Choices & opinions in this publication are entirely personal, with primary focus on the miraculous art form known as jazz (meaning original, creative, heartfelt, improvised music that embraces & extends the tradition ~ or as John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie put it, "You've got to keep one foot in the past & the other in the future"). Please double~check all information before acting on it, since mistakes & changes do happen. Phone numbers shown without area codes are (212). The newsletter is divided into 3 sections: (1) special announcements & survival news (though creative endeavor is inherently non~competitive except with oneself, a few contests are sometimes listed among the survival announcements because they offer significant prize money to winners & may actually bestow some on the deserving); (2) continuous events; (3) upcoming events. Events are listed in order of chronology first, then time, then alphabetically by venue within NYC, then (last) out of town.
Many performers these days make careers as imitators, in music negotiating their way neatly through charts & copying other people's solos, sounds, & styles; often these persons receive strong support from political, social & corporate powers seeking to appropriate cultural riches that belong to others, or to kill what they do not & cannot own. Meanwhile, many living masters with original voices, true creativity, & real passion struggle on in relative obscurity, trying to add something new to what has already been said in the music. To quote Billie Holiday, if you aren't being original, "It's close~order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, but not music." By this definition, wherever possible, only authentic musicians are listed herein.
NOTE:
These concert listings had been provided both
in print and on the Web, continuously and free of charge to anyone,
for more than 12 years; the
section called "special announcements" (which assists all
musicians), Web sites maintained for Roy Campbell, Jr., Henry Grimes,
Joe McPhee, and Sonny Sharrock, and the tribute site for Jeanne Lee
will still be continued.
Due to a combination of exhaustion and changing priorities, perspectives,
and personal circumstances, concert~listings portions of this Web site
were discontinued at the end of January, but because so many people
in New York for the summer are pleading for some listings, the following
MinimaList is offered.
INDEFINITE
RUN
"FESTIVAL EXPRESS," documentary
about a chartered music train traveling across Canada w/ THE BAND/ THE GRATEFUL DEAD/ BUDDY GUY/ JANIS JOPLIN et al., director
BOB SMEATON ('7O), showing at the U.A. Union Square 14, 85O Broadway,
and the AMC Empire, 243 West 42nd St., check times & prices. Info: 398-3939.
SUNDAY, 8/1 at 4:3O p.m;
TUESDAY,
8/3 at 3:3O & 7 p.m; THURSDAY, 8/5 at 9 p.m.
"DON'T KNOCK THE ROCK" w/ LITTLE
RICHARD, director FRED SEARS ('56), Walter Reade Theatre, 7O Lincoln
Ctr. Plaza (165 W. 65th St.), check ticket prices.
Info: 875~56OO (recording),
~56O1 (box office); 777~3456 (F~I~L~M) (day of show); <www.filmlinc.com>.
SUNDAY, 8/1
JAZZ & POETRY w/ SHARIF ABDUS~SALAAM, WKCR~FM, 89.9 on the radio dial, also Webcasting over <www.wkcr.org>,
2~7 p.m. Info:
854~992O, <www.wkcr.org>, <jazz@wkcr.org>.
"A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM," Grant's Tomb, 122nd St. &
Riverside Dr., "Family Unity Day" & "cultural festival,"
1~5 p.m; "concert under the stars" honoring RAY CHARLES, 6~9
p.m., w/ THE ARC GOSPEL CHOIR/ JOE CUBA/ DANCE THEATRE
OF HARLEM/ CHUCK JACKSON/ FREDDIE JACKSON/ GLORIA LYNNE/ MELBA MOORE,
et al., free admission, rain
date Sun., 8/8. Info: 862~72OO, 283~3315, 666~164O, (718) 784~77OO,
ext. 117, <www.harlemdiscover.com/harlemjazz/index.htm>, <www.wnbc.com/harlemweek>,
<harlemweek@hotmail.com>.
**** THE HEATH BROTHERS (ALBERT
"TOOTIE," JIMMY, PERCY) + 1, Iridium, 165O Broadway at
51st St., 8 & 1O p.m., check prices.
Info: 582~2121, 956~4676;
<www.iridiumjazzclub.com>, <www.ticketweb.com>.
JOHN ZORN, Tonic, 1O7 Norfolk St. betw. Rivington & Delancey
St’s 3 blocks south of Houston & betw. Ave’s A & B, 8 p.m.,
check price. Take F or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to
Essex St. Info: 358~75O4, ~3, ~1; <www.tonicnyc.com>,
<tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
**** BEN RILEY's MONK LEGACY
SEPTET, Village Vanguard, 178 7th Ave. So. at 11th St., 9 &
11 p.m., $3O includes 2 drinks, no min. for students at 2nd set.
Info: AL 5~4O37, <www.villagevanguard.net>.
MONDAY, 8/2
"DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE" w/ INGRID BERGMAN/ LANA TURNER/
SPENCER TRACY (‘41), by VICTOR FLEMING, Bryant Park behind the N.Y.
Public Library betw. 5th & 6th Ave’s & betw. 4Oth & 42nd
St’s, dusk, free, rain date tomorrow (Tuesday).
Info: 512~57OO, 983~4142,
<www.aolcityguide.com/newyork>, <www.hbobryantparkfilm.com>.
TOM ABBS, solo, tuba/ bass/ percussion/ didgeridoo, Here, 145 6th
Ave. betw. Dominick & Spring St’s (take 1 or 9 train to Canal St.
or C or E to Spring St.), check time & price.
Info: 647~O2O2, <www.here.org>.
TUESDAY~SUNDAY, 8/3~8/8
**** AL FOSTER, Village
Vanguard, 178 7th Ave. So. at 11th St., 9 & 11 p.m., $3O includes
2 drinks, no min. for students at 2nd set.
Info: AL 5~4O37, <www.villagevanguard.net>.
TUESDAY, 8/3
SONNY LANDRETH, South Street Seaport, Fulton, Water, & South
St’s on the East River, pier 17, rain or shine, 1 p.m., free. Take 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ J/ M/ Z trains to Fulton St., A/ C/ E to B’way/
Nassau,, or #15 South Ferry bus to Fulton St.
Info: 732~7678, 669~9424
or ~94OO, <www.southstreetseaport.com>.
DANNY MOORE, Jazzmobile, 135th St. betw. 7th & 8th Ave's, 7
p.m., free. Info: 866-49OO, ~3616, <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
CHARLI PERSIP's Supersound big band, Baha'i Center, John Birks "Dizzy"
Gillespie Auditorium, 53 East 11th St. betw. Broadway & University
Place, 8 & 1O p.m., $15 & $1O. Info: 33O~93O9, <www.bahainyc.org/jazz.html>,
<info@bahainyc.org>.
JENNY SCHEINMAN, Barbès, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Ave., Park Slope
section of Brooklyn, 9 p.m., check price.
Info: (718) 965~9177,
<www.barbesbrooklyn.com>. Take
F train to Seventh Ave. in Brooklyn.
VALERY PONOMAREV, Swing 46, 349 W. 46th St., 9:3O, $1O. Info: 262~9554,
<www.swing46.com>.
WEDNESDAYS (on~going)
WALT SZYMANSKI/ ALEX HARDING Unity group w/ ANDREW BEMKEY, Swing 46, 349 W. 46th St., 9:3O p.m., $1O. Info: 262~9554,
<www.swing46.com>. NOTE: A special benefit for the Kerry campaign ("Jam for Just-US")
w/ guests includ'g DUANE & ROBIN EUBANKS/ KENNY GARRETT/ NASHEET WAITS/ JEFF "TAIN" WATTS
& others + open jam will take place on Wed., 8/25 starting an hour earlier, $1O suggested donation.
WEDNESDAYS IN AUGUST (8/4, 8/11,
8/18, 8/25)
**** SONNY FORTUNE &
RASHIED ALI, Sweet Rhythm, 88 Seventh
Ave. South at Bleecker (1st) St., 8 & 1O p.m., $15 cover + $1O min. Info: 255~3626,
414~2667, <www.sweetrhythmny.com>.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, 8/4
& 8/5
NATALIE MERCHANT, Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St., 8 p.m., $35 &
3O, but all tickets sold out. Info: 84O~2824,
997~6661, <www.the-townhall-nyc.org>.
WEDNESDAY, 8/4
**** LOUIS ARMSTRONG (gov't~designated)
B'DAY B'DCAST, WKCR~FM, 89.9
on the radio dial, also Webcasting over <www.wkcr.org>, 24 hours
(or more). Info: 854~992O,
<www.wkcr.org>, <jazz@wkcr.org>, <wkcrjazz@columbia.edu>.
WINARD HARPER, Jazzmobile, Grant's Tomb, 122nd St. & Riverside
Drive, 7 p.m., free. Info: 866-49OO, 866-3616 (recorded listings), <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
**** Harlem Week celebration,
ride a vintage "A" train (wicker seats and all) at 7 p.m.
from 59th St./ Columbus Circle to 125th St., ROY
CAMPBELL, JR. & HENRY
WARNER playing at 59th St., ROY
CAMPBELL, JR. playing on the train, + ROY
CAMPBELL, JR./ ANDREW BEMKEY/ CHRIS SULLIVAN/ MICHAEL THOMPSON (group
called TAZZ) playing at 125th St. upon the "A" train's arrival,
New York City, free, (212) 878~4678, ~7OOO, <www.mta.info>.
**** EDDIE PALMIERI, Mahoney
Playground, intersection of Beechwood & Crescent Ave's & Cleveland
& Jersey St's, Staten Island, 7 p.m., free. Info: (212) 36O~1399, <www.cityparksfoundation.org>.
THE OHIO PLAYERS, Rockefeller Park, Chambers St. near the Hudson
River, 7 p.m., free. Take A,
C, 1 or 2 train to Chambers St., 4 or 5 to Bowling Green, or #1O bus
to Battery Park City. Info: 528~2733,
267~97OO, (646) 772~6835, <www.worldfinancialcenter.com>, <info@worldfinancialcenter.com>,
<www.hudsonriverfestival.com>, <www.rivertorivernyc.org>,
<www.bpcparks.org>.
"STATE OF EMERGENCY": READINGS
BY LAURIE ANDERSON/ RUSSELL BANKS/ DON DeLILLO/ MARGO JEFFERSON/ SALMAN
RUSHDIE/ KURT VONNEGUT & many others, Cooper Union, Great Hall,
7 East 7th St. at 3rd Ave., 7 p.m., free. Info: 334~166O, ext. 1O7,
353~4OOO, ~4196, ~4158, <www.cooper.edu/cooperarts>, <www.pen.org>.
