NYC Winter Jazzfest at Winter JazzFest at Le Poisson Rouge

“Here is current New York jazz in context and enactment, situation and story…” Ben Ratliff, The New York Times

“…the apex of the genre’s annual calendar. This year’s seventh edition features a dizzying 60-plus sets over two nights…” Hank Shteamer, Time Out New York

”…You’ll run into old friends, or make new ones, and follow the currents of word of mouth...Whatever your strategy, you’ll want to know that the Winter Jazzfest offers a cross section of the city’s progressive jazz ecosystem, gathering groups and artists from multiple scenes”. – Nate Chinen, The New York Times Week Ahead...

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“Here is current New York jazz in context and enactment, situation and story…” Ben Ratliff, The New York Times

“…the apex of the genre’s annual calendar. This year’s seventh edition features a dizzying 60-plus sets over two nights…” Hank Shteamer, Time Out New York

”…You’ll run into old friends, or make new ones, and follow the currents of word of mouth...Whatever your strategy, you’ll want to know that the Winter Jazzfest offers a cross section of the city’s progressive jazz ecosystem, gathering groups and artists from multiple scenes”. – Nate Chinen, The New York Times Week Ahead

“An adventurous celebration of the city’s jazz community that, over two nights, packs 63 bands into five clubs along Bleecker Street...” – New York Magazine CRITICS PICK

“…a revelation…” – Columbia Daily Tribune

+ PLEASE TUNE IN TO:

NPR/WGBO’s “The Checkout”
on Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Josh Jackson hosts featuring SAMEER GUPTA’s NAMASKAR
http://www.wbgo.org/thecheckout/

WBAI-NY, Pacifica Radio
Broadcast from 12/30/10 “7am WAKEUPCALL” - piece begins at 31:00
http://archive.wbai.org/

WGMC JAZZ 90.1, Rochester, NY
*extensive coverage all week from DJ Derrick Lucas, including interviews with many of the WJF artists and organizers!
*WGMC is one of the last full-time jazz stations in the country that play mostly new music*
www.jazz901.org


+ be on the look out for more press from our friends at NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The Village Voice, The New Yorker, New York Mag, Flavorpill, Vanity Fair, MSN.com, about.com, Downbeat, JazzTimes, Signal To Noise + many others…



The 2011 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST
Friday, January 7th & Saturday, January 8th
Arts Presenters Showcases (APAP)

**PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING UPDATES, ADDITIONS & CHANGES TO SCHEDULE & PERSONNEL IN RED BELOW**
Friday January 7th

(Le) Poisson Rouge

6:15pm - The Respect Sextet
Eli Asher, trumpet, toys / James Hirschfeld, trombone, toys / Malcolm Kirby, bass / Ted Poor, drums / Josh Rutner, reeds, radio, toys / Red Wierenga, piano, keyboard, accordion

7:15pm - Anat Cohen Quartet with Jason Lindner
Anat Cohen, clarinet, tenor saxophone / Vicente Archer, bass / Daniel Freedman, drums

8:15pm – JD Allen VISIONFUGITIVE! Conducted by Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris
Butch Morris, conducts / JD Allen, tenor / Gregg August, bass /Danny Sadownick, percussion / Dezron Douglas, bass / Rudy Royston, drums / Jeremy “Bean” Clemons, drums /
Stacy Dillard, soprano / Logan Richardson, alto / Duane Eubanks, trumpet / Ben Waltzer, piano / Bryan Carrott, vibes

9:15pm - Chico Hamilton & Euphoria
Chico Hamilton, drums / Paul Ramsey, bass / Nick Demopoulos, guitar / Evan Schwam, flute, alto & tenor saxes / Mayu Saeki, flute / Jeremy Carlstedt, percussion

Kenny's Castaways

6:00pm - Mike Pride’s From Bacteria To Boys
Darius Jones, alto saxophone / Peter Bitenc, bass / Alexis Marcelo, piano / Mike Pride, drums

7:00pm - Shane Endsley & The Music Band
Shane Endsley, trumpet / Matt Brewer, bass / Ted Poor, drums / TBA, piano

8:00pm - Jacob Garchik Trio
Jacob Garchik, trombone / Jacob Sacks, piano / Dan Weiss, drums

9:00pm - Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue
Jen Shyu, vocals, Rhodes, moon lute, dance / David Binney, alto sax / John Hebert, bass / Dan Weiss, drums

10:00pm - Charles Gayle Trio
Charles Gayle, sax / Larry Roland, bass / Michael TA Thompson, drums

