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Article: Live Review

Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011

by Daniel Lehner
January 9, 2011

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Since the informal move of jazz to the cities in the 1930s, the lore and legend of jazz compositions have lain in streets and places. The most common ones were the clubs, where innovations in jazz were ...

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Article: New York Beat

Art Tatum Goes To College

by Nick Catalano
January 9, 2011

After teaching jazz studies at my university for over 30 years, I have amended many original pedagogical goals and done a great deal of revisionist thinking. Although some of my students are part-time musicians, mostly with perfunctory training, most of them like the pop music of the day and take my course because they have heard ...

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Article: Live Review

Daniel Carter Quartet: Brooklyn, September 18, 2010

by Harrison Weiss
January 8, 2011

Daniel Carter QuartetThe Freedom GardenBrooklyn, New YorkSeptember 18, 2010 If you do not know about Daniel Carter, you are not to blame. For over thirty years Carter has been an New York musician, playing with free jazz innovators such as David S. Ware, William Parker, and Matthew Shipp, but has ...

News: Music Industry

2011 is Now, "Live Jazz" Thrives at APAP since 2007

January 8, 2011

By Daniel Kassell For the fourth consecutive year Jazz Journalist Association members have noted the influx of Jazz presenters showcases highlighted at the Association of Performing Presenters (APAP) in New York's Hilton Hotel and in 2011 concurrently at every conceivable venue in NYC. APAP's vision is to develop and support professionals who offer “Live" performance such ...

News: Performance / Tour

Charles Lloyd Quartet January 2011 North American Tour

January 8, 2011

Many critics have opined that Lloyd's “New Quartet," with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland may be the best of all his groups. The quartet's previous release in this line-up, the live-recorded Rabo de Nube, met with across-the-board approval and was voted #1 album of the year in both the Critics and Readers Polls of ...

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Article: Live Review

Jan Garbarek / The Hilliard Ensemble: New York, November 12, 2010

by Warren Allen
January 5, 2011

Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard EnsembleChurch of St. Ignatius LoyolaNew York, NYNovember 12, 2010 Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and the ancient music quartet known as The Hilliard Ensemble first came together through the machinations of ECM records owner and maestro Manfred Eicher. Their auspicious debut collaboration was Officium (ECM 1994), ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Vicki Burns Debuts at Studio 100 in New York!

January 3, 2011

Jazz vocalist Vicki Burns will be debuting at the Studio 100 jazz club in the Residence Inn by Marriott on Thursday January 13th at 7:00pm. With her will be Leonard Thompson on piano and Mike Karn on bass! About Vicki Burns Vicki Burns is a jazz singer who has been delighting audiences for years. ...

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News: Event

Ansambl Mastika - Songs and Dances for Life Nonstop - CD Release Party

January 3, 2011

Ansambl Mastika Release for their new album, Songs and Dances for Life NONSTOP Saturday, February 5th, 10pm-midnight Barbes, 376 9th St at 6th Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn $10 suggested Ansambl Mastika, Brooklyn's favorite electric Balkan band, presents the release of their second album, Songs and Dances for Life ...

News: Event

Stix Bones & Friends Live at the Paradise Theater

January 3, 2011

New York, NY, December 21, 2010—Stix Bones & Friends will be performing live on Saturday, January 29th, 2011, from 8:00 to 11:00 PM at the legendary Paradise Theater's Jazz Night on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Built in 1929, The Paradise Theater is the 23d largest movie theater ever to be built in the US ...

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News: Interview

Bill Taylor Remembered Thomas "Fats" Waller

January 3, 2011

By Daniel Kassell Billy Taylor was a generous man. His enthusiasm relating his memories of seeing Fats and how that influenced his piano style was contagious. To me “Billy was it! He cut it, man!" I offer this in tribute to our greatest jazz media personality. At the International Association of Jazz Educators Convention publicist Arnold ...