WHAT:
The Museum of Modern Art presents live jazz every Friday evening from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m., September through June, in The Garden Café. Jazz at MoMA features established musicians and emerging artists performing a variety of jazz standards, as well as original compositions that reflect the vitality and trends of the contemporary jazz scene.
FALL SCHEDULE:
September 3: The Roni Ben Hur Quartet featuring Cecil Payne, with special guest vocalist Amy London.
Roni Ben Hur, guitar; Cecil Payne, baritone saxophone; Walter Booker, bass; Leroy Williams, drums
September 10: Victor Lewis Trio.
Seamus Blake, tenor saxophone; Ed Howard, bass; Victor Lewis, drums
September 17: Don Braden Quartet.
Don Braden, tenor saxophone; Xavier Davis, piano; Dwayne Burno, bass; Cecil Brooks III, drums
September 24: Michael Marcus Quartet with Strings.
Michael Marcus, stritch, saxello, straight tenor; Chris Parker, piano; George Mitchell, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums; String Quartet to be announced
October 1: Francesca Tanksley Trio.
Francesca Tanksley, piano; Clarence Seay, bass; Newman T. Baker, drums
October 8: James Hurt Quartet.
James Hurt, piano; Jacques Schwartz-Bart, tenor saxophone; François Moutin, bass; Ari Hoenig, drums
October 15: Sam Newsome & Global Unity.
Sam Newsome, soprano saxophone; Elizabeth Kontomanou, vocals;
Amos Hoffman, oud; Ugonna Okegwo, bass; Gilad, dumbek, congas, clay pot
October 22: Steve Kirby Quartet.
Steve Kirby, guitar; Sullivan Travis, saxophone; Thomson Kneeland, bass; Matt Wilson, drums
October 29: Bobby Sanabria & Quarteto ¡Aché!
Bobby Sanabria, drums; Karolina Strassmayer, alto and soprano saxophones; John DiMartino, piano; Boris Koslov, bass
November: JazzStarts
Presenting four special evenings in conjunction with the exhibition ModernStarts (on view October 7, 1999-March 14, 2000) featuring leading musicians who take a fresh approach to early jazz traditions keeping the repertoire vividly alive for a new era.
November 5: The Wayne Goodman New Orleans Jazz Band
Trombonist Wayne Goodman leads a classic New Orleans ensemble who pay tribute to "Jelly Roll" Morton, Joe "King" Oliver, and other early jazz pioneers
November 12: Reginald R. Robinson
In a rare New York appearance, this Chicago-based ragtime virtuoso plays his own modern-day compositions as well as those by Scott Joplin, Louis Chauvin, and other vintage composers
November 19: Wycliff Gordon Duo
Master trombonist Wycliff Gordon is joined by a pianist for an evening of reinterpreted spirituals, blues, and Gordon's own early jazz-influenced compositions
November 26: Michael Hashim's Bulletin D
This passionate and quick-witted saxophonist leads an ensemble in surprising interpretations of works by Fats Waller, Cole Porter, Don Redman, and others, including Arnold Schoenberg, who evoke the musical spirit of the early twentieth century
December schedule to be announced
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Jazz at MoMA is included in the price of Museum general admission, which is
pay-what-you-wish on Fridays from 4:30 to 8:15 p.m. For further information, the public may call 212/708-9491.
This program is made possible in part by grants from The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., A|X Armani Exchange, and The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation. Piano provided by Baldwin Piano, New York.
