Jazz Composers Collective Festival Announced

For one week in April, bassist Ben Allison’s Jazz Composers Collective will present its fourth annual festival at the Jazz Standard in New York City. All of your favorite Jazz Composers Collective members will be there, including Allison (pictured), saxophonist Ted Nash, pianist Frank Kimbrough and drummer Matt Wilson. Featured concerts in the festival schedule include three CD-release celebrations and two nights of music by Lucky Charms, a JCC all-star group that plays the music of saxophonist Lucky Thompson.

The Jazz Composers Collective is a nonprofit, musician-run organization dedicated to creating and performing new works. The Collective has presented more than 100 concerts, featuring 50 composers, nearly 200 musicians and several hundred compositions. For more info on the Collective, visit www.jazzcollective.com.

See the full list of concerts below. Tickets for Monday – Thursday and Sunday shows are $20. Friday and Saturday shows cost $25. For reservations, contact the Jazz Standard at 212-576-2232. The Jazz Standard is located at 116 E. 27th Street in Manhattan. www.jazzstandard.net.

Concerts:

TUESDAY, APRIL 13

7:30 & 9:30 p.m. – TED NASH & ODEON: Ted Nash (saxophones), Clark Gayton

(trombone, tuba), Nathalie Bonin (violin), Bill Schimmel (accordion),

Matt Wilson (drums)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14

7:30 p.m. – RON HORTON QUINTET – CELEBRATING THE RELEASE OF SUBTEXTURES (Fresh Sound/New Talent): Ron Horton (trumpet), Tony Malaby (tenor

saxophone), Fran Kimbrough (piano), Ben Allison (bass), Matt Wilson

(drums)

9:30 p.m. – MICHAEL BLAKE TRIO: Michael Blake (saxophones), Ben Allison

(bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)

THURSDAY, APRIL 15

7:30 & 9:30 p.m. – FRANK KIMBROUGH TRIO – CELEBRATING THE RELEASE OF LULLABLUEBYE (Palmetto Records): Frank Kimbrough (piano), Ben Allison (bass), Matt Wilson (drums)

FRIDAY, APRIL 16

7:30 & 9:30 p.m. – BEN ALLISON & MEDICINE WHEEL – CELEBRATING THE

RELEASE OF BUZZ (Palmetto Records): Ben Allison (bass), Ted Nash

(saxophones), Michael Blake (saxophones), Clark Gayton (trombone),

Michael Sarin (drums)

11:30 p.m. – LUCKY CHARMS: THE MUSIC OF LUCKY THOMPSON: Michael Blake (saxophones), Ted Nash (saxophones), Ron Horton (trumpet), Frank

Kimbrough (piano), Ben Allison (bass), Ben Perowsky (drums)

SATURDAY, APRIL 17

7:30 & 9:30 p.m. – MICHAEL BLAKE QUINTET: Michael Blake (saxophones),

Steven Bernstein (trumpet), Bryan Carrot (vibraphone), Ben Allison

(bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)

11:30 p.m. – LUCKY CHARMS: THE MUSIC OF LUCKY THOMPSON: Michael Blake (saxophones), Ted Nash (saxophones), Ron Horton (trumpet), Frank

Kimbrough (piano), Ben Allison (bass), Ben Perowsky (drums)

SUNDAY, APRIL 18

7:30 p.m. – BEN ALLISON’s PEACE PIPE: Ben Allison (bass), Michael Blake

(saxophones), Balla Tounkara (kora), Frank Kimbrough (piano), Michael

Sarin (drums)

9:30 p.m. – TED NASH’s STILL EVOLVED: Ted Nash (saxophones), Marcus

Printup (trumpet), Frank Kimbrough (piano), Ben Allison (bass), Matt

Wilson (drums)

Originally Published February 17, 2004