Lawrence Fields Quartet
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 pm
1st set: $15.00 | $10.00 for Members
2nd set: $10.00 | $5.00 for Members, buy ticket
Lawrence Fields - piano, Michale Rodriguez - trumpet, Josh Ginsberg - bass, EJ Strickland - drums

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Lawrence Fields was raised in a musical household and found to have a near-genius IQ as a child. He skipped two consecutive grades to enter high school early. After attending university for computer science, he was hired as a web developer. Acknowledging a growing love for musical performance, however, Lawrence left his job to attend Berklee College of music and was awarded the school's first ever James Williams Scholarship in honor of the late pianist and composer.

Lawrence was a member the Jeff "Tain" Watts quartet for several years, and has performed more recently as a member of the Nicholas Payton Quintet. Additionally, Lawrence has performed or recorded with artists including Branford Marsalis and his Quartet, Terri Lyne Carrington, Delfeayo Marsalis, Tim Warfield and Charles McPherson, as well as New York mainstays Myron Walden, Jaleel Shaw, Rodney Green, and Lage Lund.

Aaron Parks Quintet
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 to Saturday, September 4th, 2010

9:00 & 10:30 pm
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket
Aaron Parks - piano, Dayna Stephens - tenor saxophone, Todd Neufeld - guitar, Thomas Morgan - bass, RJ Miller - drums

Pianist Aaron Parks hails from the state of Washington and is now one of jazz's most prized musical figures - named a "New Visionary" in the September 2008 issue of JazzTimes magazine. We featured him in our Jazz Gallery Composers Series in 2007 with a project that took the title "Archetypes: Character Studies in Sound." Possessing a musical maturity far beyond his years, he began his membership in Terence Blanchard's groundbreaking ensemble at age 18. He has also toured and performed extensively with Kurt Rosenwinkel and many other important bandleaders. Aesthetically, Aaron is informed by everyone from Herbie Hancock to Aphex Twin to Toru Takemitsu. His piano approach combines technical dazzle with a contemplative touch and a subtle harmonic palette - qualities that were well documented on his auspicious 2008 debut for Blue Note Records, Invisible Cinema. He returns this week at the helm of an impressive quintet.

Jam Session with Roy Hargrove
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 | 9:00 p.m. - Midnight
$5.00, Cash only at the door

Ambrose Akinmsuire Quintet
Thursday, September 9th, 2010 to Friday, September 10th, 2010

9:00 & 10:30 p.m.
$20.00 | $10.00, buy ticket
Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet, Walter Smith III - saxophone, Gerald Clayton - piano, Harish Raghavan - bass, Justin Brown - drums

Joe Sanders' INFINITY
Saturday, September 11th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 pm
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket
Joe Sanders - bass, Logan Richardson - saxophone, Luis Perdomo - piano, Rodney Green - drums

Adam Cruz Sextet
Monday, September 13th, 2010 to Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

9:00 & 10:30 p.m.
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket
Adam Cruz - drums, Chris Potter - saxophone, Steve Wilson - saxophone (set 1 both nights), Miguel Zenon - saxophone (set 2 both nights), Steve Cardenas - guitar, Edward Simon - piano, Ben Street - bass

Greg Ward Quartet
Thursday, September 16th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 pm
1st set: $15.00 | $10.00 for Members
2nd set: $10.00 | $5.00 for Members, buy ticket
Greg Ward - also saxophone, David Bryant - piano, Joe Sanders - bass, Damion Reid - drums

Fabian Almazan Trio
Friday, September 17th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 p.m.
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket
Fabian Almazan - piano, Ben Street - bass, Henry Cole - drums

TARBABY
Saturday, September 18th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 p.m.
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket
Stacy Dillard - saxophones, Orrin Evans - piano, Eric Revis - bass, Nasheet Waits - drums

Maria Neckam Sextet
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 pm
1st set: $15.00 | $10.00 for Members
2nd set: $10.00 | $5.00 for Members, buy ticket
Maria Neckam - voice, Samir Zarif - tenor sax, Nir Felder - guitar, Aaron Parks - piano, Zack Lober - bass, Colin Stranahan - drums

Celebrating Ornette Coleman: Jimmy Katz Presents in Co-produciton with The Jazz Gallery
Friday, September 24th, 2010 to Sunday, September 26th, 2010

See Below for Set Times
Advanced General Tickets: $35.00 per night
Advanced Member Tickets: $25.00 per night
Door Price: $40.00 for General and Members, buy ticket
Friday, September 24th
9:00 p.m.: Johnathan Blake Trio featuring Wayne Escofferey - saxophone, Ben Williams - bass
10:30 p.m.: Mark Turner Quartet featuring Avishai Cohen - trumpet, Joe Martin - bass, Marcus Gilmore - drums


Saturday, September 25th
7:30 p.m.: Joel Frahm Trio
9:00 p.m.: Kevin Hays Quartet
10:30 p.m.: Vijay Iyer, Matana Roberts & Gerald Cleaver


Sunday, September 26th
9:00 p.m.: Nasheet Waits and Equality featuring Stanley Cowell - piano, Eric Revis - bass, Logan Richarson - saxophones
10:30 p.m.: Trio Lovano Super Sonix with Joe Lovano, Cameron Brown and Joey Baron

Adam Larson Sextet
Thursday, September 30th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 p.m.
1st set: $15.00 / $10.00 for Members
2nd set: $10.00 / $5.00 for Members, buy ticket
Adam Larson - saxophone, Zubin Hensler - trumpet, Can Olgun - piano, Martin Nevin - bass, Nils Weinhold - guitar, Bastian Weinhold - drums

Matt Stevens 4tet
Thursday, October 7th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 pm
1st set: $15.00 | $10.00 for Members
2nd set: $10.00 | $5.00 for Members, buy ticket

Sam Harris Group
Thursday, October 14th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 p.m.
1st set: $15.00 | $10.00 for Members
2nd set: $10.00 | $5.00 for Members, buy ticket
Sam Harris - piano, Logan Richardson - saxophone, Martin Nevin - bass, Greg Ritchie - drums

Ben Williams & Sound Effect
Friday, October 15th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 pm
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket

Tyshawn Sorey Quartet
Saturday, October 16th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 pm
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket
Presenting a new work titled Acts.

Tyshawn Sorey - percussion, Aaron Stewart - woodwinds, Taylor Ho Bynum - brass, John Escreet - piano

Armand Hirsch Trio
Thursday, October 21st, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 p.m.
1st set: $15.00 | $10.00 for Members
2nd set: $10.00 | $5.00 for Members, buy ticket
Armand Hirsch - guitar, Jake Sherman - organ, Jake Goldbas - drums/percussion

Jason Palmer and the Public Option
Thursday, December 9th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 pm
1st set: $15.00 | $10.00 for Members
2nd set: $10.00 | $5.00 for Members, buy ticket
Jason Palmer - trumpet, Michael Thomas - alto saxophone,Greg Duncan - guitar, Lim Yang - bass, Lee Fish - drums

Miguel Zenon Quartet
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 p.m.
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket
Miguel Zenon - alto saxophone, Luis Perdomo - piano, Hans Glawschnig - bass, Eric Doob - drums

Miguel Zenón is embarking on a residency program here at the Gallery that will entail monthly performances on Wednesdays: September 1, October 6, November 3 and December 1, 2010; January 19, February 2, April 6, May 4 and June 1, 2011.

A native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miguel was recently named a MacArthur Fellow, one of the most prestigious honors an American artist in any discipline can earn. We are proud to have given Miguel a platform over the years for many of his projects, including his Rhythm Collective, his Jíbaro premiere, his recent trio endeavor with Jeff Ballard and Lionel Loueke and most recently his extraordinary Esta Plena project. Miguel pursued formal jazz training at Berklee and gained pivotal experience playing with the likes of Bob Moses and the Either/Orchestra. He received his Masters from the Manhattan School of Music in 2001 and has since racked up credits with Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos, the SFJazz Collective, Ray Barretto, Branford Marsalis, David Sanchez and many more. Melding the indigenous folkloric idioms of his native country with some of the most advanced compositional thinking in modern jazz, Miguel represents the best of a new wave of Latin jazz innovation.

Sofia Rei Koutsovitis Group
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 p.m.
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket
Sofia Rei Koutsovitis -vocals/charango, Eric Kurimski - guitar, Jorge Roeder - bass, Satoshi Takeishi - percussion, Tupac mantilla - percussion plus special guest - Gregoire Maret

A Buenos Aires native, Sofía Rei Koutsovitis was a featured performer here at the Gallery in December 2009 as part of our prestigious "New Voices" commissioning series. She has been praised by the legendary Curtis Fuller as "one of the most memorable performers I have ever encountered," and by the great Maria Schneider for her "lovely sound that is human and earthy all at once." Part of a new and vibrant generation of Latin jazz musicians based in New York, Sofía is active with several musical projects that explore jazz, experimental music, Argentine, Brazilian, Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Colombian idioms, including the 12-piece Colombian unit Folklore Urbano and the Afro-Peruvian quintet Alcatraz, along with more straightforwardly jazz-related groups like Geoffrey Keezer's Aurea.

Her debut CD, Ojalá, offered a rainbow of poignant melodies, involved orchestrations, folkloric textures and all-around superb musicianship, centered around Sofía's rich, full-bodied, dolorous vocal instrument. Sofía has since issued her follow-up, Sube Azul, available from World Village/Harmonia Mundi.

After immersing herself in modern and progressive jazz during graduate studies at Boston's New England Conservatory, Sofía relocated to New York in 2005. She has recorded, performed and collaborated with renowned artists and bands such as Lionel Loueke, Danilo Perez, John Scofield, Bob Moses, Russ Ferrante (Yellowjackets), Pavel Urkiza (Gema y Pavel), Pablo Aslan's Avantango, Aquiles Baez and Hector Martignon. She toured Europe with the Grammy-winning Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra and premiered Schneider's "Cerulean Skies" in Vienna. She was also recently featured with vocal giant Bobby McFerrin in "Instant Opera" at Carnegie Hall.

Nate Smith I.N.S.: The Wink And The Gun
Friday, August 27th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 pm
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket
Nate Smith - drums, Jaleel Shaw - saxophone, Nir Felder - guitar, Taylor Eigsti - rhodes, Fima Ephron - bass

Drummer Nate Smith has distinguished himself as the rhythmic engine behind Dave Holland's highly acclaimed groups, as well as Chris Potter's Underground quartet with Craig Taborn and Adam Rogers. A native of Chesapeake, Virginia, he was born in 1974 and went on to pursue his musical studies at James Madison University and Virginia Commonwealth University.

While still in college, Nate was recruited by the great Betty Carter to participate in her esteemed Jazz Ahead program. In graduate school he began his ongoing relationship with Dave Holland. Since then, in addition to working with Holland and Potter, Nate has performed and/or recorded with Jason Moran, Joshua Redman, Stefon Harris, Patricia Barber, Scott Colley and many others.

Also an accomplished songwriter and producer, Nate worked with Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley on the song "Heaven Can Wait" on Jackson's Invincible album. He recently formed his own production company, Waterbaby Music, Inc., and released his first EP, Workday: Waterbaby Music, Vol. 1.0. He takes the Gallery stage this week with the irresistibly grooving I.N.S. ("Ira Nathaniel Smith"), a talent-packed group that recently brought forth an EP titled The Wink and the Gun.

Taylor Ho Bynum New Sextet
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 p.m.
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket
Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet, Jim Hobbs - alto saxophone, Bill Lowe - bass trombone, Mary Halvorson - guitar, Ken Filiano - bass, Tomas Fujiwara - drums
The New Sextet Book by Taylor Ho Bynum and the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America's 2010 New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Cornetist and bandleader Taylor Ho Bynum will set up shop at the Gallery this week in the midst of an auspicious four-city tour. He is unveiling the latest incarnation of his five-year-old working ensemble, the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, performing a brand new book of music made possible with support from Chamber Music America's 2010 New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

"I've kept my core trio with Mary Halvorson and Tomas Fujiwara intact," Bynum explains, "but now brought in the most traditional instrumentation of any band I've ever had, with a classic three-horn, three-piece rhythm section lineup. While Bill Lowe, Jim Hobbs and Ken Filiano are new to this particular group, I've had long musical relationships with each of them, stretching back many years (20 years in Bill's case, he was one of my first mentors when I was 15!). So, there is a high level of creative intimacy in the ensemble, which allows me to design musical contexts really tailored to feature the individual voices of the musicians."

Taylor is "one of the savviest trumpeters to come along in recent years, a growling sound-and-space man in the tradition of Lester Bowie," according to noted critic Francis Davis. He has worked extensively with Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon and a host of others, establishing himself as one of the premier improvisers and interdisciplinary musical thinkers of his generation. He's committed to the legacies of 20th-century masters like Ellington, Ives and the AACM while adding a third millennial flavor and a trickster sensibility.

Previously at the Gallery, Taylor has taken part in mini-festivals celebrating the New Haven-based Firehouse 12 label, as well as a "trans-idiomatic" 10-piece little big band collaboration with percussionist Abraham Gomez-Delgado called Positive Catastrophe. In November 2008 Taylor appeared here over two nights with no fewer than three different ensembles, including the Sextet as well as SpiderMonkey Strings. We look forward to his return, in yet another incarnation.

The New Sextet Book by Taylor Ho Bynum and the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America's 2010 New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Snehasish Mozumder & SOM
Friday, August 20th, 2010 | 9:00 & 10:30 pm
$20.00 | $10.00 for Members, buy ticket
Snehasish Mozumder - doubleneck mandolin, Vin Scialla -drums & percussion, Nick Gianni - soprano & baritone saxophones & flute, Jason Lindner - piano, Jason Hogue -bass

Snehasish Mozumder plays a conventional western acoustic mandola, but with his band SOM he favors an unusual double-necked mandolin. Together with his gifted accompanists, Snehasish improvises on North Indian classical ragas rooted in soaring melodies.

Born in 1967, Snehasish began playing tabla at age four, learning from his grandfather, Bibhuti Ranjan Mozumder, until the age of 14. At age 10 (in keeping with family tradition), he added mandolin as a second instrument. In 1983, Snehasish began studying the sitar under Pandit Ajoy Sinha Roy, and since then he has adapted sitar language to the mandolin.

As a milestone in his decade-long struggle for acceptance of the mandolin as an instrument of Northern Indian classical music, Snehasish received an invitation from Pandit Ravi Shankar to participate in the George Harrison Memorial Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall in November 2002.

Snehasish is a leader among a new generation of recognized Indian classical musicians coming from the subcontinent to create a new music beyond boundaries.