"RUE LEVINSON" by Danielle Bennignus
DAN LEVINSON FEBRUARY-APRIL 2012
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
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LEVINSON'S QUICKLIST™
New York, NY
Scottsdale, AZ
Morristown, NJ
Bordeaux, France
Paris, France
St. Julien de Concelles (near Nantes), France
Andernos, France
New Brunswick, NJ
Deep River, CT
Toms River, NJ (March 7, April 15 and April 18)
Brooklyn, NY
Wallingford, PA
Bremen, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
Halle, Germany
Hannover, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Kassel, Germany
Fürth, Germany
Munich, Germany
Glen Echo, MD
West Los Angeles, CA area
West Los Angeles, CA area
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10
7:30 p.m.
presents
THREE BENNY OPERA:
A Three-Clarinet Salute to Benny Goodman
Starring
with
Matt Hoffmann, vibes
Mark Shane, piano
Jeff Hamilton, drums
Molly Ryan, vocals
Scottsdale First Assembly Dream Center
28700 North Pima Road
Scottsdale, AZ
Tickets/Info: (480) 488-0806 info@azmusicfest.org
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13
8:00 p.m.
Herb Gardner's Tenth annual Groundhog's Day Concert
(now billed as the Valentine's Day Massacre)
Herb Gardner, piano/trombone/vocals
Randy Reinhart, trumpet
Dan Levinson, clarinet/sax
James Chirillo, guitar
Joe Hanchrow, tuba/bass
Robbie Scott, drums
Abbie Gardner, vocals
6 Normandy Heights Rd.
Morristown, NJ
Tickets: (973) 971-3706
Contact: Bruce Gast (908) 755-5037 tekhouse@aol.com
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FRANCE TOUR!
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15
9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
featuring Stéphane Séva, washboard/vocals
11, Rue Lepic
Paris, France
Info: www.autourdemidi.fr or +33 (0)1 55 79 16 48
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16
59 Quai de Paludate
Bordeaux, France
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17
"Jazz Forever"
presents
with special guests
Jérome Etcheberry, trumpet
Olivier Lancelot, piano
Mercure Hotel
5 rue Robert Lateulade
Bordeaux, France
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Paulo Swing Dance Organisation
presents
Paris, France
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
9:00 p.m. - midnight
71, Boulevard Saint-Michel
Paris, France
Info: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/claude.philips or (+33) 1 43 26 28 59
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
"Swing 44"
presents
with special guests
Jérome Etcheberry, trumpet
Olivier Lancelot, piano
Salle "La Quintaine"
St. Julien de Concelles (near Nantes), France
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
8:00 p.m.
Le Miami
Andernos, France
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
SATURDAY, MARCH 3
7:30 - Beginner Lindy Hop Lesson
9:00 p.m. - midnight - Band
RUTGERS' THIRD ANNUAL INTERCOLLEGIATE SWING DANCE
with
featuring
Bria Skonberg, trumpet
Dan Levinson, reeds
Mark Shane, piano
Glenn Crytzer, guitar/vocals
Andrew Hall, bass
Rich Levinson, drums
Rutgers University
Trayes Hall
Douglass Campus Center
100 George St.
New Brunswick, NJ
To sign up for the Jack and Jill, fill out the form below:
SUNDAY, MARCH 4
3:00 p.m.
Valley Regional High School
256 Kelsey Hill Rd.
Deep River, CT (near Essex)
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TUESDAY, MARCH 13
FÊTE MANOUCHE
Jazz manouche - literally "gypsy jazz" - is the name given to a kind of music born in France in the early 1930s. But for the huge mass of devoted performers and followers throughout the world today, it's more than a kind of music - it's a way of life; it's a religion. The Lord and Master of jazz manouche was Django Reinhardt, a gypsy born in Belgium in 1910. He began playing guitar when he was very young, but at the age of eighteen, his left hand was severely burned when his caravan caught on fire. His third and fourth fingers were deformed and virtually useless. When he finally began performing again, he emerged a better guitar player than he was before the accident. The violinist Itzhak Perlman once said, "You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left."
In 1934 Django began a series of recordings with a group called the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. These recordings have become the foundation for a massive legacy of Django aficionados throughout the world. I was bitten by the Django bug while living in Paris in the early 1990s, and since then have been searching for opportunities to play jazz manouche. In 2004 I met guitarist Tom Landman, who introduced me to other members of the gypsy jazz community, and Fête Manouche was born. Come celebrate Django's legacy with us on March 7!
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7
8:00 p.m.
MidWeek Jazz
presents
Fête Manouche
Dan Levinson, clarinet
Tom Landman, guitar
Ted Gottsegen, guitar
Molly Ryan, guitar/vocals
Rob Adkins, bass
College Drive
Toms River, NJ
Tickets (732) 255-0500 or tickets@ocean.edu
or
Bruce Gast (908) 755-5037 tekhouse@aol.com
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MONDAY, MARCH 12
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
TUESDAY, MARCH 13
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14
9:00 p.m. - midnight
Emily Asher, trombone/vocals
113 North 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY
(718) 963-3973
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
The Tri-State Jazz Society presents
Emily Asher's Garden Party
The Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Rd.
