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May 1, 2014To: Listings/Critics/Features
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Flushing Town Hall
MAY 2014 Jazz Events

Monthly Jazz Jam

Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 7:00 PM
$10/FREE for Performers, Members & Students

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Open to professional jazz musicians, graduate students studying jazz, and music educators. Meet new contacts, hone your chops and jam each month with your peers! All are welcome! Don’t want to play? Come & listen! House band and jam session led by Queens Jazz OverGround.
Monthly Jazz Clinic @ 5PM

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Queens Jazz Orchestra – TO BIRD & DIZZY WITH LOVE

Friday, May 16, 2014, 8:00 PM
$40/$32 Members/$20 Students; Package: $120/$100 Members (Reserved Table for 2, Wine & Snacks)

Pre-show Discussion with Jimmy Heath, Music Director and Conductor of the Queens Jazz Orchestra @ 7:30 PM

A musical homage to Charlie “Bird” Parker and Dizzy Gillespie; the two men most responsible for creating the Bop Bop vernacular and changing the way Jazz musicians approached improvisation.  This concert is dedicated to the memory of Paul Ash, a longtime Flushing Town Hall supporter and sponsor.

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Helen Sung Trio – THE “(RE)CONCEPTION PROJECT”
Friday, May 23, 2014, 8:00 PM
$15/$10 Members & Students
“Helen Sung will convert the listener to an unabashed fan.”
(THE SKANNER)

An award-winning classical pianist before jazz intervened “in the form of a Tommy Flanagan solo,” Houston, TX, native Helen Sung went on to graduate from the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance and win the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition.

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South American Voices of NY – TANGOLANDO & FESTEJATION
Saturday, May 24, 2014, 7:00 PM
$15/$10 Members & Students

2 ensembles, 1 stage & an open dance floor offer varying takes on Latin Jazz. Featuring TANGOLANDO (Sofia Tosello and Yuri Juarez), the first encounter of the tango with Afro-Peruvian music, and FESTEJATION’s traditional Afro-Peruvian music with jazz, funk, and other Latin styles.Supported in part by NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm.

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SPRING 2014 JAZZ @ Flushing Town Hall

MONTHLY JAZZ JAMS
1st Wednesday each month, 7-10PM

Queens & Brooklyn Jazz Party
Friday, June 13, 2014, 8:00 PM

Kenny Brawner is Ray Charles
Friday, June 20, 2014, 7:00 PM

LGBT Immigrant Voices
Saturday, June 21, 2014, 7:00 PM

For a complete list of all events visit www.flushingtownhall.org, or for more information, photos or to interview facilitators and/or performers, please contact Shawn Choi (718) 463-7700 x260 schoi@flushingtownhall.org.

Flushing Town Hall is conveniently located on 137-35 Northern Boulevard Flushing, NY, 11354; a block and half east of Main Street, FTH is easily accessible by subway and bus; we offer limited, free parking for our patrons. For tickets and more information, visit: flushingtownhall.org, or call the Box Office: (718) 463-7700, ext. 222.

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Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts (FCCA) was founded in 1979 to be a revitalizing force for its community, and a creative catalyst for developing and promoting the arts throughout the Borough of Queens, the most culturally diverse county in the United States. FCCA restored, operates and programs historic Flushing Town Hall (circa 1862) as a multi arts center (on behalf of New York City, which owns the building) and provides services to artists, arts organizations and educational institutions, borough- wide.

FCCA also receives major support from the National Endowment for the Arts; New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, (former) Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; New York City Department of Education; (former) Queens Borough President Hon. Helen Marshall; NYC Council Members (former) Hon. Leroy Comrie, (former) Hon. James Gennaro, and Hon. Peter Koo; Queens Delegation; and Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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May 2, 2014To: Listings/Critics/Features
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Tamir Hendelman
to Perform Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue
With The Winston-Salem Symphony
May 3, 4 and 6

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (April 24, 2014) – As the final Classics concert of the 2013-2014 season, the Winston-Salem Symphony, Robert Moody, Music Director, will perform a concert highlighting early 20th century masterpieces by George Gershwin and Maurice Ravel.

The concert will begin with Ravel’s La valse, poème chorégraphique and Le Tombeau de Couperin, which explore the dramatically changing world of the early 20th century. Associate Conductor Matthew Troy will conduct La valse, poème chorégraphique, with Maestro Moody conducting the rest of the program. The second half of the concert will feature beloved American composer Gershwin’s An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue with guest artist and pianist Tamir Hendelman. These popular pieces have delighted audiences since they debuted in the 1920s.

“Gershwin and Ravel admired and were influenced by each other’s music,” said Maestro Moody. “The impact of each composer on the other’s work is clearly evident in their music. This concert is a great way to experience these two great masters firsthand.”

Under the baton of Maestro Moody, the concerts will take place on Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m.; and Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Stevens Center of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts at 405 W. Fourth Street. Tickets range from $15 – $62 and are available in advance by calling the Symphony Box Office at 336-464-0145 or online at WSsymphony.org <http://www.wssymphony.org/> .

A “Music Lovers’ Luncheon,” a fun and informative pre-concert lunch with Maestro Moody and guest artist Tamir Hendelman will take place Friday, May 2, 2014 at noon at The Piedmont Club at 200 West Second Street in downtown Winston-Salem. The luncheon is a great opportunity to learn more about the concert in a relaxed atmosphere. Reservations are required for the Music Lovers’ Luncheon and can be made by calling 336.724.7077. Club membership is not required.

Award-winning jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman has always been fascinated with the intersection of jazz and classical music, an interest nourished by study with boundary-crossing composer/pianists Clare Fischer, Joe Harnell and Billy Childs.

Born in Tel Aviv, Hendelman began keyboard studies at age 6, moved to the U.S. in 1984 and won Yamaha’s national keyboard competition two years later. Concerts in Japan and the Kennedy Center followed. Drawn to the impressionistic and jazz harmonies of composers such as Ravel and Gershwin, he studied at the Tanglewood Institute and received a B.M. in Music Composition from Eastman School of Music in 1993. After a brief period exploring film scoring, he focused on the art of jazz piano, forming his own trio, which features original compositions, bebop, blues, and Brazilian music. Since 2000 he has toured the U.S., Japan and Europe with his trio and as a member of the Jeff Hamilton Trio and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.

Hendelman was a soloist with the Henry Mancini Orchestra in 1999. In 2001 he premiered John Clayton’s version of Oscar Peterson’s
Canadiana Suite at the Hollywood Bowl with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.  Peterson wrote in his online jounral:  “It was a satisfying but strange feeling…to hear a new young voice make some exhilarating and thoughtful solos in the spaces that I used to occupy in those pieces… I look forward to hearing more from him.”

Hendelman also has become a first-rate arranger and accompanist for some of today’s premier vocalists, such as Natalie Cole, Roberta Gambarini, and Jackie Ryan. He has accompanied Barbra Streisand in her return to jazz on Love Is The Answer (Columbia, 2009), at the Village Vanguard as well as on her 2012 North American orchestral tour. He also musically directed classical vocalist Julia Migenes’ genre-bending release, Alter Ego.   In 2011, he premiered John Clayton’s version of Rhapsody In Blue at the Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival.

Since 2005, Hendelman has been on the jazz faculty of UCLA and has conducted numerous workshops in universities and music programs in the US and abroad. He has released two recordings as a leader of his trio: Playground (Swing Bros, 2008) and Destinations (Resonance 2010). Reaching #1 on the jazz charts, Destinations takes listeners along on a voyage of musical discovery.

For a full artist bio, please visit WSsymphony.org.

This concert and the Winston-Salem Symphony are sponsored by Season Presenting Sponsor Wells Fargo; Classics Series Presenting Sponsor Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A.; Kicked-Back Classics Series Underwriters Chris and Mike Morykwas; Guest Artist Sponsor Lis and Rich Marcotullio in memory of Louise Marcotullio; May 6 Concert Sponsor Carolina Laser & Cosmetic Center; as well as the Arts Council of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County and the North Carolina Arts Council.

About the Winston-Salem Symphony
The Winston-Salem Symphony began its 67th season in September 2013 as one of the Southeast’s most highly regarded regional orchestras. Under the baton of Music Director Robert Moody, its performance season includes a classics series, a pops series, concerts for kids, annual performances of Handel’s Messiah, a concert featuring Winston-Salem Symphony and Youth Symphony musicians, holiday concerts, three youth orchestra ensembles, and a multitude of educational and community engagement programs.  For more information visitWSsymphony.org.

Read The Feature Story In Winston-Salem Journal
Guest Pianist Finds Kinship In Gershwin’s Jazz RhapsodyHERE

 

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May 1, 2014To: Listings/Critics/Features
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Hungarian Vocalist Rozina Patkai
Celebrates The Release of Her New CD
‘Vocé e Eu’
Thurs., May 8th @ 8pm
The Zinc Bar 

82 West 3rd St.
(between Thompson & Sullivan)
New York, NY 10012
212-477-ZINC (9462)Featuring

Rozina Pátkai-vocals
Wayne Trucker-trumpet
Mátyás Tóth-guitar
Norbert Farkas-bass
Richie Barshay-drums

NEW CD

Rozina Pátkai “Você e Eu” (Self Produced) US Street Date March 25, 2014
Rozina Pátkai – vocals, Balázs Pecze – trumpet, flugelhorn, Mátyás Tóth – guitar, Márton Soós – double bass, Balázs Cseh – drums, percussionListen to “Você e Eu”
HERE
The singer Rozina Pátkai gets more and more attention all around the world from Hungary to the United States with her amazing voice and performance and with her unique personality. 

Her talent ranks her among the best singers – small wonder that everybody is talking about her.
The Hungarian singer of Italian origins started her career with classical singing and exploded onto the music scene some three years ago. As an authentic representative of bossa nova and  Brazilian music with an occasional twist of improvisation she was awarded at several international contests with her band in different formations. In 2013 she won the ‘vox pop’ award of the American Independent Music Awards (IMA) with her song Você e e Eu. Her album was published with the same title last September and then in November she was shortlisted for top 5 jazz singers at the Made in New York Jazz Competition. Her first album is a three times nominee  at the 2014 Independent Music Awards: for best latin, best jazz album and best jazz song. Rozina is an exceptional talent, which you can see for yourselves on 8th May at The Zinc Bar’s stage, where she is performing together with Wayne Tucker on trumpet, Mátyás Tóth on guitar, Norbert Farkas on bass and Richie Barshay on drums.
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EVENT PRICE: Register through our eventbrite page to receive tickets for USD 10.

CD Info

Track listing, track times and composer:

1. Vocé e Eu 2:47 (Carlos Lyra-Vinícius de Moraes)

2. Isto Aqui o Que É 5:06 (Ary Barroso)

3. Chega de Saudade 3:12 (Antonio Carlos Jobim – Vinícius de Moraes)

4. Caminhos Cruzados 3:03 (Antonio Carlos Jobim-Newton Mendonça)

5. Garota de Ipanema 4:32 (Antonio Carlos Jobim-Vinícius de Moraes)

6. Smile 2:39 (Charlie Chaplin-Geoffrey Clarmont Parsons – John Turner)

7. O Barquinho 2:47 (Roberto Menescal – Ronaldo Bôscoli)

8. Desafinado 4:06 (Antonio Carlos Jobim-Newton Mendoça)

9. Águas de Março 3:07 (Antonio Carlos Jobim- Vinícius De Moraes)

10. El Hombre Que Yo Ame 5:49 (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin-

Humberto Suarez)

Musicians: Rozina Pátkai – vocals, Balázs Pecze – trumpet, flugelhorn

Mátyás Tóth – guitar, Márton Soós – double bass

Balázs Cseh – drums, percussion, Áron Tálas – Fender Rhodes (5),

Tamás Mészáros (5, 6), The RTQ String Quartet (10)

Balázs Bujtor – violin, Erika Kovács – violin, Zsófi Winkler – viola,

Béla Gál – cello, feat. Norbert Mohácsi – double bass
Three Nominations 2014 Independent Music Awards
Latin Album Nominee 
Jazz with Vocals album Nominee
 Jazz Song Nominee for El Hombre Que Yo Ame (The Man I Love)

