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Marco Cappelli: Extreme Guitar Project
by Kurt Gottschalk
The talented Italian guitarist Marco Cappelli's love affair with New York City began with a trip in 2002, which led to him commissioning a series of compositions for solo guitar. That set of pieces--the “Extreme Guitar Project --is a remarkable collection, allowing at once a variety of vantages of the composers, the interpreter and the guitar. ...
Ches Smith: Congs for Brums
by Florence Wetzel
This solo percussion set by Ches Smith offers ten songs full of depth and imagination. About half of the tunes on Congs for Brums feature the vibraphone, the other half drums and percussion; some songs include both. Smith wrote all the vibraphone pieces on piano and his drum pieces borrow ideas from the vibraphone songs, allowing ...
The Django Reinhardt New York Festival at Birdland, November 11, 2006
by Budd Kopman
The Django Reinhardt New York FestivalBirdlandSaturday, November 11, 2006 If music can ever be said to bring sheer, unadulterated, unfettered joy, it did so on this night and, I was told, on every night since the preceding Tuesday, when the Birdland DjangoFest started. There were French exchanges between the crowd, and the ...
Steve Dalachinsky & Joe McPhee Thurs., Nov. 16 at Cornelia Street Cafe
CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319 http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St. GOLDA SOLOMON “The Medicine Woman of Jazz" with PO'JAZZ ...
Alive At The Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of Jazz Time By Lorraine Gordon as told to Barry Singer
ALIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD My Life In and Out of Jazz Time By Lorraine Gordon as told to Barry Singer Hardcover; $27.95 “It's a very sexy game, jazz." Lorraine Gordon, proprietor of the Village Vanguard and one of the first ladies of jazz for more than 60 years, has ...
Gunther Schuller: Heralding Charles Mingus
by Judith Insell
Gunther Schuller, one of jazz's foremost scholars, arrangers, composers and conductors, takes the stage with the Mingus Orchestra at New York's Merkin Hall this month. All About Jazz spoke with the octogenarian musical icon about his longstanding association with [bassist/composer] Charles Mingus and his travels through the jazz and classical music genres. All About ...
Mulgrew Miller: Live at the Kennedy Center, Volume 1
by Joel Roberts
There's probably no better pianist working in the jazz mainstream today than Mulgrew Miller. The Mississippi native currently runs the jazz program at New Jersey's William Patterson University while maintaining a busy touring and recording schedule. Miller has come into his own as a leader in recent years after notable stints with Art Blakey, Woody Shaw ...
Spirit of Life Ensemble: A Little Oasis
by George Kanzler
Describing itself as “a multicultural collective, the Jersey City-based Spirit of Life Ensemble has been active since 1977 with a shifting cast of musicians. The group was an early pioneer in jazz and world music fusion; it has always included hand percussionists in addition to a drummer, and has always featured vocalists. It also has a ...
Mose Allison: Mose Allison Sings
by Riel Lazarus
Working through Prestige Records' reissue of Mose Allison Sings, the challenge arises of describing the pianist/vocalist's unique sound. The salty-sweet taste of butter and jam on toast is at once an unspectacular metaphor and right on the mark. Allison's music is a delicious blend of tart and tang, as enjoyable in the morning ...
Iridium Jazz Club Round Midnight Late Nite Series Schedule
IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com/ Iridium Jazz Club Round Midnight Late Nite Series Schedule $10 Music Charge + $10 Minimum Shows at 12AM November 17 Mike Moreno Quartet Mike Moreno- Guitar, Aaron Parks- Piano, Doug Weiss- ...
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