JULY 2009 July 07 - July 12
PAUL MOTIAN TRIO 2000 + 3
Loren Stillman-asax, Michael Adkins-tsax,
Masabumi Kikuchi-p, Ben Street-b
July 14 - July 19
BILL CAROTHERS TRIO
Nic Thys-b, Dre Pallemaerts-d
July 21 - July 26
FRED HERSCH TRIO
John Hbert-b, Eric McPherson-d
July 28 - Aug 02
ETHAN IVERSON, REID ANDERSON, PAUL MOTIAN
SPOTLIGHT: Bill Carrothers (Tue, July 14 to Sun, July 19)
Bill Carrothers has been a professional pianist for over 25 years. He has played many venues throughout the U. S. and Europe including the Village Gate, Knitting Factory, Birdland, Blues Alley, New Morning (Paris), the Audi Jazz Festival in Brussels, the Nevers Jazz Festival (where he shared the bill with Abbey Lincoln), the Montreal Jazz Festival, Jazz Middelheim, and the Marciac Festival in France.
In October of 2000, Mr. Carrothers headlined the prestigious Rising Star Tour throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He has been a leader on seventeen recordings, all of which have received critical acclaim.
His side-man credits have included some of the greatest names in jazz, including Joe Beck, Scott Colley, Buddy DeFranco, Dave Douglas, Curtis Fuller, Eric Gravatt, Drew Gress, Tim Hagans, Billy Higgins, Ari Hoenig, Lee Konitz, James Moody, Gary Peacock, Dewey Redman, Charlie Rouse, James Spaulding, Bill Stewart, Ben Street, Ira Sullivan, Toots Thielemans, and Benny Wallace.
The Vanguard is located at 178 7th Avenue South. That's on 7th Avenue just below West 11th Street in Greenwich Village. Nearest subway: 1, 2 or 3 (local or express) at the 14th Street stop.
Doors open at 8:00pm. Sets begin at 9:00pm and 11:00pm nightly. From time to time, there is an additional 12:30am set on Saturday. It's best to call the club for confirmation of a third set.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
