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ELSA NILSSON QUINTET + DAVY MOONEY QUARTETMAY 2

KELLY*JONESMAY 3

GUTHRIE RAMSEYMAY 9

MICHAEL FEINBERGCD RELEASEMAY 10

MOZAIC FLOW PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH JILL NEWMAN PRODUCTIONSMAY 16

BABA ISRAEL & DUV, THE ADVENTURES OF KAILA & THE KID, AND MORE!MAY 17

WOMEN OF THE WORLDMAY 23

LAEL SUMMERMAY 24

ERIN LEAHMAY 30

MATT DICKEY & TRY THIS AT HOMEMAY 31

SUNDAY BRUNCH SERIES

NYU JAZZ BRUNCH WITH COMBO NUVOMAY 4

MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH WITH SARA GAZAREKMAY 11

JUILLIARD JAZZ BRUNCHMAY 18

WILLIAM PATTERSON COLLEGE BRUNCH W/PETE MCGUINESS ORCHESTRAMAY 25

OMAR SOSA QUARTETO AFROCUBANO + MELISSA ALDANA QUARTETMAY 1- 4

NYU JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH EMILY BEARMAY 5

EDDIE PALMIERI LATIN JAZZ BAND WITH SPECIAL GUESTS FEAT. DONALD HARRISON, JOE LOCKE, RONNIE CUBER, ALFREDO DE LA FÉ + MOREMAY 6 - 11

REVIVE BIG BANDMAY 12

JOHN SCOFIELD ORGANIC TRIO W/ LARRY GOLDINGS & GREG HUTCHINSONMAY 13 - 18

JAY RODRIGUEZMAY 19

TUCK & PATTIMAY 20 - 22

BENNY GOLSON QUARTETMAY 23 - 25

CATERINA ZAPPONICD RELEASEMAY 26

JOE LOVANO’S VILLAGE RHYTHMS BANDMAY 27 - JUNE 1

OMAR SOSABorn in 1965 in Camagüey, Cuba’s largest inland city, Omar Sosa began his musical study at age eight, study-ing percussion and marimba before taking up piano as a teenage student at the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Música in Havana. Amassing a unique alchemy of influences that includes tra-ditional Afro-Cuban music, European classical composers (including Chopin, Bartok, and Satie), Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Os-car Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Chucho Valdés, and the pioneering Cuban jazz group Irakere, he ultimately relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1995, where he was soon invigorating the Latin jazz scene with his adventurous writing and percussive style. Annually performing upwards of 100 concerts on six continents, Sosa has appeared in venues as diverse as Blue Note Jazz Club, Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and numerous notable jazz festivals across the globe. He’s garnered sev-eral GRAMMY® nominations and has released a string of well-regarded albums in the last decade.

MAY 1-4, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

DOUBLE FEATURE:OMAR SOSA QUARTETO AFROCUBANO + MELISSA ALDANA QUARTET

John Mayer and Rhian Benson to the crème de la crème of jazz divas: Car-men McRae and the late, great Shirley Horn.

MELISSA ALDANAMelissa Aldana recently won the 2013 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Saxophone Competition where the panel of judges included saxophonists Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Heath, Bobby Watson, Branford Marsalis and Jane Ira Bloom. The first female instrumentalist to take first prize in this event since its inception in 1987, Melissa was award-ed $25,000 in scholarship money and a recording contract with the Concord Music Group. The 24–year old, wrote Ben Ratliff in The New York Times, has “gotten serious as a bandleader in New York over the last few years; she’s made two records on Greg Osby’s la-bel, Inner Circle Music, with a move forward to this year’s Second Cycle. Her performance...covered great range of form and sound: controlled and loose, old and new, learned and intui-tive. She was patient but showed that she could be extravagant. She used some calculated set pieces but also let go of them.” n

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Hailing from Mount Vernon, NY, Kelly*Jones grew up having her voice and her soul nurtured by the local church community. It was in this envi-ronment, along with personal influenc-es like Stevie Wonder, Lauryn Hill, and Sheryl Crow, that helped Kelly shape her mentality about the role that music plays in our lives.

There is a common sentiment that modern music has progressed as a commodity but declined as an art-form. Kelly*Jones represents the resurgence of recording artists who exalt passion and innovation above profit. Kelly*Jones believes that music, an ancient and sa-cred form of communication, used to

KELLY*JONESSATURDAY NIGHT, MAY 3 12:30AM

possess an electricity that could be felt and understood by anyone, no matter what language you spoke.

It is this electricity that possesses the body, envelops the spirit, and ultimately makes us feel alive. After years of hon-ing her craft as a touring performance artist, Kelly*Jones is ready to reveal her masterpiece to the world. n


ELSA NILSSONSwedish-born flute player Elsa Nilsson was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden and moved to New York in September of 2010 to pursue her Mas-ter’s Degree from NYU’s Jazz Program. Nilsson has performed with Kenny Werner’s and Brad Shepik’s NYU en-sembles, The Jim Knapp Orchestra, Jo-vino Santos Neto, Ben Thomas, Chuck Deardorf, Dawn Clement, Michael Ow-charuk, Darrius Willrich and more.