What The Press Is Saying About Você e Eu

C. Michael Bailey For Allaboutjazz.com
Hungarian vocalist Rozina Patkai has made her bones performing her “new-jazz version of bossa nova in Europe. Her voice possesses the same European cadence as an Edith Piaf, giving her singing, on some songs, a bit of a sepia patina. Six of the ten selections included her areAntonio Carlos Jobim compositions and, yes, “Garota de Ipanema” and “Desafinado” are in attendance, but Patkai is establishing her bossa bona fides and what better way than with these two songs, delivered with a fresh authority and confidence. Patkai is supported by her “new-wave” jazz quintet with color provided by Balazs Pecze’s softly round, open-bell trumpet and flugelhorn. Patkai gives interesting treatment to Charlie Chaplin’s smile and turns the Gershwin brothers on their ears by shining their light through the lens of Humberto Suarez on “El Hombre Que Uo Ame” (“The Man I Love”) as if the standard were written for the southern hemispheric climes. This is smartly performed music by a youthful and adventurous voice.Doug Boynton for Girlsingers.comIf you look up the phrase “bossa nova,” along with the word “melancholy,” you get 14 million possibilities. And yet, I’d suggest that “melancholy” is perhaps the wrong word to describe the style. “Indifference, maybe?”Rozina Pátkai – born in Italy, living now in Hungary, embraces the genre with passion (well, as much as it will allow), first making the transition from classical music training: “I got a jazz album from my friend…where I heard such vocals and music that I had never heard before.”And then to bossa nova as an exchange student in London: “I went to Portobello Road and bought bossa nova albums at the market…I stared to collect them and this is when I fell in love with this genre.”So complex – this fusion of samba and jazz, yet Ms. Pátkai, winner of last year’s “Independent Music Awards Vox Pop Poll,” is able to convey so much, from plaintive to upbeat, within its narrow confines.“Chega de Saudade,” translated alternately as “No More Blues,” or “Enough of Longing,” is one of my favorite tracks on this album. The song is generally considered one of the first bossa nova songs, traced back to the late 50s.Many of the tracks are instantly recognizable – including the requisite “Garota De Ipanema,” and a Spanish “El Hombre Que Yo Ame” (“The Man I Love”), backed with strings from the RTQ String Quartet.

Mátyás Tóth on guitar and Balázs Pecze on trumpet and flugelhorn get some well-deserved showcase time. The rest of the quintet include Márton Soós on bass and Balázs Cseh on drums and percussion.

Rozina PátkaiMs. Pátkai cites Brazilian singer Rosa Passos as a major influence. Here in the US, perhaps the most famous bossa nova singer is Astrud Gilberto, she of “Girl From Ipanema” fame. Of Ms. Gilberto, critic Scott Yanow says, “…she went remarkably far with a limited voice, a trademark hit, and understated charisma.”

That sells the genre short, I think, which calls for passion within its boundaries. From Wikipedia: “…the word “bossa” is old-fashioned slang for something that is done with particular charm, natural flair or innate ability.”

Closer, I think.

So – is it melancholy, or indifference that makes a good bossa nova?

I think this needs further study. Highest recommendation for this gem

The classically trained, young Hungarian singer, Rozina Pátkai found her true voice as a jazz artist. For the past 3 years she has been thrilling fans with her bossa nova infused compositions, earning honors at numerous competitions, Jazz and Fringe festivals throughout Europe.
2011 Budapest Festival Fringe, Jury’s Award, Hungary2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Sell-out Show Laurel, Scotland2012 Jazz Voices 2012, Klaipeda, Lithuania2012 EuropaFest, Bucharest, Romania2012 Veszprém Music Festival, Public Prize, Hungary2013 Jazz Showcase, Place of Arts, Budapest, Hungary2013 Independent Music Awards, Public Prize in Jazz Song Category, USA

2014 Made in New York Jazz Competition, Jazz Vocal Top 5
“Pátkai and Tóth take the simple bossa and fill it with warmth, melancholy and effortless charm” www.threeweeks.co.uk
“Rozina is an undeniably talented singer, performing with grace and charm to complement her melodious singing voice” www.broadwaybaby.com

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Sidney Bechet Society
Monday, May 19 at 7:15 pm
 Arbors Records All-Star Tribute
at Symphony Space
Showtime is 7:15 pm
at
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
New York, NY 10025
(212) 864-5400
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Perry Beekman New CD “Bewitched”
+ Upcoming Live AppearancesNew CD”Bewitched: Perry Beekman Sings and Plays Rodgers and Hart”
Featuring
Perry Beekman – Vocals & Guitar
Peter Tomlinson – Piano
Lou Pappas – BassUpcoming Live Appearances

May 4th 11:30 – 2:30
The Rhinecliff Hotel
The Perry Beekman Duo
www.therhinecliff.com/
June 12  7:30 – 9:30 PM
The Stockade Tavern – Kingston, NY
The Perry Beekman Trio
www.stockadetavern.com

June 15th 11:30 – 2:30
The Rhinecliff Hotel

The Perry Beekman Trio
www.therhinecliff.com/

July 6th 11:30 – 2:30
The Rhinecliff Hotel

The Perry Beekman Duo
www.therhinecliff.com/

July 16  6:30 – 8:30 PM
Jazz on the Plazz – Los Gatos, California
The Perry Beekman Trio
www.jazzontheplazz.com

August 9  6:30 – 8:30 PM
Maverick Concerts – Woodstock, NY
The Perry Beekman Trio Plays Gershwin
www.maverickconcerts.org

“As a vocalist, Perry Beekman can hold his own with any of his contemporaries. As a guitarist, Perry adds a bit of the New York panache that elevates these classics to a new rarefied level of excellence… Perry Beekman raises his game and with that moves to the very top of the pack in the traditional jazz setting. Bewitched is about as close to perfect as you can find.” -Brent Black Critical Jazz
Guitarist, vocalist Perry Beekman is pleased to announce his new project, “Bewitched: Perry Beekman Sings and Plays Rodgers and Hart” @ The Metropolitan Room Friday, March 28th 9:30 PM.
“Bewitched” is the follow up to Perry’s 2013 debut release “So in Love: Perry Beekman  Sings And Plays Cole Porter.” Here’s what Perry has to say about his new project:

The collaboration of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart was an unlikely one. Rodgers was organized and businesslike, while Hart was a notoriously unreliable alcoholic. Yet in spite of their divergent personalities, their collaboration produced some of the most beloved entries in the Great American Songbook. I leave it to their contemporaries to elaborate further:

Tuneful and tasty, schmaltzy and smart.
Music by Rodgers, lyrics by Hart.” 
– Irving Berlin

It’s smooth! It’s smart! It’s Rodgers! It’s Hart!” – Cole Porter

The meticulously crafted music of Rodgers combined with Hart’s dazzling lyrics to produce over five hundred songs, populating twenty-eight theatrical productions and nine movies. This recording contains fifteen of my favorites, and I hope some of yours too.

The music on this CD is a combination of carefully planned, well-rehearsed arrangements, along with some good old fashioned “blowing.” (As we jazz folk like to call improvisation.) My goal has been to create a setting for each tune that helps express its essential nature. Here are some examples of what I mean:

– The enormously clever lyrical phrases of “I Wish I Were in Love Again” come one after another at an alarming rate. They have a percussive quality that led me to the vamp style introduction and accompaniment of the arrangement. In the instrumental break, I tried to mimic the phrasing musically with the guitar and piano.

– I find the melody of “Wait Till You See Her” to be extremely powerful in its simple beauty. So, for the instrumental section, I decided to showcase the melody with Lou’s artful bowing over a re-harmonized background provided by Peter and myself.

– I selected the bare bones guitar/voice treatment of “It Never Entered My Mind” to enhance the quality of the song’s deeply personal reckoning of love gone wrong.

– My semi-classical, instrumental treatment of “Blue Room” was inspired by the carefully measured intervallic steps of its melody. I envisioned the arrangement as collaboration between Richard Rodgers and J.S. Bach!

As I continue to explore the guitar, piano, bass trio format, new possibilities manifest themselves. I’ve come to think of my trio as a little big band, and have been trying to expand the palette of musical textures and colors available to explore the great beauty of the timeless classics that we play. (Including, but not limited to using my guitar as a bongo drum!)

Still, let there be no mistake; our goals here are to share the bountiful riches of the extraordinary Rodgers and Hart, swing hard, and to get you tapping your feet and smiling.

Once again, I have the privilege of recording with my working trio, featuring Peter Tomlinson on piano and Lou Pappas on bass. As always, I am greatly indebted to them for their inestimable contributions and commitment.

I am “Bewitched” with this music. I hope that you will be too.

The Selections:

1     I Wish I were in Love Again (2:51)

2     Mountain Greenery (3:33)

3     Wait Till You See Her (2:42)

4     Have you Met Miss Jones (3:39) Instr.

5     Bewitched (5:08)

6     Thou Swell (3:30)

7     It Never Entered My Mind (4:35) Instr./Vocal

8     My Heart Stood Still (3:41)

9     There’s a Small Hotel (3:20)

10    Spring is Here (2:58)

11    This Can’t be Love (4:21)

12    Blue Room (3:13) Instr.

13    This Funny World (2:51)

14    Falling in Love with Love (3:33)

15    The Lady is a Tramp (5:00)

Artist Website: www.perrybeekman.com

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Louis Prima Jr. New CD
“Blow”
+ Upcoming Live AppearancesNEW CD


Listen To Louis Prima Jr. “Blow”
Click HERE

Louis Prima Jr – Go Let’s Go (Lyric Video)

(Warrior Records WR16532)
Street Date: 06/10/2014
Featuring
Louis Prima, Vocals/Trumpet
A.D. Adams, Drums
Steve Pandis, Bass
Ryan McKay, Guitar
Gregg Fox, Keys
Marco Palos, Saxophone
Ted Schumacher, Trumpet
Phil Clevinger, Trombone
Leslie Spencer, BG Vocals

Upcoming Louis Prima Jr. Dates
05/30 – Kansas City, MO  (Zona Rosa)
06/05 – Los Angeles, CA  (Bardot)
06/06 – Los Angeles, CA  (The Mint
06/13 – New York, NY  (Lorenzo’s  Hilton Garden Inn)
07/06 – Chicago, IL  (City Winery)
08/30 – Destin, FL  (Harborwalk Village)
08/31 – Destin, FL  (Harborwalk Village)
10/02 – Philadelphia, PA  (Atlantic City Convention Center)
10/03 – Gretna, LA  (Gretna Heritage Festival)
10/04 – Gretna, LA  (Gretna Heritage Festival)
You can always check them online as well on his EPK:

Two words immediately spring to mind when thinking of the legendary Louis Prima – boisterous and fun.  With BLOW, the second album by Louis Prima Jr. and The Witnesses, those two words are the starting point for an explosive journey into the pure expression of out-and-out exultation.  Following up on his critically acclaimed Warrior Records debut CD Return of the Wildest, Louis brings the family tradition of unadulterated joyous swing right up to the immediate present with eleven tracks of thunderously unbridled testifying.  “With the band’s collective talents and diverse musical tastes, we wind up with a sound unique to this band, while staying true to the boisterous Prima style.” says Louis.

There are elements of past and present New Orleans, 40s small group swing, 50s rock ’n’ roll, Memphis soul, hardcore R&B and various elements of rock and jazz – all passionately placed into the cauldron of Louis Prima Jr.’s personal creativity.  Blend in the exceptional skills of eight like-minded musicians, a simpatico co-producer and great songs, and the result is a scintillating musical experience that will make you shout out loud.

Along with Louis’ outstanding trumpet playing, tenor saxophonist Marco Palos, trumpeter Ted Schumacher and trombonist Phil Clevinger create the enormous sound of a big band with the dexterity of an R&B horn section.  The rhythm section of Gregg Fox on keyboards, Steve Pandis on upright bass, drummer A.D. Adams and Ryan McKay on guitar keep everything impeccably in place – and with spectacular energy. Vocalist Leslie Spencer lends tremendous backup support to Louis’ spirited vocals, and shines brightly when featured out front.  Prima’s arrangements are perfectly crafted for this powerhouse ensemble and ideally developed for each composition.  The recording itself – co-produced by Louis and Jim Ervin (who arranged one piece and co-arranged another) – sustains a level of live energy and in-your-face enthusiasm throughout.

There are seven originals by the writing team of Louis, Palos, Adams and McKay; and one by Ervin.  “We didn’t set out to simply write music we thought the fans wanted to hear. We wanted to challenge ourselves musically and also challenge the listener.  You can’t fool the fans by trying to force the word ‘daddy-o’ into every song.  If music does not come honestly from your soul, it will ultimately be short lived.”  A few surprises are included – covers of Louis Sr.’s 1944 classic, Robin Hoodand Adam Ant’s hit, Goody Two Shoes; and an enthralling “duet” by father and son onThat’s My Home using the elder Prima’s vocal and trumpet tracks from his original 1959 recording.

The heart and soul of this music is laid out in no uncertain terms right from the opening track, the title tune Blow.  A rollicking, take-no-prisoners instrumental of blistering horn lines, explosive rhythms and a wailing big horn-style tenor sax solo, it grabs you by the shirt-front, slaps you in the face, grips you in a tight bear hug and places a big fat kiss square on the lips.  And that’s just the appetizer.

