KENNY BARRON TRIO (Sunday) Kenny Barron, among the most articulate stewards of the postwar piano tradition, leads his trio in an afternoon concert timed to coincide with Father’s Day. Part of the JVC Jazz Festival. At 3 p.m., Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, at West 135th Street, Harlem, (212) 491-2200, jazz.jvc.com/events, $27. (Chinen)
JOEL FORRESTER (Saturday, and Monday through Thursday)
Mr. Forrester, a pianist with a wry and omnivorous style, sets up shop in Harlem on Saturday with a hard-bop group he calls the Truth. Next week he plays solo piano daily from noon to 2 p.m. at the upper terrace of Bryant Park. Saturday at 10 and 11:30 p.m. and 1 a.m., Minton’s Playhouse, 208 West 118th Street, Harlem; (212) 864-8346, uptownatmintons.com; cover, $10, with a two-drink minimum. Monday through Thursday at noon, Bryant Park, 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, bryantpark.org; free.
Source: NYTimes
Photo Credit:Carol Friedman
Posted on June 13, 2008 by illoquentgent