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ROY HAYNES FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

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SEAN SCHULICH, PETER LEVIN, AARON MAXWELL, DAVID DIAMOND, W/ MARITRIFEB 7

THIEFSFEB 8

KELLI SAEFEB 14

ILLSPOKINNFEB 15

AKIM FUNK BUDDHAFEB 21

TY STEPHENSFEB 22

FARAH SIRAJFEB 28

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THE NEW ORLEANS SWAMP DONKEYS TRADITIONAL JASS BANDFEB 9

JASON PROVER & THE SNEAK THIEVERY ORCHESTRAFEB 16

HIGH & MIGHTY BRASS BAND!FEB 23

ROY NATHANSON’S JAZZ PASSENGERS W/ STUDENTS OF I.CE.FEB 3

RON CARTER QUARTETFEB 4-9

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHTFEB 10

VALENTINE’S WEEK

NICOLE HENRYFEB 11 & 12

RACHELLE FERRELLFEB 13-16

MINO CINELU WORLD JAZZ ENSEMBLEFEB 17

JAVON JACKSON BAND W/ LES McCANNFEB 18-20OPENING ACT:JOE ALTERMAN & JAMES CAMMACK DUO FEB 18

PATRICIA BARBERFEB 21-23

“MUSIC FOR TOMORROW: A BENEFIT FOR JAPAN” HOSTED BY BOB JAMES FEATURING MAKOTO OZONE, JOHN SCOFIELD, MIKE STERN + OTHERSFEB 24

ROY HAYNES FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH WITH RON CARTERFEB 25 & 26

BILL EVANS SOULGRASSWITH SPECIAL GUESTSTIM CARBONE, NEAL EVANS & ERIC KRASNO (27) JOHN MEDESKI (28), JOHN POPPER (28-1), MARCO BENEVENTO (1)FEB 27 - MAR 1

Roy Nathanson’s Jazz Passengers and Sotto Voce band will join New York City’s Institute for Collaboration’s se-nior songwriters and band in a poetic, musical reverie about the subway.

Over the course of the last year, stu-dents in this 6-12th grade NYC public school have taken parts of poems and prose pieces and transformed them into songs about romance, loss and angst with the backdrop of the NYC subway. Under the guidance of their music teacher, the poet and jazz saxo-phonist, Nathanson, the students have arranged the songs and rehearsed them into multi-layered compositions that provide a generational contrast to Nathanson’s songs from his 2009 Enja release, Subway Moon. Performed to-gether around a backdrop of Andrew Gurian’s video, they give a broad sense of the diverse magic of our underground

imagination. This will be the forth incar-nation of this collaborative project. This “Subway Moon” project has been has now been performed at The Gateshead International Jazz Festival in England, The Banlieus Bleus International Jazz Festival in Paris, and at Amerika Haus concert hall in Munich Germany.

For the evening, Roy will be joined by vi-bist Bill Ware (Jazz Passengers), bass-ist and vocalist Tim Kiah (Sotto Voce), violinist Sam Bardfeld and drummer Pete Karp (who also happens to be In-stitute for Collaboration principal. We are proud to present this 10th incarna-tion of the “Subway Moon” project fea-turing songs, musical improvisation as well as tight arrangement, choral sing-ing and video imaging at the Blue Note Jazz Club. n

ROY NATHANSON’S JAZZ PASSENGERS & SOTTO VOCE PRESENT “SUBWAY MOON, A POETIC REVERIE” FEATURING THE STUDENTS OF I.C.E.

FEB 3, 7:30PM & 9:30PM

Ron Carter is among the most origi-nal, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz. With more than 2,000 albums to his credit, he has recorded with many of the music’s greats: Tommy Flana-gan, Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, the Kronos Quartet, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, and Bobby Timmons, among many others.

In the early 1960s, Carter performed throughout the United States in concert halls and nightclubs with Jaki Byard and Eric Dolphy. He later toured Europe with Cannonball Adderley. From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the clas-sic and acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet. He has been named Outstanding Bass-

ist of the Decade by the Detroit News, Jazz Bassist of the Year by DownBeat magazine, and Most Valuable Player by the National Academy of Record-ing Arts and Sciences. Carter holds degrees from the Eastman School and the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He has also received two honorary doctorates and was the 2002 recipient of the prestigious Hutchinson Award from the Eastman School at the University of Rochester. Most recently, he was honored by the French Minister of Culture with France’s premier cul-tural award, the medallion and title of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, given to those who have dis-tinguished themselves in the domain of artistic or literary creation.

