Tuesday-Saturday, August 2nd-6th
Set times are 11:00pm Tues. -Thurs. and 11:30pm Fri. & Sat.
Yard Byard: The Jaki Byard Project
featuring
Jamie Baum -flutes
Marty Ehrlich - saxes and clarinets (8/2 only)
Adam Kolker - saxes and clarinets
Jerome Harris - guitar
Ed Schuller - bass
George Schuller - drums
at
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
at Jazz at Lincoln Center
10 Columbus CircleTime Warner Center, New York, NY 10023(212) 258-9595,
www.jalc.org
Cover: $10 (students: $5 w/valid student ID--call to verify).
"The Hot Fives" Special: $5 Cover, $5 Menu and $5 Drink Specials, every Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday.
"This Jaki Byard repertory outfit was impressive in the way they gave props to
both the wily pianist's serious and silly sides. Whimsy was part of the maestro's
swinging approach, and flautist Jamie Baum and saxophonist Adam Kolker capture that
vibe while dropping some very hip solos. " -- Jim Macnie, Village Voice
"The music was all Byard's, played lovingly and a bit loosely...Most of the songs
in the first set were fine examples of standard form gone just slightly haywire.
The absence
of a pianist in the group is good strategy......Mr. Kolker, his tenor solo on
"Dolphy," (showed) a casual study in extended harmony. It also exposed the intervallic
oddness
of some of the songs, as arranged for alto flute and bass clarinet, or flute
and tenor saxophone...Mischief isn't the only side of Byard's music, though, and
Ms. Baum,
an experienced composer-arranger, has clear perspective on his lyricism. "Toni,"
a ballad with waltz-like properties,
was among the subtler highlights of the set. " --Nate Chinen, New York Times
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