Jazz Improv NY

V01N10

Cecil Brooks

CONTENTS

CLUBS, CONCERTS, EVENTS

24 Directory of Clubs, Venues, Music and Record Stores, Schools & Universities

28 Calendar of Events

36 Announcements - Upcoming Events; Regular Engagements; Add’l Club and Venue Schedule

40 Noteworthy Performances for April

22 Jazz Brunch

Festival Calendar

COLUMNS

2 Apple Chorus, by Ira Gitler

40 Jazz Club Close-Up: American Museum of Natural History: Starry Nights Jazz, by Eric Frazier

LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

12 Marjorie Eliot Family & Friends

Leif Arntzen Family Septet (Symphony Space)

Jazz Live! – The Jazz Masters (Flushing Town Hall)

Mahavishnu Project (The Iridium)

Abbey Lincoln (Montgomery County Community College)

Francisco Mela (Fat Cat)

Jim Snidero Quintet Featuring Dave Liebman (The Kitano)

Bobo Stenson (Birdland)

Yellowjackets with guest, Bobby McFerrin (Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia)

ARTICLES

23 Litchfield Jazz Festival

27 PHOTO GALLERY: Cobi Narita’s 80th Birthday

INTERVIEWS & SKETCHES

4 Cecil Brooks III

42 Pat Martino

43 Ramsey Lewis (Legends of Jazz TV Show)

46 Willie Martinez

48 Jeff “Tain” Watts

49 Charnett Moffett

CD & DVD REVIEWS

50 Winston Cecil Brooks III

Brian Bromberg

Lefteris Christofis

Vince Ector

Walter Fischbacher

Kelly Friesen

Andrew Hill

Jeff Kaye

Frank Macchia

Pat Martino

Bob Mintzer

Red Mitchell

George Cables

Oscar Castro-Neves

Luis Mario Ochoa

Napoleon Revels-Bey

Buddy Rich

Radam Schwartz

Tom Scott

Jason Smith

Billy Taylor

Uptown Quintet;

63 Classified Ads - The Jazz Billboard