The Jazz Voyager
Staying in the northern part of the States, the Jazz Voyager is returning to New York City and heading to Broadway to a well known venue called Smoke. It’s an intimate jazz spot where Buster Willaims will be unveiling his latest album.
Opened in 1999 by co-founders Paul Stache and Frank Christopher, the jazz and supper club is currently owned by Stache and his wife and partner Molly Sparrow Johnson. Located at 2751 Broadway 10025 on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, it’s at the junction of 106th. The venue hosts local and renowned jazz artists and has launched an associated record label, Smoke Sessions Records.
Bassist Buster Williams brings with him the talents of alto saxophonist Bruce Williams, Stefon Harris on vibraphone, pianist George Colligan and drummer Lenny White. This engagement is his celebration of the release of his new album, Unalome.
The club’s number is 212-864-6662. For more information on days and time of sets visit https://notoriousjazz.com/event/buster-williams-something-more-2.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Simon Spang-Hanssen was born on April 13, 1955 in Copenhagen, Denmark andstarted playing alto saxophone but later added tenor and soprano. Receiving the annual Ben Webster Prize he created his own quartet Spacetrain with Ben Besiakov, Jesper Lundgaard and Alex Riel in 1979. He played in several groups before joining the sextet of Brazilian drummer and composer Nenê, and touring Denmark and France with Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo.
A move to Paris, France saw him playing with among others Denis Badault, Andy Emler, Nguyên Lê, Quintet Moutin, Ramuntcho Matta, Edouard Ferlet and with his own projects including musicians such as Richard Bona, Billy Hart, Niels Lan Doky, J.F. Jenny-Clarke, Bojan Z., and others. Returning to Copenhagen he created the tentet Central Earth and recorded Wondering with Maaneklar for Dacapo. Concerts and recording followed with a new quartet and quintet into the new millennium. He has had several iterations
Simon started the record label Alisio and released Rainbow Spirit and Coexistence with a quintet. These were followed with several other releases including The Riddle with Ear Witness, a live-recording in Copenhagen Jazzhouse with Maneklar XL, and two nominations for Danish Jazz Awards: Composer of the Year, Album of the year.
He has played and toured with the Aliso Ensemble South America, Scandinavia, and Zanzibar with Ear Witness. He released a new recording with the Epistrophy Septet with trombonist Peter Dahlgren. Saxophonist Simon Spang-Hanssen continues to perform and tour with a variety of musicians.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Marty Krystall was born on April 12, 1951 in Los Angeles, California. He beame fluent on tenor saxophone and clarinet and his sound was somewhat influenced by Ben Webster but is open to adventurous improvisations.
Marty has appeared in several of Buell Neidlinger’s groups through the years. Since the late 1970s he has worked as a Los Angeles studio musician and helped run the K2B2 record label. He has recorded with Neidlinger in Krystall Klear and the Buells, Buellgrass which was later renamed String Jazz, the group Thelonious, and a tribute album to Herbie Nichols.
He has recorded with Leon Kottke, Aretha Franklin, Peter Erskine, Hugh Schick, Yasushi Yoneki, and his marty krystall spatial quartet. Saxophonist and clarinetist Marty Krystall, who is a member of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, continues to explore the genres of jazz.
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INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY
Jazz Day Celebration at The Palm, Los Cabos, Mexico
Jazz musicians of Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico will celebrate International Jazz Day at the area’s most beautiful new venue, The Palm. \
The event will showcase:
The Daline & Diego Group with composer/pianist/musical director, Diego Ramirez, on grand piano and keyboard and vocalist, Daline Jones. Joining them on stage: all-stars Victor Cosio on guitar, Tzoru Cruz on drums, and Christopher Torres on bass.
Arturo Ramirez, (violin and piano) performs with his Quartet featuring vocalist, Valeria Garcia. The talented Ignacio Chavez on guitar and Howard Clifton on saxophone are also performing.
Special guest appearance by Jazz Duo Kathy & Marty
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BIG CHIEF DONALD HARRISON
New Orleans born saxophonist and composer Donald Harrison is a master in every era and style of jazz, soul, funk, and as a composer of orchestral classical music.
An NEA Jazz Master, he has appeared as an actor and/or musician in HBO’s Treme, Jonathan Demme’s film Rachel Getting Married, Marvel’s Luke Cage and Spike Lee’s When The Levee Broke. He’s recorded and performed with jazz artists such as Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Eddie Palmieri, Lena Horne, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham and Dr. Lonnie Smith.
He has been a mentor to artists as diverse as The Notorious Big, Jon Batiste, Trombone Shorty, and Esperanza Spaulding. Descending from a long lineage of Afro-New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Indians, he is the official Big Chief of Congo Square and was made a Chief in 2019 by Queen Diambi Kabatusuila in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa.
We guarantee that a show with Chief Harrison won’t just be great music, it will be a highly entertaining educational experience on the roots and journey of American jazz with New Orleans as its cradle and source.
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