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Emmanuel Baptist Church Celebrates Black History Month With NEA Jazz Master Barry Harris

January 23, 2014

As one of jazz’s living legends, NEA Jazz Master Dr. Barry Harris will perform at Emmanuel Baptist Church’s first Jazz Vespers of 2014, in honor of Black History Month. It will take place in its standing home at the historic Emmanuel Baptist Church, 279 Lafayette Avenue, located in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, New York, ...

Article: Live Review

Barry Harris at the Village Vanguard

by Bob Kenselaar
February 8, 2012

Barry HarrisVillage VanguardNew York, NYJanuary 15, 2012 Ambling in from the back of the room, Barry Harris introduced his trio to the crowd at the Village Vanguard as the musicians filed in ahead of him: Ray Drummond on bass, Leroy Williams on drums, and then he announced, with a wink, ...

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North Sea Jazz Festival, July 8-10, 2011

by R.J. DeLuke
July 26, 2011

North Sea Jazz FestivalJuly 8-10, 2011AhoyRotterdam, The Netherlands The North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands is staggering in size, touted as the world's largest indoor jazz festival and that's certainly a good bet. With 13 stages running from late afternoon until the early morning hours, it's far more than a ...

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Article: Rhythm In Every Guise

Top Releases of 2008

by David A. Orthmann
December 14, 2008

It's impossible to do justice to all of the fine new music issued in 2008. So I've listed the eleven discs that had the greatest impact on me. Each one includes the name of the drummer who was essential in making the music special. Pete Malinverni Invisible Cities (Reservoir Music) Tom Melito

Album

Time Is

By Leroy Williams

Label: Jazz Child
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Back Home Blues 2. Nutty 3. My Rosita 4. Impressions 5. Just for You 6. Our Delight 7. Back When 8. Milestone

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Leroy Williams: Time Is

Read "Time Is" reviewed by Mitchell Seidel

by Mitchell Seidel
October 6, 2004

At 67, the precocious Leroy Williams is prepared to unleash his talents as a leader on the music world. Williams, a wonderfully melodic drummer who has been playing around New York for decades, always seems to be an important part of someone else's group. Hopefully, this album will alert folks to his talents. For ...

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Article: Rhythm In Every Guise

Leroy Williams

by David A. Orthmann
December 4, 2003

A journeyman who is well regarded by his peers but seldom acknowledged by critics or the listening public, Leroy Williams has played in the bands of many of the jazz giants who came to prominence during the mid-to-late twentieth century. Despite high profile work with Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, and Stan Getz, over thirty years in ...

Album

Thinking of Home

By Hank Mobley

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Suite (Thinking of Home; The Flight; Home At Last); Justine; You Gotta Hit It; Gayle's Groove; Talk About Gittin' It.

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Magnificent!

By Barry Harris

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Bean and the Boys; You Sweet and Fancy Lady; Rouge; Ah-Leu-Cha; Just Open Your Heart; Sun Dance; These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You); Dexterity.