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The only jazz magazine THE LATIN SIDE
in NY in print, online
and on apps! OF HOT HOUSE P31
January 2019 www.hothousejazz.com
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Orrin Evans Terri Lyne Carrington
Romero Lubambo Pat Bianchi
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Page 21 Jazz Standard Page 10
Where To Go & Who To See Since 1982
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WINNING SPINS By George K anzler
A FTER THE BIG BAND ERA, SOME
of the cravings for an orchestral sound
in jazz were assuaged by the rise of the
lad, "Blue Gardenia," and Kevin brings a
Johnny Hartman vibe to Billy Eckstine's "I
Just Want to Talk About You," in an
Hammond B3 organ in the post-bop, hard arrangement that accentuates the orches-
bop years. Smaller, often neighborhood tral tones of Pat's B3.
clubs, could fill the room with a B3 trio, the Presence, Orrin Evans and the
big keyboard emulating the depth and Captain Black Big Band (Smoke Sessions,
sonorities of a much bigger ensemble. 2018), presents a streamlined nonet ver-
Meanwhile, big bands never went away, sion of the big band that Orrin founded a
many flourishing as once-a-week or once-a- decade ago in Philadelphia, his hometown,
month attractions at venues that usually to showcase and celebrate that city's jazz
featured B3 combos. Many of these "big talent. Although now the pianist for high
bands" were pared down orchestras, profile trio The Bad Plus, Orrin continues
nonets or tentets that functioned as mini- to be a staunch champion of the
big bands. This Winning Spins features an Philadelphia jazz scene, as this album
innovative B3 organ player in mostly trio proves. It was recorded live at two neigh-
settings that emphasize the orchestral pos- borhood clubs: SOUTH Kitchen & Jazz
sibilities of the instrument, and a slimmed- Parlor and Chris' Jazz Café.
down-to-nonet big band that plays regular- Listeners seeking finesse won't find it
ly at Philadelphia clubs. on this exuberant recording bristling with
In the Moment, Pat Bianchi (Savant, rambunctious, dueling ensemble passages
2018), is anchored by Pat's working trio of and boisterous, raise-the-roof solos. Tunes
the leader's organ, Paul Bollenback's gui- and arrangements are all by band mem-
tar and Byron Landham's drums. Paul is bers, with trumpeters John Raymond and
subbed by Peter Bernstein and Pat Josh Lawrence also contributing charts for
Martino on one track each, while Carmen two of Orrin's three originals. Trombonist
Intorre, Jr. takes over the drum chair on David Gibson's "The Scythe" blasts out of
four tracks. Joe Locke's vibes replace gui- the gate with raucous ensembles and solos
tar on three tracks, and the late Kevin from tenor saxist Troy Roberts, Josh,
Mahogany sings with organ and drums on David and Orrin, whose choppy block
another. chords evoke Monk. Tandem soloing, led
Pat and Paul create a panoramic, multi- by Troy, and wild free passages seem
layered sonic palette with the B3 and elec- inspired by Charles Mingus on fellow
tric, device-laden guitar. And they venture bassist—and only non-participant—Eric
way beyond the get down, boogaloo and Revis' "Question," also arranged by Josh.
deep groove music associated with the Orrin introduces his own "Flip the Script"
"chicken shack" school of B3 music. That with hesitant chords soon overwhelmed by
exploration pervades the record, nowhere brass jabs as a jagged, jumpy theme
more so than on the Gil Evans-Miles Davis emerges, the piece ramping up with Caleb
"Time of the Barracudas"—titled Curtis’ alto sax trading with Troy's tenor, a
"Barracudas (General Assembly)"—the shout chorus with piano breaks and a stut-
album's longest cut: a spacey, electronics tering, drum breaks-filled coda. An audi-
spiked track that has a psychedelic late ence clap-along introduces Troy's "Trams,"
1960s-early 1970s vibe. The two also romp a tune with a swashbuckling groove and
through a surprisingly fast, Byron's sticks- wah-wah brass-enveloping solos before
driven version of Willie Nelson's ballad Orrin and Troy trade solos over a final,
"Crazy," create some bluesy unison lines repeated band riff. Orrin's "Answer" is the
on Pat's "No Expectations" and give a nod closest thing to a ballad here, but builds to
to soul jazz on Stevie Wonder's "Don't You a searing climax. His "When It Comes"
Worry 'Bout a Thing." The three tracks appears twice in short versions—is it the
with Joe's vibes joining Pat's B3 and band's theme?—that feature his piano, but
Carmen's drums tackle repertoire rarely overall this is a very democratic band,
essayed by organs. Chick Corea's gnarly spreading solos and compositions among
"Humpty Dumpty" introduces the unison the members.
chords and tight mass sound that marks
the B3-vibes marriage. It returns on the Pat Bianchi brings a quartet with
closing two numbers, a spaced-out take on Paul Bollenback, Joe Locke and Byron
Wayne Shorter's "Fall" and a bright, jaun- Landham to Jazz Standard Jan. 30.
ty run through Thelonious Monk's "Four in Orrin Evans leads a quintet at Smoke
One." Pat Martino, in whose band Pat Jazz and Supper Club with Josh
plays, guests on "Mr. PM," written by the Lawrence, Wheeler Curtis, Ben Wolfe
leader. Peter is on board for a soulful bal- and Ralph Peterson, Jr., Jan. 11-13.
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CLUBS & HALLS
UPPER MANHATTAN
(Above 70th Street)
AMERICAN LEGION POST: 248W 132nd St
(bet 7th & 8th Avs). 212-283-9701. www.
colchasyoungharlempost398.com. Sun, atler-
BILL’S PLACE: 148W 133rd St (bet Lenox & 7th
native Wed & Thurs: 6:30-10:30pm Jam.
Avs). www.billsplaceharlem.com. 212-281-
0777. Fri-Sat: 8&10pm $20 don Bill Saxton
The CECIL: 210W 118th St (bet St. Nicholas Av
Bebop Band.
& Adam Clayton Powell Blvd). 212-866-1262.
CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE: 2485 Bway (bet
www.thececilharlem.com. Fri-Sat: 11pm Jam.
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 Benno
Marmur; Mon Mark Hagan; Tues Marc
Devine; Wed E Open mic w/Les Kurtz, L
Nathan Brown; Thurs L Nathan Brown; Fri L
Robbie Lee; Sat L T. Kash. Jan 3: Noriko
Kamo; 4: Carol Sudhalter; 5: Denton Darien;
10: Rob Block; 11: Dan Furman; 12: Alan
Rosenthal; 17: Equilibrium Jazz Gp; 18: Alan
Chaubert; 19: Justin Lees; 24: Matt Baker;
25: Roland Temple; 26: Joe Bonacci; 31: DiDi
GIN FIZZ: 308 Malcolm X Blvd at 125th St. 2nd
Grooves.
Fl. www.ginfizzharlem.com. 212-289-5550.
Fri: 7-8&8:30-9:30pm. Jan 4: Todd Herbert
feat Cynthia Soriano; 11: Salima Rah; 18:
GINNY’S SUPPER CLUB: At Red Rooster.
Tony Hewitt; 25: Darnell White.
310 Lenox Av (bet 125th & 126th Sts).
GREATER CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH:
www.ginnyssupperclub.com. 212-792-9001.
55W 124th St (bet Malcolm X Blvd & 5th Av).
212-348-6132. www.harlemjazzboxx.com.
Tues 12pm $15 adm & Fri 7pm $20: Harlem
HAN DYNASTY RESTAURANT: 215W 85th
Jazz series.
St (bet Bway & Amsterdam Avs). 212-858-
9060. www.handynasty.net/uws. Thurs: 6-
LENOX COFFEE: 60W 129th St at Lenox Av.
8pm free adm Steve Wirts Qrt w/spec guests.
646-833-7839. www.lenoxcoffee.com. Sun: 5-
LENOX SAPHIRE: 341 Lenox Av at 127th St.
7pm Keyed Up feat Ilya Lushtak Trio.
Thurs: 11pm-4am Keyed Up series w/Phil
MINTON’S: 206W 118th St (bet St. Nicholas Av
Young Oct.
