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August 2014 Jazz on the Plaza

 

July 31, 2014To: Listings/Critics/Features
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New Release:
Afro Bop Alliance
“Angel Eyes”
+ Upcoming Live AppearancesNew CD
Angel Eyes”


(Zoho ZM 201408)
Street Date: September 9, 2014

Joe McCarthy-drums, percussion, congas on # 8, Roberto Quintero-congas, percussion, Harry Appelman-piano, Tom Baldwin-bass,  Victor Provost-steel pans, “engine room” on # 5 and 11,  vocals on #11, Luis Hernandez tenor-sax, Vince Norman-alto sax, Tim Stanley-trumpet- Sara Jones vocals on # 6 and 11, Paula McCarthy violin/concertmaster, and  Suzanne Orban principal cello,
with The St. Claire Chamber Strings on # 6  
with special guest:   Paquito D’ Rivera clarinet on # 5Upcoming Live Appearances

DC AREA:

Friday, September 5th, 2014
Rams Head on Stage
33 West Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

OFFICIAL CD RELEASE SHOW FOR “ANGEL EYES”
feat. Grammy Award Winning Artist Paquito D’Rivera!!!
8:00 pm
Tix at afrobop.com

FLORIDA:

Friday, September 19th, 7:30 PM
University of Florida at Gainesville

University Auditorium
333 Newell Drive
Gainesville, FL 32611

Band Members: Joe McCarthy drums
Tom Baldwin – bass
Harry Appelman – piano
Victor Provost – steel pan
Luis Hernandez – tenor sax
Tim Stanley – trumpet
Vince Norman – alto sax/chief arranger

Saturday, September 20th , 8pm
Arts Garage
180 NE 1st St, Delray Beach, FL 33444

Sunday, September 21st3pm
The Abbey
100 S Eola Dr #100, Orlando, FL 32801

Groove is the universal language. Whether it’s a Texas or Chicago blues shuffle, James Brown’s goodfoot funk, a driving guaguanco, percolating rumba, surging samba, infectious second line or insinuating cha-cha-cha, everyone knows what to do when they feel the rhythm in their bones. Indeed, groove is at the heart of this potent Afro Bop Alliance release, the group’s debut on the ZOHO label. While providing exciting Latin-tinged grooves that are tailor-made for dancers, the members of this Washington, DC-based, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers-inspired octet keep one foot solidly in the straight ahead jazz camp with their scintillating improvisations and tight three-horn frontline on Angel Eyes.The secret weapon on this exhilarating outing is newest Afro Bop Alliance member Victor Provost, who brings a new sparkle to the proceedings with his virtuosic steel pans playing on the Latin Grammy-winning group’s fifth release overall. “He’s like the Michael Brecker of the pans,” says drummer and Afro Bop Alliance founder Joe McCarthy. “He’s from St. John’s, Virgin Islands, and he came to study at George Mason University just outside of Washington D.C., where I also teach. Having Victor in the band really changes what we do.” Aside from offering brilliant solos throughout Angel Eyes, Provost’s steel pans also blend nicely on the frontline with alto saxophonist Vince Norman, tenor saxophonist Luis Hernandez and trumpeter Tim Stanley on these eleven tracks.They state their rhythmically-charged case very persuasively from the outset on the buoyantly churning, clave-fueled opener, The Jinx, written by the band’s bassist Tom Baldwin and arranged by Vince Norman. Following exhilarating solos by pianist Harry Appelman and saxophonist Hernandez, drummer McCarthy engages in some fiery exchanges with conga player Roberto Quintero over a mesmerizing son montuno groove on this energized number before McCarthy unleashes at the tag. Three for Juju, composed by Hernandez and arranged by Norman, opens with a drum flurry by McCarthy. Note how he keeps a tambourine groove going with his foot as he traverses the kit throughout this intricate piece, which morphs from 3/4 to 6/8 and features some lush harmonies between the horns. “That’s based on a joropo groove from Venezuela,” explains McCarthy,” who studied Latin jazz rhythms with Frankie Malabe and Victor Rendon at the Boys Harbor School in the Bronx and also studied jazz drumming with Ed Soph at the University of North Texas. “I was trying to play a little wider beat, so it seems to float underneath that beautiful melody that Luis wrote. And the way that Roberto is playing maracas on that is a total characteristic of that type of groove.” Appelman and Hernandez both offer inspired solos on this engaging, polyrhythmic number.

