tzadik) an invitation to investigate all the original quartet’s Space Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Mar. 23rd as part of “CI at by Stuart Broomer recordings, spread over more than a decade, with 40”. See Calendar. notable performances on Leo, hatHUT and Victo. Marilyn Crispell is a pianist of special vision and tremendous lyric sweep, with a capacity for finding For more information, visit gunhildseim.com and tzadik.com. IN PRINT passion in a keyboard that has linked all of the different Crispell is at Symphony Space Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Mar. musical dimensions she has explored since emerging 22nd as part of a Tribute. See Calendar. in the early ‘80s. She was initially associated with Cecil Taylor for her dense, high-speed improvisations, but Crispell is a complete musician who, over time, has revealed myriad facets to her work, from spacious ballad playing to concentrated rhythmic interplay. Crispell has worked extensively with Scandinavian musicians and on Elephant Wings she joins Norwegian trumpeter Gunhild Seim and her quartet Time Jungle. Seim has a capacity for brevity and focus whether it’s a composition reduced to dramatic gestures or the clarity Shall We Play That One Together?: The Life and Art of Jazz Piano Legend Marian McPartland of her trumpet phrases. Time Jungle is an effective Down Here Below Aurora Paul de Barros (St. Martin’s Press) instrument for her compositions. Alto saxophonist Ran Blake/Christine Sara Serpa/Ran Blake by Ken Dryden Arild Hoem is a good foil, whether contributing Correa (Red Piano) (Clean Feed) abstract, out-of-tempo squiggles or long-lined solos in nglish pianist Marian McPartland’s professional by George Kanzler E contrast to Seim’s economy. It’s a conversational group jazz career spanned over 60 years and she became a and bassist John Lilja and drummer Dag Magnus Ran Blake is a pianist who never plays a superfluous jazz icon thanks to her multi-award-winning, long- Narvesen choose their notes carefully, complementing note. He can be spare and angular, but always running NPR radio series Piano Jazz. Paul de Barros, the melodic focus or developing a web of overlapping satisfyingly complete. Few pianists in jazz have been a renowned jazz journalist, did in-depth research rhythmic figures. It’s a band with a distinctive as masterful, or comfortable, playing alone or in duos. and conducted many interviews to craft a detailed conception and Crispell raises it to another level, not Blake has made duo albums with vocalists before, portrait of the witty yet complex musician. by doing a guest-star turn but by burrowing into the including and Dominique Eade, as well as McPartland’s early life covers a difficult music, adding optimum framing to the other musicians’ two others with Indian singer Christine Correa and relationship with her mother over abandoning lines and turning in solos that sparkle in their aptness, one other with Portuguese singer Sara Serpa. The two classical studies to play jazz, prompting a comment like the fleetly floating invention she brings to “Joni”. are poles apart as vocalists and stylists. that the pianist often shared with her audiences: Crispell’s gift for collective creation first flowered Correa brings an immediacy and raw edge to her “You’ll come to no good. You’ll marry a musician in the Quartet between 1983-95 with delivery, as if melding method acting with singing. and live in an attic,” followed by, “And she was bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Gerry Hemingway, Down Here Below honors Abbey Lincoln, who also right!” While touring with the USO in World War II, a genuinely great band in which Braxton mixed and brought an acting sensibility to her singing. The title she met Chicago cornetist Jimmy McPartland. After matched scores from his entire body of compositions, song bookends the album, the first track beginning she joined her new husband in America, he solo to orchestra. Somehow the four managed to find with highly charged wordless chanting, followed by a encouraged her career, though she would become ways to negotiate that shifting terrain and make piano solo suffused with mystery before Correa returns the more widely known player, thanks to her coherent art. The trio reunited to pay tribute to Braxton with Lincoln’s lyrics, delivered in a conspiratorial tone extended gig at The Hickory House in New York on his 65th birthday and this recording came about as rising to a devotional pitch. The album closes with City and later the Piano Jazz program. a result. There may be music as complex or as playful, Correa’s very different a cappella and low-key Not all was rosy in McPartland’s life. Her but not both. This CD includes many of the moods of performance of the song. Correa can be raw and angry, ongoing affair with her (married) drummer Joe Braxton, from the densely layered rhythms and as on “Freedom Day” (two versions, with and without Morello caused problems as did sparse recording harmonies that live in synch on “Composition 116” to Blake), adding petulance to the anger on “Retribution”. opportunities in the early ‘60s and bouts with Her tone can be dry and harsh, as she bends melodies depression. But she rebounded with jazz writing to extremes on “Little Niles” and “African Lady”, slide and education, launch of her Halcyon, from steely to cool on “Bird Alone” or be downright the NPR series and her signing to . sweet and engaging on the winsome “How I Hoped for The author’s insights as a jazz journalist help Your Love”. Correa and Blake make “Brother, Can You him document McPartland’s growth as a pianist. Spare a Dime?” as singular and heart-wrenching as Not one to establish a set repertoire and remain LIBRA Lincoln did, but in their own unique way. stagnant, she continuously explored new material Serpa is, to say the least, an acquired taste. She and took chances on Piano Jazz, playing with new doesn’t emote much. Her a cappella version of “Strange people from diverse backgrounds. One of her Records Fruit” on Aurora is freeze-dried. Her delivery of torch triumphs was playing duets with Cecil Taylor, not at songs like “Saturday” and “When Autumn Sings” are all intimidated by his wild improvising and showing wooden, staid and calm. In fact, on the latter, Blake off her own considerable abstract chops. 32 CDs of limitless creative vision by brings the passion with his piano jabs as Serpa’s voice With over 700 Piano Jazz programs recorded pianist/composer Satoko Fujii & flattens and sours. between 1978-2010 (she formally retired in 2011), trumpeter/composer Natsuki Tamura. The most successful duo track is the wordless “Dr. much of the book is devoted to her broadcasts. Sadly Solo, duo, trio, quartet, big band and Mabuse”, co-written by Blake and featuring a three- only a few dozen have been commercially issued note motif and pleasing blend of deep piano chords and a fraction of the others made available as orchestra. Artist owned! and trilling vocal vowels. The longest track is Blake’s podcasts; it is a shame that there wasn’t room in the Stay tuned for more releases soon! masterful, brooding piano solo on his own “Mahler appendix to list all of her guests. Noir”, a worthy addition to his growing body of “Noir” pieces. Three standards on this outing are vehicles for For more information, visit us.macmillan.com/SMP.aspx www.librarecords.com deconstruction. “The Band Played On” lurches on an

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Fourteen Tales of the Unusual Bouquet Live @ The Ironworks, Nouveau Stride Lorraine Feather Charlotte Hug/Frédéric (Relarion) (Jazzed Media) Blondy (Emanem) Ig Henneman Sextet (Wig) by Ken Dryden by Ken Waxman Memnon: Sound Portraits of Ibsen Characters Vocalist Lorraine Feather’s gift for writing witty What’s the difference between a dog and a viola? The Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer/Helge Lien (Ozella Music) lyrics has put her on the map and garnered her both dog knows when to stop scratching. Of all the stringed In A Rag Bag Grammy and Oscar nominations. Feather pens lyrics instruments, it’s the viola that gets the least respect, Karin Krog/Morten Gunnar Larsen (Meantime) for decades-old gems by jazz greats with an engaging, with this joke only one of hundreds. Yet because of its Voxpheria Tone Åse/Thomas Strønen (Gigafon) at times conversational, singing style. unique intonation the viola has become a favored by Tom Greenland Pianist previously worked with method of expression for inventive improvisers like Jazz fans familiar with ECM recordings know about Feather and recommended that she listen to Stephanie ’s Charlotte Hug and the Netherlands’ Ig a certain slice of the country’s ‘cool’ school but Trick, a young St. Louis stride pianist. Once they met Henneman. perhaps know little of artists like Bugge Wesseltoft, and played a few numbers, they discovered it was a The selections on Bouquet by Hug and Paris-based the rhythm team of Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Paal perfect match, christening themselves Nouveau Stride. pianist Frédéric Blondy are perfectly designed to Nilssen-Love, Jaga Jazzist, Supersilent, The Core Fourteen includes new Feather lyrics and some of her confuse types whose allegiance is to contemporary and legions more that comprise Norway’s active earlier works, all played with gusto by the talented so-called classical music. Both have enough academic and eclectic modern jazz scene. Trick. James P. Johnson’s “Caprice Rag” becomes “Pour expertise to work in the notated milieu, but the dozen Memnon: Sound Portraits of Ibsen Characters on the Heat”, a historic narrative on the development tracks here are improvisations, off-handedly displaying features vocalist Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer and pianist of stride, Feather alternating between rapid-fire exquisite technical smarts while cooperating to create Helge Lien in a series of composed improvisations singing and narration as Trick provides romping sound pictures that are extravagant without being inspired by the great Norwegian playwright’s accompaniment. Trick delivers a powerful rendition of egocentric. Most tracks consist of inside and outside protagonists. The pair’s modus operandi seems Johnson’s “Carolina Shout”, long considered an acid piano tropes ranging from methodical to stratospheric, Stanislavski-ian, deeply immersing themselves in a test for stride pianists. “Vive Le Boogie Woogie” is an plus fiddle sweeps that encompass mangling, melding character’s emotions before letting the creative infectious boogie-woogie penned by Trick (which she and mixing textures. The overlapping cadences create sparks fly. Lien’s touch is gentle and ethereal, plays with as much authority as stride) with a playful a genuinely moving program. marking a zone for Meyer’s plaintive, searching Feather lyric. Willie “The Lion“ Smith’s “Spanish Rag” A track such as “Thalia Remontant” finds Blondy vocal flights, which range from whispers, growls reemerges as “The Tango Lesson”, imagining a young vibrating miniature cymbals resting on the top of the and squelched notes with pinched upper partials to lady’s discovery of the sensuous dance while Duke piano’s internal string set, complementing Hug’s low- wailing helicopter yodels and ululations, the latter Ellington’s “Dancers in Love” transforms into pitched spiccato swipes. In contrast, “Rosa moyesii” is reaching powerful climaxes on “Hedvig”, “Hedda” “Imaginary Guy”, a hilarious solution to a lady’s completed with a (faux?) sexy sigh from Hug after the and “Peer and the Mountain King”. “Ellida”, “Åse” problems with various boyfriends. Fats Waller’s “Bond two have methodically exposed parallel tonal chords, and “Nora” are all notable for their Billy Strayhorn- Street” began life as his impression of a day in the life with the violist’s instrument attaining cello-like esque chromatic lyricism. of a London streetwalker; Feather’s “California Street” resonance as she roughens her attack. Blondy is so Another vocal/piano pairing, veteran Karin transforms it into a nostalgic love story. Nouveau skillful that on “Sombreuil” he creates a cavern-deep Krog’s duo with Morten Gunnar Larsen In a Rag Stride will delight both jazz vocal and piano fans, due ostinato from pure pedal motion alone and then uses Bag, explores ragtime and traditional jazz repertoire, to the pair’s tremendous chemistry. broken-octave keyboard jumps to define a response to particularly Bix Beiderbecke and Fats Waller. A Tales of the Unusual blends humor and an Hug’s melodic invention. Elsewhere embroidered versatile singer and Norway’s first internationally occasionally eerie flavor as Feather collaborates with textures oscillate so quickly and are so opaque that known jazz musician, Krog phrases effortlessly with some of her favorite musicians, which include Russell ascribing them to a particular instrument is nearly a slightly smoky and breathy tone, never over- Ferrante or Shelly Berg (piano), violinist Charles impossible. singing where a subtler touch will do, serving up a Bisharat and either Grant Geissman or Mike Miller The six Henneman compositions that make up saucy scat solo on “Spanish Steps”. Larsen is a (guitar). The captivating alto is a terrific storyteller, Live @ The Ironworks, Vancouver include so-called marvel, a fine technician who deftly tackles the crafting lyrics that take on a more introspective nature classical references as well. Her international sextet is complex rhythmic convolutions of Scott Joplin’s in this collection while adding to the exotic air of the made up of bassist Wilbert de Joode and multi-reedist “Euphonic Sounds”, his own “Olympia Rag” and music. “The Hole in the Map”, with music by Ferrante, Ab Baars from the Netherlands; Berlin-based trumpeter Waller and Clarence Williams’ “Wild Cat Blues”, is Feather’s amusing story of exploring the Amazon. Axel Dörner and two Canadians: clarinetist instantly adjusting his timing to accommodate rag, “Where is Everybody?” combines mystery and humor, Lori Freedman and Toronto pianist Marilyn Lerner. stride or boogie, often within the same piece, yet with Bisharat spicing his solo with gypsy flavor. “Five” Note the versatile turns on the final “A ‘n B”, with always maintaining his forward momentum. features music by Tony Morales (Feather’s husband) the exposition moving from straightforward swing, On Voxpheria, vocalist Tone Åse and and creative use of overdubbed vocals in a song about replete with graceful trumpet lines and contrapuntal percussionist Thomas Strønen take the duo concept a young girl’s obsession with the number five. “Get a cascades from Lerner, to tougher sequences when one step further, into the realm of improvised Room” is a hilarious tale of opposites attracting with honking bass clarinet explosions from Freeman and electronica. The ‘50s-era cover, looking like a set- plenty of romantic fireworks, with Berg’s engaging angled riffs from the violist take over. De Joode’s piece from The Twilight Zone, aptly telegraphs the music and lively solos all around supporting Feather’s steady pumping personalizes the title of “Bold music within, a pastiche of textures - radio static, engaging vocal. She revisits “ Lana”, an earlier Swagger”. Henneman’s gift for descriptive lines are on fizzling power-lines, crackling hearth-fires, howling work adding words to Duke Ellington’s “Jubilee display with “Prelude for the Lady with the Hammer”, wind, leaky faucets, subterranean drones, Stomp”, singing a lively duet with Berg (a masterful which could serve as a film noir theme. The group’s shimmering chimes, tearing paper, rusty springs, stride piano player, among many things) about a abstract turn arrives with the deceptively titled “Light twanging rubberbands, boiling kettles, shuffling female runner who outruns everyone and everything. Verse”. More like a dramatic epic, the juddering cards and the like - that create a synthetic soundscape Feather’s imagery in the haunting “To Lie Another exposition include whinnying trumpet flutters, through which Åse wends her way with poetry Day” describes loneliness in an atypical fashion. With unaccompanied, altissimo reed squeals and jittery bytes (by e.e. cummings or Rolf Jacobsen) and the diverse Tales of the Unusual, Feather reaffirms her lines from Henneman. wordless ad-libs, often harmonized and digitally status as one of the most gifted lyricists and compelling More sessions like these and eventually there may looped in spontaneous counterpoint. vocalists. be a dearth of jokes like: Why is a viola like a lawsuit? Everyone’s happy when the case is closed. For more information, visit ozellamusic.com, karinkrog.no For more information, visit lorrainefeather.com and and gigafon.no jazzedmedia.com. Nouveau Stride is at Metropolitan Room For more information, visit emanemdisc.com and Mar. 28th. See Calendar. stichtingwig.com

16 March 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD accelerating A sections and a slinky sax solo entrance, and “Bright Mississippi”, as an appropriately bright tempo is complemented by a drum solo accompanied by shards of sax melody. “Pannonica” features Daly on flute and a waltz tempo while “” is a baritone sax and piano (Steve Hudson) duet that invokes Monk’s fondness for stride with its two-beat flavor. But this album triumphs on the expressive and Monk-informed vivacity of baritone sax and bass. Baritone Monk Claire Daly For more information, visit concordmusicgroup.com and (Concord) (North Coast Brewing) northcoastbrewing.com. Carrington’s Money Jungle is at by George Kanzler Dizzy’s Club Mar. 26th-27th. Daly’s Baritone Monk is at Birdland Mar. 28th. See Calendar. Two prominent female jazz artists honor jazz icons on these albums. Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington reimagines the music of one of the most celebrated all- ON DVD star trio LPs in jazz while baritone saxophonist Claire Daly essays a program of Monk compositions in one of his favorite performing contexts. 50 years ago last month, United Artists released Money Jungle, a Duke Ellington album with bassist and drummer , a one-off trio assembled by producer Alan Douglas. Ellington wrote eight mostly blues-based tunes for the date, which also included three Ellington standards. Carrington jettisons those in favor of originals and augments her basic trio, with bassist Christian McBride Solo•Duo•Poetry and pianist Gerald Clayton, on some of the eight Money Cecil Taylor + Pauline Oliveros (EMPAC) Jungle tunes. She also interpolates some soundbite by Suzanne Lorge quotes about our economic problems from the likes of Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, George W. Bush Listening requires some effort on the part of the and the Clintons onto the opening title track, which listener - at the least, a certain receptivity. This kind otherwise adheres closely to the original, right down of interactive communication lies at the heart of to McBride’s choked, upper register Mingus bass Pauline Oliveros’ work as a musician, professor and technique. The album also ends with spoken words: philosopher. Her music can only be described as Duke Ellington’s in his poem “Music”, an extended such if one understands that all sound is music. metaphor of music as a woman (voiced by Shea Rose) This is the message that Oliveros offered and his comments about jazz, music and money (voiced listeners in her 2008 concert with pianist Cecil Taylor by Herbie Hancock). In between, Carrington and her at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she cohort inhabit and reinvigorate the spirit of the music teaches. The occasion was the dedication of the originally created by that allstar trio in 1962. university’s Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media Some of Ellington’s pieces receive radical and Performance Arts Center (EMPAC), a bright, makeovers. “Backward Country Boy Blues” adds open space of glass and wood for avant garde artists ethereal wordless vocals from Lizz Wright as well as of all stripes. The DVD, with almost three hours of Nir Felder’s gritty electric guitar and some Rhodes spontaneous composition and improvised poetry, from Clayton. “Fleurette Africain”, a delicate pastel on not only shows off the Center’s stages to best the original LP, becomes a colorful Romare Bearden- advantage but gives lovers of free improv a visceral like collage, adding Clark Terry’s “mumbles” vocals experience of the evening - not easy to do, given the and some mouthpiece brays as well as his trumpet immediate nature of that musical process. solo, plus flutes and trombone. “Switch Blade” begins Oliveros and Taylor are experts at turning similar to the original, with deep piano themselves inside out during their solos; one can referencing Ellington, but expands to include Tia almost hear their thoughts a second before they play Fuller’s alto sax, ’s flute and Robin them. Each improvised separately before Eubanks’ trombone in Mingus-y polyphony. The trio collaborating on a 22-minute improv. In their solo tracks are an inspired amalgam of tribute and creativity performances the musicians followed their and Clayton’s “Cut Off” is a deft pastiche of Ellington’s respective internal cues through the twists and turns “Solitude”, suggesting just how much this trio has of their composition, changing musical direction at absorbed the lessons of Money Jungle. will. When the two performed together, however, After a spate of ‘novel’ Monk repertoire albums they synched these internal cues nonverbally, including organ and guitar trios and Monk mid-size moving together the way birds do. The duo section bands without a piano, it is refreshing to hear a is a lesson in how to work together. straightforward tribute in the manner of Monk’s most Taylor also improvises with words (the “poetry” frequent working band, a quartet. Daly’s group, much part of the title). In a separate performance in the like that early and suave Monk tribute band Sphere, EMPAC’s theater, he read (or created spontaneously) plays Monk’s music without aping the composer or his phrases and verses that questioned the nature of bands. Like Sphere, Daly’s quartet is more aware of existence - just what are these racial, sexual, cultural, nuance and structure than the anarchic quirks and biological, cosmological structures all about, humor of Monk’s tunes, but aside from a couple of too anyway? As with the music, the answer seems to lie bland takes, this CD delivers with moderate Monk-ish somewhere in between the sounds. spice. The title is reflected in the bass clef favoritism of This DVD is not for the passive viewer looking the best tracks, from “Light Blue”, wherein Daly’s to be pleased or entertained, even though there are baritone begins phrases completed by Mary Ann many pleasant, entertaining moments on the disc. McSweeney’s arco bass, to “Ruby, My Dear”, a It’s for those looking to have their psyches prodded. deliciously slow, sinuous version with plucked bass obbligati to the baritone lead. Also appealing to Monk For more information, visit empac.rpi.edu. Oliveros is at fans should be the care and detail applied to Roulette Mar. 30th. See Calendar. singularizing such tunes as “Let’s Cool One”, with

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | March 2013 17 banjo player Eugene Chadbourne. Some of the pianist’s glue between them. At times the links between numbers sit well alongside the standards, such as the inspiration and resultant extemporization are clear, as jaunty “Seven Eleven”, featuring quicksilver interplay with “Palm Stroke”, where the ensuing improvisation between the bass clarinet of Rudi Mahall and the is correspondingly thorny and energetic, while boisterous trombone of Nils Wogram, while others elsewhere the connection becomes more oblique, as boast a barreling vivacity and angular unisons, as well with “Hommage à Szervánszky: Silence”, melodic but as bursts of piano dissonance from the leader. There is interspersed with quiet, which draws an initially low- a madcap edge to the polyphony, which bursts out of key, lower case response before the three voices the confines of “The Joint Is Jumpin’”, “Dr. Jazz” and variously overlap and mesh. The set can be enjoyed on “Dead Man Blues”, even though the last comes several different levels: Kurtág’s pieces, spare to the complete with a funeral march introduction. point of haiku, can be savored in their own right; or Very different but equally enthralling, En Corps inviting investigation of the relationships to the features the French triumvirate of pianist Eve Risser corresponding exploration or as an extended suite. working with the seasoned bass and drums of Benjamin German pianist Johanna Borchert extracts the New Blues Aki Takase (Enja/Yellowbird) Duboc and Edward Perraud. Remarkably selfless, essence of the orchestra from her piano, harpsichord En Corps Risser tempers her keyboard with all manner of and autoharp over the course of 13 short tracks on Eve Risser/Benjamin Duboc/Edward Perraud preparations, including wooden and metal blocks, Orchestre Idéal. Like Risser, she also makes extensive (Dark Tree) accentuating the percussive nature of her instrument. use of preparations but to very different ends. At times, Games and Improvisations (Homage à György Kurtág) Over two lengthy excursions the trio indulge in what such as on the tolling “Obertöne”, she evokes Katharina Weber/Barry Guy/Balts Nill (Intakt) Orchestre Idéal Johanna Borchert (WhyPlayJazz) might be termed tantric jazz: mysterious, veiled, slow minimalism, provoking contemporary classical by John Sharpe burning and perfectly judged. Indeterminate sounds comparisons. Elsewhere she summons Erik Satie, flicker like stars in the cosmic void, as brief shards of especially on the dreamy “Lillies”. The latter is one of Right from the time when most women in the rhythmic patter form part of a larger arc that four pieces improvised on her own compositions, more entertainment business were either singers or dancers, disjointedly moves to a stunning crescendo, without a lyrical than the unpremeditated cuts. In her the piano supplied one of the few acceptable entrees hint of tune or steady tempo, before Risser’s distant explorations of texture, layers and moods, several for female instrumentalists to the world of jazz. Even hammered tremolo sees the energy slowly dissipate. events often happen simultaneously, such as the though such prejudices have been left way behind, the On Games and Improvisations, Swiss pianist pointillist plucked notes and dramatic piano sweep of keyboard remains where women are most strongly Katharina Weber interprets 11 brief (mainly less than a “Königlicher Schlafgang” or the ghostly ape-like hoots, represented on the bandstand. minute) piano works by contemporary Hungarian percussive taps and isolated keystrokes that comprise Berlin-based Japanese pianist Aki Takase creates a composer György Kurtág. She follows each one, in the “Gemolkene Stäbchen”. Many of the pieces are left beguiling mix of the old and the modern day, with her company of compatriot percussionist Balts Nill and hanging and this, combined with the general austerity original compositions rubbing shoulders with tunes by English bass virtuoso Barry Guy, with a reaction to the of conception, means that a similarly unresolved air Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton and WC Handy. In many initial work. Weber, who studied with Kurtág, is a hangs over the album as a whole. ways New Blues is a follow up to 2003’s Plays Fats precise and self-contained practitioner, balanced by Waller (Enja), with almost the same lineup, including Nill who is as much sound sculptor as percussionist For more information, visit enjarecords.com, the spirited yet knowing vocals by maverick guitarist/ while Guy’s astonishing range of textures act as the darktree-records.com, intaktrec.ch and whyplayjazz.de

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pianists in jazz. His lyrical, expressive style puts him The 14-minute jam is a non-stop barrage of screaming loosely in the - wing of modern Rhodes, somersaulting backbeats and rocketing jazz piano, but he has a sound that’s easily identifiable. trumpet pyrotechnics. “Frankie and Johnny” closes the Copland’s new release is a followup, seven years set with a smooth swing. Archer takes a rumbling solo and at least that many albums removed, to 2005’s Some over White’s effortless brushes as the band takes their Love Songs. He has reassembled the same trio from the time with the mellow blues. first outing (in-demand bassist Drew Gress and the The set runs a high-energy 80 minutes over just 7 fine German-born drummer Jochen Rueckert) and tracks with clinking silverware and Payton’s quiet features a similar setlist of all love songs, mostly very storm patter tying it all together, an engaging live date

Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans familiar ones. But it’s not the tunes themselves that that reminds us why Payton’s opinions are given the Ryan Truesdell (ArtistShare) stand out here; it’s what Copland and company do weight they are in the . by George Kanzler with them, as he and his mates find new harmonic and melodic angles to explore in these chestnuts. For more information, visit nicholaspayton.com. This Heralded as both a large ensemble and debut album The opener is a Joni Mitchell number, “I Don’t project is at Iridium Mar. 1st-3rd. See Calendar. of 2012, this exquisite and sumptuous mounting of ten Know Where I Stand”, which Copland approaches previously unrecorded charts found among the late Gil with a quiet but firm command, sharing solo space (as Evans’ papers is a fittingly grand tribute to the late he does throughout the album) with Gress. Two well- composer-arranger on his centennial. Ryan Truesdell worn standards are given slightly offbeat twists: the assembled enough musicians to bring to life charts usually bleak “My Funny Valentine” is taken at a ranging from a woodwind-string-trombones-plus swinging pace while the usually swinging “I’ve Got rhythm octet accompanying a vocal and the ‘40s You Under My Skin” loses its Sinatra-esque bounce Orchestra to a full 24-piece ensemble and becomes a slow, somewhat gloomy ballad that replicating a “dream band” Evans led at the 1971 Berlin goes off in unexpected directions. “Rainbow’s End”, Jazz Festival. He even adds a tabla player to the the only original composition by Copland here, is the 16-piece instrumentation Evans had used on his 1964 album’s emotional core, evoking equal parts romance Individualism of Gil Evans album to realize a chart and sorrow. intended for that recording. Though it’s an album of love songs, the overall That piece, “Punjab”, is the most cinematic track. tone of the session is blue (like the great Joni Mitchell Truesdell, after listening to the (rejected) rehearsal album of the same name), but Copland doesn’t exactly takes, added Dan Weiss on tabla - an instrument Evans play the blues. His vision of love - or at least his vision never used - and its sound informs the unique feel of of love songs - is a complicated and refreshingly adult the 15-minute track, from the long prelude, where it is one, as much about longing and loss as it is about joined by tenor violin, drums, guitar and flutes, to the sweetness and bliss. main sections, part of the underpinnings to the whirling melody along with deep tuba-trombone For more information, visit pirouet.com. Copland is at chords. Solos by pianist Frank Kimbrough and alto Birdland Feb. 26th-Mar. 2nd. See Calendar. saxophonist Steve Wilson weave in and out of the rich orchestral tapestry. As this music demonstrates time and again, Evans was about much more than melody RECOMMENDED and harmony in arrangements. Those rich tapestries depended on exotic textures, hence his novel voicings NEW RELEASES and lushly dramatic transitional passages, sustained notes and chords that floated free of themes and • Barry Altschul - The 3Dom Factor (TUM) conventional linearity. The longest track here (19 • Ben Goldberg - Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues minutes) is a medley, “Waltz/Variation on the Misery/ (BAG Production) So Long”, resembling a rhapsody moving through • Eric Hofbauer - American Grace (Creative Nation) myriad tones and colors in multiple tempos, touching #BAM Live at Bohemia Caverns • Jonathan Kreisberg - One (New For Now) down on wisps of melody but held together by the Nicholas Payton (BMF) • Jeremy Manasia - Green Dream (Cellar Live) gossamer transitions and suspended rhythms. by Sean O’Connell • David Weiss & Point of Departure - There are three vocal tracks, each featuring a Venture Inward (Posi-Tone) different singer and differing instrumentation, which Trumpeter Nicholas Payton has made waves lately David Adler, New York@Night Columnist reveal Evans’ restless inventiveness at work behind more on the heels of his social media prowess than singers and five charts originally written for Thornhill with his trumpet. His BAM (Black American Music) • Jeremiah Cymerman Amplified Quartet - over 60 years ago. They show how creative Evans was movement has prompted more late-night, off-the- Sky Burial (s/r) dealing with Swing band vocabulary, but the real record conversations than one could have ever • Mats Eilertsen Trio - Sails Set (Hubro) revelation is an early “The Maids of Cadiz”, more imagined. As the leader of a bold idea, naturally, his • Champian Fulton - Champian Sings and Swings expansive than the version fashioned for Miles Davis a recorded output has been held to higher scrutiny. His (Sharp Nine) decade later on Miles Ahead. last release, Bitches, was a foray into cathartic R&B but • Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee - Heels Over Head for this album, his first for his BMF record label, he (Amulet) For more information, visit artistshare.com. A Gil Evans returns to an instrumental sound with a stripped-down • Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer/Helge Lien - Memnon: tribute is at Borden Auditorium Mar. 1st. See Calendar. band of bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Lenny Sound Portraits of Ibsen Characters (Ozella Music) White. Curiously, what rises to the surface on this • Neil Welch - Twelve Tiny Explosions (Table & Chairs)

record is Payton’s way with a keyboard. Throughout Laurence Donohue-Greene the live date, the smooth but talkative leader spends as Managing Editor, The New York City Jazz Record much time seated at the Rhodes as blasting his horn. The album kicks off with Payton in duet with • John Butcher/Guillaume Viltard/Eddie Prévost - himself, his plaintive trumpet cry matched by sparse Meeting with Remarkable Saxophonists Volume 2 chords. He alternates between pinched trumpet and a (Matchless) plucky Rhodes solo before briefly riding Wayne • Silke Eberhard/Ulrich Gumpert - Shorter’s quartal “Witch Hunt” riff on his trumpet Peanuts & Variations (Jazzwerkstatt) with punchy electricity. On “Catlett Outta the Bag”, a • Ben Goldberg - Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues White original, Payton gets downright funky on the (BAG Production) Some More Love Songs Rhodes, digging into a distorted stride as White beats • Ibrahim Electric - “Isle of Men” (Target) Trio (Pirouet) • JC Jones - Citations (Solo Bass) (Kadima Collective) by Joel Roberts the hell out of his kit. It’s an impressive display that seems to take the audience a bit by surprise. The • The O’Farrill Brothers Band - Sensing Flight (ZoHo Music) Marc Copland started his career as a saxophonist in applause is spacious and hesitant. They get a confident the ‘70s, but he’s long since developed into one of the solo from Archer to sort things out. If that surprised Andrey Henkin more creative and accomplished, if underrated, them, then who knows what “The African Tinge” did. Editorial Director, The New York City Jazz Record

