Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Performance Schedule for September 12-18
September 13 – 18: The First-Ever Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Continues With Marian McPartland, Rita Coolidge, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Tessa Souter & Cynthia Scott
AFTER HOURS with Deanna Witkowski, Leni Stern, Lenore Raphael and Mamiko Taira with the Dan Nimmer Trio
(New York, NY) September 12, 2005 - Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola -- located in The House of Swing, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall – presents the second week of the first ever Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival, which will feature some of the top women jazz vocalists and instrumentalists from around the world, from September 6 through October 2. Featured performers this week include the legendary Marian McPartland, acclaimed singer Rita Coolidge, pianist/composer/arranger Toshiko Akiyoshi, engaging, soulful vocalist Tessa Souter, ubiquitous vocalist and former “Raelette” Cynthia Scott, guitarist Leni Stern and many others!
September 12 – UPSTARTS! student showcase 7:30pm Stephanie Nakasian with the Hod O'Brien Trio featuring 11-year-old Veronica Swift O'Brien (vocals) with Steve Gilmore (bass), Leroy Williams (drums) 9:30pm Tia Fuller Quintet - performing music from her debut album, Pillar of Strength. Tia Fuller (alto, soprano sax and flute), Freddie Hendrix (trumpet, flugelhorn), Miki Hayama (piano), Miriam Sullivan (bass), Kim Thompson (drums)
September 13-18 7:30pm & 9:30pm w/additional 11:30pm set on Fri-Sat The first-ever Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, a celebration of the great contributions women performers have made to jazz music, continues with:
September 13: Marian McPartland – special solo piano concerts When considering the long and storied career of Marian McPartland it soon becomes apparent that the remarkable breadth and manner of her accomplishments are, in all likelihood, unmatched in the history of jazz. A pianist and composer gifted with a vast, encyclopedic memory and an intuitive sense of harmony, McPartland has been performing professionally for sixty-five years now, delighting audiences with her engaging artistry in clubs and concert halls around the globe and on scores of recordings. To millions of radio listeners, she is also the genial host of “Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz," the popular Peabody Award-winning National Public Radio program that is celebrating its 25th year on the airwaves.
September 14, 15: Rita Coolidge (7:30pm September 15 – sold out) Rita Coolidge (vocals), Mary Ekler (pianist), Randy Landas (bass), John McDuffie (guitar), Marvin Gordy (drums) Rita Coolidge's debut release for Concord Records, And So Is Love, is a collection of well-loved jazz standards that will undoubtedly add a few jazz chestnuts to that lengthy list of songs the legendary vocalist has already made her own.
September 16, 17: Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio with special guests (11:30pm & After Hours, September 17 – New Orleans-style Jam Session-artists tba) Toshiko Akiyoshi (piano), Eddie Marshall (drums), Paul Gill (bass) For this special gig, Toshiko reunites with bassist Eddie Marshall for the first time in almost thirty years! Toshiko's big band, featuring husband/soloist Lew Tabackin, has been a driving force in the jazz world, touring and recording to great critical acclaim. Fueled by her inspired writing, playing and conducting, the band is as vital and exciting today as ever. At the 1999 Monterey Jazz Festival, for example, they stole the show by playing a three-movement suite written by Toshiko to celebrate Duke Ellington's 100th birthday. In July 1986 Toshiko was the first Japanese New Yorker ever to receive the Mayor's Liberty Award in recognition of her contributions to the quality of life in NYC. Other recipients that year included scientist Isaac Asimov, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, actress Liv Ullmann, and film director Franco Zeffirelli.
September 18: Tessa Souter-7:30pm / Cynthia Scott-9:30pm Tessa Souter (vocals), with Saul Rubin (guitar), Paul Beaudry (bass), Kahlil Kwame Bell (percussion) Tessa Souter, daughter of an English mother and Trinidadian father, has a singular style of jazz that is exotically beautiful, evoking the soul and passion of Flamenco and world music. “There's no one doing what Tessa does," enthuses The Village Voice. A gifted composer in her own right, her arrangements of a diverse array of songs, from 'Caravan' to 'The Creator Has a Master Plan', reveal an inner-directed artist destined to put her personal stamp on this music. Better still, she “serves it all with a wit and a wink worthy of the toniest joints in town," Time Out. An amazing natural talent whose crystal-clear voice has been heard professionally for only six years, “you'll be hearing more from this lady" LA Weekly.
Cynthia Scott (vocals), John DiMartino Trio featuring Patience Higgins (tenor saxophone), John DiMartino (piano), Paul Beaudry (bass), Dewayne Cook Broadnax (drums) When Lincoln Center was looking for a voice to test the new Rose Room, Cynthia Scott became the first voice to be heard in the new venue. After some time on the Dallas club scene, Scott became a “Raelette” with the Ray Charles organization, recording and touring with him. In Cynthia's latest Ray Charles Tribute concerts she is joined by some of the greats like David Fathead Newman, Marcus Belgrave, Hank Crawford, John Hicks, Howard Johnson and many more. Scott recently represented her country as a Jazz Ambassador, becoming the first singer selected to travel abroad as a cultural exchange on the life of a jazz singer and to teach classes and workshops in West Africa and France. This was established in conjunction with The Kennedy Center and the US State Department. Cynthia Scott’s CD releases include, I Just Want To Know, Live At Birdland, Live In Japan With The Norman Simmons Trio, and her latest, the Grammy nominated Storytelling-Live At Birdland. September 13-16 - After Hours September 13 (11pm): Deanna Witkowski Quartet, Deanna Witkowski (piano/vocals), Adam Kolker (soprano & tenor saxophones), Dave Ambrosio (bass), Vince Cherico (drums) 32-year-old pianist/composer/vocalist Deanna Witkowski, winner of the 2002 Great American Jazz Piano Competition and a recent guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, looks to diverse musical worlds in her fusions of jazz, afro-latin, classical, and sacred music. Her 2003 recording, Wide Open Window, led reviewers to praise her playing as “consistently thrilling” All Music Guide, and to name Witkowski as “one of the best of the new generation of jazz pianists” Jazz Journal International. Her forthcoming quartet release, the first with her New York band, will be released on ArtistShare in the summer of 2005.
September 14 (11pm): Leni Stern Quartet, James Genus (bass), Keith Carlock (drums), Etienne Stadwijk (piano), Leni Stern (guitar and vocals) Leni Stern is perpetual motion. When she’s not wearing one of her many professional hats (singer, guitarist, label owner, author, composer, orchestrator), she is wearing one or more of the other many hats that make her who she is: social advocate, martial artist (she holds three belts in the Southern Shaolin discipline of Hung-Ga), cancer survivor, proud New York City resident, and the list goes on and on. 2002 marked the release of Leni’s 13th album, the shimmering, luminous, wonderfully-expressive, Finally The Rain Has Come, which was co-produced by Leni herself and George Whitty (with whom she also co-produced her last album, Kindness of Strangers). Born in Munich, Germany, Leni started playing piano at the age of six and guitar at eleven. At seventeen, she formed her own acting company. Her radical productions sold out houses across Europe and attracted press and TV coverage. In 1977, she turned her attention to music and left for the United States to study film scoring at Berklee. Film scoring gave way to her love for guitar and in 1981, Leni moved to New York City to play in a variety of rock and jazz bands. In 1983, she formed a group of her own with Paul Motion on drums and Bill Frisell on guitar. Leni’s 1985 Clairvoyant was her first solo instrumental recording. Eight albums and 12 years later, in 1997, she released Black Guitar, her first vocal full-length release. In between writing, recording, and touring, Leni somehow finds the time to run her own record label, Leni Stern Recordings (LSR), which she began in 1997 September 15 (11pm): Lenore Raphael Trio, featuring Hilliard Greene (bass), Rudy Lawless (drums), Lenore Raphael (piano) Widely recognized as one of the top jazz pianists on the mainstream/bebop scene, Lenore’s jazz career has also included teaching, composing, recording and producing. Lenore has worked with Clark Terry, Al Grey, John Pizzarelli, Harry Allen and many others. September 16 (12:45am): Mamiko Taira with the Dan Nimmer Trio, Mamiko Taira (vocals), Dan Nimmer (piano), Dave Wong (bass), Pete VanNostrand (drums) “Mamiko Taira is a genuinely gifted jazz vocalist, the kind musicians love to play with and audiences love to appreciate. She has a voice rich in tone and texture. She sings with power, grace, and uses space wonderfully in her work. A creative, studied, disciple of the jazz tradition and a fine composer as well, she is a standout amongst today’s plethora of jazz vocalists. “ James McBride.
****NEXT WEEK AT DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA****
September 19 UPSTARTS! student showcase 7:30pm Carol Sudhalter & Friends 9:30pm Lenora Zenzalai Helm
September 20-25 7:30pm & 9:30pm w/additional 11:30pm set on Fri-Sat September 20, 21: Claudia Acuña Quartet Claudia Acuña (vocals), Jason Lindner (piano), Omer Avital (bass), Antonio Escapa (drums) Vocalist Claudia Acuña ignited a bold new spark in the worldwide jazz community. The critically-acclaimed vocalist’s success is the culmination of early years singing in her native Chile, where she was first introduced to jazz, followed by several years of tirelessly sitting in on jam sessions and performing at various clubs in New York City. She also gained invaluable experience through mentorships with such luminaries as Abbey Lincoln, Chick Corea, and Dianne Reeves. Her passionate and uninhibited delivery has garnered high praise and accolades both from fans and the press. Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times raves, “ . . . she has mastered the essential elements of jazz with startling effectiveness," while the New York Times writes, “. . . her voice has a strong, unglossy musicality." The Washington Post declares that her voice is one of “considerable power, agility, and poise," and New York Newsday described her sound as “the voice of an angel." Ms. Acuna’s latest release is Luna on Max Jazz.
September 22: Basie, Blues & Beyond: Karrin Allyson, Nancy King & Friends Bruce Barth (piano), Peter Washington (bass), Todd Strait (drums), Nancy King (vocals) & Karrin Allyson (vocals/piano) It’s not just critics who love Karrin Allyson. It’s the rest of the world, too—musicians, concertgoers and connoisseurs of quality music. The two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer has been gathering fans everywhere jazz can be heard or seen since 1992. Nancy King has been called everything from a “Cult figure” and an “uncompromising artist,” Earshot Jazz, to “the greatest living jazz singer,” (Herb Ellis). As one of the few improvisers in vocal jazz to master the vocabulary, Nancy King has “indefatigable scat chops and a remarkably elastic range,” The Oregonian. September 23, 24: Sherrie Maricle and DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Ann Hampton Callaway and other special guests For musician Sherrie Maricle, the drum set is a real-life metaphor of her career. Playing the drums requires coordinating four limbs at the same time, as Maricle's career coordinates musical successes as a jazz artist, classical musician, composer and teacher. Born in Buffalo, New York, Maricle moved to New York City iin 1985 and attended New York University where she completed a Masters of Arts in Jazz Performance in 1986 and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Jazz Performance/Composition in 2000. The DIVA Jazz Orchestra's most recent recording; T.N.T. - Tommy Newsom Tribute was released in November 2004 on the DRG label. September 25: Lynne Arriale Trio-7:30pm / Nnenna Freelon-9:30pm Lynne Arriale (piano), Jay Anderson (bass), Steve Davis (drums) Lynne Arriale has developed a singular voice as a composer, leader and pianist, through her compelling originals, known for their heartfelt, folkloric quality and her reinventions of pop classics. Her trio is reaching jazz and mainstream audiences around the world with their emotionally stirring performances. Critics have universally praised the group for its intuitive interaction and consistently excellent recordings, which have reached the top of every jazz chart of note. GRAMMY®-nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon pays tribute to “Lady Day" on her 6th Concord release, Blueprint of a Lady. Traditional tribute albums normally feature one artist paying tribute to another in an attempt to evoke their legendary forebear. But when Nnenna Freelon set her vocal sights on songs associated with Billie Holiday, she determined that she wanted to emulate the spirit, rather than the sound, of the great “Lady Day." The release of this recording coincides with the 90th anniversary of Holiday's birth, and presents a moving and uniquely contemporary homage - a distinctively refreshing take on the legendary jazz singer's firmly established contributions to music.
September 20-24: After Hours September 20 & 21 (11pm): Jane Bunnett Duo (Soprano Sax, flute) with Elio Villafranca (piano) September 22 (11pm): Anat Cohen Band (Anat Cohen (saxophones & clarinet); Jason Lindner (piano); Omer Avital (bass); Daniel Freedman (drums); special guest Avishai E. Cohen (trumpet) September 23 & 24 (12:45am): Paulette McWilliams (vocals) With Nat Adderley, Jr. (piano), Vincent Herring (sax), Greg Hutchinson (drums), Richie Goods (bass)
Dizzy Atmosphere: Thursday, September 8, Wynton Marsalis and Kenny Barron showed up at the club. You never know who’s going to show up at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola!
Coming Up At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola: September 6 – October 2: The first-ever Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, a celebration of the great contributions women performers have made to jazz music. September 26: Terri Lyne Carrington with Adam Rogers, Gary Thomas, James Westfall, Alan Hampton September 27: Helen Merrill Quartet with Torrie Zito, Ronnie Zito and Steve La Spina September 28: Jane Ira Bloom Quartet (7:30), Cindy Blackman Quartet (9:30) September 29: Joanne Brackeen-solo piano (7:30), Bertha Hope & Jazzberry Jam! (9:30) Sept 30 – Oct 1: Barbara Carroll Trio w/ special guests October 2: Karen Briggs Band (7:30), Lee Ann Ledgerwood Trio (9:30) October 4-9: Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet with Donald Harrison, Mulgrew Miller, Jason Marsalis
High-resolution, downloadable photos available at: http://www.jalc.org/dccc/c_calendar.asp
About Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, one of the three main performance venues located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new home at Frederick P. Rose Hall, is an intimate 140-seat jazz club, set against a glittering backdrop with spectacular views of Central Park that provides a hip environment for performance, education and other special events. The club also includes fine dinner, dessert and late night menus by New York culinary creators Great Performances and Spoonbread Inc. Jazz at Lincoln Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz and advances a unique vision for the continued development of the art of jazz by producing a year-round schedule of performance, education, and broadcast events for audiences of all ages.
Jazz at Lincoln Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz. With the world-renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, and a comprehensive array of guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln Center advances a unique vision for the continued development of the art of jazz by producing a year-round schedule of performance, education, and broadcast events for audiences of all ages. These productions include concerts, national and international tours, residencies, weekly national radio and television programs, recordings, publications, an annual high school jazz band competition and festival, a band director academy, a jazz appreciation curriculum for children, advanced training through the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies, music publishing, children’s concerts, lectures, adult education courses, film programs, and student and educator workshops. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, President & CEO Derek E. Gordon, Executive Director Katherine E. Brown, Chairman of the Board Lisa Schiff and Jazz at Lincoln Center Board and staff, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce hundreds of events during its 2005-06 season. In October 2004, Jazz at Lincoln Center opened Frederick P. Rose Hall - the first-ever performance, education, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz. This is the inaugural season in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new home - Frederick P. Rose Hall - the first-ever performance, education, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz.
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September 13 – 18: The First-Ever Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Continues With Marian McPartland, Rita Coolidge, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Tessa Souter & Cynthia Scott
AFTER HOURS with Deanna Witkowski, Leni Stern, Lenore Raphael and Mamiko Taira with the Dan Nimmer Trio
(New York, NY) September 12, 2005 - Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola -- located in The House of Swing, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall – presents the second week of the first ever Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival, which will feature some of the top women jazz vocalists and instrumentalists from around the world, from September 6 through October 2. Featured performers this week include the legendary Marian McPartland, acclaimed singer Rita Coolidge, pianist/composer/arranger Toshiko Akiyoshi, engaging, soulful vocalist Tessa Souter, ubiquitous vocalist and former “Raelette” Cynthia Scott, guitarist Leni Stern and many others!
September 12 – UPSTARTS! student showcase 7:30pm Stephanie Nakasian with the Hod O'Brien Trio featuring 11-year-old Veronica Swift O'Brien (vocals) with Steve Gilmore (bass), Leroy Williams (drums) 9:30pm Tia Fuller Quintet - performing music from her debut album, Pillar of Strength. Tia Fuller (alto, soprano sax and flute), Freddie Hendrix (trumpet, flugelhorn), Miki Hayama (piano), Miriam Sullivan (bass), Kim Thompson (drums)
September 13-18 7:30pm & 9:30pm w/additional 11:30pm set on Fri-Sat The first-ever Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, a celebration of the great contributions women performers have made to jazz music, continues with:
September 13: Marian McPartland – special solo piano concerts When considering the long and storied career of Marian McPartland it soon becomes apparent that the remarkable breadth and manner of her accomplishments are, in all likelihood, unmatched in the history of jazz. A pianist and composer gifted with a vast, encyclopedic memory and an intuitive sense of harmony, McPartland has been performing professionally for sixty-five years now, delighting audiences with her engaging artistry in clubs and concert halls around the globe and on scores of recordings. To millions of radio listeners, she is also the genial host of “Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz," the popular Peabody Award-winning National Public Radio program that is celebrating its 25th year on the airwaves.
September 14, 15: Rita Coolidge (7:30pm September 15 – sold out) Rita Coolidge (vocals), Mary Ekler (pianist), Randy Landas (bass), John McDuffie (guitar), Marvin Gordy (drums) Rita Coolidge's debut release for Concord Records, And So Is Love, is a collection of well-loved jazz standards that will undoubtedly add a few jazz chestnuts to that lengthy list of songs the legendary vocalist has already made her own.
September 16, 17: Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio with special guests (11:30pm & After Hours, September 17 – New Orleans-style Jam Session-artists tba) Toshiko Akiyoshi (piano), Eddie Marshall (drums), Paul Gill (bass) For this special gig, Toshiko reunites with bassist Eddie Marshall for the first time in almost thirty years! Toshiko's big band, featuring husband/soloist Lew Tabackin, has been a driving force in the jazz world, touring and recording to great critical acclaim. Fueled by her inspired writing, playing and conducting, the band is as vital and exciting today as ever. At the 1999 Monterey Jazz Festival, for example, they stole the show by playing a three-movement suite written by Toshiko to celebrate Duke Ellington's 100th birthday. In July 1986 Toshiko was the first Japanese New Yorker ever to receive the Mayor's Liberty Award in recognition of her contributions to the quality of life in NYC. Other recipients that year included scientist Isaac Asimov, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, actress Liv Ullmann, and film director Franco Zeffirelli.
September 18: Tessa Souter-7:30pm / Cynthia Scott-9:30pm Tessa Souter (vocals), with Saul Rubin (guitar), Paul Beaudry (bass), Kahlil Kwame Bell (percussion) Tessa Souter, daughter of an English mother and Trinidadian father, has a singular style of jazz that is exotically beautiful, evoking the soul and passion of Flamenco and world music. “There's no one doing what Tessa does," enthuses The Village Voice. A gifted composer in her own right, her arrangements of a diverse array of songs, from 'Caravan' to 'The Creator Has a Master Plan', reveal an inner-directed artist destined to put her personal stamp on this music. Better still, she “serves it all with a wit and a wink worthy of the toniest joints in town," Time Out. An amazing natural talent whose crystal-clear voice has been heard professionally for only six years, “you'll be hearing more from this lady" LA Weekly.
Cynthia Scott (vocals), John DiMartino Trio featuring Patience Higgins (tenor saxophone), John DiMartino (piano), Paul Beaudry (bass), Dewayne Cook Broadnax (drums) When Lincoln Center was looking for a voice to test the new Rose Room, Cynthia Scott became the first voice to be heard in the new venue. After some time on the Dallas club scene, Scott became a “Raelette” with the Ray Charles organization, recording and touring with him. In Cynthia's latest Ray Charles Tribute concerts she is joined by some of the greats like David Fathead Newman, Marcus Belgrave, Hank Crawford, John Hicks, Howard Johnson and many more. Scott recently represented her country as a Jazz Ambassador, becoming the first singer selected to travel abroad as a cultural exchange on the life of a jazz singer and to teach classes and workshops in West Africa and France. This was established in conjunction with The Kennedy Center and the US State Department. Cynthia Scott’s CD releases include, I Just Want To Know, Live At Birdland, Live In Japan With The Norman Simmons Trio, and her latest, the Grammy nominated Storytelling-Live At Birdland. September 13-16 - After Hours September 13 (11pm): Deanna Witkowski Quartet, Deanna Witkowski (piano/vocals), Adam Kolker (soprano & tenor saxophones), Dave Ambrosio (bass), Vince Cherico (drums) 32-year-old pianist/composer/vocalist Deanna Witkowski, winner of the 2002 Great American Jazz Piano Competition and a recent guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, looks to diverse musical worlds in her fusions of jazz, afro-latin, classical, and sacred music. Her 2003 recording, Wide Open Window, led reviewers to praise her playing as “consistently thrilling” All Music Guide, and to name Witkowski as “one of the best of the new generation of jazz pianists” Jazz Journal International. Her forthcoming quartet release, the first with her New York band, will be released on ArtistShare in the summer of 2005.
September 14 (11pm): Leni Stern Quartet, James Genus (bass), Keith Carlock (drums), Etienne Stadwijk (piano), Leni Stern (guitar and vocals) Leni Stern is perpetual motion. When she’s not wearing one of her many professional hats (singer, guitarist, label owner, author, composer, orchestrator), she is wearing one or more of the other many hats that make her who she is: social advocate, martial artist (she holds three belts in the Southern Shaolin discipline of Hung-Ga), cancer survivor, proud New York City resident, and the list goes on and on. 2002 marked the release of Leni’s 13th album, the shimmering, luminous, wonderfully-expressive, Finally The Rain Has Come, which was co-produced by Leni herself and George Whitty (with whom she also co-produced her last album, Kindness of Strangers). Born in Munich, Germany, Leni started playing piano at the age of six and guitar at eleven. At seventeen, she formed her own acting company. Her radical productions sold out houses across Europe and attracted press and TV coverage. In 1977, she turned her attention to music and left for the United States to study film scoring at Berklee. Film scoring gave way to her love for guitar and in 1981, Leni moved to New York City to play in a variety of rock and jazz bands. In 1983, she formed a group of her own with Paul Motion on drums and Bill Frisell on guitar. Leni’s 1985 Clairvoyant was her first solo instrumental recording. Eight albums and 12 years later, in 1997, she released Black Guitar, her first vocal full-length release. In between writing, recording, and touring, Leni somehow finds the time to run her own record label, Leni Stern Recordings (LSR), which she began in 1997 September 15 (11pm): Lenore Raphael Trio, featuring Hilliard Greene (bass), Rudy Lawless (drums), Lenore Raphael (piano) Widely recognized as one of the top jazz pianists on the mainstream/bebop scene, Lenore’s jazz career has also included teaching, composing, recording and producing. Lenore has worked with Clark Terry, Al Grey, John Pizzarelli, Harry Allen and many others. September 16 (12:45am): Mamiko Taira with the Dan Nimmer Trio, Mamiko Taira (vocals), Dan Nimmer (piano), Dave Wong (bass), Pete VanNostrand (drums) “Mamiko Taira is a genuinely gifted jazz vocalist, the kind musicians love to play with and audiences love to appreciate. She has a voice rich in tone and texture. She sings with power, grace, and uses space wonderfully in her work. A creative, studied, disciple of the jazz tradition and a fine composer as well, she is a standout amongst today’s plethora of jazz vocalists. “ James McBride.
****NEXT WEEK AT DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA****
September 19 UPSTARTS! student showcase 7:30pm Carol Sudhalter & Friends 9:30pm Lenora Zenzalai Helm
September 20-25 7:30pm & 9:30pm w/additional 11:30pm set on Fri-Sat September 20, 21: Claudia Acuña Quartet Claudia Acuña (vocals), Jason Lindner (piano), Omer Avital (bass), Antonio Escapa (drums) Vocalist Claudia Acuña ignited a bold new spark in the worldwide jazz community. The critically-acclaimed vocalist’s success is the culmination of early years singing in her native Chile, where she was first introduced to jazz, followed by several years of tirelessly sitting in on jam sessions and performing at various clubs in New York City. She also gained invaluable experience through mentorships with such luminaries as Abbey Lincoln, Chick Corea, and Dianne Reeves. Her passionate and uninhibited delivery has garnered high praise and accolades both from fans and the press. Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times raves, “ . . . she has mastered the essential elements of jazz with startling effectiveness," while the New York Times writes, “. . . her voice has a strong, unglossy musicality." The Washington Post declares that her voice is one of “considerable power, agility, and poise," and New York Newsday described her sound as “the voice of an angel." Ms. Acuna’s latest release is Luna on Max Jazz.
September 22: Basie, Blues & Beyond: Karrin Allyson, Nancy King & Friends Bruce Barth (piano), Peter Washington (bass), Todd Strait (drums), Nancy King (vocals) & Karrin Allyson (vocals/piano) It’s not just critics who love Karrin Allyson. It’s the rest of the world, too—musicians, concertgoers and connoisseurs of quality music. The two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer has been gathering fans everywhere jazz can be heard or seen since 1992. Nancy King has been called everything from a “Cult figure” and an “uncompromising artist,” Earshot Jazz, to “the greatest living jazz singer,” (Herb Ellis). As one of the few improvisers in vocal jazz to master the vocabulary, Nancy King has “indefatigable scat chops and a remarkably elastic range,” The Oregonian. September 23, 24: Sherrie Maricle and DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Ann Hampton Callaway and other special guests For musician Sherrie Maricle, the drum set is a real-life metaphor of her career. Playing the drums requires coordinating four limbs at the same time, as Maricle's career coordinates musical successes as a jazz artist, classical musician, composer and teacher. Born in Buffalo, New York, Maricle moved to New York City iin 1985 and attended New York University where she completed a Masters of Arts in Jazz Performance in 1986 and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Jazz Performance/Composition in 2000. The DIVA Jazz Orchestra's most recent recording; T.N.T. - Tommy Newsom Tribute was released in November 2004 on the DRG label. September 25: Lynne Arriale Trio-7:30pm / Nnenna Freelon-9:30pm Lynne Arriale (piano), Jay Anderson (bass), Steve Davis (drums) Lynne Arriale has developed a singular voice as a composer, leader and pianist, through her compelling originals, known for their heartfelt, folkloric quality and her reinventions of pop classics. Her trio is reaching jazz and mainstream audiences around the world with their emotionally stirring performances. Critics have universally praised the group for its intuitive interaction and consistently excellent recordings, which have reached the top of every jazz chart of note. GRAMMY®-nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon pays tribute to “Lady Day" on her 6th Concord release, Blueprint of a Lady. Traditional tribute albums normally feature one artist paying tribute to another in an attempt to evoke their legendary forebear. But when Nnenna Freelon set her vocal sights on songs associated with Billie Holiday, she determined that she wanted to emulate the spirit, rather than the sound, of the great “Lady Day." The release of this recording coincides with the 90th anniversary of Holiday's birth, and presents a moving and uniquely contemporary homage - a distinctively refreshing take on the legendary jazz singer's firmly established contributions to music.
September 20-24: After Hours September 20 & 21 (11pm): Jane Bunnett Duo (Soprano Sax, flute) with Elio Villafranca (piano) September 22 (11pm): Anat Cohen Band (Anat Cohen (saxophones & clarinet); Jason Lindner (piano); Omer Avital (bass); Daniel Freedman (drums); special guest Avishai E. Cohen (trumpet) September 23 & 24 (12:45am): Paulette McWilliams (vocals) With Nat Adderley, Jr. (piano), Vincent Herring (sax), Greg Hutchinson (drums), Richie Goods (bass)
Dizzy Atmosphere: Thursday, September 8, Wynton Marsalis and Kenny Barron showed up at the club. You never know who’s going to show up at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola!
Coming Up At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola: September 6 – October 2: The first-ever Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, a celebration of the great contributions women performers have made to jazz music. September 26: Terri Lyne Carrington with Adam Rogers, Gary Thomas, James Westfall, Alan Hampton September 27: Helen Merrill Quartet with Torrie Zito, Ronnie Zito and Steve La Spina September 28: Jane Ira Bloom Quartet (7:30), Cindy Blackman Quartet (9:30) September 29: Joanne Brackeen-solo piano (7:30), Bertha Hope & Jazzberry Jam! (9:30) Sept 30 – Oct 1: Barbara Carroll Trio w/ special guests October 2: Karen Briggs Band (7:30), Lee Ann Ledgerwood Trio (9:30) October 4-9: Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet with Donald Harrison, Mulgrew Miller, Jason Marsalis
High-resolution, downloadable photos available at: http://www.jalc.org/dccc/c_calendar.asp
About Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, one of the three main performance venues located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new home at Frederick P. Rose Hall, is an intimate 140-seat jazz club, set against a glittering backdrop with spectacular views of Central Park that provides a hip environment for performance, education and other special events. The club also includes fine dinner, dessert and late night menus by New York culinary creators Great Performances and Spoonbread Inc. Jazz at Lincoln Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz and advances a unique vision for the continued development of the art of jazz by producing a year-round schedule of performance, education, and broadcast events for audiences of all ages.
Jazz at Lincoln Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz. With the world-renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, and a comprehensive array of guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln Center advances a unique vision for the continued development of the art of jazz by producing a year-round schedule of performance, education, and broadcast events for audiences of all ages. These productions include concerts, national and international tours, residencies, weekly national radio and television programs, recordings, publications, an annual high school jazz band competition and festival, a band director academy, a jazz appreciation curriculum for children, advanced training through the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies, music publishing, children’s concerts, lectures, adult education courses, film programs, and student and educator workshops. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, President & CEO Derek E. Gordon, Executive Director Katherine E. Brown, Chairman of the Board Lisa Schiff and Jazz at Lincoln Center Board and staff, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce hundreds of events during its 2005-06 season. In October 2004, Jazz at Lincoln Center opened Frederick P. Rose Hall - the first-ever performance, education, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz. This is the inaugural season in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new home - Frederick P. Rose Hall - the first-ever performance, education, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz.
For more information, please visit www.jalc.org
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