Washington, DC Jazz

Fred K · March-22nd-2003, 03:24 AM

Upcoming D.C. Jazz Shows

Robin Eubanks makes an appearance with Steve Turre' in May. Also look for Roberto Juan Rodriguez at the DC Jewish Community Center on 4/13.

3/22 Chris Cutler at Signal 66
3/23 Vandermark 5 at the Black Cat
3/28 Bobby Hutcherson at Montpelier Arts Center (Laurel, MD)
3/28-30 Kenny Garrett at Blues Alley
3/29 Michael Brecker at Wolf Trap

4/1 Kenny Barron at the Weinberg Center for the Arts (Frederick, MD)
4/2-4 Christian McBride at Blues Alley
4/4-5 Jim Snidero Quartet w/Renee Rosnes, Billy Drummond, & Paul Gill at Twins
4/5 Fred Hersch Ensemble w/Kurt Elling & Norma Winstone (Works featuring and inspired by Walt Whitman’s "Leaves of Grass) at Lisner Auditorium
4/5-6 Los Hombres Calientes at Blues Alley
4/10-13 Gato Barbieri at Blues Alley
4/11-12 Nicholas Payton Quartet at Twins
4/12 Claudia Quintet at Sangha Café
4/13 Roberto Juan Rodriguez Septet w/ David Krakauer at the DCJCC
4/15-18 Joshua Redman Elastic Band at Blues Alley
4/16 John Scofield at the State Theater (Falls Church, VA)
4/18-19 Eric Alexander/Harold Mabern at Twins
4/19-20 Robert Hurst Quartet w/Mulgrew Miller, Ravi Coltrane & Ali Jackson
4/26 Yuko Fujiyama Trio, w/Vincent Chancey and Reggie Nicholson at TBA (Transparent Productions)
4/27 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trombone Competition at the Smithsonian

5/5 Billy Bang Group at Sangha Café
5/5 The Bad Plus at Blues Alley
5/8-10 Nicholas Payton & Sonic Trance at Blues Alley
5/9 Triage at Sangha Café
5/9 James Carter's "Chasin' the Gypsy" Band at the Library of Congress
5/12 Marcus Miller at the Birchmere
5/13 Flora Purim & Airto Moreira at the Birchmere
5/15 Stefon Harris at the Kennedy Center
5/16 John Patitucci at the Kennedy Center
5/22 Paul Rodgers, Paul Dunmall, and Kevin Norton at Sangha Café
5/22-23 Steve Turre’ w/Robin Eubanks at the Kennedy Center
5/23-25 Mike Stern Quartet at Blues Alley

Line-up for the 2003 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center

5/8 Mary Ann McSweeney, bassist, Melissa Walker, vocalist, Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band
5/9 Renee Rosnes, pianist, Gloria Lynne, vocalist, Barbara Dennerlein, organist
5/10 Karolina Strassmayer, saxophonist, Lizz Wright, vocalist, Terri Lyne Carrington, percussionist

Other non-jazz shows that look interesting

3/24 Television at the 9:30 Club
4/24 Ute Lemper at the Birchmere
4/26 Juan de Marcos’ Afro-Cuban All Stars at Lisner Auditorium
5/5 Richard Thompson at the 9:30 Club
5/14 Linda Thompson at the Birchmere
5/30 Krishna Mohan Bhatt, sitar; Anindo Chatterjee, tabla at the Freer Gallery

Valerie · March-22nd-2003, 10:58 AM

Thank you, Fred, as always, for keeping us informed. Re: the Bobby Hutcherson gig on the 28th, I just hope you're more fortunate than those of us in Boston as they just cancelled Bobby's gig that was scheduled for the 26th and 27th! And I was so looking forward to it!

Fred K · March-22nd-2003, 01:11 PM

Valerie - I don't know much about the Bobby Hutcherson show or the Kenny Barron show on 4/1. They were listed on digitalcity.com, but I haven't seen any other advertising anouncing a cancellation (or confirming the shows either).

Valerie · March-22nd-2003, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by Fred K
...but I haven't seen any other advertising anouncing a cancellation (or confirming the shows either).

I'm sure it's probably just the Boston show that's been canceled. My guess is that the club didn't have enough advance reservations, which would be a pathetic statement regarding the jazz audience in Boston, if true! But, sad to say, I've seen pathetic-sized audiences for jazz legends in L.A. too, they just don't get canceled in advance though!!

bluenoter · April-1st-2003, 08:22 AM

>Transparent Productions presents two consecutive evenings of creative
improvised music...