11:00pm - Chris Lightcap’s Bigmouth
Chris Lightcap, bass / Craig Taborn, electric piano / Chris Cheek, tenor / Jeff Lederer, tenor / Gerald Cleaver, drums
12:00am - Jason Lindner's NOW vs. NOW
Jason Lindner, electronics, piano / Mark Gulliana, drums / Panagiotis Andreou, bass

1:00am - Chris Speed’s YeahNO
Chris Speed, saxophone / Skuli Sverrisson, bass / Jim Black, drums

2:00am - Dan Tepfer Trio
Dan Tepfer, piano / Ben Street, bass / Nate Wood, drums

Zinc Bar

6:30pm - Amina Figarova
Amina Figarova, piano / Bart Platteau, flutes / Marc Mommaas, tenorsax / Ernie Hammes, trumpet / Jay Anderson, bass / Chris 'Buckshot" Strik, drums

7:30pm - Eric Legnini featuring Krystle Warren
Eric Legnini, piano / Krystal Warren, vocals, guitar

8:30pm - Nguyen Le featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa
Nguyen Le, guitar / Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto / Chris Jennings, acoustic bass / Mark Guiliana, drums

9:30pm - Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio featuring Kokayi & Jason Lindner
Dafnis Prieto, drums / Kokayi, vocals, poetry / Jason Lindner, keyboards

10:30pm - Source w/Abdoulaye Diabaté
Abdoulaye "Djoss" Diabate, guitar, vocal, percussion / Sylvain Leroux, flute, sax / Bailo Bah Fula, flute / Emi Yabuno, piano, keyboards / Mamadou Ba, bass / Sean Dixon, drums

11:30pm - Matana Roberts
Matana Roberts, Sax - solo

12:30am - Aaron Goldberg Trio
Aaron Goldberg, piano / Matt Penman, bass / Eric Harland, drums

1:30am - Marcus Strickland Quartet
Marcus Strickland, soprano & tenor saxophones / David Bryant, piano / Ben Williams, bass / E.J. Strickland, drums

2:30am - Shimrit Shoshan Trio
Shimrit Shoshan, piano / John Hebert, bass / Eric McPherson, drums


Saturday January 8th

(Le) Poisson Rouge
6:15pm - Vernon Reid's Artificial Afrika
Vernon Reid, guitar / Akim Funk Buddha, vocals / Leon Lamont, DJ, percussion

7:15pm - Tia Fuller
Tia Fuller, saxophones / Shamie Royston, piano / Mimi Jones, bass /Rudy Royston, drums

8:15pm - Don Byron New Gospel Quintet featuring DK Dyson with special guest Geri Allen
Don Byron, clarinet, tenor saxophone, background vocal / DK Dyson, vocal / Geri Allen, piano / Brad Jones, bass, background vocals / Pheeroan akLaff, drums

9:15pm - Charlie Hunter
Charlie Hunter, 7 string guitar / Eric Kalb, drums / Michael R. Williams, bass, trumpet

10:15pm - Nels Cline's Stained Radiance
Nels Cline, guitar / Norton Wisdom, paint, canvas

11:15pm - Steve Coleman & Five Elements
Steve Coleman, sax / Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet / Miles Okazaki, guitar / David Virelles, piano / Marcus Gilmore, bass / Jen Shyu, vocals

12:15am - RedCred with John Medeski, Chris Speed, Ben Perowsky
Chris Speed, saxophone / John Medeski, keyboards / Ben Perowsky, drums

1:15am - Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Brian Hass, piano / Josh Raymer, drums / Chris Combs, lap steel / Jeff Harshbarger, double bass

2:15am - Ben Perowsky's Moodswing Orchestra with TK Wonder
Ben Perowsky, drums, electronics / Danny Blume, guitar, electronics / Helga Davis, vocal / TK Wonder, vocal

Kenny's Castaways
6:00pm - Kirk Knuffke Quartet
Kirk Knuffke, trumpet / Brian Drye, trombone / Mark Helias, bass / Jeff Davis, drums

7:00pm - Bad Touch
Loren Stillman, alto saxophone / Nate Radley, guitar / Gary Versace, organ / Ted Poor, drums

8:00pm - Andrew D’Angelo's AGOGIC
Andrew D'Angelo, alto sax, bass clarinet, electronics, composition / Cuong Vu, trumpet, electronics, compositions / Luke Bergman, electric bass / Evan Woodle, drums, compositions

9:00pm - James Carney Group
James Carney, piano / Tony Malaby, tenor sax / Chris Lightcap, bass / Mark Ferber, drums / Josh Roseman, trombone / Ralph Alessi, trumpet / Peter Epstein, sax

10:00pm - Miles Okazaki / Damion Reid / Guillaume Perret
Miles Okazaki, guitar / Damion Reid, drums / Guillaume Perret, sax

11:00pm - Water Surgeons
Josh Roseman, trombone, bass, electronics, tenor / Jacob Garchik, trombone, accordion, soprano / Curtis "CURHA" Hasselbring trombone, guitar, bari /
Barney "Chas Degaulle" McAll, keyboards, samples

12:00am - Donny McCaslin Trio with Uri Caine
Donny McCaslin, sax / Uri Caine, piano

1:00am - Aethereal Base - 3rd Eye
Nasheet Waits, drums / Abraham Burton, sax / Eric McPherson, drums

2:00am - Talibam!
Matt Mottel, keys / Kevin Shea, drums


Zinc Bar
6:30pm - Jacky Terrasson
Jacky Terrasson, piano / Ben Williams, bass / Jamire Williams, drums

7:30pm - Sofia Rei Koutsovitis
Sofia Rei Koutsovitis, vocals / Eric Kurimski, guitar / Jorge Roeder, bass / Yayo Serka, drums / Samuel Torres, percussion

8:30pm - Tineke Postema
Tineke Postema, sax / Marc van Roon, piano / Frans van der Hoeven, bass / Martijn Vink, drums

9:30pm - Juan-Carlos Formell & Johnny's Dream Club
Juan-Carlos Formell, guitar, vocals / Pedro Giraudo, bass / Lewis Kahn, trombone, violin / Jorge Leyva, percussion / Elio Villafranca, piano

10:30pm – Mariani
Personnel TBA

11:30pm - Carmen Souza
Carmen Souza, voice, wurlitzer, acoustic guitar / Theo Pas'cal, bass, double bass / Dado Pasqualini, percussion / Victor Zamora or Jonathan Idiagbonya, acoustic piano / Tiago Santos, guitar

12:30am - Sameer Gupta's Namaskar
Sameer Gupta, drumset, tabla / Neel Murgai, sitar / Theo Hill, piano, keyboards / Rashaan Carter, acoustic bass / Trina Basu, viola / Amali Premawardanan, cello

1:30am - Jean-Michel Pilc / Francois Moutin / Ari Hoenig
Jean Michel Pilc, piano / Francois Moutin, bass / Ari Hoenig, drums

2:30am - The Inbetweens
Mike Gamble, guitar / Noah Jarrett, bass / Conor Elmes, drums


Sullivan Hall
7:15pm - (U)nity
Axel T. Laugart, piano, keyboards / Amaury Acosta, drums / Chris Smith, bass / Micheal Valenu, guitar / Max Cudworth, alto saxophone, effects / Xiomara Laugart, vocals /
Pedrito Martinez, congas, batas, vocals / Mauricio Herrera, congas, batas / Lucas Pino, tenor, soprano saxophone / Mike Rodriguez, trumpet / Luques Curtis, bass

8:15pm - Captain Black Big Band conducted by Orrin Evans
Orrin Evans, piano / Luques Curtis, bass / Donald Edwards, drums / Saxophones: Victor North, Chelsea Baratz, Mark Allen, Todd Bashore, Darryl Yokley / Trombones: Ernest Staurt,
Frank Lacy, Brent White / Trumpets: Tatum Greenblat, Leon Jordan Jr, Walter White, Duane Eubanks

9:15pm - Igmar Thomas & The Cypher
Igmar Thomas, trumpet / Justin Brown, drums / Ben Williams, bass / TBA, keys

10:15pm - Curtis Brothers Quartet featuring Giovanni Almonte
Zaccai Curtis, piano / Luques Curtis, bass / Richie Barshay, drums / Reinaldo De Jesus, congas / John Davis, drums / Joel Gonzalez, trumpet / Philip Dizack, trumpet / Zach Lucas, alto sax /
Louis Fouche, alto sax / Frank Kozyra, tenor sax

11:15pm - Derrick Hodge
Derrick Hodge, bass / Keyon Harrold, trumpet / Travis Sayles, piano / Chris Dave, drums

12:15am - Maurice Brown Effect
Maurice Brown, trumpet / Derek Douget, sax / Chris Rob, piano / Solomon Dorsey, bass / Joe Blaxx, drums

1:15am - Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper, piano / Chris Dave, drums / Derrick Hodge, bass / Casey Benjamin, vocoder, alto sax