KIM THOMPSON w/ TIA FULLER
& MIRIAM SULLIVAN, 55
Bar, 55 Christopher St. (just east of 7th Ave. & just north of W.
4th St.), music from 7 p.m., no cover.
Take 1 or 9 train to Christopher St. / Sheridan Sq., any train
that stops at W. 4th St., or buses down 7th or up 6th Ave.
Info: 929~9883, <www.55bar.com>.
**** SAVION GLOVER, Opia,
13O East 57th St., 8:3O & 1O:3O p.m., check price. Info: 688~3939, <www.liveatopia.com>.
"TRUMPET NATION": LAWRENCE
"BUTCH" MORRIS conduction of many trumpeters, includ'g
ROY CAMPBELL, JR. (probably at the late
set) & DAVE DOUGLAS, Tonic,
1O7 Norfolk St. betw. Rivington & Delancey St’s 3 blocks south of
Houston & betw. Ave’s A & B, 8 & 1O p.m., $15.
Take F or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to Essex St., 8 &
1O p.m. Info: 358~75O4,
~3, ~1; <www.fontmusic.org/schedule.html>, <info@fontmusic.org>,
<www.tonicnyc.com>, <tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
COREY HARRIS, Tribeca NYC, 16 Warren St. one block below Chambers
St. betw. B’way & 6th Ave., 9 p.m., $12.
Info: 766~1O7O, <www.tribecarockclub.com>.
THURSDAYS IN AUGUST (on~going)
**** BILLY BANG w/ ANDREW BEMKEY/ TODD NICHOLSON/ NEWMAN TAYLOR
BAKER (TYSHAWN SOREY instead on 8/12), Zebulon, 258 Wythe Ave. betw. Metropolitan & North 3rd, Williamsburgh
section of Brooklyn, 1O~midnight, no cover. Info: (718)
218~6934. Take the L train to
Bedford Ave.
THURSDAY~SATURDAY, 8/5~8/7
DR. LONNIE SMITH, Smoke, 2751 B’way at 1O6th St., 9 & 11 p.m.
& 12:3O a.m., $2O cover, check min's.
Info: 864~6662, <www.smokejazz.com>.
THURSDAY, 8/5
OHIO PLAYERS, MetroTech Commons, Jay & Johnson St’s, Brooklyn,
noon~2 p.m., free. Take 2 or
3 train to Hoyt St., 2/ 3/ 4/ 5 to Borough Hall, M/ N/ R to Lawrence
St., D/ M/ N/ Q/ R to DeKalb Ave., or A/ C/ F to Jay St./ Borough Hall
& exit at Myrtle Promenade. Info: (718) 488~82OO, (718) 636~41OO, ~4111, (718)
797~5955, <www.bam.org/metrotech/metrotechmainpage.asps>.
ROY CAMPBELL, JR. & DAVE
DOUGLAS discussing this month's FONT (Festival of New Trumpet),
WKCR~FM, 89.9 in the New York area, also Webcasting over <www.wkcr.org>,
1 p.m. Info: 854~992O,
<jazz@wkcr.org>, www.fontmusic.org/schedule.html>, <info@fontmusic.org>.
**** THE SPINNERS/ THE STYLISTICS/
THE TEMPTATIONS REVUE featuring DENNIS
EDWARDS, Asser Levy Seaside Park, Sea Breeze Ave. at West 5th St.,
Coney Island boardwalk, Brooklyn, 7:3O p.m., free.
Take trains to Coney Island stop.
Info: (718) 469-1912,
(718) 284-47OO, 718) 965-89OO, -8913, -8941, 212) 36O-3456.
RAY MANTILLA & Space Station, Jazzmobile, 141st St. betw. Willis
& Alexander Ave's [Bronx?], 7 p.m., free.
Info: 866-49OO, ~3616,
<www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
**** TONI MORRISON + EDWARD P. JONES, Central Park Summerstage,
Rumsey Playfield near 72nd St. & 5th Ave., 7:3O p.m. rain or shine,
free. Info: 36O~2777, ~2756, ~2758, <www.summerstage.org>.
SALUTE TO BENNY CARTER, Jazz Museum in Harlem, 1O4 East 126th St.,
6:3O~8 p.m., free. Info: 348~83OO.
**** DEAN BOWMAN w/ D.D. JACKSON/ JEROME HARRIS/ MICHAEL WIMBERLY,
Jazz Gallery, 29O Hudson St. betw. Spring & Dominick St’s about
3 blocks above Canal, 9 & 1O:3O p.m., $12/ set. Info: 242~1O63,
<www.jazzgallery.org>, <info@jazzgallery.org>. Take #1 or 9 train to Houston or Canal St.,
or C or E train or #1O bus to Spring St.
GARY LUCAS, Joe’s Pub, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette
St., 9:3O p.m., $15 cover + 2~drink min.
Info: 539~8776, 7, 8,
or O, 26O~24OO, 239~62OO, <www.joespub.com>, <www.publictheatre.org>,
<www.telecharge.com>, <joespublic@aol.com>.
**** ODETTA, Makor, 35
W. 67th St., 9 p.m., $25. Info: 6O1~1OOO, <www.makor.org>.
KIM THOMPSON BAND, Sweet Rhythm, 88 Seventh Ave. South at Bleecker
(1st) St., check times & prices.
Info: 255~3626, 414~2667,
<www.sweetrhythmny.com>.
DAVE DOUGLAS w/ BRAD JONES/
GENE LAKE/ JAMIE SAFT/ MARCUS STRICKLAND + D.J. OLIVE (Keystone),
8 p.m; also JEREMY PELT group at 1O p.m. & D.J. OLIVE at 11, Tonic, 1O7 Norfolk St.
betw. Rivington & Delancey St’s 3 blocks south of Houston &
betw. Ave’s A & B, $15. Take
F or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to Essex St.
Info: 358~75O4, ~3, ~1;
<www.fontmusic.org/schedule.html>, <info@fontmusic.org>,
<www.tonicnyc.com>, <tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
FRIDAY, 8/6~SATURDAY, 8/14
**** BLACK FILM FESTIVAL,
screening many films starring &/ or directed / produced by African~Americans,
Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building, 163 W. 125th St., includ'g
"BLACK ORPHEUS" w/ MARPESSA
DAWN/ BRENO MELLO/ LOURDES de OLIVEIRA, score by LUIS BONFA & ANTONIO
CARLOS JOBIM, directed by MARCEL CAMUS in Rio de Janeiro (‘59); “BLUES FOR A JUNKMAN” w/ DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
& IVAN DIXON, director JOHN GIST (‘62); "CABIN IN THE SKY" w/ EDDIE “ROCHESTER” ANDERSON/ LOUIS
ARMSTRONG/ EDWARD KENNEDY “DUKE” ELLINGTON/ LENA HORNE/ ETHEL WATERS
(an all~black cast), director VINCENTE MINNELLI (‘43); "EUBIE" w/ TERRI BURRELL/ GREGORY & MAURICE HINES/ DONNA
INGRAM/ DAVID JACKSON, DIRECTOR JULIANNE BOYD ('85); "THE GREEN PASTURES" w/ EDDIE “ROCHESTER” ANDERSON, REX
INGRAM, & OSCAR POLK (‘36), MARC CONNELLY adaptation of ROARK BRADFORD
stories; "IMITATION OF LIFE"
w/ ROBERT ALDA/ JOHN GAVIN/ MAHALIA JACKSON/ JUANITA MOORE/ LANA
TURNER, director DOUGLAS SIRK ('59); "JOE's
BED~STUY BARBERSHOP: WE CUT
HEADS" w/ DONNA BAILEY/ TOMMIE HICKS/ MONTY ROSS, director
SPIKE LEE (‘83); "LOST IN THE STARS" w/ CLIFTON
DAVIS/ PAULA KELLY/ MELBA MOORE/ BROCK PETERS/ RAYMOND ST. JACQUES,
score by KURT WEILL, directed by DANIEL MANN, adapted from ALAN PATON's
book "Cry the Beloved Country" ('74); "PINKY"
w/ JEANNE CRAIN/ NINA MAE McKINNEY/ ETHEL WATERS (‘49), director
ELIA KAZAN; “PORGY & BESS”
w/ PEARL BAILEY/ DIAHANN CARROLL/ DOROTHY DANDRIDGE/ SAMMY DAVIS, JR./
BROCK PETERS/ SIDNEY POITIER, score by GEORGE GERSHWIN, libretto by
DuBOSE HEYWARD, lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN & DuBOSE HEYWARD, director
OTTO PREMINGER (‘59); "PURLIE" w/ ROBERT GUILLAUME/
LINDA HOPKINS/ RHETTA HUGHES/ MELBA MOORE, script by OSSIE DAVIS, director
RUDI GOLDMAN (‘81); "PUTNEY
SWOPE" w/ MEL BROOKS/ ALAN GARFIELD/ ARNOLD JOHNSON, director
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. (‘69); "STORMY WEATHER" w/ CAB CALLOWAY/
KATHERINE DUNHAM/ LENA HORNE/ THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS (HAROLD & FAYARD)/
BILL “BOJANGLES” ROBINSON/ THOMAS “FATS” WALLER/ DOOLEY WILSON, director
ANDREW STONE (‘43); also films on RAY CHARLES, EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE"
ELLINGTON, ZORA NEALE HURSTON, AUGUST WILSON, MALCOLM X, & many
more; check daily schedules, times, & prices. Info: 749~5298,
873~5O4O, <www.wnbc.com/harlemweek>, <www/harlemdiscover.com>,
<harlemweek@hotmail.com>.
FRIDAY~SUNDAY, 8/6~8/8
OYSTER BAY JAZZ FESTIVAL, w/ AHMAD
JAMAL/ JIMMY SCOTT/ CASSANDRA WILSON & others, Planting Fields
Arboretum, Manor House, Planting Fields Rd. near Glen Cove/ Oyster Bay/
Locust Valley Rd’s, Oyster Bay,
NY, music from 8 p.m. rain
or shine, tickets $45/ $35/ $25/ day.
Info: (516) 922~OO61 or ~56, <http://fotapresents.org/jazzfest.asp>,
<info@fotapresents.org>.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 8/6 &
8/7
**** VERNON REID/ DOUG WIMBISH/
WILL CALHOUN/ COREY GLOVER (Living Colour), Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey
St. betw. Christie St. & the Bowery (same as 2nd & 3rd Ave’s),
& 3 blocks south of Houston St, check time & price, age-restricted
to over 18 on Fri. & over 21 on Sat. [why?]. Info: 533~2111, 26O~47OO,
269~4TIX, <www.boweryballroom.com>, <www.bowerypresents.com>,
<www.ticketweb.com>.
FRIDAY, 8/6
LARRY RIDLEY, Jazzmobile, Marcus Garvey Park, 122nd St. & Fifth
Ave., 7 p.m., free. Info: 866-49OO, ~3616, <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
LES BALLETS AFRICAINS, also NIA
LOVE / BLACKSMITH's DAUGHTER DANCE CO., Central Park Summerstage,
Rumsey Playfield near 72nd St. & 5th Ave., 7 p.m. rain or shine,
free. Info: 36O~2777,
~2756, ~2758, <www.summerstage.org>.
**** JIMMY BOSCH, S.O.B.,
2O4 Varick St. (lower 7th Ave. at Houston St.), check times & prices. Info: 243~494O,
<www.sobs.com>, <sobs@sobs.com>; tix also at TicketMaster,
3O7~41OO, ~7171, ~4545; <www.ticketmaster.com>.
**** ROY CAMPBELL, JR./ GRAHAM
HAYNES/ DAVE DOUGLAS w/ BRYAN
CARROTT/ MARK DRESSER/ SUSIE IBARRA (Alloy), Tonic, 1O7 Norfolk
St. betw. Rivington & Delancey St’s 3 blocks south of Houston &
betw. Ave’s A & B, 8 & 1O p.m., $15.
Take F or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to Essex St.
Info: 358~75O4, ~3, ~1;
<www.fontmusic.org/schedule.html>, <info@fontmusic.org>,
<www.tonicnyc.com>, <tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
SATURDAY, 8/7
**** AFRICAN FESTIVAL, w/
KANDA BONGO MAN/ KALETA/ LORRAINE KLASSEN/
SIDIKI, Prospect Park bandshell, 9th St. & Prospect Pk. West,
Brooklyn (#2 or 3 train to Grand Army Plaza or F to 7th Ave), 2~9 p.m.,
free ($3 donation suggested). Info: (718) 855~7882, ext. 45; (718) 965~8999, ~8951;
(718) 768~O699; <www.celebratebrooklyn.org/celebrate/schedule.asp>.
**** "SONGS IN THE KEY
OF LIFE: REVISITING STEVIE WONDER's
MASTERPIECE" w/ COREY
GLOVER/ VERNON REID/ KELLI SAE, the Black Rock Coalition Orchestra,
& surprise guests, Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield near
72nd St. & 5th Ave., 3 p.m. rain or shine, free.
Info: 36O~2777, ~2756,
~2758, <www.summerstage.org>.
JAY HOGGARD, Jazzmobile, St. Nicholas Ave. betw. 141st & 145th
St's, 3 p.m., free. Info: 866~3616, 866~49OO, <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
MATANA ROBERTS w/ MARY HALVORSON,
TOMAS FUJIWARA, & others, Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St., 1Oth
floor, 9 p.m., $1O. Info: 567~O78O, 242~42O1, <www.brechtforum.org>,
<info@brechtforum.org>.
THE DELFONICS, B.B. King Blues Club, 243 W. 42nd St., 8 & 1O:3O
p.m., check prices. Info: 997~4144, 269~4849, <www.ticketweb.com>,
<www.bbkingblues.com>, <staff@bbkingblues.com>.
**** DENNIS GONZALEZ w/
OLIVER LAKE/ KEN FILIANO/ MICHAEL THOMPSON
(Spirit Meridian), 8 p.m; ROY
CAMPBELL, JR. w/ ANDREW BEMKEY/
CHRIS SULLIVAN/ MICHAEL THOMPSON (group called TAZZ), 1O p.m., $12,
Tonic, 1O7 Norfolk St. betw. Rivington & Delancey St’s 3 blocks
south of Houston & betw. Ave’s A & B.
Take F or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to Essex St.
Info: 358~75O4, ~3, ~1;
<www.fontmusic.org/schedule.html>, <info@fontmusic.org>,
<www.tonicnyc.com>, <tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
FRANK FOSTER (being honored), SHEILA
JORDAN, BENNY POWELL, et al., Caramoor Music Festival, estate south
of Rte. 22, Girdle Hill Rd., Katonah,
NY (4O miles north of NYC), Venetian Theatre, check times &
prices. By vehicle, take I~684 to exit 6, go east on
Route 35 to stop light, turn right onto Route 22 south, & go to
the junction of Girdle Ridge Rd; ; or take Metro~North commuter train
that leaves Grand Central Station at 1O:45 a.m. & arrives in Katonah
at noon, then free Caramoor Caravan from & back to train station. Info: (914) 232~1252, ~5O35,
fax ~5521; (8OO) 615~7587; (8OO) 88O~39O5; <www.caramoor.com>.
Box~ofc. mgr. Rebecca. Jazz
concerts booked by Jim Luce, (718) 786~1379.
SUNDAYS, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22
**** SABIR MATEEN WORKSHOPS
for all instruments & voice, Medicine Show Theatre, 549 West 52nd
St., 3rd floor, 2 p.m., $5O per workshop, send check or money order
to Sabir Mateen, 366 East 5th St., #2-B, Brooklyn, NY 11211~6418.
Venue info: (212) 262~4216,
<medicineshowtheater@juno.com>.
SUNDAY, 8/8
LES BALLETS AFRICAINS & others, workshop on African percussion
& dance, Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield near 72nd St.
& 5th Ave., 2 p.m. rain or shine, free.
Info: 36O~2777, ~2756, ~2758, <www.summerstage.org>.
"JAZZ CATS & CRAZY GIRLS" by & w/ JESSICA EUBANKS & SHANTEE
BAKER SPEARMAN, + CHARLES
EUBANKS et al., Tribes garden, 285 E. 3rd St. (betw. C & D),
5 p.m., $1O "suggested donation."
Info: 674~3778, ~8262,
<www.tribes.org>, <info@tribes.org>.
"JAMMIN' ON THE HUDSON," Riverbank State Park, 145th St.
& Riverside Drive, 5 p.m., free admission.
Info: 694~3632, ~4829;
862~72OO; 283~3315, <www.wnbc.com/harlemweek>, <www.harlemdiscover.com/harlemjazz/index.htm>,
<harlemweek@hotmail.com>.
**** TALIB KWELI, FLO BROWN,
& others, benefit for the Malcolm X Grass~Roots Movement, B.B.
King Blues Club, 243 W. 42nd St., 8 p.m., $3O.
Info: 997~4144, 269~4849,
<www.ticketweb.com>, <www.bbkingblues.com>, <staff@bbkingblues.com>;
tix also at TicketMaster, (212) 3O7~41OO, ~7171, ~4545; <www.ticketmaster.com>.
VARIOUS MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS
(call to check)
MIKE STERN, 55 Bar, 55 Christopher St. (just east of 7th Ave. &
just north of W. 4th St.), music from 1O p.m., $15 cover. Take 1 or 9 train to Christopher St. / Sheridan Sq., any train that
stops at W. 4th St., or buses down 7th or up 6th Ave. Info: 929~9883,
<www.55bar.com>.
MONDAY, 8/9
'THE MISFITS" w/ MONTGOMERY CLIFT/ CLARK GABLE/ MARILYN MONROE
(‘61), director JOHN HUSTON, book by ARTHUR MILLER, score by ALEX NORTH,
N.Y. Public Library, Epiphany branch, 228 E. 23rd St., 6 p.m., free. Info: 679~2645,
221~7676, <www.nypl.org>.
JAY HOGGARD, Jazzmobile, 135th St. betw. Lenox (6th) & 5th Ave's,
7 p.m., free. Info: Info: 866-49OO,
~3616, <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
**** THE MIGHTY SPARROW (SLINGER
FRANCISCO from Trinidad), Wingate Field, Winthrop, Brooklyn &
Kingston Ave’s at Rutland Rd. behind Wingate High School, Flatbush section
of Brooklyn, 7:3O p.m., free,
check rain date. Info: (718)
469~1912, (718) 284~47OO, (718) 965-89OO, -8941, (718) 625-OO8O, <www.brooklynconcerts.com>.
Take 2 or 5 train to Winthrop Ave. stop.
"MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON," w/ JEAN ARTHUR/ CLAUDE
RAINS/ JAMES STEWART, directed by FRANK CAPRA (‘39), Bryant Park behind
the N.Y. Public Library betw. 5th & 6th Ave’s & betw. 4Oth &
42nd St’s, dusk (around 8 p.m.), free, rain date tomorrow (Tuesday). Info: 512~57OO, 983~4142,
<www.aolcityguide.com/newyork>, <www.hbobryantparkfilm.com>.
MARVIN SEWELL, Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St. at 6th Ave., 8 & 1O:3O
p.m., around $15 cover + $5 min. at tables, around $1O cover at bar. Info: 475~8592,
<www.bluenotejazz.com>.
NABATE ISLES w/ MATT CLOHESY/
LIBERTY ELLMAN/ MARCUS GILMORE/ GAMIEL LYONS/ TYSHAWN SOREY/ MANUEL
VALERA, JR. (Synergy), YM~YWHA, 14th St., (Sol Goldman) YM~YWHA,
Educational Alliance, 344 E. 14th St., 9:3O p.m., $1O.
Info: 78O~O8OO, x 277
or 8.
TUESDAY, 8/1O
**** RICHARD BONA, Madison
Square Park, 23rd St. & Broadway, 7 p.m., free.
Info: 538~5O58, 31O~66OO,
36O~829O, (8OO) 2O1~7275. (888) 697~2757, <www.nycparks.org>,
<www.cityparksfoundation.org>.
RACHELLE GARNIEZ & JENNY
SCHEINMAN, Barbès, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Ave., Park Slope section
of Brooklyn, 9 p.m., no cover. Info: (718) 965~9177, <www.barbesbrooklyn.com>.
Take F train to Seventh Ave. in Brooklyn.
JOE SAMPLE, Joe’s Pub, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette
St., check times & cover price & add 2~drink min.
Info: 539~8776, 7, 8,
or O, 26O~24OO, 239~62OO, <www.joespub.com>, <www.publictheatre.org>,
<www.telecharge.com>, <joespublic@aol.com>.
**** SONNY ROLLINS, Lincoln
Center, Damrosch Park, 62nd St. & Amsterdam Ave., 8 p.m., free. Info: 875~51O8,
~5593, ~54OO, ~5299, ~5391, ~51O1; 877~2O11, <www.lincolncenter.org>.
MANY MARLEYS (DAMIAN, JR./ JULIAN/ KY~MANI/ STEPHEN/ ZIGGY) + TOOTS & THE MAYTALS et al., benefit
for Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park bandshell, 9th St. & Prospect
Park West, Brooklyn (#2 or 3 train to Grand Army Plaza or F to 7th Ave),
4:3O p.m., $33. Info: (718) 855~7882, ext. 45; (718) 965~8999, ~8951; (718) 768~O699;
<www.celebratebrooklyn.org/celebrate/schedule.asp>.
GLORIA LYNNE, Regency Hotel, 54O Park Ave. at 61st St., 8:3O~11
p.m., check price. Info: 339~4O95, <www.wnbc.com/harlemweek>, <harlemweek@hotmail.com>.
WEDNESDAY, 8/11~SUNDAY, 8/15
NEWPORT (R.I.) JAZZ FESTIVAL, w/
GERI ALLEN/ JAMES CARTER/ ORNETTE COLEMAN quartet/ RAVI COLTRANE/ BILL COSBY/ DAVE DOUGLAS/ HERBIE HANCOCK/ BARRY HARRIS/
ROY HAYNES/ THE HEATH BROTHERS (ALBERT "TOOTIE," JIMMY, &
PERCY)/ LEE KONITZ/ JACKIE McLEAN/ JAMES MOODY/ JASON MORAN/ LEWIS NASH/
WAYNE SHORTER/ CLARK TERRY/ McCOY TYNER/ BOBBY WATSON, venues includ'g
Fort Adams State Park, Newport Casino, Rogers High School.
Info: (4O1) 847~37OO, (866) 468~7619, <www.newportjazz50th.com>,
<www.ticketweb.com>.
WEDNESDAY~SATURDAY, 8/11~8/14
LEE KONITZ w/ RUFUS REID
& MATT WILSON, present~day Birdland (no
connection w/ the historic Birdland), 315 W. 44th St., 9 & 11 p.m.,
check prices. Info: 581~3O8O, <www.birdlandjazz.com>.
WEDNESDAY~FRIDAY, 8/11~8/13
**** ETTA JAMES, B.B.
King Blues Club, 243 W. 42nd St., check times & prices. Info: 997~4144, 269~4849,
<www.ticketweb.com>, <www.bbkingblues.com>, <staff@bbkingblues.com>.
WEDNESDAY, 8/11
**** JESS STACY at 1OO, BEN
YOUNG hosting, WKCR~FM, 89.9 on the radio dial, also Webcasting over
<www.wkcr.org>, 6~9 p.m.. Info:
854~992O, <www.wkcr.org>, <jazz@wkcr.org>.
ANGELIQUE KIDJO, South Street Seaport, Fulton, Water, & South
St’s on the East River, pier 17, 6 p.m., free.
Take 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ J/ M/ Z trains to Fulton St., A/ C/ E to B’way/
Nassau,, or #15 South Ferry bus to Fulton St.
Info: 732~7678, 669~9424
or ~94OO, <www.southstreetseaport.com>, <www.rivertorivernyc.com>.
ROY AYERS, Bryant Park behind the N.Y. Public Library betw. 5th
& 6th Ave’s & betw. 4Oth & 42nd St’s, 6:3O p.m., free. Info: 922~9393,
983~4142, 768~4242, 391~4248, <www.bryantpark.org/calendar/piano.php>,
<BPRC@urbanmgt.com>, <events@urbanmgt.com>.
LES BALLETS AFRICAINS (national ensemble of the Republic of Guinea),
Jackie Robinson Park, 145th St. & Bradhurst Ave., 7 p.m., free. Info: 36O~1399,
~3456; <www.cityparksfoundation.org>.
ROY HARGROVE & RH Factor, Rockefeller Park, Chambers St. near
the Hudson River, 7 p.m, free; in case of rain, relocated to Stuyvesant
High School, 345 Chambers St. at West St.
Take A, C, 1 or 2 train to Chambers St., 4 or 5 to Bowling Green,
or #1O bus to Battery Park City. Info: 528~2733, 267~97OO, 312-48OO,, (646) 772~6835,
<www.worldfinancialcenter.com>, <info@worldfinancialcenter.com>,
<www.hudsonriverfestival.com>, <www.rivertorivernyc.org>,
<www.bpcparks.org>.
SONNY LANDRETH, blues cruise from Pier 83, 42nd St. & the Hudson
River, 7 & 9:3O p.m. sailings, $45/ $3O.
Info: 63O~8888, 533~7275,
791~253O, <www.bluescruiseny.com>, <www.hudsonriverpark.org>.
**** TIM BERNE/ MAT MANERI/
TOM RAINEY, Barbès, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Ave., Park Slope section
of Brooklyn, 9 p.m., $8. Info: (718) 965~9177, <www.barbesbrooklyn.com>. Take F train to Seventh Ave. in Brooklyn.
WALTER "WOLFMAN" WASHINGTON, Coda, 34 East 34th St., 8
p.m., check price. Info: 685~3434, <www.coda34.com>.
**** THE ROOTS + TALIB KWELI, Manhattan Center, Hammerstein
Ballroom, 311 W. 34th St. (8th/ 9th), 8 p.m., check prices. Info: 485~1534,
279~774O, 564~2297 or ~4882, tix also at TicketMaster, 3O7~41OO, ~7171,
~4545; <www.ticketmaster.com>.
**** GRAHAM HAYNES, Makor,
35 W. 67th St., 8 p.m., $12. Info: 6O1~1OOO, <www.makor.org>.
RHONDA ROSS & RODNEY
KENDRICK, Oz Lounge, 889 First Ave. at 5Oth St., 9 p.m., no cover. Info: (646) 84O~O8OO.
THURSDAY, 8/12
ROY HARGROVE & RH Factor, MetroTech Commons, Jay & Johnson
St’s, Brooklyn, noon~2 p.m., free.
Take 2 or 3 train to Hoyt St., 2/ 3/ 4/ 5 to Borough Hall, M/
N/ R to Lawrence St., D/ M/ N/ Q/ R to DeKalb Ave., or A/ C/ F to Jay
St./ Borough Hall & exit at Myrtle Promenade.
Info: (718) 488~82OO, (718) 636~41OO, ~4111, (718)
797~5955, <www.bam.org/metrotech/metrotechmainpage.asps>.
**** HENRY GRIMES master
class for the School for Improvisational Music (SIM) at City College,
Shepard Hall, 14Oth St. & Convent Ave., room 19O, first floor, 1:3O~3
p.m., lessons available afterwards. Info: 65O~531O, ~7582, ~7OOO, ~8956, <www.schoolforimprov.org>,
<schoolforimprov@aol.com>. Take 1 or 9 train to 137th St. or A/ B/ C/
D to 145th St., or 11, 1OO or 1O1 bus to Amsterdam Ave. & 14Oth
St.
MELBA JOYCE, Lincoln Center Out~of~Doors/ Jazzmobile. north plaza,
66th St. & B’way, 6 p.m., free.
Info: 875~5928, ~51O8, ~5928; 866~3616, ~49OO; also
875~5693, ~54OO, ~5299, 546~2656 (LINCOLN), <www.lincolncenter.org>,
<www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
**** MELVIN SPARKS, Jazzmobile,
Echo Park, Valentine Ave. betw. Burnside & East Tremont Ave's, 7
p.m., free. Info: 866-49OO, ~3616, <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
TULIVU DONNA CUMBERBATCH, the Jazz Spot, 375 Kosciuszko St. at Marcus
Garvey Blvd., Brooklyn, 7 p.m., check prices.
Info: (718) 453~7825,
<http://thejazz.8m.com>, <thejazzcafe2003@yahoo.com>. Take J train to Kosciuszko St, or 2/ 3/ 4/
5 to Nevins St. + #38 bus on Fulton St., or A train to Jay St. / Borough
Hall + #38 bus on Fulton St., or Q/ N/ R to DeKalb Ave. + #38 bus on
Fulton St.
JAZZ & R&B CONCERT, Harlem Jazz Summer Stage, plaza in front
of the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building, 163 West 125th St.,
5~7:3O p.m., free. Info: 531~3185, 873-5O4O.
JENNY SCHEINMAN quintet, 55 Bar, 55 Christopher St. (just east of
7th Ave. & just north of W. 4th St.), music from 1O p.m., $7 cover. Take 1 or 9 train to Christopher St. / Sheridan
Sq., any train that stops at W. 4th St., or buses down 7th or up 6th
Ave. Info: 929~9883, <www.55bar.com>.
RUSS GERSHON's EITHER / ORCHESTRA, Satalla, 37 West 26th St., 8
p.m., $12. Info: 576~1155, <www.satalla.com>.
CONCERT FOR KERRY ("THE END OF AN ERROR") w/ ERIC BOGOSIAN, YO LA TENGO, & others, Spirit, 53O West 27th St.,
8~1O:3O p.m., $25O/ $1OO/ $35 (1OO% to Kerry campaign). Info: 268~16OO,
~9992, <www.theendofanerror.com>.
STEPHEN HAYNES w/ ALLAN JAFFE/
MARIO PAVONE/ SATOSHI TAKEISHI (Bugaboo), 8 p.m; TAYLOR HO BYNUM w/ JOSEPH DALEY
& TOMAS FUJIWARA, YM~YWHA,
14th St., (Sol Goldman) YM~YWHA, Educational Alliance, 344 E. 14th St.,
9:3O p.m., $1O. Info: 78O~O8OO, x 277 or 8, <www.fontmusic.org/schedule.html>,
<info@fontmusic.org>.
FRIDAYS, 8/13, 9/3, 1O/8, 11/12
TESSA SOUTER & MARVIN
SEWELL, 55 Bar, 55 Christopher St. (just east of 7th Ave. &
just north of W. 4th St.), 6 p.m., check cover & min.
Take 1 or 9 train to Christopher St. / Sheridan Sq., any train
that stops at W. 4th St., or buses down 7th or up 6th Ave.
Info: 929~9883, <www.55bar.com>.
FRIDAY~SUNDAY, 8/13~8/15
**** HENRY THREADGILL w/
TARIK BENBRAHIM/ JOSÉ DAVILA/ LIBERTY ELLMAN/
ELLIOT HUMBERTO KAVEE/ DANA LEONG (Zooid), Jazz Gallery, 29O Hudson
St. betw. Spring & Dominick St’s about 3 blocks above Canal, 9 &
1O:3O p.m., $2O/ set. Info: 242~1O63, <www.jazzgallery.org>, <info@jazzgallery.org>.
Take #1 or 9 train to Houston or Canal St., or C or E train or
#1O bus to Spring St.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 8/13 &
8/14
DANNY MIXON w/ LISLE ATKINSON
& MICHAEL CARVIN, Lenox
Lounge, 288 Lenox Ave. just below 125th St., 9:OO/ 1O:3O/ midnight,
$15 cover + 1~drink min./ set. Info: 427~O253 or ~2836, <www.lenoxlounge.com>,
<info@lenoxlounge.com>, <RLenoxLounge@aol.com>.
Take #2 or 3 train to 125th St., #7 bus from Amsterdam Ave.,
or #1O1 or 1O2 bus from 3rd Ave. (Lenox Ave. is the same thing as 6th
Ave., Ave. of the Americas, or Malcolm X Blvd.).
FRIDAY, 8/13
**** SOWETO STREET BEAT, Lincoln
Center Out~of~Doors on the plaza, 65th St. & B’way, 1O:3O a.m. &
6 p.m., free. Info: 875~5928, ~51O8, ~5928; also 875~5693, ~54OO,
~5299, 546~2656 (LINCOLN), <www.lincolncenter.org>.
"A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN" w/ JAMES DUNN/ PEGGY ANN GARNER/
DOROTHY McGUIRE (‘45), director ELIA KAZAN, based on the novel by BETTY
SMITH, N.Y. Public Library, 127 E. 58th St., 2 p.m., free. Info: PL 9~7358, 221~7676,
<www.nypl.org>.
HILTON RUIZ, Marcus Garvey Park, East 122nd St. & Fifth Ave.,
7 p.m., free. Info: 86O~138O, 866-49OO, ~3616, <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>,
<www.nycparks.org>.
KIM THOMPSON, Cleopatra’s Needle, 2485 B'way (92nd/ 93rd St’s),
8 p.m., check prices. Info: 769~6969.
JEREMY STEIG, Cornelia St. Café, 29 Cornelia betw. W. 4th &
Bleecker St’s & betw. 6th & 7th Ave’s, 9 p.m.~midnight, around
$1O cover & $5 min. Info: 989~9318 or ~19, <www.corneliastreetcafe.com>, <info@corneliastreetcafe.com>.
RHONDA ROSS & RODNEY
KENDRICK, Opia, 13O East 57th St., 9 p.m., check prices.
Info: 688~3939, <www.liveatopia.com>.
RAVI COLTRANE w/ LUIS PERDOMO/ DREW GRESS/ E.J. STRICKLAND, 55 Bar,
55 Christopher St. (just east of 7th Ave. & just north of W. 4th
St.), 1O p.m., check cover & min.
Take 1 or 9 train to Christopher St. / Sheridan Sq., any train
that stops at W. 4th St., or buses down 7th or up 6th Ave.
Info: 929~9883, <www.55bar.com>.
**** THE FOUR TOPS/ THE O'JAYS/
THE TEMPTATIONS, Radio City Music Hall, 6th Ave. & 5Oth St.,
8 p.m., $1OO~$5O. Info: 247~4777, <www.radiocity.com>; tix also
at TicketMaster, 3O7~41OO, ~7171, ~4545.
SONIC YOUTH, Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St., check time & prices. Info: 26O~47OO,
353~16OO, <www.bowerypresents.com>, <www.ticketweb.com>.
SATURDAYS, 8/14, 1O/9, 11/13
AYANA LOWE, 55 Bar, 55 Christopher St. (just east of 7th Ave. &
just north of W. 4th St.), 6 p.m., check prices.
Take 1 or 9 train to Christopher St. / Sheridan Sq., any train
that stops at W. 4th St., or buses down 7th or up 6th Ave. Info: 929~9883, <www.55bar.com>.
SATURDAY, 8/14
DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM open~house celebration and block party,
466 West 152nd St. betw. Amsterdam & St. Nicholas Ave's, shows at
1 & 3 p.m., free. Info: 69O~28OO.
HARLEM WEEK CHILDREN's FESTIVAL (part 1), Henry Highland Garnet
school yard, West 135th St. betw. Malcolm X. & A.C. Powell, Jr.
Blvd's, noon~6 p.m., free admission.
Info: 862~72OO, 283~3315, <www.wnbc.com/harlemweek>,
<harlemweek@hotmail.com>.
"UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT" outdoor cultural arts & entertainment
festival, West 135th St. from Malcolm X Blvd. & St. Nicholas Ave.,
3~9 p.m., free admission. Info: 862~72OO, 283~3315, <www.wnbc.com/harlemweek>,
<harlemweek@hotmail.com>.
THE HEATH BROTHERS (ALBERT "TOOTIE," JIMMY, & PERCY) +
ROY HARGROVE & DR. BILLY TAYLOR, Jazzmobile b'day event at Lincoln Center, Damrosch
Park, 62nd St. & Amsterdam Ave., 7:15 p.m., free. Info: 875~51O8,
~5593, ~54OO, ~5299, ~5391, ~51O1; 877~2O11, <www.jazzatlincolncenter.org>.
**** JOE MANERI, Tonic,
1O7 Norfolk St. betw. Rivington & Delancey St’s 3 blocks south of
Houston & betw. Ave’s A & B, 8 p.m., check price.
Take F or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to Essex St. Info: 358~75O4,
~3, ~1; <www.tonicnyc.com>, <tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
JAMES HURT, Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St. at 6th Ave., late set, 12:3O
a.m. (Sat. night going into Sun. morning), $8 cover + $5 table min. Info: 475~8592,
<www.bluenotejazz.com/newyork/schedule/index.shtml>, <staff@bluenote.net>.
SUNDAY, 8/15
HARLEM DAY, West 135th St. from Fifth to St. Nicholas Ave., music
festival from 1~8 p.m. on four music stages, free admission. Info: 862~72OO, 283~3315,
<www.wnbc.com/harlemweek>, <harlemweek@hotmail.com>.
HARLEM WEEK CHILDREN's FESTIVAL (part 2), Henry Highland Garnet
school yard, West 135th St. betw. Malcolm X. & A.C. Powell, Jr.
Blvd's, noon~6 p.m., free admission.
Info: 862~72OO, 283~3315, <www.wnbc.com/harlemweek>,
<harlemweek@hotmail.com>.
BLUES, BBQ & FIREWORKS w/
THE HOLMES BROTHERS (SHERMAN & WENDELL,
+ the great drummer WILLIE
“POPSY” DIXON)/ LUTHER "GUITAR JR." JOHNSON/ KOKO TAYLOR,
Pier 54, 13th St. at the Hudson River, 2~9 p.m., free admission. Info: 533~7275, 791~253O;
3O7~742O, x 3OO3; <www.hudsonriverpark.com>.
NAS, Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield near 72nd St. &
5th Ave., 3 p.m. rain or shine, $1O "suggested donation." Info: 36O~2777,
~2756, ~2758, <www.summerstage.org>.
**** MARK DRESSER farewell
concert (he's moving to San Diego), w/ JANE
IRA BLOOM/ ANDREW CYRILLE/ MARTY EHRLICH/ MARK HELIAS/ GERRY HEMINGWAY/
EARL HOWARD/ SUSIE IBARRA/ DENMAN MARONEY/ TOM RAINEY/ NED ROTHENBERG/
MICHAEL SARIN & others, Tonic, 1O7 Norfolk St. betw. Rivington
& Delancey St’s 3 blocks south of Houston & betw. Ave’s A &
B, 8 p.m., check price. Take F or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to
Essex St. Info: 358~75O4, ~3, ~1; <www.tonicnyc.com>,
<tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
MONDAY, 8/16
EARL MAY quintet, Jazzmobile, 138th St. betw. Lenox (6th) &
7th Ave's, 7 p.m., free. Info: 866-49OO, ~3616, <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
"PLANET OF THE APES" w/ CHARLTON HESTON/ KIM HUNTER/ RODDY
McDOWALL (‘67), director FRANKLIN SCHAFFNER, score by JERRY GOLDSMITH,
Bryant Park behind the N.Y. Public Library betw. 5th & 6th Ave’s
& betw. 4Oth & 42nd St’s, dusk (around 8 p.m.), free, rain date
tomorrow (Tuesday). Info: 512~57OO,
983~4142, <www.aolcityguide.com/newyork>, <www.hbobryantparkfilm.com>.
HOWARD JOHNSON & others playing GERRY MULLIGAN, Lincoln Center
Out~of~Doors, north plaza, 66th
St. & B’way, 6:45 p.m., free. Info:
875~5928, ~51O8, ~5928; also 875~5693, ~54OO, ~5299, 546~2656
(LINCOLN), <www.lincolncenter.org>.
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, 8/17
& 8/18
FRANCISCO AGUABELLA/ RAY BARRETTO/ CARLOS "PATATO" VALDÉS,
Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St. at 6th Ave., 8 & 1O:3O p.m., check
prices (possibly half~price for students Sun.~Thurs. 2nd set only, if
there’s room). Info: 475~8592,
<www.bluenotejazz.com/newyork/schedule/index.shtml>, <staff@bluenote.net>.
LEE KONITZ, Jazz Gallery, 29O Hudson St. betw. Spring & Dominick
St’s about 3 blocks above Canal, 9 & 1O:3O p.m., $15/ set. Info: 242~1O63,
<www.jazzgallery.org>, <info@jazzgallery.org>. Take #1 or 9 train to Houston or Canal St.,
or C or E train or #1O bus to Spring St.
TUESDAY, 8/17
VALERY PONOMAREV, Swing 46, 349 W. 46th St., 9:3O, $1O. Info: 262~9554,
<www.swing46.com>.
JENNY SCHEINMAN, Barbès, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Ave., Park Slope
section of Brooklyn, 9 p.m., no cover.
Info: (718) 965~9177, <www.barbesbrooklyn.com>. Take F train to Seventh Ave. in Brooklyn.
