Death of Max Roach and other Information.....

The JAZZ WORLD has lost another giant. It has come to our attention that the great Jazz Drummer, Max Roach, (Seen in the photo on the left,) has died. The announcement came overnight. He had died in a Manhattan hospital after a long illness. He was 83. From Duke Ellington to Miles Davis, Roach made a deep impression on the Jazz scene. Details below of funeral arraignments and public ways to pay your respects. Max will be missed...

Services for Max Roach will be held on Friday, August 24th, 2007 at 11:00 am at Riverside Church, NYC.

Viewing will begin at 9am at Riverside Church.

The internment will be private.

The Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive
New York, New York 10027
212-870-6700
http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/

The Riverside Church is located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side near Columbia University. The church covers a two-block area extending from Riverside Drive to Claremont Avenue and between 120th Street and 122nd Street. (120th Street is also named Reinhold Niebuhr Place.) The Claremont Avenue entrance (91 Claremont Avenue) is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Directions by Subway

Take the #1 IRT Broadway Local to 116th Street. Walk north along Broadway (passing Barnard College on the left) to 120th Street (Reinhold Niebuhr Place). Turn left and walk one block to (Claremont Avenue). 91 Claremont is one half block north of 120th Street on the left hand side of the street. If the IRT Broadway Express (#2 or #3 IRT) is taken uptown from midtown Manhattan, be sure to change at 96th street for the local train.

Directions by Bus

Take the M-104, M-4 or M-5 to 120th or 122nd Street.
For further information about bus and subway routes, click here for more information <http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/bus/> or call 718.330.1234.

Elin Sings this Week!!!!

Eric Frazier Live in July

He continues to jam, jam, jam! Eric Frazier LIVE in July. Catch in and around town this month!

Coming soon and NOT to be missed!

Smitty's Jazz Festival at the Quarry in Upstate New York. Early August!!!!

The Music Of Charles Mingus

For Lovers of the Music of Charles Mingus, a great BIG BAND is assembled and performs, each week, at the Iridium in New York City.

In the works: EPITAPH, Mingus's 85th anniversary celebrations are still to come in 2007!

Go to www.mingusmingusmingus.com for more details. This is a great Mid-Town locale to hear great music.

Iridium is located at: 1650 Broadway at 51st Street just north of Times Square.

Phone: 212-582-2121

Cuban Dance Party with Danny

The New Music from Cuba is coming to New York this week. Details above! See you there!

Andrea Wolper LIVE at 55

With a new CD, Andreas is just coming off performing at the JVC Jazz Festival in New York. Catch her at 55 Bar at 55 Christopher Street this Tuesday and again, at the Iridium on the 15th, with a return to '55' in early August.

Her new CD is called THE SMALL HOURS

Got to this site for more details... www.AndreaWolper.com/calendar.htm

Blue Note Groove Series

Something Different at the Noted New York Jazz club.... Coming this week!

Denmark's Anne Mette Iverson in Brooklyn this Monday!

Bass Player Anne Mette Iverson at a recent performance

Anne Mette Iversen Quartet will perform at The Tea Lounge, Union Street, Brooklyn, on July 9th at 8 PM; followed by the showing of Lars Von Trier's "The Five Obstructions". No cover -

This a special performer and, new face, on the growing Brooklyn Jazz Scene. Not to be missed!

The band Anne Mette Iverson will also feature:

John Ellis - sax

Mike Moreno - guitar

Otis Brown III - drums / AMI -bass & comp

That is located at:

837 Union Street
Park Slope, Brooklyn
1-718-789-2762

8 pm Sharp!

Call the number above for more information on the address and locale and directions via public and, other transportation. The tea lounge has three Brooklyn addresses. This performance is in Park Slope.

Check the lounge web site at: http://www.tealoungeny.com/

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

K.J. Denhert out with a New CD and coming to the Hughes House in Harlem!!!

CD release parties and performances of this artist set to take place in and around New York soon!

