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By George Kanzler

10 Blackman cover photo by Chad Tasky.

WINNING SPINSIN THIS AGE OF THE MP3 AND THE

downloaded song, the album often sur-vives as little more than a compilation oftracks, neatly packaged for consumers as amarketing strategy. However, some musi-cians still have more ambitious reasons forcreating records. Case in point: the twoofferings comprising this Winning Spins.

Both CDs connect music to narrative,creating pieces that tell or suggest a storyapart from the music. For his release, AriHoenig contructs a long narrative arc anduses the tunes to reveal a connected story.On the other hand, Dominick Farinaccichooses songs that tell or suggest individ-ual tales, gathered together but independ-ent of each other.

Short Stories, Dominick Farinacci(Mack Avenue), finds the 30-somethingtrumpeter fashioning often sophisticated,elaborate versions of tunes culled from theworlds of pop, folk and jazz into distinctive,highly suggestive narrative arcs. The pro-ducer is famed pop music auteur TommyLiPuma who, like the trumpeter, is anative of Cleveland. The production issleek and lush, recalling the pristinesounds and urbane tastes of mid-20thCentury albums from the labels of CreedTaylor, whose CTI brand signaled jazzsophistication.

The rhythm section features not onlypianist Larry Goldings, often doubling onorgan, bassist Christian McBride anddrummer Steve Gadd, but often adds leg-endary session guitarist Dean Parks andpercussionist Jamey Haddad, with GilGoldstein playing accordion on four of theten tracks. Six tunes also add a string andwoodwind sextet, while two others featurevocals and electronic instruments fromJacob Collier.

A New Orleans R&B vibe infuses theopener, the Gypsy Kings' "Bamboleo,"Dominick paying tribute to his LouisArmstrong roots, especially in the stop-time breaks, surrounded by churningrhythm and full ensemble sections andechoed by Mark Mauldin's trombone (in itsonly appearance). Percussive shakes andrattles add to the south of the border flavorof Horace Silver's "Senor Blues," withmulti-vocals from Jacob Collier, and theleader's "Afternoon in Puebla" as well asDianne Reeves' "Tango." Arabic scales andthe muezzin-like vocals of Lebanese singerMike Massy highlight Dominick's "DohaBlues," inspired by his time in Qatar.

The most lyrical period of Miles Davis

and Gil Evans inspires a lush version ofTom Waits' "Soldier's Things," trumpetcaressed by the strings and woodwinds.Another outstanding ballad track is thestandard "Black Coffee," featuringDominick's one foray into plunger andmuted trumpet. Two songs are appropriat-ed from the pop charts: Cream's early rockhit, "Sunshine of Your Love," riding on theoriginal bass riff jazzily swung; and the2013 Grammy Record of the Year,"Somebody That I Used to Know," given anelectronic treatment and Beach Boys-likevocal harmonies by Jacob. Larry con-tributes the sly, tongue-in-cheek finale,"Parlour Song."

The Pauper & The Magician, AriHoenig (Lyte Records), finds the drum-mer's quintet creating a soundtrack for afantastical tale he wove for his children'sbedtime story about a magician who takesover the life of a pauper, making him "astooge for the magician's cruelest tricks."While there are some memorable solosalong the way from tenor saxophonistTivon Pennicott, guitarist GiladHekselman and pianist Shai Maestro, themusic is ensemble-oriented, achievingmuch of its impact and drive from collec-tive and polyphonal strategies.

The titular opening track builds tensionover a martial tattoo from Ari as the othersclimb chordal ladders to build volume anddynamic tension, solo passages flowing inand out of the overall progressions. Atempo that races and retards powers "I'llThink About It," a kaleidoscopic pieceenticing with constantly shifting, overlap-ping solos.

Like Dominick, Ari explores near-Eastscales and exotic blues riffs on "TheOther," with engaging piano and tenor saxsolos moving toward an Arab-bebop fusion.The contrasting tension of double-timingdrums and tenor sax in ballad mode makes"Lyric" impressive. Tivon is at his mostemotively yearning on the straight ballad"Alana," the actual lyric highlight of thealbum. "You Are My Sunshine" closes thenarrative on a jaunty note, the leader voic-ing the melody with mallets on drumskins, then trading licks with tenor sax.

Dominick Farinacci plays at TheSide Door in Old Lyme on Aug. 6 andThe Falcon in Marlboro on Aug. 7. AriHoenig's Trio is at Smalls Aug. 8 and15 and he is in Kenny Werner's trio atDizzy's Club Coca-Cola Aug. 9-10.

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CLUBS & HALLS

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UPPER MANHATTAN

(Above 70th Street)ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. STATE

OFFICE BUILDING: 163W 125th St. (7thAv). www.jazzmobile.org. 212-866-4900. Aug18: 5pm free adm Yunior Terry & Son deAltura w/Yosvany Terry.

CASSANDRA’S JAZZ & GALLERY: 22567th Av (bet 132nd & 133rd Sts). 917-435-2250. www.cassandrasjazznyc.com. Sets: 9-11pm. Mon: Phil Young Trio; Wed: DonaldSmith & friends; Thurs: Jazzy Jam; Fri-Sat:Dr. Dwight w/spec guests.

CAVATAPPO: 1712 1st Av (bet 88th & 89thSts). www.cavatappo.com. 212-987-9260.Thurs: 9-11pm $8 adm/$10 min. Aug 4: PeterManess & The Artisanals; 11: Jason TiemannTrio; 25: Vanessa Parea.

CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE: 2485 Bway (bet92nd & 93rd Sts). www.cleopatrasneedleny.com. 212-769-6969. Sets: Early (E), Late (L);Sun E 4-8pm, L 9pm-1am; Mon-Tues E 8-9pm, L 10pm-1am; Wed-Thurs E 7-11pm, L11:30pm-2:30am; Fri-Sat E 8pm-12am, L12:30-3am. Free adm/$10 min. Trios exceptMon&Thurs Duets. L Jam. Residencies: SunE Open mic w/Keith Ingham, L Kelly GreenDuet; Mon Jon Weiss; Tues Marc Devine;Wed E Open mic w/Les Kurtz, L NathanBrown; Thurs L Kazu; Sat L T. Kash. Aug 4:Steve Elmer; 5: Masami Ishikawa; 6: DentonDarien; 11: Julia Banholzer; 12: Dan Furman;13: Walter William; 18: Matt Baker; 19: BobAlbanese; 20: Richard Benetar; 25: JiSungKim; 26: Chris Johanson; 27: Justin Lees.

GINNY’S SUPPER CLUB: At Red Rooster.310 Lenox Av (bet 125th & 126th Sts).www.ginnyssupperclub.com. 212-792-9001.Sets: 7:30&9:30pm $15 adm unless other-wise noted. Thurs: Marc Cary & The HarlemSessions. Aug 5: $20 Gregorio Uribe; 6:Michael Mwenso & the Shakes; 13: AfroYaqui Music Collective; 27: $25 Nicole Henry.

GREAT HILL: Central Park West & 106th St.www.jazzmobile.org. 212.866.4900. Aug 13:4-7pm free adm Jimmy Heath Big Band.

GRANT’S TOMB: Riverside Dr & W120nd St.www.jazzmobile.org. 212-866-4900. Wed: 7-8:30pm free adm. Aug 3: Jeremy Pelt; 10:Winard Harper; 17: Havana Harlem; 24:Bobby Sanabria.

MARCUS GARVEY PARK: 122nd St atManhattan Av. Free adm. Aug 5&12: 7-8:30pm www.jazzmobile.org JazzmobileJazzFest feat 08/5 Barry Harris, 08/12 WillCalhoun; 26-27: Charlie Parker Jazz Festivalwww.summerstage.org feat 08/26 7-9pmJason Lindner, Breeding Ground, TheAntoinette Montague Experience, 06/27 2-7pm Randy Weston African Rhythms Sxt,Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles, The Artistryof Jazzmeia Horn, Charles Turner III.

MINTON’S: 206W 118th St (bet St. Nicholas Av& Adam Clayton Powell Blvd). 212-243-2222.www.mintonsharlem.com. Sets: 7:30&9pm.Aug 6: Roberta Piket; 7: Gregory Generet; 14:Judi Jackson; 19: Alex Han Trio; 20: EmmetCohen Trio; 21: Sari Kessler Qnt; 27: LindaOh; 28: Tracy Young Qnt.

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NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM:58W 129th St at Malcolm X Blvd. 212-348-8300. www.jmih.org. Aug 8&13: 11am-5pmSwinging Saturdays @ the Museum.

PARIS BLUES: 2021 Adam Clayton Powell Jr.Blvd at 121st St. www.parisbluesharlem.com.212-222-9878. Sets: Early (E) 5-9pm, Jam9pm-1am. Free adm. Sun: E Double G & thePossee, 9pm The Ramirez Gp, last Sun ElliotPineiro & Sumbaswing; Mon: John Cooksey& Spontaneous Combustion; Tues: TheSultans of Soul; Wed: Les Goodson & theIntergalatic Soul Jazz Band; Thurs: TyroneGovan & Top Secret; Fri: tba; Sat: alternateThe 69th Street Band/The Antoine DowdellGp.

RENDALL MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN:59W 137th St, #61 (bet Malcom X Blvd & 5thAv). 212-283-2928. www.welcometoharlemcalendar.com. Tues: 12-1:45pm $15 admHarlem Afternoon Jazz series w/Craig Harrisfeat guest. Aug 2: Ahmed Abdullah; 9: JasonMarshall.

RUMSEY PLAYFIELD: Central Park. 212-360-2756. Aug 7: 6-10pm free admSummerStage Festival www.summerstage.org feat Igmar Thomas & the ReviveBig Band.

SHRINE: 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd(bet 133rd & 134th Sts). 212-690-7807.www.shrinenyc.com. Sets unless otherwisenoted: Early (E) 6-7pm, Late (L) 7-8pm.Residency (R): Sun 5-8pm Jam w/Lu Reid.Aug 2: E-L Joe Abba Jazz Project; 4: L JimPiela Project; 5: E Rachel Linkovsky Qnt, LJacob Varmus Trio; 6: L B.J. Jansen; 7: R, 8-11pm The Shrine Big Band; 11: E Elise WoodDuo; 12: L Matt Snow Gp, 8-9pm GloriaIsaiah; 14,21&28: R.

SILVANA: 300W 116th St at FrederickDouglass Blvd. www.silvana-nyc.com. 646-692-4935. Sets unless otherwise noted: Early(E) 6-7pm, Late (L) 7-8pm. Aug 4: E-L ChrisBacas; 5: E Sasquatch; 6: L Nick Di Maria; 9:E Joe Breidenstine Qnt; 11: E-L Dan Block;12: E Jon Sheckler Trio, L Benjamin FurmanProject; 14: E Paulo Siqueira Qrt; 18: E-LMarshall Gilkes; 19: L Kristin Callahan; 21: LBerta Moreno Qnt; 25: E-L John Eckert; 31: 7-9pm Jamhattan.

SMOKE JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB: 2751Bway (bet 105th & 106th Sts). 212-864-6662.www.smokejazz.com. Sets: Early (E), Late(L), Brunch (B); Sun B 11:30am,1&2:30pm, E7,9&10:30pm, L 11:30pm; Mon E 7&9pm, L10:30pm; Tues-Thurs E 7,9&10:30pm, L11:30pm; Fri-Sat E 7,9&10:30pm, L11:45pm&12:45am; Adm/min vary. Residen-cies: Sun B Annette St. John Trio, L WillermDelisfort Qrt; Mon (R) E Philly Meets NY Jamw/Orrin Evans, L Smoke Jam; Tues (R) EMike LeDonne & Groover Qrt, L EmmettCohen Organ Trio; Wed L 08/3&17 CamilleThurman Qrt, 08/10,24&31 Jovan AlexandreQrt; Thurs L Nickel & Dime OPS; Fri L08/5&19 John Farnsworth Qrt, 08/12&26Patience Higgins & Sugar Hill Qrt; Sat LJohnny O’Neal & friends. Aug 1-2: R; 3-4:Judi Jackson; 5-7: Heads of State; 8-9: R; 10-11: Reuben Wilson Qrt; 12-14: Mulgrew MillerB’day Celebration feat Steve Nelson, TerellStafford; 15-16: R; 17-18: Willerm DelisfortProject; 19-21: Peter Bernstein Let Loose Qrt;22-23: R; 24-25: Dezron Douglas Black LionQrt; 26-28: Al Foster's Tribute to CharlieParker; 29-30: R; 31-Sep 1: Freddie BryantBrazilian Jazz Qrt feat Vanessa Falabella.

