Jazz Standard's 10th Anniversary Celebration continues
with Charles Mcpherson, Terence Blanchard and Cyrus Chestnut
JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nation's premier jazz
clubs, offers another impressive month of music with jazz legends and rising stars
throughout June. This month, Jazz Standard continues its JS:10 Anniversary
concert series with special engagements by the veteran bebop saxophone icon
Charles McPherson (6/7–6/10) and the multiple Grammy Award–winning trumpeter/composer
Terence Blanchard (6/20–6/24). The gifted guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel
will lead his acclaimed Standards Trio (6/12–6/17) with a different guest performer
each night; and pianist Cyrus Chestnut invites special guest saxophonist
James Carter to join his trio (6/28–7/1). Our ever–popular "Mingus Mondays"
residency continues in June with performances by the Mingus Big Band (6/4,
6/18, 6/25) and the Mingus Orchestra (6/11). Below is a complete schedule
of June performances at JAZZ STANDARD, along with information on the musicians.
For everything else, visit
www.jazzstandard.com.
ALL SHOW TIMES: 7:30 & 9:30PM + 11:30PM ON FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS
Jazz Standard is located at 116 E. 27th Street (between Lexington
and Park)
Train 6 to E. 28th Street
NEVER A MINIMUM
Student Discounts (restrictions apply)
Enjoy "NYC's Best Barbecue" (Time Out New York) from BLUE SMOKE
and an extensive wine, beer and cocktail list
Jazz for Kids every Sunday
(Sunday, June 3rd, marks the final JFK of the season)
Open for lunch at 1pm, music from 1:30–3pm
For reservations call Jazz Standard at 212.576.2232 or visit www.ticketweb.com
Artists and schedules are subject to change
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JUNE 2012 SCHEDULE
5/31 – 6/3 Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Tomasz Stanko – trumpet
Dave Virelles – piano
Thomas Morgan – bass
Gerald Cleaver – drums
It's been a long wait – since January 2011, in fact – for the return of ECM recording
artist Tomasz Stanko to our stage. On that illustrious occasion, Nate Chinen of
The New York Times heard the trumpeter frame his penetrating solos "in long,
searching arcs, each note sharply articulated but unpredictable in its aim. His
engagement with the other musicians in the band suggested a kind of collective
bargaining rather than the resolute charge of a leader and his men…Mr. Stanko, 68,
is among Europe's most celebrated jazz musicians, and one of the few to make inroads
in the United States." Jazz Standard hails the return of Tomasz Stanko – make your
reservations now!
Music Charge: $25/$30 Friday & Saturday
6/4 Mingus Big Band
Our acclaimed "Mingus Monday" residency continues in June, starting tonight with
two torrid sets by Mingus Big Band – winners of a 2011 Grammy Award for their blazing
CD Live At Jazz Standard. "The hippest big band in the universe – robust,
earthy, sanctified!" (Time Out New York)
Music Charge: $25
6/5 Etienne Charles & Kaiso
Etienne Charles – trumpet
Jacques Schwarz–Bart – tenor sax
Sullivan Fortner Jr – piano
Burniss Travis – bass
tba – drums
tba – percussion
Keith Prescott – vocals
By order of a White House proclamation, June is recognized as Caribbean–American
Heritage Month. Two–thousand–twelve marks not only the sixth anniversary of the
celebration, but also the 50th anniversary of the independence of Trinidad
& Tobago. We can't think of a musician better qualified to mark this auspicious
occasion than the dynamic trumpeter Etienne Charles and his thrilling pan–Caribbean
aggregation Kaiso. The group will be playing tunes from Etienne's acclaimed 2011
album Kaiso (which earned a four–star review in Down Beat, among other
accolades) as well as their distinctive arrangements of some traditional tunes.
Born in Trinidad in 1983, today Etienne Charles is a seasoned jazz player who has
performed with the likes of Wynton Marsalis, Monty Alexander (a guest on Kaiso),
Marcus Roberts, and the Count Basie Orchestra.
Music Charge: $20
6/6 – Robert Rodriguez Quartet
John Ellis – tenor saxophone
Robert Rodriguez – piano
Matt Brewer – bass
Eric Doob – drums
The son of a deeply musical family of Cuban heritage, NYC native Robert Rodriguez
studied piano and percussion at the New World School of The Arts in Miami and earned
a full scholarship to the University of Miami. During his student years, Robert
had the opportunity to perform with Jerry Bergonzi, Jon Faddis, Kenny Weeler, and
Maria Schneider; while living in Miami, he worked with the great Ira Sullivan and
toured with the Arturo Sandoval band. Back in New York since 2000, Robert has gigged
and/or recorded with Ray Barretto, Roy Haynes, Charlie Haden, David Sanchez, and
Richard Bona, just to name a few. In May 2009, Robert's Sexteto Rodriguez released
CD Timba Talmud, which synthesized Cuban music and Jewish music in an entirely
new sound of joy, melancholy, and profound emotional clarity.