In 1993, Carter earned a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Group, and he followed up with an-other win in 1998 for “Sheet Blues,” an instrumental composition from the film Round Midnight. In addition to scoring and arranging music for many films, he has also shared his expertise in the series of books, among which are Building Jazz Bass Lines and The Music of Ron Carter; the latter con-tains 130 of his published and record-ed compositions. Carter has lectured, conducted, and performed at clinics and master classes, instructing jazz ensembles and teaching the business of music at numerous universities. He was Artistic Director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Studies while it was located in Boston and, after 18 years on the faculty of the Music De-partment of The City College of New York, he is now Distinguished Profes-sor Emeritus although, as a performer, he remains as active as ever. n

FEB 4-9, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

RON CARTER QUARTET

Sean Schulich has played with the Funky Meters, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the New Orleans Suspects, Ber-nie Worrell, Meshell Ndegeocello and Zigaboo Modeliste. He’s played at Jazz Fest in New Orleans, The Mint in LA, at BB King’s, Brooklyn Bowl and The Bowery Ballroom here in New York City.

Sean hails from Woodstock, NY, and after earning his Masters from Yale, he won Artists International, selling out his

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debut at Carnegie’s Weill Hall. Being a multi-genre musician, he then went on to co-found the fusion group Alpha Mosaic, winning a Sony Jazz Competition. His playing is soulful, performances electric, and his band is powerful. This is not a show to miss. n

Collectively led by drummer and vocal-ist Guillermo E Brown, bassist Keith Witty and saxophonist Christophe Pan-zani, THIEFS is a grammatically inco-herent jazz bastardization. Fully acous-tic to fully electronic, THIEFS weaves elements of modern composition and improvisation into a boundary-less foundation of beats.

Between them, Brown, Witty and Pan-zani have supported artists as varied as Amel Larrieux, Anthony Braxton, Carla Bley, David S. Ware, EL-P, Hocus Po-cus, Jamie Lidell, Saul Williams, Somi and VIjay Iyer.

THIEFS has recently been named an FAJE (French American Jazz Exchange) grantee for 2012-2013, a joint program

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of FACE (French American Cultural Ex-change) and Mid Atlantic Arts Founda-tion, with generous funding from The Cultural Services of the French Embas-sy, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs de Musique (SACEM), Florence Gould Foundation, and Institute Francais. n

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The Swamp Donkeys play traditional jazz, blues, jass originals, vaudeville, modern jazz adaptations, and many other jazz and New Orleans-derived styles. They are extremely versatile. They have beginnings and educations in the authentic, New Orleans, grassroots music scene, play-ing local festivals and second lines, then growth into world-class music education

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programs, playing in concerts across the coun-try. Their diverse sound is enormously accessible with their frontmen, the Louis Armstrong-sound-ing James Williams, and the audience-wooing, banjo-strumming Sam Friend. (Though James does plenty of audience-wooing himself!).

The Swamp Donkeys can play large and small venues, vast and intimate crowds just the same. They bring a remarkable, diverse appearance and sound to the stage, hailing from the south, north-east and -west; most definitely, this melt-ing-pot of American musical culture brings peo-ple together from all walks of life. n

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THE INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT (IGN) is the world’s premier touring guitar festival, each show bringing together the most interest-ing and innovative acoustic guitar-ists to exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting. For each tour, IGN founder Brian Gore invites a new cast of guitar luminaries to join him for special evenings of solos, duets, and quartets that highlight the dex-terity and diversity within the world of acoustic guitar. Brian founded IGN in 1995 as a forum for the world’s fin-est guitarists/composers to play their latest original songs and share musi-cal ideas and talent with their peers. This year IGN’s North American tour features Pino Forastiere, Mike Dawes, Quique Sinesi and Brian Gore. The music of Italian guitarist PINO FORASTIERE comes from a solid background in classical, contempo-rary and rock music, evolving into a style that’s hard to define. His mu-sic is “something like a mix of Steve Reich’s interlocking rhythmic patterns meet Michael Hedges’ techniques, all while admiring Eddie Van Halen” (John Schaefer, WNYC). www.forastiere.it

QUIQUE SINESI is considered one of the most important guitarists in Ar-gentina for his personal style. His mu-sic is based in elements of Tango and Folklore from his country, and rhythms from “Rio de la Plata” like Candombe, incorporating elements of jazz, impro-