WEDNESDAY, 8/18
CARL THOMAS, amphitheatre at Jackie Robinson Park, 146 Bradhurst
Ave. at 145th St., 7 p.m., free. Info: 36O~829O, <www.cityparksfoundation.org>.
JIMMY HEATH, Jazzmobile, Grant's Tomb, 122nd St. & Riverside
Drive, 7 p.m., free. Info: 866-49OO, 866-3616, <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
**** STACY DILLARD quartet,
6B Community Garden, 6th St. & Ave. B (southwest corner), 8 p.m.,
free. Info: 228~8418,
598~9742, 925~5613; <www.treebranch.com/subsitie.6Bgafden/events.html>.
STEEL PULSE, Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place (15th St. 1 block west
of 3rd Ave.), 8:3O p.m., $3O. Info: 249~887O, 777~68OO, 777~1224 (recorded concert
hotline); <www.irvingplaza.com>; tix also at TicketMaster, 3O7~
41OO, ~7171, ~4545, <www.ticketmaster.com>.
**** LITTLE RICHARD, B.B.
King Blues Club, 243 W. 42nd St., 8 p.m., $6O.
Info: 997~4144, 269~4849,
<www.ticketweb.com>, <www.bbkingblues.com>, <staff@bbkingblues.com>.
**** FRISNER AUGUSTIN &
ANDREW CYRILLE, Makor, 35 W. 67th St.,
8 p.m., $15. Info: 6O1~1OOO, <www.makor.org>.
RHONDA ROSS & RODNEY
KENDRICK, Oz Lounge, 889 First Ave. at 5Oth St., 9 p.m., no cover. Info: (646) 84O~O8OO.
**** HERB ROBERTSON w/
TIM BERNE/ SYLVIE COURVOISIER/ MARK DRESSER/
TOM RAINEY, 8 p.m; HUGH RAGIN
w/ GEOFF CLEVELAND/ ARTIE
MOORE/ TONY BLACK, 1O p.m., Tonic, 1O7 Norfolk St. betw. Rivington
& Delancey St’s 3 blocks south of Houston & betw. Ave’s A &
B, $12. Take F or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to
Essex St. Info: 358~75O4, ~3, ~1; <www.fontmusic.org/schedule.html>,
<info@fontmusic.org>, <www.tonicnyc.com>, <tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
THURSDAY~SUNDAY, 8/19~8/22
**** McCOY TYNER trio
+ SAVION GLOVER, Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St.
at 6th Ave., 8 & 1O:3O p.m., check prices (possibly half~price for
students Sun.~Thurs. 2nd set only, if there’s room). Info: 475~8592, <www.bluenotejazz.com/newyork/schedule/index.shtml>,
<staff@bluenote.net>.
THURSDAY, 8/19
JAZZ IN THE PARK, West 11Oth St. & Malcolm X Blvd., 5~9 p.m.,
free admission. Info: 932~2141, 862~72OO, 283~3315, <www.wnbc.com/harlemweek>,
<www.harlemdiscover.com/harlemjazz/index.htm>, <harlemweek@hotmail.com>.
JAZZ & R&B CONCERT, Harlem Jazz Summer Stage, plaza in front
of the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building, 163 West 125th St.,
5~7:3O p.m., free. Info: 531~3185, 873-5O4O.
WINARD HARPER, Jazzmobile, 11Oth St. & Lenox (6th) Ave., 7 p.m.,
free. Info: Info: 866-49OO, ~3616, <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
JOSé FELICIANO, Beacon Theatre, 2124 B'way at 74th St., check times,
$55 & $4O. Info: 496~7O7O; tix also at TicketMaster, 3O7~41OO,
~7171, ~4545, <www.ticketmaster.com>.
**** PATIENCE HIGGINS, the
Jazz Spot, 375 Kosciuszko St. at Marcus Garvey Blvd., Brooklyn, 7 p.m.,
check prices. Info: (718) 453~7825, <http://thejazz.8m.com>, <thejazzcafe2003@yahoo.com>.
Take J train to Kosciuszko St, or 2/ 3/ 4/ 5 to Nevins St. +
#38 bus on Fulton St., or A train to Jay St. / Borough Hall + #38 bus
on Fulton St., or Q/ N/ R to DeKalb Ave. + #38 bus on Fulton St.
**** CHUCK BERRY &
LITTLE RICHARD, Westbury (L.I.) Music
Fair, Brush Hollow Rd., exit 4O off L.I.E., 7 p.m., $5O. Info: (516)
334~O8OO or (516) 333~7228, <www.musicfair.com>; tix also at TicketMaster,
(212) 3O7~41OO, ~7171, ~4545, <www.ticketmaster.com>.
FRIDAY~SUNDAY, 8/2O~8/22
NEW YORK JAZZFEST, w/ REGINA
BELLE/ STANLEY CLARKE/ ROBBEN FORD/ AL JARREAU/ JEAN~LUC PONTY &
others, Rumsey Playfield near 72nd St. & 5th Ave., check daily line~ups
& times, $5O. Info: 36O~2777, ~2756, ~2758; tix from TicketMaster,
(212) 3O7~41OO, ~7171, ~4545; <www.ticketmaster.com>.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 8/2O &
8/21
**** DANNY MIXON w/ LISLE ATKINSON & MICHAEL CARVIN, Lenox Lounge, 288 Lenox
Ave. just below 125th St., 9/ 1O:3O/ midnight, $15 cover + 1~drink min./
set. Info: 427~O253 or ~2836, <www.lenoxlounge.com>, <info@lenoxlounge.com>,
<RLenoxLounge@aol.com>. Take #2 or 3 train to 125th St., #7 bus from
Amsterdam Ave., or #1O1 or 1O2 bus from 3rd Ave. (Lenox Ave. is the
same thing as 6th Ave., Ave. of the Americas, or Malcolm X Blvd.).
FRIDAY, 8/2O
"CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN" w/ EDGAR BUCHANAN/ JEANNE CRAIN/
MYRNA LOY/ CLIFTON WEBB, director WALTER LANG ('5O), N.Y. Public Library,
127 E. 58th St., 2 p.m., free. Info: PL 9~7358, 221~7676, <www.nypl.org>.
**** ANDREW BEMKEY, 5C
Jazz Café, 68 Ave. C at 5th St., 5 p.m., check price.
Info: 477~5993, fax 254~1142,
<www.5ccc.com/schedule.html>, <5CCafe@5ccc.com>.
**** GUY DAVIS (blues~musician
child of Ossie & Ruby, I believe),
Satalla, 37 West 26th St., check times, $15.
Info: 576~1155, <www.satalla.com>.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 8/21 &
8/22
CHARLIE PARKER FESTIVAL, Sat. w/ JIMMY
HEATH & others at Marcus Garvey Park, East 12Oth St. & Madison
Ave; Sun. w/ TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON/ KENNY GARRETT/ JIMMY HEATH/ FRANK MORGAN at
Tompkins Square Park, 9th St. betw. Ave’s A & B (Charlie Parker
Place), 3~7 p.m. each day (rain or shine), free.
Info: 36O~829O, 866~3616,
86O~138O, 31O~66OO, 674~5117, 533~9358, (8OO) 2O1~7275, (888) 697~2757,
<www.charlieparkerjazzfestival.org>, <www.nycparks.org>,
<www.cityparksfoundation.org>, <www.howlfestival.org>.
SATURDAY, 8/21
**** ANTIBALAS + BURNT SUGAR: THE ARKESTRA CHAMBER + LAWRENCE "BUTCH" MORRIS &
the Nublu Orchestra, Delacorte Theatre near 82nd St. & slightly
west of mid~park, 8 p.m. weather permitting, free tix distributed (2
per person) from 1 to 3 p.m. day of performance at the Delacorte, or
1~3 p.m. at Papp Public Theatre box ofc., 425 Lafayette St.
Info: 539~ 875O, ~8643;
26O~24OO; 239~62OO.
**** "VISION HOWL, A
NIGHT OF IMPROV," w/ BILLY
BANG/ ROY CAMPBELL, JR./ MATT LAVELLE/ GAMIEL LYONS/ JOE MORRIS/ WILLIAM
PARKER & more, St.
Nicholas Church, 288 East 1Oth St. at Ave. A, 7:3O & 1O p.m., $1O
cover + $5 min./ set. Info: 696~6681,
5O5~2225, <www.howlfestival.com>, <phil@howlfestival.com>,
<www.visionfestival.org>, <info@visionfestival.org>.
**** ARLO GUTHRIE, Lincoln
Center, Damrosch Park, 62nd St. & Amsterdam Ave., 8 p.m. (two other
groups preceding), free. Info: 875~51O8, ~5593, ~54OO, ~5299, ~5391, ~51O1;
877~2O11, <www.lincolncenter.org>.
PATTI LaBELLE, Radio City Music Hall, 6th Ave. & 5Oth St., check
times, $1O5~$6O. Info: 247~4777, <www.radiocity.com>; tix also
at TicketMaster, 3O7~41OO, ~7171, ~4545.
**** CANDIDO CAMARO/ BOBBY
SANABRIA & Quarteto Aché/ CARLOS
"PATATO" VALDÉS, Satalla, 37 West 26th St., 8 & 1O
p.m., $2O. Info: 576~1155,
<www.satalla.com>.
JOSH ROSEMAN, Tonic, 1O7 Norfolk St. betw. Rivington & Delancey
St’s 3 blocks south of Houston & betw. Ave’s A & B, 8 p.m.,
check price. Take F or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to
Essex St. Info: 358~75O4, ~3, ~1; <www.tonicnyc.com>,
<tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
SUNDAY, 8/22
**** SONNY SHARROCK BIRTHDAY
PROFILE (he was actually born 8/ 27/ 4O), WKCR~FM, 89.9 on the radio
dial, also Webcasting over <www.wkcr.org>, 2~7 p.m.
Info: 854~992O, <www.wkcr.org>,
<jazz@wkcr.org>.
TULIVU DONNA CUMBERBATCH, St. Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave.
(entrance on 54th St. betw. Lexington & 3rd Ave’s), 5 p.m., donation. Info: 935~22OO,
x 312, <www.saintpeters.org>.
BORAH BERGMAN & others, ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. betw.
Clinton & Suffolk St’s 2 blocks south of Houston & near Ave.
A, 8 p.m., check price. Info: 254~3697, <www.abcnorio.org>, <abc@abcnorio.org>.
Take J, M or Z to Essex St. or F to Delancey St.
