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SUMMARY:Jones Factor Lite
DESCRIPTION:A Power House of Jazz\, Soul & Serious Funk! \nThe Lite\, Sextet Version\, of The Popular 10 Piece the Jones Factor! Performing The Hottest Jazz With A Serious R&B\, Soul And Funk Edge. Same Full Flavor With Only 1/2 The Calories! \nFeaturing: \nJohn Fumasoli\, Trombone\, Composer\, Arranger\, Bandleader (Tony Bennett\, Gerry Mulligan\, Diana Ross\, John Tropea) \nBill Harris – Saxophones\, Flute (Paul Shaffer\, The Temptations\, Patti Labelle\, Sam Moore)\, \nJohn Martin-Trumpet\, Flugelhorn (Darlene Love\, Gino Vinelli\, Aretha Franklin\, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra) \nBill Pernice-Piano(Adam Nussbaum\, Cameron Brown\, Sheila Jordon) \nRich Zurkowski-Bass(Greg Wall\, David Morgan\, Martin Sexton\, Joe Louis Walker) \nKarl Latham-Drums(Dave Samuels\, Slide Hampton\, Dizzy Gillespie Latin Jazz Experience\, Ed Cherry) \n\nWatch the video “When He Calls” https://youtu.be/ZzHHVO_jDHw \nRecord Reviews: \nThe Time Is Now…a palette of colorful arrangements\, tasteful solos and engineered beautifully. Scott Wenzel Mosaic Records 4/14/22 \n“Even though the Jones Gang describe themselves as “the little big band”. For a “little” band\, they make a big sound!” Soul and Jazz and Funk\, 7/15/22 Bill Buckley UK \narrangements and orchestrations of quality that can remind us of the great ensembles (without the strings) of Oliver Nelson\, Lalo Schifrin or Issac Eyes. The album\, easy listening\, is rich with blues\, funk and jazz influences.”                                                                                            Thomas Houbron\, for Couleurs Jazz Radio 8/22
URL:https://www.lydias-cafe.com/event/john-fumasoli-septet/
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SUMMARY:Pete Levin Trio
DESCRIPTION:Pete Levin – organ \nMike DeMicco – guitar \nJeff Siegel – drums \n  \nIn a diverse music career spanning several decades\, keyboardist/arranger Pete Levin has performed and recorded with hundreds of Jazz and Pop artists – including Paul Simon\, Annie Lennox\, Miles Davis\, David Sanborn\, Lenny White\, Wayne Shorter\, Jaco Pastorius\, Robbie Robertson and John Scofield – receiving critical accolades for his work during a 15 year association with the legendary Gil Evans\, and his 8 year stint with jazz icon Jimmy Giuffre. \nSince the 70s\, Pete has been part of New York’s jazz\, pop\, and electronic music scene. In 1974 he got a call to play French horn with legendary jazz arranger Gil Evans\, and Gil made him a regular. As an experiment\, Pete brought a Moog synthesizer to an Evans gig. Gil loved it and Pete’s role was permanently changed\, beginning the transformation of the band into the electronic/acoustic hybrid sound that won 2 Grammy awards. Among the first to explore synthesizers during the 70s\, Pete became a sought-after sideman for studio and live gigs. As an arranger and musician he worked on dozens of film scores\, hundreds of jazz and pop records\, and countless TV and radio commercials. Over the years\, interspersed with Gil Evans\, Paul Simon\, Annie Lennox and Jimmy Giuffre tours\, Pete has done arranging and electronic music for feature films including MISSING IN ACTION\, THE COLOR OF MONEY and STAR TREK. He composed the orchestral score for the independent film ZELIMO\, composed an original music score for a stage production of THE DYBBUK\, did the official band/chorus arrangement of the U.S. Infantry song and composed the anthem for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit\, performing it in the U.N. General Assembly. But his favorite collaboration was “THE CLAMS” with his brother\, bassist Tony Levin and drummer Steve Gadd\, a Spike Jones tribute band that produced the top-40 hit single “CLOSE TO YOU” that’s now a cult classic. \nBetween 1964 and 2017\, Pete has