DAVY MOONEY New Orleans born guitarist Dave Mooney studied at the Monk Institute of Jazz Performance from 2007-2009 and has performed in Japan, Brazil,

ELSA NILSSON QUINTET + DAVY MOONEY QUARTETFRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 2 12:30AM

India, Panama, Poland, Mexico, Ger-many, and all over the continental US with a long list of jazz luminaries includ-ing Brian Blade, Jon Cowherd, Herbie Hancock, Chris Potter, John Ellis, Nich-olas Payton, and many others. Perrier St., Mooney’s new CD, features Blade, Cowherd, Ellis and others and is avail-able on Sunnyside Records.

Combo Nuvo is a unique improvisa-tional ensemble featuring some of New York City’s leading jazz artists. The group combines influences rang-ing from jazz and classical to blues and world music. Individually, these art-ists have performed with such music legends as Miles Davis, Ravi Shankar, Yo Yo Ma, Natalie Cole, Oscar Castro Neves, Randy Brecker, Horace Silver, Pat Metheny, to name a few. Combo Nuvo is as comfortable performing at Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City as it is collaborated with symphony or-chestras around the world including the

NYU JAZZ BRUNCH WITH COMBO NUVOMAY 411:30AM & 1:30PM$29.50 includes music, entree & 1 drink

Costa Rica National Symphony, The United Arab Emirates Philharmonic, and I Solisti dell Orchestra del Teatro Verdi, in Florence, Italy. The group is com-prised from artist/faculty members from New York University’s Steinhardt Jazz Studies Program. n


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

WILD BEAUTYBRUSSELS JAZZ ORCHESTRAFEATURING JOE LOVANO

WILD BEAUTYBRUSSELS JAZZ ORCHESTRAFEATURING JOE LOVANO

The NYU Jazz Orchestra, an 18-piece big band, is the premier performing jazz ensemble at New York University featuring talented jazz musicians from around the world. With NYU Jazz Stud-ies located in the heart of Greenwich Village, New York City, the group per-forms regularly at legendary jazz clubs including the Blue Note, Birdland and Jazz at Lincoln Center. A wide vari-ety of jazz artists have been featured with the ensemble over the past few years including vibraphonist Stefon Harris; saxophonists Joe Lovano, Lee Konitz, Chris Potter, Dave Liebman, Lenny Pickett; trumpet players Randy Brecker, Brian Lynch, Alex Sipiagin; guitarists Larry Coryell, John Scofield; pianist Kenny Werner, Jim McNeely, Gil Goldstein; drummers Dafnis Prieto, Antonio Sanchez; and bassists Richard Bona, Mike Richmond. The group has recorded two CD’s with legendary jazz producer Teo Macero, entitled Study In

Contrast in 2007 and NYU Jazz Or-chestra Plays the Music of Teo Ma-cero in 2005.

EMILY BEARSpeaking of 12 year old piano prodigy Emily Bear, the legendary producer Quincy Jones said, “She’s the most delightful human being I’ve ever met in my life. And her music is the same way. I am at once astounded and in-spired by the enormous talent that Emily embodies. With the ability to seamlessly move from Classical to Jazz and Be-bop, she shows as much musical prowess as pianists/compos-ers twice her age, and I am thrilled to be working with her. She’s astounding, man ... she’s astounding. She plays like she’s 40 years old. She is the com-plete 360-degree package, and there are no limits to the musical heights she can reach.” n

NYU JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH EMILY BEAR

MAY 5, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

Eddie Palmieri, known for his charis-matic power and bold innovative drive, has a musical career that spans over 50 years as a bandleader of Salsa and Latin Jazz orchestras. With a discogra-phy that includes 36 titles, Mr. Palmieri has been awarded Nine GRAMMY® Awards and has been designated an NEA Jazz Master. Born in Spanish Harlem in 1936, Eddie began piano studies at an early age, as did his celebrated older brother, the late Salsa legend and pianist, Charlie Palmieri. He began his professional career as a pianist in the early ‘50s with Ed-die Forrester’s Orchestra. In 1955 he joined Johnny Segui’s band. He also spent a year with the Tito Rodriguez Orchestra before forming his own band, the legendary “La Perfecta” in 1961. La Perfecta was unique in that it featured a trombone section (led by the late Barry Rogers) in place of trum-pets, something that had been rarely done in Latin music, demonstrating the early stages of Palmieri’s uncon-ventional means of orchestration. They were known as “the band with the crazy roaring elephants” because

