The 2011 NYC Winter Jazzfest Announces Dates, Venues, Several Dozen Artists
As we have previously opined, January's annual two-day Winter Jazzfest is one of the season's signature live-music events, packing an ever-expanding number of downtown clubs (five this year) with an ever-expanding cabal of folks inexplicably angling to hear tough, ambitious downtown jazz. 2011's slate is set for January 7-8 at Le Poisson Rouge, Kenny's Castaways, Zinc Bar, Sullivan Hall, and Bitter End; tickets are on sale Friday, $25 per day, $35 for the both of 'em. As with globalFEST, you are guaranteed to encounter something you haven't heard before but will be very glad you did -- maybe this year it'll be, uh, Mike Pride's From Bacteria To Boys. To that end, here's the early lineup:
Robert Glasper, bringing along his continuing Experiment
Aaron GoldbergAethereal Base
Alex Han Band
Amina Figarova
Anat Cohen Quartet with Jason Lindner
Andrew D'Angelo's AGOGIC
Andy Emler
Asphalt Orchestra
Bad Touch
Captain Black Big Band
Carmen Souza
Charles Gayle Trio
Charlie Hunter
Chico Hamilton
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth
Chris Speed's YeahNO
Dayna Kurtz
Derrick Hodge
Don Byron's New Gospel Quintet
Donny McCaslin Trio
Eric Legnini
Igmar Thomas & The Cypher
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Jacob Garchik Trio
James Carney Group
Jamie Baum
Jason Lindner's NOW vs NOW
Jean-Michel Pilc
Jen Shyu
Kenneth Whalhum Quartet
Marcus Strickland Quartet
Matana Roberts
Maurice Brown Effect
Mike Pride's From Bacteria To Boys
Miles Okazaki / Damion Reed / Guillaume Peret
MILK & JADE by Dana Leong
Nels Cline's Stained Radiance
Nguyen Le
Portico Quartet
Proverb Trio featuring Dafnis Prieto, Kokayi & Jason Lindner
RedCred w/ John Medeski, Ben Perowsky and Chris Speed
Sameer Gupta's Namaskar
Shane Endsley Group
Sofia Rei Koutsovitis
Steve Coleman and Five Elements
The Curtis Brothers
The Respect Sextet
The Robert Glasper Experiment
Tineke Postma (U)nity
Vernon Reid's Artificial Afrika
Water Surgeons
and more TBA...
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