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Andromeda Turre "Live EP" August 7th Release!

August 7, 2017

Andromeda Turre's “Shine" Project CD To Feature: Steve Turre, Orion Turre, Rahsaan Carter, James Carter, Sachal Vasandani, Ray Angry and Warren Wolf After studying at Berklee College of Music and The Boston Conservatory, New York City native Andromeda Turre kickstarted her career as the last Raelette hired to sing for Ray Charles. Producing two albums on ...

Article: Live Review

Mat Maneri and Lucian Ban at Barbès

by Tyran Grillo
August 7, 2017

Mat Maneri and Lucian Ban Barbès Brooklyn, NY August 5, 2017 To hear the music of violist Mat Maneri and pianist Lucian Ban is to hear your own heartbeat: both require intimacy without distraction. In Brooklyn's Barbès, such mechanisms of the body become audible. The venue is a home for them, ...

Article: Album Review

Frode Kjekstad: A Piece of the Apple

Read "A Piece of the Apple" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
August 7, 2017

There's no telling just when or why a certain place will sink its hooks into you. However active Frode Kjekstad remains in his native Norway, he's clearly left his heart in New York City. The bustling personality of the metropolis can be felt all over his bop-and-blues compositions and fleet fretwork. With a classy full-bodied tone ...

Article: Live Review

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Space at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
August 5, 2017

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band The Space at Westbury Westbury, NY July 28, 2017 The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is named after its home venue, Preservation Hall, which is located in New Orleans' fabled French Quarter. The band performs traditional New Orleans-style jazz with flavors of other genres melded to create ...

Article: Live Review

Bonerama at the Iridium

by Mike Perciaccante
August 5, 2017

Bonerama The Iridium Early Show New York, NY July 29, 2017 Bonerama is one of the most genuine, unique and interesting bands to have come out of New Orleans. Bonerama incorporates jazz, brass, funk, fusion, gospel, soul, pop, rock, blues, a touch of alternative and even a bit of reggae ...

Article: Book Review

Fats Waller by Maurice Waller & Anthony Calabrese

by C. Michael Bailey
August 4, 2017

Fats Waller Maurice Waller and Anthony Calabrese 256 Pages ISBN: # 978-1-5179-0391-6 University of Minnesota Press2017/1977 With regards to the jazz piano, who came before Art Tatum, Bud Powell, and Bill Evans. Well, it was James P. Johnson, Willie The Lion" Smith and Thomas Fats Waller. The latter of ...

News: Recording

Pianist And Composer Hayley Lam Releases "Being Alive" Single

August 3, 2017

Composer/pianist/violinist Hayley Lam has released “Being Alive," a single that serves as expository material for her debut EP Being Alive scheduled for release later this year. The track features Marko Djordjevic on drums and Akos Forgacs on bass. Hayley Lam's musical background is diverse: she is a classically-trained pianist, received her classical diploma at 11, studied ...

Article: In Pictures

Hard Boppin' at Smalls

by Dave Kaufman
August 2, 2017

Smalls Jazz Club in Greenwich Village is a remarkably vibrant music venue that enjoys considerable international renown. It is not the most mannered of clubs with loud and boisterous audiences. Nor is it the most decorous, but does offer a rather distinctive look. The club has a great vibe and is committed to treating its audience ...

Article: New York @ Night

Jaimoe's Jasssz Band at the Iridium

by Peter Jurew
August 1, 2017

Jaimoe's Jasssz Band The Iridium New York, NY July 24, 2017 When guitarist Duane Allman was looking to start a band in 1969, the first musician he hired was drummer Jai Johanny Johanson. Just 24 years old at the time, Johanson, becoming known from Memphis to Muscle Shoals simply as Jaimoe, ...

Article: Live Review

Robert Randolph & the Family Band with Memphis Crawl at the Space at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
July 29, 2017

Robert Randolph & the Family Band with Memphis Crawl Space at Westbury Westbury, NY July 22, 2017 Robert Randolph and the Family Band is a New Jersey-based funk and soul outfit led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph (who has sometimes been called the “Jimi Hendrix of the pedal steel ...