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| Bernard Purdie & David Haney NYJAZZ STORIES 3-14 Storyteller and pianist David Haney, music legend Bernard Purdie, and special guests gather for this epic night at Joe's Pub! Classic life stories retold beautifully. New York Jazz Stories features some highly entertaining stories retold by David Haney. These are real stories told directly to Haney, transcribed and brought to life. "Haney tells these tales with the dramatic flair of a Garrison Keillor.." - Jerome Wilson, Cadence Magazine "Mr. Haney is a pianist drawn to experimental settings, and he creates a promising one here." - The New York Times About New York Jazz Stories Since 2017 Joe's Pub at The Public Theater has been home to New York Jazz Stories, a 90 minute show that combines swinging, electrifying music, featuring Bernard Purdie and company along with some highly entertaining stories retold by David Haney. These are real stories told directly to Haney or one of his colleagues, transcribed and brought to life with a soundtrack by "Pretty" Purdie and friends. "Haney and Purdie fit together like interlocking parts of a jigsaw puzzle. The drums gives a center to the piano's drifting improvisations and the piano creates fantastic shapes about the drum foundation. These two makes a really strong and fascinating team." Cadence Magazine I'm very happy to have worked with Dave Haney. That's number one. Dave did a thing for me. He actually brought me back to creativity. Just doing things wild – I mean all of the unexpected stuff that you can possibly think of. And it got me thinking: wow, I haven't done this in 30-35 years!" - Interview with Bernard Purdie, Oregon Music News THE MUSICIANS BERNARD PURDIE the world's most recorded drummer, was born June 11, 1939 in Elkton, Maryland as the eleventh of fifteen children. Purdie moved to New York in 1960 after finishing high school and played with (among others), Lonnie Youngblood before landing his first hit with King Curtis. This led to his engagement with Aretha Franklin in 1970 - the beginning of an unparalleled career. Since then, Purdie has been a regular guest in the studios of the stars of Jazz, Soul, and Rock, working together with Paul Butterfield as well as Larry Coryell, Miles Davis, Hall & Oates, Al Kooper, Herbie Mann, Todd Rundgren and Cat Stevens, as well as regularly producing his own solo albums under his own name. DAVID HANEY studied composition for six years with Czech composer, Tomas Svoboda. He was a member of the Society of Oregon Composers, and the National Association of Composers. As a pianist Haney has worked with Andrew Cyrille, Roswell Rudd, John Tchicai, Bud Shank, Bernard Purdie, Buell Neidlinger, Julian Priester, Han Bennink, Obo Addy, Wilbert de Joode, Gerry Hemingway, Wolter Weirbos, Perry Robinson, and Johannes Bauer. Haney has recorded 14 albums in ten years for C.I.M.P. Records and Cadence Jazz Records. David has also collaborated on 14 albums on other labels worldwide. He has received grants and commissions for his creative work from the U.S. State Department; Alberta Film Works; and the Oregon Ballet Theatre. Haney was awarded a travel grant from the U.S. State Department to present the music of composer Herbie Nichols in concerts throughout Argentina and Chile. Haney's piano/trombone work Ota Benga of the Batwa was included in the critics pick for best Jazz Album of 2007 (Coda Magazine). "Conspiracy a go go" and "Clandestine" were both selected Top Ten Jazz Albums of 2009 (Cadence Magazine). David's current release "Solo" received top ten honors in 2014 (Cadence Magazine). The Penguin Guide to Jazzhas a half page entry on several David Haney albums. ADAM LANE By combining a disparate set of influences into a unique improvisational voice, Adam Lane has become recognized as one of the most original creative voices in contemporary jazz. His 2006 recording New Magical Kingdom, was recently featured in the Penguin Jazz Guide 1001 Best Records Ever Made, and his most recent recording, Ashcan Ranting received a myriad of critical praise including four stars in Downbeat. "Lane's music is genuine, accessible, fun. The music is deeply in touch with the essential pleasures of earwig-worthy tunes, fat bluesy grooves, and sheer tonal beauty." (Downbeat Jan 2011) JAY CLAYTON Clayton became part of the free jazz and avant-garde jazz crowd, which was unusual for a vocalist. With her status as an established avant-garde musician, she gained many connections. In 1967, Clayton and her husband, Frank Clayton, began presenting a loft jazz concert series in their home including artists, Joanne Brackeen, Cecil McBee, Jane Getz, and Sam Rivers, to name a few. As Clayton gained more and more recognition, she began to perform with other famous avant-garde jazz and minimalist musicians, some of which include: Muhal Richard Abrams, Gary Bartz, Jane Ira Bloom, George Cables, Steve Lacy, Julian Priester, Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage, Steve Reich, and John Cage. As an independent artist already used to creating her own events, Clayton acted as the artistic director for the first ever Women in Jazz Festival, produced by Cobi Narita in 1979. She served as a consultant for ABC Cable's Women in Jazz, compiling footage for the series. The year 1980 saw the release of All Out, her first album as a leader, featuring Jane Ira Bloom, Harvie Swartz, Larry Karush, and Frank Clayton.