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TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY: 8:00PM & 10:30PM LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES: FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS 12:30AM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH: 11:30AM & 1:30PM
JULY CALENDAR THE HEATH BROTHERS QUINTET JULY 1-3 NICOLE HENRY JULY 4-6 YOUNGJOO SONG QUARTET JULY 7 DIZZY GILLESPIE™ ALL STAR BIG BAND JULY 8-13 JOE GRANSDEN BIG BAND JULY 14
DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND JULY 15-16 PONCHO SANCHEZ JULY 17-20 BABY DO BRASIL (8PM) & WAYNA (10PM) JULY 21 PAT MARTINO ORGAN TRIO JULY 22-23 WALLACE RONEY QUARTET WITH LENNY WHITE & BUSTER WILLIAMS + SPECIAL GUEST JULY 24-27 HARVEY MASON CHAMELEON JULY 28-30
LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES SHILPA ANANTH JULY 4 MELANIE CHARLES / RAT HABITAT JULY 5 TOMAS DONCKER JULY 11 COULON JULY 12 BRASIL LIVE JULY 18 AMANDA RUZZA JULY 19 MAURICIO ZOTTARELLI JULY 25 DAVI VIEIRA JULY 26
SUNDAY BRUNCH SERIES ALEX BROWN JULY 6 MIHO HAZAMA & M_UNIT JULY 13 HENDRIK MEURKENS JULY 20 JO-YU CHEN JULY 27
THE HEATH BROTHERS QUINTET JULY 1-3, 8:00PM & 10:30PM
In a career spanning six decades, NEA Jazz Master/saxophonist Jimmy Heath has made history with Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Donald Byrd, Cal Tjader and dozens more. A prolific composer, many of Jimmy’s 125+ tunes have become jazz standards, recorded by everyone under the sun. Meanwhile Albert “Tootie” Heath blazed his own trail, playing drums for jazz icons from John Coltrane to Art Farmer and Kenny Barron. Together with brother Percy on bass, the Heath Brothers put out a string of albums and earned a reputation as one of the first families of jazz. Up until 1975, Percy had been busy with the Modern Jazz Quartet, but with the group in “retirement” (temporarily as it turned out), all three brothers were
free to join forces. Originally a quartet with pianist Stanley Cowell, but expanding after the addition of guitarist Tony Purrone and Jimmy’s son Mtume on percussion, the band recorded for Strata East (1975), four albums for Columbia Records, and two for Island Records. Tootie Heath left the group early on and was replaced by Akira Tana, although he came back for the final 1983 record. Although the Heath Brothers’ music was essentially hard bop, there were occasional departures into jazzy R&B on isolated selections. While Percy passed away in 2005, Jimmy and Tootie proudly carry on this ensemble’s rich history. n
NICOLE HENRY JULY 4-6, 8:00PM & 10:30PM
The beautiful and dynamic vocalist Nicole Henry celebrates the iconic women of music that have influenced her career. Join the 2013 Soul Train jazz award winner and Billboard charttopping artist as she takes us on an incredible journey through the music we adore: the songs of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Aretha Franklin and more. Since her debut in 2004, Nicole Henry has established herself as one of the jazz world’s most acclaimed vocalists, possessing a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance.
Ms. Henry’s passionate, soulful voice and heart-felt charisma has earned her a 2013 Soul Train Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Performance” as well as three Top-10 U.S. Billboard and HMV Japan jazz albums. Heralded by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Japan Times, El Pais, Jazz Times, Essence and more, Ms. Henry tells real stories through repertoire from the American Songbook, classic and contemporary jazz, contemporary standards, blues and originals. n
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SHILPA ANANTH FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 4 12:30AM
After a long journey, which brought her all the way from Dubai to South India to Boston, and now New York, vocalist and songwriter, Shilpa Ananth continues to seek the perfect balance between all her different worlds. Her music is a blend of her Indian roots, with flavorful Jazz chords, and Hip Hop styled beats, and she sings in four languages - Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, and English. Her original music represents at least two languages on each track, usually English mixed with her native tongue, Tamil.
