
Bill Frisell Three
August 9 ‑ August 14
Bill Frisell – Guitar
Greg Tardy – Saxophone
Johnathan Blake – Drums
“Mr. Frisell can pen a tender ballad, and wring from it both complex musical ideas and straightforward emotion. He can thrash his way through distortion and feedback without losing his melodic thread. He swings playfully yet forcefully, then sounds as if relaxing around a campfire. And it all fits a single narrative.

VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Every Monday Night
SAXOPHONES: Dick Oatts (lead alto) Billy Drewes (alto) Rich Perry (tenor) Ralph Lalama (tenor) Gary Smulyan (bari)
TRUMPETS: Nick Marchione (lead trumpet) John Chudoba, Terell Stafford, Scott Wendholt
TROMBONES: Marshall Gilkes (lead trombone) Jason Jackson, Dion Tucker, Douglas Purviance (bass trombone)
RHYTHM SECTION: Adam Birnbaum (piano) David Wong (bass) John Riley (drums)
“The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra began its life as the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in 1966.The world-famous Village Vanguard jazz club in New York City booked the newly formed band for three Monday nights that February. Those performances were wildly successful and the engagement was extended indefinitely. The Village Vanguard’s owner, Max Gordon, told Mel Lewis, “We’ll keep it going until it tapers off.” Over half a century and more than 2700 Monday nights later, it still hasn’t. The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra stands apart from all other modern ensembles of its kind and is still as strong and vital as ever.

Bill Frisell Five
August 16 - August 21
Bill Frisell - Guitar
Tony Scherr - Bass
Thomas Morgan - Bass
Rudy Royston - Drums
Kenny Wolleson - Drums
“Mr. Frisell can pen a tender ballad, and wring from it both complex musical ideas and straightforward emotion. He can thrash his way through distortion and feedback without losing his melodic thread. He swings playfully yet forcefully, then sounds as if relaxing around a campfire. And it all fits a single narrative.

Miguel Zenon Quartet
August 23 - August 28
Miguel Zenon - Saxophone
Luis Perdomo - Piano
Hans Glawischnig - Bass
Henry Cole - Drums
“Miguel Zenón possesses rare talent, both for the level of his alto saxophone virtuosity and the ability to make complex compositions immediate and accessible.

Composer and Saxophonist, John Zorn
COMING SOON!
Aug 28, 3pm Matinee - John Zorn's New Masada Quartet
Aug 30 - Sep 4 Brad Mehldau: Solo
Sep 6 - 11 Peter Bernstein Quartet
(with Sullivan Fortner, Doug Weiss, Al Foster)Sep 13 - 18; Sep 20 - 25 Bill Charlap Trio
(with Peter Washington, Kenny Washington)Sep 27 - Oct 2 Kurt Rosenwinkel
“Changes come and go in Manhattan’s West Village neighborhood, but the basement club occupying 178 Seventh Avenue South since 1935 remains a stable and revered New York City landmark. It’s been tweaked for upkeep over the years, but never to the point where you wouldn’t recognize it.