Baldwin’s Ziggy the Crooner is a straight-up cha-cha-cha that showcases Provost’s steel pans in unison with Stanley’s muted trumpet. Norman, who also co-arranged the contrapuntal horn lines on this easy-grooving number, turns in a robust alto solo here. The composer adds a nimble upright bass solo on the insinuating cha-cha groove before the rhythm section shifts to 12/8 mode underneath trumpeter Stanley’s bristling solo. And dig the sizzling timbales-conga exchanges between McCarthy and Quintero over the son montuno section at the tag. “Roberto is a magnificent percussionist, a very powerful player and great soloist,” says McCarthy of his Afro Bop Alliance rhythm mate.

Pianist-arranger Appelman puts an inventive Latin jazz spin on Horace Silver’s lovely 5/4 tune Barbara (from his 1975 Silver ‘n Brass album) which features a heroic tenor solo from Hernandez (catch his sly quote from “Fascinating Rhythm” along the way). Provost’s Homenaje which features some lively call-and-response exchanges with special guest Paquito D’Rivera on clarinet, also has Quintero elevating the proceedings with his fiery conga work.

Vocalist Sara Jones delivers a darkly evocative reading of “Nature Boy,” which is given a 3/4 treatment by Norman and is enhanced by the lush strings of violinist (and Joe McCarthy’s wife) Paula McCarthy and principal cellist Suzanne Orban with the St. Claire Chamber Strings. The octet next tackles Joe Henderson’s challenging Inner Urge which is given a percolating new clave-fueled arrangement by Norman. McCarthy explodes with a drums salvo at the intro while Hernandez and Provost contribute outstanding solos on this decidedly Latinized rendition of a jazz classic.

Provost’s Fete Antilles has the gifted steel pans player doubling the melody with trumpeter Stanley upfront before the other horns join in. Stanley, Provost and Appelman contribute stirring solos on this polyrhythmic groover. Appelman’s clave-fueled reworking of the evocative jazz standard Angel Eyes features brilliant solo contributions from trumpeter Stanley and tenor saxophonist Hernandez and builds to another spirited McCarthy-Quintero face-off against an invigorating son montuno groove set up by Appelman’s piano.

Dan Cavanagh’s Latin spin on Wayne Shorter’s This Is For Albert, a classic Jazz Messengers tune introduced on 1963‘s Caravan, has McCarthy deftly shifting from alternating measures of 12/8 and 9/8 to 3/4 on the bridge throughout the course of the piece. “I envisioned a compound time signature on that because it allows it to breathe and go in a different direction than if it had stayed in four all the time,” says groovemeister McCarthy. Stanley turns in another forcefully swinging trumpet solo on this number and is followed in succession by Norman, who effortlessly soars over the entrancing groove on alto sax.

The album closes on a vibrant note with Provost’s upbeat, soca flavored Minor Details which features both Sara Jones and the composer on wordless vocals and has Appelman switching to electric piano for a fresh texture. Norman and Provost each stretch out considerably on this buoyant vehicle.

With Angel Eyes, McCarthy and his spirited crew continue in the great tradition of cross-fertilization pioneered by Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo and carried on by Latin jazz masters like Machito, Mario Bauza, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Chico and Arturo O’Farrill, Chucho Valdes, Poncho Sanchez, Jerry and Andy Gonzalez and countless other practitioners of this infectious groove-oriented music. And the key is the chemistry between the band members.

“The combinations of players…that’s where the magic happens,” says McCarthy. “You have guys who are coming from very different places, but everybody understands what’s going on. And that, to me, is what makes this music happen. Everybody knows how everybody in the band plays and also knows what everybody’s into and what they’re listening to, so when we come together there’s usually very little discussion about anything. We just play. Someone will bring in an arrangement and the music will come together very quickly. And that’s what I think makes this music happening.”
That formula has proven successful in four previous outings, including their 2008 Latin Grammy-winning collaboration with Dave Samuels’ Caribbean Jazz Project on Afro Bop Alliance – which also received a Grammy nomination that same year. And it fuels this current outing, their most ebullient and rhythmically-charged album to date.
— Bill Milkowski

Artist Website:
http://www.afrobop.com
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July 26, 2014To: Listings/Critics/Features
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August 2014 Schedule

 

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH) continues its summer series co-produced with Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) celebrating the Ertegun Hall of Fame honorees. Events are held at both institutions, alternating weekly. In addition, we resume our annual Latin Jazz Party series at Orchard Beach, host an afternoon jazz/tap event for kids and present our flagship Harlem in the Himalayas concerts with the Rubin Museum of Art.

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Tuesday, July 29th

 

Jazz For Curious Listeners   
Who is Benny Goodman?
7:00-8:30 PM
Donation Suggested
Location:Jazz at Lincoln CenterTime Warner Center, Columbus Circle

We celebrate Benny Goodman’s 105th birthday anniversary with a session devoted exclusively to his greatest band – the 1937 crew that included Harry James Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson and Gene Krupa. This will be a very swinging evening.

 

The National Jazz Museum’s Artistic Director, Loren Schoenberg, worked with Goodman for five years and will be leading the discussion, which will feature recordings from the Savory Collection.

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Friday, August 1st

 

Harlem in the Himalayas
Manuel Valera
7:00-8:30 PM

$18.00 in advance / $20.00 day of
Member Price: $16.20

LocationRubin Museum of Art150 W. 17th StreetYou can find more information on tickets here.

2013 Grammy Nominated Cuban composer and jazz pianist Manuel Valera releases his new solo album.

 

Based in New York City, 2013 Grammy nominated artist, pianist and composer Manuel Valera was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. Since arriving in NYC, he has become well known in the NYC modern jazz scene, garnering national reviews and lending his talents as a pianist and composer to such notable artist as Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D’Rivera, Brian Lynch, Dafnis Prieto, Jeff “Tain” Watts, John Benitez, Samuel Torres, Joel Frahm, Yosvany Terry among many others. Manuel is also the leader of the New Cuban Express. His 6th record as a leader New Cuban Express was released in June/2012 and is nominated for the 2013 Grammys in the Best Latin Jazz Album category.

 

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Saturday, August 2nd

 

Special Event
Drop Me Off in Harlem
A Perform & Create Day
11:00 am
LocationDavid Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage

Broadway and 63rd Street

 

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Stars bring the sounds of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and the rhythm of iconic tap dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson to Meet The Artist Saturdays. This interactive program will have families scatting, swinging, and tapping with the help of renowned jazz historian and saxophonist Loren Schoenberg, and New York’s hottest tap artist, Andrew Nemr. The Children’s Museum of Manhattan hosts a free “make your own tap shoes” workshop before the show!

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Tuesday, August 5th

 

Jazz For Curious Listeners   
Who is Mary Lou Williams?
7:00-8:30 PM
Donation Suggested
Location:Jazz at Lincoln CenterTime Warner Center, Columbus Circle

Pianist/arranger Mary Lou Williams wrote music that always looked forward – from her early work for Andy Kirk and Benny Goodman in the 30’s, for Ellington in the 40’s, and her own groups through the 80’s, Williams was a true original, as well as one of the first major women to become an international jazz presence.

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Thursday, August 7th

 

Special Event   
Remembering Ralph Ellison with Sidney Offit
7:00-8:30 PM
Donation Suggested
LocationThe National Jazz Museum in Harlem
104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2D

 

On August 7th, acclaimed writer Sidney Offit will be interviewed by Paul Devlin and share his memories of his friendship with Ralph Ellison over four decades, as well as offer his perspective on Ellison’s life and work, in one of the final events celebrating Ralph Ellison’s centennial year and the NJMH’s concurrent exhibition “Ralph Ellison: The Man and his Records.” Ellison and Offit became friends through organizations such as PEN in the 1960s, which advocated for freedom of expression for writers around the globe in that tumultuous era (as it does today). Mr. Offit will also share his memories of his long friendship with Albert Murray.

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Friday, August 8th

 

Harlem in the Himalayas
Amir ElSaffar
7:00-8:30 PM

$18.00 in advance / $20.00 day of
Member Price: $16.20

LocationRubin Museum of Art150 W. 17th StreetYou can find more information on tickets here.

