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On The Bandstand: January 29, 2017 Edition

January 29, 2017 //

bandstand_pic Photo Credit: Hank Williams

We’re off the air this week, but check out our audio archives for last week’s show with bassist Melvin Gibbs or nearly 7 years of archived shows to get your fix until next week. Now let’s get to our music listings.

Bassist Mimi Jones hosts a jam session in the late set at Smoke on January 30th. You can also catch her leading her own sextet at Monmouth University in New Jersey on February 4th.

Bassist Christian McBride is also at the Jazz Museum to talk about his recording career for part 1 of the Session Stories on January 31st.

Vocalist Carmen Lundy is at Birdland from January 31-February 4 2017.
Organist

John Medeski has a residency at The Stone from January 31-February 5 2017.

Vocalist Catherine Russell is at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theatre on February 4 as part of the Family Concert series: Who is Louis Armstrong?

Guitarist Marc Ribot is at Sunny’s in Red Hook Brooklyn on February 9th.

Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater is at The Met Museum of Art on February 10th.

Vocalist Thana Alexa is at Brooklyn’s Kingsborough Community College singing Ella Fitzgerald songs on February 10th.

Pianist David Virelles is at the Jazz Gallery on February 10-11th.

Vocalist Dianne Reeves is at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater on February 10-11th.

Vocalist Catherine Russell leads a sextet at Birdland from February 14-18th singing love songs.

Pianist Harold Mabern leads a trio in the late set at Smalls on the 15th.

Pianists Randy Weston and Monty Alexander are at Medgar Evers College’s Founders Auditorium in Brooklyn for “A Spiritual Awakening” on February 15th. Tickets are free!

Drummer Andrew Cyrille leads a quartet at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club on February 16th.

Bassist Melvin Gibbs and drummer/percussionist Will Calhoun are at Brooklyn’s Shapeshifter Lab on February 16th.

Melvin Gibbs drummer JT Lewis are at The Stone on February 18th with Harriet Tubman.

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 last year.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is scheduled to be back on WBAI‘s airwaves on February 5th. 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 Birdland, Blue Note, Bobby Sanabria, Carmen Lundy, Catherine Russell, Christian McBride, Dianne Reeves, Harold Mabern, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Standard, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Joe Daley, John Medeski, JT Lewis, Justice is Compassion, Kurt Elling, Melvin Gibbs, Mimi Jones, Pat Metheny, Randy Weston, Ravi Coltrane, Ridgefield Playhouse, Smalls, Smoke Jazz Club, Terra Blues, Thana Alexa, The Stone, Village Vanguard, Will Calhoun, William Parker

Categories Event Listings, On the Bandstand

On The Bandstand: January 22, 2017 Edition

By Hank Williams

January 22, 2017 //

bandstand_pic Photo Credit: Hank Williams

This week’s guest is bassist Melvin Gibbs. You can catch him at at Brooklyn’s Shapeshifter Lab on February 16 or The Stone on February 18 with with drummer JT Lewis and Harriet Tubman. Now let’s get to our music listings.

Bassist Mimi Jones hosts a jam session in the late set at Smoke on January 23rd and 30th. You can also catch her leading her own sextet at Monmouth University in New Jersey on February 4th.

Pianist Harold Mabern leads a trio at Smalls on the 18th.

Drummer and percussionist Will Calhoun has a CD release event for his Elvin Jones tribute at the Blue Note from the 24-26. Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane joins Calhoun as special guest on the 24th.

Drummer Andrew Cyrille is at the Whitney Museum on January 27th for the Sound and Colors studio session.

Master drummer Michael Carvin is at St. Peter’s Church as part of a musical tribute to the late vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson on the 28th.

Tubist Howard Johnson is at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem for a 75th birthday performance on January 29th.

Bassist Christian McBride is also at the Jazz Museum to talk about his recording career for part 1 of the Session Stories on January 31st.

Vocalist Carmen Lundy is at Birdland from January 31-February 4 2017.
Organist

John Medeski has a residency at The Stone from January 31-February 5 2017.

Vocalist Catherine Russell is at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theatre on February 4 as part of the Family Concert series: Who is Louis Armstrong?

Guitarist Marc Ribot is at Sunny’s in Red Hook Brooklyn on February 9th.

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.

Tags AfroHORN, Antonio Sanchez, Birdland, Blue Note, Bobby Sanabria, Carmen Lundy, Catherine Russell, Celebrating Elvin Jones, Christian McBride, Clemente Soto Velez Center, Count Basie Theater, Francisco Mora Catlett, Hamid Drake, Harold Mabern, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Standard, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Joe Daley, John Medeski, Justice is Compassion, Kurt Elling, Lehman Center for Performing Arts, Marc Ribot, Michael Carvin, Mimi Jones, Pat Metheny, Ravi Coltrane, Ridgefield Playhouse, Smalls, Smoke Jazz Club, Terra Blues, The Stone, Village Vanguard, Will Calhoun, William Parker

Categories Event Listings, On the Bandstand

On The Bandstand – January 15, 2017 Edition

By listenerjoyce

January 15, 2017 //

bandstand_pic Photo Credit: Hank Williams

We’re off this week, but head on over to our archives for last week’s show with Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra with Ruth Cameron Haden and tuba player and long time Liberation Music Orchestra member Joseph Daley and nearly 7 years of archived shows.

