REVIEW
Saxophonist Dave Koz and singer/keyboardist/guitarist Brian McKnight opened their special virtual Pre-Valentines (Feb 13) concert doing a duet of “My Funny Valentine” with the singer on piano. From there they quickly shifted with full band, Randy Jacobs-Music Director/guitar, Carmel-keyboards, Nathaniel Kearny Jr.-bass and Chad Wright-drums to the energetic tune “Love Changes Everything” from Koz’s 2003 Saxophonic album featuring super soulful singing and lively sax playing. Also from the same CD was funky instrumental “Honey-Dipped” featuring the bandleader and crew working out, along with jamming “Silverlining” recorded in 1993.
Koz’s classic “Together Again” was in the same mode, and included sax and drums intensely trading off to delight the virtual audience. The saxophonist, bandleader and impresario had to catch his breath after that interval. He continued with thematic ballad “Faces of The Heart” that was featured on the General Hospital soap opera and co-written with his brother Jeff.
Special guest singer Shelea joined the band and vibrantly sang Natalie Cole’s “This Will Be (an Everlasting Love)” that included guitar and sax solos. Koz congratulated her on recently getting married (12-31-20) and put her husband Phillip on the spot by inviting him on the stage to say hello. Afterwards, the singer preciously interpreted the Bergman’s enchanting ballad “What Are You Doing (The Rest of Your Life)?”
For the next segment Koz ventured into cinema themes and played “As Time Goes By” with piano coolly accenting. The evergreen song coincidentally was on the saxophonist/bandleader’s 2007 CD At The Movies produced by Phil Ramone. The saxophonist even sang “This Guy’s in Love You” and noted that the songwriter Herb Alpert approved him recording it and even played on it. Updating things to current times the saxophonist played grooving tune “Dr. Norm” dedicated to his dad and on his new CD A New Day.
McKnight returned to caressingly sing love songs “Forever,” his 1997 hit “The Only One For Me” and “You Are My Everything” dedicated to his wife of three years Leilani. Not stopping there, he continued with “Nobody” also inspired by his wife and falsetto-laden sad ballad “One Last Cry.”
Throughout the show Koz had a chat line going to poll the audience’s favorite love song. It was Nat King Cole’s “Unforgettable,” resulting in a remarkable duet version by McKnight and Koz.
With full band the headliners served up fun groove “Summertime in New York City,” also from the new CD. Wrapping up the show was long-time Koz hit “You Make Me Smile” and the Jackson’s immortal hit “I’ll Be There.” It featured Shelea and Koz singing, with him taking a moment to ask the audience who he couldn’t see or hear to sing along. For more info go to: www.davekoz.com
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Jon Batiste
I NEED YOU
Sunny War
Lucid Lucy
(Official Music Video)
Priya Ragu
Chicken Lemon Rice
(Official Video)
Silent Nancy
Tell me what side I’m on – Lyrics video
Rozzi
Hymn For Tomorrow
(Official Music Video)
Michael McDonald
What A Fool Believes
Shilpa Ananth
Align 2.0 | ARKTKT Remix
(Official Music Video)
Raul Malo & Jamey Johnson
Quarantunes #32 with 🎶
To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before
Haviah Mighty
Obeah
(Official Music Video)
Ne-Yo
Sexy Love (Live In Atlanta, 2021 / Special Acoustic Version)
Adeline
Whisper My Name
A COLORS SESSION
Nick Hakim
QADIR (Official Music Video)
th1rt3en (Pharoahe Monch, Daru Jones, Marcus Machado)
Scarecrow
Black Pumas
Know You Better
Michael Lington feat. Javier Colon
Baker Street
nasimiYu
watercolor
Sinead Harnett
Last Love
Fabio Rodrigues & Friends
I WILL SURVIVE (Cover)
Kirk Franklin
NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Brijean
Wifi Beach (Official Video)
Concerts
Kolstein’s Musician Relief Fund
Presents The Leni Stern Trio
Claudia Acuña
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN RISING FESTIVAL
VIDEOS
Jane Birkin
Les Jeux Interdits (Clip Officiel)
Olga Tañón & Jay Wheeler
Cómo Olvidar (Versión 2021)
Official Video
Lyla June
All Nations Rise (Official Music Video)
Jay Wheeler
Amor de Febrero (Official Music Video)
Calibre 50
Vamos Bien
La Femme
Le Jardin
Yndi
Novo Mundo (Official Video)
The Mavericks
La Sitiera (Animated Music Video)
Alex Cuba & Lila Downs
Mundo Nuevo – (Lyric Video)
Home of Rina & Dibakar Das Baul
Baul Village Jam Session • Shantiniketan [OTHERLANDS: India]
Casey Driessen & Esko Järvelä
The Finnish Cabin and Fiddle House • [OTHERLANDS: Finland]
WONHO 원호
‘LOSE’ MV
KAMAUU (feat. Adeline)
MANGO [Official Music Video]
REVIEW
Douglas J. Cuomo’s Seven Limbs featuring Nels Cline and the Aizuri Quartet-Center For The Art of Performance at UCLA Royce Hall
Imaginative and boundless guitarist Nels Cline and the GRAMMY-nominated Aizuri Quartet consisting of Ayane Kozasa-viola, Karen Ouzounian-cello and violinists Miho Saegusa and Emma Frucht came together at the Center For The Art of Performance at UCLA’s Royce Hall for a virtual concert. They performed Douglas J. Cuomo’s Seven Limbs a work based on the Tibetan Buddhist practice of purification. From Aizuri’s standpoint it was entirely composed, while Cline worked off a basic framework that allowed him to freely improvise.
