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Terell StaffordPage 23Village Vanguard

Helen SungPage 21Smoke

Page 10The Cutting RoomPage 1054 Below

Aimée AllenChris McNulty

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By George Kanzler

10 McNulty cover photo by John Abbott, Sung & Stafford by Fran Kaufman.

WINNING SPINSTWO SINGERS WHO RELY MORE

on subtlety and interpretation thanbravura vocal pyrotechnics have newalbums out. A relative newcomer, AiméeAllen is a Pittsburgh native who moved toParis after college and formed a group ded-icated to bossa and jazz, Les BossaNovices. She's now back in New York.Chris McNulty is a veteran Australianjazz/cabaret singer also based in the BigApple. Allen's latest CD is marked by asense of youthful exuberance, a definite "I-can-do" attitude. McNulty's is an attemptto understand and work through the loss ofa son, the music suffused with longing andmelancholy.Matter of Time, Aimée Allen (Azuline),

mixes the singer’s own compositions withstandards, both bossas and Americansongbook. Allen has a compact, containedvoice with a velvety edge, which sheemploys with precision on some tricky,convoluted lyrics, mostly her own. The titleoriginal is filled with snappy internalrhymes and suggestive of multiple per-spectives. So, fittingly, it begins and endsthe CD. First heard as a rhythmically elas-tic interaction with guitarist RomeroLubambo and a bassist, it returns to con-clude the album over the steady momen-tum of Allen's accompanying trio: pianistToru Dodo, bassist Francois Moutin anddrummer Jacob Melchior.

Lubambo comes back for three moretracks, two bossas emphasizing the fluidi-ty of the interplay of guitar and vocal,including a relaxed, not fervidly, sensual"The Island." He also accompanies Allen onher one foray into French, the boite-ready"Qu'est-ce qu'on est bien ici" which trans-lates as "How Sweet it is Here with You."

Allen can be prolix, especially in hermore uptempo originals, seeming to cramtogether too many words, as on "SoulCargo." However, when she slows down toballad or torch tempo, her lyrics connectemotionally. "Sometimes You Just Know,"about emotion versus reason, has a haunt-ing resonance, and her setting of PatMetheny's "The Space Between" is a con-vincing love song.

She can be quite inventive with stan-dards; she and Moutin prance around thebeat of "My Romance" in an exploratorymanner before the trio establishes a waltzframe for a pair of choruses that stretchthe melodic contours of the Rodgers andHart tune. "Close Your Eyes" rides over a

snappy accompaniment by bass and brush-es, expanding into a second chorus mixingmelody with parlando. And Allen brings aneasy swing to "Out of Nowhere," taking lit-tle liberties with the melody in classic jazzfashion.Eternal, Chris McNulty (Palmetto), is a

somber, elegiac album enriched by intri-cate, resonant arrangements and orches-trations by Steve Newcomb for a chamberensemble featuring woodwinds and stringsthat interacts seamlessly with a core jazztrio. McNulty's sense of loss becomes apowerful subtext, altering, and at manytimes enriching, the meaning of songs,casting them in a new light.

The most plaintive piece may be "YouAre There,” her lament for her son withsuch lines as "I see your face everywhere/ alittle boy dancing/ you are there." But whatis most revelatory is the new depthsbrought to the standards "Nature Boy,""What Are You Doing the Rest of YourLife?" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"by the emotional context as well as by theprobing chamber arrangements.

McNulty takes full advantage of a voicewith a light tone but surprising breadthand suppleness, essaying songs that chal-lenge a singer's range and control like BillyStrayhorn's "A Flower is a LovesomeThing," on which she embellishes thealready ornate lines with melismatic flour-ishes as her voice rises ethereally into adelicate stratosphere.

Among the unexpected riches of thisalbum is an obscure Bob Dorough song,"Love Came on Stealthy Fingers," with suchlines as "I know the sweetness and the dan-ger/ and oh yes, I know the pain" and "wemight as well be happy while we may." Shebrings a similar heartbreaking poignancy toCy Coleman's "With Every Breathe I Take,"echoed by dolorous cello lines.

The verse of Hoagy Carmichael's"Stardust" ends without giving way to therefrain, altering the meaning by closing, indevastating fashion, with a repeated "loveis now the music of the years gone by."Because of McNulty and her collaborators'exquisite artistry, what could have been amaudlin exercise in self-pitying grief hasbecome a musical triumph.

Aimée Allen celebrates the releaseof her new CD at The Cutting Room onJune 16. Chris McNulty appears onJune 16, at 54 Below.

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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.

ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH: 132W138th St (bet Lenox & Adam Clayton PowellBlvds). www.abyssinian.org. 212-862-7474.Jun 7: 4pm $20/10 adm Jazz Vespers featCarl Allen Gp.

AMERICAN LEGION POST: 248W 132nd St(bet 7th & 8th Avs). 212-283-9701.www.colchasyoungharlempost398.com.Wed-Thurs&Sun: 7:30pm-12am Jam.

BEACON BAR: 2130 Bway at W75th St. 212-787-1100. www.beaconhotel.com. Sets: 7-10pm. Tues: Benny Benack; Wed&Fri: PianoSolo.

BEMELMANS: At Carlyle Hotel. 35E 76th St atMadison. www.thecarlyle.com. 212-744-1600.

BILL’S PLACE: 148W 133rd St (bet Lenox &7th Avs). www.billsplaceharlem.com. 212-281-0777. Fri-Sat: 8&10pm $20 don BillSaxton Bebop 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 CARLYLE: At Carlyle Hotel. 35E 76th Stat Madison. www.thecarlyle.com. 212-744-1600. Mon except 06/29: 8:45pm WoodyAllen & Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band.

CAFÉ DU SOLEIL: 2723 Bway at 104th St. 212-316-5000. www.cafedusoleilny.com. Fri: 8-11pm. Free adm. Jun 5: Lizzie Thomas; 12:Renee & The Derelicts.

CAMPAGNOLA: 1382 1st Av at 74th St. 212-861-1102. Fri-Sat: 8pm-12am Effie Jansen.Jun 1-4&7: Mon-Thurs 7-10:30pm, Sun 6pmLee Glantz.

CENTRAL PARK: Main Stage at RumseyPlayfield. www.summerstage.org. Jun 6: 2-7pm free adm Blue Note Jazz fest featMeshell Ndegeocello/Roy Hargrove/GabrielGarzon-Montano.

CHÉRI: 231 Lenox Av (bet 121st & 122nd Sts).www.cheriharlem.com. 212-662-4374. Fri-Sat: 8pm; Sun: 12-3pm Brunch. Sat: LuciousConway Gp; Sun: Lady Leah.

CHEZ LUCIENNE: 308 Lenox Av at 125th St.212-289-5555. www.chezlucienne.com.

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-

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12am, J 12:30-3am; Sun E 4-8pm, J 9pm-1am. Free adm/$10 min. Trios unless other-wise noted. Residencies (R): Mon E&J JonWeiss; Tues E&J Marc Devine; Wed E Openmic w/Les Kurtz, J Nathan Brown; Thurs JKazu; Fri J Robert Rocker; Sat J JesseSimpson; Sun E Open mic w/Keith Ingham, JBen Paterson. Jun 1-3: R; 4: Libby Richman;5: Matt Baker; 6: Justin Lees; 7-10: R; 11:Joel Forrester; 12: Dan Furman; 13: WillTerrill; 14-17: R; 18: Kate Cosco; 19: AiMurakami; 20: Satchamo Mannan; 21-24: R;25: Joey Morant; 26: Richard Benetar Qrt;27: Cliff Barbaro; 28-30: R.

GARDEN CAFÉ: 4961 Bway at W207th St. 212-544-9480. www.gardencafeny.com. Fri-Sat:7:30-10:30pm Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans or Paul Hemmings.

GIN FIZZ: 308 Lenox Av at 125th St. 2nd Fl.212-289-2220. www.ginfizzlounge.com. Sets:10pm-1am. Wed: Jazzmataz by Dice Raw;Thurs: The Harlem Sessions by Marc Cary.Jun 5: Melanie Charles; 12: Jazzmeia Horn;19: Fay Victor; 26: Swanbean Qrt feat MavisPoole.

GINNY’S: At Red Rooster. 310 Lenox Av (bet125th & 126th Sts). www.ginnyssupperclub.com. 212-792-9001. Sun: 11am-3:30pmGospel Brunch. Sets: 7:30&9:30pm $15 admunless otherwise noted. Jun 4: Bryan CarterQnt; 5-6: Marquis Hill Blacktet; 12-14: $20Aaron Diehl; 18: Christian Sands Trio; 19:Michela Marino Lerman w/Charenee Wade;20: Revive Big Band w/spec guests; 25: $10New Orleans Swamp Donkeys.

GRAN PIATTO D’ORO: 1429 5th Av (bet 116th& 117th Sts). www.granpiattorestaurant.com. 212-722-2244/2161. 1st 3 Thurs: 7-11pmPhil Young Experience. Jazz on Fifth series:8pm $10adm. Jun 5&13: Mambo Jambo; 12:“King” Solomon Hicks; 20: Nate Lucas AllStars; 26: Ray Blue Organ Trio.

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. Jun 18:8:30pm Peter Bernstein Solo.

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. Jun5&26: Rob Silverman.

JARON EAMES: jaroneames@gmail.com. 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 WaHiWednesday 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.

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: 120Claremont Av & 122nd St. 212-749-2802.www.msmnyc.edu. Jun 8: 7pm Celeb LewSoloff.

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MANNA HOUSE: 338E 106th St (bet 1st & 2ndAvs). www.mannahousejazz.org. 212-722-8223. 1st Sun: 4pm $15-7 adm MEEE JazzConcert series. Jun 7: Bertha HopeJazzberry Jam.

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 + Fri Jam12-3am, Sun Brunch (B) 12,1:30&3pm, SunEvening (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, Fri Jamfree. Residencies (R): Fri Jam Wayne Tucker,Sun B Minton’s Players. Jun 2: LezlieHarrison Organ Trio; 3: Corey WallaceDUBtet; 4: Michael Olatuja; 5-6,11,19&25: JCHopkins & Biggish Band w/Charles Turner &”King” Solomon Hicks feat Charenee Wade06/5-6; 7: B R, EV Marquis Hill Blacktet;9&23: Johnny O'Neal; 10: Noah Jackson Sxt;11: see 06/5 feat Queen Esther & Melanie JBCharles; 12-13: JD Allen Trio; 14: B R, EVDuane Eubanks Qnt; 16: Lauren HendersonQrt; 17: Pete Rodriguez; 18: Dezron DouglasTrio; 19: see 06/5 feat Melanie JB Charles &Tapper Dewitt Fleming Jr; 20-21: EV RandyWeston & African Rhythms Trio; 21: B R, EVsee 06/20; 23: see 06/9; 24: Benny Benack IIIBand; 25: see 06/5 feat Jazzmeia Horn; 26-27: Marc Cary & Focus Trio; 28: B R, EVBertha Hope Qnt; 30: “King” Solomon Hicks.

NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM:104E 126th St #2C. (bet Park & LexingtonAvs). 212-348-8300. www.jmih.org. Jun16,18,23,25&27: 7-8:30pm free admConversations on Civic Jazz.

NEW AMSTERDAM MUSIC ASSOCIATION:107W 130th St (bet Lenox & Adam ClaytonPowel Blvds). 212-510-8140. $5/15 adm.Mon: 7:30-11pm Jam w/Antoinette Adams;Thurs: Pecola’s Party; Fri: Robey Norton &friends; Sat: Willie Mack Jazz Art.

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. 212-222-9878. Sets: DailyJam 9pm-1am + 5-9pm Sun. Free adm. Mon:John Cooksey & Spontaneous CombustionQrt; Tues: 1st,3rd&5th John Cooksey BluesCrew, 2nd&4th Annette Bland McCoy &Sultans of Soul; Wed: Les Goodson &Intergalactic Soul Jazz Band; Thurs: except3rd Tyrone Govan & Top Secret, 3rd LuciousConway Sxt; Fri: Melvin Vines & Harlem JazzMachine; Sat: alternate between AntoineDowdell Gp & 69th Street Band; Sun: 5pm1st&3rd La Banda Ramirez, last ElliotPineiro & Sumbaswing, 9pm Melvin Vine &Harlem Jazz Machine feat Okaru HoshinoLovelace.

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.

RIVERSIDE CHURCH: 490 Riverside Dr (bet120th & 122nd Sts). 1st Mon: 10am-12pmOpen meeting by Harlem Arts Alliancewww.harlemaa.org/347-735-4280.

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.

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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. Jun 1: TheStachel Qnt; 2: Hajime Yoshida Band; 3: AlexBryson Qrt; 4: Sunfree; 5: Valentina Marino,8pm Florencia Gonzalez Duo; 7: R, 8-11pmShrine Big Band; 8: Jon Sheckler Trio; 9:Julieta Eugenio; 10: Duke Bantu X; 11:Leland Baker Qnt; 13: Asako Takasaki; 14:R; 15: Yoshiki Miura Gp; 16: Joey Wagner;17: Eric Plaks Qnt; 18: JC Sanford; 19:Rodrigo Bonelli Spt; 21: R, 8-9pm ThreeDaves; 23: Antonello Parisi Qrt; 25: 8-9pmStephanie Rivers; 24: Adebayo Fayemi Qnt;25: Jae Young Jeong; 26: Joe Abba; 27: DrMartian; 28: R; 30: The Tom Blatt Project.

SILVANA: 300W 116th St at FrederickDouglass Blvd. www.silvana-nyc.com. 646-692-4935. Sets: 6-8pm unless otherwisenoted. Free adm. Jun 1: Alex Conroy; 2:Gene Ess & Fractal Attraction; 3: NickGrinder Gp; 4: Alex Norris; 5: Craig YaremkoOrgan Trio; 7: 12-1pm The New York JazzWorkshop Qrt; 8: Rachel Linkovsky Qnt; 10:Addison Frei; 11: Fernando Saci &Sambrazzo Project; 12: Aquiles Navarro &Tcheser Holmes Duo; 14: Bediam Swing; 15:Jeff Barone Trio; 16: Terence Nolan; 17: JonLaTona; 18: Nick Ascher Qrt; 19: MichaelFarrell Trio; 20: Luis D'Elias Ens; 21: JackKilby Qnt; 22: Julieta Eugenio; 23: GeorgiaWeber; 24: Brian Molley; 25: Peter Brendler;26: Paul Jones; 27: Kool Element JazzProject; 28: McDonald's McBone series; 30:Echoes Qrt.

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;Fri L Patience Higgins & Sugar Hill Qrt06/5&19, John Farnsworth Qrt 06/12&26; SatL Johnny O’Neal & friends 06/6, PatienceHiggins & Sugar Hill Qrt 06/13,20&27; Sun BAnnette St. John Trio, L Willerm DelisfortQrt. Jun 1-2: R; 3: E Rick Germanson Qnt, LR; 4: E Michelle Walker, L R; 5-7: E SteveDavis Sxt, L R, B R 06/7; 8-9: R; 10: E TimGreen Qrt, L R; 11: E JD Walter, L R; 12-14: EIngrid Jensen Qnt, L R, B R 06/14; 15-16: R;17: E Roxy Coss Qrt, L R; 18: E Alexis Cole,L R; 19-21: no 11:45pm E George ColemanQrt, 10:30pm & L R, B R 06/21; 22-23: R; 24:E Lummie Spann Qrt, L R; 25: E GreggAugust Qnt, L R; 26-28: E Helen Sung Qrt, LR; 29-30: R.

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. Jun 6: Irini Res &the Jazz Mix; 19: Rob Silverman Qrt; 27: AbeOvadia Organ Trio.

SYMPHONY SPACE: 2537 Bway at 95th St.212-864-5400. www.symphonyspace.org.Jun 5: 8pm The NeoBass Ens; 10: 7:30pmPRISM Qrt w/Chris Potter & Ravi Coltrane;18: 9pm (Bar Thalia) Dorian Devins Trio.

UPTOWN LOUNGE The: 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 Av

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Jun 13: 2pm Blue Note Jazz Festivalwww.bluenotejazzfestival.com feat AmiriBaraka & Most Dangerous Man In America.

COBI: At Pearl Studios NY. 516-922-2010. DAMROSCH PARK: 62nd St (bet Columbus &

Amsterdam Avs). 212-721-6500. www.midsummernightswing.org. Music: 7:30-10pm.$17 adm. Jun 23: Jonathan Stout & All-StarOrch feat Hilary Alexander.

DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM: At LincolnCenter. Bway at 62nd St. www.lincolncenter.org/atrium. 212-875-5350. Thurs: 7:30pmTarget Free Thursdays series. Jun 4: AdamPendleton & Jason Moran.

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.Jun 1-2: $30 Aaron Goldberg Trio; 3-4: $3006/3 Etienne Charles & Creole Soul; 5-7: $4506/5-6, $40 06/7 Albert “Tootie” Heath; 8:Florida State University Sxt w/spec guestChris Pattishall; 9: $30 Jacques Schwarz-Bart; 10: Eric Person Big Band; 11-14: $3506/11 Steve Turre Sxt; 15: Dmitry BaevskyQrt; 16-18: $30 Javon Jackson; 19-21:Warren Wolf & the Wolfpack; 22: JamisonRoss; 23-25: Dion Parson & 21st CenturyBand; 26-28: Richard Galliano Qnt; 29:JALC’s Band Director Academy FacultyBand; 30: Obara International Qrt. Late Nightw/Jun 2-6: Sammy Miller & the Congregation06/2-3&5, & the Congregation Big Band06/4&6; 9-13: Adam Moezinia; 16-20: GeorgeDeLancey; 23-27: Dean Tsur; 30-Jul 1: EvanSherman Entourage.

FLÛTE EAST SIDE: 303E 53rd St at 2nd Av.646-998-5434. www.flutebar.com. Last Fri: 7-10pm free adm Michael Sheridan Band.

FLÛTE MIDTOWN: 205W 54th St (bet Bway &7th Av). 212-265-5169. www.flutebar.com.Wed: 7-10pm; last Sat: Wit’s End & theDorothy Parker Society. Jun 3: GregDiamond; 10: Melanie Marod; 17: YaalaBallin.

IGUANA RESTAURANT: 240W 54th St atBway. www.iguananyc.com. 212-765-5454.Mon-Tues: 8-11pm Vince Giordano & TheNighthawks.

IRENE DIAMOND EDUCATION CENTER: AtJazz at Lincoln Center. 10 Columbus Cr at60th St. 5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-721-6500/212-258-9922. Jun 1,8,15&22: 6:30-8:30pm $115 adm Spring Term SwingUniversity James P. Johnson w/Terry Waldo.

IRIDIUM: 1650 Bway at 51st St. 212-582-2121.www.theiridium.com. Sets & adm unless oth-erwise noted: 8:30&10:30pm, $25 adm/15min, student 1/2 price 2nd set Tues-Thurs&Sun. Jun 1: Conrad Oberg; 2: 8:30pmonly Jarekus Singleton; 3: John LeeExperience, 10:30pm $5 It’s Rock'n Roll ButWe Like It!; 4: 8pm Hamish Anderson ll; 5:$35-85 Quinn Sullivan; 6-7: $27.50/37.50Bernstein/Goldings/Stewart; 8: 8&10:30pm$40/55 Chuck Negron; 9: 8pm $35/45 NorthMississippi Allstars, 11pm Private Jam inHonor of The Les Paul 100th Anniv; 10:8&10pm $35/45 North Mississippi Allstars;11-12: tba; 13: 8pm $75/95 Marc Cohn; 14-15:8&10:30pm $27.50 Snowy White; 16: tba; 17:8:30pm only Magic Dick & Shun Ng; 18:8:30pm only $27.50 China Crisis; 19: VernonReid; 20: 8:30pm only $25/35 Men WithoutHats; 21-22: 8&10pm $27.50 Omar HakimExperience; 23-25: tba; 26: 8&10pm $30Tony MacAlpine; 27: 8pm Corey Harris; 28-29: tba; 30: $30 Aziza Miller.

at 107th St. www.thewestendlounge.com.212-531-4859. www.vtyjazz.com/917-882-9539. Jun 14: 4-7pm $25 adm/1 drink minSunday Serenade series feat tribute toClifford Brown & Booker Little w/BruceHarris & Vitaly Golonev.