20 March 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD is again good thinking, especially as seven of the nine tracks are Jones originals. The first session features JAZZ AT fellow Basie hand Charlie Fowlkes on baritone sax and on trombone, with heading a 25 YEARS OF JAZZ three-piece rhythm section that manages the right swing feel while adding a few modern flourishes. Hank’s soloing is particularly tasty and his sense of humor is in evidence, the sly quote of “Star Eyes” at MAR the beginning of his solo on “Boop De Doop” a Play the music of Opus De Blues noteworthy example. Though he’s listed as playing Frank Wess & tenor and flute, Wess also plays alto on the opening “I Count Basie Septets (Savoy/Roulette - Hear Ya Talkin’”. On the Birdland date (not sure what (Roulette-Fresh Sound) Fresh Sound) the reasoning behind that title was, since it was mostly by Duck Baker a collection of unrelated studio sessions), our two protagonists are joined by and Billy Mitchell. Here are two excellent reissues to delight Basie fans, Is the cast sounding familiar yet? They certainly sound both those who love and those with a familiar to one another, making Thad’s charts sound as taste for the winning style of small-group mainstream easy to play as they are to listen to, which is easy swing that his sidemen served up through the ‘50s and indeed! Brother Hank returns with more great piano early ‘60s. And you needn’t be a specialist to enjoy comping and soloing and we get another rare chance to these releases; having ears that work properly is the hear Wess’ alto, on “Friday the 13th”. Fans of his fine only prerequisite for that reaction. flute work and fluid tenor will find lots to like No pairing of LPs could be more logical than throughout the two sessions as well, of course. and The Legend, the 1960 and 1961 Opus De Blues is certainly a worthwhile addition sessions arranged by Benny Carter for a Basie band to any collection but the Carter/Basie collaborations that had, in the opinion of many, hit its postwar peak rank among the very greatest postwar big band & dizzy gillespie with The Atomic Mr. Basie in 1958. There were only a records. You’ll like the former and you need the latter. Photo courtesy of the Frank Driggs Collection couple of personnel changes between the Atomic and Kansas City sessions. Eddie Lockjaw Davis was replaced For more information, visit freshsoundrecords.com. Wess is MAR 89 DIZZY & BIRD FESTIVAL by Billy Mitchell on , but at Jazz at Kitano Mar. 2nd, Saint Peter’s Mar. 3rd as part of 7:30PM PAQUITO D’RIVERA’S and Frank Wess remained, as did trumpet stars Joe Prez Fest and Smoke Mar. 29th-30th. See Calendar. & 9:30 PM ‘CHARLIE PARKER WITH Newman, Thad Jones and Snooky Young and STRINGS’ trombonists Al Grey, Seldon Powell and . D’Rivera honors the work of The section playing was still sensational and of course Charlie Parker, imparting a Latin the rhythm section of Basie, guitarist , twist to the familiar standard bassist Eddie Jones and drummer was Free pre-concert festival, 6:30pm nonpareil. By the time The Legend was recorded, Newman and Grey had left, Budd Johnson had replaced Billy Mitchell and Sam Herman was subbing for Green. MAR 89 DIZZY & BIRD FESTIVAL The soloists throughout are great, with Foster and 8 PM CELEBRATING DIZZY Jones making, perhaps, the strongest impressions. GILLESPIE Several of these tunes became standards and “Katy Master trumpeter The Loneliest Woman Do” is in the band’s book to this day, but there’s no Joe McPhee Po Music (Corbett vs. Dempsey) leads The Jon Faddis Jazz sane way to single out individual tracks when every by Marc Medwin Orchestra of New York through one is a classic. Carter’s writing is wonderful and new transcriptions of Dizzy draws things out of the band that Basie’s regular This version of Ornette’s classic composition blossoms Gillespie repertoire arrangers didn’t, especially from the sax and trombone into one of the best ever. Recorded in Basel, Switzerland Free pre-concert festival, 6:30pm sections. Carter did lead a good few dates during this in 1981 with some of European improvisation’s leading period, but the only one that found him leading a big lights, it’s a wonder that the lonely 13-minute track is band was the magnificent Aspects (1958) and the only seeing the light of day for the first time. MAR 1516 CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE Blues master Charlie similarity to the writing here is immediately apparent. Bassist François Méchali’s solo is indicative, 7:30PM Musselwhite brings his bourbon- The Frank Wess date Opus De Blues was recorded gaining in momentum before settling down to a drone & 9:30 PM smooth tenor voice and in 1959 but remained unissued, somehow, until 1991. similar to Coleman’s 1959 version. Michael Overhage’s masterful harmonica commen- The Thad Jones tracks were originally part of an cello and Raymond Boni’s guitar emerge from the tary to The Allen Room unwieldy two-LP set called The Birdland Story, so the drone, providing a timbral and harmonic cushion packaging of these two slightly out-of-the-way sessions where Coleman emphasizes the melody’s starkness. As in late-period Coltrane, there is a transparent layer of Pugs & Crows - Fantastic Pictures percussion, courtesy of bells and cymbals from Pierre Favre. While some room is provided midway for solos, “This is music of great strength and beauty.” MAR 2223 - Alexander Varty, The Georgia Straight (Vancouver, B.C) notably a scorcher from trombonist Radu Malfatti, much of this music is collective in nature. It is as if Joe 7:30PM Vocalist and guitarist Meredith Bates - violin / Cat Toren - piano / Cole Schmidt - guitar & 9:30 PM Madeleine Peyroux reprises Russell Sholberg - bass / Ben Brown - drums McPhee, or whoever was responsible for the lush and constantly morphing arrangement, realized Coleman’s originals and classics from harmolodic implications, bringing the music to the artists such as Bessie Smith, next level. Parts of the head are non-contiguously Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, juxtaposed with others, giving the form the same and more freedom that meter and solos enjoyed in the original. Despite the present transfer obviously coming from a fairly high-generation copy, the recording is TH superb. 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recipient of Galaxie Rising Star Award at 2010 Vancouver Jazz Festival For more information, visit corbettvsdempsey.com. McPhee Available now: pugsandcrows.com is at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center Mar. 2nd. See Preferred Card of Jazz at Lincoln Center Lead Corporate Sponsor Calendar.

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | March 2013 21 Channels of Consciousness Duo (feat. Mark Hennen) William Hooker William Hooker (NoBusiness) (Nacht) by Ken Waxman With a career that stretches back to NYC’s Loft Era, drummer William Hooker tries to create something unique with each CD. The challenge of a Hooker session is how well his concept succeeds. Both recorded live, Channels of Consciousness and Duo couldn’t be more different. The former, although inspired by an unfinished novel, is fully formed with sterling work from a quintet of percussionist Sanga, bassist Adam Lane, trumpeter Chris DiMeglio and guitarist Dave Ross. Duo captures solos from Hooker and a long-time associate, pianist Mark Hennen, but only gels when the two finally improvise together. Based on Richard Wright’s posthumously published A Father’s Law, the quintet CD is an extended meditation on power and violence. Hooker quotes from Wright’s book in two instances but the emotion expressed by Ross’ whining bottleneck guitar alongside Hooker’s timed cowbell smacks expresses more drama than the out-of-context phrases. In the same way, the quintet’s emotionally affecting instrumental smarts trump thematic storytelling. This is made clear with “Connected” and “Three Hexagons”. Earlier, DiMeglio expresses himself with clarion calls and note bending, but on these climatic tunes he reaches back to bedrock jazz; likewise, Lane’s most comprehensive solo unrolls on “Three Hexagons”, as sul ponticello strokes and chiming scrubs hold their own alongside Ross’ sharp picking, the trumpeter’s poised grace notes and polyrhythms from the dual drummers. Hooker and Sanga’s patterning and blunt strokes reference African, AfroCuban and jazz inflections. But unlike a solipsistic Max Roach percussion ensemble, the drum pounding is strictly transformative. The music’s full spectrum wouldn’t exist if not for the guitarist’s intense blues or DiMeglio’s elevated timbres, often sounding like a baroque trumpet. Hooker also verbalizes a metaphysically oriented poem on Duo, but, especially with dodgy recording, more rewarding sentiments come from his spot-on playing. Minutely timing his options during his solo track, he intertwines press rolls, gong resonation and rat-tat-tats with assurance, calmly slowing down and speeding up the result without hesitation. Hennen’s calm is the defining factor in his playing. Known for his work with hard-nosed ensembles like the Collective 4tet, here Hennen reveals a lyrical side. His sweeping harmonies and tinkling key dusting reveal sound nuances and shading. These components came into play in the final duet as Hennen’s linear key motions meander tortoise-like through the exposition as Hooker leaps hare-like through a series of boisterous buzzing and resounding percussion displays. Without losing his subtle voicing, midway through Hennen variations turn to Cecil Taylor-like contrasting dynamics, which eventually corral the drummer’s agitated pummeling into a more cooperative interface. Although Hooker never attains the ingenious pianist’s level of unhurried syncopation, his output remains tasteful even as he maintains propulsive rhythms.

For more information, visit nobusinessrecords.com and nachtrecords.com. Hooker’s Quintet is at Nublu Mar. 2nd and his Quartet with Mark Hennen is at The Firehouse Space Mar. 8th. See Calendar.

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member Living By Lanterns. In Chicago, Loose Coltrane’s landmark recording. Hendrickson-Smith’s Assembly is rounded out by bassist Josh Abrams, arrangement is no less powerful with the alto cellist and alto saxophonist Greg Ward. saxophonist’s carefully crafted statement and the From New York, add cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, bluesy Scone solo that follows. guitarist Mary Halvorson, drummer Tomas Fujiwara The date wraps with Hendrickson-Smith’s moving and tenor saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock. original “Butterbean”, a deliberate, conversational These compositions reflect Ra’s approach by ballad with a theme that stands well in comparison to combining melody with a deep sense of swing, the well-known works that make up the rest of the peppering that foundation with experimental touches, album. This is the perfect release to cue up for late-

Music is Emotion and each number offers a showcase for one or two night listening with someone special. Ryan Keberle and Catharsis (Alternate Side) players. “Think Tank” lets Halvorson slather skronky by Elliott Simon notes over Adasiewicz’ tasteful reverberations while For more information, visit cellarlive.com. Hendrickson-Smith “2000 West Erie” is typically jaunty, but Ward and is at Jazz Standard Mar. 5th-6th with “Killer” Ray Appleton Music is Emotion is evidence that there is a lot going Laubrock scrape and clash in the foreground. The and Smalls Mar. 22nd with Cory Weeds. See Calendar. on in both trombonist Ryan Keberle’s heart and head. lovely, gently lilting melody of “Shadow Boxer’s Without delving into the two-factor theory of emotion, Delight” gives way to cello before the rhythm section Keberle is clearly in sync with music being both a recedes and the tune takes on a soft glow, like an old reflection of a performer’s emotion and eliciting a light bulb under a browning lampshade. visceral response from the listener. That is not all that The back half of the record, divided into thirds, Keberle is in synch with, however; his interplay with finds the tunes blending one into the next, with trumpeter Mike Rodriguez is thrilling. Adasiewicz featuring on “Forget B” (along with a The self-penned compositions are the truest to the Laubrock solo) and Bynum and Abrams handling the session’s beliefs and on an emotional level opener “Big midpoint impressionism of “Glow Lights”. Finally, a Kick Blues” is filled with happiness while “Need Some three-way conversation among the strings becomes the Time” is subtly complex as it mixes in some fear with drum-propelled “Old Science”, setting Halvorson an upbeat feel. The trombone is custom made for this against Reid, sidestepping guitar versus cello chops. role and Keberle is a nuanced player who rarely goes When Ward comes in, his alto stretches like a sprinter over the top. He promotes a group atmosphere that before stepping into the starting blocks. Then he’s off engenders a tight improvisational framework and and the band is right there with him as they break the blends in phenomenally well with Rodriguez for what tape, moving forward the legacy of the great Ra. are some great voicings. Bassist Jorge Roeder is like-minded and his long For more information, visit cuneiformrecords.com. Ingrid arco intro to the environmentally friendly “Carbon Laubrock, Mary Halvorson and Tomas Fujiwara are at Cornelia Neutral” elicits a profound sadness that drummer Eric Street Café Mar. 5th or 6th, is at Ibeam Doob skillfully converts into anger. “Nowhere to Go, Brooklyn Mar. 15th-16th with James Falzone and Greg Ward is Nothing to See” drifts into a lovely exotica soundscape at Dominie’s Astoria Mar. 31st. See Calendar. with harmonic horn interplay while “Key Adjustment” is a cleverly composed vehicle featuring an expressive drum and bass duet. While a few of the non-originals don’t fit into the overall concept, both Billy Strayhorn’s “Blues in Orbit” and Art Farmer’s “Blueport” are right on. Saxophonist Scott Robinson joins the quartet on these two cuts and lends ample support to Keberle’s theory with a rich bluesy wail on the former and swinging adrenaline-pumping bop on the latter.

For more information, visit ryankeberle.com. This group is The Soul of my ALTO at Barbès Mar. 3rd. See Calendar. Ian Hendrickson-Smith (Cellar Live) by Ken Dryden Ian Hendrickson-Smith has a different take on the typical saxophone-with-organ session. Many of the greats of the tenor sax of the ‘60s regularly recorded with organists, including Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Gene Ammons, Stanley Turrentine and Sonny Stitt. Hendrickson-Smith, besides being an alto player, also has a different twist: he omits the frequently present guitarist and sticks with just organ and drums (Adam Scone and Charles Ruggiero, respectively). The New Myth/Old Science saxophonist also conceived a sparser, lush sound while Living By Lanterns (Cuneiform) by Jeff Stockton still injecting a bit of soulfulness into this ballad date. “The End of a Love Affair” is one of those forgotten The spirit of hovers over New Myth/Old Science. gems that used to be staples of romantic jazz albums; His spectral voice processed electronically, as if being the trio recaptures its magic with a gorgeous received on a frequency coursing through the Milky interpretation, as the leader’s big tone is well supported Way, opens the CD with some brief philosophizing and by Scone and Ruggiero’s soft brushwork. Benny rhetorical profundities. This is something of a tribute Golson’s “Park Avenue Petite”, a beautiful ballad, is to the bandleader/pianist/composer/intergalactic one of the composer’s songs from The Jazztet’s debut traveler, but not quite, given that the tunes here are album. Hendrickson-Smith caresses its melody in a originals based on a tape drummer Mike Reed and his spacious manner, with Scone’s sensitive accompaniment partner, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, plucked from and Ruggiero’s adept percussion complementing his over 700 hours in an El Saturn archive. On the tape rich sound. The leader’s impassioned playing of “My from 1961, Ra, longtime tenor associate John Gilmore Silent Love” conveys its message without needing the and stalwart bassist Ronnie Boykins could be heard lyrics, though it’s a safe bet that he, like Ben Webster, rehearsing a series of roughly sketched musical probably knew them before he stepped to the thoughts. Adasiewicz, a member of Reed’s band Loose microphone. ’s “I Want to Talk About Assembly, fleshed out the arrangements for that five- You” became the cornerstone of the vocalist’s repertoire piece band, which ultimately expanded into the nine- and was acknowledged by instrumentalists with John

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | March 2013 23 Beginning with the crisp drum volley that opens ’s “Teddy”, Nash persistently swings his unit, finding all the right places to interject bombs, rolls and other rhythmic devices that contribute to, rather than distract from, each songs’ musicality. His playing on the title track, ’s “Blues Connotation” and Thad Jones’ “Ain’t Nothin’ Nu” invigorates the classic melodies with insightful percussive commentary. This is the kind of vital jazz one hopes to get with the price of admission to any jazz club in the world. Spiritual Nature Donald Vega (Resonance) Turn of Phrase Paul Kogut (Blujazz) For more information, visit resonancerecords.org, The Highest Mountain blujazz.com and cellarlive.com. Nash is at Village Vanguard Lewis Nash Quintet (Cellar Live) Mar. 5th-10th with . See Calendar. by Russ Musto

Fri, Mar 1 PETROS KLAMPANIS’ CONTEXTUAL 9PM & 10:30PM Lefteris Kordis, John Hadfield, Maria Im, Maria Manousaki, Perhaps the most in-demand drummer in mainstream Ljova Zhurbin, Julia MacLaine, Mavrothi Kontanis, Hadar Noiberg jazz today, Lewis Nash is best known for his long Sat, Mar 2 QUINTET 9PM & 10:30PM tenures as a sideman with some of the music’s greatest Matt Vashlishan, Bobby Avey, Tony Marino, Alex Ritz masters, from and Tommy Flanagan to Sun, Mar 3 NEW BRAZILIAN PERSPECTIVES: FILIP NOVOSEL-RICHARD BOUKAS DUO 8:30PM and , as well as his appearances with a wide array of artists who call on his talent to Tue, Mar 5 INGRID LAUBROCK’S ANTI-HOUSE - CD RELEASE: STRONG PLACE 8:30PM raise the level of their own dates. Mary Halvorson, Kris Davis, Sean Conly, Tom Rainey Nash’s versatility is put to good use on fellow Ron Wed, Mar 6 INSTANT STRANGERS 8:30PM Carter band colleague Donald Vega’s sophomore effort , Mary Halvorson, Stephan Crump, Tomas Fujiwara Powers Hogwild Manifesto Spiritual Nature. The date features the pianist with Nilsson/Fonda/Nilsson Hot & Cold Thu, Mar 7 JOHN YAO QUINTET 8:30PM bassist Christian McBride and Nash in a wide variety Jon Irabagon, Randy Ingram, Leon Boykins, Will Clark (Konnex) (Jungulous) PETER BRENDLER QUARTET 10PM of settings, from straightahead jazz to titles from the Rich Perry, Peter Evans, Vinnie Sperrazza by Kurt Gottschalk Brazilian, European classical and AfroCaribbean Fri, Mar 8 HUSH MONEY 9PM & 10:30PM songbooks. The drummer contributes immeasurably to Guitarists who use distortion in the realms of John McNeil, Jeremy Udden, Aryeh Kobrinski, Vinnie Sperrazza the success of this disc, swinging relentlessly on the improvised music are almost without fail labeled Sat, Mar 9 VOXIFY: AMY CERVINI 9PM leader’s opening Messenger-ish anthem “Scorpion” “rockers”. For some, the tag rings true, others of course Amy Cervini/Bruce Barth VOXIFY: JANIS SIEGEL 10:30PM (spurring on the sextet’s trumpet-tenor-trombone not. Anders Nilsson is among the latter, those who Janis Siegel/Edsel Gomez; Nicky Schrire, host frontline of Gilbert Castellanos, Bob Sheppard and Bob know the lingo and aren’t just saddled by the Tue, Mar 12 LAINIE COOKE 8:30PM McChesney) then demonstrating his peerless brush descriptors that come with stompboxes. Nilsson has Peter Zak, Martin Wind, Ralph Peterson artistry on Ron Carter’s soulfully grooving “First Trip” got the chops to pull off jazz, blues, rock and noise and Wed, Mar 13 FLORIAN HOEFNER GROUP 8:30PM with a quartet featuring guitarist Anthony Wilson. His much of what lies in between. What’s more notable, Mike Ruby, Sam Anning, Peter Kronreif ALON NECHUSHTAN 10PM subtle accents on Neils-Henning Ørsted Pedersen’s though, is that he’s got enough sense not to overuse his John Ellis, Aidan Carroll, Damion Reid “Future Child”, featuring Christian Howes’ violin, are skills. Two recent releases may not find him discovering Thu, Mar 14 ROB GARCIA’S AMERICAN SONGS 8:30PM the epitome of tasteful accompaniment while his bossa new territory but showing himself to be easily Scott Robinson, Tamar Korn, Nir Felder beat on Vega’s title track is genuinely stimulating. The conversant in familiar terrain. Fri, Mar 15 BOBBY AVEY GROUP 9PM & 10:30PM date’s remaining eight compositions - by Monty Powers, a trio album with brother Peter Nilsson on Chris Speed, Thomson Kneeland, Jordan Perlson Alexander, Alexander Scriabin, Antonio Carlos Jobim, drums and bassist , opens with a driving - Sat, Mar 16 TONY MALABY’S READING BAND 9PM & 10:30PM , Drew Gress, and two more of the pianist’s own tunes softly pounding even, it might be said - rocker with - utilize Nash’s resourceful drumming to make this a deft guitar soloing over a metered loop while Fonda Sun, Mar 17 TANYA KALMANOVITCH/ANTHONY COLEMAN/ TED REICHMAN TRIO 8:30PM most satisfying outing. wonderfully complements (not undermines) the jam

Tue, Mar 19 BENJAMIN SCHEUER 8:30PM Guitarist Paul Kogut’s Turn of Phrase reunites with an arco/scat solo. Peter Nilsson’s “Melodrone” PETER LERMAN 10PM Nash with his former Tommy Flanagan colleague, provides opportunity for some pedal point pulse à la

Wed, Mar 20 MATT HOLMAN’S DIVERSION ENSEMBLE - bassist George Mraz. In the context of the spare sonic Jimmy Garrison and some nice chordal guitar soloing. CD RELEASE: WHEN FLOODED 8:30PM tapestry of the pianoless guitar trio, the inventive Fonda’s “China” is a lovely, airy ballad in which all Michael McGinnis, Nate Radley, Christopher Hoffman, Ziv Ravitz nuances of Nash’s playing take on added importance, three members take distinct approaches to the gently Thu, Mar 21 CHRIS SPEED TRIO 8:30PM Chris Tordini, Dave King 8:30PM creating an ever-shifting environment, which enhances loping tempo while his “I’ve Been Singing” borders on the collective harmonic inventiveness of Kogut and a R’n’B groove. Anders’ bluesy Fri, Mar 22 SARA SERPA 9PM & 10:30PM André Matos, Jacob Sacks, Eivind Opsvik, Tommy Crane Mraz. The guitarist’s ability to put his own stamp on “Vodka Meditations” rambles through phrases and

Sat, Mar 23 MICHAEL FORMANEK 9PM & 10:30PM chestnuts such as “Body and Soul”, “Days Of Wine filigrees without wanting for a map. Tim Berne, Peter Formanek, Jacob Sacks, Jim Black And Roses” and “Blue And Green” and create engaging With Hogwild Manifesto, Nilsson and fellow Tue, Mar 26 MARGARET GLASPY 8:30PM new melodies from the well-known chord changes of guitarist Aaron Dugan explore ground previously Talia Billig, host other standards signal him as a largely unheralded covered by a number of improvising skronkmeisters, Wed, Mar 27 ANAT FORT TRIO 8:30PM original. Particularly resourceful playing from Nash almost paying homage to such axe-wielders as Derek Gary Wang, Yaaki Levy makes this record one that should bring more Bailey, Eugene Chadbourne, Chris Cochrane, Henry Thu, Mar 28 SANDA WEIGL 8:30PM Gael Rouilhac, Jake Shulman-Ment, Pablo Aslan, Nick Anderson recognition to its talented leader. Kaiser and Arto Lindsay. Muted strings and a cranked- JP SCHLEGELMILCH, CD RELEASE: THROUGHOUT 10PM Fortunately, Nash regularly takes time out from up fuzzbox can make some wonderful sounds and

Fri, Mar 29 JEFF DAVIS TRIO AND FRIENDS - LIVE RECORDING FOR his busy schedule working with others to lead his own what those champions have in common is knowing FRESH SOUND RECORDS! 9PM & 10:30PM groups. The Highest Mountain, recorded live at The they need to do something more than flail around in it. Russ Lossing, Eivind Opsvik, Oscar Noriega, Kirk Knuffke Cellar, in Vancouver, British Columbia, finds him Nilsson and Dugan get this too - the title could even be Sat, Mar 30 KRIS DAVIS 9PM & 10:30PM fronting a fiery quintet comprised of some of the best taken as declaration of proper proceeding. If it were a Sun, Mar 31 RACHEL BROTMAN QUARTET 8:30PM players of their respective generations. The frontline of manual, a few instructions might be gleaned from the Yago Vazuez, Zach Lane, Anthony Taddeo MARIA NECKAM 10PM trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and saxophonist Jimmy Greene, disc: keep moving (not just pounding but changing driven to impressive heights by Nash’s regular rhythm course often); provide a respite (the two 10+-minute section mates pianist Renee Rosnes and bassist Peter tracks are separated by a quiet[er], ambling interlude) Washington, burn through some of the hottest hardbop and don’t overstay your welcome (the disc clocks in at playing since the glory days of as a quick half hour and doesn’t need to be any longer). well as mature interpretations of a pair of old and new ballads (Gordon Jenkins’ evergreen “Goodbye” and For more information, visit konnex-records.de and Rosnes’ appealing “From Here To A Star”) and the aarondugan.bandcamp.com. Anders Nilsson is at Shrine beautiful James Williams jazz waltz “Arioso”. Hard- Mar 5th with Tunk Trio and The Firehouse Space Mar. 7th, swinging arrangements by Rosnes set this date apart. 14th and 28th with various groups. See Calendar.

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as cornet and drums whirl and pirouette around one JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER another in perfect balance. Pride’s sound placement is spot on, usually simpatico, but occasionally providing the grit that creates the pearl, as on the title track, where he counters Knuffke’s plaintive appeals by unleashing what recalls a barrow load of percussive devices being dumped on the floor. Unperturbed, the SWING cornetist draws more timbral variety from his horn with droning screeches and wavering whistles, all

The Exterminating Angel executed with a pleasing musical sensibility, until his UNIVERSITY Kirk Knuffke/Mike Pride (Not Two) rapid-fire runs develop a throbbing intensity. Similarly by John Sharpe adventurous on “Benstein”, Knuffke pontificates blearily in sustained tones in contrast to Pride’s thorny SPRING 2013 TERM Duets offer the purest form of communication. For undercurrent, but still manages to sign off with both drummer Mike Pride and cornetist Kirk Knuffke, honeyed epigrams. This disc reveals another facet of such situations hold a special attraction. The latter’s Knuffke’s artistry and one that should be exposed first real experience of improvising came in a duo with more often. a drummer in high school while the former finds the setup one that promotes deeper relationships - witness For more information, visit nottwo.com. This duo is at his fertile pairing with saxophonist Jon Irabagon. That ShapeShifter Lab Mar. 6th. See Calendar. shared pleasure comes through loud and clear on this Courtesy of the Frank Driggs collection excellent 68-minute studio session, which forms Knuffke’s first completely improvised recording. Unscripted or not, Knuffke’s abstractly lyrical lines feature a strong rhythmic dimension as he flows over Pride’s choppy contours, almost as if he could veer into bebop at any second. But he never loses his cool, no matter what provocation the drummer throws his way, remaining mostly pure-toned, singing some Learn about jazz from the tune only he can hear. Always responsive, Pride takes musicians who make his time, exploring all the textures available to him in New Life the music and the scholars purposeful interweaving patterns, though leaving Antonio Sanchez (CAMJazz) who have mastered it abundant space for the cornet between the intersections by David R. Adler of his loose pulse. Each of the six pieces evolves organically, with the Antonio Sanchez, Pat Metheny’s drummer of choice, CLASSES INCLUDE opening “Appeasing the Geezer” setting the template, is steadily building his presence as a leader and up to now he’s made clear his taste for two-saxophone RAGTIME with Terry Waldo lineups sans chordal instrument. His debut Migration Mar 19–Apr 16; 4 Tuesdays mutablemusic featured tenor saxophonists Chris Potter and David Sanchez; his two-disc follow-up Live In New York paired Sanchez with alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón. FREE JAZZ with Ben Young Ahead of the Curve On New Life, the roster shifts to Donny McCaslin on First Two Mutable Music Releases Mar 27–May 15; 8 Wednesdays In our New All-Digital Format! tenor and David Binney on alto. All of the above are formidable leaders in their own right. Part of what makes New Life new is the inclusion Thomas Buckner, J.D. Parran, Mari Kimura, JAZZ 301 with Phil Schaap of a pianist, the budding master John Escreet, who & Earl Howard: Particle Ensemble Mar 27–May 8; 7 Wednesdays plays on all eight tracks of an all-original program. The Richard Teitelbaum: Solo Live Optional exam on May 22 harmony flows and shifts and expands, whether it’s With our two newest releases, the pastoral waltz feel of “Nighttime Story” (with a JAZZ 101 with Vincent Gardner Mutable Music begins a new deft McCaslin quote of “Blues on the Corner”), the churning 7/4 minor-modal flavor of the opening Apr 1–May 20; 8 Mondays era. Mutable Music has decided “Uprisings and Revolutions” or the more elusive to respond to the changing Rhodes sonority of “Minotauro” and “The Real marketplace for recorded McDaddy”. Singing melodies, big statements, CHARLIE CHRISTIAN with Vincent Pelote media, and is switching to deceptive endings, an urge toward more development Apr 1–22; 4 Mondays an all-digital format. All new and variation: this is Sanchez’ writing voice, buoyed in every way by his approach as a drummer, complex and titles, including downloadable yet flawlessly in the pocket. with Phil Schaap artwork and liner notes, will JAZZ 201 “Medusa” and “Family Ties” stand out as widely Apr 2–May 21; 8 Tuesdays be offered in both high defini- contrasting and beautifully played. “Air”, a dark and tion and mp3 formats. On our mystical ballad with soprano sax (though no soprano mutablemusic credit appears on the sleeve), is one of Escreet’s key new website you will be able LENNIE’S LISTENING LESSONS 109 West 27th moments - not just his rubato introduction but his to hear sound samples of all Street, 8th Floor with Connie Crothers dramatic impact with the sparest and most ambiguous our titles, read artist bios and New York, NY 10001 Apr 2–May 21; 8 Tuesdays whole-note chords. reviews, and find out about Ph: 212-627-0990 Fax: 212-627-5504 Sanchez is after something altogether different

performances. with the title track, a 14-minute opus with marked CLASSES START MARCH 19 Upcoming releases include new emphasis on the layered wordless vocals of Thana ENROLL TODAY / 212-258-9922 music by , Alexa (the leader’s fiancée). His experience in the Pat the REVOLUTIONARY Metheny Group, widely known for its wordless vocal textures and soaring sonic expanses, has to be relevant ENSEMBLE live, and the trio here, but the drummer is fresh and not imitative in his JALC.ORG / SWINGU of THOMAS BUCKNER, JOELLE approach. Even if the result has its indulgent side, it LEANDRE, & NICOLE MICHELL! still showcases the band’s emotional power and unified purpose. www.mutablemusic.com Lead Corporate Sponsor For more information, visit camjazz.com. This project is at Jazz Standard Mar. 7th-10th. See Calendar.