Music Charge: $20
6/7 – 6/10 Charles McPherson Quintet *JS:10 ANNIVERSARY CONCERT*
Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
Brian Lynch – trumpet
Jeb Patton – piano
Ray Drummond – bass
Billy Drummond – drums
We're pleased and proud to welcome back Jazz Standard stalwart Charles McPherson
as part of our ongoing JS:10 Anniversary celebration. More than a half–century
into his professional career, the saxophonist remains a strong, viable force in
jazz both here and abroad. McPherson logged an epic twelve–year run with the Charles
Mingus group (1960-1972) and has released some two–dozen albums as a leader including
Live at the Five Spot (Prestige, 1966) and First Flight Out, (Arabesque,
1994). In 1988, Charles was the featured alto player on the soundtrack of Clint
Eastwood's film Bird. Joining McPherson up front is the Grammy Award winning
trumpeter Brian Lynch, who along with leading his own groups tours with Phil Woods
and Eddie Palmieri. "One of bebop's premier torchbearers!" (Nate Chinen, The
New York Times) "A venturesome musician who upends the jazz repertoire on the
bandstand, [composing] pieces built on surprise…" (David Hajdu, The Atlantic
Monthly)
Music Charge: $25/$30 Friday & Saturday
6/11 Mingus Orchestra
Had American symphony orchestras not discriminated against African–American musicians
throughout much of the 20th century, Charles Mingus might have led an
entirely different career. Mingus was as much a student of Beethoven and Debussy
as of Fats Waller and Duke Ellington, and his classical aspirations found their
outlet in dozens of compositions written for a sort of jazz–band–plus that included
non-jazz instruments like bassoon, oboe, and French horn. The Mingus Orchestra is
devoted to this often-overlooked aspect of the jazz giant's protean legacy.
Music Charge: $25
6/12 – 6/17 Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio With Special Guests
Kurt Rosenwinkel – guitar
Eric Revis – bass
Justin Faulkner – drums
With Special Guests
Peter Bernstein – guitar (6/13)
Aaron Burnett – tenor saxophone (6/14)
Greg Osby – alto saxophone (6/15)
Johnny O'Neal – voice (6/16)
Geri Allen – piano (6/17)
Over the course of a 20–year career, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel's influence on the
ever–evolving jazz tradition may be compared to the way in which Thelonious Monk
and Wayne Shorter both impacted colleagues much beyond the scope of their respective
instruments. His is a singular compositional voice: full of mystery and power, marked
by an effortless marriage of high complexity and undeniable emotional appeal. Reporting
for the Los Angeles Times on a February performance by the Standards Trio
at LA's Musicians Institute, Chris Barton wrote: "Rosenwinkel let his guitar speak
with a near crystalline clarity…a sleek mix of chords and finger-blurring runs that
dovetailed nicely with the show's location." For this special Jazz Standard engagement,
Kurt will join forces with another exceptional guitarist, Peter Bernstein, on June
13; rising star saxophonist Aaron Burnett will step to the stand on June 14; and
alto sax master Greg Osby will appear on June 15. Kurt rounds out the week with
two artists from the Motor City: vocalist/pianist Johnny O'Neal will share the spotlight
on June 16 (vocals only), and the great Geri Allen will occupy the piano position
on 6/17.
Music Charge: $25 Tue-Thu/$30 Fri-Sun
6/18 Mingus Big Band
The Big Band is back, and blowing up a storm – exclusively at Jazz Standard! "Bold
and brawny, the Mingus Big Band roars in ways that would please its late namesake...Mingus'
sound is indomitable. Over time, his music has not lost an iota—instead, it has
gained hefty measures—of relevance and resonance, wit and grit." (Down Beat
four–star review of the MBB's 1995 CD Gun–Slinging Bird)
Music Charge: $25
6/19 Linda Oh Quartet
Dayna Stephens – tenor saxophone
Fabian Almazan – piano
Linda Oh – bass
Rudy Royston – drums
When it came time to record Initial Here, her second CD as a leader and first
for Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music, bassist and composer Linda Oh assembled one
of the most impressive new bands to emerge on the New York scene in recent years.
