Winter Jazzfest 2015

[Leeway]

The schedule and line-up for the Winter Jazzfest in New York City, Thursday January 8th, through Saturday Janaury 10th, have been announced.

http://www.winterjazzfest.com/lineup/

I haven't digested the entire schedule yet, but thought I put it out here for your consideration, edification or vilification, as it may be. I see a lot of interesting folks on the schedule, enough to likely get me to NYC, provided it is not in the grip of a major snow storm. I suspect many of these musicians will be touring after or before the NYC gig, so they might be coming your way.

[mjazzg]

All of them over just three nights? crazy but fun

[Leeway]

  On 11/19/2014 at 5:37 PM, mjazzg said:

All of them over just three nights? crazy but fun

Yes, you usually end up hustling from venue to venue (they're fairly close-by in Greenwich Village) to catch the shows you like most. Or, you can stay put if you like the line-up at that particular venue. Sets are about 50-60 minutes. Last year I was able to see about 6 sets each evening. It is a lot of fun, lots of hubbub, scurrying about, very loose and upbeat vibe.

[BFrank]

I need to go one of these years.

Looks like a mini, jazz version of South by Southwest.

[Steve Reynolds]

I went last year for one night. I had a great time. Only problem is very limited or no seats - but I found a way at my main venue to get a seat and move it up to the front left corner of the stage.

[BFrank]

I think with relatively short sets and multiple small venues, seating would make the logistics of navigating the festival more difficult.

[Leeway]

Some of the venues had existing seating; these were mostly pre-existing clubs or theaters. Some of the more makeshift venues (large halls or rooms) had no seating or very limited seating. It probably would be a problem to provide full seating in those venues. So it really varied quite a bit. The festival pass does not guarantee seating, or even admittance at a particular venue, if it is too crowded/over-capacity. It never really came up for me, but it pays to get to the more popular shows and/or the smaller venues a bit early. In practice, there are enough venues and shows that the crowd tends to spread out.

[issho]

The lineup continues to expand with website updates! I already have 30 acts I've marked to see, but I'll have to wait for the schedule of set times before making my itinerary.

[AllenLowe]

can anybody figure out if and when JD Allen is playing? I was told he was, but I don't see his name; this whole thing sounds a little annoyingly zoo-like to me, but I guess it works for them.

well, I see his name. Do they ever post exact times and places?

Edited December 2, 2014 by AllenLowe

[issho]

  On 12/2/2014 at 12:09 PM, AllenLowe said:

can anybody figure out if and when JD Allen is playing? I was told he was, but I don't see his name; this whole thing sounds a little annoyingly zoo-like to me, but I guess it works for them.

well, I see his name. Do they ever post exact times and places?

Yes, they eventually post set times and locations. I'm not sure when they will, however.

[issho]

The marathon schedules for Friday and Saturday have been posted. I would check the website for the latest updates, but here is the schedule as of December 10th. Commentary on what not to miss is invited!

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9TH

https://winterjazzfest.squarespace.com/marathon1

LE POISSON ROUGE 158 Bleecker Street NY NY 10012

6:30pm Donald Byrd Acoustic Electric Sessions

7:45pm ICP Orchestra

9:00pm Kneebody + Daedelus

MINETTA LANE THEATRE - 18-22 Minetta Lane New York, NY 10003

6:15pm TBA

7:30pm David Murray Clarinet Summit w/ Don Byron, David Krakauer, and Hamiet Bluiett

8:45pm David Murray w/ Geri Allen and Terri Lyne Carrington

10:00pm TRIO 3 w/ Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and special guest TBA

11:15pm Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphians with Strings

12:30am Strange and Beautiful: The Music of John Lurie and The Lounge Lizards

JUDSON CHURCH - 55 Washington Square Park South

6:45pm Jason Miles & Ingrid Jensen "Kind Of New”

8:00pm Russ Johnson's Still Out To Lunch (Music of Eric Dolphy)

9:15pm Dave Douglas Quintet

10:30pm Travis Laplante's Battle Trance

11:45pm So Percussion feat. Man Forever

1:00am Improvised Round Robin Duets

SUBCULTURE - 45 Bleecker Street NYC

6:00pm Arturo O'Farrill's "Boss Level" Septet

7:15pm Linda Oh's Sun Pictures

8:30pm Taylor Eigsti's Free Agency

9:45pm Tyshawn Sorey Piano Trio

11:00pm Kris Davis Infrasound

12:15am Uri Caine / Han Bennink

1:30am Aaron Parks Little/Big

THE BITTER END - 147 Bleecker Street NYC (Revive Music Stage)

