Berman Music Foundation Presents SUSAN 8ERLOWITZ, f=OITOR .__________________ Lr=BRUARY -IBi?J2 FROf'v1 THE PRESIDENT. .. Happy February, my dear I REG ABATE & CLA.UmO RODiTL..'Niil fans and supporters ... Eurekal We at the Foundation, as I perform at the Wagon Train Project, which is located at well as all of us jazz. fans in Lincoln, may have discovered 1512 South 7 Street on the second fioor. Mark your our new savior. I'm speaking of Amy Lamphere INith the , calendar now so that you don't miss the Friday, V,/agon Train Project, which is located on the second floor IFebruary 16 and Saturday, February 17 at 512 South 7 Street. 'I' perf?rmance~Both performances wiii begin at ~:OO PJifl. Only a few days after Susan Berlowitz left to cover ) Oorn miss it. I here Will be a $15 cover charge. i here IS the i.A.JE (International Association of Jazz Educators) I ample parking at the Wagon Train. conference in p,tianta, Georgia. our spectacular February 16 and 17 "jazz fest", featuring Greg Abate and Claudio Rodit!, was homeless. But, thank God, notrer long In r'emembering Susan's suggestion to contact for a possible future, the venue became a reality. The Wagon Train welcomed the collaboration with the Berman Music I Foundation with open loving arms. This should be n:18.! cool. Thanks to Dietze Music House for the piano, \v1idwest ! Sound and Lighting for just that, and now adding 8. fully stocked cash bar provided by Meier's Cork N Bottie Shop, this will no doubt become the "jazz party of Hie year"l Mark your calendars now! Tell all of your friends, families, and naighbors to please be there It'I! be a gasser. Hopefully, this wiil be a true beginning for many exciting jazz I aciventures to come out of this timely cultural rnerge. Jazz 1 sflould never be just another entertainment du jour to be i trendy, and or to make a buck. Anyway, the past is history. No time to be mad, just to be busy. I Greg and Claudio will be backed by Karrin Allyson's I Claudio F?odUi superb rhythm section from Kansas City, 1\1issourL I consisting of Bob Bowman on bass and Todd Strait on I Greg ,A,bate and Claudio Roditi will bring the world drums. The piano chair will be held down by Phil De Greg of bebop alive when trley take the stage here in Lincoln, from Cincinnati, Ohio. Phil was one of the fabulous I, Nebraska. Greg Abate is considered to be one of the best instructors from the Jamie Aebersold Jazz Campi I post bebop alto players on the scene today. Greg also Workshop that! attended last June near Chicago, Illinois. A !plays soprano, tenor, and baritone saxophones, as well as weekend truly not to be missed. ! being an accomplished flute player. Claudio will bring the Another night for ali of you young and not so I worlds of bebop and the Brazilian samba together. Claudio young lovers to jot down is February 14, Valentine's Day Iis a .ve,ry versatile trumpet/flugelhorn player, whose talents with my jazz combo, the Hobnobs (featuring Andy Hall on are In nigh demand around the world. bass and Andrew Vogt on reeds), 'Nili be at Taylor)s I, The Berman Music Foundation is very pleased to Steakhouse in Hastings, Nebraska. The first set starts at I, b. ring this show to Lincoln, Nebraska. If you would like more 8:00 P.M. Call our office at 476-3112 for more info. information about the shows, call the offices of " ... And Ali , That Jazz". That number is 476-3112. Jazzically yours, Butch Berman Thanks for suppporting "live jazz" in Lincoln. Page 1 VICTOR LEWIS... will be in Lincoln, and will take part IJAZZATTHEUE~. ._. _, .~ in the Nebraska Jazz Festival at the Umversity of Nebraska ! Don't miss Anura Sandoval on r-noay, reoruary ~, at Lincoln on February 10, 1996. The performance will take /1996 Get your tickets now. Call (402) 472-474'7 or toll free place at Kimbail Hail on the University campus on February Ii in Nebraska ISOO}\\ 432-3231 for information and tickets. 