Results for "New York City"

George Colligan: Blood Pressure

by Ken Dryden
April 10, 2007

During his relatively brief time on the jazz scene, keyboardist George Colligan has been very busy, recording prolifically both as a leader and sideman for a number of labels. Blood Pressure is an eclectic affair, focusing exclusively on originals in what is primarily a post-bop outing, with occasional detours. Colligan utilizes two different bassists (Josh Ginsberg ...

Ari Hoenig: Inversations

by Terrell Kent Holmes
April 10, 2007

Drummer Ari Hoenig has always created emotionally satisfying and challenging jazz, and his streak continues with Inversations. The bebop classic “Anthropology begins with an interplay between Hoenig on drums and pianist Jean-Michel Pilc, with bassist Johannes Weidenmueller on pizzicato. The trio executes this classic jazz groove to perfection, playing with the tempo and displaying the tune's ...

Ralph Alessi & This Against That: Look

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
April 10, 2007

An integral part of projects led by pianist Uri Caine and saxophonists Steve Coleman and Ravi Coltrane since the early '90s, and a founder of the School for Improvised Music (SIM), trumpeter Ralph Alessi nevertheless remains under the radar. Look, just his fourth release as a leader, convincingly counters this oversight. Alessi is ...

LIU Faculty Concert Tuesday, April 10 at 4:00 PM (Free Admission)

April 9, 2007

SPRING 2007 FACULTY CONCERT @ LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY'S BROOKLYN CAMPUS On Tuesday, April 10 at 4:00 PM, the LIU Jazz Studies Department will present their annual faculty concert at the Kumble Theater (located in the Humanities Building on Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus.) The concert will feature songs from the Great American Songbook, along with original ...

Sten Hostfalt & Bruno Raberg Live NYC April 13

April 9, 2007

Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters at Bowery Poetry Club NYC Friday April 13th 10PM

April 9, 2007

GARY LUCAS & GODS AND MONSTERS at BOWERY POETRY CLUB NYC FRIDAY, APRIL 13th,10PM 308 BOWERY (corner of Bleecker) $15 Featuring ERNIE BROOKS (Modern Lovers) on bass, BILLY FICCA (Television) on drums, and JASON CANDLER (Hungry March Band) on alto sax “An underground rock fan's dream team"--The New Yorker “Gary Lucas is one of the best ...

Anthony Braxton: 9 Compositions

by Marc Medwin
April 9, 2007

It is the MO of this listener/writer, or, as Anthony Braxton puts it, this “friendly experiencer, to attempt to bring the reader into individual moments of a performance. The present set does not allow such an approach, or, rather, it renders the approach superfluous. Here, we are presented with almost ten hours of music in which, ...

Pablo Aslan: Buenos Aires Tango Standards

by Ivana Ng
April 9, 2007

The bass is usually an accompanying instrument, but in Buenos Aires Tango Standards, bassist and native Argentinean Pablo Aslan presents the instrument prominently to convey the stealth and sensuality of tango music. When Aslan returned to his native Buenos Aires in 2005 after living in the US for twenty-five years, he found what ...

Michael Stephans: OM/ShalOM

by AAJ Staff
April 9, 2007

Some may associate a certain repetitive quality with Jewish melodies--they're either upbeat and highly rhythmic, or almost mournful pieces more suitable for listening than dancing. In some cases they're both. Drummer Michael Stephans adds to this two- dimensional notion on OM/ShalOM, his very personal and well-rounded new self-released project, what might have been a prime candidate ...

Annie Ross April 10 at the Metropolitan Room

April 8, 2007

Jazz legend Annie Ross continues her run of Tuesdays at the Metropolitan Room At Gotham New York's newest and best music room 34 West 22nd St. (between 5th & 6th Ave.) New York City Reservations (212)206-0440 Next Appearance April 10th @ 7:00 PM