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Winter Jazz Fest 2012 (January 5-7 in NYC)

Nels Cline’s Stained Radiance at Winter Jazz Fest 2011 (more by Andrew Frisicano)
Nels Cline

Winter Jazz Fest is returning to NYC in 2012 and will take place in multiple Greenwich Village venues from January 6-7 including Le Poisson Rouge, Sullivan Hall, Kenny’s Castaways, Zinc Bar, and The Bitter End. Artists performing this year include Bill Laswell, DJ Spinna, John Medeski, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, Nels Cline Singers, Vijay Iyer Trio, Tyshawn Sorey, Mary Halvorson, Bernie Worrell, Marco Benevento, Jenny Scheinman, and many more. Two day passes and single day tickets are on sale now. There is also a kickoff show happening at Le Poisson Rouge on January 5 with Medeski / Skerik / Deitch, Red Baraat, and Marc Ribot’s Young Philadelphians. You can also purchase a pass that includes a ticket for this show plus the two day festival pass (it’s a little confusing, but if you click through on each LPR ticket link, you’ll see the various options for each one).

The full schedule is below…


Friday January 6th

(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street btw Sullivan/Thompson
6:00pm – Curtis Hasselbring’s New Mellow Edwards
7:15pm – John Medeski solo
8:30pm – Nels Cline Singers
9:45pm – Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem
11:00pm – Steven Bernstein’s MTO plays Sly
12:00am – Freedom DJs (and between previous sets)

Sullivan Hall
214 Sullivan St. btw Bleecker & West 3rd
7:45pm – Julian Lage Group
9:00pm – New York Gypsy All Stars
10:15pm – Marco Benevento solo
11:30pm – Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
12:45am – Jerseyband
2:00am – Big Sam’s Funky Nation

Kenny’s Castaways
157 Bleecker Street
btw Sullivan/Thompson
7:00pm – Ben Allison Trio w/ Strings
8:15pm – Pete Robbins, Simon Jermyn,
Oscar Noriega, Ches Smith
9:30pm – Michael Blake’s Hellbent
10:45pm – Marika Hughes & Bottom Heavy
12:00am – Rudresh Mahanthappa
1:15am – Mark Guiliana / Zach Danziger

Zinc Bar
82 West 3rd Street
btw Sullivan/Thompson
6:15pm – Dominick Farinacci
7:30pm – Malika Zarra
8:45pm – Miguel Zenon
10:00pm – Sketchy Black Dog
11:15pm – Gilad Hekselman 4tet w/ Mark
Turner, Joe Martin, Marcus Gilmore
12:30am – Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures
1:45am – JD Walter

The Bitter End
147 Bleecker Street
btw Thompson/Laguardia
7:15pm – Joel Harrison String Choir:
The Music of Paul Motian
8:30pm – Lucy Woodward
9:45pm – Chris Morrissey w/ Aaron Parks,
Mark Guiliana, Ben Wendel, Nir Felder
11:00pm – Amanda Monaco’s Deathblow
12:15am – Burnt Sugar Arkestra Chamber
1:30am – ERIMAJ

Saturday January 7th

(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street btw Sullivan/Thompson
6:45pm – Laurence Hobgood
8:00pm – Bernie Worrell Orchestra
9:15pm – Bill Laswell solo
10:30pm – Vijay Iyer Trio
11:45pm – David Murray Cuban Ensemble
1:00am – Cindy Blackman’s Another Lifetime w/
Marc Cary, Felix Pastorius, Aurelien Budynek
2:15am – DJ Spinna (and between previous sets)

Sullivan Hall
214 Sullivan St. btw Bleecker & West 3rd
7:45pm – Lakecia Benjamin & Soul Squad
9:00pm – Fabian Almazan & Strings
10:15pm – Justin Brown Group
11:30pm – Wallace Roney Band
12:45am – Ben Williams & Sound Effect
2:00am – Jesse Fischer & Soul Cycle feat
special guest Casey Benjamin
3:15am – Marc Cary’s Cosmic Indigenous
w/ special guest Igmar Thomas

Kenny’s Castaways
157 Bleecker Street
btw Sullivan/Thompson
7:00pm – Jason Ajemian’s Highlife
8:15pm – Herculaneum
9:30pm – Mostly Other People
Do The Killing
10:45pm – Shahzad Ismaily, Ches Smith,
Mat Maneri
12:00am – SIFTER w/ Matt WIlson,
Kirk Knuffke, Mary Halvorson
1:15am – Steve Lehman Trio

Zinc Bar
82 West 3rd Street
btw Sullivan/Thompson
7:15pm – Gregoire Maret
8:30pm – Lionel Loueke
9:45pm – Will Calhoun Ensemble
w/ Donald Harrison
11:00pm – Sofia Rei
12:15am – Ayelet Rose Gottlieb
w/ Ethel and Satoshi Takeishi
1:30am – Sharel Cassity

The Bitter End
147 Bleecker Street
btw Thompson/Laguardia
7:30pm – Stephan Crump’s Rosetta Trio
8:45pm – Andy Milne’s Dapp Theory
10:00pm – Matt Wilson Quartet +Strings
11:15pm – Allison Miller’s
BOOM TIC BOOM
12:30am – Taylor Eigsti Trio
1:45am – Tyshawn Sorey Oblique