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Tonight - Saxophonist/Composer Sarah Manning's Shatter the Glass at Cornelia Street Cafe
Double Bill With Saxophonist Sean Nowell Tonight, September 9th, at 8:30PM, Sarah Manning's Shatter the Glass debuts at the Cornelia Street Cafe in Manhattan’s West Village. Catching fire on the West Coast, alto saxophonist Sarah Manning was recently reborn from the ashes onto the New York scene. With bassist Linda Oh, pianist Art Hirahara and drummer ...
Nick Hempton Band: Nick Hempton Band
by David A. Orthmann
After a few years of knocking about in New York City's jazz underground, the Nick Hempton Band is getting a toehold in venues like Smalls, Zinc Bar, and Fat Cat. Hempton's satirical account of the rigors of a “combined eight hours of work in a single month" is posted on the band's website in an entry ...
Saxophonist and Composer Sarah Manning Signed to Posi-Tone Records
New York City based alto saxophonist and composer Sarah Manning has signed on to Posi-Tone Records and will be recording a new album this fall, with an anticipated release of Spring or Summer of 2010. The Posi-Tone release will be Manning’s third album as a leader, and the first to feature her regular quartet, Shatter the ...
Sean Nowell: The Seeker
by Woodrow Wilkins
The group dynamic is a powerful force in jazz. Tenor saxophonist Sean Nowell recognizes that with The Seeker, a set of songs that demonstrate his abilities as a leader, songwriter and soloist, but doesn't ignore those around him. Nowell hails from Birmingham, Alabama. Versed in several styles of music, he has also traveled ...
Nick Hempton Band: Nick Hempton Band
by David Miller
Nick Hempton. The name even sounds old school, doesn't it? From the opening notes of the alto saxophonist's debut, Nick Hempton Band, it is clear that Hempton and his quartet are after that old Blue Note feel and sound. And, for the most part, they succeed. This is a turn-back-the-clock, no-holds-barred blowing session. And what's more, ...