& Adam Clayton Powell Blvd). 212-243-2222.
www.mintonsharlem.com. Sets: 7:30&9pm,
Thurs-Sat 7:30&9:30pm. Residencies (R):
Sun Singer Meets Saxophonist feat
Christopher McBride w/guest; Tues Minton's
Legacy Jam by Joe Graziosi; Wed Antonio
Ciacca & Swing Society; Thurs Latin Jazz
series by Luisito Quintero & spec guest. Jan
4: “King” Solomon Hicks; 5: Dawn Jones Trio
w/spec guest Wallance Roney; 12: J.C.
Hopkins & The Biggish Band; 18: “King”
Solomon Hicks; 26: J.C. Hopkins & The
Biggish Band.
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MIST HARLEM: 46W 116th St (bet Lenox & 5th
Av). www.mistharlem.com. 646-738-3043. Fri:
NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM:
10pm-2am $10 adm Harlem Late Night Jazz.
58W 129th St at Malcolm X Blvd. 212-348-
PARIS BLUES: 2021 Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
8300. www.jmih.org.
Blvd at 121st St. 917-257-7831. www.paris
bluesharlem.webs.com. Sets/adm: Early (E)
5-9pm, Jam 9pm-1am/free. Sun: E Double G
& the Possee, 9pm La Banda Ramirez; Mon:
Antoine; Tues: Charles Davis Trio; Wed: Les
Goodson & the Intergalatic Soul Jazz Band;
Thurs: Tyrone Govan & Der Secret; Fri: Tiger
& Beautiful Journey Band; Sat: Tom & The
SHOWMAN’S: 375W 125th St at Morningside.
69th Street Band.
SHRINE: 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd
www.showmansjazzclub.com. 212-864-8941.
(bet 133rd & 134th Sts). 212-690-7807.
www.shrinenyc.com. Sets unless otherwise
noted: Early (E) 6-7pm, Late (L) 7-8pm.
Residencies (R): Sun E-L Jam; 1st Sun 8-
11pm The Shrine Big Band. Jan 3: E Rebecca
Chubay, L Jacob Varmus Trio; 6: R; 8: E-L
Anton Delecca Qnt, 8-9pm Pravin
Thompson; 11: E Josiah Boornazian, 7-
8:30pm John Morrison; 13: R; 17: L Andy
Bianco Qrt; 20: R; 26: E-L NY Jazz Force; 27:
SILVANA: 300W 116th St at Frederick
R.
Douglass Blvd. www.silvana-nyc.com. 646-
692-4935. Sets unless otherwise noted: Early
(E) 6-7pm, Late (L) 7-8pm. Jan 3: E-L Crown
Heights Saxophone Qrt; 4: E Alex Laurenzi
Duo; 5: E Josiah Boornazian; 7: 8-9pm
Emiliano Lasansky; 8: L Kenny Cha Gp;
9&11: E Nicholas DiMaria Qrt; 13: E
Francesco Amenta; 16: L Torganic Produce;
17: E-L Zocalo Brass; 18: E Joe Pino Qnt, L
New Path; 20: L Maiko Hata Trio; 21: E Gil
Schwartz Duo; 22: E Today's Unicorn, 8-9pm
SMOKE JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB: 2751 Bway
Pravin Thompson; 24: E-L Satie Qrt.
(bet 105th & 106th Sts). 212-864-6662.
www.smokejazz.com. Set: Early (E), Late (L);
Mon E 7&9pm, L 10:30pm; Tues 7,9&
10:30pm; Wed E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:45pm;
Thurs E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:30pm; Fri-Sun E
7,9&10:30pm, L 11:45pm&12:45am; adm/
min vary. Residencies: Sun L except 01/6
Giveton Gelin Qnt; Mon (R) E Vincent Herring
Qrt, L The Smoke Jam Session by Vincent
Herring; Tues (R) except 01/1 Mike LeDonne
& Groover Qrt; Wed (R) except 01/2 E Lezlie
Harrison, L Emmet Cohen Organ Trio; Thurs
L except 01/3&10 Isaiah J. Thompson Qrt; Fri
L except 01/4 Johnny O’Neal & guests; Sat L
The Harlem Sessions by Marc Cary. Jan 1-6:
John Coltrane festival feat Harold Mabern
Qrt 01/1-2, Qnt III feat Steve Turre & Larry
Willis 01/3-6, L except 01/6 The Harlem
Sessions by Marc Cary; 7-9: R; 10: David
Wess Sxt; 11-13: Orrin Evans Qnt; 14-16: R;
17: David Hazeltine Qrt; 18-20: Al Foster
B’day celeb; 21-23: R; 24: Ugonna Okegwo
Qrt; 25-26: Antonio Hart Qnt; 27: Alexis Cole;
SUGAR BAR: 254W 72nd St (bet Bway & West
28-30: R; 31: John Farnsworth Sxt.
End Av). 212-579-0222. www.sugarbarnyc.com.
Sets: 8pm/$10 adm unless otherwise noted.
Residencies: Wed Electrikana; Thurs 9pm
Open Mic w/Sugar Bar All Star Band. Jan 5:
9pm Irini Res & the Jazz Mix; 11: Rob
Silverman Qrt; 18: 8&9:30pm $20 Joe
Bonacci feat Tina Fabrique; 19: $15 Jason
SYMPHONY SPACE: 2537 Bway at 95th St.
Abraham; 25: Nat Adderley Jr. Trio.
212-864-5400. www.symphonyspace.org.
Bar Thalia (BT). Jan 5: 9pm BT free adm
Tamuz Nissim/George Nazos; 23: 8pm
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$29/35 Sofia Ribeiro; 25 7pm & 26 8pm: $10- Lincoln Center. 10 Columbus Cr at 60th St.
45 ALJO + Afrobeat = Fela. 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. Jan 1:
MID-TOWN MANHATTAN closed; 2: Queen Esther; 3: Jumaane Smith;
4: Patrick Bartley; 5: Christian Sands Qrt; 6:
(Between 35th & 69th Street) $30 Christian Sands Trio; 7: 7:30pm closed,
BIRDLAND: 315W 44th St (bet 8th & 9th Avs).
9pm $30 Michela Marino Lerman; 8: 9:30pm
$30 Alphonso Horne & Gotham Kings; 9:
212-581-3080. www.birdlandjazz.com. Bird- Corcoron Holt Qnt; 10: Ralph Peterson &
land Theater (BT). Sets: Early (E) 5:30pm Aggregate Prime; 11: Hamilton de Holanda &
except Sun 6pm & Mon 7pm; Late friends; 12-13: Igor Butman & The Moscow
8:30&11pm, except Sun (L) 9&11pm & Mon Jazz Orch; 14: The Ellis Marsalis internation-
9:30pm; BT E 7pm except Sun 7:30pm, Late al Jazz Piano Competition feat Ben Paterson,
(L) 9:45pm except Mon 8:30pm. Residencies: Rina Yamazaki & Isaiah J. Thompson; 15: $30
Sun (R) except 01/6 L Arturo O’Farrill & The André Mehmari Trio w/spec guest Rogerio
Afro Latin Jazz Orch; Mon Jim Caruso Cast Boccato; 16: Oberlin Sonny Rollins Jazz Ens;
Party; Wed E David Ostwald & Louis 17-20: Romero Lubambo & the Rafael
Armstrong Eternity Band; Fri E The Birdland Piccolotto de Lima Chamber Project; 21: The
Big Band; Sat E except 01/5 Eric Comstock. Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orch; 22: Tatiana
Jan 1: Greg Ruvolo Big Band Collective; 1-2: Eva-Marie; 23: Sharón Clark Qrt; 24-27: The
BT Gabrielle Stravelli; 2-5: Kurt Elling; 3-4: Cookers; 28: Valery Ponomarev & Our Father
BT Frank Catalano Qrt; 3: E Ulysses Owens Who Art Blakey Big Band; 29: $30 Andy
Jr.; 5: E Matthew Whitaker Trio, BT Veronica Milne & Unison feat La Tanya Hall; 30: David
Swift/Emmet Cohen Trio; 6: 5:30pm John Gibson Orch w/Shenel Johns; 31-Feb 3: 01/31
Beasley Monk'estra, 8:30&11pm Maria $40, 02/3 $30 Ulysses Owens, Jr. feat Theo
Schneider Orch, BT Melissa Aldana Qnt; 7: E Bleckmann, Alicia Olatuja & René Marie. Late
Marcus Roberts & The Modern Jazz Night Sessions w/Jan 2-5: Mariel Bildsten; 8:
Generation, BT 5:30pm Sean Jones, L Alicia tba; 9-12: Marty Jaffe; 15-16: Jason Curry;
Olatuja; 8-12: Marcus Roberts & The Modern 17-19: Nate Sparks Big Band; 22-26:
Jazz Generation; 8: BT Lauren Kinhan; 9-12: Immanuel Wilkins; 29-Feb 2: Curtis
FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW: 254W 54th St,
BT Tedd Firth Trio feat guest Tom Wopat 01/9, Nowosad.