2:15am - Kenneth Whalum Quartet
Kenneth Whalum, tenor sax / Justin Brown, drums / Ben Williams, bass / Lawrence Fields, keys

3:15am - Kendrick Scott
Kendrick Scott, drums / Mike Moreno, guitar / John Ellis, sax / Taylor Eigsti, piano / Joe Sanders, bass


The Bitter End

5:45pm - Gregory Porter
Gregory Porter – Vocals / Chip Crawford – Piano Emanuel Harold – Drums / Aaron James – Bass / Tivon Penicott / Andre Murchison - Horns
6:45pm - Jamie Baum Septet
Jamie Baum, flutes / Taylor Haskins, trumpet / Doug Yates, alto sax, bass clarinet / Brad Shepik, guitar / George Colligan, piano / Johannes Weidenmueller, bass / Jeff Hirshfield, drums

7:45pm - MILK & JADE by Dana Leong
Dana Leong, cello, trombone, laptop / iLLspokiNN, vocals / Lex Sadler, electric bass / Yoni Halevy, drums

8:45pm - Dayna Kurtz
Dayna Kurtz, voice, guitar / Dave Richards, upright bass / Peter Vitalone, piano, organ / Dan Reiser, drums

9:45pm – Doug Wamble
Doug Wamble, guitar, vocals / Adrian Harpham, drums / Derek Nievergelt, bass

10:45pm – Nomo
Elliot Bergman, saxophone, electric kalimba / Erik Hall, guitar, nu-tones, drums / Quin Kirchner, drums, percussion / Dan Bennett, baritone saxophone / Justin Walter, trumpet, percussion /
Jamie Register, bass

11:45pm - Amir ElSaffar
Amir ElSaffar, trumpet, santour vocal / Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone / Carlo DeRosa, bass / Zafer Tawil, oud, percussion / Nasheet Waits, drums

12:45am - Underground Horns
Welf Dorr, alto sax / Mike Irwin, trumpet / Kevin Moehringer, trombone / Nate Rawls, tuba / Kevin Raczka, drums / Okai Fleurimont, percussion / Satoru Ohashi, trumpet /
Andreas Brade, drums / Ibanda Ruhumbika, tuba

1:45am – Noah Preminger Group
Noah Preminger, saxophone / Frank Kimbrough, piano / John Hébert, bass / Matt Wilson, drums

2:45am – David Weiss and Point of Departure
David Weiss, trumpet / JD Allen, tenor / Nir Felder, guitar / Matt Clohesy, bass / Rudy Royston, drums




Best Of Award
Best Improbably Enormous Downtown Jazz Festival - 2010
*Winter Jazzfest*
“It's yet another dismaying frigid January weekend, with no one with an ounce of good sense daring to stray more than 10 feet from the warming light of his or her flat-screen TV, and yet a small pocket of the Village is teeming with enthusiastic live-music fans, shuffling briskly but happily from (le) poisson rouge to Kenny's Castaways to Sullivan Hall to Zinc Bar and back again, all in the name of . . . jazz? Yes, this year's Winter Jazzfest was a smashing success. The six-year-old institution (begun at the old Knitting Factory) broke out in a big way in 2010, parading several dozen adventurous downtown-jazz luminaries (Darcy James Argue, Vijay Iyer, Mary Halvorson) over two nights in front of a couple thousand (!) adventurous fans, new and old. Aided mightily by ambitious promoter cabals like Search & Restore and Revive Da Live, the two-day fete has now inspired spin-offs like June's similarly packed Undead Jazzfest, but, hell, anyone can draw a crowd then. Nothing warms the heart quite like a winter-coat-bearing capacity crowd at Kenny's Castaways ready for a challenge, defying the odds simply by being there, listening.”



Things to Do
101 things to do in New York City in the winter
48. Experience a jazz marathon
If you missed CMJ, fear not: You can hear up to 60 bands for $35 during the Winter Jazzfest. This year’s lineup promises the same rock-concert energy of last year’s sold-out shows, featuring Nels Cline, Charlie Hunter, Chico Hamilton, Don Byron, Dafnis Prieto, and John Medeski, among many other greats. winterjazzfest.com. Jan 7 and 8; day pass $25, weekend pass $35.


New York, November 3, 2011 – Brice Rosenbloom of BOOM Collective (formerly boomBOOM Presents) is proud to announce the 2011 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST lineup. The festival is to be held on January 7th & 8th, 2011 in New York City. The NYC Winter Jazzfest will take over threeWest Village venues, (le) Poisson Rouge, Kenny's Castaways and Zinc Bar on Friday January 7th, and five venues, (le) Poisson Rouge, Kenny's Castaways, Zinc Bar, Sullivan Hall, and Bitter End on Saturday January 8th. This marks the seventh year of the annual NYC WINTER JAZZFEST, and our continued mission to showcase top quality jazz and experimental music.

