| The Best Of Today's Jazz And So Much More |
The 2007 JVC Jazz FestivalJune 17-30, 2007Various venues throughout the city festivalproductions.net/jvcjazz/ny   Marian McPartland has been hosting NPR's "Piano Jazz" for nearly 30 years. Her June 19th concert at Hunter College is a tribute to her late husband, cornetist Jimmy McPartland  Battle of the saxes: Joshua Redman and his trio play with Branford Marsalis and his quartet at The Town Hall on June 20th  Talented singer/songwriter India.Arie performs with Lizz Wright at Carnegie Hall on June 22nd  On June 23rd, Carnegie Hall hosts the legendary Patti LaBelle  "Catwoman" Eartha Kitt celebrates her 80th Birthday on June 25th at Carnegie Hall  Ron Carter is one of the most prolific and well-respected bass players in jazz, having appeared on over 3,500 albums. His 70th birthday celebration on June 27th features such luminaries as Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter  Bela Fleck & the Flecktones close out the festival with their first ever gig at Carnegie Hall on June 30th {mos_ri} This year's diverse lineup leads off with some incredible pop-oriented acts such as legendary diva Patti LaBelle and upcoming star India.Arie (coincidentally, both are two-time Grammy Winners). The bird and the bee, a semi-psychedlic indie-pop band from Los Angeles share a bill with Cesária Évora, a singer from Cape Verde who sings traditional songs of mourning and is gaining high acclaim from the world music scene. The strict jazz-only fan won't be disappointed however, as classic and modern jazz are well-represented by a slew of today's top artists and legendary performers. Among the performers are pianist Marian McPartland (with special guests, in a tribute to Jimmy McPartland), sax players Branford Marsalis and Joshua Redman in a double bill, an 80th birthday concert for Eartha Kitt, a 70th birthday party for legendary bassist Ron Carter (with Herbie Hancock and others), Groove Collective, the Ravi Coltrane quartet, and the always entertaining banjo jazz of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. Visit the official website for a full listing of concerts, special events and for tickets. The schedule of performers is below. - - -Sunday, June 17th Sonny Fortune Quartet Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Blvd (at West 135th Street) 3 pm, $20 Tuesday, June 19th Preservation Hall at Town Hall: Bourbon Street Comes To Broadway Preservation Hall Jazz Band The Town Hall 123 W. 43rd St. (Btw. 6th Ave. & Broadway) 8 pm, $55, $40 Jimmy McPartland Centennial Celebration Marian McPartland Kaye Playhouse @ Hunter College East 68th Street (between Park & Lexington Avenues) 8 pm, $45 Wednesday, June 20th Branford Marsalis | Joshua Redman Trio The Town Hall 57th Street & 7th Avenue 8 pm, $90, $75, $60, $35 We Remember Ruby: A Musical Salute to Ruby Braff Kaye Playhouse @ Hunter College East 68th Street (between Park & Lexington Avenues) 8 pm, $45 Thursday, June 21st Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock Carnegie Hall 57th Street & 7th Avenue 8 pm, $90, $75, $60, $35 Phoebe Jacobs - A Life Well-Lived: A Work Still in Progress Kaye Playhouse @ Hunter College East 68th Street (between Park & Lexington Avenues) 8 pm, $45 DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE PRESENTS: JAZZ COMBOS Berklee College of Music JVC Jazz Fest Ensemble, Eastman Jazz Performance Workshop - Honors Unit, William Paterson Jazz Sextet Saint Peter's Church Outdoors at Citigroup Plaza 619 Lexington Avenue (at 54th Street) 12:30 pm, FREE! Friday, June 22nd India.Arie, Lizz Wright Carnegie Hall 57th Street & 7th Avenue 8 pm, $85, $65, $50, $35 Raw Materials Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street 7 pm, $20 Saturday, June 23rd Patti LaBelle, Lou Donaldson Quartet Carnegie Hall 57th Street & 7th Avenue 8 pm, $90, $75, $60, $35 Sunday, June 24th Kenny Barron & Eliane Elias The Allen Room at The Frederick P. Rose Hall Broadway at 60th Street 7 & 9 pm, $75, $60, $45 Monday, June 25th C'est Si Bon: Eartha Kitt's Fabulous 80th Birthday Concert Eartha Kitt Carnegie Hall 57th Street & 7th Avenue 8 pm, $90, $75, $60, $35 Lee Konitz's Beautiful 80th Brithday Party Lee Konitz with Orquestra Jazz Matoshinos & New Nonet & String Quartet plus Special Guests Paul Motian & Steve Swallow Directed by Ohad Talmor Zankel Hall 57th Street & 7th Avenue 8:30 pm, $50 Tuesday, June 26th Cesaria Evora, The Bird and The Bee Carnegie Hall 57th Street & 7th Avenue 8 pm, $85, $65, $50, $35 Lionel Loueke Trio Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street (between Park & Lexington Avenues) 7:30 & 9:30 pm, $20 Wednesday, June 27th Ron Carter: The Master @ 70 Ron Carter & Friends Quartet with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter & Billy Cobham Trio with Mulgrew Miller & Russell Malone Duets with Jim Hall New Quartet with Stephen Scott, Payton Crossley & Rolando Morales Carnegie Hall 57th St. & 7th Ave. 8 pm, $75, $60, $45, $30 An Evening With Jean-Luc Ponty Jean-Luc Ponty & His Band Zankel Hall 57th Street & 7th Avenue 8:30 pm, $50 Geri Allen Trio with Rashaan Carter, Kassa Overall and tap dancer Maurice Chestnut Studio Museum in Harlem 144 West 125th Street (between Lenox & 7th Avenues) 7:30 pm, $15 advance/$20 door Anat Fort Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street 7 pm, $20 Avishai Cohen Sextet Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street (between Park & Lexington Avenues) 7:30pm & 9:30pm, $20 Thursday, June 28th International Women in Jazz Ada Rovatti Quintet, Sherry Lucette Trio Saint Peter's Church Outdoors at Citigroup Plaza 619 Lexington Avenue (at 54th Street) 12:30 pm, FREE! Roswell Rudd's MALIcool Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street (between Park & Lexington Avenues) $30 Friday, June 29th Nancy Wilson's Swingin' 70th Birthday Party Nancy Wilson & her Trio Carnegie Hall 57th Street & 7th Avenue $85, $65, $50, $35 Ned Rothenberg & Glen Velez Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street $20 JVC Jazz Celebrates Brooklyn! Groove Collective, Ravi Coltrane Quartet, Craig Harris Ensemble Prospect Park Bandshell 9th Street & Prospect Park West FREE! Roswell Rudd's MALIcool Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street (between Park & Lexington Avenues) $30 Saturday, June 30th Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, The Del McCoury Band Carnegie Hall 57th Street & 7th Avenue $75, $60, $45, $30 Roswell Rudd's MALIcool Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street (between Park & Lexington Avenues) $30 {mos_ri}
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