Bassist Mimi Jones hosts a jam session in the late set at Smoke on January 16th, 23rd, 30th.

Bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake team up on the 16 and 18 at the Clemente Soto Velez Center as part of Arts for Art’s Justice is Compassion series.

Joseph Daley will be at Terra Blues with Hazmat Modine on the 21st.

Bassist Christian McBride has a 2-week run at the Village Vanguard, leading a quartet from the 17-22nd.

Pianist Harold Mabern leads a trio at Smalls on the 18th.

Drummer/ percussionist Francisco Mora Catlett leads AfroHORN at Clemente Soto Velez Center on the 19th.

Drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts leads a quintet with Ravi Coltrane on saxophone at the Jazz Standard from the 19th-22nd.

Guitarist Pat Metheny leads a quartet with drummer Antonio Sanchez at the Ridgefield Playhouse in CT on January 20th and at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ on the 22nd.

Vocalist Kurt Elling is with saxophonist Branford Marsalis’s quartet at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater on the 20-21st.

Drummer and percussionist Bobby Sanabria is at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in The Bronx with Larry Harlow on the 21st.

Guitarist Marc Ribot is at The Stone on January 22nd with fellow guitarist James Moore.

Howard Johnson will be at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem as part of an extended 75th birthday celebration on January 29.

Vocalist Carmen Lundy is at Birdland from January 31-February 4 2017.
Organist

John Medeski has a residency at The Stone from January 31-February 5 2017.

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Vision Fest promoters Arts for Art is again sponsoring a nearly month-long 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.

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.

Tags AfroHORN, Antonio Sanchez, Birdland, Blue Note, Bobby Sanabria, Carmen Lundy, Celebrating Elvin Jones, Christian McBride, Clemente Soto Velez Center, Count Basie Theater, Francisco Mora Catlett, Hamid Drake, Harold Mabern, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Standard, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Joe Daley, John Medeski, Justice is Compassion, Kurt Elling, Lehman Center for Performing Arts, Marc Ribot, Mimi Jones, Pat Metheny, Ravi Coltrane, Ridgefield Playhouse, Smalls, Smoke Jazz Club, Terra Blues, The Stone, Village Vanguard, Will Calhoun, William Parker

Categories Event Listings, Jazz Festivals, On the Bandstand

On the Bandstand: January 8, 2017 Edition

By Hank Williams

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: June 19, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

June 19, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Tags AZA, Billy Harper, Birdland, Blue Note Jazz Festival, calh, Casita Maria Center for Arts, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Gary Bartz, International African Arts Festival, Jazz Standard, Lizz Wright, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz Festivals, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, NYC Summer Jazz Concerts, On the Bandstand, Ravi Coltrane, Ridgefield Playhouse, Sonia Sanchez, Suga' in My Bowl, Summerstage, The Falcon, What Happened Miss Simone?, Will Calhoun

Categories Event Listings, On the Bandstand

On the Bandstand: June 12, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

June 12, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Tags Andrew Cyrille, Andy Bey, AZA, Billy Harper, Blue Note, Blue Note Jazz Festival, Bob Cranshaw, Casita Maria Center for Arts, Cassandra's Jazz Club, Christian McBride, Gary Bartz, Ginny's Supper Club, Harold Mabern, Jazz Standard, Kamasi Washington, Lizz Wright, Marc Cary, Mezzrow, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz Festivals, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, NYC Summer Jazz Concerts, On the Bandstand, Ridgefield Playhouse, Roy Ayers, Small's Jazz Club, Sonia Sanchez, Steve Kroon, Suga' in My Bowl, Summerstage, The Falcon, Vijay Iyer, Village Vanguard, Will Calhoun

Categories Event Listings, Jazz Festivals, On the Bandstand

On the Bandstand: April 10, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

April 11, 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 we’ll be back on WBAI with a fresh show next Sunday with harpist Riza Printup. Meanwhile, if you missed last week’s show with saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Archie Shepp, then head on over to our archives to check it out. Also scroll down for our coverage of the NEA Jazz Masters tribute concert in a previous post. As usual, we have lots more music for you this week as we patiently await the arrival of spring.

Bassist Christian McBride leads a trio at The Ridgefield Playhouse in CT on April 10.

Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin leads the Soulsquad at Harlem’s Ginny’s Supper Club on the 14th.

Looking further ahead, poet/vocalist Latasha Nevada Diggs and pianist Marc Cary are at Lincoln Center’s Atrium for a tribute to the late poet Jayne Cortez on the 14th. Diggs also hosts tributes at Poets’ House on the 16th and Highline Ballroom on the 23rd: all of which are free!

Vocalist Catherine Russell is at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room on April 15-16.

Blues vocalist Alexis P. Suter is at The Record Collector in Bordentown NJ on the 16th.

