The Queen of Hang: Sheila E. Anderson

week of July 28 to August 3, 2008

In NYC:

Birdland
Monday
Jim Caruso’s “Cast Party” W/ Pianist Billy Stritch

Tuesday
The Music Of Duke Ellington & More
David Burger & The Sultans Of Swing

Wednesday – Saturday
Monty Alexander & Caribbean Sextet

Sunday
6pm - Andy Farber & His Orchestra Featuring Hilary Kole
9pm - Chico O’Farrill’s Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Directed By Arturo O’Farrill

Blue Note
Monday
Jeremy Pelt "Wired"

Tuesday To Sunday
Metro: Featuring Chuck Loeb/ Mitchell Forman/ Dave Weckl & More

Cachaca (Pronounced “Ka-Sha-Sa”)
Monday
Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra
“Afro-Cuban Monday Night Series”
“Bitter Apple” Featuring Aruan Ortiz/ Abraham Burton/ Esperanza Spaulding/ Darrell Green

Wednesday
“Nyu Jazz Duo Guitar Series” - Bruce Arnold & Kenny Wessel

Thursday
“Nyu Jazz Duo Guitar Series” - Jack Wilkins & Randy Johnston
Andrea Brachfeld & Phoenix Rising

Friday To Sunday
Matt Geraghty
Aruan Ortiz Quartet

Saturday
Samba Jazz – Titus Ribas & The House Cats

Cachaça's Name Is Inspired By The Drink Cachaça: The Brazilian Liquor Distilled From Unrefined Sugarcane Juice And Principal Ingredient In A Caipirinha (Pronounced “Kai-Pee-Reen-Yah”), The National Cocktail Of Brazil.

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
Monday
Upstarts!
Charlie Porter Quartet

Tuesday – Sunday
Cedar Walton Quartet

Iridium
Monday
Les Paul

Tuesday
Larry Rosen & Capathia Jenkins
Mingus Legacy

Wednesday
Endangered Species Big Band – The Music Of Wayne Shorter

Thursday - Sunday
T.S. Monk On Monk Sextet

Jazz Gallery
Friday & Saturday
Lage Lund 5 W/ Seamus Blake/ Aaron Parks/Ben Street/Jonathan Blake

Jazz Standard
Monday
Joanne Brackeen Quartet W/ Special Guest Ravi Coltrane (Ugonna Okegwo-Bs/Tony Reedus/drms)

Tuesday & Wednesday
Ali Jackson’s “Wheelz Keep Rollin”

Thursday – Sunday
Vijay Iyer Quartet

Kitano Hotel
Wednesday
Lauren Kinhan Quartet

Thursday
Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet

Knickerbocker
There Will Be No Music In July
Music Will Resume August 8th

Smalls
Monday
Byrn Roberts Trio
Ari Hoenig

Tuesday
John Pizzarelli Quartet W/ Larry Fuller
Bill Stevens Group
Ken Fowser Jam Session

Wednesday
Terry Waldo “This Is Ragtime”
Joe Magnarelli Group
Alex Stein Jam Session

Thursday
Ehud Asherie & Dan Block
Fabio Morgera
Ari Roland Trio & Jazz Session

Friday
Dwayne Clemons Quintet
Richie Vitale Group
After Hours W/ Alex Hoffman

Saturday
The William Ash Trio (CD Release)
Richie Vitale Group
After Hours W/ Spencer Murphy

Sunday
Marion Cowings W/ The Jon Roche Trio
Spike Wilner Ensemble

Smoke
Monday
“Jam Session”
John Farnsworth Quintet W/ Special Guest: Bill Saxton

Tuesday
B3 Grooves & Soul Jazz
Mike LeDonne Quartet

Wednesday
“Smoke & Freddie Bryant Present World Jazz Wednesdays”
Andrea Brachfeld &  "Phoenix Rising" (Cd  release ) Rising (CD Release)

Thursday - Saturday
One For All

Sunday
“Evening Vocal Series”
“Afro-Cuban / Latin Night” - Chris Washburne & Syotos

Sobs
Friday Salsa Groove – Manny Oquendo & Libre
Samba Soul On Saturday – Silvana Magda W/ The Katende Band & Viva Brasil Dancers & The  Manhattan Samba School.

Sweet Rhythm
Closed For The Month Of July

Village Vanguard
Monday(s)

VJO Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Monday nights are reserved for the VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA. Established by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, the Grammy-nominated VJO has been playing Monday nights at the club for over 33 years.

Tuesday to Sunday
Paul Motian Octet

Walkers
16 N. Moore at Varick (Sunday's)
Peter Leitch with Ugonna Okegwo (duo)

 Zinc Bar
Saturdays - Brasilian Bossa Jazz W/ Marinni
Sundays - Brasilian Samba Jazz With Cidinho Texeira And Friends

Other Venues & Free Summer Concert Series
In the NY/NJ Metro Area

Tuesday
Iguana Night Club – Salsa Tuesdays After work - NYC

WednesdayJazzmobile: Grant’s Tomb (Riverside Drive  @ 122nd St.)-NYC
Winard Harper
Time: 7:00 to 8:30
(for complete listing; www.jazzmobile.org

Julia De Burgos Cultural Center -1680  Lexington Ave.-NYC After Work Series Every Wednesday
This Week: Jimmy Delgado & Orchestra

LQ Classic Wednesday – LQ, 511 Lexington Ave. @ 48th St.-NYC
This Week: The New Swing Sextet

Tavern On The Green - “Latin Fusion Wednesday's"

Rose Hall – Jazz At Lincoln Center-NYC The Spirit Of Django & Grappelli @ 8pm
Guitarist Dorado Schmitt & Violinist Regina Carter;Also Performing: Peter Beets/ Bucky Pizzarelli/ Howard Alden/ Harry Allen And Others. 

 Thursday

Jazz In The Garden Series - The Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ. This Week: Catherine Russell
Produced And Hosted By Sheila Anderson
Time: 12:15 to 1:45PM
Rain or shine

Habibi Lounge Presents “Noche Cubana” Every Thursday
198 Avenue A (Between 12^th & 13^th Streets) NYC

Jazz On Library Green Series –New Rochelle, NY In front of the New Rochelle Public Library
(In case of rain, concerts are moved indoors to The Ozzie Davis Theatre)
This Week: Amy London
Co-Produced & Hosted By Sheila Anderson
Time: 6:30 to 8:00PM

Sundays; ongoing concerts through September 28^th
2008 Harlem Meer Performance Festival Celebrating 15 Years
Time: 2 – 4 PM
All Performances Are Free / Open To The Public
The Festival takes place at the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center.  Located inside the Park at 110th between 5th Avenue and Lenox Avenue.  In celebration of the Festival's anniversary.  The conservancy is hosting a special exhibit, A Community of Music: 15 Years of The Harlem Meer Performance. 

Performance Festival Schedule:
July 27  Zona Vibe (Latin Jazz)
August 3 Jonathan Blake Quinte (Jazz)
August 10 Palo Mayor Foklore Urbano (Contemporary/Columbian

August 17 Pucci Amanda Jhones (Jazz Vocalist)
August 24 Charles Moore Dance Theater (African Dance)
*Special Concert To Be Announced*
August 31 Aurora Y Zon Del Barrio (Latin)
Sept 7 Genovis Albright (Jazz/Blues)
Sept 14 Bertha Hope Trio (Jazz)
Sept 21 I.S. 143 Performance Ensemble (Salsa)

