Jazz at The Rubin: Bria Skonberg Quintet

Hailing from Chilliwack, BC, and now living in New York City, award winning trumpeter / vocalist / composer Bria Skonberg is “poised to be one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation.”- Wall Street JournalThe Bria Skonberg Quintet is a powerhouse combination of emerging talent in the New York jazz scene. Within the last two years, Skonberg has earned a Jazz Journalists’ Association nomination for “Up-and-coming Jazz Artist of the Year,” was included in Downbeat Magazine’s Rising Star Critics’ Poll, and was honored with a NY Bistro Award for “Outstanding Jazz Artist.” Best known for her knowledge of classic jazz and instigative nature, she is creating a style rooted in hot jazz, world percussion, soul and modern effects.

Rubin Museum of Art|150 West 17th Street|New York, NY, New York, NY

The Shape of Jazz Series: Robert Glasper Trio

Robert Glasper Trio·· Robert Glasper, Piano·· Vicente Archer, Bass·· Damion Reid, Drumshttp://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6480350/robert-glasper-covered-album-jazz

Zankel Hall @ Carnegie Hall|New York, NY, New York, NY

Jazz at The Rubin: Jamie Baum Septet

NYC flutist/composer Jamie Baum has toured the US, and over 28 countries performing at major festivals and concert halls. Her solo work, septet, and compositions have all been awarded consistent accolades from the top critics and polls, and she has been nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association for Flutist of the Year seven times. Chosen by the US State Department to tour South America, Europe and South Asia, several of Baum’s compositions have been inspired by her travels, including “Nusrat,” a nod to Qawwali vocalist Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and “Monkeys of Gokarna Forest” inspired by monkeys in Kathmandu. Jamie Baum - flutes Douglas Yates - alto sax/bass clarinet Chris Komer - French horn Brad Shepik - guitar Kenny Warren - trumpet Dan Tepfer - piano Zack Lober - bass Jeff Hirshfield - drums“A New York flutist, Ms. Baum… is into tone color and timbre and the blending of languages, jazz, and 20th-century classical and Afro-Latin music. But she’s got an elegantly persuasive composing hand… she makes what she takes from classical minimalism and Indian qawwali mix together and feel natural.” – New York Times