of this configuration of two trombones, flute, percussion, bass and a vocalist. With an infectious sound, Palmieri’s band soon joined the ranks of Machito, Tito Rodriguez and other major Latin orchestras of the day. His unconven-tional style would once again surprise critics and his fans with the 1970 re-lease entitled Harlem River Drive. This recording was the first to really merge black and latin styles (and musicians), resulting in a free-form sound encom-passing elements of salsa, funk, soul and jazz. What resulted was a fusion that moved effortlessly from mood, groove, texture and excitement with its multi-dimensional guitar, funky piano riffs, notable brass and unforgettable rhythm section. Led by Eddie, the group also included his brother Char-lie, as well as excellent players from both communities such as Victor Ven-egas, Andy Gonzales, Bernard “Pretty” Purdie and Ronnie Cuber. Further to this proclivity for creating and perform-ing in funk latin style, in 1997 he was invited to record by Little Louie Vega in “Nuyorican Soul,” a release which has been a huge hit with dancers and dj’s in the house music genre. n

EDDIE PALMIERI LATIN JAZZ BAND WITH SPECIAL GUESTS FEAT. DONALD HARRISON, JOE LOCKE, RONNIE CUBER, ALFREDO DE LA FÉ + MOREMAY 6-11, 8:00PM & 10:30PM


Bassist Michael Feinberg’s latest re-cording, The Elvin Jones Project (Sun-nyside Records), continues his ascent in the jazz world. At 25 years old, the Atlanta native and Brooklyn resident has already put out three records as a leader and performed alongside leg-ends including Billy Hart, George Gar-zone, John Scofield, Jean Michel Pilc, Billy Drummond, Ralph Alessi, Ambrose Akinmusire, Dave Samuels, and Lee Ritenour. Feinberg appears on Riten-our’s recent Concord Records release Rhythm Sessions with other notables including Chick Corea, Marcus Miller, George Duke, Vinnie Colaiuta, Kurt El-ling, and Dave Weckl. n

MICHAEL FEINBERGCD RELEASESATURDAY NIGHT, MAY 10 12:30AM


Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music and Africana Studies at the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania. A widely pub-lished writer, he is the author of Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop (University of California Press, 2003) and The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History and the Chal-lenge of Bebop (2013). He was recipient of the Lowens Award from the Society for American Music for best article on an American music topic in 2001.

He is also a pianist, composer and ar-ranger for his Philadelphia-based band, Dr. Guy’s MusiQology. In 2007 the

GUTHRIE RAMSEYFRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 912:30AM

group released a CD titled Y the Q? and in 2012 he released The Colored Wait-ing Room, a recording of original music blending jazz, rhythm and blues, gos-pel, neo-soul, and classical. n

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Championed by some of music’s most celebrated figures, Sara Gazarek has emerged as a strikingly original art-ist with limitless potential. With three highly acclaimed CD’s under her belt at the young age of 30, Sara has been hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “the next important jazz singer,” and “impeccable,” by the Winnipeg Free Press, Sara continues to seamlessly combine the intimacy of singer/song-writer stylings with the musical and im-provisational elements of jazz. Blessed with a gorgeous, translucent voice, ex-cellent pitch, and supple sense of time, Gazarek is steeped in the jazz tradi-tion, but is not afraid to embrace the music that moves her generation. Her newest CD, Blossom & Bee (Palmetto, 2012) was released to rave reviews, as

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Nick Mondello of JazzTimes has noted Blossom & Bee has all the beauty, bite and superb workings of a winner. It’s as good - or better - than some recent GRAMMY®-nominated or winning fe-male vocalist efforts.” Sara is currently on faculty at the University of Southern California, leading the award-winning vocal jazz ensemble there and teaching privately. n

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If the Revive Da Live Big Band is a “19-piece jazz army” (Complex Maga-zine), then what is their fight? Formed in 2010, the Big Band began as a “wouldn’t it be cool if...” kind of idea, where composer, arranger and trum-peter Igmar Thomas wanted to unite generations of like-minded musicians in presenting a new age of big bands. The project has grown to become one of the most exciting and imaginative bands – big or otherwise – in New York.

The musical styles, experience, and tastes of Revive’s members vary wide-ly, but their collective mission is the same. “We’re carrying on, within the tradition of big bands, what would be relevant today,” Thomas says. “[We’re] modifying the message and making it translatable, accessible to the people, so that they have something relevant to grasp on to. It represents that little bridge.” Revive’s repertoire is an authentic gumbo, featuring original compositions by Thomas, as well as epic orchestra-

tions of selected productions from different producers and notable hip-hop songs combined with the original sampled jazz record, all re-imagined and arranged into original works for a big band. “Our voice is one that has a foot deep-ly placed in the jazz roots and the tra-dition of that, à la Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie – but also, another foot deeply invested in 2012, and so on. That’s the direction: Dizzy, Dilla, and us,” declares Thomas. Revive Big Band’s past performanc-es include a tribute to A Tribe Called Quest featuring Jarobi (ATCQ), Buck-shot, Dres, DJ Logic, and many more; a celebration of the life of legendary emcee Guru, featuring DJ Premier, Roy Hargrove, and guests; and the group’s first big band performance in 2010, which featured Nicholas Payton and Talib Kweli. n

REVIVE BIG BAND

MAY 12, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

John Scofield’s guitar work has influ-enced jazz since the late 70’s and is going strong today. Possessor of a very distinctive sound and stylistic diversity, Scofield is a masterful jazz improviser whose music generally falls some-where between post-bop, funk edged jazz, and R&B. Born in Ohio and raised in suburban Connecticut, Scofield took up the gui-tar at age 11, inspired by both rock and blues players. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. After a de-but recording with Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker, Scofield was a member of the Billy Cobham-George Duke band for two years. In 1977 he recorded with Charles Mingus, and joined the Gary Burton quartet. He began his inter-national career as a bandleader and recording artist in 1978. From 1982-1985, Scofield toured and recorded with Miles Davis. His Davis stint placed

him firmly in the foreground of jazz consciousness as a player and com-poser. Since that time he has prominently led his own groups in the international Jazz scene, recorded over 30 albums as a leader (many already classics) in-cluding collaborations with contempo-rary favorites like Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Eddie Harris, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Bill Frisell, Brad Mehldau, Mavis Staples, Government Mule, Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano and Phil Lesh. He’s played and recorded with Tony Williams, Jim Hall, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Dave Holland, Terumasa Hino among many jazz legends. Throughout his ca-reer Scofield has punctuated his tradi-tional jazz offerings with funk-oriented electric music. All along, the guitarist has kept an open musical mind. n

JOHN SCOFIELD ORGANIC TRIO W/ LARRY GOLDINGS & GREG HUTCHINSON

MAY 13-18, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

BABA ISRAEL Baba Israel was raised in New York City by parents who were core members of the Living Theatre. In 2000 he connect-ed with producer, multi-instrumentalist, beatboxer and graffiti artist Yako 440. The two formed a close friendship and began collaborating frequently on a va-riety of projects. One of Baba and Ya-ko’s early experiences co-teaching was at a community center in New York City called The Door where they met then 17 year old vocalist Duv. There was an instant chemistry, and after featuring Duv on one of their albums, they co-produced his solo debut entitled Urban Artistik.

BABA ISRAEL & DUV, THE ADVENTURES OF KAILA & THE KID, AND MORE!SATURDAY NIGHT, MAY 17 12:30AM

KAILA AND THE KID Hailing from NYC and calling them-selves beat rhymers, this duo features Kid Lucky and Kaila Mullady, and com-bines vocal styles including beatboxing, rapping, spoken word, scatting, and vo-cal sound effects into an awesome dis-play of vocal abilities. They explore all realms of American music including hip hop, electronic music, funk, jazz, rock, and soul. n


The English vernacular meaning of the word “Mosaic” simply indicates a pic-ture or decoration made of small, usu-ally colored pieces of inlaid stones that portrays an eclectic piece of art. In a quest to form a band that encompasses different musical genre’s such as hip-hop, be-bop , blues , go-go , rock and roll , pop , jazz and other musical idioms, a young man by the name of Jermaine Bryson (aka Husky Bruiser) decided to bring together an amazing group of musicians from all walks of life to fulfill

MOZAIC FLOWFRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 16 12:30AM

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his vision. Thus “MOZAIC FLOW “was created to fuse these musical genres to-gether to take their audience on a musi-cal journey that will connect the east to west and the north to south and unite their audience into 1 musical nation! n


KENNY WERNERWITH THE BRUSSELS JAZZ ORCHESTRA INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING

Today’s program is entitled “Our Voic-es,” featuring original compositions by the Juilliard jazz Artist Diploma En-semble.

The Juilliard music division, renowned the world over for the quality of its performance education and its many celebrated alumni musicians, dancers, and actors, offers bachelor and master of music degrees in jazz, as well as an Artist Diploma via the pre-professional Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies, a col-laboration between Juilliard and Jazz at Lincoln Center. All together, Juilliard’s program features a curriculum de-

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signed to maximize professional oppor-tunities, onstage and academically, with equal opportunity for performance and tailored studio and coursework. The talented young musicians from across the country who are accepted by Juil-liard Jazz are taught by some of today’s most active, innovative, and respected jazz musicians. n


KENNY WERNERWITH THE BRUSSELS JAZZ ORCHESTRA INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING

Long regarded as one of Europe’s premier big bands - a group that “manifests love,” ac-cording to Grammy-winning arranger Maria Schneider - The Brussels Jazz Orchestra has joined hands with Kenny Werner to create a winning tableau vivant of spirited writing and performance. The Institute of Higher Learn-ing features a sumptuous 3-part suite, “Can-tabile,” that reinforces in a singular way Wer-ner’s place among forward-thinking jazzmen. Textural, rhythmic, evincing cascading swirls of color, it was inspired by and dedicated to Bob Brookmeyer. Led by reedman and group founder Frank Vaganee, the BJO offers a per-fect canvas for Werner’s painterly approach to composition and arranging.

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Born in Colombia, Jay Rodriguez be-gan his musical studies at the age of seven on clarinet and was playing lead alto with the late great Tito Puente by the age of 15. He graduated with the highest honors from New York City’s renowned High School for the Per-forming Arts and continued his studies at the Manhattan School of Music and The New School.

When asked about his childhood, Ro-driguez recollects: “My saxophone guru Mark Friedman tried to teach me how important it was to be a kid. Of course, I didn’t listen, so I was playing gigs constantly. I’d be coming home at 6 o’clock in the morning, then going to school. That was my childhood and I don’t regret it.”

This focus and determination have propelled Rodriguez into a successful musical career. A two-time GRAMMY® nominee, he has performed or record-ed with a diverse list of talent, including

Elvis Costello, Gil Evans, Craig Har-ris, Eddie Palmieri, Bobby Sanabria, Chucho Valdes, and more.

Rodriguez is also the musical direc-tor and founding member of the New York City phenomenon Groove Col-lective. In its over two-decade career, the band has opened for and jammed with James Brown, backed Tupac Shakur, and shared the stage with Isaac Hayes, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Bernie Worrell, and B.B. King, among others. Rodriguez also earned one of his Grammy nominations for the band’s album People People Music Music (2006).

Whether rocking with Widespread Panic, grooving with Prince, jamming with his local NYC downtown peers Medeski, Martin & Wood, or perform-ing with Groove Collective, Rodriguez remains as active as ever on the scene, performing over 200 gigs a year. n

JAY RODRIGUEZ

MAY 19, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

Onstage and off, guitarist Tuck An-dress and vocalist and arranger Patti Cathcart might, at first impression, strike you as an odd couple. Cathcart exudes the soft, centered yet power-ful graciousness of a gospel singer; Andress almost wears his brain on his skin, anticipating the thousands of mu-sical decisions he’ll have to send to his ten fingers during the course of a per-formance. And yet, with over 30 years of performing together and almost as many years of marriage, the devotion forged by this extraordinary couple shows no sign of dimming from the pressure of familiarity. Andress and Cathcart first met in the Bay Area in 1978. They knew almost in-stantly they that found lifetime musical partners in each other, so they formed a duo, guitarist and vocalist. Friendship and collaboration grew to love, and the two were married in 1981. Their record-ing career took off when Windham Hill Jazz signed them for 1988’s ground-breaking Tears of Joy. This and several other Windham Hill albums put them

on the map, and they’ve been solidify-ing their career, their musical conversa-tion, their technique, and their love to-gether ever since. They now have their own recording studio, as well as their own label, T&P Records, which licens-es their CDs to major labels for distri-bution around the world. They tour Asia and Europe often, and they enjoy tak-ing occasional time off from touring to teach at their Bay Area home, as well as doing workshops while on tour. Tuck & Patti’s latest album, I Remem-ber You, was released in 2008. What’s on the album? Love songs of course, from the Great American Songbook, in-spired by Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass. “They are gorgeous tunes, with grand lyrics,” shares Cathcart. “And they sing unabashedly, unapologetically, about love.” “To have every song feel like it’s a dream to play, it doesn’t happen for every performer, but for us, it hap-pens,” says Andress. Smiling, Cathcart adds, “You know, I think this conversa-tion is going to last a lifetime.” n

TUCK & PATTI

MAY 20-22, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

Benny Golson is a talented compos-er/arranger whose tenor playing has continued to evolve with time. After attending Howard University (1947-1950) he worked in Philadelphia with Bull Moose Jackson’s R&B band (1951) at a time when it included one of his writing influences, Tadd Dameron on piano. Golson played with Dameron for a period in 1953, followed by stints with Lionel Hampton (1953-1954), and Johnny Hodges and Earl Bostic (1954-1956). He came to prominence while with Dizzy Gillespie’s globetrot-ting big band (1956-1958), as much for his writing as for his tenor playing (the latter was most influenced by Don Byas and Lucky Thompson). Golson wrote such standards as “I Remember Clifford” (for the late Clifford Brown), “Killer Joe,” “Stablemates,” “Whisper Not,” “Along Came Betty,” and “Blues March” during 1956-1960. His stay with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (1958-1959) was significant, and dur-

ing 1959-1962 he co-led the Jazztet with Art Farmer. From that point on Golson gradually drifted away from jazz and concentrated more on work-ing in the studios and with orchestras including spending a couple of years in Europe (1964-1966). When Golson returned to active playing in 1977, his tone had hardened and sounded much closer to Archie Shepp than to Don Byas. Other than an unfortunate com-mercial effort for Columbia in 1977, Golson has recorded consistently re-warding albums (many for Japanese labels) since that time including a re-union with Art Farmer and Curtis Fuller in a new Jazztet. Through the years he has recorded as a leader for Con-temporary, Riverside, United Artists, New Jazz, Argo, Mercury, and Dreyfus among others. Returning once again to the spirit of the original Jazztet, Golson released New Time, New ‘Tet on Con-cord Records in 2009.n