6:15pm Wallace Roney Quintet

7:30pm The Baylor Project feat. Jean Baylor and Marcus Baylor

8:45pm AFRO HARPING: Brandee Younger's Tribute to Dorothy Ashby feat. Mark Whitfield

10:00pm Igmar Thomas and The Cypher

11:15pm Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life feat. Jean Baylor

12:30am Raymond Angry Celebration of Life Suite

1:45am Nate Smith + KINFOLK

THE PLAYERS THEATER - 115 MacDougal Street NYC

7:00pm Joe Locke 'Love Is A Pendulum'

8:15pm Oran Etkin 'Reimagining Benny Goodman

9:30pm Mike Pride's From Bacteria To Boys

10:45pm Jen Shyu’s 'Solo Rites: Seven Breaths'

12:00am Marquis Hill Blackout

1:15am Michael Bates Northern Spy

ZINC BAR - 82 West 3rd Street NYC

6:30pm TBA

7:45pm Alicia Olatuja

9:00pm Allan Harris

10:15pm Dafnis Prieto Sextet

11:30pm Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom

12:45am Bria Skonberg

2:00am TBA

BOWERY ELECTRIC - 327 Bowery NYC

6:30pm TBA

7:45pm The MazzMuse Breakdown

9:00pm Jungle Funk

10:15pm Zongo Junction

CARROLL PLACE - 157 Bleecker Street NYC

6:00pm Jovan Alexandre & Collective Consciousness

7:15pm Chris Washburne SYOTOS plays Acid Mambo

8:30pm Anthony Pirog

9:45pm Jay Rodriguez SEVEN

11:00pm Todd Clouser A Love Electric

12:15am Silver with Eddie Henderson

1:30am Frank Catalano

SATURDAY, JANUARY 10TH

https://winterjazzfest.squarespace.com/marathon2

LE POISSON ROUGE 158 Bleecker Street NY NY 10012

6:30pm Edmar Castaneda Trio w/ Andrea Tierra

7:45pm TBA

9:00pm David Murray Infinity Quartet w/ Saul Williams

MINETTA LANE THEATRE 18-22 Minetta Lane New York, NY 10003

6:15pm Kavita Shah

7:30pm Amina Claudine Myers Trio

8:45pm The Cookers

10:00pm Rudresh Mahanthappa's Bird Calls (The Charlie Parker Project)

11:15pm TBA

12:30am Nicholas Payton Trio

JUDSON CHURCH 55 Washington Square Park South

6:45pm Theo Bleckman Quartet w/ Ambrose Akinmusire

8:00pm Ken Vandermark - Nate Wooley Duo

9:15pm Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet

10:30pm The Campbell Brothers A Sacred Steel Love Supreme

11:45pm TBA

SUBCULTURE 45 Bleecker Street NYC

6:00pm TBA

7:15pm Alfredo Rodríguez Trio

8:30pm Lionel Loueke Trio

9:45pm SFJAZZ Collective: Originals and the Music of Michael Jackson

11:00pm Harriet Tubman

12:15am JD Allen Trio w/ Gregg August & Rudy Royston

1:30am TBA

THE BITTER END 147 Bleecker Street NYC (Revive Music Stage)

6:15pm Oliver Lake Organ Quartet

7:30pm Matthew Stevens

8:45pm Soul Understated feat. Mavis Swan Poole

10:00pm Mad Satta

11:15pm Butcher Brown

12:30am Taylor McFerrin

1:45am Walter Smith III

THE PLAYERS THEATER 115 MacDougal Street NYC

7:00pm Dan Weiss Large Ensemble

8:15pm Darius Jones Quartet

9:30pm Tomas Fujiwara & The Hookup

10:45pm Ryan Keberle & Catharsis

12:00am Eivind Opsvik's Overseas

1:15am The Cellar and Point

ZINC BAR 82 West 3rd Street NYC

6:30pm Myra Melford's Snowy Egret

7:45pm Mark Turner Quartet

9:00pm Hadar Noiberg Trio

10:15pm Kellylee Evans

11:30pm Mino Cinelu World Jazz Ensemble

12:45am Nasheet Waits Equality Quartet

2:00am Loston Harris Trio

BOWERY ELECTRIC 327 Bowery NYC

6:30pm Jaimeo Brown Transcendence: Work Songs

7:45pm Dana Leong Trio

9:00pm Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions

10:15pm Troker

CARROLL PLACE 157 Bleecker Street NYC (Hot Jazz Festival Night)

6:15pm Martina DaSilva's Ladybugs w/ Kate Davis

7:30pm Dan Levinson's Gotham SophistiCats

8:45pm Stephane Wrembel Band

10:00pm Catherine Russell

11:15pm David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band

12:30am Frank Vignola and Friends

1:45am Cynthia Sayer & Her Joyride Band

Edited January 1, 2015 by issho

[kh1958]

I've been wanting to attend this festival for years, so this year I've finally tentatively booked the trip--I hope the weather cooperates.

