hot house jazz guide | august 2015
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Where To Go & Who To See Since 1982
August 2015 www.hothousejazz.com
John FedchockPage 10Blue Note
Eyal VilnerPage 10Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Page 25BirdlandPage 21Village Vanguard
Ben AllisonGeri Allen
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By George Kanzler
10 Allen cover photo by Dean Jones, Vilner by Grayson Dantzic, Allison by Cees van de Ven.
WINNING SPINSTHE BIG APPLE CONTINUES AS A
hub for big bands, notwithstanding theclose of the Big Band Era generations agoand the demise of Manhattan's famousballrooms by the turn of the 20th century.The tradition remains strong, currentlymanifested in the weekly gig of a host ofbig bands taking their cue from the nowhalf-century long (Village) Vanguard JazzOrchestra. The VJO pioneered a modern,Big Apple big band style inspiring manygroups that followed. One of them is trom-bonist John Fedchock's quarter-century-old New York Big Band. Rejuvenating anolder, more swing and mid-20th centurystyle (e.g. Count Basie, Buddy Rich, WoodyHerman, Duke Ellington) is a more recententry in the local big band roster, alto sax-ophonist Eyal Vilner's Big Band. Their lat-est albums comprise this Winning Spins.
Like It Is, John Fedchock New YorkBig Band (MAMA Records), is splitbetween Fedchock originals and jazz andpop standards, at five each. But Fedchock'stake on standards isn't exactly standard."You and the Night and the Music," at afast clip, is presented in an intricate, trickyrun through contrasting, overlapping pas-sages, just glancing at the familiar theme.Then, after a round of riff and shout sup-ported solos, the melody returns punctuat-ed by drum breaks.
There's whimsy in his chart ofEllington's "Just Squeeze Me," ScottRobinson's baritone sax stating the theme,interspersed with frenetic bursts from theensemble. Of the other standards, "NeverLet Me Go" is the leader's ballad feature,his satiny trombone lines supported by bil-lowing clouds from the group; "ForHeaven's Sake" is a ballad feature forBarry Ries' flugelhorn.
Afro-Latin percussionist BobbySanabria appears on three tracks, includ-ing a tropically brisk take on CedarWalton's "Ojos de Rojo" with pianist AllenFarnham doing his best Eddie Palmieriimpression. Sanabria also adds the "funkycha-cha" element to Fedchock's boogaloo"Like It Is," and beguiling bolero beats to"Havana," the Cuban feel enhanced byMark Vinci's flute.
Other originals include an impression-istic "Hair of the Dog," ranging fromdreamy to perky; a Wayne Shorterinspired "Just Sayin'" with notable solosfrom the leader and soprano saxophonistCharles Pillow and, climactically, "TenThirty 30," written for a Clifford Brownsymposium (Brown's birthday is 10/30/30)and consisting of thematic material from
Brown's music. It's a challenging piecewith tempo shifts and engaging solos fromtrumpeter Scott Wendholt, the leader, andtenor saxophonist Rich Perry.
Almost Sunrise, Eyal Vilner Big Band(Gut String Records), differs fromFedchock's in both big band approach andemphasis. While Vilner arranged all 13tracks, only two of them are his originals.Six have vocals, for Vilner's vision of a bigband includes the traditional vocalists, inthis case three. Charanee Wade, provingshe's equally adept at singing swing stan-dards as she is at doing Gil Scott Heron(her most recent album), is on all six songs, joined by Charles Turner on three ofthem, two also including NadiaWashington. Instrumental tracks oftenhave a strong swing feel, drawing from thestrategies of the New Testament CountBasie Orchestra.
There's a definite Basie influence on theopener, "The Rabbit," although the titlewas Ellington saxophonist Johnny Hodges'nickname. Soloists (Vilner on alto sax,Matt Jodrell, trumpet and Tadataka Unno,piano) trade with shouts and riffs, thebrass here as well as elsewhere employingsuch Swing Era devices as squeezed andpinched tones, mutes and plungers. TwoJimmy Owens' blues-related tunes furtherthe Basie feel, as well as an instrumental"Centerpiece" featuring the trombone sec-tion and bassist Jennifer Vincent soloing.That Harry "Sweets" Edison tune is alsodelivered with Jon Hendricks' lyrics as avocal trio version reminiscent of Lambert,Hendricks and Ross.
The vocal trio also delightfully essaysNat Cole's jump-swing classic, "StraightenUp and Fly Right." The Ellington influenceis strong as well, both in Duke's "It Don'tMean a Thing" and Billy Strayhorn's"Lush Life," contrasting vocals for Wade,who nails the latter as few do. Vilner's titlecomposition is also very Dukish, a tonepoem beginning with just piano and bassclarinet by Lucas Pino, who also has somememorable tenor sax moments on the CD,adding flute, clarinet and rhythm to themix along the way to a penultimate tenorsax solo by Asaf Yuria. As a full program ofa reimagined classic big band, with all thevariety of the originals, this is a whollysuccessful album.
John Fedchock New York Big Bandunveils music from the new CD at theBlue Note, Aug. 10. Eyal Vilner BigBand has a CD release event atDizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Aug. 31.
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CLUBS & HALLS
UPPER MANHATTAN(Above 70th Street)
SUPPORT THE JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEMwww.jazzmuseuminharlem.org
449 LA: 449 Lenox Av (bet 132nd & 133rd Sts).212-234-3298. Thurs: 1-3:30pm Jazz &Dessert; Fri-Sat: 8:30pm; Sun: 1-3:30pm & 4-7pm Patio Jazz.
AMERICAN LEGION POST: 248W 132nd St(bet 7th & 8th Avs). 212-283-9701.www.colchasyoungharlempost398.com.Wed-Thurs&Sun: 7:30pm-12am Jam.
BAR THALIA: At Symphony Space. 2537 Bwayat 95th St. 646-597-7340. www.barthalia.org.Aug 16,23&30: 7&8:30pm Mostly Marcus featMarcus Goldhaber & friends feat 08/16 PeteMcCann & Vanessa Trouble, 08/23 SeanHarkness & Dawn Derow, 08/30 Ron Jackson& Kendra Shank.
BEACON BAR: 2130 Bway at W75th St. 212-787-1100. www.beaconhotel.com. Tues: 7-10pm Benny Benack.
BEMELMANS: At Carlyle Hotel. 35E 76th St atMadison. www.thecarlyle.com. 212-744-1600. Aug 9,23&30: 9pm-12am ChampianFulton.
BILL’S PLACE: 148W 133rd St (bet Lenox & 7thAvs). www.billsplaceharlem.com. 212-281-0777. Fri-Sat: 8&10pm $20 don Bill SaxtonBebop Band.
BILLIE’S BLACK RESTAURANT &LOUNGE: 271W 119th St (bet St. NicholasAv & Frederick Douglass Blvd). 212-280-2248. www.billiesblack.com.
BISTRO TEN 18: 1018 Amsterdam Av at 110thSt. 212-662-7600. www.bistroten18.com.Thurs: 9:30pm-12am Morningside JazzCollective.
CAFÉ DU SOLEIL: 2723 Bway at 104th St. 212-316-5000. www.cafedusoleilny.com. Fri: 8-11pm. Free adm. Aug 7: Yael & Gabriel’sGypsy Night; 14: Nick Brust Trio feat Katya.
CAFÉ TSION: 763 St Nicholas Av at 147th St.212-234-2070. www.tsioncafe.com. 3rdThurs: Fundraiser Duo w/Tessa Souter &Dana Leong.
CAMPAGNOLA: 1382 1st Av at 74th St. 212-861-1102. Fri-Sat: 8pm-12am Effie Jansen.
CASSANDRA’S JAZZ & GALLERY: 2256 7thAv (bet 132nd & 133rd Sts). 917-435-2250.Sets: 8&10pm Mon-Thurs + 12am Fri-Sat $10adm. Dr. Dwight Dickerson Qrt w/specguests.
CENTRAL PARK: Central Park West at 106thSt. Aug 8: 4-7pm free adm www.jazzmobile.org/www.centralparknyc.org Great Jazz onthe Great Hill feat George Gee Swing Orch,King Solomon Hicks Blues Qnt, RaySchinnery, Ebony Jo-Ann.
CHÉRI: 231 Lenox Av (bet 121st & 122nd Sts).www.cheriharlem.com. 212-662-4374. Fri-Sat: 8-11pm, Sun 12-3pm. Fri: Débora WattsBrazilian Jazz Trio; Sat: ParisianismeSerenade Lady Leah Trio; Sun: Brunch featLady Leah.
CHEZ LUCIENNE: 308 Lenox Av at 125th St.212-289-5555. www.chezlucienne.com.
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CHOCOLAT RESTAURANT & LOUNGE:2217-23 Frederick Douglass Blvd at 120th St.212-222-4545. www.chocolatlounge.com.Sun: 6-9:30pm. Free adm/2 drink min.
CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE: 2485 Bway (bet92nd & 93rd Sts). www.cleopatrasneedleny.com. 212-769-6969. Sets: Early (E), Jam (J).Mon-Tues E 8-9pm, J 10pm-1am; Wed-ThursE 7-11pm, J 11:30pm-2:30am; Fri-Sat E 8pm-12am, J 12:30-3am; Sun E 4-8pm, J 9pm-1am. Free adm/$10 min. Trios unless other-wise noted. Residencies (R): Tues E&J MarcDevine; Wed E Open mic w/Les Kurtz, JNathan Brown; Sun E Open mic w/KeithIngham. Aug 1: Cliff Barbaro; 2-5: R; 6: LarryNewcomb Duo; 7: Libby Richman; 8: see08/1; 9-12: R; 13: Jazz Mix; 14: Matt Baker;15: Rudi Mwongozi; 16-19: R; 20: EthanMann; 21: CJ. Everett; 22: Satchmo MannanQrt; 23-26: R; 27: Ken Simon; 28: Art Lillard;29: Justin Lees; 30-31: R.
EL TALLER: 225W 99th St at Amsterdam Av.212-665-9460. www.tallerlatino.org. Aug 8:7pm Sumari.
FARAFINA CAFÉ & LOUNGE HARLEM:1813 Amsterdam Av (bet 149th & 150th).www.farafinacafeloungeharlem.com. 212-281-2445. Aug 21: 8-10:30pm WhitneyMarchelle Qrt.
GIN FIZZ: 308 Lenox Av at 125th St. 2nd Fl.212-289-2220. www.ginfizzharlem.com. Sets:10pm-1am. Wed: Jazzamataz by Dice Raw;Thurs: The Harlem Sessions by Marc Cary.Aug 7: Queen Esther; 14: Charenee Wade;21: Charles Turner; 28: Lezlie Harrison.
GINNY’S SUPPER CLUB: At Red Rooster.310 Lenox Av (bet 125th & 126th Sts).www.ginnyssupperclub.com. 212-792-9001.Sun: 11am-3:30pm Gospel Brunch. Sets:7:30&9:30pm. Aug 8: $15 adm Revive BigBand by Igmar Thomas; 13: $15-20 BraxtonCook Meets Butcher; 15: $20 Tom Browne;22: $20 Elio Villafranca.
GRAN PIATTO D’ORO: 1429 5th Av (bet 116th& 117th Sts). www.granpiattorestaurant.com. 212-722-2244/2161. 8pm: $10adm Jazzon Fifth. 1st,2nd&3rd Thurs: 7-11pm PhilYoung Experience.
GRANT’S TOMB: Riverside Dr & W120nd St.Wed: 7-8:30pm www.jazzmobile.org freeadm. Aug 5: Jeremy Pelt; 12: Danny Mixonfeat Whitney Marchelle; 19: Winard Harper &Jelli Posse Sxt; 26: Jimmy Heath.
HARLEM ON FIFTH: 2150 5th Av (bet 131st &132nd Sts). www.harlemonfifth.com. 212-234-5600.
HARLEM TAVERN: 2153 Frederick DouglassBlvd at 116th St. www.harlemtavern.com.212-866-4500. Sat-Sun: 11am-4pm JazzBrunch.
HOSTELLING INTERNATIONAL NY: 891Amsterdam Av (bet 103rd & 104th Sts).www.hinewyork.org. 212-932-2300. Aug 7:Newer Sounds feat 7:15pm Jake Pinto & theYeahtones, 7:45pm Kenner, 8:30pm SnackCat, 9:30pm Low Mentality.
INDIAN ROAD CAFÉ: 600W 218th St (betIndian Rd & Seaman Av). 212-942-7451.www.indianroadcafe.com. Sets: Thurs 7:30-9:30pm, Fri 8-10pm, Sat 7:30-10pm. Aug7&14: Rob Silverman.
JARON EAMES: [email protected]. 646-337-0620. Sun 2-5pm: $20 Don BBQ & Jazz@ Home series feat JaRon Eames & EmmeKemp.
LE CHÉILE: 839 181st St (bet Cabrini &Pinehurst Blvds). www.lecheilenyc.com.212-740-3111. Wed: 8-11pm WaHi
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Wednesday Jazz Jam w/Louise Rogers &Mark Kross.
LIME LEAF: 128W 72nd St (bet Columbus &Amsterdam Avs). 212-501-7800. Mon-Thurs:7-10pm. Mon: Michael Vitali; Tues: MartinReuter Band; Wed: Julie Grahm; Thurs:Emma Larsson.
LONDEL’S SUPPER CLUB: 2620 FrederickDouglass Blvd (bet 139th & 140th Sts). 212-234-6114. www.londelsrestaurant.com. Fri-Sat: 8-11pm. Free adm.
LURA: 949 Columbus Av (bet 106th & 107thSts). 212-866-7500. www.lurany.com. Mon:8:30-10:30pm.
MARCUS GARVEY PARK: 122nd St atManhattan Av. Free adm. Aug 7: 7-8:30pmwww.jazzmobile.org Wycliffe Gordon Qnt;12&21-22: www.cityparksfoundation.orgSummerstage feat 08/12 7-9pm Roy Ayers,08/21-22 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival w/08/213-7pm Oliver Lake Big Band, King SolomonHicks Trio, Michela Taps, 08/22 6-9pm Dr.Lonnie Smith, Andy Bey, Jeff “Tain” Watts,Camille Thurman, Norma Miller, MasterClass w/Samuel Coleman; 28: 7-8:30pmwww.jazzmobile.org tribute to Max Roachfeat Eli Fountain, Jay Hoggard, BobbySanabria, Warren Smith & guests.
MINTON’S: 206W 118th St (bet St. Nicholas Av& Adam Clayton Powell Blvd). 212-243-2222.www.mintonsharlem.com. Sets: Tues-Thurs7,8:30&10pm, Fri-Sat 8&9:30pm, Sun Brunch(B) 12,1:30&3pm, Evening (EV) 5:30,7&8:30pm.Adm: Tues&Sun EV $20 at table/10 at bar,Wed&Sun B $10/10, Thurs $25/15, Fri-Sat$50/25. Residencies (R): Tues Queen Esther,Thurs Lauren Henderson, Fri-Sat JCHopkins Band feat spec guests. Aug 1: Rfeat Brianna Thomas & Charles Turner; 2: BMinton's Players, EV Eva Cortes; 4: R; 5:Candice Hoyes; 6: R; 7-8: R feat CharlesTurner; 9: EV Brandee Younger; 11: R; 12:Johnny O'Neal; 13: R; 14-15: R feat CharlesTurner; 16: Brianna Thomas; 18: R; 19:Bruce Harris; 20: R; 21-22: R feat BriannaThomas; 23: EV Killer Ray; 25: R; 26: DezronDouglas Trio; 27: R; 28-29: R feat JazzmeiaHorn; 30: EV Fred Stanton.
MIST HARLEM: 46W 116th St (bet Lenox & 5thAv). www.mistharlem.com. 212-828-MIST.1st Mon: 10am-12pm Open meeting byHarlem Arts Alliance www.harlemaa.org 347-735-4280.
NABE HARLEM UNDERGROUND: 2367Frederick Douglass Blvd at 127th St. 646-370-4008. www.nabeunderground.com.Mon: 7-11pm free adm/2 drink min Jamw/Patience Higgins Trio feat LadyCantrese.
NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM:104E 126th St #2C. (bet Park & LexingtonAvs). 212-348-8300. www.jmih.org.
NEW AMSTERDAM MUSIC ASSOCIATION:107W 130th St (bet Lenox & Adam ClaytonPowel Blvds). 212-510-8140.
NEW HARLEM BESAME: 2070 Adam ClaytonPowell Jr Blvd (bet 123rd & 124th Sts).www.harlembesame.com. 646-863-2277.Aug 12: 7pm Tulivu-Donna Henryw/Seasoned Elegance Trio.
PAPASITO: 223 Dyckman St. 212-544-0001.Sat: 2:30-5:30pm Latin Jazz Brunch w/PaulCarlon Latin Jazz Trio.
PARIS BLUES: 2021 Adam Clayton Powell Jr.Blvd at 121st St. www.parisbluesharlem.com. 212-222-9878. Sets: Early (E) 5-8pm,Jam 9pm-1am. Free adm. Mon: E Niki Rubin& Warren G Trio + John Cooksey &Spontaneous Combustion; Tues: Al Black
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w/Annette Bland McCoy & the Sultans ofSoul; Wed: Les Goodson & the IntergalaticSoul Jazz Band; Thurs: E Patty Murry MintJulip + Tyrone Govan & Top Secret; Fri:Melvin Vines & the Harlem Jazz Machine;Sat: alternate between The 69th StreetBand/The Antoine Dowdell Gp; Sun: 1st&3rdLa Banda Ramirez, 2nd Lucious Conway &Motown Review w/Terri Lowe, 4th GuestBand, 5th Elliot Pinero & Sumbaswing.
PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT: 555 Edge-combe Av at 160th St. #3F. 212-781-6595.Sun: 3:30pm free adm w/Marjorie Eliot, BobCunningham, Sedric Choukroun & specguests.
RIVERBANK STATE PARK: 679 Riverside Drat 145th St & Hudson River. 212-694-3656.Aug 9: 3-5pm Ray Blue Qrt feat BeverlyCrosby.
RYAN’S DAUGHTER: 350E 85th St (bet 1st &2nd Avs). www.ryansdaughternyc.com. 212-628-2613. Fri: 8:30&10pm Josh Marcum &Gene Bertoncini.
SETTEPANI: 196 Lenox Av at 120th St. 917-492-4806. www.settepani.com. Thurs: 8-10pm.
SHOWMAN’S: 375W 125th St at Morningside.www.showmansjazzclub.com. 212-864-8941.Sets: Mon-Thurs 8:30,10&11:30pm, Fri-Sat9:30,11:30pm&1:30am. Free adm/2 drinkmin/set.
SHRINE: 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd(bet 133rd & 134th Sts). 212-690-7807.www.shrinenyc.com. Sets: 6-8pm unlessotherwise noted. Free adm. Residency (R):Sun 5-8pm Jam w/Lu Reid. Aug 1: MichaelMorgan Trio; 2: R, 8-11pm Shrine Big Band;3: Sound Underground Trio; 4: Alex Wan &Dream Orch; 5: Alex Bryson Qrt; 9: R, 8-9pmThree Daves; 10: Jon Sheckler Trio; 11: JoeBreidenstine Qnt; 13: Yuki Shibata Trio; 15:Asako Takasaki; 16: R; 17: Alaska Day &Nate Philips Duo; 18: Hajime Yoshida Band;19: Darrell Smith Trio; 20: Matt Dwonszyk;21: MinJin Seo Qnt; 23: R; 24: 8-9pm MegumiHakuba; 25: The Tom Blatt Project; 26:Andre Carvalho; 27: The Stachel Qnt; 28:Brandon Coleman Trio; 31: R.
SILVANA: 300W 116th St at FrederickDouglass Blvd. www.silvana-nyc.com. 646-692-4935. Sets: 6-8pm unless otherwisenoted. Free adm. Aug 1: Edge Of Jazz Trio, 8-9pm Cold Fujon; 2: Alfredo Colon Band; 3:Nick Kadajski Qnt; 4: Greg Skaff Trio; 5: NickGrinder Gp; 6: Brian Pareschi Qnt; 7: AliBello; 8: Aakervinda Qrt; 9: Alex Wyatt; 10:Joe Breidenstine Qnt; 11: Syl Du BenionBand; 13: Jon Gordon; 14: William “Chan”Hall; 16: Jeff Morrison Qrt; 17: Jae YoungJeong; 18: Dion Kerr; 19: Jelani Bauman; 20:Meg Okura; 21: The Liana Gabel Four; 22:Kenneth Salters Band; 23: Juanma TrujilloBand, 8-9pm Tamuz Nissim; 26: 7-8pm BrianPlautz; 27: Aaron Irwin, 8-9pm The CerebralPeople; 28: DancingScare-crowSages; 29:Panayides Gp; 31: New Young Jazz, 8-9pmBenjamin Furman Project.
SMOKE JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB: 2751 Bway(bet 105th & 106th Sts). 212-864-6662.www.smokejazz.com. Sets: Early (E), Late(L), Brunch (B); Mon E 7&9pm, L 10:30pm;Tues-Thurs E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:30pm; Fri-Sat E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:45pm&12:45am;Sun B 11:30am,1&2:30pm, E 7,9&10:30pm, L11:30pm. Adm/min vary. Residencies (R):Mon E Captain Black Big Band, L SmokeJam; Tues E Mike LeDonne & Groover Qrt, LEmmett Cohen Organ Trio; Wed L CamilleThurman Qrt; Thurs L Nickel & Dime OPS;
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Fri L 08/7,21&28 John Farnsworth Qrt, 08/14Patience Higgins & Sugar Hill Qrt; Sat LJohnny O’Neal & friends; Sun B Annette St.John Trio, L Willerm Delisfort Qrt. Aug 1-2: EJoe Farnsworth Qrt, L R, B 08/2 R; 3-4: R; 5:E Manuel Valera & The New Cuban Express,L R; 6: E Brandon Bain, L R; 7-9: ECannonball Legacy Band feat Louis Hayes, LR, B 08/9 R; 10-11: R; 12-13: E Tribute toMulgrew Miller feat Duane Eubanks Sxt, L R;14-16: E The Baylor Project feat Marcus &Jean Baylor w/spec guest Eric Reed, L R, B08/16 R; 17-18: R; 19-20: E Cynthia HolidayQnt, L R; 21-23: E Willie Jones III Qnt, L R, B08/23 R; 24-25: R; 26: E John Webber Qrt, LR; 27: E SaRon Crenshaw, L R; 28-30: E WeFour, L R, B 08/30 R; 31: R.
STAGE 72: 158W 72nd St (bet Bway &Columbus). www.stage72.com. 212-362-2590. Aug 11: 9pm 3D Ritmo de Vida.
SUGAR BAR: 254W 72nd St (bet Bway & WestEnd Av). 212-579-0222. www.sugarbarnyc.com.Sets: 9pm/$10 adm unless otherwise noted.Residencies: Wed JT Project/ProjectGroove; Thurs Open Mic w/Andre Smith &Sugar Bar All Star Band. Aug 7: Abe OvadiaOrgan Trio; 8: Irini Res & the Jazz Mix; 14:Connor Waage Qrt; 15: 8pm Rob Silverman;28: 8pm Rodrigo Bonelli.
SYMPHONY SPACE: 2537 Bway at 95th St.212-864-5400. www.symphonyspace.org.
The UPTOWN LOUNGE: 1576 3rd Av (bet88th & 89th Sts). www.uptownloungenyc.com. 212-828-1388. Tues: 7-10pm JustinLees Jazz Trio.
The WEST END LOUNGE: 955 West End Avat 107th St. www.thewestendlounge.com.212-531-4859. www.vtyjazz.com/917-882-9539. Aug 16: 4-7pm $25 adm/1 drink minSunday Serenade series dedicated to StanGetz feat Grant Stewart, Ada Rovatti.
54 BELOW: 254W 54th St, Cellar (bet Bway &8th Av). 646-476-3551. www.54below.com.
AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: 2 LincolnSq on Columbus Av (bet 65th & 66th Sts).www.folkartmuseum.org. 212-595-9533.Free adm. Wed: 2-3pm Bill Wurtzel & MikeGari Duo w/Sharon Fisher.
B. B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL: 237W42nd St (bet 7&8th Avs). 212-997-4144.www.bbkingblues.com.
BEETHOVEN PIANOS: 211W 58th St (betBway & 7th Av). www.beethovenpianos.com. 800-241-0001. 8-10pm: Project 142series www.project142.org. Aug 13: $10 admCurtis Stewart Ens; 15: $15 Pat Carroll Qrt;19: $20 Viktorija Gecyte & Go Trio feat GenePerla & spec guest Joe Magnarelli.
BIRDLAND: 315W 44th St (bet 8th & 9th Avs).212-581-3080. www.birdlandjazz.com. Sets:8:30&11pm, except Mon 7&9:30pm, Sun6,9&11pm. Adm varies. Residencies (R): Mon9:30pm Jim Caruso Cast Party; Wed 5:30-7pm David Ostwald & Louis ArmstrongEternity Band; Fri 5:15-7pm Birdland BigBand by Tommy Igoe; Sat 6pm BarbaraCarroll; Sun 6pm except 08/2&16 BirdlandJazz Party w/Carole Bufford. Aug 1: JohnPizzarelli Qrt + Strings & spec guests; 2: BillO'Connell & the Latin Jazz All-Stars; 3: R; 4-8: Steve Kuhn Trio; 6: 6pm MishaPiatigorsky; 9: 6pm R + Dave Stryker OrganQrt; 10: R; 11-15: Ben Allison Gp; 13: 6pmSteve Johns Family; 16: Ken Peplowski Qrt;17: R; 18-22: Joe Lovano & US Five; 20: 6pmMonday Michiru; 23: 6pm R + ScottRobinson Doctette; 24: R; 25-29: Charlie
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MID-TOWN MANHATTAN
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Parker B’Day Celeb; 27: 6pm E.J. Strickland;30: 6pm R + Robin Eubanks & The Mass LineBig Band; 31: R.
BROADWAY THAI RESTAURANT: 241W51st St (bet 8th Av & Bway). 212-226-4565.Mon&Sun: 6:30-10:30pm; Sat: 8pm-12amRick Bogart Trio.
BRYANT PARK: 6th Av (bet 41st & 42nd Sts).www.bryantpark.org. 212-768-4242. Mon-Fri12:30-2:30pm, except Thurs 08/6&13 2-4pm:Piano in the Park. Aug 3-7: Deanna Witkowski;10-14: Ayako Shirasaki; 17-21: Larry Ham; 24-28: Victor Lin; 31-Sep 4: Frank Owens.
CARNEGIE CLUB: At City Spire Centre. 156W56th St. www.thecarnegieclub.net. 212-957-9676. Fri: 9pm-12am free adm; Sat:8:30&10:30pm $40 Sinatra tribute feat SteveMaglio & Stan Rubin 11 Piece Orch.
CHEZ JOSEPHINE: 414W 42nd St (bet 9th &Dyer Avs). www.chezjosephine.com. 212-594-1925.
COBI: At Room 53. 516-922-2010. DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA: At Jazz @
Lincoln Center. 10 Columbus Cr at 60th St.5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-258-9800. Sets:7:30&9:30pm; Late Night Sessions 11:30pmTues-Sat, hosted by Michael MwensoThurs&Sat. Adm: unless otherwise notedMon $30, Tues-Thurs&Sun $35, Fri $40, Sat$45, Student $25, Late Nights $5-20; $10 min.Aug 1-2: Ben Wolfe Qnt w/spec guestNicholas Payton; 3: Ryan Keberle &Catharsis; 4: $30 John Ellis Sxt; 5-6: TheRodriguez Brothers Band; 7-9: Ted Nash Qnt;10: $35 Christian McBride & Jazz HouseKids; 11: Marianne Solivan; 12: $30 LubaMason Band; 13-16: $40 08/13&16 CatherineRussell; 17: Alicia Olatuja; 18-23: $40 08/18-20&23 Trio Da Paz & friends w/Claudio Roditi,Harry Allen & Maucha Adnet; 24: Frank Lacy& Josh Evans Legacy Band; 25-30: see08/18; 31: $35 Eyal Vilner Big Band w/specguests. Late Night w/Aug 1: JonathanBarber; 4-8: David Meder; 11-15: EvanSherman 08/11-12&14 Entourage, 08/13&15Jazz Party; 25-29: Joel Ross.
FLÛTE MIDTOWN: 205W 54th St (bet Bway &7th Av). 212-265-5169. www.flutebar.com.Wed: 7-10pm. Aug 5: Yaala Ballin; 12: AnnaElizabeth Kendrick; 26: Dorian Devins.
GRATA: 1076 1st Av at 59th St. 212-842-0007.www.gratany.com.
IGUANA RESTAURANT: 240W 54th St atBway. www.iguananyc.com. 212-765-5454.Mon-Tues: 8-11pm Vince Giordano & TheNighthawks.
IRIDIUM: 1650 Bway at 51st St. 212-582-2121.www.theiridium.com. Sets & adm unless oth-erwise noted: 8&10pm, $25 adm/15 min, stu-dent 1/2 price 2nd set Tues-Thurs&Sun. Aug1: 7:30&10pm Mike Peters; 2: 7:30&9:30pmHendrik Meurkens & Gabriel Espinosa Qnt;3: $5 10pm Marty Schwartz w/Ron Jackson;4: 8:30pm only Ménage à Trois; 5: 8&9:30pmProject Grand Slam; 6-7: $30 Denny Diasw/spec guests Yaron Gershovsky & LisaJason; 8: see 08/1; 9: 8pm only Jesse Harrisw/Star Rover & spec guests; 10: Kenny Neal;11: 8pm only Benefit for Pal-O-Mine; 12: 8pmonly Tixier Brothers Qrt; 13-16: $35 NettworkTrio; 17: Chris Duarte; 18-19: $30 Albert Leefeat Cindy Cashdollar; 20-24: tba; 25: $35Rain Pryor, 10pm $30 Paul Shapiro’s Ribs &Brisket Revue; 26: 8pm only Kofo “TheWonderman” & The Daylight Stars; 27:$27.50 Royal Southern Brotherhood; 28-29:$30 Ed Palermo Big Band feat NapoleonMurphy Brock; 30: 7pm $30 Andrea BellWolff; 31: Mike Zito.
JAZZ AT KITANO: 66 Park Av at 38th St. 212-885-7119. www.kitano.com. Sets: Mon 8-11:30pm, Tues 8-11pm, Wed-Sat 8-9:15&10-
11:15pm, Sun 11am-2pm. Adm: Mon-Tuesfree/$15 min, Wed-Thurs $15/20 min, Fri-Sat$30/20 min, Sun $40 buffet. Residencies (R):Mon Jam w/Iris Ornig; Tues Steven FeikeSolo; Sun Jazz Brunch w/Tony MiddletonTrio. Aug 1: Tony Hewitt Qrt; 2-4: R; 5: ArtLande Qrt; 6: Michelle Walker Qrt; 7-8: RoniBen-Hur Trio w/spec guest Amy London08/8; 9-11: R; 12: Marcelino Feliciano Qrt; 13:Diane Hubka Qrt; 14: Noah Preminger Qrt;15: Tim Horner & Time Circle; 16-18: R; 19:Mary Foster Conklin Qrt; 20: MelissaHamilton Qrt; 21-22: Roger Kellaway Trio;23-25: R; 26: Ms Blu Qrt; 27: Brandon WrightQrt; 28: Peter & Will Anderson Qnt; 29: MarkSoskin Trio; 30-31: R.
JOHN JAY COLLEGE: 899 10th Ave #623 (bet58th & 59th Sts). www.jazzforumarts.org. 914-631-1000. Aug 25: 5:30-7:30pm Forever Ray.
L’YBANE: 709 8th Av (bet 44th & 45th Sts). 212-582-2012. www.lybane.com. Tues&Fri 9pm-12am: Rick Bogart Trio.
The LAMBS CLUB: 132W 44th St (bet 6th Av& Bway). www.thelambsclub.com. 212-997-5262. Tues-Wed: 8-11:30pm; Sun: 11am-3pmJazz Brunch.
LE CIRQUE: One Beacon Ct, 151E 58th St (bet3rd & Lexington Avs). 212-644-0202.www.lecirquecafe.com. Mon: 7:30-10:30pmMusical Mondays.
LEXINGTON HOTEL: 511 Lexington Av at48th St. www.lexingtonhotelnyc.com. 212-204-2318. Tues-Sat: 6-8pm The New YorkJazz Workshop.
LOCAL 802: Associated Musicians of GreaterNew York Club Room. 322W 48th St (bet 8th& 9th Sts). 212-245-4802. www.jazzfoundation.org/what-we-do/monday-night-jam-series. Mon: 7-9:30pm Monday Night Jampresented by Jazz Foundation of America.
LUCY MOSES SCHOOL: At Kaufman Center.129W 67th St (bet Bway & Amsterdam).www.kaufman-center.org. 212-501-3360.Jazz program dir by Roni Ben-Hur.
MATTS GRILL: 932 8th Av at 55th St. 212-307-5109. www.mattsgrill.com. Tues-Wed:8:30pm-11am, Sun: 12:30-3pm. Free adm.Tues: Danny Walsh Qnt; Wed&Sun: SarahHayes.
MICHIKO STUDIOS: 149W 46th St (bet 6th &7th Avs). 3rd Fl. 212-302-4011. www.live.michikostudios.com. Aug 7: 8:30pm $15adm Casey Berman Trio.
MONKEY BAR: 60E 54th St (bet Madison &Park Avs). www.monkeybarnewyork.com.212-288-1010. Fri-Sat: 8-11pm Solo.
The NATIONAL: 557 Lexington Av at 50th St.212-715-2400. www.thenationalnyc.com.Sun: 6-10pm. Aug 2: Akie Bermiss; 9: AlexMinasian; 16: Pete O'Connell; 23: CharlieApicella & Iron City.
NATSUMI RESTAURANT: 226W 50th St (bet8th & Bway). www.natsuminyc.com. 212-258-2988. Tues: 6-8pm starting 08/18 JoeCohn Organ Trio.
OPIA: At Renaissance New York Hotel: 130 E57th St at Lexington Av. 212-688-3939.www.opiarestaurant.com. Sat: 8:30-11:30pmfree adm.
The PLAZA HOTEL: 768 5th Av at CentralPark S. 212-759-3000. www.theplaza.com.Wed: 8:30-11:30pm free adm Kat Gang.
RAINBOW ROOM: 30 Rockefeller Plaza. 65thFl. www.rainbowroom.com. 212-632-5000.Mon: 6:30-11pm $34 adm; Sun: 12-3pm $95.Residency (R): Mon Max Weinberg Orch.Aug 2: Holy Cow Band; 3: R; 9: Fleur Seule;R: 10; 16: The Ladybugs; 17: R; 23:Nightingale Band; 24: R; 30: Avalon; 31: R.
ROBERT: 2 Columbus Cir. 9th Fl. 212-299-7730.www.robertnyc.com. Sets: Mon-Tues 6:30-
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55 BAR: 55 Christopher St (bet 6th & 7thAvs). 212-929-9883. www.55bar.com. Sets:Early (E) 7-9pm except Fri-Sun 6-9pm,Late (L) 10pm. 1st Mon: E Sean Wayland;1st Thurs: E Ami Cervini; 1st Sat: E Ayanalowe; last Fri: E Kendra Shank. Aug 15: ERoz Corral Gp.
ABC NO RIO: 156 Rivington St (bet Clinton &Suffolk Sts). www.abcnorio.org. 212-254-3697. Sun: 7pm $5 don C.O.M.A. series 2sets + open session. Aug 2: Paula ShocronProyecto IMUDA + Projection:Zero; 9:Ricardo D'Orlando + Carl Ludwig Hübsch;16: Atom Family + Jeffrey Shurdut Ens; 23:While We Still Have Bodies + Mats Dimming;30: Adam Cadell Solo + Nishimura/Gallagher/de Brunner/Siwula.
ALL THINGS PROJECT: At NeighborhoodChuch. 269 Bleecker St. 212-691-1770.www.allthingsproject.net. 1st Fri: 8&9:30pmfree adm. Aug 7: Camila Meza Trio.
AMUSE WINE BAR: 121 Ludlow St (betRivington & Delancey Sts). 212-477-0100.www.amusewine.com. Fri: 8-11pm.
ANALOGUE: 19W 8th St (bet 5th Av &McDougal St). www.analoguenyc.com. 212-432-0200. Sets: 7:30-10:30pm free adm. Mon:Renaud Penant Trio.
ANTIBES BISTRO: 112 Suffolk St (betDelancey & Rivington Sts). 212-533-6088.www.antibesbistro.com. Tues-Wed: 7:30-10:30pm free adm/no min.
ANTIQUE GARAGE: 41 Mercer St. 212-219-1019. www.antiquegaragesoho.com.
ARTHUR’S TAVERN: 57 Grove St. 212-675-6879. www.arthurstavernnyc.com. Sets: 7-10pm. Mon: Grove Street Stompers feat JoeLicari; Tues: Yuichi Hirakawa; Wed: EveSilber; Thurs-Sat: Eri Yamamoto Trio; Sun:Creole Cooking.
ARTURO’S: 106W Houston St at Thompson St.212-677-3820. www.arturosnyc.com.
AUTHENTIC BAR B FLAT: Basement 277Church St (bet Franklin & White Sts).www.bflat.info. 212-219-2970. Mon 8-11pm &Wed 8:30-11:30pm: Jordan Young Trio.
BACK ROOM: 102 Norfolk St (bet Delancey &Rivington Sts). www.backroomnyc.com.212-228-5098. Mon: 9pm-12:30am featSvetlana & The Delancey Five.
BAR HUGO: 525 Greenwich St (bet Vandam &Spring Sts). www.hotelhugony.com. 212-608-4848. Mon: 6-8pm free adm Rooftop Jazzfeat Gracie Terzian w/New Dominion Trio.
BAR NEXT DOOR: 129 McDougal St. 212-529-5945. www.lalanternacaffe.com. Sets: Mon-Thurs Early (E) 6:30-7:45pm, Late (L) 8:30&10:30pm, Fri-Sat 7:30,9:30&11:30pm, Sun8&10pm. Adm: $12 all night + 1 drink min/setexcept Fri-Sat $12/set + 1 drink min/set, Efree. Trios unless otherwise noted. Mon-Thurs: E Emerging Artists series; Mon: LVocal Mondays series. Residencies (R): WedL Jonathan Kreisberg; Sun Peter Mazza. Aug1: Sandro Albert; 2: R; 3: E Benno Marmur, LJeremy Davis; 4: E Yuto Kanazawa, L MikeRood; 5: E Kevin Clark, L R; 6: E GianniGagliardi, L Samir Zarif; 7: Rick Stone; 8:Mike Baggetto; 9: R; 10: E MichaelStephenson, L Nora McCarthy Qrt; 11: EBobby Katz, L Haggai Milo-Cohen; 12: EPablo Menares, L R; 13: E Andrew VanTassel, L Jacob Deaton; 14: Ben Monder; 15:Ed Cherry; 16: R; 17: E Caroline Davis, LEmily Braden; 18: E Alicyn Yaffee, L NirFelder; 19: E Rafal Sarnecki, L R; 20: ENanJo Lee, L Jason Ennis; 21: Ricardo Grilli;22: Jeff Barone; 23: R; 24: E Casey Berman,L Chris McNulty & The Magic Trio; 25: EArath Corral, L Lucas Pino; 26: E Paul
9:30pm, Wed-Thurs 7-10pm, Fri-Sat 8-11pm,Sun 12:30-2:30pm Brunch & 6:30-9:30pm.
ROOM 53: 314W 53rd St (bet 8th & 9th Avs).646-675-5341. www.room53.us. Fri: 7-10:30pm $15 min Open Mic w/Frank Owens.
The RUM HOUSE: 228W 47th St (bet Bway &8th Av). www.edisonrumhouse.com. 646-490-6924. Sets: 9:30pm-12:30am, Mon 10pm-2am. Residencies: Mon 10pm-2am TerryWaldo & Rum House Jass Band; Sun CandyShop Boys.
SAINT PETER’S CHURCH: 619 Lexington Av at54th St. (Citicorp Bld). www.saintpeters.org.212-935-2200. 1st Mon: 7:30pm free admInternational Women in Jazz Jam; Wed: 1pm$10 don Midtown Jazz at Midday; Thurs:12:30pm free adm Jazz on the Plaza; Sun:5pm free adm Jazz Vespers. Aug 2: VivianSessoms; 5: Marion Cowings & Ilya Lushtak;6: Luis Perdomo & Controlling Ear Unit; 9:Benje Daneman & Search Party; 12: CarrieJackson & Noriko Kamo; 13: Nicki ParrottQrt; 16: Kirk Knuffke, Mark Helias & BillGoodwin; 19: Peter Mintun; 20: Warren Wolf& Wolfpack; 23: Ken Simon Qrt; 26: LincolnMayorga Trio; 27: Cynthia Sayer & SparksFly Qrt; 30: Kris Allen Qrt.
SAN MARTIN RESTAURANT: 143E 49th St(bet Lexington & 3rd Avs). 212-832-0888.www.sanmartinrestaurantny.com. 1st Tues:6-8pm Ron Odrich Qrt.
SIGNATURE CAFÉ & BAR: 480W 42nd St.(bet 9th & 10th Avs). www.signaturetheatre.org. 212-967-1913. Aug 7: 6-7:30pm DeannaWitkowski Duo.
STUDIO 100 BAR: At Marriott Residence Inn.1033 6th Av (bet 38th & 39th St) 3rd Fl. 212-768-0007. Free adm/no min. Thurs: 6-10pmTrios.
TAGINE: 221 W38th St (bet 7th & 8th Avs).www.taginedining.com. 646-373-6265. $15min. Aug 13: 8pm Amy Coleman; 19: 8pmRick Bogart; 20: 9pm Vivienne Aerts; 26:9pm Anna Elizabeth Kendrick.
TGI FRIDAY’S: 677 Lexington Av at 56th St.212-339-8858. www.tgifridays.com. Sun: 6-9pm Marc Devine Trio.
TOMI JAZZ: 239E 53rd St (Bet 2nd & 3rd Avs).Lower level. www.tomijazz.com. 646-497-1254. Sets: Mon-Wed&Sun 8-11pm, Thurs 9-11:30pm, Fri 9pm-1am, Sat 8-10:30pm +11pm-1:30am. Adm: Mon-Wed&Sun free/$5min, Thurs-Sat $10/10 min. Aug 1: E Lunana& Lunanos, L Paul Lee Trio; 2: Suzanna RossTrio; 3: Eileen Howard; 4: Jae Young JeoungDuo + Omer Leshem Duo; 5: Takao Heisho;6: Benjamin Servenay; 7: Shin Sakaino Trio;8: E tba, L Katherine Vokes Trio; 9: DanaReedy Trio; 10: Craig Brann Trio; 11: MichaelGallant Trio; 12: Linda Presgrave; 13: TheHighliners; 14: Takenori Nishiuchi; 15: DanielBennett Gp; 16: Lunana & Lunanos Trio; 17:Kristen Lee Sergeant Duo; 18: Nick MorrisonTrio; 19: Racha Fora Trio; 20: Scot AlbertsonDuo; 21: Kuni Mikami Trio; 22: E StandardProcedures, L Aquiles Navarro Trio; 23:Rebecca Zola Duo; 24: Akemi Yamada Trio;26: Setsuko Hata Trio; 27: Senri Oe; 28:Takenori Nishiuchi; 29: E Yuko Ito Trio, LYusuke Seki; 30: Kengo Yamada; 31: AtsushiOuchi Trio.
11TH STREET BAR: 510E 11th St (bet Av A &B). www.11thstbar.com. 212-982-3929. Mon:8-11pm Richard Clements & Murray WallJazz Express.
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The CUPPING ROOM CAFE: 359W Bway (betBroome & Grand Sts). 212-925-2898.www.cuppingroomcafe.com. Sets: Thurs-Fri8-11pm, Sat 8:30pm-12:30am. Sat: Mal Stein.
The CUTTING ROOM: 44E 32nd St (betMadison & Park Av). 212-691-1900. www.thecuttingroomnyc.com.
The DEAD RABBIT GROCERY & GROG: 30Water St (Broad & Old Slip Sts). 646-422-7906. www.deadrabbitnyc.com. Wed:8:30pm-1:30am Terry Waldo Solo.
DOMA NA ROHU: 17 Perry St at 7th Av. 212-929-4339. www.domanyc.com. $10 min.Wed: 7:30&9pm, Sat: 8&9:15pm. Aug 1: BenPerowsky & spec guests; 5: ScrubboardSerenaders; 8: Steven Frieder & friends; 15:see 08/8; 17: see 08/5.
DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY: 13 MonroeSt (bet Market & Catherine Sts). 212-473-0043. www.downtownmusicgallery.com.Sun: 6pm In-Store shows. Aug 9: CarlLudwig Hubsch Solo, 7pm Ben Stapp Solo.
DROM: 85 Ave A (bet 5th & 6th Sts). 212-777-1157. www.dromnyc.com. Aug 4: 7:30pmSilver Arrows Band; 11: 8pm BRBRCK; 12:7pm Choro Down Neck Band + BillyNewman Acoustic Qrt; 17: 7:30pm see 08/4.
DUANE PARK CAFÉ: 157 Duane St (bet Hud-son & W Bway). www.duaneparknyc.com.212-732-5555. Fri: 9:30pm $95 adm incl din-ner Plume Revue feat DP Jazz Qrt.
The EAR INN: 326 Spring St (bet Greenwich &Washington Sts). www.earinn.com. 212-431-9750. Sun: 8-11pm EarRegulars feat Jon-ErikKellso & friends.
FAT CAT: 75 Christopher St at 7th Av. 212-675-6056. www.fatcatmusic.org. $3 adm/no min.Sets unless otherwise noted: Early (E), Late(L), Night (N); Mon E 6pm, L 9pm, N 12:30am;Tues-Wed E 7pm, L 9pm, N 12:30am;Thurs&Sat E 7pm, L 10pm, N 1:30am; Fri E6pm, L 9pm + 10:30pm, N 1:30am; Sun E6pm, L 9pm, N 1am. Ev N: Jam. Residencies(R): Mon N Billy Kaye; Tues E except 08/4Saul Rubin Zebtet; Wed E Raphael D'lugoffTrio + 1, N Ned Goold; Fri 9pm GospelQueens; Sat N Greg Glassman; Sun E TerryWaldo & Gotham City Band, N BrandonLewis & Renee Cruz. Aug 1: E tba, L RaphaelD'lugoff Qnt, N R; 2: E R, 8:30pm JadeSynstelien & FCBB, N R; 3: E Harold O'Neal,L Jack Glottman, N R; 4: E Tad Shull Qrt, LJohn Benitez, N Craig Wuepper; 5: E R, LGroover Trio, N R; 6: E Ai Murakami Qrt, LSaul Rubin Zebtet, N Jared Gold; 7: E AlexHoman Qnt, L R + Jared Gold/Dave Gibson,N Alexi David; 8: E Rodney Green Qrt, LRicky Rodriguez Gp, N R; 9: E R, L ParisWright Qnt, N R; 10: E tba, L Ned Goold Qrt,N R; 11: E R, L Peter Brainin & the Latin JazzWorkshop, N tba; 12: E R, L Harold MabernTrio, N R; 13: E Alan Palmer Trio, L GregGlassman Qnt, N Paul Nowinski; 14: E AviRothbard Qrt, L R + Greg Lewis, N WillTerrill; 15: E tba, L Orlando le Fleming Qrt, NR; 16: E R, L Jon Davis Trio, N R; 17: E-L tba,N R; 18: E R, L tba, N Yoshi Waki; 19: E R, LDon Hahn/Mike Camacho, N R; 20: E RayParker, L P. O. D, N Ray Gallon; 21: E tba, LR + The Urban League, N Nick Hempton; 22:E Todd Herbert Qnt, L Jim Seely Qnt, N R;23: E R, L tba, N R; 24: E tba, L GeorgeBraith, N R; 25: E R, L Itai Kriss & GatoGordo, N John Benitez & Latin Bop; 26: E R,L tba, N R; 27: E tba, L Sharel Cassity/TroyRoberts Qnt, N tba; 28: E Ray Gallon Trio, LR + Point of Departure, N Todd Herbert Qrt;29: E tba, L Steve Carrington, N R; 30: E R, Ltba, N R; 31: E-L tba, N R.
The FLATIRON ROOM: 37W 26th St (bet 6th
Jones, L R; 27: E Alex Sugerman, L BrandonColeman; 28: Richard Padron; 29: PaulMeyers; 30: R; 31: E Benno Marmur, L DanaReedy.
BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: 131W 3rd St at 6thAv. 212-475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com.Sets: 8&10:30pm + Fri-Sat 12:30am LateNight Groove series & Sun 11:30am&1:30pmSunday Brunch. Adm varies. Aug 1-2: EarlKlugh; 3: Jesse Fischer; 4-9: Bob James; 10:John Fedchock NY Big Band; 11-12: RoyHaynes; 13-16: Tuck & Patti; 17: Baby DoBrasil; 18-23: Conrad Herwig & The LatinSide Of Horace Silver w/Igor Butman; 24-25:Kamasi Washington; 26-30: New KennyWerner Qnt; 31: Sons Of Serendip. LateNight Groove w/Aug 1: spiritchild; 7: CamilleGainer Jones; 8: Manami Morita; 14:Jeremiah Hosea; 15: John Raymond RootsTrio; 21: Andrea Wolper; 22: Akim FunkBuddha; 28: Kazunori Kumagai; 29: Nickel &Dime OPS. Sunday Brunch w/Aug 2: LouisArmstrong B’Day Tribute feat Joey Morant &Catfish Stew; 9: Tommy Campbell & Vocal-Eyes; 16: Mordy Ferber Organ Trio; 23: TheChilean Project; 30: Nanny Assis.
CAFÉ LOUP: 105W 13th St (bet 6th & 7th Avs).212-255-4746. www.cafeloupnyc.com. Freeadm/$5 min. Sun: 12:30am-3:30pm JazzBrunch w/Bob Kindred, John Hart & SteveLaSpina, 6:30-9:30pm Junior Mance, HideTanaka & Michi Fuji Trio.
CAFE NOCTAMBULO: At Pangea. 178 2nd Av(bet 11th & 12th Sts). 212-995-0900.www.cafenoctambulo.com. Encore Series 7-8:30&9-10:30pm. Aug 1: Chris McNulty.
CAFE WHAT?: 115 Macdougal St at MinettaLn. www.cafewha.com. 212-254-3706. Aug27: 7:30pm Manny Moriera & Julie E.
CAFFE VIVALDI: 32 Jones St (bet Bleecker &4th St). www.caffevivaldi.com. 212-691-7538.Free adm. Sun: 6-7pm Noel Brennan, 9-11pmJohn Lander Trio. 1st&3rd Wed: 7:15pmRoger Davidson.
CAPITAL GRILLE: 120 Bway (at Pine &Nassau). www.thecapitalgrille.com. 212-374-1811. Free adm. Fri: 6:30-10pm RichardRusso Qrt.
The CELL:A Twenty First Century Salon. 338W23rd St (bet 8th & 9th Avs). 646-861-2253.www.thecelltheatre.org.
CITY CRAB: 235 Park Av at East 19th St. 212-529-3800. www.citycrabnyc.com. Sat-Sun:12,1:20,2:20&3:20pm Jazz Brunch. Aug 1:Larry Corban; 2: Rick Stone; 8: KyokoOyobe; 9: George Weldon; 15: Marc Devine;16: Mayu Saeki; 22: Lee Metcalf; 23:Pasquale Grasso; 29: tba; 30: AdamMoezinia.
CITY WINERY: 155 Varick St (bet Spring &Vandam Sts). www.citywinery.com. 212-608-0555. Sun: 11am-2pm Brunch feat MattDarriau Shabbes Elevator 08/2, PJRasmussen & the Boardwalk Jazz Band08/9, Victor Prieto 08/23. Aug 11: 5:30-7:30pm Hot Strings Festival feat CynthiaSayer & Her Sparks Fly Qrt.
CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ: 29 Cornelia St.212-989-9319. www.corneliastreetcafe.com.Sets unless otherwise noted: Mon-Thurs&Sun 8:30pm, Fri-Sat 9&10:30pm. Admvaries. Aug 1: Joel Harrison; 2-4: Songwriterfest feat 08/2 Julie Benko Qnt, 08/3 RodMacDonald, 08/4 Ashley Daneman; 6-8:Piano fest feat 08/6 Cat Toren, 08/7 SylvieCourvoisier, 08/8 Kris Davis; 9: Michel ReisTrio; 10: Michael Blanco Qrt; 11: MichaelAttias Qrt; 12: Nick Grinder; 13: Nate RadleyQrt; 14: Matt Brewer; 16: Allison Miller &Boom Tic Boom; 18: Allegra Levy; 19: RezAbbasi Qrt; 26: Or Bareket Qrt; 27: Brazilfest feat 08/27 Susan Pereira & Sabor Brasil,10pm Hendrik Meurkens, 08/28 Billy
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Comfort; 3: R; 4-8: Christian McBride Trio; 9:$25 E.J. Strickland & Transfer Beings featJohn Benitez w/spec guests Alicia Olatuja &Gregoire Maret; 10: R; 11-12: EdmarCastaneda World Ens; 13-16: Cyrille Aimée;17: R; 18-23: $35 Ron Carter Big Band; 24: R;25-30: $35 Cecile McLorin Salvant; 31: R.
JOE’S PUB: At Public Theater. 425 Lafayette St& Astor Pl. www.joespub.com. 212-967-7555.Adm varies. Aug 14: 7pm Ethan Lipton Orch;29: 9:30pm Ida Blue.
JULES BISTRO: 65 Saint Marks Pl (bet 1st & 2ndAvs). 212-477-5560. www.julesbistro.com.Sets: 8:30-11:30pm.
KNICKERBOCKER BAR & GRILL: 33University Pl at 9th St. 212-228-8490.www.knickerbockerbarandgrill.com. Fri-Sat:9:45pm-2am. Aug 7-8: Steve Ash Duosw/Paul Gill 08/7, w/David Wong 08/8; 14-15:Warren Chaisson & Alex Gressel; 21-22: RayGallon & Paul Gill; 28-29: Joel Forrester &David Hofstra.
LE SINGE VERT: 160 7th Av (bet 19th & 20thSts). 212-366-4100. www.lesingevert.com.Mon-Tues: 8-10:30pm.
LITTLE BRANCH: 20 Leroy St at 7th Av S.212-929-4360.
METROPOLITAN ROOM: 34W 22nd St (bet.5th & 6th Avs). www.metropolitanroom.com.212-206-0440. Sets unless otherwise noted:Early (E) 7pm, Late (L) 9:30pm. Residency(R): Tues L Annie Ross. Aug 1: 4pm KevinHill; 4: L R; 5: E Sylvia Mims; 9: E ReneePorcella Legendre; 11: L R; 12: E Jeanne Giesw/Choro Das; 16: E Sandy Taylor; 18: L R; 22:L John Minnock; 24: L Kay Matsukawa; 25: LR; 27-28: E Richard Malavet; 28: L Abbe Buck.
MEZZROW: 163W 10th St (bet 7th Av &Waverly Pl). www.mezzrow.com. 646-476-4346. Sets: Early (E) 7:30pm free adm, Late(L) 9:30pm $20, Night (N) 12am. Residencies:E Mon John Merrill, Tues-Thurs&Sun HappyHour show, Fri Ehud Asherie, Sat SpikeWilner & guests. Aug 1: Buster Williams &Victor Gould; 2: Pete Malinverni; 4: DeannaKirk; 6: Ralph Lalama; 7-8: Don Friedman;10: Peter Bernstein; 11: Randy Ingram; 12-13: Ben Wendel; 14-15: Bill Mays & ToddCoolman; 16: Freddie Redd; 17: DavidHazeltine; 18: Ray Gallon; 19-20: CurtisLundy; 21-22: Andy Bey; 23: Bucky Pizzarelli& Ed Laub; 24: see 08/10; 25-26: EthanIverson & Tom Harrell; 27: Jeb Patton; 28-29:Kenny Barron & Ray Drummond; 31: LageLund.
MILANO’S BAR: 51E Houston St (bet Mott &Mulberry Sts). 212-226-8844. Thurs 2-4pm:Carol & Company.
MOSCOW 57: 168 1/2 Delancey St at ClintonSt. 212-260-5775. www.moscow57.com. Fri:8pm Mary Foster Conklin.
NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH: 269 Bleecker St(bet Jones & Cornelia Sts). 212-691-1770.www.ncgv.net. See All Things Project.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ PERFORMANCESPACE: 55W 13th St, 5th Fl. 212-229-5488.www.newschool.edu/jazz. Aug 20: 6:30-8pmfree adm www.cityparksfoundation.orgCharlie Parker Jazz Festival - “In the Spirit –Dedicated to Bird” & “Bird Calls”, conversa-tion w/Oliver Lake & Rudresh Mahanthappa.
NEW YORK CITY BAHA’Í CENTER: 53E 11thSt (bet Bway & University). 212-222-5159.www.bahainyc.org. Tues: 8&9:30pm $10/15adm. Aug 4: Gary Morgan & Panamericana;11: Bob Arthurs Gp; 18: Jeff Siegel Qrt; 25:Paul Hefner Gp.
NORTH SQUARE: At Washington SquareHotel. 103 Waverly Pl at McDougal.www.northsquareny.com/about-jazz. 212-254-1200. Sun: 12:30&2:15pm free adm Jazz
Av & Bway). www.theflatironroom.com. 212-725-3860. Aug 21: 9pm-1am SusanTobocman.
FLÛTE GRAMERCY: 40E 20th St (bet Bway &Park Av S). 212-529-7870. www.flutebar.com. Wed: 7-10pm free adm. Aug 12: ShailahEdmonds; 19: Lois Bruno; 26: MelanieMarod.
GARAGE: 99 7th Av S (bet W 4th & Bleecker).www.garagerest.com. 212-645-0600. Freeadm/no min. Sets: Early (E), Late (L), Brunch(B); Mon E 7-10pm, L 10:30pm-1:30am; Tues-Thurs E 6-10pm, L 10:30pm-1:30am; Fri E6:15-10:15pm, L 10:45pm-2:45am; Sat B 12-4pm, E 6:15-10:15pm, L 10:45pm-2:45am;Sun B 11:30am-4pm, E 6:30-10:30pm, L11pm-2am. Residency (R): Sun E David CossQrt. Aug 1: B Larry Newcomb Qrt, E EricDiVito Trio, L Akiko Tsuruga Trio; 2: B KyokoOyobe Trio, E R, L Abe Ovadia Trio; 3: EHoward Williams Jazz Orch, L Larry CorbanTrio; 4: E Pasquale Grasso Trio, L ChrisCarroll Trio; 5: E Yvonnick Prene Qrt, LDarrian Douglas Trio; 6: E Champian FultonQrt, L Victor Jones Ochestrio; 7: E EvgenySivstov Trio, L Hot House; 8: B Ray ParkerTrio, E Joe Pino Qrt, L Virginia Mayhew Qrt;9: B Lou Caputo Qrt, E R, L Justin Lees Trio;10: E Lou Caupto Not So Big Band, L RandyJohnston Trio; 11: E Rob Edwards Qrt, L JimPiela Gp; 12: E The Anderson Brothers, LCraig Brann Gp; 13: E Dre Barnes Project, LPablo Masis Qrt; 14: E Tom Tallitsch Qrt, LPeter Valera & the Jump Blues Band; 15: BJacob Deaton Trio, E Joel Perry Trio, LDaylight Blues Band; 16: B Benjamin HealyTrio, E R, L Will Terrill Trio; 17: E CeciliaColeman Big Band, L see 08/10 L; 18: ELinus Wyrsch Qrt, L Andrew Van Tassel Trio;19: E Marc Devine Trio, L Lawrence ClarkTrio; 20: E Rick Stone Trio, L Tomoko OmuraTrio; 21: E Michika Fukumori Trio, L KevinDorn & the BIG 72; 22: B Marsha Heydt & theProject of Love, E see 08/6 E, L see 08/8 L;23: B Iris Ornig Qrt, E R, L Mauricio de SouzaTrio; 24: E Eyal Vilner Big Band, L KennyShanker Qrt; 25: E Alexander Bryson Trio, LGioel Severini Trio; 26: E Kevin Hill OrganTrio, L Nicholas Brust Qrt; 27: E GeorgeWeldon Trio, L Pablo Masis Qrt; 28: EMasami Ishikawa Trio, L see 08/14 E; 29: BChuck Braman Trio, E Al Marino Qrt, L CarlBartlett Jr. Qrt; 30: B Ray Blue Trio, E R, LJason Ennis Trio; 31: E Rob Edwards BigBand, L Lawrence Clark Trio.
GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL: 46Barrow St (bet 7th Av S & W 4th St). 212-242-4770. www.greenwichhouse.org. Aug 18:7pm Robert Sabin Tnt + John Yao & 17-pieceInstrument.
HOTEL CHANTELLE: 92 Ludlow St (betBroome & Delancey Sts). 212-254-9100.www.hotelchantelle.com. Tues 8pm-12am &Sat Brunch 11:30am-5pm: Dandy WellingtonBand; Sun Brunch 1-4pm: Martina & TheLadybugs.
JAZZ GALLERY: 1160 Bway, 5th Fl at 27th St.www.jazzgallery.org. 646-494-3625. Sets:8pm $15/10 adm & 10pm $10/8 adm, $22/12Fri-Sat. Aug 1: Ingrid Laubrock; 4: Le BoeufBrothers; 7: Charles Altura Gp; 11: ChrisTordini; 13: Great On Paper; 14: DavidVirelles Gp feat Brandon Ross; 15: VictorGould; 18: Philip Dizack Qnt; 20: DariusJones Qrt feat Emilie Lesbros; 21-22: AaronParks & Little Big.
JAZZ STANDARD: 116E 27th St (bet Park &Lexington Avs). www.jazzstandard.net. 212-576-2232. Unless otherwise noted sets:7:30&9:30pm; adm: Mon-Wed $25,Thurs&Sun $30, Fri-Sat $35. Residency (R):Mon Mingus Monday w/Mingus Big Band.Aug 1-2: $30 08/1 Regina Carter & Southern
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SCHOLAR, MUSICIAN, EDUCATOR,composer—pianist Geri Allen is one of
the more multi-faceted jazz musicians ofour day, and one of the most deservedlycelebrated. She was the recipient of aGuggenheim Fellowship in 2008 and wasthe first woman to win the Danish JazzPar Prize and the Soul Train Lady of Soulaward for jazz. Last year, Allen was pre-sented with an Honorary Doctorate byBerklee College of Music and she receivedthe Congressional Black CaucusFoundation Jazz Legacy Award.
A native of Detroit, she earned herundergraduate degree at HowardUniversity in Washington DC, where shelater taught; she then went on to obtain aMaster's in ethnomusicology fromUniversity of Pittsburgh, where she is nowits Director of Jazz Studies.
Thoughtful, modest and soft-spoken,she is known for her challenging, free flow-ing compositions and her technical virtuos-ity. However, she also looks back to herpredecessors, often delving deeply intotheir styles. She is musical director of theMary Lou Williams Collective, recordingand performing the music of the trailblaz-ing pianist and composer, including a col-laboration with S. Epatha Merkerson andFarah Jasmin Griffin.
She's now taking on the music of ErrollGarner, a Pittsburgh native whose collec-tions recently arrived at her university."The archives are an amazing opportunityfor scholars of jazz. They contain a lot ofthe nuances needed to understand whatwas going on at the time, including thesocial structure," she says. "Garner wastouring the world and doing film and tele-vision and he had access to the main-stream that many artists of his generationdidn't have."
She is assembling a tribute to his semi-
nal recording, Concert by the Sea whichwas surreptitiously taped at a live per-formance 60 years ago in the MontereyBay area and became a best-selling album.The project will debut at the MontereyJazz Festival in September where she'll bejoined by pianists Jason Moran and new-comer Christian Sands (on three pianos!)as well as guitarist Russell Malone anddrummer Jimmy Cobb.
"It brings a great deal of clarity for meas a composer and pianist to look deeply atthese great icons and innovators," she saysof her study of Garner, Williams and oth-ers. "I go back and hear things I neverheard before and it gives me more clarityeach time I revisit them by listening to orperforming their music. I also feel that wayabout Monk and other people who were mygreat inspirations on piano."
Now it's her turn to inspire youngerpianists and other musicians. Last month,she held a Jazz Camp for Girls at NJPACwith several women clinicians as well ascolleagues like bassist Kenny Davis andCobb, both of whom will join her thismonth at her annual week at the leg-endary Village Vanguard.
"Mr. Cobb is fantastic in so many ways,just a great spirit, and it's great to playwith an icon," she says. "And the intensityand beauty of the Vanguard are always abig part of the performance. In this musi-cal journey—the places along the way andthe artists that you've played with—thereare markers along the way and theVanguard is one of those special markers."
At the girls' camp, they paid tribute toone of her "special markers," Allen's men-tor Marcus Belgrave, who died this year,as did another of her gurus and collabora-tors, Ornette Coleman. Her teacher fromthe University of Pittsburg, Nathan Davis,retired two years ago and she took hisplace as the head of the jazz department.She is maintaining his legacy of teachingwhile continuing to perform and record.Both are equally important to her, she says.
"Education has been a huge part of myfamily's trajectory and I have found thatworking with students has incredibleweight for me and connects me to a legacyin terms of how people shared music withme when I was young and patientlyworked through with me my early chal-lenges as a player," she says. "Watchingyoung musicians evolve and go off to suc-cessful careers—it's great to be a part ofthat process. I see myself in these students,in a way, remembering what it was likemaking the decision to move to New YorkCity and figuring out how to break in—there are so many possibilities for them!"
The Geri Allen Trio with bassistKenny Davis and drummer JimmyCobb are at the Village Vanguard Aug.18-23.
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DHEEPA CHARIROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL / AUGUST 6If there's a rivalry to take over for Sarah Vaughan these days in terms of a pure voice,Dheepa Chari would be a contender. Dovetailing on her grandmother's professionalHindustani singing in India, she studied music of her heritage and Western songs,moving as a youth to Vancouver, then Dallas where she graduated from SouthernMethodist University in 1999 before migrating to NYC in 2001. The evidence is heardon her previous recordings 4th Street and Some New Fashion and her newly releasedbreakthrough CD, Patchwork. Combining standards with original arrangements, spir-it songs, deeply emotional forays and an easily relatable pop sensibility, Chari's love-ly voice is alluring and sweet without being syrupy. Chari is joined by keyboardistLars Potteiger and bassist Dan Asher for this performance. MGN
GRÉGOIRE MARETLITCHFIELD JAZZ FESTIVAL / AUGUST 8Swiss-born Grégoire Maret is a key player within the tiny fraternity of harmonica per-formers in jazz. With his versatility, innovations and impressionistic sound, he maysucceed Toots Thielemans as dean of the instrument. Maret's genre-jumping talenthas brought steady work in the folk, pop and world music fields, though jazz is hishome base and where his musical heart resides. A 2007 duo with pianist Andy Milneand Maret's eponymous CD debut as a leader in 2012, are soon to be followed byWanted, a project whose participants include Terri Lyne Carrington, Ivan Lins, ChrisPotter, Dianne Reeves, Luciana Souza and the late Jimmy Scott. For his secondappearance at Litchfield, Maret’s quartet showcases the talents of James Francies,piano; Burniss Earl Travis, bass and John Davis, drums. KF
E.J. STRICKLANDJAZZ STANDARD / AUGUST 9One of the most prolific young (mid-30s) drummers on today's jazz scene, E.J.Strickland has played on more than 30 albums in the new millennium while holdingdown gigs with Ravi Coltrane, Cassandra Wilson, and his identical twin Marcus, asaxophonist, as well as leading his own bands. His quintet's latest album, TheUndying Spirit (SMK), underscores his emphasis on ensemble shape and delivery andshowcases his ability to create surprisingly off-kilter, original time feels while main-taining, yet improvising, around the beat. Although that band featured two saxo-phonists and an acoustic rhythm section, he brings his new Transient Beings group tothis gig, featuring David Gilmore and Tom Guarna on electric guitars, John Benitez,electric bass, and guests Alicia Olatuja, vocals and Grégoire Maret, harmonica. GK
GABRIEL ALEGRIA AFRO-PERUVIAN SEXTETZINC BAR / AUGUST 14 AND 21Bandleader/trumpeter Gabriel Alegria's crisp tone and light touch perfectly contrastthe firm percussive feel that epitomizes Latin jazz. Alegria's forward-thinkingapproach has brought his sextet acclaim from both critics and his contemporaries.With luminaries such as Ingrid Jensen, Ron Carter and Christian McBride singing hispraises, Alegria is poised to be the new poster boy for Afro-Peruvian jazz. Alegria hasmuch to celebrate as his sextet's latest release, 10, is due to out on Aug. 7 on ZOHOMusic with the title referring to the group's 10th anniversary. The sextet's perform-ances at the Zinc Bar are part of a bi-weekly residency from August through Decemberwith Alegria and company not only carrying the torch for Afro-Peruvian jazz but re-igniting Latin jazz for present and future jazz connoisseurs. EW
VICTOR GOULDJAZZ GALLERY / AUGUST 15Since arriving in New York, LA native Victor Gould already has become a compellingpiano force on the scene, performing a range of musical expressions from sophisticat-ed voicings over deep grooves to soulful lines over standard arrangements. Recipientof the 2009 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award and the first student to receive ThePresidential Scholarship at Berklee, he went on to earn his Master's degree from theThelonious Monk Institute and currently tours as a member of the Wallace RoneyQuintet. His rhythmic sensitivity and depth of harmony have resonated with jazzmasters including Donald Harrison, Buster Williams, Esperanza Spalding, NicolasPayton, Lenny White and Terence Blanchard. Gould brings his current trio featuringBen Williams, bass and Obed Calvaire, drums. SJ
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L I G H TMARCUS GOLDHABERBAR THALIA / AUGUST 16, 23 AND 30Vocalist and songwriter Marcus Goldhaber has been earning accolades not only for hislight, swinging interpretations of standard fare, but also for his erudite songwritingchops. A prolific composer, Goldhaber enjoys a particular knack for clever turns ofphrase and catchy melodies, and often occupies a middle ground between jazz andBroadway. Throughout August, Goldhaber will conclude a residency he's held atSymphony Space's Bar Thalia, in which he performs in a duo setting with a rotatingcast of top-flight guitarists. Having already showcased a stellar line-up of talents, theseries will continue to offer some impressive guests, as guitarists Pete McCann, SeanHarkness and Ron Jackson each joins Goldhaber on a night, as will special guest vocal-ists Vanessa Trouble, Dawn Derow and Kendra Shank. SH
LINDA OHSIDE DOOR / AUGUST 28Some jazz bassists make an indelible first impression—Wilbur Ware's triple stop vir-tuosity with Thelonious Monk was unforgettable and Charles Mingus was such a dom-inating force of nature, as both a personality and a bassist, it would be hard to forgetfirst encountering him with his quintet at the Half Note. Linda Oh made a similarimpression with the Dave Douglas Quintet on their 50/50 tour (gigs in 50 states duringDouglas' 50th year). She was so assured, with her warm, plummy tone and perfectlyarticulated, reverberating notes anchoring that most formidable ensemble. Oh, fromAustralia by way of Malaysia, has been working recently with Kenny Barron's quartet,but she brings her own quartet here, with Ben Wendel, reeds, James Muller, guitar andTed Poor, drums. GK
ROGER KELLAWAYJAZZ AT KITANO / AUGUST 21-22 Roger Kellaway's jazz career began in the early 1960s, but the pianist remains an artistdeserving of greater recognition due to his eclectic musical interests. For a quarter cen-tury, Kellaway wrote film scores and classical music, along with recording numerousstudio dates of all kinds. But he has long had the respect of his jazz peers. OscarPeterson told Gene Lees, "I love Roger Kellaway. He knows the tradition and he is notafraid." Now more focused on jazz, he has wowed fans with his wide stylistic range andopen-minded approach to improvising. Kellaway's recent recordings include three CDswith Eddie Daniels and several small group dates, one a tribute to Bobby Darin, whomhe accompanied in the late 1960s. Bassist Jay Leonhart and guitarist Joe Cohn joinKellaway. KD
ELI FOUNTAINMARCUS GARVEY PARK / AUGUST 28Multi-percussionist Eli Fountain has flown under the radar for far too long, but thisperformance in tribute to Max Roach and celebrating the 50th anniversary ofJazzmobile, should elevate his status. The native Detroiter is the son of Motown recordssaxophonist Eli Fountain Sr. He attended the revered Cass Technical High School andthe Cincinnati Conservatory in formal studies. He has worked prominently with GeriAllen and James Carter as a sideman. This ensemble—Percussion Discussion—isreleasing a CD, Masterpiece, inspired by Roach. Fountain is joined by a mighty group,some sharing instruments during the show: a vibraphone front line of Jay Hoggard andBryan Carrott, NYC legends Warren Smith and Bobby Sanabria, drummer ReggieNicholson, pan steel drummer Lyndon Achee and saxophonist Patience Higgins. MGN
CAMILLE THURMANMARCUS GARVEY PARK / AUGUST 22Multi-instrumentalist Camille Thurman proves that musical intuition can be translat-ed for any instrument. Whether singing, playing the saxophone or flute, Thurmanbrings her own distinct voice into a new realm of melodic opportunity for modern jazz.Such sentiments are mirrored in reviews of her latest release, 2014's Origins. RichardKamins of the blog Step Tempest calls the album "our introduction to a musician/per-son who is spirited, formidable and dedicated to the myriad possibilities that modernmusic presents." After winning the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers awardin 2012 and 2013, Thurman is poised to influence modern jazz composition with her well-defined sonority, tight arrangements and harmonic maturity. Thurman's performance ispart of the Charlie Parker Festival, a celebration of the legendary saxophonist. EW
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LISTINGS... continued from page 20 Magnarelli; 10: E Michael Olatuja & ThePromise Ens, L-N R; 11: E R, L Smalls LegacyBand feat Frank Lacy, N R; 12: E DannyGrissett Qrt, L Itamar Borochov Qnt, N R; 13:E Tim Hegarty Qrt, L JC Stylles Qrt, N tba; 14:PM R, E Tom Guarna Qrt, L Clarence PennQnt, N tba; 15: PM R, E Scott Robinson Qrt, LClarence Penn Qnt, N Philip Harper; 16: 1pmR, PM tba, E Johnny O'Neal Trio, L Ned GooldQrt; 17: E Sebastian Chames Qnt, L-N R; 18:E R, L Josh Evans Big Band, N R; 19:Brooklyn Jazz Underground festival feat EDavid Smith & David Cook Duo, 8:30pm RobGarcia 4, 9:30pm David Cook Qnt, 10:30pmTammy Scheffer Sxt, 11:30pm Brooklyn JazzUnderground Ens, N R; 20: E Christian SandsQrt, L Ken Fowser Band, N tba; 21: PM R, EThad Wilson Qnt, L Mike Boone Qrt, N tba; 22:PM R, E Fabio Morgera, L Mike Boone Qrt, NStacy Dillard; 23: 1pm R, PM Eyal Vilner BigBand, E Sacha Perry Trio, L Bruce Harris Gp;24: E Sean Wayland Trio, L-N R; 25: E R, LPeter Zak, N R; 26: E Will Vinson Qnt, L EdCherry Trio, N R; 27: E Will Vinson Qnt, LCarlos Abadie Qnt, N tba; 28: PM R, E TardoHammer Trio, L MGQ + Strings, N AnthonyWonsey Trio; 29: PM R, E David Schnitter Qrt,L MGQ + Strings, N Philip Harper; 30: 1pm R,PM George Gee Orch, E Sole-ful Sunday TapShow w/Michela Lerman, L Alex Norris Qnt;31: E Logan Richardson & SHIFT, L tba, N R.
SPECTRUM NYC: 121 Ludlow St 2nd Fl (betDelancey & Rivington Sts). 212-533-5470.www.spectrumnyc.com. Aug 6: 7-9pm Flinvan Hemmen.
The STONE: 2nd St at Av C. www.thestonenyc.com. Sets: Mon 8pm, Tues-Sun 8&10pmweekly residencies, Sun add 3pm John Zorn& friends. Aug 1: Gerry Hemingway; 3: DaveLombardo; 4-9: Bill Frisell; 10: Bruce Ackley;11-16: Mario Diaz de Leon; 18-23: Mick Barr;25-30: Toby Driver.
SUBROSA: 63 Gansevoort St (bet Washington& Greenwich Sts). www.subrosanyc.com.212-997-4555. Sets: 8&10pm $20 adm. Mon:Latin Jazz Monday. Aug 1: Laura Rivera,11:30pm Habana Nights feat Danny Rojo; 5:Carlitos Padron; 6-7: Pedrito Martinez Gp; 8:11pm Los Van Van; 12-13: see 08/6; 14 8pmonly & 15: Casuarina; 16: 8pm only CoviQuintana; 19-20: see 08/6; 21: CosmicJibaros; 22: Tipico Urbano; 24: BillO'Connell Jazz Trio; 26: Zoila Pianistaw/spec guest Richie Flores; 27: see 08/6; 31:Robby Ameen & The Days in the Night Band.
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK: 500E 9th St (betAvs A & B). www.cityparksfoundation.org.Aug 23: 3-7pm free adm Charlie Parker JazzFestival feat Joe Lovano, RudreshMahanthappa, Myra Melford, MichaelMwenso.
TURNMILL: 119E 27th St (bet Park &Lexington Avs). www.turnmillnyc.com. 646-524-6060. Wed: 11pm-2am Jam w/RobDuguay & Low Key Trio.
VILLAGE VANGUARD: 178 7th Av S at 11thSt. 212-255-4037. www.villagevanguard.com.Sets: 8:30&10:30pm. Adm: Mon-Thurs $25/1drink min. Residency (R): Mon VanguardJazz Orch. Aug 1-2: Leo Genovese Qnt; 3: R;4-9: Rudy Royston 303; 10: R; 11-16: BillyHart Qrt; 17: R; 18-23: Geri Allen Trio; 24: R;25-30: Gerald Clayton Qnt; 31: R.
The WAYLAND: 700 E 9th St at Av C. 212-777-7022. www.thewaylandnyc.com. Sets: 9-11:30pm. Free adm. Wed: GrandpaMusselman & Syncopators; 1st Tues: RobertRoss Trio.
WALKER’S: 16N Moore St at Varick. 212-941-0142. www.walkerstribeca.com. Sun: 8-11pmPeter Leitch Duo.
WHYNOT JAZZ ROOM: 14 Christopher St at
Brunch Trios. Aug 2: Melissa Stylianou; 9:Ronny Whyte; 16: Roz Corral; 23: Roz Corralw/Eddie Monteiro & David Silliman; 30: RozCorral.
NUBLU: 62 Av C (bet 4th & 5th Sts). 212-375-1500. www.nublu.net.
NUYORICAN POETS CAFÉ: 236E 3rd St (betAvs B & C). www.nuyorican.org. 212-780-9386/212-505-8183. Sets: 9:30pm. Tues: 9pmLatin Jazz feat 1st Tues Chembo Corniel,2nd Tues Bronx Conxión, 3rd Tues HectorMartignon, last Tues Willie Martinez & LaFamilia Sxt; 1st Wed: All That - Hip HopPoetry & Jazz; 1st Sat: $15 adm Puddin’ Jazzseries + Jam feat 08/1 Andre “Chez” LewisBand.
ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA: 17Barrow St (bet 7th Av & W4th St). 212-255-8649. www.oneifbyland.com. Tues&Thurs 6-11pm, Sun 11:30am-3pm: Ryo Sasaki & NialDjuliarso Duo.
PIANOS: 158 Ludlow St at Stanton. 212-505-3733. www.pianosnyc.com. Fri: 8pm CabinetMakers.
PIERRE LOTI: 258W 15th St (bet 7th & 8thAvs). www.pierrelotiwinebar.com. 212-645-5684. Tues: 8-11pm.
PRIMO 135: 135 7th Av S (bet Charles & 10thSts). 212-620-6196. www.primo135.com.Mon&Sun: 7-10pm Brazilian Duo w/FreddieBryant feat Vanessa Falabella (Mon),Andromeda Turre (Sun).
ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL: 196 Allen St at EHouston St. www.rockwoodmusichall.com.212-477-4155. Aug 6: 7pm $10 adm DheepaChari; 24: 8pm free Curtis Nowosad Qrt.
RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART: 150W 17th St.www.rubinmuseum.org. 212-620-5000X344.Aug 21: 7-8:30pm $27/35 adm Fred Hersch.
RUE B: 188 Ave B (bet 11th & 12th Sts). 212-358-1700. www.ruebnyc.com. Sets: 8:30,9:30&10:45pm. Mon: After Glow; Tues:Adrian Moring Trio feat Kelly Green; Wed:Seth Kessel Trio; Thurs: Seth Lewis Trio; Fri:Frankie Valdez Mambo Orch; Sat: ReinaWilliams R&B Trio; Sun: Jocelyn MedinaJazz Series Vocal Jam.
SMALLS JAZZ CLUB: 183W 10th St at 7th Av.212-252-5091. www.smallsjazzclub.com.Sets unless otherwise noted: Afternoon(PM), Early (E), Late (L), Night (N); Mon E7:30-10pm, L 10:30pm-1am, N 1am; Tues7:30-9pm, L 9:30pm-12am, N 12:30am, Wed-Thurs E 7:30-10pm, L 10:30pm-1am, N1:30am; Fri PM 4-7pm E 7:30-10pm, L10:30pm-1am, N 1:15am, Sat PM 4-7pm, E7:30-10pm, L 10:30pm-1am, N 1:15am; Sun1-3pm, PM 4:30-7pm, E 7:30-10pm, L10:30pm. Jam following N. Adm varies.Residencies (R): Mon L except 08/3&31 AriHoenig Qrt, N 08/3,17,24&31 JonathanBarber, 08/10 Jonathan Michel; Tues Eexcept 08/4 Spike Wilner Trio, N NextGeneration Sessions; Wed N SanahKadoura; Fri PM Jam 08/7&21 w/CoreyWallace DUBet, 08/14&28 w/Ai Murakami; SatPM Jam 08/1&29 w/Tuomo Uusitalo Trio,08/8,15&22 w/Jonathan Thomas Trio; Sun1pm Vocal masterclass by Marion Cowings.Aug 1: PM R, E Chuck Redd Qrt, L KenPeplowski Qrt, N Philip Harper; 2: 1pm R, PMMarianne Solivan Big Band, E JohnnyO'Neal Trio, L Behn Gillece Qrt; 3: E MattPavolka & Horns Band, L Gerry Gibbs, N R;4: E Ehud Asherie Trio, L Theo Hill Qnt, N R;5: E Colin Stranahan & Stranaband, L JoshBruneau Qnt, N R; 6: E Troy Robert Qrt, LNick Hempton Band, N tba; 7: PM R, E RalphLalama & Bop-Juice, L Winard Harper, NLawrence Leathers; 8: PM R, E HayesGreenfield, L Winard Harper, N Stacy Dillard;9: 1pm R, PM tba, E Lezlie Harrison, L Joe continued on page 26
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THIS MONTH, THE MASTER BAS-sist and composer Ben Allison will cel-
ebrate the 30th anniversary of his arrivalin New York City with a multi-night run atBirdland. As he prepares for the gig,Allison will do something that has been arunning theme in his storied career: he'sgoing to try something new.
"About ten years ago, I stopped usingpiano in my band and started using guitarinstead," Allison explains, a nod to his cur-rent ensemble's line-up of guitarist SteveCardenas, drummer Rudy Royston andtrumpeter Jeremy Pelt. "Previous incarna-tions of my band had Frank Kimbrough onpiano, and this gig brings Frank back. It'sthe first time I've done a line-up like thiswith piano and guitar and I'm quite excit-ed to see what we do."
To be sure, the spirit of adventure andrisk-taking is a hallmark of Allison'smusic. In the three decades since hisarrival in New York, Allison has estab-lished himself as a superlative bassist, anextraordinary composer, an innovativethinker in the music industry and a tire-less advocate for creative musicians.Continually reimagining his older projectswhile also tackling new and excitingmusic, Allison has amassed an impressivediscography of highly acclaimed albums,most closely associated with PalmettoRecords. However on his latest, 2013's TheStars Look Very Different Today, Allisontook an additional risk, breaking his stringof recordings with Palmetto and self-releasing on his own imprint, SonicCamera Records.
"Musicians who are mid-career, like me,end up taking stock and see what's work-ing, what's not, and where we'd like to go,"Allison explains. "I don't make decisionslightly, so I thought long and hard anddecided to try releasing my own music. Ihave always been a DIY person and, on myearlier albums, was very involved in theproduction, mixing, mastering and mar-keting of the projects. I got to learn somuch with each release. So I was excitedwhen I released my own album because Igot the chance to put into practice every-thing I had absorbed in the past 15 years."Indeed, the risk paid off as the CDreturned a profit, enjoyed widespread crit-ical accolades and received extensive,enthusiastic radio support.
"It was difficult, but I'm in the black,which for a record label is often not thecase," he notes. "We made it into the topfive on the radio, which isn't bad consider-ing that it was me and an intern doing theradio promotion!"
The self-driven record release and itssuccess also resonate strongly with an ear-lier venture of Allison's: The JazzComposers Collective. Established in 1992as a collaborative project between Allison,Michael Blake, Ron Horton, Kimbroughand Ted Nash, the Collective ran for 13seasons, premiered over 300 new works,took up residencies throughout the worldand brought more than 250 musicians onas collaborating artists. Enabling Allisonto create new music on his own terms, thecollective proved a crucial and formativeexperience. "It really helped me to find mystyle as a bandleader as well as my per-sonal voice as a composer," he remembers."And ultimately that's the goal: to findyour voice and to be yourself."
This DIY road may have been challeng-ing, but its reward has been tremendousfor Allison and has helped to define hiscareer. With 11 albums to his name, not tomention a massive array of composer cred-its, Allison has ensured his ability to createmusic he loves on his terms: "The musi-cians on my records are my friends. We putthis music together ourselves and when weshow up in, say, Canton IL and half thecrowd knows our tunes and are calling outto request titles, it's gratifying. It's a hard-er road, yes, but the joy is immense."
As he prepares for the Birdland gig andconsiders uniting his recent and older proj-ects through the enhanced ensemble,Allison is excited. "The whole point of whatwe do is to play live," he says. "We loveplaying and I feel more strongly than everhow important it is for all of us to gather ina room to make music and listen to music.That feeling cannot be beat."
Ben Allison performs with JeremyPelt, Steve Cardenas, FrankKimbrough and Rudy Royston atBirdland Aug. 11-15.
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www.barlunatico.com. BAR TABAC: 128 Smith St at Dean St. Cobble
Hill. www.bartabacny.com. 718-923-0918.Tues&Thurs 7-10pm; Tues: Blue Vipers ofBrooklyn; Thurs: Stephane Wrembel.
BARBÈS: 376 9th St at 6th Av. Park Slope.www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 718-965-9177.Residencies: Mon 7pm Brain Cloud; Tues9pm Slavic Soul Party; Wed 10pm MandingoAmbassadors; Sun 5pm except 08/23 BenMonder Solo, 9pm Stephane Wrembel. Aug5: 8pm Andy Statman Trio; 6: 10pm LosCrema Paraiso.
BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC:58 7th Av. Park Slope. www.bqcm.org. 718-622-3300. Sun: except 08/2 7:30pm $15 admGo: Organic Orch.
BROOKLYN LYCEUM: 227 Fourth Av (betPresident & Union Sts). Park Slope.www.brooklynlyceum.com. 718-857-4816.
BROWNSTONE JAZZ: 107 Macon St atNostrand Av. www.sankofaaban.com. 917-704-9237. Fri-Sat: 8pm $30 adm incl 1 drinkBrownstone Jazz. Fri-Sat: 11pm-1am OpenMic w/Eric Lemon & BJ Ens.
BROWNSVILLE HERITAGE HOUSE: 581Mother Gaston Blvd. www.brownsvilleheritagehouse.org. 718-385-1111. 3rd Sat: 3-6pm free adm Wade Barnes Tribute Band.
CADAQUÉS: 188 Grand St. 718-218-7776.www.cadaquesny.com. Thurs 7-10pm & Fri8pm-12am: free adm.
CHEZ OSKAR: 211 Dekalb Av. 718-852-6250.www.chezoskar.com. Mon: 8-11pm.
CUBANA SOCIAL: 70 N 6th St. 718-782-3334.www.cubanasocial.com. Sets: Thurs 9pm-12am; Fri: 9pm-2am Afro-Jazz.
The DRAWING ROOM: 56 Willoughby St #3.www.drawingroommusic.com. Aug 9: 7pm$20 adm Gene Bertoncini.
FIREHOUSE SPACE: 246 Frost St. 917-709-7799. www.thefirehousespace.org.
FOR MY SWEET: 1103 Fulton St. 347-770-4735. Mon: 7-11pm $10 adm Bill Jacobs Ens.
FREDDY’S BAR: 627 5th Av (bet 17th & 18thSts). www.freddysbar.com. 718-768-0131.1st&3rd Tues: 9pm Miss Ida Blue; 4th Tues:8:30pm Music from NY Underground - Onthe Way Out.
GAMBRINUS: 3100 Ocean Pkwy. 718-265-1009. www.gambrinusny.com. Thurs: 8-11pm Yaakov Mayman Qrt.
HOPE & ANCHOR: 347 Van Brunt St. 718-237-0276. www.hopeandanchorredhook.com.Wed: 7-10pm Jam w/Ray Scro Qrt.
I-BEAM: 168 7th St. www.ibeambrooklyn.com.Sets: 8:30pm. Aug 7-8 8:30pm & 9 7pm: freeadm Ches Smith Qrt.
JALOPY: 315 Columbia St. www.jalopy.biz.718-395-3214.
KORZO RESTAURANT & BAR: 667 5th Av(bet 19th & 20th Sts). 718-499-1199. www.face-book.com/konceptions. Tues: 9&10:30pm $10don/$10 min Konceptions Music series byJames Carney. Aug 4: 9pm Franklin KiermyerQrt, 10:30pm The Thenth Muse; 11: StephanieRichards & Urban Surveyors, 10:30pm ChesSmith; 18&25 closed.
LA CAYE RESTAURANT: 35 Lafayette Av.www.lacayebk.com. 718-858-4160.
LORENZO’S RESTAURANT, BAR &CABARET: At Hilton Garden Inn. 1100South Av at Lois Ln. Staten Island. 718-477-2400X3222. www.lorenzosdining.com. Sun:12-2&2-4pm Jazz Brunch.
MOMINETTE: 221 Knickerbocker Av.Bushwick. www.mominette.com. 929-234-2941. Tues: 9-11pm.
Gay St. www.whynotjazzroom.com. 646-756-4145. $10 adm unless otherwise noted. Aug1: 9pm $12 Bongwool Lee Trio; 2: 7pm $15Darius Jones Qrt; 3: 8pm The Katie Bull GpProject; 4: 9:30pm Jacinta Clusellas; 6:7:30pm Tarek Yamani Trio, 9:30pm CurtisNowosad Qrt; 7: 7pm Laurie Dapice, $159:30pm Tiffany Austin; 8: 6pm $12 JonLaTona Trio, 9pm Uri Gurvich Qrt feat KevinHays; 9: 10pm Lena Bloch & Arabic forBeginners; 11: 9:30pm NOJAKîN; 12: 8pmNoah Becker, 10pm Jamie Baum; 13: 7:30pmZac Zinger Gp, 9:30pm COUP; 15: 9pm $12Adam Smale Trio; 18: 7:30pm Laura Angyal,9:30pm Aida Brandes Trio; 20: 7:30pm EdenBareket Trio, 9:30pm Chris Ziemba Qrt; 22:6pm $12 Dorian Devins, 9pm $12 In Searchof Morning, 11pm Dan White Trio; 25:7:30pm Carlota Brazil Trio, 9:30pm KeithFranklin Gp; 27: 9:30pm Koji Yoneyama Trio.
ZINC BAR: 82W 3rd St (bet Thompson &Sullivan). 212-477-8337. www.zincbar.com.Sets: Early set 7pm + 9,11pm&12:30am, Mon2am. Adm varies. Residencies: Mon 10pm-2am Ron Affif Trio; Tues 10pm EvolutionBand, 11pm Jam by Ingmar Thomas; Thurs12am Midnight Rumba; Fri Big Bands; Sat8pm Misha Piatigorsky Trio, Monika Oliveira& The Brasilians; Sun Tango Trio & Milonga.Aug 1: Livio Almeida Brazilian Big Band; 3:E Perez + VandoJam feat Lucas Pino; 5:Valery Ponomarev Sxt; 6: Joe Benjamin, TheSwingaroos & Thinkin' Big Band; 7:Gregorio Uribe Latin Big Band; 10: EAngela Roberts; 12: Samuel Torres; 13:Michael Olatuja; 14: E Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sxt + Valery Ponomarev Art BlakeyBig Band; 17: E Viktorija Gecyte + GenePerla; 19: Sheriff Bob & Bluegrass Jam; 20:Benito Gonzalez; 21: E see 08/14 E + MishaPiatigorsky Spt; 24: E Mari Rosa; 26: MichaelMarcus; 27: Francisco Mora-Catlett &AfroHORN; 28: Seth Weaver Swing Bandfeat Svetlana; 31: E Dariya Dolbilova.
G-BAR: 579 Grand Concourse at 149th St. 718-402-6996. www.gbarnyc.com.
RIVERDALE Y: 5625 Arlington Av. 718-548-8200.www.riverdaley.org. Aug 6: 6:30pm $20/30adm Swing Under the Stars by Ted Rosenthalfeat Mike Davis & The Uptown Lowdown.
UNIVERSITY OF THE STREETS: 2381Belmont Av. 2nd Fl. www.universityofthestreets.org. 212-254-9300. Fri-Sat: 9pmJam. Fri: w/Bernard Linnette; Sat: w/RobAnderson.
WILLIE’S STEAKHOUSE: 1832 WestchesterAv. 718-822-9697. Wed: 8pm-12am.
65FEN: 65 Fenimore St. www.65fenmusicseries.tumblr.com. Mon: 9&10pm $10 don65Fen Music series. Aug 3: Daniel Levin &Mat Maneri, 10pm Amirtha Kidambi & Louisede Jensen; 10: Jim Strong & Zach DarrupDuo, 10pm Chris Corsano Solo; 17: TheGoddess Band; 24: 10pm Adam HopkinsTrio; 31: redacted, 10pm Perfect Friend.
ALOR CAFÉ: 2110 Richmond Rd. StatenIsland. 718-351-1101. www.alorcafe.com.
ANYWAY CAFÉ: 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd.718-934-5988. www.anywaycafe.com.
BAMCAFÉ: 30 Lafayette Av. 718-636-4100.www.bam.org.
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ANOTHER REASON TO CELEBRATEBy Elzy Kolb
Form, function, flexibility
Pianist/singer/composer Deanna Wit-kowski loves arranging, and draws frominfluences and inspirations ranging fromfolk songs to 19th-century hymns to jazzstandards to classical works. "I experimentwith re-harmonizing, changing the rhyth-mic structure of the tunes, just imaginingstuff in different ways."
In 2010, the bicentennial of the birth ofthe composer Frederic Chopin, Witkowskistarted thinking of doing a project thatwould take an improvisational look atsome of his works, with the goal of "goingwith different styles of music and having itfeel like it's all one." The result is herrecently released solo CD, Raindrops:Improvisations with Chopin (Tilapia)."Some of the arrangements came more eas-ily than others; the forms are different."The concept for a well-known pieceWitkowski first studied in sixth grade wasone of the easy ones, while others tookmore trial and error. "I jump in and trythings quickly, then decide what I like andwhat I want to change. There's a lot ofimprovisation on the recording—a ton ofimprovisation.
"It's sad that so many classical musi-cians and other types of musicians are nottaught how to improvise. They're tied tothe page and don't know where to start.Church musicians, for example, have to beable to improvise—there are lots of timeswhen you have to fill space or provide somekind of music—but that's somethingthey're rarely taught." With that in mind,the pianist has started writing a monthlycolumn on improvisation, "Stepping Offthe Page," for the blog PianoAddict.com.Witkowski aims for the column to be acces-sible to a full spectrum of readers, fromnon-players to professional musicians."The idea is, you don't have to be a musi-cian—improvising is like learning a lan-guage. Beginning players can improvise,as well as more advanced players."
During her solo piano midday gig inBryant Park, Aug. 3-7 and an earlyevening appearance at the SignatureTheatre Café on Aug. 7, Witkowski willdelve into compositions from her new CDas well as material she's working on andtunes she rarely gets a chance to play. Onmost solo gigs, Witkowski doesn't preparea detailed set list. But the casual atmos-phere in the park makes her strive formore structure, so she often maps out theentire set. "People come up and talk to mewhile I'm playing and in between tunes. Inthat situation, I can't be thinking aboutwhat's next." That's not to say the song listis set in stone: This is her 11th year ofplaying the Piano in Bryant series andWitkowski remembers occasions like theafternoon it started to sprinkle and sheswitched her focus to songs to suit theweather, such as "Here's that Rainy Day."Material from Raindrops would be a natu-ral under the circumstances!
Best of both worlds
Singer/guitarist Diane Hubka hasbeen based in Los Angeles for the pastdecade, but there are still certain thingsshe misses about New York, her home for20 years pre-California. "It's a very stimu-lating city; I was very productive when Ilived there. The pace of the city is so inspir-ing. And it was great to meet and studywith people who were so influential to me,"including Howard Alden, Anne MarieMoss, Harold Danko, Sheila Jordan, MarkMurphy, Connie Crothers and JayClayton.
The quantity, quality and accessibilityof the music here is another plus. "The jazzscene is so great in New York; it's so nice tobe able to go to more than one thing in onenight." Hubka discussed strategies forsqueezing in several sets, such as startingout at the 55 Bar ("That's always interest-ing, great music."), then going around thecorner to the Village Vanguard ("The histo-
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LISTINGS... continued from page 26PANE E VINO: 174 Smith St at Warren.
www.panevinony.com. 718-501-1010. Sun: 7-10pm Carl Thompson Gp w/Virginia Mayhew.
PEREZ JAZZ: 71 Ocean Pkwy #2J. 917-757-1901, [email protected]. Aug 16:2pm $20 don incl lunch/BYOB feat JayClayton.
RUSTIK NEIGHBORHOOD TAVERN: 417DeKalb Ave. www.rustiktavern.com. 347-406-9700. 1st Tues: 8pm $5 adm Jam w/EricFrazier.
SAGE: 299 Graham Av. www.sageongraham.com. 718-218-6644. Fri-Sat 7pm.
SHAPESHIFTER LAB: 18 Whitwell Pl.www.shapeshifterlab.com. 646-820-9452.Sets/adm unless otherwise noted: Early (E)7pm, Late (L) 8:15pm, Night (N) 9:30pm; $10.Aug 2: E-L $8 Noelle Tannen & The Filthy No-No's; 4: $15 8pm Theo Bleckmann & ShaiMaestro, N Geoffrey Keezer & Gillian Margot;5: E Alex Norris Organ Qrt; 6: E KevinMcHugh & Matthew Nelson, L $12 ROMCOM;8: E John Menegon & 3Rio, L Teri Roiger &John Menegon Duo; 10: $8 E Shapes &Sounds Qrt, L The Lost Brothers Qrt; 11: EHot Summer Electronics; 12: L Ben Monder &Yuhan Su, N SeeSaw; 13: E tba, L Painting;14: E tba, L Joshua Davis Love Salad; 16: ETrudy Silver, 7:45pm Safiya Martinez, 7:55pmJohn Pietaro & Literary Warrior Project,8:35pm Patricia Nicholson-Parker & TheResurrection Revolution Qnt, 9:15pm ChrisButters, N Dissipated Face feat Daniel Carter;18: N The Intrepid + Hank Roberts Duo; 19: EWalking Distance, L Big Butter And The EggMen; 20: $15 Brooklyn Jazz Underground fes-tival feat E Anne Mette Iversen New Four, LThe Relative Qrt, N David Smith Qnt; 21: EThe NYChillharmonic, L $8 Sara McDonaldBig Band, N Annie Chen Sxt; 23: 8pm JasonSmith Band, 9:15pm Sana Nagano Band; 24:L-N Jackson Hardaker; 25: $8 EContraptions, L Cerebral People Project, NMatterhorn; 27: L $8 Anthony Fung Qnt, N $8Dion Kerr Qrt; 28: 7:30pm $15 GLANK & LineC3, L Chris Dingman Subliminal Trio; 29:7:30pm see 08/28 7:30pm; 30: 2pm see 08/287:30pm, E $15 LT & The Ripple Effect Band.
SISTAS’ PLACE: 456 Nostrand Av at JeffersonAv. www.sistasplace.org. 718-398-1766. Sat:9&10:30pm $30/25 adm.
THREES BREWING: 333 Douglass St. 718-522-2110. www.threesbrewing.com. Aug 9: 7:30pm$15 adm Josh Sinton & Two ConcentricSections feat Michael Attias & Tony Malaby;11: 7:30pm $10 Angela Morris & Anna Webber.
WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CENTER: 367Bedford Av. www.wmcjazz.org. 718-384-1654. 10pm-2am. Fri: free adm/2 drink minJam w/Gerry Eastman Qnt & friends.
WOLF & LAMB STEAKHOUSE: 1635 ConeyIsland Av. 718-627-4676. www.wolfandlambbrooklyn.com. Sets: 7:45pm. Aug 11:Richard Samuels; 18: Alexei Efemenko &Boris Corchesco.
ARCH STREET TAVERN: 85 Arch St.Hartford. www.archstreettavern.com. 860-246-7610. Mon: 8pm Hartford Jazz Orch.
CAFE NINE: 250 State St. New Haven. 203-789-8281. www.cafenine.com. Sat: 4:30-7:30pmfree adm Jam w/Aug 1: Mike Coppola; 8:Gary Grippo; 15: Tony Dioguardi; 22: GeorgeBaker; 26&28: 8pm $10 Jazz Haven feat08/26 Isabel Stover, 08/28 Jen Allen Qnt; 29:Billy Cofrances. continued on page 30
CAVE À VIN: 975 State St. New Haven. 203-777-6206. www.caveavinwinebar.com. Sat:8-11pm free adm.
FUJI OF JAPAN RESTAURANT & BAR: 111Old Kings Hwy North. Darien. 203-655-4995.www.fujiofjapan.com. Thurs: 6:30-9pmMusic Thursdays series feat NicolePasternak or Maria Tiscia.
GOSHEN FAIRGROUNDS: Goshen. Aug 7-9:www.litchfieldjazzfest.com Litchfield JazzFestival feat 08/7 7:45pm The Litchfield JazzOrch, 9:15pm Anat Cohen Qrt, 08/8 12pmSharpe Meets Tharpe feat Avery Sharpe,1:45pm Grégoire Maret Qrt, 3:30pm MattWilson Topsy Turvy, 6pm Wycliffe Gordon &friends, 7:45pm Mike Stern Band, 08/9 12pmSalute to Charli Persip, 1:45pm Les Paul'sTrio feat Nicki Parrott & Bucky Pizzarelli,3:45pm Sean Jones Qrt, 5:30pm ChristianMcBride Trio.
GREEN: 165 Church St. New Haven. Aug 22: 6-9pm free adm www.jazzhaven.org NewHaven Jazz festival feat 6pm Jazz Haven AllStar Youth Band, 6:45pm Isabella MendesQnt, 8pm Karrin Allyson Qrt.
KELLY’S GASTRO PUB: 196 Crown St. NewHaven. www.kellysnewhaven.com. 203-776-1111. Sun: 12-3pm Jazz Brunch.
The OUTER SPACE: 294 Treadwell St.Hamden. www.theouterspace.net. 203-640-1684.
OWL SHOP: 268 College St. New Haven. 203-624-3250. www.owlshopcigars.com. Wed:9pm-12am free adm Hawkins JazzCollective.
PICCOLO PIZZA: 24 Prospect St. Ridgefield.203-438-8200.
SCATZ RESTAURANT & JAZZ LOUNGE:139 Main St Ext. Middletown. 860-347-2289.www.scatzrestaurantandlounge.com.
The SIDE DOOR JAZZ CLUB: At Old LymeInn. 85 Lyme St. Old Lyme. 860-434-0886.www.thesidedoorjazz.com. Sets: 8:30pm.Aug 7: Laurin Talese; 8: Dave Liebman Qrt;14: Ellis Marsalis; 15: Michelle Walker Qrt;21: Marianne Solivan Qrt; 22: Steve KroonSxt; 28: Linda Oh Qrt.
TWO BOOTS: 281 Fairfield Av. Bridgeport.www.twobootsbridgeport.com. 203-331-1377. Aug 30: 7-10pm $7 adm Dee Cassella &Billy CoFrances Qnt.
WILTON PIZZA: 101 Old Ridgefield Rd.Wilton.
AMERICAN HOTEL: 49 Main St. Sag Harbor.631-725-3535. www.theamericanhotel.com.Fri-Sat: 6:30-10:30pm Lee Glantz.
BOCA: 74 Shore Rd. Glen Cove. 516-674-8000.www.bocakbny.com. Mon: 7-10pm: IanPetillo.
GRILLFIRE: 33 Berry Hill Rd. Syosset. 516-364-2144. www.georgemartinsgrillfire.com.Tues: 7-10pm Petillo Jazz Trio.
HARMONY VINEYARDS: 169 Harbor Rd.Head of the Harbor. 631-291-9900. www.harmonyvineyards.com/main/jazz_glub. 2 drinkmin. Thurs&Sat: 8-10pm & Sat-Sun 2-5pm.
LIEB CELLARS: 13050 Oregon Rd.Cutchogue. www.liebcellars.com. 631-734-1100. Aug 15: 3-6pm Ian Petillo Trio.
OLD WESTBURY GARDENS: 71 Old West-bury Rd. Old Westbury. 516-333-0048.www.oldwestburygardens.org. Aug 5: 6:30-9:30pm Vanessa Trouble & The Red HotSwing.
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continued from page 27ry of that place, and the quality of thebands."), before checking out another clubor two within walking distance.
Hubka also has fond memories of Jazzat Kitano and enjoyed hearing friends andcolleagues play at the original upstairsvenue. She's looking forward to checkingout the newer, larger space when shemakes her Jazz at Kitano debut Aug. 13with pianist Mark Soskin, bassist DeanJohnson and drummer Tim Horner. Inaddition to material from her recentrecording, West Coast Strings (SSJ),expect to hear "not so standard standards,"Hubka says.
"There are so many great songs no onedoes. I enjoy lesser-known songs, thingswritten by members of the band and peopleI know." And she'll add some familiarfavorites to the mix. "It can be too muchwork for non-musicians to go through anight of tunes they haven't heard before.People often request things like 'MoonRiver,' songs they know and love."
Though she praises the Big Apple,Hubka is more than content living in LA.She cites performing opportunities such asa recent series of outdoor concerts singinga Sinatra medley with an 80-piece sym-phonic wind band. She also gives highmarks to California's rich guitar scene, asevidenced by West Coast Strings, featuringcontributions from eight other guitarists,including Mimi Fox, John Pisano andAnthony Wilson.
Hubka hopes to resume formal musicstudy soon. "I haven't had private lessonsin a while, but it's something I want to domy whole life. Whatever I study on aninstrument helps my singing, it all goesinto the same ear-training bank," sheexplains. "I strive to be like the ShirleyHorn of guitar. She was such a fantasticpiano player. She would use such gorgeous,lush voicings behind her singing and swingthe hell out of everything. That's some-thing to work toward."
And a final West Coast plus: "I thinkI'm going to live longer from living here;New York is very stressful: stimulating,but stressful. And it's lovely to have sunny,warm weather all the time."
From the Big Scrapple to the Big Apple
Bronx-born, East Harlem-reared MikeBoone almost didn't follow the jazz path."I was a classical guy while I was growingup," he explains. "I thought I'd be the firstblack bassist in the New YorkPhilharmonic." He began listening to jazzwhile in high school and his interest in thegenre increased, even as he continued clas-sical studies at Eastman School of Music."That was in the mid-'70s and I loved theexcitement, the fusion, the energy that jazzhad at that time."
Instead of going the classical route aftergraduation, Boone added electric bass tohis instrumental arsenal and went on theroad in the show bands of entertainers likeBen Vereen and Leslie Uggams and jazzgreats like Buddy Rich. He eventually set-tled in Philadelphia, which has been hishome since the mid-'80s.
"Being in Philly allowed me to play witha lot of people coming through and to findmy way in this music," he says. Besidesworking regularly with renownedPhiladelphians such as Trudy Pitts, JoeyDeFrancesco, Orrin Evans and ShirleyScott, Boone has played with Clark Terry,Donald Byrd, Mose Allison and JoeHenderson. "I'll never forget that experi-ence; I was such a big Henderson fan. Hewas inside and outside at the same time. Inever encountered a horn player with sucha great sense of time," Boone recalls.
Besides gigging steadily, Boone is anadjunct music professor at TempleUniversity and a regular at jams. "Thescene is very vibrant in Philadelphia, witha nice cross section of people playing." Hisregular quartet includes John Swana ontrombone and EVI (electronic valve instru-ment), Tim Brey on piano and AnwarMarshall on drums. "There's an interestingage gap there," Boone points out. "Johnand I are in our 50s and Tim and Anwarare in their 20s. I want to play relevantand they help me to do that. I found myway in Philly; now I'm working withyounger guys and they're finding theirway. It feels good to be part of the continuum."
The bassist and his band have a lot tocelebrate when they hit Smalls Aug. 21-22. In addition to a belated birthday(Boone was born Aug. 8), they'll focus onmaterial from his recent CD, Heart andSoul, including compositions byHenderson, Cedar Walton and originals,plus some new arrangements. Boone seesthe band as a collaborative effort."Everyone injects his own personality. Asleader, I decide when the tune starts andstops and the middle takes care of itself."
Boone is looking forward to his BigApple gig and hopes to get here more often."I took the long way around to playing inNew York and it feels like quite an accom-plishment to bring my own group intoSmalls."
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FALCON ARTS: 1348 Rte 9 West. Marlboro.www.liveatthefalcon.com. 845-236-7970.$20 don suggested. Sets: 7pm, if openingact (Op) 8pm main act; Sun 10am-2pmBrunch (B). Residency (R): Mon JocelynArndt. Aug 1: Ed Palermo Big Band's BeachParty; 2: B Willa McCarthy Band, EV NickiParrott & Rossano Sportiello Duo; 3: R; 5:Iris Ornig; 6: Steve Riley & the MamouPlayboys; 7: Tom Freund; 8: Jay Collins &The Kings County Band, Op Don Lowe; 9: Btba, EV John Abercrombie/Rob Scheps Qrt;10: R; 12: Allison Miller & Boom Tic Boom;13: Ben Haugland Qnt + JVC Sxt; 14: AlexisP. Suter Band, Op Roland Mousaaw/Princess WOW; 15: Soñando; 16: B AlexisP. Suter & The Ministers of Sound, EV EJStrickland & Transient Beings; 17: R; 19:Three Kings of the Blues; 20: tba; 21: EricHarland & Voyager; 22: tba; 23: B Big JoeFitz & The Lo-Fis; 24: R; 27-28: tba; 29:Robbie Dupree & friends; 30: B Pete LevinTrio.
GOMEN KUDASAI: 232 Main St. New Paltz.845-255-8811. www.gomenkudasainy.com.Aug 28-30: Hudson Valley Jazz Festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat 08/28 1-3pm The Professors, 7:30-10pm Teri RoigerTrio, 08/29 7:30pm TKC Three For Teaw/Harvey Kaiser, 08/30 1pm Madoka MooneyTrio.
HUDSON VALLEY JAZZ FESTIVAL: Aug 27-30: www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org.
IRON FORGE INN: 38 Iron Forge Rd. Warwick.www.ironforgeinn.com. 845-986-3411. Aug30: 12pm Hudson Valley Jazz Festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat BillPernice Gp.
LANDMARK INN: 526 New York 94. Warwick.www.landmarkinnwarwick.com. 845-986-5444. Aug 27: 7pm Hudson Valley JazzFestival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org featJeff Ciampa Latin Jazz Qnt.
MAVERICK CONCERT HALL: 120 MaverickRd. Woodstock. www.maverickconcerts.org.845-679-8348. Aug 1&15 8pm: Jazz at TheMaverick series feat 08/1 Fred Hersch, 08/15Julian Lage.
PENNING FARM & MARKET: Warwick Tpk atRt 94. Warwick. 845-986-1059. www.penningsfarmmarket.com. Aug 28: 7pm HudsonValley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat The Bobatoon Collective.
PINE ISLAND PARK: Glenwood Rd. PineIsland. www.pineislandny.com. 845-258-1469. Aug 29: 2-7:30pm Jazz and Art in thePark feat 6pm Hudson Valley Jazz Festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org Neil Alexan-der & Nail.
QUINN’S: 330 Main St. Beacon. www.quinnsbeacon.com. Mon: 8pm free adm MondayNight Jazz Sessions. Aug 4: Andrea Parkins& Chris Corsano Duo.
ROGOWSKI FARM: 329 Glenwood Rd. PineIsland. www.rogowskifarm.com. 845-258-4574. Aug 30: 11am Hudson Valley JazzFestival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org featJames Emery.
SELIGMANN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: 23-26 White Oak Dr. Sugar Loaf. www.occitizensfoundation.org/seligmann-center. Aug28: 4pm $10 adm Hudson Valley Jazz festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat TheMetropolitan Hot Club.
SUGAR LOAF PERFORMING ARTS CEN-TER: 1351 Kings Hwy. Sugar Loaf. 845-610-5900. www.sugarloafpac.org. Aug 30: 7pmwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org HudsonValley Jazz festival feat Wallace Roney Gp.
ONDA LOUNGE: At Allegria Hotel. 80W Bway.Long Beach. 516-889-1300. www.allegriahotel.com. Thurs: 8pm-12am Jazz & Sushi. Aug13&27 Ian Petillo Trio.
OSTERIA SALINA: 108 Wainscott Stone Rd.Wainscott. www.osteriasalina.net. 631-527-5396. Sat: 9pm-12am except 08/1&15:Vanessa Trouble.
PIERRE’S: 2468 Main St. Bridgehampton.www.artofsong.org/jazz_at_pierres. 631-537-5110. Tues&Sun: 6:30-9:30pm. 1st Tues:Jody Carlson Trio.
RAM’S HEAD INN: 108 Ram Island Dr. ShelterIsland. www.theramsheadinn.com. 631-749-0811. Sun: 6-9:30pm Sun Jazz series featJane & Peter w/spec guests. Aug 2:w/Vanessa Trouble.
TRATTORIA GRASSO: 134 Main St. ColdSpring Harbor. www.trattoriagrasso.com.631-367-6060. Sets: Tues 8pm; Wed&Sat7pm; Thurs 6:30pm; Fri 7:30pm; Sun Brunch(B) 12pm, Evening (EV) 6pm. Residencies:Sun B Joe Carter, Wed Wayne Sabella, ThursFrank O’Brien. Aug 7: Danny Mixon Trio; 9:EV Frank O'Brien; 21: Don Keiling Trio; 23:EV Richie Iacona.
WALK STREET TAVERN: 1218 Jericho Tpk.New Hyde Park. 516-354-9732. Last Tues:9pm-12am Jam w/John Ray & Ian Petillo.
WOLFFER WINE STAND: 3312 Montauk Hwy.Sagaponack. www.wolffer.com. 631-537-5106. Thurs: 5-8pm Twilight Thursdaysseries. Aug 6: Lilly-Anne Merat; 27: VanessaTrouble.
76 HOUSE: 110 Main St. Tappan. 845-359-5476.www.76house.com. Wed: 8-11pm free admQuintets w/Mark Hagan & feat artists + Jam.Aug 5: Frank Perowski & Lee Green; 12:Andy Gravish & Tim Armacost; 19: ValeryPonomarev & Patience Higgins; 26: JamesZollar & Ralph Lalama.
ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY: 1285Elmwood Av. Buffalo. 716-882-8700.www.albrightknox.org. Sun 2pm: TheBuffalo News Summer Jazz series. Aug 2:Janice Mitchell & Jim Beishline; 9: WendellRivera.
ARTS SOCIETY OF KINGSTON: 97 Bway.Kingston. www.askforarts.org. 845-338-0333. Aug 29: 7pm Hudson Valley JazzFestival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org featPerry Beekman Trio, 8pm Sax Life, 9pm PeteLevin Trio.
AVIDA BAR: 159 Main St. Nyack. 845-353-2525.www.avidabar.com. Fri: 8-10:30pm free admAlicia Crowe.
BLOOMING HILL ORGANIC FARM: 1251New York 208. Blooming Grove. 845-782-7310. www.bloominghill.farm. Aug 29: 11amwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org HudsonValley Jazz Festival feat Russ Kassoff Trio.
CATSKILL MOUNTAIN PIZZA COMPANY:51 Mill Hill Rd. Woodstock. 845-679-7969.www.catskillmountainpizza.com. Wed: 7pm.
CHRISTOPHER’S BISTRO: 69 Brookside Av.Chester. www.christophersbistro.net. 845-610-5400. Aug 27: 6pm Hudson Valley JazzFestival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org featRobert Kopec & Hang 'em High 5tet.
The DAUTAJ: 36 Oakland Ave. Warwick. 845-986-3666. www.thedautaj.com. 1st Sun: 7-8:30pm free adm NY Swing Exchange Band.
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Dancer/Jazz Ambassador/Writer’s corner
Although often under-recognized for thedepth and import of her contributions,Norma Miller is unquestionably a livinglegend and master of jazz. Hailed as theQueen of Swing, Miller first drew headswith her virtuosic dancing at age 12. Byher mid-teens she was performing inWhitey's Lindy Hoppers, ultimatelybecoming one of the most influential swingdancers in Jazz history, with particularlymemorable dance performances inHellzapoppin' and A Day at the Races.
As Miller's career progressed, so did herdesire to serve as an advocate for the musicand for dance, prompting her to broadenher involvement in the cultural discussionand publish a number of books on jazz anddance, notably the memoir Swingin' at theSavoy, essential reading for any jazz fan.In that essay, she offers a remarkable andalternate perspective on the history of jazz,drawn from the perspective of Swing Eradancers and highlighting their role as driv-ers and tastemakers of the music.
Miller points out that the music and thedance were inextricably linked. "We were arace of people that came out of slavery, thelowest depth of the human spirit one couldcome from," she notes. "But we brought asound and love and created what we calljazz. I was born in Harlem, which was abed of freedom for black people. People
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could come and do what they wanted, andfrom that we developed our dance. Ithelped us overcome what our people hadbeen through and it was a truly specialfeeling. It spread around the world."Indeed, Miller's comment may even be anunderstatement; her role in creating andpopularizing the Lindy Hop makes her oneof the most important dancers in history,and it earned her a National HeritageFoundation Fellowship in 2003.
As her work in chronicling and advocat-ing for jazz and dance continued, Millerfound herself increasingly drawn to educa-tional roles and began to engage heavily asa teacher, something she continues to do tothis day. "Jazz is a compilation of sounds.My style was the swing sound, which callsfor the big band," she explains. "I was justin New Orleans for the Louis ArmstrongJazz Camp and there was so much lovethat I saw there. You see, we train youngpeople how to play jazz, because if youdon't teach them how to play it, we won'thave jazz anymore. The heritage of thismusic must continue, because it's the onestyle where all people can come together.It's the rainbow."
As she prepares to participate in theCharlie Parker Jazz Festival on Aug. 22,sharing the bill with Dr. Lonnie Smith,Andy Bey, Jeff "Tain" Watts and CamilleThurman, Miller laughs at a certain ironyin the festival's honoree. "You see, I haveaccused Charlie Parker of destroying theworld of dance from which I came," Millernotes. "He was looking for a new sound,but it screwed up our rhythm! It wasn'tgood for dancing, but it did start a newgeneration of music. Everything did turnout all right in the end; we had to learnhow to co-exist."
Learn more about Norma Miller by vis-iting www.queenofswing.net.
Festivals, Albums Launches, and CDRelease Parties
The Newport Jazz Festival takes placeJuly 31-Aug. 2 and features an exceptionalline-up including Tom Harrell,Cassandra Wilson, Arturo Sandoval,Maria Schneider, Cecile McLorinSalvant and Muhal Richard Abrams.See a full schedule at www.newportjazzfest.org.Bill Frisell will take up residence at
The Stone Aug. 4-9, curating an amazingarray of concerts and drawing on the tal-
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LISTINGS... continued from page 30BEANRUNNER CAFÉ: 201 S Division &
Esther St. Peekskill. 914-737-1701.www.beanrunnercafe.com. Fri-Sat: 8-10:30pm $10 adm. Aug 1: Premik RussellTubbs; 2: 4-7pm Bianca Mancinelli Band; 7:Los Mas Valientes; 8: Gerry Malkin Qnt; 15:Hudson Valley Jazz Ens; 27-29: HudsonValley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat 08/27 7-9pm UHS Trio w/SteveFrieder, 08/28 Conigliaro Consort, 08/29Winard Harper & The Jeli Posse.
CHASE: 92 Main St. Yonkers. 914-631-1000.www.jazzforumarts.org. Aug 18: 12-15pmfree adm Mark Morganelli & Jazz Forum All-Stars.
LYNDHURST ESTATE: At Hudson River. 635S Bway. Tarrytown. www.jazzforumarts.org.914-631-1000. Thurs: 6-8:30pm free admSunset Concerts. Aug 6: Wolff & ClarkExpedition; 13: Shunzo Ohno Gp; 20: GenePerla Qrt feat Viktorija Gecyte; 27: Gilberto“Pulpo” Colon Gp.
MASTERS SCHOOL: 49 Clinton Av. DobbsFerry. www.jazzforumarts.org. 914-631-1000.Wed: 6:30-8pm free adm. Aug 5: FarnsworthBrothers Sxt; 12: Vanderlei Pereira &Blindfold Test; 19: Glenda Davenport Trio.
PIERSON PARK: W Main St & Hudson River.Tarrytown. www.jazzforumarts.org. 914-631-1000. Fri: 6:30-8pm free adm. Aug 7: MarcusGoldhaber Qrt; 14: HAM feat Jesse Brotter;21: Chris Rogers Qnt; 28: Annual JazzForum Arts Vocal Jazz Competitionw/Hiroshi Yamazaki Trio.
RED HAT ON THE RIVER: 1 Bridge St.Irvington-On-Hudson. www.redhatbistro.com.914-591-5888. Wed: 6-10pm Bill Crow &Hiroshi Yamazaki Duo w/guest GlendaDavenport or Takeshi Ogura.
TUSCAN CAFÉ: 5 South St. Warwick. 845-987-2050. www.tuscancafe.net. Aug 29: 1pmwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org HudsonValley Jazz Festival feat INNERrOUTe.
VILLAGE GREEN: Railroad Ave. Warwick. Aug29: 7:30pm Village of Warwick SummerConcert series feat Hudson Valley JazzFestival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.orgw/Jason Miles, Ingrid Jensen & Kind of New.
WARWICK VALLEY FARMER MARKET: 1Bank St. Warwick. 845-288-2903. www.warwickvalleyfarmersmarket.org. Aug 30: 11amHudson Valley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat Mark Hagan Trio.
WARWICK VALLEY WINERY & DISTILL-ERY: 114 Little York Rd. Warwick. 845-258-4858. Aug 27: 7pm Hudson Valley JazzFestival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org featJeremy Baum.
WARYAS PARK: Main St. Poughkeepsie. 845-384-6350. Aug 16: 12pm Jazz in the Valleywww.jazzinthevalleyny.org feat ArturoO'Farril, Tia Fuller, Billy Drummond, JovanJackson, Bill Charlap, Steve Kroon, RonCarter, Kenny Washington, PeterWashington.
ASTOR ROOM: 34-12 36th St. Astoria. 718-255-1947. www.astorroom.com. Fri-Sat: 7-11pm& Sun: 11:30am-3pm. Aug 28: 6-9pm DorianDevins Trio.
The DOG AND DUCK: 45-20 Skillman Av.Sunnyside. www.thedogandduckny.com.718-406-9048. Tues: 8:30-11pm free adm JonPrice Duo.
FLUSHING TOWN HALL: 137-35 NorthernBlvd. Flushing. www.flushingtownhall.org.718-463-7700. 1st Wed: 7-10pm Jam.
FRONT TOWARD ENEMY: 40-11 30th Av.Astoria. www.fronttowardenemynyc.com.718-545-2269. Wed: 7:30-10:30pm Keyed Upseries.
JACKSON ROOM: 192-07 Linden Blvd. StAlbans. www.jacksonroom.com. 718-525-2387. Last Sat: 8&10pm $15 adm inclsnacks/beverage feat Ed Jackson Qrt.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: 34-56 107th St. Corona. 718-478-8274.www.louisarmstronghouse.org. $10 adm.Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 12-5pm:Guided Tours. Aug 15: 2pm Hot Jazz/CoolGarden feat Cynthia Sayer & friends.
PROPER CAFÉ: 21701 Linden Blvd. CambriaHeights. Queens. 718-341-2233. Wed: 9-11:30pm $10 adm.
ST ALBANS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH:172-17 Linden Blvd. St. Albans. 718-657-8282.www.stalbanscc.org. Aug 1: 5-6:30pm Tulivu-Donna Henry w/Seasoned Elegance Qrt.
TERRAZA 7 TRAIN CAFÉ: 40-19 Gleane St.Elmhurst. www.terrazacafe.com. 718-803-9602. Sun: 9:45pm-2am $5 adm Jam; 3rdThurs: 9:30pm $7 Victor Prieto.
ALVIN & FRIENDS: 14 Memorial Hwy. NewRochelle. www.alvinandfriendsrestaurant.com. 914-654-6549. Aug 23: 5&7pm $20 admThe Chip Shelton PeaceTime Ens feat GinoRosario; 28: 7:30&9pm $10 Reuben WilsonOrgan Qrt w/spec guest Ray Blue; 29:7:30&9pm free Leslie Pintchik Trio.
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FRESH TAKES
Frisell photo by Paul Moore.
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John Yao, who has quintet and sextetrecords under his belt, hits at theGreenwich Music House this month inalignment with his first large ensembleoffering, Flip Flop. Rather than ascribingthe usual "big band" label to the project,Yao bills the group as his "17-PieceInstrument."
On the evolution of his composing forbig band, he says, "In the beginning you'retrying to not break any of the rules. Then,over time, when you get more familiar withthose boundaries you begin to step out ofthem." Listen for angular melodies andrhythmic superimpositions on his tune"Hellgate" as evidence of a matured com-poser.
His craftsmanship lends itself to a pow-erful full-ensemble effect. But the band'sunison is founded on camaraderie withineach instrumental family. "When I see otherplayers having fun with the people in theirsection—whether it's a brass or saxophone
soli, or a shout-chorus, there's a sense ofpride and everyone gets really into it."
His advice to students new to the under-taking of big band writing: "Get in thereand do it. Hear your music played. You aregoing to learn the most in the shortestamount of timeby having yourmusic playedback to you."
John Yaoand His 17-P i e c eI n s t r umen tshares a billwith RobertS a b i nDecimato atthe GreenwichMusic Houseon Aug. 18.
ents of Jason Moran, Andrew Cyrille, JohnZorn, Mary Halvorson and Julian Lage.Find out more at www.thestonenyc.com.
Aug. 7-9 marks the Litchfield JazzFestival as luminaries like Anat Cohen,
Bill Frisell
Edmar Castaneda
Grégoire Maret, Matt Wilson, NickiParrott, Sean Jones and ChristianMcBride fill out three days' worth ofmusic. Tickets are available at www.litchfieldjazzfest.com.
Jazzmobile and the Central ParkConservancy offer a tremendous array oftalents on Aug. 8 as the George GeeSwing Band hosts a Swing Dance Party,followed by a tribute to BB King featuringEbony Jo-Ann and the King SolomonHicks Quintet. Learn more atwww.jazzmobile.org.
On Aug. 11 and 12, the EdmarCastanedaWorld Ensemble will celebrate
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JAZZ ANECDOTE BY BILL CROWBill Crow's books "Jazz Anecdotes" and "From Birdland to Broadway" can be
found at your favorite bookstore, and at www.billcrowbass.com along with many interesting photos and links.
For many years Bob Litwak was the chief cardiothoracic surgeon at Mt. Sinai. He alsoliked to swing on the drums. On a gig with Bob, Ted Nash showed up wearing a new shirt,the label of which was irritating his neck. As the band was setting up, Ted asked Bob if hehad any scissors with him. Bob said "Yes, I believe I have some in my bag." Ted said "Great,because I have something back here that is really bothering me and needs to be cut off."
Bob shook his head and said "No, Ted, that would have to be done in the office in a ster-ile environment. I can't do that here." He thought Ted was asking him to remove a growthfrom his neck. Ted explained what he had in mind. Bob joined his laughter and them pro-ceeded to expertly snip away the tag in the back of his shirt. Ted laughed to think he had oneof the most prestigious heart surgeons in the world cutting out his label.
A Moment You Missed by Fran Kaufman Hot House Contributing Photographer
There's always plenty of time between takes at recordingsessions. At Sear Studio C on Jun. 22 for The ClaytonBrothers upcoming CD on Artists’ Share, drummer ObedCalvaire uses the break to hone his basketball skills! Inaddition to Calvaire, the Clayton "brothers"—John onbass, Jeff on sax and Gerald on piano—were joined byTerell Stafford on trumpet and flugelhorn.
the release of its new CD with a perform-ance at Jazz Standard, featuring Casta-neda, Grégoire Maret, Sergio Krakowskiand Pablo Vergara. Find out more atwww.edmarcastaneda.com
The Catskill Jazz Factory concludes itsHarlem on the Hudson series at the BardCollege Spiegeltent with a performance bythe Steven Feifke Big Band on Aug. 13,featuring the world premiere of Feifke'sbig band arrangement of "Rhapsody inBlue." For more details, check http://fishercenter.bard.edu/spiegeltent/.
Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie serves asthe site for Jazz in the Valley on Aug. 16.Bill Charlap, Tia Fuller, Ron Carter,Kenny Washington and Javon Jacksonheadline the day. More details can befound at www.jazzinthevalleyny.org.
The 9th annual Brooklyn JazzUnderground Festival takes place Aug. 19and 20 at Smalls Jazz Club and atShapeshifter Lab. The remarkable ensem-bles feature the talents of Rob Garcia,David Cook, Ben Wendel, Tammy
Sheffer, Ryan Keberle and more. See afull schedule at www.brooklynjazz.org.
Jazz at Lincoln Center and Sony Musichave partnered to promote the organiza-tion's new label, Blue Engine Records.Featuring new studio and live recordingsas well as classic recordings in Jazz at Lincoln Center's archive, the label will kick off its launch with a Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra record, Live in Cuba. Find out more athttp://www.jazz.org/blueengine/.
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NEW JERSEY JAZZGary Walker, “Morning Jazz Host”, WBGO, 88.3 FM/wbgo.org
Pizzarelli photo by R. Sciarrino.
ERIC REEDNEWARK MUSEUM / AUGUST 6It was inside his father's storefront church that pianist Eric Reed was first movedto music. Later, hearing recordings by Ramsey Lewis, Art Blakey and DaveBrubeck, he embraced a career that had him playing with Buddy Collette, FreddieHubbard and Joe Henderson, recording and touring the world with WyntonMarsalis, writing music for film and dance, and recording more than 20 releases asleader. Reed's daring expression and sophistication has shown us why someone likeThelonious Monk is the baddest, bluest, most adventuresome and danceable Monk.On his latest recording, Groovewise (Smoke Sessions), Reed's sensitivity and spiritcreate moving celebrations of Mulgrew Miller, Ornette Coleman and CliffordJordan. Reed is joined by bassist David Baron and drummer Aaron Kimmel.
BUCKY PIZZARELLIMORRISTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL / AUGUST 15When it comes to guitar, Bucky Pizzarelli could be the template for anybody pick-ing up an instrument with six (or seven) strings. Pizzarelli started with VaughnMonroe, toured the world with Benny Goodman, played at the White House, was afixture on "The Tonight Show" band, worked and recorded with Frank Sinatra andholds a place on the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame. He's been part of many classicrecordings in all genres, including hits with Dion and The Belmonts. Pizzarelli'sguitar encounters with Tal Farlow and Les Paul are legendary. Pizzarelli can gofrom a beautiful ballad to swinging hard in the tradition of Freddie Green with theBasie band. Bucky Pizzarelli's Guitar Summit is the festival fare with fellow gui-tarists Frank Vignola, Vinnie Raniola and Ed Laub joining the master.
PAQUITO D'RIVERAMONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL / AUGUST 15Cuba's musical legacy is one of tremendous variety. Saxophonist/clarinetist/com-poser Paquito D'Rivera moves seamlessly through different styles with amazingflexibility. One moment he can display brilliant classical articulation, moving fluid-ly to bebop in the next. Starting at age 10, he performed with Cuba's NationalTheatre Orchestra, was a founding member of the multi-genre Irakere, leading to acareer touring and recording with his small groups and featured as soloist withmany jazz and classical orchestras. D'Rivera's musical inventions have given himmultiple Grammy awards in both jazz and classical. He has celebrated his goodfriend Dizzy Gillespie and his latest recording, Aires Tropicales (Paquito), finds himin a gorgeous setting with the Cuban string group Quinteto Cimarron.
FREDDY COLESHANGHAI JAZZ / AUGUST 14-15Freddy Cole was the subject of a 2006 documentary, "The Cole Nobody Knows."With seven Grammy nominations and hundreds of appearances yearly, he's nowthe Cole everybody knows! With a rich baritone voice surrounded by piano skillsreminiscent of Oscar Peterson, John Lewis or Teddy Wilson, he can deliver a touch-ing ballad, a trip to Rio, a salute to Billy Eckstine or late-night blues from Chicago'sSouth Side. Cole's guitarist Randy Napoleon calls him a "musical GPS" with a sensememory of 5,000 songs! In celebration of his brother Nat Cole, Freddie's ready todeliver Straighten Up and Fly Right, Sweet Lorraine and Mona Lisa, along with ataste of Duke Ellington, Michel Legrand, Luis Bonfa and Billy Joel.
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SOMERS POINT JAZZ SOCIETY: 609-927-6677. www.spjazz.org.
BERGENBERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: 30
N Van Brunt St. Englewood. 201-227-1030.www.bergenpac.org. Aug 7: 8pm $29-99 admChris Botti.
SOLARI’S: 61 River St. Hackensack. 201-487-1969. Ev 1st Tues: 8pm One More Once BigBand.
STONY HILL INN: 231 Polifly Rd.Hackensack. www.stonyhillinn.com. 201-342-4085. Ev other Sat: 8pm-12am BettyListe Qrt.
BURLINGTONTRI-STATE JAZZ SOCIETY: PO Box 896.
Mount Laurel. www.tristatejazz.org. 856-720-0232.
ESSEXBETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH: 275W Market
St. Newark. www.bethany-newark.org. 973-623-8161. Sun: 10am Sacred Jazz Sundaysseries. Aug 2: Ruth Naomi Floyd; 9: CyrusChestnut; 16: Marcus Miller; 23: AaronGraves; 30: Juanita Fleming.
BRUSCHETTA RESTAURANT: 292 PassaicAv. Fairfield. 973-227-6164.www.bruschettarestaurantonline.com.Thurs: 7-10pm Rio Clemente Duo.
CODA KITCHEN & BAR: 177 Maplewood Av.Maplewood. www.codamaplewood.com.973-327-2247. Sun: 12-3pm Jazz Brunch featLee Glantz.
DUKE’S SOUTHERN TABLE: 11 Clinton St.Newark. www.dukesnewark.com. 862-763-5757. Fri-Sat: 7:30-11:30pm, Sun: 1-4pm.Aug 2: Carrie Jackson & Jazzin' All Stars; 7:T.K. Blue; 8: Matt Chertkoff; 9: John Bauers;14: Pat Van Dyke; 15: Bruce Williams; 16: LotOn 7th; 21: Bryan Beninghove; 22: LanceBryant; 23: Cynthia Holiday; 28: see 08/9; 29:see 08/14; 30: Peter Winstead Jr.
GATEWAY CENTER 2: 2 Gateway Center. 283-299 Market St. Newark. 973-624-8880. Aug 5:12-1pm Steve Kroon Sxt.
HAT CITY KITCHEN: 459 Valley St. Orange.862-252-9147. Wed: 8pm Jam by Mike Lee.
JAZZ HOUSE KIDS: 14 S Park St. Montclair.973-744-2258 www.jazzhousekids.org. Aug15: see Nishuane Park.
KEY CLUB: 58 Park Pl. Newark. 973-799-0306.www.keyclubnj.com.
MCLOONE’S BOATHOUSE: 9 Cherry Ln atNorthfield Av. West Orange. 862-252-7108.www.mcloonesboathouse.com. Sun: 10am-3pm Jazz Brunch feat Doug Clarke Duo.
NEWARK MUSEUM: 49 Washington St.Newark. www.newarkmuseum.org. 973-596-6550. Aug 6: 12:15-1:45pm Jazz in theGarden series feat Eric Reed; 14: 6-8:30pmPanel discussion & Jam w/Cynthia Holiday.
NISHUANE PARK: Montclair. 973-509-4900.www.montclairjazzfestival.org/973-744-2273.Aug 15: 12-9pm free adm Jazz House Kidsfeat Montclair Jazz Festival w/José James,Paquito D'Rivera Qnt, Christian McBride BigBand feat Melissa Walker, Radam SchwartzOrganized, Ed Palermo & Jazz HouseFaculty Collective.
PALAZZO RESTAURANT: 11 S Fullerton Av.Montclair. www.palazzonj.com. 973-746-6778. Fri-Sat: 7-10:30pm.
PAPILLON 25: 25 Valley St. South Orange.973-761-5299. www.papillon25.com. Thurs:8:30pm.
PRIORY JAZZ CLUB: 233W Market St.Newark. 973-242-8012. Fri: 7-11pm. Aug 28:Jam w/Carrie Jackson.
RICALTON’S: 19 Valley St. South Orange.www.ricaltons.com. 973-763-1006. Tues:7:30-10:30pm Greg Bufford Trio.
SUZYQUE’S BBQ & BAR: 34 S Valley Rd.West Orange. www.suzyques.com. 973-736-7899. Free adm. Thurs: 8-11pm John LeeTrio w/spec guests. Aug 10&24: 8-10pmGlenn Franke's BigBand.
TRUMPETS: 6 Depot Square. Montclair. 973-744-2600. www.trumpetsjazz.com. Sets:unless otherwise noted 7:30&9pm, Fri-Sat8&10pm, closed Mon-Tues. Adm varies. Aug1: Bob Devos Organ Qrt; 7: Burr Johnson &BJB Trio; 8: Ed Alstrom & Acid Cabaret; 14:John Gatti Trio; 15: Ty Stephens & SoulJaazzin Summer Sizzles; 26: Chip SheltonPeaceTime Ens feat Gino Rosario; 29:Enrico Granafei Qrt; 30: Ron Aprea Big Bandfeat Angela DeNiro.
WBGO: 54 Park Pl. Newark. www.wbgo.org.973-624-8880.
HUDSONBRASSERIE DE PARIS: 700 1st St. Hoboken.
www.brasseriedeparishoboken.com. 201-942-9700. Thurs: 7-10pm. Aug 6: LaParisienne Band; 13: Gypsy Jazz, GypsySwing & Gypsy Kings.
HUDSON RIVERFRONT PERFORMINGARTS CENTER: 1500 Harbor Bld.Weehawken. 201-716-4540. www.hrpac.org.Aug 5: 7pm Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smithw/spec guest Catherine Russell; 19: 7pmCyrille Aimée.
LIBERTY HOUSE RESTAURANT: 82 AudreyZapp Dr. Jersey City. 201-395-0300. www.libertyhouserestaurant.com. Sun: 12am-3pmJazz Brunch.
LIGHT HORSE TAVERN: 199 Washington St.Jersey City. www.lighthorsetavern.com. 201-946-2028. Sun: 6-10pm.
LINCOLN PARK: Jersey City. Aug 19: 6pmNJCU Musical Theatre Ens + Winard Harper& Jeli Posse.
MADAME CLAUDE: 364 1/2 4th St. Jersey City.www.madameclaudecafe.com. 201-876-8800. Thurs: 7:30pm Manouche Bag.
MAXWELL’S TAVERN: 1039 Washington St.Hoboken. www.maxwellsnj.com. 201-653-7777. Tues: 8pm free adm.
MOORE’S LOUNGE: 189 Monticello Av. JerseyCity. 201-332-4309. Fri: 8:30pm free adm/nomin Jam by Winard Harper & RosalindGrant.
HUNTERDONThe NATIONAL HOTEL: 31 Race St.
Frenchtown. www.thenationalhotelnj.com.908-996-3200. Aug 30: 5-7pm free admMaurício de Souza & Alan Chaubert Duo.
MIDDLESEXDESTINATION DOGS: 101 Paterson St. New
Brunswick. www.destinationdogs.com. 732-993-1016. Free adm. 1st Fri: 9pm-12am NewBrunswick Groove Fusion feat Matt Echols.
DUE MARI: 78 Albany St. New Brunswick.www.duemarinj.com. 732-296-1600. Fri:6:30-9:30pm Solos. Aug 7: tba; 14: MishaJoseph; 21: Rachel Eckroth; 28: tba.
HOTOKE RESTAURANT BAR LOUNGE &SUSHI: 350 George St. New Brunswick. 732-
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246-8999. www.hotokerestaurant.com.Thurs: 8-11pm free adm/$5 min. Aug 6: NajwaParkins Qrt; 13: Todd Bashore Qrt; 20:Winard Harper & Jeli Posse; 27: Vince EctorBand.
LA TAVOLA CUCINA RISTORANTE: 700 OldBridge Tpk. South River. 732-238-2111.www.latavolacucinanj.com. Thurs: 7:30pmJam.
NOVITA: 25 New St. Metuchen. 732-549-5306.www.novitanj.com. Thurs: 6-10pmChampian Fulton.
STATE THEATRE: 15 Livingston Av. NewBrunswick. www.statetheatrenj.org. 732-246-7469. Aug 12: 8pm $35-$65 adm TromboneShorty & Orleans Avenue w/spec guestPreservation Hall Jazz Band.
STEAKHOUSE 85: 85 Church St. NewBrunswick. www.steakhouse85.com. 732-247-8585. Fri-Sat 7-11pm.
TUMULTY’S: 361 George St. New Brunswick.www.tumultys.com. 732-545-6205. Tues:8pm + 9:30pm Jam feat Emerging ArtistsBand. Aug 4: Dominic Palombi Gp; 11: KyleDuppstadt; 18: Kevin Sun Gp; 25: JohnNunez Gp.
MONMOUTHCOUNT BASIE THEATRE: 99 Monmouth St.
Red Bank. www.countbasietheatre.org. 732-842-9000. Aug 19: 8pm $20/25 adm BoneyJames.
DOWNTOWN ASBURY PARK: Main St.Asbury Park. http://www.asburyparkchamber.com/jazzweekend.asp. Aug 7-9: AsburyPark Loves Jazz feat 08/7 7-10pm $10 admKaren Rodriquez, 08/8 12-1pm Karen Lee,1:30-3pm Desi Norman, 3:30-5pm PJRassmusen, 5:30-7pm Valerie Adams & TheDimensions Band, 08/9 11:30am-1pm Deftet,$19 2pm Brooke Alford, 3pm Alex Bugnon,4:20pm Jonathan Fritzen & Vincent Ingala,5:30pm Chieli Minucci & Special EFX w/specguest Marion Meadows.
GIAMANO’S: 301 Main St. Bradley Beach. 732-775-4275. www.giamanos.com. Free adm/nomin.
HOTEL TIDES: 408 7th Av. Asbury Park. 732-897-7744. www.hoteltides.com. Sets: 7-10pm. Aug 9: Lauren Hooker; 23: Deftet Triofeat Maxine Snow.
MORRISBICKFORD THEATRE: 6 Normandy Heights
Rd. Morristown. 973-971-3706. Concerts 8-9:30pm. www.njjs.org. $15/18 adm. Aug 3:Frank Vignola, Vinny Raniolo & GaryMazzaroppi; 17: Nicki Parrott Gp feat HarryAllen; 24: The Shane Gang Swings Againfeat Mark Shane w/Dan Levinson.
HIBISCUS RESTAURANT: 270 South St.Morristown. www.hibiscuscuisine.com. 973-359-0200. Tues 6-9pm, Fri 7-10pm, Sat 6:30-9:30pm, Sun Brunch 12-3pm.
MAXFIELD’S ON MAIN: 713 Main St.Boonton. www.maxfieldsonmain.com. 973-588-3404.
MAYO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: 100South St. Morristown. www.mayoarts.org.973-539-8008. Aug 6: 8pm $49-89 adm ChrisBotti.
MORRISTOWN GREEN: DowntownMorristown. www.morrisarts.org/programs/music-without-borders. Aug 15: 12pm freeadm Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival featSwingadelic, Bucky Pizzarelli GuitarSummit, Bria Skonberg Band, Roomful ofBlues & Charlie Musselwhite Band.
NEW JERSEY JAZZ SOCIETY: 800-303-NJJS. www.njjs.org.
SHANGHAI JAZZ: 24 Main St. Madison. 973-
822-2899. www.shanghaijazz.com. Free adm.Sets: Tues 6:30-9pm, Wed-Thurs 7-9:30pm,Fri 6:30&8:30pm, Sat 6:30&8:45pm. ClosedMon&Sun. Residency (R): Tues except 08/25John Korba. Aug 1: “King” Solomon HicksQrt; 4: R; 8: Rob Paparozzi; 11: R; 13: BobDorough Trio; 14-15: Freddy Cole; 18: R; 19:Bucky Pizzarelli; 21: Champian Fulton Trio;26: Nicki Parrott; 29: Geoff Galante Trio.
OCEANOCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE: College Dr.
Toms River. 732-255-0500. www.ocean.edu.www.njjs.org. Aug 5: 8-9:30pm $18/22 admGeoff Gallante.
UNION16 PROSPECT WINE BAR & BISTRO: 16
Prospect St. Westfield. 908-232-7320.www.16prospect.com. Free adm/no min.Thurs: 8-11pm. Aug 13: Carrie Jackson &friends.
CROSSROADS: 78 North Av. Garwood. 908-232-5666. www.xxroads.com. Tues: 9pm-1am free adm Jam w/Crossroads All Stars.
DOWNTOWN WESTFIELD: Westfield.www.westfieldtoday.com/jazzfestival. 908-789-9444. Tues: 7-9pm free adm. Aug 4: MikeKaplan Nnt, No Name James & Butterball,Marlene VerPlanck, Joe Taino Gp; 11: New-Trad Sxt, The Murphtet, David Aaron Qnt,B.D. Lenz; 18: Abelita Mateus, Mauricio deSouza & Bossa Brasil®, Carrie Jackson,VooDUDES; 25: Jazz Lobsters,Ehoff/Gano/Knepp, Ali Ryerson, Watson.
MONDO: 426 Springfield Av. Summit. 908-301-1285. www.mondosummit.com. Sat: 8pm.Aug 1: Eric Przedpelski Qrt; 15: Dan Rufolo.
VAN GOGH’S EAR CAFÉ: 1017 StuyvesantAv. Union. www.vangoghsearcafe.com. 908-810-1844. Sun: 8-11pm $4 adm. Aug 2: JoeKnipes; 9: QED; 30: Groove Apparatus.
VINTAGE RESTAURANT: 9 W Westfield Av.Roselle Park. www.vintageitalianrestaurant.net. 908-445-4520. Aug 7: 7-10pm DynamicDuo feat Carrie Jackson & Noriko Kamo.
The WAITING ROOM: 66 E Cherry St.Rahway. www.thewaitingroom.us. 732-382-0900. Aug 8: 9:30pm Joel Zelnik Triow/Annette Sanders.
DEER HEAD INN: 5 Main St. Delaware WaterGap, PA. www.deerheadinn.com. 570-424-2000. Sets: Thurs 8-11pm, Fri-Sat 7-11pm,Sun 5-8pm. Adm varies. Residency (R):Thurs Jam w/Bill Goodwin Qrt & friends. Aug1: Evan Gregor Qnt; 2: Geoff Gallante Qrt; 6:R; 7: Dave Lantz Trio; 8: Eric Mintel Qrt; 9:Spencer Reed & Matt Vashlishan; 13: R; 14:Jerry Harris & Billy Test; 15: Giacomo Gates& Billy Test; 16: Walt Bibinger Solo; 20: R;21: Vinny Bianchi & La Cuchina; 22: ViktorijaGectye w/Go Trio & spec guest JoeMagnarelli; 23: tba; 27: R; 28: George YoungQrt; 29: Nancy Reed Trio; 30: MicheleBautier & Skip Wilkins; 31: 7:30-10:30pmDeer Head Inn Jazz Orch.
DELAWARE WATER GAP: www.cotajazz.org.
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By Cary Tone
B R I D G E C R O S S I N G S
Brewer photo by Rafiq Bhatia.
"MATT BREWER HAS ESTABLISHEDa foothold as one of the stalwart youngbass players on the progressive jazz scene"(NY Times). Also a composer, bandleaderand recording artist, Brewer's creditsinclude Lee Konitz, Steve Coleman,Terence Blanchard, Gonzalo Rubalcaba,Jeff "Tain" Watts and Greg Osby.
Q. Tell me something about your latestrecording project. A. The only record I've done as a leader
is my recent album on Criss Cross,Mythology. I had been wanting to make arecord for quite some time, but had beenpretty busy with sideman work (andmaybe a little lazier than I'd like toadmit)... Everyone on the record is one ofmy absolute favorite musicians on theirrespective instruments and I was genuine-ly surprised and delighted that they wereall available at the same time. Q. What, other than your own record-
ings, have you been listening to lately? A. I've been a little obsessed with the
first track on Sly Stone's album Fresh.That whole album is great but I catchmyself listening to "In Time" over andover. I'm always listening to some Coltranealbum or another, and some Miles albumas well. I got Amandala on vinyl recentlyand I love the writing. I love Miles fromany and all time periods. Porgy and Bess isprobably one of my top five favorite albums
of all time. Other things on the turntablerecently have been Lightning Hopkins,Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies, AphexTwin, Bartok's Music for StringsPercussion and Celeste, Hank Mobley SoulStation (and anything with PaulChambers, really) and that record thatBen Webster and Sweets Edison didtogether with George Duvivier on bass. Q. What sort of intelligence, mind set
does it take to appreciate jazz? A. None. I've never thought it was a
music only for the elite. If you can findbeauty in literature, film or art of anykind, you can find it in jazz. The idea thatyou need to acquire some secret knowledgeto be in the club is antithetical to whatmusic should be about. Q. Can jazz be taught? To play it, appre-
ciate it? A. I'd mostly say yes. It's like anything
else (science, cooking, sports). Most aspectsof it can be taught, but aptitude and natu-ral ability play a role. Some of the mostbeautiful aspects of our favorite musiciansare the things that cannot be taught. Ihave musician friends who have been gift-ed from a young age and others that had towork more constantly throughout theirlife. Hard work is important no matterwhat your ability, though.Q. You're from Oklahoma City and
spent your youth in Albuquerque. How andat what age were you exposed to jazz? A. Oklahoma at one time had many
greats. Charlie Christian, Don Byas andChet Baker, were all from there. Mygrandfather was a great musician andplayed trumpet with Charlie Barnett,
“I've never thoughtit was a music onlyfor the elite. If youcan find beauty inliterature, film or
art of any kind, youcan find it in jazz.”
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Woody Herman and Bob Wills and theTexas Playboys. He died before I was born,but those stories and bootleg recordingswere an early inspiration. My dad playstrombone and teaches music and showedme a lot about theory at a young age. Mymother had a radio show and interviewedlots of jazz greats. Her mother was a greatmusic lover as well so there was constant-ly music in the house. I started playingbass when I was ten.Q. A couple of your favorite websites,
blogs, apps?A. I'm not too up on any of the blogs. I've
read Ethan Iverson's blog and enjoyed theinterviews there. I think it's great that amusician is taking the initiative to haveconversations with some of the masters. Amusician will conduct an interview in away that's different than say, a critic. Q. How has technology changed your
recorded music listening habits?A. We all have tons of music on our
phones and if there's something we want toget, it's a couple clicks away. That's goodand bad. When faced with so many optionsit becomes difficult to focus on any onething. I don't think people listen to entirerecords as much as they used to. The soundquality suffers nowadays as well. All thechopping up and digitizing of sound infor-mation that your brain has to then putback together is probably tiring whetherwe realize it or not. Q. A life in music: more perspiration or
inspiration? A. Hard work is important, but if you
don't love what you do it's hard to staymotivated and keep getting better. Also, Ithink audiences can sense inspiration, loveand sincerity and are attracted to it.Q. If there's an afterlife, one piece of
music you heard here that you'll rememberthere?A. Bach's B minor Mass. Q. Your favorite musician of all-time? A
favorite or two playing or composingtoday?A. Kind of impossible to pick one! I
could say John Coltrane and that would bepretty honest. Although I'd really want tosay Miles and Bach too. As far as peopletoday, Steve Coleman, Gonzalo Rubalcabaand Mark Turner are very inspiring to me.I learned a ton from being in Greg Osby'sband when I was younger, too. Q. You are having a dinner party and
can invite three musicians. Who wouldthey be?A. I like getting people together over
food and drink to listen to music or talkabout things. If I could invite anybody fromthe past I'd think I'd invite TheloniousMonk, Elvin Jones and John Coltrane.
Matt Brewer performs at CorneliaStreet Café Aug. 14.
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