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David Berkman: Live at Smoke
by Ken Dryden
David Berkman is one of many seasoned pianists with an extensive discography who deserves wider recognition from the jazz public, though he has achieved it with his fellow musicians. Berkman has lived in New York since 1985 and has long played Smoke (as well as earlier incarnation Augie's). Since he appreciates its audiences, attentive owners and ...
David Berkman Quartet: Live at Smoke
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sono i migliori momenti scelti da cinque set registrati nell'estate 2006, allo Smoke Club di New York, a comporre il materiale di questo Live at Smoke del David Berkman Quartet. Nelle note di copertina è lo stesso pianista a descrivere la sua passione per i jazz-club come lo Smoke: luoghi magici, dove la musica prende corpo ...
Litchfield Jazz Festival 2009
by Marcia Hillman
Litchfield Jazz FestivalKent, ConnecticutJuly 31-August 2, 2009 For two and a half days this past weekend, jazz invaded Connecticut with the arrival of the 14th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival. This year, in a new home on the Kent School grounds in Kent, Connecticut, this major musical event, hosted by WBGO broadcaster and jazz ...
Lewis Nash Quintet at Dizzy's Club (NYC) on June 9th thru 14th, 2009
Drummer & Bandleader Lewis Nash will be performing with his Quintet at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola in NYC - June 9th thru 14th 2009. Set Times are: 7:30 & 9:30 PM with a third set -11:30PM show on Friday & Saturday. The Lewis Nash Quintet Lewis Nash - Drums Jimmy Greene - Tenor & ...
Firehouse 12 to Present the Jimmy Greene Quartet March 27th
On Friday, March 27th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by saxophonist and Hartford native Jimmy Greene's five year-old working quartet. The group, featuring pianist Danny Grissett, bassist Luques Curtis and drummer Ralph Peterson, is on tour celebrating Greene's forthcoming April release, Mission Statement (RazDaz Recordz/Sunnyside). “Greene is without doubt one of the ...
Jimmy Greene Makes a "Mission Statement" on New Razdaz CD
Saxophonist’s 7th CD as a Leader To Be Released on April 7 Critically acclaimed tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene will release a new CD, Mission Statement, on April 7 on Sunnyside/Razdaz Recordz, home to such eclectic artists as Sam Barsh and Amos Hoffman. Razdaz founder, bassist Avishai Cohen, in whose band Greene played during the nineties, says, ...
Michelle Walker Live @ Bar Next Door
Michelle Walker Performs Live @ THE BAR NEXT DOOR Monday March 16, 2009 Vocalist Michelle Walker returns to one of her favorite performance rooms, the Bar Next Door for an intimate evening of live jazz vocals. The Bar Next Door is one of the smaller and most intimate settings for serious jazz in Manhattan...[and]...is a perfect ...
Firehouse 12's 2009 Spring Jazz Series to Begin March 20th
New Haven's Firehouse 12 is proud to announce the schedule for its fourth annual Spring Jazz Series, a 13-week program of performances by some of the most active, innovative and respected musicians in creative improvised music today. The series, which begins on Friday, March 20th with two performances by the Julian Lage Group, will feature 8:30 ...
Jimmy Greene: The Overcomer's Suite
by John Barron
Since turning heads at the 1996 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition, saxophonist/composer Jimmy Greene has been making a name for himself as a prominent voice in the jazz world. Recorded live at the Firehouse 12, in Greene's hometown of Hartford, Connecticut, the music consists of the four-part title track ("Nelba's Victory," “Song for Isaiah," “Gethsemane" and “David ...
Jimmy Greene: The Overcomer's Suite
by David Adler
If you compose a suite kindled by a big idea, it's best to front a band with a big sound. That's what tenor/soprano saxophonist Jimmy Greene does on The Overcomer's Suite, his sixth title as a leader and his first for the digital-only Nu Jazz label. Recorded live at Firehouse 12 in New Haven, the session ...