The innovative Amir ElSaffar Quintet, featuring John Escreet on piano, Francois Moutin on bass, Dan Weiss on drums, Ole Mathisen on tenor saxophone, and ElSaffar on trumpet, re-imagines the Iraqi Maqam to explore new microtonal harmonies and chord progressions, mixed with Mesopotamian modes.

 

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Tuesday, August 12th

 

Jazz For Curious Listeners

Who is King Oliver?

7:00 – 8:30pm

Donation Suggested

Location: The National Jazz Museum in Harlem

104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C

 

Louis Armstrong always said that for inspiration, all he had to do was to close his eyes and see/hear King Oliver in his mind. We’ll take an in-depth look at this New Orleans whose great talent helped create Armstrong, and who sadly died in 1938 at the height of the Swing Era, peddling vegetables in Georgia.

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Sunday, August 17th
Special Event
Latin Jazz with Nelson Gonzales All-Stars and DJ Brian Martinez
1:00 PM
Free
Location:  Pelham Bay ParkOrchard Beach Pavilion, Bronx, NY(718) 885-2275

NJMH, in collaboration with Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, continues its annual summer Latin Jazz Jam concert series with Nelson Gonzales All Stars on Long Island Sound in Pelham Bay Park.

Born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, Nelson González is distinguished for his mastery of the Cuban Tres guitar. This traditional instrument is indispensable to the interpretation of ‘Son’, the most popular form of Cuban dance music .His love of Afro-Caribbean music developed at an early age and was nurtured in New York City, where he immigrated at the age of 12. During the 1960’s many of today’s acclaimed and virtuoso Latin musicians convened regularly at the home of Andy and Jerry Gonzalez to participate in weekly ‘jam sessions’. Nelson joined these young and notable musicians that included talents such as Dave Valentin, Hilton Ruiz, Oscar Hernandez, Milton Cardona, Nicki Marrero, Tommy Lopez, Jr., Eladio Perez, Charlie Santiago, Papo Vasquez, Orestes Vilato, and the powerful voices of Adalberto Santiago, Willie Garcia, Justo Betancourt and Virgilio Marti. It was during this period that Nelson explored his interest in the Tres.

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Tuesday, August 19th
Jazz for Curious Listeners
Who is Bill Evans?
7:00-8:30 PM
Donation Suggested
Location: Jazz at Lincoln CenterTime Warner Center, Columbus Circle

 

Few pianists have had a wide an influence on all of jazz as Bill Evans did. A sensitive player with his own harmonic arsenal, Evans changed the way Miles Davis approached music, resulting in the classic album KIND OF BLUE, and from that point on, Evans never stopped evolving.

 

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Tuesday, August 26th

 

Jazz For Curious Listeners

Who is Lester Young?

7:00 – 8:30pm

Donation SuggestedLocation: 

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem

104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2C

 

Celebrated as a main progenitor of the “cool” sensibility, saxophonist Lester Young introduced a new sound and a new attitude towards jazz. Through his early work with Count Basie and Billie Holiday, Young made music that still echoes vibrantly wherever jazz is played.

 

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Coming in September 

 

We are happy to announce our next exhibit opening in our Visitors Center – the life and times of Bebo Valdes, the innovative and influential pianist/composer/ bandleader and father of Chucho Valdes.

 

A distinguished curatorial team that includes historian/writers Rene Lopez and Ned Sublette have been creating what we are positive will be an extraordinary exhibit. Also curating is the expert Robert Sancho, from Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, which is sponsoring the exhibit.

Come see our current exhibition 
‘Ralph Ellison: A Man and His Records’
Open from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday in the Jazz Museum’s Visitors Center
104 E. 126th Street, Suite 2c

 

Please come see our new Ralph Ellison exhibit, which has received rave notices in The New Yorker and listings in The New York Times. Based on the museum’s acquisition of the recordings that Ellison listened to while he wrote his masterpieces (including Invisible Man), the exhibit blends the music and the albums with his words, presented in thrilling and creative visual juxtapositions. As you listen to the music in the exhibit, it is as though you are visiting with Ellison as he is writing. In addition, our interactive kiosk offers rare videos of Ellison, along with interviews created especially for the exhibit with scholars such as Stanley Crouch.

