Sisters in Jazz Collegiate All-Stars
The jazz industry’s annual trade show hits Gotham.
By Howard Mandel
The circus comes to town! Officially, it’s the International Association for Jazz Education’s 33rd annual conference, which draws some 7000 registrants—equal to 57 capacity audiences at the Village Vanguard—from approximately 35 countries to midtown from January 11 through January 14. There will indeed be clowns, elephants and cotton candy.
And then there’s the music. Far be it from me to suggest one might easily crash nightly concerts in the ballrooms; in fact, guards will check registrations. So pay up, or forget about hearing Cuban drummer Dafnis Prieto’s Latin jazz quintet or pianist Makoto Ozone’s Japanese big band, up ‘n’ coming Benin-born guitarist Lionel Loueke’s trio, the Sisters in Jazz Collegiate All-Stars directed by pianist Geri Allen . . .
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