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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Joan Stiles and Lisa Hilton: Two New York States Of Mind

by C. Michael Bailey
August 3, 2007

New York City pianist/vocalist Joan Stiles and Malibu pianist Lisa Hilton have something in common: their taste in men...musical sidemen, that is. Alto saxophonist Steve Wilson, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and drummer Lewis Nash show up amongst the sextet and quintet featured, respectively, on Stile's Hurly-Burly and Hilton's New York Sessions. Despite their part-shared personnels, these recordings ...

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Article: Album Review

The Leonisa Ardizzone Quartet: Afraid of the Heights

Read "Afraid of the Heights" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman
August 3, 2007

Vocalist Leonisa Ardizzone shows off a variety of moods and material on this, her debut CD, where she is joined by Chris Jennings (guitar), Bob Sabin (bass) and Justin Hines (drums), operating as a group rather than a vocalist with a backing band. The CD is a collection of standards and original material ...

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Article: Album Review

Assif Tsahar / Cooper-Moore / Chad Taylor: Digital Primitives

Read "Digital Primitives" reviewed by Jeff Stockton

by Jeff Stockton
August 3, 2007

Digital Primitives, with Chad Taylor on drums, expands the sonic landscape Assif Tsahar and Cooper-Moore carved out with drummer Hamid Drake on Lost Brother (Hopscotch, 2006) by removing a few of the typical saxophone trio tracks and replacing them with more in the way of fuzz, distortion and over-modulation. Not that this band is in need ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Smalls Jazz Club Upcoming Schedule: August 2-11

August 2, 2007

This is the upcoming schedule for the week of 8/2 through 8/11 We're located at 183 West 10th street at 7th Ave. Our cover is $20 which includes a drink chip good for a beer or a wine or half price on any mixed drink Thursday August 02 9:00 & 10:30 PM ...

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News: Performance / Tour

JD Walter & Jean-Michel Pilc Duo Friday August 3rd at the the Jazz Gallery 9 & 10:30 P.M.

August 2, 2007

The Jazz Gallery An International Jazz Cultural Center 290 Hudson Street New York, NY 10013 Tel: 212-242-1063 Friday August 3rd 2007 Friday, August 3rd: 9 & 10:30 p.m. ($15) JD Walter & Jean-Michel Pilc Duo JD Walter is one of the most compelling and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Livewired Presents Sun Ra Impossible Space Circus at Knitting Factory Old Office Sunday, August 5th 7PM

August 2, 2007

SUN RA IMPOSSIBLE SPACE CIRCUS Showcasing & honoring compositions from the Arkives - THIS SUNDAY at Knitting Factory, NYC LiveWired Presents SUNDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 2007 SUN RA IMPOSSIBLE SPACE CIRCUS 7PM KNITTING FACTORY OLD OFFICE 74 Leonard Street, NYC 212.219.3006 $11 advance/ $15 door 7:15pm: Screening of ultra-rare ...

News: Music Industry

The Blue Note Blog is Here!

August 2, 2007

The Blue Note Jazz Club officially launches: THE BLUE NOTE BLOG WHAT: The Blue Note Jazz Club officially announces the launch of The Blue Note Blog, designed to give an in-depth and behind the scenes look at the club's world class artists through interviews, videos, sound-clips, pictures, articles, and other exclusive content. The blog will also ...

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News: Performance / Tour

D.D. Jackson at Mec/Jazzy Jazz Festival in Rare Organ Appearance

August 2, 2007

Canadian-born, New York-based jazz pianist/composer D.D. Jackson will make a rare New York City appearance playing organ in a free outdoor performance as part of the Medgar Evers College (CUNY)/Jazzy Jazz Festival series. The concert takes place on Friday, August 3rd, 2007 at 1650 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, with sets at 6:30 and 8:30 pm. Joining ...

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Article: Album Review

The Cecilia Coleman Quintet: Images

by Jim Santella
August 2, 2007

This is pianist Cecilia Coleman's first release as leader since moving to New York. The personnel in her modern mainstream quintet has changed and they've laid down a program of fresh new compositions for this, her seventh release overall, but it's still the same kind of dynamic sound that grabs you by the shirt collar and ...

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Article: Album Review

Soft Machine: Grides

by Donald Elfman
August 2, 2007

These Cuneiform people have a sense of what music grabbed people at a crucial point in the development of jazz and rock. Their sixth rare Soft Machine set is a thing of primal, noisy wonder, forged at a time when the fusion was “nuclear --causing sonic explosions. This version of the group--with the late Elton Dean ...