recorded and/or performed live with artists and ensembles including … \nMichael Allman\, Aztec Two Step\, Joe Beck\, Jeff Berlin\, Marc Black\, Terrance Blanchard\, Carla Bley\, Blood Sweat & Tears\, Broadside Brass Bed Band\, Brubeck Brothers Quartet\, Hiram Bullock\, Butterfield Blues Band\, Donald Byrd\, Don Byron\, Jay Chattaway\, Tommy Chong\, The Clams\, John Clark\, Jimmy Cobb\, Judy Collins\, Commander Cody\, Gene Cornish\, Albert Cummings\, David Darling\, Kal David\, Bettye Davis\, Miles Davis\, Robbie Dupree\, Don Elliott\, Gil Evans\, Fania All-Stars\, Rachelle Farelle\, Bryan Ferry\, Letizia Gambi\, Jimmy Giuffre\, Leila Gobi\, Government Mule\, Gregory Hines\, Freddie Hubbard\, Kathy Ingraham\, Howard Johnson\, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band\, Mamadou Kelly\, Annie Lennox\, Tony Levin\, Levin Brothers\, Rod MacDonald\, Al MacDowell\, Mike Mainieri\, Melissa Manchester\, Chuck Mangione\, Liza Minnelli\, Charles Mingus\, Gerry Mulligan\, Ola Onabule\, Rob Paparozzi\, Jaco Pastorius\, Simon Phillips\, Lorenza Ponce\, Genya Ravan\, Nicki Richards\, Robbie Robertson\, Teri Roiger\, Ali Ryerson\, David Sanborn\, John Scofield\, Wayne Shorter\, Carly Simon\, Paul Simon\, Lew Soloff\, Vaneese Thomas\, John Tropea\, Joe Lynn Turner\, Michal Urbaniak\, Jimmy Vivino\, Joe Louis Walker\, Jim Weider\, Peter Welker\, Lenny White & Vanessa Williams. \n______________________________ \nMike DeMicco’s expansive embrace of music has led him to work with prominent artists in many genres. He’s toured the world extensively since 1980\, performing and recording with a diverse cross-section of jazz\, blues and popular artists\, including Dave Brubeck\, The Brubeck Brothers Quartet\, Jack DeJohnette\, Nick Brignola\, Warren Bernhardt\, Lee Shaw\, Rory Block\, James & Livingston Taylor\, Professor “Louie” and The Crowmatix\, and many others. Mike’s selected performance highlights include appearances on PBS and NPR; at the major European and North American jazz festivals; and at prestigious clubs and venues such as The Kennedy Center\, Ronnie Scott’s\, LA’s Jazz Bakery\, The Blue Note\, Birdland\, The Five Spot\, The Bottom Line\, Wolf Trap\, Great American Music Hall\, and BB King’s. \n________________________________________________ \nJEFF “SIEGE” SIEGEL \nDrummer/Composer Jeff “Siege” Siegel is a veteran of the New York Jazz scene and has worked with a virtual “who’s who” of artists. A member of the Sir Roland Hanna Trio from 1994-’99\, Siegel’s diverse career has also led him to perform and/or record with legends such as Ron Carter\, Kenny Burrell\, Jack DeJohnette\, Benny Golson\, Sheila Jordan\, Helen Merrill\, Mose Allison\, John Medeski\, Arthur Rhames\, Dave Douglas\, Stefon Harris\, Pat Metheny\, Kurt Elling\, Ravi Coltrane\, Ryan Kisor\, Lee Shaw\, Levin Brothers\, John Medeski\, Dena DeRose\, Lee Shaw and many others. He has worked in the avant garde world as well with Wadada Leo Smith\, Baikida Carroll. He’s performed over 30 European tours including four as leader of the Jeff “Siege” Siegel Quartet and several others as co-leader. The Jeff “Siege” Siegel Sextet performed a 3 week tour of Africa in the summer of 2019.   Other recent tours include The Levin Brothers Japan\, Mexico\, Canada and the US west coast and Midwest as well as South & Central America.  His 2017 CD release “King of Xhosa” features South African trumpeter Feya Faku and is on the ARC label.  His most recent release with his quartet is the 2018 release on ARC entitled “London Live” and “When You Were There” (2019) with Hetko\, Syracuse & Siegel. \nSiegel teaches Jazz drumming and jazz ensembles at The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music\, SUNY New Paltz as well as at Western Connecticut State University.  He’s performed clinics throughout Europe\, United States\, China\, South America and South Africa.
URL:https://www.lydias-cafe.com/event/pete-levin-trio-2/
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SUMMARY:Jimmy Madison & Friends
DESCRIPTION:Jimmy Madison – drums \nTim Regusis – keys \nTarik Shah – bass \nAwan Rashad – saxophone \nDrummer Jimmy Madison has performed with the greats of Jazz and Funk for over six decades\, from Lionel Hampton\, Roland Kirk\, Chet Baker and Quincy Jones to James Brown\, Maceo Parker and George Benson\, among many others. But this trio format allows he and his compatriots to do what they do best\, improvising on themes both familiar and new. It’s pure Jazz at its best. \nTim Regusis is a Hudson Valley-based pianist who has been active in the jazz scene of the NYC region\, as well as in the fields of R&B\, Latin and various world musics for many years.\nHe has played and/or recorded with Patti Austin\, Ruben Blades\, David Byrne\, Celia Cruz\, Chuck Mangione\, Johnny Pacheco\, Daniel Ponce\, Rick Margitza\, Cindy Blackman\, Jeff Williams\, Akira Ohmori\, Najee\, Donna Summer\, Chaka Khan\, Jonathan Butler\, Ofra Haza and others. \nTarik Shah is an African American Muslim with a career as a professional jazz musician. As the sole student of Slam Stewart\, Shah began playing the upright bass at age 12 and went on to play with Betty Carter\, Ahmad Jamal\, Abbey Lincoln and Art Taylor among others. He is a composer\, a jazz educator\, and lyricist. \nAwan Rashad – In his early years he was a member of the ESYO Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble\, as well as the NYSSMA All-State Jazz Band. More recently he has performed at many well-known jazz clubs in NYC such as Birdland\, Dizzy’s\, Smalls\, Ornithology\, Jazz Forum\, and other smaller venues.
URL:https://www.lydias-cafe.com/event/jimmy-madison-friends-5/
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SUMMARY:David Lopato & Global Coolant
DESCRIPTION:David Lopato – piano\, compositions\nEd Neumeister – trombone\nPeyton Pleninger – saxophone\nRatzo Harris – bass\nJeff Siegel – drums\n\nSpecial Guest: Daniel Villegas – political rapper\n\nA concert of original compositions spanning the wide range of jazz improvisation.\n\nHudson Valley-based pianist/composer David Lopato has performed as a leader and sideman throughout the world. As a composer he has received multiple grants from the N.E.A.\, New York Foundation for the Arts\, Meet the Composer\, and the Beards Fund\, as well as a Fulbright Fellowship to study Javanese Gamelan in Surakarta\, Indonesia\, where he lived for a year. Lopato has toured his own music in configurations ranging from solo piano to 10-piece ensembles\, having performed with Dave Liebman\, Dewey Redman\, Joe Lovano\, Mark Helias\, Ray Anderson\, Wadada Leo Smith\, Jane Ira Bloom\, Steve Gorn and numerous others. His most recent recording\, Gendhing for a Spirit Rising (Global Coolant-02)\, a Gamelan-influenced work for large ensemble\, was hailed by Downbeat Magazine as one of the “Best Albums of 2017”…“unlike anything you are likely to hear this year (or any year).\n\n\nEd Neumeister is a musician’s musician\, as his elders and peers are glad to tell you. Influential trombonist arranger and educator Bob Brookmeyer hailed him early on as “a gifted improviser\,” while composer arranger Manny Albam\, co-founder of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop\, extolled Neumeister as “the perfect mixture as a musician. He knows Ellington as well as Bartok.” Saxophone star Joe Lovano has valued Neumeister as a colleague for some four decades\, praising him as a conductor of “infectious flair” as well as “a soloist of deep expressive passion.” Another renowned saxophonist\, Dave Leibman\, simply dubbed him “one of the best trombonists in the business.” And veteran pianist Jim McNeely has said about Neumeister: “Whenever I play a gig with Ed\, I know the music will be interesting. By the end of the evening\, I will have asked myself a couple dozen times: ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ ” Then there are the critics\, with DownBeat calling Neumeister “a highly distinctive solo voice” and JazzTimes admiring his “compelling” compositions.\n\n\nPeyton Pleniger is a saxophonist\, improviser\, bandleader\, astrologer and guerilla contractor\, forging a personal path that challenges the boundaries of what it means to be a musician. Pleninger’s experience involves a variety of disciplines centered around music\, which also includes astrology\, painting and sculpture\, botany\, construction\, massage and medical inquiry.\nIn early 2022\, Pleninger pruchased The Tavern\, a defunct roadhouse in upstate New York\, which he is rebuilding into an arts research center. The Tavern presents a variety of concerts\, music theory/improvisation workshops\, plus astrology forecasts\, sound baths\, and artist residents.\nPleninger also works as a dedicated side-person with multiple music projects. He performed with Henry Threadgill as part of the multimedia work “One” and “The Other One.” He plays in John Benitez’ Latin-Bop\, a modern latin-jazz group\, performing weekly at Terraza 7 in Queens and monthly at Fat Cat in Manhattan. He plays with Roy Ben Yosef’s Moringa trio\, an Israel-based group focused on improvisation\, which released its debut record Moringa and the Watershed in February 2021. Pleninger plays in drummer/composer Colin Hinton’s Glassbath\, an electric band straddling post rock and free jazz\, which released its self-titled inaugural album February 2018. Pleninger performs with drummer/composer Michel Maurer’s Meridian\, a forward-thinking jazz-rooted quartet\, which released its debut record The Shape of Noon in 2019. In summer 2017\, Pleninger toured Canada for 5 weeks with guitarist Quinn Bachand’s Brishen\, an acoustic band honoring the tradition of gypsy jazz and the roots of rock n roll. Highlight performances include the Toronto Jazz Festival\, Montreal International Jazz Festival\, and CBC Canada.\n\n\nBassist Ratzo B. Harris has recorded with Mose Allison\, Denny Zeitlin\, Kenny Werner\, Tom Rainey\, Joe Lovano\, Mark Feldman\, Eric Friedlander\, Connie Crothers\, Gary Bartz\, Randy Brecker\, Vincent Herring\, David Darling\, Paul McCandless\, Jane Ira Bloom\, John Scofield\, and Paul Motian\, and performed frequently with Joe Henderson\, Cal Tjader\, John Handy\, Charles Lloyd\, Jon Hendricks\, Ted Curson\, Tim Berne\, Betty Carter\, Helen Merrill\, Les Paul\, Joanne Brackeen\, and Jim Pepper.He has also been active as an educator\, and has taught at Purdue University\, Indiana University\, University of Massachusetts\, Berklee College\, New England Conservatory\, Rotterdam Conservatory\, University of Ludwigsburg\, the Music High Schools of Wurztburg and Cologne\, the New School for Social Research\, the Manhattan School of Music and New York University. \nHe has appeared here on three occasions with the Roberta Piket Trio with Billy Mintz\, and twice with his own trios. \n  \nDrummer/Composer Jeff “Siege” Siegel is a veteran of the New York Jazz scene and has worked with a virtual “who’s who” of artists. A member of the Sir Roland Hanna Trio from 1994-’99\, Siegel’s diverse career has also led him to perform and/or record with legends such as Ron Carter\, Kenny Burrell\, Jack DeJohnette\, Benny Golson\, Sheila Jordan\, Helen Merrill\, Mose Allison\, John Medeski\, Arthur Rhames\, Dave Douglas\, Stefon Harris\, Pat Metheny\, Kurt Elling\, Ravi Coltrane\, Ryan Kisor\, Lee Shaw\, Levin Brothers\, John Medeski\, Dena DeRose\, Lee Shaw and many others. He has worked in the avant garde world as well with Wadada Leo Smith\, Baikida Carroll. He’s performed over 30 European tours including four as leader of the Jeff “Siege” Siegel Quartet and several others as co-leader. The Jeff “Siege” Siegel Sextet performed a 3 week tour of Africa in the summer of 2019.   Other recent tours include The Levin Brothers Japan\, Mexico\, Canada and the US west coast and Midwest as well as South & Central America.  His 2017 CD release “King of Xhosa” features South African trumpeter Feya Faku and is on the ARC label.  His most recent release with his quartet is the 2018 release on ARC entitled “London Live” and “When You Were There” (2019) with Hetko\, Syracuse & Siegel. \nSiegel teaches Jazz drumming and jazz ensembles at The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music\, SUNY New Paltz as well as at Western Connecticut State University.  He’s performed clinics throughout Europe\, United States\, China\, South America and South Africa.
URL:https://www.lydias-cafe.com/event/david-lopato-quintet-2/
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