MELANIE CHARLES/ RAT HABITAT SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 5 12:30AM
Partnered up with guitarist/producer Jordan Peters, the Brooklyn based project is introducing their debut album self titled RAT HABITAT Pt.1. This concept album blends electronica, soul, hiphop, indie rock, sprinkled with a hint of Haitian Swag and explores what it means to be a 20-30 something “RAT” looking for love and stability while dealing with rejection and the complexities of family dynamics. ingeniously arranged mix of original old school soul and funk songs. n
Shilpa’s soulful voice feels like butter, as she strives to stay true to her past and present musical influences - A.R Rahman and Robert Glasper- and build a bridge between the music from the East and West. She is currently working on her fivesong EP, titled Why Not?, which will be released in September 2014. n
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ALEX BROWN JULY 6
11:30AM & 1:30PM $29.50 includes music, entree & 1 drink
Pianist Alex Brown’s reputation continues expanding through his notable performances with everyone from innovative saxophonist Miguel Zenón to the legendary Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. A member of Paquito D’Rivera’s ensemble since 2007, shared in that ensemble’s 2010 GRAMMY® nomination for D’Rivera’s album, Jazz-Clazz. Of Brown’s 2010 debut CD with his own ensemble, Pianist (Sunnyside), DownBeat magazine proclaimed it “A really fine record that leaves you wanting more.” This just a year after his 2009 graduation with a Bachelor of Music from New England Conservatory where he studied with Danilo Pérez
and Charlie Banacos, among others. Due to his diverse influences, Classical, rhythm & blues, hip-hop, Afro-Caribbean and Brazilian styles all co-mingle – naturally and infectiously – in Brown’s music. Doubtlessly, this versatility contributed to his collecting an array of student and young composer awards from ASCAP, DownBeat magazine and BMI, propelling him towards a professional career. Now in Alex Brown’s rearview mirror are appearances at top jazz venues and festivals, including: the Blue Note in New York (and Tokyo), the Telluride Jazz Celebration and Israel’s Red Sea Jazz Festival, among others. n
YUNGJOO SONG QUARTET JULY 7, 8:00PM & 10:30PM
Youngjoo Song is one of Korea’s leading jazz pianists. After graduating Berklee College of Music and Manhattan School of Music, she was able to exponentially climb Korea’s Jazz charts in record sales and popularity where she then had multiple opportunities to perform with some of the most prominent artists from both Korea and the US. Her prompt escalation in the jazz world enabled her to record eight albums with distinguished labels such as EMI, Warner and Sony of which Free to Fly
was nominated for the Korean Music award in 2009, and Love Never Fails which won Korea’s “Best Jazz Album” in 2010. Her new album Tale of a City won the “Best Jazz Performance” at the 2012 Korean Music Award. Young joo Song recorded and performed with some of the most prominent jazz musicians; including Steve Wilson, Mark Turner, Seamus Blake, Gretchen Parlato, Kendrick Scott, Marcus Gilmore, Vicente Archer, Rogerio Boccato. n
DIZZY GILLESPIE™ ALUMNI ALL-STAR BIG BAND JULY 8-13, 8:00PM & 10:30PM
History has produced its share of great artists and great people—John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was both. As a performer, he left behind an incredible record of innovation and inspiration. As a composer, a broad repository of musical masterpieces, and as a man, a legion of friends, colleagues and compatriots who remember him with the same degree of love and esteem they reserve for his work. For Dizzy Gillespie, playing in a small combo was never enough. His artistry compelled him to seek and to create larger ensembles because as a composer and arranger, a big band was the ultimate vehicle for self-expression. Given that the majority of his career took place after 1950 when the big band era was over, it’s especially notable that Dizzy Gillespie continued to create brilliant music using the grandscale formats of jazz big band and orchestra right up to the end of his life in 1993. The Dizzy Gillespie™ Big Band and Alumni All-Star group (small group) is the direct descendant of these ventures, and happily, the tradition lives on, nurtured by Gillespie alumni and executive director, producer, and bassist John Lee.