 
In New Jersey

Cecil’s (West Orange)
Monday
Cecil’s 17 Piece Big Band

Tuesday
Jam Session W/ Bruce Williams

Wednesday
Variety Show

Thursday
Blues Jam Session W/ Dean Shot

Friday & Saturday
TBA

Sunday
“Praise Sundays” Gospel Event

Shanghai Jazz (Madison, NJ)
Tuesday
Pianiest Ted Brancato

Wednesday
Pianist Tomoko Ohno

Thursday
Clarinetist Anat Cohen

Friday & Saturday
Teenage Piano Phenom Emmet Cohen

Saturday
Thaddeus Expose Trio

Sunday
Closed Sundays In July

Trumpets(Montclair)
Monday & Tuesday
Closed

Wednesday
Rob Henke

Thursday
TBA

Friday
Gil “Bop” Benson Quartet

Saturday
TBA

Live Jazz Around The Country & The World

Anthology(San Diego, CA)
Wednesday & Thursday
Arturo Sandoval

Blues Alley(Washington, DC)
Thursday - Sunday
Freddy Cole Quartet

Catalina Jazz Club
Wednesday
Saxophonist Andre Delano

Thursday
Louie Cruz Beltran Latin Jazz Ensemble

Dakota Bar & Grill

Thursday
Bill Carrothers

Friday & Saturday
Eric Leeds Project/ Brian Lynch

Dimitrious’s Jazz Alley

Tuesday & Wednesday
John Hammond

Jazz Bakery

Friday & Saturday
Jackie Ryan W/ The Tamir Hendleman Trio

Jazz Showcase
The Jazz Showcase Has Re-Opened June 19, 2008 At Their New Location At  806 . Plymouth Court in the historic Dearborn Station Building.

Thursday - Sunday
Harry Allen Quartet

Regattabar

Wednesday
Either Orchestra

Ronnie Scott’s (London, UK)
Looking Ahead To August 4^th – August 6th
Monday To Wednesday

Double Bill
Louis Hayes Cannonball Legacy Band
Antonio Hart Quartet

Scullers Jazz Club (Boston, MA)
Thursday
Ed Reed & The Peck Almond Quartet

Thursday
Charles McPherson

Steamers

Wednesday
Gerry Gibbs Trio W/ Billy Childs

Saturday
The Estrada Brothers

Yoshi’s
(Two locations in CA)

Oakland:
Tuesday & Wednesday
Hugh Masekela

Thursday To Sunday
The Django Festival W/ Dorado Schmitt & Larry Coryell

Yoshi’s
San Francisco
Thursday - Sunday
Hugh Masekela

Jazzmobile

I will be giving a master class on March 8, 2008

Topic:  Some Jazz History, antidotes and tips on how to navigate the business of jazz.
Time:  3:00 to 5:00
Place:  Wadleigh Secondary School/215 West 114th St. (between 7th and 8th)
Price:  FREE!

Books will be available for sale!

March 4 to March 9, 2008

New York

B.B. King
Friday
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band

Birdland
Tuesday
The Music Of Duke Ellington & More
W/ David Berger & The Sultans Of Swing

Wednesday – Saturday
Ron Carter Nonet

Friday
7pm
The Birdland Big Band Directed By Tommy Igoe

Sunday
Chico O’Farrill’s Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Directed By Arturo O’Farrill

Blue Note
Monday
Michael Marcus Quartet
Tuesday & Wednesday
Michael McDonald
Thursday – Sunday
Diane Schuur

Cachaca
Tuesday
Lenny Pickett & The Nyu Party Band
Lage Lund

Wednesday
Diego Urcola
Frankie Paris & The Badd Boys

Thursday
“Isola” W/ Danny Grissett, Lorca Hart, Partizia Ferrara
Richie Flores

Friday & Saturday
Heidi Martin
Samba Jazz W/ Titus Ribas, Misha Tsiganov, Adriano Santos

Sunday & Monday (February 10th & 11)
Benjamin Drazen

Creole
Friday
Percussionist Annette A. Aguilar & Stringbeans

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
Tuesday – Sunday
Tenor Madness Featuring Stacy Dillard, Seamus Blake, Eric Reed, Dezron Douglas, Willie Jones III

Tuesday – Saturday - “After Hours”
Spike Wilner Quintet W/ Ryan Kisor, Joe Strasser, Paul Gill, Behn Gilece

Iridium
Tuesday
Mingus Legacy
As Presented By The Mingus Big Band, Mingus Orchestra Or The Dynasty Band

Wednesday
Ed Palermo Big Band – The Music Of Frank Zappa

Thursday
7pm
Judy Kuhn

Thursday - Sunday
The Music Of Herbie Hancock
Featuring The Herbie Hancock Projext

Jazz At Lincoln Center – The Allen Room
Friday & Saturday (March 7 & March 8)
Monty Alexander

