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WINNING SPINS
T WO LEADING STRING PLAYERS
with impressive career credits get auto-
biographically reflective on their latest
albums, the subjects of this Winning Spins.
Longtime, now retired, Tonight Show host
Jay Leno's bandleader, guitarist Kevin
Eubanks, reflects on his life on both
American coasts, with different bands and
approaches, while bassist Linda May Han
Oh, a veteran member of Dave Douglas'
Quintet and Pat Metheny's new quartet,
draws on her musical and life's journeys
from Malaysia and Australia to America.
East West Time Line, Kevin Eubanks
(Mack Avenue), includes five originals by
the leader, played by an East Coast contin-
gent anchored by bassist Dave Holland
and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts, with
trumpeter Nicholas Payton added on four
tracks and keyboardist Orrin Evans on
three. The last five pieces, all versions of
jazz or pop standards, feature a West
Coast group with, in various combinations,
drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith; percus-
sionist Mino Cinelu; bassist Rene Camacho
and saxophonist Bill Pierce.
Kevin displays his versatility both in
his wide-ranging originals and astute stan-
4 Childs cover photo by Raj Naik, Eubanks by Anna Webber, Oh by Shervin Lainez, Roiger by Janis Wilkins.
By George K anzler
dards choices as well as his facility on a
variety of guitars: electric, acoustic, nylon
and steel string, and electric bass.
Nicholas, who hadn't played with Kevin
before this session, fits right in with the
East Coast band, conjuring a breadth of
tones and colors from his open trumpet.
His solo on the post-bop swinger "Time
Line" prances brightly, while he brings a
flamenco tinge and thick low notes to the
atmospheric "Watercolors," especially in
an empathetic duet with Kevin's steel
string guitar.
"Poet" begins with a long duet between
Orrin's Fender Rhodes and Kevin's electric
guitar, the two switching to piano and
nylon string guitar as Dave and Tain join
for a more uptempo second half. Tain kicks
up the energy level on "Carnival," a quin-
tet piece with piano, trumpet and Kevin on
nylon string guitar, while the final East
Coast quintet tune, "Something About
Nothing," finds Orrin back on Fender
Rhodes and Kevin on electric guitar in a
swirling, circular piece anchored by Dave's
repeated bass line, the band engaged in
collective and tandem soloing.
The influence of Latin rhythms on West
Coast jazz comes out on two tracks by the
California band: Duke Ellington's "Take
the Coltrane" is cast as a mambo, Kevin's
electric guitar adding to the percussive
clavé feel, and Ray Bryant's "Cubano
Chant," Kevin alternating electric and
acoustic guitars, Bill rising ethereally on
soprano sax.
Kevin doubles on steel string guitar and
electric bass on his variations on Chick
Corea's "Captain Senor Mouse," with just
the two percussionists. The quartet, sans
Mino, does a fast, faithful version of the
Marvin Gaye classic, "What's Going On"
and Bill returns to tenor sax for a sumptu-
ously lyrical guitar, sax and bass limning
of "My One and Only Love."
Walk Against Wind, Linda May Han
Oh (Biophilia Records), features the
bassist's quartet with tenor saxophonist
Ben Wendel, guitarist Matthew Stevens
and drummer Justin Brown. The all-origi-
nal program draws from Linda's personal
and musical heritage, including, on the
twisty "Perpluzzle," a return to the electric
bass and singing (wordless here) she used
in Australian pop-rock cover bands.
Encounters with film and filmmakers
inspire "Fire Dancer," based on Brazilian
torch dancers and adding Fabian
Almazan's keyboards, and "Western," a
sprightly, sardonic homage to spaghetti
westerns. The title tune is a sonic repre-
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 CLUBS & HALLS
UPPER MANHATTAN
(Above 70th Street)
92Y: 1395 Lexington Av at 92nd St. 212-415-
5500. www.92y.org. Apr 8: 8pm Paquito
D’Rivera.
AARON DAVIS HALL: At City College. 138
Convent Av at W133rd St. www.adhat
ccny.org. 212-650-6900. Apr 28: 7pm $20/10
adm Onaje Allan Gumbs Trio Plus w/spec
guests Abiodun Oyewole & Mem Nahadr.
APOLLO THEATER: 253W 125th St. 212-531-
5300. www.apollotheater.org. Apr 7: 10pm
$29 adm Charenee Wade; 8: 10pm $20 Theo
Croker; 9: 8pm $43-89 New York City Jazz
Festival feat Stefon Harris & Sonic Creed.
BILL’S PLACE: 148W 133rd St (bet Lenox &
7th Avs). www.billsplaceharlem.com. 212-
281-0777. Fri-Sat: 8&10pm $20 don Bill
Saxton Bebop Band.
CAVATAPPO: 1712 1st Av (bet 88th & 89th
Sts). www.cavatappo.com. 212-987-9260.
Sets/adm: Mon 7-10pm free adm Roger Lent
Solo; Tues 8-10pm $10; Thurs 9-11pm $10;
Sat Brunch 12:30-3:30pm free feat Gabrielle
Stravelli. Apr 4: Duchess Trio; 11: Bucky
Pizzarelli Trio; 13: Mike DiRubbo Trio; 18:
Jam w/Mike Sailors; 20: Nicki Parrott w/Frank
Vignola & Vinny Raniolo; 25: Dennis Joseph
Trio; 27: Emily Braden Trio.
CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE: 2485 Bway (bet
92nd & 93rd Sts). www.cleopatrasneedleny.
com. 212-769-6969. Sets: Early (E), Late (L);
Sun E 4-8pm, L 9pm-1am; Mon-Tues E 8-
9pm, L 10pm-1am; Wed-Thurs E 7-11pm, L
11:30pm-2:30am; Fri-Sat E 8pm-12am, L
12:30-3am. Free adm/$10 min. Trios except
Mon&Thurs Duets. L Jam. Residencies: Sun E
Open mic w/Keith Ingham, L Kelly Green
Duet; Mon Jon Weiss; Tues Marc Devine; Wed
E Open mic w/Les Kurtz, L Nathan Brown;
Thurs L Kazu; Fri L Ben Zweig; Sat L T. Kash.
Apr 1: Masami Ishikawa; 6: Matt Baker; 7: Joel
Forrester; 8: Justin Lees; 13: Keith Ingham;
14: Uri Zelig; 15: Brandon Sanders; 20:
Nicholas Masters; 21: Julie Bluestone; 22: Phil
Briggs Latin Gp; 27: Bob Albanese; 28: Robert
Rocker; 29: Mike Lattimore.
FARAFINA CAFÉ & LOUNGE HARLEM:
1813 Amsterdam Av (bet 149th & 150th Sts).
www.farafinacafeloungeharlem.com. 212-
281-2445. Mon: 7:30&9:30pm $10 adm Allan
Harris. Fri-Sat: 11pm-4am Keyed Up series.
Apr 1,15&21: 8:30-11pm Jazz In The
Heightzz.
GINNY’S SUPPER CLUB: At Red Rooster.
310 Lenox Av (bet 125th & 126th Sts).
www.ginnyssupperclub.com. 212-792-9001.
Apr 15: 7:30&9:30pm Eyal Vilner Big Band.
HARLEM STAGE: At Aaron Davis Hall. 150
Convent Av at W135th St. 212-281-9240.
www.harlemstage.org. Apr 20: 7:30pm free
adm Cécile McLorin Salvant & Sullivan
Fortner.
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: 120
Claremont Av & 122nd St. 212-749-2802.
www.msmnyc.edu. Apr 13: 7:30pm Dave
Liebman B’day celeb w/Justin DiCioccio feat
MSM Jazz Ens & guests Dave Liebman & Phil
Markowitz.

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 MILLER THEATRE: At Columbia University.
2960 Bway at 116th St. 212-854-7799.
www.millertheatre.com. Apr 1: 8pm $25-45
adm SFJAZZ Collective.
MINTON’S: 206W 118th St (bet St. Nicholas Av
& Adam Clayton Powell Blvd). 212-243-2222.
www.mintonsharlem.com. Sets: Sun 6:30-
10pm, Fri-Sat 7-10:30pm, Sat-Sun 12-3pm
Brunch (B). Sun: Singer Meets Saxophonist.
Apr 7: Jovan Alexandre; 8: B Glenn Crytzer;
9: B Benny Benack III; 14: Emily Braden; 22:
B Glenn Crytzer; 29: B Richard Padron, 7pm
Alex Claffy.
NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM:
58W 129th St at Malcolm X Blvd. 212-348-
8300. www.jmih.org. 7-8:30pm $10 don. Apr
1: 2pm Ellington & Strayhorn Jam; 4: 7pm
Isaiah J. Thompson Qnt; 15: 3:30pm Vinyasa
Jazz Flow; 30: 11am International Jazz Day.
PARIS BLUES: 2021 Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Blvd at 121st St. www.parisbluesharlem.com.
212-222-9878. Sets: Early (E) 5-9pm, Jam
9pm-1am. Free adm. Sun: E Double G & the
Possee, 9pm 1st&3rd La Banda Ramirez, last
Elliot Pineiro & Sumbaswing. Mon: Keyed Up
series w/John Cooksey Qrt; Tues: The
Sultans of Soul; Wed: Les Goodson & the
Intergalatic Soul Jazz Band; Thurs: Tyrone
Govan & Top Secret; Fri: tba; Sat: alternate
The 69th Street Band/The Antoine Dowdell
Gp.
SHRINE: 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd
(bet 133rd & 134th Sts). 212-690-7807.
www.shrinenyc.com. Sets: Early (E) 6-7pm,
Late (L) 7-8pm. Residency (R): Sun 5-8pm
Jam w/Lu Reid. Apr 2: R; 3: E-L Thomas
Roberts Trio; 4: E-L Andrew Schiller; 5: E
Marcos Toledo Araujo Jazz Guitar Trio; 6: E
Hazel Leon Qrt, L Marika Galea Qrt; 7: L
Kama Linden; 9: R; 10: E-L Clement
Piezanowski Qrt & friends; 11: E Elise Wood
Duo; 12: E Nick Semenykhin Trio, L Joe Pino
Qnt; 13: E Alina Engibaryan, L Matt Skepasts;
14: E Stuart Mack Qnt; 16: R; 18: E Andrew
Skepasts Qrt, L Timothy Talaver; 20: E Alan
Leatherman; 22: E Freshtones, L Andrew
McGowan Trio; 23: R; 26: E-L D.K's Session;
27: E Juan Carlos Polo; 30: R.
SILVANA: 300W 116th St at Frederick
Douglass Blvd. www.silvana-nyc.com. 646-
692-4935. Sets unless otherwise noted: Early
(E) 6-7pm, Late (L) 7-8pm. Apr 1: E
Clockwork Trio, L OddFellow; 3: E-L Julio
Botti & the South American Jazz Project; 4: E
Elise Wood Duo, L Thomas Roberts Trio, 8-
9pm Pearring Sound; 5: E Florian Klinger Gp,
L Jacob Varmus Qrt; 6: E-L Ron Wilkins; 9: E-
L Julphan Tilapornputt; 10: E Marika Galea
Qrt; 11: E-L Clement Piezanowski Qrt &
friends; 12: E Leo Kim, L Kari Antila NY Gp;
13: E-L Peter Brainin; 16: E David Kardas, 8-
9pm Phillipe Lemm Trio; 18: E Joe Pino Qnt,
L Kenny Shanker, 8-9pm Alex Castro Oct; 19:
E Marcos Toledo Jazz Guitar Trio; 20: E-L
Glenn Makos; 22: E Rina Komai; 26: L Chris
Clark Trio; 27: E-L Linus Wyrsch, 8-9pm The
Cabinetmakers; 30: E Josiah Boornazian.
SMOKE JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB: 2751
Bway (bet 105th & 106th Sts). 212-864-6662.
www.smokejazz.com. Sets: Early (E), Late
(L), Brunch (B); Sun B 11:30am,1&2:30pm, E
7,9&10:30pm, L 11:30pm; 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; Adm/min vary. Residencies: Sun
B Annette St. John Trio, L Willerm Delisfort
Qrt; Mon (R) E Vincent Herring Qrt, L Smoke
Jam; Tues (R) E Mike LeDonne & Groover
Qrt, L Emmet Cohen Organ Trio; Wed (R) E
Lezlie Harrison, L Mel Davis B-3 Trio; Thurs L

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 Nickel & Dime OPS; Fri L 04/7&21 Patience
Higgins & Sugar Hill Qrt, 04/14&28 John
Farnsworth Qrt; Sat L Johnny O’Neal &
friends. Apr 1-2: Azar Lawrence Qnt; 3-5: R;
6: Emmet Cohen Trio; 7-9: Orrin Evans; 10-
12: R; 13: Duane Eubanks Qnt; 14-16: Harold
Mabern/Eric Alexander; 17-19: R; 20: Reuben
Wilson Trio; 21-23: Steve Turre Qnt feat
Jimmy Cobb; 24-26: R; 27: Fleurine; 28-30:
Bobby Watson Qrt.
ST PHILIP’S CHURCH: 204W 134th St at
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. 917-882-
9539/www.vtyjazz.com. Apr 2: 3:30-6:30pm
$25 adm Sunday Serenade series feat Tribute
To El Comandante Mario Rivera w/Ivan
Renta.
SUGAR BAR: 254W 72nd St (bet Bway & West
End Av). 212-579-0222. www.sugarbar
nyc.com. Sets: 8pm/$10 adm unless other-
wise noted. Residencies: Wed except 04/5
Electrikana; Thurs Open Mic w/Sugar Bar All
Star Band. Apr 1: 9pm Irini Res & the Jazz
Mix; 14: Rob Silverman Qrt; 21: 8&9:30pm
$15 Joe Bonacci feat Ty Stephens.
SYMPHONY SPACE: 2537 Bway at 95th St.
212-864-5400. www.symphonyspace.org. Bar
Thalia (BT). Apr 7: 9pm BT Rale Micic's
Guitar x 2 series; 15: 9pm BT Jamie Baum
Duo; 16: 7pm BT Hendrik Helmer Trio; 22:
9pm BT Justin Lees Jazz; 23: 7pm BT Jay
Rattman & The Mini-monic w/spec guests Jim
Saporito & Harrison Hollingsworth; 28: 9pm
BT Rale Micic's Guitar x 2 series.

MID-TOWN MANHATTAN
(Between 35th & 69th Street)
ALICE TULLY HALL: 1941 Bway (65th St bet
Bway & Amsterdam). 212-671-4050. www.lin
colncenter.org. Apr 6: 7:30pm $30 adm The
Music of Wynton Marsalis w/Juilliard Jazz
Orch cond by Wynton Marsalis.
BIRDLAND: 315W 44th St (bet 8th & 9th Avs).
212-581-3080. www.birdlandjazz.com. Sets:
8:30&11pm, except Mon 7&9:30pm, Sun
6,9&11pm. Adm varies. Residencies: Sun
9pm (R) Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orch;
Mon 9:30pm Jim Caruso Cast Party; Wed
5:30-7pm David Ostwald & Louis Armstrong
Eternity Band; Fri 5:15-7pm Birdland Big
Band by Rob Middleton & Glenn Drewes; Sat
6pm except 04/15 Veronica Swift. Apr 1:
Eliane Elias; 2: R; 4-8: Yellowjackets; 6: 6pm
Taeko; 9: R; 11-15: Kevin Eubanks Qrt; 13:
6pm Geoffrey Keezer Trio w/Gillian Margot;
15: 5:30pm Remembering Barbara Carroll
w/Jay Leonhart, Bill Charlap, Renee Rosnes,
Ken Peplowski, Eric Comstock, Bucky
Pizzarelli & Sandy Stewart; 16: 6pm Memorial
Concert for Peter Haidu feat Noah Haidu Qrt,
9pm R; 18-22: Ann Hampton Callaway; 20:
6pm Matt Baker Trio w/spec guest Veronica
Swift; 23: R; 25-29: Jane Monheit; 27: 6pm
Nuci Nebieridze Qnt w/spec guest Arun
Luthra; 30: 6pm Scott Morgan Qnt, 9pm R.
CARNEGIE HALL: 57th St & 7th Av. 212-247-
7800. www.carnegiehall.org. Apr 1: 9pm
$45/53 adm @ Zankel Hall Donny McCaslin.
CLUB BONAFIDE: 212E 52nd St (bet 2nd &
3rd Avs). 3rd Fl. www.clubbonafide.com. 646-
918-6189. Sets: Early (E) 7:30pm, Late (L)
9:30pm, Late Night (N) 11pm. Apr 1: E
Andrew Van Tasse, L Im So Maleek; 2: E The
Lords of Liechtenstein & Kristin Rebecca; 6: E
Taulant Mehmeti Project, L Ayman Boujlida
Qrt; 7: E Nitzan Gavrieli Trio, L-N 3D Rhythm
Of Life; 8: E Allegra Levy, L Ty Stephens & the
SoulJaazz; 9: E Chuño; 13: E Ross Kratter
Jazz Orch, L Costas Baltazanis; 14: L Ray
Zepeda Qrt Plus; 15: E Cheikh Ndoye &
friends, L-N The Chardavoine Band; 20: E

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 Duke Guillaume & The Power Of Praise
Band, L Bobby Spellman & Revenge of the
Cool Nnt; 21: E-L Orange Pekoe; 22: L Steve
Adelson, Chieli Minucci, Frank Bellucci Stick-
Tet; 26: E Rico Yuzen Qrt; 28: L Irka Mateo y
La Tirindanga; 30: E Laura Dubin Trio.
DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA: At Jazz @
Lincoln Center. 10 Columbus Cr at 60th St.
5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-258-9800. Sets/
adm unless otherwise noted: 7:30&9:30pm,
11:30pm Late Night Sessions; Sun-Wed $35,
Thurs-Fri $40, Sat $45; $10 min. Apr 1-2: $30
04/2 Diva Jazz Orch w/Brianna Thomas; 3:
$30 Danilo Brito; 4: Chuck Redd; 5-9: $45
04/6-7, $40 04/9 Christian McBride Big Band;
10: Bobby Sanabria & Manhattan School of
Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orch; 11-16: Christian
McBride & New Jawn; 17: Todd Coolman &
Purchase Jazz Orch; 18: $30 Jaleel Shaw
Qrt; 19-20: $30 04/19 Robert Rodriguez feat
Claudia Acuña; 21-22: $45 Slide Hampton
B’day celeb w/Frank Basile; 23: Alan
Broadbent; 24: $40 The Temple University
Jazz Band w/spec guests Sachal Vasandani,
Danny Janklow & Terell Stafford; 25: $30
Lauren Sevian; 26: closed; 27: Christian
Sands Qrt; 28-30: Ulysses Owens, Jr. &
friends. Late Night Sessions w/Apr 4-8: Evan
Sherman 04/4 Entourage, 04/5-8 Big Band;
11-15: tba; 18-22: Corey Wilcox; 25&27-29:
Citizens of Blues.
FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW: 254W 54th St,
Cellar (bet Bway & 8th Av). 646-476-3551.
www.54below.com. Apr 13: 9:30pm Benny
Benack III.
IGUANA RESTAURANT: 240W 54th St at
Bway. www.iguananyc.com. 212-765-5454.
Mon-Tues: 8-11pm Vince Giordano & The
Nighthawks.
IRIDIUM: 1650 Bway at 51st St. 212-582-2121.
www.theiridium.com. Sets: 8:30pm. Apr 4:
$25/35 adm Levin Brothers w/opening by
Steve Adelson; 10: $25 Ed Palermo Big Band;
13-14: $35/45 Tuck & Patti; 17: $20/25 Frank
Vignola; 18: $25 Victor Lesser; 23: $25/35
Jaimoe's Jasssz Band; 25: $25/35 Polly
Gibbons.
JAZZ AT KITANO: 66 Park Av at 38th St. 212-
885-7119. www.kitano.com. Sets/adm: Sun
12-2:30pm, Mon-Tues 8-11pm, Wed-Sat 8-
9:15&10-11:15pm; Sun $40 buffet, Mon-Tues
free/$15 min, Wed-Thurs $17/$20 min, Fri-
Sat $32/$20 min. Residencies (R): Sun Jazz
Brunch w/Tony Middleton; Mon Jam w/Iris
Ornig; Tues Ben Rosenblum Solo. Apr 1: Judy
Niemack/Dan Tepfer Duo; 2-4: R; 5: Rob
Duguay & Songevity Trio; 6: Maria Guida Qrt;
7-8: Newklear Music Tribute To Sonny Rollins
feat Joel Frahm; 9-11: R; 12: Nancy Reed
Trio; 13: Jonathan Karrant; 14: Lynette
Washington & Dennis Bell Jazz NY; 15: Carol
Fredette; 16-18: R; 19: Tobias Meinhart Qnt;
20: Teri Roiger Qrt; 21: Bob Dorough Trio; 22:
Kendra Shank; 23-25: R; 26: Kathleen Landis
Trio; 27: Yuko Ito Qrt; 28-29: Roseanna Vitro;
30: R.
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER: 10 Columbus
Cr at 60th St. 5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-258-
9800. Appel Room (AR), Rose Theater (RT).
Apr 5 7pm, 6 7&9pm: AR Michael Feinstein
w/Tedd Firth Big Band & spec guests Denzal
Sinclaire, Loston Harris & Carol Woods; 7-8:
7pm $35 adm RT Buddy Rich Centenial feat
Ali Jackson & Jazz at Lincoln Center Orch
w/Wynton Marsalis; 26: 7pm $150/200 RT
gala Ella at 100-Forever The First Lady of
Song feat Jazz at Lincoln Center Orch
w/Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., Renée
Fleming, Roberta Gambarini, Diana Krall,
Alison Krauss, Marilyn Maye, Audra
McDonald, Cécile McLorin Salvant/Sullivan
Fortner, Camille Thurman & Kenny

