Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights In Jazz, which bills itself as
“New York’s longest running jazz concert series,” has announced the
schedule for its 44th season. The series features four monthly Thursday
night concerts taking place at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center of
Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, NYC 10010.
Each show begins at 8:00 PM.
The season kicks off on February 4 with Highlights In Jazz’s 43rd
anniversary gala featuring vocalist Catherine Russell and her band.
Sharing the bill are cornetist/trumpeter Warren Vaché and
saxophonist-clarinetist Scott Robinson. They’ll be backed by a trio
featuring pianist Ted Rosenthal, drummer Alvester Garnett and a surprise
guest.
The season’s second concert, on March 3, will be a salute to Paquito
D’Rivera, who will be honored as the year’s recipient of the Annual
Highlights In Jazz Award, which has been presented every year since
1974. This show will feature D’Rivera performing with his working
quintet featuring Argentine trumpeter Diego Urcola, pianist Alex Brown,
bassist Zak Brown, and drummer Erik Doob, as well as part of a Clarinet
Summit with previous Highlights In Jazz Award recipient Ken Peplowski
and reed men Will and Peter Anderson.
The May 12 concert will present seven of the series’ most popular
artists, including previous Highlights In Jazz Award Winners guitarist
Bucky Pizzarelli and trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. The pair will be joined
by trumpeter/vocalist Bria Skonberg, guitarist Frank Vignola,
bassist/vocalist Nicki Parrott, drummer Alvin Atkinson and, making her
first official Highlights In Jazz appearance, vocalist Alexis Cole.
The season concludes on June 16 with Trio Time, a double bill pairing
the Dick Hyman Trio and Trio Da Paz. Hyman will be making his 23rd
appearance. Filling out the unit will be bassist Jay Leonhart and
guitarist Howard Alden. Trio Da Paz, with drummer Duduka Da Fosenca,
guitarist Romero Lubambo and bassist Nilson Matta, fills out the
program.
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