Lazaro Vega

From www.bluelake.org The Jazz Datebook March 23, 2006 Muskegon – Every other Tuesday The Truth in Jazz Orchestra plays at the West Side Inn, Beidler St. The sixteen piece big band led by bassist/bass trombonist Dave Collee features a swinging book and regular guests such as drummer Tim Froncek and trumpeter Dan Jacobs, who drives down from Bellaire . This neighborhood tavern fills up over the course of the performance. Music from 7 p.m. Holland – Thursdays, 8 to 11 p.m. at Till Midnight, 171 East 24th Street, area trumpeter Dave Shock’s group The Shock Effect with bassist Jeff Beavan, Battle Creek’s tasteful arranger and accomplished pianist Terry Lower, plus drummer Mike VanLente. Rick Hicks sits in on guitar. (269) 392-6883. Saugatuck – Friday, March 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. Jim Cooper contributes his solo vibraphone performance to an open house at The Saugatuck Center for the Arts, 400 Culver Street. Then Saturday, March 25th, 8 p.m., Chicago vocalist Kirsten Gustafson tunes up for a national tour with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra by appearing with entertainer Michael Holmes in their production called “Swinging the Standards” at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts’ Bertha Krueger Reid Theater. “You Taught My Heart To Sing” was Gustafson’s 1992 debut on Atlantic records with liner notes by Sammy Cahn. In 2000 she released “Live at Montreux” recorded at the famous Swiss music festival. Seats are $15 through the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, (269) 857 – 2399 or www.sc4a.org . Ganges – Sunday, March 26th from 5 to 7 p.m. the Dave Hay / Jim Cooper Quartet at the Lakeshore Interfaith Institute, 6676 122nd Street. Ganges is in the vicinity of Saugatuck and Fennville. $3. Hay, piano; Cooper, vibraphone; Tom Lockwood, bass; Mike VanLente, drums. Grand Rapids – Friday, March 24, 6:30 p.m. vocalist Mary Rademacher swings at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. $3, cash bar. www.gramonline.org Grand Haven – Saturday, March 25th from 7-9 p.m. Megan Horist is accompanied by the ragtime pianist Jim Eberhard and friends from Grand Rapids. In “Big Blue,” the building on the corner of Ferry and Columbus. Presented by the Grand Haven Area Arts Council. This concert is part of an on-going Saturday night series. Grand Haven – The Theater Bar, 24 Washington St., features either jazz and blues guitarists Rick Hicks or Eric Glatz on Wednesday evenings from 8 to 11 p.m. and live local jazz bands on Fridays and Saturdays from 9 to 11 p.m. Grand Rapids – On-going: Find out about the next “Jazz Gumbo Showcase” presented by the West Michigan Jazz Society. Phone (616) 458 – 0125, or log-on www.wmichjazz.org . Their regular venue is The Kopper Top Guest House, 638 Stocking N.W. who just announced The Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra, a talent rich area big band, will play from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the last Monday of each month beginning March 27th. Kalamazoo – Wednesday, March 29th @ 8:00 p.m. The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet celebrates their new CD “Spin” (Telarc Records) with a free form approach to musical styles in concert at the Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University. $25 for adults (group discounts available), $5 for students. Phone for tickets (800) 228-9858, Coming from a classical music instrumentation the band has cross over appeal to jazz.. Residency activities by the LAGQ include: 3-29, 10:30am: Open House, The Fountains at Bronson, 1700 Bronson Way, Kalamazoo. 1:00pm: Western Michigan University Convocation Series, Dalton Recital Hall. Thursday, March 30th, 10am: Youth Concert, Dalton Recital Hall. A presentation of www.fontanachamberarts.org Ann Arbor – Tuesday, March 28th at 8 p.m., veteran improvisors of European jazz Misha Mengleberg, piano, and Han Bennink, drums with Holland’s world-renowned Instant Composer’s Pool Orchestra at the Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue. For directions to the multi-directional music of the ICP Orchestra see www.kerrytownoncerthouse.com Ann Arbor – Thursday, March 30th at 8 p.m. Russ Gershon’s labor of love The Either Orchestra, recently recorded at the Ethiopian Music Festival in Addis Ababa, also appears at the Kerrytown Concert House. A different vibe than the parade music to pure improvisation by the Dutchmen, Cambridge Mass.’s Either Orchestra is known for recasting jazz classics by Charles Mingus and Miles Davis, as well as leader Gershon’s absurdist wit, as in his piece “There’s a Bus That’s Leaving Soon for Alban Berg’s House.” www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com Ann Arbor – Friday, March 31st , 8 p.m., The San Francisco Jazz Collective plays a tribute to Herbie Hancock at The Michigan Theater. Joshua Redman, saxophones and artistic director; Bobby Hutcherson, vibes and marimba; Renee Rosnes, piano; Miguel Zenon, alto saxophone; plus a rhythm section to be announced. Part of the 12th Annual Jazz Series presented by The University Musical Society, now in it’s 127th season. See www.ums.org East Lansing – Wednesday, April 5th Doc Severinsen with the Great Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Cobb Great Hall, the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts. www.whartoncenter.com Hart – Friday, May 12th, pianist Butch Thompson and Friends at the Hart Public Schools Auditorium in the Hart Middle School. Tickets at the door, $7.00. Contact Tom Kirk, (231) 873- 6320.