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 Washington; 27-29: 8pm RT centennial of Ella
Fitzgerald feat Jazz at Lincoln Center Orch
w/Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Washington &
Roberta Gambarini.
MICHIKO STUDIOS: 149W 46th St (bet 6th &
7th Avs). 3rd Fl. 212-302-4011. www.
live.michikostudios.com. Apr 5: 8-10:30pm
$20 adm Lew Tabackin Trio; 7: 7pm
Iconoclast.
SAINT PETER’S CHURCH: 619 Lexington
Av at 54th St. (Citicorp Bld). www.saint
peters.org. 212-935-2200. 1st Mon: 7:30pm
$5 adm International Women in Jazz Jam;
Wed: 1pm $10 don Midtown Jazz at Midday;
Sun: 5pm free adm Jazz Vespers. Apr 2:
Catherine Russell/Ike Sturm; 5: Judy
Niemack Trio; 9: Jazz Passion w/Andy
Tecson; 12: no music; 16: Evergreen; 19: Bob
Dorough; 20: 7:30pm Duke Ellington Society
www.thedukeellingtonsociety.org feat David
Hajdu; 23: Nadje Noordhuis/James Shipp/
Maeve Gilchrist, 6:30-9pm Jam w/Mike Forfia
Trio; 26: Lou Caputo & Not-So-Big Band; 29:
1-9pm $35 International Women in Jazz fest
feat Becky Kilgore/Nicki Parrott; 30: Jeff
Lederer.
STEINWAY HALL: 1133 6th Av bet 44th &
45th Sts. www.steinwayhall.com. 212-246-
1100. Apr 1: 7pm Concert for a Cure
www.gofundme.com/concertforacure feat
Paul Jones & Jason Yeager w/spec guests
Steve Wilson, Frank Kimbrough, Kevin Hays,
Marcello Pellitteri & Dany Weller.
TOMI JAZZ: 239E 53rd St (Bet 2nd & 3rd Avs).
Lower level. www.tomijazz.com. 646-497-
1254. Sets: Sun 8-11pm; Mon&Wed L 8-
11pm, N 11pm-12:30am; Tues E 8-9:20pm, L
9:40-11pm, N 11pm-12:30am; Thurs 9-
11:30pm; Fri 9pm-1am; Sat E 6-7:30pm, L 8-
10:30pm, N 11pm-1:30am. Adm: Sun-Wed
free/$5 min, Thurs-Sat $10/10 min. Apr 1: E
Noriko Yuzen, L The Highliners, N Harry
Smith Trio; 2: Ken Kobayashi; 3: L Akemi
Yamada Trio, N Taeko Omura Duo; 4: E tba,
L Audra Mariel Duo, N Jun Xiao Duo; 5: L
Jhoe Garay Duo, N Arthur Sadowsky Duo; 6:
Greg Merritt Trio; 7: Craig Brann Trio; 8: E
Kathryn Allyn Duo, L Greg DeAngelis, N tba;
9: The Truthseekers; 10: L Andrew Shilito, N
Jasper Dutz Duo; 11: E Mariela Versola, L
John Tyler Jonathan Duo, N Yuto Kanazawa
Duo; 12: L Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, N Alan Kwan;
13: Benjamin Serveray; 14: Takenori
Nishiuch; 15: E Sharp Tree Trio, L Standard
Procedures, N Paul Lee Trio; 16: closed; 17:
L Bill Stevens Trio, N Kenny Brooks Duo; 18:
E-L tba, N Song Yi Jeon Duo; 19: L Michael
Grallant Trio, N Raquel Rivera Duo; 20: Linda
Presgrave; 21: Kuni Mikami Trio; 22: E tba, L
Daniel Bennett Gp, N tba; 23: David Love
Duo; 24: L Wishing On Stars Trio, N Nicholas
Brust Duo; 25: E Cesar Haas Costa, L tba, N
Richard Thai Duo; 26: L Abel Mireles Trio, N
Kana Miamoto Duo; 27: Hiroko Kanauchi Trio;
28: Takenori Nishiuchi; 29: E Ali Bello Duo, L-
N tba; 30: Kengo Yamada.
The TOWN HALL: 123W 43rd St (bet 6&7th
Avs). www.thetownhall.org. 212-840-2824.
Apr 27: 8pm $37-127 adm Abdullah Ibrahim &
Ekaya and Hugh Masekela.
LOWER MANHATTAN
(Below 34th Street)
55 BAR: 55 Christopher St (bet 6th & 7th Avs).
212-929-9883. www.55bar.com. Sets: Early
(E) 7-9pm except Sun&Fri-Sat 6-9pm, Late
(L) 10pm. 1st Mon: E Sean Wayland; 1st
Thurs: E Amy Cervini; 1st Sat: E Ayana lowe;
2nd Thurs: E Nicole Zuraitis; 2nd Fri: E Tessa
Souter; last Wed: E Paul Jost; last Fri: E
Kendra Shank.
16 For comprehensive daily updated listings with sort-by options—by artist, location, day or time—go to www.hothousejazz.com.
BAHA’Í CENTER: 53E 11th St (bet Bway &
University). www.bahainyc.org. 212-222-
5159. Tues: 8&9:30pm $10/15 adm. Apr 11:
Bill Warfield Funk Band; 18: Cynthia Hilts &
Lyric Fury; 25: Ray Blue Ens.
BAR NEXT DOOR: 129 McDougal St. 212-
529-5945. www.lalanternacaffe.com. Sets:
Sun 8&10pm, Mon-Thurs Early (E) 6:30-
7:45pm, Late (L) 8:30&10:30pm, Fri-Sat
7:30,9:30& 11:30pm. Adm: $12 all night + 1
drink min/set except Fri-Sat $12/set + 1 drink
min/set, E free. Trios unless otherwise noted.
Mon-Thurs: E Emerging Artists series; Mon: L
Vocal Mondays series. Residencies (R): Sun
except 04/16 Peter Mazza, Wed L Jonathan
Kreisberg. Apr 1: Howard Paul; 2: R; 3: E
Paul Jubong Lee, L Vanisha Arleen Gould; 4:
E Prawit Siriwat, L Tal Yahalom; 5: E Tommy
Holladay, L R; 6: E Jeff Miles, L Yotam
Silberstein; 7: Ben Monder; 8: Joe Giglio; 9:
R; 10: E Mark Phillips, L Laura Angyal; 11: E
Sam Zerna, L Paul Jones; 12: E Andrew
Shillito, L R; 13: E Flavio Silva, L Jon
Irabagon; 14: Nick Moran; 15: Paul
Bollenback; 16: Daniel Weiss; 17: E David
Kuhn, L Marianne Solivan; 18: E Sagi
Kaufman, L Mike Bono; 19: E Alicyn Yaffee, L
R; 20: E NanJo Lee, L Alex Sipiagin; 21: Alex
Goodman; 22: Jeff McLaughlin; 23: R; 24: E
Alan Kwan, L Laura Campisi; 25: E Dan
Hartig, L Daniel Weiss; 26: E Leandro
Pellegrino, L R; 27: E Bobby Katz, L Steve
Herberman; 28: Pete Zimmer; 29: Ben
Eunson; 30: R.
BARUCH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:
55 Lexington Av at E25th St. (bet Lexington &
3rd Avs). www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac. 646-
312-5073. Apr 7: 8pm $15-35 adm Vince
Giordano & The Nighthawks.
BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: 131W 3rd St at 6th
Av. 212-475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com.
Sets: 8&10:30pm + Fri-Sat 12:30am Late
Night Groove series, Sun 11:30am&1:30pm
Sunday Brunch. Adm varies. Apr 1-2: Stanley
Clarke/Ron Carter Duo w/spec guest Russell
Malone; 3: Sean Jones Berklee College Of
Music Sxt; 4-9: Stanley Clarke Band; 10:
Deborah Davis Benefit concert; 11: Bobby
Deitch Band w/Nigel Hall & Adam Deitch; 12:
The Dizzy Gillespie™ Afro Cuban
Experience; 13-16: Kenny Garrett Qnt; 17:
McCoy Tyner feat Gary Bartz; 18-19: James
Carter; 20-23: Arturo Sandoval; 24: Purchase
Jazz Orch w/Todd Coolman & Jon Faddis feat
Steve Davis; 25-30: Duke Ellington Orch.
Late Night Groove w/Apr 15: Chris
McClenney; 21: Prodigy. Sunday Brunch
w/Apr 2: Combo Nuvo; 9: East Meets West
feat Erena Terakubo; 16: East Meets West
feat Shunzo Ohno; 23: East Meets West feat
11:30am Mao Soné, 1:30pm Yoko Miwa Trio;
30: East Meets West feat Meg Okura & The
Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ens.
The BOGARDUS MANSION: 75 Murray St.
212-268-1746. Apr 1: 7:30&9pm $30 adm
Celebrating Slide Hampton feat Steve Turre,
Steve Davis, George Coleman, Kamau
Adelifu, Kenny Barron, Rufus Reid & Victor
Lewis.
The CAVE: At St. George’s. 209E 16th St at
Rutherford Pl. www.olmstedsalon.com. Apr
20: 7:30&9:30pm $15 adm David Liebman.
CORNELIA STREET UNDERGROUND: 29
Cornelia St. www.corneliastreetcafe.com.
212-989-9319. Sets unless otherwise noted:
Sun 8:30&10pm, Mon-Thurs 8&9:30pm, Fri-
Sat 9&10:30pm. Adm varies. Apr 1: Adam
Kolker Augmented Trio; 2: Dominique Carré;
4: Dori Levine Trio, 9:30pm Helle Henning
Qrt; 5: George Burton Gp 5; 6: Bryan & the
Aardvarks; 7: Matt Brewer Trio; 8: Yotam
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S
INGER TERI ROIGER HAS BEEN
immersed in music since she began
piano lessons at age 5. With years of study,
countless gigs, hundreds of arrangements,
and scores of events she's produced under
her belt, she still has a very clear memory
of the first time she heard Billie Holiday.
Teri was still living in her native
Minnesota and her piano teacher at the
time, Butch Thompson (who later became
A Prairie Home Companion mainstay),
heard her sing and suggested she get some
Billie Holiday records.
"When I listened to Billie, her expres-
sion and emotion immediately took over
my existence," Teri recalls, still sounding
awed. "Of course, I fell in love with Monk,
Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and others
while on my path, but most of all, it's
always been her."
April 7 marks the 102nd anniversary of
Billie's birth and Teri is celebrating the
date with the release of her fourth CD as a
leader, Ghost of Yesterday: Shades of Lady
Day (Dot Time). The album comprises a
dozen tunes written by, inspired by and
popularized by the iconic vocalist, includ-
ing a couple from her final recording, Lady
in Satin. "Her singing is so honest on that
record, you can hear the life she had lived
in her singing," Teri observes. "She had an
incredible life, though short. You can hear
all the joy, the deep blues, all of the
extremes of emotion."
Besides arranging or co-arranging (with
her husband, bassist John Menegon) half
of the tunes, Teri also wrote words to the
seldom-heard Leroy Johnson composition
"Lady Day," which saxophonist David
"Fathead" Newman brought to her atten-
tion. "He thought it should have lyrics and
that I should write them. It was written as
a ballad originally, but I made it more
Latin."
Teri also wrote vocalese lyrics to
renowned solos from earlier versions of
three tunes: Ella Fitzgerald's take on
"Them There Eyes;" and saxophonist
Lester Young's improvs on "(I Don't Stand)
A Ghost of a Chance" and "Fine and
Mellow," Teri explains, "It was fun for me,
I love singing other people's solos. It's chal-
lenging, and I like to keep great solos alive
and in the airways." The "Fine and
Mellow" solo is taken from a version Billie
and Lester did together on a 1957 televi-
sion show, The Sound of Jazz. "Lester gets
up and takes this laid-back solo and she
loves it, you can tell by the way she looks
at him," Teri points out.
With her new album launching this
month, Teri has already begun turning
over ideas for her next project. One possi-
bility is a second volume of Abbey Lincoln's
compositions (Teri's third recording, Dear
Abbey, was a favorite with critics when it
came out in 2012). "I do Abbey's music all
the time, I feel like she's an extension of
Billie Holiday in her phrasing and in her
material." Other possibilities include
albums focusing on Nina Simone,
Thelonious Monk, or Billy Strayhorn. "I
had the idea of doing a Billie (Holiday) and
Billy (Strayhorn) project for a while, but
that got discarded," Teri says with a laugh.
"There are so many great tunes, I have to
live a long time since there's so many I
want to do."
It's almost certain that Teri will turn
her attention back to the piano in a more
focused way than she has in quite a while.
Though she still plays regularly for stu-
dents and accompanies them at showcases
and the like, her voice has been her main
instrument for years. Teri is planning on
undertaking an intensive course of study
later this spring and already has a teacher
in mind. "I need that sometimes for moti-
vation and discipline. That's the only way
to get things done, to just say, 'Here, help
me.' I want to know more and play better.
I'm curious what I could be doing a year
from now on piano.
"As a jazz musician, things keep shift-
ing and changing. You get new ideas as
you get deeper into the music. Things take
on a different meaning and you're commu-
nicating different feelings," she muses.
Teri Roiger celebrates the release of
Ghost of Yesterday: Shades of Lady
Day at Jazz at Kitano on April 20. She
also appears at Senate Garage in
Kingston NY, April 6; and at
Maureen's Jazz Cellar, in Nyack, April
8. Pianist Wayne Hawkins, bassist and
arranger John Menegon, and drummer
Steve Williams will be on hand for all
three gigs; there's a possibility of
special guests for the Kingston date.
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Silberstein Qrt; 9: Dance of Fury, 10pm
Gabriel Vicéns Sxt; 11: Steve Sandberg &
Alaya; 12: Brandon Seabrook Trio; 13: Anat
Fort Qrt; 14-15: Tony Malaby Qrt; 15: 6pm
Audrey Silver; 16: Nadav Remez, 10pm Eden
Ladin Gp; 18: Kind Folk; 20: Crump, Laubrock
& Smythe; 21: Chris Dingman Trio; 22:
Aubrey Johnson Gp; 23: Helio Alves Qrt; 24:
8:30pm Amanda Ferguson; 26: Mareike
Wiening Qnt, 9:30pm Tobias Meinhart Qnt;
27: Tom Chang Qrt; 28: Tomas Fujiwara &
The Hook Up; 29: 6pm Albert Marques Trio,
9&10:30pm Lage Lund Qrt; 30: Yuhan Su.
DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY: 13 Monroe
St (bet Market & Catherine Sts). 212-473-
0043. www.downtownmusicgallery.com. Sun:
6pm In-Store shows.
The EAR INN: 326 Spring St (bet Greenwich &
Washington Sts). www.earinn.com. 212-431-
9750. Sun: 8-11pm EarRegulars feat Jon-Erik
Kellso & friends.
FAT CAT: 75 Christopher St at 7th Av. 212-675-
6056. www.fatcatmusic.org. $3 adm/no min.
Sets unless otherwise noted: Early (E), Late
(L), Night (N); E 7pm except Sun-Mon&Fri
6pm; L 9pm except Thurs&Sat 10pm, Fri add
10:30pm; N 1:30am except Sun 1am, Mon-
Wed 12:30am. Residencies (R): Sun E Terry
Waldo & Gotham City Band, N Brandon Lewis
& Renee Cruz; Mon N Billy Kaye; Tues E
except 04/4 Saul Rubin Zebtet; Wed E
Raphael D'Lugoff Trio + 1, N Ned Goold; Fri L
The Supreme Queens; Sat N Greg Glassman.
Apr 1: E Michael Louis Smith Organ Trio, L
Raphael D'lugoff Qnt, N R; 2: E R, 8:30pm
Jade Synstelien & FCBB, N R; 3: E Behn
Gillece, N R; 4: E Bruce Harris, L Pablo
Bencid Salsa Band, N Ray Parker; 5: E R, L
Groover Trio, N R; 6: E Tyler Blanton Qnt, L
Saul Rubin Zebtet, N Tadataka Unno; 7: E
Eiko Rikuhashi & La Descarga Band, L R +
Jared Gold/Dave Gibson, N Ray Gallon; 8: E
Adam Klipple, L Ricky Rodriguez Sxt, N R; 9:
E R, L Dialo House, N R; 10: E Ned Goold
Qrt, N R; 11: E R, L Peter Brainin & the Latin
Jazz Workshop, N Craig Wuepper; 12: E R, L
Harold Mabern Trio, N R; 13: L Greg
Glassman Qnt; 14: L R; 15: L Bruce Williams
& Ted Chubb Band, N R; 16: E&N R; 17: E
George Braith, N R; 18: E R; 19: E R, L The
Don Hahn/Mike Camacho Band, N R; 20: E
The Flail; 21: L R + Countryfied; 22: N R; 23:
E&N R; 24: N R; 25: E R, L Itai Kriss & Gato
Gordo, N John Benitez & Latin Bop; 26: E R,
L N; 27: L Greg Diamond & Amalgama; 28: L
R; 29: N R; 30: E&N R.
GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL: 46
Barrow St (bet 7th Av S & W 4th St). 212-
242-4770. www.greenwichhouse.org. Apr 5:
7:30pm $15 Sound It Out series w/Bobby
Avey + Matt Holman & Tenth Muse; 8: 8pm
$20 Creative Music Studio feat Richard
Teitelbaum Qrt; 13: 8pm $15 adm Uncharted
series w/Sofía Rei; 19: 8pm $18 Sound It Out
series w/Eivind Opsvik & Overseas; 22: 8pm
$15 Sound It Out series w/Anna Webber &
Simple Trio; 27: 8pm $25 Uncharted series
w/Dan Tepfer/Aaron Diehl.
JAZZ GALLERY: 1160 Bway at 27th St. 5th Fl.
www.jazzgallery.org. 646-494-3625. Sets:
7:30&9:30pm $15/10 adm, $22/12 Fri-Sat.
Apr 1: Andy Milne & Dapp Theory w/spec
guests; 4: $22/$12 Shai Maestro Art feat Mark
Turner; 5: Brooklyn Raga Massive; 6: Peyton
Pleninger & Biotonic; 7-8: Marcus Gilmore;
12: Cory Smythe & Tyker Gilmore; 13:
Amirtha Kidambi; 14-15: Adam O’Farrill; 19:
Randy Ingram/Drew Gress Duo; 20: Miles
Okazaki; 21-22: Oliver Lake Big Band 27:
Bryan & The Aardvarks; 29: Jason Rigby.
18 For comprehensive daily updated listings with sort-by options—by artist, location, day or time—go to www.hothousejazz.com.
JAZZ STANDARD: 116E 27th St (bet Park &
Lexington Avs). www.jazzstandard.net. 212-
576-2232. Sets/adm unless otherwise noted:
7:30&9:30pm; $30 except Mon-Wed $25.
Residencies: Sun 1:30-3pm Jazz for Kids;
Mon (R) Mingus Monday feat Mingus Big
Band; Tues (R) Mobetta Tuesdays feat
Maurice “Mobetta” Brown. Apr 1-2: Chano
Dominguez Qrt; 3-4: R; 5: Chris Bergson
Band; 6-9: $35 04/7-8 Randy Weston B’day
celeb feat TK Blue w/special guests 04/6
Candido Camero & Min Xiao Feng, 04/7
Howard Johnson, 04/8 Hassan Gnawa, 04/9
Saliou Sousso & Tampani; 10-11: R; 12: Mike
McGinnis/Art Lande/Steve Swallow; 13-16:
Billy Childs Qrt; 17-18: R; 19: Linda May Han
Oh Gp; 20-23: $35 04/21-22 Joey
DeFrancesco & The People; 24: R celeb
Charles Mingus B’day; 25: R; 26: Pedro
Giraudo Big Band; 27-30: Jimmy Greene.
JOE’S PUB: At Public Theater. 425 Lafayette
St & Astor Pl. www.joespub.com. 212-967-
7555. Adm varies. Apr 9: 9:30pm Michael
Mwenso’s Melting Pot series feat Brianna
Thomas.
KNICKERBOCKER BAR & GRILL: 33
University Pl at 9th St. 212-228-8490.
www.knickerbockerbarandgrill.com. Fri-Sat:
9pm-1am. Apr 7-8: Ronny Whyte/Boots
Maleson; 14-15: Jon Davis; 21-22: Luis
Bonilla Trio; 28-29: Michael Wolff/Kenny
Davis/Allison Miller.
LE POISSON ROUGE: 158 Bleecker St at
Thompson St. www.lepoissonrouge.com.
212-796-0741. Adm varies. Apr 1: 8pm Misha
Piatigorsky & The Sketchy Orkestra; 8:
7:30pm $17/22 adm Kneebody.
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. Apr 1: L John
Minnock; 4: L R; 8: 4pm John Tansey; 9: E
Sky Covington; 11: E Jorge Altamirano, L R;
15: E Joan Minor; 18: E Yvette Norwood-
Tiger, L R; 19: E Ria Curley & NeoSoul Jazz;
21: L Terri Klausner, Ty Stephens & Valarie
Pettiford; 25: L R; 30: L Pat Braxton.
MEZZROW: 163W 10th St (bet 7th Av &
Waverly Pl). www.mezzrow.com. 646-476-
4346. Sets/adm: Early 8-10:30pm, Late (L)
11pm-close; adm varies. Residencies: Sun L
John Merrill & friends; Mon L 04/3&17 Sacha
Perry, 04/10&24 Pasquale Grasso; Tues L
Jam w/Miki Yamanaka & Adi Meyerson; Wed
L Tony Hewitt & Pete Malinverni; Thurs L
Spike Wilner w/spec guest; Fri L Johnny
O'Neal. Apr 1: Steve Davis Trio, L Anthony
Wonsey; 2: Myron Walden & Jon Cowherd &
String Qrt; 3: Lafayette Harris/Lonnie Plaxico;
4: Kevin Hays/Magos Herrera; 5: Franck
Amsallem/Matt Penman; 6: Helen Sung Trio;
7: Mike Rodriguez Trio; 8: Eddie Gomez Trio,
L Jon Davis; 9: 3-6pm SmallsLIVE workshop
feat Jeremy Pelt, 8pm Kiyoshi Kitagawa Trio;
10: Harold O'Neal/Gregoire Maret; 11:
Fleurine w/Lee Konitz; 12: Yotam Silberstein
Trio; 13: Julian Shore Trio; 14-15: Todd
Coolman Trio; 15: L Emmet Cohen; 16:
Donald Vega/David J. Grossman; 17: Chris
Pattishall; 18: Hilary Gardner/Ehud Asherie;
19-22: Denny Zeitlin 04/19-20 Solo, 04/21-22
Trio; 22: L Ehud Asherie; 23: 3-6pm
SmallsLIVE workshop feat Cyrille Aimée, 8pm
tba; 24: Elise Wood Qrt; 25: Uri Caine/Mark
Helias; 26: Andy Laverne Qrt; 27: Steve
LaSpina Trio; 28-29: Alan Broadbent Trio; 30:
Jeremy Pelt.
NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH: 269 Bleecker
St (bet Jones & Cornelia Sts). 212-691-1770.
1st Fri: 8&9:30pm free adm All Things Project
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S INCE HE WENT ON THE ROAD AT
age 20 with trombonist J. J. Johnson 40
years ago, Billy Childs has gone from piano
sideman and budding arranger to a multi-
ple award-winning composer with four
Grammy awards, dozens of orchestra and
chamber commissions and collaborators
from Yo-Yo Ma to Sting. Now, nearly 25
years after his final straight-ahead album
on Windham Hill, Portrait of a Player,
Billy has returned to his roots with Rebirth
(Mack Avenue).
"I've been involved in a lot of projects
that were kind of quasi-jazz but also had
classical elements, or singer songwriter
projects like the Laura Nyro CD. I've also
done kind of loftier commissions like my
jazz chamber project and I've done a lot of
classical commissions. It's been a while
since I've done a recording that was just
straight up jazz, like I had done years and
years ago for Windham Hill," Billy says,
referring to his four releases on the label
between 1988 and 1993.
"Those albums are out of print and a lot
of people haven't heard that chapter of my
career. So I thought I would record some of
those songs again cast in a new light with
these incredible players." The musicians in
his quartet are saxophonist Steve Wilson,
bassist Hans Glawischnig and drummer
Eric Harland. Rebirth also has appear-
ances from trombonist Ido Meshulam, per-
cussionist Rogerio Boccato, vocalist Alicia
Olatuja and singer and composer Claudia
Acuña who sings on and contributed the
second half of the title tune.
"Part of the song was something we
were going to use on Claudia's album
Rhythm of Life in 2000; it was this beauti-
ful melody Claudia wrote but it ended up
not being on the album," Billy recalls. "I
thought it would be great on this new
album but I needed to compose a first part.
Claudia was going through a lot of life
changes and when I asked her to be on this
album, it was something she looked at as
kind of a rebirth. When we were recording,
on one of the breaks, we just came up with
the title. It's also a rebirth of me recon-
necting with my straight-ahead jazz roots
and reconnecting with the people who
enjoyed that music."
Billy has received orchestral and cham-
ber commissions from the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra,
Duke University and the American Brass,
Lyris and Ying quartets, among two dozen
in all. He says his most rewarding was
"The Voices of Angels," a 45-minute canta-
ta for chorus, orchestra and two soloists for
the Los Angeles Master Chorale, per-
formed in 2005.
"I took as the text poems written by
children from the Terezin concentration
camp from the collection 'I Never Saw
Another Butterfly.' I set them to music and
arranged that the darkest, most despairing
music was at the beginning and by the end
it was life affirming and hopeful. It was the
best thing I've ever done, I think. It took
me about a year to write."
On top of all those commissions, Childs
is a four-time Grammy Award winner and
his original compositions and arrange-
ments have garnered him an additional
ten nominations as well as the 2013 Doris
Duke Performing Artist Award and a
Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009.
"Whenever you're recognized by your
peers, it's meaningful. People who say that
awards don't mean anything - they're
lying. But no award means more than
another. It's like parents talking about
their kids, you know."
His most recent honor is being named
president of Chamber Music America, a
first for a jazz musician. "CMA has a New
Works for Jazz Composers Grant that is a
significant amount of money. It's a great
way to tie jazz to classical music," he says.
"I feel like classical music and jazz coming
together just makes it stronger. I think
CMA is a great organization because they
are the only service organization doing
things to help chamber musicians of all
genres."
The Billy Childs Quartet CD release
gig for Rebirth is at Jazz Standard
April 13-16 with Steve Wilson on alto
saxophone (except 4/13), Donny
McCaslin on tenor saxophone (4/13
only), Hans Glawischnig, bass and Ari
Hoenig, drums.
Childs photo by Raj Naik. 19
 S P O T L
MICROSCOPIC SEPTET
SMALLS / APRIL 2 and THE FALCON / APRIL 6
It's a rarity to find a contemporary small jazz ensemble that embraces tradition weld-
ed onto original compositions with a robust sense of humor quite like the Microscopic
Septet. Saxophonist Phillip Johnston and pianist Joel Forrester and their merry group
have been forging joyful yet goofy music for the past four decades, to the delight of
audiences. Post tackling the music of Thelonious Monk and memorable CDs titled
Take the Z Train, Beauty Based on Science and Lobster Leaps In, with a 14-year
break, the Micro's are back with a new approach on their Cuneiform CD Been Up So
Long It Looks Like Down to Me: The Micros Play the Blues. Saxophonists Don Davis,
Mike Hashim and Dave Sewelson, bassist Dave Hofstra and drummer Richard
Dworkin round out the band. MGN
DUCHESS
CAVATAPPO / APRIL 4
To move jazz forward in all its forms, you must dig deep into the past. That's just what
singers Amy Cervini, Hilary Gardner and Melissa Stylianou do when blending their
solo talents into gorgeous three-part harmony. The result is a brilliant vocal trio called
Duchess, whose sound draws much from two vintage inspirations: the Boswell Sisters
and the Andrews Sisters. These three singers artfully combine exquisite Oded Lev-Ari
arrangements, both group and individual spotlights and saucy senses of humor. Their
just-released second CD, Laughing at Life, puts their fresh sound on a wide range of
jazz and Great American Songbook material. Pianist Michael Cabe, bassist Matt
Aronoff and drummer Aaron Kimmel support Duchess for this performance. KF
FRANCK AMSALLEM
MEZZROW / APRIL 5
A pianist of uncommon depth and vision, Franck Amsallem has created his personal
vision of jazz that parallels comparison to no one else. What he has accomplished on
his own is astonishing when you listen deeply as he is an individualistic artist that
takes expressionism to heart. While diverse, his centerpiece is within a modal two-
handed harmonic approach that accents both rhythmic and melodic ideas surround-
ing a great imagination. With multiple commissions, recordings and tours around the
world to his credit, Franck has a wealth of knowledge and experience to tap into while
making unique excursions on standards or inventing his own original composed solo,
trio, ensemble, big band or orchestral music. He also has considerable background as
a singer. Franck will be joined by bassist Matt Penman. MGN
ADRIAN CUNNINGHAM
HIGHLIGHTS IN JAZZ at TRIBECA PAC / APRIL 6
A welcome musical gift from Australia, multi-reed master Adrian Cunningham has
spent the past decade proving himself indispensable to New York's jazz scene. A gift-
ed clarinetist capable of tackling New Orleans-style jazz, and a tenor saxophonist who
guides the instrument through breathy swing era ballads or grittier hard bop outings
with equal facility, Adrian has become a first-call collaborator with artists ranging
from Vince Giordano to Chris Potter. As a leader, Adrian has developed a variety of
projects, including the trad jazz-styled Professor Cunningham and His Old School and
the modernist Adrian Cunningham Quartet. At this Jack Kleinsinger’s series, Adrian
will prove he's an artist to watch for in banjo virtuoso Cynthia Sayer's Joyride Band
as they headline a program dedicated to celebrating women in jazz, also featuring
René Marie and Leonieke Scheuble. SH
JAMES CARTER
BLUE NOTE / APRIL 18-19
The beautiful sonority that James Carter achieves with the saxophone is unlike any-
one of his generation. Whether out front as a leader or appearing as a sideman on the
records of Cyrus Chestnut, Herbie Hancock or Julius Hemphill, James has demon-
strated a style that splashes, delights, provokes and insights. A Detroit native, James
began to play the saxophone at age 11. In 1988 he gained a considerable boost in the
jazz community when he began to perform with Lester Bowie. In 2002, James com-
posed Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra, a commission he received from The
Detroit Symphony Orchestra which was met with acclaim. His most recent release
was 2011's At the Crossroads, with the website Audiophile Audition stating in its
review, "James Carter is a monster saxophone virtuoso who is willing to get down and
dirty with his organ trio." EW

