![]() Mondays at the Vanguard the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra – composer Jim McNeely’s reliably good big band vehicle – plays 9/11 PM, $30 per set plus drink minimum. If you’re anybody in the world of big band jazz and you make it to New York, you end up playing here: what CBGB was to punk, this unlikely spot promises to be to the jazz world. Mondays at Tea Lounge in Park Slope at 9:30 PM trombonist/composer JC Sanford books big band jazz, an exciting, global mix of some of the edgiest large-ensemble sounds around. He also gets a ton of film work (Giordano wrote the satirical number that Willie Nelson famously sang in Wag the Dog). Even before the Flying Neutrinos or the Moonlighters, multi-instrumentalist Giordano was pioneering the oldtimey sound in New York his long-running residency at the old Cajun on lower 8th Ave. A wild intense cast of downtown luminaries play dark jubilant stuff in minor keys, early arrival highly advised.Īlso Monday nights Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks, a boisterous horn-driven 11-piece 1920s/early 30’s band play Sofia’s Restaurant, downstairs at the Edison Hotel, 221 West 46th Street between Broadway & 8th Ave., 3 sets from 8 to 11, surprisingly cheap $15 cover plus $15 minimum considering what you’re getting. Mondays in February (not January), 8 PM klezmer/jazz trumpet legend Frank London’s Shekhinah Big Band plays the Stone. The first-rate players always rise to the level of the material. Mondays at the Jazz Standard it’s all Mingus, whether with the Mingus Orchestra, Big Band or Mingus Dynasty: as jazz goes, it’s arguably the most exhilarating show of the week, every week. Mondays in January a phenomenal doublebill: savage, macabre,cinematic noir jazz band Beninghove’s Hangmen followed at 10 by “psycho mambo” band Gato Loco, who play equally entertaining, only slightly less dark oldschool Cuban-inspired sounds at Zirzamin. There are also big bands here most every Tuesday at 7. Mondays starting a little after 7 PM Howard Williams leads his Jazz Orchestra from the piano at the Garage, 99 7th Ave. He’s at Terra Blues on 1/2, 1/13, 1/22 and 1/29 at 7 PM he’s also at Lucillle’s on 1/11 at 8. Oldschool Chicago style blues guitarist Irving Louis Lattin gets a lot of gigs. Weekly events first followed by the daily calendar. Always best to check with the venue for the latest information on set times and door charges, since that information is often posted here weeks in advance. Showtimes listed here are set times, not the time doors open – if a listing says something like “9ish,” that means it’ll probably start later than advertised. There’s a comprehensive list of places where these shows are happening at NYMD’s sister blog Lucid Culture. New calendar for Feb coming 2/1/13 plus daily updates til then: you might want to bookmark this page and check back periodically to see what’s new.
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