***Harry Allen (ts) Quartet Klaus Mueller (p) Nilson Matta (b) Duduka Da Fonseca (ds) Maucha Adnet (voc) 2/26+2/27 @The Kitano, 8, 10pm: >>>this brasilian drummer is very famous and really good!!! nice to go.
***Lou Donaldson (as) Quartet 2/26-2/27 @birdland >>>L.D. is legend
***Joe Lovano (ts) Quintet James Weidman (p) Esperanza Spalding (b) Otis Brown III (ds) Francisco Mela (ds) 2/26-2/28 @Village Vanguard >>>I know you are going
***Wes Montgomery Tribute Peter Bernstein (g) Melvin Rhyne (B3) Kenny Washington (ds) 2/26-2/27 @smoke >>>I love M.Rhyne (but plays not very good). he used to play with wes. P.B is great. I have their CD.
***Christian McBride (b) & His Big Band w/ Nicholas Payton (tp) 2/26-2/28 @dizzy"s >>>was N.P. beautiful? !!!
***Lionel Loueke (g) Trio Massimo Biolcati (b) Ferenc Nemeth (ds) 2/26-2/28 @jazz standard >>>L.Louele is african guitarist. He played very good african rhytm in a Joe Zawinul"s band. but I am not suru he still plays good. maybe he does african fusion. maybe not so good. but bass player seems to be african, might have good groove.
***The Trio: Bill Frisell (g) Ron Carter (b) Paul Motian (ds) 2/26-2/28 @blue note >>>I love Friesell"s sound, but i don"t really like his play. if you like jim hall, i am sure you wil love it.
***Houston Person (ts) Group 2/26+2/27 @Lenox Lounge >>>H.Person is great boss tenor who genko loves. He is younger than Gene Ammonds or Stanley Turrentine, but he has got quite old now, i am not sure he plays good, but interesting.
*Steve Swell (tb) Quintet Rob Brown (as) Chris Forbes (p) Hilliard Greene (b) Michael T.A. Thompson (ds) 2/27 @Roulette >>>Steve Swell ??? who is this trombone player???
***Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra 2/28+3/7 @birdland >>> maybe he is cuban and friend of bird and diz!
***Travis Sullivan (as)' Bjorkestr Becca Stevens (voc) Donny McCaslin (ts) Rachel Z, (kb) Yoshi Waki (b) Clarence Penn (ds) Ian Cook (laptop) 3/1 @blue note >>>orchestra which plays music of bjork. I heard on radio og gilles peterson.it was interesting. singer was quite nice. it is a bit interesting. might be nice to go if you are free.
***the Vanguard jazz orchestra 3/1+3/8 @Village Vanguard >>>nice?
***Jam Session w/ John Farnsworth (ts) Quintet Mike LeDonne (p) Dwayne Burno (b) Joe Strasser (ds) 3/1+3/8 @smoke >>>J.F and M.L is great!!!
***Gil Scott-Heron (voc,kb) Kim Jordan (voc, p) Glenn Turner (harm) Tony Duncanson (perc) 3/2-3/3 @blue note >>>Gil Scott-Heron is legenderly black poet and singer . he has influenced rap musicians. Gilles loves him. i am not so interested in. but nice to see him.
***Sharel Cassity (as) Quintet Michael Dease (tb) Zaccai Curtis (p) Dezron Douglas (b) Rodney Green (ds) 3/2 @Smalls, 10pm: >>>Michael Dease is trombone player???
***Kendrick Scott (ds) Oracle Ben Wendel (ts) Mike Moreno (g) Aaron Parks (p) Joe Sanders (b) 3/3 @Iridium >>>K.Scott played in a band of herbie hancock 2009. he is young and GREAT GREAT drummer.but i do not know what music his band plays. if it is jazz, it must be very good to see it.
***Delfeayo Marsalis (tb) Group Mark Gross (as) Mark Shim (ts) David Bryant (p) Desron Douglas (b) Marion Felder (ds) 3/4-3/7 @Iridium >>>we saw delfeayo in the elvin:s band?
***Houston Person (ts) Quartet Stan Hope (p) Nat Reeves (b) Chip White (ds) 3/4-3/7 @jazz standard >>>Houston Person,idol of genko .boss tenor again.
***Toots Thielemans (harm) Quartet Oscar Castro-Neves (g) Kenny Werner (p) Airto (perc) 3/4-3/7 @blue note >>>Toots and Neves!!!!! Warner is beautiful pianist, but not so good. Airto.....
***Steve Davis (tb) Quintet Abraham Burton (ts) Larry Willis (p) Gerald Cannon (b) Willie Jones III (ds) 3/5+3/6 @smoke >>>must go!!!
***Anat Cohen (cl, ss) 1st Set: w/ Aaron Diehl (p) Ryan Berg (b) Obed Calvaire (ds) 2nd Set: joined by: Jon-Erik Kellso (tp) Harry Allen (ts) Chuck Wilson (as) Scott Robinson (bs) John Allred (tb) 3/7 @Kaufmann Concert Hall >>>i found john allred!!i think he plays gooood!