By Ken Dryden, Ken Franckling, Seton Hawkins, Stephani

20 Broadbent photo by Tony Kellers, Carter by Vincent Soyez, Duchess by Shervin Lainez, Microscopic Septet by Greg Cristm
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LISANNE TREMBLAY
SHAPESHIFTER LAB / APRIL 20 and KD'S / APRIL 28
Although still a relatively recent transplant to the New York area, the Quebecoise vio-
linist Lisanne Tremblay has developed a tremendous array of fans and collaborators,
including Greg Osby and Danilo Perez. Her debut release Violinization sheds light onto
why: A gifted improviser with a highly unconventional yet utterly arresting melodic
gift, Lisanne puts the full expressive powers of the violin on display and makes a com-
pelling case for the instrument's broader inclusion in modern jazz. Since relocating to
New York, Lisanne has embarked on a tremendous new project, Ecdyses, which con-
tinues and even expands her cross-genre explorations, while drawing upon a growing
circle of like-minded colleagues including drummer EJ Strickland and guitarist Liberty
Ellman, some of whom join her at performances at ShapeShifter Lab and at KD's. SH
ALAN BROADBENT
DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA / APRIL 23
A lyrical, inventive pianist, Alan Broadbent is known for creating richly textured rehar-
monizations of standards without losing sight of the source melodies. Alan left his
native New Zealand in 1966 to attend Berklee School of Music on scholarship while
simultaneously studying with Lennie Tristano. His long career has included stints with
Woody Herman, Chet Baker, Irene Kral and Bud Shank, along with serving in the late
Charlie Haden's Quartet West. A gifted arranger as well, Broadbent has written charts
for Marian McPartland, Scott Hamilton, Shirley Horn and Natalie Cole. In recent
years, Alan has focused more on solo recordings and piano trios, since he treasures the
intimacy of a trio. Joining him for his 70th birthday celebration is bassist Harvie S and
drummer Billy Mintz, plus some surprise special guests. KD
LAURA CAMPISI
BAR NEXT DOOR / APRIL 24
When Laura Campisi takes the stage, chances are she's not certain which direction the
music will follow; but she's fully aware of each moment's turn. Her conversational lyri-
cism compels the singer and composer toward playful and intuitive phrasing, at times
reducing harmony to its most potent delivery. Laura's penchant for affecting vocal lines
to sound more like a horn or guitar invites spontaneity and adds texture. She's an inter-
national ambassador of jazz and has graced Avery Fisher Hall's celebrated bandstand.
In 2013 Laura began collaborating with New York's Pakistani cultural community, cre-
ating an open artistic forum for Pakistani, American and Italian music and musicians.
She also has immersed herself in traditional Sufi compositions in Sanskrit and Punjabi
music. Her trio includes Freddie Bryant and Jason Barney. SJ
BILL STEWART
VILLAGE VANGUARD / APRIL 25-30
Sensitive, intuitive, hard-swinging and innovative: Each of those words reflects a res-
onating component of Bill Stewart's musicianship. Drummer, composer and modern
music legend, he plays with a technique that inspired an entire generation of young
drummers—a soulful refinement from attack to decay. His recording and touring
résumé includes John Scofield, Larry Goldings, Joe Henderson, Charlie Haden, James
Moody, Kevin Hays, Pete Bernstein and Joshua Redman. But amid countless record-
ings as a leader that feature piano, Bill always has been fascinated by the
tenor/bass/drums trio that has captivated Vanguard audiences since the 1950s. A
chance to experiment with filling and leaving space, in a way that's arguably starker
than playing with a chordal instrument, rouses his spontaneous sensibilities. His trio
features Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier. SJ
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM and HUGH MASEKELA
TOWN HALL / APRIL 27
Billed as The Jazz Epistles, this concert on the anniversary of South African
Independence Day reunites two giants of the country's modern music, pianist Abdullah
Ibrahim and trumpeter Hugh Masekela, to recreate a historic album they made in 1959
as Dollar Brand's (then Ibrahim's name) Jazz Epistles. Abdullah, 82, and Hugh, 78,
were pioneers of Township Jazz, a uniquely South African iteration, in Soweto in
apartheid-era South Africa. Abdullah has reconvened the latest edition of his mid-size
Ekaya Chamber Ensemble to play the album's original music with Hugh, who also
sings and plays flugelhorn and trumpet. The ensemble features saxophonists Lance
Bryant, Cleave Guyton Jr. and Marshall MacDonald; brass player Andre Murchison;
bassist-cellist Noah Jackson and drummer Will Terrill. GK

