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TROMBONIST JOHN FEDCHOCK, now 63, belongs to the last generation

of big band jazz musicians who traveled the road on buses. He toured with Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd from 1980 until 1987, and after he settled in New York he formed his own big band, the John Fedchock New York Big Band, which cur-rently has released five recordings and is still intermittently active. However, John’s latest CD, Into the Shadows (Summit), which he is celebrating with a virtual release video concert this month, is by his NY Sextet.

“I model the sextet on classic quintets and sextets of the [post-swing] era,” John says. Album tracks reference everyone from Art Blakey (“Alpha Dog,” a Blakey shuffle) to Richie Powell’s work for the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet (“I Should Care” as scintillating hard bop). There’s also a “Nature Boy” eschewing the usual ballad treatment for a swinging 12/8. For John, the sextet allows him to bring some of the strategies of big band arrang-ing into a more flexible and open format, with more individual space for soloists. Joining him in the sextet are Scott Wendholt, trumpet and flugelhorn; Walt Weiskopf, tenor saxophone; Allen Farnham, piano; David Finck, bass, and Eric Halvorson, drums.

John grew up in what he calls “a non-musical family” in Cleveland. In middle school he tried out for band and was fasci-nated by how different the trombone

JOHN FEDCHOCK:

Honoring tradition

By George Kanzler

Blake cover photo by Jimmy Katz, Fedchock cover by Christopher Drukker. Fedchock photo this page by Sanja Antic.

looked from other instruments. “Since I was always tall for my age—I’m six foot six now—I was intrigued by the trombone and was able to play the entire range of the instrument earlier than most kids because of my height and reach.”

Two significant encounters pointed John toward what would become his career. When he was 12, an uncle gave him an album by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. He was bowled over by Tommy’s playing: “His sound was incredible, otherworldly, and I was also impressed by how tight the big band was. I even tried to transcribe the arrangements to figure out how they worked.” Then, when he was in high school, the Woody Herman big band gave a concert at the school. “They played tunes by Chick Corea, John Coltrane, The Beatles,” remembers John, “showing me that big band jazz wasn’t just something from another era but could be as contempo-rary as any other kind of jazz.”

John never forgot his admiration for Woody as he pursued his education at The Ohio State University and the Eastman School of Music. After graduation he land-ed his dream job with Woody, not only anchoring the trombone section but also serving as musical director and arranger for the band for seven years. “We toured 48 or more weeks a year, so basically we lived on the road, on the bus and in hotels,” the trombonist says. Woody was not an arranger, but he always knew what he wanted from his arrangers. Though he never told them what to do, he would tell them when what they did was not his sound, since he had a definite idea of what his band’s sound should be.

When John left the road and settled in New York, the big band ethos was part of his blood, so he formed the John Fedchock New York Big Band, recruiting for its ranks from the myriad jazz musicians who call the New York-area home.

At the same time, John continued to develop his technique and mastery of the trombone. “It’s called the instrument clos-est to the human voice,” he says, “and that sound makes it unique. The sound comes before the notes, and every trombonist has his own personal sound. After Tommy Dorsey, I was into Urbie Green’s sound.” Since then, he’s also been influenced by such trombonists as Slide Hampton and Curtis Fuller, plus J.J. Johnson, specifical-ly citing the album Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House for rare exam-ples of J.J.’s extended improvisations.

The John Fedchock NY Sextet CD

release concert for Into the Shadows takes place March 21, part of William Paterson University’s Jazz Room at Home virtual concert series.

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THE PANDEMIC PAUSE APPEARS to be winding down far sooner than

Brandi Disterheft expected. When the shutdown began, “I thought it would last five years, I was budgeting for the worst,” says the Canada-born, New York-based bassist, singer and composer. “I’m opti-mistic now. I hope New York will recover quickly, and hope people will come back. It could be a wonderful playground for young artists coming into the city.”

According to Brandi, developing an “exit strategy” is crucial as we look forward to easing our way out of the pandemic era into a changed world. “I’m anxious about reopening, getting back to the grind, back to the hustle. I want to be ahead of the game when the time comes,” she notes. Part of her plan includes finally getting a chance to officially celebrate her latest recording, Surfboard (Justin Time), which came out at the end of 2020. “An album release is a good stepping stone to gigs,” Brandi muses.

She describes Surfboard, her fifth CD, as “My interpretation of Brazilian jazz,” comprising originals, compositions by fel-low bassists such as Oscar Pettiford and Sam Jones, standards, and seldom-heard pieces by Brazilian masters Antonio Carlos Jobim and Moacir Santos. Pianist Klaus Mueller and drummer Portinho round out Brandi’s trio, and NEA Jazz Master George Coleman appears as a special guest.

Pianist Harold Mabern, who toured with the bassist after playing on her 2016 album, Blue Canvas, introduced Brandi to the legendary saxophonist. “Harold and George grew up together in Memphis. It’s so generous of these great giants to share the music,” she says. “Seeing George play live drew me to him: He plays with such dexterity, prowess, power and speed. At the same time he’s so relaxed—he makes everyone else sound like a Jamey Aebersold record!”

The Pause Refreshes: BRANDI DISTERHEFT

By Elzy Kolb

Making music with octogenarians George Coleman and Portinho was a “dream come true” for Brandi. “You don’t always get that level of musicianship and support,” she muses. “George’s approach is ‘Anything I can do to help.’ Portinho is gen-tle and diplomatic, very nurturing. At times he’s very reserved, then you feel this force behind you. That’s why he’s known as the James Brown of Brazilian funk samba!”

Despite the pause, Brandi has been “surprisingly busy,” composing, practicing, focusing on videos and publicity for Surfboard, working with a Zoom student and more. “I miss going out, seeing friends, hearing peers, hooting and hollering in the audience,” she says. “As a bass player in New York, I was working practically every night, but now I’ve had the time to buckle down and practice every day, trying on new repertoire, setting goals.”

Brandi’s been working on a wish list of personnel and projects. “Lately I’ve been thinking I want to play with Russell Malone,” she reveals. “He’s so funny. I love his music and respect him. He was so kind to me at jams in Toronto years ago.”

New Orleans-based singer and guitarist Albanie Falletta is another name that pops up in conversation. “I’ve been trying to do everything on my own, but it would be nice to put two brains together. I’d like to com-pose for two voices and two instruments with another singer/player. I like to com-pose music and would like to collaborate on lyrics,” Brandi continues. “The writers in the Great American Songbook did that all the time. I’d love to get together with some-one like Albanie Falletta for a weekly col-laboration to bang out some tunes.”

This month, Brandi is looking forward to debuting some of her recent composi-tions March 29 at Smalls Jazz Club, with saxophonist Vincent Herring, pianist Anthony Wonsey, and drummer Joe Farnsworth. The foursome also plans to present several compositions by Cedar Walton. “Joe and Vincent both played with him. Vincent is amazing, he doesn’t make a mistake, even when reading through an original for the first time. His attention to detail is astounding, that’s probably why Cedar loved him.”

Brandi Disterheft plays Smalls Jazz

Club March 29. Limited reservations may be available, in addition to the concert livestream at www.smallslive. com. She’s also set to play every Tuesday in March at The Flatiron Room, half of a duo with Anthony Wonsey. Check her website (www.brandidisterheft.com/news-item/47/brandis-club-live-7pm-show) for additional streams from Brandi’s Club Live.

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AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS ON the New York scene, Johnathan

Blake continues refining his craft. The drummer and composer elevates his expression by creating disruptive contexts for spontaneity. “I really enjoy that free-dom of exploring the unknown,” he says, “when anywhere each [band member] decides to go, we can go in an instant, and it’s cool.”

A longtime drummer for legendary lead-ers Tom Harrell and Kenny Barron, the prolific artist came up alongside creative guidance from his father, violinist and composer John Blake, Jr. At their home in Philadelphia, John facilitated a deeply per-sonal connection to music early in Johnathan’s development. In recent years, he’s further evolved his father’s commit-ment to honest self-expression, assembling new projects that compel him to stretch and explore.

Both his trio with bassist Linda May Han Oh and saxophonist Chris Potter, and his Pentad quintet have allowed Johnathan to nurture his dual artistries as leader and collaborator. “My approach to the [trio] record was, I just want us to go in and play, and whatever happens happens. And I felt like that record is a really honest representation of where we were at that time. It was no holds barred—just going for it.”

Putting together the project that would become the 2019 release Trion, Johnathan sought a collaborative approach among fel-low risk-takers. He’d become familiar with Chris’ playing during their time together in the Mingus Big Band back in the ’90s. When acclaimed photographer and arts patron Jimmy Katz approached the drum-mer about releasing a trio project under his label, Giant Step Arts, Johnathan immediately thought of Linda as a bass player whom he trusted to be harmonically driven and wildly inventive. “She’s such a consummate professional,” he says. “She has great time, great harmony. And I thought, Man, this could really work.”

The three artists began playing gigs at The Jazz Gallery under the name BOP—for Blake, Oh and Potter. Though Johnathan had come to consider the proj-ect a collective, Jimmy had requested he record the album as a leader. “He said to

JOHNATHAN BLAKE’S Vibe Expansion

By Stephanie Jones

me, ‘My idea is trying to have people who are lesser known as leaders step into the forefront.’” But in spite of the release, Johnathan maintains an awareness of the project as a cooperative ensemble. “They contributed so much to that record, not just with their playing but their composi-tions—their entire approach,” he says. “It felt like a very tight-knit group.”

For Johnathan, the emergence of Trion felt like a quick transition from distinct expressions to intuitive band. “We jelled,” he says. “I didn’t know how far out we could take it—how much we could stretch the music. It wasn’t really until we started playing that I realized, Wow, I can go in so many different directions with this band. We don’t have to play ’50s and ’60s straight-ahead jazz. We can play some-thing very free or some more Afrobeat stuff. It felt great to be able to document that point in my career.”

The moment documented, Johnathan shifted his creative energy toward a new sound. That summer, he called bassist Dezron Douglas and pianist David Virelles, his former bandmates from Ravi Coltrane’s quartet, and rounded out the quintet with voices from the new genera-tion: young Blue Note artists saxophonist

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WHEN 2020 BEGAN, ADRIAN Cunningham was looking forward to

a banner year. His recording Adrian Cunningham & His Friends Play Lerner & Loewe (Arbors Records) had been just released to great reviews, including Downbeat magazine’s assessment of it as “a straight-ahead jazz gem.” Featuring pianist Fred Hersch, bassist John Hébert and drummer Eric McPherson, along with special guests trumpeter Randy Brecker and trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, the album garnered a lot of airplay, and Adrian and his septet had more bookings than ever.

“Things were looking amazing,” the multi-instrumentalist and composer recalls. “We had just come back from Thailand, and at the end of March we were headed for a European tour.” Adrian and his bandmates went from ebullience to despondency in just a couple of weeks. “At first I didn’t think that the crisis would last but then the gigs began to get can-celed. Day after day, I was getting emails with another date gone until my calendar was empty and I was left wondering what to do.” The situation looked grim, as ven-ues everywhere shuttered.

But he maintained an upbeat attitude and came to terms with the changes pretty quickly. “I was walking through Central Park when a song just popped into my head,” he says. “Looking for something positive in a bad situation, I finished the song and I shared it with my band. Recognizing that there was no way we could get together to play it, we decided to record remotely. So we did, and released the video online. Despite our putting it together so quickly, it sounded pretty good.”

With that, Adrian saw the unique

ADRIAN CUNNINGHAM: Making the Most of the Lockdown By Don Jay Smith

opportunity for composing, arranging and recording offered by all the newly abun-dant free time. “I called Rachel Domber at Arbors Records, pitched the idea of a recording coming out of the pandemic, and she was all for it. Although unsure how it would work since we couldn’t record in a studio, she gave her blessing. From there, I spent the next few weeks writing original tunes. It was something positive to focus on in uncertain times.”

Out of that first composition, “It’s Alright,” has come a full-blown release from Professor Cunningham and His Old School, appropriately named The Lockdown Blues. The titles of Adrian’s originals are all reflective of the situation, including “A Quarantine Love Song,” “Sittin’ at Home, Drinkin’ Alone,” “Six Feet is Too Far From You,” “I’m Broke and She’s Gone,” “Lindy Hopper’s Lament,” and “Gimme a Sheet of that Sweet Sweet TP.” Versions of the Duke Ellington classic “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” and the traditional “Over in the Gloryland” round out the collection.

Produced by Bill Moss, the CD includes trumpeter Jon Challoner, guitarist John Merrill, trombonist Dani Alonso, pianist Alberto Pibiri, bassist Jim Robertson and drummer Marti Elias. Their ability to record from home underscores how far technology has come. “We were fortunate in so many ways,” Adrian notes. “First, having a great engineer like Bill Moss was critical. He walked us through the process and was always there to help us with the best way to get a good sound. Second, because the band has been together for so long, we knew how we sounded. It gave us the necessary energy to make it as good as it is.”

But there were still challenges: For instance, Alberto had to plan his recording times carefully to avoid noisy disruptions from a nearby Long Island train station.

Originally from Australia and now liv-ing in New York, Adrian has been called “the Down Under sax star” by the Wall Street Journal and “Indispensable to New York’s jazz scene,” by Hot House Jazz Magazine, which awarded him the Fans Decision Jazz Award for Saxophone. He has performed with a long list of jazz lumi-naries including Wynton Marsalis, Jon Batiste, Jeff Hamilton, and Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks.

Fluent in traditional and modern gen-res, Adrian sums up his perspective by not-ing, “Jazz is one language just with differ-ent accents.” Fortunately for us, he has continued to speak despite the pandemic.

Adrian Cunningham celebrates the

release of The Lockdown Blues with a March 26 virtual concert featuring Professor Cunningham and His Old School. On April 1st, he will perform live at Shanghai Jazz in Madison, NJ.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

recurrent online events DAILY Mark Morganelli https://www.facebook.com/mark.morganelli 7pm Jay Leonhart https://www.facebook.com/jay.leonhart.33 MONDAY-FRIDAY 5pm Alternative Venues For Jazz https://www.facebook.com/groups/altvenuesfor jazz 6pm Jazz in the Afternoon w/Mike Greensill https://www.facebook.com/mike.greensill WEEKLY Sundays 2:30pm The Songbook Sessions w/Glenn Crytzer Qrt https://www.glenncrytzer.com/livestream 5pm Champian Fulton https://www.facebook.com/champianfulton Rossano Sportiello’s Live at the Flat in Greenwich Village w/spec guest https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013014915972 6pm Music on the Inside feat Music While We're Inside hosted by Antoinette Montague w/spec guests https://www.musicontheinside.org 7pm Kat Edmonson https://www.facebook.com/katedmonsonmusic 8pm Acute Inflections https://www.facebook.com/acuteinflections Mondays 7:30pm Emmet Cohen Trio Live From Emmet’s https://www.facebook.com/heyemmet Tuesdays 12pm A Closer Listen w/Seton Hawkins & Yunie Mojica https://www.facebook.com/dizzysclub 6pm Ginetta Vendetta https://www.facebook.com/ginetta.silvi

