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March 2016 Birdland Page 10 Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Page 25 167527_HH_March_0 2/23/16 11:08 AM Page 1 Download the updated version of our apps, available now! March 2016 www.hothousejazz.com Birdland Page 10 Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Page 25 Melissa Aldana Sherman Irby Philip Catherine Ryan Keberle and Catharsis Jazz at Kitano Page 23 Jazz Standard Page 10 Where To Go & Who To See Since 1982 167527_HH_March_0 2/22/16 4:33 PM Page 2 2 167527_HH_March_0 2/22/16 4:33 PM Page 3 3 167527_HH_March_0 2/22/16 4:33 PM Page 4 4 167527_HH_March_0 2/22/16 4:33 PM Page 5 5 167527_HH_March_0 2/22/16 4:33 PM Page 6 6 167527_HH_March_0 2/22/16 4:33 PM Page 7 DANIEL SCHNYDER BRIDGETTE A. WIMBERLY LAWRENCE BROWNLEE AS CHARLIE PARKER CORRADO ROVARIS RON DANIELS FRIDAY, APRIL 1 AT 8PM & SUNDAY, APRIL 3 AT 3PM 7 167527_HH_March_0 2/22/16 4:33 PM Page 8 8 167527_HH_March_0 2/22/16 4:33 PM Page 9 9 167527_HH_March_0 2/22/16 4:33 PM Page 10 WINNING SPINS By George Kanzler HEN WE THINK OF AFRO-LATIN bling, heavy tones on Rueckert's "Servant Wjazz, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the #2." Besides Aldana’s malleable tone, her Caribbean come to mind, while South trio also provides variety with multiple American jazz usually signals Brazil. rhythms, tempos and time signatures, an However, the South American music on approach perfectly highlighted on the these Winning Spins is mostly rooted in album's final three numbers, all Aldana the Spanish-speaking part of that conti- originals. "Before You" has a perky, folksy nent, and two musicians on each of the theme over definite rhythm patterns; albums hail from there. "Time" mixes percussion timbres varying Tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, who from gongs to toms, with a hauntingly has a new trio CD out this month, was familiar theme, and "Back Home" includes raised in Santiago Chile, as was her a delightful series of exchanges between bassist, Pablo Menares. In an album rang- sax and drums played with hands, brushes ing across musical styles from the conti- and sticks. nent, trombonist Ryan Keberle's quintet Azul Infinito, Ryan Keberle & Catharsis includes singer Camila Meza from Chile (Greenleaf), comes from a trombonist orig- and Peruvian bassist Jorge Roeder. inally from the Pacific Northwest. But, German drummer Jochen Rueckert rounds since arriving in New York in 1999, out Aldana's trio while Keberle's band is Keberle has become a mainstay of several completed by trumpeter Mike Rodriguez big bands as well as playing South and drummer Eric Doob. American jazz with musicians from that Back Home, Melissa Aldana continent, including a Colombian folk-jazz (Wommusic), is the tenor saxophonist's band in 2006-7 that he remembers here third album in the demanding tenor-bass- with his chart of Sebastian Cruz's folkloric drums trio format. Although she won't "Cancion Mandala" with Meza singing the turn 28 until late this year, she already composer's lyrics. has racked up an impressive string of On past Catharsis albums, Meza has accomplishments, having won the been confined to wordless singing, inte- Thelonious Monk Competition for saxo- grated into the horn section of trombone phonists in 2013 and winning tenor sax and trumpet. But here she essays two honors in the latest Hot House Jazz Fan English lyrics by Manca Miro on Keberle Decision Awards. originals, two in Spanish and one in After attending Berklee College of Portuguese, and also adds her vocal tones Music at Danilo Pérez's urging, Aldana, to the other three tracks. One of Keberle's the daughter and granddaughter of tunes is dedicated to Brazilian Ivan Lins, Chilean saxophonists, joined the Big Apple "Quintessence," a gentle samba featuring jazz scene five years ago. Unlike her earli- outstanding solos from the leader and er trio albums, Back Home emphasizes trumpeter Rodriguez, while Lins' livelier originals, with four from Aldana and two bossa/samba "Mandala" closes out the each from Menares and Rueckert, with album. Kurt Weill's ballad standard, "My Ship," a Some tracks by Keberle explore unfa- tenderly reflective duet by tenor and bass, miliar South American dance grooves, like rounding out the CD. the Argentine chacarera 3/4, the 6/8 of "I While Aldana's trio is firmly rooted in a Thought I Knew" with its pulsing mainstream-modern jazz tradition pio- polyrhythms, and "Mr. Azul," an Afro- neered by Sonny Rollins and continued Colombian bullerengue (cumbia fertility today by the likes of Mark Turner and her dance) featuring bassist Roeder and scin- fellow South American Ivo Perlman, her tillating exchanges and trades by the two music partakes of the rhythms of her con- horns and voice. There are also art songs, tinent, from the frenetic dance beats to the like "Pedro Giraudo's "She Sleeps Alone", folkloric mix of such time signatures as 3/4 a Colombian zamba with an operatic rang- and 6/8, a combination heard on Menares' ing vocal, and the CD's longest cut, highly lyrical "Desde la Lluvia (From the "Eternity of an Instant (for Emilio Sola)," a Rain)." largely through-composed episodic tango Aldana employs an eclectic array of piece that includes fine horn solos. tones and strategies on her saxophone, staying in a high, keening range over Ryan Keberle & Catharsis celebrate rolling rhythms on her "Alegria the release of Azul Infinito at Jazz (Happiness)," teasing out squirrelly notes Standard on March 15. Melissa Aldana and squawks on Menares' "En Otre Lugar Trio has a CD release gig for Back (Somewhere Else)" and conjuring up rum- Home at Birdland March 30 and 31. 10 Keberle and Catharsis cover photo by John Rogers, Catherine by Jos L Kneapen, Aldana from Fran Kaufman. 167527_HH_March_0 2/22/16 4:33 PM Page 11 Sign-up for our E-ALERT at www.hothousejazz.com and be the 1st to know when the latest Hot House is available on line PUBLISHER/MANAGING EDITOR: For advertising requests and Gwen Kelley (formerly Calvier) listing info contact Gwen Kelley [email protected] Toll Free Phone: COPY EDITOR: Yvonne Ervin 888-899-8007/[email protected] [email protected] Hot House Jazz Magazine is published monthly and all PRODUCTION & ART DIRECTOR: copyrights are the property of Gwen Kelley. All rights Karen Pica [email protected] reserved. No material may be reproduced without written CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: permission of the President. 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