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SUMMARY:Jazz with Frank Cochran
DESCRIPTION:Join renowned jazz historian and Jazz Haven Board member Frank Cochran for a BYOB Friday with Frank Happy Hour jazz listening session every Friday from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Institute Library in downtown New Haven.  Each Friday Frank selects iconic jazz LPs to play from the Library’s extensive collection.  Discussion follows.  Bone up on your jazz history and BYOB.   Donations appreciated. \n
URL:https://jazzhaven.org/event/jazz-with-frank-cochran-2/2025-07-11/
LOCATION:The Institute Library\, 847 Chapel Street\, New Haven\, CT\, 06510\, United States
CATEGORIES:Listening Session
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SUMMARY:Alex Owen Trio
DESCRIPTION:TWO Shows – 7:00 & 9:00 PM – (860) 346-2000 \nNew York-based trumpeter\, cornetist\, and vocalist Alex Owen is an in demand sideman\, bandleader\, and educator. After living in New Orleans for 7 years\, Alex moved back to New York\, his original home\, in the summer of 2019 to pursue a Masters of Music Education at Teachers College. He completed his studies in May of 2021\, and he is currently busy performing in New York and the northeast as live music makes its triumphant return. Alex founded the Messy Cookers Jazz Band during his time in New Orleans. The band performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in the Economy Hall tent in April of 2019 and released their latest CD that same month\, entitled “Get Out and Get Under the Moon.” Now in New York\, Alex books quartets\, trios\, and duos under his own name and plays many private and public events with groups around the city and in the general northeast area. In August 2022\, Alex produced an album by the “Orleans Kids\,” an all-star group of traditional jazz musicians from New York\, Boston\, and Maine. The Orleans Kids perform every summer at the Roaring Twenties Lawn Party in Ipswich\, MA and at retirement homes\, swing dances\, and music venues throughout New England. \n
URL:https://jazzhaven.org/event/alex-owen-trio/
LOCATION:Palace Theater Poli Club\, 100 East Main St\, Waterbury
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SUMMARY:Orrin Evans Trio with Special Guest Vocalist JD Walter
DESCRIPTION:\n\nOrrin Evans Trio with Special Guest Vocalist JD Walter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, July 11 · 8 – 10:30pm EDT. Doors at 7:15pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Side Door \n85 Lyme St Old Lyme\, CT 06371 \n\n\n\n\n\nJD Walter – Vocals \nOrrin Evans – Piano \nMatthew Parrish – Bass \nByron Landham – Drums \nOrrin Evans:\nIn the booklet notes for Orrin Evans’ second album\, Captain Black\, recorded in 1998\, the pianist\, then 23\, made a remark that encapsulates the aesthetic he’s followed ever since on his kaleidoscopic artistic journey. “I go head-first for a lot of things\,” Evans said. “I like to stretch out. Wherever the music takes me\, I’m going there.” \nThat attitude backdrops the title of Evans’ 20th album\, Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions)\, which documents a livestream engagement at Smoke Jazz Club during the second weekend of December 2020. Evans and a multi-generational cohort of A-list partners – first-call New York bassist Vicente Archer; iconic drummer Bill Stewart; and dynamic rising star alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins\, now 23 himself – generate an eight-piece program that exemplifies state-of-the-art modern jazz. From the first note to the last\, the quartet\, convening as a unit for the first time\, displays the cohesion and creative confidence of old friends\, mirroring the leader’s predisposition for finding beauty in the heat of the moment. \nAs he does on five prior albums for Smoke Sessions\, eight self-issued albums on Imani Records (his imprint)\, and earlier recordings for Criss Cross\, Palmetto and Posi-Tone\, Evans guides the creative flow from the piano\, showcasing his authoritative mastery of his instrument and deep assimilation of the fundamentals. A deft tune deconstructor\, he traverses a broad timeline of the vocabularies of swinging\, blues-infused hardcore jazz and spiritual jazz/avant garde jazz traditions\, as well as the Euro-canon\, with the intuitive spontaneity of an ear player. He projects an instantly recognizable sound\, sometimes eliciting flowing rubato poetry\, sometimes evoking the notion that the piano comprises 88 tuned drums. It’s taken a while\, but the jazz gatekeepers have noticed – in 2018\, Evans topped the “Rising Star Pianist” category in DownBeat Critics Poll\, and a feature article about him appears in DownBeat’s September 2021 edition. \nEvans’ stylistically polyglot compositions – influenced by the expansive\, individuality-first Black Music culture of his native Philadelphia and by a decade playing Charles Mingus’ beyond-category music in the Mingus Big Band – similarly postulate an environment of “structured freedom” that instigates the personnel to push the envelope in all his multifarious leader and collaborative projects. \nIn none of Evans’ units of recent years is that no-holds-barred attitude more prevalent than the Captain Black Big Band\, a communitarian-oriented ensemble whose fourth and latest album is The Intangible Between (Smoke Sessions)\, preceded by Presence (Smoke Sessions). Both earned Grammy nominations. \nJD Walter:\nVocalist and songwriter JD Walter is considered by many in the jazz world to be the among the very best jazz singers\, known for his immediately recognizable smokey sound\, his virtuosic talent for improvisation\, his compelling original songs\, and his ability to reinvent standards. \nOver the decades\, Walter has performed as a featured artist at numerous American jazz clubs and festivals in the U.S.\, Europe\, the Middle East\, and Central America as well as over 80 tours in Russia. He remains a regular in the New York music scene\, and has headlined at Dizzy’s Lincoln Center\, The Jazz Standard\, The Blue Note\, and The Jazz Gallery\, among other venues. \nJD has shared the stage with many legendary artists including: Dave Liebman\, Billy Hart\, Tom Harrell\, Kurt Elling\, Taylor Eigsti\, Eddie Gomez\, Bob Dorough\, Nicholas Payton\, Jean-Michel Pilc\, Mark Murphy\, Greg Hutchinson\, Ari Hoenig\, Orrin Evans\, Obed Calvaire\, Dave Kikowski\, Robin Eubanks\, Eric Revis\, and others. \nJD Walter’s past\, present\, and future embodies music. From boy choirs starting at an early age to attending The University of North Texas Jazz Program on a full scholarship\, Walter has become a pioneer of improvisation and electronic innovations in the world of jazz. His recording career spans over 20 years and his purist progressive approach to jazz music has been recognized worldwide. \nAfter extended studies in Amsterdam with Jazz vocal Icon\, Deborah Brown\, Walter returned to the U.S. and embedded himself in the New York Jazz scene. He’s released eight albums as a leader and been a guest on over 100 recordings. \nIn late 2022\, JD Walter and New York based Grammy Award Nominated label Arkadia Records entered into a long-term recording agreement for multiple new albums. Arkadia Records will also distribute JD Walter’s eight previously records albums. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n
URL:https://jazzhaven.org/event/orrin-evans-trio-with-special-guest-vocalist-jd-walter/
LOCATION:The Side Door Jazz Club\, 85 Lyme St\, Old Lyme
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