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but as bass and Fender Rhodes enter, there’s a deep, bassist Johnny DeBlase and drummer Ricardo romantic sensibility coming to the fore. It’s a love song Lagomasino. As with previous releases, this album - plaintive and wistful - but it moves forward with an favors long-form compositions, which effortlessly energy beyond the standard ballad. integrate complex written material with very loose, The intriguingly titled “Shorter Days” - a possible high-energy improvisational excursions. Amazingly, double entendre referring both to winter and the their albums consistently convey the energy and compositional approach of Wayne Shorter - is bold and intensity of their live performances. expressive, holding its languorous and sensual pace The album features one track from each member even as the solos become animated. Powerful trombone of the trio. Millevoi’s “Beyond Territories” opens, the

In the Now opens the tune a cappella then the rest of the band digs first few minutes a series of jarring arrhythmic unison John Yao Quintet (Innova) down with great individual contributions. repetitive lines, ultimately giving way to high-energy by Donald Elfman On his debut, Yao has created a vital and free playing, intermittently returning to the seemingly communicative approach, modern yet expanding upon endless parade of anti-riffs over the course of the Trombonist John Yao understands the improvisational what has come before. piece’s 16 minutes. The middle track, “In Dealing with music tradition and its attendant vocabulary with the the Laws of Physics on Planet Earth”, written by ability to assemble elements in fresh and different For more information, visit innova.mu. This group is at DeBlase, is an extended ruminative journey through ways. His avowed modus operandi explores the way Cornelia Street Café Mar. 7th. See Calendar. twisted sonorities and hard-edged punctuations, as opposites work together and, with that, comes, as in all repetitive arpeggios are underscored by heavy jazz groupings, the relationship between the individual ensemble passages. Ironically, in this case, the quietest and the group. moments on this recording are by far the most Such exploration can be heard in several instances delightfully unsettling. Proceeding at a glacial pace, where Yao takes what first sounds like a free floating the tune eventually builds to a robust crescendo of melody and places it over a soon-recognizable groove. shifting odd-time signatures. Lagomasino’s “Rising On “Funky Sunday”, the groove emerges first with Artifacts in a Five-Point Field” opens with some of the Randy Ingram’s Hammond organ, Leon Boykins’ bass most abstract sonic explorations on the disc, from and Will Clark’s drums, then the horns - Yao and which emerge a series of long, lightning-speed unison frontline partner Jon Irabagon on alto or soprano riffs and wailing guitar melodies floating over the saxophone - send forth a sinuous and beautifully exotic torrential storm created by bass and drums. Eponymous theme. Suddenly, there is a stop and the organ pulses On their latest release, Many Arms continue to Many Arms (Tzadik) an even funkier foundation as Yao plays a solo both in by Wilbur MacKenzie refine their radical approach to integrating loud rock the pocket as well as flying out into the open air. Tunes with expansive and rigorous like “Snafu” and “Not Even Close” have a jeu d’esprit The latest release from Philadelphia trio Many Arms compositional pursuits, reaching new levels of that moves them beyond convention and into playful is their first for the Spotlight series on John Zorn’s creativity, concept and execution. new areas. Tzadik label and their third to date. An intense, The ballads are something else again. “For NDJ” virtuosic update of the classic rock power trio, Many For more information, visit tzadik.com. This group is at The begins as an ethereal waltz for trombone and drums, Arms is made up of guitarist Nick Millevoi, electric Stone Mar. 8th. See Calendar. Cobi Narita presents: now at Zeb’s

EVERY SATURDAY At Zeb’s, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Cobi Narita presents MOVIES & OPEN MIC SESSION. From 1 p.m., MOVIES of legendary Black Artists, shown by WALTER TAYLOR; followed by OPEN MIC SESSION for Singers, Tap Dancers & Instrumentalists, hosted by FRANK OWENS, Music Director & piano, from 3 to 6 p.m. $10. AUDIENCE WELCOME!

FRIDAY, MARCH 15 At ZEB’s, from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight, Paul Ash and Cobi Narita present, in cooperation with Women (In) Jazz and the Jazz Foundation, one concert of the 11th Annual LADY GOT CHOPS Women’s History Month Music & Arts Festival: “MUSI-ARTI-COPIA”, flash mob round robin jazz plus project, featuring Mem Nadahr, vocals; Meg Montgomery, trumpet; Andrea Brachfeld, flute; Sheryl Renee, vocals; Lisette Santiago, percussion; Nikita White, vocals; Bertha Hope, piano; Claudia Hayden, flute; and Kim Clarke, bass

FRIDAY, MARCH 22 At Zeb’s, from 7 p.m., Cobi Narita presents WILLIE MAE PERRY in Concert, “SomeoneTo Watch Over Me”, with the Frank Owens Trio, with Frank Owens, Music Director & piano; Paul West, bass; Greg Bufford, drums. $15

SATURDAY, MARCH 23 At Zeb’s, from 8 p.m., Cobi Narita presents EMIKO MIZOGUCHI and DEREK HOOD in Concert, with the Frank Owens Trio, with Frank Owens, Music Director & piano; Paul West, bass; Greg Bufford, drums. $15 ZEB’S, 223 W. 28 Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues) 2nd Fl walk-up. Info: 516-922-2010

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Handy’s passionate tenor saxophone drives the the West Village, is among jazz’ more ambitious distinctly African rhythm on “Bomefree”, a tribute to entrepreneurs. Since launching his smallsLIVE label in Truth’s father, who was sold into slavery from what is 2010, Wilner has released more than 30 CDs from a now Ghana. Duane Eubanks’ is honey long list of artists, including this recent date by Grant smooth on drummer Yoron Israel’s “Virtuous She Is”. Stewart, who plays a brawny tenor saxophone along And the mingled voices of Onaje Allan Gumbs’ piano, the lines of Sonny Rollins, Don Byas, Sharpe’s bass and Eubanks’ trumpet form a stunning and . chorus that captures the themes of alienation, loneliness Leading a quartet of Tardo Hammer (piano), and tumult on “NYC 1800s”. David Wong (bass) and brother Phil Stewart on drums

Sojourner Truth “...ain’t I a Woman?” Throughout his career Sharpe has made it a point (all Smalls regulars, with Hammer a regular participant Avery Sharpe (JKNM) to honor his heroes, whether they are other musicians in Stewart’s recordings), the saxman swings hard and by Terrell Holmes (see his album Legends & Mentors) or historical figures passionately on material ranging from ’s and the profound respect he feels for Truth comes out “Mr. Lucky”, Billy May’s “Somewhere in the Night” Sojourner Truth (1797?-1883) led a life that was at once in this excellent music. Sojourner Truth “…ain’t I a and Jule Styne’s “Make Someone Happy” to a Latin- humble and heroic. She jettisoned the bonds of slavery Woman?” is a bold praise shout to someone whose tinged take on Cole Porter’s “Get Out of Town” and and paternalism to become an indomitable voice for fierce dedication to the pursuit of equality, justice and energetic, rather than sentimental, “Tea for Two”, the the abolition of slavery and the advocacy of women’s humanity remains timeless. Vincent Youmans standard. rights. Bassist Avery Sharpe crafts a heartfelt tribute to In the ‘50s, saxophonists like Hawkins, Rollins, a truly extraordinary woman. For more information, visit jknmrecords.com. Sharpe is at Byas and Gray were not only known for their In a sense, Truth is a silent collaborator on this Ginny’s Supper Club Mar. 9th and Brooklyn Public Library barnburners but also for being excellent ballad players. album as Sharpe incorporates some of her words into Central Branch Mar. 10th with this project. See Calendar. And that fact isn’t lost on Stewart, who demonstrates the narrative. The title cut is a spoken-word version of his own abilities in that realm with takes on Bobby her watershed speech “Ain’t I A Woman?”, set to a Troup’s “The Meaning of the Blues”, Jerome Kern’s gospel theme. Truth also was a lyricist, in spite of her “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” and Thelonious Monk’s illiteracy, and Sharpe wrote music for her poem “Reflections”. “Pleading for My People”. Sharpe’s arrangement of the Stylistically, Live at Smalls could have been traditional “Motherless Child”, a favorite of Truth’s, recorded 60 years ago, given its material and aesthetic underscores the homage by invoking John Coltrane’s A sensibilities. Stewart has never claimed to be Love Supreme. All of these songs, as well as “The Way groundbreaking, but what the saxophonist may lack in Home” and “Son of Mine”, feature singer Jeri Brown as originality, he more than makes up for with warmth, the embodiment of Truth’s spirit and whose earthy good taste and a healthy sense of swing, which could vocals are as elemental and poignant as the woman be the motto for as well. Live at Smalls herself. Grant Stewart (smallsLIVE) The band recounts other elements of Truth’s story by Alex Henderson For more information, visit smallslive.com. Stewart is at quite eloquently through straightahead songs like Smoke Mar. 15th-16th with Eric Reed and Smalls Mar. 17th “Isabella’s Awakening” and “Truth Be Told”. Craig Pianist Spike Wilner, who co-owns Smalls Jazz Club in as a leader. See Calendar.

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Brooklyn Lines... Soft Focus Chicago Spaces Vox Arcana Klang (Allos Documents) (Relay Records) by Clifford Allen Clarinetist James Falzone is an artist who decidedly works between and across boundaries. In addition to composing and playing in a variety of improvising ensembles, Falzone has been active with through- composed and liturgical music and exploring non- Western instrumentation and forms. As a soloist Falzone is concentrated but wonderfully liberated, with what one might call a ‘classical’ tone that readily spirals into fierce multiphonics, whirls and dives or an acerbic, nearly electronic lack of wavering. When it comes to what one might otherwise deem a strictly ‘jazz-derived’ group like Klang (with vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Tim Daisy), the range of Falzone’s interests and influences become clear and actualized. Importantly, that diversity doesn’t complicate proceedings; rather, Klang have a wealth of possibilities at their disposal that advance and recede in the split seconds of improvisational choice. Brooklyn Lines… Chicago Spaces is the quartet’s fourth disc to date and consists of 11 pieces, 2 which are group improvisations while the rest are the clarinetist’s tunes. Importantly, while written by Falzone, they were conceived for this ensemble and are actualized collectively as “Klang- music”. These range from the Rolf Kühn-like “Ukrainian Village” to the Farmer Alfalfa homage (in sound if not literally) “Carol’s Burgers”. Though many of the pieces move through a range of colors and structures, the set does have a suite that should be called out: dedicated to longtime Chicago jazz writer Larry Kart, the pieces “Alone at the Brain”, “Jazz Searching Self” and “It Felt as if Time had Stopped” are a portrait of presence and history. The final movement is absolutely gorgeous, limned by delicate woody footfalls and Adasiewicz’ glassy rows and eddies that recall Walt Dickerson in dreamlike, fluttering aggression, closing in a wistfully funereal march. Falzone is the sole reed voice in Daisy’s Vox Arcana, a trio that also includes cellist/guitarist Fred Lonberg-Holm. This is the group that most clearly represents Daisy’s compositional acumen; as one might infer, the compositions and improvisations inform one another, thus exploring the continual process of cross- breeding that occurs in the works’ development. Soft Focus is the trio’s third disc and its eight pieces clock in economically at a shade over a half-hour. Vox Arcana finds Daisy at perhaps his most texturally rangy - in addition to a standard kit, he employs a variety of gongs, and what sound like roto-toms and tuned bongos. While slinky tone poems and chamber studies are, in part, endemic to this trio’s music, that doesn’t mean that opportunities to stretch don’t arise - witness the toothy opener, “De Grote Olifant” and its panoply of athletic rattles. Daisy has chosen his compatriots perfectly, as both Falzone and Lonberg- Holm are as rigorous in their compositional acumen as they are in open improvisation and Daisy’s writing might as well be theirs. It’s a fine tightrope walk that Vox Arcana are testing and being ‘in the middle’ is profoundly rewarding.

For more information, visit allosmusica.org and timdaisy. wordpress.com. Klang is at Ibeam Brooklyn Mar. 15th-16th. See Calendar.

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(Vol. 4) and saxophonists Loren Stillman and Michäel Attias, bassist and Kikuchi (Vol. 5). The lack of guitar, charismatic presence of Kikuchi and an extreme generation gap (Morgan was born 50 years after Motian) give these latter two albums a different character, though the leader’s overarching ethos is still very much to the fore. Indeed, it would have been out of character for Motian to revisit his own work after a 13-year break only to retread previous patterns. The

On Broadway, Vol. 1,2,3,4,5 earlier three albums also differ from the later two in Paul Motian (Winter & Winter) that their setlist concentrates on a few iconic tunesmiths by Tom Greenland - in particular George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Jerome Kern - while Vols. 4 and 5 feature a wider It would be hard to overstate the excellence of On selection of writers and less canonized melodies such Broadway, Vol. 1,2,3,4,5, a anthology release of late as Frank Loesser’s “Sue Me”, Jay Gorney’s “Brother, drummer Paul Motian’s 20-year project to reenvision Can You Spare a Dime?” and Jack Little-John Siras’ “In and ‘re-roast’ those famous and not-quite-as-famous a Shanty in Old Shanty Town”. Finally, the sonic chestnuts of the Great American Songbook. Whereas ‘canvas’ of the three initial albums (engineered by Joe ’s previous interpretations of Tin Pan Ferla) differs from that of the last two albums Alley tunes were faithful renditions that even exhumed (engineered by Adrian Von Ripka): Motian’s drum long forgotten introductory sectional verses, Motian’s colors overlap and blend seamlessly with the total approach is decidedly heterodox, often ignoring vital audio backdrop on the earlier recordings whereas the rhythms, melodies and harmonies in favor of component sounds of his drumkit are panned and interaction and improvisation. separated more distinctly on the later ones. The five albums divide into two groups, the first Vol. 1 sets the tone for the two to follow, employing three recorded in 1988, 1989 and 1991 with tenor various strategies to draw fresh water from the well. saxophonist Joe Lovano, guitarist Bill Frisell and To begin with, Motian never ‘lays down’ the time, but bassist Charlie Haden (Vol. 3 adds alto/soprano rather implies or plays around it, preferring the role of saxophonist ), all musicians that share co-soloist to that of metronome. Likewise, Haden finds Motian’s penchant for group interplay, ability to say ways to break up obvious bass patterns and while more with less and deconstructionist attitude towards either Lovano or Frisell usually ‘leads’ a statement of composition and improvisation. The last two volumes the song’s melody, they are most often in dialogue were recorded considerably later, in 2005 and 2008, with each other, akin to the heterophonic (multiple with a younger generation of musicians: saxophonist solos at once) blowing of traditional jazz. Many of the Chris Potter and bassist with vocalist cuts eschew an obvious introduction to the tune, Rebecca Martin and veteran pianist Masabumi Kikuchi instead referring to it only in passing or in abstraction, so that a listener only gradually realizes that they are listening to “Liza” or “Someone To Watch Over Me”. USED Lovano and Frisell are in fine form throughout, the former burning with quiet fire and fluid intensity, NEW producing dense but relaxed statements that push gently towards the outré limits (listen to his work on “My Heart Belongs To Daddy” from Vol. 1, “I Got Rhythm” from Vol. 2 or “” from Vol. 3) while the latter employs an encyclopedia of Americana guitar techniques with his idiosyncratic touch, rendering sparse-but-full chord solos on “What Is This Thing Called Love?” and “Last Night When We 236 West 26 Street, Room 804 Were Young” from Vol. 1 or “I Wish I Knew” from Vol. New York, NY 10001 3 and slow-hand soul on “You and the Night and the Music” from Vol. 2. Konitz’ alto is an integral part of Monday-Saturday, 10:00-6:00 Vol. 3, particularly on “How Deep Is the Ocean” and “Weaver of Dreams”. Together, these elements continue Tel: 212-675-4480 an aesthetic approach Motian made famous with Bill Evans, ensuring that these covers of classics avoid the Fax: 212-675-4504 ‘aging process’ so common to repertory projects. The fourth and fifth volumes are marked by the Email: [email protected] presence of Kikuchi who, like Bill Evans, exudes deep Web: jazzrecordcenter.com musicality in his lightest, most minimalist touches, bringing an unfakeable sincerity to “The Last Dance”, LP’s, CD, Videos (DVD/VHS), “Never Let Me Go”, “I Loves You Porgy” (all from Vol. Books, Magazines, Posters, 4), “Something I Dreamed Last Night” and especially Postcards, T-shirts, “I See Your Face Before Me” (from Vol. 5), though at Calendars, Ephemera times his spontaneous vocalizations overshadow his sensitive playing. On Vol. 4, Potter is a fountain of Buy, Sell, Trade ideas, delivered with taut logic and a dry, almost vibrato-less tone, often in counterpoint to Martin, who brings life to the lyrics, hitting her stride on “How Collections bought Long Has This Been Going On”, which closes the set. and/or appraised Vol. 5 is notable for the interweavings of Stillman and Attias, particularly on “Midnight Sun” when, after Also carrying specialist labels four minutes of free-form interaction, the melody e.g. Fresh Sound, Criss Cross, finally materializes from the musical mists, creating an Ayler, Silkheart, AUM Fidelity, ‘aha!’ moment for listeners. Nagel Heyer, Eremite, Venus, Clean Feed, Enja and many more For more information, visit winterandwinter.com. A tribute to Paul Motian is at Symphony Space Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Mar. 22nd. See Calendar.

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soundtrack, echoing a sultry undertone beneath each carefree, breezy refrain. On “Hallelujah”, Kreisberg’s stripped-down style strongly resembles the late Jeff Buckley version of the Leonard Cohen original. As soon as the first few chords unfold, one half-expects Buckley’s darkly evocative voice to emerge and take the lead. Kreisberg, however, clears the fog to weave his own melancholic yet subtly uplifting lullaby. The result is equal parts nostalgia and intrigue.

Wisława Kreisberg takes a playful approach to Juan Tizol’s Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet (ECM) “Caravan”. His billowing chords resonated from the by Stuart Broomer album all the way to his Jazz Standard release concert last month. Kreisberg, perched on a corner of the stage, Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko’s first recording radiated the quick versatility of a banjo player. A new since 2009 is a two-CD set and it’s also a tale of two dimension of whimsy also bubbled to the surface, cities. The Wisława of the title is the late Polish poet infusing the denser album version with a light-hearted Wisława Szymborska, who inspired Stanko’s sensibility. compositions here, both in his own reading and in a Surprisingly, his solo performance was the outlier 2009 Krakow performance in which he improvised of the evening, as saxophonist Will Vinson (featured on accompaniments to her reciting new poems. The Kreisberg’s quartet release Shadowless), bassist Rick second city is New York, where Stanko resides part of Rosato and drummer Colin Stranahan accompanied the year and where he assembled the dynamic new him throughout the rest of set. Yet at times, Kreisberg band heard here. appeared to accompany Vinson, particularly in a synth Stanko has a significant gift for putting together piece that resembled “Escape From Lower Formant excellent bands (or just finding them, in the case of the Shift” from the album. His guitar chords pounded in Marcin Wasilewski Trio) and he’s done that here, with hypnotic discord with Rosato and Stranahan’s speedy the young Cuban pianist David Virelles, bassist rhythm - but all was overshadowed by a frenzy of Thomas Morgan and distinctive drummer Gerald erratic sax slurs. Kreisberg made a dynamic comeback Cleaver. There’s great rapport evident here among all in “Zeibekiko”, named for a genre of Greek four musicians and it shows in the kinds of developed improvisational dance music. The lively guitar melody, dialogues that develop around Stanko’s often balladic interwoven with edgy electronics, was irresistible and themes, like the ending of Stanko’s solo on “Tutaj - made for dancing. And this time, Vinson offered warm Here”, in which Virelles and Morgan pick up the accentuation on the piano, perfectly complementing conversation with the sustained echoing of Stanko’s Kreisberg’s hearty style. final note, or Cleaver‘s extended passage of leading the conversation (it’s not a drum solo) on “Faces”. For more information, visit jonathankreisberg.com The set opens and closes with Stanko’s pensive title track, a piece that seems to begin almost as a reflective dirge but which ultimately floods with light in the final version, Stanko’s tautly introspective trumpet phrases etched with complex emotions, then framed and levitated by the delicacy of Virelles’ touch, resonant high harmonics bursting from Morgan’s bass and metallic shimmer and rattle of Cleaver’s brushed cymbals and snare. Virelles’ occasional ominous bass clusters seem to be receding into the past even as he articulates them. The final version runs 13:13 and every second of it is beautiful.

For more information, visit ecmrecords.com. This group is at Birdland Mar. 28th-30th. See Calendar.

One Jonathan Kreisberg (New For Now Music) by Sharon Mizrahi Jonathan Kreisberg clutches his guitar in a tight, closed-eyed embrace on the cover of his solo debut. This marks Kreisberg’s move from stage left to center spotlight, giving a glimpse into his eclectic creativity as he establishes his own voice. Kreisberg storms into the opening second of “Canto de Ossanha” with a gloomy chord - but the rest of the sublime piece is smooth sailing. The title loosely translates into “Song of the Spirits”, more specifically, the spirits responsible for casting the spell of love. Kreisberg breathes a mellow vibe into the AfroBrazilian composition, though in this case mellow doesn’t just translate into stagnant. This piece is a perfect sunset

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the blues theme of ’ “The Peaches Are Better Down the Road”. Masters, much like Ellington, employs and full ensemble as a completely collaborative contributor to the music, with backgrounds and riffs rising behind soloists and transitions filled by vamps and shout choruses. Wait, who? Smulyan is the main soloist, his robust sound featured on 10 of the 12 tracks, but the other saxophonists all get their spots, as do pianist Bill Cunliffe, bassist Tom

Ellington Saxophone Encounters Warrington and drummer Joe La Barbera. But the Mark Masters Ensemble (feat. Gary Smulyan) (Capri) special delight of this album is the reclamation of tunes by George Kanzler not heard in decades or, indeed, a lifetime, like the Hodges-Ellington “Esquire Swank”, Jimmy Hamilton’s The classic big band sax section of two altos, two “Ultra Blue” and Harry Carney’s lovely ballad “We’re tenors and a baritone provides the template for this In Love Again”, done as a baritone quartet number Ran Blake project, rounded out to an octet by piano, bass and with a gorgeous coda by Smulyan. drums. It’s a format that was actually used by Duke Ellington on some of his ‘private’ recordings and one For more information, visit caprirecords.com. Smulyan is at John Medeski employed by Benny Carter on his celebrated Impulse Smoke Mar. 8th-9th with Mike LeDonne and Blue Note recording Further Definitions. Mark Masters proves Mar. 25th. See Calendar. equal to those examples, producing inspired sax Frank London section arrangements that belie the simplicity of the material: fully half of the tunes are 12-bar blues; another two based on “I Got Rhythm” changes, the Dominique Eade others in standard pop AABA form. Masters and baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan wanted to make an Ellingtonian album with a difference and they have definitely succeeded. They feature tunes written alone, Mat Maneri or co-written with Ellington, by famous members of his saxophone section, some for Duke’s orchestra, but others for outside projects or at times when the Sarah Jarosz Hagar’s Song composers were not working for Ellington. Charles Lloyd/ (ECM) Masters invokes the sound of the Ellington sax by Joel Roberts section throughout this recording, from the familiar Marty Ehrlich launching pad riffs and rhythmic kicks of “Rockin’ In Saxophonist Charles Lloyd, who turns 75 this month, Rhythm” to the clarinet obbligato of Don Shelton over has enjoyed a remarkable late-career run, helped by his association with much-younger pianist Jason Moran. and many more. Despite his own flourishing solo career, Moran has become a key member of Lloyd’s working quartet, DEBORAH LATZ appearing on the group’s last three releases. Moran wasn’t even born when Lloyd released his landmark FIG TREE Deborah’s third album will be released 1966 album , an innovative blend of May 7, 2013 on June Moon Productions postbop, free jazz and world music that made Lloyd one of the era’s top jazz stars and even won him a What? following among rock listeners. But the younger artist Fabulous musicians + boundary-smashing music. In other words, Contemporary Improvisation. PRE-RELEASE GIGS: shares the elder’s forward-thinking outlook and openness to exploring music that cuts across genres. CORNELIA ST. CAFE SOMETHIN’ JAZZ CLUB Their latest collaboration is a duo recording, an Saturday, April 20 / 6pm Saturday, April 27 / 9pm intimate and often melancholy affair that highlights Why? Deborah Latz, vox Deborah Latz, vox their musical symbiosis. The album features modernist New England Conservatory celebrates 40 years of CI. Jon Davis, piano Jon Davis, piano reworkings of jazz standards, as well as rock classics Zach Brock, violin Ray Parker, bass by Bob Dylan and the Beach Boys. Lloyd and Moran Ray Parker, Bass Willard Dyson, drums dig deep into Duke Ellington’s “Mood Indigo” and When? Willard Dyson, drums Reservations (212) 371 7657 George Gershwin’s “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”, Four di erent appearances March 17-23. Reservations (212) 989 9319 mining both for all their bluesy lyrical beauty. They also offer radical reinterpretations of Dylan’s “I Shall “Deborah is a beautiful singer Be Released” and Brian Wilson’s “God Only Knows”, Where? and a great talent. Fig Tree is turning the former into a memorable slice of gospel Cornelia Street Café, Symphony Space, Barbès. wonderful. Really wonderful!” jazz and the latter into a tender jazz ballad. (The rock — Sheila Jordan, excursions should come as no surprise: Lloyd played 2012 NEA Jazz Master on several Beach Boys albums in the ‘70s and was a friend of Dylan and The Band.) “...Latz demonstrates an The centerpiece is the five-part title suite composed outstanding range of technique by Lloyd and inspired by the harrowing tale of his and creative musicality...” great-great grandmother, a slave who was uprooted Want more info? Go to necmusic.edu/ci40 — , from her Mississippi home as a child and sold to another excerpt Fig Tree liners slave owner in Tennessee. With Lloyd switching from tenor to alto to flute, the suite starts from the blues and “I am a fan of Fig Tree!” shifts to increasingly abstract and evocative — Jana Herzen, improvisations to tell the heartbreaking story. President Motema Music Lloyd is playing as well as ever deep into his eighth decade - elegant, ethereal and energetic. And in www.deborahlatz.com Moran, with his powerful percussive approach and daunting technique, he appears to have found the perfect partner to keep his creative juices flowing.

For more information, visit ecmrecords.com. Lloyd is at Photo ©Todd Weinstein Metropolitan Museum of Art Mar. 15th. See Calendar.

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complements Lamond’s low-key singing on “Solaria”, Trumpeter Ron Miles’ luxuriant tone melds with which is also notable for a scene-setting cello intro and Morell’s spaciousness before Assadullahi leads the drum patterning that seems half Carnatic-styled and sextet into various collectively inspired realms. Aptly half Krupa-swing. Fisk’s skills extend to melding named Pieces, things evolve and devolve into songs folksy riffs with Granelli’s simple ruffs on “Letter To about lots of different subjects, using the mundane “A Bjork” or providing a double-stopping continuum on Bag of Oranges”, the weird “Fingersticks” and the tracks such as “Leaving” and “A Chinese Saloon”. mysterious “Dark Tower” to highlight and integrate a That last piece also highlights the drummer’s smorgasbord of styles. invention. Among unison double bass thumps and Despite all this, Assadullahi rarely loses track of

Let Go baritone sax snorts, he showcases clanging Oriental- his own eclectic brand of swing. This is largely due to Jerry Granelli Trio (Plunge) styled gongs, plus press rolls and a hefty but not bassist Tyler Abbott and drummer Ryan Biesack, who by Ken Waxman lumbering swing beat. Granelli’s adopted hometown usually succeed in holding things together. Miles of Halifax has apparently helped him to extend his brings his gorgeous voice and elegance to many of Now 72 and after almost 60 years as a professional, skills and given him two fine helpmates with which to these pieces but the welcome surprise is pianist James drummer, Jerry Granelli has conveyed a perfect gem of create provocative sounds. Milney, who beautifully segues between rhythm and a trio to express his ideas. He, Danny Oore on soprano, frontline roles. He is integral and his treatment of the tenor, baritone and bassist/cellist Simon For more information, visit thejerrygranellitrio.bandcamp.com. pensively delicate melody on “Harbinger” is superb. Fisk move confidently through nine instant Granelli is at ShapeShifter Lab Mar. 10th. See Calendar. Where things drift a bit are the middles of the longer compositions, a couple that also feature the ethereal cuts. “Dark Tower” has a great melody and feel and

Scots-Gaelic vocalizing of Mary Jane Lamond. would be a super tune if it lost some of its meandering While pretty, Lamond’s lyric delicacy is secondary quality. Likewise, “The Straight Man” is a vehicle that to the overall program. Most of Let Go demonstrates gets lost a bit after a brilliant start. how many sonic colors can be produced by three Assadullahi is of a new generation of jazz musicians with judicious doubling or tripling. Granelli, musicians who have the compositional understanding, whose experience goes back to Vince Guaraldi’s ‘60s technique and improvisational skill to create complex piano trio, is a jazz man first and foremost, a truism works with beautiful melodies while at the same easily proven by “Bones”, the funky, yet unhurried time drawing on a multitude of styles. He uses pop, opener. swing, straightahead, classical, free and other genres From then on the group investigates many forms as construction pieces. The trick is not to lose sight of Pieces of improvisation, sticking pretty close to the tonal. Hashem Assadullahi (OA2) one aspect of the music at the expense of another or Especially remarkable is Oore’s technical skill on his by Elliott Simon throw something in for the sake of itself. That is very three horns, plus his ability, prominent on a tune like tough to do and with Pieces Assadullahi largely “A Woman Who Wants To Waltz”, to stretch out the Guitarist Justin Morell’s raga-informed intro on CD succeeds. emotional underpinning of a solo without ever opener “Prized Possession” entreats the listener to get breaking the line. He can snort and squeak with the on board this somewhat disjointed but compositionally For more information, visit originarts.com. This group is at best on baritone while on soprano his muted tone intricate session from saxophonist Hashem Assadullahi. Korzo Mar. 19th. See Calendar.

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soprano to tenor to bass clarinet and back to tenor. Potter’s tunes have an innate ability to let his band stretch out and the transitions were as seamless as they were inventive. By the time Potter launched into an extended solo outro, informed heavily by the blues, to close the show, it was as if he was just getting started.