Fatima Performs at Rome Neal's Banana Pudding!

Don't Miss the newest face on the Jazz Scene... The melodic FATIMA!!!! She's a new, exciting and fresh face on the New York music scene. I have caught her performances with noted musicians like Jazz Guitarist, SAUL RUBIN, play numerous venues around town. This lady is the REAL DEAL and, should not be missed.

See her perform at ROME NEAL's Banana Pudding, Saturday night, July 7! 10 PM...........

It all takes place at that East Village venue known as the
Nuyorican Poets' Cafe!! 236 E. 3rd street -

It is located between Avenues 'B' & 'C' in Alphabet City (take "F" train to 2nd avenue to get there.)

Rome Neal's Banana Puddin' July Jazz Jam will serve you.....
IC EXPRESS 4 ur main course............

and Rome's very own Banana Puddin' 4 dessert!!!

Only $10 admission!!!! A cheap night out at a lovely venue......

So if u wanna hear Beyonce's "Naughty Girl" in Arabic, with belly
dancers, then get there early - so u won't have to stand!!!!!

-Ralph Revello

See you there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back From Brazil!!!! Elin Sings again!!!

Elin

with special guests:

Richard Padrón - guitar

Ariel de la Portilla - acoustic bass

Monday July 9th 8-11:30pm

@ Bar Next Door

www.lalanternacaffe.com

129 MacDougal St (@ W 3rd St)

New York, NY 10012

212.529.5945

$8 Cover

Look forward to seeing you all there!! AND TO ALL MY MUSICIAN FRIENDS... please come out and sit in!

Elin :-)

Brazilian Pool Party 2

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND..... June's event was a smashing success and sooooooooooo....

Don't miss this event coming up later in the month. Save the date, Thursday July 26th. FREE Admission at the Hotel QT 125 West 45th Street..... Featuring LIVE music by SAVEIRO.

Wine and Jazz on Long Island, New York

Jazz and Wine in Riverhead, New York July and August this Summer!

Call 1-631-727-0900 for more details.... Put on by the EAST END ARTS council and the Long Island Wine Council. A great combination and a great series of events coming up. See you there!

Jazz in Harlem at Bill's Place!!!!!

Reggae in Mid-Town New York!!!! In July....

Call the Phone number listed above for more information. These are special events coming up.

Harlem Speaks next week!

Jazz and poetry 104 East 126th Street Between Park and Lexington Avenues. Call for more info at: 212-348-8300 It is a FREE EVENT....

Go to the web site: www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org

The Brooklyn African Arts Festival is On!

Don't miss the annual Brooklyn African Arts Festival event at Commodore Barry Park. July the 4th at 10 am. It's a great program...... See you there!

Rocking the River!

NYC ROCKIN' THE RIVER CRUISES
42nd St. & the Hudson River at Circle Line Pier 83 *
212.630.8888 *
See Dave Grisman and Band!!!
http://www.rtrcruises.com/
David Grisman Quintet
featuring Frank Vignola on guitar
Thursday July 19 @ 7pm & 9:30pm
tickets $50 in advance/$55 day of

Hugh Masekela LIVE in July!

NYC ROCKIN' THE RIVER CRUISES
42nd St. & the Hudson River at Circle Line Pier 83 *
212.630.8888 * http://www.rtrcruises.com/

South African Jazz Legend
Hugh Masekela
CD RELEASE PARTY
Friday July 13 @ 8pm
tickets $40 in advance/$45 day of

Catch Eric Frazier in July 2007

Catch Eric Frazier at Willoughby Hall, Brooklyn, New York, July 3rd Call: 1-718-403-1642 for more info!

Coming soon and NOT to be missed!

You heard about it here first! One of the highlights of the Summer of 2007! Details to follow.

TONIGHT!!!!!!!!! The Brazilian Pool Party

See Below for details...........

