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Lucian Ban is a jazz pianist, composer, ar-
ranger and bandleader.
By Nora McCarthy
Jazz Inside: Lucian, it is so wonderful to speak
to you and have you share your personal story
and musical insights to the readers of Jazz In-
side and our latest additionJazz Outside, be-
cause you truly cover both those elements of
jazz as well as the many components that com-
prise your particular sound with its overtones of
classical, folk, world and chamber music. You
are an extremely gifted artist who truly has his
own expressive voice. Since your arrival to New
York in 1999 from your native Romania, you
and your various groups are steadily rising up
the ranks and are being heard and recognized
as being at the forefront of contemporary mod-
ern jazz. Since this is not an easy business by
any stretch, please tell me what has the journey
thus far been like for you including some of the
most important first impressions you had of the
city, what it was like breaking onto the New
York City scene, some of the artists that helped
you and the lessons you have learned about the
business itself?
Lucian Ban: Its a pleasure to talk to you and to
talk to the readership of the magazine. I really
appreciate your comprehensive introduction of
who I am and I think you described it quite well.
I moved from Romania to New York City in
1999 to follow my career. I wanted bigger chal-
lenges and as everybody knows being from the
states or from wherever in the world, if you
really like this music, you have to pass through
New York in some way. You dont have to stay
here necessarily forever but you have to pass
through the Big Apple in order to experience the
extraordinary richness of the scene. Now, there
has been a lot of stuffits been almost fifteen
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years now since Ive been hereIve been for-
tunate and honored to work with some of the
amazing musicians who have been an influence
and of tremendous help to me. I will have to
mention first the one that introduced me into the
scene actually and that I ended up working with
and recording with, the great baritone saxo-
phone player from Detroit, Alex Harding. He
was one of the first ones that I started working
with professionally in the city and then we went
on and did my debut recording in the states with
him as a duet, followed immediately by a quin-
tet album. But, he was the one who introduced
me into the scene and Im deeply indebted to
him and also for the lessons that I got from him
because Alex comes from a long tradition in
this music, so that was a wonderful opportunity
for me to get into this music. Even though I
came to the New School and sort of transferred
from the conservatory in Bucharest to New
York New School and did close to two years,
still the experience that you get by playing with
the real cats that do this music, its unparalleled
and cannot be replaced by any school experi-
encenot to diminish the good stuff that you
get in school. After that, I followed up with
different bands: quintet and then trios and then
sextets.
JI: Was it easy for you to do this or were you
making the scene like the rest of us do? What
did you think when you got here, this is a big
mountain to climb to make your way? Where
was the first club where you said, let me just
go into this club and see if I can meet some-
body? Did you introduce yourself? Is that how
you did it or what?
LB: Well my first shock was actually very early
on, one of the first days I went to New School. I
just got to the school and I was hanging around
and I saw some people playing in one of the
rehearsal roomsand they were playing their
asses off. Little did I know at that point, they
were my colleagues in the same class Robert
Glasper, the Strickland brothers, and they were
already working professionally but they were
there to get their degrees and to study. But, this
was the first sort of shock, I said, OK, if this is
the level then its going to be really an actual
thing for me. It turned out that they were the
best of our class. I really had just the bad luck of
seeing them first. But then I started working and
of course it wasnt easy. And, not even now,
after recording and releasing so many albums
for independent and major labels, like ECM
Records, its still hard work and its still, you
know.
JI: Did you fall in love when you came to this
city? Did you go, Wow, I love it here?
LB: I loved the city. I had been here before I
moved to New York to study. I had been here
two or three times visiting. I love the city but
its also a jungle. I just came from a tour in Cali-
fornia and it was very illuminating for me. One
of the mornings I went out, we were in San
Diego, I went out and people were so relaxed,
walking their dogs on the beach, and I remem-
bered how intense New York is compared to
that. So yes, New York is a very intense and
unmerciful city in a way. But at the same time
you also have the intense creativity in all direc-
tions of this music, this is a big reward. But
most of it is the amazing pool of people playing
amazing music in New York. Which means you
can interact with them and work with them. Ive
worked with many musicians that I knew from
records that influenced me, so thats a treat that
you can only get in New York. I started a band
with Bob Stewart because I always loved the
examples that Arthur Blythe had with Bob
Stewart. So to be able to work with Bob Stewart
was incredible and we still have a band to-
getherits like a connection to the whole tradi-
tion. It is a very learning, humbling experience
and its not easy but Im glad Im able to do it.
JI: Where was your first gig?
LB: My first gig was at a place that Id play
every other week throughout the year called
Gaslight on the corner of 14th St. and 9th Ave-
nue. Now its a hip place, but when I started
playing there they still had the real meat busi-
ness going on in that area, and all the crazy stuff
going on around there. That whole area has
changed now its all fashion boutiques, you
know. I was working with Damian Reid on
drums, Erik Torrente on alto, Alexand it was
a very good thing because it was regular. I was
able to try out stuff on a consistent basis and to
expose myself. That was my first gig. Then I
remember the next one. I sent a CD with some
of the recordings I had to a club in Soho called
Kavehaz. I didnt hear back from them for eight
months. Then I started playing there. I remem-
ber I had some really good times there because
by that time, I think I released my debut CD for
CIMP Records which was very well received
the duet with Alex Harding. Then, I had a quin-
tet with Alex, Damian Reid, Chris Dahlgren and
Erik Torrente and we had different bands. We
worked under the moniker of Lumination En-
semble where me and Alex would run the band,
but would invite different people in and thats
when we started working with Barry Altschul
on drums, Josh Roseman, Jorge Sylvester, Sam
Newsomethats how I got to meet all these
wonderful people and in 2003. One of the shows
at Kavehaz with Barry Altschul got named one
of the best shows in the city along with Cecil
Taylor and Joe Lovano concerts. That was our
first recognition in the city. And then, I started
working all around with all kinds of people and
doing different projects and just kept at it, as
they say.
JI: Going back a bit to your earliest beginnings
in the music, talk a bit about your family, your
musical training and when you were first in-
spired to play jazz.
LB: I grew up in a city in the middle of Transyl-
vania. My parents are not in the music but my
father was in the music, he went to the music
school and studied bassoon but he gave that up
due to the times in Romania late fifties into
the sixties, communism was in full swing there,
so there was no time for jazz or music in gen-
eral. So his parents steered him into a different
direction but I guess I got my musical genes
from him. We always had good music around
the house. My father loved Motown all of the
great music of the sixties. I would say the only
jazz that he had around, because he was not into
jazz, he was mostly into the great rock, R&B
and soul stuff of the sixties. He didnt have too
much jazz. Obviously he had Ray Charles, Are-
tha Franklin, some Mahalia Jackson and this
kind of stuff. This was my early connection with
this music, but no jazz per se. But later on I got
drawn into the piano somehow. I remember
skipping school to just go play piano. We didnt
have a piano at home, but I would go places
where they had pianos, and just sneak into the
rehearsal rooms the conservatory in our city
and everywhere and played the piano and just
improvised. Then I got a professor and I started
studying more formally and then I heard a pian-
ist who was my first influence and is still one of
my big influences, a pianist from South Africa.
His name is Abdullah Ibrahim. He is also
known under the name Dollar Brand. He was
my first introduction into proper jazz if I can
put it this way. Then somebody told me that if I
liked this guy I should get in touch with some-
one in our city who knew about jazz, a pianist
who could help me. I met this guy who was of
Hungarian decent, Gyorgy Joldt, and it was a
blessing because he was sort of a mentor for me.
He had over 2,000 LPs which behind the iron
curtain, that was like a bonanza and he knew
seriously about this music. He steered me
slowly from Abdullah Ibrahim into Monk, Bud
Powell and then everybody else. He was very
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I always compose for the people I work with ...
I write for their individual voices. This is the
lesson of Duke Ellington ... I dont write for tenor
saxophone, I write for Abraham [Burton] or for
Tony Malaby which is very different even
though they play the same instrument.
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passionate about it and I remember we had two
meetings every week and we would just listen to
records. Id play piano with him and I had to
pay for this. It was symbolic because he would
give me the albums and I would copy them onto
cassette. You have to understand this guy had
very rare stuff. He was in connection with peo-
ple like Paul Bley. He showed me some albums
that he had with Paul Bley and Ornette Cole-
manthat later on he had to take them off the
market because I think Don Cherry sued him or
something, but he was signed by these people. I
learned tremendously from him and not only the
major names but also the secondary ones peo-
ple like Jimmy Rowles, the pianist. Aside from
the big ones, this mentor of mine, would intro-
duce me to the whole range of what this music
meant, all the secondary ones, Joe Albany,
Dodo Marmarosa. These are very forgotten cats
and one of my favorite piano albums is a duet of
Jimmy Rowles with Ray Brown, very unknown.