Go, Let’s Go follows in similar fashion; a fervid scorcher rooted in a raucous New Orleans-style – both jazz and R&B – with jumping call-and-response vocals, big trombone glissandi, punchy rhythm and Mingus-like jubilation.  A growling organ and funky guitar break leads into Schumacher’s trumpet solo, before drum and hand claps take it into the shout vocal ending – and the hootin’ and hollerin’ of the band in response.

But thunder and lightning is not always the tone.  Someday brings Leslie Spencer up front in a vividly Stax/Volt-ish soul ballad.  With Memphis style horns a la the Bar-Kays, and her powerful soulful voice in a Carla Thomas by way of Etta James mode stoked by a raunchy tenor that would make Illinois Jacquet smile, this is a radiant, emotionally-charged performance.

Leslie is also featured on I Just Wanna Have Fun, a searing R&B groover powered by thick bursts of horns over driving rhythm section.  A roaring tenor turn followed by a raw-etched guitar solo in potent call-and-response with the horns leads out to the vocal over the shouting horn section.  Might Be Crazy, a smoldering medium-tempo soulfest by Louis and Leslie is stoked by heavily syncopated, punchy horn lines and a Chicago blues style bass line.

A slightly more laid-back vibe is set on New Orleans, a bouncy cooker that showcases Louis’ stirring and compelling voice over a shouting chorus and Fats Domino-esque honky-tonk piano.  A soul-drenched tenor solo and Louis’ impassioned vocal goes out over celebratory horns and chorus in a wild party – that sounds like it comes to a halt when the cops showed up because everybody was just having too damned much fun. There’s another easy groove on the closing track, Jim Ervin’s Those Million Things, a nicely swinging piece that showcases Louis’ infectious vocal stylings built over a delicious pastiche of horns and Ervin’s subtle string arrangements.

Fame and Glory is in the rip-roaring, foot-stomping style that permeates so much of this wonderful album.  A driving romp in hardcore R&B style with bellowing horns, hollering chorus and throbbing rhythm, it lands somewhere in the middle of The JBs, P-Funk and Archie Shepp’s Attica Blues.  Another full-throttle smoker in pure jump style is Louis’ cover of Adam Ant’s Goody Two Shoes, with barking Night Train horns and the rhythm section surging like a diesel.  Brief explosive solos by snarling tenor and howling trombone launch a great horn break, building the tension higher and higher under Louis’ terrific scorching vocal.

Jump blues is also on tap for Robin Hood, a hit for Louis Sr. in 1944.  Prima’s striking vocal cooks over the smoking horns that power this vehicle, with their lower tones chugging in locomotive beat.

It’s a special treat to hear that fabulously singular Prima voice just as it was captured on his original 1959 version of That’s My Home, but ensconced here in a marvelous new Prima Jr./Ervin arrangement.  The same can be said for his trumpet solo, so full, round and subtly crafted.  The trumpet and vocal duet of father and son is not just moving, it’s an absolutely joyous delight – and that holds true for this remarkable and extraordinary album.

To borrow a phrase from the liner notes “A new legend is being born and it will BLOW you away.”

For more information, visit:
www. WarriorRecords.com/louisprimajr and www.LouisPrimaJr.com

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May 3, 2014

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 Presents
A Performance by


The String Trio of New York
The Chamber Jazz Ensemble includes:
James Emery, guitar; John Lindberg, bass; Rob Thomas, violin.

Since its formation in 1977 on the Lower East Side of New York City, the String Trio of New York has been delighting, inspiring and thrilling audiences around the world with its singular acoustic improvisations and compositions for violin, guitar and bass.
The Trio has become a veritable institution of jazz and contemporary music and they have developed a unique, personal sound and a musical essence which is immediately recognizable. This element has been noted by critic Nat Hentoff, who observed “One of Duke Ellington’s favorite ways of bestowing praise was to describe a player or group as being ‘beyond category’.

The phrase befits the String Trio of New York and, for that matter, each of its players”

Friday, May 9, 7:30 p.m.

Columbia University
632 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027
Prentis Hall, rm 101
Bet. Broadway and Riverside Drive.

Free and open to the public

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