SYMPHONY SPACE: 2537 Bway at 95th St.212-864-5400. www.symphonyspace.org. BarThalia (BT). Mon: 9pm BT Open Micw/D'Ambrose Boyd & David Pearl. Aug 12:

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3&7pm $45 adm The Joffrey Ballet Schoolfeat Jazz & Contemporary works; 14: 7pmBT free adm The New York JazzharmonicTrio.

B. B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL: 237W42nd St (bet 7&8th Avs). 212-997-4144.www.bbkingblues.com. Lucille’s Grill (LG).Aug 5: 7:30pm LG Joey Morant & CatfishStew; 8: 8pm Strictly Sinatra feat MichaelDutra Big Band Ens; 23-24: 8pm Al Di Meola.

BIRDLAND: 315W 44th St (bet 8th & 9th Avs).212-581-3080. www.birdlandjazz.com. Sets:8:30&11pm, except Mon 7&9:30pm, Sun6,9&11pm. Adm varies. Residencies: Wed5:30-7pm David Ostwald & Louis ArmstrongEternity Band; Fri 5:15-7pm Birdland BigBand by Tommy Igoe; Sat 6pm Eric Comstock& Jay Leonhart. Aug 1: 7pm Sara Gazarek;2-7: The Django Festival Allstars w/specguests Anat Cohen 08/2, Peter Beets 08/3-4,Jorge Continentino & Itaiguara Brandao 08/5-6, Jazzmeia Horn 08/7; 4: 6pm SeanHarkness & Will Galison; 7: 6pm TheEmpathia Jazz Duo w/Mafalda Minnozzi &Paul Ricci; 9-13: Steve Kuhn Trio; 11: 6pmRony Whyte; 14: 6pm Noah Haidu Qrt, 9pmRolando Morales-Matos Sxt; 16-20: ReneeRosnes; 18: 6pm Beat Kaestli; 21: 6pmBorislav Strulev w/friends, 9pm DominickFarinacci; 23-27: The Jazz Masters PlayMonk w/John Abercrombie, Joey Baron, Dave Liebman & Steve Swallow; 28: 6pmJoanna Strand & friends; 30-Sep 3: CharlieParker B’day Celebration feat VincentHerring, Greg Osby, w/spec guests EricAlexander 08/30-09/1, Sheila Jordan 09/2-3.

CLUB BONAFIDE: 212E 52nd St (bet 2nd &3rd Avs). 3rd Fl. www.clubbonafide.com. 646-918-6189. Sets: Early (E), Late (L), Late Night(N); Sun E 7pm, L 9pm; Tues-Sat E 7:30pm,L 9:30pm, N 11pm. Residency (R): Sun LBrazilian Night w/Davi Vieira. Aug 3: EMthakathi, L Abdoulaye “Djoss” Diabatéw/Mother Water; 4: E The New York JazzExchange, L Carlos Averhoff, Jr & iRESI; 5: LKarl Latham Gp w/Oz Noy & Alex Echardt, NDermel Warren; 6: E Michael Sarian & TheBig Chabones, L Ty Stephens & theSoulJaazz, N Nick Finzer’s Hear & Now; 7: NR; 9: E Ryan Carraher Gp; 10: E Tia Brazda,L Ignacio Rivas Bixio; 11: E-L Greg Lamy Trio;12-13: E-L Michael Olatuja & Lagos PepperSoup w/spec guests; 13: N Noël SimonéBand of Friends; 14: E The Lintet, L R; 17: ESupermambo, L Patrick Andy Band; 18: EAimée Allen, L Andy Hunter & SPOKE; 19: E1in2, L-N Camille Gainer Jones feat TheImmortals; 20: E-L Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sxt, N Ada Pasternak; 21: E The NYJazz Flutet, L R; 24: E Katherine “Kool Kat”Farnham; 25: E Samuel Torres Gp, N Cookin’Hooks w/Billy Ruegger; 26: E Afro BopAlliance, L Zem Audu; 27: L The ChardavoineBand; 28: L R; 31: E The Mala WaldronProject, L Beledo.

DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA: At Jazz @Lincoln Center. 10 Columbus Cr at 60th St.5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-258-9800. Sets:7:30&9:30pm; Late Night Sessions 11:30pmTues-Sat. Aug 1: Julian Lee & friends; 2: JonIrabagon Qrt; 3: John Ellis & Double-Wide; 4-7: Ben Wolfe Qnt feat Nicholas Payton; 8:Jazz House Kids w/Christian McBride; 9-10:Kenny Werner Trio; 11-14: Joey DeFrancescoTrio; 15: Claudia Acuña; 16-21: Trio Da Paz &friends feat Harry Allen & Maucha Adnet; 22:

MID-TOWN MANHATTAN

(Between 35th & 69th Street)

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Marcus Strickland Qrt; 23-28: Trio da Paz &friends feat Harry Allen & Maucha Adnet; 29:Fresh Cut Orch; 30-31: Tito Puente Jr. Band.Late Night Sessions w/Aug 2-6: Victor Gould;9-13: Jordan Pettay Organ Project; 16-17&19: Evan Sherman Entourage; 20: EvanSherman Big Band; 23-27: Noah Garabedian;30-Sep 3: Julian Lee.

IRIDIUM: 1650 Bway at 51st St. 212-582-2121.www.theiridium.com. Aug 2: 8pm $25 admMona’s Hot Four; 10-12: 8&10pm $30 JavonJackson, Ron Carter & Billy Drummond; 15-16: 8pm $25/35 Tuck & Patti; 19-20: 8&10pm$30/40 Ed Palermo Big Band feat NapoleonMurphy Brock; 25-26: 8pm $25/35 StanleyJordan; 27: 8pm $20 Solomon Hicks.

JAZZ AT KITANO: 66 Park Av at 38th St. 212-885-7119. www.kitano.com. Sets & adm: Sun12-2:30pm, Mon-Tues 8-11pm, Wed-Sat 8-9:15&10-11:15pm; Sun $40 buffet, Mon-Tuesfree/$15 min, Wed-Thurs $17/20 min, Fri-Sat$32/20 min. Residencies (R): Sun JazzBrunch w/Tony Middleton; Mon Jam w/IrisOrnig; Tues except 08/30 Addison Frei Solo.Aug 1-2: R; 3: John Fedchock Qrt; 4: AlexisParsons Trio; 5: Ted Rosenthal Trio; 6: TonyHewitt Qrt; 7-9: R; 10: Deanna WitkowskiTrio; 11: Chris Ziemba Qrt; 12: NoahPreminger/Frank Kimbrough Duo; 13: DavidKikoski Trio; 14-16: R; 17: Katie Thiroux Trio;18: Deanna Kirk Qrt; 19: Roberta Piket Qrt;20: Lew Tabackin Trio; 21-23: R; 24: AsakoTamura Duo; 25: Peggy Stern Qrt; 26: JoyceBreach Trio; 27: Tim Armacost Qrt; 28-29: R;30: Angelo Di Loreto Solo; 31: PatrickCornelius Qrt.

SAINT PETER’S CHURCH: 619 LexingtonAv at 54th St. (Citicorp Bld). www.saintpeters.org. 212-935-2200. Wed: 1pm $10 donMidtown Jazz at Midday; Thurs: 12:30pm freeadm Jazz on the Plaza; Sun: 5pm free admJazz Vespers. Aug 3: Bucky Pizzarelli & EdLaub; 4: Miho Hazama Jazz Ens; 7: DeannaWitkowski Qrt; 10: David White Jazz Orch; 11:Ted Nash Trio; 14: Andy Ezrin Trio; 17: BrianCharette & Organ Sextette; 18: DaveChamberlain Band of Bones; 21: J.J. WrightTrio; 24: Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown; 25:Benito Gonzalez Trio; 28: Tyler Blanton Qrt;31: David Hazeltine & Sean Smith.

TOMI JAZZ: 239E 53rd St (Bet 2nd & 3rd Avs).Lower level. www.tomijazz.com. 646-497-1254. Sets: Sun-Mon&Wed 8-11pm, Tues E8-9:20pm, Thurs 9-11:30pm, Fri 9pm-1am,Sat 8-10:30pm; Late (L) weekdays 9:40-11pm, Sat 11pm-1:30am. Adm: Sun-Wedfree/$5 min, Thurs-Sat $10/10 min. Aug 1:Greg DeAngelis Trio; 3: Shoko Igarashi Trio;4: Greg Merritt Trio; 5: Craig Brann Trio; 6:The Highliners, L Sein Oh Trio; 7: ShokoIgarashi; 8: Atsushi Shinoda; 9: Abel Mireles;10: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto; 11: Sumie KanekoDuo; 12: Takenori Nishiuchi; 13: DanielBennett Gp, L Paul Lee Trio; 14: IttetsuNasuda; 15: Erena Terakubo; 16: StephenFuller; 17: Yoshiki Miura Trio; 18: ScotAlbertson; 19: Kuni Mikami; 20: The StandardProcedure; 21: Yuko Ito; 22: Eric Plaks; 23:Sharp Tree Trio; 24: Hiroaki Honshuku; 25:Senri Oe; 26: Takenori Nishiuchi; 27: EmiTakada, L Yusuke Seki; 28: Kengo Yamada;29: Yako Eicher; 30: Taeko Ota; 31: RaquelRivera.

55 BAR: 55 Christopher St (bet 6th & 7th Avs).212-929-9883. www.55bar.com. Sets: Early(E) 7-9pm except Sun&Fri-Sat 6-9pm, Late

(L) 10pm. 1st Mon: E Sean Wayland; 1stThurs: E Amy Cervini; 2nd Thurs: E NicoleZuraitis; 2nd Fri: E Tessa Souter; last Fri: EKendra Shank. Aug 6: E Ayana lowe w/specguest Libby York; 10: E Jane Irving Qrt.

BAR NEXT DOOR: 129 McDougal St. 212-529-5945. www.lalanternacaffe.com. Sets:Sun 8&10pm, Mon-Thurs Early (E) 6:30-7:45pm, Late (L) 8:30&10:30pm, Fri-Sat7:30,9:30& 11:30pm. Adm: $12 all night + 1drink min/set except Fri-Sat $12/set + 1 drinkmin/set, E free. Trios. Mon-Thurs: E EmergingArtists series; Mon: L Vocal Mondays series.Residencies (R): Sun Peter Mazza, Wed LJonathan Kreisberg. Aug 1: E Mark Phillips, LChristine Tobin; 2: E Tommy Holladay, L NickBrust; 3: E Jeff Miles, L R; 4: E Sam Zerna, LDan Rochlis; 5: Nelson Riveros; 6: MikeRood; 7: R; 8: E Peter Amos, L MichelleWalker; 9: E Kyle Moffatt, L Caroline Davis;10: E Danny Hartig, L R; 11: E TommasoGambini, L Sandro Albert; 12: Sheryl Bailey;13: Pete McCann; 14: R; 15: E Dave Juarez,L Dana Reedy; 16: E Flavio Silva, LSebastian Noelle; 17: E Bobby Katz, L R; 18:E Bobby Katz, L Marvin Dolly; 19: MichaelValeanu; 20: Nir Felder; 21: R; 22: E PrawitSiriwat, L Gabrielle Stravelli; 23: E DaveJuarez, L Larry Newcomb; 24: E Paul JubongLee, L R; 25: E David Kuhn, L Aleksi Glick;26: Nick Moran; 27: Jeff Barone; 28: R; 29: ENanJo Lee, L Lainie Cook; 30: E SagiKaufman, L Daniel Weiss; 31: E Paul JubongLee, L R.

BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: 131W 3rd St at 6thAv. 212-475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com.Sets: 8&10:30pm + Fri-Sat 12:30am LateNight Groove series, Sun 11:30am&1:30pmSunday Brunch. Adm varies. Aug 1: Kind ofNew feat Jason Miles, Theo Croker, JayRodriguez; 2-7: The Roy Hargrove DreamTeam feat Jimmy Cobb & George Cables; 8:Aziza Miller, 10:30pm Chris Rob; 9-14: TheBad Plus; 15: McCoy Tyner; 16-21: LeeRitenour; 22: Jesse Fischer & spec guests;23-28: Monty Alexander Bands; 29-31: tba.Late Night Groove w/Aug 5: Jason Spirit; 6:The Brighton Beat; 12: Esnavi; 13: ArinMaya;19: Light Blue Movers; 20: No Small MoneyBrass Band; 27: Jeremy Warren. SundayBrunch w/Aug 7: Pete McGuinness JazzOrch; 14: Emmet Cohen Trio; 21: tba; 28:Nanny Assis & friends.

CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ: 29 Cornelia St.212-989-9319. www.corneliastreetcafe.com.Sets unless otherwise noted: Sun8:30&10pm, Mon-Thurs 8&9:30pm, Fri-Sat9&10:30pm. Adm varies. Aug 2: The FlyingTomboulians, 9:30pm Nora McCarthy Peopleof Peace Qnt; 3: Animals In My Ear, 9:30pmMary Foster Conklin/Deanna Witkowsk; 4:Marianne Solivan, 9:30pm Melissa HamiltonTrio; 5: Amos Hoffman Trio, 10:30pm OrBareket Qnt; 6: Eden Bareket Trio, 10:30pmShai Maestro; 7: Yotam Ben-Or Sxt, 10pmNitai Hershkovits Trio; 9: Matthew Ward Trio;10: Sofia Ribeiro & Juan Andrés Ospina Duo;11-13: LL4; 14: David Ambrosio/RussMeissner; 15: Michael Blanco; 16: BognaKicinska, 9:30pm Lisa Sokolov/CooperMoore; 17: Aimua Eghobamien, 9:30pmSonicmuses; 18: Carolyn Leonhart, 9:30pmMichelle Walker; 19: Aubrey Johnson; 20:Couvoisier, Feldman, Laubrock & Rainey; 24:6pm Keri Johnsrud Qrt, 8pm Sebastian Noelle& Shelter; 25: Susan Pereira & Sabor Brasil,9:30pm Livio Almeida Gp; 26: Billy NewmanQnt, 10:30pm Bom Ritmos-Keiti; 27: AlexKautz Gp, 10:30pm Rubens Salles Gp; 29:Lenny Pickett & John Hadfield; 30: 6pm HarryNilsson & The Point!; 31: 6pm Ear Puzzles,8pm Barry Altschul & 3dom Factor.

The DJANGO: At Roxy Hotel. 2 Av of the

LOWER MANHATTAN(Below 34th Street)

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JOE’S PUB: At Public Theater. 425 LafayetteSt & Astor Pl. www.joespub.com. 212-967-7555. Aug 13: 7pm $20 adm Shunzo Ohno.

LE POISSON ROUGE: 158 Bleecker St atThompson St. www.lepoissonrouge.com.212-796-0741. Aug 7: 8pm $20/25 admSilencio.

METROPOLITAN ROOM: 34W 22nd St (bet.5th & 6th Avs). www.metropolitanroom.com.212-206-0440. Sets unless otherwise noted:Early (E) 7pm, Late (L) 9:30pm. Residency(R): Tues L Annie Ross. Aug 2: L R; 4: LValentine Qnt; 9: L R; 11: L Denise Jannah &Amina Figarova Trio; 16: L R; 20: L JohnMinnock; 23&30: L R.

MEZZROW: 163W 10th St (bet 7th Av &Waverly Pl). www.mezzrow.com. 646-476-4346. Sets/adm: Early (E) Sun 7:30-9pm,Mon&Fri-Sat 8-9pm, Tues-Thurs 8-10:30pm;Late (L) Sun-Mon 9-11:30pm, Tues-Wed10:30pm-12am, Thurs 11pm-12am, Fri-Sat9:30pm-12am; Night (N) Mon 12-1:30am, Fri-Sat 12:30-2am; adm varies. Residencies:Mon E John Merrill w/guests; Tues-Wed L“Polite” Jam; Thurs L Jam w/Spike Wilner; FriE 08/5&19 Sacha Perry Solo, 08/12&26 EhudAsherie Solo, N Johnny O'Neal; Sat E SpikeWilner w/guests, N 08/6&20 Jon Davis,08/13&27 Anthony Wonsey. Aug 1: E R, LJim Ridl w/Lorin Cohen; 2: E Roseanna Vitro,L R; 3: E Yves Brouqui w/Spike Wilner, L R; 4:E Jamie Reynolds, L R; 5-6: E R, L KenPeplowski, N R; 7: L Amos Hoffman; 8: E R, LDavid Hazeltine; 9: E Hilary Gardner, L R; 10:E Emmet Cohen Trio, L R; 11: E Sam YahelTrio, L R; 12-13: E R, L Pete Malinverniw/Steve Wilson, N R; 14: L Grant Stewart; 15:E R, L Bill Cunliffe; 16: E Harvey Diamond, LR; 17: E Sara Gazarek, L R; 18: E GeorgeBurton, L R; 19-20: E R, L DEna DERosew/Martin Wind & Matt Wilson, N R; 21: ChrisFlory Trio; 22: E R, L Michael Valeanu w/EdenLadin & Or Bareket; 23: E Janis Siegel Trio, LR; 24: E Bruce Harris, L R; 25: E OWL Trio, LR; 26-27: E R, L Buster Williams, N R; 28: 5-7pm Mezzrow Classical Salon w/David Oei, LDominick Farinacci; 29: E R; 30: E MichaelKanan, L R; 31: E Ben Allison w/MichaelWolff, L R.

NEW YORK CITY BAHA’Í CENTER: 53E11th St (bet Bway & University). 212-222-5159. www.bahainyc.org. Tues: 8&9:30pm$10/15 adm. Aug 2: Judy Marie Canterino Gp;9: Jeff Siegal Qnt; 16: Sean King Gp; 23:Cynthia Hints Gp.

NORTH SQUARE: At Washington SquareHotel. 103 Waverly Pl at McDougal.www.northsquareny.com/about-jazz. 212-254-1200. Sun: 12:30&2:15pm free adm JazzBrunch. Aug 7: Camila Meza Duo; 14: RozCorral w/Yotam Silberstein & Jay Leonhart;21: Roz Corral w/Jim Ridl & Rusty Holloway;28: Aimee Allen Trio.

RUE B: 188 Ave B (bet 11th & 12th Sts). 212-358-1700. www.ruebnyc.com. Sets: 8:30-11:30pm. Jam Sun-Thurs. Sun: JocelynMedina; Mon: Bobby Katz Trio; Tues: AdrianThomas Moring Trio; Wed: Pisco; Thurs:Andrew Forman Trio; Fri-Sat: Curtis GrahamNowosad Funk Trio.

SMALLS JAZZ CLUB: 183W 10th St at 7thAv. 212-252-5091. www.smallslive.com. Sets:Afternoon (PM), Early (E), Late (L), Night (N);PM 4:30-7pm Sun, 4-7pm Fri-Sat; E 7:30-10pm; L 10:30pm-1am; N 1-4am; jam follow-ing N; adm varies. Residencies (R): Sun 1pmVocal masterclass by Marion Cowings, Eexcept 08/28 Johnny O'Neal Trio, N HillelSalem; Mon L except 08/1&22 Ari Hoenig, N08/1,15&29 Jonathan Michel, 08/8&22

Americas at Walker St. www.roxyhotelnyc.com. 212-519-6600. Sets: Fri-Sat Early (E) 8-10pm, Late (L) 10:30pm-2am. Wed: 8pm-2amDjango Big Band & Jam. Aug 4: 8-10:30pmChris Norton; 5: E Steven Feifke Trio, L ChrisNorton; 6: E Jonathan Dely, L Kate Kelsey-Sugg; 12: E John Iannuzzi Qrt, L BrianNewman; 13: E Claffy, L Jon Irabagon; 19: EChad Lefkowitz-Brown, L Brian Newman; 20:E Jonathan Dely, L Los Hacheros; 25: E ChrisNorton; 26: E Alex Clough, L Brian Newman;27: E John Iannuzzi Trio, L Joe Saylor.

DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY: 13 MonroeSt (bet Market & Catherine Sts). 212-473-0043. www.downtownmusicgallery.com. Sun:6pm In-Store shows. Aug 7: Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic & Ken-Ya Kawaguchi, 7pm Nico &Split Cycle, 8pm Xuan Ye, Sean Ali & JasonDoel.

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

EAST RIVER PARK AMPHITHEATER: EastRiver Promenade. www.summerstage.org.SummerStage festival. Aug 10: 7-9pm freeadm Nublu Orch, DarkMatterHalo w/WadadaLeo Smith.

FAT CAT: 75 Christopher St at 7th Av. 212-675-6056. www.fatcatmusic.org. $3 adm/no min.Sets unless otherwise noted: Early (E), Late(L), Night (N); E 7pm except Sun-Mon & Fri6pm; L 9pm except Thurs&Sat 10pm; N1:30am except Sun 1am, Mon-Wed 12:30am.Residencies (R): Sun E Terry Waldo &Gotham City Band, N Brandon Lewis &Renee Cruz; Mon N Billy Kaye; Tues E except08/2 Saul Rubin Zebtet; Wed E except 08/3Raphael D'Lugoff Trio + 1, N Ned Goold; Fri9pm The Supreme Queens; Sat N GregGlassman. Aug 1: E Osso String Qrt, L BruceHarris, N R; 2: E Kate Cosco, L John Benitez,N Ray Parker; 3: E Corin Stiggall Qnt, LGroover Trio, N R; 4: E Carlos Cuevas, LFrank Lacy, N Ilya Lushtak; 5: E Sarah SlonimTrio, L R + Jared Gold/Dave Gibson, N ReidTaylor; 6: E Asaf Yuria Qnt, N R; 7: E R,8:30pm Jade Synstelien & FCBB, N R; 8: LNed Goold Qrt, N R; 9: E R, L Peter Brainin &the Latin Jazz Workshop; 10: E R, L HaroldMabern Trio, L R; 11: L Greg Glassman Qnt;12: L R; 13: L Steve Carrington, N R; 14: E&NR; 15: L George Braith, N R; 16: E R; 17: E R,L Don Hahn/Mike Camacho Band, N R; 19: LR + Point of Departure; 20: N R; 21: E R, LArk Ovrutski, N R; 22: N R; 23: E R; 24: E&NR; 26: L R; 27: N R; 28: E&N R; 29: N R; 30:E R, L Itai Kriss & Gato Gordo, N JohnBenitez & Latin Bop; 31: E&N R.

JAZZ GALLERY: 1160 Bway at 27th St. 5th Fl.www.jazzgallery.org. 646-494-3625. Sets:7:30&9:30pm $15/10 adm, $22/12 Fri-Sat,$40 SummerPass. Aug 4: Colin Stranahan; 5:Nir Felder; 10: Brooklyn Raga Massive; 11:Caroline Davis; 12: Liberty Ellman.

JAZZ STANDARD: 116E 27th St (bet Park &Lexington Avs). www.jazzstandard.net. 212-576-2232. Sets/adm unless otherwise noted:7:30&9:30pm; Sun&Thurs $30, Mon-Wed$25, Fri-Sat $35. Residency: Mon (R) MingusMonday feat Mingus Big Band. Aug 1: R; 2:Ulysses Owens Jr. & New Century Jazz Qnt;3: Bobby Broom Trio; 4-7: Tierney Sutton; 8:R; 9-10: $30 Cindy Blackman Santana Gp;11-14: $30 08/12-13 Jeff “Tain” Watts Qrt; 15:R; 16: Stranahan/Zaleski/Rosato w/specguest Mike Moreno; 17: Black Art JazzCollective; 18-21: $35 08/18 John BeasleyBig Band w/spec guests tba 08/18, ReginaCarter 08/19-20; 22: R; 23-24: SachalVasandani; 25-28: 08/25 $35 GeorgeColeman Qrt; 29: R; 30: James Francies &Kenetic; 31: Edward Simon Trio. continued on page 20

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IT'S GETTING TO BE AN ANNUALtradition: drummer Cindy Blackman

Santana and her husband, guitarist CarlosSantana, have played the national anthemat one of the NBA finals games two yearsin a row. Performing for huge crowds isnothing new for the veteran drummer, whohas done stadium tours with Santana andLenny Kravitz for decades. But still, theviewership for the NBA finals is "crazy big,there are people all over the world watch-ing that," she says.

It's interesting to wonder how many ofthem are aware of Cindy's other life as aninnovative jazz drummer, mentored by thegreat Tony Williams, and an alumna ofbands fronted by Don Pullen, CassandraWilson, Joe Henderson, Pharoah Sandersand others.