 

From Richard Brody in The New Yorker:

 

One of the greatest American novelists, Ralph Ellison, is also one of our greatest writers about music, as evidenced by the volume “Living with Music,” which collects his writings about jazz. Ellison’s life with music is thrust to the fore by a noteworthy exhibit that just opened at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, “Ralph Ellison: A Man and His Records,” on the occasion of his centennial (with an asterisk: his biographer, Arnold Rampersad, gives Ellison’s birth date as March 1, 1913). Ellison, who died in 1994, was a big collector of jazz records-indeed, of records of many kinds of music. The museum has acquired his collection, which is the centerpiece of the exhibit.

 

To capture the appeal and the delight of the show, with its selection of citations from Ellison’s work and evocative archival images, it’s worth glancing at just how Ellison lived with music….

‘Jazz: The Experimenters,’ a 1965 television broadcast of performances by the bands of Cecil Taylor and Charles Mingus, with commentary by Ralph Ellison and the jazz critic Martin Williams, currently on view at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem as part of an exhibition devoted to Ellison’s record collection, would be worth the trip, even in the absence of the enticing and evocative installation of artifacts, texts, and images that surrounds it. The broadcast is a major document in the contextualized history of jazz and its performance.
 

 

From Our Friends at the Newport Jazz Festival
August 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 2014
Traveling from the NYC area?
Buses leave from New York City, Brooklyn & Newark
WBGO offers direct rides to the front gate of the Newport Jazz Festival. Bus packages feature luxury buses with restrooms and wifi; plus access to the WBGO Shade Tent at the Festival, where free snacks and refreshments will be served.Pick-up and drop-off locations at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, NY; BRIC House in Brooklyn, NY; and New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ.”It’s an enjoyable ride with fellow jazz enthusiasts, and it eliminates the need to think about gas, traffic, car rentals, and parking. All you have to do is think about the music.”
– George Wein, Founder & ProducerNYC area bus packages including festival tickets start at $205
NYC area bus-only packages start at $175
Average travel time from NYC is 4 hours in each directionTo purchase or for more information visit:
www.wbgo.org/newportbus or call 973-624-8880 ext 269 or ext 283

WBGO JAZZ 88.3 FM is an Official Travel Partner of Newport Jazz

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The Ridgewood Guild Jazz Fest
Sunday, September 14th
Noon to 6PM
Ridgewood NJ
www.ridgewoodguild.com/
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July 29, 2014To: Listings/Critics/Features
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DJANGO FESTIVAL ALLSTARS
Stars of The Django Reinhardt NY Festival from France Perform at the NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL!
Sunday, August 3rd, 4:35 pm QUAD STAGE
Starring SAMSON SCHMITT, LUDOVIC BEIER,PIERRE BLANCHARD, DouDou Cuillerier,
and Brian Torff
Plus Peter Beets/Jazz Pianist from Holland
HOT HOT JAZZ !
“THE BEST JAZZ SHOW IN TOWN”, ………..
Imagine a stage filled with contemporary  Django Reinhardt descendants andyou’ll get a sense that the collective talent pool on the bandstand is larger than the Arc deTriomphe!”
The Wall Street Journal
‘LIVE’ at THE NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL
SUNDAY, AUG. 3RD 4:35 QUAD STAGE
This summer at Newport, The Allstars will be headed  by Samson Schmitt, out on his own, a star in his own right .  For years, he grew up on the Birdland stage, playing side by side with his legendary father gypsy king Dorado Schmitt  
 Also featured will be  virtuoso violinist Pierre Blanchard “who captures the true romantic fire of Grappelli” and Ludovic Beier on Accordion and Accordina who “was breathtaking and beautiful”, says Will Friedwald of the Wall Street Journal.  On rhythm guitar this summer is DouDou Cuillerier who also brings the audience to its feet with his scat singing.  Of the Special Guest jazz pianist Peter Beets, Downbeat says “Straight ahead excellence !   Brian Torff holds it all together on bass.
Dorado Schmitt will be back in November with all ‘3’ sonsAmati, Samson, and Bronson.  Pierre Blanchard and Ludovic Beier return with Francko Mehrstein on Rhythm Guitar and Xavier Nikq on Bass. Guests TBA
The Festival, started in 2000, finding there was huge interest in Django’s style of HOT JAZZ.  It has gone on to be a highly anticipated event twice a year, now in its 15th year,  accompanied by major tours – see all info below. .  The AllStar bands emerged out of the Festival which is Produced by Pat Philips Ettore Stratta. 
Django’s inspiration was Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington–sheer virtuosity with exuberant showmanship leaving a crowd breathless as it is with The Django Festival AllStars.  Leonardo DiCaprio has become one of their biggest fans as is George Benson, ..every great jazz guitarist was inspired by Django, Keith Richards B.B.King, to name a few.
The Django Festival AllStars carry on the legacy of the brilliant gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt who was part of one of the most famous musical partnerships in European history with virtuoso Jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, together they formed the Hot Club Quintette of France.
The AllStars, mostly from France,  bring the audience to their feet with lightning-fast guitar fingerwork on standards such as “Minor Swing” and  also put the crowd in a romantic mood with gorgeous melodies, hit songs of the past such as Django’s “Nuages”. The program includes many new original compositions that take the music beyond.
Django’s inspiration was Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington–sheer virtuosity with exuberant showmanship leaving a crowd breathless as it is with The Django Festival Allstars.  Leonardo DiCaprio has become one of the biggest fans as is George Benson, Woody Allen…every great jazz guitarist was inspired by Django, Keith Richards B.B.King, to name a few.
“Expect Buoyant rhythm, blinding technique, solid entertainment” says Nate Chinen of the NY Times.  DJANGO held it all together like a magnet, as does his descendants, The Django Festival AllStars!
Summer Tour
July 24,25:JazzCafe @The Nell presented by Jazz Aspen Snowmass
     July 26: Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix        
             29: Katherine Hepburn
             Cultural Arts Center, Old Saybrook, Conn.
            30: Summer Concerts on The Hudson  Weehawken, NJ
     Aug   1: Belleayre Music Festival  Belleayre, New York
               2: Regatta Bar, Charles Hotel,   Boston, Mass.
               3: NEWPORTJAZZ FESTIVAL’S ’60th Anniversary’, Newport, R.I.
            5 – 10: BIRDLAND   NYC

Fall tour:   Oct. 24:  Chicago Symphony Center,  26:  Howard Theatre, Wash. DC, 31: Tilles Center for Performing Arts,   Nov. 1:  Paramount Theatre, Hudson Valley NY, 4-9: BIRDLAND-NYC,  11: The Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbera, Nov. 12: Birthday bash for Roger Kellaway’s 75th, Ojai, 13 – 16:  San San Francisco Jazz Festival’s new Performing Arts Center –  Minor Auditorium, 17:  Kuumbwa Jazz Institute, Santa Cruz-Calif.       

The Django Festival is about talent and joy!  

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The Smooth Jazz Cruise 15.2
This year will be unforgettable!
Join Us for The Greatest Party at Sea!Miller and SanbornThe Smooth Jazz Cruise has been the most successful and heralded music cruise in the world since its inception in 2004. With 17 sold-out sailings and the most amazing lineups ever offered, our Guests have renamed the cruise … simply, The Greatest Party at Sea. As one Guest so aptly put it, we call it The Greatest Party at Seabecause that is what it is.Our lineup includes hosts Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, Boney James, Brian Culbertson and Candy Dulfer, and stars Joe Sample and Rick Braun. Norman Brown and Kirk Whalum will join us for The Smooth Jazz Cruise 15.1 (Jan. 11-18, 2015), and Peter White and Jonathan Butler will sail on The Smooth Jazz Cruise 15.2 (March 1-8, 2015). And, of course, both sailings will be highlighted by our very special guest, Natalie Cole.In addition to our stars, we have three bands of top-flight Musicians to support our Artists. And the lineup includes such heralded musicians as Eric Marienthal, Marc Antoine, Elan Trotman, Grace Kelly, Patches Stewart, Tom Braxton, Chance Howard and our fabulous Music Director, Brian Simpson.Dane Butcher continues his decade-plus stint as the Cruise Director, and our very special comedian, Alonzo Bodden, will once again keep us all laughing. Late night will feature DW3, the greatest party band at sea, and our dance parties rock with Biz Markie and Cool V making it happen every night.

Now do you see why it is The Greatest Party at Sea? See exactly what The Smooth Jazz Cruise is like by watching our special highlight video.

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The Smooth Jazz Cruise 15.1 has fewer than 10 cabins remaining. There is better availability on The Smooth Jazz Cruise 15.2, but act now. Visit our website to review remaining cabins and learn more about the lineup. You can also book your cabin online, or call us at 888.852.9987.

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March 26, 2014To: Listings/Critics/Features
From: Jazz Promo Services
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Noshir Mody Quartet, Live Performance – Saturday Aug 9th at 9pm
SOMETHIN’ Jazz Club
212 E. 52nd St. 3Fl.
New York, NY 10022
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Noshir Mody is a stimulating and creative fusion guitarist displaying a beautiful tone, versatility, and inventive ideas on his picturesque originals. Throughout his career, Mody has recorded consistently rewarding and thought-provoking sets of original music. His recent Stories From The Years Of Living Passionately features five of his sophisticated compositions performed by a quintet also including Tsuyoshi Niwa on soprano saxophone, pianist Carmen Staaf, bassist John Lenis and drummer Yutaka Uchida.On Stories From The Years Of Living Passionately, the musicians stretch out on the songs, with only one piece being under 11 minutes long, yet they make every moment count. Their performances are as colorful as the song titles, which include “The Next Chapter,” “India,” and “A Pearl Discovers The Oyster.” Mody’s guitar playing, while occasionally recalling Gabor Szabo and Pat Metheny, is quite distinctive, thoughtful and unpredictable. Niwa and Staaf also have plenty of solo space and the high quality of the improvisations and the grooves always hold on to one’s attention. Whether it is the peaceful but danceable “To Be In Your Thoughts,” the pretty melody of “Beckoned By Mercury” or the 5/4 groove of “A Pearl Discovers The Oyster,” every selection on this CD will be of strong interest to modern jazz fans. The music brings out the best in the musicians and vice versa, resulting in a particularly memorable set.Born and raised in Bombay, India, Noshir Mody was self-taught on guitar. He had an original and unique conception to playing jazz from the start. His early inspirations included Indian classical music, Al Di Meola’s Elegant Gypsy, music from Bollywood, rock and the modern jazz guitar masters. Mody immersed himself in jazz after moving to New York in 1995, leading his own trio in clubs. His eclectic and open-minded approach to music was well showcased in his groups the EthniFusion Rock Ensemble and the EthniFusion Jazz Ensemble.Noshir Mody’s solo guitar recording In This World With You and his trio set Union Of Hearts displayed both his memorable originals and his impressionistic playing. Now with the release of Stories From The Years Of Living Passionately, a project that features his compositions interpreted by a top-notch quintet, Noshir Mody’s musical vision is fully realized.

What’s all the fuss about?

Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange, Review by Mark S. Tucker 
“…High art, as far as I’m concerned, one of the year’s stand-out cuts [A Pearl Discovers The Oyster] so far, within a CD that doesn’t brazenly demand re-listening but instead seduces. You’ll be tossing it into the player again and again without even realizing it.”

JazzTimes, Review by Scott Albin 
“…Niwa’s solo features his full-bodied soprano timbre, fresh ideas, and logical flow. Mody’s improv reveals Indian influences and nimble constructs and runs in the manner of Pat Metheny. Staaf once more plunges deeply into the tune’s harmonies, with tantalizing lines and impactful chordal sequences, graced by Mody’s delicate enhancements. Lenis and Uchida maintain separate yet cohesive rhythmic streams that are again not to be overlooked…”

Jazz Weekly, Review by George W. Harris 
“…A piece such as “The Next Chapter” flows like a stream for nine minutes, while on the sixteen minute “India” Mody has his guitar chords chime like bells and Uchida’s cymbals sashay the groove along like a spring breeze. A delicate ride cymbal taps along during “A Pearl Discovers the Oyster” and Mody’s solo beams across like a rainbow at sunset, just before the panoramic “To Be In Your Thoughts” closes this journey with optimistic notes of joy. As fresh and cleansing as a summer rain!”

