AUGUST 2014—ISSUE 148 YOUR FREE GUIDE TO THE NYC JAZZ SCENE NYCJAZZRECORD.COM CHARLIE HUNTER GOOD TIMES ROLL VICTOR • JIM • FREDA • J.C. • EVENT LEWIS HOBBS PAYNE MOSES CALENDAR SMOKE ts) • www.smokejazz.com • ts) stree 106th & 105th (Between NYC Broadway 2751 • 212-864-6662 ofa date: ofa contact: bus. rel.: bus. artist: . R S .S COM ECORDS ESSIONS MOKE WWW acct mgr: acct Doug Weiss (b) • Al Foster (d) Foster Al • (b) Weiss Doug sales order: sales prod master: prod Dayne Stephens (as) • Adam Birnbaum (p) Birnbaum Adam • (as) Stephens Dayne AVAILABLE ON COMPACT DISC & AS DIGITAL DOWNLOAD DIGITAL AS & DISC COMPACT ON AVAILABLE “PLAYS THE MUSIC OF BIRD” OF MUSIC THE “PLAYS For Complete Music Schedule Music Complete For AL FOSTER QUARTET FOSTER AL Visit www.smokejazz.com Visit O WWW.SMOKESESSIONSRECORDS.COM USA. THE IN PRINTED LAWS. 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Wendy and Quinn to love much with Burno Dwayne to record this dedicate I Music 7 Nights a Week + Sunday Brunch Sunday + Week a Nights 7 Music Fri & Sat, August 29 & 30 & 29 August Sat, & Fri For more information about Orrin visit orrinevansmusic.com orrinevansmusic.com visit Orrin about information more For record this spectacular ensemble. spectacular this record Jerry Brainin / Buddy Bernier Buddy / Brainin Jerry Production Group McKenna by represented is Evans Orrin forward to an amazing future of live performances and hopefully a few more opportunities to to opportunities more few a hopefully and performances live of future amazing an to forward The Night has a Thousand Eyes Thousand a has Night The 6:55 SSR-1409 12. SSR-1409 I really enjoyed recording this music and this band. Thank you for checking it out. I’m looking looking I’m out. it checking for you Thank band. this and music this recording enjoyed really I ENCORE Dezron Douglas (b) • Billy Drummond (d) Drummond Billy • (b) Douglas Dezron Luques Curtis appears courtesy of Truth Revolution Records Revolution Truth of courtesy appears Curtis Luques Orrin Evans Orrin wife Dawn and to my sons Miles and Matthew. and Miles sons my to and Dawn wife JD Allen appears courtesy of High Note Records Note High of courtesy appears Allen JD Liberation Blues Blues Liberation 5. 5. 5:00 Miles Davis Miles Seamus Blake (ts) • Eric Reed (p) Reed Eric • (ts) Blake Seamus Finally, I want to thank my family for all of their invaluable support. A special thank you to my my to you thank special A support. invaluable their of all for family my thank to want I Finally, The Theme The 2:03 11. Sean Jones appears courtesy of Mack Avenue Records Avenue Mack of courtesy appears Jones Sean Donald Brown Donald BILLY DRUMMOND QUARTET DRUMMOND BILLY stratosphere he’s right there with you. JD is a true artist and a true friend. true a and artist true a is JD you. with there right he’s stratosphere A Free Man? Man? Free A 6:22 4. Morgan Lewis / Nancy Hamilton Nancy / Lewis Morgan Piano provided by Steinway & Sons Sons & Steinway by provided Piano MABERN & BOB CRANSHAW BOB & MABERN HAROLD FEAT. How High the Moon the High How hen when it’s time to go to the the to go to time it’s when then and else one no like ballad a plays He bandstand. the off and 4:56 10. Design and Product Management by Damon Smith Damon by Management Product and Design Orrin Evans Orrin even know where to start or what to say about this cat...He’s done so much for me both on on both me for much so done cat...He’s this about say to what or start to where know even A Lil’ D.A.B. a do Ya do a D.A.B. Lil’ A 5:48 3. Paul Motian Paul Fri & Sat, August 22 & 23 & 22 August Sat, & Fri QUARTET WEBBER JOHN Photography by Jimmy Katz Jimmy by Photography would blossom into such a great singer, musician and artist. And, of course, JD Allen, I don’t don’t I Allen, JD course, of And, artist. and musician singer, great a such into blossom would Mumbo Jumbo Jumbo Mumbo 7:36 9. Mastering by Roman Klun Roman by Mastering in Philadelphia. I would never have imagined that the shy, soft-spoken young lady that she was was she that lady young soft-spoken shy, the that imagined have never would I Philadelphia. in Dwayne Burno Dwayne Mixing by Roman Klun & Paul Stache Paul & Klun Roman by Mixing Juanita 5:36 2. was 14 or 15 years old when she was a student at Creative and Performing Arts High School School High Arts Performing and Creative at student a was she when old years 15 or 14 was Orrin Evans Orrin Meant to Shine to Meant 6:46 8. Sun, August 31 August Sun, Recorded & Produced by Paul Stache Paul by Produced & Recorded I’m producing for Joanna Pascale who is also included on this record. I met Joanna when she she when Joanna met I record. this on included also is who Pascale Joanna for producing I’m Benito Gonzalez (p) • Essiet Essiet (b) • Billy Hart (d) Hart Billy • (b) Essiet Essiet • (p) Gonzalez Benito Dwayne Burno Burno Dwayne Luques always brings humor and a relaxing vibe that is irreplaceable. He is on a project that that project a on is He irreplaceable. is that vibe relaxing a and humor brings always Luques Devil Eyes Devil 9:23 1. Trudy Pitts Trudy (ts) Lawrence Azar • (tp) Henderson Eddie at Smoke Jazz Club, New York City York New Club, Jazz Smoke at Anysha he was just so excited to play this new music and happy about the entire experience in general. general. in experience entire the about happy and music new this play to excited so just was he 6:13 7. Recorded Live January 10 & 11, 2014 11, & 10 January Live Recorded (for Dwayne Allen Burno) Allen Dwayne (for Sean and Luques are like brothers to me. Sean and I have worked together for over 10 years and and years 10 over for together worked have I and Sean me. to brothers like are Luques and Sean “PLAYS COLTRANE” FEAT. EDDIE HENDERSON EDDIE FEAT. COLTRANE” “PLAYS Orrin Evans Orrin The Liberation Blues Suite Suite Blues Liberation The FEATURING BRUCE WILLIAMS BRUCE FEATURING Stewart is incredible and brought an energy and spirit to the bandstand that was remarkable. remarkable. was that bandstand the to spirit and energy an brought and incredible is Stewart Simply Green Simply 5:59 6. I want to thank these amazing musicians, too. It was a delight working alongside them. Bill Bill them. alongside working delight a was It too. musicians, amazing these thank to want I AZAR LAWRENCE QUINTET LAWRENCE AZAR ALLYN JOHNSON QUARTET JOHNSON ALLYN I want to thank my manager Brian McKenna for his tireless efforts to make it all work for me. for work all it make to efforts tireless his for McKenna Brian manager my thank to want I on track 12 only 12 track on *** except on tracks 10, 11 & 12 & 11 10, tracks on except ** Jazz Club families for making this date a reality. a date this making for families Club Jazz Fri & Sat, August 15 & 16 & 15 August Sat, & Fri except on tracks 7, 10, 11 & 12 & 11 10, 7, tracks on except * Wed, August 27 August Wed, experiences that I’ve ever had with a label. Thanks to the entire Smoke Sessions and Smoke Smoke and Sessions Smoke entire the to Thanks label. a with had ever I’ve that experiences vocals*** PASCALE JOANNA and I have to say that working with Smoke Sessions Records has been one of the most positive positive most the of one been has Records Sessions Smoke with working that say to have I and Over the years, I have been on a few different labels and I’ve made a few records on my own, own, my on records few a made I’ve and labels different few a on been have I years, the Over Liberation Blues Liberation Blues Vicente Archer (b) • Clarence Penn (d) Penn Clarence • (b) Archer Vicente drums STEWART BILL DARA TUCKER QUINTET TUCKER DARA bass bass CURTIS LUQUES Ingrid Jensen (tp) • JD Allen (ts) • Orrin Evans (p) (p) Evans Orrin • (ts) Allen JD • (tp) Jensen Ingrid piano EVANS ORRIN ORRIN EVANS QUINTET EVANS ORRIN , August 20 August , Wed tenor saxophone** tenor ALLEN JD trumpet* JONES SEAN RECORD RELEASE WEEKEND RELEASE RECORD Orrin Evans Orrin Evans BRIANNA THOMAS BRIANNA Fri & Sat, August 8 & 9 & 8 August Sat, & Fri AUGUST NEW RELEASE NEW AUGUST Wed, August 13 August Wed, He is one of the most, in my opinion, influential and import- All of your bands and projects have distinct personalities Rodney and I did with vocalist Denise King. She called play this tune only sparked more desire to see what JD (d) Strickland EJ • (b) Nakamura Yasushi • (p) McCune ant pianists that’s still around. He’s just a great composer. and sounds. Would you say that Bill’s presence is some- the record “Simply Mellow” and I composed my piece and Sean would do with it.