Hot House Jazz Magazine June 2011

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2011 FESTIVALS & OUTDOOR CONCERTS GUIDE

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KEEPING TIME, A STEADY PULSE,reliable swing - these used to be the bedrock

functions of the jazz drummer. But today's gen-eration of percussionists aren't just time keep-ers. What's more, time itself, in jazz, has under-gone a paradigm shift, become more flexible,changeable and amorphous than it ever was.This Winning Spins highlights albums by twodrummers born in the early 1970s, Adam Cruzand Ari Hoenig, who exemplify the newapproaches to time, rhythm and the drummer'snew roles in the jazz of the 21st Century.

Milestone (Sunnyside) is drummer Cruz'sfirst album as a leader. He's also the composerand arranger of the eight tracks. He is joined byhis rhythm section mate from the Danilo PerezTrio, bassist Ben Street, along with pianistEdward Simon, guitarist Steve Cardenas, tenorsaxophonist Chris Potter and either (4 trackseach) alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón or sopranosaxophonist Steve Wilson. Cruz is an ambitiouscomposer who attempts to balance improvisa-tion with structure, constructing his pieces in anepisodic, multi-linear manner rather than asstraightforward theme-variations-theme songform. Every track is multifarious, with shiftingmoods, dynamics and tempos.

A good example is the opener, "Secret Life,"which begins with a brief drum intro, tattoosand cymbal rides, joined by ringing piano chordsand punctuating bass as Potter's tenor sings asomber melody (contrastingly slower than thedouble-timing beats) that's echoed by Zenón’salto. Egged on by the rhythm section, Potterbuilds an increasingly dramatic improvisationculminating in overblown cries and wails. Thentenor and rhythm decelerate and fade as a med-itative slow line develops from guitar, tenor andalto giving way to traded solos from piano andguitar, the tune finally fading as a piano solo toend. Along the way, Cruz adds and changes tex-tures and colors as well as kinetically shiftingtime and rhythms.

Cruz seems to love setting up unexpectedjuxtapositions and contrasts, and shaking upexpected approaches and sequences. Forinstance, Potter's tenor is often the lead horn onmelody statements, the other sax echoingphrases or commenting, shadow-like. Andthemes or variations of them reappear, withchanged-up rhythms and dynamics, in the midstof pieces, as on "The Gadfly," offering a launch-ing pad for new solos. On "Emje," over a swiftcascara rhythm (it's one of the two Afro-Latinrhythmed pieces) with Zenón, and on "MagicLadder," with Wilson, Cruz's drummingbecomes a full partner, not just accompanying

beats, for the saxophonists.There are also slow, semi-rubato pieces rich

in impressionistic moods, especially"Crepuscular," featuring Potter's deep-tonedtenor, rising briefly to Trane-ish ballad heights,accompanied by a shifting cast of soprano sax,piano and guitar, Cruz adding brushed colorsand Street solid bass counter-lines. With eightdistinctive and fully realized original pieces,strikingly brought to life, Adam Cruz's debutalbum is a triumph for him as a leader and com-poser, as well as a drummer.

Although he's three years younger thanCruz, drummer Ari Hoenig already has a hand-ful of albums as leader under his belt, includingtwo solo CDs where he explored the melodic pos-sibilities of the trap drum set. Lines ofOppression, his latest, is mostly a quartet withTigran Hanasyan, piano; Gilad Hekselman, gui-tar; and either Orlando Le Fleming or ChrisTordini, bass. Six of the ten tracks are Hoenig’scompositions, Hamasyan contributes one, andthere are three standards given an original spin.Thelonious Monk's "Rhythm-A-Ning" flows outof "Rhythm," a solo drum-scat track theme overbrushes followed by piano-guitar exchangesevolving into simultaneous soloing over acceler-ating patterns from sticks to a swirling ending.Hoenig, with mallets, takes the lead melody roleon Bobby Timmons' "Moanin'," then creates

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CLUBS & HALLS

UPPER MANHATTAN(Above 70th Street)

SUPPORT THE JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM

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ALOUETTE FRENCH BISTRO: 2588 Bway(bet 97 & 98 Sts). www.alouettenyc.com.212-222-6808. Free adm. Ev Tues: 7-9pm.

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

APOLLO THEATER: 253W 125th St. 212-531-5300. www.apollotheater.org. Jun 18: 8pm$25/35/45 adm From Havana to Harlem - 100Years of Mario Bauzá feat Bobby SanabriaBig Band, Felipe Luciano, Candido, DavidAmram, Jon Faddis, La Bruja & ChareneeWade.

BAR LUNA: 511 Amsterdam Av (bet 84th &85th Sts). www.barlunanyc.com. 212-362-1098.

BEACON THEATER: 74th St at Bway. 212-496-7070. Jun 23: Blue Note Jazz festivalfeat Chris Botti.

BELLA LUNA: 584 Columbus Av (bet 88th &89th Sts). www.bellalunanyc.com. 212-877-2267. Free adm. Ev Tues: 8-10:30pm JackWilkins & guests. Jun 14: Harvie S; 21: GeneBertoncini; 28: Sheryl Bailey.

BEMELMANS: At Carlyle Hotel. 35E 76th St atMadison. www.thecarlyle.com. 212-570-7189. Tues-Sat: 9:30pm Loston Harris.

BILL’S PLACE: 148W 133rd St (bet Lenox & 7thAvs). www.billsaxton.com. 212-281-0777.$15 don. Ev Fri: 9&11:30pm Bill Saxton All-Star Band.

BILLIE’S BLACK RESTAURANT &LOUNGE: 271W 119th St (bet St. NicholasAv & Frederick Douglass Blvd). 212-280-2248. www.billiesblack.com.

BRASSERIE JULIEN: 1422 3rd Av (bet 80th &81st Sts). www.brasseriejulien.com. 212-744-6327. Free adm. Ev Thurs 6:30-10:30pm,Fri&Sat 7pm-12am: Sedric Choukroun &friends.

CAFÉ CARLYLE: At Carlyle Hotel. 35E 76th Stat Madison. www.thecarlyle.com. 212-570-7189. Ev Mon: 8:45pm Woody Allen & EddyDavis New Orleans Jazz Band; ev Tues-Sat:9:30pm Loston Harris at Bemelmans.

CAFÉ JAZZ: At Manhattan School of Music.Bway & 122nd St. 212-749-2802. Informalconcerts feat students from School's jazzdept. Free adm.

CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE: 2485 Bway (bet92nd & 93rd Sts). www.cleopatrasneedleny.com. 212-769-6969. Sets: Mon,Tues&Sun8pm-1am, Wed&Thurs 7-11pm, Fri&Sat 8pm-12am; Late jam Wed&Thurs 11:30pm-2:30pm, Fri&Sat 12:30-3am, Sun 8pm-1am.Free adm/$10 min. Ev Mon: Jam w/RogerLent; ev Tues: Jam w/Robert Rucker; evWed: Singers open mic w/Les Kurtaz; evSun: 4-8pm Singers open mic. TriosMon,Tues&Thurs, Qrt Fri&Sat. Jun 24: LibbyRichman.


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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: Low Library. 1214Amsterdam Av. www.cs.columbia.edu. 212-939-7000.

COVO LOUNGE: 701W 135th St at 12th Av.212-234-9573. www.covony.com. Freeadm/no min. Ev 1st&3rd Thurs: 8-10:30pmKaren Faye Taborn Duo.

CREOLE: 2167 3rd Av at E118th St. 212-876-8838. www.creolenyc.com. Cover varies. EvTues: 9pm Evolution Jam. Jun 11: 7:30pmLou Volpe Trio; 26: 5-8pm $25 adm VeryTruly Yours www.vty jazz.com Tribute toWayne Shorter feat Willie Williams & KeyonHarrold.

DWYER CULTURAL CENTER: 258 St.Nicholas Av at W123rd St. 212-222-3060.www.dwyercc.org/www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org. Jun 10: 7pm $15 adm JasonMarshall Organ Trio.

FB LOUNGE: 172E 106th St (bet Lexington &3rd Av). www.fondaboricua.com. 212-348-3929.

GARDEN CAFE: 4961 Bway at W207th St. 212-544-9480. www.gardencafenyc.com. Fri&Sat: 8-11pm. Ev Fri: Anette Aguilar & StringBeans or Paul Hemmings; ev Sat: Tony theJazz Chef or tba. Jun 4&18: 7-10pm TomasJanzon Duo.

HENRY’S: 2745 Bway at 105th St. 212-866-0600. Free adm. Ev Sat: 12-3pm Jazz Brunchw/Bill Wurtzel.

LENOX LOUNGE: 288 Lenox Av (bet 124th & 125thSts). 212-427-0253. www.lenoxlounge.com.Sets: Mon 9:30pm-2:30am, Tues-Thurs 8pm-12am, Fri&Sat 8:30,10:30pm&12am, Sun 7-11pm. Adm/min: Mon&Sun $10 + $16 min,Tues-Thurs except 06/23 $3 + $16 min, $20 +$16 min/set. Ev Mon: Patience Higgins &Sugar Hill Qrt 06/6&13, Eric Wyatt 06/20&27;ev Tues: Sweet Georgia Brown; ev Wed:Nate Lucas Organ Trio; ev Thurs: FredMcFarland; ev Fri&Sat 12-4am Late NightJam feat Greg Bandy (Fri), Bill Saxton (Sat);ev Sun: Open-Mic w/LaFayette Harris Trio.Jun 3: Onaje Allan Gumbs Gp; 4: Alex BlakeQrt; 10: Melvin Davis Gp feat GloriaAnderson; 11: Nat Adderley Jr. Trio; 17:Sabrina Bridge Bach; 18: Michael Howell Gp;23: $30/40 adm + 16 min Paul Mooney Live InHarlem; 24: Jimmy Alexander; 25: ChadCarter w/Frank Owens Trio.

LIME LEAF: 128W 72nd St (bet Columbus &Amsterdam Avs). 212-501-7800. Mon-Thurs:7-10pm.

LONDEL’S SUPPER CLUB: 2620 FrederickDouglas Blvd (bet 139th & 140th Sts). 212-234-6114. www.londelsrestaurant.com. EvFri&Sat: 8-11pm $5 adm Brandon SandersTrio.

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: Bway &122nd St. 212-749-2802. www.msmnyc.edu.

MANNA HOUSE: 338E 106th St (bet 1st & 2ndAvs). www.mannahousejazz.org. 212-722-8223. Ev first Sun 4pm $15/10/7 adm: MEEEConcert series. Jun 5: Shunzo Ohno Gp.

MILLER THEATRE: At Columbia University. 116thSt & Bway. www.millertheater.com. 212-854-7799.

MINTON’S PLAYHOUSE: 206W 118th St (betSt. Nicholas Av & Adam Clayton PowellBlvd). www.uptownatmintons.com. 212-864-8346.

MO-BAY: 17W 125th St. 212-876-9300.www.mobayrestaurant.com. Jun 9: 7:30-11:30pm Taeko.

NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM:104E 126th St #2C. (bet Park & LexingtonAvs). 212-348-8300. www.jmih.org. Freeadm. Ev Tues 7-8:30pm Jazz for CuriousListeners series, Tuning In To Tremé by


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Larry Blumenfeld w/spec guests. HarlemSpeaks series 6:30-8:30pm w/Jun 9: MichaelCarvin; 23: Sonny Fortune. Jun 11: 12-4pmSaturday Panels series, New Orleans OnFilm. Jun 20: 6:30-8:30pm Jazz for CuriousReaders series, Roger Pryor Dodge.

NEW AMSTERDAM MUSICAL ASSOCIA-TION: 107W 130th St (bet Lenox & AdamClayton Powel Blvds). www.myspace.com/newamsterdammusicalassociation. 212-234-2973. $5/15 adm. Ev Mon: 7:30-11pm Jam; evThurs: 7-11pm Vocal Jam.

NEW LEAF CAFÉ: 1 Margaret Corbin Dr. FortTryon Park. 212-568-5323.www.newleafrestaurant.com. Ev Fri7:30-10:30pm.

92ND STREET Y: 92nd St at Lexington Av.212-415-5500. www.92y.org. Jun 19: 7:30pmConversation with Jimmy Health.

NINO’S: 1354 1st Av (bet 72nd & 73rd Sts). 212-988-0002. Tues-Sat: 7:30pm Piano Solo.

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT: 555 Edge-combe Av at 160th St. #3F. 212-781-6595.www.parlorentertainment.com. Ev Sun: 4pmfree adm w/Marjorie Eliot, Bob Cunningham,Sedric Choukroun & spec guests.

PJ'S BAR & LOUNGE: 2256 Adam ClaytonPowell (bet 132nd & 133rd Sts). 646-476-5261. Ev Sun: 2-6pm $5 adm Jazz Brunchw/Lady Leah & Jazzmasters.

RIVERSIDE THEATRE: 91 Claremont Av (bet120th & 122nd Sts) 212-870-6784/www.theriversidetheatre.org, 212-348-8300/www.jmih.org. Jun 26: 2-4:30pm free adm SwingDance w/NJMH All Star Big Band.

SHRINE: 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd(bet 133rd & 134th Sts). 212-690-7807.www.shrinenyc.com. Free adm. Ev Sun: 4pmJam w/Lu Reid. Jun 1: 7pm Nick Myers; 4:6pm Sebastien Ammann Qnt; 5: 8pm JohnnyOlivo Jr. Plena Orch, 10p DCompanyExperience; 6: 7pm Elise Wood & JohnHicks Legacy Band; 9: 7pm Claudia Hayden;11: 7pm Quentin Angus Qrt; 12: 8pm MothTo Flame, 9pm Michelle Webb King Kong,10pm Emily Wolf; 15: 7pm John Yao Qnt; 16:6pm JiFtet, 7pm Jon Crowley Qnt; 17: 6pmJohn Wriggle Orch, 10pm Freddy Fuego; 19:9pm Anna Louise; 21: 6pm Isaac Darche; 22:6pm Yuto Kanazawa Sxt; 28: 6pm JoshLawrence Jazz Revolution; 29: 6pm JuiniBooth; 30: 7pm Overcast.

SHOWMAN’S: 375W 125th St at Morningside.www.myspace.com/showmansjazz. 212-864-8941.

SMOKE: 2751 Bway (bet 105th & 106th Sts).212-864-6662. www.smokejazz.com. Sets:Sun-Thurs Early (E) 7,9&10:30pm, Late (L)11:30pm, Fri&Sat E 8,10&11:30pm, L12:30am, Brunch (B) Sat&Sun: 11:30am,1&3pm. Adm/min vary. Ev Mon: 7&9pm SmokeBig Band by Bill Mobley, 10:30pm Jamw/John Farnsworth Qrt; ev Tues: E MikeLeDonne Qrt, L Dan Christensen Trio; evWed: E Eve Cornelious & Mosaic, L SamRademan Qrt; ev Thurs: E Gregory Porter, LJazz Meets Hip Hop; ev Fri: L Ken FowserQnt; ev Sat: B Freddie Bryant Brazilian Triow/spec guests, L Johnny O’Neal & friends;ev Sun: B Annette St. John Trio, E PrimeDirective feat Miles Griffith, Wayne Escoffery& "Ku-umba" Frank Lacy, L Jason TeborekQrt. Jun 3&4: Willie Jones III Qnt; 10&11:Eddie Henderson Qrt; 17&18: Eric AlexanderQnt; 24&25: Jimmy Cobb Qrt.

ST NICK’S PUB: 149th St at St. Nicholas Av.212-283-9728. Free adm. Mon-Sun: 10pm-2am.

SUGAR BAR: 254W 72nd St (bet Bway & W EndAv). 212-579-0222. www.sugarbarnyc.com.Adm varies. Sets: 8pm unless otherwisenoted. Ev Thurs 9pm: Open Mic w/AndreSmith & Sugar Bar All Star Band. Jun 1: Rob


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Silverman; 3: Aziza & friends; 4: Irini Res &Jazz Mix; 8: Karel Ruzicka Jr. Gp; 10: JTProject; 11: 9pm Paul Peress Project w/specguest; 18: Robert Mwamba + 10pm GeorgeTisdale Band; 29: Rodrigo Bonelli Gp.

SYMPHONY SPACE: 2537 Bway at 95th St.212-864-5400. www.symphonyspace.org.Jun 10: 8pm Lisle Atkinson & Neo Bass.

TRIAD THEATER: 158W 72nd St (bet Bway &Columbus). www.triadnyc.com. 212-362-2590. Adm varies. Jun 25: 9:30pm GregOsby Duo + Daniel Bennett Gp.

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

B. B. KING: 237W 42nd St. 212-997-4144.www.bbkingblues.com. Blue Note Jazzfestival feat ev Sunday: Gospel Brunchw/Harlem Gospel Choir; Jun 2: Patti Austin;3: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station;7: Gary US Bonds; 8: Eric Burdon &Animals; 9: Albita; 11: Gato Barbieri; 12:Roomful of Blues; 14: Johnny Winter; 15:Diane Schuur; 17: Delbert McClinton; 18:Chaka Khan; 19: Carlos Varela; 20: FabulousThunderbirds; 23: Eddie Palmieri & LaPerfecta II; 24: Roberta Flack; 25: NancyWilson; 26: Bootsy Collins; 28: Jonny Lang;29: Al Kooper Organ-asm w/Robert Walter &Marco Benevento.

B SMITH’S: 320W 46th St (bet 8th & 9th Avs).212-315-1100. www.bsmith.com. Free adm.Ev Thurs: 8:30-11:30m Curtis Brothers; evFri&Sat: 8:30-11:30pm Albert Rivera OrganTrio; ev Sun 12-3pm: Jazz Brunch feat Duos.

BIRDLAND: 315W 44th St (bet 8th & 9th Avs).212-581-3080. www.birdlandjazz.com. Sets:8:30&11pm, except Mon 7pm & Sun 9pm.Adm varies/$10 min. Ev Mon: 7pm 1st set +9:30pm Jim Caruso Cast Party; ev Wed:5:30-7:15pm David Ostwald Louis Arms-trong Centennial Band; ev Fri:15-7pmBirdland Big Band by Tommy Igoe; ev Sun:6pm Birdland Jazz party w/spec guest BriaSkonberg except 06/26, 9&11pm ChicoO’Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orch. Jun 1-4:Karrin Allyson; 7-11: Stacey Kent; 13:Ronnie Scott Allstrars; 14-18: Bill CharlapTrio; 21-25: Ravi Coltrane Qrt; 28-Jul 3:Django Reinhardt NY Festival feat YoungLions of Gypsy Jazz.

BRYANT PARK: 6th Av (bet 41st & 42nd Sts).www.bryantpark.org. 212-768-4242. Ev Mon-Fri: 12:30-2:30pm Piano in the Park. Jun 1-3:Todd Robbins; 6-10: Luiz Simas; 13-17:Junior Mance; 20-24: Joel Forrester; 27-Jul1: Ayako Shirasaki.

BUTLER’S RESTAURANT & PIANO BAR:948 1st Av at 52nd St. www.butlersnyc.com.212-813-1280. Free adm. Ev Tues&Sat 7-11pm, Sun Brunch 1-4pm: Jerry Scottw/guests.

CAFFE CIELO: 881 8th Av (bet 52nd & 53rdSts). www.caffecielonyc.com. 212-246-9555/9556. Ev Tues-Sat: 9pm-2am.

CARNEGIE CLUB: At City Spire Centre. 156W56th St. www.thecarnegieclub.net. 212-957-9676. Ev Fri: Michael Bellar Band; ev Sat:Sinatra tribute feat Steve Maglio & StanRubin 11 Piece Orch.

CHARLEY O’S SHUBERT ALLEY: 1611 Bwayat 49th St. 212-246-1960. Free adm/$25 min.Ev Mon: 8:30pm Stan Rubin Allstar Band.

CHEZ JOSEPHINE: 414W 42nd St (bet 9th &

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Dyer Avs). www.chezjosephine.com. 212-594-1925. Ev Sat: 8pm-12am Sarah McLawler Duo.

CHURRASCARIA PLATAFORMA: 316W 49thSt (bet 8th & 9th Avs). 212-245-0505.www.churrascariaplataforma.com. Ev Fri&Sat: Portinho Gp feat Klaus Mueller.

CLARK STUDIO THEATRE: At LincolnCenter for the Performing Arts. 70 LincolnCenter Plaza. W65th St & Amsterdam Av.Rose Building, 7th Fl. 212-875-5000.www.new.lincolncenter.org. Jun 20: 8pm$20 adm Eli Yamin Blues Band.

DESTINO: 891 1st Av at 50th St. 212-751-0700.www.destinony.com. Ev Mon-Sat: 7:30-10:30pm. Mon,Tues&Thurs: Champian Ful-ton.

DIZZY’S CLUB COCA COLA: At Jazz @Lincoln Center, Frederick P. Rose Hall. Bwayat 60th St. 5th Fl. 212-258-9595.www.jalc.org. Sets: Sun-Thurs 7:30&9:30pm, After Hours (AH) 11pm, Fri&Sat add11:30pm, AH 12:45am. Adm: $30/35, Mon$20, AH $10, student discounts w/ID. Min $10table, $5 bar. Jun 1-5: Eliane Elias Qrtw/Marc Johnson; 6: Orrin Evans & CaptainBlack Big Band; 7-12: Joe Lovano Streamsof Expression Nnt w/Lewis Nash; 13:Roseanna Vitro & RNP Band; 14-19: MontyAlexander & Harlem Kingston Express; 20:Matthew Rybicki Sxt; 21-26: Barbara CarrollQrt feat Ken Peplowski; 27: Band DirectorAcademy Faculty All Stars; 28-Jul 3: KennyGarrett Qrt. After Hours w/Jun 1-4: CyrilleAimee/Diego Figueiredo; 7-11: Dre BarnesQrt; 14-18: Olatuja Project; 21-25: Claire DalyQnt; 28-Jul 2: Sharel Cassity Qnt.

DOCKS: 633 3rd Av at 40th St. 212-986-8080.www.docksoysterbar.com. Ev Sun: 11:30am-3pm Jazz Brunch w/Oleg Osenkov/DanielaSchaechter & guest. Jun 5: Paul Bollenback;12: Vic Juris; 19: Helio Alves; 26: MieMoreno.

EDISON BALLROOM: 240W 47th St (bet Bway& 8th Avs). www.edisonballroom.com. 212-201-7650. 7-9:30pm $125 adm incl dinner &drinks, 10pm-1am $45 ad incl horsd’oeuvres & drinks. Jun 3 & 17: Joe BattagliaNew York Big Band.

FEINSTEIN’S: At Regency Hotel. 540 Park Av.at 61st St. www.feinsteinsattheregency.com.212-339-4095. Sets: 8:30pm except Fri&Sat8&10:30pm. Ev 1st Mon: 8pm Harry AllenMonday Night Jazz; ev Wed: 10:45pm LateNight Jazz series (LN). Jun 1-4: Marilyn Maye;4: LN Nicki Parrot; 6: Harry Allen Four Othersfeat Grant Stewart, Gary Smulyan & EricAlexander w/Harry Allen Qrt; 7-11&14-18:Barbara Cook; 8: LN Virginia Mayhew; 15: LNJon & Lynn & Giant Cicada; 22: LN AkikoTsuruga Qrt; 24&25: Nicole Henry; 29: LNDaryl Sherman Trio.

FLUTE BAR: 205W 54th St (bet Bway & 7thAv). 212-265-5169. www.flutebar.com. EvWed: 8-11pm. Jun 1: Matt Briere; 8: ShanKenner; 15: Brian Villegas; 22: DorianDevins; 29: MLS Trio.

GERMAN HOUSE: 871 United Nations Plaza.at 1st Av. 212-758-3223. Jun 9: 6-8:30pmHammer Klavier Trio.

HUNTER COLLEGE: Lang Recital Hall. 695Park Av (68th St bet Park & Lex Avs). 4th Fl.212-772-4000.

IGUANA RESTAURANT: 240W 54th St atBway. 212-399-9457. Free adm. Jun 13:8:30pm Vandoren Jam feat Mark Gross Qrtw/spec guest TK Blue.

IRIDIUM: 1650 Bway at 51st St. 212-582-2121.www.iridiumjazzclub.com. Sets unless oth-erwise noted: 8:30&10:30pm, Mon 8&10pm,Wed 7,9&11pm, Midnight series 12am. Admvaries/$5 min. Student 1/2 price adm 2nd setTues-Thurs&Sun. Ev Mon: Les Paul Monday


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w/Les Paul Trio & spec guests feat NorthMississippi Allstars Duo 06/6, RobertRandolph 06/13, Jennifer Batten 06/20,Michael Angelo Batio & Carmine Appice06/27; ev Tues: 11pm Follow Spo. Jun 1: tba;2-6: Jacky Terrasson Trio; 7: 7pm LarryStevens Band, 9pm SplendaMamas; 8:Danny Aiello w/Bronx Wanderers & Hassan;9-12: tba; 14: 7pm Mavis “Swan” Poole &Soul Understated, 9pm Joe Alterman; 15:Pete Levin Trio; 16: tba; 17&18: ElvinBishop; 19: tba; 21-25: Mike Stern, LionelCordew & Esperanza Spalding; 26: 6pmDave Frank + New NRBQ; 28: TereseGenecco Little Big Band w/Nicolas King; 29:tba; 30: Chihiro Yamanaka Trio.

JAZZ @ LINCOLN CENTER: Frederick P.Rose Hall, 5th Fl. Bway at 60th St. 212-258-9800. www.jalc.org. Allen Room (AR), RoseTheater (RT). Jun 18: RT 7pm Pan Jazz; 24:RT 7pm Milton Nascimento.

JOE G: 244W 56th St (bet Bway & 8th Av). 212-765-3160. Ev Wed: 6:30-10pm JeanneGies/Howard Alden Duo.

JUILLIARD SCHOOL: 60 Lincoln CenterPlaza. 212-799-5000. www.juilliard.edu.

KITANO HOTEL: 66 Park Av at 38th St. 212-885-7119. www.kitano.com. Sets: Mon 8-11:30pm, Tues 8-11pm Wed-Sat 8-9:15&10-11:15pm, Sun 11am-2pm. Free adm/$15min/set, except Fri&Sat, $25 cover+min, Sun$29 buffet. Ev Mon: Jam w/Iris Ornig; evTues: Jeremy Siskins Solo; ev Sun: JazzBrunch w/Tony Middleton Trio. Jun 1: YukoIto Qrt; 2: Katsuko Tanaka Trio; 3&4: JayLeonhart Trio; 8: Dorothy Zee Qrt; 9: JoeMagnarelli/Kyoko Oyobe Duo; 10&11: JanisMann Qnt; 15: Vivian Fang Liu Qnt; 16:Melissa Aldana Qrt; 17&18: NilsonMatta/Roni Ben-Hur Qrt; 22: Tony MiddletonQnt; 23: Hiromi Kasuga Qrt; 24: GlendaDavenport Qrt; 25: Stein Brothers Qnt; 29:Peter Bernstein/Vic Jurvis Duo; 30: PaulMeyers Qrt w/spec guest Frank Wess.

LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER: 407W 42ndSt at 9th Av. www.westbankcafe.com. 212-695-6909. Jun 20: 7pm Mary Foster Conklin.

LIGHTHOUSE: 111E 59th St (bet Park &Lexington Avs). 516-627-4468. Sets: 7:15pm.

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

MADISON & VINE: At Bookmarks. 299Madison Av 41st. 212-867-5535. www.hospitalityholdings.com. Free adm. Sets: 7,8&9pm.

MILES’ CAFÉ: 212E 52nd St (bet 2nd & 3rdAvs). 212-371-7657. www.milescafe.com/ny.Sets: PM 5:30-7pm, Early (E) 7-8:30pm, Late(L) 8:30-10pm, Night (N) 10-11:30pm unlessotherwise noted. Adm varies. Ev Sat: 12-2pmNew York Jazz Academy workshop. Jun 1: EJoe Davidian Trio, 8:30-11:30pm Pascalito;2: E Hyungjin Choi, L Greg Diamond, N CarlFischer & Organic Groove Ens; 3: EAgachiko, L Carlos Cuevas Trio, N CraigYaremko Qrt; 4: 4-5:30pm Ross Kratter JazzOrch, PM Violette, E Gian Tornatore, LDaniel Bennett Gp, N Outlaw Collective; 5:PM Linda Presgrave Qnt, E&L Kiyotaka; 6: LIsaac Darche; 7: E Jason “Malletman” Taylor& friends, L Chantale Gagne Qrt, N JeffDenson Qrt; 8: E Compared to That BigBand, L Patty Cronheim Gp, N Mark MillerSpt; 9: E Aline Almeida, L Gerd Baier/PhilippGutbrod, N Justin Kauflin; 10: E HammerKlavier Trio, L Nelson Riveros Qrt, N HalWeary Gp; 11: L Mika Pohjola, L DeeCassella Qrt, N Hal Weary Gp; 12: PM CoryCox & friends, L Thana Alexa Qnt, N MaryRagan & 12" Combo; 13: tba; 14: E AudreySilver, L Dara Tucker Band; 15: N Tom

SUNDAY JAZZBRUNCH

With The

BOB KINDRED TRIO

Bob Kindred, tenor saxophone, John Hart, guitar

Steve LaSpina, bass

Brunch menu from $8.50-$16.50 Bar minimum $5Sunday 12:30-3:30

CAFE LOUP105 West 13th StreetReservations: 212-255-4746


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Tallitsch; 16: E Matt Renzi Trio, L CynthiaHilts Trio, N Mirko Guerrini Qrt; 17: EShannon Baker/Erica Seguine Jazz Orch, LJake Hertzog Trio, N Napua Davoy; 18: PMEmily Elizabeth, E Kavita Shah, L CharlesSibirsky, N Alexander Clough; 19: PM JoeAlterman, E Give It One; 20: tba; 21: E BobRodriguez Trio, L Sebastien Ammann Qnt, NDan Wilensky Qrt; 22: E Deborah Latz Duo, LLuiz Simas/Akshay AnantapadmanabhanDuo, N Eleni; 23: E Robbyn Tongue Band, LEliane Amherd, N Dave Kain; 24: E From Pariswith Love, L Fredrick Levore, N Carl Bartlett,Jr. Ens; 25: PM Jacam Manricks, E MatteoSabattini, L Neil Alexander Qrt, N Abe OvadiaQrt; 26: tba; 27: N Michael Valeanu; 28: E JazzPatrol, L Joe Kiernan Trio; 29: E Oscar Peñas,L Giant Cicada; 30: E Chris Bauer Trio, L CarlFischer & Organic Groove Ens, N PabloMasis.

MT VERNON HOTEL MUSEUM: 421E 61st St(bet 1st & York Avs). www.mvhm.org. 212-838-7225. Jun 7: 6-7pm Bill Wurtzel.

NB LOUNGE: At Lombardy Hotel. 111E 56th St(bet Park & Lexington Avs). 212-753-8600.www.lombardyhotel.com. Free adm. EvMon: 7:30-11pm Mamiko Taira Duo; ev Wed:8-11pm Tom d’Angelo Duo; ev Thurs: 8pmSandy Jordan Duo.

NIOS: At Muse Hotel. 130W 46th St (bet 6th &7th Avs). www.niosrestaurant.com. 212-485-2999. Sets: 9pm-12am. Ev Thurs: MichaelArenella; ev Sat: Taeko.

OAK ROOM: At the Algonquin Hotel. 59W 44thSt (bet 5th & 6th Avs). 212-840-6800.www.thealgonquin.net. Ev Sun: except 6/261pm Jazz Brunch w/Barbara Carroll & JayLeonhart.

ONASSIS ATRIUM: 645 5th Av at 51st St. 212-486-4448. www.onassisusa.org. Jun 2: 7pmDimitri Vassilakis/Jack Walrath Gp.

OPIA: 130E 57th St (bet Park & Lexington Avs).212-688-3939. www.opiarestaurant.com. EvMon: 8pm. Jun 6: Mauricio Pessoa; 13:Vanessa & Alex Jacquemin; 20: AntoineBleck; 27: Tony Middleton.

PADRE FIGLIO’S: 310E 44th St (bet 1st & 2ndAvs). www.padrefiglio.com. 212-286-4310.Ev Fri&Sat: 7:30-11:30pm.

PALIO BAR: At Piano Due Ristorante. 151W51st St (bet 6th & 7th Avs).212-399-9400.www.pianoduenyc.net. Ev Fri&Sat: 8:30pm-12am. Jun 3: Anders Holst; 4: TonyMiddleton; 10: Tony Hewitt; 11: SarahHayes; 17: Martina Vidmar; 18: TonyMiddleton; 24: Warren Chiasson; 25:Champian Fulton.

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

PLAZA: Fifth Av at Central Park S. 212-759-3000. www.theplaza.com. Ev Thurs: 8:30-11:30pm free adm Lapis Luna Qrt featShawn Aileen Clark.

ROBERTO’S WINDS: 149W 46th St. 212-391-1315.

RUE 57: 60W 57th St at 6th Ave. 212-307-5656.www.rue57.com. Ev Tues: 8-11:30pm.

RUSSIAN VODKA ROOM: 265W 52 St at 8th Av.www.russianvodkaroom.com. 212-307-5835.Ev Mon: 7pm-12am Vodka Trio.

RUSSIAN SAMOVAR: 256W 52nd St (betBway & 8th Av). www.russiansamovar.com.212-757-0168.

SAINT PETER’S CHURCH: 619 Lexington Av at54th St. (Citicorp Bld). www.saintpeters.org.212-935-2200. Ev 1st Mon: 7:30pm free admInternational Women in Jazz Jam; ev 1stTues: 3pm free adm Seminars for Musicians;ev Wed: 1pm $7 don Midtown Jazz atMidday; ev Thurs: 12:30pm free adm Jazz on


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E Jason Yeager Argentinean Jazz Gp, LMarcos Napa; 16: E Stephanie Chou, 8:30pmtba, 10:30pm NYU Latin Jazz Ens; 17: ELauren Lee Qrt; 18: E Yvonnick Prene, LAfro-Peruvian Sketches; 23: E Max Johnson,8:30pm tba, 10:30pm John Doing Qnt; 24: EAnna Louise Qnt; 25: E Aaron Ward Gp, LEva Cortez; 30: E Katerina Polemi, 8:30pmtba, 10:30pm John Doing Qnt.

ANTIBES BISTRO: 112 Suffolk St. (betDelancey & Rivington Sts). 212-533-6088.www.antibesbistro.com. Free admin/no min.Ev Tues&Wed: 7:30-10:30pm. Ev 1st Tues:Stephane Spira; ev 1st Wed: Alex Terrier; ev2nd Tues: Alon Nechushtan; ev 2nd Wed:Camila Meza; ev 3rd Tues: Roten Sivan; ev3rd Wed: Matthew Briere FrenchConnection; ev 4th Tues: tba; ev 4th Wed:Yotam Silberstein.

ANTIQUE GARAGE: 41 Mercer St. 212-219-1019. www.antiquegaragesoho.com. EvMon,Wed,Thurs&Sun: 7-10pm, Ev Sat&Sun:12:30&3:30pm.

ABRONS ARTS CENTER: 466 Grand St at PittSt. www.abronsartscenter.org, 212-598-0400/www.visionfestival.org, 212-254-5420.Jun 5-11: Vision Festival feat Jun 5: 4pmBlack Perspective, Blood Trio, Group,Tchicai Ascension Unending, Tony MalabyTamarindo Trio, Stephen Haynes &Parrhesia, David Henderson & Bob Marshall;6: 7pm Vocal Flight, Michaël Attias SpunTree Qrt, Josh Roseman Water Surgeons,Dawn of Midi, Tomas Fujiwara & Hook Up; 7:7pm Amir ElSaffar With/Between, Ted DanielInternational Brass Membrane Corps,Tomasz Stanko Qrt, Stephanie RichardsWatercolor, Jonathan Finlayson SicilianDefense; 8: 7pm Peter Brötzmann Qrt, PeterBrötzmann Duo & Qnt, Pulverize the Sound;9: 7pm Dick Griffin String Project, EvanParker/Matthew Shipp, Shaman ProjectExcerpt, Kidd Jordan Project, RagingWaters, Red Sands, Pied Cow, 25 O'ClockBand; 10: Emily Coates & Charles Burnham,Paradoxical Frog, Planetary Unkown, HenryGrimes/Marc Ribot, Jeremy Danneman,Action Theory, Jackson Krall Secret MusicSociety; 11: 6pm Reut Regev R*Time SpecialEdition, Connie Crothers Qrt, MysteryCollective, Sonny Simmons/FrancoisTusques, Billy Bang Tribute, GeraldineEguiluz Albedo Solo, Remi Alvarez Trio.

ARTHUR’S TAVERN: 57 Grove St. 212-675-6879. www.arthurstavernnyc.com. Sets: 7-10pm. Ev Mon: Grove Street Stompers; evTues: Yuichi Hirakawa; ev Wed: Eve Silber;ev Thurs-Sat: Eri Yamamoto Trio; ev Sun:Creole Cooking.

B FLAT: Basement 277 Church St (bet Franklin& White Sts). www.bflat.info. 212-219-2970.Sets: 8-11pm. Ev Mon: Josh Benko Trio; evWed: Jordan Young Trio.

BANJO JIM’S: 700E 9th St at Av C. 212-777-0869. www.banjojims.com.

BAR HENRY: 90W Houston (bet Thompson &Laguardia). www.barhenry.com. 646-448-4559. Free adm. Ev Mon: 7:30-10:30pm GeneBertoncini & friends.

BAR NEXT DOOR: 129 McDougal St. 212-529-5945. www.lalanternacaffe.com. Sets: Mon-Thurs 8:30&10:30pm, Fri&Sat 7:30,9:30&11:30pm, Sun 8&10pm. Adm: $12+1 drinkmin/set. Trios unless otherwise noted. EvTues: Joel Frahm; ev Wed: JonathanKreisberg; ev Sun: Peter Mazza; ev Mon:Vocal Mondays series. Jun 2: Khabu DougYoung; 3: Sveti; 4: Jane Getter; 6: Chris

the Plaza; ev Sun 5pm free adm JazzVespers. Jun 1: Harmonie Ens New York; 2:Vincent Gardner; 5: Ike Sturm Band +Voices; 8: Alvester Garnett Trio; 9: RufusReid/Norman Simmons; 12: O’Farrill BrothersBand; 15: Gerard Carelli; 16: Steve WilsonQrt; 19: Nathan Smith Big Band; 22: Band ofBones; 23: Shane Endsley & Music Band;26: Mamiko Kitaura Gp; 29: Bob Dorough.

SETAI FIFTH AVENUE: 400 5th Av (bet 36th &37th Sts). www.setaififthavenue.com. 212-695-4005. www.jazzbaronfifth.com. Ev night:8-11pm free adm/1 drink min. Jun 1-3,6-10:Lucio Ferrara; 4&5,11,20-22,24-30: AntonioCiacca; 12-15,18&19: Mark Sherman; 16&17:Greg Burk; 23: Simona Premazzi.

SOFIA’S RESTAURANT/CLUB CACHÉ: AtEdison Hotel. 221W 46th St (bet Bway & 8thave). 212-719-5799. $15 adm/$15 min. EvMon&Tues: 8-11pm Vince GiordanoNighthawks Orch. Jun 23: 7-11:30pm JillMcManus Duo.

STUDIO 100 BAR: At Marriott Residence Inn.1033 6th Av (bet 38th & 39th St) 3rd Fl. 212-768-0007. Free adm/no min. Jun 16: RozCorral Trio.

SWING 46: Jazz & Supper Club. 349W 46th St(bet 8 & 9th Avs). www.swing46.com. 212-262-9554. Sets: Mon,Tues&Thurs 8:30pm,Wed&Sun 8pm, Fri&Sat 9:30pm. Ev Mon:Tom Abbott Big Bang Big Band; ev Tues:George Gee Swing Orch; ev Wed: StanRubin Orch; ev Thurs: Felix & Cats BigBand. Jun 3: Ron Sunshine & Full Swing;4,5,11&19: Swingadelic; 10: BoilermakerJazz Band; 12: Vanessa Trouble & CentralPark Stompers; 18&25: Crescent CityMaulers; 26: Swing46 All Star Dance Band.

TERMINAL 5: 610W 56th St (bet 11th & 12thAvs). www.mercuryloungenyc.com. 212-582-6600. Jun 24: Blue Note Jazz festivalfeat Youssou N’Dour.

TGI FRIDAY’S: 677 Lexington Av at 56th St.212-339-8858. www.tgifridays.com. Ev Sun:6-9pm Marc Devine Trio.

TOMI JAZZ: 239E 53rd St (Bet 2nd & 3rd Avs).Lower level. www.tomijazz.com. 646-497-1254. Sets: Mon-Thurs 9-11:30pm, Fri 9pm-1am, Sat Early (E) 8-10:30pm, Late (L) 11pm-1:30am. $10 adm/$10 min. Jun 1: Blue Vipersof Brooklyn; 2: Simona Premazzi Trio; 3: GaryNegbaur; 4: E Alon Nechushtan Trio, LMasahiro Yamamoto Trio; 6: DanielaSchaechter Trio; 7: Deborah Latz Trio; 8:Yukari Spicepot; 9: Big Beat Qrt; 10: Mika; 11:E Daniel Bennett Gp, L Anna ElizabethKendrick Trio; 13: Abe Ovadia Trio; 14:Joonsam Lee Trio; 15: Shoko Amano Trio; 16:Scot Albertson; 17: Ian Duerr Duo; 18: E AlexLevin Trio, L New Tricks; 20: Chiyong; 21:Mika Trio; 22: Mamiko Taira Qrt; 23: Senri Oe;24: Marc Devine Duo; 25: E Brad Linde Qrt, LWataru & Brazilian Jazz Qrt; 27: VinceVillanueva Trio; 28: Yuko Okamoto Qrt; 29:Jessie Nelson Trio; 30: Jo-Yu Chen Trio.

TOWN HALL: 123W 43rd St (bet 6&7th Avs).212-840-2824. www.the-townhall-nyc.org.Jun 24: Blue Note Jazz festival feat Dee DeeBridgewater + Chrisette Michele.

TURTLE BAY MUSIC SCHOOL: 244E 52nd St(bet 2nd & 3rd Avs). 212-753-8811.www.tbms.org. Jun 16: 9pm free admJeremy Viner.

TUTUMA SOCIAL CLUB: 164E 56th St. 646-300-0305. www.tutumasocialclub.com. Sets:Early (E) 7pm, Late (L) 8:30&10:30pm, Night(N) 12am. Ev Fri: L Bichilo; ev Sat: N except06/4 Chilcano Afro-Peruvian. Jun 2: E JatziriMunoz, 8:30pm tba, 10:30pm Ku Il Oh Trio; 3:E Abraham Obavida Trio; 4: E LaurenHenderson, L Shirazette Tinnin Gp; 9: EFourthought Jazz Qrt, 8:30pm tba, 10:30pmAaron Ward Gp; 10: E Natalie Galey Ens; 11:

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Radley Gp; 15: Mark Dresser Qnt; 16: Skin &Steel; 17: Expanding Qrt; 18: Bob StewartNew First Line Band; 19: Rafiq Bhatia SpecialQnt + Peter Evans Trio; 21: Blue Tuesdayw/Tessa Souter; 22: Tao Seeger; 23: JeanRohe; 24: Rez Abbasi Acoustic Qrt; 25:Shane Endsley & Music Band; 26: CarnaticSundays w/Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna,Arun Ramamurthy & Akshay Anantapadma-nabhan; 27: 6pm Michael Pedicin Qrt + PhilFried; 28: 6pm Tribute to Akhmatovaw/Jennifer Van Dyck + Colony + O'FarrillBrothers; 29: Family Tree feat ChrisMorrisey; 30: Sara Serpa + André Matos Qrt.

CROOKED KNIFE: 29E 30th St (bet Park &Madison Avs). www.thecrookedknife.com.212-696-2593. Ev Tues: 7-10pm Iris OrnigTrio.

DUANE PARK CAFÉ: 157 Duane St (bet Hud-son & W Bway). www.duaneparknyc.com.212-732-5555. Ev Fri: 10:30pm Brian NewmanQrt; ev Sat: 8&10:30pm Melody Sweets &Candy Shop Boys feat Jesse Elder.

EAR INN: 326 Spring St (bet Greenwich &Washington Sts). 212-431-9750. Ev Sun: 8-11pm EarRegulars w/Jon-Erik Kellso &friends; ev 1st Mon: 12-3am Matt MunisteriQrt w/Jon-Erik Kellso.

FAT BABY: 112 Rivington St at Essex St. 212-533-1888. www.fatbabynyc.com. Ev Sun:Lola Danza.