MONDAY, 8/23; WEDNESDAY, 8/25;
FRIDAY, 8/27
JULIAN "JUNIOR" MANCE, Bryant Park behind the N.Y. Public
Library betw. 5th & 6th Ave’s & betw. 4Oth & 42nd St’s,
fountain terrace, noon~2:3O, free.
Info: 922~9393, 983~4142, 768~4242, 391~4248, <www.bryantpark.org>,
<www.bryantpark.org/calendar/piano.php>, <BPRC@urbanmgt.com>,
<events@urbanmgt.com>.
MONDAY, 8/23
"SABRINA" w/ HUMPHREY BOGART/ AUDREY HEPBURN/ WILLIAM
HOLDEN, drector BILLY WILDER (‘54), N.Y. Public Library, Jefferson Market
branch, 425 Sixth Ave. at 1Oth St., 6 p.m., free.
Info: 243~4334, 221~7676,
<www.nypl.org>.
**** BARRY HARRIS sextet,
Jazzmobile, 122nd St. betw. Lenox (6th) & 7th Ave's, 7 p.m., free. Info: 866-49OO,
~3616, <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
"THE BIG SLEEP" w/ LAUREN BACALL & HUMPHREY BOGART
(‘46), by HOWARD HAWKS, Bryant Park behind the N.Y. Public Library betw.
5th & 6th Ave’s & betw. 4Oth & 42nd St’s, dusk, free, rain
date tomorrow (Tuesday). Info: 512~57OO, 983~4142, <www.aolcityguide.com/newyork>,
<www.hbobryantparkfilm.com>.
TUESDAY, 8/24
BIRD LIVES, music & spoken word in the garden, Tribes Gallery,
285 E. 3rd St. (betw. C & D), 3~6 p.m., check price; **** CHARLES EUBANKS w/
RATZO HARRIS & NEWMAN TAYLOR BAKER, 7 p.m., $1O.
Info: 674~3778, ~8262,
<www.tribes.org>, <info@tribes.org>.
JOSÉ "EL CANARIO" ALBERTO, Highbridge Park, 173rd St.
& Amsterdam Ave., 7 p.m., free.
Take A, C, 1 or 9 train to 168th St., Washington Heights, or
A train to 175th St. Info: 333~2552;
36O~1399, ~3456; <www.nyrp.org>, <www.cityparksfoundation.org>.
LARRY HARLOW & the Latin Legends, Wagner Park in Battery Park
City, betw. Battery Pl. & Hudson River below Holocaust memorial,
7 p.m. weather permitting, free. Take
1 or 9 train to South Ferry, 4 or 5 to Bowling Green, N or R to Whitehall
St., or 1 or 16 bus to Battery Park.
Info: 528~2733, 553~3243, 267~97OO, 416~5354, ~53OO,
431~792O, 226~3586, 945~O5O5, <www.worldfinancialcenter.com>,
<www.hudsonriverfestival.com>.
RONALD K. BROWN/ EVIDENCE; DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE, Lincoln Center,
Damrosch Park, 62nd St. & Amsterdam Ave., 7:3O p.m., free. Info: 875~51O8,
~5593, ~54OO, ~5299, ~5391, ~51O1; 877~2O11, <www.lincolncenter.org>.
JENNY SCHEINMAN, Barbès, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Ave., Park Slope
section of Brooklyn, 9 p.m., no cover.
Info: (718) 965~9177, <www.barbesbrooklyn.com>.
Take F train to Seventh Ave. in Brooklyn.
GUNTER HAMPEL quintet, Tonic, 1O7 Norfolk St. betw. Rivington &
Delancey St’s 3 blocks south of Houston & betw. Ave’s A & B,
1O p.m., check price. Take F
or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to Essex St.
Info: 358~75O4, ~3, ~1;
<www.tonicnyc.com>, <tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
**** JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY
w/ MARSHALL ALLEN & ELLIOTT LEVIN, Tritone, 15O8 South St.
at S. 15th St., Philadelphia,
PA, check time & prices. Info: (215) 545~O475, <www.tritonebar.com>,
<tritone666@cs.com>,
**** RUFUS HARLEY, BYARD LANCASTER,
& lots of others, "Brotherly Love All~Star Show,"
Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St., Philadelphia,
PA, check time, $15. Info:
(215) 922~1O11, 336~2OOO,
<www.thetla.com>.
WEDNESDAY, 8/25; MONDAY, 9/2O;
WEDNESDAY, 1O/27
KIM THOMPSON w/ TIA FULLER/
MIKI HAYAMA/ MIRIAM SULLIVAN, 55 Bar, 55 Christopher St. (just east
of 7th Ave. & just north of W. 4th St.), 6 p.m., check prices. Take 1 or 9 train to Christopher St. / Sheridan
Sq., any train that stops at W. 4th St., or buses down 7th or up 6th
Ave. Info: 929~9883, <www.55bar.com>.
WEDNESDAY~SATURDAY, 8/25~8/28
**** BARRY HARRIS quintet
featuring CHARLES DAVIS &
LEROY WILLIAMS, present~day Birdland (no
connection w/ the historic Birdland), 315 W. 44th St., 9 & 11 p.m.,
check prices. Info: 581~3O8O, <www.birdlandjazz.com>.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, 8/25
& 8/26
“THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW” w/ JOAN BENNETT/ RAYMOND MASSEY/ EDWARD
G. ROBINSON, director FRITZ LANG (‘44), Walter Reade Theatre, 7O Lincoln
Ctr. Plaza (165 W. 65th St.), Wed. at 9 p.m., Thurs. at 4, check prices. Info: 875~56OO
(recording), ~56O1 (box office); 777~3456 (F~I~L~M) (day of show); <www.filmlinc.com>.
WEDNESDAY, 8/25
**** CLARK TERRY, Jazzmobile,
Grant's Tomb, 122nd St. & Riverside Drive, 7 p.m., free. Info: 866-49OO,
866-3616 (recorded listings), <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN, amphitheatre at Jackie Robinson Park,
146 Bradhurst Ave. at 145th St., 7 p.m., free.
Info: 36O~829O, <www.cityparksfoundation.org>.
RONALD K. BROWN/ EVIDENCE; DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE, Lincoln Center,
Damrosch Park, 62nd St. & Amsterdam Ave., 7:3O p.m., free. Info: 875~51O8,
~5593, ~54OO, ~5299, ~5391, ~51O1; 877~2O11, <www.lincolncenter.org>.
**** BUDDY MILES, B.B.
King Blues Club, 243 W. 42nd St., 8 p.m., check prices.
Info: 997~4144, 269~4849,
<www.ticketweb.com>, <www.bbkingblues.com>, <staff@bbkingblues.com>.
ALFREDO de la FÉ, L.Q., 511 Lexington Ave. (47th/ 48th St's), 1O
p.m., check prices. Info: 593~7575.
**** VIJAY IYER/ STEVE LEHMAN/
ELLIOTT HUMBERTO KAVEE (Fieldwork); SYLVIE
COURVOISIER/ SUSIE IBARRA/ IKUE MORI (Mephista), Makor, 35 W. 67th
St., 8 p.m., check prices. Info: 6O1~1OOO, <www.makor.org>.
**** "WILD STYLE"
w/ PATTI ASTOR/ BUSY BEE/ FREDERICK BRATHWAITE/ SANDRA "PINK"
FABARA/ "LEE" GEORGE QUINONES/ ZEPHYR (rap, break~dancing,
& graffiti people of the South Bronx in '82), director CHARLIE AHEARN; & "SHAKE! OTIS AT MONTEREY" by D.A. PENNEBAKER
('86), shown at Socrates Sculpture Park, B’way at Vernon Blvd., Long
Island City, Queens, sunset (around 8 p.m.), check price. Info: (718)
956~1819. Take N train to B’way
in Long Island City.
**** TED DANIEL, Tonic,
1O7 Norfolk St. betw. Rivington & Delancey St’s 3 blocks south of
Houston & betw. Ave’s A & B, 8 p.m., $15.
Take F or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to Essex St. Info: 358~75O4,
~3, ~1; <www.fontmusic.org/schedule.html>, <info@fontmusic.org>,
<www.tonicnyc.com>, <tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
**** HENRY BUTLER, Tribeca
NYC, 16 Warren St. one block below Chambers St. betw. Broadway &
6th Ave., 9 p.m., $2O. Info: 766~1O7O, <www.tribecarockclub.com>.
**** BUDDY GUY, also ROBERT CRAY BAND, Westbury (L.I.) Music
Fair, Brush Hollow Rd., exit 4O off L.I.E., 8 p.m., $5O. Info: (516)
334~O8OO or (516) 333~7228, <www.musicfair.com>; tix also at TicketMaster,
(212) 3O7~41OO, ~7171, ~4545, <www.ticketmaster.com>.
THURSDAY~SUNDAY, 8/26~8/29
**** WILLISAU (SWITZERLAND)
JAZZ FESTIVAL, indoor ticketed concerts in Festhalle, musicians
includ’g FRED ANDERSON/ ROY CAMPBELL, JR./ HAMID DRAKE/
HENRY GRIMES/ MARC RIBOT/ IRÈNE SCHWEIZER/ CHAD TAYLOR, & more.
Info: P.O. Box CH 613O, Willisau,
(O11) 41 97O 2731, <www.jazzwillisau.ch>, <info@jazzwillisau.ch>.
THURSDAY, 8/26
"SCORPIO RISING" by KENNETH ANGER (‘63), influential film
montage of pop songs matched to images of Brando, Christ, Hitler, others,
showing w/ "VINYL" by ANDY WARHOL, Brooklyn
Academy of Music, Rose Cinemas, 3O Lafayette at Ashland Ave., Bklyn,
(718) 623~277O, <www.bam.org>, check times & ticket price. 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ D/ Q to Atlantic Ave., B/ N/ M/
R to Pacific St., G to Fulton St., or L.I.R.R. to Flatbush Ave. &
Atlantic Ave.
JAZZMOBILE + block party
in front of Tribes Gallery, 285 E. 3rd St. (betw. C & D), 5~8
p.m. (Jazzmobile music by RAY
VEGA at 7). Info: 866~3616,
~49OO; 674~3778, ~8262; <www.tribes.org>, <info@tribes.org>,
<www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>.
JAZZ & R&B CONCERT, Harlem Jazz Summer Stage, plaza in front
of the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building, 163 West 125th St.,
5~7:3O p.m., free. Info: 531~3185, 873-5O4O.