"I'm a jazz musician; jazz is my love, it'swho I am," Cindy declares. "I love the intel-ligence, spontaneity and freedom jazzaffords for the musicians and the listeners.It's inspiring as an individual; it promotesspirituality, creativity and individuality."

The drummer thrives on the wide vari-ety of projects she is involved in; they fuelher creative flame. "I find joy in doing abunch of different things," she explains.Besides playing a variety of musical stylesand meeting a range of musicians, shetravels to locales and works at venues shewouldn't hit when fronting her own band."It's all intertwined and I find good in that."

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of recordings, one with soul icon RonaldIsley of the Isley Brothers, produced byCarlos Santana and another of her ownmusic, both set for fall release. The newalbums will mark Cindy's vocal debut on atune she wrote for the Isley session. Afterlistening to a demo she brought in, every-one encouraged her to sing it for thealbum. The finished take includes a duetsection with Ronald.

"I love what happened between Ronnieand me," she says. "There will be a slight-ly different version on my own recording; itwon't be the same on both."

Cindy describes having a fun time inthe studio working on her CD, whichincludes special guests John McLaughlin,Vernon Reid, Santana and Matt Garrison,plus her own electric band. "It was a dif-ferent process this time; I usually go in andknock out some tunes. But since therewere a lot of guests, we were vibing themusic on the spot versus doing somethingpreconceived," the drummer says."Everyone came in with sketches and ideasand left a lot to creativity. It was an on-the-spot kind of thing."

In advance of her CD release, Cindy isplaying Jazz Standard this month with herelectric band, consisting of AurelienBudynek on guitar, Zaccai Curtis on key-boards and Felix Pastorius on bass.

"I'm lucky to be surrounded by beautifulpeople who are great musicians," shenotes. "Aurelien is keyed into the musicand wants to make it happen. He has greatears and no ego when he plays. He allowsthe music to grow and speak. Zaccai isunderstated; he's such a subtle guy. Hisplaying isn't brash or loud; it's transparentand beautiful. It adds a nice texture thatcan get intense. Felix is a fantastic musi-cian, helpful and wonderful and humble."

Cindy predicts the quartet will playsome originals, plus material by WayneShorter and Herbie Hancock. "That's stuffI always love playing," she says. "I alsoalways like to leave caution to the windand have time in a set where we justimprovise. That adds a twist, spontaneity;we do something completely new and itgives another kind of edge to our thinking,there's a whole new song, a whole newstructure on the spot."

The New York date is followed by a gigat the Hollywood Bowl with Marcus Miller,Carlos, Herbie and Wayne on Aug. 24.Though Cindy is matter-of-fact when talk-ing about playing packed arenas with

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By Ken Dryden, Ken Franckling, Seton Hawkins, Stephanie JonesBeets photo by Jos Fielmich, Zuraitis by Lindsey Victoria Photography, Generet by Amara Photos, Chou by Emra Islek, Terr

S P O T LPETER BEETSBIRDLAND / AUGUST 3-4Over the past decade, Dutch pianist Peter Beets has been making inroads into high-lighting his prodigious talents stateside, notably through a series of highly regardedalbums in tandem with Willie Jones, Herlin Riley, Larry Grenadier and ReginaldVeal, among others. While his hard-swinging keyboard skills might draw comparisonsto titans like Wynton Kelly or Oscar Peterson, Peter has also shown a rich reserve oflush romanticism, nowhere more evident than on his Chopin Meets the Blues project,in which he seamlessly wove the Polish composer's works into a jazz-driven set. Assuch, he is a superb choice to appear as a guest during the Django Reinhardt NYFestival at Birdland, applying his formidable virtuosity to bridging the many worldsthat can be heard in Django's music. SH

NICOLE ZURAITISGOSHEN FAIRGROUND-LITCHFIELD JAZZ FESTIVAL / AUGUST 6A longtime member of the Litchfield community, vocalist/pianist Nicole Zuraitis isquite precious. In the Top Three of 10,000 for the 2015 Sarah Vaughan Competitionand a high finisher in any contest she has entered, her accomplishments are equal toher great talent. The Brooklyn-based singer was schooled at New York University,has two CDs, Spread The Word from 2008 and Pariah Anthem in 2013, and an EP,Take Some Air, with her world music band EVA. While known as a jazz artist, she isable with her flexible, dynamic instrument, to negotiate progressive, funky, ethnical-ly diverse approaches to pop, folk, R&B and blues and electronics. On her return toLitchfield, she's accompanied by guitarist Dave Stryker, pianist Carmen Staaf, saxo-phonist Caroline Davis, bassist Jon Michel and drummer Dan Pugach. MGN

GREGORY GENERETMINTON'S / AUGUST 7A singer whose intimate connection to the lyric affects the way he phrases each cho-rus, Gregory Generet remains a poet of the music. Moving through verses out of time,or back phrasing a blues, he continually renews his artistic intention. The release ofhis debut record (re) generet-ion (Monsieur Music/Mosaic, 2012) led to an explosion ofsold-out performances across the city and internationally. Gregory has played suchesteemed venues as Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Joe's Pub, The Highline Ballroom, Jazzat Kitano, and Smoke Jazz & Supper Club where his quartet enjoyed a three-year res-idency. He has performed with Wycliffe Gordon, Branford Marsalis, Bucky Pizzarelliand opened A Concert for Roy Hargrove at the Rocca of Castiglion del Lago. He per-forms as a featured artist on the Minton's Sunday Singers series. SJ

HERBIE HANCOCKPROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL / AUGUST 11One of the most eclectic, wide-ranging jazz titans for more than five decades,pianist/keyboardist Herbie Hancock could facilely be labeled by the title of one of hissignature tunes, "Chameleon." But Herbie's many musical voices and styles don't dis-guise his identity (like that eponymous lizard); they distinguish it. As a virtuosoacoustic pianist, Herbie has been touring both solo and in duo with former Miles DavisQuintet colleague Wayne Shorter and with fellow keyboardist (and Miles alum) ChickCorea. As a bandleader, he pioneered in bringing the funk to jazz with his multi-key-board electric ensembles. At this BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn concert, he'll be leading aquintet featuring electric bassist James Genus, drummer Trevor Lawrence Jr., gui-tarist Lionel Loueke and saxophonist-multi-instrumentalist Terrace Martin. GK

BENNY BENACK IIITHE SIDE DOOR / AUGUST 12A formidable trumpet force in the music, Benny Benack III offers a wonderful mix ofvirtuosity and infectiously swinging tunefulness. While the Pittsburgh native turnedheads in New York with his horn chops, Benny has also begun to push his career for-ward as a highly charismatic trumpet-vocal multitasker, incorporating a variety ofvocal numbers into his sets. At The Side Door, Benny is joined by longtime collabora-tors Emmet Cohen on piano, Alexander Claffy on bass and Charles Goold on drums,and will offer a swinging mix of standards and originals. Of particular note to watchfor are Benny's "New Standards"—original vocal works that pay homage to the GreatAmerican Songbook while also seeking to expand the repertoire. SH

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STEPHANIE CHOULYNDHURST ESTATE / AUGUST 18Playing at this historical site in Tarrytown is a homecoming of sorts forsaxophonist/composer/vocalist Stephanie Chou, who grew up in nearby Irvington. Butdon't be surprised if her sound roams far afield as she draws from a broad universe ofinfluences, including classical and Chinese music, as well as pop and folk. She hasreleased a straight-up jazz CD and has another one in the works. In between this pairof jazz outings, Stephanie collaborated with singer/songwriter Octavia Romano on aduo CD dubbed Compass. Joining Stephanie at the bucolic outdoor setting inWestchester County are Andy Lin on erhu and viola, Kevin Hays on keyboards andKenny Wollensen on drums and percussion. EK

MONTY ALEXANDER BLUE NOTE / AUGUST 23-28Groove master Monty Alexander digs into key facets of his career in this three-segmentengagement. On Aug. 23 and 24, he focuses on the music of Ray Brown and MiltJackson, with whom he performed and recorded as a sideman. His tribute quintetincludes vibes player Warren Wolf, saxophonist Ron Blake, bassist Hassan Shakur anddrummer Carl Allen. On Aug. 25 and 26, he reunites with bassist John Clayton anddrummer Jeff Hamilton 40 years after his debut recording, their classic live MontreuxAlexander. The Jamaican pianist's Harlem-Kingston Express blends reggae, ska andcalypso influences with jazz on the final two nights. That sextet includes bassistHassan, Obed Calvaire on jazz drums, guitarist Andy Bassford, electric bassist JoshuaThomas, and Karl Wright on Jamaican drums. KF

YOSVANY TERRYADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. STATE OFFICE BUILDING / AUGUST 18Each moment of Yosvany Terry's music continues a dialog of explorative conversationthat spans generations. A player whose connection to time creates layering and whoseevolving harmonic expression informs his compositions, Yosvany is an electrical cur-rent of artistry. Composer, saxophone player, percussionist and educator—he infuseshis music both with subtle and explosive actions and reactions. Yosvany has performedalongside such artists as Steve Coleman, Roy Hargrove, Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Jeff"Tain" Watts, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Taj Mahal and the Eddie Palmieri Afro-CaribbeanSextet. In addition to winning numerous grant awards as a composer, his latest releaseNew Throned King (5Passion, 2014) received a 2015 Grammy nomination for BestLatin Jazz Album. SJ

JASON LINDNERMARCUS GARVEY PARK / AUGUST 26Keyboardist/pianist Jason Lindner's style seamlessly blends jazz, soul and electronicmusic. Whether fronting his group Now Vs. Now or his longstanding big band, theBrooklyn-raised Jason consistently explores new terrain that's hell-bent on catchingyour ear. By spinning multiple plates in both the acoustic and electric worlds, Jasoneasily traverses any category or genre, resulting in a truly original sound. Since hisdays of being the house pianist at Smalls, Jason has performed and recorded witheveryone from Anat Cohen to Branford Marsalis and even the late David Bowie. Forhis SummerStage show, Jason presents Breeding Ground a new project that blends hisgroup Now Vs. Now and his big band. EW

DENA DEROSEMEZZROW / AUGUST 19-20 A versatile pianist and dynamic vocalist, Dena DeRose is one of a few who excel in bothroles. A wrist injury forced Dena to switch temporarily to singing and the enthusiasticaudience response inspired her to make it a permanent part of her act. Dena prefers toconvey the emotional essence of a lyric as she backs it with her potent piano. Althoughthe pianist has been teaching and performing in Europe for the past few years, shereturns to her native land to tour and record regularly. Joining her is her longtimerhythm section, bassist Martin Wind and drummer Matt Wilson, who have appearedon a number of her CDs over the past decade, including United, her most recentHighNote release. KD

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Jonathan Barber; Tues E except 08/23&30Spike Wilner Qrt; Wed N 08/3,17&31 AaronSeeber, 08/10&24 Sanah Kadour; Thurs N08/4&18 Tyler Clibbon, 08/11&25 TonyHewitt; Fri PM Jam 08/5&19 Andrew Forman,08/12&26 tba, N except 08/5 Joe Farnsworth;Sat PM Jam 08/6&20 w/Jonathan ThomasTrio, 08/13&27 w/Robert Edwards, N 08/6&20Philip Harper, 08/13&27 Brooklyn Circle. Aug1: E The Randy Johnston 3, L Helen SungGp, N R; 2: E R, L Josh Evans Gp, N KylePoole; 3: E Alex LoRe Qrt, L The SwingMachine, N R; 4: E Tim Hegarty Qnt, L KenFowser Qnt, N R; 5: PM R, E Jerome BardeQnt, L Joe Farnsworth Qrt, N Corey WallaceDUBtet; 6: PM R, E Juini Booth Qrt, L JoeFarnsworth Qrt, N R; 7: 1pm R, E R, L TadShull Qrt, N R; 8: E Matt Brewer Sxt, L-N R;9: E R, L Smalls Legacy Band, N JovanAlexander; 10: E Chet Doxas Qnt, L PhilipDizack Qnt, N R; 11: E The New York JazzExchange, L Nick Hempton Qrt, N R; 12: PM,E Jamale Davis Qnt, L Ryan Kisor Qrt, N R;13: PM R, E The Andy Fusco/RudyPetschauer Qrt, L Ryan Kisor Qrt, N R; 14:1pm R, E R, L Yves Brouqui Qrt, N R; 15: ERay Parker Qrt, L-N R; 16: E R, L SteveNelson Gp, N Jon Beshay; 17: 7:30pm-12:15am Brooklyn Jazz Underground, N R;18: E Willy Rodriguez Qnt, L JC Stylles Qrt, NR; 19: PM R, E David Schnitter Qrt, L JohnMarshall Qnt, N R; 20: PM R, E Ralph Lalama& Bop-Juice, L John Marshall Qnt, N R; 21:1pm R, PM George Gee Jazz Orch, E R, LBruce Harris Sxt, N R; 22: E Rafal SarneckiSxt, L Bob Sheppard Qrt, N R; 23: E EhudAsherie Trio, L Lucas Pino Nnt, N JovanAlexander; 24: E Akiko Tsuruga Qrt, L JaredGold Trio, N R; 25: E Christopher McBride &The Whole Proof, L Carlos Abadie Qnt, N R;26: PM R, E Tardo Hammer Trio, L DavidWeiss Sxt, N R; 27: PM R, E Billy Mintz Qnt,L David Weiss Sxt, N R; 28: 1pm R, E FalknerEvans Qnt, L Jared Gold Trio, N R; 29: E UriCaine Trio, L-N R; 30: E Theo Hill Trio, LSteve Nelson Gp, N Jon Beshay; 31: E TimHagans Qnt, L Luke Sellick Gp, N R.