Laura Osnes 01/10, Marilyn Maye 01/11,
Brian Stokes Mitchell 01/12; 10: E Roberta Cellar (bet Bway & 8th Av). 646-476-3551.
Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band; 13: E www.54below.com. Jan 15: 9:30pm 5th
HILTON NEW YORK: 1335 Avenue of the
The Evolution 4et, L R, BT E Steve Slagle Avenue Jazz Trio.
A.M. Qrt; 14: BT L Nancy Harms; 15-19:
Monty Alexander; 16-17: BT Darrell Grant & Americas at 53rd St. www.hilton.com. 212-
Black Art @25 Qrt; 17: E Misha Piatigorsky; 586-7000. New York Suite 4th Fl (NYS),
18-19: BT Allan Harris; 20: E Mark Gross, L R, Regent Parlor 2nd Fl (RP). Jan 5-6: APAP feat
BT E Dezron Douglas Qnt; 22-26: Ann 01/5 NYS 11am Alexis Cole, 11:30am Laila
Hampton Callaway; 22: BT Kelly Green Trio; Biali, 12pm Allan Harris, 12:30pm Duchess,
23-26: BT Ingrid Jensen Qnt; 24: E David 1pm Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches,
Bixler Auction Project feat Arturo O' Farrill; 1:30pm Quiana Lynell, 2pm Sam Reider &
27: E George Gee Orch, L R; 29-Feb 2: John Human Hands, 2:30pm Allison Adams
Pizzarelli Big Band; 29: BT E Jonathan Tucker, 3pm Royal Bopsters, 3:30pm Greg
Lewis Organ Monk, 4:30pm eMPathia Jazz
CARNEGIE HALL: 57th St & 7th Av. 212-247-
Karrant; 30-Feb 2: BT Ken Peplowski Qrt.
Duo feat Mafalda Minnozzi & Paul Ricci, 5pm
7800. www.carnegiehall.org. Jan 10: 8pm at Mauricio de Souza & Bossa Brazil, 5:30pm
Weill Hall Lisa Hilton; 12: 9pm at Zankel Hall Michelle Coltrane, 6:30pm Shana Tucker,
7pm Razia Said, 7:30pm Jenny Oaks Baker &
CENTER BAR: 10 Columbus Cr, 4th Fl. 212-
Oded Lev-Ari & Anat Cohen Tnt.
Family Four, 8pm Boogie Kings, 8:30pm EJ
823-9482. www.centerbarnyc.com. Tues-Fri: Decker, 9pm Jenny Oaks Baker & Family
Four, 01/6 11am NYS Shana Tucker, 11:30am
CLUB BONAFIDE: 212E 52nd St (bet 2nd &
6-10pm Janice Friedman Solo. NYS Duchess, 12pm NYS Allan Harris,
12:30pm NYS Diego Figueiredo, Ken
3rd Avs). 3rd Fl. www.clubbonafide.com. Peplowski & Chiara Izzi, 1pm NYS Cathy
646-918-6189. Residencies (R): Fri 6pm Segal Garcia, 1:30pm NYS Mauricio de
Chloé Perrier & French Heart; Sat 4&6pm Souza & Bossa Brazil, 2pm NYS Gloria
Yael & Gabriel. Jan 2: 6:30&8:30pm Gabriel Reuben/Marty Ashby, 2:30pm NYS Brandon
Hermida New Ens; 4: R, 8&10pm Richard Goldberg, 3pm NYS Svetlana & The Delancey
Bona; 5: R, 8pm Barbara Martinez; 6: 6:30pm Five, RP Toni Harris, 3:30pm NYS EJ Decker,
Julie E & Alex Blake w/spec guest Yoichi RP Iqua & Adegoke Colson, 4pm RP Audrey
Uzeki; 9: 6:30pm Audrey Silver; 10: 7pm Silver, 4:30pm NYS Ty Stevens & SoulJaazz,
Darren Lyons Gp, 9:30pm Aimée Allen; 11: R, RP Ron Jackson, 5pm NYS Fantine, RP
8pm Maria Alejandra Rodriguez; 12: R; 13: Lucia Jackson, 5:30pm NYS Shirazette &
4&6pm Julie Eigenberg & Richard Miller; 17: Sonic WallPaper, RP John Gray & The Jazz
6pm Emilie Surtees, 8pm Ross Kratter Jazz Thieves, 6pm NYS Brianna Thomas, RP
Orch; 18: R, 8pm Mario Abney & The Abney Allyson Briggs Fleur Seule, 6:30pm NYS
Effect; 19: R, 8pm The New York Sammy Figueroa & Latin Jazz Explosion, RP
Nightingales; 20: 4&6pm Julie Eigenberg & Steve Sandberg, 7pm NYS Quiana Lynell, RP
Richard Miller; 25: R, 8pm Violette; 26: R; 27: Marianne Meringolo, 7:30pm NYS eMPathia
4&6pm Yael & Gabriel; 31: 6pm Emilie Jazz Duo feat Mafalda Minnozzi & Paul Ricci,
DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM: At Lincoln
Surtees, 8pm Ross Kratter Qrt. RP Perez, 8pm NYS Marie Chain, RP Jay
Hoggard & Harlem Hieroglyphs Qnt, 8:30pm
IGUANA RESTAURANT: 240W 54th St at
Center. Bway at 62nd St. www.lincolncenter. RP Hanka G, 9pm RP Dan Sheenan.
org/atrium. 212-875-5350. Thurs: 7:30pm free
adm Target Free Thursdays series. Jan 3: Bway. www.iguananyc.com. 212-765-5454.
Etienne Charles & Creole Soul; 10: Burnt Mon-Tues: 8-11pm Vince Giordano & The
DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA: At Jazz @ The IRIDIUM: 1650 Bway at 51st St. 212-582-
Sugar The Arkestra Chamber. Nighthawks.
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2121. www.theiridium.com. Jan 5: 9:30pm The SOUND BITE RESTAURANT: 737 9th Av
$40 adm Susan Werner/Ann Hampton (bet 49th & 50th Sts). 917-409-5868. www.the
Calloway; 6: 7:30pm $30 APAP feat Frank soundbiterestaurant.com. Sets: Sun-
JAZZ AT KITANO: 66 Park Av at 38th St. 212-
Vignola & Hot Jazz Guitar Trio. Mon&Thurs: 6-9pm; Fri-Sat Early 7&9pm,
Late (L) 10:30pm-12:30am. Mon&Thurs, Fri-
885-7119. www.kitano.com. Sets/adm: Sun Sat L: Jam. Jan 4: Sounds of A&R; 5: Alex
12-2:30pm, Mon-Tues 8-11pm, Wed-Sat 8- Minasian Trio; 6: Harry Miller; 11: Willie
9:15&10-11:15pm; Sun $45 buffet, Mon-Tues Martinez Qrt; 12: Emily Braden Qrt; 13:
free/$15 min, Wed-Thurs $18/$20 min, Fri- Bruce Edwards; 18: Peter Fish Acoustic Gp;
Sat $34/$20 min. Residencies: Sun (R) Jazz 19: Barbara King & The Spirit of Jazz; 20:
Brunch w/Tony Middleton; Mon (R) Jam by Jonathan Elbaz; 25: Danny Mixon Trio; 26:
SPOONFED NYC: 331W 51st St (bet 8th & 9th
Iris Ornig; Tues Emerging Artists series. Jan Taeko; 27: Jamie Fox.
1: closed; 2: Yayoi Ikawa Trio; 3: Joe Pino Qrt;
4: Chip White Dedications Qnt; 5: Ed Laub avs). 646-368-1854. www.spoonfednyc.com.
Trio; 6-7: R; 8: Junko Sakai Qrt; 9: Bobby Jan 2: 8:30&10pm $10 min Chris Crocco &
Katz Qrt; 10: Steve Sandberg Qrt; 11: Harry
SWING 46: Jazz & Supper Club. 349W 46th St
FLUID.
