Summer Of Great Jazz!!!

Jazz Buddies,

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure and good fortune to hear some great straightahead Jazz in NYC, the Bay Area, and locally!

 July 20th (NYC)

• 92nd Street Y – Jazz in July: Bill Charlap, Aaron Diehl, Isaiah J. Thompson & Caelan Cardello (pianos), Noriko Ueda (bass), Carl Allen (drums)
• Dizzy’s @ JALC – Charles McPherson Quintet feat. Charles McPherson (alto saxophone), Terell Stafford (trumpet), Jeb Patton (piano), David Wong (bass), Billy Drummond (drums)
• Mezzrow – Obasi Akoto Trio feat. David Kikoski (piano), Obasi Akoto (bass), Alon Benjamini (drums)

July 30th (Half Moon Bay)

• Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society – Bobby Watson Quartet feat. Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Jordan Williams (piano), Essiet Essiet (bass), Eric Kennedy (drums)

July 31st (Stanford)

• Stanford Jazz Festival – George Cables Quintet feat. Terell Stafford (trumpet), Caroline Davis (alto saxophone), George Cables (piano), Eric Reevis (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums)

August 10th (NYC)

• Dizzy’s – Mulgrew Miller Tribute feat. Wingspan: Steve Nelson (vibes), Steve Wilson (alto saxophone), Duane Eubanks (trumpet), Danny Grissett (piano), Nat Reeves (bass), Carl Allen (drums)
• Smoke – Joe Farnsworth Trio feat. Brad Mehldau (piano), Larry Grenadier (bass), Joe Farnsworth (drums)
• Mezzrow – Greg Murphy Trio feat. Greg Murphy (piano), Obasi Akoto (bass), Steve Johns (drums)

August 12th (WDC)

• Blues Alley – Cyrus Chestnut Trio feat. Cyrus Chestnut (piano), Herman Burney (bass), Kelton Norris (drums)

Seeing and hearing Jazz Masters Charles McPherson, Bobby Watson, and George Cables, as well as the wonderful tribute to the late, great Mulgrew Miller, which featured his compositions and his Wingspan front line, were certainly unforgettable!! 

Kenneth