The Big Band and the Alumni All-Stars feature some of Dizzy’s closest compatriots: senior statesmen and NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath and veteran Gillespie alumni Roy Hargrove, Roberta Gambarini, Cyrus Chestnut, Steve Davis, Lewis Nash, and musical director John Lee. All of them are band leaders, educators, and recording artists in their own right. The small group debuted in 1996 while the Big Band debuted in 1998. Together they continue to delight audiences around the world with the enduring power and freshness of Dizzy Gillespie’s music. This is the legacy the master would have wanted—and a living tribute from the many extraordinary musicians in this group who exemplify his style, range, and commitment. The Dizzy Gillespie™ Big Band’s musical home would have to be New York’s famed Blue Note Jazz Club, which was for many years Dizzy’s favorite jazz club not only in New York City, but in the world. The All-Star Big Band performs there for a week every summer, and the Alumni All-Star small group celebrates Dizzy’s birthday for a week every October. n
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TOMAS DONCKER THE HOWLIN’ WOLF PROJECT FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 11 12:30AM
As a prime mover on New York’s downtown “No Wave” scene in the early 1980s, Tomas Doncker cut his teeth as a guitarist with such genre-busting groups as James Chance & The Contortions, Defunkt, J. Walter Negro & The Loose Jointz and many more. Eventually he went international, touring and recording in Japan with jazz pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, and producing studio and songwriting sessions with Boosty Collins, Yoko Ono, jazz saxophonist
Sadao Watanabe and Grammy-winning producer Prince Charles Alexander, to name just a few. Since then, Doncker has continued to work with an A-list of iconic musicians, including Ivan Neville (on his solo album Thanks), Bonnie Raitt, Meshell Ndegeocello, Living Colour lead singer Corey Glover, former PFunk keyboardist Amp Fiddler…and the list keeps growing. n
COULON SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 12 12:30AM
Coulon began when vocalist extraordinaire Imani Uzuri asked her dear friends, Rozz Nash (former lead singer of Groove Collective and Slavic Soul Party) and Neil Coulon (former drummer of the Boston-based band “27”), to perform at her Blue Note show in January 2008. The soon-to-be-married couple didn’t have any songs, and had played together only once - at a friend’s wedding. Overwhelmed with plans for their own wedding in Brazil, Neil and Rozz started preparing for the planned gig just a week beforehand, co-writing a
song called “By My Side,” an ode to the couple’s commitment to each other. At the show, Imani introduced the duo to the world as Coulon . . . and that’s how the magic began n
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MIHO HAZAMA & M_UNIT JULY 13
11:30AM & 1:30PM $29.50 includes music, entree & 1 drink
Originally from Tokyo, New York-based jazz composer Miho Hazama released her debut album “Journey to Journey” with her own 13-piece large ensemble “m_unit”. The album is selected as one of the best new-releases by Milo Miles from NPR on the 2013 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll. A winner of the 2011 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award, Ms. Hazama has worked with the Metropole Orkest, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vince Mendoza, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yosuke Yamashita among many others not only as a composer but also as an arranger. Her works have been performed in the US, the UK, Japan,
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JOE GRANSDEN BIG BAND JULY 14, 8:00PM & 10:30PM his whole life throughout New York and on his mother’s side was the piano virtuoso Carmen Cavallero.