The STONE: 2nd St at Av C. www.thestonenyc. com. Adm varies. Sun&Tues-Sat:8&10pm weekly residencies. Aug 2-7: MaryHalvorson; 9-14: Jen Shyu; 16-21: JoeMorris; 23-28: Nels Cline; 30-Sep 25: SteveColeman.

SUBROSA: 63 Gansevoort St (bet Washington& Greenwich Sts). www.subrosanyc.com.212-997-4555. Sets: 8&10pm unless other-wise noted. Residencies: (R) Mon LatinNights; Tues Pedrito Martinez Gp; Sat 12amHabana Nights. Aug 1: 7:30&9:30pm BuenaVista Social Club; 2: R; 3: 8:30pm LizMenezes & Guest; 5: 8:30pm PanaceaProject; 6: David Millan Y Su Orquesta, 12amR; 8: R w/Robby Ameen; 9: R; 12: XiomaraLugart, 11pm Soul In The Horn; 13: 12am R;15: R w/Mitch Frohman Qrt; 16: R; 17: CamilaMeza; 19: Salsa Urban, 11pm Sean C & LV;20: 8:30pm Karikatura Juanita, 12am R; 23:R; 26: 11pm Kid Capri; 27: 9&11pm LenaBurke, 12am R; 30: R.

TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK: 500E 9th St(bet Avs A & B). www.summerstage.org. Aug28: 3-7pm free adm Charlie Parker JazzFestival feat DeJohnette/Holland/Moran,Allan Harris, Donny McCaslin, Grace Kelly.

VILLAGE VANGUARD: 178 7th Av S at 11thSt. 212-255-4037. www.villagevanguard.com.Sets: 8:30&10:30pm. Adm: Mon-Thurs $30/1drink min. Residency (R): Mon Vanguard JazzOrch. Aug 1: R; 2-7: Geri Allen Qnt; 8: R; 9-14: John Zorn feat 09/9 Uri Caine Duosw/John Medeski & Jon Irabagon, 10:30pmAsmodeus, 09/10 Craig Taborn Solo,

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10:30pm Jon Irabagon Qrt, 08/11 BrianMarsella Trio, 10:30pm Gyan Riley & JulianLage, 08/12 7pm Matt Mitchell Trio, 8:30pmMark Feldman Duos w/Sylvie Courvoisier &Chris Otto, 10:30pm Peter Evans Qrt, 08/137pm Erik Friedlander/Michael Nicolas Duo,08/13 Jim Black Trio, 10:30pm Jim Black Qrt,08/14 3pm Chris Speed Trio, 8:30pm KrisDavis Qrt, 10:30pm Mary Halvorson Qrt; 15:R; 16-21: Fred Hersch Trio; 22: R; 23-28:Gerald Clayton/Lionel Loueke/Eric Harland;29: R; 30-Sep 3: Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio.

ZINC BAR: 82W 3rd St (bet Thompson &Sullivan). 212-477-8337. www.zincbar.com.Adm varies. Residencies: Sun Tango Trio &Milonga, Mon 10pm-2am Ron Affif Trio, Tues10pm Evolution Band + Jam w/IgmarThomas, Thurs 12am Roman Diaz MidnightRumba, Sat 8pm Misha Piatigorsky Trio +Monika Oliveira & The Brasilians. Aug 1:10pm-2am VandJam feat Scott Robinson; 5:10,11:30pm&1am Memo Acevedo & BuildingBridges Latin Jazz Big Band feat JacqueleneAcevedo; 10: 9pm Joe Diorio; 19: 10pm $20,11:30pm $15, 1am $10 Swing Dancew/Svetlana Shmulyian & Seth Weaver's BigBand; 29: 7-9pm Elisabeth Lohninger/WalterFischbacher.

UNIVERSITY OF THE STREETS: 2381Belmont Av. 2nd Fl. www.universityofthestreets.org. 212-254-9300. Sat: 9pm-12am $10 don Jam w/Rob Anderson Qrt.

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

BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK: 334 Furman St.www.jazzmobile.org. 212-866-4900. Freeadm. Aug 16: 7-8:30pm Jay Hoggard.

CLOVE LAKES PARK: 1150 Clove Rd. StatenIsland. Aug 5: 7-9pm free adm www.summerstage.org SummerStage Festival featTerence Blanchard w/the E-Collective.

I-BEAM: 168 7th St. www.ibeambrooklyn.com.Sets: 8:30pm $15 don. Aug 12: $10 don NickFraser Qrt; 25: Billy Mintz Qnt.

METROTECH COMMONS: 304 Bridge St.718-488-8200. Aug 4: 12pm free adm DeeDee Bridgewater w/Theo Croker.

PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL: at 9th St.Park Slope. www.celebratebrooklyn.org. 718-855-7882. Aug 11: 7pm $49.50-97.50 admCelebrate Brooklyn! festival feat HerbieHancock, Robert Glasper Experiment, BAD-BADNOTGOOD.

SHAPESHIFTER LAB: 18 Whitwell Pl.www.shapeshifterlab.com. 646-820-9452.Sets/adm unless otherwise noted: Early (E)7pm, Late (L) 8:15pm, Night (N) 9:30pm; $10adm. Aug 1: L $8 Jon Sheckler Trio; 2: EKilliam Shakespeare, L The Bridge Trio, NMichael Malais Trio; 4: E Lead Bubbles, LBrand Lopez; 5: $12 E Beledo w/spec guest,L XADU; 6: L Kinesis; 9: $15 E NadjeNoordhuis, L 9 Horses & Nadje Noordhuis;11: L-N NYChillharmonic; 12: L Jeff Richardi& the Move Trio; 16: L Real Talk Collective;17: L Olson Pingrey Qrt; 18: $15 BrooklynJazz Underground Festival feat E David

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IN THE 1950S, THE ROLE OF THEHammond B-3 organ in jazz began a

slow but monumental shift. AlthoughSwing Era masters like Bill Doggett andWild Bill Davis had been, and were still,duplicating the sound of the big bandsthrough an orchestral organ aesthetic thatprovided the heft and swing of a danceband, new talents like Jimmy Smith wereon the rise, elevating the organ to a freshrole as a horn-like instrument and apply-ing a soloist virtuosity that had previouslyonly occurred on the instrument inglimpses. It was into this environmentthat a young Reuben Wilson entered thescene in Los Angeles and began a shiftfrom piano to organ.

"I didn't start listening to organ untilthe attitude of jazz to it had shifted andpeople saw what it could do," Reuben rem-inisces. "I found that once I was listeningto jazz organ, there was a lot of control itcould offer beyond what the piano could do.You see, an instrument like that allows youto play a song in many different fashions."

Indeed, that versatility served him welland, ultimately, he relocated from LosAngeles to New York, where he became aprimary figure in a rising style approachoften dubbed "soul jazz." Once in NewYork, Reuben began building a relation-ship with Blue Note Records, where hewould go on to record classic offerings ofjazz, notably Blue Mode and Love Bug.Interested in reaching a broader audienceand working with new composers and gen-res, Reuben drew on standard jazz reper-toire while also nodding to pop institutionslike Memphis' Stax Records. Indeed, hisworks stand as towering achievements inthe form of soul jazz.

"As an artist, you have to be ready formany styles," he notes. "I wanted and Iwant audiences to feel good when theyhear my music, and I wanted them tounderstand what I was doing. Soul jazzhas a kind of pop effect to it, and I found itwas interesting to play things in that man-ner. As a child, I was playing things likeboogie woogie and that was something Inever lost, this idea of incorporating stylesin order to express oneself."

While Reuben's career and recordingsslowed down in the 1970s and 80s, aunique revitalization took place for him.Newcomer artists like Geoff Wilkinson ofUS3 and Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Questbegan to rediscover the soul jazz cata-logues of Blue Note and began to incorpo-

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rate samples of the music into both hip-hopand the burgeoning acid jazz genre. ForReuben, this marked a renewed period ofwork, recording extensively and covering awide range of music in his albums and per-formances.

"It was a really pleasant surprise whenit happened," he says. "When we did theoriginals, it was novel and new. And itturned out to be something people liked! Ithink the new generation responded to itbecause there was a unique approach to itand there was honesty to the music wewere playing. I think the new artistsresponded to that."

As Reuben's classic recordings began tobe heard again, albeit in an often-sampledformat, the world realized that Reubenhad never really left, and was playingmusic as vital and extraordinary in the1990s as he was in the 1960s. Reuben tookfull advantage of the revived interest andhis recording resurgence holds up to any-thing else in his career.

"I've had some interesting times indeveloping new sounds," Reuben notes."We've been playing music that, while notincredibly popular broadly, is very popularin the vein of jazz. So I went in that direc-tion: I got to play a lot of music I enjoyed;and I was very happy to see that the audi-ences were liking what we were doing."

At 81, Reuben stands as one of jazz's liv-ing legends and one of its most consistent-ly swinging, funky and enjoyable propo-nents. This month Reuben leads a quarteton two evenings mixing swinging stan-dards and funkier original compositions.

"You watch your audience to see whatthey are reacting to and responding to,"Reuben says. "And the goal is to makeeveryone happy: your audience, your musi-cians and—believe it or not—yourself! Thebetter your audience feels, the betteryou're going to feel."

Reuben Wilson brings his quartetto Smoke Jazz & Supper Club on Aug.

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The SIDE DOOR JAZZ CLUB: At Old LymeInn. 85 Lyme St. Old Lyme. 860-434-0886.www.thesidedoorjazz.com. Sets: 8:30pm.Aug 5: Thana Alexa Project; 6: DominickFarinacci; 11: Greg Piccolo Qrt; 12: BenBenack Qrt; 13: Tia Fuller Qrt; 19-20: BlackArt Jazz Collective; 26: Champian Fulton; 27:Jeremy Baum Organ Trio.

The JAZZ LOFT: 275 Christian Av. StonyBrook. 631-751-1895. www.thejazzloft.org.Sets: Wed 7-8pm $10 adm, 9pm $5; Thurs-Fri7pm $10-20 adm. Wed: Jam w/FM Band, 9pmOpen Jam. Aug 4: The Jazz Loft Big Band; 5:BassDrumbone; 12: Mala Waldron; 18: RichIacona & The Bad Little Big Band; 19: SwingN’ Dix; 25: Interplay Jazz Orch; 26: BillRignola Qrt.

TRATTORIA GRASSO: 134 Main St. ColdSpring Harbor. www.trattoriagrasso.com. 631-367-6060. Residencies: Wed 7:30pm WayneSabella; Thurs 6:30pm Frank O’Brien; Sat7pm Ayako Shirasaki & Noriko Ueda. Aug 5:7pm Madeline Kole Trio.

76 HOUSE: 110 Main St. Tappan. 845-359-5476. www.76house.com. Wed: 8-11pm freeadm Quintets w/Mark Hagan & feat artists +Jam.

