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Welcome to Suga in My Bowl radio‘s weekly feature, On The Bandstand, where we collect upcoming NYC area shows from current and past guests of our show that ran for 12 years in various time slots on NYC’s WBAI-FM radio. Our audio archives are available on line for free!
The 2020 Winter Jazz Fest has wrapped up. Check back this week for our coverage and stay tuned for weekly listings, event coverage, and possible new projects!
Feeling like hibernating until the weather clears up? The documentary film I Called Him Morgan is streaming on Netflix. See our review for details. The documentary film Chasing Trane is also on Netflix and we reviewed that too.
Saxophonist Eric Alexander is at Smoke with Mike LeDonne on January 21.
Poet and multi-instrumentalist Ngoma Hill is at Sister’s Uptown Bookstore in Harlem on January 21 and the third Tuesday of every month for the Fat Tuesdays poetry and music showcase.
Bassist Linda May Han Oh is with Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas at the Jazz Standard from January 21-26.
Pianist Marc Cary’s Harlem Sessions series settles back into a weekly Thursday schedule at Smoke on January 23, 30, and February 6.
Drummer Antonio Sanchez brings Migration to the Blue Note from January 28-29.
Pianist Vijay Iyer is at the Jazz Standard solo on January 29 and with a trio from January 30- February 1.
Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane leads a quartet at the Jazz Standard from February 4-9.
Percussionist Steve Kroon leads a Latin Jazz Sextet at Smoke on February 5.
Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater is at the Blue Note from February 5-8.
Trumpeter Eddie Henderson leads a quintet with saxophonist Donald Harrison at Smoke from February 6-9.
Tubist Joe Daley is at Terra Blues with Hazmat Modine on February 15 and 29.
The 2020 edition of the annual Winter Jazz Fest continues through January with standalone shows 18 at spots around Greenwich Village, new outposts in Brooklyn, and a new Brooklyn marathon on Friday the 17th. There is also a series of talks continuing throughout the week. See our annual cheat sheet preview and stay tuned for more coverage coming up!
That’s all for now. We’ll have another edition of “On the Bandstand” online next Sunday with a fresh set of listings.
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Hank Williams is an associate producer for Suga’ in My Bowl on WBAI Radio and webmaster for the Suga’ and Behind the Mic sites. He is also a PhD candidate in English and Africana Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center and teaches at Lehman College. Find him on Twitter @streetgriot
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