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| Massimo Faraņ Quintet with Jimmy Cobb at the Jazz Forum! Friday & Saturday Apr. 20 & 21 7 & 9:30 pm Massimo Faraņ Quintet Feat. Jimmy Cobb Massimo Faraņ studied with Maestro Flavio Crivelli and began his career collaborating with musicians from the Genoa Area, especially with the bassist Piero Leveratto. He has played in several European tours with the Nat Adderley Quintet, that featured Antonio Hart, Walter Booker and Jimmy Cobb. He has recorded more than 200 recordings with many Italian and foreign musicians as leader and sideman for labels like Red Records, Splash, Azzurra music, Concord Records and Venus Records. See the Massimo Faraņ Quintet feat. Massimo Faraņ, piano, Philip Harper, trumpet, Jerry Weldon, tenor sax, Nicola Barbon, bass and Jimmy Cobb, drums. Brazilian Music Sunday Apr. 22 4 & 6 pm Mauricio Zottarelli Quartet Celebrating New CD: Upside Down Looking Up Mauricio is a critically acclaimed and award-winning drummer and artist. Since moving to New York City in 2006, he has become one of the most sought-after drummers on the Brazilian Jazz scene. Zottarelli is credited in more than 70 albums so far in his career and has worked and shared the stage with some of the most important and notable artists of today, crossing over many musical styles. See the Mauricio Zottarelli Quartet featuring Mauricio Zottarelli, drums, Oriente Lopez, flute, Itaiguara Brandćo, bass and Klaus Mueller, piano. NEW! Sunday Evening Jazz Apr. 22 8 pm Doors open at 7:30 pm Stay for both sets! Gene Perla Quartet For over four decades Gene Perla has been a leader in the jazz world as a bassist, educator and the owner of two record labels. Perla played bass with Woody Herman's Orchestra, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan, Elvin Jones and Sonny Rollins. In the mid-1970's Perla formed the PM (Perla Music) label and a little later also ran Plug. Perla formed the group Stone Alliance in 1975. In the years since Perla has remained active as both a bassist and as a jazz educator. Catch Gene Perla's exciting Quartet feat. Nicole Glover, tenor sax, Jon Ballantyne, piano and Alan Jones, drums at the Jazz Forum, Tarrytown on Sunday, April 22! Strong Music in the tradition of John Coltrane. Next Weekend! Friday & Saturday Apr. 27 & 28 7 & 9:30 pm Vincent Herring & Friends Saxophonist Vincent Herring's intense, soulful, multi-noted style and ebullient swing have excited audiences worldwide. He has appeared on stage and on recordings with Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Hayes, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Horace Silver Quintet, Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, Larry Coryell, Steve Turre, The Mingus Big Band (2010 Grammy Recipient), Kenny Barron, Nancy Wilson, Dr. Billy Taylor, Carla Bley, Mike LeDonne, Carl Allen, Ron McClure, and John Hicks among others. See Vincent Herring & Friends feat. Mike LeDonne, Peter Bernstein, Essiet Essiet & Sylvia Cuenca. Brazilian Music Sunday Apr. 29 4 & 6 pm Portinho Quartet Since moving from Brazil to the United States in the 1970s, Portinho has worked with many artists including Airto Moreira, Gato Barbieri, Harry Belafonte, Dom Salvador, Paquito de Rivera, Astrud Gilberto, Michel Camilo, and Tania Maria. He has recorded with everyone from Nancy Wilson to Michel Legrand and Ron Carter. Portinho has been the "go to" Brazilian drummer in New York for almost four decades. NEW! Sunday Evening Jazz Apr. 29 8 pm Doors open at 7:30 pm Stay for both sets! Steve Slagle Quartet Steve Slagle has made a name for himself in the jazz world as a saxophonist, flutist and composer. Ever since the late 1990s, Slagle has co-led a band with guitarist Dave Stryker. He has played with such diverse artists as Milton Nascimento, St. Vincent, Elvis Costello, the Beastie Boys, and Mac Rebennack (aka Dr. John). He has released 14 CD's as a leader and performed on countless others. As a leader, Steve concentrates on new sounds and new compositions with his original voice. May 4 - May 6 Friday & Saturday May 4 & 5 7 & 9:30 pm Renee Rosnes Quartet Renee Rosnes is one of the premier jazz pianists and composers of her generation. She has toured and recorded with bands led by such legends as Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, JJ Johnson, James Moody, Bobby Hutcherson, Niels Henning Ųrsted Pedersen, Buster Williams and Ron Carter's Foursight Band. In 2003, SOCAN named Renee Composer of the Year and she is a four-time JUNO award winner. See the Renee Rosnes Quartet feat. Renee Rosnes, piano, Steve Nelson, vibes, Peter Washington, bass, and Lewis Nash, drums. Brazilian Music Sunday May 6 4 & 6 pm EL ECO with Guillermo Nojechowicz CD Release Event Guillermo's group EL ECO has been featured on National Public Radio's Jazz Set with host and Tony and Grammy Award-winning vocalist, Dee Dee Bridgewater. His band has performed at many top venues and festivals including the Montreal Jazz Festival in Canada, Freihofer Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs, NY, the Blue Note in New York City and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The group's new CD "Puerto de Buenos Aires 1933" was inspired by some family history - the journey that Guillermo's father took with his mother as a young child, leaving Eastern Europe for Argentina in 1933. They fled to a new life, but those they left behind perished in the Holocaust. See EL ECO with Guillermo Nojechowicz featuring Helio Alves, Fernando Huergo, Marco Pignataro and Brian Lynch. NEW! Sunday Evening Jazz May 6 8 pm Doors open at 7:30 pm Stay for both sets! Brian Charette Quartet Featuring Melanie Scholz New York City organist/pianist, Brian Charette, has established himself as a leading voice in modern Jazz. Charette is a Grammy-nominated, Hammond-endorsed artist who was the winner of the 2014 Downbeat Critics' Poll Rising Star: Organ award and has climbed to 4th place in The Critic's Poll main organ category. In 2015, Brian also won The Hot House Magazine's Fan's Decision Jazz Award for Best Organist in New York. Brian has performed with many notable artists such as Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan, Paul Simon, Cyndi Lauper, and many more. Most recently, Brian has worked with Miles Davis alumnus, George Coleman and Allman Brother's Band Drummer, Jaimoe. write your comments about the article :: © 2018 Jazz News :: home page |