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By George Kanzler

Hancock cover photo by Douglas Kirkland, Wolfe by Anna Yatskevich.

A i l b J C l Vill l

WINNING SPINSTWO MUSICIANS WHO OFTENanchor others' bands on bass step for-ward to lead on two new albums: one,Nicki Parrott, as a singer and musician;the other, Ben Wolfe, as a musician andcomposer-arranger. Both can also be con-sidered auteurs, with Nicki conceptualiz-ing through repertoire and instrumenta-tion, and Ben through composition andorchestration.Nicki Parrott's From Paris to New

York (Arbors Records) is a judiciouslycurated program of standards associatedwith those two cities, either in lyric refer-ences or, in the case of some of the Parissongs, the roots of the composers them-selves. Pianist John di Martino, drummerAlvin Atkinson, plus Harry Allen's tenorsax join Nicki on many tracks; GilGoldstein's accordion appears only on theParis ones. Gil brings a Left Bank cabaretvibe to the Paris material, such as EdithPiaf's haunting "If You Love Me," an inti-mate accordion and voice duet, sansrhythm.Since coming to New York from her

native Australia in the 1990s, Nicki hasbeen a first-call bassist for neo-swing andmainstream jazz musicians in the BigApple while also developing and honingher talents as a vocalist. She applies herlight, clear-toned voice meticulously yetbuoyantly to interpreting classic standardswith emotional depth and an easy, naturalswing. Here she outdoes herself in her cre-ative selection of repertoire, combining thefamiliar with the neglected, the joyouswith the wistful. And she's full of delight-ful surprises, like "I Love Paris" recast as acall-response between Harry's tenor andher vocal; or "April in Paris," opening withHarry playing the famous Count Basiearrangement out chorus.The album is especially rewarding for

Nicki's deep and careful mining of reper-toire. New York songs include such chest-nuts as Rodgers and Hart's celebration ofthe five boroughs, "Manhattan" (augment-ed by some new culinary citations fromNicki) and the swinger "Broadway" (sansvocal), as well as the rarer Sammy Cahnand Jule Styne gem, "The BrooklynBridge" and Dave Frishberg's sly "Do YouMiss New York?" Instrumentally, there'salso "On Broadway," with rhythmic hintsof its R&B beginnings, Nicki plucking outthe melodic lead. A rollicking up-tempo"There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon forNew York" is lustily swung by Nicki and

Alvin, and Richard Rodgers' "Slaughter On10th Avenue," showcases the breathy sideof Harry's tenor. The Paris songs also range from the

familiar to the less so. In the first category,there's Michel Legrand and JacquesDemy's "I Will Wait for You," and JacquesBrel and Rod McKuen's "Ne Me QuittePas/If You Go Away," delivered in bothFrench and English. The exquisitely frag-ile "Under Paris Skies" and CharlesTrenet's archetypical cabaret chanson "LaMer" are heard less frequently. Whethersinging in English or French, laying downthe beat, or bringing her bass playing(pizzicato and arco) to the fore, Nicki iscaptivatingly in charge on this envoi to twoiconic cities.Ben Wolfe's Fatherhood is the bassist's

musical eulogy to his father, Dan, who diedlast year. But it is in no way maudlin or adowner. Rather, it is a celebration, show-casing a vibrant and changing cast of musi-cians on nine originals and one standard.Seven of the tunes feature a string quartet,which interacts with different versions of ajazz quintet on the two opening tracks,"Blind Seven" and "Gone Now." The formerpresents alto saxophonist ImmanuelWilkins and vibist Joel Ross, the latter Joeland tenor saxophonist Ruben Fox, whosehusky solo recalls Paul Gonsalves.Up next are three varied quintet tracks

without strings in a hard-bop vein. Twofeature trumpeter Giveton Gelin. The for-midable tenor saxophonist JD Allenappears on another piece aptly titled "TheEnforcer." Ben makes impressive, and impressive-

ly varied, use of the strings on the fivepieces that conclude the album. Theromantic lyricism of "It's True" featuresJoel's vibes. "First Things First" offerssolos from Joel, Ben and, in his onlyappearance, trombonist Steve Davis.Check out the exotic shuffle and shiftingtempos of "The Kora La" and canteringbeat of "Edged." Written by a bassist, BobHaggart, "What's New?" ends the record-ing elegiacally with vibes with rhythm andstring quartets. Ben has unassuminglyachieved an admirable feat with this offer-ing, fully incorporating a string quartetinto a jazz setting with admirable ease.

Nicki Parrott appears at BirdlandTheater, August 8-10. The Ben WolfeQuintet celebrates the release ofFatherhood at Dizzy's Club August 1-4.

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CLUBS & HALLS

UPPER MANHATTAN(Above 70th Street)

32nd PRECINCT: 250W 135th St (betFrederick Douglass & Adam Clayton PowellJr. Blvds). www.jazzmobile.org. Aug 6: 7-8:30pm free adm James Delano Zollar.

449 LA: 449 Lenox Av (bet 132nd & 133rd Sts).212-234-3298. Sun: 1-3:30&4-7pm Patio Jazz;Thurs: 1-3:30pm Jazz & Dessert; Fri-Sat:8:30pm.

AMERICAN LEGION POST: 248W 132nd St(bet 7th & 8th Avs). 212-283-9701. Sun, atler-native Wed & Thurs: 6:30-10:30pm Jam.

BEACON THEATRE: 2124 Bway (bet 74th &75th Sts). www.beacontheatre.com. 212-496-7070. Aug 1: 7:30pm Herbie Hancock.

BILL’S PLACE: 148W 133rd St (bet Lenox & 7thAvs). www.billsplaceharlem.com. 212-281-0777. Fri-Sat: 8&10pm $20 don Bill SaxtonBebop Band.

CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE: 2485 Bway (bet92nd & 93rd Sts). www.cleopatrasneedleny.com. 212-769-6969. Sets: Early (E), Late (L);Sun E 4-8pm, L 9pm-1am; Mon 10pm-1am;Tues E 8-9pm, L 9:30pm-1am; Wed-Thurs E7-11pm, L 11:30pm-2:30am; Fri-Sat E 8pm-12am, L 12:30-3am. Free adm/$10 min. Triosexcept Mon&Thurs Duets unless otherwisenoted. L Jam. Residencies: Sun E Open micw/Keith Ingham, L Benno Marmur; Mon MarkHagan; Tues Marc Devine; Wed E Open micw/Les Kurtz, L Nathan Brown; Thurs LNathan Brown; Fri L Robbie Lee; Sat L T.Kash. Aug 1: Noriko Kamo; 2: Issac Raz Due;3: Justin Lees; 8: Kuni Mikami; 9: SteveStanberg Duet; 10: Soul Gard Band; 15:Frank Whitehouse All Star; 16: RobertRucker Project; 17: Denton Darien; 22:Equilibrum Band; 23: Dan Furman Duet; 24:Richard Russo Qrt; 29: Joel Forrester; 30:Alex Layne; 31: Roland Temple.

GIN FIZZ: 308 Malcolm X Blvd at 125th St. 2ndFl. www.ginfizzharlem.com. 212-289-5550.

GINNY’S SUPPER CLUB: At Red Rooster.310 Lenox Av (bet 125th & 126th Sts).www.ginnyssupperclub.com. 212-792-9001.Sets/adm: 7&9pm/$15 unless otherwisenoted. Residency: Thurs except 08/22&29Pedrito Martinez. Aug 3: Afro Yaqui MusicCollective; 10: Michela Marino Lerman; 17:Charles Anthony Bryant; 23: BrentBirckhead; 24: Charles Turner; 31: AllanHarris.

GRANT’S TOMB: Riverside Dr & W120nd St.www.jazzmobile.org. 212-866-4900. Wed: 7-8:30pm unless otherwise noted free adm.Aug 7: Brianna Thomas; 14: DayramirGonzalez; 21: Jimmy Owens; 28: 7-9pmDanny Mixon, Charenée Wade, Ty Stephens,Lynette Washington.

GREAT HILL: Central Park West & 106th St.www.jazzmobile.org. 212.866.4900. Aug 10:4-10pm free adm Wycliffe Gordon.

The LANGSTON HUGHES HOUSE: 20E127th St (bet Madison & 5th Avs). Aug 22: 7-9pm The Harlem Renaissance centennialanniversary w/Ryan Maloney + CandiceHoyes & Joel Ross.

LENOX SAPHIRE: 341 Lenox Av at 127th St.

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www.lenoxsaphireharlem.com. 212-866-9700. Thurs: 8-11pm Keyed Up series w/PhilYoung Oct.

MARCUS GARVEY PARK: 122nd St atManhattan Av. Fri: 7-8:15pm unless other-wise noted free adm www.jazzmobile.org212-866-4900 feat 08/2 Antonio Hart, 08/16Craig Harris, 08/17 6-9pm Igmar Thomas,Talib Kweli, Keyon Harrold & spec guests,08/23 7-7:45pm Winard Harper & Jeli Posse.Aug 24: 3-7pm Charlie Parker Jazz Festivalwww.cityparksfoundation.org 212-360-2777feat Dee Dee Bridgewater + Ravi Coltrane +Quiana Lynell + Reclamation w/CamilleThurman, Nikara Warren & Brandee Younger.

MINTON’S: 206W 118th St (bet St. Nicholas Av& Adam Clayton Powell Blvd). 212-243-2222.www.mintonsharlem.com. Sets: Sun 7:30&9pm, Wed-Sat 7:30&9:30pm. Residencies:Sun Christopher McBride w/guest; Thurs:Jazzmobile artists; Sat Hopkins & TheBiggish Band. Aug 1: Patience Higgins; 2:Vanisha Gould; 8: Lynette Washington; 9:Karlea Lynne; 14: Eyal Vilner Big Band; 16:Melvis Santa; 23: “King” Solomon Hicks; 30:Jackie Gage.

MIST HARLEM: 46W 116th St (bet Lenox & 5thAv). www.mistharlem.com. 646-738-3043. Fri:10pm-2am $10 adm Harlem Late Night Jazz.

NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM:58W 129th St at Malcolm X Blvd. 212-348-8300. www.jmih.org. 7-8:30pm $10 don.

NEW AMSTERDAM MUSIC ASSOCIATION:107W 130th St (bet Lenox & Adam ClaytonPowel Blvds). 347-712-8568. www.namaharlem.org. Mon: 7-11pm $5/15 adm Jam.

PARIS BLUES: 2021 Adam Clayton Powell Jr.Blvd at 121st St. 917-257-7831. www.parisbluesharlem.webs.com. Sets/adm: Early (E)5-9pm, Jam 9pm-1am/free. Sun: E Double G& the Possee, 9pm 1st&3rd La BandaRamirez; Mon: Keyed Up feat John CookseySpontaneous Combustion; Tues: tba; Wed:Les Goodson & the Intergalatic Soul JazzBand; Thurs-Fri: tba; Sat: 69th Street Band.

RIVERBANK STATE PARK: 679 Riverside Drat 145th St & Hudson River. 212-866-4900.www.jazzmobile.org. Aug 30: 7-9pm freeadm Bobby Sanabria & Akiko.

ROOM 623: At B Squared Harlem. 271W 119thSt (bet Frederick Douglass & Adam ClaytonPowell Jr. Blvds). www.b2harlem.com/room623. 212-280-2248. Sets/adm: Thurs7:30pm, Fri 9pm, $10/15. Residency: ThursTyrone Govan. Aug 2: Ethan Eubanks &Detroit Grease; 9: Satish Robertson Trio; 16:Mimi Jones Trio; 23: Joel Frahm Trio; 30: EdCherry Trio.

SHOWMANS: 375W 125th St at Morningside.212-864-8941.

SHRINE: 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd(bet 133rd & 134th Sts). 212-690-7807.www.shrinenyc.com. Sets unless otherwisenoted: Early (E) 6-7pm, Late (L) 7-8pm.Residencies (R): Sun E-L Jam w/AndrewKushnir; 1st Sun 8-10pm The Shrine BigBand. Aug 4: R; 10: L Kaushik Viswanath; 11:R; 15: L Joe Pino Qnt; 17: E Ramiro BarriosTrio; 18: R; 23: L Furmi Gomez Qrt; 25: R; 30:E Jan Sturiale.

SILVANA: 300W 116th St at FrederickDouglass Blvd. www.silvana-nyc.com. 646-692-4935. Sets: Early (E) 6-7pm, Late (L) 7-8pm. Aug 1: E-L David DeMotta; 2: ERebecca Chubay; 3: L Rodrigo Bonelli Trio;7: E-L Will Barnard; 8: E-L Diana Herald; 11:L Ramiro Barrios Trio; 14: L Graciano Qrt; 15:E-L Alicia Rau; 17: L Amanda Khiri; 22: E-LKarl Lydon; 24: E Hina Oikawa, L Joe Barna;29: E-L John Yao Qnt; 30: E Joe Pino Qnt.

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Early (E) 7pm. Aug 1-3: Chris Byars OriginalSxt; 4: E Jane Scheckter; 6: E Josh RichmanQnt; 7: Teri Roiger; 8-10: Nicki Parrott; 11: EDeborah Grace Winer feat New York / Big CitySong Book; 12: Laila Biali; 14: John MenegonQrt; 15: Alejandro Aviles; 16-18: GunhildCarling; 19: Miki Yamanaka; 21: E Janis Siegel& Lauren Kinhan feat Jazz Vocal Mania Series+ The Ladybugs; 22-24: Ken Peplowski &Diego Figueiredo; 25: E Marcio Garcia; 28:Greg Abate.

BRYANT PARK: 6th Av (bet 41st & 42nd Sts).www.bryantpark.org. 212-768-4242. Mon-Wed&Fri 12:30-2:30pm, Thurs except 08/29 2-4pm: Piano in the Park. Aug 1-2: Isaac benAyala; 5-9: Daryl Sherman; 12-16: Victor Lin;19-23: Armen Donelian; 26-30: Frank Owens.

CLUB BONAFIDE: 212E 52nd St (bet 2nd &3rd Avs). 3rd Fl. www.clubbonafide.com.646-918-6189. Aug 1: 6pm Emilie Surtees,8pm Yuka Mito Jazz Qrt; 2: 6pm Chloé Perrier& The French Heart Band, 8pm BarbaraMartinez, 10pm Josean Jacobo & Tumbao; 4:5pm Chloé, 8:30pm Violette; 9: 6pm ChloéPerrier & The French Heart Band, 10pmJosean Jacobo & Tumbao; 10: 8pm PureumJin & The Real Blue Qrt; 11: 5pm Chloé,8:30pm Violette; 15: 6&8pm Emilie Surtees;16: 6pm Chloé Perrier & The French HeartBand, 8pm Barbara Martinez; 18: 4:30&6:30pm Julie Eigenberg/Richard Miller,8:30pm Violette; 23: 6pm Chloé Perrier & TheFrench Heart Band; 24: 10pm Richard Miller;25: 4:30&6:30pm Julie Eigenberg/RichardMiller, 8:30pm Violette; 29: 6pm EmilieSurtees, 8pm Jan Sturiale Duo; 30: 6pmChloé Perrier & The French Heart Band, 8pmBarbara Martinez.

DIMENNA CENTER FOR CLASSICALMUSIC: 450W 37th St (bet 9th & 10th Av).www.dimennacenter.org. 212-594-6100. Aug8: 8pm $32/35 adm New York JazzComposers’ Mosaic Orch.

DIZZY’S CLUB: At Jazz @ Lincoln Center. 10Columbus Cr at 60th St. 5th Fl. www.jalc.org.212-258-9800. Sets/adm unless otherwisenoted: 7:30&9:30pm, 11:30pm Late NightSessions; Sun-Wed $35, Thurs-Fri $40, Sat$45; $10 min. Aug 1-4: Ben Wolfe Qnt featWarrren Wolf, & 08/1-3 Randy Brecker; 5:Jazz House Kids w/Christian McBride; 6-7:Charenée Wade; 8-11: Victor Goines QrtMeets String Qrt; 12: $40 7:30pm Harlem Qrtw/John Patitucci; 13-14: $40 Louis HayesSxt; 15: Tim Hagans Qnt; 16-18: 08/16 $45Christian Tamburr Spt w/spec guest ClintHolmes; 19: Charles Pillow Large Ens; 20:Luisito Quintero’s 3rd Element; 21-25: 08/21$40, 08/22-23 $45 Trio da Paz & friendsw/Maucha Adnet, Harry Allen & ClaudioRoditi; 26: $40 7:30pm, $30 9:30pm MiltonSuggs Qnt; 27-Sep 1: 08/27-28&09/1 $40,08/29-30 $45 Trio da Paz & friends w/MauchaAdnet, Harry Allen & Claudio Roditi. LateNight Sessions w/Aug 1-3: The Ladybugs; 6-10: Evan Sherman; 13-17: Jake ChapmanQrt; 20-24: Tahira Clayton & Addison Frei; 27-31: Darrell Green Qnt.

FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW: 254W 54th St,Cellar (bet Bway & 8th Av). 646-476-3551.www.54below.com. Aug 15: 9:30pm MichaelDutra feat Strictly Sinatra Band.

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

The IRIDIUM: 1650 Bway at 51st St. 212-582-2121. www.theiridium.com. Aug 23: 8&10pmWayne Krantz/Oz Noy; 28: 8pm New York SkaJazz Ens.

JAZZ AT KITANO: 66 Park Av at 38th St. 212-885-7119. www.kitano.com. Sets/adm: Sun

SMOKE JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB: 2751 Bway(bet 105th & 106th Sts). 212-864-6662.www.smokejazz.com. Set: Early (E), Late (L);Sun&Wed-Thurs E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:30pm;Mon-Tues 7,9&10:30pm; Fri-Sat E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:30pm&12:45am; adm/minvary. Residencies: Sun (R) E Cynthia Scott, LPublic Sound; Mon (R) George Cables Trio;Tues (R) Mike LeDonne & Groover Qrt; Wed(R) E Lezlie Harrison, L Emmet Cohen B3Trio; Thurs L Isaiah J. Thompson Qrt; Fri LJohnny O’Neal & guests; Sat L The HarlemSessions by Marc Cary. Aug 1: Steven KroonLatin Jazz Sxt; 2-3: Aaron Diehl Trio; 4-7: R;8: Reuben Wilson Trio; 9-10: Eric Reed Qrt;11-14: R; 15: John Farnsworth Sxt; 16-17:B’day tribute to Oscar Peterson; 18-21: R; 22-24: Harold Mabern Trio; 25-28: R; 29-31:Charlie Parker celeb feat Vincent Herring,Gary Bartz & Bobby Watson.

SUGAR BAR: 254W 72nd St (bet Bway & WestEnd Av). 212-579-0222. www.sugarbarnyc.com.Sets/adm: 8pm/$10 unless otherwise noted.Residencies: Wed Electrikana; Thurs 9pmOpen Mic w/Sugar Bar All Star Band. Aug 3:9pm Irini Res & the Jazz Mix; 10: RobSilverman Qrt; 23: 8&9:30pm $15 JoeBonacci Mosaic Trio; 30: $15 Nat AdderleyTrio.

SYMPHONY SPACE: 2537 Bway at 95th St.212-864-5400. www.symphonyspace.org.Bar Thalia (BT). Aug 9: BT 9pm free MichelleDuda & Paul Odeh Duo; 10: BT 9pm free admLiquid Math; 13-15: 5:30&8pm Peter & WillAnderson feat Molly Ryan; 21-23: 5:30&8pmPeter & Will Anderson feat Vince Giordano &Jon-Erik Kellso; 24: BT 9pm ArthurSadowsky & The Troubadours; 30: BT 9pmChip Shelton Peacetime Ens.

The TRIAD THEATER: 158W 72nd St (betBway & Columbus). www.triadnyc.com. 212-362-2590. 2 drink/min. Aug 3: 7pm GloriaReuben; 9: 8pm Joyce Griffen.

AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: 2 LincolnSq on Columbus Av (bet 65th & 66th Sts).www.folkartmuseum.org. 212-595-9533.Wed: 2-3pm free adm Bill Wurtzel Trio.

BIRDLAND: 315W 44th St (bet 8th & 9th Avs).212-581-3080. www.birdlandjazz.com. Sets:8:30&11pm; Early (E) 5:30pm except Mon7pm. Residencies: Sun (R) Arturo O’Farrill &The Afro Latin Jazz Orch; Wed E DavidOstwald & Louis Armstrong Eternity Band;Fri E The Birdland Big Band; Sat E except08/17 Eric Comstock w/Sean Smith & specguest Barbara Fasano. Aug 1-3: JohnPizzarelli w/spec guest Ken Peplowski; 1: ELorin Cohen; 4: E The Duke Ellington CenterBig Band + R; 6-10: Dee Dee Bridgewater; 8:E Chiemi Nakai Latin Jazz Qrt; 11: E The DWJazz Orch w/Alex Hope Kramer + R; 12: EJared Grimes; 13-17: David Matthews Trio;15: E Jane Irving; 17: E Jay Leonhart; 18: EDavid Berger Jazz Orch + R; 20-24: ScottyBarnhart & The Legendary Count Basie Orchw/spec guest Carmen Bradford; 22: E DeniseReis; 25: E Carole J. Bufford + R; 27-31:Charlie Parker B’day celeb w/Jeremy Pelt,Greg Osby; 29-31: 7&9:45pm Birdographyceleb Charlie Parker w/David DeJesus &Chris Smith; 29: E Marialy Pacheco.

BIRDLAND THEATER: 315W 44th St (bet 8th& 9th Avs). www.birdlandjazz.com. 212-581-3080. Sets: 9:45pm except Mon 8:30pm;

MID-TOWN MANHATTAN(Between 35th & 69th Street)

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12-2:30pm, Mon-Tues 8-11pm, Wed-Sat 8-9:15&10-11:15pm; Sun $45 buffet, Mon-Tuesfree/$15 min, Wed-Thurs $18/$20 min, Fri-Sat $34/$20 min. Residencies: Sun (R) JazzBrunch w/Tony Middleton; Mon (R) Jam byIris Ornig; Tues Emerging Artists series. Aug1: Takaaki Otomo Trio; 2-3: Duduka daFonseca & Brazilian Jazz All Stars; 4-5: R; 6:Michael Vitali Qrt; 7: Art Lande Qrt; 8: JoshuaRichman Qrt; 9: Alexis Cole Trio; 10: DeniseMangiardi Qrt; 11-12: R; 13: Kenji YoshitakeQrt; 14: Judimarie Canterino Qrt; 15: M.J.Territo Band; 16-17: Ran Blake/ChrisineCorrea Duo; 18-19: R; 20: Aubrey JohnsonQrt; 21: Stefan Bauer; 22: Kendra Shank Trio;23-24: Maurice Frank Trio; 25-26: R; 27: AldenHellmuth Qrt; 28: Mark Wade Qrt; 29: ErikaMatsuo Qrt; 30-31: Jon Gordon Qrt.

LOCAL 802: Associated Musicians of GreaterNew York Club Room. 322W 48th St (bet 8th& 9th Sts). www.jazzfoundation.org. 212-245-4802. Aug 12&26: 7-9:30pm Jazz Foundationof America’s Jam.

MICHIKO STUDIOS: 149W 46th St (bet 6th &7th Avs). 3rd Fl. 212-302-4011. www.michikostudios.com. 2nd Wed: 8-10:30pm$20/15 adm Lew Tabackin Trio.

The PIERRE: 2E 61st St at 5th Av. 212-838-8000. www.thepierreny.com. Thurs-Sat: 6:30-9:30pm Antonio Ciacca.

PULSE CLUB: At Marriott Vacation. 33W 37thSt (bet 5th & 6th Avs). 212-448-1024. Sets:Tues-Thurs 5-8pm. Tues: Charlie Apicella &Iron City; Wed: Latin Sounds; Thurs: PeterManes & The Keys.

RESIDENCE INN TIMES SQUARE: 1033 6thAv at 39th St. 212-768-0007. Tues: 7:30-10:30pm free adm Daniel Bennett Gp.

The RUM HOUSE: At Hotel Edison. 228W 47thSt (bet Bway & 8th Av). 646-490-6924.www.edisonrumhouse.com. Sets: 9:30pm-12:30am. Aug 8: Lou Caputo & Company; 14:C. Honey Smith; 21: Lou Caputo & Company;22&29: C. Honey Smith.

RUSSIAN SAMOVAR: 256W 52nd St (betBway & 8th Av). www.russiansamovar.com.212-757-0168. Sun: 3-7pm. Aug 4: RichardShade; 11: Beverly Crosby/Joel Diamond;18: Takaaki Otomo; 25: Richard Clements/LilPhillips Qrt.

SAINT PETER’S CHURCH: 619 Lexington Av at54th St. (Citicorp Bld). 212-935-2200.www.saintpeters.org. Sun: 6pm free admJazz Vespers feat Chris Dingman; Wed: 1pm$10 don Midday Jazz Midtown. Aug 7: DavidHazeltine & Sean Smith; 14: Jeff Newell NewTrad Oct; 21: Warren Chiasson Qrt; 28:Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown.

SONY HALL: 235W 46th St (bet 7th & 8th Avs).www.sonyhall.com. 212-997-5123. Aug 10:8pm Keiko Matsui w/spec guest RandyBrecker.

SWING 46: Jazz & Supper Club. 349W 46th St(bet 8 & 9th Avs). www.swing46.com. 212-262-9554. Sets/adm: Sun-Thurs 8:30-11:30pm/$15; Fri-Sat 9:30pm-1am/$20.Residencies: Mon Swingadelic; Tues GeorgeGee Swinging’ Dance Band; Wed Stan RubinOrch w/Joe Politi.

TOMI JAZZ: 239E 53rd St (Bet 2nd & 3rd Avs).Lower level. www.tomijazz.com. 646-497-1254. Aug 4: 7-8:30pm free/$5 min adm BillStevens; 11: 7-8:30pm free/$5 min LindaPresgrave Qrt; 15: 7-9:30pm $10/10 minLinda Presgrave Qrt.

11TH STREET BAR: 510E 11th St (bet Av A &B). www.11thstbar.com. 212-982-3929. Mon:8pm Keyed Up feat Jam w/Murray Wall.

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, Late10pm. 1st Mon: E Sean Wayland; 1st Thurs: EAmy Cervini; 1st Sat: E Ayana lowe; 2ndThurs: E Nicole Zuraitis; 2nd Fri: E TessaSouter; 3rd Sun: E Ray Anderson & PocketBrass Band; last Wed: E Paul Jost; last Fri: EKendra Shank.

75 CLUB: At the Bogardus Mansion. 75 MurraySt (bet W Bway & Greenwich St). 212-268-1746. www.the75clubnyc.com.

ARTHUR’S TAVERN: 57 Grove St. 212-675-6879. www.arthurstavernnyc.com. Sets: 7-10pm. Sun: Creole Cooking; Mon: GroveStreet Stompers feat Joe Licari; Tues: YuichiHirakawa; Wed: Eve Silber; Thurs-Sat: EriYamamoto Trio.

B FLAT: Basement 277 Church St (bet Franklin& White Sts). www.bflat.info. 212-219-2970.Sets: Mon 8-11pm, Wed 8:30-11:30pm, Sat10pm-12am. Mon&Wed: Jordan Young Trio.Aug 3: BLACU; 10: Takeshi Asai Trio; 17: MariKoga Trio; 24: Takeshi Asai Trio; 31: MamikoTaira Trio.

BAHA’Í CENTER: 53E 11th St (bet Bway &University). www.bahainyc.org. 212-222-5159. Tues: 8&9:30pm $10/15 adm. Aug 6:Ray Blue Gp; 13: Russ Kaasoff Triow/Catherine Dupuis.

BAR NEXT DOOR: 129 McDougal St. 212-529-5945. www.lalanternacaffe.com. Sets: Sun8&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/setexcept Fri-Sat $12/set + 1 drink min/set, Efree. Trios unless otherwise noted. Mon-Thurs: E Emerging Artists series; Mon: LVocal Mondays series. Residency (R): Wed LJonathan Kreisberg. Aug 1: E Jocelyn Gould,L Assaf Kehati; 2: Scott Neumann & SpinCycle Minus; 3: Rodney Jones; 4: tba; 5: ERyan Hernandez, L Michelle Walker; 6: E AlexDeLazzari, L David Rosenthal; 7: E JuanMunguia, L R; 8: E Adam Cordero, L PeteZimmer; 9: Michael Valeanu; 10: Alex LoRe;11: Gene Bertoncini Solo; 12: E RyanHernandez, L Elisabeth Lohninger; 13: ENiklas Lukassen, L Paul Jubong Lee; 14: EAlec Aldred, L R; 15: E Andrew Cheng, LHendrik Meurkens; 16: Kyle Nasser; 17:Quentin Angus; 18: EJ Strickland; 19: E JakeRichter, L Erli Perez; 20: E Nick Marziani, LAndrew Kushnir; 21: E Artur Akhmetov, L R;22: E Lisa Hoppe, L Austin Becker; 23:Andrew Renfroe; 24: Zakk Jones; 25: PeterMazza; 26: E Chris Parker, L Dana Reedy; 27:E Yuma Uesaka, L Jerome Sabbagh; 28: E VidJamnik, L R; 29: E Andrew Pereira, L FlavioSilva; 30: Jeff McLaughlin; 31: Jan Sturiale.

BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: 131W 3rd St at 6thAv. 212-475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com.Sets: 8&10:30pm + Fri-Sat 12:30am LateNight Groove series; Sun 11:30am&1:30pmSunday Brunch. Adm varies. Aug 1-4:Avishai Cohen Trio; 5: Ben Williams &friends; 6-11: Nicholas Payton; 12: BenWilliams & friends; 13-18: Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band; 19: Ben Williams & friends;20-25: Eddie Palmieri; 26-27: Cimafunk; 28-Sep 1: Take 6. Late Night Groove w/Aug 17:Evan Sherman Big Band. Sunday Brunchw/Aug 4: Joey Morant & Catfish Stew; 11:Gustavo Casenave Trio; 18: Emilio SollaTango Jazz Orch; 25: Stephane Wrembel &friends.

The CELL: 338W 23rd St (bet 8th & 9th Avs).(Below 34th Street)

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By Ken Dryden, Ken Franckling, Seton Hawkins, Stephanie Birckhead photo by Gioncarlo Valentine, Cohen by Andreas Terlaak, Coleman by Juan Vazques, Faddis by DGL Photograph

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DAVID MATTHEWS BIRDLAND / AUGUST 13-17NYC jazz listeners need no introduction to pianist, composer, arranger DavidMatthews (not to be confused with the South African pop star). He arrived in the BigApple from Cincinnati in the early 1970s, and his extensive big band exploits sincethen have been well documented, in particular the Seventh Avenue South era of the1980s. David's acclaimed Manhattan Jazz Quintet was the #1 ensemble in Japan fora decade. Other credits include his stint as the staff arranger for CTI records, Clio andGrammy awards, and work with many pop stars, on film scores and TV commercialjingles. Here David gets to stretch out his contemporary jazz chops with a formidabletrio comprising bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Steve Gadd, each a legend in hisown right. MGN

DON BRADENZINC / AUGUST 8A Harvard engineering student who also played jazz around Cambridge and Boston inthe early 1980s, Don Braden has forged a widely encompassing career as a jazz artist,not only with his tenor saxophone and flutes, but also with his pen and mentoring.He's worked with bands of some of the top singers (Betty Carter) and musicians (TomHarrell, Freddie Hubbard), as well as leading his own quartets and octet. Don hascomposed for television shows, big bands and orchestras, and taught jazz at a numberof colleges. He has developed a special talent for interpreting soul and R&B tunes asjazz, as on his current album, Earth, Wind and Wonder, featuring jazz quartet ren-derings of songs from Earth, Wind and Fire and Stevie Wonder. Pianist Oscar Perez,bassist Kenny Davis and drummer Jeremy Warren join Don on the bandstand. GK

REUBEN WILSONSMOKE JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB / AUGUST 8While legendary is a term bandied about far too cavalierly, occasionally an artist thor-oughly warrants the moniker. Such is the case with Reuben Wilson, a master of theHammond organ whose musical innovations of the 1960s and '70s blazed a trail thatwould be traversed by both hip-hop and acid jazz artists in the 1980s and '90s. It's easyto hear why Reuben's music has enjoyed such a timeless power: his singularly soulfulorgan playing mixed with a combination of both hard-swinging and funk grooves feelas fresh and vital today as they undoubtedly did when they were first recorded. AtSmoke, Reuben is joined by guitarist Paul Bollenback and drummer Carmen IntorreJr. He reprises his performance August 18 at the Jazz Forum. SH

AVISHAI COHEN TRIOBLUE NOTE / AUGUST 1-4Bassist Avishai Cohen usually concentrates on touring near his home in Israel.During this rare stateside appearance, he returns to New York and the Blue Note, theclub where he's previously recorded live albums of his performances. On his 2018 CD1970, the bassist featured many pop-style vocal tracks, some in Hebrew. But hisbrand-new release, Arvoles (Trees), extends the quirky, emboldened, staccato unisoninstrumental melodies that are his signature, inspired by his tenure with ChickCorea. His upcoming gig reunites Avishai with drummer Mark Giuliana and pianistShai Maestro after 10 years, playing contemporary global Middle Eastern jazz-influ-enced music. They offer new material, and revisit compositions from the era of theGently Disturbed and Continuo albums, which established the sidemen, whomAvishai hired when they got out of college. MGN

ABDULLAH IBRAHIMJAZZ STANDARD / AUGUST 1-4The South African pianist originally known as Dollar Brand took the name AbdullahIbrahim when he converted to Islam in the late 1960s. His group The Jazz Epistles,featuring the trumpeter Hugh Masekela, recorded the first South African jazz LP in1959-'60. By 1963 the pianist impressed Duke Ellington so much that the jazz legendhad him recorded for an LP called Duke Ellington Presents the Dollar Brand Trio.Abdullah is considered an exponent of the lilting rhythmic style known as Cape orTownship jazz, and he is also a hypnotically mesmeric solo pianist. At this gig he leadsthe latest iteration of his septet Ekaya (a name meaning "home" that he's used for hisbands since 1983), featuring Noah Jackson on bass and cello, Will Terrill on drums,Cleve Guyton on alto sax, clarinet, flute and piccolo; Lance Bryant on tenor sax,Andreae Murchison on trombone, and Marshall McDonald on baritone sax. GK

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nie Jones, George Kanzler, Michael G Nastos & Eric Wendell graphy, Levy by Brian Payne, Matthews by Mamoru Futatsumori.

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GEORGE COLEMANCHARLIE PARKER FESTIVAL AT TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK / AUGUST 25Saxophonist George Coleman has spent a lifetime cultivating a sound that spans thevery history of jazz. From his formative years with Ray Charles and B.B. King to hiscontributions on landmark albums with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, George'ssonic fingerprint shows a style that is always forward-thinking. As a leader, Georgedisplays talents that continue to evolve, with The Guardian stating in its review of hislatest album, 2016's A Master Speaks, "At 80, he's still one of the most fluent andinventive tenor saxophonists around." George's trio joins him for this concert part ofthe annual Charlie Parker Festival. He also brings a quartet at the Side Door onAugust 9-10. EW

BRENT BIRCKHEAD GINNY'S SUPPER CLUB / AUGUST 23In Brent Birckhead's music, listeners find past, present and future expression.Baltimore born and raised, the alto saxophonist and multi-woodwind artist is part ofa talented generation that cross-pollinates art forms—an emergent collective whoseidentity is at once passionately collaborative and defiantly individualistic. In his linesand across his compositions, Brent plays with an ever-present urgency; his artistryincludes visual narratives, social stories and historical reflection. Alongside therelease of Birckhead (Revive Music), his first recording as a leader, Brent issued thevideo release for "The Mourning After." Directed by Babatunde Salaam, the videopresents community response to police shootings with tenderness and frank honesty.Brent's band features Corey Wallace on trombone, Jonathan Michel on bass andWillerm Delisfort on piano. SJ

JED LEVYSMALLS JAZZ CLUB / AUGUST 23-24Long a part of the New York City jazz scene, tenor saxophonist Jed Levy has a broadmusical palette inspired by his work with artists like Jaki Byard, Jack McDuff, PeterLeitch and Steve Davis. Over the past decade, Jed has been focusing on leading hisown bands, in addition to sharing his considerable gifts as a prolific composer andinspired improviser. The saxophonist is known for his spacious, lyrical playing, thoughhis adventurous spirit takes him down many musical paths. Jed seeks a variety of col-ors in the music he writes or arranges for a session, and he thrives on the extra free-dom to explore when leading a pianoless group. For this engagement and on August 30at Maureen’s Jazz Cellar, guitarist Phil Robson, bassist Peter Slavov and drummerClarence Penn join Jed on the bandstand. KD

CHARLES ALTURAJAZZ GALLERY / AUGUST 23-24Charles Altura's sound resists description, but listeners who experience his music liveunderstand its potency. Rather than forcing a certain aesthetic, the guitarist and com-poser tends toward allowing sound to emerge in the moment, regardless of musicalcontext. He seems to have perfected a near instantaneous habit of listening andresponding in a way that creates an entire sonic narrative. A Los Angeles native,Charles has played with a range of similar individualists, from Chick Corea to TerenceBlanchard—the latter of whom recruited him to play the iconic guitar theme on thesoundtrack for Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman. Last year at the Jazz Gallery, Charlesperformed his residency commission project, Portraits of Resonance. This year, hebrings together a different crew of like-minded artists for an evening of new music. SJ

JON FADDISJAZZ FORUM / AUGUST 16-17Trumpeter Jon Faddis is a musical phenomenon in live concert. He mixes sheer power,technical prowess, poignancy and some whimsy into his playing, each of those quali-ties absorbed in some fashion from his mentor, the late Dizzy Gillespie, with whom hestarted working at age 21. Since serving as Dizzy's longtime wingman, Jon has takenthat bright, high-octane sound on his own path as a solo artist and bandleader.Besides the blistering high-note solos, he offers delicacy on ballads and even addssome Satchmo-inspired vocals to supplement his good humor and on-stage rapport.This band, which he calls Faddisaction, unites Jon with three of his former students:Andrew Latona on guitar, Mikey Migliore on bass and Lucy Wijnans on vocals. RodneyGreen joins in on drums. KF

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646-861-2253. www.thecelltheatre.org. Aug10: 8-9pm $30/40 adm Marcos Varela.

CHELSEA MUSIC HALL: 407W 15th St at 9thAv. www.chelseamusichall.com. 646-609-1344. Aug 1: 7pm Mwenso & the Shakes.

The CUTTING ROOM: 44E 32nd St (betMadison & Park Av). 212-691-1900. www.thecuttingroomnyc.com. Aug 22: 7pm LouisPrima Jr. & the Witnesses.

DIEGO: At The Public Hotel. 215 Chrystie St.www.publichotels.com. 212-735-6000. Wed:7:30-10:30pm Andrew Renfroe Trio.

The DJANGO: At Roxy Hotel. 2 Av of theAmericas at Walker St. www.roxyhotelnyc.com. 212-519-6600.

DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY: 13 MonroeSt (bet Market & Catherine Sts). 212-473-0043. www.downtownmusicgallery.com.Sun: 6pm In-Store shows. Aug 4: 6pm AlexWard/Sam Weinberg/Henry Fraser, 7pm SeanAli; 5: 6:30pm Robert Dick & Leszek “Hefi”Wisniowsk, 7:30pm Milo Tamez.

The EAR INN: 326 Spring St (bet Greenwich &Washington Sts). www.earinn.com. 212-431-9750. Sun: 8-11pm EarRegulars feat Jon-ErikKellso & friends.

FAT CAT: 75 Christopher St at 7th Av. 212-675-6056. www.fatcatmusic.org. $3 adm/no min.Sets unless otherwise noted: Early (E), Late(L), Night (N); Sun E 6pm, L 9pm, N 1am; MonE 6pm, L 9pm, N 12:30am; Tues-Wed E 7pm,L 9pm, N 12:30am; Thurs 7pm, L 10pm, N1:30am; Fri 6pm, L 9pm + 10:30pm, N1:30am; Sat E 7pm, L 10pm, N 1:30am.Residencies (R): Sun E Terry Waldo &Gotham City Band, N The Program; Mon NBilly Kaye; Tues E Saul Rubin Zebtet; Wed ERaphael D'Lugoff Trio + 1, N Jam w/NedGoold; Fri L The Supreme Queens; Sat NGreg Glassman. Aug 1: E Bruce Jackson, LSaul Rubin Zebtet, N Paul Nowinski; 2: EMichael Weiss, L R + Jared Gold/DaveGibson, N Nick Hempton; 3: E SanahKadoura, L Raphael D'Lugoff Qnt, N R; 4: ER, 8:30pm Jade Synstelien's FCBB, N R; 5: EGalen Passen. L Tim Ferguson Flamenco Gp,N R; 6: E R, L Willie Martinez y La Familia, NAlexi David; 7: E R, L Groover Trio, N R; 8: EBilly Kaye Qnt, L Greg Glassman Qnt, N AviRothbard Qnt; 9: E Adam Moezinia Trio, L R+ Corcoran Holt, N Craig Wuepper; 10: ESteve Carrington, L Antoine Drye, N R; 11: ER, L Aaron Bahr, N R; 12: E Ned Goold Qrt, NR; 13: E R, L Peter Brainin & the Latin JazzWorkshop; 14: E R, L Harold Mabern Trio, NR; 16: L R; 17: L POD, N R; 18: E&N R; 19: LGeorge Braith, N R; 20: E R; 21: E R, L TheDon Hahn/Mike Camacho Band, N R; 23: L R;24: N R; 25: E&N R; 26: N R; 27: E R, L ItaiKriss & Gato Gordo, N John Benitez's LatinBop; 28: E&N R; 30: L R; 31: N R.

JAZZ GALLERY: 1160 Bway at 27th St. 5th Fl.www.jazzgallery.org. 646-494-3625. Sets:7:30&9:30pm. Aug 1: Secret Mall; 2: tba; 3:Peter Bernstein & Gilad Hekselman; 7:Massimo Biolcati Qrt; 8: Chad Taylor Trio; 9-10: Manuel Valera’s New Cuban Express; 14-15: Michael Thomas Qrt; 16: Taylor HoBynum 9-Tette; 17: Kalia Vandever; 21-22:Kris Davis & Julian Lage; 23-24: CharlesAltura; 27-28: Johnathan Blake Qrt.

JAZZ STANDARD: 116E 27th St (bet Park &Lexington Avs). www.jazzstandard.net. 212-576-2232. Sets/adm unless otherwise noted:7:30-8:30&9:30-10:30pm/$30. Residency:Mon (R) Mingus Monday feat Mingus BigBand. Aug 1-4: $40 Abdullah Ibrahim &Ekaya; 5: R; 6-7: Tim Ries 08/6 Sxt, 08/7 & The Rolling Stones Project; 8-9: Jamison

Ross; 10: Sara Gazarek; 11: Eric HarlandElectric Qrt; 12: R; 13: Michael LeonhartOrch; 14: Dave Stryker Qrt feat Warren Wolf;15-18: Azar Lawrence Experience; 19: R; 20-21: Jon Cowherd/ Brian Blade/Tony Scherr/Steve Cardenas; 22: Stranahan/Zaleski/Rosato; 23-25: $35 Danilo Pérez GlobalMessengers; 26: R; 27-28: Fabian AlmazanTrio; 29-Sep 1: Orrin Evans Trio w/spec guestKevin Eubanks.

JOE’S PUB: At Public Theater. 425 Lafayette St& Astor Pl. www.joespub.com. 212-967-7555.Adm varies. Aug 7: 9:30pm $20 adm GabrielRoyal; 11: 12:30pm Danny Lipsitz & TheBrass Tacks; 25: 7pm $15/20 The Westerlies& Theo Bleckmann + The NYChillharmonic;29: 7pm $25 Ola Onabule; 30: 7pm $18Monday Michiru.

JUKE BAR: 196 2nd Av (bet 12th & 13th Sts)Downstairs. www.jukebarnyc.com. 212-228-7464. Sun: 6:30-10:30pm free adm Jam byAlbert Ahlf.

(LE) POISSON ROUGE: 158 Bleecker St atThompson St. www.lepoissonrouge.com.212-796-0741. Aug 20: 8pm $25/30 adm NelsCline 4; 28: 9pm $30 toe.

MEZZROW: 163W 10th St (bet 7th Av &Waverly Pl). www.mezzrow.com. 646-476-4346. Sets/adm: 8-10:30pm, Late (L) 11pm-1am except Fri-Sat 11pm-2am, Sun + 5-6:45pm; adm varies. Residencies: Sun 5pmSpike Wilner Solo; Mon L Pasquale Grasso;Thurs L Spike Wilner & Pasquale Grasso.Aug 1: Myron Walden w/Strings feat JonCowherd; 2: Wayne Escoffery Trio, L NoahHaidu; 3: Wayne Escoffery Trio, L Jon Davis;4: Saul Rubin Trio, L Panas Athanatos &friends; 5: Dave Meder & Miguel Zenón; 6:Roxy Coss & Mike King; 7: Billy Test Trio; 8:Nitai Hershkovits Trio; 9: Kirk Lightsey Trio, LEden Ladin; 10: Kirk Lightsey Trio, L NealCaine; 11: Evan Arntzen/Jon-Erik Kellso Trio,L Greg Ruggiero; 12: Roni Ben-Hur Trio; 13:Marty Elkins Qrt, L Naama Gheber; 14: NickMasters; 15: Steve LaSpina Trio; 16: LuisPerdomo & Rufus Reid, L Joe Davidian; 17:Luis Perdomo & Rufus Reid, L Jon Davis; 18:Alan Broadbent Trio, L Chris Flory; 19: JimRidl Trio; 20: Vickie Burns Trio, L VanessaPerea; 21: Richard Johnson, L SullivanFortner; 22: Cynthia Sayer Trio; 23: LawrenceFields, L Tardo Hammer; 24; LawrenceFields, L Miki Yamanaka; 25: Ben Waltzer Trio,L John Merrill & friends; 26: Kate McGarryTrio; 27: JD Walter Trio, L Lucy Yeghiazaryan;28: Michael Valeanu Trio, L Sullivan Fortner;29: David O'Rourke Trio; 30: Ethan Iverson, LPete Malinverni; 31: Ethan Iverson, L GregMurphy.

NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH: 269 Bleecker St(bet Jones & Cornelia Sts). 212-691-1770. 1stFri: 8&9:30pm free adm All Things Projectwww.allthingsproject.org. Aug 2: Boccato/Gonçalves/Malaby Trio.

The NEW SCHOOL JAZZ PERFORMANCESPACE: 55W 13th St, 5th Fl. 212-229-5488.www.newschool.edu/jazz. Tues-Sat: 8:30-9:30pm The Stone at the New School. Aug 1-3: William Parker; 6-9: Ingrid Laubrock; 13-17: Ben Goldberg; 20-24: Matana Roberts.

NORTH SQUARE: At Washington SquareHotel. 103 Waverly Pl at McDougal.www.northsquareny.com/about-jazz. 212-254-1200. Sun: 12:30&2pm free adm JazzBrunch Trios. Aug 4: closed; 11: Aimée Allen;18: Roz Corral w/Josh Richman & YoshiWaki; 25: Roz Corral w/Gilad Hekselman &Matt Clohesy.

NUBLU 151: 151 Avenue C (bet 9th & 10thSts). www.nublu.net. Aug 5: 8pm GeorgiaWeber & The Sleeved Hearts, 9pm RotemSivan Trio.

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WHEN AN ARTIST'S PAST IS Agilded one, full of achievements and

accolades, it's tempting to linger there. Butyou won't find Herbie Hancock mired inthe good old days. He's made a lifelongpractice of keeping listeners' ears on theirtoes, so to speak, exploring every avenue ofjazz—the in, the out and the previouslyunimagined—in the process.The mixed metaphor elicits a chuckle

from the veteran pianist, composer andelectronic music pioneer. "I like to keep myears on their toes," Herbie affirms. "If Idon't come up with a new idea for a record,I'm not going to do it. If it's going to soundlike something I did before or somethingsomeone else did, I'm not going to do it."The 14-time Grammy winner set constantinnovation as his goal in the early 1960s,when he was part of Miles Davis' leg-endary second great quintet (with RonCarter, Tony Williams and Wayne Shorter,who remains Herbie's close friend). He'snever wavered from that ideal.He's working on a new recording that

will be true to form, in that it's not true toany form this NEA Jazz Master has fol-lowed so far. "It's not that kind of standard

record where each track has certain peopleperforming from beginning to end," Herbieexplains. "Different people pop up at dif-ferent times on different tracks. Everysong we're recording pretty much soundsdifferent from every other one, there's alldifferent combinations of genres." RapperSnoop Dogg contributes to one of thetracks, so far; artists such as tabla virtuosoZakir Hussein, saxophonist KamasiWashington; singer, songwriter, bassistThundercat; and Herbie Hancock bandmainstays including drummer VinnieColaiuta, guitarist Lionel Loueke andbassist James Genus also appear."I'm taking a modular approach on this

album," the 79-year-old jazz polymathexplains. "A certain idea may start one ofthe pieces, then may be interrupted bysomething else. That could be a differenttempo, or it could be a different sound thatcan take us off in a slightly different direc-tion. How to put these different modulestogether to be interesting and have a cohe-sion is a challenge."The full force of Herbie's history and

experience is going to be brought to bearwhen he hits the stage of the BeaconTheatre on August 1, in the company ofVinnie, Lionel and James, as well as multi-instrumentalist Terrace Martin.As far as putting together a concert set

list, "It's kind of puzzle to figure out," hemuses. "You've got fans who pay hard-earned money to come see you. They wantto hear some of the things that they know.They bought your record, they like it, theywant to hear live some of the things they'refamiliar with." That's a lot of territory to cover. Herbie

Hancock, composer of jazz standards suchas "Watermelon Man," "Maiden Voyage"and "Speak Like a Child" is also the jazz-rarity who filled stadiums with his ground-breaking fusion band Headhunters, andmade history with the first jazz album togo platinum, Head Hunters. At timesHerbie has wandered far afield from thestraight-ahead jazz of his youthful days asa sideman with Donald Byrd, Phil Woodsand Oliver Nelson. Just think of his hitsingle (and video) Rockit, or his funk-rock-jazz ensemble Mwandishi, which some con-cert-goers claim to have seen levitateonstage. But he has always kept his handin the tradition, touring with the all-starjazz ensemble VSOP, producing WyntonMarsalis' first album, and playing duetswith the likes of Chick Corea and OscarPeterson.At his upcoming concert, listeners can

also expect to hear references to the newproject Herbie is currently exploring in thestudio. "Some of the essence of this modu-lar approach will be in much of our presen-tation at the Beacon. I think we did a bit ofthat on the last tour, but we have newer

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NUYORICAN POETS CAFÉ: 236E 3rd St (betAvs B & C). www.nuyorican.org. 212-780-9386/212-505-8183. Sets: 9:30pm. Tues: $10adm Latin Jazz feat 08/6 Chembo Corniel,08/13 Bronx Conexión, 08/20 Willie Martinez& La Familia Sxt; 1st Wed: $13 All That - HipHop Poetry & Jazz; 1st Sat: $15 BananaPuddin’ Jazz series feat Rome Neal + Jam.

ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL: 196 Allen St at EHouston St. www.rockwoodmusichall.com.212-477-4155. Thurs: 9pm-12am EthanEubanks & Detroit Grease.

RUSS & DAUGHTERS CAFE: 127 Orchard St(bet Delancey & Rivington Sts). 212-475-4880. www.russanddaughterscafe.com. LastThurs: 8pm free adm The Stone at Russ &Daughters Cafe. Aug 29: Kenny Wollesen.

SMALLS JAZZ CLUB: 183W 10th St at 7th Av.212-252-5091. www.smallslive.com. Sets:Early (E) 7:30-10pm, Late (L) 10:30pm-1am,Night (N) 1-4am; jam following N; adm varies.Residencies: Sun N David Gibson After-hours; Mon-Tues N After-hours Jam; Wed NAfter-hours 08/7&21 w/Julius Rodriguez Trio,08/14&28 w/Charles Blenzig; Thurs N08/1,8&22 Mimi Jones & The Lab Session,08/15&29 Malick Koly After-hours; Fri NAfter-hours 08/2,23&30 w/Corey WallaceDUBtet, 08/9&16 w/JD Allen; Sat N 08/3&17Brooklyn Circle, 08/10&31 Philip Harper Qnt,08/24 Eric Wyatt After-hours. Aug 1: E CraigHandy Qrt, L Alexander Claffy Qnt; 2-3: EVince Ector Organatomy Trio, L MikeDiRubbo Qrt; 4: E Larry Ham/ Woody WittQrt, L Ralph Lalama & Bop-Juice; 5: E AriHoenig Abarè Trio, L Joe Farnsworth Trio 6: EEli Degibri Qrt, L Justin Robinson Qrt; 7: EKirk Lightsey Qrt, L Darryl Yokley Qrt; 8: EKirk Lightsey Qrt, L Brent Birckhead Qrt; 9-10: E Dave Schumacher Chicago 3 +2, LRobin Eubanks Qnt; 11: E Joey “G-Clef”Cavaseno Qrt, L Steve Nelson Qrt; 12: ELucas Pino Nnt, L Emilio Modeste Qrt; 13: EBruce Harris Qnt, L Abraham Burton Qrt; 14:E Andrew Hartman Qrt, L Noam WiesenbergQnt; 15: E The Fabalous Eric Johnson Trio, LAkiko Tsuruga Qrt; 16-17: E Philip DizackQnt, L Darrell Green Qnt; 18: E Ned GooldQrt, L Jon Beshay Qrt; 19: E Kenn SaltersHaven, L Joe Farnsworth Trio; 20: E PhillipJohnston & The Silent Six, L Frank Lacy'sTromboniverse; 21: E Tom Dempsey/TimFerguson Qrt, L Harold Mabern Trio; 22: EBen Allison & Think Free, L Bill GoodwinTrio; 23-24: E Jed Levy Qrt, L Lew TabackinTrio; 25: E Chris Byars Original Sxt, L AaronJohnson Gp; 26: E Ari Hoenig Trio, L GivetonGelin Qnt; 27: E Spike Wilner Trio, L JoshEvans Qnt; 28: E Fat Cat Big Band, L TaberGable Gp; 29: E Harish Raghavan Qnt, LCarlos Abadie Qnt; 30-31: E Rodney JonesQrt, L Jaleel Shaw Gp.

TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK: 500E 9th St (betAvs A & B). Aug 25: 3-7pm Charlie ParkerJazz Festival www.cityparksfoundation.org212-360-2777 feat Carl Allen + GeorgeColeman Trio + Fred Hersch + LakeciaBenjamin.

TURNMILL: 119E 27th St (bet Park &Lexington Avs). www.turnmillnyc.com. 646-524-6060. Wed: 11pm-2am Keyed Up seriesfeat Rob Duguay & Low Key Trio + specguests.

VILLAGE VANGUARD: 178 7th Av S at 11thSt. 212-255-4037. www.villagevanguard.com.Sets: 8:30&10:30pm. Adm: $35/1 drink min.Residency (R): Mon Vanguard Jazz Orch.Aug 1-4: Harold Mabern Trio; 5: R; 6-11: BillFrisell Trio; 12: R; 13-18: Bill Frisell Trio; 18:3pm All-star guitar Trio w/Bill Frisell, Julian

Lage & Gyan Riley; 19: R; 20-25: AndrewCyrille Qrt; 26: R; 27-Sep 1: Chris PotterUnderground.

ZINC BAR: 82W 3rd St (bet Thompson &Sullivan). 212-477-8337. www.zincbar.com.Sets: unless otherwise noted 7:30&9pm. Aug5: John Webber Trio; 7: 9pm-1am freeVandoJam feat The Vandoren EmergingArtist Competition Alumni w/Shai Golan,Rico Jones, David Milazzo & Tim Struven; 8:Don Braden Qrt; 9: Liz Rosa; 11: 4-6:45pm$25 Another Sunday Serenade 917-882-9539/www.vtyjazz.com tribute to JoeHenderson feat Mike DiRubbo & EddieHenderson; 16: 9-11pm Bill Warfield & the NYJazz Oct; 17: Richie Morales Qrt; 19: FlavioSilva Qrt; 26: Nate Radley Trio.

BAR BAYEUX: 1066 Nostrand Av. 347-533-7845. ww.barbayeux.com. Wed: 8-11pm freeadm Keyed Up series. Aug 7: Scott WendholtQrt; 14: Dayna Stephens; 21: Mark Shim Trio;28: Lage Lund Trio.

BAR CHORD: 1008 Cortelyou Rd. 347-240-6033. www.barchordnyc.com. Sun: 9pmCortelyou Jam. Aug 6: 9pm JeremyDaneman & the Anymen.

BAR LUNÀTICO: 486 Halsey St. 718-513-0339.www.barlunatico.com. Sun: 2-5pm Keyed Upfeat Gospel Brunch. Aug 6: 8:30-11:30pmTodd Clouser; 8: 9-11:30pm Yasser Tejeda &Palotré; 21: 9-11:30pm Pedro Giraudo TangoQrt; 29: 9-11:30pm Scott Sharrard.

BARBÈS: 376 9th St at 6th Av. Park Slope.www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 718-965-9177.Residencies: Sun 9pm Stephane Wrembel;Mon 7pm Brain Cloud; Tues 9pm Slavic SoulParty; Wed 10pm Mandingo Ambassadors.Aug 4: 5pm Ben Monder.

BLUEBIRD BROOKLYN: 504 Flatbush Av.718-484-9494. www.bluebirdbrooklyn.com.Wed: 9pm-12am Keyed Up feat NoahGaribedian + Jam.

BROOKLYN BOWL: 61 Wythe Av. 718-963-3369. www.brooklynbowl.com. Aug 22: 8pm$25-60 adm Joel Harrison & AlternativeGuitar Summit.

The COPPER POT: 347 Van Brunt St. 929-276-3330. www.copperpotbk.com. Wed: 7:30-10:30pm Keyed Up series.

COUNTING ROOM: 44 Berry St. 718-599-1860.www.countingroom.com. Sun: 4-7pm KeyedUp feat The Cafe Society.

HALYARDS: 406 3rd Av. 718-532-8787.www.barhalyards.com. Tues: 8-9:30pm $10adm/1 drink min. Aug 6: Mike Formanek Qrt;13: Ethan Iverson Trio; 20: Aki Ishiguro Qrt;27: Caroline Davis Trio.

IBEAM: 168 7th St. www.ibeambrooklyn.com.Sets: 8:30pm $15 don. Aug 4: Artemis Sxt.

IL PORTO: 37 Washington Av. 718-624-0954.www.ilportobrooklyn.com. Thurs-Sat: 7-10pmKeyed Up feat Charlie Apicella & Iron City.

SCHOLES STREET STUDIO: 375 Lorimer St.www.scholesstreetstudio.com. 718-964-8763. Aug 8: 7:30pm Rita Figueiredo & BenjiKaplan.

SHAPESHIFTER LAB: 18 Whitwell Pl.www.shapeshifterlab.com. 646-820-9452.Aug 4: 7pm Steve Williams; 11: 4pm ACLUbenefit feat Antonio Sanchez, Aaron Parks,Shai Maestro, Dayna Stephens.

VELVET LOUNGE: 174 Bway. 718-302-4427.www.velvetbrooklyn.com. Tues: 9pm-12amKey Up series feat 1st Tues Sivan Arbel; lastTues Rob Duguay & Low Key Trio.

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ON HIS NEW CD, G8S, A FOUR-song EP of recordings from 2005,

Giacomo Gates delivers an original, "ADifferent Thing," that is an encapsulationof his art. In it, he asserts his right to sit inwith jazz musicians, because he digs themusic and can express it as well with hisinstrument, his voice, as the others do withtheirs. And have fun doing it."I used to sing all the time," Giacomo

says from his home in Connecticut. "I sangfor the fun of it, never pursued the musicbusiness until I was in my late 30s [late1980s], but I'm still a fan of that music Isang from the '60s and '70s. I still listen toGene Ammons and Lambert, Hendricks &Ross, Eddie Jefferson and Dexter Gordon,Hank Mobley, Frank Sinatra and DeanMartin. I dig Dean Martin a lot, he was aterrific singer with a great sense ofhumor."Giacomo's appreciation of Dean seems

to rub off in his conversational style, whichoften veers toward an (unwitting) impres-sion of Dean as hipster. After reeling off alist of the albums he's recorded since the'90s, he concludes: "I'm still trying to swinga little bit, baby."A fan long before he became a "jazzer"

(one of his favorite terms), Giacomo pur-sued a different kind of digging in his for-mer life, working construction for most ofthe first two decades of his adulthood,largely in Alaska. But he did have longmusical roots."I took guitar lessons as a young kid,

from 8 to 14 or so," he says. "My teacherswere jazzers, including Mickey LeDonne,the late father of pianist-organist MikeLeDonne. So I was exposed to the fakebook [the American standards songbook]and learned a lot more of it playing in awedding band when I was 16."It was much earlier, when he was 7

years old, that he made his rather inauspi-cious debut as singer. "I was taking tapdance lessons," he remembers, "and at therecital I didn't want to dance, so theinstructor said I had to sing instead, so Idid. I sang 'Pretty Baby.' I sang because itwas fun."Giacomo admits to avidly listening to

the music of that time, from R&B and soul,The Four Tops and Marvin Gaye, to rock'n' roll like the Rolling Stones and JimiHendrix. "But I also listened to jazz on

New York radio stations," he says, citingDJs Symphony Sid and Al "Jazzbo" Collinsand recalling hearing Dexter, TheloniousMonk and others. It was on radio in thelate 1960s that he discovered one of hismost lasting influences, Jon Hendricks ofLambert, Hendricks & Ross.Decades later, after he had made

recordings, he went to see Hendricks &Co., Jon's family group, bringing a cassetteof his versions of Jon's music. "I said to Jon'I want you to know that I dig what you do.'He said he had heard my music and invit-ed me to come back that Sunday and sit inwith him. When he called me up andasked, 'What do you want to sing, baby?' Isaid, 'I don't have to sing anything, juststanding up here with you is good enough.'He laughed and called 'Straight, NoChaser,' I felt honored to sing with him."To Giacomo, Jon and Eddie are the epit-

ome of vocalese, the art of singing lyrics setto recorded improvised instrumental solos."Whenever Jon or Eddie sing on records itsounds like they're having as much fun asthe musicians and they [musicians] are notjust backing them up, they're with themand having fun too. And Eddie's lyrics,which he sings like a horn, are real andfunny and soulful and thoughtful, andJon's are funny, philosophical and soulfultoo."Vocalese is musical, funny and you

have to be articulate, and also know thesolo. It's hard but it's fun."The only problem is that, unlike when

Jon and Eddie were writing their classicvocalese lyrics, these days it is hard torecord your own similar songs. Giacomohas written many vocalese solos that hecan't record because now you need copy-right permission and, as he says, "If you'renot a real big name and the publishersthink they can make money, they don'tgrant permission to record them." But heperforms them anyway, another reason tohear him in person.Asked if there is a full album in the

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WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CENTER: 367Bedford Av. www.wmcjazz.org. 718-384-1654. $10 adm. Residency: Sat 10pm Jamw/Gerry Eastman & friends. Aug 8: 9-10pmGreg Dallas Qrt; 19: 9pm-1am Rodney GreenEns + Jam; 24: 10-11pm Jeanette Berry; 30:8:30-9:30pm Cemre Necefbas Trio.

FIREHOUSE 12: 47 Crown St. New Haven. 203-785-0468. www.firehouse12.com. Aug 3:8:30-10pm Bill Frisell Solo.

RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE: 80 East Ridge.Ridgefield. www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.203-438-5795. Aug 3: 8pm $65 adm CorinneBailey Rae.

The SIDE DOOR JAZZ CLUB: At Old LymeInn. 85 Lyme St. Old Lyme. 860-434-0886.www.thesidedoorjazz.com. Sets: 8:30-11pm.Aug 9-10: George Coleman Qrt; 16: LewisPorter & Phil Scarff Qrt; 17: StephanieNakasian & Matt Baker Gp; 23: MichaelFeinberg Qnt; 24: Jonathan Barber & VisionAhead; 30: Giacomo Gates; 31: Victor GouldTrio.

GRASSO’S: 134 Main St. Cold Spring Harbor.www.grassosrestaurant.com. 631-367-6060.

The JAZZ LOFT: 275 Christian Av. StonyBrook. 631-751-1895. www.thejazzloft.org.Sets: 7-9:30pm. Wed: Jam. Aug 1-3: The JazzLoft Orch; 15: Matt Hoffman; 17: The FourFreshman; 29: Interplay Jazz Orch.

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

BERGENENGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY: 31 EngleSt. Englewood. www.englewoodlibrary.org.201-568-2215. Thurs: 7:30-9:30pm Outdoorconcerts. Aug 1: Lines of Reason; 8: SharpRadway.

ESSEXCLEMENT’S PLACE: At Rutgers University. 15Washington St. Newark. www.facebook.com/jazz973.

DLV LOUNGE: 300 Bloomfield Av. Montclair.973-783-6988. Tues: 9pm Open Mic/Jam. Aug2: 9pm-12am Maurício de Souza & BossaBrasil®.

GATEWAY CENTER PLAZA 4: 100 MulberrySt. Newark. 973-624-8880. Aug 7: 12-1pmRob Paparozzi Trio.

NEWARK MUSEUM: 49 Washington St.Newark. www.newarkmuseum.org. 973-596-6550. Thurs: 12:15-1:45pm Jazz in theGarden series. Aug 1: Etienne Charles; 8:Vanessa Rubin.

NISHUANE PARK: Cedar Av. Montclair. 973-509-4900. Jazz House Kids presentsMontclair Jazz Festival. www.montclairjazzfestival.org, 973-744-2273. Aug 10: 12-9pmMontclair Jazz Festival feat ChristianMcBride, Bettye Lavette, Joey DeFrancesco,Mark Whitfield, Quincy Phillips, EddiePalmieri, Mike Lee & a Song for All of Us, theJazz House Collective.

SOUTH ORANGE GAZEBO: 17 Sloan St.South Orange. Fri-Sat: 7-10pm Jazz on

Sloan. Aug 3: Peter Lin & TNT Qrt; 9: CarlScariati & The Free Speech Trio; 16: PatriciaWalton & friends; 23: Richard Reiter Qrt.

SPIOTTA PARK: 20-32 Village Plaza. SouthOrange. 7-10pm Jazz On Sloan. Aug 24:Darryl Clark Fusion w/spec guest NatAdderley, Jr.; 30: Big Beat Big Band.

SUZYQUE’S BBQ & BAR: 34 S Valley Rd.West Orange. www.suzyques.com. 973-736-7899. Free adm. Sun: 2-5pm Brunchw/Curtis Lundy Ens; Mon: 8pm-12am JohnLee & friends. Aug 5&19: 8-10pm GlennFranke's BigBand.

TRUMPETS: 6 Depot Square. Montclair. 973-744-2600. www.trumpetsjazz.com.

HUDSONThe BRIGHTSIDE TAVERN: 141 Bright St.Jersey City. www.brightsidetavern.com. 201-435-1234. Mon: 8pm Keyed Up featBrightside Tavern Trio.

HUDSON RIVERFRONT PERFORMINGARTS CENTER: 1500 Harbor Bld.Weehawken. 201-716-4540. www.hrpac.org.Aug 14: 7pm Veronica Swift & the BirdlandBig Band; 28: 7pm Pedro Giraudo.

PORT IMPERIAL: 55 Riverwalk Pl. West NewYork. Thurs: 6-8pm Sunset Music series. Aug8: Maggie Gould, Nanny Assis, EtienneStadwijk + Chris Pasin, Billy Stein + AlanBates Steel Pan Island Breeze; 22: ChristineSpero, Elliot Spero, Steel Impression + KateBaker, Vic Juris.

MERCER1867 SANCTUARY AT EWING: 101 ScotchRd. Ewing. www.1867sanctuary.org/seriesjazz. 609-392-6409. Aug 2: Joe Holt, PaulMidiri & Mike McShane; 9: Rick Fiori Trio; 10:Richie Cole Alto Madness Orch; 11:Hopewell Valley Youth Orch & HVCHS AlumniJazz Ens.

CANDLELIGHT LOUNGE: 24 Passaic St.Trenton. www.candlelightevents.way.to. 609-695-9612. Sat: 3:30-7:30pm free adm/$10min. www.jazztrenton.com. Aug 3: DarylYokley; 10: Sanah Kadoura; 17: Farid Baron;24: Joe Ford; 31: Josh Lee.

MIDDLESEXCHAMBER 43: 427 Raritan Av. Highland Park.www.chamber43.com. 732-317-9427. Aug 25:6pm Phyllis Chapell.

DUE MARI: 78 Albany St. New Brunswick.www.duemarinj.com. 732-296-1600. Fri: 6:30-9:30pm free adm The New Brunswick JazzProject/www.nbjp.org. Aug 2: Ellen LaFurnDuo; 9: Stephen Fuller Duo; 16: TamuzNissim Duo; 23: Jackie Jones Duo.

GEORGE STREET ALE HOUSE: 378 GeorgeSt. New Brunswick. www.gsalehouse.com.732-543-2408. The New Brunswick JazzProject/www.nbjp.org. Tues: 8-11pm Emer-ging Artists + Jam. Aug 6: Steven McArdleGp; 13: Dom Palombi Project; 20&27: tba.

HYATT REGENCY: 2 Albany St. NewBrunswick. www.newbrunswick.hyatt.com.732-873-1234. Thurs: 8-11pm free adm TheNew Brunswick Jazz Project/www.nbjp.org.Aug 1: Vince Ector Qrt; 8: tba; 15: Alex HieleParis Jazz Combo; 22: Red Rose JazzCombo; 29: Frank Lacy Tromboniverse.

OLD FRANKLIN SCHOOLHOUSE: 491Middlesex Av (RT 27). Metuchen. 862-368-2202. First Sun: 3-5:15pm $10 adm Corner-stoneJazz series. Aug 4: Westerhoff Schoolof Music & Art Jazz Faculty feat RadamSchwartz.

TAVERN ON GEORGE: 361 George St. NewBrunswick. www.tavernongeorge.com. 732-545-6205. Mon&Wed: 8-11pm free adm TheNew Brunswick Jazz Project/www.nbjp.org.

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NEW JERSEY JAZZBy Don Jay Smith

FIVE PLAYDEER HEAD INN / AUGUST 3Five Play is an all-women quintet comprising musicians from DIVA, the celebrated bigband founded in 1992 by leader and drummer Sherrie Maricle. An acclaimed musi-cian, educator, conductor and music director, Sherrie has received many accolades,including the prestigious Mary Lou Williams-Kennedy Center Lifetime AchievementAward. With a repertoire containing original compositions plus innovative arrange-ments of jazz classics, Five Play draws on the strength of its talented band members.In addition to Sherrie, the rhythm section includes the noted composer, recordingartist and pianist Tomoko Ohno, and bassist Noriko Ueda, who has also toured withTed Rosenthal, Frank Wess and Grady Tate. Rounding out the quintet are the criti-cally praised award-winning tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Janelle Reichman, andlong-time DIVA trumpeter Jami Dauber.

DANNY MIXONMORRISTOWN JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL / AUGUST 17Pianist Danny Mixon's memorable career as a bandleader and sideman has beengoing strong since the '60s. Early credits include tenures with Joe Lee Wilson, BettyCarter and Charles Mingus. He teamed with Savion Glover for the 2002 Olympics,and later that year received the Harlem Unsung Heroes of Afrikan AmerikanClassical Music award. Danny is a performer and instructor for Jazzmobile; Brooklynhonored him by declaring a "Danny Mixon Day." He has performed or toured with along list of music icons including Yusef Lateef, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Grant Green,Eddie Jefferson, Irene Reid, Houston Person, Oscar Brown Jr., and Art Blakey andthe Jazz Messengers. Danny appears with Antoinette Montague, Bobby Sanabria,“King” Solomon Hicks, Melissa Slocum, Benny Rubin Jr., and AC Lincoln.

HELIO ALVESSHANGHAI JAZZ / AUGUST 31For almost three decades, pianist and composer Helio Alves has been dazzling audi-ences and other musicians with his rhythmic and virtuosic playing. Early in hiscareer, he met trumpeter Claudio Roditi, with whom he collaborated for many yearsand on many recordings, including the Grammy-nominated Brazilliance X4. Helio hasrecorded seven CDs as a leader and plays piano on more than three dozen recordingsfor artists such as John Pizzarelli, Duduka da Fonseca, Joyce, Nilson Matta and LouisHayes. An in-demand sideman, Helio's piano can be heard on Grammy-winningreleases by Joe Henderson, Yo-Yo Ma and Paquito D'Rivera. He has toured with SlideHampton, Hendrik Meurkens, the Caribbean Jazz Project, Trio da Paz, DavidSanchez, Harry Allen, Gato Barbieri, Dave Samuels and many other jazz greats.

MARK WHITFIELDMONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL / AUGUST 10Since graduating from Berklee College of Music 32 years ago, guitarist MarkWhitfield has maintained a busy career. He's known for collaborating with a long listof musical legends, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles,Herbie Hancock, Carmen McRae, Jimmy Smith, Clark Terry, Wynton Marsalis, andhis teacher and mentor George Benson. In 1990, The New York Times called him "thebest young guitarist in the business." Mark has released 14 solo recordings, and hasappeared as a sideman on almost 30, in the tradition of Wes Montgomery, GrantGreen, Kenny Burrell and, of course, George Benson. He appears with organist JoeyDeFrancesco, drummer Quincy Phillips and bassist Christian McBride.

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CHILL WINE BAR: 173 Main St. Beacon. 845-765-0885. www.chillwinebarbeacon.com.Aug 10: 8:30pm Hudson Valley Jazz Festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat Shan-non Early, Tom DePetris & Lou Pappas.

EDWARD HOPPER HOUSE: 82 N Bway.Nyack. www.edwardhopperhouse.org. 845-358-0774. Thurs: 7:30-9:30pm Jazz in theGarden. Aug 1: Adam Kokler & ScottWendholt Qrt; 8: Judi Silvano & The ZephyrBand; 15: Celeb of Dick Voigt.

The FALCON: 1348 Rte 9 West. Marlboro.www.liveatthefalcon.com. 845-236-7970.Sets/adm: 8pm, Sun 11am Brunch (B); $20don suggested. Falcon Underground (FU).Aug 1: Bruce Katz Band & Solo; 4: Billy MintzBand; 14: 7pm FU Jazz Sessions, 8pm LatinJazz Express; 17: Ed Palermo Big Band; 18:Peter Furlan Project; 22: Ray Blue & KirkLightsey; 25: Catskill Jazz Factory The Spiritof Harlem; 29: Tisziji Muñoz Qrt w/BernieSenensky; 30: KJ Denhert & The New YorkUnit.

HUDSON CHATHAM WINERY: 6036 Main St.Tannersville. 518-589-4193. www.hudsonchathamtannersville.com. Aug 3: 2-3:30pmBenny Benack III/Aaron Johnson.

HUDSON HALL: 327 Warren St. Hudson.www.hudsonhall.org. 518-822-1438. Aug 24:7-8:30pm Dominick Farinacci/Patrick BartleyJr. w/Shenel Johns.

IRON FORGE INN: 38 Iron Forge Rd. Warwick.www.ironforgeinn.com. 845-986-3411. Aug11: 11am Hudson Valley Jazz Festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat Brunchw/Rave Tesar Gp.

KAATERSKILL UNITED METHODISTCHURCH: 5936 Main St. Tannersville. 518-589-5787. www.kaaterskillumc.org. Aug 18:11:30am-1pm Chris Pattishall Trio.

LYDIA’S CAFE: 7 Old US Hwy 209. StoneRidge. www.lydias-cafe.com. 845-687-6373.Sets: 7-10pm. Aug 3: Hudson Valley JazzEns; 9: Alexander Brott Qrt; 10: HudsonValley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat Ron Horton Qrt; 16: TomDePetris Qrt; 31: Pete McCann Qrt.

MAUREEN’S JAZZ CELLAR: 2 N Bway. Nyack.www.maureensjazzcellar.com. 845-535-3143.Sets: unless otherwise noted Sun 6pm, Fri-Sat 8&9:30pm. Aug 2: Harry Allen Qrt; 3: MikeFahn Qrt; 10: Carl Burnett Trio, 10pmMandology w/spec guest Aaron Weinstein;17: Taksim; 23: Marshall McDonald Qrt; 24:Kate McGarry Qrt; 30: Jed Levy Qrt; 31:Michelle Lordi Qrt.

MAVERICK CONCERT HALL: 120 MaverickRd. Woodstock. www.maverickconcerts.org.845-679-8348. Sets: 8pm. Aug 3: $5-55 admChristian Sands Trio; 31: $5-45 Karl Berger’sCMS Legacy Ens.

MOFFAT LIBRARY OF WASHINGTONVILLE:6 West Main St. Washingtonville. 845-496-5483. Aug 10: 1pm Hudson Valley JazzFestival www.hudson valleyjazzfest.org featTeri Roiger/George de Leon Qrt.

MOUNTAIN TOP LIBRARY: 6093 Main St.Tannersville. www.mountaintoplibrary.org.518-589-5707. Aug 2: 7-8:30pm AaronJohnson.

ORANGE SCHOOL OF DANCE MUSIC: 22Lake St. Monroe. 845-782-2482. www.ocschoolofdance.com. Washington-ville. 845-496-5483. Aug 11: 4pm Hudson Valley JazzFestival www.hudsonvalleyjazz fest.org featLarry Newcomb & Joe Vincent Tranchina.

PALAIA WINERY: 10 Sweet Clover Rd.Highland Mills. www.palaiavineyards.com.845-928-5384. Aug 10: 2pm Hudson ValleyJazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org

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MONMOUTHMOONSTRUCK: 517 Lake Ave. Asbury Park.732-988-0123. www.moonstrucknj.com. Aug9: 6-10pm Maurício de Souza & BossaBrasil®.

RIVERSIDE GARDENS PARK: West Front St.Red Bank. Aug 22: 7pm Leonieke ScheubleQnt w/Rick Savage & Adam Brenner.

MORRISBICKFORD THEATRE: 6 Normandy HeightsRd. Morristown. 973-971-3706. www.morrismuseum.org/jazz-showcase. Aug 1: 7:30-9pm $18/20 adm Summer JazzFest featGrove Street Stompers.

MAYO CENTER FOR THE PERFORMINGARTS: 100 S St. Morristown. 973-539-8008.www.mayoarts.org. Sets: 8pm. Aug 1: $49-79adm Herb Alpert & Lani Hall; 13: $85-150Tony Bennett.

MORRISTOWN GREEN: Downtown Morris-town. www.morristownjazzandblue.com.Aug 17: 12-2pm The Antoinette MontagueExperience, 2-4pm Frank Vignola Trio, 4-6pmRob Paparozzi’s Juke Joint, 6-8pm BernardAllison Gp, 8-10pm Davy Knowles.

SHANGHAI JAZZ: 24 Main St. Madison. 973-822-2899. www.shanghaijazz.com. Free adm.Sets: Sun 6-8:30pm, Tues 6:30-9pm, Wed-Thurs 7-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 6:15&8:45pm.Closed Mon. Aug 1: Olli Soikkeli; 2: BlueSoul Qnt; 3: Saron Crenshaw Qrt; 7: DanLevinson Trio; 9: Karl Latham & friends; 10:César Orozco & Jorge Glem; 15: Harry Allen;16: Brynn Stanley Qrt; 17: Big Funk!; 23:Bernard Purdie; 24: “King” Solomon Hicks;30: Ty Stephens; 31: Helio Alves Trio.

UNIONDOWNTOWN WESTFIELD: Westfield.www.westfieldtoday.com/jazzfestival. 908-789-9444. Tues: 7-9pm free adm SweetSounds Downtown Jazz Festival. Aug 6: DonBraden/Karl Latham Big Fun(k); 20: RadamSchwartz + Watson; 27: La Balteuband +Jazz Lobsters.

WARRENRUTHERFURD HALL: 1686 Rte 517.Allamuchy. 908-852-1894. www.rutherfurdhall.org. Aug 23: 7:30-9:30pm $22.50/27.50adm Bill Mays Trio.

ALL ANGELS' CHURCH: Church Ln. HainesFalls. Aug 4: 11:30am-1pm Christie Dashiell.

AMITY GALLERY: 110 Newport Bridge Rd.Warwick. www.amitygallery110.wordpress.com. 845-258-0818. Aug 10: 4pm $15 donHudson Valley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat Judi Silvano & ZephyrTrio.

BARD COLLEGE: 60 Manor Av. Annandale-on-Hudson. www.fishercenter.bard.edu. 845-758-7900. Sets: 8-9:30pm. Aug 1: VeronicaSwift; 15: Camille Thurman.

The BREWERY: At Orange County Hops. 771NY-52. Walden. 845-713-4441. Aug 11: 3pmHudson Valley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat The Altered 9.

CATSKILL MOUNTAIN PIZZA COMPANY:51 Mill Hill Rd. Woodstock. 845-679-7969.www.catskillmountainpizza.com. Aug 9: 7pmHudson Valley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat Hetko, Rich Syracuse& Jeff “Siege” Siegel.

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ANOTHER REASON TO CELEBRATEBy Elzy Kolb

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EXPRESSING SOMETHING RA-ther than impressing someone was thegoal for singer Sara Gazarek as she con-ceptualized her new recording, ThirstyGhost. Though it could be characterized asa breakup album, for the L.A.-based singerand composer, "It's less about using therecording as a way to process pain, andmore a result of finally allowing what Iwas experiencing to show up in my art."

In the past her song choices wouldreflect a concept, or Sara would hew to"light and bright" tunes that she hopedwould boost the mood of her audiences.This time around, she pondered, "How do Ifind a repertoire to reflect what I'm goingthrough and breathe something into it? Imade a conscious choice to be vulnerable.I'm trying to create a space where fans seethemselves reflected in the music."

Thirsty Ghost comprises originals alongwith songs from composers across a varietyof eras and genres, from Hoagy Carmichaelto Bjork to Stevie Wonder to BradMehldau. Sara covers some classic tunesthat have been recorded by the legendaryvoices of earlier generations, such as"Lonely Hours," a Sarah Vaughan favoritecirca 1964. She also does "Never Will IMarry," a hit for Nancy Wilson penned byFrank Loesser, and "I Get Along WithoutYou Very Well," which Billie Holiday sangon her revered Lady in Satin album.

"I've struggled with doing standardsassociated with others," Sara muses."These are beautiful songs that speakabout universal experiences. There areways to breathe new life into these incred-ible compositions that are not bound bygenre or time period. I wouldn't use theoriginal arrangement of 'Never Will IMarry' recorded by Nancy Wilson andCannonball Adderley. That's particular toits time. I would feel bad to appropriatesomething so specific."Also included is a starkly powerful take

on Dolly Parton's "Jolene." Though the

renowned tunesmith may be underappreci-ated in certain circles and rarely coveredby jazz artists, Sara finds much to admire."She's a living legend and an inspiration tosongwriters. Dolly Parton writes a songevery day—think of all that material thathas never seen the light of day! It's a wayof exercising that muscle so you're not socritical. That's something that often comesup in writing workshops—instilling theidea that things don't have to be perfect.You learn to trust that it's going to be qual-ity, no matter how long it takes to write."Though Thirsty Ghost is a shift for

Sara, she has gotten a good response fromlisteners. "What they really want from thismusic is sincerity," the vocalist notes. "Thereason they're drawn to this genre isauthenticity, songs expressing the humancondition. That's why I love the genre andwhat I'm hungry for. Doing this, being vul-nerable like this, is terrifying but that'sthe whole purpose of art."Sara has a too-rare gig in the Big Apple

this month celebrating the release ofThirsty Ghost at Jazz Standard August 10,with bassist Matt Aronoff, drummer ZachHarmon, saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins,trombonist Alan Ferber and bass clar-inetist Charles Pillow. And there's alwaysa chance of a special guest. "That's thebeauty of New York on a Saturday night—everyone who's not gigging wants to be outon the town."She's planning to be around town for a

few extra days, "It's really important as anartist to have a pulse of what's happeningin different parts of the country."

See, hearVisiting a sculpture garden in a bucolic

setting sent Christian Tamburr in anunexpected new musical direction. Whilewandering through the 42-acre Groundsfor Sculpture, near Princeton, NJ, thevibraphonist and composer enjoyed discov-ering artistic works tucked into the ver-dant foliage, with pieces by SewardJohnson making a particular impression.

Sara Gazarek, Jazz Standard

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feat Jennie Colabatistto Trio.PENNING FARM & MARKET:Warwick Tpk atRt 94. Warwick. 845-986-1059. www.penningsfarmmarket.com. Aug 10: 10pmHudson Valley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat Michael Purcell Gp.

PINE ISLAND PARK: Kay Road. Pine Island.Aug 10: 5pm Hudson Valley Jazz Festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat RolandVazquez Qnt.

The ROSENDALE CAFE: 434 Main St.Rosendale. www.rosendalecafe.com. 845-658-9048. Aug 3: 8pm $20 adm Tony GarnierQrt.

The RUSTIC WHEELHOUSE: 39 Main St.Chester. www.rusticwheelhouse.com. 845-610-5266. Aug 11: 6pm Hudson Valley JazzFestival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org featPete Levin Gp.

SENATE GARAGE: 4 N Front St. Kingston.www.senategarage.com. 845-802-5900. Aug1: 8pm $15 adm Jazzstock series www.jazzstock.com feat Woody Witt/Larry Ham Qrt.

SUGAR LOAF CROSSING: 1405 Kings Hwy.Sugar Loaf. Aug 8: 6:30pm Hudson ValleyJazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.orgfeat The Hudson Valley Jazz Ens.

THOMAS BULL MEMORIAL PARK: 211 NY-416. Montgomery. Aug 10: 5pm HudsonValley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat Bad Hat Jazz.

TRATTORIA MARBELLA: 151 Canal St.Ellenville. www.trattoriamarbella.com. 845-647-9269. Aug 9: 7pm Hudson Valley JazzFestival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org featPerry Beekman & Lou Pappas.

VILLA VOSILLA RESORT: 6302 Main St.Tannersville. www.villavosilla.com. 518-589-5060. Aug 4: 2-3:30pm Benny BenackIII/Aaron Johnson.

VILLAGE GREEN: Railroad Ave. Warwick. Aug10: 7pm Hudson Valley Jazz Festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat Big Funkw/Karl Latham & Don Braden.

WARWICK CENTER FOR PERFORMINGARTS: 63 Wheeler Av. Warwick. 845-986-2466. www.warwickperformingarts.com. Aug9: 8pm Hudson Valley Jazz Festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat NeilAlexander & Nail.

WARWICK VALLEY WINERY & DISTILL-ERY: 114 Little York Rd. Warwick. 845- 258-4858. Aug 9: 6pm Hudson Valley JazzFestival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org featJeff Ciampa Gp.

The WHEREHOUSE: 119 Liberty St.Newburgh. www.thewherehouserestaurant.com. 845-561-7240. Aug 10: 9pm HudsonValley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat The Robert Kopec Project.

WINDHAM CIVIC & PERFORMING ARTSCENTER: 5379 State Rte 23. Windham. 518-734-3868. Aug 17: 8-9:30pm Chris Pattishall.

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"You walk through the park and stum-ble into a moment—it was so real, like aphoto frozen in real life, like a frame froma movie," he recalls. Christian found him-self imagining what the soundtrack wouldsound like, if the striking artistic scenesactually were in a movie. "I looked at thesculpture, and each one sounded differentto me. I thought, I'm at Grounds forSculpture, and I'm creating sounds forsculpture." That flash of a concept becomesreality in his upcoming album, TheAwakening: Sounds for Sculpture, witheach of the 11 compositions on the record-ing inspired by and named after a SewardJohnson sculpture.Connecting the aural with the visual is

not entirely new for the North Carolina-based musician. Though jazz is his deepestand most enduring musical love, "In thepast 10 years, I've been working more intheater, Cirque du Soliel, productions witha lot of physical activity on stage. Writingmusic to accompany it gives you a new wayof looking at it," he explains. The sculp-ture-inspired project "felt like scoringmusic or a theatrical production. When Iwalked up to it, what did I see? Thatmoment, that fairy tale, whatever I feltabout what was depicted—that was thestarting point for me."The CD takes its name from The

Awakening, a 70-foot-long bronze figurethat appears to be in the process of burst-ing out of the earth after a long burial."What is the story? Is it a god, a monster,a symbol of the human struggle? Like allart, it's for your own interpretation,"Christian muses. "For me, he was frozenand has now awakened. That's the sculp-ture that made this whole thing happen."After seeing the art in 2017, getting per-

mission to use the titles of the sculpturesas well as the images took a while. In themeantime, Christian moved cross-countryfrom his previous home base in Las Vegas,toured with a variety of ensembles, anddealt with the reality of day-to-day life."It's funny how inspiration comes in dif-

ferent ways," he notes. "I was looking andtrying to interpret my view of the pieces. Ialways knew how it would sound, I justhad to find time to get it down once thekids were in bed." He composed the mate-rial between November 2018 and June2019, and headed into the studio immedi-ately afterward. The world premiere of The Awakening:

Sounds for Sculpture takes place at Dizzy'sClub August 16-18. Joining Christian onthe bandstand are pianist Scott Giddens,trumpeter Linda Briceño, bassist PaulCreel, drummer John Davis, and percus-sionists Keita Ogawa and Michael Dobson;vocalist Clint Holmes makes a specialguest appearance. Appropriately enough, there will be

visual elements to the prerelease gig,including projected images of the art.Prerelease copies of the self-produced CDare available at the gig; the official releasedate is set for early 2020.

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Vandever photo by Liv Ryan.

Artists Talk Albums: Kalia Vandever

WE MIGHT NOT IMMEDIATELYnominate the trombone as the lead

melody instrument in a jazz quartet.However, In Bloom, the debut album oftrombonist and composer Kalia Vandevernot only makes a compelling case for theformat, it also documents the rise of anexciting new voice for the music.

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Drawing on four years' worth of compo-sitional material and fronting a stellarquartet (occasionally quintet) on thealbum, Kalia puts forth a gorgeously lyri-cal vision for the music, highlighting bothher tremendous instrumental facility anda highly melodic compositional voice. "I feltlike I had finally settled into my identity asa musician and composer, something trueto who I am," she explains. "The songsreflect that, and it was important to me todocument them."Indeed, her instinct seems spot-on:

While many jazz albums feature minimalattention to written material in favor ofextended blowing sessions, In Bloom offersan alternative, one in which tremendous

care and thought went into shaping beau-tiful melodies. While Kalia's voice as asoloist is highly engaging, her voice as acomposer is equally crucial, as the albumtravels from the groove-driven ostinatowork of the title track to the beautiful, del-icate melody of "Amethyst." "I'm influ-enced by a lot of different genres, but whenI write and improvise, I'm mostly thinkingof strong melodies," Kalia notes. "Theyusually come to me by singing, sitting atthe piano and singing over it." With the closing track on the album,

"Seeing Less," we hear that approach pre-sented more openly, as Kalia starts outwith a wordless vocal take on a hauntingmelody, backed in duet by guitar. Anintriguing coda to In Bloom, "Seeing Less"also gives a hint of projects to come. "It'sone of the later compositions I wrote," sheexplains. "It's one direction I'm going in,compositionally. I'm developing a solo proj-ect and introducing more solo work into myperformances, which feature solo trombonewith effects. I'm going to add voice to that,and I'm hoping to sing more."At the Jazz Gallery August 17, Kalia

celebrates the album's release with a per-formance featuring repertoire from InBloom. However, with a nod to the devel-oping project, solo trombone works alsoserve as interludes between the pieces, giv-ing listeners an opportunity to hear thisemerging stage in Kalia's trajectory. Forthose looking for a remarkable new voicein the music, the evening is not one to bemissed.To learn more about Kalia Vandever,

visit www.kaliavandever.com.

Festivals and CelebrationsJazzmobile's Summerfest, celebrating

its 56th anniversary, continues with per-formances throughout August. Grant'sTomb, Minton's Playhouse and MarcusGarvey Park all play host to a superb line-up including Bobby Sanabria, WycliffeGordon, Louis Hayes, Marc Cary,Brianna Thomas and more. To see a fullschedule, visit www.jazzmobile.org. August 8-11 marks the Hudson Valley

Jazz Festival. Throughout the weekend,artists including Jeff Ciampa, JudiSilvano, Pete Levin and Matt Finckplay at a variety of venues in the area.Visit www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org for afull list of locations and artists.

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FRESH TAKESBASSIST, COMPOSER STEVE WIL-liams can be found in a wide variety ofcontexts in New York's musical subcul-tures. As a collaborator and instrumental-ist, he's most often seen in the vaporwavejazz band Secret Mall, or the acousticchamber jazz group Retumbra. Lately, hehas been leading a new quartet, Tiny Tree;the lineup for its upcoming performancefeatures Caroline Davis on alto saxophone,Theo Walentiny on piano and Kate Gentileon drums.

Steve describes Tiny Tree as a "newquartet that explores the affective capabili-ties of rhythmic intricacy. Blending denseharmonic and rhythmic structures withfree improvisation, the group creates verydelicate soundscapes that invoke variousmodes of deep sentiment and wonder." Themusic for this ensemble seems to depend onthe players as much as the compositions.Steve explains, "The music really leavesimprovisatory space open for people whoare willing to take chances. Sentiments gothrough us in various ways, so I have tried

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Armen Donelian and Marc Mom-maas serve as co-directors of HudsonJazzworks, a multi-day immersion in jazzimprovisation and composition. Takingplace August 8-11 at Hudson Hall, theweekend offers individual and groupinstruction, jam sessions and a concludingperformance for students. To learn more,visit www.hudsonjazzworks.org.Joel Harrison and the Alternative

Guitar Summit celebrate the 50th anniver-sary of Woodstock with performances atBrooklyn Bowl August 22 and at TheColony August 24. Drawing on the music ofthe Grateful Dead, Richie Havens,Santana, Janis Joplin, Sly Stone and more,the sets feature talents like Nels Cline,Brandon Seabrook, Vernon Reid, MarcRibot and Scott Metzger. To learn more,visit https://alternativeguitarsummit.com.

to create a different space for expressionthrough this music.

See Steve Williams' Tiny Tree atShapeShifter Lab August 4.

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Gap, PA. www.deerheadinn.com. 570-424-2000. Sets: Sun 5-8pm, Wed 7:30-10:30pm,Thurs 8-11pm, Fri-Sat 7-11pm. Adm varies.Residency (R): Thurs Jam w/Bill Washer &friends. Aug 1: R; 2: Amina Figurova; 3: FivePlay; 4: Amani; 8: R; 9-10: Wallace RoneyQnt; 11: Nancy Reed & Billy Test; 15: R; 16:

Katie Thiroux Trio; 17: Billy Test; 18: LarryFuller Trio; 22: R; 23: Kate McGarry Trio; 24:Tamuz Nissim Qrt; 25: Erica GolaszewskiQrt; 26: 7:30-10:30pm Matt Vashlishan & TheWater Gap Jazz Orch; 29: R; 30: Dan WilkinsQrt; 31: Nellie McKay.

DOMINIES: 34-07 30th Av. Long Island City.718-728-1834. Sun: 9pm-12am Keyed Up featChristian Coleman’s Trample Man.

FLUSHING TOWN HALL: 137-35 NorthernBlvd. Flushing. www.flushingtownhall.org.718-463-7700. 1st Wed: 7pm $10 Jam w/CarolSudhalter. Aug 4: 7:30pm $20/15 admFlushing Town Hall Jam All-Stars.

JACKSON ROOM: 192-07 Linden Blvd. StAlbans. www.jacksonroom.com. 718-525-2387. Last Sat: 8-11pm. 8&10pm $20 adm inclsnacks/beverage feat Ed Jackson Qrt.

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 GuidedTours of Louis Armstrong House.

SUPREME COURT SQUARE: 88-11 SutphinBlv. Jamaica. www.sutphinblvdbid.org/events. Thurs: 1-2pm. Aug 8: Paula Atherton;15: Prest4Time; 22: Steven Palmore; 29: L.A.Blacksmith.

TERRAZA 7: 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst.www.terraza7.com. 718-803-9602. Sun:

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things since the last time." Thundercat,with whom Herbie has collaborated in thepast, is also on the bill. "We're going to lookat that, to see if there's something we cando together on this tour."But jazz being jazz, whatever Herbie

and his cohort present won't be exactly theway it's been done ever before. "As a jazzmusician, it's about a different moment,what you experience in the moment," hesays. "Nothing is exactly the way it wasyesterday, things are constantly movingand changing. Jazz is like life that way."

Herbie Hancock plays the BeaconTheatre August 1, with drummerVinnie Colaiuta, guitarist LionelLoueke, bassist James Genus andmulti-instrumentalist Terrace Martin.Singer, songwriter, bassist Thunder-cat also appears.

JAZZ ANECDOTE BY BILL CROWBill Crow's books "Jazz Anecdotes" and "From Birdland to Broadway" can be

found at your favorite bookstore, and at www.billcrowbass.com along with many interesting photos and links.

On Facebook, Brian Watson told about a gig he once played with a rather lame danceband. He knew about the poor quality of the group, but needed to pay the rent. The two menwho led the band were the problem. They were not talented musicians, they had arrange-ments that were unsuited to the sparse instrumentation of the band, and they wasted a lotof time between tunes arguing about tunes, tempos and solos.Brian and another trombone player were sitting in the front row with the saxophones, and

so were accessible to a couple who danced over to the bandstand. The guy said, "You guysdon't sound very good." Brian's section mate shot back, "Oh, yeah? You should try sitting uphere where we are!"

A Moment You Missed by Fran Kaufman Hot HouseContributing Photographer

Bassist Peter Washington (left) andpianist Helio Alves go over somearrangements before their June 26 gig atJazz at Kitano. This was the first time I'd heard Peter

play Brazilian-style on some classics andsome new music for the band, and they allnailed it.

Babs Gonzales' "Night Before Christmas,"Louis Armstrong's "Is That You SantyClaus?" and Bob Dorough's "BlueChristmas." "You know, baby," he says,

"swinging, fun Christmas songs."

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9:30pm-2am $7 adm Jam w/John BenitezTrio.

ALVIN & FRIENDS: 14 Memorial Hwy. NewRochelle. www.alvinandfriendsrestaurant.com. 914-654-6549. Sets/adm: Fri 7-10:30pm,Sat 7:30-11pm/free. Aug 2: Dinah Vero; 3:Rocky Middleton Trio; 10: Leslie PintchikTrio; 23: Ken Dircks Trio; 24: Leslie PintchikTrio.

BEANRUNNER CAFÉ: 201 S Division &Esther St. Peekskill. 914-737-1701.www.beanrunnercafe.com. Fri-Sat: 8-10:30pm $15 adm. Aug 2: Chico Alvarez &Mauricio Smith w/Ran Kan Kan; 10 ShunzoOhno; 17: Ray Blue; 24: Ahlfabet Jazz Bandw/Albert Ahlf; 30: D3P Jazz.

HENRY GOURDINE PARK: 3 Westerly Rd.Joseph G. Caputo Community Center if rain.Ossining. www.jazzforumarts.org. 914-631-1000. Aug 12: 6:30-8:30pm free adm NorikoUeda Qrt.

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THERE ARE MANY MOMENTS ONCimarrón (E7 Studios), the sophomorealbum from pianist Josean Jacobo andTumbao, when you feel overcome by a sortof ancient spiritual magic. That is becauseJosean's pianism is completely subsumedby the forces that have molded his spiritu-al heritage. That unique aspect of beingAfro-Dominican seems forged into theebony and ivory keys of the piano. It is, ashe says, "The spiritual magic brought bythe African slaves, mixed with the Catholicbeliefs of their masters. So you may hearan explosive rhythm that might resemblean African culture mixed with chants thattalk about the Virgin Mary or any of theCatholic saints."In what appears to be a fascinating

break with almost all forms of Afro-Latinjazz, Josean's music is organically bred bymerging myriad inflectional varieties ofrhythms used in the development of thelanguage of Afro-Dominican music. "Wehave many different rhythms to workwith," he says. "When I say many, I don'tknow the exact number of them, but I amsure there are more than 30. I have heardpeople say there are around 90 differentrhythms, but I cannot confirm thatmyself." Still, listening to his music onCimarrón, you would think that the rhyth-mic variety was endless. You only have toexperience the breathtaking re-inventionof John Coltrane's deeply meditative song"Lonnie's Lament" on this recording to feelwhat he is talking about. Rippling jazz grooves form from

Josean's piano, with a delicate curlicue ofmelodic and harmonic lines, as the rest ofthe group is roused by the thunderous col-lision of Afro-Dominican rhythms. All thisproduces music that has a cinematic qual-ity launched almost entirely by broodinglypercussive tumbling grooves. At its heart,it is driven by the impulse to create thespiritual magic that comprises Josean's

music. "Spiritually, you can find inspira-tion in music," he says. "It fills the mindwith ideas of hope for a musician, as wellas for society, which is sorely in need ofchange." Josean's music dances like the prover-

bial double helix. It is rooted in the verysoul of Afro-Dominican music and it seemspoised to revolutionize Latin jazz. He isdiffident about praise, retreating to aninterior space to explain what makes hismusic so eloquently different. "Unlikeother Caribbean cultures like Cuba, inAfro-Dominican music the lowest pitchtambor does the improvising, so that whenthis drum plays a certain pattern you feelthe vibration in your bones," he says."Afro-Dominican jazz expression gives methe necessary tools to transmit to myDominican people that we can free our-selves from the cultural boundaries thatpoliticians and history set for us. I believethat this can bring the world closer togeth-er and make us forget our differences andstart focusing on our similarities instead."

Josean Jacobo and Tumbao cele-brate the launch of Cimarrón at ClubBonafide August 2 and 9.

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Hot House is not responsible for any errors in the listingswhich may have occured from late changes or incorrectinformation supplied to us. Please call the venues or check

websites for up to date calendars.

HORAN’S LANDING PARK: 9 River St. SleepyHollow. www.jazzforumarts.org. 914-631-1000. Tues: 6:30-8pm free adm MarkMorganelli & The Jazz Forum All-Stars.

JAZZ FORUM: 1 Dixon Ln. Tarrytown. 914-631-1000. www.jazzforumarts.org. Sets/adm: Sun4&6pm $15/20; Fri-Sat 7&9:30pm $20/25. Aug2-3: Joanne Brackeen Trio; 4: Maggie Gouldw/spec guests; 9-10: Donald Harrison Qrt;11: Ray Blue Qrt feat Kirk Lightsey; 16-17:Jon Faddis Qrt; 18: Reuben Wilson Trio; 23-24: Julius Rodriguez Qnt; 25: MichaelFeinberg Qnt feat Dave Liebman; 30-31:Dave Stryker Qrt.

LYNDHURST ESTATE: At Hudson River. 635S Bway. Tarrytown. www.jazzforumarts.org.914-631-1000. Thurs: 6-8:30pm free admSunset Concerts. Aug 1: Camila Meza; 8:James Weidman Qrt; 15: Scott Reeves JazzOrch; 22: Houston Person Qrt; 29: GarySmulyan.

PIERSON PARK: W Main St & Hudson River.Senior Center if rain. Tarrytown. 914-631-1000. www.jazzforumarts.org. Fri: 6:30-8pmfree adm. Aug 2: Vanessa Racci; 9: FrankLacy Qrt; 16: Felix Pastorius’ HipsterAssasins; 23: Thierry Arpino Qrt.

WATERFRONT PARK: Dobbs Ferry. HudsonSocial if rain. 914-631-1000. Free adm.www.jazzforumarts.org. Wed: 6:30-8pm. Aug7: Vanessa Falabella Quarteta; 14: Chiara IzziQrt; 21: Dave Reiss & friends.

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