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This Friday & Saturday
December 8 & 9
Jazz & Blues

Jesse Jones

Winner-
Best Jazz Club for the 2000-2006 Best of Miami Issues

"Miami's Preeminent Jazz Site"-
Downbeat Magazine
“Miami’s lifeline for jazz!”
“Top Notch”- Howard Cohen, Miami Herald.
"Best Jazz Venue”- Sun Post
"Best Jazz Club"- Miami New Times
"South Flordia's Premiere Jazz Club"- Matt Schudel, Fort lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

Performers in this issue

LeNard Rutledge

Mike Orta

Don Wilner

Beatriz Malnic

Mariana Martin

Rick Krive, Ed Maina

Othello Molineaux	Mike Levine, Billy Ross	Nicole Henry	Jesse Jones	Doris Spears
Conjunto Progreso	Coco Rouzier	Bob DeVos	Wendy Pedersen	Johnny Rodgers

A New CD from Beatriz Malnic & Don Wilner

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Miami New Times Best of Miami Awards

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Appearing this week -

DATE	PERFORMER	AUDIO CLIP	VIDEO CLIP
Most Sundays December 15 & 16	Come Swing with Me! LeNard Rutledge-vocal Mike Orta- piano Don Wilner- double bass	From the new CD "Hello World" NOW AVAILABLE! LeNard Rutledge and DonWilner - The Days of Wine and Roses	Real Player- Alone Together
Every Monday	Brazilian Jazz At Its Most Romantic Beatriz Malnic-vocal Mike Orta- piano Don Wilner- double bass	Beatriz Malnic- Brasil *From the New CD!!!!* Beatriz Malnic, Mike Orta, Don Wilner, Harry Allen, Duduka da Fonseca- Capim	*Real Player-* *O Cantador* *Regra tres* *Windows Media-* *O Cantador*
Every Tuesday	Mariana Martin	coming soon	Real Player video Windows Media video
December 1, 2, 6 & 20	Coco Rouzier	Coco Rouzier -SinceI I Fell for You	coming soon
Thursday December 7	The Circle: Rick Krive- piano & vocal Ed Maina- sax & flute Nick Orta- electric bass Mike Harvey- drums	coming soon	Windows Media
Friday & Saturday December 8 & 9	Jesse Jones Jr. Quartet	coming soon	Real Player
December 10	The World's Greatest Jazz Steel Drummer . . . Othello Molineaux	Othello Molineaux- No Way Out	coming soon
Wednesdays December 13 & 27	Nicole Henry Quartet with Mike Orta	coming soon	Windows Media video Real Player video
Thursdays December 14 January 11	Cuban Roots . . .	Conjunto Progreso 3	coming soon
Friday & Saturday December 22 & 23		Midday Moon- Johnny Rogers	video
Thursday December 21	Laurence Elder Project	Laurence Elders- Surrounded	coming soon
December 28-31	Jazz/Blues Chanteuse Doris Spears with special guest guitarist Bob DeVos	Doris Spears - Evil Gal Blues	*Real Player* *Windows Media Player*

Miami New Times "Best Jazz Club" 2006
Although you can catch jazz at various locations around the city these days, there's only one place to hear consistently high-caliber jazz every night of the week. Upstairs at the Van Dyke, an institution since its birth along with the Van Dyke Café in 1994, continues to wow crowds with a well-rounded lineup of talented players who come from around the globe and span styles from samba to Southern roots. In addition to out-of-towners such as the legendary Slide Hampton, Eddie Henderson, Frank Wess, James Moody, and Randy Brecker, Upstairs features a rotating cast of regulars such as Sammy Figueroa and His Latin Jazz Explosion, Grammy-winning jazz violinist Federico Britos, and recent additions singers LeNard Rutledge and Beatriz Malnic. Don Wilner, former principal bassist for the Miami City Ballet and well-respected jazz man in his own right, runs the joint and sits in frequently. Wilner attributes the club's success to its "happy medium" of avant-garde and straight-ahead jazz, its location in the popular Van Dyke Café on heavily trafficked Lincoln Road, and the unfailing support of café owner Mark Soyka. Jazz aficionados can order from the café's full menu, with appetizers such as bruschetta, crabcakes, and quesadillas from $6.75 to $14; entrées such as fresh ravioli, poached salmon, and goat cheese pizza from $9.25 to $24.75; sandwiches; burgers; and a full bar. Unlike many live music venues in Miami, the cover charge is modest and there is no drink minimum. "Basically I think all we're trying to do is get the music paid for," Wilner says. Shows begin at 9:00 p.m., 10:30 p.m., and midnight. Sundays through Thursdays the cover is $6; it's $11 Fridays and Saturdays. Check the online calendar for upcoming shows and special events.

Miami New Times "Best Jazz Club" 2005
"Under the able musical direction of bassist Don Wilner, Upstairs at the Van Dyke remains Miami's premier jazz club. No other venue comes close in terms of consistency -- 365 days per year. (Check the Website for calendars and newsletters.) And in terms of consistently high quality, nothing can match the club's rotating cast of regulars: Wilner, Mike Orta, Rose Max, Wendy Pedersen, Goetz Kujack, Sammy Figueroa, Turk Mauro, José Negroni. If they're not onstage, you'll likely find a well-known visiting artist. Among those Wilner has brought to the comfortable room above Mark Soyka's landmark café: John Abercrombie, Eric Alexander, Harry Allen, Mose Allison, Freddy Cole, George Coleman, Kenny Drew, Eddie Henderson, John Hicks, Tania Maria, James Moody, Mark Murphy, Houston Person, Norman Simmons, Grady Tate, Toots Thielemans, and Cedar Walton. "

Jazz Calander for December 2006

Jazz Calander for January, 2007

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