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New Sten Hosfalt CD: Macroscope
Internationally Acclaimed NYC Guitarist/Composer STEN HOSTFALT's eagerly awaited follow-up to the celebrated, groundbreaking '03 release 29 Pieces For The Microtonal Guitar: Live at Knitting Factory New York is released. Yet another solo recording, conceived in an attended session and titled Macroscope, administered by new creative improvised Brooklyn NY label Sonus Rex and mixed/mastered by award-winning engineer ...
Sayuri Goto at the NYC Baha'i Center August 29
"Goto's clean precise touch makes her a wonderful new voice in the bop tradition, her originals display a melodically strong composer" --Elliott Simon, All About Jazz 8/29 The NYC BAHA'I CENTER Sayuri Goto, piano Kenny Davis, bass Gene Jackson, drums The NYC Baha'i Center 53 E.11th St. (between ...
Jim Black / AlasNoAxis: Dogs of Great Indifference
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
In the midst of mounting musical intensity, the drummer was undaunted when his stick shattered. He continued to pound the beat amid angular guitar washes, soaring tenor sax squalls and percolating electric bass. This was not the latest hipster rock act. It was drummer Jim Black's AlasNoAxis powering through the climactic crescendo of Tars and Vanish ...
This week at Night and Day restaurant - from 08/26 to 09/01
Night and Day Restaurant 230 Fifth Avenue (at President Street) Park Slope, Brooklyn NY 11215 tel: 718-399-2161 / fax: 718-399-2165 web: www.nightanddayrestaurant.com subway direction: get off at UNION STREET station (R line), take PRESIDENT STREET, walk up to 5TH AVENUE then turn right. Saturday August 26th ...
New Brooklyn Creative Improvised Music Label Sonus Rex launched
New Brooklyn NY, Creative Improvised Music Label SONUS REX is launched. The label's very first release is NYC guitarist/composer STEN HOSTFALT's MACROSCOPE, the eagerly awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed, groundbreaking '03 microtonal landmark recording 29 Pieces For The Microtonal Guitar Live at Knitting Factory". SONUS REX also promotes live events, and upcoming performances include a ...
Hot 8 Brass Band: Soul to Soul Benefit At Summerstage
by Ernest Barteldes
Hot 8 Brass Band Summerstage Central Park, New York City August 12, 2006 The music of New Orleans was showcased in Central Park during the last weekend of Summerstage, presenting its annual Soul To Soul concert, which was set up to benefit Musicians' Clinic in the Crescent City. This is ...
92 Street Y Continuum: From Dick Hyman to Bill Charlap
by Daniel Kassell
Dick Hyman and Bill Charlap, Jazz in July, Kaufman Hall, Tisch Center for the Arts, New York, New York, July 19, 2006 20 years on a wonderful carousel ride is enough, pianist/producer, Dick Hyman mused for a New York Sun reporter upon retiring, at age 77, from New ...
Fred Wesley & The Swing 'N Jazz All-Stars: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
by Suzanne Lorge
Charity golf tournaments raise millions--sometimes billions--in the name of giving back. Trombonist Fred Wesley uses a different kind of swing to make his contribution: His recent release as bandleader, It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing, benefits The Commission Project (TCP), a nonprofit that supports various music education projects around the U.S. ...
Francisco Mela: Melao
by Russ Musto
Cuban-born, New York-based drummer Francisco Mela's debut as leader introduces an important new creative talent to the international jazz scene. As its title implies--literally, melao is the Spanish word for the dark syrup concocted from cane sugar; figuratively, it describes any potent mixture of varied ingredients--the disc is a musical mélange of Mela compositions with a ...
Alan Broadbent: 'Round Midnight
by Ken Dryden
Alan Broadbent is well known for his work as an arranger and accompanist, though the pianist's recordings as a leader best showcase his immense talent. He now lives in Southern California and plays on occasion in Los Angeles. Broadbent's first studio date for Artistry Music, with strong support from bassist Brian Bromberg and ...

