Ben Waltzer Group Set for Cornelia Street Cafe, 4/30
By: Samantha Jacobsen Apr. 30, 2010
The Ben Waltzer Group will play at the Cornelia Street Cafe tonight, April 30th, at 9:00 and 10:30pm.
This no-nonsense jazz pianist in the Ellington and Monk vein (who has occasionally written for Arts & Leisure) gets a big, ringing sound out of the extreme registers of the instrument; he also takes a decisive stand against the ultra-sensitive, lush-harmony tendency of so many young jazz composers. "One Hundred Dreams Ago" (Fresh Sound), with a trio including the bassist Matt Penman and the drummer Gerald Cleaver, is by far the best thing he's done, but he hasn't been making records for very long." --NYTimes
"Brilliantly performed...very impressive."
- Ahmad Jamal, jazz piano legend, of Waltzer's ‘100 Dreams Ago.'
"In the era of concept records, this startling young pianist has flipped the script: the message behind One Hundred Dreams Ago is ‘let's just play.' Accordingly the trio gets its bustle on. Ellington's small groups are in the air here, and the pleasure Waltzer generates is bountiful."
- Jim Macnie, the Village Voice
Cover for the concert is $12.
Visit http://www.myspace.com/benwaltzer for more information.
29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319
http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com
between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village
1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St.
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