Jazz Improv NY

V02N03

DIVA Big Band

CONTENTS

31 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

32 Noteworthy Performances

16 Jazz Brunch

COLUMNS

4 Apple Chorus, by Ira Gitler

34 Jazz Club Close-Up: Garage by Eric Frazier

LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

8 Chris Chalfant

Dena DeRose (Kitano)

Wycliffe Gordon (Jazzmobile Concert - Grant’s Tomb)

Charles Lloyd

Zakir Hussain

Eric Harland (JVC Jazz Festival NY - Carnegie Hall)

Bucky Pizzarelli (JVC Jazz Festival NY - Kaye Playhouse)

Idan Santhaus and the Reedless Big Band (The Garage)

Spirit of Django Reinhardt 2006 (Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz At Lincoln Center)

Ornette Coleman (Carnegie Hall)

Bethel Woods Jazz Festival

PHOTO GALLERY

47 PHOTO GALLERY - Freddie Gruber’s Birthday Party

CENTER COLOR INSERT: PHOTO GALLERY: Litchfield Jazz

Festival, August 4-6, 2006

INTERVIEWS & SKETCHES

35 DIVA Big Band: Roundtable discussion with Sherrie Maricle, Jami Dauber, Stanley Kay

41 Bobby Broom

42 Ann Hampton Callaway

43 John Scofield

44 Mike Stern

45 Sam Ulano

62 Bob Kindred

CD & DVD REVIEWS

49 Geri Allen

Chembo Corniel

Andrea Brachfeld

Avishai Cohen

Five Play

Sonny Fortune

Maurice Hines

Bob Kindred

Lionel Loueke

Antoinette Montague

Rick Parker

Nick Russo

Jesse Selengut

Will Sellenraad

Dave Stryker

Barbara Sfraga

Helen Sung

Kenny Garrett

63 The Jazz Billboard