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David Weiss January Newsletter

Happy New Year!

David Weiss Sextet at Zinc Bar

I’m starting the year focused on my Sextet with a few gigs around New York in the coming weeks leading up to recording a new album, our 4th, at the end of the month. We will be recording our first album in a little over 9 years and our first without one of our integral, original members, Bassist Dwayne Burno. It will be a program of original music as always but I’m also looking at recording tunes by some of my mentors like Freddie Hubbard and Slide Hampton. What hopefully will make this special is that they are tunes by these artists that were never officially recorded and only exist on unreleased live recordings. A perk of my day gig I guess….
After our date at Zinc Bar on January 3, we will also be performing at Django on January 12 and Smalls on January 20 and 21 before going into the studio. The album will probably be released this coming Summer.

The Cookers Year in Review

2022 turned out to be quite a year For The Cookers. Donald Harrison and Billy Hart were named NEA Jazz Masters and the band was featured on the cover of Down Beat magazine. We toured the US and Europe extensively throughout the year and recorded our next album, a live album from Dizzy’s at Jazz @ Lincoln Center. It will be our first live album, something I think has been long overdue, and will be a 2 record set (or a single CD) slated for release this Summer. 

And in case you missed it…..


After almost 15 years together and six critically acclaimed albums, The Cookers finally get their fist feature in a major Jazz magazine and it’s the cover. Thanks to Down Beat Magazine for the coverage and support. You can read the article here

Accolades for “Look Out” 


There has been a lot of great reviews of our recent release “Look Out”
Here are some of the highlights….

“The Cookers, a group of luminaries mostly now in their 70s and 80s, have managed to retain the rough-and-tumble spirit of their old work, while accepting the laurels that have rightfully come to them. On their new album, ‘Look Out,’ a bristling collection of originals, the old feeling is newly alive.”
–       Giovanni Russonello, New York Times

“Fierce… If you’re looking for a take-no-prisoners approach to improvisation performed by living masters of our music, then look no further than The Cookers… Could rival any superhero squad for extraordinary powers, esprit de corps, and a burning sense of purpose. The all-star group.”
–       Nate Chinen, WBGO.org

“Forward-leaning post-bop veterans… Packed with swinging rhythms, trenchant melodies and soulful soloes, hard-edged originals.”
–       Andy Cowan, MOJO Magazine

“One of the hardest working groups in contemporary jazz… originals that plug effortlessly into the spirit and lexicon of those milestones… The fact that all of this comes across as a living music, and more than a mere exercise in nostalgia, speaks volumes about The Cookers’ considerable chops as both composers and performers of bona fide deep jazz.”
–       Daniel Spicer, The Wire

“Post-bop goodness… a veritable supergroup of jazz heavyweights.”
–       Matt Micucci, Jazziz

“Mostly incendiary performances… the Cookers can still deliver.”
–       Perry Tannenbaum, Jazz Times

You can buy the record here.

Upcoming Events

January

3

David Weiss Sextet

David Weiss- Trumpet
Myron Walden- Alto Sax
Nicole Glover- Tenor Sax
Victor Gould- Piano
Eric Wheeler- Bass
E.J. Strickland- Drums

Zinc Bar
82 West 3rd St.
New York, NY 10012
https://www.zincjazz.com/event/trumpet-masters-series-david-weiss-2/

Shows at 7:00 & 8:30 pm

January

12

David Weiss Sextet

David Weiss- Trumpet
Myron Walden- Alto Sax
Nicole Glover- Tenor Sax
Victor Gould- Piano
Eric Wheeler- Bass
E.J. Strickland- Drums

Django at the Roxy Hotel
2 6th Avenue
Cellar Level
New York, NY 10013
https://www.thedjangonyc.com/events/david-weiss/?selected_date=2023-01-12

Show at 10:30 pm

January

20-21

David Weiss Sextet

David Weiss- Trumpet
Myron Walden- Alto Sax
Nicole Glover- Tenor Sax
David Bryant- Piano
Eric Wheeler- Bass
E.J. Strickland- Drums

Smalls Jazz Club
183 West 10th St
New York, NY 10014
https://www.smallslive.com/events/25030-david-weiss-sextet/https://www.smallslive.com/events/25030-david-weiss-sextet/

7-8pm


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David Weiss December Newsletter

Carnegie Hall Citywide Presents The Cookers at the

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The Cookers will be performing a free concert at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on Monday, December 12 at 7:00 pm. To attend, you must RSVP by clicking here

The Cookers Return to the Keystone Korner

This weekend, The Cookers will be returning to one of our favorite clubs, the Keystone Korner in Baltimore, MD. We hope to see you out there.

