CABARET-JAZZ EVENTS FOR NEW YORK CITY FOR TONIGHT FROM CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
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NYC: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG CENTENNIAL BAND
The Louis Armstrong Centennial Band aka David Ostwald's Gully Low Jazz Band performs at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Wednesdays from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Inspired by the noble jazz pioneers Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and their colleagues, David Ostwald's Gully Low Jazz Band (also known as the Louis Armstrong Centennial Band) breathes life and passion into America's own great art form. Now in its 12th year of residency at Birdland, the weekly post-workday engagement is the city's best musical bargain! Tuba player David Ostwald leads a rotating lineup that features talents such as clarinetist Anat Cohen, trombonist/ vocalist Wycliffe Gordon, pianist Ehud Asherie, drummer Marion Felder and more! There is a $25 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
NYC: KEN PEPLOWSKI QUARTET AT BIRDLAND
5The Ken Peplowski Quartet performs at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Wednesday, January 7th with shows at 8:30 & 11:00 pm. Clarinetist Ken Peplowski, who played his first pro engagement when he was still in elementary school and his trumpet on playing brother Ted, made many local radio and TV appearances and played for Polish dances and weddings virtually every weekend all through high on school. By the time Ken was in his early teens, he was experimenting with jazz by playing in the school "stage" bands, and also by jamming with many of the local jazz musicians. After a year of college, Ken joined the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra under the direction of Buddy Morrow. Peplowski met Sonny Stitt while on the road with the Dorsey band, and studied with him. In 1980, Ken moved to New York City,and was soon playing in all kinds of settings, from Dixieland to avant on garde jazz. In 1984, Benny Goodman came out of retirement and put together a new band, hiring Ken on tenor saxophone. Peplowski signed with Concord Records, under the tutelage of Carl Jefferson, the founder and president, and recorded close to 20 albums as a leader, including "The Natural Touch" in 1992 which won Best Jazz Record of the Year by the Prises Deutschen Schallplatten Kritiken, and "The Other Portrait", recorded in Sophia Bulgaria with the symphony orchestra and highlighting Ken's classical side. He also recorded two records on the Nagel Heyer label,"Lost In The Stars" and "Easy To Remember", the latter of which features Bobby Short on his last recording. Ken has certainly achieved his goals, be it in small clubs, the Hollywood Bowl (where he played a sold on out concert), headlining in Las Vegas, the Newport Jazz Festival, pops concerts, European festivals and clubs, or at home in NYC, doing everything from playing on the soundtracks to Woody Allen movies, guest soloing on records (his more interesting recent ones were Marianne Faithfull and Cuban vocalist Isaac Delgado) to taking on the role of music director for interactive French and Italian cookbooks ("Menus And Music"). The litany of musicians Ken has collaborated with includes: Mel Torme, Leon Redbone, Charlie Byrd, Peggy Lee, George Shearing, Madonna, Hank Jones, Dave Frishberg, Rosemary Clooney, Tom Harrell, James Moody, Cedar Walton, Houston Person, Steve Allen, Bill Charlap, Woody Allen, Marianne Faithfull, Isaac Delgado & Erich Kunzel. Peplowski also does many workshops for students of all ages. Ken Peplowski is a Buffet on Crampon artist, and plays the R on 13 clarinet, with a Portnoy mouthpiece and Van Doren German on cut reeds. He also plays a Yamaha tenor sax and a Berg Larsen mouthpiece. Ken Peplowski has recorded approximately 50 CDs as a soloist, and close to 400 as a sideman • some of the artists he's performed/recorded with include Charlie Byrd, Mel Torme, Rosemary Clooney, Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops, Hank Jones, Peggy Lee, Bill Charlap, Woody Allen, Benny Goodman, and Madonna. He travels at least half of every year, playing clubs, concert halls, colleges, and pops concerts. He has headlined the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, the Blue Note, and Dizzy's Club amongst many other venues. In 2014, Ken was the recipient of the Sarasota Jazz Festival's "Satchmo" award, given to him for his "unique and enduring contribution to the living history of jazz"; in March, Ken was also the guest of honor at a "Highlights In Jazz" concert in NYC saluting him for "his matchless musical achievements". There is a $30 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
NYC: BLUE NOTE: WORLD PREMIERE: MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL ON TOUR
The Monterey Jazz Festival, the longest continuously-running jazz festival in the world, presents its fourth national tour with a special appearance at THE BLUE NOTE (131 West 3rd Street, NYC - 212-475-8592) from Tuesday, January 6th through Sunday, January 11th with shows at 8:00 & 10:30 pm. Featuring critically-acclaimed, GRAMMY-winning jazz artists, the all-star tour band features Terence Blanchard on trumpet; Ravi Coltrane on tenor and soprano saxophones; musical director Gerald Clayton on piano; Joe Sanders on bass; and Justin Brown on drums. World-renowned for its artistic excellence, sophisticated informality, and longstanding mission to create and support year-round jazz education and performance programs in local, regional, national, and international venues, Monterey Jazz Festival has stayed true to expanding live performances of jazz around the country since 2008 by presenting national tours that have reached over 100,000 fans in 135 shows across the United States and Canada. Terence Blanchard, a frequent performer at Monterey over the last several decades, led an all-Star group across the country in 2008 to celebrate the Festival's 50th year, and has acted as the Festival's Artist-In-Residence. Ravi Coltrane first appeared at Monterey in 2001, nearly 41 years to the day after his own father made his debut at Monterey in 1960. Ravi recently appeared at the Festival in 2013. Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders and Justin Brown, some of the rising stars in the jazz world, have been recent performers on Monterey stages, both at the Monterey Jazz Festival itself, and as high school students at the Festival's student competition, the Next Generation Jazz Festival. Clayton, a scholarship and soloist award winner at Monterey's 2000 and 2001 springtime Next Generation Jazz Festival with the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, madetrio appearances at MJF in 2010 and 2012with Joe Sanders, and recently performed in 2014 in duo with Charles Lloyd. Justin Brown, also an alumnus of the Monterey Jazz Festival's jazz education programs - including the Next Generation Jazz Festival with Berkeley High School and the 2000 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra - performed at Monterey with the Gerald Clayton Trio in 2010, and with fellow two-time Next Generation Jazz Orchestra alumnus Ambrose Akinmusire in 2014. The Monterey Jazz Festival has presented nearly every major jazz star - from Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong to Esperanza Spalding and Trombone Shorty - since it was founded in 1958. Held every third full weekend in September on the Monterey County Fairgrounds, the Monterey Jazz Festival is a three-day celebration of music, commissioned jazz compositions, in-depth conversations with artists, panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, clinics, and an international array of food, shopping, and festivities spread throughout 20 acres. A nonprofit organization, Monterey Jazz Festival now budgets more than $500,000 annually for jazz education. Cutting-edge educational components include the Traveling Clinician and Latin Jazz Programs; the Festival's Summer Jazz Camp; the Instrument and Sheet Music Library; the Digital Education Music Project; the Monterey County High School All-Star Bands; and the Next Generation Jazz Festival - which draws thousands of the most talented young musicians from across the country and around the world to Monterey each spring. The Artist-In-Residence Program, a key component of Monterey Jazz Festival's philosophy of bringing leading jazz performers to work with students throughout the year, includes their appearance at the Next Generation Jazz Festival, Summer Jazz Camp and the Monterey Jazz Festival, both in performance and instruction. There is a $20-$35 cover.
NYC: MARCUS ROBERTS' MODERN JAZZ GENERATION AT DIZZY'S
After a recent successful run in The Appel Room, Marcus Roberts is debuting the Modern Jazz Generation at DIZZY'S CLUB AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER (33 West 60th Street, NYC - 212-258-9595) on Wednesday through Sunday, January 7th through 11th with shows at 7:30 & 9:30 pm. Roberts, recently featured on 60 minutes, has a long history of treasuring the tenets of jazz through his work, which for the last quarter century has epitomized preservation through innovation. Since his Jazz at Lincoln Center debut in 1987, his presence has been deeply significant, and his recorded and commissioned works have honored some of his most revered predecessors of the piano. For this project, Marcus Roberts and The Modern Jazz Generation pay tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, and Chick Corea. The 7:00 pm show will feature Joey Alexander, solo piano as an opening act. There is a $45 cover.
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