Wallingford, PA 19086
Tickets/Info: www.tristatejazz.com
or Bill Wallace wwallacejr@msn.com
MONDAY, MARCH 19
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
TUESDAY, MARCH 20
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks
MONDAY, MARCH 26
MONDAY, MARCH 26
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
TUESDAY, MARCH 27
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
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GERMANY TOUR!
FRIDAY, MARCH 30
8:00 p.m.
Carnegie Hall Memories:
Dan Levinson and Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Re-create Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Großer Saal
Bremen, Germany
Tickets/Info: http://www.glocke.de/index.php?kalender_tag=true&day=30&month=3&year=2012&kalendersuche=true&nav=6&sub1=0&sub2=0&menu_id=2
SATURDAY, MARCH 31
8:00 p.m.
Carnegie Hall Memories:
Dan Levinson and Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Re-create Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Musikhalle Hamburg
Johannes-Brahms-Platz
Hamburg, Germany
or +49 40 346 920
SUNDAY, APRIL 1
8:00 p.m.
Carnegie Hall Memories:
Dan Levinson and Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Re-create Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Kleine Brauhausstraße 26
Halle an der Saale, Germany
Tickets/Info: http://veranstaltungen.meinestadt.de/halle-saale/event-detail/25814432?xtmc=home-suche_swing_dance_orchestra&xtcr=1
TUESDAY, APRIL 3
8:00 p.m.
Carnegie Hall Memories:
Dan Levinson and Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Re-create Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Aegidientorplatz 2
Hannover, Germany
Tickets/Info: http://www.hannover-concerts.de/aegi/termin.php?id=2895
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4
8:00 p.m.
Carnegie Hall Memories:
Dan Levinson and Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Re-create Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Herbert von Karajan Strasse 1
Berlin, Germany
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
8:00 p.m.
Carnegie Hall Memories:
Dan Levinson and Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Re-create Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Friedrichsplatz 15
Kassel, Germany
Tickets/Info: http://www.staatstheater-kassel.de/benny-goodman-s-carnegie-hall-concert-von-1938,s101673.html
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
7:30 p.m.
Swingin' Hollywood!
Königstrasse 116
Fürth, Germany
Tickets/Info: http://www.stadttheater.fuerth.de/stf/home.nsf/contentview/AE06546DFFF4BC6FC12578840037FC43?Open&showId=3479&
SUNDAY, APRIL 8
7:30 p.m.
Swingin' Hollywood!
Königstrasse 116
Fürth, Germany
Tickets/Info: http://www.stadttheater.fuerth.de/stf/home.nsf/contentview/AE06546DFFF4BC6FC12578840037FC43?Open&showId=3480&
TUESDAY, APRIL 10
8:00 p.m.
Carnegie Hall Memories:
Dan Levinson and Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Re-create Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Prinzregentenplatz 12
Munich, Germany
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FRIDAY, APRIL 13
SATURDAY, APRIL 14
8:00 p.m.
presents
with
33 West 60th St., 11th floor
New York, NY
Tickets/Info: http://jalc.org/concerts/details309a.asp?EventID=2654
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THE EVENT OF THE CENTURY!
On April 15, 2012, one hundred years to the day after the icy waters of the North Atlantic engulfed the R.M.S. Titanic and claimed 1,514 lives, the Traveling Literary Theater will present a thrilling reenactment of this historic event with heartfelt, edge-of-your-seat tales of heroism, tragedy and rescue, as recounted by the survivors. The Titanic's story cannot be told without acknowledging the valiant musicians who performed right to the end, in an effort to calm passengers as they got into the lifeboats. All of them perished. Dan Levinson and his Café Parisien Band will provide the backdrop for this event with the actual music played on the ship. This is a one-time opportunity to experience the most catastrophic disaster in maritime history - safe within the confines of the unsinkable Arts and Community Center at Ocean County College - and to hear the sounds that pierced the arctic air during the wee hours of that fateful morning a century ago - sounds that would haunt the survivors for the rest of their lives.
SUNDAY, APRIL 15
Titanic Luncheon 11:30 a.m.
Performance 2:00 p.m.
presents
A Dramatization with Music by
Dan Levinson and his Café Parisien Band
Dan Levinson, clarinet
Will Anderson, flute
Alan Grubner, violin
Thomas Mesa, cello
Vince Giordano, bass
Peter Yarin, piano
Ocean County College
College Drive
Toms River, NJ
Tickets (732) 255-0500 or tickets@ocean.edu
Performance info: http://ocean.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event.asp?id=248&cid=24
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MONDAY, APRIL 16
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
TUESDAY, APRIL 17
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
8:00 p.m.
MidWeek Jazz
presents
Emily Asher's Garden Party
Ocean County College
College Drive
Toms River, NJ
Tickets (732) 255-0500 or tickets@ocean.edu
or
Bruce Gast (908) 755-5037 tekhouse@aol.com
SATURDAY, MARCH 21
Dance lesson 8:00 p.m.
Band 9:00 p.m. - midnight
presents
Rumble in the Park 2012 (swing dance)
with
and
The Tom Cunningham Orchestra
The Spanish Ballroom
Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Blvd.
Glen Echo, MD
Registration/Info: http://dclx.net/2011/12/16/rumble-in-the-park-2012
MONDAY, APRIL 23
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
TUESDAY, APRIL 24
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221 West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
I regret to announce that the Rosy McHargue tribute originally scheduled for April 28 has been cancelled. The presenters are planning a Rosy tribute next year on April 21, 2013. Here's hoping!
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