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT

FEB 10, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

FEATURING: MIKE DAWES (UK), GUITARPINO FORASTIERE (ITALY), GUITARQUIQUE SINESI (ARGENTINA), GUITARBRIAN GORE (US), GUITAR

visation, classical and world music. Over his career, Quique has played and recorded with an amazing array of musicians and his musical proj-ects have taken him around the world. www.quiquesinesi.com MIKE DAWES is hailed as one of the world’s finest young finger-style guitar-ists. His acclaimed solo music, littered with nuances and micro-techniques, has seen him tour almost every con-tinent on the planet. He has also re-corded with, and has been a session musician for multiple Grammy award-winning artists. Additionally, Mike cur-rently tours as Justin Hayward’s lead guitar player, performing Moody Blues classics throughout the USA. www.mikedawes.com

San Francisco-based guitar poet BRIAN GORE is gaining a reputation as one of the most interesting and in-fluential performers of “the next gen-eration.” A musical romantic, his com-positions draw inspiration from myth and modern literature. His music has been featured on radio programs such as NPR’s nationally syndicated Echoes Radio, among others. Brian founded The International Guitar Night in 1995 as a forum for the world’s finest gui-tarists/composers to play their latest original songs and share musical ideas with their peers in public concert. This has evolved into critically acclaimed annual tours in the US, Canada and the UK. www.guitarpoet.com n

Nicole Henry has firmly established herself as one of the most acclaimed entertainers in jazz. Her powerfully ex-pressive voice and her soulful, sophis-ticated and uplifting energy has earned her three top 10 albums. Adding to her vocal talents, Nicole’s beauty and on-stage rapport combines confidence and sincerity, confirming her as an all-around beguiling performer to audienc-es in over 15 countries. Henry showcases her diversity and skills as a performer and refined inter-preter on her January 29, 2013 release,

So Good, So Right: Nicole Henry Live. The 13-track live album, which was recorded at Henry’s sold-out per-formances at Feinstein’s in NYC in May 2012, showcases her soulful, inspired interpretations of some of her favor-ite classic hits of the 70’s from iconic artists including Bill Withers, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, The Commodores and Gladys Knight. Henry’s 2004 debut CD release, The Nearness of You, won considerable attention from audiences and critics in the U.S. and in Japan, where they named Nicole Best New Jazz Artist of 2004. The following year, Nicole’s Teach Me Tonight reached #1 in Ja-pan and was named HMV Japan’s Best Vocal Jazz Album of 2005. 2008’s The Very Thought of You substantial-ly expanded her American audience, reaching #7 on Billboard’s jazz chart. Henry’s 2011 release, Embraceable, was a slight departure from her prior recordings, and reached the top 20 on jazz and smooth jazz radio charts and was a creative triumph for Henry that established her as a peerless in-terpreter of jazz and pop standards, transcending genre boundaries. Growing up in a musical family in Bucks County, PA, Nicole immersed herself in the arts early on, singing in school and church, and studying cello and ballet. After graduating from the University of Miami with a degree in Communications and Theatre, Nicole launched a successful acting career, appearing in commercial roles as well as a series of voiceover assignments. But she directed her strongest passion toward the development of her full-time singing career which was quickly rewarded in her present hometown, when the Miami New Times named Ni-cole “Best Solo Musician 2002.” n

VALENTINE’S WEEK NICOLE HENRY

FEB 11 & 12, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

Celebrate Valentine’s Week at the Blue Note with vocalist Rachelle Ferrell. While Ferrell has an established fan base in the contemporary jazz world, her unique visibility on the pop/urban contemporary scene has boosted her audience’s interest in her overall breadth of work. She has made her mark as a crossover artist who’s equal-ly at home with urban contemporary pop, gospel, classical music and jazz.

Very few vocal artists in the industry have Ferrell’s potent combination of range, phrasing, and musicianship

(equally gifted as a vocalist and pia-nist). Such potency was made power-fully aware to Blue Note Record’s ex-ecutive Bruce Lundvall, who first heard Ferrell on a demo tape and signed her shortly thereafter in 1990 upon seeing her perform. So impressed was Lun-dvall with her talents, that he signed Ferrell to both the Blue Note label and the Capitol label, allowing her to funnel her talents through the prism of traditional jazz and R&B. Lundvall quickly set out to plan Ferrell’s coming out party via a showcase at the 1991 Montreux Jazz Festival. In the past, the showcase was used to introduce the talents of Dianne Reeves (also signed to both labels), Stanley Jordan, and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Live at Montreux 91-97 captures Ferrell’s moving debut at Montreux in July of 1991 and sub-sequent performances at the venue throughout the decade of the 1990s.

