[Dixielandjazz] Jazz in NYC

[Steve barbone]

Hi List mates

Most of us are familiar with the usual haunts, 12 or so now active, of OKOM
in NYC. Here are four more concerts that are on the fringes of OKOM and
worth noting if you are in the area. Source is the NY Times jazz listings
which show an amazing amount of jazz now playing in the Big Apple.

No doubt about it, in the USA, these are the best of times for jazz since
1960, thanks to Ken Burns, Wynton, Stanley Crouch, PBS and all those other
jazz activists we love to hate. ;-) VBG.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone


NICHOLAS PAYTON QUINTET (Wednesday through May 28) The trumpeter Nicholas
Payton first grabbed the jazz world's attention with his remarkable feeling
for early New Orleans jazz and more recently made an obstinately spacey funk
record, but he's spent most of his professional time dealing with the rich
languages of post-1960 jazz. Here he'll be mining that territory. 9 and 11,
Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, midtown, (212) 581-3080, cover, $30, with a
$10 minimum 

LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA PLAYS THAD JONES (Through tomorrow) The trumpeter
and composer Thad Jones, who died in 1986, always deserves a second look. A
member of Count Basie's orchestra during the 1950's and early 60's, he
decamped to form his own big band, which played weekly shows at the Village
Vanguard, starting a new large-ensemble jazz tradition. Jazz at Lincoln
Center's gleaming band takes on his music, with the saxophonists Jerry
Dodgion and Billy Harper and the bass trombonist Douglas Purviance, as
guests; Vincent Gardner, one of Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's trombonists,
presents new arrangements of the old tunes. 8 p.m., Rose Theater, Frederick
P. Rose Hall, 60th Street and Broadway, Manhattan, (212) 721-6500, $85to
$150

CLARK TERRY (Tuesday through May 29) It's possible that no other jazz
musician has as much amusing old-guy charm as Mr. Terry, and when you think
he's all sweetness, he'll rattle you profoundly with a cool, beautifully
executed piece of fluegelhorn playing. 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178
Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212) 255-4037, $30

WYCLIFFE GORDON'S THE BIG FOUR (Tuesday through Sunday) The dynamic
trombonist's new band, with the pianist Johnny O'Neal, the bassist Reginald
Veal and the drummer Herlin Riley. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with an 11:30 set
Fridays and Saturdays, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, 60th
Street and Broadway, Manhattan, (212) 258-9800, $30, plus a $10 minimum