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JULY CALENDAR

TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY:LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES:

SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH:

8:00PM & 10:30PMFRIDAYS & SATURDAYS 12:30AM MIDNIGHT11:30AM & 1:30PM

LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES

SHILPA ANANTH JULY 4

MELANIE CHARLES / RAT HABITAT JULY 5

TOMAS DONCKER JULY 11

COULON JULY 12

BRASIL LIVE JULY 18

AMANDA RUZZAJULY 19

MAURICIO ZOTTARELLI JULY 25

DAVI VIEIRA JULY 26

SUNDAY BRUNCH SERIES

ALEX BROWNJULY 6

MIHO HAZAMA & M_UNITJULY 13

HENDRIK MEURKENSJULY 20

JO-YU CHENJULY 27

THE HEATH BROTHERS QUINTETJULY 1-3

NICOLE HENRYJULY 4-6

YOUNGJOO SONG QUARTETJULY 7

DIZZY GILLESPIE™ ALL STAR BIG BANDJULY 8-13

JOE GRANSDEN BIG BANDJULY 14

DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BANDJULY 15-16

PONCHO SANCHEZJULY 17-20

BABY DO BRASIL (8PM) & WAYNA (10PM)JULY 21

PAT MARTINO ORGAN TRIOJULY 22-23

WALLACE RONEY QUARTET WITH LENNY WHITE & BUSTER WILLIAMS + SPECIAL GUESTJULY 24-27

HARVEY MASON CHAMELEONJULY 28-30


In a career spanning six decades, NEA Jazz Master/saxophonist Jimmy Heath has made history with Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Donald Byrd, Cal Tjader and dozens more. A prolific compos-er, many of Jimmy’s 125+ tunes have become jazz standards, recorded by everyone under the sun. Meanwhile Albert “Tootie” Heath blazed his own trail, playing drums for jazz icons from John Coltrane to Art Farmer and Kenny Barron. Together with brother Percy on bass, the Heath Brothers put out a string of albums and earned a reputa-tion as one of the first families of jazz.

Up until 1975, Percy had been busy with the Modern Jazz Quartet, but with the group in “retirement” (temporarily as it turned out), all three brothers were

free to join forces. Originally a quartet with pianist Stanley Cowell, but ex-panding after the addition of guitarist Tony Purrone and Jimmy’s son Mtume on percussion, the band recorded for Strata East (1975), four albums for Columbia Records, and two for Island Records. Tootie Heath left the group early on and was replaced by Akira Tana, although he came back for the final 1983 record. Although the Heath Brothers’ music was essentially hard bop, there were occasional departures into jazzy R&B on isolated selections.

While Percy passed away in 2005, Jimmy and Tootie proudly carry on this ensemble’s rich history. n

THE HEATH BROTHERS QUINTET

JULY 1-3, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

The beautiful and dynamic vocal-ist Nicole Henry celebrates the iconic women of music that have influenced her career. Join the 2013 Soul Train jazz award winner and Billboard chart-topping artist as she takes us on an incredible journey through the music we adore: the songs of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Aretha Franklin and more.

Since her debut in 2004, Nicole Henry has established herself as one of the jazz world’s most acclaimed vocal-ists, possessing a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional reso-nance.

Ms. Henry’s passionate, soulful voice and heart-felt charisma has earned her a 2013 Soul Train Award for “Best Tra-ditional Jazz Performance” as well as three Top-10 U.S. Billboard and HMV Japan jazz albums. Heralded by The New York Times, Wall Street Jour-nal, The Japan Times, El Pais, Jazz Times, Essence and more, Ms. Henry tells real stories through repertoire from the American Songbook, classic and contemporary jazz, contemporary standards, blues and originals. n

NICOLE HENRY

JULY 4-6, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

L AT E N I G H T G R O O V E S E R I E S

Partnered up with guitarist/producer Jordan Peters, the Brooklyn based proj-ect is introducing their debut album self titled RAT HABITAT Pt.1. This concept album blends electronica, soul, hip-hop, indie rock, sprinkled with a hint of Haitian Swag and explores what it means to be a 20-30 something “RAT” looking for love and stability while deal-ing with rejection and the complexities of family dynamics. ingeniously ar-ranged mix of original old school soul and funk songs. n

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After a long journey, which brought her all the way from Dubai to South India to Boston, and now New York, vo-calist and songwriter, Shilpa Ananth continues to seek the perfect balance between all her different worlds. Her music is a blend of her Indian roots, with flavorful Jazz chords, and Hip Hop styled beats, and she sings in four lan-guages - Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, and English. Her original music represents at least two languages on each track, usually English mixed with her native tongue, Tamil.

