The Festival Roundup January 2017

This is The Festival Roundup as printed in our January 2017 issue, the most recent Roundup can be found under "Events" in our menu. NY HOT JAZZ FESTIVAL AVALANCHE. (New York, N.Y.) – Jan. 6-7. Scorching jazz aplenty will celebrate traditional jazz up to the early years of the big band era as well as Gypsy swing and ragtime on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 6 and 7, at the Django Restaurant at the Roxy Hotel, cellar level 2, at 2 Avenue of the Americas, in New York City. The Avalanche is branch of the NYC Winter Jazzfest (facebook.com/ WinterJazzfest/); The NY Hot Jazz Festival’s director is the intrepid Michael Katsobashvili. Avalanche performers are still TBA. Prices TBA; nyhotjazzfest.com; or facebook.com/NYHotJazzFest/. CHICKEN FAT BALL 2017. (Maplewood, N.J.) – Jan. 8. Two terrifically talented quintets will celebrate the music of Benny Goodman and Django Reinhardt, respectively, from 2 to 5 p.m. at The Woodland (formerly known as The Maplewood Women’s Club), 60 Woodland Road, in Maplewood, N.J., located in the northern part of the state. A family-friendly town of 24,000 varied citizens, Maplewood enjoys convenient rail access and a relatively short commute via train into Manhattan. The “Benny” band features reedman Adrian Cunningham, drummer Aaron Kimmel, bassist Nicki Parrott, vibraphonist Chuck Redd and pianist Rossano Sportiello. The “Django” combo featur