Volume 35 • Issue 11 December 2007 Journal of the New Jersey Jazz Society Dedicated to the performance, promotion and preservation of jazz. “NJPAC is like my laboratory, open to whatever I want to do…” N’ Orleans in Newark Irvin Mayfield at NJPAC By Sandy Ingham t’s tough to live here in New Jersey yet be addicted to INew Orleans music, particularly its exuberant jazz. Fortunately for us, many of that city’s artists hit the road regularly in order to make a living, spreading the news around the world that while much of New Orleans may still be mired in a post- Katrina funk, the music is as high-spirited as ever. Irvin Mayfield photos courtesy of the artist. right: NJPAC at night, photo by Esto. Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield embodiment of the old Jelly Roll brought his new sextet, the Morton maxim that “the Hombres, to the New Jersey Spanish tinge” is a necessary Performing Arts Center in ingredient in jazz. Newark on Sunday, October 28. The band has assimilated music The Hombres, a direct from all over the Caribbean in descendant of Los Hombres earlier visits to Haiti, Trinidad, Caliente but minus percussion master Bill Summers, are the continued on page 24 ARTICLES REVIEWS EVENTS Whiskey Café. 13 in this issue: Classic Stine. 9 L.A. Jazz Big Band Showcase . 30 ’Round Jersey: Bridgewater, CTS Images . 15 NEW JERSEY JAZZ SOCIETY Morris, Ocean . 44 Salt Creek Grille. 17 Pres Sez/NJJS Calendar Jazz U: College Jazz Scene . 14 CDs: Compact Views/ Institute of Jazz Studies/ Centenary College. 19 & Bulletin Board. 2 Big Band in the Sky . 10 Other Views . 32 Jazz from Archives. 45 Chicken Fat Ball. 21 The Mail Bag/Jazz Trivia. 4 Talking Jazz with Jack Wilkins . 16 Book: Monterey Jazz Festival . 36 Somewhere There’s Music . 46 William Paterson University . 22 Jazzdagen Tours. 23 Editor’s Pick/Deadlines/ Konitz in Mannheim . 22 The Name Dropper . 47 NJJS info . 6 DVD: Benny Carter. 36 Lana’s Fine Dining . 27 NJPAC Events. 25 ADVERTISERS Arbors Records . 29 Notes from the CD: Chelsea Palermo. 37 Down Beat Honors Morgenstern. 25 Shanghai Jazz. 5 Norwegian Cruise Line Music Committee. 8 Cornerstone. 7 Crow’s Nest . 25 Benny Carter Centennial JALC . 38 Jazz Party at Sea . 31 In the Mainstream. 40 Shelly Productions/ Atlanta Jazz Party . 41 Red Hot Holiday Stomp JALC . 39 New Members/About NJJS/ Sara Vander Veen . 26 Glen Rock Inn . 8 Laura Hull. 48 Membership Info . 43 Svend Asmussen . 28 October Member Meeting . 42 Trumpets . 11 Weichert Realtors . 48 New JerseyJazzSociety Wish List NJJS Calendar NJJS seeks a volunteer Jersey Jazz Ad Friday November 16 2007 Manager. Duties include being the Princeton dance field trip central contact for advertisers, tracking who’s in each issue, following up, and see Bulletin Board p 2 maybe even down the road developing new advertisers...Please contact Sunday November 18 2007 Prez Sez [email protected] if you can take over this MONTHLY MEMBER MEETING By Andrea Tyson President, NJJS vital function. Trumpets/Montclair see p 8 Sunday November 18 2007 ust when you thought it was safe winner, sell CDs, books (Jack Stine will be signing Lyndhurst dance field trip his), Pee Wee Stomp tickets, etc. The kitchen and see Bulletin Board p 2 Jto sit back and relax into that old bar will be open for lunch and drinks. We hope to Friday November 23 2007 easy chair for a long winter’s nap see you there to mix and mingle with jazz friends. Whippany dance field trip — here come some hot events to And you can bring new people to join as well. see Bulletin Board p 2 kick it up a notch. As the year comes to a close, I want to say to all of you, it’s been fun — this year has seen many Sunday November 25 2007 ■ NJJS Party I got my November issue of JJ on October 20 — special events — one being our 35th anniversary Cornerstone/Metuchen so I’m hoping you’re reading this in mid to late dinner dance. Would you like to see more dinner see p 2 November — because we’re having a party at the dances — perhaps not having to wait 10 years? Cornerstone in Metuchen on Thanksgiving Sunday December 2 2007 Let me know — it can be arranged. We really NJJS Annual Meeting weekend Sunday afternoon, November 25, 3 PM had a good time. where we’ll stir up the place with Warren Vaché Cornerstone/Metuchen By the way, last month I mentioned several music: Mark Shane/Terry Blaine and assorted friends on the bandstand. Please join former NJJS Board Members who performed with see pp 2, 8 and ad p 3 us. Their reasonably priced luncheon menu will be former