[kh1958]

They've also posted the band line-ups.

ARTIST 2015 PERSONNEL & INSTRUMENTATION

Aaron Parks Little/Big
Aaron Parks - piano, wurlitzer / Adam Chilenski - electric, acoustic bass / Greg Tuohey - electric guitar / Darren Beckett - drums

AFRO HARPING: Brandee Younger's Tribute to Dorothy Ashby feat. Mark Whitfield
Brandee Younger - harp / Dezron Douglas - electric bass / Dana Hawkins - drums / Anne Drummond - flute / Sharel Cassity - tenor sax / Mark Whitfield - guitar

Alfredo Rodríguez Trio
Alfredo Rodríguez - piano / Peter Slavov - bass / Henry Cole - drums

Alicia Olatuja
Alicia Olatuja - vocals / Jon Cowherd - piano / Samir Zarif - sax / Davis Rosenthal - guitar / Michael Olatuja - bass / TBD - drums

Allan Harris
Allan Harris - guitar/vocals / Emmet Cohen - piano / Russell Hall - bass / Bryan Carter - drums

Allison Miller BOOM Tic BOOM
Allison Miller - drums / Myra Melford - piano / Kirk Knuffke - sax / Chris Lightcap - bass

Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet
Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet / Sam Harris - piano / Harish Raghavan - bass / Justin Brown - drums

Amina Claudine Myers Trio
Amina Claudine Myers - vocals, piano, hammond B3 organ / Jerome Harris - bass guitar / Reggie Nicholson - drums

Andrew D'Angelo's Sounds Like Fun
Andrew D'Angelo - alto sax / Greg Ward - alto sax / Bill McHenry - tenor sax / Chris Cheek - bari sax

Anthony Pirog
Anthony Pirog - guitar / Michael Formanek - bass / Ches Smith - drums

Arturo O'Farrill's "Boss Level" Septet
Arturo O'Farrill - piano / Adam O'Farrill - trumpet / Carlos Maldonado - percussion / Livio Almeida - saxophone / Shawn Conley - bass / Travis Reuter - guitar / Zack O’Farrill - drums

Bria Skonberg
Bria Skonberg - trumpet/vocals / Sean Cronin - bass / Dalton Ridenhour - piano / Darrian Douglas - drums / Evan Arntzen - clarinet/sax

Butcher Brown
Corey Fonville - drums/ Keith Askey - guitar/ Devonne Harris - keyboards/ Andrew Randazzo - bass

Catherine Russell
Cynthia Sayer - banjo / Charlie Giordano - accordion / Vincent Gardner - trombone / Larry Eagle - drums / Jared Engel - bass

Chris Washburne SYOTOS plays Acid Mambo
Chris Washburne - trombone / John Walsh - trumpet / Ole Mathisen - saxophone / Yeissonn Villamar - piano / Leo Traversa - bass / Vince Cherico - drums / Oreste Abrantes - congas

Cynthia Sayer & Her Joyride Band
Cynthia Sayer & Her Joyride Band

Dafnis Prieto Sextet
Peter Apfelbaum - tenor & soprano sax / Felipe Lamoglia - alto sax / Mike Rodriguez - trumpet / Manuel Valera - piano / Johannes Weidenmueller - bass / Dafnis Prieto - drums

Dan Levinson's Gotham SophistiCats w/ Molly Ryan & Blind Boy Paxton
Dan Levinson - clarinet, alto sax / Molly Ryan - vocals / Mike Davis - trumpet / Dalton Ridenhour - piano / Rob Adkins - bass / Joe Syalor - drums / Josh Holcomb - trombone / Special Guest: Blind Boy Paxton - vocals, banjo

Dan Weiss Large Ensemble
Dan Weiss - drums / Jacob Sacks - keys / Thomas Morgan - bass / Miles Okazaki - guitar / Matt Mitchell - piano / Dave Binney - alto sax / Ohad Talmor - tenor sax / Ben Gerstein - trombone / Jacob Garchik - trombone / Judith Berkson - vocals / Maria Neckam - vox / Lana Is - vox / Katie Andrews - harp / Stephen Cellucci - perc.

