Jazz Improv NY

V02N08

Antoinette Montague

CONTENTS

CLUBS, CONCERTS, EVENTS

11 Jazz Brunch

14 Around Town

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

42 Noteworthy Performances

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

45 Calendar of Events

COLUMNS

4 Apple Chorus, by Ira Gitler

16 Open Letter by Reggie Workman

LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

6 Eric Alexander’s Danny Moore Tribute at Smoke Jazz Club

Israel ‘Cachao’ Lopez at The Blue Note

Cape May Jazz Festival

Chris Washburne at Smoke

Michéle Ramo, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jerry Bruno and Heidi Hepler at The Triad

CLUB & VENUE PROFILES

15 Manahatta

INTERVIEWS & SKETCHES

16 Antoinette Montague 29 Pamela Luss

21 Matt Wilson 30 Willie Martinez

24 George Colligan 31 Nora McCarthy

25 Vince Ector 34 Allison Miller

26 Hilliard Greene 35 Jim Rotondi

27 Ellen Johnson 36 Mark Sherman

28 Frank Kimbrough 37 Steve Swell

CD & DVD REVIEWS

50 Rez Abbasi

Walter Beasley

Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra

Carnival Skin

Wycliffe Gordon

Slide Hampton

Roy Haynes

Steve Herbermann

Chuck Loeb

Minsarah

Grasella Oliphant

Sirone Bang Ensemble

Oscar Perez

Grady Tate

Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

CLASSIFIEDS

63 The Jazz Billboard