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The Sirens The other strangers Chris Potter (ECM) alternative folk - jazz by Jeff Stockton

Even after more than 15 solo dates, as well as making significant contributions to the bands of and Paul Motian, Chris Potter’s ECM debut, The Sirens, feels like a milestone achievement. Inspired by a reading of Homer’s Odyssey (apparent mainly due to the song titles), Potter has assembled a crack band Plays Don Friedman Alone Together including pianist (himself making a name Don Friedman Hank Jones/Don Friedman on ECM), bassist Larry Grenadier, drummer Eric (Edition Longplay) (Edition Longplay) orioxy.net Harland and the ace-in-the-hole, pianist David Virelles, by Ken Dryden pitching in with prepared piano, celeste and harmonium. The two keyboards interweave The demise of the LP was forecast soon after the dawn instinctively on “Wayfarer”, the celeste twinkles of the CD. Instead, it has clung to life as growing against Harland’s cymbal taps on “Nausikaa” and numbers of discerning listeners find more warmth in Taborn and Virelles are handed the CD’s ultra-quiet, record grooves. Edition Longplay is a new label mid-air suspended coda “The Shades”. While the band established to pair audiophile recordings on heavy- distinguishes itself with top-drawer technical facility duty 180-gram pressings and fine art commissioned and simpatico interaction, the leader shines through for each album, with releases limited to just 500 copies. with powerful, aggressive, abundant soloing on the A veteran pianist whose career dates back to the opening “Wine Dark Sea”, the spiraling tenor arpeggios ‘50s, Don Friedman’s Plays Don Friedman is a rare of “Stranger at the Gate” and the profound solemnity opportunity for him to focus on his originals, with the of the bass clarinet intro to the title track. In Taborn’s performances coming from his solo piano set at the accompaniment, Grenadier’s bowing and Potter’s 2011 JazzBaltica Festival. “34 West 54th Street” has a switch to tenor, the cut recalls nothing less than the bustling postbop flavor, contrasting with the deliberate, conclusion to A Love Supreme, as if had semi-classical feeling of “Friday Morning”. Friedman written the preface. sets up the listener for a ballad as he begins “Waltz For “The Sirens” served as the apex among high points Marilyn”, but the piece quickly turns into a lively during a set last month, with vehicle with inevitable comparisons to Bill Evans due Potter and his band playing well over an hour in front to its logical, intricate voicings. Another staple in of a packed house. Potter is no stranger to the Friedman’s repertoire is “Almost Everything”, a thinly Vanguard, having previously recorded two live albums disguised, yet brilliant reworking of the changes to the at the club, and he and his band were relaxed and standard “All the Things You Are”. His elegant tribute adventurous. The playing wasn’t free, but it was on its “Chopinesque” is a masterful blend of virtuoso verge, the solos cutting against the grain of the playing, lyricism and swinging jazz. Friedman wraps compositions to create an internal tension within the his solo set by segueing directly into an introspective group that was built and then released. Commencing, interpretation of Monk’s “‘Round Midnight”, which Yael Miller - vocals as on the CD, with “Wine Dark Sea”, the band segued takes it far from the usual path. Julie Campiche - harp into a West African folk tune with Potter on flute and Alone Together documents a fine set of solo and Manu Hagmann - double bass (subbing for Taborn) standing to pluck duo piano at the 2008 JazzBaltica Festival. The late the innards of the piano before the leader switched Hank Jones is featured as a soloist for the first three Roland Merlinc - drums back to tenor, Iverson concentrated on the bass notes numbers, including an elegant, reflective title track and Grenadier plinked near the bridge of his bass. The and striding, buoyant “The Very Thought of You”. The rhythmic repetition became hypnotic. From there on it gem of his solo segment is a gorgeous rendition of « This Israeli-Swiss quartet (...) where was one continuous performance, Potter moving from “Oh! What a Beautiful Morning”, blending madness is never excluded, takes pleasure impressionism with Jones’ unmistakable bop touch. Friedman joins him on a second piano for the remainder in shoving us quickly from the comfort of of the performance; the two musicians are of like mind, their pop-rock universe to capsize to other anticipating where his partner is headed and providing the perfect accompaniment. The duo starts with “Have more adventurous regions. In a word, fas- You Met Miss Jones?”, which proves to be a terrific cinating. » musical conversation. “Body and Soul” is one of the most beloved jazz standards and the duo’s moving Denis Desassis performance doesn’t need a vocalist to convey its citizenjazz.com message. “My Funny Valentine” is a frequently played standard, yet Jones and Friedman find something new to say with a softly spoken yet lush treatment that « A beauty that dees convention. retains the essence of this timeless ballad. Bop fans will A beauty that almost disturbs. » be delighted with their hard-charging take of “Confirmation”. Bassist Martin Wind and drummer Jacques Prouvost Matt Wilson join the pianists as they wrap the set with jazzques.skynetblogs.be “Moose the Mooche”, a Charlie Parker favorite that showcases each of the players in turn. UTR 4400 For more information, visit editionlongplay.com. Friedman orioxy.net Unit Records is at Smalls Mar. 9th and Jazz at Kitano Mar. 29th-30th. See Calendar.

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The recording abounds with surprises. Smith on nylon string guitar, Four Bags cohort Mike McGinnis wails in free-ish fashion on Christian Jacob’s on , Chris Dingman on , Reuben arrangement of Dave Holland’s “May Dance”. Smith Radding on bass and Harris Eisenstadt on drums, the himself has arranged “Molde Canticle Part 1” by Small Elephant Band invites a major expansion of the another ECM mainstay, saxophonist . The compositional and orchestrational ideas Moran theme of Chick Corea’s “” emerges out contributes to The Four Bags. of a delicately shimmering arrangement by pianist On the opening “Elliptical”, things start off with Makoto Ozone, who worked with Smith in Gary some subtle guitar statements before making room for Burton’s group. more ensemble members and breaking into a march

Celebration And finally, there’s one of the more celebrated feel. “Circle One, Two” and “Monkeytown” both /Scottish National Jazz Orchestra tunes in the ECM catalogue: Keith Jarrett’s “My Song”, emphasize the jazz aspects of this multifaceted Directed by Tommy Smith (ECM) with the melody carried by Andersen. Pianist Steve ensemble, favoring proper instrumental solos while, in by Donald Elfman Hamilton sweetly supports the bass and it’s an contrast, “Moon Reflected” offers a well-constructed emotional but different reading. The arrangement is by array of shimmering textures. ECM is a label that deserves to celebrate itself. For pianist Geoff Keezer and, like all of the work here, Moran’s ability to conjure both subtlety and over 40 years, the company has, with a diversity of opens a window onto these classic ECM compositions. intensity from the nylon string guitar lends this album artists, created recordings with a unity of vision. a profound sense of drama. The haunting feel that Bassist Arild Andersen has been associated with ECM For more information, visit ecmrecords.com. Andersen is at populates the majority of this record perfectly frames almost since its inception, a player whose concept and Birdland Mar. 26th. See Calendar. Moran’s sound, but at the same time so do more intense sound reflect both the human voice and then something passages, like “Year of the Snake”, which calls to mind deeper, like breathing itself. Saxophonist Tommy the mid ‘60s Miles Davis Quintet. Smith, who has been part of Andersen’s trio, is himself Counterpoint between guitar, vibes, clarinet and a musician of powerful insight. He and Andersen are a bass crops up throughout the album, but most notably perfect match and the tune here that best defines that on “Dream of the Water”, characterized by amazing collaboration is Andersen’s “Independency, Part 4”. interactions between Radding and McGinnis. “The The arrangement by Michael Gibbs is, at once, sparse Camel” opens with some colorful unaccompanied and densely textured, with floating free passages, guitar, then settles into some slightly Middle-Eastern- lively dance-like sections and ample space for flavored ensemble passages, finally led off into the Andersen and Smith. distance by McGinnis’ clarinet. This ethereal ending is

A lovely segment of this October 2010 concert is carried through for the final track, “To the Edge of the Tusk ECM star Trygve Seim’s “Ulrika’s Dance”. In the Sean Moran Small Elephant Band (NCM East) World”, where suspended harmonies are punctuated composer’s new arrangement, the piece becomes by Wilbur MacKenzie by Eisenstadt’s subtle percussion scrapes and clicks complex, with great counterpoint for the Scottish and Radding’s unaccompanied arco solo. National Jazz Orchestra (of which Smith is Artistic Though perhaps best known for his work in The Four Director) and knockout themes, blending to feel both Bags, guitarist Sean Moran is profoundly diverse in his For more information, visit ncmeast.com. This group is at spontaneous and carefully choreographed. output, as his latest release demonstrates. With Moran Barbès Mar. 31st. See Calendar.

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at KITANO JAZZMusic • Restaurant • Bar “ONE OF THE BEST JAZZ CLUBS IN NYC” ... NYC JAZZ RECORD LIVE JAZZ EVERY WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY $10 WED./THUR + $15 Minimum/Set. $25 FRI./SAT. + $15 Minimum/Set 2 SETS 8:00 PM & 10:00 PM JAZZ BRUNCH EVERY SUNDAY Numerology (Live at Jazz Standard) Eponymous Everything For Somebody TONY MIDDLETON TRIO (Evolutionary Music) Paul Giallorenzo 3 Aram Shelton 11 AM - 2 PM • GREAT BUFFET - $35 by Terrell Holmes (Not Two) (Singlespeed Music) OPEN JAM SESSION MONDAY NIGHTS 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM • HOSTED BY IRIS ORNIG by Clifford Allen TUES. MARCH 5, SOLO PIANO - STEVEN FEIFKE • 8 PM - 11 PM avid Gilmore’s Numerology is pure energy from start PRIVATE PARTY TUES. MARCH 12 & 19 D TUES. MARCH 26 • GRACE NOTES MUSIC PRESENTS to finish. This live set, recorded over two nights at Jazz t’s interesting to think that today’s semi-veterans of SHELIA JORDAN MASTER CLASS I SPECIAL EVENT FROM 7 PM TO 10 PM Standard, is absolutely relentless. Joining the peerless the Chicago scene(s) were young upstarts not all that FRI. MARCH 1 guitarist are singer Claudia Acuña, alto saxophonist long ago. Bolstered by the environment around such / Miguel Zenón, pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Christian esteemed musicians as reedman , MICHAEL MOORE DUO McBride, drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts and Mino Cinelu players like percussionist Tim Daisy, pianist/electronic GENE BERTONCINI , MICHAEL MOORE on percussion. With a seasoned and talented band like musician Paul Giallorenzo and saxophonist Keefe $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM this, amazing music is no surprise. Jackson have been coming into their own over the past SAT. MARCH 2 The seven numerically themed tunes are divided decade. Daisy has been active in Chicago since the mid PAUL MEYERS/ into two movements, each movement a suite with ‘90s and joined the Vandermark 5 in 2001 (he was the FRANK WESS QUARTET FRANK WESS, PAUL MEYERS seamless transitions between songs. Things unfold group’s last drummer). In the past 15 years he has NEAL MINER, TONY JEFFERSON slowly on the mysterious “Zero to Three: Expansion”, grown tremendously not only as an instrumentalist $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM with incantory vocals, languid alto and whispered (for this writer, his solo on the Bridge 61 rendition of WED. MARCH 6 JOE ALTERMAN TRIO percussion. The tempo picks up as alto and Watts’ “Various Fires” was a true statement) but also as a JOE ALTERMAN, , ALLAN MEDNARD signature thunderous drumming kicks up the tempo composer, as his work with Vox Arcana, a trio with $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM on “Four: Formation”, where Perdomo and Gilmore clarinetist James Falzone and cellist/guitarist Fred THURS. MARCH 7 mirror each other flawlessly. The former plays Lonberg-Holm, testifies. CHRIS MCNULTY QUARTET CHRIS MCNULTY, PAUL BOLLENBACK wonderfully off the cyclonic theme of “Five: Change”, One has only to listen to the isolated delicacy of UGONNA OKEGWO, TBA - DRUMS to which Gilmore adds his patented quicksilver riffs. his cymbal work and measured earthiness next to $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM The percussion-driven and blistering “Six: Balance” bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten’s robust pizzicato and FRI. & SAT. MARCH 8 & 9 ends the first movement. Zenón blows this tune away, Giallorenzo’s mercurial boppish suggestions on “The LEW TABACKIN QUARTET LEW TABACKIN, Watts and Gilmore matching him with equal fury. Sun’s Always Shining”, the opening track to the , AARON KIMMEL Although the album’s second movement isn’t pianist’s eponymous trio album. In terms of an $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM quite as overwhelming as the first, the music loses improvising unit as well as Giallorenzo’s pianism, the WED. MARCH 13 very little of its intensity. Gilmore’s soft, contemplative session is a fine statement. While the pianist’s earlier LAUREL MASSE/ TEX ARNOLD DUO playing on “Seven: Rest” is enhanced by more of work, represented by the ragged but convincing LAUREL MASSE, TEX ARNOLD Acuña’s vocalizing. The title is deceptive since a slight quintet disc Get In To Go Out (482 Music), seemed to $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM downshift in tempo doesn’t necessarily imply rest, as rely on group kinetics to keep the music shored up, THURS. MARCH 14 McBride’s excellent solo proves. “Eight: Manifestation” Giallorenzo is out front here and able to let his LESLIE PINTCHIK TRIO LESLIE PINTCHIK, SCOT HARDY, MICHAEL SARIN is brief, but powerful, like a stick of dynamite, and a scumbled, behind-the-beat eddies command their own $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM perfect lead-in to the album’s closer, the incendiary shape and attention. One can hear echoes of Hasaan FRI. MARCH 15 “Nine: Dispersion”. Gilmore and the band play as if Ibn Ali, Valdo Williams, Burton Greene and Dave QUARTET ALEXIS COLE, JOHN DI MARTINO under the spell of demonic possession, particularly Brubeck in Giallorenzo’s approach, which balances JAMES CAMMACK, DUANE “COOK” BROADNAX Perdomo, whose solo exemplifies the dynamism, crisp delicacy and charged muscularity. Yet this is $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM creativity and passion of the entire band. decidedly trio music, wherein Daisy’s dry swing and SAT. MARCH 16 HELEN SUNG TRIO Gilmore has been a first-call guitarist for years temporal futzing is a magnificent asset and his HELEN SUNG, , RODNEY GREEN and Numerology might well be his finest hour. The band unaccompanied or parallel playing is logical, $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM is on point throughout and not a single note is wasted. authoritative and rendered with clattering flair. WED. MARCH 20 This album is an absolute pleasure and at last year’s Everything For Somebody is the latest quartet disc MARIANNE SOLIVAN QUARTET MARIANNE SOLIVAN, XAVIER DAVIS end undoubtedly sat atop many “Best Of” lists. from ex-Chicago alto saxophonist/clarinetist Aram MATTHEW PARRIS, JEROME JENNINGS Shelton, now residing in the Bay Area. He’s joined by $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM For more information, visit evolutionarymusic.com. Daisy, tenor saxophonist Keefe Jackson and bassist THURS. MARCH 21 Gilmore is at ShapeShifter Lab Mar. 18th. See Calendar. MARIA BACARDI SEPTET Anton Hatwich on a program of six original 8 PM SHOW SOLD OUT compositions. Shelton is one of those musicians for MARIA BACARDI, DAVID OQUENDO whom being an ‘acolyte’ is a respectful position; this PABLO VERGARA, ALEX HERNANDEZ VICENTE SANCHEZ, ROMAN DIAZ, ONEL MULET Tone Åse / omas Strønen writer hasn’t heard too many musicians, especially of a $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM younger generation, take on the compositional tack FRI. MARCH 22 and improvisational daring of Roscoe Mitchell. Shelton FRANK KIMBROUGH TRIO FRANK KIMBROUGH, , JEFF HIRSHFIELD Voxpheria does that but he runs with it and has created a highly $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM personal approach rooted in well-paced repetition and SAT. MARCH 23 “an incredible their abstracted (but highly melodic) outgrowths. VALERIE CAPERS TRIO piece of work.” Jackson’s more burred and quixotic phrasing is a VALERIE CAPERS, , DOUG RICHARDSON - Milk Factory (UK) $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM fascinating foil, taking the same germs and contorting WED. MARCH 27 “A beautiful and them into equally personal problem/solution YOUNGJOO SONG TRIO inventive achievement.” dynamics. At heart - and not least due to the YOUNGJOO SONG, YASUSHI NAKAMURA - All About Jazz (US) GREG HUTCHINSON voluminous, dry activity of Daisy’s kit and the full $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM tone and precise timing of Hatwich - this is swinging THURS. MARCH 28 “could only have been made in 2012.” and accessible music, far from any rote exercise. MIKE CLARK & FRIENDS - Jazzwise (UK) FEATURING RACHEL Z Shelton and company balance formal rigor with bright MIKE CLARK, RACHEL Z, MIKE ZILBER, JAMES GENUS and unruly nowness and that is something their $10 COVER + $15 MINIMUM esteemed forbears would appreciate. FRI. & SAT. MARCH 29 & 30 DON FRIEDMAN TRIO DON FRIEDMAN, GEORGE MRAZ, MATT WILSON Out now on For more information, visit nottwo.com and $25 COVER + $15 MINIMUM RESERVATIONS - 212-885-7119 singlespeedmusic.org. Tim Daisy is at Ibeam Brooklyn Mar. 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with sharp bites and tactile slurs, as Golia’s tenor such a dynamic force on the jazz scene. Colligan, as the saxophone outlines the narrative, deconstructs it with album title suggests, offers the real and present account screeches, snorts and split tones and then revives it, of the state of improvised music. Eneidi darting around him with multiphonic reed The only tune that’s not a Colligan original is the vibrations. “Everything imaginable can be Dreamed” pop classic by Joe Jackson, “Steppin’ Out”. The pianist is Eneidi’s feature while “Prisoner of a gaudy and is perceptive enough to realize that the tune is already unlivable present” is another demonstration of Golia’s ‘pretty jazzy’ and with a touch of swing makes it feel tenor saxophone prowess. Shadowed by Mezzacappa’s like a whole new listening experience. Alto saxophonist ringing bassline, the tenor saxist’s breathy lyricism on Jaleel Shaw and Colligan bounce out the theme and

Hell-Bent in the Pacific the latter plus heated triple tonguing honors both Ben then the leader bursts forth with a propulsive solo Lisa Mezzacappa/Vinny Golia/Marco Eneidi/ Webster and John Coltrane. Meanwhile Eneidi’s packed with the élan of the original. This is followed Vijay Anderson (NoBusiness) timbres on the former demonstrate a familiarity with by Shaw mining it for melodic, harmonic and rhythmic by Ken Waxman Bird-like licks as well as so-called avant garde playing. riches before the theme reemerges over the pulsing Hell-Bent in the Pacific is such a high quality piece bass groove of Boris Kozlov and Donald Edwards’ Both a reunion and a new configuration, Hell-Bent in of work that one hopes that geography won’t prevent powerhouse drumming. the Pacific brings alto saxophonist Marco Eneidi’s the quartet from convening again. The enthusiasm of these four musical cohorts is in Shattered trio with bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and evidence throughout. “Blue State”, for example, is a drummer Vijay Anderson together with Vinny Golia. For more information, visit nobusinessrecords.com. simple tune with just the right kind of blowing vibe. Golia’s wide-ranging gigs have frequently put Mezzacappa and Anderson are at Barbès Mar. 27th and Colligan opens the solo proceedings with the kind of him in contact with Mezzacappa and Anderson, two of ShapeShifter Lab Mar. 31st. See Calendar. no-nonsense pianism for which he is known, taking the the Bay area’s busiest players, so his contributions are appealing changes for a ride. And Shaw, who had inspired not alienating. Meanwhile Eneidi, a never played any of this music until the session, Californian who has been in Vienna since 2004, easily displays a dexterity that has him headed towards the locks into a groove with the bassist and drummer. In outer reaches and then working his way back in. The contrast, tracks such as “Pendulum” and “Fumbling compositional skills of the leader abound: “Whadya Fulminations” demonstrate how curving chalumeau or Looking At?” is a curious and individual take on “Body flutter-tongued vibrations from Golia’s clarinet or bass And Soul” while “Missing” is a sad yet hopeful ballad, clarinet tease the alto saxophonist’s tart tones so that which Colligan says took about 10 minutes to write. their output twists around each other. Mezzacappa Colligan directs his critics in the notes here to anchors the nine instant compositions with graceful remember that fame is not equated with ability. A little power while Anderson is precise and tasteful. false modesty, perhaps? He’s a solid, well-known Probably the highpoint comes on the extended The Facts presence in the jazz world. And as for ability, he’s got George Colligan (SteepleChase) “Catholic comstocking smut-hound”. Slapping it and then some. by Donald Elfman cymbals and Pops Foster-style slap bass easily define the tune’s head and recapped finale, leaving the George Colligan’s tenth recording for SteepleChase For more information, visit steeplechase.dk. Colligan is at frontline plenty of space. Each takes advantage of this beautifully encapsulates what has made this pianist ShapeShifter Lab Mar. 27th. See Calendar. Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer - Helge Lien jerry costanzo cd release party Memnon - sound portraits of Ibsen characters

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Friday, March 1 • Keystone Korner Presents: Nicholas Payton XXX with Vicente Archer, • Thiefs: Christophe Panzani, Guillermo E. Brown, Keith Witty Iridium 8, 10:30 pm $30 Joe’s Pub 9:30 pm $14 êPreservation Hall Jazz Band Brooklyn Bowl 8 pm $20 • Warren Wolf Quartet with Aaron Goldberg, Kris Funn, Billy Williams • The Chives: Max Jaffe, Steven Lugerner, Matthew Wohl; Ashley Paul êThe Heath Brothers: Jimmy and Albert “Tootie” Heath, Jeb Patton, David Wong Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $40 The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Aaron Kimmel Quartet Dizzy’s Club 12:45 am $20 • Spike Wilner solo; Smalls Legacy Little Big Band with Josh Evans, Theo Hill, êGary Peacock, Marc Copland, Joey Baron êLew Soloff Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 ; Kyle Poole Smalls 7, 9:30 pm 12 am $20 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Lucas Pino No Net Nonet with Colin Stranahan, Glenn Zaleski, Matthew Jodrell, • Perez/Anita Wardell Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 êBilly Harper Quintet with Francesca Tanksley, Freddie Hendrix Desmond White, Alex LoRe, Rafal Sarnecki, Nick Finzer; Sherman Irby Group êBria Skonberg Trio with Matt Munisteri, Sean Cronin Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 êGene Bertoncini/Michael Moore Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 • The Black Butterflies Shrine 6 pm • Leviticus: Michael Winograd, Daniel Blacksberg, Todd Neufeld, Tyshawn Sorey • Bill Evans Soulgrass with John Medeski, Jake Cinninger êLady Got Chops Festival: Bertha Hope Quartet Stephen Wise Free Synagogue 7:30 pm $15 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $20-35 1st Reformed Church of Jamaica Brunch 1 pm • Cat Toren Band with Ryan Ferreira, Pat Reid, Nathan Ellman-Bell; Giacomo Merega with • Ravi Coltrane Quartet with Jason Palmer, Christian McBride, Bill Stewart • Larry Newcomb Trio; Joanne Sternburg Trio; Akiko Tsuruga Trio Noah Kaplan, Brian Drye, Mike Pride Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 The Garage 12, 6, 10:30 pm Korzo 9, 10:30 pm • Keystone Korner Presents: Nicholas Payton XXX with Vicente Archer, Lenny White • Steven Feifke solo Jazz at Kitano 8 pm Iridium 8, 10:30 pm $30 Sunday, March 3 • Harvest: Andrae Murchison, Freddie Hendrix, Azemobo Audu, Sharp Radway, • Warren Wolf Quartet with Aaron Goldberg, Kris Funn, Billy Williams Corcoran Holt, Emanuel Harrold Somethin’ Jazz Club 7 pm $10 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 êPrez Fest - Celebrating Milt Hinton: Purchase Jazz Orchestra conducted by • Akira Ishiguro Quartet Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 • Aaron Kimmel Quartet Dizzy’s Club 12:45 am $20 Todd Coolman with Catherine Russell, Frank Wess; Jay Leonhart; “The Judge Meets • The Legacy Trio with David Coss The Garage 7 pm êMiles Ahead: The Gil Evans-Miles Davis Masterwork In Honor of Gil Evans’s Centennial: the Section”: Peter Dominguez, Mimi Jones, Douglas Weiss, Sue Williams, Elias Bailey; • Tunk Trio: Chris Tunkel, Anders Nilsson, Curt Sydnor; Matt Snow Group Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra with guest Dave Liebman Ron Carter; Gerald Clayton, Rufus Reid, Rodney Green and guest; Shrine 6, 8 pm Borden Auditorium 7:30 pm $12 Rufus Reid Large Bass Choir Saint Peter’s 7:30 pm $15-25 • Will Vinson The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Steven Lugerner Quartet with Myra Melford, Stephanie Richards, Matt Wilson; êLady Got Chops Festival: Teri Roiger sings Abbey Lincoln with Frank Kimbrough, Cloud Becomes Your Hand: Stephen Cooper, Hunter Jack, Weston Minissali, John Menegon, Steve Williams Drom 9:30 pm $15 Sam Sowyrda, Booker Stardrum The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 êBern Nix Quartet with Francois Grillot, Matt Lavelle, Reggie Sylvester; êRyan Keberle’s Catharsis with Mike Rodriguez, Jorge Roeder, Eric Doob Blood Trio: Sabir Mateen, Michael Bisio, Whit Dickey Barbès 7 pm $10 Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center 8, 9:30 pm $11-16 • Jen Chapin and Rosetta Trio with Stephan Crump, Jamie Fox, Liberty Ellman and êLew Soloff Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 guest Martha Redbone ShapeShifter Lab 8 pm $15 MIN XIAO-FEN - DIM SUM • Mary Foster Conklin; Trio • Filip Novosel/Richard Boukas Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 Metropolitan Room 7, 11:30 pm $20 • Charles Owens Quartet Smalls 11 pm $20 • Ray Gallon Trio with Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Peter Van Nostrand; Sherman Irby Group • Omoo: Emilie Weibel/Valentine Biollay; Rose Ellis with Daan Kleijn, Scott Colberg, Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 Steve Piccatagio; Cristian Mendoza’s Lost In New York with Mike Moreno, • Petros Klampanis’ Contextual with Lefteris Kordis, John Hadfield, Maria Im, Hans Glawischnig, Alex Kautz Somethin’ Jazz Club 5, 7, 9 pm $10 Maria Manousaki, Ljova Zhurbin, Julia MacLaine, Mavrothi Kontanis, Hadar Noiberg êOut of Your Head: Yoni Kretzmer, Landon Knoblock, Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic, Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 Matt Rousseau; Josh Sinton, Brad Henkel, Andrew Smiley • Pedro Giraudo Sextet Barbès 8 pm $10 The Backroom 9:30, 11 pm • Either/Or Ensemble The Firehouse Space 8 pm $10 • Damien Olsen, Ras Moshe, Adam Dym, Stephan Keneas; Rocco John Iacovone Trio êDenman Maroney/Hans Tammen Spectrum 7 pm with Dalius Naujo, Dmitry Ishenko ABC No-Rio 7 pm $5 • killer BOB: Dave Scanlon, Max Jaffe, Steven Lugerner, Rob Lundberg; Guerilla Toss: • Shrine Big Band Shrine 8 pm Kassie Carlson, Ian Kovac, Peter Negroponte, Simon Hanes, Arian Shafiee êThe Heath Brothers: Jimmy and Albert “Tootie” Heath, Jeb Patton, David Wong The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • James Shipp with Jean Rohe, Gilad Hekselman, Rogério Boccato; • Bill Evans Soulgrass with John Medeski and guests Jeremy Udden’s Plainville with Pete Rende, Eivind Opsvik, RJ Miller, Ryan Scott Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $20-35 ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm • Ravi Coltrane Quartet with David Virelles, Dezron Douglas, Johnathan Blake • Two Sides Sounding + Zentripetal: Eleanor Taylor, Mila Henry, Lynn Bechtold, Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Jennifer DeVore Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 • Keystone Korner Presents: Nicholas Payton XXX with Vicente Archer, Lenny White • Sean Nowell and The King-Fu Masters Iridium 8, 10:30 pm $30 Thanks to a generous grant from the Peter S. Reed Foundation The Greene Space 7 pm $15 • Warren Wolf Quartet with Aaron Goldberg, Kris Funn, Billy Williams • Tone Road Ramblers: Ron Coulter, John Fonville, Eric Mandat, Morgan Powell, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Available from Ray Sasaki, Jim Staley and guest Ariane Alexander • David Grollman, Ryan Krause, Yoni Kretzmer, James Ilgenfritz Roulette 8 pm $15 Downtown Music Gallery 6 pm www.mmsies.com/clients/MinXiaoFen/Store • World on a String Trio: Paul Meyers, Leo Traversa, Vanderlei Pereira • Ben Williams Trio Saint Peter’s 5 pm www.downtownmusicgallery.com Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 êMin Xiao-Fen Blue Pipa Trio with Steve Salerno, Dean Johnson • Josh Deutsch’s Pannonia The Queens Kickshaw 9:30 pm Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch 4 pm • Bob Arthurs Quintet with Ted Brown, Steve LaMattina, Jon Easton, Joe Solomon; • Kyoko Kitamura Moving Music Ensemble with Khabu Doug Young, Andrew Drury; Aimee Allen Trio with Matt Baker; Chris McCarthy Trio with Isaac Levien, Jones Quartet with Tony Jones and guests Russell Holzman Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 , 11 pm $10 Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center 2, 3 pm $11-16 • Tom Tallitsch Duo Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 • Jamie Reynolds 92nd Street Y Weill Art Gallery 3 pm • Stephanie Richards/Andrew Munsey • Billy Drewes/ NYU Ensemble Brooklyn LaunchPad 8 pm Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 • Larry NewComb Quartet Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Frank Piombo; Alix Paige with Bennett Paster Trio • Masami Ishikawa Trio; Dre Barnes Project Metropolitan Room 1, 11:30 pm $20 The Garage 6, 10:30 pm • Roz Corral Trio with Yotam Silberstein, Harvie S North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm Saturday, March 2 • Mayu Saeki Trio; David Coss Quartet The Garage 11:30 am 7 pm êFrank Wess/Paul Meyers Quartet with Neal Miner, Tony Jefferson Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 Monday, March 4 • Jon Faddis Quartet Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 7:30, 9 pm $15-25 • My Coma Dreams: and Ensemble êMingus Big Band Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Miller Theatre 3, 8 pm $45 • Jason Marsalis Quartet with Austin Johnson, Will Goble, David Potter êMonk in Motion - The Next Face of Jazz: Justin Brown Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Tribeca Performing Arts Center 8:30 pm $25 • Tom Bruno Memorial Saint Peter’s 7:30 pm êDave Liebman Quintet with Matt Vashlishan, Bobby Avey, Tony Marino, Alex Ritz • Stephen Gauci’s Yardbird with Nick Demopoulos, Adam Lane, Jeremy Carlstedt; Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 4 Women with an Ax to Grind: Tiffany Chang, Patricia Nicholson, Jean Cook, Kris Davis; • DarkMatterHalo: Hardedge, Brandon Ross, Doug Wieselman; Yuko Fujiyama Trio with Jennifer Choi, Newman Taylor Baker (Yet...) Another Plane: Brandon Ross, Stephanie Richards, Hardedge Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center 7:30 pm $11-22 Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Thalia 8 pm $20 êMatt Garrison with Jeff “Tain” Watts êJoe McPhee solo; Charles Gayle Trio with Larry Roland, Michael TA Thompson ShapeShifter Lab 8 pm $15 Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center 8, 9:30 pm $11-16 • David Amram and Co. with Kevin Twigg, John de Witt, Adam Amram êDonald Byrd Tribute Band: James Zollar, Greg Bandy, Frank Basile, Paul Beaudry, Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 Chip Crawford Honeycomb Playhouse 7 pm $10 êCharnett Moffett solo Smalls 7:30 pm $20 • William Hooker Quintet; On Ka’a Davis and The Famous Original Djuke Music Players êLady Got Chops Festival: Lakecia Benjamin Trio with Kim Clarke, Shirazette Tinnin with Cavassa Nickens, Welf Dorr, Peter Barr, Nick Gianni For My Sweet Restaurant 7 pm Nublu 9 pm • Women’s Jazz Festival: Alicia Hall Moran/Marcelle Davies Lashley • The Life of Alberta Hunter York College Performing Arts Center 3, 7 pm $20 The Schomburg Center 7 pm $25 • Kenneth Whalum Ginny’s Supper Club 8, 10 pm $15 • Jane Irving Zinc Bar 7 pm $8 êLuis Perdomo Quartet with Miguel Zenón, Mimi Jones, Rodney Green • In The Spirit of Gil: Victor Jones/Jay Rodriguez Group The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 Zinc Bar 9:30, 11 pm 1 am • Michael Brooks’ Take Berlin; Christof Knoche’s Restless with Miles Okazaki, • Darkminster: Peter Hanson, Nathaniel Morgan, Brad Henkel; Géraldine Eguiluz, Zach Lober, Damion Reid ShapeShifter Lab 7, 9:30 pm $10 Angelica Sanchez, Michaël Attias Sycamore 8:30, 9:30 pm êEarth People: André Martinez, Francois Grillot, Jason Candler, Doug Principato, • Deanna Witkowski Trio with Marco Panascia, Scott Latsky Stephen Haynes, Chris Forbes, Karen Borca, Frederika Krier, Tomas Ulrich, Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Mark Hennen, Sabir Mateen, Elliott Levin, Brian Groder; Open Music Ensemble • Yuko Okamoto Quartet; Terry Vakirtzolgou Quartet with Tuomo Uusitalo, The Firehouse Space 8, 9:30 pm $10 George Kostopoulos, Joao Mota Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $7-10 êAmanda Monaco Three with Sam Trapchak, Vinnie Sperrazza • Howard Williams Jazz Orchestra The Garage 7 pm Domaine Wine Bar 8:30 pm • Normal Love: Amnon Freidlin, Evan Lipson, Rachael Bell, Jessica Pavone, Max Jaffe; Tuesday, March 5 In One Wind: Angelo Spagnolo, Rob Lundberg, Mallory Glaser, Max Jaffe, Steven Lugerner The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • The Jazz Crusaders: Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder • Fernando Otero’s Romance with Nicolas Danielson, Lev Zhurbin, Adam Fisher, Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 Pablo Aslan, Ivan Barenboim, Josefina Scaglione, Kristin Norderval, Dana Hanchard êCedar Walton Trio with David Williams, Willie Jones III 92YTribeca 9 pm $15 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Andrea Venziani Trio with Kenny Wessel, Robert Gatto • Renee Rosnes Quartet with Steve Nelson, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Joseph Howell Quartet with Alex Brown, Danny Weller, Tyson Stubelek; ê“Killer” Ray Appleton All-Stars with Brian Lynch, Peter Bernstein, Tuomo Uusitalo Trio with Norbert Farkas, Jay Sawyer Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Todd Herbert, Rick Germanson, Robert Sabin, Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 Little Johnny Rivero Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 • Dona Carter Quartet Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Grace Kelly Quintet with Pete McCann, Evan Gregor, Eric Doob and guest êThe Heath Brothers: Jimmy and Albert “Tootie” Heath, Jeb Patton, David Wong Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Alphonso Horne Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 êGary Peacock, Marc Copland, Joey Baron êWarren Smith and the Composer’s Workshop Orchestra Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 NYC Baha’i Center 8, 9:30 pm $15 êBilly Harper Quintet with Francesca Tanksley, Freddie Hendrix êIngrid Laubrock’s Anti-House with Kris Davis, Mary Halvorson, Sean Conly, Tom Rainey Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 • Bill Evans Soulgrass with John Medeski and guests • Jack Jeffers and the New York Classics with Antoinette Montague Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $20-35 Zinc Bar 8, 10 pm • Ravi Coltrane Quartet with David Virelles, Dezron Douglas, Johnathan Blake • Kaoru Watanabe/Kenny Endo ShapeShifter Lab 8:30 pm $12 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30