FAT CAT: 75 Christopher St at 7th Av. 212-675-6056. www.fatcatmusic.org. $3 adm/no min.Sets unless otherwise noted: Early (E) 7pmexcept Sun 6pm, Late (L) Mon-Wed&Sun9pm, Thurs&Sat 10pm, Fri 10:30pm, Night(N) 12:30am except Thurs-Sat 1:30am. Ev N:Jam; ev Mon: E Choi Fairbanks String Qrt, NBilly Kaye; ev Tues: E Saul Rubin, N GregGlassman; ev Wed: E except 06/8 RaphaelD'lugoff Qrt, N Ned Goold; ev Thurs: N StacyDillard; ev Fri: 9pm Gospel Queens; ev Sun:E Terry Waldo Gotham, N Brandon Lewis &Renee Cruz. Jun 1: Groover Trio; 2: E Flail(5), L Saul Rubin; 3: E A Capella Soul, LJared Gold/Dave Gibson; 4: E VanderleiPereira Blindfold Test, L Raphael D'LugoffQnt; 5: 8:30pm FCBB; 6: L Native Soulw/Peter Branin; 7: L Don Hahn; 8: E TalRonen Qrt, L Greg Murphy Qnt; 9: E SteveBlum, L Greg/Stacy; 10: L Samba De Gringo,N Jordan Young; 11: E Michael Marcus, LBruce Cox, N Carlos Abadie; 12: L RyanBerg; 13: L Ned Goold; 14: L Peter Brainin &Latin Jazz Workshop; 15: L Tim Ferguson;16: E Eric Wyatt, L Falling Down; 17: E ACapella Soul, L Tobias Gebb, N Jared Gold;18: E David Moreno, L Brandon Lewis, NDavid Weiss; 19: L Paris Wright Qnt; 20: LGeorge Braith; 21: L Don Hahn; 22: L ValShaffer; 23: E Diallo House, L Greg/Stacy;24: L Point of Departure; 25: E GregorioUribe Big Band, L Nu Soil, N Eric Wyatt; 26:L Alexi David; 27: L Jon Davis; 28: L ItaiKriss & Salsa All-Stars; 29: L Alan JayPalmer; 30: E Clifford Barbaro Qrt feat RalphLalama, L Jojo.

55 BAR: 55 Christopher St (bet 6th & 7th Avs).212-929-9883. www.55bar.com. Sets: Early(E) 7pm except Sat-Sun 6pm, Late (L) 10pm.Jun 4: Andrea Wolper/Ayana Lowe; 8: ESean Smith Trio; 22: Amy Cervini.

5C CULTURAL CENTER & CAFÉ: 68 Av C at5th St. www.5cculturalcenter.org. 212-477-5993. Jun 10: 10pm Chris Smith Duo.

FLUTE BAR: 40E 20th St (bet Bway & Park AvS). 212-529-7870. www.flutebar.com. Freeadm. Ev Wed: 8-11pm. Jun 1: ShawnBaltazor; 8: Mauricio de Souza; 15: BethanyWild; 22: Noah Preminger/Rob Duguay; 29:Melanie Marod.

GARAGE: 99 7th Av S (bet W 4th & Bleecker). www.garagerest.com. 212-645-0600. Free

McNulty; 9: Nobuki Takamen; 10: MattStevens; 11: Gilad Hekselman; 13: AndreaWolper; 16: Sharel Cassity; 17: TomDempsey; 18: Freddie Bryant; 20: CamilaMeza; 23: Sebastian Noelle; 24: Greg Ward;25: Ben Monder; 27: Daniela Schaechter; 30:Samir Zarif.

BARUCH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: 55Lexington Av at E25th St. (bet Lexington &3rd Avs). www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac. 646-312-5073.

BLUE NOTE: 131W 3rd St at 6th Av. 212-475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com. Dinner 7pm-2am. Sets: 8&10:30pm + ev Fri&Sat LateNight 12:30am; ev Sun 12:30&2:30pmSunday Brunch. Adm varies. Blue Note Jazzfestival feat Jun 1-5: Lee Konitz/Bill Frisell/Gary Peacock/Joey Baron + Francisco MelaQnt; 6: Jim Hall/Ron Carter Duo; 7-12:Hiromi Trio Project; 11: 2-4pm Masterclassw/Simon Phillips; 13-15: Dave Brubeck +George Wein & Newport All-Stars; 16-19:Manhattan Transfer; 20&21: Roots; 23:Jimmy Scott; 24: tba; 25: Kathleen Battle;26: Bilal; 27-29: Jon Hendricks/Annie Rossw/spec guest Nikki Yanofsky 06/29; 30:Conrad Herwig All-Stars feat Joe Lovano.Late Night series w/ev Sat SpontaneousConstruction feat spec guests; Jun 4&25: DJLogic & friends; 11: Romain Collin; 18: Vinx.Sunday Brunch w/Jun 5: Mark Rapp SongProject; 12: Harry Allen New York Qrt featRossano Sportiello; 19: Aaron Goldberg; 26:Frank Kimbrough Trio.

BLUE OWL: 196 2nd Av at 12th St. 212-505-BLUE.www.blueowlnyc.com. $5 adm. Ev Sun: 8-11pm.

BOWERY WINE COMPANY: 13E 1st St at 2ndAv. www.bowerywineco.com. 212-614-0800.Ev Tues&Wed: 7pm.

CAFÉ LOUP: 105W 13th St (bet 6th & 7th Avs).212-255-4746. Free adm/$5 min. Ev Sun:Jazz Brunch 12:30am-3:30pm, eve 6:30-9:30pm. Ev Sun brunch: Bob Kindred, JohnHart & Steve LaSpina; ev Sun eve: JuniorMance/Hide Tanaka Duo, ev 1st Sun JuniorMance Qnt.

CAFFE VIVALDI: 32 Jones St (bet Bleecker &4th St). www.caffevivaldi.com. 212-691-7538.Free adm. Ev other Tues: 9:30-11pm SarahElizabeth Charles Qrt.

CAMPOS PLAZA PLAYGROUND: 13th St(bet Av A & B). www.visionfestival.org, 212-254-5420. Jun 10: 5pm Vision Festival featGerald Cleaver & Campos Youth Ens Trio,AFRAZZ.

CITY WINERY: 155 Varick St (bet Spring &Vandam Sts). www.citywinery.com. 212-608-0555. Jun 6&7: 8pm Natalie Cole; 11: 1-5pmJJA Award ceremony feat Hammer KlavierTrio.

CLEMENTE SOTO VÉLEZ CULTURAL &EDUCATIONAL CENTER: 107 Suffolk St(bet Rivington & Delancey Sts). 212-260-4080. csvcenter.com. Jun 9: 12am VisionFestival www.visionfestival.org, 212-254-5420, feat John Tchicai; 27: Katie Bull.

COFFEE FOUNDRY: 186W 4th St (bet Barrow& Jones Sts). www.coffeefoundry.com. 212-255-0011. Acoustic Saturdays series.

CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ: 29 Cornelia St.212-989-9319. www.corneliastreetcafe.com.Sets unless otherwise noted: Mon-Thurs&Sun 8:30pm, Fri&Sat 9&10:30pm.Adm varies. Jun 1: 6pm Four Square + Sifter;2: Samuel Blaser Qrt; 3: Laubrock, Alessi,Davis, Rainey; 4: Dan Rufolo Trio; 5: 6pmSerial Underground + Petros Klampanis +Igor Lumpert Trio; 6: Amram & Co; 7: BlueTuesday w/Dominique Eade; 8: Comedy; 9:Cloning Americana; 10: Loren Stillman &Bad Touch; 11: John McNeil/Bill McHenryQrt; 12: Sarah Wilson; 13: Classical; 14: Nate


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GREENWICH VILLAGE BISTRO: 13Carmine St (bet Bleecker & 6th Av). 212-206-9777. www.greenwichvillagebistro.com.

HIGHLINE BALLROOM: 431W 16th St (bet9th & 10th Avs). www.highlineballroom.com.212-414-5994. Blue Note Jazz festival featJun 1: McCoy Tyner Trio w/Savion Glover;2: Bobby McFerrin & Yellowjackets; 3: AloeBlacc; 5: Gregory Porter, Kendra Ross &Abby Dobson; 6: Vinicius Cantuaria w/specguest Bill Frisell; 7: McCoy Tyner Trio +Gary Bartz & Bill Frisell; 8: Duncan Sheik; 9:Cowboy Mouth + Jonathan Batiste; 10:Dengue Fever; 11-13: Brian WilsonReimagines Gershwin; 14: Travis SullivanBjorkestra + JC Hopkins Biggish Band; 15:Meshell Ndegeocello; 17-19: MadeleinePeyroux; 22: Roy Ayers w/spec guests; 23:Alice Smith; 24: Maya Azucena; 26: SteveCropper, Duck Dunn, Eddie Floyd & LesterSnell; 27: Dave Holland Qnt; 28: Ron CarterTrio + Tom Harrell Jazz Meets Classical.

JAZZ AT NOON: At Players 16 Gramercy ParkSouth (bet Park Av S & 3rd Av). 212-475-6116/www.theplayersnyc.org, 212-674-7360/www.jazzatnoon.com. Ev Fri: 12-2pm"Les Lieber’s Jazz At Noon" w/Bill Wurtzel,Arthur Lohman, Ed Finkel, George DeLeon,Dr. Robert Litwak, Hide Tanaka, JohnFitzpatrick, Hiromi Kasuga, Mike Cantorw/weekly spec guests. Jun 3: John Allred;10: Warren Chiasson.

JAZZ GALLERY: 290 Hudson St (bet Spring &Dominick Sts). www.jazzgallery.org. 212-242-1063. Sets: 9&10:30pm. Adm varies. EvMon: Steve Coleman. Jun 1: Miguel ZenónQrt; 2: Dan Tepfer Trio; 3: Miles Okazaki; 9:Erica von Kleist; 10: Aaron Parks; 16: StanKillian Qrt; 17: Ralph Alessi Qrt; 18: ChrisDingman Qnt; 23: Henry Threadgill Zooid.

JAZZ STANDARD: 116E 27th St (bet Park &Lexington Avs). www.jazzstandard.net. 212-576-2232. Sets: 7:30&9:30pm + 11:30pm

Fri&Sat. Cover varies/no min. Ev Mon:Mingus Mondays w/Orchestra 06/6, BigBand 06/13&27, Dynasty 06/20 (no 7:30pmset); ev Sun: 2-3pm Jazz for Kids. Jun 1:Sean Jones Gp; 2&3: Don Byron/Ivey DiveyTrio; 4&5: Don Byron New Gospel Qnt; 7&8:Adam Cruz & Milestone; 9: Warren Wolf; 10-12: Aaron Goldberg Trio (06/10 no 7:30pmset); 14 & 15: Andy Bay; 16-19: James Farm(no 11:30pm set); 21: Phronesis; 22: PedroGiraudo Orch; 23-25: A Night In Treme; 26:Harold Lopez-Nussa Trio; 28&29: SachalVasandani; 30-Jul 3: Gerald Clayton Trio.

JOE’S PUB: At Public Theater. 425 LafayetteSt & Astor Pl. www.joespub.com. 212-539-8778. Adm varies. Jun 1: 7:30pm ShaneEndsley; 6: 9:30pm Tin Pan; 13: 9:30pmBlue Note Jazz festival feat Malika Zarra.

JULES BISTRO: 65 Saint Marks Pl (bet 1st & 2ndAvs). 212-477-5560. www.julesbistro.com.

KENNY’S CASTAWAYS: 157 Bleecker St (betSullivan & Thompson Sts). 212-979-9762.www.kennyscastaways.net. Jun 23: 7:40pmNYC Undead Jazzfest feat Harris EisenstedtCanada Day, David Fiuczynski PlanetMicroJam, Alan Licht & Brian Chase,Doomsayer, Michael Blake/Ben Allison/Rudy Royston, Logan Richardson Trio.

KNICKERBOCKER BAR & GRILL: 33University Pl at 9th St. 212-228-8490.www.knickerbockerbarandgri l l .com.Fri&Sat: 9:45pm. Jun 3&4: Nicki Parrott/JonWeber.

KUSH: 191 Chrystie St (bet Stanton &Rivington Sts). www.thekushnyc.com. 212-677-7328. Ev Tues: 8pm $10 adm BenAllison Trio.

LE PESCADEUX: 90 Thompson St (bet Prince& Spring Sts). www.lepescadeux.com. 212-966-0021. Sets: Tues&Wed 7-10pm, SunBrunch 12-4pm. Ev Sun: Gabrielle Stravelli.Jun 1: Marilyn Trio; 7: Alicia Morrissey Trio;8: Michelle Zangara; 14: Kaori Yamada Jazz;15: Diane Sweet Trio; 21: Hana Moon Jazz.

LE POISSON ROUGE: 158 Bleecker St atThompson St. www.lepoissonrouge.com.212-796-0741. Adm varies. Ev Tues: FestivalCecil Taylor. Jun 2: 7pm Blue Note Jazz fes-tival feat Nolafunk.com Summer KickoffParty w/George Porter Jr., Runnin’ Pardners& Orgone; 5: 7:30pm Wadada Leo SmithGolden Qrt; 14: 10:20pm Elysian Fields; 23:7pm NYC Undead Jazzfest feat Satoko Fujii,Marc Ribot, Tarbaby, Escreet/Binney/Krantz/Gilmore, David Torn Trio; 27: 7pm OssiaChamber Players w/Theo Bleckmann &Kono Michi.

LOCAL 269: 269E Houston St at Suffolk. 212-228-9874. www.thelocal269.com. $5-10/set,$10-15/2 sets, $15-20/all night adm. Ev Mon:Evolving Music/Evolving Voice series. 7-11pm 4 sets.

MERCURY LOUNGE: 217E Houston St # A(bet Essex Ludlow Sts). 212-260-4700.www.mercuryloungenyc.com. Ev Mon: BlueNote Jazz festival feat Jun 6: Nir Felder,Marvin Sewell Gp, Liberty Ellman, DaveFiuczynski Gp; 13: Spokinn Movement,Mental Notes, John Robinson & BenWilliams, Igmar Thomas & Cypher featMarcus Strickland & Raydar Ellis; 20: SuiteUnraveling, Kilimanjaro, Dana Leong,Mamarazzi; 27: Knights on Earth, Afuche,Smoota, Nation Beat.

METROPOLITAN ROOM: 34W 22nd St (bet.5th & 6th Avs). www.metropolitanroom.com.212-206-0440. Ev Tues: 9:30pm Annie Ross.

NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY: TishmanAuditorium. 66W 12th St. 212-229-5488.www.newschool.edu.

NEW YORK CITY BAHÁ’Í CENTER: 53E 11thSt (bet Bway & University). 212-222-5159.www.bahainyc.org/jazz. Sets: 8&9:30pm.


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$10/15 adm. Jun 7: Mike Longo & NY State ofthe Art Jazz Ens w/Hilary Gardner; 14:Enrico Granafei Gp; 21: Lou Volpe JazzGuitar; 28: George Johnson Gp.

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: 35W 4th St 6th Fl.www.nyu.edu. 212-998-4550.

NORTH SQUARE: At Washington SquareHotel. 103 Waverly Pl at McDougal. 212-254-1200. www.northsquarejazz.com. Ev Sun:12:30-3pm Jazz Brunch. Free adm. Jun 5:Sachal Vasandani Trio; 12: Roz Corral/EddieMonteiro Duo; 19: Roz Corral Trio w/YotamSilberstein & Boris Kozlov; 26: MelissaStylianou Trio w/Gene Bertoncini.

NUBLU: 62 Av C (bet 4th & 5th Sts). 212-375-1500. www.nublu.net. Jun 1: TorbenWaldorff; 10: 8pm Black Butterflies.

NUYORICAN POETS CAFÉ: 236E 3rd St (betAvs B & C). www.nuyorican.org. Ev Thurs:9pm $10 adm Latin Jazz; ev 1st Sat: 9pm$15/10 adm Puddin’ Jazz series + Jam; evlast Sun: 8pm $10 adm Bobby Sanabria &New School Afro-Cuban Big Band.

ONE BATTERY PARK: 1 Battery Park atBridge St. Jun 2: 12:30-1:30pm Outdoor con-cert feat Mary Foster Conklin.

ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA: 17Barrow St (bet 7th Av & W4th St). 212-255-8649. www.oneifbyland.com. Ev Tues&Thurs: 6-11pm & Sun 11:30am-2am RyoSasaki/Nial Djuliarso Duo.

PLAYERS: 16 Gramercy Park South. (bet ParkAv S & 3rd Av). www.theplayersnyc.org/212-475-6116, www.jazzatnoon.com/212-674-7360. Ev Fri: 12-2pm see Jazz At Noon.

ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL: 196 Allen St (betHouston & Stanton Sts). 212-477-4155.www.rockwoodmusichall.com. Ev Tues:12am Dred Scott Trio.

ROULETTE: 20 Greene St (bet Canal & GrandSts). $10/15 Adm. www.roulette.org. 212-219-8242.

RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART: 150W 17th St.www.rmanyc.org. 212-620-5000X344. $18/20adm. 7pm Harlem in the Himalayas serieswww.jmih.org/212-348-8300. Jun 3: Festivalof New Trumpet Music honoring Bill Dixon;17: Craig Taborn.

SIXTH STREET COMMUNITY SYNA-GOGUE: 325E 6th St. (bet 1st & 2nd Avs).www.sixthstreetsynagogue.org. 212-473-3665. Sets: 8:30pm. Adm varies.

SMALLS: 183W 10th St at 7th Av. 212-252-5091.www.smallsjazzclub.com. Sets: unless oth-erwise noted PM 5-7pm, Early (E) 7:30pm,Late (L) Mon-Thurs 9:30pm, Sat-Sun 10pm,Night (N) Mon-Thurs & Sun 12:30am, Fri&Sat1am. Jam following N except Sun. Ev Mon: NSpencer Murphy; ev Tues: N Alex Hoffman06/7&21, Ken Fowser & Behn Gillece06/14&28; ev Thurs: N Josh Evans06/2,16&30, Carlos Abadie Qnt 06/9&23; evSat: N Eric Wyatt Gp 06/4, Stacy Dillard Trio06/11&25, tba 06/18; ev Sun: E except 06/5Jon Roche Trio w/Ruth Brisbane 06/12&26,w/Marion Cowings 06/19, N Johnny O'Neal.Jun 1: E Evan Schwam Duo, L Bill CantrallGp, N Bruce Harris Qrt; 2: E CyrilleAimee/Diego Figueriedo Duo, L Rob SchepsCore-tet; 3: E Jade Synstelien Sxt, L JaleelShaw Gp, N Lawrence Leathers; 4: PM RoxyCoss Qnt, E Ralph Lalama & Bop Juice, LJaleel Shaw Gp; 5: E Wycliffe Gordon Qrt, LDave Schnitter Qnt; 6: E Vadim NeselovskiSolo, L Mike Moreno Gp; 7: E T.C. III, L ColinStranahan Trio feat Fred Hersh; 8: E WhitneyAshe Solo, L Jaz Sawyer NYC4 feat ValerieTroutt, N Jeremy Manasia Trio; 9: E EhudAsherie/Chuck Redd Duo, L Will Vinson Gp;10: E Hayes Greenfield/Roger RosenbergQrt, L Jim Snidero Qrt, N Spike Wilner Trio;11: E Dwayne Clemons Qnt, L Jim SnideroQrt; 12: PM Hammer Klavier Trio, L Grant

Stewart Qrt; 13: E Will Sellenraad/KiyoshiKitagawa Duo, L Tony Moreno Qnt; 14: ENancy Harms, L Ben Waltzer Trio; 15: E ArtHirahara Solo, L Bill McHenry Gp, N CraigWuepper Earsight! Trio; 16: E Spike WilnerSolo, L Flail; 17: E Champian Fulton Qrt, LLennie Cuje Qnt, N Lawrence Leathers; 18:PM Heidi Martin Gp, E Richie Vitale Qnt, LLennie Cuje Qnt; 19: L Tyler Mitchell Qnt; 20:E Rale Micic Solo, L Ari Hoenig Qrt; 21: EMarianne Solivan, L Ethan Iverson Trio; 22:E Jerome Sabbagh/Danny Grissett Duo, LEthan Iverson Trio, N Greg Glassman Qrt;23: E Peter Bernstein Solo, L AnthonyWonsey Trio; 24: E Stein Brothers DoubleBarrel Tenor Qnt, L John Fedchock NY Sxt,N Joel Holmes Trio; 25: PM Chase Baird Gp,E Tardo Hammer Trio, L John Fedchock NYSxt; 26: L Charles Owens Qrt; 27: E HansGlawischnig Shock Value, L Ari Hoenig Qrt;28: E Lezlie Harrison, L David Budway Trio;29: E Tada Unno Solo, L Michael Dease Gp,N Itai Kriss; 30: E Ehud Asherie Solo, L NoahPreminger Gp.

ST JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH: 83Christopher St (bet Bleecker & W 4th Sts).Ev Sun: 6pm Jazz Mass w/Sharel Cassity.

STONE: 2nd St at Av C. www.thestonenyc.com. Tues-Sun. Sets: Early (E) 8pm, Late (L)10pm. Adm varies. Jun 21: Fay Victor; 29: EriYamamoto.

SULLIVAN HALL: 214 Sullivan St (bet W3rd &Bleecker Sts). www.sullivanhallnyc.com.866-468-7619. Jun 23: 7:20pm NYC UndeadJazzfest feat Amir Elsaffar, Kris Davis/IngridLaubrock/Tyshawn Sorey, Gerald Clayton,Andrew D'Angelo Big Band, Dave KingTrucking Company, Harriet Tubman DoubleTrio.

TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:199 Chambers St. 212-220-1460. Jun 3:8:30pm $25/15 adm Lost Jazz Shrines seriesfeat Matt Wilson Qnt w/Terell Stafford &Candido.

UNIVERSITY OF THE STREETS: 130E 7thSt at Ave A. www.universityofthestreets.org.212-254-9300. Set: Early (E) 8pm, Late (L)10pm, Brunch 11:30am. $10 adm unless oth-erwise noted. Jun 2: E Benefit for Japan featYuko Okomoto Qrt; 4: L Tom Zlabinger & NYCollege Big Band; 5: E Deathblow; 7: EAdam Caine/Connie Crothers Duo; 9: E MariOkubo Band; 11: E Jane Bloom Trio; 12: BSteve Swell Trio, E Mike Serrano Latin JazzBand; 16: E Joelle-Leandre/Francoi Houle, LMichael Dessen Trio; 19: B Gitesha DianaHernandez & Jazz Mojo Band w/spec guests,E Mike Serrano Latin Jazz Band; 23: E ImpQnt; 25: E Bill Cole Untempered Ens; 26: EDiego Barber/Johannes Weidenmueller Duo;28: L Transatlantic Trio; 30: Continuum.

VILLAGE VANGUARD: 178 7th Av S at 11thSt. 212-255-4037. www.villagevanguard.com.Sets: 9&11pm & additional 12:30am Sat(check w/club). Adm: Mon-Thurs $20/$10min,Fri-Sun $25/$10min. Ev Mon: Vanguard JazzOrch. Jun 7-12: Billy Hart Qrt; 14-19: ChrisPotter Underground; 21-26: Mark Turner Qrt;28-Jul 3: Renee Rosnes Qrt.

VISION FESTIVAL: www.visionfestival.org.212-696-6681. See Clemente Soto VélezCultural & Educational Center.

WALKER’S: 16N Moore St at Varick. 212-941-0142. Sets: 8-11pm. Ev Sun: Peter LeitchDuo. Jun 5: Harvie S; 12: Sean Smith; 19:Jed Levy; 26: Dwayne Burno.

ZEB’S: 223W 28th St (bet 7th & 8th Avs). $10adm. Ev Wed: 8pm Saul Rubin Triow/vocalist guest + Jam.

ZINC BAR: 82W 3rd St (bet Thompson &Sullivan). 212-477-8337. www.zincbar.com.Sets: Mon-Thurs 9,11pm&12:30am, Mon add7:30pm&2am, Wed add 7:30pm, Fri-Sun


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DOMAINE BAR A VINS: 40-50 Vernon Blvd.Long Island City. www.domainewinebar.com.718-784-2350. Ev Mon: 8-11:30pm Jamw/LICJA feat Amanda Monaco; ev Tues&Fri:9:30pm Steve Blanco & Co.

DOUGLASS STREET MUSIC COLLECTIVE:295 Douglass St (bet 3rd & 4th Avs). ParkSlope. www.295douglass.org. Jun 4: 3-5pmPerformance & Workshop for young musi-cians w/WORKS.

DOWNTOWN ATLANTIC: 364 Atlantic Av. (betBond & Hoyt Sts). Brooklyn. 718-852-9945.www.downtownatlantic.com. Ev Sun: 7-10pm Carl Thompson Gp w/Virginia Mayhew.

FREDDY’S BAR: 627 5th Av (bet 17th & 18thSts). Brooklyn. www.freddysbar.com. 718-768-0131. Ev 4th Tues: New YorkUnderground; ev 4th Wed: 11pm-2am Jamw/Stan Killian.

HOMAGE SKATE: Degraw St. Park Slope.Brooklyn. www.homagebrooklyn.com. Jun25: 8:40pm NYC Undead Jazzfest feat MinXiao-Fen Dim Sum w/Satoshi Takeishi, MattWilson Solo, Dean Bowman Solo, David S.Ware Solo, Jeremy Udden Plainville.

INK WELL: 408 Rogers Av (bet Lefferts &Sterling Sts). www.inkwellcafe.com. 718-675-6145. Ev 2nd & 4th Thurs: 7:30pm $5 adm.

KORZO RESTAURANT & BAR: 667 5th Av(bet 19th & 20th Sts). Brooklyn. 718-285-9425. www.eurotripbrooklyn.com. Ev Tues:9:30pm free adm/2 drinks min Konceptions.

LAGUARDIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:LaGuardia Community College/CUNI. 31-10Thomson Av. Long Island City. 718-482-5151.www.lagcc.cuny.edu/lpac. Jun 2: 8-9:30pm$15/10 adm Jeff Fairbanks Jazz Orch.

LE GRAND DAKAR: 285 Grand St. Brooklyn.www.granddakar.com. 718-398-8900. Freeadm. Ev 1st Sun 1pm Sunday Jazz Brunchw/Short Memory.

LITTLEFIELD: 622 Degraw St (bet 3rd & 4thAvs). Brooklyn. www.littlefieldnyc.com. 718-855-3388. Jun 25: 8pm NYC Undead Jazzfeatfeat Jeff Lederer Sunwatcher, SylvieCourvoisier/Mark Feldman, Darius JonesTrio, Anthony Coleman Trio, Jamie Saft NewZion Trio.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: 34-56 107th St. Corona. 718-478-8274.www.louisarmstronghouse.org. $8 adm. EvTues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat&Sun 12-5pm:Guided Tours. Jun 18: 2pm $10 adm inclguided tour Hot Jazz/Cool Garden outdoorseries feat Bria Skonberg Qrt; 26: 2-4pm $35incl autographed book, tour & refreshmentsbook party What a Wonderful World: TheMagic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years byRicky Riccardi.

PUBLIC ASSEMBLY: 70 N 6th St.Williamsburg. Brooklyn. 718-384-4586.www.publicassemblynyc.com. Jun 26: 8pmNYC Undead Jazzfest feat Bizingas, ClaudiaQnt w/Theo Bleckmann, Oliver Lake OrganQrt, Ari Hoenig Qrt, Peter Brotzmann FullBlast, Gene Lake, Bobby Previte Qrt, JoshRoseman, Clark Gayton.

QUEENS LIBRARY HILLCREST: 187-05Union Tpke. www.queenslibrary.org. 718-454-2786. Jun 16: 6pm free adm DianeHoffman Duo.

RHYTHM SPLASH: 673 Flatbush Av. Brook-lyn. www.rhythmsplash.com. Ev Mon: 9pm +10pm-1am Jazz-groove feat Ian RapienSpectral Awakenings.

RUSTIK NEIGHBORHOOD TAVERN: 417DeKalb Ave. www.rustiktavern.com. 347-406-9700. 1st&3rd Tues: 7:30pm $5 adm Jamw/Eric Frazier.

SISTAS’ PLACE: 456 Nostrand Av atJefferson Av. Brooklyn. 718-398-1766.www.sistasplace.org. Ev. Sat: 9&10:30pm.

10,11:30pm&1am. Adm: $7/1 drink min,except Mon 7:30pm $5 adm. Early EveningJazz series: 7:30pm. Ev Mon: 9pm FelixPastorius, 11pm Ron Affif Trio; ev Fri:African Jazz; ev Sat: Marianni w/BossaGroove; ev Sun: Cidinho Teixeira Bossa.Jun 6: Eliane Amherd; 8: Lisa Hilton; 15:Jamie Baum.

BAR 4: 444 7th Av. Brooklyn. 718-832-9800.www.bar4brooklyn.com. Free adm/$5 sug-gested. Ev Mon: 8pm 4Play by Mike Gamble.

BAR TABAC: 128 Smith St at Dean St. CobbleHill. www.bartabacny.com. 718-923-0918.Sun-Thurs 7:30-10pm. Ev Sun: Brunch 1pmLipbone; ev Mon Lipbone; ev Tues: BlueVipers of Brooklyn; ev Wed: tba; ev Thurs:Stephane Wrembel.

BARBÈS: 376 9th St (corner of 6th Av). ParkSlope. www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 718-965-9177. Ev Sun: 9pm Stephane Wrembel. Jun1: Sarah Bernstein; 12: 7pm GéraldineEguiluz Albedo Qrt.

BELL HOUSE: 149 7th St. Brooklyn. 718-643-6510. www.thebellhouseny.com. Jun 24:11pm NYC Undead Jazzfest feat Duos.

BLACKBIRD’S: 41-19 30th Av. Astoria. 718-943-6899. www.blackbirdsbar.com. Ev Sun:10pm-1am Jam Session w/Brian Woodruff.

BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: 145Brooklyn Av. Brooklyn. 718-735-4400.www.brooklynkids.org. Jun 18: DeeDeeMichaels & Michael Max Fleming.

BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC:58 7th Av. Park Slope. www.bqcm.org. 718-622-3300. Jun 4: 7-10pm Art Lillard HeavenlyBig Band.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM: 227 Fourth Av (betPresident & Union Sts). Park Slope. 718-857-4816. www.brooklynlyceum.com. $10 adm.Sets: Wed 8&9:30pm & Sun 9&10:30pm. EvSun: Jazz on Sundays series by RyanKerbele.

CAMEO: 93 N 6th St. Williamsburg. Brooklyn.www.cameony.com. 718-302-1180. Jun 26:8:45pm NYC Undead Jazzfest feat ChesSmith Congs for Brums, John Irabagon/Mike Pride, UB313 w/Marshall Allen,Aperiodic.

CENTRAL LIBRARY: 10 Grand Army Plaza.Brooklyn. 718-230-2100. Jun 16: HarlemBlues & Jazz Band.

CHEZ OSKAR: 211 Dekalb Av at Adelphie St.Fort Green. www.chezoskar.com. 718-852-6250. Free adm. Ev Mon: 8pm Blue Vipers ofBrooklyn; ev Wed: 7:30pm.

CLARET WINE BAR: 4602 Skillman Av at 46thSt. Sunnyside. www.claretwinebar.com. 718-937-7411. Ev Tues&Wed: 8-11pm.

COCO 66: 66 Greenpoint Av. Brooklyn. 718-389-7392. www.coco66.com. Ev Tues: 9pm-12am.

CORNERSTONE BISTRO: 271 Adelphi St.Brooklyn. 718-643-4216. Ev Sun: 12-3pmBrunch w/Spoke.

CRESCENT & VINE: 25-01 Ditmars Blvd atCrescent St. Astoria. 718-204-4774. Ev Sun:8-10pm Bill Cantrall Trio.

CROSS FIT: 597 Degraw St. Park Slope.Brooklyn. www.crossfitsouthbrooklyn.com.Jun 25: 8:20pm NYC Undeat Jazzfest featZeena Parkins & Adorables, Briggan KraussH Alpha w/Jim Black & Ikue Mori, ElliottSharp, Mountains.

CUBANA SOCIAL: 70 N 6th St. Williamsburg.Brooklyn. www.cubanasocial.com. 718-782-3334. Jun 26: 8:15pm NYC Undead Jazzfestfeat Marika Hughes, Graffito, Erik Friedlan-der, Rashanim.

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SYCAMORE BAR: 1118 Cortelyou Rd.Brooklyn. www.sycamorebrooklyn.com.347-240-5850. Ev Sun: 8pm UndergroundWorks series.

TWO STEPS DOWN RESTAURANT: 240Dekalb Av. Brooklyn. 718-399-2020.www.twostepsdown.com. $10 adm/1 drinkmin. Ev 2nd Sun: 6-9pm Steve Cromity Trio& guests + open mic.

UVARARA: 7928 Metropolitan & 80th Sts.Middle Village. Queens. ww.uvararany.com.718-894-0052. Ev Wed: 7-10pm Ramo Solo.

WATER STREET RESTAURANT & LOUNGE:66 Water St. Dumbo. 718-625-9352.www.waterstreetrestaurant.com. Ev Wed: 7-10pm Walter Fishbacher Trio.

WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CENTER: 367Bedford Av. Brooklyn. www.wmcjazz.org.718-384-1654. Ev Fri: 9pm Jam w/GerryEastman Qnt & friends.

YORK COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTSCENTER: 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd.Jamaica. www.york.cuny.edu/performing-arts. 718-262-2000. $20/10 adm.

ZEBULON: 258 Wythe St. Brooklyn. 718-218-6934. www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Admvaries.

ALOR CAFÉ: 2110 Richmond Rd. StatenIsland. www.alorcafe.com. 718-351-1101.Sets: 8pm. Indoor (In), Outdoor (Ou). EvSun: except 06/19 Brunch feat RoseRusciani. Jun 3: In Mike Bono Gp, Ou LailaFiare Gp; 9: In Di Benedetto Raquel; 10: InBob Kaiser w/Kris Kaiser & friends, Ou CarteBlanche; 11: In Joan Caddell & MidnightChoir; 16: In Wine night feat Vlad Barsky; 17:7pm In Ray Scro & friends; 24: In HowardAlden/Kris Kizer.

BASS LINE: 130E 1st St. Mount Vernon.www.basslineclub.com. 914-699-1722. Sets:Wed-Fri 9pm-12am. Free adm/2 drink min. EvFri: Dlus + Jam.

BEAN RUNNER CAFÉ: 201 S Division &Esther St. Peekskill. 914-737-1701.www.beanrunnercafe.com. Sets: 7:30-10:30pm except Sun 6:30-9:30pm. Admvaries. Ev Sun: Jam w/Jon Osborn Band.

DIVISION STREET GRILL: 26 North DivisionSt. Peekskill. www.divisionstreetgrill.com.914-739-6380. Jun 3: 7-10pm MichelleLeBlanc Duo.

FALCON ARTS: 1348 Rte 9 West. Marlboro.www.liveatthefalcon.com. 845-236-7970.Free adm. Ev Thurs-Sat: 8pm unless other-wise noted Opening act (Op) 7pm; ev Sun:10am-2pm Jazz Brunch. Jun 3: Ed PalermoBig Band; 4: Ted Rosenthal Trio; 5: EricPerson Band; 10: Op w/Christian Pabst +Snarky Puppy; 12: Kevin Hays; 16: DaraTucker; 17: Op w/Flail; 24: Op w/PyengThreadgill Trio + Rebecca Martin Trio; 25:Peter Fish Gp.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 199NColumbus Av at E Lincoln Av. MountVernon. www.pjsjazz.org. 914-636-4977.$18/12 adm. Ev 2nd Sun: 5:15-9pm SecondSunday Jazz series.

G-BAR: 575 Grand Concourse. Bronx. 718-402-6996. www.toscanyc.com.

KATONAH MUSEUM OF ARTS: Rte 22 at JaySt. Katonah. www.katonahmuseum.org. 914-232-9555. Jun 8&29: Blue Note Jazz festivalfeat John Scofield Shades of Jazz seriesw/Marc Ribot Solo 06/8; Joe Lovano w/JudySilvano & friends 06/29.

LEHMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMINGARTS: At Lehman College. 250 Bed-fordPark Blvd W. Bronx. 718-960-8833.

www.lehmancenter.org. Jun 10&11: BlueNote Jazz festival feat El Gran Combo.

MOLLY SPILLANE’S: 211 Mamaroneck Av.Mamaroneck. www.mollyspillanespub.com.914-899-3130. Ev Wed: 7:30-10pm MarkMorganelli & Jazz Forum All-Stars.

ORISSA: 14 Cedar St. Dobbs Ferry. 914-231-7800.www.orissany.com. Ev Thurs: 7-9:3010pmMark Morganelli & Jazz Forum All-Stars.

PIZZA PLACE: 92 Main St. Yonkers. 914-709-1050. www.thepizzaplaceinc.com. Ev Thurs:7pm.

PLAZA: At Clover Lake. 838 Fair St. Carmel.www.cloverlakeliving.com. 845-878-4111.Jun 5: 2:30-4pm Michelle LeBlanc Trio.

RED HAT ON THE RIVER: 1 Bridge St.Irvington-On-Hudson. www.redhatbistro.com.914-591-5888. Ev Wed: 6-10pm BillCrow/Hiroshi Yamazaki Duo w/guest GlendaDavenport or Takeshi Ogura.

76 HOUSE: 110 Main St. Tappan. 845-359-5476. www.76house.com. Ev Wed: 8-11pmQuintets w/Mark Hagan & Andy Farber w/feat artists + Jam. Free adm. Jun 1: ErikLawrence; 8: Freddie Jacobs; 15: RalphLalama; 22: Matt Haviland; 29: Bill Mobley.

STARVING ARTIST CAFE: 249 City IslandAv. Bronx. www.starvingartistonline.com.718-885-3779. Jun 12: 4:40-6:30pm LouVolpe Solo.

TURNING POINT CAFÉ: 468 Piermont Ave.Piermont. www.turningpointcafe.com. 845-359-1089. Ev Mon: 8-11:30pm $5 admMonday Jam by John Richmond w/BobMeyer. Jun 5: Wallace Roney Sxt; 12: CliftonAnderson Qrt; 26: Adam Nussbaum.

WATERCOLOR CAFÉ: 2094 Boston Post Rd.Larchmont. www.watercolorcafe.net. 914-834-2213.

WEST GATE LOUNGE: At Best Western Nyackon Hudson. 26 Rte 59. Nyack.www.westgatelounge.com. 845-358-8100. EvSat: 10pm Latin.

WILLIE’S STEAKHOUSE: 1832 WestchesterAv. Bronx. 718-822-9697. Ev Wed: Latin Jazz.

ZUPPA RESTAURANT & LOUNGE: 59-61Main St. Yonkers. 914-376-6500. www.zupparestaurant.com. Ev Tues: 7pm JazzLounge.

BISTRO CITRON: 1362 Old Northern Blvd.Roslyn. 516-403-4400. Free adm/no min. EvTues: 7-10pm Heidi Hepler/Michéle RamoDuo.

BORDEAUX BAR & LOUNGE: 324 SunriseHwy. Rockville Centre. 516-442-1530.www.bordeauxbarlounge.com. Ev Wed.

DIX HILLS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:At Five Towns College. 305N Service Rd. DixHills. 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org. Jun 26:2pm $20 adm South Shore Syncopators.

FRANKLIN SQUARE ORTHODOX PRESBY-TERIAN CHURCH: Corner of Franklin &Sobo Av. Franklin Square. 516-437-3210.www.opcli.org. Jun 17: 7-9:30 pm Jazz Iconsfeat Bill Wurtzel.

GLEN COVE MANSION: 200 Dosoris Ln. GlenCove. www.glencovemansion.com. 516-674-2955. Ev Fri: 8pm-12am Les Stanco Bandw/spec guest.

HARRY CHAPIN LAKESIDE THEATRE:Eisenhower Park. East Meadow. 516-572-0252. Jun 29: 7pm Metropolitan Klezmer.

LOUIE’S OYSTER BAR & GRILL: 385 MainSt. Port Washington. 516-883-4242.www.louiesoysterbarandgrille.com. Ev Mon:6-10pm Mark Buttice & Swing Easy Band.

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CARMEN LUNDYNEWARK MUSEUM / JUNE 2She was born in Miami into a musical family. Her mother was lead vocalist in a gospelgroup known as the Apostolic Singers. At age twelve, Lundy decided to be a singerherself. After thirty years in the business, she's renowned for her extraordinary vocalprowess and songwriting skill. (She's a gifted painter, too.) On her eleventh recording,Solamente, she arranges, produces and plays every instrument. Lundy's music infus-es the blues and gospel roots of her childhood. She's contributed over fifty self-pennedcompositions that comprise the New Jazz Songbook. Lundy has performed and record-ed with many great musicians including her brother, outstanding bassist CurtisLundy. To see her perform live is a unique and electrifying experience.

GIACOMO GATESCHICO'S HOUSE / JUNE 4 There can be no doubt that Gates is an authentic jazz vocalist who's forged his ownstyle. Heavily steeped in the traditions of vocal improvisers his personal approachdraws most heavily from the bebop-rooted masters like Babs Gonzales, EddieJefferson and Jon Hendricks. Blessed with a mellifluous full-bodied voice, extraordi-nary rhythmic precision and an unerring sense of lyricism, Gate's total command ofthe vernacular, boundless creativity and passion set him apart from other vocalists.The only child of a dressmaker and a welder with a penchant for big band jazz, he lefthis Bridgeport, CT home in 1975 and headed to Alaska, where he spent fourteenyears. With four CD's under his belt, Gates has definitely proven himself. Asserts JonHendricks, "Not many people can master this music, but Giacomo Gates has."

CHUCK REDDSHANGHAI JAZZ / JUNE 8Percussionist Redd began his professional career in 1980 at age 21, when he joinedguitarist Charlie Byrd's trio. That same year, he also became part of the all-star GreatGuitars group, which highlighted the brilliance of Byrd, Barney Kessel and HerbEllis. Equally adapt on drums and vibes, Redd played in Mel Torme's quintet from1991 to1996 and eventually led his own recording debut as a leader, Stomp, Look &Listen. This Arbors Records recording artist's most recent release, Common Thread,has been received with warm praise. Noted for his vigor and melodic sparkle, he's per-formed alongside numerous other talents, including Dizzy Gillespie, TommyFlanagan, and Ray Brown. At this Jersey gig, Redd will be joined by the award-win-ning Italian jazz pianist Rossano Sportiello, whose own mentor is Barry Harris.

MIMI JONESMAKEDA / JUNE 9Multi-talented bassist, vocalist and composer Miriam Sullivan (aka Mimi Jones) hastransformed herself from side woman to leader. For years, this NYC native has beenan integral member in Tia Fuller's band - and has shared the stage with the likes ofLionel Hampton, Roy Hargrove, Rachel Z, Sean Jones, Kenny Barron, KevinMahogany and Joshua Redman. Jones' elegant sound is an eclectic mix of genresbased in a strong jazz foundation that still leave room for funky bass grooves, worldbeat rhythms, and gentle textures. Known for, as one critic put it, "making magicsounds on the bass" and for creating "rhythmically driving bass lines," her inspiringdebut release, A New Day is bursting with original compositions, moving seamlesslyfrom one song to another and adding the warmth of her sultry voice.

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NEW JERSEYBETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH: 275W Market

St. Newark. www.bethany-newark.org. 973-623-8161. Jun 4: 6-7:30pm Jazz Vespers featBrandee Younger Qrt.

BICKFORD THEATRE: 6 Normandy HeightsRd. Morristown. 973-971-3706. Concerts 8-9:30pm. Jun 6: Derek Smith; 13: FrankVignola w/Vinny Raniolo & Zach Brock; 20:Bob Seeley; 27: Dan Levinson Apex Project.

BROOKLAWN AMERICAN LEGION POST:11 Railroad Av. Brooklawn. 856-456-9847/www.legion.org, www.tristatejazz.org/856-720-0232. Jun 26: 2-5pm: Tri State JazzSociety Jam w/Danny Tobias.

CECIL’S: 364 Valley St. West Orange. 973-736-4800. www.cecilsjazzclub.com. Sets: 9pm.Adm varies. Ev Mon: Cecil Big Band w/MikeLee; ev Tues: Jam w/Bruce Williams; evWed: Mid-Week Mellow Out; ev Fri: CecilBrooks III Band.

CHICO’S HOUSE OF JAZZ: 631 Lake Ave.Asbury Park. www.chicoshouseofjazz.com.722-455-5448. Ev Wed: Jam w/Jeff Levine &spec guest Mick Gaffney. Jun 4: GiacomoGates feat Jerry Topinka Trio; 19: JerryTopinka/Tom Doyle + Martin Taylor; 25:Stanley Jordan.

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

GREATE BAY COUNTRY CLUB: 45 MaysLanding Rd. Somers Point. 609-927-6677.Somers Point Jazz Society event.www.spjazz.org.

HARVEST BISTRO: 252 Schraalenburgh Rd.Closter. www.harvestbistro.com. 201-750-9966. Ev Thurs: 8:30pm. Free adm.

HIBISCUS RESTAURANT: 270 S St.Morristown. www.hibiscusrestaurantnj.com.866-479-3638. Ev Tues 6-9pm, Fri 7-10pm &Sun Brunch 12-3pm.

HILTON WOODBRIDGE: 120 Wood Av S.Iselin. www.hilton.com/woodbridge, 732-494-6200/www.jazzbash.net/516-681-7102.Jun 24&25: Jazz Record Collectors Bash.

HOPEWELL VALLEY BISTRO & INN: 15EBroad St. Hopewell. 609-466-9889.www.hopewellvalleybistro.com. Ev 3rd Sat:7-9:30pm. Darla Rich Qnt.

JAZZ HOUSE KIDS: 14 S Park St. Montclair.973-744-2258. www.jazzhousekids.org.

KASSCHAU SHELL: 125 Maple Av.Ridgewood. 201-670-5560. Jun 14: 8:30-9:45pm free adm Richard Reiter Swing Band.

KEYPORT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: 70West Front St. Keyport. 732-739-3900.www.keyportonline.com. Jun 25: (Rain date06/26) 5-7pm free adm Bossa Brasil®.

LA FAMIGLIA SORRENTO RESTAURANT:631 Central Av. Westfield. 908-301-1285.www.lafamigliasorrento.com. $25 adm inclMusic menu. Jun 29: 7-9pm Jazz It Up seriesfeat Bossa Brasil®.

LIBERTY HOUSE RESTAURANT: 82 AudreyZapp Dr. Jersey City. 201-395-0300. www.libertyhouserestaurant.com. Ev Sun: 11:30am-2:30pm Jazz Brunch w/Don Carter.

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

MAKEDA: 338 George St. New Brunswick. 732-545-5115. www.makedas.com. Ev Thurs:7:30-10:30pm free adm. Jun 2: VanessaPerea Qrt; 9: Mimi Jones Qrt; 11: 9pm-1amRadam Schwartz Qrt; 16: Stafford HunterQrt; 18: 9pm-1am Dave Joubert Experiment;23: Ralph Bowen Qrt.

MAXWELL’S: 1039 Washington St. Hoboken.201-798-0406. www.maxwellsnj.com. Jun 6:


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Swingadelic. NEWARK MUSEUM: 49 Washington St.

Newark. www.newarkmuseum.org. 973-596-6550. Jun 22: 6pm Axel Tosca & Ropa Viejo+ Carmen Lundy; 30: 12:15-1:45pm Jazz inthe Garden series feat Willie Jones III Qrt.

NEW JERSEY JAZZ SOCIETY: 800-303-NJJS. www.njjs.org.

NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CEN-TER: 1 Center St. Newark. 888-466-5722.www.njpac.org. Jun 5: 7pm Diana Krall.

NORTH COUNTY BRANCH LIBRARY:Clinton. 65 Halstead St. Clinton. 908-730-6135. www.hclibrary.us. Jun 9: 7-9pm LouVolpe Trio.

NOVITA: 25 New St. Metuchen. 732-549-5306.www.novitanj.com. Ev Thurs: 7-11pm LouWatson.

OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE: College Dr.Toms River. 732-255-0500. www.ocean.edu.$15/13 adm. Concerts: 8-9:30pm. Jun 22:"Boogie Bob" Seeley.

PAPILLON 25: 25 Valley St. South Orange.973-761-5299. www.papillon25.com. EvThurs: 8:30-11pm.

PORCH CLUB: 4th & Howard Sts. Riverton.856-829-6333/www.theporchclub.org, 856-720-0232/www.tristatejazz.org. Jun 19: 2-4:30pm Bob Seeley Solo.

PRIVATE PLACE LOUNGE: 29 S Center St.Orange. www.privateplacelounge.com. 973-675-6620. Ev Sun: 7:30-11:30pm.

REEVES-REED ARBORETUM: 161 HobartAv. Summit. www.reeves-reedarboretum.org.908-273-8787. Jun 3: 7:30-9:30pm $20/15adm NJJS Jazz on the Terrace feat CarrieJackson Qrt.

SALT CREEK GRILLE: At Forrestal Village. 1Rockingham Row at Rte 1. Princeton. 609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. Sets:7pm. Jun 1: Charlotte Kendrick/Dan Rowe;2: Gordon James; 3: Jackie Jones; 4: LaDeeStreeter; 8: Keith Franklin; 9: Jerry Topinka;10: Lynn Randall; 11: Paul Marino; 15: Tom& Sandy Boyle; 16: Mike Bono; 17: GuyPeterson; 18: Meg Hanson; 22: ChampionFulton; 23: William Hart Strecker; 24: 3D; 25:Paul Plumeri; 29: Ferrymen.

SHANGHAI JAZZ: 24 Main St. Madison. 973-822-2899. www.shanghaijazz.com. Free adm.Sets: Tues 6:30-8:30pm, Wed&Thurs 7-9:30pm, Fri&Sat 6:30&8:45pm. Closed Mon.Jun 1: Warren Vaché & friends; 2: ToddCollins Trio; 3: Rob Paparozzi Gp; 4: NickRolfe Trio; 8: Chuck Redd/RossanoSportiello; 12: Gregory Generet; 15: BuckyPizzarelli; 17: Herb Woodson Blues Soul Gp;19: Jan Findlay Trio.

16 PROSPECT WINE BAR & BISTRO: 16Prospect St. Westfield. 908-232-7320.www.16prospect.com. Free adm/no min. EvTues: 8-10pm Arturo & guest; ev Thurs: 8-11pm Carrie Jackson & friends.

SKIPPERS: 304 University Av. Newark. 973-733-9300. www.skippersplanestreetpub.com. EvMon,Wed&Thurs: 8pm-12am; ev Sun 4-8pm.

SOLARI’S: 61 River St. Hackensack. 201-487-1969. 1st Tues: Gravine Big Band.

SOPAC: 1 SOPAC Way. South Orange. 973-313-2787. www.sopacnow.org. Jun 2: 7:30pmInside the Jazz Note by Jazz House Kids &Christian McBride feat Chick Corea.

STEAKHOUSE 85: 85 Church St. NewBrunswick. www.steakhouse85.com. 732-247-8585. Fri&-Sat 7-11pm.

STONY HILL INN: 231 Polifly Rd.Hackensack. www.stonyhillinn.com. 201-342-4085. Ev Sat: 8pm-12am Betty Liste Qrt.

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By Paul Blair, Ken Dryden, Yvo

CHIHIRO YAMANAKAIRIDIUM / JUNE 30A celebrity back home in Japan, where each of her CDs and DVDs has spent consid-erable time atop jazz sales charts, pianist Chihiro is truly a media star whose name isfamiliar to millions. That's not yet the case hereabouts. But a stint in the DIVA bigband, along with a long-term Universal Music contract and a series of convincingappearances at major festivals around the country, have enhanced her reputation. ABerklee grad with an abundance of keyboard technique, she's adept at composingpieces that range from hummable ditties with a childlike simplicity to stormersdemonstrating her fondness for the Bud Powell tradition. To mark the release of herlatest CD Forever Begins (Verve/Universal), already #1 on Japanese charts, herrhythm mates will be bassist Ben Williams and drummer Pete Van Nostrand. PB

EDDIE HENDERSONSMOKE / JUNE 10 AND 11He's is one of just a handful of jazz musicians who has also studied and practiced med-icine. It's not surprising to learn that trumpeter and flugelhornist Henderson did hisresidency in psychiatry with the renowned pianist Denny Zeitlin. But Henderson'smusical roots go back even further (he once dared to tell Miles Davis, a family friend,that he played trumpet wrong!) and he was a competitive ice skater during his teenyears. Long focused on his music career, Henderson played fusion in the 1970s andappeared on recordings headed up by Herbie Hancock, Charles Earland, Gary Bartzand Donald Brown. He returned to the hard bop style during the 1990s, cutting aseries of acclaimed albums under his own name. Henderson's most recent CD isPrecious Moments, issued just last year on the Further More label. KD

BILLY HARTVILLAGE VANGUARD / JUNE 7-12A drummer who can calibrate his playing with precision to accommodate any musicalsituation, it's not surprising that Billy Hart has played with Jimmy Smith, ShirleyHorn, Stan Getz, John Coltrane, Hank Jones and Herbie Hancock. He's mastered jazztraditions, from swing to the avant-garde; and as he enters his 70s, he's at the top ofhis game. Hart is, along with bassist Cecil McBee, the locomotive, driving force behindthat hardest of hard bop veteran bands, The Cookers; but at the Vanguard, he's lead-ing his quartet, a surprisingly star-studded yet subtle group featuring two of the moreinfluential players on today's scene: pianist Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus and in-demand tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, plus bassist Ben Street. GK

JIM SNIDEROSMALLS / JUNE 10 AND 11 Here's a unique chance to hear a cohesive quartet with a fresh concept perform musicthat's been developed over the course of two albums, one of them just out: Interface(Savant). A sought-after alto saxophonist on the Big Apple scene (both big bands andsmall) since he arrived in the 1980s, Snidero calls his current band (guitarist PaulBollenback, bassist Paul Gill and drummer McClenty Hunter) a "transition" awayfrom his roots in bebop and hard-bop towards a more inclusive style he's dubbed"warm jazz." To further that concept, he's written all the tunes on Interface, fashion-ing half of them for Bollenback's acoustic guitar; the other half, with a harder edge,for electric guitar. The results are gratifying, warm but also intense. GK

CHRIS DINGMANJAZZ GALLERY / JUNE 18A rising-star vibraphonist, Dingman has already made significant instrumental con-tributions to projects devised by such leaders as Steve Lehman, Harris Eisenstadt,Jen Shyu, Adam Rudolph and Noah Baerman. His own compositional creativity is onfull display with Waking Dreams, an exquisite fourteen-movement suite being issuedthis month. Its harmonies, rhythms and textures reflect Chris' abiding interest in non-Western musics. His ears were opened even further during performance tours ofVietnam and India in the company of Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. He's alsoamong the select few grads of the Monk Institute program. We'll follow his continuedsonic adventures - lyrical yet logical - with keen interest. Among his bandmates at theGallery: Loren Stillman (alto), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Fabian Almazan (key-boards), Chris Tordini (bass) and Justin Brown (percussion). PB


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LEE KONITZBLUE NOTE / JUNE 1-5One of the only two alto saxophonists who emerged as modern players in the post-WWIIyears not under the spell of Charlie Parker (the other was Paul Desmond), Konitz epit-omized the "cool" jazz aesthetic, both with Lennie Tristano and on the Birth of the Coolsides with the Miles Davis Nonet. But Konitz's style has evolved and developed beyondboth the Tristano school and the "cool," as his playing has become more emotionally andsonically dynamic. Konitz enjoys varied situations, from duos to large ensembles. Here,he's leading a quartet with guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Gary Peacock and drummerJoey Baron. And it's a (bargain) double-bill, filled out by drummer Francisco Mela'sQuintet, with Chris Potter on sax and Ben Monder, guitar. GK

KENNY GARRETTDIZZY'S / JUNE 28-JULY 3Alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett is that rare commodity in jazz: a musician who can stirup an audience to a fervor usually reserved for rock or pop stars. When he plays "HappyPeople," his surprising crowd-pleaser that sometimes stretches on (like Paul Gonsalves'famous "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" solo from Ellington at Newport 1956) overa quarter hour, he excites listeners up to a fever pitch. Garrett has a jazz appeal thatowes as much to a serious continuation of the legacies of John Coltrane and Miles Davisas it does to his undeniably rock/pop star-like charisma. And with his young-at-heartband (pianist Benito Gonzalez, bassist Nat Reeves, drummer Ronald Bruner), he isn'tbeyond incorporating hip-hop elements too. GK

MILTON NASCIMENTOROSE HALL / JUNE 24Brazilian singer with the ethereal voice, Milton Nascimento, will take the stage at Jazzat Lincoln Center courtesy of Mark Morganelli's Jazz Arts Forum with funding from theStahl Foundation. His sound is more "world music" than jazz, per se. He blends hismusical influences, including Brazilian and African folk melodies, European classicalmusic and the Brazilian bossa nova. He even crossed over into rock, working withDuran Duran in 1993. His international breakthrough was in 1974 when he appearedon jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter's acclaimed album Native Dancer. He also has col-laborated with Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and Pat Metheny. He'll be singing in hisfamous falsetto in English and Portuguese with Banda 4: Lincoln Continentino, GastãoVilleroy, Lincoln Cheib and Wilson Lopes. YE

SHANE ENDSLEYJOE'S PUB / JUNE 1Then The Other, it's called - a new CD (on the Low Electrical Records label!) creditedto trumpeter Endsley and his group, which he's dubbed The Music Band. In the past,Endsley has played with Ravi Coltrane, Tim Berne, Ben Allison and Chris Speed. Buthe's best known, at this point, for membership in Kneebody, a jazz/rock/funk quintetthat won an enthusiastic local following by tearing things up at the 2011 WinterJazzfest downtown. By contrast, The Music Band (whose other members are pianistCraig Taborn, bassist Matt Brewer and percussionist Ted Poor) aims for what Endsleyterms "easy digestibility," based on "material that doesn't require too much head-scratching" but which "leads into some lyrical improvising." This disc's ten highlydiverse tracks, all Endsley originals, definitely reward repeated listening. PB

RAVI COLTRANE BIRDLAND / JUNE 21-25Ravi has put together an impressive career, considering the challenges he faced - notonly by in following his famous father into jazz but also playing tenor and soprano sax-ophones. He was just two years old when John died. Alice Coltrane raised him by her-self, exposing him along the way to a great deal of music. Ravi made a transition intojazz during his twenties, initially honing his craft by working with veterans ElvinJones, Steve Coleman and others before releasing his own debut CD, Moving Pictures,in 1998. Ravi is progressively developing his own voice on his instruments, even as heexhibits his father's love of exploring a diversity of styles. Ravi took part in the recentBlue Note 7 tribute to greats once associated with that storied label and he has his ownforthcoming Blue Note CD slated for release later this year. KD


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ARKANSAS-BORN AND TEXAS-REARED,singer/pianist/songwriter Bob Dorough has

built a remarkable resumé over the years. He'sheadlined at many of the world's hipper clubsand jazzfests. His musical associates haveranged from Charlie Parker to Sugar RayRobinson. Lenny Bruce dug him. New YorkTimes crossword puzzle creators know hisname. On the other hand, literally millions ofyounger Americans who, after years of Saturdaymorning exposure to ABC-TV's "SchoolhouseRock" videos, know Bob's voice - but not hisname. Once, he even set the wording of a fabriccare label to music and made it swing. AndDorough (who stresses the first syllable of hissurname, in case you're wondering) is the onlyvocalist ever heard on a Miles Davis album.

Yet Bob's not a guy content to sit comfortablyat home in northeastern Pennsylvania and rem-inisce. Instead, he's coming up with fresh newsongs, guesting on other artists’ CDs, taking hismusic on the road - for example, a 2002 StateDepartment-sponsored tour through seven LatinAmerican countries - and enthralling a wholenew generation of admirers.

And here's some welcome news. "Devil MayCare," a film documenting Dorough's life andtimes, will soon be released. (For a somewhatwhimsical preview, check devilmaycarethemovie.com.) "Shooting has been completed andeverything ought to be wrapped up by the end ofsummer," notes Bob. "At the moment, the pro-ducers are searching for some more archivalfootage. But hey, there weren't all that manymovie cameras in the hands of jazz loversback then."

It may be as a songwriter that Dorough hashad the broadest impact over the decades. Histunes have been recorded by vocalists as diverseas Carol Fredette, Carol Sloane, DarrylSherman, Jamie Cullum, Meredith d'Ambrosio,Madeline Eastman, Mary Foster Conklin, DianaKrall, Mel Torme, Marlena Shaw, TerriThornton and Mark Murphy - as well as a hostof instrumentalists, from Miles Davis onward.("Devil May Care" and "Blue Xmas," the latterincluding Bobs' squint of a vocal, were recordedby Miles in 1962; while "Nothing Like You" wasa track on Sorcerer.)

Much of the appeal of songs Dorough haspenned over the decades lies in their lyrics,which often reflect a certain warm sentimentali-ty but contain nary an ounce of treacle. Bob'sdelivery often leavens the emotion with a repeat-ed phrase here, an enthusiastic snarl there.What's more, those lyrics encapsulate his highlypositive outlook on the world around him.Underlying the words, meanwhile, aremelodies which frequently depart from con-ventional forms.

For example, "I've Got Just AboutEverything" follows the A/A/B/A format familiarfrom "I Got Rhythm," except that it's extendedover a total of sixty-four bars rather than themore conventional thirty-two. "You're TheDangerous Type" (one of what Bob terms his

BOB DOROUGH OBVIOUSLY, A LOVER OF LIFE

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"extravagant love songs") is another A/A/B/Atune - but he's added what he terms a built-intag to stretch the total number of bars fromsixty-four to seventy-two.

And "Nothing Like You"? "OK," he reports,"that one departs most radically from standardform. Of course, the structure of my melody waspretty much dictated by Fran Landesman's lyric.That's always been true whenever I've collabo-rated with Fran, who's really a great poet. Whenshe mailed her words to me, I put her sheet onthe piano and tried to let the music follow thelyric. This was the first song I co-wrote with her,soon after we met in 1960, and tackling it tookquite a while. Eventually, I decided to take a fewliberties with her words by repeating some ofthe phrases. 'Nothing like you, nothing like you,nothing like you has ever been seen before.' Andthat's how it came out."

Once fans begin looking, they discover loadsof Bob scattered on records for a variety oflabels. Three now-deleted Dorough CDs issuedon the Blue Note label (Right On My Way Homeand Too Much Coffee, Man, along with a delight-ful collaboration with Dave Frishberg entitledWho's On First?) would make a great Mosaicreissue package one of these days. Live At TheIridium (Arbors Records) documents the brunch-es Bob used to host each Sunday in Midtown.Memorial Charlie Parker (Philology), cut duringa live show in 1983, has Bob memorably mixingit up with Phil Woods. Also still available, if youpersist, are three early recordings; Devil MayCare (1956), Yardbird Suite (also 1956) and JustAbout Everything (1966) contain some of Bob'sinitial treatments of originals that have sincebecome classics.

"My trio's going to Norway in August for gigsin several cities. Then I'll be taking part in the2011 Celebration of the Arts festival inDelaware Water Gap on the weekend afterLabor Day. This year, they decided to honor me,so a lot of other performers will be doing mytunes. I guess I'll be doing some sitting-in, too.

"You know, in my youth," muses Bob, "I usedto buy nearly every jazz record that came out -Bird, Miles, Monk, Bud and everyone else - andthen my gang of friends and I would enjoy themtogether. But nowadays, with so many newalbums and players around, I can't keep up withall of it." Moving smoothly through his eight-ies, Dorough is himself hard for others tokeep up with.

Bob Dorough plays and sings at Saint Peter'sLutheran Church on June 29.


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JAY

LEONHART ALWAYS TELLING STORIES

By Ken Dryden

JAY LEONHART WAS BORN INTO Avery musical family. His parents and all of

his siblings played piano. "At the age of six," herecalls, "I was already studying piano atPeabody Institute in Baltimore. My brother andI decided that we didn't want to play classicalmusic, just jazz, country music and rhythmicstuff. We took up banjos, guitars and mandolins- and we were a rather successful duo until oneday when I heard the bass playing behind us. Ifell in love with it and decided that was theinstrument I wanted to play. It looked simpleand easy, I understood the basics almost rightaway. I was thirteen and put everything elsedown to start playing the bass."

His focus on jazz intensified and, within ayear, Leonhart was playing bass professionallyin a Baltimore Dixieland band. "Ray Brown wasthe major influence on my bass playing. When Ifirst heard him, at thirteen or fourteen, hebecame my mentor, whether he liked it or not. Ilistened to everything he played, his sounds andlines, how he handled himself. For about eightyears, I tried to turn myself into Ray Brown, butwhen that didn't work, I learned I had to bemyself. I studied with Ray and Oscar Petersonat their school (The Advanced School ofContemporary Music in Toronto) in 1960 when Iwas twenty. Then I went to Berklee. I moved toNew York City in 1962, then traveled around,then went back to Baltimore. I still had somegrowing up to do. I returned to New York in 1968and I was lucky, because I've worked ever since."

Soon after his return to New York, Leonhartwas well on his way to becoming a first callbassist, thanks in part to the generous spirit ofbass master Milt Hinton, one of the busiest all-around session men and a gifted performer."Milt was very sweet to me. I mostly saw him inJim & Andy's. If there was a gig he couldn'tmake, he'd throw it my way. He was a wonderfulfriend for my whole life. My wife Donna and Ijust loved him and Mona." Leonhart penned aheartfelt tribute to Hinton called "The Judge,"which he premiered at the legend's 80th birth-day celebration concert at Town Hall in 1990and later recorded on his own CD, Galaxies andPlanets.

Leonhart is best known for his whimsicallyrics, which often relate stories about thingsthat have happened to him. Leonhart recalls,"'Little Henry' was my first storytelling song. Itwas about a man escaping from the Baltimorejail. My father took me down to see the hole he'ddug in the courtyard. I was very impressed by itand twenty-five years later, when I was thirty-five, I started to write about it. I enjoyed creat-ing the rhyming verse and put it into a sort ofrap style, but with melody. I was actually writ-ing rap before anybody else was! Then I started

to listen to Steely Dan, Dave Frishberg and JoniMitchell. I was very influenced by them. Theywere writing songs about themselves, life, thingsthey came across. I realized we all had our ownoriginal points of view, if we're not afraid toexpress them. So I started writing songs aboutthings and have done it every since."

Several of Leonhart's songs are expected byaudiences, while other artists have recorded afew of them. "Tony Bennett says, 'You have tosing the one about the airplane ("Me andLenny," which is about the bassist sharing aflight with Leonard Bernstein) every night.That's your "San Francisco."' That's my bestknown song. Audra McDonald picked up ‘BeatMy Dog’ and it's since become my most recordedsong. 'Robert Frost,' 'Louis Bellson' and'Problem' (the latter written on 'I Got Rhythm'changes) have been recorded by lots of other peo-ple. Some have been used in odd places, like onThai television shows, and I get the royalties."But the composition process is tedious forLeonhart: "It takes a long time. I'll write thestory first, then start setting it to music. Afterplaying it awhile, maybe I'll find I need to short-en it or say something more clearly or changethe accent. It takes me three months to write areally good song."

Leonhart prefers to work new tunes out onhis instruments. "I compose on both piano andbass. If I'm thinking of a group and more melod-ic, complex harmonies, I'll sit at the piano. I canimagine them on the bass but they come to lifeon the piano and I can hear them better. I com-pose more melodically on piano. I work withProLogic to make my newest record at home. I'mputting the bass against some simple rhythmictracks and it sounds nice. I'll bring in somesoloists as well."

The New York City music scene has changedquite a bit for Leonhart in recent years. "There'svery little commercial studio work for me any-more. But I've been able to save some money soI don't need to do it. I play concerts and gigs andmake an occasional jazz record. But I'm gettingto play, practice and write a lot more."