Hotel QT at 125 West 45th Street near Times Square in New York City 7 pm tonight! Free Admission!!! www.myspace.com/aguanyc and www.hotelqt.com for further details about tonight.

DJ Miller Cruz and DJ Anderson Trindade will spin Samba, Pagode, MPB, Forro and World Beat Sounds.

LIVE Music with SAVEIRO with Caipirnha Specials beginning at 8pm. Should be fun. This is a FREE EVENT..... See you there!

The Photo Exhibit of Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams, born Mary Elfrieda Winn in Atlanta, Georgia on May 8, 1910, was exposed to Ragtime, Boogie-woogie, and the Blues at the tender age of three. When her mother discovered her daughter had a gift to play the piano she had professional musicians come to the house to play for Mary Lou. At age 6, the family moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Mary Lou was exposed to all kinds of music. She studied for a time under the then-prominent Sturzio, a classical pianist. Her grandfather would pay her 50 cents a week to play classical music (Il Trovatore) which she learned from watching and pressing down the keys on a toy piano. But her stepfather, Fletcher Burley, who hummed the Boogie and Blues for her was her main inspiration. Her talent quickly became known throughout Pittsburgh as "the little piano girl". It was not long before Mary Lou was playing at private parties and gambling joints, that her stepfather could sneak her in, well before she was ten years old.

It was during the mid-twenties that she made her first recordings with John Williams' Jazz Syncopators. At 17, she formed a small band in Memphis, Tennessee. Among its sidemen were Jimmie Lunceford, Glen Gray, and the Casa Lomas. During the Swing Era in the thirties, Mary Lou's strong playing -- especially in the left hand -- coupled with her many original compositions and unusual arrangements did much to spread the style known as Kansas City Swing: the strong blues-based and joyful music most widely known through Count Basie. Mary Lou wrote and arranged for Louis Armstrong, the Dorseys, Benny Goodman ("Roll Em" and "Camel Hop"), Jimmie Lunceford ("What's Your Story Morning Glory").

In the early forties Miss Williams began a long and happy engagement at Cafe Society Downtown in New York City. Known as one of "the original boppers" Mary Lou kept company with Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke, Oscar Pettiford, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, J.J. Johnson, Kenny Dorham, Charlie Parker, Art Blakey, and Thelonious Monk.

After her gig at Cafe Society, Mary Lou Williams could be found at Minton's listening to the sounds of Dizzy, Monk, and Bird. It was one of three known jazz spots in New York City’s Harlem were late night playing and creating new sounds in music occurred. Mary Lou Williams was in the center of it. They all brought their compositions to her to listen and her Harlem apartment (located then on Hamilton Terrace) was the gathering place for all of the musicians.

Until her death on May 28, 1981, Mary Lou Williams was involved in exposing Jazz to the world to preserve its history and future.

More........................ Call for times and info... Gwen Black the Curator--212/665-5313

More on Mary Lou....

The photo exhibition on Mary Lou Williams is currently at the National Museum of Catholic Art & History. The exhibition includes photographs of many of the Jazz Legends from Pittsburgh (including Lena Horne, Billy Strayhorn, Dakota Staton, Kenny Clarke “Klook”, Ahmad Jamal, and others).

Other materials include posters from the 1^st Pittsburgh Jazz Concert (produced by Mary Lou Williams and George Wein in 1962), table tent cards from Wells featuring Mary Lou Williams, and other memorabilia.

The exhibition is important for our young ladies and community at large to reflect and continue exposing the legacy of such a great lady—Mary Lou Williams.

Thanks Much!!!

Gwen Black Curator--212/665-5313

Jazz in Harlem!!!!!

Jersey Jazz Girls Series..... Free!!!!!!!!! This Weekend...

The Jazz Summer Festival Season Heats up with another terrific FREE event in the New York area. Lauren Hooker is among many artists performing in the Garden State this weekend. Do check out the details on one very hip series of shows in New Jersey below!

Jerzey Jazz Girlz Series celebrating the role of New Jersey Women in the field of Jazz continues at the Barron Art Center in Woodbridge, NJ on June 29th at 8 pm with Jazz Vocalist Lauren Hooker. Performing with Lauren will be pianist Allen Farnham, drummer Tim Horner and bassist Belden Bullock.

Free to the public but reservations are necessary and can be made by calling the staff of the Barron weekdays between 9am and 4 pm at 732-634-0413. More Info Here: http://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/Pdfs/June07/061207JerzeyGirlzPR.pdf

Kingston, New York Jazz Festival This weekend!!!!!

Do check this link for further details. All Events are
Free!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.kingstonjazzfestival.com/index.html

Brazilian Pool PARTY in NYC Thursday!

Free Party!!!!!!!!!!! Samba, Pagode, MPB, Forro and World Beat! LIVE MUSIC with Saveiro!

Hotel QT 125 West 45th Street New York City All Starts at 7 pm Thursday June 28th.

See you there!

Swedish Mid-Summer Late Night Party

Another year in the making but, the work of Thomas Noe, one of two executives behind the International Swede group, pulled it off. Here Noe is hard at work behind the turn-tables of a noted downtown New York Hot Spot. The following are photos from two remarkable events in the New York over the past 24 hours. The Summer Season is here in the Northern Hemisphere and scores of pagan events around the globe took note of the changing of the season. Sit back and enjoy the good vibes and images as we are now at the half-way point of 2007.

Go to this link for more International Swede photos from this event:

http://www.internationalswede.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=100

Swedish Mid-Summer Late Night Party

One of many big kisses at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Mid Summer After Party in New York

Happy ladies at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Mid Summer After Party

The Swedish flag very much on display at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Swedish Mid-Summer in New York!

Part of the crowd of over 1,000 dancing to the music of Uno Sveningsson at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Mid Summer After Party in New York

Uno Sveningsson, former leader of the Swedish Pop group FRIDAY, performing in front of hundreds of on-lookers at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Mid Summer After Party in New York

They will be talking about this party the rest of the Summer of 2007.

Mid Summer After Party

Reverse view with lead guitarist, Magnus Reuterberg, in the foreground, Uno Sveningssons, in the center chair and Bassist, Christofer Nilsson, stage right, at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Mid Summer After Party in New York

The man behind-the-scene, Thomas Noe, looking on, as Magnus Reuterberg, on guitar, Christofer Nilsson, on Bass, join Uno Sveningsson in a performance at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Swedish Mid-Summer Late Night Party

Bassist, Christopher Nilsson, in the foreground and band leader, Uno Sveningsson, on guitar in the center chair, performing to a crowd of over 1,000 at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Mid Summer After Party in New York

The view from the rear of the band lead by Uno Sveningsson, playing to a crowd numbering over 1,000, at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Mid Summer After Party

The ladies dancing and screaming to the music of Uno Sveningsson, former leader of the the Swedish pop group, FRIDAY, at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Swedish Mid-Summer Late Night Party

The man behind the scene and making it all happen..... Thomas Noe putting down some licks and producing the sound that hundreds would dance to this evening... some highlights at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Swedish Mid-Summer Late Night Party

A relaxed, non-stressed and DRAMA FREE multi-ethnic and inter-racial scene..... just some of the highlights at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Mid Summer After Party in New York

Laughing and having a blast was just some of the highlights at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Mid Summer After Party in New York

Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Now THAT was just some of the highlights at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Swedish Mid-Summer Late Night Party

Hot and Heavy was the order-of-the-night and, just some of the highlights at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Mid Summer After Party in New York

Heavy styling and hot dancing was just some of the highlights at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.

Mid Summer After Party

This lady was dancing the night away..... just some of the highlights at Thomas Noe's International Swede group's big Swedish Mid-Summer Party in Soho at Bowery and Spring Street in New York City this evening of 22nd of June 2007.