38 March 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD Wednesday, March 6

êHarold Mabern/Eric Alexander Quartet with Gerald Cannon, Joe Farnsworth An Beal Bocht Café 8, 9:30 pm êKeystone Korner Presents: Louis Hayes and the Jazz Communicators with Javon Jackson, Anthony Wonsey, Santi Debriano Iridium 8, 10:30 pm $30 êRebecca Kilgore and Harry Allen Quartet with , Joel Forbes, Kevin Kanner Metropolitan Room 9:30 pm $30 êInstant Strangers: Tim Berne, Mary Halvorson, Stephan Crump, Tomas Fujiwara Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 • David Binney, Wayne Krantz, Nate Wood; Louis Cole/Genevieve Artadi; James Ilgenfritz with Anthony Coleman, Brian Chase; Kirk Knuffke/Mike Pride Duo ShapeShifter Lab 7, 9:30 pm $12 êValery Ponomarev “Our Father Who Art Blakey” Big Band Zinc Bar 8 pm êMichael Dease Quintet with Anat Cohen, Adam Birnbaum, Linda Oh, Ulysses Owens Jr. Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm êDavid Weiss and Point of Departure with JD Allen, Matt Clohesy, Nir Felder, Kush Abadey Drom 9:45 pm $15 êLage Lund Group; Roberto Gatto Group Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 • Joe Alterman Trio Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 • Juan P Carletti Trio with Tony Malaby, Christopher Hoffman Barbès 8 pm $10 • Andrea Parkins/Okkyung Lee; Ryan Ferreira’s Music for Images with Chris Dingman Seeds 8:30, 10 pm • Malika Zarra Quartet with Francis Jacob, Jean-Christophe Maillard, Brahim Fribgane Terraza 7 9:30 pm $5 êProtestMusic: Yoni Kretzmer, Pascal Niggenkemper, ; Carlo Costa, Eli Asher, Andrew Smiley, Nathaniel Morgan; Jonathan Moritz Secret Tempo with Shayna Dulberger, Mike Pride Goodbye Blue Monday 9 pm • Angelo Spagnolo; Dave Scanlon The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • David Engelhard Group with Assaf Kehati, Willie Harvey, Ronen Itzik; Emily Wolf Project with Satish Robertson, Leah Gough-Cooper, Andrew Baird, Jason Yeager, Danny Weller, Matt Rousseau Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $7-10 • Ayumi Ishito Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 • Josh Lawrence Quartet The Garage 7 pm • The Jazz Crusaders: Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 êCedar Walton Trio with David Williams, Willie Jones III Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Renee Rosnes Quartet with Steve Nelson, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 ê“Killer” Ray Appleton All-Stars with Brian Lynch, Peter Bernstein, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Todd Herbert, Rick Germanson, Robert Sabin, Little Johnny Rivero Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 • Grace Kelly Quintet with Pete McCann, Evan Gregor, Eric Doob and guest Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 • Alphonso Horne Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 • Lady Got Chops Festival: Katie Cosco/Laura Dreyer Project Zinc Bar 6 pm • Gabe Valle Shrine 6 pm • Barry Harris, Murray Wall, Yaya Abdul Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10 Thursday, March 7

êAntonio Sanchez’ Migration with David Binney, John Escreet, Orlando Le Fleming Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 êWycliffe Gordon and Friends Present Bird and Diz with Adrian Cunningham, Michael Dease, Aaron Diehl, Yasushi Nakamura, Dion Parson and guests Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 • Alphonso Horne Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 • Joel Harrison 8 with Gregoire Maret, Paul Hanson, Christian Howes, Dana Leong, Jacob Sacks, Stephan Crump, Rudy Royston Roulette 8 pm $15 • New York Jazz Repertory Orchestra with guest Iridium 8, 10 pm $25 êJohn Yao Quintet with Jon Irabagon, Randy Ingram, Leon Boykins, Will Clark; Peter Brendler Quartet with Peter Evans, Rich Perry, Vinnie Sperrazza Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 • Chris McNulty Quartet with Paul Bollenback, Ugonna Okegwo Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 • Freeway 3: Carol Liebowitz, Adam Caine, Claire de Brunner; Anders Nilsson and the 12 Houses with Mary Cherney, Matt Lavelle, Ras Moshe, Catherine Sikora, Claire de Brunner, Chris Forbes, Francois Grillot The Firehouse Space 8 pm $10 • Géraldine Eguiluz, Michaël Attias, Angélica Sanchez; Omar Tamez/Angelica Sanchez Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 • Lars Horntveth, RJ Miller, Ben Gerstein, Eivind Opsvik Nublu 9 pm • Eric Doob Quartet with Matt Stevens, Alex Brown, Hans Glawischnig The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $15 • Gregorio Uribe Big Band Zinc Bar 9, 10:30 pm 12 am • Danielle Freeman and The Sebastian Sky with Zach Brock, Lefteris Kordis, Petros Klampanis, Tomas Fujiwara; Rob Scheps Core-tet with , Jamie Reynolds, Cameron Brown, Anthony Pinciotti ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm • Amy Cervini’s Jazz Country with Jesse Lewis, Matt Aronoff 55Bar 7 pm • Jake Saslow Trio with Joe Martin, Jochen Rueckert Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 • Manhattan Vibes: Christos Rafalides, Sergio Salvatore, Mike Pope, Vince Cherico Terraza 7 9:30 pm $5 • Bleeding Heart: Ross Gallagher, Danny Fisher-Lochhead, Kyle Wilson, Danny Lubin-Laden, Craig Weinrib; Aaron Roche The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • Kale Elk: Liz Kosack/Kyungmi Lee; Shayna Dulberger solo Lark Café 8 pm • Aki Ishiguro Caffe Vivaldi 9:30 pm • Yuko Yamamura’s Ajarria with Goro Masayuki, Sam Jun Lee, Arei Sekiguchi, Ryota Kataoka; Nelson Riveros Quartet Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 • Tomoko Omura Duo Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 • Joanna Sternberg Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm êChampian Fulton Band with Stephen Fulton, Hide Tanaka, Fukushi Tainaka The Garage 7 pm êRebecca Kilgore and Harry Allen Quartet with Ehud Asherie, Joel Forbes, Kevin Kanner, Steven Feifke Big Band Metropolitan Room 9:30, 11:30 pm $20-30 êLage Lund Group Smalls 9:30 pm $20 • The Jazz Crusaders: Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 êCedar Walton Trio with David Williams, Willie Jones III Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Renee Rosnes Quartet with Steve Nelson, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Scott Kulick Shrine 6 pm

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | March 2013 39 Friday, March 8 Sunday, March 10 • Alan Hampton; Caswell Sisters: Rachel and Sara Caswell, Jeremy Allen, Bryson Kern ShapeShifter Lab 7, 8:30 pm êPaquito D’Rivera’s “Charlie Parker with Strings” with Charles Pillow, Riza Printup, êJerry Granelli Trio with Briggan Krauss, J. Granelli and guest Jay Clayton; Chuck Bettis, • Lady Got Chops Festival: Whitney Marchelle Quartet with Champian Fulton, Alex Brown, Ben Williams, Vince Cherico Nonoko Yoshida, James Ilgenfritz; I Don’t Hear Nothin’ But The Blues: Jon Irabagon, Kim Clarke, Sylvia Cuenca Zinc Bar 7 pm Allen Room 7:30, 9:30 pm $55-65 Mike Pride, Mick Barr ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm $10-15 • Osmany Paredes Quartet Zinc Bar 9:30, 11 pm 1 am êJon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York with , Greg Gisbert, Max Darche, êKeystone Korner Presents: Louis Hayes Jazz Communicators with Javon Jackson, • Ben Van Gelder Trio with Craig Weinrib; Arthur Kell 4tet with Loren Stillman, Michael Philip Mossman, Mark Vinci, Steve Wilson, , Ralph Lalama, Anthony Wonsey, Santi Debriano Iridium 8, 10:30 pm $30 Brad Shepik, Mark Ferber Seeds 8:30, 10 pm Frank Basile, Ted Rosenthal, Todd Coolman and guests Ignacio Berroa, , • Hag: David Grollman, Brad Henkel, Sean Ali; Rapstar: Paul Wheeler, Justin Veloso, • Juan Felipe Mayorga Trio with Edward Perez, Nitzan Gavrieli Pedrito Martinez, Rose Hall 8 pm $30-120 Arrien Zinghini The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Terraza 7 9:30 pm $5 êLew Tabackin Quartet with David Hazeltine, Peter Washington, Aaron Kimmel • Yves Brouqui Quartet Smalls 11 pm $20 • Jane Irving/Kevin Hailey; Steve Picataggio Quintet with Mike Rodriquez, Daan Kleijn, Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 • Sly5thave/Philip Manchaca; Bach and Forward: Hajnal Pivnick/Dorian Wallace; Joe Alterman, Martin Wind Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 êBlowin’ the Blues Away: Mike LeDonne Quintet with Jeremy Pelt, Gary Smulyan, Ehud Ettun Quartet with Lihi Haruvi, Haruka Yabuno, Natti Blankett • Marc Devine Trio The Garage 7 pm Ira Coleman, Louis Hayes Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 Somethin’ Jazz Club 5, 7, 9 pm $10 êEddie Daniels/Roger Kellaway Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 êJohn McNeil’s Hush Money with Jeremy Udden, Aryeh Kobrinski, Vinnie Sperrazza • Tim Barr/Cliff Ferdon; Flin van Hemmen Ensemble • Joe Saylor/Bryan Carter Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 ABC No-Rio 7 pm $5 êAfro-Cuban All Stars: Juan de Marcos González, Gliceria Abreu, Julito Padrón, êWalter Smith III Quintet with Matt Stevens, Taylor Eigsti, Harish Raghavan, • Florencia Gonzalez’ Candombe 7, 9 pm Yaure Muñiz, Yoanny Pino, Lázaro Oviedo, José Antonio “Tony” Moreaux, Clarence Penn The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Yuko Okamoto Shrine 8 pm Antonio “Pacha” Portuondo, Rolando “Niño Mentira” Salgado, Gabriel Hernández, • Ches Smith Quartet with Mat Maneri, Jonathan Finlayson, Stephan Crump êAntonio Sanchez’ Migration with David Binney, John Escreet, Orlando Le Fleming Alberto Pantaleón, Evelio Galán, Emilio Suarez, José Gilito Piñera, Gliceria González, Greenwich House Music School 9 pm $12 Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Laura Lydia González Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 • Steve Lehman Trio Rubin Museum 7 pm $20 êWycliffe Gordon and Friends Present Bird and Diz with Adrian Cunningham, • Kevin Mahogany Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Radiance Festival 2013: Nioka Workman, Gwen Laster, Jennifer Axelson, Michi Fuji, Michael Dease, Aaron Diehl, Yasushi Nakamura, Dion Parson and guests êFabian Almazan Trio with Linda Oh, Henry Cole Elektra Kurtis, Frederika Krier, Maryam Blacksher, Pamela Hamilton, Nicole Verdosa, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $40 Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 Melissa Slocum, Riza Printup ShapeShifter Lab 8 pm $15 êRebecca Kilgore and Harry Allen Quartet with Ehud Asherie, Joel Forbes, Kevin Kanner • Janet Planet with Tom Theabo, Dan Loomis, Ross Pederson • William Hooker with Mark Hennen, Larry Roland, Matt Lavelle Metropolitan Room 9:30 pm $30 Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 The Firehouse Space 8 pm $10 • The Jazz Crusaders: Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder • Russ Kassoff Big Band Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10 • Many Arms: Nick Millevoi, Ricardo Lagomasino, Johnny DeBlase; Sam Owens, Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 Greg Albert, Max Almario The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • Renee Rosnes Quartet with Steve Nelson, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash • Harumi Hanafusa with Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 Schimmel Center for the Arts 7:30 pm $35 • Galactic Sound Lab; Bonnie Kane/Chris Welcome êDaryl Sherman/Scott Robinson Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 Downtown Music Gallery 6 pm • Mary Foster Conklin Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 • Marianne Solivan Quartet Saint Peter’s 5 pm êNed Goold; Jay Collins Group Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 • Yoon Sun Choi and Friends Lark Café 4 pm • Rick Stone Trio with Harvie S, Tom Pollard • Riza Printup Ensemble Abyssinian Baptist Church 3 pm Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 • The Sojourner Truth: Avery Sharpe Sextet with Jimmy Greene, Duane Eubanks, • Delilah Jackson Memorial Saint Peter’s 7 pm Onaje Allan Gumbs, Yoron Israel, Jeri Brown • Julien Hucq/Marius Duboule + 2 with Andrea Veneziani, Alex Ritz Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch 1:30 pm Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 • Hendrik Meurkens Quartet Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 • Ryan Greer Group with Alex DeZenzo, Stephanie Wells, John Feliciano, • Linda Ciofalo Trio with Mark Marino, Marcus McLaurine Josh Schusterman; Kathleen Potton Band; Tunes from the 90s Quartet with North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm Sean McCluskey, Milton Barreto Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10 • Lou Caputo Quartet; David Coss The Garage 11:30 am 7 pm • Andrew Van Tassel Duo Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 • Will Terrilt Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm Monday, March 11 • Nick Moran Trio; Kevin Dorn and the Big 72 The Garage 6, 10:30 pm êMingus Big Band Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 êAntonio Sanchez’ Migration with David Binney, John Escreet, Orlando Le Fleming • Amina Figarova Sextet with Bart Platteau, Ernie Hammes, Marc Mommaas, Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 Jeroen Vierdag, Chris “Buckshot” Strik êWycliffe Gordon and Friends Present Bird and Diz with Adrian Cunningham, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Michael Dease, Aaron Diehl, Yasushi Nakamura, Dion Parson and guests êAdam Rudolph’s GO: Organic Orchestra Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $40 ShapeShifter Lab 8 pm $15 • Alphonso Horne Dizzy’s Club 12:45 am $20 • Women’s Jazz Festival: Toshi Reagon and with Tamar Kali, êRebecca Kilgore and Harry Allen Quartet with Ehud Asherie, Joel Forbes, Kevin Kanner Karma Mayet Johnson, Josette Newsman Marchak, Christelle Durandy, Mimi Jones, Metropolitan Room 9:30 pm $30 Shamie Royston The Schomburg Center 7 pm $25 • The Jazz Crusaders: Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder êPeter Bernstein solo Smalls 7 pm $20 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 • Janet Planet with Tom Theabo, Dan Loomis, Ross Pederson êCedar Walton Trio with David Williams, Willie Jones III Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Danny Meyer, Ratzo Harris, Martin Urbach; Shane Endsley Trio with Matt Brewer, • Renee Rosnes Quartet with Steve Nelson, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash Ben Perowsky Sycamore 8:30, 9:30 pm Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Holli Ross Trio with Dave Stryker, Dean Johnson Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Saturday, March 9 • Joshua Davis Love Salad with Thana Alexa, Natalie John, Nicole Zuraitis, Ronen Itzik 55Bar 7 pm êHomage to Louis Armstrong & Bix Beiderbecke: Randy Sandke Group with • Dana Lauren Zinc Bar 7 pm $8 John Allred, Dan Levinson, Vince Giordano, Mark Shane, Raj Jayaweera • Michael Eaton Trio with Rus Wimbish, Carter Bales; Tatiana Eva-Marie/Hyuna Park Flushing Town Hall 8 pm $15 Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 êEarl McIntyre and Tribute! with Jim Seeley, , Sam Burtis, Warren Smith, • New York Youth Symphony Jazz Band Tommy Campbell Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 8 pm $10-15 The Garage 7 pm • Avery Sharpe Ginny’s Supper Club 8 , 10 pm $15 In Celebration of • Eddie Allen/Sarah Bernstein St Augustine’s Church 7:30 pm $20 Tuesday, March 12 • Amy Cervini/Bruce Barth; Janis Seigal/Edsel Gomez Women's History Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 êEddie Daniels/Roger Kellaway Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Month êDavid Arner/Connie Crothers; Drunk Butterfly: , Adam Lane, Lou Grassi • Joe Saylor/Bryan Carter Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 The Firehouse Space 8, 9:30 pm $10 êAfro HORN: Sam Newsome, Abraham Burton, Aruán Ortiz, Rufus Reid, Roman Diaz, • Gilad Hekselman Trio with Joe Martin, Justin Brown Francisco Mora–Catlett Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 êAfro-Cuban All Stars: Juan de Marcos González, Gliceria Abreu, Julito Padrón, • American Showstoppers - Jule Styne: Fred Barton Orchestra Yaure Muñiz, Yoanny Pino, Lázaro Oviedo, José Antonio “Tony” Moreaux, Schimmel Center for the Arts 7:30 pm $30-55 Antonio “Pacha” Portuondo, Rolando “Niño Mentira” Salgado, Gabriel Hernández, • Pat Spadine’s Ashcan Orchestra with guests; Pet Bottle Ningen: Dave Miller, Alberto Pantaleón, Evelio Galán, Emilio Suarez, José Gilito Piñera, Gliceria González, Dave Scanlon, Nonoko Yoshida The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Laura Lydia González Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 • Cherry Davis Sistas’ Place 9, 10:30 pm $25 • Kevin Mahogany Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • The Red Microphone: John Pietaro, Ras Moshe, Rocco John Iacovone, êFabian Almazan Trio with Linda Oh, Henry Cole Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic 17 Frost Theater of the Arts 8 pm Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Magda Giannikou’s Banda Magda Oceana Restaurant 9 pm • Russ Kassoff Orchestra with Catherine Dupuis • Feather on the Breath: Josh Sinton, Liz Kosack, Owen Stewart-Robertson; NYC Baha’i Center 8, 9:30 pm $15 Fester: Dave Grollman/Sean Ali; Battle Trance: Travis Laplante, Jeremy Viner, • Steve Lehman Trio with Matt Brewer, Damion Reid; Shakers n’ Bakers: Mary Larose, Lainie Cooke Patrick Breiner, Matt Nelson; Mutasm: Will McEvoy, Dustin Carlson, Brad Henkel, Miles Griffith, Jamie Saft, Allison Miller, Chris Lightcap, Jeff Lederer Patrick Breiner, Nathaniel Morgan, Cody Brown ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm The Music and Lyrics of Women Douglass Street Music Collective 8 pm $10 • Lainie Cooke with Peter Zak, Martin Wind, Ralph Peterson • Matthew Whitaker Trio with Paul Beaudry, Nathan Webb; Nick Brust/Adam Horowitz Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $15 Quintet with Matthew Sheens, James Quinlan, Dani Danor; James Robbins Quintet with • Carlo De Rosa’s Cross-Fade with , Luis Perdomo, John Davis; March 12, 2013 Christoph Huber, Nat Janoff, Sharik Hassan, Charles Goold Kaheri Quartet: Angelica Sanchez, Omar Tamez, Ratzo Harris, Satoshi Takeishi Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10 Korzo 10:30 pm Cornelia Street Cafe • Miki Yamanaka Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 • Ben Holmes Quartet with Curtis Hasselbring, Matt Pavolka, Vinnie Sperrazza • Kazu Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm Barbès 7 pm $10 êPaquito D’Rivera’s “Charlie Parker with Strings” with Charles Pillow, Riza Printup, • Spike Wilner solo; Smalls Legacy Little Big Band with Josh Evans, Theo Hill, 29 Cornelia Street, NYC Alex Brown, Ben Williams, Vince Cherico Frank Lacy; Kyle Poole Smalls 7, 9:30 pm 12 am $20 Allen Room 7:30, 9:30 pm $55-65 • Craig Yaremko Trio with Matt King, Jonathon Peretz Reservations 212 989 9319 êJon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York with Lew Soloff, Greg Gisbert, Max Darche, Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Michael Philip Mossman, Mark Vinci, Steve Wilson, Walt Weiskopf, Ralph Lalama, • Travis Reuter with Peter Evans, Miles Okazaki, Jeremy Viner, Danny Sher; Cover $25 • includes one drink Frank Basile, Ted Rosenthal, Todd Coolman and guests Ignacio Berroa, Jimmy Heath, Zach Pruitt Chamber Works The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Pedrito Martinez Rose Hall 8 pm $30-120 • Jazzmeia Horn Zinc Bar 8, 10 pm Lainie Cooke • vocals "...Cooke still hasn't êLew Tabackin Quartet with David Hazeltine, Peter Washington, Aaron Kimmel • Alicia Svigals/Patrick Farrell Stephen Wise Free Synagogue 7:30 pm $15 Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 • Marla Sampson/Matt Baker Somethin’ Jazz Club 9 pm $12 Peter Zak • piano received either the êBlowin’ the Blues Away: Mike LeDonne Quintet with Jeremy Pelt, Gary Smulyan, • Lluis Capdevila Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Ira Coleman, Louis Hayes Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 • Ruslan Khain Trio The Garage 7 pm Martin Wind • bass visibility or the êWalter Smith III Quintet with Matt Stevens, Fabian Almazan, Harish Raghavan, • Janet Planet with Tom Theabo, Dan Loomis, Ross Pederson Ralph Peterson • drums Clarence Penn The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 accolades that her vocal êDaryl Sherman/Scott Robinson Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 • Tomoko Omura Shrine 6 pm imagination deserves. êDon Friedman Quartet; Jay Collins Group Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 Wednesday, March 13 But her passionate êAntonio Sanchez’ Migration with David Binney, John Escreet, Orlando Le Fleming Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 • Clarence Penn Quartet with Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Ben Street performances should êWycliffe Gordon and Friends Present Bird and Diz with Adrian Cunningham, Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 be heard at every Michael Dease, Aaron Diehl, Yasushi Nakamura, Dion Parson and guests êLotte Anker with Tim Berne, Gerald Cleaver Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $45 JACK 8 pm $10 opportunity" • Alphonso Horne Dizzy’s Club 12:45 am $20 • Dayna Stephens Group Smalls 9:30 pm $20 —International Review of • Maria Guida with James Weidman, Marcus McLaurine, Tony Jefferson; êJason Robinson’s Janus Quartet with Liberty Ellman, Drew Gress, Ches Smith Rebecca Kilgore and Harry Allen Quartet with Ehud Asherie, Joel Forbes, Kevin Kanner Barbès 8 pm $10 Music, Don Heckman Metropolitan Room 7, 9:30 pm $30 • Keystone Korner Presents: Brazilian Jazz All Stars - Jazz Samba & Jobim: • The Jazz Crusaders: Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder , Claudio Roditi, Duduka Da Fonseca, Helio Alves, Maucha Adnet, Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 Hans Glawischnig Iridium 8, 10 pm $30 êCedar Walton Trio with David Williams, Willie Jones III • Laurel Masse/Tex Arnold Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Here's to Life and Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Rick Germanson Band with Gerald Cannon It's Always You • Renee Rosnes Quartet with Steve Nelson, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Ben Wendel/Dan Tepfer Duo Rubin Museum 7 pm $20 can be purchased at • Glenn White Quartet Shrine 6 pm • Wolfgang Gil; Alan Bjorklund with David Schnug, Jeremy Viner, Pascal Niggenkemper, www.lainiecooke.com, • Lady Got Chops Festival: Camille Gainer’s Hurricane Cody Brown, Bastard The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 CDBaby and iTunes Langston Hughes Library 2 pm • Florian Hoefner Group with Mike Ruby, Sam Anning, Peter Kronreif; Alon Nechushtan • Daniela Schaechter Trio; Alex Layne Trio with John Ellis, Aidan Carroll, Damion Reid The Garage 12, 6 pm Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10

