NEW YORK Your FREE Monthly Guide to the New York Jazz Scene newyork.allaboutjazz.com MUSICIANS RECORD LABELS CLUBS/VENUES ANDREW HILL LEO RECORDS BIRDLAND (Midtown) GEORGE LEWIS MOSAIC RECORDS DIZZY’S CLUB (Upper West Side) JOE LOVANO PSI RECORDS JAZZ STANDARD (Murray Hill/Gramercy) EVAN PARKER SMALLS RECORDS MERKIN HALL (Upper West Side) JOHN ZORN TZADIK RECORDS THE STONE (Alphabet City) PERFORMANCES OMER AVITAL GROUP SCOTT ROBINSON/ J. GRANELLI/DAVID TRONZO/PETER EPSTEIN AFROLATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Joel Frahm, Avishai Cohen, Jason Lindner, Eric McPherson JULIAN THAYER/ Bowery Poetry Club, January 10th Rose Hall, April 21st Fat Cat, January 14th KLAUS SUONSAARI Rubin Museum of Art, March 31st RENKU +2 CEDAR WALTON/KENNY BARRON/ FRANÇOIS MOUTIN QUARTET Michael Attias, John Hebert, Satoshi Takeishi, MULGREW MILLER Joel Frahm, Jim Ridl, Ari Hoenig MARC COPLAND/ Russ Lossing, Tony Malaby John Hicks Memorial, Sweet Rhythm, June 3rd 55 Bar, February 2nd GARY PEACOCK/ Barbès, January 23rd PAUL MOTIAN ORNETTE COLEMAN QUARTET LIONEL LOUEKE’S GILFEMA Birdland, June 9th PURE EVIL BASS QUARTET Greg Cohen, Denardo Coleman, Tony Falanga Massimo Biolcati, Ferenc Nemeth Pierre Yves Martel, Miles Perkins, Zack Lober, Josh Paris Carnegie Hall (JVC Jazz Festival), June 16th Jazz Gallery, April 14th PAUL RUTHERFORD TRIO Outpost, March 15th Torsten Müller, Dylan van der Schyff ROY HAYNES QUARTET ALLAN HOLDSWORTH Vision Festival, June 15th GRACHAN MONCUR III SEPTET Jaleel Shaw, Martin Bejerano, David Wong Jimmy Johnson, Chad Wackerman Billy Harper, Michael Blake, John Hicks, Noriko Kamo, Dizzy’s Club, August 27th Iridium, May 18th DAVID S. WARE QUARTET Calvin Hill, Richard Pearson Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Guillermo E. Brown Iridium, April 9th MCCOY TYNER/PHAROAH SANDERS SATOKO FUJII ORCHESTRA Vision Festival, June 18th Charnett Moffett, Eric Kamau Gravatt Oscar Noriega, Andrew D’Angelo, PAUL RUTHERFORD TRIO Blue Note, September 24th Ellery Eskelin, Tony Barba, Andy Laster, Herb Robertson, CHARLES LLOYD’S SANGAM Torsten Müller, Dylan van der Schyff Steven Bernstein, Dave Ballou, Natsuki Tamura, Joe Fiedler, Eric Harland, Zakir Hussain Vision Festival, June 15th WALLACE RONEY GROUP Curtis Hasselbring, Brian Allen, J. Granelli, Aaron Alexander Zankel Hall (JVC Jazz Festival), June 22nd Geri Allen, Antoine Roney, Charnett Moffett, Eric Allen, Val The Stone, June 7th LEE KONITZ NEW NONET Village Vanguard, October 14th MICHAEL BLAKE/ Ohad Talmor, Russ Johnson, Jacob Garchik, Oscar Noriega, GUILLERMO KLEIN AND LOS GAUCHOS DAVID TRONZO/ Dennis Lee, Greg Heffernan, Pete McCann, BROTHERHOOD Diego Urcola, Taylor Haskins, Sandro Tomasi, Chris Cheek, G. CALVIN WESTON/ Bob Bowen, Matt Wilson Mike & Robert Rodriguez, EJ & Marcus Strickland, Bill McHenry, Miguel Zenon, Ben Monder, Fernando Huergo, MARCUS ROJAS Jazz Standard, June 17th Yosvany & Yunior Terry Jeff Ballard, Richard Nante Jazz Standard, September 1st Zinc Bar, October 25th Village Vanguard, June 15th A.C.T.ION 4 JOHN ZORN AND THE BOOK OF ANGELS Michael Attias, Tony Malaby, Sean Conly, Take Toriyama CECIL TAYLOR/HENRY GRIMES/ RALPH TOWNER SOLO Kol Nidre String Ensemble; Accoustic Masada; Barbès, July 19th PHEEROAN AKLAFF Zankel Hall, June 21st Masada String Trio; Electric Masada Iridium, October 26th Oy!hoo Festival, 92nd Street Y, September 10th JOHN ZORN AND THE BOOK OF ANGELS MIGUEL ZENON’S RHYTHM COLLECTIVE Kol Nidre String Ensemble; Accoustic Masada; DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET Aldemar Valentin, Tony Escapa, Reynaldo deJesus MCCOY TYNER/PHAROAH SANDERS Masada String Trio; Electric Masada Steve Nelson, Robin Eubanks, Chris Potter, Nate Smith Jazz Gallery, August 4th Charnett Moffett, Eric Kamau Gravatt Oy!hoo Festival, 92nd Street Y, September 10th Birdland, November 2nd Blue Note, September 22nd CARLO DE ROSA GROUP HORACEE ARNOLD QUARTET ROY HARGROVE BIG BAND Mark Shim, Robert Rodriguez, Henry Cole PETER BRÖTZMANN/HAN BENNINK Marcus Strickland, George Colligan, Buster Williams Bruce Williams, Justin Robinson, Keith Loftis, Stacy Dillard, Bacchus Room, August 25th Vision Club, October 6th AACM, Comm. Church of NY, September 15th Jason Marshall, Vincent Chambers, Jason Jackson, Andrae Murchison, Max Seigel, Freddie Hendrix, Maurice Brown, HELEN SUNG TRIO FRANÇOIS HOULE SOLO EVAN PARKER/NED ROTHENBERG Darren Barrett, Antoine Drye, Stephen Scott, Michael Bowie, Richie Goods, Lewis Nash The Stone, November 11th Roulette, October 10th Saul Rubin, Montez Coleman, Roland Guerrero, Lezlie Harrison Kitano, August 26th -Laurence Donohue-Greene -Andrey Henkin Jazz Gallery, November 6th -David R. Adler -Russ Musto ALBUMS IGNACIO BERROA - Codes (Blue Note) MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS/ ANTHONY BRAXTON - 4 Compositions (Ulrichberg) FREE ZONE APPLEBY 2005 (Psi) GEORGE LEWIS/ROSCOE MITCHELL - 2005 [4 CD Set] (Leo) ORNETTE COLEMAN - Streaming (Pi) CURTIS HASSELBRING - Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar) NELS CLINE - New Monastery: A View Into the Music The New Mellow Edwards (Skirl) ORNETTE COLEMAN - of Andrew Hill (Cryptogramophone) LIBERTY ELLMAN - Ophiuchus Butterfly (Pi) Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar) ANDREW HILL - Time Lines (Blue Note) ORNETTE COLEMAN - ANDREW HILL - Time Lines (Blue Note) BILL FRISELL/RON CARTER/PAUL MOTIAN - Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar) BENNIE MAUPIN - Penumbra (Cryptogramophone) Eponymous (Nonesuch) JOHN HOLLENBECK - Joys & Desires (Intuition) DAVE DOUGLAS - Meaning & Mystery (Greenleaf) EVAN PARKER - Time Lapse (Tzadik) ANDREW HILL - Time Lines (Blue Note) WAYNE HORVITZ PAUL DUNMALL/PAUL ROGERS/PHILIP NED ROTHENBERG/ TONY BUCK/ GRAVITAS QUARTET - KIDD JORDAN/HAMID DRAKE/ GIBBS/HAMID DRAKE - Peace & Joy (SLAM) STOMU TAKEISHI/DAVID TRONZO - Way Out East (Songlines) WILLIAM PARKER - Palm of Soul (AUM Fidelity) The Fell Clutch (Animul) SATOKO FUJII ORCHESTRA NY - Undulation (PJL) LEE KONITZ - New Nonet (OmniTone) NANCY KING - Live at Jazz Standard (MAXJAZZ) ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH - EDDIE GALE NOW BAND - Vision Festival X (s/r) Twelve Tone Tales Vol. 1 & 2 (Intakt) BENNIE MAUPIN - Penumbra (Cryptogramophone) PETER MADSEN - Prevue of Tomorrow (Playscape) MICHAEL MOORE QUINTET - Osiris (Ramboy) IRENE SCHWEIZER - FRANCISCO MELA - Melao (Ayva Music) BENNIE MAUPIN - Penumbra (Cryptogramophone) First Choice. Piano Solo KKL Luzern (Intakt) TISZIJI MUNOZ - Love at First Sound (Anami) MICHELLE ROSEWOMAN - BEN RILEY’S MONK LEGACY SEPTET - LEW TABACKIN - Tanuki’s Night Out (Tokuma) The In Side Out (Advance Dance Discs) Memories of T (Concord) ED