BENNY GOLSON QUARTET

MAY 23-25, 8:00PM & 10:30PM


Lael Summer is an expressive and sul-try singer/songwriter who brings a fresh pop twist to classic soul. Born and raised in New York, Lael’s love of mu-sic was apparent early on. By 14, she had already opened for Jon Anderson of Yes at B.B. King Blues Club.

Lael is signed to True Groove Records and her debut album, Burden to Bear, which was produced by True Groove global soul pioneer Tomás Doncker, is garnerning much acclaim. Lael per-formed at Blue Note Jazz Club in Sep-tember as part of the True Groove Label Launch and she also performed with Tomás Doncker’s at NYC’s 2012 Sum-merstage Concert Series in Central

LAEL SUMMERSATURDAY NIGHT, MAY 24 12:30AM

Park. Her cover of the Hall and Oates’ tune “Do What You Want, Be What You Are” was picked as the buzz track to watch out for by theKingsOfAR.com and earmilk.com. n


Boston-based international folk music ensemble Women of the World makes its Blue Note debut this evening! Hot off the heels of its tour of Japan, this 10-member all-female ensemble, repre-senting Japan, India, Italy, Mexico, and the United States, will officially release its debut EP Koloro at today’s show.

Founded in 2008, Women of the World was the brainchild of Japanese vocal-ist Ayumi Ueda, a Berklee College of Music alumna, who dreamt of bring-ing women from across the globe onto a common creative platform. Over the years, the band has received accolades

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and collaborated with many indus-try bigwigs, including Bobby McFer-rin, Angelique Kidjo, Mario Frangoulis, and the Boston Pops Orchestra led by maestro Keith Lockhart. With a slate of past performances at venues like Carn-egie Hall and Boston’s Symphony Hall and Agganis Arena, and a collaboration with the United Nations, Women of the World continues to spread its message of peace and unity through music. n

GRAMMY®-nominated jazz arranger, award-winning composer, past winner of the NYC Jazzmobile Vocal Competi-tion, past semi-finalist of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Compe-tition, long-time NYC jazz trombon-ist (since 1987), Pete McGuiness has worked with Jimmy Heath, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, The Maria Schneider Orchestra, Kenny Werner, Roseanna Vitro, and many oth-ers. He is currently Professor of Jazz Arranging at William Paterson Univer-sity. n

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Caterina Zapponi was born and raised in Rome, the daughter of celebrated screenwriter Bernardino Zapponi, a collaborator and longtime friend of Federico Fellini, and Françoise Ram-bert, a French-born chanteuse who instilled in Caterina her love of the French repertoire. Growing up amidst her parents’ collaborators and friends helped introduce Zapponi to jazz and the American Songbook while fuel-ing her desire to move to the United States, which she did upon receiving a scholarship from Berklee College of Music. She graduated in two years and won the Berklee Cleo Laine Award for vocal achievement and performance. She went on to be a finalist in the The-lonious Monk International Vocal Jazz Competition.

Based in New York since 1994, Zap-poni has surrounded herself with a family of remarkably accomplished—and diverse—musicians. Many of them are featured on Romantica. Numerous tracks find her fronting a band includ-ing Monty Alexander on piano, Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, Martin Pizzarelli on acoustic bass, Frank Vignola on guitar and mandolin. Elsewhere she sings with a trio including Alexander on pi-ano, Hassan Shakur on acoustic bass and Kevin Kanner on drums. The gui-tarist Yotam Silberstein and the multi-instrumentalist Etienne Charles, among others, also make appearances.

