“David Sánchez posseses one of the most distinctive and vocalized sounds in jazz.” The London Evening Standard

David Sánchez

Tenor saxophone virtuoso David Sánchez has been nominated for 4 Grammy® Awards, and his album, Coral, won the Latin Grammy for Best Instrumental Album in 2005. Sánchez will lead his quartet at the Jazz Showcase at Dearborn Station on Thursday, October 22nd through Sunday, October 25th with shows at 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM nightly plus a 4:00 PM matinee on Sunday.

Fred Anderson, photo by Seth Tisue

Then this weekend, Douglas Ewart & Inventions will be performing at the Velvet Lounge on Saturday, October 17th. Douglas Ewart & Inventions features Douglas Ewart on woodwinds and percussion, Mankwe Ndosi on vocals, Mwata Bowden on woodwinds, Ed Wilkerson on woodwinds, Darius Savage on bass, Dushun Mosley on drums, and Duriel Harris on vocals.

(L to R) Dave Berkman, Gene Jackson, Tim Armacost, Yosuke Inoue,

Returning from a tour of Japan, the New York Standards Quartet will perform at the Green Mill in Chicago on Friday, October 9th and Saturday, October 10th. Pianist Dave Berkman, Drummer Gene Jackson, Tenor Saxophonist Tim Armacost, and Bassist Yosuke Inoue, make up the,”New York Standards Quartet”. The band assembled by Tenor sax man Tim Armacost came together in the fall of 2006. As a band the New York based unit have developed a near telepathic relationship playing together in a variety of settings, including in some of the top bands in New York City. Conceptually, the NYSQ strives to develop its own language within the tradition of the standard jazz repertoire. The bond the group shares is further strengthened by a common love for Japanese culture, food, and language.

“This young musician and composer is at once reestablishing the artistic, cultural, and social tradition of jazz while creating an entirely new jazz language for the 21st century.”  --MacArthur Foundation, 2008.  

Miguel Zenon

Dubbed “one of the strongest saxophonists in New York” by the New York Times, Puerto Rico native Miguel Zenón has toured the nation with the SF Jazz Collective, David Sanchez, Charlie Haden, and his own quartet. Awarded a MacArthur “genius” grant in 2008, Zenon will appear October 8-11 at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, and then for one night only at the Dakota Jazz Club in downtown Minneapolis on October 14th. Accompanying Zenón on recordings and tours are his long-time quartet cohorts, pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Hans Glawaischnig, and drummer Henry Cole, and vocalist/percussionist Hector Tito Matos.