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Shilpa’s soulful voice feels like butter, as she strives to stay true to her past and present musical influences - A.R Rah-man and Robert Glasper- and build a bridge between the music from the East and West.

She is currently working on her five-song EP, titled Why Not?, which will be released in September 2014. n

Pianist Alex Brown’s reputation contin-ues expanding through his notable per-formances with everyone from innovative saxophonist Miguel Zenón to the legend-ary Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Cen-ter Jazz Orchestra. A member of Paquito D’Rivera’s ensemble since 2007, shared in that ensemble’s 2010 GRAMMY® nomi-nation for D’Rivera’s album, Jazz-Clazz. Of Brown’s 2010 debut CD with his own en-semble, Pianist (Sunnyside), DownBeat magazine proclaimed it “A really fine record that leaves you wanting more.” This just a year after his 2009 graduation with a Bach-elor of Music from New England Conser-vatory where he studied with Danilo Pérez

ALEX BROWNJULY 611:30AM & 1:30PM$29.50 includes music, entree & 1 drink

and Charlie Banacos, among others. Due to his diverse influences, Classical, rhythm & blues, hip-hop, Afro-Caribbean and Bra-zilian styles all co-mingle – naturally and in-fectiously – in Brown’s music. Doubtlessly, this versatility contributed to his collecting an array of student and young composer awards from ASCAP, DownBeat magazine and BMI, propelling him towards a profes-sional career. Now in Alex Brown’s rear-view mirror are appearances at top jazz venues and festivals, including: the Blue Note in New York (and Tokyo), the Telluride Jazz Celebration and Israel’s Red Sea Jazz Festival, among others. n


Youngjoo Song is one of Korea’s lead-ing jazz pianists. After graduating Berk-lee College of Music and Manhattan School of Music, she was able to ex-ponentially climb Korea’s Jazz charts in record sales and popularity where she then had multiple opportunities to per-form with some of the most prominent artists from both Korea and the US.

Her prompt escalation in the jazz world enabled her to record eight albums with distinguished labels such as EMI, Warner and Sony of which Free to Fly

was nominated for the Korean Music award in 2009, and Love Never Fails which won Korea’s “Best Jazz Album” in 2010. Her new album Tale of a City won the “Best Jazz Performance” at the 2012 Korean Music Award. Young joo Song recorded and performed with some of the most prominent jazz mu-sicians; including Steve Wilson, Mark Turner, Seamus Blake, Gretchen Par-lato, Kendrick Scott, Marcus Gilmore, Vicente Archer, Rogerio Boccato. n

YUNGJOO SONG QUARTET

JULY 7, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

History has produced its share of great artists and great people—John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was both. As a per-former, he left behind an incredible record of innovation and inspiration. As a composer, a broad repository of musical masterpieces, and as a man, a legion of friends, colleagues and com-patriots who remember him with the same degree of love and esteem they reserve for his work.

For Dizzy Gillespie, playing in a small combo was never enough. His artistry compelled him to seek and to create larger ensembles because as a com-poser and arranger, a big band was the ultimate vehicle for self-expression. Given that the majority of his career took place after 1950 when the big band era was over, it’s especially no-table that Dizzy Gillespie continued to create brilliant music using the grand-scale formats of jazz big band and or-chestra right up to the end of his life in 1993.

The Dizzy Gillespie™ Big Band and Alumni All-Star group (small group) is the direct descendant of these ven-tures, and happily, the tradition lives on, nurtured by Gillespie alumni and executive director, producer, and bass-ist John Lee.

The Big Band and the Alumni All-Stars feature some of Dizzy’s closest com-patriots: senior statesmen and NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath and vet-eran Gillespie alumni Roy Hargrove, Roberta Gambarini, Cyrus Chestnut, Steve Davis, Lewis Nash, and musical director John Lee. All of them are band leaders, educators, and recording art-ists in their own right.

The small group debuted in 1996 while the Big Band debuted in 1998. Together they continue to delight au-diences around the world with the en-during power and freshness of Dizzy Gillespie’s music. This is the legacy the master would have wanted—and a living tribute from the many extraor-dinary musicians in this group who exemplify his style, range, and com-mitment.