And in case you missed it…..


After almost 15 years together and six critically acclaimed albums, The Cookers finally get their fist feature in a major Jazz magazine and it’s the cover. Thanks to Down Beat Magazine for the coverage and support. You can read the article here

Accolades for “Look Out” 


There has been a lot of great reviews of our recent release “Look Out”
Here are some of the highlights….

“The Cookers, a group of luminaries mostly now in their 70s and 80s, have managed to retain the rough-and-tumble spirit of their old work, while accepting the laurels that have rightfully come to them. On their new album, ‘Look Out,’ a bristling collection of originals, the old feeling is newly alive.”
–       Giovanni Russonello, New York Times

“Fierce… If you’re looking for a take-no-prisoners approach to improvisation performed by living masters of our music, then look no further than The Cookers… Could rival any superhero squad for extraordinary powers, esprit de corps, and a burning sense of purpose. The all-star group.”
–       Nate Chinen, WBGO.org

“Forward-leaning post-bop veterans… Packed with swinging rhythms, trenchant melodies and soulful soloes, hard-edged originals.”
–       Andy Cowan, MOJO Magazine

“One of the hardest working groups in contemporary jazz… originals that plug effortlessly into the spirit and lexicon of those milestones… The fact that all of this comes across as a living music, and more than a mere exercise in nostalgia, speaks volumes about The Cookers’ considerable chops as both composers and performers of bona fide deep jazz.”
–       Daniel Spicer, The Wire

“Post-bop goodness… a veritable supergroup of jazz heavyweights.”
–       Matt Micucci, Jazziz

“Mostly incendiary performances… the Cookers can still deliver.”
–       Perry Tannenbaum, Jazz Times

You can buy the record here.

Upcoming Events

December

9-11

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Donald Harrison- Alto Sax
George Cables Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

Keystone Korner
1350 Lancaster St
Baltimore, MD 21231
https://www.instantseats.com/?VenueID=514&artistid=19630&fuseaction=home.artist

Shows at 7:00 & 9:30 pm Friday & Saturday
Shows at 5:00 & 7:30 pm Sunday

December

12

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Donald Harrison- Alto Sax
George Cables Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

Carnegie Hall Citywide
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Langston Hughes Auditorium
515 Malcolm X Boulevard (at 135th Street)
New York, NY 10037
https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2022/12/12/Carnegie-Hall-Citywide-The-Cookers-0700PM

Show at 7:00 pm


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David Weiss September Newsletter

The Cookers Hit the RoadThe Cookers are going back on tour in September performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the New Mexico Jazz Festival, the Houston Jazz Festival and the Montclair Jazz Festival. We also makes stops at The Nash in Phoenix, AR and the Jazz Bakery Moveable Feast at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles, CA. In the coming months, we will also be making stops in Clinton, NY, Rehoboth Beach, DE, Portsmouth, NH and Ann Arbor, MI. More details to follow in subsequent newsletters.

David Weiss Sextet on the West Coast

I’m going to be doing a couple of concerts on the West Coast with some of the finest musicians in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. I’ll be at The Paramount as part of the Just Jazz concert series in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 28 and at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, CA on Saturday, October 1.

The Cookers on the Cover of the January Issue of
Down Beat Magazine


After almost 15 years together and six critically acclaimed albums, The Cookers finally get their fist feature in a major Jazz magazine and it’s the cover. Thanks to Down Beat Magazine for the coverage and support. You can read the article here

Accolades for “Look Out” 


There has been a lot of great reviews of our recent release “Look Out”
Here are some of the highlights….

“The Cookers, a group of luminaries mostly now in their 70s and 80s, have managed to retain the rough-and-tumble spirit of their old work, while accepting the laurels that have rightfully come to them. On their new album, ‘Look Out,’ a bristling collection of originals, the old feeling is newly alive.”
–       Giovanni Russonello, New York Times

“Fierce… If you’re looking for a take-no-prisoners approach to improvisation performed by living masters of our music, then look no further than The Cookers… Could rival any superhero squad for extraordinary powers, esprit de corps, and a burning sense of purpose. The all-star group.”
–       Nate Chinen, WBGO.org

“Forward-leaning post-bop veterans… Packed with swinging rhythms, trenchant melodies and soulful soloes, hard-edged originals.”
–       Andy Cowan, MOJO Magazine

“One of the hardest working groups in contemporary jazz… originals that plug effortlessly into the spirit and lexicon of those milestones… The fact that all of this comes across as a living music, and more than a mere exercise in nostalgia, speaks volumes about The Cookers’ considerable chops as both composers and performers of bona fide deep jazz.”
–       Daniel Spicer, The Wire

“Post-bop goodness… a veritable supergroup of jazz heavyweights.”
–       Matt Micucci, Jazziz

“Mostly incendiary performances… the Cookers can still deliver.”
–       Perry Tannenbaum, Jazz Times

And in case you missed it…..
Gearbox Records is pleased to announce the release of The Cookers 6th album “Look Out”, their first album in 5 years.
Look Out! will be released on London tastemaker label and analogue specialists, Gearbox Records on September 24, 2021 on CD, LP, and in digital formats.

Billy Harper, Cecil McBee, George Cables, Eddie Henderson, and Billy Hart all came up in the heady era of the mid ‘60s. It was a period that found the dimensions of hard bop morphing from their original designs, and each of these guys helped facilitate the process as members of some of the most important bands of the era. Hart and Henderson were members of Herbie Hancock’s groundbreaking Mwandishi group; Cecil McBee anchored Charles Lloyd’s great ’60s quartet alongside Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette; Billy Harper was part of Lee Morgan’s last group, as well as being a member of Max Roach’s Quartet and Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers; while George Cables held down the piano chair in numerous bands including groups led by Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon and Art Pepper. NEA Jazz Master-to-be Hart also accompanied Stan Getz and Charles Lloyd.

David Weiss and Donald Harrison, from a more recent generation and the youngest members of the band, are experts in this forthright lingo, with the former having gained experience performing with Freddie Hubbard and Charles Tolliver. Set for his own NEA Jazz Master status next year, Harrison, born and raised in New Orleans, LA, has performed with Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Notorious BIG, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Esperanza Spalding, Dr. John, and Herbie Hancock.

Recorded at legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder’s studio at Englewood Cliffs, NJ, the new vinyl will have each of the members signatures inscribed into side D, and also features liner notes by award-winning music critic Kevin Le Gendre.

Whereas the majority of the jazz tradition’s elder statesmen head their own groups, this is one of the few jazz bands to contain legacy musicians of this calibre functioning as an equitable, long-standing ensemble. Every chorus, every unison statement, every solo, every moment of call and response, vividly reflects the immense talent of the musicians, and, perhaps most significantly, the cohesion of their personalities. This exciting all-star septet summons up an aggressive mid ‘60s spirit with a potent collection of expansive post-bop originals marked by all the requisite killer instincts and pyrotechnic playing expected of some of the heaviest hitters on the scene today.

Each of the members of The Cookers are leaders in their own right and have recorded for touchstone labels such as Strata-East, Contemporary and India Navigation. Once carried by history The Cookers have become carriers of history. But it’s the unmistakable power of teamwork that makes this music so commanding and resonates with a kind of depth and beauty that speaks of the seasoned track record of its principals (combined, the group has over 250 years of experience in the jazz world and has been recorded on over 1,000 recordings).

Look Out!, which is the band’s sixth album since its 2010 debut Warriors, marks an unstoppable march forward. The seven pieces on offer highlight the ability of each bandmember-composer to create themes that are worthy of reinvestigation, a major aspect of the jazz aesthetic.

The lead single “Somalia” is a superlative Billy Harper number from the early ‘90s that is a prime examples of a personal thematic language that is deeply rooted in black sacred music traditions but also conjoined to a variety of other vocabularies, above all the propulsion of African grooves and chants. Harper has a gift for majestic lyricism that he sculpts with a steely, piercing tone and ecstatic phrasing that has made him among the most distinctive of post-Coltrane players heard in the past 5 decades.

Elsewhere on the record, titles by bassist Cecil McBee (“Mutima,” “Cat’s Out Of The Bag”) and pianist George Cables (“Traveling Lady,” “The Mystery Of Monifa Brown,” “AKA Reggie”) underline the strength of the composers in the band.

After fourteen years together, again the incredibly high level of musicianship has only increased with the revisiting of their fresh, challenging, boundary-pushing music from these legendary, revered, veteran improvisers who have headlined stages at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, and the Playboy Jazz Festival.

You can buy the record here.

Upcoming Events

September

10

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Jeremy Pelt- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Donald Harrison- Alto Sax
Dave Kikoski Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

Montclair Jazz Festival
Fullerton Stage
Bloomfield Ave.
Montclair, NJ
https://www.montclairjazzfestival.org/downtown-jamboree

Show at 4:00 pm

September

14

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Donald Harrison- Alto Sax
Dave Kikoski- Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

Temple University
Temple Performing Arts Center

1837 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia,, PA 19122
https://events.temple.edu/jazz-the-underground-the-cookers

Show at 7:30 pm

September

17

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Donald Harrison- Alto Sax
George Cables- Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

Houston Jazz Festival
Miller Outdoor Theatre

6000 Hermann Park Dr,
Houston, TX 77030
https://www.houstonjazzfestival.org/

Show at 8:00 pm

September

20

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Craig Handy- Alto Sax
George Cables- Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

New Mexico Jazz Festival
Outpost Performance Space

210 Yale Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
https://tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/398152

Show at 7:30 pm

September

21

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Craig Handy- Alto Sax
George Cables- Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

The Nash Jazz Club
110 E Roosevelt Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
https://thenash.org/event/special-event-the-cookers/

Shows at 7:00 & 9:30 pm

September

23

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Craig Handy- Alto Sax
George Cables- Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
4718 W Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90016
https://www.jazzbakery.org/events/cookers-nate-holden-performing-arts-center

Show at 8:00 pm

September

24

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Craig Handy- Alto Sax
George Cables- Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

Monterey Jazz Festival
Garden Stage

2000 Fairground Rd
Monterey, CA 93940
https://montereyjazzfestival.org/blog/artistinfo/the-cookers/

Show at 6:30 pm

September

28

David Weiss Sextet

David Weiss- Trumpet
Craig Handy- Alto Sax
Teodross Avery Tenor Sax
John Beasley- Piano
Edwin Livingston- Bass
Christian Euman Drums

The Paramount
2708 East Cesar E Chavez Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/just-jazz-presents-the-david-weiss-sextet-the-paramount-la-tickets-416866207047?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Show at 8:00 pm

October

1

David Weiss Sextet

David Weiss- Trumpet
Craig Handy- Alto Sax
Dann Zinn- Tenor Sax
Matthew Clark- Piano
Jeff Densen- Bass
Gerald Cleaver- Drums

Rendon Hall/Fiddler Annex
@ California Jazz Conservatory

2040 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
https://cjc.vbotickets.com/tickets.asp?page=Event&eid=80156

7-8pm


The Cookers head to Europe! [all dates in April]
2 – Robert – Schumann – Saal, Dusseldorf, GER
3 – Theaterstübchen, Kassel, ER
5 – New Morning (Officiel), Paris, FRA
7-8 – Church Of Sound, London, UK
9 – Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, SPA
David Weiss – Trumpet
Eddie Henderson – Trumpet
Donald Harrison – Alto Saxophone
Billy Harper – Tenor Saxophone
George Cables – Piano
Cecil McBee – Bass
Billy Hart – Drums
 
lun. 21 févr. à 13:14

 

David Weiss February Newsletter
The Cookers on the Cover of the January Issue of
Down Beat Magazine
After almost 15 years together and six critically acclaimed albums, The Cookers finally get their fist feature in a major Jazz magazine and it’s the cover. Thanks to Down Beat Magazine for the coverage and support. You can read the article hereThe Cookers “Look Out” Album Release Tour Take 2
The Cookers tour in support of their new album “Look Out,” continues after another pause with a date in Pittsburgh presented by the Kente Arts Alliance on February 19. We then head for the West Coast with dates at the Portland Jazz Festival, Yoshi’s in Oakland, CA, Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz and the San Jose Winter Jazz Festival. The tour will continue with a 5 night run at Birdland in New York March 1-5 and Blues Alley in Washington, DC March 17-20. In the coming months, we will be coming to Philadelphia, Chicago, New Orleans, Rochester and embark on our first European tour since our last tour of Europe was cancelled at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. We will keep you updated on all appearances in future newsletters.And in case you missed it…..
Gearbox Records is pleased to announce the release of The Cookers 6th album “Look Out”, their first album in 5 years.
Look Out! will be released on London tastemaker label and analogue specialists, Gearbox Records on September 24, 2021 on CD, LP, and in digital formats.Billy Harper, Cecil McBee, George Cables, Eddie Henderson, and Billy Hart all came up in the heady era of the mid ‘60s. It was a period that found the dimensions of hard bop morphing from their original designs, and each of these guys helped facilitate the process as members of some of the most important bands of the era. Hart and Henderson were members of Herbie Hancock’s groundbreaking Mwandishi group; Cecil McBee anchored Charles Lloyd’s great ’60s quartet alongside Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette; Billy Harper was part of Lee Morgan’s last group, as well as being a member of Max Roach’s Quartet and Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers; while George Cables held down the piano chair in numerous bands including groups led by Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon and Art Pepper. NEA Jazz Master-to-be Hart also accompanied Stan Getz and Charles Lloyd.David Weiss and Donald Harrison, from a more recent generation and the youngest members of the band, are experts in this forthright lingo, with the former having gained experience performing with Freddie Hubbard and Charles Tolliver. Set for his own NEA Jazz Master status next year, Harrison, born and raised in New Orleans, LA, has performed with Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Notorious BIG, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Esperanza Spalding, Dr. John, and Herbie Hancock.Recorded at legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder’s studio at Englewood Cliffs, NJ, the new vinyl will have each of the members signatures inscribed into side D, and also features liner notes by award-winning music critic Kevin Le Gendre.

