NYC: THE DJANGO REINHARDT NY FESTIVAL AT BIRDLAND
The Django Reinhardt NY Festival featuring the Django Festival Allstars plus Special Guests will be held atBIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Tuesday through Sunday, November 5th through 10th with shows at 8:30 & 11:00 pm. The show stars Gypsy Guitar Legend Dorado Schmitt with Ludovic Beier, Pierre Blanchard, Francko Mehrstein, Amati & Bronson Schmitt from France, Brian Torff. Special Guests include Cyrille Aimee (5th & 6th), Freddie Cole (7th), James Carter (8th & 9th) & Edmar Castaneda (10th). The Django Reinhardt Festival carries on the legacy of legendary gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, but with some new songs and interpretations keeping it fresh, exciting, cutting-edge, true to the Hot Jazz, Romantic, style which has exploded across the US. It all started at Birdland in 2000 with the launching of the Festival and tours at prestigious venues such as Kennedy Center, Disney Hall in LA, The San Francisco Festival. The Django Festival is Produced by Pat Philips & Ettore Stratta. There is a $40 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
NYC: MICHEL CAMILO BIG BAND AT THE BLUE NOTE
The Michel Camilo Big Band will perform at THE BLUE NOTE (131 West 3rd Street, NYC - 212-475-8592) on Tuesday through Sunday, November 5th through 10th with shows at 8:00 & 10:30 pm. A pianist with a brilliant technique and a composer that flavors his tunes with Afro-Caribbean rhythms, Michel Camilo's musical language is an expressive combination of his Dominican Republic musical heritage and a rich, intelligent use of jazz harmonies and textures. Camilo composed his first piece at age five then studied at the National Conservatory for thirteen years. At age sixteen, he became a member of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic. Mr. Camilo's recordings and compositions have earned him numerous awards including Grammy awards, Grammy nominations, and Emmy awards. His compositions have been performed by some of the top jazz and Latin jazz artists on the scene today including Manhattan Transfer and Paquito D'Rivera. Members of the band include Anthony Jackson, contrabass guitar; Cliff Almond, drums; Lew Soloff, trumpet; Michael Mossman, trumpet; Tanya Darby, trumpet; John Walsh, trumpet; Dave Bargeron, trombone; Conrad Herwig, trombone; Luis Bonilla, trombone; David Taylor, bass trombone; Chris Hunter, alto & soprano sax; Antonio Hart, alto sax & flute; Ralph Bowen, tenor sax & flute; Lou Marini, tenor sax & flute; and Gary Smulyan, baritone sax. There is a $30-$45 cover.
NYC: DENNY LAINE - BAND ON THE RUN
Denny Laine brings his show 'Band on the Run' to THE IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB(1650 Broadway, NYC - 212-582-2121) on Sunday, November 10th at 3:00 & 7:00 pm. For a few months at the height of the British invasion, Denny Laine was one of the most recognizable voices on the entire British music scene. As the lead singer on the Moody Blues' recording of "Go Now" - a worldwide multi-million seller - he stood out in a large pack, and did so splendidly. His soulful, agonized lead vocal performance, coupled with Mike Pinder's chiming piano, proved irresistible on the radio. Within a year, however, the band fell by the wayside. Laine's tenure with the band was highlighted by one monster hit ("Go Now"), a brace of superb R&B-styled sides ("From The Bottom of My Heart," "Lose Your Money," etc.), and a string of commercial failures that left the band languishing by the end of 1965. Laine exited the group, to be replaced by Justin Hayward, whereupon the reconstituted Moody Blues adopted an increasingly adventurous sound that ended up making them the premiere progressive rock band of the late '60s. His next major project, the Denny Laine String Band, an electric psychedelic outfit that featured an amplified violin and cello, remarkably similar in many ways to the configuration that the Electric Light Orchestra would adopt more successfully three years later. Laine was next heard from in 1971, when Paul McCartney announced that he was forming his first permanent band since exiting the Beatles. The group, christened Wings, was McCartney (joined by his wife Linda McCartney) on bass, guitar, piano, and vocals, with Laine at the core on guitar, bass, and vocals. Wings was, along with ABBA and Led Zeppelin, one of those money acts that seemed to generate tens of millions of ticket sales around the world and reams of press copy with every note they played and utterance that they pronounced. There is a $30 cover plus a $15 food/drink minimum.
NYC: JACKY TERRASSON QUARTET AT DIZZY'S