54 BELOW: 254W 54th St, Cellar (bet Bway &8th Av). 646-476-3551. www.54below.com.Jun 16: 9:30pm Chris McNulty.

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.

AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM: 11E 52ndSt (bet Madison & 5th Avs). 212-319-5300.www.acfny.org. Jun 11: 7:30pm free admLukas Ligeti.

B. B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL: 237W42nd St. www.bbkingblues.com. Lucille’sGrill (LG). Sun: 9:30pm LG Ritmosis. Jun 2-30: 8pm unless otherwise noted Blue NoteJazz Festival www.bluenotejazzfestival.comfeat 06/2 Robert Cray Band, 06/4-5 7:30pm AlKooper, 06/5 LG Joey Morant & Catfish, 06/6Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes,06/9-10 Buddy Guy w/Tom Hambridge, 06/117&9:30pm LG Svetlana & The Delancey Fivew/Wycliffe Gordon, 06/12 Ottmar Liebert &Luna Negra, LG JJ Sansaverino, 06/14 OzricTentacles w/spec guest Consider TheSource, 06/16 Gary U.S. Bonds, 06/17-18Ginger Baker, 06/20 7:30pm The Subdudes,06/24 The Rippingtons, 06/25 ChrisetteMichele, 06/27 2pm LG John Macaluso DrumShow Clinic, 8pm Darlene Love, 06/28-29 AlDi Meola, 06/30 Freshlyground.

BEETHOVEN PIANOS: 211W 58th St (betBway & 7th Av). www.beethovenpianos.com. 800-241-0001. Jun 14: 2:30pm $25 admPaul Gabriel Winston.

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): Wed5:30-7pm David Ostwald & Louis ArmstrongEternity Band; Fri 5-7pm Birdland Big Bandby Tommy Igoe; Sat 6pm Barbara Carroll;Sun 9pm except 06/28 Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orch. Jun 2-6: Maria SchneiderOrch; 7: Lindsay Mendez & Marco Paguia,9pm R; 8: 7pm Matt Baker; 9: RolandoMorales-Matos; 10-13: Kurt Elling; 14: 6pmNicolas King, 9pm R; 16-20: FourGenerations of Miles feat Jimmy Cobb, MikeStern, Buster Williams & Sonny Fortune; 18:6pm Peter Mazza Trio; 21: 9pm R; 23-27:Django Reinhardt Festival; 25: 6pm WillHolshouser & Musette Explosion; 30-Jul 4:Ravi Coltrane Qrt.

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-Fri:12:30-2:30pm Piano in the Park. Jun 1-5: SueMaskaleris; 8-12: Dona Carter; 15-19: DarylSherman; 22-26: Joel Forrester; 29-Jul 3:Luiz Simas.

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.

CASTILLO THEATRE: 543W 42nd St (bet 10th& 11th Avs). www.castillo.org. 212-941-1234.

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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 Addison FreiSolo; Sun Jazz Brunch w/Tony MiddletonTrio. Jun 1-2: R; 3: Lainie Cooke Qnt; 4: ChipWhite Dedications Sxt; 5-6: Dick Hyman &Ken Peplowski Duo; 7-9: R; 10: TimArmacost/Yutaka Shiina Qnt; 11: DavidGibson Qrt; 12: Assaf Kehati Qrt feat DonnyMcCaslin; 13: Gene Bertoncini/Clay JenkinsTrio; 14-16: R; 17: Joshua Breakstone &Cello-Qrt; 18: Daryl Sherman Trio; 19:Lynette Washington & Dennis Bell Jazz NewYork; 20: Ran Blake & Sara Serpa Duo; 21-23: R; 24: Harvie S & Sheryl Bailey; 25: TonyMiddleton Gp w/spec guest Craig Handy;26-27: Duduka Da Fonseca Trio w/specguest Maucha Adnet; 28-30: R.

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER: 10 ColumbusCr at 60th St. 5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-258-9800. Appel Room (AR), Rose Theater (RT).Jun 10 7pm, 11 7&9pm: AR MichaelFeinstein; 12-13: 8pm RT Jazz at LincolnCenter Orch & Carlos Henriquez.

JOHN JAY COLLEGE: 899 10th Ave #623 (bet58th & 59th Sts). www.jazzforumarts.org.914-631-1000. Jun 30: free adm Twilight con-cert series feat tba.

KAYE PLAYHOUSE: At Hunter College. E68thSt at 3rd Av. 212-772-4448. Jun 10: 7:30pm$35/55 adm www.jmih.org National JazzMuseum In Harlem benefit concert featDianne Reeves w/spec guest Joe LovanoClassic Qnt honoring Reggie Workman &Albert Maysles (in memoriam).

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. Jun 3,13&19: MelissaHamilton.

LOCAL 802: Associated Musicians of GreaterNew York Club Room. 322W 48th St (bet 8th& 9th Sts). www.local802afm.org. 212-245-4802. Mon: 7-9:30pm Jazz Foundation ofAmerica Jam.

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&Sun:8-11pm free adm. Tues: Danny Walsh Qnt;Wed&Sun: Sarah Hayes.

MICHIKO STUDIOS: 149W 46th St (bet 6th &7th Avs). 3rd Fl. www.robertoswinds.com.212-302-4011. Sets: 8pm, $15/10 adm.

MONKEY BAR: 60E 54th St (bet Madison &Park Avs). www.monkeybarnewyork.com.212-288-1010. Fri-Sat: 8pm-12am Solo.

The NATIONAL: 557 Lexington Av at 50th St.212-715-2400. www.thenationalnyc.com.Sun: 6-10pm.

NATSUMI RESTAURANT: 226W 50th St (bet8th & Bway). www.natsuminyc.com. 212-258-2988. Tues: 6-8pm Joe Cohn 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. Jun 13&27: Rumba Flamenca.

PEARL STUDIOS NYC: 519 8th Av (bet 35th &36th Sts). 12th Fl. Studio A. www.pearlstudiosnyc.com. Fri: 7:30-10:30pm $10 admOpen Mic/Jam by Frank Owens for Singers,Tap Dancers & Instrumentalists.

PERA MEDITERRANEAN BRASSERIE: 303Madison Av (bet 41st & 42nd Sts). 212-878-6301. www.peranyc.com. Free adm. Fri: 6-9:30pm.

The PLAZA HOTEL: 768 5th Av at CentralPark S. 212-759-3000. www.theplaza.com.8:30-11:30pm: free adm. Wed: Kat Gang.

RAINBOW ROOM: 30 Rockefeller Plaza. 65thFl. www.rainbowroom.com. 212-632-5000.Mon: 6:30-11pm $175 adm; Sun: 12-3pm $95.Jun 1: The Hot Sardines; 7: Jolie Môme JazzBand; 8: David Berger Jazz Orch; 14: TheGlenn Crytzer Quartette; 15: Bria Skonberg& Her Jazz Compatriots; 21: The Ladybugs;22: James Langton & New York All-Star BigBand feat Dan Levinson & Molly Ryan; 28:Joelle & the Pinehurst Trio; 29: GordonWebster Band.

ROBERT: 2 Columbus Cir. 9th Fl. 212-299-7730.www.robertnyc.com. Sets: Mon-Tues 6:30-9:30pm, Wed-Thurs 7-10pm, Fri-Sat 8-11pm,Sun 12:30-2:30pm Brunch & 6:30-9:30pm.

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. Wed: 1pm $10 don MidtownJazz at Midday; Thurs: 12:30pm free admJazz on the Plaza; Sun: 5pm free adm JazzVespers. Jun 3: Bucky Pizzarelli & Ed Laub;4: Pedro Giraudo Sxt; 7: Adam Larson Qrt;10: David Chamberlain & Band of Bones; 11:Sharel Cassity & Lauren Sevian Band; 14:Angelo Di Loreto Trio; 17: Sheila Jordanw/Cameron Brown; 18: Greg Lewis OrganMonk; 21: Chanda Rule; 24: Aaron Weinstein& Matt Munisteri; 25: Melba Joyce, 7:30pmDuke Ellington Society meeting feat RichardEhrenzeller’s audio visual; 28: NoahBaerman Resonance Ens.

SAN MARTIN RESTAURANT: 143E 49th St(bet Lexington & 3rd Avs). 212-832-0888.www.sanmartinrestaurantny.com. 1st Tues:6-8pm Ron Odrich Qrt.

STUDIO 100 BAR: At Marriott Residence Inn.1033 6th Av (bet 38th & 39th St) 3rd Fl. 212-768-0007. Free adm/no min. Thurs: 7-10pmTrios.

SUMMER GARDEN & BAR: RockefellerCenter. 5th Av (bet 49th & 50th Sts).www.patinagroup.com. 866-9PATINA. Sun:11am-3pm Jazz Brunch series. Jun 7,14&21:WCC Jazz Ens.

SWING 46: Jazz & Supper Club. 349W 46th St(bet 8 & 9th Avs). www.swing46.com. 212-262-9554. Sets: Mon-Tues&Thurs 8:30pm,Wed&Sun 8pm, Fri-Sat 9:30pm. Residencies(R): Mon Swingadelic; Tues George GeeSwing Orch; Wed Stan Rubin Orch.

TAGINE: 221 W38th St (bet 7th & 8th Avs).www.taginedining.com. 646-373-6265.

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. Jun 1: Akemi

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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 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. Jun1: E Benjamin Bryden, L Deborah Latz; 2: ECasey Berman, L James Silberstein; 3: E MikeBacarella, L R; 4: E tba, L Alex Goodman; 5:Tom Dempsey; 6: Steve Bloom; 7: R; 8: EYehonatan Cohen, L Melissa Stylianou; 9: EArath Corral, L Will Bernard; 10: E PaulJones, L R; 11: E Nicholas Brust, L TomTallitsch; 12: Petros Klampanis; 13: RotemSivan; 14: R; 15: E Caroline Davis, L SoniaSzajnberg; 16: E Alicyn Yaffee, L Tom Finn;17: E Gianni Gagliardi, L R; 18: E TobiasMeinhart, L Alex Wintz; 19: Freddie Bryant;20: Sheryl Bailey; 21: R; 22: E Gioel Severini,L Irene Jalenti; 23: E Mural Trio, L AlexNguyen; 24: E Yuto Kanazawa, L R; 25: E NickBiello, L Amanda Monaco; 26: Ben Monder;27: John Raymond; 28: R; 29: E Andrew VanTassel, L Whitney James; 30: E Kevin Clark, LDaniel Eli Weiss.

The BITTER END: 147 Bleecker St (betThompson & LaGuardia). 212-673-7030.www.bitterend.com.

BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: 131W 3rd St at 6thAv. 212-475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com.Sets: 8&10:30pm + Late Night Fri-Sat12:30am, Sunday Brunch 11:30am&1:30pm.Adm varies. June: Blue Note Jazz Festival.Jun 1: Lee Konitz Qrt; 2-3: Savion Glover; 4-7: Hiromi & The Trio Project; 8: IgmarThomas feat Marc Cary w/spec guests,10:30pm Ravel Re-Imagined + OriginalWorks w/spec guests; 9-10: Roy Haynes; 11:Kathleen Battle; 12-13: Stanton Moore Trio;14: Gato Barbieri; 15-17: David Murray Triofeat Terri Lyne Carrington; 18-21: AbdullahIbrahim & Ekaya; 22: Oliver Lake Organ Qrt;23: Gato Barbieri; 24-27: Robert GlasperTrio; 28: Ayo; 29-30: Bebel Gilberto. LateNight w/Jun 5: Dessy Di Lauro & Neo-Ragtime; 6: Rabbi Darkside; 13: Lex Sadler& Rhythm & Stealth w/spec guests; 19: TheBrighton Beat; 20: Soul Inscribed; 27:Skyzoo. Sunday Brunch w/Jun 7: ThanaAlexa Project; 14: Camila Meza Qrt; 21:Johnny O'Neal Trio; 28: Alan Broadbent Trio.

BOWERY BALLROOM: 6 Delancey St (betBowery & Chrystie St). 212-533-2111.www.boweryballroom.com. Jun 13: 9pm$15/18 adm Moon Hooch.

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&9pm $20 adm/15 min unless otherwisenoted. Jun 5: Ben Cassara; 6&13: 8pm$35/20 min Rose Kinglsey; 10: $15/15 minJoanne Tatham; 12: Champian Fulton; 13:see 06/6; 20: Gabrielle Stravelli; 26: EricYves Garcia; 27: $25/20 min Kathleen Landis& Nancy Winston.

Yamada Trio; 2: Zola Band Duo + SuzanneRoss Trio; Moira Lo Bianco Duo + Kat VokesTrio; 4: Complete Unknowns; 5: HirokoKanna Trio; 6: Taka & friends Duo +Valentina Marino; 7: Kathryn Allyn Duo; 8:Yuki Futami Trio; 9: Jamir Dias Gp Duo +David Kahn; 10: Sein Oh Trio + TakaoHeisho; 11: Eileen Howard Trio; 12: AyumiIshito Trio; 13: Lunana & Lunanos + DanaReedy Trio; 14: Setuko Hata Trio; 15:Marcella Camargo Duo; 16: Chieko HondaDuo + Kerry Politzer Duo; 17: HironobuHonshuku Trio; 18: Scot Albertson Duo; 19:Tom Blatt Trio; 20: Ken Kobayashi + NickMorrison Trio; 21: Lunana & Lunanos Trio;22: Akihiro Yamamoto Duo; 23: MichaelGallant Trio; 24: Song Yi Jeon Trio; 25: SenriOe; 26: Takenori Nishiuchi; 27: Yuko Ito Trio+ Yusuke Seki; 28: Kengo Yamada; 29: tba;30: Kazuki Yamanaka Trio.

The TOWN HALL: 123W 43rd St (bet 6&7thAvs). 212-840-2824. www.the-townhall-nyc.org. Jun 6-28: 8pm Blue Note JazzFestival www.bluenotejazzfestival.com feat06/6 Kenny G, 06/11 The Manhattan TransferMeets Take 6, 06/18 Buika, 06/28 Natalie Cole.

11TH STREET BAR: 510E 11th St (bet Av A &B). www.11thstbar.com. 212-982-3929. Mon:8-11pm Richard Clements & Murray WallJazz Express.

55 BAR: 55 Christopher St (bet 6th & 7th Avs).212-929-9883. www.55bar.com. Sets: Early(E) 7-9pm except Fri-Sun 6pm, Late (L)10pm. 1st Mon: E Sean Wayland; 1st Thurs:E Ami Cervini; 1st Sat: E Ayana lowe; lastFri: E Kendra Shank. Jun 2-3: NoahPreminger Gp; 13: E Roz Corral Gp; 16: ETom Beckham & Brad Shepik Duo; 19: EPlucky Strum & The Sheryl Bailey 3.

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. Jun 7: Manna ForThought feat Nora McCarthy + Dikko FaustEns; 14: Harvey Fraser + In Sonitus Lux; 21:Hajnal Pivnick, Oran Canfield & CraigFlanagin Trio + Donald Sturge McKenzie IIEns; 28: Blaise Siwula + Become LovableProblem Child.

ALL THINGS PROJECT: At NeighborhoodChuch. 269 Bleecker St. 212-691-1770.www.allthingsproject.net. 1st Fri: 8&9:30pmfree adm. Jun 5: Steve Cardenas 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.

ARTS FOR ART: 107 Suffolk St. 212-254-5420.www.artsforart.org.

ARTURO’S: 106W Houston St at Thompson St.212-677-3820. www.arturosnyc.com.

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Reza Khan & Painted Diaries; 16: see 06/2;27: 7pm Lora Tazewell & The Ripple EffectBand, 9:30pm Nicole; 30: see 06/2.

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 w/Jon-ErikKellso & friends. Jun 21: w/EvanChristopher

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 06/2Saul Rubin; Wed E except 06/3 RaphaelD'lugoff Qrt, N Ned Goold; Fri 9pm GospelQueens; Sat: N Greg Glassman; Sun E TerryWaldo & Gotham City Band, N BrandonLewis & Renee Cruz. Jun 1: E tba, L NedGoold Qrt, N R; 2: E tba, L Veronica NuñesBrazilian Gafeira Band, N tba; 3: E tba, LGroover Trio, N R; 4: E tba, L Saul RubinZebtet, N tba; 5: E tba, L R + Jared Gold/DaveGibson, N tba; 6: E tba, L Raphael D'lugoffQnt, N R; 7: E R, 8:30pm Jade Synstelien &FCBB, N R; 8: E&L tba, N R; 9: E R, L PeterBrainin & the Latin Jazz Workshop, N tba;10: E R, L Harold Mabern Trio, N R; 11: E tba,L Greg Glassman Qnt, N tba; 12: E tba, L R +Maquis Hill Qnt, N tba; 13: E tba, L JohnBenitez, N R; 14: E R, L Alexi David, N R; 15:E tba, L George Braith, N R; 16: E R, L SónDe Mádre, N tba; 17: E R, L The DonHahn/Mike Camacho Band, N R; 18: E tba, LP.O.D, N tba; 19: E tba, L R + Point ofDeparture, N tba; 20: E Sumbaya, L GeorgeBurton Gp, N R; 21: E R, L tba, N R; 22: E&Ltba, N R; 23: E R, L&N tba; 24: E R, L ArkOvrutski, N R; 25: E tba, L Rick Germanson& Brickhouse, N tba; 26: E tba, L R + tba, NDavid Weiss; 27: E&L tba, N R; 28: E R, L tba,N R; 29: E&L tba, N R; 30: E R, L Itai Kriss &Gato Gordo, N John Benitez & Latin Bop.

The FLATIRON ROOM: 37W 26th St (bet 6thAv & Bway). www.theflatironroom.com. 212-725-3860. Jun 19&27: 9pm-1am SusanTobocman.

FLÛTE GRAMERCY: 40E 20th St (bet Bway &Park Av S). 212-529-7870. www.flutebar.com. Wed: 7-10pm free adm; Last Fri: GypsyJazz. Jun 3: Lois Bruno; 10: JasonArchimandritis; 17: Becca Ball; 24: ShailahEdmonds.

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. Mon 1: E Howard Williams Jazz Orch, LKen Kobayashi Trio; 2: E Nobuki TakamenTrio, L Chris Bates Trio; 3: E Yvonnick PreneQrt, L Valentia Marino Trio; 4: E GeorgeWeldon Trio, L Roy Mor Trio; 5: E FukushiTainaka Trio, L Hot House; 6: B LarryNewcomb Qrt, E Alex Layne Trio, L AkikoTsuruga Trio; 7: B Kyoko Oyobe Trio, E R, LAbe Ovadia Trio; 8: E Lou Caputo Not So BigBand, L Tucker Flythe Trio; 9: E RobEdwards Qrt, L Nicholas Brust Qrt; 10: EMayu Saeki Trio, L Eiko Rikuhashi Qrt; 11: EChampian Fulton Qrt, L Gabe Valle Qrt; 12: EJeff Barone Trio, L Peter Valera & the Jump

CAFE WHAT?: 115 Macdougal St at MinettaLn. www.cafewha.com. 212-254-3706. Jun26: 7pm Manny Moreira & Julie E.; 28: 7pm$15 adm Erik Charlston.

