Jerry Z Band with Oz Noy, Lenny White, Mike Clark and Chad LB - Break Allegro Record Release Party
About This Event
At the Iridium, the Jerry Z Band features Oz Noy with drummers Lenny White, Mike Clark and Chad LB. White’s fusion-era propulsion and emphasis on ensemble listening, Clark’s funk-informed precision, and Noy’s rhythmic bite and harmonic risk frame a set built around tight grooves and interactive group playing. The bill emphasizes collective rhythm and texture over individual display.
About Break Allegro
Break Allegro is a jazz set at the Iridium built around the Jerry Z Band, with guitarist Oz Noy joined by drummers Lenny White and Mike Clark and saxophonist Chad LB. The music centers on tight grooves, quick turns, and real-time listening, shaped by White’s fusion legacy and Clark’s funk-grounded exactness. In a city where the club stage is still a laboratory, this lineup treats the rhythm section as the main narrative engine. One clear takeaway is how the ensemble keeps virtuosity secondary to collective time and touch.
About the Artists
Lenny White
Lenny White is an American drummer whose work helped define the contours of jazz fusion in the 1970s, including his tenure with Chick Corea’s Return to Forever. He moves easily between electric-era propulsion and the elastic time feel of straight-ahead jazz.
Mike Clark
Mike Clark is an American drummer and composer whose profile sharpened in the early 1970s through his work with Herbie Hancock, where jazz met funk in tightly engineered grooves. In New York City he appears at rooms like Smalls Jazz Club and the Iridium, leading settings such as the Mike Clark Quintet and the Mike Clark Quartet.
Jerry Z Band
Jerry Z Band is a New York City–based jazz group heard on stages like the Iridium. The band’s work sits in the contemporary groove-and-improvisation lane, shaped by collaborations with players such as Oz Noy, Lenny White, Mike Clark, and Chad LB.
Oz Noy
Oz Noy is an Israeli-born guitarist and composer who has made New York City his base since the 1990s, moving between jazz, rock, blues, and funk with a fusion player’s instincts. A regular presence at Iridium, he leads projects like the Oz Noy Trio and the Oz Noy Organ Trio, and has shared bills there with artists including Wayne Krantz, Robben Ford, Brian Charette, and Shawn Pelton, alongside appearances tied to Les Paul celebrations.
Chad LB
The official Chad Lefkowitz-Brown website, featuring music, video, tour dates, an online store, and an exclusive download of the new album, "Onward."