29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319
http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com
between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village
1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St.
Contact: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services, 845-986-1677, jazzpromo@earthlink.net
Music This Weekend At Cornelia Street
Fri Aug 13th 9:00PM & 10:30PM
ANDERS BERGCRANTZ QUINTET
(Anders Bergcrantz, trumpet; Adam Kolker, saxophones; Michael Eckroth, piano; Ron McClure, bass; Victor Lewis, drums)
Anders Bergcrantz Quintet is a brand new constellation put together for this event and for many more performances to come. Old friends & New friends getting together to create some serious music. The band leader is from Sweden and the rest of the musicians from the US. An All Star band with a lot of passion and focus, performing jazz music at its best!
Anders Bergcrantz grew up in a family of jazz musicians and is one of the foremost trumpet soloists in the world today and the favourite player among many jazz stars all over the planet. He is truly a unique and virtouso trumpeter with a fat and beautiful sound.
– OJ, Jörgen Östberg ”…Bergcrantz is world class…” – THE WIRE, Richard Cook Adam Kolker is a multi-talanted performer, composer and arranger. He performed and recorded with latin-jazz artist Ray Baretto from 1994 through 2002 ( with whom he received two Grammy nominations). He also has appeared and/or appears regularly in New York City with such groups as the Village Vanguard Orchestra, the Maria Schneider Big Band, Bruce Barth, Kenny Wheelers Large Ensemble a.o. He has recorded with Bruce Barth, John Herbert, Peter Herborn, The Story among many others. Michael Eckroth was born May 30, 1975, ND. Raised in a musical family, he started piano lessons at four years of age. Eventually studying and performing in Brazil and Cuba, Eckroth´s career, though centered in straight ahead jazz, has been deeply influenced by Latin American music. Eckroth is a highly respected pianist, working as sideman with many jazz stars, and is a member of the John Scofield Quartet. Eckroth is also performing and recording as a leader. Ron McClure studied with Don Sebesky, and worked in the Buddy Rich Sextet in 1963 and Maynard Ferguson’s big band and Herbie Mann concurrently in 1964. He then assumed the bass chair in the Wynton Kelly Trio vacated by the late Paul Chambers in 1965 (frequently accompanying guitarist Wes Montgomery). Thereafter, he joined the Charles Lloyd Quartet with Keith Jarrett and Jack de Johnnette, spanning 1966–69. In the greater part of the 1970s, Ron engaged himself in an association with saxophonist Joe Henderson, with whom he joined Blood, Sweat & Tears. Henderson and McClure recorded four albums together. In the 1980’s, McClure joined Quest, led by David Liebman, which included drummer Billy Hart and pianist Richie Beirach. McClure and Anders Bergcrantz has worked and recorded several times together, in NYC and Europe. A super star! Victor Lewis has been one of the most respected and loved jazz drummers of the world since the mid seventies. His work with Woody Shaw, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon among many others is now part of jazz history. Victor Lewis is a modern, tasteful, hard swinging drummer with capacity to play any style of jazz. He is also a fantastic composer and band leader of his own. The greatest!
http://www.andersbergcrantz.com
Sat Aug 14th 9:00PM & 10:30PM
HEAVY METAL DUO
(Ray Anderson, trombone; Bob Stewart, tuba)
The Heavy Metal Duo, Bob Stewart and Ray Anderson, explodes brass playing to another dimension. Product of a 30 year musical friendship, the Duo weaves blues, jazz, folksongs, spirituals and originals into a wondrous tapestry. Deeply versed in the essence of swing and occasionally sounding like an entire brass band, Stewart and Anderson cover the entire history of the music, from earliest parade ground marches to latest sonic sculptures.
“The two synchronized their prodigious talents on “East St. Louis Toodle-oo”, “Wade In the Water”, “John Henry” and even The Four Tops’ “Sugar Pie Honeybunch”, retelling every tale in ebullient and hauntingly personal fashion.” David Adler, All About Jazz, NY.
Cover $10 http://www.rayanderson.org
Sun Aug 15th 8:30PM
TANYA KALMANOVITCH, TED REICHMAN AND ANTHONY COLEMAN
(Tanya Kalmanovitch, violin, viola; Ted Reichman, accordion; Anthony Coleman, piano)
Violinist/violist Tanya Kalmanovitch, accordionist Ted Reichman and pianist Anthony Coleman frequently perform in the context of Boston’s New England Conservatory, where Coleman and Kalmanovitch are on faculty in the department of Contemporary Improvisation. Tonight, they’ll improvise over works drawn from the musicians’ own compositions, 20th century modernisms (jazz and classical alike), and stubborn popular song.
“Kalmanovitch is an exceptional musician. In soloing she thinks compositionally, with an expressive contrast between the astringent chromaticism of her lines and compositions and her warmly malleable tone. Her quartet shares an uncanny mutual awareness, characterised by sometimes austere beauty and a remarkable unity between the written and the improvised.” Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times
Cover $10 http://www.myspace.com/antcol8 Mon Aug 16
8:30PM CORNELIA COMEDY FESTIVAL
(John Morrison, comedian; John Oliver, comedian; Wyatt Cenac, comedian; Pat Dixon, comedian; Leo Allen, comedian; Mark Normand, comedian; Sean Donnelly, comedian)
John Morrison hosts John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, Pat Dixon, Leo Allen, Mark Normand & Sean Donnelly Cornelia Street Cafe
Cover $10 (plus $ 7 Drink Minimum)