Whereas the majority of the jazz tradition’s elder statesmen head their own groups, this is one of the few jazz bands to contain legacy musicians of this calibre functioning as an equitable, long-standing ensemble. Every chorus, every unison statement, every solo, every moment of call and response, vividly reflects the immense talent of the musicians, and, perhaps most significantly, the cohesion of their personalities. This exciting all-star septet summons up an aggressive mid ‘60s spirit with a potent collection of expansive post-bop originals marked by all the requisite killer instincts and pyrotechnic playing expected of some of the heaviest hitters on the scene today.

Each of the members of The Cookers are leaders in their own right and have recorded for touchstone labels such as Strata-East, Contemporary and India Navigation. Once carried by history The Cookers have become carriers of history. But it’s the unmistakable power of teamwork that makes this music so commanding and resonates with a kind of depth and beauty that speaks of the seasoned track record of its principals (combined, the group has over 250 years of experience in the jazz world and has been recorded on over 1,000 recordings).

Look Out!, which is the band’s sixth album since its 2010 debut Warriors, marks an unstoppable march forward. The seven pieces on offer highlight the ability of each bandmember-composer to create themes that are worthy of reinvestigation, a major aspect of the jazz aesthetic.

The lead single “Somalia” is a superlative Billy Harper number from the early ‘90s that is a prime examples of a personal thematic language that is deeply rooted in black sacred music traditions but also conjoined to a variety of other vocabularies, above all the propulsion of African grooves and chants. Harper has a gift for majestic lyricism that he sculpts with a steely, piercing tone and ecstatic phrasing that has made him among the most distinctive of post-Coltrane players heard in the past 5 decades.

Elsewhere on the record, titles by bassist Cecil McBee (“Mutima,” “Cat’s Out Of The Bag”) and pianist George Cables (“Traveling Lady,” “The Mystery Of Monifa Brown,” “AKA Reggie”) underline the strength of the composers in the band.

After fourteen years together, again the incredibly high level of musicianship has only increased with the revisiting of their fresh, challenging, boundary-pushing music from these legendary, revered, veteran improvisers who have headlined stages at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, and the Playboy Jazz Festival.

You can buy the record here.

 

The Cookers hit the road!
February
19 – New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
22 – PDX Jazz Festival @ The Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, OR
23 – Yoshi’s Oakland, Oakland, CA
24 – Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA
25 – San Jose Jazz Winter Jazz Festival, San Jose, CA
March
1-5 – Birdland Jazz Club, New York, NY
17-20 – Blues Alley, Washington, DC
Donald Harrison (alto)
Billy Harper (tenor)
Cecil McBee
For more info and ticket links: http://www.thecookersmusic.com/events/
: John Abbott

 

2018

The Cookers are back!
Performing at Birdland September 4-8
https://www.birdlandjazz.com/attraction/the+cookers/

L’image contient peut-être : 7 personnes, dont Donald Harrison, George Cables et David Weiss
         The Cookers News
The Cookers Release “The Call of the Wild and   Peaceful Heart” on Smoke Sessions Records.
CD Release Party at Birdland September 13-17

The Cookers have released their 5th CD, “The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart” on the Smoke Sessions record label. The CD features great new material from Bassist Cecil McBee and we have reworked many “classics” by Billy Harper, Billy Hart and George Cables. The early reviews are in and it’s already been called “hard-bop heaven” and “forward-thinking and packed with stylistic surprises” by THe Times in London. We will be at Birdland in New York September 13-17 for the CD release party and will tour the US in October and Europe and South America in November in support of the release. We will go into more detail about all the tour dates in the next newsletter.
In the meantime, we hope we see you at Birdland this week.
You can purchase the new CD here

