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Global Rhythms Weekends Kingsborough Community College Campus Brooklyn

July 10, 2007

The Global Rhythms Weekend is a two-day festival of world music, featuring adventurous new sounds drawing from the musical traditions of Latin America, the Caribbean, and beyond. The two-day American Roots Weekend offers a broad spectrum of homegrown music, including gospel, blues, soul, and jazz to bluegrass, country, indie rock, and folk. Saturday, July 14, beginning ...

Jazz with Altitude at Rubin Museum of Art Two Summer Concerts

July 10, 2007

In between the JVC Jazz Festival in June and the third season of HARLEM IN THE HIMLAYAS in September, the Rubin Museum of Art is presenting two showcase performances under the heading Jazz With Altitude. On July 20 you can hear jazz flutist Jamie Baum team up with pianist Roberta Piket supported by bassist Ratzo Harris. ...

Mark Soskin: One Hopeful Day

by Jim Santella
July 10, 2007

Currently serving on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music, pianist Mark Soskin knows a thing or two about what keeps jazz alive and well in today's competitive entertainment market. His straight-ahead quartet interprets this program of nine standards and originals with fire in their eyes and adrenalin in their fingers. As ...

Robert Silverman Quintet and Trio: Golden Heart

by Elliott Simon
July 10, 2007

Self-produced and composed by pianist Robert Silverman, Golden Heart is one of those gems which, for a variety of reasons, seems to only come about in the NYC area. It impresses as a love letter to all the artists, clubs and fans wherein and for whom this wonderful brand of swinging jazz continues to resonate. Silverman ...

Marko Djordjevic DVD Release Event Thursday July 12th at The Drummers Collective

July 9, 2007

Marko Djordjevic's first DVD, Where I Come From, is out on Firma Video Entertainment Inc. A DVD release event will be held at the Drummers Collective this Thursday, July 12, at 7 PM. The format is a performance - master class, which means there will be music played and techniques demonstrated, along with some Q and ...

Roni Ben-Hur: Keepin' It Open

by Andrew Rowan
July 9, 2007

Guitarist Roni Ben-Hur has assembled an impressive cast for Keepin' It Open: trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, pianist Ronnie Mathews, bassist Santi Debriano, drummer Lewis Nash and percussionist Steve Kroon--a who's who of contemporary mainstream jazz exploring a beautifully varied selection of tunes. The proceedings open with Ben-Hur in the time-honored guitar trio setting, offering ...

Saco Yasuma: Another Rain

by Elliott Simon
July 9, 2007

When a classically trained musician arrives in NYC from Japan and falls in love with jazz it can often times result in impressive technique and a sterile sound. Saxophonist Saco Yasuma's Another Rain is her debut as a leader and flies in the face of that stereotype in a big way. Yasuma, trained on piano, switched ...

Andy Milne: Scenarios and Dreams & False Alarms

by Tom Greenland
July 8, 2007

Andy Milne/Grégoire Maret Scenarios Obliqsound 2007 Andy Milne Dreams & False Alarms Songlines 2007 Coming from a land-up-over (Canada), pianist Andy Milne sheds a uniquely northern light ...

Prana Trio and Ayelet Rose/Anat Fort at CIM

July 8, 2007

Portrait Barry Guy: March 15-16

by A. Henkin
July 8, 2007

Barry GuyMoodsZurich, SwitzerlandMarch 15-16, 2007 How does a musician with a career approaching 40 years begin to attempt “summarizing it for a two-day festival? The answer, in the case of British bass innovator Barry Guy, is to not. Given the opportunity to present a “Portrait of himself, Guy, along with festival ...