Allen Qrt; 12: John Menegon Qrt w/spec
guest Teri Roiger; 13-14: R; 15: closed; 16: (bet 8 & 9th Avs). www.swing46.com. 212-
Takaaki Otomo Trio; 17: Tobias Meinhart Qnt; 262-9554. Sets/adm: Sun-Thurs 8:30-
18-19: Steve Wilson Trio; 20-21: R; 22: John 11:30pm/$15; Fri-Sat 9:30pm-1am/$20.
Davidian Qrt; 23: Stephane Spira Qrt; 24: Residencies: Mon Swingadelic; Tues George
Erika Matsuo Sxt; 25: Christine Correa Trio; Gee Swinging’ Dance Band; Wed Stan Rubin
26: Roni Ben-Hur Trio; 27-28: R; 29: Claire
TOMI JAZZ: 239E 53rd St (Bet 2nd & 3rd Avs).
Daly Qrt; 30: Libby York Qrt; 31: Linus Orch w/Joe Politi.
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER: 10 Columbus
Wyrsch Qnt.
Lower level. www.tomijazz.com. 646-497-
Cr at 60th St. 5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-258- 1254. Jan 6: 8-11pm free/$5 min Bill Stevens
9800. Appel Room (AR), Rose Theater (RT). Trio; 13 8-11pm free/$5 min & 17 9-11:30pm
YAMAHA ARTIST SERVICES: 689 5th Av at
Jan 8: RT 7pm Memorial for Roy Hargrove; $10/10 min: Linda Presgrave Qrt.
11-12: RT 8pm The Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orch w/Wynton Marsalis & the National 54th St. 212-339-9995. www.yamaha.com.
Symphony Orchestra of Romania; 26: AR Jan 5: APAP feat 1pm La Tanya Hall & Andy
Milne, 1:30pm Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, 2pm
LOCAL 802: Associated Musicians of Greater
7&9:30pm Wadada Leo Smith & Golden Qnt.
Andy Milne & Unison, 2:30pm Richie Goods
New York Club Room. 322W 48th St (bet 8th & The Goods Project, 3pm Chano
& 9th Sts). www.jazzfoundation.org. 212-245- Domínguez, 3:30pm Michael Olatuja & Lagos
4802. Every other Mon: 7-9:30pm Jazz Pepper Soup.
Foundation of America feat Jam. Jan 29:
5:30pm Benefit for The Union Emergency
LOWER MANHATTAN
MICHIKO STUDIOS: 149W 46th St (bet 6th &
Relief Fun feat Not So Big Band.
7th Avs). 3rd Fl. 212-302-4011. www. (Below 34th Street)
michikostudios.com. 2nd Wed: 8-10:30pm
NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL CUL- 11TH STREET BAR: 510E 11th St (bet Av A &
$20/15 adm Lew Tabackin Trio.
TURE: 2W 64th St at Central Park West. B). www.11thstbar.com. 212-982-3929. Mon:
55 BAR: 55 Christopher St (bet 6th & 7th Avs).
www.nysec.org. 212-874-5210. Jan 18: 7pm 8pm Keyed Up feat Jam w/Murray Wall.
PETER JAY SHARP THEATER: 155W 65th St
Sari Kessler w/John Wilmeth Trio.
212-929-9883. www.55bar.com. Sets: Early
(bet Amsterdam & Bway). 212-769-7406. (E) 7-9pm except Sun&Fri-Sat 6-9pm. 1st
www.juilliard.edu. Jan 23: 7:30pm $20/10 Mon: E Sean Wayland; 1st Thurs: E Amy
adm Chris Crenshaw & Victor Goines Cervini; 1st Sat: E Ayana lowe; 2nd Thurs: E
Nicole Zuraitis; 2nd Fri: E Tessa Souter; 3rd
RESIDENCE INN TIMES SQUARE: 1033 6th
w/Juilliard Jazz Orch.
Sun: E Ray Anderson & Pocket Brass Band;
Av at 39th St. 212-768-0007. Tues: 7:30- last Wed: E Paul Jost; last Fri: E Kendra
75 CLUB: At the Bogardus Mansion. 75 Murray
Shank.
The RUM HOUSE: 228W 47th St (bet Bway &
10:30pm free adm Daniel Bennett Gp.
8th Av). www.edisonrumhouse.com. 646- St (bet W Bway & Greenwich St). 212-268-
490-6924. Mon: 10pm-2am Terry Waldo & 1746. www.the75clubnyc.com. Sets: Tues-
Rum House Jass Band. Jan 3&31: 9:30pm- Wed 7-11pm; Thurs-Sat 8&9:30pm.
Residencies: Tues except 01/22 Ehud
RUSSIAN SAMOVAR: 256W 52nd St (bet
12:30am Lou Caputo & Company. Asherie Solo; Wed Tardo Hammer + Jam;
Thurs Peter Lietch New Life Orch. Jan 4-5:
Bway & 8th Av). www.russiansamovar.com. Jay Hoggard & Harlem Hieroglyphs Qnt; 11:
212-757-0168. Sun: 3-8pm. Jan 6: Frank Billy Easley Qrt; 12: Warren Vaché Qrt
Senior Trio; 13: Stacey Haughton Trio; 20: w/Tardo Hammer; 18: Jerry Weldon Qrt; 19:
SAINT PETER’S CHURCH: 619 Lexington Av at
Carlos Dias Trio; 27: Valentina Marino Trio. Bruce Harris Qrt; 22: Gabriele Donati; 25:
ARTHUR’S TAVERN: 57 Grove St. 212-675-
Michael Kanan Trio; 26: Clovis Nicolas Qrt.
54th St. (Citicorp Bld). 212-935-2200.
www.saintpeters.org. Sun: 6pm free adm 6879. www.arthurstavernnyc.com. Sets: 7-
Jazz Vespers; Wed: 1pm $10 don Midday 10pm. Sun: Creole Cooking; Mon: Grove
Jazz Midtown; 1st Mon: 7:30pm $5 adm Street Stompers feat Joe Licari; Tues: Yuichi
International Women in Jazz Jam. Jan 2: Hirakawa; Wed: Eve Silber; Thurs-Sat: Eri
Geoffrey Keezer/Gillian Margot; 6: Ike Sturm
BAHA’Í CENTER: 53E 11th St (bet Bway &
Ens; 9: Mauricio de Souza Bossa Brasil; 13: Yamamoto Trio.
Juan Diego Villalobos & Immigrantet Qrt; 16:
Daryl Sherman/Harvie S; 17: 7:30pm University). www.bahainyc.org. 212-222-
www.thedukeellingtonsociety.org Duke 5159. Tues: 8&9:30pm $10/15 adm. Jan 22:
Ellington Society; 20: Linda May Han Oh/ Dave Chamberlain & Band of Bones feat
Fabian Almazan; 23: Art Lillard & Heavenly Steve Turre, Steve Davis & Antoinette
BAR NEXT DOOR: 129 McDougal St. 212-529-
Big Band; 27: Juan Diego Villalobos/Luis Montague.
Perdomo; 30: Takaaki Otomo Trio.
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5945. www.lalanternacaffe.com. Sets: Sun CITY VINEYARD & WINE GARDEN: At Pier
8&10pm, Mon-Thurs Early (E) 6:30-7:45pm, 26. 233 West St (bet Hubert & N Moore Sts).
Late (L) 8:30&10:30pm, Fri-Sat 7:30,9:30& www.citywinery.com. 212-608-0555. Jan 1:
CITY WINERY: 155 Varick St (bet Spring &
11:30pm. Adm: $12 all night + 1 drink min/set 8pm Mariposa.
except Fri-Sat $12/set + 1 drink min/set, E
free. Trios. Mon-Thurs: E Emerging Artists Vandam Sts). www.citywinery.com. 212-608-
series; Mon: L Vocal Mondays series. 0555. Jan 1: 11am Brunch feat Paul
Residencies (R): Sun except 01/6 Peter Shapiro's Ribs & Brisket Revue w/spec
Mazza; Wed L Jonathan Kreisberg. Jan 1: E guest Frank London; 2: 8pm LaRita Gaskins;
The CUTTING ROOM: 44E 32nd St (bet
Will Rako, L Larry Corban; 2: E tba, L R; 3: E 9: 8pm Emilie Surtees.
