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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Multi-Instrumentalist Jason Vitelli

by AAJ Staff
November 5, 2023

Meet Jason Vitelli We now find Brooklyn-based musician Jason Vitelli standing at a crossroads, pivoting from being a prolific songwriter into an eclectic composer. Though he has previously written for video, his upcoming 4th album, 1. Ambient Corridors (2024), stands out as an inaugural collection of captivating works. He curates an opus of twelve pieces, weaving ...

Article: Out and About: The Super Fans

Meet Kenneth Cobb

by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
November 1, 2021

We suppose it makes sense that our latest Super Fan, a high-level mathematician—a contractor for NASA, no less—would keep meticulous records about, well, everything, from his massive CD and LP collection, to his personal road trip “mix tapes," to every concert he's attended. But applying his mathematical genius to fitting an entire week's worth of music ...

Article: New York Beat

Minton's: An iconic Jazz Haven Re-opens in Harlem

by Rob Mariani
December 14, 2013

An iconic jazz haven is born again. It's a name I don't think I've heard spoken of in many years. And so when I learned that after many years, “Minton's Playhouse" was re-opening at its original address at West 118th Street in Harlem on the ground floor of the old Cecil Hotel, I was ...

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Article: New York Beat

Minton's Playhouse Redux

by Nick Catalano
May 29, 2008

Rarely in art history can a major revolution be exactly pinpointed in time and place. But few will dispute that the premier revolution in jazz history occurred on the bandstands of Minton's Playhouse (210 West 118th St.) and Monroe's Uptown House (198 West 134th St. & 52nd St. from 1943) during the days of World War ...