Rubin Museum of Art|150 West 17th Street|New York, NY, New York, NY

Celebrating Bob Belden

CELEBRATING BOB BELDENA Musical Evening In Memory of A Visionary Bandleader,Arranger, Saxophonist and GRAMMY® Award-Winning ProducerWith Friends, Family, Band Members, Industry Colleagues, And More October 1, 2015: The unexpected silence left by the recent passing of Bob Belden—whose ceaseless stream of musical projects, production credits and boundless energy earned him the respect of an international circle of musicians and fans—will be filled with music, memories, and much more on Monday, November 2 at (le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York City. CELEBRATING BOB BELDEN is the title of this special memorial evening, which is free and open to the public.Doors open at 6:30pm, the event will begin at 7:30pm and run through the evening, with three different groups (The Treasure Island Band, Animation/Imagination, Animation), all originally formed by Belden performing music that he composed and featuring musicians he recruited, as well as special friends like Wallace Roney. Belden’s longtime confidante and collaborator, trumpeter Tim Hagans, will serve as the musical director of the evening. Friends and family members will speak and share stories, in person or by video, including Chick Corea, Tim Ries and Herbie Hancock. The event is lovingly produced by Belden’s sister Elizabeth Belden Harmstone, Tim Hagans, Julie Lokin and Danny Melnick under the auspices of Audiences for the Arts, Inc. Belden was a true rara avis: a student of music history who was committed to leaving his own mark on the musical timeline. He wrote music and led his own ensembles—including The Treasure Island Band, Imagination and most recently Animation—the group with which he recently toured Iran to sellout crowds, generating major headlines (“The first time an American musician had played in Iran since 1979,” jazz critic Ben Ratliff noted in The New York Times.). Heearned six GRAMMY® Award nominationsfor his own recordings, and as a reissue producer and writer of especially insightful liner notes; of these, he won three. His most celebrated albums include the critically acclaimed orchestral jazz suite Black Dahlia (a Downbeat magazine “Masterpiece” in 2001), and his blending of world folk sources with the music of Miles Davis: Miles from India (2007) and Miles Español: New Sketches of Spain (2011).  (“As a bandleader and record maker, he often looked for ways to connect the jazz tradition to other energies,” Ratliff also wrote.)Born James Robert Belden in Evanston, Illinois in 1956 and raised in South Carolina, Belden began his career playing in the reed section of Woody Herman’s famed Third Herd big band. In 1983, he moved to New York City where his career grew wide and deep. In the 1980s, he served as a sideman with Donald Byrd and Mel Lewis, as staff arranger for ESPN, and scored films. In the ‘90s, he became an artists-and-repertoire (A&R) executive at Blue Note Records, and arranged and/or collaborated on albums with such jazz greats as Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Nicholas Payton, Paquito D’Rivera, Wallace Roney, James Moody, Tom Harrell, Renee Rosnes, and Benny Green. He created albums that found the jazz spirit in music by an unlikely array of giants: from Puccini, Prince, and the Beatles, to Miles and Sting. He spearheaded reissue programs that brought new life to timeless recordings by Miles, Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and countless others.Belden’s two most recent recordings continue to add to his legacy and garner critical acclaim. In an Ambient Way, released this past June by Chesky Records, reinterpreted Miles Davis’ classic In a Silent Way recording used modern recording technology and sonic textures to help shape the improvisations, and introduced Powerhouse, a group led by Belden and featuring Roney (trumpet), Oz Noy (guitar), Kevin Hays (Fender Rhodes), Daryl Johns (bass) and Lenny White (drums). The release was part of the Chesky’s Binaural + Series, recorded with a single microphone; Norman Chesky executive produced.Released just this past week by RareNoise, Machine Language is the latest—and now last—project by Belden’s youthful Animation ensemble. The album is a rock-jazz meditation on man and artificial intelligence conceived and composed by Belden, narrated by Kurt Elling, and featuring the saxophonist along with special guest bassist Bill Laswell, plus Animation keyboardist Roberto Verastegui, trumpeter Pete Clagett and drummer Matt Young.Belden was unusually wide-ranging in his cinematic and literary tastes, and up-to-date on matters of music and technology. His memory for musical details—melodies, voicings and rhythms, as well as personnel and dates—was uncanny. He did not survive long as a staff producer. “He was a vocal critic of the state of the music industry, music education and other aspects of the world in which he traveled,” journalist Jeff Tamarkin pointed out in JazzTimes, “Yet he traveled easily within it because he understood it so well, and was loved and respected for his individuality and the sheer magnitude and breadth of his talent.”When Belden died from a heart attack on May 20 this year, obituaries appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, JazzTimes, and other national and international publications in the UK, Brazil and Venezuela. In Downbeat, John Ephland wrote:“The cat had lots of appetites… during his all-too-short lifetime, Bob Belden accomplished 10 times as much as the average person would in a lengthy one. Getting to know him, one couldn’t help but be stunned at the breadth of his many passions and projects—all driven by a generous spirit, a huge heart and boundless, soulful imagination.”Bob Belden will be missed, and his musical contributions will continue to be celebrated.CELEBRATING BOB BELDEN is generously made possible by donations from Andrew and Elizabeth Belden Harmstone, David and Norman Chesky at Chesky Records, and Giacomo Bruzzo of RareNoise.We encourage attendees and the community to contribute to the Jazz Foundation of America, which provides emergency assistance to musicians in times of crisis, in Bob's name. Please send checks payable to Jazz Foundation of America (with memo: "In Memory of Bob Belden") to Jazz Foundation of America, 322 West 48th St., 6th Fl., New York, NY 10036 or visit visitwww.jazzfoundation.org/memory_honor to make a donation online.https://vimeo.com/141199739http://jazztimes.com/articles/168545-bob-belden-tribute-at-nyc-s-le-poisson-rouge-nov-2http://sensiblereason.com/celebrating-bob-belden/

(le) poisson rouge| 158 Bleecker Street| NYC, New York, NY

The Shape of Jazz Series: Julian Lage Trio

Julian Lage Trio·· Julian Lage, Guitar·· Scott Colley, Bass·· Kenny Wollesen, Drums