Dramatic, near-jarring playing from the string quartet quickly overtook the guitarist who initially created an airy and gentle setting. That soon shifted to a tranquil mode with guitar lightly accenting. The next sequence one of awakening alternated between a driving string quartet and raucous guitar, with them all intensely playing together briefly.
Calming quartet with guitar ensued and flourished afterwards with a slow violin crescendo that was intermittently intersected by attacking choruses from the other string players. Alternately, the next section included the strings with percussion generated by cello transcending into a lively almost jam-like section with Cline soloing profoundly and afterwards playing atmospherically with effects.
The guitarist also played acoustically, yet maintained his abstract edge, with the strings adding both colorful and atonal flavors. Cline, back on electric guitar injected maelstrom forays as the quartet supported with jolting choruses and brief peaceful interludes.
The aftermath and concluding moments of the concert encompassed willowing string passages and jaunting guitar to symbolize the ending and also beginning of a lifecycle. Cline and the Aizuri Quartet’s performance of Cuomo’s work was highly engaging and superbly enacted. For more info go to: https://cap.ucla.edu/
The second season of Sound/Stage, begins March 5, 2021, with new episodes released through June 25, 2021. With Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel acting as host, the free online series features new performances by the LA Phil and includes:
Oscar and Grammy Award-winning artist, activist, author and actor Common
Grammy Award-winning gospel duo Mary Mary
Opera star Nadine Sierra
Grammy-Award winner singer-songwriter/ambassador for Latin music Carlos Vives
Classical pianists Yuja Wang and David Fung
Conversations with LA Phil Creative Chair John Adams and renowned chef José Andrés. Also appearing in his LA Phil debut is Martín Dudamel Marturén, Dudamel’s nine-year-old son.
Each episode includes one or more special segments, ranging from animated shorts to interviews between Dudamel and his guests. The second season of Sound/Stage’s supporting material, including artist-curated playlists, program notes and insights from Dudamel on how programs came together, will be available at laphil.com/soundstage
VIDEOS
Pino Palladino + Blake Mills + Sam Gendel
Just Wrong (Live)
Pino Palladino + Blake Mills + Sam Gendel
Man From Molise (Live)
Les Claypool & Robert Trujillo
Precious Metals
Birthday Ass
Blah (Official Music Video)
Badlands
Out of Reach [official video]
Bryce Dessner with the Australian String Quartet and Sydney Dance Company
Impermanence/Disintegration
Ensemble Mik Nawooj
Who Would Be Born
Nashville Ambient Ensemble
Coda
REVIEW
Joachim Cooder/Ry Cooder & Amythyst Kiah-Skirball’s Youtube channel
Not per se blue artists, Joachim Cooder/Ry Cooder & Amythyst Kiah have plenty of blues cred from their various projects and affiliations. Their talents were spotlighted by the Skirball Center’s Youtube channel and pre-recorded separately. The production was high quality and vividly captured the essence of the musicians.
The son and father Cooders, based in Los Angeles were showcased first in the Skirball’s amphitheatre and prerecorded, then interwoven with Kiah in her East Tennessee’s Johnson City apartment, also prerecorded. The Cooders consisting of Joachim vocals/amplified kalimba (Array imbarra) and Ry on banjo/mandolin played roots/blues songs. Kiah sang and played mostly electric guitar for folk and blues songs. Both musicians talked about their backgrounds, early music development and outlooks.
Cooder due to his highly regarded father who has worked with many blues, folk, traditional and international artists has been playing music since he was a baby. Additionally, his wife is also a musician and they toured together prior to having children. Kiah developed a little slower and was first exposed to her father’s vast music collection. She learned about British folk Celtic and West African music’s importance and influence on American music and how the music industry tried to keep them separate. Nonetheless, they often overlapped and created popular manifestations. Overall, between Cooder and Kiah there was a vast array of music knowledge displayed.
Cooder playing electric with effects was more indie folk and rock-like, but his father’s stellar banjo and mandolin playing kept everything in check for songs from his new Over That Road I’m Bound that encompassed both original compositions and modern takes on Uncle Dave Macon’s old-time country tunes. Some of the songs were “Come Along Buddy,” “Heart Aching Blues,” “Molly Married a Traveling Man” and effects-driven rocking “Fuchsia Machu Picchu” and Delta/African “Morning Blues.”
On the other hand, Kiah showcased her affinity for Appalachian blue grass and folk, along with Delta blues. Her collaboration with Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell for new recording Songs of Our Native Daughters focused on Social Justice and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Clearly, not the topics the singer/songwriters had cover previously, but definitely of interest to her and welcomed. Among her selections were Appalachian flavored “Fire Water,” Pops Staples rangy strong guitar playing and strong singing “Opaque,” blues-rocking “Black Myself” and alt folk ballad “Wild Turkey.”
Skirball Stages: Joachim Cooder and Amythyst Kiah will be available to view on the Skirball’s YouTube channel following the premiere date. For more info go to: www.skirball.org, www.joachimcooder.com and www.amythystkiah.com
CONCERT PERFORMANCE
Christone “Kingfish”
Ingram, 22nd Birthday Celebration
VIDEOS
Rick Holmstrom
Losing My Shit
Chris Pierce
AMERICAN SILENCE – Official Video
Shemekia Copeland
Clotilda’s On Fire
REVIEWS
Artifacts Trio: ...and Then There’s This-REDCAT
Flautist/educator/bandleader Nicole Mitchell performed with her Artifacts Trio, which included Tomeka Reid-cello and Mike Reed-drums. The trio based in Chicago and formed in 2015 were Live Streamed by REDCAT in conjunction with Black History Month. The musicians have been longtime proponents of Chicago’s celebrated avant-garde scene and The Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM). Mitchell is presently the Williams S. Dietrich II Chair of Jazz Studies and Professor of Music at University of Pittsburgh.
Notably, Mitchell has had an interesting connection with So Cal as well. From the age of eight she grew up in Anaheim and later studied music at UCSD for two years. Then she went east and earned degrees (BA & MA) in Illinois, afterwards she became an assistant professor and professor at UCI, along with being active in the So Cal jazz scene.
The flautist and her Chicago associates in performance created an exposition resembling elements of nature before advancing to pulsating rhythmic and thoroughly jazzy explorations. Mitchell soared with peppy cadences, and Roland Kirk-like tonality and ferocity extensively. Reed supplied scorching “in your face” drumming with a strong sense of tempo. Reid’s work on cello was bass oriented mostly, providing swinging and funky foundations for the other players, along with occasionally leading and soloing.
The trio’s other modes including a soulful ballad of sorts interspersed with bursts of energy, cello-driven classical/jazz nuances and modern classical/free jazz experimentation. Although, the trio is devoted to progressive and highly forward-thinking expression, their music for this event was accessible and very appealing. For more info go to: www.redcat.org/ and www.nicolemitchell.com
Mark Winkler and David Benoit CD Release Concert-Vitello’s
Chart-topping lyrist/singer Mark Winkler and GRAMMY-nominated pianist/composer David Benoit have known each other almost 40 years. But strangely, the artists never did a duet recording together. Benoit, however, was a session player for a couple of songs on the singer’s initial projects and produced Ebony Rain for him in 1987. They came together for OLD FRIENDS, due to COVID-19 and unforeseen circumstances. Consequently, both had plenty of idle time. After dinner at the pianist’s home they started doing songs together, and following “The Shadow of Your Smile,” Benoit suggested they do a project together.
Nearly a year later their efforts came to fruition and the final product with 13 meaningful songs, with many personal connections is finally out. Winkler and Benoit’s CD release show, in keeping with the abnormal times was a virtual concert at Feinstiens at Vittello’s.
Gabe Davis-bass, Clayton Cameron-drums, Pat Kelly-guitar were the backing players and also on the sessions for the recording. They got things underway with Bob Dorough’s immortal “Better Than Anything” with Winkler coolly inserting adlib situational lyrics and flying high as the band coolly flowed along. Deeper in the show the composer’s “I Got Just About Everything was also performed with the same gusto.
Going in a different direction for most of show were duets by the principal performers with evocative singing and stirring playing. Among them were Dave Frishberg’s “Sweet Kentucky Ham,” Henry Mancini’s “Two For The One” and Johnny Mandell/Richard Bennett’s “I Wish I’d Met You.” Even more emotion came from the title track written by Paul Simon with an Erik Satie interlude (with bass) and Randy Newman’s “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” that a story about Winkler stumping the Tonight Show Orchestra and getting to meet the songwriter. Not to be forgotten and in the same category was “Thirty Years.” It implemented the melody of Benoit’s instrumental “Saying Goodbye” with lyrics by Winkler and Heather Franks one of his students as homage to recently departed JazzTimes writer Christopher Loudon.
Equally relaxed and with the full band was Mandell’s “The Shadow of Your Smile” and Peter Allen/David Foster’s “When This Love Affair is Over,” bossa instrumental “Chega de Saudade” (not on the CD) that was tastefully garnered by piano, guitar and drums. Going full circle Winkler showcased touching lyrics he wrote for Benoit’s signature song “In a Quiet Place (Kei’s Song)” that only took 30 years to conceive. Closing out the memorable concert was Leonard Bernstein’s “Some Other Time,” who Benoit actually met and hung out with. For more info go to: Markwinklermusic.com and feinsteinsatvitellos.com.
INTERVIEWS & PRESENTATIONS
Russell Ferrante & Ben Scholz
Joe Chambers
First Look with Don Was of Blue Note Records
Zoom Presentation-Steve Turre: From Rahsaan Roland Kirk to McCoy Tyner
With special guests
James Carter and Todd Barkan
Healdsburg Jazz’s Artistic Director Marcus Shelby will host this event.
In his Zoom Presentation and Discussion trombonist, “seashellist”, composer, and educator Steve Turre will curate music and discuss his long illustrious career touring with many of the most notable musicians in the history of Jazz. World renown tenor saxophone master James Carter and historic club owner and impresario Todd Barkan of the famed Keystone Korner will be special guests.
Turre will share rare video footage of performances he did with legendary artists such as Ray Charles, Woody Shaw, Lester Bowie, and others and share personal incites into the music in dialogue with James Carter and Mr. Barkan—three of the most brilliant minds in music. Steve will also talk about his 40 plus years as a band member of the long-time running television comedy show Saturday Night Live.
February 28, 5 – 7 PM (PST)
Ticket tier starts at $3 (Processing Fee Coverage)
https://healdsburgjazz.org/steve-turre-from-rahsaan-roland-kirk-to-mccoy-tyner/
Donations are always welcome to keep this Zoom series alive and accessible for everyone
WOMEN IN JAZZ
Special Guest Vocalists Melanie Charles, Shenel Johns, and Ashley Pezzotti Join JLCO with Wynton Marsalis to Pay Tribute to the Legacies of Betty Carter, Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, and Nina Simone
Concert marks JLCO’s first performance in the House of Swing since February 2020.
Jazz at Lincoln Center honors Women’s History Month with a new virtual concert. Voices of Freedom: Betty Carter, Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, and Nina Simone will find the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis alongside some of the music’s most powerful voices—Melanie Charles, Shenel Johns, and Ashley Pezzotti—live from Rose Theater, located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City on March 26, 2021.
PREMIERES ON MARCH 26, 2021
Virtual ticket per concert: $20.00
Subscriber Price: $15.00
Member Price: $0 – $15.00
http://jazz.org/VoicesofFreedom
To become a member, visit jazz.org/membership.
The Monterey Jazz Festival Releases Never Before Shared Commission Performances
For the full list of artists and broadcast dates go to:
https://montereyjazzfestival.org/evolution-of-a-groove/
STEINW AY’S JAZZ PIANO VIRTUAL CONCERT
Kris Davis, Aaron Diehl, Orrin Evans, Sullivan Fortner, Aaron Goldberg, Kevin Hays, Fred Hersch, and Christian Sands perform solos and duets as part of a special fundraiser for The Jazz Foundation of America’s COVID-19 Musician’s Emergency Fund. Appropriately titled Eight x 88, the musicians uniquely interpreted an eclectic mix of songs by Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Frank Loesser and Stevie Wonder among others. Filmed over two days at Steinway Hall, the artists delivered high-spirited performances that will stream as a 90-minute program on Steinway & Sons’ YouTube and Facebook channels, and other social media platforms.