Zapponi returns to her childhood in-fluences throughout Romantica, her new Motéma Music release. The al-bum opens with “J’ai ta main,” a song that was part of Zapponi’s mother’s cabaret act. Zapponi is accompanied by Yotam Silberstein in interpreting another song by the seminal mid-20th Century French songwriter-singer Charles Trenet, “Que reste-t-il de nos amours?,” about which Zapponi ex-plains, “My mother would interpret this song whenever they would ask her to sing during a dinner party. We would be sitting with any number of actors, directors, writers, and unfailingly the moment would come when some-body would say ‘Françoise, please sing!,’ and my mother would oblige.” She pays equal attention to the Ital-ian Songbook, including “Polvere di stelle (Stardust)” which plays through-out the well-known Italian film, of the same name, co-written by her father; “Estate,” a Bruno Martino composition included on Joao Gilberto’s landmark album Amoroso; and the classic im-migrant song “Torna a Surriento (Come Back to Sorrento).” The album con-cludes with two songs she wrote with Alexander—one in French, and one in Italian. n

CATERINA ZAPPONI CD RELEASE FEATURING MONTY ALEXANDER, BUCKY PIZZARELLI, HOUSTON PERSON & MORE

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At Cleveland’s infamous “Togo Suite,” a then 28-year old Joe Lovano met and performed with a group of Nigerian musicians involved in an impromptu and joyous cultural exchange. About one year later on his 29th birthday in 1981, as a result of that initial late night club session, Lovano found himself in Lagos, Nigeria, meeting and spend-ing time with the esteemed godfather of the afro-beat movement – Fela Kuti. The meeting of Kuti and his extended family of musicians led to a perfor-mance with the Cleveland and Nigerian musicians joined together in “Tafawa Balewa Square.” The entire experience of performing with Kuti and his fam-ily left Lovano with a lasting feeling that still touches him to this day, and

BLUE NOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL:

MAY 27-JUNE 1, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

JOE LOVANO’S VILLAGE RHYTHMS BAND

a new sense of possibilities within his own music – in all aspects of the sonic palette. Over three decades later, one of the most prominent voices in jazz, looks back to a historic musical land-mark in his life and brings it into his own evolving musical vernacular. Joined by guitarist Liberty Ellman, electric bassist Matthew Garrison, percussionist/Afri-can harpist Abdou Mboup, and drum-mer Otis Brown III; “The Village Rhythm Band” showcases the linear relation-ship between West African music and jazz in a way that is totally unique to Lovano’s voice – warm, sinuous, and constantly moving over an emphatic pulse. n


Matt Dickey is a NYC based guitarist/composer/arranger and audio engineer. He is inspired musically by a vast array of artists and styles: from the funky soul of James Brown and the 70s fusion of Herbie Hancock to the improvisational rock and roll spirit of The Grateful Dead and the compositions of Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Stravinsky, Debussy (and many others), he also draws from the flavors of Latin and African rhythms, hip-hop, classic R&B and various elec-tronic music styles.

Try This At Home is Matt’s 10-piece jazz-funk ensemble, comprised of some of the best young musicians in NYC today. They play original com-positions from his 2010 release (of the

MATT DICKEY & TRY THIS AT HOMESATURDAY NIGHT, MAY 31 12:30AM

same name) as well as arrangements and covers of funky classics. Matt also has a solo electronic/experimental/live remixing DJ project, In The Loop, and he plays as a sideman with various NYC projects such as Loud Apartment, Night of The Living Funk, Sean Schulich, and Invincible: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson, among others. n


Erin Leah’s catchy songwriting, melody and vocal delivery shows sensitivity but then assures you with strength and expertise. She blends soulful sounds and wisdom with inspiration for per-sonal improvement, dancing and for taking one’s place to better the world. She calls it “Creative Education”. Erin has studied classical operatic training since her formative years as well as flute. She studied ballet since she was a young girl. She has also studied mod-ern dance with an emphasis on Graham Technique and African Movement. Erin is making a name for herself not only as a singer/songwriter but also as a pro-ducer, dancer and C.E.O. of her own re-cord label, Calliope 22 Music. She has

ERIN LEAHFRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 30 12:30AM

received accolades such as runner up and honorable mention at the VH1 Song of the Year Contest and is a new mem-ber to the Grammy Society. Her recent five singles in 2012 and 2013 have hit FM Radio and Dance Club play in some of the largest rooms internationally. Her label has become a vehicle for inspira-tion and education and is her way of fusing her education in business, policy, problem solving and the arts. n

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JON BATISTE & STAY HUMAN HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE BUIKA ▪ MARQUES TOLIVER

JOSÉ JAMES ▪ REGGIE WATTS CHRISETTE MICHELE

LALAH HATHAWAY ▪ MARCUS MILLER SÉRGIO MENDES ▪ MICHAEL BOLTON

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER MONTY ALEXANDER

“CELEBRATING ORNETTE: THE MUSIC OF ORNETTE COLEMAN”

WITH DENARDO COLEMAN VIBE & FEAT. AFRIKA BAMBAATAA BILL LASWELL,

BRUCE HORNSBY, FLEA, GERI ALLEN, HENRY THREADGILL, JAMES BLOOD ULMER,

PATTI SMITH, AND MANY MORE.JOE LOVANO ▪ GATO BARBIERI ▪ AVISHAI COHEN TRIO ▪

BEKA & DJ LOGICDIZZY GILLESPIE™ AFRO CUBAN EXPERIENCE GINGER BAKER ▪ JEFF LORBER ▪ LOU DONALDSON W/DR. LONNIE SMITH

MICHEL CAMILO ▪ ANDY BEY ▪ HIROMI ▪ FABRIZIO SOTTI CURTIS STIGERS ▪ DIANE SCHUUR ▪ JAZZ FORUM @ 35!

