Salute to the Crescent City: New Orleans at 300
Salute to the Crescent City: New Orleans at 300 Master clarinetist Evan Christopher leads an all-star New Orleanian super group in celebration of the Crescent City’s tri-centennial year and unparalleled musical imprint. The musical heritage of New Orleans comes alive in this premiere concert led by “one of the world’s major clarinetists” Evan Christopher (The Wall Street Journal). In celebration of the Crescent City’s tri-centennial year, this salute explores the marriage of traditions and the cultural diversity that established New Orleans as the birthplace of jazz. Pianist David Torkanowsky, vocalist Robin Barnes and trumpeter Wendell Brunious join Christopher along with a host of top New Orleanian soloists in this premiere. Evan Christopher, clarinet Robin Barnes, vocals Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet Jeffery Miller, trombone Morgan Guerin, tenor saxophone David Torkanowsky, piano Thaddeus Exposé, bass Shannon Powell, drumsGenerous support for the NYBG Summer Concert Series: An American Tribute provided by the Baisley Powell Elebash Fund
New York Botanical Garden|2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY
John Patitucci Guitar Quartet
Bassist John Patitucci leads a quartet that celebrates the uniquely Brooklyn vibe of the neighborhood where he grew up. Patitucci and his group, featuring two lead guitarists and a world-class drummer, play the blues, funk, jazz, and soul that continue to inspire.PerformersJohn Patitucci Guitar Quartet·· John Patitucci, Bass·· Steve Cardenas, Guitar·· Adam Rogers, Guitar·· Brian Blade, Drums Bassist John Patitucci leads a quartet that celebrates the uniquely Brooklyn vibe of the neighborhood where he grew up. Patitucci and his group, featuring two lead guitarists and a world-class drummer, play the blues, funk, jazz, and soul that continue to inspire.Part of Late Nights at Zankel Hall.
Zankel Hall @ Carnegie Hall, New York/New York
JusticeAid celebrates Billie Holiday
JusticeAid celebrates the music of Billie Holiday, honoring and supporting the work of our 2018 beneficiaries, Civil Rights Corps and Essie Justice Group, in the fight against inequality in our legal system. April 24th Concert and 2018 BeneficiariesAs you know, JusticeAid works to eradicate barriers to justice for all people, regardless of their background or circumstance—and we have a blast along the way. On April 24th, JusticeAid returns to The Hamilton in Washington, DC for a birthday celebration of Billie Holiday's music, with special artists Cecile McLorin Salvant, Paula Cole, Marshall Crenshaw, Kandace Springs, and Dom Flemons. This ensemble bill of Grammy Award-winning talent promises an unforgettable evening of captivating song filled with electric energy and an inspiring call to action for JusticeAid’s featured beneficiaries: Civil Rights Corps, dedicated to correcting systemic injustices in the American legal justice system, and Essie Justice Group, which harnesses the collective power of women with incarcerated loved ones to end mass incarceration’s harm to women and communities. Inequality and injustice go hand in hand.Approximately 70% of Americans in jail today are there because of a lack of financial resources with which to pay bail bonds and related fees (even for petty crimes like parking tickets). This is jail time predicated solely on financial need. Civil Rights Corps and Essie Justice Group are making major strides to fight inequality in our criminal legal system. JusticeAid is excited to help, and we appreciate your support.Please join Alec Karakatsanis, Founder and Executive Director of Civil Rights Corps; Gina Clayton, Founder and Executive Director of Essie Justice Group; and special host Suzan E. Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (MD) for what promises to be yet another unforgettable concert for a great cause.You’ll join JusticeAid’s always-energetic board of directors and our special guests, the Honorable Truman A. Morrison III, and Susan Shaffer, who we honor for their work to make access to justice not depend on financial well-being. Panel Discussion: The Criminalization of Poverty: 21st Century Debtors' PrisonCivil Rights Corps’ Alec Karakatsanis, Gina Clayton of Essie Justice Group, and some special guests will engage in a critical conversation regarding the steep path to justice for Americans with fewer financial resources. The invitation-only panel will be held at Wilmer-Hale law firm, in Washington, DC and will be live streamed and available to all on JusticeAid’s Facebook page. More on Our BeneficiariesCivil Rights Corps brings cutting-edge class-action litigation all over the country to challenge corruption in our legal system, and they’re making a major impact. Civil Rights Corps has already has won victories over unconstitutional bail systems in jurisdictions in Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, and more, as well as challenging debtors' prisons all over the South. Civil Rights Corps succeeds because of their commitment to partnering with community-based organizations in each of the localities where they take action, ensuring that local solutions take shape based on local input. Essie Justice Group is an Oakland, California-based organization that mobilizes women with incarcerated loved ones to take on the rampant injustices created by mass incarceration, and they are helping lead the campaign for bail reform in California. Essie's award-winning Healing to Advocacy Model brings women together to heal, build collective power, and drive social change. Essie is building a membership of fierce advocates for raceand gender justice—including Black and Latinx women, formerly and currently incarcerated women, transwomen, and gender non-conforming people. JusticeAid follows our mission to identify and eradicate barriers to economic justice, personal freedom, and the exercise of inalienable human rights. Using arts as our medium, JusticeAid celebrates and provides financial support to organizations actively engaged in the fight against injustice. JusticeAid is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
The Hamilton|600 14th Street, N.W.|Washington, DC, Washington, DC
Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Lives On
Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Lives OnWith the recent passing of both his ELP bandmates, Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, Carl Palmer hits the road with a tribute show in their honor. A drummer’s drummer, Palmer anchored the legendary ELP, as well Asia, Atomic Rooster and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown.ELP’s megahits including “Picture’s At An Exhibition,” “Lucky Man,” “From the Beginning” and “Tarkus” helped define Progressive Rock and earned sales of 48 million. Palmer’s new band captures all the power of these hits in a hard driving, instrumental performance that’s winning raves globally.
Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY, Woodstock, NY
John Abercrombie: Timeless: A Tribute To His Life And Music
Joey Baron – DrumsRandy Brecker - Trumpet Nels Cline – Guitar Marc Copland – Piano Jack DeJohnette – DrumsEliane Elias - Piano Mark Feldman – Violin Bill Frisell – Guitar Drew Gress – Double-bass Marc Johnson – Double-bassDavid Liebman - Soprano Saxophone Joe Lovano – Saxophones Thomas Morgan – Double-bass Adam Nussbaum – Drums John Scofield – Guitar One of the most influential guitarists to earn initial renown in the mid-1970s, John Abercrombie continued to make exceptional music as he grew and explored, ever-refining his approach across the decades. As NPR declared, he was “an intrepid and deeply lyrical guitarist who made a formative contribution to jazz-rock before refining a judicious, poetic iteration of post-bop.” Like his breakthrough LP as a leader – the aptly titled Timeless of 1975 – John’s final album, Up and Coming, was released by ECM Records in January 2017. In between came dozens of albums primarily for ECM as a leader, co-leader and key sideman, an evergreen body of work that helped define the label and will continue to confirm his stature as an innovative, individual artist who inspired his great colleagues as well as multiple generations of guitarists. Nels Cline, one of those guitarists shaped by recordings, performances and conversations from across John’s long career, said in an appreciation published in Premier Guitar: “It’s so hard to imagine our collective musical life without him.” Cline will join a dream lineup of John’s dear friends and close collaborators – Jack DeJohnette, Joey Baron, Marc Copland, Mark Feldman, Drew Gress, Adam Nussbaum, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Marc Johnson, Eliane Elias, David Liebman, Randy Brecker and Thomas Morgan – to pay tribute to the beloved guitarist’s life and music in an evening-length event underscoring his legacy and influences. Along with his career as performer, composer and recording artist, John was also a teacher, lecturer and mentor at Purchase College of the State University of New York.Tickets$40 Advance$45 Doors$60 with John Abercrombie CD & VIP Seating$20 Student (must present valid student ID at the door)All proceeds from the concert will go to the John Abercrombie Jazz Scholarship Fund. Tax deductible donations to benefit the John Abercrombie Scholarship Fund, a 501c3 non-profit organization providing tuition assistance for jazz students in need, will be accepted at the venue.goo.gl/xZZsQQhttp://www.brooklynvegan.com/john-abercrombie-tribute-at-roulette-with-bill-frisell-nels-cline-more-in-pics-review/
Roulette|30 Third Avenue, Suite 208 Brooklyn, NY 11217, Brooklyn/New York
Keith Jarrett - Solo Piano - Canceled
This concert has been canceled due to health issues. All tickets can be refunded at the point of purchase.
Carnegie Hall|57th St & 7th Ave, New York, NY
Dixie Dregs: 40th Anniversary Reunion
ALE is honored to have booked the reunion of the original line-up of the legendary Dixie Dregs -Steve Morse (guitar), Allen Sloan (violin), Morgenstein (drums), Steve Davidowski (keyboards, saxophone) and Andy West (bass).WDST Radio Woodstock presents The Dawn of The Dregs!
Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY, Woodstock, NY
Matthew Shipp Trio/ Roscoe Mitchell: The Free Jazz Movement
Cutting-edge jazz pianist Matthew Shipp collaborates with Roscoe Mitchell, one of the founding fathers of free jazz, for an evening of radically unfettered improvisation in the spirit of the trailblazing Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, formed in 1965.PerformersMatthew Shipp Trio·· Michael Bisio, Bass·· Newman Taylor Baker, Drums·· Matthew Shipp, PianoRoscoe Mitchell, Saxophone
Zankel Hall @ Carnegie Hall, New York/New York
Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition @ Winter Jazz Fest
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition has been hailed by The New York Times as “a trio equally grounded in folk tradition and jazz improvisation, propos[ing] a social pact as well as a musical ideal.” The ensemble’s three formidable talents — Mahanthappa on alto saxophone, Rez Abbasi on guitar, and Dan Weiss on tabla — first documented their group conception in 2008 with Apti, which won praise from The Guardian for its “irresistible urgency.” Agrima, the long-awaited follow-up, finds Mahanthappa and the group expanding aesthetic horizons: adding a modified drum set, incorporating effects and electronics, and working with a broader audio canvas overall. The core of the band’s sound, the vibrant presence of Indian rhythmic and melodic elements in a charged, modern improvisational framework born of the New York jazz scene, remains firmly in place.According to Mahanthappa, “Agrima” in Sanskrit simply means “next” or “following.” It comes at a propitious time for all three members: Mahanthappa has enjoyed great success with his Bird Calls quintet and recently became Director of Jazz Studies at Princeton University. Abbasi, born in Karachi, Pakistan and raised in California, has revealed a rare mastery of guitar in a range of settings including his own RAAQ acoustic quartet and his heavily electric project, Junction. Weiss, a voraciously eclectic drummer with interests ranging from classical tabla performance to metal, has garnered acclaim for his work ranging from solo drums to trio to large ensemble.From all three instruments we hear a heightening of expressive nuance and possibility. Mahanthappa’s alto is transformed in places by software-driven effects to create strange processed timbres, echoes, decays and soundscapes.In January 2017 the Indo-Pak Coalition premiered the new set of music that would become Agrima at globalFEST in New York. The energy of that encounter carried forward into the studio, from the eerie rubato incantation of “Alap” to the spiky lines and bracing tempo of “Snap,” from the looping synthesized patterns, fractured beats and sunny temperament of “Agrima” to the simpler, moodier medium groove of “Showcase.” The band is in peak form, executing tough thematic material, attending to fine dynamic contrasts, shifting tempos with spellbinding ease, and of course improvising with depth and ferocity.
Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
Catherine Russell: Harlem On My Mind
Catherine Russell celebrates the golden age of Harlem with jazz, blues, and roots music inspired by fabled performers and composers. Russell channels legendary singers Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, and Dinah Washington in the swinging music of Fats Waller, Benny Carter, Irving Berlin, and others.PerformersCatherine RussellMatt Munisteri, Music Director and GuitarMark Shane, PianoTal Ronen, Bass
Zankel Hall @ Carnegie Hall , New York/New York
Songs of Protest & Reconciliation- Jazz and Chihuly Nights at New York Botanical Garden
Musicians have a powerful and fearless tradition of speaking to the challenges of their time: Nina Simone’s Civil Rights anthem “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free,” Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge over Troubled Water,” Stevie Wonder’s “Love’s In Need of Love Today,” are well-known examples. Award-winning pianist Damien Sneed, joined by trumpeter Keyon Harrold and other special guests, leads and stars in this final concert of Summer Concert Series: JAZZ & CHIHULY.The New York Times’ film and music critic, Stephen Holden, has lauded Sneed’s ability to turn traditional gospel tunes into “concert art songs.” An acclaimed artist with a global reach, Sneed has performed in Europe, Japan, the U.S. Virgin Islands, South America, Africa, and the United States. He has performed at historic national and international events, including the 2012 Olympics in London and activities related to the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. Sneed performed in Washington, D.C. at A Celebration of America at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the eve of President Obama’s Inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 2013.Damien Sneed is a multi-genre recording artist and a 2014 recipient of the prestigious Sphinx Medal of Excellence honor, which is presented annually to emerging Black and Latino leaders in classical music. Sneed has also garnered attention in a wide range of other musical genres, including jazz, gospel, pop, R&B, opera, and musicaltheatre. A pianist, organist, vocalist, conductor, composer, producer, arranger, and arts educator, Sneed has worked with legends such as Aretha Franklin, Wynton Marsalis, Jessye Norman, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, and Ashford & Simpson, Wycliffe Gordon, and Eric Reed.Keyon Harrold was raised in the now infamous Ferguson, Missouri. Harrold has developed a reputation as one of the world’s most sought-after, emotionally electric young trumpeters on the scene. A graduate from the Mannes Jazz Program at the New School University, Harrold is an eclectic trumpeter/music producer/arranger/songwriter that who has been featured onnearly 100 albums ranging from jazz, R&B, pop, gospel, blues, and hip hop. He has toured and recorded with or produced for some of the world’s best artists and ensembles, including Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Common, Erykah Badu, and Lauryn Hill. He is featured as the trumpet sound of Don Cheadle playing Miles Davis in the Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead.http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Concert-Review-Jazz-and-Chihuly-Songs-of-11956366.php
New York Botanical Garden|2900 Southern Boulevard|Bronx, NY 10458, Bronx/New York
Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis
The RootsAndra DayMaria Schneider OrchestraHudson: Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, John Medeski & Larry GrenadierPhiladelphia Experiment: Questlove, Christian McBride, Uri CaineJason Moran: Fats Waller Dance PartyTim Berne's SnakeoilBokanté f. Michael League & Malika TirolienTheo CrokerCyrus Chestnut TrioSean Jones Quintet w. Brian Hogans, Orrin Evans, Luques Curtis & Obed CalvaireCyrille AiméeJohn Medeski, solo pianoMarilyn Crispell, solo pianoOrrin Evans, solo piano Many more to follow.For info & tickets: http://newportjazzfest.org
Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI