Where To Go & Who To See Since 1982

October 2014 www.hothousejazz.com

Gene BertonciniPage 23Saint Peter's Church

Annie RossPage 21Metropolitan Room

Page 10Jazz StandardPage 10Smalls Jazz Club

Ryan KeberleFrank Lacy

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W I N N I N G S P I N SBy George Kanzler

10 Keberle, Lacy & Bertoncini cover photos by Fran Kaufman, Ross by BBordnick

AN INSTRUMENT OF ENDLESSpossibilities, the trombone is perhaps

the most personal of the horns in jazz.Uniquely able to bend and conjoin notesbecause of its pitch altering slide, it canalso emulate the human voice through,but not exclusively with, mutes andplungers. It also naturally has a rangemore akin to the human voice than almostany other horn. We hear two of the most personal and

distinctive trombonists on the Big Applescene today in this Winning Spins. RyanKeberle puts forward his unique conceptu-al talents in ensemble writing-arranging,as well as his playing, while Frank Lacyfronts a muscular hard-bop leaning sextetwhose home base is a vital GreenwichVillage venue.

Into the Zone, Ryan Keberle &Catharsis (Greenleaf), is the second CDfrom this distinctive unit, a quartet featur-ing the leader's trombone alongside MikeRodriquez's trumpet, joined by bassistJorge Roeder and drummer Eric Doob. Ason the group's 2013 CD, Music is Emotion,tenor saxophonist Scott Robinson joins inon two tunes. And for the first time,Keberle includes a vocalist: Camila Meza,who is present on six of the eight tracks.The guests are first heard, together, on thesecond cut, "Gallop," which Keberle hascast in candombe: a parade and samba-likeUruguayan rhythm. Meza's chanting,wordless voice followed by Robinson'stenor sax, waft over a brass riff and bounc-ing drums and bass of the candombe,building momentum that never flagsthrough alternating solo and ensemblepassages.The quartet is alone on the opening

track, "Inevitable Blues," highlightingsalient features of the group: counterpoint,interweaving harmonies and tandem solo-ing from the horns. In a historical context,it is an audacious extension of the conceptsof the original Gerry Mulligan Quartet, apioneer of piano-less modern jazz combos.But Keberle spotlights his own burnished,warm-toned trombone instead of a sax,along with Rodriguez's equally glowing,full-toned trumpet. The two can work upan exhilarating head of steam when tan-dem soloing, especially on the album's onlyother blues, and only non-vocal cover,Charlie Parker's "Cheryl." Keberle andRodriguez solo singly after Robinson; theythen "trade fours," culminating in a joyoustandem exchange over Afro-Latin rhyth-mic accents. Keberle's soloing throughout is com-

manding, lyrical and consistently impres-sive tonally and conceptually. However,the album is not primarily a showcase forhis playing, but for his writing and con-cepts. Chief among them here is hisemployment of Meza's voice as an expres-sive instrument on four tracks and as asinger on two standards. "Ballad of the SadYoung Men" benefits from her unschooledvoice, which brings out the plaintive vul-nerability that is the song's subject. On"Easy to Love" she breathes out the lyricsin a suggestive purr, the horns lighteningthe mood with faster solo sections. Meza'svoice is also integrated into Keberle's mostarresting originals including the complexyet engrossing "Without a Thought," theincantatory "Simple Sermon" and "Zone,"on which he adds melodica chords behindthe other soloists.

Live at Smalls, Frank Lacy & theSmalls Legacy Band (Smalls Live), wasrecorded at one of this band's sporadicTuesday night gigs at the GreenwichVillage club. Based on the music of the CD,the "legacy" in this case is post-bop andhard bop in the form of tunes by its manypractitioners, plus some originals fromLacy in a similar vein. His "Stranded," atumbling hard bop piece with Afro-Latinbeats, kicks things off in Jazz Messengersstyle. After a brash trumpet outing fromJosh Evans and some tough tenor sax fromStacy Dillard, Lacy enters with theurgency so typical of his style, addingsmears to his febrile tone and playing as ifbeing pursued by something with murder-ous intent.When he's not pushing the dramatic

envelope, Lacy can muffle and distort histone, bringing more than a modicum ofhumor, even outright guffaws, to his solo-ing, as on George Cables' "Think On Me."And his own tunes can reach beyond hardbop in eccentric ways—like "The SpiritMonitor," with its heraldic, yearningmodal theme or his "Carolyn's Dance,"demonstrating his own chokingly urgentvocal verging on melodrama.This program, assembled like a single

set, builds in intensity, culminating in JoeBonner's "Sunbath," a boogaloo shufflewith incantatory riffs behind the solos andLacy in dialogue with himself, and FreddieHubbard's "The Intrepid Fox," a bravurashowcase for soloists with a theme consist-ing of ever-heightening climaxes.

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CLUBS & HALLS

UPPER MANHATTAN(Above 70th Street)

SUPPORT THE JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEMwww.jazzmuseuminharlem.org

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

809 BAR & GRILL: 112 Dyckman St (Off NagleAv). www.809restaurant.com. 212-304-3800.Thurs: 8:30-11pm Aquilito’s Jazz in theHeigthzz. Oct 9: Ruben Steijn, Sharik Hasan &Andrew Shilito.

ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH: 132W138th St (bet Lenox & Adam Clayton PowellBlvds). www.abyssinian.org. 212-862-7474. Oct5: 4pm $20/10 adm Jazz Vespers feat JazzmeiaHorn & Brian Owens.

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

APOLLO THEATER: 253W 125th St. 212-531-5300. www.apollotheater.org. Oct 24: 8:30pmJazz Foundation of America gala honoringHerbie Hancock.

BEMELMANS: At Carlyle Hotel. 35E 76th St atMadison. www.thecarlyle.com. 212-744-1600.Adm varies. Mon 5:30-8:30pm&9pm-12am, Fri5:30-8:30pm, Sun 5-8pm: Earl Rose; Tues-Thurs 5:30-8:30pm, Fri-Sat 9:30pm-1am: ChrisGillespie; Tues-Thurs 9:30pm-12:30am: DavidBudway Trio; Sat 5:30-8:30pm: Levi Barcourt;Sun 9pm-12am: Billy Stritch & Jim Caruso.

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

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

BISTRO TEN 18: 1018 Amsterdam Av at 110thSt. 212-662-7600. www.bistroten18.com. Thurs:9pm-12am Morningside Jazz Collective.

CAFÉ CARLYLE: At Carlyle Hotel. 35E 76th Stat Madison. www.thecarlyle.com. 212-744-1600. Sets: Mon-Fri 8:45pm; Sat add 10:45pm.Adm varies. Mon: Woody Allen & Eddy DavisNew Orleans Jazz Band. Oct 28-Nov 1: JohnPizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey.

CAFÉ DU SOLEIL: 2723 Bway at 104th St. 212-316-5000. www.cafedusoleilny.com. Fri: 8-11pm. Free adm. Oct 3: Marchelle Jackson; 10:Marianne Solivan; 17: Lois Bruno; 24: SusanTobocman Gp.

CAFÉ JAZZ: At Manhattan School of Music.Bway & 122nd St. 212-749-2802. Informal con-certs feat students from School's jazz dept.Free adm.

CAMPAGNOLA: 1382 1st Av at 74th St. 212-861-1102. Fri-Sat: 8pm-12am Effie Jansen.

CHÉRI: 231 Lenox Av (bet 121st & 122nd Sts).www.cheriharlem.com. 212-662-4374. SunBrunch feat 12-3pm Lady Leah. Oct 30: 7:30-10:30pm no cover Halloween party featMarchelle Jackson.

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CHEZ LUCIENNE: 308 Lenox Av at 125th St.212-289-5555. www.chezlucienne.com. Oct 19:7-10pm Carrie Jackson w/Iron City Band.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN:Tisch Bldg. 212W 83rd St (bet Bway &Amsterdam). www.cmom.org. 212-721-1223. 3-3:30&4-4:30pm: All Jazzed Up feat Oct 4:Joseph Wiggan; 11: Sullivan Fortner; 18: EricPaulin; 25: Fat Afrolatin Jazz Cats.

CHOCOLAT RESTAURANT & LOUNGE:2217-23 Frederick Douglass Blvd at 120th St.212-222-4545. www.chocolatlounge.com. Sun:6-9:30pm. Free adm/2 drink min.

The CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK: 160Convent Av at 138th St. www.ccny.cuny.edu.212-650-7000.

CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE: 2485 Bway (bet 92nd& 93rd Sts). www.cleopatrasneedleny.com.212-769-6969. Sets: Early (E), Jam (J). Mon-Tues E 8-9pm, J 9pm-1am; Wed-Thurs E 7-11pm, J 11:30pm-2:30am; Fri-Sat E 8pm-12am,J 12:30-3am; Sun E 4-8pm, J 9pm-1am. Freeadm/$10 min. Trios unless otherwise noted.Residencies (R): Mon E&J Jon Weiss; TuesE&J Mark Devine; Wed E Open mic w/LesKurtz, J Joonsam Lee; Thurs J Kazu; Fri JJoanna Sternberg; Sat J Jesse Simpson; Sun EOpen mic w/Keith Ingham, J Michika Fukumori.Oct 1: R; 2: Joel Forrester; 3: Masami Ishikawa;4: Ken Simon; 5-8: R; 9: Marco Di Gennaro; 10:Will Terrill; 11: Kayo Hiraki; 12-15: R; 16: KateCosco; 17: Sarah Slonim; 18: Rudi Mwongozi;19-22: R; 23: Lluis Capdevila; 24: Kuni Mikami;25: Justin Lees; 26-29: R; 30: Adi Meyerson; 31:Jordan Piper.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: 1214 AmsterdamAv. www.cs.columbia.edu. 212-939-7000.www.jazz.columbia.edu.

GARDEN CAFÉ: 4961 Bway at W207th St. 212-544-9480. www.gardencafeny.com. Fri-Sat:7:30-10:30pm Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans or Paul Hemmings.

GINNY’S: At Red Rooster. 310 Lenox Av (bet125th & 126th). www.ginnyssupperclub.com.212-792-9001. Sun: 10:30am-3:30pm GospelBrunch. Sets: 7:30&9:30pm $15 adm unlessotherwise noted. Oct 2: 8:30pm $10 BruceHarris; 11: Brianna Thomas Qrt; 16: 8:30pm $10Sammy Miller & Congregation; 23: 8:30pm $10Dezron Douglas; 25: $10 Braxton Cook Qrt.

GRAN PIATTO D’ORO: 1429 5th Av (bet 116th& 117th Sts). www.granpiattorestaurant.com.212-722-2244/2161.

HARLEM ON FIFTH: 2150 5th Av (bet 131st &132nd Sts). www.shellsbistro.com. 212-234-5600.

HARLEM STAGE: At Aaron Davis Hall. 150Convent Av at W135th St. 212-281-9240.www.harlemstage.org. Oct 8: 7:30pm BlackMusic Now w/Meshell Ndegeocello, JocelynCooper & Rich Medina moderated by FredaraM. Hadley.

HARLEM TAVERN: 2153 Frederick DouglassBlvd at 116th St. www.harlemtavern.com. 212-866-4500. Sat: 12-4pm Jazz Brunch.

INDIAN ROAD: 600W 218th St (bet Indian Rd &Seaman Av. www.indianroadcafe.com. 212-942-7451. 8-10pm. Oct 3: Asher Ben-Or Duo;10: Kinfolk; 17: Rob Silverman.

JARON EAMES: jaroneames@gmail.com. 646-337-0620. Sun 2-5pm: $20 Don BBQ & Jazz @Home series.

LENOX SAPHIRE: At Les Ambassades Bar &Restaurant. 341 Lenox Av (bet 127th & 128thSts). www.lenoxsaphire.com. 212-866-9700.Thurs: 7-11pm Phil Young Experience.

LIME LEAF: 128W 72nd St (bet Columbus &Amsterdam Avs). 212-501-7800. Mon-Thurs: 7-10pm. Mon: Michael Vitali; Tues-Wed: JulieGrahm; Thurs: Emma Larsson.

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LONDEL’S SUPPER CLUB: 2620 FrederickDouglass Blvd (bet 139th & 140th Sts). 212-234-6114. www.londelsrestaurant.com. Fri-Sat: 8-11pm.

LURA: 949 Columbus Av (bet 106th & 107th Sts).212-866-7500. www.lurany.com. Thurs &Sat:9-11pm.

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: 120Claremont Av & 122nd St. 212-749-2802.www.msmnyc.edu. Oct 1: 7:30pm Tribute toGerald Wilson feat MSM Concert Jazz Bandcond by Justin DiCioccio; 17: 7:30pm MelbaListon Remembered feat Randy Weston Qrtw/T.K. Blue, Manhattan School of Music JazzOrch cond by Justin DiCioccio & spec guestFostina Dixon.

MILLER THEATRE: At Columbia University.2960 Bway 116th St & Bway. 212-854-7799.www.millertheatre.com. Oct 18: Lionel LouekeTrio.

MINTON’S: 206W 118th St (bet St. Nicholas Av& Adam Clayton Powell Blvd). 212-243-2222.www.mintonsharlem.com. Sets: Tues-Thurs7,8:30&10pm, Fri-Sat 6-11pm + 12-3am Jam,Sun 5:30,7&8:30pm. Adm: except Wed $20 @table/$10 @ bar, Wed $25/15, Jam free adm.Residencies (R): Wed JC Hopkins BiggishBand w/Queen Esther & Charles Turner; ThursDanny Mixon Trio w/guest; Fri-Sat DannyMixon w/Minton’s Players; Fri Jam w/WayneTucker Qrt; Sat Jam w/Patience Higgins Qrt.Oct 1-4: R; 5: Brandee Younger Jazz Harp Qrt;7: $25/15 Johnny O’Neal; 8-11: R; 12: MegOkura w/spec guest Sam Newsome; 14:Jazzmeia Horn; 15-18: R; 19: see 10/5; 21:King Solomon Hicks; 22: R; 23: R featAntoinette Montague; 24-25: R; 26: AkuaDixon Quartette Indigo; 28: Marianne Solivan;29: R w/Jazzmeia Horn; 30: R feat tba.

MOTHER AME ZION CHURCH: 140W 137thSt (bet Lenox & 7th Avs). 212-234-1544. Oct19: 3pm Jazz Vespers feat Bill Saxton Trio.

NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM:104E 126th St #2C. (bet Park & LexingtonAvs). 212-348-8300. www.jmih.org. Free adm.Mon-Fri: 10am-4pm Exhibit feat Bebo Valdés:Giant of Cuban Music. Tues 7-8:30pm Jazz forCurious Listeners series, in Oct A FallMandocopia – An International Harvest of JazzMandolin feat 10/7: Jazz as Diplomacy andMusicians as Refugees and Ambassadors;14: Near East Sweet; 21: French Connectionand Jazz Without Borders; 28: The Reign inSpain, the Caribbean and Way South of theBorder.

NEW AMSTERDAM MUSIC ASSOCIA-TION: 107W 130th St (bet Lenox & AdamClayton Powel Blvds). 212-510-8140. $5/15adm. Mon: 7:30-11pm Jam w/AntoinetteAdams; Thurs: Pecola’s Party; Fri: RobeyNorton & friends; Sat: Willie Mack Jazz Art.

NEW LEAF CAFÉ: 1 Margaret Corbin Dr. FortTryon Park. www.newleafrestaurant.com. 212-568-5323. Fri: 7-10pm. Oct 24: 7pm DanielBennett Gp.

PARIS BLUES: 2021 Adam Clayton Powell Jr.Blvd at 121st St. 212-222-9878. Sets: DailyJam 9pm-1am, Sun 12-3:15pm + 5-9pm. Freeadm. Mon: John Cooksey & SpontaneousCombustion Qrt; Tues: 1st,3rd&5th JohnCooksey Blues Crew, 2nd&4th Annette BlandMcCoy & Sultans of Soul; Wed: Les Goodson& Intergalactic Soul Jazz Band; Thurs: TyroneGovan & Top Secret; Fri: Melvin Vines &Harlem Jazz Machine; Sat: alternate betweenAntoine Dowdell Gp & 69th Street Band; Sun:B w/Luscious & Sugar Hill Brewmosa, 5pm1st&3rd Sun La Banda Ramirez, 9pm MelvinVine & Harlem Jazz Machine feat OkaruHoshino Lovelace. Oct 26: Elliot Pineiro &Sumbaswing.

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SUNDAY JAZZBRUNCH

With The

BOB KINDRED TRIO

Bob Kindred, tenor saxophone, John Hart, guitar Steve LaSpina, bass

Brunch menu from $9.50-$17.50 Bar minimum $5 Sunday 12:30-3:30

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

A zagatRated Restaurant

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

RIVERSIDE THEATRE: 490 Riverside Dr (bet120th & 122nd Sts) 212-870-6784/www.theriversidetheatre.org/www.jazzmobile.org.

SETTEPANI: 196 Lenox Av at 120th St. 917-492-4806. www.settepani.com. Thurs: 8-10pm.

SHOWMAN’S: 375W 125th St at Morningside.www.showmansjazzclub.com. 212-864-8941.Sets: Mon-Thurs 8:30,10&11:30pm, Fri-Sat9:30,11:30pm&1:30am. Free adm/2 drinkmin/set. Oct 22: Jerry Weldon Trio feat AlessioBusanca.

SHRINE: 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd (bet133rd & 134th Sts). 212-690-7807. www.shrinenyc.com. Free adm. Residency (R): Sun 5-8pmJam w/Lu Reid. Sets: early (E) 6-8pm, Late (L)8-10pm. Oct 1: E Alex Bryson Qrt, L StachelQnt; 3: E Tom Blatt Project; 4: E BlackButterflies; 5: 5pm R, 8-11pm Shrine Big Band;9: E Alan Leatherman; 12: 5pm R; 13: 6-7pmGlenn White Qrt; 15: E Tom Blatt Project; 16: EAyumi Ishito; 18: E Harrington/Connors Four;19: 5pm R; 26: 5pm R; 30: Gio Moretti.

SILVANA: 300W 116th St at Frederick DouglasBlvd. www.silvana-nyc.com. 646-692-4935.Sets: 6-8pm unless otherwise noted. Oct 1: ENick Grinder Gp; 2: E Joe Fiedler Trio; 3: NickBrust Qnt; 4: Moth To Flame; 5: Scott Kulick Gp;6: 6-7pm George Mel, 7-8pm Rebecca Sullivan;7: Spoke; 9: tba; 13: Benno Marmur; 14: JAZ-ZFORCE; 15: Tim Talavera Qrt, 8-10pm StachelQnt; 16: Austin Becker Qrt; 17: Christi Gehrish;18: Diego Maldonado Trio; 19: Michael SarianQnt; 20: Joe Breidenstine Qnt; 21: Jan Kus; 23:Justin Flynn; 24: Steve Picataggio; 25: 7-9pmChiara Izzi; 28: Jon Sheckler Trio; 30: KarinaColis; 31: Abedayo Fayemi Qnt, 8-10pm AlexFoster Band.

SMOKE & SUPPER CLUB-LOUNGE: 2751Bway (bet 105th & 106th Sts). 212-864-6662.www.smokejazz.com. Sets: Early (E), Late (L),Brunch (B); Mon: E 7&9pm, L 10:30pm, Tues-Sun: E 7,9&10:30pm, L 11:30pm& 12:45am,Sun: B 11:30am,1&2pm. Adm/min vary.Residencies (R): Mon E Fraternal Order of Jazzw/spec guest 10/6&20, Orrin Evans & CaptainBlack Big Band 10/13&27, L Jam w/JohnFarnsworth 10/6&20, w/Orrin Evans 10/13&27;Tues E Mike LeDonne’s Groover Qrt, L EmmettCohen Organ Band; Wed L Camille ThurmanQrt; Thurs L Nickel & Dime OPS; Fri L PatienceHiggins & Sugar Hill Qrt; Sat L Johnny O’Neal &friends; Sun B Annette St. John Trio, L WillermDelisfort Qrt. Oct 1: E SYOTOS; 2: E CynthiaScott; 3-5: Renee Rosnes Qrt; 6: R w/JamesBurton; 7: R; 8: E Duane Eubanks Qnt; 9: E TheBaylor Project; 10-12: Thelonious Monk Celebw/Orrin Evans; 13-14: R; 15: E Melanie Charles& Will Delisfort Qrt; 16: E Charenee Wade; 17-19: One For All; 20: E R w/Joe Magnarelli; 21:R; 22: E Peter Zak Qrt; 23: E Alexis Cole; 24-26:Seamus Blake Qrt; 27-28: R; 29: E Dee DanielsQnt; 30: E Allan Harris Band; 31-Nov 2: WillieJones III Qnt.

SUGAR BAR: 254W 72nd St (bet Bway & WestEnd Av). 212-579-0222. www.sugarbarnyc.com.Sets: 8pm/$10 adm unless otherwise noted.Residencies (R): Wed JT Project/ProjectGroove; Thurs 9pm Open Mic w/Andre Smith &Sugar Bar All Star Band. Oct 1-2: R; 3: RobSilverman Qrt; 4: 9pm Irini Res & Jazz Mix; 8-9,15-16,22-23&29-30: R.

SYMPHONY SPACE: 2537 Bway at 95th St.212-864-5400. www.symphonyspace.org. Oct2: 7pm Modern Art Orch & Dave Liebman, 9pmLiz Childs; 6: 7:15pm the Sidney BechetSociety presents Evan Christopher feat ByronStripling & Co.

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The WEST END LOUNGE: 955 West End Avat 107th St. www.thewestendlounge.com. 212-531-4859. Oct 8: 7:30-9pm $10 adm EileenHoward.

54 BELOW: 254W 54th St, Cellar (bet Bway &8th Av). 646-476-3551. www.54below.com.Oct 1&3-5: 7pm Tony DeSare; 2-3: 9:30pmIgor Butman & Moscow Jazz Orch.

AACM: Association for the Advancement ofCreative Musicians. www.aacm-newyork.com.See Community Church of New York.

AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: 2 LincolnSq on Columbus Av (bet 65th & 66th Sts).www.folkartmuseum.org. 212-595-9533. Freeadm. Wed: 2-3pm Bill Wurtzel & Mike Gari Duow/Sharon Fisher.

B. B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL: 237W42nd St. www.bbkingblues.com. 212-997-4144. Lucille’s Grill (LG). Oct 5: 8pm KeikoMatsui; 23: 8&10:30pm George Benson; 25:LG 11:30pm Jaimoe & Jasssz Band.

BEER CULTURE: 328W 45th St (bet 8th & 9thAvs). www.beerculturenyc.com. Oct 5: 6-9pmSusan Tobocman Trio.

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 (R): Mon9:30pm Jim Caruso Cast Party; Wed 5:30-7pmDavid Ostwald & Louis Armstrong EternityBand; Fri 5-7pm Birdland Big Band by TommyIgoe; Sat 6pm except 10/4 Barbara Carroll; Sun6pm Birdland Jazz Party w/guest, 9pm ArturoO’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orch. Oct 1: DaveLiebman Big Band; 2-4: Kurt Elling; 4: 6pm JayLeonhart Duo; 5: R w/Hilary Gardner; 6: R; 7-11:Chita Rivera; 12: R w/Gabrielle Stravelli; 13: R;14-18: Benny Green Trio; 16: 6pm Ron JacksonSolo; 19-20: R; 21-25: Kenny Barron & DaveHolland; 23: 6pm Diane Marino Qrt; 26: Rw/Jane Monheit; 27: 7pm Trevor McQueen; 28-Nov 1: Ron Carter Nnt.

BROADWAY THAI RESTAURANT: 241W51st St (bet 8th Av & Bway). 212-226-4565.Mon&Sun: 6:30-10:30pm; Sat: 8pm-12am RickBogart Trio.

CARNEGIE CLUB: At City Spire Centre. 156W56th St. www.thecarnegieclub.net. 212-957-9676. Fri: 9pm-12am; Sat: 8:30&10:30pmSinatra tribute feat Steve Maglio & Stan Rubin11 Piece Orch.

CARNEGIE HALL: 57th St & 7th Av. 212-247-7800. www.carnegiehall.org. Oct 17 8pm & 185pm: Abdullah Ibrahim.

CHEZ JOSEPHINE: 414W 42nd St (bet 9th &Dyer Avs). www.chezjosephine.com. 212-594-1925.

COBI: At Pearl Studios NY. 516-922-2010. COMMUNITY CHURCH OF NEW YORK:

40E 35th St (bet Madison & Park Avs). 212-6 8 3 - 4 9 8 8 .www. ccny. org/www. a a cm-newyork.com. Oct 24: 8pm Muhal RichardAbrams Qnt.

DAG’S PATIO CAFE: 342E 47th St (bet 1st &2nd Avs). 917-471-4827. Wed 5:30-8:30pm:free adm/no min Nick Paulumbo Trio.

DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM: At LincolnCenter. Bway at 62nd St. www.lincolncenter.org/atrium. 212-875-5350. Thurs: 7:30pmTarget Free Thursdays series. Oct 16: AndyMilne.

DIMENNA CENTER: 450W 37th St (bet 9th &10th Av). www.dimennacenter.org. 212-594-

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

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6100. Oct 7: 6:30pm Jazz Drama Benefit host-ed by Rondi Charleston, honoring DorthaanKirk feat Catherine Russell & Evan Christopherw/Eli Yamin Trio & Jazz Drama ProgramStudents.

DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA: At Jazz @Lincoln Center. 10 Columbus Cr at 60th St. 5thFl. www.jalc.org. 212-258-9800. Sets:7:30&9:30pm; Late Night Sessions 11:30pmTues-Sat, hosted by Michael MwensoThurs&Sat. Adm: unless otherwise noted Mon$25, Tues-Thurs&Sun $35, Fri $40, Sat $45,Student $25, Late Nights $5-20; $10 min. Oct1: David Chesky; 2-5: ($40 Thurs) Matt Wilson;6: $35 Manhattan School of Music Jazz Bandcond by Justin DiCioccio; 7: $30 ChampianFulton Qrt; 8: $30 Dan Block Qnt; 9-12:Nicholas Payton Trio; 13: $30 Sarah MckenzieQnt feat Ingrid Jensen; 14: $30 Joe Saylor; 15-16: Kuumba Collective; 17-19: ($40 Thurs)DIVA w/spec guest Cynthia Scott; 20: closed;21: $25 Juilliard Ens; 22: Gordon Au & GrandSt. Stompers; 23: $40 Ann Hampton Callaway;24-26: ($40 Sun) Crescent City Samba featJoe Saylor; 27: $30 Fraternal Order of theSociety Blues; 28-29: Ramptones & OrganicRoots Oct; 30-31: ($40 Thurs) Helen Sung Triow/spec guests Seamus Blake & MikeRodriguez 10/30. Late Night w/Oct 1-4: TheNew Wonders; 14-18: Sammy Miller &Congregation.

E&E GRILL HOUSE: 233W 49th St (bet Bway& 8th Av). www.eegrillhouse.com. 212-505-9909. Tues-Wed: 8-11pm feat Craig McGorryQrt or Matt Martysik Qrt.

FLÛTE EAST SIDE: 303E 53rd St at 2nd Av.646-998-5434. www.flutebar.com. Wed: 8-10pm. Oct 8: Dorian Devins.

FLÛTE MIDTOWN: 205W 54th St (bet Bway &7th Av). 212-265-5169. www.flutebar.com.Wed: 7-10pm. Oct 1: Dorian Devins.

GERMAN CONSULATE: 871 United NationsPlaza at 1st Av bet 48th & 49th Sts. 212-610-9700. Oct 23: 5:45pm Finger Band.

GRATA: 1076 1st Av at 59th St. 212-842-0007.www.gratany.com. Wed-Thurs: 8-11pm; Fri-Sat: 9pm. Ev Thurs: Sol Yaged.

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

IGUANA RESTAURANT: 240W 54th St atBway. 212-765-5454. Mon-Tues: 8-11pm VinceGiordano & The Nighthawks.

IRENE DIAMOND EDUCATION CENTER:At Jazz at Lincoln Center. 10 Columbus Cr at60th St. 5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-721-6500/212-258-9922. Swing University. Oct 13:7pm Nicky Schrire.

IRIDIUM: 1650 Bway at 51st St. 212-582-2121.www.theiridium.com. Sets: 8&10pm. Admvaries/$15 min. Student 1/2 price adm 2nd setTues-Thurs&Sun. Oct 1: Albert Cummings; 2:Doyle Dykes; 3-4: Victor Wooten & SteveBailey Bass Extremes w/Derico Watson; 5:7&9pm Grace Kelly; 6: TR3 feat Tim Reynolds;7-8: tba; 9: Hilary Kole; 10: Marty Balin; 11:tba; 12: Benefit for Karl Cochran; 13-14: tba;15: Stanley Jordan Solo; 16: Tony MacAlpine;17: Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown; 18-19:Stick Men; 20: Sophie B. Hawkins; 21: MariaMuldaur; 22-24: Stanley Clarke Band; 25:Glenn Tilbrook; 26: 7&9pm JimmyChamberlin/Frank Catalano Love SupremeCollective; 27: David Knopfler; 28-29: 8:30pmAnna Nalick w/Opener Justin Levinson 10/28,My Silent Bravery 10/29; 30-Nov 1: KennyGarrett Qnt.

JAZZ AT KITANO: 66 Park Av at 38th St. 212-885-7119. www.kitano.com. Sets: Mon 8-11:30pm, Tues 8-11pm, Wed-Sat 8-9:15&10-11:15pm, Sun 11am-2pm. $15 adm/$15

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min/set, except free adm+min Mon-Tues, $30adm+min Fri-Sat, $35 buffet Sun. Residencies(R): Mon Jam w/Iris Ornig; Tues CarlosCuevas Solo; Sun Jazz Brunch w/TonyMiddleton Trio. Oct 1: Stan Killian Qrt; 2: CarolFredette Qrt; 3: Aaron Parks Trio; 4: EricComstock/Barbara Fasano Qrt; 5-7: R; 8: BenCassara Qnt; 9: David Berkman Trio; 10: GeneBertoncini/Clay Jenkins Gp w/spec guestJanet Planet; 11: Sacha Boutros Qrt; 12-14: R;15: Kelley Johnson Qrt; 16: Peter & WillAnderson Qnt; 17-18: Tim Hagans Qrt; 19-21:R; 22: Scott Morgan Qrt; 23: Kendra ShankQrt; 24: Joyce Breach Trio; 25: Kevin HaysNew Day Trio w/spec guest Gregoire Maret;26-28: R; 29: Lisa Ferraro Qrt; 30: DarylSherman Trio; 31: Giacomo Gates Qrt.

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER: 10 ColumbusCr at 60th St. 5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-258-9800. Appel Room (AR), Rose Theater (RT).Oct 4: 7:30pm AR Julius Rodriguez; 17 7pm &18 9:30pm: AR Anat Cohen & Roots of RioTrio; 17 9:30pm & 18 7pm: AR Victor Goines &Roots of Ragtime; 24-25: 7&9:30pm ARSpokfrevo Orquestra; 24-25: 8pm RT WintonMarsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Center Orch featMario Adnet.

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

The LAMBS CLUB: 132W 44th St (bet 6th Av &Bway). www.thelambsclub.com. 212-997-5262. Tues-Wed: 8pm; Sun: 11am-2:30pmJazz Brunch.

LE CIRQUE: One Beacon Ct, 151E 58th St (bet3rd & Lexington Avs). 212-644-0202.www.lecirquecafe.com. Mon: 7:30-10:30pmMusical Mondays. Oct 6: Tommy Mitchell; 13:Avalon French Jazz; 20: no music; 27: SamFazio.

LEVEL R: at The Empire Hotel. 44W 63rd St atColumbus Av. www.levelrempire.com. 212-255-2209. Mon: 6pm Jazz Monday series.

LEXINGTON HOTEL: 511 Lexington Av at 48thSt. www.lexingtonhotelnyc.com. 212-755-4400.

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

LOCAL 802: Associated Musicians of GreaterNew York Club Room. 322W 48th St (bet 8th &9th Sts). www.local802afm.org. 212-245-4802.Mon: 7-9:30pm Jazz Foundation of AmericaJam.

LUCY MOSES SCHOOL: At Kaufman Center.129W 67th St (bet Bway & Amsterdam).www.kaufman-center.org. 212-501-3360. Jazzprogram dir by Roni Ben-Hur.

L’YBANE: 709 8th Av (bet 44th & 45th Sts). 212-582-2012. www.lybane.com. Tues&Fri9:30pm-12am: Rick Bogart Trio.

MEASURE: At Langham Place. 400 5th Av (bet36th & 37th Sts). www.measurenyc.com. 212-695-4005. Sets: 8-11pm. Free adm/1 drinkmin. Mon-Sat: Trio/Qrt, Sun: Solo. Oct 1-4:Antonio Ciacca; 5: Jill McCarron; 6: LucioFerrara; 7: see 10/1; 8-26: Italian Days festivalfeat 10/8-11 Rachel Z Trio, 12-13 SimonaPremazzi, 14-15 Pat O’Leary w/ScottRobinson feat Mario Nappi, 16 see 10/6, 17-18Antonio Ciacca & guest, 19 Marco di Gennaro,20 see 10/17, 21 Jerry Weldon Trio featAlessio Busanca, 22 see 10/17, 23 Steve AshTrio feat Corrado Cirillo, 24-25 VenanzioVenditti Qrt feat Mike Karn & Jerome Jennings,26 Alberto Pibiri; 27-31: see 10/1.

MICHIKO STUDIOS: 149W 46th St (bet 6th &7th Avs). 3rd Fl. www.robertoswinds.com. 212-302-4011. Sets: 7pm/$15 adm. Oct 3: 8pmClaude Diallo & Linus Wyrsch Duo; 17:Iconoclast Duo; 24: Dave Pietro Duo; 29: JohnO’ Gallagher Trio.

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Park Avs). www.monkeybarnewyork.com. 212-288-1010. Sat: 8-11pm Rosalyn McClore Solo.

The NATIONAL: 557 Lexington Av at 50th St.212-715-2400. www.thenationalnyc.com. Sun:6-10pm. Oct 5: Melanie & The Bianco Martinis;12: Charlie Apicella & Iron City; 19: ComicTales of Tragic Heartbreak; 26: RosalynMcClore Trio.

NATSUMI RESTAURANT: 226W 50th St (bet8th & Bway). www.natsuminyc.com. 212-258-2988. Tues: 5-8pm Joe Cohn Organ Trio.

PEARL STUDIOS NYC: 519 8th Av (bet 35th &36th Sts). 12th Fl. Studio A. 212-904-1850.www.pearlstudiosnyc.com. Fri: 7:30-10:30pm$10 adm Open Mic/Jam by Frank Owens forSingers, Tap Dancers & Instrumentalists.

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

PETER JAY SHARP THEATER: 155W 65thSt (bet Amsterdam & Bway). 212-769-7406.www.juilliard.edu. Oct 14: 8pm free admJuilliard Jazz Orch.

The PLAZA HOTEL: 768 5th Av at Central ParkS. 212-759-3000. www.theplaza.com. 8:30-11pm: free adm. Wed: Kat Gang; Thurs: LapisLuna Qrt.

ROBERT: 2 Columbus Cir, 9th Fl. 212-299-7730.www.robertnyc.com. Sets: Mon-Tues 6:30-9:30pm, Wed-Thurs 7-10pm, Fri-Sat 8-11pm,Sun 12:30-2:30pm Brunch & 6:30-9:30pm. Oct15: Shailah Edmonds.

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

ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: 1230 York Avat 66th St. www.rockefeller.edu. 212-327-8000.

The RUM HOUSE: 228W 47th St (bet Bway &8th Av). www.edisonrumhouse.com. 646-490-6924. Sets: 9:30pm-12:30am, Mon 10pm-1am.Residencies: Mon Terry Waldo & Rum HouseJass Band; Sun Candy Shop Boys.

SAINT PETER’S CHURCH: 619 Lexington Avat 54th St. (Citicorp Bld). www.saintpeters.org.212-935-2200. 1st Mon: 7:30pm free admInternational Women in Jazz Jam; Wed: 1pm$10 don Midtown Jazz at Midday; Sun: 5pmfree adm Jazz Vespers. Oct 1: WarrenChiasson & Rio Clemente; 5: Nadje NoordhuisQrt; 8: Kyle Athayde Big Band; 12: TerellStafford, 7pm-12am $25/30 All Nite Soul hon-ors Gene Bertoncini w/spec guests; 15: Peter& Will Anderson Trio; 19: Amy Cervini; 22: JayClayton & John DiMartino; 23: Duke EllingtonSociety meeting; 26: The Wee Trio; 29: AlexLeonard, Jay Leonhart & Al Gafa.

SAN MARTIN RESTAURANT: 143E 49th St(bet Lexington & 3rd Avs). 212-832-0888.www.sanmartinrestaurantny.com. 1st Tues: 6-8pm Ron Odrich Qrt.

SOMETHIN’ JAZZ CLUB: 212E 52nd St (bet2nd & 3rd Avs). www.somethinjazz.com. 212-371-7657. Sets: Early (E) 7-8:45pm, Late (L)9-10:45pm, Night (N) 11pm, add PM 5-6:45pmSat-Sun. $12 adm unless otherwise noted/$10min. Oct 1: L MarieClaire Giraud Qrt; 2: ESisters Tsukamoto, L Brothers of ContrapuntalSwing, N Jam w/Tony Tixier; 3: E $10YoungArts 2014 Alumni Band, L $20 DavidKikoski Trio; 4: E Thick Trio, L see 10/3 L; 5:PM Luiz Simas; 6: E Frank Ponzio & 2 voices;7: E Dan Adler Trio, L Craig Brann; 8: E MarcDevine Qrt, L Alignment; 9: E Tomoko OmuraQnt, L $10 Asen Doykin Qrt, N $10 TerenceHsieh; 10: E Melissa Fogarty & The Highlinersfeat Debra Kreisberg, L Mitch Marcus Qrt; 11:E $10 Linda Presgrave Qrt, L $10 Noshir ModyQnt; 13: E Rebecca Sullivan Qrt, L RobertaPiket w/Andrea Marcelli; 14: L Kevin HarrisTrio; 15: L Matt Malanowski Trio; 16: E Hiroko

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Kanna, L $10 Matt Garrison; 17: E $10Jennifer Griffith & friends, N Cowboys &Frenchmen; 18: L Brust/Horowitz Qnt; 19: EDaniel Weidlein Gp; 20: L Dorian WallaceBand; 22: E $10 Pablo Ruben Maldonado Trio,L Cristian Mendoza; 23: E $10 Amadis DunkelQrt, L Rubens Salles, N Jam w/Tony Tixier; 24:E Aline Almeida, L $15 JP Jofre w/spec guestKathryn Stott; 25: E John Menegon Qrt featMatt Wilson, L see 10/24 L, N $10 Paul TafoyaGp; 26: PM Sam Fazio Trio, E GioMoretti/AnimAcustciA, L Walter Kemp; 28: EAnnie Chen Spt; 29: E $15 Quarteto Moderno,L Raimundo Santos; 30: E MJ Territo, LAntonello Parisi Qrt; 31: L Walt Weiskopf Qrt.