They did two LPs. It was on a CD that was reis-
sued sometime later but it is one of my all time
favorite piano and bass albums. By the time I
moved to the states, I sort of already knew the
history of this music, I did my homeworkin a
waynot all of it. This is my background in
Romania. Then I started playing in Romania and
then I started putting my first trio, the quartet
and quintet together and after the fall of the
communist regime in 1989. There was a big
opening and the first jazz program at the Uni-
versity of Bucharest and I moved there, and I
started putting my first bands together. It was a
lot of energy and intensity.
JI: How old were you?
LB: Twenty-four. I was a young buck as they
say. I did my first album there for a label in
Bucharest, Green Records, which was a strange
mix of Art Blakey and Sun Ra. I was working
with some African percussion players who were
stranded in Bucharest and those were good
times but I wanted more. So this is my Roma-
nian background. I also studied classical once I
got into the jazz program at the Bucharest Acad-
emy of Music, I got the great luck to be able to
study classical composition with Anatol Vieru,
he was a student of Tchaikovsky and one of
Romanias biggest contemporary classical com-
posers. He lectured a lot in the states, he was
one of the Post Serialist, contemporary classical
composermodal-type of things. He was very
involved with mathematics and music. From
him I learned the great tradition. I wrote string
quartet sonatas and fugues. I learned Bach and
all that sort of stuff. He gave me a serious foun-
dation in learning in terms of what we call now
European Classical Music. From him, I acquired
more and developed more my love for writing
music. Initially I never told him I was into jazz.
I thought he would be ... well you know, be-
cause he was very old when I started studying
with him, in his seventies. So he was part of a
different generation and I wasnt sure if he
would be open to me being so in love with jazz,
so I never told him for the three years that I
studied with him and he always said, Lucian
you will be a composer, you need to graduate
and you need to focus on composition because
you have real talent for this. In the end I had to
tell him that what I really wanted to do was jazz
and I wanted to move to New York. To my sur-
prise he said, Why didnt you say something? I
love jazz, its just that I dont know much about
it. So this guy, were talking about a composer
that knows serious stuff about European classi-
cal music and he was still humble enough to say
that he does not know about jazz, but he loves it.
JI: This is where the marriage took place with
you between the jazz and the classical, right
there. You were on both sides of the coin, the
opposite ends of the spectrum, I think. The way
Im hearing your story, it seems like the music
chose you Lucian, the way you found your way
to it, but it was shining on you and it was direct-
ing you and then it was pouring into you all
these various elements, thats why I find this
kind of question so interesting, how did you
form?
LB: I guess you are right, exactly. I didnt form
myself as the past generation of jazz musicians
formed themselves, working with the past mas-
ters then to the bandstand and being part of the
community in America. I got some of that later
when I moved to New York but my formation
as a musician and as a jazz musician was not
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part of this. It was one of the reasons I wanted to
come to America but it was not part of this. Im
also very upfront about this. I did not study and
never had, unfortunately, the chance to hear Art
Blakey, you know. But Im coming from a
slightly different angle. But as Lee Konitz said,
and I always loved this saying, Nobody owns
form and variations.
JI: Thats right. Another thing I look at it like
thisMother Jazz, when she started, knew she
had to sustain herself and continue. You cant
continue and not allow the rest of the universe
to pour into you. So what she started to do was
to spread herself out over the entire globe so
that the next levels of musicians that would
follow would be adding more and more in order
for her to continue to blossom and grow, be-
cause I believe that is her very nature she started
off with this very rich seed and continued to
expand and develop herself.
LB: Im living proof of that. What does jazz
have to do with a guy from Transylvania ending
up in New York? Its because jazz has become
this universal music, and Im not the only one.
Everybody that loves jazz from all over the
world, they come to New York.
JI: It could not have survived in a vacuum
nothing canbecause the very nature of it is to
explore and to discover and move on, it has to
keep goingself perpetuating. You grew up in
Cluj, Transylvania, Romania. I find the country
you came from so romantic and mysterious
sort of like many of your compositions. What is
it like there? What was it like growing up there
in terms of the jazz music sceneis it a very
rural or cosmopolitan city? And compared to
when you grew up there, what is it like now
with regard to jazz and how has your success
influenced others to take up the jazz torch or has
it?
LB: I was born in Cluj, I grew up in a village
about sixty miles from Cluj with my grandpar-
ents. It was in the country till I was seven and
then I came back to my parents into the city,
which is the biggest city in Transylvania. The
city of Cluj itself is very close to the village
where Bartok was born and did a lot of his col-
lection work. So Constanta was part of the Aus-
trian/Hungarian empire. This is the geographical
positioning of the whole thing. Now Im touring
like once or twice a year, I get to go to Romania
to play. I play three to five concerts and its
always a pleasure. Its gotten much better now.
It was obviously after the fall of Communism.
We had the forces of free market coming. So,
yes it was open to jazz but the survival game
also moved in so we lost all of the state support
that we used to have before that. But now it is
getting a little better and Im happy to say that
there is growing interest from young people for
this music. There are several festivals, not as
many as in the western European countries but
there are about six festivals throughout the year
and there is a very small but healthy scene.
Theres young musicians that I know and actu-
ally Im going to go on a tour to promote the
Transylvanian Concert ECM album with Mat
Maneri and Im going to also do a workshop
and a lecture for the jazz department at the Bu-
charest Music Academy talking about the world
scene and how can you articulate to become
what you want to become as a jazz musician,
both in terms of technical aspects
improvisation and approaches to this music and
in terms of how to navigate and find your own
voice. Im happy to say that I can share my ex-
perience with all the other musicians.
JI: Are you the Jazz Ambassador of Romania?
How do you see yourself? In what ways have
you been honored and supported by your coun-
try and how many groups and artists have you
introduced to the people back home? Are there
many jazz enthusiasts in Romania?
LB: I see myself as a New Yorker, an American
musician of Romania origin. I live in New York
and my life is in New York. Im also an Ameri-
can citizen now but my origin is from Eastern
Europe, one can never escape those things. Even
though at some point I wanted to, it came back
to haunt me. I was fortunate enough to be able
to present a lot of my projects in Romania. I do
European tours and always, when possible, try
to get to Romania. I was there with Elevation. I
was there with the duet with Mat Maneri. I was
there obviously with Enesco Re-Imagined,
which was a commission of the huge Enesco
Festival. I was there with Sam Newsome in
various incarnations. I was there with Alex
Harding and the Tuba Project and so I was for-
tunate enough to be able to present these amaz-
ing and very known musicians to the Romanian
audiences.
Jazz Inside: Id like to talk about your work
and your current projects. Currently you lead
three groups and co-lead four am I right? What
are they?
LB: I have three or four groups that are con-
stantly alive and working. I have the duet with
Mat Maneri which we just did the ECM album
and its doing very well; it is very unique. Then
I have Elevation Quartet with Abraham Burton
and John Hebert or Drew Gress on bass and Eric
McPherson or Nasheet Waits on drums. Then
there is Enesco Re-Imagined which is a larger
ensemble dedicated to the musical genius
George Enesco which features Tony Malaby,
Ralph Alessi, Mat Maneri, Joyce Hammann,
Gerald Cleaver, Badal Roy and John Hebert.
There is Asymmetry with Jorge Sylvester, and
various amazing rhythm sections including Brad
Jones, Gene Jackson, and Derrek Phillips. The
Tuba Project is with Bob Steward, Bruce Wil-
liams, Alex Harding and various drummers over
the yearsDerrek Phillips, Willard Dyson and
some other people. These are some of the pro-
jects that I mostly work now and there is some
new stuff coming in.
JI: You have an ever growing discography, lets
talk about your body of work, First, your duo
project with violist, Mat Maneri and the new
CD Transylvanian Concert CD on ECM Re-
cords which has garnered amazing press feed-
back so far on both sides of the Atlantic from
the major press like NY Times, LA Times, The
Guardian etc. How did your collaboration with
Mat come about and whats it like working with
him then talk briefly about the compositions on
the albumI find this CD absolutely stunning.
