Danny Hull: Musically This Week Vol XV, No 14

Hello friends.  This week...

Tuesday, 12/11 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30

Chuck Buffamonte, guitar    Bobby Jones, piano     Cameron Kayne, bass     your host, drum set   

There’s only one Dave Schiavone.  How do you replace him?  And why would you want to?  You don’t, but we have found a solution.  Dave has to reschedule, probably to a Tuesday in February.  We’ll let you know.  But rather than ask another saxophonist to replace the irreplaceable, we’ve gone another way.  Here’s the scenario: You already have Bobby Jones booked, and you don’t want to change that.  So what other Buffalo-based world-class musician do you call upon?  Who is an intriguing choice?  One who can hang with Jones, bring the same energy, an equal feel, a unique sound, and a musical persona to a challenging situation?  We got lucky.  Chuck Buffamonte to the rescue...  I’ve always felt that Chuck is one of the most musical guys I know, and I love having him on the gig.  With Chuck, it starts with his feel.  And his phrasing.  His sound.  And his keen musical awareness of the space between the notes.  This is going to be a great night.  Nobody likes to lose a Dave Schiavone, but when your home town is resplendent with world-class musical artists, you’ve got options.  So please join us.  Hear what happens when a Bobby Jones & a Chuck Buffamonte come to play.  The Iris Restaurant - in the plaza at the intersection of Maple & Sweet Home Roads in Amherst.  831-3271.  Good music, good food, good people, chilled spirits, and a great hang.

Wednesday, 12/12 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 9:30

Buffalo Brass open rehearsal

If you can rehearse a band twice a month for a year, and you keep the same personnel, good things can happen.  The musicians start to relax.  The sound comes together.  The sections blend.  And the leader/arranger/composer?  He goes off the deep end.  Phil is so excited about the possibilities for this band that he is now writing through-composed pieces:  jazz inspired tone poems and musical reflections of scenery and photos of a distant land.  Thankfully we’ve got Dennis Tribuzzi playing lead.  Holding this band together while Phil works us through his inspirations in 7 or 5, while shifting tempos, rhythms and genres in mid-piece, or sitting silently through a 4 bar rest while we all hope to re-enter together has me grateful for Dennis at every rehearsal.  Think I’m kidding?  Come hear for yourself.  No cover.

next Tuesday, 12/18 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30

Sein Oh, piano     Bruce Johnstone, baritone saxophone     Cameron Kayne, bass     your host, drum set

upcoming at the Iris Restaurant...

Tuesday, 1/8/2013 Barbara Jean

Tuesday, 1/22/2013 Doug Stone

Tuesday, 2/5 3 Brothers & a Distant Cousin

Tuesday, 4/23 Western New York Jazz Orchestra

links...

www.mapleentertainment.com/

www.hamburgmusic.com/

www.BuffaloLiveJazz.com

Grateful for Dennis...

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision.  You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

 - Theodore Hesburgh

Health,

Hope,

Dialogue,

Respect,

Tolerance,

and Friendships.

dan

Danny Hull: Musically This Week Vol XV, No 12

Hello friends.  This week...

Tuesday, 11/27 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30

Russ Carere, Jr - saxophone     Matt Michaud - guitar     Greg Piontek - bass     your host - drum set

From the beginning of this 14 year jazz experiment, Russ Carere has been on my first-call list.  Highly respected, a seasoned woodwind specialist (and guitarist!), and a veteran of the renown Amherst Saxophone Quartet, Russ is a link in a family tradition that extends from Buffalo to Atlanta.  But now when speaking of Russ, we are constrained to add an important qualification: that of “Sr”.  If traditions are to continue, youth must ascend.  To that end, we are proud to introduce Russ Carere, Jr to our Iris audience this week, and offer the Carere family tradition yet another voice.  By coincidence, Russ, Jr just concluded his own Tuesday jazz experiment, that being a six month run at another venue.  But now that he’s taken a teaching position he’s being a bit judicious about his weeknight playing schedule.  Advantage: Iris.  So join us?  Help us welcome Russ, Jr to our Iris family, and honor the Carere family tradition of inspired musical excellence.  The Iris Restaurant - in the plaza at the intersection of Maple & Sweet Home Roads in Amherst.  831-3271.  Good music, good food, good people, world-class artists, chilled spirits, and a great hang.

Wednesday, 11/28 at the Iris Restaurant 7:30 - 9:30

Buffalo Brass open rehearsal

You're invited.  A no-cover charge, up-close and personal perspective of the inner workings of a big band rehearsal...  We are not a "reading band".  You will not hear us play an arrangement, and then go on to the next one with no regard for balance, blend, attack, or dynamics.  Most of our charts were written by Phil Sims, and he's a fussy guy.  He likes to hear the music the way it was originally conceived, which is why this biweekly reunion is referred to as a "rehearsal".  That's what we do.  We rehearse.  We start.  We're cut-off.  We're corrected.  And we try it again.  And hopefully, upon repeated efforts, the result is musical.  You're invited to judge for yourself.

next Tuesday, 12/4 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30

Mike Kaupa, trumpet     Nick Weiser, piano     Wayne Moose, bass     your host, drum set  

upcoming at the Iris Restaurant...

Tuesday, 12/11 Dave Schiavone

Tuesday, 12/18 Sein Oh

Tuesday, 1/8/2013 Barbara Jean

Tuesday, 1/22/2013 Doug Stone

links...

www.danhullmusic.com

www.mapleentertainment.com/

www.hamburgmusic.com/

www.BuffaloLiveJazz.com

Perspective from the classroom...

When public schools are judged by how much art and music they have, by how many science experiments their students perform, by how much time they leave for recess and play...rather than how many tests they administer, then I will be confident that we are preparing our students for a future where they will be creative participants and makers of history.

 - Mark Naison, member New York State United Teachers

Health,

Hope,

Dialogue,

Respect,

Tolerance,

and Friendships.

dan

Danny Hull: Musically This Week Vol XV, No 11

Hello friends.  This week...

Monday, 11/19 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30

Western New York Jazz Orchestra open rehearsal

Many of you will remember the June 2011 incarnation of this band in performance at the Iris.  You haven't forgotten if you were there - you couldn't move in the place.  Having already been familiar with Dave Kayne’s small group writing, I expected his charts to be good.  But when I listened to a recording of some of his arrangements prior to our only rehearsal I wasn’t surprised, I was stunned.  As we do with the biweekly rehearsals of the Buffalo Brass, we extend an invitation to the musically curious to come out and hang while the Western New York Jazz Orchestra tests its skills against Dave’s writing.

Tuesday, 11/20 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30

Mary Stahl
Bio: http://www.jvcmusic.net/marystahlbioa.html
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-noire/id210464253
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/marystahl3

Mary Stahl, vocals     James Vincent Calabrese, piano     Greg Piontek, bass     your host, drum set

The modern jazz vocabulary that grew out of the swing and improvisatory genius of Charlie Parker was steeped in the Great American Songbook.  Parker and his contemporaries used the 32 bar tunes written by Cole Porter and the like as a vehicle to express their rhythmic sophistication and what they were hearing both harmonically and melodically.  But what history sometimes fails to acknowledge is that those tunes had lyrics.  They were written for singers.  They were composed to tell a story musically, and to reflect the sensibilities of the times.  This week at the Iris we invite you to hear how beautifully those lyrics and emotions can be expressed.  Mary is singularly unique in that her only musical ambition is to sing the song, which to my way of thinking is what individual expression is all about.  She makes no attempts at imitation.  You won't hear her channeling her influences.  She won't draw attention from the lyric by way of some untoward vocal histrionics.  She'll sing the song, in tune, with phrasing unhurried, and an infectious feel.  Throw in the unabashed James Vincent Calabrese at the piano, and a good time is guaranteed.  Please join us.  The Iris Restaurant - in the plaza at the intersection of Maple & Sweet Home Roads in Amherst.  831-3271.  Good music, good food, good people, world-class artists, chilled spirits, and a great hang.

next Tuesday, 11/27 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30

George Kane, guitar     Tim Clarke, trumpet, piano     Wayne Moose, bass     your host, drum set  

upcoming at the Iris Restaurant...

