Jazz Improv NY

V01N04

Buddy Rich

CONTENTS

RECORDINGS & PERFORMANCES

4 New & Upcoming CD & DVD Recordings

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

18 Calendar of Events

24 Announcements - Upcoming Events; Regular Engagements; Additional Night Club and Venue Schedules

27 Jazz Festival Calendar

COLUMNS

2 Apple Chorus, by Ira Gitler

6 Jazz Club Close-Up: Smoke by Eric Frazier

26 PHOTO GALLERY: Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center 3rd Annual Jazz Festival in West Orange, NJ. Photos by Joe Patitucci

LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

8 Toshiko Akiyoshi (Dizzy’s Club)

George Coleman (Smoke)

9 Harold Mabern (The Kitano)

Dom Minasi (Kavehaz)

10 Mingus Big Band (Iridium)

Houston Person, Ted Rosenthal (Cold Spring Harbor Arts Center)

11 Dave Liebman’s Quest (Birdland)

12 John Scofield (Blue Note)

Kenny Wessel, Lou Grassi (Kavehaz)

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

INTERVIEWS & SKETCHES

28 Cathy Rich

31 Buddy Rich - Sights and Sounds

32 Charlie Haden by Eric Nemeyer

36 Larry Coryell by Mark Sherman

38 Milton Nascimento by Carli Munoz

39 Ron Blake

40 Charles Tolliver

42 Barry Harris

CD & DVD REVIEWS

44 Clarice Assad

Chet Baker

Tyrone Brown

Joe Chambers

Ronnie Cuber

Joe De Renzo

John di Martino

Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker

David Eastlee

Katie Bull

Joe Fonda

Saskia LaRoo

Scott Hamilton

Ahmad Jamal

Kelley Johnson

Roger Kellaway

Andy Laverne

Jay Leonhart

Mark Morganelli

Jeremy Pelt

Sacha Perry

Kerry Politzer

Bob Stewart

Trio Da Paz

Leroy Williams

43 An Open Letter from Emily Brecker Greenberg

55 Classified Ads - The Jazz Billboard