Ravi Coltrane Centennial Celebration
October 13 ‑ October 18
October 13-15
Ravi Coltrane – Saxophone
David Virelles – Piano
Dezron Douglas – Bass
Johnathan Blake – Drums
October 16-18
Ravi Coltrane – Saxophone
Johnathan Finlayson – Trumpet
Gadi Lehavi – Piano
Scott Colley – Bass
Anwar Marshall – Drums
“He bears the name of jazz royalty, and he's spent many hours curating, archiving and producing his parents' recordings. But when he picks up his own saxophones, Ravi Coltrane blows an original and distinctly modern strain of jazz, distilling but never seeking to imitate his family's adventurous improvising spirits. Now one of today's top saxophonists
VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Every Monday Night
SAXOPHONES:
Ted Nash – Lead Alto; Billy Drewes – Alto; Rich Perry – Tenor; Ralph Lalama – Tenor; Gary Smulyan – Baritone
TRUMPETS:
Brian Pareschi – Lead; Jon Shaw; Terell Stafford; Scott Wendholt
TROMBONES:
Dion Tucker – Lead; Jason Jackson; Robert Edwards; Max Seigel – 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.
FRED HERSCH TRIO + 2
October 20 - October 25
Fred Hersch – Piano
Tony Malaby – Saxophone
Ralph Alessi – Trumpet
Drew Gress – Bass
Joe Dyson – Drums
“In the quest to describe the music of Fred Hersch in a word — a preposterous task, but not a pointless one — you could do a lot worse than “refinement.” Mr. Hersch is a pianist of cultivated taste and erudition; he’s also the sort of jazz musician who brings a lissome elegance to his playing, disinclined to accentuate the effort behind it all. But there’s another definition of refinement that has to do with painstaking progress, the incremental stretch toward an elusive ideal.
LAST OF THE JAZZ JOINTS
An Incomplete History of the Village Vanguard
The Village Vanguard is widely regarded as New York City’s oldest jazz club.
Virtually every major figure in jazz has descended the fifteen steps into the triangular basement at 178 Seventh Avenue South to perform on the Vanguard stage. The club’s intimate space and stellar acoustics create an environment uniquely suited to artistic innovation and close listening. This book pays tribute to those artists and to the remarkable body of recordings forged Live at the Village Vanguard.
The Vanguard is small and unassuming, yet it holds a rich history. This is not just the story of a jazz club, but of calypso, cabaret, and comedy-of folk music, Shakespeare, poetry, and perseverance. It is a New York story and a story of family, in every sense of the word
Please silence your cell phones, keep conversation to a minimum, and enjoy the show …
“Without this little cellar, the history of jazz would have to be rewritten.
AARON PARKS TRIO
October 27 - November 1
Aaron Parks – Piano
Ben Street – Bass
Billy Hart – Drums
“An expressive and insightful pianist, [Aaron Parks] has spent more than half his life in one or another sort of spotlight, and while he favors a spirit of expedition, he isn’t an obscurantist. His music seeks communion, often delving deep into familiar song form.
COMING SOON!
November 3-8 Ethan Iverson Sextet
with Sam Newsome, Jacob Garchick, Peter Washington, Kush Abadey, Skylar Tang (Tue-Fri), Jason Palmer (Sat-Sun)
November 10-15 Tyshawn Sorey
with Aaron Diehl, Harish Raghavan
November 17-22 John Zorn: New Masada Quartet
with Julian Lage, Jorge Roeder, Kenny Wolleson
November 24-29 Jason Moran & The Bandwagon
with Tarus Mateen, Nasheet Waits
“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.