[2] Clayton's teaching career lifted off in 1982, when she left New York City to build the vocal jazz program at the Cornish College of the Arts. She was on the jazz faculty at Cornish College for the Arts for 20 years. Jay has taught numerous master classes and workshops at places including City College of New York, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and the Bud Shank Jazz Workshop, Banff Centre, which she co-taught with fellow vocalist Sheila Jordan, The New School, the Vermont Jazz Workshop, and Princeton University. REUT REGEV - Israeli born and raised trombonist and composer Reut Regev has been out in the New York scene creating and exploring music for over 20 years. Reut enjoys playing with some of the most influential experimental composers and New York bands blending styles and cultures, and traditional sounds as well. Reut's typical year includes some free improvisation, contemporary compositions, blues, klezmer, Latin music, straight ahead jazz, and everything in between. She has recorded and toured with Anthony Braxton, Butch Morris, Elliott Sharp, Burton Greene, Hazmat Modine, Metropolitan Klezmer, Joe Battan, and many more. CHERYL PYLE - The versatile flutist Cheryl Pyle received her BA in music from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976, having received her Associates Degree from Mesa College in 1974. Her teachers included Merrill Jordan, Janet Maestre, Francis Watson, and Jayn Rosenfeld. She took Master Classes with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker, James Newton. At Berkeley, she was a member of the school's orchestra, and she possesses an extensive classical solo repertoire. From 1975 to 1976 she served as Musical Director of the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, and she has performed in orchestras for over half a dozen musical theater productions. DAVE STORRS After more than three decades in the music business, jazz drummer Dave Storrs has amassed a wealth of experience and numerous recording credits. In the early ’80s, he began recording albums as a headliner, with the release of 1983’s Ross Island. He released Report From a Log in 1987, then found his own record label in 1995, Louie Records in Oregon. By 2001 the label had released 19 records, some of which received critical and commercial attention on the national level, including albums by Rob Blakeslee and the Tone Sharks, which Storrs also leads. He continued to release a number of albums in the late ’90s, both as a member of the Tone Sharks and as a headliner in his own right. In 2001 he released his first solo percussion album, Another Thing, which featured Storrs on all instruments, as well as production and engineering. In 2022, Dave was invited to bring elements of his sound experience studio - The Sound Shack to New York for concerts and a live radio performance. SILA SHAMAN Composer and pianist Sila Shaman's work spans a variety of genres including jazz, scores for film & TV, theater, dance, concert and experimental music. Her recent releases have been described as “adroit tinkering and re-shaping of improvised source material into full fledged, highly polished works of art”. Her original score for the documentary Sisters in Freedom received 2019 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards for both Musical Composition and Audio. She has released multiple recordings on SteepleChase and Louie Records, of which A New Abode was an Album-of-the-Week pick by NPR. Her latest duo album with multi-instrumentalist Dave Storrs, Brief West Coast Tour, was listed as one of the top releases of 2020 by All About Jazz. Originally from Turkey, she currently lives and works in New York City. Other gigs - Listen and Participate April 10, 10pm WKCR-FM Columbia University- Live Constructions with David Haney and Dave Storrs April 13, 8pm I-Beam, Brooklyn 168 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11215 - Dave Storrs and the Sound Shack with Alex Hargreaves, Dick Sarpola, Sila Shaman, David Haney, Adam Lane, and others write your comments about the article :: © 2022 Jazz News :: home page |