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On the Bandstand: January 8, 2017 Edition

January 8, 2017 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Not to be outdone by the Winter Jazz Fest, Vision Fest promoters Arts for Art is again sponsoring a nearly monthlong series from January 2-22nd of music, poetry, dance, and visual art titled “Justice is Compassion/ Not a Police State” at the Clemente Soto Velez Center on the Lower East Side. Poet Jesus Papoleto Melendez, bassist William Parker, drummer Hamid Drake, drummer/percussionist Francisco Mora Catlett’s AfroHORN, and dancer Patricia Nicholson Parker are just a few of the many involved. See the full schedule of 65 performances at their website.

Drummer and percussionist Will Calhoun’s gallery exhibit of his visual art collaboration Aza is on view at the Bronx Music Heritage Center through February 11. We reviewed the show earlier this year.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is scheduled to be back on WBAI‘s airwaves on January 22nd. We’ll also 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 Hunter and Lehman Colleges and The City College of New York. Find him on Twitter @streetgriot

Tags Antonio Sanchez, Blue Note, Bobby Sanabria, Christian McBride, Clemente Soto Velez Center, Count Basie Theater, Francisco Mora Catlett, Hamid Drake, Harold Mabern, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Standard, Joe Daley, JT Lewis, Kurt Elling, Lehman Center for Performing Arts, Marc Ribot, Mimi Jones, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz Festivals, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, On the Bandstand, Pat Metheny, Ravi Coltrane, Ridgefield Playhouse, Ruth Cameron-Haden, Small's Jazz Club, Smoke Jazz Club, Suga' in My Bowl, Terra Blues, The Cell Theatre, The Stone, Village Vanguard, Will Calhoun, William Parker, Winter Jazz Fest 2017

Categories Event Listings, Jazz Festivals, On the Bandstand

On the Bandstand: October 23, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

October 23, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Welcome to Suga in My Bowl radio‘s weekly feature, On The Bandstand, where we collect upcoming NYC area shows from current and past Suga’ guests. We’re online weekly and on the air on NYC’s WBAI-FM radio alternate Sunday nights from 11 PM -1 AM. Keep up with us via Facebook, the blog here, or our main website, or Twitter and we’ll keep track of the schedule for you.

We’re off the air this week, but if you missed last week’s show with flutist and saxophonist Jane Bunnett, then head on over to our archives to hear that or any of the other roughly 7 years of shows that are up.

Before we get to the week’s shows, WBAI needs your support to stay on the air and keep us on the air in the station’s Fall Fund Drive. You can call 516-620-3602 or pledge online. Jane Bunnett’s just released Oddara CD with the Afro Cuban Maqueque group is available for a pledge of $35 to WBAI during this fall fund drive. There are also a few autographed copies of Quincy Troupe’s Miles and Me book or Will Calhoun’s Celebrating Elvin Jones CDs available and either would make a unique holiday gift. There are also copies of the MAC Power Trio’s Perfection CD with former Suga’ guests David Murray, Geri Allen, and Terri Lyne Carrington. You can also donate as little as $5. Even a little bit helps a lot and will be greatly appreciated!

Drummer Roy Haynes is at The Blue Note on October 24-25.

Flutist and saxophonist Jane Bunnett is at Birdland with Maqueque on the 25th for 8:30 and 11 PM sets.

Vocalist Kurt Elling is at Birdland celebrating the release of his The Beautiful Day CD from the 26-29.

Also at The Blue Note is saxophonist Kenny Garrett as part of pianist Chick Corea’s Miles Davis tribute from the 26-30.

Pianist and keyboardist Marc Cary hosts the Harlem Sessions at Ginny’s Supper Club on October 27th.

TRIO3 with saxophonist Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Andrew Cyrille are at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club for the 7:30 set on October 27th.

Vocalist Rene Marie is at the Jazz Standard from the 27-30.

Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams is at the Community Church of New York in Manhattan on the 28th to wrap up the AACM New York chapter’s fall concert series.

Trombonist Craig Harris is at Harlem’s Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church on October 28th with saxophonist David Murray as a special guest.

Low brass specialist on tuba Joe Daley will be at Terra Blues with Hazmat Modine on the 29th.

Vocalist Catherine Russell and Columbia University Professor Robert O’Meally are at The New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on November 1 for “Jazz in the Key of Ellison” as part of the James Moody Jazz Festival.

Saxophonist “Sweet Poppa” Lou Donaldson leads a quartet to celebrate his 90th birthday at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club on November 1.

Pianist Vijay Iyer at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club from November 4-6.

Drummer and percussionist Will Calhoun’s gallery exhibit of his visual art collaboration Aza is on view at the Bronx Music Heritage Center through February 11. We reviewed the show earlier this year.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is scheduled to be back on WBAI‘s airwaves on October 30th, depending on scheduling for the fund drive. We’ll also 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 Hunter and Lehman Colleges and The City College of New York.

Tags Andrew Cyrille, AZA, Birdland, Blue Note, Catherine Russell, Craig Harris, David Murray, Dizzy's Club, Ginny's Supper Club, Jane Bunnett, Jazz Standard, Joe Daley, Kenny Garrett, Kurt Elling, Lou Donaldson, Marc Cary, Muhal Richard Abrams, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, Oliver Lake, On the Bandstand, Reggie Workman, Rene Marie, Robert G. O'Meally, Roy Haynes, Suga' in My Bowl, Terra Blues, Vijay Iyer, Will Calhoun

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On the Bandstand: October 16, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

October 17, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Welcome to Suga in My Bowl radio‘s weekly feature, On The Bandstand, where we collect upcoming NYC area shows from current and past Suga’ guests. We’re online weekly and on the air on NYC’s WBAI-FM radio alternate Sunday nights from 11 PM -1 AM. Keep up with us via Facebook, the blog here, or our main website, or Twitter and we’ll keep track of the schedule for you.

This week’s show features flutist and saxophonist Jane Bunnett. She’ll be at Birdland with Maqueque on the 25th for 8:30 and 11 PM sets.

Before we get to the week’s shows, WBAI needs your support to stay on the air and keep us on the air in the station’s Fall Fund Drive. You can call 516-620-3602 or pledge online. Jane Bunnett’s just released Oddara CD with the Afro Cuban Maqueque group is available for a pledge of $35 to WBAI during this fall fund drive. There are also a few autographed copies of Quincy Troupe’s Miles and Me book or Will Calhoun’s Celebrating Elvin Jones CDs available and either would make a unique holiday gift. There are also copies of the MAC Power Trio’s Perfection CD with former Suga’ guests David Murray, Geri Allen, and Terri Lyne Carrington. You can also donate as little as $5. Even a little bit helps a lot and will be greatly appreciated!

TRIO3 with saxophonist Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Andrew Cyrille are at Roulette in Brooklyn for the Passin’ Thru Festival on the 17th.

Pianist Harold Mabern leads a trio at Small’s on the 19th.

Trombonist Craig Harris is at Harlem’s Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church on October 21st and 28th. Saxophonist David Murray joins in as a special guest on the 28th.

Pianist Vijay Iyer will be at the McCarter Theater in Princeton NJ on Oct. 21 and Columbia University’s Miller Theater on the 22nd.

Vocalist Catherine Russell is at the McCarter Theater on October 22nd.

Drummer and percussionist Will Calhoun is at Applehead Recording in Saugerties NY for a session with the Zig Zag Power Trio on the 22nd.

Drummer and percussionist Bobby Sanabria is at the Bronx Music Heritage Center for a Latin jazz tribute to the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe on the 22nd.

Saxophonist Ahmed Abdullah leads his Diaspora ensemble at Brooklyn’s Sistas’ Place on the 22nd.

Drummer Roy Haynes is at The Blue Note on October 24-25.

Vocalist Kurt Elling is at Birdland celebrating the release of his The Beautiful Day CD from the 26-29.

Also at The Blue Note is saxophonist Kenny Garrett as part of pianist Chick Corea’s Miles Davis tribute from the 26-30.

Pianist and keyboardist Marc Cary hosts the Harlem Sessions at Ginny’s Supper Club on October 27th.

Vocalist Rene Marie is at the Jazz Standard from the 27-30.

Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams is at the Community Church of New York in Manhattan on the 28th to wrap up the AACM New York chapter’s fall concert series.

Low brass specialist on tuba Joe Daley will be at Terra Blues with Hazmat Modine on the 29th.

Drummer and percussionist Will Calhoun’s gallery exhibit of his visual art collaboration Aza is on view at the Bronx Music Heritage Center through February 11. We reviewed the show earlier this year.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is back on WBAI‘s airwaves on October 30th. We’ll also 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 Hunter and Lehman Colleges and The City College of New York.

Tags Ahmed Abdullah, Andrew Cyrille, AZA, Birdland, Blue Note, Bobby Sanabria, Catherine Russell, Craig Harris, David Murray, Ginny's Supper Club, Harold Mabern, Jane Bunnett, Jazz Standard, Joe Daley, Kenny Garrett, Kurt Elling, Marc Cary, Muhal Richard Abrams, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, Oddara, Oliver Lake, On the Bandstand, Reggie Workman, Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church, Rene Marie, Roulette, Roy Haynes, Sista's Place, Small's Jazz Club, Suga' in My Bowl, Terra Blues, Vijay Iyer, Will Calhoun

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On the Bandstand: September 25, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

September 26, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Welcome to Suga in My Bowl radio‘s weekly feature, On The Bandstand, where we collect upcoming NYC area shows from current and past Suga’ guests. We’re online weekly and on the air on NYC’s WBAI-FM radio alternate Sunday nights from 11 PM -1 AM. Keep up with us via Facebook, the blog here, or our main website, or Twitter and we’ll keep track of the schedule for you.

We’re off this week, but if you missed last week’s show with Ibrahim Maalouf head on over to our archives and check it out. And we have more music listings for you.

Vocalist Kurt Elling is at The Iridium on September 27-28 for a Jon Hendricks Birthday celebration.

Vocalist Catherine Russell is at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club on September 29th.

Pianist and keyboardist Marc Cary hosts the Harlem Sessions at Ginny’s Supper Club on September 29th.

Saxophonist Kenny Garrett is at The Iridium from September 29-Oct 1.

Trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf makes a rare US appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room on September 30 and October 1.

Harpist Riza Printup is at the Cicely Tyson School for Performing Arts in East Orange NJ for a daytime concert as part of WBGO Radio’s Kids Jazz Concert Series on October 1. Admission is free, but you need to bring a child for entrance.

Vocalist Lizz Wright is at the McCarter Theater in Princeton NJ on October 1st.

Saxophonist Kamasi Washington is at The Meadows Music and Arts Fest in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens on October 1st.

Drummer and percussionist Will Calhoun will be at the Bronx Music Heritage Center on October 2 for gallery opening of his visual art collaboration Aza, which we reviewed earlier this year.

Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane leads a quartet at Village Vanguard from October 4-9 and performs with drummer Jack DeJohnette’s Trio at Brooklyn’s Shapeshifter Lab on the 10th.

Vision Fest producers Arts for Art’s inGardens series of free outdoor concerts continues on the weekends of October 1-2 and 8-9. Dancer Patricia Nicholson Parker has a set on the 8th at the Lower East Side’s First Street Green at 33 E First St. Bassist William Parker has a set on the 9th in the same location. See the full lineup and schedule for more details.

The second annual BRIC Jazz Festival kicks off with free screenings of classic jazz films on October 8-9, then follows it up with 3 marathon nights of performances from the 13-15th. We’ll have more details in our next installment as the dates get closer and a preview of the BRIC Jazz Fest is on the way.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is back on WBAI‘s airwaves on October 2. We’ll also 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 Hunter and Lehman Colleges and The City College of New York.

Tags Arts for Art In Gardens, BRIC Jazz Fest, Bronx Music Heritage Center, Catherine Russell, Dizzy's Club, Ginny's Supper Club, Ibrahim Maalouf, Iridium, Kamasi Washington, Kurt Elling, Marc Cary, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, On the Bandstand, Patricia Nicholson Parker, Ravi Coltrane, Riza Printup, Suga' in My Bowl, Village Vanguard, WBGO Kids Jazz, Will Calhoun, William Parker

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On the Bandstand: September 18, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

September 18, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Welcome to Suga in My Bowl radio‘s weekly feature, On The Bandstand, where we collect upcoming NYC area shows from current and past Suga’ guests. We’re online weekly and on the air on NYC’s WBAI-FM radio alternate Sunday nights from 11 PM -1 AM. Keep up with us via Facebook, the blog here, or our main website, or Twitter and we’ll keep track of the schedule for you.

This week’s show features trumpeter and composer Ibrahim Maalouf. You can catch one of his rare US appearances at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room on September 30 and October 1. And we have additional music listings for you.

Pianist Vijay Iyer will be at The Jazz Standard on September 20 with the Andrew Hill Legacy Project.

Drummer/percussionist Bobby Sanabria is at Kitano with Gene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble on the 21st.

Guitarist Marc Ribot is at the BRIC House in Brooklyn for a benefit concert on the 22nd.

Pianist and keyboardist Marc Cary hosts the Harlem Sessions at Ginny’s Supper Club on September 22nd and 29th. He’ll also be sitting in on the 23rd with Brooklyn Raga Massive at the John Coltrane Birthday tribute at Littlefield in Brooklyn.

Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater is at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room on September 22-23rd.

Pianist Onaje Allen Gumbs is at Club Bonafide on September 24th.

Vocalist Kurt Elling is at The Iridium on September 27-28 for a Jon Hendricks Birthday celebration.

Vocalist Catherine Russell is at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club on September 29th.

Saxophonist Kenny Garrett is at The Iridium from September 29-Oct 1.

Harpist Riza Printup is at the Cicely Tyson School for Performing Arts in East Orange NJ for a daytime concert as part of WBGO Radio’s Kids Jazz Concert Series on October 1. Admission is free, but you need to bring a child for entrance.

Vocalist Lizz Wright is at the McCarter Theater in Princeton NJ on October 1st.

Saxophonist Kamasi Washington is at The Meadows Music and Arts Fest in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens on October 1st.

Drummer and percussionist Will Calhoun will be at the Bronx Music Heritage Center on October 2 for gallery opening of his visual art collaboration Aza, which we reviewed earlier this year.

Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane leads a quartet at Village Vanguard from October 4-9 and performs with drummer Jack DeJohnette’s Trio at Brooklyn’s Shapeshifter Lab on the 10th.

Finally, this week, we take a quick look at two upcoming series. Vision Fest producers Arts for Art has a series of free outdoor concerts in gardens on the Lower East Side. Also the producers of the Celebrate Brooklyn series present the second annual BRIC Jazz Festival from October 8-15th. We’ll have more details in our next installment as the dates get closer and a preview of the BRIC Jazz Fest is coming soon on our blog.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is back on WBAI‘s airwaves on October 2. We’ll also 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 Hunter and Lehman Colleges and The City College of New York.