BARD COLLEGE: 60 Manor Av. Annandale-on-Hudson. www.fishercenter.bard.edu. 845-758-7900. Aug 4: 8pm $25-45 adm ChrisWashburne & Ragtime Band feat AndréMehmari, Evan Christopher, Sarah ElizabethCharles, Alphonso Horne & Candice Hoyes.

CARAMOOR CENTER FOR THE ARTS:149 Girdle Ridge Rd. Katonah. 914-232-5035. www.caramoor.org. Aug 6: 8pm $30-90adm Cécile McLorin Salvant & Aaron DiehlTrio.

DARYL’S HOUSE: 130 Rte 22. Pawling. 845-289-0185. www.darylshouseclub.com. Aug13: 12pm www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.orgHudson Valley Jazz Festival feat Brunchw/The Voyagers.

The DAUTAJ: 36 Oakland Av. Warwick. 845-986-3666. www.thedautaj.com. Aug 12&14:www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org Hudson Val-ley Jazz Festival feat 08/12 8pm ChrisPersad Gp, 08/14 8:30pm 3D Rhythm of Life.

FALCON ARTS: 1348 Rte 9 West. Marlboro.www.liveatthefalcon.com. 845-236-7970. $20don suggested. Sets: 7pm; Sun 10am-2pmBrunch (B). Aug 7: Dominick Farinacci; 10:Jazz Sessions w/Doug Weiss; 14: B Ray BlueOrgan Trio, 7pm The Sketchy Orkestra; 21: BThe Saints of Swing, 7pm Rebecca Martinw/Larry Grenadier; 26: Club d’Elf w/JohnMedeski; 27: International Orange; 28: AlanBroadbent & Sheila Jordan.

IRON FORGE INN: 38 Iron Forge Rd.Warwick. 845-986-3411. Aug 14: 12-3pmwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org Hudson ValleyJazz Festival feat Brunch w/Stonehouse JazzProject.

MAVERICK CONCERT HALL: 120 MaverickRd. Woodstock. www.maverickconcerts.org.845-679-8348. Aug 13: 8pm $5-45 adm JulianLage Trio.

The ORPHEUM PERFORMING ARTSCENTER: 6050 Main St. Tannersville. Aug 5:7:30-9:30pm $25 adm Chris Washburne &

Cook Qnt, L Rob Garcia Trio, N TammyScheffer Sxt + Voices; 19: N Klymax & llavánow/spec guests Books, Tiana J., Jameson,Rwasenge; 21: $8 E Drama Section, LUnsolvable Problems, N Alan Ferber, LucasPino, Anna Webber, Jay Rattman, Sita Chay,Meg Okura, Eric Lemmon, ManuelSchmiedel, Rick Rosato, Colin Stranahan,Jeff Taylor & Alan Hampton; 24: E Skull Kids,L Matt Malanowski Trio, N 11 Ens; 26: L $12New York Freert; 28: E Dana Saul Sxt, L BillyMintz Qnt, N $12 Annie Chen Oct; 29: LSantiago Leibson & Out of Orden Trio; 31: ENate Hook Double Drum Band, L TestSubjects, N Smirk.

SISTAS’ PLACE: 456 Nostrand Av at JeffersonAv. www.sistasplace.org. 718-398-1766. Aug13: 9&10:30pm $20/25 adm Kenny“Swinging” Gates & the Real Deal Qrt.

WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CENTER: 367Bedford Av. www.wmcjazz.org. 718-384-1654. Fri: 10pm-2am free adm/2 drink minGerry Eastman Qnt w/spec guests + Jam. 3rdThurs: 8&10pm $10 The Liberté Big Bandpresents Kaleidoclastic Thursdays. Aug 13:9&11pm $20 Bruce Cox; 27: 8pm MattCriscuolo Qnt.

The 9th NOTE JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB: 15Bank St. Stamford. www.the9thnote.com.203-504-8828. Mon: 8pm $20 adm The 9thNote Orch, 10pm free adm Monday NightSession; Tues: 9pm The Tuesday Session.Aug 17: George Gee Swing Orch; 26-27: OneFor All.

BUTTONWOOD TREE: 605 Main St.Middletown. www.buttonwood.org. 860-347-4957. Sets: 8-10pm. Aug 5: NormGage/Kenny Reed Qnt; 13: Phil E Brownw/Top Notch Ens feat vocalist Yvonne.

GOSHEN FAIRGROUND: 116 Old Middle St.Goshen. Aug 6-7: Litchfield Jazz festwww.litchfieldjazzfest.com feat 08/6 12pmAndrew Hadro Qrt, 1:45pm Richie BarshayTrio w/Jimmy Greene, 3:30pm Albert Rivera &Back At It Band w/Paul Bollenback, 4:45pmNicole Zuraitis Qnt w/Dave Stryker, 7:30pmDaryl Johns Trio w/Orrin Evans, 08/7 10amFriends of the Festival Scat & Scramble JazzBrunch, 12:30pm Big Bass Blowout w/AverySharpe & Matt Wilson, 2:15pm Litchfield JazzOrch w/Don Braden, 4:45pm Emmet CohenTrio w/Jimmy Heath, 6:15pm Curtis BrothersTrio w/Donald Harrison.

GREEN: 165 Church St. New Haven. Aug 27:New Haven Jazz festival www.jazzhaven.orgfeat 6-6:30pm Jazz Haven Youth Allstar Band,6:45-7:45pm Mitch Frohman Latin Jazz Qrt,8-9pm Christian Sands Qrt.

LYRIC HALL: 827 Whalley Av. New Haven.www.lyrichallnewhaven.com. 203-389-8885.Aug 26: 7:30pm $10/15 adm New Haven Jazzfestival feat Helen Sung.

MUSIC MOUNTAIN: 225 Music Mountain Rd.Falls Village. www.musicmountain.org. 860-824-7126. Sets: 6:30pm $27 adm. Aug 6:Chris Washburne & Ragtime Band feat AndréMehmari, Evan Christopher, Sarah ElizabethCharles, Alphonso Horne & Candice Hoyes;13: Chris Pattishall Oct Musical Fictions.

PALACE THEATER/POLI CLUB: 100 EMain. Waterbury. www.palacetheaterct.org.203-346-2000. Aug 5: 8pm Keri Johnsrud Qrt.

RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE: 80 East Ridge.Ridgefield. www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.203-438-5795. Aug 5: 7:30pm Glenn MillerOrch.

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

Pizzarelli photo by Stephen Sorokoff.

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATERNISHUANE PARK-MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL / AUGUST 13For NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater, anywhere she hangs her hat is home,whether in front of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, celebrating Ella Fitzgeraldor winning a Tony Award for her Wiz work on Broadway. She's appeared on albumswith Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Dee Dee'sown recorded works have focused on Africa, her Grammy winning tribute to BillieHoliday, or her latest, Dee Dee's Feathers (DDB/Okeh) bringing all the heat of NewOrleans, making listeners believe she was a Crescent City native rather than fromMemphis. Dee Dee can go from a plaintive cry to sassy and sultry with an amazingcommand of any style. Her quintet includes trumpeter Theo Croker, saxophonistAnthony Ware, pianist Michael King and bassist Eric Wheeler.

BEHN GILLECEDEER HEAD INN / AUGUST 26After a decade on the jazz scene, vibraphonist Behn Gillece has built a reputation asa gifted instrumentalist and composer. A New Jersey native, Behn transferred frompercussion studies after hearing the vibe of masters Milt Jackson and BobbyHutcherson. As Bruce Lindsay wrote in All About Jazz, "Gillece is a skillful creator oftunes, harkening back to the hard bop days and beyond, without sounding like imi-tations of that era's classics." Already a veteran of the club scene and festivals aroundthe world, his four recorded collaborations with saxophonist Ken Fowser have demon-strated a look back but push forward momentum, which is also on the upcoming DareTo Be (Posi-tone), with Gillece expressing bebop, ballads and bossa. Expect this andmore as Gillece joins organist Chris Simonina and drummer Jason Tiemann.

BUCKY PIZZARELLIMORRISTOWN JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL / AUGUST 20When the focus is guitar, Bucky Pizzarelli is the template for anyone picking up aninstrument with six (or seven) strings. Bucky started with Vaughn Monroe, touredthe world with Benny Goodman, played at the White House, was a fixture in "TheTonight Show" band, worked and recorded with Frank Sinatra and has a place on theASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame. Bucky has been part of classic recordings in all genres,including hits with Dion and The Belmonts. Bucky's encounters with Tal Farlow andLes Paul are legendary. He can treat a ballad beautifully or swing hard in the tradi-tion of Freddie Green with the Basie Band. Bucky strings along with guitarist/vocal-ist Ed Laub, violinist Aaron Weinstein and son Martin Pizzarelli on bass for a delight-ful journey across musical styles.

AKIKO TSURUGAINC AMERICAN / AUGUST 31Lou Donaldson calls her "Queen of the Organ." Jazz Times says "she's the real deal."Since coming from Osaka, Japan to the U.S. 14 years ago, organist Akiko Tsuruga hassold out appearances at top jazz clubs and four recordings, with the latest,Commencement (AT Records) showing off her interpretations of Rogers and Hart, theBee Gees and Gordon Parks, alongside Akiko's wall-sweatin' originals. Akiko hasbeen working toward today since age three, when her parents bought her first piano.Hearing Jimmy Smith's record, The Cat led Akiko to become wholly familiar with thegrease of the greats, including her mentor Dr. Lonnie Smith. Whether it's a slow boil,a quiet ride or a go to church shout, Akiko does it with a trio, making you glad you'rein the audience.

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Ragtime Band feat André Mehmari, EvanChristopher, Sarah Elizabeth Charles,Alphonso Horne & Candice Hoyes.

PINE ISLAND CHAMBER OF COM-MERCE: Glenwood Rd. Pine Island. 845-258-1469. Aug 13: 6pm www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org Hudson Valley Jazz Festival featJeff Ciampa Gp.

QUINN’S: 330 Main St. Beacon. www.quinnsbeacon.com. Mon: 8pm free adm MondayNight Jazz Sessions. Aug 1: Rebecca CoupeFranks Qrt; 8: Tomchess & Bandit Hat Qrt; 15:Pete McCann Qrt; 22: Antonin Fajt Gp; 29:Billy Mintz Qrt.

SUGAR LOAF PERFORMING ARTS CEN-TER: 1351 Kings Hwy. Sugar Loaf. 845-610-5900. www.sugarloafpac.org. Aug 13: 9pmwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org Hudson ValleyJazz Festival feat The Hudson Valley JazzEns.

TOWN CRIER CAFÉ: 379 Main St. Beacon.845-855-1300. www.townecrier.com. Aug 12:8pm www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org HudsonValley Jazz Festival feat Lindsey Webster.

VILLAGE GREEN: Railroad Av. Warwick. Aug11: 7pm Hudson Valley Jazz Festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat The NYSwing Exchange.

The WARWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 2Colonial Av. Warwick. 845-986-3236. Aug 14:2-4pm Hudson Valley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat The Jazz Patients.

WARWICK VALLEY BED & BREAKFAST:24 Maple Av. Warwick. 845-987-7255.www.wvbedandbreakfast.com. Aug 13: 12-3pm www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org HudsonValley Jazz Festival feat Brunch w/DavidCrone Trio.

WARWICK VALLEY COMMUNITY CEN-TER: 11 Hamilton Av. Warwick. 845-986-6422. www.wvcommunitycenter.org. Aug 14:4pm Hudson Valley Jazz Festival www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat KJ Denhert

WARWICK GROVE: 6 Hudson St. Warwick.www.warwick-grove.com. 845-988-5274. Aug14: 7pm Hudson Valley Jazz Festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat KarlLatham Trio.

JACKSON ROOM: 192-07 Linden Blvd. StAlbans. www.jacksonroom.com. 718-525-2387. Last Sat: 8&10pm $15 adm inclsnacks/beverage feat Ed Jackson Qrt.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM:34-56 107th St. Corona. 718-478-8274.www.louisarmstronghouse.org. Sun&Sat 12-5pm, Tues-Fri 10am-5pm: $10 adm GuidedTours of Louis Armstrong House. Aug 13:2pm $18 adm Hot Jazz/Cool Garden seriesfeat Jane Monheit.

BEANRUNNER CAFÉ: 201 S Division &Esther St. Peekskill. 914-737-1701.www.beanrunnercafe.com. Fri-Sat: 8-10:30pm $10 adm. Aug 6: Premik RussellTubbs; 12-13: Hudson Valley Jazz Festivalwww.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org feat 08/12Slide Attack w/Alan Goidel & Howard Levy,08/13 Eric Person Qrt; 20: ConigliaroConsort.

continued from page 22 HENRY GOURDINE PARK: 3 Westerly Rd.Ossining. www.jazzforumarts.org. 914-631-1000. Mon: 6:30-8:30pm free adm. Aug 8:Blake Rowe Qrt; 22: Saber Tooth Trio + specguest.

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

LYNDHURST ESTATE: At Hudson River. 635S Bway. Tarrytown. www.jazzforumarts.org.914-631-1000. Thurs: 6-8:30pm free admSunset Concerts. Aug 4: Ray Blue Organ Qrt;11: Nelson Riveros Qrt; 18: Stephanie ChouProject; 25: Zoila Pianista Latin Jazz Gp.

PIERSON PARK: W Main St & Hudson River.Tarrytown. www.jazzforumarts.org. 914-631-1000. Fri: 6:30-8pm free adm. Aug 5:Charged Particles feat Paul McCandless; 12:Audrey Silver Qnt; 19: Danny Mixon Qrt; 26:Jazz Forum Arts Vocal Winners.

WATERFRONT PARK: Dobbs Ferry. 914-631-1000. Free adm www.jazzforumarts.org. Wed:6:30-8pm. Aug 3: Tessa Souter Qrt; 10: TheNew York Jazz Exchange; 17: Tony Jefferson& Groovocity; 24: Mike Freeman Zona Vibe.

ESSEXDUKE’S SOUTHERN TABLE: 11 Clinton St.

Newark. www.dukesnewark.com. 862-763-5757. Sun: 1-4pm, Wed 7-10:30pm, Fri-Sat:7:30-11:30pm. Aug 3: Open Mic w/the BrickCity Soul Collective; 5: Lance Bryant; 6: T.K.Blue; 7: Carrie Jackson; 12: Pat Van Dyke;13: Carrie Jackson; 14: Jamale Davis; 17:Open Mic w/the Brick City Soul Collective; 19:Richard Polatchek; 20: Bruce Williams; 21:Stephen Fuller; 26: Peter Lin; 27: RadamSchwartz; 28: John Bauers.

NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CEN-TER: 1 Center St. Newark. 888-466-5722.www.njpac.org. Aug 18: 7:30pm Jazz JamSession @ Clement’s Place feat César López& Habana Ens.

NEWARK MUSEUM: 49 Washington St.Newark. www.newarkmuseum.org. 973-596-6550. Aug 4: 12:15-1:45pm Jazz in theGarden series feat Woody Shaw Legacy Ens;12: 6:30-9pm Jam Session w/Craig Handy &2nd Line Smith.

NISHUANE PARK: Montclair. 973-509-4900.Aug 13: 12-9pm Jazz House Kids presentsMontclair Jazz Festival www.montclairjazzfestival.org feat A Christian McBride Situation& DJ Logic + Bernard Purdie, Dee DeeBridgewater Qnt, George Coleman OrganQrt, Michele Rosewoman & New Yor-Uba,The Jazz House Faculty Collective, LouisPrima, Jr. & the Jazz House Big Bands.

TRUMPETS: 6 Depot Square. Montclair. 973-744-2600. www.trumpetsjazz.com. Sets:unless otherwise noted 7:30&9pm, Fri-Sat8&10pm, closed Mon-Tues. Adm varies. Aug5: Saundra Silliman; 6: Dre Barnes; 7: 6-9pmEd Alstrom; 12: Amina Figarova & DeniseJannah; 13: Marlene VerPlanck; 26: BillyMintz; 28: 3-5pm Jeree Wade.

MIDDLESEXThe NEW BRUNSWICK JAZZ PROJECT:

www.nbjp.og.PELZMAN PARK: Tappen St. Avenel.

www.woodbridgeartsnj.org/second-friday-jazz. 7:30pm: Second Friday Jazz. Aug 12: EliYamin Jazz Qrt.

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Aha momentAyana Lowe always knew she could

sing. From childhood, her impressive pipesearned her important roles in schoolevents and church choirs. She went on toclassical voice training and even sang pro-fessionally for a while. Though Ayana ulti-mately didn't pursue a full-time career inmusic, it remained a constant throughouther life.

She met fellow vocalist Libby York in achurch choir in Brooklyn a couple ofdecades back. The two hit it off and whenLibby mentioned having a gig, Ayanadecided to attend to support her friend.She didn't think much of it in advance,admitting, "I thought I was the star,"because of her lifelong choral experience.

Ayana was totally unprepared for theimpact Libby's performance had on her. "Inever heard anything like it," she recalls."It was so different—she was better thanme! She was doing something I couldn't do;she sounded so refined, her interplay withthe band, singing behind the beat. Inchurch and in classical music, everythingis big: big sound, big vibrato, you're on thebeat, you're not groovin'. I knew I couldsing, but Libby was way ahead of what Icould do."

One listen was all it took for Ayana tochange directions musically. Until then, "Ihadn't heard much jazz. LouisArmstrong—that name I knew. But Icouldn't tell you one jazz artist or another."Though Libby left town soon afterward,her influence lingered. "I spent years chas-ing Libby," Ayana explains. She describestaking "baby steps" toward singing jazz,listening to records, learning more songs,how to scat, how to work with a band, play-ing around with the beat, eventuallystudying with Mark Murphy and SheilaJordan.

Since shifting musical gears, Ayana hasbecome a regular on New York's jazz scene,

enjoying a monthly gig at the 55 Bar formost of this century. When Ayana heardLibby would be in town this summer, sheinvited her to join her at 55 Bar on Aug. 6.This reunion gig is their first time singingtogether since their days in the churchchoir, with each doing a few songs aloneand together. "We're going to do 'Sunday'songs, since we met in church," Ayanareveals. Think: "Sunday Kind of Love,""Come Sunday," and "Sunday In NewYork," the title tune from Libby's 2003 CD.

Sharing the bandstand with Libby is a"dream come true" for Ayana. Back in theday at Libby's gig, "I was glad I had an earwhere I could tell I was listening to some-thing different; it brought my music to amore sophisticated place. Now, I want tosee if I can keep up with what she's doing.It's going to be a master class."

Attitude of gratitudeJust naming a fraction of the people

Danny Mixon has performed with provesthe versatile pianist can play practicallyanything. He's made himself at home inthe bands of everyone from blues and R&Bstars Big Maybelle and Patti LaBelle, tojazz icons as diverse as Charles Mingus,Betty Carter, Art Blakey, Hank Crawford,Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, ArchieShepp, Grant Green, bagpiper RufusHarley, and even tap dancers includingSavion Glover. Plus, Danny has gigged andhung out with luminaries such as BenVereen, Tony Bennett and Liza Minnelli.

"I was a kid on the fast track, that's partof my history. All those people in my lifegave me guidance—good and bad!—andmade me the Danny Mixon I am today," heshares. "I became well-rounded in the jazzworld because I was raised by the commu-nity of jazz musicians. I wouldn't trade myexperiences for anything. I was blessed tobe around the original, authentic people ofthe art. They did the raw part of it, and theend result was beautifully polished."

Ayana Lowe with Libby York, 55 Bar

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Danny describes saxophonist/composerFrank Foster as "my spiritual father. Hewas a genius, he took me under his wingand I worked with him in all his ensem-bles, from the big band to small groups."Bassist Chris White was another earlymentor. "He paid for my lessons and booksso I could study with Sir Roland Hanna."

The pianist still lives by words of advicehe picked up early on. "Some young play-ers can be so full of themselves. But theolder cats took me aside and told me tomake a statement with my playing; youdon't have to do everything you know onevery solo. In your music, have a conversa-tion with the band, with the audience."

Danny turns 66 on Aug. 19 and will cel-ebrate on that day with an outdoor concertat Jazz Forum Arts' Jazz series inTarrytown ‘s Pierson Park. Expect the vet-eran pianist to play originals, includingtunes he wrote for McCoy Tyner andAntonio Carlos Jobim, plus standards andmaterial from his new CD, Pass It On.Vocalist Antoinette Montague is "joiningme for a song or two. We've been working alot together in my world or in her world."

He turns philosophical in talking abouthis birthday, pointing out that "still beinghere" is more important than anythingelse. "Music was in my blood from an earlyage and I was blessed to have taken thegift and worked with it. Some have giftsand throw them away and I'm fortunatenot to have done that. I appreciate the giftand will continue to pass on what I've beengiven."

Grounded wandererPianist Peggy Stern has a nomadic

streak that has taken her to quite a rangeof geographical and musical locales, fromPhiladelphia (classical music) to SanFrancisco (Latin) to Seattle (jazz) to Austin(Texas swing), with other stops in between."I'm kind of genre-free. My Latin is jazzLatin, when I play jazz I can mix a lot ofclassical in there; Texas swing gave mejazz roots I might have missed. I just keepmoving forward," she relates.

But regardless of where this fearlesstraveler calls home or what genres she vis-its, she stays in close touch with her innerlandscape, as she shares on her new CD, ZOctet (Estrella). Peggy views Z Octet as

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her most personal recording to date. Eachof the ten original compositions offers aglimpse into her life: "Zinfandel" is thename of Peggy's aging pet ("She's a goodperson, for a dog"); "Phille" is a recentpiece, written after the pianist's motherdied ("I would just sit at the piano and playthat over and over"); "The Elephants'Tango" takes its name from the ElephantRoom, a club in her current home base,Austin.

While some of the material is new, shedug into her archives for other pieces."Some were written in the '90s; they're sobeautiful, but they got short shrift, theynever made it onto a record. The sound Iwanted for this was more of a classicalmini orchestra sound, with all acousticinstruments. No saxophones—I wantedthe sweetness of the clarinet. It was a won-derful project to work on; I loved the writ-ing of it. It was written on piano and Iassigned an instrument to each of the voic-ings in each chord," Peggy explains. "Andthere's a lot of free improv in "Jury Duty"and "Red Bug Slough," there's a completedeparture from the written parts."

Joining Peggy for her CD release atJazz at Kitano Aug. 25, are Harvie S onbass, Su Terry on clarinet and TonyMoreno on drums. "I can't do an octet atKitano, but this music translates to small-er groups nicely, so we'll do it in quartetform," Peggy says. "This will be way differ-ent, live. In performance the music gets awhole new lease. That's the beauty—ifthey're good vehicles they're going tochange with time; they're going to standthe test of time."

And in case you're wondering wherePeggy might land next, she's planning tospend more time in New York soon. “I missit; I'm homesick," she says.

MORRISBICKFORD THEATRE: 6 Normandy Heights

Rd. Morristown. 973-971-3706. Concerts 8-9:30pm. www.njjs.org. $15/18 adm. Aug 18:Louis Prima Jr. & the Witnesses; 24: NickiParrott & friends w/Rossano Sportiello.

MORRISTOWN GREEN: DowntownMorristown. http://www.morrisarts.org/programs/music-without-borders. Aug 20: 12-10pm Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival feat12-1:45pm George Gee Swing Orch, 2-3:45pm Bucky Pizzarelli Qrt, 4-5:45pm LouisPrima Jr. & the Witnesses.

SHANGHAI JAZZ: 24 Main St. Madison. 973-822-2899. www.shanghaijazz.com. Free adm.Sets: Sun 6-8:30pm, Tues 6:30-9pm, Wed-Thurs 7-9:30pm, Fri 6:30&8:30pm, Sat6:30&8:45pm. Closed Mon. Tues: JohnKorba. Aug 5-6: Claudio Roditi Qrt; 11: BuckyPizzarelli Trio; 13: Jerry Vivino Qrt.

OCEANOCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE: College Dr.

Toms River. 732-255-0500. www.ocean.edu.

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HOT FLASHESContemporary Jazz Cruise Artist

Spotlight: Robert Glasper

FEW NAMES LOOM AS LARGE ORas dominant in today's jazz scene as

Robert Glasper's. As a pianist, composer,producer and bandleader, Robert has risento incredible acclaim in the past decade asa genre-defying maestro whose varied proj-ects include stints not only with RussellMalone, Roy Hargrove and ChristianMcBride, but also Maxwell, Jay-Z,Common, Kendrick Lamar and Bilal.Leading a number of his own groups,notably his trio and the larger RobertGlasper Experiment, Robert has traversedand incorporated these many musicalworlds into a strikingly unique vision.

While Robert's trio records (especiallyCanvas, his 2005 Blue Note debut) firstbrought him acclaim among jazz audi-ences, his 2012 Black Radio and 2013 fol-low-up Black Radio 2 projects with theRobert Glasper Experiment caught muchwider attention.

"I was playing trio and we were gettinga crossover audience and I wanted to take

that further," Robert recalls. "You canonly take that so far with the trio formatand I wanted to change up the vibe. So Ibrought in a band that was leaning evenmore into the hip-hop and R&B concept.With them, I came up with Black Radio tobring in these artists I had been workingwith—I had always straddled the worlds ofhip-hop, R&B and jazz—and mesh theworlds together."

Purists were nonplussed, but BlackRadio and Black Radio 2 were undeniablyexceptional and unique, offering a musicalportrait of an artist who refuses easy cate-gorization. Finding new fans and a largeraudience after those projects' successes,Robert made even more changes.

"After I had acquired this new audience,I wanted to do something different, so Iwent back to the trio," he explains. "Whatwas interesting was that some of the hip-hop/R&B audiences began buying my triorecords and so I wanted to do a differenttrio approach. I didn't want to do a stan-dard jazz trio, so instead I did an album ofcover songs, but done in a jazz trio format."

The result, Covered, incorporates songsby John Legend, Radiohead, Joni Mitchell,and more alongside Robert's originals in aCD that, while on paper is a return to histrio format, in sound is a melding of thetrio and the Experiment's aesthetics. "I'venever been one to make the same recordtwice," Robert explains.

Indeed, Robert's commitment to follow-ing his unique vision led to one of thisyear's wonderful surprises: Everything'sBeautiful, a Miles Davis-driven offeringinspired by Robert's work on the MilesAhead soundtrack and featuring a singulartake on the notion of a tribute project.Drawing at times on Miles' playing in sam-ple, as well as Miles' literal voice in spokenmoments, the album manages to pay trib-ute to Miles and celebrate his work whilestill remaining a unique statement onRobert's part. Such an achievement is noeasy feat, but is also one entirely appropri-ate for a CD released on the trumpeter's90th birthday.

"I didn't want to do a 'remix' project. Iwanted this record to be about more thanMiles' trumpet, so the way I did it wasbringing in people who had a genuine lovefor Miles, and I wanted to bring in his com-positions, his speaking voice, his swagger,everything about him. He is so much morethan the muted trumpet."

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Robert Glasper performs in theContemporary Jazz Cruise in February2017. To make a reservation, visitwww.thecontemporaryjazzcruise.com.

Barcelona and Geneva, Judi makes a tri-umphant return to New York this Augustwith a two-evening residency at Smoke."It's going to be like a homecoming show.I'm playing with cats who I played withwhen Ifirst movedto the city."

J u d iJ a c k s o ns i n g sor i g i n a lmat eria land stan-dards atS m o k eJazz &S u p p e rClub onAug. 3and 4.

VOCALIST AND ACTOR JUDIJackson surfs the waters of young

ambition with great ease. Only 22 yearsold, Jackson has opened for major acts likeMavis Staples, and her collaboratorsinclude Snarky Puppy.

Judi is frustrated by those who catego-rize her explicitly as either a jazz vocalistor theatric performer. Instead, she allowseach of these creative modes to inform andinspire the other. "If we're not growingwe're dying," she says. "There always hasto be evolution."

Judi's evolution has led her to combineelements of musical theater and R&B intoher music, while staying firmly rooted inthe jazz and soul standards she loves. "Mywriting recently has had a fusion of influ-ences from the jazz I grew up with, and alsosoul and folk music."

After an outing of European perform-ances, including shows in London,

Festivals and EventsAcclaimed guitarist Mary Halvorson

holds a residency at The Stone Aug. 2-7.Highlighting a full range of her projectsand collaborations, Halvorson will featureher band Thumbscrew (with MichaelFormanek and Tomas Fujiwara), her octet,the trio Sifter (Kirk Knuffke and MattWilson), as well as duo work with NelsCline, Stephan Crump, Brandon Seabrookand Joe Morris. Visit thestonenyc.com formore details.

Don Braden

Jazz at Lincoln Center offers a range offree listening parties throughout August,featuring hosts like Ricky Riccardi andGreg Thomas, and covering topics rangingfrom Louis Armstrong, to jazz and physics.Visit http://academy.jazz.org/listening-parties for a schedule.

The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival takesplace Aug. 26-28 in Marcus Garvey Parkand in Tompkins Square Park. Featuredperformers include Jazzmeia Horn,Randy Weston, Grace Kelly, JasonMoran, Jack DeJohnette, Allan Harrisand more. Visit www.cityparksfoundation.org for a full schedule.

The Litchfield jazz festival celebrates its21st anniversary Aug. 6-7, featuring suchtalents as Donald Harrison, OrrinEvans, Emmet Cohen, Jimmy Heath,Don Braden, Jimmy Greene amongmany others. Check www.litchfieldjaz-zfest.com for details.

At the Morristown Jazz & Blues festival,Bucky Pizzarelli, George Gee SwingOrchestra and Louis Prima Jr. are onthe bill Aug. 20. For more information, goto www.morristownjazzandblues.com.

The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival takesplace Aug. 26-28 in Marcus Garvey Parkand in Tompkins Square Park. Featuredperformers include Jazzmeia Horn,Randy Weston, Grace Kelly, JasonMoran, Jack DeJohnette, Allan Harrisand more. Visit www.cityparksfoundation.orgfor a full schedule.

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www.njjs.org. Aug 17: 8-9:30pm $18/22 admGeoff Gallante.

UNIONDOWNTOWN WESTFIELD: Westfield.

www.westfieldtoday.com/jazzfestival. 908-789-9444. Tues: 7-9pm free adm. Aug 2: RonAprea, Gus Bardaji Gp, Daniel Ori, The GoldMagnolias, Mike Kaplan Nnt; 9: LynetteWashington, Daniel Rufolo, The Murphet,Jonny Hirsch Band, New-Trad Sxt; 16: JimCohen, Stringbean & the Stalkers, DaveLeonhardt Trio, VooDUDES, B.D. Lenz; 23:Jazz Lobsters, Eric Frazier, Carrie Jackson,Justin Hernandez, Lance Bryant; 30: LaurenShub & The Ilya Maslov Trio, NoName James& Butterball, Ali Ryerson, Watson, Dr.Dubious & the Agnostics.

DEER HEAD INN: 5 Main St. Delaware WaterGap, PA. www.deerheadinn.com. 570-424-2000. Sets: Sun 5-8pm, Thurs 8-11pm, Fri-Sat7-11pm. Adm varies. Residency (R): Thurs Jamw/Bill Washer & friends. Aug: 4: R; 5: SpencerReed Qrt; 6: Kate Baker & Vic Juris; 7: MitchellCheng Qrt; 11: R; 12: Brian Lynch Qrt; 13:Nancy Reed Trio; 14: Russ Kassoff w/guestCatherine Dupuis; 18: R; 19: Carolyn & JayLeonhart; 20: Eric Mintel Qrt; 21: Su Terry &Peggy Stern; 25: R; 26: Behn Gillece Trio; 27:Patrick McGee Qnt; 28: Rich Jenkins Qrt; 29:7:30-10:30pm Deer Head Inn Jazz Orch.

superstars, she sounds practically star-struck in discussing the California gig.

"This is the most exciting thing I havecoming up," the drummer declares. "This isthe kind of thing you frame and put onyour mantel: Herbie and Wayne, the inno-vators! It's going to be fantastic to playwith them, not only to be inspired by themusic, but it's also elevating—if you playone note, you're going to learn from it,you're going to be lifted and elevated."

Who can ask for anything more?

Cindy Blackman Santana playsJazz Standard Aug. 9-10, with herelectric band: Aurelien Budynek onguitar, Zaccai Curtis on keyboardsand Felix Pastorius, bass.

10 and 11 and is joined by saxophonistRay Blue, guitarist John DeFrancescoand drummer Glenn Ferricone.

A Moment You Missed by Fran Kaufman Hot House

Contributing Photographer

It's not easy wrangling four saxophon-ists, a drummer, a bass player and apianist—especially when there arebeautiful women passing in the street.At a photo shoot in Chelsea for thecover of the upcoming Arbors Records’release of The Candy Man, HarryAllen and his ensemble were channel-ing their inner teens, as you can clearlysee in this photo.

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.

To hold the attention of a music class of teenaged boys, Herb Gardner told them thatlearning a little piano could really fix up their social lives. If they could learn to play theaccompaniment to Hoagy Carmichael's "Heart and Soul" no teenage girl could resist sittingnext to them to play the melody. They were doing pretty well at it, but the peculiar look onthe face of a teacher's aide at the back of the room made him think that maybe he'd been alittle flippant about reducing the serious business of music education to a way to pick upchicks. After the class she went over to Herb and said, "That's the way I met my husband!"

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heroes." And during the 1980s, Jorge'sfather, himself a jazz musician, used to runthe jazz club Pianissimo, in Belo Horizonte.That's where the flautist started playingwith his brothers...

...The flautist moved from Rio de Janeiroto New York City in 2004 and played withgypsy musician Dorado Schmitt for thevery first time in 2011. This year is histhird time performing at the festival. "Thefestival is very nice: they play for a week,"Jorge explains. "And they have one fea-tured guest each night—every night a dif-ferent one. I am going to be one of theguests for two nights this year."

Gypsy music has taught Jorge to "thinkfast without losing the lyrical aspect ofmaking music on the spot," he explains.

IF YOU HAVE DREAMT OF ROMAN-ce or Brazilian beaches while listening to

Bebel Gilberto, you may have been listen-ing to the sounds of flautist and saxophon-ist Jorge Continentino, who has played andrecorded with the singer for ten years. Andif you would like your dreams to feel a littlemore real, you can go and see him performlive in New York City this summer since heis a special guest at the Django Reinhardtfestival at the midtown venue Birdland.But don't expect improvisation to not bepart of the experience, since for the Rio deJaneiro native, "it's good not to predictwhat you are going to do. Your influenceswill come out naturally."

And Jorge's first influences came from"what was surrounding me," he explains."So it was of course Brazilian music sinceI'm from Brazil. My parents listened to alot of Jobim, Joao Donato…" And on hismother's side, it was Gilberto Gil, JaoGilberto, he says. But "I [also] grew up lis-tening to Bill Evans, Coltrane, SonnyRollins, Paul Desmond," the Rio nativeadds. "All of that jazz repertoire and

with a lot of other input, led me to OrnetteDolphy, Cecil Taylor, Ayler and the AACM.

Q- What do you struggle with in yourcreative life?

A- Feeling like I am not the kind ofmusician I'm supposed to be. It's a lifelongbattle to feel good about who I am andbelieve in myself and deal with the expec-tation to conform. Feeling like a failure. If Ispend too much time thinking about whatother people do, I get very down. I knowwho I am and why I do this. And I knowthat my determination to be myself is mylife's adventure, but it's never easy.Otherwise I am very fortunate. My life hasbeen like a miracle. So I'm quite gratefulthat I found music to frame all of theseyears. I no longer expect much from musicexcept the luxury of making it and sharingthe experience with people. The world isfull of horror and sadness, music is a balmfor that, and a signal to anyone interestedthat life is amazing. Imagine if all theintensity that results in violence wasturned into music instead. We would all bebetter off and no one would complain aboutmaking money with music.

JOE MORRIS HAS ESTABLISHED hisvoice on guitar in a free jazz context for

over four decades. His influences rangefrom Miles Davis to the AACM, from WestAfrican string music to Messian and Ives.He is on the faculty of the New EnglandConservatory and tours extensively as aleader and sideman on both guitar andbass.

Q- What was your entry point tojazz/improvised music?

A- My sister brought Coltrane's recordOm home from college when I was 15. Tome that was the thing beyond Hendrixthat I needed. That sent me looking intojazz, which meant that I had to learn aboutchanges, scales, modes, etc. Om also, along

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And in the process, he embraces his back-ground. "I am a jazz musician and I amfrom Brazil and I play Brazilian music, sowhen I play Gypsy jazz music, of course I'mconnected to jazz, and of course I can't getaway from my Brazilian influences so itwill show up in my melodies andrhythms."...

Jorge Continentino performs Aug. 5and 6 at Birdland with bassistItaiguara Brandao for the 17th DjangoReinhardt New York Festival.

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