40 March 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD Thursday, March 14 • Kevin Mahogany Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Monday, March 18 êFabian Almazan Trio with Linda Oh, Henry Cole êBilly Hart Quartet with Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 êMingus Orchestra Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Janet Planet with Tom Theabo, Dan Loomis, Ross Pederson; Kay Matsukawa • John Williams/John Etheridge Zankel Hall 7:30 pm $75-85 • Joe Saylor/Bryan Carter Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 Metropolitan Room 7, 11:30 pm $20 • Acoustic Alchemy Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $15-25 êSFJazz Collective - The Music Of Chick Corea: Avishai Cohen, Miguel Zenón, • New York Youth Symphony Jazz Classic with guest Brian Lynch David Sanchez, Robin Eubanks, Stefon Harris, Edward Simon, Matt Penman, Saturday, March 16 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Jeff Ballard Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 • Matt Garrison/David Gilmore; Adam Larson Quintet with Nils Weinhold, êAndrew Cyrille New School Arnhold Hall 8 pm $10 êChristian McBride Big Band with Freddie Hendrix, Frank Greene, Nabate Isles, Robert Langslet, Harish Raghavan, Jason Burger êRenku: Michaël Attias, John Hébert, Satoshi Takeishi Brandon Lee, Michael Dease, James Burton, , Carl Maraghi, ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm $15 Greenwich House Music School 8 pm $12 Todd Bashore, Loren Schoenberg, Ron Blake, Xavier Davis, Ulysses Owens, Jr., êJacob Garchik solo; Two of Anything: JP Schlegelmilch, Jeremy Viner, Eivind Opsvik, • Pedro Giraudo’s Expansions Big Band with Alejandro Aviles, Todd Bashore, Melissa Walker 92nd Street Y 8 pm $40 Jason Nazary Sycamore 8:30, 9:30 pm Luke Batson, John Ellis, Carl Maraghi, Jonathan Powell, Tatum Greenblatt, Miki Hirose, • Dr. John and The Lower 911; Allen Toussaint • Foolish Hearts Duo: Peter Eldridge/Matt Aronoff Josh Deutsch, Ryan Keberle, Mike Fahie, Mark Miller, Nate Mayland, Town Hall 8 pm $45-55 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Jess Jurkovic, Eric Doob, Paulo Stagnaro êFreddy Cole Quartet with , Elias Bailey, Curtis Boyd • Jill McCarron Trio Smalls 7:30 pm $20 Zinc Bar 9:30, 11 pm 12:30 am Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts 8 pm $36 • Women’s Jazz Festival: Spelman Jazz Ensemble • Highlights In Jazz - Swing Memories: The Anderson Twins Orchestra; Warren Vaché, êHelen Sung Trio Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 The Schomburg Center 7 pm $25 , Kenny Washington, Ehud Asherie, Peter Anderson, Will Anderson êLady Got Chops Festival: Kali. Z. Fasteau, JD Parran, Ron McBee • Nancy Harms Zinc Bar 7 pm $8 Tribeca Performing Arts Center 8 pm $37.50-40 Brecht Forum 8 pm $15 • Andrew Swift Quartet with Matthew Garrison êEivind Opsvik’s Overseas with Tony Malaby, Jacob Sacks, Brandon Seabrook, êLady Got Chops Festival: Tribute: Mala Waldron Trio with Mimi Jones, Somethin’ Jazz Club 9 pm $7 Nublu 9 pm Sylvia Cuenca Sistas’ Place 9, 10:30 pm $25 • Howard Williams Jazz Orchestra The Garage 7 pm • Rob Garcia’s American Songs with Scott Robinson, Tamar Korn, Nir Felder êTony Malaby Reading Band with Ralph Alessi, Drew Gress, Billy Drummond Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 • Leslie Pintchik Trio with Scott Hardy, Michael Sarin êJoseph C. Phillips, Jr.’s Numinous and Imani Uzuri Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Merkin Concert Hall 7:30 pm $25 • Danny Grissett Group; Dayna Stephens Group • Freddie Bryant Trio with Peter Bernstein, Cafe Smalls 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 • VaVatican: Weston Minissali, Nathaniel Morgan, Owen Stewart-Robertson, • Adam Lane’s Blue Spirit Band with Roy Campbell, Avram Fefer; Omar Tamez, Booker Stardrum; Eli Keszler and guests Angelica Sanchez, Ratzo Harris, Lou Grassi LESLIE PINTCHIK TRIO The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 The Firehouse Space 8, 9:30 pm $10 • Chris Forbes Trio with Hilliard Greene, Michael TA Thompson; Ras Moshe Unit with • John Zorn Improv Night The Stone 8, 10 pm $25 Thursday, March 14th 8:00 PM & 10:00 PM Ken Filiano, Anders Nilsson, John Pietaro, Andrew Drury • Nir Felder The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 The Firehouse Space 8, 9:30 pm $10 • Donald Vega Trio Oceana Restaurant 9 pm The Kitano Hotel • Dave Miller; PascAli: Sean Ali/Pascal Niggenkemper • Tribute to Dinah Washington: Lillie Bryant-Howard with Joe Vincent Tranchina, 66 Park Ave @ 38th St. NYC Christopher Dean Sullivan, Bobby Sanabria Lark Café 8 pm (212) 885-7119 for reservations • Vadim Neselovskyi’s Agricultural Dreams 6tet with Tammy Scheffer, Tomoko Omura, Afrikan Poetry Theatre 8, 9:15 pm $20 Davy Mooney, Dan Foose, Ronen Itzik; Geoff Vidal Quintet with Tatum Greenblatt, • Sophia Rei; Alsarah Apollo Music Café 9 pm $20 “...enormous gifts as a composer, arranger and pianist.” Nir Felder, Aidan Carroll, Jochen Reuckert; Tom Guarna’s Speak with , • Maria Jacobs with Ed Leonard, Paul Beaudry, Will Terrill Danny Grissett, Obed Calvaire ShapeShifter Lab 7, 8, 9:30 pm Metropolitan Room 9:30 pm $20 All Music Guide • Matt Otto Trio with Danton Boller, Otis Brown III • Christian Finger Band with Jon Gordon, Vadim Neselovskyi, Adam Armstrong; Takeshi Asai New York Trio with Daniel Ori, Rob Garcia; James Robbins Quintet with Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Leslie Pintchik - piano • Noshir Mody Quintet with Tsuyoshi Niwa, Carmen Staaf, John Lenis, Yutaka Uchida Christoph Huber, Nat Janoff, Sharik Hassan, Charles Goold Somethin’ Jazz Club 9 pm $10 Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10 Scott Hardy - bass • Senri Oe Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 • Kuni Mikami Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm MIchael Sarin - drums • Masami Ishikawa Organ Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm • Eric Reed Quartet with Grant Stewart, Matt Clohesy, Willie Jones III • George Weldon Trio The Garage 7 pm Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 êJames Falzone’s Klang with Jason Adasiewicz, Jason Roebke, Tim Daisy • Keystone Korner Presents: Brazilian Jazz All Stars - Jazz Samba & Jobim: DVD/CD Combo Romero Lubambo, Claudio Roditi, Duduka Da Fonseca, Helio Alves, Maucha Adnet, Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 Hans Glawischnig Iridium 8, 10 pm $30 • John di Martino Group; Ken Peplowski Group LESLIE PINTCHIK QUARTET êAfro-Cuban All Stars: Juan de Marcos González, Gliceria Abreu, Julito Padrón, Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 LIVE IN CONCERT Yaure Muñiz, Yoanny Pino, Lázaro Oviedo, José Antonio “Tony” Moreaux, êDaryl Sherman, Will and Peter Anderson available now at Amazon.com Antonio “Pacha” Portuondo, Rolando “Niño Mentira” Salgado, Gabriel Hernández, Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 Alberto Pantaleón, Evelio Galán, Emilio Suarez, José Gilito Piñera, Gliceria González, êBilly Hart Quartet with Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street Laura Lydia González Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $45 www.lesliepintchik.com • Amanda Brecker Birdland 6 pm $20 • Joe Saylor/Bryan Carter Dizzy’s Club 12:45 am $20 • Kevin Mahogany Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êSFJazz Collective - The Music Of Chick Corea: Avishai Cohen, Miguel Zenón, êFabian Almazan Trio with Linda Oh, Henry Cole David Sanchez, Robin Eubanks, Stefon Harris, Edward Simon, Matt Penman, Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 Jeff Ballard Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $35 • Janet Planet with Tom Theabo, Dan Loomis, Ross Pederson; Frank Kohl Quartet with • Keystone Korner Presents: Brazilian Jazz All Stars - Jazz Samba & Jobim: Tom Kohl, Steve LaSpina, Jon Doty Romero Lubambo, Claudio Roditi, Duduka Da Fonseca, Helio Alves, Maucha Adnet, Metropolitan Room 7, 11:30 pm $20 Hans Glawischnig Iridium 8, 10 pm $30 • Yuki Shibata Quartet Shrine 6 pm êAfro-Cuban All Stars: Juan de Marcos González, Gliceria Abreu, Julito Padrón, Yaure Muñiz, Yoanny Pino, Lázaro Oviedo, José Antonio “Tony” Moreaux, Friday, March 15 Antonio “Pacha” Portuondo, Rolando “Niño Mentira” Salgado, Gabriel Hernández, Alberto Pantaleón, Evelio Galán, Emilio Suarez, José Gilito Piñera, Gliceria González, êCharles Lloyd New Quartet with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers, and guests Laura Lydia González Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 Maria Farantouri, Sokratis Sinopoulos, Alicia Hall Moran • Kevin Mahogany Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Metropolitan Museum of Art Temple of Dendur 7 pm $50 êFabian Almazan Trio with Linda Oh, Henry Cole • /Fred Hersch Duo Rubin Museum 7 pm $20 Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Eric Reed Quartet with Grant Stewart, Matt Clohesy, Willie Jones III • Janet Planet with Tom Theabo, Dan Loomis, Ross Pederson Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 • Lady Got Chops Festival: Musi-Arti-Copia Flash Mob with Mem Nahadr, êLittle Orchestra Society with Min Xiao-Fen Meg Montgomery, Andrea Brachfeld, Sheryl Renee, Nikita White, Claudia Hayden, Avery Fisher Hall 11 am 1 pm Lisette Santiago, Bertha Hope, Kim Clarke • Larry Newcomb Trio; Mark Marino Trio; Jason Prover Sneak Thievery Orchestra Zeb’s 8 pm The Garage 12, 6, 10:30 pm êJames Falzone’s Klang with Jason Adasiewicz, Jason Roebke, Tim Daisy Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 Sunday, March 17 • Mike Rodriguez Quartet with John Ellis, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Rodney Green The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Keystone Korner Presents: Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez Italuba Quartet êGabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet with Freddy “Huevito” Lobatón, Hugo Alcazar, Iridium 8, 10 pm $30 Shirazette Tinnin, Yuri Juarez, John Benitez êNEC Contemporary Improvisation 40th: Tanya Kalmanovitch, Anthony Coleman, Drom 9:30 pm $30 Ted Reichman Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 • WORKS: Michel Gentile, Daniel Kelly, Rob Garcia • Vortex: Shoko Nagai/Satoshi Takeishi; The Restrictor: Adam Dym, Damien Olsen, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 8 pm $15 Kevin Rozza, Anthony Delio The Firehouse Space 8, 9 pm $10 êNels Cline/; The InBetweens: Mike Gamble, Noah Jarrett, Conor Elmes • Grant Stewart Quartet Smalls 11 pm $20 ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm $10 • Sheryl Bailey 4 with Jim Ridl, Gary Wang, Joe Strasser • Bobby Avey Group with Chris Speed, Thomson Kneeland, Jordan Perlson Fat Cat 9 pm Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 • Casimir Liberski Trio with Louis de Mieulle, Jeff Witherell; Luce Trio: Jon De Lucia, • Alexis Cole Quartet with John di Martino, James Cammack, Dwayne “Cook” Broadnax Ryan Ferreira, Chris Tordini ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm $10 Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 • Kind Of Orange: Mitch Guido, Jacob Gelber, Wes Troeger, Orange Julius; • Ken Peplowski Group Smalls 10:30 pm $20 Alex Clough Group with Nora Ritchie, Daniel Foose, John Hubbell; Terry Vakirtzolgou/ êDaryl Sherman, Will and Peter Anderson Tuomo Uusitalo Somethin’ Jazz Club 5, 7, 9 pm $10 Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 • Emanuel Cremer solo; Trismegistus: Joe Moffett, Ben Gerstein, Sean Ali, Devin Gray • Rogério Boccato Quarteto University Settlement 7:30 pm ABC No-Rio 7 pm $5 • Valerie Kuehne; Kouno Youji The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 • Out of Your Head: Ben Syversen, Travis Reuter, Mara Rosenbloom, Devin Gray; • Sean Nowell and The King-Fu Masters Matt Plummer, Liz Kosack, David Grollman The Bitter End 7 pm $10 The Backroom 9:30, 11 pm • Joe Giglio Trio with Ratzo Harris, Eric Peters êBilly Hart Quartet with Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Redrocks: Matteo Ramon Arevalos/Chiara Zenzani êSFJazz Collective - The Music Of Chick Corea: Avishai Cohen, Miguel Zenón, The Firehouse Space 8 pm $10 David Sanchez, Robin Eubanks, Stefon Harris, Edward Simon, Matt Penman, • Les Grant 5 with John Chin, John Ellis, Matt Pavolka, Dan Rieser; Reine Sophie with Jeff Ballard Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 David Cordeiro; Daniel Weiss Group with Chris Laybourne, Eitan Kenner, Yoni Marianer, êAfro-Cuban All Stars: Juan de Marcos González, Gliceria Abreu, Julito Padrón, Brad Koegel Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10 Yaure Muñiz, Yoanny Pino, Lázaro Oviedo, José Antonio “Tony” Moreaux, • Roos Plaatsman Trio Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 Antonio “Pacha” Portuondo, Rolando “Niño Mentira” Salgado, Gabriel Hernández, • Seth Myers Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm Alberto Pantaleón, Evelio Galán, Emilio Suarez, José Gilito Piñera, Gliceria González, • Fukushi Tainaka Trio; Hot House The Garage 6, 10:30 pm Laura Lydia González Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 êBilly Hart Quartet with Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street êFabian Almazan Trio with Linda Oh, Henry Cole Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $35 Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Joe Saylor/Bryan Carter Dizzy’s Club 12:45 am $20 • Emanuel Cremer solo; Tasos Stamou êSFJazz Collective - The Music Of Chick Corea: Avishai Cohen, Miguel Zenón, Downtown Music Gallery 6 pm David Sanchez, Robin Eubanks, Stefon Harris, Edward Simon, Matt Penman, • Ras Moshe/Shayna Dulberger Duo; Music Now Expanded Unit: Ras Moshe, Jeff Ballard Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $35 Tor Yochai Snyder, John Pietaro, Dafna Naphtali, Chris Forbes, Steve Cohn, • Keystone Korner Presents: Brazilian Jazz All Stars - Jazz Samba & Jobim: Max Johnson, Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic, Shayna Dulberger, Mike Noordzy, Romero Lubambo, Claudio Roditi, Duduka Da Fonseca, Helio Alves, Maucha Adnet, Gil Selinger, Matt Lavelle Brecht Forum 6 pm $11 Hans Glawischnig Iridium 8, 10 pm $30 • Zaccai Curtis Quartet Saint Peter’s 5 pm êAfro-Cuban All Stars: Juan de Marcos González, Gliceria Abreu, Julito Padrón, • Juilliard Jazz Brunch Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 Yaure Muñiz, Yoanny Pino, Lázaro Oviedo, José Antonio “Tony” Moreaux, • Michelle Walker Trio with Ron Affif, Michael O’Brien Antonio “Pacha” Portuondo, Rolando “Niño Mentira” Salgado, Gabriel Hernández, North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm Alberto Pantaleón, Evelio Galán, Emilio Suarez, José Gilito Piñera, Gliceria González, • Joonsam Lee Trio; David Coss Quartet Laura Lydia González Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 The Garage 11:30 am 7 pm

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | March 2013 41 Tuesday, March 19 • Edward Perez Trio Terraza 7 9:30 pm $5 • Rick Stone Trio The Garage 7 pm • Ananda Gari Quartet with Tim Berne, Rez Abbasi, Michael Formanek • Donny McCaslin Group Smalls 9:30 pm $20 êJoseph Bowie’s Big Band Funk ShapeShifter Lab 8 pm Greenwich House Music School 9 pm $12 • New Quartet with Aaron Parks, , Justin Faulkner • Kurt Rosenwinkel New Quartet with Aaron Parks, Eric Revis, Justin Faulkner • Matt Holman’s Diversion Ensemble with Michael McGinnis, Nate Radley, Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 Christopher Hoffman, Ziv Ravitz Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 êLouis Hayes Quintet Birdland 6 pm $20 • Tierney Sutton Band Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êEmilie Weibel solo; Amanda and the Michaels: Amanda Monaco, Michael Bates, • Tierney Sutton Band Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êLuis Bonilla’s Trombonilla! with Ivan Renta, Bruce Barth, Andy McKee, John Riley Michael Pride Seeds 8:30, 10 pm • Tim Chernikoff Band Shrine 6 pm Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Lady Got Chops Festival: Frederkia Krier/Dana Hanchard • Sammy Bronowski Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 Zinc Bar 7 pm Friday, March 22 êJohnathan Blake Eleventh Hour Band with Jaleel Shaw, Mark Turner, Ben Street • Freddie Bryant and Kaleidoscope with Yosvany Terry, Patrice Blanchard, Willard Dyson Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 Zinc Bar 9, 10:30 pm 12 am êA Tribute to Paul Motian: Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Andrew Cyrille, , • Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $20-30 • Simona De Rosa Trio with Marco Di Gennaro Ravi Coltrane, Ben Street, Billy Drewes, Jerome Harris, , Chris Cheek, • Mike Longo NY State of the Art Jazz Ensemble with Dee Daniels Somethin’ Jazz Club 9 pm $10 Ed Schuller, , Marilyn Crispell, , Bill McHenry, , NYC Baha’i Center 8, 9:30 pm $15 • Ayumi Ishito Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Tim Berne, Ethan Iverson, , Joey Baron, Larry Grenadier, Mark Turner, • Jeremy Manasia Trio; Steve Einerson Trio • John Chin Trio The Garage 7 pm Petra Haden, Steve Cardenas, Masabumi Kikuchi, Tony Malaby Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 • Kurt Rosenwinkel New Quartet with Aaron Parks, Eric Revis, Justin Faulkner Symphony Space Peter Jay Sharp Theatre 7 pm $45 • Spike Wilner solo; Smalls Legacy Little Big Band with Josh Evans, Theo Hill, Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Min Xiao-Fen, Max Pollack, Jin Hi Kim Frank Lacy; Kyle Poole Smalls 7, 9:30 pm 12 am $20 • Tierney Sutton Band Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 Museum of Chinese in America 8 pm $15 • Jed Levy Trio with Thomson Kneeland, Alvester Garnett êLuis Bonilla’s Trombonilla! with Ivan Renta, Bruce Barth, Andy McKee, John Riley êHarold Mabern 77th Birthday Celebration with John Webber, Joe Farnsworth Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 • Aural Dystopia: Louise DE Jensen, Brandon Seabrook, Tom Blancarte, Kevin Shea; • Sammy Bronowski Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 • Madeleine Peyroux Allen Room 7:30, 9:30 pm $55-65 Matt Nelson JACK 8 pm $10 • Robben Ford Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $20-30 êFrank Kimbrough Trio with Jay Anderson, Jeff Hirshfield • James Carney Trio with Chris Lightcap, Ted Poor; Hashem Assadullahi Band with • Hajime Yoshida Shrine 6 pm Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 Alan Ferber, Leonard Thompson, Tyler Abbott, Matt Wilson • Eugene Marlow Heritage Ensemble Saint Peter’s 1 pm $10 êCory Weeds Group with Ian Hendrickson Smith, Spike Wilner, Sean Cronin, Korzo 9, 10:30 pm Brian Floody; Ralph Peterson Group • Akiko Pavolka and House of Illusion with Matt Renzi, Nate Radley, Matt Pavolka, Thursday, March 21 Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 Bill Campbell Barbès 7 pm $10 êO’Farrill Brothers Band: Adam O’Farrill, Livio Almeida, Gabe Schnider, • Matt Herskowitz Drom 7:15 pm $20 êStanley Clarke/ Band Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 Adam Kromelow, Raviv Markovitz, Zack O’Farrill • Benjamin Scheuer; Peter Lerman Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 êMichael Carvin Experience with Anthony Wonsey, Jansen Cinco, Keith Loftis The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Jean Rohe Band Rockwood Music Hall 9:30 pm Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Larry Corban Trio with Harvie S, Steve Williams • New York Jazz Academy; Dorian Wallace Big Band with Cam Collins, Lynn Ligammari, • Sammy Bronowski Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 Tim McDonald, Zach Mayer, Frank London, Wayne Tucker, Alphonso Horne, êChris Speed Trio with Chris Tordini, Dave King • Sara Serpa with André Matos, Jacob Sacks, Eivind Opsvik, Tommy Crane John Raymond, Andy Hunter, Frank Niemeyer, Joe McDonough, Frank Cohen, Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 Tim Basom, Dmitri Kolesnik, Mike Campenni, Madison Cano • Oz Noy, Bill Lee, Dave Weckl Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 • Quartet with Glenn Zaleski, Joe Sanders, Colin Stranahan; Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 • Contemporary Improvisation Festival: Anthony Coleman, Ashley Paul, Matt Darriau, John Raymond Quartet with Shai Maestro, Joe Martin, Austin Walker • Stafford Hunter Quartet The Garage 7 pm Frank London, Cuddle Magic, Mat Maneri, Andrew Hock, Judith Berkson ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm $10 • Jacob Deaton Trio; Uncharted Territory Barbès 7 pm $10 • Peter and Will Anderson Quintet with Ehud Asherie, Mike Karn, Phil Stewart Shrine 6, 8 pm êHenry Butler solo Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Church of the Intercession 7 pm $20 • Maria Bacardi Septet with David Oquendo, Alex Hernandez, Vicente Sanchez, • Alan Blackman Quintet with Max Murray, Frank Russo, Donny McCaslin, Wednesday, March 20 Roman Diaz, Onel Mulet Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Rogério Boccato Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 • Tony Moreno Trio with Angelica Sanchez • Willie Mae Perry Zeb’s 7 pm êToday’s Jewish Music: From NEC to the Downtown Scene: Frank London, 55Bar 7 pm • Nicole Lund Band with Paul Olsen, Alex Vargas; Somethin’ Vocal with Matt Baker Trio; Hankus Netsky, Greg Wall, Lily Henley, Marty Ehrlich, Matt Darriau, Anthony Coleman • Jason Yeager Trio with guest Noah Preminger Elevations: George Heid III, Benny Benack III, Michael Stephenson, Brett Williams, Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Thalia 7 pm $22 Metropolitan Room 11:30 pm $20 Anton DeFade Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10 êSidney Bechet Society: Jim Cullum Jazz Band with Alan Vaché, Mike Pittsley, • Jacam Manricks Trio with Des White, Ross Pederson • Jacob Deaton Duo Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 John Sheridan, Hal Smith Symphony Space Peter Jay Sharp Theatre 7:15 pm $35 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 • Fukushi Tainaka Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm êKeystone Korner Presents: Songbook with • Adam Schatz, Dave LeBleu, Eivind Opsvik • Joel Perry Trio; Kevin Dorn and the Big 72 Iridium 8, 10:30 pm $30 Nublu 9 pm The Garage 6, 10:30 pm • Donny McCaslin Group; Noah Preminger Quartet with Glenn Zaleski, Matt Pavolka, • Glenn Zaleski Quintet with Matt Jodrell, Lucas Pino, Desmond White, Cory Cox êStanley Clarke/George Duke Band Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 Colin Stranahan Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $15 • Dara Tucker Blue Note 12:30 am $10 êEllery Eskelin/Devin Grey Barbès 8 pm $10 • Send Out Signals meets Jack Desalvo with Ras Moshe, Matt Lavelle, êMichael Carvin Experience with Anthony Wonsey, Jansen Cinco, Keith Loftis • Sonic Overload: Peter Evans, Jim Altieri, Dan Peck, Jeff Snyder, Tom Blancarte, Thomas Zlabinger; Catherine Sikora Ensemble with Ross Hammond, Michael Lytle, and guest Sonny Fortune Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $35 Sam Pluta; Daria Binkowski The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 Ken Filiano The Firehouse Space 8, 9:30 pm $10 • Sammy Bronowski Dizzy’s Club 12:45 am $20 • Cynthia Holiday Quintet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm • Kenny Warren’s All the King’s Horses with Jake Henry, Rick Parker, Matt Plummer, êHenry Butler solo Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 • Marianne Solivan Quartet with Xavier Davis, Matthew Parris Ben Stapp, Kate Pittman; Ben Gerstein, Gian Luigi Diana, Mike Pride • Oz Noy, Bill Lee, Dave Weckl Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Lark Café 8 pm • Kurt Rosenwinkel New Quartet with Aaron Parks, Eric Revis, Justin Faulkner • The Checkout Live: Todd Sickafoose’s Tiny Resistors; Stephan Crump’s Rosetta Trio • Jonathan Saraga Quintet with Michael Eaton, Peter Park, Jeff Dingler, Gusten Rudolph; Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 with Liberty Ellman, Jamie Fox 92YTribeca 8 pm $12 Rob Reich Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 • Tierney Sutton Band Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Camila Meza Quartet Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 • Justin Lees Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm • Blues for Smoke: Lonnie Holley; Cooper-Moore Whitney Museum 6 pm

Lou Caputo & Chris White Interface

A collaboration of two longtime friends

with Don Stein (piano) Payton Crossley (drums) Warren Smith (vibraphone) Leopoldo Fleming (percussion)

CD LAUNCH MONTCLAIR, NJ MAR. 22ND

CDs available at CDbaby, Amazon And Itunes Previous album: Lou Caputo “Not So Big Band” Loucaputo.com; CaputoJazz@Twitter

42 March 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD Saturday, March 23 • Roz Corral Trio with Freddie Bryant, Edward Perez North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm êJenny Scheinman Trio with Bill Frisell, Brian Blade • Iris Ornig Quartet; David Coss Quartet Zankel Hall 9 pm $40-50 The Garage 11:30 am 7 pm êValerie Capers Trio with John Robinson, Doug Richardson Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 Monday, March 25 êCI at 40: Hankus Netsky, Greta DiGiorgio McAndrew, Ran Blake, Dominique Eade, The Claudia Quintet, Christine Correa, Sarah Jarosz, John Medeski, Anthony Coleman, êMike Stern with The Les Paul Trio Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 Eden MacAdam-Somer Symphony Space Peter Jay Sharp Theatre 7:30 pm $28-38 êMingus Big Band Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Ask Your Mama - 12 Moods for Jazz: Jessye Norman; Black Thought; Nnenna Freelon; ê3rd Annual James Moody Scholarship Benefit Concert: Andres Boiarsky, ?uestlove; Ask Your Mama 8 pm $35-125 Sharel Cassity, , , Anat Cohen, Todd Coolman, êMichael Formanek’s Cheating Heart with Tim Berne, Peter Formanek, Jacob Sacks, Paquito D’Rivera, Greg Gisbert, John Lee, , , Jim Black Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 Renee Rosnes, Yotam Silberstein, Gary Smulyan, Steve Turre, Diego Urcola • Charenee Wade Sistas’ Place 9, 10:30 pm $25 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $35-100 • Joe Sanders The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Florida State University Jazz Ensemble êMax Johnson Trio with Kirk Knuffke, Ziv Ravitz; Aaron Shragge, Daniel Carter, Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 Alexi David Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm $10 êAdam Rudolph’s GO: Organic Orchestra • Jacob Deaton Trio with Michael Feinberg, Dana Hawkins; Michael Webster’s ShapeShifter Lab 8 pm $15 Momentus with Ingrid Jensen, Chris Dingman, Jesse Lewis, Ike Sturm, Jared Schonig • Vital Vox Festival: Philip Hamilton; Sabrina Lastman; Unearthish: Sarah Bernstein/ ShapeShifter Lab 7:30, 8:30 pm Satoshi Takeishi Roulette 8 pm $15 êNate Wooley Quintet Omega with Josh Sinton, Matt Moran, Eivind Opsvik, • Women’s Jazz Festival: Lizz Wright/Nikky Finney Harris Eisenstadt; Will Mason Sextet; Rafiq Bhatia Trio The Schomburg Center 7 pm $25 The Backroom 10 pm $10 êPaul Flaherty/; Don Dietrich/Jim Sauter • Rory Stuart Trio with Aidan Carroll, Colin Stranahan JACK 8 pm $10 Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 êLuis Perdomo solo Smalls 7:30 pm $20 • Kristine Mills with Bruce Edwards, Scott Ritchie, Jacob Melchior • Empyrean Atlas; All The Kings Horses: Jake Henry, Kenny Warren, Rick Parker, Metropolitan Room 7 pm $20 Jeremy Thal, Ben Stapp, Kate Pittman • Vadim Neselovskyi’s Agricultural Dreams 6tet Sycamore 8:30, 9:30 pm Caffe Vivaldi 9 pm • Dorian Devin Trio with Lou Rainone, Tom Hubbard • Emiko Mizoguchi/Derek Hood Zeb’s 8 pm Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 • Charles Sibirsky; Tuomo Uusitalo/Olli Hirvonen; Brett Sandler Trio with • Ashley Gonzalez; Tine Bruhn/Johnny O’Neal Peter Longofono, Adam Pin Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10 Zinc Bar 7, 9 pm • Marisa Dargahi Quintet Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 • New York Jazz Academy; Tomoko Omura Quintet with Will Graefe, Glenn Zaleski, • Satchamo Mannan Quartet Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm Thomas Morgan, Colin Stranahan Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 • Danny Jonokuchi Sextet; Florencia Gonzalez Candombe Project • Tomoko Omura Quintet Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 Shrine 6, 8 pm • Cecilia Coleman Big Band The Garage 7 pm êHarold Mabern 77th Birthday Celebration with John Webber, Joe Farnsworth Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 Tuesday, March 26 • Madeleine Peyroux Allen Room 7:30, 9:30 pm $55-65 êPete Malinverni Trio with Lee Hudson, Jason Brown; Ralph Peterson Group êLions Trio: Arild Andersen, Yelena Eckemoff, Billy Hart Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 êStanley Clarke/George Duke Band Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 êTom Harrell’s Colors of a Dream with Jaleel Shaw, Wayne Escoffery, êMichael Carvin Experience with Anthony Wonsey, Jansen Cinco, Keith Loftis Esperanza Spalding, Ugonna Okegwo, Johnathan Blake and guest Sonny Fortune Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $45 Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Sammy Bronowski Dizzy’s Club 12:45 am $20 • Kyle Eastwood Group with Alex Norris, Jason Rigby, Rick Germanson, Joe Strasser; êHenry Butler Trio Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 Group with Murali Coryell, , Kenwood Dennard • Oz Noy, Anthony Jackson, Dave Weckl Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $20-30 Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 • Terri Lyne Carrington’s Money Jungle with Tia Fuller, Nir Felder, Gerald Clayton, • Kurt Rosenwinkel New Quartet with Aaron Parks, Eric Revis, Justin Faulkner James Genus Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 êMelissa Aldana Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 • Tierney Sutton Band Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Kendrick Scott Oracle with John Ellis, Mike Moreno, Taylor Eigsti, Joe Sanders • Latin Jazz - New York Faces: Ricardo Rodriquez Quintet; Victor Prieto; Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 Chia’s Dance Party Flushing Town Hall 6 pm $20 • Warren Chiasson George Shearing Tribute • Marsha Heydt Quartet; Ben Benack Quartet; Virginia Mayhew Quartet NYC Baha’i Center 8, 9:30 pm $15 The Garage 12, 6, 10:30 pm • Kenny Werner ShapeShifter Lab 8 pm êKris Davis/Ingrid Laubrock Korzo 9 pm Sunday, March 24 • Chelsea Baratz Birthday Bash with Maurice Brown, Willerm Delisfort, Ben Williams, Joe Blaxx Grissett Zinc Bar 8, 10 pm êIva Bittová solo Le Poisson Rouge 7:30 pm $20 • Shelia Jordan Master Class Jazz at Kitano 7 pm • Nick Finzer Sextet; Lucas Pino No Net Nonet êNate Wooley/Ben Vida Duo JACK 8 pm $10 ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm • Spike Wilner solo; Smalls Legacy Little Big Band with Josh Evans, Theo Hill, • Curtis Macdonald Quartet with Bobby Avey, Chris Tordini, Tommy Crane; Frank Lacy; Kyle Poole Smalls 7, 9:30 pm 12 am $20 Ideal Bread: Josh Sinton, Kirk Knuffke, Adam Hopkins, Chad Taylor; • Steve Bloom Trio with Danton Boller, Jeremy Carlstedt Jasmine Lovell-Smith’s Towering Poppies with Russell Moore, Cat Toren, Pat Reid, Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Kate Pittman Douglass Street Music Collective 8 pm $10 • Vital Vox Festival: Lisa Karrer/David Simons; Sasha Bogdanowitsch with • Broc Hempel, Sam Trapchak, Christian Coleman with guest Rich Perry Loom Ensemble; Pamela Z Roulette 8 pm $15 Dominie’s Astoria 9 pm • Sean Nowell and The King-Fu Masters meet the NY Gypsy All-Stars • Falkner Evans Quintet with Marc Mommaas, Ron Horton, Belden Bullock, Matt Wilson; Drom 9:30 pm Alex Norris Smalls 4:30, 11 pm $20 • Metis 9: Han-Earl Park, Josh Sinton, Catherine Sikora • Jesse Stacken, Peter Van Huffel, Nate Wooley, Tom Rainey; Secret Architecture: The Backroom 8:30 pm Fraser Campbell, Wade Ridenhour, Julian Smith, Zach Mangan • Joshua Kwassman Group with Gilad Hekselman Caffe Vivaldi 8, 9:30 pm $10 Rockwood Music Hall 7 pm $15 • Lee Feldman and his Problems with Byron Isaacs, Bill Dobrow; Ali Carter • Scott Sharon Septet with Bruce Harris, Jeremy Weldon, Mark Sullivan, Nial Djuliarso, Somethin’ Jazz Club 5, 7 pm $10 Paul Gill, Aaron Kimmel; Matt Panayides Group with Rich Perry, Bob Sabin, Jeff Davis êStanley Clarke/George Duke Band Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $30-45 Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9 pm $10 êMichael Carvin Experience with Anthony Wonsey, Jansen Cinco, Keith Loftis • Lluis Capdevila Trio Tomi Jazz 8 pm $10 and guest Sonny Fortune Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Nobuki Takamen Trio The Garage 7 pm êHenry Butler Trio Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Oz Noy, Anthony Jackson, Dave Weckl Wednesday, March 27 Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 • Kurt Rosenwinkel New Quartet with Aaron Parks, Eric Revis, Justin Faulkner êClaudia Acuña Harlem Stage Gatehouse 7:30 pm Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 êBarry Harris solo Weill Recital Hall 8 pm $35 • Ross Hammond/Catherine Sikora; Anne Rhodes/Kyoko Kitamura êKeystone Korner Presents: Bucky Pizzarelli All-Stars Downtown Music Gallery 6 pm Iridium 8, 10:30 pm $30 • Amy Cervini/Heather Bambrick 55Bar 6 pm • Birthday Bash with JD Walters • Chanda Rule Band Saint Peter’s 5 pm Zinc Bar 9, 10:30 pm 12 am • Anita Wardell Perez Jazz 3 pm $20 • YoungJoo Song Trio with Yasushi Nakamura, John Davis • Lenore Raphael Trio with Jack Wilkins, Kelly Friesen Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 • George Colligan Band; Sean Wayland Band ShapeShifter Lab 8 pm êAnat Fort Trio with Gary Wang, Yaaki Levy Cornelia Street Café 8:30 pm $10 • José James; Taylor McFerrin Music Hall of Williamsburg 9 pm $25 • Jesse Stacken, Peter Van Huffel, Flin Van Hemmen; Peter Van Huffel, Michael Bates, Jeff Davis Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30, 10 pm $10 • Gilad Hekselman Group; David Bryant Trio Gunhild Seim & Smalls 9:30 pm 12 am $20 • Pedro Giraudo Sextet Terraza 7 9:30 pm $5 Time JungleCrispell with Marilyn • Aki Yashiro and Trio with guest Birdland 7, 9:30 pm $30-40 • Dee Daniels Quintet with TK Blue, Carlton Holmes, Paul Beaudry, Alvester Garnett Elephant Wings Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm • Ted Brinkley’s Sour Note Seven with Evan Francis, Rob Sudduth, Rob Ewing, “An exceptional highlight Graham Connah, John Finkbeiner, Lisa Mezzacappa, Vijay Anderson Barbès 8 pm $10 • Matt Renzi Trio with Dave Ambrosio, Russ Meissner; Todd Neufeld, Rema Hasumi, of European jazz in 2012” -Jazznytt Dan Weiss Seeds 8:30, 10 pm • David Shively; Jonathan Hepfer The Stone 8, 10 pm $10 “Elephant Wings is another excellent set • Big Machine: Aaron Burnett, Andy Berman, Carlos Homs, Nick Jozwiak, of compositions...” -allaboutjazz.com Tyshawn Sorey Somethin’ Jazz Club 7 pm $10 • Kyoko Oyobe Trio The Garage 7 pm êTom Harrell’s Colors of a Dream with Jaleel Shaw, Wayne Escoffery, Esperanza Spalding, Ugonna Okegwo, Johnathan Blake Available at Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 Downtown Music Gallery • Kyle Eastwood Group with Alex Norris, Jason Rigby, Rick Germanson, Joe Strasser; Jazz Record Center Larry Coryell Group with Murali Coryell, Victor Bailey, Kenwood Dennard J&R Music World Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $20-30 • Terri Lyne Carrington’s Money Jungle with Tia Fuller, Nir Felder, Gerald Clayton, Amazon.com James Genus Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $30 CDUniverse.com êMelissa Aldana Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 • Kendrick Scott Oracle with John Ellis, Mike Moreno, Taylor Eigsti, Joe Sanders Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $20 gunhildseim.com

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | March 2013 43 Thursday, March 28 êTomasz Stanko New Quartet with David Virelles, Thomas Morgan, Gerald Cleaver REGULAR ENGAGEMENTS Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 MONDAYS êClaire Daly’s Baritone Monk with Steve Hudson, Maryann McSweeney, Peter Grant êBen Wolfe Quintet with JD Allen, Orrin Evans, Donald Edwards and guest • Tom Abbott Big Bang Big Band Swing 46 8:30 pm Birdland 6 pm $20 Nicholas Payton Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $45 ê • Ron Affif Trio Zinc Bar 9, 11pm, 12:30, 2 am êTomasz Stanko New Quartet with David Virelles, Thomas Morgan, Gerald Cleaver Melissa Aldana Dizzy’s Club 12:45 am $20 • Woody Allen/Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band Café Carlyle 8:45 pm $125 Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 • Dave Douglas Quintet with Jon Irabagon, Matt Mitchell, Linda Oh, Rudy Royston and • Bryan Beninghove’s Hangmen ZirZamin 9:30 pm êBen Wolfe Quintet with JD Allen, Orrin Evans, Donald Edwards and guest guest Aoife O’Donovan Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 • Big Band Night; John Farnsworth Quintet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm Nicholas Payton Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 êTom Harrell’s Colors of a Dream with Jaleel Shaw, Wayne Escoffery, Esperanza Spalding, Ugonna Okegwo, Johnathan Blake • Tribute with Dan Barman The Counting Room 8 pm êMelissa Aldana Dizzy’s Club 11 pm $10 • Sedric Choukroun and The Brasilieros Chez Lola 7:30 pm • Dave Douglas Quintet with Jon Irabagon, Matt Mitchell, Linda Oh, Rudy Royston Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 Kyle Eastwood Group with Alex Norris, Jason Rigby, Rick Germanson, Joe Strasser; • Pete Davenport/Ed Schuller Jam Session Frank’s Cocktail Lounge 9 pm and guest Aoife O’Donovan Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • • Emerging Artists Series Bar Next Door 6:30 pm (ALSO TUE-THU) Mike Clark and Friends with Rachael Z, Mike Zilber, James Genus Larry Coryell Group with Murali Coryell, Victor Bailey, Kenwood Dennard • Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $20-30 • Joel Forrester solo Brandy Library 8 pm Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $10 • George Gee Swing Orchestra Gospel Uptown 8 pm êNouveau Stride: Lorraine Feather/Stephanie Trick; Zach Resnick Quintet • Manu Koch and Filtron M with Panagiotis Andreou, Mauricio Zottarelli, Sebastian Nickoll Blue Note 12:30 am $10 • Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks Sofia’s 8 pm (ALSO TUE) Metropolitan Room 9:30, 11:30 pm $20 • Grove Street Stompers Arthur’s Tavern 7 pm Harlem Lives!: Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by • Dave Kain Group; Champian Fulton Trio; Virginia Mayhew Quartet • The Garage 12, 6, 10:30 pm • JFA Jazz Jam Local 802 7 pm Bobby Sanabria Borden Auditorium 7:30 pm $12 • Jam Session Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Sanda Weigl with Gael Rouilhac, Jake Shulman-Ment, Pablo Aslan, Nick Anderson; Sunday, March 31 • Les Paul Trio with guests Iridium 8, 10 pm $35 JP Schlegelmilch Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 • Ian Rapien’s Spectral Awakenings Jazz Groove Session Ave D 9 pm • Larry Ham/Woody Witt Duo Smalls 7:30 pm $20 êSean Moran Small Elephant Band with Mike McGinnis, Chris Dingman, • Stan Rubin All-Stars Charley O’s 8:30 pm • Sharel Cassity Trio with Dezron Douglas, EJ Strickland • Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $30 Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Reuben Radding, Harris Eisenstadt Barbès 7 pm $10 • Diego Voglino Jam Session The Village Lantern 9:30 pm • Eivind Opsvik’s Overseas with Jacob Sacks, Brandon Seabrook, Kenny Wollesen • Jordan Young Group Bflat 8 pm (ALSO WED 8:30 pm) Nublu 9 pm êDarius Jones’ Man’ish Boy Trio with Cooper-Moore, Jason Nazary; Lisa Mezzacappa’s • Matt Lavelle and the 12 Houses with Chris Forbes, Ryan Sawyer, Francois Grillot, Bait & Switch with Matt Nelson, John Finkbeiner, Vijay Anderson TUESDAYS Laura Ortman, Gil Selinger, Anders Nilsson, Mary Cherney, Charles Waters, ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9 pm $12 • Daisuke Abe Trio Sprig 6 pm (ALSO WED-THU) Claire de Brunner, Ras Moshe, Catherine Sikora, Tim Stocker • Rachel Brotman Quartet with Yago Vazuez, Zach Lane, Anthony Taddeo; • Rick Bogart Trio with Louisa Poster L’ybane 9 pm (ALSO FRI) The Firehouse Space 8 pm $10 Maria Neckham Cornelia Street Café 8:30, 10 pm $10 • Orrin Evans Evolution Series Jam Session Zinc Bar 11 pm • Lisa Mezzacappa/Fay Victor Trio with John Finkbeiner • Jorge Sylvester Ace Collective with Nora McCarthy, Waldron “Mahdi” Ricks, • Irving Fields Nino’s Tuscany 7 pm (ALSO WED-SUN) 55Bar 7 pm Pablo Vergara, Donald Nicks, Kenny Grohowski • George Gee Swing Orchestra Swing 46 8:30 pm • Matt Renzi Trio with Dave Ambrosio, Russ Meissner Arlene’s Grocery 7 pm $10 • Loston Harris Café Carlyle 9:30 pm $20 (ALSO WED-SAT) ShapeShifter Lab 8 pm $8 • Broc Hempel, Sam Trapchak, Christian Coleman with guest Greg Ward • Art Hirahara Trio Arturo’s 8 pm • Rebecca Martin Rockwood Music Hall 7 pm $15 Dominie’s Astoria 9 pm • Yuichi Hirakawa Trio Arthur’s Tavern 7, 8:30 pm • Miho Hazama m_unit with Cam Collins, Ryoji Ihara, Andrew Gutauskas, • Mike Rood Trio with Rick Rosato, Rogério Boccato • Sandy Jordan and Larry Luger Trio Notaro 8 pm Matthew Jodrell, Bert Hill, Sara Caswell, Olivia De Prato, Lois Martin, Meaghan Burke, Bar Next Door 8, 10 pm $12 • Mike LeDonne Quartet; Mike DiRubbo B3-3 Smoke 7, 9, 10:30, 11:30 pm James Shipp, Sam Harris, Sam Anning, Jake Goldbas and guest Steve Wilson • Timaeus: Douglas Bradford, Zack Lober, Cody Brown; Secret Architecture: • Metro Room Jazz Jam with guests Metropolitan Room 11:30 pm $10 The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $15 Fraser Campbell, Wade Ridenhour, Julian Smith, Zach Mangan • Russ Nolan Jazz Organ Trio Cassa Hotel and Residences 6 pm • Vadim Neselovskyi Caffe Vivaldi 9:30 pm Caffe Vivaldi 7, 9 pm $10 • Annie Ross The Metropolitan Room 9:30 pm $25 • Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic/Cheryl Pyle; Jonathan Goldberger • Alejandro T. Acierto; Billy Stein/Michael Moss • Jam Session Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm Lark Café 8 pm ABC No-Rio 7 pm $5 • Slavic Soul Party Barbès 9 pm $10 • Chiemi Nakai Latin Jazz Trio with Luques Curtis, Mauricio Herrera; Allegra Levy; • Roots and Fruits Of Jazz: Boris Kurganov, Alexander Ratmansky, Dmitri Kolesnik, • Diego Voglino Jam Session The Fifth Estate 10 pm New York Bakery Connection: Antonello Parisi, Joseph Han, Luiz Ebert and guest Joe Goretti, Cafe Somethin’ Jazz Club 9 pm $10 WEDNESDAYS Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10 • Ben Wolfe Quintet with JD Allen, Orrin Evans, Donald Edwards and guest • Joe Alterman Caffe Vivaldi 9:30 pm • Steve Elmer Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7 pm Nicholas Payton Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30 pm $35 • Astoria Waltz-Astoria 6 pm • Carl Bartlett Jr. The Garage 7 pm • Dave Douglas Quintet with Jon Irabagon, Matt Mitchell, Linda Oh, Rudy Royston and • Sedric Choukroun and the Eccentrics Chez Oskar 7 pm êTom Harrell’s Colors of a Dream with Jaleel Shaw, Wayne Escoffery, guest Aoife O’Donovan Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30 pm $25 • Brianna Thomas Quartet Smoke 11:30 pm Esperanza Spalding, Ugonna Okegwo, Johnathan Blake êTom Harrell’s Colors of a Dream with Jaleel Shaw, Wayne Escoffery, • Walter Fischbacher Trio Water Street Restaurant 8 pm Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 Esperanza Spalding, Ugonna Okegwo, Johnathan Blake • Jeanne Gies with Howard Alden and Friends Joe G’s 6:30 pm • Kyle Eastwood Group with Alex Norris, Jason Rigby, Rick Germanson, Joe Strasser; Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • Les Kurtz Trio; Joonsam Lee Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 7, 11:30 pm Larry Coryell Group with Murali Coryell, Victor Bailey, Kenwood Dennard • Kyle Eastwood Group with Alex Norris, Jason Rigby, Rick Germanson, Joe Strasser; • Jonathan Kreisberg Trio Bar Next Door 8:30, 10:30 pm $12 Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $20-30 Larry Coryell Group with Murali Coryell, Victor Bailey, Kenwood Dennard • Guillaume Laurent Trio Bar Tabac 7 pm Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $20-30 • Jake K. Leckie Trio Kif Bistro 8 pm Friday, March 29 • Cheryl Pyle/Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic; Jake Henry/Sean Ali • Jed Levy and Friends Vino di Vino Wine Bar 7:30 pm (ALSO FRI) Downtown Music Gallery 6 pm • Greg Lewis Organ Monk with Reggie Woods Sapphire NYC 8 pm êFrank Wess Quintet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 • Ike Sturm Ensemble Saint Peter’s 5 pm • Ron McClure solo piano McDonald’s 12 pm (ALSO SAT) êDon Friedman Trio with George Mraz, Matt Wilson • Amy Cervini’s Jazz Kids! 55Bar 2 pm $5 • John McNeil/Mike Fahie Tea and Jam Tea Lounge 9 pm Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 • Takuya Kuroda Sextet with Corey King, Jamaal Sawyer, Takeshi Ohbayashi, Rashaan Carter, Adam Jackson Blue Note 12:30, 2:30 pm $29.50 • Jacob Melchior Philip Marie 7 pm (ALSO SUN 12 PM) êIgBo Duet: Joseph Bowie/Adam Rudolph; Defunkt!: Joseph Bowie, Kim Clarke, • Alex Obert’s Hollow Bones Via Della Pace 10 pm Alex Harding, Tobias Ralph, Adam Klipple • Roz Corral Trio with Gilad Hekselman, Boris Kozlov North Square Lounge 12:30, 2 pm • David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Centennial Band Birdland 5:30 pm $20 ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm $12 • Saul Rubin Vocalist Series Zeb’s 8 pm $10 êJeff Davis Trio and Friends with Russ Lossing, Eivind Opsvik, Oscar Noriega, • Stan Rubin Orchestra Swing 46 8:30 pm Kirk Knuffke Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 • David Schnug Papa’s Gino’s Restaurant 8:30 pm • Miles Okazaki Quartet with Ben Wendel, Hans Glawischnig, Dan Weiss • Alex Terrier Trio Antibes Bistro 7:30 pm The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Justin Wert/Corcoran Holt Benoit 7 pm • Marcus Strickland Quartet Smalls 10:30 pm $20 • Bill Wurtzel/Mike Gari American Folk Art Museum Lincoln Square 2 pm • Jack Wilkins Trio with Andy McKee, Mike Clark • Bill Wurtzel Duo Velour Lounge 6:30 pm Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 THURSDAYS • Nicky Parrott Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 Nora McCarthy • Jason Campbell Trio Perk’s 8 pm • Benny Benack Band with Adam Larson, Armand Hirsch, Emmet Cohen, Raviv Markovitz, Jimmy Macbride Metropolitan Room 9:30 pm $20 • Sedric Choukroun Brasserie Jullien 7:30 pm (ALSO FRI, SAT) • Kristin Norderval, , Katherine Liberovskaya Voice Music Words • Eric DiVito The Flatiron Room 8 pm Experimental Intermedia 9 pm • Gregory Generet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm • Paula Jaakkola; Samantha Carlson Jazz’tet with Joe Alterman, Nathaniel Schroeder; Classic●Contemporary●Free Jazz●Poetry • Jazz Open Mic Perk’s 8 pm Justin Purtill and Trio with Dan Blake, Haggai Cohen Milo, Lee Fish • Lapis Luna Quintet The Plaza Hotel Rose Club 9 pm Somethin’ Jazz Club 7, 9, 11 pm $10 • Eri Yamamoto Trio Arthur’s Tavern 7 pm (ALSO FRI-SAT) • Sam Kulok Trio Tomi Jazz 9 pm $10 www.noramccarthy.com FRIDAYS • Joonsam Lee Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • The Crooked Trio: Oscar Noriega, Brian Drye, Ari Folman-Cohen Barbès 5 pm • Rob Edwards Quartet; Joey Morant Trio ●New CD Available @CD Baby • Deep Pedestrian Sintir 8 pm The Garage 6, 10:30 pm • Charles Downs’ Centipede The Complete Music Studio 7 pm êTomasz Stanko New Quartet with David Virelles, Thomas Morgan, Gerald Cleaver • Gerry Eastman’s Quartet Williamsburg Music Center 10 pm Birdland 8:30, 11 pm $30-40 In The Language of Dreams • Finkel/Kasuga/Tanaka/Solow San Martin Restaurant 12 pm $10 êBen Wolfe Quintet with JD Allen, Orrin Evans, Donald Edwards and guest • Patience Higgins & The Sugar Hill Quartet Smoke 11:45 pm Nicholas Payton Dizzy’s Club 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $35 “In The Language of Dreams is an explosion of • Tommy Igoe Birdland Big Band Birdland 5 pm $25 êMelissa Aldana Dizzy’s Club 12:45 am $20 imagination, a dazzling display of music and words, as • Kengo Nakamura Trio Club A Steakhouse 11 pm • Dave Douglas Quintet with Jon Irabagon, Matt Mitchell, Linda Oh, Rudy Royston • Brian Newman Quartet Duane Park 10:30 pm and guest Aoife O’Donovan Jazz Standard 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $30 well as philosophy.” Florence Wetzel 2012 • Albert Rivera Organ Trio B Smith’s 8:30 pm (ALSO SAT) • Eugene Marlow Heritage Ensemble Nuyorican Poets Café 7:30 pm $15 • Richard Russo Quartet Capital Grille 6:30 pm êTom Harrell’s Colors of a Dream with Jaleel Shaw, Wayne Escoffery, www.asmalldreaminred.com • Brandon Sanders Trio Londel’s 8, 9, 10 pm (ALSO SAT) Esperanza Spalding, Ugonna Okegwo, Johnathan Blake • Bill Saxton and Friends Bill’s Place 9, 11 pm $15 Village Vanguard 9, 11 pm $25 • UOTS Jam Session University of the Streets 11:30 pm $5 (ALSO SAT) • Kyle Eastwood Group with Alex Norris, Jason Rigby, Rick Germanson, Joe Strasser; • Rakiem Walker Project Shrine 6 pm Larry Coryell Group with Murali Coryell, Victor Bailey, Kenwood Dennard Teaching/Workshops SATURDAYS Blue Note 8, 10:30 pm $20-30 • Cyrille Aimee The Cupping Room 8:30 pm • Kendra Shank Quartet with Frank Kimbrough, Dean Johnson, Tony Moreno www.thezenofsinging.com • Avalon Jazz Quartet Matisse 8 pm 55Bar 6 pm Free Consultation • Candy Shop Boys Duane Park 8, 10:30 pm • Jesse Elder/Greg RuggieroRothmann’s 6 pm Saturday, March 30 Private Lessons/Ensemble Work • Joel Forrester solo Indian Road Café 11 am • Guillaume Laurent/Luke Franco Casaville 1 pm êPapo Vazquez BAMCafé 9 pm • Johnny O’Neal Smoke 11:45 pm êKris Davis Cornelia Street Café 9, 10:30 pm $15 • Frank Owens Open Mic Zeb’s 1 pm • David Arner, Pauline Oliveros, Doug Van Nort and FILTER • Skye Jazz Trio Jack 8:30 pm Roulette 8 pm $15 • Michelle Walker/Nick Russo Anyway Café 9 pm • Underground Horns; Brown Rice Family Nora McCarthy - Nu Jazz Projects • Bill Wurtzel Duo Henry’s 12 pm 92YTribeca 9 pm $12 SUNDAYS • Lil Phillips Sistas’ Place 9, 10:30 pm $25 @McARTMusic • Avalon Jazz Quartet The Lambs Club 11 am • De Akokán: Pavel Urkiza, Ricardo Pons, Yunior Terry, Tony Rosa • Birdland Jazz Party Birdland 6 pm $25 The Jazz Gallery 9, 10:30 pm $20 • Marc Devine Trio TGIFriday’s 6 pm êJerome Sabbagh Trio with Joe Martin, Billy Drummond Bar Next Door 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 pm $12 • JaRon Eames/Emme Kemp Eats 6 pm • Chardavoine Quintet Metropolitan Room 11:30 pm $20 • Ear Regulars with Jon-Erik Kellso The Ear Inn 8 pm • Freeman Runs the Voodoo Down: David Freeman, Mike Noordzy, Mike Tichy, • Marjorie Eliot/Rudell Drears/Sedric Choukroun Parlor Entertainment 4 pm Hayes Greenfield and guests Branded Saloon 9 pm • Sean Fitzpatrick and Friends Ra Café 1 pm • Ryan Hayden’s Exploring Silver Quintet with Paul Nedzela, Bruce Harris, • Joel Forrester solo Grace Gospel Church 11 am Rick Germanson, Yasushi Nakamura • Nancy Goudinaki’s Trio Kellari Taverna 12 pm Oceana Restaurant 9 pm • Enrico Granafei solo Sora Lella 7 pm • New Jazz Messengers: Liam Werner, Coleman Hughes, Ryan Park-Chan, Jacob Gelber, • Broc Hempel/Sam Trapchak/Christian Coleman Trio Dominie’s Astoria 9 pm Wes Troeger, Orange Julius; Fredrick Levore; Ervin Dhimo Trio with , • Annette St. John; Allan Harris; Roxy Coss Smoke 11:30 am, 7, 11:30 pm Vancil Cooper Somethin’ Jazz Club 5, 7, 9 pm $10 • Bob Kindred Group Café Loup 12:30 pm • Renaud Penant Trio Cleopatra’s Needle 8 pm • Nate Lucas All Stars Ginny’s Supper Club 7 pm êFrank Wess Quintet Smoke 7, 9, 10:30 pm $35 • Alexander McCabe Trio CJ Cullens Tavern 5 pm êDon Friedman Trio with George Mraz, Matt Wilson • Junior Mance Trio Café Loup 6:30 pm Jazz at Kitano 8, 10 pm $25 • Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Birdland 9, 11 pm $30 êIgBo Duet: Joseph Bowie/Adam Rudolph; Moving Pictures Octet: Adam Rudolph, • Lu Reid Jam Session Shrine 4 pm Joseph Bowie, , Ralph Jones, James Hurt, Kenny Wessel, • Vocal Open Mic; Johnny O’Neal Smalls 4:30, 8:30 pm Jerome Harris, Matt Kilmer ShapeShifter Lab 8, 9:30 pm $12 • Rose Rutledge Trio Ardesia Wine Bar 6:30 pm • Peter and Williams Anderson Octet; Marcus Strickland Quartet • Gabrielle Stravelli Trio The Village Trattoria 12:30 pm Smalls 7:30, 10:30 pm $20 • Cidinho Teixeira Zinc Bar 10, 11:30 1 am • Nicky Parrott Knickerbocker Bar and Grill 9:45 pm $5 • Jazz Jam hosted by Michael Vitali Comix Lounge 8 pm • Brian Woodruff Jam Blackbird’s 9 pm