Monday, March 10th @ 7:30pm
Joe Lovano And John Scofield Team Up With Jazz At Lincoln Center And Wynton Marsalis To Bring Together Incredible Performers In A Benefit Concert For Beloved Bassist Dennis Irwin. All Artists Are Donating Their Services And Jazz At Lincoln Center Is Donating Its Venue And Staff To Raise Much-Needed Funds For Irwin Through The Jazz Foundation Of America. We Invite The Jazz Community And Music Fans To Come Together In Support Of Dennis Irwin, Who Is In Need Of Immediate Financial Support For Medical Treatment And Expenses As He Battles A Serious Illness.
The Concert Will Feature Performances By These And Other Special Guests:
Mose Allison, Ron Carter, Bill Charlap, Jack Dejohnette, Bill Frisell, Jim Hall, Jon Hendricks, Joe Lovano, Wynton Marsalis, Paul Motian, John Patitucci, John Scofield, Sultans Of Swing W/ David Berger

Jazz Gallery
Thursday
A Taste Of Cacoa – Part 1
Jose Negroni’s Trio

Friday
A Taste Of Cacoa – Part 2
Aquiles Baez Quintet

Saturday
Matt Brewer Group

Jazz Standard
Monday
Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra

Tuesday & Wednesday
Judy Niemack Group

Thursday – Sunday
Trio 3 Plus Special Guest Geri Allen

Kitano Hotel
Wednesday
Amanda Jhones & Trio

Thursday
Alex Minasian Quartet Featuring Billy Pierce

Friday & Saturday
Jim Rotundi Quintet

Knickerbocker
Friday
Piano: Klaus Meuller
Bass: Nilson Matta
Percussion: Ze Mauricio

Smalls
Monday
7:30pm & 9pm
Dred Scott Trio
10:30 & 12am
Ari Hoenig

Tuesday
7:30pm & 9pm
Smalls Showcase: TBA
10:30 & 12am
Grant Stewart Group

Wednesday
7:30pm & 9pm
Vocalist Tony Middleton
9:30 & 11am
Will Vinson Group
12:30 & 2am
Joe Magnarelli Quartet

Smoke
Tuesday
B3 Grooves & Soul Jazz
Greg Skaff Trio W/ George Colligan, Darrell Green

Wednesday
Smoke & Freddie Bryant Present World Jazz Wednesdays
Freddie Bryant & Kaleidoscope

Thursday - Saturday
Celebrating George’s Birthday - George Coleman Quartet

Sunday
Evening Vocal Series: Sanni Orasmaa

Afro-Cuban / Latin Night: Chris Washburne & Syotos

Sob's
Friday
Salsa Groove Features La Excellencia
Saturday
Samba Soul Features Forro In The Dark

Sweet Rhythm
Tuesday
Vocalist Marion Cowings W/ “The Blues”

Wednesday
Trombonist/Vocalist Saunders Sermons

Thursday
After Work Party
5pm – 7pm
Coco Mama

“Late Night Sessions”
Led By Saxophonist Eric Wyatt

Village Vanguard
Tuesday – Sunday
Lou Donaldson Quartet

In New Jersey

Cecil’s (West Orange)
Tuesday
Jam Session
W/ Bruce Williams

Wednesday
Variety Show
W/ Denise Hamilton

Thursday
Blues Jam Session W/ Dean Shot

Friday & Saturday
Don Braden

Shanghai Jazz (Madison)
Wednesday
Guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli

Thursday
Tomoko Ohno & Steve Freeman

Friday
Jim Ridl Trio

Saturday
David Gilmore Trio

Trumpets (Montclair)
Friday
Marlene Verplanck

Saturday
Judy Niemack

Sunday
Buffet Brunch Brasilian Music: Lorca Hart Qt.
Irish Music
Mike Kaplan Nonet

Out Of Town

Blues Alley (Washington, DC)
Thursday
Stanley Jordan – Solo Guitar

Catalina Bar & Grill (Hollywood, CA)
Wednesday
Holly Cole

Saturday
Jack Sheldon Orchestra

Dakota Jazz Club (Minneapolis, MN)
Monday & Tuesday
Maceo Parker

Thursday
Tuck & Patti

Jazz Alley (Seattle, WA)
Monday
Holly Cole

Thursday – Sunday
Spyro Gyra

Jazz Bakery (Los Angeles, CA)
Monday
Clare Fischer & Brent Fischer

Wednesday
Peter Erskine, Alan Paqua, Dave Carpenter

Thursday
Peter Erskine, & Usc Thornton Jazz Orchestra

Friday
Alan Broadbent Featuring Gary Foster

Saturday
An Evening W/ The Bill Henderson Quartet

Jazz Showcase
(Chicago. Il)
The Jazz Showcase, Now In Its 60th Year Of Presenting The Greatest Jazz Musicians In The World For The People Of Chicago And From Around The World, Has Found A New Home At Dearborn Station, Re-Opening In 2008.

Regattabar (Boston, MA)
Wednesday
John Patitucci

Thursday & Friday
Bill Charlap Trio

Ronnie Scott’s (London, England)
Thursday
Chris Botti

Steamers (Fullerton, CA)
Thursday
Ron Eschete Trio

Saturday
Francisco Aguabella Latin Jazz Band

Yoshi’s (Oakland, CA)
Thursday – Saturday
Lizz Wright

Jazz and other Genres

Salon On-Line Magazine:

Rock vs. Jazz

For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other?

---Gary Kamiya

Excerpt:

I don't know how much my love of rock affected my relation to jazz. But a lot of the jazz I truly love, that I listen to the most, has a certain odd kinship with rock. I don't specifically mean fusion, that hybrid form in which jazz musicians play fast and loud, usually using a more limited harmonic palette than they would on jazz standards. I definitely went through a fusion phase, and the seminal albums by Weather Report, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever and Tony Williams' Lifetime still hold up. No, I mean, for the want of a better term, dramatic jazz -- jazz that explicitly foregrounds an audacious musical concept, a concept or feeling that informs both the tune itself and the soloing. It's jazz that somehow escapes the technicians-soloing-over-the-chord- changes trap that prevents so many jazz tunes, no matter how proficient, feel less autonomous, less monumental, and more like exercises...

Jazz and Hip Hop

From the WBGO Blog:

Table of contents for "DIGGIN' THE CLASSICS"

A Tribe Called Quest and "Low End Theory."  This is one of my favorite Hip Hop CD's in part because of the inclusion of Legendary Bassist, Ron Carter.  From the blog:

This is one of my all-time favorite hip-hop albums. Arguably the best album by Tribe, this project contained a very “jazzy sound” (East Coast hip-hop was James Brown sample crazy before this). This was a very different vibe from the G-Funk gangsta music made popular by Death Row Records at the time.
While I was going through the credits, I noticed that Ron Carter played the bass on track #5 “Verses from the Abstract”. Being that I said this is one of my favorite hip hop albums of all time (and I know every lyric), I never noticed that Q-Tip shouts out Ron Carter at the end of the song….

More on the State of Jazz Music

I was pleased , yet somewhat surprised, to see Herbie Hancock on "The View" this morning.  Joined by Luciano Souza (three-time Grammy nominee), who performed the title tune of his most recent Grammy award, "River," it was a delight to see JAZZ on a major television show.  They pointed out that the CD was #28 on Amazon.com but after the Grammy's it shot up to #1.  I can only say that I am delighted that a major jazz artist has won that coveted award!  Let's hope we won't have to wait for another 43 years to go by before this happens again.

Excepts from the music review:  Upholding the Standards of Smooth Jazz Purists

Does anyone agree with what was written below?  Did anyone go to Kenny Gorelick's (aka Kenny G) concert this past week?  In his review of that concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Ben Ratliff wrote the following:

Poor smooth jazz, besieged by haters. Being righteous about what’s called traditional jazz is easy. Being righteous about smooth jazz is much more difficult. It is a commercial construct, a radio format more than a style of music. For 20 years it has appealed across race and class and gender, partly because it asks so little. It is a physical presence but an intellectual absence. It is an unverified claim.

It lost ground last week when WQCD-FM, the New York radio station known as CD101.9 and the station with smooth jazz’s biggest market share in the country, went off the air, replaced at 101.9 by the rock format WRXP. In related news, the saxophonist Kenny G — the regent of the smoothiverse, a man who at his height moved 15 million copies of just one album (“Breathless,” from 1992) — has been selling fewer records lately. Well, so has everyone. But as a consequence he now plays where actual jazz performers play, like the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center, where he appeared on Tuesday...

His new album, “Rhythm & Romance” — released by Concord Records and Starbucks — is his first Latin record, with traces of bossa nova, samba, salsa and Peruvian lando. You can’t really fault him for exoticism. That’s for adults. His show seemed more aimed at children...

Does Kenny's seemingly feeble attempt to return to jazz confirmation that "Smooth Jazz" is indeed dead and that it has finally bored one of its biggest stars?  I will be watching to see how many CD's he sells.

The demise of CD 101.9 Continued:

From David Hinckley of the Daily News:

"I lament that jazz, either straight or cool, is treated as a stepchild of modern music," writes Ed Nickens. "I've been a listener since Billy Taylor was on WLIB-AM, and have had to change the dial every 10 years or so, because it's convenient to bump the jazz slot.

"But more than jazz and blues lovers lose. With the saturation of rock formats in the area, AM and FM has become a monolith.

"When the PPMs [Personal People Meters] track for the Arbitrons, the overpopulated rock formats will lose out; they will be too fractured to make an impact. I can only say thank goodness for WBGO, Phil Schaap and WKCR, et al., for their jazz slots. Without them the spectrum would be a very boring place."

You can discuss this further on this blog or continue the discussion on the Daily News blog.  Cephas Bowles, WBGO General Manager did.  He wrote:

Before writing off the entire NYC radio market, please listen to WBGO at 88.3 FM or online at WBGO.ORG. It's a good station that plays real jazz, blues and R&B. After listening to the non-commercial presentations of these music forms, many people actually like it. And, believe it or not, WQCD andWQXR listeners also spent and spend time listening to WBGO. Check it out!

Let me hear from you...especially if you are a person who found WBGO and/or WKCR after WQCD went off the air.

Does Anyone REALLY Care About the GRAMMY'S?

A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy? 

By BEN RATLIFF

Published: February 12, 2008

When something newsworthy or popular or positive happens to a jazz musician — a big award, say — many in the jazz world feel astonished for about four seconds, then quickly act very smug. You know: We’ve been sitting here patiently, full of our aesthetic virtue, so used to being ignored, and the world has finally come around to our point of view. Are we happy about it? More to the point, what took you so long? 

[Yes, it took over 40 years]

The Jazz Musician who won the Grammy is Herbie Hancock, one of the most gifted pianist, composer and arranger.  An unnamed source who performed in the "Grammy" orchestra said that the crowd was "inscenced" that a "no-named" jazz artist, an artist they never heard of could win such a coveted award.  Those sentiments were overheard from both the audience and fellow orchestra musicians.  I must point out that of 40 musician only SIX were not white.  Oh, thankfully, the Black musicians DID know who Herbie is...And, in attempt to give the impression of "diversity" all of the black folks were put in the same area of the stage where the cameras panned often.

So, I ask, has this Grammy win for Herbie helped Jazz at all?  Shamefully, I must confess that I have not heard the CD but I plan on checking it out.  I don't know how this one got away from me considering how much I love Joni Mitchell and have loved her since her 1969 "Clouds" album.  With "Smooth Jazz" in NYC gone, will people gravitate to WBGO or other jazz stations like WKCR to find music that they want to hear?  Another irony is that Herbie won the award performing the music of Joni Mitchell, a singer/songwriter who I grew up listening to, who has always been connected to Jazz musicians and the art form.  Don Alias and Wayne Shorter are two who come to mind.  Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams comprised one of Miles Davis greatest bands. 

Another win that I like to mention is that of Barack Obama...how cool that he beat two ex-Presidents!  But, if you ask me, it seems that Random House was the real winner here...!!

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)

• The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream
        Barack Obama
        [Random House Audio]
     
  
• Celebrations
        Maya Angelou
        [Random House Audio]
  
  
• Giving: How Each Of Us Can Change The World
        Bill Clinton
        [Random House Audio]
  
  
• Sunday Mornings In Plains:  Bringing Peace To A Changing World
        Jimmy Carter
        [Simon & Schuster Audio]
  
  
• Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself
        Alan Alda
        [Random House Audio]

Last, but not least, congrats to John Clayton and Paquito D'Rivera.  John who won his first Grammy!!    To get the complete list of winners click on this link.

Tell me, do any of you care about the Grammy's?  Will you now purchase some of the music that has won?  How many of you NEVER heard of Herbie Hancock or Joni Mitchell???

Smooth Jazz in NYC has Died!

Well, I am not surprised to read the message below from CD101.9.  What surprised me is that it took them that long for them to realize that Smooth Jazz, or what has become of it, is not interesting.  The timing is perfect, in that, WBGO (a public radio station and NPR affiliate) is in the midst of a fundrive.  You don't have to purchase a new radio and you can listen on line.  So, for those of you who want to hear "Real" Jazz tune into 88.3FM. 

Smooth Jazz listeners, let me know your thoughts on this news....

The staff of CD101.9 would like to thank you for your support over these past 20 years of Smooth Jazz CD101.9. Due to a declining audience for Smooth Jazz over the past few years, we are sad to announce that Smooth Jazz will no longer be available on the 101.9 signal. On February 5th we launched an innovative new adult rock format on the 101.9 frequency called 101.9 RXP The New York Rock Experience. 101.9 RXP is a respectful and intelligent mix of new music, classic rock and alternative - we invite you to try it. If you are solely a Smooth Jazz lover, "Smooth Jazz CD101.9" will continue to exist on our HD2 channel. Just purchase an HD capable radio and you will be able to listen to your favorite Smooth Jazz artists for free as always! CD1019.com will continue to provide you with upcoming smooth jazz events in association with the HD2 channel, and if you are a member of the CD101.9 Loyal Listener Club you will continue to receive e-mail updates.

If you do not have an HD radio and are not a fan of Rock, we invite you to try 98.7 Kiss FM The Best Variety of Old School and Today's R&B as an alternative. Listen to 98.7 Kiss FM for your chance to pick up tickets to the "Concert In Red" Valentine's concert at the Beacon Theatre February 14th. It's one of the many amazing shows coming in 2008 that you can find out about on 98.7 Kiss FM.

We hope that this note finds you sharing the same excitement that we feel! We look forward to many more years of providing New York with Smooth Jazz in HD, and The New York Rock Experience on 101.9 RXP!

NOTE: Upcoming Concerts

The Concert in Red featuring Al Jarreau & Najee 'IS STILL ON'!!!

Star Jones

TruTV cancels 'Star Jones Show'

TruTV (formerly Court TV) just announced internally that Friday, Feb. 1 will be the last episode of the "Star Jones show."  But, she gets to keep the $24MM she got for the three year contract.  I watched the show today to see if I was missing anything.  Given that I watched the first two weeks I felt that I needed to watch the show today.  Though she may be out of a job she won't be out of money.  All I can say is that she must have a great agent.

Also, Montel's show has been given the boot, as the story goes, he was replaced by a younger model of himself.  I ask, what is going on?  Please give me your thoughts....

Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

RUN, Don't WALK to this club this weekend!!! 

Not only is the music incredible, Bobby Hutcherson (vibes master) is performing but they have a visiting chef from New Orleans!  Once a year they invite a guest chef and Tom Wolfe has created a fabulous menu.  You can order the menu ala carte or prix fixe at $35.00 including the recommended wine.  I must admit, though I was drinking Chianti, the recommended wine was perfect with it's peppery taste.  Now, I'm not a big scallop fan but the appetizer was spectacular.  If you don't have plans this weekend or to watch the Superbowl, so check out  Dizzy's Club Coca Cola.

The "Queen Sheila"

Please forgive this "shameless" self promotion...I am trying to convince Dizzy's Club Coca Cola to officially add this drink to their menu.  It is in the system so should you order one they will be happpy to make it for you, however, it is not listed on the drink menu.  To find out the ingredients look in the section "Food and Drink" on this blog.

THANKS!