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Come say farewell to Tonic in their final week! Print E-mail
Written by Don Berryman   
Monday, 09 April 2007
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John Zorn photo by Ziga Koritnik
After almost a decade, Tonic will close. The lower East side is becoming much too expensive - especially for a club dedicated to promoting music as marginalized as avant garde, creative and experimental jazz. This final week features exciting adventurous and diverse music, ranging from the legendary German Free-Jazz woodwind artist Peter Brotzman, to the funky and beat-heavy Groove Collective, to tabla virtuoso, Suphala. The final show will be John Zorn's Improv night party on Friday the Thirteenth.

As luxury Condominiums and boutique hotels sprouted all around like weeds, Tonic was repeatedly harassed by the city's 'Quality of Life Task Force' which resulted in the debilitating closing of the ))sub((tonic lounge in January. Rising rents, lower tolerance and the changing demographics of the neighborhood is forcing businesses like Tonic out, ironically displacing the kind of things that gave character to the neighborhood and helped make it more desirable in the first place. Come enjoy this final week of great music and say farewell.

Calendar for the final week at Tonic:
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Dept of Good and Evil at Jazz Standard and Blues Alley Print E-mail
Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor   
Friday, 06 April 2007
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Rachel Z
"In the music, I tend to play minor chords. That's why I'm in the department of evil. We joke about it a lot, but the chords are kind of scary. They represent a harmony I really enjoy, one that came out of the late '60s with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. The department of good has the bass and drums. They're funky, groovy, slinky, sexy -- all the happy things." – Rachel Z

Sometimes the true nature of jazz is obliterated by our tendency to classify and label. Despite its “melting pot” roots and evolution, the genre is often embroiled in controversy over its definition. Enter an undeniably talented pianist/vocalist/composer whose chops shout Shorter and Hancock while her repertoire screams Sting and Stones. Such fusion of stylistic ideas has haunted popular performers from Miles Davis to the Bad Plus, and similarly, Rachel Nicolazzo—known simply as Rachel Z—and her new Dept of Good and Evil ensemble. On stage this week in Manhattan at Jazz Standard (April 10-11) and in Washington, DC at Blues Alley (April 12), Z and company will celebrate the recent release of their eponoymous debut on Savoy Jazz [Click here for a Jazz Police review ].

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One For All at Smoke, April 6th and 7th Print E-mail
Written by Don Berryman   
Sunday, 01 April 2007
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David Hazeltine
All For One appears at Smoke in New York on April 6th and 7th. One of the most consistently swinging bands, a all-star hard bop sextet, One For All has been performing for ten years. Last year they released their 11th album, Lineup on Sharp Nine Records. In the style of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers or the other great hard-bop groups of the 50's and 60's, One For All is a 'super group' of the finest seasoned jazz musicianss. As their name implies, they work together for a common goal of delivering solid musical collaboration with all members contributing their individual styles. One For All includes Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone), Jim Rotondi (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), David Hazeltine (piano), Nat Reeves (bass), and Joe Farnsworth (drums).

Brilliant pianist David Hazeltine has successfully forged his own distinctive style and musical voice out of the accumulated greatness and weight of a modern piano tradition. David's influences include Art Tatum and Bud Powell and such great living masters as Buddy Montgomery, Barry Harris and Cedar Walton.

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April 2007 Live Jazz in New York Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Saturday, 31 March 2007

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Ari Hoenig
Our main source of live jazz calendar info for New York is Jazz Improv's New York Jazz Guide. A free publication available online, or in print at over 350 locations in Manhattan.

  • 4/01 Allesandra Belloni Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette Street (betw. E. 4th St. & Astor Pl) 212-539-8563 www.publictheater.org
  • 4/01 Anderson Twins; Organ Trio Big Apple Jazz/EZ’s Woodshed, 2236 Adam C. Powell Jr. Blvd. 212-283-JAZZ(5299)www.bigapplejazz.com
  • 4/01 Anthony Braxton Iridium, 1650 Broadway (below 51st St.) 212-582-2121www.iridiumjazzclub.com
  • 4/01 Benny Maupin Ensemble Jazz Standard, 116 E 27th St. 212-576-2232www.jazzstandard.net
  • 4/01 Carmen Staff 5; Ben Goldberg The Stone, Ave. C and Second St. www.thestonenyc.com
  • 4/01 Champian Fulton; David Coss; Ryan Anselmi Garage, 99 Seventh Ave S (at Grove St.) 212-645-0600www.garagerest.com
  • 4/01 Eli Fountaine Minton’s Playhouse Uptown, 208 W. 118th St., Harlem, NY 212-864-8346www.uptownatmintons.com
  • 4/01 Elli Fordyce The Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson St. (Below Spring St.) 212-242-1063www.jazzgallery.org
  • 4/01 Ernestine Anderson & Houston Person Dizzy’s, Broadway at 60th St., 5th Floor, 212-258-9595 www.jazzatlincolncenter.com/dccc
  • 4/01 George Schuller’s Circle Wide 55 Bar, 55 Christopher St. (betw. 6th and 7th Ave) 212-929-9883www.55bar.com
  • 4/01 James Moody, Clark Terry 6 Blue Note, 131 W Third St. (betw. 6th & MacDougal) 212-475-8592www.bluenote.net
  • 4/01 Jeighting and Shields Greenwich Village Bistro, 13 Carmine Street (betw. 6th/Bleeker) 212-206-9777www.greenwichvillagebistro.com
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