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Acclaimed Jazz Guitarist Nick Russo Assembles NYC All-Stars For Jalopy Theatre Concert On Sunday October 29
Special Guests Include: Ari Hoenig (Drums), Miles Griffith (Voice), Greg Glassman (Trumpet) Nathan Peck (Bass), Pandit Samir Chatterjee (Tabla), Dan Aran (Drums) Opening Set by Roots, Folk, Americana, Bluegrass Collective, Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches Armed with an “impressive debut recording, broad in scope, deep in concept and eminently listenable,” guitarist/banjoist Nick Russo burst onto the ...
Riddimic Studies Workshop
If you are interested in the possibilities of rhythm and movement beyond “groove” then, come and join Us*. Percussionist David Pleasant presents a weekly study and practice of peculiar polyrhythmic forms. The class is challenging for musicians and non-musicians alike. It centers on the drum/rhythm as an intent-focused, semantic music: the drum is a voice rather ...
Jazz is More Than Jazz
by David Pleasant
Jazz is more than jazz. The thing that drew me to the musical experience called jazz was its potential to radicalize form. Improvisation appeared to me as an epiphanous instantaneous elevation to non-time: a place that defied the enforced categories of gravity, horizon, race, politics, age and so forth. I am aware, however, that beyond those ...