[Dixielandjazz] NYC JAZZ

[Steve Barbone]

Just a few clips from the NY TIMES JAZZ listings. Some OKOM, some not, all
great music in case you are in town looking for something to do. More OKOM
can be found in the Mississippi Rag listings. NYC has all kinds of jazz for
music lovers.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

NY TIMES - Jazz Listings - By NATE CHINEN
Published: September 16, 2006.

KEN PEPLOWSKI (Tonight) Mr. Peplowski is a clarinetist dedicated to
traditional jazz, a preference that should not be mistaken for a limitation.
He also plays tenor saxophone and surrounds himself with other accomplished
musicians, like the bassist Sean Smith and the percussionist Chuck Reed, who
play here. At 7 p.m., Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, Chelsea,
(212) 620-5000, Ext. 344, www.rmanyc.org; $20.

JOHN COLTRANE 80TH-BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (Wednesday and Thursday) Countless
tenor saxophonists have adapted John Coltrane¹s sound and style over the
years, but few have personalized it more effectively than Joe Lovano, who
headlines here with the pianist Steve Kuhn, who briefly worked with
Coltrane, and the serious-minded rhythm section of Lonnie Plaxico, bassist,
and Andrew Cyrille, drummer. At 9 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th
Street, Clinton, (212) 581-3080, birdlandjazz.com; cover, $40, with a $10
minimum. 

KERMIT RUFFINS AND THE BARBECUE SWINGERS (Sunday) The tradition of New
Orleans-bred trumpeter-entertainers has an especially robust representative
in Mr. Ruffins, who appears here with his celebrated working band. At 7:30
p.m., Joe¹s Pub at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, East Village,
(212) 539-8778, joespub.com; cover, $15, with a two-drink minimum.

COLTRANE FESTIVAL (Through tomorrow) John Coltrane would have turned 80 this
month, and Jazz at Lincoln Center has decided to open its new season with a
celebration of his music. At the Rose Theater Wynton Marsalis is leading the
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a concert featuring arrangements of
Coltrane themes. In the Allen Room the vocalist Kevin Mahogany and the
saxophonist Todd Williams will pay tribute to Coltrane¹s album with the
baritone Johnny Hartman, with Eric Reed on piano, Reginald Veal on bass and
Herlin Riley on drums. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performs at 8
p.m., and Kevin Mahogany performs at 7:30 and 9:30, at Frederick P. Rose
Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 721-6500,
jalc.org; $37.50 to $127.50 for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; $67.50
for Kevin Mahogany.

DIET COKE WOMEN IN JAZZ FESTIVAL (Through Thursday) This monthlong festival
of female jazz artists continues with the beloved pianist and radio
personality Marian McPartland, with her trio (through Sunday); the singer
Datevik Hovanesian (7:30 p.m. on Monday) and the saxophonist Tia Fuller,
with her quintet (9:30 p.m. on Monday); and the pianist and vocalist Eliane
Elias, performing music from her recent RCA Victor album, ³Around the City²
(Tuesday through Thursday). There are also good offerings during the club¹s
after-hours sets, including the singers Andrea Wolper (tonight) and Kate
McGarry (tomorrow). At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with an 11:30 set tonight and
tomorrow, Dizzy¹s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln
Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 258-9595, jalc.org; cover, $30, or
$10 for after-hours sets, with a minimum of $10 at tables, $5 at the bar.

FULTON STREET BEAT FESTIVAL (Tomorrow) This free outdoor concert features
three different perspectives on New Orleans rhythm, each compelling in its
own fashion. Second-line groove drives the Jambalaya Brass Band, which plays
at 1 p.m., while funk and soul provide the steam for a quintet led by the
trumpeter Maurice Brown, at 2:30. New Orleans jazz, in both modern and
traditional iterations, animates the final group, led by the saxophonist and
clarinetist Victor Goines. At 1 p.m., Fulton Street Mall, DeKalb Avenue at
Albee Square West, Downtown Brooklyn, (718) 488-8200, fultonstreet.org;
free. 

FRED HERSCH TRIO (Tuesday through Thursday) Fred Hersch is a pianist
associated with solo piano recitals, including a week¹s worth at the Village
Vanguard early this year. He returns to the Vanguard with the bassist Drew
Gress and the drummer Nasheet Waits, his regular rhythm partners; together
they apply a rigorous yet elastic interpretative style to originals and
standards alike. At 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue
South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212) 255-4037, villagevanguard.com;
cover, $20, with a $10 minimum.

DAVID LIEBMAN 60TH-BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (Tonight and tomorrow night) Mr.
Liebman, an incantatory saxophonist and flutist working in the idiom
established by John Coltrane, caps off his birthday celebration at Birdland
with a big band directed by the saxophonist and educator Gunnar Mossblad
(tonight) and a tribute to the music of Coltrane and Miles Davis, featuring
Ravi Coltrane on tenor and soprano saxophone, Randy Brecker on trumpet, Phil
Markowitz on piano, Cecil McBee on bass and Adam Nussbaum on drums
(tomorrow). At 9 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, (212)
581-3080, birdlandjazz.com; cover, $30, with a $10 minimum.

JIMMY SCOTT (Through Sunday) Mr. Scott¹s piercing voice and achingly
emotional style are rightfully enshrined in the annals of songbook
interpretation. At 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., with an 11:30 set tonight and
tomorrow, Iridium, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street, (212) 582-2121,
iridiumjazzclub.com; cover, $35, with a $10 minimum.

LUCIANA SOUZA: BRAZILIAN DUOS (Through Sunday) Luciana Souza, a vocalist
raised in São Paolo, has made some of her most beguiling music in this
format, joined by a lone acoustic guitar. Romero Lubambo, the guitarist, is
more than an accompanist; providing intricate counterpoint and rhythmic
undertow, he is Ms. Souza¹s equal. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116
East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; cover, $25;
$30 tonight and tomorrow.

MCCOY TYNER TRIO WITH PHAROAH SANDERS (Tuesday through Thursday) The pianist
McCoy Tyner and the tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders are indelibly
associated with the 1960¹s output of John Coltrane, though each enjoyed a
productive period as a solo artist in the 70¹s and beyond. They combine
their searching energies here in a quartet with Charnett Moffett on bass and
Eric Kamau Gravatt on drums. (Through Sept. 24.) At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue
Note, 131 West Third Street, West Village, (212) 475-8592, bluenote.net;
cover, $45 at tables, $30 at the bar, with a $5 minimum.

CASSANDRA WILSON/CHRISTIAN SCOTT (Wednesday) A jazz singer by training and
temperament, Ms. Wilson takes obvious pleasure in a boundless, genre-blind
repertory, a tendency borne out vividly on her most recent album,
³Thunderbird² (Blue Note). It¹s a recording with the seamless sensibility of
a modern studio concoction, but Ms. Wilson, often a deeply magnetic
performer, should be able to carry it off in concert. The opener is
Christian Scott, an excellent young trumpeter whose recent debut, ³Rewind
That² (Concord), signaled his intention to explore a modern funk-based
sound. At 8 p.m., Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, Manhattan, (212)
840-2824, the-townhall-nyc.org; $45 and $35.

STEPHANE WREMBEL (Sunday) Virtually every Sunday night for the last three
years, Mr. Wrembel, a French guitarist, has been playing the music of the
Gypsy guitar hero Django Reinhardt at Barbès. This Sunday Mr. Wrembel marks
his anniversary at the club with three sets, loosely tracing the
chronological arc of Mr. Reinhardt¹s career. At 8 p.m., Barbès, 376 Ninth
Street, at Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 965-9177,
barbesbrooklyn.com; cover, $8.