Saxophonist Oliver Lake and trombonist Craig Harris will be at Aljira Contemporary Arts Center in Newark NJ on April 16th.

Low brass specialist on tuba Joe Daley is at Terra Blues with Hazmat Modine on the 16th.

Drummer and visual artist Will Calhoun is at the Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education in the South Bronx on the 22nd for a performance and reception to open the show of his visual art, which is on display until July 21st.

Finally, Guitarist Pat Metheny returns to the area for a series of shows with bassist Ron Carter. The duo are at Norwalk CT’s Infinity Hall on April 20-21, Cape May NJ’s Exit Zero Jazz Fest on the 23rd, and Newton NJ’s Newton Theater on the 24th.

Also at Exit Zero is vocalist René Marie, who takes the stage on the 23rd.

Saxophonist “Sweet Poppa” Lou Donaldson has a free outdoor concert at the Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education Rooftop in the South Bronx on the 23rd.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is back on WBAI‘s airwaves on April 17th. 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 Alexis P. Suter, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Casita Maria Center for Arts, Catherine Russell, Christian McBride, Exit Zero International Jazz Festival, Highline Ballroom, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Joe Daley, Lakecia Benjamin, Latasha Nevada Diggs, Lincoln Center Atrium, Lou Donaldson, Marc Cary, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, Oliver Lake, On the Bandstand, Pat Metheny, Rene Marie, Ridgefield Playhouse, Suga' in My Bowl, Terra Blues, The Record Collector, Will Calhoun

Categories Event Listings, On the Bandstand

On the Bandstand: April 3, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

April 3, 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 saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Archie Shepp! He has no immediate area shows, but you can catch the NEA’s tribute concert streamed live on Monday April 4 starting at 8 PM EST on the NEA website or on National Public Radio’s site. And we have lots more music for you this week.

The live stream of the NEA Jazz Masters tribute concert features performances by former Suga’ guests Randy Weston, Lakecia Benjamin, Billy Harper, David Murray, Catherine Russell and many more performers. Saxophonists Archie Shepp and Pharaoh Sanders are being honored. You can catch the stream right here:

Drummer and percussionist Bobby Sanabria takes part in a celebration of the music of the Dominican Republic at Manhattan School of Music’s Borden Auditorium on April 4th.

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

Saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders is at Birdland from April 5-9th.

Pianist Harold Mabern leads a trio at Village Vanguard from April 5-10th.

Organist John Medeski is at The Blue Note from April 5-10th with John Scofield.

Organist Dr. Lonnie Smith leads his Evolution ensemble at in a CD release party at Brooklyn Bowl on April 6th.

Film director Carol Bash is at Rutgers University Newark’s Institute for Jazz Studies for a talk and screening of her Mary Lou Williams documentary film The Lady Who Swings the Band on April 6th.

Drummer Michael Carvin leads a trio in a free lunchtime concert at Newark’s Gateway Center at 12 noon on April 7th.

Pianist Randy Weston celebrates his 90th birthday at Brooklyn’s Jazz 966 on April 8th.

Bassist Bob Cranshaw is at Smoke with George Coleman’s Quartet from April 8-10th.

Saxophonist Oliver Lake is at the Montclair NJ Public Library on April 9th.

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

Bassist Christian McBride leads a trio at The Ridgefield Playhouse in CT on April 10.

Looking further ahead, Pianist Marc Cary and poet/vocalist Latasha Nevada Diggs are at Lincoln Center’s Atrium for a tribute to the late poet Jayne Cortez on the 14th. She also hosts tributes at Poets’ House on the 16th and Highline Ballroom on the 23rd: all of which are free!

Vocalist Catherine Russell is at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room on April 15-16.

Saxophonist Oliver Lake and trombonist Craig Harris will be at Aljira Contemporary Arts Center in Newark NJ on April 16th.

Low brass specialist on tuba Joe Daley is at Terra Blues with Hazmat Modine on the 16th.

Finally, Guitarist Pat Metheny returns to the area for a series of shows with bassist Ron Carter. The duo are at Norwalk CT’s Infinity Hall on April 20-21, Cape May NJ’s Exit Zero Jazz Fest on the 23rd, and Newton NJ’s Newton Theater on the 24th.

Also at Exit Zero is vocalist René Marie, who takes the stage on the 23rd.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is back on WBAI‘s airwaves on April 17th. 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 Alexis P. Suter, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Archie Shepp, Blue Note, Bob Cranshaw, Bobby Sanabria, Brooklyn Bowl, Carol Bash, Catherine Russell, Clemente Soto Velez Center, Exit Zero International Jazz Festival, Harold Mabern, Joe Daley, Justice is Compassion, Latasha Nevada Diggs, Marc Cary, Michael Carvin, NEA Jazz Master Live stream, NEA Jazz Masters, Newton Theater, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, Oliver Lake, On the Bandstand, Pat Metheny, Patricia Nicholson Parker, Pharoah Sanders, Randy Weston, Rene Marie, Ridgefield Playhouse, Sista's Place, Suga' in My Bowl, The lady Who Swings the Band, The Record Collector, Turning Point Café, Village Vanguard, William Parker

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