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www.allthingsproject.com. Apr 7: Sergio
Krakowski Trio.
NORTH SQUARE: At Washington Square
Hotel. 103 Waverly Pl at McDougal.
www.northsquareny.com/about-jazz. 212-
254-1200. Sun: 12:30&2pm free adm Jazz
Brunch Trios. Apr 2: Michelle Walker; 9:
Marilyn Kleinberg; 16: Andrea Wolper; 23:
Aimee Allen; 30: Linda Ciofalo.
NUYORICAN POETS CAFÉ: 236E 3rd St
(bet Avs B & C). www.nuyorican.org. 212-
780-9386/212-505-8183. Sets: 9:30pm. Tues:
$10 adm Latin Jazz feat 1st Tues Chembo
Corniel, 2nd Tues Bronx Conxión, 3rd Tues
Willie Martinez & La Familia Sxt; Apr 1: $15
Banana Puddin’ Jazz series w/Rome Neal
feat John Di Martino + Jam; 5: $13 All That -
Hip Hop Poetry & Jazz.
ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL: 196 Allen St at E
Houston St. www.rockwoodmusichall.com.
212-477-4155. Apr 11: 10pm Anat Fort/Noa
Fort; 12: 8:30-9:30pm Sandy Cressman Trio
& Natalie Cressman.
SHEEN CENTER: 18 Bleecker St @ Elizabeth
St. www.sheencenter.org. 212-925-2812. $35
adm Apr 14: 8pm George Winston; 21:
7:30pm Requinte Trio w/spec guest Randy
Brecker.
SMALLS JAZZ CLUB: 183W 10th St at 7th
Av. 212-252-5091. www.smallslive.com. Sets:
Afternoon (PM) Sun 4:30-7pm, Sat 4-7pm,
Early (E) 7:30-10pm, Late (L) 10:30pm-1am,
Night (N) 1-4am; jam following N; adm varies.
Residencies (R): Sun 1pm Vocal masterclass
by Marion Cowings, PM Ai Murakami Trio feat
Sacha Perry; Mon N 04/3&17 Jonathan
Barber, 04/10&24 Jonathan Michel; Thurs N
04/6&20 Sarah Slonim, 04/13&27 Jonathan
Thomas; Sat PM Jam, N 04/1,15&29
Brooklyn Circle, 04/8&22 Philip Harper. Apr
1: E Bob DeMeo Qrt, L George Colligan Qnt,
N R; 2: 1pm-PM R, E The Microscopic Spt, L
Alex Norris Qnt, N tba; 3: E Sam Dillon Qrt, L
tba, N R; 4: E Frank Lacy Gp, L-N tba; 5: E
Josh Davis Trio, L Alexander Claffy Qnt, N
tba; 6: E Pierre Christophe/Joel Frahm/Joe
Martin Trio, L Roxy Coss Qnt, N R; 7: E Tom
Dempsey & Tim Ferguson Qrt, L Noah
Preminger Qrt, N tba; 8: E Fukushi Tainaka
Qnt, L Noah Preminger Qrt, N R; 9: 1pm-PM
R, E Johnny O'Neal Trio, L Ian Hendrickson-
Smith Qrt, N tba; 10: E Arcoiris Sandoval
Sonic Asylum Qnt, L tba, N R; 11: E Ehud
Asherie Trio, L-N tba; 12: E Tyler Blanton Qrt,
L Dave Baron Qrt, N Aaron Seeber; 13: E
Sam Yahel Trio, L Brandon Sanders Qnt, N R;
14: E Ralph Lalama & Bop-Juice, L Philip
Harper Qnt, N tba; 15: E Chris Byars Gp, L
Philip Harper Qnt, N R; 16: 1pm-PM R, E
Michael Pedicin Qnt, L Grant Stewart Qrt, N
tba; 17: E Mark Sherman Qnt, L tba, N R; 18:
E Lucas Pino Nnt, L-N tba; 19: E Hailey
Niswanger Qrt, L Harold Mabern Trio, N tba;
20: E Thomas Marriott Qrt, L Nick Hempton
Band, N R; 21: E Scott Neumann & Spin
Cycle, L Rob Scheps Core-tet, N tba; 22: E
Behn Gillece Qrt, L Rob Scheps Core-tet, N
R; 23: 1pm-PM R, E Johnny O'Neal Trio, L
Fabien Mary Qnt, N Sarah Slonim; 24: E
Craig Brann Qnt, L Ari Hoenig Gp, N R; 25: E
Steve Nelson Gp, L-N tba; 26: E Tim
Armacost Qrt, L Sam Raderman Qrt, N Aaron
Seeber; 27: E Sanah Kadoura Gp, L Carlos
Abadie Qnt, N R; 28: E David Bixler Qnt, L
tba, N Joe Farnsworth; 29: E Andy Farber
Sxt, L tba, N R; 30: 1pm-PM R, E tba, L Joe
Magnarelli Qrt, N tba.
The STONE: 2nd St at Av C. www.thestone
nyc. com. Adm varies. Tues-Sun: 8&10pm
weekly residencies. Apr 1-2: Steven
Bernstein; 4-9: Greg Cohen; 11-16: Jeremiah
Cymerman; 17: 8:30pm Michael Nicolas,
22 For comprehensive daily updated listings with sort-by options—by artist, location, day or time—go to www.hothousejazz.com.
Sylvie Courvoisier & Ches Smith; 18-23:
Wadada Leo Smith; 25-30: Chuck Bettis.
SUBROSA: 63 Gansevoort St (bet Washington
& Greenwich Sts). www.subrosanyc.com.
212-997-4555. Sets: unless otherwise noted
8&10pm, Tues 7&9pm. Residencies (R): Tues
except 04/4 Pedrito Martinez; Thurs 6pm
Cuba Caliente Afterwork Happy Hour
w/Gerardo Contino; Sat 11pm Habana Nights
04/1,8,15&29 w/Gerardo Contino Y Los
Habaneros, 04/22 w/Los Hacheros. Apr 1:
Gonzalo Grau Y La Clave Secreta, 11pm R; 6:
R; 7-8: Albita; 8: 11pm R; 11&13: R; 14:
7:30&9:30pm Decora; 15: 11pm R; 18&20: R;
17: Eddie Palmieri w/spec guest Joe Locke;
21: Supermambo tribute to Cheo Feliciano
feat Jeremy Bosch; 22: Gregorio Uribe, 11pm
R; 24: Eddie Palmieri; 25&27: R; 28:
7:30&9:30pm Nito Mestre; 29: Sofia Rei,
11pm R.
TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:
199 Chambers St. www.tribecapac.org. 212-
220-1460. Apr 6: 8pm $45/50 adm Highlights
in Jazz series feat Cynthia Sayer & Joyride
Band w/Adrian Cunningham + René Marie Gp
+ Leonieke Scheuble.
VILLAGE VANGUARD: 178 7th Av S at 11th
St. 212-255-4037. www.villagevanguard.com.
Sets: 8:30&10:30pm. Adm: $30/1 drink min.
Residency (R): Mon Vanguard Jazz Orch. Apr
1-2: Peter Bernstein; 3: R; 4-9: Eric Reed Qrt;
10: R; 11-16: Tom Harrell Qnt; 17: R; 18-23:
Scott Colley Qrt; 24: R; 25-30: Bill Stewart
Trio.
ZINC BAR: 82W 3rd St (bet Thompson &
Sullivan). 212-477-8337. www.zincbar.com.
Residencies: Sun 9pm-12am Tango feat
Fernando Otero; Mon 10pm-2am Ron Affif
Trio; Tues 11pm Evolution Jam by Revive
Music; Thurs 11pm&12am Roman Diaz
Midnight Rumba; Sat 10,11:30pm&1am
Monika Oliveira & The Brasilians. Apr 3: 7:30-
9:30pm Lainie Cooke, 10pm VandoJam feat
Todd Bashore.
BRONX
HOSTOS: 450 Grand Concourse at 149th St.
www.hostos.cuny.edu. 718-518-4455. Apr 20-
22: Tito Puente Retrospective feat 04/20
7:30pm Film screening Tito Puente–the King
of Latin Music, 04/21 6pm Joe Conzo Sr.,
7:30pm Carlos Henríquez & friends, 04/22
11:30am Carlos Henríquez, 1:30pm
Workshop w/José Madera, John “Dandy”
Rodríguez & Annette Aguilar, 3:30pm Don’t
Call it Salsa moderated by Loren
Schoenherg, 6pm Joe Conzo Sr., 7:30pm The
Mambo Legends.
BROOKLYN
65FEN: 65 Fenimore St. www.65fenmusic
series.tumblr.com. Mon: Early (E) 9pm, Late
(L) 10pm $10 don 65Fen Music series. Apr 3:
E Mara Mayer Solo, L Pravin Thompson LM
Duo; 10: E Luke Stewart/Jaimie Branch, L
Red Metal; 17: E Inzalo Ye Langa, L tba; 24:
E Anna Roberts-Gevalt, L Bev Grant.
440 GALLERY: 440 Sixth Av. 718-499-3844.
www.440gallery.com. Apr 2: 4:40pm $5 don
Me, Myself and Eye feat Sam Newsome.
BAMCAFÉ: 30 Lafayette Av. 718-636-4100.
www.bam.org. Apr 14: 9-10pm free adm
Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival www.cbjc
jazz.org feat The New Cookers; 15: 9pm Alvin
Flythe.
BARBÈS: 376 9th St at 6th Av. Park Slope.
www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 718-965-9177.
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JOHN PIZZARELLI
BICKFORD THEATRE / APRIL 1
It's amazing how many things he can do with seven strings. For guitarist and vocal-
ist John Pizzarelli it might be the Great American Songbook, something he takes
great pride in reinvigorating. It might be a Jobim nugget, a Joni Mitchell classic or
something plucked from the Lennon/McCartney catalog, each time indelibly stamped
with John's expression of blazing guitar lines, singing each story as if he wrote it. On
record, John has saluted Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Bossa Nova, Rodgers &
Hart and Duke Ellington, also adding his musical wit to recordings of James Taylor,
Rickie Lee Jones, Rosemary Clooney and Roberta Flack. It's a sense memory that
serves him well, delighting audiences every time he takes the stage. John and his
quartet put a fresh coat on standards you thought you knew.
RONNIE CUBER
TRUMPETS / APRIL 19
Baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber's style can be hard to pin down. It's a big, beefy
sound that he's shown playing with Horace Silver, Eric Clapton, Dr. John and in trib-
ute to fellow bari player Gerry Mulligan. Ronnie uses any opportunity to create pow-
erful, passionate solos, pulling from a deep well of experience with George Benson,
Slide Hampton, Woody Herman, the Mingus Big Band and Eddie Palmieri. From his
vast catalog, a recording like Ronnie (Steeplechase) displays a master's versatility on
music from Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker, Freddie Hubbard, Jerome
Kern and Gabor Szabo. His playing can be on fire one moment, a beautiful ballad line
the next. Ronnie wears two hats in Montclair, as featured soloist both with the West
Milford High School Jazz Ensemble and the One More Once Big Band.
CHARNETT MOFFETT
EXIT 0 JAZZFEST / APRIL 21
Bassist Charnett Moffett was first a disciple of his father Charles who drummed with
the legendary Ornette Coleman. For Charnett, this early entry provided true freedom
to explore classic jazz, free jazz, bop, classical and world music, leading to an inde-
fatigable career alongside Wynton Marsalis, Art Blakey, Ornette Coleman, Herbie
Hancock, Dianne Reeves, Dizzy Gillespie and countless others who savored how "Net
Man" masterfully enhanced their sound. Described as having "jaw dropping virtuosi-
ty" by JAZZIZ, Charnett's greatest display might be his recording The Bridge - Solo
Bass Works (Motéma) where he masterfully uncovers new expression in the music of
Ellington, Lennon/McCartney, Mingus and Monk. His Nettwork Trio features Brian
Jackson and Jeff "Tain" Watts for no-holds-barred freedom in the groove.
WAYNE SHORTER
NJPAC / APRIL 23
The New York Times declared saxophonist Wayne Shorter "the most important living
composer in jazz." Wayne's career as a leader, guesting with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, and as a major contributor with Miles Davis and Weather Report,
leads not to an attitude of historical reverence but rather a "without a net" approach
to what lies ahead. The real magic of seeing a Wayne Shorter performance is the com-
munal relationship with his band—pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci and
drummer Brian Blade—as they approach each moment with an "I dare you" attitude,
with fascinating results in the performance and numerous surprising smiles from the
places they've taken themselves. As part of the Wayne Shorter Weekend, the band
will be joined by longtime Shorter compatriot, the iconic Herbie Hancock.