Society president Dr. Lou Iozzi’s Rhythm, available. We’re scheduling events with our loyal Sunday December 2 2007 Reeds & All That Brass. The band also included Lyndhurst dance field trip advertisers to show them our appreciation for four members of the NJJS, namely: trombonist see Bulletin Board p 2 keeping jazz at their clubs. So, if you’re around Jeff Rantzer, tenor saxophonist Al DiRienzo, lead that weekend, let us entertain you. Friday December 21 2007 alto sax Ferris Mahadeen and wife, bassist Terri Princeton dance field trip ■ December wraps up our year and the NJJS’s Mahadeen. That’s Al (right) and Ferris (center) in see Bulletin Board p 2 Annual Meeting, also at the Cornerstone on the upper right corner photo on page 29, and Saturday January 19 2008 Sunday December 2, 2–5 PM, will offer a free Terri in the upper left photo on page 28 of last Bridgewater see ad p 35 & p 44 concert by pianist Mark Shane accompanying month’s issue. ■ Saturday March 2 2008 songstress Terry Blaine. Mark is an excellent stride I wish you all a happy and healthy new year and PEE WEE STOMP pianist and historian of the genre, and Terry is we hope to see you at our events. We only survive Birchwood Manor/Whippany always a crowd-pleaser with her voice, stage due to your support. We’re not just a producer see p 8 presence and choice of songs. We’ll introduce new of events — we’re a Society and we reach out to Saturday & Sunday board members, give our state of the society schools, produce a monthly magazine, give June 6 – 8 2008 speeches (quickly!), honor our Nick Bishop Award scholarships, work with other non-profits and jazz JAZZFEST Drew University/Madison see p 8 NJJS Bulletin Board Monthly Member Meetings Musicians: Join NJJS, JazzDance Join NJJS members and friends Our series of entertaining meetings continues at Get Linked! Musicians…already NJJS who’ve tried our dance field trips! NO PARTNER Trumpets on 11/18. Members attend free. See members? Contact Steve Albin ([email protected]); NEEDED. ALL AGES WELCOME. NO EXPERIENCE page 8. Future programs TBA. say you’d like a LINK on the NJJS site. Not a member? NECESSARY.Tentative: Sundays 11/18 and 12/2 in Party at Cornerstone 11/25 Just join at our regular $40 member rate and Lyndhurst; Friday 11/23 in Whippany; 11/16 and See Pres Sez for details. No cover. Food and connect with your worldwide audience at 12/21 in Princeton. Contact Linda at 201-306-2769 drink available for purchase. Great music! www.njjs.org. or [email protected]. 2 _________________________________ December 2007 New JerseyJazzSociety ★ organizations, bring concerts to hospitals, advertising, please let Marcia Steinberg NJJS and support local venues to keep the music know ([email protected]). and the musicians going. In New Jersey ■ Joe Lang has some exciting news in his Annual there are plenty of good places to go — but column about our upcoming Jazzfest at if you only go to your standard one or two, Drew U, so check it out on page 8. ★ the others will close and we’ll have to go to Meeting ■ We’re finalizing an exciting grant proposal NY for jazz — which is not so terrible, don’t The annual end-of-year member get me wrong — I was born in NY and love to the Dodge Foundation in an effort to get what it has to offer. But New Jersey has great an NJJS All-Star High School Jazz Band sum-up and thank-you! spots for jazz, too, and we should all formed. If we get the funding, we’ll be appreciate that. holding auditions, rehearsing, and bringing December 2 ★ the band to Jazzfest 2009. We’re always 2–5 PM For example, just recently I went to a piano looking to bring the younger generation at the evening with Sue Keller, a world-class Cornerstone into the fold and endeavor to support local ragtime pianist, hosted by the Montclair 25 New Street, schools, their music teachers and the Historical Society. They were remembering Metuchen, NJ students. local resident Joseph Lamb, who died in Mix and mingle while Mark 1960. Mr. Lamb is mentioned in many ■ We’re also thinking about a jazz swap Shane and Terry Blaine share ragtime histories and on the Library of meet — where people could sell their the stage for two sets. This free Congress website. He wrote many piano LP/CD collections and browse the concert is a Member Benefit! rags, songs, and novelties such as “Hot collections of others. If you’re interested, Food and drink available for Cinders,”“Arctic Sunset,”“American Beauty,” please let me know. Tables would be free purchase. “Alaskan Rag.” for members if we do this.