Upcoming Events

September

13- 17

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Donald Harrison- Alto Sax (September 13-16)
Craig Handy- (Alto Sax (September 17)
Orrin Evans- Piano (September 13 and 14)
George Cables- Piano (September 15-17)
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums  (September 13 and 14)
Victor Lewis- Drums (September 15-17)

Birdland
315 West 44th Street
New York, NY
http://www.birdlandjazz.com/event/1244991-cookers-new-york/

Shows at 10:30 pm and midnight


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David Weiss September Newsletter
The Cookers to appear at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center This Thursday- Sunday September 10-13

As busy as the band has gotten over the last few years, it still seems like we don’t play in New York often enough. In fact, except for a random night here and there, we have not played an extended run in New York in over a year and a half. So, New Yorkers and visitors, we’ve missed you. Please come out this week if you can. We’re beginning to prepare the material for our next recording so we will be debuting a few new pieces as well as playing many of our tried and true favorites.

In the meantime, if you haven’t checked out these “behind the scenes” videos about the making of our latest CD, “Time and Time Again” please do so.
Here’s one about Billy Harper’s composition “Sir Galahad”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn01L73UfAc
And another about Cecil McBee’s composition “Slippin” and Slidin”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fY7lRJ6h6g&list=UUlVg8KcNtBPKZ-8EaWM9s6A

For more information, visit the Motema Music web-site here
You can also purchase the CD here

Point of Departure is back


Actually we never really went anywhere but we have been pretty quiet as far as recording and touring for a while.
This is a band I formed in 2006 and like my previous bands, The New Jazz Composers Octet and my Sextet, was formed in part to utilize some of the new talent I saw emerging in New York at the time. While known to the world to varying degrees at the time, they (J.D. Allen, Nir Felder, Matt Clohesy and Jamire Williams) have all gone on to become quite established musicians out here. As I said, the band has not really gone anywhere as we have been performing at a local club in New York, Fat Cat, once or twice a month for the last 3 or 4 years. During this time, we have workshopped new material, tried out new band members, experimented with adding a second guitar and have really developed as a band. The time has come to document the fruits of our labor and we have begun to record a new CD (our first time in the studio since 2008) which we will finish in the coming months and release in the Spring of 2016. The personnel has changed slightly over the last couple of years as we have added an incredible young drummer, Kush Abadey and have also added a second guitarist to the band, another amazing young talent, Ben Eunson. I will keep you posted as the new recording comes close to completion and hopefully we will be coming to a town near you as we tour in support of the new CD.

Upcoming Events

September

10

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Jaleel Shaw- Alto Sax
George Cables- Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th Street
5th Floor
http://www.jazz.org/dizzys/events/158756/The-Cookers

Sets at 7:30 and 9:30 pm

September

11

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Jaleel Shaw- Alto Sax
George Cables- Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th Street
5th Floor
http://www.jazz.org/dizzys/events/158756/The-Cookers

Sets at 7:30 and 9:30 pm

September

12

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Jaleel Shaw- Alto Sax
George Cables- Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th Street
5th Floor
http://www.jazz.org/dizzys/events/158756/The-Cookers

Sets at 7:30 and 9:30 pm

September

13

The Cookers

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Eddie Henderson- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Jaleel Shaw- Alto Sax
George Cables- Piano
Cecil McBee- Bass
Billy Hart- Drums

Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th Street
5th Floor
http://www.jazz.org/dizzys/events/158756/The-Cookers

Sets at 7:30 and 9:30 pm

September

18

David Weiss and Point of Departure

David Weiss- Trumpet
Myron Walden- Tenor Sax
Ben Eunson- Guitar
Daryl Johns- Bass
Kenneth Salters- Drums

Fat Cat
75 Christopher Street
New York, NY
http://www.fatcatmusic.org/music2.html

10:30 pm

October

30

David Weiss and Point of Departure

David Weiss- Trumpet
Myron Walden- Tenor Sax
Nir Felder- Guitar
Ben Eunson- Guitar
Matt Clohesy- Bass
Kush Abadey- Drums

Fat Cat
75 Christopher Street
New York, NY
http://www.fatcatmusic.org/music2.html

10:30 pm


 

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