Jazz News

Harlem Jazz's Best Kept Secret: the River Room

Source: All About Jazz
February 1, 2007

Harlem Jazz's best kept secret...

It's official! The River Room of Harlem, located at The Riverbank State Park/145th and Riverside Drive has been discovered by The New York Times, who describe the River Room as “pure magic."

The view is magnificent, the food excellent and we present the very best jazz every Friday and Saturday from 9pm through to 11.30pm. The music charge is a very reasonable $5 per head unless otherwise stated.

Here's our run down for February.

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Become an AAJ Musician Profile Editor

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2007

All About Jazz is looking for help in filling out profiles for the following musicians.

Currently, each profile listed includes barebones information and we want to add the following: Bio Bio Photo Latest CD release info (title, cover art, label, year released) Discography Website URL Email contact Instrument Genre

If you would like to help (most profiles only take a few minutes to complete), please register as a MY AAJ member. Once registered, return to the musician list page and ...

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Pete Zimmer Quintet at the Blue Note Friday, February 2nd 12:30am

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 31, 2007

Come celebrate the 4th Anniversary of the Pete Zimmer Quintet while they perform late night at the Blue Note this Friday. The Pete Zimmer Quintet started back in February of 2003 with a pair of gigs at Fat Cat and we're going to celebrate our 4 year Anniversary this weekend. Hope to see you there! Pete Zimmer Quintet featuring: Michael Rodriguez - Trumpet Joel Frahm - Tenor Saxophone Toru Dodo - Piano ...

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Pianist Rob Mullins on Itunes

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 31, 2007

I'm happy to announce that after a long wait, my newest CD, “Standards and More" is now available for sale at Apple's iTunes store. Pianist Rob Mullins' sixteenth album as a leader is only his second really straight-ahead jazz project, and it's about as straight-ahead as they come: leading a traditional quartet (with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Roberts , bassist David Levray and drummer Evan Stone he delivers a solid live set of standards and old-fashioned originals, all of them played ...

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Onaje Allan Gumbs' CD Release Party At Joe's Pub on February 9, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2007

Featuring Bob DeVos, Marcus McLaurine, Gary Fritz and George Gray Concert Celebrates Release of Onaje's Latest Album, Sack Full of Dreams.

Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs celebrates the release of his latest album, Sack Full of Dreams, with a performance at Joe's Pub on February 9, 2007, at 9:30 p.m. Joining Onaje are guitarist Bob DeVos, bassist Marcus McLaurine, percussionist Gary Fritz, and drummer George Gray.

Harlem-born, Queens-raised, Onaje Allan Gumbs has enjoyed a career as first-call ...

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Carnegie Hall Presents the Geri Allen Trio at Zankel Hall on February 28

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2007

Carnegie Hall presents the Geri Allen Trio--with pianist Geri Allen, double bassist Darryl Hall, and drummer Jimmy Cobb--in Zankel Hall on Wednesday, February 28 at 8:30 p.m. The trio performs selections from Timeless Portraits and Dreams, Ms. Allen's 2006 critically-acclaimed release on the Telarc label. Timeless Portraits and Dreams--an amalgam of original compositions, jazz standards, and spirituals--is Ms. Allen's acknowledgement of the artistic, historical, and even spiritual connections that have made jazz the powerful cultural force it has become during ...

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Lou Donaldson in Concert in Albemarle, North Carolina, February 26

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2007

In Celebration of Black History Month & Albemarle's 150th Birthday The Sesquicentennial Committee Presents Badin Native and World Famous Jazz Musician Lou Donaldson in Concert February 26, 2007 Stanly County Agri-Civic Center 7:30 pm Tickets are $10 and are available at Starnes Jewlers (704) 982-1013 Stanly County Agri-Civic Center, (704) 986-3666 Stanly County Chamber of Commerce, (704) 982-8116 Albemarle Christian Bookstore, (704) 983-1015, & ADDC, (704) ...

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Barry Harris at the Berrie Center (Mahwah, NJ) on Friday, February 9

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2007

Jazz at the Berrie Center presents The Great Barry Harris: Maestro's Choice Friday, February 9 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater on the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey. Barry Harris, a legendary pianist, composer and educator, worked with Cannonball Adderly, Coleman Hawkins and Dexter Gordon. He returns to the Berrie Center with an all-star quintet featuring former Count Basie band members Frank Wess on sax, Joe Wilder on trumpet, as well as bassist Earl May and drummer ...

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