On the Cover: BUCKY PIZZARELLI

By Elliott Simon; photos by Alan Nahigian

Close to 65 years ago a 17-year-old guitarist named John "Bucky" Pizzarelli was tapped by big band leader Vaughn Monroe to sit in for a weekend. As a result, the jazz world gained what was to become one of its most significant practitioners, one who continues to perform and share his wisdom with a modesty that belies his stature. Pizzarelli is at Bargemusic Jul. 3rd with Howard Alden, Bella Luna Jul. 8th with Jack Wilkins and Rose Hall Jul. 30th as part of The Spirit of Django and Grappelli.

Interview: JUNIOR MANCE

By Ken Dryden; photo by Kabilio

Chicago native Junior Mance doesn't sound like a man approaching his 80th birthday. The pianist, who credits Gene Ammons, Cannonball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie with helping him grow as a musician, has led over 30 recordings of his own and made numerous appearances as a sideman during a lengthy career. Mance is at World Financial Center Plaza Jul. 17th-18th, Bryant Park Jul. 21st-25th and Cafe Loup Sundays.

Artist Feature: OLUYEMI THOMAS

By Martin Longley; photo by Peter Gannushkin

Following the specific faith of Baha'i, rather than any nebulous notion of general spirituality, Oluyemi Thomas views music as an active expression of human nature, rejecting definitions and separations between so-called composition and improvisation, time and free-form, in and out, Motown and AACM.

Record Label Spotlight: TELARC

By Tom Greenland

Telarc's central mission is to create outstanding recorded performances using the highest fidelity on its naturalistic recordings; its prominent calling card is acoustical perfectionism, manifested through craftsmanship and progressive technology. Artists performing this month include Monty Alexander at Birdland Jul. 30th-31st; Geri Allen and Cyrus Chestnut at Minton's Jul. 4th; Randy Brecker at Blue Note Jul. 30th-31st; Freddy Cole at 92nd Street Y Jul. 30th; Tony DeSare at Dizzy's Club Jul. 21st; Jon Hendricks at Jazz Standard Jul. 3rd-6th; Hiromi at Blue Note Jul. 22nd-27th and John Pizzarelli at Smalls Jul. 29th.

Club Profile: DOUGLASS STREET MUSIC COLLECTIVE

By Matthew Miller

There are a few things that differentiate the nondescript brick building that houses Douglass Street Music Collective from its industrial neighbors in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn. Freshly planted flowers by the door, a two-tone sign reading Gowanus Arts and, a few times a week, a crowd spilling onto the otherwise abandoned street or improvised music emanating from the open door. Performers this month include Rob Garcia Quartet, Trio This, John Sinton's 2x2 and Tanya Kalmanovitch, Douglas Yates, Frank Carlberg and Ken Filiano.

Encore: ANTHONY DAVIS

By Wilbur MacKenzie

This month brings to the city two performances by pianist and composer Anthony Davis, who has been living in Southern California for the last decade. Prior to his immigration to the West Coast, Davis was active in New York and his return brings an improvisational voice sorely missed in the city where he made his home for so many years. Davis is at The Stone Jul. 14th solo and with his Episteme project.

Lest We Forget: JOE FARRELL

By Donald Elfman

Joe Farrell was an extraordinary saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist whose short career encompassed roles in some major jazz groups.

Megaphone: All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Jazz Musicians

By Jessica Jones

The sound of the music has a message and it's not a message that is in the language of words. Words can only dance around the edges of it. Jones is at Bowery Poetry Club Jul. 12th.

CD Reviews

(this month's performance venues in parentheses):

1. Uri Caine - The Classical Variations Winter & Winter (Village Vanguard)
2. Joe Henderson - Power to the People (Keepnews Collection) Milestone-Concord (Iridium)
3. Harry Allen/Joe Cohn - Stompin' The Blues Arbors (Birdland; Smalls; 92nd Street Y; Rose Hall)
4. Mike Longo - Float Like A Butterfly CAP (New York City Baha'i Center)
5. Charles Tolliver - Music Inc. Strata East (Blue Note)
6. Piers Lawrence - Stolen Moments JazzNet Media (Kitano; Sugar Bar)
7. Pam Windo/Gary Windo - Avant Gardeners Reel Recordings
8. Stephen Gauci - Absolute, Absolutely CIMP (Tea Lounge)
9. Michael Bisio - CIMP 360: Circle This CIMP
10. Rosa Passos - Romance Telarc
11. Peter Zak - Seed of Sin SteepleChase (Cornelia Street Cafe; Smalls)
12. Tom Guarna - Wingspan SteepleChase (Smalls; 55Bar)
13. Harold Danko/Ron McClure - Wonderland SteepleChase (Riverside Park)
14. Kalman Olah - Always (with Jack DeJohnette & Ron McClure) Memphis International
15. Mike Nock - Between or Beyond MPS
16. Duke Ellington - New York New York Storyville (Blue Note)
17. Duke Ellington - The Treasury Shows, Vol. 13 Storyville (Blue Note)
18. Claude Bolling - A Tone Parallel to Harlem Fremeaux and Associates
19. Sam Newsome/Lucian Ban - The Romanian-American Jazz Suite Jazzaway (Jazz Standard)
20. Diane Hoffman - My Little French Dancer s/r (Iridium)
21. Joel Harrison - The Wheel Intuition (55Bar)
22. Tony Oxley/Derek Bailey - The Advocate Tzadik (Village Vanguard)
23. Mark O'Leary/Han Bennink - Television Ayler
24. Mary Halvorson/Weasel Walter - Opulence ugEXPLODE (The Stone; Barbes)
25. Anderskov Accident - Newspeak Ilk Music
26. Jacob Anderskov/Airto Moreira - Ears to the Ground Ilk Music
27. Jacob Anderskov - Panta Rhei Ilk Music
28. N-Side - Jazz Opera: A Poetic Tribute to "Smiley" Winters Shalamar
29. Barry Wallenstein - Euphoria Ripens Cadence Jazz
30. Kirpal Gordon - Speak-Spake-Spoke (with the Claire Daly Band) LDP Media (Cornelia Street Cafe)
31. Francois Richard - Nouvel Orchestra Effendi
32. Alain Bedard - Sphere Reflexion Effendi
33. Kaori Osawa - Aluminum Leo
34. Genevieve Foccroulle - Anthony Braxton: Piano Music (1968-2000) Leo
35. Wayne Horvitz - One Dance Alone Songlines (The Stone)
36. Diana Wayburn - Ostinato And… s/r (The Stone)
37. Han Bennink/Peter Brötzmann - In Amherst 2006 BRO-Eremite
38. Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Bare Essentials (1972-3) Emanem
39. Joe McPhee/John Heward - Voices: 10 Improvisations Mode Avant (The Stone)
40. Mika Kallio/Mikko Innanen - Scratch Fiasko
41. Cyro Baptista - Banquet of the Spirits Tzadik (Tobacco Warehouse)
42. Kali Z. Fasteau/Kidd Jordan/Newman Taylor Baker - Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival, Finland Flying Note (The Stone)
43. Cassandra Wilson - Loverly Blue Note
44. Wadada Leo Smith - Tabligh Cuneiform
45. Guillermo Klein - Filtros Sunnyside
46. Sal Mosca - You Go To My Head Blue Jack Jazz
47. Junior Mance - Live at Cafe Loup JunGlo (World Financial Center; Bryant Park; Cafe Loup)
48. Steve Elmer - Fire Down Below s/r (Cornelia Street Cafe)
49. Don Friedman - Straight Ahead No Coast Jazz (Iridium)
50. Frank Hewitt - Out of the Clear Black Sky Smalls
51. Ed Reed - The Song Is You (with Peck Allmond Sextet) Blue Shorts (Jazz Standard)
52. Eri Yamamoto - Duologue AUM Fidelity (The Stone; Cornelia Street Cafe; Arthur's Tavern)
53. Samuel Blaser - 7th Heaven Between the Lines (55Bar; Cornelia Street Cafe)
54. Various Artists - Cannon Re-Loaded: An All-Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley Concord (Iridium)
55. Warren Smith - Natural/Cultural Forces Engine (New York City Baha'i Center)
56. Satoko Fujii - Trace a River Libra (Roulette)
57. Junkbox - Cloudy Then Sunny Libra (Roulette)
58. Gato Libre - Kuro Libra (Roulette)
59. Jostein Gulbrandsen - Twelve Fresh Sound-New Talent (Saint Peter's; Scandinavia House)

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