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February 2007
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NEA Jazz Masters at IAJE At a ceremony resembling the Emmys or Grammys, flash bulbs blinded the 2007 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters as each was announced at the annual event on the penultimate night of the four-day IAJE Jazz Conference (Jan. 12th). This year's class: bandleader/arranger Toshiko Akiyoshi, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Ramsey ...
January 2007
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Helen Sung at Fazioli Salon Helen Sung's December 15 solo recital in the Fazioli Salon at Manhattan's famed piano showroom, Klavierhaus, was a picture of opulence. Surrounded by Steinways and Pleyels over a century old, the diminutive Sung took command of a new nine-foot Fazioli grand, closing out a season that boasted the likes of Bruce ...
December 2006
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Matthew Shipp at The Kitchen Sun Ra famously held that “space is the place and Matthew Shipp ran with the idea at The Kitchen (Nov. 11th), where he premiered a work called “Sacred Geometry." Inspired by the idea of an alien creating crop circles, the hour-long piece featured Shipp on piano with Mat Maneri on viola, ...
November 2006
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Sitting down to play duets with guitarist Lionel Loueke at Merkin Hall (Oct. 9th), pianist Robert Glasper confided that he was “casually scared . In truth, Loueke, his partner and soon-to-be Blue Note labelmate, has given performances more stunning than this one. But he and Glasper made their imaginative way through Loueke's “Benny's Tune , Glasper's ...
October 2006
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the New School's innovative jazz program, which boasts alumni on the order of Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings and Robert Glasper. To kick off the new academic season, guitarist Rory Stuart held a faculty concert in the school's intimate performance space (Sep. 5th), recruiting tenor saxophonist Billy Harper, pianist Francesca ...
September 2006
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To hear Ornette Coleman's “Race Face played in unison on banjo and cornet is a rare pleasure. But creativity on this level is to be expected at the Summergarden concert series, held in the sculpture garden at MoMA. Guitarist Brandon Ross brought this year's exhilarating season to a close (Aug. 13th) with his Blazing Beauty quartet, ...
August 2006
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Brooklyn's best-kept secret right now is the Center for Improvisational Music (CIM), which featured drummer Dan Weiss (Jul. 8th) in a trio setting with pianist Jacob Sacks and bassist Thomas Morgan. Sacks and Weiss are in fact co-leaders, bringing equal amounts of original material to the bandstand. Their CIM set began peacefully, with Sacks' adaptation of ...
July 2006
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Now that Guillermo Klein lives in Barcelona, his 11-piece Los Guachos ensemble appears in New York all too infrequently. The Village Vanguard (Jun. 15th) was just the place to host this spine-tingling enterprise, the fruit of extended Smalls and Jazz Standard residencies with the city's best and brightest - including tenorists Bill McHenry and Chris Cheek, ...
June 2006
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For perhaps the first time in its 11 year history, William Parker won't be leading a band at this year's Vision Festival. But he more than made up for it with a double bill in the Vision Club series on May 7th. Parker left his bass at home but premiered two new projects. The Olmec group, ...
May 2006
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Fresh from the Skirl records launch, guitarist Hilmar Jensson brought Tyft to Brooklyn's Tea Lounge for two spirited sets (Apr. 12th). The intertwined history of the trio - including saxophonist Andrew D'Angelo and drummer Jim Black - has instilled the familiarity and confidence essential for the music's success. Characterized by intricately crafted unisons (often in odd ...