Juan Munguia, L Pasquale Grasso; 4: Jeff
Miles; 5: Michael Valeanu; 6: R; 7: E Dan Madison & Park Av). 212-691-1900. www.the
Pappalardo, L Melissa Stylianou; 8: E cuttingroomnyc.com. Jan 19: 9:30pm
Jocelyn Gould, L Sound Underground; 9: E
DIEGO: At The Public Hotel. 215 Chrystie St.
$25/35 adm Grace Kelly.
Elijah Shiffer, L R; 10: E Andrew Kushnir, L
Nadav Remez; 11: Caroline Davis; 12: Nelson (bet E Houston & Stanton Sts). 212-735-6000.
Riveros; 13: R; 14: E Ryan Hernandez, L Les www.publichotels.com. Wed: 7-10pm Jazz &
Grant; 15: E Will Rako, L Luke Schwartz; 16: Cocktails; Thurs: 7:30-10pm Brooklyn
E Olin Clark, L R; 17: E Andrew Pereira, L
DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY: 13 Monroe
Caravan.
Kevin B Clark; 18: Tom Beckham; 19: Jerome
Sabbagh; 20: R; 21: E Stephen Boegehold, L St (bet Market & Catherine Sts). 212-473-
E.J. Decker; 22: E Alec Aldred, L Daan Kleijn; 0043. www.downtownmusicgallery.com.
23: E Artur Akhmetov, L R; 24: E Elijah Sun: 6pm In-Store shows. Jan 6: 6pm Jorge
Shiffer, L Nicola Caminiti; 25: Freddie Bryant; Nuno/Aron Namenwirth Trio, 7pm Will
26: Jostein Gulbrandsen; 27: R; 28: E Jhoe Greene Trio; 13: 6pm Dissipated; 20: 6pm
Gar, L Nora McCarthy; 29: E Yuma Uesaka, L
DROM: 85 Ave A (bet 5th & 6th Sts). 212-777-
Arun Luthra; 30: E Rico Jones, L R; 31: E Matana Roberts/Darius Jones, 7pm RaaDie.
The BITTER END: 147 Bleecker St (bet
Juan Munguia, L Jon Irabagon.
1157. www.dromnyc.com. Jan 8&22: 7:30pm
The EAR INN: 326 Spring St (bet Greenwich &
Thompson & LaGuardia). 212-673-7030. free adm Silver Arrow Band.
www.bitterend.com. Jan 5-6&11-12: Winter
JazzFest NYC www.winterjazzfest.com feat Washington Sts). www.earinn.com. 212-431-
01/5 7pm Leyla McCalla, 8:20pm Delvon 9750. Sun: 8-11pm EarRegulars feat Jon-Erik
FAT CAT: 75 Christopher St at 7th Av. 212-675-
Lamarr, 9:40pm Donna Grantis, 11pm Kiran Kellso & friends.
Ahluwalia Band feat Rez Abbasi, 01/6
12:20am Zig Zag Trio, 01/11 7:20pm Kevin 6056. www.fatcatmusic.org. $3 adm/no min.
Bowers & Nova, 8:40pm Blick Bassy, 10pm Sets unless otherwise noted: Early (E), Late
Arnaud Dolmen Tonbé Lévé w/Maria Grand, (L), Night (N); Sun E 6pm, L 9pm, N 1am; Mon
11:20pm Yosvany Terry & Baptiste Trotignon, E 6pm, L 9pm, N 12:30am; Tues E 7pm, L
01/12 12:40am Florian Pellissier Qnt, 2am 9pm, N 12:30am; Wed 7pm, L 9pm, N
12:30am; Thurs 7pm, L 10pm, N 1:30am; Fri
BLACK CAT LES: 172 Rivington St (bet
Jacques Schwartz-Bart Hazzan.
6pm, L 9pm + 10:30pm, N 1:30am; Sat E 7pm,
Attorney & Clinton Sts). 646-918-7711. L 10pm, N 1:30am. Residencies (R): Sun E
www.blackcatles.com. Jan 13: 6pm Patrick Terry Waldo & Gotham City Band, N The
Program; Mon N Billy Kaye; Tues E except
BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: 131W 3rd St at 6th
Bartley. 01/1 Saul Rubin Zebtet; Wed E except 01/2
Raphael D'Lugoff Trio + 1, N Ned Goold; Fri L
Av. 212-475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com. The Supreme Queens; Sat N Greg
Sets: 8&10:30pm + Fri-Sat 12:30am Late Glassman. Jan 1: E Sharif Zaben Qnt, L Willie
Night Groove series, Sun 11:30am&1:30pm Martinez y la Familia, N Craig Wuepper; 2: E
Sunday Brunch. Adm varies. Jan 1-6: Chris Steve Ash, L Groover Trio, N R; 3: E Ed
Botti; 7: 8pm The Baylor Project, 10:30pm Cherry Trio, L Saul Rubin Zebtet, N Paul
Francisco Mela; 8-9: Ben Williams & friends; Nowinski; 4: E Tad Shull, L R + Jared
10-13: Jimmy Heath Big Band; 14: tba; 15-20: Gold/Dave Gibson, N Will Terrill; 5: E Rafael
Eddie Palmieri; 21-23: Keyon Harrold; 24-27: Mondeagudo & Music Connection, L
The Duke Ellington Orch; 28: Toots Raphael D'lugof Qnt, N R; 6: E R, 8:30pm
Thielemans tribute feat Kenny Werner & Jade Synstelien & FCBB, N R; 7: E Evan
Grégoire Maret; 29-30: tba; 31: Hypnotic Shinners, L Behn Gillece, N R; 8: E R, L Peter
Brass Ens. Late Night Groove w/Jan 5: Brainin & the Latin Jazz Workshop; 9: E R, L
Butcher Brown; 11: IET Band w/spec guests; Harold Mabern Trio, N R; 10: E Caroline
12: Ezra Collective. Sunday Brunch w/Jan 6: Davis, L Greg Glassman Qnt; 11: E Todd
Allison Adams Tucker; 13: Pedro Giraudo Big Herbert, L R + Antoine Drye; 12: E Sin
Band; 20: Jeff Andrews Trio; 27: Daniel Fronteras, L Troy Roberts, N R; 13: E R, L
BOWERY BALLROOM: 6 Delancey St (bet
Bennett Gp. Marcos Valera, N R; 14: L Ned Goold Qrt, N R;
15: E R; 16: E R, L The Don Hahn/Mike
Bowery & Chrystie St). 212-533-2111. Camacho Band, N R; 18: L R; 19: N R; 20:
www.boweryballroom.com. Jan 11-13: E&N R; 21: L George Braith, N R; 22: E R; 23:
Winter JazzFest NYC www.winterjazzfest. E&N R; 25: L R; 26: N R; 27: E&N R; 28: N R;
com feat 01/11 7:40pm Ezra Collective, 9pm 29: E R, L Itai Kriss & Gato Gordo, N John
Makaya McCraven, 10:20pm Meshell
FLATIRON LOUNGE: 37W 19th St (bet 5th &
Benitez's Latin Bop; 30: E&N R.
Ndegeocello/Jeff Parker, 11:40pm ÌFÉ, 01/12
1am Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, 7pm Casey 6th Avs). www.flatironlounge.com. 212-727-
Benjamin aka DJ Stutzmcgee spins, 7:40pm 7741. Sun 6:30-9:30pm Glenn Crytzer All
Blaque Dynamite & The Murder Angels, 9pm
The FLATIRON ROOM: 37W 26th St (bet 6th
Stars w/guests.
Justin Brown NYEUSI feat spec guest
Georgia Anne Muldrow, 10:20pm James Av & Bway). www.theflatironroom.com. 212-
Poyser feat spec guest Bilal, 11:40pm Roy 725-3860. Mon: 6-10pm Susan Tobocman
Hargrove Tribute, 01/13 1am Chris Dave &
HARI NYC The TREEHOUSE: 140W 30th St
Qrt.
The CELL: 338W 23rd St (bet 8th & 9th Avs).
The Drumhedz w/spec guest Thundercat.
3d Fl (bet 6th & 7th Avs). 212-465-0606.
646-861-2253. www.thecelltheatre.org. Jan
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instrumentalist Morgan Guerin, vocalist
Debo Ray and DJ/rapper Kassa Overall,
who also has played drums with Geri.