Tags Arts for Art In Gardens, AZA, BRIC Jazz Fest, Bronx Music Heritage Center, Catherine Russell, Club Bonafide, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dizzy's Club, Ginny's Supper Club, Ibrahim Maalouf, Iridium, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Standard, Kamasi Washington, Kenny Garrett, Kurt Elling, Littlefield, Lizz Wright, Marc Cary, Marc Ribot, McCarter Theater, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz Festivals, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, On the Bandstand, Onaje Allen Gumbs, Ravi Coltrane, Riza Printup, Shapeshifter Lab, Suga' in My Bowl, The Meadows Music and Arts Fest, Vijay Iyer, Village Vanguard, WBGO Kids Jazz, Will Calhoun

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On the Bandstand: September 11, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

September 13, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Tags Alexis P. Suter, Billy Harper, Birdland, Bobby Sanabria, Central Jersey Jazz Festival, Club Bonafide, Ginny's Supper Club, Iridium, Kurt Elling, Marc Cary, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz Festivals, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, Onaje Allen Gumbs, Steve Kroon, Suga' in My Bowl, Vijay Iyer, WBAI, William Parker

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On the Bandstand: May 1 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

May 1, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Welcome to Suga in My Bowl radio‘s weekly feature, On The Bandstand, where we collect upcoming NYC area shows from current and past Suga’ guests. We’re online weekly and on the air on NYC’s WBAI-FM radio alternate Sunday nights from 11 PM -1 AM. Keep up with us via Facebook, the blog here, or our main website, or Twitter and we’ll keep track of the schedule for you.

This week’s guests are harpist Riza Printup and trumpeter Marcus Printup. Marcus leads a sextet at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club on May 25th and 26th. As usual, we have lots more music for you this week.

We start this week with the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium, whose 17th annual jazz festival kicked off on the 15th and runs until May 15th in venues throughout Brooklyn. WBAI Radio is a media sponsor. See the CJBC’s website for the schedule (opens as a PDF).

AZA, the exhibit of drummer Will Calhoun’s visual art collaboration is on display at the Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education in the South Bronx until July 21st. See our review of the show for more details. Calhoun will be at the Blue Note on May 30th with McCoy Tyner.

Pianist Michele Rosewoman leads her Quintessence ensemble at Zinc Bar on May 5.

Organist John Medeski is at The Stone on May 6.

Low brass specialist on tuba Joe Daley is at Terra Blues with Hazmat Modine on May 7th.

Vocalist Kurt Elling, bassist Christian McBride, and vocalist Dianne Reeves all lead groups at the Prospect Park Bandshell on May 7-8th as part of the GRAMMY Park festival.

Finally, The Red Bull Music Academy has a night of spiritual Jazz featuring Pharoah Sanders, the Sun Ra Arkestra, and Kamasi Washington on May 8. The event’s listed as sold out, but details are at the Red Bull Music Academy site and there may be a wait list.

Guitarist Julian Lage is at Drom on the Lower East Side on May 11th and the Jazz Standard on May 12th.

Pianist/keyboardist Marc Cary is at Ginny’s Supper Club on the 14th.

Drummer and percussionist Bobby Sanabria leads Quarteto Ache at Carnegie Hall on the 14th and will be at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center at the Borough of Manhattan Community College on the 21st for the Made in New York Gala.

Saxophonist Oliver Lake is at the 17 White St Loft in Manhattan for a duo performance with bassist Joe Fonda on May 15th.

Looking further ahead, Tubist Howard Johnson is at Craig Harris’s Harlem Afternoon Jazz Series at Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church for two lunchtime sets on May 17th.

The MAC Power Trio of saxophonist David Murray, pianist Geri Allen, drummer Teri Lyne Carrington, and celebrates the release of their CD debut Perfection at Birdland from May 17-21.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is back on WBAI‘s airwaves on May 15. We’ll also 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 Hunter and Lehman Colleges and The City College of New York.

Tags AZA, Bobby Sanabria, Casita Maria Center for Arts, Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium, Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival 2016, Christian McBride, David Murray, Dianne Reeves, Drom, Geri Allen, Ginny's Supper Club, Grammy Park 2016, Harlem Afternoon Jazz Series, Howard Johnson Tuba, Jazz Standard, Joe Daley, John Medeski, Julian Lage, Kamasi Washington, Kurt Elling, MAC Power Trio, Marc Cary, Marshall Allen, Michele Rosewoman, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz Festivals, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, Oliver Lake, On the Bandstand, Pharoah Sanders, Red Bull Music Academy, Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church, Spiritual Jazz, Suga' in My Bowl, Sun Ra Arkestra, Terra Blues, Terri Lyne Carrington, The Stone, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Will Calhoun, Zinc Bar

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On the Bandstand: April 24, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

April 24, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Welcome to Suga in My Bowl radio‘s weekly feature, On The Bandstand, where we collect upcoming NYC area shows from current and past Suga’ guests. We’re online weekly and on the air on NYC’s WBAI-FM radio alternate Sunday nights from 11 PM -1 AM. Keep up with us via Facebook, the blog here, or our main website, or Twitter and we’ll keep track of the schedule for you.

We’re off the air this week, but stop by our archives to get your fix from nearly 7 years of archived shows until next week. Also see our review of Will Calhoun’s art exhibit on display in the South Bronx. As usual, we have lots more music for you this week.

We start this week with the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium, whose 17th annual jazz festival kicked off on the 15th and runs until May 15th in venues throughout Brooklyn. WBAI Radio is a media sponsor. You can get full information and a schedule from the CBJC by calling 718-773-2252 ext 103.

Saxophonist Tia Fuller is at The Blue Note on the 25th with the Berklee Rainbow All Stars.

AZA, the exhibit of drummer Will Calhoun’s visual art collaboration is on display at the Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education in the South Bronx until July 21st. Calhoun will be at the Blue Note on ~~the 26th~~ May 30th with McCoy Tyner.

Pianist Randy Weston has a busy week. He leads the African Rhythms ensemble with bassist Alex Blake in the Dweck Center of the Brooklyn Public Library’s main branch on the 26th and in a free performance at New School University’s Tishman Auditorium on the 28th to close out his yearlong residency. Finally, Weston returns to the Dweck Center on the 30th for a talk on the African roots of jazz. The Brooklyn library events are part of the Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival.

Looking further ahead, Saxophonist Oliver Lake and bassist Reggie Workman are at Village Vanguard with TRIO3 from April 26-May 1.

Pianist Barry Harris leads a trio in a lunchtime set at St. Peter’s Church on April 27th.

Drummer Billy Cobham is at The Blue Note from April 27-May 1 with Donald Harrison.

Drummer Kim Thompson leads a quartet at Zinc Bar on the 29th.

Saxophonist Ahmed Abdullah leads his DIASPORA band at Sistas’ Place on April 30. This event is part of the Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival.

Pianist Geri Allen is at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club on April 30 with Joe Lovano.

Saxophonist and EVI master Marshall Allen makes a rare non-Arkestra Earthly appearance with two sets at The Stone on April 30.

Low brass specialist on tuba Joe Daley is at The Stone on May 1 for the early set and at Terra Blues with Hazmat Modine on May 7th.

Vocalist Kurt Elling, bassist Christian McBride, and vocalist Dianne Reeves all lead groups at the Prospect Park Bandshell on May 7 as part of the GRAMMY Park festival.

Pianist Michele Rosewoman leads her Quintessence ensemble at Zinc Bar on May 5.

Organist John Medeski is at The Stone on May 6.

Finally, The Red Bull Music Academy has a night of spiritual Jazz featuring Pharoah Sanders, the Sun Ra Arkestra, and Kamasi Washington on May 8. The event’s listed as sold out, but details are at the Red Bull Music Academy site and there may be a wait list.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is back on WBAI‘s airwaves on May 1. We’ll also 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 Hunter and Lehman Colleges and The City College of New York.