Dana Leong Trio
Dana Leong - cello/trombone/laptop / Les Sadler - bass / Val-Inc - turntables/electronics

Darius Jones Quartet
Darius Jones - sax / Matt Mitchell - piano / Sean Conly - bass / Ches Smith - drums

Dave Douglas Quintet
Dave Douglas - trumpet / Troy Roberts - tenor saxophone / Matt Mitchell - piano / Linda Oh - bass / Rudy Royston - drums

David Murray Clarinet Summit w/ Don Byron, David Krakauer, and Hamiet Bluiett
Don Byron - sax, clarinet / Hamiet Bluiett - baritone / David Krakauer - clarinet / Jaribu Shahid - bass / Nasheet Waits - drums / David Murray - sax, direction

David Murray Infinity Quartet with Saul Williams
Orrins Evans - piano / Nasheet Waits - drums / Jaribu Shahid - bass / Saul Williams - vocal / David Murray - sax, direction

David Murray w/ Geri Allen and Terri Lyne Carrington
Geri Allen - piano / Terri Lynn Carrington - drums / David Murray - sax

David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band
David Ostwald - tuba / Adrian Cunningham - clarinet, tenor sax / Bria Skonberg - trumpet / Joe Saylor - drums / Jared Engel - banjo, guitar / Dion Tucker - trombone

Derrick Hodge
Derrick Hodge - bass / Federico Pena - keys / Michael Aaberg - keys / Mark Colenburg - drums

DJ Raydar Ellis
DJ gear

Donald Byrd Acoustic Electric Sessions
Kevin Toney - keys / Donald Harrison - saxophones / Nicholas Payton - trumpet / Max Moran - bass / Joe Dyson - drums / Dominique Toney - keys, vocals / Carl Burnette - guitar

Edmar Castaneda Trio w/ Andrea Tierra
Edmar Castaneda - harp / Marshall Gilkes - trombone / Dave Silliman - drums, percussion / Special guest Andrea Tierra - vocals

Eivind Opsvik's Overseas
Tony Malaby - sax / Brandon Seabrook - guitar / Jacob Sacks - keys / Eivind Opsvik - bass / Kenny Wollesen - drums

Frank Catalano
Frank Catalano - sax / Jimmy Chamberlin - drums / Theo Hill - piano / Deen Anbar - guitar / John Benitez - bass

Frank Vignola and Friends
Frank Vignola - guitar / Vinny Raniollo - guitar / Jason Anick - violin

Hadar Noiberg Trio
Hadar Noiberg - flute, alto flute / Haggai Cohen Milo - double bass / Allison Miller - drums

Harriet Tubman
Brandon Ross - electric guitar/banjo/vocal / Melvin Gibbs - electric bass / JT Lewis - drums

ICP Orchestra
Ab Baars - clarinet, sax / Tobias Delius clarinet, sax / Michael Moore - clarinet, sax / Thomas Heberer - trumpet / Wolter Wierbos - trombone / Mary Oliver - violin/viola / Tristan Honsinger - cello / Ernst Glerum - bass / Han Bennink - drums

Igmar Thomas and The Cypher
Igmar Thomas - trumpet / James Francis - piano / Marcus Strickland - sax / Louis Cato - bass / Justin Brown - drums

Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions
Ilhan Ersahin - sax / Alp Ersonmez - bass / Izzet Kizil - percussion / Turgut Alp Bekoglu - drums

Jaimeo Brown Transcendence: Work Songs
Jaimeo Brown - precision / Chris Sholar - guitar / Jaleel Shaw - sax / Falu - vocals

Jason Miles & Ingrid Jensen "Kind Of New” with Jay Rodriguez, Jerry Brooks and Gene Lake
Ingrid Jensen - trumpet / Jason Miles - keyboards / Jay Rodriguez - saxophones / Jerry Brooks - bass / Mike Clark - drums

Jay Rodriguez SEVEN
Jay Rodriguez - saxes, flute / Al Macdowell piccolo bass / Tony Falanga - ac. bass / Kim Thompson -drums / Arturo Stables - drums, percussion / Sonya Robinson - violin / Adam Fisher - cello

JD Allen Trio w/ Gregg August & Rudy Royston
JD Allen - tenor / Gregg August - bass / Rudy Royston - drums

Jen Shyu’s “Solo Rites: Seven Breaths”
Jen Shyu - vocals, piano

Joe Locke 'Love Is A Pendulum'
Joe Locke - vibes / Robert Rodriguez - piano / Terreon Gully - drums / Ricardo Rodriguez - bass / TBA - saxophone

John Raymond's "Roots" Trio with Gilad Hekselman & Rudy Royston
John Raymond - trumpet / Gilad Hekselman - guitar / Rudy Royston - drums

Jose James
Jose James - vocals / Eric Harland -drums / Kris Bowers - keys / Solomon Dorsey - bass

