Biseo/Sanjust Quartet, with its 15 years of activity, is one of the most appreciated of the Capital. Its main feature is the solo clarinet usually used in groups such as “Dixieland”. The repertoire is taken by the best of the so called evergreens of the jazz history, from the 20s till today.

Authors such as Berlin, Gershwin, Porter, Ellington - among others - are thus revisited with new arrangements always characterised by simplicity and good taste.

Riccardo Biseo   www.jazzitaliano.com

Biseo/Sanjust Quartet, with its 15 years of activity, is one of the most appreciated of the Capital. Its main feature is the solo clarinet usually used in groups such as “Dixieland”. The repertoire is taken by the best of the so called evergreens of the jazz history, from the 20s till today.

Authors such as Berlin, Gershwin, Porter, Ellington - among others - are thus revisited with new arrangements always characterised by simplicity and good taste.

Riccardo Biseo   www.jazzitaliano.com

Arturo O'Farrill y Riza Negra - Explorations in Latin Jazz

Arturo O'Farrill, son of the legendary Cuban composer/bandleader Chico O'Farrill and musical director of the Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, performs at the Cornelia Street Cafe every second Tuesday of the month.

Arturo is currently on tour w/ the Lincolin Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra throughout the United States and recently had a premiere performance in Shanghai, China, yet he is still making time for his Y Riza Negra performances at Cornelia Street.

One of the highlights of this incredible musical opportunity, for both listeners and younger musicians: Arturo, the consummate teacher, is offering both a student discount rate and the opportunity for jazz students to sit in with his band during the second set.

This performance is a rare opportunity to see this high-energy, exceptionally gifted artist perform with his trio in the intimate setting of The Cornelia Street Cafe's 60-seat downstairs lounge.

 Cover $10

Paul Shapiro celebrates this interplay of 40’s hipster swing with some Yiddish thrown in at the Cornelia Street Café. Calling it the Ribs and Brisket Revue*, the saxophonist/composer features Babi Floyd, (of Keith Richard's Expensive Winos et al) and Cilla Owens (one of New York’s best kept secrets). They will be backed by musicians from Paul’s CD ”Midnight Minyan”, on Tzadik Records, which was released lastyear.
*Paul was visited in a dream state by the ghost of Fats Waller who convinced him that R&B originally stood for Ribs & Brisket
 Cover $8

David Devoe and One Dollar Dumpling

David Devoe presents a new ensemble featuring repertoire from The Great American Songbook, The Great European Songbook and The Great Rod Stewart. Come hear this group traverse through vast tundras in unchartered territories.

Julia Dollison

Julia Dollison is a talented young singer, arranger and composer who is currently cultivating a strong following in New York. Her fresh arrangements and improvisational skills reflect a stylistically varied upbringing, leading her to develop a uniquely personal brand of sophisticated, pop-flavored jazz. Since winning Downbeat's Best Student Jazz Vocalist in 2000, Dollison has performed with the Maria Schneider Orchestra and Ben Monder, Schneider's much-admired avant-garde guitarist, with whom she plans to record her first self-produced and arranged CD this winter.

"Dollison's full-bodied yet sweetly airy voice has always been a wonder, and her self- penned arrangements are subtle to a degree rarely found among the present generation of once-over-lightly jazz singers."
- Washington Post, January 2, 2005
 Cover $10   www.daviddevoe.com ,  www.juliadollison.com