LB: I knew about Mat since the mid 2000s but
I first heard him live at the Vanguard with the
Paul Motian Band. So, I knew of him from the
scene. He was recommended to me when I was
putting together the ensemble with John Hebert
that would become Enesco Re-Imagined and
initially I wanted to have a cello player and Eric
Friedlander was in my mind. I talked to him but
he could not do it. Then Nasheet Waits recom-
mended Mat Maneri to me saying that he would
be amazing for this project and he was right
because Mat was an amazing voice in an ensem-
ble of stunning musicians. Enesco Re-Imagined
featured Ralph Alessi on trumpet; Tony Malaby
on tenor; a violinist from Germany, Albrecht
Maurer; Gerald Cleaver on drums; John Hebert
on bass and orchestrations; and, Badal Roy on
tabla. These are all amazing musicians with
strong personalities, but Mat had something
special and made that ensemble sound even
better. The way we started working as a duet
was very simple. When I did Enesco Re-
Imagined we didnt have too much time for
rehearsal. Some of the scores are re-
orchestrations of classical works by George
Enesco and on one of them, a sonata, I said,
Piano and viola open intro improv. We never
got to rehearse this obviously so when we got to
premier this at the Enesco Festival in Bucharest
in 2009, it was the first time I played in duet
with Mat and it ended up on the album. The
chemistry was amazing. We never had the
chance to rehearse or play as a duet at all before
but from the first note [the introduction was
about three minutes], it was amazing because
right after the concert Mat and I said, we need to
work more as a duet. Then Enesco Re-Imagined
came out and got amazing press and we got to
tour and thats how out of these tunes I got to
work with Mat as a duet because wed stay over
in Europe a little longer and do stuff. Then we
did other projects. In 2011, I was touring with
Mat with a more slightly stranger project with
video and electronics working on the films of
Andrei Tarkovsky the great Russian film direc-
tor. A friend from a city in Transylvania called
me and wanted to present me in Trgu Mures.
We had some days off so Mat and I went there
and I had never known about the amazing venue
that they had, The Opera, an opera house built at
the beginning of the twentieth century in Trgu
Mures, a little city in the midst of Transylvania.
It has about 1,000 seats, typical Viennese Aus-
trian type opera, amazing hall, amazing acous-
tics and amazing piano because the Philhar-
monic is there. We did a concert and we knew it
was good because we had a good feeling after it
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and a good reaction from the audience. Some-
body had came before the show and asked if
they could record it for the radio to be played
there and I agreed but said I wanted a copy.
When the guy sent us the copy, both Mat and I
went Whoa, this is very nice interesting stuff;
we should do something with it. Mat sent it out
to some people that we had worked with in the
past. ECM was immediately interested and also
the first to get back to us which was a treat be-
cause ECM is such an amazing label for more
than five decades. I also think that the music fits
their aesthetic. I thought that Manfred Eicher
would just book a studio when he came to New
York and wed do an album for them. But he
actually got back to me and said that he wanted
this recording, the original source, he said, We
love this and wed like to put it out. It was
Manfred who actually gave the title to the al-
bum, Transylvanian Concert. I had originally
called it, Deco Heart, because we have a tune
with that title, and subtitled it Transylvanian
Concert. The pieces that we worked on were
very unique. I wrote them for Mat and Mat
wrote something and theres a solo rendition by
Mat of, Nobody Knows the Trouble Ive
Seen. The pieces we wrote for the duet its
hard for me to describe them, because they are
like a melting pot. There are so many things
going on. Of course, Mat is an amazing violion-
ist and violist in modern jazz. Hes one of the
great improvisers, who has always been con-
nected with avant-garde even though he doesnt
think of himself as an avant-garde player. He is
the son of Joe Maneri who was very seriously
involved with micro-tonal music. There is a
broad range of stuff that is going on in that al-
bum, but the pieces themselves, in a way are
rather simple with quirks. What makes this work
is the musical and human chemistry that we
have. Its basically that we complement each
other musically extremely well. We had a great
venue, a great audience and a great pianoand
you know, great things happened. This is the
genesis of the album. Im really happy about it
and that it got great press and reviews from the
audience. Im happy to work with ECM Records
because it is such an amazing label and also to
be on the same label with all of the great musi-
cians from Art Ensemble of Chicago to Lester
Bowie to Keith Jarrett, Paul Bley, you name it.
Its an honor.
JI: Every creative artist covets the honor of
being on ECM thats for sure. Let me ask you
this now, your group Elevation Quartet consists
of Abraham Burton, tenor saxophone, John
Hbert, bass and Eric McPherson, drums. Ive
heard this group and it fantastic. Abraham Bur-
ton is a knockout powerhouse of a player, in-
credibly fluent on his instrument, Eric McPher-
son is one of my favorite New York drummers,
who has a lot of chops and high energy as well
as the ability to be sensitive, and John Hbert
and yourself are what I regard as the enigmatic
glue of the group that holds it together and gives
it its nuance. The new album Mystery was just
released. It is a live performance captured Janu-
ary 29, 2010 at the Cornelia Street Caf in New
York City. You composed all the music but
share compositional credits with Burton and
McPherson on one piece. Talk about this group,
where are you playing next, how the group
came about.
LB: My first collaboration with Abraham Bur-
ton came via the great drummer Bruce Cox. I
think we did some stuff back in the day at Kave-
haz with Bruce. I loved Abrahams sound and
concept from the very first moment. Abraham
comes from strong tradition. He studied under
Jackie McLean and his sound is amazing but
what I like most about him is not that he knows
the great hard bop and bop traditions so well its
the melodic sense. This may surprise some peo-
ple who know Abraham and look at him maybe
in a different way, I think Abraham has an im-
peccable sense of melody and its all very sin-
cere. When we started working together, he
loved playing on the stuff that I was bringing to
the bandstand, like new material, which by the
way, I always compose for the people I work
with. From the very first album with Alex,
through all of the stuff that I did I write for
their individual voices. This is the lesson of
Duke Ellington. I dont write for baritone saxo-
phone, I write for Alex Harding. I dont write
for tenor saxophone, I write for Abraham or for
Tony Malaby which is very different even
though they play the same instrument. We had a
very good vibe when we were playing together
and Abraham played my music with so much
intensity and sincerity that obviously we had to pur-
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Saturday, January 4 Larry Newcomb 4 at Garage, 12:00 PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Dende & Band at Rubin Pavilion, Brooklyn Museum, 5:00 PM. 200 Eastern Pkwy., Brooklyn. Billy Harper at Bethany Baptist Church, 6PM. 275 W. Market St., Newark NJ. Virginia Mayhew 4 at Garage, 6:30 PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Malletech: Worlds Greatest Vibes at Dauphin Grille, Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, 7PM. 1401 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park NJ. Kyoko Oyobe 5 at Fat Cat, 7PM. 75 Christopher St. Dylan Doyle, Falcon, 7PM. 1348 Rte. 9W, Marlboro NY. Marilyn Maye at Metropolitan Room, 7PM. 34 W. 22nd St. Seong Min at Shrine, 7PM. 2271 7th Ave. Bobby Katz/Brian Aronov at Somethin Jazz, 7PM. 212 E. 52nd Jorge Sylvester 3 at Bar Next Door, 7:30, 9:30, & 11:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Kenny Werner 5 w/Randy Brecker at Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5. Henry Butler w/Steven Bernsteins Hot 9 at Jazz Standard, 7:30, 9:30, & 11:30 PM. 116 E. 27th St. Dan Block Group at Smalls, 7:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Misha Piatagorsky 3 at Zinc Bar, 7:30 PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Punkinhead at Barbes, 8PM. 376 9th St., Brooklyn. Chris Botti at Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd St. Kayo Hiraki 3 at Cleopatras Needle, 8PM. 2485 Broadway. Myles Mancuso Band at Club Groove, 8PM. 125 MacDougal St. Buster Williams at Iridium, 8:00 and 10PM. 1650 Broadway. Clay Jenkins/Gene Bertoncini, Kitano, 66 Park Ave. Stevie Holland in Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter at Saint Peters Church, 8PM. 619 Lexington Ave. Zack Glass at Shrine, 8PM. 2271 7th Ave. Thurston Moore at The Stone, 8PM. 2nd St & Ave C Sean Chambers Band at Treme, 8PM. 553 Main St., Islip NY. Birdland Big Band at Birdland, 8:30 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th B. D. Lenz 3 at Small World Coffee, 8:30 PM. 14 Witherspoon St., Princeton NJ.