Joe Gransden has performed worldwide and released ten CDs under his own name. Renowned first for the hard bop approach of his trumpet, Gransden’s singing voice has been compared to that of Chet Baker and Frank Sinatra. Joe is from New York City and comes from a family full of musicians. Joe’s introduction to music came early on through his father, a gifted singer and pianist. His grandfather was a trumpeter of merit, playing professionally
Not long after high school, Joe was on the road as a sideman with the Tommy Dorsey Band and Glenn Miller Band. He has also performed as a sideman with Barry White, The Moody Blues, Kenny Rogers, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin and The Whispers. Eventually moving to New York City, he performed with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Chico O’Farrill. Meanwhile, Joe formed his own group, which performed in Brooklyn each week and included guitarist Joe Cohn and former Betty Carter bassist, Matt Hughes. The Joe Gransden Trio’s growing legion of fans in both New York and recently in Atlanta has obviously taken note. A widening schedule has found Joe performing at The Jazz Corner in Hilton Head, South Carolina, The Museum of Art and Design in midtown Manhattan, Spivey Hall in Atlanta and Tehema Golf Club in Carmel, California. Joe also just released his brand new album entitled Close To My Heart which was produced by saxophone great Kenny G. The album is a collection of smooth jazz covers and originals written by Joe and Kenny. Joe has been performing with Kenny G and his band around the country for the past year or so. Fellow musicians across the country hear a talented trumpet player whose ace in the hole is a well-developed voice. But around Atlanta and New York Joe is also a well-respected human being, a nice guy who treats people fairly. He has always managed to keep every aspect of his career and life in balance. In this tempestuous decade, Joe’s lyricism is like a breath of fresh air. n
DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND JULY 15-16, 8:00PM & 10:30PM
In 1977, The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions at the time: social and pleasure clubs dated back over a century to a time when black southerners could rarely afford life insurance, and the clubs would provide proper funeral arrangements. Brass bands, early predecessors of jazz as we know it, would often follow the funeral procession playing somber dirges, then once the family of the deceased was out of earshot, burst into jubilant dance tunes as casual onlookers danced in the streets. By the late ‘70s, few of either existed. The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club decided to assemble this group as a house band, and over the course
of these early gigs, the seven-member ensemble adopted the venue’s name: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Thirty-five years later, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a world famous music machine, whose name is synonymous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances. They have revitalized the brass band in New Orleans and around the world, progressing from local parties, clubs, baseball games and festivals in their early years to touring nearly constantly in the U.S. and in over 30 other countries on five continents. The Dirty Dozen have been featured guests on albums by artists including David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Dr. John, Buckwheat Zydeco, Dave Matthews Band, Modest Mouse, Widespread Panic, and the Black Crowes. n
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PONCHO SANCHEZ JULY 17-20, 8:00PM & 10:30PM
The imaginative rhythms of Poncho Sanchez have made him one of the most influential conga players and percussionists in Afro-Cuban jazz. In addition to recording as a soloist, Sanchez has been featured on albums by the Jazz Crusaders, Eddie Harris, Freddie Hubbard, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Dianne Reeves, Joey DeFrancesco, and Terence Blanchard. Becoming a member of vibraphonist Caj Tjader’s Band in 1975, Sanchez remained with the group until Tjader’s death on May 5, 1982. By then, he had already planted the seeds for his own career as a bandleader. He recorded two solo albums -- Poncho in 1979 and Straight Ahead in 1980 -- and began performing with his own group in 1980, during Tjader’s vacations. A native of Laredo, Texas, Sanchez moved to Los Angeles at the age of four, where he was deeply influenced by the music he heard in the Chicano neighborhood in which he lived. Initially a guitarist, he played with a series of junior high