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2006/03/13 The Rythym of a Life 74-year old drummer Paul Motian reflects on his impressive career, and describes what it was like to play with Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk, and Bill Evans. Events:Paul Motian will be playing as part of the Bobo Stenson Trio Wednesday, March 15 through Saturday, March 18 at 9 and 11pm Birdland (315 West 44th Street,­ between 8th & 9th Avenues) Tickets are $30. Call:(212) 581-3080 or visit www.birdlandjazz.com

In Arhoos, Denmark, they say Vin-ding, everywhere else it rhymes with wind .

Anthony Braxton & Leo Records by Bill Smith Anthony Braxton and Leo Feigin share a certain persistent determination to document creative music. Leo, as a producer releasing numerous important recordings, beginning in 1979, and Anthony documenting his own music any way he could, starting with “Three Compositions of New Jazz” on the Chicago based label Delmark in 1968. Much has happened for both of them in the ensuing years including a partnership that has continued for the past 18 years starting with the release of the 3 record set – “Anthony Braxton Quartet (London) 1985”. Since that time Leo has released no less than 30 CDs of Braxton’s music.... http://vancouverjazz.com/bsmith/2006/02/an...eo-records.html

Yes, we've had that on the air and have enjoyed his version of "You're the Top."

Happy 77th Birthday to Fred Anderson (3-22)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi...hi-business-hed Closing time for historic Velvet Lounge Howard Reich Published March 22, 2006 If all goes as planned, the last show at the historic Velvet Lounge -- on the Near South Side -- will start about 10 p.m. April 1 and go into the wee hours. Scheduled to be razed to make way for a condominium development, the club -- a nexus for avant-garde jazz in Chicago -- will go out with a roar, featuring the mighty Chicago tenor saxophonist Edward Wilkerson Jr., guitarist Jeff Parker and drummer Avreeayl Ra. "Right now, I don't think the club will go any longer than that night," says owner and saxophonist Fred Anderson, who will be moving his celebrated venue a couple of blocks away, to 67 E. Cermak Rd. A fundraiser for the move will feature Anderson, Harrison Bankhead and Hamid Drake at 10 p.m. Saturday in the current location, 2128 1/2 S. Indiana Ave., with admission at $20. The new quarters have been completed, said Anderson, who hopes to reopen in late April or early May. ===================== remaining gigs- tonight: Greg Ward and Friends 23-Mar: Vincent Davis and Percussion Plus with special guest Ed Wilkerson Jr. 24-Mar: Nicole Mitchell Black Earth 25-Mar: Benefit: Fred Anderson, Harrison Bankhead, and Hamid Drake 26-Mar: Jazz Jam with Jabari Liu 29-Mar: Greg Ward and Friends 30-Mar: Vincent Davis and Percussion Plus with special guest Ed Wilkerson Jr. 31-Mar: Somebody's Trio + One, with Greg Ward, Karl E. H. Seigfried, Isaiah Spencer, w/special guest Ernest Dawkins 01-Apr: Avreeayl Ra, Ed Wilkerson, Jeff Parker

What label is that Warne Marsh/Art Pepper reunion on?

Thanks for the help on the pronouncer, but with "Tza" do you pronounce the "T." Thinking of Tchacai or Tchaikovsky where you don't...So, tee-zah, or Tah-zah...? sorry to be so thick....

http://www.dailymotion.com/alternativa/1 You can "search" jazz, too, for many more....

Typo alert: Lucky Millinder Has anyone heard Lateef's double CD from last year? The most recent music from Lateef that I've heard is that Go:Organic Orchestra music on Rudolph's Meta Records. That's an incredible melange. By the way, how do you pronounce Assif's last name? Thanks for posting the article.

If they're going to go to all that work (opera, sheesh, what an impossibility to have every element go smoothly) let's hope it is recorded commercially.

Been absorbing that new CD of Blake's. Some of his music is so stark. Went to hear and record Fred Hersch tonight in Grand Rapids so missed this radio program. Anyone catch it?

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Schram named interim director at embattled Michigan Public Media Susan Whitall / The Detroit News March 15, 2006 Veteran Detroit radio executive Steve Schram has been named interim director of Michigan Public Media at the University of Michigan, effective immediately. Schram replaces Donovan Reynolds, who departed last week at the same time a criminal investigation of fundraising incentives at WUOM-FM was launched by the U-M Department of Public Safety. Michigan Public Media includes Michigan Radio, an NPR news station broadcasting in Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Flint, and Michigan Television, a PBS member station broadcasting in Flint. Schram, a 1975 Michigan State graduate with a degree in television and radio, has held the two top radio jobs in Detroit. From 2003-2005, he was senior vice president and director of sales for Infinity (CBS) Broadcasting's six-station Detroit cluster. Currently Schram heads up his own company doing media consulting. From 1996-2002, he was vice president and general manager for Clear Channel's seven Detroit-area radio stations. Schram also brings experience working for online giant AOL, as part of its web properties group, a job he held between his Clear Channel and Infinity gigs. "I am very pleased to join the team at Michigan Public Media," said Schram in a statement released by U-M. "These dynamic broadcast voices educate and inform their listeners at the very highest levels of excellence. I look forward to growing their impact and success." U-M President Mary Sue Coleman commented: "Our public radio and television stations make an important contribution to community education and an informed public dialogue in Michigan. I am pleased that Steve was available to contribute his business expertise to the stations during this period of transition." Schram, a Detroit native, grew up listening to Detroit radio of the 1960s, and with his friend Scott Westerman, another MSU grad, founded the website keener13.com, an homage to long departed WKNR-AM, their favorite rock station.

From the Ann Arbor News: WUOM probe checks gifts, fundraising Officials investigating whether gift-giving was legal, attorney says Tuesday, March 14, 2006 BY ART AISNER News Staff Reporter The criminal investigation into University of Michigan public radio station WUOM involves the station's fundraising and whether employees improperly received gifts from businesses mentioned on air, said an attorney representing a former employee questioned by police. Dan Geherin, the attorney for Justin Ebright, the station's former development director, confirmed Monday that Ebright was recently interviewed by investigators with the University of Michigan Department of Public Safety. "The station has incentive programs put in place to reward top employees, and they're looking into if some of the incentive programs crossed the line into criminal behavior,'' Geherin said. Authorities are checking on whether gifts were given to station employees by businesses - including meals at local restaurants - in return for on-air mention, Geherin said. The likelihood of charges hinges on whether or not authorities determine that taking the gifts was illegal or a violation of the station's policies, he said. No criminal charges have been filed as of Monday, and may not be, he said. "I don't know if even one person, or two, or maybe 100 will be charged in this. It is an odd investigation,'' Geherin said. Geherin said at least one other sales employee under Ebright's supervision, Jeremy Nordquist, was recently interviewed by police. Nordquist, an account executive, was fired in January. His attorney, Tom Moors, did not return messages from The News Monday. Moors told a Detroit newspaper that Norquist, in addition to meals, received a pool table and Persian rugs as performance bonuses. Nordquist is challenging his dismissal. Geherin would not comment on whether Ebright received similar bonuses. Diane Brown, spokeswoman for U-M police, said Monday she couldn't comment on the nature or scope of an ongoing investigation. The U-M administration is also conducting its own audit and formal review of the station's development operations, said university spokeswoman Kelly Cunningham, who declined further comment. The probe began shortly after Donovan Reynolds, director of Michigan Public Media, said he notified authorities in November after finding irregularities with the station's development operations. He began supervising the development department last June. Reynolds resigned his job earlier this month, saying he had to take responsibility since the investigation occurred while he was director. Michigan Public Media is the umbrella organization for WUOM, 91.7-FM, and affiliated radio stations in Flint and Grand Rapids; Michigan Television, the public-TV channel that broadcasts from Flint; and the Michigan Channel, which carries U-M programming on local cable systems. Art Aisner can be reached at aaisner@annarbornews.com or 734-994-6823. ©2006 Ann Arbor News © 2006 Michigan Live. All Rights Reserved.

Thanks for listening Uncle Skidmore. The version of "Impressions" from Trane's "Newport '63" is one of the great moments in jazz drumming. Nessa turned me on to that.

The Jazz Datebook March 14, 2006 Muskegon – Every other Tuesday The Truth in Jazz Orchestra plays at the West Side Inn, Beidler St.. Last on the bandstand March 7th and upcoming March 14th and 28th the sixteen piece big band led by bassist/bass trombonist Dave Collee. This neighborhood tavern fills up over the course of the performance. Music from 7 p.m. on the school night. Grand Rapids – Monday, March 20th, 6 to 9 p.m., the Grand Rapids collective Mind’s Eye, which has recorded a suite of movements named for each of the Great Lakes, features a repertoire of bop and swing favorites when they appear at the Kopper Top Guest House 638 Stocking N.W. (one door south of Fourth Street). Pianist-composer-educator Steve Talaga is featured in this collective of area musicians including the “Ira Sullivan of Michigan” Rob Smith on both trumpet and saxophones; Tom Lockwood, bass (or baritone saxophone); and Keith Hall, drums. This is a “Jazz Gumbo Showcase” presentation of the West Michigan Jazz Society. WMJS phone, 458 – 0125, or www.wmichjazz.org . p.s. On the last Monday of each month beginning March 27th, the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra, a talent rich area big band, appears from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Kopper Top Guest House. Grand Haven – The Theater Bar, 24 Washington St., features either jazz and blues guitarists Rick Hicks or Eric Glatz on Wednesday evenings from 8 to 11 p.m. and live local jazz bands on Fridays and Saturdays from 9 to 11 p.m. Saugatuck – Saturday, March 25th, 8 p.m., Chicago vocalist Kirsten Gustafson tunes up for a national tour with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra by appearing with entertainer Michael Holmes in their production called “Swinging the Standards” at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts’ Bertha Krueger Reid Theater. “You Taught My Heart To Sing” was Gustafson’s 1992 debut on Atlantic records with liner notes by Sammy Cahn. In 2000 she released “Live at Montreux” recorded at the famous Swiss music festival. Seats are $15 through the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, (269) 857 – 2399 or www.sc4a.org . East Lansing – Wednesday, March 22nd, 7 and 9 p.m., trumpeter Ingrid Jensen performs with Michigan State University’s Professor’s of Jazz led by bassist Rodney Whitaker at The Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan State University. 1-800-WHARTON or www.whartoncenter.com . See www.ingridjensen.com for biography and music samples of this fabulous trumpeter. Ann Arbor – Tuesday, March 28th , 8 p.m. , Misha Mengleberg, Han Bennink and Holland’s world-renowned Instant Composer’s Pool Orchestra get creative at the Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue. For directions to the multi-directional music of the ICP Orchestra see www.kerrytownoncerthouse.com Ann Arbor – Thursday, March 30th Russ Gershon’s labor of love The Either Orchestra, recently recorded at the Ethiopian Music Festival in Addis Ababa, is the second mid-size band to appear in the same week at the Kerrytown Concert House. A different vibe than the crazy Dutchmen, the Either Orchestra is known for their recasting of jazz classics by Charles Mingus and Miles Davis as well as leader Gershon’s amazing wit, as in his piece “There’s a Bus That’s Leaving Soon for Alban Berg’s House.” www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com Ann Arbor – Friday, March 31st , 8 p.m., The San Francisco Jazz Collective plays a tribute to Herbie Hancock at The Michigan Theater. Joshua Redman, saxophones and artistic director; Bobby Hutcherson, vibes and marimba; Renee Rosnes, piano; Miguel Zenon, alto saxophone; plus a rhythm section to be announced. Part of the 12th Annual Jazz Series presented by The University Musical Society, now in it’s 127th season. See www.ums.org Hart – Friday, May 12th, pianist Butch Thompson and Friends at the Hart Public Schools Auditorium in the Hart Middle School. Tickets at the door, $7.00. Contact Tom Kirk, (231) 873- 6320.

The day after his 81st Birthday we'll hear Haynes with the Summit Meeting at Birdland; Bird in Boston, 1952; Miles first Prestige recordings, and J.C. live at the Village Vanguard "Chasin' Another Trane." For openers. Classic music right now and jazz after 10 p.m. www.bluelake.org If the WMP cuts out and on, find this description on the same page under the WMP, next to the streaming schedule: "If you are unable to hear the broadcast from your web broswer, please click here: Listen Now " Opening that link tends to flow uninterrupted. According to that great "Listening With Roy Haynes" in the New York Times his band is opening tonight at the Village Vangaurd and playing until Sunday. In lieu of being there..... From the Manistee National Forest,

Nice. An Oscar for Treadwell. Would like to mention, too, that the sluff off of the Cincinnatti Conservatory of Music....pianist Phil DeGregg can play, he's a swinger, and an effective teacher. I've had the chance to record him on a tour of Europe and he's worth more as a jazz musician than the brush-off given here.

That's right.

Eric Dolphy's "Out There" sounds great. The Ammons has his tenor sliding in and out of echo that almost sounds like he's sticking it back into a Chess microphone then, as he plays softer than the force needed to trigger the echo, slides back to the present. Trippin that.

Yes, if you're going to get into Hines as a soloist per se and not just the great solo music he did late in his career, there are the two 1939 Blue Notes, too, which are essential to the story.

Isn't there a solo record on Halcyon, Marian McParland's label, or is that the stuff on Chairoscuro? For wildness there's "Jive Sugar," Hines on the blues. Going to listen to "My Shining Hour" from the Masters of Jazz release on Storyville. Hearing that (now, which is the reason for the edit) he does what Andrew Hill recently described as "concertizing" for the first half of the piece, then turns into Hines Waller at the mid-point and the improv goes out. His ability to relocate the tune from the edges he visits rhythmically and with such complex intertwined linearity.... And the Tchaikovsky ending, spelling out the melody with grandiose bass chords seperated by rests, My____ Shin_ing___ Hour. He winks at the middle section to close it out.

Didn't hear that. After about a minute there's children to attend to which makes the long narrative impossible to absorb. He mentioned 1975 and the multi-day Coleman marathon, said they sent a copy of the broadcast to O.C., and that's about as much as I got. What did he say? He must have played four sides of "Free Jazz" as I heard two "flips." ?

Can't believe they played "Free Jazz" on vinyl. Not that it's a bad thing hearing the "flip," but there're a couple of good versions on CD.....