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Article: Album Review

Positive Knowledge: Invisible Wisdom

Read "Invisible Wisdom" reviewed by Marc Medwin

by Marc Medwin

The duo of Oluyemi and Ijeoma Thomas continues to be a potent one on this, the long-running Positive Knowledge collaboration's release Invisible Wisdom. Recorded live at 2005's Vision Festival, it's a widely varied and ultimately rewarding set where the only problem is a slightly distant recording. That understood, the music is some of ...

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News: Festival

URB ALT Fest 07 Dances Around Faison Firehouse with Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio, Muthawit, Otto Fischer, Nerdkween, Shena Verrett and Others

Harlem, NY - June 14. Night two of URB ALT Festival 2007 finds multiple artists visiting Harlem's famed Faison Firehouse Theater in celebration of the London helmed seminal priests of dreampop/shoegaze music, AR Kane. The URB ALT Festival is a 4 night, 4 venue music/film event that focuses a light on underground and national acts who ...

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News: Performance / Tour

MNMP Presents Kindred Spirits - An Evening of Experimental Chamber Music June 20th 8PM @ Christ & St. Stephen's Church

MNMP Presents Kindred Spirits - An Evening of Experimental Chamber Music June 20th 8PM @ Christ & St. Stephen's Church

June 20th 8PM @ Christ & St. Stephen's Church $15 at the door The Manhattan New Music Project (aka MNMP) presents an evening of experimental chamber music pieces to honor the adventurous spirit of a broad variety of composers of chamber music, jazz and classical works. The pieces presented will include early works by ...

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News: Festival

Jazz in July at the 92nd Street Y, Bill Charlap Artistic Director, July 17-26, 2007

Jazz in July at the 92nd Street Y, Bill Charlap Artistic Director, July 17-26, 2007

JAZZ IN JULY Festival at the 92nd STREET Y July 17-26, 2006 BILL CHARLAP, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PHIL WOODS - FRANK WESS - JAMES MOODY DR. BILLY TAYLOR - JON FADDIS EDDIE PALMIERI - BRIAN LYNCH BARBARA CARROLL - PAQUITO D'RIVERA ...

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Article: Album Review

Memorize the Sky: Memorize the Sky

Read "Memorize the Sky" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella

Searching for a cosmic balance, woodwind player Matt Bauder, bassist Zach Wallace and drummer Aaron Siegel spread their improvised music out like the heavens above. Soft as clouds and containing enough space to let their thoughts commingle gradually, the session rides on a feather chariot. Bauder plays tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet on ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Shanghai Jazz Meets Chinatown at the Grand Harmony Palace Starting in July

Shanghai Jazz Meets Chinatown at the Grand Harmony Palace Starting in July

GRAND HARMONY PALACE 98 Mott Street (between Hester and Canal Streets) Chinatown, NYC 10013 Reservations (212) 226-6603 EVERY THURSDAY Shows at 8pm & 10pm VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS Plays 1920s/1930s Early Jazz EVERY FRIDAY (starting July 6th) Ballroom Dancing 730pm-930pm Swing ...

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Article: Profile

Nancy Wilson: Turns to Blue

Read "Nancy Wilson: Turns to Blue" reviewed by Andrew Velez

by Andrew Velez

..Last night FM radio was on R&B and it was 'Ready Or Not'. ...I was just by myself dancing. And it was oh, my! ...I came out of R&B. ...That's why when people try to put me in a box, like no! There are certain songs I hear, like The Stylistics--oooooh! ... 'You Make Me Feel ...

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Article: Profile

Louis Moholo-Moholo

Read "Louis Moholo-Moholo" reviewed by Marc Medwin

by Marc Medwin

"It's all about freedom man," says drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo and the softness in his voice belies and underpins the experience behind his words. “It becomes really important, the most important thing in the world, especially after all I've been through."The telephone connection to South Africa is not great, from where Moholo-Moholo speaks, where he ...

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Article: Album Review

Charles Davis: Land of Dreams

Read "Land of Dreams" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon

In the shrinking world of “legendary" jazz performers, all star sessions and one-offs are the norm. This release is a rare treat that gives a real look-see at saxophonist Charles Davis in the context of his working band. Davis, with his baritone sax, was part of the seminal Jazz Composer's Orchestra and early groups fronted by ...

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Article: Album Review

The Bad Plus: Prog

Read "Prog" reviewed by Christopher Shoe

by Christopher Shoe

Since its appearance on the music scene in 2003, The Bad Plus has been at the forefront of numerous debates within the world of jazz and beyond. Questions of genre placement and definition terminology seem to plague this esoteric band. Its newest disc Prog certainly won't answer these questions or solve these debates. In fact, it ...


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