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OF HOT HOUSE P31 April 2018 www.hothousejazz.com Smoke Jazz & Supper Club Page 17 The New School Jazz Performance Space Page 10 Mary Stallings Monika Herzig & SHEroes Richard Wyands Ed Palermo The 75 Club Page 19 Iridium Page 10 Where To Go & Who To See Since 1982 190881_HH_Apr_0 3/23/18 2:44 PM Page 2 2 190881_HH_Apr_0 3/23/18 2:44 PM Page 3 3 190881_HH_Apr_0 3/23/18 2:44 PM Page 4 4 190881_HH_Apr_0 3/23/18 2:44 PM Page 5 5 190881_HH_Apr_0 3/23/18 2:44 PM Page 6 6 190881_HH_Apr_0 3/23/18 2:44 PM Page 7 7 190881_HH_Apr_0 3/23/18 2:44 PM Page 8 8 190881_HH_Apr_0 3/23/18 2:44 PM Page 9 9 190881_HH_Apr_0 3/23/18 2:44 PM Page 10 WINNING SPINS By George Kanzler WO GROUPS, ONE A NONET, THE The Adventures of Zodd Zundgren, The other a big band, with specific points of Ed Palermo Big Band (Cuneiform viewT or agendas, have new albums that Records), mixes the New Jersey-founded comprise this Winning Spins. The nonet is band's original goal, big band Frank Zappa an all-female band, with music composed music, with Ed's love of another rocker or arranged by its members; the big band from the 1960s-1970s, Todd Rundgren. is dedicated to playing rock tunes in a jazz With 25 short tracks, almost all segueing format. one to another, excepting three pairs of Monika Herzig's Sheroes (Whaling Todd's or Frank's tunes, the album is a City Sound) is the second CD from the kaleidoscopic whirlwind of contrasting yet nonet led by Monika, a pianist, composer complementary styles. and arranger based at Indiana University. Ed does not lead your standard jazz big She wrote four of the ten tracks and band, often utilizing Katie Jacoby's arranged two others. The band includes acoustic or electrified violin or his own or Ingrid Jensen, trumpet; Reut Regev, trom- Bruce McDaniel's rock-tinged electric gui- bone; Jamie Baum, flute; Ada Rovatti, tars as the lead. In many ways this is big tenor sax; Jennifer Vincent, bass; Leni band jazz rock, although it isn't smart to Stern, guitar; Mayra Casales, percussion, try to categorize or pigeonhole Ed's music; and Rosa Avila, drums. like Frank Zappa, he is ultimately sui Monika's take on the two pop songs here generis as a musical conceptualist. demonstrates the versatility of the group. Among those conceptions is leading into "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," the Bruce's fairly straight vocal rendition of Ashford & Simpson R&B anthem, is pared Todd's most famous song, "Hello, It's Me" down for a hornless electric approach, the (think Frank Sinatra big band ballad) first melody emerging stealthily from Leni's with a rocking violin cameo of Zappa's guitar and Monika's Fender Rhodes key- "You Are What You Is" followed by a full board. "The House of the Rising Sun," an blown Zappa "Echidna's Art (Of You)" old English ballade turned rock hit by The delivered mostly by a Swingle Singers-like Animals in the first British (rock) vocal group called Louisiana Swindle Invasion, is propelled by Rosa's brushes, Singers, confining themselves to baby talk- lightening the rhythmic volume as Jamie's like scat singing. flute and Leni's guitar play the theme and Ed can redeem Zappa's carefree lyrical Monika has a central solo on acoustic whimsy (celebrating dental floss; rhyming piano. "heart breaks" with "crab cakes") by sur- Monika pays tribute to her mentor at rounding it with top notch big band jazz, as Indiana, the late David Baker, with "Time on long versions of "Montana" and Again, D.B.," alternating duple and triple "Florentine Pogen" spotlighting alto sax by time meters, a Baker trait, and featuring Ed on the former, and trombone by Ingrid's trumpet and Reut's trombone as Charley Gordon and deep groove swinging well as a piano solo. Reut introduces her organ by Ted Kooshian on the latter. own "I Am a Superstar" with trombone Ed appears to honor the lyrical depth harmonics in a cadenza before dueting and melodic rock gifts of Todd Rundgren— with Jaime over the rhythm section's just check out the nigh-perfect "Broke klezmer-inflected stop-times. Jennifer Down and Busted"—as much as he revels gives us her richly episodic, multi-tempoed in the zaniness of Zappa, which he seems and polytonal "Song for C.C." and the able to convert to eccentric but often solid- rhythm section's Afro-Cuban potential is ly swinging big band jazz. Case in point: fulfilled on Monika's "Cantos." "Janet's Big Dance Number," a feature for tenor saxophonist Ben Kono, could prof- itably be added to any current big band jazz book. As for zaniness, don't miss the "hidden track" at the CD's end, a piano bar singer coda, with doo wop female chorus, too lewd to repeat here. Monika Herzig's Sheroes performs a free CD release concert at the New School Performance Space April 4 at 6 p.m., following a panel discussion at 4:40 p.m. The Ed Palermo Big Band is From left to right: 1st row Monika Herzig, Ingrid Jensen, Reut Regev, at The Iridium on April 2 and at The 2nd row Jamie Baum, Ada Rovatti, Jennifer Vincent, Falcon in Marlboro, April 21. 3rd row Leni Stern, Mayra Casales, Rosa Avila. 10 Palermo cover photo by Chris Drukker, Stallings by Mars Breslow, Wyands by Fran Kaufman. 190881_HH_Apr_0 3/23/18 2:44 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 listing Gwen Kelley (formerly Calvier) information contact Gwen Kelley [email protected] 203-434-4646/[email protected] COPY EDITOR: Yvonne Ervin Hot House Jazz Magazine is published monthly and all [email protected] copyrights are the property of Gwen Kelley. 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