STEINWAY HALL: 109W 57th St. 212-246-1100. www.steinwayhall.com. Oct 11: 2-5pm$15 adm Music Class by Dona Carter.

The STRAND HOTEL: 33W 37th St (bet 5th &6th Avs). www.thestrandnyc.com. 212-448-1024. Sets: 6-9pm, free adm. 1st Wed: LowKey Trio.

STUDIO 100 BAR: At Marriott Residence Inn.1033 6th Av (bet 38th & 39th St) 3rd Fl. 212-768-0007. Free adm/no min. Wed-Thurs: 7-10pm Trios.

SWING 46: Jazz & Supper Club. 349W 46th St(bet 8 & 9th Avs). www.swing46.com. 212-262-9554. Sets: Mon-Tues&Thurs 8:30pm,Wed&Sun 8pm, Fri-Sat 9:30pm. Residencies(R): Mon except 10/13 Swingadelic; TuesGeorge Gee Swing Orch; Wed Stan RubinOrch. Oct 1: R; 2: Fleur Seule; 3: RonSunshine Orch; 4: Maulers; 5: VanessaTrouble w/Red Hot Swing; 6-8: R; 9: GlennCrytzer Savoy Seven; 10: George Gee SwingOrch; 11: see 10/4; 12: Professor Cunningham& Old School; 13: Flying Nutrinos; 14-15: R;16: closed; 17: see 10/10; 18: see 10/12; 19:Felix and the Cats; 20-22: R; 23: see 10/12;24: see 10/3; 25: Swingadelic; 26: see 10/19;27-29: R; 30: Harlem Renaissance Orch; 31:see 10/10.

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

TOMI JAZZ: 239E 53rd St (Bet 2nd & 3rd Avs).Lower level. www.tomijazz.com. 646-497-1254. Sets: Mon-Wed 8-11pm, Thurs 9-11:30pm, Fri 9pm-1am, Sat Early (E) 8-10:30pm, Late (L) 11pm-1:30am. Adm: Mon-Wed Free/$5min, Thurs-Sat $10 adm/$10 min.Oct 1: Craig Yaremko Organ Trio; 2: MisaOgasawara Duo; 3: Emilio Teubal Trio; 4: EStandard Procedures, L Tak Iwasaki Trio; 6:Ian Buss Trio; 7: Taubenhouse Duo; 8: RachaFora; 9: Scot Albertson Duo; 10: Kuni MikamiDuo; 11: E Yuko Ito Trio, L Spencer Jones Trio;13: closed; 14: Hillary Capps + Akira IshiguroTrio; 15: Richard Thai Duo; 16: Tap-Bop; 17:Renagades Su; 18: E Kathryn Allyn Duo, LYusuke Seki; 20: Lunana & Lunanos Trio; 21:Nick Morrison Trio; 22: Nick DiMaria; 24:Norihiro Kikuta Trio; 25: E Daniel Bennett Gp,L Annie Chen Trio; 27: Eva Lawitts Trio; 28:Akihiro Yamamoto Duo; 29: Michael GallantTrio; 30: Senri Oe; 31: John Watts Trio.

The TOWN HALL: 123W 43rd St (bet 6&7thAvs). 212-840-2824. www.the-townhall-nyc.org. Oct 17 8pm & 18 7pm: Yiddish Jazzw/Andrey Makarevich.

WEST BANK CAFÉ: 407W 42nd St (bet 9th &10th Avs). www.westbankcafe.com. 212-695-6909. Oct 4: 7:30-9pm Paul Corn JazzCollective.

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" KEEPING IT REAL" IS A MANTRAfor many singers and stars, but in theage of lip-syncing, Auto-Tune and electron-ic magic, it's hard to imagine that manykeep it nearly as real as Annie Ross. Theveteran vocalist often evokes realness inconversation and her commitment to theconcept shows up in her work: she record-ed her new CD, To Lady with Love (RedAnchor), in less than five hours, start tofinish.Even the planning was straightforward:

Ross wanted to do a tribute to BillieHoliday, accompanied by a solo guitarist. "Ihad in mind something reminiscent of EllaFitzgerald and Joe Pass: it was so effective,so unadulterated. I didn't want the dis-traction of a big band." Ross called guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli to

ask if he'd like to go into the studio withher. Pizzarelli mentioned the gig to his son,John, who said he wanted to do it too. Donedeal. "I was thrilled," Ross says. "I wasvery happy about working with Bucky andJohn. As musicians, we all think alike."Once the singer and the two guitaristswere in the studio, the session was done ina very authentic, old-fashioned way. "Wedidn't rehearse," she explains. "I picked atune, we'd run over it once, then we lookedat each other and knew it was right. Weknew what we were doing." With the 100th anniversary of Lady

Day's birth approaching (she was bornApril 7, 1915), Ross decided it was time todelve into songs associated with Holiday."She was a great friend of mine. Therehave been so many shows and so many doc-umentaries on Lady, I wanted to tell myversion as a musician and a friend." The two met in the 1950s, when Ross

was called in to sub for an under-the-weath-er Holiday at the Apollo Theater. DukeEllington, whom Ross had known sincechildhood, saw how nervous she was andtook her to Holiday's dressing room to intro-duce them. The two hit it off, and then Rosstook the stage, introduced by Ellington. "Itwas a baptism by fire," Ross says, notingthat some of the audience walked out. "Ihad chutzpah; I forged ahead, singingthings like 'Farmer's Market' and 'Twisted'that I had put words to. The audience lovedit, and I was in a cloud!"

From then on, Holiday and Ross spent alot of time together, with the youngersinger sometimes caring for the ailing icon."I was around her a lot. She didn't have thefunds to get help, so I'd stay with her. We'dsit and talk and cook and listen to music.We ate a lot of good food, we were reallygreat friends. It was a privilege."Anyone who can't imagine the glam-

orous Ross in the kitchen should know thatshe wrote a cookbook, Annie Ross Says"Come on In!" and Try Her FavouriteRecipes, published in 1972. "That was donewith love, like this album was," she says.Ross credits Holiday with influencing

her phrasing and her attitude. "When sheread a lyric, there was simplicity, but shegot her point across." In choosing materialfor To Lady with Love, "I didn't want to dothe obvious, and I wouldn't dare sing'Strange Fruit.' I went for songs with greatwords, like 'Violets for Your Furs;' I'd neverdone that before." Most of the selectionsare from Holiday's legendary 1958 albumLady in Satin."I wanted it to seem real; I wanted to

pay great attention to the words. If theycan evoke a memory in someone, that'swhat I'm after," Ross says of singing theHoliday songs. Ross wanted an ease in the"delivery of the words, with the timing ofthe musicians. It takes years of hard workto make that happen. That's when payingyour dues counts." At 84, Ross has decades of dues paying

to fall back on. Yet, she continues to chal-lenge herself in her weekly Tuesday nightgig at the Metropolitan Room. She rarelyplans what she's going to sing before hit-ting the stage. "True originality is in beingspontaneous, in the honesty of the delivery.It makes you think. If you decide to changetunes in the middle, the band has to bethere—it's all about listening," Ross says."I get to sing once a week and I get to singwhatever I want, that's a dream cometrue."

Annie Ross with Bucky and JohnPizzarelli will celebrate the release ofTo Lady with Love at the MetropolitanRoom on Oct. 14.

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BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: 131W 3rd St at 6thAv. 212-475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com.Sets: 8&10:30pm + Late Night Fri-Sat12:30am, Sunday Brunch 11:30am&1:30pm.Adm varies. Oct 1-5: Chick Corea & the Vigil;6: JoAnne Brackeen w/spec guest RudreshMahanthappa; 7-12: Lee Ritenour; 13: tba; 14:Gato Barbieri; 15: Nir Felder & Kris Bowers;16-19: Cassandra Wilson; 20: Oliver's Cinema;21-26: Dizzy Gillespie™ All-Stars; 27-28:Bebel Gilberto; 29: tba; 30-Nov 2: Kenny G.Late Night w/Oct 3: Frank Catalano/PercyJones Band; 4: Sean Schulich & PhunkyPhloot; 10: Aaron Comess; 11: Doron Lev &Uglybraine; 17: Kavita Shah; 18: Dessy DiLauro & Neo-Ragtime; 25: Chelsea Baratz.

CAFÉ LOUP: 105W 13th St (bet 6th & 7th Avs).212-255-4746. www.cafeloupnyc.com. Freeadm/$5 min. Sun: Jazz Brunch 12:30am-3:30pm, eve 6:30-9:30pm. Sun brunch: BobKindred, John Hart & Steve LaSpina; Sun eve:Junior Mance, Hide Tanaka & Michi Fuji Trio.

CAFE NOCTAMBULO: At Pangea. 178 2nd Av(bet 11th & 12th Sts). 212-995-0900.www.cafenoctambulo.com. $20 adm/$20 min.Tues: 8pm-12am Eric Comstock; Wed: 7-11pmHilary Kole. Oct 16: 8pm Dennis Angel Band;17-18: 8&10pm Jumaane Smith.

CAFFE VIVALDI: 32 Jones St (bet Bleecker &4th St). www.caffevivaldi.com. 212-691-7538.Free adm.

CAPITAL GRILLE: 120 Bway (at Pine &Nassau). www.thecapitalgrille.com. 212-374-1811. Free adm. Fri: 6:30-10pm RichardRusso Trio.

The CELL: A Twenty First Century Salon. 338W23rd St (bet 8th & 9th Avs). 646-861-2253.www.thecelltheatre.org.

CHOGA: 145 Bleeker St (bet Thompson St &LaGuardia Pl). www.chogausa.com. 212-598-5946.

CITY WINERY: 155 Varick St (bet Spring &Vandam Sts). www.citywinery.com. 212-608-0555.

CLEMENTE SOTO VÉLEZ CULTURAL &EDUCATIONAL CENTER: 107 Suffolk St(bet Rivington & Delancey Sts). 212-260-4080.www.csvcenter.org.

CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ: 29 Cornelia St.212-989-9319. www.corneliastreetcafe.com.Sets unless otherwise noted: Mon-Thurs&Sun8:30pm, Fri-Sat 9&10:30pm. Adm varies. Oct1: Tom Chang & Water Sign; 2-3: MaryHalvorson & Reverse Blue; 4: Kris Davis &Capricorn Climber; 8: Michael Blanco Qrt; 10:Michaël Attias Trio; 11: Open Loose; 14:Michael Eaton; 15: Sam Minaie Trio; 17: AmyLondon; 18: 6pm Dave Liebman & SteveDalachinsky, 9pm Ben Allison Band; 19: AndyClausen & Shutter Project; 20: SarahBernstein Qrt; 21: Tyler Kaneshiro; 22: JasonYeager Trio; 23: Tomas Fujiwara Trio; 24-25:Tony Malaby & Tamarindo Trio; 28: PetrosKlampanis & Contextual; 29: Jean Rohe &Rachel Ries; 30: Sara Serpa; 31: Nikolaj Hess.

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

6BC GARDEN: 6th St (bet Ave B & C).www.6bc.org/www.artsforart.org. Oct 4: 2-2:45pm Cooper-Moore Solo, 3-3:45pm MikeBisio & Whit Dickey, 4-4:45pm Jason KaoHwang & Michael Wimberly; 5: 2-2:45pm LisaSokolov Solo, 3-3:45pm Shayna DulbergerSolo, 4-4:45pm The Daves Duo.

11TH STREET BAR: 510E 11th St (bet Av A &B). www.11thstbar.com. 212-982-3929. Mon:8-11pm Richard Clements & Murray Wall JazzExpress.

55 BAR: 55 Christopher St (bet 6th & 7th Avs).212-929-9883. www.55bar.com. Sets: Early(E) 7-9pm except Fri-Sun 6-8pm, Late (L)10pm-12am. 1st Sat: E Ayana lowe; last Fri: EKendra Shank. Oct 2&15: E Duchesse featAmi Cervini Melissa Stylianou & HilaryGardner; 22: E Roz Corral Gp.

ABC NO RIO: 156 Rivington St (bet Clinton &Suffolk Sts). www.abcnorio.org. 212-254-3697.Sun: 7pm 2 sets + Open Session. Oct 5: KidLucky, Sean Ali & Ben Bennet; 12: Trio NaturaMorta, Ken Aldcroft Solo.

ALL THINGS PROJECT: At NeighborhoodChuch. 269 Bleecker St. 212-691-1770.www.allthingsproject.net. 1st Fri: 8&10pm freeadm. Oct 3: Tyler Blanton Trio.

ALVAN FOR THE ARTS: 16 Beaver St 4th Fl.www.alwanforthearts.org. 646-732-3261. Oct25: 8pm Armen Donelian Trio.

AMUSE WINE BAR: 121 Ludlow St (betRivington & Delancey Sts). 212-477-0100.www.amusewine.com. Fri: 8-11pm.

ANALOGUE: 19 8th St (bet 5th Av & McDougalSt). www.analoguenyc.com. 212-432-0200.

ANTIBES BISTRO: 112 Suffolk St (betDelancey & Rivington Sts). 212-533-6088.www.antibesbistro.com. Free adm/no min.Tues-Wed: 7-10:30pm.

ANTIQUE GARAGE: 41 Mercer St. 212-219-1019. www.antiquegaragesoho.com.

ARTHUR’S TAVERN: 57 Grove St. 212-675-6879. www.arthurstavernnyc.com. Sets: 7-10pm. Mon: Grove Street Stompers feat JoeLicari; Tues: Yuichi Hirakawa; Wed: Eve Silber;Thurs-Sat: Eri Yamamoto Trio; Sun: CreoleCooking.

ARTS FOR ART: 107 Suffolk St. 212-254-5420.www.artsforart.org.

ARTURO’S: 106W Houston St at Thompson St.212-677-3820. www.arturosnyc.com. Oct 16:Pat O’Leary feat Mario Nappi.

B FLAT: Basement 277 Church St (bet Franklin& White Sts). www.bflat.info. 212-219-2970.Mon 8-11pm & Wed 8:30-11:30pm: JordanYoung Trio.

BABYLON SOHO: 15 Watts St at Thompson St.212-390-8538. www.babylonsoho.com. Thurs:8:30&10pm free adm/2 drink minSessions@Babylon Soho feat Robby Ameen.

BACK ROOM: 102 Norfolk St (bet Delancey &Rivington Sts). www.backroomnyc.com. 212-228-5098. Mon: 9:15pm-12:30am.

BAR NEXT DOOR: 129 McDougal St. 212-529-5945. www.lalanternacaffe.com. Sets: Mon-Thurs Early (E) 6:30pm, Late (L) 8:30&10:30pm, Fri-Sat 7:30,9:30&11:30pm, Sun8&10pm. Adm: $12 all night + 1 drink min/setexcept Fri-Sat $12/set + 1 drink min/set, Efree. Trios unless otherwise noted. Mon-Thurs:E Emerging Artists series; Mon: L VocalMondays series. Residencies (R): Wed LJonathan Kreisberg; Sun Peter Mazza. Oct 1:E Ricardo Grilli, L R; 2: E Nicholas Brust, LDan Ori; 3: Yotam Silberstein; 4: SteveKovalcheck; 5: R; 6: E Alex Nguyen, L JohnMalino; 7: E Kevin Clark, L Jeff McLaughlin; 8:E Dan Hartig, L R; 9: E Andrew Van Tassel, LBen Lapidus; 10: Nick Moran; 11: TomBeckham; 12: R; 13: E Paul Jones, L Dida continued on page 26

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IT'S NO WONDER THAT THE LATEwriter Gene Lees knighted guitaristGene Bertoncini "the Segovia of Jazz."Even cursory glances at beloved jazz discsof the 1960s and 70s will locate Bertonciniamong the personnel on a staggering rangeof albums by artists like Clark Terry, TootsThielemans, Paul Desmond, NancyWilson, Wayne Shorter and many more.Impressive all the more, then, that duringthis same span of time Bertoncini cut sev-eral now-classic duo records with bassistMichael Moore, while simultaneously hon-ing his nylon string guitar chops on classi-cal, jazz, and Brazilian styles as he forgeda harmonically lush and effortlessly virtu-osic approach to the instrument. As a youngster growing up in the Bronx,

Bertoncini first drew his inspiration fromthe jazz albums of Tal Farlow and BarneyKessel and, indeed, his earlier career cen-tered on the electric guitar. However,Bertoncini also quickly encountered men-tors that would dramatically change hisoutlook and inclination."My first teacher to speak of was Johnny

Smith and, after Johnny, was ChuckWayne," Bertoncini recalls. "Chuck intro-duced me to the music of Julian Bream, agreat classical guitarist from England.Before that, I was mostly playing jazz onthe electric guitar and when Chuck sug-gested I check out Julian's music, Iswitched to studying more classical guitar.That in turn led me into the world of bossanova. When Brazilian music became morepopular in this country, I became friendlywith Joao Gilberto, who used to borrow myguitar whenever he'd play in New York!"As Bertoncini's career progressed, this continued on page 45

As Bertoncini's career progressed, thistrifecta of musical styles would remain atthe forefront for him, continually influenc-ing one another and helping Bertoncinidefine his sound. Through extensive duowork with bassist Michael Moore, as wellas through solo, trio and larger ensembleefforts, Bertoncini also set about establish-ing an intimate, often understatedapproach to his playing, paired with anunwavering sense of structure in hisarrangements. Indeed, regardless ofensemble format, Bertoncini manages toinstill a perfect, unfussy sense of organiza-tion and story into his work, an angle hecredits to his early studies in architecture."I love the idea of writing arrangements

for the guitar and coming up with a conceptfor each thing I do," he explains. "It's notjust based on improvisation, but ratherbased on thought and on telling a personalstory. For me, this comes from architec-ture, and from the idea of preparing a con-cept for a client in which you present themwith something that works on a particularpiece of property, or for a particular family.I apply this to music: when you think aboutany song, there's always something aboutit that can inspire a unique concept."Evidence of this abounds throughout

his discography, though it's especially pro-nounced on Bertoncini's 2008 stringensemble effort Concerti. Drawing on someclassical repertoire and juxtaposing it withboth jazz and pop fare, Bertoncini, backedby a string quartet, positively dancesthrough the unusual arrangements as heblurs the line between the lead horn in jazzand a concerto soloist in classical music.

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By Ken Dryden, Ken Franckling, Seton Hawkins, George Lechner and Couturier photo by Olivier Charles Degen, Crispell and MacDonald by Ken Drew, Iverson by Cristina Guadalup

S P O T LANJA LECHNER AND FRANCOIS COUTURIERRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART / OCTOBER 3Anja Lechner and Francois Couturier are highly regarded as improvisers with strongEuropean backgrounds. Working together in the Tarkovsky Quartet and the PergolesiProject, German-born cellist Lechner and French pianist Couturier blend their dis-parate influences beautifully. Lechner has been known as a classical soloist with aninterest in stretching improvisations, working prominently with bandoneon masterDino Saluzzi and Greek pianist Vasillis Tsabropoulos. Couturier is an explorer, influ-enced by anything from Bach to Joan Miro. He's acclaimed as a progressive jazz andworld music performer, collaborating with John McLaughlin and Anouar Brahem. Thisperformance is part of the potent Sound It Out series and celebrates their new ECMCD Moderato Cantabile. MGN

MARILYN CRISPELL AND RAYMOND MACDONALDGREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL / OCTOBER 5In the pantheon of modern creative improvising pianists influenced by jazz, MarilynCrispell ranks at the top of the list. Inspired by John Coltrane and, to a certain extent,Cecil Taylor, Crispell quickly found her voice while at the New England Conservatoryand at the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock near where she has lived since 1977.Accompanying Anthony Braxton, Reggie Workman and others, her music grew expo-nentially and she’s one of the contemporary core recording artists of the ECM label.Crispell is joined by Scottish saxophonist Raymond McDonald. On more than 50recordings with anyone from David Byrne to Jim O'Rourke, MacDonald's other careeris as professor of music psychology and improvisation at Edinburgh University. They'llplay tunes from a new CD, Parallel Moments (Babel). MGN

BYRON STRIPLINGSYMPHONY SPACE / OCTOBER 6Byron Stripling is a mighty fine musical triple threat as horn player, singer and band-leader. The spirited trumpeter and engaging entertainer developed his career momen-tum in the 1980s in the Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman and Count Basie orchestras,serving as lead trumpeter in the latter big band under the direction of both Thad Jonesand Frank Foster. Then he signed on as the lead performer in the 1988 musicalSatchmo: America's Musical Legend. Stripling loves the Louis Armstrong/New Orleansmusical repertoire and performs it very well. In addition to soloing with big bands andpop and symphonic orchestras across North America, he is busiest as artistic directorof the Columbus (OH) Jazz Orchestra. He will be joined by Evan Christopher for thisevent that will close the Sidney Bechet Society's 2014 season. KF

TOM HARRELLVILLAGE VANGUARD / OCTOBER 7-12 AND 14-19Trumpeter/flugelhornist Tom Harrell has played in a variety of large ensembles. But,long stints with Horace Silver and Phil Woods were important in his stylistic develop-ment and had a lasting influence on his concept of a band as an interactive creativeforce. Renowned for his personal, lyrical yet harmonically complex and rhythmicallykeen style, Harrell is one of a very few trumpeters in jazz who can express vulnerabil-ity without sacrificing technical command. That command, and his leadership skills,come to the fore in this extended outing, featuring his long-term quintet with WayneEscoffery, saxes; Danny Grissett, piano; Ugonna Okegwo, bass, and Johnathan Blake,drums, the first week, and Trip, his new quartet with Mark Turner, saxes; Adam Cruz,drums, and bassist Okegwo, the second week. GK

ETHAN IVERSONMEZZROW / OCTOBER 9-11Good luck trying to encapsulate the range and scope of pianist Ethan Iverson's work.From his ground-breaking efforts with The Bad Plus to his beautiful Lennie Tristano-inspired collaboration with Lee Konitz, from his remarkable recorded takes on stan-dard fare to his small ensemble interpretation of The Rite of Spring, Iverson rarely sitsstill artistically. Perhaps the only constant thread in Iverson's work is his consummatemusicianship and talent for keeping his music accessible and enjoyable. Indeed, asKonitz, Tootie Heath, Billy Hart and many more luminaries have already discovered,Iverson can take his piano anywhere within the jazz tradition and beyond. At thenewly launched piano room Mezzrow, Iverson will be joined by Ron Carter. SH

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L I G H TDAN TEPFER THE SIDE DOOR / OCTOBER 10A brilliant pianist and composer who constantly expands his musical universe, DanTepfer studied classical piano in a Paris conservatory while exploring jazz on his own.Tepfer has won numerous prizes and fellowships for his work in both fields. His careertook off with the 2011 release of Goldberg Variations/Variations, which alternatesbetween Bach's complete song cycle and Tepfer's improvisations of each section. In addi-tion to his seven CDs as a leader, Tepfer has worked extensively with jazz master LeeKonitz, a kindred spirit who delights in total improvisation. His latest album, SmallConstructions, is an adventurous duo session with saxophonist Ben Wendel. JoiningTepfer at the Side Door will be bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Eric Doob. KD

CASSANDRA WILSONBLUE NOTE / OCTOBER 16-19 Vocalist Cassandra Wilson's combination of jazz, country and R&B textures provides anair of musical abandon and blurs any and all genres. Since her 1986 debut album Pointof View (JMT), Wilson has crafted a career that is both adventurous and influential.Whether it's leading her own group, performing with the Black Rock Coalition or tour-ing in trumpeter Wynton Marsalis' Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio Blood on the Fields,Wilson's command of her voice has been met with critical acclaim with Time Magazinecrowning her "America's Best Singer" in 2001. With two Grammy Awards and the 2012Echo Award for Jazz under her belt, Wilson's concerts at the Blue Note will surely shinea light on her continued influence on jazz vocal styles. EW

BRIANNA THOMASGINNY'S SUPPER CLUB / OCTOBER 11An outstanding talent whose star is finally rising to the heights it deserves, vocalistBrianna Thomas recently celebrated the release of her debut record You Must Believein Love. A singer whose approach bears similarities to the full-voiced masters likeSarah Vaughan and Dianne Reeves, with a flavoring of Betty Carter, Thomas has madewaves and turned heads with her versatile and expressive instrument, strong scat vocaltechnique and impressive songwriting skills. While she is at home in swing song, gospeland blues, Thomas is particularly masterful and memorable in her ballad work. AtGinny's, she will showcase selections from her new album, backed by a top-shelf bandthat includes pianist Sullivan Fortner, saxophonist Tivon Pennicott, drummer JohnDavis and a yet-to-be-announced special guest. SH

MICROSCOPIC SEPTETSHAPESHIFTER LAB / OCTOBER 22An element of surprise can be found in tunes from the Microscopic Septet. The compo-sitions start out sounding familiar and straightforward, maybe even a bit swingy andold-school; but, before long, a twist carries the music into new and delightful territory.The band was founded in 1980 by saxophonist Phillip Johnson and pianist JoelForrester, in part to express their love for the wonderful ensemble-driven jazz traditionexemplified by Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, John Kirby, Raymond Scott, CharlesMingus, Sun Ra and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, according to Johnson's liner notesfor Manhattan Moonrise (Cuneiform). The CD release concert at ShapeShifter willfocus on Johnson's and Forrester's quirky and compelling compositions fromMicroscopic's first new album in four years. EK

BENNY GREENBIRDLAND / OCTOBER 14-18In the early 1980s, pianist Benny Green gained recognition for his stints with BettyCarter and Art Blakey. Green cut two CDs for Criss Cross before signing with BlueNote where he made his mark leading a trio with Christian McBride and Carl Allen.Green developed into such a talented pianist that he drew the attention of jazz legendOscar Peterson, who considered him to be one of the top young pianists in jazz and hon-ored Green with a Canadian prize and a duo recording date with him in 1998. Greenalso toured and recorded with Ray Brown and Freddie Hubbard. His latest album,Magic Beans, focuses on his originals. For his booking at Birdland, Green's trio includesbassist David Wong and drummer Kenny Washington. KD

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LISTINGS... continued from page 22 Santaniello, N R; 30: E Sanah Kadoura Qnt, LThe Flail, N tba; 31: E R, L R + JeromeJennings Sxt, N tba.

FIRST STREET GREEN COMMUNITYGARDEN: 33E 1st St (bet 1st & 2nd Avs).www.firststreetgreenpark.org/www.artsforart.org. Oct 11: 2-2:45pm Albey Balgochian& Jane Grenier B, 3-3:30pm Ancestral Duo, 4-4:45pm John Hebert & Michael Attias; 12: 2-2:45pm Lou Grassi & friends Aural Compass,3-3:45pm William Parker & Patricia Nicholson,4-4:45pm Collective Identity Saxophone Qrt;13: 2-2:45pm Michael TA Thompson Trio, 3-3:30pm Miriam Parker Mysteries, 3:30-4:15pmPatrick Brennan & friends + TransparencyKestra, 4:15-5pm VoiceHorns-Bass.

The FLATIRON ROOM: 37W 26th St (bet 6thAv & Bway). www.theflatironroom.com. 212-725-3860. Sets: Tues-Wed 9pm-12am, Thurs-Sat 9pm-1am.

FLÛTE GRAMERCY: 40E 20th St (bet Bway &Park Av S). 212-529-7870. www.flutebar.com.Free adm. Wed: 7-10pm. Oct 15: DorianDevins.

GARAGE: 99 7th Av S (bet W 4th & Bleecker).www.garagerest.com. 212-645-0600. Freeadm/no min. Sets: Early (E), Late (L), Brunch(B); Mon E 7-10pm, L 10:30pm-1:30am; Tues-Thurs E 6-10pm, L 10:30pm-1:30am, Fri E6:15-10:15pm, L 10:45pm-2:45am; Sat B 12-4pm, E 6:15-10:15pm, L 10:45pm-2:45am;Sun B 11:30am-4pm, E 6:30-10:30pm, L11pm-2am. Residency (R): Sun E David CossQrt. Oct 1: E Yvonnick Prene Qrt, L MasamiIshikawa Trio; 2: E Ben Patterson Organ Trio,L Gabe Valle Qrt; 3: E Doug McDonald Trio, LKevin Dorn & Big 72; 4: B Daniela SchaechterTrio, E Evgeny Sivstov Trio, L tba; 5: B BenHealy Trio, E R, L Tsutomu Naki Trio; 6: EHoward Williams Jazz Orch, N Will Terrill Trio;7: E Mayu Saeki Trio, L Claude DialloSituation; 8: E Anderson Brothers, L VictorBaker Qrt; 9: E Champian Fulton Qrt, LMichael Sheridan Trio; 10: E Fukushi TainakaTrio, L Peter Valera & Jump Blues Band; 11: BLarry Newcomb Qrt, E Al Marino Qnt, LVirginia Mayhew Qrt; 12: B Lou Caputo Qrt, ER, L Ai Murakami Trio; 13: E Lou Caputo NotSo Big Band, L Avi Rothbard Trio; 14: E RobEdwards Qrt, L Austin Walker Trio; 15: E MarcDevine Trio, L Benno Marmur Trio; 16: E DreBarnes Project, L Joe Pino Qrt; 17: E JoelPerry Trio, L Hot House; 18: B Eckroth,Brendler & Wells, E Mark Marino Trio, LDaylight Blues Band; 19: B Kyoko Oyobe Trio,E R, L Abe Ovadia Trio; 20: E Kyle AthaydeDance Party, L Kenny Shanker Qrt; 21: EAdam Moezinia Trio, L Joonsam Lee Trio; 22:E Nick Moran Trio, L Jocelyn Shannon Qrt; 23:E Rick Stone Trio, L Ray Parker Trio; 24: EMichika Fukumori Trio, L Peter Valera & JumpBlues Band; 25: B Marsha Heydt & Project ofLove, E Champian Fulton Qrt, L VirginiaMayhew Qrt; 26: B Iris Ornig Qrt, E R, LCharles Ruggerio Trio; 27: E Eyal Vilner BigBand, L Sasaki Ryo Trio; 28: E Carl Bartlett Jr.Trio, L Paul Francis Trio; 29: E Mauricio deSouza Trio, L Chris Carroll Trio; 30: E GeorgeWeldon Trio, L Joe Abbatantuono Trio; 31: nomusic.

GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL: 46Barrow St (bet 7th Av S & W 4th St). 212-242-4770. www.greenwichhouse.org. Sets: 8pm.Sun: Sound It Out series. Oct 4: MichaelFeinberg Band; 5: $20 adm Marilyn Crispell &Raymond MacDonald Duo; 9: $20/15 RogerDavidson Solo; 26: $15 Paradoxical Frog.

JAZZ GALLERY: 1160 Bway, 5th Fl at 27th St.www.jazzgallery.org. 646-494-3625. Sets: 8pm$15/10 adm & 10pm $10/5 adm, $22/10 Fri-

The CUPPING ROOM CAFE: 359W Bway(bet Broome & Grand Sts). 212-925-2898.www.cuppingroomcafe.com. Sat: 8:30pm MalStein.

The CUTTING ROOM: 32nd St (bet Madison &Park Av). www.thecuttingroomnyc.com. 212-260-0905. $20 min. Oct 8: 9:30pm $20/15 admMarcus Goldhaber; 17: 9:30pm $30/25 ShunzoOhno.

The DEAD RABBIT GROCERY & GROG: 30Water St (Broad & Old Slip Sts). 646-422-7906. www.deadrabbitnyc.com. Fri: 9pm-1amTerry Waldo Solo.

DESMOND’S STEAKHOUSE: 513 7th Av at38th St. www.desmondssteakhouse.com. 212-391-6900. Sun 11:30am-4pm: Jazz Brunchfeat Solo Duo Tuto Giorno.

DOMA NA ROHU: 17 Perry St at 7th Av. 212-929-4339. www.domanyc.com. $10 min. Wed:7:30&9pm & Sat: 8&9:15pm.

DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY: 13 MonroeSt (bet Market & Catherine Sts). 212-473-0043. www.downtownmusicgallery.com. Sun:6pm In-Store shows. Oct 5: Frantz Loriot Solo;12: David Grollman, Ryan Krause, Jill Burton,7pm Ken Aldcroft; 19: Cheryl Pyle & MarkAlban Lotz Duo.

DROM: 85 Ave A (bet 5th & 6th Sts). 212-777-1157. www.dromnyc.com. Oct 5: Elio Villa-franca Qnt; 27: 7pm Silver Arrow Band.

DUANE PARK CAFÉ: 157 Duane St (bet Hud-son & W Bway). www.duaneparknyc.com. 212-732-5555. Fri: 9pm Plume Revue feat DP JazzQrt.

The EAR INN: 326 Spring St (bet Greenwich &Washington Sts). www.earinn.com. 212-431-9750. Sun: 8-11pm EarRegulars w/Jon-ErikKellso & friends. Oct 5: Attila Korb; 19: JayRattman.

ELLA LOUNGE: 9 Avenue A (bet 1st & 2ndAvs). www.ellalounge.com. 212-777-2230.Fri: 8pm Dandy Wellington Band.

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); Mon E 6pm, L 9pm, N 12:30am;Tues-Wed E 7pm, L 9pm, N 12:30am;Thurs&Sat E 7pm, L 10pm, N 1:30am; Fri E6pm, L 9pm + 10:30pm, N 1:30am; Sun E6pm, L 9pm, N 12:30am. Ev N: Jam.Residencies (R): Mon N Billy Kaye; Tues ESaul Rubin, N Greg Glassman; Wed ERaphael D'lugoff Qrt, N Ned Goold; Fri EIndian Classical Music, 9pm Gospel Queens;Sun E Terry Waldo & Gotham City Band, NBrandon Lewis & Renee Cruz. Oct 1: E R, LGroover Trio, N R; 2: E Rodney Green, L SaulRubin Zebtet, N tba; 3: E R, L R + JaredGold/Dave Gibson, N tba; 4: E tba, L RaphaelD'lugoff Qnt, N Ray Gallon Qrt; 5: E R, 8:30pmFat Cat Big Band, N R; 6: E tba, L JasonLindner, N R; 7: E R, L tba, N R; 8: E R, LHarold Mabern Trio, N R; 9: E Oscar WilliamsTrio, L Greg Glassman Qnt, N tba; 10: E R, LR + Lauren Sevian, N tba; 11: E tba, L DougCarn Band, N tba; 12: E R, L tba, N R; 13: Etba, L Ned Goold Qrt, N R; 14: E R, L PeterBrainin & Latin Jazz Workshop, N R; 15: E R,L Don Hahn/Mike Camacho Band, N R; 16:3pm David Weiss, E Avi Rothbard Qnt, L MartiMabin Sxt, N tba; 17: E R, L R + Stacy DillardQnt, N Jared Gold; 18: E Alan Jay Palmer Trio,L Point of Departure, N tba; 19: E R, L JonDavis, N R; 20: E tba, L George Braith, N R;21: E R, L tba, N R; 22: E R, L Samba deGringo, N R; 23: E tba, L POD, N tba; 24: E R,L R + tba, N tba; 25: E Steve Blum Trio, L NuSoil Ship & Alan Jay Palmer, N tba; 26: E R, LTim Hegarty, N R; 27: E&L tba, N R; 28: E R, LItai Kriss & Gato Gordo, N R; 29: E R, L Luca continued on page 28

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ANOTHER REASON TO CELEBRATEBy Elzy Kolb

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Out-of-towner pays a visitSeattle-based singer Kelley Johnson

doesn't get to the Big Apple too often; but,when she does, she usually has somethingnew to share. Her mentor, vocalist MarkMurphy, once told her that artists reinventthemselves every 15 years and Johnson,who has released four CDs since 1998,seems to be right on track. "I didn't reallyunderstand it then, when he first told methat, but it does feel like that's happeningto me now," she says. "I feel a difference inattitude, in my sense of self, in my sense ofthe world."

Johnson also senses new musical devel-opments on the horizon. After her mostrecent recording, Home, came out in 2008,she got a feeling like finishing a reallygreat book. "At the closing of the chapter, Ifelt dismay. But once a novel has ended,you have to find another good one. And youhave to allow yourself to explore." She'sbeen on that path since then. "I rearrangestandards with storytelling at the core.Like the great instrumentalists, I'm inter-ested in taking the music past the melodyso it feels like the structure is expanding."

Critics have compared Johnson to vocalicons like Carmen McRae and SheilaJordan. "They're both such originals, bothstorytellers while being excellent musi-cians," Johnson says. "They're my musicalmothers and I'm thrilled to be compared tothem." The singer appears at Jazz atKitano Oct. 15, her first New York gig in

four years. She'll be joined by drummer JonWikan, a long-time collaborator; bassistMatthew Clohesy, with whom she's playedoccasionally; and for the very first time,pianist Anthony Wonsey. "It will be inter-esting to see what connections will beformed then and there," Johnson says. "I'llbe there to celebrate that I love to sing, loveto perform for people. It's important tohave new projects, but unmarked celebra-tions are good, too."

Twofer specialAn autumn date at Dizzy's Club Coca-

Cola has been an annual Diva JazzOrchestra tradition. In fact, three of theband's last four albums were recordedthere. This year, listeners are in for a dou-ble treat when the band hits the stage atDizzy's Oct. 17-19. Besides celebrating therelease of Diva's new CD, A Swingin' Life(MCG Jazz), parts of which were recordedat the club, there will be the added pleas-ure of hearing vocalist Cynthia Scott mak-ing her debut with the band.

"I've wanted to work with Cynthia foryears but there's always been a schedulingconflict. I'm thrilled that this time itworked out," says Diva bandleader/drum-mer Sherrie Maricle. The new CD featuresperformances by vocalists Nancy Wilsonand Marlena Shaw, but Wilson has retiredand Shaw has back surgery scheduled. "Iwanted someone at Dizzy's who will bringthe same level of swing and soul," Mariclesays. "Cynthia is very soulful and has a

Kelley Johnson, Jazz at Kitano

Diva and Cynthia Scott, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola

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Sat. Oct 2: Mentoring series w/Taylor Eigsti featJeremy Dutton; 3: Joe Fiedler & Big Sackbut; 4:Ferenc Nemeth Trio; 9: Simona Premazzi Gp;10-11: Ben Wendel Gp; 17-18: Tyshawn SoreyTrio; 23: Julian Shore Gp; 24: Jamie Baum Spt+; 25: Claudia Acuña; 28: see 10/2; 30: AlexLoRe Qrt; 31: Brian Lynch.

