Bay View Jazz Fest 5

The BAY VIEW JAZZ FEST will feature multiple jazz groups during the night of the spring BAY VIEW GALLERY NIGHT. The festival will provide an opportunity for Milwaukee’s finest jazz artists to be showcased in front of the community at large. BVJF offers the general public the opportunity to experience the best of today’s new live jazz and experimental music in club venue settings. Bay View provides for an ideal festival experience, presenting groups performing all night at seven of the neighborhood’s esteemed venues within close proximity of each other. On this night the BVJF will continue to redeem the rich jazz heritage of Milwaukee.

The BAY VIEW JAZZ FEST features curatorial input from Milwaukee Jazz Vision. In line with the mission of BJVF, MJV continues to invigorate Milwaukee’s jazz scene by promoting and supporting the city’s jazz artists, all the while bringing an increasingly growing audience to the music.

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Terence Blanchard and the E Collective at Turner Hall

Thursday, May 17 at 7 PM – 10 PM
Turner Hall
1040 N. 4th St.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
http://pabsttheater.org/event/terenceblanchard2018/

Milwaukee Jazz Vision and WUWM 89.7 FM – Milwaukee’s NPR present
Terence Blanchard featuring The E-Collectivo
Thursday, May 17th
Turner Hall Ballroom
Show 8pm

“Music and art have the power to change hearts and souls,” expresses composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard — a belief brought to life through the music of Blanchard and his E-Collective. This revolutionary ensemble thrives off the perfect mixture of Blanchard’s genius and the innovations of four young musical pioneers: guitarist Charles Altura, pianist Fabian Almazan, bassist David “DJ” Ginyard Jr., and drummer Oscar Seaton. It was while recording the scores for Spike Lee’s Inside Man and Kasi Lemmons’ Talk to Me that Blanchard and Seaton first dreamt of a band that layered grooves teeming with funk, R&B, and blues colors. Years later, that dream came to fruition and formed the foundation for the E-Collective’s signature sound.

Following a poignant E-Collective performance in Staten Island, Blanchard was overwhelmed by the healing impact of his music on the audience. In attendance were many friends and family of Eric Garner – a local man who had been fatally injured in an altercation with police and to whom the E-Collective’s debut album, Breathless, is dedicated. Motivated by this experience, the E-Collective’s 2018 album was recorded live in Twin Cities, Cleveland, Dallas, and Harlem, all of which are cities that have been similarly wounded by racial tensions. Coinciding with these recording sessions, Blanchard worked with local community leaders to host panel discussions encouraging dialogue for positive social change. As the E-Collective ventures into uncharted territories, there is a common understanding that creation and communication generate change.

Presale begins Wednesday, 04.11 at noon (code: JAZZ)
Public on sale begins Friday, 04.13 at noon

Carl Allen featuring the music of Freddie Hubbard

Saturday, April 7 at 8 PM – 11 PM CDT
The Jazz Estate
2423 N Murray Ave
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211

Celebrating Freddie Hubbard’s Music on April 7th with
Carl Allen Drums
Eric Jacobson Trumpet
Eric Schoor Tenor
Mark Davis Piano
Charles Ledvina Bass

$15 Door Charge
$20 Very limited Reserved VIP Tables available, details to be announced soon.

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http://carlallen.com/

Over 200 recordings to his credit, the gifted Milwaukee-born, New York-based drummer, sideman, bandleader, entrepreneur, and educator, Carl Allen’s profound and propulsive percolations provided soulful and syncopated support for nearly three decades.
Allen joined trumpeter Freddie Hubbard a year before his graduation, served as his Musical Director for eight years, and recorded several recordings with the trumpeter including Double Take and Life Flight. Allen also played with Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Benny Golson, Jennifer Holliday, J.J. Johnson, Rickie Lee Jones, Sammy Davis Jr., Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garrett, Lena Horne, Ruth Brown, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Mike Stern, Nellie McKay, Terence Blanchard, Phil Woods, Benny Green, Cyrus Chestnut, Joe Henderson, Billy Childs and many others. Allen’s phenomenal sideman discography also includes Jackie McLean (Dynasty), Donald Harrison (Indian Blues, Noveau Swing), Donald Byrd (A City Called Heaven), and Art Farmer (The Company I Keep).

“Carl Allen is an international powerhouse. His sound and feeings have fuled the bands of Freddie Hubbard, Christian McBride and countless others as well leading his own projects. “
– Joe Lovano

Chris Speed Trio (feat Dave King and Chris Tordini)

Thursday, March 29 at 7 PM – 11 PM CDT
The Jazz Estate
2423 N Murray Ave
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211

The Chris Speed Trio (feat Dave King and Chris Tordini) features three of the finest contemporary jazz players in America. Live at The Estate for one night only!

2 Shows 7pm and 9pm

$15 Door Charge
Limited VIP Reserved Seating Available for $25 (must purchase entire table)

Advance purchase:

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3330178

Sorry, no comps or Bump Tickets.

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Since arriving in New York in the early 1990s, reed player Chris Speed has been one of the most vital improvising musicians on the scene. His work has always ranged widely, moving from a jazz base out through various forms of folk, classical and rock music.

With the formation of this excellent trio with drummer Dave King (The Bad Plus) and bassist Chris Tordini he’s sort of reversed direction. The Chris Speed Trio is a group returning from other explorations to work deep within the jazz tradition, bringing everything else they’ve learned back in.

What is most compelling about this music is the incorporation of early jazz styles in a way that is direct and deeply felt. The music is joyful and generous and Speed has an uncanny knack for coming up with tunes that can create a whole world of emotions and formal possibilities behind an often catchy melodic surface. The trio released their latest album, ‘Platinum on Tap’, on August 18, 2017 on Intakt Records.

Eddie Gomez Trio at The Jazz Estate
Join The Estate in welcoming Jazz Legend Eddie Gomez for a night of world class jazz.
April 26, 2018Two Shows!
7pm and 9pm

$15 Tickets: HERE
Special VIP Reserved Seating for $25 (must purchase entire table)

Doors open for cocktails at 5pm.

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Legendary bassist and two-time Grammy Award winner EDDIE GOMEZ has been on the cutting edge of music for over four decades.  His impressive resumé includes performances with jazz giants such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Gerry Mulligan and Benny Goodman.  Eddie’s unique sound and style can be heard on many Grammy winning records as well as on hundreds of recordings spanning the worlds of jazz, classical, Latin jazz, rhythm & blues, popular and contemporary music.

Born in 1944 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Eddie moved to New York City with his family at an early age.  His love of music led him to the double bass as a precocious 11-year old student in the public school system.  Two years later he was accepted to the High School of Music and Art and soon began private studies with the great double bass teacher Fred Zimmerman.  During these years, he performed with many professional dance bands and was a member of the Newport Youth Band led by Marshall Brown.  By 18, he had performed with such jazz luminaries as Buck Clayton, Lionel Hampton, Marian McPartland and Paul Bley.

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Scofield Lovano Quartet – Past/Present at Turner Hall Ballroom

Scofield Lovano Quartet – Past/Present
A Cabaret Seated and Candlelit show
Sunday, April 22
Turner Hall Ballroom
6:30pm Doors // 8pm Show

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John Scofield is considered one of the most important guitarists and composers in jazz. Joe Lovano stands out as one of the most successful saxophonists in Jazz today. Together with Ben Street on bass and Bill Stewart on drums this reunion of two performers will be one of the most exciting jazz shows to come to Milwaukee!

Ben Paterson Trio at The Jazz Estate

Thursday, January 25 at 9 PM – 12 AM

The Jazz Estate
2423 N Murray Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211

Please join us as we welcome, from New York City, pianist Ben Paterson.
Pianist and vocalist Ben Paterson continues the tradition of bouncy, infectious swing established by the trios of Nat King Cole and Oscar Peterson, drawing upon his musical experiences in both Chicago and New York to deliver soulful and engaging performances. Joined by Milwaukee guitar heavyweight Paul Silbergleit and Chicago bassist John Sims, Ben’s trio mixes sophisticated improvisation with heavy doses of the blues, ranging from well known Jazz standards to more recent popular songs.

‘As soulful a pianist and organist as exists anywhere.’ – Downbeat Magazine
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Charlie Hunter with Silvana Estrada

Charlie Hunter with Silvana Estrada
Thursday, March 22
The Back Room @ Colectivo
7pm Doors // 8pm Show

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An amazing BACK ROOM show!!!
Charlie Hunter is legendary and widely considered the authority on the seven and eight string guitar and his fans marvel at his technique and savor the sweet sounds of his music. Charlie met Silvana Estrada in Mexico City while delivering a Master Class at the University. He was so impressed that he ended up staying in Mexico and recording her album! See and hear this fresh world, jazz, funk inspired thing (Charlie H and Silvana) live at the intimate Back Room at Colectivo in Milwaukee.

Donny McCaslin at The Back Room

Thursday, March 1, 2018
The Back Room @ Colectivo
7pm Doors // 8pm Show

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This is Jazz, but’s it’s not the jazz you remember seeing in black and white. It’s the jazz that inspired David Bowie to make Blackstar. Donny and his band WERE the band on David Bowie’s final album. See and experience Donny McCaslin and his band for just $20 at The BackRoom.

Benny Benack III Quartet at The Jazz Estate

Saturday, Nov 18th, 8pm

The Jazz Estate
2423 N Murray Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211

Benny Bennack: trumpet/vocals
Keelan Dimick: Piano
Alex Claffy: bass
George Heid III: Drums
$13 Door Charge
Includes admission to our Late Night Session featuring Lockjaw.

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www.bennybenackjazz.com

Benny Benack III, a young and multi-talented Pittsburgh native and denizen of the New York jazz scene since 2009, is never one to limit himself. He is both a formidable, modern-minded trumpeter and an affable and expressive jazz singer, and these elements of his musical self are deeply and effortlessly intertwined. On One of a Kind, his debut release, Benack also reveals himself to be a wry and expressive songwriter and lyricist, bringing his boundless musical gifts together in a program that’s steeped in tradition but every bit as restlessly individual as his album title suggests.