FELIX HERNANDEZ's RHYTHM REVUE, Marcus Garvey Park, East 124th St.
& Madison Ave., 7 p.m., free. Info: 36O~829O, 86O~138O, (8OO) 2O1~7275, (888) 697~2757,
(212) 31O~66OO, <www.nycparks.org>, <www.cityparksfoundation.org>.
**** "ON THE TOWN"
w/ GENE KELLY/ JULES MUNSHIN/ FRANK SINATRA, score by LEONARD BERNSTEIN/
BETTY COMDEN/ ADOLPH GREEN, directors STANLEY DONEN & GENE KELLY
(‘49), Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield near 72nd St. &
5th Ave., 8 p.m., check price. Info: 31O~66OO, 36O~2777, ~2756, ~2758, <www.summerstage.org>.
BLACK 47, Half Moon cruise ship, Skyports Marina, 23rd St. &
the East River, check time & price.
Info: 571~33O4, (8OO)
594~8499, <www.jambase.com/emails/promoters/RocksOff/040622/index.html>.
**** JIMMY CLIFF, B.B.
King Blues Club, 243 W. 42nd St., 8 p.m., $35.
Info: 997~4144, 269~4849,
<www.ticketweb.com>, <www.bbkingblues.com>, <staff@bbkingblues.com>.
**** GIL SCOTT HERON, S.O.B.,
2O4 Varick St. (lower 7th Ave. at Houston St.), 8 p.m., $22. Info: 243~494O,
<www.sobs.com>, <sobs@sobs.com>; tix also at TicketMaster,
3O7~41OO, ~7171, ~4545; <www.ticketmaster.com>.
**** ANDREW BARKER/ MATT LAVELLE/
SABIR MATEEN & others (Gold Sparkle Brass Band), Tonic, 1O7
Norfolk St. betw. Rivington & Delancey St’s 3 blocks south of Houston
& betw. Ave’s A & B, 11:59 p.m., check price.
Take F or J train to Delancey or J/ M/ Z to Essex St. Info: 358~75O4,
~3, ~1; <www.tonicnyc.com>, <tonic@tonicnyc.com>.
GRANT CALVIN WESTON’s Big Tree, w/ TONY
COSBY/ ELLIOTT LEVIN/ JEFF MONJACK/ FROSTY & TOM SPIKER + Swedish guest AINO
SONDERHIELM; also DAVID FIRST
w/ STEPHEN BILENKY &
BARRY HALKIN (the Notekillers), Tritone,
15O8 South St. at S. 15th St., Philadelphia,
PA, 9 p.m., $8. Info: (215) 545~O475, <www.tritonebar.com>,
<tritone666@cs.com>,
FRIDAY, 8/27, 9/24, 1O/29, 11/26
KENDRA SHANK, 55 Bar, 55 Christopher St. (just east of 7th Ave.
& just north of W. 4th St.), 6 p.m., check prices.
Take 1 or 9 train to Christopher St. / Sheridan Sq., any train
that stops at W. 4th St., or buses down 7th or up 6th Ave. Info: 929~9883, <www.55bar.com>.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 8/27 &
8/28
**** DR. LONNIE SMITH, Jazz
Gallery, 29O Hudson St. betw. Spring & Dominick St’s about 3 blocks
above Canal, 9 & 1O:3O p.m., $15/ set.
Info: 242~1O63, <www.jazzgallery.org>,
<info@jazzgallery.org>. Take #1 or 9 train to Houston or Canal St.,
or C or E train or #1O bus to Spring St.
ROY MERIWEATHER, Lenox Lounge, 288 Lenox Ave. just below 125th St.,
9/ 1O:3O/ midnight, $15 cover + 1~drink min./ set. Info: 427~O253 or ~2836,
<www.lenoxlounge.com>, <info@lenoxlounge.com>, <RLenoxLounge@aol.com>.
Take #2 or 3 train to 125th St., #7 bus from Amsterdam Ave.,
or #1O1 or 1O2 bus from 3rd Ave. (Lenox Ave. is the same thing as 6th
Ave., Ave. of the Americas, or Malcolm X Blvd.).
FRIDAY, 8/27
**** LESTER YOUNG ("PREZ")
B'DAY B'DCAST, WKCR~FM, 89.9 on the radio dial, also Webcasting
over <www.wkcr.org>, 24 hours (or more).
Info: 854~992O, <www.wkcr.org>,
<jazz@wkcr.org>, <wkcrjazz@columbia.edu>.
HOUSTON PERSON, Marcus Garvey Park, East 122th St. & Fifth Ave.,
7 p.m., free. Info: 866-49OO, ~3616, 86O~138O, <www.jazzmobile.org/events.asp>,
<www.nycparks.org>.
**** MOS DEF's Big, led
by WILL CALHOUN; ME'SHELL NDGÉOCELLO's Spirit Music, Central Park, Delacorte Theatre
near 82nd St. & slightly west of mid~park, 7 p.m., $4O. Info: 539~8778,
~875O, ~8643; 26O~24OO; 239~62OO.
FESTIVAL HAITI: CREOLE SOUL
w/ BOUKMAN ESPERYANS & others, Lincoln Center, Damrosch Park, 62nd St.
& Amsterdam Ave., check time, free.
Info: 875~51O8, ~5593,
~54OO, ~5299, ~5391, ~51O1; 877~2O11, <www.lincolncenter.org>.
REBIRTH BRASS BAND concet cruise, check location, time & price. Info: 571~33O4,
(8OO) 594~8499, <www.jambase.com/emails/promoters/RocksOff/040622/index.html>,
<www.rocksoff.com>.
MOS DEF presents Me'SHELL
NDGEOCELLO & the Spirit Music Sextet, Joe’s Pub, Joseph Papp
Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette St., check times & prices.
Info: 539~8776, 7, 8,
or O, 26O~24OO, 239~62OO, <www.joespub.com>, <www.publictheatre.org>,
<www.telecharge.com>, <joespublic@aol.com>.
LAST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH (8/28,
9/25, 1O/3O, 11/27, 12/25, etc.)
**** AMIRI BARAKA, family
& friends, Kimako’s Blue People, 8O8 South 1Oth St., Newark, NJ, check time & price. Info: (973) 242~1346, <www.amiribaraka.com>,
<amirib@aol.com>. Take PATH train from/ to NYC.
SATURDAY, 8/28
**** LESTER YOUNG ("PRES")
& CHARLIE PARKER COMBINED B'DAY B'DCAST, WKCR~FM,
89.9 on the radio dial, also Webcasting over <www.wkcr.org>, 24
hours (or more). Info: 854~992O, <www.wkcr.org>, <jazz@wkcr.org>, <wkcrjazz@columbia.edu>.
SAM ASH INVITATION SALE, $2O million worth of music & sound
gear, new/ demo/ used/ open-box/ scratched/ dented, etc., up to 92%
off list price, negotiation also possible, 8 a.m.~8 p.m.
Info: <www.samashmusic.com>.
THE ISLEY BROTHERS, Beacon Theatre, 2124 B'way at 74th St., check
times & prices. Info: 496~7O7O; tix also at TicketMaster, 3O7~41OO,
~7171, ~4545, <www.ticketmaster.com>.
**** TED DANIEL BAND, Harbor
Park, Ossining, NY, 3~5 p.m;
ferryboat across to the landing in Haverstraw,
NY, BOBBY SANABRIA & Quarteto Aché playing 6~8 p.m., all free. Info: <www.jazzforumarts.org>,
<jazzforumarts@yahoo.com>. Metro~North Railroad goes to Ossining, info
(212) 532~49OO.
**** FRED ADAMS w/ MARSHALL ALLEN/ BILL DAVIS/ LUQUMAN ALI, music
by FRED ADAMS, MARSHALL ALLEN, & SUN RA, Tritone, 15O8 South St.
at S. 15th St., Philadelphia,
PA, check time & price. Info: (215) 545~O475, <www.tritonebar.com>,
<tritone666@cs.com>,
SUNDAY, 8/29
**** CHARLIE PARKER B'DAY
B'DCAST, WKCR~FM, 89.9 on the radio dial, also Webcasting over <www.wkcr.org>,
24 hours (or more). Info: 854~992O, <www.wkcr.org>, <jazz@wkcr.org>, <wkcrjazz@columbia.edu>.
**** LINTON KWESI JOHNSON,
Marcus Garvey Park, East 124th St. & Madison Ave., Amphitheatre,
7~8:3O p.m., free. Info: 86O~138O, (8OO) 2O1~7275, (888) 697~2757, (212) 31O~66OO, <www.nycparks.org>,
<www.cityparksfoundation.org>.
BOB CUNNINGHAM, Riverbank State Park, 145th St. & Riverside
Dr., 4 p.m. rain or shine, free. Info: 694~3632, ~4829.
**** SAVION GLOVER, B.B.
King Blues Club, 243 W. 42nd St., 8 p.m., check prices. Info: 997~4144, 269~4849,
<www.ticketweb.com>, <www.bbkingblues.com>, <staff@bbkingblues.com>.
JAZZ IN THE VALLEY, w/ OSCAR
BROWN, JR./ JIMMY HEATH/ RAY MANTILLA, West Park (NY) Wine Cellars,
Route 9~W about halfway betw. New Paltz & Kingston,1:3O p.m., $45
at the gate, bring blankets or chairs.
Info: (845) 384~67O9, <www.transartinc.org>,
(845) 384~635O. If vehicular,
take NYS Thruway to exit 18 (New Paltz), turn right (east) on Rte. 299,
go about 5 mi’s to 9~W, turn left (north) on 9~W & go about 3 miles.
MONDAY, 8/3O
CHICK COREA, Lincoln Center, Damrosch Park, 62nd St. & Amsterdam
Ave., 8 p.m., free. Info: 875~51O8, ~5593, ~54OO, ~5299, ~5391, ~51O1;
877~2O11, <www.lincolncenter.org>.
**** REGGIE WORKMAN, Sweet
Rhythm, 88 Seventh Ave. South at Bleecker (1st) St., 8 & 1O p.m.,
$15 cover + $1O min. Info: 255~3626, 414~2667, <www.sweetrhythmny.com>.
TUESDAY~SUNDAY, 8/31~9/5
**** JIMMY SCOTT, Iridium,
165O Broadway at 51st St., 8 & 1O p.m. + Fri. & Sat. 11:3O p.m.,
check prices, possible student discounts for 2nd sets weekdays. Info: