AFRO-LATINO FESTIVAL at Metropolis Level at Albee Sq. (12-13 July). This annual seventh 12 months competition will lengthen past the realm surrounding Lengthy Island College in downtown Brooklyn, infusing a clave rhythm and dance music from conventional to modern. Highlights will embody a Friday evening live performance paying tribute to the well-known Puerto Rican composer Tite Curet Alonso, together with a efficiency of the mariachi group (composed solely of ladies) Flor De Toloache, in addition to a closing present of the competition starring José Alberto, the defender Dominican singer Salsa referred to as El Canario.
afrolatinofestnyc.com
RON CARTER QUARTET on the Blue Notice (till 14 July from 8pm to 10.30pm). A bassist who doesn't must be launched, Carter is the slippery anchor of Miles Davis' revolutionary quintet of the mid-1960s and, over the course of his profession, has recorded greater than 2,000 recordings. Now 82 years outdated, he's largely targeted on directing his personal ensembles and tackles in direction of a comparatively simple strategy. This week he performs with Renee Rosnes on piano, Jimmy Greene on saxophone and Payton Crossley on drums.
212-475-8592, bluenote.internet
TOOTIE HEATH TRIO Birdland Theater (July 18-19 and 9:45 pm). The drummer Albert Heath, referred to as Tootie, belongs to some of the illustrious households of jazz: together with his brothers Jimmy, tenor saxophonist, and Percy, bassist died in 2005, he was an ephemeral member of the group Heath Brothers for the reason that 1970s. However his ethereal and floating swing sensation has additionally honored albums by many different jazz luminaries, together with John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock and Dexter Gordon. When he conducts his personal ensembles in live performance, Heath takes his time between two songs, teasing the viewers with playful jokes. This live performance - that includes pianist Emmet Cohen and bassist Russell Corridor, each of that are a few third of Heath's age - is rightly known as a "jazz and comedy" evening.
212-581-3080, birdlandjazz.com
DR. EDDIE HENDERSON QUINTET at Dizzy's Membership (July 12-13, 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm). The group becoming a member of Henderson on this tour contains New Orleans saxophonist Donald Harrison, pianist Peter Zak, bassist Gerald Cannon and drummer Mike Clark - who, like Henderson, made his identify within the 1970s taking part in the jazz-funk in teams by Herbie Hancock. The band's range is smart for a trumpet participant like Henderson, whose jazz concept contains delicate backbeats, teeming atmospheres and virtuoso taking part in.
212-258-9595, jazz.org/dizzys
JAZZ FESTIVAL IN DOWNTOWN JAMAICA at varied areas (12-14 July). The inaugural version of this competition will convey collectively a formidable assortment of jazz expertise within the coronary heart of Jamaica, Queens, with a delicate emphasis on the avant-garde. Issues begin Friday on the Jamaica Arts Heart with the screening of the documentary "Milford Graves Full Mantis", on avant-garde drummer Milford Graves (and resident of Jamaica), adopted by a duet present from pianist Jason Moran and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. Saturday presents embody a strolling tour of the neighborhood and quite a lot of free exhibits and exhibits all afternoon and night (together with one from Graves) on the Arts Heart, Jamaican Performing Arts Heart, Central Department. Queens Public Library and the library. Museum of the Royal Manor. On Sundays, all exhibits are free and all are based mostly on the Arts Heart; they finish with a live performance by drummer Pheeroan akLaff.
718-658-7400, jcal.org
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