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Residencies: Sun 9pm Stephane Wrembel;
Mon 7pm Brain Cloud; Tues 9pm Slavic Soul
Party; Wed 10pm Mandingo Ambassadors.
Apr 1: 8pm Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri; 2: 7pm
Uncivilized.
BEDFORD STUYVESANT RESTORA-
TION CORP: Restoration Plaza. 1368
Fulton St. 718-569-1896. Apr 1&29: Central
Brooklyn Jazz Festival www.cbjcjazz.org feat
04/1 meet artists feat Benito Gonzalez Trio,
04/29 1-5pm Youth Jazz Jamboree/Wellness
Day, Youth Jazz Ensembles/Health Care.
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL: 209
Joralemon St. www.brooklyn-usa.org. 718-
467-1527. Apr 18: 4-8:30pm Central Brooklyn
Jazz Festival www.cbjcjazz.org feat Ali Hotep
& City Link.
BROOKLYN CENTER FOR THE PER-
FORMING ARTS: At Brooklyn College.
Campus Rd & Hillel Pl. 718-951-4500.
www.brooklyncenter.org. Apr 22: 8pm $36-55
adm Patti Austin.
BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC:
58 7th Av. www.bqcm.org. 718-622-3300. 1st
Fri: 7pm $5 adm Open Stage. Apr 1: 7:30pm
$15 Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open series feat
Daniel Kelly & Rakonto.
BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 128
Pierrepont St. www.brooklynhistory.org. 718-
222-4111. Apr 26: 5:30-8:30pm Central
Brooklyn Jazz Festival www.cbjcjazz.org feat
Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame Induction and
Awards Ceremony w/inductees H. Mattathias
Pearson, Larry Ridley, awardees Kim Clarke,
Jasmine Morris.
BROWNSTONE JAZZ: 107 Macon St at
Nostrand Av. 917-704-9237. Fri-Sat: 8:30m
$30 adm incl 1 drink Brownstone Jazz. Apr 1:
Eric Lemons Trio w/Patience Higgins &
Kathryn Farmer; 7-8: Eric Lemons BSJ Ens;
14-15 Lafayette Harris Trio; 21: Barbara King
& BSJ Ens; 22: BSJ Ens; 23: 3-6pm Carol
Sudhalter Trio; 28: Eric Lemon Trio w/Marion
Cowings; 29: BSJ Ens.
The DRAWING ROOM: 56 Willoughby St #3.
www.drawingroommusic.com. Sets: 7pm. Apr
8: $10 adm Vadim Neselovskyi; 16: $20 Gene
Bertoncini; 22: $20 Marc Schwartz; 28: $15
Lena Bloch Trio.
EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH: 279
Lafayette Av at Washington Av. 718-622-
1107. www.ebcconnects.com. Apr 23 3-5pm
$20 adm Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival
www.cbjcjazz.org feat Jazz Vespers w/Benny
Russell.
I-BEAM: 168 7th St. www.ibeambrooklyn.com.
$15 don. Apr 3: 9:30pm Nate Wooley Solo; 8:
8:30pm Susan Alcorn & Sylvie Courvoisier.
JAZZ 966: 966 Fulton St. 917-593-9776.
www.jazz966.com. Fri: 8:15&10:15pm $15
don. Apr 14&28: Central Brooklyn Jazz
Festival www.cbjcjazz.org feat 04/28 Jeff
King Band.
KD'S: 408 Rogers Av. Apr 14&28: 7:30-9:30pm
$5 adm Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival
www.cbjcjazz.org feat 04/14 Jon Menges,
04/28 Lisanne Tremblay.
KORZO RESTAURANT & BAR: 667 5th Av
(bet 19th & 20th Sts). 718-499-1199.
www.facebook.com/konceptions. Tues: Early
(E) 9, Late (L) 10:30pm $10 don/$10 min
Konceptions Music series by James Carney.
Apr 4: E Rich Halley, L Rosetta Trio; 11: E
James Carnet Qrt, L Ingrid Laubrock; 18: E
Michaël Attias Qrt; 25: L Sean Moran & Sun
Tiger.
PEREZ JAZZ: 71 Ocean Pkwy #2J. 917-757-
1901, perezjazzmusic@hotmail.com. Apr 9:
2pm $20 don incl lunch/BYOB feat Cindy
Scott/Brian Seeger.
24 For comprehensive daily updated listings with sort-by options—by artist, location, day or time—go to www.hothousejazz.com.
ROULETTE: 509 Atlantic Av at 3rd Av.
www.roulette.org. 917-267-0363. Apr 4: 8pm
Matt Mitchell/Tim Berne.
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
adm. Apr 2: E $15 Be Steadwell; 7 8-9pm&N,
8 5-7pm workshop, 8-9pm&N: $15-35 Human
Element; 14: E $8 On Ka'a Davis; 17: E Rags
to Ragas, L Enrico Bergamini, N Clemens
Grassmann; 18: E Vinnie Sperrazza Trio, L
Moppa Elliott & Advancing on a Wild Pitch;
19: E Oddfellows, L Daryl's Trifecta; 20: E
Summer Ludlow Qnt feat Luca Chesney, L
Joao Martins Qrt, N Lisanne Tremblay; 23: N
$12 Annie Chen Oct; 25: 7-9pm $15-25 the
Anomylos Ens; 26: E Mike Baggetta, L
Jeremy Udden; 30: E Movement and
Location.
SIR D’S LOUNGE: 837 Union St. 718-623-
9065. www.facebook.com/Sirdslounge. Mon:
8-11pm Monday Night Big Band Jazz. Apr 24:
Scott Reeves/Jay Brandford Tnt.
SISTAS’ PLACE: 456 Nostrand Av at Jefferson
Av. www.sistasplace.org. 718-398-1766. Sat:
9&10:30pm $30/25 adm. Apr 1: Eric
Person/Bryan Carrott Band; 8: Neil Clarke;
15,21-22&29: Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival
www.cbjcjazz.org feat 04/15 Charles Tolliver,
04/21 8-11pm Rachiim Ausar-Sahu feat A
Suite For Malcolm, 04/22 Craig Harris, 04/29
Ahmed Abdullah & Diaspora.
WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CENTER: 367
Bedford Av. www.wmcjazz.org. 718-384-
1654. Fri: 10pm-2am free adm/2 drink min
Gerry Eastman Qnt w/spec guests + Jam. Apr
14-15: Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival
www.cbjcjazz.org feat 04/15 9pm Rogiérs; 20:
8pm Zack O'Farrill & The Liberté Big Band;
22: 10pm Jackie Gage; 30: 9pm Fuck Squad.
CONNECTICUT
FIREHOUSE 12: 47 Crown St. New Haven.
203-785-0468. www.firehouse12.com. Fri:
8:30pm $20 adm, 10pm $15. Apr 7:
Webber/Mitchell/Hollenbeck; 8-9: Wadada
Leo Smith feat Create festival feat 04/8 12-
2pm Seminar, 7pm Lamar Smith + New Dalta
Ahkri + Mbira/Mibira/RedKoral Qrt/Jesse
Gilbert + RedKoral Qrt + RedKoral Qrt/
Anthony Davis + Wadada Leo Smith &
Golden Qnt/Jesse Gilbert, 04/9 12-2pm
Seminar, 7pm Wadada Leo Smith + The
Crystal Sxt + Wadada Leo Smith & Golden
Qnt/Jesse Gilbert; 14: Ralph Peterson &
TriAngular III Trio; 21: Michaël Attias Qrt; 29:
Anthony Braxton Spt.
RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE: 80 East Ridge.
Ridgefield. www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
203-438-5795. Apr 15: 8pm Chris Brubeck
w/Triple Play.
The SIDE DOOR JAZZ CLUB: At Old Lyme
Inn. 85 Lyme St. Old Lyme. 860-434-0886.
www.thesidedoorjazz.com. Sets: 8:30-11pm.
Apr 1: Ricky Ford; 7: Emmet Cohen Trio; 8:
Gregory Maret Qrt; 14: Noah Preminger; 15:
Linda May Han Oh Gp; 21: Lehcats; 22: Joe
Locke Trio; 27: Feya Faku; 28-29: TS Monk.
LONG ISLAND
The JAZZ LOFT: 275 Christian Av. Stony
Brook. 631-751-1895. www.thejazzloft.org.
Sets/adm: 7pm $20-10. Wed: 7-8pm $10,
8pm $5 Jam w/FM Band. Apr 15: Warren
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ANOTHER REASON TO CELEBRATE
Everlasting love
Although she doesn't get to the Big
Apple very often, each visit is a homecom-
ing of sorts for Bay Area vocalist and com-
poser Sandy Cressman. The Bronx-born
singer spent some of her pre-school years
here and coming back keeps her in touch
with her roots. "I still feel like New York is
where I'm from; being there, experiencing
it, helps me understand my parents," she
muses.
Sandy Cressman, Rockwood Music Hall
Her musical roots extend even farther
afield: Brazilian music has been her love
since first listen. From youthful enthusi-
asm ignited by Sergio Mendes, to being
"floored" when a classmate performed a
Brazilian tune at school, to picking up tips
and homemade cassettes from Marcus
Silva when she sang with the vocal group
Pastiche: Sandy was hooked. She discov-
ered the music of Ivan Lins by hearing one
of his recordings played over the sound
system between sets at a Pat Metheny con-
cert at Berkeley's Greek Theater. "I hiked
all the way down to the sound booth to find
out what it was."
The Brazilian singer/songwriter Djavan
was another ear-opener. "I couldn't believe
it; the music was so great. It was so funky
with great chord changes, groove and
melody." Since 1999, Sandy has released
three albums of Brazilian music as a
leader, including the new Entre Amigos
(Cressman Music), for which she con-
tributed lyrics for each of the ten tunes,
and music for half of them. The CD
includes "Ela É," the first song she wrote in
Portuguese; Sandy learned the language so
she could perform the music more authen-
tically.
Writing words for existing music is a
multistep process for the vocalist. She
aims to get the composer's approval of con-
cept for her lyrics, making sure that what
she hears in the song jibes with the com-
By Elzy Kolb
poser's intent and has the right feeling.
Once Sandy gets the go-ahead, she concep-
tualizes a story and structure and puts it
into words. Next, she double-checks the
language and grammar with a native
speaker of Portuguese. "It's a cool process,
like puzzle-making," Sandy explains.
"Sometimes someone points out, 'In
Portuguese, we wouldn't say it this way,'
and revising the grammar could require
reworking and revisiting the lyrics. It
would send me down a different path
sometimes."
Entre Amigos features regional styles
from several areas of the country.
"Brazilian music isn't all about samba and
bossa nova," she points out. Besides span-
ning the miles with her song choices, the
album also crosses generations, featuring
musicians from the venerable Antonio
Adolfo to the youthful Ian Faquini, plus
Ray Obiedo, Dennis Chambers, Jovino
Santos Neto, the Frevo star Spok and
Sandy's husband, trombonist Jeff
Cressman, renowned for his work with
Carlos Santana and others.
The CD was a longtime work in
progress. Though she recorded "Ela É" in
2010, Sandy says she really dug in around
2013, when her younger daughter, dancer
Julianna Cressman, went to college.
(Sandy's other daughter is trombonist
Natalie Cressman, now a New Yorker her-
self.) Once the nest was empty, Sandy says
she pondered, "Who do I want to be musi-
cally. Who do I want to be, period?!"
Brazilian music—and finishing Entre
Amigos—figured in the answer to her
questions.
Join Sandy in celebrating the release
of Entre Amigos at Rockwood Music
Hall on April 12; her band includes
trombonist Natalie Cressman, drummer
Vanderlei Pereira, pianist Vitor Goncalves
and others.
Eight is enough
What becomes a legend most? How
about a two-night 85th birthday celebra-
tion presenting the too-rarely heard music
of a smokin' band? That's what's in the
works to honor trombonist and NEA Jazz
Master Slide Hampton on his milestone
birthday, when the Slide Hampton Octet
directed by Frank Basile appears at
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, April 21 and
22, playing material written for the origi-
nal midcentury octet.
A few years back, Frank, a baritone sax-
ophonist as well as an arranger and com-
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Cressman photo by Calixto Junior. 25
 ANOTHER REASON...continued from page 25
poser, wanted to polish his arranging
chops and decided transcribing Slide's
tunes from the octet's many albums would
be a good exercise. "I heard the records and
thought it would be great to play these,"
Frank explains. "I worked with Slide when
he was conductor of the Dizzy Gillespie All-
Star Big Band for several years; it was
great to have that experience. Slide was
playing amazingly and a great conductor
in front of the band, too."
The original octet charts no longer exist,
so before taking on the project, Frank says,
"I wanted Slide's blessing. It's his music. I
invited him to rehearsals; he was enthusi-
astic; he loved hearing the music again."
Since then, Frank has transcribed 25
tunes, about a third of the octet's reper-
toire, and he intends to keep going. "At the
beginning, I figured out what to transcribe
by what had the most meat, what had voic-
ings I could learn from. At this point, I'm
thinking of balance of the ensemble and
soloists."
Frank Basile and Slide Hampton
Frank Basile, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
For the birthday celebration, Frank is
planning to present some Hampton origi-
nals along with his arrangements of stan-
dards and blues, and at least one of his
suites. "There's a lot of energy, the music is
vibrant, swinging; it's all really beautiful.
We'll follow the road map as recorded, but
the solos will be improvised. It will be a
blend of old and new," Franks says. Slide
plans to be in the house both nights and
there's talk of special guests being on
hand.
Founded in 1959, Slide's octet featured
legendary players including George
Coleman, Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little,
and Charlie Persip. The original octet
gigged steadily for several years. "It was
a well-oiled machine," Frank muses.
The lineup for the birthday gig includes
26 Basile photo by Ernest Gregory, Richmond by Paul Undersinger.
Sam Dillon on tenor, Bruce Harris and
Tony Kadlek on trumpets, Ryan Keberle
and Marshall Gilkes on trombone, David
Wong on bass and Charles Ruggiero on
drums; his father, drummer Vinnie
Ruggiero, also played in Slide's octet.
"Charles grew up listening to this music—
now he's playing the music his father
played," Frank notes.
"I always want to do the music justice,
to play to the best of my ability—but I
want to do that any time. This is a special
thing, I want to do justice for a hero, but
also want to relax and treat it like any-
thing else. Some of the things Slide wrote
for brass are pretty taxing. He's a virtuoso
who wrote parts with virtuosos in mind.
So, you have to concentrate, have your
chops in good shape and play with intent."
Bass is the place
The legendary bassist and composer
Charles Mingus would have turned 95
this month and, even 38 years after his
death, he remains a musical force to be
reckoned with. "If Charles was alive now
and in New York, he would take over the
jazz scene—his music would still work. Put
Charles back in a band at 95 and he would
still sound great," bassist Mike Richmond
declares.
Charles Mingus
Mike Richmond, Jazz Standard
Mike's immersion in Mingus' music goes
way back. In his late teens, he often drove
to New York from his native Philadelphia
to hear his idol play; reading magazine
interviews with Mingus shaped Mike's
approach to his instrument; his first Big
Apple gig was opening for the legendary
bassist at the Village Gate. To this day,
Mingus' influence makes itself felt: Mike
plays cello on his newly released CD of
Oscar Pettiford compositions, The
Pendulum (SteepleChase), and explains
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 HOT FLASHES
By Seton Hawkins
Celebrations and Centennials

2 017 IS A REMARKABLE YEAR IN

the story of jazz, marking the centenni-
als of legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy
Rich, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie
andindeed of recorded jazz itself.
At Jazz at Lincoln Center, Ella
Fitzgerald's centennial is celebrated this
month. On April 26, JALC's annual gala,
hosted by Harry Connick Jr. and featuring
Ann Hampton Callaway,
Birdland
performances by Renee Fleming, Diana
Krall, Marilyn Maye, Audra McDonald,
Cecile McLorin Salvant and others, will
focus on the life and impact of this musical
legend. In addition to her work on the gala,
Roberta Gambarini—one of today's most
remarkable scions of Ella's artistic tradi- Ulysses Owens,
tion—will keep the hall swinging through
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola

her performances of classic Ella repertoire
with the JALC Orchestra April 27-29. For
more details, visit www.jazz.org.
The drum visionary Ulysses Owens
brings a unique Ella tribute to Dizzy's
Club Coca-Cola April 28-30. "She is a
talent that is literally always unfolding to
me," Ulysses notes. "I am incredibly excited
about my tribute to Ella with a special and
curated concept that I hope will showcase
'All Sides of Ella'!"

Ella Fitzgerald

Roberta Gambarini, JALC Buddy Rich

Ella Fitzgerald-themed events are

scheduled throughout the city, as many
more artists honor her achievements and
influence. Master vocalist Ann Hampton
Callaway commemorates The Ella
Century at Birdland April 18-22. "Ella
Fitzgerald was a necessary miracle: her Ali Jackson, JALC

voice, spirit and musicality sent ripples of

joy throughout the 79 years of her lifetime
and continue to inspire and uplift music
lovers everywhere," Ann notes. "She was
every bit the musician her instrumentalist
collaborators were and her ability to be in
the moment whether skyrocketing into
gymnastic scat or caressing a tender ballad
was always a thing of beauty. I can't imag-
ine my life without Ella and can't wait to
celebrate her centennial wherever I go."
For tickets, go to www.birdlandjazz.com.
Other celebrations continue throughout
the month and into May. At JALC April 7-
8, drummer Ali Jackson honors the 100th
birthday of a musical hero of his, Buddy
Rich, whom he describes as "a big, brazen
and effervescent drummer of ferocity,
velocity, passion and ardor for jazz" who
"will always be a beacon for enthusiasm
and individuality in our music." Visit
www.jazz.org to learn more.
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 FRESH TAKES
S AXOPHONIST AND COMPOSER
Hailey Niswanger is leading a quartet
at Smalls Jazz Club this month, and, hav-
ing just spent a few months in Ethiopia,
Hailey's multi-genre sound is flourishing.
It'll be exciting to see how her unique expe-
riences inform her music.
On her first encounters in Ethiopia,
Hailey recalls, "I came and was completely
welcomed as part of the family. In the U.S.
people are generally more closed off, but in
Ethiopia, everyone is looking out for one
another. I don't speak the language, but
that hasn't detracted from creating a loving
bond." She continues, "I wanted to go to
another culture, to not know everything, to
root myself in a place and create meaning-
ful relationships."
These experiences are also proving to be
fruitful on a musical level. On that, Hailey
says "I've written more music in these past
few months than I have in the last five
years. It all just flows out so naturally now.
HOT FLASHES...
continued from page 27
Pianist Joe Bushkin, who would have
turned 100 last November, will be remem-
bered with a Highlights in Jazz show May
4 at Tribeca PAC. The engaging trum-
peter, vocalist and bandleader Bob
Merrill—Joe's son-in-law and frequent col-
laborator—will provide top-notch direction
for the show. Aimed at highlighting Joe's
extraordinary versatility and musical
range, the set will feature Harry Allen,
Wycliffe Gordon, Nicki Parrott, Warren
Vaché, Spike Wilner and more. The out-
pouring of artistic talents speaks to the
special impact of this tremendous artist
and the esteem in which he was held. "Joe
Bushkin played with effortless grace and
crystalline touch," Spike explains. "He was
a consummate pianist and accompanist
and universally respected by his peers. He
was the epitome of taste and swing."
Joe Bushkin
and Bob Merrill
Spike Wilner,
Tribeca PAC
28
By Nick Dunston
I can't wait to bring it back and debut it
all."
Hailey Niswanger performs at
Smalls Jazz Club on April 19.
New Releases, Jazz Education and
New Projects
The fascinating, often complex, and
under-explored history of Italy's relation-
ship to jazz finally gets a fuller examina-
tion with the publication of Jazz Italian
Style: From Its Origins in New Orleans to
Fascist Italy and Sinatra by Anna
Harwell Celenza. Exploring topics rang-
ing from the deep ties of Italian-American
artists to the music's creation, to the
music's subsequent rise to popularity and
adoption in Italy itself, Jazz Italian Style is
a must-read for any aficionado of the
music's history.
Swing University at JALC begins its
spring term this month, with classes
including Duke Ellington, taught by Loren
Schoenberg, and Jazz Vocalists: The First
100 Years, taught by Catherine Russell
will run through June. For more informa-
tion, visit www.jazz.org/swingu.
Tenor sax and flute master Lew
Tabackin and his trio holds a monthly
residence at Michiko Studios, well-
known for its rehearsal studio space. The
first Wednesday of the month Lew per-
forms with Boris Kozlov on bass and Mark
Taylor, drums. For more information, visit
www.michikostudios.com.
Columbia University's Center for
Jazz Studies hosts The Future of Jazz
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 B A C K S T A G E PA S S
JAZZ ANECDOTE BY BILL CROW
Bill 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.
At a concert with Bill Wurtzel, Jay Leonhart was singing his signature song, "Me and
Lenny." It's about Jay flying first class to LA and finding himself seated next to Leonard
Bernstein, and how they became friends, but he never heard from Lenny since then. In the
middle of the song, Jay's cell phone ringer went off. Bill said "Must be Lenny." He got a laugh
from the audience and saved an awkward moment.
On another occasion the same duo was playing at a restaurant. On a break they were
served one meal with a glass of wine. Jay asked if they could have two straws. The waiter
got the message and brought food for two.