Jovan Alexandre & Collective Consciousness
Jovan Alexandre - tenor saxophone / Andrew Renfroe - guitar / Taber Gable - piano / Matt Dwonszyk - bass / Jonathan Barber - drums

Jungle Funk
Will Calhoun - drums, vocals / Doug Wimbish - bass, vocals. Vinx, wave drum, vocals

Somi
Somi, vocals / Michael Olatuja, bass / Toru Dodo, piano / David Gilmore, guitar / Steve Belvilus, drums

Kavita Shah
Kavita Shah - vocals / Clarence Penn - drums / Shai Maestro - keys / Petros Klampanis - bass / TBA - tablas

Kellylee Evans

Ken Vandermark & Nate Wooley
Ken Vandermark - sax / Nate Wooley - trumpet

Kendrick Scott Oracle
Kendrick Scott - drums / Matt Penman - bass / Taylor Eigsti - piano / Mike Moreno - guitar / John Ellis - sax

Kneebody + Daedelus
Adam Benjamin - Fender Rhodes / Shane Endsley - trumpet / Kaveh Rastegar - bass / Ben Wendel - saxophone / Nate Wood - drums / Daedelus - electronics, monome

Kris Davis Infrasound
Kris Davis - piano / Gary Versace - organ / Nate Radley - guitar / Ches Smith - drums / Bass clarinets: Ben Goldberg, Joachim Badenworst, Oscar Noriega, Andrew Bishop

Linda Oh's Sun Pictures
Linda Oh - bass / Ben Wendel - sax / Matt Stevens - bass / Rudy Royston - drums

Lionel Loueke Trio
Lionel Loueke - guitar/vocals / Massimo Biolcati - bass / Ferenc Nemeth - drums

Loston Harris Trio
Loston Harris - piano, vocals / Gianluca Renzi - bass / Ian Hendrickson-Smith - saxophone

Mad Satta
Joanna Teters - vocals / Ben Carr - bass / Ted Morcaldi - guitar / Kevin Theodore - keys / Zane West - drums / Jason Fitch - tenor sax / Colin Wade - alto sax, flute / Eric Zeiser - trumpet

Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphians w/ strings
Marc Ribot - guitar / Jamaaladeen Tacuma - bass / Calvin Weston - drums / Mary Halvorson - guitar / Christina Courtin - viola / Christopher Hoffman - cello / TBA - violin

Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life feat. Jean Baylor
Marcus Strickland - saxes / Keyon Harrold - trumpet / James Francies - keys / Kyle Miles - e. bass / Charles Haynes - drums / Jean Baylor - vocals & Christie Dashiell - vocals

Mark Turner Quartet
Mark Turner - tenor sax / Avishai Cohen - trumpet / Joseph Martin - bass / Marcus Gilmore - drums

Marquis Hill Blacktet
Marquis Hill - trumpet / Christopher McBride - alto sax / Justin Thomas - vibraphone / Joshua Ramos - bass / Makaya McCraven - drums

Martina DaSilva's Ladybugs with Kate Davis
Martina DaSilva - vocals, percussion / Kate Davis - vocals, ukulele / Gabe Schneider - guitar / Joe McDonough - trombone / Dylan Shamat - bass

Matthew Stevens
Matthew Stevens - guitar / Fabian Almazan - piano / Vicente Archer - bass / Paul Stagnaro - percussion / Nate Wood - drums

Michael Bates Northern Spy
Michael Blake - sax / Michael Bates - bass / Jeremy ‘Bean’ Clemons - drums

Mike Pride's From Bacteria To Boys
Jon Irabagon - sax / Alexis Marcelo - piano / Peter Bitenc - bass / Mike Pride - drums

Mino Cinelu World Jazz Ensemble
Mino Cinelu - vocals, percussion, electric guitar / Jamshied Sharifi - keys, accordion, vocals, percussion / Mamadou Ba - bass / Bob Stewart - tuba, vocals, percussion / Eddie Henderson - trumpet

Myra Melford's Snowy Egret
Myra Melford - piano / Liberty Ellman - guitar / Stomu Takeishi - bass / Tyshawn Sorey - drums / Ben Goldberg - guest

Nasheet Waits Equality Quartet
Nasheet Waits - drums / Mark Helias - bass / Aruan Ortiz - piano / Darius Jones - ato saxophone

Nate Smith + KINFOLK
Nate Smith - drums / Samora Pinderhughes - piano / Fima Ephron - bass / Jaleel Shaw - saxophones / Jeremy Most - guitar / Amma Whatt - voice

Nicholas Payton Trio
Nicholas Payton - trumpet / Vicente Archer - bass / Joe Dyson - drums

Oliver Lake Organ Quartet
Oliver Lake - sax / Jared Gold - organ / Josh Evans - trumpet / Gene Lake - drums

Oran Etkin "Reimagining Benny Goodman"
Oran Etkin - clarinet / Steve Nelson - vibes / Matt Wilson - drums / Sullivan Fortner - piano

Raymond Angry - Celebration of Life Suite
Ray Angry - piano, keys / Nadia Washington - vocals / James Genus - bass / Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums

Robert Glasper Trio
Robert Glasper - piano / Vicente Archer - bass / Damion Reid - drums

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Bird Calls (The Charlie Parker Project)
Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto saxophone, composer / Adam O’Farrill - trumpet / Matt Mitchell - piano / Chris Tordini - bass / Rudy Royston - drums

Russ Johnson's Still Out To Lunch
Russ Johnson - trumpet / Myra Melford - piano / Roy Nathanson - alto and sopr sax / Brad Jones - bass / George Schuller - drums

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis
Ryan Keberle - trombone / Mike Rodriguez - trumpet / Jorge Roeder - bass / Kenny Wolleson - drums / Camila Meza - voice

SFJAZZ Collective: Originals and the Music of Michael Jackson
David Sanchez - tenor saxophone / Miguel Zenón - alto saxophone / Avishai Cohen - trumpet / Robin Eubanks - trombone / Edward Simon - piano / Matt Penman - bass / Obed Calvaire - drums

Silver w/ Eddie Henderson
Ilhan Ersahin - sax, rhodes, synth / Eddie Henderson - trumpet / Juini Booth - bass / Kenny Wollesen - drums

So Percussion feat. Man Forever
So Percussion: Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, and Jason Treuting, Man Forever: John Colpitts

Soul Understated feat. Mavis Swan Poole
Mavis 'SWAN' Poole - lead vox / Jeremy 'BEAN' Clemons - drums, vox / Josh David - bass / Samir Moulay - guitar / Kevin Theodore - keys / Al Strong - trumpet / Blu Thompson - saxes / Nicholas Ryan Gant - vox / Aaron Brocket - vox

Stephane Wrembel Band
Stephane Wrembel - guitar / Roy Williams - guitar / Nick Anderson - drums / Kells Nollenberger - bass

Strange and Beautiful: The Music of John Lurie and The Lounge Lizards
Evan Lurie - piano / Michael Blake - soprano and tenor saxes / Steven Bernstein - trumpet and slide trumpet / Curtis Fowlkes - trombone / Doug Wieselman - guitar, clarinet and alto saxophone / Jane Scarpantoni - cello / Tony Scherr - electric bass / Calvin Weston - drums

Taylor Eigsti's Free Agency
Taylor Eigsti - piano / Gerald Clayton - keyboards / Gretchen Parlato - vocals / Becca Stevens - vocals / Eric Harland - drums / Alan Hampton - vocals/guitar / Harish Raghavan - bass

Taylor McFerrin
Taylor McFerrin / Marcus Gilmore - drums

The Baylor Project feat. Jean Baylor and Marcus Baylor
Jean Baylor - vocals / Marcus Baylor - drums / Allyn Johnson -piano / Corcoran Holt - upright bass / Keith Loftis - tenor/soprano sax

The Campbell Brothers - A Sacred Steel Love Supreme
Chuck Campbell - pedal steel / Darick Campbell - lap steel / Phil Campbell - electric guitar / Carlton Campbell - drums / Daric Bennett - bass

The Cellar and Point
Joe Bergen - vibraphone / Christopher Otto - violin / Kevin McFarland - cello / Terrence McManus - electric guitar / Christopher Botta - acoustic guitar, banjo / Greg Chudzik - bass / Joseph Branciforte - drums

The Cookers
Billy Harper - tenor sax / Eddie Henderson - trumpet / David Weiss- trumpet / Donald Harrison - alto sax / George Cables - piano / Cecil McBee - bass / TBA - drums

The MazzMuse Breakdown
Mazz Swift - violin / LaFrae Sci - drums

Theo Bleckman Quartet w/ Ambrose Akinmusire
Theo Bleckmann - voice, composition / Gary Versace - piano / Chris Tordini - bass / John Hollenbeck - drums, percussion / special guests Ambrose Akinmusire

Todd Clouser A Love Electric
Todd Clouser - guitar / Aaron Cruz - bass / Hernan Hecht - drums

Tomas Fujiwara & The Hookup
Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet / Brian Settles - tenor sax & flute / Mary Halvorson - guitar / Michael Formanek - bass / Tomas Fujiwara - drums

Travis Laplante's Battle Trance
Travis Laplante, Matthew Nelson, Jeremy Viner, and Patrick Breiner (tenor saxes)

TRIO 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille) with special guest TBA
Oliver Lake - alto sax / Reggie Workman - bass / Andrew Cyrille - drums / Vijay Iyer - piano

Troker
Frankie Mares - drums / Samo Gonzalez - bass / Christian Jimenez - keyboard / Tiburon Santillanes - sax / Gilberto Cervantes - trumpet / DJ Zero - turntables

Tyshawn Sorey Piano Trio
Cory Smythe - piano / Christopher Tordini - contrabass / Tyshawn Sorey - drums, compositions

Uri Caine / Han Bennink
Uri Caine - piano / Han Bennink - drums

Wallace Roney Quintet
Wallace Roney - trumpet / Lenny White - drums / Daryl Johns - bass / Kevin Hays - piano / Ben Soloman - sax

Walter Smith III
Walter Smith III - saxophone / Taylor Eigsti - piano / Matt Stevens - guitar / Harish Raghavan - bass / Kendrick Scott - drums

Zongo Junction
Anant Pradhan - bass / Charles Ferguson - drums / Ross Edwards - keys / Jordan Hyde - guitar / Matt Nelson - tenor sax / Aaron Rockers - trumpet / Kevin Moehringer - trombone / Jonah Parzen-Johnson - bari sax

[Leeway]

Just a quick skim of the lists (and thanks for posting them), my "can't miss" sets:

ICP Orchestra

David Murray Clarinet Summit

Myra Melford Snowy Egret

Trio 3 with Iyer

Not saying these are the only good ones, just that they would likely form the core of sets I would try to wrap others around.

[kh1958]

It appears I could park myself at the Minetta Lane Theater for the most part and be pretty happy.

[Leeway]

Not a bad choice . Last year it was raining really hard so we parked ourselves at Subculture and were pretty happy. I think that Minetta is one of the smaller venues, so park early. I need to work on an itinerary. I might be checking in at Minetta too. BTW, kudos to you for trekking to the Festival.

[mjazzg]

That list is insane. Good insane but insane nonetheless There's more bands there than play in London all year. I'm almost tired just reading the list!

Anyone going is going to have one hell of a time that's certain. Enjoy it and let those of us on distant shores know what such a cornucopia is like to experience

And when my lottery ticket comes in (as I know it will with the Jazz Gods smiling on me) at the weekend I'll be flying over for

Amina Claudine Myers Trio

Tomas Fujiwara & The Hookup

Myra Melford's Snowy Egret

Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphians w/ strings

Kris Davis Infrasound

Tyshawn Sorey Piano Trio

I hope someone gets that Melford band recorded - Pi Recordings, if you're listening

Edited December 11, 2014 by mjazzg

[kh1958]

  On 12/11/2014 at 7:37 PM, Leeway said:

Not a bad choice . Last year it was raining really hard so we parked ourselves at Subculture and were pretty happy. I think that Minetta is one of the smaller venues, so park early. I need to work on an itinerary. I might be checking in at Minetta too. BTW, kudos to you for trekking to the Festival.

Thanks to Southwest Airlines for only charging $216 for a Dallas to LaGuardia non-stock round trip ticket.

[AllenLowe]

yeah, I'll be in town; don't know where the hell to start, but will probably go see JD and Darius. And Ribot. And Tyshawn.

Edited December 11, 2014 by AllenLowe

[marcello]

I'd go see the "Js": Joe Locke, Jameio Brown and JD...and then throw in some Ryan Keberle for variety.

[Steve Reynolds]

I guess I cannot miss Friday night

I try to NEVER miss the great Instant Composers Pool

ICP then to Minetta Lane Theatre for David Murray Trio, Trio 3 + and then the Ribot band which I see includes Mary Halvorsen - if I can make it I would stay up for Bennink/Caine

No way I can do 2 nights in a row - I'm too much of a......well you know

[AllenLowe]

we may run into each other, weather permitting. I gotta talk to Bluiett (and JD). Actually Bluiett is at the clarinet thing.

[issho]

My tentative itinerary is in bold text. The other shows (not in bold text) are just in case I change my mind. I'm passing up a lot of good groups because I've seen them before.