The Dizzy Gillespie™ Big Band’s mu-sical home would have to be New York’s famed Blue Note Jazz Club, which was for many years Dizzy’s fa-vorite jazz club not only in New York City, but in the world. The All-Star Big Band performs there for a week every summer, and the Alumni All-Star small group celebrates Dizzy’s birthday for a week every October. n

DIZZY GILLESPIE™ ALUMNI ALL-STAR BIG BAND

JULY 8-13, 8:00PM & 10:30PM


DIZZY GILLESPIE™ ALUMNI ALL-STAR BIG BAND

Coulon began when vocalist extraor-dinaire Imani Uzuri asked her dear friends, Rozz Nash (former lead singer of Groove Collective and Slavic Soul Party) and Neil Coulon (former drum-mer of the Boston-based band “27”), to perform at her Blue Note show in January 2008. The soon-to-be-married couple didn’t have any songs, and had played together only once - at a friend’s wedding. Overwhelmed with plans for their own wedding in Brazil, Neil and Rozz started preparing for the planned gig just a week beforehand, co-writing a

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song called “By My Side,” an ode to the couple’s commitment to each other. At the show, Imani introduced the duo to the world as Coulon . . . and that’s how the magic began n


As a prime mover on New York’s down-town “No Wave” scene in the early 1980s, Tomas Doncker cut his teeth as a guitarist with such genre-busting groups as James Chance & The Con-tortions, Defunkt, J. Walter Negro & The Loose Jointz and many more. Eventu-ally he went international, touring and recording in Japan with jazz pianist Ma-sabumi Kikuchi, and producing studio and songwriting sessions with Boosty Collins, Yoko Ono, jazz saxophonist

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Sadao Watanabe and Grammy-winning producer Prince Charles Alexander, to name just a few. Since then, Doncker has continued to work with an A-list of iconic musicians, including Ivan Nev-ille (on his solo album Thanks), Bonnie Raitt, Meshell Ndegeocello, Living Co-lour lead singer Corey Glover, former P-Funk keyboardist Amp Fiddler…and the list keeps growing. n

Originally from Tokyo, New York-based jazz composer Miho Hazama released her debut album “Journey to Journey” with her own 13-piece large ensemble “m_unit”. The album is selected as one of the best new-releases by Milo Miles from NPR on the 2013 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll.

A winner of the 2011 ASCAP Founda-tion Young Jazz Composer Award, Ms. Hazama has worked with the Metropole Orkest, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vince Mendoza, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yosuke Yamashita among many oth-ers not only as a composer but also as an arranger. Her works have been performed in the US, the UK, Japan,

MIHO HAZAMA & M_UNITJULY 1311:30AM & 1:30PM$29.50 includes music, entree & 1 drink

Poland and the Netherlands. Recently, Ms. Hazama received the 24th annual Idemitsu Music Award, the first time in the award’s history for a jazz composer to win. With private instruction from Jim McNeely and Phil Markowitz, Ms. Haza-ma completed her master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music in Jazz Composition in 2012. n


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Joe Gransden has performed world-wide and released ten CDs under his own name. Renowned first for the hard bop approach of his trumpet, Grans-den’s singing voice has been com-pared to that of Chet Baker and Frank Sinatra.

Joe is from New York City and comes from a family full of musicians. Joe’s introduction to music came early on through his father, a gifted singer and pianist. His grandfather was a trum-peter of merit, playing professionally

his whole life throughout New York and on his mother’s side was the piano vir-tuoso Carmen Cavallero.

Not long after high school, Joe was on the road as a sideman with the Tommy Dorsey Band and Glenn Miller Band. He has also performed as a sideman with Barry White, The Moody Blues, Kenny Rogers, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin and The Whispers. Eventually moving to New York City, he performed with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Chico O’Farrill. Meanwhile, Joe formed his own group, which per-formed in Brooklyn each week and in-cluded guitarist Joe Cohn and former Betty Carter bassist, Matt Hughes. The Joe Gransden Trio’s growing legion of fans in both New York and recently in Atlanta has obviously taken note. A widening schedule has found Joe per-forming at The Jazz Corner in Hilton Head, South Carolina, The Museum of Art and Design in midtown Manhat-tan, Spivey Hall in Atlanta and Tehema Golf Club in Carmel, California. Joe also just released his brand new album entitled Close To My Heart which was produced by saxophone great Kenny G. The album is a collection of smooth jazz covers and originals written by Joe and Kenny. Joe has been perform-ing with Kenny G and his band around the country for the past year or so. Fel-low musicians across the country hear a talented trumpet player whose ace in the hole is a well-developed voice. But around Atlanta and New York Joe is also a well-respected human being, a nice guy who treats people fairly. He has always managed to keep every as-pect of his career and life in balance. In this tempestuous decade, Joe’s lyri-cism is like a breath of fresh air. n

JOE GRANSDEN BIG BAND

JULY 14, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

In 1977, The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions at the time: social and pleasure clubs dated back over a century to a time when black southerners could rarely afford life insurance, and the clubs would provide proper funeral arrange-ments. Brass bands, early predeces-sors of jazz as we know it, would often follow the funeral procession playing somber dirges, then once the family of the deceased was out of earshot, burst into jubilant dance tunes as ca-sual onlookers danced in the streets. By the late ‘70s, few of either existed. The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club decided to assemble this group as a house band, and over the course

of these early gigs, the seven-member ensemble adopted the venue’s name: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

Thirty-five years later, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a world famous mu-sic machine, whose name is synony-mous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances. They have revitalized the brass band in New Or-leans and around the world, progress-ing from local parties, clubs, baseball games and festivals in their early years to touring nearly constantly in the U.S. and in over 30 other countries on five continents. The Dirty Dozen have been featured guests on albums by artists including David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Dr. John, Buckwheat Zydeco, Dave Matthews Band, Modest Mouse, Wide-spread Panic, and the Black Crowes. n

DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND

JULY 15-16, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

Vigil& the Chick Corea

Sept 30 thru 0ct 5



The imaginative rhythms of Poncho Sanchez have made him one of the most influential conga players and percussionists in Afro-Cuban jazz. In addition to recording as a soloist, Sanchez has been featured on albums by the Jazz Crusaders, Eddie Harris, Freddie Hubbard, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Dianne Reeves, Joey De-Francesco, and Terence Blanchard. Becoming a member of vibraphonist Caj Tjader’s Band in 1975, Sanchez remained with the group until Tjader’s death on May 5, 1982. By then, he had already planted the seeds for his own career as a bandleader. He recorded two solo albums -- Poncho in 1979 and Straight Ahead in 1980 -- and be-gan performing with his own group in 1980, during Tjader’s vacations. A na-tive of Laredo, Texas, Sanchez moved to Los Angeles at the age of four, where he was deeply influenced by the music he heard in the Chicano neighborhood in which he lived. Initially a guitarist, he played with a series of junior high

school and high school rhythm & blues bands. Teaching himself to play congas, he spent hours practicing to Caj Tjader, Machito, and Tito Puente records. He was also deeply influenced by the hard bop sounds of the Jazz Crusaders. Af-ter more than two decades in music, Sanchez’s efforts paid off when his al-bum, Latin Soul, received a Grammy award as Best Latin Album of 1999. Throughout the next decade, Sanchez continued to record, releasing such albums as 2000’s Soul of the Conga, 2001’s Latin Spirits, 2003’s Out of Sight!, 2005’s Do It!, 2007’s Raise Your Hand, and 2009’s hard bop-influenced Psychedelic Blues. In 2011, he paid tribute to the innovative Afro-Cuban re-cordings of Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo by teaming up with trumpeter Terence Blanchard for Chano y Dizzy! Sanchez followed it up with a concert set entitled with Live in Hollywood, with his Latin Jazz Band. - Craig Harris, All Music Guide n

PONCHO SANCHEZ

JULY 17-20, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

Amanda Ruzza hails from São Paulo, Brazil. Growing up in a house hum-ming with music, Amanda began play-ing bass early, and was playing profes-sional performance engagements by age 13. Eventually, in Brazil, she worked with distinguished Brazilian producers and arrangers, including GRAMMY® Award-winner Moogie Canazio, Mae-stro Jobam and Sony Music Japan’s Osny Mello.

Her work with groups covering a wide range of styles, including Arturo O’Farrill, Global Noize, Chris Stover’s Caetano Veloso Project, Jill Sobule, as well as with her own band, the Amanda

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Ruzza Group, evidence her flexibil-ity. Amanda draws on her multicultural background as a primary influence on her passion for composing music - music that seamlessly assimilates ele-ments of funk, jazz and South American rhythms. n


Brasil Live wields a unique brand of Brazlian pop music emboldened by vocal greatness. The Time Out NY “Critics’s Pick” awarded band features some of the most experienced and talented Brazilian musicians in the US. The group, led by Rio De Janeiro native guitarist and music producer Marcos Vigio, started in 2010 and has since performed at countless venues and events throughout the US. The band’s repertoire is drawn mainly from legend-ary dance floor masters such as Tim Maia, Jorge Ben, Djavan, Seu Jorge and Gilberto Gil. n

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PONCHO SANCHEZ

Ever since he started taking harmonica solos in the mid-’50s, Toots Thielemans has been without any close competition on his instrument, at least until Hendrik Meurkens arrived on the scene. Born in Germany to Dutch parents, Meurkens began as a vibraphonist, not playing harmonica until he heard Thielemans when he was 19. He traveled to the U.S. to study at Berklee and spent time in Brazil in the early ‘80s, during which he immersed himself in Brazilian jazz. Back in Berlin, Meurkens worked in the stu-dios, but also recorded with the Danish Radio Orchestra and had his own jazz

HENDRIK MEURKENSJULY 2011:30AM & 1:30PM$29.50 includes music, entree & 1 drink

group. He made a record in Brazil for the Bellaphon label (1989) and has re-corded several sets for Concord and Concord Picante as a leader, in addition to appearing on records as a sideman with Charlie Byrd. Meurkens is now based in New York City. - Scott Yanow, All Music Guide n


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RANDY BRECKERWITH THE DANISH RADIO BIG BAND

THE JAZZ BALLAD SONG BOOKTrumpeter Randy Brecker, an emeritus statesman whose life in music spans six decades, forges a career record, exploring the contours of jazz’s Great American Songbook in collaboration with the DR Big Band and the Danish National Chamber Orchestra. With lushly conceived charts penned by jazz’s premier arrangers, including Grammy winner Vince Mendoza, THE JAZZ BALLAD SONG BOOK is both cinematic and intimate, reflecting perfectly the scope of Breck-er’s contribution to popular music. Evergreens include “Cry Me a River,” “All or Nothing at All,” “Someday My Prince Will Come” and “Skylark.”

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BABY DO BRASILBaby do Brasil is considered one of the biggest Brazilian singers, and a music leg-end who has been revolutionizing the his-tory of the Popular Brazilian Music (MPB). Baby is famous for her soft, indescribable and unique voice, and strong rhythmic versatility not only in her ballads but also in her electric songs. The success of her lyrics, like in “Sem Pecado e Sem Juízo”, “Cósmica”, “Telúrica” among many other ones, and interpretations of other artist’s songs like in “Menino do Rio” (Caetano Veloso), “Brasileirinho” (Waldir Azevedo), “Todo Dia Era Dia de Índio” (Jorge Ben Jor), among others, put her on the main-stream audience nationally and interna-tionally. She deservingly earned the rec-ognition of specialized critics.

After her performance in LA, she was fea-tured in The Los Angeles Times saying that “She has the fury and the fire of the Latin Janis Joplin”.

Her recent work “Baby Sucessos”, a proj-ect idealized and directed by her son Pe-dro Baby, a successful guitarist and com-poser himself, premiered at the Jockey Club Brasileiro by the end of 2012 in front of an estimated crowd of 5000 people. Since then, Baby has been selling out tickets in the biggest venues in the coun-try, resulting in the making of her much-awaited CD and DVD. For the enjoyment and happiness of her fans, we will finally have the new CD and DVD of Baby do Brasil in the main stores of Brazil and of the world by the second half of 2014. n

WAYNA

GRAMMY®-nominated, Ethiopian-born, singer/songwriter, Wayna has a voice as pure as it is passionate. Stevie Wonder says “she’s incredible.” Essence Maga-zine says “Wayna is one to watch,” and Billboard Magazine calls her “a stand out on the indie front.” With two Billboard chart-topping singles from her sopho-more LP, Higher Ground, and a coveted Grammy nomination in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance Category for her remake, “Lovin You (Music)” featuring Ko-kayi, Wayna’s star is on the rise.

“The Expats” is the third and latest LP from this innovative artist. The album, which The Washington Post calls “bril-liant,” represents a new and daring de-parture from her previous work. Drawing from diverse cultural influences, Wayna and her Toronto-based backing band cre-ate a unique blend of African and Reggae-inspired soul, fused with classic and alter-native rock -- Sade and the Police meets Lauryn Hill and Radiohead.

“I’ve always been a bit of an Expat,” says Wayna “feeling different culturally from most of the people around me. For years, I tried to minimize those differences, but one day, I realized they make me who I am. I want this album to be about explor-ing and expressing all the ways in which I and every one of us are unique, cultur-ally or otherwise, and to celebrate those differences unapologetically.” We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” n

BABY DO BRASIL (8:00PM - ONE SHOW ONLY)

& WAYNA (10:30PM - ONE SHOW ONLY)

JULY 21

One of the greatest guitarists in jazz, Pat Martino had suffered a severe brain aneurysm and underwent sur-gery after being told that his condition could be terminal. After his opera-tions he could remember nothing. He barely recognized his parents, and had no memory of his guitar or his career. He remembers feeling as if he had been “...dropped cold, empty, neutral, cleansed…naked.”

In the following months, Martino made a remarkable recovery. Through inten-sive study of his own historic record-ings, with the help of computer tech-nology, Pat managed to reverse his memory loss and return to form on his instrument. His past recordings even-tually become “an old friend, a spiritual experience which remained beautiful and honest.” This recovery fits in per-

fectly with Pat’s illustrious personal his-tory. Since playing his first notes while still in his pre-teenage years, Martino has been recognized as one of the most exciting and virtuosic guitarists in jazz. With a distinctive, fat sound and gut-wrenching performances, he rep-resents the best not just in jazz, but in music. He embodies thoughtful energy and soul.

Today, Martino lives in Philadelphia and continues to grow as a musician. As The New York Times noted, “Mr. Martino is back and he is plotting new musical directions, adding more layers to his myth.” His experiments with gui-tar synthesizers are taking him in the direction of orchestral arrangements and they promise groundbreaking pos-sibilities. n

PAT MARTINO ORGAN TRIO

JULY 22-23, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

Grammy-winner WALLACE RONEY was heralded as an “improviser who loves complicated almost mathemati-cal lines and who performs with cat-like grace” by The New York Times. Roney - a trumpeter, composer, and bandleader - is one of the most excit-ing and innovative musicians on the creative music scene. His consummate artistry and eagerness to explore and transcend musical boundaries have led him to collaborate with Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Walter Davis Jr., Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Jay McShann, David Murray, and McCoy Tyner; as well as to be featured as a so-loist with Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rol-lins, Curtis Fuller, Stevie Wonder, Ran-dy Weston, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Dizzy Gillespie, to name a few.

Wallace was mentored by Miles Davis after Miles heard him in 1983 at his birthday gala performance in Carnegie Hall. Their association peaked when Miles chose Wallace to share the stage at his historic performance in Montreux in 1991. After Davis died, Herbie Han-cock, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams and Roney banded together and toured the world in tribute.

Praised by Time magazine for his “am-ber tone and patient and considered phrasing,” Roney has recorded over a dozen albums as a leader. Each recording illuminates the dynamic trumpeter’s keen compositional chops and versatility as a bandleader and composer. n

WALLACE RONEY QUINTET W/ LENNY WHITE & BUSTER WILLIAMS (7/25-27) + SPECIAL GUEST

JULY 24-27, 8:00PM & 10:30PM

Davi Vieira was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, and studied percussion, capoeira and dance. As a percussionist and vo-calist, Davi has contributed to record-ings, performed and/or toured live with such great artists as Seérgio Mendes, Gilberto Gil, Angelique Kidjo, Carlos Santana, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Gar-rett (Michael Jackson), Bebel Gilberto, Patrícia Marx, Steve Earle, Talib Kweli, Sun Ra, Gogol Bordello, Yerba Buena, Me’Shell Ndege’Ocello, Richard Bona, David Byrne, Alexander Kogan, Maria de Barros,Tony Mola/Bragadá, Muzenza

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and more. He was a co founder of Bra-zil’s Hip Hop group MD MCs. He was a member of the Off-Broadway show Stomp for ten years. Currently he leads and fronts a band that supports the mu-sic from album Ghetto Linha 8. n


Brazilian born, New York City-based drummer/composer Mauricio Zottarelli has been on the forefront of the Jazz, Latin and Brazilian music scenes for many years.

A Berklee College of Music graduate, Mauricio is a critically acclaimed and award-winning drummer and artist. He 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. Some of them are: Hiromi, Eliane Elias,

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Marc Johnson, Prasanna, Esperanza Spalding, Keiko Matsui, Richard Bona, Paquito D’Rivera, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Chico Pinheiro, Cláudio Roditi, Joe Locke, Geoffrey Keezer, Mike Pope, Ivan Lins, Carmen Souza, Chuck Loeb, Rosa Passos, Dom Salvador, Jovino Santos Neto, Nilson Matta, Toninho Horta, Filó Machado, Cidinho Teixeira group, Gustavo Assis Brasil, Marc Rossi Group, Hendrik Meurkens, Oriente Lo-pez, and many others. n

Jo-Yu Chen’s third album, Stranger, which features guitarist Kurt Rosen-winkel, was released internationally on Okeh Records with Sony Music on Feb 14, 2014. She is the first Taiwanese jazz artist to be signed to a major record la-bel, and she has also joined the distin-guished international roster of Steinway Artists.

Chen has been featured in jazz maga-zines internationally. She received rave reviews in an article titled “Pianist Chen’s Jazz Focus Sparks Musical Transformation” in Downbeat. In addi-tion to US magazines such as Jazziz, All About Jazz, Jazz Inside, she has

JO-YU CHEN TRIOJULY 2711:30AM & 1:30PM$29.50 includes music, entree & 1 drink

also appeared in Japanese magazines including Jazz Japan (formerly Swing Journal) as “Star of the Month”, Jazz Hihyo, and Tokyo Jazz Review. Others include Muzik (Taiwan), China Times News, JAZZTHETIK (Germany), Mnet Korea, All About Jazz Italia, Jazzflits (Netherlands), and Macao Daily News (China). n



For their second Half Note issue, the power trio of DONALD HARRISON, RON CARTER and BILLY COBHAM declare themselves spokesmen for a kind of exploratory improvi-sation and interplay known only to seasoned jazz professionals. Staunch individualists all, they come together with a united voice of alto, bass and drums - at once steeped in jazz’s richly variegated traditions yet forward-thinking in the cause of new creative expression.