10 at 8 :00 P. M. Victor will perform with the Nebraska ,Jazz Orchestra. Tickets are $10, and $6 for students. Again, i\rtUro Sandoval mark your calendars today. & The Latin Train Victor was born and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. GRP GRD-9818 Both of Victor's parents were musicians. He began playing cello at the tender age of five, took piano lessons for four Arturo Sandoval & The Latin Train is full of the years, and then switched to drums when he was eleven. energy and true Cuban rhythms reminiscent of the Cuban Even though his parents wanted a more traditionai career music of the '408 and 50's. Beginning with Dizzy Gillespie's for him, he attended the University 01 Nebraska at Lincoln "Be-Bop", Arturo shows that his tle8rt lies in the music, He, to study music. Seeing and hearing the Miles Davis Band and his trumpet, take U<18 music to great heights, with a in 1969, with Jack De Johnette on drums was in his own crystal clear tone. Celia Cruz and Oscar D'Leon join the words, "iike a religious experience. H band, and add their own festive moods to "La In 1971, Victor's combo opened up for Herbie . Guarapachanga". The music will make you want to dance. Hancock here in lincoin. This performance was a high I Joe Williams joins the band for a beaut!ful rendition of "You ~)oint in Victor's life. Not only did the crowd respond I Get Started" rrle CD contains 60riqinal enthuSiastically to his playing, but he received praise from Icompositions written by Aliuro Sandoval,-including one Buster Williams and Billy Hart, who were part of Herbie I entitied "The Latin Trane", in tribute to John Coltrane's Hancock's band. I "Giant Steps." A great CD to add to any collection. In 1974, with encouragement from the f saxophonist Bennie Maupin, Victor madE) the move to i IN THE FIVE REA$ONS .. "The Big Apple". Apprehensive, but excited, Victor went II The FiVe Reasons is located on the second floor ·with the attitude that he was going to learn. He worked I of the Comhusker Hotel, which is located at S33 S. 13 hard, and succeeded. He has performed with Woody I Street You can stop by on Friday nigtlts, beginning at Shaw, Stan Getz, Carla Sley, and Abdullah \brahim ... just to 1/ 7:00 P.M., for a fine taste of jazz. Trle music continues until name a few. -j 1 :00 PM. Jim Cidlik and Tom Larson lead trios on Victor is known for his impeccable timing, cymbal I alternating Friday nights. work, and is as able to support players, as he is to take the I Jim Ci~lik plays solo piano every Saturday.night. lead. He is highly sought after as a studio musician Victor is I Themuslcbegl.ns at 600 PM., ,and continues until also a fine composer, and works his compositions out at I ?loslng .. :whlch :s usually :rouna 1,1 :00 ~.~. For more the piano. In fact, occasionally you will see him credited as I !I1format!on. call the Comnusker at 474-/474 ... ask 'for The H16 pianist His compositions have been recorded by IFive Reasons, 'vVoody Shaw, David Sanborn, and Bobby Watson. Many of you are probably familial' with Bobby Watson's group, I "Horizon", which Victor co-led with Bobby. Don't miss Victor Lewis with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra on ! February 10, 1996at8:00 P.f1.'1.atKimbal! Hail. Victor Lewis has recorded with many fine jazz musicians, and as a leader. You can find his work at ail Lincoln music outlets. Victor Lewis ... Family Portrait. .. 1992... AudioQuest Dave Panichi. .. Blues For Mc Coy ... 1995.. Spirit Song Abbey Linco!n ... A Turt!e's Dream. 1995 ... Gitanes Bobby Watson ... Urban Renewal.. 1995 ... Kokopelli ! Kevin Mahogany ... You Got What It Takes ... 1995... Enja Bobby Watson and Horizon .. .Present Tense ... 1992... Columbia ... Bobby and Victor have been together Jim CidJik, Dave Morris, & Steve Hanson for more than ten years, and according to both of them, I made a point of visiting The Five Reasons on they share a vision of where their music is going, Friday, January 5, 1996 Jim Cidlik was leading his trio that Remember February 10,1996 at Kimball Hail. I evening. What a treat! His trio consisted of Steve Hanson I Continued page 3 ... column 1 Page 2 Continued from page 2. .. column 2 JAZZ AT TiiE OVEN" CONTINUED ::m guitar and Dave Morris on bass. From s'winging "How Nancy seems more at ease and more able to build High The Moon", to the beautiful ba.llad "/,'1,11 tile Things You , on a song, This girl's been vorking it out. Nancy is stronger Are", you can feel the heart and sou! of this group. Steve and playing with her heart and soul.8he plays with a Hanson winds his way around each note that Cyd plays, complete knowledge of Monk's harmonics and and Cyd makes use at the entire keyboard. Reynold scales ... very angular. Catch her sometime when siie's Peterson. of "Lightning Bug" fame sat in and did a couple singing and playing "Rhy'thm-a-ning." She also does a very of tunes with the trio. Steve and Reynold make up two tender rendition of the Johnny BurkeiJimmy Van Heusen parts 01 "The Lightning Bugs", and joined in harmonies for song "But BeautifuL" "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Mood Indigo", with a nice and easy Check out the jazz at the Oven on Sunday swinging feel.