7:30pm Harlem After Dark, Unplugged feat Allan Harris https://www.facebook.com/theallanharrisband 8:30pm Newvelle Online Listening Session https://mailchi.mp/newvelle-records/listeningses sion?mc_cid=5b67c68e33&mc_eid=cdda309883 Wednesdays 7:30pm Over the Hump w/Janice Friedman https://www.facebook.com/janicefriedmanmusic/ live 8pm WaHi Wednesday Jazz Hang https://www.facebook.com/mark.kross.3 Thursdays 12pm A Closer Listen w/Seton Hawkins & Yunie Mojica https://www.facebook.com/jalcjazzacademy 6pm It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere w/John Pizzarelli https://www.facebook.com/johnpizzarelliofficial 7:30pm In The Moment series w/Ken Peplowski & Glenn Zaleski https://www.facebook.com/ken.peplowski Live From Dizzy’s Club https://www.facebook.com/dizzysclub Fridays 6pm Ginetta Vendetta https://www.facebook.com/ginetta.silvi 7:30pm Friday Night Jazz “at” Kismat https://www.facebook.com/kismatbar Saturdays 1pm Jazz Vocal Repertoire Hang w/Marian-ne Solivan https://www.facebook.com/groups/137384737712045 2:30pm Covid Comfort & Beyond concert series w/Larry & Jake Newcomb https://www.facebook.com/larrynewcombgui tarmethod 6pm Monika Herzig https://fb.me/e/2WnKop52d 5:30pm 72andsong series w/Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano  https://www.facebook.com/eric.comstock1 9pm Tamir Hendelman http://www.tamirhendelman.com

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MARCH LISTINGS *outdoor weather permitting **indoor subject to COVID regulations ADRIAN CUNNINGHAM: https://www.face

book.com/adrian.cunningham.14. Mar 26: 7pm livestream Professor Cunningham & His Old School.

ALTERNATIVE GUITAR SUMMIT: www.alternativeguitarsummitcamp.com/ ags-online. Mar 6-7: online camp feat 03/6 10:30am Masterclass (MC) w/Adam Levy & Sheryl Bailey, 12:30pm MC w/Nels Cline & Joel Harrison, 2:30pm MC w/Adam Rogers & Mike Stern, 4:30pm MC w/Bill Frisell, 7:30pm Ben Monder & Adam Rogers, 03/7 10:30am MC w/Joel Harrison & Mike Stern, 12:30pm MC w/Nels Cline, 2:30pm MC w/Ben Monder, 4:30pm MC w/Adam Rogers & Sheryl Bailey; 20: 8pm Honoring Pat Martino feat Adam Rogers & Peter Bernstein + Dave Stryker & Paul Bollenback + Rez Abbasi & Jeff Miles + Oz Noy & Nir Felder + Sheryl Bailey & Ed Cherry + Joel Harrison Solo + spec guest Kurt Rosenwinkel Solo; 21: 2pm Nguyen Le + Nels Cline + Michael Gregory Jackson + Wolfgang Muthspiel + Mary Halvorson w/Tomas Fujiwara + Henry Kaiser + Anthony Pirog.

AN DIE MUSIK: https://andiemusiklive.com. Livestream: $10 adm. Mar 6: 3pm Bill Heid Trio; 7: 3pm Renee Tannenbaum Trio; 12: 7pm Alex Brown & Victor Provost; 21: 7pm 3D Jazz Trio.

BAR BAYEUX: https://barbayeux.com. Wed: 8-11pm livestream free adm Keyed Up series. Mar 3: Melissa Aldana Qrt; 10: Marta Sanchez Qnt; 17: Adam Nussbaum & the Lead Belly Project; 24: Marcus Strickland; 31: Johnathan Blake.

BIRDLAND: https://www.birdlandjazz.com. Mar 20: East Coast Jazz Festival online feat 5pm David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band + Ken Peplowski & Rossano Sportiello Duo, 7pm Ben Allison, Ted Nash & Steve Cardeans + Champian Fulton Qrt, 9pm Houston Person Qrt + Veronica Swift w/Emmet Cohen Trio.

BLUES ALLEY: http://www.bluesalley.com. 8pm: livestream. Mar 1: Dave Kline Band; 8: Dani Cortaza; 15: Feedel Band; 20: East Coast Jazz Festival feat 6pm Miki Yamana-ka, 8pm Eri Yamamoto, 10pm Yoko Miwa.

*BODEGUITA: 6 Suydam St. Brooklyn. www.bodeguitabar.com. Thurs: 6-9pm Gotham Yardbird Sanctuary feat Rie Yamaguchi-Borden (except 03/11 feat Ai Murakami) w/guests. Mar 4: Kazu Pf, Steve Whipple & Ned Goold; 11: Chris Flory & Lee Hudson; 18: Greg Glassman & Matt Clifford; 25: Julia Banholzer & Reid Taylor.

CHRIS’ JAZZ CAFE: https://www.chrisjazz cafe.com. Livestream. Mar 1: 7pm Chris Aschman Electric Qrt; 20: East Coast Jazz Festival feat 6pm Alex Claffy Qrt w/Sonny Step, 8pm The New Ari Hoenig Trio, 10pm Orrin Evans Qrt w/spec guest Immanuel Wilkins.

DACAMERA: https://www.dacamera.com. Mar 23: 8pm online Aaron Diehl.

**DEER HEAD INN: 5 Main St. Delaware Water Gap, PA. www.deerheadinn.com. 570-424-2000. Sets/adm: Sun 5-7pm, free; Fri-Sat 6&8pm, Fri $10/Sat $15; $20 min/seat. Mar 19: Hot Takes Trio; 20: Lew Tabackin Trio; 21: Nancy Reed Solo; 26: The 3D Trio; 27: Nancy & Spencer Reed; 28: Walt Bibinger Solo.

**The FALCON: 1348 Rte 9 W. Marlboro, NY. www.liveatthefalcon.com. 845-236-7970.

**The FLATIRON ROOM: 37 W 26th St. (bet 6th Ave. & Bway.). NYC. 212-725-3860. www.theflatironroom.com. Sets: Sun&Tues-Thurs 6-9pm; Fri-Sat 6-10pm. Sun: “King” Solomon Hicks; Tues: Brandi Disterheft Duo; Wed: Susan Tobocman Duo; Thurs: Miss Maybell & The Jazz Age; Fri: Yael Dray Trio; Sat: except 03/6 The Blicker Blues Band.

FLUSHING TOWN HALL: http://www.flush ingtownhall.org/all-virtual-events. Mar 10: 7pm online Jam w/Carol Sudhalter.

FRIDAYS AT FIVE: https://www.sfjazz.org/fri daysatfive. Fri: 5pm online. Mar 5: Laurie Anderson & Tammy Hall; 12: ACS Trio; 19: Cindy Blackman Santana w/Terence Blanchard, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Kronos Qrt, Members of SFJAZZ Collective & more; 26: Jane Monheit.

HARLEM AFTER DARK, UNPLUGGED FEAT ALLAN HARRIS: https://www.face book.com/theallanharrisband. 1st Fri: 2pm online.

HARTFORD JAZZ SOCIETY: http://hartford jazzsociety.com/events. Online. Mar 6 2pm-7 2pm: Greg Abate Qrt; 8: 7-8:30pm Rich Goldstein & Organ Trio; 14: 3-4pm Kyoko Oyobe Qrt; 20: 6:30-8:30pm Atla & Matt DeChamplain; 21: 3-4pm Jimmy Gavagan Ens; 28: 3-4pm New England Jazz Ens.

JACKSON ROOM: https://www.jackson room.com. Last Sat: 8:30pm $10 adm livestream Ed Jackson Qrt.

JAMAICA CENTER FOR ARTS AND LEARNING: https://www.jcal.org/thursday-night-jazz. Mar 11: 7pm livestream Amirtha Kidambi.

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER: https://jazz atlincolncenter.squarespace.com/virtual-season. Mar 26: 7:30pm $20 adm virtual The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orch w/Wynton Marsalis, Chris Crenshaw, Melanie Charles, Shenel Johns & Ashley Pezzotti.

JAZZ FORUM @ HOME: https://www.face book.com/jazzforumclub/live. Thurs: 7-7:30pm livestream. Mar 4: Alan Broadbent Trio; 11: Brecker Plays Rovatti; 18: Hendrik Meurkens & Paul Bollenback; 20: 8-9:15pm $15 adm Kenny Barron Trio; 25: James Weidman.

The JAZZ GALLERY: https://www.jazz gallery.org. Sets: Mon 6pm online Lockdown Sessions; Thurs 7:30&9:30pm livestream. Mar 1: In Conversation w/Miguel Zenón feat John Scofield; 4: Now Vs. Now; 8: Nortonk, Kyle Saunier, Gian Slater, Desmond White; 11: Antonio Sanchez; 18: Nir Felder; 25: Arta Jekabsone.

JAZZ HOUSE KiDS: https://www.facebook. com/jazzhousekids. Mar 18 5pm, 31 8pm: livestream Ralph Pucci Annual Jazz Set feat conversation with Christian McBride w/guest Wynton Marsalis.

JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM: http://jazzmu seuminharlem.org. Online. Mar 2: Desert Island Discs feat Camille Thurman; 16: 2pm Music on the Brain w/Helen Sung; 23: 7pm Jazz and Social Justice feat tba.

JAZZ WAHI: https://jazzwahi.org/vocal-series. Mar 4: 8pm online Jazz Wahi Vocal series feat Louise Rogers & Mark Kross.

JAZZAID LIVE: At the Banyan Bowl. https://jazzaid.eduvision.tv/liveevents. Mar 13: 8pm livestream Joey Alexander Trio.

JAZZVOICE.COM: https://www.jazzvoice. com. Online masterclasses. Mar 2: 9pm Sachal Vasandani; 7: 3pm Gretchen Parlato; 21: 3pm Dominique Eade; 29: 9pm Alexis Cole.

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KARRIN ALLYSON: https://karrin.com. 3rd

Sun: 4pm online. **KEYSTONE KORNER BALTIMORE: 1350

Lancaster St. Baltimore, MD. 410-946-6726. www.keystonekornerbaltimore.com. Also livestream. Mar 20: East Coast Jazz Festival feat 5pm Obasi Akoto Oceanic Jazz Orch + Jean Carn & Company, 7pm Cyrus Chestnut & Affirmation, 9pm Big Chief Donald Harrison Band; 28: 6:30pm Bill Warfield & The Hell's Kitchen Funk Orch.

**MARTINSVILLE TAVERN: 1979 Washing-ton Valley Rd. Martinsville, NJ. 732-563-1717. www.martinsvilletavern.com. Wed: 5:30pm Chris DeVito & Greg Grispart.

**MAUREEN’S JAZZ CELLAR: 2 N Bway. Nyack, NY. www.maureensjazzcellar.com. 845-535-3143.

METROPOLITANZOOM: https://metropolitan zoom.com. Mar 20: 7-8:30pm livestream Carrie Jackson.

**MINTON’S PLAYHOUSE: 206 W 118th St. (bet St. Nicholas Ave. & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.). www.mintonsharlem.com. 212-243-2222.

MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM: https://www. montclairartmuseum.org/events/museum-events/mam-after-hours-art-meets-jazz. Mar 11: 7pm free adm online Art Meets Jazz w/Isaiah J. Thompson.

NJPAC: https://www.njpac.org. 7pm: online. Mar 9: Jazz couples by Dorthaan Kirk feat Paquito D’Rivera & Brenda Feliciano, T.S. Monk & Gale Monk, Adegoke Steve Colson & Iqua Colson; 16: Duet on Social Justice by Christian McBride w/Nikki Giovanni.

PREGONES/PRTT: https://www.facebook. com/pregonesprtt. Mar 1-29: March is Music online feat 03/1 7:30pm Desmar Guevara, 03/13 8pm Alejandro “Alex” García AfroMantra, 03/20 8pm Yasser Tejeda & Palotré, 03/27 8pm Hommy Ramos’ Trombeatz.

RAMSEY LEWIS: https://www.stageit.com. Last Sat: 2pm online Ramsey Lewis pres-ents Saturday Salon.

ROULETTE: https://www.roulette.org. 8pm: livestream. Mar 4: Elliott Sharp & SysOrk; 5: Tomas Fujiwara w/Meshell Ndegeocello; 27: Immanuel Wilkins.

SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB: https://scullers jazz.com. 7:30pm: online. Mar 6: Jeremy Pelt; 12: Soweto Kinch; 13: Greg Abate & Tim Ray; 20: East Coast Jazz Festival feat 6pm Christian Sands, 8pm Keyon Harrolds, 10pm Tia Fuller.

SHANGHAI JAZZ: 24 Main St. Madison, NJ. 973-822-2899. www.shanghaijazz.com.

SHAPESHIFTER LAB: https://www. shapeshifterlab.com. Livestream. Mar 6: 5pm Take Off Collective; 7: 6pm Thana Alexa.

**SMALLS JAZZ CLUB: 183 W 10th St. (bet 7th Ave. & W 4th St.). Basement. NYC. 212-252-5091. www.smallslive.com. Also livestream. Sets: 5&7pm. Mar 1: Evan Sherman; 2: Abraham Burton; 3: Francisco Mela; 4: Sam Newsome; 5: Jeremy Dutton; 6: Keyon Harrold; 7: Alan Broadbent; 8: Ethan Iverson; 9: Bruce Harris; 10: Jerome Sabbagh; 11: Rachel Z; 12: Wayne Escoffery; 13: Jeremy Pelt; 14: Miki Yamanaka; 15: Joe Farnsworth; 16: Frank Lacy; 17: George Burton; 18: Ed Cherry; 19: Brandon Sanders; 20: East Coast Jazz Festival feat 5pm Nicole Glover Trio, 7pm Warren Wolf Qrt, 9pm Mike Ledonne Qrt w/Vincent Herring; 21: Marianne Solivan; 22: Ari Hoenig; 23: Steve Nelson; 24: Adam Birnbaum; 25: Isiah Collier; 26: Aaron Burnett; 27: tba; 28: Jon Elbaz; 29: Brandi Disterheft; 30: Arcoiris Sandoval; 31: Kofi Bonsu Hunter.

SMOKE JAZZ & SUPPER CLUB: https://smokejazz.com. Fri-Sat: 8pm livestream.

SOAPBOX GALLERY: https://www.soapbox gallery.org. 8-9pm: livestream. Mar 2: David Berkman; 3: David Kikoski & Boris Kozlov Duo; 4: Spin Cycle; 5: Misha Piatigorsky & Benny Benack III; 9: Paul Jost Qrt; 11: Kendra Shank Trio; 13: Steve Sandberg; 16: Steve Cardenas; 17: Jim Ridl; 19: Hayes Greenfield & Dean Johnson Duo; 20: Chris Morrissey; 21: Sylvie Courvoisier/Ned Rothenberg/Gerald Cleaver; 23: Michael Feinberg; 24: Zach Brock; 25: Marcos Varela, Lex Korten, Mark Whitfield Jr Trio; 26: Dan Blake.

SOPAC: https://www.sopacnow.org/events. Mar 6: 3&8pm online Claudia Acuña.

*TERRAZA 7: 40-19 Gleane St. Queens. 718-803-9602. www.terraza7.com.

**TOMI JAZZ: 239 E 53rd St. (bet 2nd & 3rd Aves.). Lower level. NYC. 646-497-1254. www.tomijazz.com.

VILLAGE VANGUARD ONLINE: https: //www.villagevanguard.com. Fri-Sat: 9pm livestream.

VOCAL JAZZ JAM: https://www.facebook. com/jocelynmedinamusic. Sun: 6-9pm online Vocal Jazz Jam by Jocelyn Medina w/spec guest + 7pm jam. Mar 7: Florencia Begue + Federico Lechner; 14: Sivan Arbel.

WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY: https://www.wpunj.edu/wppresents/jazz-room-series. 4pm: livestream Jazz Room Series at Home. Mar 7: Johnathan Blake’s Pentad; 21: John Fedchock’s New York Sxt.

WINTER JAZZ FEST: https://www.winterjazz fest.com. Online: 7pm. Mar 10: Fertile Ground by Niama Safia Sandy feat Matana Roberts w/guest tba; 11: Jazz & Gender Talk series by Sarah Elizabeth Charles.

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JAZZ ANECDOTE BY BILL CROW Bill Crow's books "Jazz Anecdotes" and "From Birdland to Broadway" can be

found at your favorite bookstore, and at www.billcrowbass.com along with many interesting photos and links.

Giacomo Gates told me he did an outdoor festival in Chesterfield, Maryland about twen-ty years ago. Keter Betts was in the rhythm section. Giacomo had a young lady with him that he said “was an okay singer, and gorgeous.” He had her sit in on “All of Me,” singing the melody while he sang a vocalise to Illinois Jacquet's recorded solo. When they finished the tune, for a comedic punch, Giacomo turned to the girl and licked her cheek. Everyone laughed and applauded as she walked off stage. Keter Betts looked at Giacomo, grinned and said, "Say man, don't do that in front of my bass!"

A Moment You Missed by Fran Kaufman Hot House

Contributing Photographer Digging in my archive while waiting and hoping for the quarantine to be over and for live music to come back. Life certainly isn’t the same without it. Here, drummer Victor Lewis and trum-peter-flugelhornist Mark Morganelli seem as if they are solving the problems of the world at the Yamaha Artist Services Piano Salon in New York. Victor was about to play a WBGO radio members’ event with pianist Cyrus Chestnut. Mark, who runs the very successful Jazz Forum in Tarrytown, was among the guests.

Immanuel Wilkins and vibraphonist Joel Ross. He dubbed the new ensemble Pentab. After a successful hit at the Village Vanguard, Pentad headed into the studio to record the band’s forthcoming release.

While he knew that Dezron and David—as well as Kris Davis who per-formed for part of their week at the Vanguard—would take the music where it wanted to go, Johnathan was delighted to observe how well Immanuel and Joel could intuit the same melodic nuance and spon-taneity the older players had come to mas-ter. “They’re very mature—way past their years—with the way they play,” he says.

Johnathan first performed with the young instrumentalists during a Smalls Jazz Club gig he co-led with Dezron: “I thought, Wow, they’re really bringing something different.” Part of the substance of their sound, Johnathan posits, derives from close attention they’ve paid to what’s come before them. Johnathan believes that Joel and Immanuel coming up in Chicago and Philly, respectively, only enhances their highly sophisticated melodic under-

standing. “That relationship with melody is something I look for, and I hadn’t really found it in the up-and-coming younger players. It’s more intellectual, very heady—a lot of notes and not a lot of breathing. With these two, they really sing melodies.”

In his pursuit of pushing his own artistry in new directions, Johnathan has found that generational cross-pollination goes both ways. “I would hip them to cer-tain records and, in turn, they’d be hipping me to new music from their generation that I hadn’t known to check out,” he says. “I feel like I’ve learned quite a bit from them, and I hope that they’ve learned from me, too.”

Johnathan Blake’s Pentad, featur-

ing Dezron Douglas on bass, Kris Davis on piano, Immanuel Wilkins on alto saxophone and Joel Ross on vibraphone, livestreams March 7 from William Paterson’s Jazz Room Series at Home; his trio livestreams from Bar Bayeux (www.facebook.com/ bar-bayeux) March 31.

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STAY-IN TUNES

Late Winter New CD Releases Professor Cunningham & His Old School Lockdown Blues (Arbors Records, January 15) Adrian Cunningham, clarinet, sax & vocals; Jonathan Challoner, trumpet; Dani Alonso, trombone; Alberto Pibiri, piano; John Merrill, guitar; Jim Robertson, bass; Marti Elias, drums.

Jakob Bro Uma Elmo

(ECM Records, February 21) Jakob Bro, guitar;

Arve Henriksen, trumpet & piccolo trumpet; Jorge Rossy, drums.

Bruce Brown Death Of Expertise (Triangle7, February 26) Bruce Brown, vocals; John Harkins, piano; Brendan Clarke, bass; Andrew Dickeson, drums; Steve Brien, guitar; Steve Crum, trumpet; Glen Berger, sax & alto flute.

Joe Chambers Samba de Maracatu

(Blue Note Records, February 26) Brad Merritt, piano & synth;

Steve Haines, bass; Joe Chambers, drums, vibes & percussion;

with guests Stephanie Jordan, vocals & MC Parrain, rap vocals.

Dave Stryker Baker's Circle (Strikezone Records, March 5) Dave Stryker, guitar; Walter Smith III, tenor sax; Jared Gold, organ; McClenty Hunter, drums; Mayra Casales, percussion.

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Hailey Brinnel I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles (Outside in Music//Next Level, March 5) Hailey Brinnel, vocals, trombone & arrangements; Andrew Carson, trumpet; Sam Bishoff, clarinet; Silas Irvine, piano; Dariel Peniazek, guitar; Joe Plowman, bass; Dan Monaghan, drums.

Brian Charette Power From The Air

(SteepleChase, March 12) Brian Charette, B3;

Itai Kriss, flute; Mike DiRubbo, alto sax;

Kenny Brooks, tenor sax; Karel Ruzicka, bass clarinet;

Brian Fishler, drums.

Harold Danko Spring Garden

(SteepleChase, March 12) Harold Danko, piano; Rich Perry, tenor sax;

Jay Anderson, bass; Jeff Hirshfield, drums.

Reggie Quinerly New York Nowhere (Redefinition Records, March 12) Antoine Drye, trumpet; John Ellis, tenor sax; John Chin, piano; Sean Conly, bass; Reggie Quinerly, drums.

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels Tone Poem (Blue Note Records, March 12) Charles Lloyd, tenor sax & alto flute; Bill Frisell, guitar; Reuben Rogers, bass; Eric Harland, drums; Greg Leisz, steel guitar.

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Behn Gillece Still Doing Our Thing

(Posi-Tone Records, March 19) Behn Gillece, vibes; Art Hirahara, piano; Boris Kozlov, bass;

Rudy Royston, drums; Nicole Glover, sax.

Michael Wolff Live @ Vitellos

(Sunnyside Records, March 19th) Mark Isham, trumpet; Michael Wolff, piano;

John. B Williams, bass; Mike Clark, drums.

Veronica Swift This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue Records, March 19) Veronica Swift, vocals; Emmet Cohen, piano; Yasushi Nakamura, bass; Bryan Carter, drums; Aaron Johnson, alto sax, bass flute & flute; Armand Hirsch, guitar; Steven Feifke, Ryan Paternite, Will Wakefield, Stone Robinson Elementary School Choir & Walton Middle School Girls Choir, background vocals; Lavina Pavlish & Meitar Forkosh, violin; Andrew Griffin, viola; Susan D. Mandel, cello.

Greg Skaff Polaris (SMK Jazz, March 19) Greg Skaff, guitar; Ron Carter, bass; Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums.

Andrew Van Tassel Shape-Shifter (Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records, March 19) Andrew Van Tassel, alto & soprano sax & effects; Michael Mayo, vocals; Lucas Hahn, piano; Alex Goodman, guitar; Rick Rosato, bass; Kush Abadey, drums; Alex Van Gils, electronics.

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Daniele Germani A Congregation of Folks (GleAM Records, March 26) Daniele Germani, sax; Justin Salisbury, piano; Giuseppe Cucchiara, bass; Jongkuk Kim, drums.

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Breathe (Blue Note Records, March 26)

John Ellis, tenor sax; Jason Marshall, baritone sax;

Sean Jones, trumpet; Robin Eubanks, trombone;

Dr. Lonnie Smith, organ; Jonathan Kreisberg, guitar;

Johnathan Blake, drums; Richard Bravo, percussion;

Alicia Olatuja & Iggy Pop, vocals.

Jihye Lee Orchestra Daring Mind (Motéma, March 26) Jihye Lee, composition & arrangements; Sean Jones, guest artist, trumpet; Ben Kono, Rob Wilkerson, Quinsin Nachoff, Jeremy Powell & Carl Maraghi, reeds; Brian Pareschi, John Lake & Alex Norris, trumpet; Mike Fahie, Alan Ferber, Nick Grinder, Mark Patterson & Jennifer Wharton, trombone; Adam Birnbaum & Haeun Joo, piano; Sebastian Noelle, guitar; Evan Gregor, bass; Mark Ferber, drums.

Jim Snidero Live at the Deer Head Inn

(Savant Records, March 26th) Jim Snidero, alto sax;

Orrin Evans, piano; Peter Washington, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums.

IT'S TIME FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT IN HOW WE PERCEIVE THE HISTORY AND ORIGINS OF JAZZ

Katatau Olodum

Jack Joao Potter

Bons Ritmos Artist

The late Bira Reis , Pelorinho

icon and mentor to Bons Ritmos about Ketu Candomble

Afro Brazilian Ketu Candomble has powerful parallel evolution to grooves, phrasings in solos and composi-tions in Jazz history. This is one more reason to go back and look again, at the master innovators, and

understand where they were coming from, and the concepts they were working with. “The splang a lang cymbal jazz ride can be found embedded in BRAVUM. That is the whole swing era ...”

Andrew Scott Potter

The CD, from the Bons Ritmos Youtube channel, Jazz Standards / Afro Brazilian Rhythms, is a great example of how these cadences fit with jazz standards, the grooves, the phrases in solos and

phrases in compositions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzu6KOrvFTM&t=88s

For shows featuring jazz standards with Ketu Candomble, clinics about Ketu rhythms as foundation to jazz grooves,

Afro Brazilian dance, contact aspotter@terra.com.br

“ Louis Armstrong used a cadence that is very much like OPANIJE on much of the phrasings in his soloing on his classic

“Hot Fives” records ..." Andrew Scott Potter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdlvgrjRwtI&t=679s

Joplin, Jelly Roll, Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives, Ellington, Tatum,James P. Johnson, Basie, Miles, Trane, Wayne and many more, all can be found in the Jazket series.

youtube search: "Jazket, Andrew Scott Potter, All Chapters Combined" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo7NNuHGa_M&t=982s

“ BATA (not Cuban "Bata” ) can go inside any good jazz ballad that has some kind of groove ...” Andrew Scott Potter

No one has gone this deep into the connections of Ketu Candomble and the history of Jazz, and you can never listen to Jazz the same way again if you perceive the reality of what Andrew Scott Potter

has discovered. “You could fit a Ketu Candomble rhythm to all the cuts on "Kind Of Blue" by Miles Davis “...

Andrew Scott Potter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26i3bVsz508

For any name Jazz musician, the sidemen who back them up, the working jazz players and students, this will inform you of things that are already in you that you have been playing. It will solidify concepts you are

dealing with. For listeners, critics and promoters, it will give you a fundimental understanding of the blue print of the foundations of jazz, and blues, funk, rock and hip hop.