Zankel Hall @ Carnegie Hall|New York, NY, New York, NY

Jazz at the Rubin: Duchess

Sure-footed swing, sweet-toned harmony and ever-insouciant charm are embodied in the new jazz vocal trio Duchess, featuring notable New York singers Amy Cervini, Hilary Gardner and Melissa Stylianou. The group’s debut album – Duchess, channels the 1930s inspiration of the virtuosic Boswell Sisters into a wonderfully entertaining and contemporary package.“The vocal trio Duchess is a beacon of jovial esprit.” - Bobby Reed, Downbeat Editor’s Pick

Rubin Museum of Art|150 West 17th Street|New York, NY , New York, NY

Jazz at The Rubin: Fred Hersch

Rubin Museum of Art|150 West 17th Street|New York, NY, New York, NY

Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management

Jamie CullumArturo SandovalDr. John & The Nite TrippersMichel Camilo/Hiromi Piano DuetsMike Stern/Bill Evans BandArturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with special guest Rudresh MahanthappaBill Frisell Trio with Tony Scherr & Kenny WollesenBilly Childs Sextet with StringsJon Faddis: Triumph of Trumpets with MarquisHill, Sean Jones, David Hazeltine, Kiyoshi Kitagawa & Dion ParsonsJames Carter Sextet – Living My Life: The Music of Don ByasFred Hersch Trio with John Hebert & Eric McPhersonLou Donaldson QuartetScott Robinson’s Doctette with Randy Sandke, Ted Rosenthal, Pat O'Leary & Dennis MackrelJason Lindner Now vs. Now Aaron Diehl TrioFrank Kimbrough - solo pianoGiorgi Mikadze TrioMA Music Educators Association All-State Jazz Band conducted by Julius  Tolentino

Fort Adams State Park|Newport, RI, Newport, RI

Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management

Cassandra Wilson celebrates Billie Holiday Jon Batiste & Stay HumanMaria Schneider Orchestra Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz OrchestraCecile McLorin SalvantJose James – Festival DebutJack DeJohnette’s Made in Chicago with Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams & Larry GrayMs. Lisa Fischer & Grand BatonPat Martino Organ TrioConrad Herwig’s Latin Side of Horace Silver featuring guest Michel Camilo Hiromi: The Trio Project with Anthony Jackson & Simon PhillipsKenny Garrett QuintetWycliffe Gordon & FriendsTom Harrell Quintet with Wayne Escoffery, Danny Grissett, Ugonna Okegwo & Johnathan BlakeChristian Sands TrioHelen Sung QuartetIntroducing Joey AlexanderRI Music Educators Association Sr. All-State Jazz Ensemble conducted by Willie Hill

Fort Adams State Park|Newport, RI, Newport, RI

Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management - Chris Botti plus Jon Batiste & Stay Human

International Tennis Hall of Fame|Newport, RI, Newport, RI

Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management

Snarky Puppy Christian McBride Trio with Christian Sands & Ulysses OwensJohn Hollenbeck Large Ensemble Ambrose Akinmusire QuartetSteve Lehman OctetKneebodyGerald Clayton Quintet with Ambrose Akinmusire, Ben Wendel, Joe Sanders & Justin Brown,Bria Skonberg QuintetHerlin Riley QuintetLucky Peterson – Singin’ The BluesMatana Roberts' Coin CoinJohnathan Blake Quartet Peter Evans QuintetThe Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra with special guest soloist Sean JonesURI Newport Big Band

Fort Adams State Park|Newport, RI, Newport, RI

Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival

AMPHITHEATERErykah BaduSheila ESnarky PuppyRonnie Earl & The Broadcasters – An Encore PresentationHeads of State featuring Gary Bartz, Larry Willis, Buster Williams & Al FosterDjango Festival All-Stars featuring Samson Schmitt, Ludovic Beier & Pierre BlanchardEtienne CharlesGAZEBO STAGEBenny Green Trio with David Wong & Rodney GreenEtienne CharlesKellylee EvansYosvanyTerry Quartet featuring Osmany Paredes, Yunior Terry & Obed CalvaireSonny Knight & The Lakershttp://www.saratogawire.com/article/2849/saratoga-performing-arts-festival-jazz/

Saratoga Performing Arts Center|Saratoga Springs, NY, Saratoga Springs, NY