Tags Ahmed Abdullah, Alex Blake, AZA, Barry Harris, Billy Cobham, Blue Note, Casita Maria Center for Arts, Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium, Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival 2016, Christian McBride, Dianne Reeves, Dizzy's Club, Geri Allen, Joe Daley, John Medeski, Kamasi Washington, Kim Thompson, Kurt Elling, Marshall Allen, Michele Rosewoman, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz Festivals, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, Oliver Lake, On the Bandstand, Pharoah Sanders, Randy Weston, Red Bull Music Academy, Reggie Workman, Sista's Place, St. Peter's Church, Suga' in My Bowl, Sun Ra Arkestra, The Stone, Village Vanguard, Will Calhoun, Zinc Bar

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On the Bandstand: March 13, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

March 13, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Welcome to Suga in My Bowl radio‘s weekly feature, On The Bandstand, where we collect upcoming NYC area shows from current and past Suga’ guests. We’re online weekly and on the air on NYC’s WBAI-FM radio alternate Sunday nights from 11 PM -1 AM. Keep up with us via Facebook, the blog here, or our main website, or Twitter and we’ll keep track of the schedule for you.

We’re off the air this week, but if you missed last week’s show with vocalist and pianist Amina Claudine Myers, head on over to our audio archives. be sure to join us next week for Chris Becker, author of Freedom of Expression: Interviews With Women in Jazz. However, we have lots more music for you this week.

The Mavis Staples documentary Mavis! airs on HBO’s streaming sites until April 3rd.

Bassist William Parker is at The Stone on March 16 with Angelica Sanchez.

Vocalist Thana Alexa leads a group at the Jazz Standard on March 16 with drummer Antonio Sanchez.

Pianist Harold Mabern is at Smalls on March 16 and celebrates his 80th birthday at Smoke from March 18-20 with special guests vocalist Kurt Elling on the 18th and bassist Bob Cranshaw on the 20th.

Drummer and percussionist Bobby Sanabria leads Quarteto Ache at Stamford CT’s Palace Theater on March 18th and leads the Multiverse Big Band at the Bronx Music Heritage Center on the 19th.

Pianist Vijay Iyer hosts a listening party at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem on the 15th and starts a residency at the Met Museum’s new Breuer Building (that’s the former Whitney Museum) from March 18-31 and will be performing or curating performances during all of the museum’s open hours.

Pianist Michele Rosewoman is at the Cell Theatre on March 19th.

Pianist Randy Weston celebrates his 90th birthday at Carnegie Hall with bassist Alex Blake and the African Rhythms ensemble on March 19th.

Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin is at the the NYPL’s Schomburg Center for a Women’s History Month jazz program on the 21st and Toshi Reagon wraps up the the series on the 28th. Tune in to our March 20th show on WBAI for a ticket giveaway for both shows!

Also at the Schomburg Center is film director Carol Bash for a daytime talk and screening of her Mary Lou Williams documentary film The Lady Who Swings the Band on March 23.

Bassist Mimi Jones leads a band at Smoke from March 24-25.

Also at Smoke is saxophonist Billy Harper who finishes off the week with The Cookers from March 25-27.

Arts for Art’s Justice is Compassion series runs from March 26th to April 10th at Clemente Soto Velez Center with performances by bassist William Parker and dancer Patricia Nicholson Parker.

Poet Sonia Sanchez reads at The City College of New York’s Aaron Davis Hall on March 31 before a screening of the documentary film Baddddd Sonia Sanchez.

Blues vocalist Alexis P. Suter is at Iridium on March 31, The Turning Point in Piermont NY on April 9, and at The Record Collector in Bordentown NJ on the 16th.

Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane is at at the Jazz Standard from March 29-April 3.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is back on WBAI‘s airwaves on March 20th. We’ll also 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 Hunter and Lehman Colleges and The City College of New York.

Tags Aaron Davis Hall, Alex Blake, Alexis P. Suter, Antonio Sanchez, Baddddd Sonia Sanchez, Billy Harper, Bob Cranshaw, Bobby Sanabria, Bronx Music Heritage Center, Carol Bash, Clemente Soto Velez Center, Harold Mabern, Iridium, Kurt Elling, Lakecia Benjamin, Mavis Documentary Film, Met Museum, Michele Rosewoman, Mimi Jones, National Jazz Museum in Harlem, nyc, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, On the Bandstand, Palace Theater Stamford, Patricia Nicholson Parker, Randy Weston, Ravi Coltrane, Schomburg Library, Smoke Jazz Club, Suga' in My Bowl, Thana Alexa, The Cell Theatre, The lady Who Swings the Band, The Record Collector, The Stone, Toshi Reagon, Turning Point Café, Vijay Iyer, William Parker

Categories Event Listings, On the Bandstand

On the Bandstand: March 6, 2015 Edition

By Hank Williams

March 7, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Welcome to Suga in My Bowl radio‘s weekly feature, On The Bandstand, where we collect upcoming NYC area shows from current and past Suga’ guests. We’re online weekly and on the air on NYC’s WBAI-FM radio alternate Sunday nights from 11 PM -1 AM. Keep up with us via Facebook, the blog here, or our main website, or Twitter and we’ll keep track of the schedule for you.

This week’s guest is vocalist and pianist Amina Claudine Myers. She has no immediate area shows, but we’ll keep you posted. However, we have lots more music for you this week.

The Mavis Staples documentary Mavis! airs on HBO on March 7 at 11:05 PM EST and on HBO’s streaming sites until April 3rd.

The documentary film Baddddd Sonia Sanchez airs nationally on PBS affiliates on March 8th. Check your local listings for rebroadcasts and details.

Drummer Roy Haynes is at the Blue Note from March 10-13 for a 91st birthday celebration with guitarist Pat Metheny as a special guest.

Bassist Mimi Jones is at the Pregones Theater in The Bronx on March 12th.

Drummer Will Calhoun is at Iridium on March 12th with Vernon Reid’s Power Trio.

Looking ahead, bassist William Parker is at The Stone on March 16 with Angelica Sanchez.

Vocalist Thana Alexa leads a group at the Jazz Standard on March 16 with drummer Antonio Sanchez.

Pianist Harold Mabern is at Smalls on March 16 and celebrates his 80th birthday at Smoke from March 18-20 with special guests vocalist Kurt Elling on the 18th and bassist Bob Cranshaw on the 20th.

Drummer and percussionist Bobby Sanabria leads Quarteto Ache at Stamford CT’s Palace Theater on March 18th.

Pianist Vijay Iyer has a residency at the Met Museum’s new Breuer Building (that’s the former Whitney Museum) from March 18-31 and will be performing or curating performances during all of the museum’s open hours.

Pianist Michele Rosewoman is at the Cell Theatre on March 19th.

Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin is at the the NYPL’s Schomburg Center for a Women’s History Month jazz program on the 21st.

Finally, also at the Schomburg Center is film director Carol Bash for a daytime talk and screening of her Mary Lou Williams documentary film The Lady Who Swings the Band on March 23.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is back on WBAI‘s airwaves on March 20th. We’ll also 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 Hunter and Lehman Colleges and The City College of New York.

Tags Antonio Sanchez, Baddddd Sonia Sanchez, Blue Note, Bob Cranshaw, Bobby Sanabria, Carol Bash, Harold Mabern, Iridium, Jazz Standard, Kurt Elling, Lakecia Benjamin, Mavis Documentary Film, Michele Rosewoman, Mimi Jones, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, On the Bandstand, Palace Theater Stamford, Pat Metheny, Pregones Theater, Relation A Performance Residency, Roy Haynes, Schomburg Library, Smalls, Smoke Jazz Club, Suga' in My Bowl, Thana Alexa, The lady Who Swings the Band, The Stone, Vijay Iyer, Will Calhoun, William Parker

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