UPCOMING SHOWS!
Thursday, June 14 @ 6:00 PM, FREE (JVC Jazz Fest date!) - Roni Ben-Hur Live at Macy's Herald Square with Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Santi Debriano (bass) and Steve Williams (drums)
Friday, June 15 @ 7:00 PM - The Tribeca PAC's Lost Jazz Shrines Series celebrates Tine Palace with a tribute to the king of vocalese, Eddie Jefferson, featuring Giacomo Gates and George V. Johnson Jr.
Saturday, June 16: Bassist/composer Avishai Cohen at The Rochester Jazz Festival, Montage.
Tuesday, June 19 @ 7:30 PM (JVC Jazz Fest date!) - The Langston Hughes House (20 E 127th Street) The Music of Elmo Hope with the Elmolenium Band featuring Bertha Hope, Roni Ben-Hur, Charles Davis, Santi Debriano, Leroy Williams and guest vocalist Amy London - click on www.motema.com for more info.
Saturday, June 30 @ 8:00 PM (JVC Jazz Fest date!) - The Langston Hughes House (20 E 127th Street) The Music of Billy Strayhorn - Roni Ben-Hur with Grant Stewart, Sacha Perry, Santi Debriano, Steve Williams, and guest vocalists Roz Corral & Amy London
Monday, July 2 @ 8:00 & 10:30 PM - CD rel concert for “Up & Running" at The Blue Note - John Fedchock New York Big Band: SAXES - Steve Wilson, Charles Pillow, Walt Weiskopf, Tom Christensen, Dave Riekenberg. TRUMPETS - Tony Kadleck, Seneca Black, John Bailey, Kerry MacKillop. TROMBONES: John Fedchock, Rock Ciccarone, Clark Gayton, Joe Barati. PIANO: Allen Farnham. BASS: Dick Sarpola. DRUMS: Dave Ratajczak.
Sunday, July 22 at 58 N 6th Medialabs - The Alan Ferber Nonet - Invite only live recording and party!
Monday, July 23 @ 7:30 & 9:30 PM (7:30 PM SHOW IS SOLD OUT) - CD rel concert for “Keepin' It Open" at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola - Roni Ben-Hur, Ronnie Mathews, Rufus Reid, Lewis Nash and Steve Kroon.
NEWS ON DARRELL GRANT:
Grant's new double-CD “Truth & Reconciliation" is out now and garnering rave reviews! “an approach to jazz and bop that is capable of being all things to all camps while still pursuing his own creative and personal exploration, and this balancing act over what can be incredibly thin ice is a pretty impressive achievement.
The recent CD release celebration and concert, featuring Brian Blade, Esperanza Spalding & Devin Phillips, was a big success, drawing a nearly sell-out crowd to Portland's Bagdad Theater and raising thousands of dollars to benefit “Truth & Reconciliation" partner, Mercy Corps.
Darrell Grant and “Truth & Reconciliation" were recently featured on WBUR/NPR's “Here & Now" - listen here - www.here-now.org. Look for for an interview with Darrell Grant on Juky 2 at All About Jazz! Stay tuned to Neil Tesser's “Listen Here!" and to PRI's “The World" (produced by the BBC and WGBH) for segments on Grant and the new record!
NEWS ON RONI BEN-HUR:
Ben-Hur's new recording “Keepin' It Open" has climbed up the charts this past week and currently sits at #37. The press has praised the guitarist's fifth recording - he was recently featured in Francis Davis' Village Voice column on Israeli jazz artists (read it here!), and in a feature on the JVC Jazz Festival in El Diario.
Ben-Hur also recently graced the cover of HotHouse, JazzImprov, NW Jazz Profiles, and will be the cover story in Just Jazz Guitar Magazine this fall/winter. Tune in to WKCR FM on July 18 to hear Ben-Hur host the Musician's Show from 6:00 to 9:00 PM!
NEWS ON ALAN FERBER:
Just try to keep track of one of the busiest players on the New York scene. In addition to leading his own groups, Ferber is seemingly appearing all over town, and all over the globe, with the likes of Anthony Wilson, Dan Pratt, John Hollenbeck, Todd Sickafoose, Josh Irving, Jeff Newell, Chris Jentsch, in addition to subbing on Broadway in many of the City's top shows.
His new recording “The Compass" carries with it the overriding idea to function as a scene within the scene, shedding light on the perpetual exchange of ideas taking place amongst a dynamic community of musicians. The critics apparently approve: Don Heckman of The Los Angeles Times proclaimed that “ . . . Ferber still hasn't received the attention he deserves as one of his instrument's most adventurous exponents. Ferber's Nonet, heard to advantage on his forthcoming CD, “The Compass," offers an intriguing step forward for middle-sized jazz ensembles, blending crisply scored passages with fiery collective improvising." And in LA City Beat Kirk Silsbee said, “Ferber's thoughtful charts and full voicings approximate a big band with minimal numbers. As a writer, he gives his soloists maximum space and creates canny frameworks for them."
NEWS ON BASSIST AVISHAI COHEN:
The globe trotting bassist/composer is currently in the midst of the 2nd leg of his U.S. tour in support of the phenomenal new CD/DVD “As Is . . . Live at The Blue Note" (Half Note Records) Those lucky enough to catch the new Avishai Cohen trio have been treated to the beauty and power naturally inherent in 20 year old piano virtuoso Shai Maestro's playing. Judging from the reviews the guys have been knocking them dead everywhere they hit: “Shai Maestro is a phenomenon that deserves his own surname and uses his marvellous technique to create streams of emotion." - Jazz Zaragoza Spain 2006.
Look for a feature on Cohen in an upcoming issue of Bass Player Magazine (by noted writer Philip Booth) as well as a major feature in DownBeat (by revered jazz writer Michael Jackson).
Look for new releases from me from Jason Lindner (Live at The Jazz Gallery, double live CD on Anzic Records) and pianist/composer Ryan Cohan from Chicago (titled One Sky).
Thursday, June 14 @ 6:00 PM, FREE (JVC Jazz Fest date!) - Roni Ben-Hur Live at Macy's Herald Square with Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Santi Debriano (bass) and Steve Williams (drums)
Friday, June 15 @ 7:00 PM - The Tribeca PAC's Lost Jazz Shrines Series celebrates Tine Palace with a tribute to the king of vocalese, Eddie Jefferson, featuring Giacomo Gates and George V. Johnson Jr.
Saturday, June 16: Bassist/composer Avishai Cohen at The Rochester Jazz Festival, Montage.
Tuesday, June 19 @ 7:30 PM (JVC Jazz Fest date!) - The Langston Hughes House (20 E 127th Street) The Music of Elmo Hope with the Elmolenium Band featuring Bertha Hope, Roni Ben-Hur, Charles Davis, Santi Debriano, Leroy Williams and guest vocalist Amy London - click on www.motema.com for more info.
Saturday, June 30 @ 8:00 PM (JVC Jazz Fest date!) - The Langston Hughes House (20 E 127th Street) The Music of Billy Strayhorn - Roni Ben-Hur with Grant Stewart, Sacha Perry, Santi Debriano, Steve Williams, and guest vocalists Roz Corral & Amy London
Monday, July 2 @ 8:00 & 10:30 PM - CD rel concert for “Up & Running" at The Blue Note - John Fedchock New York Big Band: SAXES - Steve Wilson, Charles Pillow, Walt Weiskopf, Tom Christensen, Dave Riekenberg. TRUMPETS - Tony Kadleck, Seneca Black, John Bailey, Kerry MacKillop. TROMBONES: John Fedchock, Rock Ciccarone, Clark Gayton, Joe Barati. PIANO: Allen Farnham. BASS: Dick Sarpola. DRUMS: Dave Ratajczak.
Sunday, July 22 at 58 N 6th Medialabs - The Alan Ferber Nonet - Invite only live recording and party!
Monday, July 23 @ 7:30 & 9:30 PM (7:30 PM SHOW IS SOLD OUT) - CD rel concert for “Keepin' It Open" at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola - Roni Ben-Hur, Ronnie Mathews, Rufus Reid, Lewis Nash and Steve Kroon.
NEWS ON DARRELL GRANT:
Grant's new double-CD “Truth & Reconciliation" is out now and garnering rave reviews! “an approach to jazz and bop that is capable of being all things to all camps while still pursuing his own creative and personal exploration, and this balancing act over what can be incredibly thin ice is a pretty impressive achievement.
The recent CD release celebration and concert, featuring Brian Blade, Esperanza Spalding & Devin Phillips, was a big success, drawing a nearly sell-out crowd to Portland's Bagdad Theater and raising thousands of dollars to benefit “Truth & Reconciliation" partner, Mercy Corps.
Darrell Grant and “Truth & Reconciliation" were recently featured on WBUR/NPR's “Here & Now" - listen here - www.here-now.org. Look for for an interview with Darrell Grant on Juky 2 at All About Jazz! Stay tuned to Neil Tesser's “Listen Here!" and to PRI's “The World" (produced by the BBC and WGBH) for segments on Grant and the new record!
NEWS ON RONI BEN-HUR:
Ben-Hur's new recording “Keepin' It Open" has climbed up the charts this past week and currently sits at #37. The press has praised the guitarist's fifth recording - he was recently featured in Francis Davis' Village Voice column on Israeli jazz artists (read it here!), and in a feature on the JVC Jazz Festival in El Diario.
Ben-Hur also recently graced the cover of HotHouse, JazzImprov, NW Jazz Profiles, and will be the cover story in Just Jazz Guitar Magazine this fall/winter. Tune in to WKCR FM on July 18 to hear Ben-Hur host the Musician's Show from 6:00 to 9:00 PM!
NEWS ON ALAN FERBER:
Just try to keep track of one of the busiest players on the New York scene. In addition to leading his own groups, Ferber is seemingly appearing all over town, and all over the globe, with the likes of Anthony Wilson, Dan Pratt, John Hollenbeck, Todd Sickafoose, Josh Irving, Jeff Newell, Chris Jentsch, in addition to subbing on Broadway in many of the City's top shows.
His new recording “The Compass" carries with it the overriding idea to function as a scene within the scene, shedding light on the perpetual exchange of ideas taking place amongst a dynamic community of musicians. The critics apparently approve: Don Heckman of The Los Angeles Times proclaimed that “ . . . Ferber still hasn't received the attention he deserves as one of his instrument's most adventurous exponents. Ferber's Nonet, heard to advantage on his forthcoming CD, “The Compass," offers an intriguing step forward for middle-sized jazz ensembles, blending crisply scored passages with fiery collective improvising." And in LA City Beat Kirk Silsbee said, “Ferber's thoughtful charts and full voicings approximate a big band with minimal numbers. As a writer, he gives his soloists maximum space and creates canny frameworks for them."
NEWS ON BASSIST AVISHAI COHEN:
The globe trotting bassist/composer is currently in the midst of the 2nd leg of his U.S. tour in support of the phenomenal new CD/DVD “As Is . . . Live at The Blue Note" (Half Note Records) Those lucky enough to catch the new Avishai Cohen trio have been treated to the beauty and power naturally inherent in 20 year old piano virtuoso Shai Maestro's playing. Judging from the reviews the guys have been knocking them dead everywhere they hit: “Shai Maestro is a phenomenon that deserves his own surname and uses his marvellous technique to create streams of emotion." - Jazz Zaragoza Spain 2006.
Look for a feature on Cohen in an upcoming issue of Bass Player Magazine (by noted writer Philip Booth) as well as a major feature in DownBeat (by revered jazz writer Michael Jackson).
Look for new releases from me from Jason Lindner (Live at The Jazz Gallery, double live CD on Anzic Records) and pianist/composer Ryan Cohan from Chicago (titled One Sky).
For more information contact Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity.