She first emerged in the states with her R&B debut Rachelle Ferrell (1992), a solid collection of self-penned origi-nals that featured a striking duet with Will Downing, titled “Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This.” It was with the release of First Instrument in 1994 that audi-ences were really introduced to Fer-rell’s jazz sensibilities.

Ferrell has sung backup for Lou Rawls, Patti LaBelle, Vanessa Williams and George Duke to name a few. Her pro-lific songwriting abilities and ability to accompany herself on piano seem only to further her natural talent as a vocalist.

In short, Rachelle Ferrell’s talents transcend generic classification. n

VALENTINE’S WEEK RACHELLE FERRELL

FEB 13-16, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

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iLLspokinn is a Brooklyn-based Hip Hop Artist/Educator, rocking the world as an MC and DJ. In addition to be-ing one of New York’s hip-hop corner-stones through both his contributions to the scene and his scene-stealing performances, iLLspokinn has built a global reputation and fan base, with tours across the U.S., Europe and Chi-na.

The release of his internationally ac-claimed debut LP, 60 Minute Spin Cy-cle, and his worldwide collaborations have allowed him to connect with the Global Hip Hop community. He has per-formed at major venues and festivals around the world.

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Additionally, he co-founded and co-hosts Freestyle Mondays, the longest running freestyle hip-hop open mic in New York City, now entering its elev-enth year with recent international in-carnations launched in Prague and France. n

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“Sae it’s so!” The powerfully soulful Kelli Sae returns to the Blue Note!

Wonderfully sultry and startlingly gritty vocals lace Sae’s R&B dance grooves, pulsating beats and heart wrenching ballads into an experience that de-mands your attention. As lead singer for the internationally acclaimed band Count Basic and former lead singer of the renowned jazz/funk collective Incognito singer/songwriter/producer Kelli Sae has created a signature sound that has reached millions around the world. She’s also worked with legends Tina Turner, Paul Simon, Ryuichi Saka-moto, Gladys Knight, Lionel Richie, Philippe Saisse, Nona Hendryx and

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musical trendsetters DJ Logic, MeShell N’degeocello, Jared Dietch, and more.

“The depth and realness of her per-formance and songwriting is undeni-able and downright intoxicating. You’re pulled into Sae’s world within sec-onds.”- Billboard n

Specializing in the hot and sweet mu-sic of the Jazz Age, folk music, and the blues, Jason Prover and his Sneak Thievery Orchestra have become one of New York City’s most sought after ensembles. The Orchestra recently played the world famous Blue Note Jazz Club to a packed house. Much of the ensemble’s repertoire is de-rived from the lineage of masters such as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, and Bix Beiderbecke amongst others. A musical unit that strives to connect with its audience, Jason Prover and his Sneak Thievery Orchestra is sure to bring high levels of energy, emotion, grace, and sophisti-cation. n

JASON PROVER & THE SNEAK THIEVERY ORCHESTRAFEB 1611:30AM & 1:30PM$29.50 includes music, entree & 1 drink

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Mino Cinelu began his musical journey as a child by learning to play the guitar. He went on to develop an affinity and passion for the drum set along with various types of percussive instru-ments during his early years of musical maturation. By the time he had turned sixteen, Cinelu was a professional mu-sician traveling between London and New York for gigs and recording ses-sions. During his travels, he collabo-rated with a vast number of musicians whose differing musical inclinations,

be they in jazz, funk, rap, electro, fla-menco, and pop, were as varied as the prestige of each artist (Miles Da-vis, Sting, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Lou Reed, Vicente Amigo, Stevie Wonder, etc.). Years beyond his humble beginnings, the renowned composer, multi-instrumentalist, pro-grammer, and producer, Mino Cinelu, is still exploring his innate passion for music and leaving his unmistakable impression as he does so. n

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FEB 17, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

JAVON JACKSONJavon Jackson came into international prominence touring and recording as a member of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. In the years since, he has gone on to tour and record with Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Betty Carter, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Donald Byrd, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Richard Davis, Bobby Hutcherson, Curtis Fuller and Stanley Turrentine, and Ben E. King. As a recording artist, Jackson has ap-peared on over 135 recordings, toured throughout the world and developed a formidable career as a band leader. His latest recording, Lucky 13, finds Jack-son returning to acoustic jazz after a series of popular jazz-funk recordings. LES McCANNBorn in 1935 in Lexington, Kentucky, Les McCann moved to Los Angeles and formed a trio, the Les McCann

Ltd., which became a favorite on the Sun Strip in the late fifties.Always fueled by his renegade spirit, Les McCann was recommended by Miles Davis to play with Cannonball Adderly, but turned it down in order to form his own band. In 1960, McCann was signed to Pacific Jazz and be-came the label’s top-selling artist, de-buting with Plays the Truth (1960). He also co-headed albums with legendary labelmates such as organist Richard “Groove” Holmes, saxman Ben Web-ster, The Jazz Crusaders and the Ger-ald Wilson Orchestra. Les is best known for his work in the late 60s and early 70s with partner/saxman Eddie Harris, whom he first encountered at the Montreux Jazz Festival. The resulting album, Swiss Movement (1960), was a top selling jazz record, and the single “Compared to What” sold platinum. n

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OPENING ACT: JOE ALTERMAN & JAMES CAMMACK FEB 18 6:30PM

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If there’s such a thing as a typical jazz vocalist, Patricia Barber doesn’t fit the profile. What distinguishes the cerebral performer from virtually all of her peers is the keen intelligence of her original material, which is often informed by her literary ambition. Quirky, insistent-ly independent and emotionally cool, she’s attracted a dedicated following with her rigorous songwriting craft and sly, harmonically deft piano work. She won a Guggenheim Fellowship Award in 2003 to compose an ambitious song cycle based on Ovid’s epic poem “Metamorphoses,” making her the first singer-songwriter to ever receive the prestigious grant. A savvy bandleader

who has honed a tight, telegraphic style with her quartet, Barber is known for transforming unlikely pop tunes into sleek jazz numbers, reinventing Cole Porter, and constantly rework-ing her impressive book of originals. Barber’s previous two albums were recorded at the storied Chicago jazz spot The Green Mill, where she’s held down a weekly gig for more than a de-cade. Whether she’s interpreting stan-dards or her incisive original tunes, Patricia Barber has created a richly re-warding body of work unlike anything else on the scene. Her latest critically acclaimed album is titled Smash (re-leased on Concord Jazz in 2013). n

PATRICIA BARBER

FEB 21-23, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

Akim is a multi-faceted performance artist with talents ranging from Bali-nese Monkey Chanting,Tuvan Throat-Singing, Martial Arts to Classic Hip Hop dance styles, Rhymes, Beat-Boxing and Body Balancing. Known for his holistic approach to Hip Hop, drawing from a full spectrum of cultural tradi-tions and artistic disciplines, he creates borderless performance art fusing sounds and movements. Akim’s exceptional stage productions have been featured at prestigious venues such as The Kennedy Center (Washington DC), and throughout New York City, including Central Park Sum-

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mer Stage, The Blue Note, The Whit-ney Museum (VH1 Hip Hop Honors), Lincoln Center Outdoors, Joe’s Pub, among others. Akim has collaborated with a range of ground-breaking artists, including Bobby McFerrin and Tony Award win-ning Director Bill T Jones. n

A Philadelphia native, Ty Stephens be-gan his journey in the entertainment business performing in school produc-tions at Overbrook High School (the same school as famed alum Will Smith), and studying theatre/dance with the Philadelphia Youth Theatre. He went on to Temple University’s renowned Tyler School of Art, only to quit during his sophomore year to pursue dance full time (moving to New York to join Rod Rodgers Dance Company and study at the Alvin Ailey School).

After two years on the concert dance scene, he began to perform in musical theatre, ultimately landing two Broad-way Shows with the original casts (“So-

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phisticated Ladies” and “Marilyn, An American Fable”). While on Broadway, Ty began performing in local piano bars and nightclubs, finally deciding to focus on his vocal career and, subse-quently, his songwriting. n

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The High and Mighty Brass Band! (HMBB!) is a party in progress. Their performances are both fiercely enter-taining and refreshingly inspiring. Not only do they have musical talent, but they also have a level of camaraderie that is highly unusual in newer groups. The group’s sincere enthusiasm and dynamic energy connects with every audience member who is willing to par-ticipate. Their sound is a mix of clas-sic New Orleans Funk, R&B and more modern influences of Afro-Beat and Hip Hop.