Acid Dragon Magazine, Review by Phil Jackson  
“Self-taught Bombay guitarist Noshir Mody has assembled a magnificent array of musicians to record a deeply personal, sonically rich and beautifully produced album…”

Improvijazzation Nation Magazine, Review by Rotcod Zzaj 
“…This is surely the direction jazz is headed for in the 21st Century & beyond…. my personal favorite of the 5 (long) tracks offered up was the stunningly pervasive opener, “The Next Chapter“… waves of passion will invade your thoughts and bring you the peace that only jazz can bring…”

Midwest Record, Review by Chris Spector 
“…Whatever you’ve ever dug is in the mix here from Shakti to smooth jazz to Paul Horn to Paul Winter to Pall Mall. Kicking it out with a quartet of like minded pros on a mission to serve it right and tight, Mody is out to make the world a smaller place. First rate stuff that sounds like world beat for a nu generation of jazzbos…”

Blogcritics.org, Review by Jack Goodstein 
“…If expressive melodies and harmonies can be said to serve as metaphors for that moment of inspiration, Mody’s music makes the case. The album is the pudding’s proof…”

JSITop21, Review by John Shelton Ivany 
“…Behind his guitar the sound is youthful and loving, and we are treated to a great mix of impressive musicianship.”

Scott Yanow, author of 11 books including The Great Jazz Guitarists, The Jazz Singers, Jazz On Film and Jazz On Record 1917-76
“A top-notch jazz and fusion guitarist, Noshir Mody composes picturesque originals that are impossible to classify as anything but high-quality modern jazz…”

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GUITARIST NOSHIR MODY RELEASES STORIES FROM THE YEARS OF LIVING PASSIONATELY,
A LYRICAL AND ORIGINAL SET OF THOUGHTFUL MODERN JAZZ

Throughout his career, guitarist Noshir Mody has recorded consistently rewarding and thought-provoking sets of original music. His recent Stories From The Years Of Living Passionatelyfeatures five of his sophisticated compositions performed by a quintet also including Tsuyoshi Niwa on soprano, pianist Carmen Staaf, bassist John Lenis and drummer Yutaka Uchida.On Stories From The Years Of Living Passionately,the musicians stretch out on the songs, with only one piece being under 11 minutes long, yet they make every moment count. Their performances are as colorful as the song titles which include “The Next Chapter,” “India,” and “A Pearl Discovers The Oyster.” Mody’s guitar playing, while occasionally recalling Gabor Szabo and Pat Metheny, is quite distinctive, thoughtful and unpredictable. Niwa and Staaf also have plenty of solo space and the high quality of the improvisations and the grooves always hold on to one’s attention. Whether it is the peaceful but danceable “To Be In Your Thoughts,” the pretty melody of “Beckoned By Mercury” or the 5/4 groove of “A Pearl Discovers The Oyster,” every selection on this CD will be of strong interest to modern jazz fans. The music brings out the best in the musicians and vice versa, resulting in a particularly memorable set.Born and raised in Bombay, India, Noshir Mody was self-taught on guitar. He had an original and unique conception to playing jazz from the start. His early inspirations included Indian classical music, Al Di Meola’s Elegant Gypsy, music from Bollywood, rock and the modern jazz guitar masters. Mody immersed himself in jazz after moving to New York in 1995, leading his own trio in clubs. His eclectic and open-minded approach to music was well showcased in his groups the EthniFusion Rock Ensemble and the EthniFusion Jazz Ensemble.Noshir Mody’s solo guitar recording In This World With You and his trio set Union Of Hearts displayed both his memorable originals and his impressionistic playing. Now with the release of Stories From The Years Of Living Passionately,a project that features his compositions interpreted by a top-notch quintet, Noshir Mody’s musical vision is fully realized.Artist Website: www.NoshirMody.com

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July 29, 2014To: Listings/Critics/Features
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 The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Headlines the 5th Annual Hudson Valley Jazz Festival August 14-17

 

Now in its fifth year, The Hudson Valley Jazz Festival, (August 14-17) is pleased to present The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Saturday Aug. 16 , 8 PM,  presented by The Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center

With 20 shows in 4 days , 5 towns, environments from a theatre, restaurant, cafe, billiard room, park, village green, jazz club and cafes, this series has something for everyone.

Adam Nussbaum, Steve Swallow,  Joel Frahm,  Eric Person, Julian Lage, Shunzo Ohno, Jeff Ciampa, Karl Latham, Pete Levin, and a host of others round out this growing festival covered in The Village VoiceNY Times and DownBeat Magazine.
*New show added :  Sat.  Aug 16, 2014 at Falcon Arts in Marlboro NY.
8pm:  Cory Henry of Snarky Puppy! and Trio.

 

 

 

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