Wall Street Jazz Festival 2011 Friday 9/2 at BEAHIVE Marilyn Crispell Besides working as a soloist and leader of her own groups, Crispell has performed and recorded extensively with well-known players on the American and international jazz scene. She's also performed and recorded music by contemporary composers Robert Cogan, Pozzi Escot, John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Manfred Niehaus and Anthony Davis (including four performances of his opera "X" with the New York City Opera). In addition to playing, she has taught improvisation workshops and given lecture/demonstrations at universities and art centers in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and has collaborated with videographers, filmmakers, dancers and poets. "Hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like monitoring an active volcano. She is one of a very few pianists who rise to the challenge of free jazz." -- The New York Times Judi Silvano Judi Silvano has toured and recorded with such jazz greats as Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, Rufus Reid, Ingrid Jensen, Mal Waldron, Dick Oatts, Michael Abene and Bobby Few, was been voted Top Ten Jazz Vocalist in Down Beat Magazine Reader’s Polls 4 times has sung under conductors Gunther Schuller, Manny Albam and Byron Olson. Awarded 3 Grants from Meet the Composer and NY State Council on the Arts, Silvano was also voted Best Jazz Vocalist in the Hudson Valley, leads Educational Workshops in Music & Dance for all ages, teaches Voice Master Classes and composes in addition to practicing her lifelong passion for plants and flowers. She brings her inspiration to every collaborative effort through her sensitive listening and skilled improvisational techniques. For more please visit www.judisilvano.com Teri Roiger and John Menegon Teri Roiger and John Menegon’s music has taken many twists and turns over the years. Teri basically is a jazz vocalist, but also plays piano. John is a jazz bassist, but also sings and plays guitar. They both compose music and lyrics, and often collaborate on writing. John played with the two great Texas tenor players for over a ten year period, David Fathead Newman and Dewey Redman. Teri and John both have been teaching Jazz at SUNY New Paltz for the past ten years. The depth of their experiences and love of jazz are apparent when they bring all of their combined experience together in live performance. "John MENEGON met the demands of the music with a combination of relaxed swing and more outward-looking freedom. His solos were the perfect confluence of rhythmic invention and melodic conception." -- John Kelman, AllAboutJazz-New York"Roiger is in the first rank of jazz vocalists, now and historically. Her vocals always sweet, strong, and on target…Menegon’s bass playing precisely all around the tune, complementing the full tones of her voice. The lines of musical communication between these two are wide open, well traveled…very rich, very full, very moving." -- Daily Freeman Saturday 9/3 on Wall Street Peggy Stern & "Sweet" Sue Terry "When [Peggy and Sue] played at the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival [Kennedy Center, DC, May 21st], it was so abundantly clear that these women love what they do….they had a genuinely friendly and joyful affect when they interacted with the audience as if we were all old friends hanging out in her living room. …crisp and precise yet soulful, humble and relaxed. Both she and Peggy cheerfully shared the stories behind their compositions.… All I can say is that both of them were just so COOL. 'Sweet' Sue Terry played the alto saxophone as well as the clarinet on the tunes they performed. I just loved it! Sue’s music was indeed sweet and she and Peggy had a sweet sisterly vibe that was really refreshing and made me smile." -- Jazz Virtuosa Yamaha Artist 'Sweet' Sue Terry plays alto & soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute, and wood/clay flutes, and has performed and recorded with numerous Jazz VIPs in the US and abroad, including Dr. Billy Taylor, Chaka Khan, Clark Terry, Al Jarreau, Barry Harris, and many more. Sweet Sue has been a jazz soloist with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the National Symphony, the New York Pops, the Hartford Symphony, and many other ensembles. As an educator, she is the author of the acclaimed book Practice Like The Pros and other instruction books. Her discography contains over forty recordings, including three as leader and three as co-leader. Her most recent projects are a 2010 e-book release titled "Greatest Hits of The Blog That Ate Brooklyn: Inside the Mind of a Musician" and a new album with pianist Peggy Stern titled "The Art of the Duo", recorded live at the Palladium in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her other passion is for the martial arts, in which she is a 5-time USKSF championship tournament gold medalist in the art of taijiquan. More about "Sweet" Sue Terry can be found in the books Reed All About It by Bob Bernotas, and Madame Jazz by Leslie Gourse, where her photo is on the book jacket. http://sueterry.net Amy Shook Amy Shook, acoustic bass Pat Shook, tenor saxophone Frank Russo, drums Tim Young, piano “If you have a high-resolution audio system, the power and depth of Amy Shook's bass on "Just You/Just Me" will remind you why you spent all that money.” ~Thomas Conrad, Jazztimes Magazine, Oct. 2007“Amy Shook builds tension in her blues march groove to climax with the inclusion of the rhythm section and the harmonious horns that float, swirl, roll and boil to a gentle simmer, giving way to graceful poise.”“So Far From Home should be in every straight-ahead, jazz lover's house.” ~Paul J. Youngman, www.jazzreview.com. 2009 Since moving to the east coast in 2003, Amy Shook has become one of the most in-demand upright bassists in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area, coveted for her huge sound and infectious, driving groove. She is an incredibly versatile musician who enjoys playing jazz standards as well as new music by her local colleagues. She is also an accomplished composer, and her personality truly comes through in her writing. The Shook/Russo Quartet has been working together for nearly six years in the Baltimore/ Washington, D.C. area. Their focus has always been to compose and perform their own original music within the jazz idiom, honoring the masters by carrying on the tradition. The group has developed an incredible and unique sound by merging the diverse backgrounds of each of these fine musicians into one voice. The result is a whirlwind of grooves, melodies, and diverse textures that are a true delight to hear. For more info on Amy and her current projects, please visit www.amyshook.com. Francesca Tanksley Trio Francesca Tanksley (p), Otto Gardner (b) Jeff Siegel (d) Francesca Tanksley's recent activities included two tours last year, of Poland with the Billy Harper Quintet, and of Germany, Austria, and England with the Jeff Siegel Quartet, as well as teaching in New York City and Boston. She looks forward to once again exploring her own musical directions at the Wall Street Jazz Festival, and will be joined by stellar musicians Otto Gardner on bass and Jeff Siegel on drums. Estrella Samba y Salsa. Featuring: Sue Terry, Freddie Jacobs, Claire Daly, Amy Shook, Peggy Stern, Tomas Martin Lopez on timbales, and Renato on congas "Everything she writes wants to dance.” And in Wall Street Jazz Festival tradition, so will you when you hear pianist/composer Peggy Stern’s Estrella Latin Band, featuring Italian saxophonist Giulio Martino. With "Luminous lyricism...the piano more caressed than played...” Ms Stern is as well-known as a composer as she is for her fine piano playing, with four of her tunes featured in the Sher Real Book series. Peggy has played with such jazz greats as Lee Konitz, Diane Schuur, Stanley Turentine, David Fathead Newman, and Emily Remler. Peggy's music draws from Brazilian, African, Jewish, Irish, Cuban, as well as traditional jazz influences. Acclaimed tenor and soprano saxophonist Giulio Martino will be joining Peggy for this event. Voted one of the “Best New Talents” by the Italian “Musica Jazz” in 2005, Giulio has played with many of Italy’s jazz elite, has played with Ms Stern at top jazz festivals all over the world. www.peggystern.com And others to be announced soon!