HALF NOTE RECORDS NEW RELEASEDONALD HARRISONRON CARTERBILLY COBHAMTHIS IS JAZZ


Harvey Mason is among the most re-corded and in-demand drummers of all-time. A legendary, multi-GRAM-MY® nominated session drummer, producer, composer & recording art-ist, he has worked with a pantheon of musical giants, including Barbra Strei-sand, James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Bjork, Carlos Santana, Mi-chael Jackson, John Legend, Seal, and the London Symphony Orchestra. He has composed and written songs re-corded by artists ranging from Nancy Wilson and Mary J. Blige to The Notori-ous B.I.G., Lupe Fiasco, Nelly/P. Diddy and T.I.

In the ’70s and ’80s, Harvey Mason was king, working on Donald Byrd’s commercial breakthrough album Black Byrd and a series of successful cross-over albums for Blue Note Records. This led to his seminal work on Her-bie Hancock’s jazz masterpiece Head Hunters (1974), which featured the hit “Chameleon” (co-composed by Ma-son) and Mason’s own arrangement of Hancock’s “Watermelon Man.”

Mason’s precision playing has graced movies for such renowned composers as Michael Giacchino (Cars 2, Mission Impossible 1, 2, 3 & 4, Up , Star Trek,

Speed Racer), Michel Colombier (Prince’s Purple Rain), Michel Legrand, Miles Davis’ (Dingo), Dave Grusin (Three Days of the Condor, The Fabulous Baker Boys and On Golden Pond), John Williams (Hook), and Lalo Schifrin (Rush Hour 1,2 & 3 and The Enforcer), Harvey Mason (Dreamgirls, Get On Up) to name only a few.

Mason is also a founding member of Four-play, and he continues to flex his writing, playing, arranging and production skills with partners Bob James, Nathan East and Chuck Loeb.

Chameleon, Mason’s April 29, 2014 solo debut for Concord Records and 10th solo project overall, adds one more remark-able chapter to his legacy. A blend of R&B, urban and cutting-edge jazz, Cha-meleon takes its inspiration from the title track, which Mason co-wrote with Herbie Hancock, and is a knowing nod to Mason himself, aptly dubbed the “Chameleon” for his uncanny ability to perform so many styles of music. The album updates classic tracks that Mason either wrote or actually played on, such as Hancock’s “Chame-leon,” Grover Washington’s “Black Frost,” Patrice Rushen’s “Before the Dawn,” Don-ald Byrd’s “Places and Spaces” and Ma-son’s own “Either Way.” Look for Mason to hit the road with his new band Chameleon to support his Concord release. n

HARVEY MASON CHAMELEONALBUM RELEASE CELEBRATIONJULY 28-30, 8:00PM & 10:30PM


HARVEY MASON CHAMELEONALBUM RELEASE CELEBRATION

KENNYOCT 30 thru NOV 2


MANHATTANRedemption rye whiskey,Carpano Antico sweet vermouth

NEGRONIBombay Saphire, Campari,Carpano Antico sweet vermouth

VESPERTanqueray gin, Chopin Vodka, and Lillet with a lemon twist

FRENCH MARTINIGrey Goose vodka, Chambord& pineapple juice

HENNESSY SIDECARHennessy Cognac with GrandMarnier and fresh lemon juice

BLUE NOTE MARTINIcitrus vodka, blue curocao, lime juice

“MANTECA” MARTINIBrinley Gold coconut rum, coconut-cream & pineapple juice

ITALIAN CHOCOLATE MARTINIMeletti Chocolate Liquer Stolivanilla vodka

APPLE MARTINIKetel One & apple schnapps

COSMOPOLITANCitrus Vodka, Triple Sec,cranberry & lime juice

METROPOLITANAbsolut Kurant with Triple Sec,cranberry & lime juice

MARGARITA MARTINISauza Conmemorativo tequila, agave, fresh lime & splash orange juice

MARTINIS $15

ELDERFLOWER FIZZBeefeater, elderflowerliqueur, fresh lemon

RUBY RYERedemption rye whiskey, grapefruit juice, Chambord

CAIPIRINHAMuddled limes, sugar andBeija Brazilian cachaca

BELLINIProsecco & white peach puree

PCPUNCHGrey Goose pear vodka, Brinleycoconut rum, pineapple juice

MAI TAIBacardi light rum, Meyers darkrum, almond liqueur, Triple Sec,Pineapple juice, splash sour mix

