Ari Hoenig © Andrea Canter

• 7/01 Amanda Monaco Quartet & Michael Bates Group at Jimmy's Restaurant. Freestyle Creative Music Series. 7:00pm. $10 per show. 43 E. 7th St.. 212-982- 3006. www.freestylejazz.com
• 7/01 Ari Hoenig 3 Louis 649, 649 E. 9^th St. (At Ave. C) 212-673-1190www.louis649.com
• 7/01 Bjorn Solli Trio; Jam Session Big Apple Jazz/EZ’s Woodshed, 2236 Adam C. Powell Jr. Blvd. 212-283-JAZZ(5299)www.bigapplejazz.com
• 7/01 Bob Kindred Trio with John Hart & Steve LaSpina at Cafe Loup. 12:30pm. No cover. Brunch from $9.50 to $18.50. 105 W. 13th St. 212-255-4746.
• 7/01 Chris Washburne; Sachal Vasandani Smoke, 2751 Broadway (at 105^th St.) 212-864-6662www.smokejazz.com
• 7/01 Christian McBride 5 Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Ave S (Below W 11^th St.) 212-255-4037www.villagevanguard.net
• 7/01 Eli Fountain Band Minton’s Playhouse Uptown, 208 W. 118^th St., Harlem, NY 212-864-8346www.uptownatmintons.com
• 7/01 Joel Holmes Trio at 5:00pm - Jazz Mass. Jazz Memorial for Morris Edwards at 7:30pm. St. Peter"s Church. 54th & Lexington. 212-935-2200. www. saintpeters.org/jazz.
• 7/01 John Colianni 5; David Coss 3; Dominick Faranacci 4 Garage, 99 Seventh Ave S (at Grove St.) 212-645-0600 www.garagerest.com
• 7/01 John McNeil & Bill McHenry at Night & Day Skylight Room @ Biscuit BBQ. 8:30pm. $10 cover ($5 for musicians, students & kids). 230 Fifth Ave. @ President St. Park Slope. 718-399-2161. www.biscuitbbq.com. Brooklyn
• 7/01 John Scott, Marjorie Eliot, Rudel Drears & Bob Cunningham at Sedric Choukroun Parlor Entertainment. 4:00pm. Free. 555 Edgecombe Ave., #3F. 212-781-6595.
• 7/01 Julio Santillan Trio at Blue Note. "Caliente" Latin Jazz Brunch. 12:30pm & 2:30pm. $24.50 includes brunch, show & 1 drink. 131 W. 3rd St. 212-475-8592. www.bluenotejazz.com
• 7/01 Keiko Matsui Iridium, 1650 Broadway (below 51^st St.) 212-582-2121www.iridiumjazzclub.com
• 7/01 Lafayette Harris Lenox Lounge, 288 Lenox Avenue (above 124^th St.) 212-427-0253www.lenoxlounge.com

• 7/01 Larry Carlton Blue Note, 131 W Third St. (betw. 6^th & MacDougal) 212-475-8592www.bluenote.net

Lee Konitz © Andrea Canter

The New Nonet features arrangements of Kontiz's compositions arranged by internationally recognized composer/saxophonist Ohad Talmor, who also directs the ensemble. This incarnation represents the third time Lee Konitz has assembled his fabled Nonet in his sixty-year career. Their 2005 live recording, featuring a band of top improvisers from New York and Rio, captured the energy and spontaneity of a six-night gig at NY’s Jazz Standard, and has received critical acclaim. The set includes "ChromaticLee Suite," a six-part invention by Konitz and Talmor that pays homage to Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool. Talmor and Konitz also collaborated on the string quartet project that produced the brilliant Inversions CD, released last year.

Francois and Louis Moutin © Pamela Espeland

“Evoking the patina of old-world cities and the allure of drowning memories…” --Franz Matzner, All About Jazz

On Thursday night, June 21^st, New Yorkers can celebrate the solstice by llistening to the Moutin Reunion Quartet at Sweet Rhythm—surely the apogee of internationally flavored modern jazz. The Moutin Reunion Quartet is the “reunion” of bassist Francois and drummer Louis Moutin, twin Parisian jazz artists touring in partnership with pianist Pierre de Bethmann and American saxophonist Rick Margitza.

Twin brothers Louis and Francois Moutin created the Moutin Reunion Quartet in 1999 as an outlet for performing their original compositions, a goal shared with Pierre de Bethmann and Rick Margitza. Over the past four years, the Quartet has toured throughout Europe and the U.S., generating high praise wherever they go.