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Sunday, January 5 Joonsam Lee 3 at Garage, 11:30 AM. 99 7th Ave. S. Afro Latin Jazz Cats at Fat Cat, 12:00 PM. 75 Christopher St. Bossa Nova Brunch: Nanny Assis at SOBs, 12:00, 12:30, 2:00,
& 2:30 PM. 204 Varick St. Stevie Holland in Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter at
Saint Peters Church, 2:30 and 7PM. 619 Lexington Ave. Jazz Conversations with Frank Deligio: Lady and the Prez Part
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Connor Koch, Deer Head, 5 Main St., Delaware Water Gap PA. Ike Sturm & Evergreen at Saint Peters Church, 5:00 PM. 619
Lexington Ave. John Engle/Gary Poulson at Downtown Music Gallery, 6PM.
13 Monroe St. Terry Waldo at Fat Cat, 6PM. 75 Christopher St. David Coss 4 at Garage, 7PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Marilyn Maye at Metropolitan Room, 7PM. 34 W. 22nd St. Arthur Kell 4 at Shapeshifter Lab, 7PM. 18 Whitwell Pl., Bklyn. Mika Samba 3 at Somethin Jazz, 7PM. 212 E. 52nd Interplay Jazz Orchestra at Treme, 7PM. 553 Main St., Islip NY. Kenny Werner 5 w/Randy Brecker at Dizzys Club Coca Cola,
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7:30 and 9:30 PM. 116 E. 27th St. Lezlie Harrison at Smalls, 7:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Chris Botti at Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd St. Buster Williams at Iridium, 8:00 and 10PM. 1650 Broadway. Toney at Shrine, 8PM. 2271 7th Ave. Thurston Moore/Tom Surgal at The Stone, 8PM. 2nd St & Ave C Michal Attias 4 at Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30 PM. 29 Cornelia St. Fat Cat Big Band at Fat Cat, 8:30 PM. 75 Christopher St. Vanessa Trouble at Swing 46, 8:30 PM. 349 W. 46th St. The Bad Plus at Village Vanguard, 8:30 PM. 178 7th Ave. S. Birdland Big Band at Birdland, 9:00 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th Shrine Big Band at Shrine, 9PM. 2271 7th Ave. Benji Kaplan, Shapeshifter, 9:30 PM. 18 Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn. Thurston Moore at The Stone, 10PM. 2nd St & Ave C Bruce Harris 5 at Smalls, 12:00 AM. 183 W. 10th St. After Hours Session at Fat Cat, 1:00 AM. 75 Christopher St.
Monday, January 6 Aleksi Glick 3 at Bar Next Door, 6:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Osso String Quartet at Fat Cat, 6PM. 75 Christopher St. Tribute to Oscar Peterson at Birdland, 7PM. 315 W. 44th Howard Williams Jazz Orchestra at Garage, 7PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Meeting: International Women in Jazz at Saint Peters Church,
7PM. 619 Lexington Ave. Yoham Ortiz at Somethin Jazz, 7PM. 212 E. 52nd Tony Hewitt at Zinc Bar, 7PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Wessel Anderson 6 at Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30
PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5. Joechen Rueckert at Smalls, 7:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Deborah Davis, Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd St. Pedrito Martinez, Bklyn Bowl, 8PM. 61 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn. Chris Norton at Le Cirque Cafe, 8PM. 151 E. 58th St. Joel Beaver at Radegast Hall, 8PM. 113 N. 3rd St., Brooklyn. Seung-Hee 3 at Bar Next Door, 8:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. David Amram, Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30 PM. 29 Cornelia St. Ned Goold 5 at Fat Cat, 9PM. 75 Christopher St. Tony Scherr 3 w/Anton Fier at Stage One, Rockwood Music
Hall, 9PM. 196 Allen St. Carol Sudhalter 4 at Somethin Jazz, 9PM. 212 E. 52nd Jay Rodriguez/Victor Jones, Zinc Bar, 9PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Jim Campilongo 3 at Stage One, Rockwood Music Hall, 10PM.
196 Allen St. Ben Eunson Group at Somethin Jazz, 11PM. 212 E. 52nd Billy Kaye at Fat Cat, 12:30 AM. 75 Christopher St.
Tuesday, January 7 Janice Wiggins at Hibiscus, 6PM. 270 South St., Morristown NJ. Olli Hirvonen 3 at Bar Next Door, 6:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Bob Smith 3 at Amici Milano, 7PM. 600 Chestnut, Trenton NJ. Irene Walsh at Caffe Vivaldi, 7PM. 32 Jones St. Saul Rubins ZEBTET at Fat Cat, 7PM. 75 Christopher St. Adam Rongo 3 at Garage, 7PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Wessel Anderson 6 at Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30
PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5. Nate Smith + Kinfolk at Jazz Standard, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 116
E. 27th St. Rebirth Brass Band at Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd Janis Siegel at Iridium, 8:00 and 10PM. 1650 Broadway. Johnny Winter at B.B. King Blues Club, 8PM. 237 W. 42nd St. Bobby Prevites TERMINALS feat. John Medeski & Nels Cline
+ Helado Negro at (Le) Poisson Rouge, 8PM. 158 Bleecker St. Yurie & Charlie at Shrine, 8PM. 2271 7th Ave. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Stone, 8:00 and 10PM. 2nd St & Ave C
Jeff Richardi 4 at Tomi Jazz, 8PM. 239 E. 53rd St. Vincent Troyani, Tumultys, 361 George St., New Brunswick NJ. Jack Jeffers & NY Classics at Zinc Bar, 8PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Craig Yaremko, Bar Next Door, 8:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Lauren Kinhan at Birdland, 8:30 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th Ahern/Coleman Band w/Jon Irabagon at Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30
PM. 29 Cornelia St. Christian McBride, Village Vanguard, 8:30 PM. 178 7th Ave. S. Blue Opal Jazz at Flatiron Room, 9PM. 37 W. 26th St. Russ Lossing, Adam Kolker, Korzo, 667 5th Ave., Brooklyn. Sifter feat. Kirk Knuffke & Mary Halvorson at Korzo, 10:30 PM.
667 5th Ave., Brooklyn. Greg Glassman at Fat Cat, 12:30 AM. 75 Christopher St.
Wednesday, January 8 Daryl Sherman at Saint Peters Church, 1:00 PM. 619 Lexington Jazz Clinic at Flushing Town Hall, 5:00 PM. Open to high school
students and older. 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing, Queens.
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10 Columbus Cir. #5. Kurt Rosenwinkel 4 at Jazz Standard, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 116 E.
27th St. Mary Halvorson/Michal Attias at Barbes, 8PM. 376 9th St.,
Brooklyn. Rebirth Brass Band at Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd Janis Siegel at Iridium, 8:00 and 10PM. 1650 Broadway. Leo Genovese 3 at Kitano, 8:00 and 10PM. 66 Park Ave. Julian Lage w/Nels Cline at Stage Three, Rockwood Music
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8PM. Artists include Robert Glasper, Jason Moran, Ravi Col-trane, Eric Harland, and others. 123 W. 43rd St.
Beegie Adair, Birdland, 8:30 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th Jesse Elder at Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30 PM. 29 Cornelia St. Terry Silverlight, Maxfields, 8:30 PM. 713 Main St., Boonton NJ. Christian McBride Big Band at Village Vanguard, 8:30 & 10:30
PM. 178 7th Ave. S. Harold Mabern 3 at Fat Cat, 9PM. 75 Christopher St. Chloe Perrier at Flatiron Room, 9PM. 37 W. 26th St. Liam Sillery at Somethin Jazz, 9PM. 212 E. 52nd Billy Drummond 4 at Zinc Bar, 9PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Duane Eubanks Group at Smalls, 9:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Francisco Mora-Catlett, Zinc Bar, 10:30 PM, 82 W. 3rd St. Wayne Tucker, Cyrille Aimee, Smalls, 12:00 AM. 183 W. 10th St. Ned Goold at Fat Cat, 12:30 AM. 75 Christopher St.
