[Dixielandjazz] 2004 OKOM Revival in NYC?

[Stephen Barbone]

Speaking about "Revivals", is there a current OKOM revival in NYC? Check
out the following OKOM jazz listings. For the most part these are
excellent jazz bands, not your average garage band.

There is still a fair sized audience for OKOM in NYC today. Just like
there always was. If visiting NYC, be sure to check out these venues,
plus the one shot OKOM concerts that are all over the place there in
various art centers, the 92nd St. Y and other such venues. Behold:


The Cajun. 129 8th Avenue. Trad Jazz every night. + Wednesday Brunch
212-691-6174. Performers include Stan Rubin's 13 piece Swing Orchestra,
Gotham Jazzmen, Blue Orchid Dance Orchestra. John Gill's Jazz Kings,
Stanley's Washboard Kings, etc. Something for everybody.

Cafe Carlyle - Madison & 76th Monday nights - Woody Allen/Cynthia Sayer
et al. Solid New Orleans. Uptown Trad every Monday from 8:45 PM
(Expensive/possibly $75 cover) 212-570-7189

Firebird - 365 W. 46th. Smith Street Society Jazz Band.  2nd Wednesdays
- 212-586-0244

Carnegie Club W. 56th between 6th & 7th - Stan Rubin's Tigertown Jazz
Group Mon 8 PM 212-957-9676

The Blazer Pub Route 22 (Westchester Co?) Bearcats Jazz Band
914-277-4424 -Thursdays 8 PM

Donnell Library Branch 20 West 53rd Street (between 5th & 6th Aves)-
Gotham Jazzmen. Every Thursday from 12:30 to 2 PM for the past 26 years.
Across the street from MOMA. This is a GREAT band and the performances
are FREE.. Tell the leader/drummer Dick Sherman hello from me if you
fall by. Depending upon who is available, you might see Ed Polcer, Peter
Ecklund, Jon Erik Kellso, James Lincoln Collier and others, some from
the 1950s Eli's Chosen Six Jazz band. MUCH FUN.

Terra Blues 149 Bleeker (Dan Levinson, Herb Gardner et al) call for
schedule 212-989-7776

Triad, 158 W. 72nd (Jazz Standards) Call for schedule 212-787-7921

Times Sq. Grill - Vince Giordano, Mon & Tue 8:30 to 11:30 PM
212-246-1960

Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place (at 15th Street 1 block east of Union Sq.
"Savoy Sundays" 7 PM to Midnight 212-696-9737 (NYC Swing Dance Society)

Arthur's Tavern, 57 Grove St. Grove Street Stompers Mondays 8-11 PM. Ed
Polcer Sundays  9 PM to 1 AM, Jazz 7 nights a week . Don't miss this
one. Good Dixieland Bands for MANY YEARS.

Knickerbocker, 33 University Place at 9th Street ("Traditional Jazz)
212-228-8490

Madame Romaine de Lyon Restaurant, 29 E. 61st Street Keith Ingham piano
Mon-Sat 6 to 10 PM

Arturo's 106 W. Houston "Trad Jazz" 7 nights + Sunday Brunch
212-677-3920

Le Belle Epoch, 827 Broadway, just N. of 12th Street Original Manhattan
Ragtime Orchestra, Sundays 4:15 to 7:15 PM

Shelley's NY 104 West 57th St. "Trad Jazz" Wed through Sat 7 PM to
Midnight 212-864-1555

Decade Dancing & Dining Club 1117 First Ave. Live Jazz with Dinner
schedule 212-835-5979

Birdland 315 W 44th St. Gully Low JB on Tues at 5:30 PM, Lew Anderson's
All American Big Band, Call for schedule 212-581-2121. Gully Low is an
Excellent Dixieland Band.

The Garage 99 7th Ave South. Sam Ulano's Swing Quartet 1st Wed of every
month 8 PM to midnight.

Il Valentino Restaurant at Sutton Hotel. 330 E. 55th Street. SOL YAGED
Jazz Group plus guests. Don't miss this one. Sol still swings his ass
off like he did at the Metropole 50 years ago. 212-355-0001


Cheers,
Steve Barbone

PS. Though not Dixieland, also check out Les Paul at the Iridium, 1650
Broadway, every Monday night. 212-582-2121.

And, like the 1940s, there is a jam session at the Lenox Lounge in
Harlem every Monday, but I'm not sure what they play there. 188 Lenox
Ave. 212-427-0253