WINNING SPINS...continued from page 4
sentation of one of mime Marcel Marceau's
most famous routines: walking against a
fierce oncoming wind. Memories of an
anchovy and rice dish from Malaysia yield
"Ikan Bilis," with Linda on electric bass.
She also doubles electric and acoustic
basses on "Midnight," again adding
Fabian's keyboards. Throughout the album,
Linda's bass dominates to a large degree,
both in its prominence in the ensemble—
her ensemble writing and orchestral sensi-
bility make the quartet sound much larg-
er—and as a versatile, lyrical solo voice.
Her solos on the ballad "Mother Reason"
and "Lucid Lullabye" persist in memory.
And she moves the band to create indelible
renditions of her more esoteric tunes, like
the stuttering "Speech Impediment," coax-
ing out a pleading tenor sax solo from Ben
and rolling rhythms from the group. Her
solo on the title tune, beginning in a collec-
tive ensemble semi-maelstrom and ending
a cappella, is alone worth the price of
admission to this consistently engaging,
original album.
Kevin Eubanks with Dave Holland,
Nicholas Payton and Jeff " Tain" Watts,
plays Birdland, April 11-15. The Linda
May Han Oh Quartet with Rudy
Royston on drums has CD release gigs
for Walk Against Wind at The Side
Door in Old Lyme on April 15—Gilad
Hekselman replacing Matthew on gui-
tar—and at Jazz Standard on April 19.
ANOTHER REASON...continued from page 26
that he picked up the smaller instrument
because of Mingus' close relationship with
Pettiford, an avid proponent of the cello.
It's fitting that after Mingus passed in
1979, his widow, Sue Mingus, asked Mike
to take over bass duties in the Mingus
Dynasty band. These days, he and Boris
Kozlov share bass spot in the lineup of the
Mingus Big Band and Mingus Orchestra,
which rule the bandstand at Jazz
Standard most Monday nights. After
stints with Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Gil
Evans, Horace Silver, Joe Henderson,
Jack DeJohnette, Dizzy Gillespie and
countless others, Mike doesn't hesitate to
rank the Mingus gig as among his
favorites, even after playing the music for
37 years. "It's still very exciting. The
whole band feels that way, you can feel the
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A Moment You Missed by

Fran Kaufman Hot House
Contributing Photographer
In the early days of Jazz at Lincoln Center, in
the 1990s, when the official designation was
the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (becoming
a full member of the Lincoln Center family, in
1996), I was privileged to attend a rehearsal
as Wynton Marsalis presided at an off-site
studio (their own space was still a dream).
Marsalis sat down at the piano to get across
what he was expecting as the orchestra
assembled. Unpacking on his left, drummer
Lewis Nash, and on saxophone behind the
column, Joe Temperley, who, until his pass-
ing this year, was an esteemed member of the
band.

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Chiasson; 20: Rich Iacona & The Bad Little
Big Band; 27: Interplay Jazz Orch; 29: Eli
Yamin Qrt.
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY-POST: 720
Northern Blvd. Brookville. www.liu.edu/post.
www.tillescenter.org. 516-299-2895. Apr 22:
8pm New York Voices; 30: 7pm Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orch w/Wynton Marsalis.
TREME: 553 Main St. Islip. 631-277-2008.
www.tremeislip.com. Sets: Sun&Wed 7-
11pm; Thurs-Sat 8pm-12am. Apr 2: Eric Berg
Qrt; 5: Lawrence Clark Trio; 6: Sabori; 7:
Brow Shoe Jazz Qrt; 8: Chris Covais &
friends; 9: Kevin Clarke Duo; 12: Dominic
Duval Jr. & Chris Ziembi; 13: Latin Rhythms
w/Jose Trombone; 14: Spike Wilner; 15: Ryan
Berg Gp; 16: John Restrepo Band; 19:
Talisman Gypsy Jazz; 21: John Ray Spt; 22:
Thom Penn Nnt; 23: Interplay Jazz Orch; 27:
Mambo Loco; 28: Brooklyn Circle; 29:
Reggae Jazz Qrt.
NEW JERSEY
BERGEN
BERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:
30 N Van Brunt St. Englewood. 201-227-
1030. www.bergenpac.org. Apr 21: 8pm Willy
Chirino.
CAPE MAY
EXIT ZERO INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FES-
TIVAL: Cape May. www.exit0jazzfest.com.
888-943-1864. Apr 21-23: festival feat 04/21
Brianna Thomas, Charnett Moffett & Nettwork
Trio, Daisy Castro, Maceo Parker w/the Ray
Charles Orch & The Raelettes, Philly Gumbo,
Stooges Brass Band, 04/22 Brian Betz/Denis
DiBlasio Qrt, Brianna Thomas, Charnett
Moffett, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Daisy
Castro, Kenny Barron, Michael Pedicin, Philly
Gumbo, PhillyBloco, Robert Glasper
Experiment, Sonny Knight & The Lakers,
Stooges Brass Band, 04/23 Brian Betz/Denis
DiBlasio Qrt, Christian Sands Trio, Daisy
Castro, Freddie Hendrix, PhillyBloco, Sonny
Knight & The Lakers.
ESSEX
BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH: 275W
Market St. Newark. www.bethany-
newark.org. 973-623-8161. Apr 1: 6-7:30pm
Jazz Vespers feat Brandee Younger.
DLV LOUNGE: 300 Bloomfield Av. Montclair.
973-783-6988. Apr 7: 8-11pm Scot Albertson
Qrt; 15: 9pm-12am Carol Deminski.
DORTHAAN’S PLACE: At Nico Kitchen + Bar
in NJPAC. 1 Center St. Newark. 888-466-
5722. www.njpac.org. Apr 2: 11am&1pm
$45/15 adm Jazz Brunch w/Bucky
Pizzarelli/Ed Laub Duo.
GATEWAY CENTER 2: 2 Gateway Center.
283-299 Market St. Newark. 973-624-8880.
Apr 5: 12-1pm Lakecia Benjamin.
LUNA STAGE: 555 Valley Rd. West Orange.
973-395-5551. www.lunastage.org. Apr 30:
7pm Don Braden.
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CEN-
TER: 1 Center St. Newark. 888-466-5722.
www.njpac.org. Apr 7: 8pm Here Is the Place,
Our City feat Adegoke Steve Colson; 8:
1:30pm WBGO Children’s concert feat Dion
Parson; 20-23: Wayne Shorter weekend feat
04/20 7pm Wallace Roney Orch, 04/21
7:30pm Emmet Cohen Trio + Cécile McLorin
Salvant w/Sullivan Fortner, 04/22 8pm Wayne
Shorter w/Christian McBride, Rachel Z, Joe
Lovano, Steve Wilson, Omar Hakim & Manolo
Badrena, 04/23 3pm Christian McBride/
Esperanza Spalding, 7pm Gretchen Parlato +
Wayne Shorter Qrt & spec guest Herbie
Hancock.
30 For comprehensive daily updated listings with sort-by options—by artist, location, day or time—go to www.hothousejazz.com.
SOPAC: 1 SOPAC Way. South Orange. 973-
313-2787. www.sopacnow.org. Apr 23: 7pm
John Lee & friends.
TRUMPETS: 6 Depot Square. Montclair. 973-
744-2600. www.trumpetsjazz.com. Adm
varies. Apr 1: 8-11pm Dave Stryker Qrt; 2: 2-
5pm Peter Furlan & Mr. Gone w/Rockland
Youth Jazz Ens, 7:30-10:30pm Scott Reeves
Jazz Orch; 15: 8-11pm The Royal Bopsters
feat Sheila Jordan; 19: Ronnie Cuber.
HUDSON
NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY: 2039
Kennedy Blvd. Jersey City. www.njcu.edu.
201-200-2000. Apr 10: 7:30pm Walt Weiskopf
& NJCU Jazz Ens w/guest Chris Byars.
MERCER
1867 SANCTUARY AT EWING: 101 Scotch
Rd. Ewing. www.1867sanctuary.org/series
jazz. 609-392-6409. Apr 1: 8pm Joe Holt; 2:
3pm Luiz Simas.
CANDLELIGHT LOUNGE: 24 Passaic St.
Trenton. www.candlelightevents.way.to. 609-
695-9612. Sat: 3:30-7:30pm free adm/$10
min. www.jazztrenton.com. Apr 1: Orrin
Evans Qrt; 8: Lawrence Clark; 15: Pat Tandy.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Fine Hall. 304
Washington Rd. Princeton. 609-258-4200.
www.princeton.edu/music. Apr 27: 7:30pm
free adm Jazz Vocal Collective I & II w/spec
guest Darmon Meader.
MIDDLESEX
DUE MARI: 78 Albany St. New Brunswick.
www.duemarinj.com. 732-296-1600. Fri:
6:30-9:30pm free adm The New Brunswick
Jazz Project/www.nbjp.org. Apr 7: Misha
Josephs Duo; 14: Marianne Solivan Duo; 21:
Mike Bond Duo; 28: Kate Curran Duo.
GARDEN STATE ALE HOUSE: 378 George
St. New Brunswick. www.gsalehouse.com.
732-543-2408. Tues: 8pm + 9:30pm Jam free
adm The New Brunswick Jazz Project/
www.nbjp.org feat Emerging Artists. Apr 4:
Ryan Permaul Band; 11: John Kirshner; 18:
Benjamin Weise Gp; 25: tba.
HYATT HOTEL: 2 Albany St. New Brunswick.
www.newbrunswick.hyatt.com. 732-873-
1234. Thurs: 8-11pm free adm The New
Brunswick Jazz Project/www.nbjp.org. Apr 6:
Lee Hogans Qrt; 13: Stafford Hunter Qrt; 20:
Vivian Sessoms Qrt; 27: Matt Kane Qrt.
INC RESTAURANT: 302 George St. New
Brunswick. www.increstaurant.com. 732-640-
0553. Wed: 8-11pm free adm The New
Brunswick Jazz Project/www.nbjp.org. Apr 5:
Robert Landham Qrt; 12: JC Stylles Trio; 19:
Anthony Nelson Trio; 26: Joe Magnarelli Trio.
STATE THEATRE: 15 Livingston Av. New
Brunswick. www.statetheatrenj.org. 732-246-
7469. Apr 4: 10:30am&8pm Hypnotic Brass
Ens.
MONMOUTH
COUNT BASIE THEATRE: 99 Monmouth St.
Red Bank. www.countbasietheatre.org. 732-
842-9000. Sets: 8pm. Apr 11: $199-50 adm
Tony Bennett; 21: $20 Ella & Louis feat Byron
Stripling & Marva Hicks w/New Jersey
Symphony Orch & Lee Musiker.
MORRIS
BICKFORD THEATRE: 6 Normandy Heights
Rd. Morristown. 973-971-3706. Sets: 7:30pm.
Apr 1: John Pizzarelli Qrt; 3: Two Sides of
Scott Joplin feat Richard Dowling & Jeff
Barnhart.
MAYO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: 100
South St. Morristown. www.mayoarts.org.
973-539-8008. Apr 20: 8pm $59-29 adm Joey
Alexander. a
SHANGHAI JAZZ: 24 Main St. Madison. 973-
822-2899. www.shanghaijazz.com. Free adm.
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Sets: Sun 6-8:30pm, Tues 6:30-9pm, Wed-
Thurs 7-9:30pm, Fri 6:30&8:30pm, Sat
6:30&8:45pm. Closed Mon. Tues except
04/18 John Korba. Apr 1: Keith Ingham Trio;
7: Champian Fulton Trio; 8: Dion Parson; 13:
Bucky Pizzarelli Qrt feat Aaron Weinstein; 14:
“King” Solomon Hicks; 15: SaRon Crenshaw
Qrt; 19: Nicki Parrott Trio; 21: Herb
Woodson; 23: 3-5:30pm NJJS Jazz Social
feat Betty Comora; 28: Bobby Harden; 29:
Nat Adderley Jr. Trio.
OCEAN
OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE: College Dr.
Toms River. 732-255-0500. www.ocean.edu.
www.njjs.org. Apr 12: 8-9:30pm $18/22 adm
Stephanie Trick.
PASSAIC
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY: 300
Pompton Rd. Wayne. www.wpunj.edu. 973-
720-2371. Apr 30: 4pm Rhythm Future Qrt.
UNION CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: 1600
Martine Av. Scotch Plains. 908-889-1600.
www.unioncatholic.org. Apr 29: 8-10pm $25
adm A One Night Jazz Festival benefit to St.
Joseph’s Social Service Center 800-383-
3006X1 feat Marlene Verplanck, Ben
Cassara, Jan Findlay w/Geoff Gallante,
Tomoko Ono, Greg Bufford, Rick Crane &
Todd Bashore.
UNION COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER: 1601 Irving St. Rahway. 732-499-
8226. www.ucpac.org. Apr 9: 7-9pm Bossa
Brasil®.
WARREN
RUTHERFURD HALL: 1686-R Rte 517.
Allamuchy. 908-852-1894. www.rutherfurd
hall.org. Apr 23: 3-5pm $25/20 adm Jazz at
the Rutherfurd feat Tony DeSare.
NEW YORK STATE
76 HOUSE: 110 Main St. Tappan. 845-359-
5476. www.76house.com. Wed: 8-11pm free
adm Quintets w/Mark Hagan & feat artists +
Jam. Apr 5: Rob Scheps; 12: Andy Farber &
Mark Patterson; 19: Tim Armacost; 26:
Spencer Macleish.
BARD COLLEGE: 60 Manor Av. Annandale-on-
Hudson. www.fishercenter.bard.edu. 845-
758-7900. Apr 14: 7:30-9:30pm $25 adm
Evan Christopher/Yohan Giaume.
FALCON ARTS: 1348 Rte 9 West. Marlboro.
www.liveatthefalcon.com. 845-236-7970. $20
don suggested. Sets: 7-10pm. Falcon
Underground (FU). Apr 1: Ed Palermo Big
Band Cosmic Debris; 2: David Weiss & Point
of Departure; 6: The Microscopic Spt, FU
Andy Stack & American Soup; 9: Tom
Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Waltz New; 12: FU
Jam Jazz Sessions; 13: McGuiness, Lande &
Swallow; 15: Larry Coryell Tribute &
Celebration; 20: FU bigBANG; 23: Scott
Petito’s “io”; 27: “What Do You Want To
Say?”; 28: FU Everything Turned to Color; 30:
Noah Haidu Qrt.
HOWLAND CULTURAL CENTER: 477 Main
St. Beacon. www.howlandculturalcenter. org.
845-831-4988. Apr 20: 8pm $20 adm Karl
Berger/Ingrid Sertso Qnt.
MAUREEN’S JAZZ CELLAR: 2 N Bdwy.
Nyack. www.maureensjazzcellar.com. 845-
535-3143. Sets/adm: unless otherwise noted
8&9:30pm $15. Apr 1: Robert Rodriguez Trio;
7: Paul Meyers & World on a String Trio; 8:
Teri Roiger Qrt; 14: $20 Geoffrey Keezer feat
Gillian Margot; 19: 9pm Tom Marriot Qrt; 21:
Ron Vincent & friends; 22: Andy Laverne; 28:
Lee Greene Qrt; 29: John Hart Qrt; 30: 6pm
The E V Band.
QUINN’S: 330 Main St. Beacon. www.quinns
For comprehensive daily updated listings with sort-by options—by artist, location, day or time—go to www.hothousejazz.com.
beacon.com. Sets: 8pm. Mon: free adm
Monday Night Jazz Sessions. Apr 3: Joe
Fiedler; 20: Jacob Bernz/Rob Scheps/Jeff
Haynes.
SENATE GARAGE: 4 N Front St. Kingston.
www.senategarage.com. 845-802-5900.
7:30&9pm $15 adm Jazzstock series
www.jazzstock.com. Apr 6: Teri Roiger Qrt
w/Jay Collins; 15: Joe Lovano.
TURNING POINT CAFÉ: 468 Piermont Av.
Piermont. www.turningpointcafe.com. 845-
359-1089. Mon: 8-11:30pm $5 adm Monday
Jam by John Richmond.
WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE: 103 Mill Hill
Rd. Woodstock. www.woodstockplayhouse.
org. 845-679-6900. Apr 21: 7:30pm Jazzstock
feat Joey Alexander Trio.
PENNSYVANIA
DEER HEAD INN: 5 Main St. Delaware Water
Gap, PA. www.deerheadinn.com. 570-424-
2000. Sets: Sun 5-8pm, Thurs 8-11pm, Fri-
Sat 7-11pm. Adm varies. Residency (R):
Thurs Jam w/Bill Washer & friends. Apr 1:
Eric Mintel Qrt; 2: Mitchell Cheng Trio; 6: R; 7:
Jerry Vivino; 8: Bob Dorough Trio; 9:
Stephanie Nilles/Zach Brock Duo; 13: R; 14:
Phyllis Blanford Qnt; 15: Noah Haidu; 16:
closed; 20: R; 21: Bill Goodwin & friends; 22:
Jim Snidero Qrt w/spec guest Jimmy Cobb;
23: Alex Leonard/Paul Rostock Trio; 24: 7:30-
10:30pm Water Gap Jazz Orch dir by Matt
Vashlishan; 27: R; 28: The NEEMA Band; 29:
3Divas w/spec guest John Manzari; 30:
Moravian College Jazz Band.
QUEENS
FLUSHING TOWN HALL: 137-35 Northern
Blvd. Flushing. www.flushingtownhall.org.
718-463-7700. 1st Wed: 7pm $10 adm Jam
w/Carol Sudhalter. Apr 30: 12-10pm free The
Queens Jazz OverGround Jazz Fest feat 6pm
Rose Ellis Qrt, 6:30pm Joey Johnson Qnt,
7:15pm Hashem Assadullahi & Standard
Deviation Trio, 7:45pm Rafal Sarnecki Sxt,
8:30pm Daisuke Abe Qrt, 9pm Brian Woodruff
Sxt +1 w/Vicki Burns.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM:
34-56 107th St. Corona. 718-478-8274.
www.louisarmstronghouse.org. Sun&Sat 12-
5pm, Tues-Fri 10am-5pm: $10 adm Guided
Tours of Louis Armstrong House.
QUEENS LIBRARY LANGSTON HUGHES:
100-01 Northern Blvd. Corona. 718-651-
1100. www.queenslibrary.org. Apr 1: 2-4pm
Carol Sudhalter & Astoria Big Band.
TERRAZA 7 TRAIN CAFÉ: 40-19 Gleane St.
Elmhurst. www.terrazacafe.com. 718-803-
9602. Sun: 9pm $5 adm Jam w/John Benitez
Trio; 3rd Thurs: 9:30pm $7 Victor Prieto. Apr
21: 9pm Russ Nolan & Collectivo de
Mayorga.
WESTCHESTER
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 199N
Columbus Av at E Lincoln Av. Mount Vernon.
www.pjsjazz.org. 914-636-4977. Apr 9: 5:15-
9pm $25 adm Second Sunday Jazz series
feat Bobby Sanabria Multivers Spt.
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: At
Purchase College. 735 Anderson Hill Rd.
Purchase. www.artscenter.org. 914-251-
6200. Apr 29: 8pm A Tribute to Sonny Rollins
feat Ravi Coltrane, James Carter, Joe Lovano
& Jimmy Heath.
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 A S DOMINICAN WRITER JULIA
Alvarez explained at a reading at
Harlem's Sugar Hill Children's Museum of
Art & Storytelling at the beginning of
March: When you lose your stories, you lose
your soul. Folklore is the soul of a country.
In the case of music, folkloric music is the
musical history and soul of a country.
New York-based singer Sofía Rei has
decided to honor the musical history of
South America, along with its soul, by pay-
ing tribute to the South American folkloric
tradition in her latest album El Gavilán
(The Hawk). The title is a reference to a
piece composed by Chilean visual artist,
performer and activist Violeta Parra, whose
song "Gracias a la Vida" ("Thank you to
Life"), many people, worldwide, have heard.
"Violeta Parra was the first Latin
American artist who did a solo exhibition at
the Louvre," Argentina-born Sofía explains.
In 1964 Violeta exhibited some of her oil
paintings, wire sculptures and arpilleras
almost decade before Chile was taken by a
military dictatorship. "She was a singer
and a composer; a folklorist and an ethno-
musicologist," Sofía adds. "She was very
important for rescuing so many musical
traditions of Chile." She then reinvented
them and created something essential for
Latin American culture, which was the
New Song movement.
The legacy of Violeta also lies in her per-
sonality. "More than anything else, she was
a very brave woman," Sofía says. "She was
really truthful to herself. She was really
strong. So many people consider her the
mother of Latin American music." 2017 is
the 100th anniversary of Violeta's birth and
Sofía is more than prepared for this cele-
bration since she and guitarist Marc Ribot
performed for a Parra tribute in Colombia
last May.
Sofía's album features eight tunes, all
Parra compositions. Songs such as "Arriba
quemando el Sol" and "El Gavilán" trans-
late the authenticity, rawness, urgency and
uneasiness of Violeta's titanesque journey;
yet in paying tribute to Violeta, Sofía also
continues establishing her own unique,
focused, unconventional and, at times,
delirious vision: Trained as a classical
singer, she can use her voice operatically,
but she is also an accomplished jazz per-
former and improviser. And it is the first
time Sofía has recorded electronic sounds.
"I create layers of my own vocals that
form the structure of what I am doing," she
says. "There is no bass; there are no drums.
You're not trying to replace them, but hope-
fully you don't miss them either. It's just
vocals layering. Each of these layers has its
own life. They have enough harmonic con-
tent, rhythmic content or counterpoint. It
was very fun to piece them together."
Sofía met Marc while she was working
with John Zorn's vocal a cappella quartet
Mycale in 2009. But Marc and she played
for the first time in 2013 with John's Song
Project. Angel Parra, Violeta's grandson, is
also on Sofía's album El Gavilán.
Sofía Rei, on voices, loops, effects,
charango and percussion, performs at
The Greenwich House on April 13 with
Jessy Maillard on guitar and saz bass,
for her project, Umbral. She also plays
at Subrosa on April 29, for the release
of her album El Gavilán, with Marc
Ribot on guitars and Jorge Glem, cua-
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 BRIDGE CROSSINGS
D ENNY ZEITLIN BEGAN HIS MUSI-
cal career—alongside his career in psy-
chiatry—in the early 1960s. Whether play-
ing solo, trio, acoustic or electric, Denny
remains one of the most articulate and sin-
gular keyboard voices in the annals of
improvised music. He has released several
recorded masterpieces but any chance to
hear him live should not be missed.
Q- You've been playing music nearly
since birth. Do you recollect what drew you
to music as a child?
A- Both parents were musical and
played the family Steinway. I remember
being drawn to the sound and crawling up
on their laps and putting my little hands
on theirs, going along for the ride kines-
thetically. It seemed magical.
Q- What memories or musicians stand
out from when you were a teenager start-
ing to play gigs in and around Chicago
where you're from?
A- Playing Dixieland part of my first
year in high school, but quickly gravitating
into bebop; forming my own trio, The Cool
Tones, and playing gigs at parties and
Chicago jazz clubs and staying out all
night immersed in the music; the excite-
ment of being able to play with better and
better players; how my parents supported
my involvement by going to jazz clubs in
NYC and bringing back messages from
some of my idols on cocktail napkins.
Q- You've presented workshops on
Unlocking the Creative Impulse: The
Psychology of Improvisation, and have
worked with many artists over the years.
Are there any recurring themes in your
psychotherapy with them?
A- The most common obstacles to enter-
ing a "flow" state where the spark of cre-
ativity is most easily ignited are a fear of
loss of control; fear of failure; and guilt
about being successful.
Q- You've lived multiple lives as a musi-
cal artist, psychiatrist, professor (at
UCSF). Did you continue to play profes-
sionally while you were studying medicine
at Johns Hopkins? How have you kept a
balance between these demanding worlds?
A- A big gift from my parents was their
support of my wish to have a dual career in
medicine and music. The challenge has
been balance. All choices involve some
compromise; I've tried to maintain my
focus on what feels like the "heart" of
music and psychiatry. Although the path
of pre-medical studies in college, medical
school and then specialty training in psy-
chiatry was demanding, I always found
ways to keep developing as a musician.
There was time for gigs, some formal study
of composition, and always good luck in
finding great players, like Gary Bartz and
Billy Hart in Baltimore when I was at
John Hopkins.
Q- A couple of bebop heavyweights I
believe you played with in the late 1950s
were Johnny Griffin and Ira Sullivan. Is
that when you mastered that language?
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“The most common obsta-
cles to entering a "flow"
state where the spark of
creativity is most easily
ignited are a fear of loss of
control; fear of failure; and
guilt about being
successful.”
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A- My college years (1956-60) at the
University of Illinois in Champaign were
particularly formative, playing with people
like Joe Farrell, Jack McDuff and Wes
Montgomery locally, and in Chicago with
folks like Johnny Griffin, Ira Sullivan, Bob
Cranshaw and Wilbur Ware. All those gigs
and jam sessions helped me grow as a
musician.
“There is something
wonderfully limitless
and challenging about
being onstage or in the
studio by myself. In
many ways, this is the
most intensely personal
musical statement.”
Q- Tell me something about influences
and mentorship in both your life as a musi-
cian and doctor?
A- In both careers, there have been
many people whom I have admired, been
inspired and influenced by, studied with,
and in one instance, mentored by. I'm
grateful for the broad exposure to so many
experts and innovators. Billy Taylor, Bill
Evans and George Russell were important
musicians who believed in my music and
encouraged me at several important points
in my career. Their basic message to trust
my music and do my own thing was
extremely supportive. There were parallel
people in psychiatry, including a 30-year
mentorship with Joseph Weiss, a psychia-
trist and psycho-analyst who developed a
major approach to psychotherapy called
Control-Mastery Theory.
Q- You'll be playing both solo and trio
with Buster Williams and Matt Wilson at
Mezzrow this month. Talk about these set-
tings.
A- There is something wonderfully lim-
itless and challenging about being onstage
or in the studio by myself. In many ways,
this is the most intensely personal musical
statement. I hope to be open to the
moment, drawing on the worlds of jazz,
classical, rock, funk and avant-garde, and
allowing the music to go where it wants.
But I've also been involved in trio perform-
ance since high school, powerfully attract-
ed to the combination of piano, bass and
drums, and have recorded most frequently
in this format. The piano, a "string-cus-
sion" instrument, has an affinity for both
bass and drums, and all three together ide-
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ally create an equilateral triangle of great
flexibility, mutuality and stability. With
musicians of the caliber of Buster and
Matt, the music is truly wide open and con-
stantly evolving.
Q- What interests you most at this
moment in your evolution as a musician?
A- Being open to new growth; being
more and more present in performance;
and remembering to be profoundly grateful
to have music in my life.
Q- You're a wine connoisseur. Have you
a favorite country to drink wine in? You're
having a wine party. Three musicians
who'd be on the top of your invite list?
A- My wife Josephine and I have been
wine collectors since the 60s and have
gone through different phases of "favorite"
countries. We have broad tastes, but cur-
rently lean more to California and French
wine. Buster, Matt and master drummer
George Marsh would be at the top of the
invitation list—we've shared some amaz-
ing wine adventures on the road and in
the studio. They all have great palates
and sensibilities.
Denny Zeitlin is at Mezzrow April
19-22, as a solo the first two nights
and joined by Buster Williams & Matt
Wilson on April 20-22.
ANOTHER REASON...
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electricity in the air."
Mike will be on hand at the Standard on
April 24, for a special birthday celebration
of the music of the bass clef colossus, fea-
turing both the big band and the orchestra,
as well as speakers, an exhibition of
Mingus memorabilia and very likely some
surprises. "Sue Mingus is very creative and
last minute-ish, and she comes up with a
lot of great ideas," Mike explains.
Mingus wrote a lot of political and
protest music, much of which continues to
be timely. "It could be a real political
evening," Mike notes. "As we're playing
that material, the band is practically in a
trance, we're very emotional about it and
we take the audience to the same place.
Sometimes we're almost crying from the
emotion—to still be playing those political
songs these days." But Mingus was
renowned for his wit as well as his social
consciousness: "You really have to listen to
the lyrics, he used double entendres, sar-
casm and down-home humor to make his
point."
Trumpeter Jack Walrath, who played
with Mingus during the 1970s is also a reg-
ular at the Monday night gigs, and he's the
only Mingus band alumnus scheduled to
play at the birthday celebration. The line-
up also includes Alex Foster, Frank Lacy,
Ron Blake, Wayne Escoffery, Conrad
Herwig, John Clarke and many others.
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Discography on April 28 and 29, aimed at
highlighting J-DISC, a free online discog-
raphy project currently underway to cata-
logue accurate discographic information
for scholars and music fans. Find out more
at http://jazz.columbia.edu/.
April 29 is the annual International
Women in Jazz all day festival at Saint
Peter’s Church, featuring Becky Kilgore
and Nicki Parrott as headliners. Check
www.internationalwomeninjazz.org for
tickets.
April 30 marks International Jazz
Day. Curated by the Thelonious Monk
Institute of Jazz, the day offers concerts
and educational events happening
throughout the world. While an all-star
concert is webcasted throughout the day,
local live events in the New York City area
also take place as a part of the global cele-
bration. For a full listing, visit www.jazz
day.com.
Our own copy editor, Yvonne Ervin, is
preparing to host a trip to NYC to visit the
famous jazz clubs and attend the JALC
Essentially Ellington contest May 10-
14. The trip is a fundraiser for the Tucson
Jazz Institute Ellington Band which heads
to the contest again for the eighth year in
a row—they've made the final three almost
as many times. For more information,
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