Jazz Improv NY

V01N08

Kenny Werner

CONTENTS

CLUBS, CONCERTS, EVENTS

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

18 Calendar of Events

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

28 Noteworthy Performances for February

30 Festival Calendar

Jazz Brunch Directory

COLUMNS

2 Apple Chorus, by Ira Gitler

4 Jazz Club Close-Up: Cornelia Street Café by Eric Frazier

31 PHOTO GALLERY - Vandoren’s Vando Jam. Photos by Ed Centanni

44 PHOTO GALLERY - JazzCorner.com’s JazzCorner Jazz Jam. Photos & review by Ken Weiss

LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

6 Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights in Jazz: An Evening of Jazz Guitar Tribeca Performing Arts Center

Ray Barretto, Live at Smoke

8 Donal Fox Bach & Monk Project, Live at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola

Jemeel Moondoc with Connie Crothers, Henry Grimes

9 Organ Summit– Part 3, Live at The Iridium

10 Lenore Raphael, Live at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola

Cassandra Wilson, Live at The Blue Note

ARTICLES

46 The Big Hang And The Big Hug In The Big Apple - The IAJE (International Association of

Jazz Education) Experience, by Sandy Sasso

INTERVIEWS & SKETCHES

32 Kenny Werner

35 Toots Thielemans

37 Sonny Fortune

39 Ingrid Jensen

42 Carmen Lundy

CD & DVD REVIEWS

47 Sandro Albert

Big Three Trio

Nick Bisesi

Tim Coffman

Chick Corea

Jack DeJohnette

Angelo DeNiro

Nnenna Freelon

Dizzy Gillespie

Larry Goldings

David Hazeltine

Gerry Hemmingway

Ray Mantilla

Kate McGarry

Mike & Mharlyn Merritt

Mingus Big Band-Orchestra & Dynasty

Frank Morgan

Gerry Mulligan

Jimmy Ponder

Chris Potter

Matt Renzi

Teri Roiger

Maria Schneider

Bobo Stenson

Take 6

Lynette Washington

Mark Whitfield

Mary Lou Williams Collective

Woody Witt

63 Classified Ads - The Jazz Billboard