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“Rolling 7 deep,” HMBB includes Kevin Louis on trumpet, Chad Gales on alto sax, Mark Williams on trombone, Ron Caswell on tuba, Jesse Barnes on gui-tar, Evan Howard on drums and Jamie Neumann, dancer and percussionist: everyone sings and everyone plays. Beginning with a heavily percussive and tribal groove, the horns weave through solos, building and stretching the energy to its limits. n

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This coming March will mark the three-year anniversary of The Great East Ja-pan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011.

Following the tragedy, many world-re-nowned artists flew to Japan to support and encourage the people of Tohoku (the severely damaged area in northern Japan), including pianist Bob James. Bob’s music united everyone, giving strength and hope to those who were overcoming difficulties.

To remember the tragedy and show how music has the ability to raise up spirits in the most difficult of times, Blue Note Jazz Club, Bob James, and NHK Enterprises (Japan’s national pub-lic broadcasting organization) present a special charity concert to support To-hoku (three years after the Earthquake and Tsunami) and share the spirit of hope and encouragement through mu-sic.

Titled “Music For Tomorrow: A Ben-efit For Japan,” the program will fea-ture Makoto Ozone, John Scofield, Mike Stern, James Genus, and Clar-ence Penn, among others (hosted by James). The musicians will reflect on

those who are still struggling to re-cover from the tragedies in Tohoku and the rest of the world, while celebrating music’s power to encourage and uplift. All admission proceeds will be deliv-ered as a charity to The Great East Ja-pan Earthquake and Tsunami victims. The concert will be recorded by NHK, broadcast throughout Japan (including in the Tohoku area) and internationally through NHK channels .

While this initial program focuses on victims of the Earthquake and Tsu-nami in Tohoku/Japan, the organizers hope to extend its reach to other parts of the world, helping others facing dif-ficulties. Classical and pop music ver-sions of this concert are being planned in France and other regions, with the same concept (bringing artists together from a wide range of genres and parts of the world to unite/share the feeling of encouragement and compassion through music.

*All proceeds will be delivered as a charity to The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami victims.* n

HOSTED BY BOB JAMESFEATURING MAKOTO OZONE, JOHN SCOFIELD, MIKE STERN, JAMES GENUS, CLARENCE PENN & MOREFEB 24, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

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ROY HAYNES is the pulse of legend-ary jazz. For over 50 years Roy Haynes has influenced and innovated, shaping some of the greatest recordings in jazz while his joyous drumming with the leg-ends of the genre altered the very fab-ric and direction of jazz improvisation.

Louis Armstrong. Lester Young. Charlie Parker. Thelonius Monk. Sarah Vaughn. Miles Davis. John Coltrane. Dizzy Gil-lespie. Bud Powell. Ella Fitzgerald. Stan Getz. Chick Corea. Pat Metheny. The list goes on and on as does Roy’s unflagging energy and marvelous in-vention.

With his latest group, Roy sends his “hard swing” to a timeless place. Haynes elevates the performances of his FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BAND matching fire stroke for fire stroke, thrill for thrill, a tremendous give and take between the generations fueled by masterful musicianship and youthful abandon. RON CARTER is among the most orig-inal, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz. With more than 2,000 albums to his credit, he has recorded with many of the music’s greats: Tommy Flana-gan, Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, the Kronos Quartet, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, and Bobby Timmons.

In the early 1960s, Carter performed throughout the United States in concert halls and nightclubs with Jaki Byard and Eric Dolphy. He later toured Europe with Cannonball Adderley. From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the classic and ac-claimed Miles Davis Quintet. He has been named Outstanding Bassist of the Decade by the Detroit News, Jazz Bassist of the Year by DownBeat magazine, and Most Valuable Player by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Carter holds degrees from the Eastman School and the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He has also received two honor-ary doctorates and was the 2002 recipi-ent of the prestigious Hutchinson Award from the Eastman School at the Univer-sity of Rochester. Most recently, he was honored by the French Minister of Culture with France’s premier cultural award, the medallion and title of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, given to those who have distinguished themselves in the domain of artistic or literary creation. The master bassist is also the recipient of two Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Instru-mental Group with the Miles Davis Tribute Band and “Call Sheet Blues,” in 1993 and 1998 respectively, and has also worked with numerous universities, teaching stu-dents the business of music. n

ROY HAYNES FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH WITH RON CARTERFEB 25 & 26, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

Grammy-winning saxophonist Bill Ev-ans first joined Miles Davis’s group in 1980 at the age of 22. He went on to re-cord six records and tour the world with Davis numerous times over a four-year period. He then toured and recorded three CDs with John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra and later played with Herbie Hancock, Lee Rit-enour, Dave Grusin, Steps Ahead, and Mick Jagger, among others, garnering a few Grammy Awards along the way.

Since 1990, Evans has been touring almost exclusively with his own band, playing well over 100 concerts world-wide per year. He has recorded 19 solo albums including his latest, Dragonfly (2011), receiving two Grammy nomina-tions in the process. Throughout his more than 20-year career as a solo artist, he has explored a variety of mu-sical settings that go well beyond the confines of traditional jazz, including rock, hip-hop, jam, fusion, reggae, Bra-zilian, and slamming funk. He recently

stepped into more adventurous terri-tory with his 2006 Grammy-nominated release Soulgrass, blending jazz, funk, and bluegrass into a seamless and wholly unique hybrid of quintessen-tially American styles.

His follow-up to that widely acclaimed project found him pushing the enve-lope a little further in the hybrid di-rection on 2008’s The Other Side of Something. “It’s an extension of Soul-grass...so it seemed like a very natural thing for me to do.” Evans returned to the studio to produce and record the third Soulgrass album Dragonfly, his latest effort, in 2011. Of the record, Evans says: “This CD is a melting pot of styles that work very well together. I have been working with banjo together with the guitar for over six years and, at this point, we have created our own sound. It is Americana-meets-soul-meets-jazz in a new kind of way. There are no boundaries here.” n

FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 1, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

FEATURING NEAL EVANS + ERIC KRASNO OF SOULIVE & TIM CARBONE (2/27), JOHN MEDESKI (2/28), JOHN POPPER OF BLUES TRAVELER (2/28-3/1) & MARCO BENEVENTO (3/1)

BILL EVANS SOULGRASS

Named Jordan’s “Musical Ambas-sadress”, jordanian virtuoso Farah Siraj balances a career that spans the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Farah has performed at some of the world’s most prestigious platforms, including the United Nations, Nobel Prize Hall, the World Economic Forum, MTV, Coke Studio, the TV show Good Morning Live in the USA, MBC TV in the Middle East and the Antena de Oro Awards of Spain. Farah has performed before HM King Abdullah II and HM Queen Rania of Jordan, HM King Juan

FARAH SIRAJFRIDAY NIGHT, FEB 28 12:30AM

Carlos of Spain, HH Sheikh Moham-med bin Rashid Al Maktoum and HE Secretary-General of the United Na-tions, Ban Ki-moon. In addition, Farah represents Jordan annually on the International Day of Peace. n

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WILD BEAUTYBRUSSELS JAZZ ORCHESTRAFEATURING JOE LOVANO

Following its triumphant partner-ship with pianist Kenny Werner (Institute of Higher Learning), the award-winning Brussels Jazz Orchestra turns its attention to Joe Lovano, long heralded as a towering soloist among tenor sax-ophonists Wild Beauty illuminates the composer side of Lovano’s musicianship, featuring a palette of earthy tunes previously record-ed with small groups, but now reimagined for the 17-piece BJO. Gil Goldstein wrote the evocative arrangements.

MANHATTANRedemption rye whiskey,Carpano Antico sweet vermouth

NEGRONIBombay Saphire, Campari,Carpano Antico sweet vermouth

VESPERTanqueray gin, Chopin Vodka, and Lillet with a lemon twist

FRENCH MARTINIGrey Goose vodka, Chambord& pineapple juice

HENNESSY SIDECARHennessy Cognac with GrandMarnier and fresh lemon juice

BLUE NOTE MARTINIcitrus vodka, blue curocao, lime juice

“MANTECA” MARTINIBrinley Gold coconut rum, coconut-cream & pineapple juice

ITALIAN CHOCOLATE MARTINIMeletti Chocolate Liquer Stolivanilla vodka

APPLE MARTINIKetel One & apple schnapps

COSMOPOLITANCitrus Vodka, Triple Sec,cranberry & lime juice

METROPOLITANAbsolut Kurant with Triple Sec,cranberry & lime juice

MARGARITA MARTINISauza Conmemorativo tequila, agave, fresh lime & splash orange juice

MARTINIS $14

ELDERFLOWER FIZZBeefeater, elderflowerliqueur, fresh lemon

RUBY RYERedemption rye whiskey, grapefruit juice, Chambord

CAIPIRINHAMuddled limes, sugar andBeija Brazilian cachaca

BELLINIProsecco & white peach puree

PCPUNCHGrey Goose pear vodka, Brinleycoconut rum, pineapple juice

MAI TAIBacardi light rum, Meyers darkrum, almond liqueur, Triple Sec,Pineapple juice, splash sour mix

BRANDY ALEXANDERBrandy, crème de cacao & cream

CUBA LIBREBlackwell rum, Coke & freshly muddled lime

TOASTED ALMONDAmaretto, coffee liqueur & cream

MIXED DRINKS $12

IRISH COFFEEJameson Irish whiskey & coffee

NUTTY IRISHMANBailey’s Irish Cream, Frangelico & coffee

BRAVE BULLCuervo Gold, Kahlua & coffee

SWISS COFFEEPeppermint Schnapps, crème de cacao & coffee

SPANISH COFFEETia Maria & coffee

MOCA ALMONDMeletti chocolate liqueramaretto, coffee

WARM DRINKS $12

IMPORTED - $9Sapporo, Amstel Light,Corona, Heineken, Guinness,Stella Artois, Bass Ale

DOMESTIC - $8Brooklyn Lager, Budweiser,Bud Light

BELGIAN-STYLE ALE - $15Brother Thelonious Abbey Ale (750 ml)

NON-ALCOHOLIC - $7Buckler

REPUBLIC OF TEA ICED TEAS - $7Pomegranate Green Iced TeaRepublic Darjeeling Black Iced TeaGinger Peach Decaf Black Iced Tea

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SEASONAL FRUIT & SORBET 12 add Limoncello Meletti 11 NEW YORK CHEESECAKE 10 add Tia Maria 12 RED VELVET CAKE 10 add Baileys 11TIRAMISU 10 add Grand Marnier 12CINNAMON APPLE STRUDEL 9 add Amaretto Lazzaroni 11 WARM LEMON TARTE 9 add Drambuie 12 CHOCOLATE & VANILLA TARTUFO 10 add Frangelico 11 FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE 10 add Taylor Fladgate 20 year 15 ICE CREAM 9 add Kahlua 11SORBET OF THE DAY 8 add Prosecco 11

DESSERTS & PAIRINGS

Sherry, Dry Sack 11Sherry, Harvey’s Bristol Cream 12Taylor Fladgate 20 year 15Cab Franc Icewine, Inniskillin 20/125

DESSERT WINES

BOURBON / RYERedemption Rye 12Basil Hayden 14Booker’s 14 Knob Creek 14Woodford Reserve 15 Whistle Pig 17

Courvoisier 12Hennessy VS 14Hennessy XO 36Remy Martin VSOP 18Remy Martin XO 36Martell VS 14Martell Cordon Bleu VSOP 25Paul Beau XO 25Poli Grappa Moscato 15

BRANDY & COGNACGlenlivet 12 year 12 Glenfiddich 12 year 12Macallan 12 year 15Talisker 10 year 13 Glenmorangie 13 Oban 14 year 15 Dahlwinnie 15 year 16Lagavulin 16 year 18Mackillop’s 1989 Scapa 34Deanston 30 year 40 Scott’s 1967 Glenlivet 58

SINGLE MALT SCOTCH

LIQUEURSAmaretto Lazzaroni 11Aperol 11Baileys Irish Cream 11B & B 12Campari 11Chambord 11Cointreau 12Drambuie 12Dubbonet 11Fernet Branca 11Frangelico 11Grand Marnier 11Kahlua 11Lillet 11Limoncello Meletti 11Nocino Walnut Liqueur 11Pernod 11Poli Miele Honey Liqueur 12Sambuca Meletti 11Tia Maria 12

DIGESTIFS

Chivas 12Dewars 12J & B 12Johnny Walker Red 12Johnny Walker Black 13Johnny Walker Blue 38

SCOTCH BLENDS

RUMBeija Cachaca 12Bacardi Silver 12Bacardi Gold 12Brinley Gold Coconut 12Captain Morgan’s 12Meyer’s 13Mount Gay 13Pyrat XO 15

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UPCOMING AT THE BLUE NOTE

MAR 4 - 9 DONALD HARRISON, RON CARTER & BILLY COBHAM

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MAR 25 - 30 DOUBLE FEATURE:LARRY CARLTON + KYLE EASTWOOD

APR 8 - 13 GARY BURTON & MAKOTO OZONE DUETS