CAFFE VIVALDI: 32 Jones St (bet Bleecker &4th St). www.caffevivaldi.com. 212-691-7538.Free adm. Sun: 6-7pm: Noel Brennan, 9-11pm John Lander Trio. 1st&3rd Wed:7:15pm Roger 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.

CERCLE ROUGE: 241W Bway. 212-226-6252.www.cerclerougeresto.com. Tues: 7-11pmGinetta Vendetta.

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. Jun 6:Larry Corbin; 7: Rick Stone; 13: KyokoOyobe; 14: Jason Ennis; 20: YvonnickPrene; 21: Mark Marino; 27: Linus Wyrsch;28: Al Marino.

CITY WINERY: 155 Varick St (bet Spring &Vandam Sts). www.citywinery.com. 212-608-0555.

CLEMENTE SOTO VÉLEZ CULTURAL &EDUCATIONAL CENTER: 107 Suffolk St(bet Rivington & Delancey Sts). 212-260-4080. www.csvcenter.org.

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. Jun 2: Peter Brendler/VinnieSperrazza Gp, 9:30pm John Yao Qnt; 3:Jason Yeager Trio & friends; 4: VinnieSperrazza Trio, 9:30pm Jesse Stacken Qrt;5: Tom Chang Qrt; 6: Kris Davis Qrt; 7: LauraDreyer Qrt, 10pm Benji Kaplan; 9: RicardoGrilli; 10: Alex LoRe Qrt; 11: Nikolaj HessQrt; 12: Ralph Alessi & Mainus; 13: NasheetWaits; 14: Sebastien Ammann Qnt; 15: DavyMooney; 16: Sam Trap; 17: Adam KolkerTrio; 18: Brian Landrus; 19: PetrosKlampanis; 20: Thumbscrew; 21: Jane IraBloom Trio; 23: Jamie Baum & Short Stories;24: MARS; 25: Jeff Davis Holyoke; 26:Connections; 27: Ruben Salles; 30: StephanCrump & Rhombal.

CUCINA DI PESCE: 87E 4th St (bet 2nd & 3rdAvs). www.cucinadipesce.net. 212-260-6800.Wed: 7-10pm Deanna Kirk.

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. Jun 2: 7:30pm FrankVignola & Guitar Night w/Al Caiola, BuckyPizzarelli, Vinny Raniolo & James Chirillo; 6:7pm Jeff "Tain" Watts; 16: 7:30pm AiméeAllen Qrt.

The DEAD RABBIT GROCERY & GROG: 30Water St (Broad & Old Slip Sts). 646-422-7906. www.deadrabbitnyc.com. Wed:7:30pm-11:30pm 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. Sat: SteveFrieder Trio.

DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY: 13 MonroeSt (bet Market & Catherine Sts). 212-473-0043. www.downtownmusicgallery.com.Sun: 6pm In-Store shows.

DROM: 85 Ave A (bet 5th & 6th Sts). 212-777-1157. www.dromnyc.com. Jun 2,16&30:7:30pm Silver Arrows Band; 12: 7:15pm

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Trio; 27: 7pm Ethan Lipton Orch. JULES BISTRO: 65 Saint Marks Pl (bet 1st & 2nd

Avs). 212-477-5560. www.julesbistro.com.Sets: 8:30-11:30pm, Brunch 12-3pm. Sun:Jazz party & Jam.

KNICKERBOCKER BAR & GRILL: 33University Pl at 9th St. 212-228-8490.www.knickerbockerbarandgrill.com. Fri-Sat:9:45pm-2am. Jun 5-6: Jon Davis & GianlucaRenzi; 12-13: Diane Jonston; 19-20: RussKassoff & Jay Anderson; 26-27: ValerieCapers & John Robinson.

LE SINGE VERT: 160 7th Av (bet 19th & 20thSts). 212-366-4100. www.lesingevert.com.Mon-Tues: 8-10:30pm. Mon: Gina Vendetta.

LITTLE BRANCH: 20 Leroy St at 7th Av S.212-929-4360. Jun 7: 10:30pm-1am RenaudPenant Trio.

MADISON SQUARE: Bet 23rd & 26th Sts and5th & Madison Avs. www.madisosquarepark.org. 212-538-1884. Jun 24: 7-8:30pm ChrisPotter Underground Orch.

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. Jun 1-4&8-9: E EricComstock & Barbara Fasano; 2: E see 06/1, LR; 3: E Shepley Metcalf, L see 06/1; 4: E see06/1, L Kay Matsukawa; 8: E see 06/1; 9: E see06/1, L R; 12: E Indigo Love; 13: E SylviaMims; 14: 4pm Quarter 2 Four, L SinemSaniye; 16 E, 25 L, 26 E & 28 4pm: DannyBacher; 16: L R; 17: E Tony Corrao & MichelleDellaFave; 18: E Melanie Goerlitz & TheBianco Martinis, L Steven Chera; 20 E & 214pm: Veronika Rodriguez Qnt; 21: 4pm see06/20, E Janine Gilbert-Carter; 23: L R; 25: Lsee 06/16 E; 26: E see 06/16 E; 27: 4pmRosemary Loar; 28: 4pm see 06/16 E, E DanielBennett Gp, L Steve Washington; 30: L R.

MEZZROW: 163W 10th St (bet 7th Av & WaverlyPl). www.mezzrow.com. 646-476-4346. Sets:Early (E) free adm 7:30-8:45pm, Late (L) $209:30pm Mon&Sun, 8pm Tues, 9pm Wed-Sat,Night (N) 10:30pm Tues, 11:30pm Wed-Thurs.Residencies: Mon E John Merrill Solo; Tues NJam; Wed E Solo Piano, N Jam; Thurs E SoloPiano, N Jon Davis Solo; Fri E Solo Piano;Sat E Spike Wilner. Jun 1: Champian Fulton;2: Simona Premazzi; 3-4: Gerald Clayton; 5-6:Jonny King; 7-9: Geoff Keezer; 10-11:Sullivan Fortner; 12: David Liebman/RichBeirach; 14: E Bucky Pizzarelli/Ed Laub, LJon Kreisberg; 15: Tal & Dida Peled; 16&22:Spike Wilner; 17: Steve Davis Trio; 19-21:8:30pm Steve Kuhn; 22: see 06/16; 23: DexterMason; 24: George Colligan; 25: Jeremy Pelt;26-27: ELEW; 28: Joel Press; 29: GuillermoKlein; 30: Bob Dorough.

MILANO’S BAR: 51E Houston St (bet Mott &Mulberry Sts). 212-226-8844. Tues&Thurs 2-4pm: Carol Morgan Trio.

MOSCOW 57: 168 1/2 Delancey St at ClintonSt. 212-260-5775. www.moscow57.com. 7-8pm Ellen Kaye Trio; Wed: 9pm CleveDouglass & Grace Garland; Fri: 8 MaryFoster Conklin, 10pm Jordan Pettay Band.

NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH: 269 Bleecker St(bet Jones & Cornelia Sts). 212-691-1770.www.ncgv.net. See All Things Project.

NEW YORK CITY BAHA’Í CENTER: 53E 11thSt (bet Bway & University). 212-222-5159.www.bahainyc.org. Tues: 8&9:30pm $10/15adm. Jun 2: Mike Longo & New York State ofthe Art Jazz Ens feat Ira Hawkins; 9: IrinieRes w/Cecilia Coleman Big Band; 16: NoraMcCarthy Trio w/Mike Longo.

NIGHTHAWKS: 679 Greenwich St atChristopher St. www.nighthawksnyc.com.646-329-6390. Mon-Tues&Thurs: 8-10:30pm,

Blues Band; 13: B Chuck Braman Trio, EBrooks Hartell Trio, L “King” SolomonHicks; 14: B Lou Caputo Qrt, E R, L AfroMantra; 15: E Sammy Miller Big Band, LMichika Fukumori Trio; 16: E Edge of Jazz, LRam Erez Trio; 17: E Marc Devine Trio, LArthur Sadowsky Trio; 18: E Rick Stone Trio,L Joonsam Lee Trio; 19: E Al Marino Qrt, LKevin Dorn & the BIG 72; 20: B Linus NYCTrio, E Mark Marino Trio, L Daylight BlueBand; 21: B Laura Angyal Trio, E R, L DannyGreen Trio; 22: E Eyal Vilner Big Band, LMasami Ishikawa Trio; 23: E Frank BasileQrt, L Bongwool Lee Trio; 24: E Tori GeeTrio, L Tsutomu Naki Trio; 25: E Dre BarnesProject, L Laura Campisi Trio; 26: E Joe PinoQrt, L Peter Valera & the Jump Blues Band;27: B Marsha Heydt & the Project of Love, EChampian Fulton Qrt, L Virginia Mayhew Qrt;28: closed; 29: E Cecilia Coleman Big Band,L Dmitry Baevsky Trio; 30: E Eric Wyatt Trio,L Adam Moezinia Trio.

The GREENE SPACE: 44 Charlton St at VarickSt. www.thegreenespace.org. 646-829-4000.Jun 26: 7pm Chris Dingman.

GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL: 46Barrow St (bet 7th Av S & W 4th St). 212-242-4770. www.greenwichhouse.org. Sound It Outseries: $20/15. Jun 13: 7:30pm Matt MitchellQrt + Devin Gray & Relative Resonance; 17:8pm Eivind Opsvik & Overseas; 19: 8pmCharles Evans w/Dave Liebman.

GUITAR CENTER: 25W 14th St (bet 5th & 6thAvs). 212-463-7500. www.guitarcenter.com.Jun 11: 5-7pm Brian Charette.

HIGHLINE BALLROOM: 431W 16th St (bet 9th& 10th Avs). www.highlineballroom.com.212-414-5994. Jun 10-30: Blue Note JazzFestival www.bluenotejazzfestival.com feat06/10 7:30pm The Bad Plus, 06/12 8pm AliciaHall Moran w/Jason Moran, 06/14 8pm OzricTentacles, 06/15 8pm Gregoire Maret w/specguest Lizz Wright, 06/20 7pm Falu &Bollywood Orch, 06/29-30 8pm AvishaiCohen & From Darkness Trio.

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. Jun 4: Bobby Avey Qrt; 5: AdamLarson Qnt; 6: Zack Lober & The AncestryProject; 8: $175-1,000 Jazz Gallery honorsgala for Bob Cranshaw, Junior Mance,George Avakian, Hank O’Neal; 9: Brad Linde& Big Ol’ Ens cond by Elliott Hughes; 11:Marquis Hill; 12-13: Chris Morrissey; 17-18:Eric Revis; 19-20: Becca Stevens; 25: KavitaShah; 26-27: Jonathan Finlayson.

JAZZ STANDARD: 116E 27th St (bet Park &Lexington Avs). www.jazzstandard.net. 212-576-2232. Unless otherwise noted, sets:7:30&10pm + 11:45pm Fri-Sat; adm: Mon-Wed $25, Thurs&Sun $30, Fri-Sat $35.Residency (R): Mon Mingus Monday. Jun 1:R w/Big Band; 2-7: no 11:45pm $30 06/2-4,$35 06/5-7 Dr. Lonnie Smith; 8: R w/BigBand; 9-10: Joe Locke; 11-14: no 11:45pmPat Martino Trio Plus Horns; 15: R w/BigBand; 16-17: $30 Assad Brothers w/specguest Romero Lubambo; 18-21: no 11:45pmThe Clayton Brothers Qnt; 22: R w/Orch; 23-27: $30 Benny Green Trio; 28: $25 OmerAvital Qnt; 29: R w/Big Band; 30: $30 MattWilson & Arts & Crafts.

JOE’S PUB: At Public Theater. 425 Lafayette St& Astor Pl. www.joespub.com. 212-967-7555.Adm varies. Jun 7: 7pm Emily Asher &Garden Party; 10: 9:30pm Charlie Hunter

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" THE FIRST SONG I WROTE THISyear I titled ‘Into the Unknown’,” notes

pianist and composer Helen Sung. "I reallylike the piece and I am thinking that it'smy theme this year in terms of how I wantto approach being a musician and artist."

It's an appropriate theme for Sung.While she has long been hailed as one ofthe most remarkable pianists on the scenetoday, in 2014 she reached new heights interms of broader reception and criticalaccolades with the release of the extraordi-nary Anthem for a New Day. An ambitiousand intensely rewarding album that notonly showcases her remarkable keyboardskills, Anthem demonstrates the breadthof her dynamic compositional talents to anextent not seen on her previous efforts.Indeed, with Anthem, Sung revealed to alarger listening audience what many hadknown for years: that she is one of the mostexceptional artists performing today.

Given the musical ground covered inSung's career to date, it is somewhat sur-prising to learn that her entrance into jazzcame comparatively late. "I was almostdone with my junior year in college when afriend of mine invited me to hear HarryConnick Jr," she recalls. "I was a typicalclassical major who was in the practiceroom all the time, so I didn't know who hewas. She convinced me to go, and we wentto hear his big band. They were entertain-ing, but when he sat down to play somesolo piano, I remember thinking 'Howcome nobody told me about this?' He'd doall these things on the piano you weren'tsupposed to do, and he was swinging!"

That concert initiated a pivot for Sungas she enrolled in the school's beginningjazz piano course and started trackingdown all the books and records she could

find, on top of her classical workload. "I feltlike I had to find out more about jazz and Ididn't want to fake it," she recalls. "Thismusic is majestic: it's huge; it's deep andit's profound. The more I studied, the moreI wanted to know."

With pressure from her parents to com-plete her classical degrees and even to pur-sue a PhD, Sung graduated with aMaster's and began to look at doctoral pro-grams in classical music. Receiving mate-rials from the New England Conservatory,she noticed a short description of theThelonious Monk Institute of Jazz andapplied for it. "I don't know how I got in,"she says, "but I credit that experience withmaking me who I am as an artist. It gaveme the time I needed to catch up, practiceand experiment. I always tell people thatmy musical emancipation came with jazz.Even in difficult moments where I askmyself why I do this, I know that it'sbecause I love this music and know whatit's meant to me personally."

Having graduated and gigged heavilyaround Boston, Sung moved to New Yorkin 1999 and soon found herself at a pivotalmoment in her career. While enjoying thesideman work she took on, she realized shewas not bringing in enough to support her-self financially and took the leap to becom-ing a bandleader.

Beginning with the release of a series ofhighly acclaimed recordings, Sung alsostarted to express her burgeoning work asa composer. "Ron Carter always would say'If you want to develop your own voice,you've got to write your own music,'" shesays. "From my classical background, thiswas quite new. It's very humbling to writemusic and hear it being played. Althoughit felt initially that circumstances hadforced me into becoming a bandleader, inretrospect it's been very good, because Ilove playing other people's music, but havecome to love playing my own too."

This month, Sung returns to SmokeJazz and Supper Club for her annual per-formance, bringing her quartet—JohnEllis on saxophone, Reuben Rogers on bassand Donald Edwards on drums—for threenights at the club. She is also preparing toembark on a new recording project, Sungwith Words, marking her first album thatwill feature vocals.

As she continues to expand her paletteas a composer, Sung keeps the audience atthe forefront of her mind and her artisticplanning. "I want the audience to enjoy theshow; I want the set to be engaging," sheexplains. "I want people to feel like they'rein an unfolding adventure."

Helen Sung performs at Smoke Jazzand Supper Club June 26-28 withJohn Ellis on saxophone, ReubenRogers on bass and Donald Edwardson drums.

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continued from page 20 06/8&22; Tues E except 06/9&16 Spike WilnerQrt, N Next Generation Sessions by AlexClaffy & friends; Wed N Sanah Kadoura Band;Thurs N Steve Williams Trio; Sat PM Jamw/Tuomo Uusitalo Trio; Sun 1pm except 06/14Vocal masterclass by Marion Cowings, ESole-ful Sunday Tap Show w/Michela Lerman06/7&21. Jun 1: E Philip Dizack Qnt, L&N R; 2:E R, L David Bryant Qnt, N R; 3: E GiladHekselman Band, L Dan Aran/Itai Kriss Qrt, NR; 4: E Gilad Hekselman Band, L NickHempton Band, N R; 5: PM Ai Murakami, EJeremy “Bean” Clemons, L David Kikoski, Ntba; 6: PM R, E Tom Dempsey/Tim FergusonQrt, L David Kikoski, N Phil Harper Qnt; 7:1pm R, PM Emilio Solla y La Inestable deBrooklyn, E R, L tba; 8: E Marc Miralta, L&N R;9: E Marquis Hill Qnt, L Joe Sanders Infinity,N R; 10: E David Berkman, L Michael Feinberg& Elvin Jones Project, N R; 11: E ZhenyaStrigalev & Smiling Organizm, L SpencerMurphy Band, N R; 12: E Renaud Penant Trio,L Ralph Bowen Qrt, N tba; 13: PM R, E tba, LRalph Bowen Qrt, N Stacy Dillard; 14: 1-6pmMarc Mommaas Class, PM&E tba, L BruceHarris; 15: E tba, L&N R, 16: E Ehud AsherieTrio, L Lucas Pino No Net Nnt, N R; 17: E JorisTeepe 5tet, L tba, N R; 18: E Paul Nedzula, LKen Fowser Band, N R; 19: PM Ai Murakami,E Ralph Lalama & Bop-Juice, L Neal Smith, NEric Wyatt; 20: PM R, E Roberta Piket Solo,9pm Billy Mintz & 2 Bass Band, L Neal Smith,N Phil Harper; 21: 1pm R, PM Eyal Vilna, E R,L Joe Magnarelli Band; 22: E tba, L&N R; 23:E R, L Smalls Legacy Band feat Frank Lacy, NR; 24: E Jaleel Shaw, L Todd Herbert, N R; 25:E Jaleel Shaw, L Carlos Abadie Qnt, N R; 26:E Tardo Hammer Trio, L Lew Tabackin Trio, NAnthony Wonsey Trio; 27: PM R, E tba, L LewTabackin Trio, N Stacy Dillard; 28: 1pm R, PMGeorge Gee Orch, E tba, L Behn Gillece Qnt;29: E Peter Bernstein Solo, L&N R; 30: E R, LJosh Evans Big Band, N R.

SPECTRUM NYC: 121 Ludlow St 2nd Fl (betDelancey & Rivington Sts). 212-533-5470.www.spectrumnyc.com. Jun 4: 7-8pm JoelForrester; 12: 8:30pm Jorge Sylvester ACECollective.

The STONE: 2nd St at Av C. www.thestonenyc.com. Adm varies. Tues-Sun: 8&10pm weeklyresidencies. Jun 2-7: Roy Nathanson; 9-14:Charles Waters; 16-21: Theo Bleckmann; 23-28: Bill Laswell; 30-Jul 5: Fast Forward.

SUBCULTURE: 45 Bleecker St (bet Mott &Mulberry Sts). www.subculturenewyork.com. 212-533-5470. Jun 7: 7:30pm The WeeTrio; 16: 9pm Joshua Kwassman & BrotherSpirit; 19: 8pm Antonio Sanchez &Migration; 21: 8pm Tony Kadleck Big Band;27: 8pm POEMJAZZ feat Laurence Hobgood& Robert Pinsky.

SUBROSA: 63 Gansevoort St (bet Washington& Greenwich Sts). www.subrosanyc.com.212-997-4555. Sets: unless otherwise noted8&10pm $20 adm. Jun 3: Nelson Gonzalez &Son Mundano; 4,10&26: Pedrito MartinezGp; 5: Gregorio Uribe Big Band; 7: 7&9pmCandido's B-Day celeb feat Bobby SanabriaQuarteto Ache; 8: Bomba Estero; 9: ChemboCorniel; 10: see 06/4; 11-12: Pirulo Y LaTribu; 13: 9pm Fulaso; 17: MeridianBrothers; 18: Luba Mason; 19: Mariachi Florde Toloache; 20: Xiomara Laugart; 21:Carolina Camacho; 22: Supermambo; 23:Cosmic Jibaros; 24: Cocomama Sxt; 26: see06/4; 27: 8pm Williamsburg Salsa Orch; 28:Alfredo Rodriguez.

The TOKYO TAPAS CAFÉ: 7 Cornelia St atWest 4th St. www.tokyotapascafenyc.com.212-242-6333.

TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:199 Chambers St. www.tribecapac.org. 212-

Sun 12-3pm. Sun: Gabrielle Stravelli Trio.Jun 4&30: Natalia Bernal & Jason Ennis Trio;9: Carol Leven & Nick Moran Trio; 11&23:Mary Ann McSweeney Fado Trio; 18:Deborah Latz Trio; 22: John Bianculli Trio;23: see 06/11; 30: see 06/4.

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 Brunch.Jun 7: Emily Braden Trio; 14: Roz Corral Triow/Dave Stryker & Paul Gill; 21: Kelsey JilletteTrio; 28: Marcus Goldhaber Trio.

NUBLU: 62 Av C (bet 4th & 5th Sts). 212-375-1500. www.nublu.net. Jun 19: 12-4am $10adm Groove Collective.

NUYORICAN POETS CAFÉ: 236E 3rd St (betAvs B & C). www.nuyorican.org. 212-780-9386/212-505-8183. Sets: 9:30pm. Tues: 9pmLatin Jazz; 1st Wed: All That - Hip HopPoetry & Jazz; 1st Sat: $15 adm Puddin’ Jazzseries + Jam; last Sun: Bobby Sanabria &New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Band. Jun 2:Chembo Corniel; 9: The Bronx Conexión; 16:Hector Martignon; 23: Willie Martinez & LaFamilia Sxt.

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.

PEGU CLUB: 77W Houston St (bet W Bway &Wooster St). 2nd Fl. www.peguclub.com.212-473-PEGU. Sun: 6:30-9:30pm GlennCrytzer & Pegu Club All Stars.

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).

RED ROOM: At KGB Bar. 85E 4th St (bet 2ndAv & Bowery). www.redroomnyc.com. 212-787-0155. Jun 13: 11:30pm-2:30am MichelleZangara Band; 20: 11pm-2am Tin Pan Band.

ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL: 196 Allen St at EHouston St. www.rockwoodmusichall.com.212-477-4155. Jun 1&15: 10pm JimCampilongo, 11pm Dred Scott Trio, 12amTeddy Kumpel; 3: 8:30-9:45pm AllisonAdams Tucker Qrt w/Mike Moreno; 4:8,10pm&12am Mark Guiliana Jazz Qrt; 7:8:30pm Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires; 15:see 06/1.

RUE B: 188 Ave B (bet 11th & 12th Sts). 212-358-1700. www.ruebnyc.com. Sets: 8:30,9:30&10:45pm. Mon: Bill Moring & Dan BlockTrio; Tues: Adrian Thomas Moring Trio featKelly Green; Thurs: Joe Magnarelli; Fri:Frankie Valdez Mambo Orch; Sat: FrancoisMoutin Funk Trio; Sun: Vocal Open Micw/Jocelyn Medina. Jun 3&10: Michael KananTrio; 17&24: Randy Johnston Trio.

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-Sat PM 4-7pm, E 7:30-10pm, L10:30pm-1am, N 1:15am; Sun 1-3pm, PM4:30-7pm, E 7:30-10pm, L 10:30pm. Jam fol-lowing N. Adm varies. Residencies (R): MonL except 06/29 Ari Hoenig, N JonathanMichel 06/1,15&29, Jonathan Barber continued on page 24

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FOR CONTRASTING GIGS, NOTH-ing beats trumpeter Terell Stafford in

the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra andin Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts: bands hehas been with over the last decade. In theVVJO, he's part of a traditional big bandtrumpet section, a cog in the wheel of a for-midable jazz machine. But in drummerWilson's Arts & Crafts, he's the onlyhorn—a relative rarity for trumpet play-ers—in a quartet rounded out by a rhythmsection where the pianist, Larry Goldings,doubles on organ and keyboards. ThatStafford flourishes in both situations is atribute to his versatility and competence.

Stafford is also releasing a tributealbum of his own this month: BrotherLeeLove (Capri), a celebration of the music ofLee Morgan, the hard bop trumpeterwhose life was cut short by a bullet whenhe was only 33, in 1972. As a player withroots in the Philadelphia area, he feels akinship with Morgan as a key member ofPhilly's jazz pantheon.

"I love everything about the wayMorgan plays," Stafford says from hishome in Hamilton Township NJ. "I've real-ly wanted to play this project that has beenon my heart and mind for a while. It wasreally fun to do."

Of Morgan's music Stafford says, "I lovethe soulfulness of it, the advanced har-monies of it yet Lee's music is alwaysfriendly to the listener. Every time youhear him, he can articulate his style on anytune, uptempo or ballad, boogaloo or shuf-fle; he's always present. And for that ittook so much control to play his music; it'sno joke to play."

On the album, Stafford and his band-mates Tim Warfield, tenor sax; BruceBarth, piano; Peter Washington, bass andDana Hall, drums, essay seven Morganoriginals as well as one of his favorite bal-lads, "Candy." Stafford also contributes anoriginal tribute, "Favor," highlighted by astunning opening trumpet cadenza.

It's no accident that Stafford can play abrilliant, a cappella trumpet solo like that.He actually began his musical career as aclassical trumpet player, earned a Master'sin the subject at Rutgers University and iscurrently not just the director of jazz stud-ies at Temple University in Philadelphia,but also the chair of instrumental studiesin the classical music department. Hisinterest in jazz wasn't fully piqued until hewas already in his 20s pursuing hisadvanced degree.

"Halfway through my first year atRutgers I seriously became interested andwanted to learn jazz," he says. "I hadplayed in big bands in high school and col-lege [undergraduate at the University ofMaryland] but never really took it serious-ly. It wasn't anything that was planned; Ijust wanted to play jazz in addition to clas-sical music. But my teacher didn't want meto, and because I was at Rutgers doing theclassical thing, it wasn't so accepted for aclassical major to be playing jazz."

Rather than ruffle feathers at Rutgersby playing with musicians from the jazzstudies program there, Stafford wouldcatch a train to Washington DC onTuesdays to join a jam session at theTakoma Station club hosted by saxophon-ist Bobby Watson in the early 1990s."When I met Bobby Watson, I was sold onjazz," he explains, "so when he invited me,I went out on the road with him and said,'This is what I want to do.'"

Stafford was just finishing up hisMaster's degree program when Watson'sinvitation came and it was either take hisfinal exams or join the jazz band. "I knewthe program wouldn't allow me to go out onthe road if it were with a jazz group, so Itold them I was going on tour with theRobert Watson Chamber Ensemble." Thatcharade ended when one of the classicaldeans at Rutgers saw a picture of theBobby Watson band in Downbeat maga-zine, but Stafford returned to get hisdegree a year later.

Besides the Lee Morgan music, Staffordis also pursuing another project involvingPhiladelphia musicians. He's organizedthe Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia, a 17-piece big band consisting of musicians fromand/or associated with the Philly jazzscene. "We just did a concert this pastweek with Benny Golson," he says, "andwe've had Jimmy Heath and RandyBrecker as concert guests in the past.What I would love to do is bring some ofthem together with the orchestra and do arecording to highlight the great contribu-tions of Philadelphia to jazz."

The Terell Stafford Quintet withTim Warfield, tenor sax; Bruce Barth,piano; Peter Washington, bass andBilly Williams, drums, features themusic of Lee Morgan at the VillageVanguard, June 2-7.

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RIVERDALE Y: 5625 Arlington Av. 718-548-8200. www.riverdaley.org. Jun 16: 7:30pm TedRosenthal series feat Houston Person, LewTabackin & Jerry Weldon.

UNIVERSITY OF THE STREETS: 2381Belmont Av. 2nd Fl. www.universityofthestreets.org. 212-254-9300. 9pm: Jam.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.

ALOR CAFÉ: 2110 Richmond Rd. StatenIsland. 718-351-1101. www.alorcafe.com.

BAMCAFÉ: 30 Lafayette Av. 718-636-4100.www.bam.org.

BAR TABAC: 128 Smith St at Dean St. CobbleHill. 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 9pm Stephane Wrembel.

BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC:58 7th Av. Park Slope. www.bqcm.org. 718-622-3300. Jun 7: 8-10pm Wadada Leo SmithGolden Qrt.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM: 227 Fourth Av (betPresident & Union Sts). Park Slope.www.brooklynlyceum.com. 718-857-4816.

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: 10 GrandArmy Plaza. 2nd Fl. 718-230-2100.www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org. Jun 24:6:30-8:30pm Harlem Blues & Jazz Band.

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.brownsville heritagehouse.org. 718-385-1111. 3rd Sat: 3-6pm free adm Wade Barnes Tribute Band.

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. 7pm sets.Jun 20: $10 adm Paul Sanwald Qrt; 21: $20Gene Bertoncini.

EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH: 279Lafayette Av at Washington Av. 718-622-1107. www.ebcconnects.com. Jun 28: 3-5pm$20 adm Jazz Vespers Mari Toussaint.

FIREHOUSE SPACE: 246 Frost St. 917-709-7799. www.thefirehousespace.org. 1st Fri:8pm Firehouse New Music Series by IktusPercussion. Jun 5: 8pm German GonzalezTrio; 7: Brooklyn Infinity Orch.

FOR MY SWEET: 1103 Fulton St. 347-770-4735. Mon: 7-11pm $10 adm Bill Jacobs Ens;1st Mon: Jazz & Open Mic by Jeff King.

FREDDY’S BAR: 627 5th Av (bet 17th & 18thSts). www.freddysbar.com. 718-768-0131.4th Tues: 8:30pm Music from NYUnderground.

GAMBRINUS: 3100 Ocean Pkwy. Brooklyn.718-265-1009. www.gambrinusny.com.Thurs: 8-11pm Yaakov Mayman Qrt.

HOPE & ANCHOR: 347 Van Brunt St. 718-237-

220-1460. Jun 11: 8pm $45/40 adm Highlightsin Jazz series feat Randy Weston w/BillyHarper, Benny Benack, Steven Frieder, DylanMeek, Devin Starks & Kosta Galanopoulos;27: 7pm www.madeinny jazz.com Made in NYJazz Gala feat Randy Brecker, Alex Blake,Bobby Sanabria & Yaacov Mayman.

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. Jun 1: R; 2-7: Terell Stafford Qnt;8: R; 9-14: Renee Rosnes Qrt; 15: R; 16-21:Stanley Cowell Qrt; 22: R; 23-28: HaroldMabern Trio.

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 atGay St. www.whynotjazzroom.com. 646-756-4145. Residency (R): Thurs Leo Genovese.Jun 2: 7-8:30pm Chloé Perrier, 9-10:30pmmarie-claire; 4: 7-8:30pm Alex CummingsQnt, 9-10:30pm R; 6: 6-7:30pm Marvin Dolly,8:30-10pm Jacob Teichroew Gp, 10:30-11:55pm Satoshi Kataoka Gp; 8: 8-9:30pmAbe Ovadia Organ Trio, 10-11:55pm Triage;9: 7-8:30pm Jason Ewald, 9-10:30pm EvaLin; 11: 7-8:30pm Nick Grinder & SpotMarks, 9-10:30pm R; 14: 7-8pm JessicaAckerley; 16: 7-8:30pm PJ Rasmussen Qrt,9-10:30pm Amanda Cross; 18: 7-10:30pm R;19: 7-8:45pm Adam Larson Qrt, 11pm-1amMarko Djordjevic Trio Sveti; 20: 6-8pm TeriRoiger & John Menegon Duo, 8:30-10pmNue Jazz Project; 23: 9-10:30pm Take Berlin;25: 7-10:30pm R.

ZEB’S: 223W 28th St (bet 7th & 8th Avs). 2nd Fl.www.zebulonsoundandlight.com. 212-695-8081. Wed: 8pm $10 adm Saul Rubin Triow/vocalist guest + Jam.

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 11pm-3am Ron Affif Trio; Tues 11pm EvolutionJam by Igmar Thomas; Thurs 12am MidnightRumba; Fri Big Bands; Sat Monika Oliveira &The Brasilians; Sun Tango Trio & Milonga.Jun 1: Vandojam feat Antonio Hart; 3: JoeyMorant; 5: Jack Jeffers Big Band; 8: E LarsHacke; 9: Gino Sitson; 10: Carol Saboya; 11:E Constantine Soukhovetski + VanessaFalabella; 12: Valery Ponomarev Big Band;16: Valery Ponomarev Sxt; 17: Sheriff BobBlue Grass Jam; 19: Gregorio Uribe BigBand; 23: Steve Carrington; 24: DaveChamberlain & Band Of Bones; 25:Francisco Mora-Catlett & Afrohorn w/BobStewart; 26: Svetlana Shmulyian Big Band.

AN BEAL BOCHT CAFÉ: 445W 238th St. 718-884-7127. www.lindasjazznights.com. 1stWed 8&9:30pm Linda's Jazz Nights. Jun 3:Joe Farnsworth Qrt feat Bob Cranshaw.

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ANOTHER REASON TO CELEBRATEBy Elzy Kolb

Welcome back!Portland Oregon-based pianist/compos-

er Kerry Politzer is looking forward to areunion on several fronts when she comesto the Big Apple this month. Besides hav-ing a chance to spend Father's Day withher dad, Politzer will get together with along-time colleague and collaborator,saxophonist Laura Dreyer for a gig atTomi Jazz.

The two became friends years ago whenthey both were part of the Diva JazzOrchestra. "We have a long musical histo-ry. I was on Laura's first album, FreeFlying Bird," Politzer says. "We talk all thetime and thought it would be fun to do amostly Brazilian collaborative effort whileI'm in town. We'll each bring some tunesand play them with a Brazilian rhythmsection and singer."

Politzer was a lifelong East Coasteruntil she and her husband, multi-instru-mentalist George Colligan, moved west awhile back, starting with a brief stay inManitoba Canada. "That didn't last long,"she says, laughing. "One 40-below winterwas enough." They have been in Portlandmore than three years and find it a betterfit. Politzer compares it positively withBrooklyn, citing public transportation,restaurants, shopping, urban amenitiesand the local music scene among her likes.

Though the City of Roses offers fewerjazz venues than the Big Apple, teachinghelps Politzer stay focused on her music."Teaching makes me think more aboutmusic and gets me in touch with what'simportant in music. I like problem solvingand giving each person something that willhelp them improve. I like to hip students tomusic they can learn from. I go through myalbums and listen for things that can helpeach one specifically."

Working on new music is also a priority."Composing is so important to playing; itfigures into improvising and helps make

jazz yours. Jazz has such a long tradition,and it can be hard to find your place in it,and composing definitely helps."

With two little boys at home, makingtime for writing presents a bit of a chal-lenge. "Getting into the creative zonerequires solitude," Politzer points out. Butkeeping up with her youngsters didn'tdeter her from writing all the tunes on herrecent release, Below the Surface (PJCE)."I had a blast writing the stuff; it was areal departure from my previous CDs. Astrong melody is always important to me,but I tried to use different rhythms andchanges, not just straight-ahead and notjust Brazilian. I tried to pull from a lot ofdifferent bags and had fun doing it."

A few tunes from the CD will likely befeatured at Tomi Jazz on June 16, markingtheir East Coast debut.

Influences near and farFrom the get-go, singer/composer

Lauren Henderson's parents exposed herto a wide range of music and cultures,including Caribbean, African Americanand Latin. "I have a lifelong boundary-crossing appreciation for music. I wasencouraged to appreciate other cultures, tohear everyone's story," she says. "I'm grate-ful that my parents were open-minded andaccepting."

She started piano lessons at age sevenand sang in church and school choirs.Despite her deep musical roots, she intend-ed to study psychology in college, until herfather, a longtime dean at MIT, advisedher, "If you pick classes that you're inter-ested in, you'll do well and enjoy them."Henderson followed his words of wisdomstraight to the music department. "Themusic people just pulled me in under theirwing," she recalls.

She did take some psychology classesand they resonated with her. "It comes inhandy in interpreting lyrics and I also liketo hear people, listen to their stories. I

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I-BEAM: 168 7th St. www.ibeambrooklyn.com.Sets: 8:30pm $15 don. Jun 4: Mike BagettaTrio, 9:30pm Jeff Davis Trio; 5: UrselSchlicht Trio; 6: Daniel Levin & Mat ManeriDuo; 7: Michael Blake & Out of Towners; 11:Travis Laplante, 9:30pm Feast of theEpiphany; 12-13: Rema Hasumi; 19: RobertaPiket Solo, 9:30pm Billy Mintz Two BassBand; 20: Jason Mears; 22: Joe Morris.

JALOPY: 315 Columbia St. www.jalopy.biz. 718-395-3214. Jun 19: 8pm Sean Sonderegger +Simon Jermyn + Arnold Hammerschlag +Devin Gray + Leah Paul & Trenza.

JAZZ 966: 966 Fulton St. 917-593-9776.www.jazz966.com.

KORZO RESTAURANT & BAR: 667 5th Av(bet 19th & 20th Sts). 718-499-1199.www.facebook.com/konceptions. Tues:9&10:30pm $10 don/$10 min KonceptionsMusic series by James Carney. Jun 2: TheHorns Band + Fay Victor Ens; 9: Triage + MatManeri Trio; 16: Alan Ferber Nnt + Dan CrayTrio; 23: Will Bernard Trio + Marta SanchezQnt; 30: Ken Thomson + Matt Mitchell.

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. Jun 12,20&27:Greg Murphy.

MOMINETTE: 221 Knickerbocker Av.Bushwick. www.mominette.com. 929-234-2941. Tues: 9-11pm.

NORTHERN BELLE: 612 Metropolitan Av.www.northernbellny.com. 718-388-9040.Wed: 9:30pm-12:30am Jam w/Ian Petillo.

PANE 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, perezjazzmusic@hotmail.com. Jun 14:2pm $20 don incl lunch/BYOB feat MichelleWalker.

PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL: at 9th St.Park Slope. www.celebratebrooklyn.org.718-855-7882. Jun 12&18: 7:30pm free admCelebrate Brooklyn fest feat 06/12Esperanza Spalding & Emily's D+Evolution& José James, 06/18 Bill Frisell Trio, 06/27Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party,Butler, Bernstein & The Hot 9.

ROULETTE: 509 Atlantic Av at 3rd Av.www.roulette.org. 917-267-0363. Jun 1:7:30pm 3 Aces of New Jazz from Italy featGiovanni Guidi Trio, Alessandro LanzoniSolo & Domenico Sanna & Brooklyn Beat!Trio; 10: 8pm John Hollenbeck Large Ens;14: 5:30pm Lukas Ligeti.

RUSTIK NEIGHBORHOOD TAVERN: 417DeKalb Ave. www.rustiktavern.com. 347-406-9700. 1st Tues: 8pm $5 adm Jam w/EricFrazier.

