MALA WALDRON QUARTET
Year of ALICE, a Jazz Appreciation Month Special features the quartet performing the music of Alice Coltrane.
Mala Waldron is a native of NYC whose first paid gig was playing keys and singing back-up vocals with a local R&B band, “Liquid Pleasure” at the Elk’s club at age 15. Shortly after joining, the band was signed to RCA Records(Midland International.) She later enrolled at SUNY, Old Westbury study African-American Music with Makanda Ken McIntyre, Richard Harper, Andrei Strobert, Warren Smith and Amina Claudine Myers, earning a Bachelors Degree.
Mala’s music career has taken her all over the world doing performances in such countries as Japan, France, Italy, Belgium, Russia, Belarus & China. She has performed on some of NYC’s most prestigious stages, including the Iridium Jazz Club, the Blue Note, the Jazz Standard, the 55 Bar, Brooklyn’s BAM Cafe, and at the Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage in Washington D.C.
She has done numerous international tours and festivals, including, Hennessy-Moet Asian XOXO Jazz Tour (with shows in China, Taiwan & Malaysia), the Catania Jazz Fest, Corinaldo Jazz Fest and Farfa Voice Fest (Sabina) as well as festivals in the U.S., a highlight of which was the Annual Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival (JALC) opening for Patrice Rushen.
As an educator, Mala has done vocal and composing workshops in Italy, and participated in the WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series lat the Newark Museum and Jitterbugs – Jazz for Kids (Jazz Forum Arts.) She was a featured performer on the Chapman Stage at the first annual Coltrane Day Festival. She was featured in the recently published book, Giving Birth to Sound: Women in Creative Music (Renate da Rin and & William Parker editors) and can be seen in the documentary film, ‘The Girls in the Band,” directed by Judy Chaikin.
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JAZZMEIA HORN
Guest vocalist and multi-Grammy Award nominee Jazzmeia Horn will perform with the North Carolina Central University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Robert Trowers and the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. Lenora Helm Hammonds.
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TOMEKA REID
Described as a “New Jazz Power Source” by the New York Times, cellist extraordinaire Tomeka Reid presents her groundbreaking new work inspired by Duke Ellington. Be among the first to witness this Kennedy Center co-commission as Reid seamlessly captures the essence of Ellington, all while propelling jazz into bold new territories.
Described as a “New Jazz Power Source” by the New York Times, Tomeka Reid, a D.C. native, the 2022 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow, and cellist extraordinaire, presents her groundbreaking new work inspired by Duke Ellington. Be among the first to witness this fusion of tradition and innovation as she seamlessly captures the essence of Ellington, all while propelling jazz into bold new territories. Lose yourself in the spirit of a genius reimagined through the lens of one of today’s most visionary artists.
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NICOLE HENRY
Since her debut, Nicole Henry has established herself among the jazz world’s most acclaimed performers, possessing a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance.
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The Jazz Voyager
In the air once more leaving Philadelphia on my way back to the Emerald City on the West Coast to see a Philly born bassist I have seen perform since the Seventies. It will take place in a little spot called Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in downtown Seattle, Washington at the corner of 6th and Lenora. The intimate atmosphere sets everyone no more than fifty feet from the stage and I’m looking forward to some calamari and gelato.
So one of my favorite bassists is NEA Jazz Master, four-time Grammy winner and living legend Stanley Clarke will be on stage tonight. He is a virtuoso on both acoustic and electric bass and the first jazz-fusion bassist ever to headline tours. Co-founder of the seminal fusion group Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Lenny White, in 2012 Return to Forever won a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Forever.
The downtown location is at 2033 6th Avenue, 98121. Reservations are recommended. For more information go to https://notoriousjazz.com/event/stanley-clarke.
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