school and high school rhythm & blues bands. Teaching himself to play congas, he spent hours practicing to Caj Tjader, Machito, and Tito Puente records. He was also deeply influenced by the hard bop sounds of the Jazz Crusaders. After more than two decades in music, Sanchez’s efforts paid off when his album, Latin Soul, received a Grammy award as Best Latin Album of 1999. Throughout the next decade, Sanchez continued to record, releasing such albums as 2000’s Soul of the Conga, 2001’s Latin Spirits, 2003’s Out of Sight!, 2005’s Do It!, 2007’s Raise Your Hand, and 2009’s hard bop-influenced Psychedelic Blues. In 2011, he paid tribute to the innovative Afro-Cuban recordings of Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo by teaming up with trumpeter Terence Blanchard for Chano y Dizzy! Sanchez followed it up with a concert set entitled with Live in Hollywood, with his Latin Jazz Band. - Craig Harris, All Music Guide n
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BRASIL LIVE FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 18 12:30AM 12:30AM
Brasil Live wields a unique brand of Brazlian pop music emboldened by vocal greatness. The Time Out NY “Critics’s Pick” awarded band features some of the most experienced and talented Brazilian musicians in the US. The group, led by Rio De Janeiro native guitarist and music producer Marcos Vigio, started in 2010 and has since performed at countless venues and events throughout the US. The band’s repertoire is drawn mainly from legendary dance floor masters such as Tim Maia, Jorge Ben, Djavan, Seu Jorge and Gilberto Gil. n
AMANDA RUZZA SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 19 12:30AM
Amanda Ruzza hails from São Paulo, Brazil. Growing up in a house humming with music, Amanda began playing bass early, and was playing professional performance engagements by age 13. Eventually, in Brazil, she worked with distinguished Brazilian producers and arrangers, including GRAMMY® Award-winner Moogie Canazio, Maestro Jobam and Sony Music Japan’s Osny Mello. Her work with groups covering a wide range of styles, including Arturo O’Farrill, Global Noize, Chris Stover’s Caetano Veloso Project, Jill Sobule, as well as with her own band, the Amanda
Ruzza Group, evidence her flexibility. Amanda draws on her multicultural background as a primary influence on her passion for composing music music that seamlessly assimilates elements of funk, jazz and South American rhythms. n
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HENDRIK MEURKENS JULY 20
11:30AM & 1:30PM $29.50 includes music, entree & 1 drink
Ever since he started taking harmonica solos in the mid-’50s, Toots Thielemans has been without any close competition on his instrument, at least until Hendrik Meurkens arrived on the scene. Born in Germany to Dutch parents, Meurkens began as a vibraphonist, not playing harmonica until he heard Thielemans when he was 19. He traveled to the U.S. to study at Berklee and spent time in Brazil in the early ‘80s, during which he immersed himself in Brazilian jazz. Back in Berlin, Meurkens worked in the studios, but also recorded with the Danish Radio Orchestra and had his own jazz
group. He made a record in Brazil for the Bellaphon label (1989) and has recorded several sets for Concord and Concord Picante as a leader, in addition to appearing on records as a sideman with Charlie Byrd. Meurkens is now based in New York City. - Scott Yanow, All Music Guide n
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THE JAZZ BALLAD SONG BOOK Trumpeter Randy Brecker, an emeritus statesman whose life in music spans six decades, forges a career record, exploring the contours of jazz’s Great American Songbook in collaboration with the DR Big Band and the Danish National Chamber Orchestra. With lushly conceived charts penned by jazz’s premier arrangers, including Grammy winner Vince Mendoza, THE JAZZ BALLAD SONG BOOK is both cinematic and intimate, reflecting perfectly the scope of Brecker’s contribution to popular music. Evergreens include “Cry Me a River,” “All or Nothing at All,” “Someday My Prince Will Come” and “Skylark.”
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BABY DO BRASIL (8:00PM - ONE SHOW ONLY) & WAYNA (10:30PM - ONE SHOW ONLY) JULY 21
BABY DO BRASIL Baby do Brasil is considered one of the biggest Brazilian singers, and a music legend who has been revolutionizing the history of the Popular Brazilian Music (MPB). Baby is famous for her soft, indescribable and unique voice, and strong rhythmic versatility not only in her ballads but also in her electric songs. The success of her lyrics, like in “Sem Pecado e Sem Juízo”, “Cósmica”, “Telúrica” among many other ones, and interpretations of other artist’s songs like in “Menino do Rio” (Caetano Veloso), “Brasileirinho” (Waldir Azevedo), “Todo Dia Era Dia de Índio” (Jorge Ben Jor), among others, put her on the mainstream audience nationally and internationally. She deservingly earned the recognition of specialized critics. After her performance in LA, she was featured in The Los Angeles Times saying that “She has the fury and the fire of the Latin Janis Joplin”. Her recent work “Baby Sucessos”, a project idealized and directed by her son Pedro Baby, a successful guitarist and composer himself, premiered at the Jockey Club Brasileiro by the end of 2012 in front of an estimated crowd of 5000 people. Since then, Baby has been selling out tickets in the biggest venues in the country, resulting in the making of her muchawaited CD and DVD. For the enjoyment and happiness of her fans, we will finally have the new CD and DVD of Baby do Brasil in the main stores of Brazil and of the world by the second half of 2014. n
GRAMMY®-nominated, Ethiopian-born, singer/songwriter, Wayna has a voice as pure as it is passionate. Stevie Wonder says “she’s incredible.” Essence Magazine says “Wayna is one to watch,” and Billboard Magazine calls her “a stand out on the indie front.” With two Billboard chart-topping singles from her sophomore LP, Higher Ground, and a coveted Grammy nomination in the Best Urban/ Alternative Performance Category for her remake, “Lovin You (Music)” featuring Kokayi, Wayna’s star is on the rise. “The Expats” is the third and latest LP from this innovative artist. The album, which The Washington Post calls “brilliant,” represents a new and daring departure from her previous work. Drawing from diverse cultural influences, Wayna and her Toronto-based backing band create a unique blend of African and Reggaeinspired soul, fused with classic and alternative rock -- Sade and the Police meets Lauryn Hill and Radiohead. “I’ve always been a bit of an Expat,” says Wayna “feeling different culturally from most of the people around me. For years, I tried to minimize those differences, but one day, I realized they make me who I am. I want this album to be about exploring and expressing all the ways in which I and every one of us are unique, culturally or otherwise, and to celebrate those differences unapologetically.” We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” n
PAT MARTINO ORGAN TRIO JULY 22-23, 8:00PM & 10:30PM
One of the greatest guitarists in jazz, Pat Martino had suffered a severe brain aneurysm and underwent surgery after being told that his condition could be terminal. After his operations he could remember nothing. He barely recognized his parents, and had no memory of his guitar or his career. He remembers feeling as if he had been “...dropped cold, empty, neutral, cleansed…naked.” In the following months, Martino made a remarkable recovery. Through intensive study of his own historic recordings, with the help of computer technology, Pat managed to reverse his memory loss and return to form on his instrument. His past recordings eventually become “an old friend, a spiritual experience which remained beautiful and honest.” This recovery fits in per-
fectly with Pat’s illustrious personal history. Since playing his first notes while still in his pre-teenage years, Martino has been recognized as one of the most exciting and virtuosic guitarists in jazz. With a distinctive, fat sound and gut-wrenching performances, he represents the best not just in jazz, but in music. He embodies thoughtful energy and soul. Today, Martino lives in Philadelphia and continues to grow as a musician. As The New York Times noted, “Mr. Martino is back and he is plotting new musical directions, adding more layers to his myth.” His experiments with guitar synthesizers are taking him in the direction of orchestral arrangements and they promise groundbreaking possibilities. n
WALLACE RONEY QUINTET W/ LENNY WHITE & BUSTER WILLIAMS (7/25-27) + SPECIAL GUEST JULY 24-27, 8:00PM & 10:30PM
Grammy-winner WALLACE RONEY was heralded as an “improviser who loves complicated almost mathematical lines and who performs with catlike grace” by The New York Times. Roney - a trumpeter, composer, and bandleader - is one of the most exciting and innovative musicians on the creative music scene. His consummate artistry and eagerness to explore and transcend musical boundaries have led him to collaborate with Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Walter Davis Jr., Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Jay McShann, David Murray, and McCoy Tyner; as well as to be featured as a soloist with Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Curtis Fuller, Stevie Wonder, Randy Weston, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Dizzy Gillespie, to name a few.
Wallace was mentored by Miles Davis after Miles heard him in 1983 at his birthday gala performance in Carnegie Hall. Their association peaked when Miles chose Wallace to share the stage at his historic performance in Montreux in 1991. After Davis died, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams and Roney banded together and toured the world in tribute. Praised by Time magazine for his “amber tone and patient and considered phrasing,” Roney has recorded over a dozen albums as a leader. Each recording illuminates the dynamic trumpeter’s keen compositional chops and versatility as a bandleader and composer. n
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MAURICIO ZOTTARELLI FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 25 12:30AM
Brazilian born, New York City-based drummer/composer Mauricio Zottarelli has been on the forefront of the Jazz, Latin and Brazilian music scenes for many years. A Berklee College of Music graduate, Mauricio is a critically acclaimed and award-winning drummer and artist. He is credited in more than 70 albums so far in his career, and has worked and shared the stage with some of the most important and notable artists of today, crossing over many musical styles. Some of them are: Hiromi, Eliane Elias,
Marc Johnson, Prasanna, Esperanza Spalding, Keiko Matsui, Richard Bona, Paquito D’Rivera, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Chico Pinheiro, Cláudio Roditi, Joe Locke, Geoffrey Keezer, Mike Pope, Ivan Lins, Carmen Souza, Chuck Loeb, Rosa Passos, Dom Salvador, Jovino Santos Neto, Nilson Matta, Toninho Horta, Filó Machado, Cidinho Teixeira group, Gustavo Assis Brasil, Marc Rossi Group, Hendrik Meurkens, Oriente Lopez, and many others. n
DAVI VIEIRA SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 26 12:30AM
Davi Vieira was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, and studied percussion, capoeira and dance. As a percussionist and vocalist, Davi has contributed to recordings, performed and/or toured live with such great artists as Seérgio Mendes, Gilberto Gil, Angelique Kidjo, Carlos Santana, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett (Michael Jackson), Bebel Gilberto, Patrícia Marx, Steve Earle, Talib Kweli, Sun Ra, Gogol Bordello, Yerba Buena, Me’Shell Ndege’Ocello, Richard Bona, David Byrne, Alexander Kogan, Maria de Barros,Tony Mola/Bragadá, Muzenza
and more. He was a co founder of Brazil’s Hip Hop group MD MCs. He was a member of the Off-Broadway show Stomp for ten years. Currently he leads and fronts a band that supports the music from album Ghetto Linha 8. n
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JO-YU CHEN TRIO JULY 27
11:30AM & 1:30PM $29.50 includes music, entree & 1 drink
Jo-Yu Chen’s third album, Stranger, which features guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, was released internationally on Okeh Records with Sony Music on Feb 14, 2014. She is the first Taiwanese jazz artist to be signed to a major record label, and she has also joined the distinguished international roster of Steinway Artists. Chen has been featured in jazz magazines internationally. She received rave reviews in an article titled “Pianist Chen’s Jazz Focus Sparks Musical Transformation” in Downbeat. In addition to US magazines such as Jazziz, All About Jazz, Jazz Inside, she has
also appeared in Japanese magazines including Jazz Japan (formerly Swing Journal) as “Star of the Month”, Jazz Hihyo, and Tokyo Jazz Review. Others include Muzik (Taiwan), China Times News, JAZZTHETIK (Germany), Mnet Korea, All About Jazz Italia, Jazzflits (Netherlands), and Macao Daily News (China). n
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THIS IS JAZZ For their second Half Note issue, the power trio of DONALD HARRISON, RON CARTER and BILLY COBHAM declare themselves spokesmen for a kind of exploratory improvisation and interplay known only to seasoned jazz professionals. Staunch individualists all, they come together with a united voice of alto, bass and drums - at once steepedIN AVAILABLE UPSTAIRS in jazz’s richly variegated traditions yet forward-thinking in the cause of new creative expression.
