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Article: Live Review

Nancy King at Jazz Standard with Fred Hersch

by Andrew Velez
July 4, 2006

Nancy King with Fred Hersch Jazz Standard New York, NY May 9, 2006 A definite anticipatory buzz was in the air around Nancy King and Fred Hersch at Jazz Standard last month. It was much like the happy sound a Broadway audience makes upon arriving for the performance of a ...

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News: Event

Lineage Records Label Launch Party at Smalls in NYC, July 14-15

July 3, 2006

LABEL LAUNCH PARTY @ SMALL'S New York City, July 14 & 15th Friday, July 14th - 10pm on FRANK WESS with Leroy Williams, John Webber and Ilya Lushtak (Celebrating Hank and Frank CD -- June 13) Also just released June 13 to launch the label, Latin Dreams - KILLER RAY ...

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News: Performance / Tour

David Weiss and the Point of Departure Quintet at Fat Cat Every Thursday in July

July 3, 2006

Fat Cat presents David Weiss and the Point of Departure Quintet David Weiss- Trumpet J.D. Allen- Tenor Sax Nir Felder- Guitar Luques Curtis- Bass Kendrick Scott- Drums Fat Cat 75 Christopher Street (between 7th Avenue and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Dekel Bor Trio featuring Donny McCaslin July 5th at Sweet Rhythm

July 3, 2006

Playing music from their upcoming debut Emuna (Produced by Robert Sadin (Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Gilberto Gil) as well as new material. The Dekel Bor Trio with special guest Donny McCaslin Wednesday July 5th At Sweet Rhythm 88 Seventh Ave. South Sets start at 8pm & ...

News: Performance / Tour

Julie Hardy @ Cornelia Street Cafe, Tuesday, July 11th

July 3, 2006

On Tuesday, July 11th (sets at 8:30 & 10:00pm), Brooklyn-based vocalist and composer, Julie Hardy brings her quintet to Cornelia Street Cafe as a part of the Gnu Vox Music Festival. Hardy is preparing to record her second CD with the recording label Fresh Sound New Talent out of Barcelona, Spain and is currently the only ...

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Article: Album Review

Carl Maguire: Floriculture

Read "Floriculture" reviewed by Donald Elfman

by Donald Elfman
July 2, 2006

Here's a downtown jazz quartet that knows the patterns and traditions of the mainstream but has used it to create something quite different. Maguire's compositions are complicated and dense, but not inaccessible. Reflecting grooves, minimalism and a strong sense of melody, this music demands repeated listenings, if only due to the fact that the listener can't ...

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Article: Album Review

Victor Prieto: Persistencia

Read "Persistencia" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman
July 1, 2006

On Victor Prieto's debut recording, the accomplished Spanish accordionist has chosen to approach his instrument in a new way. Aided by bassist Carlo DeRosa and drummer Allison Miller, Prieto included Egberto Gismonti's “Frevo, John Coltrane's “26-2 and Astor Piazzolla's “Libertango in a program with six original compositions. Starting with “Frevo, Prieto immediately dazzles ...

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Article: New York Beat

The View from the Bandstand

by Nick Catalano
June 29, 2006

Much discussion has occupied the role of the jazz writer who is also a musician. Many have argued that writers who play have unique opportunities to contribute to the development of the music while others (usually those who don't play) steadfastly maintain that musicianship is definitely not a prerequisite for credentials as a jazz journalist. I ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Joe McPhee: New York, NY, 1971 and Pieces of Light

by Clifford Allen
June 27, 2006

What makes Joe McPhee's music so special is something that you may not consciously register at first--it moves differently from the music of his contemporaries. It's slower, polychromatic, concentrated and thick, and its dynamics are deeply subtle. In the liner notes to his album Oleo (Hat Hut, 1982), McPhee discusses the concept of lateral thinking and ...

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Article: Album Review

Reuben Radding: Fugitive Pieces

Read "Fugitive Pieces" reviewed by Marc Medwin

by Marc Medwin
June 24, 2006

"The Gradual Instant --nothing could be more apt in describing the way this Reuben Radding disc is constructed. Each instant might take a moment, or three minutes, or longer. The episodic qualities of each track ensure adventure, introspection and transcendence for anyone inclined toward patience. This is not the Radding I've known. Sure, ...