Thursday, January 9 Yaala Ballin Group at Smalls, 6PM. 183 W. 10th St. Andrew Van Tassel, Bar Next Door, 6:30 PM. 129 MacDougal Masami Ishikawa, Cleopatras Needle, 7PM. 2485 Broadway. David Schnitter 4 at Fat Cat, 7PM. 75 Christopher St. Marc Devine 3 at Garage, 7PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Joel Zelnik 3: Tribute to Bill Evans at Manville Public Library,
7PM. 100 S. 10th Ave., Manville NJ. Marilyn Maye at Metropolitan Room, 7PM. 34 W. 22nd St. Tivon Pennicott, Shapeshifter Lab, 7PM. 18 Whitwell Pl., Bklyn. Persons of Interest at Somethin Jazz, 7PM. 212 E. 52nd The Cookers feat. George Cables, Eddie Henderson & Billy
Hart at Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5.
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jazz Standard, 7:30, 9:30 PM. 116 E. 27th St. Rebirth Brass Band at Blue Note, 8:00, 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd St. Frank Kimbrough, Greenwich House, 8PM. 46 Barrow St. Ben Paterson 3 at Kitano, 8:00 and 10PM. 66 Park Ave. Billy Test 4 at Makeda, 8PM. 338 George St., New Brunswick NJ. Revive Big Band feat. Dr. Lonnie Smith + Wallace Roney
Orchestra at (Le) Poisson Rouge, 8PM. 158 Bleecker St. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Stone, 8:00 and 10PM. 2nd St & Ave C Bill OConnells Latin Jazz, at Zinc Bar, 8PM. 82 W. 3rd St. John Raymond, Shapeshifter, 8:15 PM. 18 Whitwell Pl., Bklyn. Matt Panayides 3 at Bar Next Door, 8:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Sara Gazarek at Birdland, 8:30 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th John Hollenbeck at Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30 PM. 29 Cornelia St. T. K. Blue at Ginnys Supper Club, 8:30 PM. 310 Lenox Ave. Christian McBride Big Band at Village Vanguard, 8:30 & 10:30
PM. 178 7th Ave. S. Amina Figarova, Jazz Gallery, 9PM. 5th floor, 1160 Broadway. Kenia feat. Marty Ashby at Somethin Jazz, 9PM. 212 E. 52nd St. Sun Ra: A Play by Sylvan Oswald with live music by Burnt
Sugar Arkestra at Joes Pub, 9:30 PM. 425 Lafayette St. Ryan Keberle, Shapeshifter, 9:30 PM. 18 Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn. Marianne Solivan 4 at Smalls, 9:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Mino Cilenu at Zinc Bar, 9:45 and 11PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Greg Glassman 5 at Fat Cat, 10PM. 75 Christopher St. Nick Hempton Band at Smalls, 12:00 AM. 183 W. 10th St. Mike King at Fat Cat, 12:30 AM. 75 Christopher St.
Friday, January 10 Ben Solomon 4 at Fat Cat, 6PM. 75 Christopher St. John Chin 3 at Garage, 6PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Melissa Aldana, (Le) Poisson Rouge, 6PM. 158 Bleecker St. Joo Martins 4 at Shrine, 6PM. 2271 7th Ave. Sharel Cassity 5 at Club Groove, 6:30 PM. 125 MacDougal St. Antoine Roney 3 feat. Kojo at Zinc Bar, 6:30 PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Ben Wendel 4 at NYU Lounge, 6:45 PM. 40 Washington Sq. S. Bill Goodwin, Deer Head, 7PM. 5 Main, Delaware Water Gap PA. Blind Boys of Alabama w/Allen Toussaint, Ruthie Foster &
Paul Thorn at B.B. King Blues Club, 7PM. 237 W. 42nd St. Masa Orpana, Shapeshifter Lab, 7PM. 18 Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn. Keren Ann at (Le) Poisson Rouge, 7:15 PM. 158 Bleecker St. Paul Bollenback 3 at Bar Next Door, 7:30. 129 MacDougal St. Matt Ulerys Loom at The Bitter End, 7:30 PM. 147 Bleecker St. The Cookers feat. George Cables, Eddie Henderson & Billy
Hart at Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5.
Kurt Rosenwinkel 4 at Jazz Standard, 7:30, 9:30, & 11:30 PM. 116 E. 27th St.
Nat Baldwin/Otto Hauser at Judson Church, 7:30 PM. 55 Washington Sq. S.
Ray Gallon 3 at Smalls, 7:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Evan Truesdales Gil Evans Project at SubCulture, 7:30 and
10PM. Lower level, 45 Bleecker St. Gary Bartz 4 at Club Groove, 7:45 PM. 125 MacDougal St. Zee Avi at Zinc Bar, 7:45 PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Rebirth Brass Band at Blue Note, 8PM, 10:30 PM, & 12:30 AM.
131 W. 3rd St. Aki Yamamoto 3 at Cleopatras Needle, 8PM. 2485 Broadway. David Hazeltine 3 w/Louis Hayes at Flushing Town Hall, 8PM.
137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing, Queens. Dirty Dozen Brass Band + Red Baraat at Highline Ballroom,
8PM. 431 W. 16th St. Mike DiRubbo 5 at Kitano, 8:00 and 10PM. 66 Park Ave. Ches Smith 3 at NYU Lounge, 8PM. 40 Washington Sq. S. Aurora + Zon del Barrio at SOBs, 8:00 and 10PM. 204 Varick
St. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Stone, 8:00 and 10PM. 2nd St & Ave C Sami Sippola, Shapeshifter, 8:15 PM. 18 Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn. Kurt Elling at Birdland, 8:30 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th Dawn of Midi at (Le) Poisson Rouge, 8:30 PM. 158 Bleecker St. Christian McBride Big Band at Village Vanguard, 8:30 & 10:30
PM. 178 7th Ave. S. Leela Gilday at Drom, 8:40 PM. 85 Avenue A. Jon Irabagon 3 at The Bitter End, 8:45 PM. 147 Bleecker St. Takuya Kurada at Club Groove, 9PM. 125 MacDougal St. John Hollenbeck, Cornelia St. Cafe, 9PM. 29 Cornelia St. Gilad Hekselman at Jazz Gallery, 9:00PM. 1160 Broadway. Emily Wolf Project at Pianos, 9PM. 158 Ludlow St. Rene Marie at Zinc Bar, 9PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Nate Wooley at NYU Lounge, 9:15 PM. 40 Washington Sq. S. Smith & 9th Ward at Edison Rum House, 9:30 PM. 228 W. 47th Mikko Innanen/Andrew Cyrille at Shapeshifter Lab, 9:30 PM.
18 Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn. JoAnne Brackeen/Cecil McBee at Knickerbocker Bar, 9:45 PM.
33 University Pl. Lionel Loueke/Jeff Tain Watts at (Le) Poisson Rouge, 9:45
PM. 158 Bleecker St. Jazz Passengers at The Bitter End, 10PM. 147 Bleecker St. Mary Halvorson 7 at Judson Church, 10PM. 55 Washington Sq. Otis Brown III at Club Groove, 10:15 PM. 125 MacDougal St. Gregoire Maret w/Terri Lyne Carrington at Zinc Bar, 10:15 PM.
82 W. 3rd St. Ed Cherry 4 at Fat Cat, 10:30 PM. 75 Christopher St. Hot House at Garage, 10:30 PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Chris Lightcap, NYU Lounge, 10:30 PM. 40 Washington Sq. S. Montez Coleman Group at Smalls, 10:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Roy Hargrove 5 at (Le) Poisson Rouge, 11PM. 158 Bleecker St. Burnt Sugar Arkestra w/Melvin Van Peebles & Vernon Reid at
The Bitter End, 11:15 PM. 147 Bleecker St. Peter Brtzmann, Hamid Drake, Jason Adasiewicz at Judson
Church, 11:15 PM. 55 Washington Sq. S. Kris Bowers Group at Club Groove, 11:30 PM. 125 MacDougal Fredericks Brown w/Deva Mahal at Joes Pub, 11:30 PM. 425
Lafayette St. 3rd Eye 4tet at Zinc Bar, 11:30 PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Ben Goldberg at NYU Lounge, 11:45 PM. 40 Washington Sq. S. Ben Holmes 4 at The Bitter End, 12:30 AM. 147 Bleecker St. Improvised Round Robin Duets; artists TBA at Judson
Church, 12:30 AM. 55 Washington Sq. S. Casey Benjamin at Club Groove, 12:45 AM. 125 MacDougal St. Roman Diaz & Midnight Rumba at Zinc Bar, 12:45 AM. 82 W. 3rd Aruan Ortiz 4 at NYU Lounge, 1:00 AM. 40 Washington Sq. S. Josh Evans at Fat Cat, 1:30 AM. 75 Christopher St.
