Jazz Improv NY

V02N02

Mark Kramer, Eddie Gomez

CONTENTS

33 VOTE: Jazz Improv’s

1st Annual READER’S POLL

CLUBS, CONCERTS, EVENTS

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

21 Calendar of Events

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

34 Noteworthy Performances

6 Festival Calendar

16 Jazz Brunch

COLUMNS

4 Apple Chorus, by Ira Gitler

36 Jazz Club Close-Up: Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, by Eric Frazier

LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

8 Joe Giglio

Paul Bollenback (107 West)

Jason Robert Brown (Birdland)

Nancy Kelly & Joshua Breakstone (Long Island Jazz Festival)

Jason Rigby (Cornelia Street Café)

Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks (Kaye Playhouse, JVC Jazz Fest)

Jack Wilkins (Le Madeline)

Hendrik Meurkens (Cornelia St. Café)

Vision Festival.

PHOTO GALLERY

32 PHOTO GALLERY - Vision Festival, by Ken Weiss

INTERVIEWS & SKETCHES

38 Eddie Gomez & Mark Kramer

44 Winard Harper

47 Maynard Ferguson

49 Jackie Ryan

51 Jon Faddis

CD & DVD REVIEWS

52 Ben Allison

T.K. Blue

Cyrus Chestnut

Jimmy Cobb

Harry Connick & Branford Marsalis

Wilton Felder

Dan Fogel

Red Garland and John Coltrane

Winard Harper

Luther Hughes

Pete Malinverni

Mercy Monet

Lindsey Muir

Ellynne Plotnick

Odean Pope

Michéle Ramo & Mundell Lowe

Carla White

63 The Jazz Billboard