44 March 2013 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD CLUB DIRECTORY

• 1st Reformed Church of Jamaica 159-29 90th Avenue • Dominie’s Astoria 34-07 30th Avenue Subway: N, Q to 30th Avenue • Nublu 62 Avenue C between 4th and 5th Streets Subway: J, Z to 75th Street • Douglass Street Music Collective 295 Douglass Street (212-979-9925) Subway: F, M to Second Avenue www.nublu.net • 17 Frost Theater of the Arts 17 Frost Street (646-389-2017) Subway: R to Union Street www.295douglass.org • Nuyorican Poets Café 236 E. 3rd Street between Avenues B and C Subway: L to Bedford Avenue www.17frost.com • Downtown Music Gallery 13 Monroe Street (212-473-0043) (212-505-8183) Subway: F, M to Second Avenue www.nuyorican.org • 55Bar 55 Christopher Street (212-929-9883) Subway: F to East Broadway www.downtownmusicgallery.com • Oceana Restaurant 120 W. 49th Street (212-759-5941) Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.55bar.com • Drom 85 Avenue A (212-777-1157) Subway: B, D, F, M to 47-50 Streets - Rockefeller Center • 92nd Street Y Weill Art Gallery Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Subway: F to Second Avenue www.dromnyc.com www.oceanarestaurant.com (212-415-5500) Subway: 6 to 96th Street www.92y.org • Duane Park 157 Duane Street (212-732-5555) • Parlor Entertainment 555 Edgecombe Ave. #3F between 159th and • 92YTribeca 200 Hudson Street Subway: 1, 2, 3 to Chambers Street www.duaneparknyc.com 160th Streets (212-781-6595) Subway: C to 155th Street (212-601-1000) Subway: 1, A, C, E to Canal Street www.92ytribeca.org • The Ear Inn 326 Spring Street at Greenwich Street (212-246-5074) www.parlorentertainment.com • ABC No-Rio 156 Rivington Street (212-254-3697) Subway: C, E to Spring Street www.earinn.com • Perez Jazz 71 Ocean Parkway Subway: F, G to Fort Hamilton Parkway Subway: J,M,Z to Delancey Street www.abcnorio.org • Eats Restaurant 1055 Lexington Avenue • Pianos 158 Ludlow Street Subway: F, V to Second Avenue • Abyssinian Baptist Church 132 Odell Clark Place/W. 138th Street (212-396-3287) Subway: 6 to 77th Street www.eatsonlex.com • The Players Club 16 Gramercy Park South (212-862-5959) Subway: 2, 3 to 135th Street www.abyssinian.org • Experimental Intermedia 224 Centre Street at Grand, Third Floor (212-475-6116) Subway: 6 to 23rd Street www.theplayersnyc.org • Afrikan Poetry Theatre 176-03 Jamaica Avenue, Queens (212-431-5127) Subway: 6 to Canal Street • The Plaza Hotel Rose Club Fifth Avenue at Central Park South (718-523-3312) Subway: F to 179th Street www.experimentalintermedia.org (212-759-3000) Subway: N, Q, R to Fifth Avenue www.fairmont.com • Allen Room Broadway at 60th Street, 5th floor (212-258-9800) • Fat Cat 75 Christopher Street at 7th Avenue (212-675-6056) • The Queens Kickshaw 40-17 Broadway (718-777-0913) Subway: 1, 2, 3, 9, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle www.jalc.org Subway: 1 to Christopher Street/Sheridan Square www.fatcatmusic.org Subway: E, M, R to Steinway Street www.queenskickshaw.com • American Folk Art Museum 45 W 53rd Street (212-265-1040) • The Fifth Estate 506 5th Avenue, Brooklyn • Rockwood Music Hall 196 Allen Street (212-477-4155) Subway: E to 53rd Street www.folkartmuseum.org (718-840-0089) Subway: F to 4th Avenue www.fifthestatebar.com Subway: F, M to Second Avenue www.rockwoodmusichall.com • An Beal Bocht Café 445 W. 238th Street Subway: 1 to 238th Street • The Firehouse Space 246 Frost Street • Rose Hall Broadway at 60th Street, 5th floor (212-258-9800) www.anbealbochtcafe.com Subway: L to Graham Avenue www.thefirehousespace.org Subway: 1, 2, 3, 9, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle www.jalc.org • Antibes Bistro 112 Suffolk Street (212-533-6088) • The Flatiron Room 37 West 26th Street • Roulette 509 Atlantic Avenue Subway: J, Z to Essex Street www.antibesbistro.com (212-725-3860) Subway: N, R to 28th Street www.theflatironroom.com (212-219-8242) Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic Avenue www.roulette.org • Anyway Café 34 E. 2nd Street (212-533-3412) • Flushing Town Hall 137-35 Northern Boulevard • Rubin Museum 150 W. 17th Street (212-620-5000) Subway: F to Second Avenue (718-463-7700) Subway: 7 to Main Street www.flushingtownhall.org Subway: A, C, E to 14th Street www.rmanyc.org • Apollo Theater & Music Café 253 W. 125th Street (212-531-5305) • For My Sweet Restaurant 1103 Fulton Street at Claver Place • St Augustine’s Church 290 Henry Street Subway: A, B, C, D, 2, 3 to 125th Street www.apollotheater.org (718-857-1427) Subway: C to Franklin Avenue (212-673-5300) Subway: F to East Broadway www.staugnyc.org • Ardesia Wine Bar 510 W. 52nd Street • Frank’s Cocktail Lounge 660 Fulton St. at Lafayette, Brooklyn • Saint Peter’s Church 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street (212-247-9191) Subway: C to 50th Street www.ardesia-ny.com (718-625-9339) Subway: G to Fulton Street (212-935-2200) Subway: 6 to 51st Street www.saintpeters.org • Arlene’s Grocery 95 Stanton Street • The Garage 99 Seventh Avenue South (212-645-0600) • San Martin Restaurant 143 E. 49 Street between Lexington and Park (212-358-1633) Subway: F, V to Second Avenue Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.garagerest.com Avenues (212-832-0888) Subway: 6 to 51st Street • Arthur’s Tavern 57 Grove Street (212-675-6879) • Ginny’s Supper Club at Red Rooster Harlem 310 Malcolm X Boulevard • Sapphire NYC 333 E. 60th Street (212-421-3600) Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.arthurstavernnyc.com (212-792-9001) Subway: 2, 3 to 125th Street www.ginnyssupperclub.com Subway: 4, 5, 6, N, Q, R to 59th Street www.nysapphire.com • Arturo’s 106 W. Houston Street (at Thompson Street) • Goodbye Blue Monday 1087 Broadway, Brooklyn (718-453-6343) • Schimmel Center for the Arts 3 Spruce Street (212-677-3820) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street Subway: J, M train to Myrtle Avenue www.goodbye-blue-monday.com (212-346-1715) Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z to Fulton Street www.pace.edu • Ave D 673 Flatbush Avenue Subway: B, Q to Parkside Avenue • Gospel Uptown 2110 Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard • The Schomburg Center 515 Macolm X Boulevard • Avery Fisher Hall (at Lincoln Center) 1941 Broadway at 65th Street (212-280-2110) Subway: A, B, C, D to 125th Street www.gospeluptown.com (212-491-2200) Subway: 2, 3 to 135th Street (212-875-5030) Subway: 1 to 66th Street www.lincolncenter.org • Grace Gospel Church 589 E. 164th Street www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html • BAMCafé 30 Lafayette Ave at Ashland Pl, Fort Greene, Brooklyn (718-328-0166) Subway: 2, 5 to Prospect Avenue • Seeds 617 Vanderbilt Avenue Subway: 2, 3, 4 to Grand Army Plaza (718-636-4139) Subway: M, N, R, W to Pacific Street; Q, 1, 2, 4, 5 • The Greene Space 44 Charlton Street www.seedsbrooklyn.org to Atlantic Avenue www.bam.org (646-829-4400) Subway: 1 to Houston Street www.thegreenespace.org • ShapeShifter Lab 18 Whitwell Place • Bflat 277 Church Street (between Franklin and White Streets) • Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street (646-820-9452) Subway: R to Union Street www.shapeshifterlab.com Subway: 1, 2 to Franklin Streets (212-242-4770) Subway: 1 to Christopher Street www.greenwichhouse.org • Showman’s 375 W. 125th Street at Morningside) (212-864-8941) • The Backroom 627 5th Avenue (718-768-0131) • Harlem Stage Gatehouse 150 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street Subway: A, B, C, D to 125th Street www.showmansjazz.webs.com Subway: D, N, R to Prospect Avenue www.freddysbar.com (212-650-7100) Subway: 1 to 137th Street www.harlemstage.org • Shrine 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (212-690-7807) • Bar Next Door 129 MacDougal Street (212-529-5945) • Henry’s 2745 Broadway (212-866-060) 1 to 103rd Street Subway: B, 2, 3 to 135th Street www.shrinenyc.com Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.lalanternacaffe.com • Honeycomb Playhouse 735a Saint Nicholas Avenue • Sintir 424 E. 9th Street between Avenue A and First Avenue • Barbès 376 9th Street at 6th Avenue, Brooklyn (718-965-9177) (917-328-9342) Subway: A, B, C, D to 145th Street (212-477-4333) Subway: 6 to Astor Place Subway: F to 7th Avenue www.barbesbrooklyn.com • Ibeam Brooklyn 168 7th Street between Second and Third Avenues • Sistas’ Place 456 Nostrand Avenue at Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn • Benoit 60 W. 55th Street Subway: F to 4th Avenue www.ibeambrooklyn.com (718-398-1766) Subway: A to Nostrand Avenue www.sistasplace.org Subway: F to 57th Street, N, Q, R,W to 57th Street • Indian Road Café 600 W. 218th Street @ Indian Road • Smalls 183 W 10th Street at Seventh Avenue (212-252-5091) • Bill’s Place 148 W. 133rd Street (between Lenox and 7th Avenues) (212-942-7451) Subway: 1 to 215th Street www.indianroadcafe.com Subway: 1,2,3,9 to 14th Street www.smallsjazzclub.com (212-281-0777) Subway: 2, 3 to 125th Street • Iridium 1650 Broadway at 51st Street (212-582-2121) • Smoke 2751 Broadway between 105th and 106th Streets • Birdland 315 W. 44th Street (212-581-3080) Subway: 1,2 to 50th Street www.theiridium.com (212-864-6662) Subway: 1 to 103rd Street www.smokejazz.com Subway: A, C, E, to 42nd Street www.birdlandjazz.com • JACK 505 Waverly Avenue • Sofia’s 221 W. 46th Street Subway: B, D, F to 42nd Street • Blackbird’s 41-19 30th Avenue (718-943-6898) (718-388-2251) Subway: C to Clinton-Washington Avenue www.jackny.org • Somethin’ Jazz Club 212 E. 52nd Street, 3rd floor (212-371-7657) Subway: R to Steinway Street www.blackbirdsbar.com • Jack 80 University Place Subway: 4, 5, 6, N, R to 14th Street Subway: 6 to 51st Street; E to Lexington Avenue-53rd Street • Blue Note 131 W. 3rd Street at 6th Avenue (212-475-8592) • Jazz 966 966 Fulton Street www.somethinjazz.com/ny Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.bluenotejazz.com (718-638-6910) Subway: C to Clinton Street www.jazz966.com • Sora Lella 300 Spring Street (212-366-4749) • Borden Auditorium Broadway and 122nd Street • Jazz at Kitano 66 Park Avenue at 38th Street (212-885-7000) Subway: C, E to Spring Street www.soralellanyc.com (212-749-2802 ext. 4428) Subway: 1 to 116th Street www.msmnyc.edu Subway: 4, 5, 6 to Grand Central www.kitano.com • Spectrum 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd floor Subway: F, M to Second Avenue • Branded Saloon 603 Vanderbilt Avenue (between St. Marks Avenue and • The Jazz Gallery 1160 Broadway, 5th floor (212-242-1063) • Stephen Wise Free Synagogue 30 W. 68th Street Bergen Street Subway: 2, 3 to Bergen Street www.brandedsaloon.com Subway: N, R to 28th Street www.jazzgallery.org (212-877-4050) Subway: 1 to 66th Street www.swfs.org • Brandy Library 25 N. Moore Street • Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 E.126th Street (212-348-8300) • The Stone Avenue C and 2nd Street (212-226-5545) Subway: 1 to Franklin Street Subway: 6 to 125th Street www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org Subway: F to Second Avenue www.thestonenyc.com • Brecht Forum 451 W. Street (212-242-4201) • Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th between Park and Lexington Avenue • Swing 46 349 W. 46th Street (646-322-4051) Subway: A, C, E, L, 1, 2, 3, 9 to 14th Street www.brechtforum.org (212-576-2232) Subway: 6 to 28th Street www.jazzstandard.net Subway: A, C, E to 42nd Street www.swing46.com • Brooklyn Bowl 61 Wythe Avenue • Joe G’s 244 W. 56th Street (212-765-3160) • Sycamore 1118 Cortelyou Road (347-240-5850) (718-963-3369) Subway: L to Bedford Avenue www.brooklynbowl.com Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle Subway: B, Q to to Cortelyou Road www.sycamorebrooklyn.com • Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts 2900 Campus Road • Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette Street (212-539-8770) • Symphony Space Leonard Nimoy Thalia and Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Subway: 5 to Flatbush Avenue - Brooklyn College www.brooklyncenter.com Subway: N, R to 8th Street-NYU; 6 to Astor Place www.joespub.com 2537 Broadway at 95th Street (212-864-5400) • Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn • Peter Jay Sharp Theater 155 W. 65th Street Subway: 1, 2, 3, 9 to 96th Street www.symphonyspace.org Subway: F to Seventh Avenue, N, R to Union Street www.bqcm.org (212-769-7406) Subway: 1 to 66th Street www.juilliard.edu • Tea Lounge 837 Union Street, Brooklyn (718-789-2762) • Brooklyn LaunchPad 721 Franklin Avenue • Kellari Taverna 19 W. 44th Street (212-221-0144) Subway: N, R to Union Street www.tealoungeNY.com (718-928-7112) Subway: S to Park Place www.brooklynlaunchpad.org Subway: B, D, F, M, 7 to 42nd Street-Bryant Park www.kellari.us • Terraza 7 40-19 Gleane Street (718-803-9602) • Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch • Knickerbocker Bar & Grill 33 University Place (212-228-8490) Subway: 7 to 82nd Street/Jackson Heights www.terrazacafe.com Subway: 2, 3 to Grand Army Plaza; Q to 7th Avenue Subway: N, R to 8th Street-NYU www.knickerbockerbarandgrill.com • Tomi Jazz 239 E. 53rd Street • CJ Cullens Tavern 4340 White Plains Road, Bronx • Korzo 667 5th Avenue, Brooklyn (718-285-9425) (646-497-1254) Subway: 6 to 51st Street www.tomijazz.com Subway: 2 to Nereid Avenue/238th Street Subway: R to Prospect Avenue www.korzorestaurant.com • Town Hall 123 W. 43rd Street (212-997-1003) • Café Carlyle 35 E. 76th Street (212-744-1600) • The Lambs Club 132 W. 44th Street Subway: 1, 2, 3, 7 to 42nd Street-Times Square www.the-townhall-nyc.org Subway: 6 to 77th Street www.thecarlyle.com 212-997-5262 Subway: A, C, E, to 42nd Street www.thelambsclub.com • Tribeca Performing Arts Center 199 Chambers Street (212-220-1460) • Café Loup 105 W. 13th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues • Langston Hughes Library 100-01 Northern Boulevard, Queens Subway: A, 1, 2, 3, 9 to Chambers Street www.tribecapac.org (212-255-4746) Subway: F to 14th Street www.cafeloupnyc.com Subway: 7 to 103rd Street • University of the Streets 130 E. 7th Street • Caffe Vivaldi 32 Jones Street • Lark Café 1007 Church Avenue, Brooklyn (212-254-9300) Subway: 6 to Astor Place www.universityofthestreets.org Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.caffevivaldi.com (718-469-0140) Subway: Q to Beverly Road www.larkcafe.com • University Settlement 184 Eldridge Street (212-674-9120) • Capital Grille 120 Broadway • Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker Street (212-228-4854) Subway: F, M to Second Avenue www.universitysettlement.org (212-374-1811) Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Wall Street www.thecapitalgrille.com Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.lepoissonrouge.com • Velour Lounge 297 10th Avenue • Casaville 633 Second Avenue • The Local 802 322 W. 48th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues (212-279-9707) Subway: C, E to 23rd Street www.velournyc.com (212-685-8558) Subway: 6 to 33rd Street www.casavillenyc.com (212-245-4802) Subway: C to 50th Street www.jazzfoundation.org • Via Della Pace 48 E. 7th Street and Second Avenue • Cassa Hotel and Residences 70 W. 45th Street, 10th Floor Terrace • Londel’s 2620 Frederick Douglas Boulevard (212-234-6114) (212-253-5803) Subway: 6 to Astor Place (212-302-87000 Subway: B, D, F, 7 to Fifth Avenue www.cassahotelny.com Subway: 1 to 145th Street www.londelsrestaurant.com • The Village Lantern 167 Bleecker Street • Charley O’s 1611 Broadway at 49th Street (212-246-1960) • L’ybane 709 8th Avenue (212-582-2012) (212-260-7993) Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street Subway: N, R, W to 49th Street Subway: A, C, E to 42nd Street-Port Authority www.lybane.com • The Village Trattoria 135 W. 3rd Street (212-598-0011) • Chez Lola 387 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn (718-858-1484) • McDonald’s 160 Broadway between Maiden Lane and Liberty Street Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.thevillagetrattoria.com Subway: C to Clinton-Washington Avenues www.bistrolola.com (212-385-2063) Subway: 4, 5 to Fulton Street www.mcdonalds.com • Village Vanguard 178 Seventh Avenue South at 11th Street • Chez Oskar 211 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn (718-852-6250) • Matisse 924 Second Avenue (212-255-4037) Subway: 1, 2, 3 to 14th Street www.villagevanguard.com Subway: C to Lafayette Avenue www.chezoskar.com (212-546-9300) Subway: 6 to 51st Street www.matissenyc.com • Vino di Vino Wine Bar 29-21 Ditmars Boulevard, Queens • Church of the Intercession 550 W. 155th Street • Merkin Concert Hall 129 W. 67th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam (718-721-3010) Subway: N to Ditmars Blvd-Astoria (212-283-6200) Subway: 1 to 157th Street www.intercessionnyc.org (212-501-3330) Subway: 1 to 66th Street-Lincoln Center • Walker’s 16 North Moore Street (212-941-0142) • Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center 107 Suffolk Street www.kaufman-center.org Subway: A, C, E to Canal Street Subway: F, J, M, Z to Delancey Street www.csvcenter.com • Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street • Waltz-Astoria 23-14 Ditmars Boulevard (718-95-MUSIC) • Cleopatra’s Needle 2485 Broadway (212-769-6969) (212-570-3949) Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th Street www.metmuseum.org Subway: N, R to Ditmars Blvd-Astoria www.Waltz-Astoria.com Subway: 1, 2, 3 to 96th Street www.cleopatrasneedleny.com • Metropolitan Room 34 W. 22nd Street (212-206-0440) • Water Street Restaurant 66 Water Street (718-625-9352) • Club A Steakhouse 240 E. 58th Street (212-618-4190) Subway: N, R to 23rd Street www.metropolitanroom.com Subway: F to York Street, A, C to High Street Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 59th Street www.clubasteak.com • Miller Theatre 2960 Broadway and 116th Street • Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall 154 W. 57th Street at Seventh Avenue • Comix Lounge 353 W. 14th Street Subway: L to 8th Avenue (212-854-7799) Subway: 1 to 116th Street-Columbia University (212-247-7800) Subway: N, R to 57th Street www.carnegiehall.org • The Complete Music Studio 227 Saint Marks Avenue, Brooklyn www.millertheater.com • Whitney Museum 1845 Madison Avenue at 75th Street (718-857-3175) Subway: B, Q to Seventh Avenue www.completemusic.com • Museum Of Chinese In America 215 Centre Street (800-944-8639) Subway: 6 to 77th Street www.whitney.org • Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street (212-989-9319) (212-619-4785) Subway: J, N, Q, Z, 6 to Canal Street www.mocanyc.org • Williamsburg Music Center 367 Bedford Avenue Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.corneliastreetcafé.com • Music Hall of Williamsburg 66 North 6th Street (718-384-1654) Subway: L to Bedford Avenue • The Counting Room 44 Berry Street (718-599-1860) (718-486-5400) Subway: L to Bedford Avenue • York College Performing Arts Center 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Queens Subway: L to Bedford Avenue www.thecountingroombk.com www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com Subway: E to Jamaica Center www.york.cuny.edu • Creole 2167 3rd Avenue at 118th Street • NYC Baha’i Center 53 E. 11th Street (212-222-5159) • Zankel Hall 881 Seventh Avenue at 57th Street (212-876-8838) Subway: 6 th 116th Street www.creolenyc.com Subway: 4, 5, 6, N, R to 14th Street-Union Square www.bahainyc.org (212-247-7800) Subway: N, Q, R, W to 57th Street www.carnegiehall.org • The Cupping Room 359 West Broadway between Broome and Grand Street • New School Arnhold Hall 55 West 13th Street • Zeb’s 223 W. 28th Street (212-925-2898) Subway: A, C, E to Canal Street (212-229-5600) Subway: F, V to 14th Street www.newschool.edu 212-695-8081 Subway: 1 to 28th Street www.zebulonsoundandlight.com • Dizzy’s Club Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor (212-258-9800) • Nino’s Tuscany 117 W. 58th Street (212-757-8630) • Zinc Bar 82 W. 3rd Street (212-477-8337) Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle www.jalc.org Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, B, D, F to Columbus Circle www.ninostuscany.com Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to W. 4th Street www.zincbar.com • Domaine Wine Bar 50-04 Vernon Boulevard • North Square Lounge 103 Waverly Place (212-254-1200) • ZirZamin 90 West Houston Street (718-784-2350) Subway: 7 to Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue Subway: A, B, C, E, F to West 4th Street www.northsquareny.com (646-823-9617) Subway: B, D, F, M to Broadway-Lafayette Street www.domainewinebar.com • Notaro Second Avenue between 34th & 35th Streets (212-686-3400) www.zirzaminnyc.com Subway: 6 to 33rd Street

THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD | March 2013 45 (INTERVIEW CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6) label and also to have the chance to work as closely as Recommended Listening: I did with him and learn so much. • Claudia Acuña - Wind from the South (Verve, 1999) TNYCJR: Then, in 2004, with Arturo O’Farrill and his • Claudia Acuña - Rhythm of Life (Verve, 2001) Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, you turned out a very TNYCJR: Your recordings over the years have become • Claudia Acuña - Luna (MAXJAZZ, 2003) different type of Latin jazz album. Can you talk a bit more personal in their expression. Would you agree? • Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (with Arturo O’Farrill) - about what led up to this collaboration? Una Noche Inolvidable (An Unforgettable Night) CA: Yes. It comes with the territory and the confidence (Palmetto, 2004) CA: Arturo and I had the experience to work together you get on your own, [when] you’re more comfortable • Arturo O’Farrill/Claudia Acuña - In These Shoes when he and the orchestra were part of Lincoln Center. in your own skin. At the beginning I was very shy at (ZoHo Music, 2007) With that experience there were a lot of people the possibility of showing my compositions. I wanted • Claudia Acuña - En Este Momento [involved in the recording] Una Noche Inolvidable, to show my perspective about the tradition of jazz and (, 2008) which was a tribute to some of the greatest Spanish bring in my roots. And that’s why I chose to sing singers. standards, a lot of them with a slight introduction to Through that Arturo and I talked about the rhythm parts of traditional music from more of collaborating. The [producer] wanted an approach that South America - not necessarily salsa or Brazilian (LABEL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12) was very, very Latin, trying to do a crossover record. music. I’m influenced by that, but that’s not the So I agreed to collaborate because I love Arturo and his tradition where I come from. While Fujii and Tamura do record for other music. We’re very good friends and I was open to imprints, so far Libra’s only CD under someone else’s trying something different, in collaboration with other TNYCJR: You became a parent not too long ago. How leadership is 2004’s Yamabuki by Japanese vocalist Koh. people and in other styles of music. It was a very has this affected your career? “She is so amazing, that I wanted to introduce her from interesting experience to have a coach and sing some Libra,” the pianist says. Fujii also played on the session of the songs on that album, that I maybe never would CA: I was very blessed to have [my son, Daniel] now, and composed some of the material (along with have chosen personally. when I already have a career built. I don’t know if I accordion player Ted Reichman). However Koh’s CD would have felt the same way if I would have had him remains an anomaly. “Sometimes we get emails from TNYCJR: In 2008 you recorded an almost all-Spanish 12-13 years ago, because the body of work I’ve done musicians we don’t know asking if Libra can put out album, En Este Momento for Marsalis Music, produced until now has allowed me to take this time and not be their CDs,” Fujii states. “But we don’t have enough by . What was that like? so anxious. But I don’t want to forget that I’m a time and money for that. However if in the future we performer, an artist, a woman, that I need to write find someone we would like to record like Koh we’ll CA: I was honored to be called by , songs. I have reached out to women musicians who are do so.” who is Branford’s piano player. He was doing an album mothers and they give me advice because I’m new and But they may be too busy. Already planned for and wanted me to collaborate with him on writing a there’s no book. We have a very unusual career. So Libra’s 2013 schedule are new solo discs by both Fujii couple of songs and singing. Branford was producing with that advice I’ve been pretty much taking him and Tamura, another KAZE CD plus a new recording and through that Branford approached me to see if I’d everywhere and making him part of this life. v by Fujii’s New York Orchestra, which will be the be interested to be on his label. It was a dream come group’s fourth outing. v true and an honor to have met him, to be approached For more information, visit claudiaacuna.com. Acuña is at by him to be the first vocalist and first female on his Harlem Stage Gatehouse Mar. 27th. See Calendar. For more information, visit librarecords.com

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CHARLES BELL - The pianist was an obscure Tear and . Burton also pianist/composer/arranger focused his first Jazz Festival, which has figure in ‘60s jazz but did release four albums collaborated with other saxophonists, such as energies on his Concert Big Band, which continued to this day, though “diversifying” between 1960-64, including a pair on Atlantic George Adams, Charlie Rouse and Archie performed and recorded regularly starting in away from jazz, and resulted in live albums and by his Contemporary Shepp. He released one album as a leader in the ‘70s and featured luminaries of both the by Bobby Hutcherson, Don Pullen, Dizzy Jazz Quartet, and was commissioned to write 1992 and died Jan. 25th at 79. European and American jazz scenes, as well Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis and Sun a jazz concerto performed by the as guests like . For 22 years, Gruntz Ra, among others. Nobs also worked for the Symphony in 1963. Later he moved from JACK DIÉVAL - The pianist’s nickname was was the Artistic Director of the Berlin Jazz European division of Warner, Elektra and Pittsburgh to New York to teach music. the Debussy of Jazz. In addition to his own Festival (where he often appeared) and was a starting in the ‘70s. Nobs Drummer Poogie Bell is his son. Bell died trio, quartet and Jazz Aux Champs-Elysées regular recipient of commissions from various died Jan. 10th at 76 after a skiing accident. Dec. 4th at 79. All-Stars, he was a member of the Quintette large ensembles. Gruntz died Jan. 10th at 80. Du Hot Club De France in the mid ‘40s and ROSS TAGGART - The Canadian pianist BRIAN BROWN - A stalwart on the hosted radio and television programs during LAWRENCE D. “BUTCH” MORRIS - The was a regular on the Vancouver scene, Australian jazz scene going back to the ‘50s, the ‘50s-60s. Diéval died Oct. 31st at 91. cornetist coined the term “Conduction”, a working with Hugh Fraser, Cory Weeds and primarily in Melbourne, Brown played directed system for ensemble improvisation, many other local groups, in addition to soprano and tenor saxophones, flutes, STANLEY GREIG - His father was a which he applied to groups as diverse as jazz performing and recording with his own. But synthesizers, panpipes and a leather bowhorn. drummer and piano tuner and the younger big bands, ethnic string orchestras and Taggart’s career was an international one and He released a number of albums as a leader Greig would go on to play both during a choruses of poets. Brother of bassist Wilbur he worked with a number of American during the ‘70s-90s, then tripled his more-than-50-year career in London, working Morris, he worked early on as a sideman with musicians, such as Charles McPherson, both discography over the last decade after retiring with Ken Colyer, Humphrey Lyttelton (during David Murray (whose Big Band Morris would in Canada and the States, since the ‘90s. from the Victorian College of the Arts. Brown the ‘50s and again in the ‘80s-90s) and Acker later direct), Frank Lowe and later Billy Bang, Taggart died Jan. 9th at 45. died Jan. 27th at 79. Bilk. He formed the London Jazz Big Band in before devoting himself fully to his now- 1975 and later mostly helmed his own trio. often-imitated method, working with FRODE THINGNÆS - The Norwegian RAHN BURTON - A regular performer at the Greig died Nov. 18th at 82. numerous ensembles throughout the world trombonist may not have been as Upper West Side club Cleopatra’s Needle, the (many documented on a series released by internationally known as the countrymen pianist had a fateful meeting as a young man - Possibly the most New World Records) and, more locally and with whom he came up in the early ‘60s (such in Columbus, Ohio, hearing saxophonist famous musician to come out Switzerland, recently, Nublu and The Stone. Morris died as collaborators like Terje Rypdal) but Roland Kirk for the first time. Burton would after some fascinating early recordings - jazz Jan. 29th at 65. Thingnæs went on to a solid career leading go on to play with Kirk during the ‘50s, again interpretations of Baroque music; a various big bands and orchestras throughout for several years during the ‘60s and through collaboration with Tunisian musicians; an CLAUDE NOBS - It was at age 31 that the Norway and becoming a prolific composer. the ‘70s, appearing on albums like The Inflated avant garde trio with himself on organ - the Montreux, Switzerland native organized the Thingnæs died Nov. 15th at 72. BIRTHDAYS March 1 March 6 March 11 March 16 March 22 March 27 †Glenn Miller 1904-44 †Red Callender 1916-92 †Miff Mole 1898-1961 †Ruby Braff 1927-2003 †Fred Anderson 1929-2010 † 1906-69 †Teddy Powell 1906-1993 †Howard McGhee 1918-87 †Mercer Ellington 1919-96 †Tommy Flanagan 1930-2001 John Houston b.1933 †Ben Webster 1909-73 † 1930-2010 †Wes Montgomery 1925-68 Ike Carpenter b.1920 Keith Rowe b.1940 † 1940-2007 †Sarah Vaughan 1924-90 b.1940 †Ronnie Boykins 1935-80 †Billy Mitchell 1926-2001 John Lindberg b.1959 b.1943 †Harold Ashby 1925-2003 b.1940 b.1940 †Leroy Jenkins 1932-2007 Woody Witt b.1969 †Bill Barron 1927-89 Vinny Golia b.1946 Peter Brötzmann b.1941 Vince Giordano b.1952 March 23 †Burt Collins 1931-2007 b.1947 †Robin Kenyatta 1942-2004 Judy Niemack b.1954 March 17 †Johnny Guarnieri 1917-85 Stacey Kent b.1968 Elliott Sharp b.1951 Flora Purim b.1942 Paul Horn b.1930 Dave Frishberg b.1933 Dom Minasi b.1943 March 12 † 1930-2003 Dave Pike b.1938 March 28 March 2 Ayelet Rose Gottlieb b.1979 Sir Charles Thompson b.1918 Karel Velebny b.1931 Masabumi Kikuchi b.1940 †Paul Whiteman 1890-1967 †Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis †Hugh Lawson 1935-97 Jessica Williams b.1948 Gerry Hemingway b.1950 †Herb Hall 1907-96 MARIAN MCPARTLAND 1921-86 March 7 Ned Goold b.1959 Abraham Burton b.1971 Stefon Harris b.1973 †Thad Jones 1923-86 March 20th, 1918 †Doug Watkins 1934-62 Alexander von Schlippenbach Peter Knight b.1965 Daniel Levin b.1974 Bill Anthony b.1930 Last November, the pianist Buell Neidlinger b.1936 b.1938 Vinson Valega b.1965 March 24 †Tete Montoliu 1933-97 Bob Neloms b.1942 Herb Bushler b.1939 March 18 †King Pleasure 1922-81 Barry Miles b.1947 stepped down as host of Piano b.1965 March 13 †Al Hall 1915-88 Dave MacKay b.1932 Donald Brown b.1954 Jazz, ending a run of 33 years, 5 March 8 † 1924-2009 †Sam Donahue 1918-74 Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre Orrin Evans b.1975 months and 6 days at the helm March 3 †George Mitchell 1899-1972 b.1926 Bill Frisell b.1951 b.1936 Jen Shyu b.1978 of NPR’s longest running jazz †Barney Bigard 1906-80 Dick Hyman b.1927 † 1930-79 Joe Locke b.1959 Steve Kuhn b.1938 program. Prior to her role as a †Cliff Smalls 1918-2008 b.1935 Michael Jefry Stevens b.1951 Paul McCandless b.1947 March 29 broadcaster/interviewer/ †Jimmy Garrison 1934-76 †Gabor Szabo 1936-82 b.1952 March 19 Steve LaSpina b.1954 †George Chisholm 1915-97 duet partner on the airwaves, Luis Gasca b.1940 †James Williams 1951-2004 b.1962 †Curley Russell 1917-86 Renee Rosnes b.1962 †Pearl Bailey 1918-90 the British-born Margaret Biggi Vinkeloe b.1956 Shoko Nagai b.1971 †Lennie Tristano 1919-78 Dave Douglas b.1963 Allen Botschinsky b.1940 Marian Turner (McPartland March 4 Anat Fort b.1970 Bill Henderson b.1930 Joe Fiedler b.1965 †Michael Brecker 1949-2007 came from her husband, Don Rendell b.1926 March 14 Mike Longo b.1939 cornetist Jimmy) began her †Cy Touff 1927-2003 March 9 †Joe Mooney 1911-75 David Schnitter b.1948 March 25 March 30 musical career entertaining †Barney Wilen 1937-96 Ornette Coleman b.1930 †Les Brown 1912-2001 Chris Brubeck b.1952 Cecil Taylor b.1929 †Ted Heath 1900-69 troops during World War II. b.1941 Keely Smith b.1932 † 1925-2006 Michele Rosewoman b.1953 †Paul Motian 1931-2011 Lanny Morgan b.1934 After moving to the States, she Jan Garbarek b.1947 Kali Z. Fasteau b.1947 Mark Murphy b.1932 Eliane Elias b.1960 †Larry Gales 1936-95 Karl Berger b.1935 Kermit Driscoll b.1956 Zakir Hussain b.1951 †Shirley Scott 1934-2002 †Lonnie Hillyer 1940-85 Marilyn Crispell b.1947 established a trio, which Albert Pinton b.1962 †Thomas Chapin 1957-1998 Dred Scott b.1964 March 20 Makoto Ozone b.1961 Dave Stryker b.1957 became the house band at Dana Leong b.1980 Erica von Kleist b.1982 Marian McPartland b.1920 Frank Gratkowski b.1963 New York City’s The Hickory March 15 Sonny Russo b.1929 March 26 Dan Peck b.1983 House from 1952-60. In the March 5 March 10 †Jimmy McPartland 1907-91 Harold Mabern b.1936 Abe Bolar b.1908 mid ‘60s, she had a radio †Gene Rodgers 1910-87 †Bix Beiderbecke 1903-31 †Spencer Clark 1908-1998 b.1943 †Flip Phillips 1915-2001 March 31 program on W-BAI, which led †Bill Pemberton 1918-84 †Pete Clarke 1911-75 †Harry James 1916-83 †Andy Hamilton 1918-2012 †Santo “Mr. Tailgate” Pecora to her later work on NPR. The †Dave Burns 1924-2009 †Don Abney 1923-2000 Bob Wilber b.1928 March 21 †Brew Moore 1924-73 1902-84 grand dame of jazz made it †Lou Levy 1928-2001 Louis Moholo b.1940 Charles Lloyd b.1938 †Hank D’Amico 1915-65 †James Moody 1925-2010 †Red Norvo 1908-99 official in 2010, when she was †Wilbur Little 1928-87 Mino Cinelu b.1957 Marty Sheller b.1940 Mike Westbrook b.1936 Maurice Simon b.1929 †Freddie Green 1911-87 appointed Officer of the Order †Pee Wee Moore 1928-2009 Bill Gerhardt b.1962 Joachim Kühn b.1944 Herbert Joos b.1940 Lew Tabackin b.1940 †Jimmy Vass 1937-2006 of the British Empire -AH David Fiuczynski b.1964 Ofer Assaf b.1976 Anne Mette Iversen b.1972 Amina Claudine Myers b.1942 Hiromi b.1979 Christian Scott b.1983 ON THIS DAY by Andrey Henkin

Vol. 2 Legends Live Flight On The Korner ’s Jazz Piano Legacy Vol. 1 Julius Watkins Sextet (Blue Note) (Jazzhaus) Howard Riley (Turtle-FMR) (Pablo) Marcus Belgrave (DJM) March 20th, 1955 March 20th, 1969 March 20th, 1971 March 20th, 1983 March 20th, 1993 This was French horn player Julius Saxist Cannonball Adderley first Among the most interesting, though The inspiration for the sax-playing The Motor City has produced quite a Watkins’ second album as a leader worked with his brother, cornetist somewhat lost to history, entries in Muppet, Zoot Sims began his career number of legendary jazz pianists after an August 1954 debut (and Nat, on their shared 1955 debut under mid-period British jazz were the trio with ’s Orchestra in over the decades, starting with Hank second and final session for Blue . Pianist Joe Zawinul works of pianist Howard Riley. With 1947 at the age of 22. Hundreds of Jones. It’s no slouch with other Note). Rejoining Watkins from that became a fixture in their band starting bassist Barry Guy (and a revolving sessions later, Sims worked up to the instruments as well - trumpeter first session are obscure guitarist in 1961. By 1966, bassist cast of drummers), the group released end of his life, dying in 1985 at the age Marcus Belgrave, for example (though Perry Lopez and bassist Oscar and drummer Roy McCurdy six albums between 1967’s impossible- of 59. This live set from San Francisco’s he was born in Pennsylvania). He Pettiford, with Hank Mobley completed the quintet that appears on to-find Discussions to the 1974-75 Keystone Korner was among his last appears here with a triumvirate of replacing Frank Foster on tenor, Duke this newly issued 1969 concert release Overground. This session, on recordings, Sims appearing with Detroit pianists from different eras - Jordan for George Butcher on piano recording from Stuttgart, Germany. the short-lived Turtle imprint (briefly drummer Shelly Manne’s trio of the Tommy Flanagan, Geri Allen and and Art Blakey in the drum chair and Joe Zawinul’s reissued in the ‘90s on FMR), includes period with pianist Frank Collett and Gary Schunk - recorded live at the instead of Kenny Clarke. Watkins compositions make up most of the Tony Oxley on drums for the side- bassist Monty Budwig. The seven- Kerrytown Concert House some 50 wrote three of the five tunes, the program, the remainder filled out by long tune “Motion” and the four tune program is all standards, music miles west of Detroit in Ann Arbor. others a tune by Bennie Harris and an Leonard Bernstein, Roebuck Staples tunes of the B-side, including the title Sims had played for his whole career Belgrave’s tune “All My Love” was a early version of Jordan’s “Jordu”. and Dizzy Gillespie. track. in his inimitable swinging style. commissioned tribute to Detroit.

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John Williams, Guitar John Etheridge, Guitar Monday, March 18 at 7:30 PM | Zankel Legendary classical guitarist John Williams and jazz-fusion guitarist John Etheridge perform an eclectic mix of music for duo guitar from numerous musical genres. John Williams John Etheridge Jenny Scheinman Trio featuring Bill Frisell and Brian Blade Saturday, March 23 at 9 PM | Zankel SongS With and Without WordS This concert and The Shape of Jazz series are made possible by The Joyce and George Wein Foundation in memory of Joyce Wein. Presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with Absolutely Live Entertainment LLC. carnegiehall.org | 212-247-7800 Box Office at 57th and Seventh Photos: Etheridge by Eamonn McAbe, Jenny Scheinman Trio by John Rogers. Artists, programs, and dates subject to change. © 2013 CHC.

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