Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street
Greenwich Village, NY 10014

Tel: 212-989-9319
Fax: 212-243-4207
Web: corneliastreetcafe.com

This Month at Cornelia Street Cafe

Mon  Mar 07  
AMRAM & CO  
FROM CHENGDU CHINA TO CHARLES STREET: AT HOME AROUND THE WORLD
This series explores in his highly personable, generous and informal style the astonishing variety of David Amram's interests and accomplishments--renowned composer of symphonic classical music, jazz compositions, improvisation, spoken word, scat, he sits at the piano, schmoozes about music, about the greats, the beats, the obscure, the legendary; plays the French horn, pulls out all kinds of instruments (flutes, drums, horns) gathered from his many circumnavigations of the globe, pulls in guests drawn from just about every artistic walk of life.  
8:30PM    Cover $10  

• March 5 10PM    Subject-2-Change Ty Cumbie (guitar), Eddy Rollin oboe Adam Lane (bass), John McLellan or Kevin Zubek (drums) Dan Jenkins (spoken word), presenting a work based on texts of Richard Foreman entitled "Sarcastic Shamanism"
• March 12 10PM   Tom & Jerry: Gerry Hemmingway and Thomas Lehn
• March 19 10PM   Henry Grimes and Marshall Allen
• March 26 10PM   Gunter Hampel Trio with Perry Robinson and Lou Grassi
• April 2 10PM    Steve Swell Quartet with Sabir Mateen reeds, Steve Swell trmb, Matthew Heyner bs, Klaus Kugel drums
• April 9 10PM    Ras Moshe with Raphe Malik,Larry Roland and Donald Robinson
• April 16 10PM   Sonic Openings Under Pressure: Patrick Brennan composition, saxophone, Hilliard Greene bass, David Pleasant drums
• April 23 10PM   Tatsuya Nakatani and Billy Bang
• April 30 10PM   Moo Lohkenn vocals with Dick Griffin tb, Leonard Jones b, Pheeroan akLaff dr
• May 7 10PM      Daniel Levin's Black Bear: Daniel Levin cello, Nate Wooley trumpet, Joe Morris bass, Croix Galipault drums

One of the most influential jazz artists of his generation, alto/soprano sax monster Kenny Garrett has been a major force in jazz since his first appearances with the Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis nearly twenty years ago. This week, he brings his stellar quartet to the  Iridium in New York (February 23-27). Click here for a review of his Feb 21st show in Minneapolis.

Kenny Garrett grew up surrounded by jazz, gospel, R & B, and classical music in his native Detroit. His father, who played tenor sax, introduced young Kenny to jazz and the saxophone. Like many young Detroit jazzhounds in the 70s, Garrett was mentored by Marcus Belgrave. In 1978, his plan to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston took a back seat when Garrett had the opportunity to tour with the Duke Ellington Orchestra (under Mercer Ellington's direction). Moving to New York 3 years later, Garrett played in the Ellington band's Sophisticated Ladies; he was exposed to the music of Thad Jones as a member of the Mel Lewis Orchestra and to the music of Mingus as a member of the Dannie Richmond Quintet. His first recording (Introducing Kenny Garrett, Criss Cross) was released in 1984, and soon he was performing with Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw. In 1986, still with the Jazz Messengers, he also joined Miles Davis' last touring band, playing and recording for five years. Notes Garrett of this association, "Miles' genius was getting the best out of musicians without controlling them—letting them be free, but also getting what he wanted from them." As one of the last great musicians to work his way up the ranks in the bands of other great musicians, Garrett attributes much of his success to his early work in those great bands, but cites John Coltrane as having the most influence on his artistry.

Cecil's Jazz Club & Restaurant
364 Valley Road
West Orange, NJ  (973) 736-4800

Cecil's features the finest in Jazz, Big Band, Latin, Smooth Jazz, Blues, Spoken Word, and has a swinging weekly Jam Session. The restaurant is open for lunch, dinner and late nite meals.

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