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On the Bandstand: April 24, 2016 Edition

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

Categories Event Listings, Jazz Festivals, On the Bandstand

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

Categories Event Listings, On the Bandstand

On the Bandstand: January 31, 2015 Edition

By Hank Williams

February 1, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Tags Blue Note, Brandee Younger, Dizzy's Club, Gary Bartz, Julian Lage, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, On the Bandstand, Smoke Jazz Club, Suga' in My Bowl, The Stone

Categories Event Listings, On the Bandstand

On the Bandstand: January 24, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

January 25, 2016 //

Photo Credit: Hank Williams

Tags Billy Childs, Birdland, Blue Note, Craig Haynes, Gary Bartz, Iridium, Jazz Standard, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Julian Lage, Kenny Garrett, NYC Jazz Calendar, NYC Jazz Clubs, NYC Jazz Concerts, NYC Jazz Events, NYC Jazz listings, NYC Jazz Shows, On the Bandstand, Suga' in My Bowl, The Stone

Categories Event Listings, On the Bandstand

On the Bandstand: January 10, 2016 Edition

By Hank Williams

January 10, 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 return to the air this week with our final preview of the 2016 Winter Jazz Fest featuring guitarist James “Blood” Ulmer!. You can see him on January 15 the New School University’s auditorium as part of the the Winter Jazz Festival. Now let’s take a look at some upcoming gigs.

Pianist Vijay Iyer is at The Stone on the 13th with Matana Roberts and also leads a trio at this year’s Winter Jazz Fest.

Guitarist Julian Lage is at Cornelia Street Café on the 13th and at the Winter Jazz Fest’s closing event on the 17th.

Saxophonist Tia Fuller leads a quartet at Smoke from January 13-14.

Also at Smoke is saxophonist Billy Harper, who leads a quintet from the 15-17.

Pianist Onaje Allen Gumbs leads a trio at BAM Café from January 13-15.

Vocalist Kurt Elling is at Birdland performing songs from his Passion World release from January 13-16.

Saxophonist Gary Bartz leads a quartet at the new Cassandra’s Jazz Club and Gallery in Harlem from January 13-16 and 22-23rd.

Vocalists Lizz Wright and Dee Dee Bridgewater are at BB King’s on January 15.

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

The Harlem Jazz Parlor Festival hosts trombonist Craig Harris on January 16 and low brass specialist Joe Daley on the 18.

Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane will be at the John Coltrane House in Dix Hills, LI on the 20th.

Vocalist René Marie is at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club from January 21-24.

Saxophonist Gary Bartz is at the Blue Note on the 25 with legendary pianist McCoy Tyner. They’re also there on February 1, 15, and March 1. Tyner’s been less public lately, so it’s a good idea to catch one of these dates and see the last remaining member of Coltrane’s band in action.

Also at the Blue Note is legendary drummer Roy Haynes from January 26-27.

Drummer Craig Haynes has an Indiegogo crowd funding campaign to support making a CD and DVD of his band’s performance at the 2016 Dakar Goree Jazz Festival.

We wrap this week with two jazz festivals:

Annual Vision Fest producers Arts for Art’s nearly monthlong “Justice is Compassion” festival continues at Clemente Soto Velez Center until January 24 with drummer Hamid Drake, dancer Patricia Nicholson Parker, bassist William Parker and many more.

The annual Winter Jazz Fest blows back into town this week from the 13-17 with so many past, present (and future) Suga’ guests that it needs its own coverage. Head on over to our annual cheat sheet for a full preview.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is back on WBAI‘s airwaves on January 10th. 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 Billy Harper, Birdland, Blue Note, Cassandra's Jazz Club, Clemente Soto Velez Center, Craig Harris, Craig Haynes, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dizzy's Club, Gary Bartz, Hamid Drake, Harlem Parlor Jazz Festival, James "Blood" Ulmer, Joe Daley, Julian Lage, Kurt Elling, Lizz Wright, 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, Patricia Nicholson Parker, Ravi Coltrane, Rene Marie, Roy Haynes, Smoke Jazz Club, Suga' in My Bowl, Terra Blues, The Stone, Tia Fuller, Vijay Iyer, William Parker, Winter Jazz Fest

Categories Event Listings, Jazz Festivals, On the Bandstand

On the Bandstand: January 3, 2016

By Hank Williams

January 4, 2016 //

bandstand_pic 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.

Suga’ in My Bowl is off the air this week: we’re back on January 10th with our final preview of the 2016 Winter Jazz Fest with guitarist James “Blood” Ulmer! If you missed our last shows with promoter and WJF director Brice Rosenbloom or guitarist Julian Lage, then head on over to our our audio archives for that and much more. Now let’s take a look at some upcoming gigs.

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Arts for Art (producers of the annual Vision Fest) are sponsoring a nearly monthlong “Justice is Compassion” festival at Clemente Soto Velez Center from January 4-24 with dancer Patricia Nicholson Parker, bassist William Parker and many more.

Looking a little further ahead, the annual Winter Jazz Fest blows into town from January 13-17 with so many past, present (and future) Suga’ guests that it needs its own coverage, which we’ll get to this week. But for now, you can head on over to their site and check out the complete rundown for yourself. If that’s too overwhelming, don’t worry, we’ll have you covered with a cheat sheet like we did last year.

Bassist William Parker is at The Stone with Paal Nilssen on January 9.

Also at The Stone is pianist Vijay Iyer, who’s there on the 13th with Matana Roberts.

Guitarist Julian Lage is at Cornelia Street Café on the 13th and at the Winter Jazz Fest’s closing event on the 17th.

Saxophonist Tia Fuller leads a quartet at Smoke from January 13-14.

Also at Smoke is saxophonist Billy Harper, who leads a quintet from the 15-17.

Pianist Onaje Allen Gumbs leads a trio at BAM Café from January 13-15.

Vocalist Kurt Elling is at Birdland performing songs from his Passion World release from January 13-16.

Saxophonist Gary Bartz leads a quartet at the new Cassandra’s Jazz Club and Gallery in Harlem from January 13-16 and 22-23rd.

Vocalists Lizz Wright and Dee Dee Bridgewater are at BB King’s on January 15.

The Harlem Jazz Parlor Festival hosts trombonist Craig Harris on January 16 and low brass specialist Joe Daley on the 18.

That’s all for now. Suga’ in My Bowl is back on WBAI‘s airwaves on January 10th. 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.