Jan 2023 jazz

Swing 46

Fred Hersh & esperanza spalding

The Royal Bopsters

Village Vanguard; NJPAC

Kupferberg Center; (Le) Poisson Rouge

Samara Joy

Joe Lovano

Birdland

P. 11

P. 13

JAN 4

VANESSA RUBIN QUARTET

JAN 5–8

HERLIN RILEY QUINTET

JAN 9

LSAT: LAUREN SEVIAN & ALEXA TARANTINO

JAN 10

VANDERLEI PEREIRA & BLINDFOLD TEST

JAN 11–12

STEVE TURRE: GENERATIONS

JAN 13

GAIA WILMER LARGE ENSEMBLE

JAN 14

YOUNG MONK PROJECT

JAN 15

KENNY WASHINGTON AND HIS TRIO

JAN 16

DAAHOUD SALIM QUINTET

JAN 17–18

BRANDON GOLDBERG TRIO

JAN 19

THE OBERLIN SONNY ROLLINS

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

JAN 20–21

JOHNNY O’NEAL: TRIBUTE TO THE CROONERS

JAN 22

STEVE DAVIS:

JJ JOHNSON BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE

JAN 23

TATIANA EVA-MARIE: DJANGOLOGY

JAN 24

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

YOUTH ORCHESTRA

JAN 25

ED CHERRY QUARTET

JAN 26–29

A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO TOOTS THIELEMANS

JAN 30

YE HUANG QUINTET: A LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

JAN 31–FEB 1

ALLISON MILLER’S BOOM TIC BOOM

JAZZ.ORG/DIZZYS

7:30PM & 9:30PM

JAN 20–21 ROSE THEATER MIDDLE EASTERN MEDITATIONS

Oud virtuoso Naseer Shamma joins Wynton Marsalis and the JLCO to mesmerize audiences with a musical journey to the Middle East in this milestone event featuring arrangements by Marsalis, Shamma, and other orchestra members.

FEB 10–11 ROSE THEATER DIANNE REEVES: LOVE IS IN THE AIR

NEA Jazz Master vocalist Dianne Reeves returns for her annual Valentine’s Day concert in Rose Theater. The ultimate storyteller, Reeves will take audiences on a journey of love—fulfilled, unrequited, carnal, and spiritual.

FEB 16–18 THE APPEL ROOM JOURNEY THROUGH JAZZ PART III

JALC presents the third installment of its Journey Through Jazz Series, in which the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis focuses on and illuminates a theme with musical examples.

FEB

24–25 THE APPEL ROOM

NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI AND HAMILTON DE HOLANDA

South African pianist-composer Nduduzo Makhathini and Brazilian 10-string mandolin (bandolim) wizard Hamilton de Holanda share a bandstand for the first time. They’ll mix their respective traditions in a unique exploration of the diaspora of African musical culture, from the slave trade and colonization until the present day.

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DIANNE REEVES

FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS

7 & 9:30 PM SETS

JAN 6 & 7 NEA JAZZ MASTER

DONALD HARRISON

QUARTET

JAN 13 & 14 (PICTURED)

JOEY ALEXANDER TRIO

JAN 20 & 21

MIKE LEDONNE

ORGAN QUINTET

FEAT. VINCENT HERRING, ERIC ALEXANDER, DAVE STRYKER & JOE FARNSWORTH

JAN 27 & 28

BUSTER WILLIAMS & SOMETHING MORE!

SUNDAYS 4 & 6 PM SETS

JAN 8

MELISSA STYLIANOU, GENE BERTONCINI & IKE STURM

JAN 15

KLAUS MUELLER

BRAZILIAN QUARTET

JAN 22

JIMMY MADISON GROUP

JAN 29

AIMÉE ALLEN

JAN 8 & FEB 5 (8  10 PM)

OPEN JAM SESSION

FEAT. DAVID JANEWAY TRIO

$5 TO PLAY • $10 TO LISTEN

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jan 5–8

COUNTDOWN 2023 COLTRANE FESTIVAL

BILLY HARPER QUINTET

“80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION”

Billy Harper [ten sax] Josh Evans [tpt] Benito Gonzalez [p] Lonnie Plaxico [b] Billy Hart [dr]

NICHOLAS PAYTON TRIO

thu–sun

jan 12–15

thu–sun

jan 19–22

thu–sun

jan 26–29

FEATURING BUSTER WILLIAMS & LENNY WHITE

“THE COUCH SESSIONS” RECORD RELEASE

Nicholas Payton [tpt & keys] Buster Williams [b] Lenny White [dr]

AL FOSTER QUARTET

“80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION”

Chris Potter [ten sax] Kevin Hays [piano] Vicente Archer [b] Al Foster [dr]

BILL CHARLAP TRIO

Bill Charlap [p] Peter Washington [b] Kenny Washington [dr]

Wednesdays: January 4, 11, 18 & 25

SIMON MOULLIER 7:30pm - 12:00am

Thursday January 5

ARI HOENIG 7:30pm - 12:00am

Friday January 6

BRIAN CHARETTE 7:00pm - 10:00am

feat. Gilad Hekselman

Saturday January 7

MAX LIGHT 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Thursday January 12 MIKE CAMACHO 7:30pm - 12:00am

feat. Bill Bickford

Friday January 13

LUCAS PINO 10:30pm - 1:00am

Thursday January 19 GRANT STEWART 7:30pm - 12:00am

Friday January 20

JEROME SABBAGH 7:00pm - 10:00pm

feat. Ben Monder

Saturday January 21

ABDIAS ARMENTEROS 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Saturday January 28

COLIN STRANAHAN 10:30pm - 1:00am

Mondays: January 9, 16, 23 & 30

THE HOT CLUB OF NY: 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Free Listening Sessions for Jazz 78s and LPs

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Shows nightly: Wed/Thurs 7:30pm-12:00am, Sat/Sun 7:00pm-1:00am

$20 Cover charge, no reservations

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éJANUARY 2ND - JANUARY 8THé THE VANGUARD WILL BE CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE

éJANUARY 10TH - JANUARY 15THé

FRED HERSCH & ESPERANZA SPALDING

DAVID MURRAY QUARTET

Marta Sanchez, Luke Stewart, Kassa Overall éJANUARY 24TH - JANUARY 29THé

BRAD MEHLDAU QUINTET

Dayna Stephens, Josh Evans, Christian McBride, Joe Farnsworth

NEXT GEN JAZZ mondays

LATIN Tuesdays

Two Sets daily

ON STAGE! ALL IN PERSON at THE DJANGO!

LIAM SUTCLIFFE QUARTET APRIL VARNER QUARTET

“TANGO AT THE DJANGO” FT. PEDRO GIRAUDO TANGO Quartet followed by LOS HACHEROS

Late Nites featuring TIM RIES QUINTET followed by RICHIE VITALE

RICK GERMANSON TRIO MARIEL BILDSTEN SEPTET

CONRAD HERWIG & THE THE LATIN SIDE ALL-STARS

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WINNING SPINS

By George Kanzler

WITHTHE ADVENT OF BEBOP IN the mid-20th century, the parameters of vocal jazz grew exponentially. Scat singing, the voicing of nonsense syllables as notes pioneered by Louis Armstrong in the 1920s, gained new sophistication and virtuosity in the post-WWII years. Concurrently, Eddie Jefferson and King Pleasure, soon followed by Jon Hendricks, developed vocalese, setting lyrics to improvised jazz solos. Two new releases respectively pay tribute to that expansion on the one hand, and point toward the further development of jazz vocal horizons on the other.

The Royal Bopsters: 10th Anniversary Edition (Motéma), is a re-release of a recording initiated in 2013 by the title quartet, Amy London, Holli Ross, Darmon Meader and Dylan Pramuk. Spearheaded by Amy, they conceived of a project celebrating some of the masters of modern jazz vocals, scat and vocalese as guests. Particularly resonant now is “Music Is Forever,” a Russ Freeman melody with lyrics by Annie Ross, who sings them as one of those guests. The lyrics invoke the names of a litany of deceased jazz greats, asserting that [you] “still live when we listen to you.” The sentiment is poignant, as Ross and all the honored guests on the album except Sheila Jordan have now passed away.

Amy, the de facto leader of The Royal Bopsters, was inspired to create the album when she connected with Mark Murphy, who was living near her in a convalescent home in New Jersey. Mark, one of the great jazz icons, scat singers and vocalese composers, appears on five of the 14 tracks. Besides Mark, Sheila and Annie, vocal legends Jon Hendricks, featured on some of his own classic vocalese renderings, and Bob Dorough are also heard.

Mark is showcased to good advantage, singing his vocalese lyrics, scatting and, on “Bird Chasin’ (Chasin’ the Bird),” reading a passage from Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. The Royal Bopsters fill out the recording with their own vocalese versions of bop tunes, notably from unjustly forgotten composer-musician Gigi Gryce, as well as an “Invitation” that reflects the stamp of mid-20th century quartets like the HiLo’s and Four Freshman. This 10th Anniversary Edition also includes two new tracks: “Jazz Jump,” a King Pleasure

vocalese to a Lester Young tune, and an a cappella “Auld Lang Syne.”

Alive at the Village Vanguard, Fred Hersch & esperanza spalding (Palmetto), strongly suggests where the future of jazz vocal innovation is headed. This duo recording from 2018 pairs pianist Fred with vocalist esperanza (she has shed capital letters in her name), who does not play her usual first instrument, the bass. The two interact like members of an improv troupe, Fred creating scenarios with his piano, esperanza riffing on songs or fashioning exotic variations on scat singing, avoiding tropes.

As much a skeptic as a singer of the lyrics, esperanza turns the opening track, the Gershwins’ “But Not For Me,” into an interrogation of the archaic lyrics. She fails to understand words like “hi ho, alas, and lackaday,” and tells the audience (she often breaks that third wall to directly address them) “love songs I hear on the radio are not for me,” echoing the song. She is even more overtly antagonistic to the lyrics on “Girl Talk,” the embarrassingly misogynistic Neal Hefti-Bobby Troup tune. She abandons singing it to question its premise. “There’s something in this song that only a select 51 percent group can understand,” she tells the public. She continues: “At the end of the day, girl talk has a deeper meaning…after girl talk try and talk to me.”

But it is the way that esperanza expands the range of scat that shows how this album points to a broader future for jazz singing. Her scatting on Charlie Parker’s “Little Suede Shoes” is vibrant and embraces the calypso feel of the original. And her vocal on Egberto Gismonti’s “Loro,” also enlivened by a romping piano solo, is a unique breakthrough combining scatting, yodeling and evocations of bird song.

On this album, Fred reveals more of the influence of Thelonious Monk on his piano playing than before, especially on his “Dream of Monk” and Monk’s “Evidence,” the latter also gleaming from esperanza’s singular scatting.

The Royal Bopsters appear at Swing 46 on Jan. 14. Fred Hersch and esperanza spalding return to the Village Vanguard on Jan. 10-15 and are at NJPAC on Jan. 29.

Hersch & spalding cover photo by Erika Kapin, Joy by Meredith Truax, Lovano by Fran Kaufman.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ONLINE EVENTS

CATHY SEGAL - GARCIA: www.facebook. com/cathysegalgarcia. Sat: 1pm Cathy

Segal-Garcia's Noontime Hang.

EMMET COHEN: https://www.facebook.com

/heyemmet. Mon: 7:30pm Live From Emmet’s ft. Emmet Cohen Trio w/guests.

JOHN PIZZARELLI: https://www.facebook. com/johnpizzarelliofficial. Thurs: 6pm It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere ft. John Pizzarelli.

MIKI YAMANAKA: https://www.facebook. com/miki.yamanaka.165. Wed: 5pm Keyed Up! ft. Miki's Mood w/Miki Yamanaka/Jimmy Macbride & guests.

ROOM 623: https://www.facebook.com/joce lynmedinamusic. Sun: 6pm + Jam 7-9pm

Sunday Vocal Jazz Jam ft. Jocelyn Medina w/spec guest. Jan 1: Vocal Jazz Jam New Year’s Day fundraiser; 8: Cindy Scott; 15: Tamuz Nissim; 22: tba; 29: Laura Campisi.

ROSSANO SPORTIELLO: https://www.face book.com/rossanosportiello. Tues: 6pm Live At The Flat in Greenwich Village ft. Rossano Sportiello w/spec guest.

IN-PERSON EVENTS

UPPER MANHATTAN

838-6500. 3rd Tues: 8pm Keyed Up! ft. the Natural Trio/Qrt w/Ethan Kogan.

The INTERCHURCH CENTER: 61 Claremont Ave. btw. 119th & 120th Sts. 212870-2200. www.interchurch-center.org. Jan 25: 12pm Gene Bertoncini Trio.

KISMAT BAR: 603 Fort Washington Ave. at 187th St. www.facebook.com/kismatbar. 212-795-8633. Tues: 7:30-10pm www.jazz wahi.org WaHi Jam.

LE CHÉILE: 839 W 181st St. btw. Cabrini & Pinehurst Blvds. www.lecheilenyc.com. 212740-3111. 1st Mon: 7:30pm Jazz Wahi Vocal Series www.jazzwahi.org.

LUCILLE’S HARLEM: 26 Macombs Pl. btw. 150th & 151st Sts. www.lucillesharlem.com. 646-370-4260. Wed-Thurs: 8-11pm. Wed: Strivers Row Sessions ft. Kyle Poole & Vuyo Sotashe; Thurs: Ruben Fox Qrt.

MINTON’S PLAYHOUSE: 206 W 118th St. btw. St. Nicholas Ave. & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. www.mintonsharlem.com. 212243-2222. Residencies: Sun 12&2pm Jazz Brunch w/Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Band; Wed Calvin Johnson; Thurs 8-11pm Jam Thursdaze. Fri-Sun: 7&9:30pm.

NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM: 58 W 129th St. at Malcolm X Blvd. 212-3488300. www.jmih.org.

(Above 70th Street)

92NY: 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd St. 212415-5500. www.92ny.org. Jan 26: 7:30pm Branford Marsalis Qrt.

BEMELMANS: At Carlyle Hotel. 35 E 76th St. at Madison. www.thecarlyle.com. 212-7441600.

BILL’S PLACE: 148 W 133rd St. btw. Lenox & 7th Aves. www.billsplaceharlem.com. 212- 281-0777. Fri-Sat: 7&9pm $30 don Bill Saxton Bebop Band.

CAFÉ CARLYLE: At Carlyle Hotel. 35 E 76th St. at Madison Ave. www.thecarlyle.com. 212-744-1600.

The CLOACK ROOM: 126 Hamilton Pl. at 143rd St. www.cloakroom.bar. Fri-Sat: 9pm $10 adm.

COTTON CLUB: 656 W 125th St. At Riverside Dr. www.cottonclub-newyork.com. 212-6637980.

ENOTECA HARLEM: 2220 Frederick Douglass Blvd. btw. 119th & 120th Sts. 917993-4459. www.enotecaharlem.com. Sun: 13pm Jazz Brunch w/Ryan Daar Trio.

HAMILTON'S BAR + KITCHEN: 3570 Bway btw. W 146th & W 147th Sts. 646-559-2741. https://www.facebook.com/hamiltons-caferestaurant-102865871307489. Fri: 7-11pm

Keyed Up! Series.

HARLEM STAGE: At Aaron Davis Hall. 150 Convent Ave. at W 135th St. 212-281-9240. www.harlemstage.org. Jan 27-28: 7:30-9pm

Thulani Davis & Wadada Leo Smith’s Kikuyu Ens.

HEXAGON LOUNGE: 318 W 142nd St. btw. Bradhurst Ave. & Frederick Douglass Blvd. www.facebook.com/hexagonloungebar. 646-

NEW AMSTERDAM MUSIC ASSOCIATION: 107 W 130th St. btw. Lenox & Adam Clayton Powel Blvds. www.namaharlem.org. 212- 281-1350. Sets: Mon: 7-11pm $5 adm; Wed 8pm-12am $10. Mon except 2nd Mon: Jam; 2nd Mon: Keith The Captain Gamble; Wed: Ray Blue Qrt or Frank Lacy Qnt.

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT: 555 Edgecombe Ave. at 160th St. #3F. 212-781-6595. Sun: 3-5:30pm free adm Marjorie Eliot Band & spec guests.

PATRICK'S PLACE: 2835 Frederick Douglass Blvd. at 151st St. www.patricksplaceharlem. com. 212-491-7800. Free adm $20 min. Sun: 12pm Brunch ft. Boncella Lewis; Thurs: 710pm Keyed Up! ft. The Phil Young Experience; Fri: 8-11pm Jam w/Patience Higgins.

The PENROSE: 1590 2nd Ave. btw. 82nd & 83rd Sts. www.penrosebar.com. 212-2032751. Sun: 7-10pm.

The PORCH NYC: 750A St. Nicholas Ave. btw. 147th & 148th Sts. www.theporchnyc.com. 646-895-9004. Sets: 9-11:30pm. Jan 1: Kristina Koller; 4: Raphael Silverman; 6: Bianca Love.

ROOM 623: Below B Squared Harlem. 271 W 119th St. btw. Frederick Douglass & St. Nick Blvds. www.room623.com. 212-280-2248. Sets: Sun 6-7:30pm $15/$20 adm $15 min, Late (L) 8&9:30pm $12/$15 $15 min; Wed 8- 11pm $12/$15 $15 min; Fri 7&8:30pm $15/$18 $15 min, L 10pm-1am $20/$25.

Residencies: Sun Mostly Marcus w/Marcus Goldhaber & guest, L The Lab Session w/Mimi Jones & friends; Wed The Harlem Jazz Session w/Peter Brainin Qrt. Jan 6: Rachel Z, L Birsa Chatterjee; 8: Danny Bacher; 13: Richard Cortez, L Luther Allison; 15: La Tany Hall; 20: Kevin Oliver Jr., L Ted Chubb; 22: Eril Perez; 27: Jamile,

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JOE LOVANO: 70 Years of Jazz Expressions

By Eugene Holley, Jr.

and I have been exploring ways of communicating together through music and life partnership since 1981,” Joe fondly recalls. “She’s been a part of some key recordings of mine, [including] Rush Hour and Universal Language. Judy is an inspiration because she comes from so many places in the world of music, from being a modern dancer as well as vocal stylist.

FOR FOUR DECADES, THE

GRAMmy Award-winning, Cleveland-born saxophonist Joe Lovano has been the most ubiquitous saxophonist on the scene. He has performed and recorded in many musical genres, from straight-ahead, postbop and the avant garde to opera, world and third stream music, and in multiple settings including duo, trio, quartet, big band and orchestra. He’s also worked with a number of jazz superstars including Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Charlie Haden, Herbie Hancock and esperanza spalding, to name a very select few.

“I'm really proud of the fact that I was able to establish myself as a leader, and share that blessing with all kinds of folks through my 25 records on Blue Note from 1991 until 2015,” Joe states, “and now, I'm recording for ECM, with one of my working bands with pianist Marilyn Crispell, and drummer Carmen Castaldi.”

Born on December 29, 1952, Joe celebrates his 70th birthday with an engagement at Birdland in January entitled Streams of Expression. “I’d like to look at it as a celebration of life and music,” Joe modestly says, “and [my] 70th birthday is just a commemoration of that … It's been a lifetime of streams of expression for me.”

Joe titled his Birdland engagement after his 2006 album. He’s supported on the gig with a nine-piece ensemble featuring alto saxophonist Steve Slagle, trumpeter Barry Ries, and a rhythm section with pianist James Weidman, bassist Cameron Brown and drummer Otis Brown III. They plan to perform “Moon Dreams,” “Boplicity” and “Move” from Gunther Schuller’s “Birth of the Cool Suite,” based on Miles Davis’ historic 1948-50 recordings. The group is also going to play compositions from Joe’s two nonet offerings, On This Day at the Vanguard and 52nd Street Themes. “Relationships are everything,” Joe declares, “and my Streams of Expression band is really a family band. [Some] members go back with me to the 70s. We've been playing together in all kinds of settings.”

Joe’s musical aesthetic was shaped by his relationships with two special people, vocalist Judi Silvano and his father, tenor saxophonist Tony “Big T” Lovano. “Judi

“My dad was a major force in the Cleveland jazz scene,” Joe proudly relates. “He was born in 1925, and grew up in that swing, bebop and modern jazz generation. He heard Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Lester Young. He had a real passion for John Coltrane, and played in a jam session with him in the early 50s. He had a lot of records, so I grew up with a great education in the history of recorded music. That library taught me everything. And then as a teenager, I'm standing toe to toe with him in our lessons playing together, trying to match his tone and his power. And I was able to go and sit in with his groups, at 15 and 16 years old, playing with some beautiful musicians of his generation, who were my mentors and teachers.”

Joe plays the entire jazz saxophone tradition from Ben Webster’s muscular, heart-on-his-sleeve tenor tones and John Coltrane’s gravity defying sheets of sound, to Ornette Coleman’s asymmetrical blues connotations. He also plays two unique horns. The aulochrome is a double soprano saxophone with two mouthpieces, created by Belgium inventor François Louis, and patented in 1999; and the tarogato is a Hungarian double-reed, woodwind instrucontinued on page 23

SPOTL

MIMI JONES

ROOM 623 / SUNDAYS IN JANUARY

Mimi Jones is a bassist, vocalist, producer, filmmaker and label owner. Growing up in the Bronx, she listened to all types of music and originally studied classical guitar. Proficient at percussion, songwriting, voice, drums and dance, she was accepted to the LaGuardia High School of Music and Art where she took up the bass. Her earliest bass teacher was the great Milt Hinton. He prepared her to enter Manhattan School of Music. There Mimi studied with Linda McKnight, Lisle Atkinson, Barry Harris and many others before launching a successful career. Since then, she has worked with top musicians such as Kenny Barron, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves and Ravi Coltrane. She hosts her long-running The Lab Session: Jam and Jazz Party in Harlem. DJS

CHARLIE APICELLA

IL PORTO / FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS IN JANUARY

Guitarist Charlie Apicella beautifully draws on the straight-ahead jazz tradition, bringing a fresh, clean sound to classic music. And critics and audiences are applauding his work. He was voted onto two recent DownBeat Readers Polls. Well-schooled, his teachers included Yusef Lateef, Pat Martino and Dave Stryker. Matthew Kassel praised Charlie in DownBeat magazine as “a deeply melodic guitarist along the lines of Grant Green.” Additionally, the influence of 60s jazz shines through whether he is leading his own group or performing or recording with greats such as Dave Holland, Don Braden or Sonny Fortune. Iron City, his trio with Brad Whiteley and drummer Austin Walker, performs weekly at Il Porto and at Jazz in Main on Jan. 5. DJS

KRISTINA KOLLER

THE PORCH / JANUARY 1; CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE / JANUARY 15

Vocalist Kristina Koller continues to evolve in her approach to jazz singing and finds innovative ways to blend R & B, Indie Rock, funk and traditional swing into her style. She grew up listening to all types of music, performed in musical theatre, and sang in an alt-rock band. Her formal education took her to The Hartt School Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz and then to City College, and she has performed at top New York venues such as Smalls, Smoke, Minton’s, Mezzrow and The Apollo Theater. DownBeat called her a “wonderfully eclectic singer.” For the “Cole Porter Revisited” show at Chelsea Table + Stage, based on her 2023 album Get Out of Town, her band includes regulars Fima Chupakhin on piano, James Robbins on bass, plus Cory Cox on drums. She also performs at The Porch with Fima, James and drummer Joe Abba. DJS

NAAMA GHEBER

1803 NYC / JANUARY 3, 17, 31

Israeli singer Naama Gheber came to New York’s New School on a scholarship to the Jazz Program eight years ago. The now 30-something Naama became infatuated with the classic American Songbook of the first half of the 20th century while pursuing a jazz education in Israel, and she has continued to mine that vein of standards in Big Apple area clubs and on her first two albums. The singer takes varied approaches to those standards, from a resolutely swinging “S’Wonderful” to interpretations reflecting Blossom Dearie’s coyness, to radical transformations like her molasses-slow version of “Get Out of Town.” On her new album, If I Knew Then, she even channels Sheila Jordan in a voice and bass version of Sy Oliver’s “Dream of You.” Besides 1803 NYC, Naama appears at Jazz on Main on Jan. 14, and Mezzrow on Jan. 15. GK

MARC COPLAND

MEZZROW / JANUARY 6-7

The Philadelphia-born pianist Marc Copland has an astonishing ability to bring audiences together. With his innovative approach to harmony and rhythm, Marc’s style is all his own. Marc moved to New York City in the late 1960s. After a time in the Baltimore-Washington area, he moved back to New York and began performing with Joe Lovano and Herbie Mann, to name two. Marc’s latest release is 2022’s Someday, which features saxophonist Robin Verheyen, bassist Drew Gress, and drummer Mark Ferber. In his review of Someday for All About Jazz, critic Dan McClenaghan stated, “Music is magic in this group’s hands, and Marc Copland is the master magician.” For his performances at Mezzrow, Marc is joined by Drew and drummer Billy Drummond for a rare New York City appearance not to be missed. EW

By George Kanzler, Don Ja

Alexander photo by Stevie Chris, Copland by Guido Werner, Miller by Shervin Lainez, Patitucci by Peter Freed,

LIGHT

JOHN PATITUCCI

JAZZ ON MAIN / JANUARY 7

While most known as a jazz musician, bassist John Patitucci’s talents cross genres. Whether supporting jazz luminaries such as Chick Corea and Wayne Shorter or cultural icons like B.B. King and Queen Latifah, John has continued to surprise and excite audiences with his impeccable style. Since the release of his self-titled debut album as a leader in 1987, John has demonstrated that the bass is not only a supporting character but also plays the lead on the jazz stage. On September 16, 2022, John released the album Live in Italy, which features him with saxophonist Chris Potter and drummer Brian Blade. At Jazz on Main, John is accompanied by guitarist Yotam Silberstein and drummer/percussionist Rogerio Boccato for a night of Brazilian trio music that simply cannot be missed. EW

JACK WILKINS

ZINC / JANUARY 9

Performing as a sideman or leading his own group, Jack Wilkins cuts right through with his impeccable tone. He began to play the guitar at age 13 and cut his teeth alongside luminaries such as Chet Baker, Sarah Vaughan and Buddy Rich. Since the release of his debut album Windows in 1973, Jack has displayed a melodic temperament that is pure and polished. In addition to his performance schedule, he keeps busy as an educator with academic appointments at The New School and Manhattan School of Music. Jazz has produced many a guitarist but none as understated and refined as Jack Wilkins. For his performance at Zinc, he is joined by guitarist Jeff Barone, bassist Sean Smith, and drummer Steve Fidyk. EW

NICHOLAS PAYTON

SMOKE JAZZ CLUB / JANUARY 12-15

Celebrated for his clarion sound and reverberant tone, trumpeter Nicholas Payton is best known for his work in the modern jazz mainstream and his mastery of hard bop, swing and the singular music of his hometown, New Orleans. Nicholas expands his horizons on his latest recording, The Couch Sessions, (Smoke Sessions Records), which is the focus of this album release gig. Joined by veteran bassist Buster Williams and drummer Lenny White, Nicholas plays as much or more piano, Fender Rhodes and clavinet as he does trumpet. He does so while celebrating some of his heroes of Black American Music, including Geri Allen, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Benny Golson and Herbie Hancock. Like his trumpet, Nicholas’ keyboards are resonant and indelible, even when he is simultaneously playing both. GK

JOEY ALEXANDER

JAZZ FORUM / JANUARY 13-14

Heralded as a child prodigy, pianist Joey Alexander was 9 when he won the Grand Prix at the Master-Jam Fest in Ukraine, and made his U.S. debut with Jazz at Lincoln Center soon after. His first album, My Favorite Things (Motéma), hit the Billboard 200, and he followed with five more, garnering three Grammy Award nominations. His latest record, Origin (Mack Avenue), released in May and featuring all originals, was praised by Chris Pearson in The Times of London as “deeply thoughtful music played with plenty of heart.” Although not yet 20, he has performed for Presidents Obama and Clinton, appeared at Carnegie Hall, The Apollo, and major festivals and clubs worldwide. Here as well as at Birdland on Jan. 15, he is joined by long-time collaborators, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Kendrick Scott. DJS

ALLISON MILLER

DIZZY’S CLUB / JANUARY 31–FEBRUARY 1

Drummer Allison Miller has been turning heads since bursting on the scene nearly 25 years ago. Modern Drummer praised her as “smart and swinging,” and The Wall Street Journal compared her to Art Blakey, Art Taylor and Max Roach. Her accomplishments are impressive. She was the first-place Rising Star Drummer in the DownBeat Critics Poll (2019), and a three-time Jazz Ambassador for the U.S. State Department. In addition to several of her own releases, she has recorded with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ani Difranco and Brandi Carlile. Her latest album is Glitter Wolf (Royal Potato Family), composed and arranged primarily by her, and her rhythms drive the music. For Dizzy’s Club, Allison’s group Boom Tic Boom includes Dayna Stephens on tenor sax, Myra Melford on piano, and Scott Colley on bass. DJS

Wilkins by Julian Parker Burns.

Jay Smith & Eric Wendell

L Marcello Pelliteri; 29: Eliane Amherd.

SHRINE: 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. btw. 133rd & 134th Sts. 212-690-7807. www.shrinenyc.com. Residencies: Sun 8pm

except 01/1 10pm Jam w/Bennett DaponteSmith; Tues 8pm Leo Kim; 1st Sun 8pm The Shrine Big Band. Jan 2: 9pm Gilad Bloom Band.

SILVANA: 300 W 116th St. at Frederick Douglass Blvd. www.silvana-nyc.com. 646692-4935. Residency: Mon 7-10pm Keyed

Up! ft. Phil Young w/guests; Thurs 7pm

McBone Jazz Series. Jan 4: 7pm Jon

Menges Gp; 5: J.C. Sanford; 8: 8pm Aidan

O’Connor, 9pm Rahul Shah Jazz Band; 10: 11pm Will Patrick; 11: 8pm Ji Money

Experiment; 12: Charlie Gordon, 11pm

Tomasso Perazzo Jazz; 13: 10pm Curtin

McPhatter Jr & The HeArt; 15: 9pm Steven

Blane, 10pm John Colonna; 18: 7pm Jon

Menges Qrt; 19: Irv Grossman; 22: 9pm

Grim; 24: 7pm Audrey Silver; 25: 7pm Peter

Louis Oct; 26: Manhattan Brass Qnt, 9pm

Rahul Shah Jazz Band, 10pm Zeju Zheng Qrt; 29: 9pm Will Patrick, 10pm Aidan

O’Connor.

SMOKE JAZZ CLUB: 2751 Bway btw. 105th & 106th Sts. www.smokejazz.com. 212-8646662. Sets: Sun&Wed-Thurs 7&9pm; Fri-Sat

7,9&10:30pm; $40-$60 adm. Jan 1: Coltrane Festival ft. Jeremy Pelt w/Eric Reed/Vincent

Herring Qnt; 4: tba; 5-8: Coltrane Festival ft.

Billy Harper Qnt; 11: Lezlie Harrison Qnt; 1215: Nicholas Payton Trio; 18: Allan Harris Qnt; 19-22: Al Foster Qrt; 25: tba; 26-29: Bill Charlap Trio.

SUGAR BAR: 254 W 72nd St. btw. Bway & West End Ave. www.sugarbarnyc.com 212-579-0222.

Thurs: 8pm Open Mic w/Sugar Bar All Star Band.

SYMPHONY SPACE: 2537 Bway at 95th St. 212-864-5400. www.symphonyspace.org.

Jan 28: 7:30pm $20-$30 adm Sunny Jain.

TARTINA: 1034 Amsterdam Ave. at 111th St. 646-590-0577. www.tartina-restaurant.com.

Sun: 12-3pm Jazz Brunch.

MID-TOWN MANHATTAN

(Between 35th & 69th Streets)

54 BELOW: 254 W 54th St. btw. Bway & 8th Ave. Lower level. www.54below.com. 646476-3551. Jan 15: 7pm $50/$60 adm Ann Hampton Callaway.

BIRDLAND: 315 W 44th St. btw. 8th & 9th Aves. 212-581-3080. www.birdlandjazz.com.

Sets: Sun&Fri-Sat Early (E) 5:30-7pm, Late 8:30-10&10:30-11:30pm; Mon 7-8:30pm; Tues-Thurs 7-8:30&9:30-11pm. Adm varies

$20 min. Residencies: Sun except 01/15

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ens;

Fri E Birdland Big Band; Sat E except 01/14

Eric Comstock w/Sean Smith & spec guest

Barbara Fasano. Jan 1: E Greg Ruvolo Big Band; 2: Richard Cortez; 3: Ben Allison, Ted

Nash & Steve Cardenas; 4-7: Joe Lovano ft.

Strings of Expression; 8: E Scott Reeves

Jazz Orch; 9: Nicole Zuraitis; 10-11: Slide

Hampton Oct; 12-14: Delfeayo Marsalis

Uptown Jazz Orch; 15: Joey Alexander; 16: Stacey Kent; 17-21: Billy Hart Qrt; 22: E

Evan Sherman; 23: Luke Hawkins; 24-28:

The Octet; 31-Feb 4: Mike Stern Band.

BIRDLAND THEATER: 315 W 44th St. btw.

8th & 9th Aves. Lower level. 212-581-3080.

www.birdlandjazz.com. Sets: Sun&Fri-Sat 78:30&9:30-11pm; Mon&Thurs 8:30-10pm; Tues-Wed Early (E) 5:30-7pm, Late 8:30- 10pm. Adm varies $20 min. Residencies: Tues E except 01/3 Nicole Zuraitis; Wed E David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band, Late (R) Frank Vignola’s Guitar Night ft. Frank Vignola Band w/guests. Jan 1: Marilyn Maye; 3: Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks; 4: R; 5: Ronny Whyte Qnt; 6-8: Steven Feifke Trio; 9: Ye Huang Qnt; 11: R; 12: Alexa Tarantino Qrt; 13: Magos Herrera; 14: New York Voices; 15: Darmon Meader; 16: Olatuja Project; 18: R; 19: Bryan Eng; 2022: Houston Person Qnt; 25: R; 26: Daniel Glass Trio; 27-29: Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks.

CARNEGIE CLUB: 156 W 56th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves. www.hospitalityholdings.com. 212-957-9676. Sat: 8&10:30pm Steve Maglio & Stan Rubin Orch.

CHRIST & ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH: 120 W 69th St. btw. Bway & Columbus Ave. www.csschurch.org. 212-787-2755. Jan 22: 3pm $20 adm Dave Chamberlain’s Band Of Bones ft. James Burton III & Antoinette Montague.

DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM: At Lincoln Center. Bway at 62nd St. www.lincolncenter. org/atrium. 212-875-5350. Jan 5: 7:30pm free adm Judy Carmichael Trio.

DIZZY’S CLUB: At Jazz At Lincoln Center. 10 Columbus Cir. at 60th St. 5th fl. www.jalc.org. 212-258-9800. Sets: Sun 5&7:30pm; Mon-Wed 7:30&9:30pm; ThursSat 7:30&9:30pm, 11:15pm Late Night Sessions; adm varies. Jan 4: Vanessa Rubin

Qrt; 5-8: Herlin Riley Qnt; 9: Lauren Sevian & Alexa Tarantino; 10: Vanderlei Pereira & Blindfold Test; 11-12: Steve Turre; 13: Gaia

Wilmer Large Ens; 14: Young Monk Project; 15: Kenny Washington Trio; 16: Daahoud

Salim Qnt; 17-18: Brandon Golberg Trio; 19: The Oberlin Sonny Rollins Jazz Ens; 20-21: Johnny O’Neal; 22: Steve Davis; 23: Tatiana

Eva-Marie; 24: Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orch; 25: Ed Cherry Qrt; 26-29: centennial tribute to Toots Thielemans ft. Kenny Werner, Gregoire Maret, Anat Cohen; 30: Ye Huang Qnt; 31-Feb 1: Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom. Late Night Sessions ft. 01/5-7 Zach Adleman Qrt, 01/12-14 Domo Branch & friends, 01/19-21 Tyreek McDole Collective, 01/26-28 Andrew Wagner Qnt.

FINE & RARE: 9 E 37th St. btw. 5th & Madison Aves. www.fineandrare.nyc. 212-725-3866.

FLÛTE MIDTOWN: 205 W 54th St. btw. Bway & 7th Ave. 212-265-5169. www.flutebar.com. Wed: 7-10pm.

FRANKIE & JOHNNI E’S STEAKHOUSE: 32 W 37th St. btw. 5th & 6th Aves. www.frankieandjohnnies.com. 212-9478940. Fri: 6-9pm Keyed Up! ft. Jeanne Gies & Michael Rorby w/guests.

The GREEN ROOM 42: 570 10th Ave. btw. 41st & 42nd sts. www.greenfignyc.com. 646- 707-2990. Jan 14: 9:30pm $15 adm Jumaane Smith.

The IRIDIUM: 1650 Bway at 51st St. 212-5822121. www.theiridium.com. Jan 13: 8pm

Frank Shiner & Daisy Jopling; 16: 8:30pm Cherry Poppin Daddies.

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER: 10 Columbus Cir. at 60th St. 5th Fl. www.jalc.org. 212-2589800. Jan 20-21: Rose Theater 8pm Jazz at Lincoln Center Orch w/Wynton Marsalis & spec guest Naseer Shamma.

LOCAL 802: Associated Musicians of Greater New York Club Room. 322 W 48th St. btw. 8th & 9th Aves. www.local802afm.org. 212245-4802.

SAMARA JOY:

A New Generation Draws on the Greats

By Don Jay Smith

father Antonio McLendon toured with gospel artist Andrae Crouch.

Growing up in the Bronx, she was surrounded by the music of her parents: gospel, soul, Motown and even some disco. While at Fordham High School for the Arts, she did sing with the school jazz band, but it wasn’t until she enrolled at SUNY Purchase that she fell in love with the genre.

Of course, she was influenced by greats like Ella and Sarah, but many other iconic singers had an impact on her.

“Carmen McRae has been the biggest inspiration to me,” says Samara. “I listen to her a lot because she had a wonderful way with lyrics. And I listen to Betty Carter for the same reasons. Both of these singers had such an innovative approach to a song.”

That’s probably why Samara also pays attention to arrangers. “I listen to how certain arrangers approach a song,” she continues. “People like Duke Pearson and Blue Mitchell come to mind. Arranging really interests me and I want to test my boundaries.”

VOCALIST SAMARA JOY MAY HAVE just graduated from college, but her singing belies her age. She has a richness and confidence that harkens back to an older generation and keeps her very busy.

“This past year has been a whirlwind,” she explains, “and I’ve been working nonstop. We’ve done three tours, not only in this country, but in Europe. And I just finished school.”

Samara studied in the SUNY Purchase Jazz Studies Program where she learned from teachers such as Jon Faddis, Kenny Washington and Pasquale Grasso. In fact, while a student she won the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition and recorded her debut album, Samara Joy (Whirlwind), which included a plethora of standards such as “Stardust,” “Everything Happens to Me,” and “It Only Happens Once.”

Her most recent offering, Linger Awhile (Verve), was released in September and cemented her reputation as a very talented jazz singer. Nominated for two Grammy Awards, Best New Artist and Best Jazz Vocal Album, it also appeared on The New York Times Best of the Year List.

It’s not bad for someone who didn’t grow up surrounded by jazz. She does, however, come from a very musical family. Her grandparents, Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon, performed with the Philadelphia gospel group The Savettes and her singer, songwriter and producer

Both her performances and her releases reflect the effects of such artists. Her recording of Thelonious Monk’s “Round Midnight” employs lyrics by Jon Hendricks that she found on a disc by Carmen McRae. And another Hendricks tune, “Social Call,” shows off Samara’s exploration of vocalese.

“At my shows in January, I plan to sing Carmen McRae and some Nancy Wilson such as ‘Guess Who I Saw Today?’ and ‘Linger Awhile,’ which was recorded by Sarah Vaughan,” she says. “And I will definitely sing one of my favorites ‘Sweet Pumpkin,’ a song arranged and recorded by Blue Mitchell.”

She is equally enthusiastic about the trio who plays with her. “This year I have started working with the pianist Luther Allison who hails from North Carolina,” Samara explains. “He is not only a terrific soloist, but also the perfect accompanist. On bass, I am using the wonderful Felix Moseholm who currently studies at Julliard. And on drums, I’m thrilled to work with Evan Sherman. I got to know him because I sing with his big band.”

It is reassuring to have so many young people playing jazz. Not only is Samara only in her early twenties and just beginning her career, but she is surrounding herself with great young players. She performs regularly and is looking forward to upcoming dates at the Blue Note and on the Jazz Cruise.

“I’m always exploring and trying new things, and audiences not only get to hear my take on jazz standards, but they also hear some of the new material I’m working on,” she continues. “I take my new career a little at a time. It’s all still a learning expecontinued on page 23

Joy photo by Meredith Truax.

Listings...continued from page 16

MICHIKO REHEARSAL STUDIOS: 15 W 39th St. btw. 5th & 6th Aves. 7th Fl. 212-302-4011. www.michikostudios.com.

NEW YORK HILTON MIDTOWN: 1335

Avenue of the Americas at 53rd St. www.newyorkhiltonmidtown.com. 212-586-

7000. Jan 14-15: 4th fl. APAP ft. 01/14

11:30am Nicole Henry, 12pm Yamandu

Costa, 12:30pm Acute Inflections, 1pm Allan

Harris & Kates Soulfood, 1:30pm Jo Harrop, 2pm The String Queens, 2:30pm G. Thomas

Allen, 3pm Samuel Bonnet, 3:30pm Dave

Sharp Worlds Qrt, 4pm Santi Debriano,

4:30pm Brandon Glodberg, 5pm Jorge Luis

Pacheco, 5:30pm Dennis Jeter, 6pm

Juumane Smith, 6:30pm Eugenie Jones, 7pm Amber Weekes, 7:30pm William

Cepeda, 8pm Mafalda Minnozzi, 01/15

11:30am Tatiana Eva-Marie, 12pm Dara

Tucker, 12:30pm Acute Inflections, 1pm

Eugenie Jones, 1:30pm Dennis Jeter, 2pm

Tammy McCann, 3pm Yamandu Costa, 3:30pm Tammy McCann, 4&4:30pm

Twanguero, 5pm Juumane Smith, 5:30pm Ty

Stephen, 6pm Mafalda Minnozzi, 6:30pm

Dara Tucker, 7pm Jo Harrop, 7:30pm Tatiana Eva-Marie.

ROBERT: 2 Columbus Cir. btw. 7th & 8th Aves. 9th Fl. 212-299-7730. www.robertnyc.com.

The RUM HOUSE: At Hotel Edison. 228 W 47th St. btw. Bway & 8th Ave. 646-490-6924. www.therumhousenyc.com.

SAINT PETER’S CHURCH: 619 Lexington Ave. at 54th St. www.saintpeters.org. 212-9352200. Sun: 5-6pm free adm Jazz Vespers. Jan 1: Matt Dwonszyk Trio; 8: Tyrone Allen Trio; 15: Emilio Teubal Trio; 22: Eve Zanni Qrt; 27: 7:30pm $20 don Eri Yamamoto Trio w/spec guests Vince Peterson & Choral Chameleon; 29: Ambivert Trio.

SONY HALL: 235 W 46th St. btw. 7th & 8th Aves. www.sonyhall.com. 212-997-5123. Jan 1 1:30pm, 7 8pm, 16 1:30pm: The World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir; 16: 7:30pm Judith Hill, Veronica Swift & Taylor Rae.

SWING 46: 349 W 46th St. btw. 8th & 9th Aves. www.swing46.nyc. 212-262-9554. Sets: Sun&Tues-Thurs 5:30-8:30pm, Late (L) 9pm- 12am; Fri-Sat 5:30-8:30pm, L 9pm-1am; $10 adm $35 min. Residencies (R): Sun L George Gee Swing Orch; Tues L Rob Edwards Big Band; Wed Kevin Blancq, L Swingadelic Big Band; Thurs L Stan Rubin ft. Joe Politi. Jan

3: Marty Elkins, L R; 4: R; 5: Judy Niemack, L R; 6: tba; 7: Bill Malchow, L tba; 8: tba, L R; 10: Rick Bogart, L R; 11: R; 12: Barbara

Rosene, L R; 13: tba, L Swingadelic; 14: The Royal Bopsters, L Ron Sunshine Swing Orch; 15: tba, L R; 17: Barbara Rosene, L R; 18: R; 19: Kate Curran, L R; 20: Judy

Niemack, L tba; 21: Bill Malchow, L tba; 22: Janice Friedman, L R; 24: Tony Hewitt, L R; 25: R; 26: Kate Curran, L R; 27: Bill Malchow, L Swingadelic; 28: tba; 29: Janice Friedman, L R; 31: Tony Hewitt, L R.

THIRST NYC: 692 10th Ave. btw. 48th & 49th Sts. 917-388-3916. www.thirstbarnyc.com. Mon: 8-10pm Keyed Up! ft. Richard Cortez Band.

TOMI JAZZ: 239 E 53rd St. btw. 2nd & 3rd Aves. Lower level. www.tomijazz.com. 646497-1254.

The TOWN HALL: 123 W 43rd St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves. www.thetownhall.org. 212-8402824. Jan 14: 8pm Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orch ft. Pedrito Martinez, Big Chief Donald Harrison, Jon Faddis & Daymé

Arocena w/Adam O’Farrill, Zack O’Farrill, Jacquelene Acevedo & Melvis Santa; 20: 8pm Karen Clark Sheard & Damien Sneed.

LOWER MANHATTAN

(Below 34th Street)

11TH STREET BAR: 510 E 11th St. btw. Avenue A & B. www.11thstbar.com. 212-9823929. Mon: 7-10pm Keyed Up! ft. Richard Clements Band.

1803 NYC: 82 Reade St. at Church St. 212-2673000. www.1803nyc.com. Tues-Fri: 6pm; Sat-Sun: 12pm. Jan 1: Alicyn Yaffee Duo; 3:

Naama Gheber Duo; 4: Vanisha Gould Duo;

5: Diego Voglino Trio; 6: Wayne Tucker Qrt;

7: Moses Patrou Trio; 8: Chino Pons Salsa Qrt; 10: Michael Arenella Trio; 11: Alicyn

Yaffee Trio; 12: Alon Yavnai Trio; 13: Willie

Martinez Qrt; 14: Chris Bergson Trio; 15:

Vanessa Perea Duo; 17: Naama Gheber Duo;

18: Vanisha Gould Duo; 19: Akiko Tsuruga Trio; 20: Diego Voglino Trio; 21: Moses Patrou Trio; 22: Chino Pons Salsa Qrt; 24: Michael Arenella Trio; 25: Ark Ovrutski Trio;

26: Wayne Tucker Qrt; 27: Mitch Frohman Qrt; 28: Jon Davis Trio; 29: Dida Pelled Duo;

31: Naama Gheber Duo.

ARTHUR'S TAVERN: 57 Grove St. at 7th Ave. hwww.arthurstavern.nyc. 212-675-6879.

Sets: 7pm, Late (L) 10pm. Residencies: Sun Creole Cookin Jazz Band; Mon Grove Street Stompers; Thurs L Terry Waldo’s Gotham City Band; Fri Johnny O'Neal Trio, L Bobby Harden w/Off Da Hook.

The BITTER END: 147 Bleecker St. btw. Thompson St. & LaGuardia Pl. 212-673-7030. www.bitterend.com. Jan 13: 6pm-3am NYC

Winter Jazzfest Manhattan Marathon www.winterjazzfest.com ft. Abraham Reunion + Paris Jazz Sessions w/Jeanne Michard + Yessaï Karapetian + Bada Bada + Ishkero + TISS+.

BLUE NOTE: 131 W 3rd St. at 6th Ave. 212475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com. Sets: Sun 12:30&2:30pm Sunday Brunch, 8&10:30pm; Mon-Sat 8&10:30pm. Jan 1: Chris Botti w/spec guests Alita Moses, Caroline Campbell, Andy Snitzer & John Splithoff; 28: Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience; 9: Eli Degibri Qrt; 10-15: Meshell Ndegeocello; 16: James Francies; 17-18: Marcus Strickland's Twi Life; 19-22: DJ Logic & friends; 23-24: Ron Carter Qrt; 25-29: Galactic; 30: tba; 31: Keyon Harrold & Weedie Braimah Duet w/Savion Glover. Sunday Brunch ft. 01/1 A Decade of Soul, 01/8 Anderson Brothers w/Vince Giordano, 01/15 Harlem Blues Project, 01/22 Rotem Sivan Trio, 01/29 Reza Khan.

CAFÉ BOHEMIA: 15 Barrow St. btw. 7th Ave. & W 4th St. www.cafebohemiany.com. 212691-6127. Sets: Mon 7-10pm; Wed-Thurs

7:30,9:30&11pm, Late (L) 10&11:30pm $10 adm; Fri-Sat 7&9pm, L 10:30pm&12am $20. Residencies (R): Mon except 01/2 The Hot Club of NY; Wed Simon Moullier. Jan 4: R; 5: Ari Hoenig; 6: Brian Charette ft. Gilad

Hekselman, L Akili Bradley ft. Stacy Dillard;

7: Max Light, L Giuseppe Cucchiara ft. Ben Solomon; 9&11: R; 12: Mike Camacho ft. Bill

Bickford; 13: Chris Byars Sxt, L Lucas Pino;

14: French Quarter Jazz Fest; 16&18: R; 19: Grant Stewart; 20: Jerome Sabbagh Qrt ft. Ben Monder, L Yotam Silberstein; 21: Abdias

Armenteros, L Jayla Chee; 23&25: R; 26: Bohemia All Stars ft. Hank Allen-Barfield;

27: Rale Micic, Eric Alexander & Ugonna

Okegwo Trio, L Erena Terakubo; 28: Joe

Strasser, L Colin Stranahan; 30: R.

CANARY CLUB: 303 Broome St. btw. Forsyth & Eldridge Sts. www.canaryclubnyc.com.

CELLAR DOG: 75 Christopher St. btw. 7th Ave. & Bleecker St. Lower level. 212-675-6056.

www.cellardog.net. Sets: Sun-Wed 7-11pm;

Thurs-Sat 7-11pm, Late (L) 11:30pm-2am.

Jan 1: Nick Biello Trio; 2: Brandi Disterheft

Trio; 3: Our Delight; 4: Johnny O'Neal; 5:

Regional De New York, L Ai Murakami Qrt; 6: Wayne Escoffery Qrt, L Raphael D'Lugoff

Qrt; 7: Richard Clements Qnt, L Carol

Morgan Qrt; 8: Avi Rothbard Trio; 9: Bruce

Harris Trio; 10: Ehud Asherie Trio; 11: Victor

Gould Trio; 12: Philip Harper Qnt, L Simona

Premazzi Qrt; 13: Jade Synstelien Qrt, L

Clovis Nicolas Qrt; 14: Itai Kriss & La

Guarancharanga, L Jamale Davis Qrt; 15: Charles Ruggerio Trio; 16: Chris Beck Trio;

17: Nick Hempton Trio; 18: Noriko Ueda Trio;

19: David Schnitter/Greg Glassman Qnt, L

Jinjoo Yoo Qrt; 20: John Mosca Qnt, L

James Austin Qrt; 21: Wayne Tucker Qnt, L

Courtney Wright Qrt; 22: Ned Goold Trio; 23:

Vanderlei Pereira Trio; 24: Saul Rubin Trio; 25: Ehud Asherie Trio; 26: Brandon Lee Qnt, L Miki Yamanaka Qrt; 27: Joe Magnarelli Qrt, L Matt Martinez Qrt; 28: Darrell Green Qnt, L

Sarah Hanahan Qrt; 29: Zaid Nasser Trio; 30: Spike Wilner Trio; 31: Brazilian Grooves.

CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE: At Hilton

Fashion District Hotel. 152 W 26th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves. 212-434-0499. www.chelsea tableandstage.com. Jan 7: 9:30pm $25 adm

The Brasil Trio + 1; 11: 7pm $25 April Varner; 12: 7pm $25 Angelina Kolobukhova; 15: 7pm $20 Kristina Koller; 20: $25 Martina Barta ft. Judy Niemack.

CITY WINERY: 25 11th Ave. at 15th St. www.citywinery.com. 646-751-6033. Jan 13: 6pm-3am NYC Winter Jazzfest Manhattan Marathon www.winterjazzfest.com ft. Lakecia Benjamin + Maurice “Mobetta” Brown + HERA w/Chelsea Baratz, Anne Drummond, Alexis Lombre, Endea Owens, Shirazette Tinnin & Andromeda + Ben Wendel + Yamandu Costa + Miho Hazama & m.unit; @ City Winery Loft Linda May Han Oh + Adam O’Farrill + Sara Serpa + Chase Elodia.

CLUB CUMMING: 505 E 6th St. btw. Avenue A & B. www.clubcummingnyc.com. 917-265- 8006. Tues: 9pm $5 adm Keyed Up! ft. Richard Cortez Band.

CORK WINE BAR: 69 Thompson St. btw. Spring & Broome Sts. www.corksoho.com. 646-669-8169. Sun 5-7pm & Wed 7-9:30pm.

The CUTTING ROOM: 44 E 32nd St. btw. Madison & Park Aves. 212-691-1900. www.thecuttingroomnyc.com. Jan 15: 7pm

$45.85 adm Judith Owen & Her Gentlemen Callers; 28: 3-5:45pm $30 Another Sunday Serenade www.vtyjazz.com ft. Bruce Harris & Steve Davis.

The DJANGO: 2 Avenue of the Americas at Walker St. Lower level. 212-519-6649. www.thedjangonyc.com. Sets: Sun 6:30pm, Late (L) 9:30pm; Mon-Thurs 7:30pm, L 10:30pm; Fri-Sat 7:30pm, L 10:30pm, Night (N) 1am; $25 adm 2 drink min. Residencies: Sun Sunday Swing; Mon Next Gen Jazz; Tues Martes Latinos; Fri N After Dark

w/Eitan Kenner; Sat N Sam Dillon Qrt. Jan 2:

Liam Sutcliffe Qrt, L April Varner; 3: Pedro

Giraudo Qrt, L Los Hacheros; 4: John Sneider Qnt, L Eric Alexander Qrt; 5: Tim

Ries & friends, L Richie Vitale Qnt; 6: Rick

Germanson Trio, L Mariel Bildsten Spt; 7:

David Gibson Qrt, L Richard Cortez Band; 8:

Alexander Claffy Qrt, L Andy Ezrin Trio; 9:

David Yee Qrt, L Esteban Castro Trio; 10:

Manuel Valera & New Cuban Express, L

Sonido Costeno; 11: Joe Strasser Trio, L

Ben Wolfe Trio; 12: Miki Yamanaka Trio, L

David Weiss Sxt; 13: Charles Ruggiero Qrt, L Ty Bailie B3 Trio; 14: Jason Tiemann Trio, L Sarah Hanahan Qrt; 15: Dwayne “Cook”

Broadnax Qrt, L Michael Kanan Trio; 16: Thomas Linger Qrt, L Hank Allen-Barfield

Qnt; 17: Itai Kriss & Televana, L Hector

Martignon’s Foreign Affair; 18: Jonny King

Trio, L Ben Stivers Qrt; 19: Joe Farsnworth

Trio, L Mark Whitfield; 20: Ed Cherry Qrt, L

Akiko Tsuruga Qrt; 21: Tommy Campbell

Trio, L Nick Hempton Band; 22: Alex

Minasian Qrt, L Neal Miner Trio; 23: Stella

Katherine Cole Qrt, L Yvonnick Prené Qrt;

24: Helio Alves Trio, L People of Earth; 25:

Rachel Z, L T.K.Blue Qrt; 26: John Hebert

Qrt, L Ian Hendrickson-Smith; 27: Champian

Fulton, L Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith; 28:

Max Johnson Trio, L Joe Magnarelli Qrt; 29:

Joe Strasser Qrt, L Jon Davis Trio; 30:

Caelan Cardello Trio, L Brian Charette Qnt;

31: The Latin Side of Tim Ries, L Los Hacheros.

DOWN & OUT: 503 E 6th St. btw. Avenue A & B. www.downandoutnyc.com. Wed: 8pm Keyed-Up! ft. James Polsky w/Keyed Up! Allstars.

DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY: 13 Monroe St. btw. Market & Catherine Sts. 212-4730043. www.downtownmusicgallery.com. Jan 3: no jazz; 10: 6:30pm Nick Lyons/Theo

Girard, 7:30pm Patrick Brennan Qrt, 8:30pm Kevin Murray Trio; 14: 6pm Brandon Terzakisz/Dan O'Brien Trio, 7pm Stephen Gauci Trio, 8pm James Nadien Gp; 17: 6:30pm Marc Sloan; 24: 6:30pm Rob Price Trio, 7:30pm Flip City.

DROM: 85 Avenue A btw. 5th & 6th Sts. 212777-1157. www.dromnyc.com. Jan 7: 8:30pm

$15/$20 adm Kevin Harris & Fabio Rojas; 15: 8:30pm $25/$30 Pedrito Martinez.

The EAR INN: 326 Spring St. btw. Greenwich & Washington Sts. www.earinn.com. 212431-9750. Sun: 8:15-9:30&10:15-11:30pm EarRegulars ft. Jon-Erik Kellso & friends.

ENTWINE NYC: 765 Washington St. btw. W 12th & Bethune Sts. www.entwinenyc.com. 212-727-8765. Sun: 6-9pm Teri Roiger.

The FLATIRON ROOM: 37 W 26th St. btw. 6th Ave. & Bway. 212-725-3860. www.the flatironroom.com.

The GENE FRANKEL THEATRE: 24 Bond St. at Lafayette St. 212-777-1767. www.gene frankeltheatre.com. Jan 4-8: $25/$30 adm Arts for Arts www.artsforart.org/rivbea Rivbea Revisited ft. 01/4 6pm Panel, 7pm Karen Borca 4tet, 8:30pm Fred Moten/Brandon Lopez, 9pm James Brandon Lewis Band, 01/5 7pm Cooper-Moore Trio, 8:30pm Ahmed Abdullah/Monique Ngozi Nri, 9pm Isaiah Collier Trio, 01/6 7pm Onyx Collective, 8:30pm Anne Waldman, 9pm Centering Dance & Music, 01/7 7pm Darius Jones Qrt, 8:30pm Bob Holman, 9pm Dave Burrell/Jope McPhee, 01/8 3pm Melanie Dyer We Free Strings, 4:30pm Amina Claudine Myers Solo.

GROOVE: 125 MacDougal St. at W 3rd St. 212254-9393. www.clubgroovenyc.com. Wed: 78:30pm Wayne Tucker & The Bad Motha's.

The JAZZ GALLERY: 1160 Bway btw. 27th & 28th Sts. 5th Fl. www.jazzgallery.org. Wed-Sat: 7:30&9:30pm. Jan 1-11: closed; 12: Roy

Hargrove Big Band; 13: NYC Winter Jazzfest

Manhattan Marathon www.winterjazzfest. com ft. Kris Davis’ Pyroclastic Records Festival 7:30pm Chris Lightcap, 9:30pm

Halvorson/Courvoisier Duo, 11pm Craig Taborn Solo; 14: Kris Davis’ Pyroclastic Records Festival ft. 7:30pm Eric Revis Qnt, 9:30pm Patricia Brennan; 18: Cory Smythe; 19: Tal Yahalom Qnt; 20-21: Imani Records

All Stars; 25: Russell Hall; 26: Michela Marino Lerman; 27: Immigrantet; 28: Rajna Swaminathan.

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JOE’S PUB: At Public Theater. 425 Lafayette St. at Astor Pl. www.joespub.com. 212-9677555. Sets: 7pm adm varies. Jan 13: David

Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg; 14: Sunny Jain.

KNICKERBOCKER BAR & GRILL: 33 University Pl. at 9th St. 212-228-8490. www.knickerbockerbarandgrill.com. Fri-Sat: 9pm-1am. Jan 6-7: Kate Cosco/Chris Haney.

(LE) POISSON ROUGE: 158 Bleecker St. at Thompson St. www.lepoissonrouge.com. 212-796-0741. Jan 12-13&16: NYC Winter

Jazzfest www.winterjazzfest.com ft. 01/12

7pm Vincent Peirani + Emile Parisien + Avishai Cohen Qrt + Nicole Glover, 01/13 6pm-3am Manhattan Marathon w/Donny McCaslin Qrt + Joel Ross & Parables + Immanuel Wilkins, 01/16 7pm Samara Joy + Brandee Younger + Julius Rodriguez.

MEZZROW: 163 W 10th St. btw. 7th Ave. & Waverly Pl. Lower level. 646-476-4346. www.smallslive.com. Sets: 7:30&9pm, Late (L) 10:30pm&12am. Trio unless otherwise noted. Residencies: Sun L Polite Jam; Mon

(R) L except 01/16 Pasquale Grasso. Jan 1: Gabrielle Stravelli, L Richard Cortez; 2: Fleurine, L R; 3: Frank Carlberg L Nadav

Nazarathy; 4: Neil Podgurski, L Joe Block: 5: Colin Stranahan, L Ray Gallon Duo; 6: Marc

Copland, L Jeremy Manasia; 7: Marc

Copland, L Johnny O’Neal; 8: Michael

Kanan, L Lucy Wijnands; 9: Spike Wilner, L R; 10: Micah Thomas, L Chris Byars; 11: Adam Rogers, L Neal Caine; 12: Adam

Rogers, L Amos Hoffman; 13: Winard

Harper, L Jon Davis; 14: Winard Harper, L Dave Kikoski; 15: Hilary Gardner Qrt, L Naama Gheber; 16: Deanna Kirk, L Chris

Flory; 17: Larry Browne, L Nick Masters; 18: Greg Skaff, L Thomas Linger; 19: Milton

Suggs, L Greg Murphy; 20: Michael Wolff, L Jon Davis; 21: Michael Wolff, L Anthony Wonsey; 22: Ashley Pezzotti, L Vanisha Gould; 23: Spike Wilner, L R; 24: Matt

Panayides, L Tardo Hammer; 25: Bennett

Paster, L David Wong; 26: Pete Malinverni, L Raphael D’Lugoff; 27: Aaron Parks, L John Chin; 28: Aaron Parks, L Johnny O’Neal; 29: Harvey Diamond, L Jane Irving; 30: Alan

Broadbent, L R; 31: Laurence Hobgood, L John Merrill.

MILAN O’S BAR: 51 E Houston St. btw. Mulberry & Mott Sts. 212-226-8844. Mon: 35pm Carol Morgan & Co.

MONA’S: 224 Avenue B btw. 13th & 14th Sts. www.facebook.com/monasbarnyc. 212-3533780. Tues: 9pm-2am Keyed Up! ft. Dennis Lichtman & Mona's Hot Five, 10:30pm& 12am Jam.

NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH: 269 Bleecker St. btw. Jones & Cornelia Sts. 212-691-1770. www.facebook.com/firstfridaysjazzseries.

8&9:30pm free adm First Friday Jazz Series ft. tba.

The NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: 55 W 13th St. 5th Fl. 212-229-5488. www.newschool.edu/jazz.

Wed-Sat: 8:30-9:30pm The Stone at the New School. Jan 4-7: Matt Shipp; 11-14: Ingrid

Laubrock; 18-21: Ches Smith; 25-28: Miles Okazaki.

NORTH SQUARE: At Washington Square Hotel. 103 Waverly Pl. at MacDougal St. www.northsquareny.com/our-jazz-brunch.

212-254-1200. Sun: 12:30-1:30&2:15-3:15pm

free adm Jazz Brunch Trio. Jan 1: Ben

Cassara/Marius van den Brink; 8: Ben Cassara; 15: Kate Baker; 22: Aimée Allen; 29: Alexis Cole.

NUBLU 151: 151 Avenue C btw. 9th & 10th Sts. www.nublu.net. Jan 12-13,15&18: NYC

Winter Jazzfest www.winterjazzfest.com ft.

01/12 10pm Gilles Peterson w/guests, 01/13

6pm-3am Manhattan Marathon w/Nathalie

Joachim + Caroline Davis + Takuya Kuroda + Reid Anderson + Nate Mercereau + Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few + Jason Lindner, 01/15 8pm honoring jaimie branch w/Jeff Parker + Chad Taylor + Fay Victor, 01/18 8pm Closing Night show.

PANGEA: 178 2nd Ave. btw. 11th & 12th Sts. 212-995-0900. www.pangeanyc.com. $20 min. 2nd Sun: 1-3pm free adm Open Mic & Jazz Brunch w/Sue Matsuki & Gregory Toroian. Jan 27: 7pm $20/$25 Jazz & The City- Ladybug's New York - Vol. 3 ft. Verena McBee Qrt.

REBAR CHELSEA: 225 W 19th St. btw. 7th & 8th Aves. www.rebarchelsea.com. 646-8632914. Sun: 4-7pm free adm Keyed Up! ft. Richard Cortez Band.

RIZZOLI BOOKSTORE: 1133 Bway. btw. 25th & 26th Sts. www.rizzolibookstore. com. 212-759-2424. Jan 15: 4pm Rizzoli Music Aperitivo ft. Innov Gnawa & Daniel Freedman.

ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL: 196 Allen St. at E Houston St. www.rockwoodmusichall.com. 212-477-4155. Jan 27: 8:30pm Coby Petricone-Berg/Aayushi Karnik Trio.

ROOM 31: At Arlo NoMad. 11 E 31st St. btw. 5th & Madison Aves. 2nd Fl. 212-806-7000. www.room31.nyc. Jan 8: 7:30pm Itamar Borochov; 14: 7:30&9pm New West Guitars ft. Perry Smith, John Storie & Will Brahm; 19: 7:30pm Tal Mashiach; 28: 7:30pm Sivan Arbel Gp; 29: 7:30&9pm Noam Wiesenberg Qrt.

SLATE: 54 W 21st St. btw. 5th & 6th Aves. 212989-0096. www.slatetickets.com. Mon-Tues: 8-11pm.

SMALLS JAZZ CLUB: 183 W 10th St. btw. 7th Ave. & W 4th St. Lower level. 212-252-5091. www.smallslive.com. Sets: 7:30&9pm, Late (L) 10:30pm + 12am Jam, Sat-Sun 3:30-6pm except 01/1&6-7 Smalls Afternoon Jam. Residencies (R): Mon L 01/2&9 Jonathan

Michel Qrt, 01/23&30 Miki Yamanaka Trio; Wed Benny Benack Qnt; Fri 01/6&20 Corey

Wallace Dubtet, 01/13&27 Philip Harper Qnt.

Jan 1: Fabien Mary Qrt, L Andrew Kushnir

Trio; 2: Jason Brown Qrt, L R; 3: Michela

Lerman Qrt, L Jason Clotter Qrt; 4:

Alexander Claffy Qrt, L R; 5: Joris Teepe

Trio, L Elam Friedlander Qrt; 6: Valery

Ponomarev Qnt, L R; 7: Valery Ponomarev

Qnt, L Ken Fowser Qnt; 8: Charles Ruggiero

Qrt, L Todd Herbert Qrt; 9: Ari Hoenig Trio, L R; 10: Steve Nelson Qrt, L Russell Hall Qrt;

11: Alex Tremblay Sxt, L R; 12: Wayne

Tucker Qnt, L David Gibson Qrt; 13: Tim

Armacost Qrt, L R; 14: Tim Armacost Qrt, L Eric Wyatt Qrt; 15: Mike Troy Qrt, L Ai

Murakami Qrt; 16: French Quarter ft. 7:30pm

Abraham Reunion, 9pm Paris Jazz

Sessions, 10:30pm Yessaï Karapetian; 17: Dave Glasser/Larry Ham Qrt, L Jason Clotter Qrt; 18: Yuhan Su Qrt, L R; 19: Eric Person Qrt, L Sarah Hanahan Qrt; 20: David Weiss

Qrt, L R; 21: David Weiss, L Stacy Dillard Qrt; 22: Asaf Yuria Qrt, L Aaron Johnson

Boplicity; 23: Joe Farnsworth Trio, L R; 24: Santi Debriano Qrt, L Russell Hall Qrt; 25: Dave Pietro Qrt, L R; 26: David Bixler Qnt, L David Gibson Qrt; 27: Dave Stryker Trio, L R; 28: Dave Stryker, L Saul Rubin Zebtet; 29: Charles Owens Qrt, L Aaron Johnson

Boplicity; 30: tba, L R; 31: Abraham Burton Qrt, L Jason Clotter Qrt.

SOMEWHERE NOWHERE NYC: At Renaissance Chelsea Hotel. 12 W 25th St. btw. 5th & 6th Aves. 212-404-7969. www.pro

hibitionproductions.com/gothamazz. Wed: 6pm free adm.

SOUR MOUSE NYC: 110 Delancey St. btw. Essex & Ludlow Sts. Lower level. www.sour mousenyc.com. 646-476-7407. Sun 3-7pm & Mon 8-10pm. Mon: Jam w/Jorei Jazz & Co.

SPECIAL CLUB: 43 MacDougal St. at King St. www.instagram.com/specialclubnyc.

TURNMILL: 119 E 27th St. btw. Park & Lexington Aves. www.turnmillnyc.com. 646524-6060. Wed: 8-11pm Keyed Up! ft. Rob Duguay & Low Key Trio w/spec guests + Jam.

VILLAGE VANGUARD: 178 7th Ave. S at 11th St. 212-255-4037. www.villagevanguard.com.

Sets: 8&10pm; Sun-Thurs $35 adm, Fri-Sat

$40; 1 drink min. Residency (R): Mon except 01/2 Vanguard Jazz Orch. Jan 1: Chris Potter

Qrt; 2-8: closed; 9: R; 10-15: Fred Hersch & esperanza spalding; 16: R; 17-22: David Murray Qrt; 23: R; 24-29: Brad Mehldau Qnt; 30: R; 31-Feb 5: Jon Cowherd.

WESTBETH: 163 Bank St. at West St. 4th fl. Jan 17: 7pm www.winterjazzfest.com NYC

Winter Jazzfest ft. Samora Pinderhughes.

ZINC BAR: 82 W 3rd St. btw. Thompson & Sullivan Sts. www.zincjazz.com. 212-477- 8337. Wed: 8&9:45pm $20 adm Terry

Waldo’s Gotham City Band. Sets: 7&8:30pm.

Jan 1: Valtinho Anastácio; 9: Jack Wilkins

Qrt; 10: Bill O’Connell Trio; 13: 6pm-3am www.winterjazzfest.com NYC Winter

Jazzfest Manhattan Marathon ft. Endea

Owens & The Cookout + Doug Wamble Qrt +

Marta Sánchez Qnt + Orrin Evans Trio + Richie Goods & Chien Chien Lu + Esthesis

Qrt; 16: Ben Monder/Theo Bleckmann; 17:

Yotam Silberstein Qrt; 21: Jonathan

Kreisberg Trio; 24: David Hazeltine Trio; 30: Mark Whitfield Trio; 31: Ted Rosenthal Trio.

BROOKLYN

333 LOUNGE: 333 Flatbush Ave. 718-3398008. www.333lounge.com. Wed: 7:30& 9:30pm. Jan 11: Vinny Valentino Trio; 18: Manuel Valera & Lonnie Plaxico.

BABY’S ALL RIGHT: 146 Bway. 718-599-5800. www.babysallright.com. Jan 14: 6pm-3am NYC Winter Jazzfest Brooklyn Marathon www.winterjazzfest.com ft. Sungazer + Ghost Funk Orch + Sarah Elizabeth Charles + Rich Ruth + LNDFK + JaRon Marshall.

BAILEY’S CAFÉ: 24 Malcolm X Blvd. 609-3184411. www.52studioarts.com/teaseries. Sat:

3pm. Jan 14: Thaisa Olivia; 21: Antoine Roney Trio ft. Kojo Roney; 28: Ronnie Burrage.

BAR BAYEUX: 1066 Nostrand Ave. 347-5337845. ww.barbayeux.com. Sets: Early (E) Thurs 5-7pm; Tues 8-11pm, Wed-Sat 8&9:30pm. Residencies: Tues Keyed Up! ft. Diego Voglino + Jam; Wed Keyed Up! Series; Thurs E Happy Hour w/Marta Sanchez + Special Guest Series. Jan 4: Jaleel Shaw Trio; 11: Jon Gordon Qrt; 18: Spike Wilner Trio; 25: Troy Roberts Qrt.

BARBÈS: 376 9th St. at 6th Ave. 347-422-0248. www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Residencies:

Tues 9pm Slavic Soul Party; Wed 10pm

Mandingo Ambassadors; Sat 6pm Tim

Berne. Jan 3: 7pm Tamar Korn & friends; 5: 8pm Ourida; 7: 10pm Banda de Los Muertos; 8: 6pm Three Blind Mice, 8pm Stephane

Wrembel, 10pm Olli Soikkeli; 12: 8pm Miss

Maybell & The Jazz Age Artistes; 15: 8pm

Stephane Wrembel; 17: 7pm Tamar Korn & friends; 21: 8pm Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri; 22: 8pm Jeff Rum, 10pm Sedi Donka Balkan

Band; 24: 7pm Jeong Lim Yang; 26: 8pm

Alex Asher Qrt; 28: 10pm Brooklyn Qawwali Party; 30: 7pm Reginald Chapman’s Chaphouse.

BROOKLYN BOWL: 61 Wythe Ave. 718-9633369. www.brooklynbowl.com. Jan 14: 6pm3am NYC Winter Jazzfest Brooklyn Marathon www.winterjazzfest.com ft. Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers + Igmar Thomas & The Revive Big Band w/spec guests + Ray Angry’s Producer Mondays w/Nomaad & friends + Louis Cato + Susan Carol + Alissia + Raydar Ellis.

BROWNSTONE JAZZ: 107 Macon St. https://www.ticketweb.com/eventsorg/ 203803. 917-704-9237. Sets: Fri-Sat 7:308:45pm&9:30-10:45pm.

EL REY DEL PESCADO: 4515 5th Ave. 347227-8015. www.thekingoffish.net. Mon: 810:15pm Keyed Up! ft. Stephen Boegehold & friends.

FICTION: 308 Hooper St. 718-599-5151. www.fictionbk.com. Sets: 9pm-12am free adm Qrt. Jan 2: Tal Kalman; 3: Luke Norris; 4: Cameron Campbell; 5: Emmett Sher; 6: Phillip Clement; 7: Noah Gershwin; 8: Reid Riddiough; 9: Mind Open; 10: Sam Bolduc/ Stacey Dilliard; 11: Max Boiko; 12: Henry Plotnick; 13: Nate Lebert; 15: Yasim Mataeh; 16: Jan Esbra/Connor Evans; 17: Hans Luchs; 19: William Zimmer; 20: Jimmy Kraft; 21: David Mirarchi; 22: Ross Lewicki; 23: Elijah Shiffer; 24: Ryan Slatko; 25: Chaz Martineau; 26: Javier Madrazo; 27: Aviv Blum; 28: Orian Rose; 29: Michael Talento; 30: Raphael Silverman; 31: Maya Cohen/ Iseul Kim.

FLYING LOBSTER: 144 Union St. 718-8552633. www.flying-lobster.com. Wed-Sun: 69pm Keyed Up! ft. Nick Green Qrt w/guests.

GIOVANNI’S BROOKLYN EASTS: 1657 8th Ave. www.giovannisbrooklyneats.com. 718788-8001. Sun: 12-3pm Arnt Arntzen Trio.

IBEAM: 168 7th St. www.ibeambrooklyn.com.

$20 adm. Jan 6: 8-9pm The Notet; 14: 8& 9:15pm Wide Open Works ft. Neal Kirkwood Trio; 21: 8-9pm Gideon Forbes.

IL PORTO: 37 Washington Ave. 718-624-0954. www.ilportobrooklyn.com. Fri-Sat: 7-10pm Keyed Up! ft. Charlie Apicella & Iron City.

LOOVE LABS 58N6: 58 N 6th St. 718-3883244. www.theloove.com. Jan 14: 6pm-3am NYC Winter Jazzfest Brooklyn Marathon www.winterjazzfest.com ft. tba.

LOWLANDS BAR: 543 3rd Ave. 347-463-9458. www.lowlandsbar.com. Tues: 8&9:30pm $10 don. Keyed Up! ft. Kevin Sun & friends. Jan 12: Kevin Sun Qrt; 17: Sunlight; 19: Tim Berne; 24: Sunlight; 26: Tim Berne; 31: Kevin Sun Trio.

LUNÀTICO: 486 Halsey St. 718-513-0339. www.barlunatico.com. Sets: 9&10:15pm $10 don. Jan 1: closed; 2: Wayne Tucker & The Bad Mothas; 4: Bill Frisell Trio; 5: Yasser Tejeda & Palotré; 7: Louis Fouché; 11: Eddie Barbash; 12: Vinnie Sperrazza Trio; 16: Vinícius Gomes Trio w/spec guest Magos Herrera; 17: Dan Weiss/Miles Okazaki; 18: Mike Moreno Qrt; 19: Belo & The Beast ft. Eduardo Belo; 20: Anything Mose! ft. John Chin Qrt w/Richard Julian; 24: Leonhart Brass Band; 25: Sami Stevens w/Strings; 26: Anwar Marshall Qrt; 27: Ben Stivers Organ Trio; 28: Arnan Raz Trio; 29: Harish Raghavan Qrt.

MANADO'S JAZZ LOUNGE: 942 Atlantic Ave. www.manadosjazz.com. 718-313-9999.

METROPOLITAN BAR: 559 Lorimer St. 718599-4444. www.metropolitanbarny.com. Thurs: 8pm free adm Keyed Up! ft. Richard Cortez Band.

NATIONAL SAWDUST: 80 N 6th St. 646-7798455. www.nationalsawdust.org. Jan 14: 6pm-3am NYC Winter Jazzfest Brooklyn Marathon www.winterjazzfest.com ft. Mark

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Guiliana + Zoh Amba + Photay w/Carlos Niño, Randal Fisher & Celia Hollander + Dayramir Gonzalez + Surya Botofasina.

T he OPERA HOUSE: At The Emmaus Center. 288 Berry St. www.emmaus broolyn.org. Jan 14: 6pm-3am NYC Winter Jazzfest Brooklyn Marathon www.winterjaz zfest.com ft. Sun Ra Arkestra + Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn + Brandee Younger + Julius Rodriguez + Black Lives.

ORNITHOLOGY JAZZ CLUB: 6 Suydam St. www.ornithologyjazzclub.com. 917-2314766.

PUBLIC RECORDS: 233 Butler St. 347-5294869. www.publicrecords.nyc. Jan 17: 8pm www.winterjazzfest.com NYC Winter Jazzfest ft. Take Two w/Nate Mercereau & friends.

ROULETTE: 509 Atlantic Ave. 917-267-0363. www.roulette.org. Sets: 8pm $25 adm. Jan

11: Tomas Fujiwara; 14: Morgan Guerin; 24: Michael Formanek Drom Trio ft. spec guest Angelica Sanchez; 26: Joel Harrison; 28: Michael Evans Tribute.

SCHOLES STREET STUDIO: 375 Lorimer St. www.scholesstreetstudio.com. 718-9648763.

SEEDS: 617 Vanderbilt Ave. www.seedsbrook

lyn.org. Sets: 8pm. Jan 19-21: Adam

O’Farrill; 24: Igor Lumpert & Innertextures; 25-28: Joel Ross Gp.

SISTAS’ PLACE: 456 Nostrand Ave. 718-3981766. www.sistasplace.org. Sat: 9&10:30pm

$25 adm. Jan 7: Rod Williams Trio; 14: Jimmy Owens; 21: Brandon Sanders Qrt; 28: Camille Gaynor Jones Gp.

SOUP & SOUND: 292 Lefferts Ave. 917-8284951. www.soupandsound.org. Jan 21: 8pm Shoko Nagai/Satoshi Takeishi Vortex.

SUNNY’S BAR: 253 Conover St. 718-625-8211. www.sunnysredhook.com. Sun: 8-10pm

Arnt Arntzen & Ken Shoji.

SUPERFINE: 126 Front St. 718-243-9005. www.superfine.nyc. 2nd&4th Wed: 7-10pm

Keyed Up! ft. Ray Scro + Jam.

SUPERIOR INGREDIENTS: 74 Wythe Ave. www.si-bk.com. 718-838-9569. Jan 14: 6pm3am NYC Winter Jazzfest Brooklyn Marathon www.winterjazzfest.com ft. Gilles Peterson + Makaya McCraven + Irreversible Entanglements + Jamaaladeen Tacuma.

WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CENTER: 367 Bedford Ave. www.wmcjazz.com. 718-384- 1654. Fri-Sat: 9:30pm $20 adm. Fri: Keyed Up! ft. Gerry Eastman & Greg Lewis; Sat: Williamsburg Music Center All Stars.

WORTHLESS STUDIOS: 7 Knickerbocker Ave. www.worthlessstudios.org. Jan 6: 78:30pm Stoop Sessions ft. Joel Ross.

QUEENS

AIRTRAIN JAMAICA STATION: 93-02 Sutphin Blvd. Jamaica. www.theairtrainjazz festival.com. Thurs: 5-7pm The AirTrain Jazz Festival. Jan 12: Steve Palmore Trio; 19: John Lake Qrt; 26: Camille Gainer ft. The Immortals.

CULTURE LAB LIC: At The Plaxall Gallery. 525 46th Ave. Long Island City. 347-848-0030. www.culturelablic.org. Jan 12-14: 8-9pm La Suspendida.

DIWINE: 41-15 31st Ave. Astoria. 718-7771355. www.diwineonline.com. Thurs: 811pm Keyed Up! ft. Tim Norton w/guests.

DOMINI E'S: 34-07 30th Ave. Astoria. www.facebook.com/dominies.astoria. 718728-1834. Sun: 9pm-12am Keyed Up! ft. Trampleman Band.

FLUSHING TOWN HALL: 137-35 Northern Blvd. Flushing. www.flushingtownhall.org. 718-463-7700. 2nd Wed: 7pm $10 adm Louis Armstrong Legacy Jazz Jam w/Carol Sudhalter.

JACKSON ROOM: 192-07 Linden Blvd. St. Albans. www.jacksonroom.com. 718-525- 2387. Last Sat: 7&8:30pm $30 adm incl snacks/beverage ft. Ed Jackson Qrt.

JAMAICA CENTER FOR ARTS AND LEARNING: 161-04 Jamaica Ave. Jamaica. www.jcal.org. 718-658-7400. Jan 12: 8pm free adm Thursday Night Jazz Series ft. Milena Casado.

KUPFERBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS: At Queens College. 153-49 Reeves Ave. Flushing. www.kupferbergcenter.org. 718793-8080. Jan 15: 3pm Samara Joy.

The LAST WORD: 31-30 Ditmars Blvd. 718440-3378. www.tlwcocktailbar.com. Sun 6:30pm & Wed 7:30pm.

LET LOVE INN: 27-20 23 Ave. Astoria. 718777-5683. Mon: 10pm Adam Platt Trio.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: 3456 107th St. Corona. 718-478-8274. www.louisarmstronghouse.org. Thurs-Sat: 11am-3pm $15 adm Guided Tour.

NEIR'S TAVERN: 87-48 78th St. Woodhaven. 718-296-0600. www.neirstavern.com. Sun: 12:30-2:30pm Keyed Up! ft. Brunch w/Green Soul.

ST. ALBANS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: 172-17 Linden Blvd. St. Albans. 718-657-8282. Jan 7: 5-6:30pm Jazz Vespers ft. Steven Kroon Latin Jazz Sx.

TERRAZA 7: 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst. 718803-9602. www.terraza7.com.

LONG ISLAND

GRASSO’S: 134 Main St. Cold Spring Harbor. www.grassosrestaurant.com. 631-367-6060. Sun: 12-3pm Brunch w/Danny Marx.

The JAZZ LOFT: 275 Christian Ave. Stony Brook. 631-751-1895. www.thejazzloft.org.

Sets: 7-9:30pm. Wed: Jazz Loft Trio + Jam.

BRONX

STARVING ARTIST CAFE: 249 City Island Ave. www.starvingartistonline.com. 718885-3779. 1st Sun: 2pm City Island Jazz Qrt.

WESTCHESTER

ALVIN & FRIENDS: 14 Memorial Hwy. New Rochelle. www.alvinandfriendsrestaurant. com. 914-654-6549. Sets: Fri 7pm, Sat 7:30pm; free adm. Jan 7: Alexander McCabe Trio; 14&28: Leslie Pintchik Trio.

BEANRUNNER CAFÉ: 201 S Division St. Peekskill. www.beanrunnercafe.com. 914737-1701. Fri-Sat: 6-8pm $20 adm. Jan 7: John Basile Trio; 14: Howard Britz Trio; 21: Wali Ali; 28: Sounds of A&R.

DIVINO CUCINA ITALIANA: 524 Warburton Ave. Hastings-On-Hudson. 914-274-8501. www.divinohastings.com. Thurs: 8-10pm.

ELKS LODGE: 118 Croton Ave. Ossining. www.jazzatthelodge.com. 917-488-7187. Thurs: 7-10pm Organ Groove ft. Matt Garrison.

HUDSON SOCIAL: 11 Station Plaza. Dobbs Ferry. www.hudsonsocial.com. 914-4783634.

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BACKSTAGE PASS

JAZZ ANECDOTE BY BILL CROW

Bill 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.

Jerry Wayne posted this on Facebook:

When I first moved to Florida, no one knew me, and I was open to take any gig that would pay me. Even those I knew would end up being a difficult crowd. One of those gigs was at Century Village, a senior community ranging in ages from 70 to deceased.

We were playing a favorite of the audience when a lady came up to me and said that we were playing the song too fast, and she could not dance to it that way. I asked her to turn around to see the huge dance floor packed with around 500 seniors dancing. I asked, “If it is too fast, why are they all dancing?” Her answer was the funniest I ever heard. “They’re all wrong.”

Herb Gardner sent this comparison to Sol Yaged, who idolized Benny Goodman:

In Boston we had Mel Dorfman, a fine jazz clarinet player, and also a uniquely strange character who worked in a bookstore, worshipped Benny Goodman and would send him a Christmas card every year. After several years with no responses, Mel finally gave it up. Around the following Easter he got a note in the mail: “Where’s my Christmas card? Benny Goodman.”

LOVANO....continued from page 13

Regardless of which horn he chooses, Joe’s goal is to, “play within the spontaneity of the forms” by “creating melodies within the melody, to create an inner music, in a spontaneous way, so you're free to react to what the drummer is playing, how the bass player is playing the harmonic rhythm, and how the pianist [creates] sounds and colors … to be free in music.”

For Joe, jazz begins at 70. “I'm scratching the surface and feeling the inspiration and the embrace of all the things that I've experienced, he proclaims. “They all fuel my ideas, and I always feel like I'm in a state of growing all the time.”

Joe Lovano’s Streams of Expression nonet performs at Birdland on Jan. 4-7.

rience.”

JOY...continued from page 17 ment that’s half clarinet and half saxophone.

Samara uses social media platforms to reach young audiences and it is working. She has thousands of followers, people she would never have reached by simply recording or performing. Not only does her singing span generations, her public does as well. And that bodes well for her future. She may sound like a throwback to the great jazz vocalists of the past, but she also represents the new generation of jazz. You don’t want to miss her.

Samara Joy appears at Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College on Jan. 15 with her trio consisting of pianist Luther Allison, bassist Felix Moseholm and drummer Evan Sherman. She is also part of a Verve showcase event at (Le) Poisson Rouge on Jan. 16

A Moment You Missed by Fran

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Pianist Sullivan Fortner took the stage at The Jazz Gallery on Dec. 17, masked and wearing a ski hat, and it was pretty clear he wasn’t feeling well. “Good morning,” he greeted the sold out crowd, “for me it’s morning.” And well it might be, if you look at his world-wide travels over the past month. And he was coughing. However, the music! It seemed impossible that only two hands could create the remarkable music coming from the piano. Here’s my attempt to let you inside my head as I listened.

JAZZ FORUM: 1 Dixon Ln. Tarrytown. 914631-1000. www.jazzforumarts.org. Sets: Sun

4&6pm $20 adm; Fri-Sat 7&9:30pm. 1st Sun: 8-10pm $5 Jam w/David Janeway Trio. Jan 6- 7: $35 Donald Harrison Qrt; 8: Melissa

Stylianou, Gene Bertoncini & Ike Sturm; 13-

14: $40 Joey Alexander Trio; 15: Klaus

Mueller Brazilian Qrt; 21-21: $35 Mike

LeDonne Organ Qnt; 22: Jimmy Madison

Gp; 27-28: $35 Buster Williams & Something

More!; 29: Aimée Allen.

JAZZ ON MAIN: 37 S Moger Ave. Mt Kisco. 914-730-2399. www.jazzonmain.com. Sets:

Thurs 8pm, Fri-Sat 7&9pm. Thurs except

01/26: Jam. Jan 5: Charlie Apicella & Iron

City; 6: 8pm Kalí Rodríguez-Peña; 7: John

Patitucci Trio; 12: Greg Murphy Trio; 13: no

9pm G. Thomas Allen Qrt; 14: no 9pm

Naama Gheber; 19: Yvonnick Prené; 20:

Corinne Mammana Trio; 21: 7:30pm Kristen

Mather de Andrade Qrt; 26: John Basile Trio;

27: no 9pm Peter Slavov Trio; 28: no 9pm

Conigliaro Consort.

TARRYTOWN MUSIC HALL: 13 Main St. Tarrytown. www.tarrytownmusichall.org. 914- 631-1000. Jan 26: 8pm $38-$58 adm Jazz is Dead.

NEW YORK

The '76 HOUSE: 110 Main St. Tappan. www.76house.com. 845-359-5476.

CAFFE LENA: 47 Phila St. Saratoga Springs. www.caffelena.org. 518-583-0022. Jan 10: 7:30pm $14.44 adm Chuck Lamb Trio.

HUDSON VALLEY VINYL: 267 Main St. Beacon. www.hudsonvalleyvinyl.com. 845765-1411.

MOHONK MOUNTAIN HOUSE: 1000 Mountain Rest Rd. New Paltz. 855-883-3798. www.mohonk.com. Jan 20-23: Jazz on the Mountain ft. 01/20 9pm Lucy Yeghiazaryan/ Wayne Tucker Band, 01/21 10am SUNY Purchase Jazz Studies Department’s rising stars, 3pm Pete Malinverni Trio, 9pm Bruce Harris/Rich Perry, 01/22 10:30am Sage Myers & Pete Malinverni, 11:30am Parlor Games Jam, 3pm discussion w/Ricky Riccardi, 9pm Gary Smulyan/Scott Robinson w/Anaïs Reno, 01/23 10:30am Scott Robinson Trio.

ORIGINAL VINYL RECORDS: 314 State Rte 94 S. #7. Warwick. www.originalvinyl records.com. 845-987-3131.

SENATE GARAGE: 4 N Front St. Kingston. www.senategarage.com. 845-802-5900. Jan 12: 7-9pm $25 adm Jazzstock Series www.jazzstock.com ft. Esthesis Qrt.

TURNING POINT CAFÉ: 468 Piermont Ave. Piermont. www.turningpointcafe.com. 845- 359-1089. Mon: 8-11pm $10 adm Monday Jam w/John Richmond.

CONNECTICUT

LA ZINGARA: 8 PT Barnum Sq. Bethel. 203744-7500. www.lazingara.com. Wed: 7pm. Jan 4: David Morgan Trio; 11: Jumaane Smith Qrt; 18: Jones Factor Lite; 25: Arthur Lipner Qrt.

OWL SHOP: 268 College St. New Haven. 203624-3250. www.owlshopcigars.com. Wed: 9pm-12am free adm Hawkins Jazz Collective.

The SIDE DOOR JAZZ CLUB: At Old Lyme Inn. 85 Lyme St. Old Lyme. 860-434-2600. www.oldlymeinn.com/thesidedoorjazzclub.

Fri-Sat: 8:30-11pm. Jan 14: Steve Turre Qnt; 20: Jeremy Pelt Qnt; 21: Jerry Bergonzi Qnt; 27-28: Jimmy Greene Qrt.

VFW POST 399: 465 Riverside Ave. Westport. www.vfw399ct.org. 203-227-6796. Thurs: 7pm.

NEW JERSEY

BERGEN

BROTHERS SMOKEHOUSE: 900 Rte 17. North Ramsey. www.brotherssmokehouse nj.com. 551-264-9073. Fri: 7-8&8:30-9:30pm.

Jan 6: Anthony Nelson Jr Qrt; 13: T.K.Blue & Royal Bluu; 20: Andrea Brachfeld & Insight; 27: Winard Harper Trio.

RUSTICA: 565 Gorge Rd. Cliffside Park. 201313-0802. www.rusticalounge.com. Sun 11:30am-3pm & Fri 7-10:30pm: Alan Chaubert & friends; Sat: 7-10:30pm Alan Chaubert ft. Cynthia Soriano.

BURLINGTON

The RECORD COLLECTOR: 358 Farnsworth Ave. Bordentown. www.the-record-collec tor. com. 609-324-0880.

CAMDEN

WILSON’S RESTAURANT & LIVE MUSIC

LOUNGE: 709 Warwick Rd. Hi-Nella. 856258-5829. www.wilsonslivemusic.com. Thurs: 7-9:30pm free adm Jazz Appreciation Night. Jan 5: Stephan Burse; 12: The Budesa Brothers; 19: Khadijah Renee Trio. ESSEX

BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH: 275 W Market St. Newark. www.bethany-newark.org. 973623-8161. Jan 7: 6-7:30pm Jazz Vespers ft. Joe Locke.

CLEMENT’S PLACE: At Rutgers University. 15 Washington St. Newark. 862-205-7660. www.facebook.com/clementsplacejazz. 3rd Thurs: 7:30-9:30pm Jam w/James Austin, Jr. Jan 27: 7:30&8:45pm T.K.Blue/George Coleman Jr Sxt w/Frank Lacy, Wayne Escoffery.

JAZZ HOUSE KIDS: 347 Bloomfield Ave. Montclair. www.jazzhousekids.org. 973-7442273.

NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: 1 Center St. Newark. 888-466-5722. www.njpac.org. Jan 29: 3&7pm Fred Hersch & esperanza spalding.

RUTHIE’S BBQ: 64 ½ Chestnut St. Montclair. 973-509-1134. www.ruthiesbbq.com.

SOUTH ORANGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: 1 SOPAC Way. South Orange. 973-313-2787. www.sopacnow.org. Jan 28: 8pm $26-$35 adm Lucky Chops.

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

HUDSON

The BRIGHTSIDE TAVERN: 141 Bright St. Jersey City. 201-435-1234. www.thebright sidetavernnj.com. Mon: 6-10pm Keyed Up! ft. Noel Sagerman Trio + Jam.

FOX & CROW: 594 Palisade Ave. Jersey City. www.foxandcrowjc.com. 201-984-2775. 2nd Thurs: 8-10pm $10 adm Riverview Jazz.

MOORE’S LOUNGE: 189 Monticello Ave. Jersey City. 201-332-4309. www.facebook. com/mooreslounge. Sun 7-10pm & Fri 811pm: Jam w/Winard Harper & friends.

MERCER

AMERICANA KITCHEN & BAR: 359 US Hwy 130. East Windsor. 609-448-4477. www. americanakitchenandbar.com. Sun: 11am3pm Jazz Brunch. Jan 8&22: Keith Franklin

Gp; 15&29: John Bianculli Trio.

HOPEWELL VALLEY VINEYARDS: 46 Yard Rd. Pennington. 609-737-4465. www.

hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Sun: 1:304:30pm free adm. Jan 8: Darla & Rich; 15: Mark Feingold Gp; 27: 5-8pm Robert Ruffis

Experience; 29: HVV Jazz Band.

MIDDLESEX

TAVERN ON GEORGE: 361 George St. New Brunswick. www.tavernongeorge.com. 732545-6205. Tues&Thurs: 7-10pm; Tues free adm, Thurs $15. The New Brunswick Jazz Project/www.nbjp.org. Tues: Emerging

Artists Series + Jam. Jan 3: Tristan Voitcu

Qrt; 5: Kate Curran Qrt; 10: Caleb Eckstein

Qrt; 12: Nick Hempton Qrt; 17: Ariana Sowa

Qrt; 19: Behn Gillece Qrt; 24: Jacob Hurlock

Qrt; 26: Joe Magnarelli Qrt; 31: Jem Seidel.

MONMOUTH

COUNT BASIE CENTER FOR THE ARTS: 99 Monmouth St. Red Bank. 732-842-9000. www.thebasie.org. Jan 21: 7&9pm $85-$20

adm Branford Marsalis; 26: 7:30pm $89.50$20 Larry Carlton.

MORRIS

FACTORY RECORDS SHOP: 158 W. Clinton St. Dover. www.factoryrecords.com. 833357-8782.

MADISON COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER: 10 Kings Rd. Madison. 973-245-3493. www.madisonartsnj.org. Jan 15: 3-5pm $15 adm New Jersey Jazz Society ft. tba; 22: 47pm Jerry Vezza & Grover Kemble.

SHANGHAI JAZZ: 24 Main St. Madison. 973822-2899. www.shanghaijazz.com. Tues

except 01/3: 6:30pm John Korba. Jan 15: 6pm Audra Mariel; 19: 7pm Adrian Cunningham; 20: 6:15pm Maria Raquel; 27: 6:15pm Rob Paparozzi.

PASSAIC

WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY: 300 Pompton Rd. Wayne. www.wpunj.edu. 973720-2371. Jan 26: 12:30pm free adm Midday

Artist Series ft. Tomoko Ohno Trio.

UNION

VAN GOGH’S EAR: 1017 Stuyvesant Ave. Union. www.vangoghsearcafe.com. 908-8101844.

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arts education at njpac — jazz for teens

spring semester: jan 28 – may 13 10AM – 5PM

This comprehensive and sequential jazz education program develops wellrounded young performers through access to life-changing experiences.

NJPAC thanks our generous Arts Education funders.For a full listing visit njpac.org/education

The American Song series at NJPAC is presented, in part, through the generous support of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the David S. Steiner and Sylvia Steiner Charitable Trust, the Joan and Allen Bildner Family Fund, and the Smart Family Foundation/David S. Stone, Esq., Stone & Magnanini.

Pianist Fred Hersch and vocalist esperanza spalding celebrate the release of their album Alive at the Village Vanguard.

Gregory Porter returns to NJPAC: “One of the most amazing singing voices you’ll hear on planet earth” (The Guardian).