January 2014
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Lawrence Leathers at Smalls, 1:30 AM. 183 W. 10th St. Thiefs at The Bitter End, 1:45 AM. 147 Bleecker St. Big Yuki at Club Groove, 2:00 AM. 125 MacDougal St.
Saturday, January 11 Daniela Schaechter 3 at Garage, 12:00 PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Bad Buka at Radegast Hall, 3:00 PM. 113 N. 3rd St., Brooklyn. Bob Smith, Candlelight Lounge, 3:30 PM. 24 Passaic St.,
Trenton NJ. Bob Bennett 5 at Somethin Jazz, 5:00 PM. 3rd floor, 212 E. 52nd Alex Hoffman 4 at Garage, 6PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Gretchen Parlato at (Le) Poisson Rouge, 6PM. 158 Bleecker St. Darcy James Argues Secret Society at SubCulture, 6PM.
Lower level 45 Bleecker St. Michele Rosewoman, Bitter End, 6:15 PM. 147 Bleecker St. Cyrille Aimee at Birdland, 6:30 PM. 315 W. 44th James Brandon Lewis, Club Groove, 125 MacDougal St. Ted Poor 4 at Zinc Bar, 6:30 PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Miles Okazaki 4 at NYU Lounge, 6:45 PM. 40 Washington Sq. S. Lauren Sevian 4 at Fat Cat, 7PM. 75 Christopher St. Marilyn Maye at Metropolitan Room, 7PM. 34 W. 22nd St. Leni Stern at Shrine, 7PM. 2271 7th Ave. Rudy Royston, (Le) Poisson Rouge, 7:15 PM. 158 Bleecker St. Ralph Alessi, SubCulture, 7:15 PM. Lower level 45 Bleecker St. Jerome Sabbagh, Bar Next Door, 7:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Howard Johnson, The Bitter End, 7:30 PM. 147 Bleecker St. The Cookers feat. George Cables, Eddie Henderson & Billy
Hart at Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5.
Kurt Rosenwinkel 4 at Jazz Standard, 7:30, 9:30, & 11:30 PM. 116 E. 27th St.
Chris Byars 6 at Smalls, 7:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Theo Croker at Club Groove, 7:40 PM. 125 MacDougal St.. Morgan James at Zinc Bar, 7:45 PM. 82 W. 3rd St. John Pizzarelli 4 w/Jane Monheit at Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30
PM. 131 W. 3rd St. Satchmo Mannan, Cleopatras Needle, 8PM. 2485 Broadway. Matt Lavelle, Firehouse Space, 246 Frost St., Brooklyn. Henry Threadgills Ensemble Double-Up: In Remembrance of
Lawrence Butch Morris at Judson Church, 8:00 and 10PM. 55 Washington Sq. S.
Ted Nash, Frank Kimbrough at Kitano, 8PM. 66 Park Ave. Endangered Blood at NYU Lounge, 8PM. 40 Washington Sq. S. Emanuele Tozzi at Shrine, 8PM. 2271 7th Ave. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Stone, 8:00 and 10PM. 2nd St & Ave C Caroline Davis 3 at Tomi Jazz, 8PM. 239 E. 53rd St. Mike Harry at Caffe Vivaldi, 8:15 PM. 32 Jones St. Kurt Elling at Birdland, 8:30 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th Mother Falcon, (Le) Poisson Rouge, 8:30 PM. 158 Bleecker St. Mark Helias, SubCulture, 8:30 PM. Lower level 45 Bleecker St. Christian McBride Big Band at Village Vanguard, 8:30 & 10:30
PM. 178 7th Ave. S. Jeff Ballard 3 at Club Groove, 8:50 PM. 125 MacDougal St. Billy Martin, Steven Bernstein, Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery. John Hollenbeck, Cornelia St. Cafe, 9PM. 29 Cornelia St. Broadway Brassy at Flatiron Room, 9PM. 37 W. 26th St. Super OFarrill Brothers at Jazz Gallery, 9PM. 1160 Broadway. Philip Harper at Sistas Place, 9PM. 456 Nostrand Ave., Bklyn. Elizabeth Shepherd at Somethin Jazz, 9PM. 212 E. 52nd Don Byron 6 at Zinc Bar, 9PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Mostly Other People Do the Killing at NYU Lounge, 9:15 PM.
40 Washington Sq. S. Crescent City Maulers at Swing 46, 9:30 PM. 349 W. 46th St. JoAnne Brackeen/Cecil McBee at Knickerbocker Bar, 9:45 PM.
33 University Pl. Gretchen Parlato, (Le) Poisson Rouge, 9:45 PM. 158 Bleecker Tim Berne, SubCulture, 9:45 PM. Lower level, 45 Bleecker St. Smokeys Secret Family at Barbes, 10PM. 376 9th St., Brooklyn. Raul Midon at The Bitter End, 10PM. 147 Bleecker St. Nir Felder at Club Groove, 10PM. 125 MacDougal St. Duane Eubanks 5 at Fat Cat, 10PM. 75 Christopher St. No BS! Brass at Bowery Electric, 10:15 PM. 327 Bowery. Feedel Band at Drom, 10:15 PM. 85 Avenue A. Trio Feral at Zinc Bar, 10:15 PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Akiko Tsuruga 3 at Garage, 10:30 PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Jim Black at NYU Lounge, 10:30 PM. 40 Washington Sq. S. Montez Coleman Group at Smalls, 10:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Paulo Stagnaro, Terraza 7, 40-19 Gleane St., Elmhurst, Queens. Miguel Zenon 4 at Jazz Gallery, 11PM. 5th floor, 1160 Broadway. Big Chief Donald Harrison & Congo Square Nation at (Le)
Poisson Rouge, 11PM. 158 Bleecker St. Nicholas Biellos NB4tet at Somethin Jazz, 11PM. 212 E. 52nd Tony Malaby, SubCulture, 11PM. Lower level 45 Bleecker St. Somi at Club Groove, 11:10 PM. 125 MacDougal St.
Meklit at The Bitter End, 11:15 PM. 147 Bleecker St. Lakecia Benjamin at Zinc Bar, 11:30 PM. 82 W. 3rd St. La Sabrosa Saborsura at Drom, 11:45 PM. 85 Avenue A. Marc Ribots Ceramic Dog w/Mary Halvorson at Judson
Church, 11:45 PM. 55 Washington Sq. S. Elliott Sharp, NYU Lounge, 11:45 PM. 40 Washington Sq. S. Jacob Fred, (Le) Poisson Rouge, 12:15 AM. 158 Bleecker St. Erik Friedlander, SubCulture, 12:15 AM. Lower level 45 Bleecker Craig Handy at Club Groove, 12:20 AM. 125 MacDougal St. Jamie Baum 7+ at The Bitter End, 12:30 AM. 147 Bleecker St. Next Collective at Blue Note, 12:30 AM. 131 W. 3rd St. Marc Cary 3 at Zinc Bar, 12:45 AM. 82 W. 3rd St. Matthew Shipp, Judson Church, 1AM. 55 Washington Sq. S. Chris Morrissey,t NYU Lounge, 1:00 AM. 40 Washington Sq. S. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble at (Le) Poisson Rouge, 1:30 AM. 158
Bleecker St. Eric Wyatt 4 at Smalls, 1:30 AM. 183 W. 10th St. ABRAXAS: Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz at SubCulture, 1:30 AM.
Lower level 45 Bleecker St. Trees in Tongues at The Bitter End, 1:45 AM. 147 Bleecker St. Now Vs. Now at Blue Note, 1:45 AM. 131 W. 3rd St.
Matt Wilson/Ted Nash 3 at Zinc Bar, 2:00 AM. 82 W. 3rd St.
Sunday, January 12 Tony Jefferson, Falcon, 10:00 AM. 1348 Rte. 9W, Marlboro NY. Grace Kelly 5 at Blue Note, 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd Lou Caputo 4 at Garage, 11:30 AM. 99 7th Ave. S. Joel Zelnik 3: Tribute to Bill Evans at Greenburgh Public
Library, 2:00 PM. 300 Tarrytown Rd., Elmsford NY. Don Byron, Saint Peters Church, 5:00 PM. 619 Lexington Ave. Pascalito Neostalgia, Somethin Jazz, 5PM. 212 E. 52nd St. Westchester Swing Band at 12 Grapes, 5:30 PM. 12 N. Division
St., Peekskill NY. Tatsuya Nakatani/Assaf Tsahari at Downtown Music Gallery,
6PM. 13 Monroe St. Terry Waldo at Fat Cat, 6PM. 75 Christopher St. Tony Malaby, Greenwich House Music School, 6PM. 46 Barrow Sean Jones at Birdland, 6:30 PM. 315 W. 44th Ben Sidran at Barbes, 7PM. 376 9th St., Brooklyn. Jeffrey Broussard & The Creole Cowboys at The Falcon, 7PM.
1348 Rte. 9W, Marlboro NY. David Coss 4 at Garage, 7PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Marilyn Maye at Metropolitan Room, 7PM. 34 W. 22nd St. Igor Butman Moscow Jazz Orchestra w/Allan Harris at (Le)
Poisson Rouge, 7PM. 158 Bleecker St. Leland Baker 5 at Somethin Jazz, 7PM. 212 E. 52nd Greg Bufford: A Tribute to Philly Joe Jones at South Orange
Performing Arts Center, 7PM. 1 SOPAC Way, South Orange NJ. Thom Penn 9 at Treme, 7PM. 553 Main St., Islip NY. Regina Carter at Birdland, 7:30 PM. 315 W. 44th The Cookers feat. George Cables, Eddie Henderson & Billy
Hart at Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5.
Kurt Rosenwinkel 4 at Jazz Standard, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 116 E. 27th St.
Ehud Asherie 3 at Smalls, 7:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. John Pizzarelli 4 w/Jane Monheit at Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30
PM. 131 W. 3rd St. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at City Winery, 8PM. 155 Varick St. Stanley Clarke 3 w/Harlem String Quartet & Betty LaVette at
Highline Ballroom, 8PM. 431 W. 16th St. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Stone, 8:00 and 10PM. 2nd St & Ave C Najib Shaheen, Shapeshifter, 8:15 PM. 18 Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn. Tomas Fujiwara at Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30 PM. 29 Cornelia St. Ray Abrams Big Band at Swing 46, 8:30 PM. 349 W. 46th St. Christian McBride, Village Vanguard, 8:30 PM. 178 7th Ave. S. Simona Premazzi 4 at Fat Cat, 9PM. 75 Christopher St. Nicole Zuraitis at Stage One, Rockwood Music, 9PM. 196 Allen Costas Baltazanis at Somethin Jazz, 9PM. 212 E. 52nd Joey Arias: Billie Holiday Centennial Concert at Joes Pub,
9:30 PM. 425 Lafayette St. Kenny Warren & Nashaz at Shapeshifter Lab, 9:30 PM. 18
Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn. Joe Magnarelli 4 at Smalls, 12:00 AM. 183 W. 10th St. Brandon Lewis at Fat Cat, 1:00 AM. 75 Christopher St.
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Eyal Vilner Big Band at Garage, 7PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Michael Eaton 4 at Somethin Jazz, 7PM. 212 E. 52nd Michelle Walker at Zinc Bar, 7PM. 82 W. 3rd St. Ladies Sing the Blues: Catherine Russell, Charanee Wade &
Brianna Thomas at Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5.
Mingus Big Band at Jazz Standard, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 116 E. 27th St.
Monty Alexander w/John Pizzarelli, Bucky Pizzarelli, & Ca-terina Zapponi at Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd St.
Molly Ryan at Le Cirque Cafe, 8PM. 151 E. 58th St. Cassandra Wilson at Highline Ballroom, 8PM. 431 W. 16th St. Will Calhoun at Iridium, 8:00 and 10PM. 1650 Broadway. NYC South American Music Festival at Zinc Bar, 8PM. Artists
include Juancho Herrera, Pedro Giraudo Expressions Big Band, awi, Rebol, and Alejo Garca. 82 W. 3rd St.
Kiran Ahluwalia 5 at Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:15 and 9:15 PM. 29 Cornelia St.
Mika Hary 3 at Bar Next Door, 8:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Tony Scherr 3 w/Anton Fier at Stage One, Rockwood Music
Hall, 9PM. 196 Allen St. Kammerer/Mel/Woodard 3 at Somethin Jazz, 9PM. 212 E. 52nd Torben Waldorf, Shapeshifter, 9:30 PM. 18 Whitwell Pl., Bklyn. Jim Campilongo, Rockwood Music Hall, 10PM. 196 Allen St. Matt Munisteri 2 at Cornelia St. Cafe, 10:30 PM. 29 Cornelia St.
Tuesday, January 14 Benno Marmur at Bar Next Door, 6:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Fatum Brothers 3 at Antibes Bistro, 7PM. 112 Suffolk St. Ray Blue 3 at Garage, 7PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Amanda Brecker at Stage One, Rockwood Music Hall, 7PM.
196 Allen St. Liz Wagener at Somethin Jazz, 7PM. 212 E. 52nd The Song Continues: Marilyn Horne Master Class at Weill
Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, 7:30 PM. Corner of 57th St. & 7th Ave. Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra at Dizzys Club Coca
Cola, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5. Compulsion: The Music of Andrew Hill feat. Jaleel Shaw, Greg
Osby, Donny McCaslin, Jeremy Pelt, Matt Wilson, and others at Jazz Standard, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 116 E. 27th St.
Joris Teepe 5 at Smalls, 7:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Craig Handy, Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd St. Steve Lehman 8 w/Jonathan Finlayson & Chris Dingman at
The Stone, 8PM. 2nd St & Ave C Diane Schuur at Birdland, 8:30 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th Kris Davis at Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30 PM. 29 Cornelia St. Christian McBride 3 at Village Vanguard, 8:30 PM. 178 7th Ave. Sutton Foster at Cafe Carlyle, 8:45 PM. 35 E. 76th St. John OGallagher 4 at Korzo, 9PM. 667 5th Ave., Brooklyn. Alex & Nora at Somethin Jazz, 9PM. 212 E. 52nd George Schuller, Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn. Juancho Herrera at Terraza 7, 9:30 PM. 40-19 Gleane St.,
Elmhurst, Queens. Shawn Baltazor 4 w/Seamus Blake at Korzo, 10:30 PM. 667 5th
Ave., Brooklyn. Lucas Pino No Net Nonet at Smalls, 10:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St.
Wednesday, January 15 Art Lillard Big Band at St. Peters Church, 1PM. 619 Lexington Gunther Schuller Discusses Charles Mingus Epitaph at
Cornelia St. Cafe, 6PM. 29 Cornelia St. As and Js Jazz Band at Shrine, 6PM. 2271 7th Ave. Tobias Meinhart, Bar Next Door, 6:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Rene Hart at The Falcon, 7PM. 1348 Rte. 9W, Marlboro NY. Anderson Brothers at Garage, 7PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Herlin Riley at Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 10
Columbus Cir. #5. Darrell Grant: The Territory feat. Steve Wilson, Joe Locke, &
Terrell Stafford at Jazz Standard, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 116 E. 27th Craig Handy at Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd St. Tammy Scheffer 6 at Kitano, 8:00 and 10PM. 66 Park Ave. Vanessa Perea at New Brunswick Hyatt, 8PM. 2 Albany St.,
New Brunswick NJ. Steve Lehman at The Stone, 8PM. 2nd St & Ave C Diane Schuur at Birdland, 8:30 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th Christian McBride 3 at Village Vanguard, 8:30 PM. 178 7th Ave. Sutton Foster at Cafe Carlyle, 8:45 PM. 35 E. 76th St. Andrew Pereira, Somethin Jazz, 9PM. 212 E. 52nd Lew Soloff/Anne Drummond 5 at Zinc Bar, 9PM, 10:30 PM, and
12:00 AM. 82 W. 3rd St. Chris Kelsey & What I Say: The Electric Miles Project at
Shapeshifter Lab, 9:30 PM. 18 Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn. Kevin Hays 4 feat. Chris Potter at Smalls, 9:30 PM. 183 W. 10th
Willerm Delisfort 6 at Smalls, 12:30 AM. 183 W. 10th St. Thursday, January 16
Nicholas Brust 3 at Bar Next Door, 6:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Marianne Solivan at Birdland, 7PM. 315 W. 44th Richard Clements 3 at Cleopatras Needle, 7PM. 2485 Bdway. Kristina Koller, The Falcon, 7PM. 1348 Rte. 9W, Marlboro NY. Rick Stone 3 at Garage, 7PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Alicia Olatuja at Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture, 7PM. 515 Lenox Ave. Isaiah Barr at Somethin Jazz, 7PM. 212 E. 52nd Marilyn Horne Song Celebration at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall,
7:30 PM. Artists include Barbara Cook, Warren Jones, and others. Corner of 57th St. & 7th Ave.
Herlin Riley at Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5.
Cyrus Chestnut 3 at Jazz Standard, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 116 E. 27th St.
Christian Scott at Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd St. Lisa Hilton, Weill Recital Hall, 8PM. 57th St. and 7th Ave. Bucky Pizzarelli, Falcon, 8PM. 1348 Rte. 9W, Marlboro NY. Jeremy Davis & Fabulous Equinox Orchestra at Iridium, 8:00
and 10PM. 1650 Broadway. Michael Blake 4 w/Frank Kimbrough at Kitano, 8:00 and 10PM.
66 Park Ave. Steve Lehman at The Stone, 8PM. 2nd St & Ave C Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Tarrytown Music Hall, 8PM. 13 Main
St., Tarrytown NY. Latinology at Treme, 8PM. 553 Main St., Islip NY. John Fumasoli, Shapeshifter, 18 Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn. 3 Guitars: Jane Getter/Alex Skolnick/Bruce Arnold at Bar Next
Door, 8:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Diane Schuur at Birdland, 8:30 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th Christian McBride, Village Vanguard, 8:30 PM. 178 7th Ave. S. Sutton Foster at Cafe Carlyle, 8:45 PM. 35 E. 76th St. Elena Pinderhughes, Jazz Gallery, 9PM. 5th floor, 1160 Bdway. Tina Lama Jazz Funk 6 at Somethin Jazz, 9PM. 212 E. 52nd Rachel Friedman, Shapeshifter, 18 Whitwell Pl., Brooklyn. Kevin Hays 4 feat. Chris Potter at Smalls, 9:30 PM. 183 W. 10th Vctor Prieto, Terraza 7, 40-19 Gleane St., Elmhurst, Queens. Andy Statman at Barbes, 10PM. 376 9th St., Brooklyn. Carlos Abadie 5 at Smalls, 12:30 AM. 183 W. 10th St.
Friday, January 17 Masami Ishikawa 3 at Garage, 6PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Smooth Operator at Shrine, 6PM. 2271 7th Ave. Chris Gekker 3: Works by Ellington, Shorter, McPartland, and
others at Barge Music, 7PM. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton St., Brooklyn.
Karen Stachel, Deer Head, 5 Main St., Delaware Water Gap PA. Matuto at The Falcon, 7PM. 1348 Rte. 9W, Marlboro NY. Linda Presgrave at Somethin Jazz, 7PM. 212 E. 52nd Marko Djordjevic, Bar Next Door, 7:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Michael Mwenso/Evan Sherman: A Tribute to Cedar Walton at
Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5. Jerry Weldon at Grassos, 7:30 PM. 134 Main St., Cold Spring
Harbor, Long Island. Cyrus Chestnut 3 at Jazz Standard, 7:30, 9:30, & 11:30 PM. 116
E. 27th St. Tardo Hammer 3 at Smalls, 7:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Perfect Alibi 5 + Mike Kaplan 5 at Old Franklin Schoolhouse,
7:30 PM. 491 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen NJ. Christian Scott at Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd St. Yaacov Mayman 3 at Cleopatras Needle, 8PM. 2485 Broadway. Michael McNeil, Firehouse Space, 8PM. 246 Frost St., Brooklyn. Roy Hargrove at Highline Ballroom, 8PM. 431 W. 16th St. Nicky Schrire, Gerald Clayton, Kitano, 8 & 10PM. 66 Park Ave. Sissy Castrogiovanni at Shrine, 8PM. 2271 7th Ave. Steve Lehman 8 w/Jonathan Finlayson & Chris Dingman at
The Stone, 8PM. 2nd St & Ave C Miles Okazaki 3 at SubCulture, 8PM. Lower level, 45 Bleecker Diane Schuur at Birdland, 8:30 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th Christian McBride, Village Vanguard, 8:30 PM. 178 7th Ave. S. Sutton Foster at Cafe Carlyle, 8:45 PM. 35 E. 76th St. The Hot at Nights at Drom, 9PM. 85 Avenue A. Darius Jones, Jazz Gallery, 9PM. 5th floor, 1160 Broadway. Emily Wolf Project at Somethin Jazz, 9PM. 212 E. 52nd Liberty Ellman 3 at SubCulture, 9PM. Lower level, 45 Bleecker David Gilmore, SubCulture, 9:30 PM. 45 Bleecker St. Paul West/Richard Wyands at Knickerbocker Bar, 9:45 PM. 33
University Pl. Peter Valera at Garage, 10:30 PM. 99 7th Ave. S.
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Ian Hendrickson-Smith Group at Smalls, 10:30 PM. 183 W. 10th Joao Martins 4 at Somethin Jazz, 11PM. 212 E. 52nd Chris Turner at Blue Note, 12:30 AM. 131 W. 3rd St. Jeremy Manasia 3 at Smalls, 1:00 AM. 183 W. 10th St.
Saturday, January 18 Larry Newcomb 4 at Garage, 12:00 PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Enrico Granafei at Salt Creek Grille, 7PM. 1 Rockingham Rd.,
Princeton NJ. Craig Hartley 3 at Somethin Jazz, 7PM. 212 E. 52nd Ethan Mann, Bar Next Door, 7:30 PM. 129 MacDougal St. Michael Mwenso/Evan Sherman: A Tribute to Cedar Walton at
Dizzys Club Coca Cola, 7:30 and 9:30 PM. 10 Columbus Cir. #5. Cyrus Chestnut 3 at Jazz Standard, 7:30, 9:30, & 11:30 PM. 116
E. 27th St. David Schnitter 4 at Smalls, 7:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Dave Tronzo 3 at SubCulture, 7:30 and 10PM. Lower level, 45
Bleecker St. Doug White 5 at Sugar Bar, 8PM. 254 W. 72nd St. Christian Scott at Blue Note, 8:00 and 10:30 PM. 131 W. 3rd St. Justin Lees 3 at Cleopatras Needle, 8PM. 2485 Broadway. Kyoko Oyobe at Kitano, 8:00 and 10PM. 66 Park Ave. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at The Paramount, 8PM. 370 New York
Ave., Huntington NY. Uri Gurvich, Puffin Cultural Forum, 8PM. 20 Puffin Way, Tea-
neck NJ. Florencia Gonzalez Candombe Project at Shrine, 8PM. 2271 7th
Ave. Steve Lehman 8 w/Jonathan Finlayson & Chris Dingman at
The Stone, 8PM. 2nd St & Ave C Burning Gums feat. Ron Jackson & Yaacov Malman at Treme,
8PM. 553 Main St., Islip NY. Fred Frith/ Nels Cline at SubCulture, 8:15 and 9:30 PM. Lower
level, 45 Bleecker St. Diane Schuur at Birdland, 8:30 and 11PM. 315 W. 44th Brasil Live at SOBs, 8:30 and 10:45 PM. 204 Varick St. Christian McBride, Village Vanguard, 8:30 PM. 178 7th Ave. S. Sutton Foster at Cafe Carlyle, 8:45 PM. 35 E. 76th St. Michael Bates Acrobat at Cornelia St. Cafe, 9:00 and 10:30
PM. 29 Cornelia St. The Following Suits at Flatiron Room, 9PM. 37 W. 26th St. Jure Pukl at Jazz Gallery, 9PM. 5th floor, 1160 Broadway. Charles Bradley, Music Hall of Williamsburg, 9PM. 66 N. 6th St.,
Brooklyn. Carl Bartlett Jr.: A Tribute to Dr. King at Sistas Place, 9:00 and
10:30 PM. 456 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn. Brust/Horowitz 5 at Somethin Jazz, 9PM. 212 E. 52nd Trio Cachimbo at Edison Rum House, 9:30 PM. 228 W. 47th St. Zion80 at Joes Pub, 9:30 PM. 425 Lafayette St. Double Down Rat Pack Swing at Swing 46, 9:30 PM. 349 W.
46th St. Paul West, Richard Wyands at Knickerbocker Bar, 9:45 PM. 33
University Pl. Virginia Mayhew 4 at Garage, 10:30 PM. 99 7th Ave. S. Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Smalls, 10:30 PM. 183 W. 10th St. Brett Sandler 3 at Somethin Jazz,