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JAZZWOMEN!By Elzy Kolb

Sponsored by International Women In Jazzwww. internationalwomeninjazz. com

Break out the bubblyIn case you're wondering How Long Has ThisBeen Going On? (Harbinger), besides celebratingthe release of a brand-new CD, this monthpianist/vocalist Barbara Carroll marks two mile-stones - the golden anniversary of her debutrecording, and 65 years as a proud resident ofthe Big Apple. Barbara grew up in Worcester,Mass. and later enrolled in New EnglandConservatory. "I didn't stay there long," sherecalls. "I was playing jazz in the clubs in Bostontill 3:00 A M. so I couldn't make it to class in themorning." Female jazz musicians were a raritywhen Barbara moved to New York, "The musi-cians were great. There was a prejudgment thatyou couldn't play. You had to prove yourself,then it was OK." Before recording under her ownname, Barbara was on plenty of disks as a side-woman: "Let the chick piano player have eightbars in the bridge, that sort of thing," she says.Her latest CD, How Long Has This Been GoingOn?, was recorded live: "That's always a kick.It's what you see is what you get, and that can berather dangerous. It's different from in the stu-dio, where they have so many different devicesto help you along." You can hear Barbara inaction at the Algonquin every Sunday throughJune 19, at the Allen Room on June 8 withMichael Feinstein, and at Dizzy's on June 21-26."There's nothing I wouldn't play if I like it. I wel-come the freedom of expanding and exploringhorizons: That's the essence of jazz," she says.

Kick that blockVocalist Dee Cassella grew up listening to herbig brother, saxophonist Joe Berlin, practicinghis ax. He showed her a few piano chords so shecould play along with him, but she felt too self-conscious to enjoy it. Dee loved to sing alongwith the radio, though only when she was in thecar by herself. "I would scat to music as a teen,"she says, “though I never knew what I wasdoing. Jazz was a part of me that I took forgranted, but only if I was alone." A musicalcareer wasn't a goal, but Dee was interested indumping the discomfort that overcame herwhenever she aimed to make a sound. She tookvoice lessons for seven years, switching teachersand struggling with stage fright even in low-pressure settings like living room recitals.Eventually, she turned to Eye MovementDesensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) ther-

apy. "I thought it was pretty weird stuff, butwith so many educated people involved I thoughtthere must be something to it," Dee says. Itworked so well in helping her overcome her blockthat she began studying with the likes of MarkMurphy, Dena DeRose, Carol Fredette andMadeline Eastman, started sitting in, and thenmade her professional debut as a leader in 2004."I was getting my feet wet a little at a time," Deesays. Singing is a "wonderful way to end the lastsegment of my life. It's the deepest therapy I'veever done - I take risks and when I'm uncomfortable, I know I'm going to grow." Jointhe adventure when Dee plays at Miles Café onJune 11.

All in the FamilyOne of saxophonist Claire Daly's favorite memo-ries of growing up in Yonkers was a visit fromher father's first cousin, Mary Joyce. "She wassuch a free spirit, the most jazz personality I canimagine - an improviser all the way," Clairesays. "She was different from anyone I'd evermet. Though I was only eight or nine, I connect-ed to her right away." Mary had moved toJuneau, Alaska, in 1929, then in 1935 set out tobecome the first nonnative person to travelbetween Juneau and Fairbanks by dogsled. Thetrip took more than three months, and is docu-mented in the book Mary Joyce: From Taku toFairbanks, 1,000 Miles by Dogteam, by MaryAnne Greiner. "I was so inspired by her story, Ithought I'd have to write music about her,"Claire says. With that in mind, she composed thetunes for her new CD, The Mary Joyce Project:Nothing to Lose, in collaboration with pianistSteve Hudson. "At the beginning, we talked a lotabout her. We thought about what inspired andmotivated her," Claire says. "The music is notabout her, it's a gift to her. I want to hip theworld to her, she was like Amelia Earhart, buton the ground." In May, Claire debuted themusic at the Juneau Jazz and Classics festival."I want people to feel a part of the story, to beinspired by it, to feel like anything is possible,"she says. Claire found the project challenging,but "it was worth it. This feels like the beginningof a new phase of my own life. I'm really glad Idid this; whatever comes of it is gravy." Claireand her band, including bass player Mary AnnMcSweeney, will celebrate the release of TheMary Joyce Project: Nothing to Lose on the lateshift at Dizzy's on June 21-25.

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Gigs plusPianist/singer Eliane Elias is having a releaseparty for Light My Fire (Concord) at Dizzy'sthrough May 5 … Karrin Allyson sings materialfrom Round Midnight (Concord) at Birdlandthrough June 4 … Cyrille Aimee sings afterhours at Dizzy's through June 4, bet she'll playsome material from her brand-new Live atSmalls recording … Pianist Diane Moser'sComposers Big Band plays Trumpets on June 1;she has been awarded a fellowship under theCreative Fellowships Program of the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation to support a residencyat the Millay Colony for the Arts … SarahBernstein uses voice, violin and electronics incelebrating the release of Unearthish (PhaseFrame) at Barbès on June 1 … Vocalist MichelleLeBlanc fetes I Remember You (Trebb) at theDivision Street Grill in Peekskill on June 3 …Saxophonist Roxy Cross is celebrating her self-titled, self-released CD at Small's on June 4 …Singer/guitarist Eliane Amherd focuses on Nowand From Now On (ELI2) at the Zinc Bar onJune 6; she plays the Miles Café on June 23 …Pianist Myra Melford will be on hand when com-poser/trumpeter Sarah Wilson fetes the TrapezeProject (Brass Tonic) release at the CorneliaStreet Café on June 12 … Diane Schuur sings atB.B. King's on June 15, supporting TheGathering (Vanguard) … Vocalist RoseannaVitro celebrates The Music of Randy Newman(Motema) at Dizzy's on June 13 … KateMcGarry sings with Eli Yamin's Blues Band atthe Clark Studio Theater at Lincoln Center onJune 20, marking the release of I Feel So Glad …Saxophonist Libby Richman features materialfrom Open Strings at Cleopatra's Needle onJune 24 … Singer Katie Bull throws a FreakMiracle (Innova) party at the Clemente SotoVelez Cultural Center on June 27… PianistChihiro Yamanaka declares Forever Begins(Verve) at Iridium on June 30.

On the townVocalist Marilyn Maye plays Feinstein'sthrough June 4 … Catch guitarist AmandaMonaco every Monday at the LIJA jam sessionat Domaine Wine Bar in Long Island City, andwith her band Deathblow at the University ofthe Streets on June 5 … Guitarist MaryHalvorson plays the Cornelia Street Café onJune 1 … Pianist Geri Allen plays the music ofLester Young with Don Byron's Ivey Divey Trioat the Jazz Standard on June 2-3 … MaryFoster Conklin sings at One Battery Park onJune 2, and at the Laurie Beechman Theater onJune 20 … Carrie Jackson will be singing out-side at Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit, NJ,on June 3 … Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock andpianist Kris Davis are at the Cornelia StreetCafé on June 3 … Isle of Klezbos plays thePride Goes East Festival on June 4 … Singers

Andrea Wolper and Ayana Lowe will appear atthe 55 Bar with members of their vocal work-shop on June 4 … Natalie Cole sings at CityWinery on June 6-7 … Pianist Hiromi hits theBlue Note on June 7-12 … Pianist Lisa Hilton isat the Zinc Bar on June 8 … Vocalist JanisMann is scheduled for Kitano on June 10-11 …Pianist Connie Crothers appears at the VisionFestival on June 11 … Malika Zarra sings atJoe's Pub on June 13 … Flutist Jamie Baumplays Jaki Byard at the Zinc Bar on June 15 …Saxophonist Sharel Cassity is at the Bar NextDoor on June 16, and on the late shift at Dizzy’son June 28-July 2 … Catch vocalist MadeleinePeyroux at the Highline Ballroom on June 17-19… Fay Victor sings Other Dimensions in Musicat the Stone on June 21 … Vocalist Amy Cerviniplays the 55 Bar on June 22 … Sofia Tosellosings with Pedro Giraudo's Orchestra at theJazz Standard on June 22 … Pianist SatokoFujii plays (le) Poisson Rouge on June 23 … JillMcManus plays piano at Sofia's on June 23 …Dee Dee Bridgewater sings "To Billie, with Love"at Town Hall on June 24 … Legendary vocalistNancy Wilson will be at B.B. King's on June 25… Fresh back from appearing at the SyracuseJazz Fest on June 25, Sheryl Bailey's JazzGuitars Meet Hendrix band plays the 55 Bar onJune 26 … Catch pianist Eri Yamamoto at theStone on June 29 … Judi Silvano sings with JoeLovano and friends at the Katonah Museum ofArt on June 29 … Metropolitan Klezmer playsthe Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater in EastMeadow, Long Island, on June 29.

CD CentralViolinist Regina Carter and cellist Akua Dixon'sstring quartet appear on James Carter'sCaribbean Rhapsody (Emarcy) … CatherineNorris plays cello on Bill Dixon's Intents andPurposes (RCA) … Singer Claudia Acuña guestson trumpeter/composer Laura Kahle's Circular(Dark Key) … Pianist Claire Ritter presents TheStream of Pearls Project (Zoning) … SingerCinzia Spata is Into the Moment (Koine) …Brenda Feliciano lends her voice to theBurgstaller Martignon 4's Bach's Secret Files(Summit) … Pianist/composer Marianne Trudel'sEspoir et Autres Pouvoirs (Effendi) includessinger Anne Schaefer, trumpeter Lina Allemanoand French horn player Jocelyn Veilleux …Come Sunday, including Sue Demel and LindsayWeinberg, sing Crosscurrents (Come Sunday) …Pianist Mary Lou Williams plays standards andmore at Rick's Café Americain (Storyville) …Patti Ascher sings Bossa, Jazz 'n' Samba (Zoho)… Vocalist/lyricist Deborah Pearl wrote newwords to Benny Carter tunes to deliver aSouvenir of You (Evening Star) … Judy Wexlersings Under a Painted Sky (Jazzed Media) …Marika Hughes plays Afterlife Music Radio: 11

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HOT FLASHESBy Paul Blair

ESPECIALLY NOTEWORTHYTrumpeter Kurt Knuffke at Cornelia Street Café(June 1)…both Lew Tabackin and Lou Soloff inthe spotlight with the Harmonie Ensemble ofNew York at Saint Peter's Church (June1)…Jacky Terrasson at Iridium (June 2-5)…DonByron with a pair of groups at Jazz Standard(June 2-5)…saxophonist Roxy Coss at Smalls fora CD release gig (June 4)…Swingadelic havingits way at Swing 46 (June 5, 11 & 19), as well asat Maxwell's in Hoboken (June 6)…Jim Halldueting with Ron Carter at the Blue Note (June6)…Rufus Reid with pianist Norman Simmonson the plaza outside Saint Peter's (June 9)...JoeMagnarelli at Kitano (June 9)…altoist WillVinson at Smalls (June 9)…trumpeter SarahWilson celebrating the release of her new BrassTonic Records album at Cornelia Street Café(June 12)…trombonist Clifford Anderson at theTurning Point Café up in Piermont (June12)...guitarist Nate Radley at Cornelia StreetCafé (June 14)…Joshua Redman at JazzStandard (June 14-19) to herald the release ofJames Farm (Nonesuch), on which his voice isprominent…The Flail at Smalls (June 16) withmaterial from a delightful new album…ECMpianist Craig Taborn at the Rubin Museum(June 17)…the Nilson Matta/Roni Ben-Hurquartet at Kitano (June 17-18)…Ethan Iversonat Smalls (June 21-22)…Band of Bones at SaintPeter's (June 22)…Henry Threadgill at the JazzGallery (June 23)…Kendrick Scott's Oraclegroup at Smalls (June 23)…Donald Harrison atJazz Standard (June 23-25)…tenorist WaltWeiskopf, whose new CD on the Capri label isone of the year's best so far, at Smalls with JohnFedchock (June 24-25)…Rez Abbasi at CorneliaStreet Café (June 24)…HighNote Records' RayOsnato brings his Vintage Dance Orchestra, TheSouth Shore Syncopators, to Music Mountain(Jun 25) and Five Towns College the followingday…Adam Nussbaum drumming at theTurning Point Café (June 26)…Peter Bernsteinat Kitano (June 29)…Conrad Herwig leading agroup at the Blue Note (June 30)…and BillMobley's outstanding big band just about everyMonday evening at Smoke.

OVERSEAS DIGNITARIESOur city is blessed with an abundance of foreign-born jazz players. Some now call NYC home, while others are visiting this month.Among them are Danish guitarist TorbenWaldorff at Nublu (June 1)…Greek saxophon-ist/singer Dimitri Vassilakis, along with trumpeter Jack Walrath, at the Onassis Atrium, (June 2)…Swiss-born trombonistSamuel Blaser at Cornelia Street Café (June2)…German saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock sameclub the following day (June 3) and at the RedHook Jazz Festival (June 18)…Germany'sHammer Klavier Trio performing at GermanHouse (June 9), Miles' Café (June 10), CityWinery (June 11), Smalls (June 12) and theGarage (June 13)…guitarist Nobuki Takamen atBar Next Door (June 9) and Smalls (June16)…Phronesis, an invigorating trio whose mem-bers hail from Denmark and the U.K., at JazzStandard (June 21)…Japanese pianist/composerSatoko Fuji at Le Poisson Rouge (June 23)…

Nilson Matta/Roni Ben-Hur

WORTHWHILE HANGSIf you'd like to be present (along with dozens ofthe world's most esteemed jazz musicians, crit-ics, recording execs, photographers and videoproducers) when the 2011 Jazz JournalistsAssociation Awards are handed out, you ought toget yourself to City Winery, a classy downtownjoint, on June 11. There are no losers - and agood time will be had by all. Details atwww.jjajazzawards.org…Meanwhile, for wordon how you can surround yourself with jazz lis-teners every bit as avid as yourself, Google "37thAnnual Jazz Record Collectors' Bash," then headfor the Hilton in Woodbridge on June 24-25...Note, too, that The Stone will present adven-turesome stuff over the June 16-30 period, fea-turing AUM Fidelity recording artists and curat-ed by that label's founder, Steven Joerg.

Hammer Klavier

Paris native Jerome Sabbagh at Smalls, partner-ing pianist Danny Grissett (June 22)…and aheady dose of Gypsy Jazz, featuring Europeanstandouts Samson and Dorado Schmitt, LudovicBeier, Doudou Cuillerier, Piere Blanchard andAndreas Oberg and nightly special guests atBirdland beginning June 28.


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

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

Spanky Davis told me about a joint he used to work in Chicago where theband played for singers and comedians. One of them, comedian Jackie Curtis, foundhimself working with a substitute drummer one night. During one of his stories, hesaid "...and the car ran off the road and hit a tree," and he gestured to the drum-mer, who hit a rim shot. Jackie said. "No, a big tree." And the drummer gave hima snare roll and a thump on the bass drum. "No," said Jackie, "it was a BIGtree...with cymbals!"

The late jazz saxophonist Arnie Lawrence once turned up on a record date,looked at his music and commented, "This is the first time in a year that I've playedwith my eyes open!"

A Moment You Missed by Fran Kaufman Hot House Contributing Photographer

At Systems 2 Recording studios in Brooklyn onApril 18 with The Three Cohens (Avishai, Anat andYuval) and guest artist Jon Hendricks. It was awonderful session, with the Cohens, AaronGoldberg on piano, Matt Penman on bass andGregory Hutchinson on drums. Here, betweentakes, trumpeter Avishai Cohen explains it all topianist Aaron Goldberg. Cant wait for the CD!


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WINNING SPINS...continued from page 10blues-march rhythmic variations for the pianoand guitar solos. "How High the Moon" is givena peek-a-boo treatment, shards of the melodypeeping out from an abstracted theme furtherdisjointed by a jumble of changing rhythms andtempos.

The originals range from pieces reminiscentof jazz-fusion (the title track, "Arrows andLoops," Hamasyan's "Higher to Hayastan"), to afetching waltz ("Wedding Song"), to the singular"Love's Feathered Nails" with its diaphanousswirls, and "Ephemeral Eyes," a boppish themewith a risible, stride-like bridge and seriouslyswinging piano trio section.

Adam Cruz appears at the Jazz Standard onJune 7-8. Ari Hoenig leads a band at Smalls June20 and 27 and at Cornelia Street Café July 9.

JAZZWOMEN!...continued from page 35New Pieces for Solo Cello (DD) … Flutists LizzyLoeb and Christina Loeb go on the record asCarmen Cuesta sings Mi Bossa Nova (Tweety)… Nina Simone, Maxine Sullivan, Anita O'Dayand many others appear on Jazz (Putamayo) …Think of Sanda Weigl as a Gypsy in a Tree(Barbès) … Jennifer Kidwell sings on Fred Ho'sMomma's Song (Innova) … Check out Tales &Tongues from flutist/singer Katchie Cartwright& Le Monde Cache (Harriton Carved Wax).

LISTINGS...continued from page 24MURPHY’S BAR & GRILL: 234 Old Country

Rd. Mineola. 516-741-1776. www.murphys-barny.com. Ev Tues: 9pm-12am Jam w/IanPetillo/John X-Ray Trio & spec guests.

PRETTY TONI’S CAFE: 759 W Merrick Rd.Valley Stream. www.prettytoniscafe.com.516-285-8664. Free adm/2 drink+1appmin/pers. Ev Thurs: 7-11pm Jimmy Alexan-der Jazztet.

SIP CITY: 16 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck. 516-482-1500. www.sipcity.net. Ev Wed: 8:30-11:30pm Ian Petillo Trio w/spec guest; evFri: 6-10pm Mark Buttice Trio; ev Sat: 6-10pm Lisa Gary.

TRATTORIA GRASSO: 134 Main St. ColdSpring Harbor. www.trattoriagrasso.com.631-367-6060. Sets: 7:30pm.

BLUEBERRY MUSIC & ART HOUSE: 135Mason St. Greenwich. 203-987-6445.www.blueberrymusicandarthouse.com. Jun25: 7pm $20 adm Scot Albertson & Dr. JoeUtterback.

MUSIC MOUNTAIN: 225 Music Mountain Rd.Falls Village. www.musicmountain.org. 860-824-7126. Jun 25: 6:30pm South ShoreSyncopators.

WESTPORT ARTS CENTER: 51 Riverside Av.Westport. www.westportartscenter.org. 203-222-7070. Jun 9: 7-9pm $10 adm Jamw/Brian Torff.

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NEW JERSEY LISTINGS...continued from page 28

Mount Laurel. www.tristatejazz.org. 856-720-0232.

TRUMPETS: 6 Depot Square. Montclair. 973-744-2600. www.trumpetsjazz.com. ClosedMon&Tues unless otherwise noted. Admvaries $5 min weekday, $12 min weekend.Sets: unless otherwise noted 7:30&9pm,Fri&Sat 8&10pm, Sun Brunch 11am. Jun 1:Diane Moser Composers Big Band; 2: DreBarnes; 3 Bob Devos Trio; 4: Pete Levin/Lenny White/Dave Stryker; 5: Kate BakerSingers Showcase; 8: tba; 9: Jam; 10: BuckyPizzarelli Trio; 11: Onaje Allan Gumbs; 12:Los Mas Valientes; 15&16: tba; 17: EnricoGranafei Qrt; 18: Mel Davis; 19: Father’s DayBrunch + Valeri Ponomarev Big Band; 22:tba; 23: Vocal Jam; 24: Grassella OliphantSxt; 25: Houston Person; 26: Matt Jardim;29: tba; 30: Victor Prieto.

VAN GOGH’S EAR CAFÉ: 1017 StuyvesantAv. Union. www.vangoghsearcafe.com. 908-810-1844. Ev Sun: 8pm $4 adm.

VAN VLECK HOUSE & GARDENS: 21 VanVleck St. Montclair. www.vanvleck.org. 973-744-4752. Jun 26: 1-3pm Richard ReiterSwing Band.

WASHINGTON PARK: Newark. 862-754-0986.Jun 22: 12-2pm free adm Richard ReiterSwing Band.

WATCHUNG ARTS CENTER: 18 Stirling Rd.Watchung. www.watchungarts.org. 908-753-0190. Jun 10: Jazz in the Gallery series featJerry Vezza w/Grover Kemble.

WATERSIDE: 7800 B River Rd. North Bergen.www.watersiderestaurantandcatering.com.201-861-0700. Ev Sun: 12-3pm Jazz Brunch.Jun 12: Lou Volpe Gp.

WHISKEY CAFÉ: 1050 Wall St. W Lyndhurst.www.whiskeycafe.com. 201-939-4889. $15adm/no min. Jun 12: 7-10pm James L.Dean Band feat Carrie Jackson.

WHOLE FOODS EDGEWATER: 905 River Rd.Edgewater. 201-941-4000. Free adm. Jun 15:Paul Abler/Helio Alves.

WHOLE FOODS VAUXHALL: 2245 Spring-field Av. Vauxhall. 908-688-1455. Ev Fri:6:30-9pm Lisa Hearns Duo.

WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY: 300Pompton Rd. Wayne. www.wpunj.edu. 973-720-2371.

WINE LOFT: 32 Laird St. Pier Village. LongBranch. thewineloftnjpier.com. 732-222-7770. Jun 16: 8:30pm-12:30am free admBossa Brasil®.

WOMEN’S CLUB: 164 Broad St. Red Bank.www.womansclubofredbank.org. 732-747-7425. Ev last Fri: $10 don Reckless SteamyNights series.

DEER HEAD INN: 5 Main St. Delaware WaterGap, PA. www.deerheadinn.com. 570-424-2000. Sets: Thurs 8-11pm, Fri&Sat 7-11pm,Sun 5-8pm. Adm varies. Ev Thurs: Jamw/Bill Goodwin & friends. Jun 3: MichaelCollins Qrt; 4: Nellie McKay; 5: EmilySatori/Jesse Green; 7: Dutot MuseumFundraiser feat Bill Goodwin & friends; 10:Erin McClelland Trio feat Justin Purtill; 11:Spatial Edition; 12: Heidi Breyer; 17: Go Triow/spec guest Jeannie Brooks; 18: WarrenVaché Trio; 19: Renee Rosnes Duo; 24: LaCuchina; 25: Marco Benevento Trio; 26:Marty Wilson Trio.

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2011 Festivals & Outdoor

Concerts GuideBy George Kanzler

JUNE 1-OCTOBER 14Bryant Park: bet 40th & 42nd Sts and 5th & 6th Aves,New York, NYInfo and Tickets: www.bryantpark.org/calendar, 212-768-4242. Mon-Fri: 12-1:45pm. Armen Donelian, Ayako Shirasaki,Dan Manjovi, Daryl Sherman, Dona Carter, Frank Owens,Issac ben Ayala, Joel Forrester, Jon Weber, JuniorMance, Kuni Mikami, Larry Ham, Luiz Simas, Roy Eaton,Russ Kassoff, Sue Maskaleris, Terry Waldo, ToddRobbins, Victor Lin, Yuka Aikawa.

Our pick: DARYL SHERMANFor years, Daryl Sherman entertained afternoons inthe lounge at the Waldorf-Astoria, ensconced on thepiano bench, aided only by her ten fingers, a micro-phone and an encyclopedic command of the AmericanSongbook - both jazz and pop volumes. From Ellingtonto Gershwin, Bob Dorough to Bob Dylan, Broadway toHollywood and 52nd Street, Sherman sings them allwith wit and panache, her petite ingénue soprano voicecapable of conveying surprising depth and nuance.Those years alone at the piano enabled her to hone herjazz skills, making her one of the few genuine jazz-cabaret singer-pianists of our era.

PIANO IN THE PARK

JUNE 1-30Beacon Theatre, BB King, Blue Note, Central Park,Highline Ballroom, JALC, Joe’s Pub, KatonahMuseum of Art, Lehman Center for the PerformingArts, Le Poisson Rouge, Mercury Lounge, Terminal 5,Town Hall, New York, NYInfo and Tickets: www.bluenotejazzfestival.com, 212-475-0049. Aaron Goldberg, Abby Dobson, Afuche, Al Kooper Organ-asm, Albita, Alice Smith, Aloe Blacc, Andrew D'Angelo,Animals, Annie Ross, Ben Williams, Bilal, Bill Frisell,Bobby McFerrin, Booker T, Bootsy Collins, Brian Wilson,Carlos Varela, Chaka Khan, Chris Botti, Chris Potter,Christian McBride, Conrad Herwig, Cowboy Mouth,Crisette Michele, Cypher, Dana Leong, Dave Brubeck,Dave Fiuczynski, Dave Holland, Dee Dee Bridgewater,Delbert McClinton, Dengue Fever, Diane Schuur, DuckDunn, Duncan Sheik, Eddie Floyd, Eddie Palmieri, ElGran Combo, Eric Burdon, Eric Krasno, FabulousThunderbirds, Francisco Mela, Frank Kimbrough, GaryBartz, Gary Peacock, Gary US Bonds, Gato Barbieri,George Porter Jr. Runnin' Pardners, George Wein, GregSaunier, Gregory Porter, Harlem Gospel Choir, HarryAllen, Hiromi, Igmar Thomas, JC Hopkins Biggish Band,Jim Hall, Jimmy Scott, Joe Lovano, Joey Baron, JohnRobinson, John Scofield, Johnny Winter, Jon Hendricks,Jonathan Batiste, Jonny Lang, Judy Silvano, KathleenBattle, Kendra Ross, Kilimanjaro, Knights on Earth, LarryGraham, Lee Konitz, Lester Snell, Liberty Ellman, MacoBenevento, Madeleine Peyroux, Malika Zarra,Mamarazzi, Manhattan Transfer, Marc Ribot, Marcus

BLUE NOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL

DC JAZZ FESTIVAL

JUNE 1-13Washington, DC Info and Tickets: www.dcjazzfest.org, 202-232-3611.Akua Allrich, Allan Harris, Antonio Hart, Berklee WorldJazz Oct, Big Sam Williams, Bill Warrell, Bobby McFerrin,Brass-A-Holics, Carolyn Malachi, Claudia Acuña, CyrusChestnut, Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars, Donald Harrison Jr,Eddie Palmieri, Frédéric Yonnet, Heath Brothers, JamesAndrews, JD Allen, Jolley Brothers, Michael White, MikeFlaherty, Rebirth Brass Band, Roy Hargrove, TomasFujiwara, Will Rast Trio.

Our pick: JD ALLEN"Wasting notes is a waste of time," says tenor saxo-phonist J.D. Allen, who's emerged as a champion of thepared-down saxophone trio tradition forged by SonnyRollins in the 1950s. A Detroit native, now 38, who wasa prolific sideman in the Big Apple into the early2000s, Allen has achieved artistic focus with a winningformula of concise, often epigrammatic trio music,delivered in small, heady doses he calls "jukebox jazz."On his new Victory!, the third JD Allen Trio album forthe Sunnyside label, with bassist Gregory August anddrummer Rudy Royston, the exhilarating results com-bine jazz freedom with R&B immediacy.

JUNE 2-AUGUST 25Saint Peter’s Church: 619 Lexington Ave at 54th St,(Citicorp Bld), New York, NYInfo and Tickets: www.saintpeters.org, 212-935-2200.

JAZZ ON THE PLAZA

Strickland, Mark Rapp, Marvin Sewell, Maya Azucena,McCoy Tyner, Mental Notes, Meshell Ndegeocello, MiltonNascimento, Mo' Meta Blues I, Mulgrew Miller, NancyWilson, Nation Beat, Nikki Yanofsky, Nir Felder, Orgone,Patti Austin, Raydar Ellis, Robert Walter, Roberta Flack,Romain Collin, Ron Carter, Roomful of Blues, Roy Ayers,Russell Malone, Savion Glover, Simon Phillips, Smoota,Spokinn Movement, Spontaneous Construction, SteveCropper, Suite Unraveling, Tom Harrell, Travis SullivanBjorkestra, Vinicius Cantuaria, Vinx, Yellowjackets,Youssou N'Dour.

Our pick: DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER Very few jazz vocalists have had as varied or storied acareer as Dee Dee Bridgewater, who's gone from singerwith the original (Thad Jones-Mel Lewis) VanguardJazz Orchestra to Tony Award-winning Broadway starof the "The Wiz" to the toast of Paris, where she settledfor years. And now she's back in the USA, hostingNPR's Jazz Set on radio and carrying on in the great,classic jazz vocal tradition of Billie, Sarah and Ella. Ascreatively adventurous as she is stylish, Bridgewaterhas applied her sultry, ebony-toned voice to material asdiverse as Ellingtonia, African numbers and HoraceSilver's songbook.


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JUNE 3-12Burlington, VT Info and Tickets: www.discoverjazz.com, 802-863-7992. Béla Fleck and the Original Flecktones, Bitches BrewRevisited, Catherine Russell, Herbie Hancock, JayClayton, JD Allen, Les Doigts de L'Homme, Long TrailLive, Matt Schofield, Myra Melford, Onion River JazzBand, Poncho Sanchez, Ray Vega, Roberta Gambarini,Roy Hargrove, Sheila Jordan, Toubab Krewe.

Our pick: ROBERTA GAMBARINIThese days, we're awash in a plethora of female jazzvocalists, many of them American, who are well under50, an age most of our classic jazz singers have morethan attained. But Roberta Gambarini, who came herefrom her native Italy in the late 1990s, may be the mosttalented of them all. Just listen to her version of TaddDameron's "If You Could See Me Now" with the DizzyGillespie All-Star Big Band. It almost makes you forgetSarah Vaughan's indelible take. Gambarini has revi-talized the classic jazz vocal tradition of Sarah andElla, while also mastering vocalese beyond Annie Ross.James Moody was an enthusiastic booster. That HankJones both recorded and toured with her says it all.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL

JUNE 4-JULY 8 Brooklyn, NY Info and Tickets: www.heartofbrooklyn.org,www.wbgo.org/brooklyn.Felix Hernandez Rhythm Revue, Harlem Blues & JazzBand, Matt Mustieri, Samba New York, Tia Fuller, WinardHarper.

Our pick: WINARD HARPERFollowing in the exemplary tradition of Art Blakey andMax Roach, drummer Winard Harper has functionedas a spark plug in any group he's been part of, as wellas a band leader with a nose for talent - plus the abili-ty to develop it in his sidemen. And like Blakey andRoach, he has an omnivorous taste for polyrhythms inall their varieties. Like them, he's delved into Africaand incorporated percussion instruments from thatcontinent into his drum kit. Seeing and hearing himmove effortlessly from snare, toms and cymbals to achain of small hollow logs and back again, all withoutlosing a beat, is what time is all about.

JAZZ: BROOKLYN’S BEAT

Ev Thurs: 12:30-1:45pm. Akiko Tsuruga, Alex Brown, AnatCohen, Cameron Brown, Don Byron, Jonathan Batiste,Mike Moreno, Rufus Reid, Sachal Vasandani, ShaneEndsley, Sheila Jordan, Steve Wilson, US Army Band,Vincent Gardner.

Our pick: RUFUS REIDThe enthusiastic smile on his face, while holding hisbass, on the cover portrait of his new album, Hues of aDifferent Blue (Motema) by his Out Front group, is anaccurate reflection of the veteran jazzman's approachto his art. During the final two decades of the last cen-tury, the multi-tasking Reid co-headed the prestigiousjazz studies program at William Paterson University inNew Jersey while also managing to tour and gig with awho's who of jazz greats - from Dexter Gordon and J.J.Johnson to Dizzy Gillespie. Since retiring as an aca-demic, he's added composing and arranging to his pur-suits, while still playing top-flight bass.

JUNE 5-11Abrons Arts Center, Campos Plaza Playground,

VISION FESTIVAL

Our pick: JOHN TCHICAIFew legendary pioneers of the avant-garde free jazzmovement begun in the middle of the 20th Century arestill on the scene, but saxophonist John Tchicai, now75, is one. The son of a Danish mother and Congolesefather, Tchicai was already active in the Europeanavant garde when he met Archie Shepp. By 1965, hewas appearing, playing alto, on John Coltrane'sAscension album. He also worked with OrnetteColeman alumnus Don Cherry. He began favoringtenor over alto in the 1980s, developing his own big,burly sound. Here, he'll be presenting "Tchicai'sAscension Unending: In the Footsteps of JohnColtrane" with a sextet.

Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY Info and Tickets: www.visionfestival.org, 212-254-5420.25 O'Clock, Action Theory, Afrazz, Amir ElSaffarWith/Between, Billy Bang Tribute Band, Blood Trio, BobMarshall, Connie Crothers, Dawn of Midi, Dick GriffinString Qrt, Evan Parker, Fay Victor, Francois Tusques,Gerald Cleaver Campos Youth, Geraldine Eguiluz, HenryGrimes, Jackson Krall Secret Music Society, Jean CarlaRodea, Jen Shyu, John Tchicai, Jonathan FinlaysonSicilian Defense, Josh Roseman Water Surgeons, KiddJordan, Kyoko Kitamura, Marc Ribot, Matthew Shipp,Michaël Attias Spun Tree Qrt, Mystery Collective,Paradoxical Frog, Peter Brötzmann, Pied Cow, PlanetaryUnkown, Pulverize the Sound, Raging Waters, RedSands, Remi Alvarez, Reut Regev R*Time SpecialEdition, Shaman Project Excerpt, Sonny Simmons,Stephanie Richards WATERcolor, Stephen Haynes &Parrhesia, Tchicai Ascension Unending, Ted DanielInternational Brass Membrane Society, The Group,Tomas Fujiwara & Hook Up, Tomasz Stanko, Tony MalabyTamarindo Trio.

JUNE 10-18Rochester, NYInfo and Tickets: www.rochesterjazz.com, 585-454-2060. 38 Special, Alan Benzie, Alison Burns, AndrewMcCormack, Andy Stobie, Antonio Ciacca, ArildAndersen, Babik, Béla Fleck & Flecktones, Ben Allison 3,Bill Charlap, Bill Frisell, Bill Kirchen, Bill Tiberio,Bishop/McLeod, Black 47, Blues Caravan, Bob Sneider,Bonerama, Brienn Perry, Calle Uno, Cedar Walton,Champian Fulton, Chris Beard, Chris Botti, Colin Cannon,Curtis Stigers, Dan Schmitt, Dave Rivello, Dave Young,Davell Crawford, Dawn Thomson, Denada, Eilen Jewell,Elizabeth Cook, Elvis Costello, Emilie-Claire Barlow, FabFaux, Filthy Funk, Fraser Fyfield, G Love, Gap Mangione,

ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

Our pick: RON SUNSHINEIf you've been watching "Treme," the HBO series aboutpost-Katrina New Orleans, you would recognize the all-embracing, eclectic spirit of Ron Sunshine's band,which hails from that equally rich melting pot of musi-cal styles, The Big Apple. Singer and harmonicat RonSunshine bills his group as "Jazz, Blues and FunkyR&B," an updated approach to the swing, jump bluesand standards of the 30s, 40s and 50s. Key componentsof Sunshine's new take on older styles are the full-boretenor sax sound of Craig Dreyer and the keyboards ofyoung jazzman Rick Germanson.

JUNE 23 AND AUGUST 27Long Branch, Middletown, NJInfo and Tickets: www.jerseyshorefestival.org, 732-933-1984. Andy Rothstein, Bluesblazers, Cobra Brothers, ColtsNeck Swing Band, Gary Cavico, Gina Fox, Jonny B,Kimon, Lionel Young Band, Mike Barris, Nine Below Zero,NY Blues Project, Prophets, Ron Sunshine Orch.

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JUNE 11-JULY 16New York, NYInfo and Tickets: www.summerstage.org, 212-360-2777. AlasNoAxis, Hugh Masekela, King Froopy All-Stars,Medeski Martin & Wood, Roy Ayers, Vijay Iyer.

Our pick: VIJAY IYERWith a resumé that includes a Yale science degree atage 20 and a Ph.D. from UC-Berkeley, to call pianistVijay Iyer a superior intellect would not be a stretch.Intelligence illuminates his work, too, especially hisacclaimed 2010 CD, Solo (ACT), on which he reimag-ines the tunes of Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk,as well as playing originals. A (Southeast Asian)Indian-American, Iyer also probes his cultural heritagein the trio CD Tithra (ACT), featuring Indian musi-cians playing tabla and Carnatic guitar. AtSummerstage, Iyer's music will accompany ArmitageGone! Dance Co. He also debuts his New Sextet atBattery Park on June 23.

SUMMERSTAGE

Dixieland bands during his 20s), Peplowski is a wide-ranging mainstream stylist as adept at interpretingThelonious Monk (check out his work with guitaristHoward Alden) as Duke Ellington. In fact, his albumGrenadilla (named for the wood that clarinets are fash-ioned from) is a completist compendium of jazz clar-inet, with contributions from both Kenny Davern andMarty Ehrlich.

Our pick: KEN PEPLOWSKINot many clarinetists can say they played in BennyGoodman's band, but Ken Peplowski did - on tenor sax- when Goodman nominally took over LorenSchoenberg's big band in 1985. Sometimes unfairlypigeonholed as a trad jazz musician (he did work in

JUNE 11College of St. Elizabeth: Morristown, NJInfo and Tickets: www.njjs.org, 800-303-NJJS.12-9pm: Allan Harris, Ellington Legacy Band, Harry Allen,Jay Leonhart, Jazz Lobsters Big Band, Ken Peplowski,Phillip Harper, Winard Harper.

NEW JERSEY JAZZ SOCIETY JAZZFEST

JUNE 12-18Urban Meadow: President St, Red Hook/CarrollGardens, Brooklyn, NY Info and Tickets: urbanmeadowbrooklyn.blogspot.com. 1-6pm: Andrea Wolper, Famous Original Djuke MusicPlayers, Ingrid Laubrock, Jeff Davis, Jeff Newell NewTrad, Josh Sinton Holus-Bolus, Marco Capelli Project,Matt Blostein, On Ka'a Davis, Renku, Stephane WrembelDjango Experiment, Vinnie Sperrazza, Wee Trio.

RED HOOK JAZZ FESTIVAL

Our pick: WEE TRIOWhile the lineup suggests chamber jazz, given JamesWestfall's vibes, Dan Loomis' acoustic bass and JaredSchonig's trap drums set, the Wee Trio is no pared-down update of the Modern Jazz Quartet. While theMJQ often based its work on European classical mod-els like Bach for inspiration, the Wee Trio is more like-ly to draw on the late punk rocker Kurt Cobain forideas. In that respect, it's closer to another "acoustic"trio, the piano-bass-drums Bad Plus than to the jazzvibes tradition. The Wee guys take from their rockbackgrounds and memories, then transform theirmaterial utilizing some extraordinary jazz chops.

JUNE 15-AUGUST 25Dobbs Ferry, Sleepy Hollow, Stamford, Tarrytown,Yonkers, NY Info and Tickets: www.jazzforumarts.org, 914-631-1000.Lineup TBA at press time

JAZZ FORUM ARTS

JUNE 17-19 Harrisburg, PAInfo and Tickets: www.cpfj.org, 717-540-1010. Lineup TBA at press time

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FRIENDS OFJAZZ JAZZ FESTIVAL

Gary Versace, Grace Kelly, Graeme Stephen, GreaterFinger Lakes Jazz Orch, Greg Burk, Hadden Sayers,Harold Danko, Huw Warren, Imposters, In The Country,Jason Yarde, Jay Clayton, Jazz Passengers, Jim Hall,Joe Magnarelli, John Escreet, Jon Ballantyne, Jon Seiger,Jonas Kullhammar, Jovino Santos Neto, k.d. lang, KatieErnst, Kenny Barron, Kevin Eubanks, Lawnmowers, LesDoigts De L, Lew Tabackin, Lucky Peterson, ManyWorlds, Marcus Strickland, Mark Murphy, Martin Taylor,Matt Wilson, Mika Pohjola, Mingo Fishtrap, MirkoGuerrini, Mystiqueros, Budos, Natalie Cole, New EnergyBig Band, New Horizons, Nikolaj Hess Global Motion,Ounaskari-Mikkonen-Jorgensen, Pat LaBarbera, PaulaGardiner, Pee Wee Ellis, Phronesis, Po Boys Brass Band,Professor Louie & Crowmatix, Regina Carter, Rick Braun,Rick Holland, Roberto Occhipinti, Rodriguez Brothers,Ronnie Scotts All Stars, Ryan Shaw, Shadows, SheilaJordan, Shuffle Demons, Sinne Eeg, Siss Boom Bang,Smugtown Stompers, Soul Stew, Southside Johnny &Asbury Jukes, Soweto Kinch, Spampinato Brothers,Special Sauce, Stephane Wrembel, Tia Fuller, TintedImage, Tonbruket, Trio of OZ, Triodes, Trombone Shorty,Tussey Mountain Moonshiners, Vince Ercolamento, VitaleBrothers, Walt Wilkins, Whitey Morgan, Zoe Muth.

Our pick: MARTIN TAYLORAn Englishman who now splits his time betweenScotland and California (where he runs his own guitaracademy), Taylor became known internationally dur-ing his decade-plus stint with violinist StephaneGrappelli, where he honed the Django Reinhardt sideof his finger-picking style. But Taylor is much morethan a Django admirer; he ranges far and wide withinthe basic acoustic/amplified guitar style he prefers.He's also entertainingly charismatic as a performer,bringing the virtuosity of pianists like Art Tatum andBud Powell to the guitar. At this festival, he'll be shar-ing the stage with Scottish jazz singer Alison Burns.

JUNE 17-19Philadelphia, PAInfo and Tickets: www.westoaklanefestival.com, 877-WOL-JAZZ.3D Ritmo De Vida, 3rio, Abstract Truth, Adam Faulk, AlexEvans, Andy Aaron, Bootsie Barnes, Carl Grubbs, ChakaKhan, Chrisette Michele, Christian McBride, Crystal J.Torres, Daud El-Bakara, David Joel, Eddie Palmieri, Fred& Tonya, Freddie Jackson, George Barron, GeorgieBonds, Gerald Veasley, Gregory Porter, Howard Hewett,Jafar Baron, Jeffrey Osborne, Joanna Gardner, KennyGates, LXG, Lynn Riley, Men of Soul, Mi'cal Beckham,Michael Ray, Mike Boone, Monkadelphia, Peabo Bryson,Philadelphia Freedom Jazz Orch, Philadelphia JazzHeritage, Philly Cats, Plan B, Richard Waller, RodneyMack Philly Bigband, Roy Ayers, Sherry Butler, Tamika

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Patton, TC III, Tia Fuller, Timi Tanzania, Tony "Stickman"Wyatt, Urban Guerrilla Orch, Val Ray.

Our pick: EDDIE PALMERIPianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri won his firstGrammy - actually the first one ever for Best LatinRecording - in 1974 for The Sun of Latin Music and hislatest, for Best Latin Jazz Recording, for Simpatico:The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project, in 2006. Inbetween, Palmieri created his own fusion of salsa, Afro-Latin and jazz while attacking the piano with the verveof an Art Tatum, the abandon of a Cecil Taylor and thequirky harmonic sense of a Thelonious Monk. For awhile, Palmieri seemed enamored with the electric key-board, but he's returned lately to the grand piano.Always fiery and unpredictable, he exemplifies the"sound of surprise."

JUNE 18-AUGUST 20Louis Armstrong House Museum: 34-56 107th St,Corona, NY Info and Tickets: www.louisarmstronghouse.org, 718-478-8274.2pm: Babysoda, Bria Skonberg, Gordon Au.

HOT JAZZ/COOL GARDEN CONCERT SERIES

Our pick: BRIA SKONBERGA member of trad jazz's youth corps, the still 20-some-thing Bria Skonberg isn't your typical Dixieland musi-cian. For one thing, she hails from Chilliwack, BritishColumbia (no, not Scandinavia) although she doesresemble the blonde in ABBA more than your usualjazz trumpeter. For the last decade, Skonberg has beena star fixture on the trad jazz festival circuit, leadingher own bands, playing with Mighty Aphrodite (an all-female Dixieland band she co-founded) or appearing asa solo trumpeter and singer in the Satchmo style, morein the tradition of the girl band singers of the SwingEra.

Our pick: BOB SEELEYJazz traditions never really die; if you know where tofind them, they don't even fade away. Bob Seeley, nowan octogenarian, is undoubtedly the dean of a jazz stylethat flourished over 70 years ago: boogie-woogie piano.A Detroit native, Seeley became enraptured by MeadeLux Lewis, the great boogie-woogie pianist, andbefriended him in the 1940s. Though Seeley is indemand at international boogie-woogie festivals, he'sdefinitely no one-trick pony. He not only carries onLewis's legacy, but is also adept at a wide range ofearly jazz piano styles, from ragtime and stride toswing, and enjoyed friendships over the decades withboth Eubie Blake and Art Tatum.

JUNE 24-26Essex, CTInfo and Tickets: www.hotsteamedjazz.com, 800-348-0003.Ben Mauger Vintage Jazz Band, Bob Seeley, DanLevinson, Firecracker Jazz Band, Funky Butt Jazz Band,Galvanized Jazz Band, Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band,Jane Campedelli, Jazz Jester Novelty Orch, Jon Seiger,Riverboat Ramblers, Wolverine Jazz Band.

HOT STEAMED JAZZ FESTIVAL

JUNE 23-26Kenny’s Castaways, Le Poisson Rouge, Sullivan Hall,New York, NY; Bell House, Cameo, Cross Fit, CubanaSocial, Homage Skate, Littlefield, Public Assembly,Brooklyn, NY Info and Tickets: www.undeadjazzfest.com.

NYC UNDEAD JAZZFEST

Our pick: ANDREW D’ANGELOAn astringent-toned alto saxophonist who can swoop,wail and glide like a disciple of Eric Dolphy, but with aswing or R&B musician's sense of how to connect andentertain, Andrew D'Angelo was a key member ofdrummer Matt Wilson's Quartet, on both alto and hisvery distinctive bass clarinet. A part of theEither/Orchestra in its early years, D'Angelo, havingrecovered from brain surgery this year, celebrated inMarch by unveiling his own big band, with Wilsonreturning the favor on drums. The band received ravereviews for D'Angelo's idiosyncratic, prickly tunes andarrangements, and he'll lead it at this event.

JUNE 24-25Syracuse, NYInfo and Tickets: www.syracusejazzfest.com, 800-234-4797. Al Chez, Average White Band, Brothers of Funk Big Band,Felix Cavaliere Rascals, Return To Forever IV, RobertCray Band, Sheryl Bailey, Vic Juris.

Our pick: SHERYL BAILEYA guitarist who maintains a full schedule of performingand teaching (Berklee College of Music, authorship ofguitar technique books), Sheryl Bailey comes out of theWes Montgomery tradition, achieving a similarly richtone and lyrical approach. However, she favors long,angular lines, like Pat Martino's, more thanMontgomery's chordal approach. She displays severaldifferent facets of her playing on her most recent CDs.Last year's A New Promise (MCG) is a tribute to thelate Emily Remler with a big band, while 2011's For AllThose Living (Pure Music) features the Sheryl Bailey 4with underrated pianist Jim Ridl. At this fest, she'llduet with guitarist Vic Juris.

SYRACUSE JAZZ FESTIVAL

Adorables, Alan Licht, Brian Chase, Andrew D'Angelo,Anthony Coleman, Aperiodic, Ari Hoenig, Bizingas, BobbyPrevite, Bradaughters, Briggan Krauss H Alpha, CeramicDog, Ches Smith, Clark Gayton, Darius Jones, Dave KingTrucking Company, David Fiuczynski, David S. Ware,David Torn, Dean Bowman, Doomsayer, Elliott Sharp,Erik Friedlander, Gerald Clayton, Harris Eisenstedt, JamieSaft, Jeff Lederer, Escreet/Binney/Krantz/Gilmore, JohnIrabagon, Kris Davis, Logan Richardson, Marc Ribot,Marika Hughes, Matt Wilson, Mike Pride, Min Xiao Fen,Mountains, Rashanim, Satoko Fuji, Starlicker, SylvieCourvoisier, Mark Feldman, Tar Baby, UB313, ZeenaParkins.

JUNE 19-26Rodney Sq, Wilmington, DE Info and Tickets: www.cliffordbrownjazzfest.com,302-576-3095. Avery Sharpe, Captain Black Big Band, Christian Scott,David Sanchez, Junior Mance, Manifest 3, Ronny JordanFull Band, Rene Marie, Rufus Reid Qnt, Soul of Summer,Stefon Harris, Take 6, Tizer.

Our pick: STEFON HARRISAn adventuresome vibes and marimba player whoseown albums have ranged from reinterpretations of less-er known Ellingtonia to his hip-hop influenced quintetBlackout, Stefon Harris is also a participant in specialprojects, most recently with the San Francisco JazzCollective. Here he'll be part of a new project that hasalready spawned a CD and future film documentary:Ninety Miles (Concord). Along with saxophonist DavidSanchez and trumpeter Christian Scott, Harris record-ed the project in Havana with two different Cubanrhythm sections. They'll be bringing the music fromthat album, which promises to be one of this year'sbest, to life at this festival.

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JUNE 27-JULY 16Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park: West 62nd St, NewYork, NYInfo and Tickets: www.midsummernightswing.org,212-721-6500.Billy Harper, Caravan Palace, Harlem Renaissance Orch,Hilary Alexander, Hot Club of Cowtown, Jonathan StoutOrch, Palmetto Bug Stompers, Swingtime Big Band.

Our pick: BILLY HARPER Once you've heard tenor saxophonist Billy Harper solo,you'll never forget him. He doesn't so much play as tes-tify, pushing out notes and galvanizing cries in a big,bruising tone and timbre that's in the same richnessorbit as Sonny Rollins. Harper's was the fervid tenorsax voice of Gil Evans' longtime Sweet Basil New Yorkbig band and, more recently, a key soloist in CharlesTolliver's large ensemble. These days, he's part of thatbrawny sextet/septet of veteran hard boppers known asThe Cookers. But at this series catering to dancers,he'll be guest soloist with the Harlem RenaissanceOrchestra. Expect him to conjure up the spirit of swingtenors like Ben Webster and Herschel Evans.

MIDSUMMER NIGHT SWING

JUNE 30-JULY 28Newark Museum: 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ Info and Tickets: www.newarkmuseum.org, 973-596-6550. Ev Thurs: 12:15-1:45pm. Cecil Brooks III, Cookers, DafnisPrieto, Gregory Porter, Helen Sung, Willie Jones III.

Our pick: WILLIE JONES IIIAlthough he's a member of the Young Lions generationof straightahead jazz musicians who came of agetoward the end of the last century, drummer Jones'musical roots lie in hard swinging bebop and hard bop.An early teacher was Albert "Tootie" Heath of theHeath Brothers; and one of his first jobs that made abig impression was with vibist Milt Jackson, to whomswinging was as natural as breathing. Jones acquiredsome Afro-Latin versatility playing with ArturoSandoval, and was later a key member of RoyHargrove's bands for almost a decade. He'll bring aquartet to this series, where he's one of three drum-mer-leaders being featured.

JAZZ IN THE GARDEN

JULY 6-13 Madison Sq: bet 23rd & 26th Sts and Fifth & MadisonAves, New York, NYInfo and Tickets: www.madisonsquarepark.org, 212-538-1884.Andrea Tierra, Christian McBride, Edmar Castaneda,Lionel Loueke.

MADISON SQUARE MUSIC

JULY 10Plainfield Township, PA Info and Tickets: www.pajazzsociety.org, 610-625-4640. Jon-Erik Kello, Randy Sandke.

PENNSYLVANIA JAZZ SOCIETY JAZZFEST

Our pick: CHRISTIAN MCBRIDEHe's collaborated with Queen Latifah, played in Sting'sband and boasts a discography as extensive as that ofany bassist in jazz; yet Christian McBride won't hit 40until next year. He was still a teenager when he firstburst onto the jazz scene, managing to record or tourwith a who's who - from Herbie Hancock and ChickCorea to Pat Metheney and Diana Krall. He also playsfunky electric bass, inspired by another of his heroes,soul man James Brown. He'll probably pull out thatelectric instrument for at least one number at this gigwith his quintet Inside Straight, which also featurespianist Eric Reed, vibist Warren Wolf, saxophonistSteve Wilson and drummer Carl Allen.

Our pick: DAVID BINNEYA fixture on the New York jazz scene for three decades,alto saxophonist David Binney remains an adventur-ous musician who defies easy categorization, playing inmany musical camps, but always with his own, distinc-tive sound: a coruscating tone applied to solos that risein dramatic and dynamic arcs. As a composer-leader,Binney has written ambitious pieces for larger ensem-bles that point to new directions. But at this festival,he'll be leading the quartet he has been bringing intothe 55 Bar in Greenwich Village for years: keyboardistJacob Sacks, bassist Thomas Morgan and drummerDan Weiss.

JULY 6-AUGUST 31Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Mt. Vernon, Queens, NY Info and Tickets: www.jazzmobile.org, 212-866-3616. Arturo O'Farrill, Brianna Thomas, Cynthia Scott, DannyMixon, Dion Parson, George Gee Swing Orch, Geri Allen,Gregory Generet, Houston Person, Jimmy Heath,Jonathan Batiste, Nat Adderly Jr., Pete McGuiness, RayMantilla, Winard Harper, Wycliffe Gordon, Yosvany Terry.

Our pick: RAY MANTILLA It's no surprise that Ray Mantilla is known as "TheComplete Percussionist." Born in the Bronx in 1934,Mantilla first gained notice on the jazz scene on congaswith Herbie Mann in 1960. But Mantilla also plays ahost of other percussion instruments, including tim-bales, trap set and bongos. He was a charter member ofMax Roach's M'Boom percussion group and has workedas often with jazz musicians (ranging from RandyWeston and Muhal Richard Abrams to Billy Taylor andMose Allison) as in salsa or Afro-Cuban bands.Although his ensembles and recordings feature loads ofjazz musicians, he prefers to call his output "Latin jazzwith authentic Latino rhythms."

JAZZMOBILE SUMMERFEST

Our pick: JON-ERIK KELLOIn the trad jazz and neo-swing circles where trum-peter-cornetist Jon-Erik Kellso usually plies his trade(Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, the Gully Low JazzBand), he's known for his lyrical and melodic bent, as aplayer who sings on and tells stories with his horn. It'snot surprising that he recorded a couple of albums withthat supreme lyricist of the instrument, the late RubyBraff. Kellso has one of the most unique, and long-run-ning gigs in the Big Apple, as he and guitarist MattMunesteri are the core of the Ear Regulars at the EarInn on West Spring Street every Sunday evening. Atthis Keystone State event, Kellso will lead his Bixtet.

JUNE 25-26Saratoga Springs, NYInfo and Tickets: www.spac.org, 518-587-3330. 12pm: Angelique Kidjo, Bad Plus, Ben Allison, BrianMitchell, David Binney, Dee Dee Bridgewater, DianneReeves, Donald Harrison Jr, Eliane Elias, George Wein &Newport All Stars, Hilary Kole, Jack DeJohnette, LionelLouke, Lizz Wright, Marcus Strickland, Matt Slocum,Michael McDonald, Pedrito Martinez, Rebecca CoupeFranks, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Rudy Royston, SharonJones & Dap Kings, Steve Cardenas, Tia Fuller.

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Our pick: AARON WEINSTEINWhen Weinstein released his first recording at age 19,veteran jazz critic Nat Hentoff heralded it as marking"the rebirth of hot jazz violin." Now Aaron, currently inhis mid-20s, is a star on the neo-swing circuit. He'salready been playing with that paragon of swingrhythm guitar, Bucky Pizzarelli for a decade. OnBucky's latest album, Back in the Saddle Again (Arbors Records), Weinstein slips right into a BobWills/Western Swing groove. In high school, the preco-cious jazz violinist led a Stephane Grappelli tributetrio. At the Swing! Swing! Swing! concert in this series,Weinstein will be the junior member of an octet led byBucky.

called Cobb's Mob. The "So What" Band featuresJeremy Pelt or Eddie Henderson, trumpet; JavonJackson, tenor sax, and Vincent Herring, alto sax.

JULY 30Sheraton Four Points Hotel: 275 Research Pkwy,Meriden, CT Info and Tickets: www.greatctjazz.org, 800-468-3836.Galvanized Jazz Band, Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band,Midiri Brothers.

GREAT CONNECTICUT TRADITIONALJAZZ FESTIVAL

AUGUST 5-7Katonah, NY Info and Tickets: www.caramoor.org/festival/jazz,866-993-9908.Christian McBride Big Band, Edmar Castaneda, FredHersch, James Farm, Jason Moran, John Scofield, JuanCarlos Formell, Lucky Peterson, Nico Gori, ReneeRosnes, Robert Glasper.

CARAMOOR JAZZ FESTIVAL

Our pick: MIDIRI BROTHERSIf Joe and Paul Midiri feel a kinship to another pair ofsiblings in jazz history, it must be to Jimmy andTommy Dorsey. The Midiris came of age in New Jersey,next to the Dorsey's home state of Pennsylvania, butover a half century later. As neo-swing musicians, theyplay the same style of jazz as the Dorseys did. JoeMidiri, like Jimmy Dorsey, is a clarinetist and saxo-phonist, while Paul Midiri plays trombone, like TommyDorsey, although his principal instruments are themallet ones, i.e., vibes, xylophone, marimba. As aresult, the Midiri Brothers Sextet at this fest shouldconjure memories of Benny Goodman's sextets withLionel Hampton.

Our pick: EDMAR CASTANEDAThe harp has played a rather peripheral role in jazzhistory until now. But that may be changing with theemergence of Edmar Castaneda. Unlike earlier jazzharpists, Castaneda plays el arpa llanera, a smaller,wooden Columbian folk instrument. What's more, heplays it with such virtuosity that he has made it aviable jazz instrument, much as Charlie Christian didwith the electric guitar. Castaneda cross-fertilizes hissophisticated jazz improvising and harmonic sensewith the swirling cadences of his native Columbian folkmusic. His quartet here also mixes musical traditions,given the presence of Columbian singer Andrea Tierraand jazz trombonist Marshall Gilkes.

AUGUST 5-7Kent School: Kent, CTInfo and Tickets: www.litchfieldjazzfest.com, 860-361-6285. Albert Rivera, Bronx Horns, Champian Fulton, ClaytonBrothers, Davell Crawford, Dena DeRose, Dr. LonnieSmith, Jimmy Heath, Joe Lovano, Matt Wilson, RoyHaynes Fountain of Youth Band, Trombone Shorty &Orleans Avenue, Vijay Iyer.

Our pick: JIMMY HEATHThe middle member of a trio of jazz siblings thatincluded drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath and the latebassist Percy Heath, tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heathformed a local big band, modeled after Dizzy Gillespie'sseminal bebop orchestra, in Philadelphia when he wasjust twenty. In 1949, Heath became a member of thatsame orchestra. An accomplished composer-arranger("Gemini," "Gingerbread Boy") as well as quintessen-

LITCHFIELD JAZZ FESTIVAL

Bushnell Park: Hartford, CTInfo and Tickets: www.hartfordjazz.com, 860-727-0050.Lineup TBA at press time

JULY 18-2892nd Street Y: 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY Info and Tickets: www.92Y.org/jazz, 212-415-5500.Aaron Weinstein, Bill Charlap, Bill Mays, Bruce Barth,Bucky Pizzarelli, Chris Brubeck, Dave Stryker, Dick Oatts,Eric Alexander, Gary Smulyan, Grant Stewart, HarryAllen, Houston Person, Jeremy Pelt, Jimmy Greene, JoeLocke, Jon Gordon, Ken Peplowski, Kenny Barron,Marilyn Maye, Mary Stallings, Phil Woods, RandyBrecker, Renee Rosnes, Sachal Vasandani, SandyStewart, Scott Wendholt, Steve Wilson, Ted Rosenthal.

JAZZ IN JULY SUMMER FESTIVAL

JULY 29-AUGUST 6Belleayre Mountain: Highmount, NY Info and Tickets: www.belleayremusic.org, 800-942-6904. 8pm: Global Noize, Jimmy Cobb, KJ Denhert, RaviColtrane.

CATSKILL MOUNTAIN JAZZ SERIES

Our pick: JIMMY COBBThe drummer and last surviving member of the bandon jazz's best-selling album, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue,Jimmy Cobb, now 82, is revisiting that iconic disc witha band custom-made for festivals ("no club bookings"says his web page). A quintessential, push-the-beathard bop drummer, Cobb worked extensively withCannonball Adderley (following him into Miles'Sextet), Wes Montgomery and Wynton Kelly, and hasremained active ever since, also leading a quartet

Our pick: WARREN VACHÉA working jazz musician nearly all his life, WarrenVaché is a cornetist. He plays that member of thebrass family, he says, only partly tongue-in-cheek,because he's "lazy," and because since the cornet liesbetween the trumpet and flugelhorn in tone, he onlyhas to carry a single horn to gigs. Vaché studied withChicago jazz trumpeter Pee Wee Erwin, toured with -and was given breathing lessons by - Benny Goodmanand is often heard in trad/swing settings. But he resistscategorization. His own favorite recording is one hemade with a string section, and his last one - a quintetwith trombonist John Allred - assays the bebop reper-toire.

JULY 22-23Bellefonte, PA Info and Tickets: www.jazzpa.com, 888-221-6670.Dennis Mackrel, Jay Anderson, Russ Kassoff, WarrenVaché, Zeropoint Big Band.

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Our pick: AMBROSE AKINMUSIRETrumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire's Blue Note labeldebut, When the Heart Emerges Glistening, has beenwidely heralded, and for once all the hype is justified.Akinmusire is a refreshingly different kind of player,one who avoids all the familiar tropes and strategiesassociated with the trumpet. But rather than justbeing melodically and harmonically fresh, he manipu-lates attack, tone and timbre more impressively thanany current trumpeter - and without benefit of mutes.His working quintet - with tenor saxophonist WalterSmith III, a fully empathetic in-synch, partner - mesh-es to create fully realized music.

Our pick: MARK EGANAn early adapter of the electric bass guitar in jazz,Mark Egan studied with the pioneering electric bassistJaco Pastorius during the 1970s, was a co-leader of thefusion group Elements in the 1980s, and has alsoplayed in groups led by Pat Metheny, saxophonist BillEvans and singer Michael Franks. He's been an inno-vator in electric bass guitar design, as well as a com-poser of film and video scores. At this festival, whichskews toward contemporary electric and smooth jazz,he'll play in guitarist Jeff Ciampa's quartet, along withmulti-reedman Billy Drewes and drummer JeffRosenblatt.

AUGUST 18-21Warwick, NY Info and Tickets: www.warwickvalleyjazzfest.com,917-903-4380.Billy Drewes, Chris Persad, Gabriele Tranchina, JeffCiampa, Joel Rosenblatt, Mark Egan, NY SwingExchange, Rick Savage 4tet, Skye Jazz.

WARWICK VALLEY JAZZ FESTIVAL

AUGUST 27-28Marcus Garvey Park: 122nd St, Tompkins Sq Park:331E 10th St, New York, NYInfo and Tickets: www.cityparksfoundation.org, 212-360-1399.Archie Shepp, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Gerald Clayton,James Carter, Madeleine Peyroux, Tia Fuller, TootsThielemans.

CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL

SEPTEMBER 2-4

Lenox, MA Info and Tickets: www.tanglewoodjazzfestival.com,888-266-1200. Angelique Kidjo, Coast to Coast Spt, Dianne Reeves,Federico Britos, Gunther Schuller, Jimmy Cobb, JohnSantos, Judy Carmichael, Lizz Wright, Mary Stallings,Michael Kaeshammer, Mingus Orch, Robin McKelle.

Our pick: MINGUS ORCHESTRA

Of the trio of ensembles Sue Mingus, widow of CharlesMingus, has assembled to carry on the music of thebassist-leader-composer, the least well-known is theMingus Orchestra. It's the one group dedicated more tothe compositions of Mingus than to interpretation ofhis works by improvising soloists. It also differs from atraditional big band in its instrumentation, whichincludes bassoon, bass clarinet, French horn and, forthis performance, Columbian harpist EdmarCastaneda. Gunther Schuller will conduct the orches-tra in four Mingus pieces he arranged for it: "Taurus,""Half-Mast Inhibitions," Noon Night" and "Chill ofDeath."

TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL

2011 Summer Jazz CelebrationFriday & Saturday, July 22-23, 2011

Bellefonte, PA

Warren Vaché

with:Russ KassoffJay Anderson

Dennis MackrelCatherine Dupuis

Plus local and regional artists, big bands and more

www.JazzPA.com888-221-6670

tial bop saxophonist, he's heard most often these daysin the Heath Brothers quartet. But he leads his bigband whenever there's an opportunity, as at this festi-val. And don't miss the artist talk session featuringHeath, Joe Lovano and Matt Wilson being held earlierthat same day.

AUGUST 5-7Newport, RI Info and Tickets: www.newportjazzfest.net. Al Di Meola World Sinfonia, Ambrose Akinmusire, AnatCohen, Angélique Kidjo, Apex, Avishai Cohen Triveni,Berklee College Of Music All Stars, Brubeck Brothers,Charles Lloyd, Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band,Esperanza Spalding, Grace Kelly, Hiromi, James Farm,Javier Limón, Joe Negri, Joey DeFrancesco, JohnHollenbeck Large Ens, Michael Feinstein, Michel Camilo,Miguel Zenón, Mingus Big Band, Mostly Other People Dothe Killing, New Black Eagle Jazz Band, Phil Woods,Randy Weston, Ravi Coltrane, Regina Carter, SteveColeman, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, WyntonMarsalis, Zakir Hussain.

NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL

heard on John Coltrane's mid-1960s Ascension album.During that same decade, Archie Shepp was himself aleader within the avant-garde free jazz movement, butone who believed the music had a politically activistrole to play, as demonstrated on his Fire Music, withits poem to Malcolm X. Since the 1960s, Shepp hasembraced more of the jazz tradition, tempering his freejazz impulses with forays into bebop, swing and (con-tinuing a penchant evident during his early years) afondness for playing ballads in a breathy, husky,caressing tone. He'll surely delve into Bird's book atthis event.

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THU-FRI JUNE 2-3

DON BYRON IVEY-DIVEY TRIOFEATURING GERI ALLEN - CHARLI PERSIP

SAT-SUN JUNE 4-5

DON BYRON NEWGOSPEL QUINTET

DK DYSON - XAVIER DAVIS - BRAD JONES - PHEEROAN AKLAFF

TUE-WED JUNE 7-8ADAM CRUZ & MILESTONECHRIS POTTER - MIGUEL ZENÓN [JUNE 7] - STEVE WILSON [JUNE 8]

STEVE CARDENAS - SCOTT COLLEY - EDWARD SIMON

TUE-SUN JUNE 16-19 7:30PM & 9:30PM ONLY

JAMES FARMJOSHUA REDMAN - AARON PARKS

MATT PENMAN - ERIC HARLAND

THU JUNE 9WARREN WOLF QUARTET

LAWRENCE FIELDS - KRIS FUNN - JOHN LAMKINFRI-SUN JUNE 10-12 (9:30PM & 11:30PM ON JUNE 10)

AARON GOLDBERGTRIO

WED JUNE 22PEDRO GIRAUDO ORCHESTRA

PLUS SPECIAL GUEST SOFIA TOSELLO

THU-WED JUNE 14-15ANDY BEY SOLO

TUE JUNE 21PHRONESIS

IVO NEAME - JASPER HØIBY - ANTON EGER

SUN JUNE 26HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA TRIO

FELIPE CABRERA - RUY ADRIAN LÓPEZ-NUSSATUE-WED JUNE 28-29

SACHAL VASANDANITHU-SUN JUNE 30-JULY 3

GERALD CLAYTON TRIOJOE SANDERS - JUSTIN BROWN

MON JUNE 13 & MON JUNE 27MINGUS BIG BAND



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