Friday, April 11th AND Saturday, April 12th

psi
Friday, April 11th
Jaime Fennelly – electronics
Chris Forsyth – electric guitar
Fritz Welch – drums/percussion

&

THE CLAUDIA QUINTET
Saturday, April 12th
John Hollenbeck – drums
Chris Speed – clarinet/tenor
Matt Moran – vibes/percussion
Ted Reichman – accordion
Reuben Radding – acoustic bass

Both evening performances
@
Sangha Cafe & Marketplace (202-882-8828)
117 Carroll Street, NW, Washington DC
(Just two blocks east of the Takoma Metro Station, @ the corner of Carroll &
Maple)

8 pm $10

Vince Kargatis · April-1st-2003, 09:04 AM

Unfamiliar with psi, but the Claudia Quintet is really excellent - nice instrumentation, and great, involved compositions.

bluenoter · April-1st-2003, 09:10 AM

Vince, will you still be in DC on those dates? For that matter, are you still in DC now?

Here are the details from the press release:

>psi

“...levitation caused by hidden impulses manifests itself musically by
allowing time to coexist with limitless space...clamorous clusters
unimpaired be ever present allergic reactions interbreed to eventually
self-destruct within natural silences.”

psi is an electro-acoustic trio featuring Jaime Fennelly (electronics),
Chris Forsyth (electric guitar), and Fritz Welch (drums and amplified
percussion). Together, they form a unique ensemble and sound which focuses
on the dispersal of time, magnified textures, and an ambiguity of
originating source sounds as compositional elements. Spontaneity serves as
a catalyst for the sounds psi creates collectively. The time-based
arrangements and co-existence of such independent statements creates the
dynamic of the music.

Jaime Fennelly, a Brooklyn-based electronicist and improvising composer, and
double-bassist, whose collaborations in choreographer/dancer Miguel
Gutierrez and SQUAWNK, was the recipient of the 2002 Artist Exploration Fund
from Arts International. Chris Forsyth is a Brooklyn-based guitarist, who
has performed with a wealth of the jazz avant garde, including Daniel
Carter, Assif Tsahar, Loren Mazzacane Connors, and Jack Wright. Fritz
Welch is a Brooklyn-based drummer, percussionist, and visual artist who
employs a wide range of traditional drumming devices while also developing a
vocabulary of homemade instruments.

Freedom of individual expression combined with subservience to a group
identity is the ultimate manifestation of psi.

THE CLAUDIA QUINTET

“...sensitive, thinking music, continually changing shape and
texture...whose goals clearly lie beyond jazz.” – Ben Ratliff/New York Times

Led by drummer/composer John Hollenbeck, The Claudia Quintet delivers
original and stylistically diverse repertoire that revels in unusual
harmony, unorthodox instrumentation, and unconventional structure.

Vibest Matt Moran has distinguished himself as a revolutionary vibraphonist
with a unique approach to the instrument. He also leads the groups Sideshow
and Slavic Soul Party. Multi-reedist Chris Speed performs regularly in many
creative improvising bands, including ones led by Tim Berne, Jim Black and
Dave Douglas, and also leads his Pachora, and Yeah, No. Ted Reichman
possesses the versatility and musicality to make the accordion work in free
jazz, klezmer, and pop worlds, in respective collaborations with Anthony
Braxton, David Krakauer, and Paul Simon. Special guest bassist Reuben
Radding has performed in the ensembles of Marc Ribot, Roy Campbell, and Dave
Douglas, to name a few. In addition to this, and his own other projects,
drummer and principal composer John Hollenbeck performs regularly with the
Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra, Meredith Monk, and Fred Hersch.

As with all Transparent Productions performances, 100% of the proceeds go to
the artists.

Pete C · April-1st-2003, 09:17 AM

I hope psi is better than their silly PR.

Quote:

Originally posted by bluenoter
The time-based
arrangements and co-existence of such independent statements creates the
dynamic of the music.

As opposed to all those arrangements that have nothing to do with time?

bluenoter · April-1st-2003, 10:12 AM

Sounds to me like obfuscatory grant-proposalese.

Vince Kargatis · April-1st-2003, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bluenoter
Vince, will you still be in DC on those dates? For that matter, are you still in DC now?

No, left on 3/22. Back in September.

Fred K · April-4th-2003, 01:42 AM

Just a reminder -- free tickets for the James Carter show on 5/9 at the Library of Congress are now available through Ticketmaster.

Also, half price tickets ($15) for the Fred Hersch show at Lisner on Saturday are available at TicketPlace .

bluenoter · April-6th-2003, 11:54 PM

Most of the following shows are included in Fred's most recent listing above, but I thought that I'd list them separately. (See September and October.)

>Upcoming Transparent Performances (To Date):

4/26: Yuko Fujiyama Trio, w/Yuko (piano), Vincent Chancey (French horn) and
Reggie Nicholson (drums) @ Sangha

5/5: Billy Bang Group, w/Bang (violin) plus others to be announced @ Sangha

5/9: Triage, with Vandermark 5 reedist David Rempis, Jason Ajemian (bass),
and Tim Daisey (drums) @ Sangha

5/23: Paul Rogers (bass), Paul Dunmall (reeds and bagpipes), and Kevin
Norton (vibes and percussion) @ Sangha

9/10: John Butcher (reeds) plus a harpist to be announced @ Sangha

10/17: Ellery Eskelin (reeds), w/Jim Black (drums), and Andrea Parkins
(accordion/sampler) @ Sangha

Sergio Zamora · April-6th-2003, 11:58 PM

Damn!

All those Transparent shows are the shizzy, and hopefully I'll be around to see them. But chances are good that I'll be spending May to December in No. CA (I'm not complaining, mind you). Hopefully I'll be back for the weekends when these shows are playing.

Other Steve · April-7th-2003, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bluenoter
Jaime Fennelly, a Brooklyn-based electronicist and improvising composer, and
double-bassist, whose collaborations in choreographer/dancer Miguel
Gutierrez and SQUAWNK, was the recipient of the 2002 Artist Exploration Fund
from Arts International.

Squawnk is one of alto saxophonist Andrew D'Angelo's bands, if that adds any further clarification. Fennelly and D'Angelo have been gigging together here in New York for some time now, though I've never yet managed to catch them.

Fred K · May-5th-2003, 12:38 PM

These are the upcoming DC shows that mysteriously disappeared off the thread last week.

The Billy Bang show tonight does include Frank Lowe.

Anyone else going to Lacy/Perez on Wednesday?

5/5 Billy Bang Group at Sangha Café
5/5-6 The Bad Plus at Blues Alley
5/7 Danilo Perez & Steve Lacy at Blues Alley
5/8 Mary Ann McSweeney, bassist, Melissa Walker, vocalist, Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band at the Kennedy Center
5/8-10 Nicholas Payton & Sonic Trance at Blues Alley
5/9 Triage (Dave Rempis at Sangha Café
5/9 James Carter's "Chasin' the Gypsy" Band at the Library of Congress
5/9 Renee Rosnes, pianist, Gloria Lynne, vocalist, Barbara Dennerlein, organist at the Kennedy Center
5/10 Karolina Strassmayer, saxophonist, Lizz Wright, vocalist, Terri Lyne Carrington, percussionist at the Kennedy Center
5/12 Marcus Miller at the Birchmere
5/13 Flora Purim & Airto Moreira at the Birchmere
5/15 Stefon Harris at the Kennedy Center
5/16 John Patitucci at the Kennedy Center
517 Kevin Mahogany at the Kennedy Center
5/20 Jimmy Bruno at Blues Alley
5/22 Paul Rodgers, Paul Dunmall, and Kevin Norton at Sangha Café
5/22-23 Steve Turre’ w/Robin Eubanks at the Kennedy Center
5/22-25 Mike Stern Quartet at Blues Alley
5/23-24 Steve Carrington w/ Cyrus Chestnut at Twins
5/30-31 Tim Warfield at Twins
5/30 Krishna Mohan Bhatt, sitar, Anindo Chatterjee, tabla at the Freer Gallery
6/3 Garage a Trois (Mike Dillon, Charlie Hunter, Stanton Moore, Sherik) at the 9:30 Club
6/8 Medeski, Martin & Wood at Wolftrap
6/26 David Sanborn at the Birchmere

Lois Gilbert · May-5th-2003, 12:50 PM

I will be on a panel at the Kennedy Center on Friday for the MaryLou Williams fest and then at the show with Renee Rosnes

Lois

May-6th-2003, 08:30 AM

I was surprised not to see anybody from the Corner at the Billy Bang concert. I enjoyed it very much. Bang has put together a good new quintet.

Uli · May-6th-2003, 09:27 AM

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Originally posted by John L
I was surprised not to see anybody from the Corner at the Billy Bang concert. I enjoyed it very much. Bang has put together a good new quintet.

Heard them last week, sounded great.

Fred K · May-6th-2003, 12:30 PM

I have seen Billy Bang in the past, so I opted for Richard Thompson instead (who I had never seen). I plan to be at Blues Alley tonight for The Bad Plus and Wednesday for Perez/Lacy.

Friday is a busy night in DC as well. I'm going to hear James Carter at the Library of Congress, but Triage is at Sangha Cafe', Renee Rosnes, Gloria Lynne, and Barbara Dennerlein are at the Kennedy Center and Nicholas Payton is at Blues Alley.

Vince Kargatis · May-6th-2003, 12:47 PM

John L, how was crowd? What was the concert like? VIETNAM THE AFTERMATH-style?

Fred, did you like Richard Thompson? He's a solid show...

May-6th-2003, 02:08 PM

Vince: The crowd was very good. the Sangha was packed (about 50 people) and standing ovations were given for almost every track. People were enthusiastic.

The quintet did a fine job, especially considering the fact that they had just pulled in from New Orleans and left for New York immediately after the concert.

Actually, I hesitated before going. I had seen both Bang and Lowe in Paris last year (separately, not together) and was somewhat dissapointed.

But this quintet sounded really nice last night. They did a couple tracks from Vietnam - the Aftermath, some compositions from Frank Lowe and pianist Andrew Bemkey, and some other Bang originals. Bemkey, who I had never heard before, played some very interesting stuff.

Fred: I certainly would have gone with you to see Carter. But I have to leave on an airplane early Saturday morning.

Fred K · May-6th-2003, 02:27 PM

Vince - The Richard Thompson show was really good -- very professional, great songs, great sound, Richard was in good voice and in a good mood.

John - I like Billy Bang a lot and would have loved to see the show. Sorry, you'll miss James Carter. He's doing the songs from the "Chasin' the Gypsy" record.

Pete C · May-20th-2003, 02:50 PM

Hey Washingtonians, here's the lowdown on PC in DC. I'm coming for the Smithsonian festival on Thursday June 26 and leaving on Sunday. Who's going to be around?

Sergio Zamora · May-20th-2003, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pete C
Hey Washingtonians, here's the lowdown on PC in DC. I'm coming for the Smithsonian festival on Thursday June 26 and leaving on Sunday. Who's going to be around?

Uh oh - better read up Rene's "excuse" thread in the Alley...

Kidding.

Most likely, after several postponements, I'll be in California then, but if I'm around, I'll let you know.

bluenoter · May-20th-2003, 04:12 PM

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Hey Washingtonians, here's the lowdown on PC in DC. I'm coming for the Smithsonian festival on Thursday June 26 and leaving on Sunday. Who's going to be around?

Me. You're staying that long? Cool! Pete, will you have wheels? (I don't.) And will you want restaurant recs, or will you have your own? (The only use I can think of for wheels is to get to certain restaurants, but equivalent restaurants can be found.)

Besides Sergio and me, John L., Fred K., and Clay Fink have turned out in the past (though I'd love to see others turn out too). It's my impression that not all of them read this thread regularly, so it may take them a while to respond.

Pete C · May-20th-2003, 04:24 PM

No wheels. I'll be staying by DuPont Circle at the Embassy Row Hilton. I had enough Hilton points for a 3-night freebie, and I wanted to make sure I had at least 1 full non-weekend day for the festival, because it'll probably be pretty crowded on Saturday. I usually comb Adams Morgan for interesting, affordable eateries.

I think Fred was looking at Montreal for that weekend. And for all I know Litwack may be chilling out in Siberia.

Uli · May-20th-2003, 04:35 PM

With all the fat cats in town I am sure there are plenty of good restaurants in DC for C. Don't negelct to report, C.

Fred K · May-20th-2003, 04:52 PM

Pete - I haven't finalized my Montreal plans yet, so I may be around that weekend.

It looks pretty quiet for your visit, but maybe something else will come up.

Twins hasn't posted their June schedule yet. Blues Alley has:

6/26 Diane Hubka (vocals)
6/27 Carl Filipiak Group (guitar)
6/28, 29 Larry Willis, Buster Williams, Ben Riley, Slide Hampton

Bebel Gilberto is at Lisner Auditorium on 6/28

Pete C · May-20th-2003, 05:28 PM

Hubka's a good singer. I met her at IAJE a couple of years ago. I think she's a friend of Laurie Tvedt. But Blues Alley charges real money, right?

bluenoter · May-20th-2003, 06:47 PM

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But Blues Alley charges real money, right?

Pete--Right! But hardly any of the music of any kind has been publicized yet, and won't be until closer to that weekend. I'll keep my eyes open for suggestions for you, in various genres.

As you may remember, there will be concerts at the Folklife Festival in the early evening at least some of those nights.