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.Jun 1: E Alex Weiss, L Yoni Kretzmer Qrt; 3:8pm Taylor Haskins + Gnosis; 4: E GiorgiMikadze Gp, L Sungazer, 9pm $8 PLS. Trio;5: 8pm Onyx Collective New Music w/specguests; 6: 8pm $15 Shai Maestro; 7: E ROSA,L The Take Off Collective, N $8 FlorianHoefner Gp; 8: E $15 Michael Eaton & AdamMinkoff, L Periscope, N No Face, No Name;9: E $15/8 Four (un)Score(d), 8pmdiNMachine & Heroes of Toolik; 11: E&L $12Pat Carroll Qnt/Jonathan Greenstein Gp, NRachel Friedman Lives Here w/GanessaJames; 12: E $12 SUBJECT SGH, L Angry continued on page 30

Little Bees, 9:10pm Mellissa Guerro, 9:35pmTammy Scheffer Sxt, 10:30pm Soft Sirens,10:45pm Morning Bound; 13: E $15 ChiemiNakai Latin Project; 14: E $15 Matt MarantzQrt, L $15 Sam Harris Trio, N Santa Diver; 15:E Koan Qrt, L Kazuki Yamanaka; 16: 7:30pmKaoru Watanabe; 17: E&L John Yao BigBand; 18: 8pm $15 Winds of Change by JohnEhlis, Andrey Tamarchenko & Laurenced'Seve; 20: N Timucin Sahin Qrt; 22: E JonDe Lucia & Luce Trio, L Julia Biel Trio, NHeard the voice, 10:30pm Ben Monder Solo;23: E Bryan & the Aardvarks, L Mostly OtherPeople Do the Killing, N Bobby SelvaggioQrt, 10:30pm Ben Monder Solo; 24: E Blivet,L $12 Bop Kabbalah; 25: E Jon Irabagon, LThe Awakening Orch, N $15 "music for alloccasions" & "our favourite film songs",10:30pm $8 Denys Baptiste & Triumvirate;26: $5 Hye-Jeung Jazz Orch, N Bill Ware'sUrban Vibes; 28: 5:30pm Raphaelle Brochet& Carmen Staaf Duo, E Greg Ward Ens, LBrian Krock & Heart Machine, N $15/10SWARMIUS-IMPetus Experiment; 29: E JoeMorris Solo, 8&9pm Dre Hocevar.

SISTAS’ PLACE: 456 Nostrand Av at JeffersonAv. www.sistasplace.org. 718-398-1766.

SNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER: 1000Richmond Ter. Staten Island. www.utasi.org.718-448-2500. Jun 21: 2pm Banda Magda.

SPOKE THE HUB: 295 Douglas St. 718-408-3234. www.spokethehub.org. Jun 6: 12:45-1:45pm Art Lillard & Heavenly Band; 13: 8pm$15 adm Brooklyn Infinity Orch.

ST. MAZIE: 345 Grand St. www.stmazie.com.718-384-4807. Sun: 9:30pm-12am Baby SodaJazz Band.

URBAN MEADOW: President St at Van BruntSt). Columbia Waterfront District. RedHook/Carroll Gardens. Jun 14&21: 1-6pmRed Hook fest feat 06/14 Jason KaoHwang/Amygdala, Alon Nechushtan Qnt,Ahmed Abdullah Trio, Ben Monder Trio, TrioX + Rosi Hertlein, 06/21 Kenny Wessel Qrt,The Mighty Grinders, Rez Abbasi &Junction, Eric Person Trio, BrooklynQawwali Party.

WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CENTER: 367Bedford Av. www.wmcjazz.org. 718-384-1654. 10pm-2am. Fri: free adm/2 drink minJam w/Gerry Eastman Qnt & friends; Sat:$10 adm Greyson Hackleman.

BUTTONWOOD TREE: 605 Main St.Middletown. www.buttonwood.org. 860-347-4957. Fri: 7-9pm; Sat: 8-10pm. Jun 5: NestedDrift; 6: George Mastrogiannis Qnt; 12:Cynthia Holiday; 27: The Red Hots.

CAVE À VIN: 975 State St. New Haven. 203-777-6206. www.caveavinwinebar.com. Sat:8-11pm free adm.

FIREHOUSE 12: 47 Crown St. New Haven.203-785-0468. www.firehouse12.com. Fri:8:30pm $20 adm, 10pm $15. Jun 5: RudreshMahanthappa Qnt; 12: Noah Jarrett.

FUJI OF JAPAN RESTAURANT & BAR: 111Old Kings Hwy North. Darien. 203-655-4995.www.fujiofjapan.com. Mon: 6:30-9pm MusicMondays series. Jun 7: Dee Cassella.

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. Sun: 5-7pm free adm. Jun 7: CBYD; 14:The Saxtet; 21: Orice Jenkins.

OWL SHOP: 268 College St. New Haven. 203-

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write from personal experience, but alsowrite based on things people have told me."

Henderson earned degrees in music andHispanic studies and her interest in themusic of other cultures took her to Mexicoto explore its traditional and popular musicand to Spain to delve into flamenco singingand dance. "I feel like I can identify with alot of music. I want to pull from all theserich genres, but it can be overwhelmingwhen you love everything." To meld herinfluences, "I try to find a common thread,so it's not all over the place."

Her self-released new CD, A laMadrugada, includes a mix of standardsand recently written originals. Whencomposing, ideas for the rhythm typicallycome first. "The bass is especially impor-tant to me. I would love to learn to playbass." When a new rhythm comes tomind, Henderson uses her phone's voicememo function to capture the idea on thespot. "I could be on the train and starthumming a bass line into my phone. InNew York, it's easy; everyone is doingtheir own weird thing."

The words come next. "I alternate writ-ing songs in English and in Spanish: thathelps to balance the motifs a little more."At one time, Henderson would write lyricsthat could go on for pages, but she's come tothe conclusion that less is more and paresthem down. Once she's satisfied with thelyrics, "The rest comes to me. I write tohighlight the words that are most impor-tant to me."

Check out the results of her creativeprocess at Minton's June 16 whenHenderson celebrates A la Madrugada; inaddition to her originals, expect her tosprinkle in material from the GreatAmerican Songbook plus some Brazilianand Latin favorites.

Home on the stageDuring the second half of the 20th cen-

tury, Reno's lively casino culture made itone of the biggest little cities in the musicworld. Close to a dozen big bands andcountless combos were in full swing eachnight; the local musicians' union had hun-dreds of active members and after-hoursjams were widespread.

Growing up in Reno at the tail-end ofthose musical glory days, bass clefmaven/composer Brian Landrus knew by

age 12 that he was going to be a profes-sional musician. He credits life lessonslearned at the elbows of journeymen suchas saxophonist Rico Mordenti and drum-mer Gerry Genuario with showing him howto make it happen. "They taught me musicand how to earn a living," Landrus says.Though he started out on tenor, the oldpros urged him to get his chops together onother instruments to increase his employ-ment opportunities.

By his late teens, Landrus was doublingon multiple instruments in the orchestra atthe MGM hotel. "The producers asked if Icould play baritone. I didn't have one, but Ihad a year's contract with the show. I wentto the bank to get a loan to buy the baritoneand I fell in love with it. It was easy forbands to find tenor players, but thereweren't so many baritone players and I gotmore and more work."

Landrus was still focusing on tenorwhen he went to New EnglandConservatory of Music to study with BobBrookmeyer, who urged him to switch hisenergy to baritone. "The first thing I want-ed to do was build a vocabulary so I couldplay tenor solos on baritone; I wanted tobring the vocal quality of the tenor to it.The most important thing to me is tone."

He gravitated to other low instrumentsfor aesthetic and practical reasons: "Ipicked up the bass clarinet and loved it.And I had played flute for years, but wasstarting to get wrist and hand problems—my hands are too big, so I got an alto flutethen a bass flute. They fit me." And, as hismentors predicted, Landrus' versatility hasled to plenty of gigs with the likes ofEsperanza Spalding, Maria Schneider, theGil Evans Project, Rufus Reid and manyothers. Though Landrus' arsenal of axesisn't among those most commonly featured,"My goal is to play all my instruments likesolo instruments. People hear it and like it,and they add stuff for me to play."

Landrus has released six CDs as aleader. On his new one, The Deep Below(BlueLand) he is joined by drummer BillyHart and bassist Lonnie Plaxico on origi-nals and standards including "I'm a Fool toWant You," a favorite from Billie Holiday'sclassic Lady in Satin album. The three-some had never played it together beforeLandrus called it in the studio and theynailed it on the first take. "I wanted to keepit spontaneous. I wanted to record one ofBillie Holiday's tunes; it's her centennialand she was very influential on me. Ladyin Satin is one of my favorite albums; Inever listen to it without getting tears inmy eyes. So I counted it off, we played itand captured the vulnerability in the cut—I wanted that."

Landrus celebrates the release of TheDeep Below with Plaxico and Hart at theCornelia Street Café on June 18.

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ALESSANDRO LANZONI ROULETTE / JUNE 1Barely into his 20s, pianist Alessandro Lanzoni has demonstrated a remarkable musi-cal maturity, fostering creative energy well beyond his years. Whether performing soloor with his trio, Lanzoni is hell-bent on crafting an original sound. His skills have beenmet with praise with the Italian periodical Musica Jazz awarding him the 2013 BestNew Talent award. He has performed with luminaries such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, LeeKonitz and Steven Bernstein. Lanzoni's most recent release, 2014's Seldom, featureshis trio and special guest trumpeter Ralph Alessi. For his concert at Roulette, Lanzoniis part of Three of a Kind: 3 Aces of New Jazz from Italy featuring the crème de lacrème of Italian jazz including the Giovanni Guildi Trio and Domenico Sanna'sBrooklyn Beat! Trio. EW

ALEX NORRISSILVANA / JUNE 4Sporting the name of a nobleman, trumpeter/flugelhornist Alexander Pope Norris hasbeen a regal jazz performer for four decades. He grew up in Columbia MD, attended thePeabody Conservatory, received a Master's from the Manhattan School of Music, aDoctorate from the University of Miami, and taught at the New School, City Collegeand Towson University. Norris brings a fluid, clean, concise yet large tone to his com-positions and solos. He's an expert with credits in the Mingus Big Band, jazz orches-tras of Toshiko Akiyoshi and Maria Schneider, and prominent Afro-Cuban ensembles.For this early evening engagement, he's leading an organ combo, debuting selectionsfrom a new CD, Extension Deadline (BJU), featuring Brian Charette on HammondSK1, drummer Brian Floody and tenor saxophonist Troy Roberts. MGN

CHARLIE HUNTERJOE'S PUB / JUNE 10While novelty may have drawn some initial listeners to Charlie Hunter's playing, hisextraordinary melodic sense, exceptional chops and creative project choices have kepthis name deservedly in the limelight for more than two decades. Renowned for his workon seven-string and eight-string guitars, Hunter applies formidable technique toexploiting the instruments' enhanced range, simultaneously tackling bass lines,melodies, supportive comping and tonal colors. The results are truly one-of-a-kind andhave been applied intelligently to diverse sets of avant garde outings, jam-based fusionevents and even straight-ahead fare. At Joe's Pub, Hunter's latest format, a trio withCurtis Fowlkes on trombone and Bobby Previte on drums, features music from theirnew CD Let the Bells Ring On, a rootsy, funky workout for this ensemble. SH

DAVID BERKMANSMALLS JAZZ CLUB / JUNE 10David Berkman came to New York in the mid-1980s and made his early mark as a side-man with Tom Harrell and Cecil McBee. The pianist began recording as a leader in thelate 1990s and gained attention for his harmonically rich compositions, which oftenhave unexpected twists. Berkman has a sublime playing style accented by a spirit ofadventure, economical but always captivating. To celebrate the release of his PalmettoCD Old and New Friends, his fifth for the label, Berkman is joined by an outstandingband including saxophonists Dayna Stephens, Billy Drewes and Adam Kolker, all ofwhom appear on his new album; bassist Ugonna Okegwo, who has frequently per-formed on the pianist's CDs, and drummer Johnathan Blake. KD

BILLY HARPERTRIBECA PAC / JUNE 11One of the most thrilling saxophonists performing today, Billy Harper draws deeplyfrom the inspiration of John Coltrane while maintaining his own uniquely vital voiceand perspective. Sporting a hard-edged tone, Harper attacks music with astonishingvirtuosity that demonstrates a breathtaking harmonic vocabulary spoken in a musicalvoice firmly rooted in blues and gospel traditions. Since his earliest recorded efforts—notably the 1975 masterpiece Black Saint—Harper has consistently blazed remark-able trails in the music and has engaged like-minded collaborators on his artistic jour-neys. Harper has found a particular musical simpatico in pianist Randy Weston, andtheir four-decade collaboration yielded wonderful fruit with their critically acclaimedThe Roots of the Blues. They are reprising this project at their Highlights in Jazz per-formance at the Tribeca PAC. SH

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L I G H TBRIAN CHARETTEGUITAR CENTER / JUNE 11Honored with first place as the Rising Star of Organ in the 2014 Downbeat Critics Poll,Brian Charette has hardly been a secret among fans of the Hammond B3. Charette'slight touch helps him achieve a distinctive sound on his instrument. A prolific compos-er and recording artist, Charette has proven himself to be a versatile, inventive song-writer and arranger equally at home in bop, post-bop, blues, funk and even reggae,while his sense of humor is frequently a part of his music as well. Charette's trio fea-tures guitarist Will Bernard and drummer Eric Kalb. This free event from 5-7 p.m. cel-ebrates the release of his new Posi-tone CD Alphabet City and includes an informalclinic between sets. KD

ABDULLAH IBRAHIMBLUE NOTE / JUNE 18-21South African folk melodies and spirituality are rooted deeply in pianist AbdullahIbrahim's music. He fled his homeland in 1963 to protest apartheid and Duke Ellingtonproduced his first recording several months later. Ibrahim formed his primary band, theseptet Ekaya (the Zulu word for "home"), in 1983. He returned to South Africa afterNelson Mandela's release from prison, and its Green Kalahari region is his home base.Ibrahim's new works and fresh take on older compositions show that anxiety andprotest have given way to calm and celebration of his country's vast beauty. This ver-sion of Ekaya includes Noah Jackson (bass, cello), Will Terrill (drums) AndraeMurchison (trombone, trumpet), Cleave Guyton Jr. (alto sax, flute, clarinet), LanceBryant (tenor sax) and Marshall McDonald (baritone sax). KF

SONNY FORTUNEBIRDLAND / JUNE 16-20Although often associated with a sound and aesthetic reminiscent of John Coltrane andnoted for his fusion work with Miles Davis, saxophonist Sonny Fortune is a diverseplayer capable of ruminative tunefulness, sly humor and tremendous versatility acrossnumerous styles. Over the past two decades, Fortune finally began to earn the acco-lades his talent warrants, through a series of critically acclaimed post-bop leaningalbums. Parallel to his ever-growing solo work, Fortune is a longstanding participant inthe 4 Generations of Miles project, collaborating with artists who worked with the leg-endary trumpet player in different eras of his career. At Birdland, Fortune joins gui-tarist Mike Stern, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Jimmy Cobb in sets that offeruniquely personal spins on the trumpeter's creative output. SH

RICHARD GALLIANODIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA / JUNE 26-28Most assuredly the premier accordion player in contemporary music, FrenchmanRichard Galliano has forged a career others dream about. With a passion for improvis-ing on romantic themes in classical music and world jazz, Galliano truly has done it all.Working with Chet Baker, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter and Gary Burton honed hisjazz sensibilities, but he's still attuned to the nueva tangos of mentor Astor Piazzollaand Brazilian music of the authentic masters. You may hear compositions byThelonious Monk, his original inspiration Clifford Brown, or a mix of choppy, staccatothemes with the troubadour soul of a seasoned poet deeply in love. Galliano performsselect works from his recent Resonance CD Sentimentale with his quintet: guitarist VicJuris, pianist John Nelson, bassist George Mraz and drummer Mauricio Zottarelli. MGN

PETE RODRIGUEZMINTON'S / JUNE 17Coming from deep bloodlines in Afro-Cuban music, classically trained and with a stel-lar academic background, vocalist and trumpeter Dr. Pete Rodriguez performs in a CDrelease party for El Conde Negro, on the appropriately titled Destiny label. The son ofPete "El Conde" Rodriguez, he was his dad's music director at age 19 and has accom-panied all the greats including Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri and his godfa-ther, Johnny Pacheco. He has a brash, forceful bravado on his horn, but also a refined,literate approach that suggests he listened to plenty of early Miles Davis or Latin leg-end Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros. He teams up with Luis Perdomo on piano andFender Rhodes, bassist Ricky Rodriguez, drummer Rudy Royston and percussionistRobert Quintero. MGN

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76 HOUSE: 110 Main St. Tappan. 845-359-5476.www.76house.com. Wed: 8-11pm free admQuintets w/Mark Hagan except 06/10 & featartists + Jam. Jun 10: Alan Namery; 17:Steve Bernstein & Arthur Baron; 24: TheMeeting House Jazz Orch.

ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY: 1285Elmwood Av. Buffalo. 716-882-8700.www.albrightknox.org. 1st Fri: 5:30-7:30pmJazz & Happy Hour.

The DAUTAJ: 36 Oakland Ave. Warwick. 845-986-3666. www.thedautaj.com. Free adm.Sat: 7:30-11:30pm Richard Wiggins. 1st Sun:7-8:30pm NY Swing Exchange Band.

FALCON ARTS: 1348 Rte 9 West. Marlboro.www.liveatthefalcon.com. 845-236-7970.$20 don suggested. Sets unless otherwisenoted: 7pm, if opening act (Op) 8pm mainact; Sun 10am-2pm Brunch (B). Residency(R): Sun 7pm Guillermo Klein & SymmetricalMoon Vamps. Jun 3: Popa Chubby & friends;4: Gene Ess & Fractal Attraction; 5: Op JimHayes + Alexis P. Suter Band; 6: Ed PalermoBig Band; 7: B Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis,7pm R; 10: Kingston High School JazzCabaret; 11: Antonio Sanchez & Migration;12: Op Leon Wilks + Larry Campbell &Teresa Williams w/spec guest Bill Payne; 13:Op Liz Queler & Seth Farber + The LevinBrothers; 14: B Buffalo Stack, 7pm R; 17:tba; 18: David Bixler Auction Project featArturo O'Farrill; 19: Simone Felice w/AnnaMitchell; 20: Op Isabella Englert + BenWilliams & State of Art; 21: B Alexis P. Suter& The Ministers of Sound, 7pm R; 24: Op BigThief + Jonah Smith w/Buffalo Stack; 25: TheGroover Qrt w/Mike LeDonne & PeterBernstein; 26: Op Dylan Doyle Band +Professor Louie & The Crowmatix; 27:Soñando; 28: B Erik Lawrence Qrt, 7pm R.

LEKKER: 3928 Main St. Stone Ridge. 845-687-9794. www.lekker209.com. Jun 4: 6-9pm TeriRoiger Trio.

MAVERICK CONCERT HALL: 120 MaverickRd. Woodstock. www.maverickconcerts.org.845-679-8348. Jun 21: Teri Roiger

NYACK LIBRARY: 59S Bway. Nyack. 845-358-3370 www.nyacklibrary.org. Jun 26: 8pm Re-imagining the Music of Thelonious Monkfeat Duane Eubanks, Scott Reeves.

QUINN’S: 330 Main St. Beacon. www.quinnsbeacon.com. Mon: 8pm free adm MondayNight Jazz Sessions. Jun 1: Joe FiedlerOrgan Trio; 8: Michael Bates Gp; 15: GeorgeColeman Jr. Rivington Project; 22: EricPerson Duoscope; 29: Baba Andrew LambTrio.

TURNING POINT CAFÉ: 468 Piermont Av.Piermont. www.turningpointcafe.com. 845-359-1089. Mon: 8-11:30pm $5 adm MondayJam by John Richmond.

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: 6pm Clinic, 7pm Jam.

FRONT TOWARD ENEMY: 40-11 30th Av.Astoria. www.fronttowardenemynyc.com.718-545-2269. Wed: 7:30-10:30pm Keyed Upseries.

624-3250. www.owlshopcigars.com. Wed:9pm-12am free adm Hawkins JazzCollective.

PICCOLO PIZZA: 24 Prospect St. Ridgefield.203-438-8200. Sets: 6-9pm. Free adm. Tues:Matt Criscuolo; Sun: Kids open mic w/JoeyDigrazia.

PIZZERIA LAURETANO: 291 Greenwood Av.Bethel. www.pizzerialauretano.com. 203-792-1500. Jun 7: Arthur Lipner & BrasilianVibes; 14: Michael Leventhal Qnt; 21:Renard Boissiere Qrt.

RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE: 80 East Ridge.Ridgefield. www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.203-438-5795. Jun 10: 7:30pm MattSchofield; 21: 8pm Al Di Meola; 23: 8pmMadeleine Peyroux Trio.

The SIDE DOOR JAZZ CLUB: At Old LymeInn. 85 Lyme St. Old Lyme. 860-434-0886.www.thesidedoorjazz.com. Sets: 7:30pm.Jun 4: Steve Davis Qnt; 5: VadimNeselovskyi Trio; 6: Renee Rosnes Qrtw/Steve Nelson; 12: Leslie Pintchick Trio;13: Mimi Jones Qrt; 19: Benny Green Trio;20: Luis Perdomo; 26: J.D Allen Trio; 27:Jeremy Pelt Qrt.

TWO BOOTS: 281 Fairfield Av. Bridgeport.www.twobootsbridgeport.com. 203-331-1377. Jun 27: 5-8pm $10 adm Dee Cassella &Elynne Rey; 28: 7pm + 8:30pm Jam free UriShaham Trio.

WILTON PIZZA: 101 Old Ridgefield Rd.Wilton. Wed: 6-9pm free adm Matt CriscuoloQrt.

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.

The CROOKED RAIL: 61 Larkfield Rd. EastNorthport. www.thecrookedrail.com. 631-239-6082. Sun: 8pm-12am Jam Experiencew/Mike Guido & Mike Nugent.

GLEN COVE MANSION: 200 Dosoris Ln. GlenCove. www.glencovemansion.com. 516-671-6400. Fri: 8pm-12am.

HARMONY VINEYARDS: 169 Harbor Rd.Head of the Harbor. 631-291-9900. www.harmonyvineyards.com/main/jazz_glub. 2 drinkmin. Thurs 8-10pm & Sat 9-11pm: RayAnderson w/Steve Salerno.

HIGH NOTE: 136 Bway. Amityville. 631-608-8000. www.highnoteny.com. 1st Tues: BayBig Band.

ONDA LOUNGE: At Allegria Hotel. 80W Bway.Long Beach. 516-889-1300. www.allegriahotel.com. Thurs: 8pm-12am Jazz & Sushi featIan Petillo Trio 06/4&18.

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.

TRATTORIA GRASSO: 134 Main St. ColdSpring Harbor. www.trattoriagrasso.com.631-367-6060. Sets: Fri 7:30pm, Sun 6pm.Jun 5: Jerry Weldon Trio; 7: Melody Rose &Andrew Carroll; 19: Madeline Kole Trio; 26:Joanna Durante Trio.

TREME: 553 Main St. Islip. 631-277-2008.www.tremeislip.com.

WALK STREET TAVERN: 1218 Jericho Tpk.New Hyde Park. 516-354-9732. Last Tues:9pm-12am Jam w/John Ray & Ian Petillo.

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Musician-Educator's CornerOne would be hard-pressed to find a

more versatile pianist than Stanley Cowell.An artist whose work has graced therecordings of Marion Brown, The HeathBrothers, Max Roach, Bobby Hutchersonand others, Cowell has also demonstratedhis own remarkable touch as a bandleader,capable of bridging diverse worlds fromstride to free jazz. Slowing down his tour-ing in the early 1980s to begin a distin-guished teaching career, first at LehmanCollege and later at Rutgers University,Cowell has retired from teaching andresumed a more active performing life,drawing upon the lessons, and sometimeseven former students, from his universityyears on several inspired albums.

Hailing from Toledo OH, Cowell recallsa formative experience of hearing ArtTatum. "He performed at my house when Iwas six years old," Cowell recalls. "Thatexperience stamped me subconsciouslywith an image of the crystallization of jazzpiano! From that point on, it was about dis-covery." This initial introduction to themaster of stride piano certainly imprintedon Cowell, whose own left-hand work onthe keyboard strongly echoes the pre-boppiano masters and has helped to shape hisdistinctive sound.

Also classically trained, Cowell contin-ued his music studies at Oberlin College,during which time he worked withRahsaan Roland Kirk, before finally set-tling in New York. There, he developedremarkable connections and collabora-tions. "When I moved to New York in 1966,I was invited to a rehearsal at MaxRoach's," Cowell explains. "That was alsowhen I first met Charles Tolliver."Working with Max Roach, he found adrummer who imparted strong musicaland entrepreneurial advice and whose owncontinued artistic development providedCowell with inspiration.

Along with Tolliver, Cowell appliedsome of Roach's business teachings to co-found Strata-East Records, an independentartist-run label. "Max was always encour-aging us to be creative and entrepreneurialand also to control our intellectual proper-ty," he recalls. "That time was an impor-tant learning experience."

Indeed, the 1970s proved a remarkableperiod for Cowell, during which he deliv-ered some of his most memorable andbeloved performances across an astoundingrange of musical styles. However, in 1981,

he decided to wind down touring, ultimate-ly leaving his tenure with The HeathBrothers in favor of a teaching position.Accepting a role at Lehman College, Cowelltaught there until 2000, when he accepteda tenured position at Rutgers University,which he held until his retirement in 2013.

His years of working in a wide range ofstyles and with remarkable mentors likeRoach ensured Cowell's ability to provide aparticularly broad teaching approach forhis students. While handling keyboard andimprovisation classes, Cowell was also ableto draw on his own business work and holdbusiness seminars. "I was able to teachimprovisation classes to both undergradu-ate and graduate students," Cowell notes."And especially with the grad students, Icould hold sessions on contract reading andI was always encouraging students to cre-ate new venues and performing situations.Jazz musicians should look outside of theclub mentality and connect with othertypes of ensembles. I think a lot of newyoung musicians are advancing the causewith this."

A few years before his retirement fromRutgers, Cowell began to emerge on therecording scene, releasing severalacclaimed CDs on Steeplechase Records.They both demonstrate that his trademarkversatility has lost none of its vigor and hisplaying remains as fresh and vibrant asever. The decades of teaching also seem tohave brought fresh perspectives to hisplaying, new and remarkable composi-tions, as well as new collaborators: on2012's It's Time, Cowell is joined by twoformer students, Tom Dicarlo and ChrisBrown.

Cowell continues to assert and refine hissolo career, most recently with two newalbums. Are You Real finds him in a triosetting with Ray Anderson and BillyDrummond and Juneteenth offers a solopiano performance of a large-scale work

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Fresh off a first-prize win in Belgium'sB-Jazz Competition, pianist Angelo DiLoreto's trio performs at Manhattan's SaintPeter's Church on Sunday, June 14. Thechurch, frequented by jazz musicians, is afavorite of Di Loreto. The trio's repertoire,described by Di Loreto as "original musicand re-imagined jazz standards," will bepaired with "improvised sacred music." Thetrio, which includes bassist Jeff Koch anddrummer Philippe Lemm, also plans to hitat Spain's Getxo Jazz Festival this sum-mer.

The greatest transformation for the triowas during Di Loreto's master's training atthe Manhattan School of Music, where theplayers pursued a joint study with facultymembers Ted Rosenthal, John Reilly andJay Anderson. "We discovered that we hadan insane level of chemistry right from thebeginning," Di Loreto says. "Each of us canpredict what the others are going to do."Over a standard, for example, "I can aban-

don the form if I want, and stay on onechord, and they'll be able to find me." AtMSM, Di Loreto studied individually withRosenthal andVijay Iyer.They helpedhim refine hisstyle and "findthings thatwere dormantinside of you allalong."

Angelo DiLoreto andhis trio are atSaint Peter'sChurch onSunday, June14 at 5 p.m.for its JazzV e s p e r sseries.

Cowell composed while on sabbatical. Thismonth, Cowell reunites with Anderson andDrummond at the Village Vanguard, aug-menting the trio with saxophonist BruceWilliams. "This will be in the middle of thegroove, of the tradition," he says. "I thinkit's going to be a great week and a lot offun."

Stanley Cowell will perform at theVillage Vanguard June 16-21. Find outmore at www.villagevanguard.com.

Concerts, Benefits and RemembranceThe Italian Cultural Institute of New

York will present three rising Italian jazzpiano stars on June 1 at Roulette. Thesewonderful talents—Giovanni Guidi,Alessandro Lanzoni and DomenicoSanna—will each perform sets that night.Find out more at www.roulette.org.

The music of Duke Ellington providesthe focus for an all-star big band's perform-ance at the Faith Lutheran Church in NewProvidence NJ on June 7. The event is opento the public with requested donations andall money raised will support IMAGINE, agrief support center for families in NewJersey. Details at www.imaginenj.org.

The unexpected passing of trumpetmaster Lew Soloff in March shocked the

jazz world and he will be remembered witha special performance at the ManhattanSchool of Music on June 8 at 7 p.m. Led byPaul Shaffer, this free event will include awide variety of guest performers andspeakers. Learn more atwww.lewsoloff.com.

The Jazz Gallery Honors Gala will cele-brate Bob Cranshaw, Junior Mance,George Avakian and Hank O'Neal in anevening of tributes and performances onJune 8. Tickets are available for a cocktailreception, VIP dinner and the event itselfand can be purchased at www.jazzgallery.org.

Dianne Reeves will headline theNational Jazz Museum in Harlem's 2015Benefit Concert on June 10. Hosted byRhonda Hamilton and honoring AlbertMaysles and Reggie Workman, the eventwill take place at Hunter College's KayePlayhouse. More details at www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org.

The Jazz Journalists Association hasannounced winners of its 2015 JJA JazzAwards for musical excellence in calendaryear 2014 and Randy Westonwill be receiv-ing a Lifetime Achievement Award. Theannual public Jazz Awards party will beheld at the Blue Note on June 16 from 3 to5:30 p.m. Tickets are available athttp://members.jazzjournalists.org/event-1939958.

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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.

Fred Lyman, the retired maker of string basses who now lives in Florida, went to NewOrleans in 1952 and looked up Brew Moore, who was working in a Bourbon Street strip club.Fred was carrying a guitar, and Brew suggested they play together. Fred expected he wouldplay his tenor. But, hanging on a nail on the wall was a souvenir quality six-hole bambooflute. Brew took it down and shook some cockroaches out of it, positioned his fingers, andlooked at Fred to indicate that he was ready. When Fred asked what key he wanted to playin, he saw that Brew was offended at the implication that he couldn't play in every key. Theybegan a medium tempo blues, and Brew played complex variations, scales, arpeggios, in analmost classical tone, perfectly in tune. Fred couldn't believe all this was coming from thatpiece of bamboo. He expressed his amazement, and Brew replied, 'That's what you get fordenigrating my virtuosity!'"

Bluegrass guitarist Tim O'Brien told Herb Gardner that the best pickup to put on a banjois a Ford F-150.

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A Moment You Missed by Fran Kaufman Hot HouseContributing Photographer

The great Wycliffe Gordon, rehearsingwith the Temple University JazzOrchestra before their gig at Dizzy'sClub Coca-Cola on April 27, hangs up histrombone and has members of theorchestra put down their instrumentsand join him in some scatting. Theorchestra is led by trumpeter TerellStafford who is director of Jazz Studiesand chair of Instrumental Studies atTemple.

Made In New York, a competition allow-ing jazz musicians to enter the contest bysubmitting videos online, celebrates its 2ndannual gala June 27 at Tribeca PAC.Taking the stage, alongside this year's win-ners and competition entrants from all overthe world, are Randy Brecker, Alex Blake,Bobby Sanabria and Yaacov Mayman. Goto www.madeinnyjazz.com for more infor-mation.

The 41st annual Jazz Record Collector’sBash takes place at the Hotel Woodbridgein Iselin NJ June 26-27. This year again78s, LPS, CDs as well as rare vintage jazzfilms and other memorabilia will be avail-able for sell and trade. Checkwww.jazzbash.net for details.

A New Talent To FollowNewcomer on the jazz scene,

vocalist/saxophonist Danny Bacher alreadydisplays talent and maturity that com-mand attention. Graduated from NewJersey City University’s Music and Theater

Danny Bacher

program, his ease and chops caught theattention of many critics and fellow musi-cians alike who all praise his swinging,scatting and improvising skills. He’s cele-brating the release of his debut recording,Swing That Music, paying homage to LouisArmstrong, Louis Prima, and Louis Jordan,at the Metropolitan Room June 16, 25-26and 28. Check his website at: www.dannybachermusic.com.

Bacher photo by John Abbott.

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NEW JERSEY JAZZGary Walker, “Morning Jazz Host”, WBGO, 88.3 FM/wbgo.org

Hashim photo by Katherine Bourbeau.

NEVILLE DICKIEBICKFORD THEATRE / JUNE 1It starts with a rumble of his left hand, and before you know it, pianist Neville Dickiehas you right in the middle of his world of stride and ragtime, founded by Fats Waller,Willie "The Lion" Smith and James P. Johnson, all of whom caught Dickie's ear as ateenager in England. Dickie has devoted his life to this style. With a left hand thatwill take your breath away, this boogie woogie master can make any piano shout. AsTony Betts of The Jazz Rag writes, "to see this man sit down and channel James P.Johnson's 'Harlem Strut' is quite the experience." Featured on hundreds of record-ings, Dickie strides into the Bickford with Joe Midiri on saxophones and clarinet andbrother Paul on drums, trombone and vibes.

LUIS PERDOMO HOTOKE / JUNE 18Pianist Luis Perdomo's childhood home in Caracas Venezuela was filled with music.Alongside salsa, Latin, R&B and classical, Perdomo heard jazz greats Bud Powell andOscar Peterson, two of his most important musical influences. Perdomo came to NewYork and studied with Harold Danko and Sir Roland Hanna, leading to performanc-es and recordings with Ray Barretto, Ravi Coltrane, Brian Lynch and Miguel Zenón.With numerous albums as leader, Perdomo's just out Twenty-Two (Hot Tone Music)features bassist Mimi Jones and drummer Rudy Royston in a collection of challeng-ing, complex rhythms the pianist says, “were inspired by Miguel Zenón, wherepatience and trust allowed me to take once off-limit musical devices and make themsecond nature.” In New Brunswick, Perdomo and bandmates focus on the latestrelease and some surprises for all.

MICHAEL HASHIMMAYO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER / JUNE 14Michael Hashim took an elementary school fascination with the saxophone and devel-oped it into a musical life that has taken this alto master around the world. Inspiredby Cannonball Adderley, Benny Carter and Johnny Hodges, Hashim has numerousalbums as leader. Lotus Blossom (Stash), a 1990 small group recording paying trib-ute to Billy Strayhorn, and Multicolor Blue (Hep), a quintet Strayhorn salute, wouldlead to the 15-piece Billy Strayhorn Orchestra. Hashim says, "our repertoire includesworks Strayhorn wrote specifically for the Ellington Orchestra, including 'ChelseaBridge' and 'Raincheck,' new versions of tunes, like 'Take the A Train,' alongsiderarely heard works like 'Swing Dance' and 'Cashmere Cutie.' Strayhorn's collabora-tion with Ellington, like his friendship, was very close, something you'll feel first handwith Hashim and bandmates.

FALKNER EVANSMCCARTER THEATRE / JUNE 7Pianist Falkner Evans credits his interest in jazz to what he says is "the freedom ofexpression allowed." After early years in Tulsa OK following the Beatles, Bob Dylan andThe Band, Evans was drawn to jazz through John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and MilesDavis. Evans' first recording, Level Playing Field (Metropolitan) was a trio effort thatimmediately established him on the New York jazz scene. With Point of the Moon (CAP)Evans expanded to a quintet, showing his skill to develop a single-line idea into a para-graph-long sentence. Original music from this recording and his follow-up, Arc (CAP)are given fresh invention when Evans is joined by saxophonist Marc Mommaas, trum-peter Kirk Knuffke, bassist Belden Bullock and drummer Matt Wilson.

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SOMERS POINT JAZZ SOCIETY: 609-927-6677. www.spjazz.org.

BERGENHARVEST BISTRO: 252 Schraalenburgh Rd.

Closter. www.harvestbistro.com. 201-750-9966. Jun 25: 8-11pm Joel Zelnik Trio.

PUFFIN CULTURAL FORUM: 20 Puffin Way.Teaneck. www.puffinculturalforum.org. 201-836-8923. Jun 13: 8pm $10 don Greg AbateTrio.

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. Jun13&27: 8pm-12am Betty Liste Qrt.

BURLINGTONMEDFORD MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CEN-TER: 21 South Main St. Medford. 609-654-2598. www.jazzandbluesshowcase.com. Jun12: 7:30-10pm $20/15 adm Joe MagnarelliTrio.

TRI-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. Jun 6: 6-7:30pm Jazz Vespers featNJPAC Jazz For Teens.

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.

DANA LIBRARY: Institute of Jazz Studies atRutgers University. 185 University Av.Newark. http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/.973-353-5595.

DE’BORAH’S JAZZ CAFÉ: 18 Green St.Newark. www.deborahsjazzcafe.wix.com862-237-9004.

DUKE’S SOUTHERN TABLE: 11 Clinton St.Newark. www.dukesnewark.com. 862-763-5757. Fri-Sat: 7:30-11:30pm. Sun: 2-5:30pmThe Brooklyn Soul Train feat DakotaMacLeod & Ray Naccari. Jun 5&26: Pat VanDyke; 6: Brevan Hampden; 12: BruceWilliams; 13: John Bauers; 19: BradfordHayes; 20: Mariella; 26: see 06/5; 27: AndraeMurchison.

GATEWAY CENTER: 1 Gateway Center. 283-299 Market St. Newark. 973-624-8880. Jun 3:12-1pm Steve Wilson Qrt.

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.

MCLOONE’S BOATHOUSE: 9 Cherry Ln atNorthfield Av. West Orange. 862-252-7108.www.mcloonesboathouse.com. Sun: 11am-3pm Jazz Brunch feat Doug Clarke Duo.

NEWARK MUSEUM: 49 Washington St.Newark. www.newarkmuseum.org. 973-596-6550. Jun 19: 7-9pm Jazz in the Garden 50thAnniv celeb feat Dee Dee Bridgewater.

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.

RICALTON’S: 19 Valley St. South Orange.www.ricaltons.com. 973-763-1006. Tues:7:30-10:30pm & Sun Brunch 11am-3pm: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. Jun 1,15&29: GlennFranke'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. Jun5: Frank & Diane Marino Qrt feat Harry Allen;6: Adriano Santos Qrt; 10: 7pm DianeMoser’s Composers Big Band w/TheElizabeth H.S. Upper Academy Jazz Band;13: Royal Scam-Steely Dan Cover Band; 14:3-6pm Sweet Plaintain; 21: 2-6pm Jazz ForProstate Cancer Awareness Jazz FestFundraiser; 27: Ed Alstrom.

WBGO: 54 Park Pl. Newark. www.wbgo.org.973-624-8880.

GLOUCESTERCAP’N CAT CLAM BAR: 3111 Delsea Dr.

Franklinville. www.capncatclambar.com.856-694-9888. Thurs-Sat 6:30-10:30pm &Sun 5-9pm: Gil Lewis Trio.

HUDSONBRASSERIE DE PARIS: 700 1st St. Hoboken.

www.brasseriedeparishoboken.com. 201-942-9700. Jun 4: 7-10pm Yael & Gabriel.

HUDSON RIVERFRONT PERFORMINGARTS CENTER: 1500 Harbor Bld.Weehawken. 201-716-4540. www.hrpac.org.

LIBERTY HOUSE RESTAURANT: 82 AudreyZapp Dr. Jersey City. 201-395-0300. www.libertyhouserestaurant.com. Sun: 11am-3pmJazz Brunch.

LIGHT HORSE TAVERN: 199 Washington St.Jersey City. www.lighthorsetavern.com. 201-946-2028. Sun: 6-10pm.

MADAME CLAUDE: 364 1/2 4th St. Jersey City.www.madameclaudecafe.com. 201-876-8800. Thurs: 8pm 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-Sat: 8:30pm freeadm/no min Jam by Winard Harper &Rosalind Grant.

RIVERVIEW FISK PARK: Jersey City Heights.www.riverviewjazz.org. 347-645-3581. Jun 6:12pm Jazz House Kids Organ Messengersdir by Radam Schwartz, Tony Malaby &Paloma Recio, Dave Stryker & Eight TrackBand, John Robinson & Pat Van Dyke,Swamp Cabbage, Beninghove & Hangmen,Chino Pons & Grupo Irek.

MERCERCANDLELIGHT LOUNGE: 24 Passaic St.

Trenton. www.candlelightevents.way.to. 609-695-9612. Sat: 3:30-7:30pm free adm/$10min. www.jazztrenton.com. Jun 6: LandomBrothers; 13: Victor North; 20: Vince Ector;27: Daryl Yokley.

MCCARTER THEATRE: 91 University Pl.Princeton. 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org.Jun 6: 8pm A Cappella Vocal Jazz; 7: 4pmFalkner Evans.

SALT CREEK GRILLE: At Forrestal Village. 1Rockingham Row at Rte 1. Princeton. 609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. Fri-Sat:

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7-11pm. Jun 5: Keith Franklin; 6: KameelahSamar; 12: Jackie Jones; 13: Jerry Topinka;19: Charles Clark; 20: Rainbow Fresh; 26:LaDee Streeter; 27: Carol Lynne.

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. Jun 5:6:30-9pm free adm Misha Josephs Solo.

HOTEL WOODBRIDGE AT METROPARK:120 Wood Av South. Iselin. 732-494-6200.www.hotelwoodbridgemetropark.com. Jun26-27: 8am $20-10 adm www.jazzbash.netAnnual Jazz Record Collectors’ Bash.

HOTOKE RESTAURANT BAR LOUNGE &SUSHI: 350 George St. New Brunswick. 732-246-8999. www.hotokerestaurant.com.Thurs: 8-11pm free adm/$5 min. Jun 4:Cocomama Qrt; 11: Vanessa Perea Qrt; 18:Luis Perdomo & Controlling Ear Unit.

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. Sets: Thurs: 6-10pm; Fri-Sat 7-11pm. Thurs: Champian Fulton; Fri:Lou Watson; Sat: George Fitzsimmons.

TUMULTY’S: 361 George St. New Brunswick.www.tumultys.com. 732-545-6205. Tues:8pm + 9:30pm Jam feat Emerging ArtistsBand. Jun 2: Chris DeVito Gp; 9: AnthonyFazio Gp; 16: Jimmy Merchant Gp; 23: EricNeveloff Gp; 30: Justin Jones Gp.

MONMOUTHCOUNT BASIE THEATRE: 99 Monmouth St.

Red Bank. www.countbasietheatre.org. 732-842-9000. Jun 20: 8pm $250-50 adm NorahJones.

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. Jun 14: Carrie Jackson Trio; 28:Barbara King.

LA LANGOSTA: 1000 Ocean Av. Asbury Park.732-455-3275. www.langostalounge.com.

MORRISBICKFORD THEATRE: 6 Normandy Heights

Rd. Morristown. 973-971-3706. Concerts 8-9:30pm. www.njjs.org. $15/18 adm. Jun 1:Neville Dickie w/Joe Midiri & Paul Midiri.

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. Jun 12: JoelZelnik Trio.

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. Jun 14: 3pm Michael Hashim& Billy Strayhorn Orch; 25: 8pm StanleyJordan & Kevin Eubanks.

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, Sun 6-8:30pm. Closed Mon. Jun 4: Todd Collins

Trio; 5: John Carlini Jazz Trio; 6: “King”Solomon Hicks Qrt; 7: Marlene Verplanck;10: Bucky Pizzarelli Trio; 12: Jerry VivinoQrt; 14: Keith Ingham; 19: Grover KembleJerry Vezza Trio; 20: Dion Parson; 21:Stephanie Nakasian w/Hod O’Brien.

OCEANOCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE: College Dr.

Toms River. 732-255-0500. www.ocean.edu.$18/22 adm. www.njjs.org. Concerts: 8-9:30pm. Jun 10: Peter Ford Baby Soda.

SOMERSETWATCHUNG ARTS CENTER: 18 Stirling Rd.

Watchung. www.watchungarts.org. 908-753-0190. Jun 5: 8pm ImpresaRIO series feat RioClemente.

SUSSEXNEWTON THEATRE: 234 Spring St. Newton.

973-383-3700. www.thenewtontheatre.com.Jun 18: 8pm Al Di Meola; 19: 8pm JohnPizzarelli.

UNION16 PROSPECT WINE BAR & BISTRO: 16

Prospect St. Westfield. 908-232-7320.www.16prospect.com. Free adm/no min.Thurs: 8-11pm Carrie Jackson & friends.

CROSSROADS: 78 North Av. Garwood. 908-232-5666. www.xxroads.com. Tues: 9pm freeadm Jam w/Crossroads All Stars.

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH: 524 South St.New Providence. 908-464-5177. Jun 7: 4pmDuke Ellington benefit concert feat KevinBryan, Rob Henke, Max Morden, BrianPareschi, Alan Ferber, Jason Jackson, BenWilliams, Sharel Cassity, Bill Easley, MarkGross, Carl Maraghi, Sam Sadigursky.

MONDO: 426 Springfield Av. Summit. 908-301-1285. www.mondosummit.com. Jun 20: 8pmDan Rufolo Trio.

ST ELIZABETH’S CHURCH: 305 North BroadSt. Elizabeth. www.stelizabethschurchnj.org. 908-289-0681. Jun 5: 8-10pm Mauríciode Souza & Bossa Brasil® feat AntonDenner.

VAN GOGH’S EAR CAFÉ: 1017 StuyvesantAv. Union. www.vangoghsearcafe.com. 908-810-1844. Sun: 8-11pm $4 adm. Jun 7: PatClare Trio; 21: Dave Hessel; 28: KomedaProject.

VINTAGE RESTAURANT: 9 W Westfield Av.Roselle Park. www.vintageitalianrestaurant.net. 908-445-4520. Jun 20: 7pm free admCarrie Jackson & friends.

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. Jun4: R; 5: Adam Niewood & Paradigm Shift; 6:Vicki Doney Trio; 7: Bobby Avey Qrt; 11: R;12: Greg Abate Qrt; 13: Carrie Jackson &Jazzin’ All Stars; 14: Bill Charlap; 18: R; 19:David Bixler & Auction Project feat ArturoO’Farrill; 20: Stephanie Nakasian w/HodO’Brien Gp feat Veronica Swift; 21: EricaGolaszewski Qrt; 25: R; 26: Mike Stephans &Fours of Nature; 27: “Sweet” Sue Terry; 28:Marty Wilson Trio; 29: Deer Head Inn JazzOrch.

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By Cary Tone

B R I D G E C R O S S I N G S

Roy Nathanson has a varied career asa saxophonist, composer, band-leader,actor and teacher. He is leader and princi-pal composer of the Jazz Passengers,which he co-founded with Curtis Fowlkesin 1987. He has scored works for PBS andHBO, films by Jacob Burkhardt andTamara Jenkins, and numerous theaterproductions. His sideman credits includefour years recording and touring with TheLounge Lizards, work with Marc Ribot'sRootless Cosmopolitans, Charles Earlandand The Shirelles.

He performs at The Stone for a week-long residency June 2-7.

Q. Anything you'd rather be doingthan playing music?

A. "No" is the short answer. I love writ-ing, teaching, friends, my family, Difaro'spizza, and reading on my porch deck butwhen I'm playing and it's right...

Q. One gig or recording of yours youcan't shake?

A. I'm fickle and kind of speedy so it'salways the last one that worked I can'tshake. I was just in Germany with SottoVoce at NDR and we hadn't played in awhile and it was magical. Then a few dayslater my high school kids came from NewYork and we all played with 60 people onstage and it's all still in my head...

Q. One gig or recording of a contempo-rary?

A. I love Ribot's first solo CD Don'tBlame Me and Threadgill's Spirit of NuffNuff but there are a lot more.

Q. Favorite place in the world to play,public or private?

A. Banlieues Bleus jazz festival inParis. It's an amazing festival and organi-zation run by Xavier Lemettre.

Q. Is a Jazz Passenger different than aJazz Messenger?

A. Ha! A Jazz Passenger is just movingalong with the world trying to deal with asmuch grace and humor as possible giventhe circumstances. I'm no kind ofMessenger, but the assumption is thatsuch a person leads with a torch!

Q. What have you learned from being aJazz Passenger?

A. I've learned that musical language isa shared thing built by a kind of familyand, like all languages, it evolves overtime. Our band has been together nearly30 years now and, although we don't playoften enough together, an effortless com-munication and sound exists and flourish-es. And I've learned that Mingus, Monkand all these brilliant jazz players of the20th century have built a world that is asingular pleasure to explore.

Q. We're entering into a political sea-son. Is jazz by its nature a political state-ment?

A. I always thought so but since I've metyoung people who play totally free andhave reactionary Ayn Rand-ish politics, Ican't say it is. I think it's a culture and,like all cultures, deals with the push andpull of the individual and community. Inthe 60s and 70s when the avant gardeexisted in the framework of political resist-ance it was by nature political but as jazzhas become part of academia and moreinstitutionalized, that definition haschanged.

Q. If you were starting out now wouldyou change anything?

A. I dropped out of Columbia to practiceand went to San Francisco and joined a cir-cus. Times are so different now and the

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world of musical ideas is centered aroundschool. I would just go to New EnglandConservatory of Music or one of severalreally creative academic programs now.

Q. If you didn't live in NYC wherewould you live?

A. Paris. I have great relationshipsthere and they really appreciate my music.

Q. How have your recorded music lis-tening habits changed given all the currentoptions?

A. Yeah, unfortunately. I just don't havetime to keep my record collection togetherso I listen on my iPhone. I've put a lot ofmy CDs on my computer and bought/down-loaded some CDs, plus I'm totally againstit but my family got Spotify so I protestedbut started using it; but it's like listeningmyself out of a job so I've cut it out.

Q. What do you struggle with in yourcreative life?

A. Since I started running the musicdepartment at ICE, an alternative NYCpublic school, I just don't have a lot of extratime. I play with the kids and dotext/music stuff professionally with them(see subwaymoon.com) but it isn't the longunstructured days that I used to have andthat makes things harder.

Q. Do you work on music every day? A. Yeah I practice every day, play with

the kids at school and do as much writingas I can.

Q. You'll be playing duos, among otherthings, at The Stone. Who, alive or not,would be your dream duo partner?

A. Monk for sure. And Dolphy, HarryPartch, Billy Holiday.

Q. If there's an afterlife, one piece ofmusic you heard here that you'll rememberthere?

A. Out to Lunch or Monk and Traneplaying "In a Sentimental Mood."

Q. What's the last truly great piece ofmusic you listened to live or recorded?

A. Julius Eastman's Stay On It (1971)from the collected works of Julius Eastmanreleased by New World Records. The CDwas released a few years ago and AnthonyColeman loaned to me. Julius was a geniusblack classical composer, improviser andmusician who lived in the Lower East Sidein the 80s.

Q. What are a few pieces of music thatmade you the person or musician you aretoday?

A. Out to Lunch, My Favorite Things,the Cage prepared piano pieces, anythingSonny Criss played, Dylan's "Just LikeTom Thumb's Blues" sung by NinaSimone.

Q. You're having a dinner party and caninvite three musicians. Who would theybe?

A. Eric Dolphy, Duke Ellington andBertold Brecht. Seems like that would be aconversation...

LISTINGS... continued from page 30JACKSON ROOM: 192-07 Linden Blvd. St

Albans. 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.

PROPER CAFÉ: 21701 Linden Blvd. CambriaHeights. Queens. 718-341-2233. Wed: 8-11:30pm $10 adm.

QUEENS LIBRARY FOREST HILLS: 108-1971st Av. Forest Hills. 718-268-7934. Jun 20:3pm Women's Jazz Qrt w/Carol Sudhalter.

SUNNYSIDE REFORMED CHURCH: 48-03Skillman Av. Sunnyside. 718-426-5997.www.queenschurches.org. Jun 6: 7pm freeadm Astoria Big Band.

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.

VITE VINOSTERIA: 31-05 34th St. Astoria.718-278-8483. www.vitevinosteria.com. Jun7: 1-4pm Brunch w/Michelle Walker Duo.

ALVIN & FRIENDS: 14 Memorial Hwy. NewRochelle. www.alvinandfriendsrestaurant.com. 914-654-6549. Sets: 7-10:30pm freeadm. Jun 26: Echoes Jazz Qrt.

BEANRUNNER CAFÉ: 201 S Division &Esther St. Peekskill. 914-737-1701.www.beanrunnercafe.com. Fri-Sat: 8-10:30pm $10 adm. Jun 13: Eric Person Trio;27: Shunzo Ohno.

The BRONKERS TAP HOUSE: 790 McLeanAv. Yonkers. 914-327-4001. Wed: 7:30-10:30pm free adm John Lang Trio.

ELEMENTS: 161 Mamaroneck Av. WhitePlains. www.elementswhiteplains.com. 914-358-4930. Tues: 6:30-9:30pm.

MASTERS SCHOOL: 49 Clinton Av. DobbsFerry. 914-479-6400. www.mastersny.org.www.jazzforumarts.org. 914-631-1000. Wed:6:30-8pm free adm. Jun 17: Ed Bettinelli Qrt;24: Ron Vincent Qnt feat Miles Griffith.

RECOLOGIE: 49 Lawton St. New Rochelle.914-278-9350. www.recologie.com.

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.

UNDERHILLS CROSSING: 74 Pondfield Rd.Bronxville. www.underhillscrossing.com.914-337-1200. Jun 5: Larry Newcomb.

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MAY 25-OCTOBER 2Bryant Park: bet 40th & 42nd Sts and 5th & 6th Aves,New York, NYwww.bryantpark.org/calendar, 212-768-4242. Mon-Fri, 12-1:45pm: Ayako Shirasaki, Bertha Hope, DanManjovi, Daryl Sherman, David Fernandez, DeannaWitkowski, Dona Carter, Frank Owens, Isaac ben Ayala,Joel Forrester, Jon Weber, Kuni Mikami, Larry Ham, LuizSimas, Roy Eaton, Russ Kassoff, Sue Maskaleris, VictorLin, Yuka Aikawa.

PIANO IN THE PARK

JUNE 1-30BB King Blues Club & Grill, Blue Note Jazz Club,Castillo Theatre, Highline Ballroom, RumseyPlayfield, Subrosa, The Town Hall: New York, NYwww.bluenotejazzfestival.com, 212-475-0049. Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya, Al Di Meola, Al Kooper, AlfredoRodriguez Trio, Alicia Hall Moran w/Jason Moran, AmiriBaraka’s Most Dangerous Man In America, Avishai Cohen& From Darkness Trio, Ayo, The Bad Plus & JoshuaRedman, Bebel Gilberto, Buddy Guy, Buika, Camila MezaQrt, Candido's 94th B-Day feat Bobby Sanabria QuartetoAche, Chrisette Michelle, Corniel & Grupo Chow, CosmicJibaros, Darlene Love, David Murray Trio feat Terri LyneCarrington, Dessy Di Lauro & Neo-Ragtime, Falu &Bollywood Orch, Freshlyground, Fulaso 11-Piece FunkyLatin Soul, Gary U.S. Bonds, Gato Barbieri, Ginger Bakerfeat Pee Wee Ellis, Alec Dankworth & Abass Dodoo,Gregoire Maret w/spec guest Lizz Wright, Gregorio UribeBig Band, Hiromi & The Trio Project, JJ Sansaverino,Joey Morant & Catfish Stew, John Macaluso Drum ShowClinic, Johnny O'Neal Trio, Kathleen Battle, Kenny G, LeeKonitz Qrt, Lex Sadler, Luba Mason, The ManhattanTransfer Meets Take 6, Mariachi Flor De Toloache, TheMeridian Brothers, Meshell Ndegeocello/Roy Hargrove/

BLUE NOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL

JUNE 5-14Burlington, VT www.discoverjazz.com, 802-863-7992. Aaron Goldberg Trio, Charlie Haden & Rambling Boy,Chris Botti, Christian McBride Trio, Colin Stetson &Sarah Neufeld Duo, Dwight Ritcher Organ Trio, Full Tang,Georgia Anne Muldrow, Grundlefunk, Hadar Noiberg Trio,Jazz Junior, Joe Locke & Love is a Pendulum, JussiReijonen, Kat Wright & The Indomitable Soul Band, TheLatin Side of Billy Strayhorn, Long Trail Live, Madaila,Matt Schofield, Mavis Staples, Melissa Aldana & CrashTrio, Mimi Jones Band, Natalie Cressman, The Nephrok!Allstars, NSB's Music on the Marketplace, Nuf Said,Pimps of Joytime, Robert Randolph & The Family Band,Rubblebucket, Sara Serpa & André Matos, SneakersJazz Band, Sound of Redemption - The Frank MorganStory, Spanish Harlem Orch, Steve Lehman Oct, TrueDelta & From the Crossroads to the White House,Wadada Leo Smith & Golden Qrt, Wayne Shorter Qrt, TheWee Trio.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL

Gabriel Garzon-Montano, Natalie Cole, Nelson Gonzalez& Son Mundano, Ottmar Leibert & Luna Negra, OzricTentacles, Pedrito Martinez Gp, Pirulo Y La Tribu, RabbiDarkside, The Rippingtons, Robert Cray Band, RobertGlasper Trio, Roy Haynes, Savion Glover, Skyzoo,Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Stanton MooreTrio w/spec guests, The Subdudes, SUPERMAMBO! AVibes Tribute to Tito Puente, Svetlana & The DelanceyFive w/Wycliffe Gordon, Thana Alexa Project,Williamsburg Salsa Orch, Youngjoo Song Qrt.

Ayako Shirasak

Lee Konitz Chris Botti

Sharel Cassity

MAY 28-AUGUST 27Saint Peter’s Church: 619 Lexington Ave at 54th St,(Citicorp Bld), New York, NYwww.saintpeters.org, 212-935-2200. Ev Thurs, 12:30-1:45pm: Alexis Cole, Bria Skonberg,Cynthia Sayers, Greg Lewis Organ Monk, Luis Perdomo,Melba Joyce, Nicki Parrott, Pedro Giraudo Sxt, RonBlake, Seth Weaver Band, Sharel Cassity, Warren Wolf.

JAZZ ON THE PLAZA

JUNE 6-AUGUST 23Central Park, Marcus Garvey Park, New York,Queensbridge Park, Queens, Tompkin Square Park,Brooklyn, NYwww.summerstage.org, 212-360-2777. Charlie Parker Jazz festival CP, Blue Note Jazz festi-val BN.CP Andy Bey, B-Love's Hip Hop Jazzy Groove, Baby doBrasil, CP Camille Thurman, CP Dr. Lonnie Smith, BNGabriel Garzón-Montano, CP Jeff "Tain" Watts, CP JoeLovano, CP “King” Solomon Hicks Trio, BN MeshellNdegeocello, CP Michael Mwenso, CP Michela Taps, CPMyra Melford, CP Norma Miller, CP Oliver Lake Big Band,Roy Ayers, BN Roy Hargrove, CP Rudresh Mahanthappa,CP Samuel Coleman's Master Class, Wycliffe Gordon &friends.

