Cotton Club
New Year's Eve 2009
Wednesday, Dec 31 8:00p
at Plan B Lounge and Eatery, Vancouver, BC
The Cotton Club New Years Eve 2008 Plan B Lounge is transformed this New Years Eve. Let us transport you back to The Roaring Twentiesthe birth of the Jazz Agebathtub gin joints and Chicago Gangsters.Flapper Fashion and the model-T. Put on your best Zuit Suit and duck tail your hair as costumes are very much encouraged.
BIRDLAND
NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION
Vocalist HILARY KOLE with CHICO O'FARRILL'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Wednesday, December 31st @ 8:00pm & 11pm
Music charge 8pm Show: $50 + $20 food/drink minimum @ tables; $50 @ Bar
Music charge 11pm Show: $70 + $20 food/drink minimum @ tables; $50 @ Bar
Arranger-bandleader Arturo “Chico" O' Farrill, Sr. began introducing Afro-Cuban rhythms into jazz in the 1940's. The band bearing Chico's name (directed by his son Arturo) “continues to showcase the most seamless blend of clavè rhythm and bebop harmony anywhere." (Time Out) Vocalist Hilary Kole is “swinging...sultry... sexy with a sharp-edged hint of brass in her voice...," says Stephen Holden of the New York Times. Back by popular demand Hilary Kole and Chico O'Farrill's Jazz Orchestra invite you to join them as they welcome in the New Year in true Birdland style!
DAVE HOLLAND OCTET
Wednesday through Sunday, January 7 - 11 @ 8:30pm & 11pm Music Charge: $30 General Admission, $40 Orchestra
At the pinnacle of his career, Dave Holland has settled into the unassuming role of jazz master. Grammy-winner, bandleader, and bassist phenom, Holland has one of the most celebrated and accomplished legacies in contemporary jazz. He has been a band leader for the better part of two decades taking cues from Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and Charles Mingus. He commands attention as few bassists ever have, and has collaborated in two of the top jazz collectives of the decade: the ScoLoHoFo Quartet comprised of Holland, John Scofield, Joe Lovano and Al Foster, and the Herbie Hancock-piloted all-star Quartet including Wayne Shorter and Brian Blade. The London native returns to Birdland with his newly-formed octet. Holland is sure to entertain with his octet's various styles that on any given evening can range from bebop to free jazz.
Jazz Listings New York
★ THE BAD PLUS
(Tuesday through Thursday) The curious agenda of this staunchly cohesive trio feels even curiouser on “For All I Care” (Do the Math/Heads Up), the band’s first album to feature a vocalist (Wendy Lewis). Here The Bad Plus returns to standard piano-bass-drums format, but with some new artillery — including, perhaps, head- spinning new treatments of “Semi-Simple Variations,” by Milton Babbitt, and “Comfortably Numb,” by Pink Floyd. (Through Jan. 4.) At 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212) 255-4037, villagevanguard.com; cover, $25, with a $10 minimum. On New Year’s Eve, the first set is at 9:30 and the second is at 11:30; cover, $100, with a $25 minimum, includes both sets, with finger food. (Chinen)
DAVID BINNEY/SEAN SMITH
(Tuesday) Mr. Binney, an alto saxophonist, favors a soaring and rhythmically assertive brand of post-bop in his sturdy quartet, which holds down the 10 p.m. set here. Mr. Smith, a bassist who plays the early set, at 7, works along similar lines with a quartet of his own, featuring John Ellis on saxophones. At 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, West Village, (212) 929-9883, 55bar.com; no cover for the early show, $10 cover for the late show. . (Chinen)
BISHOP-CLEAVER-FLOOD
(Thursday) As on a recent album, “Time and Imaginary Time” (Envoi), the saxophonist Andrew Bishop engages in an equal exchange with the drummer Gerald Cleaver and the bassist Tim Flood, expanding compositional frames and exploring open space. At 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, thestonenyc.com; cover, $10. (Chinen)
CHRIS BOTTI
(Friday through Thursday) A photogenic trumpeter whose brooding style suits current notions of the standard songbook as a lifestyle accessory, Mr. Botti tends to stretch out, at least a little, with his first-rate band: Billy Childs on piano, Mark Whitfield on guitar, Robert Hurst on bass and Billy Kilson on drums. (Through Jan. 4.) At 8 and 10:30 p.m. (no 8 p.m. show on Monday), Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, West Village, (212) 475-8592 bluenote.net; cover, $65 at tables, $40 at the bar, with a $5 minimum. On New Year’s Eve, first set is 7 p.m., $125 at tables, $75 at the bar; second set is 10 p.m., $175 at tables, bar seating sold out. Includes Champagne toast. (Chinen)
BROOKLYN BOOGALOO BLOWOUT
(Wednesday) This high-spirited outfit, led by the bassist Tim Luntzel, revels in groove. Its lineup includes the tenor saxophonist Michael Blake, the guitarist Steve Elliot, the organist Henry Hey and the drummer Tony Mason. For this New Year’s Eve stand, the group further features a capable singer-songwriter, Leah Siegel. At 10 p.m., 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, West Village, (212) 929-9883, 55bar.com; cover, $15. (Chinen)
★ BARBARA CARROLL TRIO WITH KEN PEPLOWSKI
(Friday through Sunday) A holiday gift for anyone who hasn’t overbooked the social schedule this weekend: Barbara Carroll, the jazz-cabaret luminary, sings songs of the season with a cohort that includes Ken Peplowski, an ever-insightful tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. A prix fixe menu will be served. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 258-9595, jalc.org; cover, $30, with a minimum of $10 at tables, $5 at the bar.