JAZZ STANDARD: 116E 27th St (bet Park &Lexington Avs). www.jazzstandard.net. 212-576-2232. Sets: 7:30&9:30pm + 11:30pm Fri-Sat. Adm: Mon,Thurs&Sun $25, Tues-Wed $20,Fri-Sat $30. Residencies (R): Mon MingusMonday; Sun starting 10/19 1:30-3pm Jazz forKids. Oct 1-5: $35 Terence Blanchard Qnt; 6: Rw/Mingus Big Band; 7: Ryan Keberle &Catharsis; 8: $25 Wolff & Clark Expedition; 9-12: Steve Wilson; 13: R w/Mingus Orch; 14-15:$25 Romero Lubambo Qrt; 16-19: ($30Thurs&Sun) James Carter; 20: R w/Mingus BigBand; 21-22: $25 Edmar Castañeda World Ens;23-26: Richard Galliano Qnt; 27: R w/MingusBig Band; 28: Kellylee Evans; 29: $25 GuillermoKlein Qrt; 30-Nov 2: ($30 Thurs&Sun) GeorgeColeman Qnt feat Eric Alexander.

JOE’S PUB: At Public Theater. 425 Lafayette St& Astor Pl. www.joespub.com. 212-967-7555.Adm varies. Oct 7&9 7pm, 10-11 7&9pm: $25-75 adm Betty Buckley & T Bone Burnett.

JOHN L. TISHMAN AUDITORIUM: At NewSchool. 63 5th Av. Room U100.www.events.newschool.edu. 212-229-5630.

JULES BISTRO: 65 Saint Marks Pl (bet 1st &2nd Avs). 212-477-5560. www.julesbistro.com.Sets: 8:30-11:30pm, Brunch 12-3pm. Sun: Jazzparty & jam feat Renaud Penant.

KNICKERBOCKER BAR & GRILL: 33University Pl at 9th St. 212-228-8490.www.knickerbockerbarandgrill.com. Fri-Sat:9:45pm-2am. Oct 3-4: Warren Chiasson & AlexGresse; 10-11: Cynthia Sayer & Conal Fowkes;17-18: Jill McCarron & Paul Gill; 24-25: JuniorMance Trio; 31-Nov 1: Alexis Cole & DavidFinck.

LE PESCADEUX: 90 Thompson St (bet Prince &Spring Sts). www.lepescadeuxnyc.com. 212-966-0021. Wed: 7-10pm Sultry Jazz series;Sun: Brunch 11am-4pm feat Gabrielle Stravelli.Oct 19: Gabrielle Stravelli feat Mario Nappi.

LE POISSON ROUGE: 158 Bleecker St atThompson St. www.lepoissonrouge.com. 212-796-0741. Adm varies. Oct 3: 8pm Mehmet AliSanlikol & Whatsnext; 25: 7:30pm Red Baraat.

LE SINGE VERT: 160 7th Av (bet 19th & 20thSts). 212-366-4100. www.lesingevert.com.Tues: 8-10:30pm Ginetta’s Vendetta.

L.E.S GALLERY CAFÉ:At Clemente Soto VélezCultural & Educational Center: 107 Suffolk St(bet Rivington & Delancey Sts). 212-253-2280.www.csvcenter.com. See Clemente Soto VélezCultural & Educational Center.

LILLIE'S UNION SQUARE: 13E 17th St (bet5th Av & Bway). 212-337-1970. www.unionsquare.lilliesnyc.com. Sun: 5pm-12am.

LITTLE BRANCH: 20 Leroy St at 7th Av S. 212-929-4360.

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. Oct 1: L Jumaane Smith; 2:E Luba Mason, L Sylvia Mims; 3: L JohnAmbrosini Qrt; 4: E John Minnock; 5: L WrenMarie Harrington; 6: E Harold Sanditen; 7: L R;11: E James Rich; 14: E&L Annie Ross w/BuckyPizzarelli & spec guest (2nd set); 15: L DevinBing; 18: 4pm Artie Thompson, L Kristine Mills;21: L R; 22: E Ann Hampton Callaway; 27: LMelba Moore B-Day Celeb; 28: L R; 29: E TishRabe & friends; 30: L Steven Chera.

MEZZROW: 163W 10th St (bet 7th Av & WaverlyPl). www.mezzrow.com. 646-476-4346.8:30pm-12am. Oct 1-2: Jon Davis & GianlucaRenzi; 3: Anthony Wonsey & Steve Nelson; 5:Bucky Pizzarelli w/Ed Laub; 8: Pete MalinverniDuo; 9-11: Ethan Iverson & Ron Carter; 15-16:George Cables w/John Webber; 17-18: LuisPerdomo w/Ben Wolfe; 22-23: Lafayette Harris& Ray Drummond; 24-26: Alan Broadbent Duo.

MICHAEL SCHIMMEL CENTER FOR THEARTS: at Pace. 3 Spruce St (bet Park Row &Gold St). www.schimmel.pace.edu. 212-346-1715.

MOSCOW 57: 168 1/2 Delancey St at Clinton St.212-260-5775. www.moscow57.com. Wed-Sun: 7-8pm Ellen Kaye Trio; Wed: 8pm CleveDouglass & Tony Romano; Fri: 8-9pm MaryFoster Conklin & Jordan Pettay; Fri-Sat: 9pmJordan Pettay.

NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH: 269 Bleecker St(bet Jones & Cornelia Sts). 212-691-1770.www.ncgv.net. See All Things Project.

NEW SCHOOL: 66W 12th St. 212-229-5600.www.newschool.edu.

NEW SCHOOL JAZZ PERFORMANCESPACE: 55W 13th St, 5th Fl. 212-229-5488.www.newschool.edu/jazz. Oct 7: 8pm $10 admBill Kirchner w/Holli Ross & Jim Ferguson.

NEW YORK CITY BAHA’Í CENTER: 53E11th St (bet Bway & University). 212-222-5159. www.bahainyc.org. Sets: 8&9:30pm.$10/15 adm. Oct 7: Chip White Ens; 14: SantiDebriano Gp; 21: (no 9:30pm set) DizzyGillespie B-day celeb feat Mike Longo & NYState of the Art Jazz Ens w/Ira Hawkins & specguests Annie Ross & Jimmy Owens + filmshowing of Gillespie in concert; 28: Poetry andJazz feat Golda Solomon.

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

NORTH SQUARE: At Washington SquareHotel. 103 Waverly Pl at McDougal.http://northsquareny.com/about-jazz.php. 212-254-1200. Sun: 12:30&2:15pm free adm JazzBrunch. Oct 5: Roz Corral Trio w/FreddieBryant & Santi Debriano; 12: Roz Corral Triow/Howard Alden & Zach Brock; 19: ThanaAlexa Trio; 26: Amy Cervini Trio.

NUBLU: 62 Av C (bet 4th & 5th Sts). 212-375-1500. www.nublu.net.

NUYORICAN POETS CAFÉ: 236E 3rd St (betAvs B & C). www.nuyorican.org. 212-780-9386/212-505-8183. Sets: 9:30pm. Thurs: $10adm Latin Jazz; 1st Sat: $15 adm Puddin’ Jazzseries + Jam. Oct 1: All That - Hip Hop Poetry& Jazz; 2: Chembo Corniel; 9: Eugene Marlow& Heritage Ens; 16: Hector Martignon; 30:Willie Martinez y La Familia Sxt.

ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA: 17Barrow St (bet 7th Av & W4th St). 212-255-8649. www.oneifbyland.com. Tues&Thurs 6-11pm, Sun 11:30am-3pm: Ryo Sasaki & NialDjuliarso Duo.

PIANO NYC: 158 Ludlow St at Stanton. 212-505-3733. www.pianosnyc.com. Sun: 3&5pm$7 don Line Of Sight Jazz Brunch. Oct 26: 6pmRick Parker & Li Daiguo Duo.

PIERRE LOTI: 258W 15th St (bet 7th & 8th Avs).www.pierrelotiwinebar.com. 212-645-5684.

ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL: 196 Allen St at EHouston St. www.rockwoodmusichall.com.212-477-4155. Oct 12: 7pm $10 adm TylerBlanton Electric Project.

RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART: 150W 17th St.www.rubinmuseum.org/harlem. 212-620-5000X344. $16.20-20 adm. Harlem in theHimalayas series www.jmih.org/212-348-8300.Oct 3: 7pm Anja Lechner & Francois Couturier.

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continued from page 27rich, beautiful voice."Singing with a big band is familiar ter-

ritory for Scott, who worked with RayCharles for years. "When I left Arkansasand went on the road with Ray, that wasmy beginning," she says. "Fronting a bigband, you have all this harmony under you,all this support that you don't get with atrio—you get to ride, you get to paint. Youdon't compete with the horns; the lines areall written: you say one thing and they sayone thing and it all melds together to tella beautiful story with a lot of voicesspeaking."In choosing material for Diva, Maricle

says, "It's got to swing, it's got to challengethe band, and it's got to be accessible to theaudience. And the artistic focus—everyonein the band gets to blow at least one time intwo sets, so the listeners get the full expe-rience of all 15 of us, the diversity of thesoloists." The Dizzy's gig will feature standards,

blues, tunes by Burt Bacharach and Divafounder Stanley Kay, and at least one Scottoriginal. The vocalist says, "We're gonnahave a ball, honey. What's the purpose ofgetting up on stage if you're not gonna havea ball? I believe in having fun, I'm tired offighting the world, I just want to ride."Sounds like the right attitude for Maricle'sstated mission: "Playing great music andkeeping the tradition of great straight-ahead swing."

True thatWhen saxophonist/flutist/composer

Laura Dreyermoved to New York, she wasfresh out of Berklee and having a greattime going to jams, playing with her idolsand with other up-and-comers. "I wanted

to learn and, as woman, I had to provemyself. I had to show I can play fast, andplay a million tunes in any key, at anytempo," she says. "One day, the musicsounded old-fashioned, and I thought, 'Thisisn't really who I am.' I didn't grow up inthe 1940s; the music I grew up with, themusic I heard in New York in the '80s and'90s has a place in my life. I have to be trueto myself." Thus began a musical evolution that

now encompasses more than 20 years ofwriting and playing Brazilian jazz, influ-enced by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ivan Lins,Hermeto Pascoal, Cesar Camargo Marianoand other greats of the genre. "That's 95percent of what I listen to now," Dreyersays. "It's an endless source of inspiration.Compositionally, it speaks to my sensibili-ties. The harmonies are complex but donein a beautiful way, rather than a deliber-ately confusing or unpredictable way."While visiting Rio, she discovered she

had to slow down to get up to speed withBrazilian music. "The feeling is so differentthere. I went to the next level in capturingthe flavor I wanted—Rio is where you haveto be to get that flavor." Dreyer was soinspired by the city that she recorded hernew CD, Vida. Arte. Amor. (Mayimba)there, in a hilltop studio with stunningpanoramic views of Rio and the surround-ing area. "You can see landmarks from thedecks and hear the bells when the nearbychurches chime on the hour," she says. "I'msensitive to the vibe in different places:San Francisco, Seattle, New York, they allhave a different feel. In Rio I felt like a fishin the right ocean. I don't have the advan-tage of growing up in the culture, though Ilove it. I immerse myself in the music, thestyle, the sentiment, and I intend to do thatfor the rest of my life." Join Dreyer in cele-brating the release of Vida. Arte. Amor. atZinc Bar Oct. 22.

Celebrate a soundAlto saxophonist Arthur Blythe has

such an original tone, it's impossible tomistake him for anyone else. A prolificcomposer, bandleader, member of theWorld Saxophone Quartet and frequentcollaborator with the likes of Gil Evans,Jack DeJohnette, Lester Bowie, WoodyShaw, McCoy Tyner and others, for morethan 30 years Blythe stayed busy recordingand touring. But for the past decade, thesaxophonist has been living withParkinson's disease. A 2003 recording ofhis music, The Arthur Blythe Quartet Liveat Yoshi's, has just been released for the first time. It's available athttp://gusttsilis.com/arthurblythe/ and allsales proceeds will benefit the ArthurBlythe Parkinson's Fund, to help supportthis unique, iconic voice in jazz. Laura Dreyer, Zinc Bar

Dreyer photo by Kendra Heisler

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LISTINGS... continued from page 28 TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:199 Chambers St. www.tribecapac.org. 212-220-1460. Oct 25: 8pm $45/35 adm PeterCincotti.

TURNMILL: 119E 27th St (bet Park & LexingtonAvs). www.turnmillnyc.com. 646-524-6060.Wed: 11pm Jam w/Rob Duguay & Low KeyTrio.

UNIVERSITY OF THE STREETS: 130E 7thSt at Ave A 2nd Fl. 212-254-9300. www.universityofthestreets.org. $5 adm. Fri: 11:30pm-2:30am Jam w/Bernard Linnette; Sat:11:30pm-1am Jam w/Rob Anderson.

VILLAGE VANGUARD: 178 7th Av S at 11thSt. 212-255-4037. www.villagevanguard.com.Sets: 8:30&10:30pm. Adm: Mon-Thurs $25/1drink min. Residency (R): Mon Vanguard JazzOrch. Oct 1-5: Ravi Coltrane Qrt; 6: R; 7-12:Tom Harrell Qnt; 13: R; 14-19: Tom Harrell &Trip; 20: R; 21-26: Joe Lovano & DaveDouglas Qnt; 27: R; 28-Nov 2: JoshuaRedman Trio.

The WAYLAND: 700 E 9th St at Av C. 212-777-7022. www.thewaylandnyc.com. Sets: 9-11:30pm. Free adm. Wed&Sun. Wed:Grandpa Musselman & Syncopators.

WALKER’S: 16N Moore St at Varick. 212-941-0142. www.walkerstribeca.com. Sun: 8-11pmPeter Leitch Duo.

WHYNOT JAZZ ROOM: 14 Christopher St atGay St. www.whynotjazzroom.com. 646-756-4145. Oct 2: 7pm Arkestra Minimus; 6: 7pmBen Winkelman Trio; 10: 7pm Taeko; 11:10:30pm Hiromi Suda Qrt; 12: 7:30pm KatieBull Gp Project; 14: 7:30pm Lockett/Frahm/LeFleming; 15: 7pm Guitar x2 Series feat VicJuris & Rale Micic, 10pm Leni Stern AfricanTrio; 21: 8pm Alex Weiss & Outhead; 26:7:30&10:30pm Tim Ferguson Inside/Out; 29:7pm Guitar x2 Series feat Lage Lund & RaleMicic, 10pm Leni Stern African Trio.

WINTER GARDEN: Brookfield Pl. 220 VeseySt (bet West St & North End Av). www.artsbrookfield.com/event/monkat97. Oct 17:12:30-2pm&6:30-9:30pm Monk at 97:Counting Down feat 12:30pm Elio Villafranca& James Weidman Trio, 6:30pm Jazzathonw/Jazz House Kids, David Weiss Sxt, ReneeRosnes Qrt, The Cookers, Arturo O’Farrill Sxt.

ZEB’S: 223W 28th St (bet 7th & 8th Avs). 2nd Fl.www.zebulonsoundandlight.com. 212-695-8081. Wed: 8pm $10 adm Saul Rubin Triow/vocalist guest + Jam. Oct 22: Ellynne Rey;25: 8pm $20/15 adm Alan Budoff & Saul Rubinfeat Willie-Mae Perry w/Frank Owens Trio.

ZINC BAR: 82W 3rd St (bet Thompson &Sullivan). 212-477-8337. www.zincbar.com.Sets: Early set 7pm + 9,11pm&12:30am, Mon2am. Adm varies. Residencies: Mon 11pm-3am Ron Affif Trio; Tues 11pm Evolution Jam;Thurs Roman Diaz Midnight Rumba; Fri 8pmGabriel Alegria; Sat Marianni & Bossa Groove;Sun NY Argentine Tango Qrt. Oct 1: ValeryPonomarev & Art Blakey Big Band; 2:Gregorio Uribe Big Band; 5: Get Classical; 6:VandoJam feat Mark Gross Qnt; 7: JackJeffers Big Band; 8: Manuel Valera; 9: RomanDiaz Rumba; 14: Tribunal Mist Jazz Orch; 15:Doug Carn Qnt; 16: Pedro Giraudo Big Band;17: Gil Evans Orch; 20: Sammy Figueroa &Glaucia Nasser; 21: Misha Piatigorsky Spt;22: Chardavoine; 23: Funk Xpress; 28:Michael Marcus Qrt; 29: Eddie Allen Big Band;30: Gabriel Alegria Peruvian Big Band. EarlySet w/Oct 4: Misha Piatigorsky; 6: Maya Nova;8: Reza Khan; 9: Luciana Menezes; 13: VickiBurns; 15: Tine Bruhn; 18: Katesha; 20:Marlene Mortensen; 22: Laura Dreyer; 23:Scott Law; 27: Eliane Amherd; 29: JoselynMedina; 30: Thaisa.

SKIRBALL CENTER: At New York University.566 LaGuardia Pl at Washington Sq S. 212-998-4941. www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu. Oct23: 7:30pm $32-40 adm The Bad Plus.

SMALLS JAZZ CLUB: 183W 10th St at 7th Av.212-252-5091. www.smallsjazzclub.com. Setsunless otherwise noted: Afternoon (PM), Early(E), Late (L), Night (N); Mon E 7:30pm, L10pm, N 12:30am; Tues E 7:30pm, L10:30pm, N 1am; Wed-Thurs E 6pm, L9:30pm, N 12:30am; Fri-Sat: PM 4:30pm, E7:30pm, L 10:30pm, N 1am; Sun 1pm, PM4:30pm, E 7:30pm, L 10pm, N 12am. Jam fol-lowing N. Adm varies. Residencies (R): Mon Lexcept 10/20 Ari Hoenig Qnt; Tues E SpikeWilner Qrt, N Next Generation Sessions byKyle Poole; Wed E Tap Dance w/MichelaLerman; Fri PM Jam; Sat PM Joel Press Qrt;Sun 1pm Vocal masterclass by MarionCowings. Oct 1: E R, L Danny Grissett Qrt, NAlex LeRoe Band; 2: E tba, L see 10/1 L, NCarlos Abadie Qnt; 3: PM R, E Alan BroadbentTrio, L Jimmy Green Qrt, N tba; 4: PM R, Etba, L see 10/3 L, N tba; 5: 1pm R, PM FalknerEvans Qnt, E Marianne Solivan Qrt, L JoeMagnarelli Qrt, N tba; 6: E Dan Tepfer Trio, LR, N Jonathan Michel; 7: E R, L SmallsLegacy Band feat Frank Lacy, N R; 8: E R, LBrian Charette Trio, N Wayne Tucker Gp; 9: EZaid Nasser, L see 10/8 L, N Nick HemptonBand; 10: PM R, E Sean Smith Qrt, L RickGermanson Qrt, N tba; 11: PM R, E tba, L see10/10 L, N tba; 12: 1pm R, PM Dexter MasonQnt, E tba, L Behn Gillece Qnt, N tba; 13: EClaude Diallo Trio, L R, N Spencer Murphy;14: E R, L Lucas Pino No Net Nnt, N R; 15: ER, L Harold Mabern Trio, N Rob Duguay &SONGEVITY Qrt; 16: E Alex Hoffman Gp, LFabien Mary Qnt, N see 10/2 N; 17: PM R, ETrio Music, L John Ellis Band, N tba; 18: PMR, E tba, L see 10/17 L, N tba; 19: 1pm R, PMPeter & Will Anderson Qnt, E&L tba, N BruceHarris Qnt; 20: E Jill McCarron Trio, L CharlesRuggerio Qrt, N see 10/6 N; 21: E R, L JoshEvans Big Band, N R; 22: E R, L LuisPerdomo Qrt, N Tacuma Bradley Qnt; 23: EDwayne Clemons Qnt, L see 10/22 L, N see10/9 N; 24: PM R, E John McNeil, L E.J.Strickland Qnt, N tba; 25: PM R, E tba, L see10/24, N tba; 26: 1pm R, PM,E&L tba, N NedGoold; 27: E John Raymond, L R, N see 10/13N; 28: E R, L Peter Bernstein Qrt, N R; 29: PMR, L see 10/28 L, N tba; 30: E tba, L see 10/28L, N tba; 31: closed.

SPECTRUM NYC: 121 Ludlow St 2nd Fl (betDelancey & Rivington Sts). 212-533-5470.www.spectrumnyc.com. Oct 2: 7-10:30pmSpectral Interzone & Lena Bloch; 7: 9:30-10:30pm Canyons; 9: 7-9:30pm PetrosKlampanis Presents; 18 9-11pm & 19 7-8:30pm: Umberto Petrin; 21: 9-11pm JoelForrester; 28: 8:30-9:30pm Guy Mintus.

STEINHARDT: At NYU. 3rd Av at E 11th St.www.steinhardt.nyu.edu. 212-998-5424.

The STONE: 2nd St at Av C. www.thestonenyc.com. Adm varies. Tues-Sun: 8&10pm weeklyresidencies. Oct 1-5: Ches Smith; 7-12: TimBerne; 14-19: Julian Lage; 21-26: Oliver Lake;28-Nov 2: Makigami Koichi.

SUBCULTURE: 45 Bleecker St (bet Mott &Mulberry Sts). www.subculturenewyork.com.212-533-5470. Sets: 7:30pm. Oct 2: JulienLabro & Spektral Qrt; 14: 8pm JoshuaKwassman & Brother Spirit; 17-18: TheoBleckmann & Preston Bailey; 30: Jo Lawry.

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By Seton Hawkins

HOT FLASHESMusician-Educator's Corner

There are jazz educators; and there isEli Yamin. An active pianist and composerwhose early career included stints withIllinois Jacquet and Walter Perkins,Yamin serves as head of instruction in Jazzat Lincoln Center's Middle School JazzAcademy and is founder and director of theJazz Drama Program, an organization thatproduces jazz musicals for students to per-form in as they immerse themselves in thejazz vocabulary.While jazz and Broadway have enjoyed

a longstanding simpatico and resonance,Yamin's own journey led him to discover away to fuse the two in the service of jazzeducation. "It started in 1993, when I wasthe musical director for the 10th anniver-sary tour of Duke Ellington's SophisticatedLadies," Yamin recalls. "We had ten jazzmusicians and 15 cast members, and I wasthe guy in the middle who had to help thesemostly Broadway-trained actors find abond and a common space with the jazzmusicians! It was challenging, but alsoimmensely fulfilling, particularly to travelthe country and present Duke's music inthe theater. It made me think that this wasan amazing way of spreading the jazzword. I wondered how I could do thatmore."The opportunity soon presented itself,

as Yamin immersed himself in educationwork, becoming the musical director for theLouis Armstrong Middle School's springmusical. "A teacher at the school namedCliff Carlson and I started writing our ownjazz musicals because we realized thateven though the school was named afterLouis Armstrong, the students there didn'tknow much about jazz," Yamin explains."We needed to find a new way of gettingkids excited about the music. So Cliff and Istarted writing our own stories, not neces-sarily about jazz, but stories that kidscould relate to. And the language we usedto tell the stories was jazz."Having created and internationally per-

formed two unique jazz musicals—Norah'sArk and Holding the Torch for Liberty—Yamin and Carlson have succeeded inestablishing a new and exciting way forstudents to encounter and enthusiasticallyengage with jazz. For Yamin, this goalwalks hand-in-hand with his performanceexperiences, notably his tutelage under thegreat drummer Walter Perkins. "Waltershowed me how performing is a way toalight people's hearts," Yamin explains.

"He could blaze up a room with the soundof his drums and the force of his personali-ty. People just got happier when theyheard him and he encouraged me to do thatwherever I could."As Yamin prepares his third musical,

the Sun Ra-inspired Message from Saturn,he continues to refine this unique strategyin jazz education. In lieu of lectures orinstrument-based teaching, the programaspires to an immersive, experientiallearning that allows students to see them-selves as active parts of the music. "There'salways been this way of realizing and actu-alizing jazz that is extramusical, that is lit-erary, or that is visual," Yamin notes. "Tome, the Jazz Drama Program is a chancefor kids and grown-ups to live in this con-nection of theater, dance, music and litera-ture, and to really deal with the whole jazzaesthetic and its treasures. Some peoplemight not be turned on by only a concert,but say you put dance with it, or a storywith it, then there's no way they can stayaway."This month, the Jazz Drama Program

will host its annual benefit at the DiMennaCenter Concert Hall in an evening featur-ing performances by masters includingCatherine Russell and Evan Christopherand honor WBGO luminary DorthaanKirk. "This is our opportunity to receivesupport from people who believe in jazzand believe in kids, and who see the poten-tial of this project," Yamin says. "We hopeto continue making an impact on jazz andeducation."To learn more about the Jazz Drama

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LISTINGS... continued from page 30 The CLASSON SOCIAL CLUB: 807 ClassonAv. 718-484-4475. www.theclasson.com. Sets: 8-9&10-11pm. Free adm/no min. Oct 2: JohnCaban Trio; 3-4: KJ Denhert; 10: Greg LewisOrgan Monk Trio; 11: Classon Social Lounge; 24:see 10/10; 25: see 10/11; 30: Emilio Solla Trio.

CUBANA SOCIAL: 70 N 6th St. Williamsburg.www.cubanasocial.com. 718-782-3334. Sets:Thurs 9pm-12am; Fri: 9pm-2am Afro-Jazz.

The DRAWING ROOM: 56 Willoughby St #3.www.drawingroommusic.com. Sets: 7pm, $20adm. Oct 19: Gene Bertoncini; 25: CharlesDavis Qrt.

FIREHOUSE SPACE: 246 Frost St. 917-709-7799. www.thefirehousespace.org. Sets: 8pm$10 adm. Oct 2: Joshua Sinton & SenhorVasques; 9: Connie Crothers; 16: How to Makea Mountain.

The FLAT: 308 Hooper St. Williamsburg.www.theflatbkny.com. 718-599-5151.

FOR MY SWEET: 1103 Fulton St. 347-770-4735.Mon: 7-11pm $10 adm Bill Jacobs Ens; 1stMon: Jazz & Open Mic by Jeff King.

FREDDY’S BAR: 627 5th Av (bet 17th & 18thSts). www.freddysbar.com. 718-768-0131. 1st &3rd Tues: 9pm Miss Ida Blue. Oct 8: 8pm DavidMcDonnell; 28: 8:30pm Josh Sinton & AvaMendoza.

HOPE & ANCHOR: 347 Van Brunt St. RedHook. www.hopeandanchorredhook.com. 718-237-0276. Wed: 7-10pm Jam w/Ray Scro Qrt.

I-BEAM: 168 7th St. www.ibeambrooklyn.com.$15 adm. Oct 2-4: Matt Pavolka & The HornsBand; 9: 8:30pm Belogenis/Lossing/Wollesen;22: Russ Lossing & King Vulture; 24: 8pm HarrisEisenstadt & Golden State, 9pm Josh Sinton &Musicaner; 25: 8pm $10 Josh Sinton Solo &Duo w/Tomas Fujiwara.

JALOPY: 315 Columbia St (Columbia Water- frontDistrict). www.jalopy.biz. 718-395-3214.

JAZZ 966: 966 Fulton St. 917-593-9776.www.jazz966.com. Fri: 8-11pm $15 don.

KORZO RESTAURANT & BAR: 667 5th Av(bet 19th & 20th Sts). 718-499-1199. www.facebook.com/konceptions. Tues: 9&10:30pm $10don/$10 min Konceptions Music series byJames Carney.

LAKE CLUB: 1150 Clove Rd. Staten Island. 718-442-3600. www.lake-club.com. Sat: 7-10pmfree adm Charles Sibirsky Solo.

LAFAYETTE AVENUE PRESBYTERIANCHURCH: 85 S. Oxford St. Fort Greene.www.lapcbrooklyn.org. 718-625-7515. Oct 12:4pm Jazz Vesper feat Brooklyn Jazz Orchw/Brian Newman.

LORENZO’S RESTAURANT, BAR &CABARET: At Hilton Garden Inn. 1100 SouthAv at Lois Ln. Staten Island. 718-477-2400X3222. www.lorenzosdining.com. Sun: 12-2pm Jazz Brunch.

MANHATTAN INN: 632 Manhattan Av.www.manhattaninn.com. 718-383-0885. Oct 29:10pm Rick Parker & Li Daiguo Duo + JonahParzen-Johnson Solo.

MELANIE’S NEW YORK: 1285 Fulton St.www.melaniesny.com. 718-399-2960. Wed:Jazz Night.

MOMINETTE: 221 Knickerbocker Av. Bushwick.www.mominette.com. 929-234-2941. Tues:10:30pm Jam w/Trad & Gypsy.

MUCHMORE’S: 2 Havemeyer St. Williamsburg.Oct 5: 8pm Alex Weiss & Outhead.

PANE E VINO: 174 Smith St at Warren.www.panevinony.com. 718-501-1010. Sun: 7-10pm Carl Thompson Gp w/Virginia Mayhew.

ROULETTE: 509 Atlantic Av at 3rd Av.www.roulette.org. 917-267-0363. Oct 14: 8pmSound Rhythm feat Billy Martin, ChrisCochrane, Kato Hideki, Kevin Bud Jones w/Jessica Lurie & Brian Chase.

AN BEAL BOCHT CAFÉ: 445W 238th St. 718-884-7127. www.lindasjazznights.com. Wed8&9:30pm Linda's Jazz Nights. Oct 1: AkikoTsuruga Qrt; 15: Cynthia Soriano Qrt.

BRONX MUSIC HERITAGE CENTER: 1303Louis 9 Blvd. www.bronxmusic.org. 718-839-1100. Oct 21: 8pm Hilliard Greene & JazzExpressions feat TK Blue.

G-BAR: 579 Grand Concourse at 149th St. 718-402-6996. www.giovanninyc.com.

WILLIE’S STEAKHOUSE: 1832 WestchesterAv. 718-822-9697. Wed: 8:30pm-12am.

61 LOCAL: 61 Bergen St in Cobble Hill.www.61local.com. 347-763-6624. Oct 5: 7pm$10 adm Snug’s concert series feat AndrewWhite III Solo.

ALOR CAFÉ: 2110 Richmond Rd. Staten Island.718-351-1101. www.alorcafe.com.

BAMCAFÉ: 30 Lafayette Av. 718-636-4100.www.bam.org.

BAR TABAC: 128 Smith St at Dean St. CobbleHill. www.bartabacny.com. 718-923-0918.Tues&Thurs: 7-10pm. Tues: Blue Vipers ofBrooklyn; Thurs: Stephane Wrembel.

BARBÈS: 376 9th St at 6th Av. Park Slope.www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 718-965-9177.Residencies: Mon 7pm Brain Cloud; Tues 9pmSlavic Soul Party; Wed 10pm MandingoAmbassadors; Sun 9pm except 10/12Stephane Wrembel. Oct 1: 8pm Sofia Rei; 3:8pm Leo Sidran; 5: 5pm Ben Monder Solo; 12:5pm see 10/5 5pm, 9pm Olli Soikelli; 14: 7pmMax Johnson.

BASIK BAR: 323 Graham Av. Brooklyn. 347-889-7597. www.basikbrooklyn.com. Sun 7-10pm: Jam w/Isaac Darche Qrt feat Matt LaVon.

BRIC ARTS: 647 Fulton St. 718-683-5600.www.bricartsmedia.org. Oct 16: 7:30pm $15/20adm Alicia Olatuja.

BROOKLYN CENTER FOR THE PERFORM-ING ARTS: At Brooklyn College. Campus Rd& Hillel Pl. 718-951-4500. www.brooklyncenter.org. Oct 25: $36-60 adm 8pm BobbyMcFerrin.

BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC:58 7th Av. Park Slope. www.bqcm.org. 718-622-3300. 1st Fri: 7pm $5 adm Open Stage.Oct 4: 8pm $10 adm Connection Workswww.connectionworks.org presents BrooklynJazz Wide Open series feat Scott Robinson,Michel Gentile, Daniel Kelly & Rob Garciaw/spec guest.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM: 227 Fourth Av (betPresident & Union Sts). Park Slope.www.brooklynlyceum.com. Thurs: 7-9pm OpenMic.

BROWNSTONE JAZZ: 107 Macon St atNostrand Av. www.sankofaaban.com. 917-704-9237. Fri-Sat: 8pm $30 adm incl 1 drinkBrownstone Jazz. Fri-Sat: 11pm-1am Open Micw/Eric Lemon & BJ Ens. Oct 11: 9pm Baanofeat Frank Owens Trio.

BROWNSVILLE HERITAGE HOUSE: 581Mother Gaston Blvd. www.brownsvilleheritagehouse.org. 718-385-1111. 3rd Sat: 3-6pm freeadm Wade Barnes Tribute Band.

CHEZ OSKAR: 211 Dekalb Av at Adelphie St.Fort Green. www.chezoskar.com. 718-852-6250.

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By Kosta Galanopoulos, student at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music

FRESH TAKES

Cook photo by William Brown

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The essence of Braxton Cook's artistrycan be heard in his playing of the refinedmelodies on Sketch, his 2014 EP. As thesaxophonist for the Christian Scott Sextetand a full-time student at Juilliard, techni-cal prowess is a given, but the thoughtful-ness of his playing on his debut record isbold for a musician of any age, let alone a23-year-old.A native of Washington D.C., Cook grew

up listening to Motown and R&B, influ-ences which blend seamlessly on Sketch.Additionally, Cook cites Grover WashingtonJr. as his inspiration for picking up the sax-ophone and he credits his mentors PaulCarr, Ron Blake and Steve Wilson for nur-turing his musical development.Cook's tutors’ guidance and his own con-

stant drive to grow as a performer and com-poser have led to the refreshing maturityheard on Sketch. Hear it in person atGinny's Supper Club as Cook leads hisquartet in a performance of works from theEP, new compositions and jazz standards.

Benefits, Tributes and ResidenciesSaxophonist and composer Tim Berne

celebrates his 60th birthday with a week-long residency at The Stone Oct. 7-12.Featuring his ensembles Snakeoil, IceStation Zebra, Decay and Cornered, he willshowcase his prodigious talents, as well asthose of Michael Formanek, TyshawnSorey, Ches Smith, Ryan Ferriera andmore. See a full schedule at www.thestonenyc.com.Billy Martin, Chris Cochrane, Kato

Hideki, Kevin Bud Jones, Jessica Lurieand Brian Chase will collaborate to pres-ent Sound Rhythm, a unique evening ofimprovised sets at Roulette on Oct. 14.Find out more at www.roulette.org.

Legendary pianist Randy Weston willremember his longtime friend and collabo-rator, the master arranger and trombonistMelba Liston, in a special performance atthe Manhattan School of Music on Oct. 17.Reserve seats at www.msmnyc.edu.On Oct. 24, the Jazz Foundation of

America hosts "A Great Night in Harlem,"an exceptional evening that will honor theextraordinary achievements of HerbieHancock. Offering a host of performancesby jazz, R&B and rock legends, the eveningwill raise funds for the foundation's crucialwork. Buy tickets and make a donation byvisiting www.jazzfoundation.org.

Randy Weston

Alto Saxophonist Braxton Cook willbe performing with his quartet featur-ing Mathis Picard, keyboards; ZachBrown, bass and Kush Abadey, drums,on Oct. 25 at Ginny's Supper Club.

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FIREHOUSE 12: 47 Crown St. New Haven.203-785-0468. www.firehouse12.com. 8:30pm$20 adm, 10pm $15. Oct 3: Michael MusillamiTrio + Kris Davis; 10: Manuel Valera Trio; 17:Mike Pride & From Bacteria to Boys; 24: TheWee Trio; 31: Joe McPhee, Daniel Levin &Chris Corsano.

PICCOLO PIZZA: 24 Prospect St. Ridgefield.203-438-8200. Sets: 6-9pm. Free adm. Tues:Arildo Desouza Solo; Thurs: Gary MacFadden; Sun: John Judd Solo.

RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE: 80 East Ridge.Ridgefield. www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org. 203-438-5795. Oct 1: 8pm Esperanza Spalding;10: 7:30pm Cab Calloway Orch; 22: 8pmNatalie Cole.

RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE: 80 East Ridge.Ridgefield. www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org. 203-438-5795. Oct 1: 8pm Esperanza Spalding;10: 7:30pm Cab Calloway Orch; 22: 8pmNatalie Cole.

SCATZ RESTAURANT & JAZZ LOUNGE:139 Main St Ext. Middletown. 860-347-2289.www.scatzrestaurantandlounge.com. Fri&Sat.

The SIDEDOOR JAZZ CLUB: At Old LymeInn. 85 Lyme St. Old Lyme. 860-434-2600.www.thesidedoorjazz.com. Sets: 8:30pm. Oct3: Harold Lopez-Nussa Trio; 4: closed; 10:Dan Tepfer; 11: Hector Martignon & A ForeignAffair Ens; 12: David Liebman Qrt; 17: SteveWilson & Lewis Nash Duo; 24: Chelsea BaratzQrt; 25: Marianne Solivan; 31: YosvannyTerry.

UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD: 200 Bloom-field Av. West Hartford. www.hartford.edu.860-768-4100.

WESTPORT ARTS CENTER: 51 RiversideAv. Westport. www.westportartscenter.org.203-222-7070. Oct 5: 3-5pm Bernard PurdieSoul Band.

WILTON PIZZA: 101 Old Ridgefield Rd. Wilton.Thurs: 6-9pm free adm Matt Criscuolo Qrt.

AMERICAN HOTEL: 49 Main St. Sag Harbor.631-725 3535. www.theamericanhotel.com.Fri-Sat: 6:30-10:30pm Lee Glantz.

APERITIF: 242 Sunrise Hwy. Rockville Centre.www.aperitifbistro.com. 516-594-3404. Oct12: 6-9pm Al Cardillo Trio feat CarolSudhalter.

BRIDGEHAMPTON HISTORICAL SOCIE-TY: 2539 Montauk Hwy. Bridgehampton.www.bridgehamptonhistoricalsociety.org. 631-537-1088. Oct 25: 7:30pm $25/15 adm ParlorJazz series feat The Howard Sisters.

DANFORDS INN: 25E Broadway. PortJefferson. www.danfords.com. 631-928-5200.Sat: 6:30-10:30pm Dennis Raffelock Duo.

DIX HILLS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:At Five Towns College. 305N Service Rd. DixHills. 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org. Oct 23-25: 7:30pm $10 adm Guitar Festival JazzBrazil feat 10/23 Gene Bertoncini & friends, 24 David Burgess, 25 Carlos Barbosa-Lima &friends.

ECLECTIC CAFÉ: At UU of South Suffolk. 28Brentwood Rd. Bay Shore. 631-661-1278.www.eclecticcafe.org.

FIVE TOWNS COLLEGE: 305N Service Rd.Dix Hills. 631-656-2110. www.ftc.edu.

RUSTIK NEIGHBORHOOD TAVERN: 417DeKalb Ave. www.rustiktavern.com. 347-406-9700. 1st Tues: 8pm $5 adm Jam w/EricFrazier.

SCHOLES STREET STUDIO: 375 Lorimer St.www.scholesstreetstudio.com. 718-964-8763.

SEEDS: 617 Vanderbilt Av. www.seedsbrooklyn.org. Sets: 8:30&10pm. Oct 3&9: $10 admJazz Gallery mentoring series w/Taylor Eigstifeat Jeremy Dutton.

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. Oct 1: E $8 Areni Agbabian Solo, LKaleidos; 2: E $15 Multiplicity, L $15 Afrikameets India; 3: E $8 Lisette Santiago, LStringsNskins, N Luisa Bastidas; 4: $15 LSarah Manning & Harmonious Creature; 5:$25 Babilonas; 6: E $8 Michael Whalen, LTerry Hsieh Collective; 7: E&L Tobias MeinhartQrt feat Ingrid Jensen + Beekman Collective;8: E&L $15 Schapiro 17, N SPOKE; 9: E&8pmKarl Berger & Improvisor's Orch, N The OutSide Within; 10: 8pm Ken Thomson &Slow/Fast; 11: E $20 Mozayik & spec guestSarah Elizabeth Charles; 12: 8pm BreathTaking Songs, 9pm Pookestra feat SarahRenfrooriginal; 14: L Kenji Shinagawa, N $8Nathan Parker Smith Large Ens; 15: E TomasFujiwara Trio, L Charles Evans Qrt, N MostlyOther People Do the Killing; 16: Jazz Gallerymentoring series w/Taylor Eigsti feat JeremyDutton; 17: E Marko Djordjevic & Sveti Electric,L Hyper Consort; 18: 8pm $15 Mr. Ho'sOrchestrotica, N AGBA; 19: E Burke/Trobollowitsch, L Alejandro Meola &Robinsones; 20: E&L $12 William Hooker &Double Qrt; 21: E Occasional Noise featWilliam Lang; 22: 7:30pm Curtis Hasselbring &Number Stations, 8:30pm The MicroscopicSpt, N $20 Ideal Bread; 23: E YiorgosKostopoulos Qrt, L Livio Almeida; 24: E CoupleCoffee, Susto E Soranzio & Gio Moretti, LThenth Intervention; 25: N Walking Distance;26: E $8 Pravin Thompson Qrt, L Alex Weiss &Outhead; 28: E John Yao, L Hyeseon HongJazz Orch; 29: E James Weidman AperturisticTrio, L $15 Larry Corban & Aperturistic Trio;30: E Dan DeChellis Trio, L Mike Lorenz Qrt.

SISTAS’ PLACE: 456 Nostrand Av at JeffersonAv. www.sistasplace.org. 718-398-1766. Sat:9&10:30pm $30/25 adm. Oct 4: BrandonSanders Gp; 11: Doug Carn Qnt; 18: KahilKwame Bell; 25: Sonny Fortune Qrt.

SNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER:1000 Richmond Ter. Staten Island.www.utasi.org. 718-448-2500. Oct 18: 2-7pmStaten Island Jazz fest feat Javon Jackson Qrt,Hamiet Bluiett, Kiane Zawadi, Winard HarperEns, Leopoldo Fleming Afro-Caribbean JazzEns, Danny Mixon Qrt, Betty Shirley, KarlusTrapp, Vinnie Ruggieri, Darrell Smith, WaFoo,Earl Saul, Bob Kaiser, Jeannine Otis, DavidJones, Rudi Mwongozi, Sajda MusawwirLadner.

TEA LOUNGE: 837 Union St (bet 6th & 7thAvs). Park Slope. www.tealoungeny.com. 718-789-2762. Wed: 9-11pm free adm Tea AndJam. Oct 18: 10-11pm Dida Pelled; 23: 9-11pm Joe Pino.

VELVET LOUNGE: 174 Bway. 718-302-4427.www.velvetbrooklyn.com. 2nd Fri: 9pm-12amLow Key Trio.

WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CENTER: 367Bedford Av. www.wmcjazz.org. 718-384-1654.10pm-2am. Fri: free adm/2 drink min Jamw/Gerry Eastman Qnt & friends; Sat: $10 admGreyson Hackleman. Oct 4: 8&10pm RobFulton Qrt. continued on page 38

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

Radway photo by Jayme Thornton, Hyman by Megan P. Haman

SHARP RADWAYBETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH / OCTOBER 4Growing up in Connecticut, pianist Sharp Radway gleaned early inspiration from thework of Red Garland, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk and McCoy Tyner. His dedicationhas led to work with Bucky Pizzarelli, Yusef Lateef, Benny Golson, Steve Turre, KevinMahogany and Randy Brecker. Radway has demonstrated versatility in jazz, Latin,R&B, hip-hop and gospel. He serves as musical director, composer and arranger forThe Celebration of Lionel Hampton Big Band and his work has been seen in the filmCadillac Records, as well as in the off-Broadway play The Connection. Radway hasauthored books on music and passes along his knowledge as instructor on elementaryand collegiate levels. In Newark, he'll have a quintet covering standards like “AutumnLeaves” mixed with his originals.

RUSSELL MALONEWILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY / OCTOBER 18Russell Malone was 12 when he saw George Benson on television and knew then whathe wanted from life. Malone pursued his dream, eventually playing guitar with organ-ist Jimmy Smith, appearing with Harry Connick Jr. and recording with Diana Krall,Gerald Wilson, Roy Hargrove, Ron Carter and Kenny Barron. His guitar duets withpianist Benny Green made Oscar Peterson smile and his electricity can be felt onrecordings such as Live at Jazz Standard (Maxjazz). His guitar lines are stunning dis-plays of form, history, humor and originality, interspersed with a sensitivity that canmake a guitar weep. Standards and originals are the fare as Malone is joined bypianist Rick Germanson, bassist Gerald Cannon and drummer Willie Jones III.

ONAJE ALLAN GUMBSNEWARK MUSEUM / OCTOBER 11Onaje is a Nigerian word meaning "sensitive one." For pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs hismusical sensitivity started at seven and continued through Manhattan High School ofMusic and SUNY Fredonia, to a career beginning with guitarist Kenny Burrell, fol-lowed by Norman Connors, Buster Williams, Cecil McBee, Betty Carter, NatAdderley, Phyllis Hyman and Woody Shaw. A prolific composer, Gumbs has manyrecordings to his credit, including Sack Full of Dreams (18th & Vine), picked by JazzImprov Magazine as one of the top releases of 2007. Gumbs wrote and performedmusic for Override, a Showtime film directed by Danny Glover. For this WBGO Kids'Concert, Gumbs will demonstrate how to create a jazz tune and show young ones therelationship between music and some of their favorite cartoon characters, enhancedby audience participation.

DICK HYMANSOPAC / OCTOBER 7In a career spanning six decades, pianist Dick Hyman has been one of the brightlights in music, keeping alive the spirit of Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin, James P.Johnson, Fats Waller and Eubie Blake, with additional solo work focusing on IrvingBerlin, Harold Arlen, Cole Porter and Duke Ellington. Hyman's talent can be heardin many Woody Allen films and he's written dance scores for the Cleveland Ballet andTwyla Tharp. As Columbia Magazine stated, "When you've studied with TeddyWilson and jammed with Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Zoot Sims, and made over100 recordings under your own name, then surely, you're young at heart." DickHyman presents Jazz'n In The Hall, in a trio with guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli andbassist Jay Leonhart.

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SOMERS POINT JAZZ SOCIETY: 609-927-6677. www.spjazz.org.

BERGENBERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:

30 N Van Brunt St. Englewood. 201-227-1030.www.bergenpac.org. Oct 27: 8pm JaneMonheit.

GLEN ROCK INN: 222 Rock Rd. Glen Rock.www.glenrockinn.com. 201-445-2362. Thurs:7pm Duos.

HARVEST BISTRO: 252 Schraalenburgh Rd.Closter. www.harvestbistro.com. 201-750-9966.

SOLARI’S: 61 River St. Hackensack. 201-487-1969. Ev 1st Tues: 8pm One More Once BigBand.

STONY HILL INN: 231 Polifly Rd. Hackensack.www.stonyhillinn.com. 201-342-4085. Oct11&25: 8pm-12am Betty Liste Qrt.

BURLINGTONTRI-STATE JAZZ SOCIETY: PO Box 896.

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

ESSEXBAIRD THEATRE: At South Orange Middle

School. 5 Mead St. S Orange. 973-763-1140.www.thebaird.org.

BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH: 275W MarketSt. Newark. www.bethany-newark.org. 973-623-8161. Oct 4: 6-7:30pm Jazz Vespers featSharp Radway.

BRUSCHETTA RESTAURANT: 292 PassaicAv. Fairfield. 973-227-6164.www.bruschettarestaurantonline.com. Thurs:7-10pm Rio Clemente Duo.

CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: 27Berkshire Rd. Maplewood. 973-378-7686.www.clintonelementary.org. Oct 25: 12:30-1:30pm www.wbog.org/kids free adm w/a childKids Jazz series feat Lauren Hooker.

CODA KITCHEN & BAR: 177 Maplewood Av.Maplewood. www.codamaplewood.com. 973-327-2247. Sun: 12-3pm Jazz Brunch feat LeeGlantz.

DANA LIBRARY: Institute of Jazz Studies atRutgers University. 185 University Av. Newark.http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/. 973-353-5595. Oct 14: 2-4pm free adm Kazzrie JaxenQrt.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: 40SFullerton Ave. Montclair. 973-744-6560.www.outpostintheburbs.org. Oct 12: 3-5pm$10 adm Spiritual Drumming Workshops byRichard Reiter.

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

KEY CLUB: 58 Park Pl. Newark. 973-799-0306.www.keyclubnj.com. Sun: 11am-3pm $20 adm.

MCLOONE’S BOATHOUSE: 9 Cherry Ln atNorthfield Av. West Orange. 862-252-7108.www.mcloonesboathouse.com. Sun: 11am-3pm Jazz Brunch feat Doug Clarke Duo.

MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY: 1Normal Av. Montclair. 973-655-4000.www.montclair.edu.

NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CEN-TER: 1 Center St. Newark. 888-466-5722.www.njpac.org. Oct 17: 8pm Jonathan’sChoice feat Tierney Sutton.

NEWARK MUSEUM: 49 Washington St.Newark. www.newarkmuseum.org. 973-596-6550. Oct 11: 12:30-1:30pm free adm w/a childwww.wbog.org/kids Kids Jazz series featOnaje Allan Gumbs.

NEWARK SYMPHONY HALL: 1020 Broad St.Newark. www.newarksymphonyhall.org. 201-507-8900. Oct 18: 12:30-1:30pm free adm w/achild www.wbog.org/kids Kids Jazz series featMichael Carvin.

PALAZZO RESTAURANT: 11 S Fullerton Av.Montclair. www.palazzonj.com. 973-746-6778.Fri-Sat: 7-10:30pm.

PAPILLON 25: 25 Valley St. South Orange.973-761-5299. www.papillon25.com. Oct 25:10pm-1am free adm Maurício de Souza &Bossa Brasil® feat Anton Denner.

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: Institute of JazzStudies. 185 University Av. Newark. www.rutgers.edu. 973-353-5595.

SOPAC: 1 SOPAC Way. South Orange. 973-313-2787. www.sopacnow.org. Oct 4: 12:30-1:30pm www.wbog.org/kids free adm w/a childKids Jazz series feat Shamie Royston; 7:7:30pm Dick Hyman & Bucky Pizzarelli Duo;11: 8pm Christine Ebersole w/Aaron WeinsteinTrio.

SUZYQUE’S BBQ & BAR: 34 S Valley Rd.West Orange. www.suzyques.com. 973-736-7899. Free adm. Thurs: 8-11pm John Lee Triow/spec guests. Oct 6&20: 8-11pm GlennFranke BigBand.

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. Oct 3:Manuel Valera Trio; 5: 4-7pm Jam w/CarrieJackson; 22: Diane Moser & Composers BigBand.

WBGO: 54 Park Pl. Newark. www.wbgo.org. 973-624-8880.

HUDSONLIBERTY HOUSE RESTAURANT: 82 Audrey

Zapp Dr. Jersey City. 201-395-0300. www.libertyhouserestaurant.com. Sun: 11am-3pmJazz Brunch.

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

MADAME CLAUDE: 364 1/2 4th St. Jersey City.www.madameclaudecafe.com. 201-876-8800.Thurs: 8pm Manouche Bag.

MADE WITH LOVE ORGANICS: 530 JerseyAv. Jersey City. www.madewithloveorganics.com. 201-451-5199.

MOORE’S LOUNGE: 189 Monticello Av. JerseyCity. 201-332-4309. Fri-Sat: 8:30pm freeadm/no min Jam by Winard Harper & RosalindGrant; 1st Sun: 6-10pm Winard Harper w/specguests.

NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY: 2039Kennedy Blvd. Jersey City. www.njcu.edu.201-200-2000.

MERCERCANDLELIGHT LOUNGE: 24 Passaic St.

Trenton. www.candlelightevents.way.to. 609-695-9612. Sat: 3:30-7:30pm free adm/$10 min.www.jazztrenton.com. Oct 4: Carrie Jackson;11: Joe Ford; 18: Jullian Pressley; 25: DuaneEubanks.

MCCARTER THEATRE: 91 University Pl.Princeton. 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org.Oct 17: 8pm Christian McBride Trio; 26:7:30pm Cecile McLorin Salvant.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Princeton. 609-258-4241. www.princeton.edu/music.

SALT CREEK GRILLE: At Forrestal Village. 1Rockingham Row at Rte 1. Princeton. 609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. Fri-Sat: 7-11pm.

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MIDDLESEXDESTINATION DOGS: 101 Paterson St. NewBrunswick. www.destinationdogs.com. 732-993-1016. Free adm. 1st Fri: 10pm-1am NewBrunswick Groove Fusion feat Matt Echols.

HYATT HOTEL: 2 Albany St. New Brunswick.www.newbrunswick.hyatt.com. 732-873-1234.Wed: 8-10:30pm. Oct 8: Vanessa Perea Gp;29: Joanna Pascale Gp.

LA TAVOLA CUCINA RISTORANTE: 700Old Bridge Tpk. South River. 732-238-2111.www.latavolacucinanj.com. Thurs: 7:30pmJam.

MAKEDA: 338 George St. New Brunswick. 732-545-5115. www.makedas.com. Thurs: 8-11pmfree adm/$5 min. Oct 2: Akiko Tsuruga Qrt; 16:Behn Gillece Qrt; 23: Ralph Peterson Gp; 30:Benito Gonzalez Qrt.

NOVITA: 25 New St. Metuchen. 732-549-5306.www.novitanj.com. Sets: Thurs: 6pm; Fri-Sat7pm. Thurs: Champian Fulton; Fri: LouWatson; Sat: George Fitzsimmons.

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: 126 College Ave.New Brunswick. www.rutgers.edu. 732-445-4636.

STATE THEATRE: 15 Livingston Av. NewBrunswick. www.statetheatrenj.org. 732-246-7469. Oct 24: 8pm George Benson.

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

TUMULTY’S: 361 George St. New Brunswick.www.tumultys.com. 732-545-6205. Tues: 8pm+ 9:30pm Jam feat Emerging Artists Band. Oct14: Mike Noordzy Band; 21: Anthony Fazio Gp;28: tba.

MONMOUTHBRIGHTON BAR: 121 Brighton Av. LongBranch. www.brightonbar.com. 732-229-9676.Oct 15: 9-10pm Abe Ovadia Organ Trio.

COUNT BASIE THEATRE: 99 Monmouth St.Red Bank. www.countbasietheatre.org. 732-842-9000. Oct 19: 7:30pm Preservation HallJazz Band w/Allen Toussaint.

GIAMANO’S: 301 Main St. Bradley Beach. 732-775-4275. www.giamanos.com. Free adm/nomin.

HERB ECKERT AUDITORIUM: At SeniorCenter South Brunswick Municipal Complex.540 Rte 522. Monmouth Junction.www.sbarts.org/jazz-cafe. 732-329-4000X7635. $6 adm. Oct 17: 8-10pm Eric Mintel Qrt.

HOTEL TIDES: 408 7th Av. Asbury Park. 732-897-7744. www.hoteltides.com. Sets: 7-10pmfree adm. Oct 12: Debra & Patrick Duo; 26:Carrie Jackson Qrt.

MILL: At Spring Lake Heights. 101 Old Mill Rd.Spring Lake Heights. www.themillnj.com. 732-448-1800. Oct 11: 7-11pm Carrie Jackson Qrt.

MORRISBICKFORD THEATRE: 6 Normandy HeightsRd. Morristown. 973-971-3706. Concerts 8-9:30pm. www.njjs.org. Oct 6: Emily Asher &Garden Party; 20: Full Count Big Band.

DREW UNIVERSITY: 36 Madison Av. Madison.www.drew.edu. 908-273-7827.

HIBISCUS RESTAURANT: 270 South St.Morristown. www.hibiscuscuisine.com. 973-359-0200. Sets: Tues 6-9pm, Fri 7-10pm, SunBrunch 12-3pm. Oct 3: Elena Zabiyako; 5:Joan Streit; 7: Mark Minchello; 10: JaneStewart; 12: Stephen Fuller; 14: Rio Clemente;17: Julie Mac; 19: Singers showcase; 21:Loren Daniels; 24: Carol Hamersma; 26: PamPurvis; 28: see 10/14; 31: Ty Stephens.

MAXFIELD’S ON MAIN: 713 Main St.Boonton. www.maxfieldsonmain.com. 973-588-3404. Oct 3: 8:30-11:30pm CraigYaremko; 14&28: Lou Pallo & spec friends.

MAYO CENTER FOR THE PERFORMINGARTS: 100 South St. Morristown.www.mayoarts.org. 973-539-8008. Oct 22:8pm Preservation Hall Jazz Band & AllenToussaint.

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

SHANGHAI JAZZ: 24 Main St. Madison. 973-822-2899. www.shanghaijazz.com. Free adm.Sets: Tues 6:30-9pm, Wed-Thurs 7-9:30pm,Fri 6:30&8:30pm, Sat 6:30&8:45pm, Sun 6-8:30pm. Closed Mon. Oct 4: Dion Parson Qt;10-11: Jerry Vivino Qrt; 24: Four For Qrtw/Renee Rosnes & Rich Perry; 26: BillCharlap; 31: Bernard “Pretty” Purdie Trio.

OCEANOCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE: College Dr.Toms River. 732-255-0500. www.ocean.edu.$15/13 adm. www.njjs.org. Concerts: 8-9:30pm. Oct 1: Barbara Rosene Trio; 22: Peter& Will Anderson Trio.

PASSAICCORTINA RISTORANTE: 118 Bershire Av.Paterson. 973-942-1750. Wed: 6:30-10pm JoeLicari & Mark Shane Duo.

WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY: 300Pompton Rd. Wayne. www.wpunj.edu. 973-720-2371. Oct 18: 8pm Russell Malone.

SOMERSETRARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COL-

LEGE: 111 Lamington Rd. North Branch.www.rvccarts.org. 908-526-1200.

SOMERSET COUNTY LIBRARY: N Bridge &Voght Dr. Bridgewater. 908-526-4016. Oct 10:7:30pm free adm Kazzrie Jaxen Qrt.

WATCHUNG ARTS CENTER: 18 Stirling Rd.Watchung. www.watchungarts.org. 908-753-0190. Oct 25: 8pm $18-22 adm Beacon HillJazz Band, Op w/Bob Acquino.

UNION16 PROSPECT WINE BAR & BISTRO: 16Prospect St. Westfield. 908-232-7320.www.16prospect.com. Free adm/no min.Thurs: 8-11pm Carrie Jackson Qrt.

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

HAMILTON STAGE: 360 Hamilton St. Rahway.www.hamiltonstagenj.com. 732-428-4592. Oct18: 8pm Vadim Neselovski & Doug Carn Trio.

JEFFREY’S RESTAURANT: 114 Central Ave.Westfield. www.jeffreysofwestfield.com. 908-232-4517. Jazz it up at Jeffrey's.

ROBIN’S NEST: 3103 Tremley Point Rd.Linden. www.robinsnestrhythmandblues.com.908-275-3043. Sun: 6-10pm free adm/2 drinkmin Cool Jazz Jam w/Don Williams.

VAN GOGH’S EAR CAFÉ: 1017 StuyvesantAv. Union. www.vangoghsearcafe.com. 908-810-1844. Sun: 8-11pm $4 adm. Oct 5: Motion3; 12: Dave Hessel Qrt; 19: Steve Minzer; 26:QED.

WARRENRUTHERFURD HALL: 1686-R Rte 517.Allamuchy. 908-852-1894. www.rutherfurdhall.org. Oct 19: 2-4pm $25/30 adm Jazz at theRutherfurd feat Piano Extravaganza w/DannyMixon, Dave Roger, Tomoko Onno.

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A Moment You Missed by Fran Kaufman Hot HouseContributing Photographer

The great Jon Hendricks played the late set atJazz at Kitano on Aug. 30, to a standing-room-only audience filled with fans and musi-cians. After the set, the irrepressible 93-year-old Hendricks held forth in the hotel's lobby,telling stories, posing for photos, greetingfans and schmoozing until well after mid-night. Here, trumpeter James Zollar and hiswife are captured on a fan's phone as I cap-ture them on my camera.

B A C K S T A G E PA S S

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.

GLEN COVE MANSION: 200 Dosoris Ln. GlenCove. www.glencovemansion.com. 516-671-6400. Fri: 8pm-12am.

HIGH NOTE: 136 Bway. Amityville. 631-608-8000. www.highnoteny.com. 1st Tues: Bay BigBand.

LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY-POST: 720Northern Blvd. Brookville. www.liu.edu/post.516-299-2895.

ONDA LOUNGE: At Allegria Hotel. 80W Bway.Long Beach. 516-889-1300. www.allegriahotel.com. Thurs: 8pm-12am Jazz & Sushi.

PIERRE’S: 2468 Main St. Bridgehampton.www.artofsong.org/Jazz_at_Pierres. 631-537-5110. Tues&Sun: 6:30-9:30pm. 1st Tues: JodyCarlson Trio.

TRATTORIA GRASSO: 134 Main St. ColdSpring Harbor. www.trattoriagrasso.com. 631-367-6060. Wed&Sat 7pm, Thurs 6:30pm, Fri7:30pm, Sun 6pm. Oct 1: Wayne Sabella &friends; 2: Frank O'Brien & Tim Givins Duo; 3:Mark Marino Trio; 4: Ayako Shirasaki & NorikoUeda; 5: Richie Iacona; 8: Wayne Sabella &friends; 9: Frank O'Brien & Tim Givins Duo; 10:Marissa Mulder & friends; 17: Danny Mixon Trio;18: James Weidman.

VOLPE RISTORANTE: 7725 Jericho Tpk.Woodbury. www.thefoxhollow.com/volpe. 516-802-7501. Mon: 8-11pm.

WALK STREET TAVERN: 1218 Jericho Tpk.New Hyde Park. 516-1st Sun: 7-8:30pm NYSwing Exchange Band. 8:30pm-12am Jam.

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

CARNEGIE ROOM: At Nyack Library. 59 SBroadway. Nyack. www.rcjbs.org. 845-358-3370. Oct 10: 7:30-9:30pm Lee Konitz Qrt.

CATSKILL MOUNTAIN PIZZA COMPANY:51 Mill Hill Rd. Woodstock. 845-679-7969.www.catskillmountainpizza.com. Wed: 7pm.

The DAUTAJ: 36 Oakland Ave. Warwick. 845-986-3666. www.thedautaj.com. Free adm. Fri:tba; Sat: 7:30-11:30pm Richard Wiggins. 1stSun: 7-8:30pm NY Swing Exchange Band.

EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: 26 Gibbs St.Rochester. www.esm.rochester.edu. 585-274-1000.

FALCON ARTS: 1348 Rte 9 West. Marlboro.www.liveatthefalcon.com. 845-236-7970. $20don suggested. Sets: 7pm unless otherwisenoted, Opening act (Op); Sun 10am-2pmBrunch (B). Residency (R): Mon CoreyDandridge & Friends' World of Gospel. Oct 1:OROD Band, Op w/Sweet Clementines & Rev.Television's Whiz Bang; 2: Chris Beard &Prince of the Blues; 3: Arlen Roth, Op w/LexieRoth; 4: Ed Palermo Big Band; 5: B w/Big JoeFitz & The Lo-Fis, 7pm Tisziji Munoz Qrtw/John Medeski; 6: R; 8: The Costellos; 9:Chris O'Leary Band; 10: tba; 11: Mose Allison

NEW YORK STATE

As a youth, Herb Wekselblatt attended the High School of Music and Art. At one rehears-al of the concert band, there was a very difficult passage for the first clarinets. None of themcould play it, and the conductor, Bernie Weiss, told them to take the parts home and workon them. At the next rehearsal, that passage sounded even worse than before, so Weiss hadeach clarinetist play it alone. All of them had difficulty with it, even the seniors, and as theygot closer to the last stand, some of the clarinetists were unable to finish the passage. Whenthe last victim began to play, the band members were surprised to hear an amazing per-formance of the excerpt, every note crisp and clear. The whole band began to stamp their feetand yell "bravo!" Herb was sure the clarinet teacher, Mr. Klotzman, was sitting in just forfun, but then Mr. Weiss moved the section over and had the last player move to the thirdstand. It was not the teacher, but one of the youngest freshmen, Stanley Drucker, who laterwent on to a 60 year career as principal clarinetist with the New York Philharmonic.

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By Cary Tone

B R I D G E C R O S S I N G S

ASINGULAR GUITAR VOICE OF HISor any other generation, Ben Monder is

an ever searching explorer of personalsounds and layered colors and textures. Hehas recorded and performed with PaulMotian, Maria Schneider, Guillermo Klein,Miguel Zenon, Bill McHenry, DonnyMcCaslin, Frank Kimbrough and otherleading contemporary creative voices. Andhis own recordings and performances areconsidered landmarks in modern guitarplaying. His most recent album, Hydra,was greeted with universally rave reviews.He will be performing solo at Barbès onOct. 5 and 12.

Q. Anything in your life that rivalsyour love, dedication to music?A. Nope.One gig or recording of yours that

you can't shake? It's hard to shake my first gig with Jack

McDuff where he compared me unfavor-ably to a monkey.One gig or recording of a contempo-

rary?Oh, you meant in a good way… Well,

Skuli Sverrisson's CD Seremonie is adesert island choice. I've seen lots of greatgigs of my contemporaries but one thatstands out is Mark Turner at PizzaExpress in I think 2000.Favorite place in the world to play,

public or private?Public is definitely the Village

Vanguard—it sounds corny but you can

feel the history emanating from the walls,and it helps you. Private would be myapartment, where I always sound better.Anything you'd rather be doing

other than playing music?There must be but I haven't come up

with it yet.Do you think playing, appreciating

jazz requires intelligence?Well, it probably requires some musical

intelligence.What do you know today that you

didn't know ten years ago?I finally know what zeugma means,

thanks to MW Word Of The Day.Is jazz music a political statement?"Jazz" is an abstract concept and as

such cannot be said to be a statement ofany kind. Maybe at one time it could beseen as a reaction against an establishedpower structure, but at this point the termhas become so vague and diffuse it wouldbe hard to make that argument any longer.No one can agree on what it is, or whetherthe word should even be used at all. Also,it's subjective; I could write a tune with anangular melody and a bunch of polychords—does it suddenly become a political state-ment when I call it "Song for AnthonyWeiner"?More musical ideas come to you

from dreams or the news of the day?Neither, I just sit down and grind it out,

and hopefully come up with somethingmeaningful. Honestly, I think I've onlyonce dreamt of an idea I later wrote outand it turned out to be a Steve Swallowtune.If you were starting out now would

you change anything?The current environment is so different

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CROSSINGS...continued from page 39from what it was 30 years ago that a differ-ent approach would now be built in.Honestly, I don't think I would do too welltoday, where every individual is saddledwith the task of making him or herselfnoticed (primarily electronically) among anever increasing roar of voices, and thiswithin an ever decreasing degree of inter-est by the public. This gives rise to someembarrassing self-promotion, I've noticed.If you didn't live in NYC where

would you live?Maybe someplace warmer. San Diego?A couple of your favorite websites,

blogs, apps?I don't really like to read on a computer

screen so alas don't follow too many blogs.Also, I just got my first smart phone a weekago and so far my only app is Scrabble. Isthat even an app?How have your recorded music lis-

tening habits changed?Regrettably, I listen to less music and do

so in less concentrated way the more readi-ly and freely it is available. That said, I dostill make an effort to buy physical CDswhen I can.What do you struggle with in your

creative life?A creative life is by definition a struggle.

To continue to have energy, stay inspiredand motivated, and trust my choices are allchallenges I face daily. And then there's theperpetual battle not to let my instrumentgain the upper hand on me. But I'm notcomplaining.A life in music: more perspiration or

inspiration?I have found that inspiration rarely vis-

its without doing a lot of work first.Is there anything you'd rather be

doing than making music?See question #5What is something you've gotten

into and excited about late?I'm pretty excited about the Mick

Goodrick voice leading almanacs.(Guitarists: I believe he is about to re-release them in 6 or 7 volumes). I have alsorecently begun to learn the modulationexamples from Schoenberg's "Theory ofHarmony" on the guitar, which is lots offun.What's your favorite thing to do in

your spare time?I don't have (or allow myself) much

spare time but nothing beats alligatorwrestling.If there's an afterlife, one piece of

music you heard here that you'llremember there?I'll definitely remember the theme from

the Odd Couple. Other than that, probablythe Ligeti Cello Concerto, but hopefullyother stuff will gradually come to me as Ibecome acclimated to my new surround-ings.

Project w/John Chin Qrt & Richard Julian; 12:B w/Gustafer Yellowgold; 13: R; 15: Big BangJazz Gang Monk & More!; 16: Cirque d' NewPaltz; 17: Eddie Henderson Qnt, Opw/Kathleen Grace; 18: Simone Felice; 19: Bw/Willa McCarthy Band, 7pm Duke McVinnieBand, Op w/Connor Kennedy; 20: R; 22:Karen Mantler Trio; 23: Todd Coolman FourFor Qrt; 24: Professor Louie & TheCrowmatix, Op w/BK Project; 25: 1-3:30pmFall Into Fashion Benefit for the Milton trainstation, 7pm tba; 26: B w/Pete Levin; 26: JohnMenegon Qrt; 27: R; 29: Nicole Henry; 30:Club d'Elf w/John Medeski; 31: Ed PalermoBig Band.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OFPHILLIPSTOWN: 10 Academy St. ColdSpring. www.presbychurchcoldspring.org.845-265-3220. 3rd Sat: 5:30pm free adm JazzVespers.

QUINN’S: 330 Main St. Beacon. www.quinnsbeacon.com. Mon: 8pm free adm MondayNight Jazz Sessions. Oct 6: Karl Berger, IngridSertso & Ken Filiano; 13: Tarana; 16: JaneScarpantoni & Jill Burton; 20: Mario PavoneTrio; 23: The Spanish Donkey; 27: Eric Person& Shinnosuke Takahashi Duoscope.

TOWN CRIER CAFÉ: 379 Main St. Beacon.845-855-1300. www.townecrier.com. Oct 12:7:30pm $15/10 adm Larry Moses & Latin JazzExplosion.

TURNING POINT CAFÉ: 468 Piermont Av.Piermont. www.turningpointcafe.com. 845-359-1089. Mon: 8-11:30pm $5 adm MondayJam by John Richmond.

TUSTEN THEATER: 210 Bridge St.Narrowsburg. 845-252-7272. Oct 4: 8pm $15adm Kazzrie Jaxen Qrt.

WINERY: At St. George. 1715 E Main St.Mohegan Lake. www.thewineryatstgeorge.com/winery. 914-455-4272. Mon: 7pm Trio,8pm Jam.

ASTOR ROOM: 34-12 36th St. Astoria. 718-255-1947. www.astorroom.com. Fri-Sat 7-11pm & Sun 11:30am-3pm. Fri: except 10/106:30pm Marianne Solivan.

CLARET WINE BAR: 4602 Skillman Av at 46thSt. Sunnyside. www.claretwinebar.com. 718-937-7411. Sat: 9-12am.

FLUSHING TOWN HALL: 137-35 NorthernBlvd. Flushing. www.flushingtownhall.org.718-463-7700. 1st Wed: 5pm Clinic, 7pmJam. Oct 17: Barry Harris & Valerie Capers;24: 7pm From Spain to New York feat JavierRuibal & Victor Prieto.

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.

LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: 1 UniversityPlaza. Brooklyn. www.liunet.edu/brooklyn.718-488-1011.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM:34-56 107th St. Corona. 718-478-8274.www.louisarmstronghouse.org. $10 adm.Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 12-5pm: GuidedTours.

PROPER CAFÉ: 21701 Linden Blvd. CambriaHeights. Queens. 718-341-2233. Wed: 8-11:30pm $10 adm.

QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN: 43-50Main St. Flushing. www.queensbotanical.org.

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ALVIN & FRIENDS: 14 Memorial Hwy. NewRochelle. www.alvinandfriendsrestaurant.com.914-654-6549. Fri: 7:30-10:30pm $20/15 adm;Sat: 8-11pm; Sun: 11:30am-3pm Brunch featYoyoi Ikawa Trio.

BASS LINE: 130E 1st St. Mount Vernon.www.basslineclub.com. 914-433-1052. Freeadm/2 drink min.

BEANRUNNER CAFÉ: 201 S Division & Esther

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718-886-3800. Oct 26: 4-5:30pm Carl Bartlett,Jr. Qnt.

QUEENS COLLEGE: CUNY. 65-30 KissenaBlvd. www.qc.cuny.edu. 718-997-5000.

QUEENS LIBRARY LANGSTON HUGHES:100-01 Northern Blvd. Corona. 718-651-1100.www.queenslibrary.org. Oct 18: 2pm CarolSudhalter & Astoria Jazz Band feat Marti Mabin.

ST ALBANS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH:172-17 Linden Blvd. St. Albans. 718-657-8282.www.stalbanscc.org. Oct 4: 5pm Arlee Leonard& Bryan Carrott Gp.

TERRAZA 7 TRAIN CAFÉ: 40-19 Gleane St.Elmhurst. www.terrazacafe.com. 718-803-9602.Sets: 8pm unless otherwise noted, $7 adm.Sun: 9:30pm Jam w/John Benítez; 3rd Thurs:Victor Prieto.

WATER’S EDGE: 401 44th Dr. Queens. 718-482-0033. www.watersedgenyc.com. Fri-Sat:6:30-10:30pm free adm/no min Bill Gati Solo.

YORK COLLEGE: CUNY. 94-20 Guy R. BrewerBlvd. Jamaica. www.york.cuny.edu. 718-262-2000.

Esther St. Peekskill. 914-737-1701.www.beanrunnercafe.com. Fri-Sat: 8-10:30pm$10 adm. Oct 4: Eric Person Organ Gp; 5: 4-7pm Pat Tomasso & Company; 11: Fred SmithJazz Ens; 18: Nelson Riveros Latin-Jazz Qrt;26: 4-6pm Claude Bourbon.

CRABTREE'S KITTLE HOUSE: 11 Kittle Rd.Chappaqua. www.kittlehouse.com. 914-666-8044. Thurs: 7-10pm Alexis Cole Solo.

ELEMENTS: 161 Mamaroneck Av. White Plains.www.elementswhiteplains.com. 914-358-4930.Tues: 6:30-9:30pm.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 199NColumbus Av at E Lincoln Av. Mount Vernon.www.pjsjazz.org. 914-636-4977. $22-14 adm.Ev 2nd Sun: 5:15-9pm Second Sunday Jazzseries. Oct 12: Jimmy Heath.

LAGOND MUSIC SCHOOL: 9 Haven St.Elmsford. www.lagondmusic.org. 917-882-9539/www.vtyjazz.com. Oct 26: 5-8pm $25adm Sunday Serenade series tribute to JoeLee Wilson feat Marion Cowings.

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: At PurchaseCollege. 735 Anderson Hill Rd. Purchase.www.artscenter.org. 914-251-6200. Oct 24:8pm Preservation Hall Jazz Band & AllenToussaint.

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

UNDERHILLS CROSSING: 74.5 Pondfield Rd.Bronxville. 914-337-1200. www.underhillscrossing.com. Wed: 7-10pm Alexis Cole.

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

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WINNING SPINS... continued from page 10music of In the Zone to Jazz Standardon Oct. 7. Frank Lacy & the SmallsLegacy Band make their latest spo-radic Tuesday night appearance atSmalls on Oct. 7.

BERTONCINI... continued from page 23For him, this bridging of styles goes withthe territory.

"I don't consider myself a classical gui-tarist, but I know enough of the repertoireand technique; and I find that playingmusic with the nylon string guitar reallybrings out classical qualities," he notes. "Tome, it's all music. I think some guys boxthemselves in, even though they love alltypes of music. I try to open myself to every-thing, and I've tried to do that all my life."

Looking back on his successes andefforts, Bertoncini adopts a characteristi-cally understated tone. "I think it comesdown to a mutual respect among the musi-cians, the ability to give artists chances tospeak and show their voices," he explains."Great things come together based on thepeople involved and the give-and-take theycreate with one another."

On Oct. 12, Gene Bertoncini will befeted at Saint Peter's Church with an

"All Night Soul" with many specialguests. Bertoncini also will perfomwith Janet Planet and the ClayJenkins, Ike Sturm trio at Jazz atKitano on Oct. 10.

DEER HEAD INN: 5 Main St. Delaware WaterGap, PA. www.deerheadinn.com. 570-424-2000. Sets: Thurs 8-11pm, Fri-Sat 7-11pm,Sun 5-8pm. Adm varies. Residency (R):Thurs Jam w/Bill Goodwin Qrt & friends. Oct :2: R; 3: Carolyn & Jay Leonhart; 4: EricDoney & Zach Brock; 5: Celay@Wright Jazz& Pop Duo; 9: R; 10: Jay Rattman Qrt; 11:Luiz Simas & the Recipe for Rhythm; 12: Skip& Denny Duo; 16: R; 17: Erin McClellandBand; 18: O’Brien Family; 19: Bill Mays &Marvin Stamm; 23: R; 24: Funk Xpress; 25:Houston Person; 26: Corrine Mammana; 27:7:30-10:30pm Deer Head Inn Jazz Orch; 30:R; 31: Najwa Parkins & After Hours Trio.

DELAWARE WATER GAP: www.cotajazz.org.

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Hot House is not responsible for any errorsin the listings which may have occured

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