SADAO WATANABE AND MANY MOREDANILO PÉREZ/JOHN PATITUCCI/BRIAN BLADE TRIO



RAMSEY LEWIS W/ PHILIP BAILEY

MANHATTANRedemption rye whiskey,Carpano Antico sweet vermouth

NEGRONIBombay Saphire, Campari,Carpano Antico sweet vermouth

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

FRENCH MARTINIGrey Goose vodka, Chambord& pineapple juice

HENNESSY SIDECARHennessy Cognac with GrandMarnier and fresh lemon juice

BLUE NOTE MARTINIcitrus vodka, blue curocao, lime juice

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

ITALIAN CHOCOLATE MARTINIMeletti Chocolate Liquer Stolivanilla vodka

APPLE MARTINIKetel One & apple schnapps

COSMOPOLITANCitrus Vodka, Triple Sec,cranberry & lime juice

METROPOLITANAbsolut Kurant with Triple Sec,cranberry & lime juice

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

MARTINIS $15

ELDERFLOWER FIZZBeefeater, elderflowerliqueur, fresh lemon

RUBY RYERedemption rye whiskey, grapefruit juice, Chambord

CAIPIRINHAMuddled limes, sugar andBeija Brazilian cachaca

BELLINIProsecco & white peach puree

PCPUNCHGrey Goose pear vodka, Brinleycoconut rum, pineapple juice

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

BRANDY ALEXANDERBrandy, crème de cacao & cream

CUBA LIBREBlackwell rum, Coke & freshly muddled lime

TOASTED ALMONDAmaretto, coffee liqueur & cream

MIXED DRINKS $13

IRISH COFFEEJameson Irish whiskey & coffee

NUTTY IRISHMANBailey’s Irish Cream, Frangelico & coffee

BRAVE BULLCuervo Gold, Kahlua & coffee

SWISS COFFEEPeppermint Schnapps, crème de cacao & coffee

SPANISH COFFEETia Maria & coffee

MOCA ALMONDMeletti chocolate liqueramaretto, coffee

WARM DRINKS $12

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

DOMESTIC - $9Brooklyn Lager, Budweiser,Bud Light, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

BELGIAN-STYLE ALE - $18Brother Thelonious Abbey Ale (750 ml)

Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew - $30American Double / Imperial Stout style beerDogfish Head Brewery (750ml)

NON-ALCOHOLIC - $7Buckler

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

BEER AND TEAS

BLUE NOTE DRINK MENU

SEASONAL FRUIT & SORBET 12 add Limoncello Meletti 12 NEW YORK CHEESECAKE 10 add Tia Maria 12 RED VELVET CAKE 10 add Baileys 12TIRAMISU 10 add Grand Marnier 13CINNAMON APPLE STRUDEL 9 add Amaretto Lazzaroni 12 WARM LEMON TARTE 9 add Drambuie 12 CHOCOLATE & VANILLA TARTUFO 10 add Frangelico 12 FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE 10 add Taylor Fladgate 20 year 15 ICE CREAM 9 add Kahlua 12SORBET OF THE DAY 8 add Prosecco 12

DESSERTS & PAIRINGS

Sherry, Dry Sack 12Sherry, Harvey’s Bristol Cream 13Taylor Fladgate 20 year 15Cab Franc Icewine, Inniskillin 20/125

DESSERT WINES

BOURBON / RYERedemption Rye 13Basil Hayden 14Booker’s 14 Knob Creek 14Woodford Reserve 15 Whistle Pig 17

Courvoisier 13Hennessy VS 15Hennessy XO 36Remy Martin VSOP 18Remy Martin XO 36Martell VS 14Martell Cordon Bleu VSOP 25Paul Beau XO 25Poli Grappa Moscato 15

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

SINGLE MALT SCOTCH

LIQUEURSAmaretto Lazzaroni 12Aperol 12Baileys Irish Cream 12B & B 12Campari 12Chambord 12Cointreau 12Drambuie 12Dubbonet 12Fernet Branca 12Frangelico 12Grand Marnier 13Kahlua 12Lillet 12Limoncello Meletti 12Nocino Walnut Liqueur 12Pernod 12Poli Miele Honey Liqueur 12Sambuca Meletti 12Tia Maria 12

DIGESTIFS

Chivas 13Dewars 13J & B 13Johnny Walker Red 13Johnny Walker Black 15Johnny Walker Gold 24Johnny Walker Platinum 32Johnny Walker Blue 40

SCOTCH BLENDS

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

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