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HARVEY MASON CHAMELEON ALBUM RELEASE CELEBRATION JULY 28-30, 8:00PM & 10:30PM
Harvey Mason is among the most recorded and in-demand drummers of all-time. A legendary, multi-GRAMMY® nominated session drummer, producer, composer & recording artist, he has worked with a pantheon of musical giants, including Barbra Streisand, James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Bjork, Carlos Santana, Michael Jackson, John Legend, Seal, and the London Symphony Orchestra. He has composed and written songs recorded by artists ranging from Nancy Wilson and Mary J. Blige to The Notorious B.I.G., Lupe Fiasco, Nelly/P. Diddy and T.I. In the ’70s and ’80s, Harvey Mason was king, working on Donald Byrd’s commercial breakthrough album Black Byrd and a series of successful crossover albums for Blue Note Records. This led to his seminal work on Herbie Hancock’s jazz masterpiece Head Hunters (1974), which featured the hit “Chameleon” (co-composed by Mason) and Mason’s own arrangement of Hancock’s “Watermelon Man.” Mason’s precision playing has graced movies for such renowned composers as Michael Giacchino (Cars 2, Mission Impossible 1, 2, 3 & 4, Up , Star Trek,
Speed Racer), Michel Colombier (Prince’s Purple Rain), Michel Legrand, Miles Davis’ (Dingo), Dave Grusin (Three Days of the Condor, The Fabulous Baker Boys and On Golden Pond), John Williams (Hook), and Lalo Schifrin (Rush Hour 1,2 & 3 and The Enforcer), Harvey Mason (Dreamgirls, Get On Up) to name only a few. Mason is also a founding member of Fourplay, and he continues to flex his writing, playing, arranging and production skills with partners Bob James, Nathan East and Chuck Loeb. Chameleon, Mason’s April 29, 2014 solo debut for Concord Records and 10th solo project overall, adds one more remarkable chapter to his legacy. A blend of R&B, urban and cutting-edge jazz, Chameleon takes its inspiration from the title track, which Mason co-wrote with Herbie Hancock, and is a knowing nod to Mason himself, aptly dubbed the “Chameleon” for his uncanny ability to perform so many styles of music. The album updates classic tracks that Mason either wrote or actually played on, such as Hancock’s “Chameleon,” Grover Washington’s “Black Frost,” Patrice Rushen’s “Before the Dawn,” Donald Byrd’s “Places and Spaces” and Mason’s own “Either Way.” Look for Mason to hit the road with his new band Chameleon to support his Concord release. n
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Redemption rye whiskey, grapefruit juice, Chambord
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DESSERTS & PAIRINGS SEASONAL FRUIT & SORBET NEW YORK CHEESECAKE RED VELVET CAKE TIRAMISU CINNAMON APPLE STRUDEL WARM LEMON TARTE CHOCOLATE & VANILLA TARTUFO FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE ICE CREAM SORBET OF THE DAY
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12 12 12 13 12 12 12 15 12 12
DIGESTIFS SINGLE MALT SCOTCH
Glenlivet 12 year 13 Glenfiddich 12 year 13 15 Macallan 12 year 14 Talisker 10 year Glenmorangie 14 15 Oban 14 year 16 Dahlwinnie 15 year Lagavulin 16 year 18 34 Mackillop’s 1989 Scapa Deanston 30 year 40 Scott’s 1967 Glenlivet 58
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DESSERT WINES
Chivas 13 Dewars 13 13 J & B Johnny Walker Red 13 Johnny Walker Black 15 24 Johnny Walker Gold Johnny Walker Platinum 32 Johnny Walker Blue 40
Sherry, Dry Sack Sherry, Harvey’s Bristol Cream Taylor Fladgate 20 year Cab Franc Icewine, Inniskillin
LIQUEURS
BOURBON / RYE
Amaretto Lazzaroni Aperol Baileys Irish Cream B&B Campari Chambord Cointreau Drambuie Dubbonet Fernet Branca Frangelico Grand Marnier Kahlua Lillet Limoncello Meletti Nocino Walnut Liqueur Pernod Poli Miele Honey Liqueur Sambuca Meletti Tia Maria
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Redemption Rye 13 Basil Hayden 14 Booker’s 14 Knob Creek 14 Woodford Reserve 15 Whistle Pig 17
RUM
Beija Cachaca 13 Bacardi Silver 13 Bacardi Gold 13 Brinley Gold Coconut 13 Captain Morgan’s 13 Meyer’s 13 Mount Gay 13 Pyrat XO 15 Ron Zacapa 15
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