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Randy Weston & Billy Harper Appearing At Highlights In Jazz
Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights In Jazz—New York’s Longest Running Jazz Concert Series—concludes its 43rd Season with Jazz, Past & Present, a historic double bill featuring NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston with Billy Harper performing The Roots of the Blues and Highlights In Jazz New Stars Benny Benack, Steven Frieder, Dylan Meek, Devin Starks & Kosta Galanopoulos plus ...
Upcoming Free Jazz Events At Bric's Celebrate Brooklyn!
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 7:30 P.M. JASON MORAN’S FATS WALLER DANCE PARTY | BUTLER, BERNSTEIN & THE HOT 9 The astonishingly inventive pianist and composer Jason Moran unleashes his fun side in this “joyous and foolish and graceful” (The New York Times) event, a spectacle complete with dancers and costumes that takes the stride innovator Fats Waller ...
Pat Petrillo: Performance, Education, and Groovalution
by Ben Scholz
Recognized as one of the first instructional video producers, drummer Pat Petrillo set a standard for educational media with his landmark 1987 recording Snare Drum Rudiments. Since then he has developed a remarkable career as a performer and educator. Pat and I sat down at the APAP convention in New York City to discuss his history, ...
Hitting the jazz highway
Building your jazz skills isn’t just about playing your instrument, singing your songs, developing your style and strengthening your improvisational skills. It’s also about dealing with challenges on the road, disruptive sleep patterns, and getting along with your band mates as you jump on the van and head to the next gig. Four students from the ...
Thomas Mapfumo: Lion Songs
by James Nadal
The constant political and social unrest in Zimbabwe stemming from its oppressed period of colonization when it was wrongly known as Rhodesia, spawned chimurenga music--the music of struggle and resistance. The artist who personified this musical activism is Thomas Mapfumo, the Lion of Zimbabwe. His unwavering dedication to this movement since the 1970's is the subject ...
Steve Coleman and the Council of Balance: Synovial Joints
by Hrayr Attarian
The recipient of a 2014 MacArthur Genius grant, alto saxophonist Steve Coleman is one of the most innovative contemporary improvisers and composers. Over a career that has spanned three decades Coleman has restlessly explored unique and ingenious ways of spontaneous expression and artistic conceptualization. On Synovial Joints Coleman leads his large ensemble The Counsel ...
Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble at the Paramount
by Mike Perciaccante
Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble the Paramount Huntington, NY April 25, 2015The reigning champions of bass-driven avant rock made its appearance at Huntington, NY's the Paramount on a mild Saturday evening in late April. Since its inception in 1984, and its first release ( ...
The English Beat at the Gramercy Theatre
by Mike Perciaccante
The English Beat Gramercy Theatre New York, NY April 29, 2015 Formed in Birmingham, England, the English Beat have been fusing pop, ska, punk, reggae, rock and soul since 1978. Its upbeat songs deal with peace, love, harmony and, of course, as any good English band worth its ...
Anthony Braxton Quartet: (Santa Cruz) 1991 1st Set
by Mark Corroto
Decoding the music of Anthony Braxton might be a lifetime's mission. With his symbol system compositions and grand unification theories, even the trained ear admits to perplexity and a certain ignorance. Braxton has never stopped, nor slowed to explain himself to listeners. There are moments of insights though, in his performances. One can glean his approach ...
Spandau Ballet Soul Boys of The Western World Tour in NY
by Christine Connallon
Spandau Ballet The Beacon Theatre / NYCB Theatre at Westbury The Soul Boys of the Western World Tour May 2 & 3, 2015 There are a few things that New Yorkers have been waiting for. Both arrived the first weekend in May. The first, Spring-like weather, finally sauntered in, kicking away ...
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