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Remembering Ray Brown with Christian McBride, Benny Green and Gregory Hutchinson

December 5 ‑ December 10

Christian McBride – Bass

Benny Green – Piano

Gregory Hutchinson – Drums


 

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Bassist extraordinaire, composer, arranger, educator, curator and administrator, Christian McBride, has been one of the most important and most omnipresent figures in the jazz world for 20 years.
— NPR
Monday Jazz Room

VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Every Monday Night

SAXOPHONES: Dick Oatts (lead alto) Billy Drewes (alto) Rich Perry (tenor) Ralph Lalama (tenor) Gary Smulyan (bari)

TRUMPETS:

John Chudoba (lead trumpet) 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)


Please note the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra will be away for the following dates and as a result the Vanguard will be closed.

*November 6th

*December 25th

*January 1st, 2024


 
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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.
McBride inside straight band photo

CHRISTIAN McBRIDE’S INSIDE STRAIGHT

December 12 - December 17

Christian McBride - Bass

Steve Wilson - Alto Saxophone

Warren Wolf - Vibraphone

Peter Martin - Piano

Carl Allen - Drums

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The deep, dark-maple tone that Christian McBride elicits from an upright bass is one of jazz’s forthright pleasures, and so is the pleasure he seems to extract from it himself...He calls this band Inside Straight, applying the phrase as a badge of intent and maybe a deflective maneuver: He’ll brand this music as conventional before you ever have the chance. What that says about Mr. McBride is that he has his principles but sees the bigger picture.
— New York Times
kenny barron

KENNY BARRON QUINTET

Week 1

December 19 - December 24

Immanuel Wilkins - Saxophone

Steve Nelson - Vibraphone

Kenny Barron - Piano

Kiyoshi Kitagawa - Bass

Johnathan Blake -  Drums

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The pianist Kenny Barron has a brisk but unostentatious technique and a deceptively casual way with a phrase. He conveys a number of things clearly in his playing; what comes across over all is the quiet hum of effortless erudition. Within his playing you can hear a digest of mainstream jazz piano traditions, with bebop as the root. You can also hear the measured tension of an expert nudging himself toward a challenge.
— New York Times
kenny barron

KENNY BARRON QUINTET

Week 2

December 26 - December 31

Dayna Stephens - Saxophone

Mike Rodriguez - Trumpet

Kenny Barron - Piano

Kiyoshi Kitagawa - Bass

Johnathan Blake -  Drums

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The pianist Kenny Barron has a brisk but unostentatious technique and a deceptively casual way with a phrase. He conveys a number of things clearly in his playing; what comes across over all is the quiet hum of effortless erudition. Within his playing you can hear a digest of mainstream jazz piano traditions, with bebop as the root. You can also hear the measured tension of an expert nudging himself toward a challenge.
— New York Times

COMING SOON!

January 2-7 Chris Potter Quartet  

with Craig Taborn, Scott Colley, Marcus Gilmore

January 9-14 Kris Davis Trio  

with Robert Hurst, Johnathan Blake

January 16-21 Fred Hersch  

with Thomas Morgan, Marcus Gilmore

January 23-28 Ethan Iverson  

with Thomas Morgan, Kush Abadey

January 30 - February 3 Vijay Iyer 

with Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey
 
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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.
— Steinway.com