Hard to believe, but this is the tenth year for the Winter Jazzfest: the annual wall-to-wall smorgasbord of jazz, fusion, and other "creative music." (Still trying to figure out what that is, exactly.)
This year, Jazzfest expands to a full week of activities, starting with a kickoff show Tuesday night at LPR with Bobby Previte, John Medeski, Nels Cline, So Percussion, and others. (Check out this video of Previte making like Harry Partch at the Sixpoint Brewery.) A full festival pass—including the two-day marathon on Friday/Saturday that features over 90 acts—can be had for the ridiculously low price of $95; other passes and individual tickets also available on the festival's website.
More individual show details below.
Tuesday, January 7, 8 p.m.
WJF10 Kickoff: Bobby Previte's TERMINALS w/ Nels Cline, John Medeski, and So Percussion, plus Helado Negro
(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC
$10
Wednesday, January 8, 8 p.m.
Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary Concert featuring Robert Glasper and Jason Moran, with special guests Ravi Coltrane, Bilal, Eric Harland, and Alan Hampton
The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, NYC
$45 / $35 / $25
Thursday, January 9, 7 p.m.
SummerStage/Charlie Parker Jazzfest Showcase: Revive Big Band featuring special guests Bilal and Dr. Lonnie Smith plus The Wallace Roney Orchestra performing Wayne Shorter's "Universe," "Twin Dragon," and "Legend"—never-released music written for Miles Davis, as conducted by David Weiss
(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC
$15 ADV / $18 DOS
Friday, January 10, 2014
WJF10 NYC Winter Jazzfest Marathon, Day 1
6:00 p.m. Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio
7:15 p.m. Keren Ann
8:30 p.m. Dawn of Midi
9:45 p.m. Jeff "Tain" Watts & Lionel Loueke
11:00 p.m. Roy Hargrove Quintet
12:00 a.m. The Freedom Party
Judson Church
6:15 p.m. TBA
7:30 p.m. Nat Baldwin (of Dirty Projectors) with Otto Hauser
8:45 p.m. Roomful of Teeth
10:00 p.m. Mary Halvorson Septet
11:15 p.m. Peter Brötzmann w/ Hamid Drake and Jason Adasiewicz
12:30 a.m. Improvised Round Robin Duets w/ artists TBA
Groove (Revive Music Stage)
6:30 p.m. Sharel Cassity Quintet
7:45 p.m. Takuya Kuroda
9:00 p.m. Gary Bartz Quartet
10:15 p.m. Otis Brown III
11:30 p.m. Kris Bowers
12:45 a.m. Gizmo w/ special guest Casey Benjamin
2:00 a.m. Big Yuki
6:45 p.m. Ben Wendel Quartet
8:00 p.m. Ches Smith Trio
9:15 p.m. Nate Wooley's Seven Storey Mountain
10:30 p.m. Chris Lightcap & Bigmouth
11:45 p.m. Ben Goldberg's Unfold Ordinary Mind
1:00 a.m. Aruan Ortiz Orbiting Quartet
The Bitter End
6:15 p.m. Blue Cranes
7:30 p.m. Matt Ulery's Loom
8:45 p.m. Jon Irabagon Trio
10:00 p.m. The Jazz Passengers
11:15 p.m. Burnt Sugar Arkestra Review with Melvin Van Peebles, Vernon Reid & Rebellum
12:30 a.m. Ben Holmes Quartet
1:45 a.m. Thiefs
Zinc Bar
6:30 p.m. Antoine Roney Trio featuring Kojo
7:45 p.m. Zee Avi
9:00 p.m. Rene Marie
10:15 p.m. Trio Feral
11:30 p.m. 3rd Eye 4tet: McPherson, Waits, Burton, Hurt
12:45 a.m. Roman Diaz & Midnight Rumba
Saturday, January 11, 2014
6:00 p.m. TILLERY featuring Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato and Becca Stevens
7:15 p.m. Rudy Royston 303
8:30 p.m. Mother Falcon
9:45 p.m. Gretchen Parlato
11:00 p.m. Big Chief Donald Harrison & Congo Square Nation
12:15 a.m. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
1:30 a.m. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Judson Church
7:00 p.m. Sylvie Courvoisier – Mark Feldman Duo
8:00 p.m. Henry Threadgill's "Ensemble Double-Up" In Remembrance of Lawrence Butch Morris
10:00 p.m. Henry Threadgill's "Ensemble Double-Up" In Remembrance of Lawrence Butch Morris
11:45 p.m. Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog w/ Mary Halvorson
1:00 a.m. Matthew Shipp Trio
Groove (Okeh Records Showcase)
6:30 p.m. James Brandon Lewis
7:40 p.m. Theo Croker
8:50 p.m. Jeff Ballard Trio
10:00 p.m. Nir Felder
11:10 p.m. Somi
12:20 a.m. Craig Handy
1:00 a.m. Okeh Records Jam
NYU Law
6:45 p.m. Miles Okazaki Quartet
8:00 p.m. Endangered Blood
9:15 p.m. Mostly Other People Do The Killing
10:30 p.m. EYEBONE: Nels / Jim Black
11:45 p.m. Elliott Sharp's Orchestra Carbon
1:00 a.m. Chris Morrissey Quartet
The Bitter End
6:15 p.m. Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba
7:30 p.m. Howard Johnson & Gravity
8:45 p.m. Angelika Niescier
10:00 p.m. Raul Midon
11:15 p.m. Meklit
12:30 a.m. Jamie Baum Septet +
1:45 a.m. Trees in Tongues w/ Samita Sinha, Grey McMurray, and Sunny Jain
6:30 p.m. Ted Poor Quartet
7:45 p.m. Morgan James
9:00 p.m. Don Byron's Six Musician Group
10:15 p.m. Gregoire Maret w/ Terri Lyne Carrington
11:30 p.m. Lakecia Benjamin & Soul Squad
12:45 a.m. Marc Cary Focus Trio
2:00 a.m. Matt Wilson, Ted Nash, Jesse Lewis
SubCulture
6:00 p.m. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
7:15 p.m. Ralph Alessi Baida Quartet
8:30 p.m. Mark Helias Open Loose
9:45 p.m. Tim Berne Snakeoil
11:00 p.m. Tony Malaby's Tamarindo
12:15 a.m. Erik Friedlander's Bonebridge
1:30 a.m. ABRAXAS – John Zorn's Book of Angels by Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz
Bowery Electric
6:30 p.m. Mark Guiliana's Beat Music
7:45 p.m. Slavic Soul Party! plays Ellington: The Far East Suite
9:00 p.m. Wicked Knee w/ Billy Martin, Curtis Fowlkes, Marcus Rojas, and Steven Bernstein
10:15 p.m. No BS! Brass
The Blue Note
12:30 a.m. The NEXT Collective
1:45 a.m. Now vs. Now
Full Lineup: