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Fri. September 22.2000 9:04 PM EDT |
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JAZZ BEAT: John Zorn, Susannah McCorkle, Steve Davis ...Various artists tackle music of composer Zorn. |
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Alto saxophonist John Zorn's conducting and composing sides will be on display in a couple of shows. ( ) |
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Where jazz meets classical: A group of improvisers will play pieces by composers John Zorn, Christian Wolff and James Tenney at 8 p.m. Monday
Meanwhile, Zorn will conduct his groups Masada String Trio and Bar Kokhba in a concert Oct. 16 at New York's Merkin Hall. The trio consist of violinist Mark Feldman, cellist Erik Friedlander and bassist Greg Cohen. Bar Kokhba augment the trio with drummer Joey Baron, percussionist Cyro Baptista and guitarist Marc Ribot. Info: ekcc.org. ... Jazz/cabaret specialist Susannah McCorkle has landed a monthlong gig Oct. 24–Nov. 25 at the famed Algonquin Hotel in New York. Backed by pianist Allen Farnham and bassist Bill Moring, McCorkle will perform material from her new Concord CD, Hearts and Minds, as well as from her 3,000-song repertoire. For more information, call 212-840-6800, extension 161. ... Trombonist Steve Davis (of Chick Corea's band, Origin) brings a quintet of vibist Steve Nelson, pianist David Hazeltine, bassist Dwayne Burno and drummer Eric McPherson into the New York club Smoke, Friday–Saturday (Sept. 29–30). Info: smokejazz.com... The latest artist to celebrate '70s-era plugged-in Miles Davis is guitarist Dave Stryker, whose new Steeplechase album is called Shades of Miles. Stryker's band of the same name — Billy Hart on drums, Marc Copland on Fender Rhodes keyboard, David Berkman on keyboards, Steve Slagle on soprano sax, Billy Drewes on bass clarinet, Brian Lynch on trumpet and Terry Burns on bass — perform Oct. 2 at New York's Blue Note. Info: bluenote.net ... The famed Dundee Theater in Chicago will reopen as a jazz/comedy club after being closed for one-and-a-half years. The venue had a run of 84 years before shutting down. The new setup will include a studio for video and audio projects. ... Frank Sinatra — Concepts, due from Capitol on Tuesday (Sept. 26), consists of 16 CDs and will sell for $250. The set includes Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Come Dance With Me, In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning With Me and a 96-page booklet with photographs. For more information, see hollywoodandvine.com/sinatra/. ... More than 500 people turned out Tuesday (Sept. 19) for saxophonist Stanley Turrentine's funeral in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, where he was born on April 5, 1934. Turrentine died last week in New York after suffering a series of strokes. During the service at Macedonia Baptist Church, Marlene Shaw sang, Barry Harris played piano and Turrentine's quartet of pianist James Williams, guitarist Dave Stryker, drummer Lenny Robinson and bassist Paul Thompson played Turrentine songs, including his big-selling "Sugar." ... R&B jazzers Medeski Martin & Wood, the Gil Evans Orchestra (directed by the late Evans' son, Miles Evans), jazz-rock guitarist Vernon Reid, blues guitarist Chris Whitley, singers Marc Anthony Thompson and Sandra St. Victor, and DJ Logic will perform during "A Magic Science: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Oct. 20Ð21. For more information, check out www.bam.org/asp/perflisting.asp. ... Pianist Geri Allen, trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Hank Crawford will perform at the 30th annual University of Pittsburgh Jazz Seminar and Concert on Nov. 1Ð4. The event, which includes free seminars and workshops for university students and the public, is dedicated to saxophonist Grover Washington Jr., who died last year at the age of 56. In 1999, Washington received the International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame Award at the Pitt Jazz Concert. Other performers at this year's concerts include trumpeter Wallace Roney, saxophonist Benny Golson, trombonist Curtis Fuller, guitarist Larry Coryell, bassist John Patitucci, drummer Winard Harper and trumpeter Oscar Brashear. For more information, see www.pitt.edu/~pittjazz/seminar.html. ...
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