Jazz Improv NY

V04N06

Jimmy Heath

CONTENTS

CLUBS, CONCERTS, EVENTS

17 Calendar of Events

26 Announcements — Upcoming Events; Regular Engagements; Additional Club and Venue Schedules

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

33 Around Town

49 Noteworthy Performances

COLUMNS

4 Apple Chorus by Ira Gitler

LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

6 Buddy Rich Memorial Concert Big Band Bash

Golden Boy – The Music of Art Blakey

3D Ritmo De Vida

Don Byron

VENUE REVIEW

9 St. Peter’s Church

FESTIVAL REVIEW

10 Vision Festival XIII

Clemente Soto Velez

12 2008 Holiday Gift Guide

INTERVIEWS & SKETCHES

41 Teodross Avery

42 George Coleman

43 Ryan Cohan

50 Jazz Improv’s Top Jazz CD Picks of 2008

51 Jimmy Heath

CD & DVD REVIEWS

54 Dee Cassella

Charmaine Clamor

Denise Donatelli

Laszlo Gardony

Billy Harper

Lisa Hearns

Bujo Kevin Jones & Tenth World

Nora McCarthy

James Moody–Hank Jones Quartet

New Jazz Composers Octet

Jeremy Pelt

Bruno Raberg