Articles by Herb Boyd
Jazz Vespers Debuts at Abyssinian Baptist Church
by Herb Boyd
Jazz at Abyssinain: A Swinging Pre-Holiday VesperAbyssinian Baptist ChurchNew York, New YorkNovember 23, 2008From the thoughtful, ruminative probing of Cyrus Chestnut to the massive choir-like outpourings of an ensemble led by pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs, Jazz at Abyssinian: A Swinging Pre-Holiday Vesper provided a cornucopia of sound that consistently had the Harlem crowd recently at Abyssinian Baptist Church on its feet with wild applause.
Alto saxophonist Brandon Primus fronted a makeshift band with ...
read moreMcBride, Payton and Whitfield at The Jazz Standard, NYC
by Herb Boyd
Christian McBride, Mark Whitfield and Nicholas Payton The Jazz Standard New York, New York September 4, 2008
Fresh from a recent busy weekend at the Detroit International Jazz Festival where he was artist-in- residence, bassist/composer Christian McBride was back on his home turf in Manhattan with his familiar sidemen, guitarist Mark Whitfield and trumpeter Nicholas Payton. Familiar too were the friendly confines of the Jazz Standard with a host of fellow musicians in the ...
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