Tuesday, 12/4 Mike Kaupa

Tuesday, 12/11 Dave Schiavone

Tuesday, 12/18 Sein Oh

Tuesday, 1/8/2013 Barbara Jean

Tuesday, 1/22 Doug Stone

links...

www.danhullmusic.com

www.mapleentertainment.com/

www.hamburgmusic.com/

www.BuffaloLiveJazz.com

http://www.jvcmusic.net/

Giving Thanks...

What we do for ourselves dies with us.  What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.

 - Albert Pine

Health,

Hope,

Dialogue,

Respect,

Tolerance,

and Friendships.

dan

Caldwell will play Sportsmen’s Tavern on Sunday

Jazz pianist George Caldwell Gusto - BuffaloNews.com

http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121116/GUSTO/121119404

Danny Hull: Musically This Week Vol XV, No 10

Hello everyone.  Thanks for your attention to this...

Tuesday, 11/13 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30

Tom Bronzetti CD Release Party

Tom Bronzetti, guitar     Michael T. Jones, piano     Cameron Kayne, bass     your host, drum set  

If you look under "upcoming" (below) you'll see some familiar names.  The Western New York artists have done the gig before, and they'll do it again.  They are all part of our rotation, and if you have to miss them, you know they'll be back.  But Tom Bronzetti makes the drive from Syracuse.  And if he's not touring with Jane Monheit, he's got his own projects going.  He'll be back too.  We just don't know when.  But this particular Tuesday is a special one indeed.  We are honored, because Tom has chosen our venue, among a select few, to host a CD Release Party, celebrating his first recording as a leader.  Make Someone Happy salutes nine standards and features pianist Andrew Carroll, percussionist Rick Montalbano Jr., and bassist Neal Miner.  Recorded by veteran engineer Rick Montalbano Sr, Tom's disc also welcomes guest appearances from tenor saxophonist John Rohde, vibraphonist Jimmy Johns, and Jane Monheit herself.  Rather impressive.  Here is a brief review by another veteran of the jazz scene, radio host Gene Wexler of WOKV in Jacksonville, Florida:  

Bronzetti is an intelligent, patient and dedicated guitar player. Make

Someone Happy is the culmination of years of studying and playing gigs

with some of the best musicians from Upstate New York and beyond.

Playing with his best musical friends, Bronzetti explores his talents

as far as they can go. Any jazz fan will hear the originality and

quality of his guitar playing. It’s a fantastic debut album from a

guitarist who undoubtedly has much more to come in the future.

                                         - Gene Wexler, WOKV Jacksonville, FL

Can't improve on that...  So join us if your schedule allows?  Tom will have pristine copies of his of his maiden recording available.  A personally signed copy would make for a unique addition to your collection.  Still, only at The Iris Restaurant - in the plaza at the intersection of Maple & Sweet Home Roads in Amherst.  831-3271.  Good music, good food, good people, world-class artists, chilled spirits, and a great hang.

Wednesday, 11/14 at the Iris Restaurant 7:30 - 9:30

Buffalo Brass open rehearsal

Back in rehearsal mode after a brief respite, the Buffalo Brass works over Phil's arrangements.  Stop in and witness how a leader artistically organizes a big band into a unified whole.

next Tuesday, 11/20 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30

Mary Stahl, vocals     James Vincent Calabrese, piano     Greg Piontek, bass     your host, drum set

upcoming at the Iris Restaurant...

Tuesday, 11/27 George Kane & Tim Clarke

Tuesday, 12/4 Mike Kaupa

Tuesday, 12/11 Dave Schiavone

Tuesday, 12/18 Sein Oh

Tuesday, 1/8/2013 Barbara Jean

links...

www.danhullmusic.com

www.mapleentertainment.com/

www.hamburgmusic.com/

www.BuffaloLiveJazz.com

www.tombronzetti.com/

www.myspace.com/michaeltjonespiano

Forward...

Liberty is always unfinished business.

 - American Civil Liberties Union

Health,

Hope,

Dialogue,

Respect,

Tolerance,

and Friendships.

dan

Danny Hull: Musically This Week Vol XV, No 9

Hello friends.  This week...

Tuesday, 11/6 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30

Chuck Buffamonte, guitar     Gerry Youngman, organ     your host, drum set

Chuck came home & Gerry moved here.  The Buffalo jazz scene continues to get lucky, going all the way back to the late, great Al Tinney.  Gerry Youngman, Michael T. Jones, Tim Clarke, George Caldwell, Ed Handman, Lisa Hasselback, Pat Hulsman, Bruce Johnstone, George Jones, Wayne Moose, Wendell Rivera, John Whitney, Kelly Bucheger – all born elsewhere, all among us now.  Chuck & I were in college together, sometime before this millennium, and it was really LA that got lucky when he decided to try his coastal fortunes.  But it’s their loss now.  Simply, Chuck is one of the most musical artists I know.  Sound, feel, groove, taste: all things musical.  And Gerry’s a chameleon.  Is he an organist or is he a trumpet player?  Like so many skilled multi-instrumentalists, he’s equally both.  We’re happy he’s here.  We’re happy Chuck came home.  So join us?  Bruce Johnstone and his Fredonia Jazz Strings had the place packed last week, and we’d love to keep that vibe alive.  I’m continually reminded by listeners and musicians alike that our contribution is vital to the scene.  Needless to say, without your contribution, we’d be silent.  Thanks for your interest and your help keeping the music in the air.  Only at The Iris Restaurant - in the plaza at the intersection of Maple & Sweet Home Roads in Amherst.  831-3271.  Good music, good food, good people, world-class artists, chilled spirits, and a great hang.

next Tuesday, 11/13 at the Iris Restaurant     7:30 - 10:30

Tom Bronzetti CD Release Party

Tom Bronzetti, guitar     Michael T. Jones, piano     Cameron Kayne, bass     your host, drum set  

upcoming at the Iris Restaurant...

Tuesday, 11/20 Mary Stahl

Tuesday, 11/27 George Kane & Tim Clarke

Tuesday, 12/4 Mike Kaupa

Saturday, 12/8 Pat Martino

Tuesday, 12/11 Dave Schiavone

Tuesday, 12/18 Sein Oh

Tuesday, 1/8/2013 Barbara Jean

We have each a responsibility...

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

 - George Jean Nathan

links...

www.danhullmusic.com

www.mapleentertainment.com/

www.hamburgmusic.com/

www.BuffaloLiveJazz.com

Health,

Hope,

Dialogue,

Respect,

Tolerance,

and Friendships.

Forward,

dan

An Evening With Jackie Jocko And Joe Peters

AN EVENING WITH JACKIE JOCKO AND JOE PETERS

A short time ago you received an invitation to join us in honoring two Buffalo treasures: Jackie Jocko and Joe Peters!  There has been a change in location:  We will now be gathering at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo, Two Fountain Plaza, 14201, on Sunday, October 28, 2012, at 5:30 pm to fete this remarkable duo.

This unique event will be small, intimate and, it is hoped, a surprise for our guests of honor.  An open seat will be placed at each table so that everyone can enjoy a direct dose of Jackie's and Joe's affection throughout the evening. With the help of fellow event organizer Judge Sal Martoche, arrangements have been made for a handful of public officials, along with local musicians, artists, media types, and entertainment aficionados, to join in the festivities.

If you already replied to be part of this celebration, you are on the list!  If you already sent in your check, enclosed are your tickets.  Seating is purposely limited to ensure intimacy, and the cost of the evening has been cut to the bone.  An open bar at 5:45 pm will be followed by dinner at 7:00 pm.  Dinner will include an entrée of Filet Mignon.  Please let us know three days in advance if you prefer vegetarian.  The cost will be $100.00 per person, which will enable us to remember Jackie and Joe in a meaningful way. Dress is casual.  And, valet parking service is available.

Please contact Amy Bigaj at 855-1050 to reserve your place at this can't miss event.  We look forward to seeing you on October 28^th.

David Granville                                     

Rodney Personius