The 2011 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST will feature over 60 different jazz groups during the Arts Presenters (APAP) conference. Similar to past years the festival will provide an opportunity for artists to showcase in front of presenters, promoters, talent buyers, educators, musicians and avid fans. Over 5000 arts professionals will be in New York City for the annual Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) conference from January 7-11. As there will be hundreds of showcases scheduled throughout the weekend around the city both at the Hilton Hotel and in alternative venues, Winter Jazzfest offers APAP conference attendees, and the general public, the opportunity to experience the best of today's new live jazz and experimental music in club venue settings. Once famed as the focal point of New York City's rich jazz and live music scene, Bleecker Street and the Village provide for an ideal festival experience with jazz and experimental music groups performing all night at five of the neighborhood's esteemed venues within close proximity of each other. On this night the 2011 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST will continue to redeem the rich jazz heritage of the Village and again will bring jazz fans back to Bleecker Street. The 2011 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST includes over 60 of today’s most interesting jazz groups from New York, Brooklyn, Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia, France, Holland, Israel, Germany, Cape Verde, Mali, Cuba, Argentina, England and more.

Currently new jazz groups are under represented, yet they are culturally essential to the continued development and future of jazz and the cultivation of new audiences for jazz. Jazz artists need support and exposure to the significant institutional booking forum that the Arts Presenters conferences represent. Winter Jazzfest is pleased to offer a forum for presenters and music enthusiasts to experience and support the future of jazz. The 2011 Winter Jazzfest appreciates generous support from The Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

The 2011 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST will again feature showcases with guest curators Meghan Stabile of Revive Music Group and Adam Schatzof Search & Restore. In line with the mission of Winter Jazzfest, Stabile and Schatz continue to invigorated NYC's jazz scenes in their own ways by promoting and supporting young and deserving new jazz artists while bringing increasingly growing audiences to the music. Kenny's Castaways will stage the Search & Restore showcase while Zinc Bar will house the Revive Music Group showcase.

The 2011 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST welcomes all Arts Presenter conference badge-holders to RSVP and reserve a single Full-Festival Pass to the 2011 NYC WINTER JAZZFEST by emailing rsvp@winterjazzfest.com, RSVP required. Only 2011 APAP Conference attendees are able to RSVP.

Single-Day Festival Passes are available to the General Public for $25
Two-Day Full-Festival Passes are available to the General Public for $35

Revive Music Group
Since 2006, the anthem of Revive Music Group has rung loudly in uniting prolific, groundbreaking, gifted and versatile hip hop artists & contemporary jazz musicians in combined effort to educate and inspire broader audiences about the depths and origins of today's popular music. Revive Music Group serves as New York’s leader in conceptual and never-before-experienced live music productions—for a jazz and hip-hop celebration giving a unique aural exhibition of the undercurrents connecting the genres and ultimately fans of multiple generations. http://revivalist.okayplayer.com

Search and Restore
Search & Restore is a non-profit organization founded by Adam Schatz, dedicated to sustaining and expanding the audience for new jazz music in New York City and beyond. From a series at the legendary Manhattan Knitting Factory, to the first ever Undead Jazzfest, Search & Restore has been presenting mind blowing double-bills and festivals for public consumption, with artists such as Kneebody, John Hollenbeck, Jim Black's Alas No Axis, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society and many many more. Search & Restore just reached their Kickstarter goal of raising over $75,000.00 to fund a project to document today's vibrant jazz scene with a goal to film 200 jazz shows in the coming year. More info at http://www.searchandrestore.com


For more information spend time at www.winterjazzfest.com.

Five West Village Venues:
(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street
Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan Street
Kenny's Castaways, 157 Bleecker Street
Bitter End, 147 Bleecker Street
Zinc Bar, 82 West 3rd Street

Tickets:
www.winterjazzfest.com/tickets.html
*On sale NOW!

Information:
www.winterjazzfest.com


Kim Smith
public relations
718 858 2557
ksmithpr@earthlink.net

The function of the artist is to express reality as felt.



Kim Smith
public relations
718 858 2557
ksmithpr@earthlink.net

The function of the artist is to express reality as felt.



Kim Smith
public relations
718 858 2557
ksmithpr@earthlink.net

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