FRIDAY

6:15pm Wallace Roney Quintet (Bitter End)

6:30pm Donald Byrd Acoustic Electric Sessions (Le Poisson Rouge)

7:30pm David Murray Clarinet Summit w/ Don Byron, David Krakauer, and Hamiet Bluiett (Minetta)

7:45pm ICP Orchestra (Le Poisson Rouge)

8:00pm Russ Johnson's Still Out To Lunch (Judson)

8:30pm Taylor Eigsti's Free Agency (Subculture)

8:45pm David Murray w/ Geri Allen and Terri Lyne Carrington (Minetta)

9:15pm Dave Douglas Quintet (Judson)

9:45pm Tyshawn Sorey Piano Trio (Subculture)

10:00pm TRIO 3 w/ Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and special guest TBA (Minetta)

11:00pm Kris Davis Infrasound (Subculture)

11:15pm Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphians with Strings (Minetta)

11:15pm Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life feat. Jean Baylor (Bitter End)

11:30pm Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom (Zinc Bar)

12:15am Uri Caine / Han Bennink (Subculture)

12:30am Strange and Beautiful: The Music of John Lurie and The Lounge Lizards (Minetta)

1:30am Aaron Parks Little/Big (Subculture)

1:45am Nate Smith + KINFOLK (Bitter End)

SATURDAY

6:15pm Oliver Lake Organ Quartet (Bitter End)

6:30pm Myra Melford's Snowy Egret (Zinc Bar)

6:45pm Theo Bleckman Quartet w/ Ambrose Akinmusire (Judson)

7:00pm Dan Weiss Large Ensemble (Players)

7:45pm Mark Turner Quartet (Zinc Bar)

8:00pm Ken Vandermark - Nate Wooley Duo (Judson)

8:15pm Darius Jones Quartet (Players)

8:30pm Lionel Loueke Trio (Subculture)

8:45pm The Cookers (Minetta)

9:00pm David Murray Infinity Quartet w/ Saul Williams (Le Poisson Rouge)

9:15pm Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet (Judson)

9:45pm SFJAZZ Collective: Originals and the Music of Michael Jackson (Subculture)

10:00pm Rudresh Mahanthappa's Bird Calls (Minetta)

10:45pm Ryan Keberle & Catharsis (Players)

12:00am Eivind Opsvik's Overseas (Players)

12:30am Nicholas Payton Trio (Minetta)

12:15am JD Allen Trio w/ Gregg August & Rudy Royston (Subculture)

12:45am Nasheet Waits Equality Quartet (Zinc Bar)

1:45am Walter Smith III (Bitter End)

[issho]

Anyone else as excited as me about the festival? I am about 90% sure about the following schedule. I might stick around NYC on Sunday to see Kenny Werner Trio with Johannes Weidenmueller & Ari Hoenig at the Stone and Kurt Rosenwinkel at the Vanguard.

Fr 1/9

18:15 Wallace Roney Quintet at Bitter End

19:30 David Murray Clarinet Summit at Minetta

20:45 David Murray, Geri Allen, and Terri Lyne Carrington at Minetta

22:00 TRIO 3 w/ Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille at Minetta

23:00 Kris Davis Infrasound at Subculture

00:15 Uri Caine / Han Bennink at Subculture

01:30 Aaron Parks Little/Big at Subculture

Sa 1/10

18:30 Myra Melford's Snowy Egret at Zinc Bar

19:45 Mark Turner Quartet at Zinc Bar

20:45 The Cookers at Minetta

22:00 Rudresh Mahanthappa's Bird Calls at Minetta

22:45 Jen Shyu's “Solo Rites: Seven Breaths” at Players

00:00 Eivind Opsvik's Overseas at Players

00:45 Nasheet Waits Equality Quartet at Zinc Bar

01:45 Walter Smith III at Bitter End

Su 1/11

20:00 Kenny Werner Trio with Johannes Weidenmueller & Ari Hoenig at Stone

22:30 Kurt Rosenwinkel New Quartet at Village Vanguard

[kh1958]

I'm nervous about having to cancel this trip at the last minute (too much going on in my job), but my tentative schedule is similar to yours.

1/09

6:15: ?

7:30: David Murray Clarinet Summit

8:45: David Murray/Geri Allen/Terri Lyne Carrington

10:00: Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille)

11:15: Mark Ribot and the Young Philadelphians (excited at prospect of hearing Jamaladeen Tacuma live again after many years)

12:15: Uri Caine/Han Bennick

1:30: Aaron Parks Little Big

1/10

6:15: Kavita Shah

7:30: Amina Claudine Myers

8:45: The Cookers

10:00: Rudresh Mahanthappa

11:30: Mino Cinelu World Jazz Ensemble

12:45: Nasheet Waits Equality Quartet

1/11:

I haven't decided between Jean Michel Pilc (Somethin' Jazz Club), Stefan Harris (Jazz Standard), Kenny Werner (the Stone), or Kurt Rosenwinkel (Village Vanguard).

Edited January 1, 2015 by kh1958