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News: Website

Jazz Near You Collaborates with Smalls Jazz Club and Mezzrow Jazz Club (NYC)

Jazz Near You Collaborates with Smalls Jazz Club and Mezzrow Jazz Club (NYC)

Jazz Near You, the world's leading jazz event aggregator, has collaborated with Smalls Jazz Club and Mezzrow Jazz Club to collect and distribute all jazz events presented at two of New York's premier jazz clubs and one that is internationally recognized for its streamed events. Jazz Near You continues to build on what is already the ...

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Article: Live Review

ECM Showcase at NYC Winter Jazzfest 2017

Read "ECM Showcase at NYC Winter Jazzfest 2017" reviewed by Tyran Grillo

by Tyran Grillo

ECM Showcase at NYC Winter Jazzfest 2017 Tishman Auditorium, The New School New York City January 7, 2017 Music has been a comfort in troubling times ever since there were humans to bring about troubles to begin with. Rare, however, is that music which seeks not only to placate but also ...

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Article: Album Review

Matthew Shipp Trio: Piano Song

Read "Piano Song" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

The finest compliment you can pay an artist is that his music is instantly recognized in a blindfold test. Sure, back in the day most experienced listeners could identify a Bud Powell, Bill Evans, or Oscar Peterson recording. It's just, these days, there are so many Powell, Evans, and Peterson soundalikes, schooled in the art of ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Drummer/Composer Juan Carlos Polo CD Release Concert at Smoke Jazz Club on February 1

Drummer/Composer Juan Carlos Polo CD Release Concert at  Smoke Jazz Club on February 1

Official CD release concert will be held on February 1st at Smoke Jazz Club Insomnio was recorded and produced in NYC with New York-based musicians under the record label One Trick Dog Records. Drummer and composer Juan Carlos Polo will present his debut album Insomnio on February 1st at the world-renowned Smoke Jazz Club. With Insomnio, ...

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News: Recording

Singer-Songwriter Sam Friend New Release "Twin"

Singer-Songwriter Sam Friend New Release "Twin"

The acclaimed singer-songwriter Sam Friend lost his twin sister, Molly, in 2015. In her honor, he has just released his first full- length solo album, Twin. Friend, 28, was born in New York and moved to New Orleans in 2012, where he co-founded the The New Orleans Swamp Donkeys, which has performed at leading jazz festivals ...

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News: Recording

Howard Johnson Celebrates His 75th With New CD And Concert At The Jazz Museum In Harlem on Sunday, January 29th at 2:30pm

Howard Johnson Celebrates His 75th With New CD And Concert At The Jazz Museum In Harlem on Sunday, January 29th at 2:30pm

Sun, January 29, 2017 2:30 PM- 5:00 PM EST The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 58 West 129th Street New York, NY 10027 Featuring: Howard Johnson: baritone saxophone, tuba, penny whistle; Yayoi Ikawa: piano; Melissa Slocum: bass; Newman Taylor Baker: drums. Testimony includes eight tunes ranging from soulful to funky ...

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News: Event

Highlights In Jazz 44th Anniversary Gala with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center

Highlights In Jazz 44th Anniversary Gala with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center

Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights In Jazz, New York’s longest running jazz concert series, proudly kicks off it 45th season at 8:00 PM on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center of Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, NYC with The Highlights In Jazz 44th Anniversary Gala featuring the swinging jazz and blues ...

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Article: Album Review

Ari Hoenig: The Pauper And The Magician

Read "The Pauper And The Magician" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Concept albums have largely been the domain of progressive rock bands, whilst jazzers tend to prefer the term 'suite' to describe thematically linked pieces of music. Ari Hoenig's The Pauper and the Magician is arguably more the former than the latter, as these six compositions are inspired by a fable-like tale of Hoenig's design, without overt ...

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Article: Interview

Donny McCaslin: Bowie Deepened The Relationships In My Band

Read "Donny McCaslin: Bowie Deepened The Relationships In My Band" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski

Wherever the boundaries were in music, in most cases, they have perished and are no more. Jazz has always been a music of exploration and taking chances and as a result, has benefited from the dialogues with other music, be it folk, rock, classical or electronic. Saxophonist and composer Donny McCaslin certainly doesn't believe in boundaries. ...

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Article: Interview

Matthew Shipp: Let's Do Lunch!

Read "Matthew Shipp: Let's Do Lunch!" reviewed by Yuko Otomo

by Yuko Otomo

When Matthew Shipp asked me to design the cover art for his Points album (Silkheart Records, 1992), I showed him works from the on-going drawing study I was engaged in. He picked one graphite drawing and said, “Wow! This is exactly what's happening inside my mind when I play the piano!" Here, we talk ...


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