BRANDY ALEXANDERBrandy, crème de cacao & cream

CUBA LIBREBlackwell rum, Coke & freshly muddled lime

TOASTED ALMONDAmaretto, coffee liqueur & cream

MIXED DRINKS $13

IRISH COFFEEJameson Irish whiskey & coffee

NUTTY IRISHMANBailey’s Irish Cream, Frangelico & coffee

BRAVE BULLCuervo Gold, Kahlua & coffee

SWISS COFFEEPeppermint Schnapps, crème de cacao & coffee

SPANISH COFFEETia Maria & coffee

MOCA ALMONDMeletti chocolate liqueramaretto, coffee

WARM DRINKS $12

IMPORTED - $9Sapporo, Amstel Light,Corona, Heineken, Guinness,Stella Artois

DOMESTIC - $9Brooklyn Lager, Budweiser,Bud Light, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

BELGIAN-STYLE ALE - $18Brother Thelonious Abbey Ale (750 ml)

Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew - $30American Double / Imperial Stout style beerDogfish Head Brewery (750ml)

NON-ALCOHOLIC - $7Buckler

BEER AND TEAS

BLUE NOTE DRINK MENU

SEASONAL FRUIT & SORBET 12 add Limoncello Meletti 12 NEW YORK CHEESECAKE 10 add Tia Maria 12 RED VELVET CAKE 10 add Baileys 12TIRAMISU 10 add Grand Marnier 13CINNAMON APPLE STRUDEL 9 add Amaretto Lazzaroni 12 WARM LEMON TARTE 9 add Drambuie 12 CHOCOLATE & VANILLA TARTUFO 10 add Frangelico 12 FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE 10 add Taylor Fladgate 20 year 15 ICE CREAM 9 add Kahlua 12SORBET OF THE DAY 8 add Prosecco 12

DESSERTS & PAIRINGS

Sherry, Dry Sack 12Sherry, Harvey’s Bristol Cream 13Taylor Fladgate 20 year 15Cab Franc Icewine, Inniskillin 20/125

DESSERT WINES

BOURBON / RYERedemption Rye 13Basil Hayden 14Booker’s 14 Knob Creek 14Woodford Reserve 15 Whistle Pig 17

Courvoisier 13Hennessy VS 15Hennessy XO 36Remy Martin VSOP 18Remy Martin XO 36Martell VS 14Martell Cordon Bleu VSOP 25Paul Beau XO 25Poli Grappa Moscato 15

BRANDY & COGNACGlenlivet 12 year 13 Glenfiddich 12 year 13Macallan 12 year 15Talisker 10 year 14 Glenmorangie 14 Oban 14 year 15 Dahlwinnie 15 year 16Lagavulin 16 year 18Mackillop’s 1989 Scapa 34Deanston 30 year 40 Scott’s 1967 Glenlivet 58

SINGLE MALT SCOTCH

LIQUEURSAmaretto Lazzaroni 12Aperol 12Baileys Irish Cream 12B & B 12Campari 12Chambord 12Cointreau 12Drambuie 12Dubbonet 12Fernet Branca 12Frangelico 12Grand Marnier 13Kahlua 12Lillet 12Limoncello Meletti 12Nocino Walnut Liqueur 12Pernod 12Poli Miele Honey Liqueur 12Sambuca Meletti 12Tia Maria 12

DIGESTIFS

Chivas 13Dewars 13J & B 13Johnny Walker Red 13Johnny Walker Black 15Johnny Walker Gold 24Johnny Walker Platinum 32Johnny Walker Blue 40

SCOTCH BLENDS

RUMBeija Cachaca 13Bacardi Silver 13Bacardi Gold 13Brinley Gold Coconut 13Captain Morgan’s 13Meyer’s 13Mount Gay 13Pyrat XO 15 Ron Zacapa 15

MAKE RESERVATIONS UPSTAIRS IN THE GIFT SHOP

UPCOMING SHOWS AT BLUE NOTE

AUG. 19-24 THE LATIN SIDE OF HORACE SILVER: CONRAD HERWIG W/ SPECIAL GUEST MICHEL CAMILO LIVE ALBUM RECORDING

AUG. 5-10 ARTURO SANDOVAL

AUG. 26-28 TOM HARRELLCOLORS OF A DREAMFEAT. ESPERANZA SPALDING

AUG. 12-17 EARL KLUGH

AUG 29-31 DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER

JULY 31-AUG 3 THE LEGENDARY COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA

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