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Ayelet Rose Gottlieb: Internal/External
by Celeste Sunderland
Fairytales and myths abound with characters like vocalist Ayelet Rose Gottlieb. One recent night the tiny being took the stage at Cornelia Street Café. Dressed in filmy black attire, with a purple beaded, net kerchief wrapped around her cascading dark hair, she resembled a midnight mermaid glittering with dew from the sea. Upon opening her mouth, it seemed the 25 year-old’s ancestry must include those bewitching sirens of Greek legend, though her music is culled from a ...
Continue ReadingAmanda Monaco: Amanda Monaco 4
by Clifford Allen
In jazz, a relative paucity of standout players has made the guitar an instrument ripe for the development of an interesting dialect. By nature, this paucity allows for a greater degree of individuality - there are many Freddie Hubbards but far fewer Attila Zollers. Amanda Monaco, a relative newcomer on the New York front, has studied with guitarists Ted Dunbar and Kenny Burrell, as well as pianist-composers Harold Mabern and Kenny Barron, and following work with a trio and the ...
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