Formed two years ago, with a forthcom-
ing CD to be released in May, Social
Science features thematic content of a
political nature. "There were these themes
that were coming up that made me feel like
it was time for me to do a socially—and
politically—conscious album," Terri Lyne
says. "I sort of tinkered in that area before,
but never for a full project like this. There's
a song I wrote after the [2016] election
called "The Waiting Game." Another song
called "Bells" features Malcolm-Jamal
Warner doing spoken word that's about
police brutality. And there's another song
called "Trapped in a Dream," about the
prison system, and there's [a song]
addressing women and gender issues."
Last year at the first Jazz Congress at
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Terri Lyne spoke
on a panel dealing with jazz and gender,
moderated by author and journalist
Michelle Mercer. That same year, Terri
Lyne became a member of the We Have
Voice Collective, composed of musicians,
T
performers, scholars and intellectuals from
diverse backgrounds, banded together to
HREE-TIME GRAMMY AWARD- deal with issues of inequality in jazz which
winning drummer, bandleader, pro- include sexual harassment and bullying.
ducer and educator Terri Lyne And last October, she founded the Berklee
Carrington's amazing four decades-long Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.
career started when she was a card-carry- Serving as its Artistic Director, Terri Lyne
ing member of the musician's union in created the institute to combat gender dis-
Boston, Massachusetts, at 10 years old. parity in jazz. "The institute is not a
She studied with the great drummer Alan women's institute," she says, "it's an insti-
Dawson, earned a scholarship to Berklee tute for women and men who want to have
College of Music when she was 11, then a different future."
moved to New York and began playing She was inspired to start this organiza-
with many jazz greats including Clark tion after listening to what her students
Terry, Dianne Reeves, Yellowjackets, Stan endured in a male-dominated jazz environ-
Getz, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. ment. "I was horrified at the stories and
Terri Lyne was house drummer for "The experiences that they shared with me," she
Arsenio Hall Show," and her eight record- says. "I've had a great career [even though
ings as a leader—from her 1989 debut I've had some gender and equity issues],
Real Life Story (Verve Forecast Records) but I couldn't coast and sail on that fact,
to her 2015 release Perfection (Motéma), without trying to help the young people
with saxophonist/bass clarinetist David that I meet and teach."
Murray and pianist and friend, the late Terri Lyne has taught at Berklee for 13
Geri Allen—span the spectrum of jazz, years, and has mentored dozens of stu-
world music and R&B. dents, including fellow alumnus, bassist,
All those genres converge when Terri composer and singer Esperanza Spalding,
Lyne brings her ensemble Social Science to who was one-third of the ACE trio along
(Le) Poisson Rouge for a return engage- with Terri Lyne and Geri, who passed
ment during New York City's Winter away last year. "The only thing that makes
Jazzfest. Led by Terri Lyne's dynamic me a 'mentor' to Esperanza is my years of
drumming, a vigorous blend of Tony experience—I have at last 20 more years of
Williams' power and Jack DeJohnette's experience than her," Terri Lyne says. "I
finesse, the group's core members include look at her as a musical equal. We learn
pianist Aaron Parks, who recorded on from each other. She's an extremely gifted
Terri Lyne's 2013 Duke Ellington tribute and intellectual person. Part of what keeps
CD Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue, me current is how I interact with my stu-
and guitarist Matt Stevens, who played on dents, and with other young musicians.
her Mosaic Project tour. "I felt this energy There's no hierarchy in jazz."
and vibe between the two of them," Terri The combination of Terri Lyne's wide-
Lyne says. "I wanted to put them together ranging musical interests and her ability
and feature them and collaborate with to express herself across a number of
them." The group also includes multi- continued on page 29
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S P O T L
VANESSA RUBIN
MEZZROW / JANUARY 4-5
Vocalist Vanessa Rubin's venerable tone sashays and saunters as much as it glides
and strides. Vanessa's style and phrasing is a beautiful patchwork of jazz, soul and
Motown-era pop that excites and entices. In 1982, the Cleveland native made her way
to New York, and began performing at notable clubs such as Sweet Basil and the
Village Vanguard and subsequently played with a who's who of jazz royalty including
Pharoah Sanders and Lionel Hampton. Since the 1992 release of her debut album Soul
Eyes, Vanessa has shown finesse in making jazz standards her own. For her shows at
Mezzrow, Vanessa is joined by her trio and features selections from her upcoming
release The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron, the first all-vocal
recording of Dameron's music. EW
JOEL HARRISON ORCHESTRA
SLOPE LOUNGE / JANUARY 7
During a fruitful career spanning four decades, electric guitarist Joel Harrison has
been working on his contemporary original music almost exclusively, while employing
a diverse grouping of musicians. From Far East to West, using Midwest and fusion
stylings, Joel has made his mark stretching boundaries and challenging stereotypes.
Revisiting his 2013 project Infinite Possibility, he fronts a 20-piece orchestra for the
concept of "America at War," that includes curveball time signatures, down home
funk, improvisation and tender music. Some of the all-stars careening through the
charts are trumpeters Seneca Black and Ingrid Jensen, trombonist Curtis
Hasselbring, saxophonists Jon Irabagon and Lisa Parrot, bassist Gregg August, drum-
mer Jared Schonig and conductor Matt Holman. MGN
TED ROSENTHAL
MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE / JANUARY 9-10 AND 12-13
Pianist, band leader and composer, Ted Rosenthal has been recognized as one of the
best of his generation. But for the past two years, Ted has been hard at work on "Dear
Erich," an original jazz opera based on 200 forgotten letters written by his German
grandmother to his father after he fled to Chicago before Kristallnacht. Translated fol-
lowing his father's death, the letters inspired Ted to bring his grandparents' story to
life in a unique musical setting, commissioned by The New York City Opera. With a
cast of 15 characters and 11 instrumentalists, including piano trio, two reed players,
two trumpeters and a string quartet, Ted explains the opera is "loosely in the vein of
Porgy & Bess," and has previewed some of the music for jazz audiences. KD
JIMMY HEATH BIG BAND
BLUE NOTE / JANUARY 10-13
The oldest active member of the original bebop generation, tenor saxophonist Jimmy
Heath turned 92 in October. He led his first big band—one that included tenor saxo-
phonists John Coltrane and Benny Golson—in Philadelphia in the late 1940s. He was
the middle brother of the Heath Brothers (also a band the three co-led in the latter
20th Century) along with bassist Percy (now deceased) and drummer Albert "Tootie."
Jimmy forged a personal, emotionally direct style on tenor that staked a post-bop ter-
ritory between Coltrane and Dexter Gordon. At this gig he leads a big band with trum-
pets Frank Greene, Freddie Hendrix, Mike Rodriguez and Michael Mossman; trom-
bones John Mosca, Steve Davis, Ron Wilkins and Doug Purviance; reeds Antonio
Hart, Mark Gross, Bobby Lavell, Sam Dillon and Gary Smulyan; pianist Jeb Patton;
bassist David Wong; and drummer Evan Sherman. GK
LISA HILTON
WEILL RECITAL HALL AT CARNEGIE HALL / JANUARY 10
Pianist-composer Lisa Hilton's sixth annual visit to Weill Hall is a CD release concert
for her latest recording Oasis on her Ruby Slippers label but she also shares some
longtime favorites. This 21st recording project was designed to create a sense of refuge
or renewal from a world in turmoil. Little did Lisa know when preparing the materi-
al last winter that she would need that emotional oasis herself during a two-week
evacuation as the massive Woolsey fire threatened her Malibu home. Lisa is an
impressionistic painter with sound, offering beautiful tunes whose melodies vividly
capture the mood of their titles. On this CD and at this concert, she's joined by two
simpatico players, Luques Curtis on bass and Mark Whitfield, Jr. on drums. KF
By Ken Dryden, Ken Franckling, Seton Hawkins, Stephanie Jon
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L I G H T
STACY DILLARD
THE SIDE DOOR / JANUARY 11
Sanctified by the late Roy Hargrove as "a one-of-a-kind musician," saxophone player
and composer Stacy Dillard plays with a mastery of the music's lineage and a curios-
ity of today's artistic landscape. Wee hours often beckon Stacy onto the bandstand at
Smalls, Fat Cat or Smoke Jazz and Supper Club, ribbons of syncopated melodies
escaping his horn as he performs alongside like-minded artists who, over the years,
have included Roy himself, Winard Harper, Cindy Blackmon, Lenny White, Wycliffe
Gordon, Stephon Harris, Ernestine Anderson, Terrell Stafford, Frank Wess, Mulgrew
Miller, Clark Terry, Victor Lewis, Steve Wilson, Johnny O'Neal, Antonio Hart, Russell
Malone and Lewis Nash. Stacy's current projects include cPhyve, cPhour and The
Other Side. His trio features Ryan Berg on bass and Sanah Kadoura on drums. SJ
PATIENCE HIGGINS & THE SUGAR HILL QUARTET
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / JANUARY 13
Among the very best veterans who double or triple (or more) on woodwind instru-
ments, Patience Higgins is in the top tier alongside Howard Johnson, Pat Patrick and
few others. He has worked with Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Frank Foster
Orchestras, countless Broadway pit bands, the late Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder,
tap dancer Savion Glover and many others. A native of South Carolina and longtime
resident of NYC—and Grammy Award winner with DeeDee Bridgewater—Higgins is
a notable expert playing flute and baritone sax. An oral/African American historian
and storytelling griot as much as a musician, Patience flies under the fame radar,
which is unfortunate, for his talent is unparalleled. Pianist Marcus Persiani, drummer
David F. Gibson and a rotating bassist rounds out the SHQ. MGN
NANCY HARMS
BIRDLAND THEATER / JANUARY 14
A singer whose roots run deep in the tradition, Nancy Harms loves the American pop-
ular song, but her upcoming show focuses on Maestro Duke Ellington. A native of
Minnesota who received her Music Education degree without a scholarship, Nancy
Harms earned diplomas through the schools of Hard Knocks and Determination.
Though her recent project SHE has focused on original songwriting, adopting musi-
cians from Denmark, Nancy delves deep into Ellington at Night, the title of her 2016
CD on Gazelle records and follow-up to In the Indigo and Dreams in Apartments. She
tends to be compellingly charming while weaving her spell of words into a unified
whole. Pianist Jon Weber, bassist Steve Whipple and drummer Carmen Intorre, Jr.
provide the backing as Nancy does Duke. MGN
RONI BEN-HUR
ZINC BAR / JANUARY 14 AND JAZZ AT KITANO / JANUARY 26
A beloved fixture in the city's performing and education scene, guitarist Roni Ben-Hur
has for decades charmed New York with his beautifully fluid playing, crisp melodic
lines and gorgeously polished tone. Noted for his mastery in both straight ahead jazz
as well as in Brazilian musical styles, Roni has also forged exceptional collaborative
relationships with a number of similarly versatile artists. One such relationship that
stands out—his pairing with bassist Harvie S—received thoroughly deserved acco-
lades in 2018 for the duo's delicate and thoughtful album Introspection. That thought-
ful chemistry is on full display as Roni and Harvie reunite at Zinc Bar on Jan. 14 with
drummer Sylvia Cuenca, and at Jazz at Kitano on Jan. 26 with drummer Victor Lewis. SH
RON CARTER WITH EMMET COHEN TRIO
VILLAGE VANGUARD / JANUARY 15-20
Generations apart, Emmet Cohen and Ron Carter have more in common than listen-
ers might realize. As part of his Master Legacy Series, the young pianist and compos-
er routinely invites some of his most influential mentors to join him in the studio and
on the bandstand to share in musical experiences that are at once master classes and
unbound explorations of the music. For his first weeklong appearance at the Village
Vanguard, Emmet invites NEA Jazz Master and legend of the art form Ron Carter to
join his trio that also features drummer Evan Sherman. Having recently released the
album component for part two of the series, that spotlights Ron—part one spotlights
master drummer Jimmy Cobb—Emmet seeks to uncover existing connections and
create brand new ones. SJ
phanie Jones, George Kanzler, Michael G Nastos & Eric Wendell
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MEZZROW: 163W 10th St (bet 7th Av &
vs Now.
www.harinyc.com. Jan 18: 9pm $20 adm
JAZZ GALLERY: 1160 Bway at 27th St. 5th Fl.
Jimmy Halperin/Lena Bloch Qrt. Waverly Pl). www.mezzrow.com. 646-476-
4346. Sets/adm: 8-10:30pm, Late (L) 11pm-
www.jazzgallery.org. 646-494-3625. Sets/ 1am except Fri-Sat 11pm-2am/adm varies.
adm: 7:30&9:30pm $10, $25/15 Fri-Sat. Jan 4: Residencies: Mon L Pasquale Grasso; Tues L
Immanuel Wilkins Qrt; 5: 6pm free adm Jam w/Naama Gheber 01/8&22, w/Lucy
Honoring Jazz Gallery award recipients Yeghiazaryan 01/15&29; Thurs L Spike Wilner
Kassa Overall, Shai Maestro & Camila Meza; w/spec guest; Sat 01/5&19 Jonny Davis,
7: Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell; 8: Lex Korten Qrt 01/12&26 Anthony Wonsey. Jan 1: closed; 2:
+; 9: Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue; 10: Jure Pukl George Burton; 3: Art Hirahara Trio; 4-5:
& Doubtless + 1; 11-12: Darcy James Argue Vanessa Rubin; 6: John Chin Qnt; 7: Geoff
& Secret Society; 17: Jazz Composers' Keezer Trio; 8: Tessa Souter Trio; 9: Joel
showcase; 18: Kassa Overall feat Jason Frahm Trio; 10: Sheila Jordan Trio; 11: tba, L
Moran; 20: tba; 24: Giverton Gelin Qnt; 25-26: Miki Yamanaka; 12: tba; 13: Alex Norris Trio;
tba; 28: Anna Webber Sxt; 31: Ches Smith 14: Harvey Diamond/Cameron Brown; 15:
JAZZ STANDARD: 116E 27th St (bet Park &
New Qrt. Andrea Volper Trio; 16: 3Divas; 17: Nate
Radley/Gary Versace; 18-19: David Hezeltine
Lexington Avs). www.jazzstandard.net. 212- Trio; 20: Zaid Nasser; 21: Joey Brown; 22: Liz
576-2232. Sets/adm unless otherwise noted: Rosa Qrt; 23: Stefano Doglioni Trio, L
7:30-8:30&9:30-10:30pm/$30; Sun 2-3pm/ Sullivan Fortner; 24: Ed Cherry Trio; 25: Peter
free. Residencies: Sun 2pm Jazz For Kids Martin, L Ben Paterson; 26: Peter Martin; 27:
Sunday Lunch feat Jazz Standard Youth David O’Rourke Trio; 28: Teri Roiger Qrt; 29:
Orch; Mon (R) Mingus Monday feat Mingus Hilary Gardner/Ehud Asherie; 30: Ron
MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE: 36
Big Band. Jan 1: Jonathan Barber & Vision McClure Trio; 31: Leon Parker.
Ahead; 2-3: Gretchen Parlato; 4: $35 Stefon
Harris & Blackout feat Casey Benjamin; 5: Battery Pl at 1st Pl. www.mjhnyc.org. 646-
Dafnis Prieto Big Band; 6: Camila Meza & the 437-4336. Jan 9-10&12 7:30pm, 13 1pm: Jazz
NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH: 269 Bleecker St
Nectar Orch; 7: R; 8-13: $35 01/9-13 Bill Opera “Dear Erich” by Ted Rosenthal.
Charlap Solo 01/8, Duo w/Jon Faddis 01/9,
Trio 01/10-13 w/spec guest Tom Harrell 01/11, (bet Jones & Cornelia Sts). 212-691-1770. 1st
Houston Person 01/12; 14: R; 15: Michael Fri: 8&9:30pm free adm All Things Project
The NEW SCHOOL JAZZ PERFORMANCE
Leonhart Orch; 16: E.J. Strickland Qnt; 17- www.allthingsproject.org.
SPACE: 55W 13th St, 5th Fl. 212-229-5488.
20: $35 George Coleman Qnt; 21: R; 22-27:
$35 01/24-27 Vijay Iyer Trio 01/22-23, Sxt
01/24-26, & Ritual Ens 01/27; 28: R; 29: www.newschool.edu/jazz. Tues-Sat: 8:30pm
Nabaté Isles & Eclectic Excursions; 30: Pat The Stone at the New School. Jan 2-5: Herbie
Bianchi Qrt; 31-Feb 3: 02/1-2 $35 Jimmy Nichols; 8-12: Craig Tabor; 15-19: Kris Davis;
22: Layale Chaker; 23-26: Jen Shyu; 29-Feb
JOE’S PUB: At Public Theater. 425 Lafayette St
Cobb 90th B’day Celeb.
NORTH SQUARE: At Washington Square
2: Yarn/Wire.
& Astor Pl. www.joespub.com. 212-967-7555. Hotel. 103 Waverly Pl at McDougal.
Adm varies. Jan 4: 7pm $20 adm Michael www.northsquareny.com/about-jazz. 212-
Mayo + Anna & Elizabeth; 7: 9:30pm $15 254-1200. Sun: 12:30&2pm free adm Jazz
Paris Combo & Nachito Herrera; 23: 7pm $30 Brunch Trios. Jan 6: Roz Corral w/Ed Cherry
KNICKERBOCKER BAR & GRILL: 33
Stephane Wrembel. & Harvie S; 13: Erli Perez; 20: Roz Corral
w/Jim Ridl & Lorin Cohen; 27: Melissa
University Pl at 9th St. 212-228-8490.
NUBLU 62: 62 Av C (bet 4th & 5th Sts). 212-
Hamilton.
www.knickerbockerbarandgrill.com. Fri-Sat:
(LE) POISSON ROUGE: 158 Bleecker St at
9pm-1am. 375-1500. www.nublu.net. Jan 6: 9pm
NUBLU 151: 151 Avenue C (bet 9th & 10th
LehCats.
Thompson St. www.lepoissonrouge.com.
212-796-0741. Adm varies. Jan 4-7&9-12: Sts). www.nublu.net. Jan 3: 8&9pm KIN
Winter JazzFest NYC www.winterjazzfest. Organ Trio; 5-6: Winter JazzFest NYC
com feat 01/4 7:30pm Meshell Ndegeocello www.winterjazzfest.com feat 01/5 7:20pm
opening by Belal, 01/5 6:30pm Ralph Reut Regev & R*Time, 8:40pm BigYuki, 10pm
Peterson & The Messenger Legacy, 7:50pm Cleaver, Cline & Ochs, 11:20pm Kassa
Meshell Ndegeocello, 9:10pm Richard Bona, Overall BLUESWAMINI, 01/6 12:40am Ray
01/6 7pm Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Angry; 6: 7pm Craig Harris Brown Butterfly;
Jazz Orch & spec guests Marc Ribot, Samora 7: Winter JazzFest NYC www.winterjazz
Pinderhughes & Toshi Reagon, 01/7 7pm The fest.com feat 8:15pm Unfold Ordinary Mind;
Bad Plus + Terence Blanchard feat the E- 8: 8pm Juan Carmona; 9: 7pm Nublu Orch,
Collective + Terri Lyne Carrington & Social 8:30pm Brian Jackson, 10pm Silver, 11:30pm
Science, 01/9 7pm Ezra Collective, Yussef Theo Croker Qrt; 10: 1-4am Oceanvs
Dayes, Yazmin Lacey & Emma-Jean Orientalis & Ilhan Ersahin; 10-13: Winter
Thackray, 01/10 8pm Gary Bartz w/Pharoah JazzFest NYC www.winterjazzfest.com feat
Sanders & spec guests, 01/11 6:20pm 01/10 8pm Chris Bruce, Jebin Bruni,
Michael Formanek & Very Practical Trio, Abraham Rounds opening by Tawiah, 01/11
7:40pm Shai Maestro Trio, 9pm Ralph Alessi 7:40pm Angel Bat Dawid & The Brotherhood,
Qnt, 01/12 6:20pm Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn, 9pm Mikel Patrick Avery, 10:20pm Ben LaMar
Gay, 11:40pm Joshua Abrams & Natural
MERCURY LOUNGE: 217E Houston St # A
7:40pm Mathias Eick, 9pm Billy Hart Qrt.
Information Society, 01/12 1am Jam, 7:40pm
(bet Essex & Ludlow Sts). 212-260-4700. Jeremy Cunningham, 9pm RESAVOIR,
www.mercuryloungenyc.com. Jan 11-13: 10:20pm Akenya, 11:40pm The JuJu
Winter JazzFest NYC www.winterjazzfest. Exchange, 01/13 1am Jam; 15: French
Quarter feat 8pm Enzo Carniel, 9pm Jacques
com feat 01/11 8pm Melanie Charles & Make Schwartz-Bart, 11pm Bibi Tanga; 19:
Jazz Trill Again, 9:20pm James Francies & 11pm&1am Hess is More; 31: 8pm Jessica
KINETIC, 10:40pm Marcus Strickland & Twi- Ackerley, 8:40pm Xander Naylor Sound
Life, 01/12 12am Brandon Coleman, 1:20am Machine, 9:30pm Louis de Mieulle.
Jazze Belle, 7:20pm Tawiah, 8:40pm
Kandace Springs, 10pm Takuya Kuroda, continued on page 22
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ROMERO
LUBAMBO
In 2016, Romero celebrated his 30th
anniversary playing in Trio da Paz, a proj-
ect he co-founded with bassist Nilson
Matta and percussionist Duduka da
Fonseca. He explains, "I knew Nilson very
well. The last year before I came to New
York, Nilson played bass with me every
day. We set up this trip together, we start-
Crossing Borders
ed preparing and putting money together
to travel. Duduka was already in New
York; I saw him once at a jazz club in Rio
and he said, 'You have to go to New York.'
By Ken Dryden When we came here, we called him and got
together and it was great."
R
Although they all work on individual
OMERO LUBAMBO IS ONE OF projects, the trio still plays together.
today's most sought after guitarists, "We've done two weeks at Dizzy's every
thanks to his lyrical playing and versatili- summer since 2005 and we've had Claudio
ty. A native of Rio De Janeiro, Romero was Roditi, Harry Allen and Maucha Adnet as
exposed to music by several family mem- guests the last four years. It's hard to put
bers who sang or played instruments. the three together to find dates, but it's
After classical piano lessons, he picked up very special since we're not playing every
the guitar in his teens. Romero's ability day."
and wide exposure to music boosted his in- There are several recordings by Romero
demand status. in the works. "Recently I did an album
"The bands in Brazil played Motown, with an idol, Edu Lobo, in Brazil. We did a
jazz, Brazilian music, Cuban music, project two years ago with saxophonist
boleros and everything," Romero notes. "It Mauro Senise and last year we won a
was basically for people, partying and Grammy for the best Latin Brazilian CD
dancing. It was very nice for me to have a Dos Navegantes. The next one is coming
vision of music, every aspect and influence out in June. I have a duo with pianist Peter
of the music. There was pop music, we Martin called "New Orleans Meets Rio."
played a lot of Beatles; I loved that." He's lived a lot in New Orleans and I'm
Romero's life was transformed when he from Rio, so we play music from New
discovered jazz. "I wanted to hear Wes Orleans, Rio and everything in between.
Montgomery, George Benson or Jim Hall," We're going to record that as a duo."
he says. "I managed to get some LPs and Romero is excited about his upcoming
started studying by myself at home, listen- concerts at Dizzy's. "It's hard to get budg-
ing to recordings and learning with mas- ets to record an orchestra, even a string
ters. I still do that today." quartet and horns. This will be strings,
The guitarist's associations with skilled continued on page 29
backing vocalists from his early days per-
forming carried over into his professional
career, including a long working relation-
ship with Dianne Reeves that began in
1996. "We were invited to play together in
a concert in Brazil," he says.
"It was me, Dianne, Michael Brecker,
Ivan Lins and Cesar Camargo Mariano.
Right after we came back, she was record-
ing an album called Bridges. I participated
in it with Billy Childs, Reginald Veal,
Mulgrew Miller, Brian Blade, Terri Lyne
Carrington and so many great musicians.
The producer was George Duke, Dianne's
cousin. George taught me so much in terms
of production, how to be calm and do your
best in the studio. After that, I do every-
thing I can with Dianne."
Romero also started playing with two
gifted Brazilian singers, Luciana Souza
and Leny Andrade, recording several CDs
with each of them. His desire to play with
vocalists brought an unexpected dividend:
his marriage to Pamela Driggs. "I met her
when I went to record an album with her
band Brasilia. I love her—her voice, her
singing and everything. We do things
together whenever we can."
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