WILKERSON/NICOLE MITCHELL/ HARRISON BANKHEAD/AREELYA RA - OTOMO YOSHIHIDE NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA - -David R. Adler DAVID S. WARE - BalladWare (Thirsty Ear) Frequency (Thrill Jockey) Plays Eric Dolphy’s Out To Lunch (Doubt Music) -Laurence Donohue-Greene -Bruce Gallanter -Andrey Henkin REISSUED RECORDINGS LATIN JAZZ RELEASES JAZZ BOOKS UNEARTHED GEMS TED DANIEL - Sextet (Ujamaa Music-s/r) IRVING FIELDS/ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ - The Dark Tree: Jazz and the Community THOMAS CHAPIN - Ride (Playscape) Oh Vey...Olé! (Tzadik) RED GARLAND - At The Prelude (Prestige-Concord) Arts in Los Angeles STEVE LACY/MAL WALDRON - NACHITO HERRERA - Steven L. Isoardi (University of California Press) At The Bimhuis 1982 (Daybreak-Challenge) ANDREW HILL - Pax (Blue Note) Live at the Dakota 2 (Dakota Live!-Navarra) Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era HARRY MILLER’S ISIPINGO - CHARLES MINGUS - Music Written for Monterey 1965 BRIAN LYNCH/EDDIE PALMIERI PROJECT - Elizabeth Pepin/Lewis Watts (Chronicle) Which Way Now (Cuneiform) Not Heard: At UCLA 1965 (CME-Sunnyside) Simpatico (ArtistShare) The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records EDDIE SOUTH - 1933 (Jazz Oracle) STAN TRACEY - SONANDO - Tres (Origina) Ashley Kahn (W. W. Norton) (The Return of) Captain Adventure (Steam-Tentoten) VARIOUS - I Ogolnopolski Festiwal Muzyki Jazzowej DIEGO URCOLA - Viva (CAMJazz) One Long Tune: The Life and Music of Lenny Breau Sopot 1956 (Polskie Nagrana-Muza) TRIBUTE RECORDINGS Ron Forbes-Roberts (University of North Texas Press) VOCAL RELEASES Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous BOX SETS ANDY BISKIN - Early American: Graham Bennett (SAF Publishing) The Melodies of Stephen Foster (Strudelmedia) FAY CLAASEN - SIDNEY BECHET - Mosaic Select 22 (Mosaic) Sings Two Portraits of Chet Baker (Jazz ‘n Pulz) NELS CLINE - New Monastery: A View Into the Music DEBUT ALBUMS DIZZY GILLESPIE - The Verve/Phillips Small Group of Andrew Hill (Cryptogramophone) GAL COSTA - Live at the Blue Note (DRG) Sessions (Verve/Phillips - Mosaic) ERGO - Quality Anatomechanical Music (Actuator) JOE FIEDLER - ROBERTA GAMBARINI - VARIOUS - 30th Anniversary Collection (Ictus) Plays the Music of Albert Mangelsdorff (Clean Feed) Easy To Love (Groovin’ High-Kindred Rhythm) MICHAEL HERRING - Coniferous Revenge (s/r) SONNY STITT - Stitt’s Bits: BEN RILEY MONK LEGACY SEPTET - STACEY KENT/JIM TOMLINSON - ROBIN MCKELLE - Introducing (Cheap Lullaby) The Bebop Recordings (1949-1952) Memories of T (Concord) The Lyric (O Plus Music) (Prestige-Concord Music Group) FRANCISCO MELA - Melao (Ayva Music) OTOMO YOSHIHIDE NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA - NANCY KING - FATS WALLER - Plays Eric Dolphy’s Out To Lunch (Doubt Music) Live at Jazz Standard (MAXJAZZ) SHOT X SHOT - Eponymous (High Two) If You Got to Ask, You Ain’t Got It (Bluebird-Legacy) ORIGINAL ALBUM ARTWORK Now I Understand Good Vibrations History of The Micros, Vol. One & Two Memories of T Meg Nem Sa Club D’Elf (Accurate) Ray Mantilla (HighNote) The Microscopic Septet (Cuneiform) Ben Riley’s Monk Legacy Septet (Concord) TYFT (Skirl) Artwork by Doug Sirois photo by Gene Martin Artwork by Art Spiegelman Art direction by Abbey Anna Design by karlssonwilker inc A LOOK BACK AT THE BEST OF 2006.