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JUNE 6 Riverview Fisk Park, Jersey City Heights, NJwww.riverviewjazz.org, 347-645-3581.12pm: Beninghove & Hangmen, Chino Pons & GrupoIrek, Dave Stryker & Eight Track Band, Jazz House KidsOrgan Messengers dir by Radam Schwartz, JohnRobinson & Pat Van Dyke, Swamp Cabbage, TonyMalaby & Paloma Recio.

RIVERVIEW JAZZ FESTIVAL

JUNE 12-AUGUST 4Prospect Park Bandshell: Brooklyn, NYwww.bricartsmedia.org, 718-683-5600. Bill Frisell Trio w/spec guest Sam Amidon, Butler,Bernstein & The Hot 9, Esperanza Spalding & Emily'sD+Evolution, Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party,José James, Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

CELEBRATE BROOKLYN

JUNE 13-20Rodney Square: 1100 N Market St, Wilmington, DEwww.cliffordbrownjazzfest.com, 302-576-3095. Clifford Brown All-Star Tribute Band, Eric Merinthal, John“Sax” Williams, Pieces of a Dream, Tito Puente Jr. Orch.

DUPONT CLIFFORD BROWNJAZZ FESTIVAL

JUNE 12-13Ocean County College: College Dr, Toms River, NJ www.grunincenter.org/jazz-fest, 732-255-0500. Bernard Purdie feat Frankie Cicala, Blue Plate Special,Don Braden, Ellis & Delfeayo Marsalis, Lavay Smith &Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Paquito D'Rivera w/spec guestBernie Williams, T. S. Monk, Tuffus Zimbabwe.

3 SAILS JAZZ FEST

Nancy Kelly

Jack DeJohnette

Paquito D'Rivera

Esperanza Spalding

Tony MalabyJoe Lovano

Rez Abbasi

Tito Puente Jr.

Lovano photo by Jimmy Katz, D'Rivera courtesy of Vandoren.

DC JAZZ FESTIVAL

JUNE 10-16Washington, DC www.dcjazzfest.org, 855-332-7767.Afrohorn, Alison Crockett, Allyn Johnson Trio, The BadPlus & Joshua Redman, Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orch,Brad Linde & Big Ol' Ens, Bruce Williams, The CharlesRahmat Woods Qrt, Charlie Hunter Trio, ChristylezBacon, Common, The Cookers, Crush Funk Brass, DavidSchulman, Edmar Castañeda, Electric Trio, Elijah JamalBalbed Jo-Go Project, Eric Byrd Trio, EsperanzaSpalding, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, George V.Johnson Jr., Greg Hatza's Organ Blues Band, GretchenParlato & Lionel Loueke Duo, Halley Shoenberg Jazz Qrt,Herman Burney Trio, Iva Jean Ambush Ens, JackDeJohnette Trio, James King Duo, Janelle Gill Ens, JohnScofield Überjam Band, The Lovejoy Gp, Mark Meadows& Somethin' Good, Marshall Keys, Marty Nau, MichaelThomas, Muneer Nasser, Nicholas Payton, NobukiTakamen, Oliver Lake, Paquito D'Rivera, Paul Carr Qrt,Pepe Gonzalez Afro-Cuban-Latin Jazz Ens, Pocket Funk,Quiet Life Motel, Reginald Cyntje Ens, Sasha Elliott,Shacara Rogers, Sharón Clark, Siné Qua Non, SnarkyPuppy, Soul Rebels, Stanton Moore Trio, Susan Priester,Sweet Lou Olutosin, Thundercat, UDC Jazztet, WadeBeach Trio, The W.E.S. Gp, WYTOLD.

JUNE 14 AND 21Urban Meadow: President & Van Brunt Sts,Brooklyn, NYwww.facebook.com/RedHookJazzFestival. 1-6pm: Ahmed Abdullah Trio, Alon Nechushtan Qnt, BenMonder Trio, Brooklyn Qawwali Party, Eric Person Trio,Jason Kao Hwang & Amygdala, Kenny Wessel Qrt, TheMighty Grinders, Rez Abbasi & Junction, Trio X + RosiHertlein.

RED HOOK JAZZ FESTIVAL

JUNE 17-AUGUST 28Dobbs Ferry, New York, Tarrytown, White Plains,Yonkers, NY, Greenwich, CT www.jazzforumarts.org, 914-631-1000.Bill Ware Qrt, Chris Rogers Qnt, Duchess feat AmyCervini, Hilary Gardner & Melissa Stylianou, Ed BettinelliQrt, Farnsworth Brothers Sxt, Gene Perla Qrt featViktorija Gecyte, Gerry Malkin Jazz Collective, Gil ParrisQrt, Gilberto "Pulpo" Colon Gp, Glenda Davenport Trio,HAM feat Jesse Brotter, Hiromi Kasuga Qrt, MarcusGoldhaber Qrt, Mark Morganelli & The Jazz Forum All-Stars, Mark Wade Qrt, Mr. Gone feat Neil Alexander,Nancy Kelly Trio, Ricardo Gautreau & The Missing Link,Ron Vincent Qnt feat Miles Griffith, Shunzo Ohno Gp,Spero Plays Nyro, Sudan Baronian & Taksim, Sue

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Long Branch, Point Pleasant, NJwww.jerseyshorefestival.org, 732-933-1984. Brianna Thomas, Jerry Topinka & friends, Sherri PieBand.

JUNE 23-27Birdland: 315 West 44th St (bet 8th & 9th Aves), NewYork, NY www.birdlandjazz.com, 212-581-3080.Brian Torff, Chris Washburne, DouDou Cuillerier, EdmarCastañeda, Ken Peplowski, Ludovic Beier, Olli Soikkeli,Pierre Blanchard, Samson Schmitt, Stephane Seva.

DJANGO REINHARDT NY FESTIVAL

JUNE 23-JULY 11Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park: West 62nd St, NewYork, NYwww.midsummernightswing.org, 212-721-6500.Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses, Gordon Webster BigBand feat Brianna Thomas, Harlem Renaissance Orch,Jonathan Stout All-Star Orch feat Hilary Alexander.

MIDSUMMER NIGHT SWING

Fred Hersch

Cassandra Wilson

Olli Soikkeli

Brianna Thomas

Chris Potter

Harlem Renaissance Orch

Hersch photo by Mark Niskanen, Harlem Renaissance Orchestra by Kevin Yatarola, Wilson by Mark Seliger.

JUNE 24-JULY 1 Madison Square: bet 23rd & 26th Sts and Fifth &Madison Aves, New York, NYwww.madisonsquarepark.org, 212- 538-1884.Chris Potter Underground Orch, Kat Edmonson.

MADISON SQUARE MUSIC

JUNE 27-28Saratoga Springs, NYwww.spac.org, 518-587-3330. 12pm: Al Di Meola Electric Band, Benny Green Trio,Cassandra Wilson, Christian McBride Big Band, DjangoFestival All-Stars, Duchess, Erykah Badu, EtienneCharles, Heads of State, Kellylee Evans, Maze featFrankie Beverly, Mike LeDonne Groover Qrt, MontyAlexander & Harlem-Kingston Express, Omer Avital Qrt,Pedrito Martinez Gp, Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters,Sheila E., Snarky Puppy, Sonny Knight & The Lakers,

FREIHOFER’S JAZZ FESTIVAL

JUNE 20 AND AUGUST 29

JERSEY SHORE JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL

Maskeleris & Trio do Rio, Terry Silverlight Qnt, TyrhaLindsey w/Jeff Pittson Trio, Vanderlei Pereira & BlindfoldTest, Wolff & Clark Expedition.

JUNE 19-27Rochester, NYwww.rochesterjazz.com, 585-454-2060. 78 RPM Big Band, Aaron Diehl, Alex Pangman, AliJackson Trio, Andrew McCormack Qrt, Anthony Strong,Antonio Sanchez & Migration, Arstidir, Benny Green, BillCharlap, Bill Dobbins, Bill Tiberio Band, Blood Sweat andTears w/Bo Bice, Blue Highway, Bob Albanese, BobSneider Trio, Bobby Henrie & the Goners, Brian MolleyQrt, Brockport Community Big Band, The CaliforniaHoneydrops, Carl Atkins & Culture Clash, Carl Atkins &New Energy Big Band, Cecile McLorin Salvant,Champian Fulton, Chatham County Line, Chet Catallo &the Cats, Christine Jensen Jazz Orch w/Ingrid Jensen,Clifton Anderson Qnt, Cloudmakers Trio, Creation Dream- The Songs of Bruce Cockburn, Dana Fuchs Band,Danny Ziemann, Dave Douglas & High Risk, DavidGibson & Boom, Denys Baptiste Triumverate, Diana Krall,Dirk Quinn Band, Dontae Winslow & Winslow Dynasty,Doug Stone, Duchess, Eivind Opsvik Overseas, EmmettCohen, Eric Revis Trio, Fred Hersch, Freshly Ground,Gap Mangione, Gary Clark Jr. w/spec guest Beth Hart,George Colligan, GoGo Penguin, goodbyemotel, GraceKelly, Greater Rochester Jazz Orch, Greece Jazz Band,Gypsophilia, Halie Loren, Hard Logic, Harkness HerriottDuo, Harold Danko, Harry Allen Qrt, Herb Alpert w/LaniHall, High Definition Qrt, Hilario Duran, The HillBenders,Holly Cole, The Honeycutters, Ignacio Berroa & HilarioDuran Afro Cuban Jazz & Beyond, Ikebe Shakedown,Interzone, Jack Allen Big Band, Jane Bunnett &Maqueque, Jelly Bread, Jennifer Hudson, Jeremy PeltQrt, Jimmie Highsmith, Joe Locke & Love is a Pendulum,Joey Alexander, Jon Regen, Julia Biel, Julia HülsmannTrio, Kat Edmonson, Katie Ernst & Little Words, KavitaShah, Kenny Werner, Kirk MacDonald Qrt, Kneebody,Kurt Rosenwinkel New Qrt, Los Lonely Boys, Mama Corn,The Mavericks, Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio, MikeKaupa, Mike Melito, Mitch Frohman Latin Jazz Qrt,Moutin Factory Qnt, Music Music Music, Nancy Kelly, TheNew Mastersounds, New Horizons, New West Guitar Gp,Nils Berg Cinemascope, Obara International, Omer AvitalQnt, Paradigm Shift-Mel Henderson, Penfield Rotary BigBand, Peter Rowan, Pilar, Prime Time Brass, The RadTrads, Ranee Lee, Raul Midon, Renee Rosnes Qrt, Rob& Trey, Robin McKelle & the Flytones, Rochester MetroJazz Orch, Roddy Ellias, Roses & Revolutions, SauceBoss, Saxofour, Seldom Scene, Shannon & Barrett,Significant Other, Sonny Knight & The Lakers, The SoulRebels, Soul Stew, Spectra, The Splendor, Stanley ClarkeBand, Steep Canyon Rangers, Stephane Wrembel, SteveGadd Band, Such Sweet Thunder, Teagan & the Tweeds,Tedeschi Truncks Ban + Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings+ Doyle Bramhall II, Tessa Souter, Theo Croker, Trio Red,Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Troyka, The WoodBrothers, Yellowjackets.

ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

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Henry Butler

Amina Claudine Myers

Akiko Tsuruga Cynthia Sayer

Wynton Marsalis

Danny Mixon

JULY 2-23Newark Museum: 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ www.newarkmuseum.org, 973-596-6550. Ev Thurs, 12:15-1:45pm: Akiko Tsuruga Trio,Cocomama, David Gibson Qnt, Gary Bartz Qrt.

JAZZ IN THE GARDEN

JULY 4, 18 AND AUGUST 15Louis Armstrong House Museum: 34-56 107th St,Corona, NY www.louisarmstronghouse.org, 718-478-8274.2pm: Cynthia Sayer & friends, Jon-Erik Kellso & friends,The Ladybugs.

HOT JAZZ/COOL GARDEN CONCERT SERIES

JULY 7-12Historic Judson Memorial Church: 55 Washington Sq.South, New York, NYwww.visionfestival.org, 212-254-5420.Darius Jones Qrt feat Emilie LesBros, Dave Burrell CivilWar Project, David Murray w/Class Struggle Trio, DouglasR. Ewart & Quasar, Four For Tazz, Hamiet BluiettTelepathic Orch, HEAR in NOW, Henry Grimes & AminaClaudine Myers Duo, Ingrid Laubrock Sxt, Jason KaoHwang, Joelle Leandre, Gerald Cleaver & Mat Maneri,Joseph Jarman, Karl Berger Improvisers Chamber Orch,Marilyn Crispell & Gerry Hemingway, Matthew Shipp Trio,Milford Graves, Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage, KenFiliano & Lou Grassi, Rob Brown Qrt, Roscoe Mitchell,Sun Ra Arkestra dir by Marshall Allen, Tony MalabyTubaCello, Wadada Leo Smith & Aruan Ortiz Duo, WhitDickey Ens, William Parker Martin Luther King Project.

VISION FESTIVAL

JULY 9-30Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, New York, NYwww.bpcparks.org/riverandblues, 212 267-9700.Alexis P. Suter & The Ministers of Sound, Henry Butler &friends, John Hammond, Valerie June.

RIVER AND BLUES SERIES

JULY 17-19Bushnell Park: Hartford, CTwww.hartfordjazz.com, 860-727-0050.Airmen of Note, Dezron Douglas Qrt, Ed Fast & CongaBop, Eric Leone, Jakiem Joyner, Jus Us, Kim Scott,Monty Alexander & The Kingston Express, NickColionne & Maysa, Side Street, Tony Succar.

GREATER HARTFORD FESTIVAL OF JAZZ

Monty Alexander

Cécile McLorin Salvant

JULY 18Katonah, NY www.caramoor.org/events/jazz-festival, 914-232-1252.Alphonso Horne, The Amigos, Ben Flocks, Bryan CarterQnt, Cécile McLorin Salvant, David Linard, Jazz atLincoln Center Orch w/Wynton Marsalis & Cécile McLorinSalvant, Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orch feat JoeyAlexander, Joey Alexander Trio, Jon Lampley, LetFreedom Swing w/Jerome Jennings Qnt, Orrin Evans Qrt,Sammy Miller & the Congregation.

CARAMOOR JAZZ FESTIVAL

JULY 8-AUGUST 29Brooklyn, New York, NY www.jazzmobile.org, 212-866-3616. Antonio Hart, Bobby Sanabria & the Multiverse Band,Danny Mixon, Eli Fountain, George Gee Swing Orch,

JAZZMOBILE SUMMERFEST

Houston Person, Jay Hoggard, Jeremy Pelt, JimmyHeath, “King” Solomon Hicks, Melba Joyce, Ray Mantilla,Winard Harper.

Tsuruga photo by Ayaon Hisa, Marsalis by Rob Waymen, Butler by Tim Ellis, McLorin by John Abbott.

JULY 17-18Syracuse, NYwww.syracusejazzfest.com, 800-234-4797. Andy Calabrese, AppleJazz feat Charlie Bertini, ArethaFrankin, Buckwheat Zydeco, Danny D'Imperio, DaveHanlon, Greg Gisbert, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchw/Wynton Marsalis, Joe Whiting & Ronnie Leigh, JohnAllred, Lake Street Dive, Mark Doyle, Noteified, PeterMack & Andrew Carroll, Ronnie France, Terry Myers, TheUpstate Burners feat Gary Smulyan.

SYRACUSE JAZZ FESTIVAL

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JULY 21-3092Y: 1395 Lexington Ave at 92nd St, New York, NY www.92Y.org/jazz, 212-415-5500.Anat Cohen, Ann Hampton Callaway, Bill Charlap, BillStewart, Bucky Pizzarelli, Dennis Mackrel, Dick Hyman,Ernie Andrews, Harry Allen, Houston Person, HowardAlden, Jay Leonhart, Jeb Patton, Jeremy Pelt, Joe Locke,Ken Peplowski, Kenny Washington, Kurt Elling, MarcusRoberts, Matt Wilson, Peter Washington, Randy Sandke,Renee Rosnes, Sandy Stewart, Sean Smith, SteveWilson, Todd Coolman, Warren Vaché, Willie Jones III.

JAZZ IN JULY

Gene BertonciniBill Charlap

JULY 23-25Bellefonte, PA www.jazzpa.org, 212-841-0219/814-355-2768.Dennis Mackrel, Gene Bertoncini, Jay Anderson, RussKassoff.

JAZZ PA

Ron CarterMaria Schneider

AUGUST 6Waryas Park: Poughkeepsie, NYwww.jazzinthevalleyny.org, 845-384-6350. 12pm: Arturo O'Farril, Bill Charlap, Billy Drummond,Javon Jackson, Kenny Washington, Peter Washington,Ron Carter, Steve Kroon, Tia Fuller.

JAZZ IN THE VALLEY

Karrin Allyson

Bucky PizzarelliMatt Wilson

AUGUST 7-9Goshen Fairgrounds: Goshen, CTwww.litchfieldjazzfest.com, 860-361-6285. Anat Cohen Qrt, Avery Sharpe's New England GospelChoir, Christian McBride Trio, Grégoire Maret Qrt, LesPaul's Trio feat Nicki Parrott & Bucky Pizzarelli, TheLitchfield Jazz Orch, Matt Wilson & Topsy Turvy, MikeStern Band, Salute to The Great Drummer Charli Persip,Sean Jones Qrt, Wycliffe Gordon & friends.

LITCHFIELD JAZZ FESTIVAL

MORRISTOWN JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL

AUGUST 15Morristown, NJ www.townofmorristown.org. Bria Skonberg, Bucky Pizzarelli, Charlie Musselwhite,Chris Vachon & Roomful of Blues, Swingadelic.

AUGUST 22New Haven, CTwww.jazzhaven.org.Isabella Mendes Qrt, Karrin Allyson Qrt.

NEW HAVEN JAZZ FESTIVAL

Charlap photo by Carol Friedman, Allyson by Andrea Canter.

JULY 31-AUGUST 1-2Newport, RI www.newportjazzfest.net, 401-848-5055 Ambrose Akinmusire Qrt, Arturo O'Farrill's Afro Latin JazzOrch w/spec guest Rudresh Mahanthappa, ArturoSandoval, The Berklee Concert Jazz Orch w/spec guestSean Jones, Bill Frisell Trio, Billy Childs Jazz-ChamberEns, Bria Skonberg Qnt, Cassandra Wilson, CécileMcLorin Salvant w/Aaron Diehl Trio, Christian McBrideTrio, Conrad Herwig & Latin Side of Horace Silver featguest Michel Camilo, Dr. John & The Nite Trippers, FredHersch Trio, Gerald Clayton Qnt, Herlin Riley Qnt, Hiromi& The Trio Project, Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans JazzOrch, Jack DeJohnette & Made in Chicago, James CarterSxt, Jamie Cullum, Jason Lindner & Now vs. Now, JoeyAlexander, John Hollenbeck Large Ens, Johnathan BlakeQrt, Jon Batiste & Stay Human, Jon Faddis, José James,Kenny Garrett Qnt, Kneebody, Lou Donaldson Qrt, LuckyPeterson, Maria Schneider Orch, Matana Roberts &Coin Coin, Michel Camilo/Hiromi Piano Duets, MikeStern/Bill Evans Band, Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, PatMartino Organ Trio, Peter Evans Qnt, Scott Robinson &Doctette, Snarky Puppy, Steve Lehman Oct, Tom HarrellQnt, Wycliffe Gordon & friends.

NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL

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