The quartet includes Dayna Stephens, an articulate saxophonist as well as a skilled
bassist; and Cuban–born pianist Fabian Almazan, a former classmate of Oh's at the
Manhattan School of Music. As for drummer Rudy Royston, he's been the percussionist
choice for such forward–thinking leaders as JD Allen, Bill Frisell, and Ben Allison.
From the emotive ballad "Mr. M" to her buoyant electric bass lines on "Deeper Than
Happy, " Initial Here "tells a story about identity, " says Linda Oh. "Cultural
identity and musical identity. I wanted to go in a few different directions to explore
some more extreme emotions."
Music Charge: $20
6/20 – 6/24 Terence Blanchard *js:10 ANNIVERSARY CONCERT*
Terence Blanchard – trumpet
Brice Winston – tenor saxophone
Fabian Almazan – piano
Joshua Crumbly – bass
Kendrick Scott – drums
Terence Blanchard is one of the most accomplished and respected jazz musicians of
his generation. As a composer and instrumentalist, he has created over 50 memorable
scores for such Spike Lee films as Malcolm X (1992) and Clockers (1995),
and most recently for George Lucas' Red Tails (2012). He is a 5-time Grammy
Award winner, including his 2007 tour de force A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem
for Katrina), as well as an Emmy and Golden Globe nominee. You can also here
Blanchard's music in the new Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' classic
A Streetcar Named Desire. "He plays the most coolly expressive trumpet in jazz,
" declared Vanity Fair, while The Wall Street Journal hailed Terence
Blanchard as a creator of "bold, modern jazz that's respectful of the tradition
and served with style and emotion…His writing is superb and heartfelt, his playing
perfect…"
Music Charge: $35
6/25 Mingus Big Band
"Mingus is always probing. He speaks in his music of the same fundamental problems,
ambiguities, satisfactions, and frustrations that he talks about when he's telling
you about his own life…Always his music is intensely, thrustingly palpable—a persistent
personal witnessing, questioning, exulting, despairing, raging, and sometimes laughing."
(Nat Hentoff, from liner notes to The Art of Charles Mingus: The Atlantic Years,
Atlantic LP 2–302)
Music Charge: $25
6/26 – 6/27 John Ellis Quintet
John Ellis – saxophones, flute
Aaron Goldberg – piano
Mike Moreno – guitar
Matt Penman – bass
Rodney Green – drums
John Ellis' new album It's You I Like – his first release on the Criss Cross
label – is sure to rank among the year's most intriguing and unusual jazz recordings.
It's a yin–yang instrumental program combining six optimistic songs by Fred Rogers
(1928–2003)—better known as "Mister Rogers" to several generations of young American
TV viewers – with three dark, introspective ones that evoke (in Ellis' words) "the
tortured reality" of the alternative rock singer/songwriter Elliott Smith (1969–2003).
For this Jazz Standard premiere, John will reconvene the superb ensemble of under–40
first–call players he assembled for It's You I Like. Pianist Aaron Goldberg
was featured on three previous Ellis albums; guitarist Mike Moreno is a friend of
leader since the late Nineties with two Criss Cross CDs of his own. Bassist Matt
Penman and drummer Rodney Green can navigate straight–ahead swing and odd–metered
time signatures with equal aplomb.
Music Charge: $20
6/28 – 7/1 Cyrus Chestnut Trio with special guest James Carter *JS:10
anniversary concert
Cyrus Chestnut – piano
Dezron Douglas – bass
Neal Smith – drums
With Special Guest
James Carter – saxophones
The gospel–rooted, blues–tinged playing of pianist Cyrus Chestnut has delighted
Jazz Standard audiences for years. We're pleased to welcome him back for this gala
"JS10" appearance, especially in the company of the celebrated saxophonist James
Carter ("always dazzling, always melodic, " wrote John L. Walters in The Guardian).
Cyrus began his musical training at age five and made his first public performance
at age seven at his father's Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Maryland; between 1994
and 2001, he released seven CDs for the Atlantic label. CC's latest trio recording,
Journeys (Jazz Legacy, 2010) showed that he "remains a distinctive original
pianist whose work has continued to grow." (Ken Dryden, AllMusic.com) "One
hears in his smart stylings not only the gospel sounds at the root of his very being,
but classic – some say nostalgic – jazz adorned with utterly uninhibited improvisations,
flashes of pop and bop, whimsy and wit." (Dan Rodricks, The Baltimore Sun)
Music Charge: $30
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