https://jazzfoundation.org/steinways-jazz-piano-virtual-concert/
Mar 04 Mike Cottone duo with Max Haymer
Mar 11 Camila Meza
Mar 18 Mark Turner, Miro Sprague, David Robaire & Jonathan Pinson
Mar 25 Anthony Fung
In case you miss the show while it’s live, you can watch ALL past Solo Session performances on the Sam First website www.samfirstbar.com
JUSTJAZZ
Just Jazz Concert Series
http://www.justjazz.tv/
Presents
Feb 27 Mark Winkler & David Benoit – Old Friends CD Release Party
Livestream + On Demand
Mar 12 Jane Monheit – Come What May Album Release & Encore After Show
Livestream + On Demand
Mar 19 Around The World with John Lloyd Young & Encore After Show
Livestream + On Demand
https://www.feinsteinsatvitellos.com/
SF Jazz Fridays at Five & Alone Together
Feb 28 Jazz & Race: Live Panel Discussion Hosted by Claude Steele w/ Terri Lyne Carrington, Nate Chinen, Angela Davis, and Rhiannon Giddens
Mar 5 Laurie Anderson & Tammy L. Hall
Mar 12 GERI ALLEN, TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON, & ESPERANZA SPALDING
Mar 18 Edward Simon solo piano
Mar 19 Cindy Blackman Santana w/ Terence Blanchard, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Kronos Quartet, Members of SFJAZZ Collective & more
Mar 20 SFJAZZ Girls Day Free Workshop for Female Jazz Musicians
Mar 26 Jane Monheit
Mar 31 Martin Luther McCoy & Kev Choice
SFJAZZ Center
201 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
www.sfjazz.org
866.920.5299
Living Jazz
Mar 21 Call & Response: Artemis 4:00 PM
Living Jazz
1728 San Pablo Ave Oakland, CA 94612
www.livingjazz.org
Multi-Grammy Award Winner Marcus Miller and Entertainment Cruise Productions Launch New Original Streaming Concert Series
Saturday Night with Marcus Miller & Friends, with the Iconic George Benson as a Special Guest and Guest Bandmembers Patrice Rushen and Joey DeFrancesco
www.SaturdayNightWithMarcusMiller.com
Village Vanguard
Concerts available on demand
https://villagevanguard.com
Recorded Live At Birdland Theater
Mar 6 Radio Free Birdland Presents: The Ron Carter Quartet
7 PM
Birdland Jazz Club
315 West 44th St
New York, NY 10036
https://www.birdlandjazz.com/
(212) 581-3080
FULTON STREET COLLECTIVE
MAR 2 JAKE VICTOR QUARTET
Jake Victor: Piano
Sam Genualdi: Guitar
Jakob Heinemann: Bass
Andy Danstrom: Drums
MAR 3 JOHN ELMQUIST’s HAG OF A FEW
John Elmquist – Bass/Vox
Sarah Marie Young – Vocals
Geof Bradfield – Reeds
Chuck Bontrager – Violin
Jo Ann Daugherty – Keys
Bob Garrett – Percussion
MAR 6 GREG WARD QUARTET
Greg Ward – Sax
Dave Miller – Guitar
Dennis Carroll – Bass
Greg Artry – Drums
MAR 9 CHICAGO SOUL COLLECTIVE
Marques Carroll – Trumpet
John Fournier – Tenor
Amr Fahmy – Piano
Andrew Vogt – Bass
Larry Brown Jr. – Guitar
Keith Brooks – Drums
MAR 10 CONSTANTINE ALEXANDER FIRE’TET
Constantine Alexander – Trumpet
Roy McGrath – Tenor
Lenard Simpson – Alto
Matt Attfield -Trombone
Julius Tucker – Piano
Ben Dillinger – Bass
Greg Essig – Drums
MAR 11 JAZZ RECORD ART COLLECTIVE ANDREW MEYER QUINTET perform KAI WINDING & JJJOHNSON’S
1961 releaseTHE GREAT KAI AND J.J.
Andrew Meyer – Trombone
Brendan Whelan – Trombone
Kevin Fort – Piano
John Sutton – Bass
Alvin Cobb Jr. – Drums
MAR 16 JACK SUNDSTROM TRIO
Jack Sundstrom – Bass/Compositions
Brent Griffin Jr. – Saxophone
Spencer Peterson – Drums
MAR 17 THE HEAVY SOUNDS
John Wills – Guitar
Dan Ingenthron – Keys
Jeremy Kay – Bass
Ryan Juravic – Drums
MAR 18 JAZZ RECORD ART COLLECTIVE ERIK SKOV QUARTET
perform KURT ROSENWINKEL’s 1993 release INTUIT
Erik Skov – Guitar
Julius Tucker – Piano
Andrew Vogt – Bass
Alvin Cobb – Drums
MAR. 19 ALEJANDRO SALAZAR QUARTET
Alejandro Salazar – Drums/Compositions
Brent Griffin Jr. – Alto
Julius Tucker – Piano
Micah Collier – Bass
MAR 21 GREG ARTRY QUINTET
Greg Artry – Drums/Compositions
Greg Ward – Sax
Paul Bedal – Piano
Joshua Ramos – Bass
MAR 22 TOM GARLING SEXTET
Tom Garling – Trombone/Compositions
Victor Garcia – Trumpet
John Wojciechowski – Sax
Joey Skoch – Piano
Dennis Carroll – Bass
George Fludas – Drums
MAR 23 A NIGHT OF MONK w/HARRY TONCHEV TRIO
Harry Tonchev – Guitar
Samuel Peters – Bass
Juan Pastor – Drums
MAR 24 JAZZ RECORD ART COLLECTIVE ALEJANDRO URZAGASTE & SHARA MAXWELL perform
DINAH WASHINGTON & BROOK BENTON’s 1960 release
THE TWO OF US
Shara Maxwell – Vocals
Chris Neal – Vocals
Alejandro Uzagaste – Guitar
Pete Benson – Piano
Matt Ferguson – Bass
Mike August – Drums
MAR 25 ERIC HINES & PAN DULCE Featuring Liza Micelli & Peter Mack
Eric Hines – Tenor Pan/Percussion
Liza Micelli – Keys
Freddy Quintero – Bass
Tommaso Moretti – Drums
Jean-Christoph Leroy – Percussion
Peter Mack – Guest Drummer
MAR 28 (rescheduled from Feb. 24) JAZZ RECORD ART COLLECTIVE
CHRIS SIEBOLD GROUP perform FRANK ZAPPA’s 1974 release
ONE SIZE FITS ALL
Chris Siebold – Guitar
Matt Reed – Vocals
Aaron McEvers – Sax/Flute
Andrew Lawrence – Keys
Curt Bley – Bass
Frank Alongi – Drums
Joe Sonnefeldt – Percussion
MAR 30 JON RARICK QUINTET
Jon Rarick – Trumpet
Alex Kerwin – Alto
Kenny Thompson – Guitar
Joe Policastro – Bass
Neil Hemphill – Drums
MAR 31 JULI WOOD TRIO
Juli Wood – Reeds
Lara Driscol – Piano
Katie Ernst – Bass
Fulton Street Collective
1821 W. Hubbard St.
Chicago IL, 60622
773-852-2481
www.fultonstreetcollective.com
National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Mar 2 Desert Island Discs: Camille Thurman on Bird
7:00 pm Facebook Live
Mar 16 Music on the Brain w/ Helen Sung
2:00 pm Facebook Live
Mar 23 Jazz and Social Justice: A Salon with Music Vol. 15
7:00 pm Facebook Live
Mar 30 Swingin’ in Time: Dancers’ and Musicians’ Perpetual Negotiation of Time and Space
7:00 pm Facebook Live
National Jazz Museum in Harlem
http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org
https://www.facebook.com/pg/nationaljazzmuseum/events/?ref=page_internal
Van Gelder Studio, the legendary recording studio home to hundreds of jazz icons from John Coltrane to Herbie Hancock, has announced the launch of “Live from Van Gelder Studio,” a new virtual music series that will stream live from VanGelder.live.
Live from Van Gelder Studio is expected to continue through 2021 with a 10-show immersive and interactive program. The series will feature talent from original seminal recordings joined by multi-generational artists who will pay tribute to important records that were originally put to tape within the four walls of the studio. Tickets can be purchased directly on the site for $15. 2021 shows will be announced in the near future.
Performances will be live streamed using a new technology built from the ground up that is true to the Rudy Van Gelder sound. It will allow audiences to fully experience the unique studio and its sound in their homes. Upcoming experiences will be crafted to make the audience and musicians feel like they are at an actual live performance.
Live from Van Gelder Studio is created and produced by a team of jazz industry veterans including:
• Five-time Grammy Award-winner Don Sickler, who produced many Van Gelder-recorded artists including Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard and Cindy Blackman Santana.
• Phil Coady, producer of The Ultimate Blue Train, which was created while he was the lead producer in the Microsoft MS4Music Group and where he and Van Gelder first connected.
• Sam Kaufman, who as a talent agent worked with Van Gelder-recorded artists including Ray Charles, Pharoah Sanders and Jason Moran.
• Maureen Sickler, distinguished associate and long-time assistant engineer for Van Gelder, who now carries on the traditions forged in their 30+ year collaboration.
Live from Van Gelder Studio
www.vangelder.live
Kat Edmonson
New live shows every Sunday night:
https://linktr.ee/katedmonson
Back on FB Live: Adam will be back at the same time, same place this Mondays at 7pm PST/10pm EST. He’ll be back with your requests, do another show-and-tell on his studio and recording process, and we’ll definitely see an encore performance from his wife and vocalist extraordinaire Kat Hawley.
Just go to his Facebook page!
Loston Harris
Live shows every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
https://www.facebook.com/LostonHarris/
Jazz, Soul, Funk & World Music
During the entire quarantine period, Qwest TV also broadcasts a flagship program from its catalog every day at 9pm (CET) / 3pm (EST), available from the platform’s Facebook and YouTube accounts. Among the Qwest TV gems, Internet users will discover next week:
For more information on Qwest TV, visit qwest.tv.
Jazz on the Tube
Provides five free services:
1. A searchable archive of thousands of carefully hand picked and annotated jazz videos
2. A free Video-of-the-Day service. Love jazz? We deliver a great jazz video to your mailbox every day. You can subscribe here free.
3. The Internet’s only free up-to-date world-wide directory of jazz clubs, jazz festivals, jazz radio stations, and jazz organizations.
4. A podcast series, unique in jazz, that features in-depth interviews on the history – and future – of jazz with jazz scholars, educators, and presenters.
5. One of the most detailed educational resources available anywhere on the music of Cuba and other Latin countries and their under reported, and often under appreciated, impact on jazz past, present and future.
www.jazzonthetube.com
VIDEOS
Immanuel Wilkins
NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Judy Whitmore
Can’t We Be Friends
Nellie McKay
Hoagy Carmichael’s Lazybones (with anti-nuclear message)
Oran Etkin | Benjamim Taubkin | Jõao Taubkin | Kabé Pinheiro
Paulo Pro Carnaval Voltar Samba São
Zoe Scott
Quiet Nights (Official Music Video)
Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine
Mazel Tov Kocktail!! Studio Session
Damon Locks – Black Monument Ensemble
NOW (Forever Momentary Space)
Mark Winkler and David Benoit
Some Other Time
MUSIC EDUCATION
New England Conservatory’s Jazz & Entrepreneurial Musicianship programs present Grow Your Art, a week-long music and business residency with groundbreaking multi-Grammy Award winning composer and bandleader Maria Schneider. The residency will include a pitch night, as well as master-classes, workshops and panel discussions on the music business and entrepreneurship, culminating in a concert with the NEC Jazz Orchestra.
March 2 – Pitch Night Competition
7:00–9:00PM
Watch as NEC students and alumni pitch their ventures live for a chance to win up to $7,500 in grant funding plus project guidance from NEC’s Entrepreneurial Musicianship team. Pitch Night offers a chance for students and professionals to learn more about how to craft strong grant proposals, whether on paper or pitched live. Maria Schneider will adjudicate along with panel of NEC faculty and staff. https://necmusic.edu/events/grow-your-art-maria-schneider-pitch-competition
March 3 | Music Business Workshop with Maria Schneider, Ken Schaphorst and Andrew Worden
1:00–3:00PM
Maria discusses how producing and sharing her music has evolved with the music industry. What does it take to produce a recording today? And grow an audience? How do you share your music widely while also protecting yourself? What’s important to spend money on when investing in a record? NEC students can join the virtual discussion which will be streamed to the public via
https://necmusic.edu/events/grow-your-art-maria-schneider-music-business-qa
March 4 – Music Business Panel Discussion with Maria Schneider, Booking Agent Mike Epstein and Publicist Ann Braithwaite
1:00–3:00PM
In this panel moderated by Andrew Worden, NEC students and the virtual audience can learn the ins and outs of the business of music. What’s the difference between a manager and an agent? When do you invest in building out your team? What does it take to share your music in a meaningful way in 2021? NEC students can join the virtual discussion which will be streamed to the publi
March 2 –March 4; concert to air on March 10
https://necmusic.edu/growyourart-public-events
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies and Contemporary Improvisation Departments feature an array of livestream and virtual concerts
https://necmusic.edu/concerts
GRAMMY® WEEK TO KICK OFF WITH “WOMEN IN THE MIX®”
VIRTUAL EVENT TO CHAMPION FEMALE PRODUCERS, ENGINEERS AND MUSIC PROFESSIONALS
Women In The Mix® aims to highlight female producers, engineers, artists, and executives in the music industry. Members of the music community are invited to participate in the inaugural GRAMMY® Week event.
Confirmed participants include:
- Christine Albert, Chair Emeritus, Recording Academy® Board of Trustees
- Ingrid Andress, current three-time GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter
- Denisia “Blu June” Andrews (Nova Wav), current three-time GRAMMY-nominated songwriter
- Valeisha Butterfield Jones, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer,Recording Academy
- Brittany “Chi” Coney (Nova Wav), current three-time GRAMMY-nominated songwriter
- Rocsi Diaz, television personality
- Maureen Droney, Sr. Managing Director, Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing®
- Chloe Flower, classical pianist & composer
- Tera Healy, Sr. Director, East Region, Recording Academy
- Tammy Hurt, Vice Chair, Recording Academy Board of Trustees
- Leslie Ann Jones, five-time GRAMMY-winning engineer and Recording Academy Trustee
- Cyndi Lauper, two-time GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter
- EveAnna Manley, president, Manley Laboratories
- Ruby Marchand, Chief Industry Officer, Recording Academy
- Harvey Mason jr., Chair & Interim President/CEO, Recording Academy
- MC Lyte, GRAMMY-nominated rapper
- Piper Payne, mastering engineer
- Sheila E., GRAMMY-nominated artist and percussionist
- Kelley Purcell, Vice President, Membership & Industry Relations, Recording Academy
- Ebonie Smith, music producer, engineer & singer/songwriter
- Tina Tchen, President & CEO of TIME’S UP
March 8
5:00 p.m. PT
GRAMMY.com.
Music Habit
https://www.musichabit.com/
My Music Master Class
https://www.mymusicmasterclass.com/
JEN
2022 JAZZ EDUCATION NETWORK
13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
January 5-8, 2022 • Dallas, TX
APPLICATIONS TO PERFORM OR PRESENT OPEN NOW!
The Jazz Education Network invites you to apply to perform or present at our 13th Annual Conference in the following categories:
PERFORMANCES
School
Community
Professional
CLINIC PRESENTATIONS
Classroom Teaching / Education
Composition / Arranging
Technology
Improvisation
Instrument Technique
Jazz Industry / Business / Artist Development
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
Presentations
Posters
APPLY NOW | MORE INFO
Applicants must be JEN Individual Members, Chapter Organizers, or Corporate/Institutional Members.
PERFORM
Submit the following:
• Name & contact information
• Ensemble name
• Group / Performer bio(s)
• 3 references (name & email)
• 3 audio files (mp3, m4a, avi), each no longer than 10 mins.
• Hi-res photo
• Required backline & stage plot
NOTE: Review of performance applications is a blind process
APPLY TO PERFORM
PRESENT
Submit the following:
• Your name & contact info
• Presenter bio (max 1 pg)
• Presentation title (max. 20 words)
• Presentation description (max 50 words)
• Presentation outline (max 1 pg)
• 3 references (name & email)
• 1 Hi-res photo
NOTE: Review of presentation applications is NOT a blind process.
APPLY TO PRESENT
TIMELINE
February 1 – March 31, 2021 • Application Window Open
April 1, 2021 • Application Review Begins
July 5, 2021 • Invitations to Perform/Present Sent
July 25, 2021 • Deadline to Confirm Participation
Jazz Education Network
1440 W Taylor St #1135
Chicago, IL 60607
United States
https://jazzednet.org/applynow/
JAZZ BUSINESS
Save CATALINA JAZZ CLUB amid COVID-19!
In response to the citywide closures, the Catalina Jazz Club has set up this digital tip jar in our fight to survive. Their doors have been closed since March 14th, and each day the fight grows harder to pay faithful staff, the talented tech crew and consummate chefs what they’re worth — which is everything. But there are some blues you just can’t sing away, so they humbly ask that you contribute whatever you can to help cover the rent of our Sunset hot spot and spare us from having to go dark for good. While great music can soothe the soul, it’s your gracious donation, no matter the size, that fills their heart.
Please contribute at GoFundMe.com/SaveCatalinaJazzClub
They’ll be sure to have your table ready.
All their love,
Catalina, Manny, and the Staff
JAZZ CLUB BIRDLAND
Even a small donation could help Tom D’Angora, who is leading the effort for Birdland, reach their fundraising goal. And if you can’t make a donation, it would be great if you could share the fundraiser to help spread the word.
See article by New York Time’s Nate Chinen, and how important this is:
https://www.wbgo.org/post/birdland-jazz-club-marquee-nyc-venue-sounds-alarm-raise-vital-funding
SPECIAL REQUEST
Guitar legend Kenny Burrell took a fall two years ago. He is still recovering and on sabbatical from UCLA. Essentially, he is still unable to play and/or teach. Help is needed and welcomed. Here’s the link for donations setup by his wife Katherine:
https://www.gofundme.com/support-kenny-burrell?utm_medium=email&utm_source=product&utm_campaign=p_email%2B2300-co-team-welcome
Singer/lyricist/pianist Dave Frishberg is not doing well at all. If you who have enjoyed the gift of Dave’s music, please feel inspired to help him now that he needs it. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-dave-frishberg
JAZZ RADIO
Under director of music programs Mitch Glickman, Jazz at LACMA is a celebration of L.A.’s finest jazz musicians and has featured such legends as Wayne Shorter, John Clayton, Johnny Mandel, Kenny Burrell, Les McCann, Billy Childs, Arturo Sandoval, and Ernie Watts. Jazz at LACMA concerts are broadcast on KJazz 88.1 FM every Sunday evening from 7-9 pm that includes an interview with the featured performer. The archives are available for two weeks following the broadcast.
March Special Guests for JAZZ AT LACMA
March 7 Hiroe Sekine
March 14 Gilbert Castellanos
March 21 Billy Childs
March 28 Clayton Cameron sextet
For more info go to: kkjz.org
Pan African Film Festival
Since 1992, every year PAFF-LA showcases over one hundred fifty (150) quality new films and over one hundred (100) fine artists and unique craft persons from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, South America, Europe, the South Pacific and Canada, all showcasing the diversity and complexity of people of African descent.
In addition to films and art, PAFF presents the SpokenWord Fest and PAFF Comedy LOL, presenting America’s hottest wordsmiths and established and emerging comedians, respectively. PAFF includes special red carpet screenings and receptions as well as a variety of other special events such as PAFF Talks and the PAFF Institute, which feature Clips & Conversations, 1 on 1, workshops, and panels headed by industry professionals discussing various topics on acting, directing and other film industry related topics.
The 29th Annual
Pan African Film + Arts Festival
February 28th- March 14th, 2021
www.paff.org
(310) 377-4737
NEWFILMMAKERS LA FILM FESTIVAL – INFOCUS: FEMALE CINEMA
Join NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) for their next film festival on March 20th! Enjoy great films, filmmaker Q&As and networking rooms.
Featured are films directed by women for the annual Female Cinema Program in honor of Women’s History Month.
March 20
10:00am PT – 9:30pm PT
https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/events/event/march-20th-2021-monthly-film-festival-infocus-female-cinema/