★ PAQUITO D’RIVERA
(Monday through Thursday) Mr. D’Rivera, the irrepressible alto saxophonist and clarinetist, recently made a strong album, “Funk Tango” (Paquito/Sunnyside), featuring some of the Latin American jazz hybrids he explores here. His engagement bears the handle “Cuban Jazz: The Next Generation,” and accordingly features talented younger musicians like the guitarist Luis Mario Ochoa, the pianist Manuel Valera and the drummer Ernesto Simpson. (Through Jan. 4.) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 258-9595, jalc.org; cover, $30, with a minimum of $10 at tables, $5 at the bar. On New Year’s Eve, the first set, at 7:30, is $150 with three- course meal and CD; the second set, at 11, is $250 with three-course meal, CD, wine and Champagne toast. (Chinen)
4 GENERATIONS OF MILES
(Friday through Sunday) The rapid permutation of Miles Davis’s working bands makes it theoretically possible for four former sidemen to claim connection to four phases of his career. Here those musicians are the drummer Jimmy Cobb, the alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune, the bassist Buster Williams and the guitarist Mike Stern. At 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., Iridium, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street, (212) 582- 2121, iridiumjazzclub.com; cover, $35, with a $10 minimum.
PEDRO GIRAUDO JAZZ ORCHESTRA
(Tuesday) The bassist Pedro Giraudo features his own compositions in this large ensemble, which matches jazz protocols to the rhythmic lessons of his native Argentina. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; cover, $25. (Chinen)
* LOUIS HAYES AND THE CANNONBALL LEGACY BAND
(Friday and Saturday) Julian (Cannonball) Adderley was a much-beloved alto saxophonist who balanced the harmonic precision of bebop with the homegrown grit of soul. This working tribute band, led by his former drummer Louis Hayes, preserves his spirit faithfully and ferociously, with Julius Tolentino (note the given name) on alto saxophone and Jeremy Pelt on trumpet. At 8:30 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, (212) 581-3080, birdlandjazz.com; cover, $30 and $40, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)
BEN HOLMES TRIO
(Sunday) The trumpeter Ben Holmes works regularly in a handful of tumultuous bands, many of them devoted to a klezmer agenda. His trio, with John Hebert on bass and Vinnie Sperrazza on drums, balances ethnic folk music against probing improvisation. At 7 p.m., Barbès, 376 Ninth Street, at Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (347) 422-0248, barbesbrooklyn.com; suggested donation, $10. (Chinen)
HILARY KOLE WITH CHICO O’FARRILL’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA
(Wednesday) Ms. Kole, a charismatic jazz-cabaret singer, receives powerful backing at this New Year’s Eve engagement: the esteemed Chico O’Farrill band, now led by Mr. O’Farrill’s son, the pianist Arturo O’Farrill. At 8 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, (212) 581- 3080, birdlandjazz.com. The first set is $50, with a $20 minimum at tables; the second is $70, with a $20 minimum at tables, or $50 (no minimum) at the bar. (Chinen)
INGRID LAUBROCK, MICHAEL FORMANEK, TOM RAINEY
(Sunday) Ms. Laubrock, a German-born, British-based tenor and soprano saxophonist, teams up with the rhythm team of Mr. Formanek, a strong bassist, and Mr. Rainey, a stark, suggestive drummer. At 8:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Caf, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village, (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; cover, $10, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen)
JED LEVY QUARTET
(Friday and Saturday) Mr. Levy, a saxophonist working convincingly in the jazz mainstream, leads a group with George Colligan on piano, Ugonna Okegwo on bass and Billy Drummond on drums. At 8 and 10 p.m., Kitano Hotel, 66 Park Avenue, at 38th Street, (212) 885-7119, kitano.com; cover, $25, with a $15 minimum.
NILSON MATTA BRAZILIAN VOYAGE SEXTET
(Wednesday) The bassist Nilson Matta presides over a flexible ensemble dedicated to the music of his native Brazil. Among his fellow travelers on this New Year’s Eve show are the effervescent nylon-string guitarist Romero Lubambo, originally from Rio de Janeiro, and the proficient tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, from Washington. At 8 and 10 p.m., Kitano Hotel, 66 Park Avenue, at 38th Street, (212) 885-7119, kitano.com; cover, $75, with a $20 minimum. (Chinen)
MULGREW MILLER AND WINGSPAN
(Friday through Sunday) Mr. Miller is a pianist with an earthy style and a particular gift for the blues. But in this ensemble he pursues an airier sensibility, with help from smart accompanists like the alto saxophonist Steve Wilson, the vibraphonist Steve Nelson and the trumpeter Duane Eubanks. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with a third set at 11:30 on Friday and Saturday, Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; cover, $30.
ARTURO O’FARRILL SEXTET
(Thursday) The pianist Arturo O’Farrill leads this high- impact ensemble — with the trumpeter Jim Seely, the saxophonist David Bixler, the bassist Boris Kozlov, the drummer Jaime Affoumado and the percussionist Roland Guerrero — in a weekend engagement informed by post-bop as well as Latin jazz. (Through Jan. 3.) At 8:30 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, (212) 581- 3080, birdlandjazz.com; cover, $30 and $40, with a $10 minimum.
